Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-02
GENERAL CAPITAL NOTES.
THE UTE BUSINESS,

THE UTE BUSINESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Gov. Pitkin, of Col
orado, to-day completed his testimony before
the House committee on Indian affairs. 1t re-
lated to fires set and depredations committed
by the Indians in southwestern Colorado, and
to the injurious effects upon the mining settle
ments along the border of the reservations
occasioned by the changed relations between
the whites and Indians since the recent out
break. He was also examined as to the char
acter of the late agent Meeker. In reply to
inquiries Gov. Pitkin said he favored giving
land In severalty to the Indians in eastern
Utah, throwing open the Colorado reservation
to settlement by whites, and giving the Indians
everything realized from the sale of the lands
of their reservation, unless some satisfactory
sum could be agreed upon, to be paid them by
the government for REIMBURSEMENT of their
rights to the reservation. Maj. j. o. Thomp
son, Tribune agent for the government, gave an
account of the fires started by the Utes in
northwestern Colorado, last May and June.
THE EXODUS INQUIRY.
Before the Senate exodus committee to day
the examination of M. 7. Lewman, sheriff of
Greencastle, Ind, was concluded. He testi-
fed in reply to questions by Senator Voorhees,
that he met and had an interview with color
ed man named Heath, who came on mail car
from Washington to Greencastle over the Van
dalia road. The mail route agents name was
Reynolds. Heath told witness thaNtbe people
the car had treated him kindly. Heath was
trying to find location for cOlOred emlgrants,
and told witness his object in the first
place was to get to Kansas, but at Washington
Adams, Secretary of the Emigrant Aid SOC ETY.
asked him to stop at Indianapolis. He had
letters to Judge Martindale and Col. Holloway,
prominent Indiana Republicans. One reason
for the colored people leaving North Caro-
lima was to better their condition, and
another reason was that their friends
possible to get out of North Carolina and
into Indiana before the census was taken,
about May LIST, SO as to decrease the Republi-
can vote of North Carolina and in
crease that of Indiana. Heath
supposed when be making these state
ments that witness Republican. Heath
said Republicans had proposed to pay half the
member the mention of any name but that of
Adams.
On cross-examination by Senator Window,
witness stated that his county is we'll settled
up. There is no demand for labor there. Dis
satisfaction is felt ON account of the emigra-
ton, not because of the emigrants' color but
because they reach there destitute and
county, and because they overstock
the labor market. There is ill-feeling among
laborers of both political parties. 1t sometimes
takes the shape of threats. One man who
hired some of the negroes had his barn burned
few days later. This matter was before the
grand jury. Witness preferred on that &C.
count not to speak of it. There were bad men
ocrats had burned the barn. He couldn't
say whether this conduct would
have the effect of lettering people from hiring
immigrants, and so cause it to appear that
there was no demand for labor. He met Heath
at the depot when he came in on the train, and
on representing himself as Republican, got
into conversation with him. He told Heath
to come to Indiana. Heath said
there was no doubt they
could get all they wanted, but it would be ne
cessary to pay half their expenses, because
those that had horses wouldn't leave home and
those without horses couldn't afford the ex-
pense. Witness got the impression that no ar
engagements had yet been made whereby their
with the store order system of pay in North
Carolina. Next morning witness met
Mr.. Bridges, Democrat, who said
he had seen Heath and informed him that he,
Heath, had fallen into the hands of Democrats
instead of Republicans the night before, and
Heath thereon hurriedly left town. Some of
the negroes desired to return home. Heath had
handed witness three slips of paper.
At Senator Voorhees, request witness read
what was on the slips, as follows
Postmaster Longsdale and Mr..
Clay, colored, at Green castle,
Putnam county, on the Terre Haute railroad.
Provide for this gentleman. More are coming
On the back. Holloway, p. NJ, Union Depot
Mail Officer Reynolds, J. NJ. Adams, 1888 V. St.,
N W."
To Mr.. Voorhees-It is necessary fora sheriff
to dissimulate in order to obtain information
from suspicious characters. The
dissatisfaction in the county is
not confined to Democrats, but
is felt by many Republicans, especially among
the laboring class. No objection would be
made to self supporting immigrants. ALI the
Republican papers witness had read condemned
the committee and approved the exodus.
At Senator WINDOWS request he, Window
will be summoned as a witness.
REDUCED INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS.
The Indian appropriation bill appropriates
in the aggregate "a, 1885 which is s219 $50
less than the appropriations for last year. The
principal items of decrease are for the Rec
Cloud and Spotted Tail Sioux-S95. 900 less
| than last yenr, the Yanktop Sioux, 5000, in
dustrlal schools $4,000, expenses of the In
dian commissioners $500.