The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-18

WHAT DOES " PoRTeNos
4roops uring Concentrated WesswsrS
rhelr pr~tlnntion Presumably salt Lnes
G,s.. where serious Trouhoc q said % -
nrewlox - The Morsnons C1amortng ~
lslsod Atoneunens--They May Get IT,
Omaha. NEp., December Cat IN
early hour yesterday morning General
Howard. commanding the Department o.
The Platte, received orders 20 send troops
from Fort Omaha 20 some point which he
refuses 20 make public. Artillery bat
series b aud c. Fifth Artillery, were &C
coriingly ordered out and left yesterday
afternoon on special train for the West
over the Union Pacific. II IL understood
that al the remaining troops II Fort
Omaha, consisting d ten companies o.
infantry and one Of cavalry, have been pnt
under orders 70 be ready 70 move
Al : moments notice. Inquiry q
Union Pacific headquarters reveals the
fact that the company has received
instructions 20 have u Immaculate
readiness additional special trains for the
movement Of those troops westward:
General Howard has persistentIy refused
TO answer questions regarding the ues-
tination Of these troops. my onrrs Arg
strictly CONFIDENTIAL" said Genera HOW.
ard 10 your correspondent, sand can
nns nosSihlv even intimate where these
troors are going. II IL Of the utmost
Importance that the people Of the com.
munity 10 which they arr destined shall
| not be appraised ~ their coming II u
| evident that serious trouble IL anticipated
somcxxh.re General Howard intimatcd
| tS much.
| The general conclusion Is that the
| troops ~ the department are all 10 be
| rapidly concentrated At Salt Lake, IN an
| ticipation of an attack upon the Gentiies
/ Nv the Normons. Trouble Of serious
| nature has been brewing there for the last
! few DAYS. The arrest, conviction ana
| Imprisonment OF Mormon leaders FOL
! polyramv have not only aroused the Nor
| mons to great indignation and rcvengefu'
1 bitterness. but have caused them 70 re-
taliate by importing prostitutes from san
4 Francisco and Denver and using these
| women 10 entrap Federal officials and
| prominent Gentiles. In this they have
| been partly successful, having caused
few arrests Of the officials and 6entiles'
One Deputy United States Mar
nal was arrested for fonication
~
the city charter. He was taken
Nv a writ Of habeas corpus by the United
states authorities, who declared the city
ordinance invalid, because II exceeded
the authority granted by the Legislature.
The other night another Deputy Marshal
was assaulted By what he called four
Mormon assassinS, one 81 whom he dan
.rerouslv shot. The Mormons and their
naperS denouncc this shooting rs the ACT
az An assassin. who made the first assault,
and the Mormon press Is calling for blood
atonement. These are the causes that
make salt Lake 4 volcano to-day, liable
70 break forth NJ any moment. Threats
have been made that the entire GENTLE
population viii be cleaned out and excite
ment and fears are increasing from day &
lay.
dispatch received In Omaha from
salt Lake, In response 10 . telegram O
inquiry. SAYS: 1.-The innamed condition
Of the public mind here Is causing mos
serious apprchensions, and the move
ment Of the military Is designed 70 pre-
vent the possibility 81 an outbreak ans
secure In advance the preservation q IL
and property. Troops cannot be concen
tratcd here any too quick 70 allay IN
alarm and excitement"
Owing 70 General Towards reticenc'
regarding the destination Of troops Their
is considerable speculation as 10 wher
they are really going. but the great ma
iority believe Salt Lake Is the place with
ont doubt. Their destination u aliege'
by the officer 70 be Fort Fred Steele, y
wyoming, on the Union Pacific. Other
intimate that IL Il Fort Lewis, In South
.rn Colorado. where there have been som
disturbances among the Indians, and ais
amsnc Apachcs some distance from tina
most. General Sheridan II Is stated, dc
sired 10 concentrate large number Q
troops at that point 10 handle any seriou
outbreak which might take place In u
! Southwestern country.
III Another guess Il that troops are needle
for labor troubles at Y. rIins, Roc
| Springs and Evanston on tn Union "a
cidc. but railroad officials deny anythin
~ the kind. II Il also limited that n
I troops are 10 20 TO the Pacific coast Q
| account OF Chinese troubles. SO far
Indian troubles are concerned IL Is not |
ali likely that artillery would he forwars
"a. The sending out 81 the artillery col
Arms the general belief that Salt Lake
! tLs destination Or place Of concentration
!, The troops at Fort Robinson, Neb.. hay
I bccn ordered 10 move 10 the West, an
v orders OF similar character have been i
. sued 70 other posts in this department.
n LSTFE.-u Il d sure thing now that u
I. troops from this department are going
n Salt Lake. and II Il understood fro
good authority that trouble Is looked =
there.
J, Annual Report Of United states Trensur
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