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Newspaper Page Textmm f A Mi ANY, OREGON, SUNDAY, DKUEM15EH l4, 1 !M) CENTS A WEEK. VOL. VI NO. II OLiUAY S I ;lfl I sen ttl." in igii. fuvnt IiJl t ! iilll g - t l-i, .11 i ti in .ir i ii.; ics ntilri;;, .ir sii.;!i ; i'Ui ;i i 1 . . j ? t' k- .!! :trnl ysiiuiLr wriciii c ii.; s;uo'v n ... i let c:is;s, I'lc.anr t i n-ry stuu-U, a;i I l!i ; xiv;it-st .':in-t i .;iiiuiu! h ii lay jiivsmts for tii.! .su,t.i ':' IVA'. AT- V IT I II Ii H Tlit (Wnrr Pruvj Mmv jftA'! sf -! marked dawn and THE STORE IS AM IT IS NOW rr All w-Ml Milt4ir.nn AH:ny Vool.-a Mills Men'" ri vio.tl.l; Suits, Yuuug Mt'it's Tmlor M iic Suits l'V I ti-1 of Tailors, 1 1 nu ll--ls of TattiM H-i to Si'l( t From. II2AVJ 07Ja331TJ. OVERCOATS (iiiaranlml Sc;ism!)! ;uil VraiTnnfcd Kc;; soiuihlc in Price." L. K. 13 T!i3 Lsailinj Im'mi Tl 1 1 n ki:i -r.NITKP IN HOLY SVIATRIiViONY, Ml: Oi Linn County, r. Af. oidr g to the oralinan.-e of (ioal, anal the laws ot tin-State o re,-n, at Albany, Oregon , tii fi -fore the 'J5th twenty fifth day IH--ember, A . 1 . , W1TNKSS: .1. K. W II M.I.KY. l: C. t:i i.n N'. To W hil'll I la.-lat Ll i-e.til, All people presfiitiri a c -rtilltat of al .Um inci sive, will be a o 1 H per tt'iit. di.-i-oiiiil on iaali pur.-Iiases, Jal the only Kjnar ili'ulinjr stove store in Albany. SHO ) I IPI iW'v i 1 1 ii u i i n in 0.1.1 l'Vllims 'lYm will ! sold atartouisbingly low ! frit i 1 1 Ml III v V r i ' 9 ' LAIN Trior, Albany. OfW - v i n 12: o CJ MIS- Oi Yamhill County, or UKV. mm PQWD Absolutely Pure. I Jli'n imi(icr in-vi-r ':l,-f A inam 1 i.r r n-i v . -1 ren.-rMi :! who! I ui iir ;i'onuiiii.-ui than :li- ..uiiittt! klllll, illHl a-Hiin.II t.f -.id . a.-a.i ( .i ,, -..i wiih ,iiu't:t.t-l. of !.m- -i, -l t-!i;!i! rtlimi air pit.i.i-.i!i .r S.'!.i ii.!; in cm -. .l- iv !' i-r.K ' ' lis. '.V ill V. I.:: In.-, M, Jon i t t ..,,, P..-; :-.a I I fir I . 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'--1- v; Vii:. .vi.r.-.-.'illH ;ii:iri?i'-ii' tit rr ti' xf'L mi tsi ru itinn SCI." .1 aaata v . . . 3 iin t riumtm-r- Uiii t h - .1. lltiiltiiunil w time. iltit urn I inoticv. Take m. thfr. ln.w in t'i r'' iit nf pnc( Al-tre.-N 4i.liri li'illtlit 4 oiii::iiiv i W4-t I'.rat-h t... -J7, lilli;l. r. I Bold by t'omay &, Mafln, All auy. Orec ROI'E AND CHAIN, .I'ZiZ lsvixr l i in tiiH i:urKr. tc;irr tint... I i r pun- i v i any fron l-t M . i .in fri-n :i 1; t-. ! ; SI KWAUT a SOX. 1 1 r i s 1 111 1 s ISOM -Tin: - Bott 1 er - c.-K.s tin: PASTEL' II EILTEU ( i irl. m l. Monitor, ..'and. u- jH rior Moves ami r ,injr, hai-k wanai't. .! !" yeare, Sugar kettl, s. 1 i Myers fon--" pinups, pipe hose,ro- ner ami pon-elain hiith. hai-ius, elos.-ts, p!iiuiliiii'4 by paaet:i-:;l o k Ilia 11, I a.l id V il I ' 111 lei V , .-lia-.ll - lahterns-. tiu, npp -r and sheet it on ware. J'.'.stfttr ll'titrr iilfer-. We pay T 1 1 V. I- K I ' I . i 1 1 T I . y. m r alamr on sti.v. s i ,iu-1 1 1 Ii,-. ... Send I DEATH ON THE KAIL. Aii'itlvr Tiain Wreck jNea.- I (H i: MEN INSTANTLY KILLED i ive Other R pMtt-d 1'a tally Injured A Da-use K g V.'a" the Cs';e of ti e Disaster. An;ki.i:s, Dec. 1.:. A repoit Pas ju-t reached this ci:y t.f iiU.iiu- i lint which tcetirred 01. i c .A. iljiitir. & raoili'--10-d nea Nfi"! i s in wl-ich two men m i '.. . . .I. A.-i tlif- overland a in; I :tin. ist lnnin"l, vi a i..: iiio (.'loraiao river, ami .( ! !!: rr' i 'I UllS I'linililli !ii."i- :i ;i .ii-ll.s- !o., t lit" engins? I ..i- '.iiM.a.1 ;il Mt-iii I lie real i: a i . -i Ii' train ioon.in;; nj ! ,.iiv;i t Til .uj:li -vciv t'tloii m..." iii.i.iu to H('P the train the ii-t hi .- tx-o t-liol't llll'l tin t .1.1. u.s; ... i: i: i; t(K liif;h a .,,;- i , : i i liHaliu ija-heil ,i;.i In- .-i- a t tilt' trtiuht tr.iiii v. iii ...i:.il lok-nire. Tin-a.-i:giiit.-. i t-:;i,.i .oiii tiitlinr in jur;. s, lust lii liti. iii.iii Wits alinos in Ifiitl'- k-li-l. ia. other, uhi-ih-r . ; ii , ! vf or passetiei i-.i-itioi !- I ..i. i-d -Mi-i i-o -everei) injured lint h - l''l a 'on alter. Several eir? wen- ah-tailc and til. i.is i '..a-if :a .-ti.i-d a severe s!iak II... ii.it i !t ille lit tllt'lil ttfll -ii i i. ii.-'iv hurt. : ii;een trullk' a i i !:l'.:ii:: ;:.! v : . in :ie of tin . . i h wa- alinos" t ,i aie-iioy. il. i in ly incagei r ;i i.t-i li ave i' .'M reei-ived, ami i-i il-. nid -iii u will not talk. f.ii:it. it i- learnt! i that om of the in.-,. U , I :- ! M.A Thonj--; !i,a .-.it !-.- 'o a - iter ot Iowa. h v.-.-i ti'ood-d cattle to ,,ut''.-r!i t'alifoini.i. He was in 1 1.- ii k .-. of toe freight train I' d wa . ruslieii ititti jelly. It it a! -tilted tint live aan-ngei .veie f.it.illy iiijiiie'!. an a i ki:m: it Ki'ot'.T. O.i t!o i-. ,.4-al I'tlga-I Sollllal Hlltl O.lla ICiiv lSI.ii : il. I . V.v:HMir..N-, 11,'C. I!'.. SptTt- t:iv a'roclur wi tit to t'ne hotle to-alav a r I'o't I'oiu '.'apt. Symt n-- mi tii'- ri-M.t ill ;t iii-e'iiiiinarv ex- :i.ii.i' ition for a ship cliaiuiel i tw'.-eii I'-ut riwn-end bay. I'.iijet -oiind and Oak Imy. Capt. svuioi.s leiHir's that a i . i i ehan-n'a-l toaotiiieet I'ne two laavs miItl he of f jnsideiahle imp-ii'tanee in lin e ol Wiir, hut the roliimerre whifh woulil !' ln-ni-litted hv the niopo-i d ran.!! i". and will he lot o!ne t:'iie, imtat all eomnieiiHiir-it.- v i: h tli" in ! of on ninn iiml iniiuit iiiiiiij; the taine. If the pro p.::eis i'o i and steel works at I 'aiiio-ra- are esi ihli-hed, the bene lit to he aii iiveal fiom the eanal iii the I'iiMuv may justify its beuifi li;;!l, I lit i e ran not at present l.e i. vt- thev will. TI! K r AN I A I. Si l l ATldN. Sia-.a-tary Wiiialaam in Conference , II Ii I'.iiikf-IH and rinaucittrN. N't v YotiK, lee. '.. Secratary Wiii.'oin this morning held a eon- fert'i.ee with a number of bankers on tii tinaneial situation. A full ep-i -ri.i;i o: 'ln views of linan-.- e- - on ; i,. I 'nan. i:il situation, the ftiei t 1. 1 ii.'.i'itioi.al silver lejiisla ti iii. and other matters Wiis (b t iiiu d The am y statement the -a , ri ;;i!v "vi ul I make was that l.e w as irratiti ! at t'e tiewa of tiie ii v.-!iieii' of ur"hl fiom Europe, and t! a! the pivernnu-nt would do i! in i's p i-.va-r to'ivH relief to the li'.aui-a! a'id merehantile eoin in 1 1 ( i t its. lie refused absolutely !o ).,. interviewed but parties close to him i-t.tt - that he will not take .ii. y inimediate a.-lio:i a- result oi l.'.- ( i:il--ii-iu ,'. 1 UK I. AMI S( IIKIKKS. The tit-ral ia.io. f the !linueMla nnal tlrefaaii Caviiany. S ii Kri-is"-. ' (.'hr-i'ii.-V Muring the la-t lew days some new K-atures have been developed of the manner of transacting busi-ue-s by the Minni s la aial Oregon Lumber onipanv. .Indue V. II. Aden returned a few days ago from a trip toOieiro", where he went t- loi-ate ldnd.s for him1 1 It and o; hi r resident!) of this city tlir. ii'.h this c- mpany. Its :ents iii-le ale located at ."ot Kearny sireet and i:s business car.lsaysJ. M. Wes' is manager, ii. 1.. I.oliaiiuon s-'cretaiv, audits bu-im-s-i i- l at:n and buying land- in Koiit hem Oregon. .Judge Ail. -n ma.ii" th strip ta ascertain th-- v. .hie of J,e lal.als nial the l. j..lity oi the t t If. it Kosebuiii he met Mr. vw-el an.I foun-1 that the company was not locating li-.tids in Coon or iiotvliia counties, ii it lia.l iuree.l though Mi. Klin ball, its agei.t here, to do. The .lude met a getleuian from tlii ' city at Ko-ehurg who ltjcated lands t'tiough the company. On visiting the Land Office he dia coveieal that the laud had been baiiisilit from the Jovernment and pitid i..r ea sag i by a man named 'iVil-a.p. Mr. Wt s'.w hen threaten ed w t!i legal i.rori edins, paid the gi-iillein.iii a'l tS e money that lie li.id ;idvanct-il, with his expenses. Mis. Thotnji-! II. Shaw of this ciiy pa l Kimball. 1 1 io agent of the iii i pai.y here, fl.'."i upoh the under st.imii' g thit w hen the lands wer lo-.-.i.ed in Coos and lloiiglar counties $50 would Vie paid the agent there; that when ihe hinds we.e proved 2 50 and acre would have to be paid the (iovennent. which theeompany woulaj advam-e and then buy I'm n iter ill $!0 an acre On arriving al Ro eburg Mr. West in.'ormed her that the roiupanv would not locate the lauds there and she U out the ii penseR of Ihe trio. One of the en-ploversor partneif in tin" corr.-rn Walter Neusti'dt. who on March 21, 1S8S, pleaded girlt v to s.ivindling ami was seid '. .d to imprisonmeiit in the County Jail. Me is now in Oregon acting as locid agent. J mj jje .alien has been retained by several i .lden'!8 as counsel t' prosecute the company or it. gents fir swindling. PA KNELL IS ILL. lie Han (irew-n Thlu and Ilaccaral anil Look Kaally. Ku.KKS.si, Dec. 1."?. Parnell ap peared in anew iruise fo-dav. e was culled iuKn parly by the sec retaries of two labor societies and was t -hi Unit they recognized him as their chief, and that Iavitt was the father of the movement. I'arnell said Iavitt claimed to In the father of everything. Sjon after a small committee of tin mtional leag ie called. His frier. b say he looki well, but he is so thin that hisclo!he9 lniug loosely aboil) him. His face, is haggard, his eyes tired and his voice is husk and almost gone The last coupl. of weeks iiave told terribly on him, but all his suffering is not physical. Dt'RMX. iec. 1:5. Four well known Irish newspapers have de clared openly for I'arnell. They ire the Feni.'ter Leader, Wes'-.n. I'eofile, of Dallina, Cajunty Mayai Wostnipath Kximiner, published at MuthinotOr .County WefctmeaJh. and the Deny Journal, published at I,on. loneiy. V. P.. Dillon Jr., hat written u letter to th- Freeman's Journal, stal'ng that lohn Dillon and Win. O'Hrien are stiil hopelul oi ell'.-c' ing a t'Oinpromis ! with i'at nell. Ft her Murphy, the pari-h priesi f Kilm id-niaua.'h i-onn!y. Kit kenny, in a let ter to the Freeman's lournal, rem.ins'.rates against tin clerical attack nuiale on I'arnell. M0RE1NDIANSKILLK1) SETTLE KS TAKE A IIAM1 Al tt lEriNti GHOST DANCKKS. Conflicting i.eorla of a UrIiI wilh Hie TioH -The Iudliiu Vi-are A luiut Ended. Cuk'ago, Dec. 13. A .iispalch from Pierre. S. D.t conlirms ih report that the settlers had u tight with Indians on French Creek yesterday. Three Imlian were killeJ, but no whites. I'isb Ridgb AtiKNfY, 8. D., Dec. 13. Reports of a light between Indians in ISad Ltnds is .ronlirm ed. Two Strike and party were victorious and left Had Lands for I'ine Ridge Agency. Ihe chief sent to (ieneral Brooke for help to capture Short Bull and his war riors and fully 300 warriors are now on their wav to bring in all wlm remain in Had Lands. Chicago, Dec. 13. General Miles does not l.uw any credence in the lepott of a battle between troops and Indians in the North west. He had a telegram from ieneral Brooke yesterday to the effect that the minor chat lnlians were lighting among themselves had reached the agency, but noth ing further was received. A dis patch from Omaha says that no battle occurre 1 between the troops and I.-dians near 'Pine Ridge agency as reported. TWO WHITES Kll.l.i;!). Tomiistose, Arizona. Dec. Information was received to-day that two white men, i.",. her" Jack Bridge and Burk Robinson, were killed by Apaches in Guadalupe mountains vestrrdav. Bridges discovered some freshly killed meat and went to Hall's ranch to notify the men there. Then m coinptny with Robinson ami another man they went to the place where Ihe meat was fouml to inve-tigate the matte'. Tin y had just arrived at the spot when they were tired upon by Indians. They returned the fire and attempted to escape, but were surrounded and two of them fell. The other man escsped, after beir g grazed by a bullet, which made a slight wound, and he reported the re sult. A courier was then sent to this city for help. Sheriff Slaugh ter immediately tc'.cgraphc 1 to Fort liuachuaca for government a sistance, and made immediate preparations for departure. The light t-aik place in Guadalupe mountains, east of San Bernardino ranch, near the Mexican line. Five Indians were seen in the vicinity. Di:nvk, Dec. 13. A special to the Uctfky Mountain News, from Rapid City, .South Dakota, says: I Reports have reached here ot a light K-tweer. a band of cow boys and Indians at a ranch west of the Cbevenne river. The Indians were Irving to stampede their cat tie when the cow lioyp, who were secreted, fired on them. A shaip Fkinnish ensued and the Indians weie compelled to retreat, leaving tnree dead. One of the cow bovs received a serious wound. LiUKXEI) TO DEATH. Frightful Iioiucuit i i BucIiUd Co.age at Akron, Ohio. A FATAL ENTKIITAIXMENT. The Maaqu rail (J .aiu-aea of ilia, Yoan? Lady Stud utj (Ja ili 1'irj wi h Puaa'rona Eo alts?. Akkos, Ohio, Dei!. 13. A -rri bits accident occurred at P.ta-htcl coil-ge this evening. nnnil ei of lddy students Were" gallic-icd in the library building, ami weic being eiitert uned by eight. ..1 tilth number, who woie nia-ks ami loose Mow ing garments, wit'i big: hats covered wito cotton. li. -ome manner the h.t of one of tin voting iadies caught lire and tin Haines rapidly d tried to ail tin others. Ai I was snniim-neai as .rrckly as possible, but when itic ii.nm'. iveif eMiiuui-'lit-il it w . - found thut Mi-ts Mary Stevens of Oil loii Sprii gs. N. '. a: vuieli. stigineir, of I'tita, N. Y., hat! U-en fatally burned. Mary i'.aiiei. of Fort Plane, N. Y., Amelia War wick, o! Stoim Lake, loua, Jiian:. Ilauies, of Abilene, Kansis. Myitle Baker, of i'eiu, Ohio, Lvi Dean, ol tm in L ike, Liwa, Ad i Umlitol, o: Columbia. Iii:si-. K-telle Maso i,al Ma vaalo-e, Ohio ami Dora .Meiriil.of Williamsjsirt. Pa., were painfully burm-.l. but !iot in a daiig.-rou-t c Uidit:o!i. KII.I.KII ItY A V.l.lil'IIIK. A tilrl I- a.iiii.l!ca.l With lite Creii turc l Her Tlirout. Mrs. Ct. melius Rainwater. l Savannah, recent I v rivcned a letter fiom her brother, Jinr I'hl., who is engaged ;n the coffet business in Calabozo, Yen. zuia, in vvl.ich epiit.f he -.'ave : n account sf the singular tl-a1 h "f his liiiiirli- ter last Sepiflnbel . The voilli ladv, who hail l'l-l entered bet ITtii-year, had been a m nuambi'. list sine childiiootl, ati-1 it was supposed Ih tt whilt! in one of ht" tranet that she l-.-lt the Iioum' ami w amlcrcd several miles out int--th. ccnin'.rv. She was misled, an'! on being M arch, d for, was found near the roadside dead, with a urge vampire clinging to hei throat. The bat at the apnroa-h of the searchers rose from the hotly ami attempted to lly off, but was so .j.jlg'd with LlaMi.l as to be unable to make its escape and was sl.o' by one of the party. The pliici 'iti of the lady's features slowed .hat the death had been a painle-aone. A small wound resembli g the pucture of a large needle just over the jugular vein, marked where the small w hite teeth hal liberated the blood which it then bail sucked. The one which killed Miss I'hl was an unusually larg on", mas uring three feet and some inches from tip to tip of the wings and would naturally wei.-h :.1 -ut twelve po'imls, but was s- goijd that it weighed over twenty. W ANTED IN roiSTLlND. Swindler Stone Indicted Among Otherx ly the t . S, tiraml .lury, Poit'n.AXD, Or., Dec. 13. The Cnited States grand jury to-day completed it-s labors for the term, .f uming a large number oi in dictments. Among those iii.hc ed were C. F. Stonrt and K..I. Hyde, arrested on a charge at" conspiracy and suliornation perj.iry. It w ill be remembered that Si'one ami Hyde were arrested in The Dalles some lime ago, but escaped from the custody of the 1'nitcd States marshal. They were re-arrested in Idaho afew week" ago. F. M. llolsiein. arrested s-eveial months ago iu Des Moines, Iowa, a charge oi torgmg pension .ouchersof Win. G. McClain.', of 'his countv, was a No itidicietl. Holstein has thiitetn tlstimt charges of f.ugery against hini. McClatne, whose name it is al leged i I ol stein forced, is an ohl soldier ami paralyzed. TOl till N 1-OMiltKSSllKN, A Itill M'lilrh Means I'ri.hiinlioii in the DKtiia l of i'oliiiiilii.i. Wasiiino I'oN. Dec. 13. The liailli... a'otnmit ta-e Oil llaillOr IriltliC t..-tlay agreed to npmt f ivonbly the bill to pit.iiiiiil tne nianuiat; lure ami eaie of spit itous anil in- toxicating Injuors in the 1'ist'ict of Columbia, except lor n.ti;cai antl scientific purposes. SlHvin Will Klulil. LtiMios. Dec. 13. Frank P. Sia- vin says to-day that he receiveal an at. eptance ot ins comut 'ins far a tight with Corbett. from the New Orleans club last n:ght. In the meantime he accepted an offer from the California Athletic Club to light Corbett for ClMO with a side bet of 500. In any event he conid not leave England in time to tight in February, but will be in Cali f -riiia in March. 'Z Cruidied hy a Car. New Yokk, Dee. 13. Charles Foster, an Englishman, mcuiner of the large bottling firm of M. R. Foster & Sons, Hanover square. lxmdon, wa" killed to-night by falling from a Broadway car met being crushed beneath "the passing trucks. He came from Sn Fran cisco and was returning home. A I! Iti BATCH OF llar.l TinieB In the Eaat Drlviag Firms to the Wall, Ci.KVkLAXi), O.. Dec. 13. The Davis Platfoim Binder Company, manufacturers of harvesters anil binders, to-dav went into the hands of a receiver. Assets aaic to he about $400,00:1; liabilitie about $S0,(M0. New Yokk. Dec. 13. It wain-ported in financial circles today 'hat the Trow Printing Publish ing Co. had asked for an extension of four mom lis, on $125,000 of it? paper. 1 .earing the endorsement o H. K. Thurber, which was readily granted by banks holding it. .'lin i Iter's statemeu' of assets foot up betweeu three and fom million. Ciikstos, Iowa, Dec. 13. Thi failure of the Farmers bank at i-tmtanelle, Iowa, yesterday, i-.iii-ed great excitment, man merchants and farmers being tie Doctors. The liab.lities are ifOO,- (Kill, as-e's 2.").000. Ci.vkk.svii.i.i;, ft nn., Dec. 13. Tin; IV.itli'T's Mills have ftiled. liibilities iS.",()00. assets about the same. Cincinnati, Dec. 13. An appli cation was matte tins aftwrnoo- ior the appointment of a receivei f -r the large dry goods house o I'.ell, Miller iV: Oo.,"and for a tii s? solution of partneifthip. Liabili ties, f Jtiii.OO,); assets, f3.0.0")0. Minsk vi'oi.is, lie;.-. 13. Tin Iowa, Minnesota & Dakota Ele vator v ti., operating warehousef on the Hur'iiiigton, v?etlar Rapid aV Northern It. K., has assigned l.iibiliues, $l.')lt,(Hi0; assets, un- k no ,vn. FOIt FINANCIAL UKLIKF. 'reaaident Harrison Will Hoom la Miie a Mefitiaee t Coii;reMS. Washington, Dec. 13. A cabi net meeting yestertiay consitieiet ihe linaiit-ial condition of tie country and the result is (he presi- la-nt, it is umlerstooil, will senl i message to congress next week siiL'L'esting as a measure of reliel the enactment of legislation foi liie issue of additional currency. as'.d on increased silver pur chases. THE NEWiXAVY YAlll) OUT OKCIIAKII SEt.f IIES THk COVETED I'KIZK. The Natal CouimiMHion Asain 8 l.-cla the Site for the I'acltic Coat 'avy Yaral and the Dry Dock. Washington', Dec. 13. Captain O.-elfri'.ge. president of the com mission of army and navy officer anil civilians, appointed by thai president, to select a site for the proposed dryldock on tbelNorth- west coast, forwaided the report of the commission to the president to-day. While nominally to select a site for the dry dock, the real trrpose of the commission was to select a navy yard as well. A ' oatd of naval officers, nitti Capt. A. L. Malion as senior member, w as sent out last year to select a s!te for a navy yaid, and repor'ed in favor of Point Turner or Point Orchard, n arm of Puget Sound. There w as so much criticism of the site selected, inspired largely by people inte.ested in rival sites, thai congress provided for the com m is-ion to do the work over again. Their report w ill not be published until il is trammitted to congress, but it is slated on wood authority that tne decNioii of the first com mission has been sustained. The commission is composed of Captain Thomas Oselfridge, Lieutenant A. B. WyckolT, Col. George C. Men del, a coi ps of engineers, ex-Secretary of lb.- Navy Kit-hard Thomp son and ex-Senator T. C. Piatt, fhey visited every available local ity in the Pnv.et sound region, and examined all the proposed sites in detail. DISi:.SE lAKRYINU THEN OFF The Indiana Being Decimated By the Grippe. Minneapolis, Iec. 13. The.Tri bune's special from Pierre save that Whitewau, Chief Minuekan ja tiibe uf Sioux at the Chevenne igercy came to the city to -day to secure council fr -iu government amhiri'ies as to the heft way lo disai in Big Foot's band of Cherry Creek host ilea, stating that his baud is ready to assist. He says that many of tbe ghost dancers are living f tmi tliH grippe, in- ,1 n-etl hy dancing out doors during coid weatiier. Tbe disease is spreading rapidly. A Dioantroua Fire. Piiovii.ESCE, Dec. 13. The Dor ratice buihling, occupied by tbe Batrniby Clothing company, was destroyed by hre this afternoon A portion ot the wall fell on the adjoining building, doing consid erable damage to that. Two nre men were painfully injured. Bar niby'a loss is $400,00d, insurance about half. Other losses bring the aggregate up to a half million The Farmers' Alliance la the West Si kagle, Wn., Dec. 13. W. E. Allison, state organizer of the Farmers' Alliance association for Washington, to-day organized the Sprague alliance with a charter membership of 29 members. John i Cody was elected president. A GIGANTIC PLOT. Tbe Third Pai ty Scheme af the National Farmers' Alliance. IT WILL BEAR WATCHIKC. Delegates from tk Mo tWcit BippcrUi th 8ob.TrtMry Bill ia QtirU Br.ak tkt So'id Boatk. Jacksonville. Fla.. Dec. 13. The Times-Union w ill publish t morrow a length article cocera ingthe recent Fanners' Alliance convention. It savs in part: ".Since the final adjournment at Ocala. uncontestable proof ha been brought out to show tit ex istence of a gigantic plot to nee tbe national organization as the means f promoting a third party scheme. A significant fact is the vote of tbe North wes'ern alliance men who are mostlv republicans, and who c-ime to Ot'afa with the purpose of lam-ing the alliance to endorse their sa-heme for a thirl party. It. soon iiecame apparent, however. that such endorbeuient could not Ikj secured, and when the eub- reasii'y scheme came up, the .Northwestern men were fount! solid in their support of it, al though their iiolitical affiliations in. I the sentiment of the people they are supposed to represent . uld naturally have led to own piiosition to this measure. Tbe leaders in the third party move ment from that section are M tirath of Kansas, Loucks of North Dakota, artlell t:f -outb Dakota . and Willetts of Kansas, an.I they tre warmlv s'lniiorted by the dele gates from Wisconsin ami other near by states. Th y are really opposed to the sub treasury bill. They regard it . wrong in principal and as a legit lative device which can onlyerd in financial ruin to fanners and very other class. They cay that he people of their section are op p seal to it, and that they, ae dele iates, were particularly charel with the mission to defeat tl measure when they . left their homes. They sav. also that upon iheir re .urn they will explain their a. tio i in this way, that the eub-r.-asury demand is of such a na ore that it. cap never gain the -tiipliort o( the democracy of the Southern states and that an at tempt to secure such democratic -up tort can end only in a split in he democratic ranks in the r) mtl . ' Li-., ihey eay, will break up tu solid South, and this end they bad in view. In support of thia gen eral policy, says the article, several if these plotter have been placed iion record. President lister th, t Kansas, ia- quoted aa eayina : "We saw that tfw making the snh--reasury bill an issoe in the South ve could break up the democratic p.rtv." Willettaof Kanatvsy: 'We supported tb sub-treaaiirv-oili to divide the South ami tweak up tbe bourtondeniocracy." HOKI OLD RKLlCa. A Letter From IT.hinaat It as.au! Ins T. alto. AtBvM atinags S)IWeO . . Philadelphia, Dec. 13. The sale of Washington relics wan con flu ded v"6terday. A letter writ- ?n hv Washington to Major Henry Lee. duted October 20. 1789, uivm? iiiFtiucti .ns about the taking of Arnold, was sold to J. Murphy, who was acting for Senator Hearst, of California, for $1000. He also purchased a letter written ' by Fianklin to James Reed, Auguat 27, 1745, for 800. Both of these letters are celebrated. Jay Gonld'a nistory of Delaware county and 'order wars of Near York, tewed in I860, Drought $11. The book was written in tbe fioMuer you'h, and it it said be now bay tml destroys all coties be can rind. WARRANTED TO KILL. Eight Patients Die freaa.' of Dr. Koch'a Lyaapati Paris, Dec. 13. The reaction gainst the Koch treatment in France has increased in violence. E gbt patient diil soon after the injection of the lvinnh. and tbia. i-ombinetl with the fact of no veri- heai cure, has intensified public feeling against the experiments. A ITbIob FaclAc Strike, Cheyenne, Dec. 13. The Uaioa. Pacific switchmen at E vane ton to the nnmbcrnf IS wont mit u m strike yesterday, and there is a li a 1 . a - m n. . . oiocnaue mere, xneomciais eay the men aiemanHal aknrtiu. Kna and more pay, but tbe men say iney nave oeen ui-ireatea and are in sympathy with the Ogden and Green River strikers. A Old Lady Killed. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 13. Sarah C Cutler nrvA 9 v..m was killed early this morning win e coanging cars ior Seattle at Puyallup. Mrs. Cutler was in charge oi her grandson, A. E. Sparks, who in carrying the old lady from the car slipped and fell on top of her. She lived but a few minutes. A Pacific Coast Ploaeer Dead. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 13. Chester Hitchcock, aged 80. died last night of paralysis. Hitchcock Iwas well known on the Pacific, coast and in tbe Northwest.