A LABGER CONGRESS.
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y : of the Connect cut Farmer * '
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ICci'lcw of tlio CUIINCM of AcrHcnltur-
al DoprcNNioii The I'ropoNi-d Na
tional la-glNlator * ' Council Break
ing Down of Sectional Linen.
A Nciv Apportionment.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 4. In the house
Frank of Missouri introduced for reference -
-enco a bill making an apportionment
-under the eleventh census. It provides
that after March 3 , 1893 , the hpuso of
representatives shall be composed of
356 members , as follows : Alabama 9 ,
Arkansas 6. California 7 , Colorado 2 ,
Connecticut 4. Delaware 1. Florida 2 ,
Georgia 11. Idaho 1 , Illinois 22 , In
diana 13 , Iowa 11 , Kansas 8 , Kentucky
11 , Louisiana 6 , Maine 4 , Maryland 6 ,
Massachusetts 13 , Michigan 12 , Min
nesota 7 , Mississippi 7 , Missouri 15 ,
I JVIontanal ; Nebraska G , Nevada 1 , Now
Hampshire 2 , New Jersey 8 , New York
34 , North Carolina 9 , North Dakota 1 ,
Ohio 21 , Oregon 2 , Pennsylvania 30 ;
Rhode Island 2 , South Carolina 7 ,
South Dakota 2 , Tennessee 10 , Texas
13 , Vermont 2 , Virginia 10 , Washing
ton 2 , West Virginia 4 , Wisconsin 10 ,
Wyoming 1. Whenever a new state is
admitted the representative or repre
sentatives assigned it shall bo in addi
tion to the number 356. In each state
entitled to membership under this ap
portionment , the number to which such
state may be entitled in the Fifty-third
and each subsequent congress shall be
elected by districts composed of terri
tory contiguous , adjoining and com
pact , so that the distance from the cen
tral point of the district to the several
boundaries of the district shall be as
nearly equal as practicable. The pop
ulation of no district shall be greater
nor less than the average population
of the several districts of the state by
more than S , 000.
The National AHIam-c.
OCALA , Fla. . Dec. 3. A public meet
ing of the alliance was held yesterday.
About 1,200 persons were present ,
President Rogers of the Florida alli-
-ence presiding. Governor Fleming
welcomed the delegates. Hon. John
F. Dunn , a prominent aspirant for the
United States senatorship , followed the
governor in a brief address. Presi
dent Polk of the South Dakota alli
ance , delivered an address in which
he predicted victory for-the alliance
-at the ballot box in 1892.
Chairman Rogers introduced President -
dent Polk , who delivered his annual
address. He said :
Profoundly impressed by the great
magnitude of this gigantic movement
-of reform , involving issues momentous
and stupendous in their character as
affecting the present , and future wel
fare of the people , and the public mind
is naturally directed to this meeting
with anxious interest , if not solicitude ,
1I -and you cannot be unmindful of the
I importance and responsibility that at
taches to your action as representa
tives , coming from states and locali
ties remote from each other in their
material physiological characteristics
-and marked by the social and political
differences which must necessarily
arise under our form of government ,
it is your gracious privilege , as itshall
be your crowning honor , to prove to
the world by your harmonious action
-and thorough fraternal co-operation
"that your supreme purpose is to meet
the demands of patriotic duty in a
spirit of equity and justice. " '
Ho then reviewed the causes of agricultural -
cultural depression. The president declared -
clared that this depression is an anomaly -
aly to the student of industrial pro
gress. Retrogression in American
- agriculture , he said , means national
' decay , and powerful and promising as
in this giant republic , yet its power
-und glory touch not The degradation of
; the American farmer.
The alarm incident to the centraliza-
"tion of the money power and upbuild
ing of monopolies was then pointed out ,
and both political parties were condemned -
-demned for forcing and encouraging
this condition. The president urged
that additional organizers be sent at
once to Oregon , Washington , Ohio ,
New York , New Jersey , Arizona and
other states.
Among his recommendations was one
that an organization be formed to be
-known as the national legislature , com
posed of the national president and
the presidents of all the state unions ,
their duty being to look after legisla
tive reform demanded by the alliance ,
both in state legislation and congress.
-He deprecated sectionalism and closed
' -with an eloquent appeal for national
harmony.
In his recommendations upon the
proposed national legislative council ,
President Polk said : "I would respect
fully suggest that a legislative council ,
"to be composed of your national president -
dent 'who shall be ex-ofiicio chairman ,
, and the presidents of all the state alli
ances represented in the supreme coun
cils , that this body shall hold its an
nual meeting within six days after the
adjournment of the supreme council at
such time and place as may be desig
nated by the national president ; that it
be empowered and authorized to ap
point such legislative committees as in
its judgment will be .wise , and that it
be required to transmit to each of the
states in printed form through the na
tional secretary for distribution to the
-reform press and leaders and members
-of the order all measures or bills ,
together with arguments in their favor
as they may decide should be enacted
into law. "
In relation to political action , Presi
dent -Polk said that , while the order is
political ; it cannot be partisan or s'ec-
Uional , in' its action. In support of
this declaration , the president pointed
to tbe record of the alliance in the re
cent popular election and particularly
to the noble and patriotic bearing of
the brotherhood in Kansas and South
Carolina. In regard to the record of
the alliance during the past year , and
especially with reference to the legis
lation demanded by it , Mr. Polk de
clared that congress had persistently
ignored all of their propositions , nota
bly in the case of the measure known
the bill. ' "
as sub-treasury 'Congress ,
ho said , "must come nearer the people
ple or they will get nearer to congress. "
In outlining the future policy of the
alliance President Polk said that it
would demand the restoration of sil
ver to all the rights and qualities of
legal tender which gold possesses , the
issuance of government currency di
rect to the people , equalization of
taxes , prohibition of alien ownership
of land , ownership and control of
transportation lines by the govern
ment , limit of public revenues to the
economic administration of the govern
ment , graduated taxation of incomes
and the election of United States sen
ators by a direct vote of the people.
President Foulks of the South Da
kota alliance made a , short address ,
speaking forcibly upon the breaking
down of sectional lines. An old union
soldier from Indiana moved that all
the ex-soldiers in the hall who in
dorsed those sentiments rise. Forty
or fifty stood up amid the wildest en
thusiasm. Then an ex-soldier from
Wisconsin called upon all the union
men to give three cheers for the old
confederates in the alliance. They
were given with a will , after which
the confederates returned the compli
ment in a manner that left no doubt as
to the genuineness of their feeling.
A Ilorwe Thief * ITIatrlmoitlal Career.
1DENVEK , Dec. 3. Governor Cooper
began his official duties yesterday
morning by signing the requisition
papers of II. G. Whcelock , who is
wanted at North Platte ; Neb. , for horse
stealing. Sheriff Baker , of Lincoln
county , Nebraska , will leave Denver
to-night for Durango , where Wheelock
is at present confined. Wheelock's
career in the west has been somewhat
eventful. He was formerly from Lock-
port. N. Y. , which he left some years
ago for Illinois , -where he married two
women in different parts of the state.
Three years ago he brought up in
North Platte , Neb. Here he also mar
ried Miss Mary Upson , and after seven
or eight months stole a horse and sad
dle and moved to Monte Vista , Colo. ,
where he continued his matrimonial
career by marrying a daughter of Rich
ard Cadle. He lived here a year , but
in some way his last father-in-law got
wind of his North Platte career and
this led to the investigation , which re
sulted in his collapse and arrest. *
Will Get Itoro Katloits.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 3. The secreta
ry of the interior has directed that the
Sioux Indians be supplied with in
creased rations , sufficient to conform
to the agreement of 1887. Appropri
ations for the supplies of the Sioux
Indians have decreased every year
upon the supposition that the Indians
were becoming more and more capa
ble of maintaining themselves. Owing ,
however , to a partial failure of the
crops for the last year or two , and the
general restlessness induced thereby ,
the secretary has ordered the increase.
An Intercontinental Koad.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 5. The intercontinental -
continental railway commission , com
posed of representatives from the
United States and other American re
publics , was called to order by Secre
tary Blaine. This commission was
recommended by the international
American conference for the purpose
of surveying a line to connect the rail
ways system of North America with
those of South America. A. J. Cor-
sett of the United States was chosen
as president and after the transaction
of some preliminary business an ad
journment was taken until Thursday
next.
, TIic IZci iaii Fly in Illinois. .
Si'KiN FiELD , III. , Dec. 5. Reports
from crop correspondents to the Illinois
state board of agriculture show that
the Hessian fly has been discovered in
the fields of nearly , if not all of the
counties where winter wheat is grown.
The extent of the damage already done
is not yet known.
THE FOKUM rou DECEMBER. The
December number of the Forum con
tains an article on "The Government
of American Cities , " by Andrew D.
White , wherein he shows that the
weakest point of American govern
ment is in the management of munici
pal affairs. Jules Simon , of the French
senate , contributes an article on 'The
Stability of the French Republic. '
President W. A. P. Martin , of the
Royal Tung Weng colle'ge , China ,
writes , with the experience of long
residence in the Celestial kingdom ,
about the supposed danger of China's
connection with western nations. Rep
resentative W. M. Springer publishes
results of the census , some .of which
have not before been made public ,
showing the ratio of the increase in
population cities and in rural dis
tricts in several parts of the country.
In some states the population of the
rural districts has absolutely decreased ,
and in very few states has there been
any large increase in the rural popu
lation ; but during the last decade
nearly the whole increase has been in
towns and cities. Mr. Springer shows
the bearing of this on political parties
during the coming decade.
National Superintendent Humphries
of the Colored Farmers' alliance , in his
annual address , advocates the organ
ization of a third party , the breaking
of the color line in politics and a single
tax on land values.
Jim Corbett will fightSlavin , * and
post $1,000 forfeit.
ALLIANCE MEN MEET.
VEL IISJSIl. t TZO.VS Of THE COX VEXTIOX
AT OCALA. -
The National Colored Alliance Kc-
celvcd in a Hod } ' In the Convention
PaMNagc of lEcHolntioiiH in Favor of
the Paddock Pure Food Bill A Sen
sation in the Convention Over the
, Recent Senatorial Contest In Georgia
National Farmer * ' Alliance.
OCALA , Fla. , Dec. 5. The national
alliance received the national colored
alliance in a body in the convention
hall. The visit was one of fraternal
greetings and introductions.
*
General John II. Rice of Kansas is
drawing up a call to the farmers' alli
ance and industrial unions of New York
which will favor the principles of the
St. Louis platform , to meet in Cincin
nati February 23 , to consider the for
mation of a third party movement.
At the afternoon session a delegation
representing the citizens' alliance of
Kansas was introduced by Colonel Liv
ingston of Georgia and all made ad
dresses , the substance of which were
that their organization was deeply in
terested in the success of the farmers'
movement ; that both bodies were prac
tically working on the same line and
they saw no reason why merchants ,
traders , druggists , etc. , should not
unite in promoting this movement.
They asked for a committee of confer
ence to arrange for closer relations be
tween the citizens'alliance and the na
tional alliance. The request was
granted and a committee appointed.
Delegates from the New York work-
ingmen's reform league and antimonopoly -
monopoly league addressed the con
vention , saying , among other things ,
that mechanics and aborers in cities
were as much dependent upon the in
dustrial condition of the country as
the farmers were and should be eligi
ble to membership in the alliance.
Colonel Livingston in reply said they
would best keep their own separate
organization , as at present , but should
fraternize more closely and confer
pioro frequently upon measures of pub
lic policy. He recommends cooperation
tion and fraternity with other national
bodies , but not consolidation.
In an interview with an Associated
press representative this afternoon
Delegate Davis said the call for a na
tional conference to bo held February
23 next , with a view of forming a new
party , had been drawn up. It en
dorses the alliance platform adopted
at St. Louis and , invites all organiza
tions in sympathy to send delegates to
Cincinnati. It lays down four propo
sitions with reference to national re
forms finance , transportation , land
and labor. Further than this its con
tents have not been made public yet.
Davis thought the convention would
undoubtedly result in placing a presi
dential ticket in the field in 1892. The
call will not be presented to the na
tional alliance , but be circulated for
signatures in thirty-six alliance stales
and perhaps in all the states of the
union.
There is considerable indignation ,
among correspondents over the failure
of the press committee , which was to
give out information , to perform its
duty. A vigorous protest was made
to President Polk today. The policy
of the alliance seems to be one of the
strictest .secrecy.
At this evening's session J. A. Pick-
ler , congressman-elect from South Da
kota , spoke on the sub-treasury bill.
He said it was the keynote of the finan
cial condition of the country in the fu
ture. He advocated the free coinage
of silver and regarded the transporta
tion problem of the greatest import
ance.
The national colored alliance this
afternoon discussed a resolution con
demning the white alliance in passing
a resolution yesterday in opposition to
the federal election bill because such
action has no reference whatever to
the aims and purposes of the organiza
tion. The opinions expressed were
not so much in favor of federal con
trol of elections as in condemnation
for going out of its way to meddle in
politics. The resolution will probably
be passed.
A resolution was adopted condemn
ing the lard bill and praying for the
passage of the Paddock pure f od bill.
At the open session of the national
alliance the delegates of the colored
alliance were received and several
speeches were made , all indicating the
leaning of the colored alliance to
ward a new political part } ' .
Lecturer Tracy of the white alliance
in his speech said pointedly : "Before
we leave this place we must establish
a political federation with the colored
farmers' alliance. I mean business.
There most be no foolishness about
it"
National Farmers' Alliance.
OCAXA , Fla. , Dec. 5. The sensation
of the morning session of the farmers'
alliance was when President Livings
ton of the Georgia alliance arose to a
question of privilege and denounced as
infamously false the insinuation in cer
tain newspapers aimed at Dr. McCune
and himself and even at President Polk
in connection with the recent senator
ial contest in Georgia. He demanded
the appointment of a fair and impartial
committee to thoroughly investigate
the charges. President Polk and Dr.
McCune also spoke , and it was decided
that a committee of investigation be
appointed , to consist of one member
for each state delegation , to make a
tfiorough and searching investigation
in accordance with the demand of the
gentlemen concerned.
At the afternoon session W. S. Mc
Allister of Mississippi introduced a pre
amble and resolution setting forth that
the president of the United States in
his annual jnessago recommends and
urges the immediate passage of the
Lodge election bill ; that said bill in
volves a radical revolution in the elec
tion machinery of the union and that
its passage would bo fatal to the
autonomy of the state and the cher
ished liberties of its citizens ; that said
bill is partisan in spirit and will .1)0
partisan in application , thus revital
izing the gory ghost of sectional es-
rangcment ; that in the holy war the
alliance has declared against section
alism , the firesides of the farmers of
the north , east , south and west , are ,
citadels around which the heaviest
battles are being fought and to the
end that victory may crown the cru
sade and fraternity and unity reign ;
therefore be it
Resolved , By the National Farmers'
alliance and Industrial union of Amer
ica in national convention assembled.
That we do most solemnly protest
against the passage of said bill and
most earnestly petition our senators to
employ all fair and legal means to de
feat this unpatriotic measure , which
can result in nothing but evil to our
common and beloved country.
McAllister made a strong speech in
favor of the resolution.
The Nebraska Contingent.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 3. Among tha
estimates supplied to congress are the
expenses of the federal service in Ne
braska , § 33,000. Fremont , Neb. , for
the completion of the building under
the present government , $35,000 ; for
the work on new Fort Omaha , § 190-
000 ; for the commencement of the fed
eral building at Omaha , $300.000 ; for
the support of the Indian school in
Genoa , § 65,000.
Senators Manderson and Paddock are
very much interested now in a scheme
for helping out the sufferers by drouth
in western Nebraska. They will visit
the agricultural department immedi
ately and ask that an extra supply of
seed bo issued to the people in that
section. This may require a special
session , and if this be the case they ;
will try to get an appropriation inserted -
sorted in one of the regular appropria
tion bills. A great many resolutions
have been sent to the Nebraska dele
gation in congress asking that some
legislation bo enacted fpr the disarm
ament of the Indians , and that it shall
also bo a crime to supply Indians with
arms. The entire delegation were in
their seats. Every one was surrounded
by a crowd of colleagues warmly greet
ing them.
Purchase of Silver Bullion.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 5. Mr. Taylot
of Illinois has introduced in the house
a joint resolution to provide for the
purchase of silver bullion and to con
fine such purchase to the products of
the United States.
The bill directs the secretary of the
treasury to purchase , thirty days after
the passage of this resolution , silver
bullion to the aggregate amount of 13.-
000,000 ounces , or so much thereof as
may be offered for sale , at the market
price , not exceeding § 1 for 371 25-100
grains of pure silver , and to pay for
such silver in treasury notes. The
silver purchased under this act is to
bo in addition to the amount pur
chased monthly under the act of July ,
1890 , and the silver purchased under
the act of July , 1890 , shall hereafter
be limited to silver bullion , the pro
duct of mines of the United States , or
of ores or bars smelted or refined in
the United States.
The Public Debt.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 3. Following is
the statement of the public debt :
Aggregate of interest bearing debt ,
exclusive of United States bonds , is
sued to the Pacific railroads , § 629-
492,590.
Debt on which interest ha ? ceased
since maturity , § 1 , G87,345.
Aggregate of debt bearing no inter
est , including the national bank fund
deposited in the treasury under the act
of July 14 , 1890 , § 406 , G42,2 JG.
Aggregate of certificates offset by
cash in the treasury , $511,473,893.
Aggregate of debt , including certifi
cates and notes , November 30 , 1890 ,
$1.549,296,126.
Decrease of bonded debt during the
month , § 4,014,324.
Total cash in treasury , § 675.860-
185.
185.Debt
Debt , less cash in the treasurv , No
vember 30 , 1890 , § 873.435,939.
Debt less cash in the treasury , Oc
tober 31 , 1890 , § 867,305,120.
Net increase during the month , § 6. -
130,819.
The Loiic Highwayman.
TYXEK , Tex. , Dec. 2. A robbery ox
passengers on a mixed train on the
Cotton Belt road is reported tonight
between Big Sands and Winona by a
lone highwayman. He uncoupled the
passenger coach train snd before the
train men had made the discovery the
robber had ordered the passengers to
hold up their hands while he pointed
a big six-shooter at each demanding
his money. J. C. Gerhard , a sewing
machine man from Tyler , was shot
through the breast by the robber and
will probably die. In a scuffle with Gcr-
hart the robber iired five shots and
then turned and ran away.
The next two numbers of Harper's
Weekly will contain a new story by
Rudyard Kipling , entitled "The Rec
ord of Badalia Herodsfoot. " This will
bo found a remarkable production for
various reasons. It is the first story
of Mr. Kipling's in which the scenes
and characters are entirely English ; it
is a strongly realistic study of social
conditions which are seldom treated
with so much force and directness , and
it is an extraordinary combination of
grim humor , deep pathos , and incisive
satire. Altogether , it will be recog
nized as one of the most characteristic
productions of a highly original mind.
NOT SHORT ON ftRUB ,
ITJS XUTllUXGKK THAT IXClTftS T1IK
G11OSTDAXCE.
Tito Indian Uucstlon ITmlcr
Nloii in the Senate A Joint
tloii Authorizing the IAMIIO of ArniM
*
ami Ammunition to Settler * of North
and South Dakota The Itcniarkn of
Senator ) * Voorhcc * , Lu\v , I'lcrco of
North Dakota and Other * .
'I'll 11 Indian Question In the Senate ,
WASHINGTON , Dec. 4. In the sen
ate Mr. Hawley , from the committee
on military affairs , reported and asked
to have put upon passage a joint reso
lution authorizing the secretary of war
to issue arms and ammunition to the
states of North and South Dakota.
Mr. Manderson moved to include
the state of Nebraska.
Mr. Voorhees said that if the prep
osition were one to issue 100 , 000 ra
tions of food to the starving Indians it
would bo more consistent with Chris
tian civilization. Ho referred to the
statement of General Miles in a pub
lished interview that the Indians were
driven to revolt by starvation and
said it was a crime on the part of the
government to stand by and do noth
ing but furnish arms to the whites :
The Indians had been suffering for
tyears in silence. Ther * was blood-
guiltiness somewhere in connection
with it. The hostilities into which
the Indians in the northwest are being
starved would result not merely in the
lives of many Indians but the lives of a
thousand American citizens and a hun
dred American soldiers being lost.
That condition of things had been
brought about by a niggardly , parsi
monious or dishonest policy he knew
not which. . A policy had been pur
sued to take the lands of the Indians
and not to pay enough for them to
keep the Indians from starving when
depossessed of their homes.
Mr. Hawley spoke briefly , saying he
had no objection to the remarks of the
senator from Indiana except that they
were perhaps a little exaggerated.
Mr. Dawes chairman of the commit
tee on Indian affairs , very much
doubted if shortness of food was the
origin of the trouble or that a good
supply of food would be a cure for it.
The difficulty with the Indian service
all along had been a constant change
of policy. Heretofore for years it had
been impressed upon congress that the
best way to treat 'the Indian was to
starve him into self-support. "Root
hog or die , : ' had been the phrase put
over the door of those who adminis
tered the affairs of the Indians and the
policy had been to cut down year by
year the rations required by treaties
and give notice to the Indians that next
year they were only to have so much ,
the difference to be supplied by the
labor of their own hands. He thought
it well to hold out every inducement to
the Indians to turn from dependence
on government rations and supply their
own support and that it was well to re
sort to all the devices within the limits
of justice and reason to induce them to
do it. As to the suggestion in the pub-
lie press that the government had
failed to keep its promises made to the
Indians by the Sioux commission , etc. ,
he said the commission had made two
sorts of stipulations with the Indians.
One of them was written out in plan
language and enacted into law by con
gress , and that stipulation the commis
sion had taken out to the Indians and
asked them to accept it. The Indians
had just cause of complaint because of
non-fulfillment of other agreements
and the commission told them it had
no authority as to those matters , but
that it would use its influence with the
government in this case. When the
Indian representatives came to Wash
ington with the commission a lull dis
cussion was had and an agreement em
bodied in a bill , which was submitted
to congress by the president. The
bill thus framed to iho complete
satisfaction of the Indians passed
the house , but where it was now ho
did not know. He know , however.
that the skirts of the executive and
the senate were clean of any attempt
to depart one iota from the assurance
given to the Indians by the commis
sion. He ( Dawes ) saw the Indian
troubles with a full appreciation of the
danger and of the necessity of some
present relief to bring around compo
sure among the Indians and extricate
them from the lead of such bad Indi
ans as Sitting Bull and Red Cloud ,
who were the bane and the curse of
the tribes.
Mr. Pierce of North Dakota said he
had sometimes wondered that the
white people in that region did not
themselves go on the warpath because
they were hungry. The Indians seemed
to get noble as well as hungry , the
further people got away from them.
He ( Pierce ) lived within a few miles
of the Sioux reservation. He "had been
there for the last two months and this
was the first time he had heard it as
serted that the Indians were on the
warpath because they were hungry.
He taw Indians every day in town
where he lived and they were sleeker
and better fed , apparently , than the
senator from Indiana. [ Laughter. ]
He had no doubt ihat in some of the
agencies there are Indians who com
plain of insufficient food , but he ques
tioned very much whether General
Miles made the statement attributed to
him in the newspapers. The trouble
with the Indians is that they are fed
and clothed and allowed to live on the
bounty of the government , and the
-devil finds mischief still for'idlc hands
"
to do. "
_
The funeral of the late Benjamin P.
Shillaber ( Mrs. Partington ) took place
from the Universalist church in Chel
sea , Mass. , to which the remains were
| escorted by Palestine commandery of
Knights Temnlav.
* * *
.Hen nro Bloppful.
Kan. , Dec. 8. The ropub-1
ficans have rovcalod tlioir figures In
the coining fight for United States aen- ;
ator. The legislature stands , accord
ing to corrected returns : Senate '
Thirty-eight republicans , two opposi
tion , llottao Eighty-nine alliance *
men. nine democrats , twonty-sovon <
republicans. The republicans claim
that but fifty-eight alliance members'
are instructed. Of the uninstructcd
eighteen have agreed to accept as thoin
instructions the petitions of a respecta-i
ble number of their constituents.
The republicans figure that enough )
of the opposition will join them to
give them a total of eighty-nine votes , ,
or mOro than enough to elect. Thoyj
also claim .seven more alliance votes ,
on final ballot , making ninety-six in-
all. These figures are given as the ro-1
suit of personal interviews , the alii- '
ance votes being claimed as former ro-j
publican votes. The executive com-
inittee of the alliance declares that its
loss will not exceed six. and that the
alliance will unseat an Ingalls repub
lican for every defection in its ranks.
Tin : IVlioli ) Family ITIiirdprrd.
WICHITA. Kan. , Dec. 8. In aravino
In the Hint hills of Green county a par
ty of hunters discovered yesterday the
bodies of an unknown man , woman
and child. On the forehead of the
man was an ugly bruise , beneath which
the skull was found to bo crushed.
The bodies were poorly clad. In the
pocket of the dead man was found two
letters. One was from Palmer , 111. ,
addressed to Thomas Potter , Englewood -
wood , Kan. , and the second from some
one in Englewood feigning the name
"Abe , " to Thomas Potter , Reeec , '
Greenwood county.
Investigation at Once showed that
about a week ago a prairie schooner
containing a man , woman and child
passed through the town , while the
movers claimed that they were leaving
western Kansas to return east. It is
supposed that in the Hint hills , which
present a dreary waste in all direc
tions , the movers encountered some of
the horse thieves who make their
hoirie in these regions and that in re
sisting attempt to steal his wagon the
husband received his death blow.
The \ViMiiiiuton Programme.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 8. It is the un
derstanding generally among the sena
tors that the national election bill is to
occupy the major part of the time of'
the senate this week. In the house !
the Indian committee will have Wed
nesday and the committee on private *
land claims Saturday , for the consider
ation of bills reported. There are a ,
number of matters , any of which may
take up the remaining two days of the
week though it is likely the appropria
tions committee will occupy part of'
this time either with the urgent defi
ciency bill , making appropriations for
printing for the census office and'
rations for the turbulent Sioux or with'
the fortifications bill , both of which are
expected to be ready for consideration
by the house next week.
AVhat < ; eiieral JJrooke lEcport * .
WASHINGTONDec. . S. Secretary ,
Proctor received two telegrams from"
General Miles at Chicago. In one he
quotes General Brooke at saying thati
one of the main causes of the discon
tent among the hostile Indians is that'
a certain band of Sioux living on Pass
ereek , at Rosebud agency , has been
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ordered to move against their will. .
These Indians desired to be transferred-
to Pine Ridge airency and have secured-
consent of the Indians now there. Gen
eral Brooks , asking for authority to ,
permit the transfer , states that in his'
opinion this would still further aid
in the disintegration of the hostiles. '
General Miles telegraphed him
in reply that he had ampie'
discretion in the matter , but advised'
him not to make promises to tiie In
dians. He could assure them , how
ever , that the government had secured
increased rations and more general
employment. General Miles adds that
in his opinion the transfer can bo
made permanent hereafter if deemed
advisable.
In the other telegram * General Miles'
says that reports from General Brooke
indicate a more favorable condition of
affairs. He says that in case the dis
integration continues the threatened'
outbreak will be prevented for this
winter at least. The situation is still
grave in his opinion , and will require :
extreme watchfulness to satisfy the'
Indians and avert hostilities until ,
spring.
"Why Kallroad Ruildinzr'IVill Cease.
CHICAGO , Dec. S. D. S. Garretson
and D. T. Hedges of Sioux City , who
have been in New York in connection
with Sioux City & Pacific railroad af
fairs , were here to-day. In an interview - ;
view Garrotson said that railroad build
ing , especially out west , would doubt
less cease for at least two years , owing-
to the fact that bankers are joining
Gould and other railroad presidents lo.
put the earning powers of western roads
on a better foundation. This means
that work on the Sioux City & Pacific ,
which has been built to O'Xeill , Neb. ,
will stop.
The Pennsylvania railroad has with
drawn its concessions to theatrical
troupes.
The latest information. jfrom the
northwest confirms the previous as
surances of the Indian agent that the
Creeks are all quiet on their reserva- '
tion.
The majority of the nationalists
who waited upon Mr. Gladstone are
fully satisfied with the assurances giv
en by the liberal leader that he will
make an honest and earnest effort to
successfully cope with the Irish con
stabulary and land questions.