St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-08
Calico Charley Fosters Char
aeteristic Telegram to
Secretary Noble.
The Garden Spot Of the West
to Be Opened to Set
Element.
Stockslager's Old Shoes May
Be Filled by a Nebraska
JuriSt.
Experts Discuss Hog Cholera
and the Means of Pre-
venting 1t.

WASHINGTON, Aug. e. Secretary
Noble this morning received the follow
ing telegram announcing the successful
completion of the work of the Sioux
commission:
Fort YATES. Aug. 6.-Hon. John W. Noble,
Secretary OF the Interior, Washington, d. c.:
we have won the fight. We will leave here
tomorrow morning for Chicago. Will write
you fully from Chicago.
CHARLES FOSTER, Chairman.
Secretary Noble was very much graft
fled at the receipt of this information.
He said that the settlement of this mat
ter affected the welfare of large num-
Der of people, and was a great thing for
the Indians as we'll as for the people in
that section of the country. He imme-
diately sent the following telegram to
the commissioners:
My congratulations and sincere thanks for
your able efforts and great success. You
have done a great work for humanity the
Indians included. Have sent your telegram
to the president, who is at Boston to-day.
JOHN w. NOBLE, Secretary.
According to the act of congress I'M
der which the agreement was made,
the unrelinquished portions of the Sioux
reservation is divided into six reserva-
tlon, as follows: Standing Roc K,
Cheyenne River, Lower Brule. Crow
Creek, Pine Ridge, and Rosebud, SO
separated that a large portion of the
relinquished part of the reservation
divides them into sets of two; one set
being on the northern end of The reser-
walton, another on the eastern, and the
third on the southern. The land thrown
open to settlement will aggregate about
100000 acres, and is to. be disposed of
by the United States
TO ACTUAL SETTLERS ONLY
at the following rates, S1.25 per acre for
all lands taken within the first three
years after the act takes effect: IS cents
per acre for all lands disposed of within
the succeeding two years, and so cents
per acre for the residue of the lands
then undisposed of. All lands still open
to settlement under the agreement at
the end Of ten years from the taking
effect of the act shall be accepted by
the United States at so cents per acre,
which amount shall be added to and
credited to the Indians as part of
their permanent fund. The act pro-
videS for furnishing the necessary
seed to the Indians for two years,
for which adequate appropria-
ton is made. In addition thereto there
is to be set apart the sum of S3.000.000.
which is to be deposited in the United
States treasury to the credit of the
Sioux nation of Indians as permanent
fund. the interest of which at per cent
per annum, is to be appropriated under
the direction of the secretary of the in
terror to the use of the Indians. After
the government has been reimbursed
for the money expended for the Indians
under the provisions of the act. the sec
rotary of the interior may in his discre-
ton eXpend in addition to the interest
of the permanent fund, not to exceed
10 per cent per annum of the principal
of the fund in the employment of
farmers and in the purchase of agri-
cultural implements, grains, etc.. nee
essary to assist the Indians in agrl-
cultural pursuits. At the end of fifty
years the fund is to be expended for
the purpose Of promoting education,
civilization and self-support among the
Indians or otherwise distributed among
them as congress may determine. All
THE NEW RESERVATIONS
include the land in the vicinity of the
agencies where the Indians are now
living. The land to be thrown open to
settlement is not occupied at present
by the Indians. The number of In
dians on the reservation is 22,567. The
act provides that the agreement as now
entered into must be submitted to con-
gress at its next session for ratification.
In the event that the agreement is
approved and any further legislation is
enacted the secretary of the interior will
proceed to carry into effect the provi-
sions of the law. A. T. Lea, an agent
of the interior department, is now in
Dakota and has been ordered to proceed
to take census Of the Indians with
view to ascertaining how many of them
are able to support themselves. and in
their physi6 o. capacity to work lhe land
owned or occupied by them, either indi-
land, its nearneSS to market, its general
productiveness, and such other facts
and circumstances as will assist con-
gress in determining how many of the
Indians are CAPABLE of Self-SuppOrt.