The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
From All Sources, State,
National and Foreign.

Tobacco growers representing $780,
900, 600 assets, organized mutual
society at Louisville.
It was announced that King Ed
wards health was not sufficiently
impaired to cause anxiety.
brahan Ruef, forner boa. 81 ssn
bzfy EEe by 3 ~ vas conz y mi
Speaker Cannon announced that.
he would oppose the asuance OF bonds
for waterways improvements.
DR.. A. B. Pitts, prominent phssi-
sian, was killed by DR.. 4. B. Bird
songs, a dentist at Hazlehurst, Miss.
Will Latura, saloonkeeper, killed
three negroes and wounded two 9TH
ers in a barroom brawl at Memphis,
Tenn.
An increase of $52,000,000 over
the 1907 appropriation was asked
for in the annual report of the Sec
retary of War.
Congressman Jos. E. Ransdell, OF
Louisiana, was reelected President
of the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress.
Chancellor Won Buelow, in y
speech y the German Reichstag, said
Germany would not reduce her naval
armament.
National Baseball Commission post
posed decision on demands of East
ern League and American Associa-
tion until Jan. /.
Alfred De Orc, of Cuba, defeated
Thomas Houston, of st. Louis, at
three-cushion billiards for the cham
pionship of the world.
The final hearing of the case of
the British steamship Oldhamia, cap
tured by the Russians during their
late war, will be given.
The French Government changed
its attitude toward President Castro,
of Venezuela, and permitted him to
land and stop at Bordeaux.
The Senate ratified arbitration
treaties with Peru and China and
naturalization treaties with Brazil,
Honduras and Uruguay.
The presence of mind of a Great
Northern train crew prevented three
robbers from looting the express car
of large amount of money.
President Penna, of Brazil, has
sanctioned the Federal guarantee OF
the San Paulo Province coffee valo-
rization loan up to 75,0O0,o00.
The "Holy Rollers at Berlin
Heights, near Sandusky, o., were dis
banded by irate citizens, as a result
of the recent tragedy at Kansas City.
William Nelson Cromweli issued a
statement in which he denied that
there was any wrong doing in con
nection with the sale of the Panama
Canal.
Representative De Almond intro
duced a bill In the House providing
that appeal cases of the Canal Zone
be tried in the Federal Court at New
Orleans.
1t was stated that WI Ting Fang
would probably be recalled as minis
ter to the United States. Chung Nun
Vow was spoken of as his probable
success.
President Roosevelt has strongly
urged members of the House Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce to visit the Panama Canal
region.
President-elect Taft, after con-
ference with Republican leaders is
sued a statement in which he said
there would be an honest revision of
the tariff.
A new oil well with a capacity of
10, 900 barrels a day was brought IN
in the Caddo field. Deals aggregat-
ing $350,000 cash were made in the
district.
w. Osborne, of New Light, La,
presented the President the head OF
700-pouEG bear killed in the Louisi-
ana cane brakes, where Mr.. Roose-
velt once hunted.
Steps are being taken at Panama
looking to the organization CT an as
sociation for the purpose Of COM
memorating the opening of the Pam
anna Canal in 1915.
President Roosevelt announced
that he would attempt to institute
libel proceedings against the newspa-
pers which charged corruption in the
Panama Canal purchase.
A distinguished assemblage OF wit
nesses appeared before the House
Committee on Agriculture to urge the
establishing Of forest reserves IN the
White Mountains and in the South
ern Appalachians.
Hard-packed snow drifts saved
North Coast train carrying 200 pas
sengers from destruction at McKen-.
zie. N. D., when six coaches were
ditched and turned over. Eleven
were injured, but no one killed.
The school board of Iberia parish,
La. attempted to rescind the action
of the old board in appointing a su-
perintendent just before 1t retired.
The incumbent refused to be ousted
and a legal battle, tying up the school
funds, is threatened.