The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-08-18
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes Of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Member of North Carolina Lynehing Party
Sentenced to Fifteen Years IN PEN
itentiary-Export Tax ON Raw
Cotton Proposed.

An earthquake shock was expert.
eneed at San Reno, Italy.
The shah OF Persia has ordered the
eonvoeation OF a national assembly,
Floods caused great damage te
property and crops in Virginia,
Alabama and Texas.
A severe wind and rain storm al
Meridian, Miss, caused damage to
the amount OF $40, 600.
Admiral George Dewey was elected
governor general of the Order oi
Founders and Patriots.
The Russian government is resorting
to drastic measures to repress the
revolutionary movement.
Six men were injured by an explo-
sion on the torpedo boat destroyer
Worden, at Norfolk, Va.
Statistics compiled by the census
bureau show that insanity is increas-
ing rapidly in the United States.
United States naval officers are
anxious TO arrange target match be-
tween American and English gunners.
The department. Of agriculture has
issued bulletin advising farmers
how TO exterminate the Texas cattle
tick.
a large party Of English school
teachers are preparing to make tour
Of the United States during the coming
fall.
A eloudburst in the vicinity OF
Langtry, Texas, washed out several
miles OF Southern Pacific railroad
rack.
One man was killed and many in
iured by bomb explosion in the rail
road station at sosnovice, Russian
Poland.
Mrs. Pearl Mary F. Teresa Craigis
{ tJohn. Oliver Hobbies, the noted
authoress, died suddenly at London,
England.
The South Carolina Cotton Growers
Association will petition the next con
gress to establish an export tax on
raw cotton.
William 3. Bryan will make tour
of Australia and New Zealand i'm.
mediately after the congressional cleo
tions in November.
Between forty and fifty passengers
were injured in q wreck on the Fort
Worth and Denver Railroad near
Fruitland, Texas.
Six ice companies and seventeen
dealers were indicted by the grand
jury at Boston, Mass, for violating
the anti trust laws.
The Russian authorities have de-
cided to courtmartia al 1000 soldiers and
sailors who took part in the Cronstadt
and Sveaborg rnutinies.
Five marines and ten sailors were
arrested as the result Of q mutiny on
the receiving ship Lancaster at the
League Island navy yard.
Federal authorities are investig gating
charges Of peonage made by Italian
Iaborers against railroad construction
contractors in Nopth Carolina.
The Interstate commerce commission
is making an investigation into the
relations OF the Ann Arbor Railroad
and the Toledo, O., Ice and Coal
Company.
One woman was instantly killed, one
fatally injured and two other persons
Slightly hurt il collision between an
automobile and street car at
Chicago.
The insurance committee of the
British house OF lords reported that ii
did not deem it advisable TO compel
foreign insurance companies to de-
posit funds in England.
The federal grand jury at James
town, n. Y, indicted the Standard
Oil Company, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road and the Vacuum Oil Company
for giving and accepting rebates.
George Hall, a white man, was con-
victed of conspiracy in connection
with the recent Iynehfng of three al
legged negro murderers at Salisbury, j,
n. C., and sentenced to fifteen years
in the penitentiary.
Charles B. Tnurston, an American.
and John Milbourne, d Porto Rican,
as customs inspectors, died
from the effects Of wounds received in
a fight with smugglers near Las
Matas, San Domingo.
Ar. Chisolm, paying teller of the
First National Bank OF Birmingham,
Ala, was arrested on the charge OF
se7 900 Of the bank s funds.
officers OF q well-known cotton brok-
erage firm are said to have aided in
the crime.
Cotton growers residing il the vi
einity of spartanburg, S. G., adopted
a resolution demanding the resigna-
5ion of Richard Cheath am, secretary
OF the Southern Cotton Association.
who was recently found guilty Of spec
uIating in cotton futures.
: First Lieutenant Ohm +. James and
two privates Of the Eighth Infantry,
e. S. a.. together with q CONTRACT
surgeon and an internal revenue
collector, were killed in hand-to.
hand fight with force OF Pulaianes
as Jalita, Iala1d Of Legte. P. {.