Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-01-10
Sa... ABLES MAY RISE.
Tribesmen Mad Over Burning
of Two Indians.
TORTURED TO DEATH by & MOB.
The Angry Settlers Hunting For Four
More of the Tribe to Burn Them at
the Stake - Had Murdered a White
Woman--Great Excitement.

MUSKOGEE, |. T., Jan. 10.-An alarm
ing state of riot prevails in the Semi
mole nation and unless immediate steps
are taken by the United States authori-
ties bloody Indian uprising may re-
suit.
This is on account OF the burning OF
two Indians by whites for the murder
and outrage of Mrs. Simmons.
All the authorities here recognize that
the situation is nearer bordering uporra
dangerous Indian uprising than any III
recent years and are taking prompt
measures to quell it.
The mob is securing the country for
four more Indians, to also burn them.
The crime which led to the burning
of the two men was committed on last
Thursday. Marlus McGeisey was the
owner Of some property. On his land
lived a white family named Simmer
During the absence of the husband Oh
Thursday McGeisey went to the Sim
mons cabin and murdered Mrs. SIM
mons. Her four children watched the
body, which lay out i'll the yard, until
driven into the house by the cold. Hog
then almost devoufed it.
The news'of the murder spread rap
iGly and the whole populace for 20 miles
around was aroused. About 20 Indians
We're arrested. Tho oldest child told the
crowd that McGeisey was the guilty
man, and posse of 20 determined men
went to arrest him. Simmons was at
McGeisey's home when the posse ar.
rived, and both were taken into custody
a rope was procured and the prisoners
We're strung up by the neck. On being
let down and given an opportunity to
talk, both confessed to the crime and
named four others who they declared
were equally guilty. 1t developed that
the Indians desired to get rid OF certain
white settlers, and that MeGeisey had
been hired to do the murder.
The victims were chained to an oak
tree. Fence rails and dry wood was
then piled high above them, and i'll a
few minutes the Indians were wrapped
i'll roaring flames while the timbers
cracked beneath their feet. Never It
word did the Indians utter while being
roasted alive. They apparently saw
that they were powerless to resist and
endured their fate like stoics.
The Springfield and Southwestern
Railroad company, known as the Suffield
Trolley line, was declared insolvent by
Judge Freeman in the probate court at
Hartford, Conn.
At st. Lambert, Montreal. a local
South Shore train and Frand Trunk
local were in collision, resulting in the
death of two men-August Bourden and
Joseph Goudry, both of Montreal.
w. 9. Rogers e. Co., bankers of Jor-
dan, N ", have assigned. The bank
is said to be solvent, but assignment was
made necessary on account of the sud
den death of w. G. Rogers.
It is probable that Richard Arthur
Prince, the assassin of William ferris,
the actor, in London, will be declared
insane by committee and sent to an
asylum without trial.
In Paris young girl named Ducous-
set waylaid clerk of the name of Yer
der, threw vitrio1 in his face and stab
bed him in the back Verdier shot her
four times, killing her.
The tug Triton landed at Falmouth.
England, the captain, mate, cook and
seaman Of the British steamer Clarissa
Radcliffe, which was abandoned Jan. /
near Cape Flnlsterre in sinking condi-
ton. Nineteen of the crew persisted.
The hardware store of Pollard, Hoare
& Co. and the large drygoods house of
Madden, Graham 81 Co. of Denison.
Tex, were destroyed by fire. EST
mated loss, 100000; partially insured.
M. G. Willard, brother of the late
John Willard and interested in many
manufacturing enterprises at Mankato,
Mimi, and elsewhere, made an assign
ment there. Liabilities probably will
reach $4,000.