The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-08
WashInKt0n Notes.

cost Of collecting the revenue at all port
of entry for the fiscal year is: For sala
ries &529. 131; miscellaneous 81, l60, 62S
The employees number Al AT.
In the S0use the Ellis committee OF
appropriations reported the joint reso
luton appropriatiug $4,000 for th'
support of She destitute Indians OF Mon
| tana II passed she house and went Il
the committee of the whole on pension
Appropriation bill.
In the investigation of the Indian IanC
cases begun by the senate committee OF
Indian affairs to-day, John w. Scott
agent for several tribes in the Indian ter
ritory being called, said all the tribes
under his charge had leased portions o
their lands. The Poneas had LEASED
$1,000 acres. or one-half of their posses
SION, at 81, 900 per aDnum. The LAND
was not sub-let, but was occupied by
Sherburne. the lessee. for grazing pur
poses. The present policy of leasing
lands the witness considered the best
He was asked If the price by SheFburnE
was faIr one, but was not prepared tc
express an opinion on this point. He
thought, however, il would bring more
If open TO competition. The Nez Per
ces Indians leased 3 portion of their res
ervation for $4,000 . year. ThG
PaWnees leased $4,000 screi
at three cents per acre
for q term of ten years; witness
was present and advised the Indians in
making some Of these leases. 6EnGe thC
public attention has been so wildly call
ed to this matter. witness thought the
lands might now be leased for higher
price.
o. ua.o,, oh;ae .;,-a1 1fssaa, has
reduced Sergeant Otto Holtnorth of the
signal service to the ranks and formally
recommended his dismissal from thC
service for rifiing Lieut.. GreelY's private
papers. The recommendation will bt
approved.
J. o. Tufts, agent for the civilized
tribes of Indians, testified that the Cher
okee strip, 200 miles long and fifty-siz
miles wide, was leased to an ASSOCIATION
for 800, 600 q year. The land would
now probably rent for $4,000 more
The witness heard rumors of irregular
payments of money to secure the case
but could not trace them to reliable
source.
The Star ssyS the governors of twenty
states have written to express their dc
sire to cooper ate in making the Ameri
can exhibition, to be held in London in
1886, 6 thorough exhibition of the arts
manufactures and products of the United
States. 1t is proposed to take the gov.
ernment exhibits at New Orleans to
London.
For The Boomers Camp.
CALDWELL, Kas. Jan. 5.-Two troops
of cavalry arrived to-day from Fit. Hays
Capt. Duncan in command. Two day
will be required to reshoe the horses snt
put the command in motion for Okla
homa. Thursday the troops will leave
here for the boomer camp at Saltwater
Indian Territory, where the Capt. CoucL
colony OF three hundred men are located
This section Will there be Joined by The
three troops from Ft. Sill and two frou
Reno. Gen. Hatch Will command
the regiment. He was seen
by the press agent at his headquarters
to day and from HIM learned the partlc.
ulars, He will have two HotchkisG
guns and skilled men to work them
with him. He does not intend to lose q
man in q short range fight, but will re.
tire and open on the Boomer camp with
these
LONG RANGE guns.
He does not desire fight, but his orders
are ironclad and specific and will be ex.
ecuted to the letter. He hopes the col
onists will not resist when called upon
to surrender, but if they will not peace.
ably, there will be trouble.
A colonist direct from Crouch's camp
yesterday called upon the press agent fol
the scope of Gen. Hatch's orders and his
intentions in matters. From him we
learn that they obey Capt. Crouch's or.
ders implicitly, and will resist the sol.
diers when he gives the word. They
are all we'll armed aud
PREPARED FOR A FIGHT,
and say they will not be removed except
by superior numbers and force denounce
President Arthur, congress. cattlemen
and the war department in IN
measured terms; say they would
have cleaned Lieutenant Days COM
pany out IL he had opened fire on
them. No collision was had between
Days men and the boomers, as was re-
ported. He ordered them to surrender.
They refused. armed themselves, took
refuge behind their breastwofks and
awaited his executing of the order to
fire IN i've minutes. His instructions
did not cover that emergency and he re-
tired, but went into camp near by. Thus
do matters rest. It is so stormy now the
soldiers cannot move on nor can the
boomers move out. They say when re-
moved they will burn every ranch out
on the Oklahoma and Cherokee strip.