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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1003. TTE1NS Wyoming Posse Kills Ten, Captures Nine. WHITES ESCAPE UNINJURED Five Hundred Men Now on' Trail of the Redskins. GENERAL UPRISING IS FEARED Band Which Took the Lives of Sher iff and His Deputy Are Bound for the Bad Lands in Nebraska. CHEYENNE, "VYyo.. Nov. 2. A second battle with the Indians who murdered Sheriff Miller and Deputy Falkenburg on Saturday, re-lnforccd by a large body of redskins who had been hunting: In the t.rinlty of the scone of the fight. Is re ported to have taken place today near the Horseshoe ranch. The fuglthes were trace by a posse, and with their re-in-forcements made a determined stand. Nine Indians are reported killed outright und 10 captured. The white men escaped without loss or injury. The news of the battles has spread to the reservation and to other hunting par ties and a general uprising of th; Indians Is feared. There UVeason to believe that Indian couriers are enticing the red men t3 deeds of violence. Governor Chatter tan is investigating the report of the Fccond battle, and should the story be confirmed he will Immediately order troops into the field to suppress the In tl.an uprising. Authentic advices from the scene of Saturday evening's bloody battle state that six Indians were killed, 10. wounded and five captured. Tour made their es cape. Twenty horsos, 12 wagons and con siderable game and Indian paraphernalia were also captured. FIVE HUNDRED MEN OUT. Posse Is Determined to Avenge the Slaying of Officers. DENVER, Nov. 2. Five hundred men, including Sheriff s posses, augmented by volunteers from the ranches adjacent, are Flouring- the country in the vicinity of Lightning Creek, in Eastern Wyoming, in search of the band of Indians, which Sat urday afternoon, fought a battle with Sheriff Miller's posse. News from the scene of the trouble, which Is 25 miles from telegraphic com munication is very meager. The Indians, 73 in number, said to be under the leader ship of Charlie Carries Elk, are supposed tj be Sioux from the Pine Ridge and Jl05obud Agencies in South Dakota. They hae been hunting in the Converse coun rj Wyoming, In violation of the game laws of the state. Sheriff Miller, with a jioste, went to the scene of their depreda tions last Saturday for tho purpose of arresting the Indians. The Indians had received warning of the coming of the whites and prepared an ambuscade for tiiem. The posse would hae been en tirely wiped out, but for the fact that it was proceeding cautlouslly. and. In a measure was prepared for some trick on tho part of the Indians. Genuine Indian Fight. At the first volley from the Indians, Sheriff Miller and his deputies hastily ran to cocr, and then ensued a genuine In dian fight. The whites found refuge be hind, trees and boulders. It Is believed at least six Indians wore killed and several others wounded, among the latter being Kagle Feather, a subchief. The battle lasted almost an hour, when the Indians began to make their escape !? ones and twos on horseback. They carried their dead and wounded with them, and are now believed x6 be well on their way to the Bad Lands in Nebraska. The officers did not attempt to follow, but sent a courier to Lusk, he nearest tele graph office, with a message to Governor ihatterton, apprising him of what had orurrcd. The news of the battle spread rapidly nnd every ranchman for miles around armed himself and Joined on of tho num erous posses haitlly organized to punish the Crows. The Governor wired the In terior Department at Washington that the Indians must be Immediately arrested. Grievance of Indians. The settlers havo been complaining bit terly. Indians havo been killing and steal ing their cattle. Settlers warned tho lead ers of the band to leave the country, but the redskins only laughed at them. They said the Government had so reduced the amount of the rations that they were i Teed to kill game to keep from starving. Charlie Carries Elk openly declared that Sf he and his followers were driven too far they would fight. When Sheriff Miller, of Weston County, was notified of the refusal of the Indians ti get out of the state and the threats rade by them, he organized a small posse, Including Deputy Sheriff Falkenberg. R. I Hackney, D. O. Johnson, Fred Howell, Lieutenant B. F. Hilton and James Davies ad started for Beaver Creek, along which tse redskins were encamped. On Friday the Indian camp was reached. Zt was des-erted by all except the squaws, children and a few old men, who were 1 asy skinning wild animals and preparing the meat for Winter use, Tho entire camp was placed under arrest and sent tn Newcastle in charge of Lieutenant Hilton. Close In on the Braves. The posse started on a search for the braves. They were located Saturday and daring the afternoon Sheriff Miller and r!s deputies started to close In on them. "When the whites got within rifle range of the Indian camp they were suddenly fired upon and the battle followed. According to advices received by Gov ernor Chatterton the Indians had been i. legally hunting in Lightning Creek. 40 miles from Lusk on the Northwestern railroad. Sheriff Miller was seriously shot through the hip by the Indians and a member of his posse, Falkenberg, was killed. Three Indians were killed. The Indians are reported by Mr. Putnam, Csunty Clerk of Weston County, to bo from Prne Ridge. Later information is to the effect that the Indians are Crows. The remainder of the party are at large in Wyoming, and are supposed to be headed eastward toward Crawford, Neb. Senator Warren suggests that the In dians should be arrested, and he expresses the opinion that they can bo reached cither through Indian agents or the mili tary authorities. The Indian officials here believe the In dians involved are a band of Crows on their way tx the Pine Ridge Agency to make a visit. It is thought their meat supply was exhausted and they were hunt ing to obtain food. The facts are that tho Crows, Arapa- I hoes and Sioux who go backward and for ward every Fall during the game season on -visits to each other, and during these annual pilgrimages their desire is to slaughter all of the game In sight and in cidentally kill a steer or sheep, and they are also charged with stealing horses from the settlers. . Efforts have been made to put a stop to the outlawry, but always without success. Recently the authorities of Weston County determined to stop the unlawful practices, and Sheriff Miller was instructed to arrest the Indians. The lat ter became ugly and refused either to de sist or get out of the county. A largo party of special deputies with provisions and medical supplies accom panied by surgeons, left New Castle on a special train for the scene of the battle. The party will join in tho chase, and surgeons will care for the wounded. POLICY OF THE GOVERNOR. Wyoming Executive Will Not Call Out Troops Until Better Advised. CHEYENNE, Wo., Nov. 2. Governor Chatterton is waiting for additional In formation before ordering troops to the scene of the trouble with the Indians. The Governor has called upon the Com missioner of Indian Affairs to assist In bringing the murderers to Justice. He COMMANDER ff i L - """ " ' -M CAPTAIN IUCKAKDSON CLOVER, Who has Just been selected by the Xavy Department to command the new battleship Ohio. The Ohio Bankers Association has undertaken tho task of collecting money for a fund with which to purchase a handsome sliver service for the new lighting craft. U m m t will also insist that no more Indians be permitted to leave their reservations to hunt in Wyoming. Under the law every Indian outside of the state must take out a gun license, w hlch costs $50, and go with a professional guide when they hunt. It is held that every Indian who fails to do this vio lates the laws and the General Govern ment, as guardian of the red men, is re sponsible to the State for the payment of tho license. The present trouble has been brewing for a long time, and now that the Indians are aroused. It Is feared there will be a serious outbreak before they arc made to understand the laws must be respected. Governor Discredits It. CHEYENNE, Wjo., Nov. 3. Governor Chatterton discredits the report of a sec ond battle, he having received Informa tion indicating that no posse could pos sibly have come up with the fugitives as early as tills morning. The fugitives have SO hours start of the first posse to reach the battlefield. Eagle Feather was a half-breed Indian and was lcnown by the namo of Charley White when associating with whites. Ho Is a highly intelligent Indian, a graduate of the Carlisle College, where he played on the football team. Civilization has failed to subduo his riotous blood, how ever, and he bears the reputation of a trouble-maker. Hearing that Sheriff Miller intended to stop the depredations of his party, ho sent word to the offi cer that he never would be taken. This trouble with the Sioux has been brewing for several years. Almost a Panic on Train. NEW YORK, Nov. 2. A great fatality was narrowly averted today when an en gine jumped the track on the approach to the Second-Avenue bridge over the Harlem River and crashed into the crowd ed rear car of an elevated train, derail ing it and all but pushing it from the bridge to the surface, 50 feet below. Among the 400 passengers on the train there was a slight panic. Several women fainted and all the other passengers made a wild rush for the doors of the cars, but cool work by the guards prevented any injury to passengers In the rush. . Dixie May Go to Santo Domingo. WASHINGTON. Nov. 2. The training ship DixieJ carrylnK a battalion of 400 marines, arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, today from Guantanamo and probably will be ordered to proceed at oncetto Pu erto Plata, Santo Domingo, for the pro tection of American interests, pending the arrival at that port of the cruiser Balti more. Citizens Resent Student Pranks. MONTREAL, Nov. 2. Eighty students from McGIll University who undertook to celebrate Halloween In Long"ueil, just across the river, in a manner not appreci ated by the citizens, were driven Into the river, a number being severely beaten. About 50 were Injured and several were taken to the hospital. Reward for Tralnwreckers. DENVER, Nov. 2. A reward of S5000 Is offered by the Santa Fe Railroad offi cials for the capture and conviction of the persons who caused the wrecking rf the east-bound passenger train from Den ver to Asplshapa Creek last Friday. Head of Methodist Society. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Nov. 2. Mrs. Clinton B. Flske, of New York, was to day elected president of the Board of Managers of the Woman's Home Mis sionary Society of the Methodist Episco pal Church. Officers Are Re-elected. BALTIMORE. Nov. 2. At today's ses sion of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church all the National officers of the society were re-elected. Mrs. C. D. Foss, -of 1 i'huaaeiphia, is the president BOOTH FEE1S HURT Will Not Go Again to View His Sister's Remains. LETTER TO SALVATIONISTS National Secretary of the Volunteers Declares They Fear That Leader Would Be Treated With Dis respect, as Before. NEW YORK. Nov. 2. General Balllng ton Booth, head of the Volunteers of America, who 'refused to remain at the services in memory of his sister. Consul OF THE OHIO. -k Emma Booth-Tucker, at Carnegie Hall, Sunday because the Salvation Army of ficials refused to permit a family gather ing before the public services, later re ceived a letter from Colonel L. M. Hig gins, of the Salvation Army, In explana tion thereof, together with an invitation to view the remains privately at the Sal vation Army National Headquarters to day. In reply the National Secretary of the Volunteers of America forwarded a letter for Colonel HIgglns, which is as fol lows: "Your letter to General Balllngton Booth has been received in which you say that if ho wishes to privately view the body of his sister today (Monday) you will ex clude tho public from the lying-in-state, as doing so was 'impossible' at Carnegie Hall. After tho inconsiderate and in definite way in which General Balllngton Booth was treated yesterday at the Car negie Music Hall It would not be wise for him to subject himself to further mis. understanding. "During the three-quarters of an hour ho waited there it would have been quite possible for you to have acceded to his, as also to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Booth's, requests for a family gathering. His request was one perfectly natural to any brother, simply to pray with the mem bers of the family for a brief time around the coffin. He came purely In the spirit of sympathy and unofficially, as also did Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Booth. "It was furth crest from their thoughts to alludo to any differences between the movements of the two armies, and they felt that when tho public was being al lowed to participate in the obsequies of their sister they, as members of the -family, had some rights. He would never havo gone near the Carnegie Music Hall had he not been assured over the wire by your representative that his requests would be respected. "In your letter this morning you over look the express purpose of General Bal llngton Booth's and Herbert Booth's visit to the Carnegie Music Hall. It was for a family gathering around the body and not merely to view tho remains. We re gret this deplorable exhibition of Salva tion Army spirit, and we cannot advise General Balllngton Booth to be exposed to the probable repetition of disrespect that wbuld be shown him were he today to visit the Salvation Army's own head quarters." LONDON HONORS HER MEMORY. General Booth Makes a Touching Ad dress Praising the Dead. LONDON, Nov. 2. There was an im mense gathering of Salvationists at Con gress Hall, Clapton, tonight at a memorial service for Consul Mrs. Booth-Tucker. General Booth. Commander-in-Chief of the Salvationists throughout the world, and father of Mrs. Booth-Tucker, made a touching address in which he viewed the activity and effective life work of his daughter In connection with the Salva tion Army. He argued that a greater de votion to the purposes of tho Army would be the best memorial to Mrs. BootKt Tucker. General Booth read a message from Commander Booth-Tucker, chief of the Salvation Army in the United States, and also messages of condolence from all parts of the world, including a large number from prominent persons in the United States. Illness of John M'itchell. NEW YORK, Nov. 2. John Mitchell arrived 'In the city tonight and went di rectly to the Ashland House, accom panied by his secretary. He was suffer ing from acute intestinal troubles when he arrived and at once consulted a phy sician, but the attack was not severe enough to compel Mr. Mitchell to go to bed. Ex-Member of Congress. NEW YORK. Nov. 3. J. Richard Bar rett, an ex-member of Congress from Mis souri, is dead from, heart disease at a hotel in this city, where he had made his "Procrastination Is the thief of tlme." Piano Letter No. 9 PIANO BUYERS Buying the new piano is one of the important events in the fam ily history. It is important from many standpoints. The three important influ ences the piano bring3 into tho home ara the social, the moral, and the educational, yet, withal, how wo hesitate and put off from year to year this Important purchase. Today we want to treat with the educa tional phase of the auestlon and the In consistency most people display in their lack of promptitude in putting a piano Into their home. Father Time is a merciless vulture, and woe be to those who fall to take time by the forelock In matters pertaining to life's success. The most important branch of a young girl's education today Is MUSIC. It means social success, moral advancement, and in many cases a means oi nveunooa m the years to come. Yet, we place at the very end of our important wants tho means to this end. The rancher thinks he ought to have a new barn he fore his daughter should think of an edu cation, the merchant considers his daugh ter's future Independence and social ad vancement quite secondary to an enlarge ment of his stock, and so on it goes from year to year and many-a talented child is deprived of the most valuable asset in life an education. There Is another peculiar phase to this question and that Is our inclination to look upon "next year" as the time when peace and plenty are going to befall us. "Next year" we are going to buy the pianos. "Next year" we are going to do lots of things. Alas! Piano Buyers, how near are w 3 to the goal of our ambitions when "next year" comes, and how farther away we are from possibilities w hen we consider the past year and its lost opportunities. Piano Buyers, you havo got to buy a Elan we were about to add "sometime.'' ut that would be bad advice. BUY IT NOW. We will make It just as easy for you to get it NOW as wo will a year from now possibly easier, who knows? A good way to begin isby getting acquainted with us and our way of treating our customers. Let us show you our pianos. We never make a statement on our wareroom floor that we cannot substantiate. We consider the fulfillment of promises made to our customers one of the strongest pillars upon which we are building up our busi ness. We never place upon a piano a stronger guarantee than It deserves. Wo want to sell you your piano. If you give us the opportunity we will treat you with all the fairness which has character ized all our fast dealings. Yours truly, Allen SGiibert-Ramaker Co. Oldest, Largest, Strongest. 209-211 First Street home for the past IS years. Mr. Barrett, who had been 111 for three months, was born In Kentucky 79 years ago. NEGROES LYNCH ANOTHER. He Killed Two Men of His Own Color and Injured a Third. SHREVEPORT, La. Nov. 2. Joseph Craddock, a negro, was lynched by a mob composed chiefly of blacks at Taylors town, about 17 miles from Shreveport, last night. Craddock killed Wesley Chambers, col ored, with an ax, and frightfully mutilat ed the body. He then crept upon Dan Washington, a negro, and struck him on the head with the ax. Going to the Chambers cabin, he called Mercler, the brother of Wesley Chambers, beat him down with the ax and injured him so badly he died today. Washington cannot possibly Jive. ( Craddock was captured by a small posse of white men, but a crowd of between 125 and 150, and composed largely of negroes, took possession of the prisoner. He was at once hanged to a tree and burned be neath it after being pronounced dead. The men killed were inoffensive negroes. KILLS BROTHERS IN FRENZY. Pennsylvania Farmer Also Holds Posse at Bay for Nine Hours. POTTSVILLE, Pa.. Nov. 2. Worked Into a frenzy as a result of an alterca tion with one of his brothers, Benjamin Franklin Welssenger. living on a farm several miles from this city, this after noon shot and killed his two brothers, Louis and Frederick, attempted to kill his sister, Mary, and a sister-in-law, wife of Frederick, and held a largo posse of policemen at bay for nine hours before he was captured. The tragedy occurred on the farm of the father of the men. Welssenger Is believed to be insane. FAINTS WHEN SENTENCED. Woman Who Stole From Her Em ployers Goes to Prison. NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Mario Layton, who pleaded guilty to two indictments of larceny from tho local office " of tho United States Playing Card Company of Cincinnati, was today given an Indetermi nate sentence of not more than five years and not less than one year in the State Prison at Auburn. She fainted when sentenced. The total loss to the com pany is said to have been in the neigh borhood of 135,000. Shot While Resisting Officers. DENVER, Nov. 2. While resisting the efforts of Officer Oliver Tufts, of the Colorado Humane Society, to compel him to stop working a sick and abused horse, Charles Helnze, a teamster employed by the Cplorado Packing Company, was shot and killed at 5:30 this evening. "EL0R0D0RA" FOLK HERE. . Theatrical Company Tells of Experi ence in Trainwreck. The Southern Pacific train bearing the members of the "Florodora" Company, which were in the wreck near Tehama, Cal., Sunday morning, reached this city at 1:30 this morning. Three male mem bers of the company are injured, while Miss Raymond also complains of her hip. When the fireman, Charles Morris, was dying, Mr. Bolllvar, of tho company, says he was refused hot water with which ho wished to bathe the wounds of the in jured man. Mr. Bolllvar suffered injur ies to his shoulder blade, and wore his arm in a sling when he reached the city. Louis Kurzweil, the electrician of the company, sustained a cracked rib. Phil lip Riley had one finger smashed. "It was an awful wreck," tho members of the company say. "Morris, the fire man, lay on the bank and called to every one In sight to bring a gun and shoot him." Though at first It looked as though damage would be done to the properties, a message was sent to Portland that the show would be only one day late. Will lam Pangle, manager of the Marquam Theater, received the following dispatch yesterday: Siskiyou, Or., Nov. 2. Doubtful if ar rive in time tonight. Give performance Tuesday matinee, night sure, as all cos tumes, property and baggage saved from wreck. WILL J. DUFFY, Manager "Florodora." IHTJCH AT STAKE IN EIGHT. Gardner Has Good Offer to Go on Stage If He Conquers Fitz. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 2. George Gardner has a lot at stake in his fight fiGpob. mra0oii FANCY SILKS A Most Remar&able Price Occasion HIGH-CLASS FANCY SILKS AT '-'. . -HALF PRICE ' $1.25 SILfiS at 63c If the price suits you, and it certainly should, you will buy most eagerly, for these fine quality silks are in the daintiest colorings and the prettiest designs. Suitable for waists and full costumes. All leading colors. Remember, half price on prettiest silks that you'd be perfectly willing to buy at their regular figure. DREM $1.25 BLACK DRESS GOODS at Included in this offer are MOHAIR GRANITES, ALL-WOOL MISTRALS, ALL-WOOL ARMURES, ALL-WOOL SANGLIES, ALL-WOOL CANVAS. SACRIFICE SACRIFICE SACRIFICE AT HALF PRICE AM 50c Dress Goods at AH 75c Dress Goods at All $1 .00 Dress Goods at AH $1 .25 Dress Goods at CORSET COVERS Special SKIRTS Special GOWNS Special DRAWERS Special CHEMISES Special $1.50 PETTICOATS at 98c Ladies' Petticoats of fine, mercerized sateen, in black, also in black and white checks and polka dots, made with ruffles and knife pleating, full umbrella shape. On special sale today at 98c. UNUSUAL VALUES IN WALKING SKIRTS At S3.50 Ladies7 Walking 'Skirts of heavy melton cloth, made in the new seven -gored flare shape, three double rows of stitching around bottom and wide stitched bands at the hips and front, trimmed with small buttons. BIG SALE OF CURTAININGS A notable sale of every kind of Window Curtaining, Muslin Curtaining, Madras Curtaining, Lace Curtaining, Net Curtaining, Swiss Curtaining, White Curtaining, Ecru Curtaining, Colored Curtaining. Every yard of Window Curtaining at reduced price. Big bargains at special Sc, lie, 16c, 18c, 29c, 39c Iectiasi9ssceeii(9ceiae99scito8itoaosteoaeseooaoo39a(i a a o e 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 00 with Bob Fitzslmmons In San Francisco the latter part of this month aside from the winnings of the night. Gardner's horse trainer, -who Is here with George's horses, says Gardner has an ofTer of J1000 a week to go with a theatrical com pany -if he can beat the lanky Cornish ntan. JOE GANS IS OUTPOINTED. Blackburn Has the Best of It In Bout With Lightweight Champion. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2. Joe Black burn, a local man, outpointed Joe Gans, j the light-weight champion. In a fast six- i round bout at the Washington Sporting Club tonight. In the first round" Gans Today- Ayer's Sarsaparilla day. Take other kinds tomorrow. J.C.AjrerCo.. Xiowell, 2asi. GOODS BARGAINS THAT ARE IRRESISTIBLE 78c $1.00 quality Zlbelines, in mix tures and solid colors ALSO OF ALL WAIST LENGTHS OF ALL DRESS LENGTHS OF ALL SKIRT LENGTHS OF DRBv&S GOODS AS FOLLOWS: 25c 37c 50c 63c 25c, 29c, 39c, 49c, 79c, 98c, $1.19", $1.33, $1.59 and.up 79c, 98c, $1.39, $1.73, $1.98, $2.39, $2.79, $4.19 and up 50c, 59c, 79c, 98c, $1.29, $1.59, $1.98, $2.69, $3.98 and up 22c, 39c, '49c, 69c, 79c, 9Sc, $1.29, $1.89 and up 49c, 59c, 69c, 79c, 98c, $1.19, $2.59 and up At $4.00 Ladies' Walking Skirts of fine melton cloth in black and navy, made in the newest flare shape, strapped and stitched, with cloth bands, trimmed with small buttons. knocked Blackburn down with. a punch on the jaw. He was up in an instant. Blackburn had all the better of the last five rounds. He had Gans bleeding In the third and sixth rounds from continual jabbing In the nose. Gans was bleed ing and clinching as the final bell rang in the sixth. New Cases at San Antonio. SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Nov. 2. To night's official yellow fever bulletin ESTABLISHED 1S70. G. P. RUMMEL 126 SECOND STREET, S-JS Jftw VMrv TWEEDS $1.25 Newest Style Tweeds at 85c $1.50 Newest Style Tweeds at $1.15 $1.75 Newest Style Tweeds at $1.38 ZIBELINES C AT HALF PRICE AH $1 .50 Dress Goods at 75c AH $1 .75 Dress Goods at 87c All $2.00 Dress Goods at $1 .00 AH $2.50 Dress Goods at $1.25 Ladies' Walking Skirts of all-wool fancy mixed mater ial in the new flecked effects, made in the newest flare shape, trimmed with three pointed and stitched straps and finished with buttons. shows: New cases. 2; deaths, none; total cases to date, 16; deaths. 6. Bishop of Helena Diocese. HELENA, Mont., Nov. 3. Rev. John Brondel, bishop of the Helena diocese of the Catholic Church, died this morning at 3:10 o'clock. "Was It exactly proper to call It a fare well tour?" "Certainly," answered thu r prima donna. 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