The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-02-26
Wire Flashes.

Rev. Oliver Stocking suicided at
Philadelphia.
Six persons were burned in a New
York tenement fire
The British Labor Party will not
support the government unless 1t
deals swiftly with the veto power of
the House of Lords.
DR.. Frederick A. Cook, the polar
explorer, who Is at Santiago, Chile,
admitted his identity.
Ex-President Roosevelt expected
to spend week hunting along the
Nile before going to Europe.
A severe earthquake was felt
throughout Crete. It was aocompan-
led with violent subterranean srplo-
sions.
The French Government has in
structed NJ. aegnau1t, minister to-
Morocco. to dispatch a special cpu-
ton to Fec bearing Frances ulti-
matum to Mulai Haf1d regarding the
opening Of the reoently-arranged Mo-
roccan loan.
Charles Atherton, known - tho
top boss at the st. Paul coal mine at
Cherry, ILL.,, was shot and probably
fatally wounded. The shooting oe-
Cured while the bodies Of entombed
miners were being recovered.
Five men were killed in an explo-
sion in powder mill In San Loren
20, Cal.
Twelve tobacco growers Of Dry
Ridge. KY, were indicted ii the Fed
eral court in Covington, ky., fol a.
legged attempts to interfere with In
terstate shipments of tobacco BY
threats of violence.
The steamer Yuoatan has been
sunk in Icy Strait, Alaska. The sit
ty-five passengers were saved.
Thomas Jefferson, bridge tender
on Southern Railway in South Caro-
lima. sacrificed his life to save q
train.
Spanish Bark Trunfo was wrecked
near Pensacola. Crew was saved by
Live-saving Station.
Declaring that District Attorney
Fickert had not shown a disposition
to prosecute the trial Of Patrick
Calhoun In good faith, Judge VIII
liam P. Lawler at San Francisco,
Cal, intimated in open court that tho
case might be taken out Of the hands
Of the district attorney.
The Nicaraguan Government forces
engaged in a battle with the insur-
gents near Acoyapa.
Mohammed Abdullah Of somali-
land, the Mad Mullah," is again on
the warpath.
The Chilean cruiser Ministro SEN
teno has rescued the eighty-eight
persons who had been left on tho
wreck of the British steamer Lima
In the Huamblin Passage. Straits st
Magellan.
Roosevelt and the other members
Of the Smithsonian African explora-
ton expedition arrived at Gondoko-
ro, soudan, Thursday morning.
Miss Agnes Elkins, actress, niece
of United States Senator S. B. FL
kins, of West Virginia, attempted
suicide by shooting at Kansas City,
saying she had no home or friends.
Louis R. Ostendorf, orchestra lead
er and Adolph Cassau. violinfst. kill
ed one another at the entrance to an
Indianapolis theatre.
A Jewish colony will be settled on
$4,000 acres of farm land In Pierce
County, Ga.
The inaugural meeting of the
French Commission of the Carnegie
Hero Fund was held in Paris.
The pope approved the appoint
ment of the Rev. John ]. Milan, Of
Amesbury, Mass, as bishop of Hart
ford. Conn.
Because of a shortage Of wheat in
Mexico, the rate of duty has been re-
duced by the Mexican government
from cents to / cent kilo.
Four companies Of militia were Or
-dered out at Mobile to protect the
negro assaulter of Katie Walters.
After repeated postponemepts the
hearings In the suit Of the Federal
Government to dissolve the Union
Pacific Southern Pacific merter were
resumed In New York with John O.
stubbs, general traffic director OF
the Hartman lines, on the witness
stand.
The South Carolina Supreme
Court gave the custody of the two
young granddaughters Of Senator B.
r. Tillman to their mother, holdi44
that off-sprfngs cannot be decided
unless the consent OF both parents 10
obtained.
The rivers and harbors bill carry
ing appropriations agsregating over
s35, 100000 was passed by the House.
No important amendment to the bill
was made.
The failure of seven graip firms in
the Provinces Of sehleswig-HoIstein
and Hanover, Germany was announc-
ed
The grand jury at Louisville In
dicted five persons, including two
physicians, in connection with the
life insurance swindle.
Judge Martin. in tho United States
Court In New York, rendered de-
cision dismissing the plea interposed
on behalf Of Charles Il. Heike. Sec
retary of the American Sugar Refin-
ing Company, that he was entitled to
immunity from Indictment.
Former lieutenant Governor Chan