The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-22
NEWS AS IT HAPPENS
skTloNAL. STATE, FOREIGN. OF
INTEREST TO READERS.
.lHE WHOLE WEEKS DOiNGS
stor Mention c: Interesting Happen
ings From Day to Dav THROUGH.
out the World.
DOM S2TiC.


81 More than 5000 persons ATTENDING
,Ae National convention of the Chris
a ,as Church at Topeka. Kansas. Sun
3 as took part in great outdoor com.
usnion service on the state capitol
i exlds Al the close a special col
sa1pn was taken for the relief of SUI
usannuated ministers of the Chris
4 ran Church.
After wandering aimlessly around
& b the gulf of Mexico for forty-eight
i hours, the West Indian storm has
sgsin recurved and is now headed TO-
4 ssrd the Louisiana and Texas coast,
U according 10 the latest observations.
Y Storm warnings have been ordered up
AL along the Louisiana coast Weather
A ambitions along the Florida west
Il ecast are still such as to keep ship
ping tied up, unusually heavy seas
sith occasional severe squalls making
3 Il Improbable if not dangerous for
vessels. especially sailing vessels. to
venture out.
"a Stanley Ketchel, worlds middle
i weight champion Saturday, was cap
q fured al the home of Thomas Hag-
gard. one mile from Niangua, Mo.
Hurtz was taken TO the Webster Coun-
E n iail al Marshfield. where he is be-
"A in his cell the prisoner made a
Etatenent in which he declared he shot
Eetehel In self-defense.
Al the end of the fourteen round of
shas was scheduled TO be a twenty
found bout between Sandy Ferguson
@, Chelsea, Mass, and Jim Barry of
Chicago at the West Side Athletic
Cub in McDonoughville, just across
the river from New Orleans, Saturday,
Ferguson's seconds threw up the
gcnge The contest was announced
A. the first Of series of elimination
bouts with a view TO the possible Sc
lection of a man TO meet Jack John
son, the negro heavyweight cham
pon.
Five persons were killed and seven
teen injured when two trains on the
Charleston & Western Carolina crash
cd together ut full speed Sunday, two
miles south of Mccormick, S. c. All
nf The dead and seven of the Injured
were members Of the two crews. It is
said that the operator at Mccormick
failed TO deliver meet orders" for the
southbound train.
Senator Jonothan p. Dolliver died
u his residence at Fort Dodge, Iowa,
Saturday. while one of his attending
physicians. DIT. f. nj. Van Patten. was
sxamining the distinguished states
mans heart with stethoscopc. His
death followed an acute attack OF
stomach trouble which affected his
heart
With more than 1000 votes in the
cry OF Houston accounted for, the ad-
sccaies OF deep water and the BOND Is
sue are steadily keeping their over
Rhelming majority. Fridays reports
carrying the ratio over 50 for to l
against"
In q narrow street, upon precisely
selected spot, after an aerial nlgn'
G NOR, tAan six miles across the city,
Claude Grahame-Wh the English
aviator. Friday dropped his aeropiane
Al the side door of the White House.
On the way. al height of nearly ooo
'-et he cirCled dome of the capltol
aLd passed the lofty Washington mon
ument level with the apex. He landed
where the slightest diviation from the
course would have impaled him upon
The spokes u the iron fence around
the White House grounds al his rlght
or smashed him against the granite
vsh at bis left
The authorization of expenditures
totaiiug 81 500 gJ0 Inc increasing the
ocean terminals and III transforming
Texas City into a twentieth century
city tells III brief the results OF Tie
visit during this week OF the stock
holders OF the Texas City Transporta-
tieH Company to the mainland sub
port Captain A B. Wolyin, president
OF the comnany. and his associates.
representing some of the largest ban
ing and manufacturing interests Oh
chicago and Pittsburg. departed FRI
Gay for Chicago. Before his departure
captain Wolyin briefly announced the
immediate plans of the company
which Indicate that there will be no
eeisy in carrying out the large
schemes for the upbuildins OF the
mainland city.
An elaborate banquet at the Rice
motel in Houston Friday marked the
Soaclusion of the itinerary OF South
vest Texas OF the National Passenger
agents Association. Starting at Dallas
sno ending al Galveston and Hous-
'on, and representatives of all the I'M
) portant railroads of the United states
eaoed round of pleasure when was
eomplmeuted on all sides for its ex-
IRENE hospitality and cordial Fellow
ship.
The resignation OF VIM. Barnes. Jr.,
NE Albany old guard leader, from the
state committee. was the big event
N republican circles in New YORK
"Wednesday Immediately after hav'
'ag Received Mr. Barnes letter OF res
lsnatiou saying that the failure 10
feapp3int him on the executive COM
nittee indicated that either MS SER
Vice. gere no longer useful or that
ne vas ~taithless' 10 the republican
seate ticket. Chairman Prentice Is
saed statement denying botn OF
Aaese suppositions,