The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-07-18
NUMBER 1872

WAsHNGroN, July II Secretary Teller
says the question OF the transfer OF the
Texas Pacific land grant to the Southern
Pacific railroad company, will not be de
cidrd until september LIST, and that he
proposes TO settle the matter himself
without referring II to the attorney gen
cral Tor his opinion.
CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE.
NEw YORK, July Nv. b. Smith
aud II. \. Burke, ~ the New Orleius
Times Dcmucra', and Col. 4. O. Moore.
head, president Of the Cotton Planters
association. appointed by the board Of
managers NJ the Cotton Centennial and
Worlds Industrial exposition at New
Orleaus have arrived here. Their pur-
pose i to confer with the managers Of
railroads Leading into New Orleans aud
secure their cooperation.
CONVENTION on rLAsrEHEES.
CINCiNNATi, July Il Tile iOurneynan
pastcrcrs' national convention began its
session tO-iay, with twenty five members
present The business In hand Is perfect
ing constitution and by laws.
LARGE LNND LOCATION.
LAHNEp. Kan, July l7,-Walter
Brown, uf kuusns city, representing
heavy capitalists, made the largest entry
NJ public lands to-day ever made in this
,tute-i3,O0N ncrcs at 81 per acre, in the
counties of Clark and Comauche, known
~ the Cherokee strip He will fence it.
1 The land is well watertd aud will carry
cattle the year through without feed.
TREASURER POLK uN TRIAL.
NASHVILLE, July 1.-THE Jury was
sworn Ia ON the Polk trial to-day and the
examination ui the ,tttc's witnesses COM
mcnccd. Campbell, former chict clerk ot
D NA mt
clerk ct the secretary OF states office, AMI
Fleming, a former ccTk of CX- lrrasurcr
Polk, were cXtmin 1t. The lattrr's tcsti-
mouy was tull and explicit. lie stated
that he WIS simply an employee OF cN-
| Treasurer Polk, and paid out money
ns ordered by hi, employer.
lie said that in April, 1882, when an in
vCstlgHtrng committee wus appointed at
the spcCIAl extra session Of the gisla-
| turc to examine polk'saccounts in order
to meet "A deficit from the dedication VI
S2pOoOO, that Polk deposited number
Of fictitious drafts ON various state de-
posltorie, to make good the amount.
When examination was over aud
the uccounts were passed on by
the committee, he Withdrew these drafts
aud gave his check for them and 80
| strengthened his books. The deficit in
/ creusod on to January, 1883, when it
amounted to $4,000 when Polk left
| Tor Mexico. Witness denied all knowl-
/ edge NJ the missing u. =. bonds,
amounting to S55,OOO, Said he never
slw them nor heard Of them until after
Polk left
IUE urLL INvTsriGArIoN.
WNsu>aruS, July II. In the Hill in
vortlg ition ,mes =, Law. " the arcm-
tcct's office, testified that there were no
{ drnughtsmcn IN the office IN 1878, uhlc
lu prepare plaus Tor u heating apparatus
for the Chicago buildings, The archl
rl'H office ltd NOT undertake the plans
for ~ heating apparatus fpr Wrgp build
iuRg, hccHusc they were necessarily com.
. pick and required much time IN propa-
ration. Coleman proposed tu show the
relations existing between lllll aud the
American Safe company, Umted States
FreprOOf Shutter company, aud Geo. l..
l Damon, all one person, N he sand
Five contracts for furnishing iron shut
ter for public bindings made with the
fIropruuf Shutter company were put in
evidence. Coleman called attention to
the fact that they were signed 10y Damon
AZ superintendent ~ the company, and
WIS asked n the defense would cunccde
that rhey were all NJ contracts made for
supply NJ ircproOf shutters since Au-
~'' - t''' 80 l''"'," ''''n''
was the fact Next IN evldenr wer the
contracts mad with Geo. H. Damon, for
supplying 5nies and vaults Tor public
buildings Coleman asked II tine de-
Tense would c0ncede That "a
mon was only contractor
Tor 1al9s ANA Vl.'lt, slnG' ls'O, ii.I'
N9,Iu h"t say, nu, 'loue , II piuohos ',
SeA. ~ oIuI' VII nuliotI oi uo'u'' a,ti
hal Hser m,Ir viii na,y.nn nn verhti
nai nv'm u'.uc WIN Da"7pn gu ,o'p ~, H.
'',,'", , I'n' ,,,,,g ',,r ,,nr, M do
' or,n "G hi n"%t' ns hn;iIer -, s,tcs fnr
! the tr,.a.,,rV 'Irnartment
r "lIc has had that upon Nj. letter-heads
for li't.cn yoar.." saId Totten.
2 "Thcn il Is time he gave some one else a
Glance" replied Coleman.