Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-22
OTTUMWA, WAPEILO COUNTY. IOWA, SEPTEMBER
The MARSH cow MuSalON
TESTIMONY TAKEN YESTERDAY
Special Dispatch TO the Chicago
Trihunh

TESTIMONY TAKEN YESTERDAY
Special Dispatch to the Chicago
! Tribune.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Sept.l3
-'rhcindications arc that the
Red Cloud Investigating Com
mission have discovered all
that they arc likely TO do here.
Tho members of tho Commits
sion who have taken an active
part In the examination, and
who alone appear to have a
conception of the nature oi
their duties, have signiiied
their intention Of retiring
from the Commission this
week. Private business re
qnires their attention. A few
more witnesses will be exam
ined. A considerable portion
of the remaining time will be
required to analyzo the vast
amount of testimony. The
Commission had not until yes.
terday had any general meet
ingfor a conference upon tho
evidence, or the probable ma.
ture of that report. So far as
can be gathered
THE MAJORITY REPORT
will criticise the action Of the
Agent and some Of the con-
tractors at the Red Cloud
Agency, but will not say that
the Secretary or other officers
Of the Interior Department
have. been guilty or conscious
Of wrong. If the Democratic
minority report. should there
be one, is to be Judged by the
apathy and inaction of the
Democratic members of the
Commission, it will be a very
inofensive political docu-
ment.
The investigation to-day
brought out the facts that Bos-
ter. who furnished the beef
without being the contractor,
msde for his net profit laat
year, out of the beef sold 10
the Red Cloud Agency, $780,
GOO. Boster was shrewd
enough 10 decline to show the
Committee how he could re-
alize the profit, assigning as
his reason for his refusa. the
desire not to disclose the
secrets of fifteen years expe-
rience to competing contrac.
tors.
PROF. MARSH
was examined this evening by
the Red Cloud Investigating
Commissioners. The cross
examination was quite rigid,
and put the Professor in a
very embarrassing position.
He was unable to sustain any
of his charges from his own
personal knowledge. He was
pressed particularly close to
ascertain whether he had any
specific evidence to sustain
tho charge Of criminal negli-
gence on the part of Secreta-
ry Delano. He had only hear
say evidence as to any of his
charges. and that for the most
part derived from Indians
whose credibility no admit
ted was questionable. Alto.
gether, Prof. Marsh showed
that ho has not q vorv s~cW~stn
npPrcciaiion OF the nature Oi
evidence and that many of his
charges cannot be proved.
DIR. q. G. Cox, of this city.
VINO was one OF the Special
commission appointed in
1874 to negotiate with the
Sioux Indians relative to the
surrender of their hunting
privileges u! Nebraska, tcsti-
fled that after he returned
home Secretary Delano
wrote him, asking him if he
had seen anything wrong in
the matter OF rations, and he
replied that he had not. In
his letter he spoke Of sam
Piles OF flour shownhim by
Col. Long, which Long pro-
nounced unfit for use. lie
spent an hour or so at Yellow
Hairs camp, snd took tea with
him. They had short-cake.
which WAS rather dark aud
heavybnt still tasted good. as
be was very hungry aud tired.
He was in . delicate state of
health at the time, and it
produced no injurious result
that he could discover. He
would regard suchcake as in
ferior. il found on a table In
Washington. He asked if no
might give his impression of
what he saw in the Indian
country, and, permission be-
ting given. he said he never
heard an Indian complain of
the quality ofArticles furnish
ed him. There was great
complaint in council. and no
Indian could speak without
arraigning the Great Father
for violating treaties, ETC., etc.
The Indians were chronic
grumblers, and, in his opinion,
q little less indulgence and a
little more authority by the
Government would be better
both for the Indians and Gov
ernment.
An Illinois Judge has
lately decided that teachers
and directors cannot expel q
pupil from the public schools
on accoun: of absence, on the
ground that the child does not
become the creature or slave Of
teachers by being enrolled,
the parents having q right to
send their children to school
only as they can spare them
from home.
"A Kentucky doctor ad-
yises a bath of salt brine for
persons VIII o havebeen struck
by lightning and are supposed
to be dead. He says they
should DO bathed for several
hours, and If not restored TO
life they will at least be
clean for the grave.
An exchange gets off the
following1good hit on the fell