Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-25

lectsd few favored people ard made
specisl rate to them which drove others
entirely out Of business. He expressed
the belief that out of the $500, 1000, 600
annually psid for transportation in
tbs country from $50, 900, 900 to
800, 100000 were taken from the
lockess of the people and paid iuto the
hands OF favored corporations, which
TACT accounts for the large fortunes thst
were sometimes made very suddenly. He
had recently examined the sfsirs OF Ger
tain railroad corporations, and IS result
had come to the belief jtha. 500, 900 600
would not cover the amount given during
the last twenty years alone by that one
corporation to few favored shippers of
oil, coal, ETC., Where discrimination is
practiced against one particular shipper,
the remedy ought to be in the form of
damIge large enough to make the share
holders change the Officers.
MILLS QUITE ILL.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The Demo
cratic leaders are feeling very uneasy
to-day over the sickness Of Mr.. Mills.
He caught cold coming home from the
last midnight conference Of the Demo
cratic members of the ways and
means committee, and yesterday morning
had hard chill which was followed by
raging fever. He was delirious good
part Of the time during the day
and had very bad night. The
fever did not leave him until
about O'Clock tonight. He has been
resting more easily since then, but, as one
OF his colleagues who had just come from
the sick room put it, his head Is
GffI tufr nnl
Of trouble. DR.. Sewers, who Is at
sided; that he considers him out Of i'm
an unfortunate disposition for q
sick man. He is headstrong and
impatient and his friends fe1r the eject
Of mis- worrying over the tariff bill. He
had Just finished writing the msi orIty
report on his bill and is very anxious to
revise II finally with his Democratic COL
Leagues on the committee and get the
bill into the House.
MILLS IMPROVING,
WASHINGTON, Ma1cn 24-Mr. Mills is
much better this evening, and DR.. Sewers
expects he will be able TO resume his
duties early next week
GRAINS AMENDMENT BILL
special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON. March 24-Mr. Grain
said to-day that on Monday week-sus-
pension dsy-he would call up for pass
sge his constitutional amendment chang
ing Inauguration day and the time Of the
meeting Of Congress-. It is understood
| that Speaker Carlisle Is in favor Of the
amendment.
DECISION.
w EnV7A
Cleveland, SIS SrAitrator between the Te-
publics Of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, to-
6sY announced his decision on question
in dispute. The President gives the dis
pute in detail, ana in the msin sustsips
the boundary line claimed by Nicaragua,
but stipulstes thst uld9r the treaties
Costs Res is entitled to decentralization
IT sny places beiOrging TO her on the
right bank Of the San juan river, which
may re occupied or damaged By Nicsr-
pr0vemelt.
COUNCIL OF WOMEN.
WASHINGTON, MsTcn "a The first
business meeting of the International
Council OF Women Wac held this after
noon az the Riggs house. Not sII the
delegates have arrived yet. When all
IRE here there will be representation
| of tbirty-seven associations, foreign and
American. Among the resolutions passed
WAS one authorizing the chair Miss An
thouy), to appoint committee of fifteen
to consider and lay before the second
business meeting the basis for two per-
msnent organizations, national and in
transitional council. This report will be
acted upon by the next business meeting
Saturday, March 3D. and it will
then be definitely decided whether
such organizations shall be formed. The
national association gave q reception this
evening at the Riggs house to its officers,
delegates and official guests. The rooms
are hung with national flags Of the coun-
tries represented st the council.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March 2+-The following
Texas pensions were issued to-day:
Original invAlid-Jscob KleiVer, Cisco;
Anderson Booker, San Antonio. Mexican
suTVivors-Mochia Grimmiet, Cedar Hill;
William K. McLswsre, Martins Mill;
Ephyism McLear, Galveston. Mexican
w,dows-Elizaoeth, widow Of William J.
Harris, Mckinney; Elizabeth, widow of
Mic6ish d. Worland, Wesssy; Francis c.,
widow Of Lafayette Caldwell, Corpus
Christi; Mary, widow Of Michael Smith,.
San Antonio.