The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVTH YEAR, No. 219, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 9, 1899 Page: 4 of 10
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TEN pages today
WON IIV KlVf COTTOV
Tho foreign spinners have given up
Ihoy fought tho advance In cotton week
after week refused to make purchases
ajtl pretended to placo faith In the big
crop Mr Nelll had promised them
But tho market would not decline nor
dirt tho American farmer show any anxiety
to part with his crop All the Muffing
and bragging the pretended Indlffcrcnco
upon the part of English and contlueutnl
spinners the report of large supplies of
old cotton and the thousand and ono
Hcks of tho men who wanted to buy at
their own figures could not make the llttlo
planter sacrifice the crop that had already
every concelvablo trick was undertaken by
ply and Increased demand held the mar
fctil rts llrm us a rock
After two months of arrogant Indlffcr
euco the Liverpool market has surrendered
When November opened with spot cotton
more sttongly held than over und coming
forwurd In much smullcr quantities than
usual tho lljjtlshera seemed to realize that
they bad made a sttong light and had
lost For tho past sovon days they have
been exceedingly restive und oich day
they havo ndded a fractional advance to
their chalk marks Since November 1 Liv-
erpool futures have gone tip JCOld which
Is equal to n gain of 47 American points
or nearly 250 per bale
Tho producer has won tho battle It Is
a magnificent victory and Tho Iost Is
Bind to record it Spot cottou Is today
BO per cent higher thau It was a year ago
Tho advance has come during tho market
ing season and tho far ior Is profiting
thereby Tho market appears to bo in ti
perfectly healthy condition and tho de
mand for the Souihs
ataplo la still en
couraging
THU TUUSIiAY IJLUCTIOVN
The Tuesday elections convey successes
and disappointments to democrats and re-
publicans alike
An impartial analysis ot results must
certainly bring grwte satlafactlon to
democrats than to republicans
Such an off y f campaign as to lta
bearing upor Natlonal lesues and projpoc
Hvo jji dential contestants has not been
experienced slnco tbo establishment of tho
ballot Entirely now Issues havo been de-
veloped and In a measure fought out In
tho mighty battle Just now concluded
Within eJghteen months tho Issue ol tho
trust has been born to American politics
and the SpanishAmerican war of roeent
and unexpected occurrence has evolved a
no less consequoatlal Issue that ot tho
s extension of ompiro by force of arms and
tho maintenance of a vast standing army
to mwtaln a new and alien pollpy There
was anoiher Issue ot men not ot measure
tv but nevertheless an Issue that baa been
IKE republcan torce while Wjlllam J Diyan
jgESSrCi wi utal > similar Telattoaahlp to the
slr V arf D < I confident legions of demsc
vXt Jih W0 lh ° nn ot the p realdent
3r4 aud ° ° 8 ad de ca nP MarK Hanna
morp conipicuAiMly than other 8tate3 waa
W ef PPt < i ° auge tby which to meaa
Sfef urothe peraoptl atrength of the president
1an d to iletermina the pubjo estimate ot
MT hOPPllole ofgovernment aet Inoperation
M < i ex0outlvflic pact > It waa p
teat
i uDfalr o qemocraU b ecauae from it
ftlMptfederal patronagq and focal pride
l W < jt ccepted natwHhstanjding Now
m > i i lhjjVeiuH rfasb republican it
U JruVjijjJws b alectea but hy a alg
nljcaptr r U8dyote Had Mty McKln
iStli
J B < iMiflef for yhkh lie stands
V
frattans of hla home 81a to the voto must
have been larger than any republican
vote Inclusive of hla own slnco 1896 It
waa not No honest student of election int
port and rwult will therefor construe
tho Ohio vote except as a rebuko to tho
republican party for Its protrust and
colonial acquisition declarations
On tho other hand applying Nebraska
to tho test of determining public ladors
ment of the antitrust and antiimperial
istic contentions of Mr Bryan aa Ohio has
been used with respect to tho reverse of
these propositions In the cost of Mr Mc
Klnley tho former stands ratified and ap-
proved by a veto In exoosa of that which
has distinguished prior election ovents
Tho Irrefutable truth Is that Tuesdays
elections can not bo logically accepted In
any other light thau as a rebuke to tbn
trust and imperialistic monomania of the
republican parly that rendered mad and
despotic with power la cunningly en-
deavoring to launch the government upon
a route that If pursued must eventuate
In tho enslavement of tho masses to t < to
soulless pilfering of capital in combina-
tion and to tho control of a vast army
created and augmented from time to ilnio
to enforco the decrees of a government of
ccntralbatlou to bo reared upon tho ruins
of a constitutional republic
COMPMSIKVr TO THIS SOUTH
Under tho title of Education for the
pie In providing ducntlonul facilities tor
tho negroes Is worthy of tho highest com
meidatinn It Is not sufficient to say that
it wns their duty to da what they bavo done
If Ihey had pursued a dlffircnt courso un-
der the conditions which prevailed after tho
civil war thoy tould not have been censured
ery stverely for their property had boon
destroyed and mnn of them wero nlmnit
penniless unnblo to provide propirly for tho
cduentlounl needs of tbclr own children
much less tho needs of the children of their
former elacs It Is greatly to their credit
thnt under such trying circumstances they
did not discriminate against thn ncrjro but
cllnwed his children to have n share ot
school funds which were derled almost
cilllclsms tho evident motive In this casn
suggests a word or two Tho statement that
Manager MacClrcgor controls Tito Iost Is not
true Thp Tost Is controlled by Its excjutlvo
offlcora subject only to n board of seven di
rectors Mr MncOregor being ono of the
oven and having otio voto out of the seven
It li truo that Mr MacGregor Is on a board
of tiustees In charge ot bis dead friends In-
terest but In this respect ho Is nlso In tho
minority Ilu hns never at any time con-
trolled nor sought to control tho course of
Tho Iost Ho ncrepted this trust for personal
reasons from his dying friend with tho un-
demanding that ho wns not expected to cxer
clso control of tho paper and with 11 condi-
tion that ho could not do so and ho has
been faithful to that trust If Mayor lira
shear and his organ deslro to wogo war on
tho street railway for political effect thoy aro
nt liberty to do so and the people will un
derstind the game being playedbut It Is
unniyrssary to misrepresent Tho Post lu that
connection So fnr us The Iost giving placo
to tbo Interview of Manager MncOregor Is
conrernod It In the practice of thin paper to
grant a hearing to nil sides when questions
of publlo Importance nru nt Issue nnd Mr
MnqGrcgor was accorded Identically tha same
courtesy In tbesn columns that was accorded
Mnyor IHashcar In his weak and even pit
nblo explanations of his part In the very un
fortunate school Imbroglio
Now that tho 99 elections are over lfts
got down to business awhile
Iteports from tho Stato of Ohio plainly
stamp tho campaign Just closed thero as prob
ably the most remarkable ono on record
That Is to say never before havo such mcth
ods been used In a puroly Stato campaign
To say nothing of tho unexampled spectacle
of the president of tho United States and all
of his cabinet ministers nn tho stump In a
Stato election never has n State committee
resorted to more shnnioful taclhs to thwart
tho will of the people Tho use ot money of
Federal patronage ot monopolistic Influence
and coercion and of every other form of
political corruption has been sufficient to
astound tbo nvcrago citizen tluit American
governmental afrulrs should como to this at
such a day and age nut with all theso meth-
ods applied and with tho administration ro
sorting to tho still njoro outrageous one ot
endeavoring to create commercial unrest la
view of o democratic victory tho republicans
must per force bo contont with polling
for
disposed ef Its settlement has practically their ticket nnd their policies considerably
and so far as present clrcunmances may IeB M Per m of the entire vote cast
be relied upon to forecast twbsoqueut
oventa Moiormlned that In 1900 WlltUm
MoKlniey will bo the column Seader ot the
And this too In a State largely republican
In politics If the republicans have nn > thing
to crow oyer la Ohio It is not apparent on
tbo surface
Kiplings war poem seems to have arrived
Just n tlino to bo put to use
The polygamous sultsn of Sulu has a harf ra
and a purveyor for it Tho presidents mill
tary governor In tho Philippines has says
the Cincinnati Enquirer agreed thit the
VnlUd states will pay out of Its treasury the
salary of this pimp and pandcrcr of tho su
tan Forty dollars a month will bo paid for
the important aervtco thus rendered o our
great and good friend thn sultan of Sulu
What will ttyi decent pwple of tho United
Btates say to this vb t will ibe religious
people of tho United Stales say to this
What will th flergy and especially what
will the presidents spiritual adviser at Wash
listen say to thj t will the rccrotnrr ot
the treasury estimate for this 140 av month
when callluufor appropriations for the gov
prnmentT And will Mr Allison of Iowa the
chairman o f the senate committee on
appro
jmUcj pjiaf proved y jh uf > prlatlons see thRt the Item I inserted la
Its proper plaeo In an appropriation bill s-
It not time for the president to call a halt
on some of tba vilest of all this vile busi-
ness
Now for the sewerage bonds today The
Post believes the proposition will carry
The Mobile neglstcr swells up with pride
and declares One of our best known law-
yers has a town named for blm In South
Africa True no doubt but the IleglsLrs
man cant claim Ladysmtth although his
nsroo mout be Smith for tho old girt
stands accounted for
Cotton has advancod tlCO per bale In one
week That means a great deal to the South
The Huntsfllle Ala Post declaros The
South has too much politics Perhaps so
Put has It not occurred to our Alabama con-
temporary that tho North Is having Just a
bit more politics than the South
Tho coutlmicd advance In cotton Is tho most
ratifying news that The Post can record
these days
It will bo noted that William Jennings
llryans own State of Nobraekn stood by him
It seems thnt It was a caso ot too much I of tho adoption of Iho constitution of 1S70
beau
Jones for friend McLean In Ohio but nnd what hat been done with the samo
our i ° abcno cMm f rom i < i a 1
before will bo
come gone It a
enso ot too much Hunna for tVtlllnm Mc
Klnlcy In tbo Nation
What would diplomatic Kuropo do It tho
expression traditional friendship were
stricken from the International codc7
What a fuss tho American people will
mako over tho little Deweys exclaims tho
Anaconda Mont Standard Isnt this 1
enso of counting your chickens before thoy
aro hatched
entirely from taxes paid by the whites
Thfl powe consult Bmong thmsclvCB
It the Sun had taken Into consideration t0 the divWon of Chinese territory but big
tho generosity of Texas In tho education stupid China Is not even considered
of our blacks It could have mado even 1 7
a strongor enso In Southern behalf Thoro
entire tax revenues of such county to tho
general treasury
Mayor llrashear had his organ of Tuesday
I to ptlnt this statement In nn editorial
Tho Post of Saturday ghes a very promt
ncnt position to the objections which Manager
I MncOrrgor mokes to tho transfer ticket sys
Itcm As Mr Mnctlregor is one nf the three
itrustcen who handle Tho Post Its Is
nollry
those who hoped to break the market But to a great extent controlled by him This
neither trick nor threat statistical manp I 1 ZnlTol
ulatlon nor speculative boiling could hldo rorket books of corporations havlitE duties
tho fast that the American crop was woe n Iform toward our city and her citizens
fully short whllo th worlds demand wus u th c t time that this unsure
lrnlliftl misleading statotneu has appeared
sure lo bo astonishingly large
from tho snmo source and while ns a general
These two great factorsdecreased supproposlton Tll0 0t Is lnffCTrnt t0 guch
Calling a man to his door and murdering
him Is an open door policy that should bo
are a number of counties In the Texas octroyed by n Judicious application of hemp
black belt where negro children are on tho cart of tho courts nud Juries of the
not only given educational facilities nt tho State
tho white taxpayer but whero
expense of
Another llriCtnm fau to io ground dead
been cut short by nature The French and tho county receives a largor amount In from c0itact wlui a lUo wire nt Dillns this
he Kngllsh and thu Ocrman crop piophots tho matter ot public school apportionment time Lesson Put the wires under ground
hurled btatlstlcs nt tho market Nelll tho by tho Stato than Is represented in tho
notorious New Orleans statistician cumo
foith early In thu season with his flgttro
Jugglery and hundreds of his parasites
In New York and other American markets
Joined in his fight against cotton bogus
telegrams wore sent from all parts of the
South telling of cotton bolus piled up
Its really beautiful to bo Informed that
Mrs Fred Funston calls her llttlo 90pound
husband FrIUIe Tho nnmo Is so appro-
priately suggestive dont you know
Tho llrltlsh censor Is bombarding London
with reports of brilliant sorties and vic-
tories Ho has evidently recovered his type-
writer
Admiral Dcwcy Is to bo congratulated on
not being responsible to tho vulgar acts of
his fool friends lu sending him wedding
presents In ndvunco of the nupllalt
It General Joubert could get hold of Chad
wick uud have him write a latter to General
White tho agony would all bo over tit
Ladysniltb
General Hulicr would better put aside his
decoiatloas when ho bcglus to advance on
tho Boers Theso Dutch sharpshooters can
pick otf u firefly at midnight
SOJ1K POSThCHIIT i
Thero nre It Is estimated nbnut 5000 doctors
In London
Day county South Dakota has producea
two crops ot oats this season
A fenther of nn englo shot by Dowoy ha
been turned Into a pen by n Clncluuatl man
Tho lougcst ear of com ever seen In South
Jcrtoy wnB raised this fall R is 17 > i Inchos
In length
Leavenworth Kim claims tho distinction
of being tbo llrst Amrricati city In tho ship-
ment nf apples
Knglaud has Imported from Spain this ycai
eight times as much Iron oro as she has taken
from any other foreign country
Au attempt is hcltig made to removo tho
rulo providing that London university shall
hold not more thau jjoOOo worth of prop-
erly
In Chinese cities strcots aro never built
straight from superstitious fear that pro-
cessions ot evil spirits might otherwise enter
and remain
Instruction In old and middle Irish has
licoq given at Harvard for three years and
thero will b an additional course this year
la early Welsh
In Ilollvla salt Is sold In tubes about the
sire ot building bricks used In the United
States being pressed Into shnpo when damp
and allowed to harden
POINTS AIIOUT lUOPLU
Mrs John J Ingulls Is famed throughout
Kansas for her bleorkbrry Jam
Mrs Maria Alien of Elyrla O who Is 94
yeara ot age Is the oldest member of the Wo
mans Relief corps
Mrs Sorchan a society woman of Newport
It I has been nominated ns a member of thc
school board of that city
W C Coleman tha richest American negro
has started a large cotton mill at Concord
N C which has 5000 spindles
General Ciprlano Castro the new president
of Venezuela Is but 36 years old Ho Is welt
educated and has spent several years la Ku
rope
Rev Br Wayland Hoyt of Philadelphia has
decided to accept the call given him recently
from tbo First Uaptlst church of Cambridge
Mass
THE PUBLIC LANDS OF TEXAS
What Has Been Done with the States Pub
lie Domain Since the Year 1876
THE RESULT OF INVESTIGATION ORDERED
By Legislature Commissioner Romans Figures Indicate that Pre-
vious Reports of the Condition of the Various State Land
Funds Were Incorrect ExCommissioner Bakers
Statement of Fucts in lioguc Case Discredited
Austin Texas November 8 Following lrnd titles nest of the Nueces ond rclln
u H10 tM V of LAoi Commissioner llo oulshlng by the 4 State ungues under 1291432 thn act of Pub
Ilnry acres
nobly and unllko William Mclilnlcys Stato K ti a report to thu governor of tho work vino fractions estimated nt G3 acres
of Ohio it wan bv n mnlnrltv of nil the preformed by thd commission created by Ono hut drod and tortyalno and tuothlrds
iV i mi i tl Twontyslxth legislature to inquire porclons estimated nt HlSlrt actcs
votes cast at tho election
nt0 Ue tomlltloll dlrtercut laud The amount of Ualma of description
of t cyirj
originating under tne Kepubllc and State of
The British holds the checkrack and i I funriq
censor Toa1 mny bc ctlmalcd Jt 43i5 < JW ncres
of courso continues to win In a game of bluff j His Excellency Joseph D Siycrs Governor Mnklng nn agcrcgatu of claims liquidated
ns long as ho Is not called Of Texas and unliquidated of T SIIKO aires
near Sir In obedience to an act entitled leaving to the State after deducting every
Every time Liverpool adds a fraction to the An act empowering the governor of tho clnlm known to exist u domain of lOil30l
islueof cotton Mr Nelll Is lowered In times State of Texas togothcr with the com acJc
j ° followed tho rulo hetetofojo
tlmatlon of his Hrltlsh friends He has bent mhsloner of the general laud office of said nrtoll f Includlnir In the estimate of
State
repudiated on nil sides and his utterances to employ toutadditional clerks or 3 titled under tho fSrme Kovwnmcuta
8 auy thereof
will no longer bo heeded ns
I to tabulate
That elfish llttlo gentleman Cupid got In j office between
lake
The adjutant general of thp State of > e j aBalnt pr
York Avery D Andrews enjoys the dis-
tinction of being the first president of any
orgtnliatlon
Senator
ably good
Is a letter
distinctly foreshadowing the present war acres
W > w 1
aJX r Vit r
Commisslonee
1
k Austin r November 1 IM
by lire this morning about 4 oclock Tho It will U sen
nro is supposed to have caught from the < rrdeevtor h t thill rrt nf
fluo Tho household goods wero destroyed ftp ° y Mt Zl
and tho family baroly had tlmo to escape iA tn miVm1 5
with hut one suit of cl9thw each Tho eh Ths rfVordVff Vir J
the loss ls oatlmateJ at I3OO0 with some ben tltl hv th f lli th t iM
insurance l lm r harWf nt SP
tho account lu the goneral land Kcn Jn
tho Sta to of Texas and tho
n
Negroes tho altlmoro Sun tip this Bolar p6xu blosy on Adnnl nor permanent school fund and pt ovldlng for nt iMnLtlttXtoTX
gracious paragraph to tho white people ot > o ascertainment ot tho amount ot public
did ho wait to bo ordered to fire lDaul8ncd under the net nr ivhr 1 v in
l ° uth L I SiM ° S B 0I LhJ H 0 1S5 have bee turned as required by
The gciioroslty of tbo Southern white pen
HOUSTON DAILY POST THURSDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 9 1399
said act I have compelled to make
inK an appropriation therofor approved nlDTui i 5 P0IlT
t
March 2 1800 I have the honor to submit Thn fn0n uff cm 1be r 2S5b
1 l
tho follontne rennrf I following atatetnent shows tbo OX
To Trtorn hS work required my pre Zt Z i IT0 ° 0mln ° f
1 th C Ult md
accessor Hon Oeorgo W Finger engaged ig iW
tho services of four competent clerks all ht thl fm ° J0
nnnoa nr ls M0
of whom f
wcrq steadily cmplojcd from fntt
Dolhuldei i >
the 20th of March to the 1st of September I S Xt W acre
1SS las mU ° IoSea IJSSWSW SkZ ST0 ° ° M
tobcr I Grants conflimed by act of 10th of Feb
Durlng this time they evamlned each > 1SM estimated 3741211 acres
file aud each set ot Held notes surveyed U QT bo Kclllrtlc °
and made on the public domain by author sffkfnVw 82i tf SJlms
Bg of
1 liquidated
Ity of law and returned to and filed In and unliquidated 7ii < 4ii accs >
tho general land ofllcc from tho 17th of Leaving to tho State after deducting vvcry
April 1876 the dato ot tho adopdon oficalm known to exist a domain of 101411140
tho present constitution up to tho 23rd acros > S Crosby
day of May lfiDS
Tho duties required ot them were Intri
cate and tedious and the dflU compiled by
thorn wheti
several largo
1 State 17
Commissioner
Austin Texas November 2 1857
Tho area of tho Stato Is cstlmated nt Vl
In book form will mako 366
put squaro mIe3 or 17nri9lE60 ncies
volumes Tilcs by the autjiorltlcs of Spain and
J1lc
Tbo nf the ° 6SIIS4 acres
rccognled Integrity gentle
° r c1 b act of 10th ot Febru
men engaged In the woik and their wPll nr acb
3 l acr
lcnoNY t business ciptelty give mo the as Claims orl glnatln under tho Rcnubllc and
Buranco that their work has been faIthi
77n6443 acres
fully pet formed
The purpose of this report Is
Area against which there Is no claim SI
tWJM acres
Jacob Kucuhler Commissioner
Austin February 3 18ft
The estimated area of tho State 175ail4560
acres
Mabllltles of the State heretofore reported
10 9102 dcrcii
Increased liabilities 7S1C17 acres
Total liabilities 01S10t > 03 acres
Area against which there Is no claim 83
783751 acres J J Oroos Commlsslonor
Austin September 16 1U
The estimated area of tho State 175531560
acres
Liabilities heretofore reported 01029192
acres
Increased liabilities 5337674 acres
Total liabilities 96366766 acres
Area against which there Is no claim 70
257791 acres J J Groos Commissioner
Austin September 1 1876
Tho estimated aroa of the State 175591563
acres
Liabilities Increased 117962240 acres
Atra of public domain against which tbcro
s no outstanding claim 67632320 ncrcs
this number of public domain oomatn
Ing out rivers etc 3756S0 acres
Hy certificates Issued to Irrigation com
1 panics 260800 acres
Alternate sections set apart for tho benefit
of common schools 432itO0O ncres
Incrensed liabilities 0761793 acres
Liabilities heretofore reported 117962210
acres
Total present liabilities 127724033 acres
Tho cstlmnted area of the State 17u5945r0
acres
Liabilities as above 127721033 ncrcs
Area against which thero arc no outstanding
rlalms 47S70527 acro3
From this should be deducted ns not being
subject to location the number of acres of
vacant land lying within the Texas nnd Pa-
cific railway reservation which Is 9332000
acres J J Groos Commissioner
Austin November 1 1S7S
For tbo year ending September 31 1S7S
Hsttmated area of the State from fnew
map Prcsslcr l angerman map of Texas
Including Greer courSty does not Includn
bay and lakes 722SiiO ncres 170SS12S0
acres
Liabilities as above 1S05230S2 acres
Area against which theTO Is no outstanding
claim 40357295 acres
From this should be deducted as not be-
ing subject to location the vacant land lying
wltbln the Texas and Pacific railway reserva-
tion 9332000 acres
Leaving a balance of 31023298 acres
W C Walsh Commissioner
Austin March 1 1SS0
A report of the operations of this ofllce from
September 1 1S7S tho dato ot last report to
March 1 1SS0
Tbo estimated nrea of the Stats Is 172601160
ncrct
Deduct for area ot bays 1722SS0 acres
IJalanco 170SS12S0 acres
Hy liabilities heretofore reported 130523982
ncrcs
Increased liabilities aa follows Certificates
to railroad companies 2159300 acres certlfl
j Maklug an aggregate of claims liquidated j catcs to Irrigation companies wTacres cor
am unliquidated of 73436210 acres tlflcntcs to counties for educational purposes
1 To show tho amount of unapproprl L cnv g to the State after deducting evcrv 123984 acres certificates to veterans under
Mi domain In tho Stato Texaa claim known to exist a domain of 102138350 act of July 2S 1876 93440 acres special net
nted
public ot acrc3
nt tho time of tho adoption of tho constitu-
tion of 1S7G
2 Tho disposition of the same
3 To show what part thereof his been
upon the subject ns well ns for genentl
Information I havo carefully examined tiu
rtporta of all former commissioners of tho
general land ofllce on Mo lu tho office
for the purpose uf giving your excellency
tliu benefit thereof beginning with the re-
port of Hon George W Smyth dated Ni
vatnucr 1 IS it hclng the llHt report
on filo In which rin csllmnto ot tho public
domain is mmle down to and Including
tho report of Hon A J naker dated Sep-
tember 1 1SS unjl havo Inken from their
respective roportf otily that which tpe
clflcally related to thn public domain
In making said extracts for tho siko cf
convenience tho date of each repoit and
nnmo of each commlsslonor appturs slgnrd
ns If their reports treated only of th ceo
nubject When reports for speodlj vcara
are not given It ls because nono for those
jenrs were made thereon viz
Austin Novombcr 1 ISIS
Tho public domain of Texas accordng
to an cstlmutc mado hy Robert Craiubaur
principal draughtsman of this ofllr eom
surveyed or otherwise appropriated for rnT n acres ca ot tno stato ls estimated at 173
the permanent common
S Crusby Commissioner icertificates 4ISO acres alternate sections
Eectlona set apart for the benefit of common
Austin September 1 1S33 schools 21593C0 acres reservation for unl
Iho tabular statement approximately gives verslty 1000000 acres reservation for new
tne condition of the lands of the Statu State eapltol 3050000 acres total increased
° C
XollZ hUCS SP <
1Me 2 2 ace
4 To show the present amount of un isn Confirmed i by tho act of Tebruary 10 1854
appropriated public domain
In view ot probable leglslntlvo action
llabllltics 1331203Cfl acres
Leaving balanco of 317609H acres
Tho Texas nnd Pacific reservation of 9
32r < > 0 acres heretofore deducted from tho
arllabo public domnln Is omitted In tills
1 ncres itirrt because it Is embraced In liabilities by
Claims orlctuating under tho Republic and certificates issued to said railway company
J 49 > 9 > 44l acres lfrom tho number of acres repotttd abovo as
Total amnunt of claims
against thc public
domain 7602S7J2 acres
1 cJSe aftr dc < 1uctlng nil valid claims
r9uCj81S acres Francis M White
Commissioner
Austin September 1 lSCl
available publlo domain should be deduetoq
03 not subject to locution In tho eightymile
reservation from the 100th meridian west to
Rio Grande fi32 200 acres
North of E0mllo reserve and west ot 100th
meridian 4S22000 acres
Total 11143200 acres
1 haro tbo honor to pieseut tho followlnr Jiun > ber of ncrcs of public domain against
biennial report of this office tor tho twolwhlch uero nro no outstanding liabilities
years closing with the 31st of August lbul I tracts of 640 acres and less lying
Recapitulation Estimated area of tho organized counties reserved from location
State 175391560 acres by certificates and subject to preemption and
Titles Issued by mthorlty of Spain and LiL 1 ul da to tl10 publlc dtbt ot tho
Moxlco 22492037 acres ibtnte 20B15714 bales
from
lieu
IateDtcd lands 399 073r a
Unpatented cUImn
lond ofden 1163
the general
Outstandlm issftjlitles 3107726 acres
nT IViJiP yalia eMmt
tho r J11 against
rmjrdomain 793Sfi272 acres
rrfrcie nftor deduettng nil valid claims
6 JSJSS acres Frauds M White
Commissioner
r iv s AU5tln September 1 1863
La h 0 bn ° r to present tho following
closing ou the 31st of August 1S63
veys havo been made would Include an
area of 110735 square miles or U0u7O400
arres leaving an area of 152521100 acres
In which no surveys havo been tnailo
hrom tho mouth of tho Sabine to tho
mouth of tho ltlo Grande our Stato ha ai
extent of 375 miles on tho rulf coast
Tho extent ot our eastern boundary Is
estimated ns follows
Tio Sablno from Is mouth to Its In
erscctIon with tho 33 degree of north
latitude
estimated hy the courso of the
ill lucludliig tho pass nnd ho
Miles
rtvsr to the Arkansas yo lug statement has
been nreiinriV V
ul ° B rlvcr Trh ifsuders cure and It la believed hnVb i milcl
Lt K n ond Northeast
Commissions
293
From the Sabine to li l river I06
iVLv 1 by cour ° f tno stuam
to Its ititersfctlon with the 100th degree
The of nst meridian loogtltudo from Greenwich 620
of thc lOOth degree
n
Claims outstuudlng 4a l33io
acres
Titles Issued by Spain and Mexico 2 02
a acres >
dJ i jaa atraRnin6t ie =
S Crosby Commissioner
HmF U
tho State the follow
aVt d a I h olnw afc s ccurat0
0 tme 010 aT will
newt P8tmated ara I the State I 17 594560
S1 XWV 9 S > 0 l ir1saRaltt lan
<
n rmcd y the Rln Grande from Us moutr 1 Balance against whlAli ii a i
mlC6 In rbmnutTng tho Joseph
lencii n > n
1
estimated mnll bends are not
llmif t h if trt r5r C0 > Prll vvlthlu theso
llmii M i
tLM1 JollTvlnK tlmate has been made
The
Spence Co mniUsloner
Tho climated area 0
Liabilities on January 20 JS70 83433316
i0m
f V
amcunt oMegiulu ne dalni for land
4 m 1 >
M m jMmief abovo Mated n l 3J fiac r
1 StTAS L ° v owJwiS ou calms u > a h3J 3fi fii acs
n O Ut
wn 5mO
0en w5m t jota abuel aBalnt pubc
Austin November Cw clalml WlW r111 cb thero I
Chief Clerk n jAB 5 5lV
C m0Cd AU 0n hA
Uabme
According to the latest rrport of It day s that perlol our Stato haa celel arM MlllnB lo teTtatT reports
JSvans commlsslonor of pensions there Is uo f United States a district of riiintrv
only ono survivor of tho war fit 1812lllraw oHraatci to contain an area of C7 oon ooi
Croak of Northwestern New York He is to J living to thr Blate a sttporfiral
Z nn llquiaated 83 7 0B
llenlitciifc nt Lcninic CU fn Texaii iii ri M < ° nxiu t < y remain
I > eaBMo City Tosos November 8Tho afte ovJj iJLf0 re t nuhllo domain
tthWr w claim 9
Jacob Kuechler Commissioner
ocTho estimated tToi
oc ia
ta
beautiful residence or Captain R C Em know ZV TuZ to m rvport B
w ° m
mctt fronting Clear Jake MtMed
on nbout throo Oco smvih tablim sottts
uTa
me eaat pf Uasuo City waaUestwed OommlSloMr T l lS i1ISrr
St2705HarM Wch tUere l0 Hm M
Jacob Kuechlpr Commissioner
0s e
o t b vSJw
afLUblltle heretofore
af reported TltSSi
sfi it jt
W C Walsh Commissioner
Austin September 1 1S82
Report of tbo operations of this office for
ho past two years ending with August 31
Exhibit D
Showing tho liabilities of the State on tho
public domain The liabilities of tho Stato
havo been Increased ns follows
lly special act certificates 21193 acres
Veteran donation certificates 8SS320 acre3
Certillcatcs issued to Francis Rooney 15360
lea liabilities agalast tie pUbie a rfIiUy < nMn 1 nr W miles
domain r
0M acre F lni Is Included l in l the erttmatrd oien of tho
State If this
jfigja SeJ thcr ° ls no ° claim
Joseph Speace Commissioner
acres
Confederate scrip certificates 2565120 acres
Certincatcs Issued to railroad companies
951ISS0 acres
Alternate sections set apart for the benefit
if common schools 12003360 acres
Increased liabilities 2320 503 ncrcs
Liabilities heretofore reported 151811390
acres
Total present liabilities 177017S95 acres
Estimated area of tho State 172601160
acres
Deduct for nrea of bays 1722880 acres
llalnnco 170S51 280 acres
Outstanding liabilities In excess of publlc
domain CU6615 acres
ho deducted av l ns 051
acre
r 1 1 L1 > < < > ess of liabilities over
the public
doninU of 7814693 acres
W r Walsh Commissioner
Austin August 31 1SSI
ifpor of nl department for two years
ending August 31 18S4
Kxhlblt D
hfi5 lllc llnbJlltlw of the State on the
publlc
domain Thc liabilities of tho State
have been Increased as follows
lly special act
certificates l507 acres
eTa on eertltlcates 1740S0
actes
Ily eerllfleatcs Issued to
Wharton county
under oct of January 16 1850 6642 acres
a0 < I > certlflcates 81020
seres
Dy alternate surveys set apart for tho beno
fit of common schools 81920 ncres
049 acre 181113 aad nrieInP0 claims 291
ll P f lltl 609108 acres
acres vrctoforo reported 177017895
° J1 Present liabilities
177627003 acres
led nrea 0f Jb State US 60l16or arcs
Deduct for area of bays 1722580 acres
SPfeiroMI2M > acres
Outeta ndirg iTabilitlcs in
domain 6743723 acres
iustlnv
excess of public
W c Walsh Commissioner
September 1 1850
iSnhiHi4 Labl e8 acres
Liabilities heretofore roportcd
Sna tel cLfaf d < m uim acres
Liabilities created In excess
fln 7097671 acres
Deduct for certificates not returned
Corresponding alternate
school lK240 acres
nh
located public domain
should be deducted as not bolng subject to Lsltmnted area of tho State excWJl
lays ItOSSlSSO ncios H
location the number Of acreB of vacant land
within tho Texas and Pacific Hallway c xl8ldB August 31
lying lSM
reservation which Is 13693000 acres M 01l c r8 ewe by speclst
J J Groos Commissioner t to 12S0 acres Inrrcaso by niternfl act cm
ipys for common schools 30620 acrtf i
Austin September 4 1S77 ercase by homestead claims
Ejthlblt lTyenr ending August 31 1877 < reaso
Bbowlng the liabilities of tho State on tho SS7
public domain Tha liabilities of tho Stato
have been Increased as follows
Hy special act certificates 1323 ncres
Ily certificates Issued to counties Under tho
art of March 13 1875 123981 acres
Hy certificates iBsued to railroad companies
4672000 acres
railroad certiorates located infi
nbntdoDcd 111040 atrts nlternitV
schools lilotl acres vctcrun onafM
catcs looted In
hj
2GU 2 acres total 3230722 acres
Total nrwortt liabilities In See S
domain 338876 acres ceHMi
It iUUM Oomnfi
romSeptembeV
a R ea O t he SUte A
0 12R i eaac est
acr es
H 1108 oxltlng August 31l
2S0156 acres Increased by specl iJriii
cates 12S0 acres total mmm M
Deduct veteran donntlon cmiucatM i
turned wltbln nvo years and1 brAT
acres deduct Confederate serin imJ
rart 703105 acres deduct ConfcderM
Stato part CS6575 acres total ll hiiiiJ
date 169860011 acres WUtljl
5SSM ot pub ° domain over instil
1020669 acres Ill
R MJlIall CqramJrt
Austin Toxns September 1uB
For two years end ng August imV i
l ng tho liabilities of tho Statp 31 on ttjf
C66 acres
207722 ami
by survcya under act of Mtnv
3S3St acreRr totnl 170133614 atreiS
Hxccbs of public domain over llabiiiun j
W L McOaughey Commls l
Austin Texas September J 13
Approximately thero were wlthla ta sffl
of the Stato of Texna when tho
conitltit
lly rcrtlflcairs Issued to contractors clean SJ Jl ns iai Pie V 75061277 acre
Slnco the adoption of the constltutlm
1676 thero havo been located Vr
and
for vuilous as follows <
1 For building State eapltol 3050000al
2 For preemption and homestend donuS
claims 1857897 acres
3 For Stato University set apart br t
constitution of 1876 1000000 acres
Surveyed for under act of April 10 nj
1000000 acres
Totali 2ouu000 acres t
4 Surveyed und set apart for county icW
purposes l51372t acres
5 For common school fund In all jus
000 ncrcs
0 For railroads and other corporation iu
Individual purposes 31430730 acres
7 Sold under act of July II 1579 ui il
act of March 29 18S7 In all 8263235 m
Making nltogother 721075dJ acres which to
duct from tho 75061277 ncres above no
tloned and wo have 3S33691 acres ctti
surveyed public domain
now on hand t
Thero have been recovered from HuTtl
road companies as will hereinafter bo tctM
In detail 1359130 acres it
Thero havo been locsted and stirveye M
of the publlc domain since the idoptlot 1
tho constitution of 1S76 about 112506S1 trn
against which the State common school toi
gopno alternate amount or like qusntltf
The separate purposes for which all n
250681 acres wero as follows
1 For State eapltol 3050000 acres 1
2 For Stato University 1000000 acre
3 For locations by certificates ot the Jn
class 2627803 ncres 5
4 For locations by certificates of the ikqeI
class SS569 acres t
1 For locations by certificates ot the V
class 143261 acres V
fl For locations hy bounty and donitlM
warrants other than veteran doaatloa t
tlflcatcs 121262 acres
7 For locations by veteran donation certhV
catcs 1169383 acres
5 For locations under our preemption ul
homestead donation laws 1857897 acres
9 Of tho 325 leagues which wete survtjtl
nnd sot apart by the nets of 1ES1 and 1883 tot
county school land purposes not Included h
Item three 3 thero remains unapplied to
counties 190401 acres
10 Locations by International aud Orut
Northern railroad certificates Issued 11
straights that ls whero no alteratl
amount for the school fund wa3 required te
be surveyed 1100000 acres
Mnklng altogether 11250681 acres f V
AgalnBt which the school fund did nct pl
au nlternatH or like amount y
Andrew J linker CommsiloM
<
From tbo foregoing It will bo ohserm
that certificates were authorized aad
sued for more laud than the State jhil
public domain Dut cortltlcatss fpr
oral million acres havo been forfelS
and barred by limitation becauso ttti
were not returned to tho land offko wltill
the tlmo prescribed by law or oecaiitfof
double locations S
Pago 71 March
Tho attention of your excsl aniy lsSJ
vlted lo the report of Hon J J Grwl
dated September 1 1S76 four montlu It
ter tho constitution was adopted I
states the estimated area of tb3 Stalet
bo 1755945C0 actes against which ft fWf
time he says thero wore ouwtanjliigiui
bllttlcs aggregating 117062240 acrii
Ing an area ngainat vvhlch thoro Is Hi
outstanding claim amounting to r76J2ft j
acres from which he says jhoulJ bd it
ducted 13002000 acres of vacant land Ur
ttated within the Texas and Pacific reser-
vation Thu correct number of acres I
such reservation as computed and iicyt
tatned by tho special commission lUiNf
the not approved March 2 1S9D ls 1361is
44890
In this connection I beg to state that li
Texas and Pacific lallway rcervatlon
segregated from the general mass cf pob >
lie domalu by an act approved May 2ISU
Within this reservation the Texas and r v
cllle Railway company had tho exclusive
right to locate certlflcates Issued to It Di
tho State and for every certillcuo JocatW
for Itself a like amount of laud wwl
required to ho located by t at tbJ
tlmo for tho permanent chool fund Artf
ot 1S73 Special Laws of Texas p 323
Therefore that portion of jaid resrr vi
tion upon which the Texas and PaciWt3
Railway company was entitled to locate 1U
certificates and vvhlch wns done ptlor ifjt
July li 1870 must llrst bo deducted in cru-
ller to determine the amount which 1vb
subject to disposition under other laws J
It has been dellnltoly ascertained tb 1
tho amount actually located for Itself W
said company Is 3047720 acror of wbfc
the Stito slnco recovered by euit 22468
acrea and vvhlch was transferred to tqf
credit of the permanont echool fund by <
act approved April 18 1S93 and that au
company at the samo tlmo located for tn
permancrjt achool fund 3C17S34 ac n
grcgatlns 7293004 acrea See Bxhlbltijj
A and BI A
Deductlpg from the amount so rceMfjv
for tho benefit of said company the airoupfif
actually located by tho company for f
and for th o permanent school fuud tlt j
wero left 637881400 acres ot said i crv > 1 <
tlon vvhlchbccarao subject to disposal una
Ucr the
act approved July 14 1S79 P
General Laws of Texas and as omw y
by acts approved March 11 1S81 usee j
January 22 1883 2 April 10 1
page
31 1885 page 104 V > fl
March 29 1887 page 61 General Laws Vn
It is suhmlUod that neither or the eTOn
mates madp by predecessor W
my
1767003 Po 1 0 081 ln h report dated September M
1870 g corrct Jn taet > t dld not parfj
P ° rt
acres r tl10 Slatc S60UCO f tho Stato vVas unknown Its bound
non Orando river and M
IJcduct for area of bays 1 72 sso acres Mexico
lexico >
Ualancc 170SS12M acres and ajong Ited rlvor wero l1ij
undefined and Unknown to tho land ofOrt
of nubile do I
authorities VifA
While It was doubtless
wlthlt ety bcat estimate that could bo glv iT y
ai lVm m from thoiata comman
ltatoni r ss26S0 I acm by contu < > jla at hs i
for common
Total 394320 acres
domain Total pnsent 3152591 liabilities acres In oxces a ot publu
w P > JVaJsh Commissioner
Increased SMn lav
as follow
tlou
locations ami every other eburaeffH
U of
acre JW M
nlltes a gl
Ktllmated eare of thl aii
b ye I70tsi50nef Sllitt cluilve ot
it was not even approximately correct
Again it Is stated by him that the total
outstanding liabilities against tho pvW S
domain from tho Inception of tho UepuMIt
P to thit tlmo Septomber 1 M
was 117002240 acres This estimate
braces njl tbo land titled by the fornffW
authorities of Spain and Mexico and j
Irst second ana third class cvrtlflcajeBf
bounty and donation warrants proc Pv
certlflcates or yrauts authorized unofr
Jaws of thn Itenubllo or State of Te vj
On tho 23rd of February 1874 hla repnW
shows outstanding liabilities against tW
mi lnS b l r 7MB ln W Of publlo do tt > W rca of be Btoto to JlSl0fw4
Deduct hr La rSr acrM n lncraao of llabllltiea br l
5ra certllloates th publM
against
y d < hln
ItMr ffnr uWfSi l WiSH omaD w hln llt f short space o lf5i
alternate common wbools i istteu Zlrrt of n 1 eJiaU r of 26151430 ae H
acresi which amount tertlfteates gre <
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