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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-25

Geo. E. BockOven. formerly
dent of Welsh, has requested u.
change the address of his paper f
Turkey Creek to Glenmora, La.
All legal papers carefully exec.
CHAS. +. MARTIN, Notary Pub.
Office Welsh National Il
Master Paul and little Miss
F'indley, of Iowa, came over Satu
morning and spent the day the
of their sister, Mrs. D. r. Read.
For SALE-A six-room housr
tSouth Polk street, in good condi
Must be sold within the next 30 d
Address j. care of Journal Office.
Mrs. f. Reneaud, after mo!
visit here the guest of her or,
daughter, Mrs. J. c. Barry, left
urday for her home in New Orlean
buy an Enterprise buggy and
will have one just like your neil
boris. Examine the immense stock
the Davidson Wesson Implement
P. ]. Unkel, who left two weeks a.
for the Worlds fair, has visited i
Des Moines, Iowa, and is now SO
journing among kindred in Minnesota
VIM. Terry left Saturday night TO
Biloxi, Miss, to meet his sister, Mis-
Stella, Of Nolin, KY, who arrive,
here Monday night to spend the win
ter.
Texas Red Rust Proc
Seed Oats at Jones Bros
Feed Store.
Mrs. M. A. Hoag and children wen
to Crowley Monday to visit the for
mer's mother and attend the protract
ed meeting now in progress at the M
E. church.
Keep your property insured agains
fire, lightning and tornado. Chas. P
Martin, Notary Public. Office Wells
National Bank.
Rev. Laslette came over Sunday t.
fulfill his appointment at the Congre
gational church but returned to Vim
ton where successful meeting is il
progress.
c. E. Taylor returned to Lafayett
Tuesday morning after visit her
with his family. The contents of tn
Racket store here will soon be move,
to Lafayette.
Mrs. W. J. Pollock, of Pomona
Cali, who is visiting kindred an,
friends in Crowley, was the guest O
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Fulton from Frida,
until Tuesday.
Be patriotic, Feed Rice
Chops, at Jones Bros. FeeC
Store.
Misses Goldie and Winnie Lyon
and Tessie Davis went to Iowa Sta
tion Wednesday afternoon to spent
the remainder of the week at the HON,
OF Misses Lyons.
Frank Foley, of Crowley, was herr
Saturday and let the contract to J. Il
Bowen for an oil well to be drilled a
at point between Evangeline and Iota
in Acadia parish.
L. Whitsett was called to Marlin
Springs, Texas, Friday by the seriou.
illness of his wife. He returned Mon
day and reported Mrs. Whitsett con
siderably better.
Mrs. L. M. Updegraff and daughter
Miss Cassie, of DEBORAH, Iowa, ar
rived Saturday afternoon to spent
the winter with the formers daughter
Mrs. Edith Simmons.
E. Scharff returned Tuesday morn.
ing from a two weeks trip in anG
around ElCampo, Texas. Mr.. Scharh
says his farm near town is for rem
for the coming year.
Boys, Leap Year is not at an enc
yet. Buy an Enterprise buggy and the
girl will surely do the rest. Davidson.
Wesson Implement company sell
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Saxby departed
on the afternoon train Friday for
Hutchinson, Kansas, where they will
remain some time for the recuperation
OF the latter's health.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Labit went to
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-25
Best Oil at DavidsOn's,

Mrs. N. J. Lyons and son, Clarence
SIMPLIFY, came over from Sulphur Fri
day to visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. M. Hall. Mr.. Lyons came over
Sunday morning and accompanied
them home that night.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-25

Postmaster Chas. A. Austin left
Thursday night for Sunnyvale, Cal =,
to spend a month visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Austin. He will re.
turn to Welsh about the first of Jan.
uary.
Gasoline at Davidson's
Miss Lenore Anderson, one of the
assistant teachers in the public school,
was unable to be at her post of duty
Monday on account of sickness Miss
Laura Ellis taught room No. > that
day.
E. S. Wood, of Ell Campo, Texas,
was here Friday looking after matters
OF business. He owns considerable
land in the oil field. and said in all
probability a portion of it would be
developed within a short time
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
JAPS WOULD GROW
RICE In AMERICA
Settlers With Money Coming
Over to Settle in South
ern States.

New Orleans, May 10.-Probably
the first direct development effect" to
be felt in the Louisiana territory as a
result of the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition is the semiofficial recognition
given by the Japanese commission to
the immigration movement from Jap
an to the rice growing country in
Louisiana and Texas.
About June / a number Of Japanese
in ST. Louis will leave for Louisiana
and Texas under the escort of Mr..
Onisha, who will take them turnout
the rice country on a tour of inspec-
ton.
A party of more than 100 Japan
csc, en- route from Japan to San
Francisco, will settle in the rice
country. ....
Two members Of this party, it is
said, are bringing with them more
than 100000 each with which to pur.
chase rice lands and start Japanese
colonies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
ODELL TO PROBE
SHIPPING TRUST
Blame for Delay Laid to District
Attorney Jerome's Politi-
cal Ambition.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Albany, N. Y, May 10.-Prominent
republican campaign contributors, &C
cording to information received here,
have served notice on the party man
ayers that they will not contribute
cent to the republican campaign fund
in the empire state this year If Gov
ernor Odell persists in Investigating
the shipbuilding trust scandal.
Despite this, the best information
here is that the governor has not
abandoned his plan, and that the In
quiry into the shipbuilding bubble
will proceed as soon as the governor
disposes Of the thirty-day bills.
Two months ago Governor Odell
was inclined to allow District Attorney
Jerome to take charge of the matter.
A great deal of evidence was turned
over to Mr.. Jerome, but weeks have
passed without any definite results be-
ing accomplished.
This delay has given rise to the be-
lief that the prosecution has been
abandoned. This is strenuously denied
by the governors friends. They init
mate that District Attorney Jerome
has become lukewarna:
Friends of Governor Odell intimate
that Mr.. Jerome, who may be the
democratic candidate for governor
next fall, has lost his enthusiasm as
a shipbuilding trust buster, and that
unless he begins some local proceed
ings soon, the whole matter will be
taken out Of his hands.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
FLEET OUT OFF FROM PORT?
Vladivostok Squadron Reported to
Have Been Intercepted by Japs.


Have Been Intercepted by Japs.
Special to The journal.
London, May 10.-The Japanese
under Admiral Kamimura are re-
ported to have shut the Vladivostok
cruiser squadron out of Vladivostok
and to have sunk the Russian armOred
cruiser Rurik.
A dispatch from Nagasaki says that
Admiral Kamimura sent several tor
pedo boats into the harbor in a fog,
that they crept thru the channel until
within striking distance Of the Rurik
and that the cruiser was so badly dam
aged by torpedoes that she sank.
The Seoul correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph cables to his paper:
cit is believed here that the Vladi-
vostok fleet has been shut out and
that it is now in the Sea of Japan try
ing to evade the Japanese.
It is not believed here that either
story is absolutely correct. Naval ex-
perts are inclined to think that the
Japanese intercepted the Russian
cruisers near Vladivostok while they
were returning from a raid down the
eastern coast Of Korea.
It is thought that running fight
followed, if the above dispatches are
true: that the Rurik was destroyed
by a torpedo boat attack, and that the
remaining three cruisers, the Gromo-
BOZ, Rossia and Bayan, seeing they
could not regain the harbor, took to
the open sea.
The Vladivostok squadron, unless
disabled, could easily out-dfstance the
japanese fleet, being much more
speedy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
HORSES BENEATH FIRE
RUINS LIVE In WATER

New York, May 10.-Two horses
have been taken alive from beneath
the ruins of the Universal storage
house, which was burned last Friday.
They were in the basement, which
was filled with nearly six feet Of
water, and apparently had saved
themselves from death by holding
their heads above water near a small
window.
When the intelligent animals heard
the fire patrol near they made suffi-
cient noise to attract his attention. He
quickly procured pals filled with oats
and clambered down to their rescue.
A runway was soon made and the
horses were led out thru a window.
Neither animal seemed to have suf-
fered at all except from hunger.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
PITCH LAKE KING IS
DEAD IN TRINIDAD

Port of Spain, Trinidad, May 10
Conrad F. Stollmeyer, known as the
man in the Caribbean, is dead here.
He was 81 years old. From a pen
niless German immigrant to the
United States he became the editor of
German paper in Philadelphia
which pro-slavery partizans tried to
wreck in 1845.
Again penniless he became an ad-
venturer in Trinidad, and, finally, the
owner Of an asphalt lake worth mil
lions which he discovered.
Stollmeyer, altho born in Germany,
where he received university edu-
cation, was a British subject, having
been naturalized by a special act OF
parliament in 184S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
CHINA TO BUILD
BIG STEEL PLANT
Mandarins Arrive in Chicago to
Investigate Modern Methods
of Work.


Chicago, May 10.-U. K. Lee, Tsu-
King-Yuan and -Shao-Yun three.
commissioners Of the Chinese govern
ment, have arrived her from Peking,a
They are mandarins Of the first class,
and have been sent out to investigate
the steel plants of America and Eng
land.
China intends constructing a plant
Of her own for the manufacture Of
armor plate and steel rails" said Mr.:
Lee. 'She already possesses a steel
plant near Shanghai, but it is of an
old pattern, and not at all up to date.
1.-The new plant will be located in
the interior somewhere, exactly where
has not been decided. But we want
the most improved machinery, the
newest models, in order to turn out
steel in quantity and Of the best quail
ity.
"Our party will stay four days in
Chicago, and we will investigate the
Illinois Steel Works From here we
go to Pittsburg and finally to Eng
land
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
MURDER TRACED TO A
REYENGEFUL ASSASSIN
Special to The Journal.

Special TO The Journal.
Butte, Mont. May 10.-Investiga-
ton into the killing Of William Axtell
yesterday at Basin, small mining
camp north Of this city, discloses the
fact that he was not a victim of noun
tain bandits, as was at first reported,
but was murdered by an assassin.
An examination Of Axtell's saloon
showed that no articles Of value had
been touched, $50 in cash being found
on his body. It appears that Axtell
was sleeping in a chair when he was
awakened by the curses Of his slayer,
who shot him thru the mouth as he
attempted to gain his feet. Bleeding
profusely, Axtell made a frantic eff
fort to reach the door Of his saloon,
but, overcome by weakness, he fell
thru a showcase, where he was found
dying among jagged bits of broken
glass.
The motive for the killing is puz-
zling the officers, who have not the
slightest clue to the murderer. AK
tell was Of quarrelsome disposition,
and having had several alterations
during his career as a saloon-keeper,
it is believed some one killed him in
spirit of revenge.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
THROWS BABE FROM A
WINDOW; KILLS HERSELF

Special to The Journal.
Crookston, Mimi, May 10.-Par-
TALLY insane and imagining she was
the object Of unjust treatment by
friends and relatives, Mrs. George
RAM Of Fertile committed suicide
by placing double barreled shotgun
to her breast and pulling the trigger
by means Of a long stick.
Mr.. and Mrs. RAM quarreled and
RAM took away from his wife a revolt
yer which she turned upon herself in
his presence and attempted to dis
charge. RAM then went to the barn
and was recalled shortly by the sound
Of gunshot, which came from his
wife's room. The woman, insane
thru illness and family troubles,
locked herself in her room, threw her
2-year-old baby out of the window in
a paroxysm Of rage, and shot herself,
death resulting instantly. She was "a.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
TRAGEDY IN JAIL
AT EXCELSIOR
Tramps suffocated by Smoke from
Fire Which They Started
One Will Die.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Excelsior, Mimi, May 10.-Two
men were suffocated by smoke in the
village jail last night, and one of them,
Ellsworth Balar, a negro Will prob
ably die.
Early in the evening Village Mar
shall Powers arrested Balar and
Eugene Benedict, white, for being
drunk and disorderly, and locked them
up. Abous o'clock this morning the
marshal returned to the Jail and
found that the negro had started a
fire in the bedclothes. The jail was
full Of smoke, and before the officer
could drag out his prisoners both
were unconscious and have been in a
comatose state most of the time since.
!. Physicians were called and on ex-
animation declared that the colored
man would probably die. The men
are strangers here and apparently are
tramps. They will be taken to the
county hospital.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
FAIR In TROUBLE
WITH ST. LOUIS
Exposition Management Unable
to Give City Bond That
Was Promised.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
st, Louis, May The trouble be-
tween Mayer WeIrs and the manage
ment of the Louissiana Purchase Ex-
position over the Park restoration
bond which the exposition promised to
give the city in return for the free
use of part of Forest Park. as the
exposition site,s threatens to grow
serious and to involve the prospects of
the worlds fair itself.
Two bonds which have been submit
ted to the city by President D. r.
Francis and the exposition company
have been accepted by the city council
and vetoed by Mayor Wells
Judge Franklin Ferris, general
counsel for the exposition, yesterday
frankly said to Mayor Wells: THE
worlds fair management is unable to
furnish a bond such as the city re-
quires for the restoration Of Forest
park" This is expected to bring mat
tiers to a speedy crisis.
1t is inferred from the mayors re-
marks and the present status Of the
bond matter that the council is con-
sidering the advisability Of taking
Illegal action against the exposition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
ERNEST H00LEY
LANDS IN JAIL
Noted English Company Promoter
Arrested for Conspiracy
to Defraud.

London, May 1O.-Ernest Terah
Hooley, whose meteoric career and
company promoting a few years ago
astonished the financial world, was
arrested in London to-day on the
! Hooley's colossal bankruptcy and
the. proceedings arising ztherefrom
were the sensations of 1898. Since
then he has been connected with
various promotions, some Of which led
to court proceedings.
Henry j. Lawson, another company
promoter, was also arrested to-day in
connection with the Hooley charge.
Hooley reached the pinnacle of his
prominence in 1896 when he pro-
NOTED a tire company as the result Of
cleared $12,5O0,00O. At that time he
was living a sort of Count Of Monte
Cristo existence buying yachts and
race horses and historic country seats
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
STOLE THE PREACHERS
CLAIM, HOUSE AND FENCE
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Miller, S. D., May 10.-Rev. A. O..
Swartwood, pastor Of the Christian
church, says that his house and fence
have been stolen from his homestead
west Of Pierre while he was preaching
here and unable to be on his land.
It seems that houses are in demand
there. A man returned to his house
after a months absence, went to bed
only to awake in the night ten miles
from his land, thieves having six
horses hitched to the building and
moving it west.
The owner stepped out with two
guns and ordered the volunteer house
movers to return forthwith his home
to it's .original foundation without
prejudice. They did SO, apologizing
by saying they did not know he was
home.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
BATTLE NEAR LIAO-YANG
Japanese Come Up with Russians and
Severe Fight Follows.

shanhai-kwan, May 10.-It is re-
ported that the First Japanese army
corps, having followed the Russians
retreating from the Yalu river, over
took them twenty miles south of Lao
yang yesterday and that a severe en-
gagement ensued. The Japanese
dragged their guns up hills believed
to be unsurmountable. The Russians
continued to retreat north.
A division Of the first corps is ap-
preaching Niu-chuang, which is now
garrisoned by handful Of Russians.
Japanese scouts have been seen six
miles from Niu-chuang. Nineteen
women were the last civilians to leave
Nil1-chuang for Shanhai-kwan. They
arrived here tonight and confirmed
the report of the evacuation of Mus
chuang.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
London, May 10.-The Belgrade
correspondent Of the Chronicle sends
a pitiful account of the distracted
condition Of mind to which King
Peter of Servia has been reduced by
the anxieties of his monarchy.
The king has been greatly distressed
by the GOODNESS and the many in
stances of hostility with which he is
regarded by the masses. He also suf-
fers greatly from insomnia and is
haunted by horrible dreams.
He complains that in his dreams he
sees King Milan running thru the cor
ridors and halls of the palace with a
drawn sword in his hand, shouting:
where are the murderers Of my
son ?'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
JAPS DEFEATED
AT PORT ARTHUR
Railroad Connection Between
Stronghold and Liao-yang
Re-established.
Japanese Unable to Check Sortie
Made by Russians Under
Stoessel.
Russian Admiralty Declares the
Vladivostok Fleet Is in Port
and Unhurt.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
st. Petersburg, May 1o.-A foreign EN-.
bassy here processes to have information
to the effect that the vIadlvostok and Port
Arthur squadrons have effected juno
ture after naval battle In which the Jap.
anese lost three cruisers and the Russians
two and one torpedo boat destroyer.
Special to The Journal.
st. Petersburg, May 1O.-A tele-
gram received here this afternoon says
that Port Arthur is again free on the
land side. It is declared that the
Japanese have been repulsed in an
encounter twenty kilometers from the
town.
The Russians made sortie, accord
ing to the report, In strength, for the
purpose of repairing the railroad. The
Japanese were unable to stop the
Railroad connection between Port
Arthur and Liao-yang has been re-
established.
The admiralty here denies that the
Russian cruiser Rurik has been sunk
by the Japanese.
First Train Comes Thru.
ST. Petersburg, May 10, GAO p. M
The correspondent Of the Associated
Press has obtained absolute confirma-
ton of the report that railroad COM
| munication with Port Arthur is again
open. The first locomotive came thru
last night and the second at 9 o'clock
| this evening.
| According to information received
by the general staff, the bridge blown
up by the Japanese near Port Adams,
#Liao-tu peninsula, has been re-
paired and the permanent way is un-
| injured. Telegraphic communication
with Port Arthur is not yet open.
| 1t is reported that Lieutenant Cen
eral Stoessel, commander of the milf
| tary forces at Port Arthur, has sue
cessfully engaged and driven off the
| enemy.
| The general staff has no confirma-
| ton of this report and explains the.
| withdrawal of the Japanese from the
| railroad as being either due to pres
| forces left by General Kuropatkin at
/ Kai-ping and other points on the rail-
road.
l While without definite information,
the impression here is that the
strength the Japanese force, landed at
81 .PitseWo was overestimated, and that
either it was not strong enough to
i take charge Of the railroad or it
q moved eastward along the littoral to
effect junction with the Yalu army.
The emperor received the news Of
Port Arthur last night and seemed
greatly pleased. He had a message
from Port Arthur an hour before by
pigeon post, via Liao7yang. reporting
!. that all was well at the fortress.
The admiralty heard to-day from
, Vladivostok. Rear Admiral Jessen's
squadron is there and reports all well.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
100000 SHEPPARD MEN
THREATEN TO STRIKE

New York, May 10.-Thirty thou
sand workmen in the shipyards Of this
city, Hoboken, Staten Island and
Shooters Island, are threatening to
strike in aid Of 5000 boiler makers
who have gone out In an effort to en-
force their demand for the closed
shop.
The marine trades council, repre-
senting many organizations Of work
men employed in the yards have de-
cided at a mass meeting, to order a
general sympathetic strike whenever
called on to do so by the strikers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
BURGLARS BETRAYED
BY LOAD OF PENNIES.

New York, May 1O.-Enterprising
burglars who looted a penny slot ma
chine concert hall in Broadway failed
to escape with their plumber because
one of their number broke down UNI
der the burden Of $4,000 pennies.
~ Three or four men went thru the
machines in full view Of the street,
but were supposed to be employees.
After placing the coins in bag they
made off, but a policeman gave chase
The bag carrier broke down and
dropped the money. The men es-
capped.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
CHICAGO "WIDE OPEN
BY MAYORS ACTION
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, May 10.-Mayor Harrison
has made good the recent promise Of
Jimmy" Quinn that the town would
be thrown wide open"
- The "lid" is off and no mistake. The
license of the saloon of Mont Tennes,
long known as the stronghold of the
North Side gambling king" was re-
stored yesterday.
O'Leary's famous saloon was also
licensed to open its doors in token
that Chicago is to be once more a
wide open" town. The mayor makes
no defense Of his action.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
opELL SIGNS JERoME,s BILL.

Albany, N. Y, May U-Governor odell
last night signed the gambling witness
bill, which District Attorney Jermoe de-
clared to be necessary to convict Richard
A. Garfield of conducting gambling house.
Under the new law the district attorney
may compel Reginald Vanderbilt to testify
in regard to his alleged experiences in
Canf1eld's house.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
"APPENDIXLESS CLUE"
PLANNED FOR S. CITY.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Sioux City, Iowa, May 10.-The APP
pendixless club is to be the name Of a
unique social organization promoted
by Hamlet A. Rye Of the National
Biscuit company. Mr.. Rye has called
a meeting of all who have lost their
vermiforms, and purposes a perman-
ent organization.
It will be something like a G. A.
r. Mr.. Rye said. We can talk Of
our wounds and our battles within the
prison walls Of the hospitals"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-10
MONTANAN BRUTALLY
MURDERS HIS BROTHER
special to The Journal.

Butte, Mont, May 10.-During a
bloody row at Meaderville. Larry
Connich, an Austrian, fatally injured
his brother, Joe Connich, kicking his
face into an unrecognizable pulp. The
two were wrangling over family diff
ferences and in an exchange of blows,
Joe Connich was Knocked down, when
his brother jumped upon his face,
crushing his countenance with the hob
nails Of his heavy shoes. Joe Con-
mich died last night.