Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-29
THE CAPITAL.
IN ASSORTMENT OF EXTRA-CON-
GRESSIONAL NEWS.
The Woes of the Indians Wildly Described
The Poncas' Grievances The Redemp-
ton Bureau Report-Outstanding Cur
rency-The Star Mail Service Endorsed
Various Items Of Interest.
STAR MAIL SERVICE.

contractor, on the SuD]ecC OF the star mall
deficiency. Generals Key and Brady argued
that the amendment proposed by the House
bill should be increased to 81, 700 600, and that
its restrictive provisions should be stricken
out in order to maintain the mail service at the
present standard, including all increases of the
numbers of trips and all exprediting of service
ordered during the last and current fiscal years.
The amount originally asked for by the depart
ment was $4,000 900, but 100000 of this
sum was requested for additional service the
remainder of the current fiscal year, which the
department no longer contemplates.
Postmaster General Key to-day sent the fol-
lowing order to Second Assistant Brady: I'm
consideration of the action of the House Of
Representatives in appropriating $l,7OO,00O
for continuance of the star service, and pend
ing the actionl of the Senate, suspend further
action under my order of February Goth till
further advised"
YELLOW FEVER ON NAVAL VESSEL.
The secretary of the navy has been cabled
from Montevideo that the United States
steamer Marion had arrived there from Rio and
that six officers and fifteen men had been down
with yellow fever Lieutenant Wallis died on
the 23d; Rogers ian apprentice, the Goth. ALI
the officers except one midshipman, were we'll.
The cony alescing officers and men WIRE ashore
on Flores Island. 1t is supposed the fever
originated at Rio while the vessel was coaling.
BANK REDEMPTION.
The following is a statement of operations of
tie national bank redemption agency for the
month and eight months ending this day, COM
pared with the corresponding period of last
year:
National bank notes disposed of for the
month, notes fit for circulation assorted and
returned to the banks of issue, 81, $40, 700; for
eight months, S1S,S78,2O0 Notes unfit for
circulation assorted and delivered to the comp
troller of the currency for distribution and re.
placement with new notes: for the month
Notes of failed, iquidating and reducing
banks, deposited in the treasury: for the
month $685., 200; for eight months 1852, 000, 900.
Totals for 1880, for the month $5,668, 700; for
eight months $39, 72S, 500. Totals for 1879, for
the month $12,O89.6OO: for eight months,
900; for eight months $6, 669,250.
CURRENCY OUTSTANDING.
The comptroller of the currency reports the
amount of additional circulation issued during
February, $7O3. AGO. Amount of legal tender
notes on deposit for the purpose of retiring
national bank circulation during the year end
ing March 1, 1880, will be $l7, 63l,617. In
crease of legal tender notes deposited in the
same period Sc, 052, AS. The total amount of
national bank notes outstanding March /, 1880,
will be $342 210, S67, not including the circula-
ton of national gold banks, which amounts 20
81 ,426, 100. United Stalee currency outstand,
ing at this date: Old demand notes, SCI, 255;
legal tender notes, all issues, $346, 061, SIG;
one year notes, s6, ,525; two year coupon
notes of 1868, 1913, $50; compound interest
notes. $3.50, 480; fractional currency, all issues,
SIS, 1881 1850. Total, 1866. 70S,5Sl.
THE INDIAN POLICY.
The Senate committee on Indian affairs, at
along special meeting to-day, agreed to re-
port for passage the original bill designed to
cover the entire range of the Indian question
by the enactment of various new provisions
based upon the general principles that the
United States should in great measure
abandon the policy of treating the Indians
as children, and place them, as speedily as
possible, upon the footing of citizens. The
main features of the plan outlined by the
committee, are:
First-The permanent localization of In
dams by alloting homesteads to them in sew
crafty, with provision that the lands so al
lotted shall be absolutely unalienable during
the period of twenty-five years.
Second-Extension over the Indians of
the general, civil and criminal laws of the
United States, or of the respective States
and Territories within whose border they
are located, and
Third-The continuation of certain de-
gree of assistance to them by the govern
ment, in the line of progress towards civili-
cation, until they become self-sustaining by
means of agricultural and pastoral occupa-
tions. 1t is not proposed by the committee
to transfer the control of the Indians to the
War Department, but the bill will largely
divest the Interior Department of discre-
tionary power in regard to the Indians, be
placing them individually under the control
of the country's general laws. The pro-
visions of the bill are not to apply to the five
civilized tribes of the Indian Territory. Its
details will be subject for consideration at
future meetings.
Col. Brooks, acting commissioner of af-
fairs, said all the tribes except the Utes and
Temps are on reservations and capable of
supporting themselves by means of agri:ul-
ture or stock raising.
The special committee inquiring into the
matter of the removal of the Poncas to the
Indian territory and into the declaration of
the Poncas that they never signed paper,
asking to be removed into the Indian ter
ritory, were informed by Bright Eyes that
the Poncas, knowing nothing of white mems
geography. were at the time of signing the
document utterly ignorant of the location or
even of the existence of the Indian territory;
that Morgan, the interpreter, was an Omaha
Indian, equally ignorant upon that subject;
that neither he nor the Poncas had any word
in their language corresponding to the word
territory" and could only speak of it in
their language as the Indian country or res
ervation; that when Morgan asked them as
to their willingness to remove to the Indian
country or reservation-as they understood
him to mean the reservation of Indians with
whom for years they had been talking of
uniting their fortunes-Omaha there
fore signed tho document which they sup
posed to be petition for removal to Omaha
reservation, but which was really removal
to the Indian Territory. Afterwards they
made treaty of peace with the Sioux and
reconsidered that action. deciding to remain
on their own reserve, and did so till they
were forcibly removed.
Ger load of hnheusers st. Louis Export
Beer just received by F. d. Ertel, general
agent. Depot, East Sixth street.
Always keep st. Jacobs Oil handy.
Turkish Rugs.
snIendid article 81 25 each, at 80 Cent Store,