The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-15
A WEEKS NEWS.
by Telegraph and Mail
WASHINGTON NOTES.

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WASHINGTON NOTES.
1T is said by officers of the Department OF
Agriculture that hog cholera is practically
exterminated. Unsuccessful attempts
have been made for weeks to secure virus
from infected hogs for experimental pur-
poses.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided that dies, rolls and plates that
have been used by the Government In
printing labels and wrappings, bearing in
ternal revenue stamps, could be returned to
the original owners.
The Secretary of the Interior it is said
will detail special agent of the Interior
Department to visit the reservation OF the
Zunis Indians of New Mexico, for the pur
pose of examining the land around Nutria
Springs, which was recently included
within the reservation limits by an execu-
tive proclamation, and ascertain whether
that land is really necessary to the Indians
well-being. The land in question is that
for which Senator Logan's son-in-law and
others filed applications in the General
Land Office some time ago, when it. was
supposed to be part of the public domain.
A METALLIcred color has been selectedby
the Postmaster General for the new two
cent stamp. 80
A DELEGATION of Kiowa Indians recently
had conference with the Secretary Of the
Interior respecting the boundaries of their
reservations. The Indians say that in
1867, when they signed the treaty, they
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lying west of the Wichita and Red Rivers
belonged exclusively to them; but now the
land is held by the State of Texas, and
known as Greer County. The Secretary
told the Indians he was governed by the
law, and could not change the boundary
lines.
THE President has appointed Benjamin
Butterworth, of Ohio, VIM. A. Patton, of
New York, and Charles L. Perkins, of New
York, commission to examine seventy
five miles of the Northern Pacific Railway
in Montana Territory, fifty miles of the
same road extending westward on the Vel
lowstone division, and twenty-five miles
extending eastward on the Missouri di-
vision.
THE Guiteau case has come into prom
inence again, owing to the fact that j. P.
Sheahy, one of the jurors, has gone crazy
and been sent to the st. Elizabeth Hospital
for the Insane at Washington. The case is
peculiarly pathetic in some points. 1t is re-
ported that Sheahy believed that Guiteau
was insane, and that the jury should have
so found, but he had not the courage in face
of the unanimity Of the rest to stand out
and say so. He was also afraid, it seems,
of what he knew was the public clamor on
the subject. Since Guiteau's execution it
is said he has been continually haunted by
reflections upon the case, and the convic-
ton that he voted to hang lunatic, until
his mind has given away under it. His in
sanity took fierce turn, so that his family
were afraid of their lives, and he has been
placed in cell at the asylum.
THE Civil Service Commission gives no.
tice that competitive examinations for ad-
mission to the public service will be held
between the 18th of June and the Sd of
July at the following places: Chicago, Gin
cinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis,
Kansas City, Louisville, Milwaukee, New
Orleans, Pittsburg, Port Huron, st. Louis
and San Francisco. ANY person wishing
to be examined at either of said places for
service in any department in Washington
should send written request to the Civil
Service Commission at that place for a
proper application blank, which will be
supplied.
THE appointment a few days ago of
William 8. Rountree, of North Carolina, as
Secretary of the Civil Service Commission,
disposes of the last Office to complete the
organization of the Commission.
THE President has appointed the follow
ing Government Directors of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company: Isaac Bromley,
Connecticut; George G. Haven, New York
Watson Parish, Nebraska; Colgate Hoyt,
New York, and Arthur L. Conger, Ohio.
SECRETARY TELLER has approved the ac-
ton of Indian Agent Wilcox in refusing to
receive the Chirachua Indians who recently
applied for admission to the San Carlos
reservation.
THE EAST.
DURING circus performance at Suspen-
sion Bridge, n. Y, recently, the canvas
tents were struck by terrific rain and
wind and utterly demolished. About / 800
persons were in the tents and a terrible