Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-14
4 MLDSUEMER Session.
Congressman Scott Of Pennsylvania,
Thinks Congress will Adioum
About August Twentieth.
He Allows the Senate Month on the
Tariff Bill-No Administration
Organ at the Capital.
Pes, iii Sc ID. partna NJ Is UouEihrr O aims
Of POslmasters Who dave suffered
UnsvOidabgo Lrss
A PRoLONGgn sEssIoN.

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'pecisi 80 tire Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June Is Congressman
Scott said to-dsy this. he cid not think
Cong ess would acj1urn before August
20 BE thipks a. k asst three weeks will
% required fer the appropriation bills AID
the House would certainly occupy
disposition OF the tnrf bill. He thinks
TIE Senate III need month for the tar
il SIC this Will bring the close Of the SEES
sion close to the ISt Of September.
NIEDs NO ORGAN.
Special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June l5-The National
K puo.icaU, after nesrLy twenty-eight
yea:s' existence, has departed into the
newspaper heaven. The publishers even
refused to let subscribers know it was
going to die and Yesterdays issue WAS
the last. During General Grants admin
istrstion it was his semi-G q ,ial organ,
snd the proprietor had unusual facilities
in officisl circles. The publication began
in November, 1860, When Wsshir gton vas
the center Ct southern C6iYalry and the
population had no idea Of allowing an
sooutioris: to become President. TIE
so-c2lled indCpeL sent pspeG which now
N 3nopoliz the press franchises
makes 1t Impossible for &pynne to Start
al administration organ IN Washington.
1t is perhaps the greatest compliment
President Cleveland could POSSIBLY have
that lie does no. need ia orgsn.
OPPOSING INTERESTS HEARD.
WAsHIN GToN, June Is -rne tariff sub
committee Of the Senate to-day gave az
exse ded audience to the wire rod snd
wire drawing interests. The latter sd
VI este a reduction Of tie duty ON wire
rods To 8 10 Of q cent 4 pount, while the
wire rod men oppose tae reduction.
POSTAL NOTES.
WASHINGTON, June Is The report Of
the oud!tor t r the PJstC I'll e D. artmens
for the quarter ended December 81, 1887.
shows the receips from all sources to
have neen Sl3 653 962; the expenditures,
Sl3, 79l ISL; detcienc;, SI37, SI9 The
report shows that tie receipts for this
quarter were the 'a'gest for any q1arter
in tie history Il the e ' nm n, I'D the
Gefciel cy w1s ire smallest s ue ne re-
duct!on # the Is { ~ pos, sge in 1883
TIE P.s.mas'e. Genera is prepGrlGg
with all pecesssry ig.t- the pCstc flee ex-
hiDit tO he sent to the Cincinnati EXPOSE
lion, which Opans July
l. is announced thai TIE PustC flee De-
pArtment ls nov prepaied 10 Consider
claims Of pJstmss'ers WHO hsy4 suffered
loss Of postal iuCds by t's, burglary or IN
transit by unavoidable casualty siuCe
March Il, 1887. \ / claimants mus, pre-
sent their Claims within six morths after
May 9, 1888, TIE date Ct tie sppcevsl CT
me act ucder whic7 payment vii De
made. Bi7Iks and q; needed inf3rms-
ZION will be eu?plted By t5e Assts'ant
Attorney General for the P0stcftice D
partment.
MINISTER ROMERo's DENIAL.
special to the Gazette.
sHINGToN, June 13-Seuor RI
nero, the Mexican Minister, denies the
s:stemeus tnst fn invoice OF nickel
p.ated clocks from rie Uat5d S:3tes WAS
charged G Ei1rtr rs'e ~ tUtY Mt P4s0 del
No1te than 6 ; mlisr invoice it1m Europe
Vera CI1z To- iDs.sU:eSoi alleged
discrimination having been cited 10 show
The difficulty Of competition on the part
OF American Hl:0 Eu-op-sl mrIC1a9ts in
tTaJi5g win II XyJ NJ. Il msro HIS
receiv d e>s'smGtf rom he Collector
Of Customs 3. P.s0 81 rte showing
that il the Invoices 2+d 0seI CIsssifsd IS
WAS charged, he d;;'y ltv.et IN ihsm :,
Psso del Nlr;G WGU.u I've h.e2 lDRer
tlan s!Vers Cruz
TREASURY OFFICIAL INTER- G TED
WAsHINGTON, Jlre 10 -MsjJr .. a,
Amst2t:e, So cial ogens Cf the Treasury
Department, whJ selEc.ad The site iG1 the
public bulldog II B'DgAsmton, Was ex-
snIned this nom ~ ~ his own raqles.
by 8 speCisI committee Of the Senate in
respect to g statemen. brought out when
the committee WA in NV Y0TB, that
Am=tstte's hotel bills were paid by Abel
Bennett, one Of the owners Of the site Sc
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