The Worthington advance., 1888-08-02
The Sioux Commission.


for work-all being new at Standing Rock
The commission has two clerks and an in
terprcter. They have two papers for the In
dams to sign, one favoring the reinguish-
ment of their lands, and the other against it,
Each individual Indian will be called upon
There is great excitement on the reservation
and among the five or six thousand now en-
camped around the agency there are none
who favor the treaty. Some, however, say
they are willing to listen to what tho white
chiefs have to say, and it is possible,
but not Mt oil probable, that the
commission may be able to change the sen.
timent by explaining the details Of the meas.
ures. The treaty takes from the Indians
about one-half the lands, or 100000
acres, which will be sold to settlers for fifty
cents on acre. This fund, which it is esti,
mated would soon be two or three millions
is to be placed at interest for the benefit OF
the Indians. Besides this 81 900, 900 is to be
Indians who are to take land in severalty
and live like white men. This feature is what
Indians dislike. Some say they want to live like
white men, but the ma ajority say they want
a hunting ground and they have been driven
far enough by the whites. Some OF
the most noted chiefs of the Sioux nation
are ready to confer with the commission,
among them Gall, Mad Bear Big Head, Run.
| ming Antelope and John Grass Sitting Bull
Is out on hunt, and as he has already ex-
pressed his opposition to the treaty it is
likely that his presence will not tend to
tighten the task of the commission. The In.
dams have selected several orations to talk
They say they. cannot always
trust white men, and that all treaties hereto
fore made have been broken. 1t was expect
ed that the most opposition to the treaty
would come from the Rosebud and White
Earth agencies, and that at Standing Rock
S~nHy +Jo@
The action of the Indians during the past few
days demonstrates the fact that tho commits
sion have hard task before them, and that
the securing of the signatures OF three fourths
of the Indians is doubtful.
Minneapolis detectives have corralled q
gang of thieves arrested five men and recov.
cred several thousand dollars worth of stolen
property.
There is bitter fight in progress over the
KY, which bids fair to end in bloodshel.
County Judge Lewis believes that Il great
! deal of whisky is being sold in town in spite
OF the local prohibition law. Several grocery
men were tried a few days ago on that
charge, but no proof was produced Arrest
angercd the accused, and Us Judge Lewis
capped being shot by John Parley, and then
Lewis rode back into town and assembling
opponents of the traffic proceeded to search
the stores Of John Blair, Howard and othcrs,
suspected. They found liquor in several,
rolled the barrels into the streets and emptied
under guard of twenty men with Winchest-
| ers. Afterward the whisky men rallied and
the factions encountered in the street. A
hundred shots were fired. but nobody was
killed.
A passenger train on the Cannon Falls line
of the Milwaukee road coming to Red Wing,
struck COW, and q freight car and one pas
Uncle Toms Cabin troupe left the track and
| went down the steep twentyfve-foot en-
bankment. W. A. Clark, canvasman of
Hurley, Wis, was standing in the door when
| the car was overturned, and was caught and
| crushed to death. One lady had leg
broken, and another was badly bruised
Nearly oil had ankles spraned or kindred in
bell rope was tied, 50 that the engineer could
not be notified, 4Ie claimed thai the en-
gneer could have seen the COW, as the track
was straight for distance before it was
struck.
| The Parnell commission of inquiry bill is
likely, from appearances, to pass the British
parliament in almost it's present shape, the
government probably asserting to verbal al
terations that don't impair the radical pur-
pose of the measure. The probability Of this
result has been secured by Mr.. Labouchere
ut Mr.. Parnell's special request, having ab-
stained from moving the rejection Of the bill
or it's long postponement, and Mr.. Pnrne
himself having refrained from challenging a
division. This insures the adoption, it is be-
leved, of substantially, the bill as it stands.
The exchequer court of Dublin, on applica-
zion If Af. Timothy Healy, a member ofpar-
Lament, mas granted s. conditional order oi
habeas cOrpus for the release from prison for
John Dillon, on the ground that, owing ia
| informalities, the county judge who sentenced
Mr.. Dillon on appeal had NO Jurisdiction to