The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-22
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Third Trial of Nan Patterson Begun in New
Ferk-Body of John Paul Jones
Found In Paris-General Ad-
vance In Beef Prices.

Traces of radium have been found
in Kansas, near Kansas City.
The gold standad will go into effect
in Mexico on the first OF May.
Chieago's proposed subway will
handle 80. 900 tons of freight daily.
John Barnett, negro. was lynched
by a mob of negroes near Askew, Ark.
Joseph Jefferson, the noted actor, is
dangerously i'll at his home in MiamI,.
Fla.
Beet prices have been advanced in
every Important market in the United
States.
| DIR. Edwin A. Alderman was inaua-
urated president of the University 81
Virginia.
Contracts have been closed for the
erection of a steel mill in China by
| Americans.
The third trial of Nan Patterson for
the killing of Cesar Young began in
New York.
| The tone of the Russian press has
become more friendly toward the
United States.
Secretary Taft has decided TO visit
Toxic, Japan, on the occasion OF his
Philippine trip.
The first train of cars passed over
the new steel bridge across the Missis-
sippi at Thebes, Ill.
The annual convention Of the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution was
held in Washington.
Admiral Schwartz, who assisted In
laying the first Atlantic cable in 1861,
died in ST. Petersburg.
Minister Powellreports that Hayti's
coffee crop for 1905 will be only half
as large as that Of 1904.
Seven prisoners in jail at Weston,
W. Va, blew up the building with nj
tro-glycerin and escaped.
The Isthmian Canal Commission
awarded contracts for the double
tracking of the Panama RAILROAD.
The Newfoundland Legislature passed
bill prohibiting American vessels
from fishing in Newfoundland waters.
TheAmerican Cotton Manufacturer,
Association will meet/in annual con-
vention at Knoxville, Tenn, May To-
IL.
An Employers Teaming Association
has been formed lh Chicago to handle
the immense trucking business of that
city.
Miss Anna Johnson, of Mount ster-
ling, KY, was appointed maid Of honor
for the south at the next Confederate
reunion.
The American Anti tuberculosis
League held . six-day session il Al
lanta, Ca, with 800 physicians in at-
tend ance.
President Roosevelt will be q guest
Of the Iroquois Club, a Democratic
organization in Chicago, at banquet
next month.
The Old Believers, q wealthy sect
owning the greater part OF Moscow,
are raising war fund OF $500. 000, 900
for Russia.
The three new scout cruisers, bids
for which we're opened at Washington,
will be the fastest vessels in bilo United
States navy.
An Indiana man was fined a35 for
violating the anfi-cig garette law of that
state by having cigarette papers In
his possession.
DIR. D. K. Pearsons, OF Chicago,
announced that he would give $3.50, 300
to the poorer and most deserving col
leges of the south.
A G. 4. r. post al Washington con-
demned congress for authorizing the
return OF Confederate battle flags cap
turea in the civil var.
Negotiations for the purchase OF the
Chicago street railways were opened
between the traction companies and
representatives OF the new city gov
ernment.
DR.. Z. @. Howard. chief entomolo-
gist Of the agricultural department,
predicted that the boil wesvil would
cross the river into Mississippi during
the current year.
The supreme court OF the United
States held the New York law making
ten hours a days work IN bakeries TO
be unconstitutional The Texas anti
poolroom law was sustained.
Nearly 1000 delegates, the owners
and operating officials OF about 400
000 miles OF railway in tgrty-four diff
ferent countries, will attend the Inter-
national Railway Congress in Wash
ington, beginning May 4.
. -Four nswsboys were killed and seven
injured in a panic following the cry
of fire in a building at Tndfanapolisss
Ind, where several hundred Of the
'newsies" were awaiting the free dis
srfbution of tIeater tickets.
The body of John Paul Jones, the
American naval hero, was found in
Paris after a long search and Ia SO
we'll preserved as to be readily racog-
nizable. An American cruiser will be
despatched TO Paris for the body.