Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-12-30
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
EEWS GORBLED FROM ALL
Ga4 80 OVER THE WORLD.
Weir's Revelations on Reno, who
i;4 Pronounces them mS7nndcrOus---'Fnc
= DetcC tives Think they have FINALLY
- Caught the Manhattan DanA ROD
bcrs---General News Gossip.
RENO AND CUSTER.

RENO AND CUSTER. gEE5 81
Sr PAUL. Dec. 30.-The statement is
made that Capt Thomas B. Weir, previ-
Gus to his death, made sworn statement
which is in the hands Of Capt. Whitaker,
Clusters biographer. It is to the effect
!. that on the day of the fight he was sent by
Reno 10 rcconnoiter and had full view Of
the fight. He returned to Reno and urged
him to help his comrades, which Reno
refused to do, and was openly accused OF
cowardice at the time by his own officers.
n Maj Reno declares the report a slander
9 sinsti gated to influence the coming in
vestigation. .9 5ls 3s agss y
- i THE BALANCE OF TRADE
,s, The report of the Chief of the Bureau of
Statistics shows that in November the
bxlancc|of foreign trade was IN favor of
the United States, nearly $3200O,OO0, the
a largest balance for November since the
record has been kept. The balance in
Z favor of this country for five months past
has been 81, ,139 9O40S4, an increase of over
100 per cent over the same months last
year. The whole years balance is $685.
O97.41, against 81 ,407, ,236.29 in 1877.
7t0 .5t a sCIURz TO SHERIDAN. !.
IA; Gen. Sherman has received Gen. Sheri-
dams reply to Secretary Schurz' demand
tor the authority of his actions regarding
the lnsmauagcment of the Indian bureau.
The letter is said t" be exceedingly sharp,
and has a large mass of enclosures relating
to frontier agencies. 4.gs sa- s ~
gr..4 .. 4.rgsz A BAD BROKER. aa III IT,,
- Field & James, brokers of New York.
are out $4,000 by trusting a curbstene
broker named Hull with that amount in
bonds on Saturday. Five thousand dol
lars reward are offered for Hull's arrsst.
y TIIE MANHATTAN ROBBERY
The New York Worl1 announces that
the Manhattan Bank robbery is in fair
way of being cleared up. The detectives
believe they will be enabled to recover
most of the securities They say the roll
h.ry had been planned for two years and
every avenue of detection was carefully
guarded and covered. .I.-, =,
a.1,-r .-, ALL BUT TIM CASH. t...L + Is
The pocket book lost by the New York
Importers and Traders bank messenger on
Friday, has been returned with all the
contents except the cash.
BDOw OUT. "ta
A nitro glycerine explosion at Uppia
Preakness, N. j., Saturday, blew three
men to pieces and ruined two buildings.
.sr.- THE TWO TRAa1Ps.
D O'Leary finished his 400 miles at 10 40
p. m. Saturday, beating Campana 43 miles.
He was quite fresh, while the latter was
completely used up. The gate money
reached $4,000. 8
2 a' BI.AINEs COMAITTEE.
The attorney general decides that the
Teller committee have a right to use the
100000 appropriated by the Senate, and
the committee will proceed to work i'm
medlately. r .l~1
.=z a AN EXPENSIVE STORM.
There has been an eight day storm at
Aspinwall, beginning on the 10th. The
damage is estimated. at 100000, princi-
pal]y to vharves and shipping.
a., 7s3 FOREIGN. l- u ..5-. -a....
81 Rennarl Shcre alias the Amcer of Af-
yhanistan has gone to Russia. The sur
render of Yakao and Khan is doubtful.
Gen. Roberts has cnvokcd the inhabitants
Of Kurnu valley and announced that the
army rule has passed away. i s.
sE8 &11 BRAZIL's PLAGUE. ~.
The emperor Of Brazil has te]egraphed
his minister at Washington to procure
and send all vaccine matter he can buy.
The small pex in northern Brazil has ter
ribly decimatcd the population. Thirty