Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-16
LIVE WASHINGTON WAITS.

LIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 15-An inter.
view with j. W. Woodruff, of Lander, Wyo,
Chairman of the Shoshone and Arapahoe
Indian Commission, published to-day, stated
that Mr.. Woodruff was on his way to Wash
| lngton to oppose the ratification of the
treaty negotiated by the majority of the
| commission, on the ground that the price
paid was more than the lands ceded were
worth. C. Ii. Merillat who was one OF the
majority of the commission, to-day said:
"The commission secured more than half
| OF the reservation of these Indians in
| wyoming. The amount ceded is estimated
at 100 COO acres, out of 1000, 900 acres belong
| ing to those Indians. For the lands ceded
the commission paid So 00OO, or s. cents an
acre. The Wind river reservation included
an unusually large number of fine streams
| OF water. The Big Horn river and its con-
tinuation, the Wind river, traverse nearly
| the whole of the reservation. Numerous
tributaries flow into the main stream, so
that the trouble of securing a water supply,
the arid regions, is considerably less on this
reservation than in other sections where
| streams are to be found only a great dis
tances apart Good timber is found i'll the
| northern and western portion OF the reserya-
! tion, ana when the reservation is thrown
| open the indications favor the development
|
| Wind river country is regarded one of
the favored portions of the State. 10 make
| 1t prosperous railroad communication is
needed more than anything else. 1t is sur
prising, therefore, that Mr.. Woodruff, a
| wyoming man, should make the objection
| that % cents an acre is an eXorbltant price
to be paid for the lands. But Mr.. Woodruff
| is disappointed because the Indians abso-
| lutely refused to accept an offer he made OF
100000 for only bout 60, 900 acres additional
| on the southern part of the reservation
| near the town of Lander"
! SECRETARY BLAINE hes received long
| cable message from United States Minister
Egan, at Santiago, Chile, but refuses posi-
| lively to say anything about it, 1t is under
| stood to convey the substance of the COM
| ments of Mr. Malta, Chilean Minister OF
| Foreign Affairs, on the recent official utter
ances of the President and the Secretary of
the Navy in regard to the Valparaiso Incl
cent.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
SHIELDS, of the Interior Department, has de-
cided that Jane Waldron, who is the daugh-
ter OF a white father and alf-blood In
dian mother, was born citizen of the
United States, and that her claim that she
is Indian by virtue of being born of an In
dian mother cannot be allowed. Neither
can she longer be permitted to draw rations
and annuities as such from the Government.
is said at the Indian Bureau that this case
practically decides from 500 to 1000 similar
cases in all parts of the West. In many
cases. however, the right of a half-b blood to
be regarded under the law as an Indian, is
fully acknowledged in number Of treaties.
In order to afford the young men of the
West and Northwest an opportunity of en-
tering the me edioal department ofsthe army,
Acting Secretary Grant to-day ordered q
\
cago February !, next, for the examination
OF all applicants for appointment in that
service.
MINISTER DENBY, at China, has in
formed the Secretary of State that while the
Chinese Government will make no provision
for an official representation at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, it has in order to
facilitate exhibits by Chinese merchants
and Others removed the export duty on all
articles exported for exhibition at Chicago
SECRETARY FOSTER has so much i'm
proved that DR.. Hamilton, who has attended
him ever since he was taken sick, left Wash
ington to-day for Chicago, to resume his Off
cial duties at that place. DR.. G. L. Magru-
der of this city, who was lately called in the
case, will continue to attend the Secretary
during his convalescence.
ONE of the disappointed men on the Dem
ocratic side of the House is Representative
Bynun, of Indiana, who was in charge of
Mr.. Mills Speakership campaign. Had the
result been otherwise than it was, Mr..
Bynum, it was understood, would have been
appointed Chairman OF the Ways and
Means Committee, having served as men,
Der of the minority on that committee in
the, Fiftyfrst Congress Mr. Bynum, how
ever, takes his defeat good naturedly, and it
is understood has in view the nomination
for E0r Nf1 1n1r TO be
next year. Indiana politicians say that Mr..
Bynum can have the nomination if he de-
sires, and. having been disappointed in Sc
curing the place he wished in the organiza-
tion of the House, it is more than likely that
he will turn to for consolation to the suf-
frages of his party in Indiana and head the
Democratic ticket there in 1892.
THE sentence in Secretary Blaine's
recent conditional acceptance of an invita-
tion to deliver an address before an Ameri-
can commercial club in Boston, by which
his appearance was made to depend upon
the condition of Mrs. Blaines health. caused
much comment. The Difference paid by Mr..
Blaine, to his wife's Judgment in all matters
pertaining toqhis political career, is a matter
of political knowledge: hence the general
interest felt in the statement implying that
she is not in good health. 1t was felt by
many that her illness might, and probably
would, have a distinct and active bearing
upon the Secretary's attitude toward the
nomination for the Presidency, and the con-
dition of her health has been the subject of
anxious inquiry. Since her return to WASH
ington with the Secretary Mrs. Blaine has
been confined to the house almost con-
family, and part of the time to her bed. Her
trouble was sort of general prostration,
probably due to relaxation from the strain
under which she labored during the illness
of the Secretary in the summer. Now, how
ever, she is able to be about the house, but
still does not go out, although much i'm
proved.
THE Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the Chemical National Bank of
Chicago to begin business with capital of
ST. 000, 900.
THE Brazilian Government has asked for
an extension of time for the ratification of
the treaty of arbitration recently concluded |
between Brazil and the United States.
THE National Executive Silver Commit
tee will meet here Tuesday, January 5, 1892.
A CABLEGRAM received at the Navy De- |
partment announces the arrival of the Chi |
cago and Burlington at St. Thomas, West |
Indies, to-day on their way to the South |
Atlantic station.
THEIR CIGARS AND HATS.
Mr.. REED wears " derby.
SECRETARY FOSTER sports n tile.
CALVIN S. BRIcE smokes the best cigars OBJ
tainable.
MAJOR MCKINLEY wears a bright silk felt,