f f FIRST-PART. ' ,; Wm. 13 H HL ' J JC li' S V ' - r - FORTT-ITFTH " YEAH. Of Indian Warfare Now Cer tain; and Likely to Last - Through the Winter. u URDER AND PLUNDERING Mark-the Path of the Vicious Sav f ages, Who Are Headed For the Bad Lands. v A CATH0LIOMISSI0N WAS BURNED 'And the Good Priest Killed, Yesterday, by the Blood-Thirsty Eedskins, Who Had Formerly Held Him in Esteem. THE WARLIKE SPIRIT FULLI AROUSED frBLOODI CAMPAIGN Aci the Tcnig Bucks, cr Fighting Hen of the Suppose d Trier-Shes, Are All With the " ' Hcttflts Hot. Si Tig; KEBRASKA STATE CUABD IS CALLED OUT rSrECIAl. TELXOKAM TO THE DISrATCTM ItusirvixLE, Dec 3L The last faint liope that the Indian troubles would be set tled .without further bloodshed has de- parted, and there seems nuthing left but a war of extermination. This apparently means a prolonged and bloody winter cam paign, as for everx hostile who bites the du t, two spring from the ground to take bis place, and practically every one of the supposed friendlies who can pull a trigger is now upon the warpath. Already tbere'has been another .battle, or rather a succession of them, for the firing in,fhe vicinity of the Pine Eidge Agency is sow almost continuous. One of the en counters, however, deserves to be ranked with anything in the annals or Indian war fare, and the balance of the Seventh Cavalry very narrowly escaped the fate which befell hose of that regiment who went out with the gallant Custer never to return. A Catholic 3Ilsion Burned. For an hour or so there had been a lull in the firing in the immediate iieighborhood of the main agency building, and the tired troopers were snatching a little rest, when a courier rushed in with tbe startling news thst the Catholic Mission building, on Clay creek, where there usually are a number of Catholic priests and Sisters and hundreds of children, was surrounded by hostiles and liad been &ct o" fire. Instantlv the order to j-r- ? -, Aiove was given, and the Seventh Cavalry, with a couple of Eotchkiss guns, started on a gallop for the mission. An Influential Priest Killed. As the troops approached the Indians drew off about a mile, after firing one of the buildings. During the melee Father Cracraft, a Catholic priest who has hitherto had considerable influence among the reds, was 'killed. He was the only white person in the mission school at the time, the others being the Indian children, who of course, were noi molested by the warriors. The Indians, who were variously estimated at 1,500 to 2,000 strong, did not retreat far, but made a stand in the hillocks about a mile from the mission Little Wound and Too Strike were in command of the braves, and managed their forces with consummate adroitness. The evident intention was to draw the cavalry into the hills and ravines, and sur round and Ma&sacre the Entire Regiment. To this end the main bodv of the reds re mained concealed, while a band of a hun dred or more, mounted upon fleet ponies, would dash toward the troops, firing and jelling, and then make a ieint at falling back. Colonel Forsythe, however, refused to venture farther, and the reds became bolder. Concealed behind their ponies, with nothing but a foot and arm showing, they would dash all around the troops, ponring in a constant, although scattering fire. The sol diers replied, and several ponies were seen to fall, but whetner any of the braves were killed is not known, as the Indians held the ground. , This exciting,.if one-sided, species of war- fare was kept up until six private soldiers t. had been killed, and four times that num ber, including an officer, wounded. Then tie order was given to retreat, ard slowly and sullenly the troops commenced their retrograde march. "With blood-curdling screams the ambus cade was then unmasked, and hnndreds of Indians poured out upon the plains. In a very short space of time the regimen was almost entirely surrounded. Just at this moment, however, and before the chiefs had made up their minds to order a charge, the Xinth Cavalry bugles were heard, and is!-jrtly alter the head of the column made iti appearance, under Colonel Henry. , - The Troops Retreated Safely. : ' Tbelodians at once broke, and though the desultory skirmishing continued, made no further attempt to cut off the retreat, which was finished in safety. Had it not been for tbe wholesome fear which the hos- - tiles have for the Hotchkiss machine guns the results might have been even more serious. Two Strike, Little "Wound, Short Bnll and other chiefs ran away from the agency " ' Monday night, after hearing of the "Wound ed Knee creak fight, taking with them hun dicds of warriors. They also compelled the old chief, Red Cloud, to accompany them, under threat of death. It was these Indians who located the supply train and raided the school. It has been ascertained that the supposed ly large camp of friendlies, located south of the agency, is made up almost entirely of $. old men, squaws and children. The ques 1 tioa is what has become or tbe large num-.- ber of friendly bucks located there until vesterday. Supposed Friendlies Join the Hostile, half-breed courier who was through (camp last night reports that nearly every able bodied Indiau in this friendly outfit had quietly slipped away after'dusk and joined the hostile forces. Friendly In dians at Pine Ridge, now, he says, are prin cipally squaws, and those not able to fight. That further fights will occur there is no donbt. If the Indians should make an on slaught during the storm they would urn doubtedly have a great advantage. The danger is now that they will break away to strongholds in the Cad Lands and will be reinforced by Rosebud, Standing Rock, and other Indians. Signal lights are burned at night from every hilltop, and the situation is becoming more, serions with each pissing hour, MANY SQUAWS KILLED. AHOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE FH5ST TER RIBLE EKCOUrTTES. The Battle Xasted About Two Hours, and at the Close the field Presented a Strange Spectacle The Work of the Hotchkiss 3Iachine Guns. Omaha, Neb., Dec 3L The Bee has still another account of the first battle be tween the soldiers and Indians. According to the latest advices the firing did not cease entirely until 11 o'clock, and continued about two honrs. The 4iot part of the struggle, however,' lasted about 30 minutes. The wind-up presented a strange scene, with tbe battery of three Hotchkiss cannons sur rounded by a very hastily improvised breast work of sacks of grain And boxes of provi sions, behind which lay about 200 of tho cavalry firing at those of tbe daring Indians, who, as by a miracle, had escaped from the open triangle of cavalry men, and were mating for the gullies and draws which cut up a little plain that separated them from the foot hills to the west. The battery and breastworks were on a knoll about 100 . yards north west of the spot where it was fought, the fierce band-to-hand struggle that was opened at such desperate odds by the Indians. On and around this spot lay the ballet-riddled bodies of about 60 red skins, Big Foot among tbe others, while tbe slope further west was spotted with them. A glance at the ravines showed more of them that "had been picked off as they had raised up to get a shot at the soldiers. The Loss to the Indians. One hundred and sixteen warriors and 40 squaws lay stiffening in death. As for the squaws, they were not killed with particular intent, notwithstanding that they had been running around with scalping knives trying to stab the soldiers. They were killed prin cipally because they became so mixed with squads of bucks that made dashes to gain the ravine, and were mowed down by tho battery. It was a ghastly and bloody field, whose horror was added to by the groans of 33 wounded and dying soldiers. Gallant and fearless were the Seventh Cavalry boys whose bravery none except those who witnessed it can ever fully appreciate. The wounds in a majority of instances were in the legs and arms, while several were shot in the breast , About noon orders came from Gen eral Brooke to 'immediately pack and come to Pine Ridge Agency to aid in the attack that had" been made there by the thousands of so-called friendly Indians in and near the agency. Compli ance with the order involved a rehandling and a long, rough, hurried ride for the wounded, which wonld probably hasten the1 death of three, which occurred justafter i, their p-rival aA Pine Uidgir f Everybody Ready for the "Worst Intense excitement reigned supreme here when the Seventh Cavalry arrived. Every man here was going about carrying a Win chester, a revolver and a belt of cartridges. The woman and children were crowded together in one ' house guarded by infantrv.l Colonel Henry, with the Ninth' Cavalry arrived soon after daybreak yesterday. He had scarcely got into camp when a courier dashed in and reported that Coloiiel Henry's wagon train, which lollowed a half hour behind, had been surrounded by the Indians that went out of here under Two Strike and Little Wound. The Sev enth flew to the rescue, and, after running their horses six miles, came upon the In dians, and, after killing a large number and losing three oi their men, succeeded in res cuing the train. The remainder of the In dians got away. THE KILLED AKD "WOUNDED. A List or the Soldiers Who Have Been Re ported to Headquarters. Pine Ridge Agency, Dec 31. Eight more dead soldiers were brought into the agency after dark last night, being part of yesterday's fatalities. The losses to the Indians are known to have" been great, but definite numbers are not yet ascertained. The following is the correct list of the killed and wounded in the fight at "Wounded Knee, Monday, so far as is known at the hospital headquarters here, where they have all been brought These are dead: George D. "Wallace, Captain Company K, Sev enth Cavalry. Johnson, private. Company A. Seventh Cavalry. Frey, private. Company A, Seventh Cavalry. Dyer, first sergeant, Comnany A, beventh Cav alry. Kelley, private. Company A, Seventh Cavalry. Cain, private, Company A, Seventh Cavalry. Coffee, first scrgtant,. Company B, Seventh Cav alry. BooL. private. Company B. Seventh Cavalry. Joseph Murpby. private, Company K, beventh Cavalry. Kellner,. private. Company F, Seventh Cavalry. Kettles, first sergeant. Company F, Seventh Cavalry. Oscar Pollock, hospital steward, Tj. S. N. Hodfres. private, Company K, Seventh Cavalry. lioue. corporal. Company T- Seventh Cavalry. Forrest, private, Company 11. Eleventh Cavalry. Newell, private, Companv 15, fceventfc Cavalry. JlcCue, private. Company K, Seventh Cavalry. Loran, private. Company A, beventh Cavalry. Coatelle, private. Company B. beventh Cavalry. Itagan, private, Companv A, Seventh Cavalrr. Chrlstenson, private. Company K, beventh Caalry. i Bauiike, private. Company P. Seventh Cavalry. le Frey, private. Company C, beventtt Cavalry. William Adams, private, company K, beventh Cavalry. Tbe following are the names of the wounded: Thomas Harran, private, Company B, Second Infantry. Itobert Brunner, private. Company B, Second Infantry. John Coffee, private. UghtBattery, First Artil lery. Charles Campbell, Quartermaster Sergeant. Harry Jj. Clifton, corporal, Company K. James Ward, bergeant, Company B, beventh Cavalry. H. I. Hawthorn, First Lieutenant, Second Artil lery. tvilllam Toohey, Sereeant, Company B. John .McKenzle,- private. Company B. Harvey H.'l nomas, private. Company I. Christopher Martin, private. Company A. John P. Fritle, First Serjeant, Company F. Daniel McMahon, private. Company A. AdamNeter, private, Company A. Harry Stone, private, Company.B. Frederick Wodaer, private. , Hneh McMlnnis. private. Vt llliam Davis, private. , A number of others areslightly wounded. GENERAL EEO0KE TO THE FRONT. Three Thousand Indians Break Away From the Agency. Omaha, Dec 3L -General Brooke left Chadron at 4 A, Si. for Fine Ridge with a large force of Cavalry. It is reported that the ranchers on "White river have been pil laged, horses stolen and cattle killed.' John Dyer, chief herder of the Government herd, has abandoned his cattle 'Three ranchers are reported killed on "White river. The Catholic mission, near Chadron, was burned by Indians this morning. General Brooke has ordered a -detachment there to guard the town. It is now-snowing in the reseryation, and a blizzard is setting - in. Ranchers arc leading their homes and flocking into Chadron. 'The loss nf life and property is great Three thousand Indians are rumored to have broken away from the agency and to have gone on the warpath. T NOBLE WINS A POINT. HE ANTAGONIZES A PROPOSITION PROM GENERAL JULES. Tho President Decides He Is Right in Pro testing Against Indian Agencies Being Taken Out of His Control Tho Subject Not Yet Settled. .SPECIAL TKI.ZOBAU TO TUE DISPATCH. "Washington, Dec 3L President Har rison and Secretary Noble have scored a point on (general Miles, General Schofield, and Secretary Proefor. A letteT, in which General Miles recently urged the transfer of certain Indian agencies in the Sioux country to the charge of the "War Depart ment, came up in the Cabinet meeting to day and after a very lively controversy, the civilians won. This letter of General Miles recommended that the five Indian agencies in present hostile country should be placed under the charge of five army officers, who should have complete and permanent con trol of them. ' General Miles stated at length his reasons for recommending such a radical change of administration as this, and forwarded his letter to the "War Department for approval. It was indorsed by General Schofield, and was submitted to the Cabinet meeting to day, accompanied by a warm letter of recommendation from Secretary Proctor. The President laid the matter before the Cabinet for consideration, and Secretary Noble at once antagonized the change pro posed by General Miles, He regarded it as little short of impertinence for any arm; officer to suggest that tbe Interior Depart ment was not capable of exercising proper control of the agencies, and indignantly protested against the recommendations made by General Schofield and Secretary Proc tor. After a somewhat heated discission, the President decided that General Noble was right, and the subject was dropped. This recommendation of General Miles has no connection with tbe plan suggested by him at the commencement of jtbe Indian hostilities, looking to the temporary control of the Indian agencies in, tbe hostile coun try by the War Department, but is a recom mendation that the army officers In com mand of the field take permanent charge of the big agencies where trouble is at all times likely to occur. It is understood that the fact that the Cabinet did not sustain the "War Department officials does not mean that the subject may not come up again for farther consideration. It is still regarded as an open one, and Secretary Noble may yet be out-generaled. AN INDIAN PLOT. THEY PLAN TO BURN THE AGENCY AND STAMPEDE TROOPS. Then They Would DIassacro the Settlers Without Mercy A Raging Blizzard Gives tho Redskins the Advantage General Miles Expected on the Scene Soon. Omaha, Dec 3L A Bee special from Pine Ridge Agency, S. Dak., says: Lieu tenant Herman Krantzerg, Company A., Seventh Cavalry, who was shot in the arm and side at "Wounded .Knee, died last night. fci-reMliitr:r3i.i;LJriug tutu's Over, al though most of tho wounded are -doing as well as could'be expected, Francis Schette, Troop C, Seventh Cav alry; is tbe name of the other soldier killed yesterday in the battle that took place six miles west oi here. The Episcopal Church has been turned into a hospital, and this morning contains 38 of the hostile Indians wounded and captured at Wounded "Knee. Most of them are squaws, and tbe majority will die. In addition to Carr's command, the Sev enteenth Infantiy and all tbe cavalry at Rosebud will be here by to-night. General Miles will also come to-day. A scout came in about 8 o'clock last night, and said that the hostiles. reassured by the fact that the soldiers quit the field yesterday afternoon, had planned to attack and burn the .agency with fire arrows, and then stampede the troops ahd massacre the inhabitants; and the report was proven true to some extent, but the very heavy lines of pickets frustrated and stopped tbe scheme. A terrific blizard struck tbe agency at 7 o'clock this morning. The air is blinding with snow, and the mercury is falling rapidly. Chief Two Strikes and a large body of followers broke away from the agency dur ing the day and started either for the Bad Lands or for a point near Rosebud agency, it is not definitely known which. Word has been sent to the commander of the troops at Rosbud to inter cept the band. Other defections are mo mentarily expected, so much so that one well up in authority says that by morning he does not expect to see a single hostile remaining at Pine Ridge. That includes now nearly every able-bodied Indian, except the police. Some few Cheyennes and scouts, Red Cloud and all the lesser chiefs, except American Horse, had joined their brethren tor the last great fight. The storm still rages', and gives every advantage to the Indians, either for fighting or escaping to some safe retreat The end is not yet THE GHOST DANCE CRAZE Affecting Even the Children "Who Are Hard ly Able to Walk. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 31. The Bee ac count of the battle at the mission school says that while the fight was hottest, there mingled with the roar of musketry the careless, joyous laughter of half a dozen little Indian children who were not more than five nrsix yards from the scene of the savage, con flict, and was paid no more attention to than it it was so much conversation. As a most striking ' illustration of how deeply rooted and founded is the ghost danco faith even the children of these fanatical Indians haye be come like them. Oneof them, a little thing who could just talk plainly, ran up to one of our interpreters just after the' firing ceased anil, shaking a toy tomahawk at him, exclaimed: The soldiers would not have killed my father (oneof the braves) if they had not been close enough to tonch him with their guns, because he had a ghost shirt on, and a white man can not kill one of us when wo have a ghost shirt on unless they can tonch us with their guns. MniTIA ORDERED OUT. Nebraska's Governor Rosp'onds to an Ap peal for Military Protection. Lincoln, Dec 31. Governor Thayer is in receipt of the following telegram: Chatjbon, Neb., Dec 3L Indians have been fighting here for two days. The city is full of women and children, and no arms. Can't you order out militia and send guns? JAilES C. Daulman, Sheriff. The Governor immediately authorized the following response: Lincoln, Neb., Dec 3L aiptitn Fred H, Smith, Company M, Second Keglment, Chadron, Iieb. : Orderyonr company on duty for projection of people in town and conntry. A, V. Cole, Adjutant General. It is understood that hands of hostiles have renewed their depredations all along the Nebraska "and Dakota border Mwti PITTSBUEG. THURSDAY, JANUARY HOAR IS CONFIDENT That the Force Uill Will Ultimately Be Passed by tho Senate. QE SMILES WHEN ASKED WHEN. A Eesolution of Inquiry by Morgan Stirs Up the Senate, THE MATTHEWS KILLING BROUGHT UP ntFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TU StBrATCB.1 "Washington, Dec 31. Senator Hoar said, to-day, that be felt assured that the Re publican opposition to the elections bill had manifested itself to the extentof its strength, and that there were enough, rotes, which could be certainly counted on, to pass the measure if it could be brought to a vote. T,here is the rub. "When tbe Senator was asked how it could he brought to a vote, he smiled and said, that would appear in good time. This was the week of the opposition. The Republicans could not muster a quorum; they could meet only for the .purpose of giving the Democrats a chance to talk. It might seem rather ungracious for any Senator to find fault with the delay of the bill at this time, when everyone knew that no progress could be made, but it was possi ble the bad weather had something to do with the bad tempers of the Senators. The Senator intimated that the friends of the bill had estimates their strength care fully, and that they had no doubt of their ultimate victory. In the Senate to-day Mr.. Morgan asked the Vice President (o lay before tho Senate the resolution heretofore'offered by him, in structing theCommittee on Privileges and Elections to report as to the contents and meaning of the elections bill,. Mr. Sherman made a point of order against the resolution, and a sharp debate ensued, which was not finished when the morning hour expired and the matter went over without action. The Senate then resumed consideration of thelections bill and was addressed by Mr. George in opposition to it At tbe con-, elusion of "the speech, .Mr. Hawley alludedj to the shooting of Postmaster Matthews in the Senator's (Mr. George's) town. The shooting, he said, was in cold blood and be- cause-the postmaster was a Republican. Mr. George said that politics had nothing to do with the shooting. The Senate then adjourned till Friday at noon, with the un derstanding that then a further adjournment will take place till Monday at noon. THE NEW APPORTIONMENT. Quick "Work Done by the Census Bureau in That Line. "Washington, Dec. 31. Superintendent Porter, of the Census Bureau, has sub mitted to the Secretary of the Interior a re port of the operations of tbe Bureau for the six months ended to-day. On the subject of the apportionment of representatives in. Congress Mr. Porter says: "If the apportion, men t bill which has passed. the House of Representatives should pass the Senate and become a law, the apportionment under the Eleventh Censni would be about two years earlier in time than any heretofore made." On the subject of farms, homes and mort gages, Mr. Porter savs: "Within a few nounce the number of persons in the United ' Ihj.ff Xviin, in rAtSw'lisevuiipdVti-.'t mg rented farms; the number occupying their own homes and farms free from debt, and the number reported as owning farms and homes which are mortgaged. While the facts obtained by this investigation may throw a new ligbt on the subject of mort gage indebtedness, and while the material gathered bids fair to he far more reliable than I had ever hoped, the cost of the in quiry has been great, and will tullv reach mv orijinal estimate of $1,250,000 to '$1,500, 000." A SENSATION SPOILED. No Irregularities in the Now Idaho Sena tors' Credentials. "Washington, Dec. 31. Some sensation mongers this morning put afloat the story that irregularities had been discovered in the credentials of ,the new Idaho Senators so grave in nature as to threaten their re jection, with the incidental, but far more important result of depriving tbe Republi cans of the votes of the two new Senators in time of need next week. It appears that the story was founded on the fact that although the credentials were regularly cer tified by the" proper States officers, the cer tificates bear the seal of the Territory of Idaho. Senator Shoup, the first Senator to be seated from Idaho, is however prepared with the' adequate explanation He says that the Constitution of the new State provides specially that the Territorial seal shall be used as the seal of the State until a new seal is provided by law, FIGURES ON ANTHRACITE. Soma Interesting Fact on the Production of Pennsylvania for 1889. "Washington, Dec 31. Superintendent Porter has issued a bulletin showing that the total production of anthracite in Penn sylvania during the calendar year 1889 was 40,665,152 tons of 2,240 pounds, valued at the mines at $65,718,165, or an average of about $1 77 per ton, including all sizes sent to market. The quantity reported by the transportation companies as actually carried to market, which is the usual basis for sta tistics for shipments, was 35,407,710 tons. The average number of days "worked dur ing the year 1889 by all collieries was 194. The number ot persons employed during the year was 125,229; the total wages paid being 539,152,121. A RAILROAD CONGRESS. Call Issued for One to Be Held at the Capi tal on March 3 Next. "Washington, Dec 31. A call for a na tional convention of railroad commissioners, to meet in "Washington at the office of the Inter-State Commerce Commission on,March 3, 1891, was issned this afternoon. The call is signed by Thomas M. Cooley, Chairman; E. "W. Kinsley, of Massachusetts; L A. Spalding, of Kentucky; D. P. Duncan, of South Carolina; J". P. "Williams, of Minne sota. j Population Report Wanted. "Washington, Dec 31. In the Senate to-day, Mr.JiIarnderson offered a resolution which was agreed to) directing the Super intendent of the Census to report at the earliest possible moment the population of the United States according to the census of 1890, by Congressional districts and coun ties. Presldental fcew Tear's Gifts. "Washington Dec "31. The .President to-day nominated the postmasters for the offices wliich wHl be raised'to' tbe Presl dental class to-morrow. PORE PACKERS GO UNDER. A Large Council Bluffs Firm Assigns Be cause of Stringent Money. Council Bluffs, Dec." 31, Thoma .Green & Bon, pork packers, of thi icity, j ...XmwUlUJL. ..JPA&Esnm, w -ri w t t r jgMMrvroN.J I . 1. , 1891 TWELVE PAGES. ty jf y Q " 1B THREE OENT3. made an assignment to-day for the benefit of their creditors. The assets are $62,000; liabilities, $75,150. Stringency in the money market and bad business is the cause of the assignment. Many men are thrown out of employment VALUE OF THE LYMPH. ITS CURATIVE IFFECTS STILL A MATTER OF SOMJS DOUBT. Sufficient Data Has Only Been Obtained in Cases of Lupus Most Await Further Results Nearly 150 Patients TJndor Treatment in Xew York, rSFZCIAI. TILEOHAM TO TUB DISPATCH! ' Kew York, Dec. 3L Dr. Baruch, of the Montefiorc Hospital, will say in tbe coming issue of Gailliard's Medical Journal: The following is the status ot the lymph ques tion at present Only cases in which tuber cular bacilli have been found in tbe sputa should be treated for therapeutic purposes. Infections are not repeated until all reaction has ceased, and none are repeated (for therapeutic purposes) in which no reaction is obtained or ceases to obtain after trials have increased doses. The varied character and severity of the reaction warrant great care in the administration of the lymph. Tho lucrease in tbe quantity given mast depend on tbe reaction produced by oue milligram. Only In cases oX lupus have there leen sufficient data ' on which to base an opinion as to its enrative effects, nndeven here it is still to be settled by time whetner results are perman&nr. The best re sults in phthisis pnlmonalis have been obtained in the first and second stages. Data of results in more advanced stages do not give promise of brilliant results. The greatest value of the lymph at present as a diagnostic factor Is in tuberculosis ot any sort, and as a curative sgent in lupus. We must await patiently tho announcement by Prof. Koch, himself, and it is not, wo hope, to bo long kept a secret matter. The number of patients under treatment in hospitals is very nearly 150, and more ap plying daily. Most of the sick who apply tor treatment have consumption, or fear they have it. In an E.ist Side hospital, a very wealthy woman -from a neighboring State, unable to get treatment with the lymph in private, is under treatment for phthisis. V ' THE BOLIVAR DD3ASTPH, A Special Expert's Report Regarding the Cause of It. fSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCIM Columbus, Dec. 3L M. J. Mclnairna, the special expert appointed by Railroad Commissioner Morton to examine into the cause of the recent fatal accident at Bolivar, on the "Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad, has submitted his report and findings.' He states that the main cause of the accident was due to the spreading and canting of the rails, on account of not being properly adjusted. The crossties not being sound enough to hold the spikes, and the mistaken theory of leaving the track three-fourths of an inch too wide for the gnage contributed much toward the ac cident; and the engineer may haye been making-up for lost time and running fast for the condition ot the track, and as tbe last coach upon the train was subject to more oscillation than the others, it was more liable to be derailed. I There are no iron guard rails upon the trestle If there were, in all probability they would have prevented the coach from running off and kept it upon the cross-ties until the train stopped. MATRTMONi" IN JAIL. The Marriage of an Indicted Murderer nnd 4J T a Tretry Girl. 7rwrcrxjTmj::fAit"ro H5? tilvrJati'f: Sew Yohk, Dec 31. A marriage cere mony was performed in Raymond Street Jail, in Brooklyn, last night. The groom was Thomas, alias "Nigger," "West, who has been indicted for the brntal murder of Police man Clancy, of the Bergen street station, last summer and whose trial is to take place soon. "West had been keeping company for some time before his arrest with a pretty and respectable yonng woman named Nellie Williams, and she has clung to him all through his misfortune. Miss "Williams was the bride at the jail ceremony. The ceremony took place in the gorgeously decorated private office of AVar den Alonzo Brymer. Tbe Rev. Job Bass, tbe venerable prison chaplain, performed the ceremony. A DUCHESS"' INCOME. The Former BIrs. Hammersley Has 8135,000 to Exist On. ISFECIAI. TELEQBAX TO THE DI8PATCH.1 New Yobk, Dec. 31. The Supreme Court has decided that 550,000 must be de ducted yearly from the income of the Duchess of Marlborough and.applied to the paymentof the three judgments, aggregating nearly $700,000, which were obtained against her recently. One of the judgments was in favor of John Jaffray, who holds the others by assignment. He began a snit in the Su preme Court to ascertain how much the Duchess required for ber maintenance. The Duchess answered that her net income did not exceed 5135,000, and that she needed it all for ber maintenance. Referee William A. Dner, whose report has been confirmed by the court,. finds that her gross annual Income is $140,000 and her net income $130,000. RAILROADS DON THEIR WAR PAINT. Tho aillwankee, the Union Pacific and the Wabash All In It, Omaha, Dec. 3L The Milwaukee offi cials 'made no further attempt to move their trains to-day. . The re straining " order was served on Mr. Holcomb, of the "Union Pacific, and tbe attorneys for the Milwaukee will, on Friday, ask Judge Doane, of the Dis trict Court, to commit the Assistant General Manager for contempt in failing to have the order of the Court complied with. , Tbs Milwaukee representatives claim that the Union Pacific tore up the track within an hour after the service of the restraining order on Mr. Holcomb. The AVabash road has discovered that it had an interest in the track torn up, and has donned its war paint, SUING THE UNDERWRITERS. They Will be Proceeded Against Under the Anti-Trust Act. Kansas Cray, Dec. 3L The Business Men's League, whioh is struggling to lower insurance rates, has determined to proceed against the members of the underwriters Card in the Federal, instead of in tbe State court, and to make the movement National in character. The Underwriters' Board is fo be charged with violating the Federal Anti.Trust laws. Tbe first suit will be brought iu Kansas. If this is successful, suits will be then insti tuted in Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. The business men of the large cities in those States uill be appealed to to inaugurate these suits and contribute to the expense. A NEWSPAPER'S NEW YEAR, It Is Celebrated by Opening; a Magnificent New Building to Uie Public Memphis, Dec. 31. The Memphis Jp. peat-Avalanche to-night .threw open the doors of its new seren-story building to the public, arid.it celebrated its fiftieth anniver sary by a public reception and a pyrotechnic display,- ' The interior workings "of a daily newspa per were .inspected by. thousands "between the honrs of 2 p. at, and midnight, SI&. Um' aM. WF - "Vfc . -" MET LIKE FWENDS. Only tbe Best of Feeling at Parnell-U'Brien Interview. tbe NOTHING WAS SETTLED. H0WEYER. O'Brien. Wilting fo Bury the Hatchet and be Guided by I'arnell. SOME IMPORTANT KESULTS PREDICTED IBT DtTSLAF'S CABLE COSIPAXT.l Boulogne, Dec. 31, There is the best reason for stating that Parnell and O'Brien met here like dear friends without a tinge of bitterness or the least recrimination. Sufficient passed at this first interview of 20 minutes to determine both gentlemen to make arrangements for further conversation. The very last subject broached was tbe re tirement of Parnell from the leadership of the Irish Nationalist party. The two main topics of conversation were the reunion of the disjointed forces and meantime the con trol of the money deposited on behalf of the National League. Mr. O'Brien first proposed that the money he placed in independent hands, and be ex pended with fully publicity for the benefit of evicted tenants. Mr. Parnell pointed out that such a course would be virtual abdica tion and renunciation of bis responsibility to the Irish people. Tested la Him Alone. The money of Ireland and America both, was a sacred deposit, which by its very pro curation was vested in him alone and unless he was deposed by a general election he was entitled and compelled to take advantage of his legal rights to control the expenditure of the funds subscribed under the guarantee of his name, for the benefit of the Irish people, as understood by hiraand his supporters. Should the conflict be prolonged and the is s'ue remain for a long time in abeyance, Mr. Parnell intimated that he would prefer a division of the 'funds in such a way that one portion should be devoted to tbe relief of evicted tenants and another to the use of the political campaign. This question proved a stumbling block to the understanding on the main point, the necessity of ending the present strife. Mr. O'Brien Umost submitted to Mr. Parnell's judgment, and admitted that, during his absence, the party under McCarthy had acted without warrant and controvention of tbe principles of the organization of the Irish Parliamentary party, and with a reck lessness which had well nigh ruined the prospects of home rule on this side, and jeopardized the campaign in America. 'Willing to Bury the Hatchet. He desired nothing better than to bury the hatchet and be guided by Parnell's counsel. He intimated an ardent hope that Parnell would remain de facto leader,and suggested that John Dillon should take the nominal leadership until such a time as Parnell choose to resume his sway. On this point Parnell refused all discussion, merely re marking that unless O'Brien, by the tyranny of the British Government, was immured in jail, be had the prior right to leadership. Referring to O'Brien's representations of the effect caused in America by the split, Parnell pointed out that his views diverged widely from Mr. Harrington's, and before any decision could be reached it wonld be necessary to pit Harrington against O'Brien and Gill, and for this purpose a second con ference must be held. The informant from whom these details u'q l?rircd,tdded rt-ftTQjoex,t conference wilt t.a 'lialif'iftIS ...! liitl'....M f.i.1 ,a .. !& U. UV..- IrU.Q CCA, UUIt ICIUSCU k OUJf when; but would say it was neither at Paris nor Bourlgne. He closed his remarks thus: "These conferences will lead to the most im portant results. The Irish people will issue from this difficulty, Parnell will have jus tice done him in a way you little expect. Before the week is over a manifesto will he issued, which will heal all sores and make the party stronger and more united than ever." HYPNOTISM AND ORLMR An English Scientist Contradicts a Popular Opinion. fDT DUTfLAP'S CABLE COMPACT. London, Dec. 31. The remarkable evi dence given by experts in hypnotism at the Eyraud-Bompard trial lends especial inter est to Kingsbury's article in tbe Nineteenth Century on "Hypnotism, Crime and the Doctors." Kingsbury obtained an appoint ment on tbe Investigating Committee on Hypnotism by the psychological section of the British Medical Association, and starts his article by contradicting the assertion, almost universally believed in, that hypnot ism can make the subject believe, feel or do anything that is suggested to him, regardless of his moral convictions or even his natural instincts. This Kingsbury asserts to be absolutely erroneous, only about 15 percent among patients being susceptible to the influence. He bases his figures on his own practice and on the experience of Continental physicians. , He states that while this percentage may pass into a state of somnambulism, only a very small number will be reduced to that condition of utter irresponsibility which is popularly supposed to bo tbe state of every hypnotized person. Kingsbury demands that ignorant dabblers in hypnotism be re strained by law from trying experiments, that public exhibitions of hypnotism being generatly made with subjects hired for the occasion, and adapted to the production of sensational effects, be prohibited. BLOCKED WITH IOB. Navigation Seriously Impeded In the Elver Thames. rnr suitlap's cable cootaxt.i London, Deo, 31. The River Thames from London bridge to Teddington Lock, Is full of enormous floating blocks of ice, which cause serious impediment to navigation. ' At a little distance the stream looks as it it were already frozen over, and should the present severe frost continue a few days longer peo ple will be skating at "Westminster. Skating is going on briskly now on the reaches above "Windsor, and numbers of people have passed over the ice fron Windsor to 'Eton. The ice has not been so strong before since 1855, when a cricket match was played on the upper Thames. A BROKEN SfRLKE. Numbers of Scotch Hallway Men Eeturnlnjr to Work, rBT DUSLAF'B CABLE COUPA3TT.1 Glasgow, Dec, 31. The practical col lapse of the Scotch railway strike on the Glasgow and Southwestern Railway has been reached. All the men that were on strike have resumed work.. The Ayrshire combination is completely broken down; half the men-have been taken back and the other halt have been told they are not wanted. Great indignation is expressed toward these men for breaking faith with their fellow-workers, for tbe Caledonian' men are still out and say they are prepared to fight to tbe bitter end. On tbe Caledonian and North British roads the trains are running very irregularly. Caught With Hln Plunder. rBT DCHLAP'S CABLB COMPANT.l , Beblin, pec. 31. The cashier ot the Altona- Poor Houie wai arrested when on I the point of skipping away with- 30,060 - tr , WELCOME. . marks. He had provided himself with a ticket for America, OLD WORLD HAPPENING3. Long Stories by Cable Cut Short for The Dispatch Readers. AmrxBAL AtrrjE, formerly French Minister of M anno, is dead. Pabnetll has returned from Paris to Lon don. Bis eye is well. Pbtnce Bis.iiaeck will soon give three es tates to his sons Herbert and William, retain ing only bis Freidncbruhe property. A basilica has been found in the SC Sylves ter Church atRome.jvblch contains the tombs of six popes, including that of Sylvester I. A ditet. over a trivial point of etiquette was f ought hear Vienna yesterday, between Count Franz Deym, Austrian Embassador to Great Britain, and Count, do Lntrow, Secretary of Austrian Embassy in Loudon. Pistols were used, but no damans was done. deter on union. . .T)f MINNESOTA PARk H5 jv. pzr "hq THEIR FJELD OPV. WOd-"01 The Alliance ofThatState to Unite Wlt. i National Body Ignatius Donnelly Comes to the Front He Is Talked of for President. rSPECTAL TKLEOTIAM TO TUX DISrATCIL! Ne-w Yoke, Dec 31. At the head quarters of the Farmers' Alliance Ex change in this city, the dispatches from Minnesota are now looked for even more eagerly than those from Kansas. The Alliance convention, of the State of Minnesota, was opend in St. Paul yesterday, when nearly 1,000 delegates from the local organizations made their appearance. She programme of the convention gives evidence that its members have to attend to a great deal of important business. There are questions'of principle to be settled, and questions of policy to be acted upon. There are members who have novel projects of various kinds, and them are rival leaders rhose claims have to be weighed in the balances by the farmers. The Minnesota Alliance has shown its power in politics; has alarmed the leaders of the old parties and is now determined to broaden its field of action. The delegates to fho'convectroa dftEe Alil.irlce, which has been an independent body, without affilia tions beyond the bounds of the State, have, ever since tbe Ocala convention, desired to unite with the national organization of the Farmers' Alliance. The last named-body had shown a power that created surprise everywhere. It was evident, therefore, that the 'Minne sota. Alliance must join hands with the other State Allianees and form part of a body which seeks to control Congress as well as the Legislatures of the States. The great majority of the delegates were in structed by.their constituents to support the policy of national union-. . As a matter of course, this matter has been upheld by Ignatius Donnelly, whose eye takes in all the stars on the American flag and all tbe interests of the field and the workshops. The lesser politicians of the Farmers' Alliance have not yet found the desirable man to be their candidate for the office of President of the "United States in the next campaign, bnt xsome of them, at least in Minnesota, have been led to believe that Ignatius Donnelly is a name to conjure with. In order to rise to that distinction he must figure in the national organization, no member of which can ontshine the author who has plucked the feathers from Shakespeare. The sock less statesman of the Kansas Alliance would sink out of sight in the presence of Don nelly. WANTED FOR GRAVE ROBBERY. A Bold Attempt to Steal a Dead Negro's Body. (SPECIAL TZLtOBAX TO TnETJISPATCH.l Elmira, -Dec. 31. An unusually bold attempt at grave robbery at Batb, N. Y.t has just been brought to light by the issu ance of a warrant for the alleged perpetrator of the crime. John Vader, a colored teamster, was cilled December 16 by falling from a load of ice, and his body was buried in Grove Cemetery. On Christmas night it is charged that Sylvester Look, broke into the grave and attempted to steal the body. Look Is a son of Dr. S. H. Look, who died a few years ago, leaving a fortune, which was tied up in such a manner that the son could not obtain the use of it. The day alter Christmas Look appealed to some af his friends to assist him in securing tbe body. . He said he had dug down to the coffin tbe night before, but was. unable to pull the body from the coffin. He said he had endeavored to conceal his work by cov ering up the hole with snow until he could return with assistance. An investigation of tbe grave revealed the truth of his story. The matter was hushed np until to-day, when the warrant was issued, but Look has lelt the village and the officers are nnable to obtain any trace of his whereabouts. HE HADE HIS HARK. A Mercer Man Who Has Scored a Western Success. rSPXCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Dentee, Dec. 31. Five years ago W. H. Griffith left his borne in Mercer, Pa., to seek his fortune in the "West, his father be ing one of Pennsylvania's leading lawyers. He experienced no difficulty in connecting himself with the law firm of "Wolcott & Vaille in Denver. Two years ago, at the instance of United States Senator Wolcott, he purchased the Denver .Erentnff Times for $85,000. This afternoon be sold the same paper to H. W. Hawlee, of Minneapolis, for $225,000. Mr. Griffith has made an enviable record as a publisher and it is stated upon good authority that within the next 90 days he will commence the publication of a new Denver morning and evening paper. Should this plan not prove feasible an interest in the Chicago Times will be purchased, he having an option at the present time. Another Blow at Ingaluu Concordia, Kan., Dec 31. The special election to-day to choose a State Senator from this district, resulted in the election of "Wheeler, Faraers'AUiaace, 0T Sohieffer, Republican. ONLY PRICESWRONG. Almost Every Other Important Feature of the Local Iron Situation IN SATISFACTORY SHAPE. The Immense Production of the Fast Tear May Be SurpasseiL UIPKOYEMENTS Off EVERY HAKD. Freight Bats Troubles Will Hardly Cans 3 ft General Shutdown. TEE EDGAE THOMSON SCALE DISPUTE In the irou and steel trades the year 1890 closes on the dullest and weakest period of the entire year. The volume of business offering mills at present is barely sufficient to run them full and they are in many in stances depending on old contracts to keep them busy until some change for the better occurs in tbe market. Quotations on all grades of finished iron are holding ur very well in the face of tbe universal weakness, they having nndergone no change to speak of during the.last six months of the year, while prices on soft steel products and pig iron are very much demoralized. The outcome of the abnormal depression in the pig iron market is the combined movement among Mahoning and Sbenango Valley fumacemen to secure a reduction of 40 cents per ton from $2 15 per ton in the selling price of coke, and a lowering in freight rates of 15 cents per ton on pig iron shipped into Pittsburg, 20 cents per ton on coke shipped from the Connellsville region into the V3l!ey, and 25 cents a ton on lime stone consigned to valley points, in all to amount to $1, threatening that unless-such reductions were made they would bank their furnaces to-day. No Bednction In Freight Bates. Their conference with tbe railroad agents in this city, availed them little, and the opinion is, expressed by those in a position to know that there will be no reduction in the freight tariffs. The railroad officials hold that the tendency of freight rates is, and has been for some time, toward an advance, and that shonld any revision be made in the schedule that would tend to place one section of the iron-producing territory at a disad vantage with another, there would be a general crr for equalization that would necessitate the entire reconsideration of the freight schedule, and declared their inability to grant the concession requested; In their meeting with the coke producers somewhat better success was had; aftermuch deliberation the combine agreed to reduce the selling price of coke 25 cent3-psx.tco-ts $1 90 after January 1, with the likelihood ot a return to the former price probable with the first signs of an improvement in the pig; iron market. It is yet hard to see what the cuicorje of this will he, though it is tbe belief among local iron men that no general shutdown will now take place. There are many furnacemen in this section who would hail a general shutdown movement with satis faction, believing that it; is the only remedy for the weakness now governing tbe market. They attribute the present dullness to com bined causes. First, the excess of produc tion over consumption; second, the financial condition of the country; and third, the very limited stocks mill men are carrying, wait ing to see where the market will go, and assert that as soon as the turnaces are blown out the price of pig iron wonld cease to de cline, and mills would begin to lay in stock, in wbich event prices would rapidly ad vance. The Catting of Prices. ' On the other hand, well-posted iron men say that furnacemen themselves are much to blame by catting prices on each other, and that a redaction in the price of coke would only cause socio to make a corre sponding redaction in pig iron, and they would make nothing in the end. - With regard to original investment the position of the coal and coke producer is a peculiar one. It is not considered that for every ton of coke sold so much must be added for the capital that goes with it. The coal is the producer's capital, and when that is gone his capital is gone. It is not like bonds bearing interest that in the end include the principal and interest, while with the cokeman he has nothing but a hole in tbe ground. Each year he must add to tbe interest the amount of capital he has used up daring the yeir. Notwithstanding the prevailing weakness the ye'arjnst closing has-been ihegreatestin point of production in the history of the iron and steel trades in this section, tbe amount being estimated at 1,500,000 tons, exclnsive of the production ot the McKees port and Chartiers mills. The trade was remarkably free from labor difficulties dur ing the 12 months, and the only interrup tion to a still heavier output was the con tinued.scarcity ot natural gas during the last half of the year, which greatly retarded the operation of the mills. On tbe whole, the 5,500 men interested in one way or other in the iron and steel business will hare good cause to enjoy a happy New Year. Another Big Year Promised. The outlook for the new year is none the less promising, insuring as it does, the heaviest production of pig iron in the his tory of the country (estimated it will reach 10,000,000 to 11,000000 tons), and the only question that seriously concerns makers to day is that of prices, which'it is believed by-well-posted men will right themselves im mediately on the settlement of the railroad and financial troubles now existing through out the country. The work of changing the mills back to coal is rapidly nearing ' completion. There are now only aboat eight or tea mills where gas is wholly or partially used in tbe pud dling department, and in many of these the men can only make two and three heats to the turn. Those fortunate enough to have a full supplv of gas are the Keystone Mill of Lindsay & McCutcheon, Zag St Co. and Shoenberger & Co. At Oliver Bros. Phillips' they have decided to tell the gas from their private lines to domestic consumers for the profit there is ia it and they have accordingly returned to the use ot coaLo Every department in heir, three mills is now running on coal, with the exception of a few heating furnaces. Tha daily consumption of coal amounts to about .12,000 bushels. At Carnegie, Pbipps & CoJf upper aa4 lower mills on Twenty-ninth street and Thirty-third street, they are still in con dition of gas shortage. Only three heats can be made to the tnru and the workawa are becoming dissatisfied with the loss of time. The firm is baying msek iron frees outside mills to tide over the difficulty. In the Millvale mill the puddlers sra working double turn and getting out five teats to the turn with gasj hat tha. he-aHagj Continued on Eighth Tofe. 1 'j 9 Ml IftfgtfftSglJP .W5
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