The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-02-17

and property to the amount Of $35. .O0C
was consumed.
Former Governor Joseph W. Folk
Of Missouri Saturday withdrew as an
active candidate for the democratic
nomination for president.
Prince George of Bavaria, the grand
son of the prince regent of Bavaria
ard of Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria, was married Sunday to the
Archduchess Isabella Marie of Aus
tria, daughter of Archduke Frederick,
duke of Teschen. The ceremony took
place at the Palace Schoenbrunn, at
Vienna, In the presence of Emperor
Francis Joseph and others.
Forty Zapatistas are reported to
have been killed in Sundays two
hours battle at Santa Maria. Gov
ernment reports show four federals
dead.
A battalion of the Eighteenth In
fantry has been ordered from Whip
pie barracks, Arizona, to Ell Paso.
The situation at Juarez, opposite Ell
Paso, is reported to be ugly.
"A struggle between two great rail-
road systems, the Frisco and the Sun
set, long predicted, had it's inception
in Victoria, Texas, and was precipi-
| tated by the Sunset building double
| tracks Friday in the eastern limits of
the city for the alleged purpose of
blocking the entrance of the Frisco
| into Victoria, both claiming the right
| of way over the same street, the for
mer by an old grant and the latter
by one Of recent date. Citizens tore
up the tracks.
At the meeting of the Texas League
baseball magnates in Houston Friday
schedule of playing dates was adopt
ed, a board of directors was appoint
ed, the report of the railroad COM
mitteeewas adopted and an auditing
committee was appointed. Houston
will open the season at Galveston, San
Antonio at Beaumont, Waco at Dallas
and Austin at Fort Worth.
Released Saturday from the work
house in New York, where she had
been sent a month ago on a charge
of disorderly conduct, Mrs Adelina
Crandall, wife of Frederick H. Gran
dali, cast-off nephew of the late Ed
win Hawley, has been unable to find
her hgsbarG, who comes into $2,000,-
OO0 shard&Sf the estate through the
failure of his uncle to make will.
The state deAassWent of agriculture
pof Texas reporAAhat during January
a total of 254 4,3a aAles of cotton were
reported as ginf.
FoREIeN.
The SAernmeg steamer New En-
gleton NxVictoria, B. c.. Sunday for
Graham Island to seard1for ten men
believed to have been lost off Ostard
Pay, where they were engaged in bor-
w forAh
Ellis C<pmwell, collector of internal
revenue, died suddenly Sunday while
returning to Manila from trip to
the MAyinces. Mr.. Cromwell was
nati~sf Mississippi, and went to the
islands as captain of volunteers.
Thousands of socialists, revolution
lists and anarchists attended the in
cineration Sunday in Paris of the syn
dicatist, Aeronult, who was prominent
during the labor troubles several
years ago and who died while serving
in a disciplinary battalion in Africa.
The ceremony took place at the Pere-
Lachaise cemetery and the demonstra-
tion was the biggest of the kind since
the funeral of Louis E. Michael, the
communist and revolutionary agitator,
who died in 1905 The anarchists
while returning from the cemetery at
tackled the poliqsSAith stnnes and seri-
GUS rioting corf$fhued fsr more than
an hour. Finally a heavy rain proved
more effective than the police and the
mob dispersed to seek shelter.
Joseph Lister, first Baron Lister,
who was made famous by his discov-
cry of an antiseptic system of treat
ment in surgery, died Sunday in Lon
don, England. He was born in 1927
and had served as professor in sur
gerry in Glasgow and Edinburgh uni
versities and in Kings College, Lon
don.
nlM e. Cair1Sssnd the other Ameri-
cans formerly Ssnnected with the Per-
sian treasury department left Teheran
Sunday for the United States. The |
Belgians who were appointed to sue
ceed them have not yet reached Tehe- |
ran.
Dispatches from the state of Sonora |
confirm reports of an uprising Of 5000 |
Yaqui Indians near Guaymas. The In
dians, infuriated because President
Madero has failed, as they say, to
keep his promises, have secured mod
ern rifles, plenty of ammunition and
plenty of good horses and have gone
On a rampage.
The six-day international bicycle
race ended Friday at Berlin, Ger
many. Walter Rutt and Johann Stol,
the German-Dutefi team,
won the event by length from Joe
Fogler and James Moran. Eddie Root
md Fred Hill were third. The men
covered 2,4051a miles.
The court of appeals in London, En-
gland, Saturday confirmed the judg-
nent rendered by Justice Hamilton of
he kings bench division of the high
,ourt of justice on February 10, 1911
declaring that the American Thread |
Company, which is Incorporated un |
Ter the laws of the state of New Jei
ey. is liable to an income tax l.
treat Britain on profits amounting t,
100000.
AS a result of joint conference OF
and tho olda- |