The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-10-08

! sSato a.. a., me ultn largest
+iaS IL .he union according to popula.
'oi' VIII drop into sixth place with q
aopuiatioh OF 3,292,335, and Texas will
s'ep INTO fifth place with a ponn,ation
~ excess of 100000, certainly far in
eAcess OF the showing which Nilsson.
mas made. Missouri's gain in tan
years has been 1856 $40, or 6 Der cent
80 ,ood popuiatlon in 1880 was 2,679,1S4; In
l9oo 1t was 3,106,665.
virginia Harmed Sothern. the actress
rllday flled suit for divorce against
EDWARD II. Sothern, the actor. in the
oistflct court at Reno, Nevada. Mrs.
/ oothefn alleges failure to provide and
assertion for period of more than
| one year.
1--we stock and grain trade interests
OF the country showed a material i'm.
pFoXement duringsaAugust compared
with previous months. according to
ngures compiled by the bureau of sta
tlstlcs OF the department of commerce
and labor. Live stock arrivals at sew
en- primary interior markets amounted
10 5,o'4,3So head, the largest monthly
total Of the year, and much larger
than the total for the CORRESPONDING
month last year. The gain was due to
the heavy inbound movement of sheep
and cattle.
Cornered by flames on the top of
three-story boarding house firetrap in
the Fifth Ward at Houston, Texas. on
FRIDAY, with every avenue of escape
eliminated except through the win
dows, Albert c. Stewart, a sick man,
was compelled to make the leap for
life while hundreds of spectators. un-
able to render the slightest assist
ance, looked on and shuddered at the
and tainted and strong men shouted
themselves hoarse giving futile direc-
tlons to the desperate man in the top
floor of the burning building At last
flames appeared in his room and dense
smoke enyeloped the frantically gesti-
culating man. He was seen to swing
out OF the window ledge and hang sus-
pended in that position for several mo-
ments in the hope that a ladder would
be e<placed for his rescue or at least a
net would be spread for him when he
dropped. He struck on his face and
was seriously injured.
China is declared to be on the verge
of another upheavel similar to the
Boxer uprising, and the lives of for
eigners are in jeopardy. Advices re-
ceived in Washington recently from
government officials in China express
the belief that an outbreak at any time
would not surprise them. The state
department has instructed its officials
to maintain a close watch on the inter-
national situation.
Representative Fl. j. G. Beckemeyer,
on the witness stand before the Lori
mer investigating committee, in Chi
cago Thursday, testified that he receiy.
ed 81 900 after he had voted for Sen
ator Lorimer and that the money was
paid to him because of his vote for
the junior senator from Illinois.
George w. Patten, retired million
aire board of trade operator and broth
er of James A. Patten, died of tubercu-
losis at the residence Of James A. Pat
ten in Evanston, H., Thursday. Geo.
". Patten left a fortune estimated at
$4,000. 900. the greater part of which,
it is said, will be left to public char
tiles.
The Republican State Convention OF
Saratoga. n. Y, Wednesday made
Henry l.. Stimson of New York its
candidate for governor. The nomlna-
tion of Mr.. Stimson was one more vic
tory for Colonel Theo Roosevelt, who
personally led the fight for the nom'
ination of his candidate.