The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 31, 1895, Page 1

OLUME LXXVIIL—NO. 61. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1895 PRICE FIVE CENTS. NDUNS N HIDING, Scouts Fail to Locate| Their Stronghold in | the Mountains. 1 | bee, packed their tents at 6 o’clock this QUIET AT THE FRONT. Jacksons Hole Settlers Take| Refuge at Wilson’s | Camp. SIGNALING FROM THE PEAES.| Flery Shafts Direct the Movements of the Straggling Bands of Warriors. news from the The messenger iles in eighteen w, as contained in a dis- is to the effect that all ley are gathered at ch for protection. One hun- i men are under arms.. Night before st & council of war was held and four en were selected to lecate the Indians, as yet the scouts have not returned. ins have been seen for three or of the v: tation was held as to the ad- of going out and fighting the It was, after a hot discussion, reatened to end in a fight between anted to go and those who ded to remain passive for the mp covers over five acres, and the diers are enjoying themselves. f about every two days and ¢ provisions. The Indians are no do n the mountains, and may make an attack on the settlers when they not looking for it, but the impression is that if they had intended open warfare they would bave attacked Fort Wilson before this. STRONGLY INTEENCHED. Indians Cannot Be Dislodged if Restst- ance Is Offered. CANYON CREEK CAMP, IpaEo, July 30. nan who has reached the troops from the Jacksons Hole country brings | itional facts regarding the strong posi- d by the Indians south of Beyond_the twenty miles of bhave to pass in single file and through whieh the high wagons-could not possibly go, the trail leads through deep, rocky canyons, and the swiftest of mountain streams have to be repeatedly crossed. ee couriers, who have now been out ee days engaged in the first effort to locate the red warriors, have not yet re- 1 ugh word was expected from ms, 3 man born and raised who rode from the troops v with an official ance of about eighty using only two | s the Indians could not present stronghold not connected o locate the big Indian camp. He thin seven miles of where it is sup- | be, but was afraid to go farther. | d all he could from one or two rs he met as to what their plans were. He came away convinced that they could not be moved by persuasion, and bt that if the troops wanted them they knew where they The Indian signal i night all throu this region. Fires re lighted on the highest mountain peaks, and flaming arrows are shot in the direc- tion the re-enforcements are to follow. The signals are seen fifty miles away, and are repeated for the Indians further | on, and thus the red men te aph far‘ across the country in a single night. In direct contradiction to the statements made by Indian Agent Teters are the words uttered to-day by William Frasier, & man who has lived, hunted and acted as guide in this region for ten years. He said to THE CALL correspondent that the Indians sleughtered the game indiscrimi- nately, and they are the only ones who do. “W in coming out of Jacksons Hole just last week,” said he, ‘I counted no less than 150 carcasses of elk that had been kinned by the Indians, and nearly every one was a female. How did I know they were killed by Indians? Well, sir, because in the skull of every carcass there was a small round hole where the brains had been taken out. These the Indians use in tanning the hides. The statement of Agent Teters that the wealthy white sports- men kill more game than the Indians is ridiculous. In the first place, no hunters ever get clear to that country unless they ere true sportsmen, and they would not think of shooting a cow eik. They kill | only the largest and oldest bucks for their ns, and parties that are out from four six weeks will only kill an average of You can put it down as a certain fact that no matter how the present trouble is settled, the peonle who live in Jacksons Hole will never again let the Indians come in there to slaughter elk. I live among these people, and I know them, and if the er hunt there again they will ave a big guard of United States with them.” en the troops left Moody Creek yes- morning, it was their intention to as far as Canyon Creek and then T the night. But during the day Ticers decided to press the men still T, and when camp was piched at 7 ock it was on Horse Shoe Creek, four- teen miles ond Canyon Creek. To-day @ very early start was made, and after doing so much better than was expected Yesterday, it was hoped that the troops will be able to reach the divide in Teton to the rear end of the wagonsto keep them [ from running over the mules. The cavalrymen are standing the trip re- markably well as are also the horses. START OF THE INFANTKY. Left Market Lake Over the Trail of the | Cavalry. MARKET LAKE, Inano, July 30.—The five companies of light infantry from Fort Russell, under the command of Major Bis- morning, and in half an hour were on their | way to join the cavalry that preceded them toward Jacksons Hole three days | go. It will be a journey that most of the | bluecoats will long remember. A large | number of the regulars are young men who | have never seen service before, and nearly | 1 are what soldiers and horsemen call s ft.” The sun was very hot to-day, | with the temperature 90 degs. in the shade, | and the road which the soldiers took was covered with two inches of dust, as it has | not rained here for three months. | | Lieutenant Ladd of the Ninth Cavalry has arrived to take charge of the supply station here, ard Lieutenant Penn of Fort | Omaha, whom he relieves, will leave to- | morrow and overtake the infantry. Word was. received here to-day from | Pocatello to the effect that a Ute chief rassed through the city on his way to olorado to bring his tribe to Jacksons | Hole. i WAGING A RACE WAR. Whites and Negroes in Alabama Fight a Battle. TWO DEPUTIES KILLED. R S Y Vengeance Visited Upon the Blacks for the Double Murder. BULLETS FLY THICK AND FAST. | The Struggle Lasts for Two Hours and Four Negroes Are Known to Have Been Kiiled. BIRMINGHAM, Axa., July 30.—Brook- STURDY SHOSHONE BOYS WHO WILL BE ENLISTED TO ABSIST | THE BANNOCKS. [From_a photograph supplied by * The Call’s” special correspondent.] The infantry réached South Fork bridge, fourteen miles from here, at 10 o’clock, and went into camp on the same grounds occupied by the cavalry Saturday night. The first day’s march was ended the'e owing to the exhausted condition of many of the soldiers, and as soon as camp had been pitched nearly all adjourned to the river for a swim. L. 8. Thompson, champion wing shot of the world, will arrive in Market Lake to- morrow on his way to Jacksons Hole country for his annual hunt. He does not propose to let the Indian trouble inter- | fere with his hunt. He isason of the well-known Colonel Thompson of Red Bank, N. J. SOUTH PASS THREATENED. | Governor Richards Asked to Send Guns | to the Settlers. CHEYENNE, Wryo., July 30.—The message of Governor Richards, advising settlers to rem=in on the defensive, caused them to reconsider the action-taken ata meeting at which it was decidea to make an attack on the Indians and dislodge them from their stronghold. Despite the bitter feeling caused by the movement of the troops to the scene of the trouble, the settlers still feel that it will be necessary to have the protection of the Federal Govern- ment until fall to prevent further trouble. Governor Richards to-night received the following dispatch from South Pass City: | BOUTH PASS, Wyo., July 30.—There Is a band of from 100 to 300 Indians, all bucks, within a half-day’s ride of here. We have plenty am- munition and men but need guns. Things are looking shedy. Can you send us afew stands of arms? De. W. LOVEJOY. At 8:30 the Governor received the follow- ing: LEWISTON, Wyo., July 30.—W. A. Richards, Governor—Can you send us a few guns? There is & band of Indians near here. E. A. GUSTIN. The Governor does not consider that these settlements are in any great danger, but has referred their dispatches to Colonel R. R. Woodruff, inspector-general of the State militia, whose headquarters are at Rock Springs. At 10 o’clock this dispatch was received by the Governor: LANDER, Wyo., July 30.—-W. A. Richards, Governor: There is considerable trouble; cause for alarm here. Will the State or county bear expense of the militia co-operating with eivil authorities? ORSON GRIMMETT, Sheriff. The Governor has already ordered the militia to co-operate with the civil author- ities at Lander. Governor Richards takes an opposite view from Indian Agent Teters of that part of the treaty of 1868 made with the Ban- nock and Shoshone Indiansallowing them to hunt on unoccupied lands of the United States so long as game may be found thereon, and so long as peace exists be- tween the whites and Indians on the borders of the hunting districts. He says the land in the vicinity of Jacksons Hole is is not unoccupied land as within the mean- ing of the treaty. At the time the treaty was made this land was unoccupied, but it has since been surveyed, and in 1890 the Territory became a State. . | | | | | Pass by to-morrow night. Then will come the very hardest part of the journey. The eastern slope of the Tetons is as near the perpendicular as can be traveled by man pud borse. Great logs have to be fastened Charles F. Baker of Jackson, Mich., sold a lucrative business, preparatory to starting for side, a mining camp, twenty miles west of | here, was the scene of a bloodv race riot to-night. Two Deputy Sheriffs are known to have been killed, and four ne-| groes were killed and many wounded. The town is in a state of panic and the telegraph operator is locked in his office, too frightened to go outside to ob- | tain fuller details. At 10 o’clock messages | were received by Sheriff Morrow and Chief | of Police McDonald for all the available i officers they could send. An hour latter a | carload of deputies were en route to the | scene of trouble. Mine Boss Culverhouse of the Sloss Iron and Steel Company to-day discharged a | | negro driver named Jim Biggers. Biggers 1 remained about the place making threats. | He refused to Ileave the company’s | premises, and .a warrant was sworn out for his arrest tor tresspassing, and to-night | Deputy Sheriff Wood and Special Deputy | Joel Baxter went to arrest Biggers. As| they approached Biggers fired upon them | with a Winchester rifle. A bullet passed through Wood’s hand and another through | term talk comes from his enemies, or from | i Baxter | a few enthusiastic office-holders who would | his heart, kiliing him 1nstantly. was mortally wounded, but was able to get back to the camp and give the alarm. | The white miners at once organized and went to arrest Biggers. The latter, mean- while, had called in a number of his negro friends, and when the two parties meta pitched 'battle ensued. Over a hundred shots were fired, the negroes finally going to the woods. A dozen or more ne- groes were shot down, four of whom were killed outright ‘and others badly wounded. Whether any of the whites, other than the two deputies, were injured or not cannot be learned. Brookside is in a state of panic, every man in town being armed. The shooting was kept up at intervals for two hours or more. Another attack by the negroes is feared, but it may not occur after the offi- cersarrive. Biggers and his accomplices are in hiding in the woods, and will be taken dead or alive. Brookside has been the scene of race troubles before. Both colored and white miners work there, but the feeling has not been very cordial since last summer's strike, when negroes went to work in the white miners’ places. It only required to- night’s murder to kindle the feudal flame. Deputy Wood, who was killed, was ex- Sheriff of Talledega County, and leaves a widow and children. The former is pros- trated and not expected to live. ‘When the Sheriff's posse reached Brook- side late to-night it found the bodies of four negroes in the woods where they had fallen. Will Albert and Charles Jenkins colored, had been captured by the white miners, who had placed ropes about the negroes’ necks and were about to string them up when the officers rescued them. WOMEN MOB A WOMAN, Tar and Feathers Applied to an Eloper of the Tender Sex. One Arm and Several Ribs of the Victim Broken by Her ‘Tormentors. WATERTOWN, N. Y., July 30.—Jay- ville, a village on the iringe of the Adiron- dack forest, above Carthage, has been the scene of punishment to a frail woman ina manner which has outraged decency and which has set the wheels of the law in motion to punish the offenders. Some time ago a man named John P. Kirch and Mrs. Bert Covey of Jayville eloped from that place. Neither were heard of until Saturday, when Mrs. Covey suddenly returned. On Sunday two men called on her, telling her that if she did not immediately leave the place she would be tarred and feathered. She went to Pit- cairn on Monday and swore out a warrant for the arrest of the m'n who had threat- ened her. In the evening she retvrned home. ‘When the train stopped at Jayville and the woman stepped off she was suddenly surrounded by a crowd of men, who seized her and took her into t1 5 railroad freight- house, where they stripped ber. There was a crowd of women present in men’s clothing and with biackened faces. The men held the woman down on the fioor while the women applied the tar and feathers with a paint brush, completely covering her with the stuil, after which they let her go. She was taken to her mother’s house, where a physician was called and found that one arm and a num- of ribs were broken. It is claimed that almost all of the party concerned in the case are known and war- | rants will be immediately sworn out for their arrest. i < o WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE. A Decl@Pation That Cleveland Would De- cline Another Nomination. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 30.—A Buz- sards Bay special to the Herald says: President Cleveland will not be a candi- date for a third term. Though the Presi- dent declines to discuss the gquestion and does not authorize any one to speak for him,I bave the best reasons for saying tuat at the proper time he will make an announcement of his unwillingness to bea candidate for re-election. This announce- ment will be made over his own signature and will be emphatic enough to stop all speculation as to where he stands witn | reference to the subject. Mr. Cleveland, so far as I can learn, has at no time had any ambition to serve an- other term as President, but he does not believe the time has yet come when the announcement from him is desirable. He recognizes the fact that nearly all the third- like by such, or any other means, to hold their present positions. TOWNS UNDER WATER of Unprecedented Fall Rain in a Section of Kansas. DEATH ON THE STREETS. Two Boys Drowned in the Heart of an Inundated City. DAMAGE DONE TO PROPERTY. Water Spreading Over Land Which Has Not Been Submerged for Years. FORT SCOTT, Kaxs,, July 30.—An un- attempted to cross Mill Creek bridge, which was surrounded by water, in a wagon. They proceeded 150 feet through the water when the wagon and horses were swept away. Austin made a desperate effort to rescue the boys, but was helpless, and they were drowned. He was carried down, and was later found in the tree. The Missouri Pacific passenger train on the Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota division leit for Topeka on time, but was compelled to return, and all traffic on that branch has been abandoned. The damage to prop- erty will exceed that of the flood of the 5th inst., which was more destructive than any for years. LIGHTNING PLAYED HAVOC. Struck Almost Simulianeously in Four Different Places at Denver. DENVER, Coro., July 30.—An electrical storm of unusual severity terrorized the residents here to-day, lightning striking almost simultaneously in four different places. The handsome residence of Wolfe Londoner on Capitol Hill was damaged to the extent of $15,000, and the City Hall narrowly escaped demolition. The elec- trical fluid burned out all the police cir- cuits, four fire-alarm circuits and the valu- able switchboard in the City Hall. The Boston and Symes blocks were also struck and slightly damaged. In twenty-five minutes nearly one inch of rain fell, making the storm one of the HENEBE, THE MOST NOTORIOUS SQUAW ON THE RESERVATION, WHO KILLED ONE HUSBAND WHO WAS UNTRUE TO HER, AND HER SECOND BANNOCK HUSBAND. [From a photograph supplied by ““The Call's” special correspondent.] precedented precipitation of rain in the | has again flooded the streams and wreaked | destruction to life and property. | hours 4.2 inches of water fell in the city, | and the entire southern portion of the town is inundated. The bodies of two boys lie somewhere on the submerged | streets. The Missouri Pacific Railroad | shops are surrounded; and the train' ser- vice has been partially abandoned. Many families have been driven from their homes | by the trespassing river, which is still ris- |ing, and another storm is threatening. | The Marmation River, Mill Creek and Buck Run have become one stream, spread- ing over sections of land which have not for years been submerged. ‘Walter Austin and Willie Gould, two boys, were drowned this evening on one of the principal streets, and O. Austin, father of one of the boys, was carried 200 yards in the treacherous current, and finally res- I'cued from the top of a tree by a boatman. | Mr. Austin, accompanied by the two boys, Rgil) i 1“ N Portland, Or., to engage in the cigar trade. He went to Buffalo, N. Y., engaged“rooms with ife, and then disappeared. It is feared e was murdered for his money. Y e geneR | [ I — N, g TAIN’S SON. U — 25 = A NMIXED GROUP OF BANNOCK AND SHOSHONE WARRICRS, WITH A YOUNG BANNOCK CHIEF- [From a photograph supplied by “The Call's” special artists] southeast corner of Kansas this morning | In seven.|. severest for years. Allstreetcar traffic was stopped for several hours. Farmers in the vicinity lost heavily in fruits and grain. SWEPT BY A TORNADO. A Terrific Storm Cawuses Destruction in 1 Nova Scotia. HALIFAX, Nova Scorza, July 30.—The section of Picton County known as Mec- Lennans Mountain was visited by a tor- nado Sunday. It was the worst storm ever known in that section. At one time there was a cloudburst, and the raging torrent of water rushing down the hill- sides carried destruction in its path. Trenches ten feet’ deep were cut in the hillsides, and every watercourse in the vicinity was turned into a torrent, tearing up the ground and doing much damage. The lightning, which was terribly vivid, struck several houses, doing slight damage. The losses to farmers will foot up many thousands of dollars. An old mill at Downies, which had stood the storms of fifty years, was carried bodily away and strewn along the stream for a mile. A number of bridges were also | swept away. Foran hour and a half the storm raged with unabated fury and fif- teen inches of hail fell, some of it being on the ground. twenty-six hours afterward, notwithstanding the hot sun. At least a foot of water fell over anareaof a mile and a half. MAKING READY FOR WAR, Japan Is Preparing to Resist the Aggressions of Russia. Authentic Information Received at the State Department From Captain Ryan. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 30.—The Press to-morrow prints the following: Secretary Lamont, who has been spend- ing a few days with President Cleveland, bad important things to discuss with the President. The Secretary’s depart- ment has very important news just received from the American Minister in Japan and the representatives of the War Department. Captain Rysn, who is specially charged with the duty of observ- ing the situation in Japan, has been urged to report to the Government as fully and accurately as possible upon the condition of public feeling in that country and the probability that it will again take the field, or rather the ses, in war. From this source the Government re- ceived information that Japan isasrap- idly as possible making ready for war with Russia. Herarmiesare being drilled and strengthened. She is buying or pro- curin quantities of ammunition. ‘While she has not bought the Peruvian warships, she is in neiomfion with that country, and will possibly be able to add those vessels to the Esmeralda, which she bought from Chile. The war spirit pre- vails everywhere, and even if the Ministry did not share it it would probably be com- pelled to yield to it. LAND ON CUBAN SOIL. Two Expeditions Evade the Cruisers of Spain. MEN AND AMMUNITION, Dynamite, Cannon and Small Arms to Aid the Island Patriots. VETERANS OF FORMER WARS, Had Rendezvoused In the Bahamas Until Their Plans Were Completed. NEW YORK, N.Y., July 30.—Informa« tion was received in this city to-day of the successful landing in Cuba last Thursday of two large bodies of insurgents, who took with them two cannons, 700,000 rounds of ammunition, 500 pounds of dyn- amite and hundreds of repeating rifles and revolvers. One expedition consists, it is said, of 278 men and the other of 75 men, almost all of them veteransof the late revolutionary war 1 Cuba. Letters announcing the safe landing of the two expeditions on the south coast of Santa Clara Province, Cuba, last Thursday were received at the headquarters of the Cuban revolutionary party in this city to- day. One of the expeditions was under the command of Major-General Carlos Roloff and Brigadier-General Sorafino Sanchez. Brigadier-General Jose Maria Rodriguez, chief of staff of General Gomez, was leader of the second. The expedition, it is stated, started from Two Bays, in the Bahama | Islands, and were taken in small boats to several sailing craft, which conveyed the whole party to Cuba. The following offi- | cers formed the staff of the expedition under Generals Roloff and Sanchez: Colonel Riglio Castillo, Lieutenant Resendo Garcia, Major Higineu. Esquerra, Major Enrique Loynoz de Castillo, Major Rafael Vivance, Captain Aurelo Newey, Surgeon- General (with rank of colonel) Formia Valdez Dominguez, Captain Francisco Regueyra, Captain Casimiro Regueyra and Captain Manuel Ardoreto. The second expedition, under the com- mand of Rodriguez, consisted of seventy- five picked men, all veterans, and mostly officers with ample experience in Cuban warfare. The two expeditions landed simul- taneously on the south coast of Santa Clara Province. DEFEAT FOLLOWS Cubans Repulsed in an Attack on & Spanish Fort. HAVANA, Cuza, July 30.—A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba says that on July 28 the insurgent bands under Jose Maceo and Louis Bonet intimated to the detachment of Spanish troops garrisoning the fort at Tiarraba that they would sur- render. Under this subterfuge they ap- proached the fort and attacked it, but were repulsed with a loss of six killed and many wounded. The Government troops had two men wounded. INSURGENTS ROUTED. TREACHERY. Spaniards Win a Victory in the Baracoa Distriet. MADRID, Sparw, July 30.—A dispatch from Havana to the Imparcial says that the Spanish troops routed a force of in- surgents in the Baracoa district, kilhng sixteen and wounding many of the rebels, The Spaniards lost thirty-one wounded. WRECKED IN A GALE. A Schooner Sunk Off Fire lsland With Probable Loss of Life. SURF HOTEL, FIRE ISLAND, N. Y., July 30.—A heavy rain and wind storm broke over the beach at 5 o’clock this aft- ernoon wrecking a schooner and probably causing loss of life. The schooner John Linnenthal of Eastport, Me., lumber laden, was sunk on the flat in the bay. Captain Kenealey was ashore and started out to his vessel in a yawl about the time the squall came up. After the storm nad blown over the yawl was found bottom up. No trace of Captain Kenealey could be found, and he is believed to have been drowned. The Linnenthal will be a total wreck. e ) PRIESTS ROUGHLY HANDLED. Trouble Caused by a Report That They Were Stealing Children. LISBON, Portucar, July 30.—A serious riot occurred here to-day as the result of the circulation of a report that priests were stealing children. Several priests who appeared on the streets were chased by a mob and roughly bhandled, some of them being seriously hurt. The police finally scattered the mob and arrested the ringleaders. e ONE HUNDRED PERISHED. Appalling Loss of Life on the Burning Lugger Zenith. QUEENSTOWYN, Exe., July 30.—It has been ascertained that 100 persons lost their lives in the destruction by fire of the Manx lugger Zenith, which was lost Sunday night near Baltimore, on the Irish coast. e g A windstorm at Booneville, Mo., unroofed the Reform School, blue down two warehouses and 8 residence and damaged many other build- ings. For Pacific Coast Telegrams see Second Page. Kept Me Well All Summer Says one hard working woman, to whom vacation was only a vision, and who took the great blood purifier, nerve tonic and appetizer, Hood’s 1Sarsaparill§