The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-10-01
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes Of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Terrible Railroad Accident Near Knox-
vile. Tenn. Alleged Lyncfers Ae-
quitted-Gold weather in tho
New England States.

John ID. ROckefeller may establish Q
bank in London.
Chicago labor unions show falling
of of 100, 900 members.
It is reported that Port Arthur's
coal supply is depleted.
Yale College opened with the largest
enrolment in It's history.
Peter Karageorgevitch was crowned
king of servia in Belgrade.
Lightning struck an oil taEk at Port
Arthur, Tex, and killed i've men.
Yves Guyo, a sugar expert of
France, will visit the United States.
The postoff1ee at Kingstree, s. G.,
was robbed OF over $4,000 By SAFE
| blowers.
A monument marking the resting
place of James Z. Polk was erected at
Pineville, ". G.
It has been proposed that Texas
farmers be compelled by law TO fight
the boil weevil.
Ia race riot at Lynchbnrg, Miss,
two negroes were killed and three
were fatally wounded.
A challenge for the Americas cup
is daily expected from the Royal Ill
ster II acht Club, of London.
Confirmation Of the report that
peace had been established in Uruguay
was received at Buenos Ayres.
Texas farmers claim that the Texas
turkey is superior TO the Guatamalan
turkey as boil Weevil destroyer.
Adviees from Naples state that the
present eruption of Mount Vesnvius
is more violent than at any time since
1872.
Emperor William conferred the Or
der of the Red Eagle on William
Rainey Harper, president OF Chicago
University.
The United States stands at the head
OF the list ofcoal-produeing countries,
according to the London board Of
trade report.
Mrs. Richard Mansfield, wife of tho
famous actor, was seriously injured
by being thrown from her horse near
New London, Conn.
The maehinists and boiler makers
of the Chicago, Lake Shore and East
ern Railroad returned TO WORK after
a nine months struggle.
w. G. Eastland, charged with being
implicated in the burning at The stake
of Luther Holbert and wife, was dis
charged at Tndfanola, Miss.
Policeman McNurney. OF Norfolk,
Va, was shot 10 death by q negro
burglar, whom the officer had detected
robbing q store. The negro escaped.
The temperature at New York fell
to 40 degrees, the coolest point eyer
reached on Sept. %. A killing frost
was reported throughout New Eng-
land.
A chartered train on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad ran from Philadelphia
TO Chicago, 822 miles, in II hours
and 81 minutes, breaking all previous
records.
The state department has taken up
the case OF Hugh Gurney, third secrs-
tary OF the English embassy, who was
arrested and fined for ssscorching'' at
Lee, Mass.
Six persons were killed, several IA
tally injured and fifteen seriously hurt
by an explosion OF dynamite under
crowded street car at MeIroae, Mass.
The authorities are investigating the
accident.
The military court which investi-
gated the recent lynching at Hunts
vile, Ala, recommended that Com
pany f, Alabama National Guard, be
mustered out OF the service for In.
efficiency.
sixty-two persons were killed and
100 injured in acollision on the South
ern Railway at Hodges station, eight
cen miles from Knoxville, Tenn. The
accident was due TO the failure of one
of the engineers to read his passing
orders correctly.
Three men alleged TO have been i'm
plicated in the lynching Of Horace
Naples at Huntsville, Ala, were tried
and acquitted. A number OF others
against whom indictments were re-
turned by the special grand jury have
not yet been given . trial.