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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22
IN THE Tolls.

The Murderers of the Rev. HAddock ~
sioux City In : Fair Way Of Meeting
Their Deserts.
Sioux CRY, Ia, Oct. 1.-THE fact has
LEAKED out that while Attorney Wood and
MIR. Hill were on Leavitts trail and In
ducing him 10 make statement regard
ing the Haddock murder case, Chief Of
Police Stanley and his subordinates have
been xcalously running down another
important line Of prosecution. Three
weeks ago they succeeded In overhauIing
and placing under restraint an eve wit
ness Of tile murder, who was In no way
concerned. He Is an outsider who hap
pcned TO see the crowd walking down 70
where IL was intended TO meet
ana assault Haddock, and fell 10
with II out OF curiosity. He actually
saw the assassination and, IL Is said. will
Identity the guilty man. He has made
deposition, now In possession Of the city
authorities. setting forth the manner Of
the crime and Withholding, II Is under
stood, the name Of the perpetrator until
the trial or the grand jury investigation
occurs. TO c0rroborate his statements,
which IN the main agree with those Of
Lcavitt. II became necessary TO secure
a second leading witness, and with this
purpose In view Ohlcer Melon set out on
the track Of Albert Keschiske, alias Bis.
marck, one Of the two Germans who were
hired BY George Treiber to attack Had
dock.
As already announced In press dis
matches, Melon captured "Blsmarck. !"
Sunday In California, where the was lux.
uriatiug with plenty OF funds aud under
al assumed name. II Is conjectured
that Melon would have disclosed the TACT
o. the arrest unless his prisoner had con-
fcssed. The moment Leavitt was max
Ing his confession at Chicago, warrants
we're being secretly sworn out here ~
the officers on the other branch ~ the
investigation for the arrest 81 identically
the same men implicated BY Leavitt.
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PRAIRIE FIRES.

Extensive and Destructive Prairie Fires In
the Indian Territory-NIilions ~ Acres
OF Grazing Lands Turned to Black and
Barren Wastes.
SHERMAN. Tex, Oct. l4.-Partics In
from the Indian Territory report the most
extensive and destructive prairie fires
raging ever known In that section. The
kindlIng OF the fires Is a mystery, but II
Il regarded A. certain that they are OF
malicious origin. Millions Of acres Of
the finest grazing lands In the country,
which few days ago were covered with
the heaviest and richest OF grass, are
now desolate. black, barren wastes The
area burned over extends from vinita on
the north to Muskogee on the south and
on either side Of the Missouri, Kansas 4
Texas railroad as far as the eve can see.
Large numbers Of cattle have been
burned 10 death near Pryor creek, and
many telegraph poles burned almost IN
two.
When the fires were FIRST started abo1i
our days ago, the inhabitants OF the
sparscly settled region attempted 10 sub
due the flames, but were unable to do so.
The matter Of origin isto be investi gated
by the Indian agent at vinita Many
ncIOS Vi NatttC HAvC '<Nu 1tPttrta -
susienancc on heir natural range. and
will have to be driven elsewhere TO avoid
starving. One theory Is 10 the origin q
the fires Is that they were set by sparks
from railroad engines, but this Is hardy
tcnablc, Us they are too numerous.
md have made too clean =
sweep, not stopping for the large
streams or heavy strips Of timber. f1'
the country between them all being
burned alike, showing that fires were q
ni,ed between the streams and timler
belts. Another theory Is that they IRE
the result Of carclcssness by employees
burning up old ties taken from the ros y
In making repairs, as the companies 70
not allow any old ties to remain NJ
burned. All through the territory. in the
country tributary 10 the railroads. m
mense quantities Of hay have been stacy
ed, both In baled and unbaled share
reaching up into the millions Of tons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

PRov. lpprSos, q the geological survey.
reports the discovery % magnificent OBJ
sidian clifP In the Yellowstone park.
0RKRRAL MAsTER WoRKuAx PowDRRLy
vas reelected BY the Knights o. Labor
general assembly on the 18th. and the
term ~ once extended 20 two years.
THE Treasury Department has decided
that bicycle purchased and used IN
Canada by residents Of this country i
entitled 70 free entry % ''personai Of
fects."
THE Presby terrain Synod Of Ohio, IN
session q Columbus on the 18th den ounced
Sunday papers and recommended extern
sion Of the local option features Of the
Dow law 70 counties and townships.
WHILE the town marshal Of fremont,
O., was returning from Toledo with .
prisoner named Mcvicker, the latter
jumped through the car window. The
train was stopped and the prisoner found
70 BE- insensibls. He was carried TO Free
mont and died soon Afterward from inter-
nal injuries.
THE Treasury Department has decided
that the items for bleaching and washing
out cotton embroiderics form part OF the
value OF goods and are dutiable under the
- "~-..~ s~- 49,. -.
eminent U Unitarian preacher, 10 confined
In an insane asylum in Ireland.
The Sultan Of Tut key, In . telegram 70
Queen Victoria. pleads III health a. an 81.
cuse for not showing greater attention to
the Duke Of = Edinburgh on his recent visit.
AT Byron, Mich, on the 18th. Sam Had.
49, : o'.pP'.u $500 ~ ..d
49, .s s -
-oI~.- "a ~..,~,,.a - ~. .c.,. ~ ths
cr.~s, Amin, - 10. s.th.r - .hot him
AZ sim.. av.rv .hot .trikinv n ! vital
80,
Tuv s,sctiors 4. Rp,e.ri. for members
- ~. 1890 ss,hr.rs. ~. r.srIted ~ thu
-s,r~r ~ Iso cove-c r.rt c.rd,dates. Of
a. r,.,,hsr. ~ sha 1.rro1 c.rtv ana a. Is
.dhererts ~ ~ Karavelo6
aMrcxEY FRrx.n the celebrated Apache
Indian scout who has done such good
service 70 Generals Crook and Miles dur
inc the tedious and hard working cam.
paicns those gallant officers have made
IN clearing Arizona OF the pestiferous
vre,ches. has been rev arded by being or
dered to : station. This will give him .
rest.
II the Surrogate's Court ct White
Plains, n. r., on the 18th. the Tilden will
case was again adjourned for one week.
when Mrs. Whittlessey, the absent niece,
must be present TO oRer objections, II she
has any, or the will must Be admitted 70
probate The delay 90 far has been on
her account. She resides in Wisconsin,
and has declined to acknowledge service
/ Of citation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

ST. LOUIS, Oct. ls.--Acasc Of CHAMBERS
was discovered yesterday among the
horses in the South 81. Louis car sta'
ples, and Superintendent Johnston haa
the animal killed and the infirmary Sta
bic burned down In order TO prevent ne
spread 81 the disease. The animal wa
purchased some time ago At Reilly
wolfort's sale stable, but a. that time lne
disease had not developed. The othei
animals IN the car stables are oe'n4
closely watched, and any that show s'4ns
q the fearful disease will be immediately
killed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

Dead Man should Have btut One wy
READING, Pa, Oct. l3.-Samucl NJ.
paucy left his wife and children AZ Alien
town to be soldier In the Mexican WIZ
After the war ended the usual letters
failed 20 arrive, and Mrs. Pauley cor
cluded that her husband had been killM
Paulcy, however, settled In Womei-d"rn'
this county, married and gradually drew
shout him little family. lie prospercn,
and in few years accumulated .
snug fortune. In all these years
he never held communication with
his Allentown wife. He became old, ana
finally died In 1881, aged seventy years.
Letters OF administration were granted
"a his son-in.law, Joseph Hcisinzer
Unexpectedly, Judith Paulcy, Of Lchlgh
county, has Just turned mp, and ne
process Of settling up the estate has
been brought 20 a sudden stop. She was
married. 10 Paulcy some Atty years ago;
She Is now nearly seventy wears old, ana
asks that letters be granted 70 her y we
end that she may receive the benefit q
heestate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

REAR ADuIRAL EDwxRD +. NICHOLS
died It Pomfret, Conn. on the 18th, after
: short lEress. Admiral Nichols had been
spending She summer q Pomfret. and had
bsen IN us1a health. he was found O the
morning - the 9th sudering from IN ap-
opletic It. ~nd was unconscious until biz
death. He 49, sixfy-fsur years old.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

WASHINGTON, Oct. lS.--Jcromc ,.
Manning, the principal attorney for
majority OF the claimants before the Ala
pama Claims Commission, has hled suit
In the District Supreme Court for . man
damus TO compel the Secretary Of State
10 furnish To the Secretary OF the Treas
ury certified copy Of the judgments and
decisions Of the court, with correct list
OF the attorneys appearing on behalf Of
parties obtaining the judgments. Man
ming charges In his petition that the com
mission have entered false Judgments
and certified them 10 the Secretary d
State, who Ia turn certified them 20 the
Secretary Of The Treasury.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22


Nornrxo q o(lclally known q the
Treasury Department q Washington
concerning the reported seizure BY the
Russian oflcials In the Arctic ocean Of
the American schooner Henrietta.
The remains Of the late Chief Justics
Salmon p. Chase. which were buried ~
Oak Hin, Washington. May 10, 1874, were
transferred from the old casket on tho nth
70 new one prepared for their reception
0EonoE KIN0, well-known shtp-build-
sr and vessel owner Of Marine City. Mich,
Was run over and killed BY switching
engine at Fairport, o.. on the 18th.
THE P1ns announces that General
lamont. In command Of the French forces
IN Tonquin; General Jamais and several
on GERS Of his sta6, have resigned. owing
to disputes with the civil authorities
JosE BRIDoEs. . Japanese. was arrested
q Ph0nix. Arix, on the 10th, and was
sent 10 Washington in charge Of Marshal
Meadgar. The charge 10 Of melting tho
Naricopa Indians 20 break out and join
Geronimo. He Il playing the insanity
dodge and 10 vicious looking individual
TIM issue OF standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ended
October . Was 1884 SIS; during the same
period Of last year. 81. 06f.744
THE remains Of two more victims Of the
Mascotte tragedy were taken from the
Nississippi on the 12th.
JANIS 9. BLAINE II TO speak at Pitts
burgh, Pa. on the e0th inst
The war feeling In France 10 growing
rapidly.
JoHS BoYD, the murderer Of w. B.
johnson, : prominent business man OF
Rockford, Mich, August 4, was sentenced
1t Grand Rapids on the nth to prison Tor
life. The convicted man broke down COM
| pletelv, and sank down with his face 70
| the door.
NEELD. the Chicago dsfaultsr' e In
Montreal, Canada
Nm. GLADSTONE 70 suffering from fever
and Il confined to his room.
THE American Academy OF Medicine oe-
| gan it's tenth annual session at Pittsburgh.
Pa, on the 18th.
| AT Bedford, Mass, the qnadrenniai ses-
sion Of the American Christian conference
| closed on the 18th.
| EXTENSIVE election frauds, involving
heavy bribery, have been discovered In
| the Province Of Quebec
" AAA-tAa - N@AssNtSs - -~f
been appointed chief justice OF the Su-
preme Court Of wyoming.
| n. BAUER, . French editor, and Count
Dion fought duel with swords on the
l2th- Bauer was wounded
LOUIS A. LEVI Il in custady ct New
York and will be taken back 70 chicago
to answer . charge Of embezziement
FocR leaders OF the party engaged IN
kidnapping Prince Alexander arrived @ 81
Petersburg on the 12th-
JUDoE WALLACE. Of the United States
Circuit Court at New York, has decided
that bank shares may be taxed.
Sr. PErERsBuRG newspapers urge that
decisive action by Russia 10 regard 70
Bulgaria Is imperative.
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER BuRRrDGE OF
Troy, n. r., Is missing and 80 IS $500,
sent from New York to the Troy ONCE.
A MoRNos meeting at London, on the
18th, denounced the American Govern
msnt for IL treatment Of their co-relig-
ionists.
Il TIE Central Illinois - = Conference
q Peoria closed On the 18th after conn
plettng the appointments Tor the coming
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

AZ the result Of the final games Of the
series the Chicago Base Ran Club Il again
he champion Of the League. II was :
cIose rub The Browns. Of st. Louis. are
again the champions Of the Association.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

TIM issus ole dollar silver certificates
from Octohsr to n was $soo,o0a Many
more migh< hs~s been issued had the
printing hureas been able to supply the
demand. TIE eject which the Issue Of
small certificates vill have upon The cir
scnlation Of ne dollar pieces e being
watched with fatsrsst st the Treasury De-
.partmsnt, q ven - BY fhoss who study
'ths currency qsestioa-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

II n stated confidently that several
changes are pending In the English Cahi-
net and viii b announced early 4 Mo-
veuber.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

MANUAL gas was struck ~ Fatrmoas,
W. Va, On the 9Th. II II said b. exps-
rienced gas men 70 b the largest we'll IN
ths country. The noise from the rush Of
he gas ran b heard from six 70 ten milss-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

Tm American Consul 1t Kingston. Ont.
having been asked By the the United
States Government % report II any dis
ease existed among cattle II that district,
made close investigation and has report
"a IN The negative.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

sAwCE1 FrELDEx, one OF the condemned
Chicago Anarchists, sends : letter 70 the
papers IN which he speaks Of the assault
madden the informer Waller IN . Chicago
drinking saloon. and intimates that the
assault was arran ged BY The police 70
make certain the doom Of the cond emned
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

THE second Comptroller Of the reasury
Has decided that where . claim against
the government once decided has been
reopsasd and reheard, . second rehear ing
should net b granted. except upon the
strongest evidences OF irrcgularity IN the
former proceeding o. new discoveries Of
essential feet.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

TRR bisnn1al session Of the Supreme
Council Of 1hs Thirty-third Degree - =
sons ~ 90 southern Jurisdiction Of the
United States win begin in Washing ton
on ne 18Th inst This Il The Srpreme
Council OF the Scottish Rite, Of which
General Albert Pike il Grand Command.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

Anoxo the persons who Rrasped the
hand Of the President on the 18th, It the
pablic rscsption, were several typical
Ens1lsbnen. who seemed highly delighted
20 meet ur. Cleveland, and who created
some msrrimsnt BY their peculiar actions
and manner.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22
TOPICS OF THE DAY,


Cusrons o(lcers q San Francisco on
DE Oh seized $4,000 worth Of opium
muggled - tea.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

TBR State Department has received :
brief dispatch from the American Consul
General at Halifax condrmatwy Of the
reports ouching the recent seizure BY
Canadian customs officers Of the Amsri-
can schooner Marion Grimes 1t Shelburns,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

THR report Of the Egyptian Cotton A.
ISOLATION shows that the crop u fully up
20 the average. The worms have disap-
pesred. The Weld Is estimated 1t $780,
900 csntsrs. and arrivals II Alsxandria
chow Il to b Of superior quality.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

rHR director Of the French Catholic mis-
sions has been informed that seven hum
drei Christians have been massaersd in
Tanho. Tonquins also that thirty villages
n thaf district have been burned and nine
thousand inhabitants are starving.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

TnR town Of Sabine Pass, Tex, was
totally destroyed by the water Of the
Sabine river on the night Of the 18th.
Sixty-f1v- lives are known TO have been
lost. a hotel Win lfteen or twenty guests
was swept out into the bay snd m were
lost
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

A connUxIcAssor from Minister West
has been transmitted by the Department
Of State 70 the war Departm emit. calling
attention 70 The thseatening state Of a.
fairs on the boundary lfae betweea Nom
fana an the British possessions, and sug-
gesting he adoption Of measures cajcs.
Hated 70 prevent raiding across the lie BY
hostile Blood and Piexan IndianG
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

Az 4 rueeting In Milwaukee On the
night II the 9Th Robt. schiIling, State o..
ganissr Of the Knights Of Labor OF wis
consin. dsnoussed the proposed execution
Of the Chicago lADarchists . IN outrage
. infamous q hehanging Of John Brown
He said be did noe believe IN anarchism,
but sympathizsd with Socialists. The SEN
tinent met with uproarS0us applause from,
those present, among whom we're knights
q Labor.
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Cusrons o(lcers q San Francisco on
de oeh seized $4,000 worth Of opium
muggled - tea.
80 T6-s~ am~r,cass Derma.
80 ~~.cs;,rc, y ". .hjrcton appear %
b taking definite shape.
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49, -.s.s- - com. a. America 20 the
Ssd,c.s,., - ~. n,rfhcIdi stains.
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AccoRp1So 70 me Nasionai Cotton ~
~-.d s,,.hs1v dr,,r, ~ r.st month.
e-
II Il stated confidently tnes severei
changes are pending In the English Caoi-
net and will b announced early - NO
vemoer.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-22

WM. HARRIS. convicted OF the murder OF
Alice Mitchell. It Thorntown. last June,
was sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
He claims that he 10 innocent and that his
wife committed the murder.
THERE Is great alarm among agricultur
lists in the vicinity OF Wabash, over the
terrible ravages Of hog cholera In some
places the hog cholera il attaching human
beings. and, - Il il contagious. this hes
caused q general stampede. Efforts are
making to establish quarantine against
the peculiar malady.
THE new nail-mill Of the Chicago Steel
Company at Hammond. u fast being push
ed 70 completion. The factory will be
equipped with $50 machines, with . capac.
ity Of ] 800 kegs Of nails per day.
A CRAFTY old Polander named Felix Din
mick, indicted for burglary at Lafayette,
had six hundred dollars In gold sewed up
in his greasy old clothes.
TINE following are the dates when cor
tain Presidential postmasters' commissions
expire: Attica. February "a. 1857; Au.
rora, February 7. 1857; Brazil, January
-, 1887; Covington, December 20. 1856;
Hartford City, December ~. 1850. Muncie,
February. 1851; Nortc Dame. February
Is. l6e.: Rockport. February 10. 1S67'
Rockville. December u, 1855.
TIM ten-thouzand dollar issue Of wsbasl
County bonds for the construction Of grave
roads, was taken BY .. A. Kcan a Co, Chi
csgo, Who bid sloaco. The bonds draw sis
per cent
LuKE THOMAS was found dead at bis homo
q Richmond, the other day. Heart disease
Ne was well known and popular.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-15

say that foreign cook presides over it The
cuisine of the Whitneys is unsurpassed in
Washington and the mouths of the CASTRO
homes here begin to water Che moment it is
mentioned
Mrs, Whitney has diStin guished herself as
a hostess and she is more than a lieutenant
in the carrying on of the presidential cam
paign. She has many of the qualities of Mrs.
Logan, allied to much of the political ability
of her father She is bright and ready, good
looking and sensible She is not snobbish,
and though she dresses upon occasion as well
as any woman in Washington, she does not
show that she is wearing her Sunday clothes,
and her many beautiful diamonds do not
seem out of place Mrs. Whitney would
make brilliant lady of the White House.
She would be- much like Dolly Madison or
Harriet Lane. Her administration would be
a grand one socially, and it would be one
which would add strength, politically, Il
the man who occupied the presidential
chair. She is a well educated woman,
and as the daughter of Senator Payne
and the sister of her bachelor brother
she will if she survives them be very
wealthy some day. Her father is worth
81, 100000, and her brother perhaps between
S15,0Oo,OOO and s2O,OOO,OOO Oliver Payne
thinks great deal of his sister He gave
her, it is said, her New York home, which
cost 100000 not long ago This home is as
finely furnished as either of the two she has
at Washington Mr. Whitney himself is
wealthy, and during presidential campaign
there would be no lack of good sized barrel
for legitimate expenses,
FRANK GEORGE.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-15

his dress is that Of gentleman, in his
well lighted Office as secretary of the navy,
he is as unassuming and democratic as
though his clothes were homespun and his
boots were cowhide. 1t is William G. Whit
ney, Samuel j. Tilden's protege, Henry B.
Payne's son-in-law, the Croesus of Cleve-
lands cabinet, and the most princely enter
tainer in Washington
Secretary Whitney has had his presideu-
tial laboratory going ever since the day of
the Inauguration, and his political wires have
been plated with gold. He rubbed the Alad-
din lamp of his fortune, and in a night, al
most, he converted the old Frelinghuysen
mansion into royal magniicence. He said
his "open sesame" and the dainties of the
world appeared upon his tables free to every
decent man who would come and eat. Night
after night week after week, and month after
month his house has overhowed with the in
fiuential people from all parts of the United
States, and now that Lent has come his wife
is to continue in entertainments to the wives
of politicians at his country home.
Secretary Whitney's arrangements for
such an ante presidential campaign are Won
derfully complete. He has bought country
seat of about 100 acres within three miles of
Washington. There is a fine, large old
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-15

lounges, t6te-a-tete chairs and tables seem TO
be made of golden wire, and the former are
upholstered in brocaded satin of many colors.
Fine water color paintings hang upon the
walls, and those mirrors which used to reflect
the spooning of President Arthur and Title
Frelinghuysen, will smile or frown upon you
as you do upon them as you go by.
Passing through two such parlors, past
cozy little alcove, you enter the grand re-
ception room which Secretary Whitney tells
me was made for living room and not for
a ball room. 1t is here that Mrs. Whitney
received her callers, and here the great parties
of the past season were held On that bay
window-like rostrum at the right, r. presented
in the following illustration, Mrs James