Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-05
A Large Assortment OF General
News.
CAPITOL NOTES.

CAPITOL NOTES.
Special Dispatches 70 THH BM.
H %JEANNETTE COURT.
WASHINGTON, Apr 4.-The,J eanpett,
court of inquiry adjourned until to-
morrow to await the arrival of ques
lions furnished by DR.. Collins.
WANTS A MINT.
The application of the king Of tn,
Sandwich Islands, Is that he be per
mitted to use one ofthe United Slater
mints to coin none y for his kingdom
and the matter Is now under consider
alton. The mint director has author
ity to do this, or at least, In lines pas
he has exercised such authority, az
large amount of money was coined
some years ago for Venezula. Dire ct
or B orchard says that the money coult
be coined at the San Francisco min
without interference with the publi'
business.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR
will leave for Jacksonville at noon to,
morrow. The report that the presi
dent will Visit Yellowstone Park soor
after his return from Florida is said a
the Waite House 20 be without foun
dalton.
JUDGE GRESHAM
mas accepted the appointment of post
master general.
The president has designated FRS
Assistant Postmaster General HattoI
to act as postmaster general for TIT
period of ted days, beginning to-mor
row, until the arrival of Gresham.
THE soLDIERsH HOME.
The president appointed Lieut.. Col
Anderson d. Nelson, U. s. A. IRE
turneo) deputy governor of the Sol
oilers Home, Vice Major Milton Cogs
we'll deceased.
AN APPEAL FOR AN ETH.
The following letter srom the Sioul
Indian agency was received al the In
dian fiji ;e to-day:
Hon. Commissioner OF Indian Affairs, Washing
ton
SIR Il am a friend of the Ores
Father, and am going In the whit
mans ways. Ihavs noticed the whit,
men cutting wood and I thought
would be like the white man sndchoI
some wood for my wife,. 4
piece of wood few up ant
put out my right eye. Nov
/ would like to hav,
father to send me another eye. I cal
have 1t put In here. I have Away
been a friend of the white man ant
am bridging my children up In th'
white mans ways. l am getting OLE
and wish my father would send me
cane. When you send the eye, pleas
send a brown one as that Is the colo,
of my other eye. 1 hope the grea
father will do as l ark. Ishakehand
with q good heart. Your friend,
(Slgned) BLUE EYE.
THE SCARCITY OF MONEY.
The total amount of bonds embrac
ed In the 120th call received at tn
treasury department to date In re
spone to the department circular an
thoriz'ng their prepayment is, 50,
O64 $50. A prominent official of tn
treasury said to.day, In commentin
upon the fact that the amount of bond
surrendered was so much less than tn
amount the department offered to re
deem, that 1t indicated either that tn
people who complained Of the scarcit
of money did not hold called bonds
or else the people who held the bond
were In no great haste to exchang
them for money.
A CALIFORNIA CAST
Secretary Teller rendered a decisio
denying the motion for re- hearing 1
the famous "El Sobranto" case c
California. In this decision the SCI
rotary says: "The decision In TIL
case upon the merits was rendered b
my predecessor on the appeal Febrr
airy 20, 1882. On the 18th of Marcel
1888, an oral argument was made bl
fore me In behalf of the petition fc
hearing. The case presented dot
bring it within tho rules upo
which rehearings are general
granted, mol do l think any ground
disclosed that, under the rules. an
well established principles relating
new trials would justify ms In opel
Ing the case and directing a rehearini
have takep occasion TO examine tt
briefs and papers used before my pr
decesaor at the time of mis- decisio
and see no reason to dissent from IL
general conclusion aud result reache
by him, The motion for rehesring
therefore denied"
THE CREEK WAR.
A telegram was received at the "
department and forwarded to the !
dian off Sc to-day, which reports tn
Chief Spioehe ard the Greek India
who recently left the reservation. ha
gone into camp with the Commanch,
thirty miles west of the Sac and +
reservations The peAcesbie Gree
will hold council with the Seceders
morrow and II the latter refuse to
turn to their reservation and are &c
ported by other tribes, all availai
military force ut forts Reno and S