Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-16
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters. BATTLE WITH INDIANS. Sitting Bull and Several
 Followers Killed. TWO TOWNS WIPED OUT BY FIRE. Formulating a Plan for Fi-
 nancia| Relief. ..-. . MEETING OF RAILROAD PRESIDENTS. Circular to Treasurers of
 Irish Funds.
MEETING OF RAILROAD PRESIDENTS.
SITTING BULL KILLED.

SITTING BULL KILLED.
 The Willy old Chief Meets Death fin
 a Melee With the Indian Police
 His Son Crow Foot and Eight
 Followers Also Fall fin the Engage
 ment-CavaIry and Infantry Hurry
 Ing to the Had Lands-Piute Indians
 on the Point of Uprising.
 WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 15.-Indian Commissioner Morgan received from In dian Agent McLaughlan the following dis patch dated Fort Yates, N. D., Decem- Der 15:
 ''Indian police arrested Sitting Bull at his camp, forty miles northwest of the agency, this morning at daylight. His followers attempted his rescue and fighting com menced. Four policemen were killed and three wounded. Eight Indians were killed, including Sitting Bull and his son Crow tance. The police were surrounded for some time but maintained their ground until relieved by United States troops, who have possession of Sitting Bulls camp with all the women, children and property. Sitting Bulls followers, probably one hun dred men, deserted their families and fled west up the Grand river. The police be- haved nobly, and great credit is due them. Particulars by mail"
 Commissioner Morgan showed this tele- gram to the president late this evening; The president said that he had regarded Sitting Bull as the great disturbing element in his tribe and now that he was out of the way he hoped that settlement of the diff culties could be reached without further bloodshed.
 ST. PAUL, Dec. 15.-The news of the kill ing of Sitting Bull has been received by General Miles at military headquarters in this city. He received two dispatches this evening, the first from Pierre, s. D., stating that Sitting Bull and his son had been killed, but giving no further particulars. The other dispatch was from StandingRock agency and stated that the Indian police started out this morning to arrest Sitting Bull, having understood that he Lands at once. The police were followed by a troop of cavalry under Captain Souchet and infantry under Colonel Drum. When the police reached Sitting Bulls camp on the Grand river they found arrangements being made for departure. The cavalry had not yet reached the camp, when the police ar rested Sitting Bull and started back with him. His followers quickly rallied to his rescue and tried to re-take him. In the melee that ensued the willy old chief is said to have been killed and five of the | best of the Indian police also killed. One of the police jumped on one of Sitting Bulls horses and rode back to the cavalry ! and infantry, telling them to hurry up to | Ina nf ha hnr ad l on to the agency with news of the battle. Nothing later than this has yet boon ceived, but the death of Sitting Bull and of at least five of those who had captured him seems undoubtedly true.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.-News is re- | ceived from Inyo county, the most isolated | portion of California, that fifteen hundred Piute Indians are on the point of uprising. The situation is reported as very serious, | there being not over six hundred whites in ! the country, with arms and ammunition | for only half that number. The settlers demand of the state authority to form mil itary companies at different points in the | county.
 l ST. PAUL, Dee. 15.-A Pioneer-Press spe- cial says: Reliable dispatches are to effect that Sitting Bulls camp was attacked by troops and himself and seven warriors killed. The remainder of the band are now in retreat up Grand river, but it is not defi- nitely known along which fork. r is esti- mated that 150 warriors are in the band, and this number is likely to be increased by other bands. Lieutenant Casey with Q troop of Cheyenne scouts and Captain Adams troop of the First cavalry are headed for the north end of the Powder river range opposite the mouth of Boxalder creek. Captain Fountains troop of the Eighth cavalry with pack trains, which will leave here in the morning for White
 Buttes, will probably intercept the band
 before it reaches the Little Missouri. Troops are hot on their trail and before another sun has set Sitting Bulls celebrat-
 ed chorus of dancers will be good Indians
 or prisoners.
 THE LATE JUSTICE MILLER.
 Resolutions Recently Adopted on the
 Dead Jurist Presented In the Su.
 preme Court Chamber.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The presenta
 ton of the resolutions recently adopted by
 the bar of the supr ,me court of the Unit
 ed States in respect to the memory of the
 late Justice Miller was witnessed by large
 number of persons in the supreme cour
 chamber to-day. Many persons of promi
 hence were present, among them Senator
 Edmunds, Hoar and Chandler. When tn
 decisions of the court had been announces
 Chief Justice Fuller recognized Attorne
 Miller, who referred to the death of tn
 late justice, and after reading the resolu
 tions adopted by the bar of the court dc
 livered an eulogy on the life, character an
 service of the dead jurist. In eonclusio
 the attorney general moved that the resc lutions be spread on the minutes of tn court. Chief Justice Fuller made feelin response to the remarks of the attorne general, eulogizing his deceased colleagu as jurist. The court then directed tn, the resolutions of the bar, the remarks ( the attorney general and the resolution adopted by legal bodies throughout u country should be placed on the records. TO IRISH FUND TREASURERs-