The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
THE DEPARTMENTS.
Items Picked UP in aeportorlal
Tour.
An Important Circular from Com
missioner Hall-Educatlon-
al Matters, Etc.


Coy, condemned to be hanged for the
murder of Sheriff Mckinney, of La Sale
county. The petition for Communication
of sentence to life imprisonment was very
numerously signed in theprisoner's county.
for refusing to commute the sentence:
II have entered upon the examination
of this case under the pressure of the
greatest possible sympathy for the con-
demned man in his dire extremity, and
likewise with feeling sense of daty and
responsibility in matter of such grave
personal and public interest, and, after
prosecuting the inquiry fully into every
feature, 1t furnishes no grounds under the
most liberal view of the facts to warrant
executive interference in the legal conse-
quenoes of his act. The trial seems to
have been conducted with the clearest
impartislity according to legal methods
by just tribunal. Neither is there any
thing to countenance the idea of preju-
dice with jury of entire intelligence and
perfect uprightness, who, after consider.
ing all the evidence within their just and
peculiar cogniz ance, and after the &C.
cused, defended by able attorneys, was
allowed the benefit of every plea and every
technical resource known to the
law, he was found guilty of murder
in the first degree, with sentence of
death, which was affirmed by the court of
last resort; and believing that the only
sure means of preserving both public and
private security, as we'll as social order
and domestic happiness, and the most eff
fective prevention of crime within the
| scope of the law is to make the
procedure more certain and lnfex-
IDLE, regardless of a false sent mebt
of mawkish sensibiIlty and federation
which too frequently interposes between
the outraged laws and their violators.
am fully pursnaded that the sanctity of
the law, and mercy to innocent sufferers
from the results of personal revenge, de-
mand that the extreme penalties OF the
law be sternly executed in cases like this.
al. s. Ross, Governor"
The governor yesterday offered re-
ward Of 5000 for the apprehension of the
dynamiters who attempted to kill the
colored family at Llano, few days ago.
reward of 800 was also offered for
W. q. Parker, who killed two men in
Houston county in 1875; $50 is also Of
fered for Charles Hyde, who killed man
| in Houston county in 1879.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The following charters were filed yes
terday in the office of secretary of state:
The Aztec Irrigation company, of Sara
gosa, Reeves county; capital, $4,000.
The Bell County Fair and Driving Park
association of Bolton; capital, $4,000.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Commissioner Foster yesterday received
the following reports: Agricultural re-
p ort, Atascosa county; treasurer's report,
Newton county; sheriff's report, Jefferson
county; collectors report, Jefferson
| county.
TREAsURERs' OFFICE.
State Treasurer Lubbock is paying
school warrants up to and including reg
stored number $40.
GOVERNORS OFFICE.
The governor yesterday received let
ter from Mr.. George Adams, of Bleak
wood, Tex, enclosing $15 for the Con-
federate home, $40 being his contribution
and SIS being that of Mr.. A. AImers.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The Bellville Turn Verein Gut He'll filed
an amendment to its charter yesterday, in
oreasing its capital from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Windsor Hotel company filed an
| amendment to it's charter yesterday,
changing its name to the fremont and
Windsor Hotel company and increasing its
capital to 100000, with authority to run
hotels at Galveston, Houston, Austin, Dal-
las and any other city in the state. In
corporators W. E. Hughes, John Woods,
o. j. Rowland, j. l.. Burke, Thomas B.
Gale.
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
General King was in his office yester-
day, after a trip to San Antonio. The
general went to the Alamo City for the
purpose of looking into the advisability
of organizing battalion composed of
com panies of that city, such an applica-
ton having been made by the San A ITO
MO companies. General King favors
the idea, and steps will be taken to
perfect arrangements at ouce by the
San Antonio military. The Belknap Rifles
propose to build an armory and intend to
issue $4,000 in bonds to put up the
structure. They have obtained the attor-
ney-generals opinion in regard to the le-
gality of the bonds. Mr.. Henry Orssy, of
the sdjutant- generals Office, returned
yesterday from tour of inspection
among the military companies of north
and east Texas. he has been absent
three weeks and visited about twenty-five
companies. He reports the companies
/ generally in excellent condition with a
few exceptions, and their arms kept in
good shape. General King was very
much pleased with the report of the con-
dition of the militia he had visited.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT..
The educational department furnishes
some interesting figures in regard to the
school population of the state, and the
amount apportioned.
The following are the figures for
1889:
Total plumber of white male children and
under Is years Of age -. ............... sOs,2.O
| Total number of white female children 8
and under l6 years of age. -. .......... 1s9,646
Total number of colored male children 8
and under l6 years of age ............. :. $3.50
| Total number Of colored female children s
and under 10 years of sge............... 66,SO4
Grand total, white and colored, male and
female, 8 and under l6 years Of age. :. 52s,l1O
Grand totalispporttoned, &,1l2,4N
The figures for lS89-9O are:
Total number of white male children ....... 2S 1896
Total number of white female Children. 1g6, 591
Total number of colored male children... 704lS
Total number of colored female Children. $3.50
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