The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-31

cluded from the right to act as electors,
and several closely contested presidential
elections, notably the Hayes -Tildsn con-
test, were rendered still more complicated
by the question of eligibility of some of
the electors chosen. Waco Day.
The county commissioners, now in ses-
sion at Bolton, have reduced the taxes of
that county cents on the 800, making
the tax for the current year 80 cents, dis
tributed as follows: Common county tax
6 cents; pauper tax cents; special court
house and Jail tax II cents; courthouse
and Jail tax cents; road and bridge tax
6 cents; poll tax % cents. The reduction
is made on the courthouse and the bridge
tax.
DR.. G. A. Swami, who has spent thirty
years of his life in Texas investigating
and locating the mineral wealth of the
state, and who is familiar by personal
observation with the geological forma-
ton of our state, says that he has traced
the geological zone bearing PLATINUM
accompanied with gold, silver and native
mercury, for twenty-five miles or more
from Decatur, and thst the entire belt is
rich and will astonish the world with its
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a house full of specimens and shows them
to any and all who will appreciate his
troubles.
| Shermans chance for receiving a hear
ing at the hands of the state executive
committee of the immigration bureau
seem to be very slim, to say the least of it..
| Why should there be a discrimination
against the request of Sherman in favor
of those from other points, unless it is we
are, as Mr.. De- ugherty says, rival of Den
ison. There is always an excuse for a
mistake made when there is an inclination
to rectify it, but in case like the above
where glariDg injustice is perpetrated
and then adopted and declared to be Off
cial we cannot see where an excuse would
be in order.-Sherman Register.
As yet there is no true theory as to who
was the murderer of ShearrOn, at Paris.
Captain Gum, sheriff of the county, re-
turned from Wolfe City Monday night
with Frenchman giving his name as
George Hurel, who was arrested on
Monday or suspicion of being connected
with the tragedy. Charley Walter, the
first man arrested on this charge, is still
in jail, heavily guarded. His examination
was to have come off on Monday, but
feeling and Indignation has run so high
fears of mObbing were felt, and it was
thought best to hold over few days ard
gather more evidence. -Denison News.
A protest in the form of q supplement
to the Colonia Mexicana, published in La
redo, was circulated and posted over the
city yesterday. The document is signed
with nineteen Mexican names, and after
quoting Spanish translation of portions
of Judge Terrell's speech at the dedica-
tion of the capitol, proceeds in a bitter
vein to resent what they term a deliberate
insult to the Mexican nation in presence
of representatives of that government,
who were the invited guests of the state.
The protest is the effort of Condemns, who
is bitter enemy of Pres dent Diaz on &C.
count of his friendly feeling toward the
United States, and is evidently being pro-
mulgated for the purpose of arousing the
Mexican people against him.-Bonham
News.
A cattleman, speaking of the Chicago
dressed beef ring remarked that the ring,
having the making of prices in their own
keeping, will not, of course, raise them.
The result will be that the cattle business
VIII become so Improbable that people
will abandon it for more remunerative
pursuits. The very obvious result of this
will be to reduce the supply of cattle in the
country. The scarcity of cattle will not
make the Big Four give any more for
'hem, but it will enable them to raise on
their beef, and the upshot Of the whole
thing will be that the time will come
when beef will be a luxury and in reach
of none but the rich. Things are fest
drifting in this direction. You can see
it right here in Texas. This state is
breeding ground for a large territory of
maturing country. When the range was
much more extensive than it now is it
was all utilized for grazing purposes
How is it now? The cattlemen are spay-
ing their cows and in every other way
stopping the increase. At the same time
it is obvious that beef eaters are multi
plying and replenishing in the land. The
Big -Four ought to 60.
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