Show BY TELEGRAPH H AMERICAN CHICAGO 9 0 the tribunes special from fori fort benton bemon M tocto docto ber esth says bays the scout who brought the report of the late fight between joseph josephs band and united states troops states that jqseph joseph was a prisoner in miles hands bands but was exchanged for lieutenant jerome 2nd and cavalry who had been captured by the indians the story needs confair confirmation mation matlon the following dispatch is lust just received district of the gen A H terry commanding the district of dakota I 1 dear general we have had ou our I 1 r usual success we made a very direct and rapid march across the count country rys and after a severe engagement and being kept under fire for three days the hostile nez perces under chief joseph surrendered at 2 today to day I 1 I 1 intend to start the secand second cavarly toward benton ath enst cannot supplies be sent out on the benton road to meet them and return with the remainder of the command to the yellowstone I 1 hear bear that there is trouble beewen the sioux and the canadian authorities I 1 remain general yours ve very TY truly NELSON A hillis MITRES col and brevet major general generall U B S A commanding As soon as the coin corn companies anies antes of the second cavalry of which eh general miles speaks arrive here the commission will start for fort walsh signed ALF ALVRED ALFRED A RED A brigadier general NEW nev YORK 10 the herald gives tweeds confession in full and says editorially this great felon has no claim on public sympathy he is getting no more than he deserves if he were as other thieves are treated who have not stolen a hundredth part as much he would now ba be serving out a long term in the state prison it does doea not appear from his confession that his hia test mony MODY would bo be ef of any legal value in procuring the punishment of his accomplices and even if they could be convicted convicted on his testimony bay we doubt whether their convict conviction ron would bo be such a terror to evil doers as the spec spectacle tacie of this old man who was the ringleader ring leader of all these astounding robberies li bearing aring the brunt of the punishment the statement of william M X tweed submitted a short time ago to attorney general fairchild is made public and contains the names of twenty one senators who were paid for vo To silence FORT BENTON mont 8 since the first battle of miles with josephs band the troops have been holding the ho hostler host stiles ies les in a narrow ravine and have picked them off from rifle pits losing only four men themselves joseph raised the white flag four times offering to derand asking that he might keep heep his guns miles demanded an unconditional surrender andon and on the last day joseph raised the flag again advanced in front of the lines handed his bis gun to miles and shook hands with him the remainder of the command did the same forty wounded indians were found in the camp the number of dead is unknown as all were buried the glory of tho the sight light rests with miles the entrenchments of the nez Perces were ingeniously constructed Their bravery was unsurpassed throughout the fight and they are credited with numerous acts of humanity to wounded whites WEST POINT IO 10 the steamer mary powell U arrived arnved this thia morning bearing the remains remaina of gen custer and some 2000 people accompanying them special steamers irow kint kins and henry smith also arrived from new york with the loyal league and the co cornet volunteer cavalry association inboard onboard on hoard board A detachment of cavalry escorted them to the chapel where a portion of the episcopal burial service was read at the conclusion of which the remains were escorted to the cemetery the band playing a funeral march at the gravette gra grave the remainder of the burial service was read and the infantry fired a salute of three rounds pounds moncie 1113 ind 40 A boiler in J X E mckendrick McI mcl Cendrick co cos s heading factory exploded this thih morning instantly killing smith B R rodan engineer robert rii rit fireman and slightly injuring J shockley and hla hia bon son the front part of the boiler measuring eight feet long i and five feet in diameter ater was thrown over the house into a nield field yards distant seventy men are thrown out of employment by the accident COLU COLUMBUS MilUS 10 lo the republican committee have received very little news today to day and all political in formation has to be obtained from the democratic headquarters the democrat democratic id state committee up to this hour boar had haye bad what are called official returns froni just one hait half the cp unties of the he 15 state tate and these 11 how show a net demo democratic bratic gain over the vote of last list year of taking this as a basis basla they claim that bishops shops Bl majority cannot fall below 25 I 1 and they think the full official ll 11 count dun gun jt will give givia him or majority in the absence of definite information the republican committee concede bishops bla Bia hops election by the deno demo democratic bratic committee figures on the te are as follows inthe in the houg house souse the democrats will ha have ve sixty sixty seven seten members republic republicans ansi thirty nine and nationals tio nals or workingmen three de democratic in v batic majority majori tk twenty eight el in thie the senate the democrats will have twenty five members and the re republicans public ans ten democratic majority ten this will give the democrats forty one majority on joint ballot it is fotr not likely the full count will materially change the legisla legislative majorities claimed more than t two wo or three at most there is no excitement in the city tonight to night and no crowds about the headquarters of either party CHICAGO IO 10 specials from the eastshore east shore of lahe lake michigan report that a heavy wind whid the past two days has beached two vessels and damaged many others today to day days as the crew of a life IN boat at evanston Evan stoa were practicing tiding in a heavy sea ea their boat containing seven beven was overturned and one man w was as severely hurt ajl all escaped only with dM culty some accidents to shipping nean near the shote are also reported the tribune says the result in ohio has been more thaul thail t expected by the republican party the people have bave been united on repeal of the resumption act and anti antl contraction yet garfield in making the platform at cleveland shuffled over these questions so as to leave the people in doubt as to its real intent the democracy on the contrary has hiis been comparatively unite dand the wonder is they did not get a larger majority the tribune thinks the president should demand the resignation of sherman bherman as he and not the president has been re tedi ted the times bays says though there is apparent iya iva lya revulsion in political sentiment in ohio jet yet actually none jias has occurred bince since no political issues weid weld were joined no point was made mado by either which the other ventured to antagonize the republican pretense that their success would be an endorsement of hayes was made mide too late in the campaign to 6 effect the result or deceive voters te tap lust of power spoils audee and the force of ot habit were the chief fact factors ors ora in iii the struggle the infer inter ocean regards the verdict as the seal of de disapproval approval placed by republicans on oh the course of the administration the defeat is bitter far reaching teaching and disa disastrous but if it opens the eyes of political wiseacres wise aeres acres it may not be wholly useless the last hope of continued republican supremacy macy maey in the united states senate serrate Is 13 now gone maine and iowa refused to endorse and retained the republican ma mal maj orites ohio endors endorses bb approves yields and is lost the re regard girds the he ohio election asa as a decided slap in the face of the president Ere aident glyen given because the republican convention adopted john Sher shermana mans maus views in its platform 4 the plank on silver was a delusion and a fraud the people knew wand voted ib it down the democrats built more wisely wisey the west including ohio believe in silver allver repeal of the gold resumption act and in sufficient currency issued by the i banks and government upon a coin basis or bonds that bear coin interest the republicans had the prestige and every advantage but lost for this reason reabon the post considers it time forthe for the president to demand Sher mams maWs resignation SAN FRANCISCO IO 10 the vault of the pioneer bank bink was opened today to day by P F J white re receiver celmer in it were found in silver allver a ten dollar gold note 1 1300 in checks believed to be of no value a lot ol 01 envelopes empty that had bad apparently co contained securities and 4 some few miscellaneous bonds etc of doubtful value the examination of the accounts of depositors will not be finished before tomor to mor row night the committee examining the stock of the safe deposit company find bogus shares in all from what is known of the condition of the real estate included inthe in the assets of the pioneer bank and the of the deposit company in the bame same schedule it seems beems doubtful eulif if the depositors of the bankman bank can ean realize 5 per cent there are no tidings yet of either dunca duncan n or lewarne the examination of the affairs of the pioneer bank shows that the date drafts on E D brown ak co new now york agency of the bank aggregate about these will of course come back dishonored and make a further demand against the assets of the concern new MEW YORK 11 the sun has the following fort benton stavios li helena elena eiena loth the capitulation of the entire band of nez mez perces under joseph mccu occurred atS in thearter the afternoon 0 of f october ath the savages gave up their guns and ammunition passing in review before gen miles and accepting an unconditional surrender the troops at once occupied the indian entrenchments and the first victory ovel oyei over oyer the redskins red skins klus during the past two years was signal iced after the indian camp had bad been surrounded and the soldiers had bad secured the defensive position only four casualties occurred the soldiers closed in upon the savages slowly but surely after the tilo first day all the time extending their line of rifle pits it was the put purpose of gen miles to lose lote no more me men 13 in the attack on the fourth day of the fight joseph raised the white flag for the third time and through an interpreter offered to surrender provided they wele allowed to keep their guns guna miles sent word that he must surrender sur Bur render renden without reserve and anu the battle was again renewed the white flag ilag vms was displayed aga again irton lEton on the fifth and last day when joseph appeared in front of his lines and advanced to meet miles to whom lie he tendered his gun ho he was followed by sixty warriors who alo alpo turned over their arms and shook hands with miles when the troops entered the rifle pits forty warriors were discovered disabled by wounds they were removed to the camp hospital the number of indians killed is not known as they had bad already buried their dead miles left at noon on sunday for tongue river taking with him im his dead and wounded and tb the e surrendered rende band gen sturgis did not arrive in time to take a hand in the fight and the glory of the victory rests with miles howard with an escort of seventeen men arrived on the field on the morning of the surrender his presence there was not understood and be he made no attempt to assume command he left his infantry at the missouri river biver and with hn hia cavalry proceeded to the scene of the battle the ments occupied by the indians com coe consisted aisted alsted in all of over rifle pits which communicated with each other so that assistance could be render edif necessary the squaws fought by the side of the warriors took care of the wounded and buried the dead the tribunes washington special says the investigation set on foot after the patent office fires to ascertain what measures were necessary to preserve the records of the government from destruction by flames has resulted in some startling disclosures for instance it was discovered that the war department part ment alone rents no less than twenty five buildings for which it annually pays these are in addition to the department building itself which is one of the most combustible buildings in the city in these dangerous structures are we stored original manuscripts of the accounts of the revolutionary war of 1812 1512 the mexican war and autt the war of the rebellion and all indian wars as well as official reports of all the officers who wha participated in them the military of every private soldier 1 who bho served in the late war wai is also included among these papers and they contain evidence de nce upon which the payment of about ot is an ani 1 dually made the bare statement of these facts would seem sufficient to induce congress to make an immediate appropriation for protecting the invaluable records of the government not only in the war department but in all other departments from possible destruction debt deat ruction by fire the sung suns durham pa special says the aqueduct which carried the canal over the river near here fell into the water today to day loss SO navigation is suspended the village flooded and hundreds thrown out of employment BALTIMORE II 11 A counterfeit fifty of the central national Nation iii lel bank of new york has been discovered DES MOINES 11 the total po poil poll ll 11 is about of these gear has irish stubbs greenbacker jessup prohibitionist the republican majority on joint ballot will be about SV 80 BOSTON II 11 three women were fatally injured last jast even evening ling at t the street crowing crossing of the old colony railroad this is the sixth within a a month SAN sax FRANCISCO 11 M ullman co importers of cloths claths trimmings etc have made an assignment to the creditors the house is the largest of the kind in ia the city the cause of the failure is dull times and extraordinary losses there is a meeting of the creditors 10 eo to 10 day NEW YORK 11 it is to reported today to day on good authority that the case of william 0 gilman oilman insurance scrip forg ford forger former or has been laid before the grand jury the best informed persons think gilman is still in the city the world says pays that gilman the forger has written to the court promising to give him himself up today to day id his s friends in informed formed the judge that they would see that he kept his word he has made a full confession and will be indicted daniel ampf convicted of selling soiling adulterated milk and under this conviction cocked up in the toombs on the following orning morning oi was found insane shock washington 11 II collector mott at the sixth north california district sends bends to the commissi commissioner onor of internal a report of a raid in bur burke burko e coulty with five revenue officers they seized in south mountains three i distilleries distill eries erles sixty six ty barrel barrels sot of whisky and two barrels of brandy and captured N and A yorke the property and persons persona were wre taken to morgantown Morgan town while there the ventie revenue off meers officers were descending the mountain tal tai with their booty they were constantly assa assailed lied tied by a party armed with rifles and all but one were wounded deputy collector gillespie seriously the same bame same rame officers about two weeks before were shot at by concealed persons the commissioner ot of indian affairs has advises advices from red cloud agency that the sioux bioux hince frince the return of the chiefs 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