Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-05
From All Quarters.
 RENEWING POSSIBILITIES. Several Collisions Between
 Troops and Indians. : FAMINE AND DISTRESS IN IRELAND. An Era of Insurrection in the
 Caroline Islands.
PLANS FOR \ WEEK BY CONGRESS.
State Troops Called on to
 Quell a Riot.

l Quell a Riot.
 HARD FIGHTING REPORTED. l The Roar or Guns Heard Ten Miles Away - An Encounter With Troop K of tho Sixth Cavalry - Four Nm. dans Killed - General Carrss Conn mand in Action - Red Cloud Will Sue for Peace only With the Presi- dent or Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
 DENVER, Jan. A special to the Re- publican from Gordon, Neb., says: Hard fighting is now in progress ten miles north east of here between Indians and troops. The roar of guns can be very plainly heard and people here are very much frightened. DENVER, Jan. "A special to the Rocky Mountain News says: A special from White River gives an account of the fight between John Keer's K troop, Sixth cavalry, and a party of Indians. Four of the Indians were killed with no loss to the troops. OMAHA, Jan. 4.-Specials from Gordon, Neb., says that two scouts arrived there and confirm the reports of battle yester- day. sKIRMIsH AT WHITE RIVER. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 4.-Specials to the Journal from Pine Ridge confirm the re- port of an engagement between General Carr's command and the Indians on White River. It is believed no one was killed, though several Indians were wounded. An Indian courier brings message from the hostile camp, the substance of which is demand that all soldiers withdraw from the locality, and further they will treat | with no one for peace but the president of the United States or the commissioner of Indian affairs. This message came direct | Cloud. Rowing bands continue to scout the country in every direction. A man named Miller, formerly 8 government herder, was found five miles from the agency. His body was riddled with bull let's. Many persons coming in tell of mar row escapes. The Indian training school at Pine Ridge was burned last night, no loss of life resulting.
 CROW SCOUTS WITH THE INFANTRY. HELENA, Mont, Jan. 4.-Mat Veite with the First cavalry arrived at Miles City to- day with troop of thirty-six Crow scouts and full camp equipage. They proceed on Monday with three companies of the l Twenty fifth infantry for Powderville to Major Arnold. A special says there was music in the air last night. The Crows are visiting the Cheyennes near the fort | and are singing and dancing. The Che yennes have gone to war and the Crows are jnbilant over the prospect of killing off the Sioux, who are their mortal enemy. l GENERAL CoRBIN ORDERED TO THE FRONT. CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-Assistant Adjutant General Corbin, upon telegraphic orders from General Miles, left for the Indian country at o'clock tonight over the Chi cago and Northwestern road Captain E. L. Huggins, now in charge of army head | quarters, tonight at 8 o'clock in an inter l view said he heard the rumor to effect that | General Miles command had met the hos tiles and General Miles had lost heavily, but he did not believe it, and was positive that the general could not have been with l in many miles of the locality where the l fight is said to have taken place.
 1 Just before Colonel Corbia left tonight l he was asked if the order transferring him 1 to the seat of war meant that the situation was more strenuous than supposed. He replied: 'I think not. It is not at all l strange that am sent for, and probably ought to have been there before. By vir- tue of my rank am chief of staff, and | when the general in command is on the field his chief of staff should be there also 1 Further than this cannot say anything about the matter"
 The only news received at headquarters this afternoon was short message from Lieutenant Moss, aide-de-camp to General I fo off fhAf fho vi cavalry under command of Captain Kerr has met band of Indians at Clay Creek and short engagement followed. One | Indian was reported killed and one wounded. There were no casualties to the troops.
 REPORT OF BATTLE CONFIRMED.
 OMAHA, Jan. IA Bee special from Nashville says: Gordon, Neb., advices say two scouts confm the report made last night of battle north of this place. The
 fight was between the Indians and a de-
 tatchment sent out by General Miles from Rosebud agency to bury the dead Indians
 killed at the Wounded Knee battle of the
 29th The hostile Sioux, objecting to the
 burial of their dead by their pale-faced
 foes, opened fire, and after desperate and
 and sharp firing of the Hotchkiss gun
 were forced to return to the protection ot
 the friendly ravines. No deaths are re
 ported.
 EXCITEMENT AT THE AGENCY.
 CHICAGO, ,Jan A special to the Inter
 Ocean from Pine Ridge says: Last nigh
 was one of feverish excitement to many a
 the agency. For the first time the squaw
 men and half breeds were warned and re
 mained up all night, fearing an attacl
 would be made before morning. The
 agency is too well guarded to permit an.
 large force to approach very close withou
 discovery, but it would be hard to proven
 a few daring Indians from creeping ul
 some of the numerous ravines and throw ing fre-arrows. The friendly spies sa,
 that there are large number of warrior
 in the enemies camp, who have worke'
 similar to that of those hostiles who com
 mitted suicide at Wounded Knee. The
 say they want to die and are going to di
 while killing white men. It is also sai , that two bucks escaped from Wounde | Knee who swear that they will set th t agency on fire and kill the agent then s selves.
 ,S INDIANS WILL NOT TREAT. Q General Miles has his troops all aroun $ the enemy and could throw them all in ,. one day and have a tremendous battle, br n could not prevent small bands escapin [ here and there, which would have to | " followed up by the soldiers and whic = would place the lives of many settlers
 danger. By holding the troops until
 much larger force can. be thrown aroun
 the Indians the trouble can be confined 1
 the reservation. The end cannot
 reached without one or more battles, an
 bloody ones, as there are too many of u o crazy ghost dancers who want to folio ' the example of their Big Foot relative s-t General Niles sent out letter yesterds ' asking for hearing. The Indians to- G1 the letter into fragments and threw the
 intoFhe fire, saying: stsWe want no treat y We are here to fghtsn'
 SHOTS FIRED,BY TICKETS.
 Last night several shots were fired
 our pickets and couple of arrows we 6 thrown into the yards. Doctors are co stantly arriving, there being no less th' |t fifteen here with a large corps of assil | r. II