Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-05

klOl6lI SuOW dTS TdSluB III
veLce and Trieste. In the latter city snow
is two feet high and roads are blocked in
consequence.
In the Merchants club, New Orleans, at
O'Clock this morning, a match was ar
ranged between Corbett and Choynsd for
5000 side.
The Democratic convention of Jackson
county, IL, is first to instruct her dele
gates to the convention to vote for Palmer
for president
The Methodist Episcopal conference of
Kansas, by a vote of So to %, voted in favor
Of admitting women as delegates to the
general conference.
The Gould party Of railroad officials ar
rived at Alexandria, La, yesterday after
noon from St. Louis, remained an hour and
LETT for Dallas, Tex.
Merriam & Co., Springfield, Mass, re-
ceived telegram yesterday from the son
Of ex-President Porter of Yale stating that
the latter died this morning
William Delmar, who killed Charles
Breeze at st. Joe, Mo-, Saturday night, has
been surrounded at Botckow by aysherif's
posse and will undoubtedly be captured
An explosion of fire damp occurred at
ElmwOod colliery, Mahoney City, Pa, yes
terday and five men were badly burned. 1t
is thought by the doctors they will recover.
The board of prison managers at Still
water has fixed the price of prison binding
Irvine at 10 cents per pound Last year it
was sold at cents, but money was lost on
every pound.
The Nebraska supreme court has decided
pencil marks made on an Australian ballot
are legal; that the statute when it says
they shall be made with pen and ink is
only directory.
Commissioners Edgar aud Reeve of the
Russian relief fund have submitted to Gov
ernor Merriam their report. Cash receipts,
grand total, s59O795; -four, grand total,
1853, 5O4 pounds.
The earnings of the Denver and Rio
Grande railway for the month of February
were S575, 300, an increase over the same
period last year of S119,OS5 Earnings for
eight months of the present year, $780,
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The residents of Nogales, Ariz, and
settlers in the vicinity have organized
protective association 5oifight the Cameron
Grant titles that embrace $4,000 acres on
the American side of the line, including |
Nogales.
Alonzo Lawson, proprietor of the St. |
Charles hotel, Portsmouth, is gone. Inves- |
tigation shows financial complication of |
magnitude, coupled with green cloth short
age. He leaves debts behind said to be high !
in the thousands.
The first of the trials at Springfield, Kan,
Of parties accused CT completely in the muir
der of Sheriff Dunn, January 5, when
Judge Botliin was aimed at, has resulted in
a verdict of not guilty, much to the sur
prise of every one.
Lloyd Tevis, president of Wells, Fargo &
Co.'s express, has returned to San Fran
cisco and denied all rumors of dissatisfac-
ton on account of his private business. He
will resign the presidency Of the company
at the next annual meeting of the board of
directors.
Kate Brown, aSyife only i've days, COM
mitted suicide last night at Chicago, shoot
ing herself with revolver. Saturday last
she was married to one Mike Brown and
it is said dependency over the fact that
she did not marry a former lover named
Weiss led to the suicide.
It is announced that Charles Seaton,
treasurer Of Morgan county, Ind, is $4,000
short. Experts say the stealing extends
over a period of twenty years. Mr.. Seaton
says the shortage, if any, is due to clerical
error which he is prepared to recttfy. In
any case he courts investigation.
George R. Raymond, ex-deputy city au-
ditor of Denver and James a. Hadley, dep
uty city treasurer, have been on trial for
lhe past ten days, charged with forgery and
to defraud the city during their
term of Office, which expired April LASH
A verdict of guilty was returned.
The grievance committee of the Order of
Railroad Conductors have presented to
General Manager Robinson of the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe a new schedule
Of wages and will insist on their demand
The committee declares strike will be
ordered unless the demand is acceded to.
Judge Taylor of the superior court at
this morning dismissed the
case against President Frenzel of
he Citizens railway. The property was
hen turned over to Frenzel, who now has
'ull control. Whether the city will have
another strike on its hands cannot be said
With accuracy just now. I
Ralph R. Chandler, the absconding cashier
# the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
abroad company at West Detroit, Mich,
lrrested at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, day be-
ore yesterday, has been set at liberty after
erving the regulation seventy-two hours {
equired by the Mexican laws, during
which time he must be proved guilty of the !
rhine charged.
Yesterday Governor Jones of Alabama I
He'd three suits for $4,000 each against /
frank Baltzell, editor of the Alliance Her. i
Id, for publications which the Herald I
nade three separate times charging and S
Governor Jones with hav- /
lg acted in several instances in his Official !
apacity for personal aggraudizement. The a