Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-10-31
TEXAS NEWS BRIEFS.
Items of GENERAL interest Carefully
Selected From Many Sources.

IN tne case OF lhOmaS w, cam VS..
the Pullman Palace Car company,
tried in the district court at Calves
ton II few days ago, Judge Stewart has
handed down decision that may be
far reaching. Cain is colored
preacher. At st. Louis, Mo, he
bought tirst-class railroad ticket
through to Galveston. lie went to
the Pullman office and asked for a
through Pullman ticket to Galveston.
He was asked il he had hrst-class
railroad ticket. and he replied that he
had, and exhibited it. The Pullman
ticket was sold to him and he board
ed the Pullman aud rode without in
terruption until the Texas state line
was reached. There the conjuc
came to him and asked him to take
his baggage and move into the car set
apart for Colored people. He de-
Glued to do So saying he had II
through ticket 10 Galveston. Two
dollars, covering the unexpired part
OF the passage, was rendered him, but
he refused to accept. His baggage
was moved iutU the car provided for
his race. add finally he accepted the
~ under protest. lie entered suit in
the Galveston district court for dam
ages. and has been awarded judgment
for 800. The substance OF Judge
Stewards decision is that, having
sold Cain the ticket, the company en-
tered into "a contract with hin to give
him Pullman passage through to Gal
weston, and having assumed the obi
CATION, it was the duty OF the COM
pany to provide accommodation for
him equal in every respect to the ac-
combinations furnished the white
race. This is the law as laid down in
the separate coach act OF the Texas
code.
The governor has issued procla-
nation on recommendation Of the live
stock sanitary commission and in ac-
Cordance with the rules OF the United
States agricultural department, that
after Oct %, 1895. cattle may enter
the United States from the Republic
OF Mexico for grazing and immediate
slaughter through the ports OF San
Diego, Nogales, FL Paso, Eagle Pass,
Brownsville and the SUPPORT of Laredo.
mitted subject to an inspection by an
inspector OF the bureau OF animal in
dustry, and no cattle will be admitted
which are affected with, or which
have been exposed to the contagion of
any disease liable to be disseminated
among the domestic animals OF the
United States. The importer must
! produce evidence satisfactory to the
inspector that his cattle have not
been exposed to contagion during a
period Of ninety days previous to the
importation.
Two months ago Judge ellis OF
Del Rio, in the absence OF Judge C.
N. Buckley OF that judicial district
from the state, ordered the issuance
OF writ of injunction to restrain
gambling In FL Paso. The case came
up Sept 80 before Judge Buckley on
q motion to dissolve the injunction.
The case was argued for two days
and Judge Buckley took 1t under ad-
visement. The judge dissolved the
injunction with lengthly written de-
cision on the ground that an injuno-
tion could not lie for the enforcement
OF penal statute OF the state; that
while gambling might be a public
nuisance, 1t was not enjOinabe unless
it affected personal or property
rights.
AS Texas and Pacific freight train
was passing through Hallville, Harri7
son County. the other night Clinton
Mccoy, negro sectionman, who was
riding under freight car on the rods
fell and was ground under the wheels.
Pieces of the body was strewn along
the track for 400 yards, and it is re-
ported that small pieces OF his body
were found on the car trucks at Long
view next morning. 1t took man
about thirty minutes to gather up the
fragments OF his body with shovel
and put them in a box. This is the
fourth negro killed by freight trains
at this identical piece OF track within
the past two years.
The body OF an unknown man was
found on the track OF the Houston and
Texas Central railway near Miller S
ferry in Dallas county one morning
recently. 1t was horribly mangled;
the head being severed from the body
and the body was almost cut in two
from car wheels passing over it. The
man appeared to be about 40 years old
and of medium size. His clothing
indicated that he was railroader.
Nothing was found on his person by
which he could be identified. Justice
of the Peace SHELTON reviewed the re-
mains.
The railroad commission has re-
celved the annual reports OF the Hous-
ton East and West Texas railway and
the Velasco Terminal. The Houston
East and West Texas railway shows
an increase of 1927, 495 in gross earn
ings The Veasco TERMINAL shows a