The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-10-31
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes Of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
United states Battleships to be Painted
Gray-Ruaway Accident Near Why
not, Miss.-Eiot at st.
Louis. Mo.

S. B. Fowler was killed by train
near Laurel, Miss.
A water famine prevails IN many
of New York state.
Several women suffragists were sent
10 prison in London for disorderlg
conduct.
Cardinal Francois Desire Matthew,
former archbishop OF Toulouse, died
in France.
Five hundred lives were lost as the
result of a severe storm in the Gag ay an
Valley, P. I.
The American battleship feet sailed
from Yokohama. Japan, for The Pnll-
ippine Islands.
A British trading vessel was seized
and. the crew imprisoned BY the Ven
ezuelan authorities.
Twenty seven persons were serl-
ously injured in q riot IN the Greek
colony as st. Louis, Mo.
Fire destroyed the plant OF the Sale
Davis Lumber Company at Southports
Fla, causing loss OF 800, 600.
Whitelaw Reid, the American ann
bassador to England, unveiled tab-.
let TO Edmund Burke at Bath, England.
Reuben Thompson, aged 50 years,
was killed and his wife injured IN q
runaway accident near Whynot, Miss.
storms IN New Mexico and Okla"
homa caused the loss OF many lives
and damaged property to a great ex-
tent
A Black Hand bomb was exploded
10 the hallway of New York tene-
ment house containing eighteen fam
lies.
An order to paint the United States
battleships gray has been issued by
the navy department at Washington,
d. G.
Private Bernard Lesser was dishon-
orably discharged from the United
States army because he ate green
apples.
It is esbim ated that q deficit of ne-
tween $3.50 900 and $500, 900 viii pre-
vail in the Mississippi state treasury
on Jan. I.
Deputy Game Warden Charles 3,
Peyton was killed in a fight with In
dians in the Swan river country q
Montana.
The Exporters Cotton Seed oi
Company was formed at Gulfport,
Miss, for the purpose Of erating g
$3.50, 900 plant erected at that place
some time ago.
/ Charlie Mitchell. negro, who as
sassinated two officers, was shot tc
death by a member Of the pursuing
posse near Lithonia, Ga.
The Chocsawatchie River Light and
Power Co., with capital stock q
81, 600, 600, was formed at Dothan
Ala, to develop water power.
Italian newspaper reporters ars
keeping close watch on the Duke Q
Abruzzi for fear ne will elude then
and sail for the United States.
Maurice Tanneholx. New o orl
ieweler, was shot and fatally wounded
By al unidentified thief, who ESCAPED
with a couple of diamond earrings.
j. 3. Goldberg, merchant 81 De
troit, Mich, was mobbed by 1900 peo
pie because he refused TO graat th
demands of q discharged chauffeur.
The plant Of the Ellisville Miss.
i Lumber Company was destroyed b.
| FIRE, together with 2.000, ,0o0 feet Q
lumber, entaiIing . loss Of S225s 600
Because her fance was in Ill health
a young woman OF Illinois dresses
/ herself ia her wedding robes and CON
mitted suicide by taking carbolic acid
Prince August William OF Prussia
fourth son of Emperor William Of Ger
many, was married to Duchess Alez
| andra Victoria OF schleswig HoIsteiE
w. II. statham, Of Jackson, Miss.
charged with sv.ndling hotels in man
parts of the country by passing fraud
ulent checks, was arrested at Chicago
III.
Al band of twenty five night rider
recently invaded shubuta, Miss, 50 th
citizens OF that town have organized
military company to combat the lan
Il less band.
+ The. infant twins OF Horace Bettei
worth, of Jackson, Miss, died fro
the effects OF morphine, administers
; to them by their mother by mistake II
calomel.
Gov. Patterson of Tennessee has d
clared that every effort will be mae
! TO bring to justice the members Of Il
. mob that killed Capt. Rankin at Rec
r foot Lake.
Major Edward NJ. Robinson, q leai
ing criminal and civil lawyer of Nj
bile, committed suicide by sending
bullet through his brain at his hon
) in that city.
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