The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-10-05

Fifty lives are reported lost an,
tooo houses damaged in Mobile. Ala
+ as result az hurricane The prop
eriy lose is placed al $1,000 600.
Cotton IN Mississippi southern
Alabama and southern Arkansas vas
greatly damaged by the storm the lat
ter part OF September.
George a. Poor. ne inventor OF The
air brake generally used on American
Y railroads. died In Portland Me.
Mrs Howard Gould sister has
married a ChinSman IN san Fran
cisco \ complete and very elaborate
Celestial ceremonial marked the ccle-
hrauon ~ the nuptials and Miss Ella
Z Clemmons is now entitled 70 the
name sun Nue She has been a mis-
sion worker in san Francisco FOR sew
eral YEAR, She said For eight
years laoored night and day attend
INK the women and children in China
town. ne only Catholic who ever de-
voted herself 10 that branch OF mis-
siona-y endeayor.
Mrs Eleanor Reede. OF Gan Francis
CO. was robbed in Paris OF a zibeiene
stone worth 5000 4 man intro
duced himself 10 Mrs Reede at her
hofel as the representative Of big
ieweiTy nrm. An accomplice then
came up an announced 10 Mrs Reede
he call OF a prominent resident. and
she left The room 10 see him When
she returned ne alleged jeweler' :
representative and the stone we're
gone
During the = hours ending al a.
n Saturday ZIG inches OF rain fell in
- Louis. according 10 the official fg
ures OF the weather bureau. The total
fall since r. began raining about ID.
M Thursday was 267 inches. The
rain. which was due TO The gulf s'~rm.
Vas general over the Mississippi. Ohio
and Missouri valleys The storm has
moved Eorihward and is expected 70
reach ne lake regions Saturday and
continue down the St Lawrence val
ley
Paul O Stensland. the Chicago
bank convict was put TO work in the
sorting room ~ the broom factory.
where NJ viii labor BY the side OF
John A Linn. the eN-clerk Of the SUI
perior CONT 81 Chicago. under sen
tence for embezzlement.
\ natural gas franchise. which
gives the Kansas City Missouri Gas
company The right 20 serve the city
with natural gas for thirty years. al
an average rate Of overweight cents
Der 1000 feet has been passed BY
The CITY council and signed by the
mayor ~ Kansas city Mo The rate
for manufacturing purposes is 10 BE-
as ioN as The price in neighbor.n-
cities some Of -hich pay eight cents.
President Roosevelt has appointed
n. Morgan Shuster "a a menn Der OF
the Philippine commission. to fiji one
of the vacancies caused By the resig-
nation ~ Governor General Wright
and Governor General Ide The other
vacancy recently was filled ~ the APP
pointment az Judge Charles r Ma
goon. American minister to Panama
and governor % the canal zone.
Becoming Respondent over ill-health.
Mrs y y. Carson. Of Eldon. la. com
mitted spicide BY drowning in Des
Moines river The body was found
about zen feet from the river bank en-
tangled in a FISH net
Bertha Beiisiein. a wealthy Young
woman % Allegheny. Pa. who has
been confined in an asylum for the
insane Al Dixmont. Pa. since her con
viction OF the murder OF her aged
mother eight years ago. escaped from
the institution az night. and her pres
emf whereabouts is unknown II il
said she eft by the fire escape and
was whirled away in an automobile.
News has neen received here. SAYS
a Honolulu dispatch. that Along. the
well known Chinese capitalist. for
meTiy 81 Hawaii died in China on
Tuesday. September %. Along mar
ried a halfbreed white woman. b.
whom he had TWO sons and thirteen
The daughters are ex-
ceecingiy handsome and married
well. one becoming me wife OF Rear
Admiral Whiting - the United States
navy.
gulf hurricane caused great loss
10 shipping a. Pensacola Fla. also
% vharves. warehouses. residences.
railroads and farms The stO-il ex-
tended along the coast from New
Orleans 10 point south OF Atlanta
moved northwest into Mississippi.
Alabama and Tennessee. continuing
northwest TO tine ST Lawrence valley.
In the gulf states great damage was
done 10 cotton. fice and other crops.
Complete plans for a campaign
against the STANDARD oil company
have been drawn hy the department
Of Justice Attorney General Moody
has returned 20 Washington from his
vacation and Will take them up ar
once. and II he approves. as il IL, *
pectec he will. hcstii'ties viii be be
gun against the great oil concern
az quickly as possible and pressed
with vigur until the supreme court