Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-06-01

iiosiueHt Siofcial AprOVeu
the deeds Of the Chocss edd> Chica-
saw nations for their rignl Nd t6tle to
the leased lands, In the Indian Terri
tory, formerly occupied by the Che
yennes and Arapahoe Indians, but
now constituting portion Of Okla
bona Territory, for which the sum of
$2,99l, 450 was appropriated by the
Indian appropriation act March 8,
1891.
The president has committed to inn
prisonment for life the death sentence
Of Edward Pickens, q full-blooded
Chickasaw Indian, who was convicted
OF murder in the district Of Kansas.
The ground for the comm utation is
that Pickens is of very low order of
intelligence, whose surroundings have
not been favorable to the development
of moral sonse, aud there was some
provocation.
At New York, Farnham Post No.
456, G. A. r., which has been dis
banded by the council of administra-
lion, has resolved itself into a seperate
and independent organization. All
the old officers we've reelected and the
post will now act untrammolled by the
rules of the g. A. II. The post has
been disbanded because on March 8 it
adopted resolutions condemning the
present pension system.
At Pittsburg the outlook for an early
settlement Of the miners' strike is
gloomy. The operators have made no
ovcrtures for conference with the
men, and have not replied to the lat
ter's request for conference. In less
than 80 days President Walters, of the
miners union, thinks the mining of
commercial coal in Kansas, Missouri,
Indian Territory and Colorado will be
stopped.
The National Prison Congress meets
this year in Chicago, and the opening
session will be In the new Art build
ing Wednesday evening, June Z, and
will be devoted to memorial addresses
in honor Of its late president. Gen.
Rutherford b. Hayes. Gen. Bricker-
hoff; who succeeds Gen. Hays, as the
presiding officer Of the association for
the current year, in place Of the an
nual address, will deliver q eulogy
upon Gen. Hayes.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, president of
the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad Company, says: "The
idea that the business Of the railroads
in 1898 is going to be disappointing is
mistaken one. The outlook for the
roads, in my opinion, is better than
for years. Trunk line rates have not
been so well maintained in ten years,
and the increase in gross earnings,
therefore, means greater increase in
net earnings.
At San Antonio, Texas, in the Fed
eral Court, Wednesday, fifteen of the
Mexican revolutionists were sentenced
to terms of imprisonment for VIOLA
ton Of the United States neutrality
laws. Col. Prudencio Gonzales was
given two years and nine months, Po-
bio Gomez two years and four months
and Estevan Benivides and Santos Ca
dena ten months in the state peniten-
tiary at Anomosa, la. The remanin-
der were given Jail sentences ranging
from two mos. to one year.
f. G. Pearson, Of the West End
Railway system, of Halifax, N. S., is
reported to be the head of syndicate
of Boston capitalists who have pur-
chased the blast furnaces and iron
mines at Ferrona and the forge and
steel works at Now Glasgow. They
propose to revolutionize the iron in
dustry of Nova Scotia, and to place
themselves in position to supply the
New England markets with pig iron
III case the United States duty is re-
moved or lowered.
At Wilkesbarre, Pa, last February,
private banker f. v. Rockafellow
closed the doors of his bank on $40 de-
positors. The report of the, assignee
showed that the depositors would get
4 per cent. Heretofore it was impos-
sible to get warrants Of arrest on the
ex-banker. as he remained in bed, his
physician testifying that he was una
bio to leave his bed. Thursday eve
ming Constable Bauer, disguised as
a delivery man for grocery
store, got access to Rocka-
fellows kitchen. He made his way
upstairs and served nino warrants OH
the banker charging him with embez-
cement.