Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-18
- DoDeEv1IIE, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, April IS, 1873

word had been sent to the Peace Commission
ers that Captain Jack and five other Indians
would meet them for stalk" outside the
lines, and subsequently General Candy, Dr.
Thomas, Mr.. A. B. Meacham and Mr.. Dyar,
with Frank Riddle and his squaw for interpre-
tiers, started for the place appointed After
meeting with the Indians, Mr.. Meacham made
a short speech, followed by General Candy, and
then Dr. Thomas. Then Captain Jack made
a speech, asking for Hot Creek and Cotton
wood, the places occupied by Fairchild and
Doris, for a reservation. Mr.. Meacham
told Jack that it was not possible to give
him what he asked. Schonschin told Meacham
to say no more; that he (Meacham) had said
enough upon that subject; and while Schon-
schin was speaking, Captain Jack got up,
walked behind the others, and turned back,
and exclaiming, "All ready" drew his pistol
and snapped cap at General Candy. He
cooked his pistol again and fired. General
Candy fell dead, shot under the right eye.
Schonschin then shot Meacham in the shoul-
der and head, but he was not killed. "Boston
CharIey'' and another Indian shot and killed
DIR. Tltaanas. 'Hookey JIM chased Mr.. Dyar
for some distance, but Dyar turned upon him
WIFI Il plSlOl Ill nduO, anu Jliii IdH IHo HcWS
of the massacre caused intense excitement in
San Francisco, Yreka, and at other points. A
San Francisco dispatch of the 18th says the
people at Jacksonville were loud in denuncia-
ton of Secretary Delano, and held him respon-
sible, and had burned him in effigy.
Washington dispatch of the 18th says:
''The feeling of Indignation against the Modoc
murderers, as attested by conversations with
all leading officials in Washington, reaches a
degree of intensity which no degree. of Indian
treachery has heretofore created Every mem
Der of the Cabinet here has alluded to the
necessities which the outrage have precpitated,
and it can be said that there is no difference of
opinion whatever as to the policy that should
now be pursued toward this particular band of
Indians"
General Sherman has issued an affectionate
memorial of General Canbys life.
General Schofeld telegraphed General Sher
man on the 18th that he had sent dispatch to
Colonel Gillen to let the punishment of the
Modocs be as severe as their treachery had
merited.
A San Francisco telegram of the 18th says:
"On the 18th of March, Gus. Swain, John Nc
Donald and Geo. Taylor were murdered by
large band of Apaches. The savages were pur-
sued by the troops. Seventy-nine warriors
were killed, and seventy-six women and chill
dren taken prisoners. The troops were under
command of Lieutenant Rice, now at Fort
Whipple They followed the trail of the
Apaches, and learned that Taylor had been
captured alive and subjected to the most
horrible torture. Captain Randall reports an
engagement with the Apaches, in which he
killed forty-seven warriors and captured seven
women"
In the town of Hyde Park, near Chicago,
two brothers, Anton and Henry Alders, aged
respectively nineteen and twenty-five years,
had returned home from "having good time
with the boys" both being under the influ-
ence of drink, when scuffie ensued between
them during which they became irritated at
each other, and Henry, the elder, struck An
ton several times in the face. The latter be-
coming greatly enraged, drew pocket-knife
and plunged the blade into his brothers right
breast, inflicting fatal wound. Anton was
taken into custody His father has since be-
come insane in consequence of the terrible
tragedy.
A dispatch vio Key West, Fla, 14th, says
that the troops in Porto Rico had revolted in
favor of a republic. The crews of two Ameri-
can vessels in port had disembarked to restore
order Aid had been asked for from Havana,
and two war vessels were about to leave that
city.
An order has been issued discontinuing the
land offices at Council Bluffs and Fort Dodge,
Iowa, and the land districts of the same name,
and transferring their archives and business to
the Des Moines district. e.
Enoch Ferdinand Sham was recently hanged
at Preston Ca, for the murder of his wife,
May 4, 1872. His paramour and accomplice,
Susan Eberhart, is under sentence to be hanged
May 3.
Secretary Delano on the 14th stated that he
should ask no mercy whatever for the Modocs.
He did not thinl1Ghe massacre would seriously
affect the peace policy, which protected the
friendly Indians, but punished those who were
hostile Gen. Candy was in accord with this
policy In dispatch to General Schofeld
General Sherman says: "The President now
sanctions the most severe punishment of the
Modocs, and hope to hear they have met the
doom they so richly have earned by their IN
science and perfdy."
washington dspatcn Oh Cne IfVh sayo
General Jefferson G. Davis, then in Indiana,
had been directed to Immediately assume the
command made vacant by the death OF Gen. |
Candy.
IT. G.. Gam, editor of the Warren Qll.) |
Sentinel, while preparing for hunting ex-
cursion a few days ago, handled his gun very |
carelessly, not knowing that it was loaded,
when it accidentally went off, shooting his
wife, inficting serious, and perhaps fatal,
wounds.
The Detroit Daily Tribune establishment |
was partially destroyed by fire ON the 18th.
Loss about $35, 900.
post-office was recently established at
jamestown, Va, for the first time, although |
jamestown was the first place permanently
settled on this continent.
The Chicago Common Council have lately
decided, by vote of 81 to IL, that saloons
must be closed at half-past eleven o'clock at
night.
Where Missing Baby Was Found.
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