Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-21


ILLNESS OF GEN. AT'KENzIE.
The war department has received
notice of the dangerous illness Of Gen.
Mckenzie at San Antonio.
PosTMAsrERs CONFIRMED.
To-day The last of the Texas post
masters appointed during the recess of
congress were conf med.
a LOBBYIST LEFT.
E,x-Gov. John G.. Brown of Tonnes
see, attorney for the Gould system of
railroads, with headquarters at st.
Louis, who has been here some days
to influence the makeup of tn. public
lands committee, has not been success.
full. Cobb of Indiana will likely be
made chairman. He is known to be
hostile to the railroad land grants.
BY Associated Press.
THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, December 20. - The
president has gone to New York.
EXTRA PAY.
The house is discussing the question
of granting months extra pay 10 dis.
charged employees.
SERGEANT MASON.
Sergeant Mason, recently pardoned
for shooting at the assassin Guiteau,
leaves for GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Tonight to
attend q reunion of his old regiment,
the Seventy-eighth Ohio.
Consuls-Wm ID. Warner OF South
Carolina, at Dusseldorf; Warren a.
Worden of Charlottestown, at Pau !;
David NJ. Dun ut Valparaiso H.
Dean Thompson of New Orleans, at
Guerrero; Edward Il. White at Puerto
CaballO; Clodomiero Perez ut Santan-
der IL, n. Beach at Guayaquil; Ju-
Illus u. Nugnt or New 1'uris, ~ hienis-
la; &. p. Williams of New York, at
Ravena; Harrison Il: Mckay at
Teneriife; Frank G. Haughwaut at
Naples Albert Woodcocl5 Of lllonis,
Calamiu; Geo. Clifford Of Maine, at
CoOnac; Emil Mahio at ManzanIlIa;
q. Il. Lincoln of Connecticut, at AK
Nern ont, at Toronto; Peter Strickland of
Massachusetts, ut GORE Dakr, Senegal;
Frederick NJ Cheney OF Massachusetts,
ut Zanzibar; Herman heifer OF Michi
gan, ut Stettin; Jno. L.. Parish of
Illinois, at Chemnitz; IL. s. Nod el
at Nantes; Thomas Wilson at Nicf; j.
w. Wadsworlh at Saltillo; f.. Il.
Jones Of Wisconsin at Cardiff; j. Il.
Dubois of Pennsylvania, at Leipsic;
Max Palacheck of Chicago, at Client;
Beckford Mckay of South Carolina,
ut Rio Grand do Sui.
Indian agents-.Iohn G.. McCnl-
lon OF Missouri, agency of Col
orado: >. @. Snyder of Montana,
Fort Peck, Montana; Patrick Buckley
of wyoming Territory, Tullalip agen-
cy; + Il. Ellis Of Wyoming Territory,
Nisqually 5komoish; Chas. Willough-
by Of Wyoming Territory, Quinailet
agency, w. 4.
Collectors of customs C. i. Leland
at Phiiadelphia; j. w. Cobbs ut Padu-
cab, Ky.
Assistant appraiser VIM. II. Graf
ton at san Francisco.
Naval onicer-E. II. Necl;in, Jr, at
Philadelphia.
jacob Il. Fitch of Louisiana, special
examiner OF drugs, medicines and
chemicals at New Orleans.
THE CLAYToN.DuLWER TREATY.
Secretary Frelinghuysen, in a letter
to Minister Lowell made public to-day,
formally concludes the iong-pending
discussion ON the Clayton Dulwcr
treaty. lie contends that the treaty is
voidahie for reasons already published,
but expresses the opinion that the two
nations will in due time reach Il sat
isiactory solution OF the question.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
a number of representatives, who
profess to have knowledge of Speaker
Carlsle's intentions, give the sup
posed makeup of the ways ard means
committee to day as follows: Morrison,
Tucker, Hewitt, Mills, Hurd, Black
burn, Blount, Eaton, Kelly,
Kasson, Mckinley, Hiscock and
Anderson. Some doubt is expressed,
however, about the appointment of
Anderson of Kansas. One or two Of
those known to have been selected as
sert that he should be chosen because
from the same state as Haskell, who
would have been member had he
lived
The chairmanship OF foreign affairs
has not yet been determined. Cox
and Belmont are still promi-
nently spoken of for the
is entitled to II rs lie was the first
Democrat on the committee in the
last congress.
A number of chairmanships are pre-.
dicted rs follows: Appropriations
Randall; elections, Springer; JUDI,
CARY, Tucker; banking ana
currency, Buckner; navy, Hewitt
or Morse; military, Rosecrans;
American shipping, Belmont
public buildings, Converse; commerce,
Reagan education, Wills; labor,
O'Neill; District of Columbia, Har-
hour pioific railroads. phrockuOrton
public lands Blackburn or Cobb,
rivers and barbors, Dunn; postoflice
and post roads. Maxey; war claims,
Holman; patents, Vance, invalid pen
sions, AIaison; agriculture, Hatch.
Great preparations are being made
e.. 81.