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FKOMtheway the Ohio was rising
yesterday more flood troubles seem
possible.
. What have the council committee
on revision of the charter done? It is
bout time the people were informed
on the subject.
Now that Christmas and New
Year's are over, the wires north have
returned to their normal condition
that is, sobered up. Mind you, it is
the wires that are spoken of.
Thk Kansas farmers are stirring
things up in the legislature of that
state. The Alliance haB determined
rv'icing the interest rate, cutting
official salaries and others
like we - are to have another
utcr It is held by some
jers that these moderate win
occur in groups synchronous with
. maximum and minimum sun
ot period's, which is eleven years.
Thk plan of campaign announced
by Gen. Miles is to surround the oav
gos in the fastnesses of the Bad
Lands. It is now being attempted,
three forces being reported as ap
proaching the stronghold from the
west, south and east.
Not often is Austin graced by the
Yisitation'at one and the same time of
such newspaper talent as H. B. Can
field, J. J. Dickinson and Charlie Ed
wards. If they are not a strong team,
suited to capture a town, run a news
paper and own a city and its environs,
then name your men and take them.
What of Austin's new city charter
is it ready for submission to the legis
laturef The time is now short, ero
thp solons of Texas meet in august
assemblage, and that important docu
ment should be ready for submission
to them at the earliest possible day in
the session. Austin has outgrown her
clothes and she must be rigged out in
an entirely new outfit. South Austin
must grace the trimming of one tide
of her flowing robes. The good people
over there are too elegant to be left
out in the country.
In kki'LY to the advertising commit
tee's invitation, published in Thk
Btatksman, asking all parties seeking
information to apply at the commit
tee's office, requests for facts have
conio in from Michigan and South
Carolina, from Arizona and Pennsyl
vania. Should not this be a small in
dication that the people of the United
States want to bettor their condition?
AH we will have to do is to tell them
what Texas really is and offers, and
the state will be flooded with immi
gration. It is Austin's duty to be
foremost in disseminating this knowl
edge, as nature, supplemented by
man's purpose, has given her the most
charms and advantages to herald
abroad. We have but to work to win.
- Hissans. Morrison & Fourmy are
almost ready to issue the Austin di
rectory for 1890-91. In the last issue
of this directory Austin made a poor
'showing, because the completion of
the capital work resulted in draining
the town of a great laboring clement.
The directory then showed a decrease
in population of 2040. But the di
rectory of this year shows that in a
quiet and homcseeking way Austin
has grown 3000 souls. This growth is
not mushroom, it is permanent and
valuable. These people have come to
stay. And it is but a slight index of
things to come. If Austin docs not
this year grow by 10,000 new inhabi
tants then any one who will take the
wager may call on The Statesman
for a new suit of clothes.
A remark was made in the meeting
of, the advertising committee yester
day that was most pertinent. It
was that we should not expect results
too soon. "Bread cast upon the
waters returns after many days." The
age of miracles is past. A businws
and a town do not jump into position
and power in a day. It is the man
who works that succeeds; it is the
town that persistently advertises that
wins in the long run. Austin is just
about to try the new and sure road to
prosperity, and thorns encountered at
the start are no indication that
smooth going is not just a little
piece ahead. We have caught
bold of the plow and we are not go
ing to look back. We know we are
right and we are going straight on
ahead. I
THE INDIAN 81 DS.
The red men are human beings and
nnRaess the common sense of ordinary
mortals. Like the pale faces they
on't eo to war or get up scenes
bloodshed without a reason, as they
look at the case.
The present rebellion of the Sioux
has been ascribed to the Messiah craze
of which the ehost dances were the
expression. But people acquainted
with the Indian character and their
circumstances aver, and probably not
without truth, that the savages are
not alone responsible for the present
war. The rascality and stealages
Indian agents have bi;en a household
word since the days of General Jack
son and Sam Houston, both of whom
showed up this class of peculators o
government pap. The statements c
Mr. Goddard. a citizen of Dokata, liv
ing near the seat of hostilities, made
to the Burnet correspondent of the
Statesman a day or two ago illustrate
the point. The Sioux, it is claimed,
had not been getting their rations ac
cordine to agreement, and empty
stomachs naturally led to dissatisfac-
tion.and dissatisfaction to plotting for
re", we. Again, as intimated by M
Goddii-d, the Indians have long ago
discovert'l the cheat put upon them
by the government in forcing them on
a reservation comprising nothing but
sterile lands and tracts like tke "Bad
Lands," utteily unfit for cultivation
or making a support by farming.
Their unrest can't be wondered at
nnilap i.Iipha rii-ftiimHLanc.eg. and the
impartial historian or" the future will
denounce the treatment of the aborig
ines by our Federal goversment,whose
policy has always been to acquire the
lands of the Indians honestly, if
possible, dishonestly and by force if
necessary. The result of the present
struggle in Dakota will play into the
hands of the speculators and land
grabbers, who are adopting a different
policy in the Indian Territory and
using the government for buying out
the Indians for a mere song, and still
further driving the race to the wall.
There are two sides to the present
difficulty in Dakota. One is that of
t'te Indian, which has not, perhaps,
been as completely told as the white
nun s
THE YEAR THAT IS GONE.
Politically the year 1S90, which
closed yesterday, has in America
worked the most radical changes in
legislative methods ever known in the
hiBtory of the United States. It has
seen the gag applied as never before
was attempted in the legislature of a
free people. It has seen congress
completely prostituted to partisan
onds. As a just rebuke to such
methods it has seen the people in their
majesty uprise and unseat the party
in power and make such a change in
the house of representatives as never
before was known. There has been
established in the year 1890 the de
cree that czarism will not go. May
the year 1891 be additional vindica
tion of this decree.
In a commercial, manufacturing
and agricultural aspect, the year 1890
has been a pronounced success. All
three have prospered as never before
in the history of the nation ; and the
south has reaped the lion's share of
the growth. We. of the south have
indeed much for which to be grateful,
an J if only the force bill can be staved
off, our joy will be complete.
Texas has especial cause for self
gratulation. tier crops nave been in
creased a splendid fold, and manufac
turing establishments with new people
have been pouting in. And what is
to be said of Austin? She last year
decided to do a thing more daring
than ever before a city of her size at
tempted, and she will do it the dam
will be built. Her business men have
become acquainted with each other.
and are standing shoulder to shoulder
for the town. Austin is and is to he
great. All in all, the year 1890 will
be voted a glittering success.
Next to seeing a man hit when he
is down The Statesman hates to see
a town abused when the man who
owns it is not there to protect it. So
while the scintillating and rhetorical
editor of the San Antonio Express is,
for once in his life, in a big town, is
having a few days of enjoyment in
Austin, The Statesman desptees to
have the Post put in the following
sarcastic remarks:
San Antonio is a town on the Gal
veston, Harrisburg and San Antouio
railroad, 200 miles or so west of Hous
ton. It has a newspaper called the
Express, which refers to Houston as a
town of 20,000 people. The Express
Bhould remember, though, that Hous
ton's population of 30,000 would be
more than 40,000 if its city limits
were one-third as large is San An
tonio's. San Antonio has taken in
the earth and all of the Mexicans
thereof for thirty-six square miles
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lation. What a populatiou that is to
boast of!
A 6 BEAT FORT WORTH ENTERPRISE.
The Statesman would this morning
cap attention to a doable column card
from a great Ft. Worth institution, as
showing how business can be built up
in Texas by proper management.
What has been done in Ft. Worth can
be done as well and better in Austin.
The Mr. T. J. Hurley mentioned is
the same who is president of our street
car company can he not induce the
locating of a similar "Loan and Con
struction Co." here? A Ft. Worth
paper makes the following notice of
the company's growth :
Among successful business institu
tions in this city the Fort Worth Loan
and Construction company occupies a
place in the first rank. It began
work less than two years ago with a
capital of $100,000; this was doubled
in twelve months from its earnings,
and during the last ten months a sur
plus of $125,000 has been accumulated.
For the purpose of increasing the
capital stock the Fort Worth Securi
ties and Construction company was
organized to absorb the other company,
and the transfer of property is now
being mode. The new company has a
capital oi $500,000, and its aims and ob
jects are identified with those of its
predecessor. Mr. T. J. Hurley is
president and general manager, Mr.
Geo. 8. Hurley is vice-president and
treasurer, and Mr. W. H. Post is secre
tary. The transfer of real estate
made necessary by the new deal in
cludes the Hurley office building, the
new,Martin-Bro-vn building, and vari
ous other valuable pieces of property,
aggregating about $500,000, and mak
ing one of the largest transfers ever
recorded in the state.
The gentlemen at the head of this
company have made a reputation for
energy and enterprise second to none,
and the recent remarkable success of
their company as shown by tho figures
quoted above is but an attestation of
what has long been patent to all ob
servers. Some of ttie largest buildings
in Texas have been constructed by
them, and handsome structures stand
in many cities as monuments to the
thoroughness of their work.
SENATOR COKE'S SPEECH.
The speech of Mr. Coke of Texas,
delivered a few days ago in the United
States senate, and printed in pamphlet
form, is one of the ablest arguments
against the infamous force and fraud
bill made since the bill with its far
reaching possibilities was launched in
congress. Mr. Coke conclusively
shows that the framers of the consti-
o
tution never in reality designed the
section quoted by the Republicans for
any emergency but that wherein a
state refused to elect representatives
to congress.
From the consideration of the con
stitutionality and justice of the bill
Mr. Coke passes to the effect on "our
present system of government (which
it will radically change,) and the con
sequences to the people. Here he
draws, with the hand of a master, a
picture at once startling and repulsive,
of the results of the seizure by an un
scrupulous political party of the elec
tion machinery of the government, as
proposed by this odious and dangerous
bill.
THE INDIAN SITUATION.
That the fight at Wounded Knee,
on occasion of the surrender of Big
Foot, was more disastrous to the
United States forces than at first an
nounced begins to be apparent from
the tone of this morning s dispatches,
both official and otherwise. The
silence maintained by the military
commanders in Dakota over the cir
cumstances of the battle lead to the
impression that it was in reality a ee
vere defeat. The loss of twenty-five
killed and thirty-four wounded to so
small a force as that drawn up at
Wounded Knee is evidence that the
government troops got. the worst of it.
If a victory, it was one too dearly
bought for much exultation.
Gen. Miles in this morning's dis.
patches reports the hostiles number
about 500. The attack and setting
fire to the Catholic mission, in
which women and children had taken
refuge, in addition to the Wounded
Knee affairs, indicates that the sav
ages mean strict business.
The Houston Post has issued a New
Year's greeting that is elegantly exe
cuted in pamphlet form, ami with cuts
so appropriate and style so unique as
to be an ornament and calendar keep
sake worthy of any drawing loom
table. 1 1 is something en tirely unique
in Texas journalism, and the Post is
to be congratulated upon its effort.
The Weather North.
Nkw Yobk, Jan. 2. Again this moroiug
the city wag enveloped in a dense fog, and
with the exception of the ferry boats, which
slowly felt their way back and forth, the
navigation on rivers and in the bay was al
most entirely suspended. Tbe Western
Union reported a little improvement in the
condition of the wires west and south, but
business is still greatly delayed. A heavy
ruin storm unlay prevails throughout New
Yoik, New Jersey and New England and
the snow is rapidly disappearing.
Residences Burned.
Dallas, Tex., Jan. 2. The residences of
Dr. Reeves and 8. P. Holcomb were burned
this morning. Loss $7000, insurance $3G0O.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
THE 8HERIFFS.
A BILL TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE
LEGISLATURE IN THEIR
INTEREST.
The Demand! or the Bill Are Said to Be
Eminently Just and the Bill Should
s Be Mado a Law.
The following bill amending the law
regulating sheriffs fees hail been pre
pared and will be introduced in the
legislature :
Section 1. Be it enacted by the leg
islature of the state of Texas : That
article 1054, chapter 2, title 15 of the
code of criminal procedure as amended
by an act of the Twenty-first legisla
ture, approved April 4, 1889, be so
amended as to hereafter read as fol
lows: i
To the sheriff or constable shall be
allowed the following fees in all cases
where the charge is a felony, and all
fees accruing under this article shall
be due and payable at the close of
each term of the district court after
approval as herein provided, except as
provided Jor in subdivision 7 or 10
which shall bo paid when approved by
the judge under whose order the writ
was issued.
1. For executing each warrant of
arrest, or capias, or for making arrost
without a warrant, where such arres,
is authorized by law, the sum of $2.50;
for conveying the prisoner to the
proper jail, 15 cents per mile when
traveling by railroad, and 25 cents per
mile when traveling by private con
veyance or otherwise.
2. For summoning or attaching each
witness, 50 cents.
3. For taking and approving each
bond, S11.
4. For summoning jury in each case
tried, $2.
5. For executing death warrant,
$100.
6. For serving certified copy of in
dictment, special venire or any crim
inal process not otherwise provided
for, the sum of $1.
7. For attending a prisoner on
habeas corpus where such prisoner is
charged with a felony, for each day,
$2, together with mileage as herein
after provided in subd vision 8, when
removing such prisoner out of the
ipounty under order issued by a district
or appellate ludge.
i 8. For removing or conveying a
prisoner, each mile going and return-
-iQgincluding - guards and all other
expenses, when traveling otherwise
than by railroad, 2b cents per mile ;
when traveling by railroad 15 cents
per mile, provided that when more
than one prisoner is removed at the
same time, in addition to the forego
ing he shall be allowed 10 per mile
for each additional prisoner : provided
further, that when an officer goes be
yond the limits of the state after a
fugitive on requisition of the governor
he shall be allowed the same fees and
mileage as for like service in this
state.
9. For each mile an officer may be
compelled to travel, going and return
ing, summoning or attaching wit
nesses, or serving other criminal pro
cess not otherwise provided for, o
cents per mile; if two or more persons
are mentioned in the same writ he
shall charge for the distance actually
and necessarily traveled in the process ;
where process is sent by mail to an
officer, he shall only be allowed to
charge mileage for the miles actually
traveled by him in executing such
process.
10. For conveying a witness at
tached by him to any court or grand
jury out of the county, or when di
rected by the judge from any other
county to the court where the case is
pending, the sum of $2.50 per day for
each day actually and necessarily con
sumed in attaching and going and re
turning, conveying such witnesses to
such court or grand jury, and his ac
tual necessar yexpenses by the nearest
practical route or public conveyance ;
provided, that officer's accounts shall
show, before he i3 entitled to receive
compensation for expenses of attached
witnesses, that the witness was called
upon to give bond, and
offered by him an oppor
tunity to give bond to appear before
the proper court or grand jury and
was unable, or refused to do so ; pro
vided, further, that such accounts
shall be sworn to by the officer and
approved by the judge of the court
from which the attachment is issued,
and shall become due and payable on
such approval.
11. When the officer receives an at
tachment for a witness and takes a
bond for the appearance of such wit
ness, it shall be signed by the witness
with one or more good and solvent
sureties, and no such bond 6b all be in
less sum than for $100.
12. All laws or parts of laws in con
flict with this article are hereby re
pealed. Be it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Teras: That Article
1094, Chapter 4, of the Code of Crim
inal Procedure, of Revised Statutes of
Texas, 1879, be so amended as to here
after read as follows :
The following fees shall be allowed
the sheriff or oiher peace officer per
forming the same services :
1. For executing each warrant of
arrest or capias, or making arres
without warrant whi authorized b;?
law, the sum of $1. '. ' I
2. For conveying or removing ft
prisoner to the proper jail, or place of
trial, after arrest, going and return
ing, when traveling by railroad, Qe
sum of 15 cents per mile; when trf
eling otherwise than by railroad, we
sum of 25 cents per mile. S.
3. For summoning or attaching
each witness,' f-0 cents. -
4. For serving any writ not other
wise provided for, $1.00.
5. For each mile necessarily trav
eled in summoning or attaching wit
nesses, or for service of otiier pro
cess not otherwise provided for, the
sum of 5 cents for each mile going
and returning. If two or more per
sons are mentioned in the writ, he
shall only charge for the distance
actually and necessarily traveled in
the service of the same.
6. For taking and approving each
bond, $1.00.
7. For each commitment or release,
fl.UO.
8. Jury fee in each case tried, $1.00,
9. For attending prisoner on habeas
corpus, each day, 2.UU.
10. J?,or conveying a witness at
tached by him to any court out of his
county, his actual necessary expenses
by the nearest practicable public con
veyance, the amount to be stated by
him under oath, and approved by the
judge of the court from which the at
tachment issued; provided, that no
such attachment shall issue except
under order of the court; provided,
that tho county from which s,uch at
tachment shall issue, shall be liable
to the officer for such costs, whether
tbe defendant in the case be convicted
or acquitted, and shall become due
and payable at the first term of the
county commissioners court of the
county from which the attachment
issued, after its execution.
11. And all laws or parts of laws in
conflict with this article are hereby
repealed.
Be it enacted by tho legislature of
the State of Texas: That Article
2398, Chapter 3, of the Civil Code, be
so amended as to hereafter read as
follows :
ARTICLE 2398.
For summoning jurors in the dis
trict and county courts, serving all
election notices, notices to road over
seers, and doing all other public busi
ness not otherwise provided for, the
sheriff, if he be the collector of taxes
in his county, shall receive such sum
as may be allowed by the commis
sioners court of his county, not to
exceed $1100 annually ; provided that
in counties where the sheriff is not
the collector of taxes, the sheriff' shall
receive such sum as may be allowed
by the commissioners court, not to
exceed $1000 annually, to be paid out
of the county treasury upon the order
of the said commissioners court.
And all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this article are hereby
repealed.
An act to amend chapter 30, page 23,
21st legislature, entitled "An act to
amend article 4520, title 91, chapter
1, of the Revised Civil Code of the
State of Texas."
Section 1. Re it enacted by the
.Legislature of the State of Texas
That arii.-le 4520, chapter 1, title 91,
of the Revised Civil Code of th" State
of Texas, be so amended as to hereaf
ter read as follows:
ARTICLE 4520.
Sheriffs shall have power in writing
to appoint one or more deputies for
their respective counties, to continue
in office during the pleasure of the
shenn, who shall have power and au
thority to perform all the acts and du
ties of their principals, and every per
son so appointed shall, before he en
ters upou the duties ot his office, take
and subscribe to the oath of office
prescribed by tho constitution, which
shall be endorsed on his appointment,
together with the certificate of the
officer administering the same," and
such appointment and oath shall be
recorded in the office of the county
clerk and deposited in said office;
provided, however, that the number
of deputies appointed by the sheriff
of any one county shall be limited to
not exceeding six in the justice pre
cinct in which is located the county
site of such county ; provided, that the
sheriff may appoint not exceeding
three deputies in addition to the pre
cinct where the county site is situated;
provided, that each deputv appointed
shall before he enter upon tho dis
charge of the duties of his
office, enter into bond payable
to the sheriff of his county
in the sum of $500, the condi
tions of which shall be the same as
given by the sheriff; provided further,
that no person snail be appointed a
deputy sheriff who stands convicted
for a felony, and an indictment for a
felony of any deputy sheriff appointed
shall operate a revocation of his ap
pointment as such deputy sheriff; and
a list of these appointments shail be
posted in a conspicuous pla e in the
clerk's office so that all can see them.
The Cherokee Negotiations.
Tahlequah, I. T., Jan. 2. In conversa
tion with one of the Cherokee land com
missioners on the morning upon which
they left here he said the Cherokees are not
unreasonable, but we have exhausted our
insti notions and can do no more for the
present. Tbe national council will send a
strong delegation to Washington during the.
present congress to continue negotiations
The. delegation will consist of about six of
the most intelligent members, including
i .1 . . . i i i i r . r - -
memoirs iiiul uui?u 111 uenau or me nation
with the United states commissioners.
Railway Collision.
Baltimore, Md .. Jan. 2. Engineer Man
ford of No. 9, and Engineer Goswell of No,
46, were in the collision on the Baltimore
and Ohio railway at the east end of the
Knoxville siding late last night. Both
engines and several express cars were badly
naraagea. engineer uosweu ana ireman
Williams were killed. Engineer Manford
and Fireman Eglar were badly injured.
. Coodirioa t th
BoMinesa of the Ceantry.
Nsw Yobs, Jan. 2.-R. O. Dun & Coa
Weekly Review of Trade says: The. new
year opens with so much uncertainty there
is a natural disposition to dwell upon the-
crowding records of the year just closed
which show an extraordinary, volume or
business in many lines surpassing ail pre
cedent. Iron, cotton, leather, boots ant
shoes and meat products were larger than
in any previous, year thus 2.219,312 cattle-J,
were slaughtered at Chicago against l,7(i'l,-p'S
310 in 1881), a gain of 25 per cent and 6,733 V,
082 hogs airabst 4.211,707 in 1889,.
a fain 01 oo per cans. nw
clearing house exchanges show thpt the
volume of all business in 1890 exceeded that
of any previous year by at least 10 per cent
moilgn in pan IU1S luciensw waa uuv w a
higher range of prices. During the greater
part of the vearl90 the advance in the
price of all commodities, compared with a
vear ago, is 6 6 per cent, and the average- t
has been about 6.5 per cent higher for the",
eight months.
But this unprecedented volume of bnsi-
ness has not been altogether successful,,
and the recorded failures have been, in
number and amount of liabilities, larger
than in any previous year since 1883,
thougb in numbers only a trine greater,
thou in 1889. The average liabilities waa.
$16,C00for the year, against $13,672 the year
before. .
Keports from other cities are almost -uniformly
confident in tone and indicate good:
volume and fair condition of trade for tue
season but are liable to be colored by the
re! rospect of a generally prosperous year.
The South rejoices in great crops ana
wonderful manufacturing growth, and for
a moment notes less financial pressure, a
good holiday trade and bright hopes.
St. Louis has weather more favorable for
distributionaiid money at 7 and 8 per cent.
Kansas City notes a strong demand fur
money. At Chicago money is close and con
fidence rapidly revives. Collections are
aesy and the last year's trade exceeds by 6
per cent that of 1889, in general merchan
dise, dry goods and shoes, somewhat more
in clothing, 20 per cent in furniture, 33 per
cent m some other lines, while the increase
of products of factories is $25,000,000.
Jobbers are surprised at tbe fullness oC
collections, but twenty-five iron furnaces in
the Mahoning region are about to close..
The irnn industry does not improve, as the
closing of many lurnaces indicate. Copper
and tiu open with the new year lower.
There is a better tone in the anthracite coal,
market, hut, it is evident that the prospects
are thought better in cotton and wool in
dustries, for the record shows that a number
of new mills are being erected while the
great majority of domestic wool goods are-.
Belling ai as low prices as a yeSr 8go, and
some even a shade lower. The volume ofc
sales improves and market for dress goods
and worsteds have been improved both in
volume and to tome extent in prices.
The cotton market has evidenced an ad;
vance of c, with sales of 465,000 bales,,,
although both receipts and exports for the.
week exceed those of a year ago. Other
speculative' markets have been compara
tively dull.
The pros-pect for railroad traffic is affi cted.
unfavorably by the shortness of cropsy.
which the roads now begin to feel seriously,. ,
but will be favorably all'ected by a better- .
understanding of the managers, which- '
promises more satisfactory results.
The monetary situation was unchanged. w
during the week, though the treasury has
put out $800,000 more than it has taken in..
Exports at this port continue to exceed
those of last year, swelling the excess of"
exports over imports, and the rate of for
eign exchange has ugain lullen to $4.83, jiij-
dicating thaiold imports may uiV'-'-tffv-tant.
Vi-p
Business failures occurring hr,,.
the country during the past sfiievenV.. ,-AS .
lum ber 348, as compared witlf a totav' Vv
333 lust. week. For the corresponding wev i
of last year the figures are 38. V
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Fifteen Little Girls Burned at a New Year
Celebration at Leeds, Eugluud..
Leeds, Jan. 2. A terrible accident oc
curred at Wortly yesterday morning dur
ing New Year's celebration, participated 'in.
by all tbe school children of that place..
Tbe children were about to perfoim in a
fancy spectacle in which they wen- to ap
pear as snow flakes. They were all clothed,
iu white wool and each had a lighted lan
tern. One of the lights fell on a child and:
set fire to her clothing
The flames commnhicated to the dresses
of the others in succession until fifteen,
girls were enveloped. Fourof the children
burned have died and the others are not
expected to live.
The densely packed room was in an.
uproar ui once. Men pulling off their
coats sprang upon the stage and bundled,
the girls inu them, others protecting their
hands with sections of matting that lay on
the floor. The children shrieked and ran
about, and but for the presence of cooler
heads upon the stage, would have set all
tbe decorations on tire
There was no water within reach, andi
long before the hre cepariment arrived
upon the scene the worst damage was.
done, the firemen arriving in time,
however, to get the frightened mul
titude safely out of the building.
Nothing except deluging the children with
water could have saved their lives, for
the material of which their dresses were
made was of the thinnett and most in
flammable nature imaginable.
Mcdicai aid was promptly summoned,
but could avail nothing for the four little
girls whose dresses first caught tire than to
lessen pain. They were beyond all hope,
their faces, bodies and limbs being one
mass of burns.
Closing in on the Savages.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 2. The Bee's special
from Rushville says: It is definitely known
that the hostiles to the number of 1100 are
fortified near the mouth of White Clay
creek, and Get:. Brooke with a deiaobment
of troops is swinging around north of them.
Gen. Carrissuppesed to be approaching
from the west, and Gen. Miles will make a
dash from the south. The force thus en
caged is thought to be ample for the anni
hilation of the entire band, unless some un
forseen complication or misfortune arises
Ambassadors from this hostile camp
have today been again suing for
peace and offering to surrender arms. It
is not known here whether tbe terms will
be granted or not. The general opinion
prevails that in view of the actions of the
rebels in slaughtering the troops while un
der a flag of truce no weight will be given
their pretended repentance. That the hos
tiles hove been largely reinforced in the
past two days there is no longer any doubt,
and there seems reasonable grounds for the
rumors that some Indians from other
agencies of the British possession have
joiced them.
The report has just reached here by
courier that a foraging party of Indians
from tbe main camp on White Clay at
tacked the ranch of Douglass, at a point '
few mites north, lasti night, killed him at '.
drove away from his farm a hundred he
of cattle.
A great row is reported to have brr
out in the camp of the hostiles, tbe co
tion being as to the ad visibility of
ering. This also is not confirmed ' .
through a half,hreed courier, w ?
have just arrK 3d from their -ease
of unconditional sr i
undoubtedly be a grea'
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