Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1889 — Page 3

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Chicago’s exposition building will be tom down. The wheat crop of Minnesota and the Dakotas will reach 85,000,000 bushels, and possibly urMi *j\ pn nm nm . v • Gen. R. A. Alger, of Michigan, is a candidate sos the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Amy of the Republic. Mr. Hotchkiss, American Consul at _ Ottawa, reports that the Canadian Government discriminates against the United States by charging duty on certain kinds of lumber which the United States admits free.-- - John A. Davis, assistant engineer of the Chicago postoffice, Was arrested Sunday night in the act of stealing a decoy package of mail. His pilferings have been long continued, aggregating many thousand dollars. The Illinois State Board of Health have , ascertained that thirteen persons have died from flux and dysentery at Warsaw, and that 222 cases have been under treatment. Reliable citizens say the diseaseTifitill prevailing, but is yielding to treatment. Senators Stewart and Reagan, of the Senate Committee on Irrigation, accompanied by Major Powell, Director of the Geological Survey, arrived at Bozeman, Mont., Friday, and at once began work by the examination of a number of irrigating ditches. A syndicate of capitalists, including a dozen or more millionaires, has bejsn organized to develop a new canal scheme that will reclaim upwards of five million acres of arid land in North Dakota. The idea is to construct a canal from the Missouri River at Bismarck to Lake Traverse and Big Stone Lake. At Eminence, Ky., on the night after the killing of James Monroe, colored, by Deputy Marshal Maddox and Maddox’s acquittal, three fires broke out in rapid Succession, all evidently incendiary. It was believed the negroes were trying to bum the town out of revenge, and a heavy guard has been kept every night since] A horrible butchery is reported from McDowell county; W. Ya. The particulars are meagre. It appears that a widow named Giilis lived in a remote district—of the county with two daughters about grown. They were poor, but respectable people. Friday neighbors found ]all three dead. They had evidently been assaulted and murdered. There, is absolutely no” clue to the perpetrators of the deed. Thirty-five members of the Salvation Army, while holding a meeting at St. Paul, Minn., Sunday evening, were arrested by the police, by order of Mayor Smith, to whom complaints had been made of the noise made by the Salvationists. Two years ago the army was “run in,” and in the legal fight that ensued they were victorious. They propose to have a like result in this case, if possible, as the only charge against them is noise. The 50,000 people in Hyde Park, recently annexed to Chicago, were for the first time In a long period treated to open saloons on Sunday. The State law closing saloons on Sunday is a dead letter in Chicago and the Hyde Park saloon-keepers have succeeded, after much maneuvering, in reaching an understanding with the authorities, whereby the statute Will hereafter be nullified in Hyde Park. Every saloon in that big district was in full blast Sunday, the signal for opening having been an official order that all bar-rooms should, in accordance with the city ordinance, keep curtains drawn on Sunday. The regulation in regard to curtains was religiously enforced by the police. .... ~ — — . A singular case was tried at Tacoma, W. T., Saturday. Santos Cordova, an Italian, was guardian of a pretty Italian girl • whom he hoped some day to make his wife. In April Martin Petreck, another Italian, appeared in the field and proposed mar riage, but the young lady said she was en gaged to Santos. Petreck thereupon asked Santos what he would takefer his claim on her affection. He named $l5O as his price, and the bargain was speedily made. For SSO cash and a two-year note for SIOO Cardova Santos relinquished his claim on his fair country-woman to Martin Petreck, who soon found that the maiden did not lavish any affection upon him. He then proposed to trade back, and secured his note but the cash was refused. He brought suit, but the court decided that the contract was illegal. Petreck lost his money and has to pay costs, and did not secure the girl.

Bridge Over the Indus.

The Sukkur or Lansdowne bridge, recently erected over the River Indus, has a main span made un of two can.* Ulevers of 810 feet each and a suspended truss of 200 feet making a total >pan of 820 feet, the longest of its character in the world.* The Indian Engineer says that in this long span, weighing 8,300 tons, the expansion between the abutments amounts to nearly 8 inches, and the nose of the cantilever moves horizontally up and down Btream about 2 inches in the course of each day as the one side or the other of the bridge is exposed to the direct rays of the sun. This bridge has, beside the great span, three others of 278 feet, 238 feet, and 94$ feet respectively, of ordinary girders resting on piers founded on the rock. Work was commenced in 1883-4, and all except the main span was finished in March, 1885. The staging for the main span was started January 18, 1889 and was finished January 30; erection was commenced February 5. The engineer was Sir A. M. Rendel, and the builders were Westwood A Baillie, of Pop* lar, Londoq. The total cost of the whole bridge was $1,528,800. It carries the Indian State Railway over the Indus River.

A False Alarm.

Mrs. De Pink—*TU never enter that store again, never. I never was so insulted in my life. I thought I’d die of mortification.” Mr. De Pink (hotly)—“What! Insulted! Who was it? Toll me quick and I’ll—“Oh, you can't do anything, my dear. It was a woman who insulted me, a saleswoman. She insisted on showing me ’cheap’ things and ‘bargain* ’” ~ [Mr. De P. subsides.]—New York Weekly v

WASHINGTON NOTES.

In response to a letter of inquiry tram Wi O. Oooley, chief clerk of toe Poetoffice Department, James N. Tyner, Assistant Attorney-General for the PcWfcofflcelteDartment, wrote thstwhen the Civil Bervice Commission certified three names for appointment, and one of them was a discharged sailgr or soldier, he must be selected for the place. It was suggested in the inquiry that if the appointment power were allowed no choice in such a case, it would be useless for the commission to certify more than the one name of the ex-soldier or sailor. Mr. Tyner said as to this, that If the name of bat one eligible candidate was certified, that person might become incapacitated or fail to appear, hence the convenience end desirability of having three names on the list. This opinion of Assistant Attornev-General Tyner was confirmed by the AttorneyGeneral, who, however, brought out more strongly the point that the appointing power stall had the right of judging is to the ex-soldier’s capability and perlonal fitness before putting him in place, though, all things being equal, the soldier must be appointed. The correipondence in the case is being circulated among the heads of the divisions in the various departments for their guidance In making appointments. Before leaving Buenos Ayres for home, United States Minister Banna wrote a short report to the StajftDepartment on immigration into the jugKntine Republic. He says it is setting in from all countries of Europe, and the great cumber of arrivals is marvelous. They ire generally assisted by the Argentine government, to the extent at least of having their passage paid from their itarting point to their destination in the interior. The amount thus paid in March alone is estimated at $1,000,000. Already this vast influx, the Minister says, is beginnining to tell on the exports of corn. Last year the country shipped 455,000 tons of corn. This year it will go above 2,000,000 tons. Mr, Hanna further says; ‘‘ln the vast fleet of merchant ships and great steamers coming here to trade from, every European port, the United States flag is rarely seen, but it is hoped and believed that the policy of the new administration on the subject of an encotiraged iteam navigation between the United States and South American ports will successfully solve this embarrassment.” A special cablegram from London has the following; The imperial authorihave decided that British rights in Behfing sea must be protected from outrage. The belief there is that when the United Btatessees the determined attitude of Breat Britain it will no longer obstruct i speedy and peaceful settlement of the Jueetion. Pauncefote, Salisbury and luntzford have been in constant communication regarding the matter during the last few days.” Amos L. Allen, an immigrant inspector, with headquarters at Newport, Vt., las made a report to the Treasury Department in regard to the operations of ihe alien contract-labor law along the Canadian border. He says that hu investigations have satisfied him of a reneral desire on the part of the people to comply with the law, but there are many cases in which its enforcement vould work great hardships and serve ro good purpose.

TROUBLE IN SAMOA.

Ualietoa Returns, Dispossesses Tamasese and Insults the Germans. The latest news from Samoa is causing astir throughout Germany, and if the advices which have been received there through the German channels are jonflmed, there is reason to fear new md serious complications which may sntirely undo the work of the recent Samoan conference in Berlin. According to these accounts, King Malietoa, who has been brought back to Apia by t German man-of-war, with the express understanding that the status quo should be maintained until the treaty drafted by the conference could be ratified by the United States Senate,has entirelyjrepudiated this agreement. Immediately upon his landing he gathered his followers together, and compelled King Tamisese to hand over to him the prison and the police force of Apia. He dismissed the German police superintendent, Herr Von Wol fiendorfi,and released from prison several natives who had been arrested by his order. At last accounts the entire municipal government of Apia was in the hands of Malietoa, whose men were patrolling the city, armed, and Tamasese, though nominally King, kept himself, perforce, very secluded. What excites the Germans still more than this breach of faith on the part of Malietoa is the gratuitous insult heaped upon the German Emperor at a sort of national fete held in Apia by Malietoa and hiß followers. On this occasion the “dead-baby dance" of the Samoans took place, only, instead of the traditional dead baby, Malietoa’s followers carried in the procession a bust of Emperor William I, which, in all likelihood, had been washed ashore from the wreck of the German war-ship Eber. When the German consul heard of this insult he promptly made a demand upon Malietoa for this bust, and it is now m his posses-

The Country's Railroads.

The forthcoming annual report of acting Commissioner Hone, of the General Land Office, will show that daring the fiscal year ended Jane 80, 1889, there were certified to railroad companies, under various grants, a total of 425,046 acre* of land, or 404,116 less than the total certifications of the previous fiscal year. There were pending in the General Land Office on Jane 30, 1889, railroad selections under former grants amounting to 29,444,251 acres, which is aa increase for the year of 4,014,385 acres.

An Advance in Wages.

The coke firms of Schoenmaker A Co. Cochran A Oca 'and Cochran A Co., of Pittsburg, Pa., three of the largest outside of the Frick Company, advanced the wages at their employes 6$ cents per ton. The strikers demanded uni form wages and will probably accept the increase offend. The advance will be cm the asade basis of $1.35 as the selling juice of soke, sad, as ootoe is now semnaat H per ton, Chose well

CONDENSED STATE HEWS.

Ft Wayne will celebrate labor day. There is an immense big peach crop in Southern Indiana. Columbia saloon keepers are charged •with defying toe law. '—~ Jackson county school Trustees, Saturday, endorsed the new school book law. The Diamond Plat&glass Company, of Kokomo, has struck another big gas well. Mormon missionaries are endeavoring to proselyte In the rural districts of Lawrence county, but are not meeting with success. Wheat in Montgomery county is averaging more to the acre than was expected. It ranges for twenty to thirty-eight bushels to the acre. : A shovel-nose catfish, weighing 104 pounds was caught on a trout-line, near Columbus, by Arty Monroe. The fish brought sll in the Columbus market. The only child of Robert Etherington, of Kokomo, was burned to death, Thursday, the clothing catching fire during the temporary absence of the mother from the kitchen. While several hundred tons of block coal are mined daily at Brazil and vicinity, it is stated that the supply is so small that Jonn Kreiten declined an order of five car loads from Crawfordsville for the reason that it could not be bought at the mines. Cutsinger & Son, living a few miles north of Columbus, recently shipped to Liverpool, England, twenty-four car-loads of the finest beef cattle that have ever beeu shipped from the Indianapolis stoek-yards, so dealers say. The cattle averaged 1,546 pounds each. During the past few years a number of valuable pearls have been found attached to shells in White Rfver, near Rockford. One resident of that village has realized Over S3OO from that source, and a large specimen recently picked up by him sold readily for S3B. Will Schreiber, clerk of the First National Bank of Columbus, who fled to Canada with $70,000 of stolen funds, has forwarded a copy of the new extradition law to his old associates, with the cheerful indorsement: “This act is not retroactive.” He is living at Windsor. The first horse show given under the auspices of the Business Men’s Association was held at Crawfordsville, Saturday. There was a large crowd in the city, many coming Dover the railroads from other places. 'There were 122 entries of horses, no stallions being admitted. There were three entries in imported heavy drafts, nineteen in grade heavy draft, thirty-seven in general purpose, thirty-seven in light harness, four match teams, and twenty-two of most perfect style of horse. First and second prices were awarded in each class. The prizes were donated by the business men of that city, and the judges were from other places. Another horse fair will be held in October.

COMMERCIAL UNION.

Ths Canadian Question Likely to be Considered by the Next Congress. A special from Washington says: The recent seizure of Canadian sealers in the Behring sea and the chances for further difficulties on the Atlantic coast upon the expiration of the modus vivendi, will give the subject of our relations with Canada even more interest in the next House than it had in the last. There will be a number of men in the next Congress who are advocates of a close commercial relationship between the United States and Canada. It is their opinion that the two peoples, speaking as they do one language, and springing from the same general stock, are fitted by nature as well as by location for commercial as well as political unity. Anfl while it is their opinion, also, that the time will come in the future when British North America will be absorbed into the United States, and when the flag with a hundred stars will float over the entire territory north, of the Rio Grande, these mem are not ready to believe that this grand scheme for the extension of the United States territory can be carried out for many years to But the idea of commercial union has rapid strides forward since it was first advooated years ago, and it is the opinion of the leading statesmen in both parties that the time is rapidly approaching when Canada and the United States will have some definite understanding, and the next Congress is expected to give the matte* consideration.

HE FINDS A SPIRIT.

A Detroit Man’s Long; Search for a Wife Rewarded. Augustus Day,the wealthy Detroit, Mich., man who has been invoking all these disengaged spirits and all the matrimonial newspapers to help him secure a wife, has found one at last, without thanks to either of the above named agencies. He dispaired of obtaining a wife through their aid and made personal search for one. The bride he has won was Mrs. K. Sanger, a widow thirty-two years old and decidedly good looking. Mr. Day is sixty-eight years old, but is well preserved and has about 1250,000 and no family incumbrances. The wedding took place qiiietly Friday evening and the couple have gone up St. Lawrence on a wedding trip. It is estimated that Mr. Day has written 2,000 letters and spent $5,000, andconversed with no less 200 disembodied spirits in search of an « affinity. '

LIVING WITH A BROKEN NICK.

Remarkable Case of Maurice Adler, the Victim of a Pistol Shot. Maurice Adler, who was shot in the neck on the night of July 18th- last, by Frank K. Ward, at Washington, D. C., Still lives,and an operation was performed on him, Friday. -It is a most remarkable case. Although his body has been almost completely paralyzed ever since the shooting, and he has been spoken of as the “man with a live head and a dead body,” he has lingered for more than eight weeks, and seems to he no nearer death now than he was the day after the shooting. The spinous process and the laminae were removed, shd the pressure was thus taken off the cord. It was found that the ball, after striking the fourth cervical vertebra;, had glanced off, but in what direction could not be seen. Its present location is unknown. The patient bore the operation well, and was much easier after it V

AMERICAN TITLE TO BEHRING.

That of Russia Wm Never Questioned, and It Was Ceded to the United Statqp. Congressman Charles N. Felton, of San Francisco, has written an article treating at conjprerable length of the question of the rights and title of the United States in Behring sea. Mr. Felton was a member of the conference committee between the Senate and the House, in the last Congress, which passed the bill amendatory of the laws regulating fur-seal fisheries in Behring sea The writer first cites the well known facts on which Russia’s title to the Behring sea was based, and gives the history of Russia’s Control of Alaska and the Behring sea to the date of the cession of the same to the United States, is 1868. Russia ceded to the United States all that part of Behring sea east of a given line running nearly northeast and southwest through this sea, and retained the title to and control over that part of Behring sea lying west of the said line. The writer then says: “It is a matter of history that Russia, from her discovery of Behring sea down to the cession to the United States, controlled the navigation of its waters and the taking of its marine life. To this end her navy patrolled it, and in pursuance of her laws has taken, confiscated and burned marauding vessels. She has since pursued, and is now pursuing the same policy in her part of the Behing sea.” Referring to the fact that the United States and Great Britain entered protests with Russia against certain manifestoes issued by that government in 1821, claiming certain rights over north Pacific waters, Mr. Felton shows that these protests evidently had reference to waters south of Behring sea. He then adds: “In all protests, correspondence, negotiations and treaties there is no allusion to Behring sea, Alutian islands, or to any region of country or sea, within 1,000 miles of eastern border, hence the sovereignty asserted and maintained by Russia over that sea from its discovery to its partition and cession to the United States, a period of overone hundred and forty years, has never been officially questioned or denied; and, again, had it been understood that the waters of Behring sea and its marine life were free to fishermen of all nations, including ours, there could have been no incentive on the part of our government for its purchase.’! Whatever title Russia had at the date of its transfer to the United States must be conceded to our government until it is established that Russia had no title to the same, which the writer apprehends can not be successfully accomplished.

THE INDIANS ARE ANGRY.

Whisky Inspires Them to Hatred of the Incoming Whites. A dispatch from Three River Falls, Minn., Saturday, says: The announcement that the Red Lake reservation would soon be opened for settlement has caused large numbers of people from Wisconsin, Dakota and adjoining Minnesota counties to squat upon valuable land on the reservation. The Indians have become incensed at the squatters and have been drinking heavily for several days. Thursday night they held a war dance and threatened to make a night raid upon the camp unless the whites left the reservation. Three River Falls is seventy miles from a railroad station, and its 250 inhabitants have become Ao alarmed at the outlook that they have asked that a company of troops be sent there to guard the town and remove the “too previous settlers.” The reservation can not be legally entered for homestead or pre-emption in many months. ■ -

A HONOLULU AFFAIR.

An Insurrection that U Soon Quelled—The Leaders Arrested. The steamer Australia from Honolulu brings word that on July 80 two half white Hawaiian! named Robert Wilcox and. Boyd, with aid of 150 natives made an armed attempt to overthrow the government. The palace grounds and govern; ment house were taken possession of by the rioters. The Honolulu Rifles were called out and a skirmish ensued, in which seven Hawaiians were killed and twelve wounded. The rioters were compelled to surrender. * - ft

Legends of the Nightingale.

.Among the legends of old England are some which aver* that certain places are never visited by the nightingale. Among these is Havering at Bower, where it is said that Edward the Confessor, being interrupted by them in his meditations, prayed that they might never sing in that place again. In some parts of Yorkshire the Idea prevails that the nightingale has never been heard, and in the forest of Et. Leonard's according to an old record, “there doth never singe nightingale, althoughe the forests rounde about in tyme of the yeare is replenished with nightingales.” Izaak Walton, the famous fisherman and author oi (that most delightful book, "The Complete Angler,” has given in the following prose poem a beautiful description of the strains of Philomela: “The nightingale breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling, and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth and say, ‘Lord, what music hast Thou provided for the saints in heaven, when Thou affordest bad men such music on earth?’ ’’—Little Folks.

Tennyson’s Manuscripts for Sale.

A particular interest, writes a Lonion correspondent, will attach to a sale which is to take place next week in Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge’s rooms, for it is not often that ;he MSS. of a living author are put up » auction. The chief lot will be the jriginal manuscript of Tennyson’s “Maud,” which is peculiarly interesting as containing many variations from ike final form in which it appeared in orint, and in addition the MSS. Of inany of the poet laureate's minor poems will be offered for sale at the lame time.—Leeds Mercury. ' -■>* ■ . Vi*':

A DARING THAIN ROBBERY.

Two Men Hold Up a Bio Grands Train— A Denver, CoL, dispatch of the 7th asya: The Rio Quad* Western tmn 8, known as “Use Modoc,” was held up near Crevasse last night by train robbers. Two of the men boarded the baggage car at Thompson Bprings. 3?hev climbed over the audna, pointed revolvers at the heads oTthe engineer mid fireman and compelled them to stop the train. They forced the fireman to attempt to chop through the door of th< express car, and made the engineer bring a bag to hold the plunder. Messenger Willis was ready with a magazine shot eon and two self-cocking revolvers, The fireman was unable to chop through the boiler iron door, ao the robbers fired a dozen shots through the car. Messenger Willis lay on the floor and waa not hit. lire robber* dared not show their heads at the broken windows, lest they should be shot They gave it np, and joined two other robbers back in the other cats. - The four went through the train with their revolvers drawn, and gathered S9OO and twenfy watches. One passenger nut hie head out of the window to see what waa going on, and the robbers sent a ballet through his hat. MoetoJ the passengers hid their valuables successfully, those losing them being too frightened to hide them. A posse has gone from Groan River. Two deputy United Btatea Marshals went out from Salt Lake with bloodhounds. A Lone Bobber. The Wisconsin Central train was robbed by a single man between Chippewa Falls and Abbotsford, Thursday morning. He got SB3 and two watches from the conductor and porter.

LIVELY TIMES IN PARLIAMENT.

Harrington and Balfour Narrowly Escape an Exchange of Blows, There was considerable uproar in the House of Commons, Thursday night, ►ccasioned by an altercation which at me time, promised to end in personal riolence between Chief Secretary Balfour and Mr. Edward Harrington, member for West Kerry, Ireland. The Irish estimates were under consideration, and Ihe Irish Secretary was making his ipeech in support of them when he took tension to rotor to the case of two resilient magistrates who bad refused to rabscribe toward a proposed race meeting because Mr. Harrington, who was t member of the committee, had violently denounced the police as cowards, loafers, bnlltos and uniformed bloodbounds. At this Mr. Harrington jumped to his feet and demanded of Mr. Balfour his authority for such a statement Mr. Balfour merely replied that ha had “the best authority,” and waa proseeding to continue his speech without further attention to his questioner when Harrington, his eyes flashing fire and his clinched hand raised above his head, made a rush for the speaker. Before he could accomplish his evident purpose oi assaulting Mr. Balfour, however, several athletic members rushed forward, and by main strength restrained the impetn, one young Irishman. Great excitement reigned, of course, and for a time all wag confusion. When Mr. Harrington had been quieted bv his friends, and resumed his seat, Mr. Healy arose, and, on behalf of Mr. Harrington, stated that that gentleman had been provoked not so much by Mr. Balfour’s l*ngn»g« as bj in insulting gesture which he had maAt use of. Thereupon Mr. Balfour disclaimed any Intention of in salting Mr. Harrington and this being followed by an apology en the part of the letter gentleman, the House was enabled to settle down to its normal temperature and Mr. Balfour proceeded with his analysis of the Irish

Chinese by Way of Mexico.

A special from San Francisco says. The Chinese are swarming in by every Hong Kong steamer bound for Mexico. No less than sixty earns a week ago and sixteen arrived Thursday night, all destined for MsnatiSn and Panama. They are reshipped here without landing, hot onee in Mexioo there is no difficulty in smuggling them over the southern border. ][t is modi cheaper to ran eoolies into California by Mexico than by British Ookunbfts, as the Dominion government collects s head tax of SSO, whereas Mexico welcomes them

Intelligent Workingmen.

Private dispatches from the Connele ville coke regions report a gang of 400 drunken Hungarian coke workers on s raid- They don't seem to understand that the strike was settled in their tevor, and Friday meriting started out to dose tip the works to dperation.

Another Trust.

A special from Pittsburg says: One of the moet gigantic combinations the indnetrial world of this country has evej seen is being perfected. It is the incon poration of the table glassware manufao* turers of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia into an immense trust Hie headquarters will be in Pittsburg, and the table glass works of these States wil] be under one management and control. The matter has been imder considersrapidly bats«iely. ob&aclee arose and tbe work el making the combination was one of extreme slowness. Detatinare now in perfect shape and the combination ia aasttrad.

street Wallways.

The first street railway was operated in 1832 from New York to Harlem. It did not appear in Boston until 18561 The first “horse-car” line was opened on the Baltimore A Ohio line prior to the introduction of the steam engine, but was not designated as a street railway. From a comparatively recent beginning a vast enterprise has sprung up; today there are 25,000 cars in use in the streets pi cities in tbe United States, requiring the services of 180,000 horses.

Religious Jealousy in India.

Religious jealousy in India between Hindoos and Mohammedans is said to be fit to involve the entire country in war the moment the British authority* should be withdrawn. Lately a Mussulman procession to celebrate a convert was attacked with great fury, and some fatalities were the result

MOREFREE LAND.

Chicago, August 6.— A dispatch tmA standing Bock Agency, Dak,, sayk Tbs opening of the great Sioux was finally secured last evening. The ■easatiop of the day was the signing bjr Chief GalL Gall made no speech, at was expected, bfft with his faithful foL lowers around him and in the presence of those whom for yean he had influenced against giving up the lands, ho marched silently to the roll, toaebqfl the pan, and amid the applause of the friendly Indians and the disapproving grants of Sitting Bull’s band, it VM announced that Gall had signed. This settled it The Blacktoet and Upper and Lower Yanktonisns followed Gall and signed with s rapidity and eagerness that proved the wonderful influence oi this powerful Chief. AH day the Indians signed, and now the 11,000,000 acres of bind to which the whites have been looking longingly for years are theirs. The Commissioners are rejoiced over their success. Gall waa sought out by s correspondent. “I have given my said he; “my Indians have signed beesu—f 1 told them to, after learning that the Government could take our lands for nothing if it wanted to. The whites have mow got our lands, and I hope they will be satisfied and let ns live m peace in the future.” Sitting Bull, when asked what he believed toe effect of opening the reseription on the Indians would be,exclaimed: “Don’t talk to me about Indians. There are no Indians left except those in my band. Thev are all dead, and those still wearing the clothes of warriors are only squaws.” John Grass said he had been holding out for better terms, but when ho forma the Indians at the lower agency were signing he thought it best to do so. “We hope,” he added,“to rseeiveeueh help from the government and the white people as to help us to become like them; to become civilized. There is one big log in our camp though, and that ia Sitting Ball. He is utterly worthless to us and keeps us back more than he helps us, and if the whites think so much of him they had better come and get him. He neve; was a chief and Is always noisy and making trouble. Ha gathered around him a gang of bad men having no idea of civiHzation,*nd all he seems to want is notoriety. He has not only opposed civilisation, but always will be a nasty man to get along with.” “What is the general idea of the Indians regarding civilization—do they want It or not?”

“Yee, we want to be civilised and live like the white people. We want to earn our living and be as the whites; bntao lona as we have the disturber and his bao influence to ooutend with we ean not accomplish much.” Sitting Bull,although in the minority, has a sufficient number of followers to make a vast amount of trouble, and wfll require dose watching until they resign themselves to the new order of things. Hundreds of settlers have been, camped on the eastern banks of the Missouri during the last two months, awaiting the success of the Commission, and, although for several weeks they were despondent,they are now jubilant, and are receiving telegrams from Maids all over the country giving notice of probable reinforcements. It Is predicted that the rush to the reservation will be greater than the Oklahoma stampede, as the land is of much better quality snd the prospects for prosperity brighter. General Crook said the Commissioners hope to close their reports within a few weeks and place everything in readiness for the“ormal opening of the reservation. There is some fear that a premature rash of whites to the lands will cause much trouble between the Indians mid the settlers, as there will be for some time many points of dispute as to the boundary fines and survey. -T A dispatch from Chamberlain, South Dakota, Tuesday, says: Excitement to intense in this section to-day on account of the snooess of the Sioux Commission. His feelinge of our people may be toaNrined when it to stated that for fully eight yean they have labored unceasingly to accomplish this end. A celebration was held to-day which eclipses anything ever held in this city. Buildings are covered with flags, and the lound of cannon, music, fireworks end bells fills the air. Thiels a great day in the history of the development of the Northwest

THE MARKETS.

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