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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
PRESIDENTS SISTER-IN-LAW.
She Secures an Eight Thousand Dollar
Pension Twenty-One Years After
Her Husbands Death.
Special to the Gazette.

special 10 the OaZtble.
CHICAGO, ILL, June 6-Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Harrison, widow of the presidents brother,
Archibald j. Harrison, Northumberland of
the twenty-Sevepth Indiana volunteers re-
ceiyed $500. 90 Thursday last in settlement
of a pension claim which was favorably
passed upon at Washington within the past
three weeks. The pension was granted
upon the declaration that Lieut.-Col. Har-
rison's death resulted from consumption
which he contracted while serving his
country in the field. Lieut.-Col. Harrison
died in 1870 on farm near Indianapolis It
was twelve years after Col. Harrison's
death before his widow presented claim
for a pension. The claim was for
warded to Washington and placed
on file : in the pension office
early in President Arthurs administration
and though it was backed by Gen. Harrison,
who was then the acknowledged leader of
Indiana Republican politics, and by many
other politicians of note, the commissioner
of pensions refused to allow it. The papers
did not prove to his satisfaction hat Lieut.
Col. Harrison's disease was contracted
while in the service. The papers were
withdrawn, but placed on file again
during President Cleyeland's admins
tration. Gen. Black, the pension COM
missioner under Cleveland, absolutely
ignored the claim. 1t seems the
claim laid in the pension office till shortly
after President Harrison was inaugurated
and was advanced by slow.but sure stages
to final consideration which resulted in its
allowance. The payment covers twenty-one
years since the death OF Lieut.. Col Harri-
son at the rate of S59666 year.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
LOCALITIES.

No rain was reported anywhere on the
Denver north of Decatur yesterday.
Professor Aults orchestra has been en-
gagged 10 go TO Wichita Falls on July ).
A marriage license was issued yesterday
70 Eugene f.. killinger and Mrs Ruth NJ
Roberts.
Millions of small insects were attracted
10 tho large electric lights on the streets
last night.
The Sunday school of The German Evan
gelical ST Johns church will have picnic
l. Como park, in Riverside, on next
Wednesday
Parrnly post No. 4. c. a. R., meets al
o'clock Shar at Como hall, June 5, 1891.
All members are requested to attend for III
spcCtion. II. w. NYE, Commando.
The invitation cards urging all men 10
attend the gospel meeting in the y. NJ. c.
\. rooms this afternoon n o'clock an
nouncc rs Il part Of the programme good
music, big fans. short talks and 4 hearty
welcome.
\ gentleman lust in from north of tire
city, reports the rain that fell yesterday
evening TO ~ heavy enough in his neighbor-
hood 70 do the rOr-iug crops an immense
amount Of good He says the rain in the
city was lighter than in the immediate
vicinity
ne ponce received OFutrS yesterday
morning from their chief, MIR. Maddox. TO
the effect that each and every one must
keep continually on the move in his respect
i've beat and must not under any circum-
stances enter 4 saloon while on duty except
when duty calls him there.
TIE GAZETTE was i'll error in stating that
DR.. Adams had been appointed medical di-
rector for the knights and Ladies of Honor
it should have read DR.. Parker. This order
sitions being merely local. reporting direct
10 the supreme examiners at Chicago.
AT the election Of officers held by Fort
Worth lodge No. Isl, Independent Order
Odd Fellows, the following were elected
for the ensuing term: Noble grand, Sam
Cohn; vice-grand, Martin Doser; secre-
tary. +. ID. Ray; treasurer. y. Hummei
The remainder OF the officers. which are
sprointiye, will be chosen next Friday
evening"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

each party as would exist if the proceed
ings were by a railroad company, except
that the county shall in no case be required
TO give bond.
Sec. 9. Each county commissioner when
acting as road commissioner and perform
ing the duties imposed upon him by law or
by the commissioners court shall be entitled
to - per day for the services actually per-
formed; provided that he shall not receive
more than S45 per quarter when the road
and bridge tax has not been levied as pro-
vided by law under the amendment of 1889,
as adopted in 1890 to the constitution of the
state of Texas. And when said tax shall
have been levied, he may receive an amount
not to exceed $50 per quarter, which
amount shall be paid out of the road and
bridge fund when the account shall have
been approved by the commissioners court,
and the court shall not approve said ac-
counts unless the commissioner presenting
ii shall first sign an oath that the account IS
Just, due and unpaid, and specifying the
number OF days work actually performed
by him, and that it was necessary TO be
done, and no commissioner shall De en-
titled to pay as road commissioner while he
is performing the duties of county CON-
missioner.
Sec TO- This act shall be taken notice of
b. all courts in the same manner las the
general law of the state, and it shall be con-
Stfueu " NC cumulative VI dI4 Senerti Laws
of the state on the subject of roads and
bridges where not in conflict Herewith, but
in case of Il conflict this act shall control as
to the said county of Collin.
Sec. H. The fact that there is now no suffi-
Gent road law ir force in this state, creates
an emergency and imperative public ne
cessity, that the constitutional rule requir-
ing bills to be read on three several days be
suspended, and said rule is hereby sus-
pended, and it is so enacted.
Approved April i, 1891.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Indian Land Anotins Committee.

KNGFIsHER, o. T, June 6.-The agents
appointed to allot lands to the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Indians have been at OAR
lington for several days awaiting
orders from Washington to go TO
work The rolls of these Indians
We're completed and forwarded
to Washington last Thursday week ago.
They must be approved and returned to
Sthc Indian agent before payment
can commence. Nothing can be
done toward the work of allotment until
the Indians receive their pay The pay
ment of a quarter of million of
dollars will be made in five equal
installments. No portion of this money has
s3,snen received. \ special agent to superin-
tend the payment has been on the
ground for month waiting 1t
is expected that payment of this
money will commence in few
days. 1t is estimated that it will require
at least 120 days TO complete this work. 1t
looks as though the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe reservations could not be opened for
settlement this year.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
STEWARDS MILLIONS.
A Syndicate, it is Alleged, Formed for the
Purpose of Oua'hins the Claims
of Irish Claimants.


Specia TO the Gazette.
New YcRK. June 6-The most startling
disclosures ever made in relation to any
seemingly endless litigation over \. T.
Stewards millions are promised in rela-
tion TO the suit brought by the Irish claim
ants 10 recover their alleged portion of the
dead merchants fortune 1t is an
nounced that a syndicate composed
of men of this city and Boston
has been formed for the purpose of quash-
ing the claims of the Irish claimants, and
that members of the syndicate are brainy
and viii bear all expenses of the litigation,
merely as Il speculation: hoping to be com
pensateG, should it be successful.
dictate had been selling stock at the
rate Of $500 for every $4,000 that may be
recovered by the claimants ii the will is
broken. EX-Judge Russell and Lawyer
Holmes, counsel for eX-Judge Hilton.
Vouch for the truth Of the facts.
They say that on next FRIDAY
they will disclose in the United States cir
cult court u gigantic conspiracy on the
part of the syndicate 10 get part of Stew
arts millions.
Lawyer Secor of the counsel for the
claimants declares that so far as he
knows there was no syndicate, and
said that this yarn was started for
the sole purpose of iniuring the claimants
in the eyes of the public in drawing them
from the real issue Il never heard of a syn
dictate being formed by the heirs. If there
ever has been such thing it
was before Gen. Butler or my
self became connected with the case
Gen Butler and myself court all the light
Judge Russell can throw on our conduct in
connection with this case
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

1t is quite important, when speaking of
the longest day in the year, to say what
part of the world you are talking about.
The latitude of place changes the length
of the day to remarkable extent. At
Stockholm, Sweden, it is eighteen and one
half hours in length. At Spitzbereen the
longest day is three and one-half months.
At London, England, and Bremen, Prus-
STA, she longest day has sixteen and One
half hours. At Hamburg. in Germany, and
Dantzig, in Prussia, the longest day has
seventeen hours. At Wardoe, Norway, the
longest day lasts from May 81 to June %
without interruption. At ST. Petersburg,
Russia, and Tobolsk, Siberia, the longest
day is nineteen hours and the shortest five
hours. At Tornea, Finland, June q brings
a day nearly twenty-five hours long, and
Christmas one less than three hours in
length. At New York the longest day
is about fifteen hours, and at Montreal,
Canada, it is about sixteen hours.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
CULBERSON'S RULING.
HIS OPINION ON THE PENITEN-
TIARY SUPERINTENDENT.
Austin Now Hustling to Make Her Bid for
the State Military Encampment
Good-A Swollen River.
Snecial 10 the Gazette.

AUSTIN, Ten, June 6.-Attorney-Gen-
eral CuIberson issued Il lengthy opinion to-
day at the request of Hon l.. A Whatley.
touching the Legality Of his appointment
aSsuperintendent of the penitentiary. The
Encouragement rules thatthe appointment
was legal. The validity of the appointment
is made to turn on the idea that the APP
pointment was an executive act, and was
not made in part by the senate. Author
tiles are cited in proof of the posi-
ton assumed, and the fact is
pointed out that the constitution permits
the Legislature to vest appointments of many
offices already existing. or of others
that may be created, directly III
the house or senate. Evidently he thinks
the diSqualifications pointed out in section
13, article 3, of the constitution. had sole
reference 10 such cases. A clear dis
tinction is therefore made by the
encouragement between appointments
made in whole or part by the senate, and
those to which the senate merely consents.
Had the purpose of the constitution been
to diSqu,Ilify Legislators from holding Of
fees, the appointment TO which the senate
must consent, il would have been SO ex-
pressed IN clear language. Laws that dis
crininate against and cUrtail the equal
privileges of one class of citizens
cannot be given effect by mere inference.
The" should be explicit.
AGiutant- General Mabry received a tele-
gram to-day from Gen. StOddard, chairman
of the committee to select state camp
ground, saying that majority of the COM
mittee, two out of three had voted for
Austin. The capital IS given until Wednes-
day to perfect her bid and furnish the nee
essary guarantee that she will make good the
terms of ii. To do so will involve an eN-
penditure of about $4,000. A public meet
ing of citizens was held this afternoon to
boom the project
The Colorado river is on its June jam
bDree, with an eighteen-foot rise. No great
damage is anticipated to the dam excava-
ton.
Capt Hutchinson of Houston, and Sir
Miles Crowley We're in town to-day.
Chartered-The Sunset oil company of
Louisiana, capital 81 100000: the Union
stoclyards, San Antonio, capital 5000, 900.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

First race, one mile and twenty yards, AL
phonse won, Rainier second, Cashier third.
Time, 1:5S12.
Second race, one mile, Aunt Kate won,
Little Annie second, Mary H. third. Time,
500.
Third race, five furlongs. Francis won.
Nantilla second, Ollie Glen third. Time,
52li.
Fourth race, mile and seventy yards,
Marchma won, Eli second, Hamlet third.
Time, 2:02$4.
Fifth race, one and three-sixteenths miles,
Glockner won. Marion c. Second, Rose
mont third. Time, gil
Sixth race, one mile, Sir Planet won Ra-
mier second, Leiderkranz third. Time,
1913!
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

don Cumming is handsome, AM therei
another subject for gossip
Whether the Prince Of Wales las beer
loser by the baccarat habit. ia the Mar
borough club where fheN ought c
know, il is said that hr hLs
not been, and that his profits havt
in some yards mounted up in the Z b 'IsAncs
and that notwithstanding the eEtr@'rGial3
luck of Sir Gordon Cumming. "a" wlA1
was ahead about 600 IN The We
nights at the Trauby-Cruit- Net
as the prince viii USE the wHHMf
next day, perhaps in some act OF generously
or extravaganza, it IS not alleged that ~
gambled for the sordid profit o..
the thing 1t IS also said, ana
TO his credit, that he prefers
baccarat because the game IS S" purely one
of chance, that nobody can Iuus" for is
benefit. matter of courtesy which me
wealthy hosts would not probably d".
AS early as Tuesday last it was stated q
these dispatches that the prince was peg
sonal loser by Cummings cheating. III 70
did cheat, London newspapers ou H"' r''''-
to have detected the fact unl. .4.Ng
out in the evidence Thursday. The I-.'rd
Press correspondent has had nance
TO see Lady Brooke, the ni-sn-i@-"s''o.
lady, who while she does not ap''e4t d.
witness id the case. was actUa-l - 'a.l7,
and started the contiagratiOn by hrE .-'-.
to Cumming on cheating II cahtS- -
certainly u handsome woman. 't- :
she is the handsomest woman 10 I--.'l-si
as her admirers claim, then me ~.
world is fair beside America y Is "g.
true, however, as scores Of WOE" g. d. -
equally beautiful, can Je counted i0i TO-,
in the tower, Madame Tousand ana o. -
public resorts that attract sI-A.-s.,---'
middle classes. The finest comr.rA-a7 -
England are to be 5een among ina" 60
and in contemplating galaxy oi l-l---,-
aristocratic female at the Sir Gor'- ~. "a
ming trial, it is not wonderful iHi' ~.
Dunno and other pears have gone m"- ''e'
the nymphs of Music hall.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
in THE CHURCHES.
Speculations as to How They
will Treat the Great
BACCARAT TRIAL TO- DAY.
A Little Episode That Speaks Louder than
Amy Evidence Yet Given-Fem-
mime Beauty, With
Comparisons.
BACCARAT TRIAL TO- DAY,
Special TO the Gazette.

LONDON, June 6.-''What will the pulpits
say Tomorrow is the question that every
body is asking. There is no doubt as to the
respectful silence of the established
church upon any subject involving the
misconduct OF royalty, but the Methodists
of Wales have already voiced non-confOrm-
ist sentiment, and is likely to be re-echoed
in many dissenting chapters on Sunday,
not that the dissenters of England are dis
loyal to Coan. the contrary being the fact,
but they are growing less and less
tolerated of royal misconduct and bad
examples. The queen is always spoken of
with esteem at their gatherings. The
Prince of Wales, whatever rumorS
have been abroad rejecting upon him,
has always been regarded with respect,
because English public opinion takes
no formal cogniZation of ru1nOrs, but it
speaks with stern and sledge hammer tone
upon the fact established in the court of
justice. 1t should be remembered that the
Puritan sentiment is slowly but
surely getting back to the in
fiuence which it exercised in
the Cromwellian period The dissenters
are resuming the position which they lost
when Charles II was restored and
it would be mistaken to suppose
that the dominant sentiment of Great Brit
ain is represented by the aristocracy. The
sporting men of both political parties have
4lCC-s odIu hAll tI4t pGSl Ncthf SlIIIt
the evidence of the Prince of Wales.
that Sir William Gordan Cumming did
or offered to do royalty no small service
when he signed that document in order
to prevent a scandal For the scan
dial will probably have a far-reach-
ing effect. It has been noted that
Lord Salisbury for the past three or four
days has worn most thoughtful air as if
somethieg WAS heavy on his mind-even
the the pert and ready BeIfoua has not in
dulged in his usual flow of sarcasm.
Gossips are talking about the incidents
of the trial, for which nobody seems ready
to offer an explanation.
As Mrs Lycett Green was leaving the
witness stand Sir Gordon Cumming sud
denly looked up. Their eyes met. The
lady, who had retained remarkable self
possession, blushed and showed confusion.
Sir Gordon Cumming, too, flushed little,
but at once resumed his air of dignity and
Indifference.
Some say the look and blush told more
as to the origin of of this remarkable case
than all the testimony-that of the Prince
OF Wales included.
Mr.. Green is going to be as Jealous as he
is personally unattractive, and ss Sir Cor
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

light. Recently French firm has pro-
duced platinized mirrors which, it is claim
ed, are not only satisfactory in point of
brilliancy but are as permanent as the
glass itself.
A thin film of metallic platinum is de-
posted upon the glass by precipitation
from solution of the chloride, by Oil of
lavender and afterward burned in by heat
ing the glass nearly to redness in muffie,
thus incorporating the rejecting surface
into the glass itself.
A popularity of this coating of platinum
is its extreme thinness, which readily al
lows light to be transmitted through it.
Thus if the light falls upon the mirror
from the front it will be reflected back
again the same as in an ordinary mirror,
but if the source of the light is behind the
plate of platinized glass the rays will be
transmitted to the observer standing be-
fore it, as if it was a plate of ordinary
glass. The illustrations from La Nature
show an amusing application of this prin-
ciple. The mirror, explains The Popular
Science News, is placed in front of a niche
containing a grotesque head. and which
can be illuminated or darkened at pleasss
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

ure. In Fig. the light behind the miro,
is extinguished, and the person looking
into it sees only his reflection. If now the
niche in the rear of the glass is illumined
the reflected image disappears and the VIC
tim of the scientific joke sees instead of his
own features the less fiattering image de-
picted in Fig. 2.
Under favorable conditions ordinary
plate glass without any metallic coat
ing will reflect nearly all the light fall
ing upon it, and by similar arrangement
of alternately Illuminating the front and
rear of such glass most of the ghosts"
and other mysterious illusions of the stage
are produced.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Damage in Burnet County.

Special to the Gazette.
BURSET, BCRNET CoUSTr. Try., j..Ia -
The storm of last night was the ~'''
which this section has witnessed H '@.
A rise CT twenty-foyT feet wuS re-.
the Llano river. This Mor----
horse belonging to Mr.. I.4--.i7.'-,
proprietor of the stage line. W." W
killed by lightning. Trees were Do"i
down in great numbers between I..-l' - -
Mason. and two bridges on the austin and
Northwestern railway were 50 n-i-s .H5,
aged by high water and fioatiuE '.u-le. "a
no trains have been able 20 cross III.
creek between this place and Maro.e "a IA
to-day Crops of every deStr-r-l'-
very much damaged by wind anu rail-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
The Steam Engine. of the world.

The steam engines of the world repre-
sent approximately, says The Manufacture
ers' Gazette, the working power of 1,6O0,-
900 ,0o0 of men, or more than double the
working population of the world, the total
population of which is usually estimated
at l, As, go, 600 inhabitants. Steam has &C.
cordingly enabled man to treble his work
ing power, making it possible for him to
economic his physical strength while at
tending to his intellectual Development
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
A Botanical Curiosity.

Alta meeting of the Royal Botanic secie-
ty the secretary brought to the notice Of
members portion OF a large poplar lately
blown down in the gardens, showing net
work of roots running almost round the
trunk, between the bark and wood, at some
distance from the ground. The plant had
apparently derived its nourishment, not
from the SOIL but from the decaying por-
lions of itself
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Base BALL.

CHICAGO, ILL, June 6.-Chicago-Runs,
2; hits. 4 errors, B. Brooklyn-Runs, q;
hits, Q: errors. g. Batteries-Stein and
Kittridge Caruthers and DAILY. Umpire
Lynch.
NEW YORK, June 6-New York-Runs,
4 hits. ); errors, O. Cincinnati-Runs 0;
hits, .; errors, 3. Batteries-Rusie and
Buckley. Rhines and Harrington. Umpire
-pnyyarS
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07

taken to the police station and there given
in charge of Mrs. Phillips Mathews, an old
coIored woman, who promised to provide
and care for it. The ears and face Of the
infant were badly eaten by sand crabs.
The police We're soon on the trail of the
mother, and soon haG her in custody, but
her condition was such she was taken 10
the hospital instead of the jail. She ad-
mitted that she had buried the baby, but
insisted it was dead at the time of its birth.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
How Fish Hooks Are Made.

The Industrial World tells how fish hooks
are made There is little machine which
turns out fish hooks in six strokes. Stroke
No. bites of morsel of steel wire; No. 9
makes the loop where you fasten your line;
No. 8 hacks the other end; No. flattens
and bends back the barb; No. 5 makes the
point; No. 6 bends the wire-and your fish
hook drops into little bucket ready to be
finished. Then it is either japanned-these
are the common black fish hooks-or they
are tempered to the delicate blue that you
sometimes see in cutlery. For this finish
they are heated red hot and then cooled in
~
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
BURIED HER CHILD ALIVE.
How a Galveston ,tulatto Thought to Get

How a Galveston NIulatto Thought to Get
Eid of Her HIegitimate Offspring.
Special 10 the Gazette
GALVESTON. TEx., June cat an early
hour his morning to Florence Mansfield. a
prepossessing mulatto girl was born child
out of wedlocz Immediately thereafter
she buried II with the exception of Its head
in sand on the beach between Twentieth
and Fourteenth streets 10 DE submerged by
the incoming tide. A few hours later Tom
Sylvester and Willie Clausen, while shoot
ing on the beach. attracted ny the feeble
cries Of the babe, went to it aud
dug u out Of the sand II was
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
A Terrible NIGHTMARE.

81 tell you what it is, ovitch czarina,"
said the car, you've got to stopoveH
making angel cakeovitches"
why, soskip asked the czarina.
"Becauseovitch that little bitoffi I ate
last nightski made me dream that we had
Georgeovitoh kennanowski hero to dine
oyitch.n-IifA
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Sir John Macdonald is dead.
Beneficial Exercise

Mr.. Pinkie 90 p. m)-My dear, 'ne IS ~
tor says a brisk walk before gong ~
will insure sleep to insomnia sufferers
myself. -, .,.ar
Mrs. Pinkie-Well, my dear. WILL ~ 80,
the room so you can walk. Pleas, III,
tao baby with you.-Nsw York " es-H'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Denver Traffic Impeded.

Special TO the Gazette.
CLARENDON, TEX, June Can find out
nothing definite about the washout, as
wires are down in two places. 1t will be
several days before trains can pass over the
whole line as two of the main bridges are
gone.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-07
Texans Abroad.

Special TO the Gazette.
NEW YORK, June 6.-Galvest9n. IT, :,
Levy, Union square: + K. Ie-rt, or
James hotel Dallas. o. ID. Burne--- 49,
house; c. o. Scofelu, st. Stephens