The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-26
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
From All Sources, State,
National and Foreign.

| Vicksburg Park will be dedicated On
Dec 20.
The Harrison County Farmers
Union will build cotton warehouse
at Gulfport.
r. L. Ready was killed in an acci-
dent on a lumber railroad near Sem
| mary. Miss.
The government in the oil and gas
| heId in Caddo parish, La, was With-
drawn from antry
~ 1lsa IIooe,
ut Aiexandri pas dangerously
wounded with toy pistol
Eye witnesses to the killing Of w.
&. Annis testified in the trial of T.
J. Hains at Flushing, N. Y.
The international Maritime Con-
ference in London is wrestling with
the problem of contraband war.
Four men were killed and four
seriously injured by the collapse of
bridge at Williamsport, Md.
The state began the introduction
of testimony in the trial of alleged
night riders at Union City, Tenn.
George w. Wickersham, of New
York, has been offered the position
Of Attorney General in Taft's cabinet.
The Federal Lighthouse Board has
been requested to establish more
lighthouses on the coast of Louisiana.
Eleven soldiers were poisoned in
the Philippine Islands by drinking
Columbian spirits. All of them are
dead.
The First National Bank of Som
ersworth, N. H., was closed on ac-
count of an embezZlement of $685.
900.
The New Orleans Great Northern
pay train and log train collided at
Pinecliff, La. A fireman was slightly
injured.
The federal government will es-
tablish cotton boil weevil experiment
stations at Vidalia, La, and Green
vile, Miss.
A detective alleged to be impli-
Gated in the assassination of King
Carlos of Portugal, was arrested at
Lisbon.
State Superintendent Harris was
asked to visit New iberia, La, In the
interest of adjusting the school diff
ferences.
- .TAa- ,sUarsD Department consented to
permit the extension of an electric
car line to the national Cemetery
near Natchez.
Six craftsmen looted banks at
Keene and Gibbons, Nebr., of $500
and escaped in an automobile after a
battle with a posse.
President Castro, of Venezuela,
who is in Berlin wishes to bring about
the restoration of diplomatic rela-
tions with France.
Differences arising out of the con-
struction of the Mississippi memor-
ial in the Vicksburg Park were set
tied, and work will be rushed.
The prosecution began the inuro-
duction of evidence in the trial of T.
l. Hains, charged with the murder
of W. E. Annis, at Flushing, N. Z.
The Louisiana Live Stock Sanitary
Board adopted rules and regulations
for the control of contagious and in
fectious diseases in domestic animals.
The New Orleans exchanges and
other business institution memorial
lied the Federal Government to per- !
nit the importation of cattle from
Guatemala.
Official announcement was made
Pennsylvania, will be Secretary of |
State in President-Elect Taft's Cab /
met
Two arrests were made at Boga-
lusa, La, on the charge of passing
silver dollars. The plant
is believed to be located near Rio,
La
The Swedish steamer Lindholdmen
was sunk in collision with the
off the coast of England. Eight lives
we're lost.
The Louisiana Pension Board put
forty two widows on the roll in the
place of an equal number of veter
ans who died during the last three
Secretary of State Root who has
)een suffering from an injured knee
or two months, has at last called in
! specialist to make an examination
md treat him.
Students of Millsaps College, Miss,
oetitioned for permission to parti-
pate in athletic contests, notwith
tanding the adverse action Of the
Methodist Conference.
The Federal Grand Jury at Chi
ago has been called upon to in
-estigate case of peonage, where
aborers were imprisoned in stock
lie, surrounded by armed guards.
w. NJ. Kavanaugh was re-elect
d president, secretary and treasur-
+ of the Southern League at the an
ual meeting at Nashville. Manager
has. Frank withdrew his protest OF
be New Orleans Montgomery game
f Sept. I3. The spring meeting will
G held n MoDiie Oh the call of the
resident.
Persian troops pillaged and burn
d number of Armenian villages.
The 23 De Mayo, a Venezuelan
uard vessel, was captured by
ufnh warshin