Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 225, Ed. 1, Sunday, March 13, 1887 Page: 1 of 8
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1 to place before the people tnis season the very best stock of
npon finding displayed in our salesrooms this and nextweek an
Spring and Summer Goods to be had anywhere in this country
Special drives in tine Flannels for infants wear
Silk warp Flannel Gauze Flannel Embroidered Mannals
Jersey Flannel and fine Cashmere Flannels at the B CEV
ANS CO S this week a
InHms lon r and short dresses at special prices tins week
at the B C EVANS COS L
Special pres in sprin < rweight Cassimeres at c 40c
50c SOcjuirt 752 per yard for boys wear at the B C K
ANS CO S this week
Bovs Jersey Suits at 8175 6200 8250 8300 and S3 o0
this week at the B C EVANS CO S jf
Boys F rcate Waists from 25c to 75cveachJ this week at
the B C EVANS COS f
Special drives in Victoria Liwnjit 53 Sc lCc 12ic and
15c this week at the B C EVANS COS
Special drives in Plaid Ntinsooks at Sc 10c 12 c and loc
this week at the B C EVANSGOS
Special drives in White Lmen Lawns at 15c 25c and 40c
this week at the B C EVANSWS
Special drives in Indi Axfcn at 10c 12Ac 15c and 25c
his week at the B C EJiiNS COS
Special low price onJTdies line Shoes this week at the
B C EVANS COS Misses and Childrens School Shoes
at special low pricesjthis week at the B C EVANS COS
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Bargains in Dress Goods Department
Bargains in White Goods Department
Bargains in Hosiery Department
Bargains in Clothing Department
Bargains in Shoe Department
Bargains in Ladies Underwear Department
Bargains in IViillinery Department
Full line of Dr Warners Health Nursing
Flexible Hip Abdominal and Coralie Cor-
sets Also complete stock of Thompsons
celebrated GioveFitting Corsets received
ast week at the
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importers the newest styles as
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Casb Capital and ssxtrptus 475000 and lSsiip d sn ihir iudiptd nf Fnvf
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BAZAAR OF FASHION-
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city
liEECHEKS WILL
It Only Feature Is Its Brevity and Clear
New York March 12 The will of the
late Henrv Ward Beecher was flled for
probate today It is as follows lathe
name of God amen I Ilenrj Ward
Beecher of the city of Brooklyn and state
of New York hereby revokinc all other
and former wills by me heretofore made
do make publish and declare this
to be my last will and testament
1 I hereby authorize and direct my px
ecntors and such of hem as shall qualify
vASpon my death to collect and receive the
amouut of my life insurance to invest the
same and to pay the proceeds of such in-
vestment to ray wife during her life in
tqual quarteryearly payments
2 I hereby bequeath and devise unto
my executors or such of them as shall
qualify the remainder of my estate both
real and personal of every kind in
trust for the bent lit of my
children and I hereby direct my said exe-
cutors to distribute and apportion my
said estate amouc my said children in
such manner and form as shall in their
jndgmeut be for the best interests for
said children jiivinj unto my said exe-
cutors full power to sell and mortgage
such and so much of my real and personal
property as they shall deem best and to
invest or distribute the proceeds of such
sale or sales as herein provided
6 It is my will if any f my said chil-
dren should die before the complete dis-
tribution of my estate as abuve provided
leaving issiK that those surviving such
is ue bhall stand in place and instead of
their parent
4 I hereby nominate constitute and
appoint my sons Henry C Beecher Wil-
liam C Beecher and Herbert F Beecher
all of Jjrooklvn N Y and my sonin
law KcV JSamuel L Scovllle of Norwich
N Y executors and trustees of this mv
will and it is my will that no bond shall
be required of them oreithe rof them
f Sisned Henrv Ward Bekcher
July 11 1S7S
The wune > ses are A S Barnes and F
D Blake of Brooklyn
AKentucKy County War
Owensboro Ky March 12 The ef-
forts now being made to collect taxes
upon the bonded debt of Muhlenbarg
county are meeting with stubborn resist-
ance Three hundred men are encamped
in Greenville the county seat and de-
clare that they mean war to the bitter eud
if an effort to collect the tax is persisted
in The railroad debt of the county i3
2 205506 while the valuation of the
property of the county is only 82100
000 Bloodshed is expected
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FORT WOETH TEXAS SUNDAY MAHOH J 3 8 > w
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good ifrgt has ever been exhibited iu Texas 30 you may rely
eleca at Hue of all the newe3t and most approved styles of
GAELISLEJMOMED
Annual Dinner of the Bay State Club j
New Englands Most Important j
Democratic Organization
Massachusetts Pays Homage to Ken i
tacky Speaker Carlisle the Ora-
tor of the Occasion
The Doctrine ot States RightH XCovlewed at
Length The Only True Uhsih for
Political Parties i
Boston Mass March 12 The Bay
State Club xhe most important Demo-
cratic organization in New England en-
tertained number of distinguished gen-
tlemen at their annual dinner at the Re-
vere house this afternoon Chief among
the guests was Speaker John G Carlisle
who was orator of the occasion Previ-
ous to the bauquet Mr Carlisle held a re-
ception in the parlors and was greeted by
a host ot D mocrats
President Taylor presided at the ban-
quet Among the gue ts were Hon J
G Carlisle Hon Wiliiara Springer Hon
Jeff Chandler Stilson Hutchias Hon A
E Stevenson General J M Corse and
General W E liosecrans Dinner
over President Taylor rapped to order
and in a brief speech introduced the prin-
cipal speaker Hon John G Carlisle
whose chief virtue he said was that he
had been denounced by Senator Hoar
As Speaker Carlisle arose he was greet-
ed with great applause Alter expr ssing
his thanks for his cordial reception he
said You must permit me to tender the
sincere thanks of Kentucky Democrats
not only fur what you have done in the
past but also for what they know you
INTEND TO DO IN THE FUTURE
You will not permit Massachusetts to
remain always a Kepublicin state Old
prejudices are dying away Massachu-
setts already moving towards the Dem-
ocratic party with the Bay State Club in
front and your brethren everywhere hope
to see her on the rfcht
side of the line in 1S88 Gentlemen
in the veTV nature of things this
country must always be governed by po-
litical parties We need not be ashamed
to be known as party men if we hon
etly believe the principles and policies
presented by the orgauizition to which we
are attached will be to promote the inter-
ests of the naMon and
TUB WELFARE 01 TUB PEOPLE
This is the only true biis for politics
parties and auy party orgaaizd upon a
foundation less broad less patriotic
than this will soon degenerate
into a mere faction ad ctae
to command or deserve the reepect of
intelligent citizens Every atempt to
make a single interest or a single clas
to the exclusion of all others the basis of
political organization will fail aad
ougnt to fail From the formation
of your constitution down to
the present time the point of irreconcila-
ble difference between the Democratic
party and all its adversaries has been as
to the nature and extent of federal pow-
ers The principle of local self govern-
ment is a vital part of Democracy An
amendment to the constitution declares
that powsrs not delegated to tho nited
Stttes by the constitution nor prohibited
by it to the states are reserved to the
states respectively by it and to the people
No power can justly be claimed unless it
is granted
IN EXPRESS TERMS
or by necessary implication If no such
grant of power can be found and if its
exercise by a state is not prohibited it
belongs to the state and her people and
thus the whole doctrine of states rights
is defined iu the article It does net
sanction secession or nullification
but it instructs the several s > ates
and their people as to the boundaries
of all legislative executive and judicial
power not delegated to the United States
oy fair and reasonable construction of
the constitution By this constitutional
doctrine of states rights the Democratic
party of this country stands today as it
always has stood and as I trust it will
stand forever hereafter Loud ap-
plause Ttventyfive years ago the
tendency was to carry this doctrint
to a dangerous extreme but since
that time a dangerous extreme has
threatened from quite au opposite direc-
tion Great and powerful interests too
powerful almost to be successfully re-
sisted are constantly pretsmg against
the barriers of the constitution and de-
manding an extension of federal power
to a degreeNEVER
NEVER CONTEMPLATED
by the most extreme federalist in early
days It is quite common now to hear
gentlemen able gentlemen in Congress
and elsewhere contending for the exer-
cise of power by the general government
over particular snhjrcts timply riecutise
the states refuse to do so or because it is
thought state legislation micit not be
entirely effective The argument Is what
ev r the states will not do or cannot do
must be done by Congress or tne depart-
ments of the general government and
that independently of these specific grants
of power it is the right and duty of the
government to exercise general supervis-
ion and contrcl over all concerns of the
people MrPresident his is not Democrat-
ic doctrine a3 I understand it 3nd it
never was Tremendous cheers It
means centralizition first and inevi able
dissolution afterwards No part of the
Union is so vitally interested in the
pretervatiou and maintenance intict of
this local authority as the New England
Sates and iu no part of the Union have
the beneficial results attending the main-
tenance of thi doctrine been
SO THOROUGHLY DEMONSTRATED
Your town meetms is the most demo-
cratic institution in this country
Ciuers It has never endangered tue
jiberties of a single human being Tne
town state and general government
have their appropriate powers and
duties and so loog as these are
respected and maintained neither en-
croaching on the dmain of the other
there will be harmony and unity in our
complex system of government For-
tunately we have at last been permitted
to inaugurate a Democratic na-
tional administration and more for-
tunately still that administration
by its conservative and patriotic course
by its honest and faithful execution of
laws and by its regard for the rights of
all classes of men has given abundant
assurance that the executive power
CAN BE SAFELY TRUSTED
in our hands The country was
never better governed than it isnew
cheers and it was never more tranquil
and contented than it 4S now It is true
abuses still exist but they were not
inaugurited by this administration
Many of them have already been cor
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daaaaiwiaiaBH
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rected and most of those that remain are
not under coutrol of the execuuve depart-
ment alone It is not my purpose gen-
tlemen to discuss the revenue
question upon this occasion It
Is too large a subject to be
presented fully in the time at my dis-
posal and too important a subject to be
treated hastily It is enough to
say and I say it in conclu-
sion that in my judgment
the government has no moral
or lecal right to impose taxes upon its
citizeus except for the purpose of raising
revenue to defray its necessary expenses
and pay its just debts Loud cheering
Whenever it goes beoudthis it disre-
gards in my opinion the plain purpose
for which the power of taxation was con-
ferred upon it loud applau = e and I be-
lieve this is the doctrine ot an over-
whelming majority of the American
Democracy
Congressman William Springer of Illi-
nois was the next speaker His re-
marks were chiefly on liaance He
spoke of the large surplus in the treasury
which Congress had been unable to re-
duce and in this respect Congress has
failed to do its duty Ii taxes were levied
bv the government npon property it
would be the easiest thing in the world
to get rid of the surplus but as our tax p-
are levied upon consumption and as
the taking off of the tax upon any pAr-
ticular article will reduce the price of the
article to consumers those who
are engaged in the business of
disposing of those articles are
fearful that such reduction will
embarrass them because they will be
confronted by a continually falling mar-
ket If we cannot get rid of our
surplus in any other way we
can pay our debts with it and that
is doing a great deal So I
hope the financial centers of the country
wil possess themselves in patence and
not fear a commercial crisis by reason of
the hoarding of unnecessary money
in the treasury It will not be
hoarded it will be paid out
It will be paid upon our jnn debts and
the people of the future will have that
much less to pay Applause J At the
next sesska of Congress I am
sure the Democratic party will
be equal to the o casion and if the sur-
plus is not then reduced it will not be
the fault of the Democratic majority
CscgreSmfin Wilson rf West Virginia
wss introduced and spoke of Democracy
from the sourhern standpoint The
southern standpoint he said was now
not much different from any
other Whatever befell the Democratic
party in the luture this achievement of
the reunion of the people would stand a
not the least glorious of its achievements
The Democratic party must now align it-
self upon those great lines of poll y which
were alone able to met t and deal vrith
the great political issues of the day It
must have great doctrines and great be-
lief iu them
Other speeches were made by Congress-
man Mattson of Indiana and McAdno of
New Jersey General Rosecraus First
AsMstaut PosimisterGeueial Stevenson
and Hon Jeff W Chandler of Washing-
ton
This evening Speaker Carlisle was the
guest of the Central and St Botolph clubs
A Firebrand Kept Safe
Chicago III March 12 Sheriff Mat-
son said today it had been decided not to
permit Oscar Neebe to attend the funeral
of his wife tomorrow I1 had been de-
cided by the authorities that the presence
of Neebe would only tend to incite disor-
der on part of the anarchists Advices of
the police department are to the effect
that fully 10000 people who sympathize
with the red fidg will parade tomorrow
nd that these people once excited might
commit some act which might result in
an outbreak and under the circumstances
they have finally decided not to precipi-
tate matters by h > > vlng one of the con-
demned anarchists in their midst
ini
Ariuour Hacks Out
San Francisco Cal March 12 The
dispatch from Chicago containing the
statement of Mr Webster of the Armour
Co s firm that it had been decided not
to construct cotton seed oil mills at va-
rious points throughout the south as the
firm had arranged with cotton seed mills
io furnish them oil was shown by an
Associated Press representative to Phil
D Armour tonight He stated in an-
swer to questions that messages had
passed between him and Webster regard-
ing the matter and ended by gaying
Mr Webster can be credited as author-
ity on matters concerning our interests
Killed In a Duel
Potoma III March 12 A street duel
between John Goodwin a wealthy farm-
er and Charles Moorehead a young bank
cashier occurred here today Goodwin
had charged that his fifteenyearold
dauubter was seduced by Moorehead
The two men met near the center of the
town near noon They whipped out re-
volvers simultaneously and commenced
shooting at once Two chambers in each
ones pistol had been emptied when the
alleged seducer fell mortally wounded
Goodwin escaped without a scratch and
unmolested made his escaoe
The DeDinnada Still in Jail
New Brunswick N J March 12 A
complaint was made against the Den
mead brothers for maintaining a public
nuisance Warrants were served upon
them at the county jail this morning and
they were given a hearing this afternoon
both on this comprint and the original
one The physicians and nnderukers
testified as to theconditioa of the uudies
and the officers ns to their forcible entry
into the hovel Nothing new was brought
out The brothers were not allowed to
testify They were taken bacs to jail
Collision on the Northern Pacific
Fargo D T March 12 Passenger
train No 1 on the Northern Pacific Riil
road this morning collided wih freight
No 1G four miles west of Wheatland
Fireman Snyder of the freight train w s-
killed outright and Engineer Ryan of the
passenger train had a leg taken off just
below the thigh The braseman and bag
gagemaster were also severely iujared
It is undei stood that no passengers were
injured
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Crtbnn Outlaws Told to Go
Key West Fh March 12 Three
Cuoan outlaws arrived from Tampa last
night by the steamer Whitney They
were immediately waited on by a commit-
tee of citizens and requested to leave the
the town at once and i rever It is
claimed that tney are agitators of tbe
worst kind and they are in telegraphic
communication with other desperadoes
whose mission is to ferment strife
X
STATE MFIIRS
The Bill to Validate Titles to Lands
Sold at Tax Sales Passed to En-
grossment in the House
Bill to Establish an Orphan Asylum En-
grossed in the Senate The Text
liock Bill Discussed
Zlic 1J1II to Auioud the Inquest taw Passes
Its Third KendlD r in the Senate
Committee Uointra
TITLE TO LANDS SOLD AT TAX SALES
Special to the tarete
Austin Tex x March 12 The bill to
validate the title to lands sold at tax
sales came up in the House this morning
One of the main features of this bill pro-
vides that the collector of taxes when
there is not a sufi2iency of personal
property to satisfy taxes dee by any per-
son shall file his delinquent list with the
county judge of his county rt quiring
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the judie to issue notices to delinquents
on the sheriffs list giving a brief of the
abstract number original grantee num
ber of acres amount of taxes and the
time when he will hear the claim of the
Collector of taxes against such
delinquent the judge to issue process for
witnesses applied for by the colletor to
arcertaiu the true description of said
land or other facts establishing the claim
of the cohtctor and after twenty days
from the issuance of the notice he shall
proceed to hear the ilaira of the co1ctor
and the defense of the delinquents and
make all necessary corrections In the tax
rolls Upon these corrected r < lis the
collector shall proceed to sell and give a
deed containing all the necessary descrip
tion survey I cation aud metes and
bounds Tnis deed shall convey to the
purcheser a rood and valid title to the
lands only subject to redemption ss pro-
vided nnder tbe old law
After being discussed and amended by
striking out an unimportant clause the
bill was engrossed
A STATE ORPHAN ASYLUM
The bill to establih an orphan asylum
was taken up and engrossed in the Senate
this m rnirg This bill provides for the
maintenance ot such indigent orphans
and other children as have no means for
mainteuance After the selectiou < f a
site and instruments of conveyance have
been perfected the Governor is re-
quired to appoint a board or managers to
be regulated by similar laws governing
other ayslums After children have once
heamie iumate3 they cannot be removed
except under uch lawful rules as the
board of managers shall prescribe The
sum of SHOOu iu additiou to the available
funds ol tne asjlum shall be appropri-
ated to purchase suiUUe property to
contain not less than fif y acres for a
site also the sum of 1500 is appropri-
ated to supply utensils furniture and
supplies
TO EXEMPT MANUFACTORIES IROM TAX-
ATION
The Senate took up the joint resolu-
tion to exempt manufactories established
within the state with a capital of not less
than S2000l < and it was engrossed This
resolution proposes an amendment to the
constitution to encourage manufactorus
erected within the state by exempting all
their buildings structures utensils ma-
chinery and as much as forty acres of
land and all material in its raw state from
taxation provided that they procure a
charter from the Secretary of State ap-
proved by the Governor and provided
further that the exemption shall not ex-
tend beyond the year 1901
TO VALIDATE THE ACTS OV THE LAND
BOARD
This measure came up for considera-
tion in the House at its morning session
The main objects of the bill were to vali-
date the sales of land purchased by ac-
tual settlers and to remove clouds on
the titles The bill met with some oppo-
sition on the ground that it was not spe-
cific enough and proposed tovalidte
the acts of the land board generally which
might develop herafter wrongs that
could not be corrected by reason of the
provisions of this bill St veral amend-
ments were adopted and the bill was sus-
pended to give precedence to business
under special order
UNIFORM TEXT BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS
The bill met with a strong opposition
in the Senate this morning on the ground
that it would stuiify the progress of edu
cition and tend to form one line of
thought in the rising generation which in
time would reduce everything to a rule
The advocates of the bill claimed that
Texas pays more for her school books
than any other state advancing as a rea-
son for this that eacn teacher acted as an
agent for some publishing house This
brought about an extra expense and great
confusion as any new teacher insisted on
pupils procuring hi3 particular line of
books
JURY OF INQUEST DISPENSED WITH
A bill to amend the inquest law was
taken up at the ev ning session of the
Senate and passed to its thiid reading
ThH only change this bill makes in the
old law is that it strikes out the clause
requiring a jury Lo he summoned and
makes it the duty of the justice or cor-
oner alone to view a dead body take all
th evidence reduce it to writing and
seal the same and deliver it to the clerk
as required under the old law
LOCAL BILLS
Almost all the bills introduced and
considered in both houses during the
afternoon sessions were of a local nature
save the property exemption bid passed
by the House and under consideration
iu the Seucte which occasioned some
discussion on its fecond reading
THE WILUS CASE
The witnesses sent for by the Senate
special committee In the Judge Willis
investigation are arriving from the Pan-
handle and it is probable the examina-
tion will begin Monday
CHARTERED
The Peoples BuiMmg and Savms3 As-
sociation of Waco filed a charter in tue
Secretary of Smtns office today cap-
ital stock 6200000 incorporators W
A Lacev Frank Helrer W B Mor
rison J W Castles L P Black John T
Hornsfull O F Halbert H Behrens and-
S T Mallory
Also the North Texas Conference
Brotherhood of Dallas and the Dallas
Cmb
A LETTER FROM WISE COUNTY
The Governor received a letter today
from W ise county relative to the drouth
relief fund distributed in that county
The letter was signed by Mr Barksdale
and stated that he had distributed to
about 400 persons and had applications
irom about 200 more but was giving pre-
ference to the widows and orohans This
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leUer it is presumed was written in
contradiction to the impression conveyed
in a letter written by J W Booth of that
county read before the Senate
TnE COMPTROLLERS OFFICE
The committee that have been examin
ing into the condition of the Comptroll-
ers oilice have made their report to
Senate It comprises a long statement of
facts and figures relative to the taxes coi
Itcted by state license and contrasting it
with the taxes collected by the internal
revenue license showing a large perceat
age in favor of the revenue system
The report d > al largely with the de-
fects in tne law requiring tax collectors
to make quirtcrly reports In this con-
nection they say that this investigation
tas shown that the law rt quiring tax col-
lectors to make under oath a quarterly
report showing the taxes collected for
the state in such period of time has been
so lar as we weie able to lturn almost
totally disregarded for many years past
both by the Comptrollers Department
and the tax collectors throughout the
state
We think that it would be well to en-
act a law requiring such reports to be
made monthly and that it be made a
penal offense to fail neglect or refuse to
comply with the same and that It be
made the imperative duty of the Comp-
troller to enforce a strict compliance with
such law with a proper penalty for a
failure or negket on his part
The report reiers to the divergence of
the funds forwarded by the tax collectors
from the Treasury Department the law-
ful depository to the Comp-
trollers Department On this subject
the committee say in their report that
Nearly all the public funds are now
forwarded direct to the Comptroller In
the shape of bank drafts and as a matter
of course under such a system exchange
on remote places and places with Vwhich
there is little commercial intercourse
will be forced on the state For this
reason such exchange 13 frequently
at a discount aud in making collections
of the same the department is put to much
trouble
The spirit and language of the statutory
provisions on the subject of collecting
and forwardingpubic funds contemplates
the prompt entrance into thf state treas-
ury alone as the only place for their law-
ful custody until paid out for the support
of the state government and yet our in-
vestigation nas shown that by insensible
degrees and through various means and
methods the entire finances nud iinaa
cijl machinery of the state iua bpen to a
great extent absorbed by the Comptrol-
lers department
Chitf among the causes that has brought
aiout j > uch a state of affairs is the fact of
remittances being made as above stated
iu various kinds of exchange direct to
the Comptroller
From this has also arisen the pernicious
custom of depositing stse fuads in the
shape of exenange by the Comptroller
with various banks of Austin for col-
lection and it frequently occurs thatsuca
funds remain in the hands of said banks
for a period of thirty d ys
The committee wind up their report
with this recommendation We would
recommend that the Comptroller as well
as the heads of other deuartments should
be required to report to the Governor in
their annual reports the disposition of
all funds placed to the use of such depart-
ment giving names of all employes cnar
acter of services and t ount paid each
Also that the CompUiaJife report 5Sc1
r
year to the Governor that the Comp-
troller incorporate in his annual report a
full statement of the account of each tax
collector showing the amounts charged
the credits received and the balance
dueThe
The entire work of the committee was
a laborious and exhaustive showing of
the defects in our system of collections
and a strong recommendation for amend-
atory laws to place It upon an equal foot-
ing with Uncle Sams method of doing
business
BEFORE TnE HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE
A delegation consisting of C C Gar-
rett of Brenham and W K Cavett of
Bryan directors Captain T MScott
agent and Professor L L McGinnls
secretary of the Board of Directors of
the Asricnitural and Mtchanical College
at Bryan were present at the
meeting of the House finance committee
tonight for the purpose of presenting
the claims of the college for an additional
appropriation to enlarge the facilities of
the college for the accommodation of a
growing scholarship and to meet this an
appropriation of 30000 in addition to
the 15000 annual appropriation to meet
the ruuniug expenses of the college was
asved
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE NO 1
Tne House judiciary committee No 1
held an informal meeting tonight to hear
the explanation of Mr Freeman relative
to the claims of Texas to a part of the
territory wtfiiin the boundaries of Knnsas
and the Indian Territory He demon-
strated his argument by the use of a large
map showing the line9 embracing the
disputed terrtory His explanation
was exhaustive of the whole question
as developed by the investigation of the
joint commission of the United States
and Texas Mr Freeman was a member
of the b jundary commission in behalf of
Texas and showed that he was perfectly
familiar with all the details of the ques-
tion and believes Texas has a valid claim
to the territory
CICO
The Drouth Committee on Their Iaat
Tour
Special to the Gazette
Cisco Tex March 12 General Wal-
ter P Lane chairman of the state drouth
relief committee came in tnis morning on
the south bound Central train from his
last tour on the drouth mission He will
leave on the 240 east bound train for
Fojt Worth where he will join Judge
Teague and Major Ferguson The com-
mittee eoes to Austin tomorrow to make
their final report and finish appropriating
the 100 000 if they can do so within the
prescribed time forty days which exnlres
the lota There has been about 50 000
drawn out and General Lane thinks tne
committee will have no authority to draw
on the state for any more after the forty
days expires as they will not be officers
after that time
Nerrn from Nasaau
New York March 12 The purser o
the steamship Santiago of the Ward line
which arrived today after touching at
Nassau on the 6th said that Captain B3ds
was lying sick there at that time He
heard no particulars of his illness The
purser said he could not understand how
the news of Captain Esds death could
have been telegraphed to New York when
it was a3 no boat would leave Kassau lor
Jacksonville or any other port in time to
telegraph until today A special boat he
thought must have been chartered for tha
purpose The distance is soQutaGO mUe3
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