The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-01
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes Of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Terrible Tragedy Perpetrated by RevoIu
tionfsts in Russia-seat in New
York Stock Exchange Sells
for ss5,ooo.

/
effective at midnight Monday. Aug.
q.
| Twenty-one persons were rescued
from burning steamer of Port San
lac, in Lake Huron.
/ The annual convention of the Inter.
national League of Press Clubs was
held at Denver, Colo.
The treasury department. purch ased
100, 900 ounces of silver for coinage at
the New Orleans mint.
4 seat in the New York stock ex.
change sold recently for S95, 900, es-
tablishing new record.
The president of Kansas City ice
company was arrested on charges of
conspiracy and perjury.
Japan has served notice on China
that the Chinese brigands in Man
ehuria must be suppressed.
The doWager empress of China is
planning conference to discuss the
adoption of constitution.
The American consulate at Valpa-
raiso, Chill, was destroyed by the
recent earthquake which visited that
city.
Two passengers and a trainman
were killed in a wreck on the Great
Northern Railroad near Swift, Mon
/ tana.
The unprecedented rainfall through-
out the south and east is interesting
the meteorologists Of the United
States.
The English steamship Sikh beat
the German freighter Trider in L.
00o-miIe race from Sing to Sandy
Hook.
The car Of Russia issued a proela-
nation ordering the distribution OF
4, ,500,0o0 acres of crown lands among
the peasants.
The Bertillon thumb-mark system
of Identification is to be used in keep
ing track of soldiers in the United
States army.
Promoters OF two Mexican invest
ment concerns were arrested at Chi
eago, Ill, and charged with violating
the postal laws.
Thirty-fve insurance companies ont
Of 120 having risks in San Francisco
have paid losses aggregating s55, ,183,- 5
S72.22 up to date.
Hundreds of marksmen from all
parts of the country are participating
in the national military tournament
at Seagirt, N. .|.
lightning struck a powder magazine
at mining camp near Fossil, Ala,
causing an explosion that practically
wrecked the camp.
Fire at st. Paul, Mimi, destroyed
the plants of the Heinz Pickle Com
pany and the American Can Company,
causing a loss OF 1885,. .0e0.
Property and crops in the vicinity
of Montezuma and Mexico City, Mex
leo, were seriously damaged by floods
resulting from a cloudburst.
A typhoid epidemic at Three Oaks,
Mich, was found to be due to the
presence of thousands Of dead spar
rows in the waterworks standpipe.
The president of Hayti has signed a
decree making all import duties pay
able in American gold or Haytian
currency OF 300 per cent depreciation.
The stockholders OF the Wabash
Railroad will meet in special session
for the purpose OF voting on q prop
osition to issue bonds to the amount
Of 500, 900, 900.
A boiler explosion IN the Spindle
Top. Tex, oil field vas followed by
disastrous fire, fifteen derricks being
consumed and a large amount OF other
property destroyed.
The japanese government is or
ganizing the South Manehurian Rail-
way Company, the shares of which
will be held only by citizens OF Japan
and China.
Wholesale arrests and deportations
have not operated to mitigate the
reign of terror In Russia. Robberies
and assassination are daily increas-
ing in number.
4. G. Morgan, an chronological ex-
pert employed By the federal depart
ment Of agriculture, arrived at Hatties-
burg, Miss, to Investigate the reported
discovery of boil weevils in that vi
einity.
In an address delivered at Detroit,.
Mich, Edwin G. Madden, third assist
ant postmaster general OF the United
States, declared that the present pos
tai regulations provide for too much
ssred tape.
Bomb-throwers attempted TO assaa-
sinate the Russian premier during d
public reception at his country home
near ST. Petersburg. Thirty-t per-
sons were killed and over score IN
inred. The premier himself was only
slightly hurt.
" alter Cooper a well-knoWn farmer,
was shot and mortally wounded By
Sam. Hightover in Webster county,
Miss, but before falling he managed
10 kill his adversary and the latter s
son. anes, who came TO his father .
assistance.