The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-08-31
FOREIGN NEWS.

A congress composed OF 600 dele
gates from all parts of Bulgaria met
at Sofia Saturday.
After a lapse of several weeks the
trial of 1913 Koreans accused OF being
implicated in an alleged conspiracy
against the life of Count Terauchl, the
governor general of Korea, was re-
sumed Saturday. Evidence was intro
duced by the defense to show that six
teen of the defendants were not pres
ent at the railway station OF SVEN
Chyn when General Terauchi was on
his tour of inspection of that district
in November, 1910, as the procurators
alleged.
Amnesty to those in arms against
! the government Of Mexico is ended
and Sunday the suspension of guar
antees began. Henceforth prisoners OF
war may be executed.
The massacres of Turks have ex'
tended to the Servian frontier.
| Insurgent guns on board the steam
er Victoria in Lake Nicaragua Satur'
day bombarded the town OF San jorge
on the coast of the province OF Rivas
The rebels threw more than hundred
shells into the town, but no damage
was done.
King George of England has con
ferred the order Of the Garter on EN-
peror Yoshihito, the new ruler Of
Japan.
Two hundred and twenty-eight Rus
sian noncommissioned officers and sol
diers were tried by court martial II
the Sappers camp at Tashkent, Russia
Saturday on the charge OF mutiny
Fifteen of them were sentenced to bt
hanged, seven acquitted and 2O6 sen
to Jail for varying terms.
General Mena, the revolutionar!
leader in Nicaragua, is reported cap
tured by the liberals.
Explorer Stefanson arrived at Nome
Alaska, Wednesday, after discovering
race of blonde Eskindos in Victori'
Land.
The total eclipse of the sun, which
will be visible near Rio de Janeiro OF
October 10 next, will be witnessed b.
eight parties of foreign astronomer
from Europe and South America
The Allen line steamer Corsican al
rived at Liverpool, England, Wednes
day with her bows stove in by col
lision with an iceberg.
American Marines numbering 400
were ordered to land Wednesday t.
protect lives and property in Nicara
gua.
An interesting innovation in con
nection with the forthcoming fox hunt
ing season in Ireland will be the run
ming of a whole pack of American
bred hounds with the County West
meath, of which Mr. Harry W. Smith
of Worcester Mass, master of tht
Grafton pack, has accepted the master
ship.
Great suffering exists in large part
OF Central America, owing to an al
most entire failure of the corn crop
G. E. Billinghurst, former mayor OF
Lima, Peru, was elected by congress
as president of Peru Tuesday.
Soubhi Bey, bearing terms of pos
sible Turco-Italian peace, was re
leased by Italians and arrived at Con
stantinople Tuesday. Further peace
negotiations may occur.
Rev. William Booth, commander in
chief of the Salvation Army, died
Tuesday in London. He was born in
1929.
Nicaraguan rebels massacred near
ly five hundred federals who recently
surrendered at Leon, Nicaragua.
Although the Mansion House and
other funds for the relief of the Ii
tanic sufferers exceed $2,000,000, re-
ports made to the lord mayor of Lon
don Monday indicate that all of this
, will be required to maintain the al
lowaaces now made for the relief of
the dependents of the victims of the
disaster.
Alarming reports of plague are re.
ceived from the Brazilian frontier.
Many families have left for Uruguay.
Argentine authorities are exercising
precautions, especially at Paso de los
Libres, in the province of Corrientes.