Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-01
GENERAL CAPITAL NOTES.
THE UTE BUSINESS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.-CiOv. Pltkln, OF Col
orado, to-day completed his testimony before
the House committee on Indian. affairs. It 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
oceasioned 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 a mail car
from Washington to 'Greencastle over the Van
dalia road. The mail route agents name was
Reynolds. Heath told witness that5the people
on the Car bad treated him kindly. Heath was
trying to find location for colored emigrants,
and told witness his object in the first
place was to get to Kansas, but at Washington
Adams, Secretary of the Emigrant Aid society
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
hot %L4.~ 4,
in Washington desired as many of them as
possible to get out of North Carolina and
into Indiana before the census TAKEN
about May LIST, SO as to decrease the Republic
can vote of North Carolina and in
crease that of Indiana. Heath
supposed when be was making these state
ments that witness was a Republican. Heath
expenses of the trip. Witness could not re-
member the mention of any name but that of
Adams.
On cross-examination by Senator Window,
witness stated that his county is well 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
have to be supported by the
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
of both parties there. Perhaps Dem
ocrats had burned the barn. He couldn't
say whether this cJnduct 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
= J,aI ho %Ia%
on representing himself as a Republican, got
into conversation with him. He told Heath
the Republicans wanted good many negroes
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
rangements had yet been made whereby their
expenses we're to be paid. Heath found fault
with the store order system of pay in North
Carolina. Next morning witness met
Mr.. Bridges, a Democrat, who said
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 Baute railroad.
Provide for this gentlemen. More are coming"
On the back. Holloway, p. NJ, Union Depot
Mail Officer Reynolds, J. III. Adams, 1888 V. St.,
N W.
To Mr.. Voo1hees-It is necessary for 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. All the
Republican papsrs witness bad read condemned
the committee ID approved the exodus.
At Senator WINDOWS request he, Window,
will be summoned as q witness.
REDUCED INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS.
The Indian appropriation bill appropr;ates
in the aggregate S4493, Gas. which is s2l9, 533
less than the appropriations for last year. The
principal items of decrease are for the Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail Sioux-S95. $50 less
than last year. the Yankton Sioux, $4,000, in
dustrlal schools $4,000 expenses Of the In
dian commissioners $500.