Show BY ralph H r wm N t linz ane AVE american RICAN washington 26 26 the commission appointed ty by the president to confer with the doncas in indian territory Terri toTy about their removal thither report that their removal from the dakota and nebraska reservation most unfortunately caused a loss of life to the indians and it was causeless the united states had ceded those lands to the indians and had agreed to defend their title and to protect them the indians violated no treaty and never forfeited their rights and still have a claim to those lands lauds until a few months they have stron strongly ay iy desired to return to dakota and part of the tribe succeeded in getting back the remainder were discouraged in getting back and regaining their lands and believing they could not oata n them they had signed an agreement to remain the indians who returned to dakota are strongly attached there and propose to retain the thein their r lands they have been entirely self sus ta ining are friendly with the indians and whites are ambitious to leam learn to create industries to educate themselves in morality religion and literature government should be actuated in n settling these questions by the same game principles that would apply ta to any peaceable people in the same circumstances they therefore therdore recommend that an allotment of igo acres of land be made to each man woman and child of the ponca tribe of indians said lands to be selected by them on their old reservation in dakota and in the land now occupied by the ponca indians in the indian territory within one year from the passage of theace the act by congress 0 granting such sueh tracts of land that until twe tho expiration of ulis this period free communication be peral permitted eted between the two branches of tribes said land to be secured to them by patent and the title to the same shall not be subject to lien alienation or encumbrance either by volun unitary tary conveyance or by j judgment orders or the decree of any court or subject to taxation of any character for a period of thirty years from the date of the patent and until such time thereafter as the president that may remove the restriction that any conveyance made by any of these indians before the expiration of the time above mentioned shall be void and it shall be the duty of the attorney general genera 1 at the request of the secretary of the interior to institute suit to set aside such deed or conveyance that the title to the land shall be intact and that they shall be subject to the laws both civil and criminal including the laws of alienation and an d descent in force in the state or territory where such lands are selected that the united states take immediate action to extinguish all claims that would be an incumbrance to the title of any lands which it is is proposed shall be allotted to all the members of the ponca indians that government continue its appropriations the same pame as at rat present not less than per year during the period of five years from the passage of the act making the allotments as afore aforesaid gald gaid the same fame to be for the benefit benefit of the members of the tribe trib epro pro tata rala that the tho additional sum of bo be appropriated and expended in agricultural implements stock and seed of which shall be for the exclusive benefit of the doncas in nebraska Nebrask st and dakota the remaina S to be decided among the A families milles i of or the whole tribe according to the number of each family to be in full satisfaction for the depredations and loss losses s of property sustained by these indians in in consequence of their removal and that a further sum of not less than bo be appropriated for the construction of eom com portable dwellings and not more than for the erection of school housea for the in nebraska and arid dakota and that suitable persons be employed by government for their thein instruction in religious educAtion educational ali and industrial developments and to superintend care for fon and protect all their interests we respectfully suggest that the welfare of these thew indiana requires us to emphasize the necessity of prompt action hi i n settling their affairs to the end that this long pt pende nde ing controversy may be determined according to the thedie dictates tates of humanity and alad justice in conclusion we desire fo 0 glye expression to mhd conviction force forced dupon upon asby ushy our investigation ti of this case thatis ia is of the utmost importance to red men alike that all indians should have an opportunity of appealing to the courts for protection and tiie vindication of their rights ts of person and property indian indiana bL cannot bunot be expected to understand the duties existing under the forms of civilization until they know by being subject to the authority of stable laws as administered by y the jbv courte courts and are relieved from the uncertainties and oppre oppression bio aio frequently attending tending their subjection to ar A trany lind personal auth authority the evidence taken by the commission together with the documents pertaining to the inqui ingui inquiry py accompany the reports tile members of the commission were briga dier generals george crook and alid nelson A AL miles united states army wm win StI stickney ehney chuey of washington and walter alien allen of newton mass walter ailen alien submitted aa an additional report in which hot gives aimes in detail the history of the various treaties with the ponca Indian indians sand tand and the facts of their thein treatment NEW york 26 tomorrows to morrows public has the usual weekly table of the clearing house transactions showing the course oc trade as compared with the corresponding week last year the week basone was one ono of very active business at jat nearly all the cities new york and boston again recorded the largest increase the increase at chicago was surprisingly large arge and only an insufficient decline is is reported at five of the 21 cities edi following owing is the list orgains of or gains new york per cent boston philadelphia 2 20 chicago cincinnat cincinnati baltimore louis louls i I 1 ville milwaukee 90 go 90 providence kansas city cleveland indianapolis 2813 hartford wart HaTt foru 52 52 new haven toa lowell 53 53 syracuse following are the losses st louis louls 65 65 new orleans 13 pan san francisco 4 pittsburg pittsburgh 8 st joseph 80 80 the report 0 of unprecedented ext exchanges hanges maybe may be regarded with the more satisfaction because the prices are not inflated but are lower on the whole than in january 1880 and because the dealings outside of this city are not inflated by unreasonable speculation indeed no speculative fever inflates or endangers the legitimate business in new york the undue excitement and expansion are almost wholly con confined fined to the stock exchange in other branches of business trade has been large and confident without any apy general rise or ok expectation of a rise in the prices and the great increase in ih tiie tile e e export x port movement only keeps pace with an unusual demand fo rhome consumption the movement of products here has been greatly impeded by the abominable condition of the streets and the interruption ter of telegraphic communication coin eoin muni but ther there ewas was a large buying of dry goods an active business in breadstuffs bread breads stuffs and increased dealings in coffee tea iron and other metals in provisions there has been more speculative excitement than in the other branches brandies in the trade and the speculative dealings in cotton were increased last week by jay a strong attack upon prices and consequent decline but the general condition of business is undeniably healthy lie lle althy A london correspondent corres pond poAd eidt describes des colw a remarkable scene seene at the meeting 9 of the poor law guardians at han turk the day was bitter witter cold and about 1 foo 1 famished persons stood without the workhouse where the guardians met among them were so 80 stalwart but hungry lookin looking laborers who loudly demanded coriz work the guardians could give them none in the midst of the meeting word was brought that laborers were forcing in their way into the building business bu siness was wag suspended and a dead silence prevailed immediately afterward footsteps foots tens were heard beard ascending the stairs the door was almost taken from its hinges with the kicking and pushing it received from the outside several voices were heard calling on the guardians to open the door and give them relief the door was opened by mr Cauli cauliffe fre one of the guardians was about to leave the room when he wag waa thrown back and informed that neither he nor any gua guardian in the should leave until they had done something for them the passage od ori the stairs was wronged hron ged with sullen famished kingmen loo Asee A seene scene neof af eon xon confusion fusion ensued which lasted several mf minutes in the background some poor poon fellows were weeping affet some time the mangot men got to understand that thiet they could dould find bread bidad and tea in ait the hall and thau that their families would receive outdoor relief for the week the besieged guardians were on this understanding allowed to go uninterrupted 71 26 the thirtieth ballot for senator stood Jackson 70 maynard 25 roso boso 1 As soon aa jackson was declared elect edhe was lifted out put of his seat boyfriends by friends and aud escort escorted edth to the stand and said baid that he would do whatever lay id an his bis power to allay hilay sectional agitation and bring prosperity to the country he would not only represent tb estate but the united states in the tho labad broadest sense of the word worde senator jackson said faid to chesere th the serm sere naders tonight to night anent hown I 1 ec tion 1 in retain retaining ing th the eS senate I 1 odthe ab united states the democrats will thus insure to the country peace and prosperity for four consecutive yeary years and aoi it was the desire desiro of ithe element of the country that the senate should remain democratic and allay this alarm in reference to sectional agitation I 1 this Is speech deec clearly indicated that aunill on nil all political questions lie ile lle he will act as a a straight out democrat I 1 NEW york 27 A dispatch was received from gen gem palmer at the office of the mexican national B R B R co in this city yesterday to send a large force of engineers to manzanilla 11 la on tb the e faal pacific nie fie coast com t fox work on the section of road between that place and colima he also ordered forward a large amount of railroad material and au supplier aliez liez including tons of steel rails 1 the the officers of company weme were instructed to rosend send such supplier ilea liea as would be necessary for the completion of this part in the coling summer the forice force working south ou th from laredo has been increased recently the cleall steamships now touch at ja a having resumed tha the route at the tho beginning of the present month the fort font buford 11 D T 25 says A man who has just arrived from woody mountain at this I 1 post reports that sitting bitting bull pull has for fon formally maIly mally surrendered there to f lle ile he lie canadian Cana diali diall government and asks he may be sent under the charge of an officer of the police to fort buford and turned over to the military at this post that sitting bu bull buli stated that he left canada with the intention of surrendering to major brotherton but became alar alarmed at the presence of troops at poplar creek agency and nd feared that he was going to be dealt with treacherously that he knew that these troops were from fort keogh and he had fought them so orten often before that he dared dired not hot trust himself or his people in their hands and that he be is willing to start for buford whenever the canadian au alf thorit les ties will send ill lii hini hinl in and will wil I 1 give him up in good faith falth to Brot brotherton herton berton A democratic senator here said that president hayes of swaine as ja judge edg b advocate over the heads of six others was ona one which ought not to be tolerated and that president brayes seems to have hilve undertaken to pay debts in advance there will probably be some opposition to S Sw aines alnes a appointment but he undoubtedly will be ultimately confirmed the herald prints a letter from chief justice daly to prest hayes conveying the resolution of the american geographical society calling for government aid to rescue the J jeannette and crew in which day nay says the corwin is a small vessel she we is not fitted to 6 force her way through the floating ice to wrangell land laud nd which capt hooper thought however owe er could be done by a stronger ve vessel cisel sisel the galana galena now on the mediterranean stat ionis such a avos aves vessel she is ki a new and strongly built wooden steamer and ought to be able if properly arranged for the purpose to carry about tons of coal very little would be required to do this and adapt her to arctic work and there is sufficient time for her to go aroun around db to the pacific andio and jo get through behring straits which is generally open to the arctic by the byad end of june the herald concurs concurs and adds the time however for taking adequate measures measurer to relieve the is short especially if it is proposed to employ the galena for the purpose and bring her around cape horn to san fraucisco francisco CHICAGO 27 rhe rhe fhe times na nash mash ii ime ite ville special says bays senator elect jackson of bf and dignified appearance a son n in lawf gen wi gearding GH gi harding owner of the b B belle beile elle elie mead stock farms hewak c r bo bom boa m in fa paris tenni in an and d C f never held a political office until t elected from madison Coun the b present legislature he is 1 8 a lawyer 1 I 1 of marked abill ability tk and president ora ofa A I 1 ii i large oil mill at jackson he erd has I 1 c been prominent in hi educational re III f forma and was highl highly compliment ti c r ed by leading southern statesmen i p F esarte in u credit 4 6 he hd is a man irlan of great purit purity character and with both ir democrats and republicans tl tf bitt boric 27 Y abw id d ani ardyl book just issued by 6 Scrib iier lier g entitled chinese immigration in vr itaf social and economical adlai the tho to author begins with a chapter on the I 1 chinese in the united states whose pi pt number he places at three to fourths living in california second claims to be bia a result of a f care taye lu ru ful study of Ali all tile tiie work dWOrk accomplished w by Chinese cheap cheww labor in IA california al it part third deals with objections v urged against ChI chinese nese 1 immigration f part fourth meets meeta the ifie prevalent pt t fear of an overwhelming chinese immigration on this poat po nit bit he be ai 33 says bays 1 I believe it is ls the supposed DJ ci danger of an ad immense chinese st movement toward tov tow eird our oue shores that 0 has a s ionel lonel I the greater part of li il the anxiety which alch has been felt tn inc ifo iro 0 o regard to the future of relations relation sil sri n with that race upon our own soil boil J 1 I this fear he belle belie believes es to be ie e less the danger imaginary and lind he 1 ic goes elaborately into the tife causes for nor if f his conclusions that thai an overwhelm ir r ing lug influx is not to be expected in e the first place seward sieward finds no i i justification in fact forthe for the belier belief i that the chinese are aro uncomfortably I 1 in their thel rown own country cour cout iury itry or at ai all genio genie gene rally raily disposed fo lo emigrate on the r n contrary he be points to facts to td B show i i that they leave leavo china only upon oci I 1 of |