Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Mr. John H. Oberly, the new Superintendent of Indian Schools, has made a report to the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the condition of Chilocco Indian Industrial School, located in the Indian Territory, and the Haskell Institute, at Lawrence, Ivan. At the Chilocco School the report states there are 176 pupils. They have only two teachers, both young ladies, anil Superintendent Oberly says they are overworked. The male pupils are taught farmwork and the females are taught housework, sewing, cooking, etc. Superintendent Oberly speaks iu the highest terms of the Haskell Institute, where he says the pupils are rapidly acquiring a knowledge of the English language, and are doing as well in their industrial and mechanical graining as in their studies. A gentleman holding confidential relations with the President says his policy regarding Tire Oklahoma lands contemplates their purchase from the Indian tribes interested, and speedy opening 'to settlement. From fifteen to twenty replies are received daily at the State Department from Consuls who were recently requested to furnish information relating to various industries abroad in which American tradesmen are interested. The responses are very satisfacto.y, especially in regard to the suggestions of new markets for the goods of this country. '