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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
CHEROKEE OUTLET.
An Important Decision Rendered by the
Venerable Judge Green ut Guth-
RE Yesterday. =.
Special 10 lie Gazette.


GUTHRIE, OF. Sept. LETT was 4 motley
crowd, composed of Cherokee Indians.
boomers, citizens and gentlemen Of leisure
that crowded the United STATES district.
COURTROOM At 10 O'Clock this morn
ing and listened IL Judge Green
as he rendered a decision of vital
Importance to the thousands who
have waited for years to secure q home in
the Cherokee outlet. Slowly and distinctly
the venerable Judge rendered his
opinion, which was very exhaustive one
and covered all the Cherokee treaties
and agreements with the government from
the beginning down to the present date.
The case in question was that of James
Jordan, cX-Chief ID. ". BuShyhead
and other prominent Cherokees, praying for
an injunction restraining the war depart
ment from interfering with their operating
q stone quarry in the Cherokee outlet, four
miles south of Arkansas City. This quarrys
is worth a fortune and the Cherokees
had been working it for wears previous
70 the 2Sth of last February, when
the war department attempted 10 eject
them. Judge Green denied the application
for the Injunction, and states the cons
plainants have no right whatever 10
conduct any kind of business on the
Strip. While the outlet was con-
veyed to them by the same patent
as their home reservation, their fee to the
outlet is qualified one. with the qualilica-
ton annexed TO the use for which
the lands in the Cherokee outlet were
coded and granted to the Cherokee
Nation as an outlet, and for
the purposes of an outlet only. When the
Cherokee Nation ceased to use the outlet
for SUCH purposes the lands went to the
United States The lands having beeu,
ceded for the purposes of aw'
outlet only. any attempt Ky
the Cherokee Nation TO use them for other
purposes works a termination OF the Chero-
kee estate, and the lands revert to the
United States. The Cherokee Nation has
no right TO e the outlet for any other pur-
pose than an outlet. If they
have ceased TO do so they
no longer have any title, but the question of
whether or not they have ceased to use it
for an outlet is more of political than
judicial one, and should be settled by con-
gress aud the president
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17

\ TRUSTWORTHY authority asserts
that 1O7. 000, 900 bushels Of wheat, of this
years crop, has already been sold TO
Europe by producers in this country,
notwithstanding that ii is not much
more than q month since the great
wheat-growing states have harvested
their crops. This does not include
the spring wheat states, such as
Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Wis
consin and the greater part OF
Iowa and Nebraska. which have
not yet harvested. If l!e,c figures are
correct, they show what d complete
failure was the effort of the Farmers
Alliance combine in the North to hold
back wheat. If that combination has
the power to regulate the output, it
should put forth its power at once, for
the enormous amount of the grain
thrown on the market has already
broken it badly. and decentralization
will follow if the glut is kept up.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
baseball.

louisville, KY, Sept. 1G.-LouisvilIe-
Runs, :; hits, 9; errors, ., Washington
Runs, 0; hits, >; errors, .. Battelies-Mee
kin, Cahill and Shelhassee, Foreman aud
Mcclure. Umpire-McLaughlin
MILWAUKEE. WIS, Sept. 16.--Mil-
waukee-Runs, Il: hits, Il; errors, 5-Bal-
timore-Runs, 4; hits, 10; errors, 5.-Bat-
teries, Dwyer and Vaughn. Madden, Van
Haltern and Robinson aud Townsend. I'm
pirs-terguSon.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 16-St Louis
Runs, 10; hits, II; errors, l. Athletics
Runs, :: hits, 10; errors B. Batteries
Stivettes and Boyle, Weighing and Mill.
gan. Umpire-Mahoney.
COLUMBUS, ONO, Sept. 16.-Columbus-
Runs, {; hits. 5; errors, 4. Boston-Runs,
s; hits, II errors, 3.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16-First game-New
York-Runs. O; hits, 3; errors. 2. Pitts
burg-Runs, 2; hits, 4; errors, l. Batter
ies-Taylor and Buckley, Baldwin ana Mil
Ter Umpire-McQuaid.
Second game-New York-Runs, /; hits,
4; errors, 4. Pittsburg-Runs, :; hits, :;
errors. l. Batteries Coughlin and Bur-
rel. King and Miller. Umpire-NIcQuaid.
BosToS, MASS, Sept 16.-Boston-Runs,
&; hits, 10; errors, l. Chicago-Runs, 9;
hits, ,; errors, 6. Observation-Disclosures and
Bennett, Hutchinson and Schriever. UNI
pire-Hurst.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
Yesterdays Bau Game.

In game of ball yesterday played on the
grounds at the foot of Lamar street the
Metropolitans scored victory over the
Alerts, formerly known as the Soda-waters.
During the first four innings the AlertS Sc
cured good lead, but the Nets came in one
of tying the score in the fifth. After this
the game was close and interesting, and i'll
the ninth inning the Nets scored the win
ming run. the result being II to 10.
The Metropolitans did not have ont their
full nine. Littiejohn and MasSie, second and
first basemen, being unable to play. Billy
Holmes and Seth Whitla covered these po-
sitions.
4 feature of the game was the catch of q
line fly by Whitla at second.
John Mahoney umpired the game to the
satisfaction OF the crowd.
The batteries We're: Alerts, Jarvis and
McAllister; Metropolitans, Martin and
Rely up TO the fourth inning, Holmes and
Rely afterwards.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
TERRIBLE SIGHTS.
A Veritable City of the Dead in the
Flooded District in
Spain.

MADRID, Sept. 16.-CoTespondents of
Spanish and foreign newspapers who have
been able to reach Consuegra, lately de-
Vastated by the flood, describe it as "a city
OF the dead" On every side are terrible
signs of destruction. The rumbling of the
death carts CRATES horribly upon the ear
as those CHASTITY vehicles convey their sick
eIing loads TO common trenches dug for
their reception. The streets everywhere
are washed out and filled with all kinds of
wreckage. Human remains, stray limbs
and headleSS trunks are seen pro-
truding from heaps OF Undiscovered
wreckage. The depth of the food at Com
suegra can be gagged from the fact that the
water rose eighteen feet in the church of
ST. John the Baptist. The estimate made
of the damage to property in and about Con-
suegra places the loss at &, 500. 00O Survivors
Of the disaster gave vague and confused ac-
counts of the onward sweep of the flood,
which wrought such deadly havoc. They
say, however, that though the river was no
ticed rising rapidly, no serious apprehension
was felt until the water seemed TO make a
sudden rush forward, threatening to over
whelm, and eventually overwhelming
everything. Then came wild race
for life. Many climbed upon the
roofs OF houses, hoping to escape,
but the houses gave way beneath
them as the swollen waters swept through
the town, consigning hundreds to death in
the wreckage-laden stream. The majority
OF the bodies have been buried as a SAM
tary precautiou. Twenty-seven dead bodies
have been found in one dwelling house...es
o-.vep5
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
The Deliberations of the Body on the AriG
Land Question.

The Deliberations of the Body on the Arid
Land Question.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, Sept. 16.-To-
days session OF the irrigation congress was
devoted 10 consideration of the report OF
the committee on resolutions submitted by
Chairman Irish of California. 1t recon-
mended to the convention the discussion of
the following topics:
Should congress dorate the lands outright
TO the states aud territories!
Should congress instead make grants in
trust3 Should such donation or grant in
trust be of arid LANDS or only include the
entire public domain within the states and
territories to be benefited or should it be
limited to number of acres of both or
either
Upon what conditions and with what re-
strictions should the grant in trust be
made2
What may be imposed upon the states
aud territories benefited in the form of
Federal action 10 compel the preservation of
water sources by protection of the forests
which guard therni
Instead OF such q grant or donation of
land is it advisable that the Federal gov
ernment retain the public domain and itself
enter upon the work of reclamation OF arid
land and then transfer it to actual settlers!
The congress went into committee of the
whole with Senator Stewart Of Nevada in
the chair.
Francis G. Ncwland of Nevada, in
speech of some length, stated that the field
of individual effort in the matter of irriga-
ton was about exhausted. The time
is now ripe for the action of the nation and
by the states through their legislatures.
The first essential thing is the con-
troll of the land Itself. People
can do nothing until they receive
an unlimited grant Of all arid lands within
this region or a grant sufficient in quantity
TO Justify the states in undertaking the work
or under careful restrictions intrustjng it
10 individuals or corporations. The United
States ought to make grants in the regions
with a view TO developing the school inter
ests. There are 55,o00,O00 acres in this
territory, of which 20,000,0j0 can be
utilized. Congress u ust consider the effect
that amount of land. The East would
certainly oppose it because they
know nothing of the situation here
The speaker favored a decision by congress
without conditions, as he doubted the
ability of congress to prescribe these condi-
lions. A sentiment should be
aroused in both parties looking
to the favorable consideration of
such matters. Newland closed with the
assertion that greater men lived in the
West than in the East, and urged the nomi-
nation Of Western man for president.
EStee of California took exception to the
speech, and said the congress had not as
sembled for the purpose of discussing poll
tics but irrigation. In the main point, how
ever, he agreed with his predecessor.
A resolution providing for the issue of
$3.50. G00.G00 to expend in irrigation, said
bonds TO be redeemable in treasury notes
issued against them, was offered and laid
over for future consideration. ueaBtea
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
VERY PECULIAR.
A Judge Tries Murder Case in
Which He was an Inter
ested Party.

HUGoToN, KAN. Sept. 16.-The ease of
the State against James Brennan, charged
with the murder of the noted Sam Woods
last June. was commenced to-day in the
district court. The feud which led to the
murder, the crime itself and the events fol-
sensational. and such it was sup
posed would the trial be. Judge Botkin,
however, before whom the trial is being
lid, determined that it should not be. To
enforce this determination he has issued
peremptory orders to the court bailiffs to
maintain order in and around the
court, He warned them that
abe for Ou'u any ne disturbance sa a'eo that
might arise and told them that it was their
duty to see that no man entered the court
room with weapons on his person. Not
Only were they to attend to that, but they
were especially charged to see that no person
carrying firearms of any description was
allowed to approach the building, espec-
tempt to do this after they were
warned the bailifs were strictly
enjojned to place such parties under arrest
for contempt of court.
The time of the court was occupied to-
day in examining jurors. The jury had
not been selected when court adjourned for
the day.
The killing of Sam Wood was one of the
most notable crimes in the later history of
Kansas. Its cause was enmity which arose
between the citizens of Hugoton led
by Judge Botkin, and those of Woods
dale, led by Sam Wood, over
the location of the county seat
which afterwards resulted in a battle
between the people of the two towns in
which four men were killed and several
wounded. Following that and as result
of it occurred the noted murder Of Sheriff
Ross and several of his deputies. The
enmity between the two factions continued
and each went around always expecting an
attack. Just after the close of the last leg
l11l6ture, at which Sam Wood had brought
impeachment proceedings against judge
Botkin, Wood went 10 Hugotoa
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17

THE English foreign office explains
that the uproar over the reported seiz-
ure OF seaport in Mitylene was I'M
called for-the English sailors were
only drilling. \ poor excuse is better
than none. Since when has it been
the practice for sailors in the British
navy to land on foreign territory to
drill. without having obtained permits
sion from the government of that ter
ritory? The likely truth is that this
landing was an experiment OF the Brit
ish foreign secretary TO test the temper
of Europe and ascertain if it would be
safe TO seize Mitylene or some other
Turkish island. The result OF the eX-
pertinent was not favorable. Too many
fangs were erected. SO the exp!ana-
ton was made that it was only in the
way Of drill that the landing was made.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
SPORTING.
Fort Worth's Fast Horses.

John Bostick of Maddoxia Park leaves TO-
day with his string of trotters and PAGERS
TO try for the good things i'll the circuit OF
Bonham, Brownwood, San Angelo and Dial
las. He has Reflector, PAGER. who VIII be
entered in the twenty classes and the free
for-alls Lady Pendleton, who will be sent
this season to beat 2:25; Oliver, trotter,
2;21 class; Wassion, $50 class; Richelieu,
2:35 class Joe Graham, three minute class
Hal Bostick. PAGER, three minute class and
breeders stakes: Jimmie =, yearling
stakes. Mr. Bostick also has several green
ones, his string numbering between twelve
and fifteen. He expects TO land some Of the
prizes in the twenty, the twenty-five and
the free-for-au pace, and in the 2:2I trot.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
I.atOnia Races.

LAEoyIA RACE COURSE, Sept. l6.-First
race, one mile and twenty yards, Cashier
won, Volta Guild second, Tenacity third.
Time. Is
Second race. four and one-half furlongs,
Arthur Davis won, d. Doublong second,
Gretchen third. Time, .51l2.
Third race, one mile, Little Scissors won,
Carus second, Bonair third. Time. 1:411I.
Fourth race, one mile and one hundred
yards, Catalpa won. lusolence second, Mi
rabeau third. Time, Is
Fifth race, six furlongs, Fillide won,
Dore second, Hispania third. Time. Isl.
Fifth race. four and one-half furlongs,
Miss Walling won. Kangaroo second,
Come Thar third. Time, .5o
Seventh race, one mile, Laura poXey
won, Planet second, Sidney third. Time,
.l3I,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
Altered the Books.

NoRRIsrowN, PA, Sept. 1G.-Albert
Longneclzer, director in the Montgomery
trust company. swore out warrant to-day
against w E. LlingluN, charging him with
altering the books of the company and ap-
propriating to his own use $4,000 of It's
funds. Llingluff was arrested and waived
a hearing, and was held in $4,000 bail for
court. de entered into security and was
released. Llinglutf was formerly treasurer
OF the trust company aud cashier of the
Montgomery national bank.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
Gravesend Races.

GRAvEsEND RACECoURSE, Sept. 1G.-F'irst
race, six furlongs, Inferno won. Maidstone
second, Homer third. Time, l:I5is.
Second race. five furlongs, Refraction
F'illy won, Guilindo second, Johnnie Heck
sher third. Time, 1:03.
Third race, one mile, Portchester won,
Palestine second, Lima third. Time,
1:H1i.
Fourth race. six furlongs, Hyacinth won,
Temple second, Alcade third. Time, LII.
Fifth race, five and half furiongs, Ches-
apeake Won, Civil Service second, Apollo
third. Time, 093I.
Sixth race. one and one-sixteenth miles,
King Grab won, Worth second, Pagan third.
Time, ! :44l5
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
SWEET LIBERTY.
The Goddess on the Capitol Being Eillet;
With Honey


Special 10 the Gazette.
AV>rIN, Ten, Sept. 16.-Workmen today
painting the Goddess of Liberty on Ia
dome of the capitol, found the statue luhay,
ited by swarm OF bees that Were iudus-rt-
ously at work filing the old lady WIN
honey.
Special laws enacted by the last leg;Sla.
ture are now in print and ready Tor dis..-
button.
Several lumber mill men from the line u
the Tyler and Southeastern narrow g4G-s
CIllel on the commission to-day and a-s
for modification OF the lumber ta.iT ma.
ing Jacksonville on that road y ba>
point so as TO enable the IL.
on the liae of il TO compete VIII
those on more favored roads. and ,.-ef
the wood tariff was found 10 contain c....-
cal errors and is withheld for correc-.,u
until tomorrow.
Chartered-The 5. s. Perry clrriasc COM.
pauy OF Fort Worth, capital $I5Ng. DE-
rectors, S. :. Perry and /. L. Brady
Fort Worth and Edgar Stark of Gin, .-..
The Southern produce, transport. 3.
and tradius company Of Paris, les. ca...
tai S25,G1H.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17

CHICAGO, ILL, Sept 16.-First race,
three-quarters of mile. Garcia won. Au-
drey second, Tom Stevens third. Time,
1:14lE.
Second race, one nile, Goodbye won,
BayIcrhodes second, Top Gallant third.
Time, LAB
Third race, three-quarters Of mile, Tom
Karl won, Gov. Ross second, GAYLORD third.
Time, l:l6i5.
Fourth race, one aud one-eiehth miles,
Long Light won, Guido second, Mary Cow
an third. Time, l %.
Fifth race, one and one-eighth miles,
Weaverman won, Cruikshank second, john
ME Greener third. Time, / :56L
Sixth race, one mile Modjeska won,
Falerna second, Dasman third. Time, / A.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
NO COMPROMISING WITH MADNESS.

NO COMPROMISING WITH u BADNESS.
Nothing wilder and more impracti-
cal. not to say pernicious. than the sub
treasury scheme has been preached
since the "Mississippi Bubble" 1t has
taken fast hold on a few thousand
Texas farmers, who compose the bulk
of the Alliance. They accept it from
their handful of leaders as many OF
them accept their creeds from their
pastors, and cherish it Tquo amino,
as though it bore a heavenly imprin-
atur. This strange and fatuous credu-
lousness is due mainly to the absolute
confidence and bold audaciousnesS
with which the leaders aforesaid pro
claim the truth''-as they are pleased
to call it-of the astounding absurdity.
That is how the successful fakir always
plays his game, no matter what the
humbug. The most palpable lie is ut
tered with as much confidence and as
surance as the man of God proclaims
the truths of holy writ, and thousands
there be-poor, credulous tools-who
exhibit their faith by investing in his
humbug. whatever it may be.
The folly OF those Who believe, and
cool assurance of those who preach this
insane sub-treasury doctrine are
greatly promoted by the cowardly COM
promising spirit manifested by many
Democrats and some so-called Demo-
cratic papers. These would-be com
promisers have encouraged this nom
sense by pretending to see or suspect a
valuable financial principle lurking
somewhere in the neighborhood OF the
sub-treasury idea. Conseqently we
have seen printed in the newspapers in
the last few months all manner of alb
surd plans and propositions for secur-
ing cheap money, every one of which
was nothing more than a counterfeit OF
the sub-treasury fake. and an acknowl
edgement in Its face that the Macunes
and Tracys were not far wrong. Edi-
torials have appeared in leading daily
newspaper lending a quasi Endorsement
to the absurdities of these financial
fakirs, and encouraging them to go
forward with their monstrous absurdi-
ties.
If there is anything under the blue
dome OF heaven that the Democratic
party Of Texas will not tolerate it is
this same misbegotten and absurd sub
treasury bantling. Every sane man
knows that. Then why temporize with
the men who are thrusting it upon us?
We know that the reputed father
OF it is an acknowledged impostor
and a fraud, who is using it for his
own purposes, and that what is true
of him may be said OF others Of
his lieutenants. The miserable thing
was conceived in sin aud spawned in
iniquity, and still there are Democrats
and alleged Democratic newspapers
that pretend to fear it and patronize it
ct a distance, as one coaxes and coddles
a barking dog to escape his teeth. The
Democrat that does so is mighty
poor excuse, and either knows or cares
very little about Democratic principles.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
IN cnRREspoSnENTs.

THE GAZETTE win not undertake 10 return
rejected manuscripts. Persons wishing 10 pre-
serve their literary productions should retain
Tor publication.
s5+Au letters or communications for The
GAZETTE. whether on business or for pubI!cs-
ton. should be addressed 10 TIE GAZETTE, or
Democrat Publishing Company, Fort Worth,
Tex. and not to any Individual.
All communications intended :or publication
must be accompanied by the writer's name and
ana address-noL for publication, but as an evil
Gence OF good faith. No attention paid 10
ANONYMOUS CommulIi cations.
Parties writing TO THE AZETTK on business
personal TO themselves viii please enc!oSI
kr.rnu Cor rCTLy-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
Yesterdays Local Wea:hcr


SPECIAL % the Gazette.
GAEynsroN. TEN. Sept. 1G.-The atInos-
puer!e pressure continues higher over al
that coIufr-- east of the Mississippi. while
Tie prra~l. rc was highest over this section
gs,cr5ay. Il has increased this morning
and has extended further north
oVur the lakes The secondary,
which was over the lakes yesterday
has developed in an independent low and
moved over the North Alta tie. The low
which was over Dakota has remained sta
tionary. Cloudy weather prevails over
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
Before the Commission.

Special to the Gazette
AUSTIN, TEX, Sept. 16.-Receiver Yokum
ard General Freight Agent Polk of the san
Antonio and Arkansas Pass called on the
commission to-day TO get correct under
standing of its cotton rates
relative to COMPRISING. These gentlemen
had construed the commissions ruling so as
to require the shipper to pay for compress
ing, but learned that their construction was
wrong. They tried to convince the conf
mission that their road was entitled TO 4 10
per cent addition to the regular rate, be-
cause of the sparsely settled country
through which it runs.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
LATE RAILROAD NEWS.
Tariff No. s.


Special TO the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Sept. 16. The commission
authorized the International and Great
Northern to alter its rate on ale and porter
from % 10 n cents, carloads, straight or
mixed, from Galveston 10 points on its line
south of Longview and Mineola and east Of
San Antonio, including these points, except
where the fifth-claSS tariff may be
less. Effective September -. The same
road was allowed to continue the
tariff of 81 bale on cotton from Columbia
10 Galveston, with the privilege of extend
ing the same rate TO Houston.
The commission today promulgated COM
modify tariff No. on wood coal and coke.
The rate on wood per cord runs from -
cents for ten miles and under to 81 for 800
miles. The rate Tor fifty miles is Sl.;25,
and for 100 miles SI.45 Tie
rates on coal and coke range from 45 cents
per ton for five miles TO ~ per 400 miles
and upwards. The rate for ten miles Is 80
cents, for fifty miles 80 cents, for 100 miles
Sl.l5, for 1870 miles Sl.40, for 200 miles $3.50,
and for 80 miles $40. This tariff is efec-
tive October 5