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Show TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. The President will to-day transmit to Congress a draft of the bill formulated by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs intended to protect the timber on Indian lands from spoiliation. Delegate Joseph "of New Mexico will introduce in-troduce in the House to-day a bill to provide for the organization of a regiment of volunteers volun-teers in New Mexico and Arizona for the purpose of suppressing- the "outrages committed com-mitted on settlers by hostile Indians. It is understood that Secretary Whitney is entirely satisfied with tbe seaworthiness of the "Dolphin," as shown in the recent trial trip, and will formally accept the vessel ves-sel as soon as certain. preUminanes can be arranged. It i3 not thought" necessary to have another sea trial. A dispatch to the London Daily News from Constantinople says the financial difficulties diffi-culties of the Turkish government are increasing. in-creasing. Soldiers are clamoring for their pay. It is proposed to issue paper money. The dispatch also says a military council will instruct the commander on the Greek frontier to attack the Greeks if they make, any hostile movement. Mr. Seney, of Ohio, yesterday introduced a bill in the House to amend the revised statutes relating to letter-carriers so as to j authorize the employment of one letter- j carrier in each town where the postal rev- ; enues are more than $7,000 and less than I $10,000 per annum. Where the receipts ex- . ceed $10,000 the Postmaster-General shall I designate the number of carriers to be em- i ployed. ' ! |