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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
THE VITAL STATISTICS OF STATE FOR 1871
Births 58,429; Deaths 23,o14-Tuber.
culosis Claiming Greater Number,
1900 Dying From That Disease.

Austin, Tex.-According to the Of
ficial vital statistics reports there
were 5S,429 births In Texas during
1911 and 2S,O14 deaths, and thus the
births more than doubled the deaths.
The total births increased over 1910
by 4,685 and deaths increased by 1892.
The official reports do not cover all
OF the births and deaths in the state,
for some physicians failed to report,
but the ratio Is maintained through.
out the state, indicated by the fig.
ures given.
There were 53.4s1 white and 4.s4s
black children born. OF the whites
52.133 were born alive and 1,34S still
born. There were 4,6l5 negro chill
dren born alive and 333 stillborn.
OF the white births 1883 were
males and 25,19S females, with no sex
given as to 405 births reported. The
negroes had 2,62O males and 2,244
females born. with no sex reported for
.109 births recorded
AS usual, the dread white plague
claimed most Of those who died. Tu-
berculosis Of the lungs led the deaths
with total Of 2,9O9, with other forms
of consumption claiming several score.
There were 1,756 deaths from pneu.
monia and 922 from typhoid fever.
Organic diseases of the heart claimed
1,07S. while diarrhea and interitis
with children under years Of age
caused 1872 deaths and over years Of
age 402. Acute nephritis was respon-
sibIe for e65 deaths and senility 1,1S0.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
MEXICAN LAD 10 Be REWARDED FOR BRAVERY
Expenses Of Educating Youth Who
Warned Them of Danger.

McAlester, Okla.-As a reward for
his bravery In warning miners at
work In mine No Of the Western
Coal and Mining Company at Lehigh,
Okla, when fire broke out in the mine
last Thursday. resolutions were adopt
ed at the convention Of the. United
Mine Workers of the twenty-first dis
trict Saturday authorizing the execu-
tive board to set aside sufficient
funds to defray the expenses of edu-
eating Reifino Rodriguez. a Mexican
youth.
Rodriguez. when 1t was discovered
the mine was afire, ran through the
workings. shouting warning TO the
workmen AS result, all OF the 100
men at work, with the exception OF
nine. escaped before the fire gained
headway.
The convention. which comprises
the states Of Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Texas. adjourned Saturday. Fort
Smith was selected as the next place
OF meeting
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
NEWS OF LOUISIANA
Tornado Kills Twenty Persons
and Injuries Many---Dam-
age Great.
SEVENTEEN ARE NEGROES
Three Are Killed During Mardl Gras
Festivities-Mostiy Street Car
Accidents-NeWs In Brief.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-A total Of 70 persona
were killed and at least three score
injured. many of them seriously. in
the tornado which swept through a
strip Of northern Louisiana and Miss.
issippi. Dozens of small houses were
blown down and many head of cattle
killed. The property damage. &C.
cording to the incomplete reports, will
perhaps total 100000.
The causalties. except in three in.
stances, are confined to negroes. One
white child was killed at Shreveport,
Mrs. Crow, an aged white woman,
was killed at Homer, La, and white
man named Timmon was killed near
Rnggold, La.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Board Cannot Stop Hypnotlst.

Lafayette.-Judge Campbell decided
the case Of the state medical board
against Registrar j. Ed Moulton In
favor of the defendant dissolving the
injunction prohibiting the practice Of
hypnotism by the defendant and rem.
dering judgment for him, at the cost
Of the plaintiff. The court held that
there was no evidence introduced to
show that Registrar Moulton practiced
hypnotism or magnetism at or since
the date of the affidavit, and, further.
that the testimony adduced did not
show that his method of treatment
was any violation of law.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
THE RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL
TEXAS SHARED WELL IN APPRO
pRlATIONS RECOMM ENDED.
Surveys Ordered and Active Work
to Begin soon-Eo onomy Prevents
Consideration Of New Plans.

Washington.---Calli for an appro
priation OF practically twenty-six mil
| lion dollars, the annual rivers ant
harbors bill providing for waterwa.
Improvements has been completed ant
will soon be submitted to the hous'
| for consideration.
With an eye toward economy, tn,
committee declined to consider an,
new projects, but number Of specia
suryeysaMere 0r1ei'ed which viii pavs
the way. for the active work on these
improvements later.
Texas has Jared well In the new
bill. as all the existing projects have
been provided for and several surveys
ordered.
The bill will carry in appropriations
total Of $25. .965.01O. OF this amount
Texas receives the following items:
Galveston harbor. $4,000: Calves.
ton channel. 100000: Texas City
channel. 100000: Port Bolivar chan.
mel. $4,000; Sabine Pass. $433.800. be
ing $150.0O0 under the old contract
aud $283.800 under the new project
which was adopted; West Galveston
bay and mouths of adjacent streams,
$4,000: inland waterway on the coast
Of Texas, 100000; Brazos river from
Old Washington to Waco, 100000,
100000 being on existing work and
100000 for two new locks and dams
to be begun and in addition for main
tenance between Velasco and Old
Washington. $4,000; Trinity river
$435,00O, being $4,000 for locks and
dams specifically authorized and the
balance for the location of two addi-
tional locks and dams; Cypress
bayou. for maintenance, $500; Red
river between Fulton, Ark, and Deni-
son. Texas, $4,000, s5O,0S0 of which
Is to build a dredging and snagging
plant, all of, which aggregate the sum
of s1.5sS,S00.
In addition there was a survey or
der for Galveston for thirty-five feet
of water, one for Port Aransas for
twenty-five feet of water, one for the
Colorado river with a view to i'm
Wy AOSho Clu VI OtACA-
wise. and the advisability of taking
over the artificial cut to Matagorda
surveys, for the Arroyo Colorado up
to Harlingen, the Nueces river, Navi-
dad and Lavaca rivers and from Cor
pus Christi to Baffins bay. In addi-
ton the survey for Port Aransas pro-
vides also for terminals and harbor
facilities at the head of Mustang
island and also survey for change
of route of the inland waterway from
Arkansas to Pass Cavallo, SO as to get
by Port O'Connor.
Houston's ship channel project Is
not included in the new bill for the
reason that the full million and
quarter contributed by the govern
ment has already been appropriated.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
NEWS AS It HAPPENS
NATIONAL, STATE, FOREIGN, OF
INTEREST TO READERS.
THE WHOLE WEEKS NEWS
Short Mentioning of Interesting Hap
penines From Day to Day
Throughout the World.
WASHINGTON.

In an effort to preserve and pro
mote the interests of our govern
ment by the protection and develop
ment of full. fair. open and profitabl,
ns araf s.s!fe fea8aamaacanaf by the ship,
of commerce and war of all people
and all nations" the house interstate
and foreign commerce committee Sat
urday embarked on a general investi
cation of charges of ship trusts. sub
sides and other rumors of impro
priety in the usage of the canal aftel
it is opened.
Representative Underwood of Ala
bama, majority leader of the house
was formally entered in the race fol
the democratic nomination for the
presidency. Senator Bankhead, in
making the announcement Saturday
also stated the opening of Underwood
headquarters in Washington.
President Taft Friday approved and
forwarded to congress the report OF
the commission on second-class mail
matter and recommending that the
papers be raised from 1c to &c a
pound.
The house Saturday called upon Sec
retary of War Stimson for all CORE
spondence and letters bearing upon
the charges of insubordination, for
which Adjutant General Ainsworth re-
Gently was relieved from duty in the
war department.
The tariff legislation program in the
senate will be framed at conferences
which the democrats, the progressive
republicans and the regular repub-
licans are planning to hold very soon
it's hearings on the house steel revis-
ion bill. That will be early in March.
Whether the government will con-
struct canal across Florida is now
being considered by the rivers and
ilarbors board at the war department.
The report of the army engineers who
made an investigation is said to be
adverse to the project.
In an attack on private pension bills
pending in the house Friday Repre-
sentative Roddenberry of Georgia,
democrat, declared the Sherwood serv-
ice pension bill as it passed the house
some time ago. had been loaded down
with graft, steal, injustice and privi.
lege."
A majority of the democratic mem
bers of the ways and means commit
tee voted for the proposal to make
the duty on sugar 1c pound, graded
down according to it's saccharine
strength, so that 96 centrifugal will
pay 96-10Oths of a cent per pound.
The subcommittee Of which Repre-
sentative Shackelford is chairman is
expected to report bill of that kind
to tie whole committee in few days.
SO tn.t there can be democratic eau
Gus on the subject before the end OF
next week.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
DOM ESTIc.

Tho government has posted warn
ings at Victoria. Texas. of sharp rises
and probable overfloWs in the Guada
lu. river on account of heavy rains
over the watershed.
TIL, Texas Midcoast Baseball league
has been organized. The circuit will
be composed of eight clubs-El Cam
po, Bay City, Beeyille, Corpus Christi,
Cuero, Yoakum, Keuedy and Vic
toria. Allen Stinnitt OF Bay City was
elected president.
Willard Richardson tried, convict
ed and sentenced to be electrocuted
at Bardwell, KY, Saturday confessed
killing two men in Texas. One OF
these murders Richardson says occur
red at San Augustine, Texas, about
eight years ago; that he set up an
alibi, was acquitted. and that another
man is serving time for the crime.
The authorities say he told them he
pleaded insanity at the other trial
and was released.
The Sneed jury has not agreed. and
Sunday Judge SWayne expressed the
intention of holding them that they
might reach a.verdict if possible.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Negro cahraed ith Arson.

Observation-Disclosures L ]. Eche-
veria,G W the local police force, ar
rested a negro named Edgar Green,
who is wanted here to answer to a
charge of arson. The crime was com.
mitted some five or six years ago,
Green having set fire to house oc-
cupied by black named "Bony" Law
son, with whom the incendiary had
Quarreled over a woman. The house
was owned by Lena Miscretta. Green
will be brought up for trial at the term
of criminal district court.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
THBODAUX, SATURDAY,
CHECK FURTHER MIGRATION Of coNsuMp7Nts
Governor coIquitt Calls Meetinq of
Governors-States Should Take
Care of Their Afflicted.

Austin, Textile governor of Texas
has sent out a call to the governors
of Southwestern States to participate
in conference at Waco on April 16
and IL to consider the matter of fight.
ing tuberculosis. 1t is to be known as
the Southwestern Conference on
tuberculosis, and the governors of the
following states have been invited to
be present and to send delegates:
Arizona. California. Colorado, Kansas,
Oklahoma. Nevada. New Mexico and
Utah. Mayors qf. the principal towns
in those states be urged to send
delegates ~ thts erenee
sTFhere viii be 2 dfscdssfon 81 t6e
necessity for action to prevent the
further migration of persons afflicted
with tuberculosis into the Southwest,
and the governor asserts without res
ervation that consumptives should re-
ceive consideration from the COM
munities and states from which they
come and where they contracted the
disease before they come to Texas in
search Of relief.
The conference is called at the in
stance of the State Anti-Tuberculosis
and the governor requests
the governors of the states asked to
in the conference to fur
nish information with regard to tuber-
culosis conditions in their respective
states. He asks from each state a
detailed report showing the number
Of consumptives there from other
states and living in the Southwestern
States. He suggests that this infor-
nation be secured from physicians,
county poor farms. city hospitals, pri.
vate charitable institutions, charity
and individuals, these
sources of information being such as
to give a perspective into the mum.
ber Of tubercular patients treated.
Mayors of towns, state boards of
health. anti-tuberculosis associations,
state medical associations and other
are asked to furnish in
1t is also desired to know
now many widows and orphans have
become charges because of the fact
hat tubercular persons have come
nto the Southwest and died.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
PREPARING for DRAINAGE District.

Lake Charles.-Plans by which 20..
600 acres of land adjacent to Kinder
will be drained and put into cultiva-
ton have been perfected. and petit
tions for the establishment of drain
age district will be presented to the
police jury al its next meeting. 1t is
estimated that the total cost will not
exceed $4,000 or 81 an acre. Two
main canals, eighteen feet wide and
five feet in depth, will be dredged,
having a total length of fifteen miles,
one swinging in an arc north, east
and south of Kinder
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
ThesseAMardi Gras Fatalities.

New Wf1eans.-Three persons are
dead and two are in hospital injured
as the result of accidents occurring
in New Orleans during the Mardi
Gras festivities. Joseph Delaney,
whose residence is unknown further
than that he lived in Mississippi, was
run over and killed by an automobile.
James J. Debolisa, 72 years old, lost
his life by being knocked under the
wheels of a street car The other
death was that of negro girl who
was run over by street car.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
FOREIGN.

A flotilla of Italian warships Satur-
/ day bombarded the city Of Beirut, kill
ed sixty inhabitants and wounded a
large number of others They sank
number of small Turkish gunboats.
Appearing suddenly off the port, the
commanders Of the Italian ships sent
to the authorities peremptory de-
4 mand for the surrender of the Turkish
gunboats in the harbor.
Juarez, Mex, will not be attacked
until proper notice has been given by
! the rebels to the foreigners residing
in the town, according to Emilio
Campo, in command of 700 men en-
camped at Bauche, twelve miles south
Of Juarez, on the Mexican Northwest
ern railway.
An Italian force was defeated by
the Turks and Arabs after a violent
combat on February % at Zenzur, a
coast town about fourteen miles to
the west of Tripoli, according to dis
patches received at Paris from cor.
respondents who are with the Turkish
army at Azizia, near Dehiba.
Unprecedented prosperity is being
enjoyed by the Philippine Islands,
principally as result of free trade
between them and the United States,
and the cry of "hard times" there
no longer can be raised, say the mem.
bers of the Philippine commission in
their report for 1911.
Turkey has decided upon the ex.
pulsion of all Italians in Syria. The
order will go into effect Immediately.
but fifteen days grace will be allow.
ed Italians to leave the country.
Details of the fighting between fed.
eral troops and Vasquistas at San Pc.
dro on Sunday have reached El Paso.
1t is said 257 rebels were killed. The
federals lost eleven killed and four.
teen wounded.
News of the discovery of the south
any moment and already the news
papers are beginning to discuss the
chances of the rival expeditions of
Captain Roland Anundsen and Cap.
tain R. N. Scott.
Reports from San Jose, Co:ta Rica.
state that the earthquake reported
Friday has been felt generally over
the whole of the high plateau tu. no
serious damage has been done so far.
General Pedro Mel Ospina. Coon.
bian minister to the. United States.
was RECALLED by the Colombian gov
ernment Friday The action Of the
Colombian government was taken be.
cause neither it nor the Colon bian
people upholds the position taken by
the Colombian minister at Washing
ton in notifying the state department
that the visit to Colombia of Secretary
Knox would be inopportune. owing to
the fact that Colombia's claims with
Panama have not yet been arbtrated
A huge scheme of dock extension
for Liverpool, England, involving the
expenditure of G3,000,0o0. was decided
upon at the meeting OF the Mersey
docks and harbor board
Natives at Wei.Hai.Wei, China, do
not believe the Manchu dynasty has
abdicated the throne. and have ce
sumed hostilities and directed against
the republican troops force Whicn,
with two Maxim guns, is now march
ing through the disturbed areas sup.
pressing opposition.
The grayest situation is reported in
certain Portuguese colonies Tamori.
an island OF the Malay archipelago.
continues in open rebellion, and Goa,
on the west side Of India. is said to
be in a state of anarchy. Savage
tribes contfol most OF the country
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Fear Trouble Among Negroes.

Baton m@ge.-Because of the rival
ry betwSeht t'Toot' Johnson and Joe
Daigree for king of the Baton Rouge
carnival among the negroes. Mayor
Roux has issued orders that In the
future no parade can be given with
out first getting police ,Rshnission.
This will put an end to thexRalry be
tween future aspira1ts for the king
ship. The parade was pulled off this
year without fight, but the posi-
uilities of difficulty caused the order
to be issued.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Letter Cause Of Suicide.

Baton Rouge.-An inquest was held
over the body of a young workman at
the Standard Oil, who killed himself
at rooming house on the river
front. The inquest developed that he
was Sidney Johnson, son of K. F..
Johnson, who was eight years clerk
Of court for Wilkinson county, Miss.
and a grandson Of former Secretary
of State Adams, of Louisiana. The
boys father came down from Angola
to claim his remains. A letter, the
contents Of which are not known,
seems to have been the cause of the
rash act.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Thirty.seven Rebels killea.

Cuernavaca, Mex.-The rebels suf.
fered loss Of thirty-seven dead and
six taken prisoners, while eleven
rurale guards were killed and nine
wounded as a result of three sharp
encounters between rebels command
ed by Jesus Salgado and federal troops
near Tlatlaya Wednesday. Salgado's
forces were driven back with heavy
losses OF munition and horses.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Miners Entombed.

Lehigh. Okla The death Of prob
ably twenty-five miners, mostly Itai-
ians and Mexicans. is the result Of o
disastrouScsire Thursday in mine No
Of the eRcstern Coal and Mining
Company, the property of Frank
Gould The flames swept through the
mine. starting at a point 300 feet be.
low the surface of the earth until the
many shafts were veritable infernos
and the lives Of those unable to es.
cape were snuffed out almost like
candles.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Truck Shipments ENCOURAGING.

Kingsville, Textile truck ship
ments for the month of February from
the country south of Kingsville will
amount to 100 cars or over. according
TO the estimates prepared by the rail-
road officials here. Lettuce and cab.
Gage are the principal shipments, and
at the present market value of these
products the cars will have an aver
age value of about $1,000.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Cuban House Speaker Resian.,

Havana Colonel Orrestes Terrar,
who has been speaker Of the hose
OF Representatives since the re-estab.
lishment OF the republic. Wednesday
rendered his resignation as speaker
and representative. The house by u
large majority voted that the resolu-
ton be laid on the table.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Ready to Plant Corn.

Trinity, Tex-Several days previous
to the recent blizzard the weather had
put on a springlike appearance and
made farmers feel like planting corn.
Some are planting corn; others exp ct
to begin next week. The opinion
generally among farmers is that this
will be an ideal crop year.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Beaumont Has a s15.ooo EIr.

Beaumont, Tex.-Fire Friday caused
about sl5 900 damage in the Josey
Miller Grain Company's retail store
on Bowie street in the heart of the
business district. The fire originated
in a stack Of baled hay In the rear
Of the store.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
officers Consult over Ak Murders

Lafayette.-Chief of Police Burke
of Crowley, came over and held con
ference with Sheriff Lacoste and
Deputies Peck and Latiolas relative
to the series of ak murders that have
been recently perpetrated in @Nsec'
ton of the state, in which sonte 4hfrty
negroes, men, women and children.
have been the victims of a set of
fanatical religionists or some organic.
inals to wreak venegancs mon the
negro race.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
10000 Bales Cotton Burn.

Bonn mbay.-Thirty thousand bales OF
cotton were destroyed by fire which
broke out In one OF the big ware
houses Tuesday. The damage Is es.
timated at Sl.25O.000. The japanese
Trading company Is the largest loser.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Oldest Postal EmnIoye Quit,

Chicago.-John G. Kerr. said to be
the oldes, postal empioye in the Unit
ed States. has resigned after thirty.
two years of continuous service. He
is "a years OF age. Kerr began in the
service in Painesville. Ohio. in 1850.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
According to fire insurance agen,

According to fire insurance agents
| OF Houston, as the result of the big
conflagration i'll the Fifth ward Wed.
nesday, the fire insurance companies
will not make any money in Texas
| this year. According to figures gath
cred from the insurance agents of
Houston, the total amount of insur-
| ance to be paid out in the fire dis.
trict reaches $3,101,7O0.
The mystery of eight deaths of
babies in the Brooklyn, N. Y, Nursery
and Infants hospital was solved Sat
urday, the police say, by the confess
| sion of Winifred Ankers. kitchen
| woman at the hospital, admitting that
she placed oxalic acid in babies milk
bottles.
Oklahoma's delegation to the demo.
cratic National convention at Balti-
more will divide Its vote for presi.
Dental nominees between Speaker
Champ Clark and Governor Woodrow
Wilson of New Jersey. This was de-
cided at the concluding session of the
state convention as the result of a
compromise agreed to by leaders of
the two factions Friday.
Next Friday J. b. Compton will be
executed at Laredo, Texas, for the
murder of G. j. Levytansky, the
death watch being placed over him.
He appears to take his fate hard.
but has nothing to say.
0f
Houston announce that no more cloth.
Ing is needed for the relief of those
who suffered from the big fire OF Wed.
nesday, but made request for gro
ceries and money. Contributions are
being solicited from the people of
has already been given.
Diamonds and pearls valued at $780,
900 were stolen from Mrs Eugene de
Saba at her apartments in a hotel at
San Francisco Thursday. The jewels
had been worn to the Mardi Gras ball
at the same hotel and had been left
on the chiffonier by Mrs. de Saba
when she retired.
Friday an ice box at the home of
S. E. Rawls, locomotive fireman at
Cleburne, Texas, was broken open and
$3.50 removed, and the house burned
to cover the crime
A binding snowstorm flanked by
forty-five-mile gale swopped down on
the Middle West Wednesday, blocked
traffic and demoralized telegraph
wires.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02
Sell. 412 Steer. for 800 aoo

Calvert, Tex.-Mr. George Faulk. a
leading stockman, has just sold and
delivered 412 steers to Z. NJ. Cauble
of Albany. Texas, for the sum OF $22,.
RVO cash.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-03-02

PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS
Your druggist will refund money ii PAZO ONT
AENT fails to cure any case of Itching. Blind
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 10 IL days. 6oc.