Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-03
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Yention to meet at Raleigh May is.
The Atchlson and Missouri Pacific, the
only lines that held out against Chairman
Midgely's ruling, have agreed to withdraw
unauthorized tariffs.
The American straw board company's
mill at Chestertown, Nd, has been de-
stroyed by fire. together with all the ma
chinery. The original plant cost S1700
The Iowa house has concurred in the SEN
ate joint resolution calling on congress to
provide for the election of United States
senators by the direct vote of the people.
JAR Elliot has posted with the sport
ing editor of the Kansas City Times for
felt of 500 to shoot match with Brewer
and Fulford Eastern trap shots, now in
Chicago, for $500 each.
The Georgia state central committee has
fixed the date for the convention to select
delegates to the Democratic convention for
May IS The convention to nominate state
officers will be on August 10.
At Bayonue, N J., the St Charles hotel
three-story structure, was burned about
midnight, entailing loss of $4,000. 1t is
reported several guests are missing and it
is feared they persisted in the flames.
The marshal of Dexter, Mo-, fearing mob
law would prevail If Miller, the cause of
Saturdays triple tragedy, was kept there,
transferred the prisoner TO Bloomfield
! where he is safe for the time being at least.
The last fifteen bags of mail on board the
stranded onA therfeld ledge, of Isle of
Wight. was recovered yesterday. All the
cargo has been removed from the fore hold.
Yesterday afternoon Briggs Caldwell shot
and killed Fount Justice and Charles Han
cock at Scottsville, KY. Caldwell and
Justice were brothers-in-law. There has
been an old grudge between them for some
time.
The jury in the Avery case, after a five
days trial, returned verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree as charged in
the indictment. Avery killed James N.
Miller near Liberal, Mo-, on September
%, 1891.
Director General Davis and Chief of
Construction Burnham, of the Worlds
Fair conference, decided that states and
nations desiring to erect buildings on the
Worlds Fair ground must begin work by
May 1st.
Messrs. Fihlayson and Smith, directors,
and Mr.. Miller, manager of the Australian
mercantile loan company, have each been
sentenced to seven years. imprisonment at
hard labor for frauds in connection with
that institution.
]. S. Standby, representing the Choctaw
nation Indians, was heard by the house
committee yesterday in opposition to the
Harvey bill for admission into the Union of
the territory of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory as one state
The executive council of the American
bankers association decided to hold the
seventeenth annual convention of American
bankers in the city of San Francisco Cal,
Wednesday and Thursday, the 9TH and Sth
OF September, 1892.
The president has returned to Virginia
Beach from Ragged island ducking club in
fine health and with a lot of game. He
proved his qualities as a good sportsman by
bringing down number of canvas-backs,
besides he bagged two large swans.
Edward Norestrom, a Swede employed
as roller at the National rolling mills in
McKeesport, Pa, was drawn through the
rollers and crushed to death. When the
remains were pulled out they We're crushed
out of all semblance TO human being
The sale of fertilizers by the commits
-,
a falling OFF in the sale of commercial, fer
differs this year as compared with last
about 25, 900 tons. The large decrease is as !
cribed mainly to decreased acreage in
cotton.
The statement is positively made that
Vanderbilt interests have obtained con-
troll of the New England road and H.
Mack Twombly would succeed Austin
Corbin as president of the company.
Friends of Corbin admit he has been
.shelved.
The river and harbor appropriations bill
is beginning to take definite shape, consid- |
cradle progress having been made by the
house committee in its preparation. The
total of the bill will be Observation-Disclosures
tALoh SgSn4S " Lay OCCu anticipated OS |
some persons.
Representative Mills is confined TO his |
room with erysipelas in his ankle joints
He is undergoing massage treatment with |
good results, but it will be some time be- |
fore he will be well enough to appear in
the house. He had good nights rest last |
night and is better.
AT present there arc four men under |
arrest in different parts of the country
under suspicion o. being the man who COM
mitted the outrage upon Mrs. Charles L. |
Taylor in Sedalia. The men are held at |
Mason City, No, St. Louis, Lexington,
Mo, and Centerville, Iowa.
Mr.. Foster, secretary of the United
States treasury, has arrived at Southamp- |
ton. In an interview Foster said: Il
have no intention of seeing Goschen or any
one else IN regard to silver or immigration.
I shall sail on my return to the United
States next Wednesday,"
The management of the Yellowstone
national park is likely to be investigated by
a committee Of the house of representatives
and the frequent charges that have been