The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-12
BRIEF news SUMMARY.
From All Sources, State,
National and Foreign.

at Honolulu.
The Japanese rice crop is Is per
sent above the average.
Great damage was done by a elsud
burst In Western Canada.
The Are in the Oil fields Of Mexico
was finally extixnuishea.
Considerable damage was dens on
the coast Of Europe by q storm.
The French troops defeated the
natfves In 4 battls 81 Algeria.
Bryan was given an ovation
on his tour through North Dakota.
The Persian revelutionists defeat
Cd the shah's troops with heavy loss.
At Melbourne Burns, the American
prize fighter, beat Lang in the sixth
round.
John R. Early, the army lsper
will be pensioned by the Federal Gov
srnnaent.
Leon Drouet arrived in New Or
leans, after 2,1V0 miles' walk from
Los Angeles.
Congress will probably make an
appropriation to establish a national
leper's home.
A cable from Pekin denied the TIL.
NOR of Minister Wu's recall from
Washington
Fire caused loss of 100000 te
the Saginaw Bay Lumber Company in
Cleveland.
A forest fire threatened to destroy
the Calaveras group of big trees in
California.
It was announced that Hayes, win
ner of the Marathon, would go on the
vaudeville stage.
Chances are against the Indepen-
deacs Party getting representation on
the ticket in Mississippi.
Moorish tribesmen were beaten
back by the French troops at BeudeH-
ib, on the Algerian frontier.
It was reported that the Cuban Lib
eyal factions had agreed on Gomez as
their candidate for President.
Germany is suffering from an ep-
idsnie of embezzlements among the
officials and employees of banks.
President Roosevelt announced
that he favored the denomination OF
Hughes for Governor of New York.
The premier of Australia declared
the Commonwealth should begin Is; a
modest way the building Of navy.
President Castro of Venezuela has
refused to permit the Brazilian Min
lister to represent France in that
country.
In Pittsburg mortgage foreclosure
proceedings were brought against the
Pittsburg- Wabash Terminal Compa-
ny.
Mr.. Bryan spoke on trusts at Sioux
City, Ia, and denounced Senators Du
Pont an. Penrose as champions OF
the trusts.
The proposed fourteen-foot Missis-
sippi river channel was referred to in
the annual report of the Mississippi
River Commission.
The Republicans suffered a loss OF
in ha
tion. The Democratic vote was about
the same as usual.
Two clerks in the pestoffice at
Havana, Cuba, were arrested .on a
charge of completely in the embez-
Element of over $4,000.
D. d. Coleock, of New Orleans,
held q conference with Secretary ct
Agriculture Wilson about the use of
sulphur in Louisiana molasses.
The British bark Amazon, for
Iauique. from Port Talbot, has been
wrecked near the latter port. Only
Ave out of her crew of thirty-tws
were saved.
The Mississippi Board of Pharma-
esutioal Examiners issued an address
to citizens of the State asking for as
sistance in shppressing violations of
the pharmacy laws,
The President ordered a court
martial to convene at Fort Wayne,
Mich. for the trial Of Colonel Daniel
GurHman, on charges Of defrauding
the Government..
Secretary of War Wright will be
called upon to fill a vacancy on the
Chickamauga National Military Park
Commission caused by the death OF
General A. p. Stewart
Judge Taft and Senator. Foraker
met in Toledo and from the. same
stand reviewed the parade of the G.
A. r. and both later made political
speeches.
Chairman Mack appointed Robert
S. Hudspeth of New Jersey vice chair
man of the Democratic National Com
mittee and manager of the Democrat
n campaign in the East.
Charles Oliver Jones of Hammons-
port, N. Y, was killed at. Waterville,
Me-, in fall resulting from the burn
ing of the dirigible balloon Boomerang
while 500 feet in the air.
The official list of election COM
for Mississippi was given
out.
The action of the German Govern
ment in recognizing Mulai Hafid, the
of Morocco, before he sub
scribed to teh Morocco before he SUB
ing bitterly denounced in France.
The Civil Service Commission has
issued a warning to partisan r'eder-
scribed to the Algeciras treaty, is be-
sign their positions to participate in