Lower coast gazette., 1909-11-06

Three Southern colleges, TWO IN Gcor-
gia and one IN A!an%lna. have had t,lclr
4taAent bodies pul i. d very serious
condition from. ptom2iAe poisoning,
"ai. % hr Que 70 eating impure West
ern meat.
Forty cadets Of the Georgia Military
Academy at College PARK, near Attain
t.. are III: one hundred and forty stu
dent Of the La Grange. Ga. Female
College, and the Athens Female Co..
lege of Athens, Ala, being compelled
to close.
Sir Thomas Upton, who has tried
uNsuccesafullv three times to eccurc
the "America" cup in yacht racing. is
in America again ard it is stated will
make another atte9npt il be can per
! suade the New York Yacht CLUB to
: make more favorable terms for foreign
! competitors.
The duck hunting in Vermilion parish
is reported as excellent this season and
hundreds of ducks are being shipped to
market.
President Taft attended two foot bali
games last Saturday besides keeping
az with his Strenuous programme. III"
! Louisiana STATE University team played
the Sewanee team and were defeated
Is to G ard Tulane p.ayrd the Missls-
, sipr: A. and NJ. defeating them 2 to O..
; The Tulane game was played on the
! new field on the campus and was at
tended by a large crowd.
After leaving New Orleans President
I Taft proceeded to Jackson, Miss. where
he was given a rouslng welcome and
The committee which has been in
vestigating the personal and efficiency
of the U. S. Treasury Department has
recommended to Secretary MacNeagh
that sweeping reductions be made in
salaries and it is predicted that a gen.
eral shakeup of the department will be
the result.
The United States may take a hand
in the Central American row if the war
talk spreads to any more Of the little
republics.
The Standard Oil Co. has organized
the Oklahoma Pipe Line Go. and will
pipe oil from Oklahoma TO its new re-
fnery in Baton Rouge, the capital stock
of the company is a million and a half
and an eight inch pipe will be laid.
The body of the murdered japanese
statesman, Prince Ito, has been con-
veycd from Manchuria to Tokyo, Japan,
where it will lie in state until the
funeral.
The New Orleans Progressive Union
refuses to accept the blame for the
parade hasco last Saturday and lays It
on the presidents aid, Capt. Butt.
The crew OF the Batt!eship Missis-
sippi gave a big ball in New Orleans
at the Washing Artillery Hall, each
member of the crew putting up 81 for
the entertainment.
The big Waterways Convention, with
delegates in attendance from over forty
states in the union, opened last Satur-
day after a delay of some hours, due to
the late arrival of President Taft who
was scheduled to make the opening ed
dress, The convention had an enthusi-
astic and successful session in New Or
leans.
Speaker Cannon was one of the feat
ures of the Waterways Convention as
we'll as Of the social affairs gotten up
for the delegates entertainment
The Police Jury of the Parish of Ma
chitoches has voted to adopt Gov. San
ders' plan for building good roads aftes
having thoroughly investigated opera
ton of the samefin the parishes of De-
Soto and Ouachita.
The Nachitoches Parish Fair came tc
O close on October 80. after being open
for four days. 1t is reported as a very
successful fair and among the notable
entries were numerous exhibits of cane
syrup. The School Boys Corn Club ex.
hibit was reported as excellent and was
sent to Shreveport for exhibition at the
State Fair.
The large amount of timber blown
down in St. Tammany parish during the
September storm has decided some Of
the timber owners to erect saw mill!
and work up the failed timber. Two
will be put in operation near Covlngton
Recent reports are that King George
of Greece will be deposed, which he is
said to prefer to %abdicating, as the de
posing will probably be accompanied by
financial provision of some sort.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island ant
Virginia, elected governors and full
state tickets last Tuesday, New jersey
elected a legislature, Pennsylvania
state Treasurer, auditor general an(
judge Of the Supreme Court and Ne
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