Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-05
WILL PROVE FATAL.
Ex-COngresSman Taulbee in a Very
Critical Condition.
Delegate Joseph Talks Freely Regard
ing the Admission of New Mexico
TO Statehood.
Disposition on the Part of the House to Spend
More Time on the Oklahoma Bill-TeXas
Census Supervisors
AN ARKANSAS APPOINTMENT.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-James NJ.
Brooks has been appointed storekeeper
and guager in the district of Arkansas.
TEXAS PATENTS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The follow
ing Texas patents were issued to-day:
Anton Bergman, Boerne, skin oint-
ment; Hugh L. Cameron, Dellvale,
agricultural implement; Fred NJ. Hen
shaw, c. P. Walker, NJ. ). Z. Lacey
and T. w. Davies, Dallas, jack wrench;
Anderson II. Spencer, Oenaville, baling
press; John A. Stewart, Houston, pillow;
Nathan H Suren, Fort Worth, electric
time alarm and annunciator.
KINCAID HAS KILLED HIM.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The condition
of Mr.. Taulbee tonight is critical, and
the physicians say his recovery is DOUBT
full. He has made his will and is pre-
AIRED for the worst His business and
domestic affairs of late have been great
source of annoyance, and he has not the
physical strength necessary to bear
the ordeal of the operation
performed upon him by the surgeons.
Mr.. Klncaid is suffering from nervous
ProstTation and is otherwise in bad
health. Many believe that the recent
trouble will prove too much for him aud
he will lose his mind, if not his life. The
case is sad in the extreme and
tions for the deed. Had Kincaid
10 ia
Guilty would not have been settled IN the
manner it was. Kincaid Is out on bail,
but holds himself in readiness to answer
summons at any time.
WANTS HIS CONDUCT INVESTIGATED.
WASHINGTON, March f. Comman-
der H. S. Hall, commanding the
United States steamship Enterprise,
went to the navy department this morn
ing and had an interview with CommO-
dore Francis NJ. Ramsey, chief of the
bureau of navigation. He referred to the
newspaper charges of cruelty and oppres-
sion on his part during the last cruise Of
the Enterprise and requested that court
of inquiry be appointed to investigate his
conduct during the entire time has been in
command Of that vessel. Commodore
Ramsey laid the matter before Secretary
Tracey and the latter decided to grant
the officers request. While the detail
for the court Is not finally determined
upon, il will be composed of Rear Ad-
mlral L. A Kimberly, Commodore w.
P. Mccain and the captain of Fort
Stanton. Owing to the fact that all the
witnesses to be examined are IN New
York, the court will assemble in that
city. It will probably begin its sessions
Monday next.
TAULBEE'S CONDITION.
WASHINGTON March 4.-Ex-C Congress
man Taulbee, who was shot by Corre-
spondent Kincaid on Friday last, is now
very dangerously i'll, his case having
changed for the worse. DR.. BaYne, the
surgeon who was called in, said this af-
teruoon that Mr.. Tsulbee' 3 life was not
despaired of, though his condition was
critical. The ball has been located ap-
proximstely, but not accurately. The
PATIENTS condition, however, is such
that physicians are fearful of the results
that would follow an operation to re-
move the bullet. Dr.. Bayne added that
Mr.. Teulbee's condition was worse than
1t was two days ago.
THE NAGLE CASE.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The supreme
court chamber was filed throughout the
four hours of the session Of court to-day
with an audience which listened atten-
lively to the arguments of counsel in the
Maggie case, arising out of the shooting
of David Terry at Lathrop, Cal.
last summer, when he was
in the act of committing an
oil 0R
court. Ali the Justices were present ex-
cept Justice Field. Seated within the
bar were ex-Secretary Bayard, ex-Post-
master-General Dickinson, Senators
Hoar, Evarts and Gray and other we'll
known men.
Argument was opened by Mr.. Zach
Montgomery in behalf of appellant,
Sheriff Cunningham, from whose juris-
diction Maggie was discharged on writ of
habeas corpus issued by the United States
court.
The writ Of habeas corpus ordering the
discharge of Nagle was based on the
ground that he was an officer OF the
United States, deputy marshal, en-
gagged in the performance of his duty in
the protection of justice of the United
States supreme court, and that be could
not, therefore, be imprisoned by state
6utQOrlIleS.
Mr.. Montgomery, in beginning his ar
gument, said that it was the contention of
the state authorities that the sole ques-
ton before the court was jurisdictional
one, and therefore that all the question
of Nagle's guilt or innocence was irrev-
Giant. II he were absolutely certain
that the court agreed with him
upon this point he would pass circum-
stances connected with the affair by
without comment, but as the lower
court had made this a part of the record
he would review the leading points in
this evidence. The chief feature IN this
review was Mr.. Montgomery charge
that it was not the purpose by Nagle's
appointment TO have him use his official
authority 10 prevent breach of peace,
but to have him resent forcibly any
sffront put on Justice Field. Taking
up the legal question at issue.
Mr. Montgomery maintained that
unless there were specific statutory
authority for the instruction given Nagle
to accompany Justice Field, that there
Was no authority for his release BIZ the