The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-08
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.

now in charge Of affairs.
Mrs. Lauro Casey, of Laredo, acct
dentally drank a cup of water that had
been poisoned to kill rats, and died
from the poison.
4 The National Civil Liberty patty. a
negro organization, has called a meet
ing to take place at st. Louis July
o, for the purpose Of nominating
candidate for president.
The Morris County National Bank of
. Naples, Tex, has been authorized to
begin business with $4,000 capital. J.
. H. Matthews is president, D. A. Cook,
cashier.
Ground will be broken in May for
n theatre on the site of the Ferris
( Wheel Park, Chicago, to cost $15O,00O.
It will be known as Laieview Theatre
AID will scat 1895 people.
James Colgate, member of the
Z New York Stock Exchange, has taken
out an insurance policy for $1,5O0,OO
This is said to be the largest single
The Sully collapse is still engaging
attention in the speculative circles. No
settlement has been made, but mat
tiers are drawing down to 9 focus that
The Seattle Trade Register says
that orders have been placed with To-
cal dealers in the last few days for
225. 900 cases of Alaska salmon for
shipment to japan for us by the army.
The Railroad Commission has ap-
proved the interlocking plat at Ca
ruth, north of Dallas, protecting TIE
crossing of the Houston and Texas
Central and Missouri, Kansas and Tex
as Railroads.
Viceroy Alexieff arrived ct Port Ar
thur Thursday and was receiver by
Vice Admiral Makaroff and other Of
ficials. He inspected the ships and
went on board the torpedo boat de-
stroyer SLIM, which distinguished her
self in the latest attack by the Jap
4anese.
Private advices received from Wash
ington state that the President has de-
stermined to establish a protectorate
over the island of San Domingo, which
will be such in effect, if not il name.
The Union Trust Company of Bos-
ton has closed doors. The nominal as
sets are about S1,OGoOoo, with liabill
ties of an equal sum.
The Federal Trust Company OF Gle
velard, has assigned. 1t is understood
that it will turn over about 81 ,000, 600
deposits to the assignee. It's total as
sets will be about So, 100000. The Fed
teral Trust Company has a capital
stock of $1.5OO,0o It's surplus fund is
$4,000 and it has about $4,000 I'M
divided profits. According to the last
report it had $22SS, 1862 in loans and
discounts, $4,000 in real estate loans
and owned $72S 600 bonds and mortg-
ages. Its last statement showed in
diyidual deposits of s1,593, 1928. One of
its prominent officials is said to have
suddenly disappeared.
The worlds automobile records have
been broken at Nice. M. Rigolly, driv.
ing 100-horse power car, for the in
ternational cup race covered a mile,
standing start, in So 3-5 seconds. In
the kilometre $3.50 feet) race for the
Rothschild cup, with a flying start,
Pigolly covered the distance in 25 ga
seconds.
Boil weevil was discovered at Mont
gomery, La, near Alexandria. The
pest was brought to New Orleans by
country editor. A native OF Texas
examined it and pronounced it the
genuine weevil.
Dispatches say thta Russia has
bought the Fuerst Bismarck, ard that
the price paid was 100000.
The KruIG Mill and Elevator Com.
pany of Denton has amended is char
ter by increasing it's capital stock from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The Frisco mint has undoubtedly
broken all records for gold coinage
since the use of money oegan in civil
hzation, the amount coined March
reaching $50, 113,5OO. an average OF
more than $1,000,000 a Gay.
The New York Automobile Club has
arranged to make manv tours from