The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-20
JUDGMENT VS.. J0BBERY.
Gen. Newton Gives His Views on Gal
yeston's Deep Water Scheme.
THE EADS PLAN WELL ANALYZEO.
1t Shows Up in Peculiarly Genuine
Island City Business Style.
ALL CASH AND NO EQUIVALENT
A Few Logical Pointers for Our Mer
! chants Exchange-Deatho of Sena-
tor Anthony Considered-Mr.
Coke's Trail Bill.
ALL CASH AND NO EQUIVALENT.
GENERAL WASHINGTON REPORTS
Washington Notes.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Dr. Adair, of
he Indian Territory, Cherokee, was
examined by the senate committee on
Indian affairs to-day. He said he was
president of an association of Cherokee,
formed for the purpose of taking the
lease of vacant lands. The Cherokees
agents were authorized TO
offer $l25, 900 tor the lease, but it was Sc
cured by outsiders for 100000. The inn
preston of members of the native asso-
citation was that money was used by
their rivals. Cash was very rare com
modify among the Cherokees before the
lease was made. About the time it was
made, however, members of the council
camo to witness store with $50 bills to
change.
GARFIELD's PORTRAIT.
A life-siZe portrait of the late Presi-
dent Garfield has been purchased. 1t Is
to be placed in the room of the house
committee on appropriations, of which
committee he was chairman while
member of the house.
THAT WHISKY TAX MUST BE PAID.
The bill introduced by MIR. Blount to
enforce the collection of taxes on dis
titled spirits, directs the secretary of
the treasury, Immediately on the expi-
ration of the three years allowed for the
payment of such taxes, to proceed to
collect the same, Notwithstanding any
action which may be begun after said
time for its expectation.
MR. WRIGHT.
The president has decided to nominate
Mr.. Wright, of Massachusetts, as COM
missioner of labor statistics.
ooKE's NATIONAL TRAIL BILL.
The bill intro duced bV Senator Coke
to establish a quarantine live stock trail
provides for the appointment of three
commissioners today out and establish
a public highway Tor the purpose o.
driving live stock Is market or from
one place to anotht nd also to estab
way or trail suitai lquarantine graz
ing grounds, where . stock myy b
held and graZcu for shor
period during fao drive. Thi
trail shall begin OH Red river
near the Tooth degree of longitude
thence run nortiwesterly direction
through the Indian Territory, following
as far as practicable tue Fort Griffin an,
Dodge City trail to the southwestern
corner OF Kansas, thence over unapprc
priated lands of the United States in
nOrtherly direction to the bOundar
line between the United States an
Canada The trail is not to exceed j
miles IN width and the quarantine graz
ing grounds shall not be to eXcee
twelve miles square. The unapprt
priated public lands needed fC
the purpose of this act are
be withdrawn from settlemer
and set apart for the purposes Of th
act for ten years, The report OF tn
commissioners requires the approval {
the secretary of the interior before th
trail is established. Ten thousand do
lars IL appropriated Tor the purposes {
the act.
THE PUBLIC PRINTER
to-day transmitted 10 the senate his n
port for the fiscal year which onde
June 30, 1881. The report says printin
by order of the senate cost $li9, II
against S6i ,464; and house printing Sg1t
1888, against $l75,287 for the previor
year. On the probable Introduction
cholera into this country and its rel
] tion to his office the public print
says:
al am advised that imported rag
J are largely used by contractors wi
supply paper. The treasury departme
has issued an order prohibiting the IL
portation of rags from cholera infect,
countries. Ii there he danger In h
use Of rags at the mills, IL would see
that the disease might he communicat
in the paper daily received at this oiliC
r. In view of the expected approach
cholera, and in the name of the $50 pc
pie under my charge, submit this
a proper question for the considerati
of congress"
An appropriation of S2,675, GOO is ask
50 for the coming fiscal year, against $3,0l
IN l.,r A., a
r A specific appropriation of $685.
is asked for the purpose of granting I
employees fifteen days leave during {
year. The public printer says he h
applied the spirit of the civil serv
4 law in the management of his Office
far as he is able 10, and says there is l
foreman or an assistant foreman
the office who Is not competent to do
work of his subordinates.
0EN. NEWTON ON THE EADS-uALVEST
SCHEME.
Gen. Newton, chief engineer, was
II quested last week TO present his vie
" 10 the river and harbor committee
the improvement of Galv
ton harbor, at a cost
N!oo'Wo, as proposed j..
\, was resolved from Gen. Newton too
Is by Mr.. Willis, chairman of that CO
mittee. Gen. Newton says Capt. III
promises navigable depth of thi
feet OF water, with the proviso, howeN
that the uepth of thirty feet will be
IA ken without regard TO width. In OF
w words, the thirty feet channel need
be over two feet Ia width, aud cor
- quently not nav,gable channel at
The proposed contract, In fact, requl
only "a navigable channel of twenty.
feet in depth, and 200 feet wide, "
continuous line of soundings
Id 30 feet in depth In the center line OF
channel, but without regard TO wit
BY the provision of the contract, a
attaining % feet over the bar, Gen. n
ton says that Capt Eads would
come entitled TO S6,35O.OO0. This SUI
=, money, in his opinion, is vastly In
y cess Of the cost OF the work necess
10 TO produce that result.
He continues: The amount of @
pensation due after obtaining the dc
of 25 feet over the bar is so large in c
parison with that which the contra
would afterwards receive for conn
ing tho contract, that
strong temptation would a.
particularly should difllulties
pear at that stage of the operation
abandon the work. lt must be- n,
that the depth alluded 10 would p
ably be obtained, II at all, befor
should become necessary to put In
concrete Gaping, 40 that by reti
early he might also get Id OF that
~ ton of the contract.
. Section 9 oi the proposed cont
states that the said Eads aud his q
ciates shall be ultra nmeled In the