Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-24
EXAM In LONDON.
nm POLITICAL TOPICS IN
fTHb GREAT CITY.
hpailing Observation-Disclosures Isiii-
- Observation-Disclosures and the
q Opera-Mrs. Langtry.

oorrespondesce of the Gazette.
I1oa July 4, 1ss3.--The first
SI,pr | saw after leaving New
,,Sspff Queenstown, and IL con-
fIye first published account of
.,91llnp disaster Mt Sunderland,
United in the loss of nearly 200
;>. The particulars have al
published by you and
5'<SSs papers, and need not be
" TO me now. Scarcely had the
~ = vered from the shock caused
Iedy when the news comes
4 that befell number of
Yin an italian booth. And
don is reading the sickening
I e 4, q loss of near one hundred
4 6nseauence of the sinking
HIN being launched in the
Glasgow, Scotland. Full
are not yet to hand, but
Z i.f / can gather / conclude that
liability the loss of life has
+ greater than is reported. 1t
"a the ship was crowded with
engaged in completing her
orkings at the moment she
11r launched, most of them
work in the interior OF the
6he slid off the ways satisfac-
bflt rs soon as she struck
yGter she began to sway
|deto side as if laboring among
i This unusual motion alarmed
b f,n board, those who could do
ntng into the river. Many of
were saved by two tugs that
al by assisting in the efforts to
I4he ship, but those below were
Ito escape in time and when the
eapsized and finally settled
|eEater they went down with
6most of them were drowned.
{lgh tide at the time and there
<ieient water to cover a vessel
81 feet high. The morning pa.
lid contain the particulars Of
I1slaecident which occurred yes
e&fternoon, about O'Clock, on
'S1nway at Hudder's Field, by
i've persons lost their lives and
5aflve W ere seriously injured. 1t
case of engine and cars running
1own IA steep declivity. London
[ 10 not appear TO me to be at all
inhal, but these disasters follow
(SAt upon each other have
marked effect upon
All the city papers are dis
H Them, and the demand for the
6e of greater care in all cases
want of care may result in loss
III imperative. The inquest in
litter of the Sunderland tragedy
xoing on and all the evidence
gin goes to show that the means
BED were fearfully insufficient.
11s led certain papers here to call
ION to the fact that the same
MAY be said Of most of the pub
|ldings in England. In almost
case doors open inward instead
ward and the demand is for Il
in this respect mt least.
IoW the United States author
kiGht with propriety be looking
be same question. While | was
w y ork the appearance of n mil
btu" in one of the city public
b came very near resulting in a
lede among the children, and the
lay it was shown by the New
}papers that had the stampede
aerious, great loss of life would in
Nv have resulted, owing TO the
feet and insufficient means OF
ave been here too short a time
ITO feel at all at home in consid-
English politics. The house
peers has again killed
deceased wife's sisters
Which was introduced to legalize
larriage of a man to his dead
Sister. Really the bill is in the
st of certain prominent parties
and is justly regarded as partak-
Ia private character. If Il bill OF
Specifying by name, etc., the
e to be relieved could be passed |
hend it would not meet so much
ition, but when it is ATTEMPTED
Ike these private cases the excuse
ndamentally changing u law that
accordance not only with the So
Il feeling but with
inctic law and customs
u is n strong opposition
&c developed in social circles,
lso in circles ecclesiastical. The
ate union OF church and state ex-
here justifies the churches in in
ing frequently in political mat
but in this particular instance
nave been particularly aggressive
IN opposition to the passage of
III.
j Corrupt Practice Bill" has
before the house of commons q
lime, and is still in committee.
nrpose is to make it a penal
'e for any undue influences to
Bed to control votes at cleo.
For instance, it is pro,
that it be made a serious
e for candidates to furnish car.
to convey voters to and from
on boxes. The bill will in all
bility pass, and / fancy Texas
eians wouldn't object If the car
clause at least could be put into
in their bailiwicks. Many an
Int for aldernauic honors has
financially crippled and well
ruined because the custom OF
seemed to him to re-
the expenditure of money in that
Really, little of a strictly polit-
character is attracting pub
attention here now. In
tally the action OF the United
authorities in refusing to per-
ersons known ms assisted emf
to land in her ports is being
ssed here. But ] can't find that
ne here is disposed to find fault
That action. | have discussed ii
lily with several well posted
shmen in public office, and they
rec that the United States Is doing
what the law of self preservation
res. As most of such assisted
Is are Irishmen, | called to-day