Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-26

ment, met half way the engineer and fireman,
who had climbed through the shattered cab
windows. The conductor was helped out the
same way. He, of all, was the most badly
hurt, one leg being broken in several places.
Termination of the Confer
ence with the Piutes.
WASHINGTON, January 24th.-The confer
ence with the Piute Indians from Nevada
has been satisfactorily ended. The Secretary
of the Interior to-day signed the following,
with which Winnemucca and his associates
express themselves highly pleased:
Piutes heretofore entitled to live on the Malheur
Reservation, who will make that reservation their
permanent home, are to have lands allotted to them
in severay the rate of 100 to each head of
q family and each adult male. Such lands they are
to cultivate for their own benefit. The allotments
to be made under instructions from their agent
soon as enabled by law to do The Department
is give l.dan patents for such tracts OF land,
conveying to such occupant fee simple to the lot
occupied Those OF the Putes who, in consequence
OF the Bannock war, went to the Yokama Reserva-
tion and who may now desire TO rejoin their rela-
tves at liberty do so without expense to the
Government for transportation. Those who desire
to stay upon the YOkama Reservation and become
permanently settled viii not be disturbed. None Of
the Piutes now living among white people and earn
ing wages by their work will be compelled 10 20
70 Maineur fstSETNdlltD IueN perfect liberty
20 continue working for wages FOR their own benefit
as they are now doing. II is well understood that
those who settle on the Malheur Reservation will
not be supported by the Government in idleness.
They viii he aided in start e their farms and pro
noting their civilization, but the support given
them by the Government viii, according 10 law de-
pend upon thci- willingness and efficiency in work.
ing for themselves.
The Piutes will leave for home Monday.
Railroad Consultations.
New York. January 24th.-It is rumored
that the consolidation Of the Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Railroads
was accomplished this afternoon. The new
company is to be Known as the "Union
Pacific Railway Company" The following
are elected officers: Sidney Dillon, Presi-
dent; Elisha Atkins, Vice. President Henry
Mcfarland, Secretary and Treasurer Fred
Ames, Boston Carlos S. Greeley, st. Louis !;
Ezra Baker, Boston J. &. Dexter, Boston :;
e. NJ. Dodge. Iowa; Russell Sage, Jay
Gould, Scion Humphreys, David Dows, of
New York W. L. Scott, Erie; S. II. H.
Clark, Omaha; L. L. Eckert, New York !;
John Sharp, Salt Lake, with the President
and Secretary as Directors. The plan of
consolidation is an exchange of stock of the
three roads for that Of the new company, dol
lar for dollar, par value. The different bonds
remain rs new liens upon the several divisions
a originally placed
NEW YORK, January 24th.-Conference
committees of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe and St. Louis and San Francisco
Railroad Companies had another meeting in
this city Yesterday, to discuss the proposed
combination of the two roads and the build
ing of an extension to the Pacific coast. 1t
was stated by officers of the st. Louis and
San Francisco Company that everything had
been satisfactorily arranged except to draft
the necessary papers. and that the entire sum
needed, S25 000, 600, had been provided for.
Nebraska Horticultural Society and the
Cattle Kings.
LINCOLN (Neb.), January 24th.-The Ne
braska Board of Horticulture is now in ses-
sion at Lincoln. Among other subjects
which have been considered is that of the
preliminary report of the Congressional Com
mittee in favor of withdrawing all the public
land west of the Tooth meridian, amounting,
in the aggregate, to LOG, 900 acres, from
entry by homestead and presumption, and
giving them, upon long leases, to the Cattle
Kings. The reason for this proposed change
of policy is that the land west of the Tooth
meridian will never be fit for farming, not
even with irrigation The Board considered
this allegation in the light of Nebraska's ex-
perience, the continual westward extension of
the cultivated country, and successful farm
ing without irrigation being opened one hun
bred miles west of the Tooth meridian, and
decided the report to be entirely untrue. On
motion of Professor Wilbur. it was resolved
that the Nebraska State horticultural So
ciety repudiate the Congressional report as
untrue and injurious to the State and nation,
and orders that statistics be forwarded to
Washington as disproof of the allegation.
and with view to save this great body of
Western lands to the people of whom they
are the heritage.
The New York D0s,iebnys HALL"
New York, January oath. The following
testimony was taken to-day in the Shepherds
Fold investigation
Mrs. Mary II. Mcclellan, Principal of
Primary School No. 81, which several chill
dren from the Fold attended, testified that
two children were dismissed on account of the
condition of their eyes, and fort taking things not
belonging to them, and that others were dis
missed for having vermin on them. One was
dismissed for being unclean and having ring
worms. The children's clothing INSULT
cient and ragged, and they said they were
hungry. One boy went to a neighbours for
food, and when spoken to about it, said he
was hungry, having been sent to school with
out his breakfast.
Emma Bowman, aged IA, said she had no
parents and no friends. She testified that
there was but one bathroom in the house.
Wedressedin the bedroom. Some of us used
our clothing for pillows. We washed our
faces in the bathroom. There were five
towels for thirty -four children we all ran
for the first wipe There was but one comb
and brush for them all, and the brush had
no bristles in it. The first meal was had at
o'clock, and consisted of bread and con-
densed milk mixed with water. No cups
were furnished, and when the baker failed to
bring bread they had Indian meal The
older children made the beds and did the
scrubbing, cooking and washing"
Fanny Howes, aged fifteen, said that two
weeks before leaving the Fold, Cowley
punched her in the back and kicked her so
that the marks remained for week and
on another occasion Cowley knocked her
down with his fist and stamped on her. On
that occasion he struck her three times, al
the sane time kicking her on her legs.
Cowley found cato -nine-tails on Forty
ninth street and used it on witnesses hands,
giving her ten cuts on each hand. Once she
was locked up in small room which con-
tanned nothing in the way of furniture. On
the first night she slept on the floor; after
that she had a mattress. During the weeks
confinement her food was bread and water.
For dinner they had peas and beans made
into soup, and sat around the table on soap
boxes. As there were only twelve plates,
some had to wait until the others had finish
ed. There were no cups. The children
after eating went to the hydrant
for water. Mr.. and Mrs Cowley had
for dinner roast lamb or beef or poul
try, with potatoes, parsnips, beans and some
times lager beer. Cowley generally asked
blessing. In the evening, Cowley said pray
ers which lasted about an hour. There was
no one to overlook the children In their sleep
ing-places The door between the girls and
boys rooms was sometimes open and some
times shut but never locked. There was no
light in either room, and boy had for a
month been in the habit of going to the girls
room, generally about the middle of the
night. dressed in blanket, and with a sheet
over his head. There We're no coverlets on
the beds except on reception days, and wit
ness suffered from cold. The girls beds had
two sheets each, but none to replace them
while they were being washed. Witness told
Mrs. Cowley of boys going to the girls room,
but she said, Nonsense"
Judge Donohue here adjourned further
hearing till Tuesday.