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l j. H. ESTlLL.President. I
ambush of the bucks.
the SEVENTH CAVALRY’S ESCAPE
A VE-tY NARROW ONE.
Tn-o Th' usand Frenzied Warriors Had
* Them Surrounded When the Ninth
Cavalry Rushed Ip to the Rescue—
Wagoner Haywood Slain Before the
Eyes of the Troops.
Cbigago, Jan. ’A—A special from Pine
Ridge Agency. S. D., says: “It is evident
(-cm the testimony of tee officers and men
that the Seventh cavalry barely escaped
tae tragic fate of Custer in the battle of
White Clay creek. The troop had passed
the Catholic mission, and were dismounted
ia a big valley, one and a half miles wide,
just beyond the scnool. At the end of this
vaiiey isa nar o -v canyon, not over seventy
five feet wide and 800 yards
long , opening" into a small circular
pa-h'. It was the object of the Indians to
Jraw them into this small valley. The
soldiers were getting ready to make a rush
on foot for the top of the hill when a cry
arose that they were surrounded. Ad
vancing now lu one and two in another
direction, on eitner side of the valley, they
found themselves opposed each time by 200
or 300 Indians.
SAVED BY TUB NINTH.
Soon the hills began to swarm with 1,800
to 2 000, warriors and in twenty minutes a
tragedy would have gone to the world,
fie untiring Ninth rode in as they
rode before at the time of the Meeker mas
sacre, attacking furiously the rear of the
tarages ami scattering them in every direc
tion. Before toe enemy could rally from
their confusion the boys in blue withdrew
ilowlv and sullenly to Pine Ridge. The en
erav are stealing horses and cattle in every
direction. While the blizzard made the old
men, women and children sutfer, it
will have little or no elfect on
the bucks aud warriors. It is
believei that Little Wound was the head
that planned ami directed the battle, as it
showed more generalship than has been
displayed since Red Cloud’s fighting and rys.
Old Red Cloud sent in a letter last night
claiming that he was a prisoner and beg.
ging the -olliers to come and save him. i his
is corroborated by f, ie .dlies, who say that
when the stam ede took place Monday
old Red's wife began to throw things into
wago.is, and with true wifely spirit, said she
was for war. and would go out on the
bloody path even it her liege lord remained
and fought on the other side.”
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF.
A special to the Inter Ocean from Pino
Ridge Agency, South Dakota, says: “All
communication wi h the railroad is cut off
except to officers over the military wire.
There has been no mail service since Sun
day, and no one except Indians to carry
telegrams to the railroad. Gen. Milas sent
out a telegram warning the settlers along
the railroad. Much has been said about the
treachery of the Indian scouts. There
is enough to make every one
fear them when away from the agency,
but they are not disturbed, as a rule. Capr.
Taylor denies e i.phatically that any of his
men turned against the soldiers, and he says
they fought bravely with them, and many
soldiers confirm his words.
A CAPTAIN’S NARROW ESCAPE.
‘■Capt. Jacob Jackson of the Seventh cav
ftiry had a narrow escape, however, from
some who were in p dice uniform and sol
diers’ and scouts’ fur overc >ats aud capes.
Taeca: tain hud a squad of twenty men
chasing the fugitives a mile or more from
Wounded Knee, wheu half a dozen
trailers or hostiles, disguised in police
and scouts’ clothing, rode up with
a pleasant greeting, turned, cantered iff
iuty yards, wheeled and without warning
ope ed fire. At the same instant fully fifty
more Indians appeared over the crest of
the hill, and stai ted for the little band,
who retreated to the creek, firing as they
went. J
THE KILLING OF HAYWOOD.
“Capt. Bentrn, who escorted a wap-on
wain of the Seventh cavalry, says Charles
ilaywo and was in advance of the train
which arrived within a mile aßd a half of
imo judge, when three Indians rode uo
dressed as soldiers and scouts. They sposo
ro poor Haywood in full sight of the
troops guarding the train, and then shot
him down in cod blood. The troop
took prompt and instant revenge. Yester
friendlies, who are camped on
white Clay creek, south of the agency,
reached the abandoned tenees of the camps
?.'„ L , lttle Wound, Two Strike and R&
Lnv A ! <lay long their wagons loaded
ith p under streamed from the abandoned
camp. 7 ’
the camp in the bad lands.
Wasiungton, Jan. 2.-Gen. Schofield
>,'? morul- g received a telegram from Gen.
-vli.es, dated at Pine Ridge age cy, Jan. 1,
. 3,000 Indians, men, women and
cmt.ren. Including about 000 bucks, are
y; / nc , ami;ed iu a section of the Bad
Lands about fifteen miles from tho Pine
hidgo age.icy, and there is almost a cordon
w troops around them. Geu. Mi es an
n?o!* Ce 9 he h °P OS 1)0 able to induce
T ANARUS; stUes to surrender without a struggle.
where they are encamped he de-
as somewhat like the lava beds
..era tee Modocs made their final fight,
r , 8 an ©xoellent position from an
an standpoint, but there are now no
e mes of escape, all having been closed by
Gen. Miles says that the Indians
e gathered some cattle and provisions
■ a appt ar to be determined to make their
ie ifn r EU ? at this point. He says
. "take another effort to get them
in tbe a ? enc y without bloodshed, and
- raer to do so he has established a regular
.6ge around their stronghold.
the troops take the field.
Omaha, Neb., j an . 2.— Tho Bee has the
Pi from its staff correspondents at
Tw i idge a K 9uc Yi via Rushuille: -Gen.
io°ke and staff, together with eight
o£ tbe Sscond infantry and all
‘®/' inth cavalry that had been here,
. ted into the field at II o’clock yesterday
l , via OeJrich’s road to Beaver
P, eeic > and almost due east of this agency.
f;on ihore they will swing out into as long
line as possible, thus forming a western
s ,, a part ,°f a northern side of a hollow
. lc!l now seems it has been in
r- a nd. to form about the bostiles. Geu.
- arr s command has arrived at Wounded
mee, near a point, where the battle took
Run 8 ’ u vhlch is sixt - v miles east of Pine
abnut sixteen miles northeast of
. o r ® at ’’ ounded Knee p stofflee. Thus it
us that Gen. Carr’s command is to con
ute the cast and north sides of the
square.
the order not relished.
thr *m m tlle expression upon the faces of
■'ie officers and men as they filed out through
aud bitter cold it was evident that
■-> did not relish Geu. Miles’ order. Three
compamag from t ie First infantry from Kan
m, r ClsCo bave already arrived and Bix
s ; 6 expected to-day to replace tho
iv,.° . J A scout came in yesterday and
ported that the main body of the hostiles
*'i moved back twelve miles from t.e
J ’ ’ c l’ an< f toward the Bad Lands on the
Another arrived last evening and
tbe Indians indulging in a wild
ar donee only eight miles from here.
Hhe JKofning fSleto#.
AS MANY LIVES AS A CAT.
“A party of Indian scouts visiting the
scene of Monday’s battle found nine In
dians wbe were wounded in the fight (till
alive. Twe of them had been taken to a
log hut near by, and were being eared for
by a squaw who had remslued behind. The
other seven, all of whom were found
lying in the gullies remote frem the battle
field, tied survived the blizzard without any
attention of any kind. Two were bucks,
and the other five were squaws. There was
scarcely enough bfe left in any of the party
to pay the scouts for bringing tnem in, but
they did so, and they are now with the
others in tbe Episcopal church.
TWO BABIES POUND.
“In addition to the adults found, two
tiny Indian bab.es, neither of them over S
months old, were found alive. Each was
beside tbe dead body of its mother. They
were well wrapped up, but how they ever
survived the fearful weather of the last
forty-eight hours seems a miracle. Tne little
innocents were brought to the agency and
found friends in tee wives of some of the
Indian scouts.
NONE OF THE WOUNDED DEAD.
“Of the thirty-five wounded Indians
brought ia after the battle, nearly all of
whom were squaws and children, not one
has yet died, yet many of them are badly
wounded with bullets. The rear guard of
the party of chanty-doing scouts that went
out in their search for wounded Indians
were forced to exchange several shots with
some of tbe roving hostiles. After the late
battle Indian sc uts went over tbe field
and picked up all the disabled hostiles they
could find before the troops were compelled
to hurry in here and protect the agency
from the upri-dng hiefi occurred as previ
ously described. The Indian scout who fell
at Wounded Knee was given a military
burial yesterday by his comrades under tbe
command of Lieut. Taylor, Rev. Mr. Cook
presiding.
THE WEATHER LESS STORMY.
“The snowstorm that has been raging for
twenty-four hours has ceased. The weather
is warmer, and as a result tbe vigilant out
look for a surprise by the hostiles, which
wae allowed to lapse during the war of ele
ments. has been resumed. None of the
wounded soldiers are any worse, and most
of them seem a little better.”
CAMP OF THE HOSTILES.
A special to the Bee from Rushville says:
“It is definitely known that hostiles to the
number of about 1,100 are fortified near the
mouth of the White Clay creek, and that
Gen. Brooke, with detachments of troops,
is swinging around to the north 'of them.
Gen. Carr is supposed to be approaching
from the west, and Gen. Miles will make a
dash from the south. The force thus en
gaged is thought to be ample for tbe aunihi
lati in of the entire band unless some un
foreseen complication or misfortune arises.
SUING FOR PEACE.
“Ambassadors from this hostile camp
have to-day again been suing for peace and
offering to surrender arms. It is not known
here w nether terms will be granted or not,
but the general opinion prevails that in
view of the uctions of the rebels in slaughter
ing troops while under a flag of truce not
much weight will be given their pretended
repentance.
“That the hostiles have been largely re
inforced within the past few days t ere is
no doubt, and there sosms reasonable ground
for the rumors that some ludi-ms from
other agencies or the British possessions
have joined them.
A RANCHMAN KILLED.
“A report has just reached here by
courier that a foraging party of Indians
from the main camp on White Clay creek
attacked the ranch of Douglas Points, a
fen miles to the west, last uigtit, killed him
and drove away iiis 41)0 head of cattle.
“A great row is reporte o have broken
out in the camp of the host les, the conten
tion being as to the advisability of surren
dering. ’This also is not confirmed, but
comes through a half-breed coui ier, who
claims to have just arrived from their
camp. Except in case of unconditional sur
render there will undoubtedly be a great
battle before night.
COL. HENRY ALL RIGHT.
“Col. Henry has joined the Second infan
try with his men, and is all" right. Tne
Fort Douglas troops will arrive to-night at
Pine Ridge. The inhabitants of Rushville
are calling for arms and are orga izing a
home guard. Five Red Cross ambulauees
arrived a: Pine Ridge to-day. A ranch
man reports seeing a band of 100 Indians
going southwest from the reservation at
midnight. If true this means trouble.”
FOURTEEN SOLDIERS SLAIN.
A special to the Bee from Pine Ridge
says: "A scout just in from the hostiles
says that fourteen cavalry horses with sad
dles and other equipments were brought
into the nostile camp last night by
young warriors. Tbe scout heard the hos
tiles make remarks to the effect that there
were fourteen less soldiers to fight
and that the hostiles lost only two
warriors in gotting fourteen oavalry horses,
etc. The scout’s report has created a sen
sation here, which is being followed up
with increased activity around the military
headquarters. That the intelligence means
that a battle or skirmish has taken place in
which Gen. Brooke or Gen Ca r’s command
has lost men there is littia doubt.”
NEBRASKA’S MILITIA OUT.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. S3. —In response to
urgent appeals from the inhabitants of
Northwestern Nebraska for protection
against marauding bands of Indians, Gov.
1 haver this evening stmt telegraphic in
structions to the commanders oi the mili
tia at Fremont, Central City, Ord
and Tokamah to leave on tho first
train with theirjS commands for the
scene of action. These troops
will be divided between the towns of
Chadron, Gordon and Hay Springs. An
order was also issued to Gen. L. \\. Colby
commanding the First brigade, Beatrice,
Neb., to hold his command in readiness to
march on short notice. Should the militia
comprised in this brigade be ordered to
move, as now seems probable, practically
the whole of Nebraska’s national guird
will be centered on tho frontier.
CAUSE OF THE UPRISING.
New York, Jan. 2. —The New York
Freeman's Journal will publish to-morrow
a letter from Father Craft, the Catholic
India i missionary. The letter was dated
Pino Ridge Agency, 8. D. Ho says in the
beginning the Indians hoped for much aid
from the government to enable thorn to
become like the whites. They were, how
ever, in every wav abused, mocked
and discouraged. Instead of beiug
wards, thev have felt that they worn
viotims of the unscrupulous politic.ans, who
benefited by their misery. Father Craft
adds: "I know what I say, for I have
shared their sufferings for many years. In
their despair Gen. Crook brought them
hope. Their confidence in him led them to
hope that he would be able to realize their
honos. His death was their death, and they
felt it.
THE INDIANS NOT FOOLS.
“The Indians are not fools, but men of
keen intelligence. A reduction in rations
increased their fears. Even tbe Indian
agents protested against such cruelty. Mr.
Lee, vrbo took the census, made a grave
mistake—counted less than the real number
and made a false report of prosperity that
did not exist. * * * *
“It is not to be wondered that they be
lieved in the 'messiah 1 whom they at first
SAVANNAH, GA-, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1891.
doubted, and listened to every deoeiver who
promised hope. * * * *
“Interested whites took advantage of this
state of affairs and howled for troops. The
army indignantly protested against their
false statements, but had to go to the seen#
of the supposed danger.
FRIGHTENED INTO FLIGHT.
"Interested whites persuaded them that
entire destruction was aimed at, and tae
Indians ran away in fear and despair.
Father Jule c ilmed them and brought them
back to the agency, and the kind: ess of
Gen. Brooke convinced them cf their safety.
Tbe general’s plan to send the Indians
after those still out was good,
and would succeed if the general
were left alone. Just as a tree can be
traced from its smallest branch to its root
can the Indiau troubles be traced to the
starvation and misery of tbe Indiana”
In the conclusion of his letter Father
Craft arraigned Commissioner Morgan in
severe terms.
THINKS AMERICANS ARE BLUSHING.
London, Jan. 3,3 a. m. —The Chronicle
says: “History will surely brand as in
famous the relations of America toward
the unhappy Indians. Honest Americans
must be mourning and blushing because of
this inglorious war.”
ALLIANCE! BILLS IN KANSAS.
Captions of the Measures to ba Be
fore the Legislature.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 2.—The election of
Edward Wheoler. the alliance candidate in
the Twenty-second district, makes the legis
lature sand as follows: Senate— Republi
cans 38; democrat* 1, alliance 1. House:—
Republicans 26, alliance 91, democrats 8.
The legislative committee of the Kansas
farmers’ alliance has sixteen bills prepared
for introduction iu the state legislature,
which convenes the middle of the month.
Tneso hills have been approved bv the sub
alliances, and will receive the united sup
port of the farmers’ alliance legislature. The
titles of the bills are as follows: Koran ex
tension of the stay law for a period
of two years; redemption law giving the
mortgager three years in which to redeem
land not exceeding 820 acres sold under
foreclosure; revision of the chattel mort
gage law; a law requiring the mortgagee to
pay his proportionate part of the taxes; re
duction of the rate of interest to 6
per cent, straight, with a penalty
of forfeiture of principal and
interest for its violation; revision of the
assessment and taxation laws; redaction of
the salaries of public official?; reduction of
the state printer’s expenses; school text
books to be published by the state and
furnished to the people at cost; revision of
court officers’ fee bills; adoption of the
the Australian system of voting and Craw
ford county system of primaries; a law
requiring railroad commissioners to be
elected by the poople; a law requiring land
sold under foreclosure to bring tho amount
of the judgment and costs; a law suppress
ing Pinkerton detectives or similar organi
zations in the state; such reductiou of the
railroad tariff as will yield an annual in
come not exceeding 6 per cent, on the actual
investment.
FATAL FEUDB OVER LAND.
“I’m Still In Possession" tho Last
Words of One of tho Men.
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 2.—A special from
Newport, Ark., to the Appeal-Avalanche
says that in a quarrel over tho possession of
a piece of land, last night, two men were
killed and two probably fatally injured.
One of the killed was named Perdue, who
occupied a house on the land. When shot
he was helped to his bed, and his last words
were; “I am still in possession."
A BLOODY SETTLEMENT IN TENNESSEE.
Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 2.—News comes
from Well Spring, an isolated village in
Clai- orne county, of a bloody b ittle there
in which one man was killed and another
badly injured. For some time Janies Clay
bourne and Sylvester Spangler, farmers,
have been quarreling about their landed
interests. Failing to settle their
difference by words, they resorted
to force. Claybourne shot Sylvester
Spangler through tbs breast, causing death
in a few minutes. Spangler before dying
cut off an arm of Claybourne and crushed
his skull with an ax. The latter Is reported
dying. The relatives of tho men are not
satisfied with the fight, and seem deter
mined to renew tho battle. Frank Sylvester,
an eye witness to the murder, has been ar
rested as an accessory.
SAFE IN FORT.
Tho City of Macon Lands a Ship
wrecked Crew at Boston.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 2. —Tho steamer City
of Maoon, Capt. Lewis, at Boston to-day
from Savannah, brings Capt. Duntcb und
crew of the three-masted schooner Dudley
Farling, which foundered off Body Island
Dec. 28. The Farling sailed from New
Yoi k Dec. 24 for Charleston, with fertiliser.
Dec. 2t> she encountered a southeast hurri
cane, during which she labored heavily and
sprung a leak, which gained gVadually until
the night of Dec. 28, when the vessel sank
shortly after the men had been token to the
boats." The crew suffered intensely from
the oold for twenty hours, whe i they were
picked up by the Maliory steamer Elmo,
which subsequently transferred them to the
City of Macon.
EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA.
The Shock Saifl to iiave Been the Moat
bevere Since 1868.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 3.—Two dis
tinct earthquake shocks, with but few
seconds intermission, occurred here at 12:03
o’clock to-day. The vibrations wero nearly
north and south.
Prof. E. S. Holden, of the Lick observa
tory at Mount Hamilton, telegraphs that
the shock was the most severe that has oc
curred in northern California since 1808.
Ceihngs were cracked iu the observatory
and fell to the floor. The large telescope at
the observatory, it is believed, was unin
jured.
TRAINS IN A JUMBLE.
An Engineer and a Fireman Killed
and two Badly Inlured.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 2.—Two passonv
gar trains on the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road collided near Weverton, on tho Metro
politan branch, last night. One track was
obstructed and the other track was being
used for a short distance for trains both ways.
One train gang failed to observe instruc
tions, with the result that cno engineer and
one firemen were kil ed, another engineer
and fireman badly hurt, and two engines
and several express cars were wrecked. The
passengers wero not injured.
Fire in a Cotton Hold.
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 2.—The British
steamship Yesso, Smith master, laden with
5,120 bales of cotton for Bremen, caught
fire this evening. The fire, which is con
fined to tho forward hold, is under controL
The main damage will come from water.
Rise of the Ohio.
Cincinnati, JaD. 2.— Tbe Ohio river is
rising from Pittsburg to Cairo, and a fifty
foot rise at Cincinnati is predicted.
A BLAZE OK BROADWAY.
IT RAN ALONG FROM 28TH TO
29TH BTBIEr3.
The Fifth Avenue Theater and Herr
man’s Theater in Ruins—Fanny Dav
enport Playing Cleopatra in tbe
Former—Three Firemen Have Nar
row Escapes from Heath.
New York, Jan. 2,11:45 p. ii.—Eighteen
years ago yesterday the Fifth Avenue thea
ter, then in the rear of the Fifth Avenue
hotel, on Twenty-fourth street, disappeared
in flame and smoke. Within a short time
after Augustin Daly had the old Apollo
hall, where the famous committee
of seventy had its birth, changed
into a play-house. Fifteen minutes
or so to-night after Fanny Davenport,in the
character of ’‘Cleopatra" had trod the hoards
of the Fifth Avenue theater redivivus,
and the audience had passed oat of the
Broadway and Twenty-eighth street en
trances, Watchman Finn ran out of the
theater screaming “Fire."
RALLY OF THE ENGINES.
A few seconds later the fire engines were
dashing up Broadway, and uutil nearly 1
o’clock this morning new detachments were
still responding to additional signals for
help. What was at first believed to be a
false alarm proved to be one that destroyed
a whole biook upon Broadway, besides
the Fifth Avenue theater, Herrmann’s
new play house, a dozen stores, and threat
ened the Sturtevant home, on the oast side
of Broadway, between Twenty-eighth and
Twenty-ninth streets. Up to this writing,
while the fire is yet raging, no lives are
known to have been lost.
NARROW ESCAPES.
There were a dozen or more narrow es
capes, and at one time it was thought that
three flreineu who were caught on a roof
would perish. For two of these brave fel
lows it was very lucky that a line of hose
ran from the roof to the street. Tne daring
“laddies” took advantage of this fact, ana
wheu their comrades on the street gave
them up ns lost they slid down to the street
But the other, a reckless sort of au individ
ual, scorned, it seemed, to escape that way.
He stood his ground, and was soon lost
sight of in the smoke. Ladders were hastily
raised, but the searchers failed to find Mc-
Ginnis—th it was his name—it is said,
but to the surprise of his oomrudes, half an
hour or so later, the brave man made his
reappearance on the street. He had or* led
along the roof, which was almost fnrnaoe
hot, until he reached a Latcuway, through
which he made his escape.
FLAMES SHOOT THROUGH THE ROOF.
The fire had been burning less than half
an hour tfore tbe flame- shot through tbe
roof, causiug the wiM-st consternation
among tbe guests of the Brower house, on
the northeast oorner, and Ssurtevaut house.
To add to the confusion were six ex-
Elusions in the Fifth Avenue theater, which
lew tha blazing rafters sky ward, aud these
set fire to the roofs of buildings surrounding
the burning theaters. While the firemen
were powerless to do anything toward sav
ing the play-house they worked nobly in pre
venting the destruction of tho houses in the
vicinity of the immense blaze.
OWNED BY THE GILSEYB.
The property burned belongs to the Gll
scy estate and the total damage to tbe build
ing and its contents is roughly estimated at
$500,000.
Manager Harry Miner was early on the
soeno, as was also Prof. Herrmann. While
the former saved nothing from the wreck,
the profes or aud his wife worked like
beavers. Mrs. Herrmann saved her four
pet doves, but her husband sorrowfully said
that his favorite trick apparatus, worth
$20,000, was lost to him forever. •
OCCUPANTS OF THE STORES.
The occupants of the stores on the west
side of Broadway, from Twenty-eighth to
Twenty-ninth streets, which number from
1185 to 1203, were as billows: No. 1185, J.
J. Slater, shoes; No. 1187 was a side entrance
to the Fifth Avenue theater; No. 1189 was
occupied by the Cash Register Company;
No. 1191, J. B. Crook & Cos., sporting goods;
No. 1193, L, Spero, tailor, No. 1195, en
trance to Herrmann’s theater; No. 1197, A.
E. Kirch, florist; No. 1199, J. B. White,
jeweler; No. 1201, Wossman, florist,
and No. 1203, Harman & Son, shoes.
The goods in all theso st. res was badly
damaged by water, and should the walls
topple in the salvage will be very small.
They are shaky at present, and the firemen,
aware of their condition, for safety sake,
are working from the opposite side of
Broadway and West Twenty-eighth street,
and the roofs of houses to the westward.
THE EXPLOSIONS.
The first of the series of explosions,
which are thought to have been caused by
the bursting of the gas tanks, cauie very
near bei go serious affair for a dozen or
more flreme t, under tbe leadership of
battalion Chief McCabe, who were at that
moment working in the auditorium of the
Fifth Avenue theater. They were almost
blown into the street with several reporters.
At intervals of every few minutes explosion
followed explosion. The firemen did not
know what whs coming next, aud they, for
the first time in the history of the depart
ment, were more or less frightened. But
they soon rallied.
THE WATER TOWER RAISED.
Ladders were raised, and the “water
tower' and several nozzles with "Siame-e
four-ways” were doing tueir best to stay the
spread of the fierce flames. The stiff breeze,
which was blowing from the northward, got
in its fine work, uud there was no a opping
the fire. It had simply to burn itself out.
Herrman's new theater, which was recently
rebuilt at considerable expense, was found
to lie on fire after the fourth explosion.
This building was once famous as the abode
of the San Francisco minstrels, Birch,
Wambold and Backus.
FANNY DAVENPORT’S LOSS.
Ou Dec. 23 last, Fanuy Davenport made
her first appearance in Sardou’s play of
‘ ‘Cleopatra,” about the title of which at
present there is some le?al troubles. The
actress has boa i greeted by large audiences,
and it was expected that "Cleopatra”
would have a long run, but In half au
hour the scenery, costumes and building,
worth probably 176,000, vanished in firs
and smoko. It was very lucky indeed that
the fire did not break out during tbe per
formance, for it is claimed that the play
houses were well patronized. And it seems
odd, too, that in so short a space of time
that a fire could have gained such headway,
with a watchman inside tbe building. This
is a mystery which Fire Marshal Mitchell
will be called upon to solve.
FATAL FLAMEB IN A HOTEL.
Two Men, a Woman and a Boy Perish
at Corsicana.
New Orleans, La., Jan. 2.—A special
to the Flcayun* from Corsicana, Tex.,
says: “Tbo Avenue hotel, a wooden struc
ture near tbe Cotton Belt railroad depot,
was burned last night. A woman, two
men and a boy were burned to death. One
man and tbe boy are unknown. The other
man and the woman, from a letter found
in their valise, are supposed io
be Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel,
frem McGregor, Tex. The bodies are
held by the city authorities for identifies*
tion. The firemen made fruitless efforta to
•ave the wi mao and me t and barely escaped
themselves by leaping from seoo.id-story
windows. Several car* of freight standing
on the side track cf the Cotton Belt railroad
were burned. The hotel was a total leas.
The budding was fully insured. The loas is
120.000.’’
JCDGK BROW.VS ME T TLB.
Cases Which Will Show What He la
i epable Of.
Washington, Jab. 2. —It is understood
that Judge Brown of Detroit will he hero
when the Vuited States supreme court
meets hero on Monday next, and w ill then
be sworn into office as an associate justice.
When Justice Brown takes his seat the su
preme court bench will ouce again be full.
By reason of various causes the court
has beeu one short of its lull
wo; king strength, except during one
brief period, for several years,
in fact since tho long illness of the late Jus
tice Woods, A number of importaut cases
hare accumulated stnoe Justice Miller's
dea h, and are Awaiting a-signmeut for
argument as soon as the new associate jus
tice takes his sent. These cases involve a
variety of interesting and difficult legal
problems, and Judge Brown will almost at
the start have an opportunity to show his
full capabilities.
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS.
Constitutional questions are at issue in
the maj rlty of these cases, and the delicate
relations which the fedeial government and
the states sustain to each other in the mat
ter of the application of the interstate coins
mere* clause of the constitution comes upiu
several forms in these suits. Among the cases
which the court ndvaucedou the docket, but
announced that it would not assign for ar
gument on a particular date until there
was a I nil bench, are three or four suits
brought by express, sleeping-car and tele
phone companies against the state of Ten
nessee. The general question at issue iu
ttiem is the constitutionality of the state
laws imposing license taxes on agents of
these o impanies, especially when none but
an interstate business is performed.
AN ORIGINAL PACKAGE CASE.
An original package liquor case from
Kansas is also awaiting argument, and the
court, after once hearing the counsel at
length in au important mining suit from
L'oioiado, has made an order announcing
that it desires the case reargued before the
full bench, and has advised the counsel to
have plans and models of mining vuiut a id
lodes to exhibit ia order that a complete
understanding of the controversy may be
reached. Tins esse, which was originated
by the Iron-Silver-Mimng Company, is of
great lm porta ca throughout the western
m.uing regions.
SPECIAL RAILROAD RATES.
Another suit on the dockot awaiting as
signment is of very general interest. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has
refused to comply with an order of the in
tersta a commerce commission forbidding
the making of special rates to dramatic or
ganizations, and it is proposed by the pend
ing suit ta review some of the most im
portant provisions of the interstate com
meroe law.
From Massachusetts there comes an inter
esting maritime suit involving jurisdiction
over the hays of tho common wealth, ami
other states also contribute their quota of
suits of more than ordinary interest.
WORLD’S FAIR MEMORIALS.
A Resolution Looking to Action by
Each of the states.
Washington, Jan. 2.— Representative
Butterworth of Ohio to-day introduced in
tho House the following preamble and reso
lutions relative to the World’s Columbian
Exposition:
Whereas, The art of congress approved
April 2f>. 1-90. which provides for the com
memorating uf ths 400th anniversary of the dis
covery of America by au exhibition of the re
sources of the United States of America atul
their development, and of the progress of the
civilization of the world, require? tint the ded
ication of-aid exposition shall take place on
Oct. 19, 1892, A.D.; and,
Whereas, It is lit and proper that the several
states and territories of the United States should,
at their several capitals, join in the dedicatory
service; and,
Whereas, It is desirable also that each state
and terri ory should prepare some suitable me
morial of the event, said memorial to be of such
form and character that it may be presrved
and become part of collections of exhibits at
the World's Columbian I xp .union,to be held in
the city of Chicago iu 1898; therefore be it
Jteaohrrd, By the House of Representatives,
and the Senate concurring, ttiat the President
of the United States be, aud he is hereby re
quested to Invite the several slates and territo
ries to hold suitable memorial sorvices on Oct.
12, 1892, commemorative of the
400th anniversary of the discovery of
America, and that they and each of them cause
to be prepared a statue, painting, tablet or
other suitable memorial illustrative of the re
sources, progress and development of such
stato or territory, and that such memorial be
placed on exhibition iu a group with those from
other states aud territories during said exposi
tion.
CONGRESS LAYING OJF.
No Business Transacted In Either
House Yesterday.
Washington, Jan. 3. —Although It was
understood when the Senate adjourned on
Wednesday that the session to-day was to
be merely formal, there were forty sen
ators present when the journal was read,
includi g Mr. Allison, who had been absent
from the city for ten days past. The sen
ator-elect from Idaho, Mr. McConnell,
who has not yet been sworn,
was also present, and was
introduced to a pood many of the senators,
as was also Mr. Dubois of Idaho, who has
been elected for the term to begin on
March 4 uext.
No business whatever was transacted,
and the Senate, on motion of Mr. Bpooner,
adjourned till Monday at noon.
NO WORK IN THE HOUSE.
On motion of Mr. McKinley the House
this morning agreed to adjourn from to
day until Monday.
Mr. Thomas, of Wisconsin, moved that
the House go into committee of the whole
on tbe private calendar. On this motion
Mr. Mills made the point that there was no
quorum prese.it, whereupon, on motion of
Mr. McKinley, the House adjourned.
BOME’d I U3LIC BUILDING.
The President Signs the BUI for Its
Construction.
Washington, Jan. 2. —The President has
approved the acts providing for public
buildings at Norfolk, Va., and Home, Ga.
By dexterous diplomacy Representative
Clements managed to extrica.e the Ho i e
public building bill from the veto which
was about to descend upon it. Mr. Clements,
being cm the appropriation committee, will
be able to get money to begin the building,
and. perhaps, too whole $50,000 authorized
by the bill signed to-day, in the sundry
civil bill.
Purchases of Silver.
Washington, Jan. 2. —The treasury de
partment to-day resumed ;the purchase of
silver. The amount offered was 932,000
ounces, and the amount purchased 807,000
ounces, at prices ranging from $1 to
103 M.
SCOTLAND’S STRIKERS.
Only 120 of the Caledonian Company's
1,600 Men Reacme Work.
Olasgow, Jan. 2.— Fifty engine drivers,
who left the employ of the North British
Railway Company when the strike was de
clared, have resumed work on the com
pany’s terms. The strike also, so far as
this road is concerned, is new virtually at
an end.
Several hundred of the strikers continue
to hold meetings. Their places are being
rap.dly filled. Railway traffic In Scotland
it resuming its normal condition, and it
seems that the men who ore uuvielding
must permanently lose tho positions they
recently left.
Tho Caledonian Railway Company to-day
attempted to evict the strikers from their
homes in Motherwell, but abandoned it
under a display of force made by tho
strikers. Of 1,500 of the Caledonian com
pany’s employes on strike ouly 130 have re
turned to work. The company states that
400 competent outsiders have been engage I,
and that negotiations ore pending with 300
more to taku the places of the strikers.
RUSBIA'S FOREIGN POLICE.
Tho Body Reorganized Plnce Gen.
Sellverskoff's Murder.
London, Jan. 2. —Since tho murder of
Geu. Beliverskoff the Russian foreign police
have beeu reorganized. The central office
onntinues in Paris, but agencies have been
created in Zurich, Berne, Geneva, Mentonne
and Montpelier. Kightv-four new agents
have already been assigned to the London
agency, hut are controlled from the Paris
office. No agencies have been established
in Germany or Austria, the authorities of
both those countries considering that their
pro ent arrangements are capable to give
all necessary information.
SHEFFIELD CUTLERY.
A Heavy Falling Off in 'fxporta Ow
ing to .the Now Tariff.
London, Jan 2. —According to trade sta
tistics published to-day, £28,000 worth of
Sheffield cutlery was exported during the
past quarter, as against £74,000 worth during
the previous quarter. This decrease \s stated
to he owing to the workings of the new
United States tariff. It is expected, how
ever, that an improvement in Sheffield’s ex
port t ride will be sltown when American
firms have worked off tbe large stocks of
cutlery which they imported in anticipation
of higher duties.
Nine Killed In a Coal Pit.
Bkulin, Jan. 2.— Dispatches soy an ex
plosion occurred in the Heinrich Gustav
coal pit at Langnndreer, five miles from
Bochum, Westphalia. Toev report nine men
killed, and ten others are not expected to
survive the injuries they sustained.
Vlotorla Dock Hands Resume.
London, Jan. 2.—Owing to the manifesto
issued by Messrs. Mann aud Gillett, trade
unionists leaders, de daring that the strike
of the Victoria dock labo era for pay dur
ing their dinner hour was u authorized, the
men have sulkily resumed work.
Italy's Budget.
Rome. Jan. 2.—lt is learned that the
budget deficit is to be fixed at 40,000,0;>0
lire. A statement is ma le that Gen. Vialo
intends to resign his office of ratn ster of
war bnoause he disapproves of certain econ
omies proposed by the government.
England and Portugal.
Lisbon, Jan. 2.—Semi-official journals
hero announce that it is probable that a
definite agreement with England in the
matter of tbe South Afrlcau difficulty will
he signed here before the English parlia
ment meets.
Killed by Nitro-glycerine.
Hamburo. Jan. 2.—To-day, while a party
of laborers were digging a trench at Nobel’s
factory, a frightful ex illusion of nitro
glycerine occurred, by which several of them
were killed.
Steamers Unable to Sail.
Hamburg, Jan. 2.—Owiug to the stokers’
and coal trimmers’ strike. which began here
yesterdsy, five loaded steamers are lying at
their docks, unable to sail for tl.eir destina
tion.
Historian Klnglake Deqd.
London, Jari. 2. —Alexander William
Ringiake, historian, Is dead.
HUNS LYING LO W.
No Further Trouble at the Hdgur
Thomson Bteel Works.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 2.—No farther
trouble has occurred at the Edgar Thomson
works. The striking Hungarian furnace
men have been awel by the presence of
Sheriff MoCandless with his largo force of
deputies, and us long as he remains upon
the grounds a repetition of yesterday’s
bloody scenes is not expected. This
afternoon the strikers were paid off and
dismissed. The officials of the Edgar
Thomson works hava decided to keep the
blast furnaces burning at all hazards, and
to continue the force of guards until quiet
is restored. General Manager Schwab
states this morning that it bad been deter
mined to protect their workmen and to con
tinue the operations of the plant if possible.
Seventeen of the rioters were arrested at
Braddock this morning and locked up in
default of #I,OOO bail.
ROBBERS GRAB $3,500.
A County Treasurer"* CfQce Raided in
£*.inneaota.
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 2.—The
Journal’s Buffalo, Minn., special say*:
"The office of the county t r eosurer of
Wright county was robbed of $3,500 last
night. About 6 o’clock, as the money was
being put in the vault, two masked robbers
entered the office, fired a harmless shot, and
knocked the treasurer senseless. Then they
gathered up the money and fled. There is
no clew.”
CUTTING DOWN UALaRISS.
The Union Pacific Bailroad Employes
the Losers.
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 2.—A special
to the Iribuna from Omaha, Neb., says:
“Although not yet formally issued, an or
der has been prepared at the Union Pacific
headquarters for a reduction of the clerks’
and general agents’ salaries from 15 to 25
per cent. It is understood that the reduc
tion in case of the higher officials will be
even greater, and that the salary of the
company’s general agent in New York will
be cut down 50 per oent.”
An Explosion on a Towboat.
Portsmouth, 0.. Jan. 2.—The towboat
Annie Roberts exploded her boilers this
morniug, kilting two men and fatally in
juring three others. All the victims were
rlttsburgers. The boat belonged to Horner
& Roberts, coal operators of Pittsburg city,
and was valued at $20,000.
I DAILY,SIO A YEAR. 1
J 5 OSSTS A COPY. V
{ WEEKLY, $1.20 A YEAR. I
LITTLE ONES IN FLAMES.
6BVEN OF THE CHILDREN DEAD
AND OTHERS WILL DIE.
The Dress of One of the Girls Ignited
by a Lamp—The Clothing of the Oth
ers Ignited in Joining H?r in a
Rush for the Door.
London, Jan. 2. —Farther particulars re
ceived to-day from Wcrtley, near Leeds,
show that tbe terrible scenes witnessed at
tho school fete were in no way exaggerated,
though tbe causo of tbe disaster was not tha
falling of a string of Chinese lanterns, as at
first supposed. '1 he schi>ol fete referred to
was a charity bazar held under the auspices
of the parish of Wortley. The building
used for tbe fete was a church school adjoin
ing the Wortley church. Part of tbe pro
gramme of tbe bazar attraction was a series
of tableaux vlvanta in which a number of
young girls and boys of the parish tools
part.
in the dressing room.
For this display a small stage wns erected
in the school room, and to the right of tne
stage and opening upon it was a room used
as a dressing room or green room by the
children. Inside the dressing room, just be
fore the disaster, a crowd of joyous children
were gathered, all the girls of the party
being in light gauzy attire, and many of
them covert-din addition wl.h cotton used
to repre<ent snow. In addition, several of
the children carried, dangling on sticks
above their heads, lighted Chinese lanterns.
The tableaux vivunt. then preparing was in
tended to symbolise the winter frolics oi
tbe “Mummers” in days gone by.
shrieks of terror.
Suddenly shrieks of terror issued from
tho little room, ad all were horror-strioken
t'> boo a number of children rush upon the
stage with iheir costumes on fire. Gontle
uku promptly seized the burning children,
threw thnm upifi tbe stage and smothered
the flames. Up to the present there are
seve r deaths recorded as a result of the dis
aster, and several of the injured children
are not expected to recover.
GAUBK OF THE ACCIDENT.
An investigation into the cause of th*
disaster shows that while the children tere
gathered in the dressing room preparatory
to making their appearance on the stage one
of the little girls, wlm was playing with a
lighted lamp, accidentally set fire to her
clothes. She uttered a orv of tori or, tried
to extinguish tbe flames with her hands aud
rushed toward the doer leading to the stage.
Her cries and the sight of the il lines caused
a panic among the other children, who also
made a rush for the door mentioned. Th*
result was that a crowd of children crashed
around tho child whose clothes were already
in flames and thereoy ignited tne clothing
of twenty or thirty other children.
PARNELL IN DUBLIN.
His Conference With O’Brien to be
Resumed on Tuesday.
Dublin, Jan. 2. —Mr. Parnell arrived in
Dublin and held a long conference to-day
with Mr. Harrington and Joseph Kelly In
tbe office of the national Jeaguo. Subse
quently Mr. Parnell held a private recep
tion in Dr. Kenny’s house. This evening
Mr. Parnell started for Avondale, whence
ho will go Monday to Boulogne. It is un
derstood that tho conference between
Mes-rs. Parnell and O’Brien will be re
sumed Tuesday, and that Messrs Herrings
ton, Gill, Sullivan and Clancy will prob
ably be present.
HOME RULE DECLARED DEAD.
London, Jan. 2.— Tbe Daily Telegraph
(cnisorvative) in its issue of to-day invites
the followers of Mr. Gladstone to recognise
manfully the distasteful fact that home rule
for Ireland is defunct. The present policy
of tbe literal party, the Telegraph
thinks, is certain to give way
to a different progratumo, while thß
party itself will at tbe Rime time bave to
make combination*. “After the next
electiou,” says tno Telegraph , “home rule
will be barely represented in parliament,
and will sink to the level of radical fads,
socialism, total abstinence and the anti
vaccination craze. Cruobetmongers wa
always have among us, but as
the English party, in the
largest sense of tho word, is oo extensive
with two great political connections which
have divided (larliament between them
since the beginning of the constitutional
period, the home rule party has forever per
ished. The party going to the country on a
home rule platform would court disaster.’*
URGED TO DISCARD IMAGININGS.
The same paper further urges the Glads
stonians to "Ji-card vain imaginings and
to return to the ancient ways of liberalism,”
and advocates “rearranging of tbe parlia
mentary groups into a great national party"
on one side of the House of Commons, a
single compact phalanx of patriots with a
common faith in national progress, tem
pered by loyalty toward order, good govern
ment and legislative honesty; on the other
the minority of the restless, powerless Irish
separatists aid English socialists, and those
advocating headlong revolutionary
changes, destruction, disorder and spolia
tion, either by act of parliament or by
municipal decree.”
BOYCOTTING DENIED.
Kilkenny, Jan. 2. —Three priests and
eighteen prominent laymen of Castle Comer
have signed a letter, which has been ae it to
the Freeman’s Journal, denying the state
ment made by tbe Journal os to the exist
ence of organized boycotting duriug the
recent election iu Kilkenny. The signers of
the letters also challe ge the Freeman's
Journal or the government to prosecute
them.
A MURDER TRIAL IN ERIN.
Bartholomew Sullivan Convicted ol
Murder.
Dublin, Jan. 2.—At the Nenagh assizes
to-day Bartholomew Sullivan, a farmer,
was placed on trial, charged with com
plicity in the murder of Patrick Flahive,
at Bellahague, in the county of Kerry, la
August last. It was alleged that the aotual
murderer, Patrick Kennedy, had escaped
to America. The motive for tbe crime wa*
an announcement made by Flahive of his
intention to cut the crops on a farm from
which tenants had been evicted. The jury
deliberated over the cas i for two hours, and
finally returned a vsrdiot of guilty.
NOT IN DREAD OF THE HIGHEST JUDGE.
In reply to a question of the judge as to
whether he had anything to say why sen
tence should not be pronounced upon him,
the prisoner said : “I am not a bit in dread
of tbe Highest Judge, my lord. The next
judge won’t condemn me for it.” Sullivau
was then sentenced to be banged In Tralee.
A Month in Prison.
Paris, Jan. 2.—The court of appeals up
holds the sentence of a month's imprison
ment for Journalist More, who interviewed
the jurors in the Eyraud-Bompard murder
trial.
Failed to Greot the Prince.
Berlin, Jan. 2.—Emperor WllHam did
not send hie usual New Year’s greeting to
Prince Bismarok.
