The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-10-11


was brought in last night from the Sac
and Fox agency that fight had taken
place Saturday between party OF twelve
desperadoes injecting the region OF the
agency and party of soldiers from Fort
Sill, resulting in killing nine OF the band,
including Jim Barker, aud the capture of
Triplet by the Cherokee sheriff
Hattie with Indians.
OMAHA, Oct 1.-At O'Clock this morn
| ing dispatch was received here at miil-
! tary headquarters, by Gen. Williams, y.
| A. G. of the department or the Platte :
MILK RIVER, Col Sept. 30. $50 PM.
| Il. 4 General Department of Plate, Omd
| ha Barracks, Neb.. This command, conf
posed of three companies of cavalry, was
met a mile south of Milk river by several
hundred Ute Indians who attacked and
| drove us TO the wagon train from which
| it had parted, with great loss. 1t becomes
| my painful duty to announce the death of
| Major Thornburgh, who fell in the har-
ness; the painful though not serious
wounding Of Lieut.. Paddock and DIR.
Grimes, ten enlisted men, Wagonmaster
Mckenstry, and about % men and team
sters. | am now corralied near water
with three-quarters of our animals killed.
After desperate fight since y o'clock,
we hold our position at this hour. shall
strengthen it during the night and believe
that we can hold out until reinforcements
reach US if they are hurried through.
Officers and men behaved with tho great
est gallantry. | am also slightly wounded
in two places.
PAYNE. Commanding.
Other dispatches of similar import were
also received, together with the following
| MIX RIVER, Col, Oct. l. TO Bisbse,
/ Fsrt Steele: The existence of the command
depends solely on the haste with which
| renforcements are gotten here. l am
entrenched here as Payne has directed
me, simply to hold my camp and not ad
vance PRICE.
General Williams at once hurried into
town and ordered reinforcements by tele-
| graph from the various posts in this de
partment. The entire number of troops
that can be mustered is 500, principally
infantry. They will be sent forward by
rail at once, and then proceed by forced
marches. They will be able to reach
Rawlins Tomorrow noon. They can
| Milk river. The exact distance to Milk
| river is hot known here. The point
! the troops are corralled is near the reser-
vation in Colorado. Only few DAYS ago
dispatches were received from Major
| Thornburgh to the effect that some of the
chiefs came forward and ayowed desire
to hold friendly relations. The troops
must have been strung along the road
when they were overtaken. The country
in which the fight occurred is one Of the
most rugged and inaccessible mountain
regions on the continent; spot difficult
for military operations and splendidly
adapted for Indian stratagems and am
bushes. Col. Merritt, gallant, brave and
active officer, is to be put in command of
the troops. A desperate fight may yet
take place in order to dislodge the In
Gians.
Gen. Tyner and Party I'm Danger.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. Hon S. w. Dow
ney, delegate to congress from Wyoming
territory, teleeraphed Postmaster General
Key, to day, stating that First Assistant
Postmaster General Tyner and party
were travelling through the Ute country
and in danger of being attacked by hos
tiles. The telegram also requested au-
thority from the war department that
conriers be dispatched to Fort Saunders
to have the party informed of their i'm
mediate danger. Gen. Knapp, chief clerk
of the postoffice department, at once OBJ
tained the necessary authority from the
war department, and Downey was notified
that the commanding officer at Fort
Saunders would afford any facilities pos
sible for the protection of any parties in
the Ute country
Mrs sprague's Property.
New York, Oct. "a Providence spec
. ial to the World says that Gov. Sprague
has decided not to recognize the Mrs
Sprague trustee. He will hold Canoncht
as far as the law allows for her persona
benefit, but viii surrender 10 Mrs. Sprague
| without delay and without reserve, what
ever she proves to be her own. Thus ht
antagonizes Chaffee, the trustee of tht
q Sprague estate. He denounces Mrs
Sprague's trustee and her lawyers as con
splrators, and threatens to bring an actor
against them. This attitude will prove
q annoying to Mrs. Sprague, who will hav,
q to fight both her husband and Chaffee
who dislikes her greatly. The affair can
not be settled without further litigation
:, ! and all interested parties are in state o
: indignation.
n Probably Lost.
n ST, LOUIS, Oct. 3.--No tidings have ye
3, been received of Prof. Wise and his com
i panion, George Burr, a journalist. who lef
i here in a balloon last Sunday, and tn,
G opinion is strong that they have met tn,
C same fate as Donaldson and Grimwoo6
t, who assembled from Chicago two or thre
& years ago,
e Sensible aDd Decent Way.
d New YORK, Oct. 3.-A Hartford specia
|. to the Times saye that the troubles be
IS tween Rev. j. b. r. Walker and his wifi
i Mary r. Walker were put in course Q
e settlement to-day by agreement of coun
!. become disgusting scandal in the courts
u is avoided. Mrs. Walker obtained de
cree of divorce in the supreme court a
e noon
Frightfnt Disaster.
$, DETgoIr, Mich, Oct. 2.-An Adria
q Michigan, special gives particulars of a
It accident which occurred on the count
d fair grounds in that city this afternoon
ID About 5000 people had assembled on
newly erected grand stand to witness til
'r afternoon races, when the center of th
grand stand gave way with a crash. Th
j. front part fell outward and the back fe
'e into the river, precipitating d mass OF pei
ID pie among the ruins. Work was at ono
a begun to extricate the dead and woundet
m The opera house was opened and man
OF the dead and wounded, as fast as the
were taken out, were conveyed ther
e. Many of the injured we're taken away
ie their friends, so that the actual number
injured cannot be given, As far as know
forty-fiye persons were wounded. II
ip killed are M. N, Merck of Adrian, Job
y, Hubbard of Jasper, Mich, two boys abol
DO twelve years of age, named Hyde an
Mosher, David plulnadore of Petersbur
Mich. aged eighteen, aud William Mu
e. ger.
IN More Victims.
l. DETROIT, Oct. 3.-Furthsr particula
al from Adrian, where the terrible disast
as on the county fair ground occurred, sta
VS. that the total number of deaths from u
on accident so far is is. The following pc
SONS have died since the time of sendi
the first report Henry Hart, secretary
,es the Michigan State Insurance CO., Ash
ed Henderson, Willie Hall, and Chine
ew washerman OF Adrian Daniel Johns,
"a of Dover, Mich, Peter EgaR OF Mancht
d. ter, Mich, A. NJ. Hume of Medina. Mic
" Eva Sherrard Of Tecumseh, Mich. i
% seriously injured number 70, some
whoa, the physicians say cannot live t
day through. The architect Of the gra
3. stand structure Is the psfs1H blamed
ms the occurrence of the fat ii casualty. i
he stand was built unusually high to adr
s3t, of snace for the exhibition of wagons a
the carriages lndergeath, and the timb
IN were simply spiked together instgad Of
led ing morticed and braced.
ere Tine Maine Vote.
ss s New yoRK, Oct. 5.-The Lewiston 10
Ine nal has an analysis of the recent vote
Maine. It says Davis iaeks 1119 votes
election by the people The total v
lE- has been increased l3, ,209. fiae. raEul
to cans gained 1850 and democrats Q