The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-09-12
Late News

/ Cotton business in Augusta, was
said to have been almost ruined.
1t was stated that Adb-el-Aziz
would relinquish the throne of Nor
occo.
/ Red ants were reported to be des-
troying orange groves on the lower
4 coast
The Ie1aoe.at:c National Commit
]. tae decided 's establish an anti-trusr
Lureat..
! Mrs. JAMES VI colfelt. an Ameri-
/ can woman. attempted suicide dn I
fsf'aris Tzotel
Judge w. H. Taft will make q
campaign tour through Ohio next
week.
H. N. Nevius, of New Jersey, was
elected Commonder-in Chief of the
G. A. R.
Seven summar visitors at Deer Is
land, Me-, were drowned while out
Tor a sail. ~.
General Alexander p. Stewart, who
died at Biloxi, Miss, was buried at
St. Louis Mo.
It was stated at Washington that
Minister WI Ting Fang would not
be recalled.
w. H. Taft declined TO discuss diff
ferences of party leaders with Sen
ator Foraker.
w. ]. Bryan delivered speech on
the issues cf the campaign at Grand
Forks. n. L.
john Hays Han fnond was elected
pra,;i,l. ut Of t:c National League OF
Republican C.ucs.
Lord Sackville-W formerly the
British Minister to the United States;
died in England.
The governments report on the
cotton crop showed condition on
Aug. 25 of .76.1.
Forest fires in Otsego county, Mich
are reported to have done vast am
cunt of damage.
Great Britain and Spain have ta-
Len the side of France in the Nor
c:ca;. controversy.
Orville Wright. tLe earonaut, made
a successful test e:f his new aero
plane near W:tsl;ng.on.
The Puritan, once defender Of the
Americas cop, has been put in the
New York Cape Verde trade.
|
Four seamen cs tho British bark
| Puritan we're su5focated by the
fu.hcs OF h:.rr,ing pitch at Boston.
"A combination of vaudeville inter-
ests was effected in opposition to the
Klaw and Erlanger combination.
Canning factories of st. Bernard
intimater that the oyster handling
record would be broken this season.
China expressed apprehension at
the encroachEent of Japan on dis
putes territory and her militant atti-
tude
Col. Henry NJ. NevlIs of Red Bank
N. j., was elected Commander in
Chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public.
The German Go. eminent charges
the French Go. erEment with utter
ior motives in dealing with Mcroc-
co.
The late Tony Pastor left $4,000
to the actors, fund of America, nam
ing Abe Hummel and his sister as
executors.
Lieut.. Gov. G. H. Prouty Of New
Port was elected Governor of Yer
mont by the Republicans by $4,000
votes.
Capt. G.. A. Merriam, u. S. NJ, COM
mandant of the Portsmouth IN. H.)
Navy Yard, died following an opera
ton for appendicitis.
Chester Jordan of Somerville,
Mass, confessed to killing his wife
and then concealing the horribly
mutilated body in trunk.
1t was announced that Armour
and Co. of Chicago would erect the
largest packing plant in the world
at Minneapolis, Mimi.
Judge Alton B. Parker, on his re-
turn from the Far West, stated that
Mr.. Bryan was developing remark
able strength in that section.
j. O.. Dawson, Republican and j..
L. Aylward, Democrat were nom.
mated for Governor in the Wiscon>
sin primary
P.asilent Racseyel. told visitors TO
Sycamore Hill tTat it was necess-
ary that -llc New York Republicans
rs;:e.ninate Gov. Hughes.
Retail meat dealers of New Or
leans were said to expect reduc-
tion in the price of meats on account
of the stock yards war. in Chicago.
The special grand jury at Spring:
field, ILL.,, charged with probing the
Springfield riots, found twenty ad-
ditional indictments and adjourned.
Women's day at the Home Man
facturers' Exhibition brought out
one of the largest crowds that has so
far attended the fair at New Orleans.
The coroner of New York declared
he was on the trail of gang OF poi
soners who had murdered a number
of persons and rugged and robbed
many more.
A tremendous sensation was elus-
ed by Germanys notification to the
powers that Mai Hand should be re-
cognized as Sultan of Morocco. The
German consul at Tangier went to
Fee to see the usurping Sultan
Special immigration Agent Estop
inal wrote that he had secured a
number of aliens for Louisiana, but
was meeting with difficulty because
of the stories scattered through Eur
ope by those returning from New