The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-11-21
TELEGRAPHIC
Warrington.

Washington, 20.-Secretary Teller has
appointed Colonel Delano, late collector
at Sitka; Alaska, special timber agent.
The secretary Of the navy, this morn
ing, issued circular inviting presenta-
ton to the department by any skillful
person of plans, models and designs for
new wheel steam cruising vessels for the
navy.
The supervising special agent Of the
treasury department, in his annual re-
port, say: To secure more efficient AID
| honest administration of the customs
service throughout the country con-
solidatien Of collection districts and the
abolition of large number Of ports. at
some OF which no duties are collected,
and at others where the expenses are
largely IN excess OF the receipts, would
seem absolutely necessary. Respecting
smuggling, he says, 'sthrough the
activity aud vigilance Of the officers of
this service, assisted largely by local Gus
! toms. officers, S juggling has been con.
! lined TO very narrow limits. The seizure
on the night Of the Sd Of January last. of
nearly ton of opium, valued al S26 coo.
while the attempt was being made 10
land 1t from the steamship CITY of Toxic,
at the wharf of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, is the largest and most
important case of smuggling discovered
during the year. 1t is reported that the
business of.opium smuggling on the Pa
cihc has been carried on by an or ganized
company, which includes capitalists,
custom house employees, steamship enc
ployees, local politicians and Chinamen.
All the customs officers suspected
of completely with smuggers
have been dismissed from the service.
| Indian Commissioner Price is inform
ed by Judge Edmonds, chairmaL of the
Sioux commission, that 5000 Yankton
and Ogsllala iSo4x Indians alpine River
agency, Dakota, have agreed to separate
reservations of limited proportions. The
Indians at Rosebud Agency had previous
~ sKreeu to seperate reservations, and as
the Indians at these two agencies COM
prise more than half of the Sioux nation,
the work Of ommissioner il practically
accomplished. The object OF the COM
mission in having the Indians agree to
select separate reservations is 10 conceu-
trste all the Indians 10 about one-hslt O!
the present reservation in order that the
other half may be thrown open to the
public.
Ex-Presldent Pierola, Of Peru, called
On the secretary to-day, and had an ex.
tended interview on matters pertaining
to the condition of Peru.
Colonel Coggswell, whose sudden
death was announced this morning, was
one of three Union officers, prisoners O.
war, who were held IS hostages al
Charleston, in 1862, to prevent the de-
struction VI the rebel DriYG Ger By fedora
troops.
The German legation here has infor-
nation that the proposed changes in the
treaty Of naturalization, which the new
German minister now en- route fol
w shipgton has been directed to obta in
relate more to the general application o
the present treaty han TO its provision
which are pronounced quite satisfactory
The bureau of statistics report sths
during the month of October there ar
rived in the customs districts of Balti
more, Boston, Detroit, Huron, Mime
sofa, New Orleans, New York, Psssam
qusddY, Philadelphia and San Fran
ciscs, ). 81 500 passengers, of whom 45, SO
were immigI ants, 1867 citizens of tn
United States returned from abroad, ant
1857 aliens.
The trial of Detective Miller, charges
with completely with star reuters, b.
: district commissioners, goes on to-mor
row.
Judge Advocate General Swain de
cides that the failure of army officers t
: satisfy any Indebtedness fairly con
] trscted, would not be violation of tn
6lst article Of war.