The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-08-17
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Ear.


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Negroes In Cuba ara organising :
political party.
The Texas cotton crop is suffering
| from lack of rain.
| The opium dens OF Canton, Chfna.
were closed by imperial decree.
American naval gunnsrs excel those
OF ell other nations IL target practice,
Gold dust valued at sl2, 600 was
stolen from registered mail IN A lssks.
| Fire in Manila destroyed 40 native
houses, rendering 900 persons home.
less.
One woman and two men we're killed
and seven wounded In riot at Bel
fast, Ireland.
The rise in the price OF meat in
Germany Is causing the slaughter of
dogs for food.
According to a recently completed
census, the Canal Zone has popula-
ton Of nearly so, ,0OO.
Chicago bankers report that the de-
mand for money to move crops is
A1A koS W al lhSe year.
The King of Siam, who 10 touring
Europe, is said to be spending mil
lions OF dollars for iewelry.
A nav law In Texas req uires cotton
ginners to take oath that they have
correctly reported gInnings.
Fifty per cent OF the dairy cows in
the state OF New York have been found
to be afflicted with tuberculosis.
The Wisconsin Central Railway
vas fined 81, 900 for rebatIng 10 the
federal court at Minneapolis, MIMI
President Roosevels issued an order
making labor day holiday for all
per diem employees OF the government. !.
The governor Of Missouri cornmuted
the death sentence OF Lord = Seymour
Darlington to imprisonment for iife.a
One hundred and ak Japanese who
had stolen into the United States from
Mexico were deported from san Fran
cisco.
The director general of the James
town exposition issued q statement to
the effect that the. exposition ia nov
complete.
The town of Cape JUDY, on the west
coastof Africa, was raided by tfibesmen
and many persons were killed or made
prisoners.
The British naval departments lie pre-
pairing to lay the keel for bastleship
90 per cant larger than. the famous
Dresdnanght.
George Z. Kleeberger, le-year.old
poet butcher, who could not sell his
verses or hia meat, committed anicide
at Pensacola, Fla.
The American Tobacco Company
has withdrawn its salesmen from Texas
on account Of the operation OF the
antitrust law In that state. zSs
The executive committee OF cha
Southern Cotton Association will hold
meeting 81 Jackson, Miss, during
the early part OF next month.
The report OF Prof. Alexander Me-
Adie OF the United States weather bu.
resu shows an increasing .number Of
fatalities from electrical storms.
Explorer Roberto. Peary announced
that his arctic trip has besn postponed
TO next years owing to the failure Ia
have the ship's boilers Installed ia
time.
The United States, Great British.
France and Germany have definitely
agreed upon scheme for the sstab.
lishment OF permanent court OF ar :
bitratlon.
The Alabama house of represents.
tiVes passed bill appropriating SIS.
eco for the erection of monument 10
Jefferson Davis on the capitol grounds
at Montgomery.
Fire OF alleged incendisry origin de-
stroyed the Colorado and Southern
freight depot at Boulder, Col, snd
caused an explosion which Injured
nearly 100 persons.
The trade of the United States wlth
the Latin American countries "a.
gregated more than $500, 900, 900 In the.
fiscal year just ended, againss s234,
00O, 900 decade ago.
The Peoples Eationai Bank OF Gal.
latin, Tenn, which WAS declared in-
solvent and placed In the hands Of
receiver, has been permitted 10 Re.
open its doors for business.
Sept. 10 next, the anniversary Of the
political Independence OF Central
America has been selected az the date
on which Honduras viii return TO !.
constitutional form OF government.
Prof. Charles zuehlin, of the depart.
ment OF sociology OF the Uniyersiey 5
Chicago declared that Rockefeller,
Morgan and Hartman are the great
est friends Of socialism In America IS
A tramp who had been elected from
freight train st Rideawsy, Ps.
hurled > can OF nitro-glycerin ct his
assailanes, Eve trainnen being "a.
jured in the explosion which followed.
Tha controversy between the stsse of
Alabama and the Southern Railway
has been settled. The constitution
ality OF Alebama's new rate Law viii
be tested in the courts, and In a5A
mssntime sne reduced passenger
freighs Pates will be put into eject.
p ~ "a ~ rs