The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-10-30

Chancellor Smith at Mobile order
ed liquors seized in raids destroyed.
President Taft visited the town of
Taft, Tex, and delivered an address.
Four Louisiana banks merged into
one, with head Offices at Lake Char
les, La.
At Vardaman, Miss, a nine-mile
canal. to reclaim $4,000 acres of
swamp land, was planned.
The German Government is prepar-
!. ing to assume control OF the potash
mines in that country. $3.50 ssassS 81
The war between Speaker Cannon
and the Republican insurgents is
growing more bitter.
The governor of the Bank of Eng
land raised the minimum rate of dis
count from 4 to per cent.
The Maura ministry resigned in
Spain and a new cabinet was formed
under the premiership of Morety
Prendergast.
Sir Charles Rivers Wilson will re-
tire from the management of the
Canadian Grand Trunk Railway.
The Nicaraguan Government again
charged that President Cabrera, of
Guatemala, is responsible for the re-
volutionary movement in Nicaragua.
Senator Aldrich will endeavor to sc
cure the passage of currency bill
at the coming session of Congress.
H. o. Hickey, superintendent of the
Postoff1ce at Spokane, Wash, has
been transferred to New Orleans.
The Washington Chamber of Com
merce will aid in the construction of
a Southern building at the national
capital.
Will Johnson, a negro trusty, is
under arrest charged with the MUIR
der of Mrs. William Cook, mother of
the head warden at the Arkansas
Convict Farm, in Lincoln County.
Customs weighers in New York de-
frauded the government out of over
s2,0O0,00O.
Robert S. Lovett has been elected
president of the Union Pacific to sue
ceed the late E. H. Hartman.
DR.. James w. Carlisle, "a years old
president of Wofford College, died at
Spartanburg, S. G.
Francis NJ. schlatter, "divine heal
err was found dead in hotel at
Hastings. Nebr.
- WIth de1egates from afi- oversths
South where the question OF inland
waterways is paramount the Inter-
state Inland Waterways League con-
vened in national convention in Cor
pus Christi, Tex.
There were no important develop
ments at Jackson or st. Francisville,
La, in the mystery of the murder of
e. X. Judson.
Col. Roosevelt, writing in the Nov
ember number of Scribner's, gave an
account of his first encounter with
the big game of Africa.
In Washington ten New Orleans
Masons were nominated for the de-
gree of knights Commander of the
Court of Honor.
Ten men were killed, two injured
and one missing as the result Of an
explosion in an Oklahoma coal mine.
1t was said the Comptroller Of the
Currency would take drastic mea-
sures to stop violations OF the bank
ing laws with respect to over-loans.
P. B. Sullivan paid a s34O fine to
the District Court at Alexandria, La,
after lapse of eight years.
Mob violence was feared at Green
Vile, Tex. and a company Of the Ma
tional Guard ordered there.
Joe McDaniels, negro slayer of
Sheriff Drake, was convicted at
Greensboro, Ala.,. while guarded by
State troops, and sent to the gal
lows. -,
W. A. Blount, of Pensacola, was
asked to become associate counsel for
Charles w. Morse, of New York, In
his appeal to the United States Sup
RENE Court.
Theodore Rizzo is said to have con-
fessed to the murder of two Italian
children at Utica, N. Y.
A typhoon which swept Northern
and Central Luzon caused consider
able loss of life and heavy property
damage.
Further details Of the massacre Of
the captain and crew Of a trading ves-
sci in New Britain disclosed revolt
ing attack by blacks in the New He
brides last month.
The Spanish forces lost twelve men
killed, including one officer, when
Moorish tribesmen made an attack
under cover of darkness and during
a torrential downpour. The Moorish
loss was heavy.
The Salt Trust increased prices rs
cents to $1.25 per ton on coarse salt
and 1925 to s2.75 per ton on dairy
and tale gbrades.
Three armored cruisers of the Unit
ed States navy sailed from Hampton
Roads for New Orleans.
The government expects to secure
millions Of dollars from the incor-
poration tax.
President Taft has Secretary Dick
inson booked for a place on the Fed
eral Supreme Court bench.
The Department of Agriculture is
Florida fruit growers how
20 pack fruit for shipping.
B. F. Barnes, postmaster at Wash
ngton, died suddenly.
Mrs. Gardner Hubbard, mother of
Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell, was
killed in an automobile accident at