The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
Special kilograms

GALVESTON, April 27.-The steam
ship Whitney, from Vera Cruz,
reached here tonight and had large
list of passengers for this port, among
whom Gen. j. Palmer, president
of the Mexican National railway;
Frank S. Bond. formerly prominently
connected with the Texas Pacific
railway; DR.. Orxelas, Mexican consul
late, San Antonio; w. G. David, u. S.
A, were the most prominent. In
consequence of the state quarantine
going into effect on the 18th of May,
the Whitney will hereafter no. touch
at this port until quarantine is raised.
She will sail direct to Vera Cruz from
Morgan City. Gen. Palmer was met
by Chas. 5. Henchman, president of
the Texas Pacific railway; Walter S.
Henchman, president of the Mexican
National Construction company; Maj.
u: Clinton Gardner, general manager
of the Mexican National railway.
who will be Joined by Col. Paul Bre-
mond, president of the Houston East
and west narrow guage railway,
when a conference will be held, at
which it is supposed a policy will be
outlined looking to the combining of
the narrow guage system of the
southwest with the Mexican system
and the eventual establishment of
through line of narrow guage rail-
ways from the City of Mexico to To-
ledo, Ohio. Messrs. Leon Blum, Chas.
Fowler. j. n. Sawyer. G. c.. Sweeney
and Andrew Mum received official no.
LITIGATION from Gov. Ireland that they
had been appointed to supervise the
distribution of the immigration fund
at Galveston provided by congress.
The summer exodus has set IN and
there are manSaepartures for Europe.
DALLAS, April 27.-Col. E. c. Bou-
dinot, the Cherokee Indian statesman,
is in the city, and to-day favored
your correspondent with the follow
ing news budget: The civil war be-
tween the Creek Indians has been
quoted for the time being, but he
thinks not permanently, as indiscreet
action by either side may revive the
war. Much bad blood has been left
behind.
The differences between the Creeks
and Cherokees relative to the cattle
range have been adjusted.
The Cherokee council is to meet in
special session on April 80, to con-
slider the wire fence matter west of the
Usage reservation, and to determine
v hat disposition shall be made of the
100000 appropriated by congress at
its last session to pay the Cherokee
Nation for a portion of their lands
west of the ninety-sixth degree of
longitude, which the United States
government has appropriated for the
use of other Indians. Col. Boudinot
thinks the wire fences will get a
black eye, and that the 100000 will
be appropriated per capita-a very
foolish thing, the Colonel thinks, to
do.
Col. Boudinot reports an interest
ing and important controversy exist
ing between the st. Louis and San
Francisco railway company and the
war department, relative to the point
of building bridge over the Arkan-
sas river at Van Buren,, Arkansas,
which is delaying the construction of
that road from Fort Smith, Arkansas,
to Paris, Texas. The government
engineer takes the ground that the
building of the bridge at the int
where the railroad engineer has
located it would obstruct navigation,
but the point he has decided upon
would entail so much additional ex-
pense that the company will not be
likely to build the fridge at all.
Work south of Fit. Smith has been
suspended, but Col. Boudinot thinks
it. will soon be resumed. as the privil-
eyes and franchises granted to the
Frisco road by congress are too valu
able to be abandoned. The company
is building bridge over the Arkan
saS river at Tulsa, in the Creek ma
ton, SiXty-five miles southwest from
Vinita, and will, Col. Boudinot thinks,
push the line of the road on to Albu-
querque, New Mexico, as rapidly as
possible.
Col. Boudinot says a strike has ex-
listed for the past two weeks among
the coal miners at the mines near
McAllister and Savanna, in the Choctaw
nation, and that unless compromise is
soon made coal will be scarce in the
southwest and also higher in price.
The crops in southwest Kansas,
southwest Missouri and the Terrific
ry. he reports az being unusually
backward, but everything looks en-
couraging for an abundance of frait.
Col. Boudinot's business in Dallas
at this time is to attend the taking
of dispositions in an important rail-
road suit. in which he and Messrs.
Wylie, Caldwell and Willmans, of
Dallas. are plaintiffs, and Daniel H.
Hale and Dwight Trip, of Chicago,
and the Anglo-American land and
emigration association, of Edinbur-
ough and Cairo, Illinois, are defend
ants. The suit involves over $4,000.