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working man, and his crime seems unac-
countable.
The National Board of Steam Navigation
met in annual session at Cincinnati on the
22d. About 120 delegates were present from
various parts of the country.
On Sunday night, October 10, some villains
in disguise called at the residence of John
Whipple, near Wilbur, Saline County, Neb.,
took Mrs. Whipple from the house, stripped
her stark naked, and applied coal-tar and
feathers to her. The poor woman almost
persisted from exposure and rough treat
ment. The only supposable cause is that
she is witness in a criminal prosecution
soon to come off. One of the perpetrators of
the outrage is believed to have been a wom-
an in disguise.
A dispatch from Tucson, Ariz., 21st, gives
further particulars of the recent Indian fight
ing in Southwestern New Mexico. In the
fight on ..the 18th Mesilla and Las Cruces
company numbering so were massacred by
100 Indians, only one man escaping. Twenty
one persons, settlers and ranchmen, were
killed by the Indians in one locality. W. c.
Kinds, United States Collector, is reported
among the slain. The Indians are reported
to have taken refuge in the Mimbres Noun
tains. Col. Morrow says he has troops enough
to whip Victoria, but it will take two months
to do it.
Another alleged case of arsenic poisoning
by dental operation is reported from Lex
ingtOn, KY, the victim being young mar
ried man named William Hale. He had an
aching tooth treated for destruction of the
nerve, the dentist putting in plug saturated
with arsenic. Suppuration ensued, bone and
muscle and finally the whole face and head
became involved and the patient died in
great agony. A similar case, by which well
known Brooklyn gentleman lost his life, has
recently attracted much attention in the East
and elsewhere.
The total vote cast in Ohio on October IA,
for State officers, has been officially counted,
with the following result: Total vote for
Governor, 66S, 667, divided as follows: Fos-
ter, Rep, 36,261; Ewing, DEM, 319,132
Stewart, Pro-, 4,145; Piatt, Nat, 9,129. Fos-
ter's majority over Ewing, II, 1919.
Fred. Biebusch, a well known dealer in
counterfeit money, together with a number
Of accomplices, were arrested in st. Louis
on the 23d by U. S. Secret Service detectives.
General Grant has returned to California
from his northern trip. On the oath he had
a grand reception at Sacramento.
Governor Pitkin Of Colorado telegraphs
Secretary Schurz that he is convinced most
of Ouray's warriors were in the ThOrnburgh
fight; that to surrender the criminals Ouray
L; =
erless to do; neither will they surrender the
White River Utes. Unless the troops move
against the Indians, he says, the Indians will
move against the settlers, and further mas
sacres will ensue. He complains that the
General Government is doing moth
ing to defend the settlements,
and says that the State can not
defend all its border without attacking the
enemy. Secretary Schurz replies that Spec
ial Agent Adams, gentleman fully endorsed
by Gov. Pitkin himself, has been commits
stoned to deal with the Utes and is now
among them. Mr.. Adams says-"NOne Of
the Southern and only portion of the White
River Utes have been engaged in the
trouble, and all rumors Of depredations
off the reservation are untrue" Secretary
Schurz in conclusion says: "We are en-
deavoring to prevent general war with the
whole Ute tribe, which will be better way
to protect your border settlements than by a
general attack upon the Indians by armed
citizens, as your dispatch seems to suggest.
1t is, therefore, earnestly hoped that every
effort will be made TO prevent an unneces-
sary extension of trouble, which may be pre-
cipitated by inconsiderate action"
The body of George Burr of st. Louis, the
companion of Prof. Wise in his last aerial
voyage, was found on the lake shore near
Miller's Station, Ind, 30 miles east of Chica-
90, on the evening of the 24th. This settles
the fate of one at least of the two men who
went up from st. Louis in the balloon
Pathfinder on the evening Of Sept
%. 1t was at Miller's Station that two en-
plOyees Of the Lake Shore Railroad observed
the balloon passing over in the direction Of
the lake about midnight on the 2Sth, which
is the last authentic information regarding
the missing Pathfinder. At Lake Station,
but few miles distant, package of circulars
from the balloon were found subsequently.
Lieut.. VIM. B. Weir, Ordnance Officer of
Gen. Merritt's command, was shot and killed
by the Indians while hunting some miles
from the camp on White River on the Dist.
All the proposed Constitutional Amend
ments voted for at the recent Ohio election
were lost, none having received majority
of all the votes cast.
The Ohio River at Louisville was reported
on the oath to be lower than at any recorded
time, there being scant two feet of water in
many places.
Secretary Schurz on the 18th received a
dispatch from Special Agent Adams, convey
ing the gratifying intelligence that all the
women and children from the White River
Agency had been delivered to him without
conditions and they were then en- route to
Lake City. They stated that during their
captivity they had been well treated and had
not been subjected to any insult or injury.
Gen. Adams reports that the camp of the
hostiles is between Grand and GunnisOn
Rivers. 1t was his intention to return there
Immediately, with the confident expectation
of arranging matters so as to avoid the ne
cessity of further hostilities. Secretary
Schurz warmly commends Gen. Adams for
the intrepidity, skill and good judgment dis
played by him in carrying out his delicate
and somewhat dangerous mission.
A canvass of the vote for members of the
Ohio General Assembly, cast October IA,
shows that the Republicans elected
90, and the Democrats elected
- members of the House; the Republicans
elected -, and the Democrats II members of
the Senate. The Republican majority on
joint ballot is 81.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
The Governors Of the thirteen original
States met in independence Hall, Phila-
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