Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-10
1t TEE CAPITAL.
The Bill for the ForT Worth Public
Building Will Be Pushed
With All Haste.
Bill Sterett Goes to Wash ngton and
Sings the Praises of Fort
Worth Streets and Water.
jos AsSSi.'s Work IN Inc Committee on
Naval All ..Es-rensI0n BIu siEueu
By sh1 PrssIdrns Etc. Etc
JUDGE ABBorT's M,Rk

special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-Outsiders who
would measure the work of 4 Congress-
u'1n h7 the number Of speeches he makes
nave NO conception Of what the real ser
Vice Of Representative is. The making
| OF speeches is the least import nj and
| !>b >-iOuS duty e rs'i0nsl L. isls,1r has to
peftorm. The dru1gery ald real work is
| The LABOR required Ia the committee room.
For the last TWO weeks, for ire,srce, the
committee en- naval effsirs, Of which
Judge A )botJ is 8 member, has convened
e4cl morning two hours LEssd Of the
meeting Of the House, AnG worked with
gu! csssstion until o'clock p. N only
l-EviBg the committee TJCm to vote in
the Hluse, and Immediately returning.
Tl;s Committee viii NEely get through
| TcGk or the naval appropriation bill next
week, and will report an aggregate OF
s5cut $40 900, COO Tor all naval ex1andi-
tufes.
THE PUBLIC BUILDING.
Judge A5oJt1 could have easily had
the Foe. Worth public building bill passed
ere this, but for the cGpticusress Of certain
members, aud So it requires unanimous
consent 10 pass it out OF the regular order
eing!e eli scti0n delays its passage. Il
10 not probable, however, tdAt il Can be
much longer delayed, and will be pushed
TOR sll ii is worth.
WORD FOR FORT WORTH.
1t is getting 81 that many Texas faces
ore bee. mig famil a. en- TIE streets Of
Washington, and there is scarcely day
that does not witness the advent
Of some new arrival from the Lone
Sssr state. Among the latest pilgrims
here are Elk Governor Throckmorton,
C2l0ael W. II. Pope aud wife and Colonel
William Sterrett Of the News, ell Just
from the S.. L 5uis convention, enthusi-
astic and hsppy ever the result Of that
meeting. CClouel S:errett observed to
The GAZE TIE msn that The magnificent
psved streets Of Washington reminded
him iorcibiy OF the splendid thorough
!aIes Ct Forg Worth, bus that in none Of
the pieces he had been was there any
wSt>T at sll comparable with the pure
sud sparkling fluid test pushes frtm the
glorious srteflan We!.5 CT toe great rail-
rcad center.
APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Juue The President
has approved the act ct Congress provid-
iIg that pensions hereafter granted to
toe widows of soldiers Of The VS.: -. the
rebellion ehsil commence OF the date Of
the death CT THAR husbilds This legis-
lation t6ve'sbl7 If cts I'll clsims OF
| RPidows Of the late Wsr which hSve been
| filed il ih3 pension Ctice en- Or after July
! l, 1880, snd wsich have been allowed to
commence from the date Of tie q irg OF
the Claims, but will not fAyoraoly affect
tae cases Of such widows as were fled
! before July l, 1880, ana which have been
allowed, pensions wing already
been granted in these cases
from the dste OF their husbands
death. The Commissioner OF Pensions
gives lotic5 that in the settlement under
this law of the cages aresdy allowed, no
formal application will be requireG, and
TIA the services OF attorneys will rot be
necessary, Tue widows entitled under
seid law need only wE,te letter giving
the rane, pJetC ffi;e sdd:gss and ceraff-
cate numoer, snd the claims wall ne al
lowed with IS little delay as possible,
sIGNID BY THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The President
has siguea the &c. mskipg appropriations
TO supply the deficiency in ire appropris-
ton for expenses IL collecting customs.
TEXAS MOTIFS.
special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June Sd. A. Ferguson
has been appointed postmaster - Fergu-
GOD, Montague county, Texas, lew
office.
The following Texas pension Was
granted to-day: Mexican widows, Sarah
p. w.dow OF Henry F. Blackwell, Canton,
Tex