The census returns show that certain data were collected relating to 10,618 Jewish families, comprising 69,630 persous resident in the United States on December 31, 1889. There are altogether in this country about 500,000 Jews. But a special form of schedule was prepared and sent to heads of Jewish families whose names were furnished by rabbis and other leading men. Complete returns relating to vital statistics have been received in this way from 10,618 families.

The social condition of this number is shown by the fact that 6,622 families kept one or more servants, while 3,996 kept no servant at all.

The latter class averaged 5.25 per -family, while the richer class averaged 5.59. The annual average marriage rate per thousand of the poor class was 7.60, that of the rich 7.29. The average number of births per thousand of women between 15 and 50 of the poor class was 66.92, and of the rich 76.33. The average annual number of deaths of the poor was per thousand 7.29, of the well-to-do 7.20.

Of the 60,630 persons which comprise these 10,618 families, 31,604 were males and 28,936 were females, making a proportion of about 109 males to 100 females. Of this 60,630 persons 19,890 were born abroad and 40,666 in the United States.

evident that these Jews have a much be a polygamist in practice. Some of
lower death-rate and decidedly greater
longevity than the rest of our people, and the writers object to this, but only to its
that their marriage and birth rates are secret and hypocritical conduct. They
below the average. It also seems would rather have it open and under-
probable that they possess a par-
tial immunity from and a spécial stood. They declare that while poly-
liability to certain forms of discase; that gamy is denounced, men do not as a rule
with prolonged residence in the United
States their death-rate is increasing; and preserve the monogamic relation. One
that their natural increase is somewhat says, in regard to legislation against
greater in the South than it is in the the "Mormons:" "The politicians
number or in probable accuracy to war-
North. The data are not sufficient in
have always practicel polygamy in
rant more than the statement that it is private. The Saints were honest. The
rather more than an even chance that
these last conclusions are correct, but politicians are hypocrites. Nay I will
they certainly give rise to questions go further. Ninety per cent of the
which merit extended and careful in- married voters in this country practice
vestigation. The great majority of the
polygamy in private."
peculiarities in these vital statistics ap-
pear to be connected with the occupation, This is a heavy arraignment of the
social relations and mode of life of the married men of America, whether the
people rather than with special race char-
acteristics, and they will therefore tend to letters in which it is made come from
disappear so far as the Jews' mode of life ladies, as purported, or from the maga
becomes assimilated to that of their zine which publishes them. One
neighbors. In Europe the Jews have
been kept apart from other races, parly claims that she ouce objected to the
by religious and other ties acting from polygamy of her husband, but she
within, and partly by compressive perse found on inquiry among her friends
cution acting from without. In this
country both of these causes of segrega- that "the husbands of every one of
tion, and of consequent hereditary trans-them-without a single exception-
mission of physiological peculiarities, are
becoming weaker; the latter much more
were the same." She thinks that per-
so than the former."
haps ten per cent of the married men
may keep their marriage vows.

A PRETENTED DEFENSE OF POLYGAMY

We will not go through all the statements and arguments of these women THE eastern illustrated paper that -or of the writer of the letters. Sufpublished the deceptive articles from a fice it to say that they do not institute bogus "Mormon," which we have pre- an argument for "Mormon” plural viously exposed, finding that the marriage, which never depended upon treatment of the "Mormon" such a low platform on which to base Of the total male population above question is financially profitable, its advocacy. fifteen years of age 18,031 had definite occupation. Among these there were 285 lawyers, 173 medical men, 358 teachers and authors, 3,041 clerks, 422 bankers and brokers, 2,147 merchants, 1,797 commercial travelers, 5,977 retail dealers, 183 cigarmakers, 387 jewellers, 534 tailors and 111 farmers and gard

eners.

This

keeps up the subject though The facts set forth may be as presentchanging its form. The latest ed. We do not know. We do know of its productions is in the shape of this: That among the bitterest foes of letters purporting to come from differ- "Mormon" plural marriage, when it ent parts of the United States from was taught and practiced as a religious non-"Mormon" ladies, some of whom ordinance, were men and women of have visited Utah, and all of whom the most corrupt lives and the most advocate polygamy though from differ-degradingly immoral conduct. ent stand points. was so frequently the case, that when The profession of the law does not The subject is handled in a very a person became unusually vindictive seem to agree with the Jew. The ingenious manner, not however as it and malicious in opposing this practice annual death rate among lawyers per would have been touched upon by and pursuing its supporters, the conthousand was 7.63 and among whole. "Mormons" when it was considered clusion was reached that he was moralsale merchants 1.51;cigar-makers come a legitimate matter for discussion. Of ly unclean. And this reasoning in next to the lawyers, 7.14 being the course today it is not promulgated or most instances proved to be correct. death rate of the tobacco workers. taught by "Mormon" advocates, the We presume, however, that these The death rate from diabetes among action of the Church on this question letters offering a specious plea in favor Jews born in the United States is 1.5 having placed it out of the pale of of polygamy, will prove but the preper 1000, while among Jews of German authoritative preaching. If we could lude to attacks that are to follow. And birth it is 92. In nervous diseases be sure that these letters were genuine, the object in view is to arouse discusthe death rate among American born we might treat them seriously and sion on a subject that was dying out Jews is 47 per 10,000 and of German have something to say in regard to of the public mind, this revival being born 34 per 10,000. their facts and conclusions. But for the high moral and patriotic purknowing that the articles published pose of increasing the circulation of in that magazine professing to have the magazine and coining money for been written by a "Mormon" were a its proprietors. As this appears to be "We cannot yet see the full bearing of fraud upon the public, we naturally the grand desideratum of American many of the results obtained by the conclude that these letters, though pre-publishing enterprise, we suppose it is tabulation of the data relating to these tending to favor polygamy, were fab- useless to offer any further reflections Jewish families, because the data col-ricated in the office where the paper upon the matter. lected by the Eleventh Census relating to

Dr. John S. Billings, in an article on this subject in the North American Review, says:

The burden of these letters is the

persons of Irish, German, French, Italian is published.
or Scandinavian descent residing in the
United States have not yet been compiled
into corresponding tables, and are not unchastity and inconstancy of man.
available for comparison. It is, however, The average husband is declared to

London, Jan. 19.-Bangcock, the capital of Siam, had a half million fire today.

ANCIENT AMERICAN RELICS.

A CORRESPONDENT of the West Shore gives an interesting description of some striking relics of a civilization of what he calls the "prehistoric past,” in the Coeur d'Alenes, in Idaho. He makes special mention of what appears to be sacred altars, which he presumes were constructed for purposes of wor ship. He says:

THE FEDERAL ELECTION BILL.

Is THE Force bill after all to become a law? This is the question politicians are now asking each other. In parliamentary language, the Force bill would be known as the Federal Elections bill. And under it the Congressional State elections would be placed under control of United States soldiers and

officials. In other words it would be

"Of these sacred altars there are six in the turning over of elections, for innumber, builded of basalt rock taken from some point beyond a hundred miles stance, in the State of Illinois, to a from this point, as there is no rock of this band of political heelers, such as now character in the vicinity, and of a peculiar masonry unknown and tyrannizes over Utah. and unrecorded in the history of The Force bill has for its object the the craft. They are seven feet in height and a careful measurement of protection of the negro voter in the the entire six shows the remarkable fact Southern States. But its provisions, it that there is not a hair's difference in the is well known, can be applied to New structure of them all. They are of the same height and width, of solid masonry, Hampshire or Nebraska, as well as to with the exception of a deflection or sort Georgia or South Carolina. In the

Look at the condition of a dozen of our State Legislatures today! If we had such a measure as the Force bill on our statute books can any one say that it would be left to fall into desuetude. Not, by any means. Such a bill might be the means of producing the worst kind of a civil war. The situation in New Hampshire fully illustrates this theory. It is the same in Connecticut, Colorado, Nebraska,

Idaho, Montana, and several other
States.

The moment that such a measure as the Force bill becomes law

in this country then this will no longer be a democratic republic.

THE CIVIL LAW OF MOSES. No subject of antiquity furnishes more interesting features to the student

of sink on the square top of each. On eyes of a man hungry for office there than the laws given to the children of

the front of each, facing the rising
sun. are crude hieroglyphics, and a is little difference of color between the
chiseled crescent. The hieroglyphics blackest Senegambian and the whitest
are of the picture language instead Caucasian. And the proposed enact-
of the written language of a race,
and point to a moon worship rather than ments of the Force bill provide for its
the devotions to the sun. Within the application to any State or municipali-
distance of an arrow's flight of these
altars is a square amphitheatre, which ty
seems to have been bewn in the solid of
rock and worn almost as smooth as pol-
isbed marble. Numerous narrow trails
lead from this amphitheatre to the moun- of it, a
tains, but outside of the immediate sur-politicians could, with the aid of a
roundings there is no sign of man in the
glens, canyons and mountains of this vi- dominant party in control of the
cinity."
United States Government, apply the
law to Springfield, Illinois, the old
home of Abraham Lincoln.

The correspondent states that he has spent hours in speculation in attempt. ing to fathom the mystery surrounding these remains of a great people and to gain some key to the secrets of the inscriptions. He concludes that these relics "are not of the Indian race, for the architecture of these monuments shows the master hand of the artisan and leaves the beholder to believe that

some time in the dim past a race of people existed here who communed with the gods of high art and enjoyed a civilization equal, if not superior, to

our own."

When people shall read the Book of Mormon with a view to honestly ascertaining the evidences of its authen. ticity, instead of repudiating that genuine history of ancient America, the relics of past races found all over this continent will no longer be to them an impenetrable mystery. The religion, political and social institutions, arts and manufactures, modes of warfare and the general civilization of those peoples of the past will be largely understood. The proofs which substantiate the claims of that record to being genuine are constantly accumulating, and will ultimately become so potential that it will, in course of time, take as strong an effort to avoid believing in it as it does now to accept of it for what it purports to be.

in which
number
a limited
citizens may apply for its
enforcement. Under this clause
conscienceless clique of

This proposed law was not inappropriately denominated the Force bill, though the average intellect would understand better what it meant if denominated the "Bayonet bill," for such it would really become in the hands of corrupt officials.

In the United States Senate about

two weeks ago eight Republican Sen-
ators voted with the Democrats to
shelve this Force bill and give priori-
There are
ty to the Finance bill.
also a number of good Republican
Senators and Congressmen opposed
to this bill and would glad-
see it relegated to
ly
obli-
vion. It cannot be denied that

abuses prevail in the
the colored citizen's

South; and that situation there is But is the North

election abuses?

Israel through Moses. They were . the direct care of God, and for the purframed for a people who were under pose of educating that race and, in a certain degree, the whole world to that state of morality and intelligence necessary preparatory to the acceptance of the principles of the succeeding dispensations. The laws of Moses were the needful preliminaries of the laws of the Gospel.

It has sometimes been stated that those ancient laws cannot be of divine origin, because some of their provisions are contrary to what in our age is considered the standard of perfection. This assertion is based upon an erroneous view of their aim. They were not given as a last or finished lesson of morality and intelligence to mankind. On the contrary, the lawgiver clearly states that another prophet should be raised up, whom the people should obey, thereby intimating that those initiatory laws would be perfected by another inspired

servant of God. When a child commences to learn, it cannot receive the same kind of instructions nor the same rules as it can and will receive when it reaches a more advanced age. But the first rudiments of instructions are as es

sential to advancement as are those which follow. The laws of Moses must be considered in this light.

When God led Israel out of bondage,

not an enviable one.
entirely free from
Certainly not. Ballotbox stuffing and He had a people disposed to idolatry.
other evils are practiced in the North, He had to teach them His own perfec-
of which politicians do not scruple to tions and induce them to worship Him
avail themselves to crawl into office by with pure hearts and reverence. They
dishonorable means. But a force bill for had to learn that they were His people
these abuses is not the remedy. First by covenant with their fathers, and
of all honesty and patriotism in a that they should, consequently, love
judiciary are the prime essentials. Next Him and love each other, keeping
to these come a public spirited press themselves free from the contamina-
and party vigilance, the whole capped tion of surrounding peoples. They
by a healthy, honest public opinion were to be taught to implicity trust in
which fears not to denounce fraud and Him as well as to render Him that
violence, irrespective of party.

are

"Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad, for and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, Mahlah, Tirzah and Hoglah and Milcah were married to their father's brother's sons. Numb. 36, 10, 11."

their

have born him sous or daughters, the
wife and her children shall be her mas-
Ex. 21, 2-4.
ter's, and he shall go out by himself."

Another provision is that

'When thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy wine-press: of that whereout of thy flock, and out of thy floor and with the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him." Deut. 15,13,14. Should a slave at the end of the

obedience, without which citizenship in the Kingdom of Heaven cannot be 'obtained. And for all these purposes, 'the Mosaic law is perfect. It proves the infinite wisdom of its Originator, because its various provisions A special provision is made for girls 'perfectly adapted to the obtaining of having property. If a man died with the object in view. We still see the out a son, his inheritance in the couneffects of these laws in the Hebrew race try passed to his daughters and of today. Who worships God with these were then restricted to marry more reverence than an orthodox Jew, someone of own tribe and, who does not even dare to pronounce if possible, of their own family. This sixth year refuse to receive his liberty, the name of the Almighty for fear of provision was to prevent the possibil- he was to be in bondage for the profaning it? Who has kept himself ity of the property passing from oue remainder of his life. The ceremony more free from idolatry than the Jews? tribe to another. What had originally by which this was to be made known And where among the nations can we been given to a tribe should remain was as follows: Having avowed that find more true brotherhood than among there. None was allowed to accumu- it was from his own free will, his ear the descendants of Israel? A code of late wealth by impoverishing others. was bored through with an awl by his laws, so ancient, and that has had the Numb. 36, 5, 6. master in the presence of the judges. power of giving to a uation such After this, there was no more year of marked characteristics is worthy of jubilee for him. Ex. 21,5.

The statutes which deal with the relations of man with man are called Civil Law. Family relations, neighborly intercourse and national transactions are to be considered under this head. Accordingly, we will first give an outline of the laws relating to marriage.

One of the most prominent provi

Under certain circumstances a man

was allowed to give his wife a "bill of

divorce" and send her out of his house.

The divorced wife had liberty to take
another husband. But if she again be
divorced or became a widow, the first
huband could not marry her again.
Deut. 24, 1-4.

A peculiar provision is made for a
widow who had no children:

"If brethren dwell together, and one of
the dead shall not marry a stranger; her
them die and have no child, the wife of
husband's brother shall
take her to wife

*

and

it shall be, that the firstborn shall suc-
ceed in the name of his brother which is
dead, that his name be not put out of Is-
rael. Deut. 25, 5-10.

Should the man refuse to comply

A Hebrew who, through poverty had become the slave of a stranger could be redeemed at any time and could not be held any longer than to the year of jubilee which occurred every fiftieth year. Then should both he and his wife and children be released. Lev. 25,54.

The proper slaves were those of heathen origin.

Both thy bond-men and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of them shall ye buy bond-men and bondof the heathen that are round about you; maids... they shall be your bond-men for ever. Lev. 25, 44-4.6

But slave owners were almost com

sions in the Mosaic law is the one pro- with this law, the woman was to bring Pelled to treat their slaves, whether of

hibiting the people from intermarriage with the surrounding Gentile nations. The passage forbidding it reads:

"And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them (the Gentiles) before thee, thou shalt smite them and utterly destroy them, thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them: Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God. The Lord thy God has chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth." Deut. 7, 2-6.

*

him before the Elders, and if he still
refused, she was to "loose his shoe from
off his foot and spit in his face," the
greatest insult that could be offered to
an Oriental. A man thus treated was
defamed forever in Israel.

A high priest could not marry any
but a virgin.

For the crown of the annointing oil of his God is upon him.: I am the Lord. And be shall take a wife in her virginity. A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. Lov. 21, 12—14.

Among the surrounding nations, and These are some of the principal laws also among the Egyptians, incest was relating to marriage. Those referring common, but the Mosaic law prohibits to property may now be briefly out the marriage of any near of kin.lined.

Hebrew or Gentile origin, with kindness, for the slaves were by law empowered to escape at any time, if they were oppressed. The following is a most remarkable provision:

"Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee. He shall dwell with thee, even among yon in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. Deut. 23, 15, 16.

For the protection of this class it was further ordained that a man who struck a slave dead should be punished,

and if an ox gored him, the owner of the animal was to be fined 30 shekels (something like $14) and the animai be put to death. Ex. 21, 32.

If a slave were struck by his master in such a way that he injured his eye or knocked out a tooth, he was instantly to set the slave at liberty. Ex. 21, 26,

The following are specified in the The Mosaic law recognizes slaves
prohibition A father, mother, as property, and there are numerous
father's wife, sister, a daughter of thy provisions relating to them. There were
father, daughter of thy mother, thy two kinds of slaves: Hebrews who 27.
son's daughter, or thy daughter's had come into bondage through pover-
daughter, thy father's wife's daughter, ty, and Gentiles captured in war, or
father's sister, mother's sister, father's bought.
brother and his wife, daughter-in-law, The duration of the time of bondage
and brother's wife. To this is also added
a prohibition from marrying a woman
and her daughter, her son's daughter

was different. A Hebrew could not
be held more than seven years.

A girl who had been sold had not the privilege of being redeemed at the year of Jubilee, but there were other ways in which she could be set at liberty at any time. She might be redeemed by anyone of her own people. but could not be sold to a gentile. If her owner refused to let her be redeemed, he was to liberate her without money. By marriage she could also be adopted in the family and any faithsons entitled her to her liberty. Ex. lessness on the part of her master or his

"When thou buy a Hebrew servant,
six years he shall serve: and in the
seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
If he came in by himself, he shall go out
his wife shall go out with him. If his
by himself: if he were married, then
master have given him a wife, and she21, 7-11.

FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF UTAH

SENATOR EDMUNDS once in a while does a good thing even for Utah. It is known that we have four Federal Judges in this Territory, and that this is an improvement upon the old system, when a Judge who had decided a case in the District Court sat upon his own judgment when it was appealed to the Supreme Court. Under the present arrangement a case appealed from a District Court is not prejudiced by the influence of one third of the appellant court. But we have the anomaly of three judicial districts with four judges. Two judges officiate in the First District, one at Ogden, the other at Provo. Senator Edmunds has come to our relief and presented a bill to provide for the creation of a Fourth Judicial District in the Territory of

THE INDIAN ¡MOVEMENT.

continued it when he advised them to do so.

He said they didn't get enough food to keep them alive. In anticipation of the camping of the hostiles on the west side of the agency, the breastworks in the vicinity were strengthened today.

PINE RIDGE, S.D., Jan. 14.-This morning Little Wound, Little Hawk, Creek Dog, and Old Calico came in from the hostiles and had a talk with General Miles. The other chiefs are that the chiefs have assented to a sur-man's Journal today received a letter expected. Colonel Corbin announces NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-The Freerender of their arms and that the latter from Father Crafts, at Pine Ridge,, will probably be brought in tonight or saying that he is considerably better,. tomorrow and be tagged. and asking that the press contradict for the tragedy at Wounded Knee. the reports that the army was to blame Those reports, he says, do not do justice to our soldiers and are instigated by those adverse to an honorable settlement of the present trouble and hostile to the desire of every true friend to the Indian, that he be permanently transferred from the Indian bureau to the war department. It is only by such a transfer that the Indians can expect just treatment. He says the trouble at Wounded Knee originated through interested whites, who had gone about and industriously misre presented the army and its intentions. The Indians were led to believe the true aim of the soldiers was their extermination.

of chiefs arrived-Kicking Bear, Lance, This afternoon second delegation High Hawk and Eagle Pipe. They had a long talk with General Miles, the same subjects being considered as in the morning conference. It was agreed that the hostiles would leave their present camp and pitch their tepees on the west side of White Clay Creek, immediately opposite and less than half a mile from the agency buildings. It was decided that the Indians would surrender their arms to their respective chiefs, to be turned over to Agent Price, who would receipt for them, Utah. It was introduced as place the name of each man upon his a report gun, sell them and return the proceeds from the Committee on the Judiciary, to the Indians. It was also decided in the Senate, on the 9th of January, that the chiefs would attempt to conread the first and second times by un-trol their young men and, failing in this, would themselves arrest those animous consent, and placed on the who refused to act as good Indians and calendar as S. 4811. This is its full turn them over to the agent. text:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the governor and legislative assembly of the Territory of Utah be, and they are hereby, authorized to establish a fourth judicial district in said Territory, and to readjust the districts in said Territory in such manner as to best promote the convenient administration of justice therein. SEC. 2 That as soon as may be after the execu ion of the power conferred by section one of this act, the supreme court of the Territory shall assign one judge to each of said districts, and shall have power from time to time to change such assignment and to provide for occasions of disability or absence in such cases according to the practice now authorized by law.

PRICES OF WOOL.

THE Chicago Dry Goods Reporter makes the following statement, which will be of some interest to wool-grow

er::

General Miles was pleased with the friendly disposition manifested by the chiefs, and proposed to allow them several days in which to redeem their promises. As evidence of his good will, he sent to their camp several thousand pounds of flour and several hundred pounds of coffee and sugar. The General also talked over contracts which the Indians claim have been violated, and guaranteed in the future these contracts would be complied

with to the letter.

The chiefs showed pleasure at the kindly treatment of the General and left for camp in good humor. Short Bull, of all the leading hostiles, was missed from both the delegations of chiefs today. They explained his absence by saying so many wild young men wanted to accompany him to the agency that he deemed it wise to stay

in camp.

An Associated Press correspondent
had a talk with Eagle Pipe, in which
a number of facts were ascertained re-
garding the big talk with General
Miles. Among the points was the
novel one that the Indians demanded
“Disappointment is expressed in many establishment of one
the abolition of Rosebud Agency, the
quarters at the present low price of wool.
more general
It had been freely predicted before the agency selecting Pine Ridge as such.
passage of the tariff law that that meas- The reason they advanced was that the
ure would strengthen the wool market. Indians were continually going from
Most wool dealers were in favor of it on one agency to another, contrasting the
that account.
But their expectations methods of each and longing for the
have not been verified. The increased comforts of Pine Ridge, as compared
duties on low grade wools do not help the with the many disadvantages they
domestic wool grower, for the reason that claim to have experienced at Rosebud.
this class of wools are not produced to This proposition, Eagle Pipe, who is
the best advantage in this country. The
fabrics made from the better grades of one of the most influential of the
wool, such as are produced in this coun-
try, have been sluggish for the past two
years, owing to the weather conditions.
Although the present season has been
better than the two past, much yet re-
mains to be desired. We think that as
the winter advances woolen goods will be
consumed in much larger quantites than
even prosent prospe's would indiente,
leding to a better condition among the
mills, which will necessarily be reflected
on the wool market,

Rosebud or Brule chiefs, said General
Miles promised to consider. He also
said the general had demanded the
surrender of the young men who killed
Lieutenant Casey, and they promised
to accede to his demand.

He also said they would make every
effort to control the
young men;
they had been recently indulging in a
ghost dance, but there were only a few
of them and they generally dis-

LONDON, Jan. 14.-It is announced that several British army officers, a number of whom are said to be personal friends of Buffalo Bill, have started from England for Pine Ridge agency, with the intention of offering their services in fighting the hostile

Indians.

PINE RIDGE, Jan. 15.-The Indians began to straggle in at noon. They are strung out along White Clay Creek for a distance of two miles, on foot, horseback, and in wagons, with a large number of ponies. Some of them entered the friendlies' camp, others pitching their tepees on the west bank of White Ciay. These are the Ogallalas. The Brules are camping in the bottom around Red Cloud's house, half a mile from the agency buildings. There are about 750 lodges, with 3500 Indians. The Indian camp two miles from the agency has been broken np. General Brooke has been ordered to march with his command from below the mission to this point, and will reach here today. Part of his command will camp on the west bank of the White Clay, immediately north of the Indiars, while another will flank them on the west and south.

The advance guard of the hostiles had scarcely reached the agency when Big Road sent word that he had collected the arms of his followers and wanted to surrender them to the agent. When the weapons caine on they were found to consist of simply two shotguns, a Henry rifle and a broken carbine, two Sharp's rifles and one Winchester,

NINE GUNS IN ALL.

The surrender is evidence that the Indians do not propose to give up all their guns, and they have hidden the best weapons in the hills. On this basis the entire hostile band would be expected to give up in the neighborhood of one hundred guns, when it is known that every buck is the owner of

a weapon.

American Horse, Standing Bear, White Bird and Spotted Horse, friendly chiefs, are now asking pro

A unouncement is made of the death at Fort Riley of Lieutenant Maun, Seventh Cavalry, wounded in the fight at the mission, December 30th. This afternoon the Brules abandoned the proposed camp near Red Cloud's house and pitched their tepees with the Ogallalas, forming a camp nearly a mile and a half in length, connecting with the friendlies south of the agency. The main part of the camp extends westward from White Clay creek up the bluffs, on the summit of which the Indiang have posted pickets to guard against surprise.

General Miles, in his address, take pleasure in announcing the satisfactor termination of hostilities. The disal fection among the Indians, he says was widespread, involving many differ ent tribes. The purpose of the conspir acy was to produce a general uprising of all the Indians in the coming spring The hostile element of the Sioux natio precipitated the movement by lea ing their agency, defying the author ties of the government and destroyin property given them for the purposes civilization.

tection from the hostiles, who have course between the soldiers and the In-wounded. The others of the party camped among them. dians, even women shaking hands scattered and have not been heard from with the officers and the men. The since. For nine days past the womar demand for their arms was a surprise has been walking to the agency, cover to the Indians, but a great majority ing a distance of 150 miles. She reach chose to submit quietly. The tepees ed the camp of the Sixth cavalry thi had already been searched and a large morning and was brought to the hos number of guns and knives and hatch-pital in an ambulance. ets confiscated, when the searching of the persons of men began. The women say they too were searched, and their knives (which they always carry for domestic purposes) taken from them. A number of men surrendered their rifles and cartridge belts, when one young man, described by the Indians as a good-for-nothing_young fellow, fired a single shot. This called forth a volley from the troops and the firing and confusion became general. I do not credit the statement made by some, that the women carried arms and participated actively in the fight. Testimony is overwhelmingly against this supposition. There has been one or two isolated cases of this kind, but there is no doubt that a great majority of women and children, as well as many unarmed men and youths, had no thought of anything but flight. They were pursued up to the ravines and shot down indiscriminately by the soldiers.

Since the surrender by Big Road of the nine guns today nothing has been heard or received from the hostiles at the agency. To-night the military pickets are

WATCHING THE HOSTILE CAMP

as vigilantly as ever. Tomorrow it is expected the other chiefs will turn over to Agent Pierce the arres of their followers, but it is doubted whether the surrender will be any more complete than that of Big Road's band today. Big Road's band had acted in this matter just the same as did the warriors of Big Foot. A searching of the tepees of the latter was followed by the Wounded Knee massacre. Doubt is expressed that General Miles will order a search. It is also quite certain that he will not search for the hidden weapons in the Bad Lands or near the camp sites which the hostiles have abandoned. Such being the case the Indians will hardly miss the weapons they have surrendered, knowing that they may at any time regain possession of those they have stored away.

The settlement of the matter without disarming the Indians will be one of great interest, though many people hold that the Indian, even with arms, is not to be feared if his rights under

the contracts are observed.

This afternoon General Brooke visit

The party who visited the battlefield on January 1st, report that nearly all the bodies of the men were lying close to Big Foot's body, while the women and children were scattered along a distance of two miles from the scene of encounter.

General Miles then goes on to trac the insurrection, beginning with th arrest and killing of Sitting Bull in th revolt which he headed after apparen ly submitting to the police. He tel of the concentration of various bodi of troops and the gradual closing i how everything was moving smoothl towards the completion of the plan campaign, when the unfortunate revol of Big Foot's band, "incited to hostilit by the harangues of their false prop ets," resulted in the awful tragedy Wounded Knee. The attack on Pi Ridge Mission the next day was me tioned, and the story of the closing of the military cordon, the subseque skirmishing and forcing in of the h tiles to where they are now, under t command and control of the militar

More guns were turned in to Agent
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, Jan. 18.-
Pierce today by the hostiles. They loss of such gallant officers and patrio
While the service has sustained th
told him a systematic search was be-
ing made in the tepees and that all as Captain Wallace, Lieutenants C
weapons found were turned over. The sey, Macey and Brace, and the no
custodian said today that 500 guns had
commissioned officers and soldie
been surrendered and at headquarters the cause of good government, t
who have given their lives
it is claimed the arms turned over ex-most gratifying results have been o
ceed in number those received in any tained by the endurance, patience a
other campaign.

Last night several shots were fired

ed the agency and later returned to his in the hostile camp, but nobody hurt.
camp, which is now but a short dis- Today the Indians were gloomy and
tance outside of the northern breast-sullen. The friendlies informed a cor-
works. All the other detachments respondent that a number of trouble-
have moved up and a military cordon some young men still had bad hearts
still surrounds the hostiles.
and cannot be converted.

fortitude of both officers and me

The work of disarming the hostiles h but will be continued by a portion in a large measure been accomplishe the command now in the field and the agency of the officials.

As soon as practicable the troops w An Associated Press correspondent General Miles is meeting with some with them the assurance that the return to their stations, and will ta made an attempt to enter the hostile opposition in his plan of segregating services have been of great value to t camp, but was prevented by some the several Indian tribes. Notwithfriendly Indians. The latter say the standing the Cheyennes have started country in suppressing one of the m hostiles, especially the younger ones, for Tongue River, the tribe is still de-threatening Indian outbreaks, and th are in a very bad humor. They are tained outside the breastworks, await- they have been enabled to keep betwe supicious of the intent of the military.ing command from the Interior De- settlements to the extent that no the hostile Indians and the unprotect At a late hour tonight no lights were partment to move. The General pro- citizen's life has been lost beyond t visible among the tepees, and it ap- poses to send back to their respective boundaries of the Indian reservation peared as if the ghost dance, which agencies all Indians not belonging to was indulged in by some of the young this place. Another council was held vision commander desired to expr In announcing these facts, the inen, had been discontinued. today, but nothing important trans- his thanks and highest appreciation WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The com-pired. General Miles tonight issued a the loyal and efficient service that h missioner of Indian Affairs has received from Goodale, the supervisor of been rendered. Mention of individu names of either officers or soldiers elucation at Pine Ridge, a report of to the soldiers. General Miles will meritorious conduet will be deferr the battle at Wounded Kuee. She says her information is chiefly from Indian prisoners engaged in it and from persons who afterward visited the scene. The survivors of Big Foot's band are unanimous in the statement that the Indians did not deliberately plan any resistance. It was not a war party. Many of them were unarmed, intending to visit the agency at the invitation of Red Cloud. When they met the troops they anticipated no trouble. There was constant friendly inter.

CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS

probably leave for the East early next
week and General Brooke resume com-
mand of the forces in the field.

This afternoon the wife of Few Tails
arrived here badly wounded, having
been the victim of white men's malice.
Four weeks ago she, with her husband
and several other Indians, left the
agency with a pass from General
Brooke to hunt for eagle feathers.
When near Bear Butte they were set
upon by some white men and Few
Tails was killed and his wife badly

until sufficient time is given to asc tain each heoric act, in order that may be properly recognized and du

rewarded.

THE CITY COUNCIL CASES.

The case of the People ex rel. v Louis Cohn et al., which involves t legality of the election to the Ci Council of Messrs. Cohn, Noble a Hall, of the Fourth Election Preciu