Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-19
One II the Worst Snow Storms
Ever Known Raging in
Pittsburg.
Throughout the South There is Also
Heavy Snow, Rain and
Sleet.
More b. nix Failures, Among Them
the Well Known House of
Kean & Co.
General Miles at Rapid City.

RAPID CITY, S. D., Dec. 17.-General
Miles Frived here this morning and as
sumedfh fharge. He is in communication
with General Carr by couriers. He knows
nothing of the reported engagement at the
DAILY ranch, the report seeming to be un-
true. General Carr is encamped at the
junction OF the Rapid and Cheyenne rivers
on the west border of the latter reserva-
ton, forty-siX miles east of this place, with
three battallions of the Sixth cavalry-ov
400 men. In the vicinity, small thieving
bands have been stealing horses from
ranchmen. Some skirmishing occurred
between Indians and ranchmen, in which
one Indian is known to have been killed
by ranchmen defending their stock, but no
engagement of troops has occurred. The
troops will cross the Cheyenne and pro-
lieved the trouble will begin. General
Miles has but $50 troops here now-mOre
than will be required to support General
Carr.
ALI. QUIET AT STANDING ROCK.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 17.-General Ruger's ad-
vices tonight are that all is quiet at
Standing Rock. From Rapid City he
learns that an Indian caught stealing at
Coles ranch was killed. The ranchmen of
Phlnney's ranch, fOrty-fve miles from
Rapid City, had a fight with the Indian,
but none were wounded or killed.
HEARD CANNON FIRING.
PINE RIDGE, s. D., Dec. 17.-Some of
Taylor's scouts just returned from White
river, say that they heard cannon fir
my toward Cheyenne. General Carr has
heavy battery at the mouth of Battle
creek, on the river.
INDIANS APPLY FOR LOCATION.
ST. PAUL., Dec. ia Pioneer Press
special from Pierre says: Fifteen Indians
arrived here to-day from Rose Bud and ap-
Piled to Special Agent Norville to locate
them at Cheyenne. They say Spotted Tail
join the hostiles. AS Norville had no
authority, they weht on to Fort Bennett.
AGENT M'LAUGHL1N TO BISHOP WALKER.
ST.3 PAUL, Dec. ia Pioneer Press
special from Fargo says: Bishop Walker
is government Indian commissioner, and
to. day he received the following message
from agent Mclaughlin at Standing Rock
agency. "A large majority of Indians of
ton exists as a result OF Sitting BULBS
death, which breaks up the ghost dance
here. No further uneasiness prevails.'
FUNERALS OF THE INDIAN POLICEMEN.
STANDING Rock, Dec. l7.-The funerals
of the five Indian policemen who gave up
their lives so heroically Monday morning,
took place at the agency this afternoon.
The full military force of the fort were on
hand and regular military funeral was
held. 1t was very impressive. Four were
buried in the Catholic cemetery and the
fifth, Little Eagle, being a Protestant. will
be inferred on Grand river. Sitting Bulls
body was laid away in the post graveyard
to-day with few hOnOrs.
Destructive Snow stot,9 in Pennsylvania.
PIrTsBURG, Dec. N-This city, being al
most the storm center, has suffered most
severely from the present outbreak. The
heavy snow of last nigh blockaded all the
street car lines and railroads, and tonight
the situation is far worse. Telegraph and
telephone lines were Hsei 'ss, and this
afternoon the papers we : = ireary waste,
without one word of n-Ns, from which
this city was for the time being completely
shut off. The monetary damage has been
very great, all branches Of trade, especially
street car lines, have practically suspend
led, paralgzing bnsi, ess and csnsing