Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-26

fork OF Bird creek, killing seventeen warriors
dren and sixty or seventy head of stock. Lo s
OF UmatillaS two ponies. The Umatillas had
previously killed Egan and thirteen warriors
three hundred head of stock. The hOstiles al e
demoralized and breaking into small parties
with the intention, as reported by captured
make their way to the Bannock or Buffa' 0
country. MCDOWELL, Major Genera.
The Congressional Campaign.
The democratic managers of the Congress
siODal campaign have as yet done but little in
the matter of organization and act as though
they feel assured that the lower branch of the
Forty-sixth Congress will be democratic, and
hence, in these hot days do not care to exert
themselves. Per contra, the republican Con-
gressiOnal committee has been hard at work a
month or more. A commodious Headquarters
has been rented on street, corps of clerks is
at work. and in all directions campaign litera-
ture favorable to the republican cause is being
scattered broadcast The speech which seems
to be most in demand is that made by Con
gresham Frye, of Maine, reviewing the mill
tary services of the corps of alleged discharged
Union soldiers on eX-DOOrkeeper Polk's roll
1t is brief, full of sarcasm and withering wit,
and is especially being sent into the rural dis
tricts of the west, now thickly populated with
the veterans OF the late war. Another speech
for which heavy orders are received,
both III the east and west, is the speech
wherein. he exposed and defeated the
bill, which was about ready. to be passed
sOuth large sums of money for services rem
dered, and which it was ascertained by Will
lets from the archives of the confederate gov
ernment in the War department had been
paid by the confederates, and that the So
called claims were what Bill Allen, of Ohio,
would call "d-n barren localities" De-
mandS from the eastern states are made for
Gen. .Garfeld's speech in opposition to the
repeal of the resumption act and others made
by him on the general subject of finance.
Secretary Gorham, who has charge of the
campaign committee, works like a beaver
He belongs to the class now known as "stal-
Mart' republicans, and has an abiding faith
old issues, that even If the republicans cannot
carry the next House, they can so keep the
demoerauc de1IoSaS majority down as to make it
G 70 taa1 Up parry except for the purpose
the prize of the Speakership.
The democratic Headquarters are at the
and Duncan Walker drop in to know if John
thompson has arrived, but beyond this there
is no sign OF work going on.
Some of the Causes of Indian Out.
breaks.
The Secretary of the Interior is in receipt of
letter dated July 18th, from the Hon. John
w. Hoyt, governor of Wyoming, in which he
gives an account of visit lately made by him
to the ShoshOne and Bannock Indian reserva.
ton, in Wyoming. He held a council with
some thirty of the chief men of the tribe.
"Washapie,' the head chief of the ShOshODes,
complained that the ShOShOneS are without a
suffciency of meat and flour, are without a
proper supply of agricultural implements,
nave no proper person to instruct them in the
cultivation OF the soil, are called upon by the
agent to work without reward, have had no
school for their children for some time and
day Gov. Hoyt visited the Arapahoe camp and
held council with some forty leading men of
the tribe. Complaint was made of the slow
tuliiiment by the government of its promises,
and evils much similar to those among the
ShoshHnes were disclosed. The agent of the
tribe admitted, in conversation, that there was
good ground for The complaints of the Indians.
The insuificiency OF food was explained
by the statement that the old beef ana flour
contracts had expired and the new one had
not yet gone in force. He was without wagons,
farmer, school teacher and other employees
were so small thai it was impossible to secure
the services OF suitable persons for the duties
required Gov. Hoyt poiHts out that it is i'm
possible to keep the Indians on the reserya-
tions under these conditions Many have
already left, and others will follow unless
something is done to meet their reasonable de-
mandS.
The Indian Office holds that Congress, being
responsible Tor the small amount of funds fur
thsIe nlshed the agency and for delay, in placing
is also responsible for the lack of subsistence,
supplies, farming implements, and instruc.
tlons OF which complaint is made.
ARGUMENT IN THE H. DEARBORN LAW
CASE affecting valuable property within the
limits of the city of Chicago was heard by the
Secretary of the Interior yesterday. and to-
day, on an appeal from the decision of the
commissioner of the General Land office.
AMERICAN HAMS IN AUsTRIA-Mr. Philip
Sidney Post, the U. S. consul-general at
Vienna, communicates to the Department of
St9tp of otto
frlan government to prohibit the Importation
of hams into that country from the United
States. Prof. Heseh, of the Vienna Univer-
sly, In Ie5{er M widely circulated, has asserted
lhat While OF WeStphalia hams only one out of
2,CUO OF 2,5Vg contains trchna, of American
mans one out OF every to 10 is infected, and
the probability exists. that several epidemics
owe their origin to this fact. The city council
has forwarded petition to the government
asking that the importation of American
mans and and sapsages may be prohibited. Soon
requested the professor to authenticate his
statement. He was compelled to admit that
th1 ne fad a., no personal knowledge on the subject
German reports of 1874, and that he had never
seen an American ham. He was thereupOn
invited TO examine some American hams, and
certainly no triehina in them and they were
sound and good American hams stand the
test test o. 81 examination Z; animate triumphantly. Only
is oe excited cite against them by attacks
marks that in America hogs are fed with the
refuse OF the great slaugtering houses, where
Dy trlch1na are prOpagated. In Germany he
says, one hog in 10000 has trichina while of
the hams and bacon from America from 2H to
5 per cent. contain trichina. The cOnsul-gen
eral suggests that some proper means be
taken to contradict such erroneous reports.
The attempt to creates prejudice against food
lmpOrtatlOns from America is an injury to the
poor and crime against humanity Not ONLY
should we avoid furnishing material for iniu-
rlous reports, but see that false reports are
promptly and authOritatively contradicted.
CoNGREssioNAL NOMINATIONS. - Julius c.
burrows was nominated for Congress by the
republican convention of the 4th Michigan
district yesterday. THE Sd Maine district
greenback congressional convention has nom
mated VIM. Philbrick, Of Skowhegan.
Geo. w. Ladd, of Bangor, was nominated
yesterday. by the greenbackers of the 4th
Maine district. Congressman H. w. Blair
has published letter to the republicans of
the ID New Hampshire district positively de-
Ginning the candidacy for third term in Con
greSs.
The TALLAPOOsA sailed from Boston yester.
day for Gloucester, Mass. where Secretar
Thompson will be the guest of Fish Commits
s1oner Baird. The party will then visit Ports
mouth, N. H.. and Portland, Me. 1t is pOs
Sible. the Secretary may extend his visit to
Halifax to inspect the English system of