The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-01-26
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Two Wrecks ON Big Four Railroad in One
Day-Incipient Revolution in Hon
duras Epidemic
of Scarlet Fever and Diph.
liberia at Chicago.
Locusts are damaging the crops in

/ Uruguay.
The French government is enforcing
the anti-gambling law.
A Russian official at Smolensk wa
assassinated by a school boy.
| Fire at Beaufort, S. c., destroyet
property valued at over $500. 900.
| Three terrorists were executed in tbs
public gardens at Odessa, Russia.
| Five trainmen were killed by the ex
plosion of locomotive boiler a
Bridgeport, Pa.
A cloudburst at East Liverpool, O..
caused considerable damage to ad
iacent property.
John D. Rockefeller attended serv.
ices at a negro church in Augusta
Ca, last Sunday.
Gen. Charles M. Shelley, promi'
nent Confederate veteran, died al
Birmingham. Ala.
Gen. Luke e. Wright, American
ambassador to Japan, will shortly
tender his resignation.
An earthquake shock was expert.
enced in Kentucky. Three acres OF
ground sank thirty feet.
A car manufacturing plant near
Savannah, Ca, was destroyed by fire,
entailing loss Of $500, 900.
Fourteen wholesale merchants OF
Mobile, Ala, were arrested on charges
of obstructing the sidewalks.
The annual convention of the Amer
ican National Live Stock Association
was held at Denver, Col.
The political campaign now in pro-
gress in Germany is said to be the
hottest ever waged in that country.
The decrease in American exports
to Brazil may result in the adoption of
reta1iatory measures by this country.
The incipient revolution in Honiu-
ras was suppressed by government
troops and the country is again
tranquil.
Fines aggregating S18, 900 were i'm
posed upon the several companies
composing the alleged licorice paste
trust.
The tidal wave which enguifed the
Island of Simalu, Dutch East Indies,
on the 11th inst, caused the loss of
1900 lives.
Numerous bills providing for the
regulation of railroads have been in.
troduced in the national house OF rep
resentatives.
During the past twelve years the
Southern Railway has expended or
contracted to expend 500, ,4s2, ,945 for
improvements.
The centennial anniversary of the
birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee was ap-
propriately observed throughout the
south last Saturday.
The bill prohibiting corporations
from contributing to political cam
paign funds was passed by the federal
house of representatives.
The pestofiee department will In
vestigate the charges against Che New
York cotton exchange before taking
action on the applicatien for fraud
order.
A serious epidemicof scarlet fever
and diphtheria is prevalent at Chi
cago, over ten thousand children hav-
ing been stricken with the dread dis
eases
Harvie Jordan was reelected presi.
dent of the Southern Cotton Assoeia-
ton at the annual convention of that
organization, held at Birmingham.
Ala.
The steamer Vaderland collided with
and sank the steamer Naworth Castle
near Dover, England. Three of the
crew of the latter vessel are reported
missing.
By a vote of 13S to % the lover
house of the national legislature
passed bill increasing the salaries
of senator's and representatives from
5000 to $500 per year.
Nearly 300, GOO sealed bids for the
purchase OF Indian lands Ia southern
Oklahoma were received by the United
States land Office, the average price
offered being sl2.19 per acre.
The refusal of a priest at Ladz,
Russia, to bless the remains OF two
workmen killed in a street tight caused
8 riot in the church between the con-
gregation and socialists. Revolver
shots were exchanged. eight persons
being killed and thirteen wounded.
A passenger train on the Big Four
Railroad was wrecked at Sanford,
Indiana, BY the explosion Of car oil
powder standing on an adjacent side
track. Twenty-three persons we're
killed and thirty-five injured. The
same day another train on the same
road was wrecked at Fowler. Ind.
sixteen persons being killed and ten
! others seriously hurt.
County Assessor yVayIaid.
J.W. Coulter, OF Leslie, s. D., assessor ol
Stanley county, relates the following: 81 wal
Waylaid By complication Of throat aud 1atnf
| troubles. bronchitis. asthma and q terribls
cough. which affected me for years, when was
persuaded to try DR.. Kings New Discovery
Relief came almost Immediately, and 10 q sf1or
| time permanent cure resulted. !" 30 othel