The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-11-27
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

The lake schooner c. G. Breed, from De-
troit to Buffalo, laden with grain, was cap
sized by squat on the 14th and seven Ofthe
eight persons on board were drowned. The
survivor saved his life by clinging to the rig
ging until rescued by passing vessel.
Rose Meeker, the daughter Of the Indian
Agent who was the chief victim of the White
River Agency massacre, has entered the lee
ture field, her first appearance being at
Greeley, Colo, her old home. The title Of
her lecture is "The Utes."
Douglass, johnson, Sowerwick, and the
other Indian witnesses before the Commits
sion all testify point blank that they had had
no hand either in the Agency massacre or the
fight at White River, and further that they
did not witness any part Of either affair or
know Of any body who did. dispatch from
Los Pmos, 18th, says: The outlook for
either an amicable adjustment Of affairs, or
proving the guilt of the parties interested in
the White River difficulties, is extremely
-discouraging, and unless the Indians speedi-
ly change front, the Commission will ter
inmate its labors. Ff- E4E
Hon. F. c. Beaman, recently appointed
United States Senator from Michigan to fill
the uneXpired term of the late Senator
Chandler, has declined on account Of ILL
health, and Gov. Croswell has appointed EX-
Gov. Henry p. Baldwin of Detroit to fill the
vacancy.
Eliza Pinkston (colored), who attained
some notoriety in connection with Louisiana
political affairs at the time Of the last Presi-
dental election, was arrested at Canton,
Miss, recently, charged with numbering her
husband, to whom she had been married
about two years.
Walker Brothers & Co., wholesale dry
goods, Memphis, suspended on the 18th.
Liabilities about 500, 900; assets not stated.
A series of explosions occurred in tun-
mel on the narrOw-gauge railroad between
San Jose and Santa Cruz, Cal, on the morn
ing Of the 18th, by which "A Cinnamon were
killed outright and some II others
were horribly burned, most Of them
fatally, it was thought. Only two |
or three white men were at work in
the tunnel, and they escaped with COMPARE
lively slight injuries. The explosions were |
caused, it is believed, by the ignition Of the |
gas from petroleum, which percolates
through the roof of the tunnel in several
places, and which had heretofore caused
several explosions of a less fatal character.
jay Gould has been elected President Of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad and S. IL. Clark
Vice President and General Manager. Mr..
Clark is the General Manager Of the Union
and Kansas Pacific Railroads.
A dispatch from Los Pinos, 18th, says that
Ouray has promised the Commission that
the Indians will now tell all they
know regarding the massacre at White
River, fear of arrest having heretofore
them from testifying.
The day on which Douglas gave his testimo-
ny he had an escort with HIM who were pre-
pared to defend him in case Of arrest, and
while he was on the witness stand the Indians
were noticed standing at the windows and
near the building until he left the room.
No one save Ouray knew of the danger. he
sat i'm his place unmoved. His cOuntenance
did not betray the fear which he had for the I
safety of the Commission, but the prepare
lions made by him clearly showed that there
was danger.
The stage coach from La Cygne, Hans, to
Butler, Mo-, was robbed by three mounted
on the night of the 18th, when
within about two miles of the latter place,
in Bates County, Mo. The robbers took the
mail-bags, but no personal property.
George and Andrew Brown, brothers, were
hanged at Denton, Texas, on the 10th, for
he murder Of Dock McLain, in Montague
County, in May, 1876. Both denied their
quilt on the scaffold.