Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 10, 1891, Page 2

Young-Man- Afraid-of-His-Horse, and Stand- fng Soldier were fired by the hostiles. The matter is being investigated e Dog and Jack Red Cloud, the latter the son of old RRed Cloud, and about one hundred others have returned to tho camp, Still more have promised, but have failed to keep their word. General Miles says : VAU last accounts the Indians wero fight ng among themselves, The camp was a pandemontum.” There was no head to the desperndocs were dostroylug perty. 10 those Indians who belong ageney the tho thinks, will endeavor own reservation. The nent, ho gays, is composed of outlaws Standing Tock, Cly River and [Rosebud ros tions. The troops on tho othor s skirmishing with them and will follow them if thoy « Should such bo the case the gencral thinks the military n will be solved. Control of the Indiaus, however, he holds will still be a matter for serious con- sideration, because he will have to beso cared for as not to be a t o the people of these states and go to war in the spriog, even if o should desire to Miss Sicllos of Chicago is still here, aiding fn the work ot bringing the mflict toa peaceful termination. When was su perintendent of the Ogallala’s school at this place, sho aroused the anger of IRed Cloud, Little Wound and al other chiefs sus- tained her and, it is thought, thus saved her life. She now hopes to have over the last named chief, many to be the most influential hostites. She has had on uco with him and other chiefs where ho was camped, a fow milesout of the city. She foels she may yot secure another conference, or that the chief may come in to talle with her, If she should, it is not likely that he will be mo- Lested. Eastorn people, it 13 claimed, are anxious to have this chief brought to them to detail his wrongs. General Miles recoiveda note in Indian, couckied in terins of angelic swoctness and tnnocence, It came from Sitting Bear and Short Bult, They had stopped their ghost dance, they said, because the general had asked them. They would comein and be £ood Indians, It is unnecessary to say that the word of these wily chiefs was not r spected from the first. They have be most implacable enemios of peaco. have asscrted that they would never come in, even 1f only fifty remained out. The lot- tor was intended fora purpose and General Miles scems to understand what that purpose was. Colonel D. Bache, medical director of the department of the Platte, has been ap- poiuted by General Miles acting medical di- rector, division of the Missouri, in the field. His medica) staff has accordingly been reor- ganized as follows : Division Ficld Hospital—Major Hartstuff; surgeons, Rirst infantry, Major Landerdale Captain Gardner, Seventh cavalfy; Captain Hoff, Captain Evarts, Second infantry : Cap- tain Spencer; Captain Ewing, commanding the company of hospital corps, ambulance and Travers battalion, Ninth cavalry; Cap- tain Keane, commanding cavalry and mounted infantry: Licutenant Cabell, in charye of Indian wounded prisoners; Captain Kilbourne, Licutenant Tves, He has also forty-nine men in_the hospital corps. ‘These are exclusive of the surgeons and hospital corps with General Carr, which has not yet been reorganized. Captain €. F. Humphroy, quartermaster departmeut, has been appointed chiof quar- termaster, division of the Missouri, in the fleld, Lieutenant J. S. Mallory, Second infantry, has been appointed acting chief commiss of the division of the Missouri in the field, Captain Pierce, who 18 to succced Dr. Royer as agent, who was expected at noon, has not yet made his appearance at the agency. Coptain Cortiss, Eighth infantry, of Fort Robinson was compelled to roturn here today because of carth poisoning in the eye. Heo must confino himself to a dark room for several weels, AN EX-AGENT TALKS, hostiles, Tho their own pro to this eeneral kto their to got | hostile [l 10 are frequ she sevi ome influence held by among the who is conf HeSays That the Indians Were Forced Into Their Rebellion, Sioux City, Ia, Jan. 9.—|Special Tole- gram to Tur Bee.]—Major W. W. Anderson, for four years Indian agent at Crow Creok and Lower Brule, was in the city today. Dis- cussing the Indian troubles he said if Agent Gallagher had been retained at Pine Ridge the trouble would not have assumed the proportions that it now has. Gallagher was thoroughly acquainted with Indian ways and and would have stayed at the ageacy and quelled the disturbance, or at least checked it, but Royer failed in this. When the trouble w first inaugurated he fled to Rushville and called for troops. This step led the Indians to believe him a coward and they naturally grew bold and were defi- antand unyielding. When he returned to the agency with the troops the bold and un- sympathetic front put on by Royer widened the guif and increased the animos- ity. The Indians had told him that they had no desire to fight, when they did at Wounded Kuee, but would have avoided it if they had had confidence in the troops. They told him that instead of form- ing lines to disarm them they circled about them so that when their weapons were gone they would have no means of escape. This with the belief that the soldiers who wore to disarm them were @ portion of the troops in the great Custor expedition and were bent on v venge for the terrible results, made the In- dians believe that they were to be massacred and -they proferred to die fighting rather than to be massacred. Mr. Anderson says that the ghost dance is & hoax and that the Messish craze is not the cause of tho trouble, For five years the gov- ernment has been violating the Sioux treaty of 1876, by giving the Inlians only a fraction of the rations agreed to at that time. The violation of this treaty, he says, ho knows is the real cause of the trotble, and that the Messiah craze is o piece steategy on the t of the older and wiser heads among the Indians to excite the youag bucks to as- sistthem. The old Indians, he says, do not believe in the Messiah at all. When asked why the [udians had not ro- sented the violation of the treaty before this time, he said that until two yéars ago they had ood crops and had mavaged to get along woll with the short rations. I'wo years ugo tho crop failures came, and with this, he says, the 'Indians com- menced to starve, and he here cited many instances of his own knowledge where ln- dians had been in a starving condition, He said that he knew of their goiug two or three days without food ana eating the carcasses of horses burned in a fire at Chunberlain to keop them from starving. Our Indian Population, Wasmixaro, Jan, 0.-The eensus bureau has issued a bulletin giving the population and other fuformation of various Indian tribes, exclusive of Alaska. The bullotin shows the total Indiau population of the United States to be 204,74, This makes the total population of the country, including Alaska, estimated at 87,000, almost (3,000,000, The Indian population is' made up’ as 'fol- lows: On veservations or at schools under control of Indian police, Not taxed, 130,204, The Indians incidentally under the Indian oftice and self-supporting are us follows: In Indian tervitory—25.857 Cherokees, 3,464 Chickasaws, 0,006 Chootaws, 9,201 Creeks and 2,15 seminoles. Thero are also 14,247 colored peoplo (mixed Indian blood) living with members of the above tribes. The total population of the five civilized teibes is therefore 64,371, Pueblos of New Mexico, 8,278; six nations and St. Regis of Now York, 5,804; eastern Cherokees of North Caroling, 9,885; Indians (08 per cent of whom are not on_reservation) taxed and self-sustaining cltisons, counted in general population, | 567; Apaches at Mount Vornon barracks prisoners), 384; Indlans in the state or term toral prison: 1847 total, 114,473, The bulletin further shows: Total males taxed and untaxed, ), total males untaxed and on reservations, 63,770: total fomales untaxed and on reservations, 64454; ration Indians on reservations, to whom rations aro issucd by the United Statc 310; self- | sustaining Indians on resctvations by favm ing, herd root digging, horse rais 06,044 total self-supporting Indians 32,567, taxed and not including five civilized tribes, 128,611, Tho number of whitos on the several | reservations in the Indian territory aggro- | gates 107,087, as_follows: In Cherokee na tion, 27,1765 in Chickasaw nation, 4 | Choc v nation, 27,9011 1w Semiuole nation, | W1 in Creek nation, 3,250, “ihe Crow Indian nission today submitted [ he secrotary of the intorior a report which uded the ment made with the Crows, | Cher ymmisgion also called and made a stateinent of what had been accomn: plished. | important agrecments were signed tribes in the eastern part of the Indian territory, the only tribe which has refused being the Cheroke THE F) SHVILLE. Guards on the Scene Restore the Confidrnce of the Settlers, Rusnviiie, Neb,, Jan. 9.—[Special Telo gram to Tie Bek.|—The camps of the tional guards near the line of the reservation were today inspected by General Colby, ac- companied by two aids, He expressed him- seif as greatly pleased with the thoronghly military work of these commands, breast- works, intrenchments, und hastily improvised forts, having been ulveady or did he suceced in passing the pickets until vouched for by the commanding officer. Thess evidences of discipline, he says, were as rofreshing to himus the long o involved in making the tour of the mps. s Orders were issued pany D, now s rison, to move at once this placd Also for company B of the Second to move from Chadron to Hay Springs, and thence to Cheney's ranche, northeast of that place. Companies B and I will arrive from C fora tonight, and be stationed tomorrow as a point on the danger line abovt fifteon miles northeast of Rushville, Company C of the First, from Valentine tonight will be st morrow at Rogers' mill, on Whito Clay croek, twelve miles northeast of here, Companies Gand K of the Frst and C of tiie Second will also be required to move to- morrov to points within the vicinity of old Fort Sheridan, By these in some cases for at w0 tonight tioned com- Har- orders nearly the entire forco of guards will be massed between tho settlements and the camp of the hostiles and from every indica- tion it would ot be healthy for straggling bands of hostiles to attempt crossing the line. Licutenant Colonel Bishoff of the Second is in command of a detachment at Gordon and Lorthward, Major Courtwright is at Rushville and Cheney’s and Major Walcott is at Chadron and Madden’s brigade. The general health of the troops is reported as continuing very ood. Those previously reported as ill ave still confined to the hos pital, but are improving. A licutenant and two privates from stations north of Gordon are considerably indisposed and will be brought here tonight. The names could not be learned at this time, A serious aceident occurred this afternoon to a teamster with Major Williams' com- mand. The team ran away, throwing him out and breaking his breastbone and threo ribs. Surgeon Dempster hastened to camp and brought him herc to the hospital. The wife of the unfortunate man had volunteered her services to the hospital corps, which were gratefully accepted, and on learning Inter that the first patient would be ner hus- band, she almost fainted from the shock. General Miles telegraphed General Colby this afternoon that he had ordered from Fort Omaba ten thousand rounds of ammunition for the use of the guards on the frontier. Movements of Company 1. Cooy, Neb., Jan. 9.—[Special to Tne Ber.]—Company 1 was ordered to report to the armory for duty Friday night, January 2, and put iu the day Saturday drilling and waiting for orders to move. They did not reccive them until Sunday, but as no train could be had until Monday noon, the time was put in by the boys 1 malking prepa tions for a winter's campaign and in bidding their friends good-by. By request of citizens the company wus formed about 9 o'clock and marched around the square, when the prin- cipal merchants treated the boys to cigars and cheers, which took about one hour, when the boys were dismissed to prepare for the train. About lLalf an hour before train time we were formed to march to the train and were accompauied by the band. Almost all the citizens of Bennett were formed in line and all bid the boys goodby. We got to Lin- coln, found a crowd which'staid with us as long as we staid in the capital, and left about 5 o'clock by the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri ~ Valley special. We got to our destination about noon, were very well received by the citizens, and given a furnished hall for quarters, Our first duty was to build our breastworks and prepare for an attack. The people here have a company for their own protection, and think they can muster about one thousand guns in o few hours if they have un attack. Indians Crowding In. Rivee, S. D, (via Rushville, Neb.), —[Special Telegram to Tue Be: Tnis afternoon a detachment of the Ninth cavalry urrived, escorting twenty-four In- dians. The latter had succeeded in breaking away from the hostiles, and, failing to come through the lawes’s lines, took the opposite direction and went into Colonel Henry's camp. Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horse reported to General Miles this afternoon that he had visited the Ogallalas and that thoy would start for the agency this afternoon, camping tonight near the school house at Wounded Kuee, and reaching here tomorrow or next day. A False Rumor. Fresoxt, Nob., Jan. 9.—|Special to Tnn Bir.]—A report sent to Tz Bee from this place at the time Company E was ordered to proceed to the Indian country, did the mem- bers of the company an injustice and should be corrected. The report stated that there was a rumor to the cffect that some of the solicitous fathers of some of the faint-hearted mewbers had offered us high as $300 for a substitute for thoir sous, There was such a rumor, but subscquent investigation proved it entirely groundless, All members of Com- pany E responded to the call for their sor- vices without a murmur. They went to the front with all the bravery of tramed vet- erans, Work of an Educated Indlan, Tucsoy, Aviz, Jan, 9.—Advices from Solo- monville state that Modoc Wind and two other Apache Indians were held to answer by the United States commissioner on a chiarge of forging Captain Bullis' name to a govornment check for 8135, The forgery was 80 well executea that it was not detected until prosented at the wssistant United Statos treasury at San_ Francisco, Modoc Wind was educated at_tho Indian school a Caulisle, Pa., and the others at San Carlos, Entirely Unfounded Reports. PocarriLo, Idaho, Jan. 9.—Reports of seri- ous trouble or outbreaks on the Hall resesva. tion surrounding this place are utterly with- out foundation, A visit to Blackfoot, on the odge of the reservation, and the agency itself fails to reveal any caus e for apprehension. While the Indians have been dancing, theso domonstrations partake of the same character #s those held every year at this time, Serious Aspeot in Oklahoma. uni, Ok, Jan. 9. -Much exeitemont THE OMAHA LT prevalls here regarding the present Tn outiook. A militia compuny of sixty-fivemen | has been organized at Kingfisher and & com- | pany of minute mon hus wlso boen formed | of 112 members, It is stated that the Chey- enne and Arapihoo Indians had come into | Kingfishor yesterday and purehused overy cartridge that could be had The aspect is us t Judge Lea of the supreme nen the inland towns should ut once organize panies aid, If necessary, the settlors oni the vorder. an Canadian Redskins ( 4 Minn., Jan, 9. Man., of the Canadian 2 a stri side of tho int ng fears Canadian Indians are the Messiah craze reasy. TheTribune's Although the wvernment are keep- tho vedskins on their national boundary, thore are quarters that the becoming afilicted with 1 will join the American borigines in their uprising.” Colonel Scott of fhis city today received a dispatch from Sheriff Garduer of Battineau, N. D, saying : “Your Indians aro arimed, holding war danc and threatening settlers on the Dak: the line,” special says oftic str in some Agaressive Hostile: MixsearoLis, Minn., Jan. 0.—A special to the Tribunc from Pierre, S. D, says Charle: Waldro, whose ranch is ninety miles up the Bad river, came in today and reports hostile Indians in the vicinity and very ank Loutzenheiser and diers and other people av E ranch on tho outlook for an attack. The town of Midland was raided three days ago by bands of Indians and tke stores looted Although no violence was offered to the people many of the residents hid while the redsdins wire in town The Chippewas Dancing Astraxn, Wis., Jan. .—The Chippowas, old deadly cnemies of the Sioux, have for- saken the traditions of carly days and jowned in the ghost dance of tho Sioux. Last night a delea of over fifty Iudians arrived from the surrounding reservations aud the dance commenced and_continued all night and day. Ixcitement is intense. The dance differs from the Sioux dance, a3 thoy do not believe in the coming of the Messiah, A Prematy WasiINGTON, Jan, 0.—A telegram was re- ceived tonight by General Schofield from General Gibbon, commanding the division of the Pacific, who said an jnvestigation of the alleged Indian troubles iu the vicinity of Pocatello, Idaho, showed the scars to be without foundation. Scare. Nevada Indians in War Paint. Canso, Nev., Jan. 0.—Indian matters in this state are assuming a serious aspect. Over two hundred bucks are gathered near Pine Nut with war paint All the Indians able to tight have loft Genoa. WS, - E 10wWa N Agricultural Col e Mattors, Des Moixes, Ta, Jan. 9.—[Special Tele- AILY BEN: SA gram to Tar Bre.]—The board, of trustces of the state agricultural college continued its meoting today. The first thing which came up for cousideration was the communication submitted by the farmers. The various points in the communication were thoroughly discussed. Some of the requests made by the committee the board agreed to comply with, but the various expressious relating to the establishment of scientific and classical studies they did not favor.” Chairman Dunbar appointed a com- mittee, consisting of Messrs, Vun Houten, lor and Secor, to examamine to communi: calion and prepare an answer. Dr. Beardshear was summoned before the board and asked to state his views upon some of the conflicting questions relative to tho management of tho college. His views evidently wore satisfactory to the board, as later, whilein executive session, y unanimoasly aereod to tender him the tion of president. The election of a pro- fessor of agriculture resulted iu the selection of Hon. Jumes Wilson. He was before the trustecs and was given an opportunity to state his views on the manner of conducting tho college. A Fugitive rom Justic MARSHALLTOWN, In., Jan. 9.—[Special Teie- gram to Tk Beg.)—L. E. Hull is detained in custody here as a fugitive from justice from Maryville, Mo. A constable from Hopkins, Mo., is here with & warrant for Hull's arrest as soou as requisition papers arrive. Hall refuses to talk, but is ostensibly the agent of some eastorn concern, and induced o capitalist of Maryville to sign some kind of a contract which tirned up later as o promis- sory uote for $1,000, Ofiicers have been on his'trail for soulie time and ran him to cover here. Towa Poultry Assoclation. MansmaLLTows, Ta., Jan. 9.—[Special Telo- grum to Tirk Bek, |—The stato poultry asso- ciation. now mn session heve, elegted the - fol- lowing ofiicers for the ensuing year: dent, Joseph Bancroft, Cedar Falls tary, C. M. Doper, Des Moines; treasurer, Joseph T. Perkins, Ames; executive com- mittee, J. J. Gilchrist, Marshalltown; A. A. Anderson, Boone, and T. J. Kegley, Ames. The ext meeting will be held at Ames, Ia., January next. Ready to Help Nebraskna. Des Morxes, Ia., Jan, .—[Special Telegram to Tre Beej—Tho governor has received a letter from the adjutant generalof Nebraska, in which he acknowledges the receipt of fifty stand of arms sent to the settlers of that stato by Adjutant General Greene. The goveruor has informed Governor Thayer that any assistanco he may want from Iowa will bo granted. Death of a Des Moines Pioneer. Des Moixes, In., Jan. 9.—Hon, Wesley Redhead, a pioneer of this city, died this moraing, after a lingering illness, e A NEW METROPOLES, Speculators show Their Faith in Ar- ansas Harbor. Awraxsas Hamnow, Tox., Jan, 9,—[Special Telegram to Tie Brk.]—The groat sale of town lots which closed here last night was by all odds the most important and extensive ever held in the south. The solid men of twenty-two states and throo Buropean gov- ernments showed by their purchases the faith they have in the deep water movement at Aransas Harbor, and the fact that over 250,000 worth of town property has been sold here, by public and private salo, during the past two days is sufticient evi- dence to demonstrate the confidence the whole public feels in the grand undertaking, which will soon give the southwest a seaport at this point. There is new hope and life throughout this whole section anda the gigantic improvements now in progress hoere, including the double track terminal rallroad which is to connect us with deep wat ry, & new seventy-room hotel, ruilroad depot uha residence and business buildings every where, prove that the projectors of this new city mean business and are determined to make Arunsas Harbor the groat commercial me. tropolis of the southwest h 1ts adjacent tributaries, A healthy activity prevails in and around the youug city and no town over yet started on a° grander carcer than that which swilos ou tho - dostiuy of Arausas Har- or. -~ Emma Abbott's Cuicago, Jan, 9. — The Emma Abbott took place tral music hall this afternoon, Tho ball was thronged. Miss Abbott's relatives and hun- dreds of friends were present, whilo the casket was litorally buried in floral tributes from wll over the country. Prof. David Swing aud Rev, Dr. Thomas pald tribute to the dead ip & brief discourse and # quartotte saug an appropriate hymn. T'he remaius were placed iu the vault at Graceland cemetory. il i Steamship Arrivals. At Now York—The India, from Hamburg . At London—Sighted: The Umbria, from New Yorik. At Hamburg—The Europis, from Phila- dalphia. At Bremenhaven—The Allor, from New York. e Wanted—A man of small capital to engage in good, paying oflice business in Nobraska or fowa.~ Call on or uddress Cook & Acres, Hotel Casoy. eral. funeral of from Cen URDAY, CRUSHED 1]:7 AN ELEVATOR. Wesley Woodward's Tragio Lincoln Hotel, FREMONT'S [ifSéR|MINATING BURGLARS, Death in a They Seleot hvi\,\- the Most Valuable Goo 18 in a (lothing Store mary "' Punighment Anital Abuses, ar b Sum- of LixcoLy, Neb, Jan. 9.—[Special Telogram to Ti: Ber. | —Wesley Woodward, a colored waiter at the Lincoln hotel, in some unac- countablo manner was caught in the rear ator at that hostelry tonight and after being crushed dropped down three stories. His nock was broken by the fall and he was found dying in the cellar at the bottom of the shaft. He ceased to breatho in about ten minutes. The exact manner in which the ac cident occurred is not known, but it is bos lieved that ho kot on the alevator on the scc- ond floor and ia his attempts to run it, in the absence of the regular elevator boy, became caught between the car and a window inthe shaft. The dod from the pressur leaving Whitney's crushed body in the open ing. The elevator shot up to the top floor mu]n\\'hmm s body fell to tho bottom of the shaft, Discriminating Thieves. Fresoxt, Neb,, Jan, 8,—[Special Telegram to Tur Bre.]—The store of 8. Sickel, cloth- ing merchant, was broken into last night and between $300 and $400 worth pf lizh t goods such us necktios, scarfs, gloves and jewelry taken. One overcoat one full suit and one coatand vost and three volises were also taken. The thicyes, for there was more than ono of them, effected an entrance from a rear window with sfuch force as to break the fastoning, after which the window was raised. One of them entered tho store through this window, unfastened the back door and admitted his confederate. As yot there is no clue to either goods or thioves, The latter gave amplo evidence of being good judges of goods, as the better qualities were invariably selected and taken, while tho in- Lerior grades were loft, York Oadrellows. York, Neb., Jan, 9.—Last night 140 invited guests assombled in Oddfellow’s hall in this city to wituess theinstallation of officers of York encampment No. 30, Independent Order of Oddfellows, Hon. N. V. Harlan welcomed the guests by an address which was a very appropriate and masterly one. After tho address the following ofiicers were qualiied: H. E. Baker. C. P.; M. Hix, H. P G. F. Bure, 8. W.; J. D. White, S.} I3, Stuche, treasurer; and A, J. Wilkins. J. W. After tho coremonies refreshments were erved and the guests mingled in social e joyment the balance of the evening. The en- campment is comparatively a young orgeni- zation as yet, but it is rapidly gaining strength, and the promises for 1ts future are bright. Served Them Right. Fremoxt, Nob,, Jan, 9.—[Special Telogram to Tug Ber.|—During a public sale at the farm of John Wagner, near Snyder, this county, three men from West Point began to cruelly abuse a team of horses belonging to Joseph Robinck. The owner repeatedly re- quested the men not to molest his. team, but they rofused 1o listen to him. Finally Robinck, aided by Josoph Wagner, attacked the trio of toughs and_administered a sound drubbing to all of the trio. One of them was very severcly pumshed. The verdict is: “Sérved them right.” Thieves at Rathburn. GrxEva, Neb,, Jan. 0. —([Special Telegram to Tup Ber.]—William Bruse was arrested last night by OfiicorBeals for stealing car- pentors tools, Hewas going todoquite a business, no loss than six. carpenters having suffered loss. The case will come up tomor- row. Ho is ready toplead guilty on a part of the charges. Things are getting pretty lively, ouc party was away a few days and lost his coal pile The Baby Was Stranglod. Fugyoxt, Neb, Jon. pecial Tele- gram to Tue Bre.]—It has been developod that the Johnson babe of Sauuders couuty, alluded to in Tuesday’s dispatches 6s having been smothered to death on its mother's kuece while nding to Wahoo, was strangled by an over-supply of nourishment while nursing on the road. 9.—| € Nick is Fixed. Fresoxt, Neb, Jan. 9.—[Speciat Telo- gram to Tue Bee.]—Negotiations were com- pleted this’ evoning througb which N. J, Rouin became owner of J. R. Gount's half interest in the New York hotel and tho Ex- chauge, the saloon connected with the house, M. Ronin 15 already in possession. Snow at York. Yorw, Neb. Jan. 9.—[Special Telegram to Tk Bee.]—Snow fell to the depth of threo inches last night and the feathery flakes are still faliing heavily. The prospects for a blizzard, if the wind should become stronger, is good, 'as the svow is fine and dry. intible it il More Experimenting Necessary. Loxpox, Jan. 0, —A special says Prof. Vir- chow delivered a lecture beforo the Berlin Medical society, giving the results of twenty- one post-mortem examinations made on the bodies of patients who died after being treated with the lymph according to the methods Prof. Koch. Virchow declared that it was not clearly proved that the lymph would destroy the tuberculosis tissue and it was dangerous to operate on weak patients, Ho declared that much experimenting with the lymph was still necessary to establish the value of the new remedy, A Dakota Town Burning. Mircuent, S. D, Jan. 9.--[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.|—A disastrous fire oc- curred this morning at Armour, Douglas county, destroying twoentire blocks and the firo was still raging at last reports, In response for help the Mitchell fire department started there by special train at 7:30 this moruing. It is evident that al- most the entire business portion of the town ash been destroye Later—The loss apounts to $00,000, Fif- teen buildings wepe either totally or partially destroyed, e Big Smelting Works. WASHINGTON, Jun .—The burcau of Amer- fcan republics is Wférmed that since the pas- sage of the MeKinloy bill, which places a high duty on silvgr.bearing lead ores, form- erly brought from Mexico to the United States for reduction; a company has been es- tablished for the tion of a large smelting works at Sun Luis Potosi, with a_capital of 1,000,000, furnished by ‘& New York syndi- cate, Lo A Favorable'Report Authoriz:d. WasniNeroy, ‘Jan, 9. — Representative Sweney of Towa sns authorized today by the house committee*'on' commerce to report fa- vorably the bill“to incorporato the Pan- American transpértation company, which proposes to engage in business betiveen Gal veston, Mobile and other gulf ports and ports in South and Central Amenica. A majority of the board of directors must be citizeus of the United States, ———e Bierbower's Regime, Siovx Crry, Ia, Jan. 9.—[Speciul Telo- gram to Tue Bee.|-Under the cconomical management of Receiver Bierbower the ex- penses of the Pacific short line rond to O'Neill have boen reduced $1,0 a month, All supernumeraries have been promptly ro- moved. Mr. Bieroower uas shown himself to be & business man. s ST, Coming Crop Report. WasuiNaroy, Jan. 9.—~The report of the do partment of agriculture, estimating the ucre JANUARY onts for 1809 by states, will bo civen out to- morrow afternoon. The condition of grow- ing wheit during December will also oo reported upon, 10, 1861, el - Excluded From the Mails, Venrmiiioy, 8. 0, Jan, 9. al Telo- guam to Tie Ber |—Word has been roceived from the postofiice autherities at Washington sustaining the action the postmaster at s place in rofusing to the Plain 1k newspaper for distribution on account of its containing an _ndvertisemer ralicof am % b, of the mer of this city ol the paper threa ens to earry the matter iuto the courts for settlement., CAUSED A SENSATION, Reports of the Trouble in the Caro- line Islands Received in California. Mabmin, dun. 9.—[Special Cablegr Tk Bere.|—The news has reached here, via San Francisco and Now Yo to the ora of insurrection and bloodshood existing in the Caroline islands between the natives and the Spanish troops quartered theve, and has caused considerablo of ® sensation. It is tearcd the United States may claim heavy damages from Spaw for losses suffored by American citizons. The Americans here hope that the action of Admiral Belknap in dis patching the cruiser Allinnce to Ponape, in ordoer to protect the American wissionaries whose lives and projorty were endangered, will havea beneflcial offoct, Further and more detailed news from the Caroline islands is auxiously awaited to e PLIMSOLL'S SCHEME, Tt is Not Reorived with the Favor Ex- pected by Him, Toroxto, Ont., Jun, 9. —[Special Telegram to Tue Ber]—A coblo dispaten from the London Glove says Plimsoll is not having things all way in tho agitating abolition of tho livostock trade. His to tho Times from New York, declaring that the fecling in favor of she abolition is uuanimous and quoting the views of ono meat sales elicited strong rejoinders from Sir Baden, Powell, Allan Brothers and Drum- mond, ' secretary of the forcign cattle trad Plimsoll’s let ter was shown to bristle with exaggerations and misleading statements. It is urzed that the trado on the present lines benefits the British consumer, tho farme tradesman and ship owner, with an ex- tremely small risk of loss when properly conducted, his own 4 BOMBSHELL. Bismarck Offercd the Presidency of the Grand Ducal Ministry. LoNpox, Jan. 9.—[Special Cablegram to Turk Ber,)—Berlin advices say that a bombes shell, in the imperial cabinet, - could hardly have caused more consternation than the re- port that the grand duke of Mecklenburg- Schwerin had offered to tho presidency of tho grand ducal The grand duke is the b feudal rulers of Germany. Attached by an- cosiry tothe Slavs, he made the attachment stronger by marriage to & mem- bor of the Russian imperial family. His fawmily is older than the Hohenzollerns and fully as proud and he considers himself at least the equal of the German emperor. His aiscontent with the kaiser's policy both in its anti-Russian features and its cont of ancient fendal privilezes has long be pareat, and if the statement, of the usually well informed Frankfur itung proves true it will be taken for granted that he has now struck the first open blow against the ruler of the new German empire. There is 1o dount that he has many sympathizers ana that the kaiser has good cause for alarm. - FOR THE CUP. Minncapolis Pastor Into Serious Trouble, MixNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 9.—[Special Tel- gram to Tt Ber.)—The Broadway Metho- dist charch and its pastor, Rev, R. A. Sadlicr, until a short time ago a resident of Beatrice, Neb., have parted company and the dominie is in disgrace because he imbibed too freely of the cup that cheers ana then inebriates. Rev. Sadlier has only been in charge bere since the end of the last conference year. Ho was an entiro stranger in Minneapolis, but he was a man of fine appearance, a good pulpit orator and was a gencral favorite. Soon, however, it became apparent that there was something wrong. Sadlior becamo carcless and could not be depended on to be on hand when wanted, Ho was frequently noticed to iddled condition and ihe odor of liguor was noticed about him ‘Things went from bad to worse until at longth members of the congregation brought the matter to the attention of Presiding Elder John Stafford of this discrict, who has dismissed the pastor and placed IRev, David Tice in chargo of the pulpit as temporary supply. e S Sl 5 AMUSEMENTS, min A LoV, It Gets a romantic grand opera, *Carmen,” with Jessie Bartlett Davis in the titie role, ved a very strong interpretation at the Boyd last night by the Bostonians. Until the tinale of thoe opera was reached, there was some doubt whether the company, which has been identified so long with lighter compositions, could successfully handle so exacting a score as “Carmen,’ but oll doubts were set at rest by the time tho opera was ended. Among grand operas “Curmen” deservedly takes high rank. written by a master of musical construction upon a nigh musicianly plane, it has for years peen first in the reper- toire of great artists, Tt affords a wide scope for strong dramatic work and the wisdom of its selection by the Bostonians was enthusiastically proven last evening. Frown prineipals down there was an intelli- gout appreciation shown that was very r freshing after the surfeit of opera comique which theater goers have had sinco the soa- son began. “There was no hesitation in tho rendition of the thrilliag story, and the cnsemble was quite up to the heavy requirements of the work in hand The Carmen of Jessio Bartlott Davis is one of the strongest studies yet given by that very charming woman. 1tis seemingly a labor o1 love with her, for it affords ma niticent scope for the display of dramatic ability, which is an unknown quantity usually to the lyric artiste, No pomt has been allowed to escape noticed and her realization of the charac proves Mrs. Davis to be one of the leadinyg singers of the operatie stage, Miss Juliette Cordon has developed wi derfully since last heard heroa year Hor voice has grown in volume, and'she sing with delightful intelligence. 'As Michonla she won a highly gratifying success, display- ing o beautiful voice, pavticularly ciear and limpid in the uper register. Mr. W. H. MacDouald as the Torreador was thoroughly in harmony with the role, He was in fino voice and sang his stiermg numbers remarkably well, considering that he is one of the hardest worked members of the company. Mr. Ferdinand Shutz as Jose was some- what of a disuppointment, not in his vocal efforts but in_his_interpretation of the book He speaks Iuclish with dificulty and fails very often to appreciate the nice distinetions drawn vy the adapter. But_musically his work wns very pleasing, Ho has a strong tenor vowce, particularly well doveloped in the middle rogister and with & better knowl- edge of the language will prove to be o valua- ble nequisition to the organiaatior Frothingham and Fred Dixon made two very desporate smugglers, while Miss Finlayson and Grace Reals filled the roles of Frasquits and Mercodes vory ac- ceptably. Under the compoetent direction of Mr, Sam Studley the orchestra acquiticd itself most croditably, contributing materally to the successful presentation of the opera. And the chovus deserve no small part of the credit for the sucoess of the performance, for throughout it sanir with the micest dis: crimination possible und gave a very stroug | background 10 the principals. | “I'he sudienco was even more fashionablo | th on night when “Robn | the opening Hood"" was giyen, tho and repetitions do- age, pr duet aud value of corn, wheat and | manded showed the bit the opera made, ad and frout of the | | finding that a que | would wreck SILVER COMPROMISE LIKELY, There Would Bs No Opposition to Frae Ooin- ago of the American Product. | LOBBYING AGAINST POSTAL TELEGRAPH. Postofices Again Pree 1 Considering Measure, . The Honse Comm 'ttee and Post Ko, vented Frol the on 518 IFOURTEENTH STREET, Wasnixeros, D. € A compromise on the silver tion is probuble Wasnrsaroy Buisaw Tie Ovins Bre, } , Jan.' 0, colnage quos- The advocates of unlimited freo coinage now acknowlodge that if they continue upon the line thoy are f8llow ing they L forever stranglo their position, and they compromise, Speaker ed Wikl nover pormit unlimitod froo coin- age to come bof 10 house even though it could get out of comrgittes, and he will not suffer consideration of any financial measure which could be amended unaer the rules by the acceptance of a free coinagoe featuro un- less he has assurance that no flauk movement like that which sidetracked is attempted. Ho will take no chances, Oneof tho leading froo coinage advocates said this afternoon to your correspondent on the floor of the scuate: “We may misn on free coinage for Amorican silye Others binted a similar « 1 Dorsoy of tho ouse committee on banking aud currency, who will have charge of the finance bill now beforo the sen- te when it goos to tho lowor brauch of con- gress, whether it contains freo or not, sald: “The speaker will offer no bind rance to frea coiuage for American Wo would promptly report it from commit- tee and it would be adopted tho floor of the houso without delay. 1 believe the same action would be given an amendment which went further and author- ized the secretary of tho treasury to buy all the silver bullion source and issue_cer it. What the anti-freo o e men to s the creation of a market in the United Statos for all the silver produced in the wor a fixed price. 1f wo can make § cents worth of bullion worth $1 in gold by simply stamp: ing it with federal y_ tho government of tho States and not tho foroign powers should benefit by it. So long us we confine our coinage to silver purchised at warket prices created by the standard of other ro- ducts our government males the profit of the nage, but whenever we make it possiblo for foreigners to send their S0 cents worth of bullion here and get in return a ecertificato worth 81 in zold we open @ milling business for the world which we must some day balance." Thereis a gradual shifting of the freo coinage advocates to this way of looking at the problem, and a compromise is becoming more and more likely every day. WANAMAKER'S POSTAL TELEGRAPI BIL The house committeo on postoftices und post roads adjourned again today without taking action upon the Wanamaker bill to es- tablish a limited postal telograph, Tho op- position, which consists solely of the lobby, i of the committeo could bo prevented, mustered all of its forces, and by diseussing dilatory motions until the hour for the meeting of the house caused the meet- ing of the committee to end without, result The friends of the bill, however, take new hope, for on Cucsday of this week the oppo- sition being afraid to go into the committe and vote against the report, had to content themselves with breaking & quorum, The bill would have been reported favorabiy on thatday even though Candler of Mussichusetts, one of the strongest sup- porters of it, was away in Florida but for the absence of Hayes of lowa, who, though promising to bo preseut, carcfully sta Tho friends of the bill rallied ag; considering o the cleetion bill yutemplation coinage silver, on from whatever To those who have watched closcly inside the postal telegraph fight in this and the last session of congress some recent civ- cumstances are curious aud interosting, There is no doubt that the rumors of Post- master General Waunemaker's fin nancial embarrassment, which hay appeared from time | to time have cmanated trom the office of Jay Gould, It is certain that he threatened months ago to vlay havoe with Mr. Wanamaker's finuncial credit, and 1t is certain that the reports which have been telegraphod east from wwostern cities were sent there by the opposition peo- ple to be telegraphed east. These rumo have recurred again and again, but so far from frightening the postmaster’ general or causing im the slightest anuoyance, person- ally or financiully, they have only served to draw his friends closer ubout him'and to com- pact, them in better fighting form than ever, He has never worried for a moment about the affect of these ramors, which in themselves, however baseless thoy might be, almost any business man of large overations, for the very fact that all these rumors ciused no annoyanco at all is tho best possible evidonce of “his financial sounduess. On_ the contrary, inthe postal telograph, s in his anti-loitery and other fights, he'has goue on persistently and good- naturedly, gaining a point and making a friend whevever e could. Soven of the nine republican members of the committee and several of the democrats are heartily with him in this, as inhis other postal reforms, The two republican membors who have se the most service and are with bim at hoar X Bingham of Philadelphia, the chairman, and Ketcham of New York, the next ' memberin point of service, oppose the postal telogragh bill by trying to preveit its consideration. All of thé other republican members are hoartily in favor of it, as the president, n majorit, cabinet and the postofiice committ e senuto are. The policy of delay was affectual in tho cas of the anti-lottery bill until attention was drawn by the newspapers to the fact that the measure had been cavefully stowed away for seven or eight months. It was said at the time that the man whoshould delay the cousideration of the anti-lottery bill should have §1,000 a month for doingso, and it is well known that the scandalous methods of th lotlery lobby, who seemed to have mno end of money to £pend, being brought to the at- tention of the peoplo was the chief cause of the passage of the bill. The limited postal telegraph bill has encounterod within the last fortuight tho united opposition of the democrats on the postofice committee of the house. If it should reach the house calendar it would receive there united opposition there. Som of the straight democrats on the committoe, like Blount of Guoorgia and Crain of Texas, who have studied postal tel- cgraphy and have belioved in it and besides have large farming constituencies which want it, have boen at neart in favor of the Winamicer bill, but a united democratic pol- icy has beeu determined upon, which proposes thiat all legislation in this direction shall bo stopped at all hazaras, at least until the gext session. This will rob the republ canl of any cvedit for logislation among the iudus- trial and farming masses, wno are g ) supposed 1o have things wll their owi way in the recent tions. Tho develop: ments of today as well as moro direct infor- mation from certain_democtatic campign manas itively confirm the belief that the democracy will furnish s compromise postal telegraph next session if it must, which it would prefer not to do, but at any rate it has alreaay mado an alliance by which all postal tolograph legislation is 1o be staved off us long as it can be, NEBRASKA\'S PAME SPREADING. Representative Dorscy was in his seat the floor of the house tuday after an absence I al days at his howe in Nobraska. With his aveival came, 100, tho pross reports of the Lincoln dificulties. The newspapers toduy reportall sorts of violence among the Nebiaska logislutors at Lincoln, and Mr Dorsey was the butt of many cuttiug observa. tions on the part of members on tho floor of the house. *You Nebraskans appear 1o have adopted our tactics to settlo un alllance dis pute,” said one Georgia bourbon, Another southerner saig: *With the drouth in some of the western counties _and an Indian outbreak along the South Dakota line, the state turucd over to the aemocrats sud war among the legislators, Nebraska is rivalling Mississippi.”” The Kunsas republicans are much interested in the vroubles at Liucolu, for they will not be The jmportance of purifying the blood ean mot be overestimated, for without pure blood you eannot enjoy good health, At this season nearly every one needs a good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich the blood, and Hood's Sarsaparilla is wor 1y your confidence. It is pecullar in that it strengthens and builds up the system, creates an appetite, tones the digestion, while it eradicates ¢ . Give itatrial Hood's 8a 1l is s0ld byall druggists. Prepared by C. L Jood & Co., Lowell, Masw 100 Doses One Dollar b biiq surprised to havo a connterpart to th fore i successor to Senator Ing the allianco having throatened to man cl heir ticket who publican, especially Tngalls, republicans here are” maiutainiu reputation of their state, YOl RE N boe od, lang an Volos. for I'he Nebrasie ; the yood s i3 vie 10US LIBENTY Two representatives of the National Relig fous Liberty society arrivel here today for the purpose of ury L1038 ot to tal any hand in prohibiting the opening of th world's fair on Sunday by were att capitol most of the day interviowing senators and membess, and have acranged with Chai man Chandler of the world’s fair committen to havea hearing the ¥ part of next week. The representatives are Alonzo 1| Jones, editor of the American Sentiuel of New York, which is ¢ oted to the inter- estof religious liborty, and W. H. MeKee, ono of the leading members of thio society. M Jones said: “Our constitution is that con- gress has no right to mix in affairs of churcn dstate. 1t has no constitutional right to pass any legislative which will prohibit the hing of the worl fairon Sunday, If rss prolibits the opening of the fair on Sunday there is no reason then why it should not go on and logislate concerning Sunday in all o nches of business, We believe that people should be left to do as they choose uch a matter. Itis a question of perso liberty aud congress should not attempt to upon this liberty, Thero is no 1 why congress Should attempt to undiy i view of the feeling of & in branch of the community than that they should rec aturday in view of tho veligious viows of unother branch of citizous, pin our talk with congressmen there seems o be a general fecling against meddling with the Sunday guestion and a disposition to let thit matter rest with the auttorities at Chi- cago I'he pa cular measure which religious liberty society is that introduced by Represeutative Morse, which says “that no oxposition for which’ an appropriation is made by congress shall be opened or Sunday under penalty of a fine of not less thau §100 and not wore than §1,000 for every violation.” TWO LAND DECISIONS. The assistant secretary of the interf¥ ot aflirmed the d sion of the commissioner tho land office in cuncelling the entry of Henry S. 1. Warren fora tract of land in section 2 p 106 north, range b6 west, Mitehell, Ho also concirred in the d cision of Commissioner Groff in_cancellin the ghomestead entry of John C. Johnson for land in section” 3, township % nosth, > obrara, Neb., on the contest homas H. Sioner. POSTMASTERS APPOINTED. bson was today appointed post- at Wihitney, Dawes county, Nebraska, r, resigned. he following were appointed postmasters in South Dakota: Deval Faulk county, H. Dewolf, vice N. . Howes, resigned; View- field, Lawrence county, Mrs, N. L. Shoune, viee A. Todenwarth, resigned. SISCELLANEOUS, A new weekly paper was issned hero today called The Pensioner. The announcement is made that every subscriber to the newspaper will thereby retain the services of thoe mun- rs, without fee, to facilitate action in their pension easos. The caitor of the paper s Smith B, Fry, a well kuown correspondent of several ledding daily newspapers, 1 business managee is Fred J. Haig, at present and for several years past, private secretarv wtor John . ligalls, Bach of theso tlemen b ousiderable exporicneo b the pension oilice, and thero cnterpriso is endorsed by all the representatives and ators from the northern and westora states. Most prominent among their backers are Sanators Allison of lowa, Sawyer and Spooner of Wiscousin, Plumb'and Ligalls of IKansas, Manderson and Paddock of Nebs Pettigrow and Maody of South Dakota, Hig ins of Deloware, MeMillen of Michigan 150, Congressmen McKinley, Burrows, Hen derson of Jowa, Speaker Recd and others of like stauding. corge H. Harrles, a congressional re- porter for the Evening Star of this city, has left for Pine Ridgo. He goes via Omaha, where he procures an outflt. Mr. Harris is a doscriptive ,writor of con- siderable power and will work up 4 new He is not with- out expericnco in fronticr life, Representative Dorsoy has~ rocommendod of a pension examining amaii and the appointment of 301, Ax D, Nosbit and We 1hors of the board. mtroduced a bill appropri- 1,000 1o bo oxponded under the di- otion of the seeretary of agricalture in pur- hasing and disteibuting secd grain for tho farmers in the countios of Brown, K Paha, Sheridan, Cherey, Dawos, Box' Buito d Sioux who haye beon compaiied to loavo nomes duving the recent Indian out Mr. Dovsey believos that he can pro- adoption of such a measur ded to meat the neods of roalc in South Ditkota excites the ha board Drs. M L. Pier which will b sufferors fro and probably Wyomin The seertiry r today notified Mr Dorsey that any requisiti by the gove cruor of Nebrasiea for ar 1ition would be filled, W. K. Peoblos of Peud: lavd's W. J. Williamson and wife of Vinola, Ore,, arc at the Avno, Captain Jamoes H. Hurst, Twolfvh fnfantey, has been ordered to repert to Genoral Miles at Piue Ridge. Priey 8. Heari - Mannix Acquitt Sioux Paris, 8. D gram to Tk By jury in th Zlement case of 1. J. Mannix, with the West- crn Union company as presecuting witness, was out only an hour and a half and vetaraed a verdict of not gulity, The second indict- ment, grand lavceny, the company saucuice will ot be prosecuted o -— Killed by a Powd SAN Fraxcrsco, Cal,, Jan. 9,—One Ching- man was killed two white men fatally ine explosion in the mills of the Tornia powd er works at Downing station. Wil- r, Neb., is at a. xplosion. Speaker N. V. Harlan, late candidato 3 from the Second district, is in the city and is congratulating himself’ that he was not callod upon to preside over such a turbulont asscublace as the prosent bou of representatives hus proven o be. Mr. J. Obertoldor of accompaniod by bis children, Blancho.and Sidney, arrived from New York vesworduy morniug aud ieft for home lust oyening, S ——————— ROE KOC PROE. KOCH. Recommeads tho Sodon Pastillos (trochos) f all throat, liung and catarehal disoumos. Dr, Kook sald. “A cough for wnich I teled wany other medleines, which had not the siightos effeet, soon becamo botier und hus now entires Ly disuppoared, through use of Soden Minersl Pastilies.” Obtain the genulne artiole, which st have the sipusty o and re ommendution 0f Morrell Mackeutlo with eash box, Price 50 conta.