The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-22
AROUND THE STATE.
Items OF Interest gulled From the
Louisiana Press.
Prospective Bride criminally Assaulted.
New Orleans Man Jumps to Death
at shreveport-Rafon Rouge
Lady Assaulted.

race meet was held att0pelousas.
Mrs. George Paletou. of New Or
leans, was fatally burned by the ex-
plosion of a gasoliue stove.
Tom Martin was shot and instantly
killed by Chas. Bradley at Minden as
the result OF neighborly quarrel,
East Carroll parish voted l-nnill
36-year-tax TO erect a $50, 600 central
high school building at Lake Provi-
denee.
Police Inspector Whitaker of New
Orleans has issued orders prohibiting
police officers from smoking while on
duty,
Two negroes shot one another to
death in duel at Covington, and a
bystander was wounded by a stray
bullet.
Congressman Burton and his party
are in the state investig gating the
delay in the completion of the Plaque
mine locks.
The Federal government offered $75,-
900 for the state quarantine station, ,
but it is not likely that the offer will
be accepted.
Ed. Caldwell was stabbed to death
by Marshall Johnson near Monroe as
the result of a quarrel growing cut OF
kidding" match.
William Burch, disreputable
white man. was killed by Ned Brock,
a bad negro, in a drunken brawl al
Dyson, w ashington parish.
Four wealthy young students or
their way to college from Yueatar
were detained on board ship at New
Orleans for defective eyesight.
Thomas Cleveland and Charles
Cleveland, brothers, died within az
hour Of each other, the former a
Lena and the latter at Leesville.
The Alexandria military company
will be mustered out of service be
cause enough competent men to Officer
command cannot be secured.
The Giovanni brothers, who wers
arrested at New Orleans on suspicion
of being connected with the BlacE
Hand Society, were released on S10o'
bonds.
Mrs. r. B. Stubbs and her daughter
Mrs. Gabriel Spahr, and the latter
two children, were poisoned at Neg
Orleans by eating impure cream
cheese.
The town council OF New Road
passed an ordinance prohibiting th
/ blowing of steam whistles more thai
three times a day, at 6 a. m, Il m.
Il and / p. m.
II DIR. Honore T. Laine is in th
United States buying horses for til
Cuban government, and the first ship
ment of 658 animals was made fror
New Orleans this week.
Henry r. Braud, a boy sent to th
penitentsary from Rapides parish 70
burglary, was eonditionally pardone
by Gov. Blanchard upon the persona
petition of the prisoner 5 aged mother
A crusade against gambling ha
been started by the ministers {
Crowley as a result of d statemer
by the defaulting cashier of the Grow
ley Signal that he had lost all of tt
. embezzled funds at gambling.
A wallet containing 81, 900 in greer
backs and checks was lost on one
the ferryboats at New Orleans by
trusted employe of a. Crespo s. Bros
: Of Algiers, while on his way to one
: the banks,to deposit the amount, ar
= so far no trace of it has been found.
: Mrs. f. L. Howell was attacke
; at her home within two blocks of Il
capitol at Baton Rouge by a negr
: with a razor and was badly beatei
: Although thorough search was mat
: by indignant citizens and the loo
: militia, the brute has not yet BET
: captured.
Being suddenly awakened from
: sound sleep and finding his bed cloth
: in flames, A. 4. Wells, . New Orlea.
travelling man, thought the buiIdir
5 was on fire and jumped from secon
story window of the Caddo Hotel
Shreveport, breaking nearly eve
bone in his body.
Congressman Sheppard. of Texa
delivered an address at the unveiIil
of q Woodmen monument at .shrev
porto the late Pinekney Wells, j
carrying out a compact entered IN
years ago that the surviving one
= the two should deliver the .oratIon
the grave of the other.
y Miss Jula Warren, q pretty 16-yea
h old girl of Lecompte, was criminal
Z assaulted by Tom Brady, d white ra
Y road laborer, while on her way
y meet her sweetheart with whom S
b was to elope. Brady learned of t
II proposed elopment ii some mannt
ii and impersonating an officer. took
n girl in custody and lured her te
y y lonely wood, where he accomplish
U his foul purpose. The citizens Of I
II eompte are greatly wrought up and
II was only the assurance of Jud
ls B1ackman that the brute would
4 given a speedy trial which preventet
lynehing.