The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-03-25
NATIONAL. STATE, FOREIGN. OF
INTEREST TO READERS.
The WHOLE WEEKS DOiNGS
Short Mention Of Interesting Happen
anas From Day to Day Through
out the World.
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Sherman; Father J. M Kirwin, Gal
weston; Rev. w. D. Bradfeld, Austin;
Professor S. e. Mezes, Austin, and
Rev. George w. Truett, Dallas.
East Texas generally and part of
Louisiana and Oklahoma were visited
by good, soaking rains, commencing
Friday night and continuing over Sat
urday. Because of the recent and con-
tinued drouth the ground was extreme
ly dry and many farmers refralned
from planting. Those who did plant
found no response, for the seed would
only lie in the dry earth and not
sprout.
In the second game of the New
York series which was played at Ath.
letic Park in Galveston Sunday be-
fore large crowd, the Giants turned
tables on the sandcrabs and won
hands down by score of II to 2.
For the first time in it's history the
metropolis of America, New York, is
to have a land show and no event
scheduled for 1911 will be of greater
interest to the Atlantic seaboard or
of more Importance to the entire coun-
try than the American Land and 1rri-
cation Exposition to be held ip New
York City Nov. 3 to II.
The dove of peace cooed cheerfully
yet another day at Fort Sam Houston,
where 10000 American soldiers spent
Sunday drying out their camp after
Saturdays downpour and entertaining
thousands of visitors who braved the
mud to get glimpse of Uncle Sam
fighting men, who may soon be play
ing the part of policemen for a
neighboring republic. The news OF
the day consists of the arrival OF
troops I and M of the Third Cavalry,
which got in Sunday from Douglas,
/ Ariz.
Practically all formalities incident
to the successful contamination Of the
peace arrangements between the gov
ernment and revolutionary forces OF
Honduras have been complied with
and the people of that country are
about to see the dawn OF something
like permanent peace. This was the
tenor of official advices received by
the state department Monday With
all obstacles removed, it is expected
that Francisco Beltran will be inaug-
urated provisional president OF Hon
duras in a few days.
Nearly 5000 coal miners in Eastern
Ohio were ordered to lay down their
tools Saturday in conformity with the
strike order issued by President I. l..
Lewis of the United Mine Workers
of America The mines affected are
owned by the Loughiogheny and Ohio
Coal Company, the Roby-Sommers
Coal Company and the Mullen inter
ests. The strike is called in sympa-
thy with one that has been in prog
ress in the Tuscarawas District OF
Ohio since April, 1910.
Teddy Tetzlaff, in Lozier car, es-
tahlished four worlds automobile rec
ords Sunday at Los Angeles. Cal, at
the Playa del Rey motordome when
he defeated Ralph de Palma, driving
q Fiat, in a 100-mile race. The race
was finished in / hour IA minutes and
20 Is seconds, lowering the previous
record of 1:16:21 made by Harroun
De Palma was six and half miles
behind when Tetzlaff finished.
The postifffce department annoanc'
ed the increase of the following fourth
class Texas and Oklahoma postmas
ters to be presidential class, with
salaries as stated: Garlic Springs
81 900; Deport, s1,100; McAllen
81, 100; Newton, $1,000; Spur, $1,000;
skiatook. Ok, $1,000.
Promoter James w. Coffroth OF San
Francisco has matched Ad Wolgasi
to meet Owen Moran in a battie2fol
the worlds lightweight championship
scheduled to go twenty rounds II
San Francisco on July 4.
The Chinese government declares its
intention of agreeing to both points a
issusswith Russia and is now drafting
a reply to the recently received ultl
matum along this line. The foreign
board states that it is prepared to &C
cept the establishment of Russian con
sulates in the places specified by Rus
sia, and also promises to take some
| measures regarding Chinese monopo
lies in Mongolia, with which it vii
permit Russian subjects freedom IL
Nade in Chinese goods, as well as II
goods OF other countries.
Ormsby McHarg, the $4,000 a yea
| special attorney of the ChoctaW ma
| ton. has been asked by President Tai
| to show cause why he should not Civ
! up this lucrative position. II Mr.. Nc
Harg can convince the president tina
| he is doing $4,000 worth OF work 10
the Choctaws ne may be allowed t
stay on the job. Otherwise ne mus
| step out.
The spring mohair clip has begu
tn arrive in San Angelo, and to dat
1o 90 pounds have been stored In ie
cal warehouses 1t is estimated tn
total clip will be 100000 pounds.