Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-30
WILL NOT VOTE
President Cleveland win not Go to
Buffalo Next Tuesday to Eser-
else His Right Of Suffrage.
Lieut-Gen. sheridan Sets Aside The
Finding Of the Couri.Mariial IN
the Case Of Capt. johnson.
ny commissioner OF Indian Aaairs n.
pen" ON iho Condition OF the tribes.
SECRETARY manning Resumes WORK.
Will NOT vorn.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.--Col. Lamont
said to-day, In response TO an inquiry on
the subject, that II was not likely the
president would 60 to Buffalo to vote al
the November election.
IN HARNESS AGAIN.
WARRINGTON, Oct, 20 .---Socretary Man.
ming to-day assumed actual control OF m.
treasury department for the first time
since be WAS taken sick. He eiguod All
the mall requiring the signature OF Abe
secretary,
DECISION REvRRsHD.
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 The proceed.
ings OF the court.martial, convened II
this city for the trial OF Capt. william q
johnson, United States army, retired.
have been made puollc Capt. johnson
was tried upon charge OF duplicating
pay accounts, and the court martial re-.
turned verdict OF not guilty. Lieut..
Gen. Sheridan, who reviewed the pro
ceediugs, set aside the verdict, The
lieutenant says; The accused admitted
the execution OF two sets OF vouchers
for his pay for the same week. aud The
evidence shows that he allowed these
vouchers TO pass beyond his control, SO
that both were presented aud paid. The
government was thereby exposed TO a
fraud, Tor which Cap, johnson cannot Be
held excusable The release OF the
accused from 7est had been ordered sud
tue court-martial dissolved. This action
OF the Acknowledgment In disappearing
the findings Of the court acqulttlag the
accused, is said 10 BIO almost without
precedent In the administration OF mill.
tary justice.
A CALL FOR THnER PER CENTS.
WASHINGTON, Oct, secretary Man.
ming this afternoon Issued n call for sic.
900, 200 Q per cent. bonds. The call will
mature December 81.
REPORT ON INDIAN AFFAIRS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2a.--Commlssioner
OF Indian Affairs Atkins has Just com
pleted HIS annual report OF the operations
IN the Indian bureau during the past year.
Re dwells at length upon the surplus land
In the Indian Territory, and saya that,
were all the lndians IN the United States
10 be uprooted aud trlnsPlanted to that
Territory, there would then be, Including
those now resident there, 26ey acres for
each living Indian. He suggests thai the
Kiowas, Comanchef, Wichitas, Cheyennes
and Arapahoes, being the only
tribes In the Territory west Of
longitude es', be removed 10
the lands east OF that line. He ex.
presses his conviction that the PROPOSE
ton to throw open Oklahama to white
settlement would be an experiment dan
gerous 20 all concerned. II Ia, therefore,
recommended as preliminary step that
congress authorize the department so APP
point a committee, who shall visit the
Cheyennes and Arapohoes, Wichitas,
Kiowas, ComAnches and Apachea In the
Indian Territory, to ascertain their views
With reference TO their removal TO lands
In said Territory east OF the es' Of iongi-
tude, The report says there
is an immediate necessity for the
Of United States
district court within tho heart Of
tho territory OF the Eve civilized nations
at Muskogee or Fort Gibson The neees-
sary legislation by congress Hpon the
question OF leasing Indian lands IL also a
suDject OF remark. The commissioner
refers 20 his instructions 10 agents look
Ing toahe teaching OF Indians about how
to farm. He says he intends TO see 70 t..
that they are fully carried out. The sue
coss or non-snccees OF tho Indian farming
experiment, he says, viii require some
years 20 demonstrate.