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vol . r. THE EAGLE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year, in advance,... $1.0t Six months, in advance, .60 Advertising rates made known nu a, \ licatioik Obituary notices 5 cents per lin We are not responsible for opinion* ixprcssec! t>y correspondents. Entered at the Statesboro, Ga., pubioil.ee a* tecon -class mail matter. TUB EAGLE Is publi.-hed at Statesboro, Bullock coun¬ ty, Georgia,on every Tlmrklav.at one dol¬ lar a year. St lesboro is the county silo, and is situated in a fine farming section. Bullock lias a population of about 10, 000, three-founhs of whom are white people. It is admitted that it is the best farming county in Southeast Georgia. It is solidly Democratic, being known as the “Banner County.” The farmers ar. industrious and enterprising, aud each year adds to the wealth and population of the county. ..... » Statesboro is connected by railroad with the C. It. R., at Dover, and a per¬ manent boom hes struck our town, aud new era dawns upon ouv people. The Eagle is the official organ of tht the county, and has a large and Jacreas ing circulation. Its aim is tc aid all things that tend to the advancement ol the people aud the upbuilding of the county. As an advertising medium, The Eagle cannot be excelled. Tin merchants of Savannah, Augu ta and elsewhere, get trade from the county and the city merchants, as well as th county merchants, will find it to the advantage to advertise their business i the columns of The Eagle. We keep on hand, for sale at lov prices, Justice Court Summons, Execi tions, Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Ac. Job work of all kinds neatly, beauri "''Jjisptly done, at prices tb will compare with city prices, such a Letter Heads, Bill Heads, &c. Jui-GE Superior Court—J ames Ii Hines. Solicitor General —Oscar H. Rog •rs. Stenographer —S. t Y. Sturgis. Clerk— J. E. C. Tillman. Sheriff— S. J. WiMiams. Court convenes the 4th Mondays April and October. Ordinary—A. R, Lanier. Court Is & Jon ray in each month. Tax Collector— Francis Akins. Tax ilECEiVEH—W. H. Akins. Treasurer— Geo. R. Beasley. Coroner —D. C. Proctor. County ouKVaYOit—It. H. Cone. ___^ JUSTICE COURTS. ( Sink 0? Hole)—John' Rushing, J. !'., Green .Ist^ uurdny*. 4’jtii (Club llous ■)—Geo. Trap ml, J. IP., Metter P. O.; John G. Joucs, N. IP., Sletter P. O. Court, 2d Saturdays. 40;h (Lockhart)—R. F. 8: ringer, J. P„ Rocky Fo d l*. O.; IL M. Lanier, N. P., EnJicott P. O. Court, Ut Satur¬ days. 47th (Brhr Pa ch)— U. M. Davis, J. P., Ivanhoe P. O ; C. A. Sorrier, N. P., A.rC"la P. O. C rart, 4th Saturdays. 48th (Higin-)--J. G. Chi tty, J. P., Mill Bay P. O.; W. H. McLean. N. P., Mill Ray P. O. Court. 2d Saturdays. 1209th (Statesboro)—E. G. Moseley, P., Statesboro P. O. M. G. Brannen, S. P., Statesboro P. O. Court second Mondays. 1320 (Gaston)—Madison Barrier, J. P. Bliss P. O.; I II Soarboro, N. P., Bliss P. O. Court 1st Fridays. Hnrville P. O.; Samuel Ytamfle, r. 1 , Enal, Ga., P. O. Court 3d Saturday. P ROFESSI ONAL CARDS. K. J. Williams, J. A, Bkannen. Swainsbovo, Ga. Statesboro, Ga WILLIAMS & BRANNEN, Attorneys at Law, STATESBORO, GA. Will piactice in all the Courts of Pn Middle Circuit. Established 1838 JacusoiJeizier&Co. (Successors to I. Dasher & Co.) 145 Broughion St, Savannah, Ga. Dry Goods, Ladies’ and Children’s Gloaks, 'I 0THING, ETC. 5 Mr. A. (L deasui* THE STATESBORO EAGLE. !!. H. lilt k ML THE CLOTHING LEADERS! We are Ready for the FALL and WINTER demands of our large clientage —with the LARCEST, MOST VARIED and STYLISH STOCK under any SINGLE ROOF in GEORGIA, and pre-eminentlv the ONLY COMPLETE MALE OUTFITTING HOUSE in the State. PERFECT FITS for MEN, BOVS and CHILDREN, FOR FAT, THIN, SHORT and TALL MEN. CLERICAL SUITS, WEDDING SUITS, FULL DRESS SUITS, &C, 159 Congress Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Mill Supplies, RUBBER 1ND LEATHER BELTING, “Sea Lion” Leather, Raw Hide Lace Leather, Usudurian Packing, Rubber and Hemp Packing, TUXT AND EMPIRE PACKING. TRACTION BELT GREASE, GLOBE AND CHECK VALVES, IRON riPE AND PIPE FITTINGS. WRITE FOR PRICES. PALMER HARDWARE COMPANY. SAVANNAH. GEORGIA SM -i-mn Any person who has AND TO SELL Lnd wants to find a purchaser ought Id ADVER USE! I will act as Agent for the sale of Lands placed in my hands, and will ad verthe the same, and will charge a Rca on ible Per Cent, for selling the same. fW~If no sale is made no expenses are incurred. Respectfully, J. A, BRANNEN, __ Stotonh Of'- G a. TB lias doubled the number’of its rubseri hers during the past year, and hopes be ure the ei.d of the present year to ■ SEND IT TO EVERY HOME III THIS C0UK.TY! The advertising patronajje in the past has been very good, and wo know that Advertising Pays! If you want to reach tho people, tho way is to ADVERTISE. i.xcMUK iiiiiii mmi L. W. PERDUE, A. Principal. Spring Term Opens January 13 All the Branches taught and Student prepared Government for Colleee. positive, but kind. The instiuctian in tho Collegiate Do psrtmcnt largely by lectures and demon stiation. Students required to take notes at recitations. titittav. i uillUiN: $2, $3 and $4 per month, according to grade. Pupils charged of f,om t:me entering to end end of of term. term. Tne Music Dppartmen standard Wifi bo k/vpt up fas Uu 1 Iq-Jjyst Address, L. W. l‘r n„ BiceUitr, Ga. ou, W. K Crswvon, Pres. Board I’nutees. STATESBORO, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1890 rt I. ft Shipments a Specialty and vl,U. Rules for Self Measurement . SENT FREE to any address. PRIVILEGE OF EXAMINING before Paying. W© Aim to Please. HfiTSaKNOX. STETSON and our FLEXORS OVERCOATS. For Men, Boys and Children, all Grades and Prices. Lowest Prices. BEST GOODS. Send for our latest Illustrated Catalogues. I Os A. Areola, Georgia, --AGENT FOB- Fire d Life Insurance, FOR THE COUNTIES OF and Tat nail The Caro of tbe Throat. This is the time of year when school children begin to tie siik handkerchiefs about the throat. It is not well to do this, if one can possibly do without the muffling, for if once begun, it must be carried through the entire season, or the throat will is result. Then, too, covering apt to nmuo it sensitive, The muscles of the throat!can be strength ened by reasonable exposure. But singers and speakers should always cover the throat after singing or speaking, when going into a cop! room, or into the rpen air. A light bit of lace, or any open-work covering for the neck that will admit of ventilation, is the best protec tion. [The Ledger. Diphtheria of the Eye. A disease known as diphtheria of the eye has lately shown itself in Boston. From a leading eye specialist of that city it was learned that the disease has been a very iare one, only a very few cases being known to him in the past eight or nine years in that part of the country. These, however, have in every instance resulted in the loss of the eye affected, and often iu the loss of the entire sight. The disease isprecisely the same as throat diphtheria, and may be caused by coming into contact with been that disca'-c if the person’s eves have sore or weak from any cause.—[Times-Dem nt\rut Houseless Men. The natives of Lapland have a tradi (ion that when the Great Spirit visited earth At m * a thunaer-cloua, i . j .i the ancestor . of the Swedes took refuge in a roofed house, while while the the original original Lau Lap proved proved his his superior superior valor, by remaining in the open air. But fur all that houselessuess has since become a concomitant of extreme barbarism. The only , nations of the present world houses h^ ab are l Ual !L tho d !f bushmen P l a8e Wit of , h i the ent9 upper aDd Orange River, and the ape-likc Veddahs of the Ceylon coost-jungles.-^ York ’ 0M t _ WASHINGTON TOTS, SECOND SESSION OF THi FIFTY-FIRST CQNGRES3. VHE LAWMAKERS OF UNCI ,15 BAM'?, DOMAIN again at wo.'iK —Ho trr.vr; oy the HOUSE AND SENATE K.-CH DAY'S PRO¬ CEEDINGS TERSELY TOI. >. In the house, on Saturday, Mr. Baker, of New York, called uj the senate bill for the inspection of ealtl and hogs and their products, and the carcasses thereof, which are subject to inter- tate cotumeice. After a brief speech ag.inst the bill by Mr. Mills, of Texas and for it by Mr. referred Stockbridge, the of Maryland, agriculture the bill was to committee on The house then went into comm (tee of the whole on bills reported from the committee on private land claims. Mr. Duunell, of Minnesota, aV? fef’o notice that on Tuesday he apportionmefv would the house to consider the bill and then the house adjourned. In the house, on Monday, on motion of Mr. Carter, of Montana, the oath of office postmaster of the house was administered to James VY. Hathaway, of Montana. Mr. McKinley, from the ways and means committee, reported and the house adopted, a resolution calling on the secretary of the treasury for the names of the several banks in which public money is deposited, the place where such deposi¬ tories are situated, the date of such de¬ posits, the reasons therefor an I the rate of interest, if any, which has been or is now paid into the treasury by such depositories in return for the use of tin public funds. The speaker then stated that the pending business was a motion made on Septemocr 1st by Mr. Hermann, of Oregon, to suspend the rules and pass the bill for the adjustment aiul payment of claims arising from Indian depreda¬ tions. The bill provides- f< | the appoint¬ ment, constitute by tiie president, of three judges to a court, to be Known as the court of Indian depredation claims, and to for inquire the into, and citizens adjudicate all claims property of taken by the Indians without just cause. After an advocacy of the measure by Messrs. Her¬ mann, Laoh im, Townsend of Colorado Sayers, Mil’s and Perkins, and a criti cism upon it by Messrs. Ilelraan and Kil¬ gore, the motion was agn ed to and p ss ed. Mr. McKiuley, fiom the committee on ways and means, reported the Flower joint resolution, extending the bonded period from February 14 to July 1st, 1891. Mr. Enloe raised the point of Uu quorum, and the bouse adjourned. The house consumed Tuesday in the apportionment bill. The bill provides for 356 members of thy house. It has, however, been made to read that it shall net go into effect until the fifty-third congress. The house, after a long, discussion, passed the reapporti nmeut bill day afternoon. Nearly every member of the Georgia delegation, except Mr. Blount, voted against it, because the ■ publicans tefused to 'grant New York recount, which would have given that. ci ty another member. The bill is one probably providing for 356 members. It w il pass the senate without difli culty. The senate, on Saturday, resumed con sideration of the election bill, and Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, nude an argument in opposition to it. He yielded to Mr. iel, who reported back from the commit tee house on bill public for buildings public and grounds, Ga., and who offered buildings resolution, at Rome, a was the adopted, calling on the secretary treasury for information as to sums of money, with interest to advanced by the states of Virginia Maryland Jo the erecting*^,ublic JlnitedJjAsieji, pTfetTowards buildings at the seat of the government on the banks of the Potomac. quitt In the made senate, on Monday, and telling Senator Col¬ a brilliant speech against the force bill. He occupied the door for two hours. Mr. Wilson, of Maryland, also made a legal and consti¬ tutional There argument against eight the bill. were only senators present when the speaker’s gavel fell Tuesday morning. the The presiding officer resolution laid be¬ fore senate Mr. Morgan’s calling on the secretary of the treasury for information relative to the payment of the claims of John I) Davenport as supervisor commission,-r. of elections Thd and resolution as circuit court was adopted. of Mr. Morgan if presented the credentials the elec! ion his colleague, Mr. Pugh, and they were [laid unon the table. The pending business was stated to be the consideration of the Doph resolution, whether providing right for sin investigation as to the to s vote was de nied or abridged in any styde, etc., and Mr. Morgan addressed the senate against the bill. Mr. Dolph spoke in favor of it Without concluding his argument, Mr. Dolph yielded for a motion to adjourn, l n the Senate, on Wednesday, Mr Hoar, asked unanimous cogent that Fri day at 3 o’cl ck p. m., debate on the election bill should be Considered as closed . This was met, by a chorus of ob¬ jections from the democrats and the re¬ quest fell through. The satiate resumed consideration of the election bill Mr. Dolph *??. continuing followed hisI speech of T uesday was by Messrs. Morgan, Dibson Kenna, Reagan and Butler, who made *J ron jS? s P m: ies against the ineas ' 1IC f / / om r ' democratic oar a '4 !U, . i endeavored senators the to men- ex Lion of some specific time any time, no mult pending , < ; r v In.1. ’ 1 !? 1 I1 Mr. .! or Gordon * a h |n g a remarked vot e 0,1 that l' 11 ' 'be senate wis debate on the b 11. 1 hero were quite a uamber of senators on both sides of the s " Ba * c w b° desired to spe i c upon fi. 1 he senate then adjournal NOTES. P"** Upon motion of Judge Stewart, a bill th * Saturday giving Mrs E ‘ month, on flccotiot 01 tier husb iitd 8 ser vices in the Indian war. The acting secretary of ihe treasury sent a letter recommended"^. Tto congrtef Saturday in which he •*. 'minedinti heating appropriation of r Afi l f" r additiona apparatus—Augusta, Ga., ,, as t,,ftj C( . Assistant Secret,n reared the Interim „ " pension Monday, V-f a deeim,. J the ^ confederate a man who. terRervin in the army afterwards enlisted in the' miou tinny. la effect, he rules that previous service in the confederate army does not enter into the question of a pension. He is on exactly the same footing as nil other union soldiers. It has recently developed that there are three Alliance men in the preseut house. They are Pickier, of South Da¬ kota; Lewis, of Mr. Mississippi, Pierce, made and himself Pierce, of Tennessee. solid by introducing on Tuesday, a reso¬ lution call upon the ways mid means committee to report the sub-treasury bill to the house on January 5th, and provid¬ ing that the fallowing monday be fixed for its consideration. The District of Columbia appropriation bill for the next fiscal year, as reported to the house, carries, exclusive of the wa¬ ter department, $5,083 appropriation 327, being $477,- 309 less .than the for the current year, and $63,880 less than the estimates. The appropriation for the water department, which is payable from the water revcuuos, is $803,198. *• Ti c cabinet meeting Saturday consid¬ ered the financial condition of the coun¬ try, understood, and as a will result, send the president, it is a message to con¬ gress in the early part of of relief the week, the sug¬ gesting of as legislation a measure the issue of enact¬ addi¬ ment for tional currency based on the increased purchases of silver. Secretary Wiudom, who was in New York city conferring with bankers as to the best method of af¬ fording prompt relief, is said to favor the purchasing of the present stock of silver, amounting to about 13,000,000 ounces, and the purchase also of an additional amount equal to annual retirement of na¬ tional bauk notes, estimated at $20,000 000, thereby adding about $30,000,000 to HEAVY SNOW STORMS IMPEDING TRAFFIC AND DOING CONSIDER¬ ABLE DAMAGE. A New York dispatch says: The storm Wednesday seriously interfered with river harbor business. S.veral canal and sm filer boats -u .U nt the piers in both North and East combined rivers, and tho high diffi¬ tide tnd gale have io make it cult for ferry boats to run into their slips safely. Many of tho outgoing have sailed passenger dur¬ •tenners which wc-r j to ing the day arc at auchor iu tho Io -ver hur b; r. Reports from Pittsburg, Pa., say: The in jwfall Wednesday was the heaviest in several years. The wires are down all over Pittsburgh, Allegheny and Bir¬ mingham. Horses were killed and sev¬ eral men badly injured by contact with electric light wires. The situation is so deep rate that the department electric of public 7-ofely has ordered all tue street cur lines to stop running for the present, ('here has been a tremendous snowfall in f ka, A unLuinju and at Bedford M •V' -£L- eni SL ej n. ; g;un¬ m SUu' ... -n ..... S? CD i CO Vi CO CD CX. , --- if ^WlLKUE To • , y3 u- .t It is with YOU when ,irss t<> J i, ov.- chase, Hut the , SC&SOU H, ‘ res ffeniir.e jbT- anjrgest what to i'«.'io<> nvi/iii'o Unit such - case vil’c, eighteen V r a. In inch Patno^^WP^^BH deep and tho was s tracw of the Danviil and New River railway was badly blocked. All trains arc blocked at Staunton, Va. A dispatch from Roanoke, Va., says: The roof of ihe blacksmith shop of the Roanoke Machine Works fell in under die ln avy wei lit of snow, at 2 o’clock a. m Wednesday. One man of the night force was kilhd and eight serioudy in¬ jure 1. The damage estimated to ihe building and machinery is at $100,000; un¬ insured. J ’i tbe heaviest snowstorm for yiar . BANK WRECKERS. INDICTED BY THE GUARD JURY—THE LEADER IN JAIL. A Philadelphia dispatch of Friday says: George T. Work, who was tho mastermind of the Work-MacGarlane Pfeiffer-Dungun syndicate, which, it is alleged, wrecked tire Life Bank of America Com¬ and the American Insurance pany, was arrested Thursday night on a warrant sworn out by District Attorney Allen, and iu default of $29,000 bail, was committed to Moyamcnsing prison. The district attorney also swore out warrants for the a* rest ofStde Senator John J. MacFarlance, Louis E. Pfeiffer and James S. Dungan, Lut Work was the only one of the number that the constable could find. The warrant on which Work was arrested charges him with rehypotheca¬ ting stocks with conspiraey to cheat and defraud Tilpositors America. and others inter¬ ested in the Bank of THE THREE C’S, A RECEIVER AFPOINTED FOR THE CHARLES¬ TON, CINCINNATI & CHICAGO RAILWAY. In the United States circuit court at Bond Charleston, and Bryan S. granted C., Friday, injunction Judges an restraining all suits against the Charles¬ ton, Cincinnati <fc Chicago railway, city, and appointing Samuel I Ail'd, of that temporary receiver, with notice that a motion for the appointment of a perma¬ nent receiver wovkl be argued on first Tuesday in February next. complainants say there are $7,000,000 of bonds and an equal amount of outstanding, of which they rt $3,253,000 ns follows in bonds: Company, of Pennsylvania, $200,000; Tnvistmcnt Company, of Philadelphia, $100,000; Barker Bros. & Co., $353,000. A foreclosure of the mortgage is asked for. The road has 230 mildS Infill and ninety miles more graded. TELEGRAPH AN) CABLE. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THi BUSY WORLD. A SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON¬ DENSED FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES FROM UNCLE SAM’s DOMAIN AND WIIAT THE CABLE BRINGS. The banking house of S. A Kean & Co., of Chicago suspend d Wednesday. The Spokane National t ank, of Spo¬ kane Fulls, Washington, tusp uded Wednesday. The towns of Dardiinelle and Monti fcllo, Ark., were marly destroyed by lire Monday. Brevet Mnj r G neinl Alfred ft. Terry, United States mmy, retired, died at New U ven Tiusday morning. The Lorillard Brick Works Conipny 08 South street, New York was placed in the hands of a receiver Monday. Morris & Smith, bankers and brokers, No. 20 South ihfid street, Philadeljbin, made an assignment Monday. The Corning mill of the Ohio Powder Company, Tuesday. near Youngsvi le, O., killed. blew up Two workmen were Chesterfield comity, Pa., bank closed its doo.s Tu sdny morniuj. Tbe deposi¬ tor are safe by a moitgage on real estate. A disastrous tire occurred at Pottstown, Fa., Saturday morning, which burned out half a doze i business firms and their buildings Fire Monday night destmel nearly half of the business p irtion of D irlington, 8. C. The loss will be $35,601, covered by insurance. The Iowa legislature on Wednesday, in joint session, to >k tw> ballots f t U ri¬ led States senator without result. The second bail t resulted: Dubois 17. Sharp 9. McConnell 9 (Baggett 8, Maliew, dem¬ ocrat 8. Fire, on Monday, dcsiroyel the Illi¬ nois Mis». Centrul machine shop merchant, at Water Val¬ ley, A. Carlson, a was instantly k lied by soul - falling timber. H. E. Lewis, wife and six small children and others were slightly hurt. A Chicago dispatch says: Miller’s ob¬ jections have been met and I’r sklent Harrison can issu i his world’s fair proc¬ lamation. The cV rectors met Tuesday night and acc pted the $5,000,000 city ordinance. A dispatch of Monday from Lansing, Mich., says: The Michigan grange is in open revolt agaiust the National Grange on account < f the stand taken by the m tionnl oiganizntion in endorsing the pro¬ position for government loans on real es¬ tate. The Paris Figaro, on Wednesday, thatanoth pub lishes Russian advices stating discov¬ i plot to murder the czar has be n The conspirators are m mbers of noblemen’s club. Several Poles have been arrested for complicity in the plot, and the club house was closed. A dispatch of Tuesday from Centralis. Mo., says: J. G. Gillespie, treasurer of Boone county, is short over $20,000 in his accounts. The county able will make lose nothing as his bondsmen Gillespie are has to signed good the amount. bondsmen. a his property to his A special of Sunday from Atchison, Kan., the home of Senator Ingalls, says the Farmers’ Altianco of Atchison county, at recommending a recent meeting, "adopted a resolution the retirement 0 f Ingalls from the senate and the elcc «£ *» his Eeat <lf « F * rmere ’ AUittnce J * Philadelphia Geo. F. Work, Louis fthmid James S. Dungen, were B^j^WyedncHduy moriring at on theihirgc ' ' \or > and 000 had oaciiTtfUUisW^^^P^^^PPm unable to obtain this amount of bail, they were r.manded to prisou. Sunday A box of giant powder exploded in Lake mine at Wakefield, Mich., Tuesday, killing two meu instantly and fatally wounding others. Two men were eneaged with in opening a can of powder a chisel and n spark got into the can. The exposition set fire to the tim¬ bers of the mine mid it burned briskly. There are some men iu the mine, but particulars cannot be learned. A terrible accident occurred 'Wednes¬ day at Escouffiiiul colliery, at Hornu. province eighteen of llalniuit, had Belgium. entered A shift of men the cage and the engine started to lower them into the pit. Suddenly, connecting and the without warning, the rope cage with the drum itated broke bottom aud the of men#fere shaft. precip¬ to the the Every one of the occupants 'of the cage were killed. A dispatch of Tuesday from Paris, France, says: Seven Alpine chasseurs, working under command of an officer at a new t.rtre-s on the summit of Sacha ml, between LaBuga and Riviere, were swept, with their superior, by a sudden blast over a precipice. Five of tbe men, and the officer, fell a distance of 1,500 feet. Their bodies have been recovered iu a frightfully mutilated condition Two of the men managed to cling to death. some rocks and so managed to espnpe CHOLERA IN PANAMA. TWELVE HUNDRED DEATHS IN SEVEN WEEKS—AN IUE FAMINE. The steamer San Suan, which arrived Rt San Francisco, Saturday, from Panama, brings news of ravages of cholera in Guatemala. More thau 12,000 cases are leportedin the state, and 1,200deaths occurred in the city of Guatemala in seven weeks. An ice famine is reported from the isthmus. A company recently started an ice factory at Colon, but the machinery broke down, and now. in the middle of the heated term, ice commands $70 ner ton. THE MILLIONAIRE BEGGAR. A beggar died and left ten thousand A marvel pounds, them that ’twas to came to sec. Old Witticus ejaculated “Zoundri tjwv’ct are the uses of adversity.” -r~\ Epoch. • NO. 28. FARMERS’ ALLIANCE NOTES NEWS OF THE ORDER AND ITS MEMBERS. WHAT IS HEINO DONE IN THE TATHOVS SECTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE OltEAT ORGANIZATION.— ECHOES FROM THE REFORM 1‘BKSS. Tt e California State Alliance 1ms been organized at San Jose, Thirteen coun¬ ties being represented. *** At Ocala the sub-treasury plan the was ral- vc adopted and will continue to be lying cry of the Alliance. The objection to it, what little tbero was, seems to have made but little impression. V Various prominent Kansas Farmers’ Allianeemen mentioned in recent dis¬ patches as haviug been concerned democ¬ in a plot to disintegrate the southern amend¬ racy by supporting'thesubtreasury Farmers’Alliance convention, ment at the laugh nt the story Messrs. Willetts, Chase and others said that they voted for the subtreasury bill because they believed iu it. The Newspaper and (California, Mo.) figures up the loss in gain thusly: Democratic, “In the re¬ cent election Missouri the party cast 11,932 less votes than it did two years ago. The Republicans cast 48, 002 Jess. The Prohibitionists cast 3.641 loss, whilst the Union Labor party cast 0,465 more votes than it did two years ago. Look out for a Kausas cyclono in this State iu ’02.” The National Citizens Alliance was formed at the recent convention at Ocal», Fla., by the adoption of a platform and the election of these officers: J. P. Hol¬ den, of Kansas, president; Ralph Bean* mout, of New York, secretary, and L. P. Wild, of Washington, treasurer. During the recent elections the Citizens AU ances were formed in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa as auxiliaries to the Farmers’ Alli¬ ance movement. It comprises people in tho cities, towns and villages, and its object is to promote the princi¬ ples of tho St. Louis Platform. Outside of the officers there is to be an executive committee consist¬ ing of one from each State and Territory. Offices are to be opened in Washington at once, aud a weekly paper will be es¬ tablished. The organization will hold joint conventions with the Knights of Labor and tho Farmers’ Alliance, and the local tranches are forbidden to make any coalition with either of the two old parties. The organization formed is only temporary. As soon as a majority of States are organized a national co iven tion will be held. *** ..... A Kausas, dispatch of ThufiSJy The effects TiTish of do, says: alliance movement in Kansas are beginning to be felt. appointed Two years the Kansas state sennte n com¬ mittee to revise ctrtaiu portions of ex¬ isting state laws. The committee is com¬ posed of five republicans. The committee will hold its last meeting at Topeka, and will present its report to the government. .Senator Murdock, of the committee, the report nbolishrs a dozen useless boards; consolidates "half a dozen boards; revises the laws regarding and control of the state normal agricultural colleges and Hutchinson formatory; decapitates 8am Crawford, state agent the at number Washington; of CU down district judges about one-fourth; sales, state and county provides printing of the kinds, 50 per cent; for Australian system of voting, and election of a state board of missioners; provides ! ’f\; —.- ..uts it on salaries of » 11 . ,1 missioners, anu~ ., nt \ com justices of the peace’s fees ’l says Mr. Murdock, if adopted aud en¬ acted into law will save the people of Kansas $800,000 in taxes annually. As all of the committee is are republicans, redemption aud of as the report simply n pledges made in the recent stito repub¬ lican platform, adopt the republican it. senate cannot refuse to SITTING BULL DEAD. HE IS KILLED IN ATTEMPTING TO ESC* PU FROM THE INDIAN POLICE. A dispatch from St. Paul, Minn., says; Sitting Bull has been kille I. Gmeral Miles received two dispatches Monday evening—fi st from Pie re, 8. !>., staring that Sitting Hull and his son ha I becu killed, but giving no further particulars. The other >v,»* from Standing police Rock agency md slating that Indian started out during luring the morning understood to arrest Sitting Hull, that he nr posed starting police out for the Bad Lands at once. The were followed by a troop of cavu’ry. under Captain Fecliet, and infantry under Col¬ onel Drum. When the police reached Silling Bull’s camp on Grand Rock, river, about forty miles fr m Standing being mad for they de¬ found arrangements ■ parture. 'I he* cavalry * had not vet reailied camp when mid the started police arrested Sitting Bull back with him. His followers quickly rallied to his rescue and tried to retake him. la the melee that ensued the wily old chief is said to have hero kil ed. and live of the best of the Indian police were also killed. THE K£W« CONKJUMfcy. Indian Commissioner Morgan,at Wash¬ ington, received from Indian Agent Me Lnugkl n. Monday c veiling, the foltow inb dispatch, dated Fort Yates, N. D., December 15: The Indian police nrrestedSitting Bull tho at his camp, forty miles northwest of agency, this morning at daylight. His followers attempted his rescue, and the fight'ng commenced. Four |io.i«meu Eight were killed aud. three wounded. Indians were killed, including Sitting several Bull and his sou. Crowfoot, a d others weiewounded. Tie police maintained were surrounded for a time, but tluir ground until relieved by the United State- troops, who now have possessiou tho of Sitting Bull’s camp, wiih all women, children and property.