Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-04-02
WIRE. FLASHES

bany. N. Y, by shooting.
A holy war is again threatened IN
Morocco.
$4,000 company was organ fzed
70 bore for oil near Port ellison.
Miss.
A contract has been let or the
erection of a gran elevator fit Alex
andria. La.
Anthracite miners will n OF strike.
Asked President Taft to lame arbi-
tration board
LIQUOR interests propose to fight
the constitute nality of laws in pro-
hibition states
Indictments against George W.
Perkins and Charles w. Fairchild
were dismissed
Arkansas House almost unani-
mously passed constitutional amend
ment for prohibition.
w. w. Russell, the American Min
lister to Venezuela, presented his cre-
dentials to President Gomez.
Miss Anna Msgano, school
teacher, was shot and killed by her
father on a street in New York.
Eleven jurors were secured at
Jackson in the case of Daniel May
bee, charged with killing Sam Re
Der.
Joseph Genaro, a cigarmaker, was
shot and killed by seven Italians at
Brooklyn, N. Y, in the presence of
his wife.
Two masked men robbed six pas
sengers and a conductor in Pull
man car at Denver of small
| amount.
New fiscal agent banks may be
selected by the Louisiana State
Board of Liqui iation when it meets
next month.
AS a result of an alteration,
Sheriff w. l.. Smart stabbed Attor-
ney w. A. Houghton three times at
Springyille, La.
R. w. Bagley. a hotel proprietor
at Alden Bridge, La, was arrested
on a charge Of embezzling postofice
funds at Pike, Iowa.
The charter for the Mississippi
Belt Line and Terminal Company, to
operate at Jackson. with s250,000
capital, was approved.
J Blizzard in Texas, Kansas and
I Colorado caused death of twelve
people and much damage was done.
Town of Sidell was wiped out.
F. H. Richardson, wanted at Ell
mira, N. Y.,s for obtaining 100000
on false pretenses, suicided at Har-
risburg. Pa, rather than submit to
arrest
An association to improve Bayou
Queue Tortue was organized at a
meeting at Gueydan, attended by
delegates from Acadia, Vermilion
and Cameron Parishes.
Judge Ellis, in the trial of Avery
Blount at Amite City, La. decided tc
admit the dying declaration of ]. o
Breland, which was to the effect thai
Breland was shot by Blount.
Ex-President Castro, of Venezue
la, sailed from France for Port Of
Spain, Trinidad. The steamship
company notified him that he would
not be allowed to land in Venezue
la.
In a letter written to a friend
Charles Pole, former Chief Of Pc
lice of Hattiesburg, Miss, who dis
appeared some days ago, signifieC
his willingness to return, under GER
tain conditions.
Llwellyn Hatchett, Jr., was sho
and seriously wounded by Mrs. c. P
Watson, at Columbus, Miss. Aftel
shooting Hatchett. Mrs. Watson
turned the weapon on herself, in
fiicting q fatal wound.
Joe Hannagin, while under the in
. fuence of liquor, and attempting Il
} collect a debt in a store near Co
lumbia, La, shot and slight.
. wounded Will Womack. Mrs. s. o
Dortch, an infant in her arms an,
two bystanders.
The grand jury at Plaquemin'
found no basis for the charges o
corruption, and exonerated the of
ficials of Iberville Parish. The jur!
was unable to reach a conclusion re
garding the matter of indicting thos,
responsible for the allegations.
AS soon as Crown Prince Georg,
informs his father, King Peter, tina
1t is his irrevocable wish to re
nounce his right of succession I,
the Servian throne, the King will
assent and will ask Parliament t,
sanction proclamation declarin,
his second son, Alexander, to be hei
to the throne.
Should the negotiations now pro
ceeding between London and Wen
ma with regard to the terms 70
Servia's remuneration of her claim
against Austria-Hungary prove sue
cessful, the necessity Of calling al
international conference to regulat,
the recent conditions In the Balkan
probably will be avoided.
Four workmen were killed by ;
! falling wall at the stockvards a