Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-29
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Maraer of an Old German Merchant at
Flint Rock.
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The Convention of Tcachcrs Debates on
Interesting Topics.
Fort Worth Selected for the Rc@ular
Annual Meetings.
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The Laud Board Preparing TO Receive

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Special to tho t;arettc
Austin. December ~. Paul RenelSc,
an old and welt known German liv-
ing ut Flint Rock, niuotcen nailes west
ol here, was sssstSsinated late ycstef-
day evening. He was postmaster ut
Flint Rock i'll suGtll store which he
kept, nom which a day or two ago he
had several blankets stolen, Suspl.
zion OF the theft fastened upon Julian
Steb, u Young German living IA the
neiyhhorhopd, and IL IL said Raaeke
wrote him note requesting the re-
turn of the blankets, and
the matter would he droppcd.
Yesterday Steh called NJ Renckc's and
asked 10 see him, saying he had n set
llcnlcnt to make He was directed to
cedar brake, mile oil, where Renekc
and "A Young man were emitting rails.
He went 10 the brake aud was seen 10
enter II hy the Young man who was
assisting Reneke, aud who had dragged
out II LOT OF rails before loading them
ON n wagon. lie heard u shot, and
I few minutes after he entered the
( brake aud found Reneke lying on his
back, shot through the heart He
gave the alarm, and citizens
aud officers immediately went
after Strhs, who, 1t ia believed,
( committed the deed, Renese lenvvs n
I large family. Stehs also has u family,
and has been living In the neighbour
hood of Flint Rock about two years.
! AZ laat accounts he had not been ar
1 rested
/ The state association of school All.
/ porintcudents met ngntn this morning.
/ judge Fillmore was istraduCol, aud
! delivered an address on the lilnir adu.
cati0nal bill saying IL was one of very
/ great Importance 90 the whole country
aud especially 20 the South, but that
! Il hns mol received thnt confederation
! which It's Importance dnmnndA, The
! misses of the people are indifferent 10
/ II because they are not intoruled az To
! iie scopc, and misrepresentation pnbllc
4 men OF the South In many instances
I nre divided IN opinion as 10 It's propri-
I ETY.. IL Is believed, however thNt IL
4 the merits OF the bin are properly mp
preciatod aud the results aimed at
milk comprchcndcd, these dlilal-
ences of opinion may be adjusted and
! the southern Stntes ~ once enjoy fhn
! benefits of that Instruction for which
I the Blair bill provides The bill
/ proposes to distribute Sl1,000e00 per
| nnnum 10 tho different states, In
amounts proportlnned Ia the illiteracy,
4 10 be managed by a commission IN
/ conjunction with the school authori-
ties OF The states. Members of tho
/ Eighteenth legislature, 80 whom lac
! had spoken, objected to the hill, first
/ because there was 10 constitutional
| warrant fOr such An appropriation,
second, that ~ was an assumption OF n
4 duty that properly belonged 10 the
states; third, ~ was inconsistent with
! the Democratic theory OF govern
ment, fourth, that with an annual
appropriation of this kind the reve-
nuos of the government would he 80
reduced III a. necfNsltilte The contlnu-
ance of our present customs ana inter
nal revenue ratee tiflh, that \ new
door would be opened 10 the Fcderal
treasury, thereby laying down pfeo'
edtnt for innnnicrnble other calls upon
its resources.
| In answer to these objections Judge
Fillmore snil-: 1.-THE same conslitt-
tlonnI warrant exists for this character
| of approprlntiuns az exists for npproprl-
not an ASSUMPTIONS Of duty pertaining Ia
the state. as The bill did not assume %
dictate, hut simply Ca put the states Ia
a pDgltion where they cun perform
tina, duty for themselves. Educh-
tional gybienls must he supported by
| taxation, and while the responsibility
Tor the Southern states has been ms
creased, their power 20 meet that re.
/ spousjbIllty has beuu decreased by
reason Of the war; lie said further
TINT Andrew Jackson aud John G.,
/ Calhoun had committed themselves 10
| such Measure, and modern statcs'
I nlauahip, under all political nnnes,
/ has found IL necessary 10 give broader
scope 10 legislation, both state aud
national. 10 meet tho necessities 81 y
growing civilization. He said u would
/ ndd about seventy per cent 10 the
/ Texas school ftlnd, aud enable na to
I build up a ecliool system equal 10 That
~ any country The proportion
which this Sl5.000,00D appropriation
! would bear 10 the whole annual IN
come OF the federal government u TOO
| small 10 affect any measure which
may be advanced for the reduction OF
/ the income 81 the government. On
I motion, The address wns declared ~ he
\ ln accord With the sentiments ~ tlle
association.
Prof. Eoute said be bad studied the
/ bill, aud IN iils opiulon IL WIS a second
/ declaration Of Independence. The
/ ii rst was to free ur from kingly dosp0i-
/ ism; this WINS 10 free ~ from the deg
potlsm Of Ignorance. II was eminent.
! ly worthy 81 support, and he hoped
/ that every teacher III the land would
/ advocate its passage. that money pow
1 idle m the national treasury might be
used IN education.
prof. ioie Aaid he approved Of the
! bill. mud lie did not ~.
| how any person, especially
! q citizen OF the South. could consist
4 entity oppose IL, as tile beueiits would
come largely 10 the Southern states
and aid In the education Of the blacks.
on motion, committee couSisiing
/ OF Hon. II. NJ. Baker, Pfot. j.. y
! VIM and A. T.. Woodbridge was np.
pointed TO draft resolutions u present
| 10 the legislature, asking that BODY y
nenoriallze congress to pass the biil'
1 4, 100 ala. ut,voa.taI flint Defifl0lia lbs