The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-02
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WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 25-SEx
ATE-lt was agreed that when the senat,
ADJOURNED to-day ii will he until Mon
DAY next, tomorrow being Good Friday
Senator Cameron introduced a resoln
ton providing for commission to con
slider during recess and report at the mex
session, those conditions that will mos
tavorably affect the transportation OF
commerce between the states.
The hlll incorporating the National
Education Association, and bill amen
datory of the act of 1879, AUTHORIZING
the issue OF twenty year five per cent,
Dohds oil the District OF Columbia, pass,
ed. Also several private bills.
On Monday bill providing for the
celebration OF the one hundredth ami.
veFsary OF the treaty of peace bv an in.
| ternational exhibition of arts at New
| York IN 1883, will be considered,
ne Oil to provide for issuing patents
for public lands claimed under the nre-
emption and homestead laws. in cases
where the claimants have become in.
| sane, was passed.
Washington Notes.
WAsHINGTeN. March 25.-The treas
ury department to-day purchased 445
ODd ounces of silver for the PhiladeIphia
San Francisco and New Orleans minis
secretary Ramsey says, in regard TO
the proposed surrender of @Sitting
Bulls" Indians, that the only way the
department can receive them is as pris
9neFs OF war, in which event they would
be held until some provision could he
made by the government for their main
tenance. Genegal Sherman maintains
that tho indians are British subjects
and that the United States has nofhin9
to do with them.
WASHINGTON, D. G, March 26.-No
business OF any importance was done in
the house to-day.
The house committee on Indian affairs
adopted resolutions to-day instruotinr
the secretary of the interior TO. report to
the house whether there has been any
frauds or eu!rCpt practices since July
Isl, tott, on the part OF inspectors, agents.
employees, or any other persons connect,
cd with the Indian service, at agencies or
elsewhere; places where such ofFenses
were committed, and their nature. and
whether any one so offending has been
removed or punished,
Mr.. Davis bill 10 authorize unpaid ac-
counts Of the Indian bureau was agreed
To-
EXODUS COMMITTEE.
The exodus committee, to-day, exam
ined j. N. Brown, a colored man from
Topeka, and superintendent of the Kan
saS Relief Association Brown stated |
that he had lived in Mississippi from
1871 until the latter part of 1873 and
that from 1871 until 1873 he was engan-
ed in teaching senool. In 1873 he was
elected sheriff of Coahama county, Mis-
sissippi. Regarding the cause Of tlIe ex-
odus, as stated by the einlgrants that he |
had lnverscd with, and as he believed |
FROM his own experience and observa |
tions, it was due TO the entire absence Of |
security for life, liberty and property of |
the colored people in the south. The
life ofthe negro Is at the tender mercy of |
the lowest white man in the neighbor,
hood where he may reside. Aa re-
CARDS their political rights he |
said that it wac impossible to get /
q fair vote. They are allowed to vote in |
some localities, but cheated in the count.
he corroborated the statements of the
previous witness. regarding the efforts of /
the whites 10 prevent the negroes from
leaving, and said their practice was 10
threaten the lives of influential coIored /
men, so as TO prevent them and intimi-
late others from going The condition l
u etiaifS Is such, the witness said, that
Ihcre IS an entire lack of e1nftdcnce BY /
he whites in the tJacks and o5ee rersa.
lie thought lhe exodus would continue
tN3 ti@t&asC IA tiac IdAuEe, uultfS the
shiie people of the south change their
present attitude aud give tie negro some
lrntectiQR aRa encouragement that is If.
ardesi thea IN Kansas and northern
ilates, The remedy, he said, lies entire
y In the hands of the white Democracy.
Car Chatter.
CLEVELAND, o.. March 24.-The New
FORK, Pennsylvania & Ohio RAILROAD
company formally organized to-day. and
oOk possession Of ali the property and
franchises of The Atlantic s. Great West.
I'm Fsilgc34 company. which thereupon
.eased u exist. In order to legally ac-
luirc title company was Incorporated
n Ohio with $27, 0O0, 600 capital. and one
n Pennsylvania with $4,000 GOO; the
after simply for convenience, for pur-
noses of reorganization
DENVER, March 24-In the litigation L
between the Denver s. Rio Grande and
he Pueblo 81 Arkansas Valley railroads.
Commissioner Rogezz today filed his re-
,ort fxinE the cost of the railroad
aroRgh the grand canon of the Arkan-
as TO the mouth of South Park at $685.
10 The Rio Grand company Is 10 de-