Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-23
Government Lands Of Indian Territory.
REPUBLICAN, TORCH LIGHT PROCESSION.
The Ohio Art Museum.
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suit showed, for Hancock. 375 votes; for
Garfield $50; for Weaver 20.
A committee visited Governors Island
yesterday. when a formal presentation
speech was made. II feel great pleasure"
said the General, ''in accepting the pres
ent. Ishall prize it because it is the gift
Of your own Of Elizabeth. 1 have a great
attachment to the name of Elizabeth. It
is my mothers name. l like these plain
old names, Elizabeth and Mary. l like
your town because it was once the resi-
dence of General Scott, whom / used to
visit there frequently, and of my old
Colonel. 1t il now the home Of General
Bunifar. the ~son-in-law of Colonel Clarke"
In giving You the this pen we may be
allowed to say" said Mr.. Rewbauer, "that
we hope you will use it in writing yoar
inaugural address az the next President
II have had a good many pens, but
they are all qnill pens. sent me already for
that purpose" the General replied smil-
ing. II promise you, if agreeable to you.
that l will use this pen for one thing; I
will write a letter of thanks to the Phil.
Kearney Guard" The committee ex-
pressed themselves delighted.
A Committee ia Report on Govern.
ment Lands Of Indian Territory.
ST. LOUIS. September 22.--Judge Crum,
James D. Broadhead and John F. Phillips,
the committee to report on the status Of
the Governments lands Of Indian Terri
tory, will report to a citizens meeting to-
night, that the jurisdiction of this vast
Territory was not acquired from the In
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from France. The Indians never had q
| title to the country, and simply occupy it
under a contract and permission from the
United States. The Government has by
various so-cailed treaties assigned to the
Indians throughout the country certain
lands, but has never granted them a free.
hold or q free use Of the land in any case,
nor can the Government. by treaty, give
them the right to occupy it in p~erpetuity.
In fact. according to the avs Of nations,
treaties can only be made by civilized peo-
| pie or nations. The President cannot will
or dispose Of lands to the Indians. Con-
gress alone has this power. The treaties
were simply agreements to allow the In
dams to cultivate the land under existing
acts Of Congress. Persons may enter pre-
emption and homestead claims on any
lands not reserved by the Government for
other purposes. There can be no valid
objection to thes settlement Of these lands.
A Republican Procession Attacked.
New York. September 22.-Last evening
a Republican torch-light procession oc-
CURED in Brooklyn. The Tribune has the
following episode: The Eighth ward had,
when its three organizations started, over
200 men in line. On reaching Third street
and just as two boys who were in the rear
reached q building in course Of erection, q
motley crowd, which had been lying in
ambush. suddenly rushed from the build
ing and every man let fly at the men in
line q brick or stone. Captain Woodhead,
who has a wooden leg, at once turned his
Garfield battery and boys in blue to the
rescue. The street was very dark, and the
men had not lighted their torches yet.
The stones and bricks came SO fast and
thick that the men became panic-stricken.
more especially as some OF them were fall
ing. bleeding and grooming. The lines
were soon broken, and although Captain
| Woodhead succeeded in forming them
twice. resistance was not effectual, and to
retreat seemed the best possible course to
pursue. So, after defending themselves as
best they could, AZ far as Douglas and
Court streets, twelve blocks away, the men
found themselves reduced to q few. After
making every effort to find their COM
rades, only 80 out Of the 200 could be got
together, and OF these many were badly
wounded. Early in the struggle the uni
forms were torn from the men, and it is
thought that many must have been very
seriously wound, d.
An Unsuccessful Actress Turns a
Republican Politician.
New York. September 22.-At q Repub-
lican meeting last night. In Chickering
Hall, Charles Watrouse, formerly of Cali
fornia. introduced Nellie Holbrook, an
unsuccessful actress Of uncertain age. The
World says she was becomingly dressed in
black, and wore a handful of roses at her
girdle. She was received with three cheers
as she advanced to the front of the plat
form, and 1t was fully . minute before the
applause ELECTED by her appearance was
allowed to die away. As she bowed her
acknowledgements, some one shouted three
cheers for the daughter Of the Invincibles,
and the cheering was renewed. Miss Hol-
brook b began the delivery Of a speech,
which lasted about half an hour. At the
conclusion Of her address cheer upon cheer
arose from the packed audience. The men
stood up and waived their hats, and the
ladies their handkercliefs, and it was
some time before quiet could be restored.
watrouse read = dispatch frem San Fran
cisco. bearing greetings from the Invinc-
ibles to Miss Holbrook, and saying that
Californis could be relied upon for Gar
field.
establishment Of nm Art Museum.
CINCINNATI. September 22.-Ninety- one
thousand dollars are now subscribed by
the citizens to put with Mr.. Vests $780,
900, for the establishment of an Art
Museum. Seventy-two thousand dollars
were raised yesterday by the novel means
Of inviting prominent citizens to q dinner
party. il being understood that acceptance
meant In each case . gift Of 81. 1000.
Declined 60 NomiuHte.
DANvILLE. September 22.-The Repub-
lican convention Of the Fifth West vir-
| ginia Congressional district met yesterday
and declined to make . nomination. The
majority Of the convention IL understood
to be favorable to the election Of . Read
juster candidate for Congress.
OMAHA. September 2l.-A decided SEN
sation was created In Omaha to-day by the
arrest Of SilAs M. Waite, the ASCENDING
President OF the First National Bank Of
Brattleboro, Vermont. whose dsfalcations
amount to $450, 900. He was arrested at
the house of his brother in-law, Truman
Buck, q well known and respected citizen,
the arrest being made by w. w. Llewellyn
and w. H. Shield, special government
agents of the Department Of Justice, as.
sisted by Charles Sweezy, Of the Omaha
Postofice. At the time Of the arrest Mr..
Buck and family were away from home at.
tending the State Fair. The house was
surrounded, when Waite ran into the eel.