The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-02-16
GLEANINGS OF INTEREST.
Happnings Of General Interest On Land
and Sea..Crimss and Casualties
Briefly Noted.

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The city council Of Jennings, La.
has fixed tho liquor license fee OIL
! 81, 600 a year.
Former King Milan Of Servia, il
suffering from pneumonia. His con
dition Is dangerous.
Mrs. Carrie Nation has been in
vited by the st. Louis Prohibition
club to visit St. Louis.
Negotiations are under way for the
ormation Of q zinc combine with
capital stock of $s4, 900, 900.
The Texas and Pacific railroad has
assumed control of the Texarkana,
Shreveport and Matches railroad.
King Edward VII has decided tc
bestow the title, the Prince Of Wales,
on the Duke of Cornwall and York.
The bill appropriating 5000, 900 in
aid of the St. Louis Exposition has
been favorably reported to the house.
The charges against Delegate Will
cox Of Hawaii were taken up Satur'
day by the house committee on cleo.
tions No. /.
United States Consul Fleming, al
Edinburg, Scotland, reports an alarm
ing decline In the metal industry Of
Graf Britain.
A Mexican banker is said to be ne,
negotiating o $50. 900, 900 loan in New
York with which to relieve money
troubles in Mexico.
1t Is thought that Great Britain
will send a counter proposal on the
Nicaragua Canal project, which will
necessitate negotiations.
The house passed a bill requiring
the meetings of the Mississippi River
Commission to be held at some city
along the line Of the river.
The Alabama legislature has bill
bfore it to require Christian Scient-
lists, magnetic healers, etc., to obtain
certificates from examining boards.
The republican state central COM
mittee Of Mississippi will meet at
Jackson, Feb. 20, to consider the
claims of aspirants for federal patron
age.
Night sessions Of the senate have
been abandoned, the republican sena-
tors realizing that the shipping bill
could not be forced to a vote in that
way.
The Berlin public and press con-
denim the bestowal of the Order of
the Black Eagle upon Lord Roberts
by Emperor William as directly IN
friendly to the Beers.
It is said in well-informed circles
in Washington that the president will
call congress in extra session unless
som action is taken with respect to
Cuba and it's relations to this coun-
try.
The saloon.smashing crusade has
reached Indiana. A woman, whose
husband was in Jail owing to over in
diligence in liquor, demolished a sa-
loon at Auburn.
Judge Laoombe, in the United
States circuit court at New York, ap-
pointed George J. Gould and Helen
NJ. Gould receivers of all income of
the Countess de Castellane in excess
Of $500, 900, per year.
The senate committee on military
affairs agreed to report favorably the
nomination of Major General A. Miles
to be Lieutenant General, and also
the three nominations to the Office Of
Major General under the army reor-
ganization bill.
Four hundred Beers attacked q
train near Standerton last Monday
and secured some booty from the pas
sengers and nurses. The Beers are
still in force South Of johannesburg.
After an examination of data SUBJ
mitted by the inspecting officers, the
legal officers of the war department
have decided that the case Of Captain
Cyril W. King, assistant quartermas-
ter, who is charged with accepting a
bride from a contractor in connection
with the construction Of military
buildings at Fort Morgan, Ala,
should be dealt with by the civil au.
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