Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-10
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tending to his correspondence.
Violent snow storms are raging in
velice and Trieste. In the latter city snow
is two feet high and roads are blocked in
consequence.
The Democraticl convention of Jackson
county, Ill, is first to instruct her dele
gates to the convention to vote for Palmer
for president.
The Methodist Episcopal conference Of
Kansas, by vote of So to %, voted in favor
Of admitting women as delegates to the
general conference.
A general reduction of about 10 per cent
in the wages of furnace employees has been
put in effect In the Birmingham district.
No trouble is apprehended.
The New York Evening Post says: Prac-
tically, the absolute control of the New
York and New England road has passed
into the hands of the Vanderbilts.
The Central traffic association has author
lied half fare rate for the Democratic
national convention at Chicago, tickets to
be sold June 10 to 20, and good to return to
July 6.
A fabulously rich strike of gold has been
made in the Humbug district, Arizona, and
miners are focking there by hundreds.
The ore is free milling and runs $500 to
$500 per ton.
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.
Col Daniel Lamont of New York is at
the st. James hotel at Jacksonville 1t is
whispered his mission in the state is to see
what the chances are for securing the De-
mocratic delegation for Cleveland.
Reports from Breckenridge, Col, say
great gold strikes have been made there
and prospectors are coming from all direc-
tions. Henry Booker, just from Brecken-
ridge, says he has seen ore out of the new
mines which ran over $4,000 to the ton.
The Coldwater, Mich, national bank was
robbed last night. The estimated loss is
$4,000. The robbers drilled through the
outer door of the vault and with a punch
broke the lock off. The middle door was
secured with paddock and this was proba-
bly, broken with sledge.
1t is announced that Charles Seaton,
treasurer of Morgan county, Ind, is $1,000
short. Experts say the stealing extends
over period of twenty years. Mr.. Seatou
says the shortage, if any, is due to aclericll
error which he is prepared to rectify. 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
the past ten days, charged with forgery and
conspiracy to defraud the city during their
term of Office, which expired April lasts
a verdict of guilty was returned.
Harry Gray, the son of prominent veter
mary surgeon and one of the best known
citizens of Atlanta, Ca, lies dying at his
home from bullet wound inflicted by a
policeman who caught him burglarizing a
house. Gray ;s-but eighteen years old and
had always been considered good boy.
Ralph r. Chandler, the absconding cashier
of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railroad company at West Detroit, Mich,
arrested at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, day be
fore yesterday, has been set at liberty after
serving the regulation seventy-two hours
required by the Mexican laws, during
which time he must be proved guilty of the
crime charged
A meeting of the representative business
men of Galveston was held at the cotton
exchange yesterday at which the PROPOSE
ton to donate sl5O,OOO to the Worlds fair
fund was unanimously ratified. a commit
tee was appointed to prosecute the canvass
upon the plans proposed for raising this
money upon the bases of the sale of lots in
South Galveston.
Yesterday Governor Jones of Alabama
fled three suits for $4,000 each against
Frank Baltzell, editor of the Alliance Her
aid. for publications which the Herald
made three separate times charging and
misrepresenting Governor Jones with hav-
ing acted in several instances in his official
capacity for personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The
Alliance Herald is Kolbs advocate as a
candidate for governor.
OM. Gelhorn, who disappeared Saturday
at Birmingham, Ala, left numerous VIC
Tins. He ran an endowment benefit asso-
citation in which subscribers paid S45 in
twelve monthly installments and were to
get back 500. a great many bit at the
tempting bait Gelhorn also raised a 50
check drawn by the Gate City national
bank Of Atlanta on the Park national bank
Of New York to $1,000 and got it cashed
The Iowa state temperance alliance yes
terday discussed resolution to the effect
that the members of the alliance unite to
Immediately organize separate party if
the Catch bill passed. The resolution was
looked upon as an effort to intimidate Re-
publican members, and was strongly OPP
posed by many able men in the alliance
the final vote was - for and 80 against
Other questions that came up disturbed the
harmony of the proceedings.
This sapphire was found in the gizzard
Of turkey" said W. H. Reed of Montana
to group of acquaintance at the Hoffman
house, New York He held up beautiful
stone, pale blue and of no little brilliancy.
"Yes, sir, that stone was found inside
turkey, and there has been good many of
the same kind found inside of fowls kept by
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