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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15
INTERSTATE COMMISSION.


$500" 49, -" -ess"h
The following bill. providing for the
enlargement Of the Interstate COM
merce commission. has been introduced
In congress;
Be IL enacted by the senate and house
of representatives. of The United States
of America In congress assembled, that
the Interstate commerce commission
shall be enlarged 10 4 number equal to
the states OF the Union; and one mem
per from each state. who shall be a
resident thereof. shall be appointed
and hold his office as now provided by
law for the existing members of the
commission.
Sec g. That said commission shall
hold regular sessions in the city OF
Washington four times annually; and
all its acts and proceedings shall be
authenticated by votes adopted by n
p'q1ority of the members and duly re-
corded. 1t shah choose annually by
ballot a chairman and secretary and an
executive committee OF FIVE OF which
the chairman shall be a member and
| the chairman.
Sec. 8. That all tho power and au.
| thorlty conferred by law upon the In
terstate commerce commission as now
constituted shall be held and exercised
I and the resulting duties shall be per
formed by the commits sion as enlarged
by this act. and whenever said COM
z mission Is not IN session the executive
committee shall hold and exercise such
power and authority and perform
such duties with the same force and eff
feet as II said commission were in SEES
sion.
Sec, 4. That the members Of the In
terstate commerce commission shall be
paid compensation Of ten dollars pei
day each when the commission Ia In
session, not however, to exceed foui
hundred dollars in each year, and II
addition their actual travelling expense,
to and from the place OF session by The
nearest route, and an allowance fol
subsistence. while going and returning
and remaining In session, OF three dol
lars per day. The chairman. secretar,
and members OF the executive commit
tee shall. respectively receive In llel
OF the above allowance the salaries
provided by law for the members anC
officers of the commission us now b,
law constituted.
Sec. 8, That this act shall take cffec
on July l. 1896, but the members of thu
commission may he nominated nnJ
confirmed and appointed before tina
cate.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15
CHANGES ON THE SANTA FEE.
Ticket Agents Are BcinE Let Out by
New Management.

II is reported that the first changes
inaugurated by the management ofthe
Santa Fe has been in the letting out OF
ticket agents Mt Houston, Cleburne
Temple. Dallas. Paris and other lesser
points.
Just what has led to these changes
has not yet been made public, and II
may be nothing but the belief that &C.
caslonal rotation Is conducive to the
best service, In political life II IL often
asserted that n man can occupy po'
sition until he begins to look upon II
as personal belonging. 1t may be
that an occasional railroad man is af'
fiicted with the same malndy and In
either instance the remedy is the same
In the case of the Santa Fe men let
out, however. II Is said they were al
good men, some OF them having been
in the service OF the company for years
and possessing the most exemplary
records. II Is not known why they were
removed.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15

passed a law making II misdemeanor
10 ride on railway trains without tick
els FOR passage, the penalty being a fine
OF not less than So and the result has
been heavy expenses TO some of the
counties for Feeding the tourists, the
great majority of whom have no mon
ey for paying flnes. and who therefore
get free board and lodging in addition
to free transportation. 1t is now pro-
posed that the counties hire out these
prisoners to the railways at the rate
OF % cents per day. the roads also pro-
viding board and guards, and utilizing,
the almless wanderers In maintaininx'
their tracks--a very practical and wisS
arrangement, II would seem. ~
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15

Paducah. KY. Jan. A.--John oglvic
Jr. son OF Senator John oglvie. Is In the
city, and reports that his father. who
has been critically III for some time,
Is no better, and win be unable to
attend the present session OF the iegis-
iature at all.
Senator Ogiivie's absence will give the
Republican, a majority OF two on Joint
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15
A RUMoRED CHANGE.


There was quiet whisper going the
rounds of local railway circles
yesterday that q change is Inn
pending In the position OF treas-
urer of the Fort Worth and Rio
Grande, and that Captain oscar White,
late OF the Fort Worth and Denver.
is slated for the position.
Captain White was until quite recent
" passenger rate clerk OF the Fort
Worth and Denver. and is one of the
best known and esteemed railway men
of the city. He left the Denver to ac-
cept another position with the Rio
Grande. and Madame Rumor now has
him slated for the position named.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15
EARNINGS WILL IMPROVE.
Western Lines VIII lie Greatly
BeueHtcd When Corn Crop Moves.

The corn that is now cribbed and con-
fined throughout the West in UMPIRE
cedentedIy large quantities. until the
storage room is exhausted, must soon
begin to move eastward and the rail-
ways will have all that they can do TO
handle It, At "a cents or so bushel
In Chicago the price Ia not yet what
holders hope for, but 1t Is better than
II was and much must go to market
whatever the price, The next few
months will see heavy freight move.
mrnt on Western roads and earnings
will necessarily show large improve
ment over those of last year.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15

n a arsnty bad. Not 60
| ,srrihlnn eryyous trouble SERIOUS ha' as
Il lhorn, hsrrassins ns,,a nut they
Frs s,onsNh neryine and ton,a less
Sss tanr ,'ae, Bitters' reynn S iios -
lston, spu ana strong nro,, a. ,n az,
saes hs pRIs,ite and sieep. pr ann ss
basis. Na,,,on ilrm ana perms-
utnt ori"f,,rvogsness has its n ",s
pacific weahnaln Indigestion and
taeblllty l ~ rs,,' This cause OF ner-
impart a loved loved by the Bitters.
X reslon me-, neaithy tone to the
y he well hc upon The activity Of
Il largely ds s'ng Of the entire sys-
sama,s-honoresp , ,,nt. This sterling
On a'd preyeats hs ,1,sine also rene
% II, anaSsu =, a and kisn.,,c onsti-
rls il ~ ~ forms, forms Of malaria, 'S S,a-
~euiariy. 49,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15

trip tickets. Some OF the lines. taking
the absence OF direct prohibition as
a permission, have issued number Of
thirty-day round-trip tickets. Chair
man Caldwell has ruled that the fall
ure OF the association TO provide for the
issue OF roundtrlp tickets means that
they are not to be issued. and they are
accordingly prohibited In trans-conti-
mental business.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15

p the Hh nnaonal route in connection
\ Rock f s,sn and Texas Central
ny line =, s,and route is running a
Insas en- PULLMAN sleepers between
)lo Conwn,. rori Worth and san An.
passensec'on Is made at Garrett
|nIns H. to and from Dallas
Pie Repa REM pest route between noints
slsana, DALI ' Mexico. Laredo and
eias and Kansas city
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15

lsspondesnai mn =. 1.-THE Cape Town
rs that H. =, The Pan Mall Gazette
~ at Johoppe r9ons arrested by the
osing adS,,,nnesburg contain the
IL Captain Sshal Americans; IT. d.
a aeln and CHARLES hut.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15
WEARY wRAcGLEs.
Think. II would lie n Good Idea TO
UtiIixe Hi. seryicer-

The hallway Age says; They have
a,scovered u way of collecting passage
money from tramps who steal rides on
trains In Texas. The last legislature
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15

catarrh IS a constitutional disease
and cannot be cured by local appllca-
tons. Hoods Sarsaparilla IL a consti-
tutional remedy; II cures catarrh be-
cause II purifes the blood.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15

Deane, Fort Worth's only high class
photographer. will make you n bargain
worth the money. Deane's cabinet pho
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13
VICKSBURG'S CANAL
ONE OF THE GREAT ENGINEER.
ING UNDERTAKINGS
The YazOo River to Be Made to Flow
Into the Mississippi at Vicksbure-
Historic Town Will Again Become
a Commercial Port.
Big Southern Ditch

For three years, says writer in the
st. Louis GlobeDemocrat, there has
been under construction one of the
most important undertakings of this
decade. The Yazoo River, the most
important stream that joins the Missis-
slppi on the east side south of the Ohio
is to be diverted from the course in which
1t has run for a century or more so as to
put Vicksburg back to its former position
as a great inland harbor
1t might be we'll to describe the condi-
lions which render Vicksburg place Of
such importance as to justify the very
considerable outlay which will be neces-
sary to complete this most important
work. The work is under the direction
of ]. Fl. Willard, Captain of Engineers,
United States army. Capt. Willard has
published valuable and widely copied ar
ticles on scientific subjects in the line Of
his profession. He has succeeded in in
vesting cold, hard facts with the charm
and warmth Of life and interest. Under
his care the work has progressed with a
rapidity which is almost inconceivable,
and the country will be surprised at the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13
ENDED DIRE DISASTER.
Wha1eship from Which Great Results
Were Expected Now Abandoned.

Whaleship from Which Great Results
Were Expected Now Abandoned.
In the Brooklyn hayward lies the
hulk of what is known as the Intelli-
gent Whale 1t has lain there so many
years among the nautical junk which
the department from time to time has
acquired that not person in the yard
can tell to-day the name of the inven-
tor. Yet the United States paid him
quite a sum on account for the pur-
chase of it's whaleship, and expected
to acquire a vessel which would be a
terror to the warships of all other ma
lions.
The Intelligent Whale was construct
ed to hold a crew of thirteen persons.
It's motive power was propeller turn
ed by crank manipulated by four
men. Its idea was to sink under war
ships, and, being directed against their
bulls, the crew would fasten a torpedo
thereon, the whale would back off and,
wrish, bang-good-by to Mr.. Warship.
One day a test of the wonderful in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13

be discounted Miss Collins weighs
about 1862 pounds, or 1852 ounces. An
ounce of pure gold is worth $40, an
ounce of coin gold $18.605. We will
assume that her fortune is pure gold.
1t would weigh $4,000 ounces, or more
than 1873 times as much as the woman
who has fallen heir to it. She could
gather on to the scales almost all her
living relatives and still not form a
group heavy enough to weigh down
her fortune. Why, fancy that in pa
per money it would weigh more than
she does.''
Some one brought tiny pair of let
ter scales, and enough bills were piled
on it to weigh an ounce. 1t was found
that there were just twenty of them.
Thus an ounce of 81 bills is worth ex-
actly as much as an ounce Of pure gold.
'Why, if the scales were piled with
500 bills, $5,184,OOO would weigh as
much as Miss Collins does" continued
the speaker. '"That would leave ST.
$4,000 still to be accounted for after
Miss Collins had taken her weight in
$500 bills"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13

neck of land which separated by only half
mile, the feet above the city from that
below. The work was interrupted by
high water, and before the flood had sub
sided, Grant was in the rear of the city
making the most determined siege in his
tory. The subsequent facts are in possess
sion Of the country.
In 1876 the narrow neck through which
Grant had made his famous ditch was
eaten away by the great restless river
and Vicksburg was left away from the
river and situated on body of water
which was named Lake Centennial It
is in the shape of a great horseshoe,
which bends around fertile island called
in honor of the great discoverer De Soto.
1t is flooded whenever the river reaches
the danger line on the gauge, and conse-
quently there is nothing on it except the
most substantial of cabins, which are oc-
cupied during dry seasons by colored peo-
pie who raise crops that require only a
few months to be out of the way. On the
eastern side of the lake, north Of Vicks-
burg, is the National Cemetery, one of
the most beautiful pieces of landscape in
America. The once rugged hill has been
laid off into the most lovely terraces that
ever enraptured the eye of man. These
terraces are dotted with the simple white
stones that mark the resting place of H.
900 soldiers, who fell during the siege, or
after the city was occupied by the Union
army. Graceful willows droop as if in
weeping for these dead; ma gnolias shed a
perfume as sweet as ever gladdened the
heart. Hundreds of visitors from the
North passing the city on steamers or
having few hours between trains drive
up the magnificent slopes on both sides of
which these heroes sleep, and gaze with
interest upon the theater of the most i'm
portant struggles of modern times. The
highest spot in this most picturesque and
artistic burying ground is marked by a
monument which for years stood where
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ume Of water which will pass through it.

ume Of water which will pass through it.
This leaves an actual cut Of 2.97 miles
to be excavated. The average depth of
the cut to be made is only few feet, as
the land through which the canal will run
is for the most part low swamp. At the
upper end there is high ridge on the
bank Of Old river about half mile wide
sloping back to the low lands bordering
on Barnett lake. This ridge has been cut
down SO that at the stage Of water known
as danger line boats Of light draught could
pass into the canal. At the lower end
there is a similar ridge on the banks OF
Lake Centennial, which has also been eX-
cavated, and with a very small rise there
will be little difficulty in going through
the canal
The amount of material that will have
to be handled, including the work already
done, is immense. The Government has
had to purchase 1,135 acres Of land. Of
this it has actually cleared for the dredge
and scraper 100 acres. 1t has blasted
6,776 mighty stumps, for which there has
been required q, 800 pounds Of dynamite,
81 ,525 pounds Of Judson powder and 49,
562 fuses The canal will require the re-
moval of :, 1850, 900 cubic yards Of earth to
pass through. In addition to this there
will be necessary the construction of a
dam at the opening of the upper end of
Lake Centennial to prevent the water
from flowing out by that route. This dam
will require 2,97O,OO0 cubic yards Of
earth. To prevent the dissipation OF the
water Of the canal over the low lands
through which it will pass, levees will
h h. koI Nh Gid
which will require $4,000 cubic yards Of
earth. This will make grand total Of
nearly 100000 yards of earth. At Zoe
per cubic yard this will cost about 81, 0OO,-
600. Capt. Willard is of the opinion that
the work can be done for very much less
than this in many places, although as an
average that will be about the correct
figure. The work remaining to be done in
the way of excavation will be by dredges
of the latest and most improved makes
There is no stone in the way Of the work,
and it is estimated that the most success
full work ever done by these monster ma
chimes will be done on this canal.
The entire cost will not quite equal ST.
10000, of which 1910, 600 has been spent
or is ready for use. In the river and har-
Dor bill which has just passed the House
an item of $S6O,OO for the completion Of
this work is included. It is almost GER
tain that this sum will be available with
In very few months, and by the LIST Of
January, 1898, the world will see the ac-
complishment of one of the greatest pieces
Of engineering Of modern times. Vicks-
burg will regain it's former prestige as q
great inland port and harbor, and a
mighty empire be opened to, the immi-
grant from the crowded cities of Europe
and the East.
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pie white shaft which is so powerful
witness of the GROWING act in the great
81. oo1n FIR yAoccocSinn

pie white shaft which is so powerful
witness of the GROWING act in the great
struggle for possession.
In addition to the interest which nat
urally attaches to Vicksburg on account
Of it's past, the Government will in all
probability establish here great Nation
al Park, in which will be preserved the
forts and trenches which tunes ravages
are rapidly defacing. Men who wore the
blue have come down from their homes
in the mighty West and joined hands
with the men who occupied these forts
and trenches and formed a great Park
Commission, and their labors have borne
the fruit of commentator from men OF
eminence and influence in affairs at
Washington. This park will make Vlcks-
burg the Mecca of those who were part
and parcel of tfa great conflict. as well
as for their children for ages to come.
These are sentimental considerations,
but there are others which appeal strong
ly to Congress in favor Of the project or
making great shipping point on the lis
sissippi river at all times; in seasons,
when the great stream is terror IN IT'S
might, as well as when it's channel Is
shifting as the sands which its currents
drive in their ceaseless flow to the ocean.
The canal will make the YaZoO river 4
navigable stream at all stages of water,
for hundreds of miles, and will thus be
of incalculable advantage to thousands
of people who have no other means OF
sending their products to market, or get
ting supplies. It will result in the rapid
settlement of thousands of acres Of lands
all over the eastern side Of the great delta.
1t will be asked why the diversion of the
current will do all this. 1t must be un-
derstood that the present mouths of the
Yazoo are so shallow, in low water, as to
make it impossible for boats to enter that
stream when there is plenty of water for
This will be remedied by the canal The
canal will enter the main stream at a
point where the waters Of the Mississippi
will make very slight deposit, and q
small sum which will be required to keep
it out of the way will be mere pittance.
1t will make a harbor for Vicksburg at
all times The outflow Of the YazoO, even
in low water, is sufficient to keep open a
channel in front Of the city sufficiently
large to admit the largest steamboats,,
and will flow sufficiently rapidly to solve
the problem Of sewage and health which
has perplexed the health authorities for
some years 1t will be Of interest to know
that the sewerage system Of the city was
constructed in the early 7O's, when the
water from twenty-eight States flowed
by our shores. Within few years af-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13

terward the rapid current was turned into
a stagnant pool'in front Of the city. This
condition results from the "cut off," Of
which mention has been made.
A glance at the 'scene in the harbor be-
fore the cut off, will show the once great
Importance Of this city as a shipping
point. Vicksburg sees in it's visions great
steamboats,, finding a crowded landing
place with difficulty, for the discharge of
thousands of tons Of cargo and hundreds
of passengers. That dream will be fulfill
ed when the canal which is now almost
a certainty will be completed; when the
Sunfower, the Tallahatchie, the Yalo-
busha and the Yazoo shall pour their wat
ers through this great artificial river.
The canal, while work of vast impor-
lance, will be completed for less money
than any work of that size has even been
accomplished in this country. The fact
that the canal simply puts back the chan
mel to where it was in years gone by is
a powerful aid in this great work. The
canal, following the dotted line in the
map, will be 9.31 miles from the main
stream of the Yazoo to the place where it
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K ACCOMPLISHED in the short

amount Of work accomplished in the short
time since it was begun.
Vicksburg occupies a commanding posi-
ton both physically and historically. 1t
sits upon the only high land on the eastern
side of. the river for a stretch of nearly
400 miles. A line of hills leaves the Mis-
sissippi river at point short distance
below Memphis, makes an immense curve
eastward, and returning, touches the Mis-
sissippi at Vicksburg. 1t curves eastward
below and touches at point short dis
lance above Natchez. The territory in
Guided between the hills and the river
above forms the great Yazoo delta. 1t
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13
AN EMINENT MASON.

Death of a Shining Light in the
Masonic Fraternity.
By the death at Chicago recently of
DR.. Vincent L. Hurlburt, the Masonic
fraternity lost one of it's shining lights.
He was one of a half dozen living Ma
sons who had been chosen grand master
of the grand conclave of Knights Tenn
plar. He was also one Of the most emf
nent surgeons in the West Born in
New York State sixtyseven years ago
he went to Chicago when very young
man and began the practice of medi-
cine and surgery. He had been a Mason
since 1860 and back in '63 was eminent
commander of the famous Apollo Com
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13

embraces about 5000 square miles, and
there is garden spot of about Z,ooV,ooo
acres of the finest land that ever respond
cd to the ticklings of the pillow and mar
row. 1t is in this delta that King Cotton
sits enthroned. This magnlhcent terri
tory has recently been almost annually
flooded by the spring outpourmgs from
the Ohio and the Missouri. The early
settlers had no dry place upon when Cney
oo,ld cot tbeir ark Of safety in time Of
aoo5 and but for this spot the develop
wont of this important fertile valley
would have been scarcely begun. They
ooma from both sides of the river. from
hundreds Of miles above and below, TO
ouo;t the receding of a flood whose dura-
+;on they could not calculate and whose
rovooes they little dreamed of ever being
oh,o IN oven lessen. always accepted the
situation as they found it and reasoned
+bo+ + was cheaper to do thus than TO
noy tho rent which was earned In an
effort to wiring subsistence from Tue
nnfertile hills of Alabama, the Carohnas
and Georgia They knew that even WIN
+base foods. slave labor could De more
nro6tablv employed in this rlch deita tnan
in the older States. and here Ihey res'eo'
1rbey knew that Prentiss. the glIteo ora
+or was right when he pronounced the
mississippi river as uncertain as Tue YER
dict of petit jury or the whim OF WON.
an. Prentiss knew that the Misslssiqp 3.
had within fifty years before changed IT'S
course so as to leave the bed it had occu-
,,ed COR centuries wide expanse OF saIlo'
and had found its way through LANDS as
rich and black as ever crow new over.
The surveys of the latter part OF the lase
century show that what is now the wrong
end of old river, as appears from the map
in figure /. was part of the man stream
down which De Soto's men foated TO tue
sea. ,,oco of
Aside from its Importance as pace u
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just north of the city were bristling with
guns which were manned by the flower of
the Confederate army. A feet attempt
ing to pass Vicksburg was exposed to the
merciless fire Of these batteries for dis
lance Of nearly five miles in turning the
immense bend. Gen. Sherman attempted
to avoid this bend by coming south from
the Yazoo, through Chickasaw Bayou,
but owing to difficulties of divers kinds
this project was abandoned. Gen. Grant
attempted to do what the Mississippi river
did about twelve years later, in his at
tempt to dig a canal across the narrow