Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1898 — OLIVETTE IS GONE. [ARTICLE]

OLIVETTE IS GONE.

? HOSPITALSHIPSUDDENLY GOES TO THE BOTTOM. Ebe Rests in Thirty Feet of Water Near the Quarantine Station at Fcr--7 nandina, Fla.-Salmon Pack on Pa* cific Coast Is Short. Hospital Boat Sinks. | The hospital ship Olivette, which has been lying near the quarantine station at i Fernandina, Fla., through some mysterious agency sank. Aboard of the ship were the hospital c< rps of thirty-five and a crew of forty-five persons, all of whom g escaped without injury, but in scanty attire. The roustabouts sleeping in the lower hold had a narrow escape, being driven from their bunks like so many rats. Fortunately for those on board, there was a schooner near by, and some of them took shelter on her, while others sought refuge at the quarantine station. The Olivette went down in about thirty feet of water, her main deck being submerged. No one apparently knows how the calamity bould have occurred. Vessels in the harbor will probably pump her out, if such a thing is possible. Standing of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the club* Id the National Basebail League: W. L. W. L. Boston 72 40 Philadelphia. 53 56 Baltimore ...68 40 Pittsburg ... .5(1 GO ■ Cincinnati ..73 43 Louisville ...46 (it) Cleveland ...65 47 Brooklyn ....42 65 New Y0rk...63 49Washington. 40 72 Chicago 64 50St. L0ui5.....32 83 Following is the standing of the club* Id the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 72 45 St, Paul 65 52 Milwaukee ..75 47 Detroit . ... ..45 73 - Kansas City. 72 48 Minneapolis. 41 83 Columbus .. ,64 47 St. Joseph... .38 77 Short on Salmon) The San Francisco Call says: Advices ' from the north confirm the large shortage of this year’s pack of canned salmon. The summary Of the reports on the 1898 pack is as follows: British Columbia, 400,000 eases; Alaska. 840,000 cases; Puget Sound, 260,000 cases; Sacramento river spring pack. 20,01)0 cases; Columbia river spring pack, 360,000 cases; total, 1,880,000 eases, against 2,800,000 cases in 1897. The : export* orders will be filled, having been made by canners, who made a comparatively good pack, but not over 30 per cent of deliveries will be made on the domesI tic sales.