Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-06

lono"ihg were sworn IN az grand juror.,
=. - Lee foreman; l.. SchlessInper. A q
Drewry, l.. C Fisher, Thad Z, A.
strong, Val ID. Austin, ]. e. Beissner Il
-. braman, u. Blum. Q. A. Holt. c. q
wheeler and J. A. PEBBLES.
In charging the grand Jury IN i,,,,,..
mo onenses against the criminal laws n,
the state. Judge Gavin Invited their ma.
ticular attention to offenses against Tho
stEte's property ana revenues tJa ia
the matter Of licenses for the sale OF ilnun.
was IN better shape than ever brfora e.,
ms county, and that II the grand ,,irors
would continue TO give ii attention q
wouln never get IN bad shape again. OF.
lenses against public policy and eeono,,,.
including the establishment of i o1tariass'
the Offering or keeping for sale OF lotterv
or policy tickets, dealing In futures. the
failure OF officers to enforce sueh Ihv,.
and the failure OF pawn brokers 10 kean
their books in accordance with the proyis-
sions Of the statutes.
Ihe November term OF this court ia MI
ways the heaviest term of the year, for
'he reason mat II follows the summer va
cation OF three months, but this wear n.
Will DO unusually heavy. There nre SOW
enty-two cases hound over TO await tho
action OF the grand jury and there are
thirty prisoners In Jail. Quite a number n
cases were continued from the last term.
or these four arc homicide cases and there
ere several OF the same character to be
investigated by the grand jury.
Tomorrow Mt 10 o'clock the docket will
he called and eases set. There viii be no
petit jury this week and the district at.
torney VIII give his entire attention to the
grand jury.
INSURANCE. DETRIMENTAL.
Mr. II. c. Ripley, president OF the CAL
weston Maritime association, informed a
Post reporter this afternoon that he Saa
In receipt Of a letter from AIR. l.. Il. Day
chairman OF the southwestern TrufiIc as
sec'atlon' advising that he had decided
the Insurance dlftcrontlal question in favor
OF the contention Of Galveston. Effective
today, the dlmerential via Atlantic norris
VIII be &c higher than that via Galveston.
This, Mr. Ripley said would enable shin.
pers to send their cotton fer export via
any port they pleased upon the same la
sis.
Mr.. Jers Moller said that he was very
much pleased over the settlement OF the
question. In explanation of the rates as
they now stand he said. for instance,
that 1t would cost sl,0j per loo pounds 10
snip cotton from Dallas 10 LIVERPOOL via
Galveston and sl.il to ship It from tile
same point Via all rnil and Atlantic ports,
He said the dl'ferontiai Of about 10 per
100 pounds In favor of New Orleans over
that IN the near future equitable deal
ings In this respect would nlso be reached
inasmuch as the 400 10 500 miles longer
railway haul to New Orleans from Texas
points ought to be worth something. lie
said he thought the settlement of tho
dimercntl0l FIRST mentioned would result
In bringing a larger proportion Of this
export cotton this way.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Late last evening Hazel Irene Irwin, the
3-year-old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. a.
]. Irwin, residing at 3S0G Avenue X was
playing with the children Of u nolghbor
across the street, when she got hold Of
some matches and struck them In childish
sport Her skirts caught fro and before
the blaze could be eNtingulshed she was
frlghfully burned on the abdomen and In
the lungs All that medical SKIN could
advise was done TO relieve her. but in
vain. She expired at an early hour this
morning. The funeral will occur tomorrow
at 10 n. m. The father OF the lIttlo one
Mr.. A. j. Irwin. is the secretary at the
santa Fo shops.
COMMISSIONERS OF wATERwoRKs
At a meeting Of the city council held
tonight the following were elected a board
of commissioners OF watctworks: Charles
Fowler, John Reymershofrer, G. II. Moore.
II. Relsel and George u. Dermody. AIessrs.
Charles Fowler and IL. Reisel succeed
themselves, and John RcymcrshoreI, c.
II. Moore and George b. DerUody take
the places of II, Marwitz. ID. ]. May and
w. T., Miller. Tie board of water corn.
missioncrs was authorized 10 eNpend s2s. 900
for the extension of the water mains TO the
wharf front Other minor matters were
disposed of and tho meeting adjourned.