Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-08-14
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
From All Sources, State,
National and Foreign.


French syndicate has bought
French rights to Wright's aeroplane.
American feet was given enthl-
siastic welcome by people Of Adck-
land.
Earl Hines, a boy, was kicked in
the head by horse, and killed in
stantly.
w. ]. Bryan issued an appeal for
contributions to the Democratic cam
paign fund.
Forty-three political prisoners
were released by President Cabrera,
Of Guatemala.
United States Senator w. B. ALI
son died suddenly at his home at Du-
buque. Iowa.
Twelve thousand men emp Dyed by
the Canadian Pacific Railroad went
out on a strike.
Plans for a national Democratic
club were formed by Mr.. Bryan and
senator Taylor.
Paris newspapers declared Wilbur
| Wright's flying machine performance
was triumph.
President Castro, of Venezuela, has
demanded an apology and an indem-
nifty from Holland.
John w. Kern declares the Dem
ocrats certainly would carry Indiana
in the fall election.
The police jury of Lafayette par
ish La, voted against the calling of
prohibition election.
Mylus Ericsen, the Danish explorer
and two companions, persisted in
snowstorm in Greenland.
Shah of Persia is practically pris-
oner of wild tribesmen he called on
to help suppress rebellion.
The Panama Canal excavation for
July was 3,16S,640 cubic yards,
against 3,056,976 in June.
Admiral sperry, commander of the
American battleship fleet, was form
ally welcomed to New Zealand.
Statistics of the Humane Society
showed 16,425 cases of wife beat
ing In fifteen years in Toledo.
Count zeppelin. the German aeron
aut, made a successful trip of several
hundred miles in his airship.
1t was reported that $40 were kill
ed In the fighting at Tabriz, Persia,
during the last several weeks.
Count Zeppelin, 1t was said, would
be given a sum by the German gov
eminent to rebuild his airship.
st. Louis politicians expressed dis
satisfaction with the working Of the
Missouri primary election law.
The young Turks have completely
met on a constitutional basis.
The suspension of Eastman & Co.,
brokers, was announced on the Con-
solidated Exchange New York.
Count Zerpeiin's airship, after Dy-
ing over Germany nearly twenty
four hours, exploded and burned.
Dutch cruiser has zone to rescne
of people on Island of Oruba, which
The Sultan of Turkey was stabbed
by a would-be assassin, but a coat
Of mail prevented serious injury.
Mayor George B. Mcclellan of New
York apnopn ,ed tho names o. the
Grover Cleveland Memorial Commit
tee.
Raisuli, the bandit, with fifty
horsemen, rode up to the the British
legation at Tangler and delivered an
ultimatum.
Commerce Commission will decide
ressonableness of rate advance soon.
Sherman Law cannot be applied in
this case.
Charged with attempted criminal
assault, a negro was taken from an
officer near Bethany, La, and riddled
with bullets.
Two members of the Methuen,
Mass, police force were beaten to
death by thieves whom they had been
sent to watch.
Representative Clayton of Alabama
declared at Lincoln, Net., that he
was most confident of the election of
Bryan and Kern.
While an of1cer was waiting out
side his door to arrest him. Ernest
Shelton shot and killed himself In
his home, at Naples, Tex.
Dutch newspapers declared The
Netherlands would never apologize to
Venezuela for the letter written by
the Dutch minister, M. DsReus.
Troops were sent to Bordertown,
Mo-, ostsnsibly for target practice"
but really 20 1t was generally believ-
ed, to watch lawless saloon keepers
in that vicinity.
The Rev. George ]. vahney, a
Catholic priest of Cleveland, and
Charles w. Pohlmann were killed
their automobile went over a preci-
pice near Sylvania, o. .
1t was reported that Mrs. William
Thaw, the Countess of Yarmouth and
Mrs. Carnegie had sacrificed all their
available funds, t1,B00.8e0 In the ef-
fort to save Harry X. Thaw from the
electric chair.
William j. Bryan will make sew
eral campaign tours, which will en-
brace nearly all parts of the country,
speaking In most of the principal
cities between the Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts.