The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-06-01
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes Of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
San Francisco Grand Jury Indicts Mil.
lionaires for Bribery international
Cotton Conference Held at
yIenna-Big Fire at
Buenos Ayres.

A band of armed robbers attempted
TO loot the town of Horace, N. Y.
Fire at San Luis Potosi, Mexico,
destroyed property worth $500. 900.
The French cabinet side-traeked the
bill to tax American cotton seed oil.
The United States pension roll has
at last begun to decrease in amount.
The German mission station at Lien
Chow, China, was destroyed by a
mob.
Property valued at 81, ,5oO, 900 was
destroyed by fire at Buenos Ayres,.
Argentina.
The breaking of dams on the Danube
caused disastrous floods in portions
of Hungary.
The uprising in southern China is
looked upon as a revolt against the
reigning dynasty.
A statue of Gen. John B. Gordon.
was unveiled at Atlanta, Ca, with
imposing ceremonies.
A truck farming corporation with q
capital stock of S100, 900 will be formed
at Hattiesb burg, Miss.
An International cotton conference
was held at Vienna, with over $50
delegates in attendance.
The declaration of quarantine
against Havana prevented the return
of many Americans who are. visiting
that city,
The thirteenth annual session Of the.
Lake Mohonk IN. Y. J conference on
International arbitration was held
last week.
The Minnesota monument in the
National Military Park at Vicksburg,
Miss, was dedicated with impressive
ceremonies.
John F. Stevens, formerly chief
engineer of the Panama Canal, may
become president of the Northern
Pacific Railroad.
The grand jury at San Francisco,
California, indicted six millionaires
of that city on charges of bribery and
attempted bribery.
The New York legislature passed.
the bill providing for q recount of the
votes cast in the last municipal elec-
tion IN New York city.
A fast passenger train on the South
ern Pacific Railroad was wrecked by
miscreants near Los Angeles, Cal.,.
two fatalities resulting.
Anarchy reigns in Guatemala and
the country is said to be in ferment.I
The government is making wholesale
arrests Of political opponents.
Only II out of 237 applicants for
license to practice medicine in Missis-
sippi succeeded in passing the exami-
nation before the state board OF
examiners.
1t is reported that hurricane and
tidal wave swept over the Caroline
Islands on April 80, causing immense
damage to property and killing over
200 persons.
A negress of Cleveland, Miss, was
awarded damages against the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley Railway In
the sum of s12, ,214.15 for the death of
her husband.
r. F. Garner, wanted in New Or
leans on charge of enbezzling some
thing like $4,000 from the Southern
Pacific Railroad, was arrested al
Gainesville, Ga.
A tiger escaped from It's cage dur
ing q circus performance at Twin
| Falls, Idaho, and killed 3 iour-year-
old girl and number of Shetland
ponies before being shot to death.
!. New regulations governing the ply
sical examination of candidates for
admission to the United States Mill.
tary Academy were adopted at the
| suggestion OF President Roosevelt.
| The state Of Louisiana fled sui
against the department. of the interior
in the United States supreme court te
recover title to valuable swamp lands
in the Fort Sabine military reserya
ton.
The United States supreme cour
sustained the decision Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission prohibit
ing southern railroads from advanc
ing the freight rates On yellow pinl
is l,.1a.osr
Theodore Tilton. the American
author who sued Henry Ward Beechel
In 1874 for alternating his Wife,s affec
tions. died In Paris, France, wher
! he had lived solitary existence 70
I the past twenty years.
Amazing revelations OF con
] spiraey 10 defraud the government on
of millions of dollars worth OF minera
and timber lands will be latd befor
federal grand iuries il half . doze
states within the next few days.
Unknown Friends.
There are many people who have nsed Chan
berlain's Colic, Cholera aud DiarTh0ea Rened
| with splendid results, but Who are unknown b
cause they have hesitated about giving tegt
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