Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-23
GENERAL NEWS.

Florida coast last week ran the Dlg
Morgan line steamship, Antilles on the
Florida reefs. All Oh board were trans
, ferred to the ateam3hip Comus and con-
tinued on their way to New York.
Among the Antilles passengers was
Gov. j. Y. Sanders. .
The U. S. District Court in Indian
apolis, Judge A. R. Anderson -presld-
ing decided against the government IN
the Panama libel case against Delavan
Smith and Charles r. Williams, owners
of the Indianapolis News, who charged
some months ago that there was a cor
rupt profit of s28, 600, 600 in the sale Of
the Panama Canal to the United States.
which statement the u. S. Government
was pleased to consider as a libel.
Severe storms prevailed over the
whole United States during the past
week, the hurricane that swept the Flor
ida coast doing great damage also in
Mississippi and Alabama, while from
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and other
states come reports of storms and biz
yards, with freezing weather in addi-
ton.
The Board CT Liquidation Of New
Orleans will offer three millions of dol
lars more sewerage bonds for sale.
A paper mill, to manufacture paper
from rice straw is proposed for the
rice section of Southwest Louisiana.
The promoter is Mr.. James Syming-
ton of Pennsylvania, who has for years
been interested in paper mills in Penn
~sylvania, Massachusetts and Buenos
Ayres. 1t is said that Mr.. S%ymington
will invest about 500, 900 in the pro-
ject as a starter. Mr.. Symington
quotes the fact that Germany imports
rice straw all the way from Japan for
the purpose of manufacturing paper
and that the rice section of Louisiana
offers 8 splendid field for the manufac-
ture of paper.
Francisco Ferrer, the instigator Of
the revolutionary troubles in Spain,
was sentenced and shot to death or
October 10. His execution was the
signal for numerous anarchistic upris-
ings in France, Italy and Spain.
Rev. Father P. NIL. Massardier of
St. Theresa's church in New Orleans
died last week after an illness of but
q week.
=. Only one Of the Italian steamship
Lguria's six hundred immigrants was
;: 5ss sls s the immigration Inspectors
The Peoples Bank of New Orleans
has neutrality-suspicious. for a re-
organization of the bank, which will
include 3 slight, change in the name. In
g the. future the institution will be known
az the People, Bank and Trust Co. and
on. the first Of December the bank will
take possession Of its new home, the old
Morris Building in Camp St., which
the bank purchased some months agoI
and the name of which will be changed
to the Peoples Bank Building.
Miss Sophie Wright, who has worked
, FOR SO many years to improve the edu-
cational facilities of New Orleans, has
announced that she will not reopen her
Night School this year. consider
ing that the public schools now in oper-
'aticn under the New Orleans public
school system were competent to handle
the applicants. The attendance at
Miss Wright'a night school at one time
rose to 1900 pupils.
Isaac Pelgado Of New Orleans cele-
brated his SEVENTEEN birthday last week
by giving a big dinner to the inmates
Of the Charity Hospital to which insti-
tuition be gave a building several years
ago known as the Delgado Memorial
Hospital. Z
Mr.. j. ". Hyams of the parish of
West Baton Rouge, has succeeded the
late j. M. Lee jr. as general agent Of
tho Morgan's Louisiana and Texas
Railroad and steamship Company and
the Louisiana Western Railroad Co.,
with headquarters in New Orleans.
A big black bear was killed last week
by q party Of hunters in the Atchafa-
lsya swamp. the party going out from
Baton Rouge. This is said to be
the second bear killed in those swamps
in the past few weeks and q number
more are said TO be in the vicinity.
Sesrs. Rocbuck 4 Co.. of Chicago
have bought the plant Of the Central
Lumber Co. at Mansfield. La. and will
manufacture doors and blinds. The
purchase price was $42, 600.
The New Iberia Truck Growers AS
socistion.is discussing the desirability
Of holding q fair next Spring.
The police jury Of Acadia parish has
appropriated $1,000 to construct a turn
pike across the parish east to west
from Mermentau to the boundary line
OF Lafayette parish nesr the town of
Duson.
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