The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-12
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CuaQuCl DONCi
to Cape Grisnese in
twenty-four hours. A heavy fog en-
veloped the channel during the night.
Tha three story brick main building
of the Franklin Wooden mills. Frank
lin, KY, was destroyed by fire; loss,
$50, 900; insurance, $40, 900.
Sixteen year old twin sons of Henry
Bauer, farmer. residing near Aber-
deem, Wash, were found dead twenty
miles away. Bulletholes in their heads
indicated murder. A hermit uncle
named John Turno for twenty years
residing in shack near where the re-
mains were found, was missing.
Portuguese government is to erect
wireless telegraph stations, having de-
cided to adopt the Marconi sygtem. At
Lisbon stations are to be erected, also
at Cape Verde and at the main points
along the coast,
The Chilean steamer Tucapel was
wrecked several hundred miles from
Lima, Peru, and eighty-seven people,
including the captain, drowned. Sixty
were saved.
A fee of 81, 600 to unite In marriage
John Jacob Aston and Miss Madeline
a inadge Force was refused by Rev.
Edward C. johnson, the pastor of the
First Baptist church of Newport, r.
I. 1t is said the offer was made by al
attorney at Newport. he having sent
for the clergyman.
In monoplane uear Boston, car
ryiug passenger, Claude Grahame.
White, the Engllshman, travelled over
water thirty three mites in 81 minutes
35 l-5 teconds.
According to President G. r. High
tower of the Mississippi division OF
the Farmers union the chain of ware
houses of that organization will this
season handle at least 100, 600 bales
of cotton Granting that the Missis-
sippi crop does not exceed 1000, 600
bales, | am confident that one tenth
of the amount will behandlcd through
our warehouses, said President High
tower.
The death is announced of Armand
Cochefnrt, former noted chief of the
detective service of Paris. He was
born in 1850 M, Cochefort played a
prominent role in the Dreyfus trial.
He was chevalier of the Legion OF
Honor.
Arshard er Dowieh, the defeated
PeIsian rebel leader, was executed In
camp near Teheran. He protested to
the last his loyalty to Mahammed Ali
Mira, the deposed shah.
Jang Pc, who served chop suey to
citizens of Boston, returns to Canton,
Coma, where he will remain perma-
nently. Pc has resided in Boston for
thirty. Eve years and it is estimated he
has made about $500, 600. He began
the sale of chop suey there in 1879 He
soon had more business than he could
comfortably handle, and now owns a
restaurant that occupies almost one
block. Pos wife and children, whom
he has seen but once in thirty eight
years, live in Canton. Some years ne
has been an active member of the Chi.
nese Business Mems association.
Rev. Donald r. Shier formerly OF
Landrum, S. c., was found dead in
bed at the home of friend in Huron,
Mich He was seventy years old and
for many years was member of the
Michigan Methodist Episcopal confer
ence,
An apparent plot to dynamite the
lower end of the Charleston Mass,
navy yard was discovered by finding |
of three heavy sticks of dynamite in
the gigantic floating crane by work
men The dynamite was In the frame. |
work of the crane and two workmen |
were welding hammers about a foot
away. One OF them happened to ex.
anime the place he was gazing to ham,
mer next and saw the explosive The
lives of $50 men we're endangered.
An automobile in which they we're
riding at high speed near Lexington,
KY, struck telephone and wrecked. |
Glenn Elkin was killed and three 9TH
er young men, all members of leading |
families, seriously injured.
Robert Bruce Watson, one of the |
best known young architects OF Chi
cago, was shot in front of his resi-
dence by Mrs. II, B. Conry. Shs is
five years old and has been liv-
ing at we'll known hotel. She would
assign no reason for the act. Watson
was taken to hospital. He was at
one time Illinois state architect and |
also city architect of Chicago.
Frederick H. Putnam, one of the best
known wool buyers died at Boston, |
his home He bought Texas wool for
twenty eight years and descendant
OF General IsrA lei Putnam,