Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-04

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the proposed inquiry, after limiting It's
scope TO the determination Of the q1es-
ton whether or not the states to be in
Vt stigsted nave % republican form CT
govern n emit" which Is the extent Of the
authority of Congress with reference to
the Internal ST sirs of state. The sug-
gestion of the Times, which is given IN c.
friendly spirit, is not withous force. The
presence OF Senatorial Investigating
committee Ia Texas mighs for the
| moment be distasteiul to Texans,
yet 1t would reveal the fact
that there are less election troubles il
Texas than in almost snv other state IN
the Union, and put the official stamp o.
ia;sitv upon the ISLANDERS # the Chambers
and Spooners. Colonel DeGress and Mr.
Rosenthal aud Lock Mcdaniel snd other
prominent Republicans might be induced
to sppesr before the committee, and 1t !s
20. likely that their testimony would be
used by the Republican campaign com
oy the way, that every effort
which has been msde duriae this cam
paign 20 relnstste the enGsnguined shirt
in public sit ntion has proved ludicrou5
f7ilure. Southern outreges have at lsst
beside ghost and snake stories. General
Harrison appreciates this, srd is the
fist Of Repu 5licen Presidential can didstes
since The war to subordinate sectionel to
national issues. The Republican cam =
paign committee sees ii, snd while the
bloody shirt is precious memsnto IN
their eyes, they are kept TOO busy with
other things to give il al airing. About
In 70 Nph
know positively that the war Is over is
Joseph B Foraker CT Ohio, and it Is tie
firm opinion of vast ms joritY Of Ameri-
Joseph B. Foraker is al insxbaustiole
ass. ,ss9$
Thomas A. EJieon, the celeoTstSd IN {
ventor, has been experimenting xsibce the
outbreak Of the yellow fever y: Jsc5ssH
vile, to discover method to osStfOY
yellow fever germs, erd after wtssAiRe
win the problem fer several wesks now
thinks he IS successful. His conclusion
is that the idea thst the germs CT the dis
ease sre carried In tbs sir ID delusion,
and that on the contrary, the fever nj
crohes are parasites winch crawl along
the ground. His reason FOR this belief If
disease has been stopped py street pave
ments. Mr.. E :ison'S plan is to put d
GORDON CT gasoline OF csustic soda around
the infected place, the latter to be used
oply IN damp places. The cost would be
but little, S24 being So iii Gent to sprinkle r
! street $50 feet long by sixty feet broad with
gasoline. OF CO lrse Edison had 20 yell
low fever germs TO Experiment with, and
r. n ia
by analogy from experiments with MI
crobes, which may or msy no. have 3
common origin With the germs CT
.YsIlow jack" Sill the Importance Of
the end to be attained justities the trlal
of auy plsugible plan, and the reputation
Of its su!hcr insures thst this one Will De
tested.
4 rich m8n would hardly dare TO die IN
this sge OF beuevolencs without leaving
me evidence OF his regard for hu-
manly. The aggregate Ct the legsciss
tf this character within the last de- "a
yesrs is startling, and sfflrd the best CT
proct taer The CREST heart
Of the weird beats just as
kiad,y as ever il did. THerty-fcur
Americans, not all of them millionsires,
ESVS gwen CRU, ,OVV " Oo esssADAA~A 49,
terprises, not 10 speak Of thatr other
henevclelce5. The roll OF honor deserves
so be perpetuased. Here 1t is: Lelsnd
Stanford, 500, COO, 600 to found s univers-
ity in California in memory of his de-
ceased son; Johns Hopkins, So l4S, 600 TO
the univereisy which hears his name; ASS
Park r, IS 100000 TO Lehigh university;
Csrnelius Vanderbilt, 1,000 600 to VSG-
derbil: university, which beers his name;
William II. Vanderbilt, 100000 to the
same institution; Stephen Girsrd, ss,-
coo, 900 to Girard college; John c. Green,
81, 500, o00 to Princeton college; Ezre
Cornell, 81, 900, 900 to Cornell Universit' /;
Isasc Rich, Sl,700 900 to Boston Univer-
sity; Amasa Stone, $500, to Adelbart
College; W. W. Corcor.n, $4,000 to
Columbian University; Benjamin Busy,
100000 to Harvard University; Samuel
Wiliston, William J. Walker and Ssmue!
A. Hitchcock, between 100000 and
100000 each to Amherst Col
lege; Whitmer Pt9aix. S640 DOC
to Columois College; j. B. Trevor, Sl79.
900 to Rochester Theological Seminary
Matthew Vasssr, $500. 900 TO Vsssar Col
Iege; Gardner Colby, $4,000 TO Cclby
University, and 100000 TO Newto-
Theological Seminary; J. B. Colgate
SS0O,oO to Madison University; GeoIg'
/. Seney, 1850. GOO to Wesleyan University
the Crozler family, 100000 Il