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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
Washington.

Remarkable apathy is being
shown in the presidential campaign
throughout the country.
The American gunboat Marietta
arrived at Ceiba, Honduras, and re-
ports tn esituation quiet.
The Presidents yacht Mayflower
sunk a schooner in Long Island
Sound. but saved the crew.
A split is threatened in union Ia
Dor ranks on account of some of the
labor leaders mixing in politics.
Assistant secretary of State Ba-
con will go to Porto Rico for the
purpose of settling the Catholic
Church claims.
Russia, it is said, will double
track the Transsiberian Railroad
for the purpose Of arranging for an
other war with Japan.
Some of Bryan's policies are SO
popular in the West that Republi-
cans have warned their party lead
ers not to attack them.
President Roosevelt has directed
the Attorney General to take imme-
diate steps for the retrial Of the
Standard Oil Company cases.
1t is reported that war is about to
be declared between Nicaragua and
Honduras on one side and Salvador
and Guatemala on the other.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
Foreign.

President Fallieres, of Srance, ar
rived at Stockholm, Sweden.
Ten persons were killed as the
result Of political feud in Brazil.
The American battleship feet
sailed from Honolulu for Auckland,
N. 2.
Several persons were killed or
wounded In strike riot at Bombay,
India.
A British syndicate secure control
of the waterworks system at Seoul,
Korea.
PRESIDENT Castro has expelled the
Minister of the Netherlands from
Venezuela.
Nearly a score of persons were
killed In a collision between two
steamers at Christina, Norway.
Prince Ito reported to the Empe-
ror of Japan that Corea had been
restored to a condition of peace.
News from British Honduras
seems toconfirm the rumor that Bo-
nilla has joined the revolutionists.
An officer of the steamship ilar-
old said the revolutionary army at
tacking Ceiba, Honduras, consisted
of only thirty men.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
LE7TEN BEGINS Sentence
Goes to Baton Rouge To-day
for State Tax Robbery
MONROE CONVICTED IN QUICK TIME
Black Hand Leader. Harvesting
of Rice Well Under Way. Live
Stock Exhibit q Feature.

Chas. e. Letten, who confessed
embezzling state funds from the Of
flee of the First District Tax Collec-
tor, has begun the service OF his
term in penitentiary stripes. Let
tens case attracted attention for .
period Of nearly 4 year 1aA-zsva1-assaI
garded q model citizen until 1t de-
veloped that he was short in his ac-
counts to the tune of nearly $780,
900. When Letten found that he
was discovered he made his escape
and was not caught again until he
was discovered unkempt and despon-
dent on the levee in the upper Sec
tion of the city. He confessed to
leading a dual life with a negress
named Virginia Reed. The latter was
the cause of his downfall, and got
the better portion Of his tolen mon
eY
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
From All Sources. State, National
and Foreign.
Through the States.

Timber exporters at Mobile locked
out 1000 negro longshoremen.
Matthew Cummins of Boston was
reelected president of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Statistics from Pittsburg report
an alarming use of opium among
physicians and ministers.
Joseph S. Henry, seaman on the
battleship Mississippi, was thrown
into machinery of a gun and killed.
Zach Hunnicutt. telegraph opera.
tor at Kewanee, Miss, went to sleep
and was killed by passing train.
Tho Louisiana National Guard,
combfneu with New Mexico, engaged
in sham battle with Arkansas
forces.
The Boston police killed one of
the bandits who shot eleven persons.
captured another, while the third
man escaped.
Harry e. Hayes, asGleveland bank
er was arersted on aEharge of con-
spring to defraud in a bond deal
involving $105,00O.
Biologists Leighton and Crider,
accompanied by Governor Noel and
Commissioner Blakeslee will make
lecture tour of Mississippi.
August Eberhard confessed to the
murder of his aunt in a lonely spot
in New Jersey in orGsr that he might
secure S2,40o with which to wed.
The receiver for Cameron Currie
and Co.. Detroit, stated that liabili-
ties were above 100000 with no
possibility of paying claims in full.
Ex-Governor Vardaman made
strong appeal for national campaign
fund contributions, forecasting the
success of the Democratic nominees.
Thomas E. Watson, Populist NOM
inee for President opened his cam
paign at Macon, Ca, with an attack
ON William ]. Bryan and the Demo-
critic platform.
The Federal grand jury at Chica-
go returned number of indictments
in the white slave traffic crusade,
against mail order houses and rail-
roads for issuing passes.
Former Governor Douglass OF Mas
sachusetts said he was out of poll
tics forever and would no accept the
chairmanship of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee.
Gen. Gardiner ordered details of
soldiers to report for instructions
in order to select a team to repre-
sent Louisiana At the International
William F. Walker, who embez-
zled $565,000 from the Savings
Bank of New BRIAN and $4,000
from the Connecticut Baptist Con-
vention, reached Hartford, Conn.,, In
custody.
Receivers of the Cage-Drew Com
pany, of New Orleans, has brought
suit against seven insurance compa-
MES on claims aggregating $24,500.
The Louisiana Stock Exchange re-
sumed regular daily calls after q
of several months.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
Gould Victim of Perjury Plot.

New York.-With another wit
ness found who alleges that she was
approached with a proposition to
give false evidence against Frank J.
could, the young millionaire who is
being sued for divorce by his wife.
evidence of an amazing plot swift
ly accumulates.
The district attorneys Office pro-
misses yet more startling revelations
than those already made public. The
new witness is Miss Blanche Hale. a
hair dresser at the Hotel Lincoln,
and who has numebr of fashfona-
Bile patrons.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
BLACK HAND SENTENCED.

Who Was Accused of Dynamiting
Graffagnini Store.
Guilty. as charged was the verdict
of the jury, after fifteen minutes de-
liberation in the case of Joseph Mon
fre, the alleged leader of the dread
ed Black Hand band, who was on
trial two days in the Criminal Dis
trict Court of New Orleans before
Judge Baker and jury. The verdict
did no come as a surprise. The legal
adviser of the Italian Vigilance Com
mittee, laid bare the plot and blow
ing up of the Graffagnini store by
Monfre and Pume1ia on the night of
December 5. Pumelia, who was con-
victed several weeks ago, was SEN
fenced to serve twenty years in the
penitentiary. 1t is expected that
Judge Baker will infiict a similar
sentence upon Monfre.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
GETS THREE YEARS.

Sequel of Assault and Cutting in
Baton Rouge.
Edward George, recently employ
ed as a linotype operator in the Of
fee of the Daily States, was sem
fenced to three years at hard l.por
in the state penitentiarY-hy judge
H. F. Brunot- -5@dgmenr Ur rne
court-suused little surprise to the
large crowd which had assembled to
hear the sequel to the tragedy which
was enacted on the night Of July Is,
when A. H. Faust, private secretary
to Congressman George X. Favrot,
and Miss Clara Bates, bookkeeper
for the Daily States, were assaulted
and seriously stabbed by the young
man. ....
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
FEW STRIKE DISORDERS.

Situation at Alabama Mines Com
paratlvely Easy.
Birmingham, Ala.-Strike-break-
ers by the hundreds are still being
placed in the mines in the Birming-
ham district under military escorts.
There has been no disorders beyond
some promiscuous shooting during
the night and some reports Of
houses being shot into. Labor
agents in adjoining states are work.
ing hard to get nsn to take up the
work in the mines in the Birming-
ham district, and - is intended to
place labor enough to get the coal
production back to normal at the
earliest possible moment.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
soUTHs's COTTON CROP.

The journal of Commences Reports
From Seferal States.
New York.-The Journal of Com
merce cotton reports:
Alabama-Cotton prospects are
excellent If the season holds out ia
vorably. Nearly al sections are get
ting dry and moderate rains will be
needed for another month to assure
present expectations. In percentage
centage condition very substantial
increase is indicated over last
month, when 500 was the figure; a
year ago a this time it was 72.5.
The plant Is of medium size, but
strong; with a good stand and we'll
fruited. Many correspondents re-
port condition of 100, and say 1t
could not be better.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
FIRES $4,000 a Minute.

Remarkable Noiseless, Pawderless
Machine Gun.
New York.-William Patten Is de-
monstrating his model of a quick
firing gun which can shoot $4,000
half inch steel bullets minute. and
kill at 1000 feet. This marvellous
machine is noiseless, powderless and
as simple as child's toy. The little
10-inch model in a test hit target
forty feet away, every ball striking
within a radius of five-eighths of an
inch. The four hundred buckshot
looked like a white bread as they
passed through the air.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
-----O---
THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.

Washington.-The trustees OF
the will of the late Cecil Rhodes an
nounce for the information Of col
lege authorities and intending can
didates for scholarships in the United
staes that the next qualifying exam
ination for scolars in this country,
under the Rhodes bequest, will be-
held for October 1909, and the
elected scholars viii begin residence
in Oxford in October. 1atQ.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT.
Shippers Make Move Against Two
Railroads.

Cincinnati, o Brushing aside
all intermediate processes and modes
of action, the Receivers and Ship
pers' Association of Cincinnati has
carried its war against general in
crease in railway freight rates di-
rectly to the President of the United
States. In general effect. commu-
nication forwarded to President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, and made
public here. asks the chief executive
whether he intends 60 enforce a de-
cree issued some years ago against
certain railroads. If so, he is asked
at once to cause the Attorney Gener-
al to bring proceedings for contempt
against the Missouri Pacific Rail-
way and the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
BUSINESS CONDITIONS.

Baton Rouge Merchants Claim to be
OptOmistic.
Business conditions for Baton
Rouge, in spite OF the recent hard
times, were never as bright, is the
general opinion among the business
men of the city. While Baton Rouge
has felt the recent financial strin-
gency, and as consequence there
were few failures, all agree that
for the past six months business has
been better tnan at the correspond
Ing period last year, when prosperity
was general. All further agree that
the crop conditions made the outlook
very bright.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
U
FROM AN IDOL OF CLAY.

squabble Over Origin of "Paid in
Full.'
New York.-A suit to recover prof.
its from paid in Full" now play
ing at the Aslor tneater, has been
filed in the United States circuit
court by Florence Gerald Clark, the
dramatist and writer. Miss Clark,
who is better known as Florence
Gerald, alleges in her complaint that
Paid in Full is an adaptation
made without her consent from IAN
Idol of Clay" written by her in
1903 and copyrighted in 1907.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
FULL VERMILION RETURNS.

Parish Goes Prohibition by Majori-
ty of 240 Votes.
The Abbeville final returns of the
prohibition election were tabulated
and show a majority of 246 in its
favor, 969 voting for and 1913
against, a total vote of 1862. The
prohibitionists resent the statement
that the vote was light, claiming
that ou of a total registration of g.
1872, $50 more votes we're polled
than at the general election, and fell
but $50 behind the first primary, in
which a heated contest for parochial
officers brought out the full strngth.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
JUDGE GROSSCUP

Declares He Will Not Enter Into q
Controversy With Roosevelt.
New York.-Asked If he cared to
amplify the statement he made re-
garding President Roosevelt's order
ing new trial of the Standard Oil
Company case, Judge Grosscup, who
was one of the justices rendering the
decision, said: "The executive can
ask for reconsideration Of the case
which has just been decided ad-
versely to the Government by the
Court of Appeal which rendered the
decision. But no demand can be
made as matter of right under
such circumstances"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
----C--
NEW AEROPLANE MODEL.

Rare Bird of Philippines to Be
Copied.
Springfield, Mass.-A rare Philip
pine bird will be he model for an
aeroplane which Sergeant Edward T.
Price, U. s. A., confidently maintains
will entirely eclipse the Performance
es of the Wright Brothers and 9th
ers in the way of aerial navigation.
While in the northern part of the
Island of Luzon. Sergeant Price
came across the dead body of bird,
the tanta aurelius. 1t is compare
lively rare, and is knokn chiefly I've
cause it sleeps In the air.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
GOAT BUTTS IN.

No Longer Without Country, Land
ing in Cuba.
Billy, the goat which recently be-
came famous by reason of certain
frequent trips which he made be-
tween New Orleans and Havana, be-
cause the United States customs au-
thorities would not permit him or
any other Illuminating animal to en-
ter port, has been landed In Havana.
News of his being put ashore there
at the expense of IS paid into the
Golfers of the Republic of Cuba, was
brought by he disconsolate crew of
the Excelsior, on which the goat
made his home for several months.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
EFFECT O FNEW Law.

Use of Soupon books or Checks Of
Money Value Discontinued.
Act No. 228, enacted by the late
Legislature, is now in effect. This
law prohibits the use of coupon
books or checks Of money value,
which have been in general eircula-
tion generally. ALI the firms which
have been using same have no doubt
discontinued their issue.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01

PEOPLE ARE STARVING.
Conditions In flooded Red Ri,N
District Pitiable.

CO0UtlOnS N EA0OQeO Ke0 RNM
District Pitiable.
Alderman John Shattuck has re-.
turned to Lake Charles from a tou,
Of the flooded district aiong the Red
river and declares the conditions
there. are pitiabie. Practically every
vestige of anything with which to
sustain life has been swept away
and in numerous instances the peo-
pie are facing starvation. Some of
them he declares, abe forced to eat
fodder, ears Of raw corn or anything
they can pick up that will furnish
the least particle OF nourishment. To
add to the distress the sanitary
conditions. owing to rotting yegeta-
tion, is serious. Mr.. shattuck says
there is no apparent prospect of
that has III ee g troyad and it il.
fNrf l&tn -1eff es 80
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
RaTTLE WITH REI,sKINs.

Nineteen Redskins and Two MeA!-
can Soldiers Killed.
Tucson, Ariz.-In desperate bat
tie between Mexican troops and Pa
pago Indians at Timaculada Ranch,
a mining camp in Sonora, nineeen
Indians and two soldiers were killed
and five soldiers were wounded.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
TO PROSECUTE sTANDAasD.
President Announces Determination
For A.etrial.

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-President
Roosevelt announced In uhhiistaka-
BILE terms the determination Of tho
administration to Proceed with the
prosecution OF the Standard Oil Co.,
case, despite the decision adverse to
the government handed down by tho
United States Circuit Court of Ap-
peais. This decision the President
thinks in no way affects the merits
Of the case, and he makes known his
decision to cause the action to be
brought again before the courts in
such shape, If possible, as to prevent
technicallties interfering with de-
cision based upon the actual issues
involved. -"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
Ill Health Causes Suicide.

Mrs. E. NJ. Anthony, wife of a
young farmer living near Grand
Cane committed suicide by shooting
herself through the heart with a pis-
tol. Mrs. Anthony was alone in her
room at the time. Ill-health is sup
posed to have caused the act.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
Boil Weeytl Rayages.

Reports from various parts about
Lafayette indicate that the ravages
of the boil weevil are assuming se-
rious aspect. The pest has invaded
the fields on Cote Gelee and some
farmers fear the loss of the entire
crop. There is no Disgusting the
fact that the pest is here in numbrs
and is making is prsence known to
the cotton planters In, no uncertain
way.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
THE TROUBLE At HATALDANY
Sheriff Had to Secure Mill
tary Aid
ITALIAN Store Was DYNAMITED
Both Sides Ready to Resent Inju-
rfes, but Americans Got Best of
Situation. Officers Will En-
force the Law.

New Orleans.-With reference K
the situation at Natalbany, the Pic
| ayune has the following to say:
The trouble whic has attracted
some attention In the last few day.
at tyasalbany, ii T'angTparUa sFisii
Is the result or ufsagreements thal
have grown up between the native
population and the numerous Ital.
ians who have settled in that saw
mill numbering settlement.
Logging and the saving of pine
timber into lumber is the principal
business of that locality, and has at
tracted some scores of Italians, some
of whom labor in the mills, but not a
few are engaged in peddling and
trade of some sort, for they are not
fond of laboriOus employment. These
people live with extremee economy
unknown to the wasteful Americans,
and they find opportunities to gather
up money which our people seldom
see. They are able to make money
out of the negroes, and the result is
a sort of traffic that causes serious
dfsagreements with the balance of
the population.
Both sides are ready to resent in
juries, and there is generally some
circumstance, often trivial, which
brings on conflicts. In the present
case, the Americans being in a ma
jority, got the best of the disagree
ment. There will be no difficulty with
the prompt measures adopted to re-
store order. AS to finding all the
wrong ON one side and all the right
on the other, it is an impossibility.
Let the guilty be punished wherever
and whoever they may be-"
The town went under military
guard Saturday as a result of the
blowing up of Charles Parino's store.
Sheriff Saal turned the town over
to Colonel Kantz and his detail of
sixty men. Every road leading In
and out of the place was watched by
pfckets with orders to shoot any man
who attempts to repeat the dynamite
Ing act.
The dynamiting of Parino's store,
Sheriff Saal says, is the work of the
American population and he does
Rntn 3 ne has brought the 'plerpetra- +
tors to justice. The building, which
is located in the hollow just east Of
The Illinois Central station, Is to-
tai wreck, the entire north side hav-
Ing been blown out, while the win
dows of all the houses In the Vi
cinity were shattered.
Charles Lambiasi, father of the
boy who shot and killed Walter
Simmons, which act led up to all the
has not been seen since. 1t
is supposed he is in hiding in some
Of the houses around this section.
there being many Italian families IN
the immediate vicinity.
There is only one italian left in
town, and he is N. Campangnia, a
labor agent. He is assisting the Con-
sui in Strengthening out matters.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
THOUSANDS AGAIN EMPLOYED

st. Louis Luborers Idle in October
Are Back.
st. Louis. to the state
ment of Il. G.. Simmons, chairman OF
the National Prosperity Association,
between 1900 and 10000 men,
made idle last October, have been
put back to work in various manu-
featuring plants in and around st.
Louis, since July /. Heads OF In
dustrial institutions in the vicinity
of st. Louis say that not less 10000
or $4,000 additional men will be
working full time by August l.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
MAY DEPORT A PRIEST

Held on Serious Char0S VI DeAns oA
Anar~nfst.
New York~-Accused of being an
anarchis., a priest of the servian Or
thoaox church is a prisoner at the
immigration Bureau on Ellis Island
and may be deported. The clergy
mare is Rev. Stefen Bozichkowich,
tle.ty-eight years old. The priest
came as a second cabin passenger,
and his detention was on affidivits
from Chicago that he was an an
archist and a believer in the over
throw of all courts, judges and OIL
cials in government life.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
----O.-,
SUES FOR DAMAGES.

Lodge Goat Bucks and Now Canoh'
date Demands $4,000.
Noblesville, Ind.-A lodge goat
which bucked has left Charles =.
Kassabaum. % years old. physi-
cal wreck for life. according to a
suit for $4,000 damages filed here
by Kassabaum against sheridan
Lodge, l. o. F., and several mem
bers of 1t who participated in the IN
itiation of Kassabaum. Kassabaum
rode the goat March II.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
CONVICT LEASE SYSTEM.

Witnesses Claim Convicts Are Mis-
treated.
Atlanta, Ga.-Sensational develop
ments are expected at the hearings
before the state legislative commit
tee which is investigating the con-
yict system in Georgia. A number
of witnesses who alleged convicts
have been brutally flogged at the
that human treatment in number
convict camp aid Others who clain
of other ways has been practiced
have been summoned before the com
mittee
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
THAW LOSES IN STOCKS.

Cant Use Telephone In Jail lne
Cause.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-Because he
was net permitted TO answer tele-
phone call from his brokers Harry
Thaw is $1,000 loser in a stock
transaction. This statement was
made by Thaw's attorney.
Sheriff Chanler has deprived
Thaw of all his former privileges.
He can not even see visitors, with
the exception of his attorney, his
wife and his mother.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
HANDLE TO NEGROES NAMES.
Decision Against mr. IN Coura

Decision Against ..Mr. !" In Court
sss Overruled. 's
Wilmington, Del.--In habeas cor
pus proceedings Judge spruance Of
the Superior Court orerruled the de-
cision made by Judge Edwin r.
Cochran in the Municipal Cour few
days ago, that negroes should not be
alluded to In his court with the pre-
fixes of "Mr." Mrs" or Miss" to
their names. For persistence in do
ing this after being warned Judge
Cochran imposed fine of IS on
Christopher Brooks, witness in the
court.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
WASHINGTON INTERESTED.

Watching New Aork Cotton Ex-
change Probe.
New York-Federal authorities
are greatly interested in the propos-
ed plan for the Investigation of the
New York Cotton Exchange contract
which is to be worked out this sum-
mer. The Bureau of Corporations
expects to publish very shortly the
effect produced by cotton specula-
tion upon the farmer and consum-
er and will not go particularly into
details regarding the exchange.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-08-01
LIVE sTOC Az FAIR.

Department of Agriculture Assists
In Freight.
The Department of Agriculture
has announced that it will allow the
same privileges to shipments Of live
stock sent to the State Fair in
Shreveport, as announced in the case
OF exhibits of agricultural products,
namely. to paY-n-rhalf of the cost
-ot@t rahspo1ta taosan from any parish
fair to Shreveporr.-ritfs - trip
by agreement with the railroads be-
Ing made at no cost to the shipper.