HEPPNER GAZETTE. HEPPNER, OREGON.
SIMPLE
ENOUGH
The Lymph is Nothing But
and the terrible ordeal through which he j
is nassing being taken into consideration.
(Mrs. Hearst firmly believes that he will
recover, and so expressed nersen, saying
that the stories that have been circulated
giving the Senator's case as hopeless
were not founded on facts.
PACIFIC HAILROADD.
DOCTOR KOCH SPEAKS.
Here. is Something ro:.tors Will
Understand.
It is a Delicate and Sure Reagent for the
Discovery of Latent and Diagnosis of
Doubtful Tuburcular Processes. ,
Beulin, Jan. 15 As announced, the
composition of Professor Koch's cura
tive lvniph was today made public by
authority. The lymph consists of gly
cerine extract, obtained by pure cultiva-
tion of tuberculous bacilli. Professor
Koch, in a communication to a medical
journal making known the com
position, says: So far as I have
been able to review the many
statements published and communica
tions received, my expectations have
lieen fully and completely confirmed.
The general concensus of opinions thus
expressed is that the remedy has a spe
cific effect upon tubercular tissues and
therefore is applicable as a very delicate
and sure reagent for the discovery of
latent and the diagnosis of doubtful
tubercular " processes. Most of the
reports received have agreed that
many of the patients have shown more
or less pronounced improvement, in not
a lew cases even cure has been effected.
Continuing, the Professor says that
standing quite alone is the assertion
that the remedy maybe dangerous in
cases which have advanced too fur before
its application. The assertion may
be conceded; but the allegation
is also , made that it actually
promotes tuberculosis, the processes
being therefore injurious. Prof. Koch
says thus during the past six wecTcs of
his. experience touching lymph, both as
to its curative effects and its efficacy as
a diagnostic, he has applied it to about
150 persons suffering lroin tubercolosis
in various types. Kverything developed
in that experience, the Professor says,
accorded with his previous observations,
and nothing had transpired to make
necessary any modification of what he
lias heretofore reported a positive appli
cation of the principle underlying the
discovery to the treatment of other dis
eases than those of tubercolosis nature,
demands on the part of the operator a
full knowledge of the character of the
remedy. 1 therefore consider that the
time has arrived when the requisite in
dications in this direction shall be made.
This is done in what follows, "Before
going into the remedy business itself I
deem it necessary for the better under
standing of its operation to state briefly
the way by which I arrived at discovery.
If a healthy Guinea pig be inoculated
with the pure cultivation of German
kullnr of tubercule bacilli, the wound
caused bv the inoculation mostly closes
over with a stickv matter and
appears in its early days to heal. Only
after 10 to 14 days a hard nodule pre
sents itself which soon breaking, forms
an ulcering sore which continues until
thennimal dies. Quite a different con
dition of things occurs when a
guinea pig already suffering from
tubercules is inoculated. . An animal
successfully inoculated from lour to six
' weeks before is best adapted for this
purpose. In such an animal the small
indentation assumes the same sticky
covering at the beginning, but no
nodule forms; on the contrary, only the
following or second day alter inocula
tion, the place where the lymph is in
jected shows a strong change. It be
comes hard and assumes a darker color
ing which is not confined to the
inoculation spot but spreads to the
neighlwring parts until it attains
a diameter of 6 to 10 centimeters. In a
few days it becomes more manifest that
the skin thus charged is neciotic, finally
falling off, leaving a flat ulceration
which usually heals quick and perma
nently without any cutting into adja
cent lymphatic joints.
HEATTLK SCHOOL HONUS.
Senator MeCounell Tliluk. the Govern
ment Should Foreclose and
Sell the Property.
Washington. I). C, Jan. 15 Senator
McConnell has prepared a bill which
proposes a radical change in the manage
ment of the Pacific roans, it recues mat
the Western Pacific, the Union Pacific,
the Kansas Pacific, the central branch of
the Union Pacific, and the Sioux City &
Pacific roads are indebted to the govern
ment in the sum of $126,000,000, and
that this indebtedness is increasing at
the rate of $2,000,003 a year.
These corporations are indebted in an
other sum of $05,000,030, secured by a
first mortgage lien, while the United
States is secured by a second mortgage;
that the holders of the first mortgage
will possibly foreclose and cause the
franchises to be sold.
The bill directs the attorney general
of United States to begin condemnation
proceedings within 60 days from the
passage of the bill against all the roads
mentioned. The president is directed to
detail three army officer of the engineer
corps to appraise all the property of the
roads, and the attorney general is then
to begin proceedings to forfeit the char
ters, franchises and all rights and privileges.
The secretary of the treasury is to
issue legal tender notes to the amount of
t25(,003,000 to pay the debts of the roads
the first mortgage' bonds mid the assess
ed valuation of the stations. The first
mortgage includes the rolling stock, etc.,
but these are not to be applied to the
capital stock. On the payment of this,
the franchises are to be vested in tne
United States.
Within 30 days from the investment
of title in the government of the United
States the Secretary of the Interior is to
advertise for proposals for a lease of
these roads to some companies for a
term of not less than 50 years. No bid
shall bo entertaned which is for less
than two per cent, of the $2 0,000,003,
and no bid shall be entertained from
any corporation w hose officers and man
agers aro officers of any competing
lines.
Provision is made for the mainten
ance of the road in good shape and the
doing of the usual railroad business.
Pooling is prohibited, but traffic arrange
ments may be made with corporations
having" competing lines of railway or
Bteamships. No discrimination shall be
made and no company shall be given the
lease which is engaged in mining coal
and iron, or manufacturing salt and
lumber.
An important provision is toward the
end of the bill, namely, that whenever
the receipts arc greater than the rental,
the Secretary of the Interior is directed
to lower the rate to such an extent that
the net receipts shall be lowered to a
sum at least one per cent, below the
amount paid as rental.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Snow Predicted for
King County.
SOME REPUBLICAN BULLETIN'S
Where Carroll Ha His Headquarters.
Meeting of the Democratic State
Central Committee.
The Democrats of Montana Stand Firm.
IIhi.kna, Jan. 15 The Democrats held
a caucus last night to consider the com
promise proposition submitted by the
Republican house. The meeting resulted
in the adoption of resolutions which
strongly indicate that no compromise
can be effected unless the Republicans
recognize the five Democrats from Silver
Bow, who were illegally elected by virtue
of tlio precinct 34 fraud at the election
one year ago. The Democrats of the
rump house ignored the proposition to
compromise entirely, but say that their
house was legally organized by the gov
ernor and the senate, and that they are
now engaged in enacting needed legisla
tion. In. the resolutions adopted, which
will be sent to the Republican House in
the morning, the Republican represen
tatives, exclusive of the five Silver liow
men, will be invited to come into the
house they organized. The Republicans
are anzioiis for the welfare of the state
to compromise, but whether they will
submit to such action or not is hard to
say. It is thought that this will continue
the deadlock to the end of the session.
PERHAPS SHK WANTS MONEY.
They Have Not Yet Been Disposed Of
To Try New York
Seattle. Jan. 15 At the meeting of
the school board last night the question
of disposing of the $200,000 worth of
school bonds came up for consideration
Mr. Prosch stated that Mr. Furth had
been unable so far to dispose of the
bonds as he expected. The matter was
discussed briefly, but no conclusion was
reached. Mr. Spencer suggested that as
Mr. lMcDouL'all was about to make a trip
to New York, lie should act as agent of
the board and endeavor to negotiate the
sale of the bonds.
Mr. Prosch, chairman of the finance
committee, presented an extended re
port upon the finances of the district,
the substance of which shows that the
indebtedness on July 1, 18HS, amounted
to $1280.70. About that time the bonds
were issued for the construction of the
Central and South schools to the amount
of $150,000. With interest accrued, the
debt amounted on July 1, 18S9, to $150,
000.14. Iiy July 1, 1800, it had increased
to f23J.7n8.07, not including interest on
outstanding warrants. During the past
six months" the debt has been swelled by
the sum of $180,015.46, making the total
debt, with interest to January 1, 1801,
$425,985.
n-ohanly Couldn't Sell Them.
London, Jan. 15 From Portugal
comes news of the death at the age of 93
of Joquim Lopez, who saved the lives of
manv shipwrecked persons and was
decorated bv numerous societies. A
short time ago, owing to the feeling
against Great Britain in Portugal, he
returned three British medals to socie
ties that had presented them.
He Rests Quietly and Free From Pain.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 15 Very
cheering bulletins were issued from Sen
ator Hearst's residence today to the effect
that he had rested quietly and was free
from pain, and that he was in as good
Twelve Years of Disappointment Worth
WIOO.OOO.
Chicago, Jan. 15 Robert Davis, for
merly premier of Manitoba, was sued for
$100,000 damages for breach of promise,
by Mrs. Matilda Burns, a former domes
tic in Davis' Winnepeg household, and
now the wife of a hotel keeper near St Paul
Davis is now in the real estate business
in Chicago. His attorney denies that
he is the father ot the plaintitl's child,
and declares there is no foundation for
the suit.
Mrs. Burns also sues Davis for libel,
the ground being a letter said to have
been written by Davis, accusing her of
nfidelitv. The alleged offenses on
Davis' part are mentioned as having oc
curred lOor 12 vears ago, and hisattorney
thinks it strange that the matter was
allowed to rest so long.
WEDDINO TOUR TO JAIL.
Happy and
condition as could be expected, hi age ' pate a strike.
Hungarians Become Too
Are Locked Up.
Roklyn, Jan. 15 The Hungarian por
tion of the city was the scene of a wild
oreie Monday, the occasion being a
double wedding among the denizens
Beer and liquor flowed freely, and a
general fight ensued in which knives
were lued and several of the crowd badly
cut. One of the bridegrooms and several
of the alleged merrymakers were locked
up over night in the city jail and will be
glVeil n Iie.lllllg 111 LUC jviiv-g tuui b.
They Need More Protection.
London, Jan. 15 The Great Western
Railway has put on two cars of American
pattern on its line. The cars are divided
in the middle, one being third. class and
the other first class. The innovation
has attracted much attention, but as yet
verdict of the traveling public has not
been registered.
Vessels Going and Coming.
San Francisco, Jan. 15 Arrived
Steamer State of California, from Port
land. Sailed Ship Alaska, for Tacoma ;
steamers Columbia, for Portland, and
City of Puebla, for Victoria.
Is It Necessary?
London, Jan. 15. The Duke of Bed
ford who has just died was an active
member of the cremation societj', and
his body, according to his expressed
wish, will be incinerated at Woking.
Chief Thurston of the Order of Rail
way Telegraphers, of the United States,
savs all the operators employed by the
Cliicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Company will strike Friday morning.
General Manager Earling oi the St. Paul
road, however, says he does not antici-
Olympia, Jan. 15 The following bul
letins have been issued from the signal
service headquarters of both the senato
rial aspirants :
WEATHER BULLETINS.
Calkins' Bulletin. It is a cold day
in King county. Thermometer rapidly
falling. This district will be the center
of a terrific snow storm about Wednes
day of next week.
Scii inE Bulletin. Fierce county is in
a dense fog, which will give place to
sleet and will eventuate in a blizzard.
Storm center will beOlympia, but storm
Will move rapidly towards Pierce county.
Overcoats and rubber boots will be in
demand.
It is almost certain now that neither
Calkins nor Squire can be elected on the
first ballot and that a deadlock will en
sue. This throws the tight into the
hands of the Democrats, but as it is not
their affair thev will keep out of the
contest as long as possible; until at least
thev see that tne wnoie raie is uemg
very seriously injured by the delay in
legislation. Mom Slues are meruiurr
supremely anxious to gain Democratic
support and each is making claims of
Democratic votes.
I can say this to Calkins and Squire,
that neither one, under any circum
stances, would obtain a very large ma
jority of the Democratic votes.
DESIOLKATS EVENLY DIVIDED.
1 havemade a somewhat thorough
canvass of the Democratic members
and find that as between Mr. Squire and
Mr. Calkins the Democrats are very
evenly divided. So evenly divided are
thev. in fact, that 11 might he for one
and' 10 for another, were there no option
as between voting for any other than
one of these oueitions. That little con
dition, however, makes a very great
factor in the propo.-ition, for there are
some Democratic members who would
not vote fur either Souire or Calkins it
thev had no alternative but to vote for
pMch other.
Calkins will never get a majority of
the Democratic members, neither win
Snuire. but some other Republican
might; one who is more able than the
one and less bitterly partisan than the
other, and who conies lroin neither King
nor Pierce counties. I do not believe
that, either Mr. Calkins or Mr. Squire
will be elected by Democratic votes. If
either one is elected he will have to win
at least 10 Republican votes from his
nminnent. and that is the reason why
there is so much talk of the possibility
of the barrel being resorted to.
WAI1M HKAD'iUAIiTERS.
The Hon. Thomas Carroll is still play'
mi? the rich uncle to the young men
who hope for his estate when he passes
away. He is constantly surrountieu oy
a goodly number of fellow Democrats
and entertains them with stories of his
lute campaign, and always closes witn
nrnnhpsv of victory soon in the future.
Just as he was getting to the climax of
a good story last evening one oi ivir. cal
kin's lieutenants broke into the crowd
with : "Say, Tom, where are your head
nnarters?" Tins was said in an inno
cent, half-joking tone which was not
wasted on the stauncn uemocrai,.
Alv headouarters, sir," responded 31 r.
Carroll, "are in the hearts of 21 good
I lemocrats.
The Calkins man stammered for a re
Iv aTid then' retreated, not wearing,
(iwever. that look of supreme self-satis
faction which distinguishes inese gen
tleinen at present.
SEATTLE STATE BOABD OK TRADE.
The Senatorial contest has been rival
led in interest to the Pierce county con
tingent during the last 24 hours by the
action of the State Board of Trade in
fixing upon Seattle as the head
quarters for the board. This action
was the result oi a piece oi wuru pontics.
Here was a body of men supposed to be
representative of all the business men
of the state. They had ostensibly come
together to devise "means by which the
state would be made better known to
the world, and by uniting all
the local commercial bodies under
a central head to become a greater
factor in the progress and prosperity of
Washington. These men sent here for
such worthy ends become the tools of a
small clique of business men. They had
been pledged to give to Seattle then
support, and would not allow Tacoma to
be placed on an equal footing, so far as
this matter went, with her sister city.
Tacoma asked no favors. Her repre
sentatives asked for none of the orlices
and had no candidates. They did not
even demand that the olficeof the Hoard
nf Trade he nlaced in Tacoma. All they
wanted was that the matter be settled
in a way that would prove best for the
whole state.
Senator Drum proposed that inasmuch
as Spokane Falls was at the gateway of
the state the Board should have its of
fices there. Seattle would not have it
so.
TACOMA RAISES THE ANTE.
Mr. Cushing said that since Seattle
had sprung a little game on the body by
offering $250 a month to the Board he
would nledire $300 a month for Tacoma,
and said that if it was a question of bid
ding Tacoma would give more than any
other city. But this would not be lis
tened to.
The proposition was further made that
both cities have offices and that the first
that fell behind in keeping up the local
office should surrender its claim to an
office. This was not accepted, and so
nothing was left for the Tacoma business
mentodobut to wnnarnw irnm uie
body.
CROSS ROADS POLITIC".
Why was the assemblage so strongly
for Seattle? Because a gentleman who
was ostensibly an agent of the World's
Fair Association had gone tnrougnoui
the northern portion of the state working
n n Seattle's boom and organising Boards
"lor this occasion only." The Tacoma
business men thought the matter of lo
cation one that the dignified, honorable
gentlpmen of the State Board would set
tle afterduedeliberation. What was their
surprise than on finding on the very day
of the meeting that the new Board would
not he a deliberative body but was al
ready an annex to the Seattle Board.
It 'is a case of still birth. There is no
life in the organization and though it
may live in name for some little time it
can never ba an institution of the slight
est weight. Already there is talk of
calling another meeting of the business
men of the State to establish on business
prin.-ilea a real State Board oi Trade.
one free from cross-roads politics aud
truly representative.
A CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION.
The meeting of the Democratic State
Central Committee last evening was a
large and very enthusiastic one. A
scheme for presenting tariff reform lit
erature was presented by George Haz
zard, discussed at length ami referred to
the executive committee, which was in
structed to act with the executive com
mittee ol tne uemoeratic ciuos oi vtasn- civivni yi-v
ington in sowing the State knee deep O" 1: LILL.U
with Democratic literature.
The meeting wa9 terned into a sort of
love feast and Democratic legislators and
visitors were invited into the committee
room and speeches were m.-de and ex
periences given until well along toward
midnight. Among inose wno spoae
were Senator Drum, Mr. Stephen
O'Brien, Ira Bnmber, Mr. Geo. S. Brown
and Mr. John Mayo Palmer, of Titcoma ;
Mr. C. H. Warner, Judge Allyn, Repre
sentatives Hutchinson, bhnrpstem,
Snivel', Bass, and Godman, Senator
EBhehnan and others. The tone of the
meeting augurs disaster to the Republi
cans in '82. A campaign of education
will be kept up honi now on.
As to the senatorial tight, the leg sla
tors were not instructed in any way, the
opinion of the committee being that the
gentlemen themselves knew best what
to do. Franklin K. Lane.
THE GHOST DANGERS.
iivered it I found that I met with oppo
sition from the elder people. The young
people listened with interest and appar
jent belief. Circling Bear appeared the
mo9t obstinate, but never forgot his dig
nity, while I grew warm and used harsh
A Wfimn ; AfPftlint nt i language. In the first place, this prc-
4 . . w . - pnetclai
the Messiah Craze.
BY THE
That Is What She gays Sitting Bull's
Trusted AdTlser Speaks Says She
Has Ueen Maligned.
LOI1BV NOTES.
Miss Calkins and some of her friends
gave a ball in the Olympia hotel parlors
last evening. Miss urikuis has devel
oped into quite as keen and effective a
politician as ner latner.
Mr. George s. lirown, the prominent
attorney of Tacoma, was taking in the
Solons at the capital today.
Messrs. Price, Slaughter, u isrien aad
Young left this morning for Tacoma.
Ihev Diomise to return soon and noid
anoiher session of the third house.
TODAY'S. BUSINESS.
Olumi'ia, Wash., Jan. 15 The house
held a brief session this morning, which
was devoted to the mileage report.
Chambers, of Thurston, is credited
with but two miles. His is
the smallest amount, while Berry,
of Douglas, charged 12011 miles, the
largest amount, tarnsn oi Assotin, is
credited with 1004; Fellows, 1X10 ; Ken
nedy, 790; Tillotson and the other mem
bers from Pierce, charge 4 miles. The
total mileage is 35,109 at 10 cents a mile,
amounting to $351. These figures of
course include coining and going. The
Senate report allowed fur its members
13,798 miles, making a total cost in both
houses for mileage of members of $48tl0.
DILLS INTRODUCED.
Bv Collins : For a superior judge for
Thurston and Mason counties. Referred
to the judiciary committee.
By Hutchinson : For the weekly pay
ment of wages by employers. Referred
to the committee on labor.
By Desleigur: To cover defective titles
to real estate by the payment of unpaid
taxes. Referred to the judiciary com
mittee. By Troy: For a court for Clallam
county. Referred to the judiciary com
mittee.
By Painter : Relating to the giving of
bonds required by law. Referred to the
judiciary committee.
By Gandy : Providing that counties of
25,003 inhabitants may have five county
commissioners. Referred to the county
committee.
By Johnson: For the arrest of
drunken and disorderly persons in un
incorporated places. " Referred to the
iudiciarv committee.
Bv llunsaker: For the protection of
hrooU and mounta n(truiit. .Referred to
the cbmmittee on lisfcies.
Bv Walters; To .establish a bureau of
labor statistics. Referred to . the com
mittee on labor.
Bv Garretson: Fixii g the salary of
the clerk of the Superior court at $3000
a year. Referred to the judiciary com
mittee.
By Snively: for the appointment of
court commissioners. Referred to the
iudiciarv committee.
By Snively : for official stenographers
for superior courts.
By Meany: providing for an appropria
tion for the' world's fair.
THE PKUILS OF THE SKA.
The Mulnysla and the Glenflliart FroL
ahly Wreeked.
San Francisco, Jan. 15 The fear is
becoming general that the ship Malaysia
has been wrecked. She sailed from this
port on August 0th last, bound for the
United Kingdom with a Cargo of wheat
valued at $80,000. The cargo was in
sured here by the local agents of British
Companies. The voyage to England
under average circumstances Bhould be
made in 130 days. The Malaysia is out
101 days and no news has been received
of her since she sailed. Ninety-five per
cent, has been offered and refused for
re-insurance. It is expected that she
will he posted as missing at Lloyds'
8hrtl:
itllie long voyage oi me snip uieu
linart" is also occasioning some uneasi
ness. She left Glasgow on August 2d for
this port. Her cargo consisted of Scotch
splint coal. She was spoken last on
September 25th, off the river Platte, a
locality noted for its furious winds. She
should' have arrived here in 145 days,
and is already 105 days under way.
Forty per cent, premium has peen paiu
for insurance. It is .believed that she
lias been burned, as Scotch splint coal is
very combustible.
(living Awny Thrones.
Vienna, Jan. 15 Waldapfel, arrested
on a charge of deceiving Count Kicken
gen with promises of the Bulgarian
throne, has acknowledged that he made
such representations to theCoult, claim
ing to act in Dcnaii oi nussia aim me
Pro-Russian party in Bulgaria.
A Statue of Wesley.
London, Jan. 15. At the Centenary
of Acton, just occurring, a cast bronze
statue of Wesley was erected in front of
the City Road chapel, made famous by
the great preacher.
(1KNKKAI. TKI.EtiltAl'HIC NKWS.
Thedeath of Aime Milla, the French
sculptor, is announced.
At Ilrockville, Out., a sharp shock of
earthquake was felt yesterday.
Ritchie Bros., Philadelphia brokers,
suspended yesterday aiternoon.
French Consul M. Delougrave has
been transferred from Rio Janeiro to
San Francisco.
It has been announced that Professor
Koch will publish tomorrow the ingredi
ents which enter into the composition of
his lymph.
W. W. Harder, agent of the National
Life Insurance Company of Vermont, is
under bonds for the embezzlement of
00,000 at Wilmington, Del.
Four thousand miners at the Pratt A
Walker mines, Birmingham, Ala., have
decided to return to work at the old
terms. This ends the strike.
The committee of the French chamber
of deputies has adopted the proposition
to impose duties of 12 and 14 francs on
lard, according to quality, and to admit
euet free.
Mrs. Caroline Weldon, counsellor, in
terpreter, and secretary to the hostile
braves of the Sioux tribe, who was
charged in despatches and letters from
the authorities at the Grand River posts
with having persuaded Sitting Bull to
decline the overtures of peace made by
Indian Agent McLaughlin and to con
tinue the ghost dances, is a New York
woman. Forty years of her life, says
the New York Sun, she spent in this
vicinity, Her friends declare that she
is a much maligned woman, that she
! was not the consort of the crafty and
treacherous chief, Sitting Bull, ihey
say that her actions have been wilfully
misrepresented and her character entire
ly misunderstood by the Government
agents on the frontier. The woman h
the daughter of Dr. Charles Valentine,
for many years a prominent Brooklyn
physician and now dead, and the di
vorced wife of Dr. Claudius B. Schlatter,
a successful practitioner in South Brooklyn.
Disappointed in her early married hie,
and subsequently deceived by a worth
less adventurer, she mined nersen and
her sorrows in an enthusiasm for Indian
history. She went west to study the
Indian history and to bring about a bet
ter understanding between them and
the whites, and to gather evidence
igainst the Indian agency lor use Dy me
National Indian Defense Committee nt
Washington. She attached herself to
Sitting Bull's camp and won great
nltuence over the wilv duel, tne re
mained with the Indians for many
months, acquired the langunge, taught
them manv things, attended their coun
cils and advised them as to the conduct
of their affairs and then returned to the
East.
In Mav of this year she arranged her
business affairs in this city, paid final
visits to her friends, and started west to
live and die among the Sioux. With her
she had her son, a child of 10 years. A
little monev left her by ner parents she
had sent to" Sitting Bull, with the pur
pose to have built for her a hut where she
expected to pass the remainder of her
vears. Her confidence in the purity and
simplicity of the Indian character was
great, and no life offered attractions to
the tired, disappointed mother equal to
those associated with the Indians of Sit
ting Bull's camp. They loved and re
spected her and listened to her counsel.
She arrived at the reservation on the
Grand river in the early summer. A
detachment of Sitting Bull's followers
conducted her to the chief.
The summer was not yet over and her
ideal is-shattered I Mat-o-wan-ti-ti-ta-ka,
the prophet of the Messiah, comes up
from the country of the Utes, and tells
the chiefs the story of the coming Christ.
Dismay fills her heart when the ghost
dances begin. Instead of peace she is to
find war. She urges the chiefs to stop
the dancing. Thev turn upon her as a
spy. Sitting Bull and his w ife are her
only friends. She asks to he allowed to
confront the prophet Matowanatitaka
and to confound him at the open coun
cil. She begs Sitting Bull to interfere,
but he can do nothing. The prophet is
his nephew. Then, "when all. hope of
calming the minds ot the chiefs is gono
she asKS to DO ttlKen lo roil, inies,
promising to talk with the agent on be
half of the Indians. She sends her
money and jewels to Agent McLaughlin
Under the escort of Sitting Hull tin
wairon containing the mother and son
halts at Fort Yates on a Thursday early
in November. Sitting Bull is to return
for her on Monday. Her mission to the
fort is not a fruitful one. She cannot
inspire the agents with that confidence
and sympathy for the unfortunate In
dian which she herself feels. War seem
inevitable. He son becomes very ill
and she herself is sick. Hero An ideal
of Indian life is gone, destroyed by the
ridiculous performance of Mutowanotita
ka and the horrid exhibitions of the
ghost dances, and she turns towards the
east. She leaves the fort, directing her
attendants to carry herself and her son
to the Missouri river. She buried her
bov, a bright and promising lad, w hom
she had dedicated to her Indian work.
Mrs. Weldon wrote interesting ac
counts to her friends in New York of the
inception and progress of the trouble
among the Indians. Here is her first
reference to the impending uprising,
dated September 15:
"Hack again at i;annon nuii. r-iuing
Bull and llohesikana have gone away. 1
hasten away lor there nppcarH to he
tmiif.lp. Tlicv want to an hunting. An
Indian rodo into camp and told Sitting
Hull that Major Mclaughlin had forbid
den them to go to a certain place to
hunt and that if they persisted in their
preparations to go he would take away
all their guns and ponies. This caused
great consternation, nnd half the night
Sitting Bull tallied to them to quiet
them. Ho savs he does not want war,
and will do all ho can to prevent it. He
iloesn't. want to fight against the whites,
Sitting Bull hastened to the Major to
finff mi t. if the report was true and to re
monstrate with him. Sitting Bull, who
loves his people, resents injustice done
to them, and yet he wants peace with
the white pontile. He said ho would be
irla.l if the soldiers would kill him so his
heart would find rest. I told them what
would be the result of a war and that it
would hasten their destruction."
Then follows a little concerning the
ghost dances.
"Nov. 4th. It is getting cold. I must
go tomorrow, liefore the river is frozen
over. 1 have been to the Grand River
again, this time alone. I wont down to
denounce and pursue Matowanatitaka, a
prophet who came lroin Cheyenne
f ..11 1. f.wlint.u nra.U Will
is making all the Indians crazy with his
teachings. 1 expected him to be an In
dian of another tribe, but when I ar
rived at the camp 1 found that he was
Sitting Bull's wife's sister's son, whoso
mother is dead. This made matters
worse. But I could not alter my inten
tion when f was told that Sitting Bull
had not come up, but had remained at
Imma ulth M :i I o wji nut i t a k a . if it had
not been for the latter he would have
come np to Cannon Ball. He had planned
1 lohesiKiuia was ir uj
phet claims to have seen and spoken to
Christ, w ho is now again upon the world
and has come to help the Indians once
i more to become a powerlul people, and
that all the white people are to be driv
' en out of the land, or transformed into
AGHNTS. beasts. All the dead are to come to life
again and never grow old. All t lie game
is to come back, and buffaloes never to
give out for the head, hoofs and tail are
to be saved, and when vonr back is
turned they become new buffaloes. All
the Indians. Sioux, Utes, Shoshones,
and many others believe in this great
Messiah who will do all this for them.
He will visit their living relatives and
tell them to fight and become victorious
once more. In iact, an Indian war is
on the programme.
"I think the Mormons are at the bot
tom of the this, for the Indians leave by
tramping, by railroad, and then go
south, making the journey in 35 days by
horseback, and pass the Spanicaota
(Utes). Here they see Christ, and he
speaks to them. Next spring Christ and
the dead will come this way to help the
Indians. To refute this and take their
blindness from them and confound the
medicine men and prophets, I went
down. When I learned that Sitting
Bull had not come up I determined to go
down to (.irand River and remonstrate
with him. All the Indians say that he
did not belive in the Matowanatitana,
who strikes one dead bv a look. They
say a halo of light is seen around his
head in the dark, and there is seen a
star above his head, and that those who
scorn him ho transforms into dogs or
anything else. It is my opinion that
Matowanatitaka himself is the false
Christ, and to confound him I desired to
face him. I denounced him as a liar
and a cheat at the camp, and they sent
Lrowtooton horseback to announce my
coming. I expected that Sitting Bull
would be displeased and would treat me
coldly, but when the wagon stopped he
shook hands with me and told me how
glad he was to see me ; but in spite of
his smile he looked sad and troubled, and
seemed to have aged considerably since
t saw mm a montn before, in the
house the dishes were set for dinner.
My plate was, with several others, on
the table, and on the floor was a white
cloth, with eight plates, for Matowanati
taka and his followers, ills followers
L-anio to eat, hut Matowanatitaka and
one of his disciples stayed away, and
I did not see him that day. 1
never got a good look at his face. He
always had his blanket drawn over
his head, and w hen he looked at me it
generally was Horn behind a couple ol
chairs or some other piece of furniture.
Instead of coming around and asking tor
n explanation he avoided me and
seemed afraid. The next day the Major
sent some policemen to arrest Matowau
ntitaka and Sitting Bull. The majority
of the police stayed four miles above
Sitting Bull's residence, nnd the chiet
and Cntka were brave enough to come
to the house and deliver their message,
Of course Matowanatitaka and Sitting
Bull declined to accommodate the In
dian policemen. Matowanatitaka lay
Hut on his back kicking his feet in the
air in the most ridiculous manner, while
Sitting Bull was delivering a speech to
the policemen nnd Indians. 1 expected
a tight every minute, lor every man car
ried a gun and looked desperate, and the
room was filled with them, t.atka rec
ognized me, as he met me a year before.
He bent down and whispered to Mato
wanatitaka. Sitting Bull had already
left the room and Matowanatitaka fol
lowed, and then one by one every one
left. Sitting Bull's wife and myself
were the onlv occupants in the room
with the exception of the chief. Catka
and I chatted pleasantly about dilfercnt
things, he admiring Sitting Pull's full
length portrait winch 1 had given turn.
Alter a while the chief men came and
shook hands with the policemen, all
hut Sitting Bull and Matowanatitaka,
"The next day I was told that Mato-
wanatitaka had left, but 1 doubted it,
although his arms were not there, nnd
sulisenuentlv I proved to be in the right
lie hud taken up his uuarters somewhere
else, for later on he was my traveling
companion with Sitting Hull on my re
turn to Yates, t lichng liear poisoned
Sitting Bull's ears, lie told him that
the attempt to arrest was my doings
that I was Sitting Bull's enemy, and
that 1 was planning the destruction of
both, lie also called Hitting nines air
tcntion to a look which passed between
me and Calkn. Evidence was against
me. for 1 had Fuid that I would pursue
Malowanatitnka. and Sitting Bull told
me he knew that I was hiH enemy, nnd
wanted him to he in prison. 1 simply
laughed when he told me. There I had
been working for his interest and the
interest of the Indians for years; was
ready to Bhareallthe dangers, and he
uiih foolish enniuh to believe me hi
enemy. That night they continue:i
their wacekivnns (dances aim songs;
which sounded awful in the stillness of
fho night, and thev kept it up until 1
could stand it no longer, so I arose and
went through the crowd, it was dam
mwl there was the width of a street be
tween me and Sitting Hull's house. I
told Sitting Hull I would go away at day
light if he did not stun it. and he did,
The next morning I asked him to have
no more dances, lis the troops would
come and then) would lie a battle. He
said it was not his doings, but the
chiefs', and he would be glad if the
soldiers would kill him, for he wanted
to die. -'If you want to (lie, kill your
self, and do not bring other people int
trouble,' 1 said. Ho had the post re
moved to the foot of tho hill, where i
would not aiiunv me, but he acted
high nest, for I watched linn, lie ex
pected the soldiers and battlo every
hour. You can imagine how pleasant it
w as for me.
"Miss Carrigan and One Bull came to
take me to Yates, hut Sitting Bull made
mo promise to stay five days longer as
the major hud seized some messengers,
and so I did not go, but stmt some
money 1 had to Major McLaughlin beg
ging him to keep it for me until I should
reclaim it. Not that I distrusted the
Indians, for not a pin was ever taken
from me, but. I fenred the battle, and if I
was killed no one would get thebenefit
of it. A few days later I met f lail, a
chief, who was going to tako me to
Yati-s, but Sitting Bull was not on good
terms with him. nnd I feared Sitting
Bull would think 1 might betray some
secrets of the council, for I had always
been present, so I stayed until hitting
Hull took me himself. He said:
"Do as vour heart dictates. If you
want to go with (iall, go, but if your
heart sava stay, remain and I w ill take
von to Vates myself, and perhaps to
Cannon Ball.
"Sitting Bull and family were very
miriil tn me and ulwavs treated me well,
although I did denounce Matowanatitaka
and their dances, wime oi me inumm
blamed me lor
I think this wae
done to make a rupture between us and
who to deprive hitting Bull oi my protection.
who formerly befriended me, is, now rny
up to me, and I threw it at his feet and
told him I wanted no presents from him.
He did not take it back, all the same.
I had many unpleasant words with them
because I opposed their dances, which I
thought destroyed their reason for days.
They said I did not understand it, but
that whatever disease they had was
thrown off during these paroxysms.
These dances occurred once a year and
lasted eight days. The hymns are nice
and I know six or seven of them."
Here is a letter of later date referring
to the stories of her association with
Sitting Bull:
"I reached Yates Thursday. Sitting
Bull went a few minutes ahead of the
team. He dressed as if for burial, wear
ing the black cloth about his head, which
means he is ready to die at any moment.
He expected to be seized, and was de
termined to defend himself and sell his
life dearly. His followers were at the
Grand river; he was brave to go alone.
On the contrary, the officers treated him
well and shook bands with him. I had
the chance to go to Cannon Ball in a
government team. He thought I would
remain there from Thursday until Mon
day. The Utes when I left felt sorry.
They seemed to realize they had lost one
of their best friends forever. Now I
have gone, I fear the last link between
the white people and Sitting Bull is sev
ered. The Utes, as well as other tribes,
are ready to tight, and I cannot blame
them, w lien one has seen howthey are
continually cheated, allowances can be
made. 1 read an article about myself in
a Washington paper which was sent me.
AH papers print the mostdangerous lies.
and i blame Major McLaughlin for al
lowing it. 11 he had not started these
stories, they would not have been pub
lished, although he positively Knows
they are untrue, for I had sent several
notes to him from the Grand river, and
when I informed him of the unpleasant
nesss between me and the Sioux on ac
count of my opposition to their
songs and dances, he knew I was trying
to prevent war, and that my lile had
been in danger on that account, and yet
he allowed these untruths to be told.
and stated also the latter to the Secre-
ary of the Interior. If you read ro
mances do not believe them. I would
ike to see these articles, for they in
terest me, and I know they are his do-
ngs."
This letter, dated Dec. 1, was sent
from her retreat on the Missouri river.
Referring to her life in Dakota, she
says :
"No one in the world was as happy as
I, and I wish that all might have shared
that happiness. A city seems a prison
to me. One must work hard to get along
n the city, and I enjoyed the lreedom
of the wilderness. 1 enjoyed the trees,
nnd the hills, and the clouds. The
Hon ors and the birds make ma happy.
I love the solitude with its songs and its
scenery, and I was loath to leave it.
But I had to go, as my life was in danger.
Those w ho hud been my friends were
now my enemies, and I left ngainst
the wishes of the Sioux. They
wanted me to remain for the winter
I knew too much. I had been
at every council and was acquainted
with all their plans. They needed an
nterpreter and a secretary, and they
wanted me to so act for them. I feel
that I have escaped w ith my life, and I
laugh to tnniK now i nave outwitted
that cunning Sitting Bull. After I left
I was informed that Sitting Bull rode
through Yates at night, singing his war
songs, which were awful to listen to. If,
the Indians can gain anything, l say
fight, for thev are starving. As it tuns
out, they got only one-fifth of what yie
government allows them. If I cuuld
only live, and nan power enoughAo see
the agents exposed and brought to jus
tice, 1 should like it, for I know they
are stealing goods intended tor the In
dians. 1 always urged them not to
light, for they would get the worst it. I
feared the leaders would suffer, and all
their ponies and arms be taken, and that
would be awful, but it would be what I
have said all the time. I often wonder
if they remember my words, and things
are turning out different from what they
anticipated.
"Later on I intend to write a history
of the Sioux nation, and perhaps may
furnish a biography of Bitting Bull. 1
know more of him than any one of his
relatives. I could throw some light on
the Custer battle, facts which were com
municated to me bv Sitting Bull. Of
course the Indians will be annihilated."
and
tli trin. Ilo iesikuha was
1 UA I r.a!L,.l tur t'il-i-liliv Bear.
When hi came I asked him to call the felt very bitter, or they
chiefs and men together, lis I had some- the agent s acuous.
thine- important to tell them. 1 had al
ready worked against the prophet
........ - 7 - - , i,. . tn I u'hii'ii was affecting the rsationai inuian
CanSo X enligS tMauHln Defence Committee in Washington. I
m"s ng him. 1 had prepared a long could wr.te a whole book of my experi
speech It the Indians, and when I de-1 ence atcamp near Yates. Circling Bear,
The "Inlldel Queen,"
London, Jan. 15 Advices from India
state that an expedition is being pre
pared to advance against a notorious
Black Mountain chief Hashim All who
refuses to submit to the British author
ity and recently murdered two native
soldiers of the British army. In anBwer
to a message from the Viceroy demand
ing submission, Hashim sent word that
he would never recognize the "Infidel
Queon."
TDK JEWS MAY GET BACK.
Notwithstanding the at present para
mount influence of M. Vishnegradki,
minister of finance, with the Czar, not
much confidence is as yet reposed in the
rumor that he has persuaded his master
to cease for the time the persecution of
the Jews. It is, howevor, a fact that
Russia will soon need an enormous sum
of money to undertake the construction
of the Siberian railway, of which M.
Vishnegradki is a powerful advocate,
and that an appeal will be made to
British and German as well as French
money centers, in all of which Jews
have much influence.
ENOLIKH SPOItTSMKN NOT WANTED.
Tin. Swedish irovernment is consider
ing the question of putting a stop to the
wholesale slaughter of elk and other
game by Knglish tourists in northern
Sweden and INorway.
THE SULTAN WILL I'UOTEST.
Advices from Constantinople stato
that word has been received there of a
proposed French expedition .against
(ihadnmes, lying between Tripoli and
the Soudan, and claimed to lie within
the territory of tho Sultan. The Sultan
is prepared to protest vigorously should
such a movement be undertaken.
In Need of Itefalssancie.
Pahis, Jan. 15 The Palais De Justice,
which was partially destroyed by fire
at. Rouen yesterday, was one of the most
interesting monuments of art in France.
It was perhaps the finest example of
renaissance architecture extant, and was
a central point of attraction for tourists.
It is hoped that the ruined portions of
the buildings may be restored, but many
of its most beautiful features can hardly
be reproduced by modern workmanship.
Must lie a l.lhel.
Seattle, Jan. 1(1 Sackett Cornall,
the absconding editor of this city, is Baid
to have received 12000 from the Calkins'
sack instead of 2"00 as at first reported.
He left behind him, it is claimed, debts
amounting to $4000.
Ilonds Kedeented.
Wahiiinoton, D. C, Jan. 10 The
treasury department, under its circular
of October 9th, 1S90, yesterday redeemed
$20,900 4la per cent, bonds.