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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
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4 dcath.bed confession made by
dying man in Kansas brings to light an
instance OF singular miscarriage OF JUS
tlcc, where the innocent suffered and the
guilty escaped to reap honors.
Several years ago John White was com-
tyaltomcy of Rice county, Kas., and a man
named Lawrence was treasurer. One
morning the vaults Of the county treas
my were found open and racd of Sla,0o
Lawrence was arrested for the robbery.
He wa, put ON trial, and, despite his
frantic protcstotious OF innocence, he
was convicted and sent to the pcnitou-
tiary for three years. White, the county
attorney, conducted the case against the
prisoner, and his prosecution was noted
for ts venom aud strenuous effort to
secure Il conviction, lie afterward rose
to some distinction in state politics, nc
qulrod wealth, and Is now member OF
the Kansas legislature,
one day last week doctor, dying,
purgcd his conscience Of its heavy load
by confcssing that White was the thicl
who robbed the county treasury, aud that
he was particeps criminis Being called
out carly one morning on professional
visit, he was passing the Office of the
county treasurer, and saw n light. This
was So unusual at that hour that he
stepped inside. White was in the act oi
robbng the vault lie paid the doctor
$4,000 OF the $4,000 to keep tho
secret, They took the money, and Law
rcnco was convicted of the crime.
Here is the foundation of novel that
needs only to be built up by some imag
NATIVE writer. Lawrence is the suffering
victim, condemned to bear the infamy
ana punishment Of another's crime. Iii,
family, il he had one, or If not, hi,
sweetheart, could be made to pine away
and die while he wasted in prison cells
Aud the ylllain-what glorious villain
he was Not only reaping the fruits O
the robbery, hut himself the chief instru
mcnt in fastening the crime upon another
winning the appreciation of the multi
tude for his untrlng labors in prescott
Ing the supposedto-he guilty, attaining
to distinction and wealth, and ON the up
ward career oyortaken by the Nemesis %
justice, which falls upon him by the con
lcssion Of a dying accompllce. TN,
lrnu1nIiS npr~oUu, nrp all nrnvil.l F1,.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23

81. LOUIS, Mo, Nov. 22.-But little has
developed in regard to the killing Friday
night of cX-Mayor John 3. Bowman of
East ST. Louis. Coroner o. f. st. Clair
began an inquest yesterday morning
which has brought out nothing new.
MIR. Bowman was worth some 5000, 600
and had been Il very prominent figure in
all the political troubles which have
stirred the. East st. Louis community for
II number of years past. lie had firm
friends and bitter enemies, ana some of
the latter had become more bitter of late
since he had become counsel for some of
The stockholders of the Virgins Ferry
company, who arc lighting the managers
OF the company IN respect to some OF the
cOmpany's investments Bowman had
been warned that he was in dauger and
went armed, but he did not give much
heed to the threats. Many lhink that the
Niiliug grew out OF the heated CON
trovcrsy in the ferry company.
Frank b. Bowman, a son OF
tie eN-mayor, has offered reward
OF $4,000 Tor the arrest aud conviction OF
the assassin \ Mrs Harper, who lives
about block from Mr., Bowman S house
across what is known as the park, testi-
fled at the inquest that about fifteen min
utes after the shouting was done three
men passed her house and as they went
by She heard item talkug about the muir
der She heard them tomark how well
the shot was directed and how quickly The
mun tell. No names were mentioned but
from the conversation she heard she was
satisfied that the men were talking about
the shooting of Mir. Bowman aud that
I they were the parties who committed the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23

their representatives, the trustees, were
the best Judges Of mans moral htness
and habits Of life, and hence, unless the
objections to Cochran came from that
source, II was plain the Judge went step
beyond his authority It was a matter OF
fact that at least the majority Of his pat
rons were satisfied with the school-mas-
ter.
To this conclusion Of the board super
ntondent Baker demuiTed, and IN re-
cent letter to the aforesaid judge says
az deem It 10Y duty to inform you that
said opinion Is not coucurred in by me-
and that ia my future rulings ON the
point, therein discussed shall not hold
IL binding on me for Observance. tur'
thor on he adds: "T0 follow said opin-
ion as rule would wreck the school sls-
tenn OF Texas
It would DO interesting 20 hear Mr.
Baker explain how this wrcckiug Of The
system would be brought about a sys-
tenn that could be so easily wrecked
hardly amounts to much, and it Is feared
that the honorable gentleman has let his
imagination run riot with his judgment.
n a teacher is TO be oustcd from his
school at the caprice OF an official whose
opinion may he biased by prejudice, it is
time the people knew It. The people
themselves, the interests Of whose chill
dren are ut stake, would seem TO be the
proper Judges Of mans right to teach
among them superintendent Baker yir-
tually denies this right in his desire to
constitute the judge the supreme arbiter
ia the matter A nau who doe, not be
have dcccutly will not long be tolerated
as an instructor Of youth in any COM
munity in Texas, and 1t is extremely
likely that if the pcdagoguc in question
was unit for the place, his patrons would
have found it out quite as soon as the
county Judge.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
DOWN AN EMBANKMENT
A Mixed Train Wrecked on the Mont
gomery Branch OF the Santa
Re Railway.
Tho Fireman killed Outright and the En-
gineer so Badly scaided That tic
Cannot Tive.
special to tho Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
NAyAsorA, Ten. Nov. % ~ A bad
wreck occurred last night about eight
miles from here on the Montgomery
branch of the Gulf Colorado & Santa Re
railway Train No 10, the regular
mixed cast-bouud, left here at about .
o'clock, and when about eight miles from
Navasotn struck an obstruction which
threw the engine down an cmbankmenL
killing the fireman aud scalding the engi-
necr su there are small hopes OF his re-
coycry.
The Hrcman's name Is banner. He has
a brother living in Fort Worth, and I, a
member of the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Firemen. HIS remains viii be
taken charge Of by the brotherhood. a
memoranda was found in his coh
chest asking that in case he should
over be killed that his remains be taken
to Louisville, Ky, his old home, for In
torment.
The engineers name is G. $. Gordon.
whose home is at Scaley, Tex No blame
whatever Is attached to him for the acci-
dent.
The foreman in charge Of the section
where the accident occurred reports hay-
lng found distractions ON the track TIVE or
three times IN the last month.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
An Nnswrr Mnntrd.

Can any ono bring MS case OF sidney
or liver complaint thar Electric Bj,tcrs
VIII not speedily curey We say they can
not, as thousands OF cascs already per.
mancnty cured and who are daily recon,
mcpding Electric Bltters, will prove,
BrIghts disease, diabetes weak back, OF
any urinary comp alnt quickly cured
They purify the blood regulate the
bowels, aud net directly ON the diseased
parts. Every bottle guaranteed. Fol
sale 90 hity ceuts q bottle by II w
Mlliams.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
postmnster., GrIcynnces.

Chicago, Ill, Nov. 22.--Thc third and
fourthclass postmastcrs will assemble in
Chicago i'm national convention next
Wednesday, to unite in protest against
the inequalities to which they are forced
TO submit. Their grievance is that their
petty Office expenses come out OF the r
own pockets, and that they are forced to
set up attractive and convenient fixtures,
such as boxes and drawers, and turn the
income over TO the government They
claim that postmaSt,rs of the first and
second classes are favored in these re
gards being furnished with everything
which their office or a sense OF luxury can
suggest
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
nN0 EHOELn LIDGE

\ controversy has arisen between the
state board of education and Hon b. NJ.
Baker, superintendent of public mstrur-
ton, that is OF no little interest to tle
public and Is particularly worth thcnoucc
of teachers
Thc county Judge of Robertson county
refused TO renew a certificate held by n
Teacher named Cohrau Tie also denied
the latter the right to stand an cxamlua-
ton to test his competency, though asked
to convene the examiners for that pur-
pose His Nlusals were understood ID
arise from objections to Cohran's morals,
or lack of morals
The teacher not relishlng such trcat.
mont, appealed his case TO the state
board OF education This body re.
yerscd the ruling OF the county
judge aud Instructed him that Cochran be
allowed the right of standing an exam.
nation, Their decision was based on the
commonsen>c doctrine that the people
OF the community in which he taught, or
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
TALK OF A CONSOLIDATION.



Special TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, Ten, Nov. - There is very
little doubt that the Herald and the News
have arrived at mutually satisfactory
understanding and that they will form IA
union about the lst of December. There
has been a rumOr u0oat to that effect for
several days, and the matter has been
pretty generally discussed Col. Bclo
lett for Galveston last night
aud Mr.. Lowe Is already there
MIR. Dorcmus, the acting managing
editor of the News, positively declined to
make any comment upon the rumurs or
say anything about the matter. Mr.
pfouts positively denies H.; Major Elliott
and Mr.. Han are less definite, The notice
so long standing in the Herald us to the
arrival Of "ncw machinery, type, etc, - is
now significantly withdrawn. aud it is
SAID that the order for the machinery of
the electric light has been com.amanded.
II Is said that MIR piouts will retire
from the newspaper business entirely,
taking his share in cash, but Mr.. Hall and
Mai Elliott take their share in stock OF
! the News,
1t is understood that the name OF the
Herald will not figure in the united
papers, The News will simply gobblc up
| Aunt 'Lizabeth, and the old lady W II drop
out OF existence. The matter has been
| pretty extensively discussed by the news
paper men and printers, a number OF
/ whom will be thrown out Of work bv IN,
! change.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23

"Now, quit your crying, sir, or III give
you something to cry for" When such
words are spoken to a weeping little boy,
ne don't know whether to stop crying or
TO 90 on. But he does know that the
cross old aunty that says them is hate
full creature, What makes her hateful {?
Possibly dyspepsia; or maybe liver COM
plant. In either case, give cross aunty
a bottle of Browns Iron BtterS and tone
her up so that She may be healthy and
hlppy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23

EnE sALE--Bakcry; MOL stand; cIuap. In.
Pulrc atst Louis hotel near Union depot
LNOl RENT OR SA.E-StoyaH hotel fur
L nished, Dinner, two trains each Wuy.
For information address j. ~ stoyalI. Iic6,
reN,
EiENAN { EkIlhlCArEsf for sale by stew
art ilahicht, Austin. ToN.
CUR your game To j. II. Robinson, butcher
- ana dealer IN game, 1913 Main street. Fort
Worth. Satisfactory returns made.
MONEN, MONEY, MONEY--T. f. Whitaker
w the vnecultnrist, offers Il great reduction
IN grape roots; VIII sell until further notice I'm
lois lrvm dvO To 1000 at $50 a thousand, already
packed and ready for shipment. and viii shii
Z. u. ~ any nddrcse must hnNr lnnmnN
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23

the saloon is so powerful q political
agency that IL il deemed indispensable in
government Of, for, and by the people
II the Russian people enjoyed free and
enlightened government under which the
car owed his Office to popular vote,
such an cdict would never have been
issued.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23

Vow the Republican papers are trying
10 make Il ont that Blaine caused tho
election of Hlll IN New York to show
that other Democrats than Cleveland
could carry the state, thus indicating
himself against the Charge that il was his
personal unpopplarity that beat the Re
pubhcans lAs' fall The Democrats can
stand tiw, Kind of ymdicatjon as long as
ANYBODY.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
shne.Cnttcr. nn q strll,e.

CINCINNATI, OUIo, Nov. .. I'm obcdl.
cuce to a resolution adopted by the Jack,
son assembly, a shoe-cuttcrs' union OF
the knights OF Labor, the shoe-cutters IN
all the shops but two struck yesterday
The grievance is refusal 90 advance
wages as requested.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
r0N RNNr-nMELL1NGs.

rTO RENT-Thrcc room house ON \ycst Fifo
! strecH good ncBhborhood; Just pancred
ana painted. Amply TO L. Hackctt, 200 Nycst
second street,
IfuE RENT.-Dwvling house of thrgI rooms
4 Tour blocks uom postOllge. Also tho,t
cholce ui!ce roum- over 3Oi Main street. ncNt
uoor ~ White Elephant. Inquire of 4. W
l'elis. 300 Houston rireot
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23

rm Russian government has issued am
c,hct conhnlng the sale OF spirituous
liquors to restaurants aud hotels and clos.
ing over $4,000 saloons This strongly
illustrates the difference between a
monarchy amt = republic IKE thus, where
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23

THE GAZETTE has the largest
bcna-fde circulation Of any daily
newspaper published in Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
MNNTNn- nnAHnl.ns-
MusINIlss CmANcrs

nOAltplNG-priyate boarding forgcntlcmen
south Calhoun street.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
W VTrD-rrnTAr,E urI,p

I AUl AGENlS OF tact wapteo for our bust
! and form developer no humhug; Endorsed
10y phy4icians, Write Cor seated description
and terms Eric Med 3d., Bullalo, y. =.
NNNNItD-A suoG coui.. AppN no Mrs.
w Is. VI. NauLSEdt corner Pom and -cy.
uuth streets.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23

MONDAY noWsNo, soyrNNN 20
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-03-11
President Cleveland's Inaugural.

There is nothing new or original in
Mr.. Cleveland's inaugural address, but
he has said some old things with SIM
plicity, force and directness, and with
an apparent sincerity and determine
ton that are new in democratic
leader. Indeed, as democratic utter
ances, the presidents patriotic and res
olute sentences are so new, so fragrant
with an honest purpose and matured
conviction of right and justice, as to ex-
cite, in spite of a disposition to confde
in Mr.. Cleveland personally, feeling
of incredulity when considered in con-
nection with the party history and the
existing temper of the dominant faction
of the democracy. The president in
dulges in no exultation over the return
of his party to power. There is no ex-
hibition of party spirit, but the spirit
which pervades the address is as broad
and comprehensive as the idea of
American citizenship. An inaugural is
a general index to the policy of an ad-
ministration, not an exposition of the
details of that policy. An Inauguration
or an inaugural address is neither the
time nor the place for the elaboration
of plans and details which should find
in message to congress their proper
opportunity for presentation and dis
cussion. So, criticism of the address,
on the ground that it does not explain
just how the president proposes to ac-
complish the objects of his patriotic am
bition, are insincere and captious. His
conception of the duties of citizens,
private or in official station, and the
general features of his policy, Mr..
Cleveland has outlined with rather a
bold hand, with not little of the con-
ciseness and sturdy eloquence which
are the characteristics of a determined
and Independent spirit, and with a
great deal of the patriotism of a man
who has deliberately and accurately
measured the duties and responsible
ties, as we'll as the hazards under exist
ing circumstances, of the presidency of
the United States. The sentences de-
claring that ga proper limitation of
purely partisan zeal and effort " is neces-
sary in order to secure the best re-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-03-11
Notes and Comments.

THE river and harbor bill fell to the
ground between the two houses, the
senate asking for $40 900, 900, the house
for S5,000,0O0. The rivers will con-
tinue to run.
GOVERNOR HALE of New Hampshire
has appointed United States senator ad
interim Henry w. Blair, whose term
expired last week Wednesday. The
legislature will choose his successor in
June.
THE CONGREGATIONALIs "Wash-
ington may not have been as great by ma
ture as some other Americans who have
lived since his day, but it depends
much upon what is meant by great
ness Certainly he was not mag
netic,' to use popular term"
EVENING RECORD: "The irreconcil-
able republican organs would do much
better to be considering how the party
can win the next election, than to in
dulge in vain recriminations and idle
"reminiscences over the loss of the last
one. 1t is time to front face and for
ward marchp'
THE Bible used at the Inauguration GER
emonies was a small morocco-covered =,
gilt-edged volume, pretty well worn. 1t
is the Bible which Mr.. Cleveland's
mother gave him when he left home as
young man, and at his special request
the committee of arrangements had it
in readiness for the ceremony.
THE way in which high license works
is thus told by the Chicago Tribune:
Wherever high whiskey-tax law has
been tried it has found favor and sup
port. The Illinois $500 law is growing
stronger every day in the confidence of
the people. In scores of places where
there is a strong temperance sentiment
the tax is much higher than the state
minimum of $500, and ranges from that
up to 81 200, the effect being to greatly
reduce the number of dram-shops and
improve their character, and making
the survivors quiet and orderly. The
brief period of the Scott law in Ohio
reduced the number of saloons in the
state by three thousand, and wiped out
of existence many of the low dives and
cross-road grog-shops. The Illinois
law has abolished about four thousand
saloons in the state, reduced drunken
ness and crime, and it yields fully four
millions of dollars to the various mu-
inequalities, beginning with Chicago,
where the revenue derived from the
tax is 81 800, 900 year"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-03-11

WITH the expiration of the forty
eighth congress closed the active public
life of one of the ablest men, not of
Vermont only, but of the entire Nation
judge, United States senator and repre-
sentative in congress, extends over
period of thirty-seven years. For sew
enteen years judge, his service on the
bench is reckoned as among the most
brilliant in the history of the supreme
court OF the state, while for twenty
years he has been one of the conspicu-
GUS men of the Nation in politics and at
the bar. His tenure of the judgeship
has the halo with which distinguished
and sustained success surrounds its ia
vorite. The Revised Laws of the Ma
ton are lasting monument to his
tireless industry as legislator, his
great ability as lawyer, and the i'm
plicit confidence congress reposed in
his talents, his faithfulness and his ca
pacity for great trusts. The men are
few on the sole authority of whose in
dividual name legislative body like
the United States congress would
adopt, without examination, for the re-
vision of its scattered and voluminous
enactments of nearly three-fourths of
a century. This rare mark of conf
dence was vouchsafed to Judge Poland.
He will also be remembered as the CEN
trail figure and inquisitorial spirit of the
Credit Mobilier investigation, and the
hero of the brilliant Arkansas episode,
when, in the teeth of Ben Buffers i'm
pudent and intimidating opposition, he
snatched a splendid victory from hos
tile house. Herendered stalwart service
in the field to the republican cause dur
ing the momentous political struggles
that followed the restoration of the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-03-11
The Cabinet.

The list of the probable members of
the cabinet, published in the last issue
of THE WATERMAN, has become an
historic fact by the action of the presi-
dent and the confirmation of the senate.
1t seems to be clear that the president
has chosen his advisers with reference
to some specific purpose, not to reward
political services or with regard to
geographical distribution. Two men,
bers are taken from New York, two
from republican states, one only from
the boundless West, none from the
Pacific slope, three from the East and
three from the South, two of the latter
being ex-confederates. Bayard of Del
aware, secretary of state, was elected
to the senate in 1869, where he has
since remained and won honorable
distinction. Manning of New York
ended his school days at eleven, and be-
came printers apprentice in Albany.
BY his own unaided efforts he rose to
the editorship and ownership of the
Albany Argus. He has been known to
the general public, hitherto, only as an
astute political manager. His selec-
ton for the treasury department is sur
prise. The Albany Journal, a stanch
republican paper, has strong good
word for the appointment. 1t seems to
be not unlike Grants selection of Zach
Chandler for the interior department.
Endicott, secretary of war, is con-
sentative democrat, who has been Judge
of the Massachusetts, supreme court.
Whitney, secretary of the navy, is a
son-in-law of Senator Payne of Ohio,
the head of the Standard Oil Com
pany. He is known as the late eff
ficient and brilliant corporation counsel
of New York city. Villas, postmaster
general, a native of Chelsea, VT, was
a colonel in the Union army, serving
in the West at the head of Wisconsin
regiment. He was formerly a repub-
lican. His eulogy on General Grant at
Chicago, on his return from his voyage
around the world, was the beginning of
his fame as an orator. He is lawyer,
and was president of the Chicago demo-
cratic convention, but has not been
identified with partisan politics. His
selection, and that of Judge Endicott, is
an offence to the bourbon democracy
Garland is an attorney, and was in the
confederate congress from the begin
ming at Montgomery to the collapse at
Richmond. He has been senator
from Arkansas since 1876, and has
been identified with the conservative
and reformatory legislation of congress.
Lamar was colonel in the Confederate
army, but was sent, in 1868, on mis-
sion to Russia. He is distinguished
for fine scholarship, his independence