The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-08
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-The President
has nominated Marcus ", A. Cheson, ol
Pennsylvania, District Judge of the West
erp district of Pennsylvania. and Jas. N
kerns, of Pennsylvania, United States
Marshal of 1.-THE Eastern district Of Penn
sylvania, and John H. Valentine. of Penn
sylvania. United States Attorney for the
Eastern district of Pennsylvania; jacob
Wheeler. of Illinois, United States Mar.
shal. Southern district of Illinois: George
w. Hazelton, of Wisconsin, United States
Attorney of the Eastern district of Wis
consin; John NJ. Morton. Collector Of
Internal Revenue. First district, Cairo;
John B. Stckney, United States Attorney,
Northern district of Florida; Charles
Varrian, United States Attorney, district
of Nevada; Henry E. Prichett, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, Idaho; b.
j. Conger, Justice of the Supreme Court,
Montana; Il. P; Pomeroy, United States
Attorney, Arizona; John j. Henry, Reg
lster of the Land Office. Leadville: Edward
&. David u nited States Surveyor General.
district OF Wyoming: Henry NJ. Atkinson,
Surveyor General, district of New Mexico;
Alex q. Clark, Register of Gland Office,
Des Moines; Hiram w, Parker, Register
of Land Office, Beatrice. Nebraska.
The House Committee on Elections took
up the case of McCabe Us. Orth, Ninth
Indiana district, and heard the arguments
Oh the petition Of McCabe, to be allowed
to take testimony and go on with his case.
A decision will be given on Tuesday next.
The senate confirmed the following nom
nations: United States consuls-Gen.
Owen n Denny. of Oregon. at Shanghai; !;
Durham j Grain, of New York, at Milan;
Wm Garvey, of Ohio, receiver of public
moneys, Cheyenne; Ithamur c Whipple,
of Wyoming, register Of the land Office
Postmasters-Thos L Stevens, Glenwood
Iowa; RCdolphus Hubbard, McGregor,
Iowa. j Ii Taylor, Bozeman. Montana.
Representative Covert to-day introduced
bill providing that on and after its pass
age no important duty shall be levied and
collected upon iron ore, and tha: the
import duty on. scrap iron of all kinds
shall be So per ton, and upon lead ore
one-fourth OF one per cent per pound
1t appears from the documents trans
United by the president to the senate to-
day, in response to the resolution request
ing him to furnish information, that the
receipts and disbursements under the
agreement made between the UnitedStates
and the Ute Indians in September, 1868.
ratified April, 1874, have been as follows:
Receipts TO July l. 1879, $l29. .3l4; expen-
ses for supplies, implements, travelling
expenses of delegates, etc, $65 289, leav-
ing an uneXpended balance Of $64 O25 Dur
ing the same period there has been expend-
ed for the support Of the Utes from the
annual appropriations made 10 accordance
with the treaty OF 1869, 1881 900, which ex
ceeds the requirement of the treaty.
The agreement referred to sets apart 3s
a perpetual trust for the Utes sum Of
money or bonds sufficient to produce
S25, 900 annually. to be disbursed or in
vested ct discre ion Of the President. ln
explaining the ADMINISTRATION Of this fund
the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs says
it has been apparent for some time that
the Ute Indians would either have settle
down or change their locations to avoid
a conflict With the increasing white min
ing population of Colorado. Only a very
few OF them have shown an inclination to
work at agriculture Where they are
under such circumstances the treaty funds
have not, been invested, as there was re-
asouable expection that early action
wonld be taken looking to the permanent
settlement OF the Utes where their sup
port By agriculture would be possible aud
consequently the money 10 their credit 10
the treasury would be needed for their
uNN 4lDiAISS du0 tu iQTutSH tn5 necessary
lm Diemcnts, stock. etc.
The joint resolution introduced bg Rs
preventative Belford to-day authorizes
the:~ecretarysoi thesUte auauity fluid to pay
Mrs. n G, Meeker the sum Of SIS 600, to
the heirs OF Frank Dresser $1,000 to the
widow Of William Fl, Post $4,000, and to
Mamie, j. Elliott $1,000 Tor injuries sn5-
tanned by them at the hands OF the Ute
Indians in Colorado.