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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-23
ArrERNooN SESSION.


The association reasBembled at 2 O'Clock.
Upon motion the programme was chang I'd.
the annual address of the president being
pcstponed until 1880 O'Clock In the even
Ing when the association would meet at
the Houston Infirmary.
DR.. C. a. Smith OF Tyler. chief surgeon
OF the Cotton Belt railway. read a paper
on "Iocomotor AtaNia." lie Illustrated his
lecture with charts and gave a very f,GI
discussion OF the subject. apologizing for
lntruding upon the as ISOLATION subject
without the limits OF surgical practice. but
as It is one OF Importance, he believed
II would be OF interest
The discussion was opened by DR.. ]. ",
Groesbeeck.
Or. j. r. Stuart tod Of n patient now
NJ the Houston lnfirmary who Is affected
with ioeomotOr atnxia, and ne invited
the visitors to examine the case.
DR.. johnson spoke carefully on dag
nestle points. bringing out certain Ideas
not mentioned by the others.
Or. w. II. Monday presented very
exhaustive paper on the subject OF burns
and scalds. lie has had number OF
cpses under his observation of recent date.
and was well prepared with data upon
he subject. Drs. Scott. Lunn, Smith.
Fountain and Red dlscus sed the subject
"Intcstinal Anastomosis' by DR., T. a.
Pope, company surgeon Of the CUR, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe railway, was very
nne paper on n subject which is OF great
interest to the profession. lie related a
cnse Of appendicitis which had come under
his observation. In which a successful
operation was performed OF the nmputa-
lion OF an Intestine. the operation being
fully described the patient recovering.
"The Doctor and the Lawyer; Their re-
lation as Servants OF the Railroad" was
a subject treated at great length by DR..
q. c. Red CT thi, city, company surgeon
~ tho Houston and Texas Central rail-
vay. He bundled his subject well and
gave a great deal o. excellent advice to
his associates.
This closed the proceedings Of tho ar
ternoop session and adjournment was had
until evening. when they were TO meet at
the Houston Infirmnry.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-23

NAPIER-TowNsEND Tex
AZ. January 2o.--Today. At the residence Of
tho brides mother. Mr.. Roy Napier OF
Waco and Miss Maggie Townsend were
married. The bridal couple Will mako
Waco their home.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-23

The question OF supplying iishtu NJ tho
county jail, which caused 1omu uiscu>'
sion between tho city and the county com
missioners. has been settled. A confer
once was hold yesterday between tue
persons interested and It wna ngrced that
the county should continue 10 pay for
tho lights. The difference OF opinion re-
garding tho matter was the result Of q
misunderstanding which waB adjusted as
soon M tho representatives, OF tho city
md county came together,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27

The railway postal service has grown
to be an institution of almost inestima-
Bile Importance. The number of pieces
of mail matter handled annually by that
service is something prodigeous. while
the number Of pieces lost or delayed in
transit is remarkably small in compare
son with the total handled. The credit
Tor the excellent record of the service is
due to the merit and integrity of the
clerks quite as much as to the higher Of
ficials of the institution The civil ser
vice rules under which appointments to
clerkships are made have had the effect
of getting a desirable class of men in the
railway postal service, and they discharge
their duties in a manner highly credita-
Bile TO themselves and satisfactory to the
business community. as a whole.
With the extension of the service and
the improvement in the personnel of the
clerks, however there has not been a
corresponding improvement in the system
Of compromising the clerks. Their duties
and their dangers have been greatly aug
mented, but the scale of pay remains as
ii was years ago, when the service was
much less exacting. A bill to remedy
this inconsistency has been prepared and
will be urged in the current congress.
The bill provides for Reconsideration
Of clerks and the regulation of the sala-
ries of the several classes. Under it there
will he ten classes, with salaries ranging
from $500 to $3.50 per annum. The pro-
bationer must enter the service in the
lowest class and remain i'm each class at
least six months before he is eligible to
promotion. The pay of the classes is
it is provided that where two or more
clerks are employed on the same mail car.
they shall be of different classes. the
clerk of the highest class being the clerk
in charge. Thus responsibility for the
mail in transit on each car will be fixed.
Clerks whose duties require them to work
six days or more per week for the year
are to be allowed a vacation of fifteen
days with full pay
The bill, it is understood, has received
the sanction and commentator of the
Postmaster General. Postmasters Gen
erals before Mr. Wilson have hesitated
to endorse similar schemes; why is not
known. For there appears every reason
why the postal clerks should be accorded
the recognition and appreciation to which
they are undoubtedly entitled. They are
a Woodworking, faithful. conscientious
cnf -
Their bill should be passed by congress,
and there are reasons to expect that it
will be passed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
Morriron,. Mistake.

Col William r. Morrison made a very
serious mistake the other day. in an in
terview. when he said the democrats
must split their differences on the money
question and get together" They have
been splitting their differences on that
question, or rather straddling the ques-
ton. too long already. To the fact that
the :ast national democratic convention
did not make a declaration that could
not be twisted to mean concession to
silver is due much Of the trouble the
party'is having with the silver question.
a firm stand against the silver craze four
years ago by both of the great parties
would have virtually put an end to the
craze. Il is by such methods as Col.
Morrison suggests that it is kept alive
Col Morrison ought TO have suggested
some ground upon which the two factions
can get together" 1t is easy enough to
advise them to get together" 1t does
not require a statesman to give advice
like that If Col. Morrison is the states
man he has the reputation of being he will
tell his friends and admirers how the
snverites and those who favor sound
money can get together"
As far as we can see. there is only one
way for the two factions to settle their
differences, and that is for the minority
to yield to the majority in the national
convention Of the party.
1t is plain that Col Morrison has no
plan for getting together to suggest. He
practically admits there is no way for the
two factions to get together" Having
advised the people to do an Impossible
thing has he not shown his unftness
for leadership?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
BRIGHT BITS.

II should like to know" said one New
York sportsman to another, what makes
Lord Dunraven's apologies so slow in get
ting here?"
Maybe he's bringing them over on his
yacht was the REPLY Washington Star
IF the British hon." chuckled the
American eagle, lis hurrying to discover
the south pole so he can wrap his tail
around it and take possession. let him go
aheada The revolution of the earth on it's
axis will give his tail the hardest twist it
has ever had yet.'-Chicago Tribune.
More Entertaining-Dick you must
not play with that little boy in the lower
faiths family isn't as good as ours.
why, mamma, his family is heap bet
tern ourn; he's got a cousin ats crazy
an brother ats in jail. an a blind uncle,
an a deaf grandma. Chicago Record
Are you gcing to the war Darley?"
mo; I'd like to. but 1 haven't time to
go to headquarters and find out where
it's going to be fought. 1t wouldn't be
any fun TO buy a ticket to Venezuela, and
discover that the darn thing was to be
fought at mpton."-Harper's Ba-
Ear.
"A Long Observation-Disclosures: If had
a couple of millions, Repecca might marry
into der NOBILITY
Cohenstein: But dem mobiles must be
very expensive to support?
Isaacheimer: Yes, dots so; but if der
shildren vos boys efery vun of dem might
marry heiress, aind't it?-Puck
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
The Missing Hal.

How oddly things turn out sometimes, -
unused the Illuminating member last even
ing, says the Utica Observer
For instance" inquired his COMPANION
"Well, L was thinking of something that
happened few days ago. A young man.
living near Utica, had his hat taken off
while passing from one car to another on
a Black River train running into the depot
during the high wind last week For
hat, and when the train stopped at the
station he offered liberal reward for its
recovery. 1t had parted company with
him in the upper freight yard and had
been blown into an adjoining lot A rail-
road man started out to get the hat and
the reward. He returned without the hat,
and a second man started. The latter
went further west than the former, and
finally saw a hat in the adjoining lot
That hat didn't have chance to get any
further away, but when he picked it up
he found it minus the crown He also
noticed a piece of pasteboard sticking in
the hatband. 1t proved to be a ticket
from Utica to Montreal Instantlv
thoughts of some horrible accident fitted
through his minds. Here was a decapi-
tated hat, so to speak. Might not its
his head crushed by collision with a water
column, switch stand, bridge or something
of the kind. He could find no evidence of
such a catastrophe, however, and hurried
back to the station The conductor of the
last Adirondack train leaving Utica was
wired. Yes, he had the passenger all
right and the passenger was nightly
tickled to learn that some honest man had
the hat and ticket. But the hat the man
not so far as any one at the depot has
learned
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
The Broxton Bridpe AW.,r

The. result of the sensational trial in
Colleton county, South Carolina, of the
men charged with having lynched two ne
groes, Hannah Walker and Isham Kearse
was told inlour disatches yesterday We
are sure that except by the friends of
the accused parties. the verdict of mot
guilty" was received with disappointment
The lynching was a most brutal affair
and was one of many similar brutal af-
fairs that have occurred in that section of
South Carolina. AS to the guilt of the de-
PENDANTS there does not appear to have
been any doubt. The reason a different
verdict was not found was, in all proba-
bility, that the chain of evidence pre-
scented by the state was not entirely com
plete. There was just enough evidence
lacking, according to the reports, to leave
room for doubt as to whether the guilt
Of the accused was legally proven.
The fact that there was a trial, how
ever, and that the prosecution was as
vigorous as the state could make it, shows
an awakening condition of public senti-
ment in respect to lynchings in South
Carolina.
We are satisfied that there is a steadily
increasing public sentiment against lynch
ings, not only in South Carolina, but also
in all the other southern states. 1t will
not be long before it will be sufficiently
strong to put an end to lynchings alto
gether The people are beginning to I'M
derstand that lynchings do not check,
crime-that crime can be checked only by
civilized means, namely, by the courts and
the improving of society. They are also
beginning to appreciate the fact that
crimes like that at Broxton Bridge gives
the section of country in which they oc-
cur bad name, and prevents capital and
immigrants from seeking it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27

| The Increasing disrespect for the Senate
| is not unreasonable. 1t fails to respond
/ 10 the popular will as the House does.
and it is gradually losing the character
I for dignity. patriotism and unselfish de-
votion to the best interest of the coun-
try 1t once possessed. Within the last
three months there have been instances
showing how incapable it is to respond
10 the urgent demands OF the country. The
legislation required to extricate the treas
ury from its difficulties and give business
interests the encouragement they so
greatly need has been refused.
Attention was recently called in a west
ern paper to the growing practice OF the
Senate Of creating new places and filling
them with relatives OF senator's at hand
some salaries. In some Of these places
the duties are merely nominal
The senate's pay roll has been increased
enormously in recent years for the benefit,
apparently, Of members Of senator's fami-
lies. At this time there are sons of ten
senators drawing 5000 year each as
clerks OF committees. How many other
relatives Of senators are tucked away in
snug places can only be found out by an
inspection Of the senate's pay roll The
number. however. is said to be large.
1t will be recalled that an amendment
to an appropriation bill was offered in
the last congress. providing that wives
and children OF senator's, representatives
and delegates should not be carried on
the pay rolls. Only one senator voted for
it, and his term was about 10 expire. The
senators did not seem to realize that their
action in providing for their relatives
out of the public treasury had become
scandal Of huge proportions, or If they
did realize it. they lacked the courage and
conscience necessary to remove the cause
Of ii. The day Of reckoning may not be at
hand, but the time will come when public
opinion will demand radical reforms in the
Senate, and the demand will be so i'm
perative that it will have to be obeyed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27

The thrilling serial that has been run
ming for some days in our esteemed con-
temporary, the Congressional Record, I'M
der the title of The Terrible Infant, or
Alfonso's Oppression of Poor Cuba, has
at last been concluded. The whole lexi-
con of denuneiation has been pretty well
exhausted by the versatile author, the
Hon. John r. Morgan of Alabama; still
as there is a possibility that he will think
UP some more hard things to say about
Spain during the course of the next few
days. the probabilities are that he will
produce a sequel to the story. The Amer
lean minister at Madrid has not been re-
quested by the Spanish government to
say what it all means; for the reason
probably, that the Spanish government
has learned not to attach much import
anoe to the things that are said in the
Senate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
In the Coming Time

To what am / indebted for the honor
of this call?"
1t was Mrs. Mary Ellen Ricketts, who
spoke, says Harper's Bazaar She held i'm
her hand the card of Mrs. Samantha len
klnSon, which had just been laid on the
desk by the office girl, for the card was
followed low almost instantly by the entrance
OF the person whose name it bore
There was really no necessity for the
use of the card, for the two had frequent
ly met.
Mrs Ricketts, was the candidate for con-
| gress on the republican ticket, while Mrs.
Jenkinson was the democratic nominee.
Under the circumstances it was natural
FOR her to be surprised at receiving a
call from her opponent
Il came to see you on a small matter
OF business" replied the visitor.
Il have learned from good authority
that your managers are bent upon a cam
paign of personalities, and that they in
tend to give to the press certain sland-
erous gossip about me intended to injure
my candidacy"
The speaker paused, and Mrs. ricketts,
said interrogatively:
Well" echoed Mrs. Jenkinson. 1--WE
must keep personalities out of the cam
We must, must WEI"
I'VE must
Mrs ricketts, sneered.
Mrs Jenkinson waXed wroth.
Look here Mary Ellen Ricketts," she
exclaimed don't you dare to turn up
| your snub nose at me, now"
Samantha Jenkinson," retorted Mrs
Ricketts,, my nose is not snub, and don't
| you dare to presume to dictate what my
managers shall or shall not do in this
campaign"
We'll see about that, Mary Ellen Rick
| cts, you were engaged to my husband in
! your young days, a good many years ago"
Pm not nearly as old as you, I'd have
| you know"
you are!'
Pm not, you insulting thing!
you are!"
I'm notr'
I'VE will pass that point, but want to
! say that when l married my husband all
your love letters were still in his pos
session, and l have them now"
You spiteful thingr
MANY a good laugh I've had over
them. What a perfect goose you werep'
Il just hate you; so there!
And I merely wish to add that on the
very first publication of a personality
about me in your newspaper organs, /
shall print in the Daily Bugle every single
one of your mushy, lackadaisical epistles
Do you. understands
The two women glared at each other
half minute, and then Mrs. Samantha
Jenkinson withdrew, leaving Mrs. Mary
Ellen Ricketts, deep in thought
The campaign was conducted without
any personalities.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
PERSONAL.

The recent death of Lady Wilde. in
London, recalls. the fact, says a London
paper, that IL was she who wrote the
famous leading article headed "Jacta
Alea Est in The Dublin Nation" which
constituted the chief count in the crown
indictment for high treason against the
edltor OF that journal who Is now Sir
CHARLES Gavan Duffy, an octogenarian
literary recluse al Nice. The article in
question was published at the hight of the
revolutionary fever in 1913. AS a sample
OF understanding English prose it still re-
tains its place in a number of collections
and especially those issued on the other
side OF the Atlantic.
The title of laureate adds nothing to
a poets merit, of course, but it adds a
great deal of money to his purse. In an
English provincial library of 10000 vol
umes, Immediately after the appointment
his works, but a week after the appoint
ment the librarian had ordered several
copies of them. Tennyson was great be-
lore and wealthy after he was poet lau-
ician, your poems viii sell; if you are
not. your poems will not sell, unless and
academician has praised them. Yer
lame publishers expect to derive a for
tune from Coppees eulogy.
The late Samuel Galloway of Column
bus, o.. who was extremely plain in face,
used to tell many stories at his own ex-
pense, says the New York Tribune. one
or which he often related with much rel
lsh was that of the remark made by
the little daughter of a friend in another
city with whom he was dining. NAM
ma, he heard the child say in an awe
struck whisper, after a prolonged survey
OF the features of the guest, that gem
tleman's mamma must have loved her
dear? inquired the unsuspecting parent
on, returned the child, in the same aud
ible whisper, cause she raised him."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27

A bright and patriotic American girl who
was recently in oxford, England, attend
ed an afternoon tea while there, and soon
found herself. her country, its institu-
tons and customs objects of great in
terest, says the New York Tribune. The
conversation was animated and prolonged
well into the. evening. and the young
American took a conspicuous part there-
In. Physically, exhausted thereby, the
maiden knelt for her customary devotions
at her bedside that night in a mood some
what less attentive than usual. SO that.
as she confesses confidentially to her
friends, she discovered herself saying:
Thy viii be done, on earth as il is In
America" 80
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27

The verdict in the Broxton Bridge lynch
ing case. in Colleton county. South Car
olina was not unlocked for The states
attorney was expecting it, and had de-
termined in the event of a miscarriage of
justice in the case on trial to apply for
a change of venue for the trial of the
case against the same defendants for the
murder of Isham Kearse, son of the old
woman, Hannah If a change of venue in
the second case is secured by the state,
it will establish precedent under the
new constitution, which provides this
privilege to the state.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27
No Compromise.

In his speech at the reception given to
him on Tuesday night Secretary Carlisle
said. in effect. that there should be no
concessions to silver and no compromise
with the silverites, that on sound money
platform the democratic party could, in
his opinion. carry the country in the next
election. President Cleveland is quoted
as having said, day or two ago: THE
democratic party can win this year. if
it will declare unequivocally for sound
money No straddle, no compromise will
do. on a straightout platform, with a.
candidate to match, we can carry the
country"
1t is evident from the foregoing that
the influence of the administration will be
used at Chicago in behalf of a sound
money platform, and sound money can
didates for president and vice president.
The President Sees and so do other dem
oeratic leaders. that we shall never have
the volume of prosperity we should have
as long as there is uncertainty in respect
to the currency, and that we shall have
uncertainty in respect to the currency as
long as we make concessions, to the silver
sentiment. in party platforms. The silver
sentiment win remain strong as long as
the policy of straddling the silver issue
is adhered to. The thing to do is to make
a square fight against the silver craze.
The silverites can be beaten by an over
whelming majority, and when they are
beaten the silver craze will disappear
just as the greenback craze did.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-27

From the PhiladeIphia RECORD dem

There is no democrat in the United
States who better deserves the nominal
ton for the presidency than John Griffin
Carlisle. He is one of the foremost men
in the country, and one of the ableSt ana
purest of our public men. The Record
would support him with all the energy
of which IL is capable. on all of the polit-
lcal and economic issues which now di-
Mr.. Carlisle stands committed to sound
democratic policies. On the particular is
sue OF finance which should be settled at
the next election his speeches made last
year in Kentucky and Tennessee have put
him in the forefront of the battle. No
other man has risked so much or dealt
so clearly with the money question. With
MIN as a candidate there could be no eva
sive Platform.