The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-22

last, had their final interview this after
noon. The object of the conference was
to arrange for the joint supervision and
control Of the machinery Of the. Novem-
Der election. Everything apparently
progressed satisfactorily until the ques-
| ton the composition of the Returning
Board was reached. This board which
is the key to the whole election scheme,
consists Of FIVE members, elected By the
last Senate. The law provides that va
cancies shall : be lAlled Z, by the
remaining members Of the Board.
The McEneryites y proposed that
three vacancies should be created,
two Of the vacancies to be filled by them,
the other to be filled by joint action Of
the parties who should select some gen.
tleman of irreproachable character, with
! out regard to his party connections. This
proposition was positively declined by
the Republican committee, and the Con-
ference committee fnall Y adjourned
| without results.
! Indian observation-disclosures Ac.
counts.
CHICAGO, September 2l.-A special
dispatch sent out from Quincy last night,
concerning the Indian depredationS near
Camp Supply, Indian Territory, says Col.
Miles has been compelled TO fall back to
meet his supplies, and that he had telc-
graphed to General Pope for reinforce
ments, and that one large supply train Of
thirty-six wagons has been captured,
the assistant wagon master killed ana the
men compelled to abandon
the train after desperate resistance,
bringing q wounded into camp; that
500 stand of arms, together with large
amount of ammunition and commissary
stores, had fallen into the hands Of the
savages, and that eight cavalry had come
in from Arizona entirely destitute, hay
ing lost all their supply and baggage
trains, and joined Colonel Miles COM
mand, proves on inquiry at headquarters
not to be true, or with 50 little iounda-
ton as to be virtually canurd.
From official dispatches received by
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan this morning the
real facts are obtained for the Associated
Press: Col. Miles, in dispatch dated the
5th inst, IS miles south OF Red river, ad-
vised Gen. Pope that he should fall back
for supplies. His dispatch received by
Gen. Sheridan to-day is dated from the
camp on the Wachita river, September
10th, and came via Fort Dodge leaving
there on the 18th inst. He says: | find
that after leaving the Canadian
river, Major Lyman, command
ing the escort to the}y supply
train, was attacked by from three hun
dred to six hundred Indians. On the
morning of the 9th inst, the Indians
charged the train several mes, and
made every effort to capture it, fighting
so determinedly as to detan it for three
days. The fight was very close, andths
train completely surrounded. On the
third day the Indians abandoned the at-
tack, retreating southwest. From all
the information ] can get here since my
arrival, | believe they are no part of the
body We drove off the stakcd plains, and
they were believed to have been lead by
Santanta and Big Tree.
Another Difficulty.
Lieutenant Baldwin will have in
formed you of his successful encounter
with the Indians while coming in as
bearer of dispatches. Part of the force
that attacked Major Lyman attacked II
party Of six bearing dispatches, who en-
trenched themselves in the sand, and
after desperate fight all day, in which
one courier was killed and four wounded,
they compelled the Indians to retire,
having killed twelve. Wherever we
have fought them they have been
severely punished, with comparatively
slight loss on our side. The rivers to the
south arc 50 swollen a. to bc impaSSihlc
for wagons. | am building bridge
across the Wachita. The cavalry were
obliged to swim their horses Oh returning.
The march back was even more exhaust
ing than the advance, with the Indians
in our front, owing to the terrible and
continuous rains, which flooded the
streams and made the roads almost
impossible, from which facts, rs well rs
because but half forage was furnished,
and the Indians have destroyed much of
the grass. and the animals have come in
exhausted and somewhat worn down.
This command now occupies the valley
of Mcclellan creek. Swcctwatcr and the
Wachita. Major Prices command is
camped near us, acting Independently.
General Pope, in a communication, en-
closing general Miles report, says that
Miles has force enough TO beat any In
dans that can be met.
Fire in Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH September 21LAbout .
o'clock this morning a fire occurred in
William Walters cigar store, at Saw
Mill Run. The fire WAS not discovered
until it had made considerable hcadway.
and before tho firemcn arrived the flames
had communicated with n frame house
occupied by A. Hatfraglc, a, II
dwelling and meat shop, and to
the end of the Panhandle Railroad
bridge, the Ferry House, Dutfcys Saloon,
Augustinc's Grocery and Mrs. Mtchclls
Boarding House were also destroyed.
Three spans Of the railroad bridge We're
burnt. Neither loss nor amount of in
surance have been ascertained.
The fire in west Pittsburgh this morn
ing. destroyed five frame and two brick
buildings, and three spans Aof the Pan
Handle railroad bridge. across Saw Mil
Run. The loss to the railroad company
is estimated at $4,000, without insur-
ance. The entire loss is about $4,000.
The insurance on the building is $4,000,
equally divided between the Gcrman-
American, of Pittsburgh, and Hanover
Company, of New York. The Pan
Handle trains are transferred to and
from the Clcveland & Pitts burgh road at
Mingo junction, Ohio, and are running
without detention.