SATURDAY AtJCjUST, 3r1885
TEE BANNOCK' TROUBLE.
The troulil with the Bannock In
dlana In that portion of Wyoming
known as Jackson Hole, and the Immi
nent danger of massacre In which the
settlers are placed, have attracted the
attention, of the entire country. Last
"7 - Saturday It was reported that the men,
A women and children had been butch.
" " ered by the savages: but this has been
"cohtradJtotad by late dispAtohes, arid
it is hoped that the Bejclfiw inay yetf.be i
rescued from their perilous, position.
-r The time baa passed when any exten
sive Indian war can be inaugurated by
discontented aboriginees; but there are
.;.."-$ sufficient number of them yet to
" create" considerable trouble, and to
- -spread terror In isolated communities,
jSikejtbat at- Jackon,Hole, which is
T' ?'t' OTer o-eundred miles from railroad
- conHaunieation. $ - ". .
v-These Indians are the wards of the
government, and it is proper that the
authorities '.should deal with them
justly. Trom all information received
it is evident that in the enforcement
r of the statute against hunting in Wy
,' S j oming the citizens of . Jackson Hole
'' acted very arbitrarily and unjustly.
' Warrants of arrest were sworn out be
- ' ' fore a justice of the peace, and the
if'-:1 violators were arrested and placed un-
der a guard. While being, taken to
.;-j: r; jail the-Indians attempted to" escape.
- and the first - dispatches stated that
1 . : nearly all of them were killed. If
'. this . is . . true, an investigation
.i -". should ' have been made and
'' .;: ; careful . examination had . of the
: ; j: authority under which the magistrate
'.r :"arid the 'citizens acted. . The Indians
. 'are entitledtofull protection, the same
-.' as white men, and, if it is true, as al
.." leged, that the settlers are in the
r ' habit of Silling game at all seasons of
iT"7the year, and only arrested the Ban-
4 j knocks because they were encroaching
- s.-i on' their hunting grounds, punishment
should be meted out to all alike. -;
f?r- It should have been expected
that . savages- would seek revenge
for such an act as this, and
-" - inaugurate their usual methods of war
. . fare. Of course they would send cour
v '. iers through all the neighboring tribes,
' - - -and it was to be expected that these
.';"'' would congregate to wreak vengeance
' ,;-on the settlers in the neighborhood
where the act was committed.
.' The facts were known, to the
. ' 7i?! governors of Idaho and Wyoming, and
; they telegraphed to Washington ap
prising the war department of the true
r y state of affairs. But the circumlocu
I:r tion office at the seat of government
Vs . . : must have its time to act, and this has
' ;-- caused unnecessary delay. Troops" a
r f ' thousand miles distant were dispatched
to the scene of the trouble, and the
. first detachment cannot reach there
before tomorrow night. In the mean
time, the settlers to the number of
Vv , I fifty or sixty are left at the mercy of
300 or 400 infuriated savages. If they
..are not all. killed before the troops
. reaches them it will be very fortunate,
V' ;; ,.andif they are it will be only one of
-many examples where human lives
. .''.J-- ' have been sacrificed to thedilatoriness
; of the authorities at Washington.
During the history of the United
States for over a hundred years the
: government has had ample opportu
nity to learn from experience the best
way to deal with the aboriginessv and
it seems to have profited little by the
lessons taught. Now that the Indians
have decreased in numbers, and forts
j.bavebeen established at isolated
' . i points to protect settlers the same
dangers as formerly appear to threaten
- " ' the frontier. -; ,
... There is no denying the fact that for
--. long years past the cause of Indian
. - wars could be directly traced to some
"" act of injustice on the part of the
' '.whites, and the horrors suffered could
- : i r have been prevented by prompt action
-'". on the part of the authorities. This
was true of the Modoc war, the Nez
. Perces outbreak, the Bannock trouble
in this state and Idaho a few years ago,
' " . ' the affair in Dakota and the present
difficulty at Jackson Hole. We have
' - 1 ' taken the lands from the Indians by the
, mediaeval right of conquest, and we
. should make amends as far as possible
- by treating them justly under the laws
lJi that we have forced upon them. ,
tended. An invasion of' Macedonia
now by the Turkish troops' may pre
cipitate trouble with Greece on the
one hand and with Austria and Bul
garia on the other.
The dream of Greek statesmen has
been that ultimately the ' kingdom of
Greece would be extended to the Dan
ube. The dream of Russian states
men has been that ultimately "the
Russian Empire would absorb 6ou
mania, Bulgaria, " and in fact all of
European Turkey.- To prevent this
Russian extension England and Aus
tria favored the proposition to estab
lish between Turkey and Russia Btrong
independent states under thJsguardian
ship, of Europe, Russia bearinaU
the expense of the Tuf ko-Ru&ian war,
gained little In the way of territory.
Austria, without any participation in
the war, was virtually given the prov
inces of -Bosnia and Herzegovina, jas
large as Servla and Montenegro to
gether. Great Britain for a time
maintained - influence ia -' Eastern
Roumelia and in Armenia in Asiatic
Turkey, but in 1885 Eastern Roumelia
was annexed to Bulgaria, and Turkey
failed to carry out the British pro
gramme In Armenia. The outrages in
Armenia are as atrocious as were those
in Bulgaria in '77. With -Bulgaria In
a ferment and Macedonia overrun by
agitators representing three different
governments, the slightest spark may
light a great fire and unsettle all the
settlements of the treaty of Berlin
therefore the situation in Bulgaria
and Macedonia is full of significance
to all the great powers of Europe.
; WHY SIGNIFICANT?
' ,The significance of the movement of
' . Turkish troops into Macedonia is in
the relation which the agitation in
"'",'- that province sustains to the agitation
" " " in Bulgaria and the political policy of
Greece and Austria, says the Inter
- Ocean. Previous to the signing of the
' treaty of Berlin, In 1878, the situation
in the Balkan Peninsvla was like this:
: - Roumanla was an autonomous pro
- - "vince, paying tribute to Turkey; Bul
' V--garla, Eastern Roumelia, Bosnia and
: Herzegovina were all directly under
the supervision of the Turkish govern
ment; Montenegro was a tribute-pay
ing province under the protection of
Russia. Bulgaria and Bosnia held
' about the same relations to the Turk
-Y ialj government that Macedonia holds
:- now.
: When Russia declared war in 1877
' she did it with the avowed purpose of
-. freeing the Bulgarians and establish
' . ing what was to be called Great Bui-
; .' garia..: Under the treaty of San
; - TStefano . Bulgaria was . to Include all
-. i the territory south of the Danube, east
; of the Servian boundary, and extend
, ing as : far south in ' Roumelia and
Macedonia as Salonlca. Under the
modification of the-treaty Bulgaria
was limited to the territory between
the Danube and the Balkans, a part of
9 ' the territory assigned to Bulgaria was
L" annexed to Servia, and all of that part
', of southern Roumelia extending into
: . or toward Macedonia was restored to
v ' Turkey. Bosnia and Herzegovina
"rt ." were put under Austrian supervision,
" Roumanla was made an independent
. v kingdon, Bulgaria an autonomous,
- tribute-paying province under " the
. protection, of " Russia, " and , eastern
Roumelia an . autonomous . province
-rJoder the protection of Great Britain.
At that time Greece, looking for
ward to the dissolution of the Turkish
empire, had .expected, to extend her
boundary so as to include Albania and
Macedonia, Russia' looking after the
interests of Bulgaria and Roumanla,
- t4mdAnatria, after her.own interests,
opposed this, and when Bulgaria was
constituted an autonomous state and
. Eastern . Roumelia was . annexed the
plans of the, Grecian politicians re
ceived a severe blow. "But the agita
tion was "kept up,; and in 1888 there
were serious "disturbances caused by
the jealousy between the. Greeks and
the new Balkan nationalities. - While
Roumelia and Bulgaria were interested
n religious as well M political agita
Hon among their own people In Mace
donia the Greeks were determined that
the influence of neither should be ex
THE HOLMES CASE.
The remark of Mrs. Holmes, that the
absurdity of charging all crimes that
cannot otherwise be accounted for to
the credit of her husband might yet be
his salvation, should be a warning to
the detectives and the newspaper re
porters. Mr. Holmes is a self-confessed
impostor and swindler; he has-almost
confessed that he is a murderer, and
there seems to be no doubt about' fas
tening several murders upon him,
As the Inter-Ocean remarks, it is absurd
to accuse Holmes of murdering every
man, woman and child who has mys
teriously disappeared from Chicago
and Indiana and Texas in the last three
or four years. There is no-proof of
such crimes, and the speculation only
confuses the public mind and helps to
break down the evidence in the cases
where the charge of murder has been
made against Holmes with a fair pros
pect of proving him guilty.
The public is quick to condemn zeal
without judgment, and -If all the unex
plained, murders and mysterious dis
appearances are chaaged against this
man it will be easy for his attorneys to
show his innocence In some cases and
use that to argue that the charges are
all of the same character. They will
try to make it appear that the prose
cution is persecution. Mr. Holmes
might be a monster, devoting his
whole life to plotting murder, and
yet it would be absurd to make him the
author of all murderous plots that
could not be fastened upon some one
else. "Jack the Ripper" became more
and more a myth as the London de
tectives added each new murder which
baffled their skill to the list of his vic
tims. So will it be with Holmes. His
case will become the more complex and
the more difficult for the prosecution
as each new charge is brought against
him," with no other reason than that a
murder has been committed or some
body has disappeared and the detec
tives have been unable to solve the
mystery.', " : .
There is no proof of murder in a
mysterious disappearance, especially
in a great city. ' There have been
thousands "of such cases that were
mysteries for a time and then have
been explained by those who dis
appeared. " Crime, petty infractions
against the law, quarrels and love of
adventure have' been responsible for
many of these mysterious disappear
ances', and temporary Insanity for
others. . Some of them remain unex
plained for months and some for years
and some always, but It would be
absurd to try to hold some one indi
vidual, even a notorious criminal, res
ponsible for them. The law places the
burden of proof upon the state, and the
more the charges are multiplied
against Holmes the greater will be the
burden upon the state in trying to con
vict him of the charges that seem
reasonable, with evidence that
promises to convict.
We have too many amateur detec
lives men who are ever ready with
theories and lacking in the industry
and the intelligence to follow a clew
and unravel a mystery. The detectives
have increased in number without im
proving their methods in recent years.
There ought to be more quiet work and
less exploiting of theories in the efforts
to discover who is guilty of murder, and
then ought to be a higher class of in
telligence among detectives.
There are several very strong cases
already made out against Holmes. The
plain story of his life shows that he has
been an adroit criminal for years, and
that he has had ho scruples in plotting
against his fellows. Every possible
effort should be made, in the interest
of law and civilization, to expose his
record, but the case should not be
weakened" by wholesale accusation,
based on suspicious circumstances.
The truth is bad enough.
WHOX IS IT FOR i):
The validity of the Chinese exclusion
act is to be 'tried in Detroit. Four
Chinamen were arrested there, ohajfged
with attempting to evade the law.
They were sentenced to 10 days each
in the Detroit jail, and it was ordered
that they be exported at the end of
that time. Then comes Attorney
Springer of Detroit with a writ, com
pelling the marshal to show cause why
the prisoners should not bo released
on the ground that the charges in the
warrant were too vague. The China
men were given their freedom until
September 1st, at which time the .mat
ter wiXL oome up before Judge : Gross
cup of the United States courts,
When the case comes to trial the law
will be attacked, the attorneys claim
ing it is invalid because it excludes
only laborers and is otherwise full of
weak points. It strikes us thai from
the attorneys stand-point it is without
the power of congress to pass any law
excluding any foreigner from, this
country, unless all are excluded.
Thai Is the logical conclusion to be
deduced from the premises. If the
law is defective because it excludes
only laborers, then the other act , that
excludes paupers or contract laborers
is invalid for the reason that it ex
cludes only those classes. Indeed, the
opinion seems to have become fixed
among the legal fraternity, thatr the
United States Constitution is a docu
ment, the object of which is to prevent
the people having anything they
should have, and compelling them to
have a great many things they should
not have, and do not want. If our
glorious and much vanuted constitu
tion Is so worded or so construed
that we cannot keep out the hordes of
Coolies from Asia; If it is so framed
that a Chinaman can come here and
defy this government of 70,000,000 of
people to put him outside of our terri
tory, then Indeed, did our forefathers
frame a peculiar document. We have
always supposed that that celebrated in
strument was framed for the guidance,
guardianship ond protection of Ameri
can citizens, but if the lawyers ideas
of it are correct, it was made not for our
benefit,but for the alien and foreigner.
If their view Is correct then the more
speedily we change the constitution or
abandon it the better. If it is so
framed that the people are powerless
to protect themselves under it, we can
not throw It overboard too quickly'.- If,
however, as we believe, the courts will
sustain the exclusion law, it should be
broadened somewhat, enough at least
to allow the deportation of such at
torneys as would break it down,, and
allow this country to be flooded with
the pauper labor of Asia, in order that
said attorneys might make a paltry fee.
be carefully considered by our own
people before admitting the mixed
population composed largely of Chin
ese, Japs and Kanakas to the privileg
es of citizenship.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Natural gas has declined in Pitts
burg; but it is still quite plentiful in
other cities.
The settlers are safe at Jackson
Hole, and the troops are en route.
After the blue coats arrive at the
scene of trouble some exciting news
may be expected.
The troops have arrived in Teton
Basin, and Jackson Hole is a .very
quiet place now. It may be that, the
blue coats will be used to protect the
Indians irom tne seiners
The year is reported as one of excep-
tionallv low prices for lead: but It la
dear enough in many instances. Fre
quently the careless use of less than
an ounce has cost men their lives.
Now that Harvery has met Horr and
naa a ten days' debate witn him will
the long suffering people of the United
States be afflicted with a supplemental
edition of "Coin's Financial School"?
The Salem Statesman says: "The
person who said Secretary Klncaid
said Oregon has enough people spoke
an untruth." The first paper we read
the statement in is called the Statesman,
ano was puousnea at saiem.
It is probable that the next attempt
at solution of the North Pole mystery
will be made in a balloon. If this
method of navigation proves a success
tne world wui nave made a rapid
stride lorwaro. . . . .
THE WALLER CASE.
The' case of Ex-Consul Waller of
Madagascar is again brought to the at
tention of the people by the publica
tion in the dispatches of the defense
he would have made if he had been
tried in any other tribunal except a
court martial: but he is now incarcer
ated in a jail at Marseilles, France, for
an offense alleged to have been com
mitted on an island several thousand
miles distant. - This is a matter that
should have received the attention of
the state department several months
ago, and the negligence is very cen
surable. The facts in connection with
the arrest were made public some time
ago,' and the secretary of state has had
ample time to have corresponded
with fhi "Trench authorities and
demanded that this . American
citizen snouia nave naa - rep
aration for any injustice that may have
been done him. It is of greater Im
portance that a sancity should sur
round every citizen wherever he is
than that the flag should receive prop
er courtesy from foreign nations. An
American citizen, in whatever country
he resides, should have his rights re
spected, and the full ferce of the navy
snouia do invoiced to guarantee these.
If Waller is unjustly imprisoned he
should be released, and if he did not
receive the same trial that a citizen of
the French republic would receive ia
this country , this should be Immedi
ately remedied- The time has passed
when American citizens can be mal
treated and abused without the least
fear that the home government will
make any inquiry into the matter. ,
The revolution of Cuba is not
quelled by any means, although the
government dispatches would cause
one to believe that it was. Cubans
appear to be in earnest in their efforts
for independence, and it is not impos-
8i Die ior tnem to accomplish this
purpose.
Senator Dolphs' criticism of the
supreme court, caused several at
torneys, to in 'turn criticise his criti
cism. These in turn have become the
subjects of criticism by others who in
turn become thecriticesed. The matter
seems to be meandering in a circle
and is therefore, apparently to be
without end.
Salem is making an effort to secure
the terminus of the old Oregon Pacific,
newly christened the Oregon Central.
Couldn't that Polk county citizen be
utilized to begin injunction proceed
ings against locating the terminus
anywhere else, the railroad being a
"public institution" and Salem the
"seat of government."
The debate between Horr and
Harvey has ended, and the result will
be as apprehended. Silver men will
still adhere to the white metal and
those in favor of gold will favor the
single standard. But, notwithstanding
the fact that it has been somewhat
tiresome to many who have ' read - it
from beginning to ending. Important
iniormauon, Historical and otherwise,
nas peen gleaned Dy carerui readers,
The reports from Jackson Hole still
continue very conflicting. One dis
patch today says that fifty families have
oeen masacrea, ana still another states
that no one has been killed. It mav be
expected that the troops will arrive at
tne Teton oasin witnin a day or so. and
then the anxiety felt for the settlers
will be relieved. It is honed that mat
ters wiu quiet down in that portion of
Wyoming without any bloodshed; and
that hereafter the rights of the In
dians and settlers will be protected
and respected.
The Nez Perces are hot on the war
path just now, but instead are patiently
awaiting the payment to them of $600,-
000 by the government due them under
treaty for ceded lands. It is expected
the first payment will be made next
weeitt ana then there will be a spec
tacle of mingled savagery and civili
zation in the shape of the noble red
man riding bicycles or in top buggies,
and purchasing pianos for his parlor.
it is good to oe an Indian especially a
good Indian provided said good In
dian is alive. '
The attorney's fee in the O. G. min
ing suit, in which the property sold for
$9,000, and which has caused so much
disoussion in a Portland paper, was
$5,500. This was a liberal sum even if
the lawyer was forced to study author
ities and think a few hours each day
for months; but, we presume, it will be
considered all right If he received It
in current coin of the land. The at
torney was generous enough not to
exact the full amount for which the
property sold, and for this the client
should be thankful.
. There has been considerable trouble
in Idaho over the appointment of re
ceivers by the courts, to take charge'
of mortgaged farm properties where
the mortgages were from any cause
due. The same experiment was at
tempted in this state recently, the
suits being commenced by foreign
loan companies in the United States
courts. Judge Bellinger, who has a
lot of hard horse sense as well as a
knowledge of the law in his cranium,
decided Thursday that the mortgagee
could only get possession of the
property after foreclosure and sale
according to law.
The apologists of the Spanish Ad.
miral who fired solid shot at the Carrie
A. Lane, hauled her. to, and boarded
her, tell us: "The Spanish officers
were very polite and made but a slight
examination." It reminds one of the
Irishman and the bull. The bull
chased him across the field and just as
Pat reached the fence he horned and
tossed him and Pat luckily alighted
on the other side. The bull pawed
the earth and bellowed. Pat looked
at him and remarked. "Yes, be jabers,
you'er very perlite bowln' and scrapln',
and 'pologizin', but you did it on pur
pose, and you know it, you old brute."
In taking possession of the island of
Formosa Japan inherits the task of
dealing with the savage natives of the
interior, who remain unconquered,
though they have been invaded by the
armies of Spain, Holland and China.
The barbarians will fight desperately
for the independence they have always
maintained, and it is probable that
Japan, as the first step, will try to con
ciliate them. But the island ia.only
one-fourth the size of Missouri, and
witn tne aid ox modern weapons and
overwhelming numbers the Japanese
could make short work of any organ
ized resistance.
There is a multiplicity of police offi
cers in Omaha, and this is causing
great anxiety among the citizens.
The A. P. A. is making an effort to
secure the control of the police, and
after tonight there will be two squads
on duty. A law was passed by the
last legislature, and under this the new
policemen will derive their authority;
while the old force contend that the
law is invalid and do not propose to
give up their stars or billies. It is
very likely that it will require the
militia to protect the city from distur
bance from these opposing guardians
of the peace. From appearances
Omaha will oon suffer from being
governed too much.
We received a letter last Monday
from Mr. E. E. Sharon, of Portland,
in regard to an article in the Times-
Mountaineer in reference to the late
editorial association, in which it was
stated that Col. J. B. Eddy objected
to Sharon's name being placed on the
list of members because he was not
connected with the press of the state.
Mr. Sharon says he is editor of the
Pacific Odd Fellow, and is therefore
entitled to membership. Our infor
mation was from a published report
of the proceedings, and the refutation
is willingly made. The Odd FeUmo is
an ably edited paper, and a welcome
visitor on our exchange table.
At Common Law it was said the
"king can do no wrong," meaning that
he being the last resort no appeal
could be had from the decision. -The
same may be stated of our highest judi
cial tribunals, and vet a people would
be far from being free if any branch
of government should be placed above
criticism, it is very evident that
while lower courts sometimes err, the
higher courts mav also make mistakes.
Infallibility cannot be I predicated of
any man or woman, and tne supreme
courts being composed of men are
liable to human fallibility. This
evidently true of the supreme court of
our own state, ana its decisions should
not be considered such an embodiment
of human wisdom that they would be
above censure if thev are made con
trary to the fixed laws of jurisprudence
or ordinary rules oi interpretation.
And in this connection Ex-Senator
Dolph has shown himself not only a
conscientious lawyer, dui a tearless
one in the position he has taken in his
recently published criticism of a de
cision of our highest court, and it
is an evidence that no monarchs exist
in this country when such men as he
attacks the tribunal that is isolated
from the people.
The fidelity of the slaves during the
civil war to the families they served
has long been a matter of history and
acknowledged as one of the noble
qualities of the African race. A more
substantial recognition is to be made
of it in the village of Fort Mill. S. C
one of whose citizens is about to erect
a monument in honor of the devotion
of the southern slave, and the author!
ties will give it a place in the public
square. The monument will be a tall
shaft, having on one side a negro
woman nursing her master's babe, and
on the other a negro man holding an
agricultural implement, it is proposed
to Inscribe it with a passage from
Henry W. Grady, concluding with
these words: "Often 500 negroes to a"
single wmte man, ana yet through
these dusky throngs the women and
children walked in safety, and the un
protected nomes rested in peace, un
marshaled. the black battalions moved
patiently to the fields in the morning
to feed the armies their idleness would
have starved, and at night gathered
anxiously at the big house to 'hear
the .- news from master,' though
conscious that his victory made their
chains enduring."
TELEGRAPHIC.
Nervous Prostration
pould
An exchange says "The patriot is he,
who living in this country, is willing
not only to fight, but to die for it."
There are some other ways of showing '
patriotism too. One of these is for
those having the wealth to bear their
honest and just portion of the taxes
DMAMJI-r ttk HA tm fch omVAimmAn.
It U harder for some people to do this I
than to risk their lives in defence of I
tielr country, and this, not because
they are unwilling to pay. but because
the custom of tax-dodging has grown
into a habit. It is the custom of the
country.
The people of Hawaii are endeavor
Ing to make their legislature adopt
resolution instructing their president
to reopen negotiations with the United
States, looking : towards the annexa
tion of Hawaii ov this country. While
there is a natural desire on the part of
many Americans especially those re
siding on the Pacific "coast, to have
the islands annexed, there-re many
reasons against the same, which Bhould
Not Sleep -Had
Appetite
Cured In Body and Mind by Hood's
Sarcaparlila
"I suffered vsry much for a long time
with nervous prostration. I had about
given up all hopes
of ever getting bet
ter when Heeg's,
Samparills was
recommended o
me and I believe it
my duty to? let
ether sufferers
know the benefit I
derived from it, I
Ceuld Not 8leep
at night, was with
out appetite, and
MS.AMw.SiSS what little Z did
AUejbear.r. est I was unable to
kstp on say stomach. After talcing the
first bottle of Hood's Sarsaparflla, which
seemed to do me some good, I triad a
second and eontinttad to feel better. X
got up feeling
Bright and Refreshed
fa the morning. I continued with the
medicine and am cured, body and mmd,
oaa sleep well and leal batter ia every
way. Xsadly recommend Hood's 9sa
jwtnisto ethers." J. Eswabs Bcroxs,
Madison Ave Allegheny, Pa..
ST EAST MARCHES
The Troops Are Not Be Ins Hurried For
ward. MAHKET Lake, Idaho, July 30. A
courier has arrived here from the sol
diers' camn at Moody's lake, Idaho,
and says as it is now pretty certain
that there is no fighting going on in
Jackson Hole and very little danger of
any taxing place, tne troops wui not
be pushed'by any hard marching, and
tt will be Wednesday or Thursday be
fore their destination is reached.
No authentic reports of a warlike
character have been received by the
general from Jackson Hole country.
On the contrary, reliable information
has been received that - not a single
JBeMtn Trnn hna henn molested bv the
'Indians. The reported shooting and
wounding of Captain smitti, a pros
pector,' by an ambushed Indian has
not been verified, and it is doubted
whether the shooting was done by In
dians. The uncertainty that exists as
to the number of Indians in the Hole
country renders it impossible to say
whether the troops will be called
upon to fight the Indians or protect
them. Agent Tetor and his Indian
police insist that there are not more
than half a dozen Fort Hall Indians
in the Jackson Hole country.
All Qnlet at Marjrivale.
- Washington, July 30. General
Schofield today received the following
telegram from the headquarters of the
department of the Piatt, at Omaha,
dated July 29: "A courier who ar
rived at Market Loke, this morning,
reports that when he left General
Copplnger's troops last night, infor
mation had just been brought in by a
runner,- from Marysvale, that all was
quiet there. The Lemhi agent tele
graphs that only three of his Indians
were supposed to be in the Jackson
Hole country, and there is no indica
tion that there will be an uprising
there."
Army officials regard this informa
tion as favorable to an early and
peaceful termination of the dis
turbance. Fighting- Reported.
Chicago, July 30. A special from
Salt Lake, Utah, says: "Information
has been received in this city that
several collisions between Indians and
whites have occurred, not however, in
Jackson Hole, but nearer the Teton
basin country.
THE CANADIAN SCHOOL QUESTION
Aa Amended Proposition to be Submit
ted to Manitoba.
governor-general of Canada, arrived
here yesterday and had a long confer
ence with Sir John Schultz, governor
of Manitoba. The subject of their
conference was the perpetuating of
the Manitoba parochial schools.
Greenway and several of his ministers
also conferred with ii&rl Aberdeen,
It was ascertained that in a few days
tne uomimon government will submit
to the Manitoba government an
amended proposition for the restora
tion of Catholic schools, the chief
feature of which proposition will be
that teachers of the schools must pass
the examinations prescribed for public
school teachers and the Bomon Cath
olic schools must in every way come
fully up to the standard of the public
schools.
The Search Contlnted.
Chicago, July 30. Peter CIgrand,
father of Emlline Cigrand, said to have
been murdered by H. BL Holmes, ar
rived in Chicago today, with Philo
mena Cigrand, a sister of the missing
girl. With Dr. J. B. Cigrand, a rel
ative, they went to police headquarters
where a secret conference with Chief
Badenock and Inspector Fitzpatrick
was had.
The search for the acid vats in the
castle basement continued. The tank
uncovered yesterday was forced open,
but nothing was found but a few inches
of petroleum in the bottom. In the
course of further excavation in the
Holmes', sixty-third-street building to
day, the police found parts of two
thigh bones, a piece of skull and four
smaller pieces of bone.
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Did Bayard Say It?
LONDON, July 30. United States
Ambassador Bayard, refering to the
report of the seizure of the island of
Trinidade by Great Britain, and the
agitation in Brazil on the subject, said
to a reporter of the Associated Press
today that the incident was a trifling
one. The island is very small, occu-
Siedonly by a few goats, and the
Iritish ships merely stopped there to
lay a caDie. ureal .Britain, he con
tinued, did not claim the island, in
fact, it is not worth claiming. Like
most South American governments.
Bayard says, Brazil was easily excited
over nothing.
property is great. Two warehouses
and a nackiner-house were blown down
on the river front. The state reform
school for boys wsb unroofed. The
cupola courthouse was unroofed, and
the spires of the Catholic and Baptist
churches were" damaged. Shade trees
were blown down in places blockading
the streets. The following places were
more or less damaged: The aii
block,-. -Windsor block, Commercial
hotel, besides several dwelling-houses.
Telephone lines are down everywhere.
and a great deal of damage was done
to fences and outhouses.
" . Election Frsttds.
Chicago, July, 31. Four indict
ments were returned today in the elec
tion fraud cases In the third congres
sional district,. out of which grew the
McGanh-Beikkap contest. The men
Indicted are -Joseph O'Reilly, Fred
Lawyer, Edward Hopp and John Nie-
bert. - The two first named were judges
and the two latter clerks of the elec
tion. They will be tried for fraudu
lent substitution of ballot at the elec
tion last November.
. Mysteriously Disappeared.
San Francisco, July 31. James B.
UOok, wno ior many years has oc
cupied a prominent position in the
office of the general passenger and
ticket office of the Southern Pacific.
has disappeared, and General Passenger
Agent tiooomen, ana tnose immedi
ately under mm, are very much con
cerned as to his whereabouts. Cook
has not been seen by any of the at
taches of the passenger department
since last Monday, when he left the
general office at the conclusion of his
day's labors. Careful inquiry has
been made for him ever since, but the
only iniormation obtainable is to the
effect that Cook was seen at Sacra
mento last Tuesday and later in Oeden.
Cook handled all the money of the
general passenger office. The railroad
officials say his accounts are all right,
and are at a loss to account for his dis
appearance x
AFTER CONVICT ALLEN.
Illinois Officials WUI Try to Bring. Him
From Arkansas.
Chicago, July 31. When Ouinlan
was questioned by Chief Baden och last
night be let the cat out of the bag by
saying that "Mascot" was H. H.
Holmes' confidential man in Fort
worth. Mascot is the man the police
have been looking for. Just a fen
moments before Quinlan had stated
that Allen, the man confined in the
Little Bock (Ark.) penitentiary for
horsestealing, ' was Holmes' confi
dential man, the questions were plied
faster and faster and Quinlan admitted
that Mascot was the man who had
been close to Holmes in Chicago, and
was his right hand man in Fort Worth.
"He engineered all the big deals for
him," said Quinlan. "I was not good
enough for the fine work."
From further questioning the police
believe that Hatch, A. E. Bond,
through whom Minnie Williams'
property In Fort Worth was conveyed
to Benton T. Lyman, John C. Allen,
A. C. Caldwell and Mascot, who figured
at different times and places in the
Holmes case, are one and the same
man.
Holmes not long ago asserted that
the man Hatch took the Pietzel chil
dren to Toronto in company with
Minnie Williams and that If he could
be found he could clear up the mystery
of their deaths. Detectives working
on the case in the west have evidence
that Hatch came west after the visit
to Toronto, and was caught stealing
horses in Arkansas. The man con
fined in the Little Bock jail claims to
be able to give the story of Holmes'
deeds from first to last, but insists that
he be pardoned first.
Detective Kea, of Fort Worth, last
night telegraphed that Allen is the
much-wanted Mascot, and that he has
given some valuable Information. By
agreement between State's Attorney
Keen, Mayor Swift. Chief Badenoch
and Attorney Capps, who represents
the interests of , the missing Minnie
Williams, the latter will leave tonight
for Little Rock with credentials and
authority granting him power to rep
resent the state of Illinois in request
ing aosoiute ana permanent release or
Allen from jail, such immunity being
granted on condition tnat ne las ten
the crime of the murder on Holmes by
unmistaKaoie evidence intms city.
Within ten days, unless the present
pians miscarry tnrougn some techni
cality or -official disturbance, Allen
will arrive in Chicago in custody of
Attorney Capps, and the proper officers
of the law. Mr. Capps last night said:
"xnere is no question in my mind
that Allen can tell about the murder
of the Williams girls, Mrs. Connor
and her daughter Pearl by Holmes.
and can direct us to where the bones
of these four at least are buried. As
to the Cigrande girl and others whose
disappearance and death have been
charged to Holmes I cannot now say.
Allen was the confidant and associate
of Holmes for a long time, and will
know enough of Holmes' affairs to
TELEGRAPHIC.
itAOIMO WATERS.
Floods la New Mexico Causing Great
Damage to Property and Loss of Life.
. SOCORRO, N. M., July 31. A tre
mendous roaring startled the people
of Socorro yesterday afternoon about
4 o'clock. Soon after huge waves of
water came rushing down an arroyo,
which drains the eastern slope of the
Magdalena, and almost encircled the
town. At first It was hoped the flood
would be confined to the lower por
tions Of the city, but soon the water
came over above the town, and three
feet of Water began rushing through
the principal streets., The shrieks of
women aid children mingled with the
dying walls of those swept into eter
nity, i ne water came in waves, eacn
succeeding -one being apparently
higher than the others. Portions of
housed, household- furniture, baby
carriages, stoves and farming imple
ments mingled witn nuge boulders
railroad ties and bridgs timbers, all
being borne through the streets by
the madly rushing waters. For two
hours -the wor oi destruction con
tinued, the horror being increased b,
vivid lightning, crashing thunder ani
a blinding rain.
Gradually the waters subsided suf
ficiently to allow a partial inspection
of the destruction. Only two bodies
were taken from the ' waters before
dark, a mother and her child. An at
tempt was made to reach the people
living in tne river bottom, but dark
ness am the absence of boats pre
vented. All night homeless people
were orougnt in and cared ior.
Thii morning a scene of desolation
waO. Presented. A majority of the
business houses have met heavy dam
age "dr destruction. More than 50
houiei are known to have been, de
stroyed, while almost every residence
in tne city is damaged since tne
water has receded, many adobe houses
have fallen, and many others must be
abandoned.
ALLEN TALKS.
He Knew Holme was Under an Assumed
Name.
Littlb Rock, Ark., Aug. 1. There
is naroiy- a douot out tnat tne man
Pratt, mentioned in a Topeka dispatch
as navmg lived nere, and tt. tt.
Holmes are the same man. Allen,
"Mascot," the convict in prison here,
says Holmes went by the name of
Pratt in Texas. Allen spends most
of his time berating the newspapers,
To an Associated Press reporter he
said.
a reporter wno came to Bee me
last Friday had me wrongly quoted as
saying that Holmes came nearly
swindling a jew at uenison. Fratt.
that is the Texas name ot Holmes, was
afraid to go into. Denison, and left me
iu miles irom mere. Tnis was early
in May, 1894, and I have not seen him
sihee. This man Cole they speak
about I never .heard Of before. The
newspapers are telling a heap of lies.
I was hoping this thing, would be kept
quiet, and I expected a reward of at
least 910,000 would be offered for in
formation clearing up the mystery
about the Williams girls, and that I
would get it. That was why I wrote
to Texas to find ouo what there would
be in it for me if I told what I knew,
I came to Little Rock when I left
Holmes. 1 was In Chicago many davs
neiore tnat, out i never stayed there.
"Today's papers sav the Chicago
people have collected evidence show
ing that the Williams girls were both
killed. The detectives think they are
8iicK. . l see a ceupie oi them are on
their way from Chicago to talk to me.
Let them come. They will not get
anything out of me. I know Pat
Quinlin. He came from Fort Worth
when Pratt (Holmes) and Lyman
(Pietzel) and I were there, but would
not take charge of things because of
the shape they were in. Lyman acted
badly there. He' drank a great deal
and became infatuated with a dashing
widow. Pratt had with him then a
woman whom he called Jeanette. I
knew all the time that his name was
Holmes, and knew that he had five or
six living wives. I traveled with him
and we visited Hot Springs together.
"Holmes had the most winning way
toward Women of any man I ever saw,
and never mixed up with any that
were not good looking. He was also
mild-mannered, courteous and affable
toward men."
There is, perhaps, no manner of
swindling that Allen is not familiar
with. Some people believe he is now
engaged in an attempt to get his
liberty by bartering his knowledge of
Holmes' criminal career. The knowl
edge may have to be taken with a
grain of salt.
AFFAIRS IN SALVADOR.
People In a Frenzy and the Town
: Martial Law.
Codvr
Terribly Beaten. -
WateRTOWN. O.. July 30. Mrs Hat-
tie vovey, wue oi Hurt (Jovey, a resi
dent of Jayville, eloped June 22, with
jonn juercn, superintendent ot the
saw mill, leaving one child. Kierch
left a wife and four children. The
elopers went to Michigan, but becom
ing aissatisnea, Mrs. uvey returned
home. An armed crowd stripped her
of her clothing and bruised her ter-
lbiy. bne may die. jayville is a
small backwoods village.
San Salvador, Aug. 1. The
count in his being able to tell thestory Jf P- w"h mob yelling "Death to
v i St. , " I Guiterrez and Castellan on
ui we crimes, we wui prove aoso
lutely that Holmes murdered the Wil
liams girls, and Mrs. Connor and her
daughter. We will bring Allen to
Chicago and he will tell of the murders
as they were committed, and tell where
Guiterrez and Castellanos.
The people are in a irensv Wxm
30 citizens, belonging to leading
families, were arrested today and, ii
is rumored, were shot inside the h.
racks.
the bodies were disposed after being I he troops are, ready foraotion, al
mniviANui " .. I though the police are trvinc to eleap
t-liA (-.. n n" i i i 3
murdered.'
ARE MOSTLY DESPERADOES.
Chara ter of the Majority of
A Remarkable Cave.
YUMA, Ariz.. July 30. On White
river, near Camp Apache, has been
found a remarkable cave. For 600 feet
the explorers were obliged to crawl on
hands and knees, using candles and
bulls-eye lanterns for light. They
found between 300 and 400 human
skeletons, Including the remains of
Sersons who had been smothered to
eath by smoke long years ago. Some
of them were in c revises iust laro-e
enougn to aamit a numan oody. Tne
skeletons are of various sizes, some
oeing very small. i ne skuiis are of a
brown color with the exception of a
few, which are white. The White
Mountain Apaches are very supersti
tious about the cave, and say that
within it there is a large Jake of water.
i ne visitors iouna no water, but in
tend to explore lurther. There are
out two ways oi entering it
HEAVY. FALL OF BAIN.
Sarsa
partita
.rtES Cures
to Get Hood's
Hoor phis S5T::
Over fou Inches at Fort Scat In Seven
Honrs.
Fort Scott. Kan.. Julv 30. An nn.
preceaentea precipitation of rain In
the southeastern corner of Kansas thla
morning has again flooded the streams
ana woricea destruction to property.
In seven hours. 4.22 inches of water
fell in the olty, and this evening the
lower uuruuu 01 me town is inundated,
Two fatalities have so far resulted
from the sudden rise. The Missouri
facinc rauroao snons are surrounded.
and the train service has been
partially abandoned. Many families
have been driven from their homes
by tne trespassing river, which is still
rising, and another storm is threaten.
ing. The Marmeton river, Mill creek
and the Buck run have become one
stream, spreading over sections of land
which have not for years been sub
merged. Walter Austin and William Gould,
two young boys, were drowned this
evening on'one of the principal streets,
and O. Austin, father of on, of the
boys was carried 200 yards in the
treacherous current, and finally res
cued from the top of a tree by ' boat
man.
Jackson
Bole Settlers.
CHICAGO. Julv 31. A special to the
Jtecora irom its correspondent with
the troops now on the way to the scene
oi tne Wyoming Indian trouble, says:
"The Indians are reported eamned
on Fall river, and the settlers assert
that just as soon as the troops get near
tne settlement tney will attack the
Indians and rely upon the troops for
assistance. The settlers have scouts
out in the mountains, One returned
a snort time ago claimed that there ia
a camp of about 200 Indiana in a valley
about 20 miles from Marysvale. It is
bard to get reliable informatlbn. One
oi tne settlers who has just returned
relates that he saw five Indians, and
another arriving an hour later claims
that all the Indiana on the Fort Hall
agency are camped on Fall river.
"Most of the settlers rely for their
subsistence and revenue in hunting
the big game. They slaughter a larce
quantity oi trame, ana nunang parlies
they- conduct through Jackson Hole
slaughter more game in one vear than
the Indians do in five, but the settlers
are unoer cover of a new law which
was passed February 22, 1895, which
was to prevent the slaughtering of
game except during September, Octo
ber and November, and then only the
mate animais, except suon as Were act
ually needed ior the hunter's subsis
tence.
- "The settlers were anxious to keen
the Indians out of the country, as
every animal they killed meant, of
course, so mucn revenue less to the
white men, and they intended to nut a
bwp tame inaians visiting tne country.
J'he settlers last year declared if the
ndians bunted for big game this
season they would organize and wipe
them out. The settlers look on tne
big game as their private nrcoertv
mA I . J I . . 1T-S "
uu, 4u iwjti ummgmv ouiy in jrcKSon
Hole country I was fed on fresh-killed
eix meat. It tne Indians were voters
of the state of Wyoming their right
to kill game would never be nun.
i mi . ?
uonea. xnere are a lew good citizens
rancmng m jaokson oie country,
out tne majority oi tne settlers are
men who have left their country for
the country's good. The Jackson Hole
country is recognized as a place of
reiuge ior outlaws of every deacrinttnn
from Wyoming, Idaho and the adja
the streets. The city has been de
clared in a State of aiesre. Rutin no
places are closed. The city authori
ties have issued a proclamation calling
upv" w iwwi uj return to ttieir
homes, and warning them that the
city is under martial law. The crowd
seems undecided wnat to do.
JNEW YORK. Aug. l.A World dl
patcu irom Salvador says:
"Troops were 'called out this after
noon, the polioe being no loncer able
to control the mob. The military
commander addressed a crowd of 300
surging about the palace. Ha de.
ciared that upon bis honor no arrests
naa been made at anv time for a nnlir.i.
cal offense, and called on the people
wi uiHperev fan oi me people ielt,
and others remained until they saw the
military maklnc tire mi rations fnr ihm.
lug wnen tney scattered, yulet is now
restored.
CANNOT BE STOPPED.
No Power to Prevent the Corbett.Flta.
Simmons Fight.
Dallas. Tex. Aus-. 1. "Rr-rMtv
Judge Charels -Fecklor, regarded as
one oi the clearest legal minda in
Dallas, stated the lawgoverninir nrize.
A-L.lJ 1 1
guiiing as ioiiowb;
" i ne last legislature adopted a new
criminal code which made prize-fight
ing a miseueanor, punisnaoie witn a
fine of not less than Stt or more than
tlQQ0,and an imprisonment ot 30 days
That legislature also subsequently
passed a civil code and it enacts that
ago ting may take place by taking out a
license for 8500. This . law goes into
esect beptember l, 30 days before the
Corbett-Fitzslmmons " contest. There
Is no doubt the supreme court will
hold It is to be the law after the 1st
day of September. The civil code was
adopted last and, therefore, will take
precedence over the others.".
This opinion is concurred in bv every
lawyer in Dallas, who has read the law,
and there is no power to prevent the
Corbett-Fltzslmmons fight.
A Rich Lode.
Victor, Colo., July 30. W. S. Strat
um, tne millionaire, naa at not- vKt
is probably the richest tode ever found
in any mining country, II not in the
world. In the IndenendencA t.ha
miners In following a lead ran across a
vein that will run $140,000 to the ton.
It was at a point where both veins
came together, and the width wammt
the statement that there is no less
than sevarl millions of ore in sight.
Missouri Tornado.
Bcoxrraxr, Mo.. Julv 30 The
worst storm of wind and rain in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant passed
over this city last night. No fatalities
were reported, but the destruction to
Money for Kes Peaces.
Washington, July 3WThe treas
ury omciais are making preparations
for the first payment to the Nez Perces
Indians in Idaho of $600,000 due them
under the treaty for ceded lands. The
warrants are now being made out, and
ii is expected tne nrst week in August
the-lot will be sent to the agent of the
net rerces ior distribution.
The Striking Tailors.
NSW YORK. Julv 30. At the head
quarters of the striking tailors in this
city today, a dispatch was received
from Newark, reporting that all opera
uves tnereaa gone out. it is esti
mated the total number on strike in
tennlrl 1 an4 W Vn.b. tm la Ann
.wn IVitwn
Forty contractors are reported to nave j
accepted. y9 epern,ttves terms.
Sixty Mlllloa Feet of Lamber Destroyed
MENOMINEE, Mich., Aug. 1. It was
at first thought that ; two men -were
killed in the big lumber (ire here last
night, but this has proved an error.
Many were injured by flying timbers.
those most seriously hurt being:
Anaerson evigne, neaa cut; eats,
brief of the department, nose broken;
Stiles, postmaster, head cut; on un
known bov. legs broken and skull
fractured
As nearly all the territory about was
covered with lumber and other in
flatnable material, the fire caught
simultaneously at several points, and
baffled the efforts of the firemen, lick
ing up every stick of timber in the
district, to the amount of fully 60,000,
000 feet.
Portlaader Arrested for Insanity.
Tacoa. Aug. 1. Bronscom Ashley
a Portland man, 35 years old was ar
rested tonight by the police and booked
for insanity. He keeps his fingers
working aa if he was working a tela
graph key, and claims to be telegragb
fng to heaven. The police thinks he
is recovering from a spree.
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