Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-01-11
GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS.
Receipts ana expenditures.

opoh# puuhe utDts Which VIII 4tedfo@thS
actual surplus for December s6, 424,6o3 The
public debt was also reduced during the
month to the amount Of s15, 10000. For the
entire calendar year Of 1857 the debt was
diminished by s119o1e, 900, the largest reduce
tion being made In June and November, when
the payments on that account aggregated
SIG, sea 900 and SIC, sss, 200 respectively.
NEBRASKA AND IOWA PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, Jan 2-The following PEN
sfons have been granted Nebraskans: Mexi-
can war-Charles c. Redmore, Lincoln
Original David W. Hopkins, Dewitt. In
crease-Thomas Kirk, Reynolds; Charles
Jenkins, Barada; John Regain, Hansen.
Pensions for Iowans: George, father of
Matthew r. Tenant Mt. Ayr. Original
Leonard Deneen, Abel; Alexandria S. Cisney,
Extra. Increase-Geo. w. Creath, Agency;
Elias Hoffman, Vinton; Francis NJ. Smith,
Leon; Peter Il. Long, Ottumwa; James
Steele, 0rtonyille; Abner Allison, VAUDEVILLE
There were Is, 900 applications for increases
of pensions filed this month, the greatest
number ever filed in one month. @
Il. MONEY FOR KEoKUK. s.
Secretary Fairchild sent to the house COM
mittee his recommendation that SIS 900 be ex-
pended in completing the government build
ing at Keokuk ~.
OUR WOOL TRADE WITH RUSSIA.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81--The United States
| consul at Odessa, Russia, has made a; special
report to the department of state in regard to
the wool trade between southern Russia and
| the United States. The conclusions of the
report which is contained In d pamphlet of
forty-fVe pages. are briefly stated as follows;
That the wool trade between south Russia
| and the United States has been carried on for
twenty years, greatly to the detriment of the
revenue Of the United States. All of the wool
shipped from south Russia To- the United
States is the property of four American i'm
porters. These importers, in combination
with shippers, have consptred { prevent the
recognition of the market price for so-called
donskoi washed woods at Rostef- Jon. All
of these woods are, and ever have pcen,
secured wools These woods have in many in
stances entered the United States at the low
duty limit, ~ cents, others again at the high
duty Is cents) when all should have paid duty
as secured woods. The fraudulent designation
of these.wools has benefited American i'm
porters and been corresponding loss to hon.
est wool merchants and to the United States
government. That this loss will reach be-
tween Sic, 100000 and $50, 000, 900 is very prob:
able. The report further says that the
charges in the invoices of wool shipped from
Odessa and Rostoff are false and are intro
duced for the PURPOSE of defrauding the reye-
nue-that is, the omissions charged are never
paid as commissions; that the legitimate and
proper charges have been excessive; that the
gross weight in an invoice has caused great
loss of revenue, and been successfully prac-
ticed for many years; that the interests of the
United States requires the permanent closing
of the Rostof consular agency, and that
salaried consul should be sent to Rostoff-on-
Don.
BILLS TO BE OFFERED FOR OPENING THE SIOUX
RESERVATION TO sETTtEMENT-Tff rRoss
PEcTs.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-John H. King says
that he believes that bill will be reported at
an early day from the senate committee on
Indian affairs that will suit both houses and
effect the opening of the Sioux reservation.
The other members of the Indian affairs COM
mittee are going to take a hand in the con-
struction of a bill this year, and some of the
features of both the Jones and the old Dawes
bills will be adopted. In the house Peel, of
Arkansas, who will probably be chairman of
the Indian affairs committee, has prepared a
bill which he will introduce at the earliest
possible moment. 1t partakes of the features
of the bills above MENTIONED but adheres to
the boundaries Of the Edmunds bill. This
provides for the opening of 12, 600. square
miles between the White and Cheyenne rivers,
allowing the lower Brule Indians to select an
other agency. 1t adopts the school provisions
of the Jones senate bill, which Dawes old bill
did not contain. 1t is not unlikely that in
both houses the bills finally adopted will be
reconstructed by the committees, and no sin
gle measure to be introduced will be accepted
bodily. King, Kleiner and Pettigrew have
settled down here for the winter to work for
the best measure that can be secured. They
are to have an interview with Commissioner
Aitkin pretty soon, and hope to get from him
d Recommendations tldC the RESERVATION De
opened without waiting for the consent of the
Indians ~f 4Es s.r.i q,
ABOUT THE TERRITORIES. ...-s
Delegate Joseph, Of New Mexico who has
been member of the committee on territories,
and will again serve on that committee, today
expressed the opinion that this congress would
pass an enabling act for four, territories
Dakota, Montana, New Mexico and Washing
ton, He says that the general feeling in con-
gress is that these territories should be adj
mitted to statehood, but that Utah is not fit
fit to become state SO long as the Mormon
hierarchy holds the territory. He added that
none of these territories would be admitted in
time to vote for president, but would be per-
mitted to. come in shortly after the presidential
election. He has made the situation q special
study, and has sounded members of both
parties upon it, and his Judgment is that of a
man who is not likely to take too rosy view
of things Mr.. Joseph expresses the opinion
that a new territory, Oklahoma, will be form
ed, and that No Mans Land will be added to
1t. He thinks the latter could not be annexed
to any other territory or state with propriety
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