The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-12-05
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes Of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Buried Treasure Found by AIississippian
While Digging in orchard-American
Rattleship FIeet Homeward Bound.
Noted French Scientist Dead,

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John g. Coolidge, United States
minister to Nicaragua, has resigned.
Several moonshiners were captured
by federal officers near Admission, Ala.
The mutiny of Chinese troops at
Marking, China, has been suppressed.
Floods In Costa Rica caused much
loss OF life and great damage to prop
erty.
F. Miller, a German farmer, was
mysteriously murdered near West
Point, Miss.
The epidemic OF Asiatic cholera in
St. Petersburg, Russia. shows no
signs Of absting.
The American battleship fleet sailed
from Manila on its return voyage to
the United States.
A Russian mail train was held up
and robbed OF sl25. 900, three of the
guards being killed.
The Haytien government troops
were defeated by insurgents in terri
bic battle in Hayti.
Two American warships of the Paci-
fic feet have been ordered to the
Yangtse river, China.
One passenger was killed and fvc
others fatally injured In railroad
wreck at Boston. Mass.
A two-day rain caused severe foods
IN Oklahoma, damaging property and
crops TO great extent.
One man was killed and six others
seriously injured in an automobile ac-
cident in New York city.
Harry Barnato, who started life as
9 iuggler. died in London, leaving an
estate valued at s75, ,o00, 900.
The DeSoto naval stores plant az
Kingston, Miss, was destroyed by
FIRE, entailing loss OF 825, 600.
The steamship Sardinia was de.
stroyed By fire at VaIetta, Island OF
Malta, and many lives were lost
The coasting steamer Pointing was
wrecked of the coast OF San Fern ando,
p. +, and one hundred lives we're lost.
Two japanese steamships cellided
of the coast of Chefoo. China, and
seven hundred persons were drowaeds
James M. Touchstone, a veteran
railroad employee, was struck and
killed by a locomotive at Mobile, Ala.
Five trainmen were killed in a
freight wreck on the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad near Silver Springs,
Fla.
While lighting forest fires near Bay
springs, Miss, Alcee Crosby was
caught in the flames and burned to
death.
The plant Of the Brewton tAla,
Oil and Manufacturing Company was
destroyed By fire, causing loss of
800, 900.
While feeding his cattle. G. Z. Hale,
a prominent farmer Of Leesburg, Ala,
was attacked By an angry bull and
gored TO death.
-Four boys implicated in store
burglaries near Hattiesburg, Miss,
were each sentenced to serve year In
the penitentiary.
HerDecb Il, Satter lee, son In. law of
!. Pierpont Morgan, has been ap-
pointed assistant secretary OF Ehe
United States navy.
Milford Parker, q lumber magnate,
will build q new railroad in south
Mississippi, touching Ellisville,
Seminary and shubuta.
J. n. CASTOR, Of Columbus, Miss,
was killed and three other persons
injured In Southern Railway wreck
near Birmingham, Ala.
One hundred and ten bodies have
been recovered from the mine at Ma
rianna, Pa, where an explosion killed
more than one hundred and thirty
men.
Heavy losses TO property at Guthrie,
Tulsa, Muskogea and other towns in
Oklahoma, were experienced as a re.
suit of the food In the Arkansas
river.
Six men sinking q shaft for salt
mine at Detroit, Mich, met death $50
feet below the surface when the tube
supplying them with air became
choked.
A 15-year-old boy confessed 10
starting number of fires at Baker
City, Oregon, his reason being TO get
sVen" with teacher who had REP.
rimanded him.
Mayor Malone ri Memphis, Tenn.
has put stop to Sunday theatres and
moving picture shows by threatening
20 arrest the managers and all EN-.
ployees and performers.
Becoming insane on a Southern
Railway passenger train, Jno. Parker,
, Tennesseean. beg an shooting
promiscuously and wounded one man
before he could be calmed.
The schooner Freddie w. Alton.
i5eled at Pensacola, Fla, after its
master had been arrested on a charge
d smuggling Chinese, was sold by or
Ter of the United States court for 500.
While digging in his orchard, Jos.
Rietta, storekeeper al Jackson.
Miss, unearthed box containing
Bl4, 700 IN gold coins. believed to have
been buried by federal troops during
he civil war.