Mmass &$jri& ;w$$r A ' fix pff$mtM CLASSIFIED AD YFJXTISEMENTS BRING PROMPT ANSWERS. TEOG DISPATCH REACHES MASTERS AND MEN. asBl a i S WANTS, FOE SALES, TO LETS, I j.l y BEACH THE PUBLIC THROUGH I jfl THEDI8PATCH. -3 "P" HOUSE HUNTERS READ IT. iB THREE CENTS. M ' ii i . . . -iSBHl mgvmii rOETT-ITFTH YEAH. A FEW FEEBLE KICKS Only Emphasized the Ease With Which J. Donald Cameron Secured the NOMINATION FOR SENATOR. A Clean Majority of the Entire Legis lature Upon the First and Only Ballot. SOME BOLTERS FROM THE CAUCUS, Who Will Make an Effort to Keep Up the Eidicnlous Farce of Opposition to the Ee-Election. J?AKT PLATED ET THE ELECTIONS BILL. The Legislative Ens ASjcurcea to ft Week, ftsd the Ststtsnea Eire Mostly Hurried Awy ts Then Homes. HE. niSS INTRODUCES TWO LIQUOB KEASUBES tFBOM A STAFF COKKESrOKDETT.l HAKisEUKG,Jan.7. "Having personal assurance that the senior Senator of Penn sylvania at "Washington 'will vote for tho federal elections bill, and there being no other candidate in the field against him, I vote for J. Donald Cameron." "When Senator "Jack" Robinson uttered these words in the joint Republican cauens this afternoon, the dwarfed specter of oppo sition collapsed. It had stalked into the assemblage on feeble legs. Mr. Taggart, of Montgomery county put his arms around it, and tried to support it, but he lost his tem per. Mr. Coray, at Luzerne, made an effort to. hold it up, but in a lew moments be him self got to trembling like an aspen leaf, as though he had caught a glimpse of the face of a banshee. Robinson's Voto tho Last Strait. 'The moment Senator Kobinson saw it coming toward him, he disclaimed friend tsbiu with it, and then the weak-kneed hob Kobblm got to shaking until it fell in a fit. hi flattened out on the ground as though there never had been any blood in it, and pjecious little flesh, too. Kobinson had been regarded as a sort of leader in the anti Cameron movement, and his vote for the senior Senator's re-election knocked the life out of the thing. "When the sun arose this morning it dis closed the fact that the trees in Capitol Park tad again been used for pnrnoses other than hat they were intended by nature. Pla cards were tacked upon them announcing the United States Senatorial caucus of the Republican members of the two branches of the Legislature at 12 o'clock. The Legis lature itself was in session less than a half hour, and after an hour's intermission, the members of the Senate joined the members of the House at noon. George Handy Smith convened the caucus. The Idea or the Opposition. The opponents of Cameron had hoped to seen large number of the members absent, knowing that after the early caucus had been called thai was their only way to defeat him. They had some idea of seenring enough absentees to prevent a majority of the Legislature from voting at the Repub lican caucus. .-For this reason the call of the roll was eagerly watched. It disclosed but few absentees, however. They were Shick, of Philadelphia, Lewis, of Bradford; Malhnee, of Crawford; Boyd, of Lancaster; Jeffrey, of Luzerne; Losey and Squires, of Tioga; Stocking and Patterson, of "Washington, and Senators Mchard and Becker, the latter of Lawrence. Friends of Senators Mehard and Becker, and Representatives Stocking, Patterson and Boyd arose to explain that they had been called home bnt had left ward that they would be bound by the decision of the caucus. Mr. Taggart, of Montgomery, then arose and said that the Republican Legislators had been betrayed into having this caucus by a self-selected Chairman, and he pro tested. An Appeal for More Time. The Legislators were not preDared to vote ou this important matter. They want to go li-ome and see their constituents and object to being driven like beasts. He for one would not be driven, and he was going to Eay so. Mr. Taggart then moved that the holding of the caucus be postponed until 8 o'clock P. M , January 15. Mr. Magnin, of Delaware, said that the best interests of the party would be best served, and the party not forced to do what it did not want to, if the caucus was post poned, and he seconded the motion. The motion was defeated by a large majority. Senator A. P. Thompson then named Senator James Donald Cameron. He said that Senator Cameron was richly endowed with all that goes to make up a statesman worthy to represent the great State of Penn sylvania in the United States Senate. He has contributed time and again to the suc cess of the Republican party and has never claimed much for the great victories he has accomplished. His life-work has been done with an eye single to the interests of his constituency and the nation. It is true he has not been conspicuous in consuming time by talking for the mere sake of talking, but when it is necessary he can talk straightforward commonsense, as has been demonstrated ou numerous occasions. He 2as always been true, able and modest. The rirt Dolt From the Caucus. Mr. Taggart, of Montgomery, said he "would now withdraw, as he would not abide lv the decision of the caucus, and had only wanted to hear Senator Thompson's speech. "Don't be in a hurry," said Chairman Smith, as Mr. Taggart left the room, but the Montgomery statesman was headed lor the rear door and did not care to be stopped. General Gobin, the Senator from Leb anon, in arising to second the nomination of Mr. Cameron said he was sorry to see Mr. 1 -rgart withdraw from the caucus "When 31r. Cameron was a candidate before us six cars ago," the Senator said, "this same discussion was conducted, fair and broad, within party lines. Perhaps it might have been better to postpone this caucus for awhile, but as the majority says not, I abide by the decision of the majority. There is always a tendency to pulldown men in high public place. Stories are gotten up, and the -public gets to believe rumors. I have read the charges made against Mr. Cameron. I think there is very littlen them. No man can question the Republicanism of the can didate before us to-day. The Federal Elections Bill Issue. "I know that he will not vote against the Federal elections bill," continued General Gobin. "After receiving his permission I say this to you. He is standing beside his party colleagues on that measure. Mr. Cameron is charged with having friendships with Southern Senators. "While this is a land big enough only for one flag, I think the day is past when that truth can alone be taught by the sword. I am proud to see Mr. Cameron among the .first to take his Southern brothers by the hand and welcome them back to fraternity." E. A. Coray, Jr., a young Assemblyman from Luzerne county, asked General Gobin how long it bad been since Senator Cameron declared himself for the elections bill. General Gobin I am not able to say when he declared that first, but I can say that he never uttered a word to show that he was going to oppose it. Mr. Richard Quay, of Beaver I wish to state that I heard Mr. Cameron say over three months ago that he intended to sup port the elections bill. Mr. Coray then nervously searched through his pockets, and, pulling out a let-' ter, unfolded it to read. It was dated De cember 26, he said, and was Irom Senator Cameron in response to one which he had sent him. It stated that he (Cameron) had never told anyone how he was going to vote on the bill, nor had he ever authorized any one to speak for him. Smoking Out the Senator. Mr. Coray's hands trembled so violently as he read the letter that the paper almost fell from his fingers. Presently he over came his nervousness and said that Cameron had been as dumb as an oyster until he was galvanized by the press, and now he is in that condition better known as "smoked out." "While he ought to have been carry ing the flag in the front of his party, he has been sulking in sullen, mysteroiu? silence at the rear. "I propose to go home and caucus with my constituents," concluded Mr. Coray, "before I am bound by this caucus." And thereupon Mr. Coray withdrew also. Mr. Towler, of Forest, said the banner Republican county of the Stale wanted to talk. Any man with Scotch blood in his veins can't be "smoked out." People higher than Senator Cameron have tried to make him declare himself on the elections bill, but they had no right to do so. His first duty was to his Pennsylvania constitu ency, and he has declared himself to Tiis State iu that matter. Senator Cameron is no orator, but his influence is such that whenever Pennsylvania wants anything in the Senate she gets it. Mr. Keiser, of Phil adelphia now moved that the nominations close, which was done, and the secretaries proceeded to call the roll. Every Allegheny Member for Cameron. Every Allegheny county member in House and Senate voted for Cameron. The names of the absentees were given above. Those present but not voting were: Sumner, of Bradford; Brown and Potter, of Crawford; Brown and Seanor, of Indiana; Baldwin, of Lancaster, and Kennedy, of Schuylkill, Those who formally withdrew from the esuens were: .Messrs. Taggart, '$t Mont gomery, Magnin, of Delaware, and Coray, of Luzerne. Jesse M. Baker, of Delaware, who had tried to have the caucus the night before or to have the caucus put off. for a week, voted for Cameron. "When the call was finished and vote counted, Chairman Smith announced that 134 votes had been given Mr. Cameron, and that being a majority of both branches of the Legislature, he was the party nominee for the position. Thereupon the cauens adjourned. Mr. Taggart subsequently said that the fight was not ended, but said that as far as he was concerned it would be re newed in the Legislature on the 20th inst, when the formal election takes place. . Going to Continue the Straggle. He said that many of those who voted for Cameron had done so against their own pri vate wishes, and that they would hear from their constituents when they get home to morrow. He denounced the early caucus movement as a scheme to capture the votes of the members before they could leave Har risbnrg to see their constituents. He added that there was no motion made at the caucus to make the vote unanimous, and that mem bers need not (eel themselves bound, by its decisions. "When asked if the few'discon tented Republicans would vote with the Democrats at the formal election, he said they would not, though he could name no Republican candidate that they would vote for. At the same time he admitted that their leader wa now gone, too, meaning Senator Robinson. "With neither leader nor candi date, therefore, the anti-Cameron movement may be regarded as defunct The Legislature now stands adjourned until Thursday morning of next week, in order to give the presiding officers time to make up their committees. All the mem bers have gone home, and Speaker Thomp son goes to-night. He will be back on Monday, however, to complete the work on bis committees, so that nothing definite about the chairmanships will be known un til then. Gossip is not very reliable on that point. L. E. Stofiel. A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. Senator Jack Robinson Has Introduced a Bill Providing for One. israelii. TELr.pn.AX to tub dis patch. i Habkisbubg, Jan, 7. Senator Robin son to-day introduced a bill providing for a convention to amend the Constitution. It provides that the people, at the regular election next fall, shall vote whether there shall be a convention, and at the same time shall elect 209 delegates; 48 at large, each to vote for not more than 24 candidates, and the 48 highest to be elected, and 150 from the Senatorial districts, three delegates from each district, and in district delegates each voter can vote for only two delegates, the three highest to be elected, and 11 dele gates to be known as Municipal delegates, three from Philadelphia, and two each from Pittsburg, Allegheny, Reading and Scran ton, to assemble at Harrisburg the first Tuesday in December, 1891, salary $1,000, mileage at 10 cents, and $50 for incidentals. LIQUOR LEGISLATION. Senator Flinn Introduces Two Bills on the Subject. 'FEOJI A STAFF COBBESFOSDXST.l Hap.risbtjeg, Jan. 7. Senator Flinn to-day introduced two liouor bills. One is an amendment to the retail license law; the other to the wholesale law. The hrst au thorizes the courts to transfer licenses where the petitioner dies before receiving his licenses and in other cases. The other gives the courts discretionary power in the grant ing of wholesale licenses. Both authorize police departments and bureaus, and make it obligatory on them to keep watch ot liqnor dealers, prosecute them for violations of the law and file re monstrances with the court against persons who should not be given licenses. Penal tieffIor violation of the wholesale license law, are: Fines not less than $500 nor more than $1,000; imprisonment not more than 12 months. For more than one violation the offender shall be debarred from license in any city or county in the State. THE STATE SOLDIERY, RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BT GEN. SNOWDEN XN HIS EEPOST. Company Inspection Should Replace That In Camp Brigade Drills No Longer Necessary Encampments Slight Be Ex tendedA Few Words on Rifle Practice. tEPECIAT. TELEOBAH TO THE DISPATCH. Harbisbubg, Jan. 1 General Snowden, in his report just filed in the Adjutant General's department, suggests that camp inspections be done away with, and that companies be inspected at their armories, where a more careful examination of their arms, equipments and uniforms could be ,made. General Snowden says the time has come when brigade drills are not so necessary, since they have accomplished their purpose of accustoming officers to com mand and the several organizations to act in unison in extended movements, and they might well hereafter be at least partially, if not generally, supplied by field operations of a kind likely to be used in active service. "Putting our cavalry and artillery into battalions under their own senior officers," says General Snowden, "worked so well that, in my judement, the organization, with an increase of one troop and one battery, could be made permanent with much ad vantage. It is much to be wished that the length of the encampments hereafter be ex tended to two weeks, or, at the least, ten days. The advantages to all the organiza tions of such an extension of time are ap parent." Continuing, he says: "The important subject of rifle practice has been given much attention, with a corresponding increase in number and efficiency of marksmen. Ob servation for some years past seems to show that officers and enlisted men should not be entered in contests with or against each other. "When the matches were first in stituted it was doubtless advisable to have officers take part, so as to induce the men to do so, but now, tn&t the interest has become general, a discontinuance of the custom would be to the good of the service." In conclusion General Snowden says: "The suggestions iu prior reports as regards a dress uniform are renewed, as we all be come year by year more fully convinced of its necessity. Cartridge boxes, blanket bags, haversacks and canteens are simply junk, and should be replaced." THE CONNECTICUT DEADLOCK. Tho Democrats Declare Their Candidate for Governor Elected. Hartfobd, Jan. 7. Both branches of the Legislature met at 10. The Senate speedily organized, electing Read, of Bridgeport, Democrat, President pro tern, with other caucus nominees. The House chose A."W. Paige Speaker, and other Republican caucus nominees. Before the House organized, the Senate sent a com mittee of two Democrats to the Board of Canvassers, demanding the official canvass. It was refused, on the ground that the can vass must be sent to the General Assembly, which was not then organized. Subsequent ly the official canvass was sent to the House, according to custom. About 9 o'clock the House sent the official canvass to the Senate with 'a resolution referring it to joint committee on canvass of votes for State officers. The Senate had voted not to create such a committee this year, and when the canvass and returns came in the Senate created a iipjeci.il coSiiuitise of it own Iv ex-' amine and report upon them. After about two hours' conference the majority of the committee (two Democrats) reported that Luzon B. Morris was elected Governor on the regular Democratic ticket. A caucus of Republican Senators and Representatives, at 6 o'clock, nominated O. H. Piatt for the Senate unanimously. TROUBLE FEARED FARTHER "WEST, Indian Tribes In "Washington State Threat ening and Disorderly. Colfax, "Wash., Jan. 7. Marshal Mackey, Monday night, shot and probably fatally wounded an Indian named Bones, son of Chief Bones, of the Palouse tribe. The Indians have been causing a good deal of trouble lately with their drunken orgies and ghost dances, and the Marshal had ar rested three of them and was taking them to prison. Bones, who was one of them, broke away and was shot by the officers. It is now feared that a general uprising of the tribes in this vicinity will result, as there have been numerous threats and signs of an outbreak. The shooting of Bones will add fuel to the flames. STILL IN THE LEAD. The Women Are Far Ahead In the Meth odist Church Vote. rBTECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 New Yoek, Jan. 7. Returns irom 368 districts of the M. E. Church, of the vote on the qnestion of changing the constitution so as to permit women as representatives to the General Conference, have been received at the Methodist Book Concern. The total vote of these 368 districts is 314,602, of which 196,928 were cast in favor, and 117,674 against tne proposed amend ment, showing a majority to date of 79,254. The districts heard from comprise about three-fifths of the districts in the United States. EMMA ABBOTTS DESIRE. Her Ashes to Be Placed In Her Husband's Large Monument. rsrEcux. telegeam to the dispatch, t Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 7. M. L. Wetherell, of this city, brother of Miss Emma Abbott's dead husband, states that when Miss Abbott was here last year she talked about the large monument she was having built. 'I shall have an apartment made in it to receive my ashes," she declared to him, "for I cannot bear the thonght of having my body buried in the earth, and I have made a provision in my will to that effect" A GREAT DISCOVERY. Glass and Aluminum Can Be Perfectly Welded for 810 a Pound. ISFECTAi. TELEQBAX TO THE DIS PATCH. 1 Cincinnati, Jan. 7. One of the most important discoveries of the age was made public here to-day by Bradford McGregor, the expert mechanic, who has discovered a way for perfectly welding glass and alumi num at a cost of $10 per pound. It will revolutionize incandescent electric lighting at an enormous saving. THE SOUTH DAKOTA DEADLOCK. The Ffaslonists, if They Poll Together, Will Have One Majority. PrcEEE, S. D., Jan. 7. No change Is recorded in the Senatorial question. The fusionists' combination is firm, the Repub licans being unable as yet to break it The situation is that the fusionists would have one majority on joint ballot, but will try and seat eight 'contestants in the House; but the Republicans expect to prevent this. RUDYARD KIPLING has written a series of seven letters on America for THE DIS PATCH. The first in the series iriU appear In NEXT SUNDAYS ISSUE, PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, INDIANS IN A TRAP. They Are Surronnded .on AH Sides and'Must Prepare to SUEEENDEE 0E DIE FIGHTING. General Miles Nearly Beady to Begin the Active Campaign. A LIEUTENANT KILLED BI THE EEDS rSFECTAI. TELEOBAK TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Pine Ridge Agency, Jan. 7. From the top of a high bntte near the center of their great village, the 4,000 hostiles who are now menacing the Nebraska and South Dakota frontiers can see lour divisions of soldiers which are soon to march upon and destroy them if they do not surrender un conditionally. General Carr and his men are on the east The white tents of Colonel Sumner and Cap tain "Wells are pitched to the north, and General Brooke, with the Second Infantry and Ninth Cavalry, are on the west. To the south the savages can see the 'outlines of General Miles' breastworks, which have been thrown up on the crest of the buttes north and east of the agency buildings. The cordon has a diameter of less than eight miles. Yet the fanatical Indians do not appear to fear the strength of the army, or seem to apprehend their peril. There are probably 1,000 heavily armed bucks in the village; the rest of the 4,000 redskins comprise squaws, children and old men. Kicking Bear and Short Bull are still in command of the hostile army. Their lieu tenants are Two Strike, Little "Wound, Big Road, Big Turkey, He Dog, Big Pipe, Lone Wolf, No Water and Jack Red Cloud. Doubt as to Bed Cloud's Position. Old Red Cloud is still in the village, but there is a difference of opinion as to whether his councils are for peace or for war. He claims that he is held a prisoner by his tribe, and that he wants to come back to the agency. Red Cloud, however, is a cunning Indian, and it is thought by many that while he would like to have General Miles believe he is friendly, he is at heart a hostile and active in preparing the Sioux for the terrible conflict which must come within a few days. The Indians who are now in rebellion rep resent all the reservations in Dakota. There aro many Cheyennes among them, and scouts say that bands of Arapahoes have joined the hostile forces. General Miles' policy is clearly outlined. His force is now disposed in such manner as to form a sort of corral, but it is not such a corral as wUl pre vent bunches of the savages slipping fnrough the lines to the ranches and then to the hills. But it is General Miles' intention to keep the main body penned up until all peace errands have failed. Then the troops to the northeast and west will press upon the vil lage. One shot fired to check this Advance Will Mean a Terrible Slaughter for the three wings of soldie's will sweep upon the savages with cannon and musketry. Their only run way will then be to the south or toward the agency, and here they will confront the breastworks on the buttes. Indians who desire to surrender will be per mitted to do so, but their peace will not be purchased with promises of rewards. Gen eral Miles has declared he is here to put dawn the prefcent rebellion, and that if the Indians who surrender have any grievances they must go to Washington and submit Ijrmtq,the pyioer authorities. - . ""Preparations for war are being pressed at Pine Ridge, The camp does not look so picturesque or so peaceful as it did four weeks ago. The great villages of the Sioux, which were pitched in a half circle about the agency buildings, have disappeared. They are now part of the hostile encamp ment There are not so many soldiers in sight either, but there is much comfort in the knowledge that over the snow-ribbed buttes in all directions there are pitched tents of the flower ot the United States cavalry and infantry. Four weeks ago the post trader's stores were filled with bucks and squaws and the ridges and swarmed with Indians mounted on ponies. There are rifle pits and fortifications on the ridges now and the stores are deserted. The Machine Guns Beady for Business. Grim looking Hotchkiss and Gatling guns, still powder burned from their terri ble work at Wounded Knee, and at the Catholic mission stand, where industrious bucks used to saw wood for the officials. The crimson cross of the army hospital is now moving alone over the northern buttes and over in the little Episcopalian church, where services were held two weeks ago, there are 30 struck by bullets while trying to escape from the deadly triangle at Wounded Knee. Pine Ridge is now a grim army camp that can show all the horrors of a war with savages. Poor Trooper Francis Chette, of Troop G, Seventh Cavalry, was buried to-day. He was in the heavy skirmish at the Catholic mission, and when the troops left the field Chette was missing. Indian scouts who were riding over the battle ground to-day saw the dead body of the trooper laying in the grass. He had been scalped. One hand had been cut off and his skull was broken. The sav ages had further mutilated the body until it was almost unrecognizable. Captain Taylor's scouts reported to-day that the hostiles had determined to kill Red Cloud, as the old fellow was growing rest less and apparently bent on returning to the agency. Divisions in the Hostile Camp. The scouts also reported that several of Red Cloud's followers were willing to accompany the old man, should he make a break. Red Cloud's murder by the Sioux would doubtless have the effect of holding together the real of the so-called weak kneed warriors, who are doubting the advisability of remaining with the crazy ghost dancers from Standing Rock and the Cheyenne river agencies. Yellow Hair, one of Little Wound's lieutenants, was brought into the agency to day with a rifle bullet in his body. He is now in the hospital. It is supposed he was shot during the skirmish at the Catholic Mission. Two troops of the First Infantry from California left Rushville for Pine Ridge at 9 o'clock this morning. Late this afternoon an Indian with a rffle strapped to his back came into camp on a wagon which was drawn by two horses. His companion for 20 miles through the hostile country was the corpse of Christopher Miller, a cook in a herder's camp, who was shot five times through the head by two savages whom he had befriended. The murder was committed on the day of the Wounded Knee battle. The poor fellow had not been mutilated, but the bullet wounds so distorted his features that it was with difficulty he was identified. Came In to Secure Beef. To-day was beef issue day, and over 400 Indians took some hand in the slaughter of the 105 steers which were issued. Many of the hostiles came to get their meat, and when they had received their share they galloped back to the village with their Winchesters slung over the pummels of their saddles. A census of the Indians now in camp here shows 3,500 Sioux and Chey ennes. They assume a friendly aspect, but it is a startling fact that they are nearly all women and children. Late to-night General Miles received offi cial information of the killing near the hos tile camp of Lieutenant Casey, of the Twen-ty-second Infantry, who had. ventured too near the savages. He was shot through the head. General Brooke, who sent this start ling information, also reports heavy firing in the direction of the hostile camp. Idea-. JANUARY 8, 1891. tsnant Casey was one of the brightest young officers in the army. . THE AGENCY CONTROL. PINE RIDGE WILL NOW BE UNDER KLL "v ITABY GOVEBNMENT. I All Other Agencies Will Yet Bemain Under the Begnlar Agents Telegraphic In structions From General Schofield to General Miles Upon the Subject. Washington, Jan. 7. The following telegram was sent to General Miles this evening: Headqtjabters ortraE Army, j Washington, D. C, Jan. 7, 1S91. "Major General Miles, Jfineitldgs Agency, S. D.i vAfter mature consideration of your recom mendations respecting Indian agents, it has ?een decided to appoint one of the array officers flamed by you to be agent at the Pino Ridge Agencv, to have full charge of all Vfrefe-jlndiana assembled at that place, tus-jafipointment will be sent out witb out"flelay. It has also been decided not to appoint army officers to act as Indian agents at any of the other agencies, bnt to have youtoi excerclse the nocessary military control under orders heretofore given by the Presidentjand through the officers named by yon, and approved in my dispatch of yester day, and such others as may hereafter be seIectedfortbatpurpose.it being understood that this military supervision and control will need to be only temporary. This conclnsion is regarded as a final settlement of the question. J. M. SCHOFIEI.D, Major General commanding. General Bcliofleld last evening sent tho fol lowing telegram to General Miles: You aro hereby authorized under the exist ing laws of the President, to assign Captain F. Towers. Fifth Infantry: Captain J. M. Ise, Ninth Infantr): Captain C. A. Earnest, Sev enth Infantry, and Captain E. Pierce, First In fantry, to the charge of the Indians of the sev eral Sioux and Cheyenne Agencies, to exercise over those Indians snch military supervision and control as in yonr judgment is necessary, without interfering unnecessarily with the ad ministration nt the agents of the Indian Bureau under the regulations and Instructions received by them from the Interior Department It is not deemed advisable to detail two Captains from the First Infantry. You will, therefore, please recommend another officer in place of Captain Doucnerty. Also, if you need other officers in addition to those named, recommend such as you think best qualified for that ser vice. AN INDIAN FIGHTER'S VIEWS. He Believes the Indians at Wounded Knee Dld'ifot Intend to Fight IFKOM A STAFF COBKXSFONDEKT.l Washington, Jan. 7. Frank P. Ben nett, an old Indian fighter and Chief of Scouts, said to-day in relation to the Indian wari "I would liko to ask, is it natural to suppose for one moment that 120 Indians wonld allow themselves to be surrounded by 00 troops if they anticipated fighting; I say no. I was born in the Sioux country and served for a good many years as a scout, guide and chief ot scouts under Generals Crook, Forsytlie, Hatch, McKonney and other frontier commanders,and in all my service I never heard or saw Indians place themselves in such a position. The In dians are by natnre suspicious of the whites, and often with good cause, I think. If it is In vestigated, tho fight on Wounded Ence will be fonnd to have been entirely unwarranted and unnecessary on onr part, and brought about by bad management on the part ot our officers In charge, and to have caused the loss of a good manv lives, both Indians and whites, unneces sarily. From my knowledge of Indian oper tions, I believe the Indians expected to surren der, and proved that by placing themselves at the mercy of the troops as they did. It will bo a protracted-war if prompt action is not taken, for the Indians have lost confi dence in the troops, and they will be apt to fight hard before they will trust themselves in the hands of the whites again. It they bold oft uuJ''rit'J!ppnns, then we will havo -an all sututnerVar In the Territories. In my opinion. the military should act promptly and crush the the rebellion before the grass grows. EACH SIDE WISHED REVENGE. A Female Missionary Thinks the Massing of Troops Caused the Trouble. Keokuk, Ia., Jan. 7. Miss Mary C. Collins, known as "Winona, the Mission ary," arrived in this city to-day from the scene of the Indian troubles in South Da kota, where she has been for several years. She visited Sitting Bull's camp jast before the latter was killed by the police. She says the old chief promised her that the gh'ost dances should stop at once, but broke his word. In reference to the Wounued Knee affair, she said the soldiers wanted to avenge Cus ter's death and Spotted Eagle wanted to avenge Sitting Bull's death. She greatly opposed the massing of troops on the fron tiers, and thought that bad not the soldiers been Bent to interceot the Indians at the time of the first disturbance, they would soon have quieted down and the sacrifice of so many lives would thus have been averted. THE COURT OF INQUIRY DISSOLVED. Beports of Friction In the Cabinet on the Indian Qnestion Denied. Washington, Jan. 7. General Scho field said this morning that the court of inquiry established by General Miles, at Pine Ridge, for the investigation of Colonel Forsythe's action at Wounded Knee creek, has been dissolved, but that he had received no official confirmation of the press dis patch that General Miles had restored Colonel Forsythe to his command. General Miles, he added, has full discretion in the matter. The sensational story about a row in the. Cabinet meeting yesterday, was' strongly denied to-day by the officers inter ested and present. Secretary Proctor said this morning: ' At the ontset of the tronbles the entire man agement of tbe disaffected Indians and the military control of the reservations was put in the hands of the War Department by the Presi dent, witb the full approval of Secretary Noble. There has never been any discussion or controversy on the subject between the In terior and War Departments. Captain Wallace Burled. Chableston, S. C, Jan. 7. Captain Wallace, who was killed by Indians in the battle at Wounded Knee, was buried to-day at Yorkville, S. C, his old home. A DBUNKEN DRIVER, He Causes General Disaster to a Big Sleigh ing Party. .tSFJECIALTELEaBAX TO TUB DISPATCH. I SCBANTON, Jan. 7. At 5:30 o'clock this morning nearly every one of 36 young people, who were in an enormous sleigh, was in jured, some of them severely. The party" had attended a social at Duryea, and were on their way home. The driver was drunk, and when a very steep hill at Readham was reached he was unable to manage the horses. The sleigh plunged down the declivity at frightful speed, and, suddenly striking a huge pile of snow, was overturned. Several who could not disengage themselves were dragged a long distance. M. W. Barrett was dragged nearly 100 yards, and every bit of clothing was toril from his body. His spinal column was also injured. Miss Annie Delacy had a broken shoulder and collar bone. Thomas Mc Gouldrick received serious injuries about the head aud face. Richard Kenyon was seriously cut about the head. Miss Anna Moffitt had a broken arm. There were numerous instances of broken fingers and severe bruises. Those who werefable sum moned assistance from a farmhouse, into which those most severely injured were carried. Physicians were summoned from this city. News of the accident reached the city early this mornine. and greatly excited the relatlyei of those cons titutiag tho Jarty.juberant liberty to the individual, do iattelr TRIAL, OF M'QPEART. The Charge of Heresy Against Him Sow Under Investigation BEF0EE AN EPISCOPAL COUET. First Bonts of Counsel Result in a Victory for Him. EVIDENCE IN AND ARGUMENTS BEGUN. rEFECIAI. TXLEC-BAX TO THE DISPATCH. I Cleveland, Jan. 7. The trial of the Rev. Howard MacQaeary, of the Episcopal Church, Canton, O., for heresy began here to-day in the chapel of Trinity Cathedral. The court consists of the Revs. Dean, Mor ean, Putnam, Aves, of Cleveland; the Rev. G. F. Smythe, of Toledo, and the Rev. W. H. Gallaher, of Painesville. The Hon. G. T. Chapman, a lawyer, and, as required by the church canons, a layman in the Episcopal Church, had already been chosen as the legal adviser of the court and its president Mr. MacQueary's counsel was Judge J. H. McMatb. The number in attendance was small, probably because it had been announced that the trial would take place in Trinity House, which can ac commodate only about 30 persons. The chapel was finally selected. This accom modates about 300 persons. He Pleads Not Guilty. After an invocation the Rev. Dr. C. S. Bates read tbe presentment, charging the respondent with breach of ordination vows, in publicly and advisedly denying the Vir gin birth and the bodily resurrection of Jesus, to which Mr. MacQueary pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor tnen offered in evi dence Mr. MacQueary's book, "The Evolu tion of Man and Christianity," calling at tention to the passages touching the point in issue. Afterward the prosecutor added as evidence selections from the Prayer Book and the creeds. , Judge McMath said the defense would of fer the ordination vows, Mr. MacQueary's book, St. Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, the whole of chapter XV., the entire Four Gospels, such parts of the Acts of the Apostles as are applicable to the is sues, chapter VII. of the Prophecy of Isaiah, and the views of the Privy Council of Great Britain as bearing on the questions raised. "I would offer further," he said, "various works of Epis copal ministers on the issues involved; the decisions of the Nicene Council; the En cyclopaedia Britannica, referring in particu lar to an article on creeds; 'The Kernel and the Husk,' by the Rev. Dr. Abbott. In support of the Ressurrection I would cite 'Christ and Christianity,' by the Rev. S. Howeis, and a sermon on Robert Elsmere, and 'The Miracles,' by the Rev. Dr. Heber Newton, of New York." Victory for tho Defense. "Here the prosecutor, Dr. Bates, inter rupted Judge McMath, saying that though he desired to allow the greatest latitude possible, the range of argument was getting outside the questions at issue. Judge McMath, in his reply to Dr. Bates, insisted that the testimony he offered was in line with the doctrines of the Church, as held and expounded by the highest authorities. Mr. Chapman said that he would allow Dr. Bates opportunity to answer Judge McMath ou the relevancy of the testimony. Dr. Bates went over the old ground, and then Mr. Chapm-. said that the Court was of the opinion that the testimony might be re ceived. Mr,, MacQaeary looked- relieved, and it va$ 'plainly evident that he looked upon this decision as a signal victory. Then the defendant's counsel read ex tracts from Heber Newton's sermon, in which that churchman distinctly implies that tbe appearance of Jesus to the Disciples on the third day was a spiritual and not a material manifestation. Judge McMath cited other evidence from authorities pre viously named by him. When Mr. Chap man called for rebutting testimony from Dr. Bates, that gentleman offered the Prayer Book, the constitution and canons of the General Convention and those of the dio ce;e of Ohio. Another Victory for the Accused. Here another quibble arose. Judge Mc Math said that though he did not wish to be technfeal, he thought that Dr. Bate3 should specifyjwhat narts of the Prayer Book, con stitution and canons he intended to intro duce, to the exclusion of other parts. He also raised the point that the evidence offered by Dr. Bates should have been offered in chief in support of the present ment instead of in rebuttal. A long dis cussion ensued, the ontcome of which was that Mr. Chapman decided that the testi mony should be offered in chief, and Judge McMath's client had won another victory. After the reading of extracts from the au thorities, as named by Judge McMath, which tend to uphold Mr. McQueary's views, the Court called for rebutting testi mony. Dr. Bates said there was nothing further, and Judge McMath ended by say ing: "If it please the Court, we rest our case." Dr. Bates then took the floor, and made his opening argument He said in' part: The affirmations of the presentment are so SDecific and the questions of law ralsedeo sim ple that there is little which I wish to add to tbe presentment itself. Tbe standing commit tee, in drawine up tbe presentment, did not seize upon any hasty or unguarded statements, which might possibly have been made by the defendant, and which may have been at vari ance with obscure or questionable doctrines of the church. Ho Wrote a Book. On the contrary, they simply took note of ut terances made in a book written by Mr. Mac Queary, which seemed to them to be clearly contrary to tbe doctrines and summaries of the universal Christian faltb. the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed, and thereupon as their official duty required, they proceeded to present him for trial. Tbe presentment does not charge Mr. Mac Queary with some philosophical unsoundness or ethical error, or mistaken Scriptural Inter pretation. At his ordination he did not promise to be infallible. Bnt he did promise to conform to the doctrines and worship of the church. It was with the assurance that he would continue to keep those promises, and under prescribed canonical penalties for fail ure to keep them, that he was honored with the position of an accredited teacher and de fender of these doctrines. The canons prescribe penalties, from admoni tions to deposition from the ministry ot the church, when, upon legal trial, he shall be fonnd guilty of any act which involves a breach of his ordination, or of holding and teaching publicly or privately, any doctrine contrary to that held bv the Protestant Episcopal Church. What tho Canons Teach. The canons of the church do not say that holding and teaching any kind of doctrine is in itself morally culpable. Bnt they say that holding and teaching some kinds of doctrinal belief is not to be allowed on the part of those who stand in tbe church pulpit We may be entirely certain that the canons regard tbe Apostles' Creed and the Niceno Creed as of doctrinal authority, for the church requires from any one who seeks to be baptized a declaration of a belief in all the articles of the Christian faith, as con tained in the Apostles' Creed, and she also re quires that the Nicene Creed shall be said in the cbnrcbes on Christmas Day, Whitsunday and Trinity Sunday; and she also requires he r clergy at every renderjng of morning or even ing service to lead tbe people in a declaration ot faith made In the words of one of these creeds. If tbe sixth of tbe Thirty-nine Articles Is au thoritative in its sunposed grant of liberty of private judgment and luitnde in teaching, the eighth article' must be equally authoritative in its limitations of such judgment and latitude. The article says: "The ft icene Creed, and that which Is commonly called tbe Apostles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed, for hey may be proved by most certain war rants ol Holy Scripture." g Bestriding All Individual Action. As a matter of fact tbe very passages which Mr. MacQueary cites as allowing such ex- ." m RIDDLEDJLL OVER, 1 'jSfc Pittsburg's New Street Laws 1 IwmWfr ' wn't Hold Water in the 1 ill AmiHiwX - Supreme Court. s mi iUWm PUNCTUREDBYTHEBENCH- 1 Sml MM Jjm(S Aclsofl887 and 1889 Caught in the lfflWfflK!Baill Meshes of Special Legislation. 1 . Jg1 CHIEF BIGELOW SOT CAST BOWS' 1 DON CAMERON'S DAY. ' , Father Penn Once More Place, the Senatorial De Wjl1 a EemedJ-at tha P"nt Sea- I Toga Upon His Shoulders. sion of Legislature. J true intent restrict and limit the action of the individual; for their real intent was to prohibit everyone from exelclsing bis individual liberty as to set up the authority of traditions being an equal or a necessary supplement to tbe teach ings of Holy Scnptuie. At the time when these passages were framed there were many who believed in tbe authority of certain Traditions in tbe purga tory and in the worship of the Virgin Mary and tbe innovation of saints, and npon those holding snch beliefs the, church laid a restric tion prohibiting tfiem. and it is from passages thus restricted and prohibitory that Mr. MacQueary draws the conclnsion that every one must test them (the Creeds and tbe Articles) by the Bible. No Individual minister has the slightest authority to change the Creeds or to attack them or to discredit the fair and genuine intent of their affirmation. The prosecution asserts that the passages cited in the presentments from MacQueary's book, as impugning the Church's doctrines re garding tbe virgin birth of our Lord and His resurrection the third day, do clearly and em phatically discredit the fair and gennlne in tent of tbe second of the articles of the Nicene Creed. "" I do not admit that the f -tbttocirea moment's consideration V t there may be such inherent sf fa . v4Jfr, MacQueary's views that taO4rhr'f0f against the doctrines of the ciiv fur trt .ouauvnu. . uvuu .ua.jwu "-S. rWfl UUliMgO jvui uuura. itOft iiuM.juciu iu Aja vrnu ircicuso. After Mr. Bates had finished. Mr. Chap man called for the answering argument of the defense. Mr. MacQueary said that as there was only an hour left ot the alternooc, he would ask for tbe privilege of continuing his address in the morning. It was granted. Mr. MacQueary began by telling the story of a French King, who, upon arriving at a village, was told that there were 13 reasons why tbe Mayor of the village was not there to greet him, and that the first of these was that the Mavor was dead. The King ex cused the citing of tbe other 12 reasons. "The argument of the prosecutor," said he, "amounts to this: That the doctrines of the church are so clear that the way faring man, though a fool, might not err. On the other hand the views of the clergyman, as expressed in his book, are conclusive that he is dead, and perhaps all that court can do is to bury him, with the old inscription ou his tombstone, all hope abandon, ye who enter here. He says it is not a ques tion ot whether what I believe is true or false. Certainly that is the question. Therefore the parts to be covered are first, what are the doctrines of the church? and what is the meaning? Have the creeds been acknowledged as universal authority?" Ho Attacks His Traducers. Then Mr. Macqueary began to read from a prepared speech. He vigorously attacked his "traducers," as he called them, and said tbattherehrasjan erronious'impression that be had written his book simply to gain notoriety. "I lear," he said, "that you gentlemen of the court have been influenced by, these alleged criticisms. If yon are resolved to look facts and reasons in tbe face and accept the conclusions to which they logically lead regard less of consequences, you are prepared to stem the tide of popular opinion and set aside the will of the majority rather than do injustice to an humble fellow-creature, who is honestly seeking to learn and speak the truth, then indeed I may hope for a fair hearing and a just judg ment" Mr. MacQaeary then took up the first charge in the presentment that of breaking his ordination vows and in vigorous and direct language argued that there was no truth in the charge. Mr. MacQueary talked nearly two hours. The address was largely a repetition of the argu ments advanced in his book. He will speak probably an hour to-morrow, when Dr. Bates will again speak, and ir Mr. MacQueary wishes to be heard again, he will have an opportunity. It is believed he will be deposed from the ministry, A CANADIAN OPINION. THE DOMINION MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON BLAINE'S DISPATCH. Ho Beplles to the Two New Points Balsed In the Bering Sea Controversy By the Secretary of State The Precedents Cited Too Old. Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 7. Considerable interest is manifested here in the latest phase of the Bering Sea discussion, caused by the publication of Mr. Blaine's reply to Lord Salisbury. Mr. Blaine seems to have alighted upon one or two new points, and with a view to ascertaining their relative strength, Sir John Thompson, Minister of Justice, was asked for an opinion upon them. Sir John said that jn. the Ceylon pearl fisheries, the jurisdiction exercised by England is simply to prohibit injurious operations to those fisheries by British sub jects, and there has been no attempt to ex clude foreigners from the pearl fisheries, or to restrain their operations. "What do you think of Mr. Blaine'a con tention as regards St Helena?" "Thatj" said Sir John, "seems to be a new point raised, and takes us back to 1816. Na poleon was then confined at St Helena, and Great Britain's action in excluding vessels from waters within eight leagues of St Helena was a measure of war taken in con cert with the great allied powers, who alone would be interested in resisting a cession of dominion; and at that date, 1816, the asser tion of sovereignty by every maritime power in the seas surrounding her possessions was vastly more than it is to-day. It will be for Mr. Blaine to enforce this contention in the face of the fact that Dwight Foster, who con ducted the case for tbe United States belore the Halifax Commission, made it a strong point that the pretentions of all maritime countries at that time could not be cited at the present day as defining the bounds of in ternational law as regards marine jurisdic tion. Great Britain bad been, for years as serting sovereignty over all seas surround ing British islands. And she had claimed, with the acquiescence of both France and Spain, all the bank fisheries within 60 miles ot the coast of Newfoundland and the whole Gull of St Lawrence, so that even if the qnestion of St Helena were not entirely 'ex ceptional, and the result of a compact, it belonged to a period which cannot he cited as a precedent in modern international law." Democrats Bole In Michigan. Lansing, Jan. 7. The two Houses of the Michigan Legislature met at noon to day. After the members had been sworn in the Democratic caucus; nominees were elected. Adjournment was then taken till to-morrow, when the exaugural ans in augural addresses will be heard la joint session. OFFICIALS ABE The decision of the Supreme Court iu the Boggs avenue case settled like a cloud over City Hall and the city officials yesterday. Many parts of the opinion are considered vague, aud, in consequence, the dfficials are unable at present to determine how far reaching the decision will be iu its effects, and a multitude of legal difficulties are ex pected to follow in its trail. Judge Williams had his coat off, and, after wandering a while in the woods of the classification of cities, he emerged long enough to fell the street act of 1887 with one blow, and .leave also on the field the corpse of the act of 1889 with, less life iu-if than now inhabits the mortal remain's of tbe late and much respected Bitting Bull. As a sort of a side issue, the ard of Viewers were handed black eves .flf,. "'ind, but not knocked out if reated by a Previous Act. oard of-Viewers was created under anft. entirely separate from the laws of 1887 and 1889 and are therefore only de prived of the exercise ot certain functions prescribed in the now proscribed legislation. What will be its effect is still a question of the future. Chief Bigelow says the wip ing out of the street law of 18S7 will not cost the city more than $100,000, because the .streets which were paved under that act have all been paid for without protest ex cept those in the Thirty-second ward on which this case is being made. Other au thorities, however, differ aud say that it will require a test case to determine whether or no tbe city will have to refund all the money already paid by citizens for street im provements under the act ol 1887, which would run into the hundreds of thousands. The act is declared unconstitutional, ap parently, because Judge Williams holds that an act is unconstitutional when it cur tails the rights and standing of any citizen in the courts of the State and he believes the clause in this act providing for tbe appeal from thedecision of the Board of Viewers is of that nature. Court Most Be Open to Alt In other words, the decision means that lawn jrjiiJicBjQ. cities of any clasi are con- stitutloual where they allcct only the'gov ernment of that city, and not tbe jurisdic tion of the courts in that county. The opinion iurther claims that the act of 1887 conflicts with the "bill of rights" in that it denies free and open access to the courts of justice. The decision was an especially hard blow, from the fact that the bill had been pre pared with the greatestcare. Judges Slagle and Stowe had assisted City Attorney More land in preparing the bill, and after that it was submitted to the best legal authorities in the city and to one of the members of the Supreme bench. It- received the approval of all of them, and it was regarded as abso lutely waterproof. The fact that this measure had been torn irom end to end was, therefore, all the more difficult to under stand, and in consequence it was nearly im possible to secure definite opinions on the subject KNOCKED OUT THE ACT. JUSTICE WILLIAMS SAYS IT IS LOCAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Defining What Is General Legislation Criti cising the Provisions of the Street Pav ing Act of 1S87 Fault Found With Near ly Every Section Summary of tho Opinion. The opinion is written by Justice Will iams, and, while Chief Justice Paxson and Justice Mitchell concur with the decision ar rived at, they state they do not entirely agree witb all the reasoos given as leading thereto. The gist of the opinion is as fol lows: These cases involve an important Constitu tional question. It is not necessary to en large upon such commonplace propositions as that tbe Constitution is the organic law of .the Commonwealth; that it Is provided by the peo ple in order to establish a form of government for themselves, and define tbe limits within which its powers mnst be exercised; and that it is the duty of the courts to uphold Its provis ions and to Interpret tbem in snch manner as to give them the effect their framers evidently designed. If experience demonstrates the need of change, the power to make it and to deter mine Its extent and character resides in the people. It does not reside in the Legislature nor in tbe courts, nor both together. Among the limitations pnt by the people noon the ex ercise of legislative, power are the provlsionvof article 8 section 7 of tbe Constitution. There is no room for doubt about tbe meaning of these provisions. Whether they are all wise or not, they aro all very plain and Intended to secure to every citizen of the State equal rights and privileges, and a common method for asserting and enforcing them through the courts of law. Definition of a General Law. The means by which this end is secured are general laws, administered by State courts which are brought within easy reach of every citizen by the establishment of small judicial districts. The Constitution of 1873 recognizes and adopts tbe system of courts previously or ganized. The boundaries of their respective jurisdictions were clearly fixed and were well known. It is plain, therefore, that any change in the jurisdiction or practice of these courts must be rriado by general laws, operative not in one county or city, but in all the counties and, all tbe cities of the Commonwealth. Some confusion seems to exist however, in regard to the definition of a general law. An act ot Assembly that relates to a subject within the purposes of classification as they are thus declared by law is a general law. Although It may operate in a very small portion of the ter. rltory of the State, If it relates to all tbe cities of a given class, but a law that should provide that all applications made by guardians, ad ministrators and executors for leave to sell the real estate of a decedent for the payment of his debts in cities of the third class should bo made, not in the court having jurisdiction of tne petitioner's accounts, but In tho Court of fluarterBttKion. would be a local Jaw sjrf. AT THEIE WITS' BSD 1 ,1 4 i &"? WZEm -w?t
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