The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-30

.. Ute Treaty.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-The Senate com.
mittee on Indian affairs will soon hold :.
special meeting with view of taking action
| upon the question of ratifyipg Secretary
Schurz's agreement with the Utes. The com.
mlttee VIII probably report that the agreement.
or at all events the bill submitted by Secretary
| Schurz to carry it into effect, should be
ame ehded IN several particulars, and they will
uiaouptediy insist that some handsome pro-
VISION Dy way OF deduction from the Utes'
ahnuitles snail be made for the benefit of Mrs.
and Miss Meeker and Mrs. Price, who were
so brutally treated by thesavages. The exact
features of the agreement as to the lands
winch these Colorado Indians are to be
allowed to occupy hereafter have not yet been
| published. They are as follows, the precise
Terms OF the agreement being quoted literal
| ~, "Ihe Southern Utes agree to remove to
| ana settle upon the unoccuped agricultural
! iahds on the LaPlata river in Colorado and
New Mexico and such unoccupied agricultural
lands IS may be found in that vicinity. The
Uncompahgre Utes agree to remove to and
settle upon the agricultural lands on Grand
river, near the mouth of Gunnison river. in
Colorado, and such other unoccuped agricul-
tural lands as may be found in that vicinity
and in the Territory Of Utah. The White
River Utes agree to remove to and settle upon
the agricultural lands on Uintah reservation
in Utah"
Senator Teller opposed the granting of the
unqualified options above set forth in regard
to the Southern and Uncompahgre Utes, be-
cause the agricultural lands in New Mexico
and Utah, having long been open to settle
nent, are, he says, already occupied, and the
practical effect of granting those options will
be to allow the Utes to absorb nearly 100000
acres of agricultural land within. the bounda
RES OF their present reservations which, in
his opinion, will leave little Or no agricultural
land within these boundaries to support the
anticipated settlements upon its vast extent
of mineral territory.
Hendricks Boom.
WAsHINGToN, March 2O-Senators Nc
Donald and Voorhees,, of Indiana Democratic
representatives, and some Indiana Democrats
resident in Washington, held meeting last
evening and organized club to help on the
Hendricks boom. Representative Cobb was
chosen President and headquarters will soon
be opened and the literary business put in
operation. His friends profess to entertain
considerable hope that he may get the nomi-
nation at Cincinnati basing it largely upon
the fact that he is the second choice of so
many Democrats, especially in the south.
VOORHEES, encouraged the brothers by the
statement that Horatio Seymore has recently
said that Hendricks is the man who ought to
be nominated, and there is no question but
he could carry New York State.
LONDON, March 22.-The Oxford crew won
the boat race easily by three and a half
lengths in 21 minutes and % seconds. The
Cambridge crew started at the rate of forty
strokes per minute and the Oxford crew at
thirty seven or thirty-nlne. The race at the
commencement was beautifully close. Cam
bridge at first gained slight advantage from
rowing quicker stroke, but the Oxford crew
drew to a level with them by the time half a
mile had been rowed and at Gross wharf,
thirty-three minutes from the start, had a
lead of four feet. When a mile had been
left behind splendid struggle took place for
the lead, which Cambridge secured, and Op-
posite the crab tree, mile and a quarter from
the start, it seemed as If they would row right
away from the Oxford crew, but the squirt had
told upon the Cambridge crew, who began to
row short stroke. They however maintained
the lead to Hammersmith bridge, half mile
further on, partly because of bad steering by
the Oxford boatswain. They were on even
terms shortly after passing the bridge and the
exciting struggle was maintained to Chiswlck
Eyot. The irresuarity of the Cambridge
crew, however, was perceptiblv increasing,
willie the Oxford crew were rowing like
machines When half way up Chiswick Eyot
the Oxford crew led by half length. At
Chiswick church, two miles and five furlongs
from the start, the race, which had so far been
one of the finest ever seen, was virtually over,
the Oxford crew leading by two lengths.
Eastern Affairs.
LONDON, March 22.-In the House of
Lords tonight the Earl of .Dunraven called
attention to affairs in Afghanistan. He said
the government had lately been very reti-
cent regarding their Afghan policy and the
present position of affairs was so anamalous
that he thought that some explanation might
be afforded the country before the house ad-
journed. ST.,
Lord Cranbrook, secretary for India, SAID
he objected while intrcacies still existed, TO
Law down any definite line OF frontier, or to
saving how they intended to assert their Sill
premacy in Afshanstan. Herat was OF para
mount ,mnortance and would become still
more important when We were in possession
of the district of Candahar and the different
masses. There was no understanding with
Rnssa on the subject of Herat, nor was there
any arrangement with Persia on the subject.
There might be certain circumstances under
Which the tenure of Herat by Persia would
not be dangerous. He looked forward with
great hope to the pacifcation of Atghanistan
and to its being governed under due precau'
tions by rulers of its OWL
Ute Indians.
WASHINGTON, March 32.-The Senate In
ai,n .tiairs committee to-day completed their
consiIeration of the daft of the bill submit
% ted hv secretary Scl.urz to carry into effect
Lie agreement with the Ute indians and re-
,r,teI il TO the Senate with recommendations
@ inr it's massage with several amendments, all
Of which are immaterial except the one
amending agreement, so that no portion OF