sm sstjrar? THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1S90: 1 ft FICTITIOUS SCARE, Soul-Stirring Liars Plying Their - Trade in the Indian Country, WORKING UP A STAMPEDE. Ko War in Sight and No Probability of Any Trouble. I5DIAXS ANXIOUS FOR PEACE. .Savages and Settlers AliKeFrishtened bj the Troops iXfl TIIEli: WAUMKE rnEPARATIO.NS lFI'ECIAL TFLEGRAX TO THE DISPATCH.! Vmu KiDGr. Agency, S. D., Novem ber -G. Somebody on this, agency lias made a cruel blunder, if it Joes not receive Con cessional invt-stisation. There are con flicting stories as to tbe attitude of the In dians before the troops came, but it is cer tain that for the patt week there has been no more prospect of aa Indian outbreak than there was of an upheaval of the earth. The reason for the sensational information sent out to the newspapers was because the cor respondents, being for the most part strangers to the country, were visited by persons who should hae been, if they were :ot, in possession of the actual truth as to the bituation. The liar on the Pine Ridge Agency is an animal of abnormal growth. For six days, and even now, he has bceu peddling out ghost yarns, which have proved far more dangerous than the ghost dances of the Indians. There have been lies that were ualTetl and lies with feathers on them. Pro fessedly, the friendly Indians have been responsible for some ot tliem. If there is any trouble now it will come because the responsible heads for the scare, desiring to carry out the cruel larce to an end that will justity their policy, u ill foice the good In dians into making a last stand for them Felves. TRUTH ABOUT THE SITUATION. The Dlsr.VTCH corresDondeut has made a painstaking and arduous investi gation oi the present cmbroglio. He was assisted by Scouts Buckskin Jack. Russell ncl Jack Nelson and the result of their labor, which is the sittings of the whole situ ation, shows that at no time did the Sioux of Pine Ridge Agency contemplate war, or any concentrated riot against Agent Rover. The only grievance of the Indians is that they do not get enough to eat. They realize that it would be death to vhem to fight. They have no place to go if they choae to brrak away troni the reservation. The land oil which they Jive can scaicely nourish a blade of grass. Tliev are hemmed in on all sides by lulls, behind which men now stand ready to shoot thein 1'own tne moment they cross the line. There is not a hostile Indian in the great village or the Siour now pitched about the agency. Their liores cover the bleak plains and hills, and their children romp along the trails with all the merriment white urchins enjoy in the park. Coiiec-colorcd squaws lie on the yellow grass and smoke contentedly, and th young bucks, in their gaudy blankets, stand about to make love to shy maidens wiio lounge about the post trader's store. rEACErtJI, EVKJfKfG SCENES. Each night there is a monotonous noise of tom-toms, where old women squat on the ground and sip soup made ct Indian turn'u.s and wild cherries. This has been the spectacle seen every evening since the Indians began to come to camp in obedience to the summons ot Aent Royer. It there is a specter ot grim war, of blazing cabins and tifscalpless settlers, it does not take much to jnake up a scare. Jleaunbile, however, the troops continue to pour into the reservation. Right cannon and many heavy caissons are on their way from Rushville. and ahead of them clouds of dust mark the progress of eight com panies of the Seventh Cavalry, who will be iiere soon. There are Gatlmg guns and Hotchkiss guns and mountain howitzers and pretty near everything else in the way ol ordnance and ammunition, except hanil grenade, CMiiosivc bullets and smokeless powder. There are soldiers at Oelrichs, at ilosc'.md Agency and oue or two other jicighboriug posts, and at all lorts in New 31 exiro. aud Arizona troops are ready to march at a moment's notice. The Indians, it is learned by the Dis VATCH'Si representative, are utterly dumb Jonndcd at such a display of soldiers. They uooot know tne cause of their piesence. and naturally believe they have been called in bete to lie corralled and then shot down like lrs. Tncy are almost panic-stricken, and it would not take much to send them scatter ing over the hills. This is but one of the ceorc of possible contingencies that ruav sure from this stupid blunder. 2NZllAS AXD SETTf-EKS ritlGHTESED. The ted skins got so nervous to-day over the presence of the great influx of frightened settlers that Special Agent Cooper was com pelled to warn all white strangers who have no ba-Iness hire off the reservation. Tliev wi'l leave lr-aight. Another result of the Take wa: is the panic now raging in all the border towns. Rast night a special east Lonud train ss so heavilv packed with Tomcn and children fleeing from the sup u.ed ccncs t danger that many of them fainted from fright and exhaustion. At Gordon, .nen bnilt eight-board fences around the schoolhuuses and The building 5s now csed as a tort. At Rapid Citv; Valentine and Kushville, and a score of tithcr place;, citizens have armed them selves jikI are prepared in fight tfcS:oai, n necessarv. Whether ignorance, timidity or mercenary motives prompted tnc scar: wnich u?s now spread throughout thi coniilrr, it is certain that South .Dakota asd "Western Nebraska have received n. blow, trom the effects of which they will he slow to recover. Jleanwlule crim-visAgcd soldiers with jangling spurs ttalk past the demure and half-starved Indians and from tnc hills come the blare ot Ijagles. Smoke oi ;he Indian tepees minzlc with tnat of the Uoopers' campCrc. The ceffix-coioreU 'quawssitand smoke the live Jong day, a.-id iue juang buck, with his dec trateJ cloth dragging behind him on the ground, bills :.nd coos his Mreetheart along the slow running waters of "Wolf Creek. SIOUX WIM. BE DISARMED. This is tbe picture which certain men de claired to be the sunset colors before the storm. If there has been a series of blun ders, it :s piobable that there will be a more sanguinarv ending to tne trouble. "While :t is not expected or desired, 11 would be a mighty indorsement ot somebody's action in this matter. It is now safe to say the Government contemplates disarming the entire Sioux nation. This will be done simultaneously at all age:cit. It is prolw blc that the so-called friendly Indians will be piaced tinder arrest. The outcome of this move will be watched with interest. The Indians are aware they mar 2osc their rifles, and it is safe to say that nhen soldiers begin to search the tepees ;o' 'he weapons they will have their trouble tor their pains. This at least is the history or all similar move. The soldiers will cer tainly be ordered to make some aggressive movement before the end of the weet. They would have done it beiore if the other agen cies had been prepared to strike the blow. Kvcn with screws put upon them at this tension, it is not likely that they will rebel. One ot the greatest dangers now confront ing tin 'room 1 the possible stampede of uneasy Indians, because ol the coming of so many soldiers. AFKAID OF A STAMPEDE. If the redskins should tako to the hills in fright, they will lead the boys in blue a merry chase, and then, and tiot until then, would the situation become critical. To-day was the regular day lor issuing beef to In dians at the Government corral, two ,milcs from the agency, but when the Sioux and Cheyennes came tramping in from their villaic:, they were told that no beeves would he killed until to-morrow, because Little Wound and his band had not yet put in an appearance. Runners reported, how ever, that the big chief would be in before night and with him were the 200 Rosebud Agency Indians, who desire to be trans ferred to this agency and not to go to war, as the abnormal liar has made out. The Indians uoir here have one more grievance, which does not help the situa tion, and that is the rcfuf.il of Agent Boyer and General Brooke to hold a council with them. They cannot understand why nego tiations arc at an end, and nothing remains for them as peaceable Indians but uncondi tional surrender. Red C.'oud cannot get a hearing. No Water is threatened with ar rest and constantly keeps away from the agency buildings. Big Road pleaded all day lor a conference with the officers, and late last night he was granted a hearing. If anybody who was present at that conference doubts the pitilul docilitv of the Sioux at Tine Ridge he must be a calloused skeptic. tleadixg ron ins teopee. Seated in the center of the floor was the famous chicr, who is Known the length and breadth of the reservation as a man who ne-er breaks his word, and as a warrior who has the courage oi Gall and the bravery of a Chief's son. He came, lie said, to plead for his people and to beg that they be not killed. He had danced in religious dances, and frankly admitted that he had done so against the wishes of Agent Boyer, but he declared he thought himself in the right, and promised there and then that neither he nor his band would dance again if it was against the earnest desire of the Great Father. iig Road's people have been sifted from the so-called unfriendly camp of the Sioux around Red Cloud's house and are now in the village of irieadly Indians. Agent Boyer said this morning that he had infor mation that Sitting Bull had fire brands at all the Sioux agencies, who nere trying to foment trouble. He was positive that the old medicine men had emissaries at Pine Ridge and that Indian runuers were con veniently passing to and fro between the dif ferent agencies, with the information as to the progress of affairs on this reservation. He also said that Indians who had been seen galloping along the ridges overlooking this agency were the men picked by the un friendly Sioux to watch the troops, and that tbe instant trouble began they wonld make a dash tor the ranches and begin their depredations. Agent Boyer, it may be said, is doing all he can to straighten out the snarl in which he unconsciously finds hiroseK, and if he is successlul his star as an Indian agent will blaze with redoubled brilliancy. At best the present situation is a pretty mess and one which requires careful investi gation, as there may be some pertinent and embarrassing questions asked when Uncle Sam is asked to pay the bills for this enormous expenditure of money. HOSTILITIES OPENED. FIERCE BATTLE SAID TO BE RAGING BE TWEEN INDIANS AND TROOPS At Fort Kcogli, Montana Reinforce ments Being Hurried to the Scene IJt tle Wound Commences Depredations by liurning Down Friendly Indians Houses Dlack Hills People Armed. Chicago, November 2G. A dispatch from Fort Missoula, Mont., says a fierce bat tic is in progress between the mili tary and the Indians near Fort Keogh. The department has ordered three companies of Fort Missoula troops to the scene of the trouble. Advices from various points say that lively skir mishing is going on along the line. A dispatch from Pine Ridge Agency said Little Wound and the Rosebud Indians have begun depredation by burning the houses of friendly Indians on Medicine and Porcupine creeks. Governor Mellette has sent arms to the Black Hills people. Tbe troops will start at once after Little Wound. General Mizner, commander at Fort Rus sell, says that if fighting has begun, it would require one hundred thousand troops to conquer the Indians, and the result would be the total annihilation of the tribes waging TWO FATALLY HU2T. A Riot in a West Virginia Town That Ended in Bloodshed. Wheeling, November 20. There was a terrible riot at Maunington. Marion county, at 10 o'clock to-night in which two men weie fatally wounded and a dozen re ceived less serious wounds. About 200 men engaged in the trouble and a score of shots wcic fired. The trouble occurred at the Baltimore and Ohio depot, and the par ticipants were liquor men and others who had been to Fairmont, the county seat, in attendance upon the grand jury. All were more or less under the influence ot liquor and there was trouble on the cars. When they got out at the depot the row was renewed and three or four men attacked Mat Calvert, a son of Dr. Calvert, and cut and beat him horribly. Then Frank Johnson offered successive rewards of 23, 550 and S100 for someone to hit him. John Kelly, of Claysville, Pa., said he would accomodate him, and shot him in the left breast near the heart Revolvers were then drawn all around and the firing com menced. A passenger on the midnight train says when he lett Calvert and Johnson were dying, and the most intense excitement pre vails. ILLINOIS LEGISLATUBE. The Fanners Hold the Balance of Ton cr on Joint Ballot. SritlKGriELD, November 20. The State Canvassing Board completed the official count ot the recent election to-day. It shows that WiIson,Democrat, for State Treas urer, received 531,837 votes; Aiberg, Re publican. 321,100; Link, Prohibitionist, 22, 300: Wilsou's plurality, 9,847. For Super intendent of Public Instruction, Raab, Democrat, received 313,912 votes; Edwards, Republican, 311.3G0; Johanu, Prohibition ist, 18,290: Raab's plurality, 34,052. The Vote on the constitutional amendment to en able Chicago to tax itself 55,000,000 was car ried by a large majority. The official count for members of the Gen eral Assembly makes no change in the re sult as ofliciallr announced. The House will stand 77 Democrats, 73 Republicans. The Senate 24 Democrats, 27 Republicans; joint ballot, 101 Democrats; 100 Repub licans; 3 Farmers' Mutual Beneficial Al liance. FASTEST VESSEL AFLOAT. It Doesn't Belong to England, Either, but to the Argentine. The "fastest vessel afloat" is declared to be the 3,203-ton warship built for the Ar gentine Republic by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. Her name is" the "25 de Mavo," the date of Argentine independence.. Her big gest guns are two eighth-inch guns, she has titin screws, and engines which, in devel oping nearly 9,000 horse-power, carried her through a six hours' trial at a speed of 21.327 knots. "With forced draught that made 13,800 horse power, she showed a speed of of 22.43 knots. SECURED THE CASH. Green Goods Men Knzzle-Dnzzled by Two Plucky Alabaman?, TO WHOM THE LAW GAVE $1,700, Which They Took From the Swindlers at the ristol'a Point. A DECISION OF MICH IMPORTANCE tFrjtC.TAI.TEr.la HAH TO THE DIRPATCB.: New Yoek, November 2G. Corporation Council Clark has decided that J. II. Haf ley and R. D. George, the Alabamans who got the better of some New YorK green goods men in October last, are entitled to the return of the money that they took from the green goods men at the muzzles of their pistols and" that the police in turn took from the Alabamans for safe keeping. Hafley and George came to New York in answer to tbe regulationcircularsentoutbythegrcengoods men. They were farmers at Mooresville, Ala. They had heard of green goods men before, and when the swindlers tried to palm off a bag of green paper on the two Alabam ans, after having previously shown them a number of bundles of real greenbacks, the Alabamans drew revolvers and demanded that the green goods meu surrender all that they had. HA-Dr.D oven inE cash. They were not slow under those circum stances in obeying. The fate ol Tom Davis, who had been shot for refusing to toe the mark in a similar proceeding, was still fresh in their minds. The two Alabamans wasted no time in making their exit, bu one of the green goods men blocked their escape by telling the police that they had just robbed a man iu a down-town hotel of 1,300, and asked that they be arrested. They were taken into custody and their money taken away, and the next day they were held in the'Police Court. Their ar senal was taken away upon order of tbe Court and they were held for trial. They were fined 510 each for carrying pistols. Then they set about recovering the money that had been taken from them and retained Puidy and McLoughlin as counsel, to whom they assigned their claim and went back for their arms. The property clerk sent notice of the claim to the corporation counsel and asked his advice. Mr. Clark said to-day that he had purposely delayed mating any reply for a month, in order to give any adverse "claim ants an opportunity to appear. Inasmuch, however, as no counter-claim had bceu put in, the law compelled him to consent to the return of the money to the persons from whom it had been taken. THE 3IOXET TURNED OVER. A letter was received from George to-day, dated Mooresville, Ala., in which he asked for information regarding the money, and expressed almost as much solicitude" about his pistols, which still remain with the property clerk. Before George and Hafley went away they agreed to let Mr. Mc Loughlin have the two old guns on condi tion that he would return the new ones. McLaughlin said to-day that he would nail them on the wall ol his study, with a clip ping relating the story oi their capture. McLoughlin and Purdy went up to Prop erty Clerk Harriott's, this afternoon, to secure the money. It amounted to S1.739. Whatever may be left ot this sum alter the counsel fee has been deducted, will be sent on to Alabama to-morrow. McLaughlin said that an agreement had been made at the time that the claim Mas assigned, whereby counsel were to receive a certain percentage of the money in case they recovered it. THE FESTIVE CON" MAN. He Victimizes St. Lonis Feople in a Number of Shrewd Games. St. Louis, November 2G. Cecil H. Cook, who some months ago created so much talk on account of the shrewd manner in which he obtained a large number of type writers under false representations and then pawne I them, is again badly wanted by the police on a number of charges. The entire detective department have received instruc tions to look lor him, but as yet they have been unable to locate him. It is supposed he has left the city. About a week ago it is said that he went to the jewelry store at No. 713 Olive street and represented himselt as connected with the engineer's department of the Wabash Railroad. He gave a false name and dis played a lot of papers from the Wnb ish road. He obtained a valuable cold watch and told the proprietor to send his bill to the engineer department of his road. He de parted with the watch, and on the following day it was discovered he was a fraud. HARD "WINTER COMING. The Nutmeg State Claims the Latest Prophet of tho Elements. MlDDLETCWlf, Conn., November 20. Horace Johnson, of Middle Haddam, is the mightiest weather prophet iu Connecticut, aud when he makes a forecast every one listens reverently. Mr. Johnson is the only man who predicted the great blizzard, and all Ins auguries since have been correct. He has just issued his forecast for the coming winter, which will be a severe one, he says. He bases his opinion on the phc nominally large haj' crop of the country, ou the hard, thick shells ot crabs, the thick corn husks, the high and 'strongly con structed mustrat nuts, the abundant" fleece inside corn husks aud the heavy fur ol gray squirrels. Coons are unusually fat, too, aud horses and cattle, every one has ob served, have put on a very thick coat of hair. Horace Johnson, therefore, says: "Look out lor a siege this winter, with plenty of snow and ice." THE PACIFIC SHORT LINE. Rumors Abont the Cirrat Northern Wanting the New Road. St. Paul. November 26. President J. J. Hill, of the Great Northern Railway, is in New York and cannot be seen in regard to the report that his road has secured the con trol of the Pacific Short Line, now building towards the coast from Sioux City through Ocden. The road is now some distance out trom Sioux City and has been sought by tbe Milwaukee and St. Paul aud the Burlington roads, both of which roads especially desire it since the Union Pacific-Northwestern deal. That the Great Northern has been after this road is well known, but nothing is known positively about the securing of it. When iu Chicago a few days ago President Hill was interviewed on the subject or his recent and proposed railroad projects, but very carefully steered clear of all reference to this Pacific Short Line. TESTING KOCE'3 CURE. Experiments With the Lymph Being Tried in a London Hospital. LONDON, November 26. An interesting series of experiments were begun to-day in the use of Prof. Koch's curative lymph at the King's College Hospital. Dr. Chryne, one ol the physicians attached to the hos pital, Jwho is a friend of Prof. Koch, has succeeded in procuring a quantity of the lymph, and to-day gave the first injection to tour patients, one of whom was suffering Iroin tuberculosis of the hip, another trom tuberculosis of the foot, another from lupus in a severe form, and another trom phthisis. Watchers have been selected, who will take turns in noting the effects of the inoc ulation. A large number of doctors and students were close observers of the method of treatment. THE WORLD'S FAIR. PRESIDENT HARRISON MAY SOON ISSUE HIS PROCLAMATION. Secretary Blaino Thought That His Actions Had Deen Unduly Criticised, but Mr. Waller Easily Explains Matters to His Satisfaction. Chicago, November 26. One thing only now remains before President Harrison issues hio proclamation to the world setting a date for the opening and closing of the Columbian Exposition a formal notification from the local directory that the World's Fair corporation has at command funds to the amount of 510,000,000. This notifica tion from the directory to the President is expected to be promptly made. Chairman-Waller, of Connecticut, of the World's Fair Foreign Affairs Committee, this morning after consulting with his col leagues, sent a telegram to Secretary of State Blaine in reply to one received from Mr. Blaine last night. Mr. Blaine's telegram said that in view ol the criticism by some of the commis sioners that the State Department was seek ing lor political advantage in the scheme for securing World's Fair exhibits from the Latin-American republics, that department would withdraw from participation in the work and await the action of the commis sion. Governor Waller's telegram is as fol lows: POLITICS IN THE LORD'S TRAYER. - Chicago, November 26. In reply to yonr telegram of yesterday, withdrawing tho offer of tho Stato De partment in aid o foreign exhibitors because of the misinterpreted action of the World's Columbian Commission on tho report of tho Committee of Foreign Affair of that body regarding Plans for securing exhibits from the Spanish-American Hepublics. I beg to assuro you that neither the coruraitteo nor the corc inistinn considered the movement in any senso a political one. Somo people can discover polities in the Lord's Prayer, but If there are any of this class in the commission they are. fortunately, nsither numerous nor influential. The report ot the committeo was unanimously accepted and referred loan appropriate depart ment. Tours resppcttully, Thomas M. Waller. Secretary Blaine sent the following re ply: Washington, November 2G, 1830. lion. Thoimis M. Waller, Clilcaso, III.: Dispatch received. Many thanks. All's i ell that ends w ell. James G. Blaine. ENGLANE'S AGED CHURCHES. Interesting; Description of Some of Tlicso Ancient Edifices. A few ecclesiastical remains in the Saxon style of architecture are found scattered up and down the country, as at Earl's Barton, Worth, Monkwearmouth, etc., but which must take precedence in pojnt of age is a ticklish question for antiquaries. The oldtst church, not only in Great Britain, but in Christendom, says Spare Moments, is considered to be the garrison church at Dover, built of volcanic tufa, supposed to havs beeu brought over to England by the Romans; it is over 15 centuries old, and has been recently restored. St. Martin's, at Canter bury, is usually considered the oldest parish church. A. gieat part of it still retains the original Romau bricks, which probably wit nessed Queen Bertha and Bishop Lued hard's devotions, and later Ethelbert's bap tism. The oldest foundation is that of Glas tonbury Abbey, which for centuries con tained the precioui relic of the very first Christian church erected in Britain. This church is said to date from the Roman period, and was burnt down in the'reign of Henry II. One of the oldest churches at present in a condition to be used lor religious services is that of St. Lawrence, at Bradford-on-Avon, in Wilts, built between C73 and 709, by St. Aldhehn, Abbot of Malmesbury and a ter ward Bishop of Sherborne, who was as skil ful a builder as he was an accomplished scholar. This tiny church is only 38 eet long, with a chancel arch not more than three feet across. It stood sturdily through the tumults of our "rouch island story," and remains our only perfect specimen of pre-Norman architecture. For two centuries it sunk into obscurity as a school and dwell ing house, but about i tie middle of the pres ent century kinder hands rescued it trom tbe utilitarian Vandals, and now it receives the respect whibh from its gray antiquity it surely merits. USE OF 1HE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. The Importance of Its Work in Locating Our Natnral Wealth. Cyrus Adams in The Cliautauqnan.l A few Congressmen who have been de nouncing the National Geological Survey as a wicked waste of public money, have not shown in their speeches any very vivid conception of the nature or utility of these surveys. How can we fully utilize our riches if we do not know exactly where and what they are, nud how they most easily may be reached? This is a large partol the service of the Geological Survey. A few pages from the history of New Jer sey may be commended to anyone who thinks it mere nonsense to push our geolog ical survey'. The recently completed sur vey oi New Jersey has added millions to the weilth ot the Strte. The whole system of artesian well borinsr, the direct result of the work of this survey, has brought incal culable benefits to the entire Atlan tic coast. The fire and potter's clays which this survey located and described, have caused the development of clay proper ties of great value. Millions of capital have been invested upon the strength of these geological reports on the condition and value of the mines, quarries, lime-beds, marls, drained lands, aud other riches of New Jersey. With such results of a thorough Geolog ical Survey on our Eastern border, who can measure the ultimate blessings of the scien tific studies now progressing in the far West, nndcr the superintendeuey of Director Powell? They cannot be pushed too fast to suit the new States and Territories. THE C0NEMAUGH DAM. An Engineer Who J Inspected It Makes a Written Iteport. rSflCIAL TELIGKAM TO THE niSPATCn.I New YORK, November 26. Chief En gineer Fteley, of the Aqueduct Commission, was sent to inspect the broken Concmaugh dam that caused the Johnstown flood, at the time of that appalling disaster. He has just made a written report of the inspection, with reference to the dam system of our water shed. After describius the Cone maugh dam at length amljlie scene of de vastation its collapse caused, Mr. Fteley says: Under certain conditions of rain fall, tho water shed, SO square miles in area, has for a number of hours produced a flow, which If continued at that rate fur 21 hours would be cguat to 0,O00,0J0.00U gallons, requiring a wier loU feet lung to accommodate it, with a depth of seven feet of water, or 340 feet long with a depth of four feet, a requirement which is very much above the flowing capacity of tho channels provided for waste water in many existing dams. Dno weight has been given to tho evidence in the determination of tbe principal parts of the dams now under construction in the Crotou water shed. Tbe precautions taken mav appear excessive, but tnc same conditions which have been bown to obtain recently in parts ot the State of Pennsylvania, which have existed elsewhere, may be reproduced In our neighborhood, al though generations mav have passed without such an experience, and they shuuld be met by the engineer. Like tho Passion Play. A play prodnced in Vienna, called "The Fifth Commandment," has roused a crusade against it from tbe Austrian pulpit. The first sermon was heard in the Cathedral of Vienna, and by the direction of the Bishop of Graiz sermons condemning it have been preached throughout his diocese, to be fol lowed by petitions from the-congregation for its. prohibition. ' A DOCTOR IN DANGER He Was Almost Too Anxious About Securing His Fee. KOUGHLY HAKDLED BY A CROWD. EefasiDj; to Attend an Injured Boy Until Ili3 Pay Was Guaranteed. PECULIAR SCENE IX A CHICAGO STREET Chicago, November 26. Dr. Ransom Dexter narrowly escaped personal violence at the hands of an angry crowd in the Builders' and Traders' Exchange Building, Nos. 159 and 161 La Salle street. The crowd became aroused to such a pitch of fury by the refusal of the physician to attend a boy injured in an elevator accident until his fee should be guaranteed. The accident was caused by negligence on the part of the lessee of the building to pro vide secure gates about the elevator shaft. The victim was a 13-year-old boy named John Hurley, who is employed by the Tut nam Publishing Company. The boy had delivered some goods on the fifth floor of the building, and while waiting for the ele vator to descend to the basement at about 12 :30 o'clockhe thoughtlessly leaned against the gate. It was insecure and it pave way aud both it and the boy fell down the shaft. The elevator car with seven passen gers aboard was midway between the first and second floors. The wei?ht precipitated upon it set it in motion toward the bottom of the shaft. It moved slowly enough, how ever, to permit one of the passengers, Mr. O'Donuell. the President of the Lake Shore Sand and Gravel Company, to wrench loose the gate at the first floor and jump on the landing safely. The rest of the passengers and the elevator man were uninjured. WOULD TAKE NO RISKS. The boy was picked up insensible and was carried into an office. A messenger was at once dispatched to Dr. Dexter's office, at Clark and Madison streets, less than a block away. The answer brought back was that Dr. Dexter would not come unless he could have assurance that he would be paid. By this time a crown had gathered in the office where the little fellow lav limp and help less and about the hallways. When the doc tor's answer was passed round a dozen voices exclaimed: "Have him come, anyway! It's a case of life and death! There's plenty of money in this crowd!" There were a good many members of the Exchange present by this time. Another message was sent to Dr. Dexter to the effect that he would be paid, and in a lew minutes he came. A number of witnesses declare that as soon as he entered the building he again demanded to know if he was to be paid. A collection had been taken up amounting to over 510 for the boy's benefit, and several persons told him to go ahead and attend to the patient. There were others in the crowd who did not like the physician's solicitude about his fee, and there were several who used strong lan guage. One man shook bis fist in the doc tor's lace and yelled: t. ''You're a diszrace to the profession." "You're a liar!" roared the doctor. ATTACKING THE DOCTOR. The crowd was fast losing control of itself. Men reached over each other's shoulders, says R. W. Maxton, a dealer in building stone, who was there, and struck at the doc tor. None of the blows reached his face.bnt his silk hat was crushed. He was quickly hustled out of the building into Arcade court, where he made his way back to the office. Some persons who were present wanted to lynch him. and it was said he es caped in the nick o! time. Another physician examined little John Hurley and found no bones broken. It is not 'certain that he has not sustained in ternal injury. Tbe police ambulance took him to his parents' residence, No. 27 John place. Dr. Dexter's version of the affair is some what different from that giveu by others who were present. "WHAT TnE PHYSICIAK SAYS. "A boy came to my office," said he, "to tell me that a boy who hadabeen hurt needed my attention at tbe Woman's Christian Temperance Union rooms. I had had trouble on two occasions with these people. I had at tended patients nt their request and had been swindled. In one case they guaran teed my fee and I got only halt' of my ree. So I sent word that I couldn't come unless there was a guaranty that I would be paid. The same messenger came to say that unless I went there I would be written up in the papers. 'So this is a case of blackmail", is it?' I said. 'If that's so I guess I'd better go.' I had just fairly en tered the building when some one cried out that they didn't want such a man they had no use for me. They were like a set of in sane people I should judge it was a crowd that had got drunk on cheap whisky. They began to call names, and one man provoked me beyond endurance by saying I was a dis grace to my profession. I called him a liar. Then a policeman took my arm and led me toward the door. I wont out and it was the best thing I could have done. The crowd might have hurt me, the men were so beside themselves. "1 think I have a right lo refuse to attend if I see fit. For 12 years I have done an office business almost exclusively. One year it was 1S73 when I aid visiting and responded to every call I kept au exact ac count, and the calls responded to for ithirh I received no "pay whatever amounted to 60 per cent of my business. It was nearly as much in 1870. I can't afford to answer calls where I receive nothing, and I think 510,000 is enough to have lost that way in a few yeirs. "I believe the profession will sustain me in asserting a right to decline business that I don't want." OF MINISTERS FAMILIES. Attempting to Account for the Allegation Tliat They Tnrn Ont Iiadly. The fact that the families of clergymen and ministers often turn out badly, says Spare Moments, is as curious as It is regret able. The subject has engaged the atten tion of an Edinburgh minister, who, by way of accounting for the failing away of young meu who presumably enjoyed excep tioual moral training, said: "There was too much hollowncss in the religion of the home; too much formality in the teaching of the parent." Possibly these have something to do with the result, but the irksonieness of the re straints to which the families of pastors are subjected is probably the true secret. Mem-bA-s of the clerical profession are compelled, to some extent, by the very nature or their office to abstain from relaxations which are enjoyed by tbe laity. From Nonconformist ministers more than from clergymen of the Church of England, a degree of austerity is expected whiuh is neither necessary nor natural. This indeed is deplorable, because it not only overshadows the life, and re presses the social instincts of the minister 'himself, but sets up a barrier between liim se! and his congregation. Tbe more human u clergyman is, and the more worldly experience he possesses, the better for himself aud those to whom he ministers. Training and exigence may adapt a pastor to live a retired, precise and uneventful life, to abstain Irom and eve'u to discountenance innocent relaxations. Sounded Wrong, but Was All Bight. Boston Herald. Clergyman (after per.'orming tbe cere mony) Now you are tied for life. The new husband We are knot tied. Black Goods A choice line of camels biar and cheviot, rough effects, wide wales diagonals, etc., the now fashionable fabrics. TTSSU HUGUS & HACKE. A NAVAL WELCOME. THE BRAZILIAN WARSHIPS RECEIVED BY AMERICAN MEN-OF-WAR In New York Harbor With the Tj'snal Hon orsCourtesies Extended tho Visitors From Brazil A Banquet Given to the Officers by Admiral Walker. New Yokk, November 26. The Brazil ian war ships Aquidabaii and Gtunabara weighed anchor shortly ufter 8 o'clock this morning and steamed slowly up the hay and the North river to a point opposite TwetitVffourth street, where they came to anchor. They were escorted by the Amer ican gunboat Yorktown and the dispatch boat Dolphin. As the fleet passed quaran tine the guns at Fort Wardsworth boomed forth a salute. The bay was doited with tugs and small sailing craft, filled with in terested spectators. At 9:15 o'clock the navy yard dispatch boat steamed out past the Battery and fell into the line, tbree-.'ourths of a mile ahead of the Dolphin. As the latter passed the statue of Liberty the colors were run uu, and at the same moment a white cloud of smoke puffed out from old Castle William on Governor's Island and cannon roared out a welcome nine consecutive times. The Brazilian cruiser Aquidabau responded with 15 guns. It was about 11 o'clock when tbe fleet finally dropped anchor iu their berths. The United Stales steamship Philadelphia, of the North Atlantic squadron, Admiral Gherardi's flag ship, Ibv up the river about 400 teet above the Brazilian- vessels. The Philadelphia had been lying there since Sunday last, under orders from Secretary Tracy, waiting to welcome Admiral Balta zar da Silvierii. As the Brazilians dropped their anchor a salute was fired trom the Philadelphia and the Brazilian flag was run up the flag line. The Aquidahan responded with a like salute aud hoisted the Stars and b tripe?. Half au hour after Admiral Gherardi and staff made a forma) call on Admiral Da Stlviern. At 1 o'clock the Brazilian officers went ashore and proceeded to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, wherethey called on Admiral Walker. Iu about 25 minutes the visiting party returned to their vessel. At 3:30 Admiral Walker returned the call and in vited the visiting officer's to a banquet to night at the Fiith Avenue Hotel. SOUTH DAKOTA ALLIANCE. Farmers Who Will Contest the Election of tho Republican Ticket. Mitchell, S. D., November 20. The annual session of the Farmers' Alliance of this State was addressed last night by Na tional Treasurer Ashbey, of Iowa, who took occasion to express himself widely at vari ance with leading Alliance men of this and many other States. He said he was not in harmony with the Alliance being a political organization or having implied political tests of membership. He was opposed to the sub-Treasury plan or that of Government loans, and said: "We must not demand for ourselves what we condemn in others as class legislation." His remarks did not take well with some of the Independent party radicals. Presi dent Louckes was re-elected at this after noon's session. At the close oTthat session Mr. Case called upon the members ot the Alliance to contribute money to send Chair man Goodfellow, ol the Independent State Committee, to Pierre to be preseut when the State Canvassing Board shall do its work. He stated that it was the intention to file a contest against the entire Republican State ticket, alleging that tbe Republicans used 5100,000 in the late campaign, while the Independent party used but $2,200. CLAIMS HE BROKE THE RECORD. Fastest Time Ever Made on an American Railroad, on the P., Ft. W. & C. St. Louis, November 26. Charles Watts, Superintendent of the Chicago division of the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicago road, claims that the. fastest time ever made on an Ameriran railway was on that road last week. His official report showed that this special train ran 53 miles In 45 minutes, 11 miles ot which was covered in seven min utes, or at an average speed of 94 miles an hour. The train sheets show that the above statement is correct. NEW rUBLICATIONS. 1 8 9 1 Now is the Time "THE BEST PERIODICALS FOR FAMILY READING." Harper's Magazine. $4 a Yonr. Issued Montlily. Harper's Weekly. I Harper's Bazar. $4 a Year. Issued "Weekly. Harper's Young People. $2 a Year. Issued Weekly. POSTAGE FREE IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND MEXICO. The American people ought to be proud of these four periodicals. It is no exaggeration to say thatthe steady influence exerted upon the lifeand thought of the nation from the publishing house in Franklin Square is at leastequal to that of one of the great universities. ... 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The precaution was of no avail as one of his horses died. A JEALOUS HUSBAHD. He Shoots His Wifo and Then Takes HUr O wn Life. Petsbsbubg, Ind., November 26. 'Lige Mallot, a dairyman, in a fit of jealousy, shot his wife last night, inflicting only a flesh wound. He then committed suicide by shooting himself through the breast. The eoup'e hive two bovsi NEW PUBLICATIONS. THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. Contents for December. THE FIRST OF THE SERIES OF AR TICLES DEVOTED TO The Development of American Indus-, tries Since Columbus IS EARLY STEPS IN IRON MAKING. (FULLY ILLUSTRATED.) By William F. Durfee. An entertaining story of primitive methods in the iron manufacture. WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE "DAGO?" ByAPPLKTOK Morgan-. Another race problem for Americans to solve. THE IDENTITY OF LIGHT AND ELECTRICITY. By Prof. Henri Hertz. I7ie most remarkable of recent discov eries in physics. THE "POROROCA," OR BORE, OF THE AMAZON. By Prof. J. C. Brait- NKR. 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