The Portland daily press., 1880-01-26
WASHINGTON.
New Treaty with the Piutes.


WASHINGTON. Jan. 24-The conference
with the Piute Indians from Nevada has been
satisfactorily ended, and as result the Secre-
tary of the Interior today signed the following,
with which Winnemucca, the Piute chief, and
associates expressed themselves highly pleased.
The Piutes heretofore entitled to live on the
Malheur reservation, who will make that res
ervation their permanent home, are to have
lands allotted to them in severalty at the rate
of 100 acres to each head of family and each
adult male, such lands they to cultivate for
their own benefits. Alotments will be made
under instructions from their agent as soon as
enabled by law to do so.
The department is to give the Indians pat
ents for such tracts of land, conveying to each
occupant fee simple in the lot occupied
Those of the Piutes, who in consequence of
the Bannock war went to the Yokama reserva-
ton, who may now desire to join their rela-
tives, are at liberty to do so without expense
to the government for transportation. Those
who desire to stay upon the YOkama reserva-
ton and become permanently settled there
will not be disturbed. None of the Piutes
now living among the white people and earn
ing wages by their own work will be compelled
to go to the. Malheur reservation. They are at
perfect liberty to continue working for wages
for their own benefit, as they are now doing.
1t is well understood that those who settle on
the Malheur reservation are not to be support
ed by the government in idleness. They are
to be aided in starting their farms and pro-
mOulHS tuclr ClNlliLdtlOH, THO support CIV
en- to them by the government will, according
to law, depend upon their willingness and
efficiency in working for themselves. The
Piutes leave for home Monday.
A Hint to Attorneys.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a
circular saying that it appears that attorneys
practicing in this department. and receiving
drafts payable to the order of claimants who
are their clients frequently deliver such drafts
to other parties, sometimes residing long dis
tances from their own or clients places of
business, as security for money advanced and
other like purposes. The only right of an at
torney:in such draft is lien for his reasonable
fees in the prosecution of the claim out of
which it issues. He has in it no assignaole
interest whatever 1t is the right of the client
to find such draft at all times in the custody
of his attorney Hereafter the delivery of any
such draft by an attorney out of his own con-
troll upon the pretext of a transfer or assign
ment of any interest therein as collateral Sc
curity or otherwise, will be deemed by the de-
partment sufficient cause for depriving such
attorney of the privilege of practising in this
department.
Important Democratic Conference.
The Evening Star says there was an impor-
tant conference of the Democratic members
of the committee on ways and means yester-
day. The object was to come to some concluS-
ion as to whether or not general tariff bill
should be reported at this session. The senti-
menu 6XproSSeu was uoclueuly against any OH
| in lump, but there was a disposition to make
some changes in the existing law, but in sepa-
rate bills, and to let each change recommend
ed take its chances in the House on its merits.
Special Assay Commissioners.
The following named gentlemen have been
appointed by the President as special assay
commissioners, to test and examine the fine
ness and weight Of the coins struck at the
| several minis during the year 1879: Prof. j. E.
| Hilgard, United States coast survey; Prof E.
| B. Andrews, Lancaster, O.; Prof Joseph A.
| Wheelock, ST. Paul, Mimi; Prof r. w. Ray
| mond, New York Mining Journal; r. B. Har-
| rson, United States assay office, Helena; Hon.
| Charles Buckley, Montgomery, Ala; Edward
| Daniels Virginia; Prof. Chas. Avery, Clinton,
| N. Y. Thomas Donaldson, Philadelphia.
Steam Vessel Supervisors.
| 1t is very probable than an examination of
| masters and pilots of vessels will be made by
the national board of supervisors of steam
vessels during their present session. The
| only matter of public interest which occurred
| at the meeting of the board, to-day, was the
| reading of the report of the New Orleans
| supervisor. The report shows that, during
the past year, not single death was occa-
| stoned by steam explosion, which is unprece-
| dented in the history of Mississippi steamboat
| navigation.
The Funding Question.
| The ways and means committee was in ses-
| sion for two hours to-day, on the funding
! question, and did not get to a vote on any Of
the propositions be fore it. 1t is still altogether
| uncertain what the committee will do the
| probability being that it will patch up some
measure to be knocked topieces when it comes
| before the House.