New-York tribune., 1885-01-17
NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR INDIANS
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TnrnUNR.I
CUTTING DOWN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As TO
ARMS AND LIQUOR.

CuIIlNG DOWN ~ ~
ARMS AND LIQUOR.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUyR.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The rules of the House
offer so many Instructions to legislation that many
important subjects are virtually debarred from con-
sideraton except it may be accorded by the Appro
priatons Committee. The Indian appropriation BILL
which reported to the House today contains two
provisions of considerable Importance. One prohibits
the introduction into tho Indian country of any ardent
spirits and forbds any person to SELL give or otherwise
furnish to any Indian under the jurisdiction OF the
Indian Bureau any spirituous liquor or wine Tho
penalty for violation of these provisions is fine Of
not less than $50 than $500. and imprison-
ment for period Of not less than six months nor more
than two years. The second provision prohibits the
furnishing Of ammunition to any Indian except
to those belonging to The civilized tribes In Indian
Territory The Secretary of the Interior authorized
to issue permits for the sale of for sporting pur
poses to poaceabe Indians The penalties for
violations of these provisions are the same as those
prescribed for the sale OF liquor to Indians The same
section of the bill authorizes the disarmament or
Indians whenever 1t may be deemed necessary to pre-
serve the peace and prevent depredation, The arms
taken from Indians are to be appraised by the War
Department and their value appropriated by Congress
and paid over to the tribes from which they were
taken Reports transmitted by the President to Con
gress the 9th inst set forth the necessity OF the
action proposed far the tribes under the juris
dction of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe agency In
Indian Territory concerned.
The estimates upon which the bill Is based call for
appropriations amounting to S7.32s,O49, against an
appropriation of So $50 4O2 for the current fiscal year.
The Appropriations Committee has reduced the
estimates to $5664 135 The estimates for the sub.
sisence of the Indians in Montana several hundred Of
whom died of starvation during the past year, are
reduced about $4,000 but the amount recommended
is greater by than that appropriated last year.
excluding the $4,000 deficiency appropriation
recently voted. The appropriations recommended for
educational purposes about 600 IN excess OF
those for the current year. Among the items are
$4,000 for the support of day and industrial
schools 100000 tor the construction and repair OF
school buildings $4,000 for the purchase of horses,
cattle sheep, etc, for industrial and manual labor
schools $4,000 ian increase of s., ,O00l for Indian
schools in Alaska, $4,000 for the Indian school at
Arkansas City, $4,000 for the new school at st.
Ignatus Montana $l1 500 for Forest Grove, Oregon
SO 900 for Hampton. Va, SG6 $50 for Lawrence,
Kansas, s33 400 for Lincoln Institute, Philadelphia,
aud $50, $500 for the education of Indian pupils III
schools in ether States and Territories There is also
item of $4,000 for the transportation OF Indian
pupils from their homes to the school and return.