The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-12-25
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The Standard Oil Company filed
It's appeal to the dissolution decision
in st. Louis.
In New York, Miss Juliette Hero
was awarded 5000 in her breach OF
promise suit against DR.. Annibel Ze-
laya
The bodies Of five girls were found
in the ruins of a PHILADELPHIA fac
tory which burned.
In direct message to President
Taft Zelaya said he. would leave Nj
caragua. Mardriz was expected to
arrive in Managua, hut the question
OF successor. to szeIaya was left In
/ doubt.
/ col. Lansing H. Beach opposed the
improvement of Bayou Boeuf.
Important changes in the relations
between the Atlantic Coast Line and
the Louisville and Nashville railroads
were said to be imminent.
In Washington it was said Presi-
dent Taft would veto any rivers and
harbors bill that might be presented
to him.
The New York-New Orleans fast
mail train on the Southern Railway
was wrecked near Atlanta, inturing
two trainmen.
Everett Lewis, who saved the lives
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storm last July, committed suicide.
The superintendent and a guard
OF the Atlanta city prison were in
d1cted by the grand jury, which re-
ported conditions approaching the
barbarous.
Eraste Champagne was acquitted of
charge of numbering Taylor Das-
pit and Albert Daspit, son of Tay-
lor, was declared not guilty of mur-
der in killing Henry Champagne, son
| of Daspit, the juries reporting with
in ten minutes Of each other, at St.
Martinville.
j. P. Morgan and Co., acquired a
controlling interest in the six addi-
tional independent telephone COM
panies of Ohio and Indiana.
The Buffalo, now at Panama with
700 marines on board, was ordered
to proceed to Corinto, following the
receipt of a dispatch from the Uni
ted States consulate at Managua, who
reported that Zelaya's followers
were being armed with daggers and
that several applications had been
made to the consulate for protection
by American citizens.
Two persons were killed and q
number injured in collision ~be-s
tween passenger trains Of two lines
at Harris City, Ga.
Admiral Kimball issued notice to
the warning armies in Nicaragua that
no fighting would be permitted at
Bluefields.
Two unidentified bank robbers were
found dead near Tulsa, Okla, being
torn to shreds by dynamite they car
ried.
Three sisters, the mother and
aunts Ocey shead, are charged with
her murder. Notes found in the moth
er's room strengthen the case against
her.
A total of twelve lives Is the
death roll as the result of the wreck
ing of the Southern Railways Rich
mond-Atlanta local passenger train,
which was derailed and plunged
down an embankment at Reedy
Fork Creek, North Carolina.
The transport Prairie sailed from
Philadelphia, Pa, for Central Ameri-
ca with 700 marines.
Louisville and Nashville stock was
placed on per cent basis, the d.
rectors declaring a semiannual d1vi-
dend of 1-2 per cent.
B. S. Osburn, secretary Of the Arc
tic Club, announced In New York
that Captain Loose had verbally con-
fessed that he faxed the recent af1-
davit In which he said that he had
prepared data for DR.. Frederick A.
Cook.
Jose Santos Zelaya, president of
Nicaragua, has resigned.
Riotous scenes were witnessed at
political meeting in Great Britain.
Marc e. Ruchet was elected presi-
dent of Switzerland.
Grown Prince Albert will succeed
the late Leopold II as King OF the
Belgians.
Thomas Workman, at Cattlettsburg
KY, probably fatally stabbed his
wife and her father.
w. Y. Ellis, who pleaded guilty at
Little Rock, Ark, to killing N. T.
Willis, was sentenced to three years.
Special Assistant Attorney Gener-
al Stimson announced In New YORK
that there had been shortage OF
s696,573 in duty payments on su-
gar importations by Arbuckle Broth
ers and that this sum had been re-
paid in cash by the Arbuckles to the
United States Treasury.
The Irish Nationalists, at meet
ing in Dublin, pledged support to
the Liberal Party in the election IN
Great Britain.
Three State convicts were smoth-
cred to death by a cave-1n at NC
A1ster, Okla.
The Chinese Government has re-
fused TO arbitrate the Macao dispute
with Portugal.
A. G.. Greeley, American vice con-
sui at Purto Cortez, Honduras, Is
being severely criticised for his con-
duct in allowing the cargo OF the
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