The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-08
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes Of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Earthquake in india Causes Heavy Loss of
Life and Property Gorky's Trial
Postponed-Disasteri in an
Illinois Mine.

The public debt OF the United States
on April was $685., ,624 800.
The Bank OF Ladoga, at Ladoga.
Ind, has closed its doors.
The presi0ent will call an extra
session of congress about Oct. is.
The seventh session of the Cuban
congress was convened atHavana.
A bronze tablet TO General Lafay
cite was unveiled at Montgomery, Ala.
The murderer Of Grand Duke Ser
Igius OF Russia will be tried in secret.
Miss Grace Yancy dropped dead
during q thunder storm at Decatur,
Ala.
A mob at Fulton, KY, made an I'M
successful attempt to lynch three me-
groes.
One person was killed and two in
iured in street car accident at Louis
vile, KY.
An earthquake in India caused seri-
Gus loss OF life and great damage to
property.
The Union Pacific Railroad proposes
to issue 800, 600, 900 additional pre-
ferred stock.
/ Japanese treatment of leprosy was
successfully tried at the Gallup Island
leprosariun.
The value OF precious stones inn
ported in NJ arch reached s8, 800, ,000, a
record breaking total.
| Samuel Davis, ex-sergeant of police
il New York, will organize the
Panama police.
I TIE new japanese tarifT, increasing
charges on nearly ell imports, will go
into effect July ].
Eight American, two British and
one German craft are entered for the
KaIser's ocean cup race.
The police and United States au-
thorities captured gang Of counter
| letters at Pensacola, Fla.
/ Four persons were killed and one
fatally injured in . collision on the
Southern Railroad near Branchville,
S. G.
The estate OF the late Mrs. Jane
Lathrop Stanford is valued at 81 900,
600.
New York bankers viii compete
with European syndicates for part of
the forthcoming $50, ,oeo. 600 Portuguese
loan.
Governor Brady. Of Alaska, has
been asked to either resign or gIvs up
his connection with q mining COM
pany.
Three men were killed and building
wrecked By an explosion II the U. NJ.
g. cartridge factory At Bridgeport,
Conn.
Nicola Innico, 3 barber. was ar
rested in Italy for the assassination
OF Miss Catherine MeCready, Of New
York.
The Atlanta and Birmingham Rail-
way shops at Waycross, Ca. we're
destroyed BY fire. entailing loss OF
/ s1oo, 900.
The affairs Of the Equitable Llte
Assurance Society will be einvestigated
by the New York superintendent of in
surance.
j. Morgan Smith and wife, wanted
in connection with the Nan Patterson
case in New York, were arrested in
Cincinnati.
Mrs Mary Grant Cramer, sister Of
Cen. q. s. Grant, died suddenly at
Orange, N. J.
Il was stated in New York thar
heavy grain shipments through Hea
Orleans would continue, regardless OF
changes IN rates.
| The Southern r ai1Way will build
tunnel through Lookout Mountain at
Chattanooga, Tenn. at an estimated
cost OF s., ,oo0,O 900.
/ The fourteenth continental congress
OF the Daughters Of the American
! Revolution will be held in Washing
] ton. beginning April II.
The trial of Maxim Gorky has been
postponed until May 10. In the mean
time Gorky will be permitted 10 go to
the Crimea for his health.
Joseph Smith, head of the Mormon
church, paid S4u0s pt0 Tor ot ,uOV acres
t OF land at Alberta, Mont, where he
will establish Mormon colony.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans as
sumed command of the North Atlantic
feet at Pensacola, succeeding Rear
Admiral Barker, who has been placed
. On the retired list
q The American consul general at
: Marseiaes, France, writes the state
department that the cotton bales made
; in India are superior to those turned
out in the United States.
Fifty miners were entombed il the
Letter mine as Benton, H., BY an ex-
! plosion Of gas. A number Of bodies
8 have been recovered. The death list
) Twill probably reach thirty or forty
/ The report Of the commissioner
) general 81 immigration shows that
t $50, $50 foreigners arrived during the
! six months ending win AI arch. against
j. :33344, 3334 7764 for the same period last year.