The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-03

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but probably not TO such an extent N re
o'd hera- The new organisation now ocen-
ing up In the Northwest In In the hands OF
practical baseball men who must depend
on thetY own resources to carry them
through. and Il would not be surprising Il
thsy made q success Of the venture. I
sincerely trust they Will
MR. Thomas ". Prosch, whose resfden~e
On the Sound antsdates my own. gsves ne
the following concerning two men who
nave died since tho new year. but Who
we're both hese thirty-sfx years axo. Ons
o. the two VAS Thomas l. Casey. who in
the latter ffties vas cent 20 Oregon and
washinstca terrftories- He was then re-
csntly from West Point where his class
record had besn 20 good that he was as
sagnsd TO the corps Of military engineers
the highest in the service. For q time
ne was stationed ~ Fort Vancouver. snd
later. at Fort 9tsiiAcoom. He hsd q
company OF sappers and miners, ana vas
employed In the military road work, a.
ths government 1T that time vas spend
ing much money In opening roads acroAs
the continent and up and down the Coast.
One OF these roads was from the Colum-
eaA river 70 sts;iAcoom and on to Boiling
ham hay.
While at Fort stsiiacoom Lieut.. Casey
threw up earth works. giving his men
practice In the building OF fortincasions
These and some works on San Juan island
we're the only efforts In that line made by
the United Stairs on Puget sound. Lieut..
Cassys fsther was Col. 6ilas Casey, for
several years the officer Of highest rank
In these parfs. The colonel and his son
both distinguished themselves In the war
Of the rebellion, the father becoming
major general and the son brieadier gem
sraL Before his death Brig. Gen. Casey
became chief Of the military engineers.
finished the building OF the Washing
ton monument. and had general charge of
All government engineering In tho United
States. The third generation Of Caseys
" now represented In tho army by Lieut..
Thomas Casey. who. like his father be-
fore him. Is In the corps Of engineers.
The other man was Cast Bushnell who
died At Oakland. Cal. last month. Capt.
Bushnell was here in 1859. on the stern
wheel steamer Julia. plying between Olym-
pia and Victoria She was under charter
TO John H. Scranton. who had q con-
tract Tor carrying tho mall one round trip
each week for $4,000 per snnum. scran-
ton made lots OF money for not only did
he have q golden mall contract. but he
enjoyed . large freight and passenger
business besides. On one occasion Q grand
excursion was given from Olympia and
0tcllacoom to Seattle. On the trip some
of the excursionists got drunk and under
took 10 run the ship to suit themselves.
Bushnell. who was . great fighter. took
on his coat and thrashed every man on
board who had misbehaved greatly TO the
delight Of sober and sclf-respecting pas
sengers. The julia while Capt Bush
nell was In command. took a notable part
In the San Juan episode. She carried the
American soldiers there. as well as their
squipmcts and provisions. One time. while
slowly and cautiously feeling her way In
dense fog. shs was Unexpectedly hailed
by the big British warship Satellite. ana
found herself close in under tho loaded
guns OF that formidable floating fort TIE
TWO countries were then on the verge of
wAr--at least that was the feeling on Puget
sound Any petty incident was likely to
DO samcient TO provoke . collision. tho
effect OF which could not be foretoid
Capt Bushnell. however. was not the man
10 knuckle down to the admiral. or any
one else He promptly answered the Brit
ish commander by informing him that the
craft stopped was the United States steam
or julia: that she was loaded to the guards
with guns. munitions OF war and soldiers,
and that II the Satellite further delayed
NV AU turn ioosc anu EiOW uer OUT
Of the water Tho absurdity of the reply,
coming from . wretched craft like the
julia TO . first-class war vessel, carrying
sixsy-four heavy guns. was 80 strikingiy
funny that the laugh started then did not
stop for . week and was enjoyed all over
the Sound country.
Among the many good A. p. A. stories
j have heard lately. the following In
worthy OF publication. Recently Rev DR..
Tupper. a celebrated Baptist divine of
Denver. Col. preached a sermon on patrf-
osism. in the course OF which he COM
mended the practice OF having tho stars
and stripes fioa; from the top OF every
public school house In the land Tho doc
tor. who is a small man. was met next
day on the street corner and stopped by
great big. burly Irishman who said.
Are you Or. Tuppcrf' on receiving an
affirmative reply from the EttIe preacher.
he continued; We'll. sor, I would Ike to
ask you question. Are you an A. r. A..
sorg" The doctor. thinking himself about
to be exterminated. called upon his ma
tive wit TO help him out OF the difficulty
and looking up At his irate questioner.
replied: We'll. sir. I woli like TO ask
you Q question Arc you an A. T. z p.
Before Mike could get the question
through his head the little preacher had
placed the distance of block between
himself and the seeker after knowledge
from the Emerald isle.
8. L. CRAWFORD,