The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-25

mufOor was IogarueO OF no moro import
ance than that of an animal. The boy BE-
loDged to the family of slaves. the original
slaves being two Moqui girls, who were
bought Tor corn four generations ago. Most
OF the slaves descended from them. ~ am
OF the opinion" writes the. agent, .'that
among. this tribe. Some are war captives,
some the descendants OF slaves and some
the results OF trades or purchases" He
thinks that these slaves ought to be free,
but this cannot be done without great diff
Guilty, and asks for the support of the de-
partment. The Indian Bureau has inform
ed the agent of its approval of his actions,
and informs him he will receive his sup
port.
THE ExrRADITIoN QUESTION.
=, A member of the Cabinet said Monday
that the extradition problem would be sOlv-
ed were too important to be settled offhand
In advance. This remark left the impress
sion that the extradition question had not
been formally discussed in the Cabinet yet,
however much may have been said inform.
ally. 1t appears to have been discussed In
the State Department rather informally and
upon hypothetical questions. Duncan S.
walker, Attorney General Brewster's broth.
ili-law, who has been here for day or two.
| waiting for demand for his clients-Sheri-
dan, Walsh, etc.-t0 turn up, left for New
| York without, it Is understood, the infOrma-
tion he expected.
MORE SOLDIERS WANTED.
Though unusual for this time of year, the
War Department keeps open most of the
recruiting stations throughout the country,
and, from the frequent orders for more re-
cruits, it may be Inferred that the service
hardly keeps pace with the number of de-
sertions and expiration of terms of enlist
ment. There arc in the neighborhoOd Of
fifteen recruiting stations, and all are asked
to secure, with due regard to proper quail
fications of applicants, as many enlistments
as possible. The desire for more recruits
has not occasiOned any diminution of the
standard required, and 1t is noticeable that
the morale of the army IL steadily improv-
ing.
DOHNAN II. EATON's QUEER oRTHo-
GRAPHY.
DOrman Il. Eaton two or three weeks ago
wrote letter to the New York Times in re-
ply to certain attacks on the Civil Service
Commission. The word ''marshal'' occur.
red in the letter coming from each eminent
person. The cOmpnsitors were told To set
up the letter verbatim ct lit"ratim. They
lid SO. In the next mornings paper mar
shall was spelled with two ''.ps.," The ed
itor was furious. He took the foreman
printer to task. That gentleman produced
the manuscript of the letter aud triumph
antly pointed To the miSSpeling tiierein.-
The editor said something like ''blaZes''
and burned the letter. The letters of Dor
need it.
THE REVENUE DERIVED FROM TOBACCO.
Now that the tobacco tax has been cut
down One-half, it may be very interesting to
know what sum of money this tax has
brought the government up to the present
time. The figures for this year are not to
be had with exactness, but up to May ], at
which date the reduction took effect the
amount is probably about S35, 0O0, 000 From
1862 to 1872 the amount collected on tobac-
CO was Sl94, coo, 600; in 1878 it was S34, 000,
09O; the next year So, OOa, OOO; the next
S37, 100000; the next $50, 100000, and the
next QS7O, S4l, 100000. Since that time it
has but once fallen below $40, DOC, OCO, and
even with the reduction this year it will
probably reach $40, 000, 900. In 1878 and 1879
1t was $40, 600, COD; IN $780, after the reduc-
ton Of the tax, SIS ooo, oO0; in 1851 S4s ooo,
amount of tax paid on tobacco, up to the
beginning. Of this fiscal year, was $3.50, $780,
4n.04 and up TO the date at which the re-
duction took place was probably about 1925,
O00, 600.
RAUMs SUCCESSOR.
The question of who will be commission
er of internal revenue will, it is said, be
closed before the 10th, and the belief that
the president will consult his ease by TAX
ing Rodgers, instead of getting in hobble
with dozen politicians to please one, is
growing. Mr.. Upton, ex-assistant secre-
tary, says the holding over and appointment
of Knox to act was new idea. When Nor
ril was made secretary of the treasury he
waited twelve days and no one was deemed
empowered to act, SO there was deadlock,
and after the expiration of ten days even
the assistant did not sign papers. The first
work of the new commissioner, whoever he
may be, will be to see how best to CONSOLE
date the internal revenue districts from 126
to 100, simple duty which has been de-
termined upon, but which will bring the
politicians all here to save their districts
from being wiped out.
GUITEAUS SKULL AND CROSS-BONES.
Speaking of the disposition Of Guiteau's
bones, the Star says that on the day after
the execution Guiteau's body was Inferred
under the floor of the east wing of the Jail.
On the night of July 1t was resurrected by
an anatomist of the Army Medical Museum,
DIR. Z; +. Schatfert, and taken to the muse
nm. There the bones were prepared for
articulation, and, being in fine order for
such q purpose, it was supposed that some
day or other Guiteaus skeleton would be
placed in glass case in the museum and
properly labeled. 1t was known by a num-
Der of clerks and other employees that the
bones were there, but only few persons
have ever been permitted To see them. 1t
has been deemed inadvisable, however, To
place the skeleton on exhibition as that OF
Guiteau, for like the cerylcal vertebre of
the assassin of Lincoln, Wilkes Booth, it
would have attracted too large q crowd
Recently DIR. &. ii. Crane Surgeon General,
took the bones into his personal possession,
and he has made disposition OF them or
which every other person is Ignorant. Gen.
Crane will doubtless keep the, secret to him
self. 1t is thought that the bones are yet
In the building as an entire skeleton, or that
they are with other bones that form exhfb-
its there.
DECLARING A FINAL DIVIDEND.
The Commissioner of the Freedman's
Savings and Trust Company has declared
final dividend of per cent. in favor of the
creditors of the bank, making G2 per cent.
i'm all and has commenced paying the Wash
ington depositors, Dividends to depositors
in the New York, Baltimore. Philadelphia,
Norfolk, Richmond, Lynchburg, Charles
ton, Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, Mo-
bile, Vicksburg, New Orleans, Savannah,
st. Louis and other branches will be paid
on and after Monday, the 2lst inst. Pay
ments will be made, as heretofore, on the
receipt of pass-books, by, check ON the
United States Treasury, and the pass-b0oks,
with dividend checks, will be returned as
rapidly as practicable. All depositors who