Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1891, Page 3

= THE INDIANS’ SIDE. The Sioux Chiefs Holda Pow Wow With The Star's Correspondent. THEIR GRIEVANCES TOLD. Too Little Meat and Too Much Agent—The Big Chiefs Coming to Washington Give The | Star Their Stories in Advance—Cigarettes and Beef. Staff Correspondence of The Evening Star. Prxe Rupes, 8.D. This Indian question is a serie and most of these questions hi answered; a problem, polysided and intricate. | Every endeavor to probe the true inward- ness of this wound, which is devitalizing a large | section of the Northwest, meets with more or | less opposition. Between those who think there is nothing good save the Indian and those who | believe there is no good Indian but the dead | Indian, the seeker after truth has a bard time. | Up to this time no one other than Gen. Miles had succeeded in getting the Indian side of the | causes which led to the campaign which now | seems to have come to an end, but today I suc- | ceeded in gathering under one roof a number | of the Indians who may be regarded, with per- | haps one exception, as fair repre-| sentatives of their tribes. Some of these | Indiana will in a day or two leave ‘hore for ‘Wsehington for the purpose of telling the Great Facher their grievances, so I thought it might | be just as well to work in a “scoop on the w thorities who will endeavor to find out just what these chiefs think of the present situation | and of the causes which led up to it. ‘Namerous attempts have been made by an | army of correspondents to secure interviews | with both friendly and hostile head men, but | nary 23. of questions, ot yet been the general result has been failure. If any | have talked they succeeded admirably in not saying anything worthy of publication. ‘hey | were afraid of being misrepresented—some of them have been in the past—so they kept their | moaths shut and looked as ignorantly wise as only a brainy savage and an owl an look. ‘The task of gathering the statements of these more prominent Indians has not been an easy one, the great barrier being the naturally sus- picious nature of the nation’s wards. Even when their confidence has been gained they are uot inclined to be communicative, and un- Jess they are searchingly cro=s-examined they will evade the point at issue and ramble of through the green pastures of gen- eralization and disport themselves in the somewhat muddy but pleasant-sounding stream of native North American oratory. ‘The men- tion of a stream, by the way, is purely a figure of speech, for your Sioux Indian is not an en- thusiast in the matter of water. For whatever of truth or falsehood there may be in the speeches made to me today the speakers slone msible. Their words are given fairly; x could not be more accurate, ex- cept that much of the useless and burdensome Vocal flourishes have been omitted. ‘THE GATHERING OF THE CHIEFS. It was nearly 10:30 this morning when, in re- spone to urgent invitation and many promises ofkindly and hospitable treatment, ten Sioux Indians met me in a room in one of the remote agency buildings. Not one of the ten could speak ten words of Lnglish and most of their Anglo-Saxon vocabulary was profane in its ten- @encies. Every man grunted “How!” as he came in and bestowed a hearty hand-shake. ‘Then they sat down and locked slyly for the location of the material for a smoke. What a crowd it was! Foremost among them was the Ogallaia Chief Tasunke-Kokipapt Sian-Afraid-of-His-Horses) He an any Other one Indian to e temporary peace which bring about vails in South Dakota. The other Ogallalas were Littie Wound (Taopi Ciqula). He Dog or (sui Bloka), i Representing the hostile Sioux were the worst specimens in the copper-colored humanity there as- Crow Dog (Kangi Suuke), the mur- derer of Spotied Tail, and Two Strikes (Nonp Karpa). 5 ¥ be of interest to base ball enthusiasts to know that this letter gentleman secured his present appeliation by knocking two of his enemies of their horses many years | before base ball became known west of the Missouri river. Worthy of note also is the fact that Two Strikes was “out” until his resent surrender;out on the warpath. Hump (Cauraraka), Iron Thunder (Wakiyan maza) ant Long Suil (Tatanka-hauska) represented the Cheyenne Hiver Indians. THE PIPE OF PEACE. In a minute or sothe pipe of peace was going around the circle with its customary delibera- tion, and when I thought there had been enougi of silence the distribution of a box of cigarettes to cack: man broke it with a conse- quent choras of “How!” There can be no more forcible evidence of the decadence ‘of the noble red men than this newly born | love for the cigarette of the pale faces. however, made theiz hearts ood and within a proceedings opened tiaus knew who £ was they also kuew which was pub- @ governmental center of the y. This, they agreed. was a good op- unity to ‘tell the Great Father their grievances. It would be a _ good thing to let the Great Father know what they would say when they wouid tlk with him in afew days. He could read it in Tur Stax and then they could tell it to him once more when they had a big talk with him. ‘They were satistied that “Htc yetu wicauhpi” (which is Dakota for Tux Evextxe Stax) would print only that which the, said, therefore they would talk straight =~ YOUNG-MAN-APRAID-OF-HIS-HORSES. First to secure the floor, by reason of his superiority. was Young-Man-Afraid-of-His- Horses. “The Inst two agents we have had here,” said he, “have made many of the Indians’ hearts bad. “Those agents took away our wagons, our harness, and the things we farmed with, and gave them toother Indians. The In- din’ who went away with Buffado Bill to make a little money for their families were not allowed to keep the work cattle and wagons that had been given them some time before they left. ‘The things were given to other families and that caused troable. Mdany Indians thought they were not treaved right. Another grievance is in matter of ration tickets. If a man had a trouble e with the agent then the agent would ake his ration ticket away from him, so be couid not get food when it was issued.’ It was hed and not the man. If ght to be punished, and jon we will talk to the and try to have it so ily shall have something teat. n has his ticket taken from bim e been good are burdened With his family, although the good people have t cuongh for themselves to eat, We get our rations every week, but now they not inst us more than three days, so muc! have they been cut down, and we must starve - Fes, we have .ot be used in them, enough for a feast. feas but our rau for there is not altogether Our feasts are of boiled dog, wild turnips and cries. We are not wasteful of the food We keep the rations for our children. | nen I want to say that some of the men ork on the agency—the farmers who live ages—often behave cruelly to Indians. indian does not like; it makes his wild LITTLE WOUND'S STATEMENT. “Little Wound” looked over at the first} speaker, and seeing that he was through, said: | “Llive on Me reek, about forty | in every month the agent gives me rat © it isouly # little bit. “It never Leste m n two weeks. It ur crops helped us very much, ‘all failed and it is The Great Father does not I am talking straight | get is very poor. ‘The | id small. “Some of them are but two years old and some of them are very oid and very thin. One steer for thirty persous is not enough. Thirty people are too many even when the beef is good. The ttle raised in this country. Ye ans got better beef.” “Last summer,” interjected Young-Man- Afraid (ae he ix locally denominated b; who are ia a hurry), “the agent gave f to sixty people. That was very was thf aud things I have spoken about that made the indians’ Learts bud aud brought on troub! Many Indians left the agency,” said Little | Wound, “because they thought that by making great nowe the Great Father would hear of suffering. Not very % ago the Indians here gave money to pay for two Indians and oue interpreter to go to Washington to tell the Great Father we 7 aga tee 7 Bored enongh money to pay for the tailroa te and for the “hotels. Red Cloud ago the Ln | same as going to church. | cams apparen:. would not let us go. That was before Three Stars (Gen. Crook) came out here to talk with us and to persuade us to give up the land, for which we have not been Our women and children have suffered much, because there was no food. The Great Father heard not their cries, so many of us made a loud noise and the Great Father heard them, for some of us are going to talk with him soon.” BIG ROAD TALKS. Then Big Road spoke. Said he: “I want to say something cbout the ghost dance. Many people do not understand it because the truth has not been told them. Most of the Indians here belong to the church; we have many church houses. This dance was like religion; ligion. Those who brought the dance here from the west raid that to dance was the White people pray because they want to go to heaven. Indians want to go to heaven, too, so they prayed, and they also prayed for food ‘enough to keep them out of heaven until it was time to go. Heaven mast bea nice place or the white men would not want to zo there. That was why the Indians would like to go. We danced and prayed that We might live forever; that everything we lanted might gro’ h sup togive us plenty and ewas no harm in the dance. The Messiah told us to send our children to school. to work on our farms all the time and to do the best we could. He also told us not to drop our church. We and our children could dance and go to church, too; that would be Like going to two churches.’ I never heard that the Messiah had promised that the Indians | should be supreme or that the white men | should be destroyed. We never prayed for | anything but happiness. We did not pray that | the white people should be ell killed." ‘The | shirts we wore were made for us to| goto heaven. ‘The dance was not a war dance, for none who went in it was allowed to have happiness. one scrap of metal on his bods. Many Lice | were told about the dance by interpreters. I never believed that bullets could not go} through the shirts. Some foolish people might, | for there are foolish Indians just as there are | foolish white people, but I never heard any | Indian in the dance ever sav he thought the | shirt would protect him. All the dance trouble here was caused by Agent Rover and his police- men telling etozies about us that were not true. | God made beth the Indian and the white man, | Bear. and we want the white man to live a great deal | more thar many white men want us to live. | “I get rations every two wee! is only | enough {or five days. starve very much. I farmed last all the other people, I got jal with my food and ‘have. learned the white man’s ways. I eat a little at morning. at noon and at night. I never waste my rations ata feast or adance. There is not enough for even small feast. We cat dog and wild turnips and cherries at our feasts now. Five years ago we had better beef aud more of it. We have al- ways since been promised as much to eat and of good beef, but the promise is like wind. Lame and old and big-jawed cattle have been given the Indians. Sometimes when we have a feast we sell a little bead work ora pipe ora pair of moccasins and with the money buy some coffee and some sugar.” HE SAYS IT 18 STRATGHT. “I want to say,” remarked Little Wound, “that Big Road has talked straight about the | dance. The Indians prayed that they might have souls like the white people, so that they could go to heaven. Many lies have been told about some of the Indians who were in the dance. Policemen and other Indians and squaw men lied a great deal. Those Indians | wanted to be chiefs and they abused the chiefs and head men who danced; they hoped to get to be chiefs and head men by making trouble and by talking with the agent.” ‘THE QUESTION OF AN AGENT. Mention of the agent opened the mouth of Young-Man-Afraid. “We want a military agent now,” snidhe. “May be, after a time, we shall want another agent who is not an officer, but we will talk about that when we go to Washing- ton. We do not want any more Indian police here; they always make trouble. Scouts can do all the work and will not make trouble, because they will be under an army officer. We want | to get what the government promised to give us—plenty of beef. We have given up the land the government asked for; now let the govern- ment give us what it said it would. Our an- nuity goods—all our blankets and things— ought to be here when the leaves fall. A woman came in here after her annuities last winter and was frozen to death. Ifthe warm clothes had been here when they were promised the woman would still be alive and many Indians would not have suffered from cold.” “We got our blankets in time twelvo years ago,” said but it i ‘The rest of the time T year and, like | Fire Thunder, “but not since then.” ‘THE CHILDREN AND THE SCHOOLS. In answer toa question from me, Young- Man-Afraid said: “We want our children all togotoschooi. Itis true that some of those who have been placed at school have run away, bat that is not strange. White children often do the same thing, and the Indian children are not better nor do they have better hearts than white children.” “The children at Medicine Root school,” re- marked Little Wound, “are often very hungry and their clothes are poor. Many of them left the school because there was even less there than there was at home. Sometimes they got only a little hard bread and water at the school. Ihave asked the teacher towend tothe Great Father for more food and clothes, but there is no moze than there has been for a long time.” “My children are at the agenc; ding school,” said Fore Thunder. “They are satis- fied.” Then the esthetic side of Littl» Wound be- “We want, ” said he, «red and white and blue and green blankets. They send us nothing but these black blankets all the me. The Indians like bright colors, and it hurts no one if they do have pretty blankets. The shirts we have noware poor: not as good as they were once. We ought to have a littie tobacco with the rest of our supplies. We cannot raise to- bacco here and we have not much money to buy it with.” s ‘That quietly uttered reference to tobacco was noerops. Tam care- | a ‘THE GHOST DANCE. “Big Road tuid the truth about the dance. We do not want to fight the whites. at Rosebud lied about the dance; talked straight. When “Three Stars” Crook) and two other men were here to talk about our up more land I to talk with them. I wanted to Great Father himself. Thirteen was in Washi: me to come to aoe him when we wanted to talk about a treaty. “Many things are not right at Rosebud. ‘The Foam nf annuitios ‘aro’ always late, We ased. to, be | S114 U street; Mra. J. H. Soule, M street. in money for hauli to the agency, But now the agent gives Su oedernom thet store and the post trader gets too much, the Indian President Harrison and Mrs. McKee enter- third not enough. There was an agent once who | greatly People: ‘Tint was ‘years age, Now there s| fatigue of long dianers” SEs aia! however, was years ago. Now y inner. > only one beef for thirty people, and it is not so Senses table and a 00d tocat. Texas steers are small and poor; | before any of the Se we don’t want them any more. Major Lee | its beanties develoy mags = Beg oped (Capt. Jesse M. Lee, ninth United States infat- | her planning for it last week. not ven- try,) was the best mt we ever had. He took bret care of us, Benes Saaioee e Ridge. He is a and a just man. Whatever he told ts was true. ‘We would like to have him at Rosebud again. We know him, nd i he is ogent there agnin we will gladly re- turn and be with him. Idid not want to fight the whites; that is why we came away. Had we stayed at Rosebud there would have been fighting there, for some of us were very especially our young men. "It has been sai wo destroyed houses and furniture at Rosebud. That is not true. reeds and bad white men did that and seid it was we who did it. “The men who have caused all this trouble are LouisYellow-Eye,Tom and Billy, half-breeds. ‘Then there is a white man, brother-in-law of Maj.Lee’s interpreter. Bob Dyer is another; he is the boss herder. He drinks whisky all the time and abuses the Indians he does not like. Louis Richaud and Louis Burdo, both half- breeds, are responsible for many lies about us. Several Brule Indians are very bad and they try all the time to get myself and Two Strikes trouble. Their names are He-Dog, Bull Head, Good Eagle,Bare Head and Hollow-horn If the Great Father would send them away we would get along nicely. Crazy Elk, Thunder Hawk and Good Shield are also very bad indeed. Some of the employes ought to be changed and good ones putin their places. The employes were all good when Maj. Leo was mt.” “Maj. Leo always gave us pleuty of beef,” wailed Two Strikes. LONG BULL'S TALE. Long Bull, a Minnecongue Sioux who es- caped from the battle of Wounded Knee, told how the Big Foot band came to leave Cheyenne river. He said: “We did not like the way we were treated at Cheyenne river. Our rations were poor many hearte were bad. Red Cloud had sent to us ‘to say that if we were not well treated we might come to Ping Ridge and live. We were at our homes when a white man came to us—I do not know his white name, but his Indian name is Red Beard—and he said the soldiers were coming to fight, 80 we had better et ont. Then we came to Wounded Kuee and iad that fight. We did not want to fight. ‘The soldiers raid we must give up our guns and some of us did. ‘Chad no'gun. Then the. sol- diers went into the tepees and kicked the beds about and upset everything a great di Indians hed guns under their blank them, for an Indian thinks much of at is gun. The soldiers used the Indians very roughly and made them mad, until by and by “Sits Straight” (the medicine man) gave the signal | a to sheot. ‘ig Foot did not want to fight; he was sick. We were prisoners all the night be- fore and in our tepees we talked peace. Among ourselves we said we would give up all the guns, for we did not expect to fight. Indians much like white men. ‘They get mad when aman hurts them and tears their clothes and pulls their guns away. That made us fight.” HUMP’S ACCOUNT OF IT. The big Cheyenne river chief, Hump, did not care to talk before the others, so I interviewed him apart from the crowd. Hump is un- doubtedly one of the best Indians in the north- west. Previous to 1877 he was a hostile of the most pronounced description, but in that year he surrendered with Crazy Horse to Gen. Miles at Fort Keogh. He fought with the army against the Nez Perces in the Snake creek fight, in the Bear Paw mountains, and was woun He was also in the battle at Rosebud, Mont. “Big Foot,” said he, “left Cheyenne river be- cause he wanted to dance. Red Cloud and others had been writing to him to come hereg and Big Foot thought it meant that there would be fighting at Pine Ridge. There wasa great deal of discontent among the Indians at Cheyenne River agency. Kations were issued once a month and they were very small. There was a little flour and beef every month. Some- times there was a piece of bacon as big as my hand, but that was not regular. Sometimes there was baking powder and sometimes there was not. Arnnity goods were not as much promised and they never came until late in tl winter. They ought to come in the fall. The ents kept on promtising more and giving less ll the time. The agent says, ‘Work hard and you get more.’ Indians work hard and get not So much. Only about one crop in every three isany good. I think Big Foot was coming to Pine Ridge to get better than — he was getting at Cheyenne river or to fight. I don’t like the government to change good agénts. When we begin to know &good man he is taken away and some man who is not so good is put in his place. I would rather have a soldier ofticer for agent, because soldiers when they are not fighting the Indi they always treat ther well. Indians are will- ing to work many ways, but the agent says they must farm whether they know how or not. The agent only lets his favorites among the Indians to freight goods in from the railroad, and that does not give as many Indians @ chance to work as would like to. We want more rations, ‘more ons, more tools and more ways to work. All white men not farmers, even where the land is good and grows much. Our land is not good. We ingenious and there was a lull in the pow-wow while each Indian was made the recipient of a bag of smoking tobacco and a small plug. ‘The OgalJalas had nothing more to say, so the Brule warriors were notified that they would be beard nest. agency, east of here. “For more than a year,” said he, “I have not been at the way in which I have been treat Rosebud. Four of our young men went to Washington last year and t! Y told the Great Father a good many things I did not like. They wanted many changes made and said they would lies ts have the aquaty moved twa place twenty-five miles nearer the Missouri river, which wasall wrong. The agency was in a good place and the new place had less timber and leas water than the place where the agency is now. ‘There was not to be gained by moving the agency, but the agent wanted it and these four young men would like to be head chiefs. Some half-breeds and ‘the police were helping them. It was because of these things that he left Kowe- bud. If these disturbers were only sent away somewhere the Rosebud Indians would get along better. We want to stay there, but we cannot get along. Rosebud was a big agency when Spotted Tail lived, but it is small now and the Indians there are very poor.’ now poG's COMPLAINTS. Crow Dog grunted concurrence and then said: “We used to have plows and wagons and har- nessand many things to work with, but bad Indians talked to the agent and he took these things away from us older men and gave them to his friends. While we had these thi did our best to work. Twice in ev years our crops would almost surely Our rations are given us every week, but there is not enough for more than two and a half days. ‘Then we are very hungry. Our rations have been far too for nine years. Hefore that time there was enough all the year. Now there is no game in the hills, so we are very poor in- deed. What little beef we get is not always good. Some of the steers are too young, some are very old and tough. We havé been given many of those big-jawed steers to ext and some old bulls. White people would not have these, but anything was good enough for the Indian. | At Rosebud we have twelve school houses and many children, ajthough they do not get enotigh to eat. "We would rather have not so many schools and more good beef. Better have a satisfied stomach and know little of schoo! learning than to starve half the time and be very wise. [have often told the superin- teudent of the schools that the children should be given clothes to keep them warm and plenty to eat, rs wae ay —_ an cannot tearn to py and good wi xy are very cold and very hungry." Many children left the schools because there was more liberty and ‘as much to eat in the almost and myself wwere to xo. bat Dig Belly (Agent Gallagher) must have something to eat while we are work- ing and waiting for the crops that 0 often do not come. ‘There is no hunting. Many of us would like to enlist as soldiers. ‘There are one or two hundred indians at Cheyenne river who want to be government soldiers.” THE FEAST AFTER THE TALK. The talk was over. Another box of cigarettes all round was in order, but it did not quite sat- isfy these born monarchs, With inable dignity of appearance and the utmost lingual humility they asked for a feast. In civilized commurities it is notan infrequent occurrence for the gentleman who has been interviewed to be liberal in his proffers of hospitality toward the interviewer. Here things are reversed. ‘Three dollars provided them with all the beef any equal number of men ought to have in their interior pa ed at any one time, and there was still n balance to be spent in boiled dog and coffee and crackers and sugar. All these delicacies were obtained at an Indian restaurant—a canvas structure and as uncleah ‘as pork was to the children of Israel. It was a memorable occasion. G.H.H. Sa ee THE COURTS. Court rx Grxenat Tenu—Chief Justice Bing- ham and Jwiges James and Montgomery. Yesterday—Pelz agt. Pelz; argued and sub- mitted. Latrobe agt. McKee, Lamon agt. Cochrane, La Flore agt. same; on hearing. Cmcurt Court—Juige Coz. Yesterday-—-U. 8. use of Buller agt. Pray; intiff’s death suggested. Overbeck agt. pe jerndon; do. Egurry Count—Judge Bradley. Yesterday—Brook agt. Brook; testimony be- fore Joseph Harper, examiner, ordered taken. Johnson agt. Johnson; rule on defendant, Wm. Jounson, returnable’ January 31 granted. Bremnahan agt. Gebhart; sale ratified nisi and reference to auditor ordered. McLeod sgt. Evaus; sale ratified finally. Paine Grafton; commission to get testimony in Chickasaw Na- tion ordered to istuc. Cummings agt. Baker; i e restraining order denied. red parlor a conspicuous adornment was the line of pink and white hyacinths on the mantel shelf. Yn the green parlor the mantels gay with ecarlet tulips, making prominent bits of color, and in the east room the corners and the window niches were filled in with palms and folinge plants. Garlands of ‘smilax, hanging around the chandeliers, almost reached down to the pyramidal grouping of palms right under them. state dinning room bad) its own burden of sweetnese and light. Palms and folinge plants filled in the window niches, and ropes of smilax half covered the lace curtains. ‘The mantels were banked in white camelias and scroll made of violets stood out from them. Over the table the two chandeliers, which were garlanded in asparagus, were con- nected by double ropes of 8, dotted along with white carnations. The floral deco- rations of the table were entirely in purple violets and white carnations. The gilt plateau had in the center a bed of the carnations, and the vast expanse of linen at each end of the table was broken by two round baskets of violets and one of carnations. Instead of the flowers, each cover was marked by a name card. Through the card was drawn a violet ribbon and the name was done in gilt. The President and Mrs. McKee welcomed their guests in the east room. When dinner was announced the President gave his arm to Mrs. Field and escorted her out to dinner. The chief justice walked out with Mra. McKee. The other guests were Justice and Mrs. Field, Justice and Mrs. Bradley, Justice and Mrs. Harlan, Justice and Mrs. Gray, Justice and Mrs. Blatchford, Justice Lamar, Justice Brewer and Justice and Mrs. Brown, the Attorney General and Mrs. Miller, Senator and Mrs. Ed- munds, Senator and Mra. Dolph, Senator and Mrs. Reagan, Senator and Mrs. Daniel, Senator and Mrs. Hawley. Senator Blair, Senator Ran- fom, Representative and Mrs. Adams, Repre- sentative and Mra. Outhwaite, Representatives Thompson, Carter and Caswell, Governor and Mrs. Cheney of New Hampshire, Mrs. Kitchen, Mrs Foster, Ma. Russell Harrison and_Mre. Dimmick. ‘Gen. Beale and Mr. Russell Harri- #on, who is on from New York for a short stay, took the places made vacant by the withdrawal of Senator and Mrs. Stanford, who sent regrets yesterday after the return from New York. Mrs. McKee and Mrs. Russell Harrison looked@ery yonthfal among so many of their elders. Mrs, McKee wore a demi-trained gown of white silk and white crepe that had lonj sleeves of lace and a becoming finish of ostricl tips on the waist. Mrs. Russell Harrison wore Nile green crepe lisse. On one side of the skirt were garlands of roses and the other had long looped bows and ends of pink ribbon. Mra, Dimmick wore white silk with ostrich feathers edging the square-necked bodice. Mra. Field had on a trained gown of white silk, the front draped in gold-embroidered net. Mrs. Harlan wore hcliotrope crepe; Mrs. Blatch- ford, steel gray satin; Mrs. Gray, a superb white satin; Mra. Brown, amber brocade and pink satin: Mrs. Miller, white brocade and sil- ver trimming; Mrs. Edmunds, ivory satin and joint lace; Mrs. Dolph, white satin, brocaded EP wild rove stripes, point lace flounces; Mrs Reagan, court train of heliotrope plush with a petticoat of pink silk; Mrs. Daniel, black vel- vet; Mra. Hawley, blue brocade; Mrs. Adame, black satin, brocaded in roses, combined with black lace over rose satin: Mra, Outhwaite, white satin and brocade; Mrs. Cheney, black velvet; Mrs. Kitchen, black velvet, and Mrs. Foster, dark brocadéd satin with gilt in the 6. Tonight, at the residence of Mrs. Georganna Hussey Wilson, 2024 G street, Miss Margarothe Wilson and Mr. Paul Fred Mohr of roma, Washington, will be married. Rev. Dr. Corey, pastor of the Metropolitan M. E. Church, will form the ceremony. The bridesmaids’ will be"Mins Reagan, Mise Thyson, Mise Zaidee ‘Thomas of Baltimore, Miss Edith Tun. of Nor- folk and Miss Bessie Wilson, sister of the bride, a maid of honor. The ushers will be Mr. George T. Davidson of New York, Mr. @. B. Niblock of Tacoma, Col. Oscar F. Long, U.8.A.. Mr. Wm. Thomas of Baltimore and Mr. John H. Mitchell, jr., of Tacoma. The picturesque details of the ceremony are very pretty. When the bridesmaids enter the parior tonight, lead- ing th» way up to where the ceremony is to | take place—in a floral bower erected in the bay window recess—the first couple will carry the ends of a rope of roses and through this aisle the bride and groom will enter. Tonight the happy couple are to leave for Florida, but will visit here with Mrs. Wilson upon their return, in a few weeks, before starting for their future residence in Tacoma. Last night Mr. Mohr en- tertained the bridal party and a number of intimate friends at a dinner at the Shoreham. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. W. Foster expect toleave about the end of the next week for Florida for a period of recreation and rest. Mrs. S.H.Kauffmann held one of the pleasant receptions of the afternoon yesterday, at which she was assisted in entertaining her callers by Miss Kauffmann, Miss Stedman of Boston, Miss Jones of Fredonia, N.Y., and Miss Yardley of Eyst Orange. Mrs, Wm. H. Clagett alsoheld her last formal reeeption of the season yesterday. Mias Clagett and Mra. Howard Clagett were assisting her, the latter doing the honors of the tea table. Mrs. Romero's last reception for the season was so large that even the capacity of the most hospitable and spacious of all the legation houses could scarcely acconimodate the num- bers who find these receptions so fascinating. One pleasant feature is that, while there are hundreds of strangers in the throngs, one mects a familiar face at every step. Mr. ltomero min- ed with the guests and everywhere himself cia a levee. ‘The central figure im all this popu- lar demonstration, Mrs. mero, had her ac- customed place near the drawing room door, and her unfailing aminbility kept her manner as cordial to the as to the first visitor. She had on a demi-trained toilet of blue eatin bro- caded in wood brown. In the duty of enter- taining so many callers Mrs. Allen of Philadel- bia, Mrs. Thos. Riggs, Mrs. Webb, Mra. Jules juthridge, Mrs. John W. Foster, irs. Bianch- ard, Mrs. Willard Warner, Mra, Morales, Mise Ida Thompson, Miss Pollock, Miss Parker, Miss Reynolds of Baltimore, Miss Scranton,’ Miss Fuller, Miss Sherman, the Misses Mendonea, ‘Miss Hughes and Miss’ Orr assisted. Great aa the crowd was at times the young people held possession of most of the ball room space and danced to their heart's content. In the dini: room all society seemed to be bowing an smiling to each other cross the generously provided table. street; Sgmporarily moved days. Mrs. Burdette was algo holding yesterday her last formal reception for the present. She had her dunghter, Miss Burdette, Mies Jones, Misa Knowles and Mixs Felton to assist Pe Mrs. McCreary and Mrs. Gibson joined forces yesterday and held « Brilliant reception in the jorehain parlor which they intended as a fare- well reception for this season. Mra, Gibson wore a trained white, satin that had a jacket of bronze green velvet made in Louis XIV style, Mrs. McCreary wearing a garnet velvet with lt jen ‘These agreeable hostesses ad such valuable assistante'as Mrs, aud Mise Miles, Miss Clarke and Miss Wilcox of Sen Francisco, Miss Corinne Blackburn, Miss John- tou, Mine Noble, Mine Faulkner and Miss Love, novel feature was presence of Represent- | atives Davidson, Grimes, Hemphill, Gibson, Stump, MoCreary and Dr, Wyman 1s amistanta Gibson has ed to leave city shortly fr Louisvillp to visit her daughter, ‘Tho Misses Williamson, Mrs. Dickson and &, 4 : i Fil Mamie Todhunter will be at home to her Bote ets et nen, om Rates te Mrs. Worthington Dorsey ioe will be at home tomorrow from 8 mad Fouraay Satter P-m. at 1688 16th street. ‘Mr. and Mrs. des Portes of the French lega- tion, who are about to leave for Athens, have ‘to 1019 Connecticut Miss MacGregor of New York is visiting Miss Fannie Roome of Corcoran street. Mr. and Mra. E. F. Brooks are now located in their new home, 926 P and Mrs. E. F. Brooke and her tor atles will Betct. ero ee eee of Ai is announced for the Muth of next menth.” ‘Mrs. Philip Darneille and Miss Darneille, 1697 Sist street, will hold the last of their re- ceptions tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 7. ‘Miss Hattie Font of Martinsburg, W. Va., is the guest of Miss Stephens of 12th street. Miss Jeannie Moore of Berryville, Va., is vis- iting Miss Katydid Jones, 1213 O street north- Wimodaughsis is going to give a reception on pews 5 in honor of Miss Fletcher, who has recently been appointed a fellow of Har- vard University. Mr. James F. Barbour gave » sumptuous dinner party last night, at which he entertained the foliowing gentlemen: Senator Blackburn, Senator Faulkner, Senator Kenna, Gen. G. B. Ww Mr. Frank A. sare AT Jas. R. Young, Mr. Hallet Kilbourn, Mr. D. R. McKee and Mr. Beriah Wilkins. Mise has cards out fora young People's tea on next Monday. ‘Mr. and Mrs. 8. M. Bryan entertainod at din- ner Inst evening the Japanese minister and his wife and mei of the legation. Later in the evening a number of congenial friends were invited to meet the dinner company, and light refreshments were served before parting. Among those present were Senator and Mrs. Manderson, Mr. and Mrs. Hatton, Mr. and Mrs. Foulke, Mr. and Mrs. Kauffmann, Mr. and Mrs. Colton, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins, Mr. Depew, Mr. ‘Mrs. and Miss Hutchinson, Representative and Mrs. Outhwaite, Mr. and Mrs. Parker Mann, Mrs. and Miss Painter, Miss Clark, Mrs. Seid: more, Mrs. Hill and Miss Robinson. Mrs. E. Kurtz Johnson and Miss Virginia Johnson will not be at home to callers tomor- Tow, but will be the following Thursday. Accharming reception was yesterday held at the Shoreham by Mra. Ellis, Mrs. McCreary and Mrs. Gibson. Among the receiving party was Mrs. Judge Durham of Kentucky. The Misses Strong, 1411 H street, have cards out for Friday, February 6, 4 to 7. Mrs. M. G. Emery and Miss Emery, 207 I street northwest, will give a tea Tuesday, Feb- ruary 8, 4 to 8 o'clock. Mrs. Leland Stanford will hold her last re- ception for the season tomorrow afternoon from 8 to 6. The ladies at the Hotel Rochester, including Mrs, Senator Wilson and daughter of Iowa, Mrs. Representative Morrill of Kansas and Mrs. Representative Baker of New York will not re- ceive this week. ‘Mrs. Gorman and the Misses Gorman, as- sisted by the Misses Gambrill and Miss Jones will reccive tomorrow, January 29, from 3 to 6. Mrs. A. P. Lacey, 1815 Clifton street, will re- ceive tomorrow and will be assisted by Mrs. Dr. Corey, Miss Lacey, Miss Godfrey and Miss Rector, from 2:30 to 6. Mrs. Senator Pugh, 1833 R street northwest, will hold her last reception of the season tomor- row from $ to 6. She will be assisted by Mra. James L. Pugh, jr., Mra. , Mrs. John W. Row, Mrs. Harmer iteoside and. bevy of young ies. Miss Gensler left this morning for Baltimore to attend the wedding of Miss Margaret Turner to Mr. Joveph White of New York Mrs. H. D. Birdsall and daughter, Carrie, of Brooklyn, who are visiting their cousin, Col. L. A. Rosecrans 710 19th street, are so de- lighted with this beautiful city that they have concluded to defer their return till next weck. Mrs. Farwell, Mrs. Dixon and Mrs. Casey will receive tomorrow at the Arno. Mrs. Marvin C. Stone will not be at home on ‘Thursdays for the present. Mrs. Henry P. Sandors of 1504 2ist street has as her guests her cousins, Mrs. Dr. Jackson and ‘Miss Crane of Matawan, NJ. Miss Ella E. Clarke of Prince George's county, Md., who has been sojourning in Washington with her sister, Mrs. Joseph Sipe of Capitol Hill, was married this morning to Mr. James A. Cross of Lynchburg. Rev. Dr. Williams of Christ Episcopal Church performed the nuptial ceremony, after which the happy couple left for thefr future home in Lynchburg. Mrs. J. H. Soule, 1432 M street, will hold her last reception for the season tomorrow. ‘There was quitea charming dancing enter- tainment at the residence of Mrs. M. J. Ho- miller, Capito! Hill, last night, Among those resent were Judge and Mrs, McClellan of, In- liana, Miss Gillette, Miss Griffin, Miss Don- nelly, Miss Pike, Mra. C. J. Homillér, Mra, Ken- nedy, Miss Fealy, Mesars. Buckingham, Wing- field, Niles, Conrad, LaPorte and C. Homiller. ————_-e-—_—— A CASE OF SELF-DEFENSE. Barkeeper Harris Acquitted of Assaulting ‘Thomas Farrell. Thomas Farrell, the young man who was shot in the face the night before Christmas at Brown's oyster saloon, on H street northeast, as heretofore published in Taz Stan, was able to appear in the Police Court today as a witness, and Harris was called upon to answer a charge of assauft and battery with intent to kill. Lawyer Sillers defended him. Farrell was sworn and he admitted that he was intoxicated on the day of the shooting, and he therefore did not remember what occurred. When questioned by counsel, Farrell said that when intoxicated he is troublesome. Other witnesses wore called who told of Far- rell’s entering the oyster saloon, which was in charge of Brown, and trying to take possession of the place. ‘The defendant claimed that the second time Farrell came in, after having been taken out by a friend, he attempted to assault him (Harris) with a brick ‘and also threatened to kill him. He fired the shot in self-defense. The court was of the same opinion, that the shot was fired in self-defense, and the’ prisoner discharged. was Vital Statistics. ‘The report of Health Officer Townshend for the week ending January 24 shows: Number of deaths, 97; white, 49; colored, 48. Death rato per 1,000 per annum: White, 15; colored, 31.2; total population, 20.8. Thirty-two were under five years of age, 19 were under one year old and 24 over sixty years. Sixteen of the deaths oceurred in hospitals and public institutions. ‘The deaths by classes were as follows: Zymotic, 18; constitutional, 3; local, 46; developmental, 16; violence, 4. Principal causes of death were: Croup, 1; diphtheria, 3; consumption, 9%; diar- rhoal, 1; erysipelas, 8: typhoid fever, 2; mula- rial fever, 2; pneumonia, 12; congestion of the lungs, 4; bronchitis, 4; measles, 2; whooping ugh, 2; diseases of the kidi od reported: 19 white, 2 colored. Still births re- ported: 3 white, 5 colored. ‘There was not a single death from scarlet fever reported. A Pie Vendor Cautioned. Hot sausage and biscuits, pies, cakes and doughnuts are what William Youngeells on the ‘We might put those Indians, who are coming here with Gen. Miles into our new Siour-olog- ical garden. Job wae the fret encccsstel physician because he had more patience than anybody. A AT THE THEATER. She: “What do you think of my bonnet?” He: “I have a very high regard for it.” Grief is not always determined by its sighs. ISN'T ANY. Mrs. Fatleigh—puffing: “Well, well, with all this avoirdupois tissue, I can hardly get “What's the difference, I'd like to BEV’ THE wa’. “That pictare by Miss Virginia Oledominon of a black slave is a great work, isn’t it?” ‘Yes, and it ought to be. Her father was one of the old masters.” BE KNEW WHY. “Is this whatI married you for?” she wailed as she heiped him in at a.m. “No m' dear,” he mumbled. “It's what I married you for.” INFORMATION WANTED. Mother: “Well, daughter, what I want to know is are you and Charlie going to get married?” Daughter—desperately: “Ask Charlie. That's what I want to know myself.” IN EVENING DRESB. She: Was ita masked ball you attended Inst week?” He—remembering the costumes of the ladies: “Quite the contrary, I assure you.” “Is this hod enough for you?” inquired the brick mason of the carrier. ‘The successful fireman does not always begin at the foot of the ladder. The pure white of a tombstone seems to rub off on the character of the party sleeping be- neath it. ee AN AMENDED OPINION. How the Money Appropriated for Pennsyl- vania Avenue Extended Must Be Spent. Some days ago the assistant attorney for the District, Mr. 8.'T. Thomas, acting upon a re- quest from the Commissioners, rendered an opinion on the question. as to whether the ap- propriation of $5,000 made for grading and regulating Pennsylvania avenue extended could be spent by the Commissioners on the branch | avenue toward Suitland road. Mr. Thomas in his opinion held that the money could be used on Pennsylvania avenue only. It was claimed that the opinion was based upon insuficient information, and Capt. Ros- sell referred a pencil @iagram and additional data to Mr. Thomas in case he decided to make a supplementary report. This he did today, holding that the item of $5,000 for grading and regulating Pennsylvania avenue extended to- ward Suitland road was meant for the im- provement of the branch of Pennsylvania ave- nue extended connecting with Suitland road, and that all of that money must be spent on the branch avenue. oo TROUBLE OVER A FENCE. Judge Bradley Grants an Intunction Until the Final Hearing. In the case of Olive A. Fitzgerald agninst Indiana Vedder to restrain the removal of a fence on the parking of Massachusetts avenue between 11th and 12th streets northwest, the | respondent this morning filed answer and the case was heard by Judge Bradley on bill and answer, Messrs. G. E. Hamilton and M. J. Col- bert for the complainant and Messrs. M. M. Richardson and J. A. Maedel for the respondent. ‘The complainant is the owner of pari of lot 1, square 345, fronting on Massachusetts ave- nue, and the iron{railing on the parking be- tween her property and the respondent's runs at right angles to the line of Massachusetts ave- nue, and she claims that respondent under a pretended permit of the Commissioners has re- moved the fence and purposes to re-crect it on a line coincident with the lot. ‘The respondent claims to own forty-five feot front of the lot: that the west railing is not co- incident with the party line and a part of the parking inclosed was not in front of defend- ant’s premises; that che being desirous to erect a dwelling ve and the railing being unlawfully in front of her property, she obtained a permit to remove it and did remove so much as was not coincident with ty lines. She denies that any damage has been or will be done by the re- moval of the railing, and asserts that her (re- spondent’s) property will be injured if it does, t it she is acting under author- ¢ asks that the restraining order be dis- charged. Judge Bradley ted an injunction till the final hearing, holding that the granting of the permit was not a building lation, but, nore properly, was a police regulation. a THE CHOCTAW CLAIM. Arguments Heard in the Case Against H. E. McKee. In the Court in General Term today, before Chief Justice Bingham and Judges James and Montgomery, three . of the Choctaw claims the claims. Of this sum he received a draft for $733,000, and it was it to enjoin him from collecting the draft. He, however, before the papers were served was beyond the tion of the court with the draft, but he ently paid regis Tet.o00! for which he made mond ‘Mr. Nathaniel Wilson opened for Mr. and was followed by Mr. R. Fendall and ‘Totten for Mr. Lat ‘To the Edttor of The Evening Star: T have just read with profoundest sorrow and sympathy the account of the awful calamity at | Of,' the Frick Company (Scottdale, Pa..) coke ovens, whereby over « hundred lives were AC nae | | Purpose, and will present to it suitable appar- Henry Coppee, Dr. Jas. C. Welling, Gen. Meigs, ‘Dr. A. D. White and the secretary. The secretary stated that since the last meet- vacancy on the board. Dr. Welling presented the annual report of | the executive committee, the finances of the institut nditures for exc! National Mi Voclogical Park and bufeca of ethuclogy. THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. Aresoltion was adopted in regard to the and that the the secretary of the insti- tution to sign in their name all requisitions on the United States treasury for the money ap- Piopristed by Congress for the National. Zoo- rp ‘ark, to ay re for it the disbureing oficer of the Smithsonian Last tution all bills for services and supplies for said park.” REPAIRS TO THE SMITHAONTAN BUILDING. A resolution was adopted in regard to repairs to the Smithsonian building as follows: “That the regents of the Smithsonian Insti- tution hereby authorize the secretary of the institution to sign all requisi- tions on the United States treasury for the money appropriated by Congress (sundry civil appropriation act approved August 30, 1890), for repairs to the Smithsonian building, to approve of plans submitted by the architect of the Capitol, and to certify to all vouchers for payments by the Treasury De- partment for work or materials furnished for said repairs.” THE ASTRO-PHYSICAL OBSERVATORY. Arresolution was adopted in regard to Prof. Langley’s proposition to establish an astro- physical observatory as follows: “That, if an appropriation should be made by Congress for the maintenance of an astro-physical under the direction of the Smithsonian on, the regents will expend $10,000 from money already donated to them for this purpose for the construction of buildings for said observatory whenever a suitable site sball be designated by Congress and obtained for the atus of the most recent construction, nowin their charge, to the value of mot lése than GIFTS AND BEQUESTS To THE INSTITUTION. ‘The secretary stated that in view of gifts or bequests which might be made to the institu- tion and to prevent any porsible difficulty in future he had consulted the chancellor, Chief Justice Fuller, in regard to an amendment to the organic act, and offered a form the chief justice had prepared,which might be submitted to Congress if approved by the bocrd. After a general expression of opinion by the members of the board of the importance and desirability of the action proposed an amend- ment was uncnimously adopted to be sent to Congress in relation to the subject. OTHER BUSINESS. A memorial was read from Doulton & Co. of England in regard to a terra cotta group of America, deposited by them in 1876 in the in- stitution and asking that a recommendation be made to Congress for its purchase. It was resolved to refer the matter to the secretary, the general expression of the te being, licwever, that it was not to ask Congress to make the purchase. ‘The secretary stated that in accordance with the insiructions of the board he had prepared a statement for Congress asking for the reim- bursement of money the institution had ad- vanced for carrsing on the govern exchanges of books with foreign countries. Congress had not yet acted on the matter. It was announced that Dr. Jonathan R. Bailey of Kentucky had bequeathed his medical library to the institutioa. IN MEMORY OF GEORGE BANCROFT. Dr. Welling presented a resolution referring to the late George Bancrof:, who was for sev- eral years a member of the board of regents, setting forth “that while for obvious reasons of propriety we should abstain at this time and in this place from any full or formel commem- oration of the manifold titles to distinction which clustered around the head of our late il- lustrious colleague, we cannot forebear from testifying the special gratitude we owe to him for the interest he ever took in the welfare of this institution, nor can we forbear from asso- ciating ourselves with the grief of his fellow- citizens throughout the length and breadth of the land, now that in the fullness of his years and in the fullness of his honors he bas been called to rest from the labors which brought to ‘as signed by him, pamed either house." This relates Ron of ‘account of | drafted and passed. Son thd ot a the ox | igh sic Hall next Friday © Program will be : I Schubert, Overture, Rosamunde: Op. 26. 3— ine eee ‘Op. 185; @ Andante quast ©, piano and orchestra, Mr. George Iseman, 3~Liounod, New we Holy Vision,” Mr. James Seuvage. Largo; violin solo, Mine Birdie Lucas; W om orchestra; 100 performers. | 6—Bizet, L'Ariesienne (II Suite); a Pastorale, > Inter- mezzo, c Menuetto; flute solo, Henry Jaeger; @ Farandole. 6—Rossini, Tarantella, “Gia la luna,” Mr. James Sauvage. 7—Ernest Lent, Op. &, Komance and Caprice; for violenceilo a Mr. Ernest Lent. | 8—a 7 {for string orchestra): 6 March, “Midsummer Club and orchestra; Sale of seats for James O'Neill, in “The Dead Heart,” at Alon 's next ont begins tomor- row - This is Henry Irvi of the greatest play of the and is powerfally prowented. ous Hyde's Siar Specialty Company, with a wealth of talent, will All the bill at her. bans next week. Sale of seats for the original Fisk Jubilee Singers at Music Hall, February 3, began this morning at Droop's. Tickets, 25, 90 and 75cts, ‘The popular comedian, P. F. Baker, will give frye of his succomesat Harris’ ijou nex tweek — “The Emigrant” Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day and “Bismarck” Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Dx. MacAnrnun’s Lecrore.—Dr. MacArthur, New York's famous pulpit orator, whois already a favorite with the Washington public, deliver his popular lecture, “Elements of in Life,” at Calvary Baptist Church, corner Sth and H streets, at § o'clock this even- ing. | The lecture is full of helpful maguestions and brings out toa surprising degree the strong personal characteristics which have given the speaker a prominent rank the orators of the day. General admission, 35 cents. Tue Stoppanp Lecrvnes are fully announced today and present a series of untsval attrac: tious. An ex ice of life in the gayest of European capitals, Paris only ex «troll through the home of Thorwaldsen, a sail along the uuique and wonderful Gotha canal, souve- uirs of residence in Stockholm and old Upsula, days and nights among the tjelds and fjords of Norway finished by a glimpse of the midnight fun shining over the desolate Arctic ocean, lastly, the account by one of the most observant of witnesses of the far-famed “Passion Play” of last year at Ober-Ammergau. These are the experiences of last summer to which Mr. Stod- durd is to give reality by description and illus- tration. ‘Lo the four lectures thus as added one of Mr. Stoddard’s important and in- teresting historical monographs, having for its theme the scenes of the French revo- lation of & century ago. These lectures, form Lx Stoddard’s twelfth ansual series, will at Li Muric Hall, beginning on Mondny and Taesday evetiugs. February’ oth and i The inquiry this year has been «0 great that the incressed accommodation afforded by Lincoln Hall will be greatly appre- ciated. In this respect Washington bat follows Philade?phia, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore and other cittes where the demand has passed all previous bounds The course here is to be given twice over, once in course A on February ¥, 11, 13, 17, 29, and again in course B on Feb- ruary 10, 12, 16, 18,20. ‘The sale of tickets for both courses will begin next Monday morning. ‘Tux MexpELssous Quincer CLun.—The ap- pearance next Saturday evening at the Univer- salist Church of the famous Mendclsobn Quin- tette Club of Boston in one of their exquisite concerts is a musical event of importance. The soprano accompanying the club this year, Marie Barnard from the Pacific const, has a remarkably pure soprano voice, well trained and in command of a wide range of music. Mr. ‘Thomas Ryan, who bas been with this club over him such a revenue of fame alike in the walks of high executive administration, of diplomacy and of literature.” This resolution was adopted by arising vote. The board then adjourned sine — FOR MISSION WORK Large Contributions for Diocesan Purposes at St. John’s Church. AtSt. John’s Church, Washington, D. C., on the second Sunday after the Epiphany, the rector asked his people to contribute nut less than $600 to the diocesan missions fund, that being the sum assigned to St. Jobn’s parish by the committee on missions. Paret was present at the rector's invitation and madea most interesting and stirring statement of the the afternoon of the Sunday when the collection was taken up, together with an anonymous letter, which was to have been published at the bishop's request, in that it ht stimu- Late ethers fo obtain berall ~ But tes fortunate accident this letter has been It should be stated in e: that besides asking for contributions to the fund of the missionary committee had sug- that inasmuch as there are now twelve ser fifty years, is still the central figure and still gifted with the power to charm. Mr. Isidor Schnitzier is the Violin. The newer jennison brothe>s the vencerted munic of the Mendelssohn Quintette Sicteeastopceierss ‘States, as it Reserved seats at Metzero:t's. GIVES UP THE FIGHT. Special to the New York Times. Prere, S.D., Jan. 27.—Senntor Moody has released the republican caucus from further obligations to him as its nominee, in view of the utter hopelesmes of his cause. His most ‘today, giving up the fight. Judge Tripp, dem- ocrat, is the favorite among betting men. This > == i Va ae