Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-29

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 the person to indicate his identity. The de
 ceased Was probably thirty-seven years olo
 and of foreign extraction. He was oddly
 dressed, wearing gray diagonal overcoat
 wlne-colored coat and vest, greenish colored
 trousers and laced shoes. His hair and nous
 tache were light brown.
 AMERICAN TROOPS FIRED UPON.
 Mex1cans Attack A Pursuing Party
 In The Dark And Kill The Captain | Of The Expedition.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2o.-General Crook sends dispatch from Lieutenant Maus, dated Nocori, Sonora, Mexico, January 12, | which states that the troops under command 1 of Captain Crawford January II surrounded and attacked an Indian camp five miles southeast of Nocori. A two hours running fight occurred. A number of Indians were wounded, but all escaped. The hostiles sent word that they wished to hold a conference While the troops were in camp waiting for 1 the time fixed for the conference they were I attacked by one hundred and ffty-four Me1i can soldiers. Efforts were made to apprise | the Mexicans that the troops were Americans | and friends. Captain Crawford and Lieuten- | ant Maus were advancing to talk with them | when they fired volley. Captain Crawford | was shot in the head, and Mr. Horn, the interpreter, was slightly wounded in the | arm. The Mexican fire partly returned | by the scouts of Captain Crawfords com I mand, but it was only sufficient to keep the Mexicans at distance. The firing lasted half an hour when Lieutenant Maus succeed ed in having a talk with the officer in charge | of the Mexicans, their captain having been killed. He was told that the Americans were taken for hostiles owing to the dark ness. The Mexicans signed a paper to l that effect. The loss of the Americans by the unfortunate affair was: Captain Craw- ford mortally wounded, MT. Horn and two Indians slightly wounded, and another verely wounded. The Mexican loss was four killed and five wounded. Lieutenant Maus says he believed the Mexicans expected to drive the Americans off with their over whelming force and secure their camp and effects. Captain Crawford died January IS, during the march to Nocori, where he was buried. He was unconscious until his death. Lieutenant Maus then assumed command. While the troops were en route to Nocori two squaws entered the camp and through them arrangements were made by Lieutenant Maus for a conference with two bucks of the hostile band. This ended by Chief Mona and one buck, two women and two children, the wives and chil- dren of Geronimo and Natchez, the sister of Geronimo, one boy and a woman being given as hostages to Lieutenant Maus for the ob- servance of peace until Geronimo meets Gen eral Crook, with whom he expressed desire to have talk. The meeting between Crook and Geronimo will take place in about month, and will undoubtedly end in the Indians surrendering. The band consists of Chiefs Geronimo, Natchez, Chihuahua and Mona, twenty bucks and some women and children. Lieutenant Maus is now heading for Lango ranche.
 Captain Emmett Crawford was born in Pennsylvania He enlisted as a private in the Seventy-irst Pennsylvania volunteers in 1861 and for gallant service in the war rose to the rank of brevet major. After the war he was appointed second lieutenant in the regu- lar army, and was assigned to the Third cav airy in January, 1871, and was made captain in March, 1879.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The killing of Captain Crawford in Mexico by Mexican troops may lead to diplomatic complications with Mexico. The matter was brought to the attention of the President at the Cabinet meeting to-day. According to existing treaties, the forces of each country can cross the boundary line in pursuit of Indians. Since this treaty United States troops have spent perhaps half their time the mount aims of Mexico in pursuit of Geronimo's band. Lieutenant Maus, who makes the report of Captain Crawford's death, says he thinks the Mexicans attacked them knowing them to be United States troops, but did so believing they could overpower them. The Mexicans explain that it was dark and that they mistook Crawford's command for Apaches. It is probable that the Mexican government will be asked for an explanation.
 Maud MflIer's Reply To NIackaye.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-Maud Miller's coun- sel say the ground she will take in defend ing Arthur Mackaye's suit for divorce is that her marriage with him was never consum- mated. He left her half an hour after the o-called marriage and has never lived with her or contributed toward her support since. THE EXPULSION OF THE POLES. Prince Bismarck Defends the Action
 ofthe German Government.
 BERLIN, Jan. 2S.-In the Landtag o-day an exciting debate took place upon the sub iect of the recent expulsion of Poles from the eastern provinces of Prussia. The inter- pel1ation which gave rise to the discussion is identical with the one introduced in the Reichstag few weeks ago by Dr. Windthorst during the consideration of the Elnperor's message, upon which occasion, failing to pre- vent it's taking precedence of the regular order the imperial address,, Prince Bismarck and all the members of the Bundesrath left the chamber. The subject came up in the Land tag to-day. Prince Bismarck vigorously and eloquently defended the governments action in expelling the Poles from Prussia ill speech of two hours duration. His remarks were alternately vehement and pathetic, but the speaker never once appeared to be un conscious of the fact that it was the chancel- Tor of the empire who commanded the atten- tion of the chamber.
 The Chancellor's speech is the subject of general comment tonight, and while many accept it literally, there are many who be- lieve it's real meaning concealed beneath the successive layers of rhetoric which were piled upon the heads of the opposition members. The speech to the impartial listener seemed susceptible of two plausible interpretations that it forebodes 8 dissolution of Parliament, or is the precursor of a coup d etat
 AGood Word for Oleomargarine.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-In transmitting to the House of Representatives to-day the re- suit of investigations by American consuls of dairy and cattle farming and the market for cattle beef and dairy products abroad, the Secretary of State takes occasion to pay tribute to the American manufacture of oleomargarine. He states that the consump- tion of oleomargarine is rapidly growing and that it is fast taking favor with Europeans, who as soon as they get oyer the squeamish ness that a new food product always pro- duces will prefer it to butter. The Secretary of State believes it should, however, be properly labelled as oleomargarine or imita- tion butter, that no deception may be prac- ticed.
 A Train Saved Fly a Boy.
 MoNoNGAHELA Cry, Pa., Jan. 28.-As the Uniontown express came rolling down the Redstone last night the engineer discovered an alarm signal light violently waved across the track. He slowed up and discovered that
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