St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-27
Not What He Was After, But
a Pretty Good Berth, Just
the Same.
John H. Baker Appointed on
the Cherokee Commits
sion.
Early Action Promised on
the DeS MOineS River
Lands.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-The presi-
dent made the following appointments
to-day: Benjamin P. Schuyler, of Min
nesota, to be agent for the Indians of
the White Earth agency in Minnesota;
Benjamin j. Horton, OF Lawrence,
Kan.; II. j. Aten, of Hiawatha, Kan;
A. d. Walker, of Holton, Kan, COM
missioders to negotiate with the Prairie
bana of Pottawattomies and Kickapoo
Indians in Kansas for the sale of all or
portion of their lands in Kansas and
the allotment of the remainder in sew
crafty under the provisions of the act
of congress approved March 2,
1889. sJohn II. Baker, of Goshen,
Ind, commissioner to negotiate
with the Cherokee and other
Indians for the ceSsion to the United
States of certain lands as provided in
section IA, act approved March 2, 1889;
DIR. Daniel Dorchester, of Boston, Mass.
to be superintendent of Indian schools;
Warren Truitt, of Dallas, Or, to be reg
lister of the land Office at Lakeview,
Or; Thomas B. Baldwin, of Folsom,
n. NJ, to be register of the land office
at Folsom, N. M; James B. McGonigal,
OF Colby, Kan,. to be receiver of public
moneys at Oberly, Kan.
The appointment of Benjamin P. Shuler
to the Indian agency at Blue Earth reserva-
tion, which was made by the president yes
terday, takes care of another old soldier.
Cap Shuler. as he is generally called is a
veteran of the war. and has been a promi-
nent politician in Minneapolis for a good
many years He has been in the legislature
once or twice-was there in 1887, when he
the Soldiers home bill. He might
have gone to the house again
but for the general tear-up last fall, which
resulted in the election of a kid delegation
from Hennepin county. Capt. Shuler was
not a candidate for the Indian agency, but
was after something better. namely the sur
veyor generalship of lands, which would
have enabled him TO live in Minneapolis,
while keeping his office in st. Pauls The
agency situation will compel him to- remove
to the reservation. He had strong back
ing for the surveyor generalship, but
missed on the Endorsement of Senator
sne @ else VINO probsby Tss senaor saok@an
or Mart Chandler, one of whom is now pretty
sure of the land sinecnre. Both Buckman
and Chandler were Sabin men in the sena-
/ torial fight, and if either of them obtains the
surveyor generalship it will be taken as an
indication that Davis is looking sharply after
his fence in 90 against the possible ambi-
ton of Gov. Merriam or Secretary Window,
both of whom will be out of office then.
Capt. Shuler attributes his appointment in a
measure to the desire of the Indians on the
reservation, with whom he has an extensive
acquaintance. One hundred of them were
in the service in his regiment during the war
and they forwarded to the president, through
Hon. Henry NJ. Rice, of st. Paul, petitions for
Shuler's appointment, to which Mr.. Rice
added his own Endorsement. The present
agent, Sheehan, was Cleveland Republican
in 1884, and held on through the Democratic
administration. His term expired the LIST Of
April.
Capt. Shuler said yesterday, when informed
of his appointment: Il have heard nothing
officially of it. was not an applicant for
the place and did not know until two weeks
ago I was being talked of for it. was after
something else"
The salary of the position is 81 500. The
headquarters of the agency is in Beckwith
county about twenty miles from Detroit, the
nearest railroad station. The agent has
1000 Indians in his charge. of the Leech
Lake, White Earth and Mile Laos reserva-
tions.