Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-02-28
Will Probably be Made Out OF the
UnSeating OF PendletOn.
Lanham's Bill For a Rio Grande Dam
Near Ell PasO Reported TO the
House-lts Provisions.
Bill to Incorporate the Atlantic. Mexican, Gull
aud Missi sppi Barge Canal Com
pany-Aransas Pass.
ANOTHER DEMOCRAT oUsTED

| WASHINGTON, Feb. u the mouse To-
| day increased its Republican majority by
unseating Mr.. Pendleton of West ViT-
! glnia, though the debate was spirited.
| the coutestee making a very strong and
ringing speech in his own behalf. The
| galleries were filed with people, and
! upon the vote to seat Atkinson, yeas 1852,
/ nays 0, the Democrats refusing TO vote,
! loud applause was heard. This caused
some commotion, and the speaker stated
! that he would clear the galleries if order
was not maintained. This contest and
| the seating of Atkinson will probably be
| taken to the supreme court by Mr..
Pendleton upon the grounds that mi
nority expelled him from his seat with
| out authority.
RIO GRANDE DAM.
Mr.. Lanham reported to-day for the
! committee Oh arid lands his bill provid-
! ing for the construction Of dam on the
Rio Grande river at or near Ell Paso.
! This measure is of great interest to
Texas and has been carefully considered
by the committee. The senate commit
| tee has already passed bill similar in
terms to Mr.. Lanham IS. The house
! report reviews the history of the Rio
| Grande river and the damage sustained
| by its overflow fran the earliest times.
! The report states that the question is an
| international one and that con-
! gress has entire power over it. 1t
| Is proposed to construct a reservoir
with immense storage capacity to provide
/ Of tIn d.
Sgnor Garfas, O Mexican engineer of
| considerable reputation. faFors the plan
! proposed. as does Maj. Powell, director
of the geological survey. The report
says that the Ell PasO valley is from four
! to ten miles wide, and that it embraces
| q population OF fifty thousand people,
| equally divided as citizens of Mexico and
! the United States.
| THE REMEDY
for this water overflow and the conse-
| quent ruin OF the inhabitants
of the Rio Grande valley, says
| the report, ''must be found in
storage reservoirs in the canon opposite
! Taois and the other in the canon near
| and at the north of Ell Paso, below
! Presidio del Norte The river has been
| changing for forty years and it is impOs-
| sIble to determine to which country the
land belongs. MIR. Lanham s bill will
| open the way for a thoroughly interna-
| tional conference concerning the whole
matter, the results OF which cannot in
| any sense be injurious.
PROPOSED CANAL.
Senator Pascoe, by request, has intro
| duced bill to incorporate the Atlantic,
I C,,If no oil
| company, and to grant it the right-of-
way through the lands Of the United
States. The route of the proposed canal
| shall be from q point on the Mississippi
| river, at or near New Orleans, through
lakes Borgne and Ponchartrain and over
! the inland coast waters to q point near
| St. Marks, Fla. and thence across the
| state by the most feasible rout e to the
Atlantic ocean. A board Of commission
ers is constituted, to be vested with the
power of constructing the canal, aud the
| capital stock is fixed at 100 900 shares Of
500 each.
ARKANSAS PASS HARBoR.
MIR. Corthell, the eminent engineer, ,
states that twelve feet Of water can be
had at Arkansas Pass for $500 900, and
twenty-four feet for twice that sum. The
parties interested in deep water at this
point are making move IN the direction
of Mr.. Corthell's recommendations, and
! Will endeavor to have bill passed
authorizing the engineer corps to take
steps in the matter looking to deep
port at this point.
Senators Coke and Reagan have re-
ceived many congratulations upon their
speeches in the senate on the Blair edu-
cational bill.
The nomination OF J. Cecile Legare for
postmaster at Doualdsville, Tex. was
sent to the senate to-day.
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Pad
dock to-day introduced a bill for the
establishment of bureau Of animal in
dustry TO prevent the importation of dis
eased cattle, and to provide for the sup
preston and extirpation OF pleuro-pneu-
monia and other contagious diseases
among domestic animals. Thi bill
which is intended as a substitute for
various measures on the same topic that
have been before the senate, provides
that bureau of animal industry shall De
established The secretary of agricll-
ture shall prepare and enforce rules for
the suppression and extirpation
of all diseases of cattle, espe-
ciaIIy of pleuro-pneumonis. Cattle SO
| affected shall not be transported
from one state to another. The bill
further provides that in order to promote
the expectation of livestock the secretary
shall make a special investigation as to
the existence of pleuro- pneumonia along
the dividing lines between the United
States and Canada and along the lines OF
transportation from all parts of the
country to ports from which livestock
are exported and shall establish reg ula-
tions concerning the expectation OF such
stock. No railroad company or steam
ship line shall receive for transportation
nor shall any person drive in private con-
veyanee any infected cattle Penalties
are provided for violation Of these pro-
visions. It shall be the duty of the Sec
| rotary TO give notice through the news
papers Of the existence in any locality Of