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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
NIGHT RIDERS AITACK'MILITIA
Attack Followed the Firing On of Three Men by
Soldiers, Who Discovered Men in Mill Yard.

Memphis, Tenn.-A dispatch from
Union City confirmed the report of an
attack by a detail of miIitiamen by
a band of men, presumably night
riders at the Gleason saw mill near
Samburg. According to the dispatch
one of the soldiers was wounded in
the hand and about so shots were
exchanged between the military and
the attacking party.
The attack followed the firing on
of three men by soldiers who dis
covered the men in the mill yard and
who, when challenged, refused to
halt. Spasmodic firing continued for
several hours, and was followed at
midnight by a fusilade. When the
fire was returned by the saldiers, the
band, which was composed of about
80 men, disappeared. With the ar
rival of reinforcements from Camp
a search was made, but none
of the band could be found. Later
in the night, the camp was again
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
THE U. S.-JAPAN COMPACT
Covering the Policies Re-
garding the Pacific
their ATTITUDE TOWARD China
Is Defined, Binding Each to Defend
China's independence and to
Give Equal Commercial OPP
pOrtunity in China.

Washington.-Despite official re-
ucence, Information from reliable
sources has been obtained of an
agreement of far reaching import
ance between the United States and
Japan. covering the policies of the
| two countries regarding the Pacific.
The agreement is based on the idea
of encouraging and defending free
and peaceful commercial develop
ments in the Pacific. 1t contains not
only mutual guarantee to respect
each others territorial possessions
| there, but defines the attitude of the
two countries toward China, binding
each to defend, by every peaceful
means, China independence and in
tegrity and to give equal CONNER
cial opportunity in the Chinese EN-
pire to all nations. But more import
ant still, the agreement, in the event
Of complications, threatening the
status quo. binds the United States
and Japan to consult each other with
view to acting together.
in the form of declaration and con-
sists of five articles of which the
following is an accurate and faithful
description.
The first article gives expression to
the wish of the two governments to
encourage the free and peaceful de-
velopment of their commerce in the
Pacific. The second is a mutual dis
claimer of an aggressive design and
contains also definition of the pol
icy of each government, both as di-
rected to the maintenance of the ex-
isting status quo in the Pacific and |
the defense of the principle of equal
opportunity for commerce and in
dustry in China. The third article |
contains statement of the conse-
quent firm" reciprocal resolution of |
each government to respect the terri
torial possessions in the Pacific of |
United States and Japan express their
determination '.in the common inter-
est of all the Powers" in China, to
support. 'sby all peaceful means at
their disposal, the independence
and integrity of China and the prin-
ciple of equal commercial and indus
trial opportunity for all nations in
the empire. The fifth article mu-
tually pledges the two governments
in the case of occurrence of any
event threatening the status quo, as
above described, or the principles of
equal opportunity, as above Defined"
to communicate with each other for
the purpose of arriving at a mutual
with regard to the
they may consider it use
full to take.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
THIBoDAUX, La SATURDAY. DECEMBER s. 1908
CAVE-IN NEAR NEW LOCKS.
Serious Slide in Front of Plaauemine
Works.

Plaquemine. La.,-A serious cave
in of the river bank of the Plaque
mine locks. This freak of the river
Is liable to cause an immense amount
of damage to this important engineer
ing work. The cave has only just
begun. The banks has gone into the
river a distance of about $50 feet,
extending from about what will be
the center of the entrance to the
lock, up the stream, but cracks in
the bank and the levee indicate that
the sliding will continue further
down.
The United States engineers have
spent at various times large sums
of money to protect the banks In
front of the town by sinking willow
mats, anticipating just what happen
ed this afternoon. But these efforts
have always proved failue.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
found in a field nearby.

found in a field nearby.
Peter Arfold, an American, was
brought out alive from the Rachel
shaft at midnisht. Jos. Kearney, one
Of the rescuins party, reported that
there were othsr men alive. Arnold
was found unconscious 100 feet from
the Agnes shaa When be reached
the surface. he said the explosion oc-
CURED close to he Agnes shaft.
Two women, 4 ne and mother Of
Ieptombed mjneE . ne lzsane. The
Former tried To slf6w Herself down
the mine shaft. $50 feet Deep The
state constabulsry rescued her and
carried her awyy. She was Mrs. Geo.
Ackes, negTtss.
Mrs. Jos. Holmes, whose son is in
the mine, vent insane in the crowd
soon afterwards. Crying that her
son was filled. she attacked any one
who tired to soothe her and finally
the eonstabulary arrested her and
weHforced to carry her away.
The noise of the explosion was an
ominous summons to all of the people
Of the little town and they hurried
to the shaft house, each seeking a
loved one and most of them learning
that that loved one was down in the
workings and in all probability dead
Among the women many were hys-
terical and their shrieks and cries
were heartrending. Others were 81
lent in their grief but in their drawn
faces could be read the awful agony
they were enduring. Wives, mothers,
sisters, daughters and sweethearts
gathered in little groups, all frantic
to do something or to learn some
thing, but unable to do either. They
beseiged the officers of the company,
the mining authorities and the work
ers, but none of these could offer
them comfort. All felt certain of the
fate of those 500 feet below the sur
face, but none would dispel the rays
of hope entertained until certainty
was forced upon them by the clearing
of the shaft.
The cause ofSthe explosion has not
been determined. Two theories are
one is that a pocket of |
gas was struck BY one of the miners, |
quickly filling the workings and then |
igniting from a lamp. The other |
theory is that from well on the f,ul- /
ton farm. under which the mine is lo-
.ated. penetrated the workings. The
and infthrF1cfnffy is said to be gas
,us and it is possible that gas may
,ave sceped through the coal stratum
Until it accumulated in sufficient vol
lme to cause the disaster.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
Rare Coins Melted Un.

According to the employees of the
New Orleans United States Assay
oftice, $500 worth of the famous
bechtler coins was received short
Time ago at their bullion value and
We're remelted. The fact was an
nounced at a dinner given by Thom-
as L. Elder to thirty-fve of the rep
resentative coin collectors from all
parts of the United States. To say
that the numismatics were Jared
Is putting 1t mildly.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05

aroused when a man, who was en-
deavoring to cross the military lines,
was fired on by one of the sentries.
The placing of the guards at the
Gleason mill was because of threats
that the mill would be burned il
operations continued.
Nineteen indictments charging
implication in the lynching of Capt.
Quentin Rankin, the Trenton attor-
ney, who was hanged and shot to
death at Walnut Log a month ago
by a band of so-called might riders"
were returned by the grand jury
which Immediately followed the kill
ing of Capt Rankin, fegan an investi-
CATION of the recent night rider raids
in the Reelfoot Lake vicinity. In
dictments against thirty-one others
have been prepared, it is stated.
Col. R. z. Taylor, the associate Of
Capt Rankin. who narrowly escaped
a similar fate told the grand jury
of his experiences. He was before
the inquisitorial body for two hours.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
Three Mill School Tax.

The opinion rendered by District
Attorney Wax to the police jury of
Baton Rouge parish, in which he
holds that the police jury is not
compelled to obey the law requir-
ing the appropriation of mills for
the parish schools, may result in lit
igation. The District Attorney holds
that the 3-mill act is unconstitu-
uonal. This will give an opportuni-
V to test this question. The pro-
liabilities are that the police jury
will not give the full mills, now
shat it has a legal opinion to the
enect that it does not have to.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
FARMERS AT NATCHEZ.
Believed Meeting Will Result in
Much GOo..

Natchez, Miss.-No resolutions
were adopted by the Louisiana-Mis-
sissippi Farmers Institute, but it is
generally believed that the lessons
taught the farmers by the expert di-
rectors of federal and state expert
ment stations will bear good fruit
and diversification will be followed
in the district invaded by the boil
weevil. 1t was urged that canning
factories be established far enough
apart to handle the home gardening
and the nucleus for three factories
in Louisiana has been reported as al.
ready in hand.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
W. H. HARDY, JR., GUILTY.

Hazlehurst, Miss.-W. H. Hardy,
Jr.. former cashier of the Bank of
MeadviIle indicted on the charge of
embezzling $4,000 from that insti-
tuition was found guilty after a trial
that consumed days of the Copiah
county circuit court session. It is
expected that an appeal will be taken
Hardy is nephew of Judge W. H.
Hardy of the Gulf Coast circuit court
district.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
Affemnf to Break Jail.

A desperate effort was made at
Jail delivery in Lake Charles which
was almost successful One of the
prisoners stole key off the ring
Of the jailor's bunch and was in the
act of liberating over two dozen men
when he was discovered by Deputy
Sheriff Reeves. The prisoners all
refuse to say who stole the key.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
GETS ROOM 2s FOR SUICIDE.

Hot Springs, Ark.-At his request
Paul A. Mcdonald, solicitor in the
employ of a local newspaper was
assigned to room No. % at hotel
here. A few minutes later other
guests were attracted by heavy
breathing in the room and when at
taches of the hotel entered Mcdonald
was found unconscious. having sWal-
lowed thirty grains of morphine. His
death occurred several hours later.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
s15,OOO,OOO Mortgage Filed.

The Virginia Carolina Chemical
Company filed in Shreveport a mo-t-
gage for SIS, 100000 on all itS~prop-
: erty. Tennessee, Georsaa, South
Carolina, Virginia, T~nnessee, Geor-
gia, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana
in favor of tbe Central Trust Com
pany of New York, which is caring
for gold per cent bonds issued by
the vfginia-Carolina Company for
the purpose of '.refunding outstand-
iss Indebtedness and other proper
corporate purposes. The property
in Shreveport is valued at about
$4,000.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
FIFTY INDICTMENTS.

Union City, Tenn-Interesting de-
relopments are expected in the Reel
oot night rider situation. Attor-
ney Caldwell stated there would be
fifty indictments returned and they
will include the eight men now in
iail at Nashville. Judge Matthews
will be asked to turn the prisoners
over to the Obion county authorities
to be brought here for speedy trials,
the same to begin five days later.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
FIFTY INDICTMENTS.

Union City, Tenn.-Interesting de-
selopments are expected in the Reel
root night rider situation. Attor-
ney Caldwell stated there would be
fifty indictments returned and they
will include the eight men now in
iail at Nashville Judge Matthews
will be asked to turn the prisoners
over to the Obion county authorities
to be brought here for speedy trials
the same to begin five days later.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
Big Shreveport Deals.

The purchase of five acres Of
property within Shreveport, the city
limits for $11,500 by the New Or
leans Furniture Company has started
the rumor that the Crescent City con
Germ is contemplating the establish
ment there of a plant. The Planta-
ton OIL ond Gas Company or West
virginia has purchased forty acres
In the Caddo field for $4,000 from
:. 9. Elston of Waterloo. Iowa.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
NO VIOLENCE is FEARED.
Fourth Negro Captured in Laneyille
Murder Case. s..e.

Fourth Negro Captured in LanevilIe
Murder Case.
Greensboro. Ala.-A fourth negro
was captured by Sheriff Gewin, ac-s
cused of the murder of Robert Drake
at Laneyille~Then negroes set fire
to the store and residence of Drake,
and his body was taken out while the
house were burning. One of the ne
groes, Charles Taylor, has confessed
to the crime. The four negroes are
in Jail here and no violence is fear
ed. The Circuit Court has been pet
itioned to call special session to
give the negroes a speedy trial.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
Interstate Exchange of Pupils.

DeSoto parish superintendent, S.
R. Cummings has inspected schools
in the western portion of the parish,
near the Texas line. he and County
superintendent andrew j. Holmes,
of Pamela county, Texas, met at Shi-
Ioh and agreed upon an interstate
exchange of pupils in a few schools
near the state line.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
System of Accounting,

travelling Auditor Archie NJ. Smith
Is preparing the form of voucher
registers which the governor order
ed for the system of bookkeeping
70 be used in all public institutions
using States moneys. The system
10 be used will be a register with
the tabulated form showing the mum
oer, date, name and all the features
surrounding the voucher and the
fund to which the account is charg
ed.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05

died at her home here. She had
suffered from heart trouble and
dropsy for several months. Mrs. Bill
lex received a farewell letter from
her son. While reading this she fell
into a faint and was only revived af-
ter several hours of Inconsistencies
Since then her death had been ex-
pected at any moment Several
months ago Mrs Billek arranged
with an undertaken to bury the bod
les of herself and son side by side in
a local cemetery.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
Is Again Arrested.

Joe Harris, alias Atchafalaya Joe,
a negro, who was sent to the Pen
itentiary from Rapides parish to
serve a term of six months, and who
returned was arrested and commit
ed to Jail by local officials for an Of
fense committed in Winfield, a1d
will be taken to that place to an
swer to the charge.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
Negro Slayer Found Guilty.

The jury in the trial of Armas
Woods, colored, charged with the,
murder of Mansur Nacer on Sept.
10, at Crowley returned a verdict of
guilty as charged after being out an
hour. The crime was one of the most
this section of the state, and was
done to secure the paltry sum of
$3.50.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
Attempt to Intimidate Labor.

At mass melting held in the Of
nee of William Drew at Corbin, in
the parish of Livingston, seventy
eight citizens denounced alleged at
Tempt to intimidate negro laborers
assured the blacks protection under
the law. William Drew moved to
that place from Morgan City, and is
erecting there a large sawmill and
hardwood plant. He brought with
MIN some family servants who were
ordered away Saturday night last.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
PACKERY FOR Shreveport
Many Farmers Interested in
Proposition.
CONCENTRATION RATES ON seed
Railroad Takes Steps to Abolish
Rates Established by Commits.
sion. Voucher Form For
Public Institutions.

The farmers of Red River Par
fish are enthusiastic over the propo-
sition to put up packery in Shreve-
port. and, to judge by the talk cur
rent. Red River Parish will furnish
hall of the 200 hogs that will be re-
qufred daily by the packkery. Al
ready considerable attention has
been paid to hog growing in this
parish, and several carloads have
peen shipped to the Fort Worth
Packery. Many farmers have want
ed to engage more extensively in
cattle and hog raising, but until a
market can be had for their pro-
ducts the business has been 90 haz-
ardous. 1t is believed that more
than twice the number of hogs re-
quired can be produced in the par
ishes surrounding Shreveport.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
THE EVACUATION OF CUBA.
Are to be Completed
Next Week.

-
Next Week.
Washington.-Arr for
the evacuation of Cuba by the Ameri.'
can forces Feb. 1 will be made in
this city this week at a conference
between Secretary Wright and Gov.
Mugoon. The former has summond-
ed the Governor for conference at
the convenience of the latter There
are number of matters that have
been pending since long before the
election which the turmoil of the
campaign made impossible of settle
ment because the chief men of the
administration were fully occupied
with political matters, and had not
the time to devote to Cuban affairs
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
Fair Association Permancn.

The Monroe Fair Association is to
be permanent This was one devel-
opment of the meeting When the
capital stock was increased to s20.-
900 and a committee, composed of 1
Baer. H. D. Apear E. T. Lumkin
and L. N. Larche, appointed to So
licit subScriptious
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
EXPLOSION IN MARIAuNA Mine
Believed to Have Entombed and Probably Killed
Over 200 Employees.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Not less than 12;
men were killed in the explosion il
the Mariana mines Of the Pitts
burg-Buffaio Coal Company Monday
and it is feared by many residents OF
the little model mining town that
the death list may exceed that mum.
ber.
Ten of the bodies were recovered
IN the main entrance The others
were distributed in the twenty-nine
rooms or workings of the mine. en-
trance. The@frst rusetling 5af ~
worked their way through the wreck
age at the foot of the shaft and al
most Immediately found the ten bod,
les, and the report was given out
that all had been found in this one
entry, but this report was found to
be erroneous, when the rescuers came
to the surface. 1t was pay day at
the mine and 142 of the pay envel-
opes were not called for and it is be-
lieved that practically every man who
did not call for his pay during the
day is numbered among the victims.
The workings in which the catas-
trophe happened is known as the
Rachel and Agnes mines, in reality a
double mine, with underground con-
nections. Deputy State Mine Inspec-
tor Henry Loutti, few minutes be-
fore the explosion, had completed a
two-days inspection, which had reveal
ed no cause for apprehension He
and General Manager Kerr, of the
company, came to the surface in the
cage operated in one of the shafts
lew minutes before. Mine Foreman
iIenry Thompson and two miners en-
tered the cage and it was started to-
wards the bottom of the 5O0-foot
shaft. There was an ominous rumb-
ling and trembling of the ground |
round about the mouth of the shaft |
Is from an earthquake and an instant |
ater there was terr...c report, and /!
he cage was hurled up the shaft !
house, the mine foreman and the two |
men still in it. The bodies of the |
men were hurled through the top of
he building and far beyond it.
Thompson was dead when picked up,
While the others although mortaIly
injured were hurried to hospital.
So great was the force of the ex-
'losion that shattered portions of the
vood work about the mouth of the
haft were blown into fen Mile
'reek, two thousand feet from the
haft. zzzzzszssss
BESIDES the three men in fhe capo
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
SUES CHURCH DEACONS.
Woman Expelled by Baptists Asks
$4,000 Damages.

Montgomery, Ala--The oldtime
plan turning people out of the church
has received a backset at Goodwater.
Ala, where Miss Lena Baily, expel-
led from the cunt Olive Baptist
Church, is suing the deacons for ex-
pelling her. So intense was the feel
ing Judge Aston cleared the court
ROOM Inasmuch as the case is one
of the most remarkable in the State,
some of the best talent obtainable
was engaged The plaintiff asks for
$4,000 damages.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
TO FLOAT LARGE BOND ISSUE.
Denver and Rio Grande Will Retire
$4,000, 90 Of Notes.

PIOeVOVsNVO Oh 1SVoCSs
New York.-Three firms which
have had much to do with the lloat-
ing of bonds for the Gould railroad
properties-have arranged to pur-
chase SIT 100000 first and refund
ing mortgage 5 per cent gold bonds
of the Denver and lilo Grande Rail-
road Company. The proceeds are to
be used mainly for retiring the $15,-
100000 secured notes. which the
company will call for redemption.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
Early shooting Contest.

In tho shooting contest which is
soon 90 be held at Camp Gardner be-
t~een a crack team from the Louisi-
ana National Guard AMI one from
Mississippi there Will be only three
members of the Louisiana team
coming from companies outside OF
New Orleans. OF these Covington
will furnish two, Sergeant White
and Corporal Ventress of the local
troop of cavalry.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
VIII Contest Cotton Seed Rates.

The Railroad Commission has
learned unofficially that the Texas
and Pacific Railway will contest in
the courts the abolishment of the
concentration rates on cotton seed
shipments. The commission recent
ly abolished concentration rates at
non-competitive points, and this
road. it is understood, will fight
the abolishment of the rates and
endeavor to preserve them as here
tofore.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
AGAINST UNITED STATES.

In the British Two Power Naval
Standard.
London.-The Nation publishes a
strongly worded argument against
including the United States in the
two power naval standard for Great
Britain, in other words that the Brit
ish fleet should exceed the strength
of any other two powers by ten per
cent. The paper says that America
and Germany are the next two
strongest n, val powers after Great
Britain America, it explains, has
to build two navies, one
for the Atlantic and one for the Pa
ciffc.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-05
Board of Control Vacancy.

Governor Sanders is expected to
make an appointment some time
soon on the Boar1 of Control. The
term of Judge A. G. Kilgore as
member of the Board. expired about
two months ago. Judge Kilgore may
possibly be reappointed. He was first
named for the position by Governor
Heard and has been one of the eff
cient and hard-working members OF
the Board since tbat time