The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19
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WASHINGTON, April 16.-P. NJ.
Daggett, United States minister resi-
dent at Honolulu, has made full re-
port to tie state department with re-
gard to the shipment from There to
the United States of Chinese Sugafssss
with view of securing the advant-
ages of the reciprocity treaty between
Sandwiches Islands and this country.
He says that during the year 1882
only four vessels arrived at Honolulu
from Chinese ports, and none brought
or discharged Chinese sugars; but
even granting, however, that
sugars could be imported and reship-
ped in this way the necessary ex !,
penses incidental to this work, viz:
lighterage on shore, loading and
transporting sugars on land from one
to five miles, mixing and working in
with Hawaiian sugars, resacking, re-
loading and retransporting to shore
and lighterage to vessel, would be in
excess of evaded duties. Under all.
circumstances, therefore, Mr.. Daggett
is firmly of the belief that Chinese
sugars have not been in the past nor
are they now brought to the
Hawaiian Islands and reshipped
to the United States as the
product of Hawaiian plantations, and
INJECTED WITH PHYLoxERA
The treasury department has been
informed that quantity of vine cut
tings have beenIimported to the port
of New \ ork from China winch, tRv,
customs house officials think, are in
fected with phyloxera. There is no
law authorizing the destruction of
such importations. The treasury de-
partment recognizes the fact that this
matter. is of great Importance to the
vine interests of this country and viii
confer with the agricultural depart
ment on the subject.
THE DAY THEY CELEBRATE.
The colored people are unfortunate
in the weather, which is raw and dis
NAL with frequent showers. Not
Withstanding the draw back the
twenty-fiIst emancipation day is
being celebrated with unusual en-
thusiasm. All the colored employees
of executive departments and public
works and kindred enterprises where
| colored labor is employed, have sus-
pended from necessity. The rain has
interfered somewhat with the appear
ance fthe street procession, bit podr
Will us uuuiDcLcs N lut-bcfAho "
the colored population of the city arl
in the procession or interested
tors from sidewalks, porti
and windows, and heavily
| from the surrounding co&S
| long portico on Fifteenth
the treasury building, the best p0idl
of observation in the city. is solidlr
packed with colored women and chill
dren, not white face being visible.
INJUNCTION SUIT.
CHICAGO, April 16.-Judge Pender-
CAST, of the county court, this morn-s
ing gave Il decision in a suit brought
to enjoin the Western Indiana railway
! from condemning land north Of
| Twelfth street Of this city, and by
this process to prevent the railwaN|
from entering its lines into the heartH
of. the city. 1t was urged that thtE
company did not contemplate usinq|
the land it was seeking to condemn 4
but the court ruled that the right 0il|
4 eminent domain could be restricted
by legislation and judicial action
under the ordnance. The railway
hold the right to extend its lines
north to Van Buren, street, and it was
not the business OF the court to ias
quire to what purpose it contemplated
using the land that the railroad Was
| seeking to condemn