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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
HARRISON'S TOUR.
NOT YET DECIDED THAT HE WILL
VISIT THE SOUTH.
A Provisional Schedule Adopted for the
Route lie VIII Take in Case He should
Go-To sunday in Texas.
Demands on Circumstances.

WASHINGTON, April 2-The following
statement was made by the presidents sec
rotary this afternoon IN regard to the presi-
dents contemplated "Trip TO the West: The
president has not fully determined yet
whether or not he viii go west, but pend
ing his final decision he has
adopted a provisional schedule for the
route that he viii take in case he
should go. Unless matters intervene TO
prevent, he and his party which has not
Yet been made up. will leave here on Tues
day morning. April II. and Will travel
southwark. The following cities will be
briefly visited: Roanoke, Chattanooga, At
lanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Little
Rock, Dallas, reaching Galveston
Saturday night. They viii leave
Galveston Monday morning anu go TO FL
Paso, Yuma and Los Angeles. California
will be entered about Tuesday or WeGnes-
day Of the second week. California will
take about weeks time, sh TT tours being
made through the state. From san Fran
cisco the party viii go TO Portland, Olympia
and Puget sound, and al the latter place the
turn homeward will be made, taking in
Boise City. Ogden, Salt Lake. Pueblo. Den
Yer. Hastings, Omaha, NIobcrly, Spring
field and indianapolis, spending the last
Sunday, May 10. there. From indianapolis
the next move will be made to Washington,
which Will be reached in about month
from the start
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
IT Is VERY WEAK.
A Prediction that the Western Traffic As
sociation Is Doomed.
Special TO the Gazette

CHICAGO, Ill, April 2-Far-sighted
traffic officials are beginning TO predict that
the Western traffic association as now or
ganized will not live six months. They say
it IS even weaker than its predecessor,
the Interstate commerce railway aSsOcia-
ton, which Outlived its usefulness in less
than a year. Certainly the new agree
ment has curtailed the authority of Chair
man \. T. Walker, who is simply mouth
piece of the board OF commissioners, and
has thrown away the services of Il valuable
officer in making no provision for the re-
tentiOn of Auditor :. Y McNair, whose
resignation took effect yesterday. Under
the old agreement it was a part Of Me
Nair's duty to investigate the charges Of
irregularities made against the roads in
the territory of the association. and it may
be he was too successful in accummulat-
ing evidence Of the wrong doing of mem
bers. AT any rate the new plan
does not provide fer such inveStiga-
ton, and as it substitutes Il bureau OF
statistics for the office of audi Or, Mr. Nc
Nair' IS crowded ont. Much interest is now
manifested III the next meeting of the ad-
yiSory board of the Western traffic associa-
ton, for the reason that all complaints
against the Missouri Pacific on account of
the unauthorized SUGAR tariff and the sup
posed violation of its agreement, have been
referred to that body. The sugar tariff, as
filed with the interstate commerce commits
sion, was numbered SiXty-SiX, and now
some of the Western roads are curious 10
find out something about the preceding
siXty-five tariffs on the Missouri Pacific,
suspecting that they may be similar in
character 70 the latest one, and that they
apply reduced rates on other commodities.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
A Cats Extraordinary Leap.

In the latter part OF 1880, at time when
the Washington monument had reached
height Of $50 ieet, an adventurous and
patriotic cat assembled the interior of the
shaft by means of the ropes and tubing.
When the workmen arrived at the upper
landing the next morning and began to
prepare for the days work, pussy took
fright and, springing to the outer edge,
took header of 1G0 feet to the hard
earth below. In the descent, which was
watched closely by two score OF men, the
cat spread herself out like flying squirrel
and alighted on all fours. After turning
over on the ground few times in dazed
manner she prepared to leave the grounds.
She had gotten almost beyond the shad-
ow of the monument when a dog belong
ing to one OF the workmen bounced upon
her and killed her, size, Of course, not be-
ing in her best running trim after per
forming such an extraordinary feat. One
of the men procured the body of the dead
feline, smoothsd out her silky coat and
turned the remains over to representa-
tive OF the Smithsonian institution, who
mounted the skin and placed it under
glass case. The label on the case tells this
wonderful story in few words: ''This cat,
or Sept. %, 1880, jumped from the top of
Washington's monument and Eved."-St.
Louis Republic.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03

The Fcrt Worth and Rio Grande is con-
ceLtraIing material. ties, rails. fish plates,
track f4steEiugs, bridge timbers, lumber,
etc At Comanche in readiness for the ex-
tension Of the line from COmanche to
Erowuwooj Ia conversation with Presi-
dent fiolnby yesterday q GAZETTE reporter
learned that the company expected 10 let
the contract for The grading the first of the
week. The trac1Iayiug. bridges and buila-
ings will lee constructed by the company.
As TO the time Of the beginning Of work on
the extension from Brentwood to the
Southwest Mr.. Horribly w@s unable to say.
but stated that in the present condition Of
the money market any great amount of rail
road ConstIuct ion could not be expected.
The ROAD VIII he pushed forward however,
US rapidly IS the times will permit. Iopo-
loba1nuo bay IS the objective point, but the
Rio Grande crossing has not yet been de-
,.l.ga3 i1,r.71
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
To Change Its Name.

The engines, coaches and cars on the St
Louis. Arkansas ard Texas are being re-
painted and relertered with the name Of the
new company which takes control OF the
road Oh the 2lst inst. On that day the st.
Louis. Arkansas and Texas railway COM
paHy ceases to exist and iii is stead VIII De
born the St. Louis Southwestern railway
company. All The old stationery is cbeing
replaced with that Of the new company.
and ali the leases, contracts, deeds, mort
cages, securities. bonds, etc, have been
prepared. recorded and everything pre-
pared Tor the ushcring into existence Of the
new line. Il IS not yet known whether the
familiar pseudouym the Cotton Belt viii
be retained, or another trade mark selected.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
MIDGELEY DIDN'T DOT.
He Denies that He Asked Gould for Leeds
Resignation.

He Denies that He Asked Gould for Leeds
Resignation.
The Missouri Pacifc's cut rate on sugar
still keeps the Western traffic association
in q state of turmoil and reports regarding
the actions Of Chairman Nidgeley are as
thick as leaves IN Nallamhrosa. Upon re-
turning from Chicago Chairman Smith of
the Trans Missouri association was asked
BY d Kansas City Star reporter if there was
any truth in the report that Chairman
NIidgeIey had telegraphed Jay Gould de-
mauding the discharge of the Missouri
Pacific official promulgating the cut rate on
sugar, and he said:
Il read the report in the papers at Chi
ca-o Saturday, TT. Wayne Sunday and in
other papers again yesterday" said Mr..
Smith.
y knew nothing Of it until I saw the
press reports. There is no truth Whatever
in the report. I-aslzed Chairman Aidge.ey
Yesterday if he had made such 4 demand
and he answered no. He could not UNDER
stand how such report could originate.
He had not communicated with Mr.
Gould and had demanded of no one the dis
charge of any official Of the Missouri Pa
cific. The commissioners cannot ask for
discharge of any man. It is not our prov
iuce TO request il. II we find that cut
rate has been authorized by any road it is
our duty simply to report the matter to the
advisory board, and the members OF that
board can recommend dismissal under
the rules if they see lit.
I'VE were not notified officially of the cut
rate until last Saturday. Then we wired
the Missouri Pacific management, stating
that report or charge Of an alleged cut in
sugar rates was made and inquired If the
report was true.
I'VE want to give everyone q chance to
prove or disproye. Then we acquaint the
advisory board of our finding. There is
plenty of time, presume, between now and
the meeting Of the board 70 prove or dis
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
Wants Connection with the Northwest.

Special TO the Gazette.
San AUGUSTINE, Tex, April ALI we
need to make San Augustine the best town
in Eastern Texas is 4 railroad from the
great prairies of the West SO that we can
furnish the people up there with some long
leaf yellow pine. There is not one man IN
ten that knows what the difference is be-
tween short and long leaf pine, and you
can not convince them, and strange to say
only two roads in Texas. with her vast
area of dense forests of long leaf pine touch
the Trinity tap of the International and
Great Northern and the Sabine Pass and
East Texas, and they only for short dis
lance. \ road from the prairies in the
great Northwest with her cereals. her cot
ton, wool, cattle, horses and mules, or to
the east and towards the seaboard and the
inexhaustible supply Of timber Of all char
acters in the country and West Louisiana
would pay by reason of the sugar, syrup
and merchandise that would naturally go
over the line with no parallel line to COM
pete withit It does seem strange that
this almost direct line from the great
northwestern praires through one OF the
finest agricultural countries in the world
has been overlooked and neglected so long.
If Dallas with her project from the coal
fields in Young county to Dallas and Dallas
to Alexandria to some point south Of there
calls on San Augustine she Will meet with
d cheerful and hearty response and Z liberal
donation. Our folks want 4 railroad.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
The Canadian Pac,fic's Commissions.

Special 10 the Gazette.
CHICAGO, Ill, April 2-Chairman Finley
is securing evidence going 10 show that the
Canadian Pacific is paying exhorbitant
commissions on immigrant traffic and
thereby depriving the Chicago lines of
their share to the Northwest.
This is in line with the report at the
last meeting of the Western passenger as
sociation that the promised equitable di-
vision of this traffic in New York has not
been effected; that the old schemes were
sill in force, and that the lines paying the
most money for it got the business. The
Canadian Pacific has been taking nearly
fifty per cent of this business, and the Chi
cago lines propose finding means for get
ting their shire.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
A TOUCHING APPEAL.
a Convicted Prisoner Denounces a Com
munity That Doesn't Allow Man to
Protect the Honorof His Family.

KANSAS CITY, No, April 2.-Charles E.
Clifford, San Francisco pugilist, who was
convicted last week of manslaughter in the
second degree for shooting David Greever,
the noted stoczman Of this city, while the
latter was attempting an alleged assault
upon Cliford's wife, was sentenced to-day
to two years in the penitentiary.
After the sentence was pronounced Cliff
ford made dramatic appeal to the court
and crowd Of spectators. He denied en-
phatically that the killing occurred by rea-
son of an attempt to blackmau Greever,
and denounced the people among whom q
man had no right to protect the honor of
his wife and of his family.
\ petition for pardon addressed to the
governor viii be circulated. Eleven of the
twelve jurors who rendered the verdict say
they will sign it.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
: HOO KILLING TINE.
Western Packers Arc Getting Away with
Her.

Western Packers Are Getting Away with
Her.
There Is certainly no reason Cor the belief
that life Is devoid of excitement in Chicago.
The Missouri P4ciics cut rate on sugar
raised I storm among the business men,
and now. through . lull in the tempest, is
heard the cry that Western packers are do
ING more business than Chicago, and the
roads are accused of u manipulate ION of rates
on dressed beef and pLci,iug-hOuSe products
ORIGINATING 1t Missouri river points. and
Clairmen Midgclcy, Goddard and BIanch-
ard are investigating the charges. The
combined output Of Kansas City, Omaha
and Sioux City packing houses are larger
than those OF Chicago, while the packing
houses al Wichita, Kan, and Fort Worth
are aiding largely in swelling the traffic
e..st-bouud from Kansas City. The pack
iu--hOuse kings seem to be losing their grip
and Chicago secs her supremacy as hog
killing town fast sinking into . state of in
ocuous desuctude. As L matter of fact i IS
simply business Tor the roads to put in
tariff on packirg-house products that will
encourage the industry II the West, for it
means = long haul and more profit Tor them
than hauling the live animals TO the windy
city's slaughter pens.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
MANY USEFUL ARRANGEMENTS.


An electric cigar lighter should hang
near the front door, which will save the
daily hunt for matches, and consequent ir-
ritation of the master of the house and
his friends Electricity may also afford
us protection at night, as an ingenious
burglar alarm has been devised by which,
from a controlling switch in the masters
bedroom, the whole passage, hall and
stairs can be illuminated, so that when the
gentle burglar comes a-burgiing" light
may be thrown on his nefarious practices.
We owe to electricity the banishment of
that faint and sickly odor of paraEine that
haunts our staircases after the daily pro-
cesson of the lamps to the drawing room.
In the sitting room in which we live
there should be two kinds OF light, faint
shaded light to read. talk or think by,
and brighter light to play by" With a
bright light meditation Will not be fertile,
and with dim light play Will not be Wig
orous.
1t is difficult to decide beforehand ex-
actly where we wish to have the standards
and reading lamps placed. II real luxury
and comfort are desired Il pair of electric
wires should be placed along the skirting
board around each OF the sitting rooms,
and sockets should be fixed upon them at
intervals, so that any standard can be
moved to any part of the room, and to IA
cilitate this all the plugs and sockets in the
house should be interchangeable.
it is impossible TO overestimate the daily
comfort gained by having electric lamps
fixed in all tire principal cupboards, linen
and housemaids' closets, wine and coal eel
lars, bathrooms, etc. The working cost OF
these is not worth considering, owing to
the short total OF hours that each burns in
the year.
A DRAWING ROOM IDEA.
1t Is very easy to economic when first
the installation is put in, but it is great
mistake TO do SO, as the initial expense is
small in comparison to the daily comfort
OF well arranged and well distributed
lights, and eventually economy in the
quantity Of electricity used-which, it
must be remembered, is paid for by meter
will result, from thus being able to light
the particular corner of the room in which
we wish TO sit, instead of illuminating the
whole room from the center or walls on
every occasion.
In the drawing room, I believe that what
ever tie illuminant used, the light Of the
future will be reflected light. The room
should be flooded with warm, soft radi-
arce, and we should be unconscious OF the
source from which it proceeds.
This can only be obtained by the use Of
reflected light, but when it is remember4f
that powerful electric lamps can be plSeed
within few inches of the most beaus Hul-
" decorated ceilings without risk of injury
to them, and their direct rays Interested
by silk. or any other semi-opaque Gb-
stance il will be seen at once what opptg-
tunities electricity affords for the effectiA
illumination OF our drawing rooms.
makes it possible to use decorations onss65'
ceilings which any combustion light would
dsstsoY.-Fortpightly Review.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
The Miners, Congress.

PARIS, April 2.-During the session in
this city to-day of the international miners
congress a telegram was received from the
leaders of the miners in the Saar district,
stating that all persons engaged in the
mining industry there, who had been con-
cerned in promoting the congress, had been
dismissed from their employment by the
mine owners.
Delegate Defue's motion that all voting
should take place and be decided by nation
atty instead of numerical strength was
approved by vote of IS to 10.
The British delegates declared that the
principle of proportional representation
must be the basis of any federation sup
ported by the British miners.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
Cement Rate from Yankton. S. d.

CHICAGO, Ill, April 2.-On application
of the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul
railroad for the establishment of a rate on
cement from Yankton, S. D.. to various
points for the benefit of the new industry
to be located here, commissioners OF the
Western traffic association have fixed rates
on a basis Of Is cents per 100 pounds to
Chicago and Milwaukee, 10 to st. Paul and
Minneapolis and Mississippi river points as
far south as Clinton, 49, cents to St. Louis,
10 cents to Omaha, Il cents to Duluth, and
10 cents to Kansas City.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
The kalser'S Nay.

SPETTIE, April 2-Emperor William yes
terday inspected the works of the Vulcan
ship building company here, which is en-
gagged in the construction of some of the
new German men-of-war. Subsequently he
visited the new Hamburr-Americau
steamer, Fuerst Bismarck, which Will be
placed in commission for next month.
President Waldemar Nelson of the Ham
burg line welcomed the emperor on board
and escorted him about the vessel. The
emperor was greatly pleased with what he
SAW and expressed the hope that all future
additions to the Hamburg feet
Afght be built at SpeJtin. He invited Pres
'fdent Neissen to accompany him to Lubbock
On the imperial tram.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03

WAsHINGToS. April 2-Gcn. Albert Pike,
grand commander of Scottish Rite Masonry
of the Southern jurisdiction, and chief
OF the Royal order Of Scotland for this coun-
try. died at ) O'Clock this evening. Il is
said that Gen. Pike has appointed Josiah
II. Drummond of Maine as his successor
as the head OF the Royal order of
Scotland, and it is probable that his sue
cesSor in the Scottish Rite viii he either
SUPERINTENDENT j. NJ Brown of the navy.
Thomas Caswell of California. or Thomas
Dudley Of Kentucky. Albert Pike was
well known to all persons interested in Free
Masonry, having held the highest Offices in
the order and written many works in
regard to it.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
4 New system Projected.

Special 10 the Gazette.
New York, April New York advance
in Evansville and Terre Haute is stated by
semi-of icial authority to be based partly on
the anticipation that heavy surplus in
bonds and stocks of the subsidiary roads
will be capitalized and new stock issued to
the stockholders in the shape OF stock divi-
dends II is also stated that an important
deal is being arranged by President
Mackay, by which the new system will be
organized, in which the Evansville and
Terre Haute will be an important factor.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03

beginning of the legislature on ex-Treasurer
Woodruff's books will submit its fourth
and last report tomorrow, the standing
committee having reported on his fifth
term. The committee discovers another
shortage in the fourth term, the exact
amount of which cannot be learned tonight
as the members refuse to discuss the re
suits of their findings. 1t is positively
known. however, that they have discovered
another deficit
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
Tho bridegroom Was Scared.

A village preacher says that he once mar
ried rural couple in the presence Of a
large company OF invited guests. The
bridegroom was big, bony, red faced
young man, who looked "a though he could
have felled an OK with his hst, but he shiv-
cred and turned pale at the beginning Of
the ceremony, and at its close he fell down
in dead faint, to the manifest annoyance
Of his bride. who had been Us cool as a
cucumber throughout the ceremony.-Lon-
don Tit-Rits.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03

prove the charge. The board will meet in
Chicago April IA, when it is probable that
the matter will be ATTENDED 10.
I'VE did not authorize any other line 10
meet the rate or afford them relief owing to
the short time in which the rate could be
used. The demand ends to-day, as all of
the sugar viii have been shipped. The
Missouri Pacific rate continues, however,
as nnlar,stanl l :,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
MORE MILEAGE TICKETS.
The Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City in
II This Time.


The AVERAGE general passenger agent is
having his hands fun inst now. After much
trouble and yexatioa Of spirit, the cut rate
mileage tickets of the Jacksonville South
eastern were got out of the way. though the
Alton : still Gissai listed, and the general
passenger agents drew 4 long breath and
prepared to eujoy nights sleep undis-
turbed by visions OF cut rates diverting
passenger tra1ic to rival lines. While
foudly felicitating themselves on the fact
that all was calm ard smooth on the sea Of
passenger rates, the Toledo, ST. Louis and
Kansas City b0hs Up serenely and is reap
ing considerable harvest by reason of
having placed in the hands of brokers at
Kansas City, St. Joseph, Omaha, Topeka
and other Southwestern points. large
blocks Of $50 mileage books. As soon as
those begin to circulate pretty freely there
viii be trouble again. as they will have
the effect Of diyertiug a large part of trans
Missouri and Missouri river passenger
traffic east via st. Louis and Toledo in
stead of Chicago, to the injury and disgust
Of Chicago lines.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
The Needles Eye,

The above name is given to a subter-
raneous passage on the coast of Banffshire,
loo yards long from sea to sea- but through
which 4 man can, with difficulty, creep.
AT the north end Of the Needles Eye there
is cave 20 feet high, 80 broad and $50 long.
The whole Of this passage and cave is sup
ported by immense columns OF rocks, max
ing grand scene, which has surprising
effect on one who has crept through TIA,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
American Ticket brokers.

The thirteenth annual convention of the
American ticket brokers' association will
meet in Kansas City for a four days ses-
sion, beginring May 70. The full member
ship Of the association is 800 and the aver
age attendance 100 but it is thought the at
tendance this year will be nearly, If not
quite, the full membership
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03

Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
AaDMoRE, I. T, April Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe engineer, G. f. W. Felt, of
Cleburne, with his assistants, were here to-
day looking out and giving grades for u sid
ing for The new cotton compress TO be built
here The contract for digging the well
and other work has been let, and worASf
Same will soon be commenced.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03

The Southern Pacific railway company
yesterday announced that il had overcome
jhc obstacles caused by the high water near
New Orleans. which has handicapped its
traffic department for some time, and that
Il WAS lgain open for the handling Of
through business with accustomed regu-
iGrity and dispatch. From the day the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-03
Called on Elaine.

WASHINGTON, April among the first
callers on Secretary Blaine this morning
were the British minister Sir Julian
Pauncefote, and Sir Charles Upper of the
Dominion of Canada, who talked with the
secretary for an hour, presumably about
seal fisheries, reciprocity and other matters
now uppermost in the mind of the Cana
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