The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-23

meat should bring such high prices
decided that the question was one O1
too much importance for hasty action
and after an all-day session adjourn
ed, but not until committee of seven
representing the producers, consun
ers, Farmers Union, labor unions, re.
tailers and other interests, had leen
provided, which will call another con
ference, probably at the next session
OF the cattle raisers in Fort Worth,
March, 1912.
S. A. Potter, who is said to have
garnered more than $1,50O, 900 from
| the unWary of two continents in the
last few years by means of gold-brick
sWindles and confidence games, was
locked IN jan at Chicago tuesday. He
was arrested by o. F. Dewoody, di-
vision superintendent of the depart
ment of justice, after being sought
for year by United States secret
service men and the police OF almost
every city in the country. Scotland
Yard men also are said to have sought
Potter and his companions, who were
credited with having operated in Lon
don.
A monster mausoleum, capable of
holding the bodies of 1000 persons,
will be built in ST. Josephs cemetery
at Cincinnati by the Cincinnati Mauso-
leum Company at a cost of over
100000.
One thousand men from every cot
ton growing State in America met
Tuesday in Montgomery, Ala, and
conferred together to devise ways and
methods to confirm the figures of the
Federal cotton report and to secure a
better price for cotton.
With Chinas subjects starving by
thousands and with the French peo-
pie stirred over the high cost of living,
sugar in this country reached it's high
est point in twelve years during the
latter part of the past week Coffee
and potatoes are also much enhanced
in value, and opinion is that these
prices may be maintained, as we'll as
those on meats, ETC., to point which
may bring about another process of |
'near-boycotting" such as developed |
in the years 1909-1O
FOREIGN.
The general elections Of Canada.
which will be held next Thursday,
September 21, are expected to be
decisive on Canada's attitude toward
reciprocity between that country and
the United States, and on the con-
tinuance in power of the liberal party
under the leadership of Sir Winfrid
Laurier. The American congressrhas..
already ratified the reciprocity agree
ment, and after protracted deadlock
n the Canadian parliament the ques-
ion Of Canada's ratification was at
asst referred to the judgment of the
people.
Late adyices from Tsu Chau, China,
say detachment Of cavalry number
ng 100, which had left Cheng Tu and
lad proceeded as far as the Lung
Chen hills, was ambushed by the revo-
utionists and routed. The survivors
eturned to Cheng Tu. The following
lay stronger force of cavalry left
he besieged capital and came into
ollision with the rebels. They forced
heir way through the besiegers and
pened the road to Jen Shou, about
fifty miles to the south.
King Alberts dream of endowing
'elgium with a mercantile navy, in
eeping with the extraordinary de-
elopment of her commerce in indus
y and mineral wealth, will, according {
, present arrangements, bring him to
le United States in the near future. /
In the presence of 100000 pilgrims t
le Russian Saint Joasaf, bishop of I
nized at Bielgorod, Russia, Sunday
rand Duke Constantine and Grand
uchess Elizabeth attended the cere-
ony. o
The official statement issued by the b
allan government on the cholera f,
,nditions in that country records ii
800 cases and 318 deaths for the Ii
eek of September 80 T
The approaching betrothal is an 8
,unced Of Prince Boris of Bulgaria, a
q heir apparent, to Grand Duchess
ga, eldest daughter of Emperor
cholas.
The strike situation in Bilbao is Sc
w under control of the Spanish Nv,
oops. There have been no disorders in
the last day or two and the city W
resuming its normal condition. NJ
Admiral Togo returned to Toxic, N
pan, Saturday, from his tour around L,
3 world. He was welcomed en-
in Yokohoma and Toxic
declared himself in excellent
alth and spirits
Fhe program for the first day OF on
} celebration of the national holi- ~
IS at the City Of Mexico eliminated ~,
day night, when President de la ~.
IRA sounded Hidalgos liberty bell, n
lch hangs above a central balcony
the national palace, and thousands
patriotic Mexicans gathered in the
at plaza of the Zocalo below re-
ted the cry of liberty uttered by wa
patriot priest at Dolores in 1910. alt
eworks in the plaza and a band cns
cert had entertained the people We
il the hour for the ''grito" arrived res
here have been sensational devel-
tents in the inquiry at Kiev, Rus
into the shooting of NJ Stolypin.
inquiry has revealed the crime $
ave been of revolutionary origin he'll
was carried out by Bogroff, who to
I orthodox Jew, as an agent of the tioI
ective political police, especially for
oned in the theater to guard NJ. una
vpin,