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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17
RETIREMENT OF GEN. CASEY
After an Active and Eminentiy Useful Ca
reer AS AN Engineer.

WASHINGTON, May lO-The retire
men to-day from active service OF
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Casey. chief OF
engineers, which office he has held
since isss. possesses more than passing
interest to the general public because
of the great public works that have
been completed under his direction.
Gen. Casey was born in New York.
his father. Gen. Silas Casey. being a
distinguished army officer. lie was
graduated from the West Point mill
tary academy in is52. standing at the
head of the class. which included
among its members such men a Henry
w. slocum. ID. >. Stanley. jerome Bo-
naparte, Peter II. Swaine. Alexander
d. McCook and George Crook.
With the exception Of two years
service as assistant engineer in the
construction of Fort Delaware. he was
attached to the West Point academy
as instructor of engineering. leaving
there as lieutenant in 1859 TO take
command Of engineer troops in Wash
ington territory.
When the civil war broke out he was
dllbllltA a>~A>linl tilZ nicer 0U the
staff of the general commanding the
department OF Virginia. In August.
ls6l. he was made captain and super
intending engineer in charge Of the
permanent defenses and Notifications
on the coast Of Maine and ON recruit
ing service for engineer troops which
duty he performed until 1866.
In the meantime he was engaged on
special duty with the North Atlantic
squadron during the first expedition &c
Fort Fisher. y. c.. and as a member OF
a special lizard Of engineers for work
at Willet's Point. y. ". and for work
on forts in Maine. since abandoned.
During the war he was promoted &c
the rank Of major. and mis- serv-
ice gained for him the brevet
ranks of observation-disclosures and
colonel. From 1866 TO l--- Mai. Casey
was experimenting engineer Of Forts
Prcble and Scanned. in Portland har-
Dor. Me. In ls.- he was placed in
charge Of the public buildings and
grounds at Washington. a position h.
retained until lsss, a period marked
by many Improvement in public
buildings. parks and Of the
capital. The fine building occupied
by the state war and navy depart
ments was constructed under his super
vision, and the Washington monu-
ment. which. for a generation had re
manned a broken marble shaft, was
finished under his direction in 1854.
In 1874 he was advanced to ~lieuten-
ant colonel, and in 1854 TO colonel.
Since is.s, when he became chief Of
engineers. Gen. Casey has expended
nearly half a billion dollars for the
government in river and harbor i'm.
p~rovements, public buildings and
grounds and coast defenses.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17
T NEWS ITEMS.

|
An explosion, supposed TO have been
caused by natural gas. wrecked a big
lodging house at No. 10 Sherman
street. Chicago, at lis o'clock on the
morning Of the 18th. The entire front
Of the building was blown out and
flames Immediately burst from the
side and alley windows. A number OF
the occupants were either killed out
right or SO badly injured that their re-
covery is doubtful.
A DISPATCH from Toxic. on the 10th.
said that Al Viscount kabayama.
with Mr.. Mdzuno. chief secretary of
the lower house of the diet, the latter,
as the head of the civil administration.
with "a suita bile escort, would proceed
to Formosa in a few days for the pur
pose of formally annexing that island
PASSENGERS arriving by steamer at
Tampa. Fla. OF the 10th. reported the
condition of things in Cuba as very en-
couraging to the insurgents, who had
captured the city of Guaymaro, on the
9Th. after a desperate battle in which
the insurgents lost 700 killed, and the
Spanish troops 5000.
As A result Of the action Of the i'm
migration authorities in Washington,
General Manager Carter of the Detroit
& Cleveland Steam Navigation Co, on
the 10th directed that all aliens in the
employ Of that company be removed
and thai none but citizens be EN-.
ployed.
The els. 500 for settlement Of the
British demands was deposited by
Nicaragua with the Managua agency
Of the London Bank Of Central Amer
lea, on the 10th, for payment in Lon
don in accordance with the agreement
reached by Nicaragua and Great Brit
ain.
korRm men were instantly killed by
an explosion Of coal dust in a mine AZ
sopris, near Trinidad, Col. on the 10th.
supposed TO have been caused by flames
communicating through a crews from
an adjoining shaft which was on fire.
THE Spanish postmaster at Santiago
de Cuba has been tampering with
United States Consul Hgatt's mail.
His copies Of American papers deliv.
cred 10 him on the 10Th had all the
Cuban news cut up.
On the 10th Gov. Norton signed As.
semhlyman Lawson's New York city
magistrates bill, which legislates the
New York police justices out Of Office.
FOURTEEN dwelling houses were
burned in Fayette City, Pa. on the
10th. as the result OF trying to start a
fire in a stove with carbon oil.
The plant OF the Imeerial varnish
works at Akron, D.. was destroyed by
fire on the 10th. Loss, s35,0 900.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17
MAY CROP
A. Reported 10 the Department of Agrs-
euifur~-A GenersI Improvement

culture teu~fAl Improvement
WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE May re-
turns of the department Of agriculture
show an increase IN wheat 81 ~ points
from the April average. being so.
against II 1 last month. aud SIS il
May. i>gi. The averages If the pr.n
cipal winter wheat states are. Ohio
-. Michigan =. Indiana -. Illinois -.
Missouri 20. Kansas .. California ~.
The average If these seven states i
s2.S. against SIS in April. being an
Increase OF 4 little less than one point.
In the southern states the averages
range from -. in Texas. TO %. in Ala
bama-
Winter ~ like wheat. has adj
vanced nearly : points since last
month. its average for Nav being So.
against :. for the same date in April.
The percentages are: New York ~.
Pennsylvania -. Michigan =. Illinois
", Kansas "A. The pros poets for rye
throughout the v belt are fair ex-
cept in the state II New York. where
it j. too dry. while in Minnesota and
Kansas the crop was considerably
damaged by .he severe winter and has
not recovered
The average condition Of winter bar
lev is %. against Te.3 in the month II
May. 1894. and so in lse3. The low
est conditions are in Texas Indiana
and Iowa. and the highest in New York.
California and Oregon
The condition of spring pasture Is
500. and Of moving lands >1.A.
The proportion Of spring blowing
done May ] is reported at se.s per cent.
against ss.5 last year. and "a in 1923.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17
AN AWFUL EXPLOSION.

Natural Gs~ Wrecks. . mtg Chiesgo lefa-
ing House Many fersoas Taken from
h Rain.. Most of Whoun are txp~et~d
to Di~-Th~ search Cosstau~d by the
Fir~mea and Police DuriIg . Terrific
Storm
CHICAGO. May ia terrific explo-
sion in the big building a. No 10 sher-
man street reused the people in that
vicinity. and shook the big board ~
trade building n lis this saturday.
morning.
When the fircmen arrived in less
than five minutes they found the
whole front Of the building blown out
and flames bursting from the side aud
alley windows The building was oc-
eupied as a lodging house. which was
run by August Mitchell
Just a. the police arrived they saw a
man leap from the third-story window
and land in the paved alley lie was
picked up and found to b. Angus,
Mitchell. He was disposed Of in an
ambulance. and the fremen. aided by
the police. escued his wife and child
from the rear of the third floor. hut
the daughter Mary jumped. and it is
feared that she Is fatally injured
L~ArEg-l-s0 a. m--The firemen in
cropping around the building found
the lead body Of a man on the second
floor near the rear Of the building and
in five minutes found two others. who
II il believed cannot recover. They
We're taken - the hospital. Search i
proceeding with all possible haste
Wild rumors OF fifteen killed are atioa,-
but they cannot lie verified.
II j. known tina, natural g2s was
used on the second foor OF the build
ing and a the expiosion has every APP
pearance Of an explosion from that
source. ii j believed TO be a natural
gas explosion.
Nine persons. all badly burned. have
already been taken out uptothis time.
all Of whom are expected 10 die.
The bartender. John -. who al
ways slept in the harro~om. canno, be
blown to pieces The name OF the
lead man taken out al 1850 j. not vet
known. All the injured We're taken I
the county hospital and il i impossible
10 learn the extent Of the injuries az
present
The police and fsremen now have the
fire under control. The search FOR
bodies is being prosecuted rapidly.
Mr.. Mitchell says he does not know
how many people were in the house
and the register has been burned up.
a terrific storm. accompanied ~
thunder and lightning. greatly re-
iarded the work Of the ~earcher~
Capt Hartnett Of the Harrison
street station. headed the corps 81 res
cuers- He had men from all the po-
lice stations down town. and the work
was prosecuted with great vigor.
AT ? a IN Capt Hartnett gives Il as
his opinion that all the bodies hare
been recovered.
The board of trade building. which
stands directly cross the street. j. not
thought to have been injured BIZ the
explosion. although gla>> was broken
in all the buildings adjacent. The
financial loss viii hardly exceed $500.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17
TALKED roo MUCH.
Admiral Meade Lays himself Liable to
Conrf- Martial

WASHINGTON. May H. - Admiral
Meade's interview severely criticising
the administration. a. widely pub
lished yesterday morning. created CON
siderable excitement and comment a;
the navy department All the higher
officials of the department frankly
said that the impc;nons admiral has
rendered himself liable 10 court-martial
under article 235 Of the regulations.
which expressly prohibits an officer 10
communicate br Interview or other
wise any comments or criticism Of any
department Of the government II j.
under this same article that Medical
Inspector kershner Is 20 be tried 81
New York next week upon charges
preferred by Admiral Meade
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17
AN ILL-ADvISED STRIKE
Throws Nine Hundred Employees out ~
Work.

MoERrsrowS. Pa. May l0-Nine
hundred employees in the wooden and
worsted mills Of James Lee 4 Son. at
bridgeport. are thrown out of EN-.
ployment. Three hundred ~ the
hands struck for an increase in wages
and the firm decided to close down the
mills. The increase demanded was 10
per cent. One hundred hands ~ the
Woodstock wooden mills and seventy
At Rambo a RcRar's hosiery mill
have also struck for an advance
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17
a DISCHARGED LABORER.


CHICAGO. May il.-Philip Chester. a
discharged city Ia borer. waited all day
yesterday around the city hall 20 de-
mand reinstatement. and when he was
admitted into the presence Of Mayor
swift M e:3J o'clock and refused re-
employment. jumped at the mayor with
m oath. A detective seized the infuri-
ated mar before he could DO the mayor
any injury. and took him to Central
station headquarters The news led
10 all sorts Of rrmors OF assassination
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17
A BIG wiNDFALL.
An Express Driver Pals Heir In Six Hun
dred Thousand Dollars.

DENVER, Col. May io-Thomas
Gwillin. aged %. employed as driver
on an express. has received word tina;
he has fallen heir TO 5000. 600 BY the
death Of a distant relative in England
the letter so notify ing him inclosed a
draft for sli. 900 to enable him to reach
home. Ne bought a third-class ticket
through TO London yesterday morning
for si3 and left on the first train.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

III was stated in Santiago de Cuba,
on the sth, hat the evolutionary
chiefs, in interviews. had declared
their opposition TO annexation to the
United States. They desire the indie
pendence Of the island under the pro-
lection Of and free trade with the
United States.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

OK the 9th the president offered the
vacant civil service commissionership,
caused by the resignation of Theodore
Roosevelt. TO Col. Rice, OF Albany. y.
u, and il was said that the latter
would accent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

1T was announced in London, on the
9th, upon authority of the Exchange
Telegraph Co. that the Nicaraguan
government would pay n entire
amount of the indemnity demanded
by Great Britain at the foreign office
in London in a few days.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

IL fight between striking furnace
men from the Illinois steel works nj
South Chicago and a large force OF
police, on the eth, quite a number
on both sides were more or less seri-
ously injured. though no one was
killed. The strikers were finally
routed and the immense works Of the
company were taken possession Of and
patroled by the guardians Of the pub
lie peace.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

RALPH X. PAIGE was paroled by the
Ohio prison board Of managers on the
eth. Under the Ohio law this gives
him the same freedom "a a pardon,
save that he may not leave the stat
and must report 10 the state peniten-
tiary authorities once each month.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

DESPITE an almost universal belief
10 the contrary. Mr.. Lorrin A Thurs
ton is still recognized by the state de-
partment as minister from Hawaii.
The diplomatic list for May, an official
issue Of the department, contains his
name with the simple word absent
after il.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

WARDEN s.. w. CHASE Of the Kansas
state penitentiary. on the6th. swore to
a complaint against Edmund NJ Nor.
rill, governor Of the state, charging
him with obtaining money from the
state treasury under false pretenses.
The charge was br sed on certain
vouchers issued by the Eoverno or against
the contingent fund Of the executive
department in payment Of certain sal.
aries and Office rent incurred for the
state before Gov. Morrill's ~inaugura.
ton
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

Mrs. MARY BROWN. a m~onogamian
pensioner. died. on the 10th, at her
home S miles from Knoxville. Tenn.
She was the widow of Joe Brown. a
soldier in the revolutionary war. and
was born in lso4. Her husband died
nfty-one years ago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

GEN. MARTINEZ CAMPos has offered
the American Railroad Co. in Cuba a
monthly payment Of $4,000 in consid-
Grafton Of the company's employing
the idle natives along the route in the
work of extending their lines Of track.
Gen. Campos has also advocated an ex-
tensive improvement of the harbors as
a means Of giving work to the unem-
ployed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

The post Office department has taken
steps to secure and destroy the coun-
terfeit postage stamps recently un-
earthed in Chicago. Should a coun-
t%erfeit be discovered in the mail. the
parcel carrying it will be held for
postage and not delivered until the
name and location of the sender are
discovered.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

The due d'orleans was. on the 9th,
prolou need out Of danger. and his
physicians announced that no further
bulletins in regard 10 his condition
would be issued.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

Oh the 9th Coy. Morton signed the
Lexow New York city bipartisan po-
lice bill and Assembly man Ainswortb
bill. prepared by the New York city
tenement commission, providing for
the construction and supervision OF
New York city tenements.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

Ex.-oiov. RoBER. STOCKTON GREEN. Of
New Jersey, died in the city Of Eliza
beth. on the eth. aged 81 years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

The Waubansee club of Chicago
gave a banquet at the Auditorium ho-
tel, on the night Of the 9Th, for TIA 9
purpose of protesting against the free
coinage Of silver and to voice the sen.
timents of the sound money elements
of the democratic party. About 200
guests were in attendance, and
speeches were made 10y Hon. Richard
Knott. Of the Louisville Ky Pest:
Prof j.. Lawrence Laughl.n, and Hon.
John NJ. Palmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

THE post office department has re-
voked a fraud order, issued in Fsbru-
airy last. against the Hemltic Brother
hood Circle OF Isis, represented By DR..
Phelon. Of Chicago. DR.. Phelon having
agreed not in future to send out
through the mails the curative discs
which were the subject Of the order.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

The Nicaraguan legation in Wash
ington received a telegram. on the sth.
from the minister Of foreign affairs at
Managua. stating that there was no
foundation for the reports that rioting
had occurred in that city or in any
part Of Nicaragua during the British
occupation Of Corinto.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

SCOTLAND YARD detectives. on the
9th. su admitted TO United States Am
bassador Bayard evidence that Mendal
Howard. now in custody in London a
a counterfeiter. was fully prepared TO
make and issue spurious United States
greenbacks and postage stam ps-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-17

SIMON JACOBS. the retiring city
treasurer Of Butte. Mont, committed
suicide on the 9th. the date of his re-
tirement from Office. by shooting him
self through the head. 1t was re-
ported that he was short in his ac-
counts $50. 900 or $4,000. but there was
no positive information regarding il.
Arizona republican., 1895-12-11
A RATE REDUCTION.
Would Seriously Affect the Govern
 ment's Interest.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 1O.-In ohe United States circdit court today the suit of the California railroad com missioners came to a nearing.
 The first phase considered was a bill of intervention filed by United States District Attorney Foote in behalf of the government Foote held that as the government has mortgage on the Central Pacific lines included in the Southern Pacific system and therefore affected by the proposed reduction of rate. If the reduction made be impos- sible for the Central Pacific to pay gov ernment claims. Foote offered that if the commissioners would exempt the Central Pacific lines from operations of proposed reductions to move the dis missal of the bill of intervention.
 Judge McKenna decided that the United States government has the right under the Sherman act to inter Vene in the suit between the California railroad commission and the Southern Pacific company on the question of a reduction of freight rates on grain of eight per cent. The court expressed the opinion that he intervention will not effect the question at issue.
Arizona republican., 1895-12-11
IN THE HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10-Mr. Mccall offered resolution today calling upon the president to report whether he had taken any steps to ascertain if the re- ports of the speeches of Ambassador Bayard, delivered in England and Scotland, were true and what steps had been taken to recall or censurt Bayard.
 MT. Barrett Republican, of Massa- chusetts, offered a resolution impeach- ing Thomas Bayard, ambassador to Great Britain. Both resolutions com plained of Bayard's reflections on the American protective system as state socialism, and of his reference to the United States needing real men" like Cleveland to govern the strong, self confident and oftentimes violent popu- lation.
 MT. Crisp followed Barrett, defend / ing Bayard, and accusing the Republi- cans of simply wishing to air their protective theories, and defying them to pass another tariff bill. A sharp colloquy between MT. Crisp and MT Dengley of Maine followed, the latter declaring that Bayard had violated his duty in denouncing half of his country men.
 MT. Barrelt's resolution was then put to vote and adopted after striking out the words Directing the foreign affairs committee to report by i'm peachment or otherwise"
 i Resolutions were presented by Re- publicans calling for the correspond ence in the Waller case; for lists oi pensioners who have been stricken from the rolls since March 4, 1893, o1 reduced and or Secretary Smiths req sons for an order affecting the action of the land office in connection with perfecting of titles to Pacific railroad grant lands in Utah and Nebraska, but all were objected to by Democrats.
 An effort to have printed in the record the memorial of the National Wool Growers association for higher rates met the same fate.
Arizona republican., 1895-12-11
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Reference of Matters of Dispute With
 Great Britain,

WASHINGTON, Dec. O.-Senator Morgan of Alabama today presented the following resolution which was unanimously adopted:
 Resolved, That the message of the president be received iby the senate on February 13, 1895, and his message re- ceived in the senate today meaning December 3 relating to the payment of the United States of the claims of Great Britain arising out of the Beh- ring sea controversy, be referred to the committee on foreign relations, with instructions that the committee examine into the question of such lia- bility to Great Britain and amount thereof, if any, and of any liability on the part of Great Britain or Canada, arising out of said controversy, and that said committee shall have power to report by bill or otherwise"
Arizona republican., 1895-12-11
TEE WORK IF CONGRESS. Roasting Bayard in the
 House. A Suggestion to Have Him Im-
 peached.
Cullom Believes the United Statei Has Played Diplomacy Long
 Enough.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The senate today adopted the joint resolution of fered by Senator Jones of Arkansas, authorizing the secretary of the in terior to suspend the removal of in truders in the Cherokee country until the appraisal of the improvements made by them.
 Senator Cullom addressed the sena' e in support of the Monroe doctrine and in conclusion said: "This Nation has played diplomacy long enough and without much effect. Great Britain has been disregarding polite requests, protests and arguments, and if let alone will finally dominate Venezuela '' Senator Cullom declared emphatically that our policy is an American doc urine, our doctrine is the protection of American interests and our motto is America for Americans.
Arizona republican., 1895-12-11
SENATE ORGANIZATION.
Populists Will Not Delay Action by the
 Republicans.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-The Popu- list senators have changed their former decision concerning the organization of themselves to interpose no objections against the Republicans taking control. They will act together, but will with draw as body and allow the Repuhli- cans to elect their candidates for senate officers.
 They may possibly nominate a can didate for president protem, but they will not press his claims nor continue his candidacy so as ito materially delay organization.
Arizona republican., 1895-12-11
ANOTHER APACHE KILLING.
A German Family Slaughtered in San
 Simon Valley.

DEFINING, Dec. 10-Another mur- der of a family is reported from San Simon valley in Arizona by a renegade band of Indians from San Carlos res ervation.
 Details cannot be had.
 Father. mother and three children were slain on Thursday following the killing of Merrill and daughter. They were Germans who had recently come to this section from the east. taking up homestead.
 The killing is reported to have oc- cured near Fort Bowie. recently abandoned by United States troops.
 The Indians were seen by some cow boys about the time of the Merrill mur- der and their number is estimated at thirty-five. Nothing can be learned of the move ments of the soldiers and cowboy posses
 A detachment of the First cavalry from Fort Bayard is stationed at Stein's pass to prevent the escape of the band into old Mexico over the old 1 Geronimo trail.