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WASHINGTON NOTES.
wAsMaroN, Feb. II. ~ The Presidents evi
ience in the Babcock case. taken before Judg
Waite in the Executive Mansion, has been sent t
b. Louis by special messenger.
The Secretary of the Treasury has furloughe
m the hands in the Bureau Of Printing and En-
craving; Gsuse-no money;
Col. g. w. Alexander, of the Sunday Gazette
has been offered one thousand dollars for tn
original letters from Jefferson Davis to Mr.
Lyons.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The Senators appointe,
On the Democratic Congressional Executive
Committee are Stevenson, Wallace, Wbyte, Cor
don, Davis and Eaton.
WASHINGTON Feb. 12.-Internal revenue re
ceipts to-day $40, 1897; for the month. to date
S.76S, ,S97; for fiscal year, to date, $40, 7S0 O47
Customs receipts to day s607, 1909; for month, Il
yl6.
The furloughs from the Bureau Of Printing
and Engraving, reach nearly one thousand
mostly to women. Several hundred hands. wer.
retained to finish up.
TEXAS BORDER AFFAIRS TO BE INVESTIGATED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Gen. Ord, commander
Of the Military Depart nent Of Texas, was ex
nnlued to-day as q witness before the Select
Committee OF the House on the Texas frontier
troubles, and gave to the Committee q very full
and intelligent account OF the cattle raids to
which the raDcberos on the American side of the
Rio Grande for SOD miles along the river, and for
$50 miles back from it are subject d, well Of
the remedy which be would recommed for them.
According to the Generals statement the coun-
tU which is the scene Of these border forays is
separated from the river by very extensive belt
Of underground forest or Nchapparal which forms
Q screen and shelter for the cattle thieves who
live By plunder and which renders it next to i'm
possible for military patrols or military posts to
Interfere with them.
There are two classes Of Mexicans living on
tho Texas sdc-the one consisting Of intel igent,
honest rancheros, who are as much opposed to
these raids % the American portion of the popu-
lAtiOn 10, and the other consisting of worthless
fellows, many of them oulaws or deserters from
the Mexican army, who work occasionally on the
ranches and who act as spies and informers for
their cousins and c0mpadres on the Mexican
aide, when they cross the river on their cattle.
stealing expeditions. II is the intelligence which
they receive from these fellows which enables
them to avoid the routes by which they might be
intercepted on their return with their booty ON
These bands which number from one hundred
10 one hundred and fifty men, are in league with
the local authorities, their recognized chief
being Oortina; oil facilities are given to them for
disposing OF their plunder, and such q thing as
restoration OF the stolen cattle Is never thought
OF
The national government Of Mexico is not to be
blamed in Gen. Ords opinion for this state of
things. First, because the system Of the Gov
eminent il to let each State take care Of it's own
a1fairs and second, because the Mexican soldiers
have strong tendency whenever they get near
enough to the border to desert their colors and
cross into Texas. The Mexican government is
therefore powerless in the matter, and the State
Government Of Tsmaulipas seems to regard these
frontier f0rages as part OF the established order
Of things essential for the good Of the community.
u 10 one which the General is urging on the War
Department, TO increase the cavalry force on the
Rio GraDde and give him authority, whenever his
troops come on the trail OF one Of these thieving
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han side Of the river and let the troops deal ont
summary punishment on the robbers. He thinks
that, whatever opposition the local authorities
might make to such practical course the Gen
ersl Government OF Mexico would not m. Ike any.
He says that now in one of the more northern
States, Chihuahua himself and the Mexican COM
mandsnt have mutual arrangement by which
Indian expeditions are followed On either side of
the river, and that on some occasions the Amer
loan and Mexican troops have co-Operated in their
movements against The Indians, rations being
supplied by his orders to the Mexicans. He is
confident that the only feasible mode Of putting
down these troubles, the forays, s by following up
the robbers in the way he recommends.
fRAxS PACIFIC RAILROAD PROSPECTS,.
.WAsHNaToN, Feb. 12.-In the Texas Pacific
Railroad Committee, Mr.. Luttrell, from the sub |
committee, opposed the report in written |
speech. He was, he SAID, in favor of allo wing |
any ono TO build road who would do it without |
subsidy. Mr.. Garfield, also Of tho sub commit |
A member Of the committee thinks the vote will |
be close, especially on the feature indorsing the
bonds Of branch roads, The committee, without |
action, adjourned to Wednesday.
spoke strongly in favor of an opposition road.
Tho friends OF the measure, both in and out of /
tAe committee feel satisfied it will be reported to
the House substantially as outlined in dispatches
published Saturday.
The Committee on Expenditures in the De-
partment OF Justice also broke ground in the
way OF investigation into judicial overcharges ia
the Western District Of Texas, which revealed
the practice OF marshals and other officials out
there. Of charging mileage and per diem fees Of
supposed deputies and guards OF merely nomi-
nal arreets-that is where an arrest was not &C.
fual but only imaginary.
Many of the House committees were in active
operation TO. day. That on the District OF Co
lnmbia opened sn investigation into. the abuses
Of the District Government, and although only
one witness was examined it was discovered that
q doubtful claim which this person had against
the former District government for some $8OOO
and which he had sold to an operator for $1,000
ln bonds, with . notification of its dubious char
acter had by some manipulation grown into al
claim for $4,000, which was allowed and paid:
The Committee on the Freedman's Bank had
sandstone COMPANY, who described the means by
which the Freedmen's Bank, tor debt Of some
b6S QUO. now amounting, with interest, to about
600, was induced to take collateral security
lecond mortgage bonds of the company for $685.
100, which are Of no market value whatever. He
llso produced the stock-book of the Seneca Sand
tone Company, which showed that, ON one
md the same day, certificates Of stock for 200
Ihares each were issued to U. 8. Grant, Gen. I
Dent Surgeon General Barnes, VIM. Fl. Seward,
:. Is. Washburn, Caleb Cushing and B. B. (
french.
This witness did not know anything as to the \
eyment for this stock. He only knew that the {
eftiAcates had al bsen delivered to VIM. &.
huntington, then Cashier Of the First National
|ank.
In addition to these committees. the Commit Z
,stjmony q nitnesscs. u