Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-28
ISLAND cIrY ITEMS.
TeNns cooperative Asspciatton--Th.
'r"nge Insurance Company.

Galveston. Texas July 26.-The annual
meeting OF the Texas Cooperative nsso.
citation, after brief session, adjourned
this morning, having completed the
business before them Immediately after
the adjournment OF the association n
meeting OF the Texas Grange Mutual
Fire Insurance company was held. The
company was found in excellent condI-
ton, The reports OF the various ofaeers
were approved, after which the follow
ing directors were elected for the en-.
suing year.
A. J. Rose. ]. C. Coon. II. q. Milo
T. o. Lnndy, J. C. Isbell, w. Harris.
The directors held a mee,,nr a.,
elected the following offlcers: ana
4. .. Rose, president; q. d, I.undv sac.
rretary; !. Q, Isbell, adjuster a. j Ross
SomT,t Icon ana j. b. Long. executive
The board OF directors Of the Texas
mis- SfterSeo5 ASSOCIATION SOC held meeting
oIncers Tor the ensuing year.
", -. Lundy. president; A. ]. Rose.
secretary; II. G, Nib.o treasurer and
This completed the business Of the
association and at 2 o'clock this after
noon the delegates we're given 4 de-
other points Of interest in the bay. To.
night the majority of them left for their
,,SS sp homes In various parts OF
MASTERS REPORT.
In the case of Samuel A. Walker VS.,
the Texas, Louisiana and Eastern Railway
company pending in the United States
court, j. u. Mccomb, special master.
fled his report today in the following In
PREVENTION OF Banks Griffith, to n claim
secured by judgment In the district court
OF Montgomery county, Texas. for the
sum or 500 with interest thereon at the
rate OF per cent per annum from the
GATE OF said Judgment, January o. 1891;
together with the further the sum OK
VIE, costs adjudged by said Judgment
me master recommends that This claim
be c'assed as claim secured by judgment
foreclosing the statutory laborers' lien up
on said railroad and its equipment
In the Intervention of W, F.. speller to
claim secured by judgment of the dis
trlct court Of Montgom ny county for the
sum OF l,ls970 together with interest
, Ihepe9 9r at me rate Of per cent per an
10, 1891; together with the further sum Of
sl6.li costs, ndjudged by said Judgment.
The master makes the same recommenda-
Exception Of he t tem ~ esess % wbc, ne
to be. classed with claims OF like naturc
and class, wlich are secured by judgment.
but are unseeuSd by n laborer's statu-
tory lien. 20 be paid pro rata out OF any
funds on hand or that may come into
the hands. OF the receivers OF the COM
In the Intervention OF r. j. Peal the
master recommends that decree be en-
tered whereby the interyenor can recover
from the said Texas, Louisiana and East
ern Railway company and its receivers,
Charles NJ. Putnam and Samuel Lazarus,
or their successors, the sum of $500 OF,
with interest thereon at the rate OF Q
per cent per annum from this date, to-
gether with all costs OF this interven-
ton. The master further recommends
that this claim be. classed with other
unsecured claims Of like class and paid
pro rata out OF any funds that may
come into the hands of the receivers or
into the court.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS
COURT.
On the affidavit Of S. A. Blsbey. mas
ter of the sl6op Witch of the Wave. r..
X. Jennings. a seaman. was arrested and
had a hearing before United States Com
missioner Dart today upon two charges,
one for lIsobeying the lawful commands
Of the master $. a, Bisbey, % the ves-
sell, and the other for committing an as
sault upon the said captain. Testimony
was to the effect TINT Seaman Jennings
was guilty and the commissioner bound
him over In the sum Of 800 in each Of
Tense for his appearance before the next
term of the United States district court,
which meets on the third Monday OF oc-
tober next. Jennings Is stiil In the Gus
tody of the marshal, having failed TO &C.
THE A. r. U.
Mr.. p It. Downs, superintendent OF
transportation on the Gulf. Colorado and
Santa Fe. today said: "rhe message
that was wired from Cameron July q
as to the best citizens getting up petit
ton for the reinstatement OF the men
employed at that station by the Gulf
Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad company
and who were dismissed on account OF
not having withdrawn from the Amerl-
can Railway union, seemH to have been
sent by f. II Knight, who Is one Of the
discharged men. Mr.. Knight Is the sec
rotary and treasurer Of the American
Railway union and knew that he could
not remain In the service and continue
with the American Railway union"
GONE TO HUNTSVILLE.
Willie Larson. the young man who was
convicted OF killing james Collins near
pier IS last winter, and sentenced to five
years In the penitentiary, was taken to
Huntsville by the officers yesterday even
ing. The court of appeals affirmed the
verdict of the lower court.