The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes Of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Former United States Senator to Become
a Conyict-Wldow of Jenerson Davis
Dies in New York City-Noted
Evangelist Passes Away.

The boycott against American goods
has been called off at Canton, China.
Three thousand bales of cotton were
destroyed by fire at Bremen, Ger
many.
Bubonie plague appeared at Osaka,
Japan, and cholera at Shanghai,
China.
The annual convention of the Amer
lean Bankers Association was held
at ST. Louis, Mo.
President Cypriana Castro of Vene-
zuela is critically III at his official
residence in Caracas.
Ladies OF fashion in London are
having many OF their winter outer
garments made of Leather.
The anniversary of the beginning OF
the ten-year war with Spain was eel
brated in Cuba as a national holiday.
Several thousand revolvers pur-
chased BY the Russian government
fell into the hands OF reVol olutionists at
W arsaw.
Mrs. George T. Mcdonald dropped
dead in a cemetery at Montgomery,
Ala, while sitting on the grave of her
husband.
Severe earthquake shocks were ex-
perienced in Sicily, considerable
damage being inflicted on churches
and dwellings.
The next intern ational balloon con-
test for the James Gordon Bennett
CUP will be held in America during
the summer of 1907.
The Guatamalan revolutionary
iunta issued a proclamation adyo-
eating the annexation Of that country
by the United States.
The Mexican consul at ST. Louis,
Mo-, was summarily dismissed by
President Porfirio Diaz for alleged
connection with a revolutionary iunta.
Twenty-Five miners were killed and
fifty temporarily entombed as,the result
of an explosion of fre-damp in the
Wingate col1iery, near Durham, Eng
land.
Rev. Sam Jones, the noted evange-
list, died suddenly on a train at
Perry, Ark, while en- route to his
home at Gainesville, Ca, to attend
a family reunion.
An unsatisfactory start at the Long
champs Paris1 race course preeipi-
tated riot, which resulted in the
destruction of property valued at
| approximately O,00o.
Prince Alexander Won Hohenlohe,
who recently incurred the kaiser g
displeasure by the publication OF bis
fathers memoirs, resigned his official
position as governor of Alsaee.
| The British steamer HankoW burned
to the waters edge while lying at hel
dock at Hong Kong. More than 20
Chinese passengers lost their lives
and valuable cargo was destroyed
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow Of the
/ president of the Confederaey, diee
1 Tuesday night at the Hotel Majestic
| ia New York city, after q weeks III
ness with pneumonia. Her remain
were laid to rest beside those Of he
late husband at Richmond, Va.
The supreme court Of the Unite'
states denied the petition OF forme
United States Senator ). r.. Burton
of Kansas, for a rehearing OF th
j case in which he was sentenced Il
serve six months in jail and pay
| fine of $500 for accepting an attor
neyss fee while serving as senator
Mr.. Burton will probably begin sery
\ ing his sentence at once.
4 Fraulein Bertha Krupp, daughte
Il of the famous gun-maker and by ia
the richest woman 10 the world, wa
married to Lieut.. Gustav Won Bohler
/ formerly an attachG Of the Prussia
/ diplomatic service, in little impre
vised chapel adjoining tbs bride
birthplace near Essen. The ceremon
vas Witnessed By Emperor William {
/ Germany and many other dlstlE
! gniahed guests.