Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 31, 1890, Page 1

v TWENTIE 'H YEAR. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1890. NUMBER 196, b DEADLY TRIANGLE. One Hundred and Fifty-six Indians Bite the Dustin It, FORTY SQUAWS ARE AMONG THE KILLED. Tho Greatost Slaughter of Redskins of Many a Year, TWENTY-fOUS BRAVE SOLDIERS DEAD. Ohildren's Langhter Mingled with the Roar of the Gu WILD EXCITEMENT AT THE AGENCY. Two Strike and Littie Wound Make an Attack on the Catholic Mis= sion—More Trouble i 7 Fearced, & Pise Kimar Acexcy, 8. D., Dee. 30.—[Spe- cial Telegram to Tur Bre.)—Following is the correct list,of the killed and wounded at Wounded Kneo yesterday so far as is now “~ known at hospital headquarters here, where they have all been brought: DEAD. GEORGE D. WALLACE, captain Com- pany K, Seventh cavalry. JOHNSON, private Company A, Seventh cavalry, FREY, private Company A, Seventh cav- alry. DYER, first sergeant Company A, Seventh cavalry, KELLEY, private Company I, Seventh cavalry, CAIN, private Company 1, Seventa cav- alry. COFFEY, first sergeant Company B, Sev- enth cavalry. COOK, private Company B, Seventh cav- alry JOSEPH MURPHY, private Company K, Seventh cavalry. KELLNER, private Company E, Seventh cavalry, NETTLES, first sergeant Company E, BSeventh cavalry. OSCAR POLLOCK, hospital L8.A. steward, U. HODGES, private company K, Seventh cavalry. BONE, corporal company I, Seventh cav. alry. FORREST, private company B, Seventh cavalry. NEWELL, private company B, Seventh cavalry. McCUE, private company K, Seventh cav- alry. LOGAN, private company A, Seventh cav- alry. COSTELLO, private company B, Seventh cavalry. _RAGAN, private company A, Seventh cay- alry. CHRIB ygae enth cavalr, RANEKA, private company cavalry, DE FREY, pri cavalry. WILLIAM ADAMS, private Seventh cavalry, Total, twenty-four mon, WOUNDED, Trowas HArkay, private company B, Sce- ond infantry. Ronert !llxux*p, private company B, Sec- ond infantry. Joux Correy, private light battery, First artillery. AnRy L, Crieroy, covporal compuny IS, enth cavalry. i 'AMES Wakp, sorgeant corapany B, Sev- cavalry, LA Tooney, 'venth cavalry, oux McK Exzie, private company B, Sev- “h cavalry. SLauvey H. Tuosas, private company 1, onth cavalry, Dumisrornen MaRTIN, private company A, Aventh cuvalry, Jons F. Priviy, fivst sergoant company I, sventh cavalry. DaNIEL McM anoN, private comp eventh caualyy. Anam Neren, private compuay cavalry. HiRRY STONE, enth cavalry. Fueo Wonen, private company K, Sev- enth cavalry. Huen McGixxis, private company K, enth cavalry. Wirtan D euth cavalry. EpwAun A. BuLrivay, private company K, Seventn cavalry. Sawves F. Surrn, Seventh cavalry. Hesry Howaky, private cowpany I, Sey- Lnth cavalry. CuAnLES CAMIDELL, geant. Gorrrien Hive, private company 1, Sev- kenth cavalry. Fraxg Lewis, private company B, Seventh cavalry, H. L. Yawmnony, first lieutenant, Second ey, AL H, Hazerwoob, private,company H, Seventh cavalry, Geonoe Youk, privats,compuny D, Seventh cavalry, James CumisTexsoN, private, company K, Seveuth cavalry, Harny Lixcowy, Seventh cavalry. Wiinias H. Gares, private, company C, Seventh cavalry. Grorae LLovuy, Beventh eavalry. Neryvaxy Krax Ll cavalry. kv company K, Sev- D, Seventh ‘e company O, Seventh company K, sorgenat company B, A, A, Seveuth private company B, Sov- ¢, private compauy K, Sev- private compauy K, quurterimuster ser- private, compiny A, sergeany, compauy I, private, company A, | Gronor enth cavalr JtotT, private company K, Sev- Euvise Scurievyer private company C, Seventh crvalry Enxest A, Gapuisoroy, fisst lieutenant company A, Seventh cavilry. Total, thirt;-three, The first names in some cases are impossi- ble at this writing to be obtained, owing to the fact that the officers who have them are now in the field fighting. There are three men missing. tained for tho reason just mentioned. The firing did conse entirely until nearly 11 o’clock, and continued about two The hot of the struggle, how- ed but thirty minutes. The wind- ented a strange scene with the bat- Hotehkiss cannon surroundea not hours, 1a part ever up p tery of t by a very of grain behind whicn 1 tily improvised breastworks of and boxes of pro yout two hundred of the red- as if by a miracle, had escape sucks sions, envalry shooting at those of the darin skins wh from the open triangle of cavalrymen and draws were nlaking for the gulleys and which cut up a little plain that separated them from the foothills nearly to the west. The battery and breastworks were on a knoll about a hundred yards northeast of the spot where was fought the horribly fierce hand to hand struggle that was opened at sich des perate odds by the daredevils at this place. Onaud around this spot lay the bullet-rid- of the redskins, dled bodies of about sixty Big Foot among the othe e the slope further west was spotted with them, lying, in most instances, with faces i the dust, one foot in the air and a ritle, tomahawk or knife in their hand LW A glance up the ravines showed more of them that had been picked off as they had raised up to get @ shot at the soldiers. A hundred and sixteen warriors and forty squaws lay stiffeuing in death, It was the greatest slaughter of Indians that has occurred since 15850, Hardy had almost identically the same ex- perience with the Bannocks at Soda Springs, Idaho. As for the squaws, they were not killed with particular intent, not withstanding that they had been runping around with scalping knives trying to stab the soldiers. They were killed principally by reason of being so mixed with squ to gain the ravines by the battery. It was a g 9, when General of bucks that made dashes were mowed down and tly and bloody fleld, the hor- ror of which was added to by the groans of thirty-three wounded and dying soldiers— gallant, utterly fearloss, Seventh cuvalry boys, whose bravery in the discharee of their duty none except those who, like my- self, witnessed it, can ever fully appreciate. Many of them were shot while pursuing the reds who cscaped from the death tviangle of troops and hiad gained the fortification in the gullies. The wounded, in the majority of instances, were fearfully wounded, particularly in the legs and arms, while several were shot in the breast and cannot survive long or, if they ao b | will always be sufferers more or less. While the fight wa- hottest_there mingled \witth.tks rodr of musketry the careless, joy- ous laughter of half a dozen little Indian children, who were not more than five or six yards from the scene of the savage conflict, and who paid no more attention to it than if it were so much conversation, As & most striking illustration of how deeply rooted and founded in Is the ghost dance faith, even tho children of these fanatic Indians have become like them. One of them, a little thing who could just talk plainly, ran up to oneof our interpreters, just after the fiving ceased and, shaking a toy tomahawk at him, exclaimed: “The soldiers wouldn't have kalled my fathor (one of the braves) if they hadu't been close enough to touch him with their guns, because he had a ghost shirt on and white man eannot kill one of us when we have a ghost shict on, uuless they can touch us with their guns.” It was a pitiable sight to see the cavalry horsos that had been wounded at tho first volloy s they stood tied near by Ina long string try to got up on their feet und join their comrades, who bore away their riders in pursuit of the enemy. At wboat noon orders came from General Brooke to immediately pack up and come to psistint the attack thot Liad been made here by the thousands of so- called friendly Inaians in and near the agency. Compliance with the order involved & re- hundling and long, rough, hurried ride for the wounded, which probably hastened the death of threo which oceurred just ufter their arrival here, the agency to aid in The order, howvevor, was thoroughly neces- sary, as shown iu my dispatch from this voint yesterday. lntense excitement reigned supreme hore when the Seventh cavalry arrived. Every man here was going abont carrying winchester, a 45-calibre revolver and a belt of cartridges, The women and children were huddled together in one house, guarded by infantry. No one slept last night or even took off his clothes. Colonel Henry with the Niuth cavalry arrived soon after daybreak, his horses white with foam and ready to drop. He hal scarcoly got juto camp when W courier dashed in and reported that Colonel Henry's wagon train, that followed a haif hour behind, had been surrounded by the Indians that weut out of here under Two Strike and Little Wound, The Seventh flew to the rescue, and after running their horses six miles, came upon the devils, and after killing a large number and losing three of their men, succeeded in rescuing the train, As I write this the booming of cannon and the rattle of musietry tells that they are still fighting, after having sent the wagon train back. Before leaving the agency last nlght with | their thousands of warriors, Two Strike and Little Wound compelled poor old Red | Clovd under threats of instant death to ac- | company them on the warpath, A courier just in says that the Indians have | Just surrounded the handsome Catholic mis- Thelr names cannot be ascer- | sion property six miles west; have set fire to | the small buildings, hay stacks, etc., and | were just firing the magnificent great main | structure. In response to this intelligence the Ninth cavalry, not a man of whom has had rest for four days, have rushed to the mission, where hundreds of children, many priests and sisters are quartered. Two Strike's Indians had yesterday been considered peaceable and subdued, but their sudden change of mind causes the gravest foars here that perhaps none of the so-called friendlics can be relied on, However, word from General Brooke to the settlers today is somewhat reassuring, it being to the effect that @ great body of the savages have re- mained loyal all the while, and that nearly all rebels are dead. He further says the scttlers here are not now in danger. The body of gallant Captain Wallace and the other dead soldlers arrived at Rushville at noon from the agengy, and will be shipped to Fort Robinson, the nearest military post. Rushville is crowded with settlers, The churches and all public oms are thrown open and no effort is bein spared to make the refugees comfortable. ‘They are here as previously reported on the adyice of General Brooke. They are not only'mady to de- fend their homes, but many are anxious to enlist with the regulars if further fighting should oceur. €. H. Cugssey, the ONE KILLED, SIX WOUNDED, Serious State of Aff:irs at the Catholic Mission. \ Pixe RinGE Ac Y, 8. D., (via Rushvile, Neb,) Dec 30,—[Special Telegram to Tig Ber.]—The Seventh and Ninth cavalries re- turned to the agency at 4 o'clock this after- They found Indians six miles north of It was simply noon, here, and in perfect swarms. to count them, inasmuch as they came out and did licht fighting in companies of about three hundred and it was hard to tell where the companies began or ended, as to numb The estimate which was ventured by some of the officers was froma thousand to fifteen hundred, while several thought there were over two thousand. impossible horseback Winchester rifles, ores of squaws and armed with which they kept pumping ot a very lively rate. The cavalry, owing to their completely exhausted condition, were forced to fall back to the agency and wait for the 200 of the Eighth, under Major Adams, who are expected hourly, It is doubtful, however, whether any further attack will be made until tomorrow, when 600 of the Sixth, under Cary, will be here suro, were on General Brooke says if the red devils jump in on us before Carr avrives, the soldiers will simply do the best they can and trust to fate for the rest. The Seventh themselves say that they were ouly saved from complote annibilation today by the Nwth coming to their rescae, There was one man killed and six wounded this afternoon. The dead man was a mem- ber of Company C, and comes from Fort Me- Kiuney, but his name cannot be ascortained av this writing. WOUNDED, 4 3 COPPRITI- Fiest T RAyNon, cumf.:; e ,J' CLAussEN, private, company C. / KirkpATRICK, Drivate, company B, R J. Noray, private, company I W. Keny, vrivate, company D, Seventh cavalry. Lieutenant Wann was shot 1n the back and seems not to be seriously injured, Lieuten- ant Hawthorn, of company B, Second artil- lery, who was shot through the groin yes- terday at Wounded Kuce, is tovight in a critical condition, The condition of Father Crafts who was stabbed in the breast and arm yestevdsy is atrifle improved. Qoftins are being made for the twenty-four boys who fell at the battie on Wounded Knee. So faras possible their friends are being sought by telegraph. A casket has been ordered from abroad for the remains of Captawn Wailace, who fell yesterday. It has just been ascertsined that the dead body and horse of Charles Haywood of Com- pany D, Ninth cavalry has been found a considerable distance from any of the ground traversed by the troops today. He was one of the guard of Colonel Henry's wagon train, He was shot, C. H. Cressey, Trevreesese W, RGE TWO STRIKE'S STAND, News of Battle Being Received at the Town of Rushville. Rusnviee, Neb, Dec. 80,—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre.)—The work of making good Indians has been going bravely on near the agency all the afternoon and a desperate battle has also been fought near White river, As to the latter, very little in detail can be learned, but the Ninth cavalry bas undoubtedly been engaged there with some escaping band of Indians on practically the same grounds where the bat- tle of early morning was fought. The remnant of Two Strikes band, with possibly some auxilliaries, numbering in all 150 war- riors, made a stand under entrenchments and for three hours past the troops have been slowly but surely dislodging them, I have word direct from the the scene of action that by 6 p. m: it is thought mnot one of the rebels will be alive, but many soldiers have been wounded and some killed. It is impossible to get defi- nitenows of fatalites on either side, Nothing is more evident than that a con- siderable number of Indians are determined to fight to the death, and the gravest fears are here entertained that any moment may witness a still further defection from the friendly tribes. Every building and piece of improvement from the agency village to the ‘mission school house, four miles away, where the battle Is ocourring, Las been burned by the savages. The whole country thereabouts is a desolate waste except for the ravines and everlasting hills in which the Indians are en- trenched, General Brooke again telegraphed here i the middle of the afiernoon to the captain of | our home guards to warn all settlers to con- gregute Iu the towus o i large groups in | H rest of the first wan who tried it. the country and to take évery precaution Y for defcnse, Basing Topinion on this and the further faet't tlers, just in from Rough Country, sixtesn miles north of us, have seen many stragghing’ Indians, it is belleved that many acts of ‘Wopredation will be committed before tomdrrow morning. MURDERED FOR HIS SAVINGS. ® A Beatrice Squatter Found in His Hut with His Throat Cut. Settlers from the morth, Dbetween he a h 4 a are. sl pourinme MR the thon. | THE TRAGIC END OF A LONELY LIFE. Many of them report having seen signal fires of the Indians all last night on the nill tops, but knew not wnat it meant., Some parties who left here yesterday for the reservation have not yet returned, and it is feared they have met with foul play. The possibilities of gro#t dangor during the coming night have set & very solemn s on everybody’s fuce, but there is almost a young army of partly armed settlers in town, Double pickets have been thrown out and every possible preciution fken, — /GING OF BULLETS, Fullerton Recelves a Severe Scorche fng—An Ex-Conviot Pays for his Christmas Pudding — Nee braska City's Hopes. 30, [Special to Tre 5 o'clock this even- ing a neighbor living adjacent to the hut of Doren Baker, on the corner of Fifth and Per- kins streets, had his uttention attracted to some mysterious noise in Baker's house and summoned the police. Oficer Wilson was promptly on the ground, and in glancing through a window of the hut saw Baker lyingon his bed with blood oozing from his throat aud apparently in the last throes of death, The oMcer wanaged to force an entrance to the house and a ghastly sight presented itself. Baker was lymng, as stated, on his bed of rags, with a horrible gash in his throat midway between his chin and collar- bone, and had just breathed his last as the officer reached him, Coroner Wells, Doctors Boggs and Claus- son wero immediately summoned, but the man was dead before they roached the hut. 1t is still undetermined at this hour whether it is & caso of murder or suicide, A caveful L] It is Heard All Night by the People of Pine Ridge. RusnviLue, Neb,, Dee, 80.—Firing at long range was kept up most of last night by Two Strike from the heights mertheast of the agency and the troops, ‘This commenced upon the arrval of the Niuth calvary troops from Colone Henry’s command in the bad lands, The casualtics thus far reported are one soldier killed and one weunded. At 4 a. m. auattempt was made by Two Strike's band to capture the Seventh calvary supply train returning frog the scene of yes- terday’s battle at Wounded Kunee. Upon hearinz shots the troops x,ulo a dash, routed the reds and killed thirtysthree of them. 1In response to signal light§ sent up last night hundreds of settler: tooldrefuge here in the | search of the premises any churches and court room.j A better fecling | weapon in or about th which the prevails at Pine Ridge, ! theory of suicide might be supported. s From the appeatance of the squaiid room Baker had evidently sat on the edge of his bed and let the blood ooze out on one spot near the head of the bed. When he was found by Ofticer Wilson e 1ying on his back on his bed with hishands crossed on his abdomon. There is a strong prob- ability that the man was murdered. Doren Baker was a half-witted fellow, un- married, and has been a resident of Beatrice ranny pears and is known to every old settler in the city. He was good natured, harmless and industrious and performed odd jobs, such as sawing wood about town, wherever he could find them to do. He was probably forty yoars of age. He held a squatiers title to his lot and shanty analived there all alone. Was known to have. some money and & vof valuable clothing. Everythingof racter is missing and there now seems. bat little doubt that he 1s the vietim of a foul and brutal murder at the hands of some one who knew of his possessions. Doren was seen apout town today in his chorry good nature and the chavacter and habits of the unfortunate man precludes every possibility of suicide, GENERAL fik')lfl(vk'fl REPORT. ,u\g Foot's Band Neasly All Killed or Woundead, Wasmixeroy, D. €, @ec. 80.—General Schelield this afternoon weceived the follow- ing telgram from General Miles, dated Her- mosa, £\D, 3 “Generdl Brooke telegraphs as follows: Colonel Egrsythe says that sixty-two dend Indian mewwere counted on the plain where the attemp}was made to disarm Big Foot’s band and whwre the fight (began. On other parts of the ground théve were eighteen more. These do not inchu® those killed in the ravines white the dead warriors were seen but not counkd. Six Wwere brought in badly wounded, arg,six others, with a party of twenty-three mel Yind women, which Cap- tain Jackson had to avandop when attacked by*about 150 Brule Indiang from the agency This accounts for ninety-.we men killed, and leaves but few alive agd unhurt. The women and children btegke for the hills when the fight commeneed, and compara- tively few of them wek hurt and fow brought, in. Thirty-ninesre here, of which pumber twenty-one are wWaunded. Had it not been for the attack by the brutes an ac curate count would have heen' made, but. tho raviies were not sear ns‘: afterward. 1 le think this shows ve apprehension fro°a Big Foot's band inthe fature. A party Fullerton FuLLERTON, NI gram 10 Tite BiE Badly Scorched. b, Dec, Special 1—At 11 o’clock last night Fullerton was visited by lier first disastrous fire, The fire started in the bakeshop of Brown & Co,, and the city being without fire protection of any kind the flames spread rapidly. Kight business houses in all were soon reduced to ashes, The First National bank, Cook & Nonamaker, dry goods and groceries; G, B. Kriedler & Co., hardware merchayts; Harris Brothers, real estate and of f/ sty is reporied as EAI Ay scouts at the | loan agents; Young & Socarls, barbers; 2 E Brown & Co, bakery and confectionery be/.d of Mexican creek. consist of all | Goorge McKeivey, jowelry, were the ones si¢es pud the cavalry at Fpeebud will bring | who suffered by the fire, ~Most of the goods. lemin if itis true” ) General Miles adds: *These Indians under Big Foot were among the most desperate, There were thirty-eight of the remainder of Sitting Bull's following tigt joined Bi on the Cheyenne river, av thirty that broke away from Hump's followhg when he took his band nxu!,,;;;;‘,;,’.,l’ - wForh Bennett-making in all neprly 100 warriors, Before leaving their camps on the Cheyenue river they cut up thew harness and broke their wagons, und started south for the Bad Lands, evidently not intending to return but to go to war. Troops were placed between them and the bad lands and they never succeoded in joining the hostiles there, All their movements were anticipated, and their severe loss at the hauds of the Seventh cavalry may bea wholesome lesson to the other Sioux.” General Schofield said that the fight was a most unfortunate occurrence, but he did not see how it could be avoided, He sent a tele- gram to General Miles expressing the opinion that he (Miles) would be master of the situa- tion very soon. He also oxpressed thanks to the officers and men of the Seventh cavalry for the gallant conduct displayed by them. The surgeon general bas received from Medical Director Bache agPine Ridgo a re- port of the casualties amang the troops ot yesterday's tight, as follows: “Captain Wallace, tweuby-five men of the Seventh cavalry, and ue Indian scout killed. Licutenant Garlington, Seventh cavalry ; Lieutenant Hawphorne, Second ar- tillery, and thirty-eight men wounded, Many of the wounds are severe, Hospital Stewart Pollock was killed. Havqalso about thirty wounded Indians, men,}womon and chil- dren.” The commissioner of Indfan affairs late this afternoon received a telegtam from Special Agent Cooper at Pine Rilge, saying that in yesterday's fight 150 Indidgns were killed and thirty wounded and captured. He also states that the Indians attacked b wagon train this (Tuesday) morning, two iiles north of the agency, killing one soldler of the advance guard. 2 aved, but still they were more or less injured, The losses are ull covered by insur- ance with the exception of Browa & Co. Monday, atd o'clock, some one set fire to Len Shaw's barmy.ghout twelve mlles west of Fullerton. It wus buried to the ground. Loss, #8003 no iosurar :ws Notes. 0 ~[Spacial to Tae A praffifnagy survey was comploted county toany for an (¥t . torun from the Frenchman to the vicinity of Hiwwatha, in Dundy county, about twen- ty-ono miles, and will be practical in irrigat- ing ozer twwuty-five thousand acres. Mr. Ruggls, member-clect from this district, is oneof the chief promoters. Itisthought the work will be commenced shortly. The weather is delightful; no frost in the ground and no hewy or expensive work required. Alarge proportion of the ditch will be made by owners of the land who will ba benefited, and they will take their pay in water rights. Chase county people are thoroughly aroused on thissubject. Our county commissioners having s:lected a committee of two gentle- men, O. P. Shellenberger of Imperial and Hon. J. H. Hanna of Lamar, to vi Wash- ington to secure an experimenfal well or tw o. Wa are greatiy encouraged in this idea from the fact that o few days ago Mr. Batel, near Winchester, in boring for water, at a depth of 800 feet, struck a vein that threw water several feet above the surface, and continued to flow until saud choked up the six-ineh hole, The people greatly appreciate the timely ald so generously sent to this county from Omaha, and especially will remember the zeal which Tue Bee has shown iu this chari- table work, Wo have the soil, the climate and the will. Give us rainfall or irrigation and we will be in condition to return in kind, to the unfortunate, the bread cast on the waters, Stewart’'s Complaint, Nrenraska Crry, Neb,, Dec. 80.—[Special Telegram to Te Bik|—A complaint was sworn out by William Stewart against Robert Drusedow for obtaining money through frand, Stewart has recently been released from Jail, where he has been sinco July 4 on the charge of gambling. Drusedow had pur- chased from the celebration committee the right to sell licenses for chance games and Stewart was one of the victims, Chas» County N Agent Royer's Ofiicial Report. WasmiNGToy, Dee. 80.-The commissioner of Indian affairs this morning recelved the following dispateh from Agent Royer, dated An Insanc Hermit, Neonasga Cirv, Neb,, Dec. 30, —[Special Tue Bee.)—The board of commissioners to Pine Ridge agency, December 20: On | 0n insanity have examined Train Huraldson Wounded Knee creek,! tnis morning, | and declared him a it subject for the asylum. while the soldiers wero sarming | Haraldson is a hermut, sixty years old, who Big Foot and his Band, after then | lVOSin @ cuve inthe westorn part of the county and was an inmate of the asylum years ago. Otoo county has five insane patients on haud waiting for admission t0 the asylum. Handy with His Gun. Nemwaska Ciry, Neb., Dec. 80.—(Special to Tue Bee,]-— Willis Brown, au ex-convict, who attempted to shoot George Baker on Christmas evening, has been let off with a sentence of three months in fuil. Brown drew his revolver on Sheriff Willman when the arrest was made, but the sheriff knocked the gun aside and it was discharged in the ground. surrender, a fight took plade, which resulted in the killing of about three hundred Indians and several soldiers, including Captain Wal- lace, with a number w Two Strike and hus party, who werd camped on White Clay creck, just belbw Red Cloud's house, opened fire on thp!agency from the hill tops opposite the boardimg school, wound- ing two soldiers. The pdlce returned the fire, killing two of Two Stikes Indlans and wounding twoothers. Two Strike and his band have retreated in & Inorthwesterlv di- rection {rom the agency andl it Is supposed he is trying to wake his way back to the bad lands. Thus far the Pme Ridge Indians have taken no part in the war, but the Big Foot, Slow Bear, Kicking Bear and Two Strike bands have been and are active in the dis- turbance, A New Hoy Nesraska Crry, Neb., Dee. 80.—[Special Bei]—It is announced here today thatthe B. & M. has again datermined to cut-off from this city to Ashiand, upon which work will begin in the spring. The new branch will give a new route from Nebraska City o Omaha. Merrite R Hastixas, Neb, Deo, ial Tele. gram to Tue Bee | —Edito itt of the Daily Nebraskan disposed of his half interest The Situation at Rosebud. Rosenvn Aexey, 8. D., (via Valentine Neb.) Dee. 80.—[Speefal Telogrum to T Bre. | —Two troops of the Ninth cavalry and three companies of the Eighth infantry have been prepared to move at a moment's notice, | in the paper today to Alderman_ Thomas | Last night onders came fyr them to start | Brecth, The change goes into effect Jan- at once for the bad lands. The | AV TR G pickets at Rosebud have segn Indians signal- Rottman’s Olub, ing with @ looking glass, A schemo of about Nesrasks City, Neb., Dee. 30.—[Special twenty young men to steal hoeses and break | Telegram to Tur B —Ernest Rottnan of for the bad lands was discovered by the ar- | Palmyra was today bound over to the district ] court o answer L the charge of selliog liquor | | | without a license. Six new complaints wero immediately filed against him, In the teial it wis shown that . 2 1an 18 guardian of a club which has aboy ~_ rhundred mombers, each of whom pays ) =% nd receives in ex- change chips for \ he can get all the liguor ho desires fron tman as the high chiof. The prosecutid 2 ushed by the pro- hibitionists and the n4 mplaints will be heard in January, Thby utiffs offe withdraw the suits if aan would quit the business and leave |\ nutry, but he declined, Dragg t cath, Wrsone, Neb., Nov, Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee.) - Milton Miller of Bluo ¢ him out. Itis supposed that reaching tor Cooper whon he was thrown out and dragged about one hundved and fifty yards, Cooper went on to 4 farm house, pro- cured a buggy and cameo b for nim, He then went for a doctor. Upon examination it found thut Miller's ribs on voth sides w broken, his breast bone crushed in, his right arm broken and his head bruised on the back side. The accident occurred about 6:30 and be died shortly afterward. His re- mains w brought home today, aveiving about 10 o’clock. He leaves a wife, who is in very delicate health, and five small children. Versatile Forger. LixcoLs, Neb, Dee. 80.—[Special Tele gram to Tue Bee |-V Studley, a smooth young forger of only nincteen years aud of splendid family connections, was ar- rested tonight. His home is in Applecate, Wis,, and his step-father 1s publisher of the Daily Crescent, s postmaster, ex-congress- man and quite wealthy. Youung Studley has been lately connccted with a secret so- elety journal i by L. D. Boynton of Minue- apolis. Studley’s fast habits causea his dis- charge, and, in order to pay his expenses, he forged four checks, he claims for ouly about £ ch. It is claimed by the ce that thoy are much larger. He fled to Omahaand there, it is allezed, he again raised a lurge sum of money by his bolduess in signing other people's names . An Al Neunaska Crry, Miller re Boyeott, Neb., Dec. [Special Telegram to Tie Bee. |—Tho local papers to day sived notice from the Cotton Grove alliance, No. 833, of this county, that resolu- tions wore adopted to boycott all papers that W not supporters of the alliance party. Jay Burrows was ‘oxoncrated’ of the charges against him and his paper endorsed. An Unnatural Father. WiND TsLaxn, Neb, Dee. 80.—[Special Telegram to Tite Ber.|—Hezekiah Bedford, a farmer living near Abbott, this county, w lodged in jail here today churged w - sauiting his fourteen 14 dauchtor. Tho complaint was madc by his wife, and 1 the trial the daughter's testimony corroborated the complaint. Disposed of Gixeva, Dec. gram to Tt arber who has been working here for name of Georgo Casey wus arrested lnst night by oficers from Lincoln and taken to Lincoln, where an officer from Towa awaits to take him back to Palmer for disposing of stolen goods. ten Goods, 30.—[Special Tele- Ferry B at ftunning. Nionitars, Neb., Dec. 30.—| Special to Thur Ber.|—Owiny to the extreme warm weather for the past week the Missouri river at this point is open and the steam ferry boat was put in operation yesterday in order to get. rid of the accumulating freight at the depot. A Brakeman’'s Hori Liscory, Neb, Dec. gram to e Bir.|—L. Shewster, a brake- manon the B, & M., walked off a broken train at Oropolis tonight and was horribly crushed under the wheels of the last s Death was instantaneous, ble Death. 30.—|Special Tele- A Boy Drown:d While Skaing. ChirsaNeb., Dec. 80, - [Special Telogram to Tur Bee.] = Vimsint 'aegnod, the cleven- year-old son of V. Toogood of this vity, broke through the ic skating and w drowned, T SRl BOND INJUNCTIO) THE A Futite iffort to Serve iton Auditor Benton Laxcory, Neb.,, Dee. #0.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee, |—Mr. Ernest Stuht came down from Omaha this evening armed with an injunction to restrain Auditor Bentou from delivering the Omaha union depot and viaduct bonds to Thon T Kimball, president of the union depot company., When Mr, Stuht and Sheriff McClay went to Ben- ton’s house, at Seventh and I streets, Benton steadfastly refused to appear. His wife g as a reason that Mr, Benton had retived. For half an hour a parley was held, M, Stuht and the sheriff using every endeavor to bring Beuton out, bat to no purpose. Mrs, Benton finally declared that sho was instructed by her husband that the auditor could not be seen, The sheriff insisted that it would take only a moment to serve the papers on Hen- ton, but Mrs, Benton refused to open the door and carried on her conversation through the glass in the door, This was at 10 o'clock. - HIS CRIME FOUND B An Aged German Arrvested fora Mur- der of Thirty Years Ago. Berureney, Pa., Dec. 80— [Speci gram to Tug Bre. | —Honry Lutz was sted at Tllick's mills, near here, myrder committed in Germany thir Some time ago @ man i Tele- o for ears 1in Germany ago. and on his death-bed he confessed that Lutz had murdered o assisted in the anywhere. and whole family and that he putehery named and made Lutz was traced and is now on his way to Germany. - Minnesota Farmeors' Paut, Minn., Dec, 30.—At today’s ses- sion of the state farmers' alliance Ignatins Donnelly, state lecturer, delivered his annuul address. After congratulating the conven- tion on the immen: vote polled last Novem- ber for the alliance ticket Donnell to argue that the allianco must maj separate identity and not fool with demo- crats or republicans. He roferred to watered stock In seathing terms and pald special at- tention to the organizevs of the Soo r After paying his respects to Jay G speaker described various reforms uow work ing and closed with an appeal for the alli- auce to move forward, National Lecturer Ashby of Towa also spoke. Tonight Donnelly was elected presi dent, receiving 542 votes againsu 105 forr Halversen. Alhance. its uld the —_—— Northwestern Traveling Men. CmicaGo, 1L, Dee. 80.—T'he Northwestern Traveling Men’s association began its six- teonth anuual session today, Among oth business transacted a comuittee was up- pointed to formulate a plan for the formation of a reserve fund with a view to erecting a great building in this city for the use of traveling men. Georye J. Reed was elocted president, also & long list of vice presidents, fosiont oo ity Investigating the Carroliton Killin WasiixNaToN, Dec. 50.~Prosident Harrlson with the assistance of Postmaster Goucral Wanamaker is making an investigation into the recent killing of Postmaster Matthews at Carroliton, Miss. Seuator George tods received o lefter from a Haptist ministor Carvollton, saying the killing was the result of u persoual euter fulo the case, on Walnut creek today wisile_ diflculty aud politics did not | DISASTROUS LONDON ~ FIRE, A Terrible Oonflagration Among the Ware* houses Near Blackfriars' Bridge, { THE LOSS WILL REACH TWO MILLIONS, . St. Bennett's Famous Old Church Completely Destroyed, but the Sale Springs met with a tereible death about three vation Army Headquarters and one-half miles north of Marysville, Kan., Saved by Hard Work. last night. He left Blue Springs yestel day afternoon in company with Sam Cooper, intending to go to | Loxpoy, Dec. 30.—A terrible conflagration Marysville with him and roturn on | is now raging among the warchouses on l‘l‘u' l'u\u!n l'u(lfl;, When they Inl'ril\rd\ |u"vl:‘ Queen Victoria and Thames streets, near orse Shoe oopor Teac back for i dde., Fotrtve s1ti06 Wel the brake. when tho veheel ran nto w rutand | Slickiriar's bridge, Fourtoen engines were s00n upon the spot, and the firemen did their utmost to check the courso of the flames, but as the wind was blowing it o fall, added to the fury of the fire, Tho large wholesale fur manufact of Revillon Freres, extending from 197 to 141 Queen Victoria street, was doomed. Following this rews was the information that a large cooperage hcuse, & number of fancy goods stores and the Gulcher electrio light and power company’s building were also o couwe plete prey to the flames. The flames spread us rapidly on all sides as if there were no fivemen or engines present. Immense crowds of people gutherced on the bridges over the Thames and and the streets running down to the river where a good view of the conflagration could be had, Many people expressed the hope that this disaster would at last bring about a reform in th London fire brigade aud its loug-necded ro- modelling upon the plan of the New York fire department, As the fire progressed it sproad to the quarters of the Salvation army, ho salvie tiouists were working like beavers i theie efforts to place the records and othor props erty of the army in u place of safety. At 4 p.m. the five was rapidly spreading in all divections, All the buildings from the corner of Benuett's Hill to No, 135 Queen Victoria street were eithor blaziug fiercely o else were smouldering ruins. The fire originated in the building of O, Davidson & Sons, piper manufacturers and bag makers 119 Queen Victoria str This. building was a large structure and was com= bletely gutted, as was also that of Adolph mklin - & Co. manufacturers — of pipes and importers of tobacco. The old St. Bennett’s church on Upper Thames street, the famous Welch church also caught five. At 4:90 p. m. what would be termed in New York four large blocks aro on fire and burning stoadily. At the fire this afternoon St. Rennett's chureh was completely destr The fire- men manag the headquarters of the ation army and it was then_announced under control, Two million mated, will ec the Joss, An oxaminatior of the buraed dis- St. Bennett's church, the old Welsh worshiping p was pot entirely destroyed, as at first thought. Besides the high wind today the weather was extremely ding all_over the five ap- paratus and the firemen. There was 1o loss of life and few accidents among the firemen, (Rt S i TORE UP THE TRACK, The Union Pacific Defies the Orderof the Court. The war between the Union Pacific md tho Milwaukee goes mercily on. After:e- curing an order from the court yesterday to compel the Union Pucific to perimit the Mii- waulkee trains to come across the bridge, Mr, Nush of the Milwaukee decided to make one more effort to gain an entrance to the union depot, and went over to Council Bluffs last night, intending to bring the Milwaukee trains across, But ne had harldy caléulated wpon the ex- tent to which the Union Pacific had deter- d to carry this fight. When he visited the yards and the time came to bring a train across he was astonished to find that the switch making the connection between the Milwaukee and the Union Pacitic had been actually torn up and several rods of the tracle itively removed, This made it absolutely impossible to gat a_solitary car from ona teack to the other, and the effort was aban- doned for the present. Mr. h_says, however, that this action on the part of the Union Pacific will only make the fight more determined aud exacting on the part of the Milwauked, s A Sy Killed in a Bu:lding Collapse. sw Yonk, Dec. 80.—This afterncon the top of a five building on the northwes t corner of T nth street and First ave- nue collapsed. Fifty men were at work transformiug the building into an annex to Kohler's brewery. What caused the acci- dent cannot be learned. Tt was thought at first that most of the men must have been illed but when the firemen and policemen ed on the scene th soon found the r not so serious. James Durcen and Lewis Weber were fatally injured, dving in ashort time. Ten other men were painfully hurt and one or two of them may die. The in falling rathered gathered ab ut the \ter post, forming a sort of umbrella, and this explaiis how the men escaped 5o miracus lously. e Fight with Emin Pasha's Forces, BERLIN, De ,—The Tagetlatt hus a let tor from its corvespondent in Zanzibar stat- ing tifat Emin Pasha recently sent Licuten- ants Langheld and Bulow at the head of a body of troops to Wrambo, where they fought a battle with the Watuta tribo, de- feating the latter with severe loss. The Watutas subsequently joived forces with another tribe and again attacked the Gers mans, Their alies did not stick to them well, however, and they were again badly defeated. The Germans bad three killed and nine wounded, Commander Stublman recently ptured a slaver's camp near Victoria Ny- unza, killing many Arabs and releasig @ large number of sluves, — xperience, Priaverruia, Dee, #0.-~Tho schooner Lamson brought in today Charies Wallen- berger, sole survivor of the crew of the schooner Potter, whick capsized Sunday in & terrible storm off Barnogat. Five men were A Terrible drowned at once. Captaw Evans, Wal- lenberger and another man munaged to sccure themselves to the wreckage and drifted about for ten hours with tho seas dashing over them and & cold wind adding to their misery, The crew of the Lamson man- aged with the utmost dificulty to get to the vaft, found one man dead and Captain Evans and 'Walleuberger nearly so. Captain Evans died in half an hour, but Wallenberger, whilo in a terrible condition from exposure, will probably recover The Omaha W her Fored vicinity 18t For Ligit warmer For Nebr slight changs and followed by colder. ralnj southerly ature, ot light r n M sissippi valley ; southerly winds: wurmoer. 'or South Dakota—Fair; southerly windsy slight chianges in temperature - His Aunt Murdered 11 Cuicaao, 11, Dee. 80,—Mrs, Joer aunt of Frank Braun, who was found dead in his saloon Saturday, has confossed to killing him, Sho says they guarrel mattors, ho uttacked her and sho efonse, windsy alr, exc | | fira 24 D Surgeon General of tho Arygly, | Waanxaros, Dec, 30, & today med Colonel () crland m s general of e s Cuwn L iur ol OVER 101QY