The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-05
IFrom tn 4. Maine State Press of Oct. 4, 1877.
History of Seven Days.
The News for the week ending Wed mes
day Night, October 3.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

uHy Ni$uts OCtODcr DE-
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Secretary of the Interior has appointed
commission consisting of Gen. Meigs Adolph
Cluss, architect of Washington, and Edward
Clark, architect of the Capitol extension, to in
vestigate the condition of the wall in the burnt
portion of the Interior Department. building.
The following was the coinage at the mint
during September: Double eagles 81, 1872, 200;
trade dollars $4OS, 400; quarter dollars $3496O1;
dimes $4,000. Total, 81 ,056, 200.
Senator Sharon of Nevada, owing to pri-
vate business, will not be able to attend the
special session of Congress.
The commission appointed by the Cabinet to
investigate the public buildings will probably
recommend the construction of outside stair
cases at either end of the public printing office
building for safety in case of fire.
Saturday the jury in the case of F. A. Sawyer,
ex-Assstant Secretary of the Treasury, w. f.
Davis, ex-Commissioner of. Customs, and Frank
W. Brooks, formerly.of Memphis, and now of
New York, rendered a..verdict of guilty. These
parties were charged with conspiracy in pre-
sentng and obtaining fraudulent claim from
the United States CONNECTED with cotton trans
recommended Sawyer to the mercy of the
Court. 1t did not appear from the testimony
that he received any of the money, but was
under improper influence. The penalty Of the
offence is from one to five years imprisonment
at hard labor, or fine of not less than $1,000
or not more than $4,000. Various exceptions
having been taken to the rulings of the Court,
an appeal will be taken to the general term.
VIM. a. Barstow, late clerk in the Treasury
Department, and Gen. Roddy were also in
dicted, but Barstow was acquitted, and Roddy
being absent from the county, could not be
tried,
POLITICAL.
The Kansas Republican Central Committee
has decided not to call state convention but
to put into nomination for chief justice to fill
the unexpired term, Hon. A. 81. Horton, who
now fills the position by appointment.
Those Republicans who disapprove of the
action of the New York State Convention have
called mass meeting at Cooper Institute for
the evening of October 10, for the purpose of
endorsing President Hayes's policy. George
William Curtis, Joseph FL. Choate and Gen.
Dix have been invited to address the meeting
The New York Republicans nominated the
following ticket: SSecretary of State, John G.
Churchill; Treasurer, Francis Sylvester; At
torney General, Granville. Tremaine; State En-
gineer, Howard Soule.
The Maryland Democrats held their state
convention at Baltimore Friday and nominated
Thomas J. Heating for Comptroller by &C
clamation. The resolutions endorse the Presi-
dents Southern policy; call for revision of
the tariff; oppose further grants of public
lands to corporations.
The Minnesota Republicans at their state
convention Friday unreservedly endorsed the
Presidents Southern policy and his measures
for reforming the civil service. Gov. Pillsbury
was renominated.
THE INDIAN COUNCIL.
Thursdaythe President received the Sioux and
Arappahoe delegations from the Red Cloud
and Spotted Tail agencies at the Executive
Mansion. There were present. Secretaries
Evarts and Schurz, commissioner of, Indian af-
fairs Smith, Gen, Crook, Lieut.. Clark, who
commanded the Indian Scouts at Red Cloud
and Spotted Tail agencies, DR.. Irving agent of
the Red Cloud reservations, Mr.. Hayt, the re-
Gently appointed Commissioner, Bishop Whip
pie and several ladies, including Mrs. Crook,
wife of General Crook.
The Indians arrived at the Executive Man.
sion in full costume. paint and feathers The
President appeared and the Indians were pre-
sented to him. Some merely shook hands
with much gravity, while others broadly smiled
and uttered an enthusiastic ''How do" White
Tail was particularly happy to shake hands
with the President and exclaimed "How dye
do" several times before releasing his hand
Welsh made brief address to the President
explaining in general way the desire of these
tribes to enter upon life of civilization, and
their anxiety to be located upon life of civil
cation, and their anxiety to be located upon
the various sites of land where they believed
their welfare for the future would be estab-
lished
The speakers were Red Cloud, Big Rood
Iron Crow, Three Bears American Horse
Young Man Afriad- of-his-H Horses, Yellow Bear
He Dog and Black Coal, all Of whom expressed
the desire to be civilized and live like the
white people, to have farming stock of all kinds
including cattle and sheep, moving machines,
ploughs and wagons and schools for their chill
dren. They prefer to remain where they now
live and not 60. to the Missouri river which
freezes in winter SO they cannot get their sup
plies.
Spotted Tail said he had been frightened into
signing the Black Hills treaty. He complained
that lands were taken from the Indians with
out asking their consent, and that the white
man drove away their game and reduced them
to starvation. He wanted to stay where he now
lived and bring up his children like white peo-
pie.
Swift Bear, Red Bear and Touch-the- Cloud
coincided in Spotted Tails views.
1t is evident that the Indians are not satis-
fed with the proposed arrangement
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Hon. Cassus M. Clay of Kentucky shot and
instantly killed negro named Perry while
near Richmond, KY, Monday. The coroner's
jury acquitted him on the ground that he acted
in self-defence.
In an encounter between strikers on the Kan
sas Central narrow gauge road and sheriff 8
posse, Monday, the ringleader of the strikers,
named Hartman, was shot dead by Capt
laugh, one of the posse.
Bugbees and Browns blocks in Putnam,
Conn.,, were destroyed by fire Sunday. A large
number of firms were burned cut Loss $685.
600; insurance $4,000.
President Morton of the Philadelphia pas
senger railroad, charged with issuing fraudu-
confederates, HUM and Vickers, in 100000
EACH
Yellow fever still prevails and as bad as ever
at Fernandina. Florida. The disease has also
appeared at Port Royal, s. @.
The business portion of Wyoming, Ia, was
burned last week. Loss $4,000 to $4,000.
Frederick B. Goodridge, pay roll clerk in the
patent office, has drawn the money of some
clerks on false pretences and forged signatures
to the amount Of $4,000. He acknowledges his
guilt.
William G. Gilman, scrip broker in Wall
street, obtained two 800 scrip certificates of
the Atlantic Mutual Marine Insurance Com
pany, which he has since raised to $1,000 each
and hypothetical with Henry Talmage & Co. +,
for loan of $4,000. The American Exchange
Bank say they hold several certificates Of the
same insurance company, amounting in the
original to $1260, but raised to 1920 All