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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
BAD NEGRO SHOT.
Drew Gun On Deputy, But Circuit
Clerk Saved Latter.

brew Gun On Deputy, But Circuit
Clerk Saved Latter.
Port Gibson, Mlss.-Ned Thomas,
a negro was arrested by Deputy Sher
If C. T. Mason for carrying concealed
weapons, While on..sthe way TO the
iaiI The prisoner br0Ke ana ran Dep-
uty SheffTT Trasu.r
the negro's head, thinking this
would stop him. when, instead. the
negro drew his gun and before he
could use it Circuit Clerk S., H. Bag
nell, who was accompanying Mason
with the negro drew his pistol and
fired, striking, thomas in the back
of the neck, the ball coming out
through the mouth tearing the low
er part of his lip off and breaking
his jawbone The negro being stunn-
ed by the force of the bullet dropp-
ed his weapon and ran for over a
mile before being captured. Thomas
is now resting easy, but is danger
ously wounded, he was considered
bad negro and always in trouble.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
MIR. BRYAN AT LAREDO.

Nebraskan and Wife Welcomed by
Representative Citizens.
Laredo, Tex.-William ]. Bryan
reached this city Saturday en- route
to Monterey, Mexico. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan were welcomed in both Lare-
do and Neuvo Laredo by represen-
tative citizens, and at the latter
place they were extended every cour-
tesy by the customs officials. Mr..
Bryan plans to spend ten days in
Monterey, after which he will leave
for a short hunting trip along the
lower Rio Grande, thence visiting
Austin and Galveston, and will then
return to his Nebraska home.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
RICE MEN ORGANIZE STATE
Growers ASSOCIATION

A movement of the utmost inn
portance to the planters of the rice
belt was launched at Welsh, when
the Louisiana Rice Growers Associa-
ton was organized A few of the
leading planters have been woTkis
toward the perfecting of this organ
ization for some time, but 1T re-
manned for Edward Scharff to make
final arrangements whereby A. n.
Groves, secretary of the Texas Rice
Growers Association, was enabled to
come over and assist in the organi-
zation of the association.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
saIoon.Kecpcr Commits Suicide.

A. F. McMain, a saloon keeper in
Pineyille, committed suicide in
back room at the saloon. He used
s a 22-calibre rifle to do the deed.
McMain got up as usual and went
TO the saloon. When the clerk, Os-
car Futrell, went to the saloon short
ly afterwards he found Mr.. McMain
lying in bed as if he was resting.
Lying on his body was the rifle, the
muzzle of whicn was close to his
mouth. He had taken off his boots
before lying down. The wound
made by the bullet was in the roof
Of the mouth and the bullet lodged
In his brain. No cause is known for
his having committed suicide. He
was 41 years old an. leaves wife
and two daughters, one IL and the
ether IA years old.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
NEGRO WOMAN TEACHER GETS
TWO YEARS FOR FORGERY

Nancy Bolden, a colored woman
and teacher of school at Cameron
pleaded guilty to forgery, and was
sentenced to two years in the State
penitentiary. She mailed two checks
one for $3.50, ostensibIy signed by
Caleb Jones, and the other for $470,
bearing the name of E. R. Henry, to
local bank, and asked that the
money be sent her. The size of the
checks aroused suspicion, and she
was arrested and confessed.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
BoNAPARTE FILES BRIEF IN
FAVOR Of ALABAMA NEGRO

Montgomery, Ala Declaring that
the Alabama labor laws deprive a
man Of trial by jury. and take from
him the presumption Of innocence.
Attorney General Bonaparte. has
filed a brief in favor of Alonzo Bal
" in the supreme court at Washing
ton. Baily was allowed bail in Mont
gomery on the ground that the law is
bad, and the state appealed, Baily is
a negro who refused to keep con-
tract to work after signing up to do
so. which is criminal offense in
the state.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
The Duty On Rice.

The delegation of rice growers
who went to Washington to present
their views before the Ways and
Means Committee, and to protest
against any change in the present du
ties on the Southern cereal, were Civ
en- chance to do SO, and every en-
enlargement was met with. The
case OF rice is a strong one, and 1t
seems to have been well and forcibly
presented before the Ways and
Means Committee. 1t is not often
mat new agricultural Industry
springs up in this country; and even
less often that Congress has
chance to help it.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
FERTILIZER COMBINATION WILL
ORGANIZE new COMPANY

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fertilizer
manufacturers throughout the South
will meet in New York to consider
proposition to form a new fer
tilizer combination, which will take
out charter under the laws of New
Jersey, and have a capitalization OF
100000. Of this sum $4,000
600 will be stock equally divided be-
tween common and preferred. The
new concern will be called the In
dependent Fertilizer Company, and
will be controlled by interests iden-
tilted with the Tennessee Copper
Company.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Conditions at State Farm.

@. A. Gondran, member of the
Board of Control of the State Pen
itentiary, returned after a day spent
at Angola. ne found that the de-
struction of cotton stalks on that
place is progressing rapidly, and
that this process will be complete
and effective. Murray, the convict
who was shot some time ago while
trying to escape, is recovering rap.
idly from the effect of his wounds.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
LARGE CONTRACT is LET.
New York Cement Company Get!
$3.50, 900 Order.

new 1Ofk Cement company OetS
So, ,45O, 900 Order.
New York One Of the most sig
nal triumphs recently scored in the
world of commerce was the landing
of the contract toI supply all the ce-
ment to be used ii the constrslc
ton Of the PanAma Canal by the
Atlas Portland cement Company Of
New York
The sontraef as is for
cement at tide q
barrel, or total % tll0fs than : 81
coo, 900 for tile onc cbntract. In adj
dit;on. the same company has Sc
cured secondary sod.ract to sup
ply $4,000 barrels for immediate use
at the same price, thus bringing the
entire amount to be received up to
$5s45O,O0O. This contract is far in
excess OF any ever awarded for ce-
ment in the history of th@ world, and
breaks the record of 5000, 900 bar
rels for the construction Of irrisa-
ton canals along the Mile river,
awarded to a German firm a few
years ago.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Escaped Convict Arrested.

Bread Henderson, who was serv-
ing a. one year. service for horse
stealing but made his escape from
the Angola State harm with sever
al other negroes, was recaptured in
West Monroe. henderson was COM
ing into West Monroe on the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Pacific tracks
and a had a shotgun on his shoulder
when taken in charge by the of1i-
GERS
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
LOADED mine CAGES fall
NO MINIRS are INJURED

Edwards, Ill.-Two loaded cages
in the Kernsdonnewald coal mine,
nine miles north of EdEardsville,
collapsed, carrying with them to the
bottom of the mine the entire hoist
ing apparatus and top works. Two
hundred men swerc in the mine. but
all escaped injury and made their
way out through the air shaft. The
accident is believed to have been
caused by the overloading of the
cages.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Is PERSONS ARE Missing
Victims of Gas Explosion Burr
ed Under Tons of Earth
DEBRIS SMOTHERS THE WORkMEN
Rescuers Must Dig Through Fifty
Feet of Rock and Timbers. Area.
of Block Torn Up. Hor-
rible Scenes.

New York.-Twenty-fiye persons
are believed to have lost their lives
in an explosion of gas which tore up
great section of Gold street. Brook
slyn It is definitely known that fif-
teen persons were buried under the
hundreds OF tons of earth and tim
ber, that were thrown into the air
by the explosion and ten more per-
sons are reported as missing.
The exact number of dead cannot
be determined until those working
to recover the entombed bodies dig
through fifty feet of rock and tan
gle of pipes and timbers. The explo-
sion occurred in a fifty foot deep ex-
cavation that had been made in Gold
street between York and Front
streets, where a water main was be-
ing laid.
The gas main recently sprung
leak and in a manner unknown,
spark came in contact with escaping
gas. Immediately there was ter
rife explosion that lifted the surface
of the street for half block in
both directions and hurled dirt, paw
ing stones and debris into the air.
When the smoke and dust cleared
away, It was seen that the street had
been opened from doorstep to door
step over an area of nearly block.
The loosened earth and debris had
fallen into the excavation, burying
the score of laborers who were at
work when the accident happened.
Great tongues of flame shot out of
crevices in the street
Besides them geysers of water
leaped into the air from water
main that had been shattered by the
explosion. Two bodies were sticking
out of the wreckage. Gold street was
crowded with school children when
the explosion occurred and that
scores of children were not killed or
injured was remarkable. A woman
and three children were almost op-
posite the excavation when the earth
crumbled under their feet and they
were swept down into the hole under
tons of wreckage. Two other chill
dren were on the opposite side of the
street when the sidewalk caved in,.
and lost their lives. g.
Samuel TTUury--s
gang of laborers, who were laying
the water main, was near the woman
and three children who lost their
lives. He rushed forward as he felt
the street tremble from the explo-
sion in an endeavor to save them,
but he, too, was drawn into the
death hole. His body was the first
to be recovered. Only four of the
men working in the excavation es-
capped and their escape was remark
able. These men were digging near
the opening of four foot sewer and
the force of the explosion blew them
to the entrance of it.
Water from the broken main be-
gan to pour into the sewer and the
four men in danger of being drown
ed. run toward the river, where
there was an outlet to the sewer.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
9,639,5e3 Bales are
READY TO NOV. "A

Washington.-A total of $780,
563 bales and 26,63S bales active
ginneries, are announced in the cen
sus bureau report issued Saturday,
summarizing the cotton ginned from
the growth of 1908 to Nov. Ia, and
the number of active ginneries
against 7,3O0,665 bales and 26,521
active ginneries for the correspond
ing date last year. The report counts
round as half bales and excludes lin
ters.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
No Changes TO Be Made.

At a meeting of the directors OF
the Louisiana Irrigation and Mill
comnany. owners Of six OF the larg-
est canals in the rice belt, 1T was
decided to make no change in the
charges for water next year. Ine
present rate in one-fifth of the rice
with A minimum of one and one
half sacks. There had been some
talk of abolishing enurely the one
fifth rental and charging stralghs
cash rental Of S. per acre.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
BRYAN CAMPAIGN FUND.
Contributions Said to Have Been
1920, 900.

New York.-It came out after a
conference at the Hoffman House be-
tween Norman E. Mack, the chair
nan and Herman Ridder, treasurer,
Of the Democratic National Commit
zee, that the total contributions to
he national campaign fund in the
,ecent contest were approximately
100000. This is within few dol
.ars, it is said. Of the exact amount
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
CHILD INFECTED.

With Loathsome Disease-More Cat
tie Found Suffering With 1t.
Philadelphia.-Disc of more
animals suffering from foot and
mouth disease was made in Lancas-
ter and Northumberland counties OF
this state, and thus far more than
ten counties are under strict quar-
antine. DR.. Leonard Pearson, state
veterinarian, who left the city for
Lancaster county, said he had ex-
amined a girl at Danville, Pa, who
showed symptoms of the disease and
that it looked as though the child
had been infected.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
LAW BOOKS TO ATTIC.
Believed That Vice-President FAIR
banks Will Retire.

Indianapolis occupying the
rooms in the building at the corner
of PENNSYLVANIA and Washington
streets as law Offices continuously
for thirty years, Vice-President Fair
banks has vacated them and his
large law library was moved to his
home and it is said will be put In
the attic.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
NOT FIRE DAMP EXPLOSION.

Report Places Missing Number OF
Miners at Forty.
Helena, Mont.-A special to the
Record from Red Lodge says the &C
cident in the Northwestern Improve
ment Company's mine was due to
fire and not to an explosion of fire
damp. About ohe hundred men
have ben rescued and three taken
out dead. There are yet forty men
confined in the mines. The proper
ty loss will be ver3 large.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
TOM JOHNSON is BROKE.
Mayor of Cleveland Gives Up House
and Autos.

Mayor of Cleveland Gives Up House
and Autos.
Cleveland, O.-Mayor Tom l..
johnson, who for years has been
credited with the possession of a
very large fortune, announced that
he had lost everything and would be
compelled to give up his beautiful
home ON Euclid avenue and move
into smaller and less expensive quar-
ters. The mayor also stated that he
would give up his automobiles and
other Iuxuries. His fortune was
wrecked, the mayor declares, by his
devotion to the affairs of the estate
of his dead brother, Albert who was
heavily interested in traction prop
critics in the east.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Fair Association Planned.

The Monroe rair Association Will
meet within lie next few days, ana
at that time the movement will be
started to enlist he aid of farmers,
planters, merchants, bankers and all
citizens in Ouachita and surrounding
marshes IN making the next Mon
roe Fair, the largest on record.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
TAFT CABINET NOT YET SLATED

Hot Springs, Va.-"I wish you
would just say that my cabinet is
not made up nor slated. No one has
been decided upon for any place in
it. and no offers of any cabinet po-
sitions have been made to any one. J"
This was the response of President.
elect Taft to the statement from
Minneapolis that Frank Kellogg had
been invited to become attorney gem
eral In the Taft cabinent.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
drowned in Calcasieu River

8. A. Skipper, foreman at Moore
turpentine camp, was drowned IN tue
Calcasie u river at Coos Ferry, seven
miles ato Las, Charles. No def
mite particulars of the acci:ent are
known, as it happened after night
and there were no witnesses to the
accident.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
c,,ee,;ng License Ordinance.

The Abbeville city council at its
last meeting, adopted "dragnet
license ordinance which taxes all oc-
cupations and pursuits, enumerating
a large number which have hereto
fore been exempted. Joseph S. EWeH
was elected fire marshal.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
KAISER IS MEEK AND MILD.
The Chancellor Has Him Eating Out
of His Hand at Present.

of His Hand at Present.
Berlin-Emperor William made his
first appearance in public since the
occasion of his interview with Chan
cellor Won Buelow when the prince
urged on his majesty the need OF
speaking and acting only on the ad-
vice of his responsible ministers, and
he gave a s. riking example of his
readiness to observe the obligation
then laid upon him. The occasion
was centennial celebration of the
formation of the city council. When
the emperor arose to ascend the
tribune, Prince Won Buelow stepp-
ed forward and impressively handed
him printed sheet, and the emper-
or ignoring his general custom OF
speaking extemporaneously, confined
his remarks to what was on this pa
per-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Must Report insurance.

The insurance department of the
Secretary of States office is SEND
ing out notices o the several lnsur-
ance companies doing business IN
this state, of the necessity for max
ing their annual reports on or pc
fore Dec. of the current year.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Southwestern Student Conference.

The Southwestern student confer
ence will be held in the buildings OF
the Louisiana Industrial Institute
from Dec. 26, 1908, to Jan. 3, 1909.
Delegates representing the Y. nj. e.
A., organizations OF all the coiieses
of the Southwest will be in attend
ance. Sessions will be held morn
ings and evenings, while the after
Moons will be given to athletic
sports.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
BEEF FAMINE.
May Result From Quarantine of Cat
tie in New York.

May Result From Quarantine OF Cat
tie in New York.
New York. of cattle,
swine and sheep have been held In
pens here as a result of the order
placing in quarantine all cattle and
other food supply animals coming
from the states of New York and
Pennsylvania, and today the local
authorities are taking prompt steps
to combat the foot and mouth dis
ease, the rapid spread of which made
the quarantine necessary. 1t is fear
ed that in addition to scarcity of
beef, with resultant high prices. a
famine may be caused.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
Convention of superintendent.

State Superintendent of Education
Harris states that he is using every
effort to urge a large attendance OF
parish superintendents of education
at the annual convention 20 be held
at the Istrouma Hotel in this city,
Dec. 10 to 12. and also of the prin-
cipal of high schools, which conven-
tion will take place at the same no
tel Dec. II to 10.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28

The action of Emperor William in
yielding to the popular demand to
curb his speech and HIS agreement to
deal with international questions
through the Cabinet caused general
rejoicing in Germany.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28

Albert G. Mcdonald, president OF
the Brooklyn Bar Association. and
we'll i-nown in Louisiana, died at
Sands Point, Long Island, FROM an
overdose of paraldehyde.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
NAILIN6 THE Paper TRUST
John Norris Exposes Its Giant
Graft
HOW IT HAS ROBBED ITS VICTIMS
International Made Profit of S8.7
Per Ton, and Dingley Bill En-
abled 1t to Enormously In
crease Its Price.

Washington.-The tariff schedule
on pulp and paper and books was
taken up by the ways and means
committee of the house.
Geo. Meyercord, chairman Of the
tariff committee ef the National A.
sociation of Employing Lithograph-
ers, representing over 800 factories
employing 10000 men asked for
protection for the li.hographic PRO-
ducer. He says that the present
tariff was very crudefy devised and
offered suggestions for changing GER
tain paragraphs.
John Morris, chairman of the com
mittee on paper of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association,
was the first to speak on the taril11
on pulp and print paper. He sub
mitted reports showing that the In
ternational Paper Company has
made a profit of sS.79 a ton on ev-
cry ton of paper it had produced.
During the last ten years that it
had made a profit of 20 per cent.
on cost of manufacturing and the
average price obtained by it since
the passage of the Dingley tariff bill
was $11.91 per ton in excess of the
price which prevailed when that bill
was passed. He submitted figures
showing that labor employed in the
paper industry received less than
that Of any other occupation averag-
ing $1.53 per day. He furnished
comparative costs of production to
prove that paper can be made
cheaper in the United States than in
Canada or in Europe.
Mr. Norris also showed that 1880
square miles of woodland are stripp-
ed every year to make pulp and pa
per, and that one million cords of
pulp wood are brought annually
from Canada, which is the sole
source of supply of twentythree i'm
portant news print mills.
Mr.. Norris furnished names and
dates to confirm his charge that the
paper famine in 1907 was caused by
the manipulation of John A. Davis,
OF II. G. craig & Co., New York, who
bought up 10000 tons of news print
paper at that time to starve the mar
-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28

It is becoming increasingly evil
dent that Prince Chun, the Regent of
China. is taking matters of govern
ment into his own hands and that
he resents any interference.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28


been selected to succeed Major Cen
eral John F. Weston in command OF
the troops in the Philippines.
President Roosevelt has ordered
walking test for officers of the Navy
similar to that prescribed for officers
of the Army.
A delegation representing the rice
interests of Louisiana and Texas was
given a hearing by the House Ways
and Means Committee.
Returning home at midnight, Will
Menchen, residing at Laurel Hill,
Pa, killed his wife and Reddick
Byrd, whom he found in her COM
pany.
The Government of the Neither
land has proposed to promote the
conyocation of an international COM
mittee to arrange for a third peace
conference.
The eastbound cannon ball passen-
ger train on the Texas and Pacific
Railroad was wrecked near White
castle, La, and one man killed and
two others injured.
John Gates, negro, in jail at
Waynesboro, Miss, on a charge OF
ROBBERY, knocked the trusty In the
head with a stick of wood and made
good his escape.
Lieutenant Frank T. Evans, son
of Admiral Evans, was found guilty
of violating naval regulations and
reprimanded by the Navy Depart
ment.
Walter Zeller, 19 years old, con-
fessed at Vineland, N. j., that he
and two companions murdered Eel
ler's aged grandfather for money
supposed. to have been concealed.
A recommendation by commit
tee in the American Federation OF
Labor convention in Denver to dis
regard injunctions was defeated af-
ter much discussion.
Plans to erect handsome monu-
m60t 10 Tie Joliit AlChioi5 ~ Oo'
Lee and Grant at Bloody Angle"
were approved by Richmond yeter-
ans.
President Thomas D. Boyd, L. s.
u. issued a statement to the people
of Louisiana, replying to charges
made by tulane University's foot
ball team.
1t was stated that twenty of the
largest mining and metal refining
companies in the West were to form
a merger. The combined capital
stock of the companies is s25O,0OO,-
900.
Instructions to national banks re
garding redemption fund, circi,la-
ton accounts and savings deposits
were issued by the Comptroller oil
the Currency.
The appellate division of the New
York Supreme Court, in an opinion
| interpreting the Agnew-Hart law, dc
clared that individual betting is le
| gal at race tracks.
II was stated that the var tax OF
| bear might be renewed in order T
| gnard against a further neavy de
felt.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
GoMPERs TRIUMPHANT.
Gets The Endorsement of The Fed
alton OF Labor.

Denver, Col. Additional approval
of the convention of the American
Federation of Labor was given Pres
ident Gompers by the adoption of his
report IN full as presented. The re-
port was before the convention for
a day and a half, and for a while
there was vigorous discussion OF
some Of its contents.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-11-28
IEW SHATTUCK-CAY BILL
Attorney General Guion Gives
Interpretation
The RATE ON EXPRESS Shipments
Railroad Commission Issues Order
Effective December fst, Delega-
ton of Rice Growers Pre-
sented Their Views.

The Railroad Commission has is
rued an order in the case of ]. s..
Rlock, ]. Y. Covington and r. P.
webb VS.. the Southern Pacific and
& IEsls-Fhrgo Express companies in
the matter of unreasonable and ex-
ccssire rates at Monroe. The case
vas heard Oct. 6 last, and the COM
mission now orders that on, and af-
ter the lst of December the 100
Mound rate shall be as follows: