The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 25, 1895, Page 1

> " VOLUME LXXVIIL_NO. 35. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1895. TROOPS ORDERED OUT! Regulars Dispatched 10| the Jackson Hole Country. PROSPECTS OF A FIGHT. It Is Feared Settlers Will Be Attacked Before Aid Arrives. BRAVES ARE ELOODTHIRSTY.| Hastening to the Front to Avenge the Killing of Their Tribesmen. 4.—Assistant f the Interior Depart- Richards thiseven- Coppinger had been the scene of the Indian for the protection of jovernor was also ad- Coppinger that four 1 been ordered from to the Jackson Hole Van Horn, command- | has been ordered to in readiness, and has es of infantry prepared to Thomas Moore, chief train- | )i the Army of the Platte, stationed | p Carhn, near this city, has two CHEYENNE Becretary Re} the s Stitzer of the State is stationed at Market Lake, Governor’s representative, | ned of the situation. He | in of police in Teton Basin five horses, hurrying out . Saw him again at 11 nnot control ig 3 rds was of the opinion between the settlers and In- s W take place before the troops get on the ground, but thatif the lers were well provided with ammuni- they would hold their own until aid There are sixty-five able-bodied zson Hole settlerment, all skillful in the use of arms and accustomed | to frontier methods. These, with thirty- five women and forty children, are all at Marysvale, the only town in the region. To reach this settlement troops will have to be taken in from Market Lake, Idaho, overland, a distance of over 100 miles. Part of thg way is through a very rough country. BRAVES WANT REVENGE. Massing for War in the Jackson Hole Country. POCATELLO, Inamo, July 24.—“Excite- ment in the Jackson Hole countryis at fever heat. It is not safe for ranchmen to The Indiaus are thor- leave their home I These were the words of Indian Agent ho returned early this morning, burned and worn out from a hard trip to the Jackson Hole Valley, where the In- dian is located. He left the agency last Tk going to Market Lake. From there he went overland 120 miles, in \eriff Hawley of mont County, to Marysvale, the post- e at the south end of Jackson Hole. rther to the CALL correspond- e present conditions in the valley, e thoroughly alarmed, have good reason to be. upon the killing of their warriors as nothing short of murder, and are now preparing to avenge their deaths. There are no large camps of Indians at present in Jackson Hole proper, but I was informed that there are from 250 to 300 camped in the Fall River Valley, th y-five miles south. There are Indians, | however, scattered all through the coun- try, 2nd it is not safe for white men to go out alone. The Indiansshoot from ambush at every white man who makes his ap- pearance, and the whites have adopted the same tactics toward the Indians. The set- tlers have congregated at several points to protect themselves. I urged them to pre- pare for an attack, but not to assume the aggressive toward the wards of the Gov- ernment. The settlers are anxious to go out after the Indians and wipe them out. Both sides are now very determined. The settlers decided a year ago that if the Indians returned this summer they would break up their custom of hunting in this locality. “The women are almost distracted with fear, and as there are not more than 200 settlers in the Jackson Hole Valley I con- sidered it necessary to send in the call for troops, which I did immediately upon my arrival here. Ido not think the settlers are in immediate danger, but if the troops are not sent at once they will be.”’ Agent Teters did not believe the troops would be of real assistance unless the) were stationed right in the Jackson Hole Valley at Marysvaleand the country just south of the National Park. He was in- clined to criticize very severely the party of deputy constables who shot so hur- riedly into the crowd of Indians who tried 1o escape arrest. They were, he said, re- sponsible for ail this trouble, and some. of them are already skipping the country for fear a subsequent investigation by Uncle Sam may resuit n their being arrested. Mr. Teters said that the Indians were not the only ones who break the game laws, but that the white settlers were equally as bad, and the white tourists and Eastern hunters were much worse than the red men. He said that in the Jackson Hole Valley it is estimated that there were at least 20,000 elk and many antelope, and that it was the only remaining locality in the United States where moose were still to be found. These animals could not be preserved from extinction in the Yellow- stone Park, and he firmly believed that the Government should without delay provide for making the wonderful Jackson Hole before they arrived. Valley a part of the National Park. As soon as Mr, Teters arrived at the agency trusted messengers were sent out to all the absent Bannocks and Shoshones, telling them that the soldiers were coming and urging them to peaceably return home There is considerable eculation as to whether this order will e any effect since the Indians have be- come so worked up, and as long as they must know that, located as they are in probably the wildest spot in this country, the handful of soldiers that will be sent out could hardly find them before winter if they choose to keep out of sight. Word has been received at the Bannock agency that Jim Ballard, who is ac- knowledged to be the most dangerous Indian on this reservation, is at the Salt River Valley meeting of Bannocks, Sho- shones and Utes, with about fifty of his followers. The authorities are very anx- ious that these disturbers shall not join theAl)elligerema congregated on Fall River. It is greatly feared, however, that when the trading and races are ended on Salt .Rl.\'Pl' these Indians will go north and join the others. If they do so the com- bined force would probably number 600 at least, and should they plan a united cam- paign of revenge against the whites it will be attended with dire results. AN APPEAL FOR TROOPS. General Coppinger Ordered to the Seat of Irouble, WASHINGTON, D. O., July 24.—The Indian agent at Fort Hall confirms The United Press reports concerning the killing of Indians and makes a strong plea for the immediate intervention of troops. Indian Commissioner Browning this morning re- ceived a dispatch from Agent reters, stat- ing that a serious condition of affairs ex- isted among the Bannock Indians, and sking that troops be sent to the scene of trouble at once. Commi: ner Browning held an hour’s conference with Secretary Lamont at the War Department this morning on the Bannock Indian outbreak with its at- tendant casualties. He said that his. of- fice was advised that hundreds of Indians were out of the reservation. He had ap- plied to Secretary Lamont for troops with which to corcpel their return, but the Sec- retary was not yet prepared to grant the request. It would be made the subject of | a consultation between Secretary Lamont nd General Ruger, which immediately followed that between the Secretary and Commissioner Browning. After the conference with General Ruger ana Major Davis Secretary Lamont this afternoon sent directions to Brigadier- General Coppinger, commanding the De- tment of the Platte, to proceed im- mediately to the scene of the troubles and ascertain the exact situation. General Coppinger is to order the movement of such troops as will protect settlers and secure the return of the Indians to their reservation. The orders to General Coppinger author- ize him to issue the necessary orders for the movement of such troops as he shall deem necessary for carrying out the re- quest of the Department of the Interior, and to prevent a conflict between the Ind- ians and settlers, and to return the Indians to their reservation. Should he decide that troops from other departments than his own are neciessary, he is instructed to advise the War Department as to the special force he desires. TWENTY WHITES SLAIN. Sensational News Brought by a Mail Driver to Market Lake. NEW YORK, N. Y., July from Market Lake, Idaho, sa A mail driver reports that a courier who came into Roxburg, Idaho, from Jackson Hole, said that a fight occurred Tuesday night and twenty white men were killed. 1f true, it is strange the courier has not yet reached here, as the driver says he was bound for this point to telegraph for help. THE R OF 1878. How the Bannocks Fiere Subdued in a Former Outbreak. ““History repeats itself”” in the uprising of the Bannocks. This is shown by the general orders and circular issued by the Department of the Columbia from Fort Vancouver October 4, 1878, in which is found the following: The Bannock Indians, leaving their reserve- tion at Fort Hall, swept rapidly across the southern part of 1daho, robbing and murder- ing as they went, gathering at the same time a constantly increasing foree until they num- bered at Steins Mountain a band of 600 or 700 warriors—Bannocks, Piutes, Klamaths and Co- jumbia River renegades, with thelr women and children, & body of people not far from 2000 souls. Rapid as had been their movement, not less speedy was the pursuit. Within a few hours aiter the news of the Tevolt was received at Fort Boise the garrison of that post was in the field, and by forced marches of extraordinary length overtook the hostilesnear Steins Moun- tain, and despite the disparity of numbers (not less than seven to one) unbesitatingly charged and drove the Indians from their camp, kill- ing and wounding many and destroying & con. siderable amount of their property. Captain Reuben F. Bernard of the First Cavalry and the officers and men of that regiment with him in the engagement are deserving of high com- mendation for the gallant and dashing man. ner in which they inaugurated the campaign. By this time the intantry, which had been brought forward in wagons to aid in accom- plishing the long marches daily made, joined in the pursuit from Camp Curry, from which piace the Indians turned northward. The troops followed their obscure and difficult trail through the fastnesses of the Blue Moun- tains. The embarrassments of such s march can only be appreciated by those who have ex- perienced them. On July 7 a concentration of troops from front, rear and flank wss effected in the vicin- ity of Pilot Rock, near which place the:com- bined cavalry under the command of Captain “ernard struck the enemy, well posted in a chosen position in the mountains, aefeated him, drove him from his camp, and filled the forests of the Blue Mountains with fugitives, The hostiles soon made another attempt to carry out their original plan of crossing the Columbia River, which was defeated by tho gunboats under the prompt and vigorous com- mand of Captain John H. Kress of the ord- nance corps and Lieutenant Melville C. Wil- kin, aid-de-camp. Turning now toward the Umatilla reserva- tion, they are met by the artillery, infantry and dne company of cavalry, nnder commeana of Captain Eyan Niles, and again defeated and scattered. Al the approaches to the Columbia and Snake rivers are closed. Turn where they may. they find a force confronting them. Dis heartened and demoralized they turn upon their trail and fly, at first faster than the troops can pursue them. Lientenant-Colonel Forsyth of the First Cavairyin this pursuit strikes them once in an ambuscade. A severe skirmish en- R ene MO Ol o Seghpe, Syt : small parties and hide In thé msgnfltfi%‘fr-fi forests, whence they are hunted up and made tosurrender. A few, stealing horees as they TAn, are Ve y ca - Tis of the department. "> beyond the lim.- The campaign has been brought to a satis- factory close. Within ninety days a formida. ble foree of hostile Indians was répeatedly met in every encounter defeated, and finally cap. tured or dispersed, and with'the exception of a handfui, forced to surrender, until scarce a hostile Indian is unaccounted for. Success has characterized every movement, and it is an added source of gratification that all has been lccomrlluhud with so 1 aloss of life on the part of the troops. . 3 EVIDENCES OF GUILT. Bones Found Under the Former Abode of Holmes. QUICKLIME £ WAS USED. But the Substance Failed to Remove All Traces of the Foul Crimes. STORIES TOLD BY JANITORS. At Toronto the Coroner’s Jury Re~ turned a Verdict Against the Swindler of Murder. CHICAGO, ILL., July 24.—There were several new and important developments in the Holmes case here to-day. A num- ber of human bones were dug up by the laborers who have for several days past been excavating in the cellar at the house at the corner of Sixty-third and Wallace streets. The bones found were apparently part of the trunk of a female child. There were eighteen ribs, a number of vertebrse and a piece of much corroded bone which could not be assigned to any particular part of a body on account of being in an advanced state of decay, apparently from the action of some chemical. This bone, however, is supposed to be a portion of either a hip or a skull bone. ‘With the partial skeleton was found a* piece of torn skirt or chemise which bore marks that may or may not prove to be human blood. The sleeves of this garment were too long for the” arms of a child, and although the opinion prevails that the bones are those of a female child, the gown would seem to warrant the conclu- sion that they are part of the skeleton of a woman, the more so asit is well known that the bones of many women are little larger than those of children. Besides the finding of the supposed re- mains the detectives are to-night congrat- ulating themselves on another matter which seems hardly less important. This is the rounding-up of the two janitors who are believed to be more or less cognizant of the crimes of the insurance swindler. Word was sent to Joe Owens of Bluffton, Ohio, and Patrick Quinlan of Evanston to come to the Holmes building at once. The | word came from Chief of Police Badenoch and was imperative. Both men obeyed at once and this afternoon went to the Holmes building. They were taken down into the cellar where the bones were found and there on the scene asked what they knew about the matter, but both stoutly maintained their complete ignorance of the whole affair. Quinlan acted as a man ‘who was badly scared, but Owens did not seem much perturbed. Both of these men were employed at the Holmes building in 1893, the year the ‘Williams girls are supposed to have been murdered. Owens was the janitor of the building, while Quinlan was a sort of Jack of all trades, turning his hand to any work which came up for him todo, and Holmes, with his many queer schemes, kept him constantly busy. While neither man was placed under arrest on arriving at the building, both were from that time on un- der police surveillance. At present the detectives have nothing to hold them by save the strong suspicions they have that the men cculd tell considerable about the doings of Holmes if they cared to. A preliminary examination of the men was made late this afternoon, before put- ting them in the sweat-box to-night. Quinlan would say nothing, but Owens talked rather freely. The object of the preliminary examination was to get a few statements out of the men and then com- pare them with those made on the finalin- quiry in the hope that it might in this way be ascertained whether they were sticking to the truth or not. Owens was examined by Detective Fitz- patrick, a brother of the Inspector, who has charge of the Chicago end of the case. In regard to the mysterious box which by many was supposed to have been used by Holmes as a receptaele for the body of one or both of the Williams girls, Owens said : *I helped to carry the trunk to the third story, which Holmes and Pietzel took, from the depot in August, 1893, about the mid- dle of the month. In November, 1893, in conversation with me about the insurance he told me he wanted me to keep the Wil- liams girls in hiding; that he did not want them to be séen by any of the insurance people, and that he could get $1000 any way. “About last November or December, 1893, T assisted Holmes to establish the firm of Campbell, Yates & Co., for the pur- pose of getting insurance on the building at the southwest corner of Sixty-third and ‘Wallace streets, which insurapce he re- ceived about November, 1893, Holmes came to me and instructed me to repre- sent to the insurance company that I was the secretary of the company, which I did, and 1 made an affidavit to that effect. I also represented that I had met Yates and received stock from him. He also in- structed me to make the statement then that I had met Minnie R. Williams, which Idid. He induced me to make these state- ments by promising me my back wages, by his hypnotizing ways, and I candidly believed that he had a certain amount of influence over me. While I was with him I was always under his control. I never received my back wages.” Owens stated substantially the same thing to the reporter for The United Press, and the following additional remarks: “I never knew the Conner woman. I had heard of her, but had never met either her or the Williams girls. I never saw any woman around the place. Pietzel was the man who hired me and I met Holmes one day in the basement.” The bones found this morning are be- lieved by the Central station detectives to be those of Gertrude Conner, the daughter of Mrs. Julia L. Conner,who is now believed to have been one of the swindler’s victims. Mother and daughter disappeared about the same time. A warrant is now out for Holmes on the charge of murdering Mrs. Conner. The bones were found in a corner of the cellar. They were covered with quicklime, but were nevertheless in a fair state of preservation. All were as black as \if carved out of ebony. Not far away from the snot where the bones were unearthed | a rusty hatchet was found, but it is not be- lieved it was used as an instrument of vio- lence, as Holmes' past career,so far as krown, indicates that he was far too cun- ning to put to death avictim in sucha blundering manner. For the same reason the story that he carried the body of the Williams girl in a box is also disbelieved by those who are in a position to best judge of the case. Later on in the afternoon the workmen came upon another deposit of lime under the rotten stairway which was used as a secret means of ingress to the cellar. But one bone was found here, and it was pro- nounced by a physician who examined it to be part of the metatarsus or middle portion of the foot. Dr. Charles North pronounced all the rib bones and vertebre to be, without doubt, human bones. The testimony of Quinlan was by far the most important. He was questioned closely regarding the disappearance ' of Mrs. Connor, and admitted that he knew of it. Holmes, he said, first told him that Mrs. Connor had gone over on the north side to remain a few weeks. and then afterward said she had gone to California to live, and had got married there. It developed during the examination that Holmes had had Quinlan’s 11-year-old daughter insured for a thousand dollars, but whether or not he ever collected the insurance is not known. Quinlan says he can produce his daughter if necessary, and it is probable the police, with the fate of Minnieand Annie Williams in mind, wiil ask him to do it. Quinlan made many contradictory and improbable state- ments, and the police believe he knows a great deal more than he has yet told, and can perhaps be made to tell it. Neither man was placed under arrest, but both are under surveillance, and will probably be given another turn at the sweatbox to-morrow. Kitty Kelly, a stenographer for Holmes, is now said to be missing. Her friends have not heard from her since 1892, and they believe that Holmes has made away with her. NOW CHARGED WITH MURDLR. No Time Lost in Prosecuting Holmes in Ontarto. TORONTO, Oxtanto, July 24.—The in- quest into the murder of the Pietzel chil- dren was concluded to-night before Coroner Johnson and a jury. Some evi- dence was taken and a strong and vigor- ous summing up was made. The jury was out only fifteen minutes, and there was from the beginning no disagreement among them. They returned the follow- ing verdict: That Alice Pietzel came to her death on or about the 25th of October, in the city of Toronto, and that H. H. Holmes, alias Midgett, alias Howard, did, on or about the day afore- said, at the said city of Toronto, unlawfully, willfully and with malice aforethought, kil and murder her, the said Alice Pietzel, con- trery to the peace of our sovereign lady, the Queen, her crown and dignity. Coroner Johnson immediately issued his warrant for the apprehension of Holmes. This is the first case under the Carvadian criminal code in which the intervention of magistrate courts is unnecessary and the matter will go direct to the Attorney-Gen- eral’s department. Froucedizgs will be ken at once to have. Holmes extradited. Crown Attorney Dewart said this even- ing that the question of expense would not be considered by the Crown. He himself would immediately bring the matter be- fore the Attorney-General’s department. The following isa summary of the evi- dence taken to-night: Albert Low, bookkeeper at the Albion Hotel last October, identified photographs of the two Pietzel girls as those of the two children who were registered in the hotel in October last as Alice and Lizzie Can- ning. They were there several days, and their bill was paid by a strange man. A photograph was shown the witness, but he could not identify it positively, but said there was some resemblance. Dr. E. 8. McCully swore that Holmes was in his office in October and positively identified the photograph as that of Holmes. Holmes came to him to talk about the practice of medicine and gave him a card with the name of J. Howard Holmes, Cincinnati. Witness remembered this because he remarked that he (Holmes) had the blood of all the Howards in him and Holmes replied, “Yes.” Holmes wanted witness to go into part- nership with him in Detroit or Cincinnati, but the offer was declined. Isaac Ambrust, who occupied the house in St. Vincent street in which the body of one of the children was found, was present when the bodies were exhumed. He had noticed a bad odor in the kitchen for several weeks previous to the detectives’ visit to the house. Several days after the bodies were found the witness discovered a piece of white waist and a hair-ribbon sticking to one of the boards that had been lying in the cellar. In March last, when the witness moved into the house, he found some remnants of clothing and straw in the parlor chimney. There was part of a gray striped skirt, partof a brownish red garment, part of a blue dress and other fragments of clothing. These bore the ap- pearance of having been charred, as if an attempt had been made to burn them. A pair of girl's buttoned boots had been found by Mrs. Ambrust in the woodbox, and also an odd boot ana another article of woman’s clothing. This concluded the evidence, the Coro- ner summed up, and tne verdict quickly followed. CONNER’S CANDID TALK. He Knows Enough About Holmes to Hang Him. ASSUMPTION, Iun., July 241 L. Conner, also known as ‘“Ned” Conner, whose divorced wife, Julia, is supposed to have heen murdered by Herman Mudge, alias Howard, alias H. H. Holmes, has been keeping a jewelry-store in this city for two months. He has married a second time. Conner will not give any opinion on the provability of his former wife hav- ing been murdered, but talked freely of Holmes. He said: “1 think Holmes is one of the most smooth men I ever met. I was in partner- ship with him in a drugstore in Chicago. Ii I should tell all I know about Holmes 1 would hang him. I have known him to do things that no man on earth could or would do.” Conner said he was well acquainted with the building at Sixty-third and Wallace streets, now being torn down. He knows all the secret chambers and vaults, and had been through them several times. He was also acquainted with B. F. Pietzel and Minnie Williams. Conner sold his busi- ‘ness in'this city yesterday, and with bis ‘wife left on a late train last night for Chicago, but got off the train at Gibson City, the former home of ‘his second ‘wife.” He will arrive in Chicaco to-morrow: | h 1, FIVE. CENTS. AFTER A THIRD TERM, Administration Men in Favor of Cleveland’s Rule. WADE HAMPTON CANDID. Conservative Democrats May Be Forced to Follow Grover. OFFICE-HOLDERS INTERESTED. Maryland **Cuckoos” Take Up the Cry Greatly to the De- light of Mugwumps. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 24.—The Sun’s ‘Washington correspondent telegraphs: “Unless all of the administration Demo- crats in the Government service have re- ceived the wrong ‘tip’ from headquarters. President Cleveland ® is after a third term. Whenever an administration official is encountered a glimpse of the third term picture ‘is painted in its most glaring colors. ““The latest victim of the third-term fever is the venerable General Wade Humpton of South Carolina, who draws a heavy salary and performs the light duties’ of Commis- sioner of Railroads. It is alleged that General Hampton, while talking to a per- sonal friend, stated that Mr. Cleveland would be a candidate for a third term. The personal relations between the Presi- dent and General Hampton are such to warrant the inference that the latter was speaking from absolute knowledge on the subject. The statement was repeated to several of Hampton’s friends and it finally found its way into a North Carolina paper.” ‘When General Hampton's attention was called to the matter he gave it an evasive denial which confirms rather than refutes the story. The statement originally published was to the effect that General Hampton had said of his personal knowledge that Presi- dent Cleveland would be a candidate for a third term. “As a matter of fact,” said General Hampton to-day, “I haven’t the slightest reason for believing from anything Presi- pent Cleveland ever said or did that he is or will be a candidate for a third term. On the other hand, I have no idea he's think- ing about it or would consent to run for another term. I believe that I did say that if the different parties took to splitting up and a half-dozen candidates took the field a ot of conservative Democrats would want to Tun President Cleveland for a third term and that a big per cent among the Republicans would heartily join them.”” The third-term epidemic appears to pre- vail to an alarming extent among South- ern Democrats who are holding office under the present administration. They seem to be laboring under the impression that if Cleveland can be re-elected again they will continue in office. Beyond that point they have no interest in the third- term movement. The MaryJand ‘‘cuckoos’ in their eager- ness to lead the third-term procession have attempted to make Cleveland and third term the issue in the approaching State contest. The opponents of Senator Gorman in that State first tried to incite versonal quarrels among the leaders of the regular Democracy. Failing in that, they next proceeded to threaten to turn the State over to the Republicans. The rank and file of the Maryland Democrats resented such party disloyalty and finally the Mugwumps could not restrain their true purpose any longer, so they have now discarded ail the State issues and are urg- ing a band of malcontents to make Cleve- land and a third term the battle cry in the nominating convention that takes place in Baltimore next week. PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES. General Harrison's Chances Discussed by the Politicians. NEW YORK, N.Y., July 24.—National politics was greatly discussed in the corri- dors of the Fifth-avenue Hotel to-day and the consensus of opinion among the Re- publicans is that Harrison is out for the nomination in earnest. Senator Pettigrew talked most strongly against the proba- bility of Mr. Harrison being renominated. “1 certainly believe that the ex-President is a candidate, because everything indi- cates it. But in my State, South Dakota, he will not receive the vote of a single delegate, no matter what kind of a plea his managers may but forth. At the last Republican National Convention he re- ceived the eight votes from South Dakota, but of those eight at least five were really against him. The unit rule prevailed and some how, by pressure and Federal ap- pointees, the delegation went for Harrison. But I know the sentiment there is against him. He was nominated by Southern delegates at Minneapolis and Federal pat- ronage.” p “Suppose he should be renominated?"” “Qh, in that case the Republicans in my State would support him. Buteven among the ex-office-holders out there he is not popular. They resented the pressure put upon them when Mr. Harrison wished a second term. I do not think he will be nominated again, although he has shrewd managers.” Ex-Governor P. C. Cheney of New Hamp- shire did not think Mr. Harrison wasa candidate in the regular sense of the word, and he did not believe he was instigating any campaign for renomination. ‘“He made a great President,” said he, “and T do not believe he would engage in any scramble for the nomination.” The ex- Governor was the only man who believed that Mr. Harrison was not a candidate. “In Ohio it would be treason to be for anybody but McKinley,” said ex-Congress- man J. A. Long of that State. “We are all solid for McKinley, but at the same ‘time we know that Harrison is a candidate. 'Naturally those men who held office under him will support him. We know that In- diana is for the ex-President and will send ‘a delegation for him. He has many friends, land they are not all office-holders either. General New is a shrewd old campaigner ‘and he knows how_ to operate at a conven- not affect the feeling in Ohio for McKin- ley.” another Ohioan was present, General John S. Casement, once an ardent Pro- hibitionist, but now a follower of McKin- ley. He acreed with ex-Congressman Long in regard to General Harrison’s can- ‘didacy. Senator C. K. Davis and Colonel John Goodnow of Minnesota said they had received no communication from Mr. Har- rison’s literary bureau in Washington. They thought it was understood that the ex-President was in the race. The colonel is here on some mysterious business and many think that Senator Davis will soon appear upon the scene. It may be that Senator Davis wishes to form some kind of a combination in order to receive the nomi- nation for Vice-President. Colonel Good- now was reticent on the subject. “Harrison’s bureau has not sent mea letter yet,” said Chairman Hackett. e & am not an ex-office-holder, but I am a Republican. General Harrison may be in the race, but I think Governor Morton will get the nomination.” ONE FOOT IN THREE MONTHS. Remarkable Growth of a Sick Girl in Indiana. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 24.—Physi- cians in Jeffersonville, Ind., just across the Ohio River, are much mystified by the case of Grace Dougherty, 14 years old, who is believed to be dying at the home of her parents on Walnut street. In three months’ illness she has grown a foot in height. The symptoms at first indicated dropsy, and the attending physician said that was the cause of her ailment. Ever since her illness she has grown with vigor, being only 5 feet tall when taken ill. When measured in the presence of a number of physicians to-day she was found to be a fraction of an inch less than 6 feet tall. The growth has been uniform all over her body. When she was taken ill she was very fleshy, but now she is emaciated, being nothing but skin and bones. Her father is the superintendent of the gas corapany of Richmond, Ky. CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY, Captain Beck Swore Out War- rants for the Arrest of Peebles et Al. Settlers at the Winnebago Reserva- tion Sald to Have Prepared to Resist Uncle Sam. PENDER, Nesr., July 24. — Captain Beck fired a volley into the camp of the Penderites this aiternoon. Warrants were served on W. E. Peebles and John F. Myers, charging them with conspiring willfully and. unlawifully to oppose the Government by force. The complaint was sworn to before Ashley Londrosh, a Jus- tice of the Peace at the Winnebago reservation, the complainant being Dis- trict Attorney A. J. Sawyer, who is now at the agency. The warrants were served by Deputy United States Marshal: Henry Boehme, and call for the arrest of W. E. Peebles, G. 8. Harris, John F. Myers and John 8. Lemmon. It recites the fact that on the 19th day of July the parties to whom the warrants are addressed did con- spire with divers unknown persons to vio- late the laws of the United States by op- posing the Government with an armsed force. In order to effect the object of the con- spiracy the complaint says that the parties purchased arms and gave them to the set- tiers, for the purpose of making war upon Captain Beck. It isalleged that the pur- pose of this purchase of arms by Peebles and others was to enable the settlers to foreibly invade the reservation. The complaint then goes on at length to recite, in legal verbiage, the danger of the conspiracy and the necessity for the prompt suppression of such rebellious demonstrations, which means an attempt .upon the part of the settlers to force the agent to do their bidding. - Peebles and Myers were served just after the Pender contingent which arrived with the Congressmen at1 o’clock had finished luncheon. They are now in the custody of a deputy marshal and will be taken to the Winnebago agency to-night. Lemmon and Harris had not been found at 7 o’clock and were still at large when the courier started for the telegraph station, twenty- eight miles from the reservation. The action of Captain Beck was a com- plete surprise to all the visitors at the agency to-day. The captain stated that the District Atforney began the action. He admitted, however, that he was interested in the case aud was determined to rush the fight to the end. “I am after Bill Peebles,’’ said the cap- tain, “and will give him a good many sur- prises before I get through with him; not only this, but I shall put the illegal settlers off the reservation. Evictions are being made to-day under warrants issued from the United States courts, and I shall have all the settlers I am after put off the reservation before the week is over.” e T WILLIAMS IN THE EAST. Turfmen Interested in the Bay District Purchase. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 24—T. H. Williams, president of the California Jockey Club, arrived last night and has put in the day. circulating around among the local turfmen in the interests of East- ern owners in his contemplated purchase of the Bay- District track. *‘It isa trifle early yet to talk about results,” Mr. Wil- liams sai@l, when asked about his success, “but I can say that I have received every encouragement so far, and from present indications there is no doubt as to the out- come. Of course the main idea'is not to secure capital; all the necessary capital could have been gotton at home, but we want to secure a large representation of Eastern horses on our tracks, and in order to get them we want to interest Eastern owners in the purchase of the track itself. There are still a few men that I wish to see, however, before saying anything definite.” KR IAEy Sdanly Two Children Burned. NORWICH, N.Y., July 24.—A disas- trous fire ‘which caused the loss of two lives broke out here this evening, the Con- gregational parsonage, occupied by the ‘Rev. William H. Scudder and family, con- sisting of a wife and seven children, being totally destroyed. The children, who oc- cupied a. back room, were just retiring ‘when coal tfi“ in a chimney exploded, and i“m““! e house was ablaze. All the ch: nn‘euzféd‘ with the exception of Clarisse and Mary, both of their bodies be- ing burned to a crisp. ANY GO ON JUNKETS, “Inspection” Tours All the Rage Among Officials. UNCLE SAM'S EXPENSE, Heads of Many Departments Off on Annual Vacations “On Business.” CARLISLE T0 JOIN THE COLONY. Although Several Offices Are Crippled, Time Is Found for Pleasure and Politics. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—Secre- tary Carlisle does not seem to worry much over the financial situation, as he is pre- paring for another vacation. As is cus- tomary the Government will furnish much of the transportation for this trip. The Secretary will be accompanied by his wife and son, W. K. Carlisle, and wife. They will leave for their vacation about August 1, ana will spend most of their time in the lake country. They will be transported by rail to Buffalo, N. Y., where they will use the lighthouse tender, the Marigold, for their summer’s trip through Lake Huron, the Straits of Macki- naw and south through Lake Michigan to Chicago. This trip of the Secretary’s will add but another to the numerous junkets taken this year by members of the administra- tion. His private secretary is now ona pleasure trip to the coast at the Govern- ment’s expense. Assistant Secretary Mc- Adoo of the Navy Department has re- turned from his “inspection’” of naval militia, and now his chief, Secretary Her- bert, will start on his *‘inspection’’ of vari« ous ports. Becretary Lamont has returned from his “inspection” of army posts and will pre- sumably remain at his desk for a while. Assistant Secretary Uhl of the State De- partment is on a trip to Europe to inspect consular agencies. Altogether there has not been a summer for many years when members of the ad- ministration so generally left their desks in Washington and paraded through the country, largely at the Government’s ex- pense, on what is called “inspecting tours.” There has not been a summer for years when the affairs of the Government were in much worse shape, and when it would be natural to suppose that every head of department would be on duty here in Washington. ; Hardly any one in authority could be found at the Interior Department to-day to give information about the Bannock Indian uprising. Hoke Smith was in Georgia, his secretary was gone, Assistant Secretary Sims was in Mississippi. Smith and Sims are making gold-bug speeches down South, but of course this is not offensive partisanshi LABORERS ALMOST STARVE One Settlement of Italians in Omaha in a Sad " Plight. Sent Away to Arkansas After Mythical Places, They Return on Foot. OMAHA, NeBR., July 24.—A settlement of Italian laborers in this city is on the verge of starvation. Whole families are without food and many are sick and have no means of obtaining medicine. About the time that the old street- sweeping contract with James Stephenson expired, July 1, an advertisment appeared in a local paver asking for 100 laborers to apply at Kramer & Hearn’s labor agency, where ‘free transportation and work in Arkansas would be given. The Italians who had been employed in sweeping were eager for an opportunity to find employ- ment and soon entered into an agreement to go-to Siloam Springs, Ark., where it was guaranteed that railroad work was to be had at $1 35a day. Upon arriving at their destination, which proved to be a de- serted point on the prairie, the Italians found that no work was to be had at any price. A majority of the Italians were without further means and then began the task of counting the ties toward Omaha. Twelve of the number succeeded in getting as far as Kansas City, where friends advanced money for their fare here. The rest aro on the way walking. Only four of the entire number succeeded in getting work, and then at §1 25 a day of twelve hours each. The families here are in great distress and are suffering for the necessaries of life. Several of the women are in a criti- cal condition, while others have sick babies. AR ST ZLouisiana Assassins. DONALDSONVILLE, Li., July 24— Another Italian shooting, something sim- ilar to the St. John and St. James Mafia cases, taok place on the Elm Hill planta- tion of Leon Godchau, in Assumption \Parish, near Kaplesonville. Z n Monday night, about 8 o’clock, while seated around the dining - table eating supper, Philip Russo, aged 50 years, and his son, aged 5 years, were both shot from the outside with buckshot. Only one shot was fired, the father being slightly wounded in the right shoulder, while the son was mortally wounded. Sheriff St. Martin was summoned to the scene with his bloodhounds, and was assisted by Deputy Sheriff Couax in the search for the assassin. On suspiclon they arrested an Italiap, but the wounded man Russo denies that the one in cusfody did the shooting, and claims that Charley Manuso, who has disappeared since the shooting, is the guilty one. B vShie Ensign Field All Right. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—A re- cent dispatch from this city stated that Ensign Harry A. Field of S8an Francisco had ‘been found disqualified for promo- tion. This was a mistake. Ensign Field passed the examination satisfactorily, and the President has been so informed.