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Show IHOVlLSr ISDIAX AUESTTS. ClTHtfllera Oaniaeftd lrieAabi. r asuattkiiM ih. wUtn. WJUnbfGr65r, Dec. 24. The re mo-nl of the civil Indian agents of the government at Pine Itldge, Cheyenne Jltver and Itwebud is being considered by the President. Should this occur tne officers of the army will be put Into their stead temporarily and perhaps permi-nently. permi-nently. The civil agents appear to be wholly incapable of dealing with the excited iDdlrriS, and their removal re-moval fias been advised by General Miles, who Is aupnortei oy the Secretary Sec-retary cf V.r. The Indian office people are alarmed at the consequences conse-quences of having broken their promises with the Indians and are Hilling to yield the work of pacification pacifi-cation and repair to the war office. The army meu know more of tbe Indian character than the average Indian agent. They have kept their word with the Indian-, whenever when-ever they have been allowed to do do, and tbe visible force they represent repre-sent is respected. The other Sioux agents are to be let atone. Major McLaughlin at Standing Hock, particularly, par-ticularly, has shown Himself to be a good agent for years. iuir.VxV coscEssioxs. Information Is also received by the bureau that the government of Columbia has signed a contract wltli Thomas Cherry of Milwaukee, Wis., for the completion of the Caucau Valley Railway from Buena Ventura, the chief port of Columbia, Colum-bia, to the cities or Calll and Manl-zaies, Manl-zaies, with the privilege of continuing continu-ing the road to the Gulf of Darleb on the north and the frontier of Ecuador on the south, and eastward to navigable waters of the Amazon River. This road, when completed, will give a portion of Columbia that is very rich in both agricultural and mineral resources access to tide water. The government guarantees guaran-tees interest of five per cent in gold for eighteen years upon tlio expenditure expen-diture of $33,009 in gold per mile, and the exclusive privilege for seventy years of operating the railway rail-way within twenty-four miles on either sldu Of the rodte surveyed and accepted, the title to all gold aud other mines that miy be dis-coveled dis-coveled 'within the twenty-four miles limit, and freedom from all duties and taxes. THE r.-VNAMA CANAL. The bureau has information re- Srdingthe renewal of the Panama nal concession by tbe Colombian government. From this It appears that the compauy is allowed two years from the tint of January to organize and resume operation; It is required to pay for tbe lands on the isthmus which, under the original concession, were granted them without cost, also the expense of sustaining whatever military or olice guard may le necessary to protect tbe works and maintain peace along the line of tbe canal; is to pay the government of Columbia Colum-bia a bonus of ten million francs and give it first preferred stock in the compauy to the amount of five million francs. AS AMERICA MONETAKV BXS. The recommendations of the International In-ternational American Conference for tbe establishment of an American Ameri-can monetary union and the Issue of n common silver coin, have been adopted by all Urn American Republics Re-publics except Gjitemala, Uruguay and Paraguay, which are not yet heard from. The first meeting takes place at the Department of State Vednesdsy, the 17th of January. |