The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-19

s ASlAtlc cnOl0ra ID spreading rap
idly in 81. Pstsrsb1rs.
"A severe gale caused great dam
1 age On the English coast.
TIE eonk6 annex etion treaty va
The American b1ttI tIeship Meet 81.
rived at Albany, West Australia.
Samuel Gompers says Speaker Can
non will be defeated for reelection
The Methodist Church will attempt
to defeat Speaker Cannon for re-
election.
Qdeen Wilhelmina of Holland II
expecting an heir to the Dutch
throne.
John w Kern, Democratic candi-
date for vice president will tour the
South.
20 years old, leader of the Italian
colony at Daphne, Ala, died sud-
denly.
Orville Wright broke the aero
plane record in this country at Fort
Myer.
The New York Sub-treasury trans
ferred $4,000 In currency to New
Orleans.
Judge w. H. Taft will attend the
Deep Waterways Convention at Chi
cago.
The Illinois Democratic Convention
nominated Adlai e. Stevenson for
governor.
w. J. Bryan attended meeting of
the Democratic National Committee
at Chicago.
The Paris Temps bitterly attacked
the Moroccan policy of the German
Government.
The newspapers OF Russia appear
almost without exception as Tolstoi
jubilee numbers.
Feeling between France and Ger
many over the Moroccan question has
reached high tension.
John Mitchell says he is not an ap-
plicant for the position of Commis-
sioner of immigration.
Judge Alton B. Parker said he was
not willing TO make the race for
Governor of New York.
An American syndicate has secured
an option on the house built by Ben
jamin Franklin in Paris.
George L. Lil1ey was nominated
for Governor by the Connecticut Re
publican Convention.
Secretary straus, of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor will
take the stump for Taft.
The Postofice Department will
shortly establish railroad mail head
quarters at New Orleans.
The Democratic National Com
mittee viii make strong effort to
carry the Pacific Coast States.
The st. Vincent, the largest and
heaviest battleship, ever built for the
British Navy, was launched at Ports
mouth.
Developments show that M. AL
berti, ex-Minister of Justice Of Den
mark, committed frauds aggregating
millions of dollars.
The Coroner's Jury at Omaha de-
clared that DR.. Frederick Rustin was
slain, and ordered that Charles e.
Davis be held.
Chairman Hitchcock recognized
the Swisher faction as the regular Re
publican organization in West Vir-
ginia.
Connecticut Republicans are en-
gagged in bitter faetional fight over
the nomination of George F. Lillsy
for governor.
The United States Supreme Court
will give the appeal Involving the
validity of the Railroad Commodity
Law an immediate hearing.
Marquis kAtsura, the new Premier
and Minister Of Finance, outlined
policy Of rigid economy for Japan II
an address at Tokyo.
n q flight IN his aeroplane Il
Fort Meyer, OrviIle Wright broke his
own record BY remaining in the air
So minutes and Is seconds.
The steamer Spartan Prince, Cap
tain Smith, Of the Prince Line, has
been lost at sea after collision with
an unknewn bark.
Three persons were probably IA
tally injured when q race horse ran
into spectators at the State fair at
Wheeling, Va.
The National Association Of Post
Office Clerks, in session at Birming-
ham, decided to meet next at At
lantic City
lantic City.
of the American Druggists syndicate.
Chicago is to have kosher hos
pital This was determined at an
enthusiastic meeting of orthodox
Jews. Ten thousand dollars was sub
sucribed, and the organization of the
hospital will begin at once.
w. j. Bryan, in his speechmaking
tour through Illinois aud Indiana, re-
piled to Speaker Cannon's charge
that he 1Bryan) was worth mil
lion dollars. Bryan said he was not
worth over s150,00O, every cent of
which was made honestly. He call
ed upon Cannon to explain his own
wealth.
The commodities clause of the
Hepburn Railroad Act was declared
to be unconstitutional by the United
States Circuit Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania.