The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-03-04
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.


The Windsor Hotel annex at Abilene |
was burned at loss of about $4,000.
High Japanese officials have started
to the United States and England for
the purpose of negotiating war loans.
RI Buneau-Varilla, the Minister from
Panama, has cabled his resignation as
such TO the president of the Republic.
Among those on board the Korea,
which was seized by the Japanese al
ester. N. Y.
The new Batson Prairie oil field Is
going through the broil Of litigation
over titles peculiar to the develop
ment of all Texas oil lands
While the ticket agent was absent
from his office a few minutes at the
Jefferson station one day last week,
come one tapped his till for about $50.
The annual revenue from the real
and personal estates Of the French Ma
ton is $38 so per capita or $154.4O per
family. which for France is estimated
at four persons.
The Pintsch Gas Company's plant at
TexarEana was damaged by fire to the
extent of $4,000 Friday morning. This
is the plant which supplys all railway
trains at that point
The postoffice at Reisor Station, ten
miles southwest of Shreveport, La,
was broken into and SIS worth of post
age stamps stolen. A quantity OF can
aed goods were taken from the store
Of M. w Reisor, postmaster.
Louisiana has passed a quarantine
law prohibiting the transmission into
Or through that state any cotton seed
or seed cotton from weeyil infected
section of Mexico or Texas, and at
taches penalties for violation.
]. T. Furley has reported to the
Southwestern Mining Association of Ell
Paso that he had struck an eighteen
foot vein of coal at a depth of 240 feet
while boring a well on his ranch
twenty miles north of Fort Hancock.
Practically all ood-stuffs except
eggs have reached extremely high
prices in New York, owing to unfavor-
able weather Fish clans, oysters
and Holsters are most affected. Oys-
tiers never have been so scarce. Lob
sters. which have been growing
scarcer for years, are now hardly OBJ
tainable.
The Worlds record for individual
bowling has been broken by Homer
Elliott of Denver. In the state tourna,
ment now on he rolled 712. The pre-
vious record was made at indianapolis
about a year ago, when 676 was
scored.
Secretary Hay and Minister Bunau
Varil1a at 1920 Friday forenoon, ex
changed notifications of the Panama
canal treaty at the state department
Gen Charles Dick, of Akron, will be
elected to succeed the late NJ. A. Han
ma as United States Senator from
Ohio
Mrs Alkaline Lambright of McCloud
o. IT,, aged fifty-eight years, died OF
pneumonia at Mckinney while on 6
visit to her sister, Mrs. w. M. Glenn.
Mr.. Bryan spent a couple of hours
in conference with Mayor McCleller
of New York. the other day and die
not discuss politics during the time
so he says.
James Warden, aged 102 years, sup
posed to be the oldest expounder o
Methodism in the world, is dead in thu
Baltimore county aims house. He wa
born in England and was licensed t.
preach in 1924.
Charles Larroussie, chancellor o
theFrench Legation at City of Mex
CO. who is alleged to have embezzle
$4,000 legation funds and $4,000 none;
OF Minister Blondel, has been arrest
ed at Salina Cruz and will be return
ed TO face his accusers.
The treaty of arbitration between
France and Spain had been signed
The terms are Identical with the re
cent arbitration treaties concluded be
tween France and Great Britain ant
Italy and Great Britain.
At Park, village Eve miles ives
of Texarkana, Tom. Goodwin, youni
man was shot through the left shoul