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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11

the report that there has been great
loss Of life on Grand Isle. The houses
on Grand Isle are built on q ridge that
runs through the middle of the island
and as many of them are sheltered by
the trees. it is difficult to calculate from
the water what the result of the storm
there has been. There are only about
two hundred residents on the islands
and one has yet arrived directly from
there. The Grand Isle train, which
does not run to Grand Isle. was very
late tonight the track being i'm wretched
condition and locOmotion being slow,
beside that the train stopped frequently
TO take aboard survivors and to trans
port baggage to the city. The road is
bringing the unfortunates to the city
free of charge and has offered free
transportation for provisions and water
and any relief parties that may be or
ganized TO go to the rescue of those who
are still living. There was very few
people from New Orleans at Grand Isle.
the season having already ended, but it
is known that a son of Mr.. ]. U. Payne.
a relative of the late jefferson Davis,
and a Mr.. Hammold were on the isle.
Capt. John Krause was also at the
island. lie is reported safe. as are those
of his family who are there.
Relief for the Sufferers.
Several boats have already left the
city stocked with hundreds Of loaves Of
bread and other provisions for the suf-
ferers at Cheniore and Grand Isle
and Bayou Cook. AS soon as the news
reaced the city shat the people were
suffering for lack Of water, relief parties
were made up 10 carry barrels Of fresh
water to the sufferers. As many as
may desire viii be brought to the city
by the boats that have been sent down
to the scene of the disaster. 1t is
quite possible that many will take adj
vantage of the opportunity to return 10
town. II was learned here tonight
that Shell Beach was visited by the
storm and twelve or thirteen persons
lost their lives. No names are known
except that of Martin Bonfacio a fish
erman. and wife and two children
small island. St. Malo, Just off Shen
Beach is also reported TO have been
swept by a tidal wave. 1t had a popu-
lation OF twenty-five souls and, as far
story Of the disaster
Ex-Congressman Dudley Coleman and
a party succeeded in reaching the city
from Woreland. one OF the Mississippi
sound resorts where they have been
penned up for several days owing to
the washouts on the Louisville 81 Nash
VILE road. MIR. Coleman says that two
schooners owned by Pochevant and
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 4-Over two
thousand killed and nearly five million
dollars worth of property annihilated is
the record of the great gulf storm in
Louisiana. There has never been any
thing approximating It since the coun-
xry was settled.
More than half the population in the
region over which the hurricane swept
IS dead Everything is wrecked and not
a house is left standing. while the sur
vivors are left In the most destitute con-
dition. without food or even clothing
Tor most of them were sleeping in their
bes when their homes were crushed by
the wind or waves. There have been sew
seral similar disasters on the coast
At Lost Island, where ESQ people lost
Hheir lives. and at Johnston's bayou the
slost numbered 300 six years ago. but
Mondays disaster far surpassed this in
horror The weak and injured were all
KILLED, and in the settlements where the
storm was worst not a child survived
and very few women. The survivors
Bre the young men in the vigor Of man
hood. Not one Of them but has terri
BILE story to tell; not one but is badly
bruised and injured. They escaped
mainly on RATS or logs. floating for
twenty to ninety hours in the water
with the wind at rs miles an hour
The deaths so far as reported and which
are confirmed, aggregate over two
thousand.
At the time the storm visited Chemc,
Canunada. 120 fishing vessels were in the
gulf fishing. Not a word has been heard
from them or their occupants. Along
the Mississippi the loss of life was to
some extent due to falling buildings. In
the bay IT was caused wholly by drown
ing.
The pecuniary damage. while heavy,
Is not as large as might have been ex-
pected, as the sugar plantations and the
richer portions of Plaquemine parish
were not worsted by the storm. and it
was the smaller farms and fishing settle
ments which suffered most.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11

persisted in the destruction OF their
homes. Negovitch's cabin was splintered
and he was thrown into the water, tossed
about by the wind and wave. He chung
to a plank until picked up by a friendly
tug. He is authority for the statement
that eighty-seven bodies had been found.
George Sigorovitch saw his wife and
children drown before him while the
water stood up to his chin. The mother
had taken one child on her back and
the father another. A third shifted for
herself. The mother and babe and the
third child were lost, but the man sue
ceeded in climbing TO the toy of a cabin
and saved himself. These instances of
loss of life were multiplied in every
locality.
Hundreds Perish.
1t is variously estimated that from two
hundred to five hundred people persisted
on Bayou Cook and in that section of the
country. The deaths at other points
all the way from Bayou Cook to Grand
to more than twelve hundred according
to the best information now obtainab BILE.
At Grand Bayou not less than twenty
six persisted One of the saddest sights
witnessed by a party of survivors was
the bodies Of three women dashed to
a plank and being buffetted about by
the waves. They were floating in Grand
Lake, which is the entrance to Grand
Isle. A log was floating between the
bodies. and from that appeared to be that
of a body of boy. 1t is learned that on
Rosario and Linton islands the loss Of
life has been considerable.
1t seems to be pretty we'll understood
that the old fort on Grand Terre has
been considerably damaged, but the
lighthouse, which is on a neck of the
same island. is till standing, but it is
difficult to establish the correctness of
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11


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PAIN immedistely-Dr. Fennsr's Golden Relief.
It cures corns and felons, and it also cures
bronchitis and consumption, and the trouble IL
not 70 get the cures, for they follow its use as
surely as the day follows night-it never disap-
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them without exciting Incredibly. And il il
not to be wondered at, for there is wide chasm
between "a corn" and pulmonary consump-
ton" Still it is true and DR.. Fenner has got
somehow to make "the people" know it. Is
Golden Relief ''cure all? Well, not exactly.
1t is known 20 cure ONE disease. 1t is a verita-
bic specific in it. That disease is INFLANfdA-
TON. 1t cures It wherever foundl Many dis
eases have Inflammation for their base. The
list is long. 1t includes corns and consumption.
No Inflammation, no corn. No Inflammation
no consumption. Isn't this the solutioni No
opiates or mineral poisons IN II. Safe and GER
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isfaction not given. Take bottle home to-day.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11

Favre had been lost and that the crews
of each, numbering altogether ten, lost
their lives These are the only fatali-
ties that are known TO have occurred on
the Mississippi sound. The railroad COM
pany has chartered a tug to bring all
belated passengers to the city. Along
Bayou Senet they are many Cinnamon
engaged in the occupation of drying
shrimp. They were within the track of
the storm and many Of them have prob
ably persisted.
The News Confirmed.
News received tonight from correspond
ents of the Picayune's relief steamer en-
route to Bayou Cook, Grand Lake and
Cheniere Island fully confirms the re-
ported loss on the southern Louisiana
coast during the storm of Sunday night
last. Capt. Terrebonne does not think
that more than 500 persons were saved
on Cheniere out of a population esti-
mated by him at 1900. He thinks that
about 500 lives were lost there. The
Picayune also has information from
Grand Isle indicating that not more than
eight lives were lost. as follows:
Old man Raspia of Bayou Reggie was
lost at Grand Ise with his two daugh-
tiers; his two boys were saved. Nine.
Raspia, with three or four negroes. were
also lost. The captain was unable to
state how many houses were wrecked.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11

ally, and there's no reaction afterward Con-
stipation, Indigestion. Bilious Attacks, and
all arrangements of the liver, stomach, and
bowels are prevented, relieved, and perma-
nently cured
They're the smallest, the easiest to take,
and the cheapest for they're guaranteed
to give satisfaction or your money is re
turned.
You pay only for The good you get.
Nothing else urged by the dealer, though
they may be better for him 70 sell, can be
just as good for you TO buy.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11
The Loss of Life Some
thing Appalling.
AWFUL RECORD AT CHENIRE
Where the Death List Num-
bers Over Twelve Hundred.
Stencil from Purifying Bodies
at Bayou Cook
Where Two Hundred COrpses
Are Still Unburied.

nhe Bodies DIsGgured in Shocking
Manner While Some of Them Have
Been Looted-DestructiOn of the
United States Quarantine Station at
Chandelier IsIands-The Work of Re-
lief by the Red Cross Society and
Other Organizations.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11
GRAND ISLE IN MOURNING.
Stories of Those Who Survived the
Terrible Storm.

Terrible Storm.
The party on the relief boat McSweeny
found Grand Isle in mourning. Where
on other days il lay on the bosom of
the shining sea a tiny section of the
earthly paradise, radiant with flowers
and bright with sunshine, it is today a
wilderness Of crumbling ruins-a charnel
stark in death.
The whole lower coast has been devas-
tated by a storm without parallel in his
tory. The historic gale of 1856 which
destroyed Lost Island while terrific, in
deed. was but bagatelle i'm comparison.
In Grand Isle and Cheniere Caminda
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11
ON TIE nrTSrnE-

r THE OUTSIDE
that is the best place
to keep the huge, old
fashioned pill. Just
as soon as you get it
inside. it begins to
trouble you. What's
the use of suffering
with il, when you
can get more help
from Doctor Piercefs
Pleasant Pellets ?
These tiny, sugar.
coated gTanules do
you perm an ent
good. They act
mildly ond naTnr
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11

Between here and Mobile the amount
OF damage done is placed a $500 600, and
i'm and around Mobile 100000. Total
damage, S4.420,000.
The total loss on oranges is 10 per
cent while about 20 per cent. of the
orange trees were killed or blown down
OF the railroads the Louisville & Nash
Vile is the heaviest suffers, and the
damage inflicted on IL will run from
five 20 six hunred thousand dollars. The
greater portion of the line between here
and Mobile 142 miles, is damaged
Nine thousand feet Of the Bay-st.
bridge is swept away any 5000 feet Of
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11
DISASTER UNPARALLELED.
THE Tidal Wave which Destroyed
Life and Property.

THE Tidal Wave which Destroyed
Life and Property.
The disaster at Grand Island and
Cheniere is ur paralleled. The loss Of life is
terrible. The first authentic news came
this morning when several survivors
reached here. They tell heart-rending
stories. A tidal wave swept over the
ISLAND. destroying lives and property on
all sides. Dr. Frye a prominent physi-
clan. and his wife were drowned. One
hundred and forty-five families are said
10 have persisted. The death list will run
up into the hundreds. The steamer Joe
Weber was blown 10 pieces and several
of her crew were lost
There is today only sadness in the
news from Bayou Cook and the various
settlements that are tributary thereto.
There has been a frightful loss of life
throughout that section. Houses have
been blown To pieces. There will never
be any means Of correctly estimating
the exact loss which humanity has
Suffered. Many Of the bodies have been
carried into the marshes and will never
be found. Perhaps some OF these are
still liging. but without food and water
they will be likely TO perish unless as
sistance Is sent them. The country Is "A
scene Of wreck and devastation. An ar
irving passenger this morning said not
fewer than eighty-seven dead bodies
were seen along the route. He said he
had witnessed narrowing scenes through
out the Bayou Cook country and the
news received Is to the effect that the
distress is appalling.
The trains that arrived this morning
Brought many Of the Bayou Cook sur
vivors to the city. many OF them wretch
eddy attired and their faces bearing the
marks Of fearful suffering. There were
men and women and children I'm the par
~ and they were met at the depot by
fellow countryrnen and brought 90 the
city where they received kind attention.
The population on Bayou Cook consisted
OF nearly all men. Italians and
Australians. There we're few n any
negroes In the settlement.
sud Experiences.
Tony Negovltoh came direct from
Bayou Cook lie said that during the
hight OF the storm he saw his wife
swept by him appealing piteously for
help He was unable 10 extend her n
helping hand and she persisted. lie wit
messed scores OF people drown about him,
men and women whom he had known
ali his life. Many Of them aid not drown.
but were dashed against their houses
and their lives were crushed out. Others
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11
sixteen Refugees.

Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning
the luggcr Evilena pulled up at the
wharf at Surveys canal. II was crowd
ed With refugees from Cavarnache, a
small settlement on Grand Bayou.
There We're sixteen people All told on
the lugger and The first thing they
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11

The following was telegraphed TO the
commercial exchanges at Chicago. ST.
Louis, Cincinnati and Kansas city New
York, Philadelphia. Boston, Baltimore.
Pittsburg. Minneapolis. st. Paul. Omaha
and other places;
"Onice of the Board of Trade. Limited.
New Orleans. oct. 8.
"a terrible disaster has destroyed a
majority OF the inhabitants OF the
islands and marshes adjacent to this
city and the survivors are left penni-
less. their stock. houses. boats and
means OF livelihood gone and they are
IA dire distress.
"The people OF Louisiana viii bury the
dead and feed the starving but appeal
90 a generous public TO assist I'm contri-
buttons which win enable thousands of
deserving people to again follow their
ovocntions and support their families.
subscriptions OF every character VIII
be thankfully received and be dlsbursed
by the executive committee Of the board
OF trade, acting Jointly with committee
OF other commercial bodies.
"JOiiN Nj IIATi< ftR 1H President"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11

cbniere Caminda lies across from
Grand Isle and h separated from The
island by Cheniorc bay IT'S head ~
stuck out OF the gulf and when the storm
came up the mighty waves of the ocean
washed over the face OF the stricken
land and swept everything before them
The Cheniere settlement was even more
thlclkly populated than wns Grand Isle.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11

1t was the home Of fishermen and store
keepers and it comprised a colony of
1,400 souls with churches and schools and
other evidences Of modern civilization.
Nearly all its residents were white peo-
pie, the Spanish race largely predomi-
mated. Hundreds of fishing sInscks were
owned by the residents and many Of
places on the Cheniere lake when the
storm came up. Others that were not
were either on the way to or from the
city or We're engaged in fishing for oys-
tiers which is the great industry of the
islands.
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Al dnifrlsta sell Il.
Address ~ confidence,
LYDIA H. i'iNKiiAh Ainp
CO., LYNN, Mass.
E6-ss. ElIIss "a aaas.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-14

IL is hereby ordered by the board tha
these reports be made out by TIE trusieeI
and sent 10 the county superintendent
by mail, accompanied BY remiitsncc Il
balance. thus relieving trustees OF re-
porting in person.
The board OF commissioners hereby
further order tha, in the event trustees
fail TO secure dealers or merchants ia
handle said school books, as provided by
law. the trustees shall handle the book.
themselves. and shall receive for their
services 10 per cent of the amount ol
sales made by them a. such dealers
Ii is further order ed py the board that
trustees inform all dealers TO whom they
n.ay sell books that the said books are
in no event to be sold for any sum above
the price printed thereon, that is the reg
ular state contract price.
IL is further ordered by the board that
TIA trustees make their annual financial
and statistical reports for 1898 TO the
board OF county commissioners and the
county superintendent on;the dates mem
toned below:
The trustees of Columbia, HARRISON,
Boone, Madison and Bainbridge will re-
port on Monday, August z, 1893.
The trustees of Marion. hall. Jefier-
son, Jackson and Patoka will report on
Tuesday, August s. 1898
The trustees OF Cass. Ferdinand, JAS
per, Birdseye and Huntingburg will re-
port on Wednesday, August 9, 1923.
AUGUST H. kGRSEE,l
JoHN j. ALLIES. Board OF Com.
CONRAD JAcKLEY,
Respectfully,
Gro. X. WILSON,
County Superintendent
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-14

Giun X Co, or Chicago. H.. who pub.
lish the American His ory for 65 cents
anc Elementary Lessons in English for
10 cents. have not accepted the provi-
sion- OF the new school book law oflS93
therefore, the board hereby agrees "a
permit trustees to deliver said books 10
dealers At 10 per cent discount. for cash
only. the same - with the books OF the
Indiana School Book Company, and
that 10 eArh 80 cents received from
dealers. tha trustee l. to add 10 cent.
from me special school fund. aud credit
himself bv receipt fro the county
VrntenaieAi. The fr-stfe ie 10 pay
said connty suprrin' ndcni for Gnn A
Co.. slOO for each sl0o worth Of book
sod fir said firm.
The new law requires trustees 70 rc'
port 10 tho county superintendent the
number OF books sold 20 dealers at The
end Of EACH cALESnaE MONTH in which
sales were made, and pay for the same
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-14

Tosst bread with pate de fole grss and
covered With scrambled eggs Il . nne
A squeeze Of lemon improves scram-
bled eggs II should be added whiIc
they are cooking.
Cold fried eggs can be used for salad,
OF revamped By dipping them in fritier
batter and frying.
A few drops Of vinegar in III. watsr
for posched eggs makes them set prop
eriv and keeps the white from spreading.
Stewed tomatoes, grated cheese and :
couple Of chor ped up and boiled ssu-
cages IL fine sauce to serve with fried
eggs
Any sort Of an omelet cen be made bv
the addition Of either ssrdines. tomatoes.
ham. oysters. cheese, kidney. mush.
rooms or macaroni. or, In fact. whatever
one desires or has on hand.-Homs
Qacen.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-14

south CsroIina's Iilnor dispcnsary has
begun business and All saloons will soon
be closed.
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County Commissioners Proceed.
ings.

The County Board Of Commissioners
met last Thursday pursuant TO adjourn
ment. and made the following allow
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-14

New York could not get her fair share
OF taxes out OF Jay Gould while he lived.
and now that he has passed in his checks
New York is having . deal OF trouble in
collecting her dues from bis executors.
The problem Of government among men
will he solved whenever the rich are
made 10 bear fair share Of the public
burdens. II is as easy for rich man "a
enter the kingdom Of heaven as IL is for
the state TO collect rich mans taxes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-14

Ireland item in Argus: Peter n.
wineiuger died st his residence . few
miles vest Of here on last Friday, Of
csucer Of the eye and face. M. Wises
niger Vas we'll ssd fsvorsbIy knows la
Du bois and Pike counties. and jn bic
death . kind father end tSue Husband
II lost 70 us this side of the grave.
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General Circular No. AZ.
CouNTY SUPERTSTESDENT's OFFIcES
IASPFn f<D Tuly 9Th 1893 {


CouNTY SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE
JASPER, iND, July 9th, 1895
: To THE TRUSTEES OF DuEoIs Coz
Look.over your school-books carefull
, and bring 10 this Office. the books yo,
may not need soon, and get receipt 10
them. Bring in your "1ver-stock
when you come in August 10 max
your annual report 10 the county CON
missioOers. Some other trustee ma,
want the very books in which you ar
oveF.iocked by bringing in you
.over-stocs" perhaps all trustees in th
county can be supplied with book
without drawing on the com pany fo
any more books. This means for th,
books furnished by the Indiana School
Book Go. You need not bring in any
books furnished by Ginn & Co.
The school-book law of 1898 has beer
mailed to you. Read il carefully.
The following notice has been sen
out by the Indiana school Book Co.
IsDTAyAPoLIs, June 20, 1898.
Notes in answer to inquiries from
dealers and school officers.
Trustees do not have discretion
ary rover as 10 which act they will pre-
cecd nnder in selling school books
They must sell books for cast. TO any
dealer who may apply therefor at ter
per cent discount. a. provided under ths
School Book Law, approved March l
ls93.
.. Dealers must buy and pay cash
for books AZ the time of delivery to
them by Trustees n b> entitled 70 fbe
t.,~. - ..-,4 ls--o,~. utt.-~- 49,
the School Book Law. approved March
/, 1898.
3. Trustees can not deliver books tc
Dealers. allowing dscountst the end ol
the month or quarter. Settlement mnsl
DO made upon delivery
4. Stocks now in the hands OF Deal.
ers, a. agent for Trustees under the old
Law, may be sold and held a. a delivery
TO the Dea er under the new Law. at
such time as may be agreed upon prior
10 the opening OF schools the ensuing
year.
;. A Trustee hereafter can not leave
books on consign meat in the hands OF
any Dealer as his agent. nor can delivery
be made of books by County Superin-
tendents. Trustees or School Boards to
any Dealer as his agent. Doing so is q
violation of the Law, for which they
will be held liable.
INDIANA SCHOOL Book Co.
The following order was passed by
the Board Of County Commissioners on
July 9Th, 1898.
Ordered by the Board that school
trustees be and they are hereby instruct
ed TO inform all dealers. or merchants
in their respeciive townships. during
office days. that they will furnish the
school books published by the Indiana
School Book Co.. TO them at discount
Of I'D per cent according 10 the school.
book law Of 1873
The dealer is to pay 90 cents on each
dolIsr's worth Of books, ss printed on the
covers. To This 90 cents the trustee is
to add 5 cents from the special school
fund, and for this 5 cents be is 10 take
the 60. Supts receipt, 90 that he may re-
ceive proper credit in bis settlements
with this board. The County Snpcrin-
tendent j. 10 receive for The Indians
school Book Co. this 90 cents. in full
payment for each worth Of books as
printed on tie covers OF said books.
This means for cash upon delivery of
books according to law The books fur.
ni-hed by the Indiana School Book Go.
src as follows: