Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
Send MEN TO TEXAS,
A Bishop Wants Less Money Spent on
South Sea Islanders and More
Missionaries sent to Texas.
Representative Mills, Of Texas, Is Pros
irated frem Inc kn,eis OF over.
work st the CspIicI.
General Bragg IL Gstotng Ready 60 Assume
HIS Position as U aiten States Min.
lister to Mexico

BISHOP GAEHErr CALLS ZOE MISSION
ARIES.
Special 20 the Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Jan. i9.-Bishop Garrett
Of Texas has been telling the Women's
Episcopal Missionary Society OF Wash
Ington mat they should quit spending 80
much moDey on the South Sea Islanders
and export q few missionaries to the
Lone Star State. "We want pioneers"
he says, "men who know how
to take care OF themselves
aloGg the frontier, brave, sturdy fellows
not afraid of the open mouth OF the re-
volver nor the yell OF s drunken CO nboy,
men with muscles OF steel who csn
throw yesrlipg steer over a wire fence
as easily IS they can jerk the lawless
coyote out Of religious meeting II he at
tempted to mske disturbance"
MILLS Is SICK.
Special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l9-Mr. Mills OF
Texas is i'll. He hiss been suffering from
nervous headache and sleeplessness for
several days and nights and yesterday WAS
forced TO take to his bed. The attack IS
not serious however. He is nervous and
simply oVerworked.
THE NEW MINIsTERTO NExIso.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 General Bragg
is in daily consultation with the principal
otficisls OF the State Department iR refer
ence to his duties as Minister to Mexico.
There are now pending large number OF
diplomatic questions between the United
Ststes and Mexico which require careful
treatment. Among these is the demand
recently rendered by Secretary Bsyerd
that Mexico must Tenouuce claim to extra
territorial Jurisdiction which wss made
10 the Cutting and other cases.
The FIRST sxIRMIsH.
WASHINGTON, j IN. l9-The frat Skirm-
ish of the opposing lines Gu the subject
Of revenue reform took place to-day in
the WAYS and means committee resulting
IN j slight victory for the tariff reiormers.
| Chairman Mills who has been indisposed
| for dsy or two YVES unable TO attend and
! McMillsn Ct Tennessee presided. A
former motion m8ie by him 20 refer to
appropriate sub. committees the various
| bills referred 10 the com littee that have
| been received from the PUBLIC Printer was
adopted. Mckinley of OHIO then moved
| to take up AMI consider his bill repeating
the tobacco tax. Some discussion ensued
| from which it appeared that the Demo
| cratic ma GRITTY was averse 20 considering
any specific tax reduction n II 81 this time
| preferring to take up that class OF DILL
in connection with the general tar!G
| reduction bill which 1t is the
! intention CT the committee 20
present to the House. Finally BteCte
inridge moved to defer consideration OF
McKinley's bill uatiI the general subject
( Of revenue reduction is taken up by the
committee sud this motion prevailed by s
strict party vote of five to four. TIE SUB
| Jet is expected to come up again ST me
meeting OF the committee next Tuesday
ANNUAL PENSION BILL.
WASHINGTON, I'm. l9.-Tne commit
tee on appropriations made re id2 this
uorning the regular annual pension bill
for report TO the House. The bill appro-
PIRATES $50, 275, 500 as follows For the
payment of pensions, S79, 900, 900; for
fees aud expenses Of examining surgeons,
81 900 600; for salaries of agents, S73,-
600; for clerk hire, $l70. 900; ren,s, $50
600; fuel, S75Q; lights, $3.50; stationery
ana incideDtsls, Sl2 900.
The ea'imates originally made nggre-
gated S76 2l2, 400. A subsequent letter
from the Commissioner OF Pensions
brought the sum up to the amount of the
bill.
NO FREE FISH.
WASHINGTON, Jsn. - Representative
Belmont, chairman Of the House commit
tee Oh foreign z # sir, said to-day that be
did not believe fi4h would be put on free
list Of any tariff oil TO be introduced st
the present session OF Congress and that
certainly anY proposition 80 admit fSh
| free or to reduce the duty on il, would be
uniavoraoiY regarded by the foreign az
| fairs committee.
CALLED CS THE PRESIDENT.
A plumber Of gentlemen headed by
| Senator Beck and representative Butter
worth called on the President to-day 10
invite him to open the centennial eX-
position of the OalO valley st Cincinnati
next summer. Mr.. G1odsli, president OF
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