The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-31

/ told them that any interference witt
| the working of the mine would sim
| ply result in bringing out the milit;t
rY. who would arrest all diSturbrrS
and advised them to retire Tina
they considered good advice -;,i,t
withdrew, leaving the mine in pes.ce
able possession of the men working it
ST. LOUIS. May PA most diaboli
cal and tiendish plot to destroy I
whole family is reported from the
small town of Nelson, in Moultrie
county, Illinois. On Friday night
ropes were tied to all the door knobs
of the house OF Mr.. Berd, and the1
made last in the yard. Coal oil wa
then poured around the foundations
of the house and fired near the main
door. Berd was awakened by the
noise of the flames and luckily was
able to burst open a door
and with his wife and sew.
eral children rushed through
the flames without harm. but their
escape from terrible death was a
very narrow one. 1t is not known by
whom or for what reason the devilisll
deed Was committed.
A dispatch from Muskogee, Indian
Territory, says negroes in the Cher
okee nation have drawn up strong
protest against the recent action OF
the Cherokee council in declaring
that a large amount of money receiV.
ed from the government, in payment
of lands, shall he distributed only tC
{ herokeeS by blood. There are over
one thousand negroes i'll the nation
who claim the same right as Indians
who will sign the protest and then
send it to the secretary OF the interior
A dispatch from Independence
Missouri, says gentleman named
Sawyer has arrived there from Wash
ington City, and taken possession OF
all the property OF H. NJ. Vale, oil
star route notoriety. The property
consists of handsome suburban res
idence, that cost $4,000, large mum,
Der of blooded stock and an extensive
wine cellar. Whether Sawyer is act
ing as owner or agent is not known
but th' general opinion is that Vale
is preparing for the worst.
Ell PAso, May 27.-The Times
which has been paying great atten,
ton to Gen. Crooks movements, has
nothing to present writing of the re.
trary it has details from Mexican
sources of a confidential character
that Crooks operations, as now re.
ported, are on the head waters of the
Yugin river, which runs across
Sonora and empties into the gulf OF
Colorado. 1t is very broken, rugged
region and has long been the Apache
refuge. Crook operates from the west
on the Sonora side of the Sierre
Madre. On this, or on the Chihuah uS
| side, the Mexican commanders art
evidently operating in accord with
plans prearranged with Crook. The
two forces cannot now be over fifty
miles apart. Gems. RoZea and Guerra
commanding i'll Chihuahua, have
confidence in Crooks safety. One
column of three hundred is pushing
from the neighborhood of Casa
,, Grande, and was four days ago not
over eighty miles from where Crook
is reported as fighting, No definite
news can be obtained tonight from
the west. Tombstone, Tucson OF
San Francisco Will get the first intel
ligence, which must come from So
nora. Chihuahua troops are operat
ing at a point forty-eight hours
ride from the telegraph station
WASHINGTON, May 27.-The wal
department has not yet received any
information from Cen Crook. Ad
jutant General Drum, however, re
ceived the following dispatch from
Fort Bliss:
Ell PAso, May 26.
| To General Drum:
ath n,1fh 10 =
ing General Crook. | have duly com
municated with the Mexican military
commander at Paso del Norte, who
has assured me | shall be promptly
informed OF any news received
at military headquarters at Chi
huahua. The commanding genera
of the Mexican forces has also giveI
me like assurances.
[Signed. FLETCHER,
Commander.
Ell PAso, May ga special cor
respondent to the Chronicle sends the
following by courier to San Jose anG
ON the Mexican Central and thence to
| this point:
CARoLITEs, May 24.-The news is
just received here that Gen. Crook
engaged a strong force Of Indians
supposed to be composed of Josepht
and Loco's bands, together with
strays and renegade hostiles, last
week at Guayopa, on the Sonora slope
of the SierraS, in the neighborhood OF
Casa de James. There is great uncer,
tainty to date when this fight took
place. The mountain spurs at the
| point indicated are the favorite re
sorts of the Apaches and are peculiar
ly inaccessible, which accounts fol
the intrenched position of the hostiles
and the confidence which they exhib
tied of holding their ground
until thirty-three had faller
when they broke and fled
closely followed by the victorious
American troops. They are sup
posed to have made their way
| towards Carcay. in Casa de Janos, OF
| the Chihuahua slope of the mountains
| stand. The operations around CASE
de Janos will be traversed literally
| without road or even good trails, anC
| the mountain passes are admirably
adapted for surprises. The town Of
/ ralmaripa, which lies in northwest.
erly direction seventy-rive miles from
Il
| habitants, and is the largest town on
! the Sonora slope of the Sierra Madres
That C, ook will endeavor to penetrate
into this almost unknown region there
, is no doubt. and as he advance!
! the Mexican troops will draw Gloss
| their coradon on the Sonora side and
| the Mexican columns on this side
stationed at Casa Grande, San Buen
| va Ventura and JanoS will keep com
| plete live communication so as tt
prevent the hoStiles from escaping
| from the various pursuits of Crool
and Col. TOrrezon on one side of thu
mountains and Col Galardo on thi,
side. Crook can, if he desires to d.
| so, establish communications will
the Mexican forces cooperating or
this side of the Si9rras by sending
courier through the pass on tht
Mulites road and then heading
for the Santa Maria river. From
| there in less than two days, San Jose
station, about ninety-four miles from
Ell Paso, on the line of the Mexican
Central, can be reached, and the gen
eral placed in communications by wire
with his government. Every one
here (and the little town has a large
American colony is delighted witt
the news, for it means that the hos
tile ApacheS are at last doomed to to-
cal extinction, and that the Sierras anC
their vast mineral treasures
ire about to be opened tt
the world of enterprise and capital
WASHINGTON, May 28-No in
| formation from Crooks movements