The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-22
Fire at Texarkana, Ark, caused
S170,0e0 loss.

again in British Columbia.
An epidemic of cholera Is threat
ened in St. Petersburg. Russia.
Cardinal Gibbons had n farewell
audience with the Pope at Rome.
The British army dirigible balloon
was borken by fall in England.
The Franco-American Tariff Com
mission has almost finished its work
New Orleans Great Northern has
fixed no date to resume construction
work.
John Green. formerly OF Chicago.
disappeared from Alabama Fort.
Alabama. III
Captain Baldwin made another
successful flight with his airship at
Fort Myer.
J. T. Wallace 60 years old, veal
thy planter, was killed by a train
at Meridian.
Secretary of War, Luke E. Wright
is visiting Judge w. H. Taft at Hot
Springs. Va.
construction and enter Baton Ronge
in ninety days.
Another outburst of popular feel
ing against the United States has oc-
Cured in Japan.
Ira d. Sankey, 68 years old, sing
ing evangelist and composer, died at
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The American -battleshtp fleet
sailed from Auckland. New Zealand,
for Sydney, Australia.
DR.. Friedrich Paulsen, Professor
of Philosophy in the University of
Berlin, died of cancer.
Paul Mauser, the aged inventor of
the rifle bearing his name has invent
ed new military rifle.
Floyd NJ. Parker. negro railway
postal clerk, was trapped at Merid-
ian with marked bills.
1t was predicted that the Eucha-
rist Congress in London would prove
a stimulus to Catholicism.
Two persons were killed and six
injured by he explosion of the enve-
lops of balloon in London.
A balloon owned by Captain Love-
lace exploded in London, killing two
persons and injuring six others.
William J. Bryan will make
speechmaking tour through Ohio
during the presidential campaign.
The new Tangipahoa Parish Court
house at Anlite City, La. was ded-
icated with imposing ceremonies.
The New York Democratic State
Committee voted to hold the State
Convention at Rochester Sept. 10.
DR.. Peter Pals of Germany an
nounced an invention by which he
hopes to prevent shipwreck at sea.
Mehmed Ali Bey, former Turkish
minister to the United States, was
reported to be stranded In Washing
ton.
1t was reported that the boil wee
vii in its migration eastward, had
almost reached East Baton Rouge
parish.
1t was reported that Japan was
aroused over reports of recrudes-
cense of anti-Japanese sentiment in
America.
Captain Baldwin's dirigible bal
loon completed its endurance test
and was accepted by the govern
ment.
Two masked bandits held up a
Northern Pacific passenger train
within the city limits of Spokane,
Washington.
The City of New Orleans refused
the thirty-year lease OF West End
and may manage the park through
q commission.
Cotton mill strikers stated that
fifteen more wcrkmen Joined them
in refusing to work under a 20 per
cent wage cut.
The Pine Ridge Plantation Com
pany, backed by Illinois capital, will
experiment with Alaska wheat in
Calcasieu parish.
William J. Bryan was reported to
be greatly encouraged over the man
ner in which his speech Of accept
ance was received.
The suspected negro murderer of
Sheriff McDougall, OF Carroll coun-
ty, was shot by q posse near jack
son, Miss, but escaped.
It is announced that Kermit Roose-
vslt would accompany the President
on his trip to Africa and act as pho !
tographer for the party.
It was stated the medical, surgical
and sanitary branches OF the army
were planning thorough investiga-
ton of the island of Hayti.
The report that w. H. Lewis, a
Boston negro will be appointed First
Assistant Attorney General has cre-
ated a stir at Washington.
Strenuous opposition is being
waged against Congressman jenkins,
of Wisconsin, one of Speaker Can
mons chief lieutenants in the House.
1t is announced that experts OF
the Treasury were making close
investigation of the probable work
ings of the emergency currency
law.
W. E. Annis. a New York publish
er, was shot and killed bf P. G.
Hains, Jr., an army officer at Flush
ing. N. Y. Hains alleges that Annis
wronged his wife.
The action of the Chancery Court
of Warren county, Miss, In the case
of the Gulf Compress Co., was prac-
tically annulled by the decision of
the Federal court.