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VOL. XIL

jANDITTI'S RETREAT.Cendezvous of the Younger-

James Outlaws in TheirRaid of 1878.

An Impregnable Subterra-nean House Among: Nicol-

let County Hills.

One of the Men Wounded atNorthfleld Dies in the

Grewsome Cave,

Remarkable Discovery of aParty of Rabbit-Hunting

Young Farmers.

Special to the Globe.Le Sueub, Minn., Dec. 19. —Great ex-

citement prevails in Le Sueur and Nic-ollet counties over the discovery inLake Prairie township, Nlcoliet county,of the subterranean rendezvous of theYounger and James boys and theirband of outlaws before and after theirraid upon the Northheld bank, in187G,

in which six men were killed. One ofthe Missouri banditti evidently died inthis wonderfully constructed home in thee&riu, as Ins bones were found there.Yesterday afternoon a party of youngfarmers started out on a rabbit shoot-ing expedition, and while traversing

what is known as the Barney Fay ra-vine from its foot or base toward itshead, one of the party stumbled andfell, rollins down an embatiKinont tothe bed of a creek. In attempting toicramble back up tho bank, ho discov-ired an old weather beaten door,

which was held to its place byi couple of pieces of leather.This door stood partly ajar,Bpened intoan apartment as dark asmidnight, and as mysterious ns it wasiark. The young man shouted to histompanious, who promptly responded,•nd, after carefully surveying the ex-tenor of the mysterious premises, alantern was sent for and a thorough ex-ploration of the interior was com-menced. The first apartment enteredwas a common duc-out,only about eightfeet square, and had seemingly beennsed as a sort of anteroom, with

Earthen Floor ami Walls;

but on the back ena or side a space ofabout six feet was covered from theceilingto the ground floor with hewedlogs stood on end and close together.In these logs were numerous nails,driven apparently for the purpose ofhanging clothing. A careful examina-tion, however, revealed the fact thatthese logs formed a "blind"door, whichled intoa room some twenty feet longand perhaps sixteen feet wide, alongoneside Iwhich bunks were arrangedsomething after the fashion of berthson a steamboat, and from the number ofthese at least thirty persons had foundsleeping accommodations in this se-cluded and mysterious place of abode.This room contained several benchesand stools, an old table, tin plates andcups, kettles, a No. 9 cook stove andvarious cooking utensils. Inone cornerstood an old box on end, whichhad evidently served as a cupboard,near which was found a rough boardbox which had been used as a flourchest. This box was partitioned off. andone end contained some thirty or fortypounds of buckwheat Hour. Severalold, faded

Decks of l*l:i}ins Cards,a few old newspapers, and a badly di-lapidated copy of "Kit Carson" werefound scattered about on the rude slabfloor. In the book was found this poor-ly-written letter, which was apparentlyfrom Frank James to James YoungerInreference to the stealing of somehorses:

Eltsian, Minn., AprilB.—Friend Jim:Ithink you hud better not come for a fewdays more. Iwas in Le Sueur this week,and mere was a good deal of talk aboutorganizing a vigilance committee to scourthe country inseacrb of the gray' marcs, andIthink it willbe Lest to wait a little, as youknow these cussed vigilance committeesWon't wait for judge or juryor anythingelse. If they get after us itwillbe a case ofkillor pet killed. By tho way,Jim, do youknow thai Iam alittle suspicious of Brown,•who clnimed to hail from Wisconsin whenlie joined us, and Ed told me iho otherday that he knows positively of. three differ-ent loners received by Brown which werepostmarked at Chicago. Ue may be one ofthose d—d Pinkerton detectives for ail weknow, and the sooner we investigate his casethe better it willbe. He seems like a jolly,brave fellow, and Iwould be sorry to findhim to be a traitor and have to "plant"him,but self-protection is the first law of nature,you know,and it is best to be on the safeBide. 1 expect tobe over at the "Half-Way"Borne time next week. Iwish you wouldmeet me there. Ihave a bigscheme. Goodbye this time.

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Frank.Curiosity Whetted.

The above letter naturally arousedthe curiosity of the visitors, and the taskof taking up the slab floor was sooncompleted, but no new discoveries weremade until the old box which acted thepart of a cupboard was pulled down.Behind it was another opening or doorleading into another apartment, wheretorses had been secreted, the room orartificial cave being amply large to ac-commodate twenty head at a time.Eighteen hitching posts were drivensome three feet apart, and each postsupplied with a square box for feeding.Old currycombs and brushes were alsopromiscuously scattered about, whichindicated that the stolen animals, forsuch they no doubt wore, were wellcared for. On one of.the hitching postsan old, worn-out vest was found, in onepocket of which wns 75 cents in the old-fashioned 25-cent paper money, and apart of aA envelope which bore the ad-dress "J. S. Rivers," but the postofficewas torn off. Inrummaging about,a skull and other bones belong-ing to a human being werefound under a pile of partly decayedcornstalks. Different theories are ad-vanced as tothe presence of the skull.There are many who entertain the be-lief that the man Brown referred to inthe letter was found to be a detectiveand was murdered, while others thinkthat one of ihe gang wounded in theNorthfield fight died nud was buriedthere, The place is as

Impregnable as Glbralter,and twenty men with plenty of food andammunition could hold itagaiust a regi-

ment for a month. The strangest feat-ure about the matter is what- has be-come of the hundreds ofcarloads of dirtwhich must have necessarily been takenout in order to give the room which isfound there. - The only possible way topet to it with a horse is to follow thecreek bed from its head, some livemiles west, at the edge of theprairie, and then there are places whichwould seem absolutely Impassable. byanimals, and to reach the cave withanykind of a vehicle would b%utterly im-possible. The only theory advancedas to what became of the dirt whichwas taken out in making this rendez-vous which sounds at all.plausible isthat the place was built by a band ofhorse thieves under the notorious Con-wayin the early seventies; that severalyears were consumed in dtgginir, andthat the loose earth was dumped intothe Indian creek, which in early dayswas quite a stream, and carried downthe steep decline by the water. Mem-bers of this gang of thieves evidentlyjoined {he Younger-James outlaws in1ST«», and piloted them to this grewsomeearthen rendezvous, as they could neverhave found it without assistance.-^

MUST DIE FIGHTING.

Gen. Miles Has the Hostiles Com-pletely Surrounded.

\u25a0Rapid City, S. D., Dec. 19.—Fourhundred of the Seventeenth infantryfrom Fort Russell disembarked here andat other points on the Elkhorn railwaylast night, and took up their lineof march for Gen. Carr's Campat the junction of Rapid creek andCheyenne rivers. Gen. Miles has con-centrated at that point the Eighth andSixth cavalry, the Seventh infantryscouts and artillery, making a fightimrforce of 1,200 effective men. There is alargo encampment of hostiles in whatis called the Grass Basin in theBad Lands, about ten miles south-east of Can's camp, from which thiev-ing forages have been made on theranches. Gen. Miles is making dispo-sitions to guard every pass and outletfrom the camp, and has issued, ordersfor the cavalry to scout and interceptSitting Bull's followers, who are sup-posed to be en route to 'jointhese hostiles. Gen. Miles' presentdispositions contemplate protection ofthe settlers and holding the Indians inthe basin or pocket awaiting a generalmovement into the Bad Lands simul-taneously with Gen. Brooke's forcesand the result of the peace efforts ofthe 500 friendly Indians who left PineRidge to-doy to bring in the hostiles.The escape of the Indians being cut off,they must soon surrender or, likeSit-ting Bull,die lighting.

WILL. AID SCIENCE.

Medical Men Juggle Away SittingBull's Body.

Special to the Globe.BisMAiiCK, N. D Sept. 19. -It is

learned to-night from a gentleman- justfromStanding Rock agency, that SittingBull's' body when brought in: fromGrand river was taken to the militaryhospital to be dissected. The Indiansat the agency, police and friendly In-dians would have nothing to do withthe remains. It is. said the morningwhen they were to be buried a coupleof soldiers took the box supposed to con-tain the remains and dumped itin anisolated crave away from the graves ofthe other Indians and a guard wasplaced around it. Itis an open secretthat really the box did not contain theremains and that the guard was put onthe grave as a blind. Itis believed Sit-ingBull's body is now in the dissectingroom and that in time the skeleton willturn up either in the government mu-seum or some other place.

SCOUT ARRESTED.

He Is Suspected of Having GivenTips to Hostiles.

Camp Cabb, Cheyenne River, Dec.John Farnham, who has been in

the employ of the government as ascout, was to-day placed under arrestby order of Gen. Carr, under instruc-tions from Gen. Miles. Farnham is sus-pected of giving information concern-ing the movements of the troops alongthe Cheyenne river to the hostiles.,Farnham is a squaw man and is mar-ried to an Ogallala squaw. The troopsat this camp are ready for a forwardmovement as soon . as orders are re-ceived, and if given permission willhave no difficulty in penetrating to theIndian stronghold. Dr.McGillicuddy,John R. Brennan and « AmericusThompson went to within two or threemiles of the Indian camp in the BadLands and found several easy routes inand about the so-called impregnablestronghold. The Indians to-day havebeen liriug.

PACIFIC CREEKS.

They Disclaim Any Liove for theMessiah Craze.

Gutiiiue, O. T., Dec. 19.—T0-daythere was a number of Creek Indians intown in the charge of Strait Line, aCreek interpreter. The latter insistedthat neither he nor the people he repre-sented had participated in or had anysympathy with the Messiah craze. Sit-tingBull had sent couriers to the differ-ent tribes in the territory to incite anuprising, and these couriers had, to a-small extent, been successful in theirendeavors, but only with lie

'blanket

Indians.

ARMED KICKAPOOS.

They Are Dancing Near the Okla-homa Line.

Arkansas City, Kan., Dec. 19.—Henry Snydcr, of this city,has just re-ceived a letter from his father, agent ofthe Kickapoo Indians in the Indian ter-ritory, in which he. says there are1,000 Kickapoo and other warriors en-gaged ina dance near the eastern lineofOklahoma. Three days and nightsthey have had their ponies saddled,ready, tar action. These Indians arewell armed, and the settlers in that sec-tion are badly frightened. Capt. Styleswillorder the soldiers there at once ifthey attempt any mischief. V

NEBRASKA ALLIANCE.

They Indorse and Oppose aNum-ber ofReforms. ;

Nracour, Neb., Dec. 19.—The stateFarmers' Alliance has adjourned, butbefore doing so adopted a series ot reso-lutions which have not yet been madepublic. It is learned, however, thatthey indorse the Conger lard bill andoppose the Paddock pure food bill,favor an amendment to the constitu-tion converting all fines and licensemoneys '

into the general school fund,instead of the local school fund; favorthe abolition of the two-cent bounty on. sugar manufactured in this state; favorthe adoption of an interest law thatwould forfeit both principal and inter-est ifusury had been taken or contract-ed," and;ravor the passage of a maxi-mum freight bill.

TAKEN ON A FOUL.The Fight Between Killen and

Sheehy Ends in AboutFive Minutes.

Sheehy Deliberately Fouls HisAntagonist in the Second

Round.

He Also Strikes Referee DickMoore a Cowardly

Blow.

The MillWinds Upina Rough-and-Tumble Free-for-All

Scrap.

Joe Sheehy is dead to the world. Heproved himself last night to be tho mostcowardly ruffian who ever posei beforea sport-loving public as a fighter. Theoccasion was the long anticipated meet-ing between Pat Killen,heavyweightchampion of the Northwest,and Sheehy,who comes from somewhere in the vi-cinity of Hurley, Wis., and wtio hasbeen for the past four months engagedIn fighting Killen with his mouth.Killen's reputatiou as a scientific manand a good one, is so widely known as torender any introduction necessary.Sheehy had acquired what reputationas a fighter he possessed prior to lastnight, by the bull dog tactics he Invari-ably pursued in fighting and his abilitytostand a tremendous amount of pun-ishment. Long before the hour an-nounced for tne fight.Jackson street, inthe vicinity of the rink,was packed withpeople for two blocks. At 8o'clock thecrush was so great that much difficultywas experienced by the principals andseconds in reaching their destination.Killen was seen by a representative ofthe Globe before the fight. His sixweeks of hard training had done theirwork well, for the big fellow was iv the

Fink ofCondition,and fitto fight for a tortune. Yesterdaymorniiiir he ran from Minnehaha homein forty-five minutes, and pulled upwithout a hair turned. Sheehy wasseen in his dressing room. Hiscondition was admirable. His Min-neapolis trainer had kept himon the go with good effect, andwhen he stepped into the ring he hadthe best of it on weight and an eventhing as to condition. As the time drewnear for the men to appear in the ring,the big building became packed withpeople.

There were over 2.000 there. Itwas9:30 when Killen, followed by hiss-c---onds, Denny Killen and Joe Kelliher,stepped from tho dressing room andjumped lightly over the ropes intothe ring. A tremendous shout wentup from the crowd, and the old buildingshook to its very foundations. Odds of2to 1 were laid on Killenall over thehouse as soon as he was seen in thering, for it was apparent even to thenovice in pugilism that tne big 'un wasas fitas a addle. The yells had scarcelysubsided when Sheehy, followed byMike Fitzpatrick and Charley Johnson,climbed into the arena wrapped inabig buffalo coat. Sheehy looked likejust what he is, a

Barroom Scrapper.Be had plenty of friends though, and

his reception was similarly uproariousto that of Killen. Sheehy fought atlliflpounds and Killenat 185. HermannSmith, in announcing the terms of thefmht, said that itwould be ten rounds,Marquis of Queensbury rules. The con-test would be on its merits. DickMoore, the clever middleweight, waschosen referee, and George Harris andGeorge Kent, timekeepers. Dick Moore,addressing the audience, said that hewas going to do his best to sec fairplay and give a satisfactory decision.There would be no hippodrome, theDion had to fight. Time was called forthe opening round precisely at 9:45.The men stepped forward, shook handsand went at it". The falling of a pincould have been heard allover the hall.Killen's superiority or style and buildbecame apparent instantly. His atti-tude was a pugilistic ideal, in greatcontrast to that of Sheehy, whosebullet head was sunk between hisshoulder blades, and his hands upin a position never assumed by those ofany man on earth whose regard for hisribs was worth mentioning. Sheehywas on the offensive. He began rush-ingKillen all over the ring, landing acoui'le of harmless blows on the big fel-low's frame. The first effective blowwas

Strnck by Klllen,who, crowded to the ropes, turned shortround and landed a terrific uppercut in Sheehy's wind. The latteremitted a grunt that was heard all overthe house, but gave no other evidenceof distress. He continued his aggres-sive tactics, and there was some iriveand take work at close quarters, inwhich Killen's work was much the mosteffective. There were a couple ofclinches, in one of which Sheehy delib-erately bit Killenon the breast, but noclaim of foul was made. Killenrefusingto allow it. When they came togetheragain Killen swung for the neck andlanded, but a trifle too far back to beeffective. He followed this up withaleft-nanded smash in the ribs and aright-hander in the jaw. Then therewas a clinch, and on the breakawaySheehy deliberately struck Killen inthe back of the neck. This was so pal-pably foul that tho house was in anuproar instantly. Yells of "Foul"wereheard from all directions, but RefereeMoore, at the request of Killen, allowedthe fight togo on. Sheehy tried severaltimes for the neck, but couldu't reach-he is shoulder-bound. He managed toget in

Several LightBlows,however, but to aman In Killen's con-dition they were not worthy of notice.The round closed with Killen forcingthe fighting and landing, just aboutwhere he pleased. .Referee Moore cau-tioned Sheeny that if there was anycrooked work in the next round, hewould lose the fight. Itwas evident,

'however, to Moore, as to everyone else in the house at this:stage of the proceedings that Sheenywanted to lose on a foul. The windblow he had received in the first roundhad taken the heart out ot the big cow-ardly stiff from Hurley, and he hadmade up his mind to lose, and as quick-ly,as possible. When time was calledfor the second round, Killen jumped tothe center, and, when he put uphis hands, leaned, forward, instead ofbackward. He was on the aggressivenow,and the Hurleyite saw him com-ing. Killen opened ;the ball with aright swing for the neck, which missedIts mark by the narrowest sort of mar-gin: Ifit had reached home Sheehywould have been in kingdom come thismorning. Sheehy tried a counter withhis left,but the blowlacked force. Kil-len retreated from a rush, and. swing-inghis right, landed

ATerrific Sinat.liion the bacK of bis oigtf&A&t;* iumlc^

This he followed up with three or fourpunches that sent Sheehy crazy. He no'longer maintained any pretense of tight-ing fairly. Making a rush he clinchedand gave KiMen a hip lock, both men-falling, Sheehy uppermost. Then de-liberately getting to his feet he struckhis prostrate opponent two down-ward blows. This sent the audiencewild. "Get up and kill him, Pat."

"Hang the dirty cur,hang him," werethe yells that swelled above the generalpandemonium. Killeu'3 seconds had-stood more of this thing than could \u25a0 beexpected of human nature. Sheehy-was in the act of kicking Killen in theribs before he could rise, when Pat'sbrother Denny.one'of his seconds.rushedforward and struck Sheehy a straightleft-hander from the shoulder thatlifted him clear offhis feet and landedhim neck down in a heap. But for theperfection of the police arrangementsthere would have been a riot, Assoonas it became evident that there waslikely to be

A general How,Seret. Sexton, followed by a dozenpolice officers, jumped into the ring.Sheuhy was out of it likea shot, andnothing more was seen of him. Thepandemonium was such that it wasalmost impossible for Referee Moore'sdecision to bo heard. He at last suc-ceeded ingetting a hearing.

'•Gentlemen," tie said. "1 give this fighttoKillen on the most disgraceful fouling1have \u25a0

over seen in a, ring."Shouts for Killenbrought the big fel-

low to the ropes. He didn't look as •though there was much the matter, withhim. Sheeny and his followers made aquiet slope for unknown regions. '

Killen was seen after the tight."Idon't think," he said, "that Sheehy will

ever be heard from ngniu in this neighbor-hood. Having got ridof him. 1propose tomake some more of these fellows hunt theirholes who aic talking fight around thistown."

Killen exhibits three bad bites In-flicted by Sheehy. The one in the breastalready referred to, one in the calf ofhis left leg, and another in the hip.Sheehy

BitHim Twitewhen they were down on the floor.Sheehy was cauirht 011 the flyjust as hewas preparing to walk home to Wiscon-sin. ••

•'What do you want to say about thisthintr," was asked. ... ..

"What in—

1do you expect -me to Bay."he inquired. Icouldn't get a fair show with

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Moore as referee, and IJaiow it. 1 diaiTtagree tohis serving.*'

Dick Moore, inspeaking of the affair,said: . .

Sheehy fouled deliberately from first tolast. Icautioned him for striking Killen ona breakaway, and he struck me in the face.".Ileave you to judge for yourself what landof a tighter he is." ..'"..:

Killen expresses regret that the fightended as itdid. He wanted to show thepuolic that Sheehy was only a pothunter. Sheehy, however, didn't needany assistance. He showed himself upwithgreat success as the most disrep-utable cur that ever was allowed togetinto a ring with a respectable tighter. /

MITCHELL. K^-KLECTED.

The President ofthe Horse Breed-ers' Association Gets a' Second

. Term.' \u25a0;'"; :73; :̂_'

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Chicago, Dec. 19.—At a meetine ofthe Northwestern Association of Trot-ting and Pacing Horse Breeders at thePalmer house, Hon. J. L. Mitchell, ofMilwaukee, was unanimously *electedpresident, and H. D. McKihney ,wasretained inthe office of secretary. Twomembers retired from the board ofdi-rectors,.^ and W.i;P. .1jams,

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:of. TerrcHaute, and A.W.Dennison,of Eldorado,Kan., were elected to fill the vacancies.With these exceptions the entire oldboard was returned. The treasurer'sreport showed the association to be ina healthy financial condition. Later inthe day the board of stewards met atthe Hotel Wellington to talk over thestakes and purses to be trotted for atthe next meeting. No definite actionwas taken.

Davis Bests Allen.Special to the Globe.

Omaha. Dec. 19.— lons-talked offinish-fight between Jade Davis, thelocal heavyweight, and Pat Allen, ofSt. Louis, took place at Gerniania hall, \Sooth Omaha, to-night in the presenceofseveral hundred spectators. Itwasa rattling mill while it lasted, butwound up suddenly in the third round,when a terrific right-hander fromDavis sent Allen to the floor. He failedto respond at the end of the prescribedten seconds, and the stake purse of $500a side and the gate receipts werehanded to Davis.

Next Year's Circnit.Chicago, Dec. 19.—President A. G.

Spalding, of Chicago, and J. PalmerO'Neill, of Pittsburg, arrived in Chi-cago to-day from Philadelphia.

'Mr.

Spalding returns from his trip to NewYork, Boston, Philadelphia and otherEastern cities, whither he went to assistin the settlement of the American as-sociation circuit. Mr.Spaldiug says hehas nodoubt that a good circuit willbefixed up tor the American association.Ithad not yet been decided whetherthat association would have clubs inBoston or Chicago. Mr. O'Neill ad-mitted that he was in the city on baseball business, but declined to be morespecific.

Reddy is Ready.Special to the Globe.

Duluth, Minn.. Dec. 19.—FrankHayes is authorized to arrange a fighton behalf of Reddy Gallagher, of Den-ver, with the Black Pearl. Ifthe Twin"City Athletic club willgive a purse. of$1,000 he willmake a side bet of $1,000.and willat once post $500 as a guaranty,with the sporting editor of the DuluthNews. .- . .

Grand Stand Burned.Kansas City, Dee. 19.—The. grand

stand at the Exposition driving -parkwas burned to the ground to-night. Theloss is about $10,000, with $2,000 insvr-anee. Just before the tire was discov-ered two tramps were turned out ofoneof the booths by the watchman. It isthought the tramps set the structure onfire out of revenge. _

GET AN ADVANCE.

Railroad Switchmen to ReceiveHigher Wages. -

Chicago, Dec. 19.—For some monthspast the railroad switchmen in all of thelarger cities of the Northwest outside ofChicago have been agitating for :an ad-vance in wages to a parity.with thosepaid in this city. As a result of itthegeneral grievance committees of theChicago &Northwestern, Chicago, Mil-waukee & St. Paul, Chicago, RookIsland & Pacific and Illinois Centralroads were called to this city some daysago, since which time they have been inconference with

-the .-'officials. The re-"

sult is that a general advance in wageshas been agreed 011. Inthe larger citiesthis amounts to ?5 per month. In. thesmaller towns the advance has not beenfixed, butItwillbe somewhat less. \u25a0 :"'

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Sang Hymn and Died.Charleston, S. 0., Dec. Adam

Mongln, colored, was'hanged to-day ,:at

Mt.Pleasant," Berkeley county, for,themurder of Simon Jackson, colored, onMay 81last. The murderer :confess^his crime under tho gallows and sang a, li-vpmr I

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THEY ALLDIED GAME.Four Redskins Hanged for

Good Cause at Missoula,Mont.

Their Crime the Cowardlyand Brutal Murder of J.

M.Dunn.

Grand Rush of Squatters atthe Wausau, Wis., Land

Office.

Spink County, S. D., DeniesSensational Story of Des-

titution.

Missoxjla, Mont., Dec. 19.—Tho mostnotable execution whichever took placein this section of the country occurredthis morning, when Lalaze and PierrePaul, Antly,and Paseale, four Indianmurderers, were hanged at the courthouse here. All died game. Pierre,Paul and Antly smilingly bade good-byeto their friends when the cap wasdrawn over their faces. All were cutdown twenty minutes after the trap wassprung. Their n.icks were broken. Thecrimes for which these four Indianswere hanged were among the most cow-ardly and brutal of the treacherousfiends. Paseale -killed a prospectornamed J. M. Dunn, in the spring of185'J, near Dernersville. Dunn was trad-Ing horses with him nnd when he re-fused to tiade back the Indian shot him,taking the horse and what money hehau. Paseale hid the body inthe brush,where tiie bones were discovered somemonths later,by .another Indian to whomPaseale admitted the crime. The

Bones Were Identifiedby the remnants of clothing, and Pas-cale was \u25a0 arrested. Antly's crime wasthe participation in the murder of three"white< prospectors, McDonald. Seely andThompson in the ;.fall or .1887, at WolfCreek, near Tobacco Plains. The pros-pectors were surprised at the camp lireby a party ofsix Kooteiiai; Indians andwere .murdered :in ;cold:blood. Twoof the .' Indians were ;captured soonafter and lynched by tha people ofDerhersvilie. Antiy remained at largeuntil the close of the summer." Lalazeand Pierre Paul killed two white men,names not known, in August, 1887, andthrew the bodies into Jocko river,whore they, were found by a half-breedwoman, wiio was cautioned by the mur-derers to say nothing about the bodies.She notified, theauthdrities,and the mur-derers finally were. arrested

'last sum-

mer,f The murders~

were unprovoKed,asXala?e, it was fan tokillwhite\u25a0

men. The' four prisoners were"'\u25a0 triedand convicted before iJudge Marshall atMbsoula last fall. ..»

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;:\u25a0\u25a0( '"•"''"""'•''.• '•'.,;;-"" \u25a0\u25a0.'.A RUSH FOR LAND. r

Squatters Are Patient, but Ready. y to Pile Instantly.\u0084 \u25a0•/ ',';..;

W AusA.tr, Wis., Dec. 19—The :rushfor land continues. ) The greatest ques-tion to-night is whether the man who

0squats after midnight or the man whofiles on the ground to-morrow', shallhave precedence. The large lumberfirms have sent out men to-night tosquat on the land, and among. them is ason of Congressman McCord. Dispatchespurporting to be \u25a0 signed by.ex-Secre-tary Vilas are shown to-night declar-ing that the men who squat on thelands willget a title in preference tothose wno wait to tile claims to-morrowwhen the land office opens. Thelaw \;provides that parties whosquat ;-oh-;- the: lands prior toDec. 20,1 shall lose their homesteadrights, and Vilas holds .that squatterscan go on the lands after midnight.

•Nearly 300 men were in lineat the courthouse square at sundown to-night. Somehad camp outfits, some blankets andsome were standing or sitting on theground, provision peddlers keepingthem supplied with something to eat ordrink. vAn occasional rifle leanedagainst the 1 court house building, andrevolvers peeped out of. overcoat pock-ets. 1'The first 150 claims filedto-morrowwillsecure all the claims to land of anyvalue, and the men In line know it.

-Mostof the good laud is in Oneida county, and there is bound to be disappoint-

.ment, and perhaps trouble in the :rush.Every train is bringing in hundreds ofmen to-night, and a peaceable settle-ment seems impossible. Extra police-men are patrolling the town, and themilitary company has been ;notified tobe ready for a call at 8 o'clock to-night.The police made an attempt to clear thecourt nouse yard, but the crowd resist-ed, and several men were clubbed,

\u25a0 thrown down and trampled upon in therush.

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That Spink County, S. D., Is All,! , : Right.

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:Special to the Globe. -L.'. Abeijdeen, S. D., Dec. 19.— An in-terview with "William Broakans, law-yer,of Redfield," published in the Chi-cago Tribune, and given currency by

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the •\u25a0Associated Press, concerning thefinancial condition of the farmers otiSpjnk county, :is vigorously denouncedby correspondents from that county tothe t Daily News of this city. They;agree that no such man lives there, andnever has, and say he is a rank impos-ter "Broakans" isrepresented as say-ingby the Tribune, among other things,that "a man cannot killa hen inSpinkcounty, Smith Dakota, for his sick wife

;.without violating -, the law, all property1 being mortgaged."; There is a poodstock of feed on nand in all the counties'inthis part of the state, and the county

;commissioners are actively looking afterthe interests of the needy.

RUSH FOR L.AND.

;Patient Men Waiting for an Office: • to Open.

Special to the Globe.r- Eau Claire, Wis., Dec. 19.—There isgreat excitement at the land office here. ;

A crowd ofv.300 applicants eager forhomesteads onthe ,reservoir lands arecrowding the doors at midnight, wailingthe opening ofthe office at 9 o'clock to-morrow nior-oing. The patient onesare provided with provisions and blank-ets, and areipacked together like sar-dines.

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f:f~:. -V...Twice Fractured.

IFpecial to the Globe.Laelc liEfiioN,Mjbin,Dec. la.—Earl,

son of H. 1. Pierce, while playing atnoon yesterday with other boys on theschool grounds, fell into a small ditch.Several boys, who were chasing him,fellon top, and a broken arm just abovethe wrist was the resu.t. Last Sep.o;n-tember Earl had the niisfortuuo to bethrown from a horse, and suffered afracture in nearly the same place. Thearm was set by Dr. Wakefield. of thisplace, and the patient is doing well.

ALLEGED PENSIONS.

A Strange Case or Fraud Devel-oped in Yankton.

Special to the Globe.Yankton, S. D., Dec. Special

Examiner Godfrey, of the pension de-partment, created a sensation here to-day by arresting Charles Loffler, a wellknown citizen, for prosecuting a claim-ant for pension, and presenting a fraud-ulent claim, and for perjury In supportof his claim. Early in ISCI, GeorgeWeisel enlisted .in Company D, Fifthregiment of the United States cavalry.He served three years and

're-enlisted

and received his veteran bounty. Heserved one year of his second term andthen secured the discharge papers ofone of his comrades, Charles Loffler,and deserted. He is next heard fromin lowa, where, in 18(56, he married.Subsequently he came to Dakota, 111Yankton, twenty years ago. He hasgone by the name of \u25a0 Loffler allthese twenty-five years. Sometime last ; spring Charles Lofflerapplied for a pension, and In the regu-lar course of events it was developedthat Charles Loftier was already a pen-sioner. The case was strange and. Ex-aminer Godfrey was givenit to look up.The* charge is a very serious one and apenitentiary offense. George Weiselmakes a full confession of the wholematter and nothing can save him frompunishment except the clemency,of the . court. Charles Loffler. theman whom George Weisel soughtto impersonate, is doorkeeper ofthe White house in Washington, whichposition he has filled since 1861. He wasa member of Company. H, Fifth Regi-ment, U.S. A. He and Loffler.were ondetail as orderlies at headquarters of theArmy of the Potomac for about twoyears. Examiner Godfrey •\u25a0 says this isone of the most remarkable cases which

.he has ever known of in his ten years'experience as a special examiner.

BOYS STEAL. LIQUOR.A Period .of Confinement - Brings.

Out a Confession.Special to the Globe.: Black River Falls, Wis., Dec. 19.—Frank Giroux, the messenger boy atthe Omaha depot in this city, and Ing-wald Bakkan, an incorrigible youth of \u25a0

seventeen, were arrested .last night on ;

a warrant, sworn out by Station AgentMoran; charging them :with stealing acase of liquor out of the Omaha ware-,house on \u25a0 Nov. 28. The boys when ar-rested, put on a bold front, denying the'charge, but confinement was too ranchfor them and this morning -they con-fessed the crime. Giroux was sentence 1to sixty days in the county jail, and the ;

Bakkau boy goes to the reform school,:-

--;'Awaiting the;Verdict. V, /

Special to the Globe. ;

\u25a0\u25a0[- Henderson, Minn., Dec. 19.—taking of evidence in tfce ;McMahqn

=jmurder trial was "finished at noon, arid-?the case submitted to the jury. Thisafternoon the jury went out at 5:30 andare still ont,and willprobably not reachan agreement to-night.

The Webb Case.-

Oskaloosa, IoM Dec. 19.—The caseof the state vs. Sarah E. Webb and Arithur Webb Is now on trial in the dis-trict court. The defendants are jointly

.indicted for the . murder of.their six-year-old daughter, Jennie Webb.; Thejury was completed yesterday.

Ignatius Has Them. '.Special to the Globe. V-;

Red Wing, Dec Ignatius Don-nelly willhave the support of the Good-hue county delegation in the comingstate convention. A warm contest at-tenced the selection, but the Douuelly-ites won. \u25a0 .. _:-

GEN. TERRY'S FUNERAL.

Noticeable Absence of Pomp, Mil-.;itary or Civic.;. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 19.—The1remains .of Maj. Gen. Alfred:HoweTerry, the taker of Fort Fisher, wereplaced in their last resting placethis afternoon. At 1 o'clock serv-ices were held at the latehome of the deceased hero, forthe members of the familyonly. Theremains were then transferred to theUnited Church on the Green. Until 2o'clock the public was allowed to gazeupon the face of the deceased, and at 2

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o'clock public services were begun byRev. Dr.Munger, pastor of the church,assisted by Rev. Dr. Newman Smith,of the Center church. During theservices minute guns were fired and thebell in the city hall tower tolled. Themembers of the city government werepresent in a body, as were also themembers of Admiral Foote post. Thereweie also present a large number of thesurvivors of the Seventh Connecticutregiment. Gen. Terry's o!osvomniand,and several of his staff officers. Thevarious bodies and organizations occu-pied the body of.; the . church, the gal-leries only being open to the public. -

Afterthe exercises the remains weretransferred to;the Grove street ceme-tery, where the interment occurred.'. Inaccordance with the wish of the family,there was no pomp, military or civic,connected \ with the procession as itwended its way to* the \u25a0 cemetery. ;Thebearers were eight sergeants from thesecond regiment. The honorary bear-ers were:;Ex-vlovs. Henry B.Harrisonand Charles R. lngersoll, Lieut. Gov. S.E. Mervin. Judge John C. Holhster,Francis Wayland, dean of the Yale lawschool; Heury A. Blake and Arthur D...Os borne. •

-Lymph and Lupus. .Montreal, Que., Dec. 19.

—Two

women suffering from lupus,ln a highlydeveloped -state, wer inoculated withDr. Koch's lymph, by Dr. Roddick atthe Montreal general hospital to-day, inthe presence of leading ;medical menand a large number of students. Theexperiments were successfully per-formed.

-The inoculations will be re-

peated. \u25a0 ;•. \u25a0\u25a0---. -\u25a0'..'..'.\u25a0•\u25a0 Indiana Diamonds.Shelbyville, Ind.,Dec. Charles

Stader, a poor farmer ;who owns :fortyacres inJennings county, has found twostones on his farm which are said to bodiamond?. . They weigh three caratseach. ? His forty-acre ._tract •

'of.:' land,

;whichhas hitherto been •unsalable, Isnow an object of speculation..'

Barings All Right,Lisbon, Dec. 19.—The Barings have

Informed the government that they willnot require the repayment of the loan,and that they propose Vto renew theirformer

-contract. This ;announcement

has produced a good impression here.

WAS BULL MURDERED?Corporal Gunn's Thrilling

Story of the Sicken-ing Tragedy.

Postive Testi mony that theOld Man Was Fully As-

sassinated.

Warning Letters From Mrs.Weldon Found Among

His Effects.

Romantic Account of Bull'sLife With a Brook-

lyn Lady.

Bpeclal to the Globe.Bismabck, N.D.. Dec. 19.—Corporal

Gunn, of G troop, Eighth cavalry, whowas up from Fort Yates to-day on fur-lough, gave to your correspondent astory of Monday's tragedy which dif-fers widely from any reports yet sentout. He was with the troops that weredispatched to relieve the Indian police.The press reports sent out from FortYates are thought to have been "fixed."In the first place, troopa were not or-dered to follow the Indian police, to bein readiness incase the latter were sur-prised by the enemy. At9in the even-ing the police started for Grand river,the troops following three hours later,headed for Oak creek, where they wereinstructed to receive news or couriersfrom the police, posting them as to thelatter's movements. Not finding any,Capt. Fechet ordered his men on toGrand river, fearing something waswrong. Before they had galloped twomiles they were met by "Red Toma-hawk," one of the police, who wasereatly excited, and breught the newsthat Sitting Bulland four of the policewere killed. He was riding SittingBull's horse. Capt. Fechet

Doubted His Story,

but was reassured when Tomahawkimplored him to goon, saying: "Hurryup quick, or they will all be killed."When the soldiers arrived at the scene,everything was quiet. Thirteen deadbodies lay on the grouud; nine of thehostiles, including SittingBull,and fourIndian police. The police had takenrefuge in Sitting Bull's house, and thehostiles were ambushed in thick wil-lows near by. Every pane of glass inthe house was shot out. Capt. Fechetformed a skirmish line around thethicket and poure lin shot. Cries andwhoops could be heard. A great manymore hostiles are believed to have beenkilled than reported. The story ofSit-ting Bull's death, says Corporal Gunn,is told byan intelligent half-breed:

"BullHead, lieutenant of Indian po-lice, came to Sitting Bull's house witha warrant for his arrest. No one butthe old chief and his two sons werethere. Sitting Bull opened the door,and his son, seeing the house surround-ed by police, gave the cry of alarm.Without hesitating a moment.Bull Headfired at Sitting Bull, the ball strikinghis breast over the left nipple, killinghim instantly. While reeling, Sitting

Bull managed to draw a revolver, whichexploded just as he fell,the bullet enter-ing BullHead's thigh. .Bull Head diedtwo days later from its effect. A ter-rifichand-to-hand fight ensued.

Sitting Bull's Followers.swarmed around tho police in great

numbers. Guns were clubbed and theground was strewn with broken stocksand bent barrels. The police, number-innthirty, were getting the worst of it,and retreated into Bull's house. Thehostiles retired to an ambush, havinglearned of the soldiers coming. Thodead and wounded were carried back tothe post. Bodies were frightfullymuti-lated. One Indian policeman liftedSitting Bull's scalp. The old chief'sbody was a sickening sight; an Indianbattered his face into a jelly after deathwitha plank. After tiringof this dev-ilishsport, he balanced the plank on hisnose and left it there withmaniacalglee. The few remaining hairs in hishead were clipped off, ana his mocca-sins and most of his clothing were car-ried away for relics. Among his per-sonal effects were found letters fromMrs. Wcldon, of New York, warninghim to flee from the agency, as the gov-ernment was about to have him killed.Sitting Bull was prepared to departwhen surprised by the Indian police.

QUEER MRS. WELiDON.

ABrooklyn lady's Intrigue WithSitting Bull.

Special to the Globe.Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 19.—1n Sitting

Bull's effects were found letters anddocuments of all descriptions from allover the country. Most of them werefrom people Inclosing a slip of paper forhis autograph, but he never respondedto these requests unless a fat monetaryconsideration came with the letter. Hissignature always commanded a dollar,and ho found ready sale for it. All hecould write was his name, and that in apainful scrawl. There were severalcommunications from Mr3. Weldon, thowoman who claimed she was sent outfrom Brooklyn, X. V., by an Indian soci-ety. She came to the agency about a yearago, but for creating an air of discon-tent among some of the Indians theauthorities repeatedly ordered her offthe reservation. She finallysaid sheloved bitting Bulland went to live withhim on Grand river. She was a remark-ably line-looking woman, thirty years ofage, and had a pretty little son. tenyears old, withlong, curly, dark hair.Indians say the couple lived togetheras man and wife, though there was noceremony performed. Whenever Sit-ting Bull wanted a fresh partner heselected the prettiest of his flock andhis children are scattered throughoutthe Sioux nation by the score. 110thought as much of Mrs. Weldon'syoung son as he did of the woman her-self, and took great delight in puttingthe youngster on one of his ponies andriding withhim on his own charger intriumph to tho ageucy on ration day.Mrs. Weldon took her departurefrom Standing Rock two monthsago. Tears actually trickled down theweather-beaten cheeks of the old war-rior as he parted with her little boy.Itwas the Orst time he ever exhibitedany emotion. The hoy liad ci*>;~~» «

warm spot in his cruel heart. Mr*.Weldon took the steamer Chaske toSioux City. When she arrived at Pierrothe boy was stricken with lockjaw. Thebest medical aid was summoned, bnt of.no avail, and he died. Mrs. Weldouwas grief stricken as was also SittingBullon hearing the news.and he sought;solitude for several days. Mrs. Weldonis a well educated, refined woman, andher actions were a mystery. Sho is anable writer and fluent conversationalistand a streak ofmild insanity or cranky-Ism are the only reasons assignedfor her strange conduct. While inthe East, after the death of her son, shewrote a number of litters to SittingBull, foretelling the terrible tragedyenacted the other day. She warned himto be on the alert, telling him that themilitary and jealous Indians, who bidedin with the government, were seeking apretext to put him forever out of theway. Letters from time to time werereceived to this effect, beseeching himto flee for his life. lie paid but littleattention tillalmost the last moment,when ho began to realize the dangerand was preparing to escape to the BadLands with his family and followers,but the Indian police surDrised him andslaughtered him without mercy. Thapeople believe he was murdered, andbelieve he could have been arrestedwithout bloodshed.

GROWING BOLDER.

Hostile Sioux Preparing fur WarinKarnest.

Cheyenne River, S. D., Dec. 10.—One might say that the conflict with thehostile Sioux had already begun. Fromtwenty to thirtyranchers rode and dnwointo camp to-day, allheavily armed, andall agree that the Indians are augment-ing their forces and growing bolderhourly. Itwas ascertained early thismorning that the deserted ranch ana •

outlying buiidinssof a mau named Wil-son were burned to the ground lastuight, having lirstbeen looted. Hon. M.H.Day, aide-de-camp to Gov. Mellette,rode in with four other gentlemen fromhis ranch to-day. Mr. Day reports thatbesides the seventy tepees, which con-tain about 350 Jiostiles, which are lo-cated iv a draw between Battle andSpring creeks, he saw anotherlarge band further down the Cheyenneriver, lie could not count the number,but thinks they will number at least300. He estimated that they had onothousand ponies and a large number ofcattle with them, most of which hadbeen stolen. Early this morning Gen.Carr sent Capt. Stanton, Sixth cavalry,withhis troops, numbering about sixtym«n, to scout and look around for In-dians in the Bad Lands.

Three heliograph stations had beonestablished— one in camp, one up on thetop of the high bluffs, and one whichhad followed up as nearlyas practicableStamon's command. About 2 o'clockp. m., a soldier was seen coming downthe bluff, pushing his horse to a fullgallop, iind immediately the heliographlines commenced working. The ridercrossed the river and reparted to Gen.Carr th t Capt. Stanton was inan en-gagement with the Indians. Geu. Carrgave orders for Lieut. Scott and TroooDtogo to his assistance. Within a fewminutes Uie troop was charging up thabluff to the scene of action. Thesoldier's horse, upon his dismounting;dropped dead, having been ridden hardfor such a long distance. Other troopswere immediately placed in marchiiig,order, and were held in readiness toinarch at a moment's notice. Two hourspassed, news being transmitted by thaheliograph. Some time later Capt-Stanton and the other troops returned,whereupon, being interviewed, it waglearned that some time after uoan h«noticed a largo party of Indians with;i

herd of ponies coming east and heading?for the Bad Lands. He immediately

"gave chase, and after running somemiles gradually drew upon the Indiana,who commenced liring,but their bul-lets went wide of the mark. Shots wereexchanged quite livelyfor some time,when the Indians approached and madefor a snuill creek called WoundedKnee. They went down this creekand into the brakes, up a deep draw,and were lost to view in the Bad Lands.Capt. Stanton followed them for sometime, but fearing an ambush withdrewhis troops and returned to camp. Mostof the ponies, upon hearing the firing,stampeded, and were lost to the Indians,but it is thought they will tryand regaintheir stock inlarge numbers. To-mor-row Gen. Carr will again send out alarge force to look for them. To-nightthere willbe posted on each of the ad-joining bluffs some hundred pickets,and no fires will be lighted in camp.The signal of attack willbe a rille shot-The troops are all holding themselvesinreadiness. Itis expected that an at-tack will occur about daylight in thomorning: between the hostiles and thepickets! Everylx>dy incamp is on thetiptoe of expectation.

RED CIiOUD'S STORY.

Ho Gives Strong TestimonyAgainst a Feeble Administra-tion.Washington, Doc. 19.—Dr. L. A.

Bland, of the Indian Defense associa-tion, has received a letter dated Dec. 10,from the Indian chief, Red C!oud,"atthe Pine Ridge Indian agency, S. D.,concerning various matters there. Thechief says he is the constant friendofthe whites, and all that has been saidabout his preparing his people for warIs false, for they do not desire or intendto go on the warpath. Since his people(the Ogallalas) arrived at Pine Ridge,they had agreed tostop the ghost dance,and he says that so far as thodance is concerned he can trulysay that he never hud any-thing to do with it. Bed Cloud com-plains of the government rations beingcut down more and more every year,and says former delinquencies have notbeen made good. The past two seasonswere so dry that the Indians could raiselittle or nothing, and the rations wereso scant they wen*obliged to kill theirown cattle to keep from starving todeath. In consequence of these hardtimes many became sick from waiit of aproper quantity of food and 217 diedfrqm starvation since the fall of lastyear. Red Cloud refers to his furnish-ing 200 of his people as soldiers and po-lice to assist the "United States govern-ment, as a proof of his good will to-wards the whites, and closes by sayingthat the white settlers and the soldiersare good friends of the Indians, and ifit were not for the soldiers lie did notknow what wouW become of his people.

AWAITINGOKDERS.

Regulars Under Kit-tit. GastonReady to Move.

Special to tho Globe.Dickinson, N. D., Doe. 19.—Twenty-

eight regulars, muter Lieut. Gaston, arewaiting orders at New England City,onthe Cannon Ball. Capt. Fountain, whomo7ed BQ.uthwe«t from New EnglandCityon the 15th, has not been heardfrom. Carriers sent on his route havenot returned, and only a few days'rations were taken. People are veryanxious to learn the results. The reportthat people about New England Citywere flocking to town is untrue. Theypalisaded a stone school house with sodsa month ago, but feel assured that noIndians are liable tocome through theii

FT. PAUL, MINN.. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1890. NO. 354.