The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02

tuo SneIohee uAtlOn OF INDIANS, rlSnV OI
way was granted through their lands to
any company or corporation which shall
be duly authorized by congress to oon-
struot a railroad from any point north to
any point south, and from any point east
to any point west of, and
which may pass through the
Cherokee nation. This langusge the
president construes to mean only one
road from the north to the south and only
one from east to west, and he believes
these indscriminate grants to railroads
| permitting them to cross lands occupied
by the Indians, if not absolute violations
of their treaty rights, are dangerous to
the success of our Indian management.
GONE TO NEW YORK.
WAsHINGToN, July 26.-The president
left here at II O'Clock this morning by the
Pennsylvania railroad for New York. He
was accompanied BY Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs
Folsom and Colonel Lamont.
The greatest secrecy is observed about
the presidents plans. Employees within
the White House are under special in
structions to say nothing whatever on the
subject. From other sources, however, it
is learned the president and the post
master general will take short yachting
trip from New York in company with
few friends who will join them in New
York. The trip will last two or three
days. The president said before leaving
he would be at the White House again
Tuesday morning. Mrs. Cleveland and
Mrs. Folsom will leave the party at New
York and continue on to Marion, Mass,
where, they will remain several days,
probably as guests of Mr.. Glider, editor
of the Century Magazine. Secretary
Whitney was to have accompanied the
president, but gave up the trip at the
last moment.
THE FoRTIFICATIoN BILL.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The house COM
mittee on appropriations has completed
the Notifications appropriations bill. 1t
provides for the ultimate expenditure of
a little more tnan $13,000O00, but tie ap-
preparation for the current year is limited
to $6202,67O.
Provision is made for the creation rof a
board of three civilians and three army
officers, the first named to be appoin ed
by the president, by and with the consent
of the senate. The army officers may be
appointed from either branch of the ser
vice, the object being to allow the presi
dent to select m n best qualified for the
work.
This board is authorized to contract
with gun makers for supply of IL, IA
and 16-inch steei rifle guns,to be accepteI
after com petitive test, which shall demon
strate that they are equal in every respect
to the best service guns. The expendi-
ture on this account is limited to $2,5O0,-
600 annually, and the board is required to
contract for not less than fifty guns for
this sum.
Outside Of this the appropropriation
bill makes provision for the purchase of
fifty castirCn mortars and twenty II Inch
iron rifles The appropriations of $780,
900 is also made for equipping the
Waterolist, n. Y, arsenal, and for finish
ing off heavy ordnance.
With q q view to preventing differences
between the civilian and army members
of the board, the bill requires any recon-
mendsti6n made by them TO be approved
by at laGst Eve members.
WHEN WILL CONGRESS ADJoURN.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The outlook for
greatly protrscted session in conse-
quence OF last nights republican confer
ence decision is not so threatening as
appears to be generally supposed. The
tariff bill of 1883 was under discussion in
the senate with intermissions for other
business less than six weeks. While there
is material in the present situation for an
almost endless debate, there is also prom
Use that the extreme possibility will not be
tested at the end of eight months of a
continuous session. 1t Is thought that
the committee can complete its
bill and its report within a
week or ten days. The senate will
then probably begin its sessions at IL
o'clock and sit seven hours daily, with
evening sessions in addition, Gs the debate
proceeds. The certainty of the result; the
difficulty of keeping a quorum of the
house together with little of importance
to do after the appropriation bills shall
have been disposed of, and, more than
any thing else, the increasing heat, give
rise to the hope that in six or seven weeks,
if not sooner, the present session will find
its record made up and its work done.
Moreover, nineteen formal tariff speeches,
by actual count, have already been de-
livered i'll the senate.
BILLS APPROVED.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-Ihe president
has approved the postofice appropriation
bill; an act to construct road to the Ma
tional cemetery at Baton Rouge, La.,; an
act for bridge across the Arkansas river
near Cummings Landing, Ark.
THE BATTLE SHIP TEXAS.
WASHINGTON, July 26-The contract for
furnishing the steel for the armored battle
ship Texas, to be butt at New York, was
to- day awarded as follows: Pork, Bros.
g. Co., Pitt burg, 920 tons steel plates,
$66,779; Carnegie, Pnipps & Co., Pitts
burg, SOB tons steel shapes, $43,226, and
100 tons rivets, $8,6O1; The standard Steel
Casting company, ThurIow, Pa, 100 tons
steel castings, $4l,664.
THE MILLS BILL.
WASHINGTON, July 20 The Mills tariff
bill was engrossed, signed and reached
the senate within three hours after the
passage in the house. II was a once re-
ferred to the senate finance committee
who will have it under consideration
about two weeks, will then kill il, and TO
port substitute entirely different and il
accord with the republican platform
After this a debate will be held in the
senate, lasting about two weeks, when i
will pass and go to conference commit
, tee of the two houses, which, after ses
sion of unknown length. will agree to DIS
t agree, and the two parties will go befor'
> the country on the record thus madC.'---