Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-27
Pop GUNS NO more.
Steps Taktn 10 Make The Navy al
Instrument Of War,
The Men and Arm iment to Be at
Once 0verhauled,
Boomers Must Await Ces essiun--Indian
Alarm I'm Kansas-The Chey-
enne Case.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
GENERAL EVENTS,

GENERAL EVENTS.
| WASHINGTON, june 26.-In the closing dayi
OF its last session congress authorized the
president In his discretion to appoint COM
mission to negotiate for the cession to the
Uuited States of the 30 called Oklahoml
country. The CON mission has not yet beer
appointed, and It ia understood that no actor
will be taken in regard TO its au
tho,ized appointment until after the
August elections shall have been held
| by the five civilized nations ol
| Indian territory Meanwhile 1t is learned
that the president and oil members of the
cabinet are in accord in maintaining that nc
white settlement shall be permitted on the
Oklahoma lands under any circumstances
| without the consent of the Indians under
terms of the treaty of 1866, and that the
ploy ed if necessary to carry out heguarantees
of that instrument.
The "Butler house force" of the senate en-
ployes, consisting of three messengers -salar-
les 81, ,440 each-two janitors-at 5000, and
several laborers- will be dropped from
the pay rolls of the sergeant.at.arms at the
end of the present month. These men are
assistant doorkeeper of the senate at $3.50;
two messengers at 81 ,440 each, and one en-
ploye of the folding room will be dropped. OF
these, two are democrats, one is q republican,
and the politics of the other is unknown.
The school proposed by Commodore Schley
for the instruction of seamen in the improved
arm ament of modern vessels will open at the
navy yard in this city on the LIST of July. A
class of twenty sailors has been selected.
Commodore Schley hopes to open With a class
of twenty members at Newport on August
1st. Only sailors enlisted in continuous SER
vice are admitted to the school. ''These
men," said Commodore Schley to-day, 'are
to go on vessels at the end of years instruc-
tion and act as teachers of other men who
may be on board. Our sailors have not
kept up with the advance in gun machinery.
The government is to blame for this, for since
the war no attempt at improvement in guns
has been made until within the past year.
Now we have no improved guns nor men to
handle them if they should be obtained. The
ball of the war fired at modern vessel is like
pea snapped at a window pane. We expect
to secure new guns and will have men to han
die tnem."
A number of the plans and specifications
for the new naval vessels provided for at the
last session of congress have been received at
the navy department. In the circular calling
for plans and proposals., Secretary Whitney
July 15. The circular called for plans for
four vessels. The bureau of construction and
the bureau of steam engineering of the navy
department will submit plans for them all,
the former for hulls and the latter
for machinery and engines. It is not
know that an other sourcs will otier plans for
| the entire number. Several plans for single
vessel will be submitted by naval officers
and it is expected plans will be received from
| ship builders. Naval Contractor Mintonye,
of the Brooklyn yards, will furnish plans for
for three vessies. The 6rst is to cost about
! 81 500, COO, to be 356 feet by forty-eight; to
run eighteen knots per hour; her armament to
is to carry about four hundred men
and officers. The second vessel will be 305
| by forty-six feet and her battery will consist
Of eighteen guns. The third vessel will be
225 by thirty-six feet, carrying an armament
of fourteen guns. The vessels are modelled
after the English cruisers. The enterprising
but imaginative individual has also been sub.
q vessel that will float on top of water, be;
meath 1T, and in mid.air. Its sails will
be wings and it will make greater
speed than any bird or any thing man has
invented" Others are submitting similar i'm.
practicable schemes for parts of vessels: SEC
retary Whitney is not desirousof experiment
| ing with new schemes. He rather favors the
adoption of models of the best cruisers built
by foreign powers, with such improvements
as can be added by American ship builders
Senator Ingalls, to- day received a Telegram
from the governor of Kansas saying an incur
sion by the Cheyennes similar to that of 1875
is apprehended, and great uneasiness prevails
In the western part of Kansas which has beeI
rapidly settled this season and the new comer
are in very defenseless condition. The gov
ernor therefore expresses an earnest desir
that the secretary OF war should station troop
on the southwest border of the state to guart
against attacks from the Indians. Endicott
being out of the city, Iugalls called upon tn
president and was assured that the matte
had been the subject of earnest consideration
by the cabinet and active measures were nov
being taken.
Gen. Augur has reported to the war depart
ment that he has sixteen companies, ten 9
cavalry and six of infantry, at Fort Reno, L
T. The last company arrived at the fort to
day. The general apprehends NO immediat
outbreak of the Cheyenne Indians. The
have been informed of the proposed appoint
ment of commission to investigate thei
troubles, and express willingness to awai
the result.
The president to- day appointed the follow
ing collectors of customs: T. M. Fayre, dii
trict of Pearl river, Miss; Jos. B. O'Brier
, district of Natchez, Miss; John t. Grady
district of Apalachi-cola Floiida:
clned to accede to the request of .the,Oregon
. California railroad company for the issue {
patents on 1926, 900 acres of the land alread
selected by the company, and allow selection
to be made for the million acres more undt
the lapsei grant of that company.
Gen. Frank Armstrong, of New Orleans
Q was to-day appointed by the secretary of tn
b interior an Indian inspector, to succeed Ii
!, spector Newell suspended.
4 Chief Signal Officer Hazen has issued O
: order, extending to day and half in &C
!. vance, the weather predictions, which no
: only cover day. The change will take effs
on July l.
Attorney General Garland says he will n
duce the force of examiners In thedepartmel
of justice considerably, as he finds there
i not sufficient work to justify the emplOynel
:, of the entire force.
The stationery for the use of the interi
D. department during the next fiscal year W
d cost SAT ,s9l, reduction of over 1900, col
= pared with this year. Supplying gold pc
Z Is regarded by Secretary Lamar as extray
y gance, and will be discontinued.
IT The district commissioners were inform
by Assistant Secretary Falrchild Of the tire,
ury that the.pauper woman, Bridget Nal
who was to have been sent here from Pitt
q burg to test the question as to who is respo
!, sibls for alien paupers, has been sent to Il
:. land.