The Donaldsonville chief., 1908-07-18
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Locke Race Bill Goes Into Eject Mon
day-Disastrous Fire Tuesday
Night-Leyee strike Stiff
Unsettled.
New Orleans, La, July 16. 1903,


Fourth, has s'came and went" after
being duly and properly observed by
the French colony, which still loves to
cherish and renew the memories OF the
the hated Bastile. Canal street was
in gala attire, being g0rgeously
adorned with bunting and flags for
two lays in advance, and the fete
held at The Fair Gr1unds was largely
attended, the only happening To mar
the occasion being the heavy rain and
/ thunder storm which came up in the
evening. Notwithstanding this unfor-
tunate occurrence, however, the pro-
! gram went off as planned and the af.
/ fair was a perfect success.
Another disastrous fire occurred
| Tuesday night, when the large plant
of the New Orleans Coffee Company
in Soushs Peters street burned to the
ground, devastating a square of prop
erty aud entaliing loss of consider
ably over quarter of million dol
lars. According to the belief in many
quarters. the fire was Of ineendiary
origin.
! The Blanchard Rides, a detachment
Of ths Signal Corps and the Tangipa.
hoa Scouts, from Amite City, left
Wednesday morning for Leon
Springs. Texas, near San Antonio,
where they will participate in the reg
ular army maneuvers for the next ten
days. The New Orleans detachment
will be Joined at Lake Charles by the
company from that place aud the
Gaddo Rifles, Of Shreveport, all max
ing up a provisional battalion of state
j troops which will be under the com
4 maad Of Captain McNeese, of Lake
Charles. A detail from each COM
/ mand in the state is expected to go
into camp at the new state range on
Metairie road on August 8, for in
struction in rifle practice, and remain
in camp eight days. From the best
shots Of this encampment will be Sc
lected the fifteen marksmen who will
represent the state in the national
matches to be held at Camp Perry,
Ohio, and il is expected that the CON
petition will be very great. Interest
IN rifie shooting is also being pro.
aoted amoug civilian ride clubs and 4
naEch between some Of these Clubs will
be held shortly for . trophy Of a
handsome silver cup.
The situation in the leYee labor
troubles remains practically un-
changed, the Illinois Central freight
handlers at Stuy Docks being
still out on strike. Although the Dock
and Cotton Council. with which the
| freight handlers are allied, has given
no official counter ance to the strike, il
is understood that the union long
shoremen viii refuse to handle all
freight anloaded at the docks by non
union labor, ia TACT have already re-
fused, SO that the effect is the same as
| 6HUuE Ii tile C0ulItl Aod pltGu 4bS . due
sion. 1t is thought, however, and to
be hoped, that all matters will be set
tied amieably within the next few
DAYS and that when this is done the
controversy will be ended for good
and all AID real peace will ensue or
the 1evee for several years at least.
Business is picking up rapidly aftel
the depression Of the past few months
and now that the political convention!
are over 1t may be expected to return
to more than normal proportion
within very short time. Bnildins
activity has qaickcned OF late ant
work on the new Audubon Hotel
which was held up for several week
IN account of lack of material, ha
been resumed. The Commercial Ho
tel is nearing completion, the neS
courthouse is going up rapidly, tn
: Carnegie library is ready for occu
pancy and the new postotfice will b
started very shortly. These an
many OtHSF improvements dfS aualb
TO the trade stimulus and New 0rle
ans will undoubtedly enjoy an unpar
allelled era OF prosperity for som
time to come.
r Some speculation is going on as t
! The fate OF the Louisiana race trae
. when the Locke anti bookmakfng bi
soesz into effect next Monday. It
: reported that the track will endeava
!; 10 operate for a time under the ne
{ Law as an experiment, in order to Sc
If the game can be made to pa
through the gate receipts and indfvit
2 ual betting, but this course has NJ
+ been definitely decided on. At an
5 rae this is the last week the boot
T makers have 70 ply their trade an
% they are making hey while the 81
5 shines. KRATS.
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