Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-08

be so amended ms to abolish the four
aldermen-at-large.
49, Art = That the charter be 50
municipal executive officers. such as chief
!, Al; !. ThI, books shah be furnished
purchased out Of the school tax collected
by the county and city,
.Av. :; That there shall be hook
kept by tho county and city for the
REGISTRATION OF all births, said rssistra-
city. | '"1
Art. 5. That all children between
the ages Of { and Il be reauirei 10 Al.
kehu rCnool but only with the aid OF
'r Srt oOeks a,S can 81 shis be seeomplished
resentativss. also county commlssaoners.
e am aldermen, shall receive respectable
After the platform was read 1t was
discussed. and. not being entirely SAT-
lsiactory, was referred 10 COMMITTEE
o. nve' iMessrs Holman. Schmidt. Old
the next regular meeting
LOOKING FOR A RECREANT HIS
BAND.
Mrs Matilda Lenz arrived in Galveston
last evening. accompanied by her little
daughter, about years OF age.
She stopped at the city hotel and this
morning called upon Chief of Police Ior-
dan and asked assistance In finding her
husband John LenE. who left her in Waco
about four weeks ago.
| The woman was suffering from , ,ar-
riple afhicuon and Health Officer Sears
was called in to Investigate the matter
ne al once issued a permit to the ladv 10
eutef the Sealy hospital and took the IT.
ue SUI IN caArse and had her conveyed
to his home, where she Will remain until
inc mother Is well enough to care Tor her
| Cnet Jordan has had several officers
yyprs eb IN siren Of l.enz, but they We're.
/
Mrs, Lenz appears 10 be Woodworking
woman ana expresses willingness 10
| RECEIVERS. The case Is surely a pitiahIe one
| and the .caarities OF the city could lend a
helping hand that no doubt would be APP
MASTERS nEPoRrs.
Special Master J. L. Mccomb. in the
case OF Samuel A. Walker VS.. Texas.
Louisiana and Eastern hallway company.
MED his report today In the United
States circuit clerks office In the inter
vention OF Robert owens, who sues 10
recover the sum OF .a2d,4o with per
cent Interest per annum. from the 9th
OF July, 1894. The master recommends
that the intervenor recover the amount
Of his claim, which ia secured by tudg-
ment In the MONTGOMERY county district
court.
VIM. /; Prather, special master IN the
g sc OF Nelson $. Easton and James Rim
toul ct AZ VS. the Houston and Texas
Central Railway company, fled hts re-
port today In The United States circuit
clerks office in the Intervention OF Louis
Clay, allowing his claim OF $40 with eost
ana recommending that a decree be ell
tered accordingly
TRIO OF BURGLARIEs,
The burglars have struck Galveston. AT
an early hour this morning a burglar en-
tered the residence OF Miss Peacock, on
! Postoffce. between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets and succeeded in get
ting away with some money. the exact
| amount could not be aseertained. one OF
} the roomers OF tho house who saw him
describes him as low set mulatto man.
He was frightened away before he had
! an opportunity to ransaek other rooms
OF the residence.
Saturday night the saloon OF Edward
Bonally on Mechanic street. almost oppc-
site the Washington Hotel and adjoining
the Commercial Hotel on the east. was
entered and about 500 In eignrs and sill.
verware was carried away. There Is nc
/ clue and II is thought the robbery took
. place between midnight and morning.
: Ihs same night about ! o,eiS Lock a ere,
robbed OF t25. The burglars efrected, AZ
= their operations disturbed the siumberi
of the proprietor. who was asleep In
room upstairs. who jumped up TO protec
his property, when the burglar or burg
lars escaped. He says he caught slight Q
one, but beyond being a negro he ooul'
give no further description Of him,
SwITcHMEN ORGANIZE.
The local switohmen met this even
, ing IN the Tribune building and organized
, as the Galveston Mutual Aid associa'
tlon No. l. The present object is social
! benefits.
. committee OF three Messrs. J. c.
Sears. j. II. Smith and l., BonRtz, was
appointed To prepare bylaws and con-
stltution. Regular meetings were fixed
= for the first and third Tuesiays IN each
G month. There will likely be a spechl
Of offieers. The officers OF the old or
ganlzatlon We're James 70. GORDON prcal'
: dent; ]. H. Smith. secretary L. Bonaz
The swItchmen are about forty strons
: and they design keeping up their organ
: izaton for mutual benefits with an eye
r to entering into the National organization
when II may be revived.
4 SHORTAGE IN THE SCHOOL FUND
t Professor o. u. Cooper. superintendent
T OF the Galveston public schools. stated
n today that he had received information
from Austin that the State apportion'
p merit would IN all probability. be re-
n duced 81 per capita--that Is TO say, from
$40, the amount per capita last year
y 10 $3.50, which Is the rate OF npportion
I ment Tor the coming scholastic year
I This will mean a loss OF 5000 % IN,
C school fund OF Galveston as compares
with last year. How this deficiency 4
to be met will be one Of the thing
!, TO be considered by the school board a.
their meeting tomorrow, and some pro
+ visions either made TO meet the denel
e or the expense account for the present
a year Will have TO be readJusted.
: DEGREES ENTERED.
+ In the case OF Eber Blodsett VS.. The
+ LNorth Galveston Wooden Ware compsnl
ct al a decree was entered that the In
r tervenor, r. n. McDnde, Jr.. irecover from
o &c defendant the sum OF 1910. with liz
J terest thereon at the rate Of 9 per cen
= per annum from the 25th OF June, 1928
9 until paid and all costs Incurred In INT
= In the case OF John NJ. Ferguson Va
e the Brnzos River Channel and Doci
e comDany a decree was entered IN faNpl
d OF The interyenor. G. B. Glover, that u,
d recover from the defendant company 1lJvl
e with costs OF suit and that the receive
o Of said company. q, w. angie, pc, o.
y reeted 20 pay TO said interyenor $1,000 u
r receivers Certificates and $500 in money
d RULE DAY.
This was r1Iie day IN the United State
a circuit court aud the following natter
l. were transacted:
e In the youngstown Bridge company vs.
3 prszoria county ct al. b. T. & II. Mas
A ,erson and DUFF & spro1e. attorneys To-
Il | -. a.s.,darrts aled their answer 4