Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-06

| Inc Dill passed the House granting 8
p ansion to the widow OF General 8 air
o7 the following vote: Yeas, l4s; nays,
I9l
The House then took q recess until
1880, the evening essiOn to be devoltd
t. the consideration of private pensior
liz.
AN Unfair PROCEEDING.
Special 10 tne Gazette
WASHINGTON, Msrch 20 The Rapub
lican com mtttee Of the Senate iuvestig4t-
ing the alleged Texas ou1ra ,es are IN
deavorirg TO throw mud on toe fair
name OF that great state, and BY
aVerV means in their power are dtstort-
ing facts and bro a5eatiug witnesses to
m 'ke II Hqpesr that Texas was
not safe place for hunsu
b Ing to live in. Several colored Repub-
lean members IF the Texas Gele-
sion testified to what thy
trmed the Outrageous poll ical
me hods Of the Democrats in
Texas. Mr. T. D. Jordan, VINO was act
'ng as counsel for the prosecution, ex-
citedly declared thst il was not safe for
him to return to Washington
county, and that he bad been assaulted
there for the part he took in
this Investigation. j. T. S~eariDgen
denied the assertion and said that
Jordan had invited the stack upSus
INNS # by his depuncistion OF the peoplsi
interested in the other side. TIE iuvesgs,
cigation Is closed and the COMMITTEES III
noW engaged in mskirg up irs report. A
miuoTi'y rep TT will be submitted aY tbs
Democratic members.
CLEVELAND HERO. &
Special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April Airs. Marie
Wright is the pretty Washington CORE
spondent of the Sunny South. IL com.
paDy with her friend, Mrs. Gilmore, wife
of Lieutenant Gilmore, Uoited States
Army she went out riding Easter Mon.
Day, and thereby hangs story which is
making hero Of President Clevelsnd in
social circles. When on Woody Lane,
a road which runs past the Presi.
dents house, she lost control
Of her horse and in attempting to gain it,
IVES fast losing strength. Just st this
moment President Cleveland and Score
iary Fairchild rode along The President
saw the t:ouble first ana galloped to the
rescue, dismou1ted, and after a severe
struggle conquered the horse and off red
the use Of his stables to get the lady
ZONE.
SAVERS TASK.
Special to the Gazette.
WARRINGTON, April 4.-The st act 10
the matter Of the indemnity aim for ex
penses incurred defending the Texas
frontier hiss osel accom- oli5asd, s d be-
tnre sunset on Saturday next Governor
ss will hsve 10 his own hands Uarted
R6 IN ~
l7740, to be paid to the state Of I KS
This Is very large sum Of money to &C.
cure from Congress which is bent or
reform, and the fullest measure OF credit
is due 10 Msjor S4yers for the ability and
zeal be hss displayed 10 e ting the meas
ure through. or course ne received
tue support OF his colleagues In this INST
ter, but he took full charge Of 1t himself
and pushed me matter to final issue.
de naturally feels elsted over bis SUCCESS,
and when your correspondent asked ii
to-dsy II he had anything to
say about 1t he modestly replied
mo. You can telegraph them
however, that the money will be there
Saturday night" Farther than this he
made NO allusion to the great labor he
mad bestowed on the matter cnd the time
consumed in looking after 1t, even mail
ing the chfcss to Governor Ross. That
ne has accomplished big task goes |
Tithou' saying.
WANT TIE FEDERAL COURT. |
Special 10 the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Colonel o. T. |
Lyon, County Judge Gregg and Mr.. Ton |
Randolph, leading cit zsns OF Sherman,
Texas, are here, it is supposed, with s |
view 10 looking after the interests OF
Sherman in the matter Of obtaining
Federal court, which is, in accordance
with the Culoerson bill, to be located ST
Denison. Mr.. Walker, member OF the
Gainesville bsr, is here to uphold the
claims of his town for the court. The
Soermsn delegation will offer superior
and are hopeful OF Carrying
of the prize, though Just now 1t Is hsrd
to predict what the result Of the rivalry
will be.
A CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS-.
II is now definitely known that d1ver-l
nor Throckmorton Will be Candidate for
Congress. 1t is understood from his
friends here that he has received Fnumer-
Gus letters requesting the use 2fShis name
for that position, which he hiss answered
BY saying he does not want TO be regard
ed IS pushing himself on the district or
to be in the way OF any Of his friends
vf,n desire tn run INIT thkt II fs Ia the