The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-21
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
THE SIOUX.


The Indian commissioner, Price, is in
formed by Judge Edmunds, chairman Of the
Sioux commission, that 5000 Yankton anc
Ogallala Sioux Indians, at Pine Ridge agency
Dakota, have agreed to report to separate
dams at Rose Bud agency had previously
as the Indians of these two reservations com.
prise more than one-half of the Sioux nation,
the work OF the commissioner is practically &C.
complished. The object Of the commission
in having the Indians agree to select separate
reservations is to concentrate all Indians in
about one-half the present reservations in or
der that the other half, may be thrown open to
the public. The Indians have not yet located
on their intended reservations and can't get
authority from congress. Congress must be
called upon to pay them tor the land they sur
render. Indian Commissioner Price will, to-
morrow, forward to the Ute commission, at
Salt Lake City, $1,000 for use in the irrigation
of the Ute country in the southern portion of
| that territory.
NEW DEPARTURE.
An important departure in the policy of the
postofice department will be inaugurated on
January Ist next, in transferring to the blank
agency division, which is under the super
vision of the first assistant postmaster general,
the purchase Of all supplies in the first and
second class postofices in the country. AS at
present conducted, postmaster at one OF the
offices purchases stationary and furniture tor
= own Office, selects such styles and tints as
may please his fancy, and sends in the bill to
the department. where it paid. 1t is thought
that by supplying these Offices with such ma
terial as they may need, and have it proper
and uniform in size, etc., that at least twenty
five per cent. of the present cost can be saved.
With this object in view, prominent postmas-
tiers from all sections of the country have been
requested to assemble here, when the question
Of uniformity in blanks, size of paper and
Postoffice boxes, will be discussed.
CALLED ON THE SECRETARY.
Ex-President Pierola, of Peru, called on the
secretary of state to-day, and had an extend
ed interview on matters pertaining to the con-
dition of Peru.
NOT GRANTED.
The secretary of war being asked by tele-
graph to grant the use of the barracks at Chat
tanooga as a smallpox hospital, has refused to
do so on the ground that such use would rem
der them unfit for other purposes and proba-
bly, require their destruction.
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION.
The chief of the bureau of statistics reports
that during the month of October there arrived
in the customs districts of Baltimore, Boston,
Huron, New Orleans, New York, Philadel-
phia and San Francisco, 57,S69 passengers,
of whom 45,965 were immigrants, and 8, 367
citizens of the United States returned from
abroad, and 1887 aliens not intending to re-
main in the United States.
DEFENDS HIMSELF.
Captain Alfred Hopkins, commander of the
Pensacola navy yard, submitted to courtmar-
tal his written denial of the charge of having
deserted his post during the yellow fever ep-
idemic.
PASSENGER TARIFF WAR IN MINNESOTA.
SIOUX CITY, November 2o.-The Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railway company is |
to-day selling tickets from Sioux City to St.
Paul for twenty-five cents, and from Sioux
City to Chicago and Milwaukee for ST. IS.
The cut of the ST. Paul and Omaha railway
was announced Sunday morning.