Show GENERAL NE WS I 1 I 1 the indian trouble as bad as re ported THE BRIDGE TER muiriel qU CIRKEL IRIEL the IVest clau trad organized india 4 wants BOH lore liberty tivO OOOO fire la in london M P WIL another battle cen hilli sills loose on his own CHICAGO OniCA oo dec 30 A bulletin from pine ridge agency received I 1 at 3 this morning says that fighting is now going on between the indian police and some of the indiana indians I 1 recently re returned t u road from the bad lands it I 1 ia T impossible m poe sible to learn now bow how serious it ie is there is much anxiety at the agency where there is only a fe few w coth companies banies of infantry inU dec 30 90 secretary proctor conferred with the president this morning regarding the indian matters in the abs cecce of official details regarding yesterdays engagement the secretary declined to to talk about it he lie said h however however inasmuch in uc h as general mi miles lea was given am ample ale discretionary power to act in an emergency it waa was not necessary to tend him any further directions lie ile u decided e aided that no action tod to day aywas was necessary at this end of the line dec 30 general schofield this afternoon received the following telegram from general miles dated Ile mosa 8 D general brooke telegraphs as follows zol forsythe t says aye sixty two dead indian men were coun counted ted on the plain were the attempt was made to disarm big foote foots band and where the fight begun on other pai is of the grou ground nd there were eighteen mor more a T these bee do not include those k killed ill ed I 1 in a ravines where dead warriors wari ors were seen but bat no not t c counted 0 on ted six were brought in badly wounded and six others were w with ith the party of 23 men and women which captain jackson bad had to abandon when attacked by about brule indiana from the agency this thle accounts tor for thirty two men killed and leaves but few alive and unhurt the women and children broke io for r the bills when a I 1 the lie fight commenced and campara comparatively el few of them were hurt and few brought in thirty nine are here of which awen tyone ty one are wounded had it not been for the attack by the B rule rules an accurate count would have been made but the ravines were not searched searched afterwards I 1 think this shows very little apprehension from big foots roots band in the future A party of forty is reported as held by scouts at the head of mexican creek these con fist piet of all sizes and the cavalry from koae bub will bring them in if it is true general miles says these indians onder under big foot among the mst desperate there were thirty eight of the remainder of sitting bulls following lol agg that caned big foot on the cheyenne river and thirty that moke away from humps following when be to tock lock his band and sitting bulla balls indiana to fort bennett making in all nearly warriors before leaving 1 beir camps on the tile cheyenne river river 1 they h ey c cut ut up their harness and broke their wagons and started south for I 1 the he bad landa land 11 e evidently vi dently not intending to return but t go to war troops were placed between them and the bad lands and they never succeeded in joining the li fitiles there all their movements were anticipated and their cefere loss lose at the hands of the seventh cavalry may be a wholesome leson lesson to other sioux general schofield said the fight was a most unfortunate occurrence but he lie did not see bow how it could have been avoided he ile sent a telegram to general miles expressing the opinion t that hat he miles would be master of the situation very boon soon he lie alao also expressed than a to the officers and men ol 01 the seventh cavalry tor for the gallant conduct displayed by them the surgeon general has received fr from om medical director bache at pine ridge a report cf of the casualties amon among R the troops at yesterdays days fight as follows captain wallace awen ty five men of the seventh cavalry and one indian scout killed lieutenant Garli garlington seventh cavalry lieutenant hawthorne second artillery and nod thirty eight men wounded hospital stewart pollock was killed kille d they have also about thirty wounded 12 indians I 1 diane men women and children the commissioner of indian affairs late this afternoon received a telegram from special agent cooper at pine ridge saying sayid g that in yesterdays fight indians were mere killed and thirty wounded and captured he ile also states that indians attacked a wagon train tuesday morning two miles north of the agency killing one soldier of the advance guard OMAHA dec 30 the rhe bees rushville neb correspondent says col henry is coming comine into pine ridge with eevea seven hundred indians ca captured iture in the bad lands this 1 Is believed to include all the remnant of the rebels on the reservation and bo hopes are entertained of a speedy felt fett settlement ra lement em at it has cost the lives of about two hundred indians and twenty five or thirty soldiers Eol diera to effect act this result if it indeed peace is established rushville Kush villo was crowded with settlers the churches and all public rooms are ate thrown open and nn an effort is being spared to mke make the refugees comfortable they are here as previously outly rp ported on advices advises of gen brooke they are not only ready to defend their homes but bat many are anxious anxious to en enlist list with the regulars if further fighting should occur BRIDGE president billon dillon to explain the action of r the r U p NEW tonic york dec 30 00 president dillon of tue ills union pacific made a statement sta temen t today to day with regard to tho the omaha bridge trouble between the union PACi pacific fid st PAUI and rock rack island roads 0 on 11 may lt 1889 what purported to be a lease of the union pacific bridge terminals at omalia and the use of its main track to the westward lim limits 1 is of omaha was made to the st pant pan 1 and I 1 rock island roads these leases were for the consideration of about half of what the company received last year from its bridge tolls toll acting under these leases of terminals at omaha the rock island advertised an open competing line to the union pacific for its whole length from omaha to ogden thus paral paralleling binl atiz the union pacific for its ant entire r t length e ng th tho the government directors requested the president of the corn pany to suspend the action under the lease until such time as they could be legally advised as to their validity dec 30 30 president miller of the st paul road commenting on the statement made nade by president WP I 1 41 11 S dallon i lion of the union pacific eaid said this evening be was glad to bear that the agreement was still in force as nearly everybody else had thought it was dead if it is to eull still in force he is at a logs loss I 1 to know how the traffic agreement me nt between the union pacific and the northwestern can stand by the terms of one the other cannot exist the st paul road he be end said will endeavor through legal proceedings to enforce the contract for the use of the bridge terminals president cable of cherock the rock island expressed similar sentiments neither be he nor mr miller would express the opinion as to whether their contracts with the union pacific were in violation tion of the obligations of that road to the government what steps they have taken regarding the legal proceedings ce were aleo also kept quiet both will attend the presidents meeting in hew new york and it is thought they are reserving what they may have to M eay until then still the general I 1 im pr preshion pres a non fion seems to be bat that gould will gain his point in beeping keeping the rock island and st paul out of omaha if he be does it is not at all certain illey they will carry out the original project of building an independent bridge jay gould says the alleged leases with the rock island a and e d st paul were ai as business atan transactions ac bione tione abe most ridiculous and absurd be he ever encountered the united states senate committee in in it its report stated the unon union pacific ter terminals at omaha and kansas city were ere vi worth orth at the lowest appraisement for the use of such property the bum sum proposed to be paid was utterly insignificant ant gould says here there ia is DO no reason to apprehend that this matter would unfavorably affect the presidents agreement FIRE 11 II two zil billion lions or Prop property ettl cone gone ip rp in the lh flames Lox roN dec SO 30 A terrific conflagration is now at 2 p in raging in th this is ca city ty the scene of the fire is queen victoria and thames streets near black friars bridge nu numerous berous ware bouses houses are blazing london reems seems destined to buffer one of tile largest and most destructive fires in its history of recent years As the fire fare progressed it spread to the headquarters of the salvation army tue too salvationists were working like beavers in their efforts to place I 1 their heir records and other property of the army in a place of safety at rpm 4 p in the fire was rapidly spreading in all directions all the buildt buildings go from the corner of bennetts ennetta li billato hill to no queen Nic victoria toria street are either blazing gergely fiercely or else are shouldering ing ruins ruins fourteen fire eagin engines ei eoon soo n upon the spot and the firemen did their utmost but with little li tile bocce success to check the course of the flames the high wind blowing materially added to the fury of the flames while hindering the firemen in their efforts to save property terrible sheets of flame and clouds of hot smoke frequently whirled dangerously near them tt e large wholesale fur manufactory of Levil llon frederes Fe Fre eres ro to HI Q kieen been victoria street was soon doomed shortly utter after the tile lira fire gained beada ah a large adil copper warehouse re anum a number berol 01 fancy goods stores and t the he gulcher electric light and power companas comp anys 41 building were also completely tha the prey of the flames the flames spread rapidly on all sides as it if there were no firemen or fire engines present immense crowds ot of people gathered on the br bridges id g a 0 over ver the thames and in the streets re running t rig dawn to the river where a good view new of the conflagration fla could be bad many ex presed the hope that this disaster w would out d al at last bring about a reform in the london fire brigade TUB the fire originated in the building of C davidson and sons bulls paper manufacturers and baz bakera at queen victoria street this buil building diol was a large structure and is complete ly go gutted ted I 1 as also that of adolph frank franklan I 1 an A co manufacturers of pipes and importers of tobacco the old bennett church on the upper thames street the tile famous welch IN elch church also caught fire at 4 30 p m four large buildings were in llames flames and burning steadily at 5 this afternoon S T bennetts church was completely destroyed the firemen managed to save the headquarters of the salvation army and it was then announced that the fire waa was under tinder control two million dollars it is estimated will cover the loss an examina examination tiou of the burnt district 8 shows that st Beri geriets ets clip i I 1 rhe the old welsh worshiping P place 11 as cc ee B lot entirely destroyed as at aret A thought besides the high wind wlad t today the weather was extreme extremely ly cold water fre frez zang ng all over the fire ap apparatus aratus and firemen there was no loes oes of life and few accidents among the firemen india wants bore lore freedom Fret dom CALCUTTA dec SO 30 delegates to the national indian conference are indignant at abo action of the authorities of L beneal in in forbidding officials of the indian government to attend the conference even as a spectators e c gators tula this action ia is co condemned as unworthy of englishmen the delegates who spoke upon the subject said this would probably prove to be the blunder of some subordinate otherwise they said the order was a piece of gratuitous insolence the conference decided to send a hundred native delegates to hold a conference in london loudon with the 0 object h t of I 1 proving v bg before t abe h e 1 1 I 1 is 1 p public b tho abe fitness jt n e e s 0 of I 1 t abe h a natives of india to be treated as fellow citizens by the british the bis sig class trust dec 30 sixty claps manufacturers manufacturer 6 representing nearly all the western rn plants finally m completed m the tile organization of the am american e rl c window glasa glass company hero to today aulay day it will commence active business operations soon they have bave arranged a scale beale of prices and discounts the will beat be at pittsburg Pitt burg with offices at chicago and sail san francisco I landsi o all the glass will be disposed of by travelers employed employ ad by 0 the I 1 a trust other deals being aroh prohibited baited the be cincera of the company confine public reference to the tile coming prices other dealers deale look fora sharp advance loundia Rou ID the D A F chro fele I 1 naw Dec 30 mr E A rix mr vice president of the olympic athletic club san francisco has arrived in the city and will remain here several months he says that he be la Is looking after the interests of bis his club and it is 1 probable that he be ia is arranging to take west a number of athletics to assist in the athletic tournament to be pen given ia in san Franc francisco leco next spring mr rix I 1 la a a delag delegate t a t to 40 the be amateur athletic onion union lie ile attended the tin unions lons convention last october at washington D 0 OP I 1 0 O |