The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-03-18


plant OF the company one mile north,
west OF Pleasant Prairie, Wis, Friday.
One man, E. s. Thompson, foreman,
is known to be dead; Miss Alice Finch
of Elgin, ILL.,, dropped dead of heart
disease, caused by fright; $50 people
were injured.
Ernest H. Wands, American finan-
cial advisor to the Nicaraguan govern
ment, left Corinto, Nicaragua, Thurs
day for the United States. Mr.. Wands
is coming to America on a mission, it
is understood. to place Nicaragua on a
firm financial basis. With this end in
view he will consult with officials of
the state department and American
bankers for loan to the aNicaraguan
government ranging from $4,000, 900
to s15,OO0,OOO.
State Game Warden Emmett Smith
says that he has appointed about nine
ty-five wardens in various parts of the
state. About so per cent of these are
followers. In all cases where no ap-
pointhents have been made, he says
the old wardens will continue to serve
until the new wardens are appointed
and qualified, which in many cases will
be the reappointment of the former
wardens.
The Caro- hotel at Caro-, Texas, own
ed by the Saner-Whiteman Lumber
Company, and occupied by A. G. Aut-
rey, was burned Saturday. Two dwell
ing houses and the Baptist Church
were also burned. Loss $4,000.
The threatened breach between Geo.
j. Gould and the Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Rockefeller interests over the elec-
tion of a new board of directors was
obviated at conferences Saturday, at
which assurances were given the bank
ing interests that the agreement reach
ed some time ago would be carried out
to the letter. This outcome came af-
ter day of uncertainty, during which
the renewal of an open contest for
control of the Missouri Pacific was in
the balance.
The report of the subcommittee of
was appointed to make full report
on the daylight bill Tuesday filed their
report. This subcommittee consists
of Representatives Nichols of Hunt,
Brownlee, Brown, Gather, Lawson,
McDowra and Johnston. The report
is an answer to the governors veto
message. 1t adopts the opinion of AS
sistant Attorney General Mead, who
held contrary to the governor, that
the bill was valid.
A. E. Folsom, who has been ar
rested in Oklahoma City on the charge
of forging cashiers checks upon Texas
and Oklahoma banks, is apparently the
man who attempted to pass $4,000
draft, drawn by the American Nation
al Bank of McAlester, Ok, upon the
National Bank of Commerce of st.
Louis. The $4,000 draft was deposit
depositor at once attempted to draw
against the uncollected deposit,
If forecasts made at Atlanta, Ca,
Thursday come true, the next great
ward the West or Northwest, which
heretofore have been the Mecca Of
persons seeking new homes, but to the
old South This sentiment was ex-
pressed at the first session OF the
South Commercial Congress meeting.
fOEEiGN.
After having cut the telegraph wires
and torn up enough of the railroad to
stop communication between Torreon
and Durango, band OF 800 rebels
was twice engaged in battle Sunday oy
a force of 100 federals. The first en-
gagement took place at Ell Coyote, an
hacienda near Sauciilo. A number OF
federals were killed before the rebels
were forced to retreat, leaving 80 dead
upon the field 1t is reported that
among these were six Americans.
A body of 120 insurrectos was cut
to pieces by State rurales at San Bar
tolito, Pueblo, Saturday, according TO
reports. More than fifty were killed,
eleven seriously wounded and twenty
seven captured. Owing to the fact
that the rurales have adopted the revo
lutionists' tactics of ambushlng thelr
enemy. none were killed and only a
In reply to current reports that Ger
many had asked for American inter-
vention in Mexico, or that It proposed
To take independent measures to pro-
feet German interests and German
subjects in that country Baron Won
Kiderlen Waechter, secretary OF state
for foreign affairs Saturday says that
Germany had made no presentations
to Washington on the subject, ana
does not contemplate taking any steps
in the matter.
A moving picture machine in small |
theater at Bolognie, in the southern |
nart of Noygorod Province, Russia, ex- |
nloded Monday and instantly flames |
shot up, sweeping rapidly to all parts
ns the building There was terrible
panIc among the spectators and &C
cording to the reports received nearly
!, hundred persons, many of them chill
5rsn were crushed or burned to death
Half dozen others were Injured. Ba-
ron Taube. chief Of the gendarmie
roops at ST. Petersburg, and two of
his children. are reported to be among
he dead.
Mutiny has broken out in the ranks
If the Mexican rebels holding Mexica-
i, as a result of the inactivity of the
eaders.
Lord Amphil raised discussion of
American and Canadian reciprocity in
he house of lords in London Monday
w strongly condemning what he term