The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-09-18

g IN Wllen s2@XMtk k6eKeaS the bulge
s now haf foT4 sl3tiish Parliament..
Another ,isea great ioss D
!, he boarded the steamer Oscar II fcl
New York. A large crowd bade hin
farewell. The Oscar II is due II
New York Sept. 20 or 81.
DR.. Cook, the arctic explorer
said that he is perfectly willing te
place his records before the Ameri-
can Coast and Geodetic Survey, pro-
vided Commander Peary will do the
same.
The death of e. H. Hartman will
have. no effect, on the Hartman
railroad merger suits. The Federal
Government will continue to press
them to trial.
Secretary Ballinger has scored a
point in his controversy with Fores-
ter Pinchot The attorney general
has decided the Western scrip case
in favor of Ballinger.
Total excavations on the Isthmian
Canal for August show reduction
from the previous month, the Aug
ust figures being 2,755,17S yards.
Lord Northcliffe, owner of the
London Times, predicts war between
Great Britain and Germany.
q. Lefebvre, French aviator, was
killed by fall from his aeroplane.
| The opinion prevails in Washing
ton that President Taft will stand
by Secretary Ballinger in his con-
troversy with Pinchot.
The pr. sidential boom of Senator
Culberson, of Texas, has failed to
stir up any enthusiasm.
w. j. Bryan, will, it is said, favor
Judson Harmon, of Ohio, for the
Democratic presidential nomination.
Justice Moody and Harlan, Of the
United States Supreme Court, are
on the sick list.
Rat clubs and other societies for
systematic warfare ON destructive ro-
dents may lead into popular favor
among honsekeepers, now that the
government has officially sanctioned
this method for determination of the
worst mammal pest In the United
States.
Great crowds attend the interna-
tional airship races at Brescia It
ally.
Destitution prevails in the flood re-
gion in Mexico
Miss Marie F. Montgomery, of
Corpus Christi, Tex. died in Berlin
of heart and lung trouble.
The Cayman Islands have ;. been
swept by another severe storm and
much damage has been done to pro-
perty.
The degree of doctor honoris
causa was conferred upon DR.. Fred
erick A.. Cook by the University of
The British Government has ag-
reed to continuance of the New
modus vivendi until the
conclusion of the arbitration pro-
ceedings at, The Hague.
The Union Vteran Legion adopt
ed resolutions demanding that the
United States raise the wreck of the
oattleship Maine, which was sunk in
Havana hanbor
The Coast and Geodetic Survey {
nas Offered to arbitrate the claims |
If Cook and Peary as to which dis j
covered the North n sPole first.
The Civil Service Commission will
conduct examinations for Census
Bureau employees. ]
Robert =. Peary, the American
Arctic explorer, caBfed from La !.
,rador that DR.. Frederick A. Cook {
lid not. reach the North Pole and tis
hat Cook did not go out Of sight Of
and #
DR. Frederick A. Cook, the ex-
'lorer, gave out statement in Cop {
nhagen, in which he stated that he {
would prove that he discovered the c
forth Pole. Cook also stated that
e would send a ship to Greenland
0 bring his Eskimo companions to
he United States, so that they can be :
uestioned by Peary or any one else.
Explorer Robert E. Peary's home
vard voyage was delayed by a gale G
nd his ship was short of fuel. h
Signor Posi-. an Italian aviator, a
as killed while testing a flying ma g
hine at Milan. Italy. f
Reports show that the damage t
one by floods in Mexico was more b
isastrous than first reports ,indicat- t
The indications are that Congress
ill not make any radical change In :
lie interstate commerce law at the y
ext session.
The relation between the United
tates and Columbia are strained E
nd the Colombian Legation at tt
has been closed. b
The Postoffice Department is con- S
dering the advisability of reducing il
lilroad mail pay. IS
The resignation of Governor Post, n
Porto Rico, reached the Bureau W
Insular Affairs a