Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-31


men slaves. The National uarts repre
senps tue advancing spirit Of the age"
The staryisg Piesaaa.
wAsHrsoTos. Aug. O.-In regard q
the reports of the distressed Condition
OF the PieRsn Indians, Acting Indiar
commissioner Stevens TODAY statec
that the Indian Office Ia In novise n
oiame Tor the condition OF affairs. A,
tue last session of Congress the Com
missioner had requested an appropria
ton of $4,000 for the maintena nce q,
these Indians. This count Wa m
the opinion OF the Rureau. the smaiIes,
sum that would suffioe for the puruose
put the House Gus tue estinats down n
S4uOO. The senate increased the an.
propriatisn TO 10000, and this mou.v.
although Used 20 the best adyanta,e. il
not enooRs t. feed the Indians duyino
the year. On August Ito AGENT Allen
made the following rep,rt upon the Sub
o. der date Of June 4, 1894. / wrote
Your ONCE, reviewing the estimate for
supplies made by my predecessor, John
fonng, for the yesr ending Jane 40
1880, and showed that the amount of
meat estimated for Was only one omar
Ter OF the quantity required, and the
hour only about one-third of tbe oman.
tity required. He asked for 6DOOO
pounds of beef, gross, aud onIv 400 900
pounds had been purchased. iess than
one NTH rations, or less than five ounces
per q W Tor each person. Tue hour pur
chased Tor the current fiscal year gives
less than SIX ounces per day to each
person. On such an allow ance. and
having nothing else. how could thew
avoid starvinRf IteleRraphed you thai /
have supplies for present needs. N
were to divide 10000 pounds of bsef
gross by 81. the Number of weeks in the
year, and To issus Only that amount, the
needs could not be met; bat am ism
ing more, and will continue TO do 40
while have it on hand, for these In.
dams shall not die of starvation while
nave anything to give them. IL the
supply runs out, the responsibility may
rest VIII, 70 10 belongs. At present there
Is q great abundance OF berries. and
these help to prevent starvation, for the
Indians gather and eat them in great
quantities, but the berries will soon pe
gone, and then there will be- nothing
but meat aud -four. Il should be borne
Ia mind that at no time since | assumed
charge of this agency has Oh. re been a
single pound of rice, beans, houniny,
oatmeal or anything of that kind 10
give the Indians. Do you wonder IL IL
reported that they are Shaving In
May and June there were times when
they stripped the trees and ate the inner
bark TO keep their souls and bodies TO-
Rether, and all the time they were beg
ging for food. / at one time issasd
over 2OUO pounds of bacon that / had
not roceipted for and which had been
condemned by the Board of S1rvey.
would never have done 30 had they not
been IN = starving cond .tion. Just now
they are not suffering, bot la a very
shert time the berries will be gone, and
the supplies will RON short ana the car
penter will again be kept busy making
burial boxes unless something Can be
done In the way Of getting them addi-
ti0nal food
Rags Not wanted.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.-The Acting
Secretary of the treasury has issued
the following circular:
Notice Is hereby given that the un-
loading of old rags arriving at ports of
the United States frsm foreign ports
upon and after the LIST proximo, is pro-
nibited for three months from this date.
Postal Congress Postponed.
A oableoram receive d at the Post
Office Department announces the post
ponement until February next OF the
International Postal Congress, which
was to have ass. mbled at Lisbon on
October lat. fhe posiponement was
hal In ri ~ hA.
isting cholera quarantine In Southern
Europe.
Decrease In the Public Debt
The estimated decrease In the public
debt during August is ~. 0O0,OO0.
ON Wait street.
New YoRx, Aug. Governments
strong, and railways hrm. The stock
market today was dull, but strong. At
the opening there was an advance of 2
Der cent, the trunk lines being most
conspicuous In the rise OF an official
deuial Of the report that the Grand
trunk had withdrawn from thu pool.
Afterwards Louisville d Nashville WAS
raided from 80 to 29x on unfaverable
r-psts concerning hr o mpany. Other
active shares fell of TO N per cent.
In sympathy. Later on tue market
hardened, and the bears, becom-
ing alarmed at the strength
exhibited. attempted TO cover.
This resulted in steady I'D
vance throughout the entire list,
with Union Pacific AZ a special feature.
This stock moved up from AN TO 491f,
and closed ut the highest figure. Tue
advance in other active shares ranged
from x@lIx per cent. The rise Was
due to favorable reports, which brought
IN orders for long account. Foreign
bankers were also buyers OF the gen
eral list for Europeaa account. Com
pared with last night closing prices are
k@2,< per cent higher, EXCEPT for
Louisville 4 Nashville, which 10 per
cent lower.
Opening OF the Indiana Campaign.
IxprASAPoLIs, Aug. 30. - The cam
paipu in this state Was formally opeued
by both parties today, and hundreds of
speeches we're delivered in cities and
towns in all parts of Indiana. In this
CITY the Republicans did not hold a
meeting. The Democrats had large
street demonstration, consisting OF uni
formed clubs carrying torches and
transpsrencies. The speaking took
place from stand in the circle where
Governor Hendricks addressed an audi
ense numbering several Thousands.
The steek List
Nxw Yosx. Aug. @.-U. 8. Three's,
iool<; &It's, ll3,s; "a, 120%; Pacific 95's
III; American Express 81, Canada Pa
cific an. Canada Southern IS, Cen
trail Pacific 40,<. Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy l30A, Denver d Rio Grande
1871 erie l5ys, Hannibal and Sc. Joe
$50, Kansas and Texas 1S1s, Lake
shore loiA, Louisville and Nashville
IA, Michigan Central 81, Northern
Pacific %. Northern Pacihc preferred
l9A, Northwestern lei, New York
Central lo<,S. Oregon Railway and Nav.
ieasion 81. Oregon Trsnscontinentsi
IGN, Oregon Improvement -, Pacing
Nail 90, Panama -. Rock Island
ii4I<. 81. Paul syn. Texas Pacific l2x.
Union Pacific 495S, United States Ex-
press 81. Wells Fargo los. Western
Union GAN. Lsckawanns l0sz. Pstro
leum steady al 9JA.
Mesev MARKET.
NEw YoRx, Aug. Ns--Money easy Al
f6flk per cent, closed offered at IL
Der cent; prime mercantile paper, bss@
bk sterling exchange. bankers osus
dull and steady ~ &4SSk; demand
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