The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-21
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Happenings of the Week Briefly
Told--The Latest News
From the Capital

al a Ministerial crisis Is threatene
/ in Spain.
d 3. H. Hartman has arrived
j Munich.
The young shah of Persia attemp
!. ed to commit suicide.
e King Edward, Of Great Britain
arrived at Marienbad, Austria.
: The Moors made a fierce attack o
the Spanish forces in Morocco.
The bonding companies of tn
country are alleged to be in trus,
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II Ex-President Castro has been de
prived of his property in Venezuela
The Navy Department will asl
Congress to furnish funds for a fee
of aeroplanes.
The backbone Of the strike il
Sweden appears to have beel
broken.
S. E.. Redfern was appointed com
missioner of immigration at New
Orleans.
| Indications point to satisfactor,
adjustment of the Boliv;a-Argentine
dispute.
Turkey will send more ener.
getic note to Greece in regard te
Crete.
Serious trouble is threatened in
| Mexico as a result of the presidential
campaign.
Statutes of Washington and Lee.
representing Virginia, were placed
in the National Capitol.
The Federal Internal Revenue
Bureau is making preparations to
collect the corporation tax.
| Turkey is dissatisfied with the re-
| ply of Greece In regard to Crete, and
| may recall her minister.
Senator Foster. of Louisiana, has
been appointed member of the
! Senate committee to Investigate
bonding companies.
President Taft Will probably be
forced to take q hand in the row
between Secretarz Rellinger and,
the list of census Supervisors will
be announced after conference
with President Taft at Beverly,
Mass.
The Chinese Government issued
note to the powers in regard to Japa-#
nese reconstruction of the Antung-
Mukden Railroad.
Fourteen lives are known to be
lost and heavy property loss in Mon
teray, Mexico, as the result of the
overflow of the Santa Carina River.
Secretary of the Interior Ballin-
ger and Government Forester Pin
chot had a serious disagreement,
and Pinchot may be forced to resign.
General Won Heringen, commander
Of the Second Army Corps, was ap-
pointed by Emperor William to the
position of Prussian minister OF war.
No important developments oc-
CURED in the strike situation in
Sweden. Perfect order is being
maintained In Stockholm.
Governor Haskell has exhausted
all of his technical pleas, and this
fall he will be brought to trial on the
several indictments charging fraudu-
lent dealings in Indian lands In Ok
lahoma.
Dock strikers broke loose at Fort
strike-breakers and shot several po-
lice, including the chief, perhaps IA
tally. All of the strikers are heavily
armed. The riot act was read and
the militia called out,
The navy will be augmented by
feet of aeroplanes. il Secretary Mey-
er and Congress can be convinced
by enthusiastic bureau oficials, who
look with envy upon the Signal
Corps Of the army since the acquisi-
ton of the Wright machine.
The strikers in Sweden are at
tempting to use dynamite.
All the vessels OF the Spanish Ma
w have received orders to concen-
trate at Melll1a, where a Spanish
force of some $4,000. under General
Marina, Is threatened by q strong
gathering OF Moors.
Chinese Minister Wa Ting Fang
has been recalled from Washington
and ordered to Pekin for further
assignment. His successor will be
Chang Ying Tang, formerly charge
daffaires at Madrid, and now deputy
vice president of foreign affairs.
Mr.. Wu is now in Peru, to which
country he has been credited along
with the United States.
The Cascade Distilling Company.
Of Nashville, Tenn, will be allowed
to settle the case against it and Its
officers, on account of whisky seiz-
ures in April last, for $4,000 and
costs. The Department of Justice
the acceptance of this
and the Treasury De-
partment has approved it.
The general credit bank Of Flume,
Hungary, was raided by three Rus
SLAMS who shot down the cashier and
ri1ed the safe of $1,000.
The Duke of Abruzza has estab-
lished another record in mountain
climbing. He ascended Mount God
win Austria to q height OF 24,6O0
ceet.
Secretary Nagel will visit several
Of the large immigration stations,
with the view Of making obserya-
tfons for the purpose OF recommend
ing legislation to Congress. :