The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-01-11
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes Of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Another Aflstrial In the oelehrated Caleb
Powers Case in Kentucky ky--Empioy.
ers' Liability Law Declared Un.
constitutional-Eart
In Jamaica.

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Considerable damage was done by
an earthquake In Jamaica.
The Bank of England's discount
rate was reduced from to per cent.
Atlanta, Ga, was visited BY the
first snow storm of the season on Mon.
day last.
The government of Manitoba pur-
chased the Bell telephone system Ia
that province.
There were Il, 1854 more births in
New York during 1907 than in the
year previous.
The United States supreme court de.
clared the employers liability Law
unconstitutional.
Seven men were drowned by the
overturnfng of a skiff IN the Missouri
river at Kiekapoo, Kansas.
The second trial of Harry e. Thaw
for the murder of Stanford White was
begun in New York last Monday.
Application was made to the federal
court at Richmond, Va, for receivers
for the seaooard Air Line Railaay.
George A. Pettibone, charged with
the murder of Gov. Frank Steunen-
berg, was acquitted at Boise, Idaho.
The town of Russellville, KY, Wss
raided by might riders, nwho wounded
three men and destroyed considerable
property.
John D. Rockefeller gave So, 191 900
30 the University of Chicago, making
his total donations 10 that institution
1928. 500, 09s.
Count Beni de Castellane and Prince
HeIie de sagain INDUCED In Q rough
and tumble fight at the entrance Of
church in Paris.
President Roosevelt is considering
the question of negotiating treaty
providing for free trade between the
Philippine Islands aud Japan.
Conductor H. T. johnson was
wounded and negro passenger killed
by shots fired from the darkness into
an electric car at Mobile, Ala.
w. E. Chancellor, superintendent OF
public schools at Washington, Was
dismissed by the board of education
for criticising public officials.
New York's superintendent OF bank.
ing demanded weekly reports from
forty eight trust companies, seventeeA
state banks and two national banks.
Marines were landed at Blueieids,
Nicaragua, by British man-os-wap
to protect foreign interests menaced
by an uprising of Mosquito indiana.
Owen Moran, champion feather.
weight of England, and Abs Attell,
champion OF America, fought twenty.
five rounds TO draw at San Fran
cisco.
/ Unless the cotton spinners OF Man
chester, England, modify their de-
nands for increased wages, mills EN-.
| ploying I5o,o0 persons will probably
be closed.
/ Twelve companies of stats militia
and one battery OF artillery were sent
to Muncie, Indiana. to suppress riots
growing out OF the strike of street car
employees.
The production of gold In the United
States decreased 81, 753, ,o41 in 1907,
while silver production increased
more than one million fine ounces
over the 1906 output.
The monthly statement or the pub
lie debt of the United States shows
that at the close of business on Dec.
81, the debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to 1884, 93o. .s31.
4 call for meeting TO be held at
Philadelphia on April l, for the pur.
pose of discussing political questions,
was sent from Boston to represents.
tive negroes all over the country.
The annual convention OF the Mls@
sissippi Fairness Union was held as
Jackson. Thirty one warehouses, rep.
!. resenting q capitalization OF s40o, 900,
are now in operation throughons The
). state.
The countess of Yarmouth, who was
Miss Alice ThaW OF Piltsbnrg. q sis.
ter of Harry K. Thaw, began proceed
ings In London for the notification Of
her marriage with the earl OF Yar-
mouth.
In wreck on the Iron Mountain
Railroad at SWartz, near Mobile, Eve
cars OF freight train went through
: bridge which crosses the lake al
i that point, and it is believed that tWd
f krafnus were drnwnad