Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-03
4 NAMESAKE.
Secretary Whitney Will Name the
New Six-Thousand- Ton IRON
Clad 1.-THE Texas"
Crsin's Bill Creating a Retired List
for Government Employees VIII
be Reported Adversely
The New York World Thinks Texans WIN
Want Their State Divided In the
Near or Distant Future.
WILL NAME 1T "THE TEXAS"

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Secretary Whit
ney has decided to name the new 5000
| ton armoTed battle ship now building at
Norfolk, Vs., "The Texas" The name
is subject to the approval OF the Presi-
dent.
WILL REPORT ADVERSELY.
Mr.. Grains bill creating retired list
for the employees of the government does
not receive the endorsement OF the House
civil service committee, who will make
an adverse report upon 1t on Monday.
THE DIVISION OF TEXAS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, TEX, Jan. % The New
York World to-day IN an editorial headed,
"Blind to Their Own Interests" says:
Some OF our Texas contemporaries, nots-
bly, the Galveston News, are angry about
. suggestion recently made that Texas
ought to consent to be divided and give
another state to the Union. When Texas
is two-thirds as thickly populated IS
New York she will have population Of
over 100000. viii the state be
willing then to have representation in
the Senate equal to that OF Delaware,
Rhode Island, New Hampshire or Maine?
The division Of Texas would help the
growth of the state. The advocates of
division are the friends Of the state and
unselfsh in their friendship.
FIGHTING EXTRADITIoN,
special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. % The Secretary
Of State has received an application from
tie government Of Mexico for the extra
eition Of Henry Benson, the sdVenturer
who swindled the people Of Mexico by
selling bogus tickets to Patti concerts.
Benson's examination WAS continued be
fore United StStes Commissioner Lyman
in New York yesterday. Col QuintSs of
the Mexican army testified that he had
purchased ticket from Benson. De-
tectives HAnley and Adams who arrested
Benson testified that the prisoner sd-
mitted to them that he had been in
Mexico and had taken the money received
at the theater to his hotel, but that he had
not sold the tickets in person and he
could not be extradited. Another hear,
ing is to be held.
AMERICAN PROSECUTORS ATTACKED.
WASHINGTON, jan. 2S-rhe United
States Consul at Guaymas, Mexico, has
Informed the State Department that four
American prospectors in the district Of
MonteZuma IN the SICore Mademec noun
tsins, were attacked on about the 25th
uItimo by s baud OF Apache Iadisns, and
that two of the Americans, j. Offer and
S. W. Jacobs, were killed, the other TWO
escaped without injury. The attacking
party consisted Of four Indians and
white man. Troops of that section started
in pursuit Immediately on the receipt OF
this iDformstioD, but did not kill or cap
ture any of the Indians.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-The following
Texas pensions were issued to-day:
Mexicsn war, Mary, widow Of John R.
Duncan, Bandera; John Howell, AlVsra-
do; William R. Wills, Nolsnville; William
Richards, Rio Grsnde City; Henderson
Mcbride Pridgeon, Austin; james Priest
Wilderville, Msnton; original, Robert L
Turner, Carbon