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FOETY-ETFTH "TEAK,
Charge of Embezzlement
Has Been Entered
Against
ALL THE DELAMATERS.
The Senior Member of the
Firm and Two Sons Under
$10,000 Bail Each.
TO PROTECT THE COUNTY
And Secure an Investigation the Re
tiring Commissioners Insti
tute the Action.
OTHER FR0SECOTI0NS PROBABLE.
The Late Candidate Says lie Expected the
Suit, and Is Still Trying to
Effect a Compromise.
DEPOSITORS EAGER FOR FORMATION.
Tie KoEt ClsnUMe Kttiod of Figuring Leives the
Atsesee of a Elf Hilhoa Dollus Tet
Unucjlihiri.
SIONDArS MEETING KAYBEVEBY EENSATI0HAL
isrrciAL TELZOBAM TO THE PISPATCU.1
Meadyille, Jan. 9. All the members
of the firm of Delamater & Co. were arrested
on 'the charge of embezzlement, under the
set of 1889, which makes it a misdemeanor
far ail insolvent bank or banking firm to re
ceive money on deposit. The members of
lne firm arrested are George B. Delamater,
the father; George "Wallace Delamater and
T. A. Delamater.
The complaint was made by the County
Commissioners who went out of office Monday
last. The ex-Commissioners allege that,
from July 1 to December 1 the firm received
large amounts of county money on deposit.
The county is a heavy loser by the failure,
and they think it due to the taxpayers that
a thorough investigation of the affairs of the
bank be made.
Ball Placed at 810,000 Each.
The defendants waived a hearing and
;ave bail in the sum of 510,000 each for
their appearance at the February term of
Quarter Sessions, Edgar Huidekoper and D.
S. Bichmond becoming their sureties.
George Wallace Delamater said in an in
terview this afternoon that be would have
his offer for a compromise ready to be pre
sented to the creditors at the meeting which
will be held on Monday. He said he knew
the arrest would come sooner or later, and
did not seem in the least worried about it.
Two ex-Commissioners, "Walter B. Lind
say and Henry P. Marley, who have caused
the arrest, are Bepublicans, but Mr. Bailey,
the Democratic member, approves of the
action. They have employed the ex-attorney
for the old board, George F. Daven
port, Esq., to conduct the prosecution. Mr.
Davenport was District Attorney for three
years and is a hard worker at anything he
undertakes.
The Cashier Was Xot Arrested.
Some surprise was manifested because
the cashier, Victor M. Delamater, was not
arrested, but the complainants say they
are after the principals. They have looked
over the list of assets as filed by the ap
praisers and say that, reckoning all the as
sets of the bank at their face value or cost
there is still a long gap between the sum
total of the liabilities and the assets.
The ex-Commissioners are exceedingly
put out about the condition of the county's
account with the bank, because they had
warned the Treasurer, Henry M. Miller, a
nephew of the Delamaters, that he must
pay the county's orders and not allow the
county's large creditors, like the State
Treasurer and the "Warren Insane Asylum,
to go without their pay when there was
plenty of money in the Treasury to pay
them.
Still Another Prosecution Probable.
Itishkely that there will be another
prosecution from the same source on account
of a deposit to the credit of the county which
was never deposited and does not appear on
the books of the bank. This and manv other
things which were not straight were due,
undoubtedly, to the desperate condition of
the firm for several weeks before the failure.
A gentleman who is quite familiar with
the affairs of the firm has made a careful es
timate of its past and present condition,
with the following somewhat startling re
sult: In 1875 when they started the bank
they were worth in their own right not less
than $500,000. They had when they failed
over $500,000 of their depositors' money. The
individual members owe not less than 250,
000 which they have borrowed. This is
over and above collateral put up. This all
amounts to $1,250,000.
At Least a Half Million Missing.
To show for this they have property
which, all told, including everything the
lainily are known to possess, and giving
them credit for it at its lull cost or par
value, but $750,000. "Where is the other
$500,000? The MeadviUe and Linesville
Bailroad owes em 835,000, and John J.
MacFarlane cos&jthe vounger ex-Senator
$100,000. ."
The balance is a large sum to have disap
peared, but the income from their own prop-
WAXTS or all kinds are quickly answered
through THE DISPATCH. Investors, arti
sans, bargain hunters, buyers nnd sellers
closely scan 1U Claulfled Advertising Col---tuans,
largest Circulation.
of Tito
erty has been rery small and the bank has
been wretchedly managed. "Whether it is
possible for the prosecution to show crim
inality or not the February Quarter Ses
sions will determine, unless there is a com
promise. MINERS IN EARNEST.
THEY ABE DETEBHIHED 10 STARS OUT
FOB THE1B DEMANDS.
A Strike of Immense Proportions May
Result The Work or Organization Going
On for Months Past Secretary "Watch
orn's Views A Coming Conference.
ISrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUX DISFATCB.1
Philadelphia, Jan. 9. For some
months past the miners of Pennsylvania
have been organizing in anticipation of a
general strike. The conditions which have
led to this issue'are such as will, if the strike
does take place, create one of the greatest
upheavals in the industrial world this coun
try has ever seen. The work of organization
has been going on with, the utmost secrecy,
especially as the work has been largely done
by the organized forces of the Knights of
Labor. Numerous conferences have been
held by the leaders of the miners in Pitts
burg and in the mining districts, at which
a plan of action for the future bis been
definitely arranged.
Bobert "Watchorn, Secretary of the
United Mine "Workers, speaking of the
miners' difficulties, said: "We are to meet
with the operators of Center, Clearfield,
Cambria, Bfair and Jefferson counties in
Clearfield on January 16, to attempt a settle
ment of the trouble, which I hope may be
perfected. "We demand an advance of 5
cents per ton on coal mined, which is a j nit
demand, I think, considering that the
average salary is now only about $3 per week
the year round. We can do absolutely
nothing in the Legislature, because, if a
measure was passed, it would be disobeyed
nnd then carried to court on the plea that it
was unconstitutional. That is why we press
with all our force for a constitutional con
vention. Another thing, any mao in the Assembly
who favors our demands is doomed politi
cally. Not a single member of the last
House who supported our measures promi
nently has been returned to this one, and
every man who opposed us is returned. I
am not in favor of strikes, and think if all
nonsense to shut down on one part of the
competitive field while the other is left open.
We have now 100,000 members in our union,
and the Huns and Italians are with us in
large numbers."
"Will you demand an eight-hour working
day?"
"Yes, on May 1, in accordance with the
statement of President Gompers, of the
American Federation of Labor. Ours is the
next trade agreed upon, but there will be
little or no trouble, as a great many of the
large operators have already conceded the
demand."
A STABVING FAMILY,
Which r Heartless Millionaire Relative
Refuses to Assist.
rf FECIAL TXLXOBAX TO TUB D1SPATOS.I
If kw Yobk, Jan. 9. A little hut, built
in a space dug out in the side of a hill
between Passaic and Paterson, is the home
of Philip Schmidt, his wife and his 23-year-old
son. The father is nearly 70 years old
and the mother is 68. She is a hunchback
and the old man cannot work, because one
ot bis hands is continually swollen
with some disease, and one of his
legs has been tronbling him ever since it
was broken in railroad accident some time
ago. The 'son has been the chief support of
the family, but two weeks ago he fell sick
through lack of proper food and overwork.
Poormaster Crawbuck found the family
without sufficient clothing, with no food
and almost freezing to death. He called in
City Physician Bice, and it was decided
that the sick young man should be taken to
the hospital. His father and mother ob
jected, and Mrs. Schmidt picked up a stick
and belabored them both. The sick son has
not yet been removed from the hovel.
Mrs. Schmidt says that John Baedel, of
Orange, is her brother, and, although he is
worth a great deal of money, he refuses to
help her and her family. Mr. Baedel is re
puted to be worth a million. Some time
ago he acquired the horse car line between
Newark and South Orange. When the
street railroad syndicate was buying up
lines in varions parts ot the country it
offered him 51,600,000 for the property. He
declined to sell. He said to-night that he
could not take upon himself the support of
another family beside his own.
B0ABDING SCHOOL ELOPEMENT.
A Girl Pnpil Files to Matrimony With the
Youth of Her Choice.
lEFSCIAX. TELEGEAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Baltimore, Jan. 9. The faculty at the
Woman's College is very much worked up
over the elopement -of one of the pupils,
Miss Katie Gilbert, who lives in Piedmont,
W. Va., with Arthur See, who is also of
Piedmont. The college rules are very
strict, and a carelul watch is placed
on the young ladies. Notwithstanding
this, Miss Gilbert managed to see her suitor
whenever he came down from the mountains
to visit her. He made his last appearance
on Thanksgiving Day, and an elopement
was then planned. Miss Gilbert's parents,
who are well-to-do people, sent their
daughter a liberal allowance. With that
money she provided herself with an outfit,
not as complete as desired, but sufficient to
answer all purposes. She collected piece bv
piece and placed them in her little trunk
under her bed.
On New Tear's evening all was in readi
ness. Instead or going home. Miss Gilbert
met See at the station in Piedmont, and to
gether they went to Oakland, up in -the
mountains, where a minister was found and
married them. They then returned to Pied
mont and sought parental forgiveness, but
the Gilbert family is obdurate and will not
receive the elopers. For the time being
they are boarJing. The bride is only 16
years old, while See is about 23.
SOLD FOB A SONG.
A Chair That Robert Barns Once Owned
Brings but 828.
rsrECIAL TELEGUAM TO TBI EtlPATCH.1
New Yoek, Jan. 9. At the sale at
Silo's to-day ot certain effects of the late
James A. Farish, whose chophouse in John
street was famous for many years, an an
tique chair, which had been presented by
Bobert Burns to the grandmother of Mr.
Farish, was old to L. D. Wine for $28.
Mr. Silo said he had paid $30 for adver
tising the chair, and had written to such
possible purchasers as the Caledonian Club
and the Lennox Library, personally, re
questing them to be represented. He had
expected, he said, to get hundreds of dollars
for the relic of the poet. A lotof booksand
pictures sold, on the average, for about the
cost of binding and framing.
CATJQHT TTTF.TW ALL.
Bucket Shop Sharps Secure a Number of
Columbus Victims.
ISrECIAL TELEGKAM TO TUB MSPJLTCB.1
CoiOTiBus, O., Jan. 9. Murray and
Fuller, bucket shop men, who came to this
city from Toledo two months ago and opened
a flourishing business, have caught quite a
number of innocent, to the extent of f 1,500.
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PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, JAITUAHY 10, 1891 TWELVE PAGES. 7 THREE CENTS. M
They claimed to represent Bradley & Co.,
the brokers of Cincinnati, and after the
business was inaugurated Fuller left and
Murray remained. The debts consist of
certificates of credit issued to customers.
One creditor this morning attached the
office furniture for $82, and Murray aban
doned the enterprise at the noon hour, after
having accepted the deposits. He has left
the city. They played old sports, as well as
bucket shop fiends, and among those who
have lost are prominent business men who
will not make any noise.
THE DEAD SONGSTRESS.
SEBV1CES IN CHICAGO 0VEB EMMA AB
BOTTS BEHALNS.
Floral Tributes From JU1 Parts of the
Country Surround the Coffin Prof.
Swing and Br. Thomas Beliver Appro
priate Addresses The Remains Tempo
rarily Interred.
Chicago, Jan. 9. The members of the
opera company accompanied the remains of
Emma Abbott from Kansas City to Chicago.
The body rested in a plain black casket
which was covered with flowers and floral
designs, in the baggage car. The casket was
transferred to the Continental Hotel, where
Miss Abbott's mother and sister are stop
ping. Though the funeral services were not to be
held till 2 o'clock this afternoon, a crowd of
people began to assemble at the entrance to
Central Music Hall long before noon. The
doors were opened at 12:30, and the audi
ence room was at once filled. Hundreds
who came later were unable to gain admit
tance. At a few minutes before 2 o'clock,
to the notesof Schubert's "Funeral jtfarch,"
the cortege filled the hall. The casket was
borne by Messrs. C H. Pratt, William
Pruette, Fernando Michelena, William
Broderick, Daniel Considine and Bichard
Karl, ot the Emma Abbott Company.
These were followed by the honorary pall
bearers, selected front the local theater man
agers. .Then came the grief-stricken parents ot
the prima donna, Mr. and Mrs. Seth Ab
bott, their two sons, Leon Abbott, of Wau.
keshs, and Fred M. Abbott. The Abbot
Company followed and took the seats pro
vided for them. Slowly passing up the
center aisle ot the hall, the pall was laid on
what seemed to be a bed of flowers. All
about, upon the stage and upon tables
brought in for the purpose, were placed the
floral tributes from all parts of the -country.
Prof. David Swing and Dr. Thomas paid
tribute to the dead in brief discourses, and a
quartet sang appropriate hymns. The re
mains were, then conveyed to Graceland
Cemetery, in the vault of which they were
temporarily placed.
HOWARD FIELDING caricatures the
Indian war for THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
A sarcastic and Humorous sketch, cleverly
Illustrated.
A CHEEELESS PE0SPECT.
Maryland's Oyster Industry Is Virtually a
Thine of the Fast.
rSTECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. I
Baltimobe. Jan. 9. Maryland's oyster
industry is virtually dead. From 6.000,000
bushels ten years ago, the receipts have
dwindled to 1,000,000 bushels, and now the
commander of the oyster navy is ready to
surrender command, because the State laws
are not observed, nor can they be enforced.
Nearly all the large packing houses are
closed andghe dredgers are disheartened.
The packers at Oxford have packed them
selves off to North Carolina. At Cambridge,
the houses are closed. Along the Nanticoke
nothing is being accomplished, and Cors
field, the best market in the bay, at this
season looks discouraging.
Worse than this is the condition of the
oyster territory. At Chester river, where the
big naval battle took place last year, no
oystering is being done, because the grounds
have been worked to death. In all the area
north of Poplar Island, which used to be so
productive of fine stock, there is nothing
now. All along the 25 miles of Kent
Island shore there is. such business that not
a boat was seen at work. The Choptank
has nothing but under-sized oysters, and the
oystermen are not making expenses, even
when they violate the law. From all parts
of the bay come the wail of exhausted beds.
The local dealers are drawing on the North
for supplies.
MISSING BONDS HEABD FB0H,
A Clew to Papers Which Bisappeared Dur
ing the Johnstown Flood.
ISFECIAL TELEGBAJI TO THE DISPATCH.!
Johnstown, Jan. 9. At the time of the
flood John H. Fisher, who was Clerk of the
Borough Councils, was drowned, but his
office, which was uptown, was not totally
destroyed. The doors were broken open,
however, and some weeks after, when his
son took charge of the office, it was found
that his desk had been broken open and
many valuable papers had been carried off.
Among others were ten $500 bonds of Johns
towmborough which bad been redeemed and
canceled, although they were not due until
1893.
A few days ago young Mr. Fisher received
a letter from a Wall street broker saying
that one of his clients had one of these
bonds and asking what its m&rset Value
was. Mr. Fisher replied, giving him the
facts regarding the disappearance of the
bonds, and requested that the broker explain
how the bond came into the possession of
his client. As no reply has been received
it is presumed that he is not anxious to fur
nish the information.
SPECIAL Cable lVetters from Europe
coTer the Old World for to-morrow's DIS
PATCH. A PE0FESS0E EONOBSD.
The French Academy of Science Bestows
a Prize on Him.
ISFECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUX DISPATCH.!
Peihcetoit, N. J., Jan. 9. The French
Academy of Science has notified Charles A.
Young, Professor of Astronomy, that he has
been awarded the Janszen prize for 1890,
offered by that institution, in recognition of
his discoveries in spectroscopy. The an
nouncement was made here this evening and
was the cause of much gratification among
the students.
Professor Young is the author of several
well known works on astronomy, one of
which is used by leading colleges as a text
Jbook. He was ahead of the expedition that
went to Bussia in 1888 to observe eclipses,
the results of which are given to his classes
at Princeton.
HABBISON A CANDIDATE.
Indiana Republican Leaders Are Notified of
That Fact.
fSPECIAL TELEGEAH TO THE DISPATCH.!
Indtanapolis, Jan. 9. Notice has
been given to the Bepublican leaders in
Indiana that President Harrison will be a
candidate for renomination, and every
friend of the administration is being urged
to labor indnstriously toward getting the
State in line for Harrison. Bussell Harri
son, who has been here to do "missionary
work," disappeared on Tuesday night This
forenvon he walked into the Denniston
Hotel?
"I thought you had gone?" said a promi
nent Bepublican, "I did, go, but I am
back. I've been taking a quiet run oyer the
State, doing a little work," was his &nswcrv
KQTHIN& .BUT BLOOD
Can Satisfy the Ono Thonsand Demon-
Like Brule BraTes, Who
HOLD THE REST AS PRISONERS.
The Cordon of the Troops Closing in on the
Hostile Wigwams.
A STATEMENT FBOlI CHIEF BED CLOUD
rSPEClAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Pine Bivee Agency, Jan. 9. There is
pandemonium in the great village of the
hoitiles. The assassination of Lieutenant
Casey by the son-in-law of Old Corn, one of
the survivors of Big Foot's band, caused a
panic which has not yet been quelled. The
Ogallallas, who represent the Pine Biver
Agency, and who stampeded from here on
learning the news of the battle ot Wounded
Knee, are anxious to comeback, but most
of them are held prisoners by the despera
does from Standing Bock, Bosebud and
Cheyenne river.
During the excitement which has pre
vailed since the cowardly murder of the
brave lieutenant, the ghost dancers have
been perfect fiends. The Government sconts
report that the hostiles are without a bead,
and that in their frenzy they are destroying
their own property, beating their own peo
ple and shouting that they want to fight
They are all in war paint, and their guns
and horses have been painted for war.
Many Deserting to the Agency.
Despite the surveillance kept by the hos
tiles on th e Ogallallas members of the lat
ter band continue to slip away and come
into the agency. Most of' them effect their
escape during night time and by hiding in
the pockets of the hills during the day time,
have been able to get away. Bed Cloud,
HeDogand Young Jack Bed Cloud have
surrendered. They were accompanied by
abont 75 of their people, moat of whom are
squaws and papooses.
A notable fact is that few buck Ogallallas
have come in, and their absence shows the
effectiveness of the guard which has been
placed about them oy the desperadoes.
Befugees from the village are in a pitiable
condition. Fourteen squaws and papooses
came over the hills this morning. They
were leading two jaded ponies, which were
heavily laden with camp equipment Some
of the children were so fatigued from their
long tramp through the snow they could
scarcely walk. There was not a buck in
the party.
During the night other Ogallallas slipped
into the friendly camp and said that others
Were on the way. But these refugees have
all been in camp here before the trouble
began, so their coming has no especial sig
nificance. Prisoners In the Hostile Camp.
Little Wound. Big Eoad, No Wake,
Big Chief, of the Ogallallas, are still held
prisoners with all their people. They may
slipaway, honever and appear here any
day, but cutthroats from the North and
from Bosebud are still crazy for a fight with
the soldiers. They are raiding the country
right and left and killing cattle simply for
their tongues and tenderloins.
Captain Taylor, chief of the scouts, to-day
received letters from Short Bull and Kick
ing Bear, chief of the hostile Brules, which
bore the information that all the despera
does would surrender at the agency to-morrow
with all their people. But these letters
amount Jo nothing, in view of .the past
events for the Indian's change their "minds
about as fast they make them up.
The desire of the hostiles to come in, if
they have expressed any .such desire, is
doubtless prompted by the approach of the
troops from behind and from the wings.
The soldiers are slowly pressing against the
big village. The cordon is gradually grow
ing together. The troopers are closer to
gether than they have been and the concen
tration will be more effective to-morrow than
it is to-day. Scouts reports that soldiers are
already so close to the hostiles that skir
mishing continues at intervals during day
and night
An Interview With Red Cloud.
The Dispatch correspondent to-day
had an interview with old Bed Cloud and
his sob Jack. It was held fn the corre
spondent's "shack," which is also occupied
bv ex-Agent McGillicuddy, with Big Foot
Waw as interpreter. Bed Cloud's escape
from the hostiles was thrilling. He claims
that the Ogallallas, who were in camp here
at the time firing on the agency began, rose
like birds when the firing began and fled in
fright and not in defiance, of the Govern
ment They naturally went with Brules.
Bed Cloud begged'the Ogallallas to re
turn, to which they all assented, bnt the
Brules held them as prisoners. On Wednes
day when Lieutenant Casey was killed old
Bed Cloud says he did everything in his
power to save the officer,, and after the as
sassination young Jack says he fired hve
shots at the murderers.
Later in the day Bed Cloud was told of
the existence of a plot to kill him. His
family then made preparations to get the
old man out of the village. His sonjark
smuggled him out oi camp, and then his
daughter took him by the hand and led
him through the snow and on foot over 18
miles of wretched country to the agency.
Bed Cloud is nearly blind. Without his
brave daughter he would certainly have
lost his way and perished in the terrific
blizzard, which was then raging.
The Old Chief Fired Upon.
Twice during the flight of the famous
chief the Brules fired wildly at him. Bed
Cloud and his daughter lay down in the
snow until the firing ceased. "The shoot
ing was like this," said Bed Cloud, and he
clapped his hands together as fast as "he
could. After young Jack had seen his
father go he tried to get Little Wound out
ot the village in the same way, but the
Brules discovered him and frustrated the
plan. '
When I asked Bed Cloud the strength of
the Brules, who are causing all the trouble
nowi he ran one thumb over the fingers of
his left hand. There are 1,000 warriors, the
interpreter said, not counting old men and
the women and children, or 5,000 all told.
With the Ogallallas, who are still with the
hostiles, the camp numbers 7,000 souls.
Bed Cloud, being pressed with questions,
said the Brules were arnled as well as the
soldiers.
This interview shows the magnitude of the
job which lies before the soldiers, for it is
tacitly admitted that whether the hostiles
surrender or not they will be disarmed and
dismounted. It cost the Seventh Cavalry
83 officers And privates to disarm 150 of Big
Foot's band, and it ist admitted by every
body here that the hostiles who are on White
Clay Creek will never give up theirrifles and
ponies without a fight PineBIdge is cer
tain to be the theater of the final fightof the
savages, for this is the funnel througli
which they must run if they stampede, as
well as the place where disarmament will
take place.
One of the Revolvers Recovered.
When young Bed Cloud came into the
agency he brought with him one of Lieuten
ant Casey's revolvers. The other had been
stolen. His watch and a portion of his
uniform were also taken by the murderers.
The officer's body has been shipped to
Bbode Island for interment It has been
discovered that somebody delivered a wagon
load of flour to the hostiles on Wednesday,
and it is not known where the plunder
came from.
The committee which haa been investigat
ing Colonel Forsythe's management of the
troops at Wounded Knw,Jwre.fiBlshed. its
report -It will make a report to General
Miles exonerating the gray Colonel of any
mismanagement and of any attempt to kill
the women and children. Agent Bogers'
dismissal as agent at .fine Bidge causes
much comment, but it is generally admitted
that he was no man for the place. It is un
derstood that he will go to Washington,
and, with the help he expects to get from
Senator PettigreW, regain his position. It
Is probable, however, that Pine Bidge will
In the future be controlled by mili
tary. Mounted infantry were to-day posted
behind earthworks on the buttes, surround
ing the agency. Two hostiles were fired at
from the ridge early this morning. The
hostiles began the devilment this morning
by burning cabins four miles north of the
agency. Three columns of dense smoke in
the north show where fires are raging.
It is said Youug-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses'
cabin, among others, was burned.
Hostile scouts can be seen in the distance
through a powerful glass. The Seventh
Cavalry here has been moved to the top "of
the butte, surrounded by so-called friend
lies. INDIAN BESIEGERS.
THEY ATTEMPT TO 8DBB0UND" F0CA
TELLO, BUT ABE FOILED.
The Frightened Inhabitants Ask for State
Troops, Which Are Granted Redskins
Dancing and Becoming; Disorderly A
Citizens' Force Does Good Service.
Sioux Falls, Jan. 9. The Indians are
dancing in ibis vicinity and becoming more
threatening. They are getting ready to go
on the warpath, and the people at Black
Foot are becoming seriously alarmed over
the situation. A messago to the Governor
of Idaho from Black Foot says, "For God's
sake, send us guns."
At 1 o'clock all the Idaho militia are un
der arms and ready to march at a minute's
notice. Six troops of the guards have
ordered ammunition from Boise City, and
arrangements are being made to send it A
private dispatch just in says that 500
Indians are dancing six miles north of
Focatello. The following message passed
between C.F. Bessigui and Governor Willey
last night:
Focatello, Jan. 8.
Governor N. II. TVllley, Boise City:
There is danger of an Indian outbreak at the
Pocatello Reservation. We recommend that
troops be sent to Pocatello to protect the citi
zens and property. What can you do.and what
equipment do you want to move troops? Please
make quick reply. C. F. Ressioux,
1 General Commander.
Boise City, Jan, 9,
C. F. Besslgul t
I will send Adjutant General Curtis to Poca
tello by to-night's train, and await his advice,
unless farther informed before night. I have
consulted Major Noyes, also militia officers,
and all are prepared to act promptly. Keep me
advised. i N. B. Willey, Governor.
The younghncks made an attempt to besiege
Pocatello last night, but an armed force of
men, organized."for the purpose, appeared,
and the1 Indians retired to wait for reinforce
ments." The company at Eagle Bock has
been ordered to the spot .
A PLOT AGAINST A SCHOOL.
The Papils at a Given Signal Were to Attack
Their Teachers.
Pike Bidge, S. D., Jan. 9. In this
morning's dispatches reference was made to
the fact that General Miles had ordered the
extension ot the breastworks on the north
ern, southern and southeastern corners of
the school grounds. - This fact led to the
discovery that ono oflbe plans of .the hos
tiles, with tho"aselsLance of the- alleged
friendlies, was to attack the school. Thir
seemed Improbable, and a (correspondent
sought information as to why the Indians
should attack a place at which so many of
their own blood are sheltered.
It was answered that the attack would not
be made until after the children had leit
the building. This evacuation was to be
accomplished at a given signal, and imme
diately preceding the soholars were to set
upon and overpower the teachers, a feat
which they conld easily do, then the work
of destruction was to begin. The story 'is
well authenticated, and has been brought to
General Miles' attention. He has taken
the precaution to guard against the outrage.
CANADIAN INDIANS DANCING.
An American Sheriff Telegraphs the
Mounted Police to Watch Them.
Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 9. The Sheriff
of Bottineau, N. D., has telegtaphed the
Commander of the Detachment of Mounted
Police in Manitoba, that the Indians on the
Tdrtle Mountain reservation on the Cans?
dian side of the line have begun their war
dances, and will have to be looked alter
immediately if the lives and property of
settlers in the adjoining district of North
Dakota are to be protected.
He calls upon the Cauadian authorities to
take immediate steps, and a detachment of
police has been ordered to the reserve. The
reserve is a small one, and the Indians on it
are American Sioux.
THE NEVADA INDIANS.
They Assemble In War Paint and Frighten
the Inhabitants.
Carson, Nev., Jan. 9. Indian matters
in this State are assuming a serious aspect
Over 200 bucks gathered near Pine Nut
with their war paint on. All Indians able
to fight have left, with sufficient arms and
ammunition to wage a disastrous conflict
The Carson Guards may be called out at
any time, or notified to be in readiness. The
Bannocks are closely allied to the Flutes,
and they are in constant communication
with each other, with the probability ot
massing their forces shortly. '
A STAND-OFF AT SPBLNGFIELD.
Neither House Will likely Begin the Un
seating ot Members.
Spbingfield, III., Jan. 9. It seems
now that the promised attempts by each
party to unseat members of the other in
order to secure a majority on joint ballot,
will probably be held in abeyance, since if
entered on there is no knowing where it
would stop. The threat of the Democratic
House to unseat McCrane has led to a
counter threat by the Bepublican Senate to
unseat Noonan and others, and these are
urging their brethren in the House not to
get them into trouble by any rash measures.
In the Senate this morning, in accordance
with the action of a caucus of the Democrats
last night, a bill was introduced for the re
peal ot the compulsory education law, and
the substitution of an enactment which
practically coucedes to the sectarian op
ponents ot the present law all that they de
manded during the last campaign.
DISTINGUISHED GEEMAN TO NATURALIZE
He Falls In Love With St. Louis While on a
"Visit and Settles There.
St. Lotus, Jan. 9. Hermann Albrecht
von Buelow, son of the ex-Minister of the
Interior of the German Empire, has taken
out his first naturalization paper in the Cir-,
cult Court ,in-sthis city. He arrived in
America a Thflli, time ago with Mr. "Von
Bluecher, the grandson of the Prussian Gen
eral who won the battle at Leipslo.
The young man saw the country accom
panied by Mr. Von Blnecher. and detect
jiuedomai;eSt,JLouishlahoe
T00MUCH60TERNED; U WILL SAVE THE CITY. 1
Three Men Claim to Be Nebraska's '"'li X
- Lawfai Chief Magistrate. f CuratlvB Loelslatinn Mav Giva I
TWO ARE IN ACTUAL POSSESSION.
Other Newly Elected State Officials Recog
nize Mr. Boyd.
THE SUPEEME C0UET IS TO DECIDE
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 9. Nebraska has
two Governors and a third man claiming
the office. The Legislature and Supreme
Court are moving but slowly toward a solu
tion of the difficulty, and meanwhile all
kinds of conflicts of authority are taking
place. The situation is unique, artel new
developments of more or less sensational
nature are taking place hourly.
Yesterday the Legislature opened the re
turns and found James B. Boyd, Democrat,
elected Governor, This was done in spite of
the violent opposition of the majority, who
evidently wished towcount in the Alliance
candidate, Powent.Mr. Boyd was sworn,
but Governor Thayer refused to vacate the
office, declaring that Boyd had never been
naturalized and was therefore ineligible.
The old Governor fortified himself in the
office, sleeping there through the night
under guard of a company of militia and a
number of special officers.
Governor Boyd Takes Possession.
He held the fort without opposition, and
this morning the Board of Public Lands
and Buildings met and assigned Governor
Boyd quarters in another part of the build
ing. The new Gsvernor immediately assumed
possession, appointed J. G. Higgins, of
Grand Island, private secretary, and began
acting as Governor. The first conflict of au
thority took place this afternoon, when tele-,
grams were received by a member of the
Legislature and transmitted to Governor
Boyd, stating that an Indian outbreak
would take place in the northern part of the
State to-morrow, and asking that militia be
detailed to repel the attack. Governor
Boyd ordered Adjutant General Cole to
make preparations for the outbreak, but
General Cole refused to obey, stating that
he would take orders only from Governor
Thayer.
The office of the Adjutant General was
once deolared vacant, and soon after Gov
ernor Boyd appointed General Victor Vif
quain to the position. The State forces on
the frontier now have two commanders, and
it is impossible to tell which they will obey.
Thayer to Be Frozen Out.
The janitors of the State House and the
mail carrier, Long, have gone over to Gov
ernor Boyd, and it is said that gas and
steam will be turned off in Governor Thay
er's office.
To-day Governor Thayer petitioned the
Supreme Court for a writ of quo warranto
to determine the position of Governor Boyd.
The Court answered informally that no
decision would be made until next Tuesday.
As to the jurisdiction of the Court in the
premises, Governor Thayer makes the
following statement:
To "Whom It .May Concern: i
My position is exactly this: There is a gen
eral conviction tnat jur. Jioya is not a citizen ot
this State; that although he has lived here for
many years, be owes allegiance to a foreign
power. r"3,s8iro this matter to be treated be
fore the Supreme Court, for It is a Indicia!
question. If he is a citizen. It is a J very easy.
matter lornim to prove tneiacT.? i .1 oe is not
a ritliiuJ-fat -faafshonlfl he& established.
Article C, section 2, of the State Constitution ot
jm eorassa, is in me loitowicg woras:
Thayer Quotes the Constitution.
Persons In eligible No personhall be eligible
to the office of Governor orLleutenant Gover
nor who shall not have attained the aged of SO
Sears and been tar two years next preceding
is election a citizen of the United States and
of the State.
LaDEuaee cannot make thl3 provision any
stronger. J have sworn to support the Consti
tution, ana it is my amy to prevent, as iar as n
is in mv power, a person who owes allegiance to
a foreign Government becoming the Gov
ernor of Nebraska. If the proper tribunal
should decide, after investigation, that Mr.
Boyd is eligible to the position, I will Immedi
ately transfer the office to him. 1 am advised
by high legal authority that It is my duty to de
lend tnoaConstitution. John hi. Thayeb.
Governor Boyd has nothing to say about
his case, except that he knows he is a citi
zen, has been legally elected and qualified,
and intends to act at all hazards. He issued
a requisition for a prisoner to-day and per
formed other official acts.'
Boyd Was a Territory Citizen.
His friends claim that even if Mr. Boyd
was not legally naturalized, he is never
theless a citizen of the United States, be
cause he was a citizen of the Territory of
Nebraska, and when the State was admitted
into the Union all of its citizens were in
vested with full citizenship. Others say
that it is the duty of Mr. Boyd to take the
office and keep the case in the courts during
the greater part of his term. Intense interest
is felt in the situation, but all parties are
determined that there shall be no disturb
ance pending the official settlement of the
controversy.
Powers, the Alliance man, took the oath
of office at 1 o'clock to-day, and it is said
that the Legislature will recognize him as
Governor. 'All the new State officers have
been recognized except the Governor. Tom
Major was installed as Lieutenant Governor
and President of the Senate under protest
Governor Boyd has been recognized by all
the new State officers as Governor, and they
will report to him.
Boyd Is Generally Recognized.
Governor Boyd's first official act was to
approve the bonds of the newly-elected
State officers. In the Senate Lieutenant
Governor Major is presiding. Attorney
General Hastings has refused to file any
papers in the Supreme Court for Thayer.
In -the House an uproar was created by a
motion to appoint a committee to wait on the
Governor and ask for his message. Amend
ments directing the committee rto wait upon
Governor Thayer, Governor Boyd and Gov
ernor Powers were proposed in rapid succes
sion, and this matter had not reached a
focus at the time of the adjournment
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GOT ALL THEY ASKED FOB.
Engineers and Firemen of the St Paul Win
Increased Wages.
Chicago, Jan. 9. The engineers and
firemen of the Chicago, Mllwauxee and St
Paul Bailroad have, gained everything they
demanded. The five days' conference with
General Manager Erling, in which Chief
Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, and Master Workman Sargent,
of the Firemen's Association, have partici
pated, was concluded this evening. The
company agreed to pay the engineers $3 70
on eight-wheel engines and 53 83 on ten
wheelers for ten hours work. For the same
time the firemen are to receive 2 20 on
eight-wheel engines and (2 40 on ten-wheelers.
These wen the wages previously paid
for a ma of 10s miles, with no extra pay
for extra time consumed over 10 hours or
under 13L hours.
One hundred miles is considered a fair
ten-hours' run, but by the new agreement
the men are to be paid proportionately for
every additional hour required to complete
the run. If, however, the rnn is made in
less than fen hours, no deduction is to be
zsade from their pay. Farther than, this,
the oompanyagrwdtOAUoir the yard. Bg
INGALLS' PRESENT OCCUPATION.
neers and firemen at St Paul, Minneapolis
and Milwaukee the same wages that are
paid in the Chicago yards. Chief Arthur
nnd Master Workman Sargent left for the
Northwest immediately.
RECRUITS OBTAINED.
CANADIAN 8PLNHEBS SECUBED TO TAKE
THE PLACES OF 8TEIKEE3.
The Men Oat on Strlli
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They Will Endeavd
comers Back isom siuc , vl '
of Winning.
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New York, Jan. 9. The striking
spinners at Clark's thread works in Newark
and Kearney were greatly excited to-day by
the receipt of a telegram from one of their
agents in Holyoke, Mass., informing them
that Adam Groei, one of Clark's clerks in
the Kearney mill, had started from
Boston with ten Canadian ' spinners,
whom he had recruited from various mills
and induced to go to New York. Pickets
were stationed at all of the railroad stations
and at points near the mills, with instruc
tions to try to prevail upon the newcomers
to return. It was said to-day that bedding
and provisions had been purchased by the
thread company and stored in the hose
hpuse, adjoining the Newark mill, and it
was assumed that the new spinners were ex
pected to board in the mill.
The spinners said that the men could not
be expected to stay indoors all the time, and
that when any of them did come out efforts
would be made to state the ease to them, so
that they would be induced to go back to
from wherever they came. They
said that no violence would be
used under any circumstances and that re
ports that the newcomers would meet with a
warm reception were inventions of the
enemy. The company is evidently deter
mined to win in the fight, and the spinners
are just as confident that they will be
unable to get along without the old hands.
The thread departments are running
along as usual on imported yarn, and it, is
said that some of the carders and framr-
'"cjegpfrRTeT-dsVtfadea rftpoVsnloncrs for work.
are ueuuimug fcifcu ui juicuws ana wji
welcome 5lhet,tarrival of any" spinnjrs
who" will start up the cotton end of the
mill and give them an opportunity to go to
work. They are doing wretchedly, as far
as publio aid is concerned, while the spin
ners have help from their own and other la
bor organizations.
None of the Eastern spinners arrived up
to this evening, and it wa3 said that they
were probably being held in this city for a
favorable opportunity to be taken to
Newark and housed in the mills. Four
men, who were said to be cotton spinners,
arrived in Newark to-night, and
were taken in a coach to the
office of Clark's Newark mill. They were
conducted through the warerooms, across
the Passaic bridge, into mill No. 1, where
they were provided with cots. None of the
Newark spinners had an opportunity to
speak to them, and they said they did not
know whether they were real spinners or
men hired by the company for a bluff.
THE SABBED WTBE TEUST.
Tired of Fighting the Patent Monopoly, the
Manufacturers Combine.
Chicago, Jan. 9. All the big barbed
wire manufacturers of the United States are
said to have been represented at to-day's
session of the private conference in progress
at the Wellington Hotel. For a long time
a number of the firms that make barbr,wire
have been in litigation with the Washburn
Moen Company, of Worcester, Mass., which
controls nearly all the patents covering the
barbed wire devices. This continued and
costly litigation, it is reported, has at last
resulted in the surrender of the individual
companies, and the present meeting is to
make a combination of all the firms, includ
ing the Washburn-Moen Company.
It Is expected that the terms of agreement
will be concluded to-morrow, and that under
them the suits instituted for the infringe
ment of patents and for loyalties will cease.
The Washburn-Moen Company, with its
monopoly of patents, will dictate the terms.
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THE NEW CANAL B0UTE.
The Old Illinois and Michigan Water Way
Will Not Be Utilized.
Chicago, Jan. 9. The Chief Engineers
report on the route for the ship canal be
tween Chicago and Joliet, will be presented
to the Board of Trustees to-morrow after
noon. The route selected is entirely independent
of the present Illinois and .Michigan Canal,
a part of which it was at one time thought
might possibly be used to advantage in the
construction of the new channel.
DOWN AN ETJANKMENT.
The Fatal Plunge of a Locomotive and an
Express Car.
Indianapolis, Jan. 9. A misplaced
switch on the Vernon, Greensburg and
Bnshville Bailroad in the northern part of
Jennings county, caused a wreck this morn
injr, in which the engine and combination
mail, baft gage and express car were thrown
down a fiO-foot embankment
Engineer George Berras and Fireman
Lewis Lemaster were fatally injured.
DESLBE BETTEB EALLBOAD "HATKs,
Bait lake City Business Men "Weary of Way
Station Treatment,
Salt Lake City, Jan. 9. The mer
chants of this city have combined for the
purpose ol forming a pool of their freight by
the Chamber of Commerce, the purpose be
ing to secure for Salt Lake City a better
basis ot freight and passenger rates.
Efforts will be mads to secure to Utah
points the rate existing at trsas-oeDtiBentsl
ermlaal,
the Power to Collect Pav- 1
ing Assessments.
NOT A CENT MAY BE LOST.
Eminent Counsel Engaged to Fasa
Upon Fonr Important Points.
CUTTING DOWN APPROPRIATIONS.
Little Trouble Anticipated in Passing- a
fiew Street Bill.
TEfi iSOAED OF VIEWERS IS SO M0EE
The city officials are looking for a solid
spot in the quagmire into which they fell
when unhorsed by the Supreme Court decis
ion on the street act
They are in the same position as the man
who was in the bog up to his ankles. They
have fallen in head first and unless they are
speedily rescued there will not be sufficient
time left at this session of the Legislature to
afford them relief.
The Finance Committee took hold of the
difficulty in a practical way yesterday. The
meeting was called ostensibly for the pur
pose of discussing the Major's Message to
fJ" -,-ji.
"tt.r.-"'
When this missive was reached.
j-r -uk
. Y nertaon asked the Chairman. W.
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- p ee, to read it to the committee, but
tliv irman was sufficiently self-denying
to suggest that the statesmiu from the
Thirty-fifth ward could read it himself. Mr.
Bobertson demurred and A. F. Keating of
fered a solution of the difficulty by moving
that the message be referred to the sub-committee
on the appropriation ordinance. This
reference was made without a single voice
being liftedin dissent.
Looking for the Way Out.
The recent Supreme Court decision on the
street acts was brought before the committee
by President Holliday, of Common Conuc.iL.
in the following resolutions:
Whereas, By a recent decision of the Su
preme Court, the Act under which street and
sewer Improvements have been made in this
city, has been declared unconstitutional aad
the city may be called upon to pay large sums
of money which should have been paid by
owners of property benefited therefrom; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That the chiefs of the several de
partments be requested to revise their esti
mates of expenditures for the ensning year by
eliminating every item not absolutely required
by Immediate necessities and which may be
postponed for the present; and t
Resolved, further. That ajcommlttee of five,
of which the Chairman of this committee shall
be a member, shall be appointed, in conjunc
tion with the City Controller and the City At
torney, to prepare a plan to relieve the city
from its present embarrassing position, and
that they be authorized to prepare legislation
to that end, and for that purpose they shall be
authorized to employ sush additional counsel
as may be necessary; ac-y ' -
Resolved, farther, Xhalpe econnaeif,t&it
curative legislation, laokfbg to iSaortitction of
the cost of improvements already made be pre
pared.
A Question of Jurisdiction.
Mr. Holiday moved the adoption of these
resolutions, but Mr. Bobertson objected to
the creation of the committee of five. "At
the last meeting of Select Council," he said,
"a legislative committee was created, and as
that body has nothing else to do it is out of
place to appoint another committee to do its
work."
Mr. Holliday That committee was ap
pointed for the special purpose of conferring
with a similar committee from Allegheny
on legislation desired by the cities of the
second class, and for no other purpose.
Cha irmoh Magee We have not been noti
fied that Allegheny is prepared to confer
with us, and until we receive such notice the
legislative committee does not exist in real
ity. We are now in a very peculiar posi
tion, and are confronted with a serious diffi
culty. Immediate relief is necessary, and
the way to get that most promptly is the
best way. Xherejhouid be some provision
made at once for a curative law that will
enable the city to collect the assessments al
ready mads and for which contracts were let
under the old acts, as well as to secure an
entirely new street bill, if necessary. Such
matters are foreign to the legislative com
mittee, and moreover we would lose some
time by waiting until Councils met to have
the resolution referred to that committee.
Mast Salt Allegheny, Too.
Mr. Bobertson Any street bill we get up
must be in conjunetion-with and satisfactory
to Allegheny. All legislation must be gen
eral, and therefore, in this case, must em
brace all cities of the second class.
Controller Morrow here suggested that his
place on the proposed committee be filled by
Chief Bfgelow. .
Mr. Bobertson therefore offered an amend
ment to Mr. Holliday's motion by referring
the subject to the legislative committee in
conjunction with Chief Bigelow and Con
troller Morrow.
Mr. Keating If this amendment carries
the resolution must first go to Councils, and
if Allegheny defers action for a month the
Legislature will never reach our street bill
at this session.
Mr. Bobertson Does the gentleman sup
pose for one moment that it is possible for
us to pass a street bill in the Legislature If
Allegheny opposes it? We must have
them with us.
Mr. Holliday We have to prepare our
appropriation ordinance in a few days, and
the matter now before ds ought to be de
cided at an early date. We should not
waste time by the discussion of trivial
points. The "resolution should be adopted
without any delay.
Wanted Plenty of Daylight
Mr. Bobertson I think there should be
limit to the discussion on this matter. If
we had discussed the old bill more thor
oughly we might not have had it knocked
out by the Supreme Court There should
be a full discussion of the subject, and all
the daylight let into it that we can get
Mr. Robertson's amendment was put to a
vote and lost, and Mr. Holliday's resolution,
amended by adding Chief Bigelow to the
committee, was carried unanimously.
Mr. Holliday then offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Besolvea. That the Chief of the Department
of Public Works be reauired to furnish this
committee with a statement oCths publio work
affected by tbe decision referred to. which
statement should sbow the amount of contracts
and the work already done.
Chairman Magee appointed Messrs. Hol
liday, Ford, Keating and McGonnigle as
the additional members of the committee
under Mr. Hollidby's resolution, and the
committee at once went into executive ses
sion. C. li Magee dropped in and paraphrased
Davy Crockett by warning the committee
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