Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-27

v1deo, and II II important that in some
Gases this be done At once, yet there is
not one dollar available for this special
purpose. An amendment TO the law in
reference to intruders, 90 a to punish
them by imprisonment a. veil AZ by
f1ne, II absolutely necessary. The Com
missioner gives q detailed account of
Payneb operations. and asks that
the special attention Of Congress
be called 20 these aggressive movements
on Indian Territory land a. illustrating
the urgent necessity for speedy and ef-
fective legislation in regard to trespass-
ers. Recommendations for legislation
for the protection of timber on Inaian
lands are renewed. During the wear
there was paid TO the Indians in cash,
on annuity and otherwise, &745,O 600.
Less than f300. 900 of this amount was
for the payment of annuities proper,
many of which will expire 10 tbs near
future by limitations in various treaties.
The increase in accommodations for
Indian pupils, which the school appro-
priation for the last fiscal year made
possible, has been followed by q CORE
sponding increase in the attendance of
pupils. Exclusive of the five civilized
tribes, the number enrolled at boarding
schools during the year just closed vas
5i44. An increase of q over last year.
The attendance on day school was 5Ol4,
an increase of 74s over the preceding
year. OF 5143 boarding pupils, 1896 at
tended schools on the reservation or in
their immediate vicinity. The boarding
and day schools on the reservations
have made a creditable record. Eight
new boarding schools have been
opened, making the whole number
nov in operation, exclusive of training
Schools, II. An interesting event in the
year has been the educational inroad
into the Ute tribe. The wild southern
Utss allowed q youths TO be taken to
the Albuquerque boarding school al
though not one of the tribe had ever
before attended a school of any desorip-
ton. The plan of organizing a system
of day schools ia meeting with favor
among experienced agents, who have
large agencies and desire TO place all
their Indians as speedily as possible
under some sort of educational infiu-
enoe. Good results from the maintain
anoe of the training schools at Carlisle,
Pa. and Forest Grsvs. inf Oregon, are
very manifest. aud Congress ia urged TO
increase the appropriation for these
schools. The BEST hope for the Indian
lies in bringing him in the closest DOS
sible relations with various religious 90
oieties, whose sole business consists in
work for the elevation Of humanity,
and who from long experience, are pre-
sumably best informed az to the method
and means TO be employed in such
work. The Commissioner again calls
Qt tn no 90 g..
the Indians in Alaska.
reviewed at great length. With refer
snos to the Mission indians of Cali.
fOrnia, the Commissioner says he fully
agrees with the findings of the Inspce-
tor sent out to examine their condition,
presented to Congress. CONCERNING the
that two townships Of the
present reservation be retained as a
permanent reservation for those who do
not desire to make homesteads. The
Indian tribes of Indian Territory, hav-
ing failed to adopt freedmen into their
tribes, as contemplated by the appro-
priatiOn Act Of 1882, it is recommended
that legislation be asked authorizing
their settlement in the Oklahoma Dis.
triot. under some we'll defined jnrisdic,
ton. and that they form government,
the Department of the Interior to deter
mine what freedmen should be allowed
thereon: or else that such stringent
laws be passed that will compel the res
ident tribes to adopt freedmen, as pro-
vided in their treaties. II is also rec
that Congress authorize the
appointment and provide for the pay
ment Ut the expenses Of q commission,
whose duty it shall be to visit these ma
tiOns, consider the points Of difference
between the Indians and alleged in.
truders, or non- citizens, and after de-
trimming on rules of procedure for the
final adjustment of said question, at
tend the courts of said nations and sub
NIT said rules for consideration, and
the action which is taken by them and
approved by the department shall be
final and conclusive. The early atten-
ten of Congress is invited to the deplo-
rablc condition of the Indians in Mon
tana, that steps toward assisting them
may be taken ~ SOON AZ possible. The
report concludes with recital of the
agreement signed in this city July last
Chief Moses aud the Secretary
Of the Interior, which will. the Commits
sioner says, If ratified by Congress-, re-
store to the public domain 2,243 O4O
acres of land in Washington Territory
upon terms favorable TO the government
and for the best interests of the Indian.
About . Male
WASHINGTON, Got. &.-Lieut. Kobbe,
stationed at Mt. Vernon barracks, Ala
bama, reported to the War Department
that the white mule which had been at
that post fortv-ive years Was about to
be sold, and the officers asked permits
sion to buy him and keep him at their
own expense. The petition went
through the regular channels, and Gen.
Sherman submitted the case to the SEQ
rotary Of War. with the following re-
port: IL have seen that mule, and
whether true or false, soldiers believe
that il was left at Big Spring,
where the Mt. Vernon barracks now
are at the time General Jackson's army
Campsd there about 1Sl9-'20. Tradition
says Il was once sorrel, but now II Is
white from age. The Quartsrmaster's
Department will be charsesble with in
gratitude il that mule is sold, or its
maintenance thrown ON the charity OF
tuo OtuCcto VI Suc pOSs. oustco soos -
be kept by the department, fed and
maintained till death. think the
mule was at Fort Morgan, Mobile Point,
when vas there In 1872" The Secretary
Of War thereupou made the following
order: ''Let this mule be kept and we'll
cared for ~ long Rs he liyes."
- A Altsck 81 Gsvs Murray.
SALT LAKE, OCT. 6.-The Salt Lake
Herald, the Mormon Church organ. in a
bitter article on Gov. Murray, calls for
his removal. A Murray 10 the best
Governor Utah ever had, the Geutiles
and law abiding people will stand BY
him to q man. His only offense 10 that
he wants the laws enforced in Utah M
in any other part Of the United States.
The Ce00ereaal ssasasssa.
Nxw YosK, Oct. ar. @. Dun 4 Co.
Of the Mercantile Agency report that
encouraging indications ~ 10 the i'm
proveuent In tho oouditiou Of business
are not wanting In events Of the week.
Exchanges show Q marked increase In
transactions at many points. and though
they may be more or les OF specula-
tive character, the belief h current that
there u q good deal Of money making
under existing conditions.
4 New Telephsse Company.
CINCINNATI, OCT. 6.-The Ohis Over
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