Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-12-27

tween the troops and Indians, at Daly' Ranch and other points as false. Ther
 have been three skirmishes between
 Colonel Daly's command assisted b,
 settlers and cowboys, numbering lift,
 men, and the Indians The Indians at
 tempted to burn the hay stacks a
 Daly's ranch, but were driven off by Col
 Daly and ten men.
 | A band of 150 hostiles are moving
 westward 50 miles from here, Tn Butte
 county, ,and 80 men of the Ninth Cavalery
 and 60 Cheyenne scouts have been sent
 after them.
 RANCH LooTED. DENVER, Col, Dec. 19.-A special from
 a camp on the Cheyenne river, s. D.. says
 that deserted ranch and outlying
 buildings owned by man named Wilson
 were burned to the ground last night,
 having first been lootei. Early this
 morning General Carr sent Captain Stanton of the Sixth Cavalry with his troops nun bering about 60 men to scout
 around for Indians in the Bad Lands. HELIoGRAPH.
 Three heliograph stations were estab- lished and signals from the heliograph station reported to General Carr that Captain Stanton was in an engagement with Indians. General Carr gave orders for Lieut.. Scott and troop D to go to his assistance.
 Later Captain Stanton and other troops returned. It is learned that he had skirmish with large party of h. dlans heading for the Bad Lands. The Indians escaped and Captain Stanton followed them for some time, but fear ing an ambush withdrew his troops.
 FLEEIN0FoR SAFETY.
 PIERRE, s. D.-George Morris. sore keeper at Cheyenne City, has just ar- rived and says that the entire pnrula- tion of twenty families, also . number of friendly Indians, left there for places of safety night before last. Twenty h. aAdAc olGbluS DulI OdIO nave rived and held big council with the Cherry Creek Indians, to see whether they should fight or not.
 They were joined after the council Sy over l50 Cherokees, all of whom have started for the Bad Lands.
 4 sharp firing was heard between the Indian police and hostiles and nc doubt B battle was fought, and as troops were ordered to that point yesterday it is be- l lieved that the hostiles are routed and | captured.
 MIssoULA, Mont, Dec. 19-The great 1 est hanging which ever took place in | the northwest occourred this morning when Lala See, Pierre Paul, Antley and | Psscale, four Indian murdersrs were hung at the court house here.
 Pascale killed J M. Dunn in the | Spring of 1899, near Demersville. Dunn | traded horses with him and when he re- used to trade back the Indian shot him, ,aking the horse and what money he land.
 Antley's crime was the participation D the murder of three prospectors, Me Donald, Seby and Thompson in the Fall ,f 1887, at Wolf Creek, near Tobacco Plains. The prospectors were surprised 1t the camp fire by party of six Koo- enai Indians and were murdered in cold blood. Two Indians were captured soon liter and lynched by the people of Dem 'rsville. Antley remained at large un- il last summer.
 Lala See and Pierre Paul killed two white men, names not known, in Aug. 887, and threw their bodies into the lack River, where they were found by lalf breed women.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Dec. 10--The steam hip Bslgic arrived this morning bring ng Chinese advice to Nov. 20th and Japanese .advices, to December 3rd.
 Deaths resulting from the powder ex ,losion at Tai Ping were more than at irst estimated, it being stated that tight hundred collins had been taken ut of the city and yet they were not nough to bury all the dead. A China nan lighting his pipe while repairing he roof of the powder mill is said to ave caused the catastrophy.
 The British barkentine Guiding Star gas driven ashore in Sunda Straits on he 27th, ultimo and is total wreck. The crew were saved.
 CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-A meeting of he Chicago and St. Louis lines was held t the office of the Finley Western Pas enger Association for the purpose of rates to the Pacific coast oints.
 This was rendered necessary as the business of the new Santa Fe route to he west via St. Louis has been greater han via Missouri River points, A sat sfactory arrangement was reached by which the Santa Fe will be permitted o make the same rates via San Fran isco as are In vogue upon the more irect lines via Kansas City and Omaha.
 The effect of this will be to lower the xisting rate via St. Louis 80 cents per icket.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-A Washington pecial says that President Harrison 1pects to transmit to congress special message expressing his views respecting he rights and claims of U. s. connected with the seal fishery. The message will ,e framed with especial reference to the bending proposal of the British govern nent for arbitration which proposal 1t 8 intended to reject. Personal bitter less between Blaine and Lord Sails ,ury that has arisen out of the course of is perceived here to con- 'titute the material objection to contin- .nce of efforts toward settlement.
 The president will ask for an approp- .iation to fit out chartered vessels for 'evenue service.
 SHERBRooK, Que, Dec. 20.-Sheriff Webb died suddenly of heart disease his morning. The excitement attend ng the excution of Remi Lamontagus orabably caused il. The death of the sheriff only delayed the execution few 
 Lamontqgue attacked his brother n-laW Napoleon Michel, shot him twice, and cut his throat, and slashed his body. Fla than draopad Michel hack into the