The Daily Pioneer from Smith Centre, Kansas • 1

01 ss mm S'YV; No. 427. DAILY IN SECOND YEAR EIGHTEENTH YEAR. I Smith Centbe, Saturday Evening, July 20, 1889. PAINTED SAVAGES.

Commissioners hair way and" fEe. leJe of the lands on the best terms possible. Re believed the Commissioners were disposed to be friendly and generous in their dealings, with the Indians and that by prudent management $10,000,000 might bt obtained for all the lands occupied and unoccupied west of the Arkansas river, and he was in favor of paying out the Breech-Clouted BruteB Attempt Intimidation amount per capita to all the citizens of AT THE CHEYENNE RIVER AGENCY. T. REESE, Post Office Book Store.

BOOKS, STATIONERY, ETC. I O.S.ROBERTS, is: eb Avenue. Fresh bread, pies and cakes always os band. M. PICKLES, Attorney at JLaw.

Practices Ik all the court's of the state. Office cer McDowell's tere. Smith Centre, Kansas. General Crook Suppresses Them and Siga-injf Follows Boudinot on theChero- kee Outlet The Creeks nud Their Money. the Nation, the adopted whites, Shawnees, Delawares, colored aod native orn.

The speaker's remarks seemed to meet with the approval of the audience. TUB CREEK APPROPRIATION. Washington, July ,19. N. B.

Moore, treasurer of the Creek Nation, accom-. paniedby Ward Coachman and Baily Mcintosh, of the Creek Nation, arrived here yesterday as a delegation empowered to receive from the Government the money appropriated for the purchase of the Creek lands in Oklahoma. Mr. Moore stated that the Creek Nation will faithfully carry out the contract made with ex Governor Crawford, of Kansas, in respect t6 the compensation to be received by him as their attorney. 1 THE TRUCK SYSTEM.

i KNIGHTS Of LABOR. Chicago, July 19. General Master; Workman Powderly of the K. of L. aid! his coadjutors, Holland, WrighV Devlin and Costellar, got down to bull-! nest and made considerable progress in examining complaints, petitions and reports in relation to the order in the North- west.

"The charter of the first assembly of France," said Mr. Powderly, "was pre-' pared this morning and started on its way to the old country in the hands of Bailey." Is any thing being done by your, city to bring back the seceding members of the Knights of Labor who have organ-j ized rival orders?" was asked. "Oh, no." Then there was, a general run-' ning- talk on the course to be pursued by the order to solve the problem of the labor troubles. Said Mr. Powderly: "It is a question easy of solution to the thinker and reader of today, and the only remedy is the secret where a citizen can vote without fearing to express his own feelings.

Another lesson will be the teaching of members in regard to some reformed socialistic theories that coal fields belong to the Government, for instance, and should be run without profit by the Government; or to lease the lands to firms which shall continue their operation steadily, a lockout or shut-down to result in forfeiture of the lease." The next general executive session of the Knights will be at Atlanta, commencing on the second Tuesday in November. 4 COAL HEAVERS' STRIKE. Superior, July 19. A coal heavers' strike was begun yesterday afternoon. The Lehigh coal heavers refused to handle coal at less than fifty cents an hour.

The strike is spreading to other docks and will r.o doubt be the most serious ever known at the head of the like JJI M. TTERELL, Attorney at Law, Will Practice In all the courts. OFFlOe IN OPERA HOUSE BLOCK WITH Kan. Cheyenne River Agency, July 19. The council met yesterday at about ten o'clock.

A large delegation of the hostile faction were present, surrounding; the chief's tent. It was evident that it was the object of the speakers to indicate that no signers need be expected. General. Crook finally stopped further discussion by sending for the rolls and Invited such Indians as wished to sign to do so. Chaiing Crow stepped forward and said he was in favor of the bill and touched the pen.

This was the' signal for an angry outburst from tha Cherry creek band who began to crowd around the table where the rolls were spread out. Two painted Indians sprang to the front, one brand ishing a large club and threatened to brain any one who signed. General Crook stood near with his hand on a heavy chair, prepared to knock the Indian down at the first hostile demonstration, when the. latter was arrested by the po lice and hurried out of the pavilion. General Cook then spoke fo bly for a few moments.

lie told them that .9 this Commission had been sent here by the President for the purpose of explaining an Hardships of Braidwood, III, Minora COMPLAINTS AT OTHER MINES. Fakmkbs and'merchants bank. STONE, S.mNvILCOX, President. Cashier, Money to loan on long or short time at lowest rates of Interest. Also agents for Smith JRvoa.

Loan and Trust Co. Powderly Talks on the Knights of Labor and Reformed Socialism Strike of Coal IJeavers in Wis- consin. PROF. SH ELTON CHOSEN. Recommended By the Government For Agricultural Instructor in Australia, Washington.

July 19. In December of act of Congress, and that it had done its duty. If any one did not understand, the Commissio ners were ready at any time to HIC AGO LUMBER CO, WITH CEVTRE, KAtl Leading: Yard in the City. full stock ef lumber, lath, shingles, blinds, ash, doors, etc. D.

A. McCtrio, Local Manager. LIVERY, SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLE? J. M. STEVENS, PROPRIETOR.

Street, West ok Main. Good rigs furnished on short it HORSES BOUGHT AND SOLD. La Salle, I1L, July 19. The investigation of the coal mining difficulties here developed a bad state of affairs at Braid-wt on the part of the miners, who endure all the evils of the truck store system, are hampered in their work at some of the mines by reason of not being adequately supplied with timber for propping up the roof, contrary to the State Mining law, and are in jeopardy of their lives. The coal car, according to the testimony, were not propevly constructed, so that much coal fell off while being hauled to the mouth of the mine, all of which was confiscated by the company and which some days aggregated upward of twenty-five tons.

The mines were very wet and the miners had their clothes constantly soaked. Often the air was insufficient and bad. -v; a Complaints from Braceville and Streator were not so great Miners' wages averaged only $27 to $36 a month, with deductions for powder, repairing tools, of several dollars each month. L. H.

Plumb, a Streator operator, found competition so sharp efcat tie said he saw little hope for the Northern Illinois operators. Hj had submitted bi3 case to board of a rbitraticn. If he could not operate his mine at the rate of wages awarded be would close it. If the miners could not work for the wages that might be named they were to be under no obligations to do so. The sheriff of Kankakee County has placed deputies at Clark City and Tracsy to protect the Taylor Williams coal shaft, from the Italians, who have threatened to burn them, and also to protect the miners who desire to go to work on the terms offered.

The English and Irish miners wish to work at the pay offered, which was $2 per day, and in case they mined enough coal at 85 cents a ton to exceed this amount they were to have the excess, but the Italians would not agree to this, and by threats prevented the other miners from working. A force has been put to work clearing up the drift in the dark City shaft. The shaft works about 300 men and has been idle since May 1. Trouble is feared where the operators decide to put the miners to work. last year the Department of Agriculture received from the Chief Secretary of Queensland, Australia, a communication requesting the department to nominate to that Government a suitable person to be appointed instructor in agriculture.

Secretary Rusk has appointed Edward P. Shelton, of Manhattan, to the position, and so informed the Australian Government Prof. Shelton has for many years been pro fessor of practical agriculture in the Kan- sas State Agricultural College. He has also been connected with the Michigan Agricultural College and engaged In teaching and practicing agriculture under the auspices of the Japanese Goverment. Becretary Rusk says he believes Prof.

Shelton is the best man available in the United States for the position and is confident be will creditably represent this, country. A St. Paul Mortgage Settled. Springfield, I1L, July 19. The United States Trust Company of New York filed yesterday in the office of Secretary of State here a release of a mortgage held against the property, franchise, of the Chicago, Milwaukee St Paul and the Evanston Lake Superior railroads.

The mortgage was executed in September, 1888, and was for $2,500,000 to secure additional terminal facilities in Chicago and build an extension in Northern Wisconsin. The bonds were to run in until 1898 but the railroad company decided to call them in and cancel the debt. A Receiver Wanted. I Atchison, July, 19. John M.

Price, of Atchison, has filed a petition in the district court of Cherokee County, asking for a receiver for the South Side Mining and Manufacturing Com- pany, a lead and zinc mining enterprise of Galena, Kan. The property involved in the suit is variously estimated at being worth from 000. TheTrish team won the Elcho challenge shield at Wimbledon with a score of the English, Scotch, 1,626. explain. If any one wanted to sign, they should be allowed to do so.

Matters were in a bad shape if a lot of breech-clouted, blanketed Indians, who had just come on the reservation and cared for nothing so long as they got enough to eat were to. be allowed to pre vent those Indian who were trying to provide for the future of their children from signing. He said if the police could not protect thorn he would bring men here who could. He wanted it distinctly understood that those who chose to sign would be protected. This effectively silenced the disturbance.

The police prevented the crowd from pressing too closely around the signing tables and opened a large lane for them through the hostile faction Signatures were, taken rapidly for an hour and then continued There were 100 slg-' natures up to five p. m. The opposition bere is thoroughly organ- ised and has the support of a majority of the police force and of all the wealthy half-breeds at other agencies. The half-breeds have been as a rule in favor of the bill and thj police force its staunchesfi friends. The worst element of the Sioux reservation is located the Cherry oreek bands being mainly those Indians who were within a few years' brought here from Poplar river and were the last' of the hostiles to come in.

These 'conditions make the work of the Commission very dlffloult THE CHEROKEE OUTLET. Littcb Rock, July 19. A special from Fort Smith, says: Colonel B. Boudinot, the noted Cherokee lawyer, made a. speech at a picnic yesterday in the Cherokee Nation, a few miles frofa here, to a large concourse of people.

He expressed his views without reserve relative to the Cherokee anil the sale of the Cherokee Outlet. That jbhese lands were to the homes of American farmers in a very short time the spoaker regarded a certain as fate, and, in his opinion, common sense and the welfare of the Cherokee Jiolicy of niejtin tbe CONFECTIONERY AND Ice Cream Parlors First door south of Pioneer Office. The choicest line of confectionery in the city always on hand. Ice Cream Ererr Day During: the Season. fruits of all kinds.

"Thetinest cigars in town. J. E1. Pattee.