The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-11-16
WARRINGTON NEWS.

CHEROKEE STRIP INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13,-Capt. s. j
S. Hassler, formerly chief clerk of the
interior department. now receiver OF
land at Enid, 0. t., is in Washington.
He brings new version of the COM
plants about the opening of the
Cherokee Strip. The opening, he
says, was generally satisfactory and
the complaints come from those who
desire to make trouble and bring the
administration into disrepute. Cap
tain Hassler says the chief promoters
OF the dissatisfaction are a small fac
ton Of Democrats who were angered
because the land officers and other
officials sent out to Oklahoma and the
Strip were from outside the territory.
The sending of outside men, he says,
broke up the plans formed to capture
the best land in the Strip, and num-
Der missed the opportunity of making
money that they had anticipated. To
these disappointed Democrats were
joined some Republicans who were
anxious to make political capital out
of the affair, and this resulted in all
the charges, complaints and calls for
investigation. He says the outcome
will be vindication of the course pur,
sued by the government.
THE GOLD RESERVE.
A plan has been perfected whereby
the gold reserve of the treasury may
be increased to the legal limit of
$100,000,000 This will be accomplish
ed by means of an understanding with
the banks of New York whereby they
are to increase the proportion of gold
in their deposits with the New York
sub-treasury to cover certified checks
that are presented by importers in
payment of custom duties. The sys-
TEN is now in vogue for banks to keep
a special deposit at the sub b-Creasury
for this use and heretofore the gold has
not averaged more than 1 per cent.
The bulk of the payments were made
in treasury notes. AS the deficit in
gold reserve is now only ST., 900 900 and
the associated banks of New York have
on hand $90,000,000 it is thought this
scheme, which is the result of the re-
cent visit of the secretary to New
York, will be carried through.
MESSAGE FROM HONOLULU.
The state department today received
communication from Honolulu tele-
graphed from San Francisco. 1t is
written in cypher and experts labored
over it several hours. After securing
ha hutn IF tho ion
Secretary Gresham took copy to
Woodley for conference with Presi-
dent Cleveland. Nothing was given
out from the department during the
afternoon as to the substance OF the
dispatch.
MEMORIAL TO JUSTICE BLATCHFoRD.
The memory of the late Justice
Blatchford was bonored at the session
OF the United States supreme court to-
day. A set of resolutions, read by At
torney General O.ney, vas offered by
the bar of the court and adopteI.
When the resolutions had been adop-
ted, Attorney General Olney made an
address in which he spoke OF Justice
Blatchford's abilities as man and u
judge.
MRS. PLATT DEAD.
Mrs. Platt, wife of Senator Platt of
Connecticut, died of paralysis at the
Arlington at 20 o'clock this afternoon.
RAILROAD CASE DISMISSED.
The suit of Carr ct al against the
Houston and Texas Central Railway
company, being an attempt on the
part of the minority OF the stockhold-
ers to stop foreclosure proceedings OF
the road, was dismissed by the United
States supreme court today for want
of jurisdiction.