Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 30, 1890, Page 1

TWENTIETH YEAR. e e e e e e e e e OMAHA, TUE SDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, A BLOODY BATTLE. The 8eventh Cavalry Encounters the Indians on Porcupine Oreek, BRAVE CAPT. WALLACE AMONG THE SLAIN. Tomahawked in the Forehead by a Treach- erous Red Assailant, A LONG LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED. Big Foot’s Entire Band Almost Extermin- ated by the Soldiers, EXCITING SCENES AT PINE RIDGE AGENCY. Details Given by The Bee's Corre- spondent, Who Was on the Field of Battle—Lieutenant Kin- zie Wounded. Cawp ox Wouspen Kyer Cneek, S, D, Dec. 29 (via Rushville, Neb.)—[Spe gram to Tug Bee|—The remaining four wroops of the Seveuth cavalry arrived from Pine Ridge agency at 9 o'clock last night. A8 this morning General Forsythe issued Hirr A. Coox, I troop, Puivate Avae, K troop, Conrorat, NEwELL, B troop. Thisis only a partial list. There are about One is reported to have been more officers a dozen more. seen lying as if dead, but no Killed, while AWENTY-FIVE ORR. MORE ARE Many Cuptain Wallace wastemahawked squarely are WOUNDED. of the wounded will die. in the forelead. Lieutenant Kinzie received but a slight wound in the cord f his ankle. Army surgeons, Captain Hoff, Lieutenant Kenna and Captain kwing are caring for the wounded. C. I Cressy, AT PINE KIDGE, Pandemonium the Five ‘dhonsa Pixe Rioe, D, (via Rushville, D Dec. Special Telegram to Tur Bek.| When the news of the fight and its result the agency, pandemonium broke loose amongst the 5,000 there and a large away., Loyal friendly Indians, including Red Cloud, joinea the urmy forces under General Brooke and took their stations be- hind our ramparts. At sundown fighting had commenced within three miles of tho agency buildings and a determined effort was being made by the rebels to reach and Breaks Loose Among o Indinns There. 20, reached Indians gathered number of these broke BURN An Indian village of friendlies, in plain | from the disarming of the b soldiers were killed. Lieutenant Garlington and fifteen men were wounded. Thelndians are beng bunted up in all directions, None are known to have gotten to the ponies. General Brooke also reports that many young warriors that were going out from the camp in the bad lands to the agency have gone toward Forsythe. All the troops have been notified.” A later dispatch says: “General Brooke reports that two shots were fired near the ageney, Pine Ridge, by some one later in the day, and several were fired in return, Quite o large number of Two Strike's band ran and all at the agency are generally ex- cited, All this makes matters look more ashington, .—General Schofield, toright, deeply regretting the occurrence, was not greatly surprised when he learned of the treachery displayed by tte Indians in the fight. He had been on the lookout for treachery all the time. It was almost in- evitable, So fur ashe could see just now, there appeared 1o boe no further danger at hand, except it be feared ud of Indians that is stilt out, though the excitement fol- lowing the fight of today might be the means of leading to further trouble. Secretary Proctor also _expressed regret at the occurrénce, as he had hoped for a settle- ment of the trouble without further blood- He supposed that, inasmuch as Big ‘0ot was connected with Sitting Buli's band, this was a case when the Indians ted re- venge for the killing of their friend, HOPKINS THE MESSIAH, He Starts for the Bad Luands Again by Another Way, Albert C. Hopkins, the man who imagines himself to be Corist and the veritable Indian messial, is an old schoolfellow of H. H. Rirer Bad Lanay The Fight Probably Oceurred Near the Butte, Between Wounded Knee and Porcupine Creek. orders to have the 150 male Indians who had been taken prisoners called from their tepees, saying be wanted to talkk to them. They obeyed slowly and sullenly and ranged in o semi-circle in front of the tent where Big Toot, their chief, lay sick with pneumonia. By twenties they were ORDERED TO 61 The first twenty went to {heir and came back with only two guns, This irritated Major Whiteside who was superintending this part of the work. After ahasty consultation with General Fors hegave the order for the cavalrymen who were all dismounted and formed in almost a squave about twenty-five paces baclk, to closo TA\ They didso and took @ stand within twenty feet of the Indians now in their cen- ter. When this was done a detachmeut of cavalrymen afoot was SENTTO SFARCH THE TEPEES. About sixty guns were found, but while this work was going on the warriors held an fncantation pow-wow. The tepees having been gone through an order was given to search the wurriors, All thought of any trouble was evidently wholly out ofmind with thesoldiers. About a dozen of the warriors had been scarcied when, like a flash, all the rest of them jerked guns from under their blankets and began JOURING DULLETS INTO THE RANKS of the soldiers who, @ few minutes before, had moved up within almost gun length, Those Indians who had no guns rushed on the sol- diers witlr tomahaw k in one hand and scalp- ing kuife in the other, ITWAS A FRIGITFUL RUSI, With General Forsythe and Whiteside, I stood, when the firing started, within touching distance of the treacherous devils, The only thing that saved all three of us from death wus that the Indiaus had their backs turned towards us when they began fiving, Their first volley was almost as one man, 80 that thiy must have FIRED A HUNDRED SHOTS bofore the soldie But how they were slaugltered after thew first volley! B UP THETR ARMS, tents fired one, some, however, succeeded in getting through the lines and away to the small hills to the southwest, The firing lasted half an hour and even as 1 write these words 1 hear that Hotchkiss s to the north, wherea few of the reds have taken refuge. The list of far as we can now ascertain, is as follows: POURING SHOTS INTO THE GULLE killed and wounded soldiers, so KILED, CAPTAIN WALLACE, troop. PRIVAT commander of K COOK, B troop. WOUNDED, FamnrnCrarrs, Catholic priest (mortally). Puvate Prak Lewis, B troop. Prvate S1oxe and Pryate Sviuvay, K troop. S. F. Swisi, K troon. Conroist CLiFroy, K troop. Davis. HAZELWOOD, Toouey, LIEUTENANT GARLINGTON, SERGEANT Loyn. INTERPRETER P, F, WeLLS. LipvTesant Kixze, TUUMPETER JAMES CHOEDENS SENGEANT CANELL, PRIvaTE ZETIER, A troop, SanaEANT Dyer Honuxea Gronar Erviorr, K troop, SancEaNt Wakn, B troop | city and two years ago attended the e | very | Kneo crec | Indians who went out towards For: sight of the agency, was un i flames just before dark. Special disvatches have been sent to warn th ttlers rywhere to be on guard. The captain of the Rushville home guards was given official notice from the agency this afternoon to make every possible prepar- ation for defending the town, and to see that adjacent settlers are notified. Already terri- fled people are arriving, and before midnight Rushville will be crowded. It is thought by all cooler heads that no danger, however, or at least no-immediate danger, threatens the raflroad towns, seen to goO A Skirmish at the Agency. Pixe Kipee Acexcy, S, D. (via Rushville, Neb.), Dee. 2.—(Special Telegram to Tue Bir.]—One of Colonel Forsythe's troops of the Seventh cavalry was fired on today by some Indians who went out from the Rose- bud camp near Pine Ridge agency, and on their return fired into the agency. This caused a skirmish in which two soldiers were wounded. The Indians who were camped near where this skirmish took place moved west to a creck near the agency. Some annoyance may occur from this till the cavalry returns. The News at Headquarters. The new! ved atheadquarters caused o great deal of excilement and regret. It had been fondly hoped by all the departmental ofticers that the difficulty would be averted withoutbloodshed, especially us the campaign seemed to be on theeveof closing. The man- nerin whick the Tndians acted, however, as described in yesterday's telegrams caused some of the Indian fighters to feel that treach- ery would be practiced when the troops came to the actunl work of disarming them. These fears have been but too sailly realized in the death of at least one gallant officer and several gallint men, though it caunot besaid that the number of vietims will be confined to those already mentioned, The Seventh cavalry is the regiment, the contingent of which died around Custer in 1876, and the fate of some of its members an effect upon the survivors which will not bo at all friendly toward the hostiles, now will have aptain George D. Waliace was born 1n South Caroling, June 20, 1540, He graduated from the milita at West Point in the class of 15 me tenant of the 1572, and first captain Septerhiber 23, adjutant of the Seventh cavalry from June 25, 1876, to June, 1877. Captain Willace was stationed at Fort Riley, Kan, The captain was & brave man and well known in this y academy He beca eventh cavalr, lientenant June 1883, second lleu- June 14, 1870, and He served as He was iu com ment, rifie competition in this city mand of K troop of his re Ofcially Confl Wasninaron, Dee. 20, —Oficial dispatches from General Miles, dated Rapid City, 8. D., were received toniht by General Schofield, telling of a fight in the bad lands today, The first was: Whiteside had four troops of cavalry and held the Indians until Forsytho reached bim with four more troops last night, At 85:30 this morning, while disarm- ing the Indians, a fight commenced. 1 think 1 think we will have this matter in band as soon as all are in position. There-was no procaution omitted. The fight occurred near thehead of Wounded I have just seen many of the he this ned, ow Indians have escaped. morning come back.” The uext disputch says: “General Brooke telegraphs that Fovsythe reports that while Banceant Horcukiss, K troop {mortally), ! sarmiog Big Foot's band Captaia this morning & fght occurred, Wallace aud five Hake, and stopped over to take dinner with the latter on Wednesday, the Norfol News, He had been unceremonously “fired” from Pme Ridge ageney by the milltary au- authorities and wa on his way to the bad lands by way of Chamberiain and the Brule agency, hoping fo be T 1 with more credulity at the latter place than at Pinc Ridge. While intelligent on a great many sub- jects, Hopkins is evidently a crank on the Savior business and as to the pansy tional flower. He stoutly maintans t the Christ, the messiah of the Indians, His coming has nothing to do with the white people, but he says he came to_ destroy that race, bring the buffalo, deer and wild turkoy back to their native habitation and restoro the Indian_ to domi ver the land that rightfully belongs to him. He is going to do all this without bloodshed, but just how he is going to nccomplish the work he failed to ve- “Knowing me as you do,” ne said to Hake, ‘“perhaps ¥ou will not be- it, but it is true that I am o of God to do this great work." It being suggested to him that he would have some difficulty. in being allowed to go to the bad lands, hé veplied, “Yes, I know, Christ was persecuted, and 1 expect to be, but I have faith that Tshall be given strength to accomplish the great work I am sent to per- form. No more mero carthly opposition can have power to prevent me." Hopkins left in the afternoon for Sioux y, and expected to reach Brule ageney on Saturday. From there he expected to go to the bad lands and enter upon a fast of forty d for,” said he, “Christ fasted forty daysin the wilderness, and I must do even as hedid.” - WITH WANAMAKER, TAKE ISSU Civil Service Commissioners Address a Letter to the President. ‘Wasmxaroy, Dee, 20,—The civil service commission has addressed a lengthy letter to the president regarding the annual report of Postmaster General Wanamaker, in which the latter said that the civil service examina- tion, particularly as regards postoffice sem- , ought to be improved. The commis- s say that they have asked high ofi- cials of the postoftice depa rtment many times for suggestions, but this annual yeport is the first intimation that they have received that the department bad anything to suggest. The stutement that from one-fourth to on third of the men furnished by the commis: through the haye not proved satisfactory is denied commission in the letter, which show more than nine-tenths of these men are kept in the servic still and the commissione express surpriso that their work is not sat factory. Thus, the commissioners say, the res also show thatof the postomice in- spectors furnished from the commission’s list more than 90 per cent have been re- tained. There is no of employes, the commissloners say, which it is more desira- blo to keep from political patronage thun postoftice inspectors. - Murdered by a Hungarian. WILKESBARRE, A terrible wagedy occurred today at the little mining namlet of Broderick’s Patch. As near gs can be learned John Firello, a Hungarian,en tered the saloon of Marshall Curley, and after quarrcling shot down Curley and t s wife and & Hunga med Michiel Hodok. Ho then fled and has not yet been captured The ouly other person in the room at the time was the 5-year-old daughter of the Curle and sho cannot make au intelligent stute- ment, Three T Big Failure in Dublin, Druuiy, Dee. 20.—The failure of T. Dubedot & Son, stock brokers of this city, was announced today, the firm being declared defaulters, a hos succeed ce chauirman, presidency of the ex- ige. The Mail estimates the losses at over £330,000, Anothes estimate places the liabilities at £60,000, founc "he announc failure for a time completely demoralized everything on the stock excha Going to Get Acquaint WASHINGTON, Dey The army and navy oficers detailed as Columbian exposition com- wissioners to Central and South America will leave Washington New Years day for Ciicago to make acquaintance with the diree: tor general and other officers of the expusition und familiarize themselves with the affairs und plans of the exposition people befor starting upon their mission. They ull intend to leave for their posts in company, ~——— Death Jtotl Octave Fernllet, the well uovelist and dramatist, The Panis, Dee, 20, kuown French dead. is TCONPLETELY SURPRISED THE ! Milwaukeo Officials Teken Aback at Being Debarred from the Omalia Bridge, WHAT PRESIDENT MILLER HAS TO SAY. PN S— He Thinks the Contract Can Be Made to Stick—The Trouble May Shatter the New Presis dent's Agreoment, Cnicaao, 111, Dee. 20.—The action of the Union Pacific in aebarring the Chicago, Mil- wankee & St. Paul from entranceinto Omaha over the Union Pacific bridge was a complete surprise to the St. Paul officials, For some time they have been advertising that, begin- ning yesterday, they would run passenger trains through to Omaha, but tho first one under the new schedule was stopped by thé Unlon Pacific people at the bridge. In an interview this evening President Miller of the St. Paul road said: *‘Last May our company entered into an arrangement with the Rock Island road by which we were to build a bmdge across the Missouri river at Omaha for our joint use. As soon @as the Union Pacific people heard of this—and I refer particularly to Sidney Dillon, who is now president, and General Dodge, who is a director—they sought a conference with us and told us there would be no need of our building a bridge, as they would be glad to let us use their bridge for a consideration, Subsequently acontract was drawn up by which our road and the Rock Island were to run trains iuto the Union Pacific depot at Omaha over the Union Pacific bridge, This compan was to pay $0000 a year and its proportion of the joint @xpenses, The contract was approved by President Adams and the board of directors of the Union Pa- cifie, and there can be no_question as to its validity. r as our freight business is conc have been operating under that contract since July 1, but soon as we gave notice that we would begin to run pas- senger trains we were shut out without an anation. The contract is legally binding, and I don’t see how the Union Pacific can set it aside,” The Rock Island contract was similar to that of the St. Paul except that it embraces the joint use of the tracksSrom Omaha to Lincoln. On_the strength of 1t the Roek Island has built fiftytwo miles of road be- tween Lincoln and Beatrice, connecting with its main line. Th¢ Union F ¢ was thus to obtain a southern gutlet through the Ir dian territory and become a competitor for traftic to and Trom the southwi Presidents Miller and Cable had a confer- ence today, but both declared that they have not decided npon, any definite course of action, They were firmly of the opinion. howeier, that they ecould not be deprived of the rights accorded them by the contract even though there had been & chang the management of the Union Pacific. The opinion wis expressed here today that the haund of Jay Gould could be seen in all of this. He owns t Missouri Pacific, da thut part of the contract which gives the Union Pacific a line into Missouri Pacific ter- ritory is not to his taste There is a f this affair ma, in ailway circles that the death blow to the presidents’ ay i President Mittow .fid in an interview: “If that contract cannot p6 made to stand there is no use fooling wway time with traffic agreements,” Dee. 29.—[Special Tele- gram to —Fully 2,000 of the 6,800 people in Deadwood were at the Frewmont, Elkhorn & Missouri Vulley depot this mor: ing to receive the first passenger teain over u standurd gauge railroad to enter the city limits, The day wasa perfect one, the sun shining and warmly as in May. The ramme adopted by the Deadwood club adhered to, and at 8:30 the pr cession, led by the reception committee in ages. followed by the Metropolitan and Taravelle bands, ~Knights of Pyth- ins and fire departient. in full uniforin, 1 by large numbers of citizens, marched to the depot. The train steamed in at 9:30 8. m., and the reception committee, consisting of Setn Bullock, Porter Warner, William Selhie, D. A, McPherson, W. L. McLaughlin, George C. Hickok, John Treber, Paul Rewman, J. I. Edmonds, J. R, Wilson, Ben Baer and Harr anklin, entered the general manager' te car and in the name of the people of Deadwood welcomed the railroad and its offic the car were General Manag Superiutendent C. C. Hughes, I'veight Agent K. C. Morehouse, Passenger Agent J. R. Buchanan, Townsite Agent P. Whitnoy, - Superinfendent of Bridges and Buildmgs F. M. Marsh, und Master Mechanie A. Teal of the Fremont, . Elkhorn & Missouri Valley; M. Bémes, civil engincer of tho Northwestern, and R. B, Schneider, presi- dent of the Nye-Schneider warehouse com- ny of emont. Amid the detonation of giaut powder, 1o thestrans of martial music, the blast of trumpets and the shouts of thou- sands of people, the distinguished puests were driven through Main street, whe from overy building, the stars and stripes floated, . A banquet was given at the Deadwood club rooms at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Deadwood is giving vent to the enthusiasm pent while waiting fourtcen years fora railvoad. The Bridge May Interfere. . 20.—[Specia Telogram to President Miller of the Chicago, & St. Paul railway suid this morning that he had called a meeting of the new censolidation assoclation of western roads to be held in New York January b nded to be but the complic tion with the Union yout the Omaha bridge matter might inte with it, Full Conditic 2 Yorn Dec. ial Telegram to Tne Bee.|—It has been agreed by the trunk lines that, taking effect January 1, 1501, the full conditions of the uniform bill of lading shall appear in, all dray tickets and shipping receipts for westbound shipments. Appear. DESTIIUTE U. P. LABORERS, Nearly One Thousand at Portland with Unredecmable Time Checks. Ponrrraxn, Ore,, Dec. 29.—Theo situation of the laborers forced tuto idleness hy reason of tho cessation of work on the Sound extension of the Union Pacific is unchanged, This afternoon the mayor of thie city seut the fol- lowing telegram : 4 To 8. H, H. Clarke, vice president and eral manager of the Union Pacific, Omahi | Nearly one thousund discharged and un paid employes of your ction department juare in P urious sta of destitu: hundred are being fed lodged daily by the eity and by private charity, All these men hold un ¢ timo checks, which the coutractors haye no means to pay, having exhussted thele own resources and being un able to obtain from your company my portion | of the 150,000 now ue them on the contract. I submit that the Union Paafic company is divectly responsible for the condition” in | which " these men are left by the sudden | wbandonment of the contracts, and is bound | in common honor and decency to take in- | stant steps forthe relief of their destitution | until the wages duc them be paid in full, Tral i e o en Desire a Haoise, 81, Louis, Dee, 26, —General Manager Hays of the Wabash rond and Superintendent Me- Gee were today waited upon by a committee Wabash 1890. of trainmen from Springfield, 11, who sub- mitted a new schedule formulated at the De- cember meeting and other matters upon which the trainm®n desired action. The com- mittee was assurca that its claims would be given carcful consideration. —e WILLEAM O'BRI He Has Nothing to Say at Present to His American Friends, Pamns, Dec In un interview with an Associated press reporter today Wilillam 0'Brien said he had little to say to his friends in America, yet when the proper tine comes he and others will be ready to give all possic ble information, and he hopes that will be soon, Howas unable to speak in regard to his proposed wmeeting with Parnell. Regard- ing the statement attrivuted to Hugh O'Don- uell—that the funds of the Irish party held In Paris are in such shape that ueither the Parncllites nor anti-Parncllites can touch them—O'Brien declined to give n direct answer, saying no nationalist who knows O Donnell attached the slightest importance 10 anything hesayson the subject. Regard- ing the fundssubscribed in the United States recently, 0'Brien said that no man on either side In ‘the present conflict has the smallest fear that there will be any misdirection of national funds, The fund now in Paris was subscribed for general political purposes and remalns in suspense pending a settlement of tho differences in the party. As to the American funds justsubscribed, they areto be forwarded to the joint treasurers, Wobb and Kenney, in Dublin, and will be expended solely for the purpose for which they were subscribed —the support of evicted tenants, Not the slightest difiiculty canarise in regard to the disposition of thes¢ funds. AFTER ENGLISH LIBERALS. The Independent Party in Ireland Re- fases to Submit to Dictation, Dutray, Dee. 20.—Athlone, Roscommon and Westmeath are excited over a pros tion placarded in all prominent places. states that true Irishmen have resolved to support their independence and that the KKil- keuny reverse is a *“‘trumpet call for you to close your ranks and make the last supreme fight for the cause.” The proclamation con- tinuing asks the people to sus. tain the tried policy of the independent party in parliament, addivg that the veople of Tre- tand and Americaarc behind it. It should sustain the leader who made that_policy and led them to vietory till now. Tho issue be- tween the independent party was as to whether the Irish people should choose their own leader and party, or asto whether they should become merely part of the English liberals, and accepta” leader dictated by the Euglish liverals rnell. -(Special Cablegram to Tak Ber,] —Vincent Scully,recently defeated by Hennessy in the contest for a seat in par- liament, has written a lotter to the Frecmans Journal in which he says the atti- tude of the Irish bishops pefore and duving the election referred to only shows that Parncll committed a privato vice and allowed judgment by default to be delivered against him, and therefore he has been pronounced to be no longer eligible toa position of public trust, Continuing he says that the Irish struggle is essentially a politi- cal and 1ot a moral one, a struggle for loave forthe Irish to manage Irish affairs after their own fashion. [he struggle,” he says, “is ono of pounds, shillings and spence and not of sacraments. That _would not be howe rule. We want veal home rule: the home rule for which Emmett and other patriots gave their noble lives. We are advaucing to_victory under a good leader. Support hin and vhe graud cause forever. God save Ireland.” on P Denry, Parncll and O'firien Confer, Duntiy, Dee. 2,—-The Froeman's Jourual today announces that o conference between Pamell and William 0'Brien will take place tomorrow at Boulogne-sur-Mer. It adds that Messrs, John Redmond, Kenney and Clancy and perhaps Campbell. members of parliament, will be present at the meeting. The mayor, lect and five previous mayors tien to O'Brien that it is_the opinion of the people of Cork that Boglish statesmen in_conjunction with Gladstone. have attacked Parnell's position and that much g ppreciate Gladstone's services and deenly feel the obligations due their right to dictato to the Irishinen as to who should or should not be their leader. OBrien and the Times. Cublegram to ~O'Brien in denying in his dis- pateh from Parls that he ever wrote a line for the Irish World as stated’ by the London “Times adds that he bas caught the London Times at its “old 57 and that he will not allow spaper to sail away with its quibbling, dishouest reply penned to a false, malicious libel, - 'Y OF FUNDS. The Wuron National Bank to Reopen in Good Condition. 3 Huroy, S, D., De Spo toTux B! Sioux Falls banker and millionaive, with H. L. Greene, esq., were here this evening con- sulting with Hazen & Powler of the Huron atioual bank, which suspended ten days since, relative to reopening the buak for business, Mr. Bailey says arrangements are now under w will be perfecied in a few d the bank will resume busi- ness. He ropor fFairs in splendid ~con- dition, and had 1ts spondents been ad- vised that money was needed plenty would readily have been forwarded to mect all de- mands, Wien it reopens there will be no ck of funds. Ingalls Has Werk Before Rix KANsas Ciry, Mo., Dee. 2. —The Star this evening says: Chairman Richmun of the ansas republican state central committee suid today that the great work before the friends of Ingalls is to prevent if possible the alliance men from caucusiug. “If they gointo caucus,”” he said,*‘the man thoy nominate will be elected ou the first ballot.” A dispateh from Topela, however, say caucus has been called for the evening be zof the legislature. In- ed at Topeka and is managing his own campi e iy Stewart Will Talk on Finances, WasniNatos, Dee, 20.—Stewart’s notic given in the scuate that he would tomorrow call up the financial bill gave rise to so speculation as to the effect of Lis action upon the programme arrauged. It appears, how- r, that Stewart is desirous of making o specch upon the financial subjoct and that there is no serious intention of taking the finuncial bill up for action tomorrow or in fact any day this week - After the Chicagn Gas Trus Cuicaco, Dee, 29.—The city attorney was fnstructed tonight by a vole of the aldermen to take steps toward Guo warranto procoed- ings agaiust the anies that have gone into the Chicago gay t L. The order ppowers him to act with the attorucy gen- al of the state, a - The Weather Fo For Omaha and vicini For Nebras armer in eastern, ast, Fair; warmer. westerly winds der in western portioa 3 southerly winds, Ful} westerly win u, colider in westert portion, -~ - To Help Along Neciprocity. Wismxaroy, Dec, 20, ~Carlislo today in- troduced & jJoint resolution authorizing the For South warmer i | I president to apboint threo commissioners and invite Canada to appoint the same number to considcrall questions affecting commorcial relations under the existing treaties and rec- ommend,to the respoctive governments such reciproeal legislation will settle differ. encos and best ten to promoto the growth of trade ond commerce between the two gove ernments, BIG FIR - - JIN BURLINGTON, Two Hundred Thousand Dollars' Worth of Property Destroyed. Bunnixaros, Ta, Dec. 20.-A fire which started in Wyman & Rand's furniture house complotely gutted the building, and also d agred the stock of Kevichbaum & Deweinadjuining, Tho losses will aggregate $200,000; about half insured. Several persons injured by falling walls, but none seri- ously. Charged with | Stovx Crry, Ia, Dece, 29, gram toTie Bee, |—Sheriff Magner returned this morning from Windom, Minn, with Nels Peterson, who is charged with defraud- ing A. T. Larson of this city out of MO worth of property by false representations, The has been considerable dificulty ex- perienced in getting alegal hold on Peterson County Attorney Bevington has visited Windom several tmes on the matter, and about a month ago went there to argue the question of u requisition before the attorn geveral of Minw a. The latter took t matter under ad visemnent and recently rec- ommended to the governor that he grant a requisition for Peterson. This case is one of the many that have been the result of the wholesale frauds practiced on hundreds of people throughout the country by the now defunci firmof Frederickson Co. of Chi- cago. Some time last vear Nels Peterson entered into negotiations with Mre. Larson, wishing to trade lamd in Cottonwood coun Miun., for alot of ho and and mules, Peterson was acting as agent for Frede son & Co., and after some little delay trade was made and Potorson secured possc sion of the property, which was placed on bowra the cars at this place. In return Larson received a contract fora deed for the land and he went to g0 Lo se- cure the papers. At this time the groat fraud was exposed, avd Larson with hun dreds of others, found that his deeds were not worth the paper they were written on, as Frede son & Co. had no titleto the lands they bad Leen trading, Poterson and a man named Olson were indicted by the grand jury of this county. Peterson is accom pauied hy his _attorney, and uts are being aud. |Special Tele- Suicide of a Jewelry Thief. Haniay, In, Dec, ISpecial Telegram to Tk Ber.]—Thomas Wood, o young man twenty-one years of age, broke into the post ofice und jewelry store of 1. 0. Muckler at Kirkman on Saturday night and stole $8 in h und a quantity of jewelry, Ashe wis preparing to leave this moring an attempt was made to arrest him, when hestarted across the country ona run, discavding his surplus clothing as heran, W hon his pursi- ers approached him and_demanded his sur- render he drew a d%calliber rovolver and shot himself in the At. last roports he was still alive, but cannot vecover, His home was in the castern part of this state, Marched to Bightat Omahy, BURLINGTON, T, Dec. 20.—[Special Tele- gram to T Bee, ] —A number of prominent sporting mea from southern andeastormn cities are in this city perfecting the detalls of a pugilistic encounter between Jack Weleh of Peoris, 11, and John Tanso of Memphis, Tenn,, for $1,000 a side and gate moncy. It 15 belivyed, from what a reporter could learn, that tne fieht will take place within a short tme at or near Omaha, The two men ure cvenly matened, and a great battle is pre- dicted, The greatest interest is being taken in the uffair, Intertainment, [Special Telegram Mk Bek.]—Ransom Grand Avmy of the Republic post, No. 87, gave oncof the most successful and pleasing entertainments and receptions ever given in this place, The prineipal aftraction was Major R. H. Hen- dershott, the drummer boy of the Rappa- hannock, and his son, who fairlyset the large audience wild with enthusiasm with their wonderful A Grand Avmy Fansacer, Ia, Dec, Death of Judge Matchell, Des Moives, Ia., Dec. 20.—Judgo Mitchell died today of pneurmonia. been a résident of this city since judge of the eircuit court years, beginning in 130 ofiices, John He has 1856, He for twelve and also filled other X'S FIGHT. He Will Make §irouble for Venders ot Discased Me. Dec. 20.—~[Special Telegram to Dr, Hirami McChesney of the state board of live stock commissioners leaves for Springfield tonight to keep a promisc made to the grand jury thatlast week investigated the slaughter and ale of lumpy-jawed cattle for the Chicago and foreign trade. “1had an intimation from the grand jury,” id he, “‘that they could not get the evidence wanted in proper shape and I told thein that I thought it my duty to take up thein- vestigation and that I would do and would give the offenders the butt endof is law, if 1 could catch them, I for ' Springfield onight to ask for the co-opervation of Governor Fifer and my two confreres on the state board, 1f I have theirsconsent I shall come buck here at once and begin some prosecutions, 1 will have Inspeetor Mat Lamb ted, charged with malfeasunce in ofiice, drunkenness on duty and allowing diseased ‘meat to go on t market. This will give me the opportunity I want to prove the villianies that have been ¢ on at the stockyards by the conni by himself and bis fellow city inspectc 1 shall also prosecute Nelson Morris for selling diseised meat. 1t hard for me to belicye thata ian like »rris, having the trado in can dressed meat tas, afford w0 sell nd I would not believe it i hefore the grand jury if I ha » thing on him. He is not too good to doit and in answer 1o the abusing that I get for bringing disrepute on the Chi ) market by exposing such § 1 willonly say that if the packers e ! to sell discased meat L can ufford to expose CuicaGo, Tne Be it 3 lcnee against I"have. fle ney those forty-two hiead of diseased came in hiere on November 50 from Tex. Heuseda through hill of lading came with other cattle from Carlylo transferred the orin, leaving _ the s cattle ' thero to be fattened on distillery swill and replacing them with the same number of lumpy Jaw cattle from that distillery, There is no_doubt about g lnowingly rought lumpy in here and put 1on the ma » has justitied him ¢ claiming to me that the meat from jaw stock was s healthy 'y and but the law laws und the laws of states a \ countries are aainst and he has no right to an opinion 1 the m ter, tiho fightis well begun, was conim {thout. my assistance, I think we us well nuake it a fight to a in shape to pro 1l., of the it cced with the ket in the abead to disce by maintaing th ¢ enoy thut it can 2 done ex best market in_the world. Mark my prediction, this is going to be a finish and somebody is goiug to You will hear from me i a day or Al Justice Miller's Suoc Wasuisaroy, De 20,~-The irmed the uomination of Brown us assoclate justice of the t. ssor Confirmed, senate Henry su; B, eme tonight | has | =] 'NUMBER 145, 'A DARING PIECE OF WORK, } e Toughs Rob the Comm-reial Exchange 3 Bank at South Chicago. C TURED AFTER AN EXCITING CHASE: he ssistant Cashier Knooked Down, srutally Beaten, Thrown Into the Vault and the Door Locked, Cmicaco, 111, Dee, ¢ One of the mosh daring robberies known in Chicago w perpetrated today by three stock yards toughs, undoubtedly the same who 1 iy robbed the cashier of Allerton's packing house, A fow minutes pastnoon three men entored the Merchants’ Exchaneo bank, on Commers cial avenue, South Chicago. Cashier Wilder and Bookkeeper Willis had gone to lunch, and the only person left in the bank was Frank Lynn, assistant cashier. Two of the men went to windows in the bank railing, pointed revolvers at Lynu and ordered him toopen the door at the rear and let the third man in. Lynn did this, when the robber knocked him down and kicked himin the stomach until the young man was helpless ‘Then the roboer entered the vault, took from the safo three $00 packages of bills, some change and a box containing deeds and morts goges, Then he ‘m'l(ml up Lynn, threw him into the vault and locked the ™ door on him. ‘The burglars then put their spoils into a sack and taking a bugey drove down the street, Bookkeeper Willis prssed the men at the entranco to the bank, and on getting inside was surprised to find the vault locked and n0 one present. He hurriedly opened tho vault, when youne Lynn fell out, bloody and groaning that the bunk had been robbed. Willis ~ rush outside and met Polics Licutenant Jenkins and Sergeant Powers, A patrol wagon was called out and started in hot pursuit of the rosbers, whom tiey could seo a mile ahead. The lash was plied mercis lessly and the police wero gaining rapidly when the horses began te out, The lien= tenant ordered the officers to use shot guns as s00n as they could get within range, while lie jumped out to order another wagon, At the corner of South Chicago and Cottage Groveavenues the robbe getting into the ver wagon ol Charles Mullin, evidently with the idea would thus eludé the vigilence of . but the pursuers were too close v from the shotguns soon caused themto desert. the wagen, When it was caught up with Mutlin was placed under Adthough protesting that he kuew d the chase of the others. One of John Corbett, soon surrendered, and long_bunt ‘the others were found A fire on being djscov- nd Paty O'Bricn, o watchman with the polica, was shot in tho thigh, ~ The sight of the shotguns was too much for them, how= ever, and they soon gave up, sur the spoils. They gave th Benuett and Henr ter is known tu the contini them therston police by soverd names - 4 MAY PROVE A CELER RE, The Killing of the Republican master at Oarroliton, Miss Wisitixaros, Dee. 20.—The Star sa “The killing of John Prent'ss Matthews, postuaster at Caprollton, Miss, by young McBride will probably turn out to be & cause colebre. A Star roporter yesterday saw J. M. Matthows of Mississippi, who was the ro- publican candidate for con against Gen- eral Hooker at the last election and who is also a brother of the dead man. Matthews had just received the following telegram from Carrollton: “John was murdered by a mob, He had been notified by a dozen men that a mob was going to kill him that day. He saw the men with guns and got a_ rifle, When he did this the sheriff arrested him and placed him under bonds, John pointed three men out to the sheriff and asked him to arrest them and protect s life. Tha sherifft refused. It was o plob and all were init. When he went to a hotel for dinner MeRride, who was still in the drug store, shot him down with a shot gun, killing him ijustantly. Not satisfied with this, Me- Bride firad five shots at him from a revolver after he was dead, The mob then b dancing and shouting around the body wi the most. vile abuse and curses. John had cived several anonymous letters telling him he must leave town. The murderer goes free, anc all because they must have the postofiice.” “*My brother,” said Matthews, ‘“was only twenty-one y old. He was the first ree publica tmaster to take the Carvollton oftice for v years, and it was said that no A Questi to Be Decidel by Some Judicial duathority Ver, Miwarkee, Wis,, D ).—-[Special Teles pram to Tue Bee. | —~Whether or unot spiritu- alism is an evidence of insanity 1s a knotty point that Jadge Winslew, who is today sit- ting as special judge in the circuit coun, is called upon to dete ue. The question arises in connection with the contest of the will of the late Joseph Colby, during his lifo time a well known resident of this city, Ho was spiritualist, and so profitable were his seances that ho was enabled to leave an uvse tate of nearly 0,000, all of which was willed from his family It is ulleged by the contestants that he was of unsound mind at thetime he made the will, Three times during his life one of his daughters instituted p ceedings for the pi o of having him de- elared insane and a guardian app 1 but in each case the court decided in fayor of the old mun. The the profiste court aduitting the v sastained on appaal M st this decision the ants have taken atotherappeal, which » Winslow is called upon to determine, If they are again defe i the o will be taken to the supreme court, the chances are that little of the estate will oft Wi tho highest_legal tribunal of the st finally decided whether a belief in the dog- trines of spivitualism is prima facia proof of insanity. They Claim the Bonnt Cuteaao, Dec [Special Telogram to Tup Bee]—“The sugar planters of the Sandwich islands are determined o have the benefit of _the bounty which, under the last of congress, was ordercd for the Amcrican plante sald Henry 1. Fr n of Honolulu, this afternoon.” “Ior this ien the law admit sugar 1 into the United & was andwich {slands were under an unexpired treaty already # that prive { ilege iu return for si Avors W the United States. This putting of our coms itors upon an _equal footing with us dos nount of injury. In fact, jus much as it would have doue’if to the plant of the United S had 1o bounty been d. Ther claim a right to iu under th y clause, and this we think vour cong Il sce. If not, why we shall restore the duty on American ime ports and treat with some other nation,” M. man left for Wushinglon to-day tourge this measure upon the treasury dee | partient. session Bills Report d Favorably. WASHINGTON, Dee, 20.—Seuator Frye, from the committee on commerce, hus reported favorably the various bills embodying the ! recommendations of th interantional marine conferenc merchunt marioe Senator Paddock agriculture, today bill o 1 tive cent ixe o reported lar