The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-11-05
NEWS AS IT HAPPENS
NATIONAL, STATE, FOREIGN, OF
INTEREST TO READERS.
THE WHOLE WEEKS OOiNGS
Short Mention C: interesting Happen.
tnas From Day TO Gay Through
out the World.
DOMESTIC.

The British steamer Monarch sailed
Saturday from Galveston for Liver
pool with q, 300 bales of cotton, valued
at 81 ,6as ,s0n The aeigsH of the cot
ton is 11,2s9,O00 pounds.
A car of vegetables from Colorado
was received in Houston Monday. The
car contained the following varieties:
Carrots, turnips, parsley, radishes, cab
bage, cauliiower, red cabbage, shall
lots, tomatoes, celery and lettuce.
Multifarious as are the new devices
which are being applied to the navi-
CATION of the air, in connection with
the present day activity in that sport,
none has been or is likely to be found
to take the place of brains in the ayi-
ator This is the opinion of James Ii.
Colwell, the patent Office expert at
Washington, who has immediate
charge of all fiying-machine inventions
and who has given personal attention
to almost every application for a pa
tent in that line.
The Ley1and Line steamer Mercian
cleared Saturday at Texas City with
1886 bales of cotton for Liverpool.
Earl McFarlane, charged with muir
der in the first degree in connection
with the killing of Night Chief Of Po-'
lice Murphy of the Houston force on
the night of April 1 last, was brought
to Galveston Sunday and lodged in the
Galveston County Jail, Sheriff Ander-
son of Harris County accompanied Nc
Farlane and delivered him over to
Sheriff Thomas.
The new Elms hotel, built about
year ago at cost of s150,000 at Excel
sior Springs, Mo-, was destroyed by
fire Sunday. The fire originated from
an ash heap in the basement. All the
175 guests escaped uninjured. 1t is
thought the total loss will be about
100000.
Snow, many days ahead of it's aver
age date of appearance, fell far south
as the north sections of the Gulf
States and throughout the entire coun-
try unseasonably cold weather pre-
walls.
Rioting of a -serious character k0c--
ton with the strike of express COM
pany employees in the metropolitan dis-
trict. No fatalities were reported, but
men were knocked unconscious rlgnt
and left in the assaults of mobs on ex-
press wagons, dozen of strike-break-
ers were badly beaten and many mob
members were severly dubbed by the
police IN repelling the attacks. Scores
were injured, several badly, In the
most serious attack of the day on
party of strike breakers on Weils-Far-
90 EXPRESS Company wagons in Jer-
sey City.
One of the largest land deals tnat
has been made in many years was
closed at Floresville Friday when e.
L. Whitsett, a prominent young bank
er and capitalist of Floresville, repre-
senting the Whitsett estate, sold 10
w. A. Blackwell Jr., of Cuero the
whitsett ranch in Atascosa and Live
Oak counties. The ranch contains lo'-
00o acres. and the consideration was
over 100000.
The issue of s1,357 ZOO state of Tex
as refunding bonds were Friday signed
by Governor Campbell and state
Treasurer Sparks, and will be regis
tered by the controller. These oonds'
or any part of them, are now ready 1or
sale. but must bring at least par and
accrued interest. They are dated on
Sept, 1. 1910, bear per cent interest,
mature in forty years and are payaDle
In twenty.
Presentation of evidence by snip
pers who are opposing the advance In
freight rates was concluded IN Cnlca-
go Saturday before the Interstate com-
| meree commission with the testimony
of Governor w. R. Stubbs OF Kansas
who in characteristic manner deciar-
| cd opposition to an increase in rates,
and his belief, as practical builder
of railroads. that valuations have been
nlaced at too high point I'll put
mn million dollar bond" said the gov
ernor. that / can construct a man
line railroad in Kansas and an up-to-
date line for $4,000 a mile and make
10 per cent profit.
Coleman people are excited, nervous
and anxious over the disappearance OF
Ioe ToIand. who left Coleman for his
ranch on Tuesday morning last anu
whose horse and buggy was 1ouno
without him Wednesday morning
Loose in a pasture of one OF his farms
in the southern part of the county. 10
land has not been seen since sner1h
Futch and deputies, with a large
crowd of Coleman people, have scour
ed the localities and are still searching
for him. The river is being dragged
and diligent and carefui search Is
being made. =,
Judge James B. Brockman, the we'll
known Houston lawyer, who was sho'
and fatally wounded on Tuesday os
| lanes Ransom, died during the noon
| hour on Wednesday, after lingering
several hours longer than the attend
ino musicians had reason to expect
Notwithstanding the fact that the aD
doninal cavity was pierced by si'
large bullets and the intestlnes were
ronetrated at least a dozen times, the
wounded man survived a TEDIOUS oi
deal on the operating table and ilVe'
Iron hours afterward. After being tax
on from the operating table ne SAM
r-Ir- until death came.