The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-01-27

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seventh district court at Fort Wertl
Friday ordered the release of Mrs
Lena Sneed from the Arlington
Heights sanitarium and made an On
try on his docket declaring her, in hi
opinion, not insane. This action re
suited from the habeas corpus pro
ceedings. Her release was opposed
by her husband, J. B. Sneed, charged
with the murder of A. G. Boyce. Sr
Three physicians testified that Mrs
Sneed was not mentally unsound and
she also took the witness stand ant
made statement. DR.. Wilmer ALI
son. one of the proprietors Of the
sanitarium. declared Mrs. Sneed to be
afflicted with moral delnentia.
Three hundred thousand employees
OF cotton mills Of England will return
to work this week.
Governor Colquitt Saturday tender
ed to District Judge Clarence Martin
of the Thirty-third judicial district the
associate judgeship on the bench OF
the fourth supreme judicial district
vice Judge T. d. Cobbs, resigned.
James G. Taylor. aged "a, the last
Of the famous Tyne River (England)
crew Of oarsmen who won the cham.
pionship from the United States at
Saratoga about 1870, died at Pittsburg,
Pa, Saturday of pneumonia.
The $4,000 bond issue recently
voted by the Richmond independent
school district has been decided by
the attorney general to be illegal, ow-
ing to some Irregularities in the pro-
ceedings incident to the issuance of
the bonds.
President Taft Friday commuted the
prison sentence Of Charles w. Morse,
who was slowly dying at Atlanta,
upon recommendation Of Attorney
General Wickersham and the chief
surgeon of the United States.
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey still maintains stolid silence
the Harvey Wilson incident
and the attack made on him by Colo
mel Henry Watterson. absolutely de-
clining to make any statement what
soever on the subject.
Acts of heroism in many parts Of
the country were substantially recog-
nized in awards Of the Carnegie hero
fund commission Wednesday.
Spirited bidding attended the sale in
Houston on Wednesday OF the 10000
bage Of rice, being the holdings Of the
San Jacinto Rice Company and the
last round lot Of rice available for the
season, which was offered to the mar
ket by the Southern Rice Growers A.
sociation.
FOREIGN.
The town Of Khan Yus, on the
Syrian coast, has been bombsraed BY
In Italian warship, according TO Id
,ices at Constantinople.
a Havana paper publishes m article
% the effect that . tract Of 10000
scres which was desired BY the navy
department. for the extension Of the
United States naval station at Guam.
anamo, on which q Cuban commission
,ad placed q valuation Of 100000. IL
low about to be sold to IN American
company for 100000.
w. Morgan Shuster. the former
treasurer general Of Persia, and his
anily left Vienna for Paris. Mr..
shuster was also accompanied by Ed.
xard Bell. secretary Of the American
egation at Teheran. who will return
o his post after . few days In Paris.
The port Of Zuara was bombarded
friday by the cruisers Carlo Alberto.
1gno. Canope and Fulmine. The
orts were speedily reduced and three
hundred Of the enemy were killed.
Turkish troops have had . sharp
light with q Bulgarian band near
Iratovo, . town Of 5000 Inhabitants,
n the vilayet Of Kosovo. q short dis
ance east OF Uskup. Five Of the Bull.
;arians. including their leader. were
,illed. while the Turks lost one man.
t is said that bombs and a number
1 important documents were found
n the dead Bulgarians.
TraDco IL beginning % show con-
iderable annoyance concerning the
eizure of the steamship Carthage by
Italian war vessels. It is asserted
Nth emphasis that the arrest Of the
essel was entirely unjustified, az
eroplanes were not mentioned in the
Ist OF contraband articles furnished
0 France by the Italian government
{ the outbreak Of the war. The con.
erence in London In 1909 also de-
Jared that aeroplanes were only con-
itional contraband and not liable to
etsure when found on . neutral ves-
el unless It was proved that they
,ere intended for the enemy.
An unidentified steamer sunk with
Il hands Saturday near Swansea,
Wales, after collision with the Cunard
teamsr Veria. from Liverpool. The
esia was unable TO find any trace OF
urvivors or Of wreckage. The lost
essel was . small one, carrying .
rev Of about . dozen me@.
The Chinese republican government
ppeals to the powers for rocognittou. |
Iemands made ON Yuan Shi KAl
The long.talked-of amaleamation of
u electric tubes and railroads Of
oudon with the London 'Gsnsral om'
Ibus Company has finally been car
ed through. The properties owned
, the companies concerned in the
~ amaleamation represent . value
. sits, ,00o. 900.
Field Marshal Count Oko. chief Of
10 general staff Of the japanese
my. retired Saturday, and General
lscount Hasegawa, ex-commander Of
10 japanese troops in Korea, was aD'
,inted to the position.