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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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A JEALOUS HUSBAHD.
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Life.
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