Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-11

are various speculations as to h reason
for Senator Sic warts bold st.n'. Tls
resi- cause is more likely to be of do
mastic nature. Mrs Stewart is dau. b.
ter of Governor end Senator FJete Of
Mississippi, q power in the politics of
tha. stste and the south among the last
generation OF southern statesmen snd
friend CT Secretary L.m3I's fz2 ilg Tor
many years.
MEXICAN MAIL REGULATIONS.
Special lu the Gazette
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -SuppIintentsnt
Bell OF the foreign mail service Of Che
PJstotfi e Department is inf rmed th.t
the Mexitsn government put into opeIs-
tiOa on the l5t inst modified regulations
to govern the carrying OF articles Ct
merchandise forwarded from the Uoited
States 10 Mexico by virtue OF the postal
convention OF July II, 1887. This con-
yen,ion provides that parcels, packets or
merchandise Wh ch sre sealed N msrDsr
against inspection will be charged double
custom rates. To prevent this double
charge and TO AVOID annoyance MIR. Bel
suggests that parcels for Mexico sent
through the mails be sealed with neither
gum, nor wax, but be SO secured as to
be readily inspected.
DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION.
WAshIN GTON, Jan. l0.-The deficiency
appropriation bill reported TO the House
to day is one made necessary By the fall
ure of the deficiency bill Of last year max
ing appropriations for deficiencies for
1887 and prior years. Owing to changed
conditions the present bill omits Or alters
IN their terms number of items included
in last years bill. the appropriation for
printing silver certificates OF
81 and SO notes Is increased from
$4,000 20 $49, 800 to meet expenditures
duriog remaitder OF fiscal year. The
bill appropristes in all the sum OF 50, ISL,
SOB, while the lsst bill IS sgreed upon in
Conference Carried total appropriation
Of 1925, 023 the only legislative fea-
ture of the bill Is the following paragraph,
which was inserted st the instance of the
Attorney G neral: That no part Of any
appropriation msde for Judicial expenses
Of the u nited States shall be paid 10 any
civil officer who has neglected to ms ke
emolument TetuInD under section S33
of the revised statues in such manner rs
the Attorney General shall direct; and
the Attorney General is forbidden to ap-
prove for payment sny such account u0-
less he is satisfied that the CHI GER has
faithfully accounted for oil of the fiscal
earnings that should be included in the
returO; and thst for making d0ckets aud
indexes, Ia King costs and all other SER
vices On trial, argument or hearing OF q
qu-stion OF personal privilege wherein +
decision is rendered, the feee shall DE So.
The nill does not include 81 sppropri-
alton for the ChOctSws.
The Judgment Of compensation CT the
aided Pacific railroads for government
transportation, one OF the largest items
Of appropriation is $500 900 for repay
ment of importers of excessive deposits
ia customs suite, snd another Of S40l 444
for srmy transportation.
PHBLAN's EDUCATIONAL BILL.
Representative Pnrlan of Tennessee in-
troduced in the House to-day joint reso-
luton proposing The following amend
ment ia the constitution, namely:
Article l6, section l. Congress shall
have the power to grant aid to the public
school systems OF the seveTsl states Of
the Union.
Section The aid so granted shall not
exceed $4,000 600 snnualiY, to be dis
tributed pro rata among the states on s
basis Of illlteracy.
Sec 3. Appropriations so m,de shall
be paid TO the person or persons desig-
mated by Ga act Of the Legislature OF
esch state, which shall specify that aid SO
received shall be expended for public
school purposes alone.
Sec. t. Congress shall not supervise
the expenditure of the appropriations
herein provided fer, but it may IL uire g
report from the state officer or Ulcers
disoursiDg the SAM, and If it shall ap-
pear from said report that the aid so
granted or any part of it has not been ex-
pended for public school purposes then
it may withhold from subse quent aQpro-
priatiOn ar amount equsl to that rot SO
expended.
TEXAS PATENTS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.-The following
Texas patents were issued to-day: Lo-
renz1 D Gordon, assiguor Of one half to
G. NJ. Lasseter and E S. Hicks, reneha,
press; Albert J. Helm, Winnsboro, back
band; Nicholas N. Marks, combined
railway rail chair and tie, Gainesville;
Edwin NJ Stephenson, Waco, mattress
stufflng NJ ;chlne.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jaa 10--The following
Texas passions were Issued to-day:
Thomas L. McGaee. West Station; r. 3
Saunders, Stockdale.
TO AID PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WASHINGTON, Jaa. 10.-R 3presents-
tive Phelan introduced In the House to-
day joint resolution proposing aD
amendment to the Constitution autnoriz-
ing Congress to grant aid TO public
schools Of several states to an amount
not to exceed $40, ZOO, 900 annually.
THE CIRCULATE N OF BANK NOTES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -rne house
committee on b.nkieg and currency TO-
day ordered q favorable report on Repre-
sentative wilkins bill to fix the circula-
ton of national bank notes ST tie par
value OK the bonds deposited in the treas
ury.
RANDALL ON THE SUGAR TARIFF.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 The report has
heea Very widely circulated over
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