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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
The House Gives Halter the Seat oc-
cupied by Dan-rhe Debate Heated.
outting Down ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Extra Session.

AUSTIN. February 10.
The senate met this morning at 10
o'clock.
Senator Gage presented a petition
from the citizens OF Eastland asking
that no law be passed Increasing the
tax on insurance companies.
Senator Gage, from the committee
on mining. sent up favorable report
on bills Nos. l75 and 176, one being a
measure revising In toto the mining
laws OF the state, and the other being
special act to place upon the market
the mining lands Of I'll paso and other
counties In the west.
Senator Wood asked unanimous con-
sent TO take up senate bill No. III.
which provides for dispensing with one
OF the grand juries Of Grayson county.
The bill was passed.
Senator Lswhons stock raising bill
passed to onErossmcnt this morning,
With amendments adding Dallas and
I.iano ana taking out Terraut and VIII
son from the operation of the law,
The chair placed house bill No. 1873,
fixing the rate OF taxation OF Insurance
companies, telephone, sleeping and din
Ing car companies, upon It's second
reading,
Senator Simpson offered an amend
mont changing the rate from ? to ]
per cent on the gross premium receipts
OF life Insurance companies. and from
] 10. l-2 per cent on fire, marine,
health. live stock, guarantee or accident
insurance companies. rbis was lost
senator Lewis offered an amondment
striking out the cnReting clause. speak
ing al length to his amendment.
Senators Colquitt and Presler ad-
dressed the senate In opposition.
A special order was called up and
pnstnoncd and discussion OF house hill
No, 323 WAS resumed.
senator Lewis moved TO postpone in
definitely,
Senator Steele opposed postponement
ard spoke TO the merits Of the bill
Inc vote was taken on p0atponament
and lost.
Senators MoComb aud Stafford re-
newcd The suggestion that the further
consideration or the biz be postponed
untll next Tuesday on the ground that.
DIVINE 10 the importance OF the meas
ure, senators nhould have further time
Tor lnvnHtlgation Of It's merits.
After call OF the senate and vote
70 excuse an absent senator, the no
Won 70 postpone until Tuesday next
The chair signed the Gregg county
hill. restoring civil Jurisdiction TO tho
county court, In the open senate
Senator Bailey presented two bills.
one regulating puhllf warehouses. and
another oNempting private and Iomes-
nc corporations chartered by this stnte
nnd thoag Of other states doing bust
ness In Texas, from payment of thu
iiranchise tax for the year ending April
By shelburne: Bin to rcutore and re-
NiYe thc charters OF private c0rporn.
tious chartered under the laws of TOY.
eA, which. from fixture To pay their
franchise TAX or from other cause. have
secretary 81 state
me chair presented two petlilus
from tho people Of Yslem aatlnH a
poslponemrnt NJ further confederation
OF me Irrigation act until such tlme
~ me agriculturisis OF tile valley can
BE heard from.
nehding discussion OF senator Atlee's
bill extending the time for tho polemp.
ton OF lands SOLD Tor taxes, the senat.
adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Austin, Tex, Feb. 13.-In the court
of civil appeals for the Third district
today the following business was trans
Causes afiirmed-Green VS.. Burns %,
a., from Travis; Lark VS.. Wusford
from McLennon; Wilson VS.. Randle
from Bell; l. Irwin VS.. Davis. from
reversed and remanded-M. X G. n
Ky Co. VS. Knowles, from I.lano.
appeal dlsmissed-St. Louis Iron NJ
Williamson. ''s' iioih
hehearlng refused-Nasworthy W.
Druiper' from Tom Green: Burleson va
,ohins' from Lampasas: Travis Conntv
vs. T. Rogdon and wife. from Trayis.
~ Louis Iron Mountain and soutber,,
ny; VS.. jackson and Morran fro.' -
Williamson, but appellant is
leave TO withdraw transc,I,,ss 'a.'e '
payment of costs. upoh
n, m1,iohs ubmitted-CervInka vs.
iDyches, from Williamson. for raboar.
,ns' san Angelo Water Co. VS.. Pine ~
Sr eeT.orari, from Tom Green.
Ian. anu IRel vs., West. for rehearIn"
from McLennan.
Motions TO set aside submission s,,h
alit'ed-state VS.. House Of al a. ~"
asses from San Saba; State We Fteis
U,n st al from San Saba. STAT
".ullaIhs ct al, from San saba
"puohs granted-I & q. N ~ ~
~ W. Locke TO dismiss appeal. Iano,,. ~,
nm.Hilih, TO postpone submissio, vs.
'a's' Garter va. Bolin. iioih
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Proceedings had in the civil court OF
appeals, Second judicial district. r. II
i E,aEEiton. chief Justice, Fort Worth,
Cases Decided--H. t. Brown va W
n. Taylor, from Tarrant county ~,
hruleu. Tarlton. chief justice.
western Union Telegraph comnonv
w. j. L. Jeames. from Montague conn
y, affirmed Head. judge.
western Union Telegraph comnan,,
vs. G., \. Drake, from Tarrant, remand.
ed. Head. Judge.
,, James X. Schmick ct al VS.. j. H.
Hudman ct al, from Eastlnnd. revers-
ed and dismissed. Stephens. fudge
A. Newly ct al. vs.. Ida II Norris
from Baylor. affirmed. Stephens iudes
", u, Davis VS., Panhandle NatIonai
bank q al, from Wichita, reversed nnd
remanded. Head, Judge. "''u
western Union Telegraph companv
W., a; Z. Womack, from Tarrant. re-
'eIseV ana remanded. Stephens. Judge.
n. a. Field VS., Fort Worth AND ISs,,
yer City Railway company FROM M
chief justice. iari'on'
Fort Worth and Denver CITY Railv,v
company VS.. j. II. Jenkins 81 al rro,;,
aiIiatuey county, reversed and dIsnisssd
Iarlton. chief Justice. H.
i,s.s.s. ,suuhltted-Fort Worth and
Denver City Railway company vs
r. Nineey, from Tarrant. Wssiarn ~ q
ION Telcgraph company Va j. M Rrr-
IoM, rom Comanehe; W. b. Atcherson
e., ct al; Us n. D. Wells & Co, from Teyi
syn, iq l,, rerr,n et al. VS.. j. w. Stevens
rom fi2ya; NJ. p. Riggs ct al. vs. Hen,
rietta Nafe. from Haskell; q. N 'g u
siafi.nlehaeI q al. ys. c. NJ. Ballard 81
~. rom Haskell, NAPLES Platter Gro.
C,r company ys 1asham Bros. nom
~ NC "9pies.flatter Grocer company
c ~ w; ID, Slayton. gnrnishee. from
Gay; Waples-Platter Grocer eomns nam
Ne W ~. slayton. claimant, from Cav.
W W n hell vs., Palo Pinto county. From
rs,o into; Greeley Burnham Gresar
tfs,shipany az al. VS. T. Barren. fro,,,
FISHER; T. NJ. Crowies ct al, vs. II r'om
Ni..ss 81 al, from wnbarger.. a.
-. "9uons Decided--H. p. Carver az a,
N,i..S. CnFdsh eertiorarl: grantes ="
N"ssouri Pacific Railway company e.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Austin. Tex, Feb. 1s.-Senate finance
committee passed favorably upon items
at THIS afternoons session as follows;
bunatlc asylum. first year. sl2i. 900;
second year, $4,000. Si3. 900 less than
FOR the last two preceding years. Rail-
road commission. first year. S3s,6s0;
second year. f32lsO: giving two addl-
tlonol clerks at $500 per annum. For
years Of 1894 and 1895 The approprIa-
tion was $685. GOO each. a large part OF
thls reduction is accounted for in re-
commencing $1,000 per aunum for each
year for sheriff and witness fees and
muenge. whereas $500 per annum was
appropriated for past two years. The
recommendation for pensions for the
next two years Is S7OSO0 No change.
Senate committee on education this
afternoon decided to report ravorablv
Tips bill providing for more efficient
system OF public free schools by fixing
the scholastic age at from TO Is years.
Also Bowers bill providing for a more
efficient method OF taking the schol-
aslic census, TO fix the compensation OF
persons taking such census, defining
the powers OF persons taking such CEN
gus, aud providing penalties for ylo-
latlon OF the provisions OF this act
senate committee on Internal Inn
provements this afternoon agreed TO
report favoraby Rogers bill requiring
street car companies to provide closed
cars during the months OF October to
March Inclusive.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Dallas, Tex, Feb. s.-Proceedlngs
had In court civil appeals, Fifth dis
trict. at Dallas.
Aiiirmed-City of Dallas VS.. w. p. Ell
lison, Dallas county.
NJ, X. & II. Ry. VS.. Ben Hamilton.
Ralnes county.
Geo. w. Rice VS.. Scottish American
Mtg. Co, Dallas county.
II. Hamilton vs.. City OF Oak Cliff,
Dallas county.
Joseph Fritz vs., NJ, X. & II, Ry. Co,
Grayson county.
Phoenix lns. Co. VS., w. G.. Cain,
Smith county.
L. w. Stephens VS.. Mary A. Wallace,
Johnson county.
Reversed and rendered-Hlram Nor
rison VIZ. Barry, Ellison & Etheridge
Dallas county.
S. S. Freedman VS.. Lombard Invest
ment Co, Navarro county.
Reversed and remanded-W. r..
Muse. ct al, VS.. r. ID. CLANCY, ct al.
Fannin county.
Motions disposed of. w. LaPice ct
ruled.
E. ]. Dickson, ct al, VS.. S. u. Witten.
ct al. rehearlng overruled
d, j. Dickson. ct al. VS., c. j. Moore,
ct al, rehearlng overrued.
Cleveland School Furniture Co. VS.. C.
A Hotchkiss, file supplemental tran
script granted.
Motions sumitted-D. II. Willis ct al,
VS.. Bank OF Daingerfield. rehearing.
T. & p. Ry, Co. VS.. Geo. Langsdale,
strike out briefs and advance.
Nathan Custer vs. j. Il. WhitseI &
Co, rehearlng.
a. J. nm vs.. J. +. sneed Ell al, cor
rect Judgment.
Cobb Il Avary VS., i. H. Trammell,
rehearing and additional conclusions.
II. 8. Wilson VS.. c. c. Manning. flo
transcript.
sturgis National Bank VS.. ]. j. Smith,
rehearing.
A. o. Garden We. U. +. Short ct al.
10 advance.
Cases set for February q. 1ss5-Hm
" shain vs.. II, L. Pearson. Collin
county.
Texas Investment Co. vs.. t. E. Lewis.
Dallas county.
Tex. & Pac. Ry. VS.. Charley Newton,
Kaufman county.
G., c. & S, T., Ry. Co. VS.. Geo. C. Ed
of, Dallas county.
NJ, X. & T. Ry. Co. VS.. Lee Woods.
Grayson county.
Greedy Burnham Grocery Co. VS.. Car
ter and Lee, Hopkins county.
N, NJ. Turner ct al, VS.. Dave Never
ct al, Fannn county.
o. w. Paul VS., c. A. Robertson. Dali
las county.
Jno. P. Gillespie VS.. r. L. Brown.
Dallas county.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

J. W. Childers & Co, rehearlngi re-
fused.
r.. q. Maddox vs. Charles Robertson.
rehearlng: refused.
Gainesville Ice company VS.. A. A.
GRAFTON. to affirm on certificate;
granted.
Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
company vs. Loie John ei AL. reheafing;
refused.
Banner Bros and T. windsor Robin
son, receiver. TO advance cause; re-
fused.
The German Insurance company VS..
John NJ. Gibbs. to file record; submitted
and granted
Louise Ensley VS.. Endowment Rank.
Knights of Pythias. TO file record, sub
mltted and granted.
Motions Submltted-Gulf. Colorado
and Santa Fe Railway company vs.
Hendrix & Roger, for rehearlng
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
company VS.. c. A. Landlord, for re-
hearing.
L. II. Stephens VS.. S. o. Noodle ct al.
for rehearlng.
N. c. Hillburn VS.. Joseph Harrall, for
rehearing.
N. c. Hilburn vs.. E, r. Harris e: al,
for rehearlng.
l. Goldman vs. NJ. Marcus, to set
aside submission.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
company vs.. w. +. Cunningham, for
rehearing
Western Union Telegraph company
VS.. Tim O'keef, for rehearlng.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Halter, Negro. Given the seat OF
Dun, white.

Anal, IA, ~. q,
OF DEMON ami 'l,s ,,i,.,., VI, pWHley,
the smith family fro,, G,t,. .nIu'Dsr OK
fated Ia me-, ~. ~ ~, NpiotHuo' seem
every linz M IN V.Her Va rney 'its
hottse N 'N'''' "uuleH'es the
NM pepdt,, ,,,,,,,,,-.,
adinuru,d ,,esteria,, M.vil lle house
moftan a. .,,t,stit. "Sn uupule on mo
the ,nsi,,,its ,.,,',s, wy minority Tor
ronioSf caso g,,,tn, VA VIC huiler-Dui
I'M moor AN M %, .o'orauo took
epeeeh IA fovor. ~ Mo ~ ~, ~ uo'
SIN hrntta, ~ t w. fu'uleu Nepnbh-
t,,itt,,,, ,,,,,s,. ", ,'"auIlAt VINO Is con
rernnril w., a1i,,,t "a Wy u9uFhe Oh MS
he heiG Ia hsn v'''' ~ eertnih evidence
cnan, ~ G,,.lt Nt'h Wi'nV''nB saf-
trod,,ccn 4, insrrs ,I."Vu II nc haa NJ
Inc lf,, ir,'astIt.',V t"e committee our
.yca NJ p,'si',
oallect nm ~, Snu you WIN re-
pnrlinmentary IarS,,,', 'u','u N'lS uh-
I ,vnn,, ~, 800, A,'sustr WIN ulu 80.
curse vo ~, ,sn i' i',, Mhet you uaid be-
nrnari,' ~ ~ ua'' me GOWN Tor using
This ,,as T., iN"t u"te, maybe.
.cni,,ns ,,, ., ,i' 20 Mr nwaleys
a., ,r N""n Iot unpatilameii-
satin III s -. .upNe uei9te' when
frnn, r, ~ s',,e iun WIN me member
Ills unparlinmeninrv" ~ ~ earned
1n..ti,,. d. .t,' l"hkuhse from
Sf. ~ W. evie'il,.tee room
a. me S'n nntns Oh Naeosaoehes spoke
.,a1,,nia report arguing the
' u;,'s'v'tan'1 'eke,lly OF their recon-
pro,,'n ~ a., 'sat ny spevVh'
II siier a. u 9,'n SuaA thouBht mat as
seyed an nm nunnu sn nDMn ,9 nave re-
vatsa cnst Srr rn,,,'S,,,t. masonry OF ail
80. gse' ~ .ep.VsehtatlYe from Bra
piaee uesplte any legal irregularity In
p sits "v''Vv VI ~. u'hteh''
o ast,tsoh 81 beli chairman OF tho
am the hn,,sa I'D ' NV, ~, 10 the iael
,sn ~s w, ~ r'unS t nau no, me right or op'
~ w. Tx, r. wv ., ,he Jaw,
t,o,, ~ s,,,,,,,,, ~ I'M" at W thnie me mo-
nnnioritv rrner1 Wy n,,,lor,,y LOT the
i'r.sn ma ninde Nv, y', ,p., Dashisi or
al No ma ~ y. 'ne ilnest Keen.
d,r,,,x ~ 49, twas m nenalt OF the
cv.r Sesn Man, ' ,,' luSuee thnt mas
,r,,,,, ,' NJ p nv ~ ta,s nan or any
,rn,a ~ stana alhupu 'ne question nrst
~ IA s"s avn r, h,I,, % honer and then
Marty noiicv if,t,a vi justice As good
whai might ar No, ~ 'ssataless 81
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Austin Feb. Ex-senator Tips intro
duccd bill In the senate this morning,
by request with the following provis.
IONS Thal should one or both eyes Of
an Infant become lnfamcd or aWollcn
or show any unnatural redness or dis
cnargc at nuy time within ten DAYS
ntter It's birth II shall be the duty Of
the midwife. nurse or relative having
charge of such infant TO report in writ-
ing within six hours to the phySiiian In
attendance upon the family or IN enc
the health officer of the city, village or
township In which the Infant Is living
at the time, or In ease there Is no such
officer, TO some practitioner OF medl-
cine legally qualified to practice In tho
state OF Texas, the fact that such In.
Illumination or swelling or unnatural
redness or dlachurge eNists..
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

which Has Dcen Fnvornbly Nc-
ported 10 the House.

W men hNN Hten thfofnbty ne
ported 20 the House.
Austin. Tex. Fob, l3.--IIon, W. p, Sc
bastlnn has secured u favorable re-
port on bill which ~ certainly unique
as well as commcndable. IL provides.
''Whun the person assaulted or upon
whom battery was committed shall
have applied 10 the person assaulting
such VIC and abusive language as cali
ing him a llar thief or any other Vile
cpithet calculated to Cnrage or to pro-
woke breach OF the peace. or when
the person assaulted is guilty OF using
lnsulting words or conduct towards "A
female relative OF the party making the
assault but IN oisftr TO excuse such
an assault ana battery the assault
must have been committed under the
Influence OF sudden passion, rage or
resentment, Immediately and at the
time OF such assault. except when In
putting words or conduct OF the party
assaulted are used towards female
relative OF the party making the as
sault, but It must appear In such event
that the assault took place immedi-
ately upon tho happening of the In
sultlng conduct or the utterlng OF the
Insulting words or as soon thereafter
as the party making the assault may
meet the party assaulted after having
been informed of such lnsults"
Sebastlans bill IS an right The
loud mouthed and foul-tongued bragg
CART may object to 1t, and he is the
fellow Sebastian had In his eye when
he drafted the bill.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

They Voted Against the Tesnrknna
Court hiIi.

Austin. Tex, Feb ls.-Cyclone Davis
testified before the Feagin inyestlgat-
Ing committee that he agreed to sup
port the Texnrkana court bill because
ne had Investigated Il and ascertained
that 1t was Il mentorious measure MS
well as constitutional. The solid Pop
ulist vote was thrown against the bill,
ana the Pops are recorded IN the house
Journal as voting against the bill be-
cause It lacked merit and was uncon-
slitutional. Cyclone Is a lawyer. but
the verdict OF the % Populists Is that
hes not lawyer enough to hurt" and
wouldn't recognize merit IL he Glanced
TO meet IL in the road.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Gainesville. Tex, Feb. n,
James OF st. 10 is In he eIt,
Philip Lewis went to Fort
this morning on a business IT'D
Sam Cherry went 10 ssu i
last night on u visit.
j. Kingsbury left today /, /
mercial tour through southsn I,
j. e. Heyworth went 10 MI.
today on legal business.
Mr., and Mrs. John cour q, \,
are visiting the family Of thtrir
in-law, j. +. Morris.
Rev. ID. a. Amos, plstor \ 4.
NJ. Il. church, went to shsrrnI
to attend a church trial.
Wade Hampton, the big catiks
Foster, l. n. was In the city yaI
II. b. Hulen went to Denise
where he goes to meet his sl.tsl
II. N. Price OF Hallsvllle, Ma. d
visit her brother and other Il
in Gainesville for several vssa
Capt. II. X. Hulett 81 Bsz
was in the city today.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Austin. Feb. ia-Quitc a tenpeat in
the teapot was stirred up Tuesday over
the action Of the state printina, hoard
IN ordering the bills 10 be printed In
the spirit Of the law. and forbiIding
tho manipulations OF the makc-ne NJ
as 70 make moro pages than the con-
tract would allow. Thls brought forfh
a resolution before tho house Of rsnre-
sentatNes by some Of the oyar-zsaious
friends OF the printer. II seems nm
the printer and his friends arc con-
teniing Cor a long established custom
OF printing the bills In a atyie thaf has
heeced the state to the tune Of thou
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Austin, Tex, Feb. i3.-The Joint
committee from both houses appointed
to revise the civil code met this alter
noon IN tho senate committee room and
elected Senator McComb chairman. A
subcommittee consisting OF Senators
Greer. Lewis and McCOmb and Repre-
sentatives Mckinney, Turner ana
Hagsdale were appointed 10 confer
with the governor as to the advlsa-
bility OF codIfylng the statutes and TO
formulate some mode of procedure 10
report to the fun committee next Fri
day at o'clock
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14
CONTESTED EI'Ec,,..


n, "spinytt II
Houses Aciion--Jo.eps', :,
Austin. Feb. 1s.-Ths ,,s.j
privileges and elections IN, vsnt
tonight 70 hear the ar,, nslls
Thomplsins-Joseph oass ss'n'ts
chairman Patterson ~, :
sisned the majority reuo, '' ! y n n
ler-Dui case are very III ,s',, Y n
the defeat OF their reno. ,'uisst,'|
talk OF their resigninr' ~ IN. aN
mlttee tonight. iron
In Joseph's case II "a.
by witnesses that mnno, <, ~, I'D
by Republicans, ard n ,n u.a ID d
candidates for Office oiIlcls,s'
of election. These mdess
ilcans and Popullsts. n WI
here tonight that Josephh !. n
the advisability of tends,, I, w
nation as n member N ,S.s
1t was stated today an rs Il, y \
the house that Goyerns,N s < !.
mad requested his friends I" ~. ~ \
Dun and seat Haller, snS n, W h
OF the former were verv M.
a member Of the corimi,,s :
tion called on the eoyerna, !, I.
Ing and bluntly asked NJ. y. v
port was true. Culberson ~; n
been asked what action NJ, ~
take, but not having rs.",..i
denee' he could give no o,lujS, /,
clined 70 express himself
Morrlson's effort to get d.
Gratis In caucus for Inc sa,,i'.a
election contests and matte. y
est. has fallen fiat.
a. Q. Smith, a promineet ~
and banker Of Atlanta. Cas- \ i
mere assisting his friend n
O'Neal' in the contest when n
is pushing against him.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

The oa an, Tex. Feb. ls-Proceed,pgs g.,
Dallas u TO. Of criminal appeals held AZ
A. Wednesday, February IA. AZ
lana NJ iueu-John Smith. from Eaa,
saLa' Two cases; S. Robinson az a, a,
Ionh fairfield ct al, from sn,,h.' ana
Hon. t ana Jace Roberts. from Rro sno.
bss IRISH, from Shelby; j q y%n'
srs rom Hamilton; Fred Mccu iytr-
HI .u II; w. Fielder. from Hnnt. ~, on
~ from Ellis, three cases Dep
iSs, Milton Underwood, fror, SIN SIN pal-
son son" saunders, from Hood. Ios p n,,,.s
Brown. sseo-dohn Lewis, from
rre NShfssS,T Iig Overruied-Artbur 1..n,,,
me ,l,.'eri awarded--J H.y,r,, =.
spSr 10y OF Dallas. from Dallas vs.
cuiioeh ''ed on hrief for state~i,,n ~.
from 9e !. from Brown; John Az w., Nc
man, lutte on brief ana ora, .,
Kimbls. c mas. Dlcker. from R Mar rom
Mot,e, shas: Licker, from iSisne o'
Miller ~, ~ dismiss appeal submis,cd
nons. from Liam
r.
- . District Court cns.s
~ Dahss. Tex, Feb 10 49,,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14
oULnnRsoNs ANSWER
To che Committee on Extra ses-
sion.

Austin, Tex, Feb. IA house COM
mittoe headed by Judge j. II. Logan OF
Tyler made a second lail IN Clovtrirr
Culberson today and discussed tho
rraeticability OF an extra session. Thc
governor very bluntly tlli Ma callers
that there win be no extra session
unless the Legislature adtourns
Without passing the appropriation bits.
This plain declaration settled Il. and
Judge Losen and his colleagues retired
In good order The outlook IA ye,V
promising that the solons WIN DO com.
pellod to remain here thirty days at
50 per lay
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Austin, Tex, Feb. i9.--House Judi
ciary No. l considered the general as.
signment and collection bills this even
ms. A vote was taken ON the Evans
hill and tie resulted, The committee
adjourned without taking final action.
House judiciary No. reported ia
yorahly Rramlettes bill TO validate all
surveys made by virtue OF certificates
issued for sidings and switches which
are now held by actual settlers and
innocent purchasers.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Thorp's Spring, Tex, Tse !
terday the preliminary u1
Marksbury aud Laurence ky,
held before Esquire Gibson ls'
Tense OF which was menlloA6
terday's Gazette.
Mdrksbury was defended y
Reeder. Esq, OF Granbuiy
acquitted. No evidence asaiH
only that of Roberts. .
Roberts waived examlnale;s \. .
bond was fixed at SseV' II y
which he is In jail.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Austin, Tex. Feb. ls,-rhe house
committee on finance took whack al
the appropriation for the state ranger
service tonight and reduced II from
10000 TO $4,000 The penltentinry
board asked for $4,000 and the com
mittee appropriated $4,000, There is a
disposition on the part OF many 10
withhold the usual appropriation OF
Nzo'OoO Tor the Texas Volunteer Guard,
as the state encampment Is regarded
as luxury that can be dispensed
with
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Austin, Feb. lS.--House committee on
state affairs reported favorablv CID
SlNgs bin. providing for competition In
ant jails
Inc committee also decided to take
w que MeMinn memorial, asking Tor
the Impeachment OF Judge Iohn q Rms.
sell tomorrow nleht
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14
AcciDESrALLY KIlIri


Bowie. Tex. Feb. lS.-s. 0l
Craig, aged "a years. was aeHi
shot and instantly killed q
morning by his brother, ~,
aged about % years.
There had been a patty AsI
and several young persons y
the Craig home. John cnlI
up an empty pistol aud 90
several times. Others " VI
snapped 1t, but last Il all w
ped it at his brother, wa,a'sl
pectedly fired. snoring "
through the 1eati. klll.ng llI' 7
IL. An inquest is being ie1
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14
"wonsn THAN mocG :.
sheriT Jim scar borough Interviews
CuIbrrsun.

Austin. Tex. Feb. 13-sherln Jim
scarborough called on Governor Gull
person today to secure requlsitiOn pa
pers for the return Of criminal who
~ Fugitive from Justice. The expense
feature OF the case was discussed and
the talk was warm. After the sheriff
Withdrew from the governors office he
met cN-County Attorney Cecil Smith:
BY God" said Scarborough. "Cul-
berson's worse than Hogg on we sher-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-14

Sulphur Springs. Tex Y
Thomas Beckham, q laths
aged 10, living five niilss I.
town. committed suicide ias "
by taking a large dose o n
He was not discovered Va W, I
too late to render any as's So 4.
left a rambling written ny y I.
ed to give any direct ieasa
rash act. -