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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Telegram Received by Manager ot
H. Tennessee River Packet Co.

ST. Louis, May 14.-Latest dispatches
from the scene of the sinking of The
steamer City Of Paducah off Brunk-
hurst landing state that "a persons
persisted and two others are missing,
making a possible 26 lost in the catas-
trophe.
This information was given in the
following telegram received by
Manager Masscngalc Of the Tennes-
see River Packet Co, nj ] p. m. from
Capt. Kirkpatrick. who was i'm charge
of the Inflated boat:
Water running over hurricane rool
forward about 30 feet. Boat broken
in two. Have Miss GARDENERS remains
and Mr.. Bells. About - lost, but 20
possibly. Cutting hole through roof
and try ing 10 get safe out. Have mr.
ranged To send Miss GARDENERS re-
main 10 ST. Louis in your charge. and
have just found Fell. and will bury
him here until further notice. Boat
and freight total loss.
KIRKPATRICK"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17
SHE Sank IN MID STREAM.
Twenty-Six Lives Lost by the Sink
ing of the Steamer City
of Paducah.
WENT DOWN AT DRuxKHuRsr LANDING.
Twenty-Four NJ Those Drowned
Were Deck Hands, the Othcrs =
Passenger Named He'll and Miss
Mabel Gardiner. OF -. LOuis-Doat
a Total Wrcck

Carbondale. ILL.,, May 1.-THE City
OF paducah, a Mississippi river packet,
was sunk near Erunkhorst's Landing,
about four miles north Of Grand Tow.
er. about twelve o'clock Sunday night.
Between - and so people were
drowned, only seven OF those on board
escaping.
The City of paducsh left st. Louis
Sunday morning on a downward trip,
stopping al several landings and load.
ing on freight. most of which was
corn. until the boat was heavily load
ed. Between IL and II o'clock Miss
Fannie l. ock. who. in company with
her parents. Rev. and Mrs. Block. was
going from st. Louis to Evansville.
Ind, was rouSed from sleep by n sud
den jar. She asked her mother Il her
berth had broken. and no sooner had
the words passed her lips than wate-
rushed into the apartments and they
were compelled TO act quickly TO save
tn, ir lives. With -four others they es-
capped 10 the Illinois shore by holding
INV III ~
seven saved are Hebrews. Rev. Block
IS q Jewish rabbi.
The seven survivors of the catastro-
phe made their way down the river
bank to Grand Tower and aroused
Mrs. l~iaronowsni. at the fremont no
tel, where they were giyca lodging un-
til yesterday morning. They lost all
their clothes and valuables and had
nothing but their underwear aud
blankets about them.
Among the drowned were about
twenty 1--WE negro roustabouts. The
upper structure 81 the boat can he
seen above the water.
Rev. Hlcck. wife and daughter
passed through Carbondale yesterday
morning on their way TO Evansville,
where they will reside.
Frank White. whose home is IN Kan.
saS City, got aboard the boat at Land
ing 20. north Of i;runkhorst. He told
the following story of the disaster:
Il rot on the boat al Landing 70 &c
gc TO Cairo. The BOA stopped al
Lake Ditch landing. and again ar
Rrunkhorst, which j. only a few miles
below Lake Ditch, and took on corr
Al both places about seventeen SACKS
were loaded. After the corn at Drunx.
horst had heen placed on board Tie
boat started down stream. and its.
rs She pu. OF struck a snag. tearing
a nig hole in her.
The crew then tried to place the
stern OF the boat toward the river
and while turning her around she
sank. She is abou' thirty feet FROM
shore. and her cabin and pilot hou,e
are above water. ! jumped into q
skin and got ashore.
Il don't know how many were
aboard. but think there were aboii
twenty-five drowned. Among thea
were two engineers. one white women
and about fifteen negroes. There was
great confusion and il may he NOR.
are drowned. and il is likely Others
Of The party saved will tell diffcrcn,
stories Of the catastrophe. ] vas glad
10 get out alive, and did not tarry
at the scene."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17
BIG FIRE AT DELRAY, MICH.
Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars Worth
Of Manufacturing Property swspt
Away by Fire.

Detroit, Mich. May l3.-Fanned bv
q 35-mile-an-hour wind. fire yesterday
afternoon swept the west bank OF the
Rouge river. in Delray. a suburb 20
the south of Detroit, for three-auar-
tiers Of a mile, and destroyed over
eight hundred thousand dollars worth
of property. Following are the losses:
Salliotte A. Ferguson. lumber mill.
$50. 900: covered by insurance: Brown
lee a Co.'S sawmill. salt block anc
part Of their lumber, $4,000. insur-
ance. $4,000; Western Union I'cle-
graph Co. loss on cedar poles stored
in a yard which was swept by the
flames. 5000. 900. insurance unknown:
Corkin. Stickncy a. Cram, loss ON
dredge which was tied up at Salliofte
d. Fcrguson's dock. $4,000; insurance
unknown; Maitby Lumber Co, cedar
poles and sawmill, $4,000 insurance.
SIS, 200.
The fire originated shortly after
one o'clocL in the roof OF the S~allioire
a. Ferguson sawmill. The mill had nor
been running for several months and
the roof was as dry as finder. The
building was soon in ashes. and the
fire swept ros n dock to where
Dredge No. ; of the Carkin. Stickney
& Cram fleet Of dredges was tied up.
Despite efforts to save her this craft
was burned TO the waters edge.
Great embers were picked BY the
wind and dropped on the DOT IL
Brownlec d Co.'S salt block. and both
these buildings were destroyed.
Delray has a very small fire depart
nent, and n call for help was
sent TO the Detroit fire DEPART
ment. which responded with three en-
gines and the fire boat Battle. Even
the great stream from the fire boat
were powerless to check the flames.
which were rolling down the river
bank for hundreds of feet.
From the Iirownlee property tie
fire jumped over into the large yard
which the Western Union Telegraph
Co. used as a store point for their
cedar telegraph poles. The yard j.
the distributing point for ten states
and over one hundred thousand poles
were stored there. The fire swept
through the great yard which com.
prises about eight acres, in less thar
two hours. but the poles blazed until
far into The night
The plant OF the Maltbv Lumber Co.
was the last one on the river bank
and il was soon destroyed. together
with a large stock of cedar poles
which were stored in the company
yard.
When darkness fell the glare from
the burning poles illuminated the Sky
for miles. The firemen worked on the
fire almost all night. but il was only
10 keep II from spreading TO other
property, for they realized that il
would simply have to burn itself u
In the Western Union storage yards.
While this fire was burning. the
lumber yard of q. A.. Raupp & Co.. ia
Ecorse. about n mile from Delray. was
set on fire by sparks from a passing
engine, and 100000 feet Of lumber was
destroyed. The loss is about seventy
FIVE thousand dollars.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17
FOUGHT THEIR LAST FIGHT.
Two Drunken Men Run Down by .
switch Engine While Fight
Ing an the racks

Tairbury. Neb.. May ia horse
doctor named Ziegler and George
Browner we're having a fight back OK
Colby's billiard hall. early yesterday
morning, when the Rock Island switch
engine. pushing a string of cars out
Of the way, ran over the two men,
cutting of both of Zieglcr'- feet ana
injuring Browner's right hand. Boih
men were under the influence OK
liquor. Zieglcr has since died. y
will b. necessary TO amputate Grown
er's right baud.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17
NEWS FROM INDIANA.
Latest Happenings Within the Bor-
ders Of Our Own State.


Muncie. Ind. May lo.-The recent
federation OF cooperative window
glass manufacturers. which was tout
ed at by the American company. has
opened Offices in Muncie and begun
business. disposing OF the stock of
the several factories represented
throughout the country. The follow
ing officers are in charge: President.
Octave Jacquain: vice president. Au-
gust Phillip: secretary and treasurer.
Il. NJ. PatterSon; representative,
Leopold Mombourg.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17
woman 10 Preach.

I.aporte. Ind. May TO-. Miss Grace
Colt. OF this city. a graduate OF the
Chicago Training School for Home
and Foreign Missionaries. where she
received the title OF deaconcss. will
leave early in June for Milwaukee.
where she will the duties OF
assistant pastor OF the Grand Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church. Miss
Colt is said 10 be the first Indiana
Young 10 enter upon pastoral
work in her denomination.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Columbus. Ind, May i0.-At the
session Of the Municipal League of
Indiana laws enacted by the last leg
islature furnished an interesting
theme for discussion. and there was
n general expression Of opinion in
favor of asking the next legislature
TO repeal the law reducing the terms
of all city officers 10 two years and
restore them to four years as before.
The next semi-annual meeting Will he
held at Anderson in October.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17
LITTLE NOTES.

She adopted o young Boston physi.
clan. whose legal name is now DIR. Fos-
ter Eddy.
Greece has only three pigs 10 every
100 people. England has ten to every
100 Of her population.
The Masscuse-.As a sur prevention
for wrinkles, contentment knocks fa.
cial massage all to pieces.
There are so cities in India with
over $4,000 inhabitants, a record
beaten by no country Of the same
area.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17
Choose Officers.

Marion. Ind. May i0.-The Indiana
Electric Medical association closed
its annual meeting here. The next
meeting will be held at Fort Wayne
n MAY. 1902. The following officers
were elected:
President. Or. o. V. Cofman. Carthage;
vice president. Or. Carl :. Winter. lndiar-
apolis. second vice president. Dr. j. III.
Forrest. Marion. recording secretary. pr
NJ +. Baldwin. Converse. corresponding
secretary. DR.. 7. W kayne. Fort Wayne,
%treAsurer. DR.. /. r.. House. Sellersburs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17
TAKEN in BY THE BRITISH.
Lord X Kitchener Reports the Results
Of Operations In sOuth Afri-
90 since May 8.

London, May 1e.-Iord Kitchener
reports to the war Office, under late
of Pretoria. May 10. as follows:
"Since May 8, IS Beers have been
killed. six wounded and $50 taken
prisoners, and is3 have surrendered.
Nine thousand rounds OF ammunitions
230 va % $500 horses and large
quantities of grain and stock have
been captured"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

The City Of Paducah was under the
command of Capt. ID. w. Kirkpatrick
of Carrollton. Ky. who was her com.
mander from the day she was
launched. Capt. Kirkpatrick is near
~ go years old. has passed his entire
life on the river and is reckoncj as
one of the best stcamboatmcn On the
river.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Muncie. Ind. May 10.-The Hem
ingray Glass company. whose plant
j. closed by 125 striking boys. refuses
10 compromise with the strikers.
Having granted the original demands
OF the lads. the pant will remain
closed during the remainder of the
eason rather than concede a cent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

indianapolis. Ind. May 10.-Gov.
Durbin has issued a commission 10
Robert Il. Dreibelbiss as city Judge Of
Fort Wayne for a term of four year.
The law requires the first appoint
ment OF city Judge TO be made by the
governor. his %ccs TO be chosen
at n regular election.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Indianapolis. Ind. May 10. T.
Hazard and James Pugh. both from
Chicago. fought in the lobby Of the
Bates house. II is said that Hazard
made an insulting remark to Pugh.
Pugh resented the insult and finally
threw the cigar he was smoking into
Hazards face. The trouble started
Immediately. but was settled by the
Of the hotel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Wabash. Ind. May 10.-The com
plete report of the school enumer-
ators Of Wabash county shows a to-
tai Of e.02s school children in a pop
ulation of $4,000 in the county. In
the city there are 2.60l. Townships
generally show a decrease from last
wear.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Petersburg. Ind. May lO.-Ficlding
4. Chappell. VINO has been elected
marshal Of Petersburg by the repub-
leans. Is a veteran OF the Spanish
American war. He served under Law
ton in the Philippines and in Cuba.
He was on the firing line with the
general when Lawton received the
fatal shot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Goshen. Ind. May 10@The bonds
men Of former County Clerk Wolfe
have paid $4,000 into the city treas
ury as n compromise of Wolfc's defal-
cation. Wolfe is serving a term in
prison for the shortage. said to
amount to sf.7O0.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Bedford. Ind. May 10.-Miss Jessie
Ash. while out driving with Miss .Ies-
Sic Eagsdale. was shot and probably
fatally wounded by n girl named
Jenkins. who fired with a revolver.
The cause Of the trouble is assigned
to be jealousy over a sweetheart MI
the girls belong to prominent fam
HES.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

st. Paul. Mimi. May 1o.-The Great
Northern railroad filed with the secre.
tary Of state the certificate Of the in.
crease Of s25. 900. 900 in its capital stock,
The fee paid to the state was sl2. 500.
The same certificate was filed with the
Ramsey county register Of deeds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Brazil. Ind. May 10.-Charles Ker-
Ter. a ~well-known farmer of Jackson
township. was found dead in his bed
at his home near Stealeyville. He
was 62 years old and an early settler.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

knightstown Ind. May 1o.-During
the year ended on April 30 there were
more than 500 children in the sol
diers' and sailors orphans home, and
there was but one death.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Farmland. Ind. May i0.--Thc emu
meration of the voters within the
corporate limits o. Farmland, which
has just been completed, shows that
there are 80 voters over 20 years old.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

a dispatch from Madrid says disor-
ders were renewed at Barcelona, on
the sth, and were vigorously repressei
by troops and genlarmes. The SpaE-
ism government attributes the troub-
le 70 foreign and Spanish anarchists
who have returned from exile and
who are cooperating with the ex-
IRENE socialists.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Orders have been received at the -
TO Is factories of the National Starch
Co. TO get ready 70 close down until
the corn market becomes settled
again. III price Of starch. it is said.
has not kept PAGES with the price of
corn. and there is no profit in buying
corn At the present price to make into
starch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

According to the returns of this
years census. the total population of
England and Wales is 32.525,7l6. This
is an increase over the population CT
1891 of $685., 1911, or, in other words,
an incres Sc of 1915 per cent. in the
last ten years. The increase for the
decade between ISL and 1891 was
ll.Gj per cent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

The ella river. on the Sacaton reser-
walton, in Arizona. has gone dry and
no grain will be harvested by the In
dians. Great restitution will ensuc,
and government aid will be required
TO relieve the situation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

The Hawaiian territorial legislature
has passed a resolution containing a
memorial to President Mckinley ask
ing him 10 remove Gov. Dole. lie Is
charged with obstructing legislation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Mayor Moores Of Omaha, Neb., on
the 10th. issued an order revoking his
previous Sunday observance order, but
continuing in force the order enjom-
ing midnight closing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Mr.. Edward Atkinson, of Boston,
made mn argument before the Indus
trial commission. in Washington. on
the 10th, tor what he called "Freer
trade" He said that not more than
Give per cent. of the people Of the
country were benefited by a protect
i've tariff. while the other IS per cent.
OF them ''pav the BILL"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Former Judge John j. Hayden, of
Indiana, died in Washington, on the
9th. aged s. years. Judge Hayden
was active in early republican poll
tics. but had been in the government
service M Washington for some years
lie was said TO bc the oldest living
graduate OF Harvard.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Jerome Fedeli. Italian consul in
Kansas City. Mo. is quoted as saying
that the labor troubles in lola, kas.,
that resulted, on the night OF the oth,
in several Italians being driven from
that town after having been assault
ed hy American workmen, will be
made an international affair.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

All the lumber camps in the north
ern part OF the state of Wisconsin will
probably be burned down this summer
by order OF the state board Of health.
During the past two winters many
camps have been the breeding places
of smallIcx, and il is feared that the
disease will develop in more deadly
form neN winter unless heroic meas
ures are taken for it's suppression.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Thomas j. Shelton, of Denver, Col.
publisher Of The Christian, who claims
close kinsbip to Jacob and Moses, and
the power to cure disease by sending
Vibrations 10 any distance. on the
eth, pleaded ruilty TO the improper
nse OF the mails and was fined S25 by
Judge Haliett III the United States
court.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

A director of the American Waltham
Watch Co. said on the 9th: THE Of
ficers Of the American Waltham Watch
Co. have informed the promoters of
the proposed watch trust hat that
company will not become n party tc
any consolidation ofwatch companies.
Other companies have declined 10 60
into any trust movement, so the $780,
100000 combination has been aban-
doned."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Gen. Fiizhugh Lee and his family,
Including his son. Lieut.. George r..
Lee. left Omaha. Neb.. on the 9th, 10
return TO their old Virginia home.
where they have scarcely lived for u
years. it being that long ago that
Gen. Lee became governor of Virginia
and moved TO Richmond.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Miss Mary LORNA Cort, who spent
Il years in Siam as n teacher and
missionary. died at the home Of her
father. Simon Cort. in Denver, Col, on
the Sth. aged 81 years. She was the
author of several publications on
Siam. the most important of which
was The Heart of Farther India
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17


Sir Alfred Miner, the British com
missioner. addressing o mass-meeting
at Cape Tow n. on the 9TH. said there
was absolutely no reason for the anx-
3ety felt in some quarters lest any
change be introduced in South Africa
that would in any way weaken the i'm.
Ierial policy. such n change was I'M
possible. Great britain had made up
her mind and would carry out tho
policy she had laid down.
Mariana lgnacio Prado, ~ex-presi.
dent of Peru. died in Paris on the
9th. Mariana Ignacio Prado was born
I'm 1876. lie participated in Gen. Cas-
rlla's revolution against ~Echenique's
government in 1854. lie marched
against Lima in 1865. and entered the
capital. November G, ut the head of a
victorious army. On November rs he
declared himself dictator and was
subsequently, elected constitutional
president by the Peruvian congress.
Ale was again elected president il
1e76.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-15
A Pleasant Outing.

BY special invitation part Of tho force
at the elegant aud hospitable homo Of
Col. II 6. MoInlyrc. in the notable Beau
y Spot section. Tho trip was planned
ior an outing on his magnificent planta
ton with his noble son Hampton, who is
also an accomplished entertainer aud 10,
deed makes his guests not only feel per
mcnt with his cheerful, generous hospi.
tality. Soon after our arrival with dogs
and guns wo started for a reconnaissance
Of the fertile fields for birds, They were
soon found and our little party was surely
flush with the exciting sport, which was
kept up until tho shades Of evening ad i
monishcd us that our time was up.
1t WAS an enjoyable outing, on q lovely
afternoon. on one Of the most progressive
farms in that section. Tho fields were
level, and in many placcs the ground was
covered with peas and grain left in har
ycsting- paradise for birds The Col
oucl's plantation is cut of iuto Que horse
farms ovcry tenant is encouraged to raise
net only the rent in cotton but bounti>
full supply Of something to eat.
On his homo reservation arc beau utiful
plats Of vegetables Of all kinds, sugar cano
and scyWa ppnltry yards with choicest
stratus oi ducks, turkeys and chickens
We also cot a glimpse Of bis wcll arranged
hog yard, stocked with Iair supply Of
i,t pcEors Tho H9E of'pcncc and plenty
float, cverywhcrc l}pt we must close,
With hca,tv ,hauksto Mr.. Smith Newton
Tor All elegant team aud 10 Col. Molnlyro
and son for the pleasure enjoyed, while
we wish for another like it,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-15
FROM PROSPECT,

Mr.. lditor: News is scarce, but I mus,
write few lincs n
Crops arc oil gatherod and people arc
crying out hard times, but observes tho
homo Philosopher s
aThe crops arc all gathered I reckon.
But what's tho use sighing.
And wailing and crying.
Thank God, thoro' enough for us all,
We've lost some on cotton, I rookon,
And tators are powerful small,
But what 8 tho use signing,
The fritters are frying 8
And there's just about enough for US all.
Well pull through tho winter.I reckon,
Wo never have gono to tho wall
So put on the griddle,
And tune up tho fiddle. a
There's room in the quadrillo for all.
The school Mt this place in charge Of
Miss Lizzio Bolvin is gotting on ino. She
scoms to like this placo-on account
Your correspondent spent Saturday
and Sunday in Riohmond County N. O.,
among his friends. People up thoro sccm
10 be bit by tho samo snake that bi.
Marlboro farmers-short crops aud hard
times.
hear the wedding bells ringing
[ think | can report soon if somebody
don't back out-which hardly over is tho
olso,
MIR. NJ. G. Quick is talking of moving
down 10 our midst OH Mr.. j. i. Everett't
place. We will be glad to hayo him in
our Church and school,
Wc hoar our old friend Roy. N. l.
SWEET is soon to lcavo us and 20 to Con.
grco S. O. We h,to to SEQ him leave,
as he hns been n pillar in tho church 81
long, but may he 20 to his new homo and
do great and lasting good in tho church
and in the community, and with those he
may be associated with. His influence
here in the church will live when he il
| gone. G
Our Pastor Rev. L. j.. Bovin will
ptoacll his last sermon for this year at this
place The fourth Sunday 10 the afternoon.
We hope he will be returned to US again
after conference.
For fear ofthc waste basket I will close
with best wishes to the Democrat.
Nov. llth 1901. Stray Coon.