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PITTSBURG, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1891 TEN PAGES.
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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
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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
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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 ,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Wo "jx.3 m0?e in detail are as follows:
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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.
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