The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-08-27
NEWS AS IT HAPPENS
NATIONAL, STATE, FOREIGN or
INTEREST TO READERS.
THE WHOLE WEEKS OOiNGS
Short Mention OF interesting Happen.
tnos From Day to Day Throuah.
out the World.
esIlL.

wiz extend over nearly three weeks
and IL the course of which. he wj5
travel through fourteen states. D1r
In the tour he will deliver fourtear
set speeches one for each state
The results of Sundays games in
ihe Texas league: Waco 2. Galveston
D; San Antonio 2, Houston O; For,
Worth 1, Oklahoma City 0 first game,
Oklahoma City 3, Fort Worth tsec
end game); Dallas 2, Shreveport q
FIRST game); Shreveport s, Dallas =
fseeond game.)
Chilly weather is on its way. ac-
cording to the general forecast for the
coming week, issued by Professor Will
lis L. Moore, chief of the weather bu-
reau at Houston. The chilly wave will
begin its sweep across the country
he middle of the week; starting from
The Northwestern States and reaching
the Atlantic coast by Friday and Sat
urday. Its appearance will be render
ed the more disagreeable by reason
OF the fact that it will be preceded by
moderately warm weather, so that the
drop in temperature will be the more
severely felt. AS result of the sud
den change there will be almost con-
tinuous showers in the Southeastern
States. During last week temperatures
slightly below the normal ruled
throughout the country, and there
we're light frosts in the extreme North
west
Sheriff Jake Houpt, who was mortal
b wounded Wednesday morning at
Hot Springs, Ark, in pistol fusilade
with George and Oscar Chitwood.
mountaineers, died Sunday after
pneumonia had developed in the right
lung, through which bullet passed.
George Chitwood one of the noun
Aineer combatants, was shot and kill
ID By Honpt in the affray. Oscar Chit
x1od brother, escaped wounded to
he mountains after the tragedy, but
Errendered and has been removed to
he state penitentiary at Little Rock
~ prsEenk = Iynching.
6eTen bodies the greater number OF
them burned beyond recognition. have
been recovered from the charred
Ereckage OF two freight trains of the
Central Vermont Railroad, which met
head-on at Northfield Falls. VT, Sun
day and at least three or four others
are thought to be still in the debris.
Three others were injured one prob
ably fatally.
The number of people killed and in
iured by the railroad companies OF
the United States, according to the &C
cident bdlietin just issued by the in
terstate commerce commission for the
quarterly period ending March 81. was
100 killed and e1,232 injured.
The first lot of gulf coast rice to be
marketed for the season of 1910 was
purchased by M. NJ Dickensen for the !
Texas Mills from Taylor Hebener, !
rlce farmer of Bay City. The consign- /
ment of 400 sacks is now en- route to |
Houston and will be used by the Tex
as Mills for their regular trade. The !
price paid has not been made public. !
Three former officials, formerly high +
IN the management of the Illinois /
Central Railway, were arrested at Chi
c4go Saturday in connection with the /
alleged huge frauds by which the rail-
road company claims TO have been de-
lrauded of 81, 500 600 The men arrest +
ID were Frank B. Hartman, former +
general manager of the road; Charles
I. Ewing. former manager OF lines ,
lorth OF the Ohio River; John Nj. Tay-
or, former general storekeeper OF the
oad.
Thirty five per cent of the weather
lureau stations in Texas reported rain /,
friday. the amounts varying from
race to an inch Abilene had a rain
4 one inch and good showers nave
cen reported from Sherman, Nacog-
oches, Wharton and Cuero, in eacn
ase amounting 10 more than u.oo
ach A number of other stations re
orted less amounts.
The attorney generals department
Wednesday approved and the control
II registered 100000 city OF Calves
IN seawall improve vement bonds. the
roceeds from which are TO De used
. the present seawan TO make II
beet the original engineering require
tents so that the spray from nign
aves may be thrown back into the
af.
Confederate Reunion in session al
IeGregor. Tex. selected Beaumont
" next years meeting. TO be held the
rst Thursday and Friday in October.
Irs- Kate Gerald Weaver, daughter OF
olonel G. n. Geraleyof Waco, address
the Daughters of the Confederaes
. the duty OF the state to proFloe
ieuuate homes for confederate vet
ans and widows
Strong opposition TO the proposeo
an OF John Hays Hammond, Daniel
Sully and other cotton men 20 es-
blish a chain OF cotton warehouses
Wednesday al the opening
'ssion Of the Alabama Farmers FRO /
ressive and Cooperative Union al
Ala. I
Directors OF the Standard OH COM
my held their summer diFideho
Getting in New York Tuesday and ae
ared the regular 6 per cent DIVISION
II the quarter. which calls ior ois
ibution 70 Standard stockholders Oh
loco, GOO.