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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
WAS 1T MURDER?
". S. CaFothers Killed in the Office OF Dr..
Bib Of SaltIlIO, NeXieo-BOth Form
eFlY Of Austin.
Special TO the Gazette.

Special TO the Gazette.
LAREDO, TEX. April 10.-From pas
seuge rs just in from the city of SaltIllo.
Mexico, it is learned that W. S. Caroth-
ers. formerly of Austin, Tex. was killed
in that city last night in the Office of DR..
Bihb, also formerly of the same point.
There were no other parties present when
the killing occurred [ arothers was
shot through the heart Dr.. Bibb was at
once arrested aud protested his innocence,
claiming that the shooting was purely
accidental. The general supposition pre-
walls that the killing of Carrothers, how
ever, was a murder, as there had been
some previous professional rivalry be-
tween the two men, and Bibb, when in
anger, is known to have an uncODtrol-
able temper. Carrotners passed through
this city few Gays ago and was TO have
removed to the City of Mexico next
week. In fact, he was III SaltillO on this
occasion TO remove his furniture, etc,
having left his wife in the City of Mexico
awaiating him there. 1t is supposed his
body will be brought to Texas for burial.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
VICTORY FOR THE STATE.
What the Decision in the Val Verde Case

What the Decision in the Val Verde Case
Means.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
DEL Rio, TEX. April SIN the case
of the State vs.. Galveston, Harrisburg
and San Antonio railway company At
torney-General HogG prevailed. Judge
Kelso held that railroad companies were
not entitled to sixteen sections of land
for each mile of sidetrack and rendered
judgment for the state, cancelling GER
tIficates to sixty sections of land situated
in this county. If the supreme court up
holds this decision millions of acres OF
unpatented land will be returned to the
public domain. The attorney
appeared in person for the state and was
ably assisted by Mr.. John 7. Craddock
of Austin. This is considered great
victory for the state, and great credit is
due Mr.. Hogg and his assistants for the
able manner in which the case was
fought.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
Benevolence in Its Magnitude.
NORTH TEXAS INSANE ASYLUM,
TERRELL, TEX, April 8, 1890.

LEhnf.l1Ls EAsr [ApEIl o, lOSUs ! 3
Regular meeting of the board of mana
gers of the North Texas insane asylum,
situated at Terrell, Tex, on the Sth day
of April, 1890.
It was with particular source of pride
and pleasure that the board examined
the magnificent donation of Mr.. John S.
Piersou OF New York city to the asylum
libraries since their last meeting.
And it was unanimously resolved by
the board and superintendent of said in
stitute that the sincere thanks of this
institution, including one and all, shall
be rendered unto this noble hearted gen.
tleman Tor his generous gift of forty-nine
large, fine telegraph pictures on stretch
ers, ninety -four cloth-bound books, a
choice selection of periodicals and motto
cards, five different amusement games
and one large football, all for the beae-
fitsof the patients OF this asylum.
And that tits resplutiops be sntered
upon the minutes, and copies of the same
provided the Fort Worth GAZETTE and
Dallas News, with the request that they
publish the same. J. s. GRINNAN, =
President Board of Management.
D. r. WALLACE, Superintendent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
Better Roads Needed
New York Mail and Express


81 am heartily in favor of good
roads, - said G s. Mccain at recent
meeting of the Elmira farmers club
al think all roads ought to be four rods
wide, the grading should be done as early
in the season as possible, the stone
should be taken out often and the holes
filed up. On the hill roads the water
should be turned out often and not al
lowed to run far enough to wash the
roads. Some farmers object to having
the water turned out of the road upon
their fields, but [ would not. 1 think it
is great advantage to the fields. The
hill roads are often neglected where ten
minutes work turning the water out
would save many days work repairing.
''The Office of Overseer of highways is
a very thankless office. The public find
fault with him if he does not keep the
road in good condition, and the inhabi-
tants of the district are mad if he COM
pels them TO work their time out The
hardest tax to collect is the read tax of
the One-day men who have no real estate
Many of them will not work on the road,
and nothing can be collected from them.
| would like t0'have law passed COM
polling them to work one day on
the road or pay the overseer 81 once
in each year before they were al
lowed to vote. 1 think the town should
furnish each road district with scraper
and proper number of road machines in
the town to do the work
'Three men and two teams with q
road machine will do more grading than
a dozen teams and twenty men with the
old fashioned seraper and pillow. L thiuk
it is best to put as little time as possible
on the whole district and make it pass
able, and then take the balance of the
time and commence at one end of the
district and grade the road as far as the
balance of the time will permit, the next
year commencing where leaving off the
year before, and continuing IN this man
ner until the whole district has been
turnpiked; when this is done it is an easy
matter to keep the road in good condi-
ton.
cit requires more work to keep a road
in good condition on clay soil than it does
on grayelly soil; there Is time enough on
most road districts TO keep them in good
condition, if the time was all
worked out, but it Is almost
impossible to get it worked when it
ought to be. am informed that there
are several road districts in the town of
Elmira upon which there was not days
work done last year. 1 think the best
road is the macadamized road, although
gravel makes good road. l think the
time is coming when roads will be made
more cheaply than now. l think in time
iron will be used for roads. The grass
and waeds ought to be cut at least twice
in each year. [ am in favor of a walk in
the center of the highway with a row of
trees on each side. The farmers ought
to take pride in having good roads, but
they do not; most of them would rather
travel over q rough stony road than to
work their time out. l think if each
town would buy one or two stone
crusherl~and keep them at work all the
time we would soon have good roads l
would like law passed to use the pris-
oners of this state in making the roads. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11

THE important land suit brought by Attorney
General Hogg in behalf of the state against the
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio railway.
involving the right OF railroads, under the Texas
law to land for the construction of sidings and
switches, was decided in the district court OF
Val Verde county to-day before Judge Kelso.
Judgment was rendered for the state, the amount
of unpatented land Immediately involved being
A., 600 acres. The road in question, now part
of the Southern Pacific, has IN possession about
900, 900 acres of these lands, while the total
amount involved in the decision throughout the
State is about 900, oOO acres -[Austn Special to
GAZETTE.
Should the supreme court affirm the
decision those gentlemen who were so
liberal in criticism of the attorney gen.
eraI may come TO the conclusion that,
after all, it was wiser and better TO settle
this question before the lands had
gone into the hands of thou
sands of innocent settlers. Right
or wrong in his construction of the law,
Attorney General Hogg was right in de-
string a final judicial settlement of
question that some day had to be met. He
did not make the law, and that his con-
structlon of it was not violent one is evil
dened in the decision of the lower court,
reported above. MIR. Hogg deserves
praise rather than blame for his action,
since through his course the question will
be decided at once.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
Deep Water for Texas.

If any amount of money will give Gal
weston n harbor, and it can be supplied
without taxing the people too heavily,
and without delaying other more feasible
enterprises, the Express would readily
vote for an appropriation. 1t is thor
oughly honest in saying that it cordially
regrets that Galveston has so few natural
advantages as a seaport. 1t is the laTg-
est sea coast town in the state, and there
is no more enterpriSing community in
any state. But for the great disadvant-
ages which nature has interposed, it
might now be controlling the shipments
of the wealthiest portion of the Union,
aud adding greatly to the prosperity OF
Texas. ''Hope long deferred maketh
the heart sick II and for these many
years IRE have yearned for deep water at
Galveston. We have seen appropriation
after appropriations fhingle with the shift
ing sands, and pass tide-b borne into the
''vasty deep, and we are tired with
waiting, though we adn&ire the persist
ence which begs for. another dole and re-
news gigantic scheme on a beggarlY
capital.
Galveston expects an appropriation of
Sc zoo 900. Either it will take six years
to build the harbor, since but 81 1000 900
q year can be spent, or Galveston has
asked for too much. Give the best dog
a bad name, and he had as well have q
bad character. For ten years the gov
eminent has been appropriating money
for Galveston as the only place OF the
coast where deep water could be had,
without obtaining any practical results,
and now to postpone for six years more is
nearly equivalent to saying to the world
that Texas has no place on her long sea-
coast which can be made a harbor for
vessels of heavy tonnage. We do not
love Galveston less but we love Texas
morss and object to ,saoriftSpg the whole
state and section to one towns '<
The best proof that the Express bears
no malice towards Galveston is shown by
its advocacy of a harbor at Arkansas
Pass, to be buiided with private hands.
In this section of the country, though we
have better right to expect government
aid than. Galveston has, we do not sulk.
We have mon6yo our own, All we ask
is that the govenment will concede us
the right to make a harbor at our own
expense. If we make a failure no money
comes out of the pockets of the people.
1.-THE Gods help those who help them
selves, and we invoke success by our
own efforts, and dom risk failureat
the expense Of the people.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
RTTTD HOTSES

New York, Chicago, st. LOUIS, Kan
sas City, Denver and other cities have
not ceased their labors. Does Fort
Worth imagine it has reached point
where it can safely fold its hands and
rest and say, cit is fnished?" To the
west of this city lies an empire, an en-
pire whose development has far exceed
ed Fort Worth s caDacity, and whose de-
velpment has not fairly begun. Can it
be that Fort Worth realizes It's grand
possibilities? Can this city view the in
crease in taxable values from SEQ 200 600
in 1881 to $500. 900, 900 in 1889 and fail to
comprehend the significance of an in
crease which is but the beginning? The
fame of this developing empire has
spread abroad; the building of the wich-
ita Valley road, the building of the Fort
Worth and Albuquerque road, the extern
sion of the Fort Worth and Rio Granda
road, and the rumors of other
roads to. pierce this vast West
ern half of Texas and hasten
its development. have impelled
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
Coming to the Spring Palace.

Special to the Gazette.
RHoME. Tex. April 1O.-The man
who says the Spring Palace doesn t draw
is not only an ignominous liar, but he
has head on him like CHE one described
by Sam Jones, "a head in which the
possessor can waliup his tongue TO every
part. :" The'reason why your reporter
makes the above assertion is because a
lone Mexican with wagon and team drove
into our town this morning with a lot of
bird dogs and other things that he would
not exhibit. and stated that he was going
to Fort Worth to the Spring Palace, and
that he had left home in Mexico seven
months ago, with the avowed intention
only of taking in this great show.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
CIVIL SERVICE.
The Result of an Attempt to Question Newly
Appoin'e1 Texas Postmaster.

The Result of an Attempt to Question a Newly
Appoin'e1 Texas Postmaster.
Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, April l0.-POst-
master s. NJ. johnson received several
days ago curious letter. 1t was from
the National Civil Service Reform
League, and demanded of the postmas-
ter straightforward answers to questions
involving the circumstances connected
with his recent appointment to succeed
DR.. Fl. P. Howard, Democrat. One of
the questions was: "Were you ever
connected with a newspaper The
postmaster's replies to the in
quiries, which he chsracterizes as
impertinent in an open letter IN which he
informs Messrs. Wayne McVeigh, Will
lam Dudley, Faulks and others of the
civil service reformers that it is none OF
their business as to how he received the
appointment, what fitness he had for the
place or as TO what other business he has
been engaged in prior to his appointment
to the postmastership of San Antonio so
long as he is acceptable to President
Harrison and Postmaster-Ge Wanna
maker.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
THE oUICKfoR THE DEAD,

Bolton News: May will soon be here:
What about that Spring Palace exhibit?
Are we to be dead or alive? Must we
lie still and take things as they come. or
shall we be up and doing? Can we afford
to slumher while other counties with less
advantages are showing. what they have
to sightseeing world: Shall Bell
county be in darkness and obsouritv so
far as the Palace is concerned, or shall
she be on the tongue and in the eyes Of
the thousands of those seeking a loca-
tion2 The time is now ripe for these
questions to be answered promptly and
some action taken.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
THE RAILROAD PROBLEM.

TIE GAZETTE begins to-day the publi-
cation of a series of articles on the sub
ject of railroads, by a gentleman well
qualified to write of this or any public
matter. without comment The GAZETTE
submits these articles as of public inter-
est and calculated TO elicit discussion.
For the views that may be expressed this
paper, at this time, has neither disap-.
prevail or approval, since the series is
presented as a valuable contribution to
the discussion of a problem so nearly af-
fecting the public welfare.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
Georgetown.

Special to the Gazette.
GEORGETOWN, Tex, April 10.-The
GEORGETOWN knitting factory company
has been organized with an authorized
capital of $40 900.
The establishment at this point of an
electric light and cotton factory plants is
being agitated.
Rev. f. o. McIntre of Austin and
Rev. G.. G. Armstrong of Albany, man
ayers of the Texas State Chautauqua as
sembly, have arrived to prepare for the
summer assembly. Among the noted
lecturers for the summer season 3 plat
form, DR.. T. Dewitt Talmage has been
secured.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11

NELLIE BLY, made her time around the
world, but her methods of dispatch
since her return are more surprising.
She bad her difference with the World
about the promised increase of salary
left its employ and entered the lecture
field. She disagreed with her business
management, has undertaken to manage
herself and her monkeys, and Is now
likely to be arrested for contempt by her
Incompetence in court in a suit
brought by ED" Phelps againt the
World to recover damages for an alleged
libel. Nellie Bly, may shut her eye when
she goes to sleep, but it looks as if wide
awake was her normal condition.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
A New Cotton Baccinc.

The King bale covering is the name of
new fabric, the inventor of which
aspires to cover the cotton crop. 1t con-
sists of a thick fabric, which looks like
coarse paper. It is manufactured from
the fiber of the cotton stalk, and is said
to be fire proof. Over this stout wire
netting, which, it is claimed, gives the
covering sufficient strength to hold the
closest pressed bail without the aid of
ties. The cost of this compound baggipg
is somewhat greater than that of jute at
legitimate prices, but less than the COM
bined price of jute bagging and ties. The
manufacture of the article has not yet
been undertaken, because the inventor
has not the requisite means, but he hopes
TO organize a company strong enough to
put large quantities of his patent bag
ging on the market before the next cotton
crop is gathered
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
Texans Abroad.

Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, April 10.-Mrs. Walker Of
Fort Worth is at the Grand Central no.
tel; E. W. Cave of Houston is at the
Grand hotel; Mrs. NJ. SIGHED Of Calves
ton is at the st. Dennis hotel; Mr.. and
Mrs. Specht and Misses Vogel OF Calves
ton ar5 at the Belvidere house; T. Hous-
ton and J. r. Stuart of Houston are at
the Metropolitan hotel; J. S. Murphy of
Texas is at the international hotel.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
Musicale at Roam oke.
Special to the Gazette.

ROANOKE, TEX. April 10.-The citi-
Zens of our quiet little town enjoyed
quite treat last evening, in the way of
a musical entertainment given by Miss
Lizzie Moore and her class. The eff
cieucY with which each participant per-
formed speaks well for Miss Lizzie as an
instructor in music. Quite a crowd of
young folks came down from Denton
and some from Fort Worth, Keller, Ar
gyle and other places, were in attend
auce
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11

II the Russian car had faithful Dan
iel among his consellors he would quake
at the reading of the handwriting on
university walls. That young men are
defiant, and tender youth is Indifferent
to the dire consequences Of an exhibit of
the spirit of liberty shows that the strug-
gle is for aye. On mothers knees they
have learned their lesson and drank
in hatred to oppression from their moth
er's bosOms.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
BRANCH OFFICES.

DALLAS.
JOHN NFAGHER, Correspondent.
{. W. WILSON. ( Business Agent.
ONCE: 20 Main street, where orders for sub
ECriptions and advertising should be left.
THE GAZETTE can be found on sale at all news"
stands in the city.
WACO.
W. J. MEADOWS. Agent and Correspondents
Office: Corner Fifth and Franklin streets.
WEATHERFORD.
II. B. DORSEY, Agent and Correspondent
ABILENE.
:. Z. RADFoRD, Agent and Correspondent
Office: Postoffice building, 25 Chestnut street,
first floor, where all orders for subscriptions
and advertising should be left.
CLEBURNE.
W. IT. BYRD, Agent and Correspondent.
AUSTIN.
II. c.. PoINDExTER, Agent, lO2 West sixth
EIreet
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
The Headline Writer.
Milwaukee Wisconsin.

As for newspaper headings in general,
they are constructed, or they should be
constructed, with view to indicating
the salient features of the news which is
printed beneath them. Another impor-
tant matter that must be observed in
their construction is artistic Typography.
IN this age, when so much attention is
paid to aesthetics, paper with inartistio
headings is an eyesore. Whether the
headlines are conspicuous, or inconspicu-
Gus, the laws of proportion must govern
the choice of the type in which they are
set, the relative length of the successive
lines, and other details contributing
to the general effect. 1t is as difficult an
intellectual feat to write good headline
as to write a good line OF poetry. The
main line of each style of heading must
contain only certain number af letters,
and must call attention to the most salt
ert features of the article from a news
standpoint. The words that naturally
suggest themselves first may be too long,
or, what is just as bad, too short. The
headline writer must have fertile fancy
and an unlimited vocabulary. Compared
with the poet, he is at tremendous dis
advantage as TO the time at his disposal.
The poet can, if he will, 'thold his peace
for nine years. - The writer of news
paper headings must perform his work at
railroad speed, while the printers are
bowling for copy. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
Accidental killing.
Special to the Gazette.

PARIS, TEX, April 1O.-An accident
of fatal character occurred near Du-
rant, in the Choctaw Nation, Sunday
morning. VIII Givens and man named
Purdy we're ont hunting aud became
separated. Purdy killed q turkey and
stepped OF q short distance and sat
down. Owens came along and saw the
turkey and fired at it, one shot going
ing through Prudy's body just above his
heart.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11

men to seek Fort Worth for business To-
cation; they came and they have gon e.
because there are no houses here.
Let the truth be faced. Fort Worth is
in demand now, but it will not be If the
money and the energy of these traders
are concentrated elsewhere. Merchants
viii come TO this section to share in the
trade of territory as large es three or
binary states; they prefer Fort Worth as
harvest to the largest field; but, they
don't hare to locate IN this city to control or
share IN the profits Of the trade Of the
aCest. re Fort Worth will not provide
them with houses, they will find aud they
are finding houses elsewhere. There are
railroads running from Fort Worth to
the east and north as well as from Fort
Worth to the west.
This city should make no mistake. The
time to rest is not now. Fort Worth is
not finished. Men cannot do business on
vacant lots, and other towns are adding
to their capacity for handling the West
ern trade. The man who is not blind to
the almost daily evidence of what is going
on, must see that unless Fort Worth goes
forward it must go backward.
The country tributary to Fort Worth is
growing more rapidly than is this city IS
capacity to handle the trade Of that
country. Fort Worth should have to-
day a 400-room hotel and fifty more
business houses. It is as easy to give
this city 200, 200 population as SO, 900.
Build houses
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
Broker Pen Surrendered.

NEW YORK, April 10.-Broker Pen of
Sixth national bank fame, was surren-
dered to United States Commissioner
Shields this afternoon by Mr.. John
McDermott, one of his bondsmen. In
case another bondsman Is not obtained
by $50 o'clock Mr.. Pell will go back to
the Ludlow street jail. Mr.. McDermott
refused to say why he surrendered him.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11

The Queen and Crescent route aud the
East Tennessee and Georgia railroads are
advertising the Karporama in their ter
ritory in a manner that shows their ap..
probation OF the state, and the advan-
tage TO them of cultivating commercial
relations with the young empire.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
THE PEOPLE ARE COMING.

Paradise Messenger: The Texas Spring
Palace has the cooperation of the rail-
roads this year, and the people will go to
see it. Remember the time 1t opens
May 10 and closes May 81. Many will go
from the south part of Wise county in
wagons and on horseback. 1t will be a
grand advertisement for all Texas, and
the county or town without its exhibit
there will be sadly left in the eager race
for population.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11

ENGLIsHMEN who furnished the larger
part of the funds for the Emin relief expe-
dition are indignant at his acceptance Of
q position in the German colonial service.
The relief that best BELTS the case would
be certainty that there is no menace to
British proprietorship in Africa by his
alliance with Germany.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
TIE DOORS ARE CLOSING.

Knox County Sentinel: The Fort
Worth GAZETTE announces that in about
ten days the doors of the Spring Palace
will be closed against counties who want
special exhibits there, space being nearly
all occupied. What about Knox county?
Some action should be taken at once.