The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-09
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes Of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Big Parade Of Catholic Laymen In New
Eork-Assassinso of Portugese King
aud Crown Prince to Escape
Prosecution Snow In
New York.

A serious uprising is threatened in
Afghanistan.
Loekouts occurred in the large ship.
yards in England and Scotland.
-Four Italian laborers we're killed
and three injured when a sewer cayed
in at Altoona, Pa.
The famous revolutionary general,
Stephen Turr, adviser of Louis Kos.
suth, died in Budapest.
Cold weather throughout the fruit
belt of Missouri resulted in great
damage to orchards.
The excess Of government expendi-
lures over receipts for the month OF
April was SIS, $40, 678. 50.
Honduras is massing troops on the
Guatemalan frontier and war between
The two countries is threatened.
The twenty ninth annual session OF
the Mississippi Sunday School Asso-
citation was held at Greenwood.
Six persons lost their lives and four
were injured in a fire that destroyed q
tenement house in Brooklyn, N. Y.
A foot OF snow fell at Herkimer, N.
Y. followed by zero temperature.
Snow was reported also in Indiana.
It was stated that the German gov
ernment would be forced to borrow
$3.50, ,000, 900 within the next Eve years.
Ia an armed political conflict at
Fort de France, Martinique, the
mayor and several other men were
killed.
Z. ?. Farmer, chairman OF the Trunk
Line Association, and q prominent
railroad man, died suddenly in New
York city.
The explosion aboard the Japanese
training ship Matsushima resulted in
the loss OF % officers, 30 midshipmen
and 151 men.
4 detachment of native infantry
and three European officers were mas
sacred by natives at a French post in
West Africa.
A Catholic priest at Cumberland,
Md, pursued and thrashed man who
bad attempted to assault an unac-
companied woman.
Julien Bakk, millionaire publisher
of ST. Petersburg, Russia, hanged
himself because of financial losses
amounting to 81, 000, 900.
Henry Hopkins, baseball magnate,
shot and killed ]. D. Waiker, a
saloon.keeper, and Ernest Stafford, a
barkeeper, at Miami, Fla.
A physician at Chicago. Ill, stated
that on two occasions in his practice
he saw the souls of two of his patients
arise from their dead bodies.
A parade OF 10000 Catholic laymen
in New York city brought to an end
the celebration OF the centennial of the
founding of The archdiocese.
Ambassador and Mrs. Reid have
announced the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Jean Reid, to Hon.
John Humble Ward of England.
Employees of the Wells Fargo Ex-
press Company in Mexico City who
got away with s63, 900 were captured
and the money recovered by the police.
Thomas McCreary, the turfman who
was accidentally shot in a street car
in Washington, D. G., by Congress
man Heiin OF Alabama, is recover
ing.
Two seamen Of the German battle-
ship Eisass were killed and six others
wounded at Kiel, Germany. as the re.
suit Of a premature explosion of
mine.
The dynamiting by unknown parties
of Burlington passenger train near
Butte, Mont, resulted IN the death of
one person and the serious injury of
three.
Angered By an action for divorce
started by his wife, Joseph B. Blunt.
at B Battle Creek, Mich, shot and killed
his parents-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Ho.
mer s. Jones.
Ten persons were killed and a
large number seriously injured as
the result of a IRE that completely de.
stroyed the New AveIne Hotel at Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Persons at Pensacola, Fla, sup-
posed to be strike sympathizers. fired
q trestle of the Pensacola Electric
Company, but the blaze was discovered
before great damage was done.
The Portuguese government has de-
termined not to prosecute the parties
who were implicated IN the revolutions
ary plot that led to the assassination
of the late king and crown prince.
A tornado swept through Oklahoma,
Texas and Arkansas, and much seri-
Gus damage was done to property,
while 8 number OF persons were killed
and . great many seriously Injured.
Harry &. Thaw. slayer of Stanford
White, appeared in court at POUCH.
keepsie, y. T. and asked for 1 writ
OF habeas corpus TO secure his release
from the Matteawan Insane Asylum.
4 brilliant court ceremony marked
the marriage at Tsarskoe. .selo Of the
Grand Duchess Marie Payloyna.
cousin Of Emperor Nicholas OF Russia,
] to Prince ~ Wilhelm, second son Of the