The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-29
OUR MEXICAN NEWS BUDGET
A MOVEMENT ON FOOT TO RE
WYE THE PAN-AMERICAN
RAILWAY SCHEME.
THE PILGRIMAGES TO GAUDA'
LouPE SUSPENDED
Yellow Fever Continues at Vera Cruz
The Press Active in Endeavorng TO
Bring About the Capture of the
Assassination of Editor Olmos.

City of Mexico, via. Laredo, lex,
Aug. 27.-The Pan-American railroad
commission. of which much has been re-
Gently said i'm American papers, was orig
inally granted in 1889 and provided for
chain of six railways extending from the
Mexican port of NIatamoras to the IRON
tier of Guatemala, with branch lines Ito
Yucatan, across the States of Chihuahua,
Tobasco and Yucatan. 1t was announced
when the Pan-American congress was
held at Washington that a company had
been formed in st. Louis and Kansas
City. under tine presidency of j. 5. An
thony, to take out a concession to Deme'
trio Salazar, but suddenly the enthusi-
asm died out, and soon it was announced
that the concession had been annulled
the government receiving $4,000 out OF
$50, 600 money deposited in the National
bank of Mexico. The only concession
now existing on which the announcement
of the revival of the scheme of the Pam
American road line may possibly be based
is one granted to Enrique Bazan in 1879
for railway from Nuev0 LAREDO to lam
pico, touching at Mier and Camargo, Wltll
a branch to Matamor. This concession
carries with it subsidy of $500 per kllC
for $40 kilos, built and approved. line
concession has been transferred from
Senior Bazan TO am American named
McCracken, and the tranfer has been ap'
proved that McCracken is shortly eX-
pected to arrive here to ask for AN eX
tension of time for construction.
The new lighthouse at TuXpan will OK
lighted for the first time September IT,
Spanish residents of the city of Neri
Cruz are raising funds to maintain bat
TALON of volunteers in Cuba to tighi
against the rebels.
Augustin Cerdan leaves to each of thu
Younger children of President Diaz so,
600. He leaves $4,000 to charity. IN,
total fortune is estimated at $3,UOO,OOO
The bishops have agreed to have no pll
grimages Ito THE town of Guadalupe OF
the occasion of the coronation of the Vlr
gin in October, the pilgrimages Delni
suspended until January.
Yellow fever continues at Vera Cru
but has not reached Cordoba.
A scarcity of rain along the coast
the Gulf of Mexico causes anxiety.
Agitation has been begun against tn
publication and sale of the National uuel
| ing code, which the public prosecute
says violates the penal code:
A priest in Chihuahua is making
practice of burning Bibles and Protest
amt tracts, and woman recently con
verified to Professionalism has scandaliZe
her friends by making a big ire OF tn
images of all THE saints in her house.
The department. of foreign relation
will probably this week render repol
regarding the extradition of the Row
brothers, wanted in Iowa.
Public opposition is outraged at the lac
of activity in Pueblo on the part OF tn
authorities, where reports show little ze'
in an endeavor to discover the assassin;
TOR of Editor Olmos. The press will nc
let the matter drop, and astounding II
mors are afloat as to the real lnshgatoi
of that atrocious crime.
Constitutional and reform clubs may
issued an important manifesto against tn
| Catholic clergy and announces that
will endeavor ito secure THE entire colnpl
ance of the clergy with reform laws AN
make the aganda support THE e.
isting constitution, which provides II
entire separation between church an
State.