' WHAT SHERMAN SAYS
SUE OHIO BElfAXOH'a TJEW8 OX"LATE
POZITIOAZ KESULXS.
Financial GchemcB Predicted that
Will Mnko Capital Timid and Arrest
{ Business Enterprise ! A Steamship
Wrecked With. Disastrous Results-
Many Lives Lost Mr. Porter's Re-
0 ly to Critics Hccardlng tlto EIcv
cnth Census Ho Claims a Fair Enu-
alteration *
-Senator Sherman on the Late Election
WASHINGTON , Nov. 18. Senator
Sherman , speaking to-day of the re
sult of the recent elections , said : "Tho
most serious result is the hardening of
the times , caused by the distrust of the
financial policy of the incoming house
-of representatives. All sorts of finan
cial schemes of the mildest character
will bo proposed , and whatever may bo
-tho outcome , they will make capital
rtimid and arrest many business enter
prises that were on the point of being
-executed. The first effect is a threatened -
ened panic in New York , and the eager
-desire of every prudent man to realize
on all doubtful securities. The tariff
.act would have set on foot many new
industries which will bo prevented o
delayed by the doubt created as * to the
industrial policy of the future. The
exuberent joy in the foreign markets
over our elections is the best evidence
of the dangers we have to meet. For-
* not understand the
* tP conserv-
of our institutions , which
ke thaji one election to
men
oUcfe hopes
of
! y"of tieing t05CW\r : goliFniC"silver ,
' -with an increase of currency , give a
hopeful outlook for' lire future , but a
renewal of the contest for the free
coinage of silver will cause an expor
tation or hoarding of gold and the rel
ative fall of silver.
A Disaster at Sea.
LONDON , Nov. 13. Her majesty's
hip Serpent was wrecked Monday
aright twenty miles north of Cape Fin-
dsterre. Two hundred and forty-seven
marines were drowned , and only three
escaped. The Serpent went on the
rocks during a severe storm on the
Spanish coast. A heavy mist prevailed
at the time. It was impossible to ob
tain assistance from the shore , and the
vessel remained in her helpless posi
tion until broken to pieces by the tre
mendous seas which set up over her.
'Tho crew were dashed overboard in
.groups by the remorseless waves , and
drowned or dashed to death amid the
rocks. The news of the disaster was
conveyed to Corunna , a distance of
sixty miles , over mountain roads , and
when a relief corps was organized and
sent to the scene of the wreck , it was
too late to be of any avail. The Ser
pent's crew proper consisted of 170
men. The remaining victims were re
lief crews which were being conveyed
-to other British men-of-war on the
African station.
The Serpent was a cruiser of the
third class. She was built at Deven-
port in 1S88 at a cost of $605,000. The
-admiralty officials maintain silence and
decline to be interviewed on the sub
ject of the disaster. They possess no
organization through which news of
such occurrences would be transmitted
to them in advance of the press re
ports , if the officers of the ill-fated
vessel did not arrive. Though the re
ports of almost the total annihilation
-of the Serpent's complement were at
first regarded as too terrible for belief ,
the impression has now become genr
-eral that the story is true. The news
spread throughout England like wild
fire , causing lamentation in hundreds
of homes.
The three sailors who succeeded in
swimming ashore have arrived at Cam-
arinas. They express the belief that
all the others on board were drowned.
Honestly and Fairly Conducted.
NKW YORK , Nov. 13. Frank Les-
lie'f of this week , just out , prints a
long' article on the eleventh census ,
from Superintendent Porter , in which ,
among other things , Mr. Porter replj'-
ingto critics , says : "A partisan cen
sus is an impossibility. The eleventh
census is not the work of one man , but
will represent the united labor of 60-
000 persons. To assault the census ,
therefore , is to impeach the honesty of
-avast army of intelligent and conscien
tious men and women. The assump
tion that it would be possible to de
press the returns in one section of the
-country and inflate them in another is
based alike upon ignorance of census
methods and a lack of knowledge as to
the results thus far published. The
enumeration of the people , thoroughly
* nd honestly conducted , was hedged
and guarded by a law passed by the
same party that so maliciously assails
-it and was supervised by experts and
.special agents , nine-tenths of whom
performed the same work ten years
a o , and not one of whom was ap
pointed because of his political faith.
The census of New York was taken
.June 1 , and the results made public in
-July. No complaints of the enumera
tion were filed until September. With
out attempting , as other cities have
done , to point out omissions , the local
-authorities , ignoring the fact that the
.federal census shoujd be as of the first
-of June , proceeded to take a census of
-their own in October. No one sup
posed that tne two enumerations would
-correspond. And no one has thus far
been able to ascertain wh'ether the dis-
crepancios , outside of those which may ;
readily be accounted for , are due to ,
the careless omission of Juno or the
intentional additions and duplications
of October.
Stanley's Remuneration.
NEW YORK , Nov. 13. Henry M.
Stanley , the explorer , was tendered a
reception last night in the Metropoli
tan opera house , Now York. Society
was represented by its best element. '
There were at least 3,500 persons
present and they came to servo a
double purpose , namely : To welcome
the hero of the jungle back to civiliza
tion and to assist financially the con
valescent homo at Summit N. Y. , the
managers of which , with Stanley's per
mission , organized the reception.
Stanley was given $5,000 for the eve
ning and the balance of the receipts ,
which amounted in all to § 14,000 , were
given to the home. Chauncey M. De-
pow introduced Stanley with a warm
commendation of his work and pluck
and the lecturer was warmly received.
The title of the lecture was 'The res
cue of Emin Pasha , the forest's pigmies
and the march across the desert" The
lecture was extremely interesting.
Miller on the Lottery Law.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 12. Attorney
General Miller sent to the postmaster
general an opinion in answer to an in
quiry by the postoffice department as
to whether advertisements in the news
papers of "the guessing contest" in its
various phases are in violation of the
lottery law passed by congress. The
case is based upon clippings from the
Cincinnati Enquirer offering money
prizes to the person sending the first ,
correct number of votes or guessing
nearer the number of votes cast for the
democratic or republican candidates
; i * secretary of state of the state of
rio. After carefully construing the
w , Attorney General Miller decided
fiat the case in question is not aviola- ,
'ion ' of the lottery law , as the offer is
made in good faith. Ho is quite clear ,
he says , that estimates made upon the
probable political action of these people -
plo in a pending election cannot be
said to bo dependent upon chance
within the meaning of the statutes ,
and therefore the enterprise in ques
tion was no infraction of the law.
Apprehensions of Indian Troubles.
CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. , Nov. 18. Fre
quent complaints are being made by
people living on the frontier because
of the action of the government in per
mitting the Indians to have in their
possession the very best firearms to be
obtained in the country. It is known
that every male Indian at Lower Brule
and Crow Creek agencies has a Win
chester rifle and a brace of Colt re
volvers , in addition to knives and other
implements of war. What is true of
these two agencies is also true of all
other Sioux agencies.
The present fanatical belief among
the Sioux and other tribes of the com
ing of a Messiah who will release them
from the white man's encroachments
may lead to trouble never dreamed of
by the government. It is a well known-
fact to the people of the frontier towns
that Indians who do their trading in
town always invest their surplus change
in cartridges , which it is said they
take home and lay away for "future
reference. "
A Terrible Cremation.
Sioux FALLS , S. D..Nov. 12. About
3:30 yesterday morning a fire broke
out in the transfer and livery barn of
George W. Burnside on Tenth street.
The barn contained twenty-seven head
of horses and a number of hacks , car
riages , busses and dray wagons , be
sides a $2,000 horse. Nothing was
saved but a team of horses. Twenty-
five horses were cremated alive. So
fast did the flames spread that it was
impossible to get at the animals , who
moaned and neighed with intense pain
as the flames burned them * ' The fire
spread westward , burning the car shed
of the electric'motor line and the Riv
erside boarding barn , a very large
structure. Nine more horses were
burned in this building. The Troy
laundry was next to be attacked by the
flames. But by that time the fire was
under control. The total loss is esti
mated at § 25,000. Insurance § 10,000.
Burnside's loss is $15,000 , with $9 , -
000 insurance held in the following com
panies : The Sun , Aetna , Hartford ,
Lancashire , Phoenix , Western of To
ronto. Germania , Connecticut and
Queen's.
Koch's Consumption Cure.
BERLIN , Nov. 13. Prof. Koch's re
port on his consumption cure will ap
pear at the end of the week in Deutsche
Medizinische Wochenschrift Partic
ulars were published today of a case
of lupus of the face treated by Dr. Lib-
bertz in Frankfort by , Koch's method.
The case is progressing satisfactorily.
The first effect of the treatment was to
cause the lupus ulcers to swell , dis
charge a serous liquid after which
scabs formed as in eruptive fevers ,
The doctor will renew the injection
when the scabs fall.
Minister VonGossler has given 200 ,
000 for the erection of a special hos
pital for the treatment of consump
tives by the Koch method.
Free Coinage Coming.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 12. It is the
prevailing opinion among politicians
here that the next congress will pass
a law authorizing free and unlimited
silver coinage. In other words they
will place silver upon an equality with
gold. The senate already has a ma
jority in favor of such a proposition
and would have passed it last year if
it could have secured the concurrence
of the house. In the next congress
there will be no doubt about it ,
Alexander Hexter , a prominent mer
chant of Philadelphia , was decapitated
by an elevator.
MR. GOULD CONTROLS.
JL.IS HE ACQUIRED POSSESSION OF
THE UfflOff PACIFIC.
It Is Said that Ho Man , but He Denies
the Truthfulness of Published Re
ports The Warring In Railroad
Kates A Case of Importance to Buy
ers and Shippers of Cattle A Ro
mantic Iowa Story The Great Con
sumptive Discovery of Prof. Koch.
Jay Gould and the Union Pacific.
NEW YORK , Nov. 14One of the
most important instruments used for
effecting a rally in' stock values was
the theory that Jay Gould had acquired
control of the Union Pacific , based on
rumors printed in a morning paper.
The Tribune reporter saw Mr. Gould
this afternoon and he denied the truth
of the published story.
"Have you or your associates made
purchases which give you control of
the Union Pacific ? " was asked.
"I have nothing to say about my pri
vate business transactions , " Gould re
plied ; "all that I ever said to anybody
was that what stocks I purchased I
paid for. "
"Will you exert an influence upon
the Union Pacific management or in
any way , directly or indirectly , effect
a change at the next election ? "
Mr. Gould smiled and hesitated be
fore his reply. "I am acquainted with
.some of the largest stockholders in the
company I might have some influ
ence if I chose to exert it There is
great dissatisfaction over the conduct
of many of the railroads. There is an
uprising which ought to effect , great
reforms in the management , for the
roads have enough business to give
them large profits if they can obtain
the proper rates. In the south west we
have made progress toward securing
an agreement which will establish sta
ble rates. There has been no confer
ence , today that I know of on this sub
ject The progress reported as made
today is probably the result of previ
ous conferences. The stockholders are
aroused and indignant over the result
of the warring in rates. The best way
to express the situation might be to
say that if the railroad elections were
to take place now the results might be
as surprising as were the recent polit
ical elections.
William Rockefeller , Tvhose name
was connected with the fictitious inter
view , said : "So far as I am concerned
there is nothing in the story. I have
not seen Gould and have no interest in
the Union Pacific. "
Much was made in Wall street on
irhat was said to be an evasion of the
direct issue as to the Union Pacific's
control when questions were asked of
Gould. Union Pacific has long been a
subject of speculative rumors. The
Yandorbilts have\been said to be seeking
ing- its control in spite of the official
denials given by them. The supposi
tion of a contest for control between
the Vanderbilt and Gould legions has
failed to save Union Pacific stock from
sharing in the late slaughter in values.
Important Case Decided.
x CHICAGO , Nov. 14. Judge Tulley
today decided a case of Vital import
ance to shippers and buyers of c&ttler
at the Union stock Yards. The Ameri
can Live Stock Commission company ,
formed'by a. number of stock raisers in
Illinois , Indiana , Wisconsin and other
states and territories of the northwest ,
.filed a bill to restrain the Chicago live
stock exchange from preventing it
holding a certificate of membership in
the "exchange , and charged that the
exchange was creating a monopoly by
refusing to allow complainant to deal
with it and by passing a resolution
prohibiting members of the exchange
from doing business with the commis
sion company. The judge decided that
the complainant was seeking to effect
a combination by which it might con
trol the live stock market and could
have no claim to the aid of a court of
equity to such a purpose. The injunc
tion was dissolved and the bill dis
missed. _
Prof. Koch's Great IMscovery.
BERLIN , Nov. 13. In accordance
with his statement that he desires
neither material advantage nor re
muneration for his discovery of a
method for the cure of consumption ,
Frofessor Koch will in two or three
days publish a full account of his re
searches in connection with his discov
ery. The Frankfort Zeitung affirms
that the lymph used for inoculating
patients will be within reach of all and
that it will cost only 25 marks for a
small phial. The success of the treat
ment is certain in all tuberculer affec
tions of the skin , joints and bones , and
also in early stages of pulmonary con
sumption. The lymph destroys the
tubuculer bacilli. Several authorities
confirm the report of a cure by Dr.
Koch's method of a case of lupus on
the face and arms within five days.
The lymph throws off the bacilli by the
necrotic process. Inoculation with
lymph is ineffectual in syphilitic affec
tions. _
A Romantic Story From Iowa.
DES MOINES , la. , Nov. 14. A pretty
story of romance in real life is told by
a popular preacher of one of this city's
churches. On Wednesday afternoon
of last week a young man called on the
minister and engaged him to go into
the country to perform a marriage cer
emony. They went , and as they neared
the farm house -where lived the pros
pective bride the outward signs of the
anticipated event were plainly visible ,
and all things were evidently in read
iness. The young man and minister
were admitted by the young lady and
ushered into the midst of crowded par
lors where the guests were assembled.
But with ill-dis
they were greeted -
guised astonishment and surprise , and
evidently all was not as it was expected
to be. The minister was called into a
side room and the lady of the house in
formed him that the young man who
accomsanied him was not the expected
future son-in-law. Ho was a former
suitor of the daughter who had been
frowned upon by the parents. Another
preacher and the man they had chosen
for their daughter wore momentarially.
expected to arrive. The avoidance
of a .scene was desirable. Then
the daughter , dressed in all her
bridal finery , was called in , and de
clared she had resolved not to marry
the man her parents had selected for
her "Jmsband. She had accordingly
sent for the man of her choice and ho
was on hand with a clergyman. There
was no reason why the ceremony
shouldho delayed. Then the other
prospective bridegroom and another
minister appeared on the scone. Mat
ters were brought to a crisis , and a
general council was held to arrive at
a solution. The bride was determined
and the parents \yero insistent. Fin
ally the ministers got together. The
young man who was the choice of the
parents was asked if ho really loved
the girl , and at once protested his un
dying affection. "Then , " said the
clergyman who had accompanied him ,
"if you really love her you must wish
for her happiness. She wishes to
marry the man of her choice , and it
would seem to bo your duty to allow
her to do so. " With poor , but becom
ing grace the rejected young man ac
quiesced , and the wedding festivities
went gaily on , the vanquished lover
sitting by and witnessing the union of
his rival and the woman he had hoped
to call his own.
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
Attorney-General Miller decides that
newspaper guessing contests do not fall
within the anti-lottery law.
The United States Minister to Corea
has written a letter to the State De
partment on the subject of cholera at
Fusari.
The president has appointed Edward
G. Green a surgeon in the United States
navy , with the rank of lieutenant , and
Geo. W. McElroy a passed assistant
engineer in the United States navy ,
with the rank of lieutenant of the jun
ior grade.
The treasury department has decided
that pure alcohol is dutiable at the
rate of 10 per cent ad valorem without
regard to the use for which it is in
tended. This will prevent the impor
tation free of alcohol for the use of
scientific or educational institutions.
The comptroller of currency has au
thorized the Planters and Mechanics'
national bank of Houston , Tex. , to be
gin business with a capital of $500,000.
He also extended for twenty years the
corporate existence of the Lumber
men's national bank of Stillwater ,
Minn.
There seems to be little doubt that
Senator Quay will sever his connection
with the republican national committee
at its coming meeting. The senator
has contemplated this step for some
time and would have resigned before
but for his fears that such a step would
be considered a confession of weakness.
. A telegram dated Guatemala City
was received at the state department
from Misner. United States minister to
Central America , stating that a revo
lution is in progress in the capital of
Honduras. The president of this re
public has been driven from the city
but is now collecting a force of troops
and is expected says the * minister , to
make a fight for the recapture of the
government.
Great preparations are'being made
for the visit , of the Brazilian squadron
which is on its way to this country.
The officers of the navy will try to make
the visit of the Bi azilians as pleasant
when they arrive in the United States ,
as was the visit of the white squadron
to Rib de Janeiro , when that section of
the American navy recently made a
friendly.trip to the principal port of
the Brazilian republic.
Smokeless Powder.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 13. The annual
report of General Benet chief of the
burean of ordnance , shows that the bu
reau has expended during the last fiscal
year § 2,289,920. leaving a credit in
the treasury of $3 , 994.484 :
On the subject of smokeless powder
General Benet says , though some as
tonishing results have been obtained
in experiments abroad , it cannot yet
be said with certainty that these new
explosives will eventually supersede
the present powders. The perform
ances of the Maxim ( American ) and
Wetteron ( Belgian ) powders are fairly
comparable with those claimed to be
obtained abroad and it is hoped one of
these can bo developed into a thor
oughly satisfactory small arms pow
der. With reference to the procure
ment of modern small bored rifles for
the army , General Benet says lack of
sufficient quantity of suitable smoke
less powder delay the perfecting of the
30-calibre barrel , but it will be com
plete by the time a suitable magazine
mechanism is selected. It seems pe
culiarly necessary , now that a change
in the calibre is contemplated , that the
present Springfield single loading sys
tem should be replaced if possible by
an equally efficient magazine system.
The board should be convened to se
lect a suitable magazine mechanism
after a full and free competition among
all the best existing systems.
Bog Cholera In Ohio.
COLUMBUS , O. , Nov. 12. The state
board of agriculture has received re
ports of an epidemic of cholera among
hogs in several counties of this state ,
notably Franklin , Darke , Butler , Preble
and Athens counties , where swine are
dying in large numbers. The state
health department has received no in
formation of the epidemic , although
sensational stories are afloat of large
numbers of diseased hogs being slaugh
tered and shipped to Philadelphia.
The matter is to be investigated ,
HONOES TO THURMAN
BAKQUEXXED ON HIS
EXXIl JtlXKUDAY.
A. Largo AH cmhly of Prominent Dem
ocrats Present The Old Roman For
ever Out of Politics Stanley's An
swer to Herbert Ward's Letter
Cuduliy IZuys Out Armour Death of
the Indian ' White Swan. "
The Banquet to Judge TJiurnmn.
COLUMBDS , O.t Nov. 15. At the
banquet given hero to Judge Thurman
on the occasion of his 77th birthday ,
in the course of his remarks to the
large assembly of prominent demo
crats throughout the country , he said
he was not present to make an elab
orate speech. He was hero to express
his heartfelt appreciation of the honor
they had so kindly seen iit to do him ,
to thank with his whole soul his neigh
bors , fellow citizens of Ohio and dis
tinguished gentlemen from other states
for their mark of friendship and es
teem. I am here , said he , at the ago
of 77 to repeat my testimony , so often
given , of confidence in the beneficent
effects of free institutions and my firm
belief of their duration on this conti
nent and their gradual but certain ex
tension over other and larger portions
of the globe. Short as has my life
been in comparison with the lives of
nations , it has been long enough for
mo to see my native land under free
Institutions and increase in population
more than seven fold , i nd in wealth in
even a far greater degree , and in ex
tent of territory more than double its
area. In its general well'being and
the prosperity of its people and in
their educational advantages and re
ligious privileges , it is without a rival
in the world , while its magnificent
works of internal improvement , its
wonderful agriculture , its great mines
and manufactures , and its marvelous
means of communication , creations of
science and skill , have surpassed any
thing known by the human race , and
in these same seventy-seven years the
constitution of nearly every govern
ment in Europe has been ameliorated
by the introduction of more liberal
principles.
"Central and South America have
become republics. Canada and Aus
tralia are substantially republics with
out the name. Even in the far east ,
Japanese become more free and liberal
with each year and , more marvelous
fit , the light seems to be breaking
over benighted Africa , and men are
predicting without exciting ridicule
her redemption from her barbaric sleep
of centuries. A word of freedom seems
to be gradually circumnavigating the
globe and the proud thought for us is
that the popular star of the navigator
is our own republic of the United
States.
Judge Thurman spoke feelingly of
the uniform kindness and honors be
stowed upon him by the people of Ohio
from boyhood to his old age , and spoke
of all the distinguished lawyers and
statesmen of Ohio and other sections
of the country whom ho had known
during his career.
In conclusion , he said : "Befcre 1
conclude , there is one statement I feel
it my duty to make. In one of our
town papers a few days ago I saw my
name suggested as that of a proper
candidate for the presidency or vice
presidency in 1892. I regretted very
much to see this suggestion , appearing
in a paper known to be very friendly
to me and published in the place of my
residence ; it might naturally bo sus
pected by strangers that it was in
spired , or at least approved , by me.
But such was not the fact. My friends
let me say to you in all sincerity and
without the least mental reservation ,
that I am not nor shall I ever again be
a candidate for office. I have been
sufficiently honored by my party and
neither ask or desire any further hon
or than continued friendship and good
will.
Cudahy Buys * Out Armour.
CHICAGO , Nov. 15. Mr. Michael
Cudahy , who for many years has been
associated with the firm of P. D. Ar
mour & Co. , has withdrawn from the
partnership. Some years ago Mr. Ar
mour and Mr. Cudahy established a
packing house at Omaha. This busi
ness has grown to large dimensions ,
and Mr. Cudahy decided that it re
quired his personal supervision. Ac
cordingly he proposed to trade his in
terest in the firm of P. D. Armour &
Co. for the firm's interest in the Omaha
establishment The offer was accepted
and the deal was closed yesterday.
Mr. Cudahy becomes sole owner of the
Omaha property and will devote his
entire time to its management.
Death of "White Svran.
DECATUR , Neb. , Nov. 15. White
Swan , known by his English name as
Philip Blackbird , died at noon last
Monday of quick consumption. He was
the lineal descendant of Blackbird , the
noted chief who flourished with dig
nity among his people in Nebraska
territory during the time of Lewis and
Clark's expedition up the Missouri in
1808. The deceased was a promising
young man among his people. The
loss by his death has cast a gloom over
the entire tribe.
New Omnhacs Molncs Line.
DBS MOINES , la. , Nov. 12. J. H.
Green , general agent , passenger de
partment , ' of the Chicago , St. Paul &
Kansas City railroad , says that Presi
dent Eagan and other officials of that
road were at Omaha j-esterday and
definitely decided upon building a line
from Des Moines to Omaha. They
have had surveys made and claim that
the new line will be seventeen miles
shorter than any present line between
those two points.
The men arrested near Pilot Grove ,
for wrecking the Missouri Pacific train ,
have confessed to bujglary.
Ravages of the Cholera.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. Reports re
ceived at the Marino hospital head
quarters , through the state depart
ment , of the progress of cholera abroad ,
show that at Aleppo cases are bccom-
daily moro numerous. Thirty-eight
cases 'and nineteen deaths were re
ported on October 7 , the latest datu
noted. At Orfa now cases are contin
ually occurring , while all the villages
around Aleppo are affected. The
most serious fact noted in the latest
report received in Constantinople is
that the cholera has made its appear
ance at Alexandria , the seaport of Alep
po. At Hedjoz , 471 deaths have oc
curred since the epidemic broke out.
The latest advices from Hiogo , Japan ,
reports 239 cases and sixty-nine deaths
there for the week ending September
29. At Nagasaki-Ken , the United
States consul reports 883 cases and
841 deaths for the week ending Sep
tember 29.
The wreck of the British cruiser Ser
pent has caused considerable comment
among the officers of the navy reflecting -
ing credit to some extent upon the now
ships of this governmet. The.accidont
is taken as a further proof that the
smaller ships of the British navy are
too light in their construction , a fact
that has been suspected for some time.
The plans of certain of the new ves
sels have boon based on English de
signs , but in every case the frames
have been strengthened , so that the
calamity need cause no fear of a repe
tition on this side of the water.
A UIti Indian Scarce.
MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. . Nov. 17. A.
lYibuno Mandan , N. D. , special says
the settlers living on the border of the
Sioux reservation bring stories of the
arming of the Indians , which is berne
out by Jofeph Buckley , who speaks
their language. Buckley came in to
day and says every Indian on the re
servation will shortly go on the war
path and that they have got possession
of Custer's rifles , which the United
States army never found. Local hard
ware men have in the last few days
sold their entire stocks of ammunition
to the Indians. The Indians say if
they are unsuccessful in their raid they
will get double rations and they have
nothing tolose. . The citizens here and
settlers who are unprotected be
lieve General linger and the Indian
authorities are harboring a feel
ing of false security. The mayor
of Mandan has called a meet
ing and the war department
will be asked to furnish the citizens
with guns if not with soldiers. Many
settlers between Mandan and the reser
vation are abandoning their farms and
ranches because of a lack of protection
afforded them by the government.
The most conservative look gloomy at
the outlook. The Indians appear moro
and more crazy over the Messiah story.
Serious trouble is anticipated at the
agencies over the coming "ghost
dance. " The agent has endeavored to
induce them to forego it but they are
defiant and refuse to obey his orders.
A woman was brought before the
agency at Standing Kock a few days
ago whom the Indians said was the
mother of the Messiah. The agent in
terrogated her , but got no satisfaction
as to the identity of who is to be the
Moasiah , she contenting herself with
repeating the stories about the Millen
nium and how the white people would
ba wiped out entirely. Several of the
leading Sioux chiefs seemed to be as
firm believers in the story as the young
bucks.
A Battle AVlth a Mad man.
MAKSIIALLTOWN , la. , Nov. 17. A
terrible deed was committed yesterday
morning in the home of a wealthy
farmer named Marcena Stone , four
miles southwest of this city. F. L.
Pelbeam , a hired man , suddenly as
saulted Stone with a small dull hatchet
without warning or provocation. The
victim fell from his chair unconscious
at the first blow and was hacked on
the head six more times by the fiendish
assailant. Mrs. Stone then appeared
upon the scene from another room ,
when Pelbeam turned upon her. A
fearful struggle ensued , and the mad
man had rained five blows with the
hatchet on her head when the husband
regained consciousness and seized
the would be murderer by the
throat , and the fury of the com
bat was redoubled. The neighbors
wore aroused by the screams of the
Avoinan and two small children , and
appeared just in time to prevent Pel-
beam from killing the family outright ,
as Stone's hold on his throat was re
laxing , from loss of blood. The citi
zens pursued Pelbeam with guns , fir
ing several times , but not hitting him.
When overtaken Pelbeam , it was
found , had plunged a knife into his
throat , nearly severing the windpipe.
Despite his wound he was forced to
walk to the city covered with blood
and placed in jail. Doctors think he
will recover. The injuries of Stone
and his wife are dangerous , but not
necessarily fatal. Pelbeam is doubt
less insane.
Fabulously rich gold discoveries are
reported in lower California.
J. D. Kaufman of Eikhart , Ind. ,
claims to be an inspired prophet.
At the Mathodist missionary conven
tion a number of appropriations were
made. For China , $108.000 ; Malaysia.
$8,000 : Bulgaria , $19,000. For work
in Italy , $50,000 was voted , the com
mittee on Europe recommending that
sum in view of the work which had
been done in that country.
The postmaster general has ordered
the reinstatement of Mrs. Watkius in
the Washington postoffioo , -