The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-07
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Prominent oregonians Indicted in con-
nection With Land Frauds Georgia
Farmers Burn coston-Russia
to 8uiId Rew Navy.

Intense cold prevails throughout
Russia.
Tyo deaths resulted from the bliz-
zard in Kansas.
Russia is to spend $500, ,0oo. 900 in
building new navy.
A series of earthquake shocks were
felt at San Francisco.
The deficiency IN the revenue fund
OF Texas totals nearly $500, 900.
The battleship Ohio started on her
first cruise from San Francisco.
The revolution in Columbia has been
suppressed and the leaders imprisoned.
There were 300 deaths from pneu-
monia iB New York week before last.
The oil yield Of Louisiana and Texas
for the year 1904 was 26,OO0,000 bar
rels.
Two mysterious fires occurred at
the League Island Navy Yard, Phila-
delphia.
There are said to be serious natural
hindrances to the cultivation ofeotton
in Cuba.
The submarine tunnel connecting
Boston with East Boston was opened
to travel.
Gifts to charity in 1904 amounted to
$40, ,296, $50, as compared with SIC, ,934,
e7s in 1908.
An experiment. with Porto Rican
labor will be made in the Panama
canal zone.
An arbitration treaty between the
United States and Spain was signed at
Washington.
The emperor and empress of Japan
held a New Years reception at the
palace in Toxic.
Cotton planters in Conway county,
Ark, have started a campaign for
half crop in 1905.
The Japanese government has agreed
to negotiate an arbitration treaty with
the United States.
Over 500 Russians, who left the
ezar's domain to escape army duty,
arrived at Philadelphia.
Statistics show that 1880, 900, 900
worth of property was destroyed By
fire in the United States in 1904.
Citizens OF Fairmount, W. Va, Of
fered to give bond in the sum OF $50, 900
for the release of Nan Patterson.
J. B. Harrison shot and killed hina-
self at @Barnesville, Ca, because Of
heavy losses on cotton contracts.
Six buildings in the business section
of Birmingham, Ala, were destroyed
by fire, entailing a loss of BE, 600.
Six men were injured in railroad
week near Melbourne, la. Snow is se-
riously interfering with traffic in the
state.
/ An explosion on the towboat De-
fender near Huntington, ". Va,
killed or wounded all OF the crew OF
twenty EIGHT men.
Gov. Carter, Of Hawaii, urges q
change in the exclusion law to permit
the utilization of Chinese labor in the
Hawaiian ISLANDS.
Vice Admiral Duhassof was named
by Russia as member OF the North
Sea Commission to succeed Admiral
Kasnakoff, recalled.
DR.. Leroy S. Chadwick, husband Of
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, arrived at
Cleveland, O., and was released on
bail in the sum of $4,000.
The American legation at Com
ssantinople has demanded the arrest
and punishment of the bandits who
robbed Americans recently.
The government OF Honduras has
agreed to pay the United States s7a, 600
indemnity. in Mexican money, for the
murder of Charles w. Renton in 1895.
Farmers and merchants Of Clay
county, Ca. met at Fort Gaines and
decided TO burn their share of 2,000,-
900 bales of surplus cotton. Their ac-
tion was severely criticised by eastern
newspapers.
Senator Mitchell and Representative
Herman, OF Oregon, were indicted ID
connection with land frauds. John e.
Hall, United States district attorney
for Oregon, was removed from once
by direction of the president for the
same reason.