790 



TBXA& 



TUB 



of 1891 from that of 1890. the production has 

 shown a steady increase since 18t, when it ua- 

 :.,:.,-, , . . > .; . 117. During ix. 

 then was a production f 30.259 1< 

 brown hematite n -n ore, valued at $1I.~>7I. and 



oil. I.H-ally 



called petrol, un. but known t,. differ f: 

 found In sinking wells f. -m An- 



tonio, and valuable as a lubricant, had an out- 

 put of W Urn-Is*. A rich find of cinnai 

 fl^MMM^i in the momr n the I'.i- 



Bond <>f the Rio Grande, about K NI miles from 

 Marfa riation on the .Southern 

 and wascxplore.l in Au-u I'-of. W. P. 



Blake contribute. 1 a technical report on r 

 gion to the " Trans i :' the An 



Institute of M 

 tiOM of the year " i Utonc. *;. 



limestone, $41,526; salt. 1 value 



lol.iMNi ; 9,000 I, value if'J 



rl tons, all calcined into 

 plaster, valued at $87,800. Tne varion 

 products w. i .n or pressed brick, $895,- 



b59; fan.-> and ornamental brick, $16,M5> : tire 



:;>: v, trilled pavin- brick, $1,000; 

 drain -: sewer pi pc, $2.000 : miscella- 



neotift. $16.(KM; : total value. *: State 



humble, report in u r in l x 



thegrnmie interests, said that during 1 S '.M there, 

 had been shipp* . n- of t,-ne from the 



Granite mountain. N miles south of Hurnet, 

 for the jetties at (ialveston, and that lar-- 

 quantities were bain onarriad for similar use 

 me Pass and Ualcasieu. Large ship- 

 menu were also U-ing made for use in the con- 

 struction of public buildings within and with- 

 out the State. The new courthouse at 

 Worth in iM-ing built with red granite from a 

 quarry near Kingsland. 



PII_' ili-m. h n sequence of the announce- 

 ment that a pri/e fight would take place in Dal- 

 las County iti <> . Culberson is- 

 proclamation. Julv ','; _ pri/e lights to 

 be unlawful in T :n<; the duties of the 

 peace officers, and warning all parties interested 

 in the proposed contest He also called a spe- 

 cial session of the Let 'onOct.l, 

 and pam a bill making prize fighting a felony. 

 Such a bill was adopted Oct. 2, by a vote of 1 07 

 TM to 5 nay* (15 absent or not voting in the 

 House, and by 27 yeas to 1 nay in 1 1 



"Confresa. A State Farmer-' Con- 

 Id at Fort \\ 



th. Keb. 1! ai 



i^iH'd ati the fanners of the 



Slat*- to reduce the cut ton acreage .v 



- undertake a diverificati 

 MI their attention to mi-ing an( i 

 ling cattle ami sheep, and, as far as poh- 

 MfB; and to encourage the establishment of 

 mprin of efwry decri|t 



< -tt.in (oBTentloB. A convent 

 ton irmwrm wan held at Waco, March 28 m 

 vMar a resolution .i t), e necewitv f<.r 



the atro^t emnomr in pla 



s marfcrl. on arcount ol ea. a < >m- 



- i t.,,-,,|,f,. r ith th. 



r and the n f th- 



laml r*ilr.^l with a rfcw to securing more 



faroraU* ratm for transportation. Th .-,,i,vcn- 

 r^" 1 "* 1 " addrws, similar in t- 



that of the Fanner*' Congress. 



Irrigation. The second annual convention 

 of tin 1,,-ld in 



\eral interesting 

 . 



adopt, .i.i/.ation o 



iaSOCiatkMM in each -oiinl\. and r- 

 1 1 1 - t i 



nd it" t"p graphical HIM 

 OTI r th-e I .art" of ;,d NilllllWi 



in which th. rill I..- th. 



v aji|>licalle t" irrigation. 



II I! K I \ , an -ni|ire in eastern F.nrope. The 

 Sultan i- an ab->olute ruler umler the pi 

 K ran. and by nio^t Sunn! 

 hamine.lan- lie i- n \ n-ncVd a-> the Kl, 

 I-lam. The throne i- hnvditiiry in the h- 

 OMiian, the eld -I male born'in the n 

 harem succeeding ulieii ;i . The 



reigning Sultan is Abdul II. t.,in'>. 



Io the t hrolie <i|| Allu r . '-'>\. I s i'i. \\ hell 



i"tlnr. Mnrad \'. \\;i" deposed on the 

 groiiml of insanity. The Sultan'- Cabii. 

 composed in the beginning ol i^'.i.'i as follows: 



Grand Vizier, Djevad Pasha, appointed ii 



tcmb. icikh-ul-Maiii. .Mehin.,1 I < 



Kddin KtTcndi : Mini-id 

 Minister of the Interior. Ilalil Hilat i 

 Minister of Fon-i.i:n AlTair-. Sai.l 1'a-lm: 

 ter of l-'i nance. Na/.if I 'a -ha ; Mini-ter of Marine, 

 Hassan I'a-ha: Minister of J'nltlic In-trud ion, 

 Xuhdi I'a-lia : Mini-ter of Justice and Worship, 

 -ha: (iran.l .Master of Artillery, 

 Xckki I'a-ha: h.tendaiit of Kvkafs. (ialib : 

 Minister of Commerce and Public \N"orlv. TevJik 

 : without portfolio, hjevdet Pa-ha. 



The Army. Military ^ 

 the term of service in the permanent arm. 

 three years for the infantry and foi. 

 the other arm-, but every conscript when he 

 has served live months can purdia-- 

 for the rest of the period. Con-cri; 

 to the depot reserves must serve from >ix to nine 

 months. After passing through the act ivi 

 men may be called upon to do military (i 

 two or tin n the r/ifiinf. 



ei^ht years in the / . iiidwehr, .; 



years "in the ///IM//I/I// . .r Landsturm. 

 army is di-tributed in 7 orthm. or niilit.-i- 

 CUmscriptiona, b.->iilex separate divi-j. 

 Arabia. Tripoli, and Crete. There ha\ 

 -.'s-J battalions of infantry. \ 

 fn.in '^."iO t<. -V>0 men. armed with .M 



and !') millimel res' caliber, lit t , i 

 magazines holding 5 cartridges : p.i." -|i. 



ilar cavalry, each numbering from 

 M> Ii 



irre-ular-. each numbering 600 men: and !<!! 

 Held artillery, each of <i pj, 



iefl of moiinterl artillery, ami -Hi m- 



let, The act ua! iiu'th of 1 1,. 



nt 180,000: the 



I he N;i\y. After having sold the strongest 

 vessels to other (tovernments in the stress of 

 financial ditliculties. the ntton 

 has bejrun to replace them, but has no n 

 armor-clad yet in a state of comple- 



most powerful i- the Me^-.udy. - 

 8.900 tons displacement, with 12 im-he- ..f armor 

 ami a battery of 1'J l*-ton guns. |-',, U r old 

 iroric!.-: ns di-placement. are being 



fitted with 2 11-im-h Krupp guns mounted in 



