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been persistent in his defense of Hayt aga;ns
the growing opposition and alienation OF The
best friends of the Indians from the admins
| traJlon, refusing to entertain complaint;
against him. and even seading him letters
transmitted by the President, complaining OF
Hayts management, and which were pigeon
holed by the latter without further investiga
ton by Schurz. On some occasions Hayt>
acts We're of such character that they
attracted the attention OF the President.
Some,of his removals were Of the most cruel
character. Men and women were turned out
and subjected y great suffering, simply that
he might make places for favorites and when
called to account for it, he explained his
course in way that was perfectly satisfac-
tory to the Secretary Of the Interior. 1t is
alleged in New York that there has been an
understanding between Hayt and Schurz by
which the latter has been able to provide
offices for his own friends also, under guise OF
reform, and that Inspector Hammond has been
| retained, though notoriously incompetent, be-
cause he is connected with the Shermans.
The Tribune says: 1t is pretty certain that
before the President appoints another Com
missioner of Indian Affairs, he will require
some additional recommendation to that OF
Secretary Schurz.
The San says: The story of the manner
in which Commissioner Hayt obtained his Of
flee. is as follows Hayt was formerly q meln-
Der of the Board. He was removed for cause
by Chandler and Grant. When the present
administration came into office. some of
Hayts friends went to Schurz and asked that
Hayt be made Commissioner What are
his qualifications for the place 2" asked
Schurz. "He was formerly a member of the
Vi " h.. g. l.. i
by Chandler and Grant" The fact that
Hayt had been removed by two such salwarts
was considered by Schvrz to be sufficient
reason for Hayt's appointment under the re-
form Administration.
a Washington special TO the Ereaing Post
hitherto friendly to Schurz, says: The cause
Of Hayt's dismissal was evidently the inves-
tigation by the Commissioners of General
Fisk's charges. The Hart matter was only
one bolt, but Hayt was brought down on the
tirst fire. The Commissioners investigation
was stopped, of course, by Schurz' action,
although report will be made at the sitting
in New York next Tuesday. The Commits
sloners feel that Schurz' action was uuneces-
sarily sudden, pending their report. They
would have recommended removal.
The Tie Outbreak dnvesfigation.
WASHINGTON, January 3lst = Governor Pit
kin OF Colorado to-day completed his testi-
mouy before the House Committee on Indian
Affairs. 1t related to fires set and depreda-
tions committed by Indians in Southwestern
Colorado, and the Injurious effects upon min
ing settlements along the border of the reserv-
alton occasioned by the changed relations be-
tween the whites and Indians since the recent
outbreak. He was also examined as to the
character of the late Agent Meeker.
Major j. B. Thompson, lumber agent of
the Government, gave an account of fires
started by the Utes in Northwestern Colo
RADIO in May and June.
In reply to inquiries, Governor Pitkin
said he favored giving land in severalty to
Indians In Eastern Utah, throwing open the
Colorado Reservation to settlement by
whites, and giving the Indians everything
realized from the sales of lands of their reser-
vation, unless some satisfactory sum could be
agreed upon to be paid by the Government
for the REIMBURSEMENT of their rights to the
reservation.
NEW YORK, January 3lst.-The Herald
says: Leniency to the Utes would seem to
be misplaced, if the story of Pitllin, told yes
terday before the Committee on Indian
Affairs is true. On the contrary, the Slt,,
thinks Pitkin's story seems to be modern
instance under an ancient fable of the wolf
charging the sheep with fouling the stream
Election of Officers of the Great Overland
Railroad Consolidation.
New YORK, January 31st.-At meeting
of the Directors of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe and ST. Louis and San Francisco
Railroad Companies, the following Directors
OF the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad We're
elected: Thomas Nickerson, George B. VIII
bur, Isaac +. Burr, Charles j Paine, f. B.
Hayes, j. Lord and L. Jefferson Coolidge,
OT RugtOn Il larnac Rol-ar s l l.
Seligman, James D. Fish, w. +. Buckley.
+. w. Butterfield and Z. L. Winslow, Of
New ork. OF these, Nickerson, Lord, Viii
bur, Burr Paine and Coolidge represent the
Atchlson Company, and Seligman, Hayes.
Baker. Fish, Buckley and Butterfield the st.
Lofts Company, while General Winslow is a
compromise candidate. At a subsequent
meeting Thomas Nickerson was elected Pres
ident, and +. G. Littiield Secretary and
Treasurer. The two companies divide the
issue of bonds of $25, ,O00, coo authorized re-
Gently on the proposed extension from Albu-
querque to San Francisco. Each COMPANY
agrees to furnish one-half Of this amount,
and, in addition to its share OF bonds, receives
also bonus in stock.
Verdict for !, Bank.
NEw York, January 3lst.-The suit of the
Manufacturers and Merchants Bank against
Louis Levenson, to recover S34, COO, the
amount alleged to have been stolen from the
bank by means of conspiracy between the
defendant and a bo0kkeeper named J. r.
Hawes, resulted in a verdict for the bank for
the full amount claimed, with interest.
Hawes lost bis share Of the money stolen by
playing "policy" and buying lottery tickets.
The faithless hookkeeper took the stand and
told the whole story of the robbery. a strik-
ing incident of the trial was the charge made
bt- tt,a IaTan %Lot
81, 800, from the former counsel Of the defend
ant, documents deemed necessary to sue
cessful prosecution of the suit. The Judge
expressed natural Indignation at such dis
graceful action, and stated that il the accu-
sation should prove true he would take steps
to have the treacherous lawyer debarred.
Northumberland Passengers.
OMAHA, January 31st. = The following
through passengers were on to days train,
leaving at 12:l5 P. NJ, to arrive III Sacra-
mcnto February 4th DR.. c. Tiffin, wife
and child, Knoxville, No.; A. L. Thompson,
China K. S. Ketchum, Tucson, A. T.; j.
w. Plummer, Toronto; George Hart, Brook
lyn; S. Strauss, London; L. n. Miller,
Germany; Daniel S. Carpenter, St Louis
John Nj. Hunter, Milwaukee, Wis; Henry
w. Cranston, Boston; w. j. Thomson, New
York.
1HEGy-elSHI through eHlleTalEs leiC on l&SI
nights emigrano tram, to arrive in Sacra-
mento February 81.
Ihe Battle OF Remington.
WASHINGTON, January 31st.-New Hamp-
shire, Vermont and Massachusetts having
raised S400 600 for monument in commemo-
ration of General Stark's victory at Ben
nington, Vt, over the British under General
Baum, on the 10th of August, 1777, peti
tion to Congress has been made for national
recognition and an appropriation OF $50 600.
Reductions I'm Appropriations for Indians.
WASHINGTON, January 31st-The Indian
appropriation bill appropriates in the aggre-
gate S4, 493, 645. which is S219, 533 less than
the appropriations OF last year. The prin-
cipal items of decrease are for Red Clouds
and Spotted Tails Sioux, sos, GOO less than
last year Yankton Sioux, SIS, 900; Indus
trial Schools, $40, 900 expenses of the Indian
Commissioner, 1850.
Colonel IngersOH on the Presidential
Question.
CHICAGO, January 31st.-Colonsl r. G..
Ingersoll, in an interview with Journal re-
porter, expressed his views freely on the
Presidential question. He believes Grant
practically out OF the race, and that the con-
test in the National Convention will be al
most entirely between Blaine and Sherman,
with the chances very largely in favor of the
former, who, he believes, will be the easiest
man for the Republicans to elect. He be-
lieyes that neither Bayard Seymour nor