The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-10-21
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

Senator DOlph has introduced a bill W
ratiiy the agreement with the Indians
on the SilctZ reservation, Oregon, for the
cession Of their lands not needed for al
lDtmcnt.
Arrangements are being made at the
Navy Department for the trial Of the
new cruiser Olympia, built by the Union
Iron Works Of San Francisco. The trial
will take place about November | over a
fOrty-mile course in Santa Barbara Chan
mel between Point Conception and Santa
Barbara.
According 10 Treasury statement is-
sued by Secretary Carlisle the amount Of
money in circulation in the United
States October / was 81 ,70l ,939, ,918. The
average circulation per capita, estimat-
ing the population at "a, 300, ,0O0 il there
fore s26 20 a net increase in circulation
during September Of $2l ,377, ,247. The
greatest item Of increase was gold coin,
viz, $l4, 1923, ,74l.
President Cleveland has signed the
proclamation setting apart large tract
of land as forest reserve under the act
Of March g. 1891. The reservation will
be known az the Cascade forest reser-
yatOn." IL extends from the Columbia
river 200 miles southwark, about twenty
miles wide, taking in the Cascade Range.
Hereafter no settlement will be allowed
within its boundaries.
Secretary Hoke Smith has sent TO the
Secretary Of the Treasury estimates for
appropriations for the Interior Depart
ment for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1895. The appropriations asked aggre
gate $l76, ,779, 1874, as against $3.50, ,0S7 ,030
for the current fiscal year. The principal
item is the army and navy pensions,
which foot up 100000, 600. This is a
decrease OF $5,000,000 from the present
fiscal year.
The Democratic members of the Ways
and Means Committee are making prog
ress with the tariff bill. The ground
work is understood to be free raw mate
rials. with compensatory reductions on
other materials. There is a growing i'm
preston that the consequent deficit in
the receipts will be met by increased in.
ternal revenue taxes on whisky and to-
bacco. Carlisle is understood TO favor
an increased tax on whisky to $l.20, cal
culating this will increase the revenue
$300O0,O0O.
The charges made by the citizens OF
Oklahoma City Of alleged misconduct on
the part OF Captain d. F. Steele OF the
United States army (retired) in connec-
tion with the opening OF Oklahoma TO
settlement had their effect in the issuing
Of an order by the Secretary of War for
the court-martial of Captain Steele. He
is charged with fraud in his official ca
pacitv, while in command OF the troops
in 1892, to secure control of some OF the
best land sites in the Territory and with
making bargain with an auctioneer by
which he purchased at the very lowest
price government buildings and other
property sold when the military camp
was broken up. The court-martial will
meet at Fort Reno, Oklahoma.
Strenuous efforts have been made by
those favoring and opposing the Me-
Creary substitute for the Geary bill to
agree upon time when the bill shall be
considered 1t is feared that there will
be no quorum in the House as soon as
the vote is taken on the Federal election
law repeal bill. Efforts will be made to
take the bill up as soon after this vote as
possible. Some Of its opponents want il
put off till November | to wait for q
quorum. There is little doubt expressed
that the bill will 90 through as soon as q
vote can be reached. Several Western
members are preparing speeches which
will severely arraign the administration
| for the non-enforcement of the Geary
| law.
In his report to the Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs Prof. Putnam in charge
OF the chronological exhibit of the
Worlds Fair denounces as falsehoods
the charges by Mrs. Sickles Chairman
of the Universal Peace Union, that bru-
tai and cruel exhibitions OF the Indian
sun dance were given at the fair. The
accusations are characterized as misrep.
resentations; he says there has been nc
representation of the Indian sun dance.
and there has not been single Indian
belonging to the United States who has
taken part in any exhibition except the
Navaios, who have been quietly sitting
in hut weaving and making silver work
Indians from Vancouver Island, who are
entirely outside the jurisdiction of the
United States, have given exhibitions
performing ceremonial songs and dances
Secretary Carlisle has sent to the
House his reply to the resolution OF thai
body asking him why 4,500,000 ounce;
of silver bullion were not purchased dur
ing July and August as required by law
The reply says, as the United States il
the largest purchaser of silver in the
world, the Secretary of the Treasury
after an examination of the offers anC
quotations each day should determine
what in his judgment is fair price. HI
either has to purchase 100000 ounces
at the dealers prices, no matter how un
reasonable or exorbitant, or he must EN-
ploy such means as are at his command
to ascertain the actual market price
The effort of the department since June
12 has been to simply ascertain the fail
market price of bullion each day it wa,
offered for sale, and when ascertained tt
make purchases at that price.
The Foreign Affairs Committee ha
decided to report favorably the McCreary
substitute for the Everett bill. AS agreed
on, it extends the Chinese registration
period six months from the passage o
the act. 1t strikes out the word white
from the Geary act so as to permit the
testimony of anybody except Chinamel
to be adduced to prove "Chinamen arr
entitled to register" 1t defines Chi
nese laborer. Geary offered his amend
ment requiring photographing in con
nection with the Identification clause
but only secured three votes in its sup
port. The majority deemed the regula
tions of the Treasury Department suffi
cient. Geary cast the only adverse vote
He declares the bill's teeth are drawn