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Show WASIUXGTO. IV here Indians Get Anus nnd SuiUeM. Why Meailo IV out Serve on llio Cliiueso 0'oiiimi!Miou. Tlio Suuduy 91 nils to Coutiutie I'awuec ScoiiIn for the Sioux War. The Sioux ContuiI.H.nlou. o Purdou tor Whisky Riug Convicts. Oil' tor Lous Brauch. Washington, IS. An officer of the interior department to-dny had an intorview with General Sherman on the subject of public, complaints, to tbo efl'ect that hostile Sioux obtained supplies of arms and ammunition troni Indian post traders at agencies or reservations. General Sherman was asked whether ho believed it was truo that supplies were obtained from agencies. Ho replied that be did not think it was true, but added that the Indians no doubt would bo nble to procure arms from other traders as long as they had butlalo robes aud furs to sell. It is generally understood under-stood that men not connected with tho agencies make a practice of selling sell-ing arms to Indians at various points on the unner Missouri and north- : western territories in exchango for lurs, realizing byBiich trade enormous profits, as the Indians are willing to pay large prices for arms. Secretary Chandler has under consideration con-sideration an application of the state of California for certificate lo the state of swamp lands which are situated on ihe Sacramento river, within the limits lim-its of lands recently claimed by Liu Manuel Diaz claimants, which grant was rejected. The postoflice department has agreed to increase the allowance for the Sau Francisco postothco, $o,000. The commissioner of the general land office has finally decided to allow sections for indemnity school land in the place of school lauds lost by the establishment of Indian reservations. reser-vations. Representative Meade of 3ew York has notified the late speaker of the house that he will not go to California to serve on the committee to investigate investi-gate the Chinese question. The reason is privately given that Repre sentativo Piper, who has charge of the department to defray expenses, would not advance to Mr. Meade $S00 for expenses. The funds in fipor's bands amount to $3-3,000. He refused to advance Meaue more than $100. This leaves Mr. Piper alone on the houso committee. The three senators say that they will be ready to work at the appointed time. The superintendent of the railroad service says that he has recently had an interview at Chicago with officers of the railroad companies carrying the mails between Chicago and Omaha, and he is satisfied that they will agree to continue the Sunday mails between those places, notwithstanding notwith-standing the failure of congress lo provide extra compensation therefor. The companies will receive the ordinary ordi-nary compensation for such mail service. This action will prevent Sau Francisco from lu-ing one mail each week. The commissioner of ludian allairsi has given permission to G?nurai; Sheridan to raise one thousand Pawnee Paw-nee scouts tor the Sioux war. Isaac Strohm, tor fifteen years principal engrossing clerk in the house, has been removed by the clerk of the bouse. Secretary Chandler has appoinU-d the following gentlemen as commissioners commis-sioners to treat willi the Sioux . provided for in tho Indian appropriation appropria-tion bill passed by congress: U. C. Balis, Iowa; Geo. W. Monueypenny, Ohio; Bishop P. Biohipple, Minnesota; Minne-sota; A. S. Gaylord, Michigan, assistant assist-ant attorney general of the interior department; S. D. Hinman, interpru ter; Cbas. M. HindUy, Wa-hing'tut secretary. Ciaylord will act as lial advisor to the commission, and rip resent the interior di p irtuieut. Tnr commission will Btart at oncc and will meet at Omaha on the hist. The cabinet had a free consultjtion to day over all the businc-i demanding demand-ing attention before tho president's departure. The president manifests a lively interest in tho pending campaign, cam-paign, and gives very closo attention to all details necessary to rigidly enforce en-force all the provisions of the national nation-al election law. Secretary Tatt will have tho laboring oar in this matter, and he is actively at work preparing the machine through which to maki this law elective in the whole country. coun-try. The friends of Avery and Mclvce and the Chicago ar.d Milwaukee whisky convicts are entirely discouraged dis-couraged to-night, us they have been led to believe that no pardon will be granted in any quarter at present. Tne nresside.il t will Icavo for Ixmg Branch to-morrow and will remain at the sea-side much later than usual. I le complains lo his Iriei.ds of great fatigue, and iic has long been anximM to get away from the capital. Few can understand the amount if Ubor and fatigue the president hai encountered encoun-tered during tne pae-t iulo months. He has been conitantly under press uro, and in addition to nearly 'Iiki immiberi and senators to whom ho is expected to bo " nt home," lie has had an unmual amount of executive execu-tive business of a routine nature in tho departments. Tho pafd three months have been, according to bin own statements recently lo a friend, among tho most fatiguing of his h,'e. Not a day. save Sunday, nasH'-n but that from 100 lo o(H persons call a I the Whito houso, and each one expects ex-pects to shake hand with the president. presi-dent. The tax on General Grant of this ceremony can scarcely hn e.Ui-mated. e.Ui-mated. Grant has said that at Itng Branch ho assumes for a time tin position of a private citizen; that ho is rarely annoyed with visitors, and that ho never feels that hn is entirely free from annoyances except when iu bin lLong Branch cottage. The recent order of Camrron to General Sherman, of which much hni been said, was tho joint conception of tho president and Chandler, and tho day after it was thought of the president niado a nolo of it and piib-inilted piib-inilted tho idea lo the cabinet; it was accepted and approved, although what opposition there was, if any, h not ascertained. Tho preparation of tho order wns no doubt the work of Cameron. Negotiations for putting upon the markot tho four-and a-half per cent, funding loan aro in progress. Many prominent bankers aro hero in consultation con-sultation wilh tho treasury, among whom Anthony Drexel, Lnvi P. Mor ton and Joseph Hclignmn aro noticed i They all saw the secretary to-day. Tho president and Morrill worn m consultation Li 1 1 late this evening and , Lha subject will probably bo docidnd to-morrow, when it is expected tho loan will bo placed in the bands of an, American syndicate. Kink it Hatch! and thn Kirnl National hunk of New York uro prominent bidders for tho loan. |