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\ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE TWENTIETH YEAH. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 31 , 1890 NUMBER 100. I DEMY TRIANGLE. Ono Hundred and lifty-six Indians Bite the Dust in It. FORTY SQUAWS ARE AMONG THE KILLED. TLo Greatest Slaughter of Rodskina of Many n Year , L * * * M a TWENTY-FOOrt BRAVE SOLDIERS DEAD. Children's ' Laughter Mingled with the Roar of tlio Guns. , WILD EXCITEMENT AT THE AGENCY , TwoKtilkc ami Little Wound Mnlcn an Attack on tno Catholic MU- NI slon More 1 rouble i'cnrcd. Ptsn UtnoB AorACT , S. D. , Dee. RO. [ Spe cial Telegram to Tun llt'E. ] following Is the correct llst.of the killed and wounded nt Wounded Knco yesterday so fur as is now "known at hospital headquai tew here , wheio they have all been biought : J > KUl. GnonOE D. WALLACE , captain Com pany 1C , So\ with cavalry. JOHNSON , in i\ ate Company A , Seventh cavalry. THEY , prlvate.Cominny A , Seventh cav- nlty. nlty.DYCU , lirst sergeant Company A , Seventh cavalry. ICELLEY , private Company I , Seventh cavalry. CAIN , private Cotnpiny I , Seventh env oi ry. ry.COFPEY , first sergeant Company B , Sev enth cavalry. COOIC , prh ale Company U , Seventh cav alry. JOSEPH MURPHY , pihato Company K , Seventh cavalry. KELLNEU , pilvnto Comcany E , Seventh cavalry. NETTLES , first sorgcant Company E , Seventh cavalry. / , OSCAU POLLOCK , hospital steward , U. V HODGES , pilvnto company K , Sovontt cavalry. BONE , corporal compiny I , bovcnth cav alry. alry.FOUIIEST FOUIIEST , private company B. Sovcntl cavalry. NEWELL , pilvnto coinnany B , Sevcntl cavalry. * McCUE , private company K , Seventh cav airy. airy.LOGAN LOGAN , private company A , Seventh cnv nlry. nlry.COSTELLO COSTELLO , puvato company B , Uovcntl cavalry. _ UAGAN. " pi ivato company A , Soventbwiv 'jpijt ; , wV > v4 > coin | any K , Sev enth cavalry. RANEICA , private company D , Seventh cavalry , DK FICDY , piivu'io company 0 , Seventh cavalry. WILLIAM ADAMS , private company 1C , Seventh cavalry. Total , twenty-four men. . vvou.smiD. THOMAS Huiu.vv , private company n , Sec' end Infantry. IloiimiT BRUNCH , private compiny B.Sec- . * * * oud.infantry. Jens COIFEV , private llgtit bnttciy , First ui/ilHcry. / IAIIIIV L , Ci.irroN , corpoial company K , j-cnth cavalry. Mrs Wuto , sergeant cowp-vuy B , Scv i cavalry. | \Vii.UAM-Toom.r , sergeant conip my B Jvcnth cavalry , | jioiis McICuN/iu , pilvato company D , dev i.h cavalry. f'lAiivi.v H. TIIOUAS , private compiny I Svonth cavalry. [ ' miibroinrn JlAHTtx , private company A iwcnth cavalry. * lon.v F. FJIIIT.I' , flrat sorcount company K , i cavaliy. iUMcMAiiox , pilvato company A Eeventh caually , AHAM Nmut , private company A , Sovontl cavalry. IlAiiHVSTosu , private company B , Sov cnth cavalry. FJIEU Wnnnit , private company 1C , Sov cnth cavalry. IIi'Oii MtGiNMH , private ooii.pnny 1C , Sev cnth cavalry. WILLIAM D\\ i ? , private company K , Seventh enth cavalry. EiiWAiio A. SUI.MVAX , pilvnto compiny K Seventh cavalry. SAMUEL F. SMITH , private company K Seventh cavnliy. ' HoWAint , private company I , Sev enth cavalry. CIIAIILES OiMvnui quaitciraustcr sci goant. GOTTI.IKII HIPP , pilvate company I , Sev tnth cavalry. FIIANI ; LEW is , private * company B , Severn cavalry , j II. L.WTJIOH.V , first lieutenant , Hccon It * ' rs\ _ . A * AI.MX II. HA/KMIOOL > , prlvniecoinpttny 1 Scv cnth cavalry. GcouaB Yoiuc , ptlvat * } , company D , Se\ out cavalry. JAMP.S CnniSTCMsox , private , company K Soycuth cavalry. IlAiutT L COLV , private , co-npiny / Seventh cavalry. Wn.i.uu H. Qiirb.v , private , company ( Sex cnth cavalry. lUoitai l.i or u , e recant , company i | jo\outh cavalry. llKiiuKuAMiti.u , pi hate , ittCjflntU cavaliy. ( "POHOB Eu.torr , pilvato company K , Sev enth cavalry. UUVIVK ScimmrNUi private company C , Seventh crvnlry. I'nSFST A. G vjiMxriTov , flrat lloatcnnnt company A , Seventh cuvilry. Total , thirty-three. The lint names In some cases are ImposM- bio at this \vrltltif ; to bo obtained , owing to the fact that the onirert who have thorn are now in the Held Hunting , There are three men missing. Their names cinnot bo ascer tained for the reason Just mentioned , ! The firing did not cense entirely until nearly 11 o'clock , mid continued nbout two hours. The hot part of the struggle , how ever , lastrct but thirty minutes. The windup - up presented a strange scene with the bat- tciy of three Hotchklss cannon surrounded by a vciy hnttlly Impiwlsed urcastuoiks of sacks of grain and boxes of piovlslons , behind whicn lay about two hundred of the cuvnlry shooting at these of the dating icd- sklns who , as If by a miracle , had escaped from the open tilatiglo of cavalrymen nnd uero niuklng for the gulloys nnd draws , \hlch cut up n little plain that sopniatcd hem from the foothills nearly to the west , 'iho battery and breastworks wcro on u knoll nbout a hundred j ards northeast of the spot \\hero was fought the horribly llcrco hand to hand struggle that was opened at such des perate odds by the daredevils at this placo. On nnd around this spot lay the bullet-rid dled bodies of about sixty of the redskins , HIg Foot among the others , \\Ulo the slope further west \\as spotted with them , lying , lu most Instances , with faces In the dust , ono foot In the air and a rltlo , tomahawk or Imlfo In their hand. A glance up the ravines showed moro of them that hid been pldiod off as they had raised up to get a shot at the soldiers. A hundred and sixteen warriors and forty squaws lay stiffening in death. It wns the Rroitest slaughter of Indians that has occurred since 1809 , whoa Ocnornl Hardy had almost Identically the same ex perience \ \ Ith the Bannocks at Soda Springs , Idaho. As for the squaws , they weio not killed with puitlcular Intent , notwithstanding that they had been runnmt ; around with scalping knives trying to stab the soldiers. They were killed principally by reason of being so mixed with squads of bucks that made dashes to gain the ravines and \\eio mowed down by the battery. Itwna a ghastly and bloody field , the horror ror of which was added to by thogioms of thirty-tin co wounded and dying soldiers gallant , utterly f cut loss , Seventh cavaliy boys , whose bravery In the discharge of their duty none except these w ho , llko my self , w Itncssed It , can ever fully appiecinto Many of them weio shot \\nilo purhulng the reds who escaped from the death triangle of troops and had gained the fortification in the gullies. The wounded , In the majority of instances , wcro fearfully wounded , particularly in the legs and nuns , while several wcro shot in the breast and cannot survive long or , if they uo will aU\as bo sufferers moio or less. While the light w-i-HlioUcat therojiidngleil liujhf roSr of musketry the careless , joyous - ' ous laughter of half a doicn little Indian children , who were not more than five or six yards from the sccno of the savage conflict , and who paid no moro attention to it than if Itero so much conversation. As a most sti iking illustration of how deeply rooted and founded in Is the ghost dance faith , even the children of thcbQ fanatic Indians have become llko them. Ono of them , a little thing who could Just talk plainly , ran up to ono of our interpreters , Just after the firing ccnseO aud , shaking a toy tomahawk at him , exclaimed : "Tho soldiers wouldn't have killed my father ( ono of the bra\os ) if they hadn't been cloio enough to touch him with their guns , because ho had a ghost shirt on and whlto mnn cannot kill ono of usvhcn wo have a ghost , shirt on , unless they can touch us with their guns. " It was a pltlablo sight to see the cavalry horses that had been wounded at the first xolloy us they stood tied near by in a long stilus * try to got up on their feet and Join their comrades , who boio away their riders in pursuit of the enemy. At uoottt noon ordcis came from General Brooke to Immediately pack up and como to the agency to aid in icsistlnt the attack that had been inndo hero by the thousands of so- called filendlyIndians liinnd ncartho igcncy. Compliance with the eider Involved a re- handling nnd long , rough , hurried rldo for the wounded , which probably hastened the death of three which occuiicd Just uftcrtholi arilval hcio. The order , ho.vover , was thoroughly ncccs' snry , as shown ia my dispatch fiom this point yesterday. Intcnso oxcltoiiient reigned supicmo here when the .Seventh cavalry arrived , Every man hero was going about , carrying r Winchester , n 45-cnllbro revolver nnd a bell of cnrtildgos. The women and children were huddled together ID one house , guarded bj Infantry , No ono slept last night or over took off his clothes. Colonel Henry with the Ninth cavalry arilvcd soon nftor daybreak his horses \\hlto with foam and read } to drop. Ho had scarcely got into camp when n courier dnshcc lu and ropoi ted that Colonel Henry's wagoi train , that followed a halt hour bohlud , hai been surrounded by the Indians that wen i . out of hero under Two Strike and Little Wound. The Seventh ftow to the rosjuo nnd after running their horses six miles came upon the devils , and after killing i largo number nnd losing thrco of tliolr men succeeded In rescuing the trntn. As I writ ) this the booming of cannon and the raUlu o inusicolry tolls that they are still fighting' , after having sent the wagon train back Before leaving the agency last ; ilght will their thousands of warriors , Two Strlk" nnd Little Wound compelled poor old Hei Cloud under throats of instant death to at company them on the warpath. A courier Just In says that the Indians lm\ Just burroundod the handsome Catholic mil slon property six miles west ; have sot flro to the small bulldlmrs , hay stacks , etc. , nnd were Just firing the magnificent great main structure. In response to this Intelligence the Ninth cavalry , not n man of whom has had rest for four days , have rushed to the mission , where hundreds of children , many priests nnd ilstors are quartered. Two Strike's Indians hnd yesterday been consldeicd poaccnblo and subdued , but their sudden change of mind causes the gravest fears hero that perhaps none of the so-cnllcd frlciidllcs can bo rolled on. However , word from General Brooke to the settlers today Is somewhat reassuring , It being to the effect thnt n great body of the savages hnvo re mained loyal all the while , and that neatly nil the rebels are dead. Ho further says the settlers hero are not now in danger. The body of gallant Captain Wallace nnd tno other dead soldiers arrived nt Uushvillo nt noon from the agency , nnd will bo shipped to Fort Robinson , the nearest military post. Rushvlllo Is crowded with settlers. The churches nnd all public rooms are thrown open and no effort is bolnl * spared to make the i of u gees comfortable. Ihoy are hero as previously reported on the ndvlco of General Urooko. They are not only'1 rundy to de fend their homes , but many Wo anxious to enlist with the regulars If further fighting should occur. C. H , Cmssuv. OAJ ; KILLED , srx i Serious Stuto of Affilrs at the CatlKJllo Mission. \ PINT. Uiima AOUNOV , S. D. , ( via RushvuY , Neb ) Dec 80. [ Special Telegram to TII\ BFF. ] The Seventh and Ninth cavalries re turned to the agency at i o'clock this after noon. They found Indians six miles north of heie , and In perfect sw'aims. It was simply impossible to count them , Inasmuch as they came out and did llirlit lighting In companies of about thrco hundred and It was hard to tell where the companies began or ended , ns to numbers. The estimate which was ventured by some of the officers was'from a thousand to fifteen hundred , while several thourht theio were over two thousand. Scores of squaws were on horseback nnd armed with Winchester rifles , which they kept pumping nt a very lively rate. The cavalry , owing tc their completely exhausted condition , were foiced to fall back to the agency and wait foi ino liOO of the Eighth , under Major Adams , who nro expected hourly. It is doubtful , however , whether anj further attack will ho matlo until tomorrow , when 000 of the Sixth , under Garr , will bo hero sura. General Brooke siys if the red dodls Jumj in on us before Cnir arrives , the soldiers wil simply do the Debt they can and trust to faU for the rest. The Seventh themselves saj that they were only saved fcora cornt > lot < annihilation today by the Ninth coming U their rescue. - There was ono man killed and six woundcc this afternoon. The deid nnn was a mem tier of Company C , and comes from Fort Me Kinney , but his name cannot be ascertains at this writing. WOUNDED. FIUST SciHiisANTlU-v.son , company 1C. private , company 0. private , company B , U J. NOIAX , private , company I. W. ICiiix , private , company D , Seventh cavalry. Lieutenant Wann was shot in the back and scorns not to ho seriously Inmod. ) Lieuten ant Hawthorn , of company K , Second artil lery , who was shot through the groin jes- tcrday at Wounded Kucc , is toulght in a critical condition. The condition of Father Crafts who was stabbed In the breast nnd arm yesterday is n trifle Improved. Collins are Doing made for the twenty-foui bojs who fell at the battle on Wounded Kueo. So far as possible tbolr friends arc being sought by telegraph. A casket has been ordered from abroad foi the remains of Captain Wallace , who foi yesterday. It has just been asccrtitnod that the dead body nnd horse of Charles Hay wood of Coin pinv D , Ninth cavalry has boon found t considerable ) distance from any of the grouni traversed by the troops today. Ho was on < of the guard of Colonel Henry's wagon train Ho was shot. / / , C. H. CHESSET. nro sTitiicr.'s STAXI . Nevvsol'Ilfittlo Molng Ilccclvctl at tin Town of Kuslivllle. Rusnviuj" , Neb , Doc. 80. f Special Tele gram to Tim BEE. ] The work of making good Indians has been going bravely on neai the agency all the afternoon and a dcspcrali battle has also been fought near White river As to the latter , very little In detail cm bo learned , but the Ninth cavalry has undoubtedly been engaged then with some escaping band of Indians 01 practically the same grounds where the battle tlo of early morning was fought. Th remnant of Two Strikes band , with posslbl ; some auxiliaries , numbering in all 150 war rlors , made a stand under entrenchments am for thrco hours past the troops have bcci slowly but surely dislodging thorn , I have word direct from th the scene of action that by 0 p. in. It I thought not ono of the rebels will bo alive but many soldiers have boon wounded am some killed. It U impossible to get defi nltonows of families on cither side Nothing 1s moro evident than that a con sldcrablo number of Indians are determine1 to fight to the dcatb , and the gravest fear are hero entertained that any moment ma ; witness a still further defection from th friendly tribes. Every building and pleco o Improvement from ttio agency village to th mission school bouse , four miles away , whcr the battle Is occurring , has been burned by th savages. The whole country thereabouts ] a desolate waste except for tbo ravines an everlasting hills in which the Indians are ei trenched. General Brooke again telegraphed hero i the middle of the afiornoon to tbo captain o our homo guards to warn all settlers to coi greguto in the towns or lu largo groups 1 i the country nnd to take drrcry precaution for defense. Basing fuj 'opinion on this nnd the further fact that Wtlors , Just In firm Hough Country , sixtce'r rilles north of us , hnvo neon many straggling' ' Indians , It Is believed that many nets of 'depredation will bo committed before torhorrovv morning. Settlers from the , north , between hero and the scat of danger nro still pouring into the toun. Many of them rcpoit having seen signal tires of the Indians all last night on the bill tops , but know not wnnt It mc-int. Some parties who loft Hero yesterday for , ho reservation hnvo not yet returned , audit s feared they hnvo met with foul play. The possibilities of grciit danger during -ho coming night have set n very solemn seal on every bod's ' face , but there is almost n young army of partly iirm&l settlers In town , Double pickets have been thrown out and every possible precaution It IB Hoard All Night by tlio People of Pine Kldgo. IltisnvtLLr , Neb , Dee , 3 ) . Firing at long rnngo was kept up most of last night by Two Strike from the hctghti northeast of the agency nnd the troops. This commenced upon the arrival of the Ninth calvary troops from Colonel Henry's command In the bad nnds. The casualties thus fur reported nio ono soldier killed and ono wounded. At 1 a. m. nn attempt was nindo by Two Strike's band to capture tlio Seventh calvary supply train returning from the scone of yes terday's battle at Wourjdcd ICnco. Upon hcnrini shots tbo troops mode n dash , routed the reds and killed thtrtyuhrco of thorn In response to stttiul light ; ) sent up lust night hundtcds ofsettlois tookrefuge ! here In the churches nnd court room , A better feeling prevails at Pine lUdgo. llItOOKJS'S ItEM'OIlT. Foot's Bund Nearly All Killed or \ \ Wouncf ( id. \VVASIIINOTOV , D. C. , CDoc. 30. General Sehciield this ufternoon received the follow ing teWram from Uencral Miles , dated Hermosa - mesa , t\D. * "Gencr.il Brooke telegraphs ns follows : Colonel Ijrsytho says that slxtj-two dead Indian meiMvero counted fin the plain where the attompUvas made to disarm Big Foot's band and wYwo the light jb gan. On other parts of the v und thc fi wcro eighteen more. These < } 0 , not incluui these killed In the ravines wh\m \ > thodnod wauioi-s vvoio seen but not council. SixT Wore brought in badly wounded , arkslx others , with a piuty of twenty-three inel\md \ vvojneu , which Cap tain Jaukson hud to abandon when nttackcil by'about 150 Brulo Indian from the agency This accounts for ninety-tyro men killed , and loaves but few alive anil unhurt. The women and children b-.ijlta for the hills when the light commcBcijd , and compara tively few of them were hurt and few brought lu. Thlrty-nliio aye hero , of which numlier twouty-ono nro vxJumlcd. Had It not been for the attack-by Ilia brutes an nc- curate count would have ( wen made , but the rnviiii's were not teeniofloj. afterward. I thinfc this shows ver//litilo apprehension fro'A Big Foot's band hi.llio future. A party ofmy isropqitcd ns b/ld/ < scouts at the hfii of Mexican creek , 'vllese consist of all sifes and tboxjavalry atJPfoebudjgrlll bring " " "r t > ,010111 if iristruo. " / - ' /'General Miles adds : "llicso Indians under Dig Foot were among tto moat desperate 'There ' wcro thlrtv-elght ol the remainder of Sitting Bull's following tast joined Big Foot on the Chojenuo river , antt thirty that broke away from Hump's " foUowig when ho took his band an Bemi t m-jidnjj in all nearly ICO warriors Bofoio leaving their campon ] the Choj enuo river they cut up their harness and broke their wagons , und started south for the Bad Lands , evidently not intending to rotuin uut to go to war. Troops were placed between them and the bad lands and they never succeeded In Joining the hostlles there. All their movements vvoici anticipated , nud tliolr severe loss at the hands of tno Seventh cavalry miy bo a wholesome lesson to the other Sioux. " General Schoflold said that the fight was a most unfortunate occurrence , but ho did not see how it could bo avoided. Ho sent a tele gram to General Miles expressing the opinion that ho ( Miles ) would bo master of the situa tion very soon. Ho also expressed thanks to tno officers and men of the Seventh cavalry for the gallant conduct displayed by them. The surgeon general has received from Medical Director Bacho atPino Ittd/o a re port of the casualties aincj5g. the troops at yesterday's ' light , as follows : "Captain Wallace , twonly-flvo men of the Seventh cavahy , and 6)110 ) Indian scout killed. Lieutenant Gadlngton , Seventh cavalry ; Lieutenant Hnwlhorno , Second ar tillery , and thirty-eight men wounded. Many of the wounds nro sovoro. "Hospital Stewart Pollock was killed. Hav < also about Unity wounded Indians , men , Women nnd Chil dien. " The commissioner of Im ian nffnlrs Into this afternoon received a tolc inm from Special \gcnt Cooper at Pine Kldgo , saying that In yestorday's-'llght 150 In ill Ins were Killed and thirty wounded and captured. Ho also states thnt the Indians attackodp wagon train this ( Tuesday ) morning , two miles north of the agency , killing ono soldfoc of the advnuco guard. j _ Agent Tloycr's Ofllqlnl Roport. WASHINGTON' , Dec. 30 , 'f ho commissioner of Indian affairs this morning received the. following dispatch from Agent Roycr , dated Pine Hldgo agency , pidcomber 29 : On Wounded Knco creek , 1 tnls morning , while the soldiers ' -yvero disarming Big Foot , nnd his b'ond , after their surrender , a fight took pUui , which resulted in the killing of about thrco hundred Indians and sovornl soldiers , including Captain Wal lace , with a number vvouidcd. Two Strike nnd his party , who were camped on Whlto Clay creek , Just tcfjiw Ued Cloud's house , opened flro on tun I agency from the hill tops opposite the boarding schoolvvound- Ing two soldiers. The txjllco returned the flro , killing two of Two Stlnkes Indians and wounding two others. Two Strike and bis band have retreated In k I north westerlv di rection from the agency nnjl it Is supposed ho is trying to make his vfiy back to the bad lands. Thus far tha PinoTlidgo Indians have taken no part in the war , but the Big Foot , Slow Boar , Kicking Bear andTv\o Stiiko bands have been and ara active In the dis turbance. llio Sltunllomat Rosebud. Uoscnuj ) AoBNCr , S. D. , ( via Valentine , Nob. ) Dec. 30. [ Special Telegram to TUB BEE.J Two troops of the Ninth cavalry and three companies of the Eighth Infantrv hnvo been prepared to move nt a moment's notice. Last night orders came for them to start nt once for the bad lands. The pickets at Uosebud have se n Indians signal ing with a looking glass. A sohomo of nhout twenty young men to steal horsoj and break for the bad lands was discovered by the ar rest of tUo first man who tried it. MURDERED FOR HIS SAVINGS , A Beatrice Squatter Found in Hi ] lint with His Throat Out , THE TRAGIC END OF A LONELY LIFE , Ftillcrtun Receives n Severe Scoruli- liiK An KvConvlot 1'itjB for Ills ClirlsttnnH 1'iitldliiK Ne brntdcn City's llopcs. BBATIUCF , Neb , tcc. ) 30 [ Special to Tun BIE. : ] About , halt past 5 o'clock this evening - ing n neighbor living adjacent to tholiut of Doicu Baiter , on the corner of Fifth mid Pcr- lilns streets , had his intention nttructcd to some mysterious nolso lu linker's house mid summoned the pohco. Ofllcor Wilson was promptly on the ground , ami in glancing through n window of the hut saw Baker lying on his bed with blood coring from his throit uud apparently in the lust throes of dentil. The ofllccr managed to force an ontrnuco to the house and a ghastly sight presented itself , linker was Ijing , ns stitcd , on his bed of rigs , with n horrible gash In Ills throat midway between his chin and eolHr- bone , nnd hud Just bioathod his last ns the ofllcor reached him. Coroner Wells , Doctors Boggs nnd Clnus- son \vero immcdiatc-ly summoned , hut tlio mnn was dead before they ranched the hut. It Is still undetermined at this hour whether Itisncnsoof murder or sutoiilo A careful scnrcn of the promises fulls to discover any weapon In or nbout the house by which the thcoiy of sulcldo might bo supported. From the appearance of the squalid room Baker hud evidently sat on the edge of his bou nnd lot the blood ooro out on one snotnonr the nend of the bed. When ho wns found by Ofllcor Wilson ho wis lying on Ills baclc on Ids bed \\lth his hands crossed on his nbilomou. There is n strong prob ability that the man was muidcred. loren ) Unkor wns a half-wlttoJ follow , un- innirlud , and 1ms been u resident of Hoatileo many pears nnd Is known to every old settler in the city. Ho was good naturetl. harmless nnd Industrious and performed odd Jobs , such ns sawing wood about town , wherever ho could llml them to do Ha was probably foitv years of aijo. Ho held u squnttera title to his lot and shanty uualived there all alono. lie was Known to lnivo some money and a quantity of valuable clothing. Uvcrj thing of this chin actor Is missing and thcio now seems but little doubt th.it ho Is the victim of a foul nnd brutal muidor at the hnnds of some ono who know of his possessions. Doron was seen aoout town ted ly in his cherry good nature and the chancier and habits of the iiiifortuunto man precludes eery possibility of suicide. riillcrton Ilailly Suorclicd. FOIJEIITON , Neb , Dec. 30. [ Spcdnl Tele gram to Tm. Uii.l : At 11 o'clock last night Fullerton was visited by her first disastrous fito. The flio stmted In the bake shop of Brown ite Co , and the city being wlthoutllro protection of any kind the flames spread rapidly. Eight business houses in all were soon i educed to ashes. The Tirst National bank , Cook & Nonnmakor , dry goods and groceries ; G. D. Krledler & Co. , liardwarc merchants ; Harris Brothers , real estate and loan ugotits ; Young & Soarta , b.trbers ; Brown & Co , bakery and confectionery ; George McICelvoy , jewelry , were tlio ones whotsuffored by the llro. Most of the goods Were saved ; hut still they woio tnoro or less Injured. The losses are all co\ered by insur ance with the exception of Brown & Co. Monday , at a > ' clou It , some ono set flro tc Leu Shaw's barn > about tweho miles \vcst ol Function. It wcs "burned to the ground. Loss , JbOO ; 110 insurat fj v s fr CIinH3 County X w i Notes. iivtipirp * Neb , Doc. 20. [ Spoclal to Inn BEFr A. pSfinTtis't-r ? ' voy was completed 11 tills county today for nnTntgtttillir ditfftt ? torunfiom the Fnmchmi'i to the vicinity of Hi iwatha , In Dundy county , about twen- ty-ouo miles , and will ba practical In irrigat ing oer twwty-flvo tuousuid acres. Mr. Unggl3 , inombereloct from this district , is one of the chief promoters. It is thought the work will bo conmonoed shorlly. The weather Is delightful ; no frost In the ground and no ho xvy or expensive work required. Alargoprjportlonof the ditch will bo made by owneM of the land \yho will bo bonclltod , and they will tnko their pay In water rights. Chuso county people are thoroughly aroused on this subject. Our county commissioners having S3locted a committee of two gentlemen - men , 0. P. Shellcnborn'er of Imperial nnd Hon. J. H. Hanna of Lamnr , to v Islt Wash ington to secure an oxpoilmenlalwell or two Wo are greatiy encouraged In this Idea fiom the fact that a few days ngo Mr. Butel , near Winchester , In boring for \\ater , at n depth of 800 fcot , struck a vein that throw nut or soveial feet above the surface , and continued to ( low until sand choked up the.six inch hole , The peoulo greatly appioclato the timely aid bo generously sent to this county fiom Omaha , and especially will remember the /eal which Tin : Deis has shown lu this churl- table work. Wo have the soil , the climate and the will. Give us rainfall or Irrimtion and wo will bo in condition to retuin In kind , to tlio unfortunnlc , the bicad cast on the waters. fitewnrt'M Complaint. NcnitASKA CITV , Neb. , Dec. 30 | Special Telegram to TUB Bir. : | A complaint , wns sworn out by William Stewart against Roberi Druscdovv for obtaining inonoy throusli fraud. Stewart has recently boon released from Jail , Svhero ho has been smco July 1 01 the charge of gambling , Druscdow had pur chased from the colebiatlon committee the right to sell licenses for chance gunos and Stow ait was ono of the victims. An liiHann Hermit. NrmusKA Cur , Nob. , Dec. 30 , [ Special to TUB Bn .J The board of commissioners en insanity have examined Tiutn Huraldsoii and declared him a fit subject for the asylum Haraldson Is a hermit , sixty years old , who lives In a cave in the western part of tin county and was on lumato of the asylum yoai t ago. ago.Otno county has live insane patients or hand waiting for admission to the asylum. Handy with Ilia Run. CITIT , Nob. , Deo. 80 ( Special Willis Brown , an ox-convict , whonttomptod to shoot George Baker on Christmas evening , has boon lot off with u sonttnce of thrco mouths In Jail. Drown drew his revolver on Sheriff Willmnn whec the arrest was made , but the sheriff knockot the gun asldo and It was discharged in the S round. A Now Hope. NEIIHA&IU Cirr , Neb. , Doc. 80. [ Special to Tno BKf.1 It is announced hero today that the D. & M. has attain determined to cut-off from this city to Ashland , upon which woikwill begin in the spilng. The nou branch will give a new route from Nebraska City to Omaha. Mcrritt ItoilrrH. HisTixas , Neb , Doo. 80 , [ Special Telfl' gram to TUB BEE 1 Editor Mcrritt of tin Dallv Nebraskan disposed of his half Intorcsi In the paper today to Alderman Thoraai Brcoth. The change goes Into effect Jun uaiy I. Itnttiiinti'H Club , Nimusiu Cur , Nob. , Dec. 30. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Brr.1 Ernest Kottmnn o I'almyra was today bound over to the dlstrlc couitto answer to the dim go of sellluill ; < iuo without a license. Six now complaints wcro immediately Hied against him. In the tilal it u us shown that lan U guardian of n club which 1ms nborhundred \ members , each of whom pays 1 % nd receives In ex change chips for i ho can get all the liquor ho desires frortman as the high chief. The prosecutll * < ushctl by the pro- hlbltlonlsUs nnd the n\ ' * mplnlnts will bo heard In January. Tbmills offered to withdraw the suits lf\ * -an would quit the business and leave \ luntry , but ho declined , ' to t-atli. WYMOIIP , Nob. , Nov. i\ \ [ Spoclal Tele- pram to Tun Uir. ] Mflton Miller of Dluo Springs met ulth n ternblo death nbout thrco and ono half mites north of Miirysvlllo , Kan. , ast night. Ho left Blue Springs yester day nftcinoon in company \\ltu Snro Cooper , IntendliiK to go to Mnrys\lllo with him and return on : he Union Pacific. When tlu-y arrUed near llorso Shoo ciook Cooper n-nchod back for : ho binku , whun the \\hcol nm Into a rut and throw him oul. Ills supposed tint Miller wns reaching lor Cooper whui ho was thrown out and dragged ubout one humlicd and Ilfty j ards. Coojxr \ \ out on to a fat m house , pi o- : iirod a buggy nnd eamo back for him. Ho then went for u doctor. Upon examination it was found that Mtllei's ribs on uoth sides w CM broken , his breast bonociushcd in. his right aim broken and Ids head bruised on the back sldo. The accident ocemred nbout 5 30 nnd bo died shortly afterward. His re mains u era brought homo lodav , artlylng about 10 o'clock. Ho le.ives n wife , \ \ ho Is In \ cry dt'licnio health , mid live small children. A Veisntllo Koivor. LINCOLN , Neb , Dec. HO. [ Special Tele- gi.un to Tin : BK".J Victor Studloy , a smooth young forger of only nineteen jcars and of splendid family connections , wns ar rested tonight. His homo Is in Appleir.itc , WIs. , and his step father is publisher of the Daily Crescent , Is postmaster , cx-congiess- man and quite wealthy , young Studloy lias been lately connected w ith n sooret so- clotv Journal run by L D. Boyntonof Mlnne- ai.olis. Studluy's fast habits caused his dls- charge , and , In order top ly his expenses , ho forged four checks , ho claims for only about t J5 each. It Is claimed by the police that they mi ) much lat or. Ho lied to Omaha and there , it is alleged , ho again i.ilscd a largo sum of money by his boldness in signing other people's untnus . An Alliance Itmuott , Nr.wusKA Cm , Neb , Dee. 80. [ Special Telegram toTm : Bcr.j The local papers to day icceivcd notice fiom the Cotton Orovo alliance. No ! U I , of this county , tint i evolu tions \\oro adopted to boj pott all papers Unit \\oia not supporters of the alliance party. Jay Duirous w.is "exonerated" of the chaigcs against him and his paper endorsed. An Unnatural I At'icr. Giusn ISI.\M > , Neb , Dec. 80. [ Special Telcginm to TIIC Bir. : ] Hczokl.ih Bedfoul , a farmer living near Abbott , this county , w.is lodged In Jail here todiy charged with as saulting his fourteen- } car old d.iuuhtor The complaint was made by his wife , and in the trial the daughter's testimony corioborated the complaint. _ Disposed of Stolen Gnodi. Neb , Dec. 30. [ Sp-eial Tele gram to Tin : Bi i . ] A barber who hns boon woihinghero for some time under the name of George Casey was arrested last night by ofllcurs fiom Lincoln and taken to Lincoln , where an olll cor from Iowa a\\nlts to talto him back to Pnlinor for disposing of stolen goods. _ IJ at Uuntilirj. Neb. , Deo. DO. ' [ Special to THE BKF 1 Owing to the extreme wnim weather for the past week the Missouri river at this point is open nnd llio steam ferry boat wns put In operation yesterday In order to got rid ol the accumulating freight nt the depot. A Ilrnkonmii'H Horrible Death. LISCOI.V , Neb , Dec. .10. 1SpocI.il Tele gram to Tun BIP. I L. Showstcr , a brakeman - man on the B , & M , walked off a broken train at Omopolis tonight and was horribly crushed under the wheels of the last section. Death wns Instantaneous. Hey Drowned While Slcnlnn ; . , Dec. 30. - [ Spccl d Telegram toTiii : BibTj VurcinfT S-nod , the eleven- year old son of V. Toogood of this L.'tv , broke tluough the icoon Walnut cicck today'wuflp skating and wns drowned. Tin ; ito\it ixjVACiittx , A Futile KlVort to Survo It on Auditor Hen to n , LINCOI.V , Nob. , Dee. 80 [ Special Tele gram to TIIR Brr. 1 Mr. Krncst Stuht came down from Omaha this evening armed with an Injunction to restrain Auditor Bcnton from delivering the Omiha union depot and viaduct bonds to Thomas L. Klmball , president of the union depot company. When Mr. Stuht and Shcilff AlrClity went to Bun- ton's house , at Seventh andF stieots , Benton steadfastly refused to appear. His wlfog.uo ns n reason that Mr. Bcnton had lotlrcd. Tor half an hour a parley was held , Mr. Stuht and the sheriff using every endeavor to bring Bcnton out , but to no puiposo. Mis. Benton finally declared that sno was Instructed by her hush md that the auditor could not bo seen. The sheriff Insisted that It \ % ould tnko only n moment to scivo the pipers on Benton - ton , but Mrs. Bcnton rofusea to open the door nnd carried on her conversation thiough the glass In the door. This was at 10 o'clock. rouxn Jir HIH An Ajcd Gorman Arrested fora Mur der ol Thirty Ycnrw Ago. llcTin HIEM , P.I. , Deo. 80. [ Special Tele gram to Tun Bi'i.l : Henry Lmt/ was j ester- day arrested at Illlclt's ' mills , near hero , for niuiuer comniltted in Germany thirty years ngo Some time ago a man died In Germany and on his death-bod ho confessed tint LuU had murdoicd n whole family nnd that ho had assisted In the butchery named and made his homo any\\horo. Lutz was tnued nnd uucsted and Is now on his way to Gcimany. o JMIlincHota Farmers' Alliance. ST. PAUL , Minn. , Dec. SO. At today's ses sion of the state fanners' alliance Ignatius Donnelly , state lecturer , dclivcied his annual addios.3. After congratulating the conven tion on the immense vote polled last Novom- boi for the alliance ticket Donnelly proceeded to aiguu that thu ulllunco must maintain its scpnato identity and not fool with demo crats or lopubllcans. Ho referred to watered stock In scathing terms and paid bpcctal at tention to the organizers cf the See load. Afterpajlnghis respects to .lav Gould the speaker Uesctibcd various iefoin > s now work ing nnd closed with an appeal for the alli ance to move fur wind. National Lcctuier Ash by of lown , also spoke. Tonight Donnelly was elected presi dent , receiving fii3 votes against 105 foi Halvcrscu. Northwestern Travollnt ; Mon. CiiiCAno , III , Deo. sO. The Noithwestern Traveling Men's association began Its six teenth annual session today. Among other business transacted a committee was ap pointed to formulate a plan for the formation of a rc&crvo fund with a view to crectlnu i great building In this city for the usool traveling men. George J. Itecd was elected president , also u long list of Nice presidents Investigating the Cnrrollton Killing- . WASHINGTON , Dec. ! iO , President Ihmlsoi with the assistance of Postmaster Goncia Wanainakcr Is mulling an investigation Into the recent killing of Postmaster Mntthons at Carrollton , Miss. Senator George today received u letter from a Baptist minister a Carrollton , saying thn killing was lla ictiilt of u pctsomil dlniculty and politic * did not en tor Into the e.vo. DISASTROUS LONDON FIRE , A Terrible Oonflngrntlon Among tbo VTaro * houses Near Blackfrinra' Bridge. * n THE LOSS WILL REACH TWO MILLIONS , St. Itonnett's Fnmoits Old Cliurctl Completely DcHtrojcd , but tlio bnl- > atlon Army lleii < liiixrtcrs | Sa ell by Hard Work. Los DO v , Dec , ! )0. ) A terrible conflagration Is now raging among the warehouses on Queen Victoria and Thames streets , near Blacltfrlar's bridge. Fourteen engines vera soon upon the spot , nnd thu llremcn did their utmost to check tlio course of the Ihiinei , but as the wind was blowing It materially added to the fury of the lira The largo wholesale fur manufactory of Hevillon Frorcs , extending from IS * to 111 Queen Victoria street , was doomed. Following Hits news wns the infounatlon that n largo cooperage he use , a number of tancy goods stoics and the Gulchor electric ) light and pewIT company's building wore al o a com plete prey to the Ilamcs. The Humes spread as rapidly on all aides as If there wcro no tlrcmcn or engines present. Immense crowds of people gathered on the bridges over the Thames mid and the streets running down to the liver \ \ hero a good view of the coulhigratloti could bo had. Many people expressed the hope that this disaster would at last bring nbout a reform la th Uowlon iho tnlgndo and Its long-needed re modelling upon the plan of the New Voik llro dcpirlmcnt. As the llro progressed It spread to tno quarters of tlio salvation array. Thu Salva tionists \vcio woihing like beavers in their elicits to place the rccoids nnd other prop uitv of the army in a place of safety. At I p in. the llro was rapidly spreading In all directions. All the buildings from the comer of Bennett's Hill to No , lJ."i ! Queen Victoria stieutvcio cither blaring flcieoly otf else woiosinoiildoilng ruins. The lire originated In tlio building of 0. Davidson & Sons , piper manufactuuus and bag makeis 110 Queen Victoria stioet. This building was a Inrgo structure nnd was coui- plotelv gutted , as was also that ofdolph Fi.inklin & Co , nwnufncluieis of : pi I os and importers of tobacco. The old St. Dennett's chuuh on Upper Thames street , the famous Welch church also caught Ino. At-ti ! > 0p. m. what would bo tcinied in Now Yolk four Imgo blocks nio on llro mid buinlng steadily. At tno llro this nftcinoon St. Bennett's church was completely deitioved. The flro- men managed to save thu heiidqmirtois of the Salvation army and It was then announced that the Iho was under control. Two million dollars , it is estimated , will cover the loss. Later An oxnuilnattor of the buried dli- tilct shows that St. Bennett's chinch , thu old Welsh \\oishiplng plnie , was not entticly dostiojed , na nt first thought. Besides the high wind today the weather was oxtiotncly cold , the water freezing all over the llio np- piratus and the firemen. There was no loss of life nnd few accidents among ttio lliomen. join : w Tin : Tit.ten. The Union I'aciilu Drllus the OriloroC thu Court. The wur between the Union Padfle aid the Milwaukee goes merrily on. Aftone- curing an eider from tlio court yesterday to compel the Union I'acillo to permit the Mll waukco ti.ilns to come ncross the bildgo , Mr. Nash ol ttio Milwaukee decided to make ouo moro cffoit to gain an entrance to the union depot , and went over to Council Bluffs last night. Intending to bring the Mllwaukco trains across. Hut no had harldy calculated upon the ex tent to which the Union Pacillo had deter mined to cm ry this light When lie vlsltod the yards nnd the time came to bring a tiain across ho was astonished to llnd that the switch making the connection bctucon the Mllwnulico and the Union I'acltlo hid been actually torn up and several tojs of the track cntlrelviomovi'd. This made it absolutely impossible to got a solitary car fiom ono tiaclc to the other , nnd the effort was aban doned for the present. " Mr. Nash snvs , however , that this action on tfiV pii t of the Union Pncille will only nnko the light inorodatcmiJncd and exacting on the p.ut of the Milwaukee. , , Killed In n IlinldhiK Collapip.- NEW YOHK , Dec. 30. This aftcin&on uio top of n live-story building on the northwos t corner of Twenty-nlntn sticot nnd 1'lrst nvo- niio collapsed. Fifty men were at work transforming the building into nn annex to Kohlcr's bipvvcry. What caused the acci dent cannot he leaincd. It was thought ut lirst that moil of thu men must have been killed hut \v hen the firemen and policemen m lived on the sccno they soon found the affair not so serious. James Durcon and Lewis Webei weio fatally injuiod , dvlng In a short time. Ten other men weio painfully hint nnd ono or two of thorn may ( lie. The men In falling rathered gathered ill ) ut the center post , forming n sort of umhrc'lla , nnd this explains how the men escaped so miracu lously. Fight wltli Unilii 1'iiHlia'H Forces. BI.IIIIV , Dec. 30 , ThoTagobliittlms n letter ter from Its correspondent In Zaiulbnr stat- Inp tlfnt Grain Pasha recently bent Lieuten ants Ltinghcld and Bulow at the head of a body of troops to Wrambo , where they inu ght a battle with the Watuta til bo , de feating the latter with severe loss. The Watutas subsequently joined forces with another tribe and again attacked llio Ger mans , Their lilies did not stick to them well , however , and they were again badly defeated. 'Iho Hermans had thioo killed and nhio wounded. Commander Stuhltnan teccntly captured a slaver's camp near Vlctniia Ny- nn/a , killing many Arabs and releasing a largo number of slaves , A Torrihli' llvporloiicr. Pini.VDLLi'iiiA , Dec. ! )0.Tho ) schooner Lnmson brought In today Charles "Wallon- bergiir , solo survivor of the crow of the schooner Potter , vvhick capjlzed Sunday in a terrible stoim off Barnogat. Five men wcro drowned at once. Captain Evims , Wal- Icnborgw nnd anotlior man managed to sccuro themselves to the wreckage ? and drifted about for ten hems with the sou dashing over them and a cold wind adding to ttielr misery. The ciow of the Lanison man- tigod w Ith the utmost dlflli-ulty to got to the laft , lound one m m do id nnd Captain Uvuns nnd WallPiiborgcr nearly so. Cnpttun nvnns died In half an hour , but Wallonbergor , while In iitorrlblo condition fiom exposure , will piobauly iccover. a ho Tor Omaha and vlelnlt } Ll tA rnlnj warmer , followed by colder. For Nohiaska Fair ; southeily winds } slight changes In tcmpciatuie. For Iowa Fair , except light rains In Mis- slsslppl valley ; southerly winds ; winner ForHouth IaUota Fair ; southeily vvlndst slight changes In temperature. Ills Aunt Muicloictl Him. CiiR'too , III. , Dec. UO.Mrs. . .locnidt , aunt of Frank Biaun , who w us found dead In his sxloon Saturday , has confessed to lillllnif him. She sujii they quarreledover * monor43 H rnnttcw , ho atuokod her and ho ( Irou 'i holf.dcfonso , Snrui'on fSnnoral of tlio Arv/ij- , WiiiNOTOV , ! ) ! , 'iO. Thoj/cnJl ) toddy fonllrmed Colmal t hiirl ( > ' * fcj tbf i 'and ' M t-'i'iieiai of llio iinir autl tJuhi. in in i tn imstuutlDi < t taaioia , 111 , > fiy A try- , . , -
