The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-11-06
Two members Of tbs Guha1 Gabi-
net fought duel at Havana
Heavy property loss was caused,
by a prairie fire n Tripp offnty. S.

net 1ougnt dueI " f1Hyail 49,. 4 Il
Heavy property loss was caused
; by prairie fire ~ Tripp county, S
The National Monserey commis
sion will meet az washington Nov
] 10th. ss;s. S. 81, +,
Prince Ito's assassin was identi
i. fed as . former news esDer 9ditpr al
Seoul. 3
Eugene ]. Marsh Es kills 81
Ea:ssas i:s;'as.l rom ss,sse ss Pal
iss ~ ,s.sr,ttiygS rcsss 4
. by-eaectidnklh one Of the suburbs
OF London. .
i The drawings of the British bat:
tleshin- Dreadnought have .mystsa:
ously disappeared.
A: 6. Erwin was acquitted at
Leesyille, La. of the murder of Mar
shal MCGEE at Hornbeck.
John b. Rockefeller, has given
$1s000;00o to.~eradicate the hook
worm disease III the south.
Tobacco growers Of Mason Coun-
ty, KY, will request troops for pro-
lection against night riders.
The Treasury Department is sup
porting Collector Loeb in the New
York customs fraud investigation.
The comptroller of the currency
has adopted a More rigid system for
the examination of national banks.
A. l.. Lawshe, formerly third as
sistant postmaster general, is slated
to succeed Curry as governor of New
Mexico.
Senator H. D. Money, Of Mississip-
pi, is campaigning for the Democllt-
ic ticket in Maryland. "
Charles c. Smith: was held at Da-
Wis, Okla for the murder Of his
cousin, Albert Smith, whose headless
body was found in a river.
:. Mrs. Abraham Levy, after having
her husband jailed at Chicago for
abandonment. shot. through the cell
barszaru fatally wounded the man.
Sensational charges are made
against the management of the Peo-
Pies Savings Bank at Meridian,
MISS. !. ..s-s.5ssS
A score of miners were killed by
an explosione.in the RhimneE: iron
Company's colliery in Glamorgan-
shire, Wales.
Vital statistics for the first six
months Of the present year shoN an
excess OF DEATHS S overs births in
Co1gfssSman aN1 8
of the House commit III apHr6s]
priations has begun work on the an
nual budgets.
The threats of corporations to
evade the Federal corporation tax
law by forming co-partnerships is
not taken seriously at Washington.
James Mcmahon pleaded guilty at
Kansas City, kans.; to the murder
of his two sisters and borther-in-
law, and was sentenced to life i'm
~.
Official ballots to- be used in the
election Nov. 2, In Breathitt county,
KY, were seized from a bank at
Jackson, KY, and carried to re-
mote hamlet.
The four defendants in the Jack
son Lumber Company peonage case
will surrender at Pensacola, Fla, re-
lieving their bondsmen, but will con-
tinue the fight on habeas corpus pro-
ceedings.
John Sfckles, 81 years old, was ac-
quilted at Moundsville, w. Va, of |
the charge of numbering his nephew,
Randolph Kitchen, whom he found
in his daughters room.
A new and interesting situation
has been created by the Erench epis-
copate's declaration of. war against
the public schoo}s-of france and the
open attempt initiated by Archbish-
op Germaf1n, of Toulouse to rally the
Catholic voters at the. general elec-
tfons OF 1910 IN support of candi-
dates committed to the defense of
The church interests.
THE opinion prevails at Washing
ton that4Judge H. H. Lurton, Of Ten
nessee, will be appointed to succeed
The late, Justice Peckham on the Su-
nreue Court bench.
]. Booker 4. Washington and others
ire arranging semicentennial cele-
,ratfon OF the freeing Of negro slaves.
}; According to figures Of the Census
Bureau the death rate fore190S was
he lowest yet recorded. y.
Sorrow vas, expressed all~over the
verld over the assassination of
Prince Ito at Harbin, Manchuria.
j George q. Roberts, president OF
he. Commercial National Bank of
Chicago, explained his reasons for
avoring the central bank plan.
Gen. @. o. Howard. the-l of the
federal commanders in the civil war,
lied in Vermont.
The Treasury Department made
everal concessions relative to the
/
'peration OF the new tariff law.
Speaker Cannon pledged his sup
,ort to any waterway improvement
,dvocated by Mr.. Taft.
. There swas tremendous buying of
otton III New York, despite the de-
nands of brokers for heavy mar
,ins. Prices went to new high lev
is.
More attendance records were
Ihatsered at the Mississippi State
'air at Jackson. a
A gang Of forty night riders were
ut to flight in Macon county, KY,
y girl.
Beri-beri has broken out among