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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-10-05
THE DAM.

The contract for building the dam
and excavating the canal was award
ed to Mr.. Bernard Corrigan of Kansas
City, Mo-, on Oct. 10, 1890, and the
work of excavating beg an on the 9Th
of the follow ing month, and the last
stone in the dam was laid on May 2,
1898.
The total amount of Mr.. Corrigan's
bill, which was based upon the en-
gineer's estimates of quantities, was
calculated at S50l,l50 while the
amount paid him und his contract
was 6O7, 1927 80, payments having been
made on actual measurements.
There were three causes for this
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-10-05
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-10-05

out the powerhouse excavation and
restoring the foundation OF the power
house will not exceed $4,000 more.
and the entire COST will fall below the
lowest estimate made by our consult.
ing engineer.
OTHER EXPENDITURES.
The other expenditures since the
beginning of our work have been as
follows:
For engineering, including sslaries
of engineers and inspectors, fees of
consulting engineers, cost and main
tenance of wagon and team and hire
of driver, cost f preliminary surveys
made before the organization of the
board of public worSs, and all other
ex p9nses connected with the engineer
ing department, Sac, 908.49.
For right of way, including salaries
of agents, damages to lands, clearing
lands, survey4, maps, etc, $23, 2o775
For office expenses, including sal
aries, rents, postage, printing,
engraving bonds, advertising, etc.,
$7.972 SO.
For building the railroad to the dam
$87 ,431 80.
For miscellaneous items which can
not we'll be classified, $3,S342S.
The total amount of bills and ac-
counts approved to date is 1856 ,5O4 40.
The amount required to finish the
work may tie stated as follows:
Estimated amounts yet to DO paid
&c. a 10
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-10-05

The number of rooms convenient to
our proposed electric wire line is a lit
tie over 2l,OO0 1t is very reasonable
to suppose that if the price Of electric
light is placed at such figures as to
compete with kerosene oil the danger
Gus kerosene lamp will eventually be
banished and the better, cleaner and
safer electric light substituted there.
for, and our insurance rates would
then tie lessened.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-02-27
Charlton Killed Them.

The horses that died on Garibaldi's
ranch last week were not poisoned, it
seems, but died Of a disease called
"charbon." This fact was asoertained
by sending the stomach and liver Of
one of the dead animals to Reno for
examination.
Charborn is disease that is con-
tracted by horses eating hay from or
pasturiug on swampy, low land. 1t
affects the blood of the animals and
usually is contracted by the healthier
ones first. It is understood that sev-
eral horses have died in Carson Val
ley Of the same disease. The disease
is infectious, and where animals have
died from it the greatest care has to
be used to keep others from contract
ing it.--Lyon Co. Times.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-02-27
HOKE SMITH.

Chief Justice Bleekly, Of Georgia,
speaks as follows of Hon. Hoke Smith
who is TO be Secretary of the Interior
in President Cleveland's cabinet:
"There are three mental qualifica-
tions, characteristics, without which
no lawyer could be truly great. They
are astuteness, bre adth and strength.
Mr.. Smith possesses all three in a
marked and unusual degree. Ny be-
lief is that have never come in con-
tact with a legal mind superior TO
his. first began to notice him close
ly when he appeared before the Su-
preme Court of the State in 1875.
He impressed me forcibly, his arRu-
ments were vigorous, acute and ex-
haustive, without being lengthy or
tedious. Nothing In Thorn was more
noticeable than the blending Of COM
mon with legal sense. He was then
and has continued to be emInently
practical in thought and work. From
that time forward 1 have marked his
growth and progress, and now re-
gard him as amongst the foremost
and the best. OF his moral qualities
as a lawyer, my opinion is equally ia
vorable. His professional demeanor
and department are of the highest or
der. AS have known him from his
youth up to the present time, 1 can
bear testimony with full confidence
in its correctness, by which I mean
it's conformity with his real character
and intrinsic merits"
w
A friend asked Hoke Smith few
weeks ago why he wanted TO be Sec
rotary OF the Interior. II want to try
my hand" he is reported to have said,
'and see il I cannot make some
changes in the Pension and Railroad
Bureaus. Therein lies fame. "-Bos-
ton Post.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21

aged in a spirit of parsimony. the num-
Der of employees has been reduced. while
outrageously large sums have been
charged up to current expenses" aud
the government has not practiced any
of those financial precautions which il
imposed upon private corporations. The
speeches of two prominent members of
the Reichstag are quoted. in which it is
maintained that the roads were better
administered and the public accommo-
dation superior under the old system to
what they have been under government
control.
If such results have followed twelve
years of government management under
an arbitrary form of government, and
in a country of limited area, what ad-
vantage could be expected from govern
ment control in this country, where tho
management would be sure to fall into
party control and whore q change of
parties would be followed by demand
for a change in all the employees, in or
der to reward the "bOys who stood in
the trenchesW With the idea of taking
care of the men who are now given po-
sitions on that ground prevailing, what
sort of railroad service would the people
get under government management
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21
SQUIRE'S VIEW OF TIE GEARY ACT.
The Senator Thinks China Could Safely Apply
q Like Law TO Americans.

NEW YORK. May Ex-senator Squire. Of
Washington. who is here. was asked If
he apprehended any danger to the mission
aries or other American residents in China
as q result of the enforcement of the Chi
nese exclusion act.
mo. 1 do not" was his reply. "Of conrse
it is impossible to predict what might hap
pen. There have been riots In China be-
fore. but do not believe that riots or dis
turbances dangerous to the lives of Ameri-
cans will grow out of the exclusion act
There is. it seems to me, q misa pprehe
of the Gsary law In the East. Here you do
not fully appreciate the Importance of
some such law as this. With the Chinese
being smuggled across the British border
and through our State by the wholesale,
and with many OF them bringing opium.
come strong measure was necessary.
Il believe In fair play for the Chinaman.
he ls not hrsrciass immigrant, but ho
should be treated like Q human beng Our
experience ON the Pacific coast has shown
Us that photographing Cinnamon IL the
only possible way to regulate their immi-
grafton. Under the old method no China
man could be identified by oer-
to turning this Geary law around
and making 1t work both ways. Let the
Chinese governments require all Americans
in that country to register and file photo
graphs. i would not object to such law
as that. Then both nations would be on
an equal footing. Americans in China
would be strongly protected by Chinese
Geary law. There are only about one thou
sand Americans In all China.
Nobody expects the United States gov
ernment to deport all the Chinese in this
country back to China. That the govern
ment did not expect 70 do this is shown by
the fact that Congress appropriated only
S100.OO0 for the expense of the entire
movement. One of the California Senators
wanted Si00.000. but it was thought that
100000 would be sufficient. IL the govern.
ment Will show that 10 means inst
what 1t said when il passed the
Geary law, and if it will promptly
arrest aud deport some of the Chinese. coy
onlv few, dozen for instance. the eff
feet Oh the remaining Chinese will be as
good as II all were arrested at once and
sent back. They will see that the govern
ment is in earnest. and Will flock by the
thousands to register. Ofoourse, they oan-
not now legally register. but Congress,
next winter. can SO amend the law as to ex-
tend its provisions and lengthen the time
limit. SO that all the Chinese can register.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21

Thus by the reports referred to there
were 1,107 deaths in q membership OF
59,414. or l to 53.76. At first sight it
would seem that the actual reports
would show that the estimates of DR..
Gould are not correct, but after mature
reflection it must be seen that they sus-
tain the figures of the actuary. The re-
ports of the deaths in departments are
made up from the number of deaths re-
ported by each post. Quite a number of
posts make no reports, and 1t is fair
to assume that the others do not get the
names of all their members who die
during year. Again. there is reason
to believe that nearly all of the younger
men who were soldiers in the Union
army are enrolled In the Grand Army,
while the death rate among that portion
of the older veterans who do not belong
to the Grand Army is greater than the
rate IN its membership, which, aside
from embracing nearly all the younger
survivors, also includes greater num-
Der OF those whose circumstances con-
tribute to longer life than have those
of veterans outside the organization.
Consequently. the figures of the reports
rather sustain than disprOve the accur-
acy of the estimates of the Record and
Pension Office, and confirm the judg-
ment of the actuary. that not a veteran
will be living fifty years hence, and only
6,296 in the year 1895.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21
THE HBATHEN IN OUR MIDST.

During the past week the officers of
foreign missionary organizations have
expressed grave fears lest the Chinese
their missionaries to leave the field for
missionary effort which that country
presents. Looking over the reports of
religious denominations which are hold
ing their annual meetings, one learns
that the expenditures have been large.
and to the average mind, the results
have been inadequate. Meantime, pass
ing events in this country call attention
to a field more than ripe for the harvest.
In this State and in other States there
are scenes of lawlessness and bloodshed
which indicate a lack of Christian teach
ing. There appears to be growing
element, oven in the older portions of
the country, upon which Christian
teaching and effovt seem to have had
little effect. Crimes are of frequent Oc-
currence in this and other States, which
show that in the smaller cities and even
in farming communities there are scores
of men who defy law and hate good order
-toughs and bullies to whom human life
has no sanctity, and upon whom age
nor sex has any restraint. They have
mono of the negative virtues which hold
the natives of China and India in check.
Nothing but the fear of the law keeps
them from careers of outlaws. They go
armed, and low drinking places are
almost daily che scenes of their savagery.
Can it be that these men, of whom there
are hundreds, and probably thousands,
in this State. have ever been brought
within the hum anizing influence of
Christian teaching? Nor can it be said
that they are immigrants, for the rea-
son that they are, for the most part,
natives in this country, and were born
in the communities to which they are o
terror or at least menace.
The lawlessness. brutality and fiend
State bring this matter fresh to the
public mind. These exhibitions, are
such as should lead the friends of law
and order. and particularly Chris
tian people. to turn their attention
To them with view to devising arem-
edy. or at least to an inquiry into the
conditions which produce this state of
things. The situation. at least, should
lead those who direct Christian effort
to take counsel together to devise some
means of reaching the benighted regions
of our own country and to the conver-
sion of class of heathen who have
grown up in the midst of public schools
and in sight of Christian churches.
1t may be well to call in the mission
aries who are laboring to convert pagans
from idolatry, to the end that their
efforts may be concentrated upon a
class of people at home who do not even
recognize IA Supreme Being in any form,
not even the joss of the Chinese.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21
FAILURE OF TIE MUSIC FESTIVAL.

The collapse of the May Music Festi-
val is most unfortunate in every point
of view. 1t will be great disappoint-
ment to many who had looked forward
TO season of rare enjoyment, it places
the directors in an embarrassing situa-
tion, OH account of expenses and liabili-
ties incurred, and it will give unfriendly
critics q chance to sneer at the city for
having, as they will say, undertaken
something which il could not carry
through. In all this. however, there is
large mitigation in the fact that neither
the city nor the directors arein any way
responsible for the failure of the festi-
val. The responsibility rests entirely
on Mr.. Charles Z. Locke, a so-called
musical manager, and Mr.. Seidl, leader
of Seidps orchestra. These two persons
deliberately violated their contract with
the directors of the festival. and did it
at time and in a way that rendered it
impossible for tho directors to make
new arrangements. The latter had
every reason to suppose they were deal
ing with men who at least had sufficient
personal honor and business integrity
to comply with a contract, and they
had no reason to anticipate such
result as has occurred. They are as
much disappointed at the outcome as
the public can be, but they are in no
way to blame. On the contrary, they
are entitled to public sympathy and
support. Out of pure public spirit and
at considerable personal sacrifice they
have worked hard to make the festival
a success, only to find themselves dis
appointed ut the last moment through
the faIthlessness of others.
The best they can do Is to offer the
public one grand concert tomorrow
night, with two prime favorite solo
singers. assisted by large chorus and
competent home talent. An attractive
programme will be presented, and the
concert ought to be literally patronized.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Rev. ROBERT MCALI. ID. d., founder of
the McAll missions in Paris died last week,
aRed seventy-one.
SOME asked the daughter of the
Duke of Veragus what she liked best of all
she saw during her stay in Chicago. "Oh."
said she. II like dc Wild Bill best of all. do
no not like de functions at ell, "a be so all
alike and so tiresome."
A RECENTLY issued circular states that
Philip Armour * Co. received S102, 600. 900
from ''distri BUTTON sales" in the last twelve
months. made Sl2. 900. 900 worth of glue, and
paid B.. 500 600 TO their eleven thousand en-
ployes. That esta tablishment sizes up pretty
well with the fair itself.
THE Shah's favorite wife is named Anizeh
Dooulet. She was woman of lOwly ORR
gin, but bright, intelligent and courage
ous. She has never tried TO meddle with
politics. but has made 10 her one object in
)ife to please and attract her royal hus-
band. Her income Is S00. 600 year.
WHEN John Ruskin expressed surprise
that "a coXcomb should ask 200 guineas for
f1inging pot of paint in the pubIic;s face"
Mr.. Whistler sued him. aud got damages in
the sum of / fartniDg. Mr.. Whistler's
opinion on the selection of Rdekin as laure-
ate has not been publicly expressed.
Col f. L. DAWSON. of Grand Forks. N.
d.. owns the first military order issued by
General Grant. II is q simple document is
No. l, dated July 9. 1861. appointing Mr..
Dawson Quartermaster and commissary of
the Twenty first illinois. 1t is signed Col.
L. s. Grant. Springfield. Ill. Mr.. Dawson
has refused $1,000 for il.
LoTTIE MAiR. of Berwick. Pa, Is the VIC
tim Of the lie that by collecting 1.OO0. 600
Cancelled stamps one can get $780, She
gathered the required number in abont
three years time. after having made her,
When she failed to find the purchaser
with the $500. she grew melancholy and il
Is feared that she will lose her mind
THE Cars favorite palace is Tzark oselo.
place 80 beautiful that description of it
reads like q page of "The Arabian Nights"
The building stands in grounds which are
eighty miles In circumference. Some of the
rooms are wainscoted with lepis lazuli
and the floors sre of ebony. iniaid with
mother OF pearl. The corridors are hung
with the rarest tapestries and silk curtains
and all the metal work is silver.
EDGAR SCoTT. son of the late Thomas A.
Scott, on completing his twenty years
last August, came into the income of 81. Co., :
600. At twenty five years of age his income
will be doubled and his prospective fortune
will be very large. He usually spends his
summers at Bar Harbor. hut he has this
year purchased q steam yacht. in which he
will. during the summer months. VISIT
Sweden aud Norway. lt was his mothers
desire that he should travel.
THOMAS FLETCHER DENNIS. t-e WASH
ington pension expert, writes in the May
Forum that private pension bills have re-
Gently been introduced in Congress TO ben.
eft soldiers. stopmothers. ste pfath ers.
foster-mothers. children over sixteen years
of age: soldiers who hal deserted. women
not legally married to sold :srs women who
had been divorced iTom their soldier hus.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21

THE removal of two letter carriers in
this city for inability to perform the
work required of them in the allotted
time of eight hours a day will probably
cause some comment, especially as both
the men removed are veterans and were
wounded during the war. This gives
them peculiar claims to sympathy. but
1t must be remembered that the de-
mands of tho public service are inexor-
able, and if for any reason whatever a
person is unable TO comply with them
he cannot complain if he is required to
give way TO one who can. The delivery
service requires active, alert men, and
1t would not do to letit become weighted
down with men, however deserving III
other respects. who cannot perform the
lervice III the allotted time.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21

AT the present time two large outdoor
meetings are being held in this State by
two branches of q church known as
Dunkards. They are very large assem-
blages. and show. during the past few
years, a growth which some of the
larger and more popular denominations
cannot claim. There is noessential diff
ference in the creeds of the two Dunkard
churches. yet the element which did not
agree with the regular and established
body have set up for themselves and are
now as strong as the regulars. Why do
not the Briggses and their sympathizers
follow the example of the Dunkard pro-
gressives and come out and set up for
themselvesf Professor Briggs and his
element may or may not be right, but
the outsider who knows anything about
the creed and faith of the regular Pres
byterian knows that the opinions which
The Professor has expressed In his pub
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21
AN EXPERIMENT IN GOVERNMENT RAILWAY
MANAGEMENT.

The railroads of Prussia, as is gener-
ally known, are owned and control led
by the government. Those who are ad-
vocating such ownership and control in
this country frequently refer to the ex-
pertinent in Germany as if it were an
unqualified success. In the light of an
article in the current number of the
Revue des Duck Mondes, such state
ments are unqualified assumptions. Mr..
Mango, the writer of the article, quotes
copiously from German statesmen and
writers To show that state management
has fallen far short OF success. Previous
to 1878 the mixed system OF state and
private ownership was in practice. but
large class demanded q change, on
the ground that private corporations
managed the railroads with the single
purpose OF securing private profits. and
consequently ignored popular inter-
ests AS result of these repre-
sentations, the government decided
10 purchase the roads. A very
small part of the purchase price
has been paid. aud none of the expected
reforms have been realized. There has
been no Improvement of the service or
reduction of fares. On the contrary. it
is charged that the rolling stock and the
road beds have deteriorated. and that
the receipts have fallen of in proportion
to expenses. The German Economist is
quoted. in which it is charged that from
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21
Industrial Union.

At the last meeting of the Industrial
Union Mrs. George w. Sloan and Mrs.
Charles r. Williams were added 10 the
board of directors. 1t was decided TO form
ally open tho union In about Two weeks
with q reception, at which time it w ould
In order that there may be q good supply of
articles ell cons gnors W bo will have thin &c
ready for that time are asked To send their
names to Mrs. Z. +. Hodges. No. l52 North
Meridian street: Mrs. Hervey Bates. jr.. No.
$40 North Meridian street. to Mrs
Charles Cometuck. No. 40 North Delaware
street. and they will be notified of the ex.
act time of the opening The managers
expect TO have lunch room down town. in
time. where homemade viands of the most
delicious sort will be served. For the be-
ginning the work will be- similar TO that
conducted by women's exchanges through.
out the country.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21
THE ACCURACY OF THE ACTUARY.

The reports of the membership of the
Grand Army of the Republic in several
States and the number of deaths IN each
States membership afford some inter-
estipR suggestions in connection with
the estimates of DR.. B. A. Gould. actu-
ary of the United States Sanitary Com
mission, of the number of survivors of
the Union army and navy in the late war
from year to year. These estimates of
DR.. Gould have been accepted as the
most reliable data upon the subject by
the Record and Pension Office, of which
Colonel Ainsworth, United States army,
is the efficient chief. The number of
survivors of the Union army and navy,
exclusive of deserters, June 30. 1892. ac-
cording to this estimate, was 1886, ,076,
and the number June 80, 1893. is given
as 1,209,96S. This shows decrease by
death of 26,10S during the year which
will end June 30. 1898. Thus the death
rate is 1 in 4z.34. The reports of the
membership and deaths in State depart
ments at hand for the year ending Dec.
~
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21

ture of Ohio for having passed a law
making hazing in colleges misde-
meanor. The act is an injudicious one,
inasmuch as it sets the college hoodlum
apart from the ordinary specimen of
that class, placing legal ratification, as
it were. upon the position the college
tough has assumed for himself. The
first gentle junior or "soph" who is ar
rested under the provisions of this act will
be looked upon as hero and martyr,
and will look back upon his incarcera-
ton In the same spirit as the captured
soldier recalls his imprisonment at the
hands of the enemy. If he were con-
vlcted OF just common act of assault
and battery the moral effect would be
much better, and the ends of justice
better served.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-21

The reception of the Spanish Princess
Eulalia. In Washington, about which
there has been so much talk. was simpli-
fed by the lady's natural tact and
gracious manners. showing that a true
lady is equal to every emergency. 1t ie
proper to add that the manner of her
reception was entirely appropriate and
everything was done in decorous and
diRnifed way. From all accounts, the
Princess is charming woman. and she
has evidently made very favorable
impression on those who have come in
contact with her.