Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-21
Gen. Crook Ordered to Hold the
Hostile Bucks as Prisoners
of War,
A Delegation Of Red Men From
the Land of Moses Moving
on Washington,
Mrs. Nickerson Number One Sues
for Divorce From the Mash
ing Major.
CAPITOL NOTES.

CAPITOL NOTES.
Special Dispatches to THE BEE
CROOKS PRISONERS.
WAsHNGToN- June 20. General Rug
giles telegraphed General Crook as fol
lows:
WHlPPlE BARRACKS, ARlzQNA.
[ am directed by the secretary of war
to advise you that the secretary of the in
terror informs him he cannot consent to
receive your Indian prisoners mt San Car
los agency. He says he will endeavor to
take care of the children, but in his
opinion the adults should be held prison
ers of war, and kept from contact with
peaceable Indians i'll Arizona. The secre-
tary directs the prisoners be kept apart
by you and fed out of the appropriation
for subsisting Indian prisoners of war
until he shall receive full reports from
you, with any recommendation you may
have to make on the subject, upon which
the final disposition of these Indians will
be determined
Gen. Crook, in dispatch to the adju-
tant general, opposed keeping the captive
Apaches apart from other Indians.
THE NlCkERSOS SCANDAL.
Mrs. Emma G. d. Nickerson has filed
her petition for divorce from Major Azar
Il. NickersOn. The petition, among other
things, charges the defendant with adu-
terry with Tena Diller, Carter, the woman
to whom Major Nickerson was married
after his divorce was obtained. A bill in
equity has also been filed, asking that
conveyance of property by Major Nick
erson to Tena Diller Carter be set aside.
THE MOSES RESERVATION,
Secretary Lincoln transmitted to the
secretary of the interior the following
telegram from Gen. Miles, with favor
able endorsement of the recommends
tiOns:
"VANcoUvERs BARRACKS w. T.,
June 10, 1888
To Adjutant General, Washington:
''The principal chiefs interested in the
Moses reservation started from Spokane
Falls and are now enronte to Washington
under charge OF Capt. Baldwin. | earn
eStly request efforts to be made to make
an amicable and permanent settlement
with these Indians while in Washington,
not only to satisfy them for portion of
their reservation restored to the pub
lie domain, but also if possible
to purchase their REIMBURSEMENT of the
remainder of Moses reservation 1t is
the second Black Hills, and prospectors
are already pressing upon it and will soon
give trouble or endeavor to have another
portion taken from tho Indians. think
it would be advisable for the government
to give the Indians $150,000 for their
benefit and to induce them to take land
in severalty on Colville reservation,
GENERAL SHERMAN's TRIP.
WASHINGTON, June 20. - General
Sherman, accompanied by Tidball, of his
staff, left here this morning for Buffalo,
where he will be joined by Chief Justice
Waite and Justice Gray. From there
the continent along the northern bound
ary of the United States, inspecting all
of the military posts en- route General
Sherman would have postponed his de-
parture until after the funeral of General
Ewing, but one days delay in starting
would have disarranged all the plans
throughout the entire trip, which has
been carefully mapped out with dates for
arrivals at certain points, and escorts
provided to meet the party along the
route.
WATSON s SENTENCE.
The finding of the Wasson court mar
tial has been reinyested by the Judge ad-
yocate general The result has not been
made known but thought that the SEN
tence is at least dismissal, otherwise the
department commander would have acted
upon it.
THE HILL CASE.
In the Hill investigation to-day Murch
was sworn and answered the usual ques-
tions as to residence, occupation, .Sc.
Witness had been a stone cutter from
1859 to within 6 years. Witness worked
both as journeyman stone cutter
and foreman in dressing granting for
the Philadelphia building, During
the time he worked there 10
per cent of the contract was in
force with the Dix Island Granite com.
pany. They were instructed as to the
length of time they should occugy in cut
ing stone, The superintendent made es-
Inmates, and If man finished particu-
lTr stone in less time hewas kept jobbing
until the estimated time expired. Wit
ness worked about l4O day vs. upon one
stone, and believed he could have done
the work in 40 or 80 days.
The witness appeared before the COM
mission Of which Assistant Secretary
French and Mr.. Hill were members and
testified to all the facts as Just related by
him, and called Hills attention to the
unfairness Of the modified contracts
which he (IdilD then proposed making.
Counsel for defense wished to postpone
the cross examination Of Murch until to-
morrow, 10 which the prosecution assen
ted. Several letters and other docu-
mentary evidence relating to the Phila-
delplia building was then offered, aftel
which Gen. Stincmetl was recalled and
questioned as AN expert in relation t.
certain alterations in the plans for the
building The committee adjourned till
tomorrow.
The License Rush i'm Chicago,
Special Dispatch to IrB BE
CAIcAGo, June 20.-The rush for H.
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