Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-10-30
BR Eff NEWS SUMMARY.
From All Sources, State,
National and Foreign.

w II ol thot NV osOAs
that he paid $4,000 for the famous
Archibald Standard Oil letters.
The House of Commons failed to
take any action looking to the relief
of the unemployed of London.
Storms in New Mexico and Okla
homa caused the loss of four lives
and much damage to property.
Whitelaw Reid, American ambassa
dor to England. uneiled a tablet to
Edmond Burke at Bath, England.
1t was stated at Constantinople
that satisfactory progress was being
made in the Bulgarian negotitions.
Many speakers were heard at the
session of the Ohio Valley Improve
ment Association in Louisville. KY.
Seventeen women suffragists, ar
rested for "storming" the House Of
Commons. were given jail sentences.
Judge R. z. Taylor escaped I'M
harmed from a mob that lynched his
law partner at Reelfoot Lake. Tenn.
The last day of the American OFF,
GERS visit to Toxic was made the oc-
casion of a remarkable demonstra-
ton.
The Association of Southern De-
mocrats, composed of New Workers of
Southern birth, was organized in New
York.
The Mississippi River Commission
after hearing several submerged land
cases left st. Louis by river for New
Orleans.
The cotton cargo of the Mallory
Line steamer Colorado was discover
ed afire while the ship was aground
at Tampa.
1t was stated that the problem of
caring for the unemployed of New
York city would be far graver than
last year.
Mr.. Bryan's managers discussed
the proposition of challenging Presi-
dent Roosevelt to meet Mr.. Bryan iu
Joint debate.
Norfolk, Va, officials decided to
take heroic steps to stop the work
of an incendiary who set twenty-one
fires in eight days
Reelfort Lake district in Tennessee
was declared under martial law, and
arrested in the Rankin murder case
will be made shortly,
A suit was filed against the Ken
lucky Racing, Commission. to have
the action revoking the livense OF
the Latonia track set aside.
w. J. Bryan, speaking in Ohio. sey
erely arranged officials of the New
York Central for alleged attempt
to make their employees vote fol
Taft.
Prince August William of Prussia
fourth son of Emperor William oil
Germany, was married to Duche'
Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig- Hol
stein.
1t was announced that the Louis.
lana State Board of Equalization
would meet at once to take up dis
crepancies in the roll of parish as.
SCISSORS.
Charles F. Murphy. leader of Tam
many Hall, predicted Mr.. Bryan
would carry New York State, ant
that Mr.. Chanler would defeat Gov
Hughes.
Mrs. Tucker, wife of Col. w. F
Tucker, U. s. A., announced that sht
would abandon her suit against he,
husband for desertion owing to hi.
serious illness.
The fortieth annual convention Of
the National Woman's Suffrage AS
ISOLATION adjourned at Buffalo after
a number Of important resolution
had been adopted.
Important suggestions for minimiz
ing the dangers Of mining were con.
tanned in a report by mining experts
of Europe which was submitted t.
President Roosevelt.
w. J. Connors chairman of the De
mocratic state committee, stated tina
thousands of fraudulent Republican
registrations had been discovered il
the upper counties of New York.
Broughton Brandenburg, who sole
letter purporting to be written BY
Grover Cleveland to the New Yorl
Times. was arrested in Dayton, o.
on the charge of forgery and grand
larceny.
Testimony in the Morse-Curtis
trial in New York went to show that
Charles w. Morse had loaned his
stenographer large sums of money
on worthless paper. with which tc
buy ice stock.
In a letter to Jacob H. Schiff Of
New York, Secretary Root stated
that this government had asked Rus
STA for a new treaty for equal treat.
ment of all Americans with passports
entering Russia.
Charles ]. Magnus, who deserted
from the navy and married the dau.
ghter of the late Senator German oil
Maryland, was arrested in Louisville
The man had $4,000 in government
bonds and $4,000 cash when arrest
ed.
During the progress of a murder
trial at Rayville, La, eight negro
prisoners. three charged with man.