The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-07-22
NEWS AS IT HAPPENS
NATIONAL. STATE, FOREIGN. o.
INTEREST TO READERS.
The WHOLE WEEKS DOiNGs
e"o's Mention of Interesting Happen.
'"es From Day to Day Through
out the World.
WASHINGTON.

saturday when Democratic Leader I'm
derwood served notice that such legis.
latlon would be taken up at the proper
time at the regular session in Decem.
Der.
All legislative paths now lead to ad.
Journment of congress quickly after
the vote on the Arizona-New Mexico
Statehood bill is taken in the senate
on the legislative day of August Z.
The senate will be ready then, in all
probability, to adjourn, despite the
general tariff revision threat of Sena-
tor Cummins of Iowa and other insur-
gents. and the house will not inter-
pose any fresh legislation to disturb
the senate's program for winding up
the extra session.
After secret consideration of charges
made by Delegate Wickersham of
Alaska that Attorney General Wicker
sham deliberately permitted the stat
ute of limitations to run against
agents of the Alaska syndicate who
defrauded the government thorugh
perjury to the extent of $4,000, the
house committee ON judiciary has de-
termined to report favorably a reso-
luton of inquiry offered by Delegate
Wickersham.
The senate Friday reached an all
around agreement on dates for votes
on most of the important pending leg
islation, and that as a result of this
agreement the end of the session
seemed certain to be reached before
the middle of August.
The latest and most formidable at
tempt to remove DR.. Harvey w. Wiley
from office as chief chemist of the
of agriculture is now un-
der way, and President Taft has called
on the famous pure food expert to
explain certain charges of violations
of the law which have been made
against him by the departmental COM
mittee on personnel, consisting of AS
sistant Secretary Hayes and Solicitor
McCabe of the department of agri-
cutie, and Attorney General Wicker
sham. This committee Is said to have
that DR.. Wiley and sew
eral of his assistants be permitted
to resign.
Governor Deneen of Illinois, on the
witness stand in the Lorimer hearing
Friday, contradicted the testimony of
Edward Hines in regard to the tele-
phone conversation in which Hines
says he told the Illinois governor that
he president and Senator Aldrich said
hey wanted Lorimer elected senator.
Claiming that the senate has ceased
o be debating body, and that its
debates had become like the ''jowlings
If party of unorganized men on the
street corners" Senator Bacon Of
Georgia introduced an amendment to
he senate rules Saturday. The new
'ule would prevent senator from in
.errupting another except to ask a
)ona fide question or correct a state
nent Under any other circumstances
| senator who interrupted a speaker
could be made to resume his seat.
DOMESTIC.
Democrats and populists of Ne
,raska have reached the parting of
he ways, if the declarations of the
ank and file of both organizations
re to be accepted as final. The lead |
RS and slatemakers do not admit the
.iyorce is complete, but that there is |
distinct estrangem is shown by |
roa aS haf tbic month for tho fret :,
ime in many years their State con- /
entions will be held in different |
tiles. /
The death Sunday Of Patrick Cush-
lg, a resident American and former |
iatchman at Hoffman Island quaran
inc station, from Asiastic cholera has
reused some apprehension in New /
'ork of the spread of the scour3e be-
ond the limitations of quarantine.
-igorous steps were taken to stamp
Ut any possible sources of infection.
aough Health Officer Doty says there
) no cause for alarm.
Waking of her own accord early
unday morning and remaining awake
II hour and half, Miss Hazel
daughter of former Alder
ian George Schmidt of Vandalia, H.,
earned that she had been asleep just
xactly three months today. During
ne last forty-eight hours she has
cen awake eleven hours, one time
even and half hours. She suffers
0 pain now whatever and her appe-
te is good,
Before the eyes of scores of society
len and women, we'll known in Of
cial life and almost within stones
lrow of the Chevy Chase club house
. Washington, T. B. Johnson of New
ork. recently appointed solicitor of
le navy department, was struck by
.hlning and killed Sunday.
First BaseHan Brady of the Gal
aston baseball team, who was in
red in Houston during a game about
70 weeks ago by being struck on the
cad with a pitched ball, is reported
have passed the danger mark and
i'll be able to leave the hospital in a
,upie OF weeks.
Light to moderate precipitation has
,curred in all cotton growing States
is week. with heavy rains in por-
ons OF Louisiana, Mississippi, Okla !
]ma, Georgia, Florida and the Caro-
las. In Texas the rains were most '
light and fell in northern and east
Il counties