Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 23, 1890, Page 1

TWENTIETH YE OVEMBER 23, A CRISIS IMMINENT. Discovery of a Devilish Plot to Entrap General Brooke and His Soldiers, AN OLD SCOUT A HORRIFIED LISTENER, He Stops Over Night with a Band of Sup- posed Friendly Indians, TO MEET THE FATEOF CUSTER'S COMMAND The Troops to Be Shot Down Like Dogs in a Narrow Defile. A CALL ISSUED FOR REINFORCEMENTS. General Brooke Telegraphs to Omah a or More Companies Both of In= fantry andCavalry—Trouble Expected Monday. Pixe Rinee Acescy, S. D, Nov. 22.— (Special Telogram to Tur Bek.]—The first knowledgo that the ghost dancers had com- menced plotting to enteap the soldiers was brought to Indian Agent Royer tonight by William D. McCGaa, formerly an Indian scout and now a wealthy ranchman living iu the vicinity of Buffalo Gap. MeGaa was traveling overland on horse back and alone. He enjoys « wide friendship among the Indians generally, and last night staid atone of the lodgos about midway be- tween this point and Buffalo Gap, He had placed very little dependence in the reported scare and thereforo felt mo fear in lying down and going to sleep in a tepee full of bronze-faced fellows, notwithstanding he noticed that they were all fully armed, A little curiosity, however, prompted him to feign sleop and keep his ears open during the early part of the night. The result was cured information startling us it was valuable ana that removes every vestige of doubt as to the bloodthivsty . villainy which has taken possession of the ghost dancers. Aftor he had been in bed some little time— a couple of hours or more—one of the red- skins bent over him to discover whether he was asleep. To all appearances he was. Thén he heard them getupand begin a whispered consultation, For the first time in his life, McGaa says, he almost doubted his own cars, Phe Indians with vhom he had laid down to sleep with a feeling of the ut- most security were deliberately plotting to lead General Brooke aud his soldiers into an ambush and shoot them aown. . . Their plan, as McGaa heard from theirown 1ips, is to continue tho ghost dance until the trogps try to stop it. The place selected to carry out their murderous designis o point sixtcen and onchall miles north - of here, and a more advantageous locality for 80 devilish adeed probably does mot exist anywhere else on the face of the entire con- tinent. It is where the White Horse creek empties into the Wounded Knee and lies in something of an amphitheater shape, The only practical way of leading to the spot is bynrond that follows along the bank of ‘White Horse creck. Upon eitherside of this road aud creck are dense clumps of trees, so many as toalmost form a wall upon either side of the approach. The plot is to have a ghost dance in the center of this amphi- theater and have the wools on either side of the road full of Indians. When themilitary comes up to stop the dance they would be easily shot down by the Indians in ambush on cither side. By lining the road with their ‘Winchesters for the distance of a mile and lotting the troops get well into the amphi- theater, they were calculating they could wipe out gvery soldier that came, and the cal- culation is a perfect one, \ As McGas imparted the information to Agent Royer, the latter could only exclaim: “That settles it! That settlesit! My God, how thunkful we -should be for this informa- ton. " . that he se- as “The situation is now graver than ever,” exclaimed General Brooke, *‘Inow can form no idea whatever as to when we shall be able to leave this locality.” McGaa's report is being kept as secret as possible by those in command, as, indeed, are all other reports that contain any news, Big Crow, oueof the friendly chiefs now hore at the agency, gave me to understand, through an interpreter, that he thought a band of the dancers would come in tomorrow on & spying trip. Well, if they do they wili rue it. Big Crow is on very friendly terms with many of the fanatics and whathe says s generally reliod on, Colonel W. B. Hughes of Omaha and Colonel M. I Ludington of Washington, both quartmaster department men, arrived today, but whether their coming is significant of anything interesting or not is not known. 1 have indulged in the novelty of paylng 25 cents for a copy of Tue Bre every day since my arrival, thatbeing the presint war-time price. It is estimated tenight that between five and six thousand of the fricndly Indians have responded to Agent Royer's order and are now quartered within the agency and upon the nearat-hand hills which surround us. This is nearly all of the friendly ones, and the work of dealing with the rebellious will, it is thought, certainly begin on Monday. Another gatling gun will be here tonight, aud i whe morning will come 100 extra guns for the ageney police force, which has been fncreased from thirty-five to five hundred men by an order received today from Wash- ngton, No Water's band has followed the example set by Little Wound's people, and tonight notified Agent Royer that they had done with bin. and the agenoy, and if the soldiers inter- fered with them they would fight to the death. Thus the soldiers know they will have to faco and fight at least seven hundred armed Indian warriors, providing the latter keep up their nerve, and the best caloulations seem to | pomnt to Monday or Tuesday as the probabie time when this facing and fighting will be done. Two hundred warriors from Rosebud have joined the dancers, and a scout found them moving this way this morning as fast as their horses could carry them, No more soldiers have arrived, though re- ports have it that they are expected hourly, especially eavaly . General Brooke told me tonight that he had 1,000 men within forty-eight hours of here, though he declined to talk at any length whatever on the subject. Jack Red Cloud, son of the old chief, and who has been considered as one of the bad among the ghost dancers, surprised those who knew him at the agency by ap- pearing here tonight. 1 talked with him through an interpretor and he made surprising as that all the dancers would come in tomorrow as the good Tudians are doing. But little or no dependence can be placed in such a statement, which to those who know him sounds utterly ridiculous. If the dancers do come infit will undoubtedly bo strictly for a fight and nothing else, None of the officials to whom I have spoken regarding Jack's assertion know what to thinlk. A little after Jack had Elk, chief ot told call men tion appearcd Standing the Cheyennes, came in and er that he had decided to braves and order them not to Agent off his dance any 1o Agent Royer says he “belioves both theso men to be here simply as spies, and he fears their coming means a fight sooner than was expected, This has been the quarterly pay day here for ofticers and cmployes at tho ageney. 1t was for the quarter ending Septemver 30, being the final once of ex-Agent Gallagher's admimstration. Nearly 50,000 was paid out, being principally in silver dollars to the In- dian attaches. In consequence of it being pay day? the post traders, stores have done a mammoth business for the Indices who can afford to live high and buy so long as they have a penny left, are here The better class of Indians who tastefully, but the squaws, many of whom stiil live in tepees, appear “killing,” as the ladies say, by going about with a bustle under a blanket, Tho age is as frequently worn on the s or frout us it is Lehind, giving an effect that would make our Omuiia ladies fairly seream with laughter, 1t would pay the club men of Omabia to take a run out here to see the squaw maidens. They would be agreeably surprised nt tho prettiness of anumver or them, but they are as shy as deer and a stranger can get only about as close to them as a decr, As a rule these Pine Ridge agency people are very sociable, but only a fow of them can talk English, Asa result the newspaper men have found it necessary to put in every moment spare ime learning Indian phrases, As alast word tonight concerning the situ- ation, it is almost perfectly described by Major Burke, Cody's manager, The major sums it up thus: It lias come to the point of being a great bluff between the two sides—the troops and the ghost dancers, The side that ean work this biuff to the most successful finish will win.” Later—General graphed for of infantry dress very Brooke has two more companies from. Omaha to come at once and guard supplies at Rushyille, He has also ordered a company of cavalry to come at once and one on Mon- day. This will iuform the public more than anything of the seriousness of the situation tonight, and completely proves that Ti Bee's dispatches from this point during the past three days have exaggerated nothing regarding the true state of affairs, Two of the best, wisest and most re- liable scouts in the government's employ re- ported to General Brooke at 9 o'clock last night that 150 lodges of the Wounded Knee fanatics, including some of the most desper- ate and treacherous redskins in this part of the country, had moved to White River, twenty miles north of here, and had again begun the ghost dance in a wilder manner than has been kmown thus far. The scouts said they talled with several of the leaders, and the latter all declared that they and their associates had fully deter- mined that they would shoot auy government oficials or soldiers who" at- tempted to suppress the dance, This is cousidered by far the most sensa- tional news that has come to General Brooke since his arrival. Upon no previous occasion during the present scare have any such deo- larations or any approaching them been made by the dancers. A fact that adds to the great seriousness in this case is that all the Indlans n these 150 lodges are armed with Winches- ters, mavy revolvers and knives, and they have large quantities of ummunition and pro- visions and also are receiving heavy rein- forcoments hourly, General Brooke received o telegram from General Miles last night giving him power to call just as many more troops to this point as he deemed expedient, Some few of the scouts and Indian police who were sent out Thursday to notify the nou-dancing faction to move into theagency preciucts until the present trouble is settled, returned last night and reported that the In- Qians to whom they were sent siguified a per- fect willingness to do as requested, ber of these immediately put out their flres, folded thew tepees and wo- companied the seouts and police into the ageney. Tt is expeoted that all of these friendly Indians can be gotten in by Sunday night. 1f this can be accomphished the more sensational and dangerous work of the erisis that of bringing the disturbers to time— will begin Monday morning. Ihave it on gosd suthority that General Brooke has received intimation that the war department will certainly insist upon the suppression of the ghost dance at all hazard, This is substantiated by the fact that wdditional troops are now ou the just tele- A num. way here, as I stated in a dispateh, and that more have been ovdered held under marching orders, Both the commandant and agent were greatly chagrined and nottled at learning last evening that another lot of some three hundred Rosebud warriors had put in an appearance, as If they had risen out of the previous earth, only twelve miles northeast of here, | and were proparing to establish a ghost dance seance. These all have Winchesters and ave oaded down with ammuniti C.H. 0 LITTLE WOUND'S LETTER. Indian Agent Royer Receives an In- teresting Commaunication, Pixe Rinee Acescy, S, D, via RUsHVILLE, Neb., Nov. [Special Telegram to Tue Bek. | —Census Bnumerator Lee avrived here this morning from a trip through the more distant portion of the reservation. He says that not a doubt exists but tho dances will precipitate a fight within a very few days. The settlers on the border of the reservation, ho says, are flying out and aro fairly wild with terror. Gieneral Brooke was receiving scouts and giving orders nearly theentire night. He is very non-commital, but it is plain that he 15 thoroughly worked up and much troubled over the crisis which he says is ouly a few days ahead of us, Lone Bull, one of the ghost dancers, has just shown himself at camp and is anxions to tulk with General Brooke. He is the first of the fanatics who has the boldness to enterthe agency, The general said he would hear what Bull had to say later in the day. Great numbers of friendly Indians are con- stantly ariving at the agency. Indian Agent Royer recelved the following very sensational communication from Little Wound, the high priest of the ghost dancers, this morning : “Little Wound soldfers are coming on the reservation. What are they coming for? We have done nothing. Our dante fs o religious dance, 50 we are going to dance until the spring. If we find then that Christ does not appear we will stop, but not fn the meantin Troops or uno troops, wo shall start dance on this ok (Medicine creek, fifty miles north of Pine Ridge agency camp) in the morning. I have also understood that T recognized chief any longer. 0o say is that you nor the white people made me chief and you eannot throw me away as you please. But let me . that by them I will be rec- 1 live, I have also been told that you intended to stop our rations and annuities, Well, tor my part I don't care. The little rations we get do not amount to anything, but, Dr. Royer, If such is the cas please send me word, 5o that me and my peo= ple will be saved the trouble of golng to the agency. We do not intend stop dancing. LirrLE WOUND. When asked what reply he intended mak- ing, Dr. Royer said he had not decided. C. H. C. AT ROSERUD. says he understands the ognized uslong us THE SITUATION Presence of the Troops There Worries the Indians. Rosentvp Agesey, S. D., (via Valentine, —[Special Telegram to Tue :£.|—The arrival of the troops here took the Indians completely by surprise. Few are at present atthe agency. Those who are here havean injured air,as if their rights were being trampled upon. Atno time dur- ing the fall have they been ugly or defiant, but the agent with the native police force has not been able to break up the ‘“‘ghost’ dauces. «The teaching of Short Bull has been known for over @& year here and only a few have taken any stock in it. Rations were short for several weeks, crops a complete failure and while waiting for new supplies, the talk of an outbreak was circulated by sowme of the school teachers, There is alsosome discontent among those living along White river and Pass creek be- cause the secretary of the interior has ordered them to move east of Black Pipe creck, as the land on which they are living belongs to the Pine Ridge Indians. The absence of Agent Wright gave them a grand chance to get up an excitement. There i3 always more dancing in winter than at any other time. This year the dancing commenced earher andin a large camp near the agency. Tur Bee correspondent has seen several men today. ‘They talk quietly and seem hurt to think they must be watched, Rushes Forward said: I am sad. These soldiers are here to scareus. I did not join thedance. T don’t want to fight. I have too many children to feed to spend any time fighting. My heart is sad,” He was on his way to Valentine with a load of bones which he was hauling one hundred miles. Five companies—two of cavalry and three of infantry—are camped at the commissary building. The Indians are quiet and no trouble is anticipated. The day schools are all closed and the teachers are at the agency. INDIAN SCOUTS INCREASED. The War Department Authorizes the Aadidon of Five Hundred. Wasnixaroy, Nov. 22.—The war depart- ment has authorized the number of Indian scouts in the division of Dakota to be in- creased by five hundred men, ‘They will be selected from among the Indian police and other disciplined Indians in the division, Major General Schofield this afternoon said that every hour that passed without an outbreak brightened the prospects of a peaceful settlement of the pending disturb- ance, Secretaries Proctor and Noble were in con- sultation respecting the situation this after- noon with the president, who has manifested much interest in the subject, and it was de- cided that two regiment of cavalry should be sent to Pine Ridge agency from Arizona and New Mexico, Dispatcles received from General Miles state that the separation of the friendly and turbulent Indians is proceeding rapidly at Pine Ridge. General Brooke anticipates no immediate trouble and thinks the separation will make ecasier the task of restraining the turbulent Indians from overt acts. Telegrams were also received coufirmatory of the reports that the Messiah craze is rapudly extending in the north and across the Canadiau line under the operation of Sitting Bull's emissaries, The Situation at Crow Creek. WasmiNGToN, «Nov, 22.—Acting Commis- sioner Belt has received the following tele- gram from Agent Dixon: The Indians at Crow Creek and Lower Brule are under con- trol. Have had three leaders from other res- ervations under control at Crow Creek and bave discharged them under promises of good behavior, The Indian police are suffi- ficient, protection under the present indica cations, sThere are no Indiaus away froim tho reservation 50 far as the police cun ascer- aln. A Rumored Massacr MixxEAPoLIs, Minn., Nov. nal's Pierre, 8. D,, special says: A telegra from Gettysburg, Potter county, states that severt persons were killed by Indians near Lebean, Protection is asked for. A tele- rum was reccived from Hevmosa, in *the Hiils, asking for 300 rifles, No one here credits the report of the massacre, Organized a Home Guard, ARusuvieie, Nob,, Nov, 22.—[Special Tele- ®ram to Tue Bee.]—The citizens of Rush- ville and vicinity have organized a home uard of 100 men and have asked Governor lhayer for arms and ammunition, These are simply precaution t0 the protection of the troops are removed gencrally believed thi then if ever. Y No additional troops and it is now assel E sent except in_caseof Wi force at Pine Ridge is cope with the savages, 7 ures and looks in the event the lgflnz. as it is le will arise i arrived here yet, no more will be Tn that event the {irely inadequate to AT STANDING ROCK AGENCY, Agent Molaughlin Pays a Visit to Sitting Camp. Mixsmaroris, Minn, N —A Standing Rock Agency, N. D. to the Tribune says: Major MeL lin's visit to Sitting Bull's camp had of stopping for a time at least the ghgdt dances, McLaugh- lin received a lettedi from Sitting Bull yesterday, who sa) be has taken a friend’s advice and pved the dances. Bull's child is very sl ne would come to the nYour_\‘ today to d rations. It is re- ported here that Bull'§ following is growing less because the Messi@ has not appeared, and that diseourages chief. The agent thinks there is no at present and WAy winter or spring. Ho Weworking hard on the Indians with a corps able assistants and makes strong argument against the craze. The people on the east: fleeing for their lives, The excitement is all of a massacre forty mil to be unfounded. St. Pavt, Minn., N of infantry was sent fi afternoon to Mandan. alarmed. b 10 one in pursuit. bwarranted. Reports § south are Dbelieved One company Fort Snelling this ihe people are still Running fro MixNeAroLs, Minn, une's Aberdeen, S. D. indicate that the Indis re is general all along the east side the Missouri river north of Pierre to Mi m. The settlers are becoming very muchalifrmed and are flecing to towns, leaving moskyof thoir Dossessions behind them. At Gett§sburg there seems to be the most excitemest and Governor Mel- lette has gono there 8 night with a large supply of arms aud anunition. Telegraws were received by himk this aftornoon from several points asking ifor assistance. Dis- g.pim-hu» from the commiander at Fort Yates and Sully say everythif is quiet. It is evi- dent that wosi of the 1s groundless, cial says: Reports Settlers Ba@lly Scared. MixNEAroL1s, Minny Nov. 22.—A special to the Tribune from Mandun, N. D., says: Settlers have been coming into Simm, forty miles west of here, all day. Roving bands of Stoux scared them. Move guns were shipped tonight. A dispateh from Fort Keoglr states that the Twenty-seciiff ~infantry leaves Keogh Monday morning for Fort Lincoln, It is reported at Keogh ¥hat troops from Ellis and Missoula received shjilar orders to be ready for active work 1 Nortn Dakota. ‘The action of the Indians satisfies cberybody that grave danger exists Of @n outbreak in the spring if not before. fes in today from Maoyer county report tha insolent behayior of the Indians, i —_— NOW LOOK OUT FOR BLOOD, The State Militia O¥dered to Prepare to Take the Field. BeATrice, Nob., Nog. 22.—[Special Tele- gram to Tuk Bee. |—Ganeral Colby lnst even- Bearrice, Neb., Navi 21.—Colonel J, P, Pratt, Bennet, Neb.—3# You will report at. once to brigade headquntters the number of officers and men in cachi® first regiment, Nebraska mhmfl nfi Teady for immediate servicw, and have your com- mand in readiness for smarching orders at a day's notice. Respectfully, ing issued the lo)lowilt%ordc L L. W. Comy, General Commanding First Bnigade, N. N. G. Eager to Get to the Front. Famnony, Neb., No¥. 22.—[Special Tele- ~Company D of the Second regiment received orders at 4:30 this afternoon to hold themselves in readi ness to move at. twenty-four hours’ notice to the northwest part of the state to assist in quelling the Indian outbreak that is now pending. The company assembled at headquarters at 7:30 fonight and arranged preliminaries for marchine on short notice. Colonel Bills, commanding the Second, is here and will have his regiment in readiness. The voys are all eager %o try a littlocamp life, York's Militts Company. York, Neb,, Nav. 22.~|Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—Lieutenant Osborne of Company A, First regiment, Nebraska National Guard, of this city, received % dispatch this after- noon from Colonel Pratt, asking how many mou could be got ready in a day's notico to g0 to theseat of the Ingian trounle. He re- ported forty men in company ready for service, ey Came in After Fire Water. Varexming, Neb,, Nov. 22.—[Special Tele- gram to Tae Bee.|—~The duly Indian in town yesterday came in on tle run, and, exciting some suspicion that Be might bea runner from the hostile camp, was soon put under surveillance. He had not becn here fong wlen his errand beeame apparcuu, 8s he entered the back yard of Strickland's saloon and shortly after came out, but did not seem in any hurry to leave town, Pretty soon one Jim Irwin went ot the back way with an innocent looking sack over his shoulder. He tooka circuitous route, but finally started out of town on the Rosebud road, being fol- lowed by Hon, A. J. Burnham and Deputy Sheriff Johnson. Irwin was seen by them to putthesack in the brush and roturning beckon to the Indian in the distance where he found the sack. They, howéver, went and got the sack and found inside two gallons of whisky and at once arrested Irwin, who has sinee been kept under close guard. United States Marshal Slaughter was wired and will be here this evening an@ take his prisoner in custoay. i Great Excitement at Gordon. Goroox, Neb., Nov; 2% —[Special Telegram to Tre Bee]—The 'situation here is still alarming. Tue Bee eorrespondent has just seen a settler living néay the reservation line, on Wounded Knee cx who says that he was on the reservatioh; twelve miles from his place, this morning, #ad in his opinion there were 6,000 bucks, squaws and children; that the ghost dance was golug on, and that they ‘were ong waiting for the appearance of five cow buffaloes, which were to furnish the Indians with meat as leng as they waated 1t —in other words, & md edition of the loaves and fishes, town 15 wild with excitement. A com| tias been organized for home protection. Word has been re- coived by scouts thét Agent Royer at Pino Ridge has sent ‘o settlers along the reservation line to gregate for self-pro- tection, and the settdms ave moving to town. Untounded Rumors, BisaArcx, N. Dalef Nov. 22.—The Indian scare in this section s subsiding. A dist patch from Governow Mellette, South Dakota, to the officials in Bissharck says] there is no foundation to the s of Indfans crossing the rviver mwcumgo.ll county, and sll rumers of an outbreak in Soth Dakota ure ground- less, e fr— Flying to the Sand Hills, Cony, Neb,, Nov, #2.—[Special Telegram to Tre Bee.]—The people here are still ex- cited about the Iudi They are organized for self-defense and huve telegraphed tho governor for Mfty guns. Over half of the people have left theolF homes. Most of them weut south and are csnping ju thesand hills, ‘Phe Big Four Whipsawed Yhem. ~It was stated here a | PROFESSOR KOCH KNIGHTED. Emperor William Bestows the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle. EXPERT OPINION REGARDING THE REMEDY It Sustains the Di verer, but Public Dissappointment Growing Daily Over the Immediate Results of the Alleged Cure. Copyright 189 by the New York Associated Press, Benuiy, Nov, 22.—The bestowal by Em- peror William of the grand cross of the Order of the Red Bagle upon Prof. Koch was gazetted tonight. This is the first time this distinction has been bestowed upon any one who did not possess the preceding classes of the order. Though confidence in the vitimate value of Koch's discovery does not abate, public dis- appointment over the immediate results of the treatment grows daily. Prof. Koch's as- sistants and others estimate that 17,000 cases have already been treated, the greater num- ber of whom were suffering from exterior tuberculosis. Comparatively few of the cases are of tubercles on the lungs. Experts ave beginning to concur in the opinion that the cure of this disease is uncertain. Prof. Koch blames the press for raising exaggerated hopes of instant benefit in every form of the tuberculosis. Prof. Virchow, speaking in the Medi- cinesche Gesellschaft, referred to the sub- sidence of the enthusiasm, but defended Prot. Koch against the charge of prematurely publishing his discovery, Prof. Koch, he said, only consented to the disclosures already made at the request of Minister Von Gossler and several of his medical colleagues —Drs, Virchow, Levy and Bergman. Every one in Prof, Koch’s contidence supports his protest against the sensational anticipation regarding the results of the remedy. Prof. Stellwag of the Vienna university, addressing the students, advised them to be cautious in expectavce, believing only what Prof. Koch has directly stated. *So far,” added Prof. Stellwag, *‘the possibility of the cure of lupus alone has been proved, while it bas not been scientifically estab- lished that the lupus arises from the same baccilus that is associated with lung tubercles. An eminent authority on bacteria, Dr. Ull- mann, wril “It will take fully a year of frequent injections, besides treatment undor the right sanitary conditions, to enable one to form a rehiable opinion as to the curability of consumption, either in advanced or in early stages.” Dr. Ulimann worked for sev- eral months in Prof, Koch's laborate believes the remedy promises good results in cases of external tuberculosis, although he says relapses must be guarded again: Dr. Suryeki, reporting to the medic ciety of Cracow, which sent him nere to in- vestigate, declares that even the cure of ex- ternal tuberculosis by the new process is un- certain, while he sees no grounds for believ- ing that it will cure consuwptiou in auy stage. i Dr. Kraus of Vienna afivms the benefit of the remedy for tuberculosis of the bones, skinand joints, but does not believe that it willever heal lung tubercles. Dr. Kraus was in attendance here for several weeks testing the experiments. Profs. Fraentzel and Duukuritzin their latest report confirm the opinion that the injections do not materially check ad- vanced phthisis, They do, however, check early phthisis, but the baccili may revive and reinfect the tissues. - The opinions of a number of other experts —German, Austrian and English, all of the same tenor—are becoming known and tone down to excited public expectation, Not many English or Americans have come for trcatment. A number of patients have already left under the urgent advice of the physicians not to risk the severities of a Ber- lin winter, but to await the use of the remedy under better climatic conditions. Patients who are crowding the hospitals justly com- plain of the suspension of their treatment owing to the alleged want of lymph. Fa- vored doctors having private clinics have got supplies and charge from 25 to 100 marks for a single inoculation, while poor patients on whom experiments are tried are lying in the charity hospital. Their treatment has been interrupted and their discase threatens to be- come aggravated, Profs. Leiden, Lenetor and Gerhardt urge upon Prof. Koch the speediest abandonment of the secresy regarding the nature of the Lymph. The Vossiche Zeitung states that out of nine cases treated with the remedy by Prof. Trendelenburg of Bonn university yesterday a fow had a fevered temperature reaching 40 degrees R. In other cases, though undoubt- edly affected with tuberculosis, there was no reaction whatever. President Darnmann of the veterinary col- .ege of Hanover predicts the application of the Koch remedy to cattle and swine, thus protecting farmers from heavy losses. Prof. Koch will prosecute a series of ex- periments with a view of discovering reme- aies for scarlet fever, measles, typhus and other epidemics. He is in capital physical condition and rides out daily, Acrisis in the eastern question bas been sprung upon the triple alliance by the sud- den adhesion of the king of Girecce to the project to foment openly and assist in crete simultaneous with the risings 1 Epirus ana Macedonia. Chancellor Von Caprivi and Count Kalnoky sent a joint note to Atnens, warning the gov- ernment that in the event of measures being taken tending toward war with Turkey the dreibund’s squadron would blockade the coasts of Greece and leave the Hel- lenic army to take isolated action on land against the Turks of a -decisive character. This stopped tho blaze of war over Europe, Details regarding the railway murder at Kutnos show that when the train lefu Lomicz station all the passengers save the murderers and the victims had quitted the apartment, The murderers throw «a quantity of insect powder in the eyes of the victims and dis- patched one with a knife and the other with a bludgeon. The bodies were thrown out of the carriage and the murderers sprung off the train as it was slowing up. Minister Miguel's exposition in the landtag of the wmcome and legacy duty bills made a favorable impression on all sides. The con- servative ooposition is limited to detals. Horr Bauchaupt, conserva. tive, declaved that his party recognized the grit of the proposuls, though it believed they revuired modification. Herr Reichenperger, centrist, admitted the necessity for reform in taxation on the line suggested by Hc Miguel and proposes a reference to u com mittee. herr Rickert declared that the re forms were urgent, but the bills did not suf fice to meet the approval of the freisinnige party. Herr Ricnter adversely criticised the bills, Herr Miguel today replied to the com- ments on the bills in an animated speech, He contended that the government strove to bar den and unburden all persons equall alo prosent time, ho said, wvas most o for increasing the taxation on movable T3, tal. The bills had no party to object| s’ were armed ot such a readjustment as \ % strengthen the resources of the country ¥ % out burdening any class. 1 ho did not | % the co-operation of thing people, he said,| % would not continue to hold his ph of mimstor of finance, His remary wore greoted with applause. A conference of Berlin socialists, at whic many women were present, approved the ad mission of female membors into the socalist assoclations, “The conference instructed the strike committee to take mensures to support the strikers at Erfart and other places, Director Hauseman of the Diskonto Ges. sellschaft, wiil go to London toattend tio Argentine financinl conference, The North German Gazotto says that tho neh governments have come sement regarding Africa, In return for a German recognition of the French pro- tectorate over Madagascar France acknowl- edges the ( ghts on the coast ceded by thes of Zanzibar. Chancellor von Caprivi will visit the king of Saxony in Dresden. 1t is settled that Senor Najuba will become the aceredited ministor of Braziiat Betlin, r The Week's Topmost Topics French Capital. L Copyright 1890 by James Gorlon Bennett.| Panis, Nov. 22, New York Herald Cable ~Special to Tue B! The weather this week has been treacherous and warm in the beginning, but at the end cold and damp;hence many have started south and thegreatest ac- tivity prevails on thesouthern roads where the trafie is already large. The trains de luxe are crowded, The Russians, as usual, have formed the advance guard. At Riviera and Cannes b already arrivea the Grand Duchess of Mechlenberg and Nuba Pasha; at Nice have arrived the Comte and Comtesse de Gloukoff, Prince Ouronzon eff, Princess Troubetzky and a host of others, while Men- tone has been sheltering Mme. Patti, the Comtesse d'Oultrement and the Princess de Lebanoff. Paris is in full swing, the opening being the meet of the hounds on Wednesday, which had been delayed two weeks owing to sick- ness among the hounds, The meet took place in the dalles de Masters, T'he scent was good and the place a cracker. After a spank- ing twtrty-five minutes’ gallop there was a check, after which the hounds got onto a wild fox, which ran them clean out. the representative peobnle wero § Brooke, Baron Deste, J. N, Potter and Miss Potter and Somers Cooks, The master of the hounds, R. Bort, brought down a good load on nis tantivy coach, including Lady Herschel on the box, Mrs. Morris Post and Miss Lillie Kane. Oune of the features was W. A. Lawrence with bis swift pony tandem. The feature of the weekin Paris has been the assassination of General Silverskoff, the fiest veport on the boulevards being that there was a woman in the e. There 15 now little doubt that the murd was a premeditated scheme adroitly managed by the nihilis The Erench are clamoring for the strongest repressive laws against the ni- hilists, | It is said that M, Guiilot, thé magis- trate in charge of the case, is of the opinion that Padelwiski, in shooting the genoral, ouly carried out a mandate imposed on him It is supposed that the recent sentence of death passed on Mlle. Kinsbourg was the primary motiye for the crime, After the Paris trials of the tenorists, this girl, who wasan intimate friend of Mlle. Bomburg, left Paris and returned to St. Petersburg, taking with her bombs of the same pattern found herd. She was arvested and Sentenced to death. Among the tenorists this was at- tributed to the denunciation of Seliverskoff. At last it looks as if the long vacant s in the French academy would be filled. M. de Freycinet, minister of war, will be elected to M. Emile Angio's seat. In sporting circles the talk of the been M. Eprissi's attack on M. dispute arose on the race course and words led to blows, with the result of Eprissi's being badly pinked. M. Eprissi has the gen- eral sympathy. An attempt af suicide off the summut of the Are de Triumphe was made yesterday by Loulse Fomeyrol, a teacher, and just as she was getting over the parapet and was stopped by the guardian, she said: “You are very cruel; I wished to put an end &» my sufferings; I shall do so still.”” She isthe daughter of respectable trades people and is suffering from an incurable malady. Marie Courncau will be remembered as Prado's amante. Soon after the famous trial she received an offer of marriage from a Bor- deaux merchant, which she accepted, Ow- ing, however, to the merchant, refusing to ac- cept Prado's child, the union was unhappy. She now brings an action for divorce in the Bordeaux court. There is club gossip to the effect that Baron Hirsch will decline to renew the lease of the famous Cercle Royale looking on the Place de la Concorde, It is said that he so notjfied the commission, who arepreparing to remove in December of next year. It is an open secret that there has been friction between the baron and the club. His recent purchase of the premises is said to have been made with the intention of bring- ing the club to terms. 'The club, on the other hand, say they propose to build a new house on the most approved English system of com- fort. However, ground ina good position is difficult to procure in Paris, —-—— Jumped From the Sixth Story. New Yorw, Nov. 22,~Mrs, Charles A. Coombs of Brooklyn, daughter-in-law of the newly elected cougressman for the Third dis- trict, committed suicide in a horrible manner this afternoon, She went to the Pierrepont hotel and asked for a room on the top floor, saying that she was troubled with palpita- tion of the heart and wanted to be away from all excitement. The manager conducted herto a room on the sixth floor. She sent fora bottle of wine, and iater rang for a chambermaid, When the latter entered the room the lady was standing in the ceutre with a wine glass in her band, Without a word she dashed the glassto the floor, and, rushing to the window, which was wide open, jumped out. She turned over and over, and struck with terrific force on an extension, then bounded off and landed on a large flower urn standing in front of the hotel, rolling to thesidewallk. She was dead when picked up. Her mother is in a critical condition from the sk The suicide had been mar- ried seven years, - Lately she hassuffered from ill health and was undoubtedly de- mented, - RIS GOSSIP, in the 1l in December, Dusriy, Nov, 22.—[Special Cablegram to Committed for T, Pug B |—Mr. Harrison, member of the house of commons for the middle division of and the other defendants who are 1with assauliing the police &t the timo of the trial of Messis, Dillon and O'Brien and several other parsons on charges spivacy, was opened at Tipperary , were v again ‘urraigued at Clonmsl and’ were cominitted for trial at the Menah assizes in December, All the defendants were admite ted Lo bail PAGES 1 10 8. NUMBER 158, STILL THE ABSORBING TOPIC, Pamell's Relation to the Irish Cause o Sube jeot for Endless Disoussion, WILL HE TAKE HIS SEAT NEXT THURSDAY ? aryiog Attitudes of Press, Church and People—Mr, Higgin's Rus- slan pericnc Savoy Bal [Copyright 1890 by Jams Gonlon Bennett.) Loxpoy, Nov, 2. —[New York Herald Cable--Special to Tre Bee,)—The position of the Parncllite party and its leader cone tinues to oceupy the attention of the publio almost to the exclusion of the Baring trous bles, which are believed to be ended, Of the Parnell difculty there is not likely to be anend for the preseit. The Irish soction of the party appears detormined to stand by Parnell, while the English home-rulers ave resolved either that he shall go or they will have nothing more to do with the movement, The great body of the non-conformist mine isters and the press take a firm attitude, One of the most important Methodist organs suys: dstone's unique authority would be powerless if he wero guilty of the impossible folly of trying to identify the re- ligious section of the liberal party with the kind of mau which Parnell has confessed himself to be. This opinion Is entertained by the entire dissenting body, which forms s0 large and powerful an elonent in Gladstwne’s forces, Should it be set at defi- ance, Parnell and his cause will be denounced from every non-conformist pulpit in the land, It is idle to suppose that the Gladstonians can survive this tremendous loss. Y ou may rely upon my information that Gladstone, though holding no direct communication with Mr. Parnell, has signified through thivd parties the strong views he holds on the sub- Ject. It is that home rule will be indefinitely postponed by Parnell remaining the leader. The conser ive are more and mord anxious that Parnell should not retive. They see with what deadly effect they will be able touse the whole story at the next election— the aliases, the fire escape, the denials of guilt and the adulterous intrigue cavried on in the presence of the children. It is not the conservatives who demand Parnell's retive- ment. Oue liberal member of parliament or another is protesting againgt Parucll remaine ing theleader. The Irishmensay it is a matter that concerns them alone. If they pe tin that attitude they will haveto goon singles handed, and in that case it becomes hopeless, * There is the greatest curiosity to know whether Parnell will appearin his place in the house next Tuesday, I have reason to believe he will not. He will see if the scan« dal blows over. Some bitterness has been caused in the Irish ranks by Michaol Davitt's summon to him to step down and out, bub Davitthas many sympathizes, and the pro- bability is that very shortly Parnell will virtually @isappear from the sceno; though continuing to excrt greav fufluence in the counsel of his party. Of late yoars e has not been much in the forcground; e will now be less so. That is the immediate result anticipated by some of his best friends. If any allusion is made 19 the trial inthe house there will be some uns pleasant scenes. The Irish are determined tomake it hot for anybody who criticises their leader's morals, Mr, Haggins of Higgins & Mutchno, grain dealers of Indianapolis, has just reached London from Russia, He had alovely ex- perience there. He went from Stockham to St. Petersburg. He was promptly arrested by the police, was in prison five days and then liberated, but ordered to rectify the omission. He bent ull his enorgies to this and was unsuccessful, The hotel proprietors looked at him askance and would not keep him more than aday. He stopped at more of the hotels until he got tired of moving and was finally advised to try Moscow. He did 80 with similar experience. Finally his sole desive was to leave Russia, but he couldn't; his passport was not ship shape, T'hen Hig- gins swore because he had no right to go or to stay. Afterthree woeks he sored at this sort of thing, He bought a Russian offi- clal for 50 roubles and the official smuggled him out of the count Higgins hardly breathed freely till he reached England, and has no further use for Russia. The ball at the Savoy Tuesday evening de- serves mention. The hotel advertises itself as the hotel de luxe of the world, T'wo hun- dred and fifty invitations were issued, The ball was given by a female frequenter of the Counthian club and the bill was paid by hep later victim, a young fellow with money and just of age, Women outside the pale were willing to sit up two consecutine nights for on invitation. They roamed through the halls until the early bour the next morning and made things hum. The bachelots had no objection, but one guest said if he had a wife he would have wished her somewhere else, The duke of Norfolk has subscribed £1,000 Newman memorial fund. Among the distin- guished protestant contributors are Lord Col= eridge, the dean of St. Paul's, the dean of Durham and the historian, Lecky. Lawyers say it is a mee legal question who owns the play “Lady Gladys.”” Mrs. Lang- try isobliged to pay for it, but does Mr. Hu- chanan take play, damages and costs? The greatest stamp collector in England says he has at last got a used Brattléboro stamp (American) of 1846, He thinks it is the only specimen in existence and is worth £250, Doctors Logue, O'Donnell and Dougherty, the Roman Catholic primate of Ireland and the bishops of Rappoe and Londonderry have been summoned to Rome by aspecial order of the pope, While these prelates are in pers sonal communication with the head of the church, itis just posible he may want to know their opinion of Parnell's moral qualifl- cations to act as orof the party with which s0 many Roman Catholic bishops and priests in Ireland have hitherto been identl- fied, Beerbohn Tree says he has not been en- gaged for an American tour next year and has no intention of going there, e Daring Attempt to Rob a Bank. Massitoy, O., Nov. 22.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee)—A daring but unsuccess- ful attempt was made to rob the German Deposit bank in broad daylight. President P. G. Albright was alone, and stepped outside 0 converse with an affable stranger who desired to sell him new stono steps. A confederate entered by a rear door and gathered up some 5,000 in bils, when Mr. Albright ran in and grappled with him. Both the men escaped empty handed and the police and citizens have since failed vo find them., e The Weather Forecast, For Omana end Vieluity - Fair; slightly warmer, For Nebraske and lowa—Fair till Monday night: warmer winds, becoming southerly, For South Dakota—Fair; no <hsnge im temperature ; southerly winds,