Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-06
Secretary Proctor Proposes TO En-
list the Indians In the Army
aud Make Friends Of Them.
AN EXCITING WEDDING IN KEN
TuckY.
A Methodist Minister Pays a Fine
for Carrying Weapons Not
Spiritual.
By Telegraph 70 the NEve.i
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Secretary Procfor's Plan for Pre-
venting Indian Troubles.

l secretary froctoriS PtAn Tor Pre-.
venting Indian Troubles.
WAsHISGToN, Dec. 5.-Secretary
Proctor has presented the outlines Ci
a novel plan for determining the
cause OF the present Indian trouble,
AMI for preventing similar difficult
ties in the future. The Secretary
made an argument before the
House committee on military af.
airs, and proposed the increase OF
the maximum strength Of the army
to its former quota OF $1,000 men OF
all arms II this is done, he said,
he would Immediately enlist two
| full regiments Of Indians, all for the
| full term of three years, and all to
be treated I'm every respect like the
white soldiers. The Indian force
would consist OF both infantry aud
artillery. The Secretary thinks the
| enlistment OF Indians would have n
very, good effect upon them ani
their kind, as it would bring them
closer to civilization and teach
them business methods which IL
now seems impossible to inculcate.
The routine of military life would
be agreeable to the Indians, and it is
believed by the Department officials
that there would be great rivalry
among the Indians 10 be enlisted.
Only the best Indians would be Sc
lected by the military authorities,
and this would put them on their
good behavior and set a premium
on loyalty and fidelity to the whites.
1t would also keep the War Depart
ment in closer touch with the In
dams and enable them TO be more
quickly apprised OF any dissatistac-
ton among the redskins
The members of the military com.
mittee received the proposition very
favorahly, and it is thought they viii
act atfirmativeIy.
BUFFALO BILL AND SITTING BULL.
The influence behind the throne
that recalled Buffalo Bill after he
had been dispatched 10 arrest Sitting
Rull, has been found. 1t was the
1ndian-ioving philosophers who in
fest the Indian bureau. They as
sursd the President that bloOdshesi
would certainly follow IL Cody tried
to carry ont his plan. General Miles
asked that his order for Bulls az
Test sioaid stand, that il should
be enforced by the man in whose
hands the order was given. The
President, however, believed that
there should he greater force of
United States troops in the immeii-
ate vicinity at the lime Of the arrest,
and directed G neral miles b.
cOuntermand the orier. At the
Indian Office Buffalo Bill is in lad
odor. 1t Is lelivad by the officers
that he womb he very glsd TO ill
Sitting Bulls ssin full of lead, and
that it was his purpose in going to
Standing Y lck - pTscipi.sie fight
and then saco: down ms old enemy.
Is lie has hal, it Is said, q grudge
against Bull f0T many years.
THE SILVER PURCHASES.
Tue amount OF silver Offered the
Treasury Department was ,OSJ, 900
ounces. The amount purchased was
sos 900, at 81. OF to sl.c5.
TINGLE's ANNUAL EEpoRT.
Supervising Special agent Tingle,
in his annual report, says:
"while in attendance on the con-
ference of Consuis General of the
Unite1 States in Europe, called to
consider the practical workings Of
the customs administrative law.
was strongly impressed with the
wisdom and necessity fora stringent
enforcement of that act. Had
further proof been needed it would
have been found in the publications
in the European press admitting
that invoices were systematically
and Intentionally undervaIued aIi
deploiing the fact that under the
new provisions Of the law these
evasions could no longer be safely |
continued. Ithss also been brought |
prominently to my notice that |
while the citizens of these countries !
were enjoying large profits upon |
the deceptive and Illicit imPorta- |
tons into the United States, Ameri- |
AMI invidiously prescribed and |
made 10 feel the rigor Of the COM
mercial lsws.o
He expresses the opinion that
more than half the prepared opium
consumed in the country during the |
past six years had been smuggled.
1t is believed, he says, that an in
ternal revenue tax of not isIore than |
IS per pound on the prepared article,
crude opium to be admitted free, and |
a corresponding duty upon smoking
opium imported wonld practically |
put an end to smuggling.
sTANFoRD'S BILL.
The bill introduced by Sem
ator Stanford today TO provide the
with msaus sufficient
to supply the national want of a
sound circulating medium is the
same bill introduced by him last
May, and was introduced so as 10
allow of his making some remarks
upon it. The bill authorizes the
issue of one hundred million dollars |
in treasury notes, to be loaned at two
per cent upon application to citizens
owning unincumbered agricultural
lands. the loans no. 10 exceed one
half the assessed value of the land |
and not to extend for more than |
twenty years.