The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-07-10
PITH OF THE NEWS.
Capital TopicS--CrimeS and Casualties.
Personal and Political.

The Secret Service Division of the Treasury
! Department has received advces that new
counterfeit $40 silver certificate has appeared
| in the West. 1t is supposed to have been print
ed from a wood cut but it is likely to deceive
an ordinary Judge of money. tits of the series
of 1880, g. w. Scofeld, register; Jas. Gillian.
treasurer. The note is one-quarter of an inch
shorter than the genuine; the paper is COM
! posed of two thin layers with the silk parallel
lines, and fiber placed between them. In the
! story on the back, where it should read and
all public dues, and when so received" the
! word ali " is entirely omitted and the words
when so" are tied together one word.
| There are numerous other defects which judges
of paper money will readily discover.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
circular TO customs officials in regard to the
| prevention of cholera, Of which the following
is a copy 1T has been brought othe attention
of the Department that persons from the in
fected districts of France are leaving in consd-
cradle numbers by other than French lines.
You will therefore require evidence that none
of the baggage of immigrants or returning trav-
elerS has been shipped from the infected dis
tricts since June 20. 1884. certificate of the
local quarantine officer to the effect that no
danger to the public health need be appre-
hended from allowing the landing of any pas
senger's baggage may be accepted as emitting
such traveller or immigrant to land his effects.
At the executive session of the Senate Satur-
day afternoon resolution was offered from
the Committee on Foreign Relations advising
the President to enter into negotiations for an
extension of the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty
for period of seven years. This was in COM
pliance with request of the President for the
advice of the Senate in regard TO the matter.
The resolution met with some opposition, and
as it promised to give rise to extended debate
the further consideration of the subject was
postponed until next December.
The Senate has confirmed the following
nominations: Lewis Richmond of Rhode
Island, to be Minister Resident and Consul
General of the United States to Portugal; Al
phonso Taft. Of Ohio, to be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
States to Russia; John A. Kasson, of Iowa, to
be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
Tertiary of the United States to Germany !;
John NJ. Francis TO be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
States TO Austria Hungary.
The Senate, in executive session Monday.
confirmed the nominations of G. III. Sharpe of
New York; Z. C.. Reynolds, of Missouri, and S..
o. Thatcher, of Kansas TO be commissioners to
ascertain the best modes of securing more init
mate international and commercial relations
between the United States and the several
countries of Central and South America, and III.
L. Thomas, of the District of Columbia TO be
secretary to the said commissioners.
Tbs President has issued proclamation
warning the settlers upon the Oklahoma lands
in the Indian Territory to remove or they will
be forcibly elected by the proper officers of the
Interior Department, and if necessary the mill
tary forces of the United States will be en-
ployed to remove the intruders from the Indian
Territory.
F. w. Sanborn, of New York, was arrested
and brought here Monday night on charges
connected with the frauds in the Navy Depart
inent.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
An exciting state of things exists in Colorado.
Carlisle's and Johnson's cattle camp. in La Plato
county, near the Utah line, was attacked by
Ute Indians on July 3. Chas. Cook and Adolph
Lusk, employees of the cattle company were
badly wounded. Five Indians were killed
and number wounded. The whites had IL
horses killed and 100 stolen. The cowboys
were driven of their camp, their outfits burned,
and their provisions carried away by the In
dams. Two Wilson boys eight and 10 years
old, rode % hours, without food or rest, and
arrived at Durango Saturday night in an ex-
hausted condition. The Utes have for some
time, been causing trouble to the cattle men,
killing cattle and stealing horses. One of
Wilson S men found several of the latter's horses
} in possession of the Indians, and undertook to
secure the same. An Indian attacked him
with knife, and was killed. This precipitat-
ed the fight. Seventeen thousand head of cattle
are left at the mercy Of the Indians Col. Hall,
commandment at Fort Lewis, has dispatched a
company of cavalry to drive the Indians back
to their reservation. The Indians will probably
reach their reservation well supplied with
} horses and cattle before the soldiers can reach
them.
regular Mexican bull fight took place at
Fort Dodge, Iowa, the 4th of July. A large
number Of visitors by the trains east and west.
|, and oo0 cowboys were present. The fight oc-
CURED at the fair grounds in an arena 100 feet
, IN diameter, Enclosed by fence eight feet high
provided with eight escapes and two ladders.
There were five bull fighters and four animals.
The first bull ushered into the ring made only
fair fight. furnishing over half hours
amusement. The second was too quiet, and.
showing no spirit, was withdrawn The third
i pranced into the ring, throwing up clouds of
dust After being angered by several spear.
tnrusts he made matters very lively, and when
| he was exhausted was lassoed and dragged from
: the ring The fourth proved failure, and the
crowd demanded the first bull, which was re-
turned to the ring. After brisk fight and much
charging the picador gave him a fatal thrust
with his lance and he fell dead. One of the
natadors was severely injured about the ribs
IN the final encounter and may not recover
The crowd was greatly excited during the
progress of the exhibition. There were between
o,oUo anu 4,ooO people present.
A severe windstorm visited eastern Nebraska
on the I'd inst. Two soldiers on their way TO
the fort were struck by falling tree and one
ofthem, Henry Gardner, was killed. The other.
private named Wamestaff, had both leYs
, broken. Numerous fences and trees were
! blown down. At Fremont, 40 miles west of
here, the courthouse and the Enos Hotel were
unroofed. Kittle's large warehouse was de-
moished, and number of other buildings were
damaged Samuel Anderson dropped dead
from fright. At Stuart a school-house was
blown down and other buildings were injured.
J A small boy was blown nearly half mile, but
escaped unhurt.
Anthony Arnoux, treasurer of the Arnoux
and Hochhanssen Electric Company and brother
of ex- Judge Armour, shot himself through the
heart In his office about noon on the I'd inst.
: AS ne fired the shot the revolver fell into the
open drawer before him, and when he sank
from the chair ia which he was evidently SITTING
, the chair fell across his hody Thus he was
found 20 minutes afterward He left letter In
Frederick A. Potts. president of the company.
saying that he despaired of bringing the affairs
OF the company to successful issue and thou CHIT
1t best to make way for some one else.
In New York, on the I'd inst, John Van
Deure, crippled soldier who is janitor of the
Gramercy flats, collected some $500 in rents.
At night, while closing the door of the cellar
leading to the street. two Young men strucr