The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-17

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farm work over a large portion OF tht
state On the Pacific coast sn1m ,jt,
have proved injurious 10 cary ~
! IN Northern California, out "elo 80
sufficient to relieve drought III 0ou'n'
ern Oregon.
COMPARISONS OF TARIFF FE'ESU E
SENATOR Voorhees,, chairman ol ."i
finance committee, today suphllleu
to the senate the treasury estimates y,
tho dutie. which will be derived
under rates proposed by tDe "a. IL as
senate revision Of the laIIIl oii' +pe
COMPARED with the rates uhuel La az.
| Mckinney law and those untei
the house bill, basiDg estimates .aor
upon the importatiOns I'll lsst ye"i
! rhe estimate SHOWS lhal ~,
the nendiug bill become law olf,-
s53 355 will De collected ID uuIy vi
chemicals, dru =, etc az agaIhsN CO.
GgG gIG unoer the house bill ana 50
IA $40 under the Mckinley law; on
ear,benwsre and glassware, senate 5aI
hin 81 $40 694: houss bill So,Ol' ,Zzo'
WrIIini.v, 81, 1872 ,G37; manufacture,
senate SIS SIG; house 9l9''oO,ooo'
MCKINLEY. ST ,O3l G37; wood ana man an
nCacrurea senate S653 6lS; house 3Ot9,7
I51. Mckinley. 1888 ,S3l; sugar. SENATE
az AZ 057. house SlG,S3 Mckinney,
si i1s 01 ,i TOBACCO, Sll3,537, 977; house
5lI.527, 1888, Mckinley 3li 81 ,oo2, az Az
cultural products and PROVISIONS, r 2gn-
ate ~. AIS .972, house ST ,VG9 10, hGh Itin.
lev Sl2.433 $50 The rate OF Gullo9 1
fixed % the various schedules, ieuuIo"
tn ad yalorem rates, shows the loiln",
inc COMPARISONS: Chemicals senate ~,
S3I 40. house S24 %, Mckinley soI.CIi
earthenware and glassware, senate
S9s Il house S34 81, Mckinley s2I.>
05. metaIs and manufactures,
senate, S94. %; hou.e, 334 81: Mchln'
low al -. wood and manufactures,
nate S22 80; house, $22 "a; Mchln-
lev $40 GG: sugar and manufactures VI,
.euate. S36 G5; house, S2o 40; Menu .ao ~
l4y' IA 55: tobacco, senate, Soo'lo;
h1nse So, SIS; Mckinley, SLY 81; az
ricultural products, sena'e, go va
house, S2l s.; Mckinley, S33'ZI'
COMBINATIONS.
The senate in executive session
made the following conhrmatI0ns'
Isham j. Ringie, postmaster at Mar.
lin, Tex. -: NJ. V. Mitchell, postmaster
at Cisco, Tex
COXEY'S ARMY.
Affairs are very quiet today IN the
Coxey camp of commonweaiers az
Blandensburg. COxey, Browne anu
Columbus jones were
away from camp attending TO thell
nases in the police court. There were
several recruits to the army during |
.hp dav. but the number of the men |
seem TO be dwindling graduallY'
There were but few visitors AZ lne
camp during the day, and the interest
If the pubic 10 the doinge OF the army
also seems to be tagging
NICARGUAN sUsTICE.
If the NicArduglan government car
ries ont its agreement with Minister |
Bauer. the incident growing out OF the
murder of William Wilson an AnerN
,an citizen living at Rama, VIII De
peacefully aud satisfactorily settled
Wilson was murdered without provo
cation by Arguelas, the governor
Of Rama. Apparently the
Nicaraguan government felt that III
had done all that WAS necessary IN de-
posing Arguelas Upon the urgent
of Captain Wilson, the
finally arrested and con-
fined the murdererS, but Nicaraguan
Justice seems to have exhausted ltsed.
Acting under Secretary GreShams IN
.tructions Minister Baker insisted
that Arguelas be tried for murder
and punished sufficiently If found
guilty In addition the minister held
that the Arguelis had been sheltered
bv Torres. his successor as governor OF
Rama. and that the latter having
failed in his duty should be likewise
punished. Minister Baker now re-
ports to the department Ct state that
the Nicaraguau government mas met
his demands in a friendly spirit aud
to bring the men to prompt |
trial.
MORE TROUBLE FOR CoXEY.
The trio of commouwealers, General |
CoXey. Marshal Carl Browne, and |
Columbus Jones met |
with another rebuff in the police court |
today. After six hours spent IN argu !
yumeut in a move for Il new trial |
Judge Miller Overruled the motion and |
notified the defendants to appear |
for trial.
REDUCING ENPENSES,
The legislative, executive and judi |
cial apuropri ton bill was completed |
10y the appropriation committee to
day. 1t carried the salaries OF all gov
eminent officers for the coming year
The whole amount recommended III
the bill is SCI, l32, s32, being reduc
ton under the estimates OF Sl,2OS ,6SI
and reduction under the APP
preparation act for the cur
rent year of SG15, 1919 The whole
number of salaries specifically pro.
vded tor in the bill is 1910, being
1868 less than the number estimated for
and sos less than the number provided
for il the law for the current year
The reorganization OF the treasury
department on the basis rec
ommeuded by the Dockery commisN
sion is a feature OF the bill. 1t
reduces the treasury force is and re-
duceS expenses S239,OS0 Another new
feature of the bill is the provision for
printing 100000 copies of the rebellion