ARE BOUND TO MGHT.
, VOLES ZOOKJS JFOR > 'O
An ICfttlmato of the Number of Men In
TholIoKtllo Camp In iho Dad Lauds
Further Detail * of the Killing of
Sitting Hull Red Tomahawk Said
To Slave Done the Job Tito Number
OrilnnlCM No\v Molding Public Money
Baltic Cra h In Spokane Falls.
General MHr * Say * the Indians Are
nuund to Fight.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 18. General
Schofield received a telegram from
General Miles , dated Long Pine , Nob. ,
as follows : 'General Brooke reports
Two Strike and about eight hundred
Indians arc now camped at Pine Ridge
agency and these , with * the other In
dians at Pine Kine Ridge and Rosebud ,
are all that can bo drawn out of the
disaffected camp. The others are do-
flant and hostile and determined to go
to war. Ho has no hope that any
other effort at pacification would bo
successful. Ho estimates the number
of men in the hostile camp in the bad
lands : it 250. General Rugcr's esti
mate represents 200 men on the Cheyenne -
-onno river and 300 on the Standing
Rock reservation who would bo liable
to leave before the death of Sitting
Bull , making in all 750 men. Every
possible means has been exhausted to
retain and restrain the friendly In
dians on the reservation , , The 16,000
Sioux Indians who have been re
strained and professed loyalty should
have positive assurance with the least
possible delay that the government
will perform and fulfill its treaty ob
ligations. "
No information has been received at
the war department regarding the re
ported fight in which two officers and
iifty men are said to have been killed.
The report is discredited.
Description ol" the Marnier In Which
Sitting ; Bull Died.
BISMARCK , N. D. , Dec. 18. A cour
ier from Standing Rock agency brings
details of the killing of Sitting Bull.
The Indian police , in command of
'
Lieutenant Bullhead , who had camped
near where Sitting Bull's followers
were , made the arrest. Sitting Bull
expressed a willingness to go with
"
them , but said he wanted to get ready
first. The two leaders went with him
into his tent after ho had ordered his
horse to be gotten ready. While the
old chief was getting ready two bucks
-entered the tepee , and throwing off
their blankets opened lire on the po
lice. Sitting Bull's wife sot up a howl
outside , which was a signal for as
sault In the fight which followed Red
Tomahawk killed Sitting Bull. Many
of Sitting Bull's followers were killed ,
and Bullhead and Shavehead were des
perately wounded , The police were
now surrounded , but at this juncture
Captain Fetchet with his gatling gun
and Hotchkiss guns reached the scene
and attacked the Indians , who , after
an hour and a half of hot skirmishing ,
took to flight and disappeared into the
timber with the dead and wounded.
Occasional shots were exchanged be
tween the troops and ambushed hostiles -
tiles during the day. It is considered
the trouble is now ended so far as
Standing Rock agency" is concerned ,
and that there is no cause for feat ? that
settlers will bo disturbed in that sec
tion.
tion.Colonel
Colonel Drum , with two companies
of infantry , has gone to reinforce Cap
tain Fetchet. One Bull is about the
only leader left in Sitting Bull's band.
Nothing has been heard from him yet ,
but if he is alive and among the hostiles -
tiles the chances are he will put the
scattered braves together and make a
stand with the idea of revenging his
dead chief and friends. Bullhead and
Shavehead were carried into Fort
Yates , where the latter died. It is
thought Bullhead will recover. None
of Captain Fetchet's men were wounded.
Banks Holding Public Itlorscy.
WASHINGTON , Dec. IS. In response
to a resolution of the house Acting
Secretary Nettleson has sent that body
a list showing the several banks in
which public money is deposited , etc.
It shows that there are 202 of these
banks , 187 of which are marked 'gen-
eral" and 15 marked "surplus. " The
banks marked "general" have active
accounts , receiving or disbursing pub
lic moneys daily , and are designated as
depositories for the convenience oi
public officers in their vicinity. Those
marked "surplus" have inactive ac
counts. They simply receive on de
posit to the credit of the treasurer ol
the United States when first designated
the amount they were allowed to hold
: to the proportion of United States
bonds furnished as security therefor ,
and there since has been no change in
such accounts , except for the purpose
-of reducing the holdings of said depos
itories by transfer to the sub-treasury.
No interest has been or is now paid
into the treasury by any such deposi
tories in return for the use of public
funds. The authority to 'designate
banks as depositories is contained in
'section * 153 of the revised statutes.
A Spokane Falls Crash.
SPOKANE FALLS , Wash. , Dec. IS.
'The Spokane National bank did no
open for business yesterday. For some
time it has been know-ji among banker&
-that the institution was in fihancia
straife and the otfoer banks have sev
eral times helped- out. Mondaj
another call was made for assistance
&i.jLthe pankers held a meeting and
advanced 60,000. Lost avcninjj at a
'conference it developed , thatjj 3,000 o
rats *
.his amount was paid out during the
day and that the immediate obligations
wore $300,000 instead of $90,000 , as
at first supposed. It then bocamn ap
parent to the conference that the bank
must suspend. The difficulty was pre
cipitated by the failure of three branch
houses in the Coeur d'Aleno mining
district at Wallace , Wardnor and
Hurray. These failures are said to
have been brought p.bout by failure to
realize on securities hold for advances
made for the development of mining
iropcrties. No definite statement is
et obtainable. Cashier Hussey says
hat the assets will exceed the liabili-
ies.
Alliance Men lit Session.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Dec. 17. Over a
housand representatives from the vari
ous alliances of the state gathered in
Johanan's hall at 11 o'clock.yesterday
o transact the business incident to
ho regular yearly session of the state
armors' alliance. Each alliance is
entitled to but ono representative and
nly a little inoro than halt of the
organizations are represented. The
icssion is being held in secret. N.o
persons are admitted except such as
: an present j'dlow cards or credentials
entitling them to such.
The meeting was presided over by
J. H. Powers while J. M. Thompson
occupied the secretary's table. The
time was mainly occupied in getting
eady for work and listening to a
speech by the president , Mr. Powers.
Adjournment was then taken until 2
o'clock
The entire afternoon session was de
voted to the consideration of the con
dition of the farmers in the western
5art of the state who are suffering
rom a failure of crops. Numerous
reports were read in regard to the pov
erty of some of the sufferers.
A motion was made that the $5,000
in the treasury of the alliance be sent
to the destitute farmers as a Christmas
present. Many delegates insisted that
Lhis would be only a drop in the bucket
and urged that it would be better to
wait until the legislature meets and
appropriates $150,000 for the benefit of
the needy farmers. It was finally urged
that the $5,000 bo sent now and that
the $150,000 appropriation bo made
as well.
There are 2,048 alliances in the
state , with an estimated membership
of 65,000. At the session today 50,000
members were reported. Over half
the alliances were represented , there
being about 1,500 delegates present.
This great mass of humanity proves
too unwieldy a body to manage , and
when it comes to voting it is hard to
tell whether 500 or 1,000 have voted
aye or no , as a few hundred enthusi
astic voters can make more noise than
a thousand mild-voiced gentlemen voting
ing on the other side. The unwieldiness -
ness of the body is apparent to every-
bodj' , and this afternoon Mr. Powers
recommended that at the next session
the representation bo so consolidated
that there bo not more than 500 dele
gates , and only 300 if possible. Action
will be taken upon this matter later
in the convention.
Prayed to a Verdict.
WICHITA , Kan. , Dec. 19. The jury
in the case of Nellie Mayers , charged
with robbing John "Jfost and then
throwing him , while in a drunken
stupor , from the third story of a house
of ill-repute , had been out twenty-four
hours last night when Judge Balderson
announced his determination to have a
verdict before morning. He did not
reveal his plan , but at 3 a. m. took
Rev. N. E. Harmon to the court
house. The bailiff ushered the
reverend gentleman into the jury
room. Mr. Harmon then commenced
religious services , the jury joiningfin
the singing. He delivered an hour's
discourse upon the immorality of the
soul , and after a closing prayer left
the jury to themselves. When court
opened the bailiff announced that the
jury had arrived at a verdict. It was
"guilty. " One of the jurors said the
verdict was reached on the first ballot
after the close of the religious services.
The defense will appeal the case ]
alleging misconduct on the part of the
judge and his bailiff.
The President Cautions.
CHICAGO , Dec. 19. A telegram was
received at the world's fair head
quarters from Director Peck saying
that President Harrison had decided
that he could not waive the point that
the city council might repeal the
ordinance providing for the issue of
§ 5,000,000 bonds in aid of the fail-
before issuing his proclamation , and
that several days would be required
for personal examination of the point.
However , he would accept proof that
the funds were in hand if the bonds
were actually issued and placed in the
hands of the city comptroller. The
city comptroller has prepared a form
for the bonds , which was approved by
the directors. The work of engraving
will be commenced at once , and it is
believed that the requirement of the
president will be complied with by
January 1.
A Vicious Indian.
ATCHISON , Kan. , Dec. 18. Howling
Wolf , an Otoo Indian , from the reser
vation in southern Nebraska , on his
way with others of his tribe to visit in
the Indian territory , made a deter
mined attempt to scalp a respectable
young woman who was passing the
union depot last night , and but for the
fortunate appearance of a citizen in
response to her screams he would have
succeeded. He had his knife drawn
and the woman oa. her knees and her
hair in his grasp when the cftizen ar
rived. His brother -Indians got him
away on the train before the police ar
rived. Wolf had heard & gpod deal
about the ghost dancing and the Mes
siah , and being loaded with liquor was
in a frenzy when he saw the woman
passing on the street alone.
NO HOPE IOK FOED.
AXO UK MUST PAY THE PJS.V4ZTJT
uroy XUE aALzoirs.
The Murderer of David JTIooro of
Omaha Must Aiiwwcr to the Stern
Demands of Justice Somb Opinions
as to the Outcome of the Killing ; of
Sitting Bull Proceedings of the
Iowa Railroad Commlnalon.
Moore's Murderer Will Have to Swing
OTTAWA , 111. , Dec. 19. Charles
Ford , the chief actor in the murder of
David Moore in Allen park in June
last , has to pay the penalty of his
crime upon the gallows. His trial ,
which commenced nearly a month ago ,
was ono of the hardest fought legal
battles in the history of the court of
La Sallo county. For twenty-five days
the court room has been crowded by an
eager throng of people hanging upon
the words of the witness and counsel ,
and when the jury , after having been
out six hours , returned a verdict of
death , a murmur from the great crowd
in the court room nearly deepened into
applause.
The crime was ono of the most atro
cious in the history of the county. Da
vid Moore was a prominent Mason and
a well-to-do citizen of Omaha , and was
traveling salesman for a Wisconsin
lumber firm. He came to Ottawa on
Monday , Juno 23 , and on the morning
of the following day was found lying
under the great trees of Allen Park
with his head crushed from blows in
flicted with a hea ry railroad coupling
pin.Kate
Kate Ford , a loose character , was
found acting suspiciously , and tearing
up a note which was found to have
Moore's name on it. She was arrested
and made a full confession , saying that
Charley Ford , her husband , and Bill
O'Brien committed the murder and
that she and Minnie Winterling , an
other loose character , wore present.
She said she met Moore by appoint
ment on the evening of the murder in
Allen park , and that Ford , O'Brien and
the Winterling woman were waiting
there. Ford and O'Brien attempted to
blackmail Moore , and upon his resist
ing they killed him with a coupling
pin which had been picked up on the
j way over to the park.
Minnie Winterling , when arrested ,
also made a confession corroborating
that of Kato Ford. A special session
of the grand jury was called and the
four were indicted. The women pleaded
guilty , but sentence was deferred ,
as they were to be used as witnesses
against the men.
O'Brien was tried in August and
convicted by the evidence of Mrs. Ford
and other important witnesses and
sentenced to Joliet for life. Ford's
trial commenced nearly four weeks
ago , and after a week's delay in getting
a jury , two weeks were consumed in
giving evidence on both sides and five
days in the argument.
Minnie Winterling and the witnesses
who saw and heard the criminating
evidence , served to convict Ford , while
his own rambling story of having spent
the evening with his wife on the south
bank of the river was killed by evi
dence showing his wife to have torn up
Moore's note. The court room has
been crowded continually , and on many
days standing room could not be ob
tained. There has" not been so great
an interest taken in a case in the his
tory of La Salle county , and the public
applauds the verdict. Ford is a grad
uate of Joliet penitentiary , having been
sent up from Chicago in 1881 for bur
glary.
Various Opinions oil the Outcome of
the Killing of the Chief.
ST. PAUL. Dec. 18. Advices from
Standing Rock are to the effect that
the arrest of Sitting Bull was decided
upon by Agent McLaughlin when he
heard on Sunday that the wily old
chief and his followers were about to
set out for the bad lands. Once there ,
it would bo a long time and there
would bo much hard fighting before
any hostiles could be taken or starved
out. Therefore orders were given to
the police and they set out on Sunday
night , the troops following. By early
morning the police had reached the
camp , with the cavalry three miles in
the rear and the infantry much farther
away. On reaching the camp the po
lice found the campers almost ready to
move. Sitting Bull was seized , placed
under arrest , but not bound , and
the police quickly started .for the
agency. But the followers of the
old man soon got over their sur
prise and a sharp fire was at once
opened on the police. The police re
sponded in kind , and several fell from
their horses , among the number Sitting
Bull and his son. Blackbird. An old
medicine man had tried to direct mat
ters for a time by loudly shouting or
ders , but his fall upset the hostiles.
They at once rallied , however , and
surrounded the police , who fought
bravely and well , but would soon have
been overpowered had not the cavalry
who had been sent for arrived on the
scene. The police were at that time
almost out of ammunition , and were
fighting hand to hand , but the sight of
fhe soldiers and the roar of machine
guns alarmed the hostiles and they fled
up .the Grand river' Cavalry followed
for but a short distance and then re
turned to the camp and took possession
of the bodies of Sitting Ihill and his
son. Four policemen were killed and
three wounded , and it is thought that
altogether eight of the hostiles were
killed. Crowfoot , a twelve-year-old
son of Sitting Bull , and a number of
others , were wounded.
Sitting Bull's followers , when they
fled ug the Grand river , loft behind
them all their tents and families which
will be turned over to the agoncy. Af
ter going a short distance up-the river ,
the fleeing red skins scattered and
wont off in all directions through the
country toward the bad lands. Some
of thorn may try to reach the Indians
of Two Strike , further south'while
others will seek to escape to the north.
However , there is little chance for
them in any direction. Soldiers are
located all around the bad lands and
the Indians will have little chance to
got at the few ranches that are located
in that district Even if they attempt
to go on small raids soldiers are so
placed as to head them off. The ef
fect of the death of Sitting Bull is
problematical. Ho was nol a chief in
the sense of being a leader in battle
and never was addressed as a chief ,
but a wily , ambitious old rascal , with
more of the politician in him than is
ordinarily accredited to the savage.
The Iowa Railroad Commission.
DES MOINES , la. , Dec. 19. The
Iowa railroad commission held a con-
ference yesterday with the subcommittee
mittee of the uniform classification
committee , headed by Chairman Midg-
ely. After a long discussion the Iowa
commissioners expressed their posi
tion , which has been in a direct line
with uniform classification. They
would take no definite action , however ,
before January 1 , wishing to look at
the matter in all lights. It is proba
ble , however that the commission's
action will bo in a line with that of
other states. It is probable that uni
form classification if adopted throughout -
out the United States will not go into
effect before July 1 next.
General Terry Dead.
NEW HAVEN , Conu.Dec. 17. Brevet
Major General Alfred H. Terry , on the
retired list of the United States army ,
died hero yesterday.
For three years General Terry has
been a sufferer from Bright's disease ,
and for a long time knew the inevita
ble result of the malady.
General Terry was a native of Con
necticut , from which state he enlisted
in the union army in 1861. He was
appointed colonel of the Second Con
necticut infantry and served conspicu
ously throughout the war. He was in
the three-months' campaign in Vir
ginia , and at the first battle of Bull
Run was with Sherman in the Port
Royal expedition and in the depart
ment of the south until April , 1864.
In 1862 he was commissioned a briga
dier general of volunteers , and two
years later a brevet major general.
The more notable engagements in
which he participated as a division
comander were the following : Bom
bardment of Fort Pulaski , Ga. ; actions
at Pocataligo and James Island , S. C. ,
operations against Forts Sumter , Wag
ner and Gregg , battles of Chester , Per
ry's Bluff , Bermuda Hundred , Deep
Bottom , Fussel's Mills , Petersburg ,
Newmarket Heights , Wilmington and
Fort Fisher. For his services at the
latter engagement he received a card
of thanks from congress. He will live
in history as one of the most gallant
and successful volunteer generals of
the war.
After the war he commanded the de
partment of Virginia , until August ,
1866 , having previously become a
brigadier general in the regular army.
He came west from Virginia to take
command of the department of Dakota ,
where he remained for twenty years.
He was subsequently stationed at San
Francisco , and later , at New York ,
from which he retired recently to pri
vate life on account of failing health.
He died in his native state of Connec
ticut.
A Victory for Kansas Cities.
TOPEKA , Dec. 19. Judge Caldwell
made a ruling in the case of the Met
ropolitan trust company of New York ,
which seeks to foreclose a mortgage
on the Chicago. Kansas & Nebraska
railway , which is a temporary victory
for the cities which voted bonds for
the construction of the road in Kan
sas. The cities asserted that the Rock
Island is attempting to render their
bonds worthless by foreclosure of mort
gages. Judge Caidwell held that not
enough evidence was presented to show
that the road was in default in the
payment of the mortgages and that the
case be dismissed or a master appoint
ed to take further evidence.
The Seed for Nebraska Snfferers.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 17. In answer
to the resolution adopted by the farm
ers' /alliance of Nebraska , insisting
that the seed which is to be supplied to
certain drouth sufferers in Nebraska ,
through the agricultural department ,
must be forthcoming by February 20 ,
it was stated at the rooms of the com
mittees on appropriations in the house
and senate to-day that there was little
doubt that the appropriation bill which
contains the provision for this seed will
be passed befere February , leaving the
distribution to the secretary of agricul
ture.
Arid Lands and Irrigation.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 17. The house
committee on irrigation agreed in the
main on a bill to authorize a survey of
arid lands in the irrigation districts
to bo ceded to the states and territor
ies in which they are situated , for the
purpose of reclamation and settlement.
The bill will be modeled upon the
measure introduced by Vandevar of
California. It will also contain a pro
vision providing that before a state
issues a patent to any land within any"
districts conflicting claims as to water
rights shall be settled among contending - *
ing parties.
The Irish delegates request that all
contributions at their meeting in this
country be sent to Dublin , presuming
that the two treasurers of the fund ,
while taking opposite sides , will unite
in distributing it among the evicted
tenants.
An effort is bejng made .to indict
Attorney-General Millar at Indianapo
lis for violation of the franking privi
lege.
THEY MAN .BUSINESS.
JJ1' COXGKESS
Even Though They Should Annihilate
Indians Who Have Fled to the Bad
Land * for JDevlltry Something
About Sitting Hull A Fa-tal Hall-
road Wreck In Canada Tito Flitaucn
Committee Bill AM to Jewish Porno
cittloit lit Kussla.
Want the Hostile * Wiped Out.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 19 The United
States troops will be sustained by con
gress and the war department if they
fia
avail theuidelves of the opportunity
and wipe off the face of the earth the
veads who have lied to the bad lands
for the purpose of deviltry of all sort.
The opinions hero is that it is time to
teach ! the Indians a lesson which oven
their posterity cannot forget and which
will bo wholesome. The killing of
Sitting Bull is especially a matter of
satisfaction among statesmen.
Mr. Dawes of Massachusetts , chair
man of the senate committee on Indian
affairs , says : "Sitting Bull never
seemed to have any of those qualities
which in the Indian have won either
J
the admiration or respect of the white
people. All his instincts and impulses
like his whole life were low. He had
nothing in him of the courage of the
real . Indian. His influence on the In
dians has been bad from the beginning
and he has done all in his power to
check the progress of the race to which
he belonged. "
Senator Sanders of Montana says :
"Most of the work Sitting Bull did was
performed by somebody else. His
fighting was universally by proxy and
the domestic labor pertaining to his
home was entirely vicarious , as his
squaws can testify. He was a news
paper Indian , craving notoriety and
deadhead advertisement. I knew him
as a warrior and can say truthfully
that when he was nofc taking any risks
he exposed himself fearlessly. "
Senator Paddock said : "As far aa
his decease is concerned , I am satisfied ,
but I have very serious apprehensions
as to what may follow. If the Indiana
think it necessary to avenge his taking
off they will not seek out the individ
uals who actually killed him. They
will attack the first white people they
meet. The consequences may be mosl
serious to settlers in the northwest. "
Fatal Wreck In Canada.
QUEBEC , Dec. 19. When the fast'
express train from Halifax on the In
tercolonial road was passing St. Jo *
3eph station yesterday morning the
second class car jumped the track ,
dragged the first class car and sleeper
with it , and also derailed the mail car
and baggage car ahead. The second
class car struck the western abutment
of the bridge and was smashed to atoms
ems against the solid stone. The sleep
er fortunately turned aside and did not
telescope the wrecked cars. The mail
car went down the embankment. The
engine and derailed baggage car con
tinued on a few hundred yards. The
dead are five in number. Ther names
are , Dianne , Gauvin , Blais , Leclairo
and Winner. Conductor Walker was
badly hurt and very few of the pass
engers escaped without more or less
injury.
Later At midnight the work of
clearing away the debris had not been
completed. One more body has been
taken out , a Jewish peddler , name un
known. It is believed that two or
three more bodies will be found when
the wreckage is all cleared.
Not less than forty people were in
jured. Of these Mr. , Mrs. and Miss
Fuller of Halifax , John Cole of St.
Gervais , Thomas Foley of Halifax ,
Michael Lebert Kamouriska , Brakeman -
man Beaucleu , Everest Coyette , John
Simpson of Montreal , Mrs , Beauche-
inin , E. J. Farrold , Abbey Mignault
and another priest from Sandy Bay
will probably die. The remainder of
the injured are suffereing from broken
limbs , severe scalp wounds and con
cussions. Incoming trains brought
hundreds of relatives of the killed and
wounded , and the excitement is in
tense.
The Financial Kill.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 19. Senator
Sherman reported to the senate from
the finance committee the financial bill
agreed upon by the republican caucus
last night , and it was recommitted to
the finance committee. The only
change of consequence was to limitto
banks having a capital of $50,000 each
the operation of the provision reducing
to $1,000 the compulsory requirement
of deposits of bonds with the treasury.
In addition to the features of the bill
heretofore described the measure con
tains a requirement upon the secretary
of the treasury to issue treasury notes
to the amount of $10,000,000 , based
upon abraded and otherwise uncurrent
subsidiary silver not in the treasury ;
also Senator Allison's proposition for
an international arrangement to secure
uniformity in the ratio in silver coin
age with a provision for the appoint
ment of three commissioners ] to repre
sent the United States.
Jewish Persecution In Kussia.
BALTIMORE , Md. , Dec. 19. The
Jewish Exponent will publish tomorrow
row a letter from Cardinal Gibbons on
the subject of persecution of Jews in
Russia. In the letter the cardinal saya
that everybody who is a friend of
humanity must deplore this persecuj j
tion. For his part he cannot conceive '
how Christians can entertain that kind
of sentiment toward the Hebrew race
when it is considered how much we are
indebted to them. We have from them
the inspired volume of the old testa
ment. Christ , the founder of our reli
gion. His blessed mother as well as the
apostles were all Jews and those facts
attach kim strongly to tfc ? Jewish race.
Leng experience has shown that no
race or people can be exterminated by
' Coiigrc ThU Week.
WASHINGTON' , Dec. 22 With the *
approach of the holiday season , sena
tors and representatives are beginning
to leave Washington to spend Christ
mas at their homes , or to visit neigh
boring towns , and as a consequence
there will bo many empty seats in both
branches of congress. It is hardly
probable that there will bo a quorum
in cither house during the week , and
as a matter of necessity the programme
will bo simplified , The last senator in f
Vice President Morton's list of speak
ers on the election bill will probably
have finished his address by Wednes
day , and on that dtiy the senate will in
all probability take a recess over
Christinas until the Monday following. .
No other business except the election
bill will bo before the senate.
Senator Aldrich may possibly report
the closure rule from the committee on' '
rules , but this is not thought probable , i
The absence of a quorum in the
house will prevent action on any meas
ure. Mr. Mill's resolution , providing ,
for a recess from December 22 until
after New I'ea-'s , has been considered !
by the ways and means committee andj
action is deferred until to-morrow. The
consent of the senate will bo necessary > - -
in order to make the resolution effec
tive. The probability is that the house
will adjourn Monday , after matters re
lating to the District of Columbia have
been discussed , until the day before or
the day after Christmas , when another
adjournment will be taken until the
following Monday.
The Duty on Sugar.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Dec. 22. Hen
ry A. Brown of Massachusetts , the
noted sugar tariff expert , has been io
Washington several days conferring
with leading officials and members of
congress about the great cut in the
duty on sugar , to go into effect next
April under the new tariff law , and it&
effect on the revenue of the country.
Mr. Brown insists that the loss of rev
enue from making sugar almost duty
free , together with the bounty to bo
paid to sugar producers in this country - '
try , will amountto $70,000.000 a year.
He is clearly of the opinion that it
will be found advisable and that it will
be the duty of congress to restore fully
three-fourths of the present or old duty
on sugar and discontinue or repeal the
bounty feature of the new law. He lias
no doubt that the rapid increase in
production of sugar in this country
will very soon cheapen permanently
the price of that article to Ameri
can consumers and that a sustained
duty on sugar would be a powerful
factor in the treating with sugar pro
ducing countries for reciprocity. Mr.
Brown says his opinfons and views on
this matter are shared by leading re
publicans in and out of congress con
versant with the subject , who are not
unmindful of the demands that are
liliely to be made upon the treasury to
meet the largely increased government
expenditures for pensions , the new
navy , etc. , in the near future. Moro
money will have to be raised somehow
to meet this increased expenditures ,
and it need not be looked for , he says.
from customs revenues in view of the
reduction of tariff taxes on many arti
cles and the extended free list found
in the McKinley bill.
Mr. Valante. the Brazilian minister
here , was surprised to read the an
nouncement that Dr. Salvador do Men-
donca had been appointed minister to
the United States and that he had been
transferred to Vienna. Minister Val-
ente had heard nothing of the reported
change and says he is certain that if
any such change had been made he
would have been informed of it by his
" overninent.
Surplus Lands Ordered licxtorcd.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 22. Secretary
Noble has withdrawn
the order sus
pending the approval of the final ad
justment of lands in favor of the Chicago
cage , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha
railroad company and the Wisconsin
Central railroad company. A surplus
of some two hundred thousand acres
of land is left with the withdrawals
heretofore made for the Omaha road.
This surplus the secretary orders re
stored to the public domain , and after
ninety days public notice will be sub
ject to settlement and entry under the
general land laws and certain rules
now prescribed. The lands ore located
in the northern part of Wisconsin and
are said to be valuable.
Sitting Hull's Ghost Appears.
PIERKE. S. D. , Dec. 22. A rachman
in to-day from up the Bad river reports
that the hitherto peaceable simi-civil-
ized tribe of Two Kettle Sioux have
begun a wild ghost dance. Night be
fore last some of the bucks , when re
turning home , claimed
to have seen a
white figure on top of a bluff. One of
them said it was Sitting Bull. The
alleged phantom motioned them to fol
low , and glided from hill to hill in the
direction of the bad lands. The ranch
man says the Indians accepted this as
proof that Sitting Bull is the Messiah ,
and that he was beckoning them to join
his followers. The ghost dance is the
consequence , and the ranchman sa\s
the Indians as far down as Willo'w
creek are affected. If the story is cor
vcct it is a serious affair.
? iws NO'rrs.
F. H. Wade , secretary of the demo
cratic and of the farmers' alliance ex
ecutive committees of Tennessee , savs
that the farmers' alliance is non-parti
san. Mr. Wade is opposed to the third
party movement.
A Chinaman was killed by Inspector
Fenn while tryingto force his way
into the state of Washington from
Canada.
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Owen Bros. , of Providence , R I. ,
have failed for $1,000,000.
The Illinois Central is charged with
cutting rates to New Orleans.
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