, a
EELIEJ ? IN NEBRASKA
ironic or TIIJ : STATK
J > Jt.l W1XO TO A CLOSE.
Ko More Nupplle * to bo Sent TCxeopt
I'pon Special Itoqiicftt Some Strange
IMiuMiM of Human Nature New Or-
leun * YTItnu cN Ilrlbcd to Leave the
City The .Second Trial of Plenty
UorM'K n ! Sioux I'nlU , South Dakota
War on KunsuH mortgage Shylock -
lock * .
State Itclicfln Nelirnnkn.
LINCOLN , May 28. The work of the
'state relief commission is drawing to a
close. Word was sent Saturday to the
desks of clerks of all counties receiving
aid that after this week no supplies
would be tent except on special re
quest. Today the commission has
made out its last order for supplies ex
cept such as ma } * be needed for special
cases. The order calls for flour inlets
lots ofJ , 000 and G.OOO pounds , corn
meal in lots of 2.000 and ] , 000 pounds ,
meat in lots of 500 and 1.000 pounds ,
beans in six and twelve bushel lots ,
rice , hominy and oatmeal in one and
two barrel lots. These supplies will
be shipped within a day or two to the
following places : Mason City , Custer
county ; Kuuyville. Dawson ; Benkel-
inan , Dundv ; Curtis. Frontier ; Arapa-
hoe. Cambridge and Oxford , Furnas :
Fraiuclin and Riverton. FrankiinBurn- ;
well. Gar-field ; Wallace and Brady Is
land , Lincoln ; Mcl'nerson , McPherson ;
Loup City and Hazard. ShermanThed- ;
ford. 'Thomas.
The commission has seen some very
strange phases of human nature. On
the recommendation of Bishop Bona-
cum and John Fitzgerald it sent a sup
ply of corn and about 125 worth of
other articles to Eddyville , a small
town in the northern part of Dawson
county. The commission received two
; inonymius Kicicing letters. The au
thors ha\e oeen hunted down and
found to be transient residents. One
signed < iti/t'iis in and around Eddy
ville'was written on a letter head
obmilieu Mirreplitiously from the post
master and re-id as follows :
"The committee here do not demand
so much of the state aid as you are
sending here. Most people that arc
getting : ud live nearer Lexington and
other tow ns than they do here and a
great many never have anything more
than they nave this season. They do
not raise a crop if the season is good.
The aid is a curse to the country. "
The otru-r letter , signed "Suffering
Humanity. " tries to be facetious :
"We are very thankful for the relief
you have iuivady sent us. and now if
you can only Mend some tobacco , a few
suits of summer clothing , a few ham
mocks , one doen : fishing tackle and a
little of Paddy's eye water and other
necessaries of life you will confer a
great favor. "
Adopting its established policy , the
commission investigated the matter.
It found the people deserving relief
iind the supplies were properly distri
buted by M. D. Billmeyer. who was
appointed by the county officers.
5Coticin r that C. P. Thompson , ar
rested near Benicleman for moonshin-
ing , was reported to bo a distributor
of relief supplies. Secretary Ludden
went through ail the records but failed
to find that he had received any sup
plies from tiie commission. The dis
tributor for the precinct in which
Thompson lived is W. J. Barney.
Thompson may have handled private
donations , out he distributed no state
Importr.iit VTirts < ox at N > \ \ " Orleans
Ziri ) > < < ! to Iji : i\'c theCity. .
! Ni\v OiM.KANc ? , La. . May 2S. Some
time ago Ferdinand Armaiit , an attor-
tbriiey. was indicted as one of the men
who attempted to "fix" the Hennessy
jury. After Armani had been indicted
White , a deputy sheriff at the parish
prison and a brother-in-law of Sheriff
Viiiore , was indicted for trying to per
suade a witness not to testify.
It was developed that the witness
whom \ \ hite desired not to testify was
Leon t' . JJurtlic , the tales juror whom
Armaut , it was alleged , attempted to
bribe. White was clamorous for an
immcuiate trial and his case was called ,
but Lt-on Biu-ihe , the principal wit
ness for the state , was not on hand.
Inquiry at his father's residence de
veloped the fact that Burthe had to-
uay telegraphed to his father from St.
Louis , savins ? : "Arrived safe. ' ' He
Lad been summoned arid knew that he
was wanted as a witness airainst
\Vhiie.
Burthe's father , in a conversation on
the subject of his son's departure , said :
"Leon has been out of work for a year.
He did not have a cent of money on
Sunday so far a < I know. " '
Why did iie go to St. Louis1
"Why , 1 think that it had been
dinned into his ears that if he was put
on the stand he might send a man of
family and children to the penitentiary
for a long time , and rather than do
that he conseatcd to leave town. I
don't know where he got the money to
pay his passage and expenses. ' '
White , \\lio wants a speedy trial ,
will be called before section B again
to-morrow. Leon Burthe , the main
witness , wili nor be there.
The shipping away of the principal
-witness in the White case is regarded
circumstantial evidence
st the accused.
Teotimojiy in the IMeiity Horse Trial
all In.
Sioux FALLS , S. D. , May 28. Plen
ty Horses' trial is gradually coming to
a. close. Yesterday the government
rested its case after introducing the
testimony of Broken-Arm , r. Sioux In
dian policeman. Bear That Lays
Down , an uncle of the prisoner. Ki-
card , the half-breed son-in-law of Ked
Cloud , all of them eye witnesses of the
murder. Torn Flood , the ollicial in
terpreter at Pine Hidge. testified that
the prisoner could speak and talk En
glish like a native. Broken-Arm
amused the spectators when he was
asked on cross-examination , of whom
ho obtained his tickets for rations.
"The soldier father game-them to
us. " responded the dusky savage.
"Who gave them to you previous
to the trouble at Pine Kidgo ? " was
then asked.
"Ugh , a little short man , no good ;
poor soldier , " said Broken-Arm.
"The large audience immediately
understood that the Indian meant Dr.
Koyer , whose llight from Pine Kldge is
known to the public. D. K. Powers
delivered the opening address for the
prisoner , declaring that Plenty-Horses
never denied killing Casey. The law
yer completed his address by saying :
"While Plenty-Horses and Casey
were riding together , Casey dropped
some remark from which the prisoner
inferred that the Indian camp was to
be attacked and its members killed.
To save his people from such a fate , as
a patriotic act , craxed by the wild
orgies of the ghost dance , driven mad
by the terrible recollections of
Wounded Knee , he killed Casey to save
his own people. Place the responsi
bility of Casey's blood where it belongs ,
not upon this deluded child of'the for
est , but upon the damnable system of
robbery and treaty violations which
brought it about. "
American Horse , a sub chief of the
Ogallakis. and William Thompson efFort
Fort Kcogh , were the only witneseo ?
examined by the defense.
AVnr osi M j'lo 'U * .
Torr.iCA , Kas. , May 27. News has
been received here which shows that
tiie farmers of Jewell county have
taken the laws governing mortgage
foreclosure into their own hands. Sun
day night Jonas Ke-nulesperger , a ten
ant representing a law linn in Jewell
City , was surrounded in his home by
forty masked men and forced at the
mu/.zie of revolvers to give possession
to Joseph Bennett , the original owner
of the place , who had been ejected by
the sheriff on foreclosure proceedings.
Bennett had borrowed money through
a loan agency to improve his farm and
had defaulted in his first payments.
When the mortgage was foreclosed he
refused to give possession and it was
necessary to have the deputy sheriffs
remove him. Saturday last iie swore
that he would regain possession of the
place and Sunday night came with his
mob of forty men. The mob was easi
ly gathered on account of the feeling
amongst farmers concerning money
lenders.
1'leiity IIor n j ' Case a > ccoml Time
ISeforo a Jur ) .
Siorx FALI * . S. D. , May 20. The
second trial of Plenty Horses , the Sioux
warrior accused of murdering Lieuten
ant Casey of the regular army on Jan
uary G last , was opened in the United
States court in the presence of a large
crowd of spectators. The accused
looks very pale and has not been in
good health for several weeks. He
expressed himself this morning as con
fident of his acquittal. The entire day
was taken in the selection of a jury ,
which was accomplished after having
examined seventy-five of the panel. A
remarkable feature of the examination
was the prevalence of prejudice against
the defendant or the Indian as a race.
The jury complete is composed of eight
farmers , one hardware merchant , an
insurance agent , a harness maker and
a druggist. Lhe defense made the
claim of having secured new and addi
tional evidence which will give the
case more prominence and interest
than before. More witnesses have
been subpoenaed than at the last trial
by the defense , among the number be-
in sr American Horse , the bravest and
stroncrest advocate of civilization in
the Indian race to-day. His testimony
will be on the war theory , and as he
was the go-between of the contending
forces at Pine lUdge. it is possible he
may give a new turn to the trial.
; < > \cmor J > oal.
PAWNKI : Cnv. , May 2G. Ex- Gov
ernor David Butler dropped dead at
his home , three and one-half miles
west of this city , at 8:35 oclock yes
terday morning , lie arose in his usual
good health and ate a hearty break
fast and started out accompanied by
his hired man to repair a fence close
to the house , deeding some tool that
was at the barn he dispatched the hired
man for it , remarking at the same
time that he felt tired , but would get
a scythe and mow some grass and
weeds that were beside the fence.
Mrs. Butler , who was working among
her llowers close by , heard him make
a few strokes with the scythe when all
became quiet. She arose to her feet
and saw him stretched out motionless.
Before assistance reached him he had
breathed his last. He was carried to
the house and Dr. Wright summoned ,
who pronounced his death due to heart
failure. It seems , from the marks of
the scythe on the grass , and the posi
tion of the body , that he must have
turned and staggered a few steps be
fore he fell , death being apparently
painless , as his features were in no
way distorted. The body was em
balmed this afternoon.
The funeral services will take place
Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock from
lislate residence.
A kind husband and indulgent fath
er and a true friend , his memory will
lon be kept green.
Ieaih of a
KNOXVII.LI : , Tenn. , May 27. Judge
Ilouk , representative in congress from
this state , took by mistake a strong
solution of arsenic. Antidotes prompt
ly administered brought the judge
around all right , so it was thought ,
but yesterday morning he died sudden
ly. He had heart disease and the poi
son and excitement following affected
that organ and was the cause of his j
death.
THE GBOWING CEOPS.
Till : OTTTf.OOK GEXKKAT.LY OF A\
JSXCOUllA VI.Yfi CItA KA
In Some Sections Drouth and Insect *
JIav < - Workud Slight Injury Tin-
rendition < ; < > od In Nebraska and
I own Confront * Oiler ol'an Omaha
Ulan Toward a Church The Immi
gration Problem Ant ION of a ITIoii-
tanu Man In the Street * of S'uw YorK ,
The < 'rop Outlook.
CHIPAOO , May 28. The Farmers'
1'eview in this week's issue will say :
Throughout the country the condition
of winter wheat has not greatly
changed. In dome sections drouth and
insects have produced a small appar
ent decline , but this decline has been
largely offset by recent copious rains.
In Illinois seventy-three correspond
ents show the prospects for an abund
ant crop of winter wheat are still good.
The condition is considerably above
the average.- The Hessian fly has done
considerable damage in some counties ,
moic trouble from this cause being re
ported than from any other state.
Indiana reports show that the gen
eral condition of the wheat crop is
good. None of the correspondents
mention the Hessian fly.
The prospects in Ohio are good ,
only a few correspondents reporting
damasrc from drouth and late freezing.
Winter wheat in Kentucky has been
damaged by some cold weather , rust
and drouth. Larue county reports
damage from Hessian fly. Fifteen cor-
respondeuts. however , report the con
dition equal to or above the average.
Michigan crops promise to be about
up to the average. 'The condition of
white winter wheat has been lowered
by dry weather : but the late rains will
undoubtedly have a beneficial effect.
Accr-dincr to present appearances it
will oo nearly an average crop.
In Kansas the condition has fallen
considerable since last reports. Al
though the crop will be a good one , it
iias been injured considerably by re
cent dry weather. Hessian fiics and
chinch buas ravages are reported from
ColTey. McPhersou , Marion , lleno ,
Dickinson. Butler , Montgomery. liiley ,
ScdgwicK , Woodson , Labelle and Cray
counties.
In Missouri some damage by IIos-
sian Hy is reported , but the prospects
are good for more than an average
crop.
In Nebraska and Iowa the condition
is good. DCS Moines county in Iowa
is the only one reporting damage from
the Hessian fly.
Oats are looking badly in Illinois.
Indiana , Ohio and Kentucky. In Ne
braska and Iowa the crop is in good
' ondition and promises a full yield.
Generous Oll'or to a Church.
LKHANON , Pa. , May 28. At the
meeting of the general synod of the
Lutheran church a proposition was
made by August Kountze offering the
synod ten acres of ground in Omaha ,
valued at $100.000 and 50,000 cash
provided the Lutheran church raised
$150.000 by July 1. 1802 , to build in
Omaha and maintain there a theologi
cal seminary of that faith. He further
offered to pay half the expenses nec
essary to canvass the church for the
funds.
The proposition was unanimously ac
cepted at the afternoon session and in
an hour § 2 , > , 000 were raised among
the members of the general synod
towards the $150,000. The remaining
sum will be raised with little effort
and Omaha will soon have a line theo
logical seminary building of the Evan
gelical Lutheran church.
The general synod of the Evangeli
cal Lutheran church at the morning
session took up the board of education
business. The special purpose of the
board is to establish new colleges and
other schools for the church and aid
new schools until they are amply en
dowed. J. S. Detweiiler. D. D. , of
Omaha , president of the boara , pre
sented the report. The receipts were
$10,237 , mostly from churches on reg
ular apportionments. The Carthage
college in Illinois is reported to be
again in a very prosperous condition.
Churches were recommended to ob
serve a day of prayer for colleges. The
board is steadily growing in value to
the general synod.
Ths Immigration Problem.
WASHINGTON , May 28. It is re
ported that some very advanced steps
will be recommended to congress for
the checking of immigration when the
commission , of which ex-Congressman
Grosvenor is chairman , has made its
tour of Europe and reported upon the
necessities in the way of remodeling our
immigration laws. He said today that
inflow of promiscuous foreigners must
be stopped ; that it was working hard
ships upon our laborers , since the bulk
of immigrants were laborers. The second
end member of the commission is a
brother to Grand Master Workman
Powderly of the Knights of Labor , who
is in favor of very stringent laws
against immigration , but the third and
last member , Dr. llempstcr , is a Ger
man-American from Wisconsin , which
has almost if not a majority of foreign
blood , and probably he will counsel
caution in the report which is to em
body the results of a thorough invest
igation as to the character and volume
of our immigration.
Dumped Silver .Into the Gutter.
NirvvYoiiK , May 28. Over iG,000
worth of silver bullion was lying in
the gutter in front of a Broadway ho
tel last night. Finally it was picked
from the street by a porter of that es
tablishment and put in a place of safe
ty. The owner of the silver weighs
considerable over two hundred pounds
and his name is Phillips. Ho hails
from Montana and is said to own the
big silver mine that produced the sil
ver bullion. Mr. Phillip : hired a cab
and started out to visit the bar-rooms
of the Broadway hotel. ? . Ho wanted
to find out who sold the best liquor.
He lugged the four silver bars worth
about $1,500 each in there and besan
his sampling expedition at Forty-sec
end street and worked down to Four
teenth street , where ho has been lost-
sight of. Every time he left the cab
TO go into hotels he would first take
the silver bars from the cab and place
them lengthwise with each other in the
gutt or. Cabby tried to have Phillips
allow the silver to remain in the cab.
but he insisted that the precious metal
would be safer in the gutter than in
the cab. After repeating this experi
ment in front of the different Broad
way hotels at which he stopped for
refreshments , he reached the Hoffman
house and again put the silver in the
gutter while he visited the bar. Phil
lips had been a guest at this hotel and
the porter felt it incumbent upon him
to remove the silver from the street to
the hotel and have it locked up. Ho
did so , and Phillips , after protesting ,
proceeded to visit other Broadway
hotels.
To Accommodate Settlers.
WASHINGTON , May 27. For the bet
ter accommodation of settlers in New-
liii county , South Dakota , the presi
dent has issued the following order ,
changing the boundary line between
the Pierre and Chamberlain land"'dis
tricts :
Let the eastern boundary of the
Black Hills land district from the White
river to the Big Cheyenne river be
changed from 102d meridian west from
Greenwich to the range line between
ranges 17 and 18 east of the Black Hills
meridian , which line shall aiso form
the western boundary of the Pierre
and Chamberlain land districts between
the White and Big Cheyenne rivers ,
and the boundary between the Cham
berlain and Pierre land districts shall
be as follows : Begiiinino ; at the cor
ner of townships 1 and 2 north , ranges
17 and IS , Black Hills meridian , thence
east on the line between townships 1
and 2 north to corner townships 1 and
2 north , ranges 20 and 27 east , thence
north on tiie line between range ? 2 ( >
and 27 east to the corner of townships
2 and u north , ranges G and 27 east :
thence cast on the line between town
ships 2 and 3 north , to the range line
between ranges 79 and 80 west of the
fifth principal meridian ; thence north
on the line between said ran cos TUanJ
SO west to the second standard paral
lel of the fifth principal meridian sur
veys ; thence east on said second stands
ard parallel to the east bank of ihe
Missouri river : thence with the cat-
bank of the Missouri river to the point
where said east bank is intersected by
the line between ranges 73 and 71 west
of the fifth principal meridian.
HINJAMIN HAKKI.-OX.
Viider
'ENNi : . Wyo. , May 28. Alex
ander Brae was up before the grand
jury today charged with horse steal
ing. After he had told his story "not
a true bill" was endorsed on the com
plaint. Brae lived at Pine Bluffs and
was courting a girl living over the
Nebraska line. One evening he took
a , horse that didn't belong to him. as
he was in a hurry to keep an engage
ment with the girl. When he reached
her home he turned the horse loose ,
expecting it would return home ,
but it didn't and was found only
after a very long scai-cli in
the hills. No explanations would be
accepted and Brae was ai-re-ted. He
was admitted to bail , and in the mean
time married the girl , who , of course
knew he was not guilty of horse steal
ing. The grand jury promptly sat
down on the indictment.
The Sioux Coiiimi oioz ! .
WASHINGTON , May 28. Senator Pet-
tig rew of South Dakota , now ii the
city , has been notified by ( hairman
Dawcs that the senate committee ap
pointed to investigate the cause wbi.-h
led to the recent Sioux Indian outbreak
in South Dakota and Nebraska will
meet and organize at Chicago on July
G , then proceed to the scene of last
winter's Indian war. where there will
be a thorough inquiry. It is believed
that the committee will report in favor
of disarming ail Indians on the reser
vation , providing against , seditious ut
terances before them by any one. and
for giving the savages lands in sever-
altv.
A Disastrous IVroelr.
Dr.Nvnit , Col. , May 29. Engine No.
255 , attached to a Denver & llio
Grande freight train , while going
through Brown's canon tins morning
ran into a rock which had fallen oa
the track and was thrown into the Ar
kansas river. Brakeman David Mc-
Comas was caught in the wreclc and
one ear torn off and his skull frac
tured. His injuries will prove fatal.
Fireman Lyn Roberts had an ankio
fractured. The rest of the train crew
were unhurt.
Third I'arty Loaders.
WASHINGTON. May 27. The leader'
of the third party movement here pro
fess to have direct assurances that
Senator Stanford of California is ready
to put himself at the head of their
movement with ail that is therein im
plied and that he will be the standard
bearer of the alliance or the people's
J party in 1892. Some claim to be au-
i tnorized to make public the fact that
| Senator Stanford considers he holds
i his great fortune simply as "steward
for the people. ' '
Special Agent Seanlan of the treas
ury department iias made a recommen
dation for a more thorough customs
service along the Canadian border
from Duluth to the Pacific coast , across
which , he says , there is a vast amount
of smuggling.
KANSAS WILL EATIFY
THE rKOl'I.K'H 1T.ATFOHM AJ > Ol'Tii >
AT CISCIXSA
The Meeting's to bo Hold nt flip Kcir-
ular I'laces of the Alllum-en The
Mormon Church Property and M'lmt
to Do AVlth the Same The Ciovern-
inciit Somewhat Kijibarrawwcil Heel *
Contract * Awarded Some Talk of
the Third I'arty Senator from
Florida.
Kannni Will Ilatlfy.
TOPKICA , Kan. , May 27. The Kan
sas farmers' alliance will inaugurate
the campaign on the national people's
party platform adopted at Cincinnati
last week by a general ratification by
the sub-alliances of the state of the
action taken by the national confoience
in organizing1 a new party. These rati
fications will be in the form of a pub
lic jubilee , and will be quietly con
ducted at the regular meeting places
of the alliances this week and next.
The alliances have been requested to
take up the work done at the confer
ences , discuss it carefully , and take a
vote of members before it approves or
disapproves it us they think proper.
The expression of the full membership
of the order is to be obtained in this
way , and the result is to be forwarded
by each sub-alliance secretary to the
state secretary , that the full and com
plete voice of the farmers' branch of
the party in this state may be recorded.
Of course the leaders expect that the
result of these ratification meetings
will show that the farmers are well
nigh unanimous in favor of the new
party and of the nomination of candi
dates for president and vice president
in 1892.
Mormon ( linrvh "Property.
WASHINGTON. May 27. When the-
supreme court at its last term upheld
the constitutionality of the Edmunds
law , by which the property of the late
corporation of the church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints , otherwise
known as the Mormon church , was
escheated to the United States , it found
itself in a somewhat embarrassing posi
tion. The doctrine of escheat was
quite unknown in thi- country and no
purpose considered laudable and proper
of a similar nature -to that for which
the property was formerly used was
known to which the property could be
devoted. Tiie court therefore , instead
of sending its decree down , withheld
it. a strong intimation being conveyed
of the desire of the court that congress
should by law direct the disposition to
be made of the property. Congress
having failed to adopt the suggestion ,
the court through Justice Brad
ley , yesterday made its final order
in the case and modified in some
respects the decree it entered at the
last term. The modification made re
cites that as the Mormon corporation
has been dissolved there does not now
exist any trusts or purposes within the
objects and purposes for which the
personal propertx was originally ac
quired , could bc used or dedicated that
arc not in whole or part opposed to
public policy and public morals , and
furthermore , that there does not exist
any person or corporation entitled to
any of the personality as successors of
the late church. The decree then says
that the personal property having de
volved to the United States , it should
be devoted to such charitable uses ,
lawful in character , as may most near
ly correspond to its former destiny.
The decree finally directs that the
property and all accumulations remain
in the custody of the receiver until
otherwise ordered and that out of it
the costs of the suit and receivership
shall be paid. The Utah supreme
court is directed to take the necessary
m'oceedinsrs.
rattle Contract * .
WASHINGTON- . May 27. There were
awarded yesterday by the Indian bu
reau a number of contracts for cattle
on the Sioux reservation. Quite a num
ber of the contracts went to South Da
kota people. These contracts will
make a demand for fat cattie in that
I part of the country which is near
enough to the reservation to allow the
stocic to be driven to the Indians. The
bids also show the prices of stock when
furnished in large numbers. Tine
Fudge 1' . Pickaru , . ' 52.3 heifers at $10.-
90 each ; John Brail , 400 heifers at
§ 10.'JO each : John Strange , 50 bruls at
32.33 each ; John Stranire. 50 bulls at
$3:5.33 : each. Rosebud W. B. Jor
dan , 500 cows at $23.71 each : W. 13.
Jordan , 200 heifers at $17.41 each.
Standing llock Joseph Roach , 50
bulls at 31.10 each : Joseph lloach ,
'
500 cows at$2-3.30 each : Ma'rtin Olson.
500 heifers , at-$14.23 each. C'hevenne
River A. M. Bowdle. 3:3 : bulls at
$0-3 each : William C. Woods. 3-30cows
-$23.33 each ; William S. Woods. 3-30
heifers at $14. DO each. Crow Creek
A. M. Johnson , 120 heifers -$14.73
each ; A. X. Johnson , 120 cows at$2S
each ; A. M. Bowdle , 7 cows at $23
each ; A. M. Bowdle , 5 bulls at$5.3
each. Lower Bruie A. M. Bowdle. 5
bulls at--35 each : A. M. Bo wale , 120
cows at 23 each : A. M. Bowdle , 120
heifers at $14 each.
I-Iorlda lilrvt * a .senator.
TAI.LAHASI-EE , Fla. , May 27. Fifty-
four votes were cast in the joint ses
sion of the legislature for United States
senator , of which Call received 51.
He was elected. Xeariy all the anti-
Call senators left the city to break a
quorum if possible. The sergeant-al
arms was sent after them. When the
joint session was called to order the
anti-Ca.'l men refused to answer to
their n..oies , but on roll call fifty-four
lesrislaVjrs responded.
The termers' union conference at
Columns , O. . defeated the proposition
to non-tame state candidates bv a vote
of 6i 15 G3 ,
txsl
i ol * the Keeeiit MIMIX Outbreak.
WASHINGTON. .Juno 1. Senator Pot-
tigrew of South Dakota is a member
i > f the special committee of the senate
appointed last winter to visit Nebraska
and the Dakota : ? during the- summer
and investigate the causes of the re
cent Sioux outbreak and suggest laws
to pre\ent Indian wars in the future.
The senator knows all about the Sioux ,
having lived near them for almost a.
quarter of a century , and watched
closely the moves wnich led up to the
war last winter.
"The Sioux started in to whip the
soldiers , " said he to your correspond
ent yesterday , "and they would have
done it if they had had anything like
a fair opportunity. Yes , the weather
was bitter cold , but they had plenty of
provisions and were full of fight. The
surroundings were bad for them. The
Sioux are powerful in physiqiif , and
will fight anything. We have soon ,
since the trouble has blown over , and it
wili never come up again , that none of
the settlers weredisturbed. The Indians
did not intend to hurt settlers. They
were after the soldier ; ? , whom they
detest. The battle of the Little Big
Horn in the Black Hills of my state ,
nearly twenty years ago , in which
General Custer was slaughtered , has
been pointed out to the young buctcs
as one of the greatest epochs in the
life of the Indian nation. The young
men were told by the old ones tiiat
their fathers had distinguished them
selves on the battlefield where Custer
was killed , and that they the young
Indians would nex'cr amount to any
thing till they also killed some sold
iers. The battle of the Little Big Horn
was a simple slaughter of the soldiers' ,
and the Sioux in the last campaign
thought it was proper to kill soldiers ,
as they were hired by the govern
ment to be killed , and they could not
be punished for it.
After all there is a great deal of
deep cunning about the Indian. Ho
knows perfectly well that if he can
make an outbreak appear to be a war
lie is not likely to be arrested and hung
for his murders , and that to make * war
you must involve the soldiers. Simply
to kill settlers i- not to make war.
This has been well demonstrated in ;
the trial of Plenty Horses at Sioux
falls , my home city. Plenty Hor.ses
was educated at the Carlisle. Pa. , In
dian school and almost a- < soon a he
returned to his people he threw off his'
civiii/.ed citizens" clothing and donned
a blanliet. Wnen the last otitbruatC
began he took it , into his head to be
come great among his people. Ho
wanted to kill his man , and he must
be a soluie1' . fco he went into the
camp one day , and got into a conver 1
sation with Lietcnant Casey. Theolli-
ccr had no idea the Indian had mur
der in his heart. When , the conversa
tion ended Lieutenant Casey turned
about and started to walk away. Plen
ty Horses took from under his blanket ,
a revolver he had concealed anil shot
the ollicer through the back of the
head , at a distance of les than twenty
feet. There wa > no fighting , no ex
citement at the time. Was that war ?
It was murder. But Plenty Horses'
defense was that the killing v/as in
war , and the defer.se blood , and of
coarse was acquitted.
"Noaid the senator , in conclu
sion , "there wil be no more Indian
wars ifve do our duty. We will make
it impossible for the Indian to have
arms. Wunout arms thev cannes ,
kill.1'
II 1:111 or- * < > iiforiiii .Noble.
WASHING ION. June 1. A great deal
of comment is made in political cir
cles upon the announcement that Sec
retary Noble , who is now at St. Louis ,
is stated to re-sign despite his positive
assertions to the contrary , and that if
Secretary Proctor becomes Senator
Edmunds' successor , as now seems
probable. Minister Robert T. Lincoln
will be asked to give up his port , iu
Lone : on and take the war port'oiio. or
should this not be done that General
JSVole : nay go as minister to St. Pe
tersburg. Tne rumor was generally
looked upon as plausible , although
Jtio-se who are immediately associated
with Seretary Noble do not bolide he
intends to resign. IS'o o.'hVial state
ment ; = mace iipon the subject. Tne
repeated reports tnut Secretary Nt Lfc
was 1'kely to retire from hi- position
are tlue to tiie rumors constantly in eir-
dilation that the personal dliYerence
b < ? t'Acen the officers in the pension. In
dian , land and patent otlices , were vci-y
ar.nrn ing to him and that he wishe-i
to be rehevc-fl of the responsibility
renting upon Liin as supreme chief of
the-o branches of the department. The
announcement today tht t Patent Com
missioner Mitchell was about to retire
gave provocation for the report thru
Secretary Nobic may go out. Con-
mis-ioner Mitchell did not take the
ollice with a view of holding it long.
He wants to retire to his large .aw
practice.
M\A -\o-MivT
The French exhibition in Moscow
has proven to be a complete liaseo.
In the Southern Presbyterian assem-
biy a resolution was adopted declaring
church fairs and festha.s riot Draper
means of raising money.
'J he central trailic association , em
bracing Indiana. Ohio , Illinois and
Michigan , has made a. rate of one fare
for the round trip to the annual en
campment cf the Grand Army of the
llepubiie. to be held in Detriot ia Au
gust.
Before the adjournment of the leg
islature of Pennsylvania the report of
the conference committee on the
world's fair bill was agreed to by both
branches. Trie aunronriatioti " " " is S'jOO-
000.
It has been practically decided to
extend the 41 percent loan at 2 per
cent and to give the holders of ihosc
bonds the rie-essary ninety days"no
tice.