Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 19, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 16, 1891 Page: 1 of 20
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HOG IS THE KING
Thousands Meet to Worship at
His Shrine
A GREAT DAY FOR COL HOXIE
Je Gobid Party and Distinguished Texas Cit-
izens Entertained ir Royal Style
Ibe Corner Stone of the New Kuildlnjs
I aid Willi Iu Crmon3 Addresses
311 Jr hj Leading Citijvns Kcio
luioaii Adopted Note of the Day
Troa Sunday Dally
TIIK IIAitllEtCE
Vtct 6000 lupe Lut Jacklng ITocic
ltlitiiJcuNhcd VlMtors
t j p a Friday night as announced in
r Gazette there arrived over
- i l a party of twenty five repre
5 s Tuts mervhtnts who came as
T lie Santa Fe raid and wens in
p V H Masters general freight
ad Brvan Snyder traveling freight
be o nu red
l - oi Tlu visit was to inspect the
of Fort Worths
v giif -in greatest
r 3 tbc Fort Worth packing
I establishment thoy visited
-a onnijr leaving the union depot
I si c i ar lor thu packing ho ase at 9
pail being in charge of Col
i K lioile pre idcnt of the packing
e aid who was in his happieait mood
1 ute -ere in the p rty tho following
r r -ii and represented the cities
J i Brown and A G Howell
II
M Calloway If H Christian and
1- 0 iUTeatt
A oot and T A Wear Belton
ob liams J M Milan J L
J i Towels Cleburne
jt vr rp Cameron
ary E II Winne CoL L K
V iii 1 rnile
1 F es C L Windhousen Harry
li -is n und J F Cobb Caldwell
i H Onebea C W Reichardt and F
I uiir ivrham
- Ililllps Scaly
i v Mitchell and J B Nailor Moody
t pun their arrival m the packing houso
vi c till en la charge by General
rii Itanium seconded by Col Hoxie
j pticn thi ojgh the establishment
ii s in full operation from garret to
anJ every process that a beef porker
rr up is subjected to preparatory to
I n cinptiiifv beforo one who wishes
it ipi se an appetite was shown and ex
I i nt i to tho admiration und wonder of
i lho ice manufacturing departmont
department the massive ma-
il it- and rnyine rooms all were
etl Dii to the admiriag spectators and
v ud ill it certainly caused the big hearts
cr h pro ctor and manager to beat with
I cr eie Bkn in twos fours in
L h entire party
the party had thoroughly Inspected
depar mint and engaged a few
n iiitc u general conversation they were
i tj -follow Us by Col Hoxie
i ciiral Manager Barnum and they
I i - ded io the lawn connecting the
nu iis and pafkery where there had
I ro it Dii d barbecued meats of choice
iv i or pit pared as only trained culin
ii - - i an prepare it und everything
i bnulJ properly go with a tirst class
tuiw iiivl dimier was there in abundance
1 lie vMtrirs did full Justice to tno din
t i j rie loud In their praise of tho
I ii i and l he paeking heuso people
t point the majority of them re
t io lie city to take in other places
i ineiesi unit view tne city generally
s leuiiou oi reuniiu
to bfl In attendance at the corner-
o layinp to tho new addition to the
lei 4 p in
A C ii rL i eporter managed to get afew
fioui these merchants concerning
Vr
- and ila great cood to Texas its
iiruad its present magnitude and
fii io before it and why they were
- i uKTviewed were a unit in ex
1 - The packery is the gruut
i - iiti uuon ia tho South
w and is making itself felt far
li it oar Its products when placed on the
r -- unj the consumer saw tho Fort
V i a Pi King Company brand spoke in
t cr ti ties lor themselves A ma
J of ttuse merchants were already
i tin -e products and would coii
t m aid tiioso of them who were not
titlin rem were here to arrange for so
- fi ie
-un and Houstont representatives
- e commission dealers and wore
1 i i anaago to handle these products
1 uid telt assured they could so ar
i - io the satisfaction of all jiartios
i g this the question of rates and
o ii ei vith ihe Armcur and Swift
I esMhlUhments were t be eonsid
t uj ihcy could not seo why lies
c if afticulties thoy were could not
i - ccusftilly hindbd
ucii agivodOly surprised when in
f i i ni he immense business done by
t oirrvny and made their wonderment
iin bv earnest expressions
to
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Tho Itarbeeue
i early hour J a m peojile began
e t the yards and at this hour the
lid edibles were ready and all that
re J erved bv a corns of unlita t
U iiauts nd no one went away hungry
1 o mvpu atious for the occasion were
c iiid tfolj Tho pits were sunk in an
- o re TxtCO feet ami around tlus were
eci blrs laden with orervthing that
r nittde up Al barbecued cilnner and
i a m to 7 n m it is estimated that
Uioiaand coplo were served and
ia pleiy left for half as many more
Up m the crowd brgan to arrive
aleaiance upon the corner stone
and by 113 tho hour at which
Voi pan Well stopped upon the
-in mere were several hundred peo
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COKNER STONi LAID
liiripriin Oremnmos nt the Tacking
House Aililltlon terilny
r Worh has always been proud of the
P - iig house and has recognized from the
ri bij iho vast amount of good it would
y lo ony for Fort Worth but for all
j 1 he Fort Worth packing company
iois1 as it is of couservative thorough
-- an men has never said much before
- of what would be done but has done
- - nd then let it be known It was
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- c proper teat suitable ceremony
iisrk the new era of tho packing
iiich began yesterday when tho
f stoue of tho great cooling house one
Iniildings now being ereoted
i iid It was a day of triumph for Col
R Hnxie and tho men who have with
litem determination and energy
rj the work on Ihtf great structure and
1 few months made tho institution the
t thin in all Texas The beginning
- Vivombor last when the first hog
iV the second stop was taken yes-
- aid ihere will be step after step n
ire until the Fort Worth
houhe covers acres upon
- ft fround and scores of thousands of
Oceves and shecu are slatigluerea
Col Hoxie was a happy man yes-
and well he might be for he could
- ie great future before the packery he
- see what a mighty engine for good
ra kery would be
was the intention originally to begin
f mony of laying the corner stone at
lit k but there was so much to see and
c d enjoy at the barbecue and In end
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DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO
cround the packing house and Union stock-
yards that it was 415 boforo the visitors
from all along the line of the Santa Fe and
from other pointa together with tho Fort
Worth people had assembled at the point
where tho buildings are going up Super-
intendent Bamum had made all arrange-
ments for the convenience and comfort of
the Ernests so that everything moved
Finoothly The men gathered around that
corner stona represented millions of dollars
of money they were men devoted to Texas
and Fort Worth mon who had tho
courage of their convictions and
who would lot their money back up their
mature Judgment
The foundation of the buildings are
already in and the stone walls in some
places are up six or eight feet Tho corner
stone was ready to be put in place and ma
bons stood near to do the work Tho stone
was neatly cat and bora the inscription
Eracted A D 1S81
Col Jolin R Hosie Pre idcct
J L William Vice President
G M Baraum General Manager
Kev J Monran Wells conducted the cer-
emony of putting the stone in position and
this uece he addressed the company in hin
guago befitting the occasion
11BV J MOKGAX WrLL
tho first speaker was in a huppv frame of
mind and was listened to with pleasure
He said We have met here this after-
noon my friendj to lay tho second corner
stono or tno grunt packing house of Texas
It was only a few months since that it be-
gin operations and there were some who
feared becauso of the gigantic proportion
of the concern that it could not be a suc-
cess But thera were others who were full
of hope becauso thoy the experience
of tho men who were at the head of the
enterprise and also knew by observation
tho necessity of the institution and realized
the demand for its products And now its
success seems assurod beyond reasonable
doubt because it is based not on whims or
speculations but on the necessities of the
people For people must eat they will eat
they cant get along without opting and
they dont want to if they eould The
lacking house has demonstrated its fitness
to 11 vo by supplying the meat to the people
in better condition thjn before Thus eat-
ers of Texas and neighboring states recog-
nize the service this institution has ren-
dered them and in doing this it has
created a demand greater than the
supply and to meet the in-
creased demands of tho people of tho
Southwest this enlargement is taking place
to day While this institution is here to
supply a domandit at the same time creates
a demand for home products which may be
furnished nt great profit by the farmors of
Texas and the states near us Tho great
want of Texas is to produce at homo all the
broad and meat she cats and this will bo
done by small farmers whs will find that
tho best market for their corn is in the
pig pen ihis Fort orth packing house
leprosents an outlay of several hundreds of
thousands of dollars and it requires vast
sums of money and many men to properly
conduct it This money goes to the labor-
ing man to the merchant to the farmer to
the property holder to the railroads and
the express companies in fact to all
diroctiy or indirectly It benefits every-
body but the preacher While it is doing
all this however it is making money and
it is well that this is so for it could not
run if it did not make money It is a bless-
ing to Fort Worth and ail Texas and the
held of its good work will continue to grow
In the presence of all these witnesses I lay
this corner stone in the name of
the Southwest in the name of tho
great empire state of Texas in
the name of the proud and peerless
city of Fort Worth in the name of enter-
prise progress and prosperity in tho
name of past achievements and present suc-
cess in the name of hope that tho star of
its brightest futurs may always bo in the
ascendent Applause
COL JOES K HOXIP
being called for took the stand amid ap-
plause He said he would not make a
srccch that was not in his lino but h
m tho I would saJ thlt tne paoking house would
ucip uie pn ai iici us vieu as every uouy else
His friend Kev J Morgan Wells should
remember this Tho packing house would
kill for all that all might live There need
be no doubt in any mans mind about tho
success of the packing house the only
trouble would be could tho great demand
for the products be supplied If money
could furnish the capacity and the counry
would raise the hogs and the cattle the
greatest aumauu lor line dressed meats
Would be supplied if tho bogs had to bo
brought from MontnnaNebraska and Iowa
but this would not be necessary for Texas
farmers were in the hog business to stay
and they wore to day raising the finest hogs
In tho country Col Hoxie said
he had just recoived a telegram stating that
tho United States government had awarded
the contract to tho Fort Worth packing
company to supply all the meats the sol-
diers in Texas at the different military posts
consumed Uncle Sam knew a good thing
when he saw it The speaker said it would
only be a few months until the new build-
ings were in uso and then 1500 hogs 500
cattlo and 1003 sheep would bo slaughtered
aud dressed every day
COL PETEB SMITH
Mayor Smith was the next speaker He
said he had watched Fort Worth grow from
a mere hamlet to its present proportions
and he felt safe in saying that after the
railroads had been secured the greatest
thing in the upbuilding of Fort Worth
would be her packing houso Interests A
homo market for cattlo and hogs was
needed and the packing houso gave this
The Texas farmer would raise com and
hogs if he knew that ho could sell his hogs
at Chicago prices whenever he was ready
Mayor bnntn gave statistics that showed
tho number of people naturally tributary to
the packinghouse Ho felt sansruino that
it would continuo to grow from year to
year
capt TnoMis r WEST
When Capt West took the stand overy
one knew that he would make a good speech
and he did He said that it was charged
against Texas that she sold cotton and
bought bacon and everything else but this
was no lonsror the ease she made her bacon
and saved all she got for her cotton Ha
had heard men say that a packing house in
Texas could not succood These men didnt
know the Fort Worth spirit and had never
me CoL John It Hoxie a man who when
he put his hand to the plow never turned
back When ho had hoard that a packing
house had been decided on and heard that
John R Hoxie had said it should go he
knew it would go Tho great packery that
stood before them was an object lesson It
told what energy aud determination and en-
terprise could do Years from now whon
the quarter of a million people of Fort
Worth saw tho clouds of black smoko curl-
ing to high heaven from a score of packing
house smokestacks they would remember
Col Hoxie and bless his name for tho good
work he had dono
n c HOLLOW1T
was tho last speaker Ho told in a plain
practical way of the good work tho packing
house had dono and would do not only for
tho city of Fort Worth but for the state
Fort Worth in building the packery was on
tho right track and if she obtained more of
such enterprises the future was assured
The Santa Fo Contingent
At S15 yesterday morning a special car
having on board W H Masters general
froight agent of the Gulf Colorado and
S3nta Fe Bryan Snyder traveling freight
Rgcnt J L Steere assistant general
freight agent and a pjrty of twenty fivo
merchants from towns along the line coh
sisting of James Phillips of Sealy R N
Mitchell and J B Nalor of Moody J H
Onebea C W Reichardt and F Kreutzlin
of Brenham E Reeves C L Windhauscn
Harry Hudson and F Cobb of Caldwell D
Kemp of Cameron O U Yancev E H
Winne and Col L R Wade of Temple T
A Cook and J H Wear Belton Cooh
Williams J M Milan J L Cleveland and
J G Towels of Cleburne J M Galloway
N H Christian and N Mosle of Galveston
1 F Browa and A Q Howell Houston
gexeral xotes
Col Hoxie laid his coat aside at an early
hour and prepared for business He was
in eo one place liv minutes at a time but
was looking after the welfare of tho visit-
ors
General Manager Barnum was in it He
saw that everybody saw what they came to
see
Messrs Hoxie and Barnum at one time
got into the pen and served barbecued vi-
ands and liquid refreshments to their
friends and the crowd renerally like old
timers and enjoyed it hugely They saw
that everybody got plenty to eat
New Orleans took a large lot of packing
house products yesterday
Capt West did himself proud in his
speech yesterday
Jay Gould and party were delighted with
tho packing house
Barbecued meat is pronounced an inspirer
of eloquence
FIRED AT A WOMAN
An Arkansne Farmer Couldnt Stand It to
See Ills Cotvs Dogged Out of a
Neighbor field
Special to the Gazette
Texarkaxa Tex April 10 John Sin-
ter a farmer living two miles from town
was arraigned this morning before Justice
Smithor on a charge of assault with intent
t kill Mrs VogeL a neighbor and wife of
Hon John J Vogel the present represent-
ative of Miller county in the Arkansas leg-
islature By request of Vogel who re-
turned from Little Rock last night the
charge was reduced to a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon to which Sinzer
pleaded guilty and was fined 100 and costs
The trouble between the parties grow out
of Mrs Vogel dogging Sinzers cattle which
made depredations upon her husbands
field On Wednesday afternoon the cattle
made one of their breaks upon tho field and
were dogged out bv Mrs Vogel as usual
when Sinzer suddenly appeared upon the
scene and drawing his pistol fired at Mrs
Vogel but the charge failed to take effect
Vogel himself was at Little Rock at the
time but came home in response
gram jiuyism uua oi tne
SuburilfjpPPieeJily OiJona
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pulled out of the union depot for the pack-
ing house The crowd was a jolly one
and upon alighting from the train were
met by CoL Hoxio and Superintendent Bar
num who escorted them through tho pack-
ing house The time in which a hog was
disposed less than two minutes from the
time he emerged from the stock chuto until
he was on his way to tho cooling room was
a matter of surprise and tliis was in no
wise lessened when tho visitors descended
the stairway into the curing rooms and be-
hold the vist piles of meat piled up on
either hand in various stages of curing
From the packing house they were taken to
he hotel adjoining which was the barbe-
cue and where tho visiting merchants the
Gould party and other visitors enjoyed the
hospitality of tho packing company After
this the visitors returned to tho town and
passed a great portion of the time in riding
over the city returning to the packing
house in time for tho ceromony of laying
the corner stono
After supper the visiting merchants as-
sembled in the parlors of the Ellis and or-
ganized by electing Col L R Wade of
Temple chairman and J H Wear of Bel
ton secretary A committee consisting of
oro person from each town was appointed
to urau suitacie resolutions and their ap-
preciation of the visit is embodied in the
lollo wing resolutions
Whereas Mr W H Masters general
freight agent of the Gulf Colorado and
banta Fo railroad has tendered us this trip
to Fort Worth and ha3 make the trip a very
enjoyable one in every respect and
AVhereis Col Hoxie president of the
Fort Worth packinr company and his as-
sistant Superintendent Barnum were un-
remitting in their efforts to render our visit
a pleasant one
Resolved that this meeting does hereby
extend its hearty appreciation of the cour-
tesies extended and opportunities offered to
visit the establishment
Resolved that this packing house is a
grand institution for tho upbuilding of
Texas and affording us a superior article of
meat products that cannot oe excelled any-
where
Resolved that Col Hoxio and his con-
ferees are deserving of the thanks not
only of Fort Worth but of all Texans who
take a pride in the progress of the state
for establishing such an enterprise on so
extensive a scale
Resolved that wo hereby tender our
most sincere thanks to Messrs Masters
Brant Synder and the Santa Fe road for
organizing this excursion and rendering it
possible for us to become better acquainted
with Fort Worth and her business men
Resolved that we do heartily commend
the Fort Worth packing company and its
products to all Texans and recommend thev
patronize it and thereby aid in the upbuild
ing of home enterprise
Resolved that these resolutions be pub-
lished in tho Fort Worth Gazette Dallas
Kovrs Houston Post and Galvostou News
D ICEMr Cameron
II Hudson- Caldwell
K II Ckristiax Galveston
J F Bbows Houston
C W RcicnAnnT Brenham
C N Yaxcet Temple
J H Wear Belton
J M Milak Cleburne
J B Nalcr Moody
James Phillips Sealy
Some Interviews
Among thoc most interested were the
visiting merchants brought up by the Santa
Fe Col C U Yancey of Temple said I
am astounded I had read a great deal hi
the papers about the Fart Worth packing
house but I had imagined it was all news-
paper talk I had no idea it was such -
grand institution Why sir its the biggest
thing in Texas Look at those stacks of
meat No danger of starvation hero I
want to go on record as saying that there is
no foar of the future prosperity of any city
lagging behind In tho race for first place
with such men as John K Hoxie to promote
such enterprises and such men as Col Bar
num to ru the machine Texas is an em-
pire within herself and this packing houso
and its success demonstrates that bho can
if she will become self sustaining and in-
dependent Why with such men as Hoxie
to take tho lead you could build a Chinese
wall around Texas and sho would still
be prosperous I feel like throwing my hat
in the air and kicking it up again when it
comes down and giving three big cheers
for Fort Worth and that man Hoxie
Col L R Wade of Temple said I say
boys I move we buy a carload of bacon to-
day and have it shipped at once as a token
of our appreciation of the genius and iron
nerve of the man who dared establish a
packing house in Texas and with Texas
meats raised on Texas soil cured by Texas
men and shipped by Texa3 railroads has
invaded the dominion over which Swift
Armour et al have held undisputed sway
I tell you that building is enough to cause
every Texan to craok his heels together and
yell until Davy Crockett and Sam Houston
came out of their graves to seo what caused
the racket I had hoard a good deal about
Fort Worth and her packing house and her
conservative yet enterprising and thor-
oughly reliable Gazette After this visit
I am not afraid to back Fort Worth TnE
Gazette Texas and Texans against the
world for money marblaa or chalk
J H Wear of Belton said This pack
ing nouse Deals me Ana moy are even
now building an addition to double its ca-
pacity before it has completed its first sea-
son I for one shall hereafter buy all niy
moats of Fort Worth Her pluck and en-
terprise demand it to say nothing of the
superior quality of the product Such en-
terprises as this are what Texas noeds
FOR MKiNLEY
The Bold Utterances ofSenator
Sherman on 1892
MKINLEY WILL BE GOVERNOR
Mr Blaine Will Not Aspire on Account of His
Health Harrison All Right
The Senator U Disappointed That Cleve-
land WIU Xot IJc Xomlnatod An In-
teresting Interview on Political
Iksues The Force Bill
Sherman on the Issue
Special to tho Gazotte
Washington April S Senator John
Sherman in the course of a very interest-
ing interview at Manstield Ohio yesterday
Bind among other things I guess tho
administration is -all right Harrison has
given the country a quiet conservative ad-
ministration and I am of the opinion that
the people applaud and admire such a pol-
icy They like safety and busiuess sagacity
in a president
Do you think he willbe renominated
Xo I do not It seems to be tho dispo-
sition of the people to do away with tho
older psrty leaders and look for material in
the younger element of tho party Say
Maj McKinley for instance Of course
the convention is a long way off but my
Judgment is that some man younger than
Harrison will be nominated
Do you think that Mr Blaine still has
presidential aspirations
No 1 do not I think that Mr Blaine
is quite unwilling to go through a second
campaign as a leader He is careful of his
health and that one consideration I think
will keep him out of tho list of candi-
dates
Do you think that Maj McKinley can bo
elected governor of Ohio in view of the
fact that his nomination will emphasize
tann ana suver issues
Yes I think ho can be elected He may
lose some votes on tho silver issue but you
must remember that there are Democrats
in this state who are not in favor of the un-
limited coinage of silver For instance
right in this district is Congressman elect
Harter who is an honest money man I
think though as a rule a Democrat
usually sticks to his party no matter
what the issue is but even with
what Republican vote wo may lose on tho
silvor question the Republicans will carry
Ohio
The senator thought that the Northwest
in the next presidential campaign would got
back into tho Republican fold
Whom do you think the Democrats will
nominate
I am not now quite so sanguino that
Cleveland will be the nominee At one
time I thought so but in view of the op-
position I now see und read of I do not
think he will be nominated
How about tho force bill
It should have been passed he an-
swered Not that I favored tho entire
bill which passed the house of representa-
tives Under our magna charter the con-
gress has a riiht to regulate congressional
elections and it should have done so I
favored a law which would have been e-en-
eral applicable to every congressional dis-
trict in tho land This would have removod
the cry of sectionalism
Why was not that featuro a part of tho
bill
Because strange to say of the deposi-
tion from New England Some of the New
England states have election laws which
such a law of general application might
have conflicted with and from such quar-
ters developed the opposition to the general
law Then again we had a divisionin tho
senate There was Senator Stewart of Ne-
vada In his general desire for free silver
he drifted away from the Republican party
Then there was Plumb who is erratic on
nearly everything
STORM SCIENCE
Electric Currents Cause the
Planets to Revolve
REASON IN FAVOR OF THEORY
Tho Xabnlar Theory Bxploded and Super
edod by the Electric Theory of
the Universe The Planeta
Were Onco Comets
Special to tho Gazette
St Joseph Mo April 11 My last let-
ter gave forecasts of the storm due to cross
the cootintnt from tho 10th to the 20th On
tho 21st the weather will be very uncer-
tain with probabilities of an extra storm
wave in the Rocky Allegheny valley at that
time and in the Eastern states about tho
22d The regular storm wave will be duo
to leavo the Pacific coast about tho 23d
cross tho Rooky Allegheny valley from the
23d to the 25th and reach the Eastern states
about the 26th This storm will be most
severe on the Pacific coast and in tho
mountains east of it about the 22d All this
period 21st to 2Gth will be very changeable
weather attended by high winds and sud
den chaages of temperature Following
these storm waves tho weather will bo cool
for the time of year with frosts in the
northern latitudes
WEATHER AJCD SCIENCE XOTES
If the suns influence caused tho planets
to revolve on their axes they would all re-
volve in one direction and the planes of
their equators would all extend in one direc-
tion but this not being tho case Is an argu-
ment in favor of my theory that the elec-
tric currents circulating through these
bodies cause them to revolve on their axes
while the olements that revolve with tho
sun cause them to revolve around the sun
and the elements that revolve with the
planets caused the secondary planets or
moons to revolvo around their primaries
The sun is said to r evolve on its axis in
twenty fivo and one third days I do not
believe this to te correci Astrenomors
have arrived at this conclusion because the
spots on tho sun revolve around the sun in
that time bnt I believe the spots on the sun
aro the same as our storms with their high
and low barometers and as our storms
novo east more rapidly than the earth re-
volves if they were viewed from a neigh-
boring planet our earth would appear to
rovolve in less than twenty fourhours and
as the sun is certainly of tha same nature as
our earth it does not revolve as rapidly as its
spots make it appear to Tho electric forces
of the sun are very great and probably cause
its storms to move with greater relative
velocity than do those of the earth
Tho electric belt around the sun over Its
equator necessarily turns with the sun and
noar the sun has greater force than far
away from the sun and therefore the
planeta nearest the sun would movo with
greater velocity than the outer planets
Nearer the sun the elements aro more dense
and farther from tho sun they are retarded
movo slower This is the case with the
earth for near it the atmosphere moves
with the revolution of the earth while far
up in the atmosphere the elements lose this
motion The astronomers claim that tha
smoke from great volcanoes floats west-
ward after reaching great altitudes If
ourmoon was enly ten miles from the earth
it would revolve around the earth nearly as
fast as the earth revolves
The planets all move around the sun
aearly Tr Its guator cur earth passing
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E FORT WORTH GAZETTE
POET WOETH TEXAS THUESDAY APEIL 16
north and south of tho suns equator only
seven degrees which is about an averago
of all the planets and therefore they are at
all times near the center of the electric
radiations over the suns equator and
which rovolve with the sun In accord-
ance with these ideas wo find that
tho planet nearest the sun Mer
cury moves 10o2S0 miles an hour
tho next planet Venus T7050 miles
an hour tho next being tho earth
moves 65533 miles an hour Mars 53000
Jupiter 2S744 Saturn 21221 Uranus
I4ltS3 and Neptune 11053 If the nebu-
lar theory theory was true and if tho
whole space now occupied by our solar
system was once occupied by a fog like
matter which revolved in the direction the
planets now revolve and which was caused
thuf to revolve by the outer portions fall-
ing toward the center and this condensa-
tion toward the center causing rings to be
thrown off forming the planets tho outer
planets would have originally had greater
velocity than tho planets nearer the sun
and as the elencnts surrounding the sun
must bo more dense near it than at tho
orbit of Neptune tho outer planets would
not meet with as much resistance as those
nearer the sun and therefore those farthest
from the sun if the uobular theory be true
ought to move with greater velocity than
the inner planets
it is also held by astronomers that the
outer planets were formed first and are the
oldest but is the nebular theory dies this
idea must die with it Tho electric theory
of tho universe claims that all the planets
are the result of comets that have been
drawn to our sun and whose constitutions
have enabled them to survive the severe or-
deals they wero compelled to pass through
Comets are evidently formed in choatic
space as I have argued in reference to the
formation of atoms and molecules aud as
our solar system is constantly moving into
new space never beforo occupied by it ap-
proaches tho space where these comets
have been for millions of years growing in
these fields of chaos tho sun3 attraction
starts them toward it One of these comets
with a weak electric atmosphere will fall
on the earth or sun or some of tho other
planets that may be iu its path while mov-
ing toward the sun and when they strike
our atmosphere we call them shooting stars
or meteors But if this newly found body
has a well developed electric organization
its electric atmosphere will not permit it to
enter tho atmosphere of any other well or-
ganized body and therefore it becomes a
comet It is well known that the orbits of
comets are very much elongated running
very near tho sun and receding to n great
distance from it It is also known that at
each revolution around the sun these orbits
becomo more nearly round therefore I con-
clude that tho planets whoso orbits ap-
proach nearest to a circle are the oldest
and therefore Venus is the older and Mer-
cury the youngest planets
W T Foster
ITALY NERVOUS
SHE IS ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM
OUR UNCLE SAMUEL
If No Reply Comes by Wednesday She
Proposes to take Ilcr Playthings
and o Iiunio
Rome April 11 The principal topic of
conversation to day iu political official cir-
cles has been the latest report put in circu-
lation last evening to the effect that unless
the American government made a very
speedy reply to Premier di Rudinis last
note Minister Porter would be politely re-
quested o leave Rome aud the Italian
legation would be recalled from Wash-
ington
General interest in tho New Orleans af-
fair had subsided and everybody supposed
that the incident would be settled through
the usual diplomatic channels without fur-
ther irritation or friction
Last nights report therefore came with
startling suddenness It seeded to indi-
cate if it should prove w -11 founded that
tho Italian cabinet was agjin dissatisfied
with the progress of correspondence with
Secretary Blaine and proposed to demand
that the United States government should
act in the matter with greater promptitude
Such attitude on tho part of the Italian
government seemed so unreasonable in view
of all recent developments that last nights
report was at first generally discredited
Many of the newspapers however t -day
gave it conspicuous prominence in theit
columns and asserted their belief that it
was substantially correct Thoy say that
America is to lo allowed until next Tues-
day April U to reply to the last Italian
note
The original report has fixed to day as
tho limit
If by Tuesday no reply Is forthcoming
from Secretary Blaine then the papers de-
clare diplomatic conciliation between the
two countries is to be wholly suspended
As a result of the newspapers assertions
tho report this evening is not so Bummarily
dismissed as yesterday Many who at first
scouted it as uttorly without foundation aro
now inclined to think that it may have
some basis while believers in Italian self
assertion and various policies are elated
Tho original source of the report seems to
ifrivo it increased plausibility This is
jiearned this evening from a prominent
member of the chamber of deputies who is
an ardent supporter of Marquis di Rudini
and who is believed to share his confidence
Whether or not the premier has actually
decided upon tho extreme course in-
dicated it is unquestionable that
this course is under discussion in
tho high government circles and
meets with favorable comment It may-
be that the deputy who started tho report
supposed that the decision had been reached
when the subject was really only being
considered and it may be that the report
was given out to test public opinion be-
fore the cabinet should commit itself ab-
solutely to so grave a stop
A dispatch from America states that Sec-
retary Blaine has already prepared his
answer and it is thought likely that ho has
already sent it to Rome instead of through
Marquis Imperiali If that be tho case he
must have dispatched it by post as it is
certain no reply has yet been received
TEXAS CATACOMB
The ltecent Discovery In Cooke County
Will Lead to Interesting Develop-
ments Ancient Benialns Unearthed
Special to the Gazette
Era Tex April S The Clear creek cat-
acombs areagain being investigated by Col
Talby of Dallas but late of some eastern
mission Col Talby insures your corres-
pondent that thcro is somotbing moro than
gossip in thoso regions and ancient resting
place of its dead He will bo able to show
it in the near future Besides the mummy
and other things unearthed which were re-
ported to The Gazette some weeks ago
CoL Talby has discovered in another bed
the petrified body of a woman also a very
ancient designed tucking comb heavily
mounted in gold lay beneath the head
HOUSTONS VISITORS
They Dropped Down on Her Unawares
and She Closed Doors
Special to the Gazette
Houston Tex April 11 Several sec-
tions of the city wcrevisited by a veritable
cloud of flying ants which for a time bo
came Tery annoying Tho number of these
insects seemed to be limitless and they
swooped down upon tho city in a dense
mass Several places of business where
the pests appeared were forced to close tho
doors and the insects were swept together
with brooms
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POSTPONEMENT
The Postponement of Reciproc-
ity with Canada a Fact
THE DIRECT TAX DILEMMA
The Clerks Endeavoring to Figure the Exact
Amount of the Tax Due Each Citizen
The Confusion In the Treasury Department
Kliciting 3Iurniurs of Disgust Sena-
tor Edmumi aud Secretary
of War Proctor
XEGOTIATIOKS rOSTIOXED
Special to the Gazette
Wasihxgtov April 10 The reported
postponement of reciprocity negotiations
with Canada until October 12 is well
grounded Secretary Blaine though will-
ing is in no hurry to discuss the question
and would prefer holding off until the elec-
tion of a more libei d rarty in Canada
Blaine also holds that the tishery and
Behring sea questions which aro still
pending should be disjioscd of before or at
the same time the reciprocity question is
settled certainly not before The fact that
the president will soon leavo Washington
for his trip South and West to be absent a
month or longer also adds weight to tho
reported postponement of negotiations as
does the fact that Secretary Blaine himself
will also leave Washington before long for
Bar Harbor lor a much needed rest It is
pretty certain however that when tho
Canadian reciprocity question comes up
again for discussion it will bo coupled with
the Behring sea and fishery questions
Secretary Blaine said this morning that he
had nothing to say about the reported post-
ponement of the reciprocity negotiations
with Canada until next fall The news
paers said the secretary with some
show of irritation had taken the matter
out of the hands of the state department
and as they seemed to be satisfied with
their ability to handle it he would leavo
them entirely unhampered by any advice or
information on the subject
a wmanviND of worK
The oCIee of the register of the treasury
is just now in the midst of a whirlwind of
work brought aoout by an eilort to
strighten out tho accounts of the direct
tax which congress voted to refund In
the case of Northern states this is not diffi-
cult as they generally paid t heir portions
in bulk and the Federal government had
no relations with the individual tax payers
In the Southern states it is different There
it will be necessary to figure out all the
private balances separately Some of the
states where this has got to bo done
have supplied special details of clerks who
aro now goins through the books and
vouchers at the treasury as tho local office
force was wholly incapable of shouldering
such a task The books and papers are not
allowed to bo taken out of tho building but
are conveyed as required to special rooms
set apart for the visiting delegations and
the regular treasury clerks are confused
over the way these things are sometimes
handled and their mutterings are loud and
deep There is no way of tell ng how long
this visitation will last
KD3IUXOS FOR r KOCTOK
Among Senator Edmunds porsonal
friends it is understood that his preference
is strongly for Secretary Proctor as his
successor in office He has carefully ab-
stained however from making any such
outward discrimination as would place him
in an attitude of antagonism to orothorwise
embarrass other candidates He entertains
a just horror of the interference in such
matters of persons who have no good pub-
lic end to further by it
SUICIDE OF A GOOD CITIZEN
Finuncinl
Reverses Brine
nnd Death
Despondency
Special to the Gazette
Dextox Tex April 10 News was re-
ceived hero late this afternoon that N At
Lunn who has long resided in this county
had committed suicide by hanging himself
with a rope about ten mile cast of here
His body was found lifeless about 10 a m
to lav hanging in Thomas Pueketts barn
rio has L s seen two hours beforo alive
and well a- Lunn was about thirty
five or forty years eld and unmarried and
had until recently ben in possession of
good property He a farmer and
stockman Recently financl reverses had
overtaken him and ho had aboii 1 all he
had His business qualifications wci
of tho bost and he through trusting
trading with persons his superior mtelle
The Wheat Crop Promising In Every Sec-
tion Moisture and Growth Good
April Showing of the Agricul-
tural Department
WAsmxnTOX April 10 April returns of
the department of agriculture make the
condition of winter wheat Wti of rye 904
The Atlantic and Gulf coast re-
port large acreage was planted
and In good growth by the ad-
vent of winter Suitable weather and soil
conditions enabled the farmers of the Ohio
valley states to put In a full breadth under
entirely favorable circumstances and a
proper combination of sunshine and mois-
ture which continued until the cold weather
set the plant into winter quarters with
sturdy growth and good color In portions
of Kansas and Nebraska thu prolonged
drought of last summer extended into the
period of seeding interfering somewhat
and rendering germinating slow but sea-
sonable Tho weather during the late fall
and early winter was sufficient to offset the
disadvantages of the late start The entire
season was favorable in California while
the Oregon dry seed beds received moisture
in time to secure good though late growth
Tho weather was generally mild over
whole area and whilo the snowfall was
comparatively light it came when most
needed protecting tho plant during the
coiaest weather
The Ohio valley and Trans Mississippi
states were especially favored the growth
in many sectioas continuing throughout the
winter with sufficient covering when
needed and there is an entire absenco of
damage from freezing The Hessian fly
which was feared in December in the cen-
tral West is yet in abeyance but the pres-
ence of the pest is noted in many localities
and serious injury might follow should the
early season prove favorable to its devel-
opment
Tho general average from tho condition
Is the highest reported for April since 18S3
and Individual state averages aro remarka-
ble for their uniformity It is 16 points
higher than last year and 3 above the
I returns tor US A high April condition
ftcjirMiS
VOL XJII NO 19
does not insure a large yield but it indi-
cates tho strength and stability which
would enable the plant to withstand mora
than tho ordinary vicissitudes of the season
The nearest approach to the present condi-
tion during recent years was in ls4
when the largest crop ever grown was
harvested but a similar high condition
in lsiO was followed by crop of not mora
man an average proportion
rne
states arc
Tennessee S
gan 13 Indiana jy Illinois 97 Missouri W
Kansas 8l California 0 and Oregon 97
The returns make percentages of tho
losses among farm animals during tho past
year Of horses 1 cattle 3 sheep 4 aud
swino S4 Horses received better
care thau many other classes
of stock and the ainual Ijises
vary but little The percentage of the loss
in cattlo is slightly higher thm was re
ported ii lsSs acd 19 ihe scarcity of feed
swelling the figures in portions oi Kansas
and Nebraska Losses to sheep have been
small ou account of better caro and atten-
tion while less disease than usual is re-
ported among swine though there is a
hoavy loss on account of last years crop
failures
Clay Comity Farmers
Special to the Gazette
Henrietta Tex April 10 The Clay
county Fanners APiauce has been in ses-
sion here for the just two davs They have
had a large attendance They have a
pointcd a commit ue to establish a CIy
County farmers institute It is their in-
tention to have a farmers institute organ-
ized in every school district in the county
and meetings will be held monthly wiieie
questions pertaining to farming and stock
raising will be discussed This is a movo
in the rich direction to benefit thu farmer
aud stocic raiser
DONT WANT EM
ENTERTAINING CONTROVERSY
EETWEEN
Superintendent of Immigration nuil
tfliip Authorities Who Landed
Souie Uiideritirableh
Nrw York Aprils The controversy be-
tween Superintendent of Immigration
Weber and agents of tho steamshin
tiva whicn brought to this port a number
of undesirable Italian immigrants is not
yet eniled Col Weber is determined that
the immigrants shall bo conveyed back oi
the steamship that landed them and at tho
expense of the vessels owners In a
sharp letter the agents of the Inizetiva
fay that the superintendent had no right to
crowd the undesirable immigrants back on
their vessel without proier notification
The agents have declared that the Inezo
tiva is not going back to Italy and that
they will not be responsible for their re-
turn unless the immigrants are retained at
the barge office until such time as tho
agents are ready
This discrimination on the part of the
agents has aroused Col Weber and he has
laid down tho laws on tho subject CoL
Weber adds in his letter It cannot bo
that tho authorities of the foreign alms-
house or prison may place inmates thereof
in a ship destined to this country which
vessel was not to be returned o port
hence she came and that such convicts or
paupers might be foisted on our people on
the ground that business or other interests
of the steamship company have made it
necessary for tho vessel to ply bctweea
other ports
The Inizetiva cleared at the custom house
to day for Lisbon
Italian societies hero are deoply Inter-
ested in the controversy
Physicians have examined some of tha
immigrants in tho interests of the societies
and they have averred that none suffer
from cither diseaso or poverty
Twenty four Italian immigrants wha
landed from the steamship Burgtiudia yes-
terday were sent back by that steamer to
day by the barge office authorities Th
immigrants had contagious diseases
wore without means of support
FIRST STRAW BINDER
and
An Invention TKit Will Turther Kevolu
tlnnize th Old llctiiod of Farming
Special to tit Gazette
Moxtaoue Tex April 9 The Stafford
RoJerson straw binder mauufacturinu
company are makingjiafisfactorv progress
with their sample machines They first
had a rude machine made by a blacksmith
to make sure their ideas were correct Thu
one uado in this rude way made a twisted
rope from straw and bound the sheaves in
Jithu most satisfactory manner mat is
it
ually had become hopelessly involved angVnade the ropa from tho straw it cut Tho
nau lost several nne tracts oi land ana auvn fonipany now have in an engine and boiler
his stock The occurrence has created
considerable excitement here as lie was
well known and had not an enemy in tho
county
FAVORABLE
The Agricultural Outlook is De-
cidedly Flattering
SMALL LOSS IN LIVESTOCK
otc and are manufaotunng perfect
chines to exhibit at work in tho harvest
ilu purine till immin lUT umT Tliini
vy bo shown m the various sUtes of tho
TTlllan nnri Thnrn is a nartv herd
now from Canada who understands binders
This person has secured the patent for tha
Dominion of Canada and several foreign
countries The Canadian who appears to
be a pretty good Judgo of such matters is
sanguine and predicts it will bo the only
machine that can be sold as soon as it is
presented to the people And his views are
certainly correct especially if it be truo
that twine used in the United States costs
the farmers SJOOOOOQ annually If that
amount can be saed to tho farmers it
would be a great boon It is hoped tho
company will decido to establish their
factory here as it would soon bo the means
of bringing a railway and prosperity to our
town They havo already received com-
munications from othor towns hoping to in-
duce them to establish their works there
Montague has the honor of inventing and
bringing to perfection the first straw binder
and wo hopo it will enjoy the prosperity of
manufacturing them
LIBERALS DEMAND
They Ask the Abolition of Sunday Law a
aDd Chaplains for the Army
Special to the Gazotte
Sax Axtoxio Tex April 11 Tho state
liberal convention to day by a unani-
mous vote adopted the roiort of the
committee on organization favoring the en-
forcement of what are known as the Nin
Demands of Liberalism asking thai
church property bo taxed in common with
other property the discontinuance of read
ing the Bible in the public schools the dis-
continuance of the appointment by th
president or tho governors of religious
or holy days the discontinuance
of the appointment of chaplains for tha
army navy or congress at the expense ol
the country the repeal of all Sunday laws
and the substitution of the affirmation foi
the oath
It was also determined that the associa-
tions funds should bo devoted to the pro-
mulgation of the cause
A big meeting is in progress t nlght ad-
dressed by a half Cozen orators
Governor of Korth Carolina Dead
Raleigh N C April 8 Governor FallU
died suddenly at an early hour this morn
in from heart diseaso
Lieutenant Governor Thomas M Holl
wasr sworn in to day by Justice Merrunaa
as governor of the state
The funeral takes place to morrow
interment will be inthe cemetery of
and
thix
city
An Anti Trust BUI
- St Pact Miss April 11 The Lock
woods bill prohibiting trusts and pools
has passed the house by a vote of 07 to 1
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