THE OMAHA DAILY
EIGHTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA"SATURDAY. . HOMING , JUNE a NUMBER 350
THREATENED WITH A PLAGUE
Malignant Diphtheria Breaks Out In
Johnstown.
HOW THE DAM WAS BUILT *
A Cnrefill Examination Shown It to
JInvo neon n Miserable Plcco
of Hotch-work Things
Moro Settled.
The Hot Wvnthcr Feared.
JOHNSTOWN , Pa. , Juno 7. To-day opened
warm nnd almost sultry , nnd the stench that
assails one's ho wanders
if I senses as through
\ Johnstown Is almost overpowering. Sick
ness , in spite of all tbo precautions nnd
labors of the sanitary authorities , Is on the
Increase , nnd fears of an epidemic grow
with every hour.
"It Is our Impression , " said Dr. T. L.
White , of the stnto board of health , this
morning , "that thcro is going to bo great
sickness hero within the next week. Flvo
cases of malignant diphtheria were located
this morning on Bedford street , nnd as they
were in different houses they mean flvo
starting points for the disease. There will
bo plenty of typhoid nnd kindred diseases
here within aucck or ten days , In my opln *
Ion. The only thing that has saved us thus
far has been the cold weather. That
has now given place to summer weather ,
mid no ono knows what the next few days
may bring forth. Twenty more physicians
nrrlvcd from Plttsburg this morning and
moro will arrive to-day. The opinion is
general among medical men that there will
bo moro need for doctors a week hcnco than
there is now. "
Dr. R. L. SIcbel , of the state board of
health in charge of the sanitary headquar
ters , said : "Wo are using every
precaution known to science to prevent
the possibility of an epidemic. Our
labors hnvo not been confined to any partic
ular channel , but have been extended in va
rious directions. Disinfectants , of course ,
nro first In Importance , nnd they have been
used with no sparlnghand. The prompt cre
mation of dead animals as fast as discovered
is another thing which wo have Insisted
upon. Wo hnvo a committee , too ,
that superintends the burial of
thu victims at the cemeteries. It
is of the utmost importance In this whole
sale interment that the corpses should bo
interred at a safe distance beneath the sur
face. Another committee is making a house
to house inspection throughout tbo stricken
city to nscertnin the number of inhabitants
in each standing house , thu number of sick ,
nnd to order the latter to the hospital when
ever necessary. So far thcro is but little
contagious disease , nnd wo hope , by diligent
nnd systematic efforts , to prevent any dan
gcrous outbreak. "
General Hastings this morning said that
the situation was good , so far ns reported.
Bodies are being gradually recovered all the
time , but not in the lurgo numbers of the
first few days. Last night several ghouls
that were wandering nmid the wreck on
evil Intent wore arrested. This morning
they were given the choice of imprisonment
or going to work at S3 per day , and they
promptly chose the latter.
, Thc waifs' ' mission is doing a noble work
hero. Within an hour nftor arrival they had
established a bureau and were receiving
children nnd babies that hud been orphaned
by flood nnd flame. Miss Hinckloy , who has
charge of the work , said that from Cleveland -
land , Indianapolis , Altoona , Pittsburg , and ,
in fuel , throughout Pennsylvania and the
eastern states , she had received tolcgtams
from societies and families offering to take
charge of certain numbers of little ones.
"I wish that you would state to the coun
try , " said Colonel Scott to nn Associated
press representative to-day , "that ns things
nro becoming moro and moro settled every
hour I would recommend that nil drafts nnd
checks hereafter bo sent to William U.
Thompson , treasurer of the finance commit
tee , Plttsburg. "
In speaking of the condition of the valley ,
Scott said : "It is improving every hour.
The perfect organization which has been
offcctc'd within the past few dnvs has grad
ually resolved all chaos nnd confusion
into a semblance of order and regulation. "
So far as known only eighteen bodies have
been rccovorcd in tlio Cnnomaugh valley this
morning. Only the hardiest can stand it to
enter the morgue to-day , BO overwhelming is
the stench. A strict order Is now in force
that all bodies shall bo interred only when it
becomes Immpossiblo to longer preserve
them from absolute putrlfuctlon.
Two additional cases of typhoid fever were
reported this morning from Minorsdalo ,
making a total of seven in that villiago alone
since yesterday. Measles nro becoming moro
prevalent on Prospect Hill , where the refu
gees' camp Is established.
WAITING I'Oll UATIOXS.
At the commissary station thcro was con
siderable activity. About a thousand people
had gathered about the place after their
day's rations. The crowd became so great
that the soldiers had to bn called up to guard
the place until the relief committee was
ready to civo out provisions. Several car
loads of clothing arrived to-day and was dis
posed of us soon as possible , as the people
nro badly in need of clothing.
Four bodies \\cro taken from the ruins nt
.the Cambria c'ub ' house mid the company'/ /
store this mording , The remains were nl
bruised nnd In n terrible condition. They
had to be embalmed and buried Immediately ;
nnd it was Impossible to have any ono
identify them.
The number of people missing from Wood
villo Is almost incredible , and from prcson
IndlcutionR it looks as If only ubout fUt >
pcoplo iu ( ho borough wore saved.
A KEl'OItT ON Till : DAM.
A. M. Wellington , with F. P. Burt. asso
ointo editor of thoKngineoring News , of Nov
York , hnvo completed un examination of thi
dnin which caused the great disaster. Wel
lington states the dam was in every rcspcc
of very inferior construction , and of a him
wholly unwarranted by the goodcncincerlng
practices of thirty years ago. Both tin
original and the reconstructed dams worn o
cnrth only , with no heart wall , but only rip
rappud on ihoolnpcs. 'I ho original dam , how
user , was nuule In rammed .iud wutorci
layers , which still show distinctly in th
wrecked ( him. The now end meicly added to
its stability , but It was to all appearance
blmply dumped in like an ordinary
railroad 1111. Much of the old part , is stand
ing mtuct , while the adjacent parts of tin
now works nro wholly carried off. Tliuri
was no central wall of pudulo or masonry
either in thu now or old dam. It has bcui :
the invariable practice of engineers fo
thlity or forty years to use one or thu othci
In building high dams of rai th. The rccon
structcd dam also beard the marks of great
curolcHsucas In having been made two fee1
lower In the middle , which would have con
centratcd an overflow , If it should occur , u
the ends instead of the center. Had tin
break began nt the ends thu cut of the \vato :
would have been BO gradual Urn
little or no harm might have resulted. Hai
thu dam nt once been cut nt the ends whc
the water begun j mining over the center , th
uuildcn breaking of thu clam would have been
ut least gicatly diminished , and possibly pro
longed , BO that little harm would havu ro-
nultcd. Thu crest of thu old dam had not
been raised in the iivonstruction of IbSl.
The old overflow chanm-l throuch thu rock
still remains , but owing to the sag of thu
crest In the nilddlu of the dam only ilvo and
n half feet m it , instead of seven foot , were
necessary to run the water over the crust.
The rock spillway , narrow ut the best , has
been further contracted by a close grating to
prevent the cscinx ) of. flsb , capped by good-
sized timber , and In some slight degree
also by a trestle foot bridge. The
get effect of nit Jlu > so difference ! 'of
renditions \vtia that the dittii , ash stood , was
nol much safer against excessive floods ,
npart from Its inferior const met Ion , than the
original dam would have been with a crest
only thrco and n half to four feet high above
the bottom of tbo rock spillway , instead of
oven feet.
A largo amount of np-rauplng and slope
wall still remains intact und U of excellent
UUivllty. It does not appear thuro was any
great amount of leakage through the dam be-
forolt broke. Iho destruction came from
the water flowing over the top.
Wellington said no engineer of known nnd
good standing for such work could possibly
Jmvo been engaged on It , since In the partic
ulars mentioned it violated the mostolo-
meutary nnd most universally understood
requirements of good practices. Estimates
of the original dnm Indicate that it was
made about half of earth and half of rock ,
but if so thcro was llttlo ovl-
dcnco of It In the brokeu dam.
The rlpprapping was merely the skin on each
face , with more or less loose spoils , mixed
with earth. The dam was seventy-two fcot
nbovo the water , two to one Inside slope ,
ono ami one-half to ono outside slope and
twenty feet wide on the top. The rocks
throuchout wore about ono foot below the
surface. Earth was pretty good material for
such n dam , if It was to bo built at all. being
of Its stnndmtr intact slnco 1831 must bo as
cribed , as no engineer of standing would over
have tried to so construct it. The fact that
the dain was a reconstructed ono after over
twenty years' abandonment , made it es
pecially hard on the older part of It to with
stand the pressure of water.
Eight thousand men have been nt work
to-day
CI.EAIUNO OUT Tim Demits ,
but truth compels the statement that the
undertaking has not yet been fairly started.
Fires nro burning up nnd down the valley ns
far ns the eye can reach. The air is thick
with smoke , and as yet the efforts of this
army of earnest laborers is hardly
appreciable. The most careful estimates nro
to the effect that It will take 10.UOO men for
weeks to clear out the heaps of ruin piled up
for miles between the hills up and down the
course of the river.
An hour ago the writer completed a tour
ot tbo wreck m this vicinity. Dozens of
human beings nnd animals were to bo seen
on the surface , charred blackened by lire ,
und in such a stnto of decomposition that thu
strongest man could not moro than glance
nt them. Eighty-six moa from Al-
toonn , under orders of the sanitary of
ficials , are scattering disinfectants
over acres of the wreckage that the railroad
bridge stopped. Mr. Kirk declares that
thousands of bodies will yet bo found in this
territory alono.
The great trouble thus far experienced nt
the bridge has been caused by the mass of
telegraph wires that reach across the vari
ous spans , through which- the water has
passed. Line repair men are badly needed to
help in removing the wires , and Kirk says
that as soon as they nro gouo he
will hustle the debris through by the aero.
The problem of the hour is the disuosal of
the debris about the Pennsylvania bridge.
Unless it is soon got rid of the stench will
bo so overpowering that no human being can
withstand it.
THC rXEUMOXIA SCOUI10B
Grows alarmingly , notwithstanding the state
ments of Dr.Groff , of the state health board.
Dr. Sweet , a member of Dr. Croft's stuff ,
came down from the Cambria hospital , to
night , with n startling report. To the Asso
ciated press correspondent Dr. Sweet said :
"Prospect Hill is full of pneumonia , with
some diphtheria and measles. The hospital
is full to overflowing , and forty cases are on
the outside. They wore almost all severe
pneumonia. There is every condition needed
tor the spread of the disease , and I fear an
epidemic. "
Dr. Carrington also reported several cases
of pneumonia , having found them on a hill
near Morrellvillo.
A pair of human feet were noticed sticking
out of the sand on the river bank , near
Kernville , to-day. A gang of men soon un
earthed the bodies of two men and ono girl ,
all in a good state of preservation.
TIII : risiii.vo cirUn DIAMEP.
This community is in u wild state of ex
citement as the result of the recent flood.
The blame of the entire affair ban been
placed upon the South Fork Fibbing club.
The Generous Britons.
ICopyrtolit 1SSO tin Jainet ( Jordan UcimetM
LONDON , Juno 7. [ New York Herald
Cable Special to THE Bnn. | The folllow-
ing amounts have been sent to the Herald to
bo forwarded to the Johnstown relief com
mittee. Twenty-nine passengers on the
Arizona , Just arrived from Now York , $117 ;
Dr. Thomas G. Sittcnthwulto , 20 ; Percy ,
Marden & Co. , 53. Mr. Henry Irving , in a
very sympathetic letter to nn American , has
enclosed a check for 50 guineas , his contri
bution to the relief of the flood sufferers.
The HRVOO in Centre County.
BELLEFONTE , Pa. , Juno 7. The flood last
Friday night and Saturday played terrible
havoc in Centre county in both loss of Hfo
and damage to proucrtr. Bellofonto itself
suffered little , being built on the hills. At
Mackoysvllle fifteen bodies have been re
covered and twelve at Salova.
Through Trains.
, Juno 7. The Pennsylvania
railroad is at last able to announce the re
sumption of the running of through passen
ger trains from Now York via the Philadel
phia , Harrisburg. Lock Haven & Allcghany
railroad to Pittsburg.
Nebraska and Iowa Pensions.
WASHINGTON , Juno 7. [ Special Telegram
to Tin ) BEI : . ] Pensions granted Nebraskans -
kans : Orlginlnnl invalid -John W. Brewer ,
James G. Hussoll , Benjamin O , Staubcr ,
Alex Laruso , Jacob M. IBlakenoy. Increase
Justus Pointer. Mexican survivors Jeremiah -
miah Bufllngton.
Pensions for lowatis : Original Invalid
Thomas J. Wright , Xaohary T. Huston , Ho-
bert D. Carr , James Murphy , William H.
Johnston , Charles Polk , William H. Thomp
son , William Bouvco , William W.
Blair. Charles W. Robertson. Resto
ration and reissue Scllnus Chocscman ,
( deceased ) . Increase John Cobb , Jr. , Israel
N. Schooler , William Dawson , Ulisba T.
Kirk , Gottfried Urbatsch , David McNcal ,
Isaac W. Sinithson. Heissuo and increase
George H. Harder , William H , Symons.
Heissuo William Poverill. Original wid
ows , etc. Klslo , widow of Major McMullon ;
Harriet E. widow of John P. Jones ; Esther ,
widow of Benjamin K. McCan ; Jane E.
widow of Scllnus Chcoscmnn.
Vetoed tlin Australian BUI.
HAKIFOIID , Conn. , Juno 7. Governor
Bulkelcy to-day vetoed the bill providing for
a secret ballot. Ho holds the bill Is too rad
ical , too cumbersome in Its details , too expensive -
pensive , opens the door to fraud and will result -
sult In disfranchising voters. The house
passed the bill over the governor's veto by a
veto of 181 to ! 1S. Afterwards n motion was
i mule to reconsider , which was carried , nnd
the bill was tabled und the house adjourned ,
TlioVeldon Kvtriidltlnn Treaty.
OTTAWA , Ont. , Juno 7. The Weldon extra
dition act of the last session has been trans ,
mittod to tno imperial authorities for ap
proval or otherwise. In thu event of its
being countenanced by the Imperial authori
ties it Is proposed to declare It In force and
effect as regards thu United States and
Mexico ,
In OUl'j. ' nnd Wnnts Oilier.
IlL'itox , Dak. , Juno 7. [ Special Telegram
toTiiE BIK. : ] The examining board for the
territory has recommended G cargo Slckel ,
of Hand county , for appointment for naval
cadet. It is known hero that C. T. McCoy , of
Aberdeen , declares himself a candidate for
n republican nomination lor congress ,
KnrtlKjiinku Slioclcw ,
PAUIB , Juno 7. A violent earthquake
occurred to-day ut Brest.
Nnv Bunroni ) , Mass. , Juno 7. A distinct
carthauuko shock was felt In this city at
10i35 this forenoon.
A Oain of l-'lvo For CJnfV.
CiiAiiLEiTON , W. V , , Juno 7. The legisla
tive committee , yesterday afternoon , passed
upon the depositions from Uundblph county ,
( iofT'B claim was sustained , This makes u
uut fain of five for Go It.
COL. KELTON SUCCEEDS DRUM ,
A Short Sketch of the Now Adju
tant Qonoral's Llfo.
THE SPEAKERSHIP CANVASS
A Very Slim Attomlanco nt the Presi
dent's Informal Keocptlon
Charges Against the Win-
ncbngo Agent.
. TnuOstAiu One ,
WASHINGTON , b. C. . Juno 7.
Colonel John C. Kelton has been appointed
djutant-goncrnl of the army.
Colonel Koltou Is n graduate ot West Point ,
vhero ho was afterwards instructor in tnc-
Ics and small arms firing. Ho served during
ho clvlt war , and was breveted lieutenant-
olonol und brigadier-general for most valu-
, blo and arduous services. Since the war , ho
as hold various staff positions , in 1805 bo
oming assistant adjutant-general. Ho is , n
nvcntor of marked ability , many of his itn-
iroveraents In rifles , pistols and other weap-
ins having been adopted by the department.
In Is also a writerof high repute on subjects
: onncctcd with the military service.
THU SrEAKEIlBHIr CANVASS.
Mr. Burrows , of Michigan , called nt the
vhlto house to-day for the purpose of paying
ils respects to the president before leaving
in n western tour , which may bo fraught
vlth important results in the campaign to
Iccido upon tiio organization of the houso.
Io proposes to make an cxtensivo tour nnd
o put in his tlino In working up an active
canvass. Mr. Burrows , In common with his
colleagues who are in the raeo , tries to im
iress upon every member whom ho meets
.ho importance of prompt attendance when
, ho house shall reassemble. Ho says to-day :
"Our majority is very small , and there is
undoubtedly great danger of getting chocked
nt the start. On the face of the
returns now in the hands of the
clerk of the house , wo have
only three more members than our oppon
ents. This slim majority , of course , may be
ncreased to six or seven , and possibly eight ,
through the admission of the new states , but
n order that wo may bo able to organize the
louse without a contest , it is absolutely
necessary that every man should bo in the
city. It will bo absolutely necessary to have
an understanding In advance , that every ono
shall bo there , but oven with this agreement ,
: hero is the matter ot sickness which may
tcep members away , and can not bo holped.
If the democrats are disposed to fight over
.ho adoption of thu now rules and tbo settle
ment of the contested election cases , and
: hey determine to filibuster , there is n block
at once. I think there is great danger in it.
All parliamentary law recognizes the right to
make motions to adjourn over to a time cer-
Lain , and to take a recess. Now by repeal
ing these motions , the house may bo hold
powerless. Why , I could take such a man ns
3am Randall , and by using these motions ,
wo could prevent the swearing in of mem
bers und hold the bouso unorganized for the
full term of two years. Wo could dismantle
the covernrncnt. Now , to prevent such a
thing , is a serious question. It is a question
whether it would bo better to make n rule ,
restricting the right to make thcso motions ,
thus running the risk of embarrassment In
the future , or to run the risk of obstruction
and take the responsibility. This is a question
to be settled. I have my own ideas about It ,
out it is no easy problem. I assume that
the present rules of the house will not be
adopted as temporary rules , but that wo will
open under general parliamentary rules nnd
organize. A committee of rules will then
be appointed to draw up rules. Now , if
when they report there Is a feature of the
now rules that the minority do not like , and
they undertake to filibuster to prevent its
adoption , what then is to bo done ? If al
lowed to make the recognized motions to
adjourn nnd take n recess without restric
tion , they could prevent the organization of
the houso. The question is now , would not
the presiding officer , under the circum
stanced , the house not yet being formed , be
Justified in announcing niter the filibuster
ing had gone far enough to bo pronounced ,
that ho would not recognize anyone to make
a dilatory motion even in the form of n
motion to adjourn. Might it not be hold it
a half organized state , and that It must be
come a body organized and callable of doinj
business before Oven an adjournment shoult
bo In order ! This done firmly and fairly
after good reasons , it seems to me , might bo
warrantable without n breach of parliamen
tary law. Otherwise , the government mlgh' '
bo dismantled , nnd brought to chaos , there
must bo now rules or wo shall be tied ham
and foot. "
HAIiniSON'S INFORMAL IlECEPTIOX
There was a very slim attendance at thi
president's informal reception at the whiti
house , to-day , owinc in part to the fact tha
this was the regular day for cabinet mooting
The rush of of office seekers seems to sub
side almost as rapidly as the floods , now
that the warm weather promises to set in
Thus far thoclimato of Washington has been
ns delightful ns that of any other section o
the United States , and thcro have been no
reasons connected with the temperature
why the eager place hunters should leave
For the past week many who desired to ge
awny were prevented from doing so througl
breaks In the railroads , but they are no\\
almost all reported clear and ready fo
business , and the outgoing tialns are man
heavily loaded than these coming in. Amonc
the republican politicians hero , more or les
interest is taken in the spcnkership contcs
so soon to bo inaugurated , and each candl
date is hard at work but is not saying much
FllANK ItATTON SAFE.
Mr. Frank Hatton , whom , it was feared
was among the lost In the Johnstown ( lisas
tor , arrived in Washington nt U o'clock thi
afternoon. Mr. Hatton says that the peopl
on the trains which are delayed on the Pcnn
sylvanla road seem to bo moro anxious tha
those who are safely at homo , because of th
non-recolpt of news. Ho says that It 1
utterly Injrpossiblo to get any telegraphic o
other communication to or from the trains
and that thu result Is that the passenger
having sick friends or relatives at homo ar
In n state of constant anxiety and excltemcn
because of their inability to hear from them
Mr. Hatton says that at no time was thnr
any reason for his friends to fear that ho ha
been drowned , ns ho took the precaution t
send messengers with tclepraujb to his rola
lives and friends to Crcsson , but these tele-
grains never got through.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There is n well defined rumor that the In
terior department proposes to make a thor
ough Investigation into the affairs of the In
dian agent at the Winncbapo agency.
Charges are said to have been filed against
the agent and thu Inspector will probably bo
ordered to the Hold nt once ,
The leave of absence granted First Lieu
tenant Jefferson R. ICcan , assistant surgeon ,
department of the Platte , is extended fifteen
days.
All Itendy to Itonort.
WASHINGTON , Juno 7. [ Special Telegram
toTiiu BUB. ] Secretary Wludom , because of
the pressure of other business , did not have
an opportunity to consider the report of the
commission appointed to decide upon the site
to be selected for the now publlu building at
Omaha. The commission has not submitted
Its report to the secretary , although it is said
to have boon completed and ready to bo
placed In Mr. Wiiidom's hands. It is proba
ble that the papers in this cnso will bo laid
before Secretary Windom to-morrow.
Proctor's Hem Very KIcU.
WASHINGTON , Juno 7. Secretary Proctor
left hero this morning on the receipt of news
from homo that his young POM was sinking ,
( Jenoral Kchotield will act us secretary of
war Iu tbu ub&ccco of Scciutury Proctor.
JEALOUSY AND DEATH ,
A Man's Life Rncrjfldetl for nVo -
mnn'H iihvd.
CIIEYENXE , Wyo. , Juno' 7. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BEE.l Lmvls Abbott , a cow
boy , living nt Fosslll , Wyo. , was killed , ycs-
tordav , by Charles Bcnnott , alias "tho cook-
noy , " while quarreling about n woman who
was living with Bennett as his wlfo. Ben
nett was a section liana employed on the
Oregon Short Lino. During his absence at
work Abbott was in the habit ot visiting his
houso. His visits aroused Bennett's jealousy
nnd , .yesterday , when ho returned from work
nnd tound Abbott at his house ho struck him
a ferocious blow with a club , and stabbed
him several times with his pocket knife.
Abbott was placed on n train to bo taken to
the hospital at Salt Lake. The woman re
fused to leave him and accompanied him on
thn journey. When the train reached Green
Illvor , Abbott died.
THE UElflXKHY EXPLOSION.
Death and Disposition of the Remains
of the Victims ,
HuTCiiiNgoN , Kan. , Juno 7. [ Special Tel-
oerntn to THE BEC. | The explosion which
occurred yesterday nt the Fairbanks re-
flnery has proven moro serious than was at
first dreamed of. All three of tho'scaldcd
men have died. Foreman Gavin , who was
thought to bo the least injured , was the flrst
to succumb , and death ended his sufferings
nt n late hour last night. His death was fol
lowed a few hours later by that of Superin
tendent Gcorgo D. Lowls. Manager Wood
lingered until 0 o'clock this morning. Ev
erything possible was done to relieve the
sufferers , but their injuries wore much
greater than at first supposed nftor the acci
dent.
dent.Managir Woods nnd Superintendent
Lewis showed a wonderful amount of vi
tality nnd nerve , each insisting that ho was
not badly hurt mid would bo all right in n
few days. Mr. Woods even dictated n num
ber of letters , and talked with u number of
his frlonds during the afternoon of the dis
aster. Their sad deaths have cast n gloom
over the entire community , ns they had nil
of thorn formed a wide circle of acquaint
ances and wore universally liked. Mr.
Woods will bo laid away in Bcllcfontaino at
St. Louis , Monday morning , while Mr. Lowls
will bo taken to Elizabcthtown , O. , for
burial. The remains of Gavin will bo taken
to his parent's homo at Kane , 111.
THE BALD KNOB UUUDERS.
What a Convict Says of William'
"Walker's Confession.
OZAHK , Mo. , Juno 7. [ Special to Tun
BEE. I C. O. Simmons , one of the Bald
Knobbers , now undergoing n sentence of
twelve years in the Jefferson City peniten
tiary for nls share In the Edens-Grcen mur
ders , has written a letter in which ho con
tradlcts some parts of the confession of Will
iam Walker , lately hanged nt this place.
Simmons says :
I was not with the footmen on the road
from the smelter on the night of March 11 ,
1887. I was on my mare , and was not walk
ing any of the time , ns I ntn accused , nnd all
know this to be a fact. I would like to flnd
the one that was riding my mare If I was on
foot. And as for the revolver , I never know
there was ono carried from the bouse until
Gil Applcgato had his trial. The court
knows where Amos Jones said ho got the
pistol , and , therefore , I shall say no moro
than that I was ignorant of the weapon ,
nntil the time mentioned ! And as for b lnc [
in the crowd that mivio , tha raid on the
house , I have only to bay what I hnvo al
ways said , I was entirely ignorant , nnd was
more than 250 yards from the house when
thu firing commenced , and when Dan
Walker said "let's fitop that , " ho and
I struck off on a gallop , and when I reached
the house the doors wore open nnd the house
so full of powder smoke that I only recog
nized ono man. I have been asked by several
what kind of people the Edens and Groans
were , and I had only to say , as I have often
said before , that I Just barely know Bill
Edens when I saw him , and as for Charley
Green , wo had no finoifman in the county.
But , standing as I am now , I can only recon
cile myself to my confinement , and if it is
the Lord's will I will some day join my Hulo
family , and , if not , 1 can fold my arms in
death iu peace with God , nnd feel that I will
land safely on the sunny banks of sunset de
liverance. I can further say that if it had
not been for mo the old lady Edens would
not now bo alive. She would have shot that
night. I ask all to weigh and rightly con
sider my case.
FENCING PUBLIC LANDS.
A tionK-Uisputed Qu < ; ntion Settled in
the Wyoming Courts.
CHETENNE , Wyo. , Juno 7. ( Special Tele
gram to TUB BEE.J The supreme cour
decided , to-day , that fencing public lane
within the railroad limit is not illegal. The
question arises through the granting of niter
nato sections of land to the Union Pacific
the railroad lands subsequently purchasci
In largo blocks by corporations and individ
uals. The adjoining sections were stil
owned by the government. The purchaser
of railroad laud , when ho attempted to enclose
close his own property by running a fence
entirely on his own land , necessarily en
closed a section of government land to which
ho had no right.
A great uproar was made about this by
Land Commissioner Sparks ; and Governor
Baxter , a month after his appointment b ;
Cleveland , was removed solely on this
ground. In 1SS5. a law was passed dcclnr
Ing such fences Illegal.
The question never came up in the cour
for ndjuciution until a year ago , when a sui
was entered by United States Attorney
Campbell against the Douglas Wlllan Cattle
company lor illegally enclosing government
land. The matter came up at Laramlo City
before Judge Sanlloy , an appointee of Pros !
dent Cleveland , who decided the law of lfaS5
unconstitutional. The case was carried to
the supreme court , and this ruling was sus
tamed by a majority of the court , Chloi
Justice Maginnls dissenting.
The court held that in beginning a sui
against a private party the government hat
exactly the same rights as a private indivl
dual and no moro. If A sold a largo block
of land to B , and retained for his
own usa a small plat in the ecu
tor of It , it would bo monstrous
to hold that A could prevent B from fencing
in the property which ho had purchased ,
should , however , bo permitted free- ingress
to his land. The only recourse loft the gov
eminent under thU decision 's ' f ° r damage
done Its land. '
This complication was foreseen , years ago
by the directors of the Union Pacific , who
endeavored to ( ret congress to pass an uc
granting them their land In bulk ; but thli
was never dnno. Ttio casu will probably betaken
taken to the supreme court of the Unitcc
States. _
Grand Army Encampment Hates ,
MILWAUKEE , \Vis. , Juno 7 , [ Special
Telegram to THE UfiK.l It appears that
the G , A , R. veterans to the number of
twenty thousand or moro who expuct to at
tend the annual encampment hero are not
to got the 1-cent-u-mllo rate asked for. Ad-
vices have been resolved that the Western
States' Passenger association at its recent
meeting failed to act on the mutter , und
Chairman Abbott is quoted us saying they
would not rescind the previous resolve to
make the ruto faro and half faro for the
round trip.
MlHiotirl.
PiEiiitE , Dak. , Juno 7. [ fapeclal Telegram
to Tim BKII.J Captain G , D , Marr , govern
ment engineer , with party of twcnty-fivo ,
is now nbovo the city , a short distance , en
gaged in trlungulatlon and preparing
sketches of the Missouri river. The party
started from Bismarck in the spring and ex
pects to finish up at Sioux City before tbo
river frcwes over ,
SEATTLE'S ' GREAT DISASTER ,
The Ambitious Town on Puget Sound
Nearly Obliterated.
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED
Tlio Jjoss Estimated nt Twenty-olio
Million Dollars All the Busi
ness 1'ortlon liyiiift In
Ashen.
A Tcrrlblo Conllncrntlnn.
SEATTLE , Wash. T. , Juno 7. The entire
justness portion of Soutllo is now uothinc
jut smoking ruins. About 3 o'clock yester
day afternoon some turpontlno caught lire in
; bo basomcnt of n two-story building on the
southwest corner of Front nnd Madison
streets. The building , which was owned by
Mrs. M. J. Pontons , occupied by the Seattle
Shoo company on the llrst lloor , nnd the
unper floors ns oftlccs , was soon ablaze.
An alarm was instantly turned in nnd
the volunteer flro dtpartment responded
promptly , but it was impossible to nmko
headway against the flames. This building
was at the corner of a row of frame buildings
all joined together nnd of various heights.
\N ithln ten minutes from the tltno it started
the flames developed into n conflagration.
The adjoining building was n wholesale
liquor store. As soon as the flro reached
thoin the barrels of liquor exploded with a
terrific report and scattered the embers about.
The Denny block , in which were n
wholesale confectionery store , real estate
offices and several other establishments and
gomo lodging apartments , was soon licked up
completely. This cleared out the entire
square.
The flames then leaped across Marion
street , and in less than thirty minutes an
other square was burned to ashes. Included
in this square were n grocery , confectionery. *
fruit , drug store , plumbing and gas lilting
establishment , tailor shop , pawn shop , jew
elry nnd other stores.
While this square was burning the opera
house block , on the east side of Front street ,
between Madison and Marion and extending
up Marion half-way to Second street , caught
flro in the upper stories nnd was soon de
stroyed. This building was valued at SIUO.OOO.
With it wont tno Seattle pharmacy , the ware
house of the Golden Hulo bazaar , Harris &
Co.'s largo dry goods and clothing store ,
Abernathy's store. Crooso & Co.'s undertak
ing establishment , Lnteur's dry goods house ,
Broadman's paint and oil establishment ,
clearing up another square.
The Kenyon block , to the north of where
the flro started , had to co too , notwithstand
ing the wind was from the east. In this
block were the Job printing establishment of
the Evening Times , n music store nnd tailor
shop. From the opera house block the fire
became a monstrous conflagration , swallow
ing up the square to the south , consisting of
two-story frame buildings , occumod by the
Golden Hulo oazaar , the California clothing
house , Gordon Brothers' tailoring establish
ment , the Oriental bazaar and several other
biir concerns.
Notwithstanding the progress of the
flames the lire department struggled with a
determination to save the inost'vuluablo portion
tion of Front street to the south , between
Columbia struct and Yesler , which was ono
magnificent row of flno brick buildings of
two nnd three stories , where four banks had
their oftlccs. This row consisted of the Connor
block , occupied by Toklas , Singermann &
Co.'s gigantic wholesale dry goods empor
ium ; the Union block , Parin building , San
Francisco clothing house , Star block , Arcade
building , and Yesler block on Central
square. All the telegraph ofllccs wore in
the block last named. Is was generally
supposed the entire water front would
go , nnd it was hoped , if such was inevitable ,
those buildings could bo saved. The Safe
Deposit company also had a building in this
Dlock. Explosions of ciant powder wore
fruitless to prevent the spread of the confla
gration. Onward the lire wont , crackling ,
roaring , nnd almost shrieking. A three-
story building in the rear of the Toklas ,
Sinqeraann & Co. establishment , which was
Welton & Co.'s sail factorywas an easy prey
to the terrible heat and cinders from the
Commercial mill and lumber yards. The flro
soon communicated to Toklas.Slngermaun &
Co.'s establishment , but the water was giv
ing out and the streams from the several
hose reached only to the second story.
The Tacoma tire department came over ,
hilt both departments combined were use
less. All that could bo done when the build
ings succumbed and the water cavu out
completely was to try to save property and
life. People fled to the hills to the east , and
horses dashed up the highlands with pro
miscuous loads of everything in every avail
able vehicle. The lire made awful protrrcss
when it crossed Yesler street. Down on the
water front quarter , nnd extending to Fourth
street , the buildings were mostly ono or
two stories nnd frame. The entire water
front , including all the wharves and docks ,
coal bunkers nnd railroad tracks , wholesale
quarters , and everything south of Union
street nnd west of Second , and reaching
around to the gas works and nbovo Fourth
street on Jackson , is completely burned.
To give a list of everything burned would
be to produce most of the Seattle directory.
It is estimated that the total loss to the city
in buildings alone is easily $ l,000,000aml per
sonal losses will probably reach $20,000,000.
Whether thcro is much loss of life cannot
yet be ascertained. The city is guarded by
militia. When Toklas , Singermann & Co.'s
building fell about thirty people were near
it and many of them were crushed. Similar
accidents befell at mostof the largo buildings.
Any estimate oftho loss of hfo would bo
simply guess work ?
A Dreadful Calamity.
POKTLAND , Ore. , Juno 7. A special from
Seattle says : Accurate records of the losses
would include every business man of promi-
ncnco in town. It is a dreadful calamity ,
from which few have escaped. Trdmcndous
efforts were made by the llro-depurtment tote
to stay the progress of the flames. The streets
wore crowded und in many instances blocked
with tennis loaded with valuables of every
description , necking places of safety on the
hills. The burnt region covers blocks of the
solid and substantial property of Seattle ,
nnd the entire water front , built mostly
of wood upon piles , which had been driven
into the flats. It had been predicted by in
surance men that ttio city would some time
bo swept by lire , and only the wind from the
north-northeast , which kept up a steady
blowing , saved that portion of the city nortl
of Union sUico.t.
Tacoma citizens sent to Seattle , this morn
Ing , a large quantity or provisions , blankets
tents , and 100 slaughtered beefs to supply
thu immediate wants of the homeless people.
Portland sent several car-loads of pro
visions , blankets and tents.
General Gibbons , commanding the Depart
ment of Columbia , will send seventy tents
from Vancouver barracks. Aid in money
nnd the necessaries of life will bo forwarded
from different sections of the country with
out delay.
SieiunKlili > Arrivals.
Rotterdam Oledani from Now York ,
Glasgow Austrian from Boston.
Copenhagen Polynesia from Now York.
Now York Beigonland from Antwerp am
Eirypt from Liverpool.
Queonstown Germanic from Now York
Southampton Traro from Now York for
Bremen ,
At Now York The Britannic , from Liver
pool ; Eider , from Bremen , and Wlelaad
from Hamburg.
Americans Art-ruled In Ireland ,
DLMIUN , Juno 7Two Americans have
been nrrcsted at Tullnmoro because the ;
curried n quantity of suspicious luggage
They wore on their way to Wcstmcath ,
Won tlio OaItH Stakes.
LOXPON , Juno 7 , The race for the Oak
stakes was won by L'Atbussodo Juuarre
Mlntlio bccond and Seclusion third. Ther
were twelve btartcrg.
WHO \VllV I I3 POPI3 ?
A Ho in nti Prelate Says lie Will bo
Cardinal Gibbons.
NEW YOIIK , Juno 7. [ Special Telegram to
: \IK Bnn.1 The Times prints the following
rein its Homo "Tho
correspondent : qucs-
ion of who will bo the next pope Is now
> olng considered by all Europe. It Is nwo
hnn possible that European jealousies , no
ess than the present situation of tlio Vatican
vould dictate the election of the American
cardinal. Archbishop Gibbons , of Baltimore ,
0 the chair of Peter. That is the consensus
of opinion hero , mid the reasons advanced
ire lucidly condensed by a Roman prelate ,
vlioso position prevents the publication of
us name.
The pope Is not very strong , nnd reliable
reports state that his wiry Ira in o can not
nuch longer oiiduro the strain of his ago
nnd cares. 'Take n glance nt the situation
n Franco to-day , ' Raid the Koruan prelate
mentioned , 'and mark It well , Germany In
opposed to all things French ; Franco to all
hings German ; nnd the cardinal1 * from
cither country would moot with great oppo-
Uion. "
" 'Hut thcro "
are Italian cardinals.1"
" 'Of ' course ; but do you not know that
they nro old men , nt leant nil the cardinals
vhosc live * and labor single them out for
consideration.1"
"Tho Bpeniier next pointed out the way In
which the interests of Franco and Italy
crossed. The correspondent then nsked :
And nil this leads you to bcltovo that the
only compromise is un American cardinal
"jibbons , for instance/ / '
" 'Exactly , nnd I predict that undcrlils
administration the Komnn question would bo
settled. Ho would bo free ! and Independent ,
nnd untrammelcd by nllcgianco to any ono
government. There is none with whom ncgo-
lations could bo carried on better than with
1 citizen of the great republic of the west' . "
A French Parliament How.
PAWS , Juno 7. [ Special Cablegram to Tun
BcK.J The chamber of
deputies to-day np-
lolnted n mixed committee , consisting of
hlrty-thrco deputies and eighteen senator ! , ,
o discuss the disputed points in the recruit-
ng bill , especially that of the senate oxnuip-
lon of theological students. When the de
cision of the chamber of deputies was an-
lounccd in the senate , Harbey urged that
hero bo an equal number of senators on the
committee. Do Fre. < 'cinet , minister of war ,
opposed the proposition of Uarbcy. Pro-
ongcd uproar followed , and the discussion
ended in the adoption of n resolution that the
comtnittcu recently appointed by tno senate
should confer with the committee of the
chamber or deputies.
Paris Interested in Ilasc Ball.
[ dmirfcit8W / by Jiuncx Conloii 7Jcwic ( ( . |
LONDON , Juno 7. [ New York Herald
hblo Special to THE Hcc. ] J. P. Sullivan -
van , ox-manager of the Washington club ,
ust returned from Paris , says that a syndi
cate of Americans and Parisians has been
organized to bring to Paris two base ball
.cams to play with the Buffalo Hill combina
tion. Ho is about to sail to choose the men.
IOWA NEWS.
The Supreme Court.
DCS MOINES , la. , Juno 7.iSpeci.il Tolo-
'
grara to Tun Bnn.--Tho ] Iowa supreme
court rendered decisions to-day as follows :
A. Scott vs Chicago , Milwaukee & St.
Paul railway company , appellant ; Sioux
district ; affirmed. ,
James A. Hammond , appellant , vs Joseph
Wolf ; \Vnpello district ; reversed.
M. L. Foster vs Keid & Gardner , intcr-
vonors nnd appellants ; Page district ; nf-
flrmed.
A. E. King , appellant , vs Wallace Bros. ;
Page district ; affirmed.
J. Moeckley vs Mary D. Gorton , appellant ;
Polk district ; aflirmed.
nMo.ver Cohen , appellant , vs R. Gibson ;
Polk district ; aflirmed.
J. Jackson , appellant , vs G. I. Chiseuni ,
treasurer ; Cass district ; afllrmed.
M. II. Welch vs Joseph Trovern , appel
lant ; Page district ; affirmed.
James N. Uidcock vs H. Voorhecs ot nl ;
Cass district ; nfltrmcd on plaintiff's appeal ,
reversed on defendant's appeal.
J. H. ICeihl vs G. I. Chiseum , treasurer ;
Cass district ; aflirmed.
Russell VR Cedar Hapids Insurance com
pany , appellant ; Huraboldt district ; re
versed.
The court adjourned till the first Monday
in October.
_
SlnuKhtcred Ijiimj > .law Cnttlo.
WATEin/50 , la. , Juno 7. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Bun. ] It Is reported that there
is considerable excitement nt Miirshulltown
over the discovery that a number of cattle
afflicted with lump jaw have been slaught
ered at a public abattoir in that city. The
authorities investigated the matter and
found that the cattle came from the glucost
works. The local manager ot that institu
tion is said to have admitted that the cattle
had been sent to the abattoir to bo slaught
ered , and that others in the same condition
had been slaughtered and the moat Rent to
Chicago. Ho also aaid that the animals had
swollen jaws.
A Counterfeiter Sentenced.
FOUT DOME , la. , Juno 7. [ Special Tele
gram to TIIK BEE.I Counterfeiter William
White , recently arrested at Waterloo with a
largo amount of the "queer" In his posssos-
slon , pleaded guilty in the United States
court , in this city , this afternoon. Judge
Shiras promptly sentenced him to two years
in the state penitentiary , and Imposed a
§ 1,000 flue. This is White's second offense.
IjluhtniiiK'ri Worlc.
ALGONA , In. , Juno 7. [ Special Telegram
to TUB UBR. | During a heavy storm , last
ovenlnir , Pat Murray , living near Burtin ,
this county , had nis house .struck by light' '
ning. Murray was instantly killed nnd ono
of his boys was severely shocked , nnd It is
understood fatally. The house was set on
flro and burned. The tr.iinmem on the
Northwestern saw the flro from the truck
and curried tlio news to Bancroft. Relief
was sent.
A Humored
NASUVII.I.B , Juno 7. A spnciul from Knox-
Villa t > ays ; E. R. Reynolds and Thomas.I
Lnyd , both noted hard eases , went to thu
house of Rov. Jacob Harness , 11 Baptist min
ister , late Wednesday night , for thu purpose
of robbery. Mrs. Harness and n half
witted son , aged sixteen , were nlutit
In tlio house , the minister being away
The robbers brokodown the door nnd rushci
in , shooting the old lady dead In her tracks
The boy , awakened by the noise , ruxhed out
at another door. They lollowod him out ,
and , overtaking him , beat him to death wilt
a garden hose. They carried him back and
threw him in the doorway. They ran
sacked the house , secured $71 , and
then , to cover up their horrible
crime applied the torch , The house and con
tents were noinpletcy burned , Tlio murder
ers were arrested In u saloon nt Jcllco Ins !
night , and officers started to Huntt'rsvlllo ,
thu county Beat of Scott cnuntv , with the
prisoners. It is reported hero to-nfght that
they were taken from Jail at an early houi
this morning and lynched. The rumor has
not been confirmed.
Chlorlimlton Works.
DEAIMVOOP , Dak. , Juno 7. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin ! Uii.l : The test run of the Key
stone Chlorimition works of Garden City
Rhows that 05 per cent of tlio assay value 01
the ore treated is saved by thu operation 01
the wonts ,
The Wen UHI r Indications.
For Nebraska and Iowa Rain ; cooler ;
northerly winds ,
For Dakota Light ruins ; tlUu.v ! | cooler
northerly winds.
THOSE AVARICIOUS SIOUX ,
Redskins Who Want Everything
nnd n , Little More.
DISAGREEMENT IN THE COUNCIL
Great DlHjilay of Indian IClocpicnoo
Some Notices of the Orators Dr.
Itlnud'H Intcrtcrcnco Likely
to CniiHe Delay.
Crow Dog I-'avorn the Hill.
Ronr.nui ) AOKNOT , via Valentino , Neb. ,
lima 7 , ( Special Telegram to THE HBE.J
The council yesterday , from which all whlto
iion , including reporters , were excluded ,
Inally broke up In n disagreement ,
Over thirty chiefs nnd head men expressed
.heir opinion for and against the bill. The
ending orator for the bill was Crow Dog ,
ho chief who killed the great chief Spotted
Tail , and who ns convicted of nun dor In
Sbl nt Deadwood , but was afterwards ro-
eascd by thu decision of the Dakota s\i-
iromo court , on the ground that , "under the
hen existing laws , the court had no Juris-
liction over the tribal relations of the
ml Inns , nnd ho could pay for his crluio
under the Indian jurisdiction alone , " which
10 did by a big gift of ponies and money.
Crow Dog's speech is said by the Indians
mid hnlf-brecds to hnvo been the most pow- - ,
crful argument over delivered by any Indian <
on the reservation , and had great weight
nnd influence. On the side against the bill
was Yellow Hair , a natural born orator. It
was ho , in the great council In October , 1878 ,
who tried to depose Spotted Tall from being
head chief of the nation , and assume the
> lace himself , but was signally defeated by
a vote of 1GO to Spotted Tail's 201.
In the councils , lust night , which lasted to
very Into hour , that of the mixed breeds
and white men who have married Indian
women , us the commission has decided that *
white men incorporated in the Indian tribes
ip to the present time have n right to vote ,
ivas n harmonious ono , being almost a
, inlt in favor of signing the bill ,
while the Indian council was far from
.icing u harmonious ono. Thcro is
no doubt that tha letters from Mr. Bland , of
.ho Council Fire , representing ttio Indian -
Defense association , to all the squaw men ,
lalf-brocds and leading Indians , appealing to
.hem , under no condition , to sign the bill ,
larticularly explaining and misrepresenting
: ho school clause , has had much to do with
: ho disagreement among the Indians. Bland
contends that in the treaty of 1SCS schools
ire guaranteed in any case ; while , in the
present bill , schools nnd other things nro to
jo paid for out of the money realized on the
present sale of lauds , leaving about 54,000,000 ,
instead of the entire sum.
The opposing influences of the different
lands , for nnd against , are working ear
nestly and faithfully to secure their respec
tive ends , both hoping for success. Ono
gratifying feature , to-day , was that several
lirommunt Indians who spoke bitterly against
the bill yesterday , nftor having it explained
to them last night , have declared themselves
in favor of it. *
The commission gave the Indians another
feast , to-day of twenty beeves , well knowing
that they are never so good-natured ns whoa
Lhcir stomachs are full. This is ono pro
longed picnic to a majority of thcso Indians ,
ns wo are dally treated to Omaha and squaw
dances , feats and races , the .younger pre
ferring to enjoy themselves nnd leave the
quarreling to their ciders.
In the big council , to-day , the leading chiefs
wlio spoku against the bill were Yellow Balr ,
who thoucht the government had broken the
treaties of ISliS nnd 1875 ; but said that ho be
lieves General Crook to bo a friend und
would light them if ho was not. Two Strike ,
High Hawk and Little Dog also spoke in op
position , declaring that they were not gottlnir
enough for their land , und it would not bo
best to curtail their reservation , ns they had
now plenty of room to riingo their Btoclc.
The leading chiefs , who delivered nblo
speeches in favor of the bill , borne of them
being paitlculnrly eloquent mid original ,
were , Swift Bear , Ho Dog , Standing Bear ,
High Pipe , Good Eagle , High Lance , Hollow
Horn Bear , Crow Dog. William Spotted Tall ,
Bcar-ln-tho-Wood , Red Rose and Fast Boar.
Several of these chiefs were strongly in the i
opposition in the last council , }
At the adjournment or the council it was .
concluded to meet again to-morrow , and all
those in favor of signing the bill should bo-
pin to do so ; those not in favor of doing'so
should meet in a separate council. The indi
cations of the successful issue of the bill nro
very much brighter , to-day , than yesterday.
Among the excellent speeches that had
much weight in the council to-day , was C.
P. Jordan , the regular licensed trader at
this agency , who Is a brother of Colonel B.
W. Jordan , of thu Ninth infantry , und cousin
of the lute General George A. Ouster. Ho
has been chief clerk and acting agent at Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies since Ib7-l ,
and although comparatively u young men
yet , hu has more influence than any other
white man on tno reservation. lie has not
only usoJ his influence , but spent his money
in the endeavor to secure a successful Issue. {
Tlio following is thu substance of Mr. j
Jordan's speech : "My friends and relatives , , j
you are now in n position to place yoursolvei *
In a good condition and secure for yourselves
and children the protection of the govern
ment In your laud allotted to you under thlH
act. Four of my children were born hero ,
anil 1 could not look you in tha fuco if I ad
vised you to your disadvantage. Thrco
Stars will allow you ample time , and I see
not a "oason for not accepting. Uhcso gen
tlemen would not bring this hill hero if they
did not think for your interests , and In
accordance with what your representatives
asked in Washington hiht winter. The
pcoplo will not regard you for rejecting this
bill , when thu pricu was fixed by yourselves.
Next yo.ir there will bo suvon moro in tbn
great council of the Great Father , and I fuar
they will make laws which will not allow
you ns liberal terms ; ami besides you will
lobe the filemsili ! ! | of thcso people und
those in the cast who huvubcon.vour friends ,
for they can not know whv yftu reject this
bill. In this country there is only power by
votes , und when u puoplu can vote they can
help make laws and thus protect themselves.
When you take lands In severally you take
the first stop towards securing this power to
protecting yourselves by vnto , 1 want you
to seriously consider tills matter and not
allow this commission to leave without your
signaturcst. You are not supposed to bu
inoi a Intelligent than the mixed bloods und
men liitcr-iimrrlcd among you , I'huy accept
this bill rind want you to do so also. "
There is u tcrrlllu storm of wind und raia
hero to-night.
Tlie Indians Klui
HoHjaui ) AOHNOV , Dak. , Juno 7.--Tho
commissioners held another council with the
Indians this afternoon. Yellow Hair , Swift
Boar , Hollow Horn Bear ami other Indiana
spoko. Hollow Horn Bear wanted General
Crook to tell them about It , saying they all
knew him and would listen to his words ,
General Crook spoitu briefly but forcibly to
the Indians , explaining the provisions of the
bill , and suylni ; that they could sign or not ,
ns thuy saw lit. Ho told them that thu
government could not always feed thorn :
that they must become Bclf-supporting , and
that the government in thU bill docs moro
for them than it ever did for wlii'o men ,
When hu had concluded , Crow Dog 8lgnc4
the paper and the other Indians bcuan sign
ing ut thrco tables an fust as thu Interprutcru
could givu their names and identify them ,
At 0 o'clock four hundred had slimed , iiii
eluding many prominent , chiefs. Tun hun
dred and forty must sign in order to
the requirements of the bill.
