The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-05-06
NATIONAL, STATE. FOREIGN, OF
INTEREST TO READERS.
THE WHOLE WEEKS OOiNGS
Short Mention of Interesting Happen
ings From Day to Day Through
out the World.
WASHINGTON,

lowing this legislation closely, be-
for the prosecution OF these. claims,
but other congressman hold different
views. In answer to numerous re-
quests from his constituents, Repre-
sentative Jack Beall of Texas is pre-
pairing an exhaustive report OF this
whole subject.
Another declaration that annexation
is the desired end of the democrats
in pushing reciprocity and speech
by a new member of the house reveal
ing the humors of tariff fight in
congress featured Saturdays debate
on the free list bill that is now pend
ing before the house. Other subjects
than the pending bill were discussed
under the latitude of debate.
Representative Cullop of Indiana,
democrat, in a speech Saturday in the
house, vigorously assailed Postmaster
General Hitchcock and the postoffice
department for "pernicious activity
in politics.
The reported declaration of Ramon
Corral, vice president of Mexico, that
Americans were fomenting trouble IN
his country to force Intervention, has
encountered the disfavor of the United
States government. The state depart
ment has called the matter to the at
tention of Mexico to establish Official
ly whether the interview with the vice
president, in which the statements ex-
cepted to are said to have been made,
was authentic as published in Mexico
City.
There was a mixup over Texas pat
ronage matters in the house Friday
that gave Sebe Newman, former ser
geant at arms of the Texas house OF
representatives, few uneasy hours.
When the Texans met few weeks
ago to settle patronage matters, Rep
resentatives Galloway and Randell
agreed to pool enough of their allow
ances to give William H. Neill OF Fort
Worth, favored constituent OF Colo
mel Randell, $1,000 place. Repre-
sentatives Garner and Moore pooled
to give Dr. A. ]. Kleberg the same
kind of a job, and Representatives
Beall, Dies and Young dubbed IN to
get a $2,40O job for Sebe Newman
Then the committee on patronage an
nounced that Texas could only get two
such jobs, and before Mr.. Neilps ap-
plication was formally presented to
the committee it had decided tenta-
lively to give one place T. DR.. kleberg
and the other place TO Mr.. Newman
DOMESTIC.
Three persons lost their lives, eight
are missing and believed to be dead
and half a hundred others were in
jured Saturday at Martins Creek, ~
J., in the wreck of an excursion train
carrying ITO school teachers and
friends from Utica to Syracuse, N. Y,
and vicinity, to Washington for
weeks outing. The train was one fur
nished the teachers by the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad,
and the accident occurred while it
was travelling at high rate OF speed
over a stretch of track controlled by
the PENNSYLVANIA railroad. The loco
motive jumped the track, the cars
toppled over and were set on fire by
exploding oil, the wrecked coaches
having sideswiped an oil tank along
the track when they left the rails.
The entire train was quickly envelop-
ed in flames and completely con-
sumed by the fire.
Fully six thousand Galveston people
were lined up on the seawall side OF
the parade grounds at Camp Crockett
Saturday afternoon to see the 1000
troops encamped at that place pass
in review before General A. L. Mills
and his staff of fourteen officers. The
three regimental bands headed each
Of the regiments, while the machine
gun platoons were in the rear of their
respective regiments. Practically the
entire brigade participated in the cere-
mony.
Two young boys, cousins, named
Roberto and Tomos Roderillas, enter
ed the Rio Grande near Laredo Sun
day for a swim. They were drowned
and their bodies swept away. The
finding of their clothing YVES the first
,ntimation of their sad fate. The
bodies were recovered about noon,
that of Tomos on the American side
and Roberto's on the Mexican side
of the river.
The second highest price for a book
in the Hoe library sale in New York
was reached Saturday when book
sold for $4,000. This was Helyas
knight of the Swanne," the first
printed English version of the legend
of Lohengrin. 1t was printed in Lon
ION in 1872 by Wynkyn and De Worde
President Taft Saturday refused te
nardon Bartlett Richards, William G
comstock. Charles jameson and
Aouilla Triplett, four wealthy Ne
hraska cattlemen, who have been con
victed of conspiracy to defraud the
government of grazing lands along the
Wyoming border
The San Francisco Building Trades
Council has pledged its word to raise
s,o0 600 for the defense of John ]
Mcnamara, the alleged dynamiter
.and other union men similarly at
tackled