The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-05-25
AROUND THE STATE.
Items of Interest Culled From the
Louisiana Press.
Cumberland Telephone Company Wants
Night Rate AboIished-Another Arrest
in Connection with the Ruston
Outrage-BurgIars Find Way
to Beat Slot Machines.


at West Monroe.
A largely attended educational rally
was held at Port Allen.
The salary of Mayor A. A. Forsythe
of Monroe was increased from $4,000
to $4,000 per annum.
The residence of Pierce Phillips, at
Greensburg, was destroyed by fire,
entailing loss of $4,000.
According to the new city directory
just issued, Shreveport's present pop
ulation is close to $4,000.
twenty-five orphan children from
New York city arrived at Opelousas
and were provided with homes.
Carl Pons, the French champion,
defeated Charles Hackenschmidt in
wrestling match at New Orleans.
Burglars effected an entrance into
T. w. Mobiles saloon at Fordoche
and robbed slot machines of S100.
The State Federation of Catholic
Societies will hold it's fifth annual
convention at New Orleans on June IL.
Michael Cannar, a New Orleans
boilermaker, was drowned in Lake
Pontchartrain while on a fishing trip.
George S. Belanger, of HQuma,
was drowned in Bayou Terrebonne
by falling overheard from a gasoline
boat.
G. Fl. Page, of Austin, Texas, was
awarded the contract for erecting a
$50, 900 high school building at Marks
vile.
Prof. j. r. Lin, a well-known edu-
Gator of Natchez, Miss, was elected
principal of the Alexandria high
school.
A parish fair association was or
ganized at WINFIELD and will en-.
deavor to hold fair during the com
ing fall.
Three of the four small children of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Revana, of
Shreveport, died within period of
seven weeks.
A movement was inaugurated at
Lake Charles for the construction of
modern theatre owned by Lake
Charles people.
The Cumberland Telephone Com
pany will petition the Louisiana Rail-
road Commission to abolish the night
rate in this state.
Probably the Oldest piece OF money
in existence is a French coin bearing
the date OF the year 4, owned by Mrs.
Val. M. Toups, of Toups.
The contract for the construction of
the Elks' theatre at New Iberia was
awarded to Eugene Guillot, of that
city, whose bid was $25, 500.
The jury in the Labry murder trial
at New Roads returned verdict of
guilty without capital punishment,
after remaining out several hours.
Bonita Schwartzenberg, switch
man in the Texas and Pacific Rail-
road yards at Alexandris, died from
the effects of injuries sustained while
making a coupling.
DIR. Felix Gaudin, of New Orleans,
was reelected president of the supreme
council of the Catholic Knights OF
America at the annual convention of
that organization at Cincinnati, o.
A freight train on the Red River
Valley Railroad was wrecked four
miles north of Alexandria, two cars
filled with cattle and two loaded with
merchandise being demolished. All
of the cattle were killed.
George G. Richardson, a white
overseer, and John Lewis, co1ored
timekeeper employed on Southside
plantation, Jefferson parish, we're
shot and killed by Jesse Clark,
negro, who made his escape.
Tgenty-four delegates, representing
the various Farmers Unions of La
fayette parish, met at Lafayette and
formulated plans for the construction
of storage warehouse with ca
pacity of 5000 bales of cotton.
The Catholic priest at Abbeville
made application to the municipal
authorities for permission to erect
temporary wooden structure, 50x15o
feet, covered with sheet iron rooang,
to be used as a church until the new
$50, 900 brick edifce is completed.
MIR. and Mrs. Walter Z. CoIquitt,
of Bossier City, fled suit against the
ST. Louis Southwestern Railway Com
| pany for damages amounting to $780,
600. because of the death of their two
/ young daughters, Fannie Lee aud
Pennie Ardis, who were run over and
! killed on Feb. q last while returning
from school.
Mack Reisinger, a young white
man, was arrested at Monroe on a
charge of completely in the Ruston
/ dynamiting outrage. Reisinger ad-
mits having purchased dynamite from
i the store of the Monroe Hardware
/ Company week before last, but de-
clares he bought the explosive TO kill
! alligators in Grass Lake and that it
was stolen from him before he had an
opportunity 10 use it. He was con-
veyed to Shreveport for sale keeping.
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