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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
WANT raxes Remltted.

Laredo, Texas: one resuas
ing up the poll tax laws TINS sear
heen the discovery that-tha POI ~
collected by the city from persons
over 60 was unconstitutional ana Hsany
nersons over this age are demandins :
return of the poll tax they have sesA
having the city in the past.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
Rain at Mexia.

!: A steady rain fell
and the ground has re-
God soaking. OF course
d, but our people are
e amount that fell. The
as getting scarce while
places was too hard to
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
Chance to Get Away.

St. Petersburg: "A dispatc
Vladivostok says the Japane
mercial agent there, acting u
ders from Toxic, has issued a
informing the Japanese resi-
the country that those who
leave may proceed to Japan ,
the British steamer Afridi.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12

IS: DR.. l. P. Sessions,
white mans primary
called the primaries
r the city officers for
IL ticket will be Vot-
on and a great deai
manifested by all
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
Condition Improved.

a: DR.. Rixey, after a con-
} O'Clock Thursday night
q had been a distinct inn
/ Senator Hanna's conoi-
At if nothing occurred 10
her setback he would oe
} in a week.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
NJ Had a Majority.

nent Had a Majority.
In the ultimate division in
If Commons on Mr.. Robin
1ment to the address, the
has majority.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
md Orders.

rhe Rock Island rail-
structions to restore
ain rates to the gulf,
effect the low rates
will have a tendency
of grain to the gull
to New York fer-aA'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
slashed a Missionary.

Do,,as Texas: Rev. r. 7. Bryan,
leaaing missionary to China from .ns
southern Baptist church. was roDDeu
by a negress. who slashed him with I
razor across 9TH atsssHtsas and tie sss1
He held her until the p0lica
Dr.. Bryan is located in Shangh
is raising funds for college IT,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
rucedI for Senator.

sxas: Judge A. ]. Harper
elk. who represents this
senatorial district, has an
reelection. The race for
misses to be an unusually
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
* Man.
Fever and
Him.

ON over the case
has been mis- reg.
ian here; DR.. q.
DR.. Behron.
wed during their
talked. earnestly
Elmer Dover, Soc
for ten minutes,
sympathy. Then
e White House.
.ng closely guard
no one except his
permitted TO SEQ
is milk, and no
, used at present
,mfortable during
ma insists On per-
the patient mucn
aimed nurse began
ay the outlook 4
v and the crucla
,hould he passed II
~ say the case
irregular typhoio ;
ian most cases {
somewhat like
,hich accounts Il
ms in .he fever al
I the patient.
said. instead of b
Q diagnosis OF
4. the annonu'
from fearful unc'
ize the serlousne
ut feel there mis
leVelOpulShtS
of much more CT
are now making
ion OF the kidnt
. the senator's
rheumatic condl'
ore serious one |
: man.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
A Brakeman's Suicide.

FL Paso, Texas: Oscar B:
young brakeman in the emplo!
Mexican Central railway, die
the fleets of a dose of Carlo
The coroner's verdict was
Black had been here only few
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
of a Gusher.

;: A gusher is so EVIL
ardam that some lively
ais have been made and
2. The casing has been
everything is in readl-
ne well Friday or Satur'
.illar has not the least
is we'll will come In
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
Mrs. MAVERICK to 81 .-lree Jul

Rouen. France: A reporter
Associated Press called at q
dence of the Baroness de Roo.
mother of Mrs. Maybriclk, Nor =
was informed that the bar'aGeS OF
turned here from London ia
that she was again absenfs.
! city. Before leaving RoueI
ness said Mrs. MaybricbFchas1ng
free on July &c.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
GaSsed.

Paige, Texas; Mr.. Alvin
about % years of age. while
in a well about six miles sout
here, on last Saturday morn
overcome by poisonous gases
before he could be taken {
Schultz was a young man of g
acter. His remains were lai,
in Dixon Prairie cemetery.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
A Mexican Accidentally Shot.

San Antonio, Texas: Esequiei Oro5.
90 vonng Mexican. in the en- visiting
y. o,, No. brorab+ L. Full
city hospital Sunday night
sthrough both wrists and the
"a shotgun. He will lose his
brosco was in the act of picES
faded gun, when the .weapo9
IA exploded by the 100
against
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
nall Grain Saved.

'exas: A much needed rain
re Thursday night, the heav-
the past year. 1t came in
We some of wheat and
i'll put a g AA~-tn the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
Loving a Suicide.

Fort Worth, Texas: Joseph bAA@
ing, So years old, Well know
as cities as writer for stocl !.
and at one time manager O $50 =
and Farm Journal at s. -
killed himself Thursday
let from a revolye4~7 " ID AR
leaves wife andf "
ency over the is1 49, d.
his plans is belle q
cause for his dc |s~----
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12

Colopre: nr---~.IIsCuOTyes
grounds according to thbj
of landscape gardening. 70,
commendable and the mat,
trees should be considered \
our citizens. 4
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
Japan's Action.

Toxic, Feb. S.--The severance of di-
plomatic relations between Russia and
Japan appears to be step toward war
and when the ministers of Russia and
Japan withdraw from their respective
posts, quick and decisive action is eX-
pected. When Minister of Foreign AT.
fairs Komura, on Saturday notified
Baron de Rosen, the minister of Rus
STA to Japan, of the determination OF
Japan to sever diplomatic relations, he
is reported to have declared to him
that Japan is tired of Russia's delay
evasions and insincerity, and has de
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
incubation for Blind

Hearne, Texas: Prof.
Urinary surgeon of Hous
in the city for the psyat
inoculated d NV.
lhuleS nv he the iron
anthrax > our fingers,
to- DT
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
IN SELF DEFENSE.

"Why, professor! Why are you
wearing ear muffs on the street on a
hot day like this?"
20, | forgot TO take them off! Our
baby makes such a noise all the time
at home!"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
A 500
Livery Stables
Be

Houston, Texas, Fe
rush of flames, the sore
ers, hoarse shouts of
roar of falling walls. t
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
Embassy Does Not Know War

Berlin: The Russian Emba
has been informed by Coun
dorff, the Russian foreign
that the Russian government
know whether the breaking o
lomatic negotiations by japan
liminary to war or not. AnX
walls at the embassy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
THE RUPTURE HAS OCCURRED.
Diplomatic Relations Between Japan
and Russia Have Been Severed.

and Russia Have Been Severed.
st. Petersburg, Feb. S.-Count Lams-
dorff, Russian foreign minister, has Of
ficially informed Russian representa-
tives abroad that Japan has decided
to break off negotiations with Russia
and withdraw her minister and whole
japanese legation from st. Petersburg.
The Russian foreign minister thereuP-
on ordered Russian Minister Baron de
Rosen and his staff to leave Toxic.
The semi-official messenger publish
es the following circular telegram,
dated Feb. 6. which has been sent out
by the Russian foreign minister to
representatives OF the Russian govern
ment abroad:
Acting under instructions from his
government, the Japanese minister at
the Imperial court has presented a
note which informs the imperial gov
ernment of the decision of Japan TO
break off further negotiations and re-
call her minister and entire staff at
the japanese legation.
In consequence of this, his impe
rial majesty has ben pleased to order
that the Russian minister at Toxic
with his whole staff. shall leave the
capital of Japan without delay.
Such an attitude on the part of the
Toxic government, which has no
even awaited the arrival of the an
swar of the imperial government
which was sent off during the last few
days. throws. the whole responsibility!
for the consequences which may aris'
from the rupture of diplomatic negoti
atoms between the two empires OIL
Japan
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12

III LHt HCIW
To Mudville to do some u
ing three children at Dol
her absence the house
and one of the children 10
the flames.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
Child Burned to Death.

Brvan, Texas: Mr.. Louis Bate re-
oor+s tragic incident happening 10
the family of a negro in the Bra"oS
bottom near midwife. The negro was
a. eoId at work and his wife went
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12

I'll SIX o c1Och dL
driven from their homes, .vov from,
streets. Household goods A., D., Ar.
Unfortunately everywhei
distressed owners sat on tt
watched the angry Aamesafter spell of
way into the rooms they we DOCKS Ill ule
call home or the flood of outh Lancashire
them. 1t was a scene of mat ii Shllllngs
confusion and excitement On this wage
the lurid flames, and all co,nd child. Then
was drowned by the cracll!iin the tea trade
and falling walls as the md of tea, made
with great rapidity from entl,ets and these
'he Diock. to door. And
The burned portion consis o >.ola+s Of
two-story brick structures,
| exception of a two-story res
/ the corner Of Prairie and Sh' eNoii''i5
streets and all were tenant " warehouse
4 cry barns carriage stocksllcn lie ailei-
! exception OF the city fire d1ch 1000 Prou-
4 and the rooming houses and
room on the second floor of
of the buildings The present
and feed stuffs, the open con ALL e A..
OF the barns, the consequent :, =
fed the flames, all mitigated & VI
: speedy control of the fire. T,ei' w io'i>
} of the firemen complimeu 9oioi9is q"
{ every hand. They battled day. anu d.
0 great odds, and that they succing he met a
h combining the fire to half a BIZ
e slight scattering to houses TIM, he SAID,
! gnited by the fierce heat thSd lesson for
n upon them in bliStering ferctlnion in the
y the wind that prevailed from tn cnd notice
l. IS much 10 their creoi'' 1T meeting
/ conservative estimate pi little tipsy
q damage not less than $1,000 SO ,ola;or.
% insurance not aggregating ON, ,- D.
e the loss. Wild rumors were ~,
tba+ 1;vas ha5 Noon l,st in +blem? They
- rut there was morning n con IRE such thai
i renort A score of valuable, while the
p We're burned, and vast anaVe. lher'
IL harness large number of imng man t.
D. ages. The telephone service ,olis Star.
~ crippled for time, and the S
Is of wires will be work for days te SN1@S'
lg as the great net work at the
IL fire station was cut early to adr WIN
~ nro,,ar agbting Of the mesdepartmen
ed citys loss to its fire alarm systrl, and
nd aggregate $4,000. Guard a
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12


cided to take independent actl soo, how
the CONSERVATION oi Japan grinned and
.iaea Ta.on., 10Y ran'astlg the door
$50 +,,a.o t,aa+od ~ NO. Mt he said =,
isfactory manner. Japan wait ds lai "'
convinced that it was uselessl grnning.
longer. and has now ended thck and blue
sion The indications are thrith people
will be no formal declarationand beating
Japan will publicly define its was the first
and purposes, and the foreign TO excuse
has prepared a new statemen
will probably be announced
Today Japan will unquesLE.
| sieze Korea, and although Ru
previously intimated that it W
interfere in view of that cou
| present attitude in the develop
eagerly awaited.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-02-12
.,s SAKE.

qavs talking
or charity.
;ouId do anu
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-17
CUT OFF ESCAPE FROM
THE HURRICANE DECK,

the escape from the hurricane deck OF
the Slocum, where a great many Of
the women and children were crowded
together and soon burned away the
light wooden uprights, which came
down with a crash on those below. 1t
is thought that most of those on the
hurricane deck were burned.
AS the fire increased the struggle
to gain a point of vantage at the stern
became frightful. Women and chill
dren crowded against the after rail
until 1t gave way, and hundreds were
pushed off into the river. After this
there was a steady stream of persons
who jumped or were thrown into the
water.
Mothers and children became sepa.
rated and frantically sought each
other, while in several cases fathers
and mothers, gathering their children
together, jumped with them into the
water. Little children holding each
other by the hands, jumped together
and were afterward found clasped in
each others arms.
1t is alleged that men fought with
women to escape, resulting in the
trampling under foot of scores of chill.
dren.
In the wake of the Slocum as she
hurried up stream was a line Of little
black spots, marking the heads and
bodies OF those who had sought to es-
cape the roaring furnace on the ship
by throwing themselves overheard.
At no time was there any OppOrtun-
1ty to lower life boats or get out more
than a few life preservers from under
the seats, so RAPIDLY did the flames
spread.
THE LIFE PRESERVERs
COULD NOT BE UTILIZED.
It is alleged that the life preservers
were too securely fastened to their
holdings to be available and stories
are told OF frantic efforts made by
strong men to cut them loose. Some
say that if they could have been torn
down they were too high up for the
children to reach, while one man
says he took life p~reservers from un-
der. a seat where they we're kept.
Many say time vas so short and ex-
element s o great that %lifeboats and
life preservers were forgotten or were
not manipulated properly by the
frenzied passengers. Captain Schaick
says that he Immediately rang the
bells for getting out the fire apparatus.
According to several statements no at
tempt was made to lower boats or life
RATS. 1t is said that none could be
lowered at the speed taken by the
steamer and that fastening to shore
was thought the better tactic.
10 Through all the wild panic of that
grim ace with death. during all that
inferno, with fire and smoke surround
ing them, officers and men of the
doomed boat remained at their posts,
but they were powerless to avert the
catastrophe.
The Slocum got within fifty feet OF
the northwest point Of North Brother
Island and there stopped in shallow
water. 1t was just before she beached
that the hurricane deck, the supports
of which had burned away, fell with
its load Of women and children, add
ing to the panic and horror of those
on the deck below.
Very soon after parts of the second
and third decks also caved in. Just
before this happened the tug Walter
Tracy had been dashed to the Slocum.
Many passengers were taken off the
Slocum by the Tracy, which remained
by the steamer until the tugs pilot
hnuSa took fro
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-17
CONTEST MAY NOT BE HEARD
BY REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE.
MAY EXCLUDE DELEGATIONS
BONE OF THE Committeeman
FAVOR LETTING COURTS De.
eide THE CASE.

Chicago, June 16.-Prelininary tt a
more extended meeting today, when a
number of contests will be heard, some
OF which may he brought before the ma
tional Republican convention Tuesday,
the national Republican committee
met Wednesday in the Coliseum.
After deciding that the contests on
delegates at large and district dele
gates from the various states shall be
heard in executive session, each side
to be given thirty minutes for the pre-
sentation of arguments, the commit
tee adjourned for the day. The con
tests will be considered in alphabet
cal OrGe err.
In the matter of contested delega-
tons interest centered largely in the
fight in Wisconsin where two factions
have elected delegates at large, all in
structed for Roosevelt. The support
ers Of Governor Lafollette have ar
rived, prepared to present their side
OF the controversy. q
Those opposed to Lafollette, among
whom are Senators Spooner and
Quarles and Representative Babcock,
were also present.
The contest. if it is heard by the
committee at all, may not be taken up
until Friday, but some of the members
are said to have concluded to exclude
both delegations and let the courts de-
termine the rights of the two factions.
Preceding the hearing of contests,
the recommendation of the subcOm-
mittee having in charge the seating of
the Porto Rican delegates will be
heard.
T. r. Byrnes of Minneapolis, who is
here with the proxy of Committeeman
T. H. Shevlin, will argue for the seat
ing of six delegates from the islands.
A subcommittee will report on ques-
lions relating to disfranchisement of
the negro.
In the absence of Chairman Henry
G. Payne, who is i'll, Senator N. B.
Scott of West Virginia presided.
h. Resolutions eulogistic of the late
Senators Hanna and Quay were
adopted,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-17
CONDITIONS NOW NORMAL.
General Bell Says Business Of Al
Kinds Is Active at Cripple Creek.

Kinds Is Active at Cripple Creek.
Denver, June 16.-"The mines in the
Cripple Creek district are opening,
business Of all kinds is resuming, con
ditions are normal and more men will
be at work within the next three
months than. ever before in the history
of the camp" said General Sherman
M. Bell, who was in Denver to attend
a meeting of the military board.
"The mine owner and business men
will see that affairs continue as they
are at the present time. There will be
no deportations from now on as we
made a clean sweep of the undesir-
able characters. Those now being
held are charged with crimes and will
be prosecuted
According to reports I have re-
ceived." Governor Peabody said, cit
will not be necessary, in all probable
ity. to keep the troops in the field very
much longer. No more trouble is ex-
pected."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-17
STATEMENT OF THE CORONER
Fire Started in storageroom in For
ward Part Of Boat.

New York, June 16.-After question
ing all the witnesses, including Cap
tain Van Schaick and five of his crew,
who appeared before him in the Alex
ander avenue station. Coroner Berry
made the following statement:
"From all the evidence which has
been produced before me, 1 am of the
opinion that the fire started in the
storageroom on the starboard side of
the boat forward. There vas stored
in the room, oils, paints, old rope,
campstools, lumber and other material
of a highly inflammable nature. This
material a such as any ship is COM
PEELED to carry and SO far as it's pres
ence is concerned, l do not know that
the ships owners are guilty of neg
lect."
The coroner says the fire alarm was
sounded; hose vas manned but there
was no water. The panic foiled eff
forts of the crew to work the fire ap-
paratus.
The coroner says the owners will not
be exonerated unless the fire is proven
to have been from combustion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-17
HIGH WIND TANNED
FLAMES INTO FURY

AS the vessel was built in 1891, the
~well-seasoned wood of which she was
almost entirely built, was soon a mass
of flame. The Roadway of the vessel
and a high wind famed the flames into
fury. Efforts were at once directed to
subduing the fire, but they were futile.
The blaze spread aft with avidity.
Captain Van Schaick, in the pilot
house, had been informed of the out
break of the fire and realizing the dan
ger to the hundreds of excursionists.
decided to send the vessel to shore at
One Hundred and Thirty-fourth
street. At this point there are a num-
Der of lumber yards and several huge
oil tanks and the captain was warned
that to attempt to land at this point
would endanger the property and per-
haps further imperil the scores of peo-
pie who had already been frightened
into a state of almost uncomfortable
excitement.
Changing the steamers course
slightly, he headed for North Brother
Island, half a mile away, neal the en-
trance to the Sound. By this time the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-17
CARRIED AWAY BY THE
CURRENT AND DROWNED.

The point where the Slocum
beached was just off the Scarlet fever
ward on North Brother Island. The
patients, who had been outside watch
ing the approach of the burning steam
er, were ordered indoors and the ply
sicians on the island fastened to the
assistance of those who were coming
ashore through the shallow water.
Many of those who leaped from the
Slocum were carried away by the cur-
rent, rel after she was beached, and
were drowned.
The scene on North Brother Island,
81 described by the rescuers, was a
pitiful one. Body after body was
washed ashore or brought in by boats
and added to the long row on the
beach. Fifty-three persons died there
while the doctors were attending them.
AS the bodies of the living and the
dead were taken out of the water,
those alive were taken to ships on the
island or SEN across the river to hos
pitfalls in Manhattan. Ambulances
from almost all the hospitals in New
York city and every other sort of con-
veyance which could be found were
put into service.
For hours bodies of burned and
drowned persons drifted ashore on the
island and between One Hundred and
Thirtieth street and One Hundred and
Thirty eighth street in Manhattan.
Some came ashore still alive. Many
Of these died.
Rows of bodies were stretched along
the beach, and historical women and
frantic men went along looking at M
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-17

after another. searching for relatives
and friends. Women with disfigured
faces, their clothing partly stripped
from them, were carried to the enier-
gency hospital. crying for childi en- who
had been torn from them in the mad
rush when tue boat took fire.
Meanwhile. the fslocum burned to
the waters edge. At 1925 o'clock,
two hours and twenty-five minutes
after the fire was first discovered, she
sank. 1t is thought there were then
nearly 100 charled bodies ON the
decks. Just after the steamer san <
the water near by was black with
bodies.
The tug Fidelity picked up sS
charred bodies in Hunts Cove Off
Ricker's island and carried them into
the sound. None of these bodies, it is
thought, can eve be identified.
Heads, legs and arms are burned off
and not a shred of clothing is left on
any Of them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-17
HEARING FOR MOVER
COLORADO LABOR LEADERS TO
APPEAR IN FEDERAL COURT
AT ST. LOUIS.

st. Louis, June 16.-United States
Circuit Judge A. NJ. Thayer, sitting in
chambers, has granted a writ Of habeas
corpus to have Charles P. Meyer,
president of the Western Federation of
Miners, brought before him on July 5.
The writ is directed against Governor
J.. Fl. Peabody Of Colorado, Adjutant
General Bell and Captain Bulkely
Wells. The three have been cited to
appear with Meyer and show cause
why Meyer is being restrained from
his Liberty by being confined in a
stockade or better known as the "bull-
pen at Telluride, Colo.
Denver, June 16.-Governor Pea
body has issued an order declaring
martial law in San Miguel county at
an end, directing the release of troops
from duty and in%structing Captain
Bulkely Wells, in command of the
troops, to turn over to the civil au-
thorities President Charles H. Meyer
of the Western Federation of Miners,
now a prisoner in the bullpen at Tel
luride.