Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-02-26

Chicago Feb. 10 on their return from
Washington to Pine Ridge left for
their destination last night. Before
leaving Chicago, American Horse
made this significant declaration: ~
signed the Sioux reservation cefing
treaty, but when l saw how the +
mouths of my people were closed in .
Washington l told Little Chief Noble
that | would he no longer leader Of my !
people but would mingle with them as
a warrior in the ranks, rather than lift
my voice in behalf of the white man."
Louis Prinean, of Standing Rock |
agency, and one Of the Interpreters
with the party, said, that in view of
this last witt and the excitement of
last fall, there will be trouble in the
spring.
The increase in population in some
of the Western States in the past decade
was phenomenal. Minnesota and Ne
braslla increased COO 900 each. The
population of Colorado is estimated at
100000. 1t was 1882 in 1880 thus
showing that it has doubled during the
past ten years. Washington will prob
ably show "A population Of $50 600. In
1850 the territory had 75,llG inhabi-
tants, 81 that the po' ulation has more
than quadrunled since the census of
that year. 1t is now considered a set
tied fact that Illinois will take Ohio's
place rs the third State in point Of pop
ulation. The enormous increase in
Chicago-nearly COO 600 in ten years
has contributed greatly to this result.
a Census Bulletin, just issued, states
that the total Indian population of the
United States, exclusive of Alaska,
is 2tt9 ,2273. OF this number 1882 live
on reservations or at schools under con-
troll of the Indian office, 6S,37l are civ
ilized and members of he Five Nations
of Indian Territory, S,27S are the
PuCblos of New Mexico, 5,304 live in
the State of New York, 2,SSJ i'm North
Carolina, 50 ,567 are self-sustaining, 3S4
are Apache prisoners of war at Mount
Vernon, and lSA are in State or Terri
torial prisons. OF the total number of
Indians 1919 females and 1871 males
total of 3G40--live in Idaho. OF this
number only 400 are ration Indians,
the others being se!f-supporting.
Joe Warren, Deputy Sheriff of spo-
kane county, together with Customs
Inspector +. H. Oliver, seized $1,000
worth of struggled opium on Monday
OF last week at Walla Walla, and on
the following Wednesday at Colfux
they seized the coutraband drug to the
extent of 800, but, owing to the par
ties having heard of the Walla Walla
seizure, it is probable that the bulk OF
the struggled stock was ''cashed."
, Warren had known there was Il regular
organized gang of smugglers operating
, in Eastern Washington and these
seizures are the result of his suspicious
and will no doubt tend to check further
operations of the smugglers in that
section.
A woman and five children were sui
! located and man fatally burned in {
fire that occurred i'm three-stOry frame
structure, in New York, Feb. 20. The
basement and ground floor We're uset
= as bakery, two families living on thu
floors above. A pot of fat boiling owe
in the basement set fire to the surround
l ing woodwork. The nremen managct
to subdue the flames after the baker.
! and second floor had been Quilted; an'
as soon as possible a search was mad
of the building. On the top floor the!
found Mrs. John Henry and her fou
, children dead. Jacob Enrich was il
: the basement and was so badly burned
that he will probably die.
@ The Missouri Pacific roundhouse il
Kansas City, was consumed by fire OF
!. the evening of February 21s.; loss $50
. 600. The roundhouse, "a frame struct
:. ure, repair shops, together with fiftee
:. locomotives, were consumed. Ed Hart
:, a Waterman, in endeavoring to give tn
alarm, had an ear burned off, and wa
h otherwise badly burned. His recover
~ Is doubtful. Morning trains will. b
:, DELAYED until other engines can b
brought in. One hundred and fiftee
~ men will be thrown out of employme,
!. by the fire, most of them losing the
tools in the flames.
Mr.. Cannon of Illinois, it is said,
:. no lo,.ger being consi e"ed in conne
). ton with the secretArvShip Of the trea
= ury. The appointment of secretary WI
% be made this week, and it is state
70 with p,'sitiveness, on what ought to
# excellent authority, that Mr.. Harriso
n. has determined to appoint ex-Govern'