The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-28
FROM The STATE CAPITAL.
Special Justices to Hear the Equita-
bic Insurance Case.
FRANCHISE TAX CIRCULARS SENT OUT
Eniisting Recruits for the Cuban Insur-
gent Army-Coditied statutes Are
Ready Printing Board

Austin, Texas, january Ex-Governor
tulberson today appointed Hon, r. {. Dii-
ard Of Grayson county special chief justice
and Judge NJ. l.. Morris of Dallas county
special associate justice to sit in the case
Of the Equitable Life Assurance society
vs.. a. l.. Cole ct al. No 7a3. in the court
OF civil appeals for the Fifth supreme Iu-
dlcial district of Texas vice Chief Justice
Lighnoot and Associate Justice Rainey.
who are disqualified.
AT THE sALGE.
John Horribly, president, ana l.. Is.
Conner, general freight agent OF the Fort
Worth and Rio Grande railway; II. b.
keeler, general freight agent of the Fort
Worth and Denver. and NJ. A. Spoonts,
attorney for the same company. John r.
Dickson of Houston; ]. w. Terry. general
attorney for the Gulf, Colorado and santa
Fee 7. NJ. Campbell. general manager OF
tho International and Great Northern;
G.. W. Bein traffic manager and II. =
LoFett general attorney OF the Galveston.
Harris urg and San Antonio, and II. \.
Jones, general freight agent Of the Hous-
90 and Texas Central VINO are attend
ing the cotton rate Investigation which
is being made by the railroad commits
sion. are registered at the Hotel Snlge.
CODIFIED STATUTES READY.
A telegram has been received here from
! Hon Nat Jackson. who has the ccdii a
ton Of tire revised statutes In charge,
stating that he would leave Chicago this
morning with shipment of that long
expected work.
! PROMINENT IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
| The following traffic men and railway
I a ,torneys are in attendance upon the SIS
! sion Of the railroad commission. wh.cn
! began today for the purpose Of examining
! into the through cotton rate situation: T.
! s. Miller and j. ". Allen. representing
! the Katy, w. Kir.ick9, representing the
/ u farue and Brazos Valley: j. II. Barthol-
/ 81 at Northern; JAMS Moeller T. ]. Bal
| lHger and j. b.. pennisnn. representing
/ Galveston; A. W. Houston and Il. j
| Martin, representing the Arkansas Pass
r j. Freeman, representing the Texas
AMI Pacific: n. II. T.assiter. representing
the Chicago. Rock Island and Texas; +
y. Perkins representing tn Cotton Belt
and l.. j. Polk, representing the Santa
CHARTERS FILED.
The following charters were iled with
ihc secretary Of state today:
This birmingham Drug company of Sar
Antonio. capital stock $4,000. ncorpora
tors O. +. Birmingham, " II. Hunt an,
Frank /. Aid. The purposes of This com
and retail drug business.
Permission to do business In tho Stat,
was granted tho Estcy & camp company
iu orporaied under the laws OF Illinois
lcanitM stock 10000. This company VA.
Iir,orporated fer tho purpo 80 Of dealing l.
pieu5s. organs and other musical instrl
ments,
TIE PRINTING BOARD
Tho printing hoard had its rgula
weekly meeting today and approved
Number of prtn'ing bills for department
work, and also ordered some Job prlnun
done for the comp,rollor's office.
Al TIN annual reports of the vaiiou
departments have been ordered printed 10
the printing board with tho single oNrcp
ton of The agricu tural report. which /
not ready as vt. This report will b
SUBMITTED 10 the printing board vsr
shortly, as Commissioner Rose has abou
concluded I've writ of compiling it,
RUNNELLs COUNTY SUED.
G. O. Harris. county attorney of Run
prominent attorney of Waco, are in tn
city to represent Runnets county in
suit In the district court here. whic
comes up tomorrow. wherein the state
suing the county for not raying intcres
; due on county bonds held by the scho,
fund.
FRANCHISE TAXES.
The secretary Of state is busy sendjn
out notifications for payment of franchis
taxes. which must be paid before May
II is anticipated that some $40 30 will /
received from this source 5000 of whic
will come from foreign corporations doiu
business In the State.
| PERSONAL. AND GENERAL.
Captain Dick of Houston Is in The cit
today
The Goyernor's Guard naa decis I'd ,