INDIANS FIGHT. A Band of Rsdskins Attack United States Troop 3. A Rumor that the Soldier* Wore >!•««»• orvd Tb« Troubles at Leerli Lake, Minn., Culminate In a Bloody Conflict Near Hear Inland. Walker, Minn., Oct. «.—A battle wis fought Wednesday morning, .>0 miles from Walker, at Bog-Ah-Me-Ge- Shirk's Point, close to Bear islam!. The detachment of 100 men under Gen. Bacon landed on the point short ly after S o'clock. After landing, a sortie of the bush was made in all directions. No Indians were seen un til nearly 11 o'clock. The men were then ordered to line up in an open space near the shore of the lake. Charges were drawn and preparations for dinner made. The order to make coffee had been given and the soldiers were standing in column formation when the first shot was fired. It came from Bog-Ah-Me-Ge-Shirk h house. The ball struck Kd. Harris, ex-marshal of Walker, a half-breed. His arm was broken. That was the signal. Immediately the firing became general from all di rections. Three of Bacon's men dropped and were carried to the rear. On the instant the first shot was heard every man in the command sprang for cover, without waiting tor orders. Like a ttash the blue column vanished and not a sign was to he seen of the 111**11 who had stood erect but an instant before except here and there a little patch where a gray hat. might lie made out. Gen. Bacon s voice was heard high above every thing admonishing his men. The gen oral stood straight up and. supported by Maj. Wilkinson, looked right into the eyes of the red devils. ••Steady, men." he called; "keep cool now, keep cool." .Wain there came a volley from the Indians and that was what the troops had been waiting for. The Krag .Torgensens opened up just as tin* Pillagers made a terrific rush. Half a dozen of them dropped find the rest fell back, yelling like fiends. 1 don't know how many Indians there were, but there must have been 150. Lieut. Morrison with a squad of 20 men made a rush to prevent the recapture of old Mah-Quod, a very choice scoun drel, and Bap TKvay We Dung. The marshals had these men under arrest and a rescue would certainly have been effected, but Lieut. Morri son yelled "charge" and his squad scattered the copper-colored gang. By this time the troops were under cover. The Indians were firing in a desultory way and the order was given to charge. The soldiers rose, ducking and dropping like grasshop pers. Suddenly a volley was fired by the Indians at the steam tug Flora, which lay off shore. A score of bul lets tore through the woodwork of the boat and every inan except the pilot sought cover. A volley was then fired at the tug Chief, of Duluth. Inspector Tinker was shot through the lejj-. and his coat sleeves were torn to ribbons by an other ball. The Flora steamed for the agency under orders from Mar shal O'Connor, who was rn board, to get the 20 men under Lieut. Hum phrey. who had been left there. Lieut. Humphrey was white with rage when the news reached him. His men at once started for the front. The fire of the Krag-.Torgen«ens, 20 miles distant, is distinctly audible from this point. They banged away nil the afternoon. A man just in tells me that we lost four killed and nine wounded, up to date. Bacon's men have their blood up. The fighting Third has seen its dead. Bear island as well as its dangerous vicinity wil be gutted. A fatal mis take was made in failing to send a Catling and a llotchkiss gun. They could have been used with magnifi cent effect, especially the Catlings. No word has come from the front for several hours, which fact is considered somewhat ominous. The most seri ous report is that the troops with Gen. Bacon were massacred, the gen eral himself being said to be among the dead. Three newspaper corre spondents were in the fight and one report is that they were killed, while another says they are now prisoners in the hands of the Indians. The Pillagers and other neigh bor ing Indians of the White Earth reser vation claim to have many reasons for their present outbreak, although the direct trouble with the Pillagers conies over attempts to bring in some of the Indians to the United States court at Dulnth in connection with liquor selling cases. Their grievances go back through many years and there have been legislative and other attempts to settle them, one of the latest being the Nelson law regarding the sale of timber on the Indian lands. However, the Indians claimed that the method of disposing of this was both cumuersome and expensive and that they were the sufferers. Washington, Oct. 6.—Secretary Bliss received a telegram last night from Indian Inspector Tinker, an nouncing a fight with the Pillager Indians in Minnesota. It did not say how many were killed. Marshal O'l'onnor wired Attorney Gen. Griggs that a general Lujian uprising was imminent. On receipt of these ad vices Secretary Alger ordered rein forcements sent to the scene at once, and with a Catling gun if needed. I >un It Kulibeil of ¥lio,ooo. Winnipeg. Man., Oct. 6.--At noon yesterday $60,000 in bank notes was ini.-.sed tro'n the vault of Monson's bank here. The vault had been opened by the reg-ular combination. OHicials anil police refuse to give any details. He Certainly Denerven it. Washington, oct. 6. —The adminis tration will recommend to congress the revival of tlw grade of admiral, and the promotion to that rank oj Bear Admiral Dewey. Secretary Long made this announcement yester day. "UNCLE SAM IS TREADING ON THE TOES OF EUROPE." RUIN RODE THE WAVE. The Hoosick Valley Suffer* from a Flood - Railroads Kxdly Troy, X. V., Oct. 7.—One of the worst floods that has ever visited this region struck the IloosAck valley Wednesday night, when damage to the amount of tens of thousands of dollars was done. Uain fell steadily for IS hours in Washington and northern I'enssalaer counties and in western Vermont. At Hoosick Falls an immense flood poured through ithe center of the village, washing away buildings, undermining founda tions, caving in streets and sidewalks anil doing from $50,000 to SIOO,OOO damage. The torrent rushed along to North Hoosick, carrying away the elertrie railway track and leaving a gorge ~0 or 30 feet deep. The tracks of the Pitchburg railroad were washed away in many places. Between Greenwich and .Tolinsvllle, on the Delaware &■ Hudson railroad, 150 feet of the roadbed was washe I out. Traffic will be suspended ten days and the mail transferred by way of Schuyler. Nearly all of the t'2 or 15 bridges on this branch of the Dela ware & Hudson have been swept away. The electric, railroad tracks at Bennington. Yt., were washed away, streets flooded and houses washed away. At Hoosick Kalis it was nec essary to rescue the girls employed in the Hall-Hart well collar factory by means of ladders. Al»iiloat*M in F»vor of If* Brnthfr. London. Oct. 7. —The Paris corre spondent of the Mail says: I learn that, owing to family and party pres sure. Prince Victor Napoleon, chief of the French imperialists, will abdicate in favor of his brother. Prince Louis, who is regarded as a friend of Km peror Nicholas. Prince Louis Na poleon. who is now 34 years old, is the second son of the late Prince Jerome Napoleon. ne is colonel in the Russian army. K«t.urneci True Bill*. Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 7.—The grand jury has returned true bills for murder in the second degree against Rudora Guilford, Harry (iuilford ami Rose Drayton, of this city, and Albert Oxtey, of Southington, all charged with being implicated in the death of Kmma Gill. Oxley has been crrest ed and the police are after the others. F( or IN'np'fi Drown♦»«!. Trov, N. Y.. Oct. 7. —X. T.. Weather bee commodore of the Troy Yacht club and three companions, S. .T. Mill lory. Mrs. William Breslin and Miss Klizabeth Savage, were d row tied bv the capsizing of a yacht in the Hud son river three miles north of this city, Wednesday night. An Appall for Aitl. New York, Oct. 7.—Dr. W. T. Jenk ins. of the health board, has received the following telegram from the post master at Oxford. Miss.: "Situation here critical. Fourteen cases and six deaths. Apprehend danger. Have liOO negroes to feed and ta»:e care of. If possible obtain us aid." I)r. fjni'foril to b«* KxtrMrt'ti»rt. Hartford, Conn., net. 7.—Gov. Took has issued extradition papers calling for the return to America of Dr. Nancy Guilford, who is now held in London, Kngland, as a principal in the killing of Kmma Gill, the victim of the Yellow Pond murder in Bridge port. f-Vvfr K«*i'»r«l Grow* Jackson, Miss.. Oct. 7. —Jackson's fever record grows. Kor Thursday it is seven new cases and one death. Two of these cases are in the Baptist orphanage, an institution located two miles northwest of town, in which there are a large number of children. The Title I>le<l With lfrr. Richmond, Va., Oct. 7.—The Vir ginia grand camp of Confederate Veterans has adopted a resolution to the effect that there could he no suc cessor to Miss Winnie Davis as the "Daughter of the Confederacy," the title huviug expired with her death. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1898. WORSE Til AN WAR Starvation Kills More Cubans than Did Bullets. PLAN OF EXTERMINATION Blanco Carries It Out by Forbid ding Food Importations. ARMY IS IN GREAT DISTRESS A I.etter to the Culiait .Junta In New York Depict* the Horror* or the Situation and Stoate* t hut Kellef Must Sonu ho (jlven or Thousand* Will Die. New York, Oct. 7. —The members of the Cuban junta here arc much concerned about the storie.s of suffer ing from lack of food received bv them from the * üban army. Letters have come which state that the con dition of the army and of the rural population in Cuba is now worse than during the war. The junta officials maintain that the course adopted bv the Spanish is resulting as effectu ally in causing death to the Cuban insurgents and pacificos as <lid the policy of reconeentration and exter mination adopted by Weyler. Following is an extract from a let ter received by Horatio S. Kuhens, counsel for the junta here: "Nobody can form an adequate idea of the horrors of our position. Fam ine causes more deaths in our ranks than have heretofore the bullets of the enemy. If within a month we do not receive much food, more than one-third of the Cuban army and of the rural population will cease to ex ist, ani even a month may be too late." Counsel Rubens sa.d this extract was but one of a score or more simi lar ones received by him. The Span ish hold the coast towns and the Cubans control the interior. The Spanish maintain that the status quo provided by the protocol is that thev in the towns shall take care of them selves and the Cubans in the eonntrv, including the rural population sup posedly in sympathy with the insur gents, take care of themselves, all warfare ceasing. This, continued Rubens, is carrying out the policy of reconeentration and necessarily of ex termination. as the Spanish will not allow the importation of food through the coast towns. To lay before the president the ad vices of this nature received here and to urge if possible the speedy insistence by the American peace commissioners at Havana of the dis continuance of the excessive Spanish duties on food importations is said to be the chief reason for the visit of the delegate, Thomas Estrada Palma. to Washington just now. Havana, Oct. 7. Owing to the vast amount of red tape required to ob tain burial permits, many bodies of the poor, picked up in huts and the streets are left for days tinburied, even after they are taken to the ceme tery. Two nights ago an old woman died in the middle of the Cnlza Del Cerro. a street in Havana. At her head sat a little daughter in the hist stages of consumption, her haggard eyes red with tears. Horse cars run along rf!e thoroughfare, and many persons stopped before the sad pic ture distress and death. A purse was made up for the little orphan. WoW'Ott l«4 II Boston. Oct. 7.—flov, Roger Woleott was unanimously renominated by the republican state convention yester day. W. Murray Crane, of Dalton, was renominated, for lieutenant gov ernor. IRELAND'S NEW VICEROY. The Duke of Conntaght Sent to Dublin to Succeed the Karl of CtdoKHn. A genuine vice royalty, with one of the royal family as its head, and with oil the functions, ceremonies and gay eties of a com . -"der genuine regal ruspices, is about to b« established in Ireland. There is no reason to suppose that the new movement, which has been dis cussed for at least half a century, will have any special effect on the feelings of the Irish people; but, coming as it does concurrently with the establish ment of the county councils, it is of peculiar interest. One thing may be DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. (He May Succeed Earl Cadogan as Vice roy of Ireland.) regarded as certain, that those who will profit by the increased expendi tures and the creation of new offices which such a semi regal court will af ford, will be well pleased, and these muster strong in Dublin. lieside, the time is coming when the command at Aldershot will have to be vacated, and, there being no prospect that the "soldfer son" of Queen Vic toria can be commander in chief, to the detriment of soldiers who are not quite such carpet knights as the duke, j<oine soft job must be found for him, end he can at least claim the lltness that he was born and christened for the semi-imperial purple which he will probably wear. It may be that that was in the minds cf the father and mother when the string of names he bears was con ferred upon him. His first name was conferred upon the youngster in com pl'ment to the greatest Irishman of hi* time, the duke of Wellington, and it was natural that he should be des tined for the military service. His other name, l'utriek, was obviously in tended as a compliment to the people from whom, when he became of age, hs took the. title of duke of Con naught, and he lias so far kept up with the tradition that he has named one of his daughters Patricia. Tint apart from these things there is no doubt that the duke of Con naught is as amiable and as able as uy member of the family, and he is almost as popular as his elder broth er, the prince of Wales. lie was born May 1. ISSO, anil as soon as convenient entered a military school and started u?;on a military career which has at least been distinguished by the rapid promotion, so that now, without hav :ng seen active service except a few weeks in Egypt in 1882, he is holding the second highest military command. The question of reorganizing the es tablishment, as affecting Dublin costle, may not be unfruitful in the n»xt parliament of a series of debates, and may result in a rehabilitation if not a cleansing of certain tenants; but that the prince will be his mother's representative in Ireland soon there is little doubt. LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM. Hp Owe* a J.nr«e Share of III* Knor lliou« Wealth to Stanley, the Kxgilorer. King Leopold, of Helgitim, who has announced his intention of visiting. America in the fall, is considerably richer than his famous kinswoman, Qaeen Victoria, and his wealth, says tlia Philadelphia Evening Post, is LEOPOLD IF BELGIUM. (One of the Wealthiest and Worst Prince* of Europe.) largely due to a whilom American man. It seems that when' lU-nry M. Stanley was following Liv ingstone through Africa, he saw the. immense possibilities of the Kongo ccHintry. lie headed an expedition for w'i>ich King Leopold furnished the fi;uds, and staked off for that monarch, the boundaries of a vast domain in the! Interior of Africa which has since be- 1 come very valuable. To float this mighty project shares were almost given away, but the king retained for himself the lion's share, and now, since a railway ha* been run through, the shares are worth mil lions of dollars. On Leopold's death this vast domain passes into the pos session of the state, but meanwhile his income from this source is princely, and Stanley ha.* become immensely wealthy for his part in the wcrk of enriching Leopold. GEORGE H. DANIELS. A Western Man Who I3 Highly Respected in the East. Oof of the Clfverett Railroad Author* Itlen In the Country—lf Is Klne In Life Head* AI in out Like m Romance. When George 11. Daniels was called by tine Vanderbilt interests to take the place of general passenger agent of York Central road lie brought a fund of information and a knowledge of the duties of the office that only a long and severe training could de velop, and liis success in the adminis tration of the duties of his office has proved the wisdom of the appointment. To-day Mr. Daniels is one of the best known and most efficient railway offi cials in the United States. He is tact ful, and discharges all of the duties of his office like a trained diplomat. Mr. Daniels was born at Hampshire, 111 , on December 1, 1842. and when 15 years old. entered the transportation business as a rodman in the engineer ing corps of the North Missouri rail road. From this he advanced rapidly, until in 1872, when only 30 years old, lie became general freight and passenger agent of the Chicago & Pacific rail road. After serving two years, from 1860 to 1882, as general ticket agent of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific rail road, Mr. Daniels entered a somewhat different line of work —as commission er of the lowa Trunk Line association. After ten months' service in this place he was elected commissioner of the Colorado Traffic Association and Pas senger Committee, which was merged into the Central Traffic association, of which Mr. Daniels was elected vice chairman, and also chairman of the Chi cago Eastbound Passenger committee. This was his position in 1889, when he was appointed general passenger agent of the New York Central. Mr. Daniels fitted into his office at once, and immediately developed a com prehensive grasp of all the minute de- OEORGE H. DANIELS. (General Passenger Agent New York Cen tral Railroad.) tails of the business. His railroad train ing had been of a broad nature, but in his new place he found demands re quiring the treatment of a diplomat. While he had an immense fund of knowledge, at once minute and compre hensive of the traffic conditions of the country, yet he was called onto thoroughly not onlj- all of the legitimate methods adopted by rep utable officials for securing busi ness, but also all the underhand methods sometimes used by un scrupulous or insolvent companies for obtaining traffic. He showed great tact in handling all these perplexing questions, and in the years of liis serv ice has been unflinchingly loyal to his company, keen to recognize and meet the demands of the traveling public, and judiciously liberal in treating ques tions affecting in a contrary way his company and the public. One of the features of Mr. Daniels' office is the neat publications which he created and now issues from time to time. While they are for the purpose of advertising the road, yet they are neat and attractive, and are widely read for the interesting data contained with in them. He lias also undertaken and accomplished many radical reforms, until it is safe t» say that the office is one of the most admirably equipped and best managed in the country, and the road owes much of its popularity with the traveling puHlic to the exertions of the general passenger agent. The social side of Mr. Daniels is charming. He has, says the New York Tribune, a rather quaint personality, and is a delightful companion and a stanch friend. He is a member of the Lotos club, and for the last five years has been president of the Quaint club, a social organization that embraces in its membership some of the best-known business and professional men of New- York city, and which is widely known for it*> odd conceits and curious doings. He was one of flie prime movers in the organization of the Transportation club, and is now on the board of man agers. He has a host of friends, and 5s personally known to almost every rail road man in the country. The Founder of Ynle. It is not generally known, says the Home Magazine, that Elihu Yale, the founder of Yale university, lies buried in- the churchyard at Wrexham. North Wales, about ten miles from Hawarden. The following lines are inscribed on his tomb in front of the church door: Born In America, Jn Europe bred. In Africa traveled, and In A.ra wed. Where long he lived, and thrived, in Lon don dead. Much good, some 111 he did, so hope alV's even. And that his soul through mercy's gone to Heaven. These quaint lines had become al most effaced by the "tooth of time," when, a few years ago, a party of Yalensians visited the church, and, see* ingr the state of things, had the letter ing reeut. VICEROY OF INDIA. Qcorirr Canon, llanhand of > Chi' cMtft* Ctrl, Appointed tu Tht» Kialted OUcr, The husbard of an American girl Uat» been appoin'-ed to the most prominent position under the English government, that of viceroy to India. .Not only is this selection considered a tribute to the gtniusof Mr. Curzon, but it is looked upon ab>o as the highest compliment that could be paid to his American wife. Mr. Curzon is a statesman of extraor dinary talents, and is eminently ac ceptable to public opinion as a worthy suucAitsor to the earl of Elgin to direct K, V GEORGE N. CURZON. (From the Latest Photograph of India's New Viceroy.) the welfare of the most important de pendency of the imperial government. Until his present appointment Mr. Curzon was parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs in the foreign office. He will goto courts which are dazzling im oriental splendor, and whose magnifi cence far excels any of the courts of Eu rope. The salary of the viceroy of India is 20,000 rupees or more than $7,000 a month, and besides this there are enor mous allowances and perquisites. Mrs. Curzon, who before her marriage was Miss Mary Leiter, of Chicago, ia a woman of world-famed beauty and a favorite of England's most exclusive tot. As vicereine she will possess a power that is almost absolute in all matters of ceremony and function, and she will bo hsld in most sacred reverence by ftie people over whom it is her husband's good fortune torule. Herkind heart and generous impulses will influence her husband to make his administration one of wisdom and beneficence, and the knee of our American girl will bend to but one woman in the world, Queen Vic toria of the United Kingdom of Great l?ritain, for the wife of George N. Curzon will be herself queen in every thing but *.ame. BETSY ROSS' HOUSE. Bl rt h plnce of the American Flas to He HfNtored to It* Original Con dition Ht Once. On the Ist day of September the birthplace of "Old Glor}'," 230 Archi street, Philadelphia, passed into the possession of a society which will re store it to its original condition anil preserve it so. This is the home of Betsy Boss, who in 1777 gratified the desire of Washington when he made known his wish for a flag made of 13 stars and as many stripes. The so f\ z. BETSY ROSS HOUSE. (Know.i to Fame as the Birthplace of th 9 American Fla^.) ciety having ihe matter in hand i.s the American Flaghouse and Betsy associa tion, with headquarters in the Quaker city. The house is owned by Mrs. Charles Mund, who will be paid $25 000 fur it» that being the price she a.'.ks. This amount is to be raised by popular subscription. All classes of political and religious belief are represented in. tl. o project. Betsy Ross was born at Philadelphia in 1752. Her parents wt-re Quakers, and her father assisted ii* building Independence hall. Divorce l.au in Dnrmali. When a Burmese husband and wife decide to separate, the woman goes out and buys two little candles of equaL length, which are made especially for their use. She brings them home. She a:,d her husband sit down on the floor, placing the candles between them and light them simultaneously. One caudle stands for her, the other for him. The one whose candle goes out first rises and r>'s out of the house forever, witlj, nothing but what he or she may have on. The one w hose candle has survived the longer time, even by a secQVJ, takes everything. So the divorce and division of the property, if one can call that a division, are settled. 3
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