The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-09

The Red Cross home for GONZALES
cents will be opened in san Francisco
in "A few days, in charge OF MISS Laura
McKinstry. a young society woman oil
that city.
Robbers secured ST, ZOO in cash from
the Pacific Express Co. in Omaha on
the 3ist Ii was one OF the boldest, u
well as one of the smoothest, pieces oil
work ever perpetrated there The
money was consigned by the First ma
tional bank of Omaha to the Citizens
national bank of st. Paul. Mimi.
Admiral Schley has been selected &c
command the Pacific squadron upon
the retirement of Admiral Miller
about the IN idle OF October, II the
Porto Rican commission finishes It's Ia
Dor by that time. evil have vessels
Of the greatest steaming radius In the
navy.
A grand demonstration occurred at
Canton, o., on the LIST, in honor OF the
visit of President Mckinley and Sec
rotary of State Day. Out OF respect
for the presidents expressed wish that
his visit be informal, the affair was
to a considerable extent unorganized,
and partoolS largely of the nature OF u
spontaneous outburst of enthusiasm
The A. Geisel Manufacturing Co. s
plant. on the northwest corner of Clark
avenue and Second street, ST. Louis,
was totally destroyed by fire that
started shortly before midnight on the
LIST The loss was estimated to be Slso,
O0O-SlO0, 600 on stock, $40. 900 on tools
and machinery and s4O,0 900 on building.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Pacific Cable CO., in New York, on the
list. plans were considered for estab-
! fishing cable communication with the
Philippines. the Asiatic coast, Japan
and Australia, via Hawaii Surveys
for duplicate cable via Sitka and the
Aleutian islands were ordered.
The schooner Sophia Sutherland,
which left San Francisco is months
ago with party of treasure seekers
for the Solomon islands, has returned
with a cargo of cocoanuts. The me n
were deceived by the protector of the
enterprise. L. L. Sorenson, who was
pat ashore on enc of the islands.
While attempting to rescue the sail
ors of an Italian bark, off Tybee, Ga.
during the storm, on the 3lst, Lieut..
Morgan, United States engineer corps,
and six regular soldiers Were drowned
The battleship Iowa was gotten into
the new dry dock at the New York
navy yard on the LIST. Her bottom was
in fairly good condition.
..1 Of
finished up its business II Syracuse,
y. ". on the list, devoting the after
noon to pleasure.
1t isreported that the religious orders
in Manila are selling their property t.
Hong Kong syndicate.
The lighthouses in the southern Phil
ippines have been re-esta blished.
Nicholas J. shannon, one of the Chi
cago police officers who, on May l, 1856
helped to quell the Haymarket riot
died in that city on the lst- Tn
cause OF death was undoubtedly due T.
many wounds he received from tn
fragments of the bomb thrown by tin
anarchists.
The bankruptcy, in London, of +. ID
McConky is announced, with liabilitie
estimated at $3.50. OO0 He was formerl.
railroad contractor in New York
and failed in Baltimore during the yea
ls-.
Ex-Mayor Fritz II. Twitchell, one
of the most prominent citizens of Bath
Me. member of Gov. Powers coun
ell, and well known in business circles
in Maine and Massachusetts, is con
fessed embezzler. The amount of tn
embezzlement is placed at s6o,o0o bu
it may exceed that amount.