The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-27
WASHINGTON,
News Gathered About the Capital
City.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-The issue
of standard silver dollars for the week
ending September %, was $685. ,499;
Tor the corresponding week last year,
S4S9, ,498.
The signal service bureau or the
treasury department is informed of
the capture at Duluth of plates for
printing counterfeit $40 silver certill-
Gates and $40 notes Oh the bank of
Montreal,
The following named persons have
application on file in the treasury de.
partment for the position of super
Vising architect, to succeed Hill: E.
E. Myers, of Michigan, recommended
by the Michigan congressional delega-
tion; John Frazer, of Washington,
recommended by Senator's Cameron,
of Pennsylvania and Van Wyck of
Nebraska, Gordon p. Cummings, Of
Philadelphia, and j. 7. Law, of WASH
ington. The last named is at present
in charge of the draftsmen's division
of the architects office,
Capt, ErbiR. commanding the United
States steamer Pensacola, reports tU
the navy department from Honolulu,
August !, that during his stay in
Honolulu his personal association with
American merchants and business
men convinced him Of The feeling of
uneasiness cQ account OF the uncer-
t2iritV Gi Che continuation Of SHE re-
ciprocity treaty. a number of work
inglnen from all parts of the world
were brought there to work on the su-
gar estates, operated largely by Amer
lean citizens upon the credit system
These pr0priet0rs fear tnat if the
treaty is not continued their inter.
ests will be threatened, as we'll as
those OF the government, by the great
number of persons thrown out of EN-,
ployment. American oitisens were
desirous of having an American man.
of~War about the islands until the
question is definitely settled, and Capt
Erbin states he is of the opinion that
war vessel would be a great protec-
tion to American interests in case of a
difficulty.
The verdict of the court martial in
the case of Second Lieut.. Robertson
charged with duplicating pay rolls
is not as severe as first supposed. In
stead of dismissal the sentence is only
suspension for a short period, moi
over year.
Consul General Sutton, of Mata.
moraS, has addressed to tie state de.
partment a communication on the
subject of beef cattle in Mexico and
the United States, having reference
principally to the question how best
to supply the demand for cattle for
ranches of the Western states, Fo.
the past two or three years, he says
the cattle men have began to look be.
yond Texas and into northern Mexico
for this supply, The chief cattle
range of northern Mexico, he says
lies between the line drawn from Qua
ymas to Tampico, including Sonora
Chihuahua, COahuila, Nuevo Leon
and Tamaulipas,aan area of 100000
square miles, two-thirds of which is
grazing land. There may be in this
section 6,500,0O0 animals, divided
about as follows: Goats 100000
meat cattle 150,OOOO00; horses 10000,
600; sheep 100000; mules 100000
The imports of live cattle from Mex
leo have in the past paid an ad valo
rem duty of 20 per cent, but under the
recent treasury regulation the scope
which has been established by test
case, he says animals for breed
ing purposes can he i'm
ported free of duty, persons im'
porting them being only obliged
to satisfy the consul and collector
that he imports them for such pur
pose. The decision in this test case
he says, is already known throughout
the length and breadth of the frontier
and he anticipates that the stockmeI
in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colo
RADIO, Kansas, etc, will take advantage
of it and go to Mexico for breeders
and that it will give great impetu:
to the cattle raising industry in north
ern Mexico.