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from the Spokane Daily Chronicle, VOL. V.--NO. 62:
p. 1. col. 1-2
MR SUTTON AND THE "REVIEW"
The President of the Farmers' Alliance Asks a Few Hard Questions.
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p. 1, col. 3
Idaho's Wants.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — The Idaho delegation expect to have a hearing before the appropriations committee within a few days and to lay before that committee the existing necessity for money to survey public land in that state. Nearly every state has been better treated in the matter of surveys than Idaho for the past several years, and now there is a great demand that the public lands be surveyed and settlers upon them be entitled to secure their homes.
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p. 1, col. 4
GERMANY MAKES A GRAB
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It Establishes a Protectorate Over the Marshall Islands
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HELPLESS NATIVES COERCED.
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One Chief Refused to Sign a Flase Instrument, Declaring In Favor of an Allegiance With America.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. — The schooner W. F. Beebe, arrived to-day from the Marshall islands, bringing intelligence confirming the rumor that the German government had taken possession of the islands.
It is reported that the chiefs were compelled to sign a petition requesting Germany to establish a protectorate over the group.
On chief, however, declared himself in favor of an allegiance only to the United States, and refused to sign the petition, which has been forwarded to Berlin.
A German cruiser has been stationed at Joluit, and the German agent has announced that the islanders will be required to pay a yearly tax on copra.
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[The Marshall islands are a small group in the South Pacific, and are considered of considerable importance. Copra, in which the natives must now pay their taxes, is the meat of the cocoa nut, broken and dried.]
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p. 1, col. 5
EXCITED NOVA SCOTIANS.
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They Suggest Pulling down the British Flag and Running Up the Stars and Stripes.
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THE MODUS VIVENDI THE CAUSE.
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The Canadian Fishermen Believe in Making No Concessions to the French — The Home Government Loudly Condemned by all Classes — Large Meetings Held Throughout the Territory.
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HALIFAX, N. S. Jan. 3. — Advices from New Foundland indicate that the excitement and indignation over England's renewal fo the Modus Vivendi with France, was still rife.
This action is received as a blow to the liberty of the people.
Crowds assembled and condemned in the strongest terms this act of the home government.
Some have suggested that the British flag be pulled down and an appeal be made to the United States for protection.
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WALLA WALLA NOTES.
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p. 1, col. 6.
COLLIDED IN THE FOG
Two Vessels Come Together in the English Channel and one Goes Down.
LONDON, Jan. 3. — During a dense fog in the British Channel this morning off Dungennes, a collision occurred between two steamers, in which the oil laden Caroline Robert De Massy was sunk.
The crew excaped in boats.
The steamship Raithwait Hall was the name of the other vessel in the collision. She was not injured.
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Whiskey Peddlers Killed.
GAINSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 3. — In a fight with three whiskey peddlers yesterday in the Chickasaw nation, two were killed and a third fatally wounded by Deputy Marshal Lily.
Lily was dangerously hurt.
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p. 1, col. 7
A BIG SILVER BRICK DECLINED.
The Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint Not a Free Coinage Man.
AN INTERESTING INCIDENT.
Two Colorado Miners Demanded That a Bar of the White Metal Be Coined Free of Charge — Their Request Was Refused — They Will Take the Matter Into the Courts.
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THE INDIAN WAR.
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No Change of Importance in the Situation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — The commissioner of Indian affairs to-day received from the Indian agent the following telegram dated Pine Ridge agency, S. D., Jan. 2: Numbers two and three, day school buildings and the Episcopal church, located on White Clay Creek, a little distance from the agency have been burned by the hostile Indians.
Isaac Miller, a white man, formerly an employee of the beef herd, was killed by a hostile Indian yesterday, ten miles north of the agency.
About 3,000 men, women and children are camped near the mouth of Grass creek, fifteen miles northeast of the agency. They are hostile and refuse to come into the agency as requested by the military.
They are committing all kinds of depredations, and are living off our agency beef herd. Little Wound, Big Road, Red Cloud, and their people, are among them, and it is reported that they wanted to come into the agency, but Two Strike, Short Bull, Kicking Bear, and their people, object, and say they will kill the first one who starts to the agency. Report has it that Red Cloud has decided to come to his own home.
General Schofield this morning received the following telegram from General Miles, dated Pine ridge, Jan. 2: There is a report from the Indian camp that Red Cloud and Little Wound are determined to come in with their followers. Their lives have been threatened by the hostiles who are determined to go to war.
There is also a report from the same source of an engagement between Indians and cavalry, in which a number of soldiers were killed, and some Indians.
If this is correct it occurred probably on the line of the White river.
General Brooke now has command of that line and will give necessary directions.
General Schofield said to a reporter after this telegram had been given out, that nothing additional had been received up to the present time.
"I still have hope that we shall yet be able to get the Indians into camp without a fight. The force now in the field under command of general Miles is about eight thousand, officers and men."
CHICAGO, Jan. 3. — Adjutant-General Corbin received a message from General Miles, written last night, in which he stated that there was no change in the Indian situation.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 3. — A Journal special from Pine Ridge dated January 2, gives more definite rumors relative the reported engagement between General Carr's command and the Indians in the Bad Lands.
These would indicate that the troops were driven back and a number killed, but the news can not be considered authentic.
The Sioux who have returned from the other hostile camps, however, bring anything but reassuring reports. The Indians will not listen to peace propositions.
Small detachments of troops have been sent tot he scene of Monday's battle on Wounded Knee, where
many of the bodies of the Indians slain still remain. These will be either buried on the ground or brought to the agency.
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p. 2, col. 1
A BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK.
The Fifth Avenue Theater and Several Other Buildings Destroyed.
THE LOSS WILL BE HEAVY
A Report That Six Firemen Lost Their Lives in the Flames — Careless Smokers the Cause.
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p. 2, col. 1-2
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. — The New York Freeman's Journal published to-day a letter from Father Craft, the Catholic Indian missionary stabbed in Monday's battle.
Father Craft says in the beginning the Indians hoped for much aid from the government to enable them to become like whites. They were, however, in every way abused, mocked and discouraged. Instead of being wards they have felt they were victims of unscrupulous politicians, who benefited by their misery. Father Craft adds:
"I know what I say for I have shared their sufferings for many years. In their despair General Crook brought them hope. Their confidence in him led them to hope they would be able to realize their hopes. His death was their death blow, and they felt it. The Indians are not fools, but men of keen intelligence. Reductions in rations increased their fears. Even Indian agents protested against the cruelty. Mr. Lee, who took the census, made grave mistakes, counted less than the real numbers and made false reports of prosperity that did not exist. It is not to be wondered that they believed in the Messiah, when they listened to every deceiver who promised hope. Interested whites took advantage of this state of affairs and howled for troops. The army indignantly protested against the false statements, but had to go to the scene of the supposed danger. Interested whites persuaded them their entire destruction was aimed at, and the Indians ran away in fear and despair.
"Father Jutz and I calmed them and brought them back to the agency, and the kindness of General Brooke convinced them of their safety. The general's plan to send Indians after those still out was good and would have succeeded if the general were left alone.
"Just as a tree can be traced from its smallest branch to its root, so can the Indian troubles be traced to the starvation and misery of the Indians."
In conclusion, Father Craft arraigned Commissioner Morgan in severe terms.
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p. 2, col. 2
Canada's Search for Trade.
Belated Trains Arrive.
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p. 2, col. 3
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — The commissioner of Indian affairs, in compliance with a request from the secretary of interior, and before that official amended the estimates of the amount that is required for the subsistence of and civilization of the Sioux for the fiscal year of 1892, that will enable the department to furnish the Indians with the rations prescribed by the agreement of February 28, 1867. The commissioner states that the estimates for the subsistence of the Sioux now before congress amounted to $900,000. This should be increased to $1,100,000, in order to enable the officers to comply with the directions of the president, and supply the full rations stipulated to be furnished under the agreement referred to.
The commissioner also says the item of $35,000 for the subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes should be increased to $50,000 so as to provide them with some subsistence.
The estimated items for the several tribes of Sioux, for Indian police, is increased from $165,000 to $310,000. This is to increase the force by an addition of twenty-five officers and 250 privates at large.
An item of $150,000 is submitted for irrigating ditches on the Indian reservations; also an item of $50,000 for irrigation purposes on the Fort Hall reservation, Idaho; also $60,000 for the erection of slaughter-houses and issue stations on many of the Indian reservations.
There are also the following items: Support of Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, increase from $170,000 to $200,000; to enable the department to construct a saw-mill and other necessary improvements at San Carlos agency; and for additional support of the White mountain Apaches at Fort Apache, Ariz.
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Gobbling Up the Stock Yards.
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p. 2, col. 4
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
Twelve Men Lose Their Lives in a Texas Powder House.
THREE OTHERS WILL DIE.
A Laborer Attempted to Adjust a Cap With His Teeth and the Catastrophe Followed.
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The Northern Pacific Sued.
SEATTLE, Jan. 3. — A suit for $35,000 damages against the Norther Pacific Railway company was commenced in the United States court yesterday, by Richard A. Bellinger, a former employee, who was injured in an accident in January, 1888, while running on his engine between Summit and Martin. . . .
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Inspecting the Roads.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 3. — Chief Engineer Bogue, Assistant Chief Engineer Kennedy and Superintendent of construction Cameron, of the Union Pacific, and Messrs. Collins, of the Missouri Pacific, and B. Echler, of the Great Northern arrived here yesterday from Tacoma, accompanied by J. W. Robinson, local attorney of the Union Pacific.
They were met at the Olympia hotel by a number of prominent citizens, and after lunch the railroad situation here was talked over freely, and all the information possible given about the Portland-Tacoma line, the work accomplished, the condition of the bonus guarantees made, and the commercial advantages of Olympia and Thurston county.
The party this afternoon inspected the proposed tunnel at Tumwater and the work already done along the line through the city.
The Great Northern representatives expressed astonishment at the amount of work done and its substantial character. Mr. Bogue said they were getting together facts as to the quantity done and studying the conditions of the country which makes the cost of construction so great.
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p. 3, col. 1-2
ANENT THE FORCE BILL.
Leonard Brown, a Former Iowa Republican Writes to Senator Wilson.
A MOST POINTED EPISTLE.
Some unreasonable Questions and Convincing Arguments — The Iniquity of the Election Bill Demonstrated.
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p. 5, col. 3
THE NAME OF OUR CITY.
Strong Probability That the Charter Commission Will Abbreviate It.
FAVOR DESERTING THE "FALLS."
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p. 6, col. 1-2
AN ENGINEER'S STORY.
A Description of a Fatal Accident on the Union Pacific Road.
AN AWFUL RIDE TO DEATH.
The Freight Cars Were Overloaded and the Air Brakes Refused to Work — The final Crash.
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p. 6, col. 3-5
THE PROPOSED CHARTER.
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p. 7, col. 1
THE LICK OBSERVATORY.
Professor edward s. Holden Tells what Has Been Accomplished.
A NUMBER OF NEW DISCOVERIES.
Lines on Mars Not Canals, But Shadowy Bands — Mountains on the Planet — More Astronomers Wanted.
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DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD.
Cremation Said to Be Much Older Than Inhumation.
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p. 7, col. 2-6
THE PROPOSED CHARTER.
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE SIX.
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p. 8, col. 1
A WHISKY RING BETRAYED.
Jones, Arrested for Selling Liquor to Indians, Turns State's Evidence.
MANY ARRESTS WILL FOLLOW.
For a Long Time the Organization Has Been Doing an Extensive Business and Its Members Have Made Large Sums of Money — After the Guilty Men.
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p. 8, col. 3-4
FROM FORT SPOKANE.
An Interesting Letter From the Garrison.
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LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 3. — A Journal special from Pine Ridge dated January 2, gives more definite rumors relative the reported engagement between General Carr's command and the Indians in the Bad Lands.
These would indicate that the troops were driven back and a number killed, but the news can not be considered authentic.
The Sioux who have returned from the other hostile camps, however, bring anything but reassuring reports. The Indians will not listen to peace propositions.
Small detachments of troops have been sent tot he scene of Monday's battle on Wounded Knee, where
many of the bodies of the Indians slain still remain. These will be either buried on the ground or brought to the agency.
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p. 2, col. 1
A BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK.
The Fifth Avenue Theater and Several Other Buildings Destroyed.
THE LOSS WILL BE HEAVY
A Report That Six Firemen Lost Their Lives in the Flames — Careless Smokers the Cause.
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p. 2, col. 1-2
Abused Aborigines.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. — The New York Freeman's Journal published to-day a letter from Father Craft, the Catholic Indian missionary stabbed in Monday's battle.
Father Craft says in the beginning the Indians hoped for much aid from the government to enable them to become like whites. They were, however, in every way abused, mocked and discouraged. Instead of being wards they have felt they were victims of unscrupulous politicians, who benefited by their misery. Father Craft adds:
"I know what I say for I have shared their sufferings for many years. In their despair General Crook brought them hope. Their confidence in him led them to hope they would be able to realize their hopes. His death was their death blow, and they felt it. The Indians are not fools, but men of keen intelligence. Reductions in rations increased their fears. Even Indian agents protested against the cruelty. Mr. Lee, who took the census, made grave mistakes, counted less than the real numbers and made false reports of prosperity that did not exist. It is not to be wondered that they believed in the Messiah, when they listened to every deceiver who promised hope. Interested whites took advantage of this state of affairs and howled for troops. The army indignantly protested against the false statements, but had to go to the scene of the supposed danger. Interested whites persuaded them their entire destruction was aimed at, and the Indians ran away in fear and despair.
"Father Jutz and I calmed them and brought them back to the agency, and the kindness of General Brooke convinced them of their safety. The general's plan to send Indians after those still out was good and would have succeeded if the general were left alone.
"Just as a tree can be traced from its smallest branch to its root, so can the Indian troubles be traced to the starvation and misery of the Indians."
In conclusion, Father Craft arraigned Commissioner Morgan in severe terms.
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p. 2, col. 2
Canada's Search for Trade.
Belated Trains Arrive.
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p. 2, col. 3
Money Wanted for the Indians.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — The commissioner of Indian affairs, in compliance with a request from the secretary of interior, and before that official amended the estimates of the amount that is required for the subsistence of and civilization of the Sioux for the fiscal year of 1892, that will enable the department to furnish the Indians with the rations prescribed by the agreement of February 28, 1867. The commissioner states that the estimates for the subsistence of the Sioux now before congress amounted to $900,000. This should be increased to $1,100,000, in order to enable the officers to comply with the directions of the president, and supply the full rations stipulated to be furnished under the agreement referred to.
The commissioner also says the item of $35,000 for the subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes should be increased to $50,000 so as to provide them with some subsistence.
The estimated items for the several tribes of Sioux, for Indian police, is increased from $165,000 to $310,000. This is to increase the force by an addition of twenty-five officers and 250 privates at large.
An item of $150,000 is submitted for irrigating ditches on the Indian reservations; also an item of $50,000 for irrigation purposes on the Fort Hall reservation, Idaho; also $60,000 for the erection of slaughter-houses and issue stations on many of the Indian reservations.
There are also the following items: Support of Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, increase from $170,000 to $200,000; to enable the department to construct a saw-mill and other necessary improvements at San Carlos agency; and for additional support of the White mountain Apaches at Fort Apache, Ariz.
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Gobbling Up the Stock Yards.
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p. 2, col. 4
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
Twelve Men Lose Their Lives in a Texas Powder House.
THREE OTHERS WILL DIE.
A Laborer Attempted to Adjust a Cap With His Teeth and the Catastrophe Followed.
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The Northern Pacific Sued.
SEATTLE, Jan. 3. — A suit for $35,000 damages against the Norther Pacific Railway company was commenced in the United States court yesterday, by Richard A. Bellinger, a former employee, who was injured in an accident in January, 1888, while running on his engine between Summit and Martin. . . .
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Inspecting the Roads.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 3. — Chief Engineer Bogue, Assistant Chief Engineer Kennedy and Superintendent of construction Cameron, of the Union Pacific, and Messrs. Collins, of the Missouri Pacific, and B. Echler, of the Great Northern arrived here yesterday from Tacoma, accompanied by J. W. Robinson, local attorney of the Union Pacific.
They were met at the Olympia hotel by a number of prominent citizens, and after lunch the railroad situation here was talked over freely, and all the information possible given about the Portland-Tacoma line, the work accomplished, the condition of the bonus guarantees made, and the commercial advantages of Olympia and Thurston county.
The party this afternoon inspected the proposed tunnel at Tumwater and the work already done along the line through the city.
The Great Northern representatives expressed astonishment at the amount of work done and its substantial character. Mr. Bogue said they were getting together facts as to the quantity done and studying the conditions of the country which makes the cost of construction so great.
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p. 3, col. 1-2
ANENT THE FORCE BILL.
Leonard Brown, a Former Iowa Republican Writes to Senator Wilson.
A MOST POINTED EPISTLE.
Some unreasonable Questions and Convincing Arguments — The Iniquity of the Election Bill Demonstrated.
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p. 5, col. 3
THE NAME OF OUR CITY.
Strong Probability That the Charter Commission Will Abbreviate It.
FAVOR DESERTING THE "FALLS."
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p. 6, col. 1-2
AN ENGINEER'S STORY.
A Description of a Fatal Accident on the Union Pacific Road.
AN AWFUL RIDE TO DEATH.
The Freight Cars Were Overloaded and the Air Brakes Refused to Work — The final Crash.
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p. 6, col. 3-5
THE PROPOSED CHARTER.
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p. 7, col. 1
THE LICK OBSERVATORY.
Professor edward s. Holden Tells what Has Been Accomplished.
A NUMBER OF NEW DISCOVERIES.
Lines on Mars Not Canals, But Shadowy Bands — Mountains on the Planet — More Astronomers Wanted.
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DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD.
Cremation Said to Be Much Older Than Inhumation.
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p. 7, col. 2-6
THE PROPOSED CHARTER.
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE SIX.
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p. 8, col. 1
A WHISKY RING BETRAYED.
Jones, Arrested for Selling Liquor to Indians, Turns State's Evidence.
MANY ARRESTS WILL FOLLOW.
For a Long Time the Organization Has Been Doing an Extensive Business and Its Members Have Made Large Sums of Money — After the Guilty Men.
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p. 8, col. 3-4
FROM FORT SPOKANE.
An Interesting Letter From the Garrison.
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