The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-04-24
WORLDS NEWS.
Flashes Of the Telegraph Wires From
Near and Far.
Committee OF congressman to visit 18th
mus of Panama Roosevelt Arrives
at British south Africa-voIcano
In Mexico in Eruption.

in Mexico in Eruption.
Forest fires caused great damage in
Mexico.
Turkey is on the verge Of bloody
civil war.
A revolutionary plot was discovered
in Ecuador.
The Colima volcano in Mexico IS IN
violent eruption.
George L. Lilley, governor of Con-
necticnt, died at Hartford.
An oil gusher was struck on the
coast of the Red Sea in africa.
A plot to dynamite the palace at
Peklng, China, was discovered.
H. G. Baskerville. an American
missionary, was killed at Tabriz,
Persia.
Five thousand persons we're killed
during massacre in the vilayet Of
Adana, Turkey.
The annual meeting of the Newspaper
Publishers Association was held IN
New York this week
Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt
and his hunting party have arrived at
British South Africa.
The Mississippi Federation Of
Women's Clubs held its annual meet.
ing at Brookhayen.
The eighty second annual council OF
the Episcopal diocese of Mississippi
was held at Vicksburg.
Captain Peter G. Hams, Jr., is be-
ing tried at Flushing 9. &, for the
murder of w. 3. Annis.
Fire destroyed Kenilworth Inn, a
famous resort near Asheville, n. c.,
causing loss Of $500. 900.
A maniac who invaded the home of
a couple at Mount Carmel, ILL.,, was
beaten to death By the woman.
Two Thousand men, women and
children were massaered BY Turcoman
stribesmen at Astrabad, Persia.
committee of congressman will
visit the Isthmus Of Panama for the
purpose of inspecting the work on the
canal.
Five men were drowned when the
steamer Eber Ward collided with an
ice aoeana sank near Maekinaw City,
Mich.
Jasper Huckabana. aged fifteen, and
Myrtle Crawford, aged fourteen,
eloped from school at Florala, Fla,
and were married.
The United States government has
sent two cruisers TO Alex andretta, Tur-
key.to protect the American people
in that country.
Earl P. Adams, an actor, was shot
and killed at Jacksonville, Fla, by
Miss Jessie Brown, whom he Tilted
marry another girl.
Two women occupying the
cabin on the steamship Lucani
route from New York to Liyerp
committed suicide by shooting.
The corner stone for the new sd
ministration building and chapel OF
the Mississip gricultural and Me-
College Was laid at Starkville.
Three persons were killed, scores
injured aud more than 81, ,000, 900
worth OF property damaged or de-
stroyed by tornado at Cleveland,
Ohio.
Four wealthy eattIemen, charged
with completely in the murder OF
United States Marshal Bobbitt, were
taken from jail at Ada, Okla, and
lynched.
Patrick and Arthur Craig, aged
nine and twelve years, respectively,
were arrested at Roaring Fork, Va,
charged with the murder of their
father.
A movement Is on foot In Russia
and Austrian Poland to honor the
memory Of Helena Modieska, the Ia
nous Polish actress, who died re-
Gently IN California.
A motion for new trial for Will
A. Sorsby, convicted of the murder of
Postofiee Inspector Charles Fits-
gerald, was overruled By Judge Pot
ter at Jackson, Miss.
The American fshing schooner
Charles Woodbury. was seized By
Canadian cruiser on the coast of
British Columbia for violating the
Canadian fishing laws.
Five persons were killed and nun.
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