Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-21

umaued Ueat less THAN ~ per cent. of the
go per centum advalorcm duty on silk is
collected in Consequence of the unsaervalu-
tion'of that article"
Indian Commissioner Price is Informed
by Judge Edmonds, chairman of the Sioux
commission, that 5000 Yankton and
Ogalalla Sioux Indians at Pine River
agency, Dakota, have agreed to separate
reservations of limited proportions. The
Indians at Rosebud agency had agreed to
separate reservations, and, as the Indians
at these two agencies comprise more than
half the Sioux nation, the work of the COM
missioner is practically accomplished. The
object of the commission in having the
Indians agree to select separate reserva-
tions is to concentrate all the Indians in
about one-half the present reservation, in
order that the other half may be thrown
open to the public. The Indians have not
located their intended reservations, and
cannot, without authority from congress.
Congress Will be called upon to pay them
for the land they surrender.
Indian Commissioner Price will to-mor-
row forward to the commission at Salt Lake
City $4,000 for use in irrigating the Ute
country in the southern portion of that ter
ritory.
An important departure in the policy of
the postoffice Department. will be inaugural
ed on Jan. 1, next. 1t consists in trans
ferring to the blank agency division, which
is under the supervision of the first assis-
tant postmaster general, the purchase Of
| all supplies in the first and second class
postofices of the country. AS at present
conducted postmaster at one of these
Offices purchases stationery and furniture
for his own Office, selects such styles and
quantities as may please his fancy, and
sends his bill to the department., where it
is paid. 1t is thought by
supplying these officers with such material
as they may need, and have property uni
form, in size, etc., that at least 25 per cent.
over the present cost can be saved. With
this object in view prominent postmasters
from all sections of the country have been
requested to assemble here, when the ques-
ton of uniformity in blanks, size of paper
and postoffice books will be discussed.
Ex-President Pierola, of Peru, called on
the secretary of state to-day, and had an
extended interview ON matter pertaining
to the condition of..Peru.
Col. Cogswell, whose sudden death is an
nounced this morning. was one of there
Union officers, prisoners of war, who were
held as hostages at Charleston in 1862 to
prevent the obstruction of rebel privateers
by federal troops.
The naval advisory board spent to-day
considering the report eff the late advisory
board, submitted year ago.
The secretary of war having been asked
by telegraph to grant the use of the bar
racks at Chattanooga as smallpox hos
pital, has refused to do SO on the ground
| that such use would render them unfit for
other purposes, and probably require their
destruction.
The German legation here has informa-
| ton that the proposed change in the treaty
of naturalization which the new German
minister, en- route from Washington, has
been directed to obtain, relate more to
| the general application of the present
| treaty than to its provisions, which are
nronOunced uuita catiSfactOrv