Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-17
WASHINGTON NEWS.
.oarlanf sction Taken by the Treas.
.ry department. to meet the General
Needs Of The Country.
JANuARY INrERrsr.

|CAsuTSGTONt Dec. lOs-Ine secretary
No treasury has directed the payment
mont rebate OF the interest due January
IA on United States 4 per cent,
IA of the loan OF 1907, amounting TO
{, cut 80, 900, 900, and also interest on
8 nds issued to the Pacific Railway com.
pv upon the presentation Of coupon and
"A sysst checks at the treasury az Wash
S.on, or at any OF the sub.treasurles.
Ireks for registered interest will be
.ned 70 the bondhclders as soon as pre-
"a Treasurer Jordan said this after
(. nn. I'm speaking of the situation in wall
eet. that he had received information
N there to-day which shows that the
4naud for money is excessive at high
q. The action Of the department, how
II +. in anticipating the January interest
Fl i.per.cents, was taken, he said,
ehput reference TO New York, being In
J Eded TO meet the general needs OF the
butry by distributing money to the
'nks In oil seclions-Ch'cago, Cincin-
n New Orleans and other sub.treasury
ia as well as New York. While ex-
hnpe in New York is at discount checks
y n be paid at other sub-treasury points
n preference.
a TO iu.LoT LANDS TO THE INDIANS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l6.-The senate
j for the allotment OF lands In severalty
+ me Indians was amended and passed
N the house to-day, AS passed, the bill
soyues that in all cases where any tribe
N Indians is located upon any ieserva-
In created for its use, either by treaty
(. pulations or by virtue Of an act OF con-
Mass or executive order, the secretary Of
IN interior is authorized, wherever in his
&nion any reservation OF such In
Ikns Is advantageous for agri-
1tl,ural and grazing purposes,
81 cause said reservation TO be
Iryeyed, or resurYeyed IL necessary, and
n aliot the lands IN said reservation in
|.geralty TO the Indians loca ed thereon,
= their application, in quantities, as fol
GEs: To each head Of a family, one
arter OF section; to each single per-
IA over eighteen years of age, one
khth of section; to each orphan child
Isder eighteen years OF age, one-eighth
M section TO each other person under
.khteen years, one-siXtesnth Of a section I;
byided, that in case there is not
lcient in any OF the reserva-
lns to allot to each individual
IA the classes above named in the
Entities as above provided, the lands
IOrsced In such reservation, or reserva-
lbs, shall be allotted to each individual
8 each of said classes pro rata in accord
&C with the provisions OF this act.
10 further prohibits for period OF
enty-flye years the conveyance Of any
4 ch allotted land IL makes the allot-
Is subject to state and territorial
'lWs, and PROHIBITS any territory from
ssslng any law denying to any such In
IAN within It's jurisdiction equal protec-
|Ilbn Of law. The rights and privileges of
citizenship are conferred upon every In
Han born within the territorial limits OF
Sc United States to whom allotments
Aye been made, and upon every Indian
Vho has voluntarily taken up his resi-
tence and adopted the habits of civilized
He.
The provisions OF the bill do not ex-
iend TO the territory occupied by the
fherokees, Greeks, Choctaws, ChIcka-
rvs, Seminoles and 0sages, MiAmis aud
0rias, and Sachs and F,,xs in the Ia
hn Territory, nor to any of the reserva-
.pns OF the Seneca nation of New York
i1lans in the state Of New York, nor to
pt strip of territory in the state of Ne
'hska, adjoining the Sioux nation on the
&uth; nor does the bill authorize the
Enlistment of any reservation until the
alnsent Of a maj jrltY of the male mem
'srs lwenty-one years Of age shall be first
Named.
rhe bill now goes back to the senate
u action on the house amendments.
ON THE INDIAN BOARD.
WASHINGTON, Dec l6 The president
~ day appointed Rev. william David
slker OF Fargo, Dakota, TO be men,
q Of the board Of indian commission
\, vice william t. Johnson, resigned.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l6.-The president
~ the following nomina ions to the
pate to-day: Thomas S. Tlce of New
DE-, appraiser OF merchandise, New
flk; Frank B. Genovar Of Florida, col
f,or Of customs at st. Augustine, Fla !;
lstine NJ. Rose of California, district
Ntge for the Southern district of Cali.
'&nia; j. Marmion Brooks of California,
fforney for the Southern district of Cali
8fnia.
(. Fol. Orlando ID, Wilcox, Twelfth in
1try, to be brigade general; Lieut. =
VI John Moore, assistant medical sur
Bor, to be surveyor general, with the
pk of brlgadier- general; Col. j. G.,
zane, corps engineers, to be chief Of
sElneers, with the rank of brigadier-gen-
IN
IN addition to the above, the president
.Et In the names of many other army
cers.
AZ CONFIRMED.
.WAsHINGToN, Dec. lG.-The senate to-
~ confirmed Arthur l.. Thomas Of
Hllnsylvania to be a member of the board
N Registration and elections OF Utah.
BINDING TO CORPORATIONS.
HAsHINGToN, Dec. l6, = Senator
.inmo to-day introduced bill providing
NV no railroad or other company or
operation engaged in interstate COM
nee shall have or keep an office, for or
herwise provide for or permit, the
fnsier upon the books of such corpora
w OF any portion Of the capital stock Of
n same al any place outside Of the
Nv under the laws Of which said cor
2la1lon was Incorporated, and all trans
oil stock OF any such corporation at
"A point or place outside OF the limits OF
~ state / Y which such corporation was