The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-09-16
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, sept. lS.-Ihe Fed Cloud
commission expect to hnish their exAmina-
lion OIL Witnesses IN Washington the present
week. froi. Marsh and Commissioner oil
ihn'ah Ahairs smith, were at the Commits
- ~ - Today. The latter VIII make
= occupying less than half an
Hou,. Tioi. Marsn desires the PERSONAL at
. s u several more witnesses, among
.hem MI: bresier, VINO Is now IN Michigan.
Mr. 6feVier ma. sent statement, but frot:
Msnn wants nun mere. Mr.. bosier' oeei
contractor, was examined To-Day aS 10 the
purchase and denvery OF cattie by him
unaef me Foreman contract, ior The year
enI,nS Win the 'Vth OF June last
Inc entire emu number OF cattle purchased
SI -s'Soo. Inc numDef aenVefeo at hed
S Nj cn' Spotsea Tau anu otnef agencies was
Io,Coo, Inc dinefence between tnese amounts
having been lost oy stamPedes, tneits OF In
olans, cue. TOT Ine cattie genSeieu the
government PAd s'oV,ooo: Inc cost OF the
cattie, WIN tne expense OF deIverins them'
was sooi,ooi, ana aeducung tne interest on
the ACCOUNT anu the incidental expenses,
'hele was het Daiance Oh ptont 10 the
con.iac.o, oi SlSo'VVV. WIN fesaru 10 the
cohtiaSt ior 1919 every head Oh cattle re-
ceIP'eu Ior was ueiivefeu.
". Y. y. COx, OF TINS CITY, VINO was one
Oh me special commission appointed In
1919, 70 negouate win the SIOUX INDIANS,
Nia!i'e 10 IHe surrender OF thelf hunting
privilege IN Nebraska, testihed that's con al
yer ne returned nome, secretary Deiaho
wrote nm, asking MN II ne haa seen any,
"
the Iepiy was that ne had not, In ms lei
Yer, ne SPOKE oil samples OF hour shown
MN y Vol. Long,. winch long pronounced
unnt ior use. ", W.,
ne spent an hour OF 80 AZ ieiiow hair
camp and took yea Win hin' they ha1
a snort cake, which was rather dark and
hea'y, out sui tasted gooo, as ne was very
hungry and ured; he was In delicate
heaih, ana II Produceu no Injury AT all.
lie SAD that he never heard an Indian
complain oil the quality OF the articles fur-
nished INN. There was great complaint
IN the Councii and no indian could speak
without arraigning the great iatner Tor VI
Oiatlng treaties, etc; the Indians were
chronic srumblers, and, In his opinion,
little less indulgence and a little more au-
,honiy by the Government would be better,
both Tor the Indians and the Government.
.o, A'Iorhey uehe .I Tnt:elrepon' !hls =. u:
Tap"eu !" he DIslict A..1rney az
U.s. W 1nioi I:. NM sitnc!' u
"a "a 1ne pieSen. oonoi'ioii VI 'iiairs Ill
'na1 part y, 'ie o.a@
,ha, Ia as S.J Ittp a1 " ~ uo'elnGf Anes
1iA' nc nAu ioi Hiueu " the !Iesiueh', AZ
=. long I1anch, al "'eeiains IN reSaru 70
~ 'louoieS, aI.u nov was a"Ai!,ng 'he tur-
: Inc, .ic.iTn u .he 1Iesigshl. ~ As Prooa
PIE INA. 'he resioeni VIII return 10 " asn-
!i'soon Io.iolfoM u next aay' "hen cap
iHe' meeting VIII Ne neio 10 consider Inc
Ea :loIcles
:, III, inc inI'an; C .sTss 'Gaay aaop'i
g. 81 'Ic .o:.o"i ing SohiliiSsionsis u
iiie Olslllc' % Soi1lnDia naue hes " n Win
oeeP esret oi the death Oh nenry L: blow,
VINO was member 1i the commission a.
oriSihaiiy constituted anu Ialthiully dis,
charged mis- duties as Commissioner until
ne resigned. Ills colleagues ana successors
unite w 'he expression Oh their profound
respect iof ms memory, ana their sincere
sympathy win ms lam1iy IN Iheir great
and irreparaoie loss. lie was highly In,
sei.igeh,, en'erprislhe anu Fa.iio'e, anu
"a peliorll'tu every p1isa,e anu pup
TIC trust 'ha' WAS conini'leo 10 MIN.
WASHINGTON, Sept. l4.-Prof: Marsh,
to-day, before the Red Cloud Com
mission, was questioned at length. He
said that Bosler was the real contractor for
shipping beef to the Sioux agencies, though
he might be acting under the contract OF
others.
Prof. Marsh, in his statement, said he
judged from his experience with the Indian
Bureau that the Commissioner was IN
willing to receive information respecting
the loose management OF affairs at Red