The new South-news., 1908-10-24


In New York the trial of Charles
". Morse was begun.
Alexandria, "a, will erect a new
city hall at a cost Ct $4,000.
A mob In Jaffa. Palestine. at
tackled the Austrian rostoflice.
Confederate veterans OF Louisiana
Renclnheir annual reunion a, Mon
ing expedition has reached Rio de
Janciro.
DR.. Angel Ugarte. the minister to
Washington from Honduras. was re-
called.
Disorders In the Russian univer-
s!ty strike caused the arrest OF 4o0
students.
Striking students OF the Universe
ty Of St. PetWsburg engaged in a
general fght.
Antoine Muzzarelli veteran OF
the French army. committed suicide
in New York.
mob OF sufragettes besiegei
Parliament in an effort to gain ad-
mission.
II was announced that the British
Cabinet would meet to discuss the
Balkan situation.
All the balloons In the interna-
tional race have been reported ex.
cept one. German.
The liners Oceanic and La Pro.
vence barely missed collision in a
fog in the English Channel.
The Masonic Widows ami Orphans
Home at Meridian. Miss. was for
mally opened to the public.
An ant.-tubercular serum. discov-
cred in Paris. was said to be the
most efficacious ever used.
The Democratic National Commit
tee gave out statement OF contribu-
tions to the campaign fund.
The president invited hunters to
the White House for advice on suit
able guns for his African hunt.
The president issued an order ex-
tending the protection OF civil SER
vice to many government officers.
Mrs. Langtry won 100000 by
the victory Of her horse Yentoi in
the Czarewitch stakes at Newmarket.
The three leaders of the militant
woman suffragists in London. when
arraigned in police court. demanded
trial by jury.
1t was announced that II. X. Thaw
might go to Pittsburg Sunday to tes
tlfy In the bankruptcy proceedings
against him.
On the flftieth anniversary OF his
marriage John s. Kennedy OF New
York gave sl,000.000 to the Presby-
terian Hospital.
Lieut. Col. W. F. Tucker. paymas-
ter of the Department OF the Lakes
was served with warrants charging
wife desertion.
The Rev. Anna Shaw presided at
the opening of the convention OF the
National American Woman's Suffrage
Association in Buffalo.
An engagement between Chinese
and japanese troops In Northern Co
rea threatened to disturb the peace
between the countries.
Stocks based upon sugar cultiva'
tion were declared to be In as strong
q position as any form OF high grade
securities In the market.
The American battleship fleet ar
rived off Southeastern Japan ant
made an official entry into Yokoha
ma harbor Saturday morning.
A secret treaty was declared Il
exist between Bulgaria and Austris
authorizing the former country'i
declaration OF independence.
The trial of c. w. Morse and A
II. Curtis, charged with violating tht
national banking laws and ccnspira
cy, was begun in New York.
Cotton night riders. by letter, com
manded a prominent farmer OF Iber
Vile parish to organize band o
y ymen to intimidate cotton gfnners.
The International Road Congress
IN Paris voted to erect a monumen
to NJ. Tresaguet. the engineer respon
sible for the highways OF France.
1itih0ou- OnS VI eA1~ ~ '
olutionary leaders In Persia. pre-
dicted the assassination OF the Shal
and victory for the revolutionists
The announcement from Londoi
Of programme for the internationa
conference on the Balkan difficult,
caused much satisfaction in Paris.
1t was stated in Paris that the con
ference Of the powers on the Balkan
situation might be limited to the rat
ihcation Of private arrangements.
1t was stated that ten nationa
banks In Oklahoma had surrendere
their charters to take advantage o
the State bank deposit guaranty Law
Nicholas Tschaikvosky, the Rus
sian revolutionfst confined in st. Pc
tersburg for ten months, was or
dered released on SIS. 900 cash bail