Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-08

APPLYING THE TORCH
Indians in Idaho Capture POcatello
and Burn It.
TIE PROSPECTS OF IRISH HARMONY.
Meeting Of Western Railway Pres
idents at New York.
LATE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
lie PROSPECTS OF IRISH HARMONY.
LATE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
POCATEI.Do IN FLAMES.
Indians on the fort Hall Reservation Fir. ..
idaho Town.

Indians on the fort Hall Reservation Fir~ q.
idaho Town.
sur LAKE CITY. Jan. s.--A special dispatch
from PocateIlo Idaho. received here thi. morn
ing says that the Indians are burning the town.
Troops have been asked for from Boise CITY.
BoisE CRY. lDAHo. Jan. s.-Advices received
from Pocatello Idaho. state that the Indians
ON the Fort Hall reservation have been dane
ing. and 800 in war paint have taken 20 The
mountains with arms. causing great excitement
Gov. Wiley has been asked Go order the mihtaa
10 focateilo. and probably company Of United
states cavalry at Boise barracks VIII be sent
there. The Indians the reserve number
l,2tO or 500, more than half Of whom are Ran-
nocks, who caused the prolonged war twelve
years ago.
The people Of Pccatello have almost no arms
ana the towns OF Blackfoot and Eagle Rock are
on the border OF the reserve. The Indians who
took 70 the mountains are working eastward
toward Wyoming. The belief is expressed that
II the Indians at Pocatello go on the warpath
they VIII be joined by the tribes on Lemhi
reservation, who number 600, embracing LIS
able-bodied bucks.
NEW MANAGEMENT AT PINE RIDGE
CHICAGO, Jan. s.-A Herald Pine Ridge, g. D.,
special says; much needed change has taken
place in the management of Affairs at this
agency. Capt Ewers of the fifth infantry has
e@neh Aoah lTom tO0aN lNGlnertiaNl Will
exercise a general supervision over everything
hoyer VIII retain his position as civil agent.
but VIII really have nothing whatever 10 do
with the management Of the agency the pod
ton which he VIII occupy being merely cleri-
cal one. The change gives satisfaction 20 every
one and restores confidence among the resi-
dents here.
The situation looks more favorable for n
peaceful settlement Runners from the hostile
camps and prominent chiefs from the Ogallalas.
who, with their people, have been forced 70 re-
main at that place. have been into the agency
and have held conference with Gen Miles
They all declare that il had never been the in
tention of the Pine Ridge Sioux 20 take mn srrns
against the whites. and that such step was the
last thing contemplated by them. Numerous
small bands keep slipping away from the hostile
camp and reporting az the agency and soon
there will be none left at the camp but the
Brules, the Indians who first precipitated the
trouble.
RED CLOUD COMING IN.
Red Cloud and his band will in all probability
arrive at the agency Thursday. Little Wound,
one of the most powerful Of the Pine Ridge
sioux, will also come in. The court Of inquiry,
which was TO have convened in the Of Col.
forsythe of the seventh regiment. did not
meet ard II is not thought it will for some time
to come. Later reports 20 the effect that
all the Sioux will come in. Brulcs and all. Gen.
Miles expects TO close the campaign within the
heAt lev uafs
PROTECTING THE NEBRASKA TOWNS.
Another dispatch from Pine Ridge agency
says: Medical Inspector Bache reports twenty
five wounded Indians and fifteen soldiers in
the hospital"
Gen. Colby Of the Nebraska state militia hss
eighteen companies protecting the towns Of
Valentine. Cody, Gordon, Rushville, Hay
Springs, Chadron. Crawford and Harrison
extending l5o miles along the western border
OF the Pine Ridge and Rosebud agencies. The
companies comprise ]. 200 men. Buffalo Bill 10
assistant TO Gen. Colby, and arrived Mt the
agency today TO confer with Gen. Miles. Col
Baker of Omaha and Maj Comegys Of Cheyenne
are here 20 pay the troops in the field. II will
require $4,000. Col Shafter, who has been
on sick leave. has returned.
FEELING MORE SECURE.
LINCOLN, NEB., Jan. s.--Advices from Ne
braska border towns indicate Q more quiet
feeling since the arrival Of the state militia.
Settlers adjacent return 10 their farms during
the day. though those i'm isolated districts still
remain in town. Bodies of troops patrol the
country around about.
A Journal special from Springview, Neb,
says: Chef Yellow Horse. formerly lieutenant
OF the Indian police at Rosebud agency passed
through this town with a considerable follow
ing. When asked If he was not afraid 10 meet
the warning element of his tribe, he replied:
mo, we are all hostiles now" yellow Horse
was supposed TO be friendly. Swift Bear and
his band, formerly of the same agency also de-
ciared FOR war. Both chiefs are supposed TO
be bearing for the hostile camp near PINE
Ridge.