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It is a question It is a question that has bein handled very gingerly by tiqians, and for that reason. the greatest abuses have been per-; , and while the people have! been tabbed by excessive and reck- nsion legislation, the pen hare been robbed by pension agent aorpioratns who took the last hey coma gouge our. 01 mem under Che! law. rhere is now pending in the Sen- 1 ! .J m . ml T L J avc an arnenumcui to uic .Lcpenu- entpeijsi(in law which proposes to reduce the fees allowed agents for procu ng an increase or pensions from $'10 to $2. 1 his proposition is favored by Secretary! Noble and by Comm ssioner Raum who says that the ft e of 10 all -wed ; by law is'excessi re and out of all propor tion t the service rendered, and that $: would be ample compensa tion. o it appears from Mr. Raura's statement that the pension agents have 1 ee n getting from the pen- sioneri ever since the pension laws w;nt years their worth intp operation, nearly thirty igo, five times as much for er vices as the services were The Pension Office must have :ncwn this a long time. It can't I ie that the discovery was made by . C )mmissioner Raum, and yet for nearlv thirty years these grasp ing pension agents have been bleed- mg the pensioners and reaping a est from them. J calculated, estimating the of pensioners,, claims al- rich Harv it lis jiumqer owed, &c. that the agents have sque zed from the pensioners the snug sjim of '$37,000,000, money out. f which both the people and the pensioners are robbed, We -say robted, because to allow fees so' en tirelt oyxpf proportion to the work was apiece of favoritism to the pennon agents which was. no thing mtjre nor less than robbery of the people, who are taxed to pay the pensions, and of the pensioner, out pension the money was de- of wHosa ducted. Heretofore the abuses by: pension agents Vere attacked with great cau tion peclu&e such attacks were apt to be construed as an attack on the pension system, and they had organs, either published by them or at their comnanjl, which were ready to mis; represent the sayings and. actions oi the men who dared to Question their methods; asid they 'easily made the believe that criticism of Soldiers them plang from enmity to the sol diers and from hostility to the pen sion system. They were nearly all Republicans, too, and liberal con tributors to Republican campaign fundsand this was a reason why Re publicar Congressmen 'never cared to tread upon their toes. ' r It was not until the independent press of the country investigated, found out what a nice, soft thing they had' and exposed,, and de houncejl the fraud, that Secretary Noble discovered that there was a -great abuse, and that j Commissioner Raura jliscovered that $2 would be an " an?Ple tee, when the Pension agents had been getting $10. " But the extortion by the agents, -- 6v ap ti 1S ,n ine aggregate, is a very small part of the extortion )r.cu on tne American people by wild and extravagant pension le- i 'duon, and Dension Dractices. es pecially within' the past ten years, running; the pension exoenditures up from $.)7,000,000, which Mr. Garfield estimated when he was in Congress, Would be the highest figure they would overreach, up to $150,000,000, lc," f ill be necessary under the Pension laws as they are now in op -eration v , ' ; " . misestimated tnat in 1892 there H 1,000,000 names on the Fusion rolls, and that the exoendi tur then will reach $200,000,000, 0re than enough to run this gov- "raeiit economically administered; mth a deficit now of fully $50, "vu.wu staring the Republican salesmen in. the face the ques !!0n )s where are , thee $200, yw.wp to come from without find 'ng some new sources of income, or ymg extra taxes on the-people, "cay taxed to the verge of bank ptclcy. The country qannot arid .-"! stadthit monstrous xor I VOL. XXII. tion, and it will : not be long before the people wilt say so in thunder tones. It is a coming issue which will not and cannot be downed un til this great wrong is righted, and pension laws, be framed which while they recognize and do justice to the Reserving soldier will also do justice to the people, who have some claim upon their servants who frame pen sion laws. i I 1 i WINDINQ IT TJP. This coming week'will in all pro, jbability decide the fate of the Force bill ana settle the question whether jit can -pass the Senate or not. The silver Senators have become restive under the protracted debate, arid have given Mr. Hoar to understand that he must do something, or throw up the sponge . and acknowledge himself whipped. They insist that he shall bring his ' bill to a vote or abandon it, and let the Senate turn its attention to some other more im portant matters whjch await its con j sideration, among them the financial bill in which they have an especial interest. ','. 4j Mr. Hoar would like very much to "do something" but the trouble with the old gentleman so far has been that he hasn't been able to "do something" for the'reason tuat every Democratic Senator was chock! full of a speech, some of which were so long that they had to be cut into sections, and there wasn't any gag rule handy to choke them off. In addition to this it always so. hap pened that when the Codfish states man got ready to "do something" it turned out that , there wasn't a quorum of j Republican Senators around nor within call, to help him out. It wasn't his fault that he didn't "do something," because he couldn't. j While the silver men have become restive and importunate, other Re publican Senators have become im patient and chafe under the delay .in bringing the Force bill to a test, and the ridiculous attitude in which they are placed by Hoar's shuffling man agement. ' . . .' ' , The result of this is that a caucus will be held to:mor ow to formulate .a plan of action and arraign some programme for getting the gag rule applied as a necessary preliminary to the passage of the Force bill, for it is now conceded that without a gag rule, they wfrl never be able to put the Force bill through.. But they are not over-sanguine as to their ability to do that, for the Western Senators are not enamored of it. On the contrary they are dis posed to sit do wn on it pretty heavily, or jump on it with both feet, because they think they can see in it a sneak ing scheme to choke off the free sil ver coinage men when the Financial bill comes up for consideration, and they are a good deal more interested in the free discussion of that than i - they are in the passage of the Force bill. : ' ". ', :0 There is another obstacle in the way of the easy success of the - gag ichrme and that is their failure so far to get vice-President Morton to ignore precedents and rule to suit them. Last Monday refrigerator John Sherman tried his hand on that ine by urging Mr. Morton-to pay ho heed to a Democratic Senator who called attention to the fact that there was no quorum present to pro ceed to business, when Mr. Morton quietly rebuffed him by ordering a call of the roll to test the presence of a quorum. Sherman "wanted him to count a Quorum as boss Reed had been doing in the House. Later he f sustained Senator Morgan in a question between him and Senator Edmunds, very much tp the disappointment of the latter and Codfish Hoar, both of whom betook themselves to the cloak room to in dulge in some presumably unparlia mentary remarks and confer on ; the situation. ; i i It is said that the gag rule advo cates are so solicitous about Mr, Morton's health that they are urging him to take a vacation in the genial clime of Florida at once, before the racket becins over the eae. But he does not seem to be very much alarmed about his health, - and does , not regard it as abso lutely necessary that he should woo the balmy breezes of the Land j . of Flowers, preferring to remain in Washington and attend to business as well as he knows how. If they had " been more successful in ma hipiilating Mr. Morton or in .getting him out of the way and one of their own gang in the chair, a serious ob stacle in their path would be re- - - - r ... . ' moved. . '" . In the caucus wKich will be held to-morrow the Force bill boomers and gaggers will doubtless do their level tiest to. coax or whip in the re calcitrants, ;with what success re-r mains to be seen. The Philadelphia Press rebukes Senators Cameron and Quay because when Senator McPherson, of New Jersey, attacked the election meth ods in Philadelphia they were silent. This was only a proof that these two gentlemen had sense enough to know when it was a good time to keep tferer months skat. MHJ0B, MENTION. We had a report from the scene of Indian hostilities a few days ago in which it was "stated that three hun dred Indians were shot down and "sevtral" soldiers killed and wound- - x uc vuus were lurnea nnon rnp ji w - r j uying savages ana tbey wer slaugh- I tered as they fled. . Three hundred I was probably an exaggeration. The dispatches of Friday report another brush, and that the Seventh Regi ment was ambushed in a harrow can yon, surrounded- by about 1,800 blood-thirsty warriors and another Custer massacre prevented only by the timely appearance of tha Ninth Regiment which attack- cu ine inaians in the rear and; put them to flight. Here tgdiu me nying savages were shot down and women and children shared the fate of. men. Sentiment has no place in Indian fighting, and the white soldier shows as little of the milk of human hindness as the Indian does. But it is deplorable that a number of soldiers have lost their lives, and hundreds of Indians been butchered in a' war which might have been averted by timely investi gation and prompt action by the Government. Before a blow was struck or a man hurt the In dians . made complaint that thev . . -f were being defrauded out of the rations that were due to them arid that many of them must perish from starvation. Gen. Miles said their Complaints were well founded, and as proof that there was some thing in them Congress, too late, appropriated an additional $100,000 to buy them food. The rations that snouia nave eone to them were t i - stolen by the Indian Ring, who are the nrimary cause of all this trouble -1 VI i 1 rw-t . -r ana oiooasnea. ine maians are plundered, driven to desperation, their complaints unheeded, and when they resist it are butchered to make "good Indians" out of them. If the thieves who steal;' the rations were put in the front to catch the bullets and save better men's lives it wouldn't be so bad. and Indian wars would not be without their compensating results. - Statesmen. Hoar and Edmunds, who of late seems to be giving old Codfish all the aid and comfort he can in the Force bill business, seem to be in an uneasy state of mind, for notwithstanding the fact that statesman Ingalls has his hands pretty full in trying to manage the opposition to his re-election and had pitched his camp at Tooeka for thirty days, they telegraphed him to come to Washington post' haste, im mediately, if not sooner, that they were in sore need of his presence and aid, and the sky-scraper, de spite the blizzards and sich, posted. The reason of this uneasiness and this urgent summons to Installs to hasten eastward, is that the Repub lican Senators are weakening on the gag rule which the Force bill en gineers are to try to run through this coming week, and without which the Force bill will be in the classic ver nacular of Murat Halstead, "a skin ned hoss." As they will, do some caucussine. and probably some cus sing, to morrow night, we will per haps know how the cat jumps with in the next few days. Morris Island Survivors. The suggestion of a correspondent of the Star, one of the six hundred Con federates placed ur.der fire of Confed-. erate guns on Morris Island, S. C, in 1864 that some organization of the survivors be formed, meets with favor among "survivors" now resident in Wil mington. Col. Jno. L. Cantwell, re ferred to by the correspondent, says he will gladly co-operate in any movement to this end, and suggests that a reunion be held ? in Wilmington on the 20th of August next. Col. Cant- well has a complete roster of the six hundred, with rank, regiment, residence and date and place of capture. His re cord shows that in the number were 186 from Virginia. Ill from North Carolina, 24 from South Carolina, 6 from Maryland, 60 from Georgia, 10 from Florida,26 from Alabama, 22 from Mississipppi, 31 from Tnuisiana. 5 lrom Texas, 27 from Ar kansas, 8 from Missouri, 35 from Ken tnrkv. 49 from Tennessee. The roster was made at Morris' Island, Oct. 16th, 4864. Death of Mr. N. N. MoMillan. Mr. N. McMiHan. of Onslow, died at his home in that county on Thurs- Haw last of malarial fever, in the 40th year of his age. His remains were hrnnaht to Wilmincton last evening for interment, and the funeral is announced tn take olace this mornine at 9.30 o'clock from the First Presbyterian Church. The deceased leaves a wife daughter of the late Henry P. Russell, formerly of Wilmincton and one child. He was on par nest Christian gentleman, a good citizen, and had endeared himself to all orith nrhnm he came in contact by the faithful and loyal qualities he exhibited in his daily walk and ine. S to cits nf Naval Stores at the Forts. . Stocks of naval stores at the ports January 1st are reported as follows: SDirits turpentine Wilmington, 2,830 casks; New York.3,370; Savannah, 9,247; Charleston. 1,650. Total 17.103 casks. Rosin Wilmington. 20,977 barrels; New York, 28,445; Savannah, 107,747; Charleston, 13,982. Total. 171,151 bar rels. ''- - - ' ' Tar Wilmington, 5,627 barrels ; New York, TM. Tctl btwsv (WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, LOOK OUT FOR THESE BILLS. A. DesorlDtdon of the New Counterfeit 2 Note. - Here is a description of the new and aangerous counteneit fa Dill wnicn is being extensively circulated throughout the Country, esneriallw th WVstprn stotu. wmwi - The counterfeit is exceedingly- dan- gerous. It ts on the issue under the act of Aug. 4, 1886, Department series 1886. and bears the large spiked seal and also the check letter B and plate number 2.235. It is signed W. S. Rosecrans. Register of the Treasury, and James W. Hyatt, Treasurer of the United States. It is well executed" and is likely to de ceive even the experts- m handling money. The blue figures or Treasun numbers are clear' cut and closelv resemble those on the genuine note- The portrait of General Hancock is well engraved, but the hair and mus tache do not appear brushed as smoothly as in the genuine : also, the star on right shoulder is im perfect. The coloi ol the seal is good, but. a shade lighter than the' genuine. Irr the upper lett and lower right corner in the figure "2" or the genuine are engraved in thrt-e daces the word "two." Under a good microscope it will be observed that 'll the ball of the -'2" on the counterfeit the letters "owt" are engraved, but thi defect would not be discovered except bv the aid nf a onnr bias's "Tnthe wnrr! "United'." in Treasurer of the United States, under signature of James W. Hyatt, the "i and "t" extend a little below the other letters. An attempt has been made to imitate the silk fibre by drawing fine blue lines through the body of this counterfeit. The back ol this counterfeit is exceedingly well exe cuted. Seven Children Burned Alive. The New Berne Journal gives par ticulars of a horrible affair near Bay boro, where seven children were burned alive on Sunday night. A colored man named Scott Thompson and his wife went to church and left the seven cnil dred. five of them his own and two his grandchildren, locked in the house. On returning home the house was found to be envoloped in flames, and the screams of the children were heard. AH attempt at rescuing them was futile as the build ing could not be approached, and all seven of the children were burned alive. The fire is supposed to have started from the chimney. People's National Bank of Fayetteville. Fayetteville Oeserver,, January, It is with many , regrets that we an nounce the closing of the doors of the People's National Bank in this city yes terday, on account of its inability to pay the large drafts made upon its funds. The following notice was found tacked up on the front door of the bank about 11 o'clock, and tells the unfortunate story in a few words: "At a meeting of the directors this morning it was resoivea to close the bank for the present, on account of the large drafts made upon its funds and the inability to meet the demands. (jEO. r MCNEILL, Cashier." The bank has ever been known for its liberality and faithfulness in all of its dealings with the people, and first and last has contributed its full quota to wards the development and encourage ment of all that pertains to the material welfare of Fayetteville and her people, who are unanimous in their expressions of grief and sorrow at the misfortune which has overtaken it. It is greatly to be hoped that the existing difficulties may be so adjusted at an early day thai the bank can resume business in the near future. We have reliable informa tion to the effect that depositors will be paid dollar for dollar. ' CONFEDERATE SURVIVORS. Editor Star: On the 20th of August. 1.864, six hundred Confederate officers. who were prisoners at Fort Delaware, were removed from that point to be placed under the fire of the Confederate guns at Charleston, b. C I propose that the surviving ones of that number effect some kind of an or ganization so as to bring us closer to gether once more than we are now. Col. I. L. Cantwell, it living, will be a great auxiliary to the cause, and 1 sug gest that he be requested to take the matter in hand. One of the "Six Hundred." Lilesville, N. C, January i, i8go. SAD ACCIDENT. Eddie Topp's Death from .Lock-Jaw, Re sulting from a Shot from a Parlor Bine. Eddie Yopp, a lad of fourteen or. fifteen years, son of Mr. Andrew Yopp, died last Wednesday night about 8 o'cliick, at the residence of his parents, fifteenth and Princess streets, from lock-jaw. The lad was accidentally shot in the left arm, at the elbow, a few days ago, at the shooting gallery oi Mr. late Croom, near Front street market. The wound gave him but little trouble and it was thought to be a trifling matter until last Monday, when Dr. Burbank. who was called to attend Eddie, found it necessary to extract the ball, which was embedded in the bone of the arm. The boy continued to grow worse, and his death resulted as stated, last Wed nesday night. His body was taken to Onslow county yesterday, for inter ment. -' -. . Seaboard Air Line Railroad. . Maj. John C. Winder, General Man-. ager ot the seaooara Air juine, an nounces the appointment of Mr. Geo. E.' Hunter, as Auditor of Receipts and Disbursements of the Raleigh & Gaston and the Raleigh & Augusta Air Line Railroad Companies, with office at Ra leigh, N. Cand Mr. J. H. Boatwright as A'iditor of Receipts and Disburse roents of the Carolina Central Railroad Comoanv. with office at Wilmington, N. C. Burned by Coon Hunters. The "Lillington Mansion," in Holly township, Pender county, formerly the seat ot General Alexander Lillington, the hero of the Battle of Moore's Creek, was burned , recently, through the care lessness ot coon hunters. It was tne property of Daniel Shaw, Esq., of Pender. Mesrrs. Alex. Sprunt I on cleared the German brig Z?r. Witte yes terday, with cargo of 1.001 bales cotton, i weighing 487,849 pounds, ana vaiuea ai. $4e. , WASHINGTON.1 NEW YEAR'S DAY AT THE CAPITAL. Official Beoeptions by the. President and Others Fire on Dupont Circle One of Secretary Blaine's Houses Burned. Washington, Jan. 1. The year 1891 opened here disagreeable and gloomy, and the streets so filled with slush "and melting snow that pedestrianism ; with most people was decidedly unpleasant, itfew Year's day, however, was generally observed notwithstanding the, weather. The President's reception was of course the social feature of the day, and. the fact that the "Chief Magistrate of the nation gives the anniversary official sanction, explains to a large extent why i he custom of "calling," on the first day f the year continues to be so observed in Washington. ' s The reception began at 1 1 j o'clock, the receiving party taking the:r places in the Blue parlor at that hour, to the familiar strains of "Hail to the Chief," played by the full .Marine Band, which vas stationed in the vestibule. Just inside the main entrance Vice President Morton and JMrs. Morton and ill the members f "the- Cabinet, wuar .he ladies of their families, wijh the ex ception of Mrs. Blaine, bad previously joined the President and Mrs. Harrison, nd followed them down stairs to the reception room. Here all the gentlemen. with "the exception of the President, retired to the Blue parlor, where a large number of the guests had already gath ered. The receiving party then formed inline between the entrance a ad exit doors in the following order The President. Mrs. Harrison. Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Windom, Mrs. Proctor, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Wanamaker, Mrs. Noble and Mrs. Rusk. Members of the Diplomatic Corps wre first received. They were nearly all present; all were in full court cos tumes, which in many cases, notably the Russian. German, Austrian, French and Chinese Ministers, was of the most gor geous description. They were present ed to Secretary Blaine and Assis tant Secretary Wharton, and made a bril liant spectacle with their glittering jew els, gold braid and clanking swords. Baron Favor, of Italy. Dean of the Con gress by virtuelof seniority of service, led the procession, ' Ail the Diplomats were accompanied by ladies, i The doors were thrown open to the public at 12,30. The general attendance was large, considering the bad weather. The reception lasted until nearly 5 o'clock. When the last person had pass ed through, the President and Mrs. Har rison and about twenty invited guests proceeded to the second floor and par took of luncheon. Other official receptions were largely attended, most of the! people who visited the White House, calling on the Vice President and members of the Cabinet, and all the latter, except Secre tary Tracv. keening ooen house. Secretary Blaine gave breakfast to the Diplomatic Corps immediately after the reception of the Corps at the White House, and afterwards received the public About noon a house on Dupont Cir cle, occupied by L. Z. Leitre, ot Chicago. and owned by secretary Blaine, was found to be on fire, and as. it proved td be a rather stubborn fire a general alarm was sounded, which brought all the engines in the city except one to the place, and with them came a great throng of people. The fire was subdued after burning out the upper stories. The remainder of the building suffered more from water than from fire. The greater part ot the paintings and valuable furni ture in the first arid second stories were gotten out without serious damage, but the loss is very heavy, and Mr. Leitre 's loss will be difficult to estimate, Mr. Blaine was insured, but Mr. Leitre was not. The house damaged to-day is one that was built for Mr. Blaine shortly before the Presidential campaign of 1884, and was occupied by him only a few months. While his Dupont Circle house was burning, Mr. Blaine was en tertaming the Diplomatic Corps at breakfast at his Lafayette; Square resi dence. Washington, Jan. 2. Some quiet consultation has been in progress among Republican Senators now in the city with reference to next week's proceed ings. Speeches made by Senators Tel ler and Walcott last Tuesday, have made some impression, but as they were ex pected their effect was not so marked as that resulting from a few remarks made by Senator Hale. In his complaint that the trial had not been made of old fash toned methods to secure action upon he Election bill, he undoubtedly voiced the feelings of some other conservative Republican Senators, who feel that it would be unwise to change the rules and adopt the cloture until the usual routine methods had proven to be met- fective. The talk this morning among Senators reached a disposition to allow this conservative element to satisfy itself by, an actual trial of the futility of the old system of campaign which resolves itself into a matter of physical endurance. This would in volve the holding of 'night sessions of the Senate in addition to the usual day light sessions. Just how many no one can lell. but as many as may be neces sary to convince Senators who are still reluctant to admit the necessity for the cloture rule. Inasmuch as there is a general desire among Republican Sena tors to confer upon the subject tn caucus. there was no disposition evidenced to arrange the programme upon this basis to-day. but the general tone ot .discus sion may be significant as foreshadowing one result ot the caucus. NEGRO EXODUS. Twenty Families, Consisting of One Hntu dred People, from Mississippi, Bound for Oklahoma Larae Numbers to FOl ' . low.' . j . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Chicago, Jan. 8. A special from Topeka says:' Rev. B. Foster, colored, whowas a candidate for Auditor of the State on the People's Party ticket, has come from Kansas City with twenty families of colored people from Kemper county, Miss., en route to Hennessy, Oklahoma. These families number about one hundred people. Foster says "this is but the beginning of a tremendous exodus of colored people from the South. Thousands will leave the Southern States within the next sixty days. We look upon Okla homa as our peaceful haven, where political ostracism is unknown, and where every man can cast the ballot of his rhoir.e without fear from any source, Many of the colored people of Missis sippi are refusing to enter into new labor contracts, and those that have property are disposing of it." Foster said further that the opening of the Chevenne and Arapaho In dian lands, which is to occur in Feb ruary, is attracting many of his people tw tin twrrtwy 1891. THE INDIANS, PITIFUL SLAUGHTER OF SQUAWS AND CHILDREN. ' .-''- Further Accounts of Beoent Engagements Troops Again on the Move and Seek ing to Surround the Hostiles. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ' Chicago, Jan. 2. A special from Pine Ridge Agency, - S. D says : It is evident from the testimony of officers and men ; that the Seventh barely escaped the tragic fate of Custer in the battle of White Clay Creek. The troops had passed the Catholic Mission, and were dismounted in a big valley, one and a half miles wide, just beyond the. school. At the end of this valley is a narrow canon not over seventy-five feet wide and three hundred yards long. opening into' a small circular park. It was the object ot the Indians to draw them into this small valley. The soldiers were getting ready to make a rush oh toot tor the top of the bill, when a cry arose that they were surrounded, the hostile advancing now in one and now in another direction on either side of the val.'ey. They found themselves opposed each time by two hundred to .three hun dred Indians. " Soon the hills began to swarm with one thousand eight hun dred to two thousand warriors, and in twenty minutes more a tragedy would have gone to the world, when the un tiring Ninth rode in as they rode' before at the time of the Meeker massacre, at tacking furiously therear of the sav ages, and scattering them in every di rection. Before the enemy could rally from their confusion, the boys in blue withdrew slowly and sullenly to Pine Ridge, The enemy are stealing horses and cattle in every direction. While the blizzard make the old men. women and children suffer, it will have little or no effect on bucks and warriors. It is believed that Little Wound was the head that planned and directed the battle, as it. showed - more generalship than had been displayed since Red Cloud's fighting days. Old Ked Cloud sent in a letter last night claiming that he was a prisoner. and begging the soldiers to come and save him. This is corroborated by the friendhes. who say that when the stampede took place Monday, old Red Switt began to throw things into the wagon,' and with true wifely spirit said she was for waf and would go out on the bloody path, even if her liege lord remained and tought on the other side. Washington, January 2. Gen. Schofleld this morning received a tele gram from Oen. Miles, dated at Pine Ridge Agency, January 1, saying that three thousand Indians, men, women and children, and including about six hundred bucks, are now encamped in a section of Bad Lands, about fifteen miles from Pine Ridge Agency, and that there is almost a cordon of troops around them. Gen. Miles announces that he hopes to be able to induce the hostiles to surrender without a struggle. The spot where they are encamped he describes as somewhat like the lava beds of California, where the Modocs made their final fight. It is an excellen, position' from the Indian standpoint, but there are now no avenues of escape. alt having been closed by the troops Gen. Miles says the Indians have gath ered some cattle and provisions, and appear to be determined to make their fight for supremacy at this point. He says he will make another effort to get them back to the Agency without blood shed, and in order to do so he has established a regular seige around their strongholds. Omaha. Jan. 2. The Bee has the fol lowing from its staff correspondent at Pine Ridge Agency, via Rushville: Gen. Brooke and staff, together with eight companies ot the Second infantry and all the Ninth Cavalry that had been here, started into the field at 11 o'clock yesterday morning via Oelrich's road to Beaver Creek, and almost due west from this Agency. From there they will swing out into as long a line as possible, thus forming thel western and part of the northern side of the hollow square which it mw seems it has been intended to form about the hostiles. Carr's com mand has arrived at Wounded Knee near the point where the battle took place, which is sixty miles east of Pine Butte, but about sixteen miles northeast of here at Wounded Knee postoffice Thus it seems that Carr's command is to constitute the east and north sides of the square, from the expression upon the faces of officers and men as they filed out through the snow and bitter cold, it was evident that they did not relish lien Miles" order. Three companies of the First Infantry from San Franc. sco have already arrived, and six more are ex pected to-day to replace the Second. A scout came in yesterday and report ed that the main body of hostiles bad moved .back twelve miles from the Agency and towards Bad Lands on the north. Another arrived last evening and reported the Indians indulging in a wild war dance, Only eight miles from here. A party of Indian scouts visiting the scene ot Mondays oattie iouna nine Indians who were wounded in the fight still alive; two of them had been taken to a log but near by and were being cared for by a squad that had remained behind. The other seven, all of whom were found lying in gullies remote from the battle field,- had survived the bliz zard without any attention of any kind. Two were bucks, and the other five squaws'. There, was scarcely enough life left jn any of the party to pay the scouts for bringing them in, but they did so and they are now with the oth ers in the Episcopal church. In ad dition tp the adults found, two tiny In dian babies, neither of them over three months old, were found alive. Each was beside the dead body of its mother, They were well wrapped up, but how they ever survived the fearful weather of the last forty-eight hours seems a miracle. The little innocents were brought to the Agency and.found friends in the wives ot some ot the Indian scouts. Of thirty-five wounded Indians brought in after the battle, nearly all of whom were squaws and children, not one bas as yet died, yet many of them are badly wounded with bullets. The rear guard of the party of charity-doing scouts that went out in their search for wounded Indians were forced to ex change several shots with some of the roving hostiles. After .the late battle Indian scouts went over the field and picked up all the disabled hostiles tbey could find be fore the troops were compelled to hurry' inhere, and protect the Agency Jrom the uprising that occurred as previously described. The Iudian scout that fell at Wounded Knee wISi given military burial yesterday by his comrades, under command of Lieut. Taylor, Rev. Mr, Cook presiding. The snow storm that has : been raging . for . twenty-four hours ' has ceased. The weather is warmer, and as a result the vigilant outlook for surprise by hostiles, allowed to lapse during the war of the elements, has been resumed. None of the wounded soldiers are any worse, and most of NO.: 8 Omaha, Neb. January 2 The Bees special from Rushville says: It is definitely known that the hostiles; to the number of about onejthou sand and one hundred, are fortified near the mouth of White Clay creek, and that Gen. Brooke,, with a detachment of troops, is swinging round to the north of them. Gen. Carr is supposed to be approaching from the west, and Gen. Miles will make a dash from the south. The force thus engaged is thought to be ample for the annihilation of the en tire band, unless some unforeseen com plication or misfortune arises Ambas sadors from this hostile camp have to day again been suing for' peace and offering to surrender arms. It is not known here whether terms will be granted or not, but the general opinion prevails that in view of the action of the rebels in slaughtering the troops while under a flag of tru e, ot much weight will be given their pretended repent ance, that the hostiles have been largely reinforced within the past two days there is no longer any doubt, and there seems reasonable, ground for rumors that some Indians from other Agencies or the British possessions joined them. A report bas lust reached here by a Courier that a foraging - party of Indians from the main camp on White Clay at tacked the ranch of Douglas Points, a few miles to the west, last night, killed him and drove, away, his four hundred head of cattle. Great excitement is reported to have broken out in the camp of the hostiles'. the contention being as to the advisa-; bility of surrendering. This, also, is not confirmed, but comes through a half- breed courier who claims to have just arrived lrom their camp. Except in the case of unconditional surrender there will undoubtedly be a great battle before nignt. Kushville, S. D., Ian. 2. Colonel Henry has joined the Second infantry with his men nd is all right. The Fort Douglas troops will arrive to-night at Pine Ridge. The inhabitants of Rush ville are calling for arms, and are organ izing a home guard, rive Ked Cross ambulances arrived at Pine Ridge to day. A ranchman reports seeing a band of -one hundred Indians going southwest from the reservation at midnight. If true this means trouble. . ALABAMA. A Fight at Catherine That 'Was Magnified Into a Blot., Mobile, Ala., Jan. 1. -There has been no riot at Catherine, on the Mobile & Birmingham Road. A fight there yesterday between two men gave rise to the rumor. A negro, who was said to be too ignorant to fulfil the duties, was recently appointed postmaster at Cat h enne station. Since his installment some time in November there has been great complaint about the mans. The negro postmaster went to Selraa in the early part of the week, and since then the citizens have had no mail com munication. Pouches on the Mobile & Birmingham Road for Catherine were thrown off every day. and some six or seyeu had occumulated there. Yester day citizens asked the postal route agent to go to the postoffice and unlock those pouches so that they could get their mail. He said he was unable to leave his car and declined. While the train was at Catherine the fight occurred, which was not serious and which has been magnihed into a riot. Montgomery, January i. There has been no trouble at Catharine since last Monday, and nobody was hurt there. It is a false alarm. There was opposition to the negro postmaster at that place, re suiting in a shooting scrape between some citizens of the place, not known. ort one side, and Aaron and Beverly Bruce, white Republicans, on the other. The latter left the place, and one of them is here to-day. Everything fs quiet and no prospect of any trouble. 1 he postmaster has resigned. GEN. R E. SPINNER. Funeral Arrangements Honors Paid the Deceased at Jacksonville, Flai Jacksonville, Fla., January 1. Contrary to .arrangements made last night the body of Gen. F. E. Spinner was taken to an undertaker's early this morning, where it was embalmed and at 1 o'clock p..m. was sent north by rail to Mohawk, N. Y., for interment. From the undertaker's to the station the hearse was under escort of a special detail of twelve men from O. M. . Mitchell Post G. A. R.. and was followed by about fifty G. A. R. men and members of the Harrison and Morton Club. In the carriages following the hearse were James M. Schumacher, son-in-jlaw of the deceased. Mayor Patrick MdQuaid, and other leading citizens. The hearse was draped with the American nag and emblems ot mourning. 1 he remains were accompanied North by a special messenger of the Southern Express Company. Mr. Schumacher will start for Mohawk to-morrow morning J At, the late home of the deceased memorial services were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon, consisting of the first part of the Episcopal Order forj Burial .t - . r i oi tne Leaa, reading oi tne scriptures, and singing of the hymn, "Abide With Me, by a quartette Of choir bdys from . St. John s Church. Flags on the public buildings and on the shipping have in general been at halt-mast to-day in respect to the mem ory of the deceased ex-treasurer. A EVER STRICKEN BARQUE. All Hands Delirious and Unable to Work the Ship. f By Telegraph to the Morning Star . New York, Jan. 8. The Pacific mail steamship Newport arrived here to-day from Colan. twenty-four hours late. Capt. Lima, her commandef, brings news of the terrible hardships experi enced bv tne captain and crew of the Nova Scotian barque James Hi Hamlin, which she fell in with on her j last trip from this port. The lames HI Hamlin. of Halifax, was bound from StJ Lucia to Mobile. When found by the Newport the entire crew of the barque were ill with fever, wholly unable to work the ship. All hands were delirious and rnnld not trive the destination of the ves sel. The Newport iaid by the Vessel and sent her surgeon on board witn medi cines and fresh provisions. Nothing has since been learned of the barque. ACQUITTED OF MURDER. A Sixteen Tear Old Boy Who Killed His ' Father. j' By Telegraph, to the Morning Star. Elmira. N. Y.. Ian. 3.-kJune 13th last J. Frank Warren was shot and kill ed by his sixteen-year old son. Herbert, at their home m this city, about 2 O'clock in the morning,! while the fptber and mother were quarrelling. The son claimed he fired the sh6t in defense of his mother. After the tfial, lasting a week, the jury at 10.45 to-night brought in a verdict of not guilty. It is in accord Oxford Day : .Earlyl In the Christmas a gloom vfts. cast iver our city by the deathf Charles Bl Jongs, v which sad event occurred Fridal morn ing; December 86. ; r .V 1 Mount Holly iv7iJWj2apt. W F. Holland, a dealer in eeneraTmerchan- dise at Dallas, made an assignment on the 24th. The amount of his liabilities and assets are unknown. Charlotte Chronicle'. The Maxton Manufacturing-Company was organized . last night. The object of the company - is to manufacture machinery of all kinds. An iron foundry will be annexed. The capital stock is $50,000 and has all been paid in." Kinston Free Press: , Mr. Amos Jenkins, living 'about ten miles from Trenton, has a curiosity in the shape of a one-eared pig.- One ear is all right. In the place where the other ear ought, ac cording to all regulations, to be, there is no sign of an ear. not even an opening. Asheville Democrat: Gouches Peak, property of Mr. W. T. Reynolds. ' 700 acres, five miles north of the City, has been sold for the very handsome sum of $70,000. The-purchaser is Mr. E. R. Webster, Preisdent of the Farming- ton College, O., and as he is a man of large wealth it is probable that this pro-. . Ml, l peny win oe greatly improved. ; -Charlotte News: Mr. Chas. C. Hook, who is to have charge of the man ual training school in connection with the gradt d school of this city, arrived here last n ght. Mr. Hook - is from Wheeling, West Virginia, and a skilled architect and mechanical draughtsman. The training school will open Monday. There are already twenty-four pupils on the foil. Raleigh Chronicle : Owing to the immense traffic now being carried on by the several railroads leading into the city, our people have been thrown almost into a wood famine. Ihe supply usually brought in from the country has greatly diminished, owing to the holi day season, and little hauling being done. The question is assuming a serious aspect. Statesville Landmark: On Christ-" mas night, on the south side of the Blue Ridge, in Wilkes county, near the Ashe and Watauga lines, at the house of Bartle t Green, uncle of the deceased. J. Wesley Love, accompanied bv Geo. W. Waters and Harlev Church, shot with a rifle and instantly killed John (Jack) Cornett, aged about 20 years, of Upper North Fork, Ashe county. Asheville Citizen: There is. an other supply of Dr. Koch's lymph in Asheville. Dr. S. Westray Battle re turned to Asheville yesterday from a visit to Berlin in the interest of his pro fession and to investigate the now famous Koch treatment. Dr. Battle procured a vial ef the lymph. The pack age, he says, cost him twenty-six marks, or about $6.50, He had an offer of $1,000 for his supply .and thinks he could have sold it for five times as much. Greensboro Record: The enter prising people of Madison have on foot a scheme for utilizing the water power at Cardwell's mill for generating elec tricity for light and power purposes in the town. S. W. Greer, depot agent at Dalton's on C. F. & Y. V. railroad, was shot yesterday evening by a young man named Ualton, son ot Mr. Mick Dalton. The ball lodged near the wind pipe and had not been extracted this morning. It is feared the wound may prove fatal. Mr. Dalton has fled. . Tis the same old story woman and wine. A sad closing of a happy Christmas-tide. Charlotte News: Miss Alice Scarr, daughter of Dr. F. Scarr, died this morning at 10 o clock. She was about 24 years old. Mr. Anthony G. W. Sherbert, foreman of the Charlotte Cot ton Mills, died yesterday from consump tion. Charlotte has not yet reach ed the end of her manufactories. New and diversified ones will come into ex istence during the year which begins Thursday, one of the most important, of which will be the establishment of a soap factory by the Charlotte -Oil and fertilizer Co. This factory will lead to the erection of a plant for the manufac ture of glycerine, as well as one for the manufacture of alkali. Work on the soap factory will soon commence. Monroe Register: We are in formed that Mr. Hoke Helms, who went from this county to Arkansas two years ago, was accidentally killed one day last week. He and some others were' at work in anew ground, when a. tree started to fall in an opposite direc tion from the one expected, and a limb struck Mr. Helms, killing him instantly. Mr. c. it. Ayscue, ot Henderson. Spent several days in Monroe, and is anxious to get our people to engage in the cultivation of tobacco. He says the soil is adapted to its growth, and be suc ceeded in arousing considerable interest in the matter. He says it the people will engage in its cultivation he will in sure a warehouse to be built in Monroe, and establish a home market. Tarboro Southerner: About 7.30 . o'clock a. m. Tuesday the Female Acade my was liscovered to be on fire. Ihe fire alarm was sounded and in a brief while crowds of the citizens were at the building rendering aid in removing fur niture, &c, from the rooms where the flames had not reached. There was some quick work done and "some of the furniture and household effects were saved, but the entire building was burned to the ground. The colored people in these parts are not exodusting much. Whether it is because of the display of hotility of many land owners or the dis inclination of the colored roan to leave is not clear. Probably both of these causes operate to keep him here. Some few are going, but nothing to compare with the movement this time last year. Besides this the colored peop'e have not the "fever" as they had it then. Asheville Citizen: A telegram just received announces the death at Leadville, lenn., of James O. Howell a well-known merchant and business man of Asheville. Cause of death, heart dis ease. 1 here is probablv no busier man in Asheville to-day than Dr. Karl von Kuck, ot the Winyah sanitarium. The fact of his having procured a supply of the now famous Dr. Koch's lymph, bas caused him to be besieged with ap plications for treatment. The Doctor now has three cases under the Koch treatment, and says that although the reaction has been slight in each case he has every reason to be hopeful, as the effect on the patients is almost -identical with that following the appli-1 cation of the lymph by Dr. Koch. Dr. von Ruch made an application of the lymph Sunday at the mission hospital. There were eighteen physicians present who are interested in watching the re sult. A second injection was made yes terday morning. ( . ' Salisbury ' Truth: Jeff Strange, about 15 years bid, shot and killed his step-father at the Appalachian mine in Montgomery county, N. C, on Monday, December 2d, 1890. Sam Tysinger married the mother of Jeff Strange several years ago. They did not get along well and' often separated When she would yield to his solicitations and go live with him he would mistreat her and she would return to her children, This thing had gone on until her chil dren had forbidden Tysinger to come to v their house." The day of the killing he went there with assistance and a wagon -determined to carry the woman to his home by force. Jeff clung to his mother to keep her from being dragged from the house, and was twice knocked down by Tysinger. Finally the bov got ; his ; brother's pistol arid told Tysinger to let his mother alone or be would shoot him I Tysinger persisted and the boy fired, killing his step-father, Tysinger, almost instantly. The sympathy of the com" unity is with th ky.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 9, 1891, edition 1
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