Fort Worth Weekly Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 35, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 7, 1890 Page: 1 of 12
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Address
GAZETTE FORT WOETH TEXAS
CHANGE OF RULES
Only Way the Force Bill Can Ap-
ply to the Fall Election
When Breckinridge of Arkansas is Un-
seated lie Will be Renominated
to Fill he Vacancy
How be Is to Ba Pot Ont Measures Tbat Will
Come Up In tbe Home lbl > Week II a
Quorum Can bo Obtained
2Cn Otliftr Chnnee
Special to the Gazette
Washington Aug 3 The story thnt
has been gome tho rounds ubuut an
agreement between the Deinoeratlo sen
ntors to talk the tariff bill to death turns
out to be entirely without foundation
Tbe conferences held from time
to time between Senator Gorman
nnd his Democratic associates hare been
Informal but there was a general con
census of opinion that it was policy to
let the tariff bill pass only that every
weak spot in It should be exposed This
will probably take up some six weeks
The river and harbor bill and other
measures will probably be considered
which will consume perhaps ten days or
two weeks prolonging the session that
much more so thut unless violent means
lire utod to chance the rules the election
bill is not likely to be taken up in time to
be applied at the fall elections if taken
up lit all
BRECKINRIDGE CONTESTED ELECTION
The mujority report of tbe election
committee declares that Breckinridge
wus not elected and will doubtless be
adopted if an ocular quorum can be
couuted by the speaker The minority
report Is a very strong document and
completely disposes of tho charges
against the sitting member It appears
that tbo committee did not make a
thorough investigation and clos-
ed the caso by refusing Mr
Breckinridges application to lake
further testimony which would undoubt-
edly have made Mr Breckinridges title
to his seat too clear for oven the present
election committee to overlook When
Mr Breckluridge is unseated he will ba
nominated for tbe vacancy and will also
ruu for the next congress at the same
election
GEN LUXGSTKEET8 ADVICE
A Southern Republican who is opposed
to the force bill Is authority for tbe
statement that Gen Lougstreet has re-
cently advised auaiust its passage on the
ground tbnt It would accomplish no prac-
tical result In tbe politics ot the South
and that just at this time when nn up
beuval is coins on lu Georgia and other
Southern states on ecouomlcal questions
it would he folly to cons lidate the
whites of the South by the passage of
such a bill
Concretilonal Forecast
Washington Aug 8 The proceed
laps la tbe bouse this week will be gov-
erned by the attendance ot members
There is a strong disposition on the part
of the majority to finally pnss upon the
conference report on the oriniutil pack-
age bill and to secure action upon the
compound lard bill nud two of the elec-
tion cases But it is felt tbat tbe pres-
ence of n quorum is a necessity in theee
cases and it thit cannot be mniuiiilued
it is probable thnt the house will be
obliged to conOno Itself to tbe considera-
tion of the senate amendments
to tho Indian appropriation bill
to the deficiency appropriation bill mid
other measures which nre not expected
to arouse party feeling The report
of the conferees ou the laud crnut
forfeiture bill it is expected will be
ready for presentation to the house early
in the week but its consideration will
depend with the other measures named
upon the attendance secure J
The tariff bill will be discussed in the
senate until Friday when it will be laid
aside and tbo river nnd harbor appro-
priation bill taken up
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OKLAHOMA BUEN1NG UP
No Crops of any Kind Ealseil rattle nn tha
Cherokee Strip Nothing bat SXIa
and Hones
Special to tbe Gazette
St Joseph Mo Aug 3 Allen G
Prler a prominent cattleman of tbe
Cherokee Strip and a town lot boomer of
Oklahoma who arrived here this morn-
ing says the whole country is burning to
a crisp There will not be a crop of any
kind Settlers will not have oven hay
enough for their horses if they wilt be
able to keep from selling them which is
doubtful Corn Is worth 0 cents a
bushel in Oklahoma now and not
enough has been raised to feed a span of
mules Hundreds ot petitions are
being circulated throughout the
territory and the adjoining stntes
asking for help for the guttering settlers
Mr Prier stated that the cattle ot the
Cherokee Strip were in n horrible condi-
tion and that they were forced to move
them by October and that there was no-
where they could be taken There is no
grazing for them and tbe result Is they
are skin and boues
tarn sutislied said he that If
President Harrison knew the condition
of affairs he would giro us additional
time to get out Considering bow every
thine is burned up and how we cannot
take our cattle to Kansas to fatten we
should have at least until Deo 1
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J W DAYIS
The Slayer of B C Evans Secures
a Stay of Execution
The Snpreme Court ot tho United
States Takps Cognizance of the
Celebrated Case
The
Constitutionality of th Texas Penal
Code will bn Tested 11fore the
Highest Authority
Stnrtllnc Developments or a Day THO
Proceedings in Full An Impartial
Trial vrunted Irobnblo Result
J W Davis the slayer of B C
Erans will not be yanked into eternity
ou Sept 1
The bright star of hope has again
nrlsen to gladden the vision of tbat con
demned felon lu the Tarrant county jail
who during the weary month
of his long imprisonment has nevor
civen himself over to the
misanthropy that ustiallv follows upon
such solitary confinement when the
benrtwrencbiiig thoughts of approaching
doom at the naudsof retributive justice
bars the way to all remembruuee of hu-
man associations
Byron G Johnson attorney for
Davie returned yesterday morning from
Austin and Washington D C bearing
with him tbe following document which
bears it own interpretation
United States op America ss j
TnE Pbesidejctofthe Uvited States I-
To the Honorable Judges of tbe Court ot Appeals
of the Slate of Texas Greetinj
Because in tae record and proceeding as also
in the rendition < I the Judgment ot a plea which
is in aid court of appeaU before you between
J W Davis who is appellant and the State of
Texa who is appellee No < t > ou the docket
of sail court or appeals sitting at Tyler in said
Eta e a manifest error hath hapnneJ to the
ijreat damage of the said J W Davis who is
plaintiff In error herein as by his complaint ap-
pears
We being willing that error if any hath
been shou d be duly corrected aud full and
speedy justice done to the party aforesaid in
his behalf do command you If judgment be
therein given that then nmier your seal dis-
tinctly and openly you send the record aod
proceedings aforesaid with all things concern-
ing the same to the supreme court or the United
SUtes together with this writ so that you have
ihe same at Wash lgton on the econd Monday
of October next in said supreme court to be
then and there held i that tbe record and pro-
ceedings aforesaid being inspected by the said
supreme coirt may cause furtner to be done
therein to correct that error what of right and
according to the Inwsand customs of the United
States should be done and that tbe execution ot
said judgment bo stayed until this writ of errjr
is disposed of
Witness the Honorable Melville
W Fuller chief Justice of Ihe
supreme conrt the 31st day of
seal July in the year ot our Lord
1S90 and seal of our said circuit
court at Austin in tbe lWth year
ot the independence of the United
States
Allowed by John P White P J court of ap-
peals of Texas
D n Hart
Clerk or the Circuit Court of the United States
Western District of Texas at Austin by
Geo no e F 7eunigai Deputy
United States op Amekica j
Western District oe Texas
I D H Hart clerk of the United States cir-
cuit court in and for the Western district of
Texas and Fifth circuit at Austin hereby cer-
tify that the above is a true and correct copy oi
the original writ of error issued this day by the
Hon Melville W Fuller chief justice of the
supreme conrt ot the United Stales under my
test and seal of this court
Witness my hand nnd official seal at
seai1 office in the city or Austin this tbe
31st day of July A D IS u
D H Hart Clerk
By George F Jeenigan Deputy
It is only ten days since Attorney John
sou left Fort Worth During thut timo
ho proceeded to Austin where he secured
the signature of Justice John P White
of tbe Texas court of appeals it being
necessary in the process of appeal on
error to the supreme court to secure
the voucher of one of the judges ot the
court fro i which the appeal is taken
that the grounds of appeal are of such a
nature touching the constitution of the
United States as can properly come be-
fore the supreme court of tue country
That signature being obtained tbe
attorney repaired immediately to
Washington wh re the writ of
error was signed and issued by
Chief Justice Melville W Fuller pro
forma on the voucher of the judce of the
Texas court of appeals Homeward
Hew the successful attorney to carry the
news to his client
Yesterday afternoon Davis wns in-
formed of the neiv aspect tbat had been
pieced upon bis condition He bad been
lookiuir for Bometbiug of tbe sort for
some time
The statement of errors upon which
the case will go before the supreme court
is given in full
rETlTION FOR WRIT OP ERROR TO SUPREME COCHT
OF THE UNITED STATFS
J W Davis
vs >
TnE State of Texas
To the non John P White PrcsiJing Judge of
the Court or Appeal of the btate of Texas
Comes now J W Davis the petitioner in the
above cause and presents to your honor that he
is a citizen of the United Slates and of the state
of Texas and as such is entitled to full pro ec
tion unler the laws and constitution ot tbe
United States That tbe Hon K E Beck
ham is the judge of the state district court of
and for the district of Tarrant county Texas
which district is known as tho Seventeenth ju-
dicial disrict of tbe state or Texas and that
raid district conrt has jurisdiction of all crim-
inal causes of the grade of felony to try said
causes originally upon the law and the evidence
and that the highest court In the state of Texas
having appellate jurisdiction in said grade of
offenses is the court ot appeals of the state of
Texas and that the Hoc John P White to
whom this petition is presented is the presid-
ing judge of said court ot appeals
tbe Hon Sam A Willson and
the Hon J M Hnrt being
tbe associate judges of said conrt of
appeals That heretofore on the 10th day of
September 1S89 in said district conrt twelve
men purporting to constitute the grand Jury of
said county presented and tiled in Jsald district
court an instrument in the form and style of a
bill of ii dictment charging your petitioner with
the offense of murder said offense being desig-
nated as felony by Art GU9 of what is known as
the penal code of tie state of Texas said cause
being styled and numbered in said state district
court as follows So tSCJ the State ot
Texas vs J W Davis that
said pretended bill ot indictment
aveis after stating tbe date and venae that the
defendant yonr petitioner did with his ex-
press malice aforethought kill and murder one
H C Evans by shooting him with a pistol
and that said indictment does not aver that
petitioner did shoot said B C Evans with a
nisol and thereby fails to aver directly the do-
ing of anv act by the defendant which did re-
sult in the death of said Evans or any act cal-
culated to produce the death of said B C
Evans or any deliberation or premedi-
tation on tho part ol yonr petitioner
That said Indictment failing to charge the de-
fended with the commission of any act with de-
liberation or premeditation resulting in the
death of said U C Evans said indictment
charges co offense at all and is therefore null
and void and is not an indictment for murder
Wheielore soar petition sirs that he has been
r wsu
toCs s >
convicted ot felony with the death penalty
affixed without having first been indicted by
a grand jury wbiob Is contrarj to article 5 of the
constitution of tbe United States which de-
clares that no person shall be held to answer
for a capital or otherwise infamous crime un-
less on a presentment or Indictment of a grand
jurjThat
That on the ttial of said cause in said district
courton the 11th day of October 18S9 twelve
meiwbo had heretofore daring said trial been
impaneled and sworn as a petit jury by siifi
state district conrt to try saldcause returned
anl filed in said court a jferdict convicting
said defendant ot the offence of murder in the
first degree and fixing his punishment at death
upon which verdict judgrnent was entered ac-
cordingly by said state district court
That within the time prescribed by the laws of
tbe state of Texas your petitioner perfected and
entered his appeal from said judgment to said
court of appeals of the state of Texas sitting at
the city ot Tyler and that said appeal was with-
in proper time thereafter duiy filed and docketed
together with a complete transcript of the rec-
ord of said cause from said district court in the
said state court ot appeals at Tyler that there-
after at a regular term of our said
court of appeals at Tyler towit on
the 12th day of December ibS9 npon tbo
hearing of said appeal our said conrt
of appeals therein rendered Judgment
affirming said jndgment of the said
state district court that Immediately
thereafter and within the time prescribed by the
laws of the state of Texas yourpetitloner be-
lieving botn said judgment of said state court
and the proceedings in said court had ai well
as said judgment of affirmance by the
conrt of appeals to be erroneous and
void as contrary to the sections of the
constitution of the United States hereinafter
designated filed and had duly entered ami
docketed in said court ot anneals his motion for
rehearing in said cause and that upon hearing
of said motion the same was by our court of ap-
peals on the tth day of Jnne lsJ overruled by
which said judgment was made final in said
state couts
Your petitioner further savs that if said Judg-
ment is carried into execution your petitioner
will be deprived of his lite and suffer death by
being hanged without due process of lawand in
violation cf section 1 of the fourteenth amend-
ment of the constitution or the United States
which provides that uo stats shall
deprive any person of life liberty or property
without due process of law Because he says
that articles Go J 601 and COO of the penal code ot
the slate of Texas defining and prescribing the
punishment for murder nro null and
void and are not statutos nor law because
neither of said articles of the penal
code have ever been passed or enacted into a
law by cither house of the legislature or the
state of Texas nor by the congress of the United
States nor by any other legislative power and
that a conviction ender said void articles is
contrary to section t of Article 4 of tbe con-
stitution of the United Sta es nhich provides
that the United States shall guarantee to
every state in this anion a Republican form of
government which contemplates the enact-
ment of laws by the people tbrough their
properly constituted legislative bodies and not
the makingor promulgation of a statute by any-
one man without tho will or consent of the
people
Petitioner further states that there is no
other law in force in the state of Texa3 author-
izing or providing for tho trial or punishment ot
any person for the offense ot murder aid that
sid articles referred lo are not law but are null
and vcid
Yonr petitioner further say that article 67
of the penal code of the state otTexas which is
a aiid and subsisting law of the bald state
rads as follows
Article 607 If the jury shrjll find any per-
son guilty of murder they shall also
find by their verdict whether it is of
the first or second degree and if
any person shall plead gniltv to au Indictment
for murder a Jury shall be summoned to find
v hat degree of murder ho is guilty That said
statute was a valid law in full force and effect
at the time of the commission ot the homicide
charged in this cause and at the time of the
trial of said cause in said state district court
and is mandatory in its require-
ment that the jury and not the
judge shall pass upon tho two degrees of
murder notwithstanding which said state
district judge on tbe trial ot your petitioner
in said slate district court in effect repealed said
statute and then and there made in writing and
real in charge to the jury a ditforrut rule or law
commanding said jury not to allow your peti-
tioner the protection of said statute and not to
find whether your petitioner was guilty of the
second decree ot jiurder but that said
jury should only consider and find
as to the first degree and not as to
the scond degree said Judge then and there en-
forcing said rule in writing as a new law in said
cause taking the olace of said article C07 of the
Penal Code and repealing the same for the pur
poses of said trial of your petitioner which said
taw or rule so promulgated and enforced
by said state judge was in tho natnre
of an ex post facto law and also
denied toyonr petitioner the equal protection
of thelawsetforthin said article GOiof the Penal
Code said judge being an officer of the state of
Texas all Of which unlawful procedure is con-
trary to tbe last clause of section 1 of the four-
teenth amendment to the constitution of the
United States which provides nor shall any
state deny to any person within its jurisdiction
tho equal protection of the laws
That said promulgation or enforcement of said
rnle in writing was tbeiein by said judge stated
to be the law and thereby it repealed and took
the place of said statute all ot which is in direct
violation of section 1 article 9 of the constitu-
tion of the United States which forbids the
making of ex post facto law
That all of said questions and matters herein
complained ot were involved and drawn in
question in tbe trial ot said cause both in the
state district court and in the court ot appeals
and were by each of said courts decided against
your petitioner
Wherelore your petitioner prays tbat he be
allowed a writ ot error to the snpreme court ot
the United States in said cause that said mat-
ters may be reviewed and said error be corrected
by said supreme court Your petitioner further
presents tbat since the final affirmance of tbe
judgment in this court the mandate of
the conrt of appeals has been sent down
to said state district court and that your
petitioner will be executed and suffer death
under said Judgment before the next term ot the
supreme court of United States uul33ssaid pro-
ceeding is stayed by a supersedeas the said
state court having sentenced said petitioner to
be hanged on the first day of September KM
while the said supremo cenrt of ths United
States does not convene being now in vacation
until the second Monday in October 18J0
Wherefore yonr petitioner prays your honors
to allow yonr petitioner a writ of error directed
by tho clerk of the court of appeals ot Texas at
Tyler and a supersedeas to tho sheriff ot Tarrant
county that petitioners life may be spared until
said cause can be decided by the supreme court
of the United States as provided by section 1043
revised statutes United States
Your petitioner further states tbat all of said
matters and questions are fully shown by the
record of said cause which is here submitted
for the Inspection of your hoaor saiu record
remaining with E P Smith the clerk ot the
court of appeals at Tyler Tex and that roar
is now in accordance with the
aws of the state of Texas confined in the jail
of Tarrant county Tex ic the custody ot J C
Richardson the sheriff of said Tarrant county
to await the final decision of this canse Re-
spectfully submitted BvRoer O Johnson
Attorney for Petitioner J W Davis
Allowed by John P White P J court of ap
peals ot Tex s
July 31 1890
Mr Johnson spoko troely to a re-
porter yesterday about the status ot the
caso The supreme court convanes on
tbe second Monday in October
be said but it is not at
all probable that the Davis
case will be taken up before
January or February at tbe earliest as
priority is lwnys given on the docket to
cases in which tbe United States is a
party which must be disposed of before
any state case can be taken up
The result of tbe hearing before tbe
supreme court I have no doubt will be
fuvorable to my client though the exact
shape tbe result wilt take Is a ques-
tion to be settled only with the
eventuatlon of the appeal If the
objection to the legal validity of
the penal code ot tbe state is sustained
the prisoner will come off scott free but
It only such errors as occurred In tbe
trial ae sustained then a new trial will
be ordered The validity of the
penal oode Is a mooted legal
question never yet passed upon by tbe
supreme court though there are now
pending before that tribunal four
other cases Involving the ques-
tion as follows Duncan vs the
State from Uvalde county on
habeas corpus Leeper vs State from
Coryell county Powell vs State from
Ceryell county end Caldw U vs State
yw rus
from Galveston Upon tho result ot one
of these cases rests all ot them
Tbe statement ot errors as presented
to Judge White does not contain all tbe
questions that will be submitted to the
supreme court There will be others
embodied in nu elaborate assign-
ment of errors which will be
presented to the supreme court All tha
proceedings in tho case will be reviewed
all the records opened but only such
questions as involvo tbe laws or consti-
tution of the United States will be con-
sidered
The prisoners relatives feel unspenk
nble relief nt the situation ot affairs
Mrs Davis will now discontinue the cir-
culation of her petition to which she has
secured some 750 names but which would
be of no avail pending action ot tha su-
preme court
ILLTREATED HEBREWS
All London Journals Protest Against
Russias IllTempered Action
Viscount Dnnlos Fetter naif Interviewed
Firm In Her Determination The Bebr
Ins fcoa Agitation
Tho Wherefore ot Their Unanimity
Special to the Gazette
London Aug 2 The movement In
favor of a general protest to the Russian
government against its ill treatment of
Jews is receiving tbe wnrui support of
all the London nud provincial newspa-
pers The unanimity of tbe press on
this subject is due to the fear that a mil-
lion or more Russian Jews will take
refuge In London if life U Intolerable in
Russia The city is already so over-
crowded with foreign pauper laborers
that such an Influx would cause serious
trouble
BELLE BILTON OR LADY DOVLO
in an Interview confirmed tbe report that
Visoouut Dunlo had an Interview with
her since the recent decision of the
divorce case iu her favor She says that
the noble youth seem3 disposed to do
the proper thing but that his father
refuses to continue his allowance if be
lives with his wife The idea of bis sup-
porting her by earning money through
his own exertion is of course not conceiv-
able There is little prospect of the
couple maintaining domestic relntlous
therefore until Lord Clnucarty dies or
undergoes a change of heart Lady
Dunlo doclnres nevertheless tbat she
will never compromise her rights nor re
lax her efforts to enforce their recog
AH 1MPOKTAKT AKKEST
A Texan Wantf d for Kidnaping and Holding
a Big Cattleman
Epecial to the Gazette
Meeker Col Aug i The recont
arrest of Joe Hnrris for assault turns out
to be a very important one as it is now
developed he is the Texan wanted for
kidnaping and holding Cattleman Spin-
ney from Egerla Park until tbe sum of
S1000 was paid to him It appears tbat
tbe prisoners mother sold a bunch of
cattle to Spinney but could not get tbe
par and Harris adopted the novel plan
of capturing him and keeping him In tbe
bills above Meeker until the pay wns
forthcoming Lost night about 12 oclock
Harris made a determined effort to
escape by digging under tbe walls of tbe
jail but a passerby beard tbe noise ana
gave tbe alarm before he bad finished
hit work
FORT WORTH TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 7 1S90 TWELYE PAGES
aKS3fimik
fWS 3
THE F0KCE BILL
fiepublicans Cant Force it to the
Froiit as They Would Like
They Expect the Bill to Pass but not In
Time to be Operative in Xeit
Falls Elections
The Texas Delegation will Vote Solidly Against
the Conger Lard Bill Its Dateat Proba-
ble Texas Notes
Ontlonk for the Force BUI
Special to the Gazette
Washington Aug 2 The advo-
cates of the force bill are getting very
restive because the tariff bill hangs tiro
The fact that but four or tlve pages of
the bill have been read In the senate
provokes calculations as to bow long it
will take to get through the 131 pages
with the most difficult matters to deal
with yet to come At the present rate of
progress It looks us if tho Federal elec-
tion bill might have a long time
to wait It cannot be said
however that tho Democrats are at a
loss to find things to say about the tnrilT
bill and they arc talking to kill timo
That they are saying things ou tbe sub-
ject that have some meaning is evi-
denced by the fact that the Republicans
concluded it wns necessary to break this
compact ot silence and nave Morrill reply
to some of the criticisms nnd defend tbe
bill It will bo difficult to convict
the Democrats of Qllibustering
for if half the legitimate amend-
ments wero offered that might bo
offered two months would not be long for
consideration of the bill With this con-
dition of things it is not necessnry for tho
Democrats even if they desired to kill
the bill to proceed in nny but an orderly
way They might even be generous and
pass over many matters they would like
to contest and get a vote on The bill
cannot possibly be reached in time to ad-
mit of consideration of tho Federal elec-
tion bill It is u grand mistake to as-
sume that a majority of the
Republicans have given up
hopes of passing the force
bill or that they hove lost all control
over those who would like to oppose tbe
whole scheme but what they are unable
to do is to force tbe election bill to the
front as they would liko to Mr
f
uition She denies the rumor that the I mitteu of the houso who is more the
viscount is going on a hunting trip in
Africa
niSIlllINa SEA AGITATION SlIllSIDKD
Agitation of Bearing eea dispute has
subsided Great Britain havinc de-
clared her attitude is apparently not
anxious to say nny more about the mut-
ter The Times asserts that the lleli
ring Boa outside the threemile limit is
just as free to nil tbo world us tho
English channel or Medlterraniau nor
ciiu any attempt to restrict tbat freedom
be described otherwise tliun as au usurpa-
tion of wellestablished rights So far
as war and rumors of war nothing more
is heard or intimuted but tne Bitish
squadron recently gathered at Ksquimult
will remain in the North Pacific pre-
pared for such action as tbo American
cruisers may give occasion for It Is
certain tbat Cuuadian sealers will be
protected as louc as tbey keep three
miles away from American and Russian
territory We have no quarrel with
the United States said Lord Standley
of Alderly at a dinner last Thurday
evenlug bat British subjeots must and
will be protected the world over in the
exercise of their lawful rights
Anothor Plot Agnlnst the Czar
Pap18 Aug 2 The Siecle and Flgnr °
print reports that a fresh Nihilist plot
ngainst the czar has been discovered In
St Petersburg According to these re-
ports Professor Cortowski of the univer-
sity of St Petersburg aud a number of
students at that institution who It is
alleged are concerned in the plot bnve
been arrested and mnny persons have
been taken into custody in Moscow on
the same obarge Officers of high rank-
in the Russian army hnve committed sui-
cide and it is supposed tbey were found
to be implicated in the conspiracy against
tbe czar and took their lives rather than
undergo arrest and the punishment whioh
was sure to follow
Cholera
Lisnox Aug 2 Cholera has ap-
peared in the Spanish province ot Badjo
gon tbe Portuguese frontier A rigor-
ous cordon has been established on the
frontier by tho Portuguese antborities
Cairo Aug 2 Tbe cholera is in-
creasing at Mcoa Yesterday there were
over 400 from tbe disease
Madrid Aug 2 Cholera Is increas-
ing in Valencia Several cases of the
disease are reported in Lorrena in the
province of Badjos Tne Portuguese
government have forbidden Spanish
trains to cross the frontier until laga
rettae have been established on the
borderline
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Fort Worth Tex
Rowell chairman of the elections com
author of tbe bill than is Mr Lodgesaid
to your representative today that be ex
poctod tbo bill to pass but that he had
no idea tbnt it would pa s In time to be
operative in this falls election He
added that he did not care about it being
put in force before the No-
vember election that amend-
ments by the senate committee
would simplify but not modify the
measure The senate would merely out
out some of tho details but not change
the general provisions of the bill They
would strikeout tbe minimum penalty a
thing he wns in favor ot doing
CONGER LARD RILL
The Texas delegation is being flooded
with petitions Irom all over the state
asking their support of tbe Conger lard
bill Judge Abbott says he thinks the
entire delegation will vote against it
He stntes that pure lard should be so
brnnded For himself he is opposed to
placing the manufacture of this article
under the direction of tbe internal
revenue burenu and the infliction of
license fees upon manufacturers The
bill seeks to protect one industry from
competition by another and it is not re-
garded as the duty of the government to
enter upon class legislation ot this
naturo It is probable tbat tho Conger
lard bill will be defeated
A LITTLE TEEVIOUS
The friends of Mr Kilgore hero aro
very much gratified to learn ot his suc-
cess in securing a renomination for con-
gress He is expected here ou Wednes-
day next
Tho mnny admirers of Judge Hare
and tbey aro legion aro surprised and
disappointed to learn ot his probuble de
teat for congress lit the bands ot tbe
young Mississippian Bailey who it
Is said has captured tbe primaries
Congressman Moore Is slowly recover-
ing from his reoent illness end Judge
Culberson keeps dally vigil in the house
now after a brief indisposition
Miss L A Norton of Texas has been
promoted from S1000 to 1200 in the
postodice department and Mr Sherman
Williams ot Texas was also given a
1000 clerkship today in the war de-
partment
CAPT THOMAS PHELAN
Negotiating With an Agent of Guatemala
to Enlist an Army to Conquer
ban Salvador
Epecial to the Gazette
Kansas Citv Mo Aug 4 Some
days ago tbe Associated Press sent out a
dispatch from this city stating that Capt
Thomas Pbelan was in correspondence
with an agent ot the government of
Guatemala tor the purpose of raising
men to go to that country to aid in the
war witb San Salvador The dispatch
slated that the captain wanted 30000
placed to bis credit In a New
York bank when he would raite
3000 men With considerable difficulty
an interview with the captain and while
he prefaced his remarks with tbe state-
ment tbat there was nothing to tell yet
In tbe matter he showed there was
something on foot In the conversa-
tion be stated he was not at the
head of the movement but that a major
ot the Ninth Massachusetts was the
leader He said that tbe statement that
he wanted 30000 placed iu a New York
bank was wholly untrue ns that would
not begin to pay tbe expenses of recruit-
ing that number of men let alone equip
them Cupt Phelan is enthusiastic in
the matter He says tbat with 3000 well
armed Americans a man could go to
Guatemala and conquer the whole coun-
try and proclaim himself dictator He
thinks tbe Indians who do the fighting in
thnt country would not be ablo lo stand
before tbe Americans in a single battle
aud tbat tbe struggle would be almost
bloodless as far as the whites was con-
cerned Be refused to show upon what
VOL XU NO 35
grounds he was proceeding and said thai
his negotiations were with an
agent of Guatemala and wert
not completed He said that he would
have no trouble In raising 5000 met
within a week if his plans went through
The captain and major are both well
known men and havo records of bravery
in three wars Capt Phelan has an
almost worldwide reputation at a
swordsman His ndveuture in New
York some yeurs ago when be wai
stabbed by Short gave him a national
reputation He showed letters from
men In all ranks in life who were desir-
ous of enlisting their fortunes in tho
Guatemala project Ue promised to
give definite information of the plans In
the course of n tew dnys
Kvery ono should use P P P bo
cause nt this season nearly every one
needs a good medicine to purify vitalize
and enrich tho blood For sale by L M
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A1ES HER WRONGS
ExQueen Xatalie or Servia Tells How
Milan Obtained His Divorce
A Section of a Grand Stand Containing Flf
teen Thousand People Tails and llany
People Are Injured
Cansect a Pnnlo
Special to the Gazette
London Aug 4 An accident oo
ourred at Atberstone Warwickshire to-
day injuring a large number of people
but providentially killing none Au iin
meuso grandstand hnd been erected from
which to view a military tournament in
progress at that place and at the timo
of tho accident It was occupied by 15000
people while 10000 more were closely
packed on either sido Suddenly a crash
was heard aud a section of the stand felt
to tbo ground carrying with it over 1000
spectators It was fortuuate tbat tho
fall was not very great as many peoplt
might have beeu killed but as it
was a largo number were injured
some of tbem seriously Wheu tho crush
came the immonso gathering beoame
pnnio stricken and trampled upon tha
prostrate ones in their frnntlo efforts to
escape from danger the extent of which
they were not uware Several cool
headod men were successful in allaying
the fears ot the fleeing ones and turned
many of them bnck to render assistuueu
to tbe Injured Dr Purks surgeou of
Stanleys expesitiou was preseut aud he
with several local physicians dressed
the wounds of the injured
DISGUSTING EXPOSURE
The publication by exQueen Natalie
of Servia ot the story of the divorce pro-
ceedings brousht against her by King
Milan together with nn account of tho
flagrant conduct of her husband with
MadameChustiuhhas greatly exasperated
Milan who is endeavoring to find some
means of retaliation Natalie also
scores the subservient metropolitan who
granted the divorce la spite of the faot
that the ovidenoo was wholly m favor of
bersell and the probabilities are that
another attempt will be made to exclude
the exqueen from 8ervia before she gets
ready to leave on her contemplated visit to
Russia where It is understood she will
take up her permanent residence It us
stated that Milans exoesses have greatly
Impaired bis health and alienated many
of those who have stood by him In hU
troubles
To Gnard Against Cholera
Cairo Aug 3 The recent report of
the destruction ot 9000 aores of cotton
and rice in tbe Garbioh province Is offi-
cially declured untrue Only a few fed
dans of rice It Is stated were dostroyed
Troops have been dispatched to pre-
vent tho landing of Mecca pilgrims sut
fering from cholera
Horsfords Acid Phosphate
Relieves tha Vesting ot Lrualtude
S common in midsummir and imparls vitality
THAT CHESTNUT COTTAGE
President Harrison Paid 10000 for
Outfit Ihe Subscribers Got Their
lloney Back
tns
Special to the Gazette
New York Aug 3 The World pub-
lishes tbe following special
Cape May Point N J Aug 2
The mystery of the presidents cottage
at Capo May Point is solved ac last I
was a gift but the adverse com-
ment on its acceptance Impelled Presi-
dent Harrison to pay over tbe amount
it and the furniture In it cost Tbe cor-
respondent of the World tonlgbt In
answer to an explicit written inquiry
obtained the following eqcolly explicit
statement from William V MnKeau
chief editor of the Philadelphia Ledger
who raised the subscription for tbe pur-
chase of the cottage
Cape May Point Aug 2 Dear
Sir You write me tbat the New
York World desires to know from me
whether payment for the Cape May
Point cottage has been made by tbo
president or by any one for him To
this I reply without recogniz-
ing any obligation to give an-
swer to tbe question tbat
tbe president has paid In cash for tbe
cottage and Its contents S3Q00 for the
cost ot the cottage and 2000 for the
cost ot Its furniture nnd equipments
10000 in all That payment is nbso
lute so far as tbe president
is concerned be having expressed un-
bounded satisfaction witb tbe cottage
and property That payment is consid-
ered final by tbe subscribers and is
accepted as linal very greatly to
their regret nnd against their wishes
frequently and earnestly expressed to ths
president Very trulyW
W V McKean
Tbe correspondent asked Mr McKean
to whom Mr Harrison paid the money
but he would not say All he would say
in addition to what he bad written was
that tbe gentlemen concerned received
their money back very reluctantly
WANTED FEMALE AGENTS
Wanted Ladles to canvass in their
own towns and counties Nice employ-
ment Liberal commissions Recom-
mendation required Address M L
W care Gazette Fort Worth Tex
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