Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-13
CAPITOL TOPICS.

SUBJECT CATALOGUE FOR THE LAW LIBRARY.
Senator Stewart yesterday offered a joint
resolution which provides for the preparation,
printing and distribution of "a law subject
catalogue" of the books in the United States
Supreme Court law library. For compensation
to the catalogue compiler the sum Of $1,000 is
appropriated.
THE WORLDS FAIR COMMITTEE.
There was full attendance OF members yes
terday when the House committee on the CO.
lumbar exposition organized. No bills have
yet reached the committee SO that no work
could be done beyond fixing Monday as the
regular day of meeting.
AN INCREASE OF PENSION PROPOSED.
A bill was introduced in the House yesterday
by Representative Fellows (NY.) increasing to
500 per month the pensions of those who have
lost the sight of one or both eyes, or have lost
both hands or both feet, or have been totally
disabled in their limbs, or otherwise so disabled
as to render them SO nearly helpless as to re-
quire regular personal aid and assistance OF
another.
HOUSE COMMITTEES ORGANIZE
House committees organized for work yes
terday by dividing into subcommittee as fol-
lows:
The committee on military affairs
Wheeler, Mitchell, Bingham and Belknap:
Military Academy. volunteer muster and
bounty and pay, Messrs. Wheeler, Newberry,
Patton, Bowers and Hall: armament. arsenals
and barracks, Messrs. Newberry. Rockwell.
Lapham, Cultivate and Bingham; retire.
ments. reservations and relief-Messrs. Rock
well. Mcdonald, Crosby. Hall and Belkuap:
soldiers homes, national cemeteries and mil
itary observation-disclosures. Mitchell, Patton,
Mcdonald, Bowers and Belknap; battlefelds,
monuments, medals. &c.-Messrs. Lapham,
Crosby, Wheeler. Bingham and Hall: desertions
and Neutrality-suspicious.. Patton, Mcdonald,
Crosby and Bowers.
The committee on interstate and foreign
commerce-Messrs. Rayner, Patterson. Geary.
Storer and o Neill of Pennsylvania; light houses
and fog sgnals-Messrs. Brickner. Houk and
Randall; customs. ports of entry and de-
livery-Messrs. Price. Wise and Lind; bridges
Messr7. Geary, O'Neill OF Missouri and
ketcham; life saving service-Messrs. ONeill
(Mo.) }, Lind, Mallory and Storer.
The committee on naval affairs-On appro-
priations for the naval establishment, Messrs.
Herbert Elliott Cummings, BoutelIe and Lodge;
on construction and repair and steam engineer
ing. Messrs Elliott, Daniel, Page, Dolliver and
Wadsworth; on ordnance and navy yards,
Messrs. Cummings, Geissenhainer, Page Bou-
telIe and Dolliver.
On navigation, supplies, equipment and mis-
cellaneous-Messrs. Geissenhainer, Lawson,
Meyer Dolliver and Boutelle.
On Naval Academy and marine corps-Messrs.
Meyer Lawson, Daniel, wadsworth and
On organization, rank and pay-Messrs. Nc
Aleer, Daniel, Herbert, Lodge and wads-
worth.
On private bills-Messrs. Page, Lawson, Nc
Aleer, Dolliver and Lodge.
THE sHosHoNE AND ARAPAHoE INDIANS
The President has sent to Congress with q
recommendation urging its early and favorable
consideration the agreement Messrs. ]. H.
Brigham Of Ohio and C. H. Merillat OF Wash
ington, the majority Of the Shoshone and Ara
phoe Indian commission. made with the Sho-
shone and Araphoe Indians of Wyoming for
cession Of more than half their reservation on
the Wind river in Wyoming. The lands ceded
comprise ], 100, 600 acres in the northern part
of the reservation, and the price to be paid is
5000. 900, or SIS cents an acre.
Of the land ceded the report SAYS: Much of
the reservation is still unsurveyed, and until
this is done and the opening up Of the land
gives an inducement for capital to venture
therein it cannot be stated with certainty how
much Of the lands ceded can be irrigated and
turned into farms. The streams in the reser-
walton are rapid running. with fall frequently
of eighty feet to the mile, and there are large
benches not far from some Of these streams
which, it is stated, can be made susceptible Of
high cultivation by means of bitches which can
be constructed at reasonable cost The guam
tural settlement in this way is estimated by
persons well acquainted with the reservation at
from one hundred to one hundred and fifty
thousand acres.
OF that portion Of the ceded land not suitable
to agriculture the greater part is well adapted
to stock and sheep raising. Coal and oil are
found on the ceded lands, and there are indi-
cations Of the presence Of more valuable
minerals. As the lands. however, at present
belong on the Indian reservation there has OF
course, been no opportunity nor inducement
heretofore for persons to demonstrate whether
or not minerals exist in paying quantities.
The commission made an unsuccessful effort
to secure for Sl00 000 additional strip of land
of about 60. 900 acres on the southern border
Of the reservation, near the town Of Lander
To the refusal Of the Indians to sell this land
the majority attribute the fact that the chair
man of the commission refused to sign the
agreement
A minority report signed by Mr. J. D. Wood |
ruff Of Lander. Wyo., chairman of the COM
mission, opposes the treaty, principally on the
ground that the Indians would not sell the
southern tract Of the reservation near Lander.
John T. Morgan Of North Carolina has been
appointed clerk and George w. Rae of Texas
assistant clerk to the House COMMITTEES ON
claims.
Mr.. Long Of Texas has presented q bin ap-
S15O 900 for the DEVELOPMENT and
Of silk culture in the United
States under direction Of the Secretary Of ARri-
culture.