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Y
A SCATHING REPORT.
SECRETARY SMITH ON THE 1N
J Dl AN QUESTION.
The Dwi Commission Denounces the
rrBt Sjitfm of Dealing with the
Five Civilized Tribes Narrow-Minded
Oligarchies In Complete Control Treaty
Rights Long Voided Con press Should
Act.
The Five Civilised Tribes.
Washington, Not. 30. By far the
most important feature of the annual
report of Secretary Smith of the In
terior department, so far as the South
west is concerned, is the report of the
Dawes commission in regard to its
negotiations with the five civilized
tribes of Indians in the Indian Terri
tory. This presents the correspondence
of tne commissioners with the chiefs
of the five tribes and an account of the
methods by which the chiefs came to
unitedly present an opposing1 front to
any effective negotiations of any sort.
The failure of the commission being
thus detailed the report proceeds: 'In
. .
connection witn tne omciai luvercsib
here briefly outlined the commission
availed themselves of every opportun
V ity pf conference with private citizens
oi several nations, men oi cnaracier
, . . , .
and influence among their people. By
X visits to the various localities they fa
"5iliarized themselves with the condi-
lions of life and the opinions and prej-
lid ices wnich prevail in the different
i 'sections and adapted the methods of
r ' their attempt at negotiation to these
conditions But thus far they have
met with no favorable response among
those holding1 power and controlling
the political machinery in the govern
ments existing in the Territory. It is
otherwise with those, believed to be a
large majority, who in the machinery
by which affairs are administered are
without voice or participation in the
policy or laws by which they are gov
erned. The causes, which thus far
k have proved unsurmountable in all the
"V. efforts at a peaceable solution of the
V vproblem by negotiation, can only be
V Mnderbtood by a thorough knowledge
t the conditions into which these peo-
, ne nave oeen pe
Hdifference anc
I l e national gov
f V -The resent
, Sle have been permitted to fall by tue
nd non-interference of
government.
conditions are not
at v conditions. There is not onlv
' the United States to maintain or even
to permit the present conditions of af
fairs in the Indian lerntory, but, on
the contrary, the whole structure and
tenor of the treaties forbid it. If our
government is obliged to maintain the
treaties according to their original in
tent and purpose it is obligated to blot
. out at once present conamous. ltnas
iSr been mot clearly shown that a restor
a
ation cl tne treaty status is not only
an impossibility, but, if a possibibity,
would be disastrous to this people and
against the wishes of all people and
government alike. The cry, therefore.
ct those who have brought about this
condition of affairs, to be let alone,
not only finds no shelter in treaty ob
ligations, but is a plea for permission
to further violate those provisions.
The commission is compelled by
the evidence forced upon them during
their examination into the administra
tion of the so-called governments in
this territory to report that these gov
ernments in all their branches are
wholly corrupt, irresponsible, and un
worthy to be longer trusted with the
care and control of the money and
other property of ' Indian citizens,
much less their lives, which they
scarcely pretend to protect. There
can be no higher obligation incumbent
on every branch of the general gov
ernment than to exert its utmost con
stitutional authority to secure to this
people in common with all others
within our borders, government in
conformity with constitutional au
thorities. The erovernmeut cannot ab
dicate or transfer to other shoulders
this duty as to any portion of territory
or people in the land. It cannot es
cape responsibility if the dark record,
which has now been brought to light,
is permitted to continue. Delay can
brinp: nothing but increased difficulty
or danger to peace and good order in
the Territory. The situation calls for
prompt action.
These considerations lead but to one
conclusion. It is in the judgment of
the commission, the imperative
duty of Congress to assume at
once political control of the In
dian territor They have come
with great reluctance to this con
clusion, and have sought by all
methods that might reach the
convictions of those holding power
in the territory to induce them by
negotiation and mutual agreement to
consent to a satisfactory change in
their system of government and ap
propriation of tribal property. These
'-efforts have failed: and the commis
sion is driven to the alternative of
recommending abandonment of these
people to the spoilation and outrages
perpetrated in the name of existing
government or the resumption by
Concress of the power thus abused.
Venezuela Not Bellicose.
London, Nov. 30. The Times pub
fishes the following dispatch from its
correspondent at Caracas, Venezuela,
under date of November 1: "It is of
ficially stated that the revolutionary
outbreak is of. no importance. No
British ultimatum has yet been re
ceived, and many of the influential
Venezuelans urge an amicable settle
ment. The government is afraid the
tendering of an apology would be
equivalent to recognizing the right of
England to the disputed territory.
Otherwise it is ready to give satisfac
tion. A considerable party favors a
direct settlement of the frontier ques
tion without reference to the United
States.
Senator JSelson Announces Ills Colleague's
Candidacy for the Presidency.
Chicago, Nov. 30. "Minnesota has
a candidate for President Cushman
K. Davis and will push his claims in
the convention just as long as he has
any possible show of getting the nomi
nation," said United States Senator
Knute Nelson last evening. He con
tinued: "But there is no telling what
the convention will do. All the can
didates, McKinley, Reed, Morton and
Allison, are strong men. If we have
to let Senator Davis out of the race
y then I think the Minnesota delegation
" will be eventually divided between
McKinley and Feed.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secrwtarr Smith's Keport Devotes Mach
Space to the Indian Question.
Washington, Nov. 30. Secretary
Hoke Smith, of the Interior depart
ment has made his annual report to
the president. It reviews the varied
work of the department, beginning
with the Indian service, and calls at
tention to the strict enforcement
which has been given to the civil
service reform, both as to the places
covered by the classified service, and
those to which the rules of this service
do not apply. The secretary dwells
upon the necessity of eliminating
politics from the management of In
dian affairs, and of conducting each
reservation upon strictly business
principles, the object being to make
every Indian who remains upon the
reservation self-supporting and ready,
as soon as possible, to assume the
duties of citizenship and be freed
from the paternal care of the govern
ment. The Secretary is of the opinion
that if the resources of each reserva
tion are treated intelligently and the
Indians required to labor in those pur
suits which are adapted to particular
reservations, in a few years practically
all the Indians can be made self-supporting.
Allotments should be made long be
fore reservations are opened. Each
Indian should be settled upon his
homestead and be self-support ing be
fore citizenship is conferred upon him.
When citizenship is conferred, the
Government ought to let him alone
and allow him to take his place, sur
rounding him with no more restraint
and giving him no more help than is
accorded to other citizens. Under the
present system, Indians to whom al
lotments have been made and upon
whom citizenship has been conferred
still receive enormous gratuities and
need every dollar they receive.
After reviewing in detail the work
of the land office during the past
twelve months, the secretary takes up
the question of the disposition of the
arid lands and the preservation of the
forests. He urges that these two ques
tions are closely allied, for the quan
tity of arid lands far exceeds the
present water supply, even if it were
all utilized for irrigation. The in
crease of the water supply must de
pend upon the growth and preserva
tion of the forests. Attention is called
to the failure of the Carey bill to ac
complish the results expected; the
secretary attributes this to the fact
the bill intended that money for the
irrigation should be raised upon the
arid lands given to the States. This
has been impossible on account of the
fact that sufficient control over the
lands was not given to the States to
make them available as security for
the money expended in their reclama
tion. The secretary suggests the
advisability of patenting these lands
to the States after it is fully deter
mined that the selections made by
them under the Carey act are arid
lands.
CRAZED ON A TRAIN.
An Aged Woman and Her Grandson Both
Insane The Woman Kills Herself. i
Madison, Wis., Nov. 30. As the ,
north bound train on the Northwest- j
ern road reached Shopeer last night, j
an elderly woman, traveling with her
10-year-old grandson, suddenly be
came violently insane and caused
& panic among the passengers.
The conductor locked the woman
and the boy inside the car.
but when the train arrived at
Evansville, the woman was missing,
she having leaped through a window.
The boy remained in the car and it
was found that he, too, was demented
and could give no account of what
had transpired. This morning the
woman's body was found beside the
track three miles south of Janesville.
She had evidently been killed in
stantly. '
TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED.
Texas Bandits Hold l'p an Express,
Bat
Fail to Open the Safe.
Fobt Wobth, Tex., Nov. 30. Five
miles north of Childress, at
6:30 o'clock last evening, a north
bound train on the Fort Worth
and Denver was held up by two men.
The robbers got nothing, as the mes
senger could not open the through
safe.
boarding &sry scrapers.
Chicago, Nov. 30. Chicago firemen
yesterday demonstrated at the Masonic
temple their ability to cope with fires
in the upper stories of the tallest
buildings. Engine No. 1 of the fire
department pumped a stream of water
through 500 feet of hose and stand
pipes to the roof of the building, where
there was sufficient force to drench the
roofs of neighboring buildings. The
water pressure at the building was
240 pounds. On the roof at the same
time the pressure was fifty-four pounds
to the inch.
Praker'a Health Precarious.
Excelsiob Springs, Ma, Nov. 3 0. A
fellow prisoner of Dr. G. W. Fraker
has written to Captain J. L. Farris,
Fraker's attorney, that the doctor's
health is precarious and that his doc
tors in Richmond report that he is af
flicted with an incurable case of
Bright's disease. The letter says that
at times Fraker is out of his mind. He
has asked that Dr. J. M. Allen of Lib
erty be called to see him. His attor
ney here will see that the request is
attended to.
China Will Build Her Own Railways.
London, Nov. 30. Special dis
patches from Shanghai say it is re
ported there that no railway conces
sions have been granted to foreigners
in China and that the Chinese govern
ment intends henceforth to keep the
railway building' in its own hands.
NEWS BREVITIES.
Two dead bodies were found in the
ruins of the Vokes building at New
YoYk.
Murderer Willis King, a life convict,
escaped from jail at Gatesville, Texas.
Jesse Wimp, a supervisor of Dallas
Township, Illinois, was killed by a
C B. fc Q. train.
A call has been issued for a caucus
of Republican senators, to be held
next Monday.
Rabbi Gries preached a sermon
against Thanksgiving- as a Christian
1 institution at Cleveland. O.hio.
rpyQ TIMES AND OUT.
CLEVELAND WANTS NO THIRD
TERM IN HJS.
All Ramon Set at Rest The President
lias Ko Desire For Nor Would He
Accept Another Nomination A Tonr
of the World at the Close of His Pres
ent Term. Being Arranged.
No Third Term in His.
New York, Nov. 28. It was an
nounced last evening by E. C. Bene
dict, the trusted and intimate friend
of President Cleveland, that the presi
dent will not under any circumstances
accept thie nomination for a third
term. Mr. Benedict has long enjoyed
the confidence of Mr. Cleveland and is
so close in his relations with him that
this statement has a semi-official com
plexion. Mr. Benedict said: "I am certain
that Mr. Cleveland would decline an
other nomination if it were offered
him. I am positive that he doesn't
want to serve a .third term. I am
equally positive that he could
not be persuaded under any circum
stances to accept the nomination if it
should be tendered him. I have heard
him say that he intended to make a
tour of the world at the expiration of
his second term; that he wanted to
see more of the world than he had
seen and that he had his traveling
companion already picked out at
least that he had asked a personal
friend of his to accompany him on the
tour."
In making this statement for pub
lication, Mr! Benedict has so far de
parted from his previous reticence
with regard to Mr. Cleveland's affairs,
that it has special significance.
To-day Mr. Benedict said further:
"Mr. Cleveland does not make me con
fidant. 1 can not speak for him with
authority, and I don't like to be placed
in the position of acting as his mouth
piece. It is not a pleasant position
for one to be in by any means. I feel
positive that Mr. Cleveland does not
want to serve as President for a third
term. He feels that he has done
enough for his country and no longer
cares for the successes or defeats of
politics. I feel certain mind I don't
say I am certain that he could
not be persuaded to accept a
re-nomination. It has not been
offered yet- I feel certain, and
there are little social matters into
which it is not necessary to go, that
Mr. Cleveland is anxious to get out of
politics, lie wishes to enjoy the sov
ereignty of the citizen rather than the
servitude of the State. He is count
ing the days and hours until he can
return to private life."
"There are some who say Mr. Cleve
land must accept a renomination,'
was suggested.
"I feel that he will not."
"Then he will have to make a de
claration to that effect."
"I think," was the reply made
slowly, "that he will either refute or
confirm what I have said at an early
day over his own signature."
DEATH BEFORE DIVORCE.
Peter
Mc-tieocli of Lard Corner, Fame
Kill-. Himself.
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 88. Peter
McGeoch, millionaire, known through
out the country as a daring specula
tor and keen financier, the man who
ran the great lard corner in 1SS3 and
lost millions in its collapse, shot him
self this morning at his home on Na
tional avenue, just out side of the city,
and was found dead in the bath room
of his his house at 11:35 o'clock. He
had placed the muzzle of a revolver in
his mouth and fired. The bullet took
an upward course and penetrated the
brain.
McGeoch's domestic troubles un
doubtedly led him to take his life. It
was announced yesterday that his
wife was about to bring suit for di
vorce on the ground of incompatibili
ty of temper, and it is well known to
their acquaintances that their married
life had not been happy and they had
lived apart for some time.
McGeoch was a man who had ex
perienced many reverses and gone un
daunted through trials that would
have broken down most men, but do
mestic scandal was more than he could
bear and immediate cause of his sui
cide was no doubt the making public
of the fact of the impending divorce.
No man for years was better known
on the Chicago and Milwaukee Boards
of trade than Peter McGeoch. He was
a daring speculator up to the disas
trous lard deal of 1883, when he at
tempted to corner the lard of the
country and was buried under' the
load. Daniel Wells, jr., of Milwaukee
was interested in the deal, and a long
and acrimonious law suit followed.
After the failure of the lard corner,
McGeoch dropped out of the specula
tion, and devoted his time to his
street railway lines up to 1839, when
he sold to a Pittsburg syndicate,
headed by Mr. Ryan of New York.
Since then he has devoted himself to
his various interests, which are of
considerable magnitude.
McGeoch was married eight years
ago to Mrs. Libby of Kenwood, a Chi
cago suburb. The two had not been.
happy for some time.
Canons of Henderson Men.
Washington, Nov. 23. A caucus of
Western and Southern Republican
congressmen was held last night at
the Normandia in the Interest of Gen
eral Henderson's candidacy for clerk
of the house. Congressman Cannon
of Illinois presided, and Congressmen
Henderson of Iowa and MeCall of Ten
nessee were leading spirits. Strong-
inroads into the McDowell forces were
reported, especially among the new
i congressmen.
! Strikes in Chicago.
Washington, Nov. 28. Chicago's
' strikes, according to bulletin No. 1 of
the labor bureau, just issued, have
cost 58,o46,i94 in the past seven years,
; and this only relates to the loss in
wages. No city in the country shows
as heavy losses or as many men taking
part in them in the length of time cov
ered by the report. The number of
strikes in New York was larger, but
the loss was smaller. There were no
less than 10,060 strikes in Illinois from
the beginning of the year 18S7 to July
1, 1894, of which 4,650 succeeded, 4,400
failed, and the remainder were compromised.
NEWSY TELEGRAMS.
Sax Francisco, Nov.
vere storm that has
2s. The se
been raffing
through the East does
not
extend
west of the Rockies.
London, Nov. 2S. At the Boling
broke Club in a twenty-round contest
for 700 between Jem Smith and Dick
Burge, Smith won in the ninth round.
Sedalia. Mo.,' Nov. 28. Mrs. Mona-han-Collier's
millinery establishment
closed by assignment, with no pre
ferred creditors. Assets, $3,500; lia
bilities not estimated.
Jennings, Kan., Nov. 28. Francis
Schlatter registered at the Revere
house in this little city yesterday. He
has kept his room nearly all the time
and very few have so far been able to
see him.
Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 28. John
Bates a farmer residing near Brazato,
eighteen miles from this city, com
mitted suicide yesterday by shooting
himself through the head with a rifle.
Domestic difficulties was tne cause.
Chicago, Nov. 28. Between 12 and 1
o'clock this morning fire destroyed
Arnold Bros.' packing house and meat
market on the Hay market square. The
property damaged was estimated by
one of the proprietors at 5125,000. In
surance, $75, 000.
St. JosErH, Mo.. Nov. 28. William
Durrall and William King, both well
known men, quarreled over a turkey
raffle in the barroom of the Colorado
house last night and King broke a
billiard cue over Durrall's head, crush
ing his skull. King is in jail.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 28. The
directors of the Childs-Drexel home
for union printers decided, after the
evidence before them had been care
fully considered, to send a committee
to Colorado Springs to investigate the
charges preferred against Superin
tendent Shuman, of the home.
orniSG field, Mo., Nov. 2 8. A livery
stable on South Campbell street, be
longing to F. S. Ritter, was entirely
destroyed by fire yesterday. The loss
is between .810,000 and 815,000. A
large number of horses were con
sumed, the highest estimate being
forty. Many overland freighters had
their wagons loaded ready to go to
Arkansas and lost their ail.
Sherman, Texas, Nov. 28. The body
of John Mack, aged 19, was found
hanging from the limb of a tree near
Greenville, in the county adjoining
this. 1-rom the surroundings it ap
peared to be clearly a case of suicide.
Mack was guilty of assault upon lus
sister, aged 16, and his father says
ever since the crime came to light he
feared his son would hang himself.
Jackson, Mich., Nov. 28. There was
- M M.
a desperate not at tne state prison
yesterday morning. Deputy Warden
Northup was struck on the head with
"W . . 11 A.
a nainmer. it is inougni ne is iatany
injured. Superintendent Coffer of the
ihirt factory, was badly beaten, as
was also Foreman Muller. Enraged
convicts smashed scores of machine.
The convicts, after much difficulty,
were controlled and locked up.
South McAlester, Ind. Ter., Nov.
28. The Colgate & Krebs miners have
just held a meeting' and have appointed
delegates to a territo'rial mass meeting
of miners for the purpose of compell
ing the mining companies to restore
the old schedule of wages and the old
rules. It is thought that a general
strike all over the Indian territory
will take place in the near future.
Topeka, Kan.. Nov. 28. The Santa
Fe officials hold Conductor J. M. Robb
and Engineer J. C Brown of the
freight train which collided with the
east-bound "flyer" at Shumaker, N.
M., responsible for the wreck. The
train was behind time and
ought to have been sidetracked at
Tipton, seven miles east of Shumaker,
the officials say, for the "flyer," which
had the right of way. As it was, the
freight train got on the passenger
train's time.
Washington, Nov. 28. The Kansas
Congressional delegation, as soon as
possible after the Fifty-fourth Con
gress begins, will introduce resolu
tions in both houses looking to an
investigation of the circumstances connected-with
the arrest and imprison
ment of ex-Consul Waller. The mem
bers of the delegation take the position
that the United States is entitled to
.-.
the record of the trial as a matter of
right, and therefore should not ask it
as an act of comity.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 28. During the
wind storm on Sunday night a heavy
Union Pacific freight train was stalled
by the wind in coming down the
steepest hill on the run in Wyoming.
The trains have to come down the
Peru hill with all brakes set, but in
this instance the wind was so severe
that the train, with brakes off and a
full head of steam on, was unable to
run down hilL
Anderson, Ind., Nov. 28. The wind
blew at a terrific rate last night. " The
colored United church, a new build
ing, was completely demolished. The
covered bridge over the Missiannewa
at Jonesboro, was blown down and
the third story of the rubber works
torn down. James Howard was seri
ously injured by the walls of a build
ing f.-.lling on him.
Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 2o. A sen
sation has been caused here by the
action of the Republican leaders, who
have decided to call a great mass
meeting for the purpose of condemn
ing the policy of the government in
Cuba. It is proposed to issue a mani
festo demanding autonomy for Cuba
as a sure means of concluding the
war on the island.
Bowling Green, Ohio, Nov. 28.
The Standard Oil Company reports
over I,0()0 derricks blown down in this
field by last night's storm, and states
that its loss will reach Sl50,000. The
loss to private operators is enormous.
Wires are down everywhere. The vil
lage of Cygnet, in this county, was
almost blown away.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Wichita Masons are talking of build
ing a 530,000 temple.
Arthur Arnould, a French author of
note is dead, at the age of 62 years.
The storm off the English coast con
tinues. Many sailors have been
drowned.
There is talk of having Congress
create a department of gymnastics in
the army.
Wright Bros., general merchants of
Warrensburg, Mo., have made an assignment.
THE CHAIRMANSHIPS.
SPEAKER
REED IS
THEM UP.
FIXING
The Contest Being: Waged with Much
Earnestness The Head of the Way
and Means Committee The Influence
of Messrs. Quay and Flatt in the Fight
for Jobs.
Honse Chairmanships.
Washington, Nov. 27. The contest
for the committee chairmanships in
the house is being waged with much
earnestness. Mr. Reed, who will, as
speaker, name these, is beeping his
own counsel in this matter. It is gen
erally accepted that he has already
made up his mind'with regard to the
most important chairmanship that of
the ways and means committee. Sere
no E. Payne of New York is, it is
thought, pretty certain to secure this
position, which carries with it the
honor of leading the majority on the
floor. Mr. Payne and Mr. Dalzell of
Pennsylvania are the leading candi
dates for the place, but Mr. Dalzell is
not on friendly terms with Senator
Quay. Mr. Payne, on the other hand,
is very close to Piatt, the Republican
leader of New York, and he is at the
same time the ranking Republican
member on the committee. If Mr.
Reed, therefore, who is accredited
with having an eye to 1896, can please
both Senator Quay and Mr. Piatt by
appointing to the ways and means
chairmanship and follow the rules of
precedent at the same time, it is
tbonght very probable that he will
do it.
General Henderson of Iowa, is
thought to be slated for the chairman
ship of the next most important com
mittee, that on appropriations.
EXTRADITION REFUSED.
Governor Morrill Declines to Give Up Ab
daf tor Chlsbolni to Missouri.
Topeka, Kan., Nov. 27. Governor
Morrill to-day refused the requisition
from the Governor of Missouri for Fred
Chisholm, the negro charged with hav
ing abducted a young white girl of
Benton county. Mo. The refusal was
based on the irregularity of the pa
pers, there being nothing to show
that the person before whom the orig
inal complaint was filed was a magis
trate or that the signature attached
was that of the committing officer.
There was some excitement among
the negroes who had come from Law
rence to prevent Chisholm's extradi
tion, it being claimed that it was the
purpose of the people of Benton coun
ty to lvnch him.
Republicans for McKinley.
New York, Nov. 2 7. Senator John
M. Thurston, of Nebraska, in an inter
view yesterday, said: "The Repub
licans are for McKinley for the next
presidential candidate, first, last and
all the time.'
"Do you think that the Republicans
will be able to reorganize the United
States Senate at the coming session?"'
"Yes," he replied, "1 believe we
will be strong enough to assume con
trol. I have been in Washington for
a week and can say that at the open-
inc of the Senate,
the Kepublicans
will start in and reorganize that body,
j I believe that all the Populist mem-
bers of the Senate will vote with the
Republicans this session. That, at
least, is the understanding among the
leaders now, and I do not think that j
anything will turn up to change the
program.' Governor-elect Busnnell
of Ohio is at the Holland house. In
an interview he expressed the opinion
that Governor McKinley would be the
next Republican nominee for Presi
dent. ;
He Wants His Child.
Warrexpbcrg, Mo., Nov. 27. About
two years ago J. H. Jones of Simpson
township married a dmughter of Law-
rence Manning and deserted her four
! months previous to the birth of their
i thild. His wife returned to her fath-
er's home, where the child was born.
, ..... ... .. .
She died three weeics later. .Manning
t?pb Lilt? iUldU I auu lafauti ujcitvao
several fruitless ettorts to ootain pos-
session of it. Yesterday he applied to
the probate court for a writ of habeas
corpus. When the trial brought out
the facts Judge Gibson gave Mrs.
Flowers, a neighbor, the custody of
the infant until a guardian could be
appointed.
Many Want to He Healed.
Atchison. Kan., Nov. 27. The dis
patches about H. H. Wentworth, the
Atchison healer, have brought the
poor flag-man a notoriety, which in all
his 80 odd years he never dreamed
would-be his. Letters are pouring in
upon him in such quantities that now
his daily mail is greater than that of
any man or firm in the city. Yester
day at 10 o'clock there was a record of
235 letters and the heavy mails of the
day had not yet arrived. These letters
come from everywhere, and from peo
ple with every imaginable ailment,
and all asking for the influence of the
wonderful power of the magical
healer.
Indices Divided Religiously.
Montreal, Nov. 27. The case oi
the Canada Review against Archbishop
Faber for $50,000 damages for being
put under the ban of the church, came
np for judgment in the court of review
yesterday. Judges Tait, Taschereau
and Archibald presided. The two
former, both Catholics, were unani
mous in deciding that the bishop had
the right to condemn any paper con
trary to the teachings of the Catholic
church. Judge Archibald, a Protes
tant, dissented and held that the
plaintiff should have 510,000.
Bays He Abdicated In Favor of Maher Be
cause He Was an Irishman.
Lynn, Mass., Nov. 27. Retired
Champion J. J. Corbett said in an in
terview yesterday: "I am disgusted
with the entire business and hence
forth will confine my entire time to
the stage. No matter what the public
may say, whether it be complimentary
or otherwise, I cannot be induced to
again enter the arena. I bestowed the
championship upon Peter Maher be
cause he is an Irishman, and because 1
prefer he should have and defend the
title rather than place it in the cus
tody of an Australian or Englishman. "
FATE OF A SAVAGE TRIBE.
The
Story of a High Priest's
Propnecy
and Its Fulfillment.
At a village near the source of the
Oyapok, the stream over which Brazil
and French Guiana are disputing, says
the Journal des Voyages, an old man of
the Caicouchiane tribe of Indians lives,
the only person of this tribe thereabout,
and he tells the story of his people's
fate. The tribe was once great, he
said, but for two generations it has been
without a country. His people once had
a country on the Tumac-Humac mount
ains called Paritou, and for allies the
Ouayauas, the Oupourouis and the
Emerillous. His people were strong hut
the evil spirits (yolocks) cast them
down. A numerous people from the
east came against his people and their
allies. The great priest of his people
abode three days without food in the
house of divinations and came out look
ing as if ten years had passed over his
head. He reported that the yolocks had
decreed death to the people. Then the
braves joined their allies and the war
went on. The invading people were not
brave but they came in swarms until
the allies were wearied with slaughter.
Many years passed and many young
warriors perished, while the women
cried out that their lovers were dead.
The first to make this outcry was Anita,
who had lost her lover in the mountains
of Paritou. Then the high priest cried
that this language deserved death and
Anita was strangled by the old women.
Then the high priest at length declared
that the fates had prophesied aright and
it was time for the people to take flight
through the forest.
"They shall eat no more cassava or
tapioca," he said, "they shall no more
drink cadeiri, they shall no more know
the inanioca. They shall go through
the forest known only to the tiger and
the tapir."
It was in the moon of Ayamouri and
the people ate only grains and cacao.
They started and reached the banks oi
the Oyapok, the long river.
They passed over the rocks of a great
falls and reached the great river Yin
garari. They followed it toward the
south.
Three months after they had left the
forest of Paritou they came upon a high
mountain whence flowed another Oya
pok. This Oyapok, they learned, was
called Agamionare. The high priest
said that the people should retire here
to die. So they settled there and upon
the banks of another river, the Ourouai
tou, and the women hoped that the war
riors would love them again and the
fields would be planted. But the high
priest said:
"Plant, drink, dance. Be neautnui
young women, be handsome young war
riors, but do not burn the pimento. It's
useless, for the giant Couroup (the
small pox) comes to lead you to the
funeral butcher." The giant Couroup
was without pity; he struck and struck
again. Mothers fled their children and
children their mothers. The villages
were full of the dead, full of uneaten
cassava. The cinders of the hearth
were not relighted. Nearly all of the
Caicouchianes died. That was long ago.
To-day there remains not more than
fifty Caicouchianes dispersed among the
Oyampis. The Caicouchianes are dead,
slain hy war and Couroup, because the
fates willed it. Fate is neither just nor
unjust but is often sad.
BEAUTY'S REBUKE.
Wonld Be Well If People Minded
it
Their Own Baslnes.
A handsome brunette, with a brave
looking little boy of 6 or 7 and a sweet
faced baby girl of 2 years, entered the
Manhattan Life building, at 66 Broad
way, recently, says the New York Re
corder. Telling the children to wait for
her near the entrance, the woman en
tered an elevator. A long time passed
and the children, growing frightened,
began to cry. Then a crowd collected
and the word "deserted" was frequently
heard. All was excitement. The young
sters were so frightened that they
couldn't tell their names, and the con
ductor couldn't remember where the
woman had got off. All the exits were
watched for the brunette, and a Gerry
agent was just going to take charge of
the little ones, when one of the ele
vators touched the ground, and, to the
amazement of all, out stepped the
pretty brunette and gazed in wonder at
the scene of excitement about her. The
crowd hastily cleared a passage for her
and in a moment she had her children
clasped In her arms. "Mommer was de
layed a little longer than she expected,
but I hope you were not frightened. But
what is all this crowd about for?" she
said.
Then one man, braver than the rest,
explained with many apologies that the
people had supposed the children might
have been lost, or or deserted.
A look of indignation crossed the
woman's beautiful face, as she said: "I
had business with my lawyer which I
thought I could finish in a moment, but
was delayed. I left my children here
because it makes my dear little girl
dizzy and nervous to ride in an ele
vator. It would be a good thing if
some people would learn to mind their
own business."
And then, with a child clasped In
each hand, she walked slowly out and
up Broadway.
Anxious for Criticism.
Scribbler I always make it a point
to submit my poems to friends, for sug
gestions and criticism, before publica
tion, and I have brought some pages for
you to look over. Bibbler Um yes,
of course; but why not take it to Nib
bler? Scribbler Huh! He's a born
idiot! The last time I showed him a
poem he found fault with it.
A Chance.
"Three minutes for dinner!" yelled
the railroad porter.
"Good!" exclaimed the editor. "The
last time it was $3." Atlanta Constitution.
