Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-06-02
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anu SpOtttu lhi uOtu say tO-ulSut tuty
will not hold any council with the Sc
rotary Tomorrow. but intend to hold a
council among themselves and talk over
the proposition made by the Secretary of
the Interior to-day. They are somewhat
confused and say they do not understand
what the Secretary means when he tells
them the Government does not intend to
force them to go. and then says if they
do not go the white people will be al
lowed to come into their country and
Congress will probably withhold appro-
priations from them. They think this
looks like forcing them. In conversa-
ton among themselves this afternoon
they all agreed never to go down into
the Indian Territory, and that i! the
Government attempts to force them it
will require all the army. They think
there is room enough for them on their
own reservation and they can get along
without the Black Hills. The remarks
OF the Secretary of the Interior at the
council of the Sioux Indians were SINH
lar to those OF the President yesterday,
showing the necessity of their removal
from the Black Hills
The Papal ENJOYS called on the Presi
dent and various members of the Cabi-
net to-day and We're cordially received.
The surveying party sent out by the
Government to locate the line of the
proposed ship canal across the Isthmust
| Al Panama. having completed its work,
has returned The expedition was sub
jected to numerous hardships land dan
gers 10 health. but no loss of life occurred
among the officers or men. The early
estimate of $50. 900 600 for the work is
not sufficient The Nspipi Atrsto route
is the shortest but will require Ave and
one.quarter miles of tunneling.
The President signed the commission
of Thos. Simons, of New York, to be
Assistant Attorney General of the Uni
ted States, vice John Goforth.
ST. JOHNS, May 28.-A fire broke out
this morning in a barn near Kettles
brewery, Portland, a suburb of this city
and spread very rapidly. 1t was checked
on Main street by fire engines sand Il va
cant lot, but almost everything between
that and water was burned out. The
fire was got completely under control by
D. m. st. Luke's church, sixty-eigh
houses and shops, and large number o.
outbuildings and o ship on the stocks
were destroyed. Loss, $3.50, 900, hal
covered by insurance. One hundred ant
forty families are rendered homeless.
Sioux CRY, Ia, May 28.-The Jour
nails extra, this afternoon, says that OF
last Friday morning, the soldiers unde
Captain Walker, entered the camp O
Gordon City. Neb., aud burned fourteen
wagons, rations. supplies. arms. and des
troyed everything belonging to the Blacl
Hills Transportation Co., except som
baggage, which they loaded into six re
naming wagons and started for Fl. Ran
dali, making the men go on foot. som
of them being barefooted, their boots an
clothing having been destroyed. Thei
) mules gave out on the way and much {
the baggage was thrown out. After th
=. capture, the officers ransacked the camp
I helping themselves to anything the
8 could use and then turned the soldier
q loose at the remainder without hin
drance.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The Secretar
}, of the Treasury to-day directed the r,
n tirement of $685., 760 from the currene
n balance of the Treasury, the same beir
80 per cent. of the additional circulate
i issued to banks during the preset
It month. Until further orders the circ,
n lating medium shall not exceed $377
ia C64, 055.
Information is received at the Sta
% Department Of the passage, by ACCLAIM
If ton, in March last. by the Cortes of Il
le Kingdom of Portugal, of an act grantil
unconditional freedom to the remainil
. Portuguese slaves, known as apprentic
~ or freedmen.
Of The King and Queen of Sweden ha
If arrived at Berlin, on visit to Il
"a Emperor.
Latest revised figures OF the Holyol
" disaster places the dead at II, fatal
r, burned %, otherwise injured q.
to Horace Maynard, the new America
Minister, has arrived at ConstantinopI
Jackson, the defaulter, is held
$49, 900 bail, IN charge of embezz
of ment.
re The Sioux delegation yesterday col
, planned bitterly of the quality of suppl
u furnished them. On being assured th
1g they would have better in future, tn
ce withdrew.
20 Prof. Marsh writes to the New Yo
y Post, complaining Of the injustice do
ng him by recent Washington dispatc
He regrets not having criticised the
dian management years ago.