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AN INDIAN CAMP.


Then the risks these men take should be con-
sidered. The history Of the Indian police ser
vice is filled with instances that had in them
much OF peril for the officers. Major Swords
earthly career has escaped foreclosure several
times, when all the betting would have been
years ago Wild Hog, vigorously vicious
northern Cheyenne, undertook to run Pine
Ridge agency. Wild Hogs son was in the
guard house and the old man had publicly and
noisily declared his intention Of releasing him
with or without the consent Of the authorities.
No one paid very much attention to Wild Hogs
threats, but when he started to put them into
execution Major Sword objected. Then the
Cheyenne leveled his gun at the major, and the
major would have been justified in getting out
his revolver. in spite OF the fact that the Chey-
enne had the drop" on him. and Wild Hog
wilted. Very meekly did the Cheyenne, dis
armed, march into the presence Of the agent;
sbject was his apology and profuse his promises
wrong man.
STOPPING GHOST DANCE.
In August, 1890, the Pine Ridge policemen
displayed wonderful nerve. The ghost dance
WAS in progress down on White Clay creek. at
Q considerable distance from the agency, and
Agent Gallagher determined to stop it. An ex-
petition was organized, with the agent at its
head. 1t was composed of Chief Clerk Conner,
Interpreter P. F. Wells, Chief Of Police Pugh,
Lieut.. Fast Horse, Lieut. Iron Grow and thirty
policemen. Those of the ghost dancers who
had assembled at the rendezvous perceived the
police, took up advantageous position and COW
cred the advancing column with their guns.
Not one Of the ten-dollars-a-m mon th-men
finched, (nor any of the others. for that mat
teri. Indeed 1t was most difficult to re-
strain them; they wanted to open fire anyhow.
Ten minutes after the police arrived they were
surrounded by at least 200 fully-armed and ex-
cited warriors. but that made no difference: the
police were still anxious to test the b,t.iet-re-
sisting capacity Of the much-vaunted ghost
shirts. The dancers, in spite of their superior
numbers and more effective armament, were
overawed, and on that day, anyhow, there was
no dancing.
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The Astonishing New. They sent Home
to Their Parents.

Two stage-struck girls. the Misses Julia and
Alice Bailey, have stirred up sensation in ST.
Louis On Monday morning a letter was re-
ceived in that city at the residence OF Mr. John
Jay Bailey Of 670l South 9Th street announcing
the marriage of his two daughters.
The letter was postmRrked .'Greenup. III
ana contained no particulars other than the
names OF the men 10 whom the eloping eirls
mad allied their fortunes. The Younger daug hter,
Alice, had married Mr.. Thomas W Williams
the manager Of the operate Company with
which she was engaged, while the choice Of her
sister was Mr.. Harry b. Morgan. Q singer in
the company. The news fell like thuuderbo!t
upon the quiet home, and for a few hours Mr..
baiiey was well-nlgh frantic with rage. As
soon as be regained his composure he set about
finding the runaways, and on tie afternoon Of
the same day started on the chase accom-
panied by his griof-stricken wife. Since their
departure the story OF the romance has come
10 light
Early in July an opera company was organ.
lied IN St. Louis by an Euglishman named r.
W. Williams, who, IL Is said went 10 that city
well provided with references Among those
whose services he enliste in the en- te-prise w,re
the BAILEY sisters, both of whoa cherished an
amolion TO shine as stage stars. The girls had
often been seen in local opera and auateur
theatricals. Well knowing that their rnrents
would object should they obtain any inklins Of
their purpose, the gIls told thoua that thew
were loi.Ing class which was to receive an
struction IN voice culture at Williams hand.
In order TO get good start they also told their
parents that they would visit for several ,lay.
with downtown friends. None of their Milan.
mlscarried. and during the latter pnr; OF July
the company left ST. Louis. A tour of the
small Illinois towns had been arranged. and the
residents OF Pana, Greenup. Flora ana other
towns were treated 10 an outburst Of operate
melody.
On August the manager Of the company,
froi Williams, accompanied the younger
laughter, Miss Alice, 10 the residence OF a min
lister at Flora. IL, where the were married
Then the tenor, MIR. Harry Il. Morgan, two days
later emulated the example which had been Get.
and celebrated the arrival OF the troupe at New
ton, III. by taking unto himself Miss Julia as
his bride.
Both OF the young women are well and favor
ably known in st. Louis society circles. They
have several times appeared in amateur opera
al tne flekwlcA and at private musicalos.
ms julia is an her twenty second year
while Miss Alice is but twenty. Mr. Bailey un-
III short time ago was actuary ut the Mercau-
tile Library, and previous 60 that service was
librarian at the ST. Louis Public Library lie 10
now employed as the head bookkeeper by tie
Moffett West Drug Company.
At the Bailey home IL was asserted that a
letter had been received from the father which
said that he had overtaEen his daughters Mt
Greenup, Ill, and induced them 20 leave their
husbands and return home with him, where
they are expected on Sunday morning.
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THE INDIAN POLICE.
How They Are Organized and What
Are Their Duties.
FAITHFUL AND DILIGENT 7.
They Compare Very Favorsbly In Discipline
and Efficiency with Their Blue Coated
Brethren in the East-soms Incidents In Re-
gard - tho Developments OF the System
star corre.ponaencs Of Tn. Evening s.s-.

Miles Grey, MoST, August :. 1891.
nARK BLUE COAT, DOTTED WITH sYs-
1Itenatically arranged buttons, every but
ton filing its appropriate hole, trousers OF
lighter blue, adorned with black stripe down
zach leg: highly polished shoes In these COW
erinzs imagine an Indian who looks clean as a
freshly -scslded porker; tie carefully around his
neck spotless white handkerchief; put over his
closely-cropped Jet black hair cap such % our
fire department employees wear when of duty;
pin on his left breast large and authoritative
star that glit.ers like diamond in the sun
shine, and there you have Rosebud agency
policeman
Did you ever see an Indian policeman? Not
one Of the club-tvirling variety SO common In
Washington and other centers of civilization,
but . real, earnest, out-for-business otficer VINO
hasn't any time in which to captlvate foollsh
who Is as cleanly In his personal appearance as
Col Moore on Inauguration day and almost as
well drilled and who doesn't know anything Of
shs theory or practice Of .hoodling.
Never gazed on one OF these!
Well take trip to Rosebud agency and be
astonished.
THE POLICE ORGANIZATION
The organization ct Rosebud bears close re-
semblsncs to any ordinary civilized force, the
prominent features being q chief, captain,
two lieutenants ard numerous sergeants- In
al there are ffty-four men, and the duties they
have to perform would upset the equaninity Of
the most angelic white policeman that ever did
duty at the junc6on Of 18th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue on a Saturday morning. Eighteen
men are on duty at the agency at one time; the
remainder are scattered all over the reserva-
ton. keeping their eyes on the various camps
and assisting in the conduct of the various
camp schools. Their helpfulness in the lat
ter regard can hardly be overesti-
mated; without their active interest every
school would be empty and every teacher I'M
employed The conversions of some of these
men is remarkable. Yesterday they were
blanket wearers and savage, difficult to con-
troll and often in serious trouble; today they
are in perfect harmony with the description
have given. and none Of the old law-abiding ele-
ment can be half so vigilalt in defeating crimi-
nal intention as these lately bulent.
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the encampment seems beyond reasonable be-
have been . shrewd advertising scheme TO
boom the town Is promising one
for investments in real estate, and the
whole effect Of the effort in that direction
would have been lost had the point been
carried in her favor. just think Of q town Of
some fifty thousand people. with only the usual
hotel and transportation facilities of places Of
that size, undertaking to house and care for q
crowd numbering from two 10 four hundred
thousand for the better part Of aweek. 1t would
have damned the town forever, for every
stranger present would have been her mortal
enemy from that time until death. The en-
campment after the next may so to Lincoln,
but that ii will do so may well be doubted.
II it does it is safe to say that the people Of that
place and the Grand Army boys viii have an
experience they viii remember ss long as they
live.
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Relative Enjoyment-Mr. Boresome; 81 vss
20 sorry that you were not at home yesterday
when / called" Miss Boredmuch: "Yes /
should have enjoyed IL, probably, even more
than where was" Mr.. Boresome: .'Oh. am
SO glad to hear you say 90; where were your
Miss Boremuch: AT the dentist's L"-Bosfon
Courier.
A New York clergyman. meeting one Of his
female practitioners dressed in deep black, tried
TO console her by saying:
.sYou have no idea how I regret 20 zee You
wearing those sad habiliments OF woe"
You can't be as rad about IL ne I am" re-
sponded the widow. II look worse In black
than In any other color. Il MAKES me look liks
. fright "-7eras SVtss9s.
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rxpIAS POLICE STATION (PrxR AaxScI).
when the force 10 inspected as whole but not
% apparent in individuals. Maj. Swords men
did their duty nobly and admirably through
the troubles Of Last winter, sharing in all the
danger and doing more than its quota Of the
fighting. Capt Penney, the military agent who
has had charge since early spring. would have
done much for the welfare Of the polics, but
ssrs that shoald not be allowed to bother any
agent that Q reform Of any magnitude
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All the Rest Are Covered.

From the somerville Journal
"why is it." asked q stranger, that yoa
Americans arc SO anxious 20 discover the North
Pole?"
''oh," replied an experienced elobe-trotter.
I'VE Americans are great travellers, you know,
and We wan; some new place 70 write our names
on"
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Retired Agriculturists.


Stranger -"Your farm has . prosperous
look"
Farmer-"Wall, I amt complainiu'. I've
worked this ere farm night an day fer nigh
onto forty years, an now I've bout made up
my mind to let 'er out on shares an retire from
business. I've got money saved up"
Stranger-"Retire, ehl What will you do
with yourself then?"
Farmer-''same as they all do. I'll become q
weather prophet"
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Written for The Evening Star.
The Lumberman of Maine.

The Lumberman of Maine.
A blare Of bugles startled
The folks Of Boston town,
While from the camp at Cambridge
The troops came marching down,
With Aaron Burr on horseback,
just of q fever-bed,
To follow Arnold to Quebec,
hero at their head.
He pushed on by forced marches
To Canada through Maine,
With scores of patriot muskets
Fresh listed in his train.
Among them Reuben Saltree,
A Bangor lurnberman,
Who neither from savage bear
Nor redskin ever ran.
The daring Continentals
Were camped about quebec,
Below the Heights Of Abraham,
BY redcoats held in check.
When with his band of Yankees
Young Burr came through the rain,
Beside MIN stalking CALAMITY
Tle lumberman of Maine.
A hope-forlorn next morning,
Leu ny montgomery,
Advanced against the preastwo rks
And stormed battery.
Amid the crash of bullets
The general, dying, reeled,
And bearing him upon his back
Burr staggered from the field.
The British pressed them closely
With ball and boyonet,
And little Burr, exhausted,
Might lose his leader yet;
When 'mong the Contincntals
A man of giant size
Caught both up In his brawny arms
And saved the precious prize.
Old RUDE Saltree OF Bangor,
The foremost in the fray,
Enwreathed himself with glory
Upon that fatal day.
Throughout the ranks so shattered
Uprose once and again
Cheers from the boys in blue and bun
For the lumberman OF Maine.
DAVID GRAHAM ADEl
arrow Farm, Laurel. Nd, August ~, 1891.
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He Was in Hart Luck.
-

From the New York Weekly
Whiffers-'You look all worn out"
Rifsers-'Im most dead. Had about forty
letters to write this afternoon"
''Why didn't you dictate them?"
''No typewriter"
"Whats become Of her2'
81 married her,"
"Get another"
"Can't"
"Why not?"
"Costs too much to live now"
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The Pine Ridge police have had to get along
with less help and wstchful care than their
brethren OF Rosebud; necessarily so to . very
considerable extent. For efficiency they COM
pare favorably with any force in the country,
but their apparent discipline is much more Lag
and their personal appearance is several per
cent below par. They are fine-looking fellows
rs q rule. but Ito Us Milesianism) their uni
forms lack Uniformity: most Of their SLOUGH
hats are antique. and the black and gold cords
that ought to surround the more or less dilapi-
dated headgesr are frequently missing. In mos,
instances the clothing is far from cleanly and the
diversity of opinion as to foot coverings and
neckwear is very marked. Many adverse cir
cumstances have combined to bring about this
condition Of affairs. The force suffered seri.
ously when Agent Roger failed to support IL
when IL was endeavoring last winter to execute
his order for the arrest Of turbulen. Indian
thsn commenced . decadence easily visible
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He QEissing her)-''Do you remember, dar.
ling, the first time I ever kissed your"
She-"Archibsld, are you orasy2 Why. lean
hardly recall the last one Il seems 10 LONG 20.
-Nete York Herald
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Some Remarks OH Time.

"One thing that strikes me about Washing
ton," said stranger to q STAR reporter, lis
that time seems to be of little value here. l
never saw q town before of any size that had
no big clock in the s.eeples or elsewhere to in
form the pedestrian public Of the hour. In
this city have no. been able thus far to dis
cover any, save couple outside jewellers stores
in the shopping quarter. The very people on
the streets promenade in q leisurely way, in
stead OF skurrying along as they do in New
York and Boston. or even in proverbially slow
old Philadelphia. One sees an illustration
Of the disregard for time prevalent
here in the mere laying out Of the paths in
the reservations. Haven't yet been able to
discover way Of getting to the Smithsonian
Institution without going in half dozen other
directions en- route, so complicated is the SER
pentine system adopted in those grounds"
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THE TOO-FAITHFUL DOG;
From Judge.

o. . Case Where the Clothes Did Make
the Man.
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Whether there is money enough in the whole
world to buy the land intended to be in
cluded in the proposed Rock Greek Park may
be regarded as an open question Just now. To
cover some Of the tracts with $40 gold pieces
set on edge might possibly tempt their owners
in On unguarded moment, but the spasm would
undoubtedly soon pass away. and majority
would be likely to turn up their noses at such q
beggarly offer, II human testimony ia worth
anything. But one thing il certain. The esti-
mated values put upon the required ground BY
gentlemen who are justly presumed to be both
well posted and reliable will make easy work for
the new board Of assessors when they come to
hx values for taxation on the real estate in that
vicinity. It isn't often that such specific and
authentic information 10 found ready made
and at hand for use by public officials:
and, with it before them, it would seem that
there could be no excuse for mistakes on the
part OF the assessors in the way Of undervalu-
alton on suburban property north Of the city.
II Is understood that the testimony lately given
on the subject h being carefully collected and
nled away by more than one diseattsfied tax.
payer. who means 10 place II where It will DO
| the most good when the proper time comes.
y y
Now that the smoke Of the contest has cleared
away and an opportunity Afforded for reHec-
ton, both the Grand Army people and the citi-
| Gems OF Lincoln must realize what Q narrow
but happy escape from most unfortunate
blunder was made when IL was decided not 10
hold the next encampmsnt at the Nebrasks
state capital. And the people Of that town
must also have been - much surprised ct the
strength Of her support - delighted at the fact
| that y was not quite strong enough for mcceaL
For, that shsy either wanted or expected 70 get
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whizzing round and round amid fight Of red
| sparks from beneath.
| what did iR What stopped her?''
The engineer. stagseriI'; from the cab, with
| the pallid face OF the fireman behind him,
| pointed without speaking to where little
pale-faced, crooked-back boy had sunk down,
painting with e1ertion, beside the track. At
his feet huge oil can lay overturned and
empty.
The crowd stared. one at another, open
mouthed. Then the truth flashed upon them.
"He oiled the track
"Bully for crooked Joe"
"Three cheers Hurra hurra hurraw
They caught up the exhausted child, fihging
him from burly shoulder to shoulder striving
with each other for the honor Of bearing him,
and 30, In irregular, tumultuous, triumphal
procession they brought him back to the depot
and set him down among them.
Pass tho hat, pards !" cried one
It had been pay day and the saved engineer
and fireman dropped in each their month
wages. Not hand in all the throng that did
not delve into pocket. There was the crisp
rustic Of bills, the clnk of gold and silver coin
s.Out with your handkerchief, Joe? Your
hands won't hold it all Why, young one
What2-what's the matter?"
For the boy with scarlet checks and burning
ewes had clenched both small hands behind his
! back--ths poor twisted back laden with it,
burden OF deformity and pain.
mo! nor he cried in . shrill, high voice.
Don't pay me! Can't you see what it's worth
| to me, once-lust once IN Al my Me-to De OF
little use-like other folks?"
! The superintendent had come from his Office
He laid his hand on the boys head.
| Joe" he said, 1--WE couldn't pay you il we
wished, Money doesn't pay for lives. But you
have saved " great many dollars besides
Won't you let us do something for your"
"You can't! You can't! Nobody canF' Thu
child's voice was almost shriek. II seemed t.
rend the air with the pent-up agony Of years.
J There's only one thing In the world want, and
, nobody can give me that Nobody can evsl
make me anything but Crooked joel"
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look to their IaureIs. Still, shall be glad
enough TO help you if can. only Won must
promise not TO come 10 Wall street often ex-
cept as visitor As at our mines in California.
it more frequently than otherwise costs a gold
dollar to get silver one."
While talking he had touched the electric
button, and a fine Young looking fellow. keen
and wide awake. had entered the room. ..Tell
to apy one" His manner was sharp ana alb.
rupt.
As IL was MAINLY evident that "Reminiscences
need form no nort Of tbe interview i imitated
his reserve and seating myself AZ A table
wrote briefly TO INV brother 1who was also an
The record-union., 1891-02-22
A Fiye-Story Tenement House in
Brooklyn Burned.
SIX PERSONS PERISH IN THR
FLAMES.
The Withdrawal of the American Ass
sociation From the National Agrees
ment Likely to Result in It's Being
Left Ont in the Cold tho CoInins
season-Floods Looked For in tbe
Ohio Valley.
Special to the REcoRD-Us1os.

Specidi W tne 1SECORD-UN
New York, Feb. 21.-A disastrous fire
in Brooklyn tenement house tonight
resulted i'll the death of six persons. The
house was five-story brick flat in Sands
street, occupied by thirty-two families,
who are left destitute by the destruction
of their homes. Before the fremen ar
rived the fire had cut off all escape by the
staircase. The whole front of the build
ing was covered with fire escapes, and
most OF the tenants came upon them and
were taken down on ladders which the
firemen raised.
Among the tenants on the fourth floor
was the family of John e. Downey, a
printer. When they found they could
not make their escape down the stairs.
they rushed to the roof. On the way up
Miss Griffin said to Julia Griffin that she
would turn back to help Mrs. Downey,
who, with others, was behind.
She did so, and was not seen again until
her dead body was found, together with
that OF Mrs. Downey and one of her
children, at the foot of the staircase Lead
ing to the roof.
Julia Griffin and the two other children
escaped to the roof in safety, and went
down through scuttle of the next house.
One OF the children that was with Mrs.
Downey escaped to the roof, but was so
badly burned that the little lifeless body
was found stretched in the skylight.
Carl Benedict, his wife and eighteen
months-old child, and his father Jacob
Benedict, also attempted to escape by tho
root, but the grandfather and little grand
son were overcome at the foot of the fatal
stairway and were found beside the two
women and child. The bodies were
burned almost beyond recognition
All of the inmates except those men-
toned were gotten out in safety.
The record-union., 1891-02-22
EASTERN BASEBALL LEAGUES.
The American Association Said to be In
q Bad Predicament.

BAD Predicament.
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-The American
Association may wish before long that it
had not been in such a hurry in getting
out of the National Baseball Agreement
and stirring up such a howl.
The National Board of Control met
here to-day and declared war to the knife
on the American Association.
In document the board says the pub
lished reasons for the secession of the
Association cannot be regarded as more
than preteXtS. The resulting conse-
squences of its ill-advised action lr1ist rest
on that body. By its own action it has
annulled the approval of all contracts
with players, and its clubs have released
all men from reservation. These players
are now free to sign with any other.
National Agreement club. Furthermore,
a rigid boycott is declared against any
club playing under the auspices of the
American Association.
In conference preceding the drawing
up of this pronunciamento, it was stated
that the Bierbauer-Stovey decision was
only seized on by the association as q
good excuse to pull out.
A week before that decision their repre-
sentatiyes had been trying to sign Pfeffer,
Cooney and other Chicago men, telling
them that the association was going to
withdraw from the national agreement;
that it couldn't last; the league was going
to the wall, and the Western associations
would join hands with the American.
The men quietly notified Mr.. Spalding of
all this.
Already many players reserved by the
association have telegraphed their inten-
ton ofstanding by the national agreement,
and the association will probably find
itself in bad way for players when the
season opens.
The International League has tele-
graphed Thurman that they will stand
by the national agreement, and q propo-
sition has been received from a gentle
man, whose name is kept quiet, fer the
league in the East to take the place of the
association. What will happen later, de-
pends upon whether the American Asso-
ciation expresses repentance and comes
back into the fold.