The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-11-21
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Railroad wreck at Borie, Wyo.-Fire at
Gulfport, Miss.-Powder Explosion
at Dodson, Mo.-Pope Gele-
brates Fiftieth An

A revolutionary outbreak ID Mica

A revolutionary outbreak in Mica
ragua was suppressed.
The population of Uruguay is offici-
ally estimated to be /, III, 1853.
Aehille Luchaire, the we'll known
French historian, died in Paris.
/ An apartment house exclusively for
negroes will be opened in New York
city.
Fire in the retail shopping district
of Cleveland, Ohio, caused loss of
5000, GOO.
! An employment bureau for ex-con-
victs will be established in Jersey
City, n. ].
/ Rear Admiral James NJ. Miller of
the United States navy died at Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Memorial services for the late sena-
tor Carmack were held in many cities
in Tennessee.
Steamship men predict a tide of
heavy emigration from Europe to the
United States.
The Chinese government is endeavor-
ing to suppress the boycott against
japanese goods.
Thirty seven persons were killed in
a terrific explosion in a mine at West
phalia, Germany.
Fire in the business district of Lit
tie Rock, Ark, destroyed property
valued at 800, 900.
One person was killed and thirty five
injured by an explosion IN a powder
works at Dodson, Mo.
The annual convention of the United
Daughters OF the Confederacy was
held last week at Atlanta, Ga.
Eleven persons were killed as the
result Of freight wreck. on the Union
Pacific Railroad at Borie, Wyo.
One man was burned TO death and
property valued at ST 900 was de-
stroyed by IRE at GuIfport, Miss.
It is reported. that China will send
fifty students to America each year
until the Boxer indemnity is paid.
The American schooner Henry GIau-
sen, Jr., bound from Gu1fport, Miss,
for ST. Michaels, was burned at sea.
One Of the negroes who assassinated
Boss Yeazey in Mississippi was
lynehed by a mob at Arkabutla, Miss.
4 500, 600 memorial to the late
Grover Cleveland will be erected at
Princeton by the eitizens Of New Jer-
sey.
Mrs. A. P. Blue suecumbed to an
attack of heart failure while attending
an afternoon reception at Laurel,
Miss.
Senator Stephen B. Elkins an
nounced that no engagement existed
between his daughter and the Duke of
Abruzzi.
What is thought to be the body of
Prof. S, A. Andree, the arctic ex-
plorer, was discovered on the coast OF
Labrador.
The Rhode Island monument in the
National Militarg Park at yicksburg,
Miss, was dedicated with imposing
Mrs. Dora B. Heeren sued the New
York Central Railroad for $50, 00o be.
cause she was mistaken for Mrs.
Belle Guinness.
United States government xperts are
making experiments with bagasse as
substitute for wood pulp in the manu-
iacture OF paper.
Despite the prohibition wave that
mas swept over the country, the con-
sumption OF alcoholic drinks has not
fallen off.
In the presence of 10000 persons,
he pope celebrated mass in Rome
,ommemorating the fftieth anniver-
'ary Of his ordination.
The governor of Texas issued
quarantining that state
lgafnst ali communicable diseases, .
tuberculosis.
Emile Stricken, a we'll known auto.
mobile racer. was killed while endeav-
,ring to lower the twenty-four-hour
'ecord at Birmingham Ala.
The Literal ticket, headed by Jose
Miguel Gomez. candidate for president.
md Alfredo layas, candidate for vice.
PRESIDENT, was elected in Cuba.
Dir. Emil G. Hirsch, in d sermon ID
Ill, advocated the intermar-
'iage OF jews into other races as a
olution of The Jewish problem.
The body Of 8. W. Smith. travel
ng man Of Richmond, Va, who is be-
ieved to have been robbed and mur-
Tered, was found at Raleigh, N. G.
Rev. G. Brinley Morgan, rector of
christ Episcopal Church at New Ha-
'en, Conn. was struck by an automo.
oile and died from injuries sustained.
John Irby, a negro, was convicted
# attempted criminal assault, at
5partanburg, n. c., and sentenced to-
'erve thirty years in the penitentiary.
Walter Ammon, wealthy manufac-
urer and elubman, was shot and
killed BY Andrew MeGrath, business
.ival, in railroad station at Jersey
City.
Lookout Inn, situated on the crest
II Lookout Mountain. Tenn, was de-
5troyed BY fire, together with four
ne arby cottages, causing loss Of
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