The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-11-11


two States are expected to attend the
eighteenth annual convention Of the
tIIni1od Daughters OF the gonfederacy
at Richmond, Va, this week.
Falling short 2 points of equaling
Lajoie's record of 422, made while a
member Of Philadelphia in 1901, Tyrus
Cobb of Detroit topped the 1911 Amer
lean league batters for the fourth sue
cessiVe year with an average of .420,
according to official averages an,
nounced Sunday by President Johnson
of the American league.
Aviator G. F. Rodgers, after a sue
cessful completion of his ocean-to-
ocean jaunt, scared into Pasadena,
Cal, Sunday on the last squirt of thir-
| ty miles from Pomona and from an
altitude of several thousand feet land
ed at Tournament park Official fig
ures of Rodgers flight given by his
manager show: Total distance, 4,231
miles; flying time, 1924 minutes.
Sunday was press day at the Inter
national Fair at San Antonio ana
many newspaper men from Southwest
| Texas were in attendance.
| In three opinions Saturday the SUI
| preme court Of Texas, at Austin, held
that there is not cent of appropria-
| ton available for the support OF the
| attorney generals department for the
| fiscal year beginning September 1,
| 1912, as the governors veto wiped out
| all after August 81, 1912. This was
| the effect of the decision of the ma.
| jority, Chief Justice Brown and Asso-
ciate Justice Dibrell, while Associate
Justice Ramsey inclines to the opinion
that the governor attempted to legis.
late by veto, therefore the veto was
void and the entire appropriation
stands.
1t was reported in Houston on Sat
urday that Governor Colquitt had Or
dered twenty rangers to Houston and
vicinity for the purpose of enforcing
the state game law, which, according
to Deputy State Game Commissioner
~.JcfE46 6ox, ~ bring ssIs sIate teas~siE and
left.
Senator Lorimer contributed more
than $1,500 toward the expenses in
Cured by Lee O'Neill Browne in de-
Tending himself against charges of
bribing members of the legislature.
This was admitted by Browne during
his testimony Monday before the SEN
atorial investigating committee in
Chicago.
Lawyers for Henry S. Beattie, Jr.,
under death sentence for the murder
of his young wife on July IS at Rich
mond, Va, filed with the supreme
court Of appeals Saturday petition
for a writ of error.
The only talesman who had been
considered assured of acceptance by
both sides in the Mcnamara murder
trial virtually was removed from con-
sideration Monday at Los Angeles, and
at the end of four weeks it could not
be learned that any juror was even
fairly certain to remain in the box.
The Trades Council of San Antonio
has completed plans for the construc-
ton of labor temple to cost $4,000.
The eight-day campaign Of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement is on
in Dallas this week under the direc-
ton of the team of expert specialists
as follows: Fred B. Smith, campaign
leader and evangelistic speaker to
men; Charles Stelzle, social service;
r. A. Waite, boys work; A. M. Bruner,
community extension: F. B. Swartz,
missions; Fred S. Goodman, Bible
study: w. E. Biederwolf, evangelism.
The Fort Worth campaign will follow
next week and this same team will be
in Houston for it's campaign December
4 to IL
Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey Of
Texas Saturday denied for the second
time that he intends to resign be-
fore his present term ends on March
3, 1913
There was a destructive fire at
Longyiew, Tex. Saturday morning in
the yards Of the Texas and Pacific
railroad. Six loaded freight cars are
a total loss and six others were badly
damaged. The loaded cars contained
respectively paint, hay, cotton, coal.
paper and merchandise.
By the dropping Of the crown sheet |
three brakemen riding in the cab of |
a locomotive on the Sabine and East |
Texas railway were severely but not
scalded at Port Arthur,
Tex, Saturday.
BY far the worst Snowstorm of the
season struck the Panhandle Wednes
lay and continued throughout the day
The storm began With a slow drizzle
Of rain, which W&S turned into sleet
and later into snoW.
Two members Cf the Shapiro fam
ly. father and mother, were killed
md three of their four children were
BADLY hurt Saturday when they jump
"a from windows on the second fioor
O escape the flames that destroyed
Brooklyn, N. Y, tenement house.
Mrs. Rosa Elsbury went to the
Iouston infirmary Friday to see her
on. George Louryia, whom she shot
Trough the abdomen last Saturday
n boarding house on Center street.
ut fell in a faint over his bed when
he saw the young man propped up
n the pillows.