- $9i VfiLl FORTY-ITFTH YEAR PITTSBURG, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1891 TEN PAGES. THREE CENTS. 3 ' " FIRST PART. 7 we PAGES 1 TO 8. ; i ' i i tt . !- II - HI BOOM, Striking Terror Into the Hearts of Nebraska Settlers. A BIG BATTLE RAGING. State Troops Are Being Hur ried Forward to the Scene of Action. WITH THE SCALP HUNTERS A Dispatch Correspondent Accom panies Indian Scouts to the Hostile Stronghold. BED CLOUD JOINS THE WARRIORS, And Demands the Eemoval of the Soldiers, lot Will Treat With the Tice President in l'erson. COLONEL COEBIN SENT TO THE FRONT. (tee ef tis Braves Enid is tie Womsdia Eiw Btrsggli Wis Bcrrtd ry the Ttocji h His Hiding Place. THE EHCES OH TEE WARPATH NUMBER 2,000 OMAHA, Jan. 4. A "Bee" special from Gordon, Neb., says: Battle now raging about ten miles cast of tills place. Booming cannon can be distinctly beard. Everybody under arms. "Wildest excitement exists. State troops expected to-night. tSFECUt. TSXEGBAM TO TBI DISPATCS.1 Pine Bidge Agency, Jan, 4. (By courier via Eushville.) To-day a heavy detail of men was sent to the Seventh Cavalry battlefield on "Wounded Knee creek to bury the scores of dead Indians. I had intended to go with them, but having ridden all night, and it was a desperately cold one, I had to get some breakfast and so missed the opportunity. A friend of mine has just come in from the battle field. He says the dead Indians, in cludingsquaws and papooses, were scattered forthree-quartersof amile. There were many on the field then, and th Indians during the night had carried away about 40 bodies. Big Foot's body was found propped U. with a stick and photographed. One Bold Brave Burned Oat. One Indian, who took refuge in a scout's tent, had done great execution among the soldiers. They finally succeeded in setting fire to the tent and his body was burned to a crisp. The wounded officers and men who were able to be moved have just gone to the railroad in the Bed Cross ambulances. Poor fellows with pale faces and tightly drawn lips, who were shot in all imaginable places, were lifted about. It shows how impartial bullets were where they strike a man. General Forsythe has been relieved from command on investigation into the conduct of the affair which, in spite of its heroism, teems to have been badly managed. I have just come in from the North, hay ing been for days beyond telegraphic com munication. I was with Lieutenant Casey's Cheyenne scout corps and left them on the "White river. In tbe Stronghold of the Hostiles. These scouts went into the stronghold of the hostiles just as they left it, and our party of scouts followed right on top ol tbe Indian rear guard all the way down the country to tbe present camp of the hostiles. The hostiles showed great fear of the Chey enne scouts. Our scouts had no bedding or tentage or rations and suffered greatly in the cold night. They subsisted on bull meat. Hostile chiefs assured me that I would be allowed to go through their camp on my way back to Pine Bidge. I started with the Cueyenne interpreter, a wagon for com missary supplies and two Cheyenne scouts, Bed Bear and Hairy Arm. W hen within three miles of the hostile camp we were suddenly surrounded by pickets, young fellows in ghost shirts, paint and feathers. They told us we would have to go back, which we did. Fired on by the Belligerents. As we turned to go they fired on us, but we were shortly reinforced by five well armed cowboys. After an eight-mile run we reached Casej's camp. The scouts dis covered the dust of Colonel Sanford's com mand and we joined them five miles below the Government herd camp, which was im mediately abandoned by tbe employes, who turned the beef herd loose. , Colonel OffJey closed up that cap and now General Miles' famous cordon is nearly completed. I then made a night's ride through the left of the cordon and gained the agency. It is my opinion that there will be either a lug fight or an unconditional surrender within the next three days. The hostiles are fighting in their camp. Bed Cloud was liddm down by a man on a horse the other day, but not killed. The Indians who de sire to leave the hostile camp have had their ponies shot Friendly Indians tell this to our Cheyenne scouts. Tiro Thousand or the Flcbacrs. It is the opiuiou of experts that there are 2,000 fighting bucKs in tbe hostile camp, tflie squaws in the Seventh Cavalry fight fiiuglit harder than the bucks, so an Indian fi'ht is in prospect which will be terrible bloody. A thing has just come to my notice which 4-Aj&ii-iQ Eay the least. On the dead body of an Indian was found a religious tract with a 45-bullet bole in ic On the tract were the words: "The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. Luke, 10-11." An Indian courier brings a message from the hostile camp, tbe substance of which is a demand that all soldiers withdraw from the locality and further that they will treat with no one for peace but"the Yice-Presi-dent of the United States or the Commis sioner of Indian Affairs. This message came direct from tbe hitherto supposed friendly Chief, Bed Cloud. Roving bands continue to scour the country lathe vicinity of Pine Bidge, and all persons roving around are in imminent danger of losing their scalps. FEARS AT PINE RIDGE. BRAVES WHO BAY THEY WAHT TO DIE WEILS KILLING WHITE MEN. General Miles Does Not "Want to Bisk the Lives of Settlers Ho Will "Wait for a Larger Force Before Attacking the Hostiles. Pine Bidge, Jan. 4. Last night was one of feverish excitement to many at the agency. For the first time the squaw-men and half-breeds were alarmed and remained up all eight fearing that an attack would be made before morning. The agency is too well gnardod to permit any large force to approach very close withont dis covery, but it would be hard to prevent a few daring individuals from creeping up some of the numerous ravines and throwing fire arrows into barns and haystacks. The friendly spies all say that there are a large cumber of warriors in the enemy's camp who have worked them selves up to a condition of frenzy s'milar to those who committed suicide at "Wounded Knee. They say they want to die and are go ing to die while killing white men. It is also said that two bucks escaped alive from the Wounded Knee fight who swore that they will, set the agency on fire and kill the agent themselves. General Miles has his troops all around the enemy and could have a tre mendous battle, but could not prevent small bands escaping here and there which would have to be followed up by the soldiers and which would place the lives of many settlers in danger. By holding his troops until a much larger force can be thrown around the Indians, the trouble can be confined to the reserve. The end cannot be reached without one or more battles, and bloody ones, as there are too many of the crazy ghost dancers who only want to follow the example of their Big Foot relatives. General Miles sent out a letter yesterday asking for a hearing. The Indians tore the letter to fragments and threw them into the fire, say ing: "We no treaty; we are here to fight." Last night several shots were fired by our pickets and a couple of arrows were thrown into the yards. Doctors are con stantly arriving, there being no less than 15 here with a large corps of assistants. A delegation of friendlies ask that a large party be sent out at once to aid those who desire to escape from the " hostiles. They claim that 700 or 800 warriors wish to re turn; that they either fled through fright at fiist or were iorced to go with the rest. To let friendlies go would undoubtedly precipi tate a fight and consume several days of val uable time. No decision m the matter has been made yet. The day is warm and clear, and the wounded who are on their way to the railroad will suffer no discomforts. CORBIN ORDERED'WEST, THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL LEAVES FOB THE SCENE. As Chief of Staff His Place Is With His Commander He Does Not Think the Order Shows That Matters Are Worse Than They Appear. Chicago, Jan. 4. Assistant Adjutant General Corbin, upon telegraDh orders from General Miles, left for the Indian country at 6 o'clock to-night over the Chicago and Northwestern road. Captain E. L. Hug gins, how in charge of army headquarters, to-night at 8 P. si., in an interview, said that he had heard the rumor that General Miles had met the hostiles and lost heavily, but he did not believe it, and was positive that the General could hot have been within many miles of the locality where the fight is said to have taken place. The following is the official order trans ferring CoL Corbin to tbe field: Headquarters Drvisios ) OF THE MISSOURI, J. Chicago. Jan. 4. S CSpccial Order No. 2.3 . First In compliance with telecrapbic in. structlons of this date Lieut-Col. Henry C. Corbin, Assistant Adjutant General, will re port in person to the Division Commander at Pine nidge Agency. S. D., for dutv in the field. This travel is necessary lor the public service. Second During tbe absence from these headquarters of Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Corbin. Assistant Adjutant Genera), Captain Ell L. Hujrgins. Second Cavalry, aide de camp, will perform the duties of Acting Assistant General. J3y command of Major General Miles, H. C. Corbin. Assistant Adjutant General. Just before Colonel Corbin left tg-night, he wasjtsked if the order transferring him to tbe seat of war meant that the situation was more serious than supposed. He re plied: "J. thins: not. At is not at all strange that I am sent for, and probably ought to have been there before. By virtue of my rank lam chief of btaff, and when the gen eral in command is in tbe field, his chief of staff should be there also. "Further than this I cannot say anvthlng about the mat ter." Tte only news received at headquarters this afternoon was a short message irom Lieutenant Moss, aide to General Miles, It was to the effect that the Sixth Cavalry, un der command of Captain Kerr, had met a band of Indians at Clay Creek, and a short engagement followed. One Indian was re ported killed and one wounded. There were no casualties to the troops. THE INDIANS DESPEBATE. Those on White Clay Creek Will Fight like Big Foot Men. DENyEB, Jan. 4. A Fine Bidge special, via Bushville, Neb., says: The army of Indians now surrounded by Gen. Miles' soldiers on "White Clay Creek number over 4,000 men, women and children, most of them from tbe UDper Dakota reservations. Hundreds of them crazy from ghost dancing will fight as Big Foot's men (ought. Shots were fired by .the pickets here nearly every hour last night, banishing sleeu from all eyes. Fire arrows were thrown into the agency about midnight from a ravine near by, but forttfnately fill harmlessly. Half-breeds and squaw men are leavingor the railroad, saying they know what is coming and don't propose to remain. This war will not be ended except by one of the bloodiest in the history of Indian wars. JOINING THE HOSTILES Young Warriors From Standing Bock Go ing to the Bad rands. Yates, N. D., Jan. 4. A large number of the young warriors of the Standing Bock Agency have gone sonth to join the hostiles in the Bad Lands. Th Jiwiv uina onissaing rations that the band did'aot come J to the agency, andoneof the friendlies stated that they had armed themselves and .gone to join the bands in revolt. How many have gone is only conjectured, but 'the indications point to at least 1,000 de sertions. The Grand Biver Sioux have been fomenting trouble ever since the killing of Sitting Bull, and they have' not been slow in manifesting their intense anger to Agent McLaughlin. Most of them regard the tak ing of! of the old medicine man as murder outright, and it has been common talk for. three weeks that the reds would accept the first opportunity offered to massacre the whites. The detachment of the Eighth Cavalry under Captain Fountain will move rapidly southward, and Company H, of the Twenty second Infantry, now near New England City, will come to this point and move thence southward to aid in squelching the uprising. Troops are also in readiness to take the field irom Fort Lincoln, and the detachment of the Twenty-fifth Infantry at Fort Keogh is expeoted to march in a south easterly direction. Every hour increases the number of the hostiles. INDIAN SCOUTS TRUE. ENLISTED HEN HAVE STOOD FAITH FULLY BY THE SOLDIEBS. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs Is Not Disposed to Believe That the Agents Are Dishonest He Is Preparing a Statement to That Effect. Washington, Jan. 4. The Commis sioner of Indian Affairs has, in response to a telegram sent to Agent Boyer at the Pine 'Bidge Agency, inquiring as to whether any of the Indian scouts or police have joined tbe hostiles, received the following reply from the agent, dated the 3d: "None of our enlisted scouts have joined the hostiles. Captain Howard gave three per mission to go to the hostiles' camp after their families, who have not yet returned. Po lice and scouts are rendering good service, and by their vigorous firing prevented the hostiles from burning agency buildings." A reporter called to-night the attention of tbe Commissioner to reports from Pine Bidge, saying that General Miles had rec ommended the removal of the Indian agents at Pine Bidge and at other places, and to the statement that the Indians were blowly starving to death. The Commissioner said that so far as the agents were concerned there was no evidence that there had been any dishonesty on their part in distributing supplies. He said he was preparing tor pub 1'cation a full statement of the amount of supplies voted by Congress and distributed to Indians. The Commissioner, has sub mitted to the President a statement covering the question oi charges made tnat the agree ments with the Indians have not been ful filled. SETTLERS ALARMED. An Order to Disarm Southwestern TnrtlnTiq May Cause Trouble. TSrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TDK DISPATCH. 1 Wichita, Kan., Jan. 4. A. E. Max well, of Ft. Beno, L T., is here to-day and says the orders telegraphed from military headquarters to Captain Woodson, of the Fifth Cavalry, to disarm the Indians in tbe Cheyenne and Arappahoe country, have created the greatest anxiety among the set tlers in Oklahoma ana on the borders oi Texas, and genuine disgust among the troops. The Indians of theie Southwestern reser vations are peaceable enough now, and thosawho know- the -nature 'pf tBei red man, see in this proposed dis armament a menace to the continuance of the comparative quiet which now exists. The ghost dancing is of a mild character. Taking away tbeir arms will, it Is feared, have the effect of arousing a spirit ot resist ance now dormant. CAPTAIN WALLACE'S BODY Being Taken to South Carolina Where It Will Be Interred. Nashville, Jan. 4. Colonel B. M. Wallace, of South Carolina, passed through this city last night from the 'West, having in charge the remains ot his brother, Captain George D. Wallace, of the Seventh United States Cavalry, recently killed in battle with the Indians in South Dakota. Captain Wallace will be buried at York vine, S. C., his native home. PBACTICIHG ON VETEBANS. Second Inoculation With Lymph on Old Soldier Patients. rSFZCtAI. TELIUnAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Boston, Jan. 4. The second series of inoculations with Dr. Koch's lymph in Massachusetts began to-day at the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea, under the direction of Sur geon Samuel Nelson, of Bevere, and Dr. J. Warren Achorn, of Boston. Dr. Nelson was a pupil of Dr. Koch in 1885, being one of the first of the ten public students received by the German scientist after his aDpointment as Professor in the Hygentc Institute. Plenty of consumption sufferers werefaundaniongthe216inmates of the Soldiers' Home, but there were only two cases of lupus. Of the 20 patients examined, but three were accepted for treatment, one case being of phthisis and the other two of lupus. All the phthisical patients having cavities in the lungs, or suspected cheesy degeneration of the tubercles, were re jected. - The amount of lymph injected into each person was one-half a milligram of a 1 per cent solntion. The patients were all men and the phthisical sufferer was 45 years old, while the others were 54 and SO respectively. Four hours after the injections in the Lupus case, tbe temperature had risen 100 degrees and in lupus eases a temperature reaction of about one degree was observed. At the Massachusetts Gen eral Hospital, the second inoculations in the cases there under treatment were made this afternoon. TWO HOBSES TOLLED. An Electrio" light Wire Plays Havoc in a Baltimore Stable. I SPECIAL TCLEOBAJt TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 Baltisioee, Jan. 4. An electric light wire played havoc in the Colnmbia stables, on Calvert street, this afternoon. The wire extends along the side of the brick wall. On the same side is a tin spout, partly en cased in wood, a portion of which had broken from its fastenings and fallen over the wire. To-day a valuable mare was found dead in the stable, facing the spout, but no one ventured to explain the cause. This afternoon the wood casing was dis covered to be in flames, and when "West, the stableman, looked in tbe stable a big white horse lay dead on his side. West called Conrad Seibert, a fireman of No. 4 Engine Company, and picking up a bucket filled with water started to put out the fire. As he neared the casement and was in the act of throwing the water, he was lifted from the floor and hurled headlong out of the doorway. Then the fireman essayed to cut away the casing, but no sooner did his axe touch the spout than he was doubled up and thrown down. An investigation then followed, and it was found that tbe spout hanging over tbe wire had not only assisted in setting the wood on fire, but had charged the damp wall with elec tricity to. such a decree as to kill the two horses. She., spouting ,wai removed by a lineman. ONE MORE CANDIDATE For the Speakership Adds to Chaos at the State Capital. tbe GRAHAM WILL BE C0MPLIMEHTED. High-License Brooks Gains a Little Upon the Combination. NOBODI TET WILLING TO WFIHDRAW 1PBOM X STATF COBHESPOKDEXT.: Hakuisbtjeg, Jan. 4. The merry dance goes on. Seven candidates for Speaker of the House of Bepresenta tives still trip the light fantastic, and the whirling circle goes around faster and faster. Intothismaze Allegheny county stepped this afternoon with nearly her whole delegation and an eighth candidate for Speaker. "Balance all" was the favorite figure with the Pittsburg and Allegheny boys. The farm boys of the interior counties are rampant, and, with feet cocked up on the stair rails and beaters of the Lochiel Hotel, and tobacco juice squirting right and left, are furnishing all the music necessary. It is a veritable Pnghtown brass band and every hour the country members give the order, "Now dance," and the candidates alL .start ont wildly again.' The One Thing Brooks Fears. Brooks, of Philadelphia, only fears one or der worse, and that would be for Figure Caller Dave Martin to sing ont to the Phila delphia delegation, "Swing yonr partners." So be dances a little faster. So does Thomp son, of Warren, and Baker, of Delaware, and Stewart, of Verona borough, and all the rest of the jolly coterie. Witha but one more day remaining, the flying circle contracts, closing in around the little red-brick State House on the hill.' Soon the breeze from their rapid revolutions will stir the fringe of the massive drauerv above the diaz on which a Speaker's chair sits, and a collision with the wall there will ston the fun with such violence that some body will rebound plump into that chair. After that it will be a ghost dance for the others. The situation is more complicated to-night than it was 24 hours ago for the reason that the music is louder, the dancing more furi ous and tbe confusion greater. Candidates run against one another. They are not so able to join hands as they were last night. That conference of candidates at midnight on Saturday which promised so much is not now regarded as so enduring in its results. None Willing to bo the Sacrifice, Not a single candidate from the country is yet willing to pull off the track in favor of tbe other. Consequently, the 70 odd votes against Brooks, which they claimed last night, are not yot effectively cemented to gether. The circle is broken to some extent, and the dance is getting to resemble a yel low dog social in Old City Hall, Pittsburg. Why will not the country members com bine on one of their numerous candidates? To answer that will re quire a sub-division ot my gossip something after the style of Methodist preachers' sermons, viz.: Firstly, secondly and thirdlluWrStlJVj&encAci e ted tli y impression is vr vaguely entering the minds of many people that the Philadelphia del egation, after voting for iSroots on the hrst ballot, will weaken and more to drop him. As a poli tician deep in the hidden Senator Penroie. mysteries of wire-pulling, and therefore prominent as a soothsayer, remarked to me, "Tney have the votes to elect Brooks if they want to, and it is not for want of a fol lowing that they might possibly leave him. but it is the question of fitness that comes in there would Brooks, after all, be the best man for the party?" One Feature to Be Considered. Secondly, if Philadelphia's members should leave Brooks they would probably throw, or try to throw, their whole weight solidly to one of the other candidates re mote from Philadelphia, as one other po litical astrologist said, "remote from their city so they could have a pull on subordinate positions for tbe eastern section." With this possibility in sight it is not to be won dered that each candidate wants to stay in tbe field. The Philadelphia thnnderbolt, if it is let loose, might strike him. This con clusion confirms tbe outcome ot Saturdav nigbt's conference. The six candidates from country districts are willing that their votes shall be counted as "the field against JlrooKs, nut every man wants to go into the first or second ballot or the general caucus on bis own account. After that he "will see about it." Thirdly, a story was given me from an apparently authentic source in these words: One Flniey, of Washington county, has been quietly talked about as Quay's candi date for the next State Treasurer. If it be comes apparent alter tbe first ballot that Brooks cannot be elected, the Philadelphia delegation will be asked to throw their vote to Mr. Fluley, which, with Allegheny county's majority, would elect Mr. Finley Speaker of tbe House. As a Sort of Stepplng-Stone. This would be done to help Finley win the State Troasnrership. The Speakership was in this manner given to State Treasurer Boyer as a means ofleverage in his cam paign. Let the reader go back now and read firstly and secondly and see how nicely they fit with thirdly. In one Brooks' "fitness to the party" is hinted at. In he other the remoteness of the candidate from Philadelphia is shown ) to be a requisite. no assnrance that this is all to come to pass. I only give it as gossip, which found its rfav to the paces of mv notebook, and also to ex plain why the various candidates all insist on staying in the field. It is like James Gordon Bennett's story of the escape of wild animals from the Central Park cages. It might happen. Ontbe surface, though, Brooks still looks the candidate with the strongest following; Thompson, of Warren, next, and Baker, of Delaware, next. Thompson claims'he will win by virtue of his ascendancy in num bers over tbe other candidates, which in the end will bring to him the TO votes of the field against Brooks. Brooks Gains a Little Ground. ' On the other hand. Brooks has undoubt edly gained some little ground to-day. He is counting on ten votes from Allegheny county, after tbe first ballot. It is said that Mr. Lytle, of Huntingdon county, will also vote for him. He can get one in Chester county, two in Jefferson county, and it is confidently asserted that Schuylkill county will go for him if pressed. But even if Allegheny county would give him 10 votes, that with Philadelphia's would only make 43, and 62 are necessary. The country candidates contend that he can not get the difference between and 62 ont of the interior counties. a . .. .' ; . ... r ... ui me kAiiegbeny aelegMttn arrived tnisj ' 6VW Mr'Srooks. J? ff Jk.. 7 XI o , " I VT-.C!Ht U XfIEEM 7 y nx 0 Chtet Clerk Morrison. afternoon except Messrs. Marshall, Bynd, Muehlbroener, Jones, Steel and TJpperman. Simultaneous with their arrival the an nouncement was given out that Allegheny connty's delegation would vote for Hon. James L. Graham, of Allegheny 'City, for, Speaker. It turned out that this course was practically decided upon at last Mon day's caucus in the Tariff Club's bouse in Pittsburg. The friends of S. E. Stewart were expected to attempt "to secure an in dorsement for his candidacy. A Complimentary Vote for Graham. The Pittsburg and Allegheny "members decided qnietly to mako Mr. Graham their candidate before Mr. Stewart could ask them. On the first ballot to-morrow night all the members but two or three wilt give a complimentary vote td Mr. Graham. At least that is the programme now, A caucus to fully decide the matter will be held by the delegation to-morrow. Stewart told me to-night he would not withdraw even if Graham is pushed. He says tbe country members of the home delegation promised to vote for him but the city men are against him. As to how Allegheny county will vote after the first ballot Btragetical develop ments must decide. Senator William Flinn was seen in conversation with Messrs. Leeds and Martin, of Philadelphia, and a rumor at once started that Allegheny county would go to Brooks. I asked Senator Flinn later what fie thought of thesituation. "Decidedly mixed," he replied. It was im plied from the conversation that followed that no plan has yet been mapped out for the second ballot of the home members. An important rumor reached me to-night, that is, that the joint cauens of Senate and House to noniinate a United, States Senator will be held as soon a the Speakership is out oi the way. In fact, Wednesday night of this week is the time proposed by Cam eron's friends. The formal election cannot be held, according to law until the third Tuesday in January, but Mr. Cameron's friends do not want the caucus left that long. They say it might as well be held this week, before the Legislature takes its usual recess of a week. L. E. Stofiel. HANGING. BY A HAIR. MISS EMMA ABBOTT LIKELY TO GO NOW AT ANY MOMENT. The Doctors Say That the Crisis Is at Hand, and Will Make No Promises Terrible Condition of the Hall in Which She SongInformed of Her Fate. rSFECIAI. TELEQEAM TO THE DISPATCH, Denver, Jan. 4. Beports received here from Salt Lake indicate that Emma Ab bott, the famous prima donna, is dying with pneumonia. Should her life be spared, which is doubtful, she will be unable to resume her profession for a long time. A private message just received by your correspondent says Emma Abbott lies in a critical condition at this hour. Her entire left lung is involved, and Drs. PinEerton and Bassome, who are holding consultations over her every two hours, make no promises. They ouly hope to bo able to pull her through. The crisis will be reached within 20 bouts. , Had Mis3 Abbott obeyed her doc tois and not sung when they ordered her. to; quit, she would not be where she is now. She caught cold irf the new Ogden Opera house last Monday night. The plaster ing in the 'house was all green on that date. During the periormance -&prggZml Hits Emma Abbott. moisture stood out all over it, and at the matinee Wednesday sbeTiad to be helped to her room. Between acts she broke down. A consultation of doctors has been held at the Templetou Hotel. Dr. Pinker ton says that Miss Abbott is in in a very v critical condition. She may be with us to-morrow and she may not. She was informed to-day that her chances for recovery were very siimjand responded, "I know it." Her physicians say the crisis is fast approaching and that there is but little hope. The physicians fear heart failure. Emma Abbott was born of very poor parents in Peoria, 111., 39 years ago. In the days of her success she oiten related to her friends how, as a girl of 6 and? years, she had wandered about barefooted and in her one gown, made from a coarse saefc. She began to win admiration for her voice when only 8 years old, aud while still a child sang to applauding audiences in small Illinois towns. One day Clara Louise Kellogg heard the little blue-eyed girl sing ing to herself in the open. air. The girl singer recognized the possibilities ot the untrained voice and hastened to help the embryo songstress to advantages for culti vating it. Miss Abbott's name off the'stage was Mrs. Wetherell. Her husband died some two years ago in the same section of country where the songstress is now ill. BLEW HIS BBAINS OUT. Falling to Kill a Female Acquaintance, a Man Shoots Himself. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 4. Frank H. Mandeville stolednto the room of Mrs. Mil lie SbaW, a dressmaker living in the Bob erts block, last night "When Mrs. Shaw entered half an hour later he fired three shots at her. Had it not been for her corset she would have been killed instently, bnt two of the balls strnck the corset steels and glanced oft The other ball-missed her en tirely. As soon as tbe shots were fired the woman ran down the hall screaming. When policemen arrived Mandeville had locked himself in tbe room. He would not open the door, and the police finally broke it in. As soon as the door gave war Madeville placed the pistol in his mouth and fired, 'killing himself instantly. The whole affair was evidently premeditated. Mandeville was a representative of John Allison & Co., advertising agents of Chicago. He had been paying attentions to Mrs. Shaw for some time, and was acquainted, with her in the East. QUARANTINE RAISES. Six Cases of Smallpox and Two Deaths Be ported at Houston. Houston, Tex., Jan. 4. Although six new cases of smallpox developed to-day, five in the Stein family, whose residence was under guard, and the other W. H. Loftus, the quarantine has been raised, and the Gov ernor states that his orders were miscon strued. His intention was to have nnnecersary quarantine removed, whereas the Health Department quarantined all towns where there were anv cases. There were two deaths i to-day, one .a Mr. Steel and the "other a young man named Simmons, a nephew of GenoraJ WaaLof,Galyeton i , rfTV Stfyiv,. An DIPLOMATS FALL OUT. Sir Julian Fanncefote's Airs Get Him Into Serious Trouble. FORCED TO MAKE AN APOLOGY After the President's Late Reception the While Boose. at A i'EESH I0DNG ATTACHE'S BEEAK rSPICIAt. TKJCPBAJC TO TH DISf ATCIM Washington, Jan. 4. Two incidents of the White House reception on New Year's Day havejservea as a fruitful source of gossip among members ot the Diplo matic Corps, and one of the occurrences is responsible for a serious diplomatic quar rel. It seems that ever since the arrival of Sir Julian Panncefote In Wash ington as the representative of Her Majesty, the Queen of England, he has assumed what are commonly known as airs, to a degree not becoming in a fresh man ambassador, even though accredited from such a powerful court as that of St. James. In a social way Sir Julian, by reason of the elaborate establishment which he maintains, perhaps enjoyed some distinc tion over his foreign colleagues; bnt this fact did not reconcile them to his attempt to take precedence in official matters. It is the iron-bound rule among the dip lomats that on state occasions they shall take rank according to seniority of service. On more than one occasion Sir Julian has forgotten this rule and endeavored to break: through the long-established custom, in order to force himself a few steps nearer the head of the list. A short time ago he caused the greatest annoyance to the min ister from one of the South American re publics by thus forgetting his place, bnt no serions results followed. Sir Julian's Bad Break. At the White House reception on Thurs day, however, Sir Julian was so inexcusably at fault that a diplomatic correspondence followed, which closed with his apology to the German and Austrian Ministers. When the diplomats met in the Bed Boom Thurs day, preparatory to paying tbeir respects to the President, Sir Julian managed to find himself a place in the line in advance of Connt Arco, the German Minister, and Chevalier Tavera, the envoy of the Austrian Government The presentations were made by Baron Faya, of Italy, the Dean of tbe Corps, who, of course, took no notice pt the occurrenast at the time. After their reception, Count Arco and Chevalier Tavera conferred to gether and decided that it was time for them to put a stop to Sir Julian's pre sumption. Both of these gentlemen deeply regretted the necessity of doing anything unpleasant, but felt that as the New Year's Day reception was the one occasion during the year ution which they officially repre sent their Governments at a so-called court reception, they were under the necessity of asserting their rights. A Protest Sent In. They therefore addressed a communication toJJaron Fava, protesting against the breach of Sir Julian, and saying that they should insist upon his retaining bis proper place in the future. Barpn Fava thereupon for warded a not? to Sir-Julian, informing him of the protest and addiSgonat he awaited a reply. It was promptly forthcoming in the shape of an apology fronf the representative nt Wni" "ffliiv' Cnvpmmtnt &nAarr4nl. w-. j.w.:r: ,..- mauon mat inure wpuiu ue no occasion tor a repetition of the reprimand. The second incident does not concern diplomats so exalted in rank as the two ministers mentioned, but has aroused al most as great a commotion in the Corps, and besides is apt to lead to quits as serious consequences. A young attache of one of the South American Republics was accom panied to the White House by a young and pretty lady, well known to all the gay youth of Washington, and presented her as a member of his family. A Fresh Young Attache. Her presence was noted and commented upon by many persons, who knew that, as the daughter oi an avenue tradesman, she had no right within the charmed circle. No outward comment was made, however, at tbe White House, but when an hour later her escort had the effrontery to introduce ner to tne breakfast given to the Corps by the Secretary of State at his residence, there was the great est indignation. A proposition jiras made, and' seriously considered, to invite her to bow herself out. But it was decided that the attache was more at fault than she and no action was taken, except that the couple were given tbe cold shoulder. The next dav all the diDlomati took occa sion to file in writing with the Secretary of State the assurance of their most profound regret at the inexcusable breach of eti quette, and their further assurances that 'they in no sense condoned to the offense of the vealy young attache, to whom an offi cial rebuke will be administered in due time, and which may take the shape of a recall to his native country. NEW SYSTEM OF COINAGE Submitted to the Mexican Congress by the Minister ot Finance. Washington, Jan. 4. The Bureau of American Bepnblics is informed that the Finance Minister of Mexico has submitted to the Congress ot that Bepublio a plan for an entire revision of coinage. It provides that the monetary system of the Bepublio shall consist, as at present, of gold, silver, copper and brass coins. The monetary unit shall continue to be the silver dollar; the fraction of this dollar to be rep resented by silver coins of 5. 10 and 20 cents. Tbe silver dollar snail retain its .. -.. ...... present form, but the design thereof shall be im- proved. THE MONETARY CONFERENCE. Its First Meeting Will Be Held Wednesday In Washington. Washington, Jan. 4. The Inter national Monetary Conference has been called to meet at the diplomatic chamber of tbe Department o't State' at 13 o'clock on Wednesday next, when Secretary Blaine will deliver an address of welcome. Subse quent meetings of the conference will be held in the parlors of the Arlington Hotel. Since tbe publication oi the list of dele gates appointed, a few days ago, notice has been received of the appointment of H. A. P. Carter to represent the Hawaiian King dom; Hannibal Price, to represent the Be publio of Hayti, and Senator Don, W. Stevens, the Bepublio of Honduras. VENEZUELA'S PROSPERITY. Large Customs Receipts and Seduction of the National Debt Washington, Jan. 4. The Bureau of American Republics is in receipt of recent official information from Venezuela, which, shows that country to be enjoying almost unprecedented prosperity. During the last fiscal year the national revenue derived from customs reached nearly 6,000,000. The national debt has been re duced to $22,517,000, and.tbe population in 1800 is given as 2,239,000. Failure of Java Coffee Crop. Washington. Jan. 4. Advices have .been received of tbe almost total failure of Jb.9 coffe 'crop iatv Java, which Is entimated,. at only about 16 per tf'ent of former annnal averages. FORCE BILL RIDDLE. NOTHING IN SIGHT TO ENABLE THE SEN ATE TO SOLVE IT. An Attempt Will Be Made to Tire Ont the Democrats Even This May Not Bring About a Vote The Shipping Bill in the House. tntOH x Btxrr coRnzsposDETT.l Washington, Jan. 4. Whatever course is pursued by the Senate in the attempt to secure a vote on the elections bill, no move ment against the hitherto impregnable works of the dominant minority will be made until it is evident a quorum of the Jlephilicans can be mustered. When Mr. McDonnell, the new Senator from Idaho, is swornlbe BepublicV ans will have 51 Senators,or sfis,more than a quorum, but at present therefore eight Senators absent on such business asSjnakes it very desirable they should remain "away some dayslo come. Urgent telegrams hve been sent for the return of the absentees, b it is doubtful if they will respond by thei presence without a formal resolution com mandlng their return. It is expected that If a caucus is held to morrow, the question of the return of absent Senators will receive attention and steps taken to render them obedient Unless some movement is made at the cancus, which does not seem to be contemplated now, it will be decided to try wha t efficacy there is in an attempt tr tire out the Democrats to the p of in ducing them to ki s""01" a vote on tne elections dii, A Vvv ctionn hilL - $&. drich, who has the cloture imsyjy. t$T:5Z?t helium that th nlntnr matter -ill h." b be decided beiore tbe elections bill can ts. j: j -r .-l r v. i... i uisjjuaeu ui, uufc bu .tur 11c uu ueca uvcr- ruled, In the House, the most important measure expected to come up during the week is the subsidy shipping bill. Representative Farquhar, who has it in charge, says that he will call up the measure on Tuesday, and he does not anticipate any Democratic opposi tion to the question of consideration. He does not look forward, either, to antagonism from any appropriation bill, as the Senate now has three appropriation bills unacted on. Mr. Farquhar is confident that the bill will be passed by the House. STREET BATLWAY TROUBLES. Chicago Employes Who Take Sides With Their Superintendent Chicago, Jan. 4. The employes of the Chicago City Bailroad Company have es poused the cause of tbeir superintendent, C. B, Holmes, and if nothing prevents, will shortly issue a manifesto, protesting against his removal. The retirement of Mr. Holmes has occupied much of the thoughts of the men since the rumored intention of the directors became pnblio property, and they have also been making provisions against any painful surprise that may be in store for them. In some manner the men have become imbued with tbe idea that Presideat Yerkes, of the West Side, is the cause of the dissatisfaction with Mr. Holmes, that some heavy stock holders in both systems, like Mr. Leiter. have been convinced that Mr. Yerkes is a I model manager, andthat a consolidation of the surface- roads under "him would be a "grand thing1 forthefbuBIic'affd stockholders: The men believe that Mr. Holmes will be succeeded by Mr. Yerkes, and that a con solidation of the roads will then take place. Under such circumstances with one com pany there would be but one scale of wages, andj with Mr. Yerkes as President, the men employed by the present Holmes manage ment wonld expect him to run the South side system at a reduction of 3 per cent, which he is alleged to have said he could do. In tbe meantime the men can do noth ing but wait for the result of the annnal meeting, which occurs the 14th. They will, however, protest at that time against the forced retirement of Mr. Holmes and tbe ap pointment of Mr. Yerkes as his successor. TWO EXPLORERS MISSING. Their Probable Fate In Alaska a Matter of Conjecture. ISPBCIAL TILZOBAK TO TUX DUPATCH.l San FbAncisco, Jan. 4. Two reports already sent East about the probable fata of a portion of the Frank Leslie expedi tion in Alaska were stontly denied in New York. The matter is fully confirmed, however, by the arrival here of W. C. Greenfield, the United States Census Agent for Alaska. Messrs. Weils, Price, Daltoa, Schause and Glave were members of the party with tbe Indian burden bearers and guides. Some time last summer Dalton and Glave went down Alsegh river from the interior, and at last accounts were somewhere on Yakutat Bay. Glave continued the return journey to New York. Wells, Price and Schanse pushed on into the in terior and northwesterly down the Yukon river, to the mouth of Forty-mile creek, nearly at the boundary line between Brit ish America and Alaska. There Price and Wells decided to cross the dividing mountains and proceed thence down Conper river canon to the coast, a distance of aoout 800 miles. They were not equipped for a long journey, and beside that, the Indians of the Copper river are very nnfriendly. xuey nave not oeen neara oi since. SABA SEBNHABrS APPEARANCE, Manager Abbey Looking Around for An other Theater for Her. rtPZCIAI. TXLZOKAK TO TBI SIZPATCBM NEiiv Yoek, Jan. 4. Henry E. Abbey arrived from Europe on the steamer Salle to-day and learned of the burning of the Fifth Avenue Theater, in which Sara Bern hart was to open in Sardou's "Cleopatra" under bis management ou February 9. Ho- did not like tbe news a bit Still he has no doubt of being able to secure a stage for the display of the slight form of Sara, whom, by the way, he describes as having increased in bulk and looking decidedly the better for it Tbe Fifth Avenue Theater was engaged up to February 9, otherwise an earlier jjate would have been chosen, and the theater Mr. Abbey hopes to seenre may be got on Februarys. The overhanging walls of the wrecked theater, -which threatened the safety of Her mann's, were torn down by Captain Mc Cabe's firemen to-day without injury to any one or damage to property. Workmen toiled all night in Herrmann's Theater, removing the dampness occasioned by a bursting hose, Herrmann will reopen to-morrow night The blace diamond, which be mourned as lost, was found crushed into the dampened' carpet of his dresjing room. BULLDOZERS SENTENCED. They Get Twenty Years Each for Killing Louisiana Negroes. Baton Bouge, Jan. 4. The motion for a new trial in the case of Beverly and Melly O'Neal and Alexander Terrell, convicted of manslaughter in bulldozing negroes, was overruled in the District Court yesterday and they were each sentenced to "20 years' imprisonment in the State penitentiary. Tim Imlldozing was organized to deter colored j. tuple from living on and working lauds instead of working as laborers, thereon. 01 DOLLAR INfUUR Assets of the Delamaters Ex amined by the Board of Appraisers. CREDITORS OF THE BANK Will Fare Better Than Those of the Individual Members. THE HET LIABILITIES 1,040,000, While :i Fante In Sight Amount to $300,000 in Bound" flambers. OFFER OF COMPROMISE EXPECTED rspzciAL ntiaimi to tbz dispatch. Itessrs. S. T. Dick, of the banking firm of J.. Dick & Co., W. B. McCoy, Cashier of tin Meadville Savings Bank and E. A. HempVtead, have completed and filed their statement of the value of the assets of the bankingfirm of Delamater & Co., and also of tbe individual members of the firm. The schedniles of the appraisers show as sets of 301,000, of which about S153.000 be long to the backing firm, $62,000 to George "". Delamater,$65,000 to C 'ISO tcr.anFS20,000toT. George Wallace , """ "uu -". " - - "'- Wo "jx.3 m0?e in detail are as follows: V vc, . . . l. W. "fn,;- y 1 'Af ol toe liana, in Detail. OfflcOx .re and fixtures $959 00 Cash and v'e from other banks 2,231 00 Overdrafts (face valne) 90,000 00 Overdrafts (cash value). 12,471 00 Bills receivable (face value) 199,791 00 Bills receivable (cash value) 71,527 00 Beat estate. 12.930 00 Stock, bonds, etc 47,063 00 Miscellaneous 3,211 00 Total 8153,473 00 Of G. B. Delamater's 62,000 ot assets, the principal items are his one-half interest In the Delamater Block, which was valued at 35,000 (570,000 for the whole block); his residence, valned at S12,000r and stocks aud bonds valued at $10,010 Of George Wallace Delamater's assets, the princinal items are his one-tenth inter est in the Delamater Block, 57,000; his resi dence, 511,000; a contract for Cambria county coal lands, $10,000; other real es tate in this county, 7,300, and bills receiv able, 26,000. The Loan to the Finance Company. This latter item includes his loan otS52,000 to the Finance Company.Philadelphia, which was appraised at 20,000, although he and his assignees hope to realize the full amount eventually. T. A. Delamater's! assets consist principally of a large farm of timber land in this county, his residence and a one-tenth interest in the Delamater block. - ' -4 The assignees- .have not yef entirely com pleted their schedule of the liabilities, but the following estimate is given upon their authority, and the official report will vary but little from it. Unsecured liabilities of Delamater ts Co $310,000 Liabilities secured by collaterals, or by judgments entered before the assign ment 78,000 Total S618.000 As the real estate of the firm is alono covered by the judgments, and as all ths judgments are against George B. Delamater as well as against the firm, it is presumed his real estate wilt be taken to pay preferred creditors, and it is therefore probable that there will be about 140,000 of firm assets to apportion to unsecured liabilities amounting to 5540,000. Liabilities Hard to Estimate. Tbe liabilities ot George B. and George Wallace -Delamater, are nearly all joint and are rather difficult to estimate, as some of them are indorsements. In round number they are, after deducting those secured by good collaterals, 300,000, This is to be increased by tbeir indebtedness to the Stats on their bond of 100,000 to secure the de posit of State funds in their bank by tba 60,000 liability as bondsmen for the County Treasurer by 150,000 owing by them indi vidually, to their bank, for which they have assigned certain securities as collateral. The total liabilities of the firm and the individual members thereof are about 1,200, 000. Bdfinthis estimate the liability of the banking firm for the State and connty deposits, aggregating 160,000, is in reality duplicated in the liability of George B. and George Wallace Delamater on the bonds to the State Treasurer and for the County Treasurer. More Than a Million Dollars. Deducting this, there is a net liability firm and individual, or 1,040,000. In esti mating the value of the assets, the ap. praiserssay tbey aimed to give the under the-bammercash valueonly. TheDelamater block, the finest business .blocS: in the city, which cost, with the land upon which it stands, in 1874, about 150,000, and which pays a net 5 per cent on 100,000, was ap praised at 70,000. The home of the father, George B. Delamater, which cost 30,000, was appraised at 12,500, and the home of the Senator, which cost at least 40,000, was appraised at 811,000, and so on through ths entire list It will prove rather an agreeable surprise to many of the creditors of the bank, that, valued in this severe way, the assets yet show up so well, for the general belief has been ever since the failure that the creditors need not hope for over 10 cents on the dollar. A Compromise to Be Offered. There seems to be no good reason why they should not receive nearly 25 cents on the dollar. The creditors of the individual members of the firm will not fare so well, although the ex-Senator and his brother, T. A. Delamater, may pay their individual creditors about in the same proportion as the banking firm will be able to pay their creditors. There is excellent authority for the statement that the firm have assurances from influential and wealthy friends which will warrant them in making a proposition through the assignees for a settlement on a basis of 50 cents on the dollar, 20 per cent within a few months and the balance in one, two and tbrea years. The creditors are, so far as heard from, qnite willing to accept such a proposition ' and are hoping it will be made, as they see by the schedules filed that they cannot hose to realize out of the property muoifSenii. than half that percentsce. 1755 I 1 a I 7 W . i- &&ky&1fiA TicSST-i mstt
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