The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-17

windows shattered. etc. On the same day an
explosion occurred in the mill u The Miami
Powder Company, live miles from Nenia, o.
causing the death ~ Two employees, John
Harris and Edward Brooks
Joe Kemp was hanged AZ Evening shade,
Ark. on the Sd, for the murder 81 Marion
Uul~ey IN iS.sa He made short speech 0n
the rallows, saving: ~ die to-day for "A
crime for which deserve the punishment
would give some advice 70 young men and
ho,. honor your father and mother, thar
your days may be long Oh the earth. Lord,
have mercy ON my SOUL
There are various statements Regarding
the probable cause 81 the recent Jtc out
break. Secretary schun attributes The DIFF
fculty 70 the efforts Of Indian Agent Mecker
10 make the indians work and to keep them
upon their reservation. and also 70 their dis
content caused by the gradual cncroach-
ment Of white men upon their
rcsvervation. lie 4 confident that
no malpractice can be attributed 20 Agent
Merker, and i also certain that the Indian
Bureau l. blamecss in the matter. Gen.
sherman thinks that the Ute~ now in revolt
were dissatisfied with their proposed re-
moyal 10 their new reservation in southwest
ern Colorado. but j. II the opinion that II
Agent Meeker had had "A few soldiers
At his hack the trouble would mol have oc-
Cured. A Washington dispatch says the
War Department claims 70 have had nfor-
nation weeks ago that these Indians were
restless and ready 10 break out on the slight
est proyocation, and recommended
that proper precautionary measures
A. ..FIr ..1. m aarl IN
The Indian Bureau wholly ignored. This
the Indian Office people deny intoto- An
other probable cause mentioned j. the fail
ure OF the Government to pay this tribe the
sum Of $1,000 due under the Brunot treaty
Of 1873. by which the san Juan mining re-
gion was coded by them TO the Government
dispatch from Ogden, Utah, 4th, says
six Sho.hone chiefs, with war paint and
armed with breech- loading rifles, came down
the Utah Northern Railroad and went East
this morning on the Union Pacific Road,
paving their fare and announcing that they
we're going 10 join the utes.
BY the breaking away Of cage IN the
Tioga mine AZ Bcdie, Cal, on the 18th, nine
men were rrccipitated 70 the bosiI IN q the
5O0-foot level. Two were instantly killed
and the remainder 90 badly injured that il
was thought none could recover.
A balloon ascension from Woodward
Gardens, SaH Francisco on the afternoon Of
sunday, the 5h, resulted in the death Of
the TWO foolhardy men who yentured their
lives in a rotten balloon on windy day
The men were Mr.. Colrove, professional
aeronaut, and Mr.. G. H. Williams, man
ager of woodward's Gardens The
balloon rose heavily short distance,
was caught by the wind and driven
/. along, tearing away the telegraph
wires, by which the half inflated bag was
= burst and the occupants Of the basket were
thrown to the ground failing on Folsom
street. a distance OF about 30 feet. vii
liams was crushed 10 amass: Cclgroye's in
. juries we're mostly internal, and he lived l
short time after being picked up.
information was received al the Indian
= Bureau. on the jth, from Agent STANLEY, "A
Los Pnos, Colo, that runner from tn
: White River Agency had arrived At tn
former Agency, bringing newsof the murde
r ~ Agent Afeeker, his family and employees
4 The following isa list III the white reopl
+ who were az White River Agency. Agent =
g. Neeker. wife and daughter Josephine
e aged 81: Frank and Harry Dresser, f.
n Mansfield. w. II. Post, Mr. and Mrs. Prize
y and two children. Fred Shepherd, Gccrg
:. Eaton. and a boy NAMED Thompson
y Chief Ouray head ~ the Ute Nation, re
! mains friendly 70 the whites, but conie~-e
g that he has no power 70 stop the -langhte
= naugurated BY his followers. There ha
= been general stampede ~ settlers and min
Z err throughout the northwestern part q ~
= state. several murders are reported. IL
q low the Los Pino- Agency every thing r.
y NAMED quiet
n At Cincinnati on the 9Th, Miss Lul
4 George. beautiful and accomplished yonn
lady from Bonaparte, Iowa. student ~ ~
Cincinnati College 81 Music, committe
suicide on account Of the death 81 her ~
= trothed lover young man named Free
Ferriman, who died 81 fever. Miss Georl
= attended him in his last Illness, and when
I" died her grief wa- % intense that she wei
i 10 her boarding house. procured pi-ta
Y and, placing II al her breast, fired the fat
X. shot.
~ Victoria and hi- band Of marauding Ind
~ an~. who have been deprcdating in Ne
q Mexico. have been driven into An almost Il
~ accessible country. closely pursued by n
~ troops under Col Morrow, VIII" \ said
ny have punished them severely a number
r. Apachcs have been enlisted to aid the tro"I
= In response 70 an urgent appeal for arr
and ammunition from Lake City. Gov. PHI
"a on the 5th dispatched Especial train for DC
~ yer. over the Denver and isio Grande Roa
~ with -uppliesas requested. under the char
n, OF Major General David y. Cook. who "
= authorized TO enlist volunteers and toassuI
~ command ~ state troops in the ian ~
~ country, and 10 take such measures a. mig
NJ he necessary 10 defend that region AGAR