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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Louisiana
. News.
Man Dies suddenly in Hotel.

AleXandria.--A white man, who was
known as "Dutchy," died suddenly on
Sunday night The man was unknown
and nothing can be learned as to his
identity. He came here about two
months ago and has bean employed
around the hotel, railroad yards and
other places. Harry Parish, night YARD
master of the Texas and Pacific rail-
road, knocked on the door OF his room
and called him, hut received no re.
Spouse, pushed the door open and en-
tered the room, where he found him
dead in the bed. The man was a ma
tive of Germany, but would never tell
his name to anyone. Since his resi-
dence here he has been known. as
''Dutchy." Coroner Rushing viewed
the body and ordered it buried.
Warren Baldwin, who for the past
twelve years has been a passenger
conductor on the Iron Mountain rail-
road, between this city and Little
Rock. has resigned his position on ac-
count of i'll health and has gone TO
Mexico in hopes of being benefited.
Sim Wainwright, alias Sim Baham,
aged 0years, an escaped convict, was
arrested here Sunday afternoon by Po-
lice Officer Irving, and taken to the
penitentiary by Officer Digger la
ham is a white man and was sent to
the penitentiary from Tangipahoa par
ish 70 rfour years for larceny. He
served twenty months of the sentence
an descaDed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29

There is IL popular notion that more
gin is drunk in London than in all the
rest of the world put together. A man
formerly in the Wholesale liquor bust
ness in Holburn, England, expressr
his surprise the other day that the.
is not more of it drunk in this cou.-
try.
You could manufacture it over
here as well as not" he observed,
land you probably would IL your
people knew how much superior IL
is to whisky as mental bracer
Many men drink whisky merely to
tone their spirits. when, as a matter
of fact, except brandy, it is the worst
thing in the world for that purpose.
Byron recommended Geneva to his
friends as the true Hyppocrene, and in
his capacity of literary worker rarely
drank anything else. Americans spoil
it by making cocktails and fizzes out
of it. AS a true intellectual tonic.
Geneva, or gin, or Hollands, or what
ever you like to call it, is unequaled."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29

Tuscaloosa, Ala, Jan. 23.-The most
disastrous tornado that ever swept
over this section visited Moundville
a town of 500 inhabitants, fifteen miles
south of here yesterday morning at 1
O'Clock. and as a result thirty-seven
persons were killed and more than 100
injured, and every business house,
ore, was completely destroyed. The
tornado struck the city from the south
west. dealing death and destruction
as it made its path, a quarter Of a mile
wide, through the town.
Fierceness of Wind.
Surgeons rushed to Moundville from
Greensboro and Tuscaloosa and every
thing was done to alleviate the suffer
ings of the injured.
By the force of the storm persons
were blown hundreds of feet from
their beds in the blackness of the
night. Through terror father, moth
er and three children fed from their
home to seek refuge, and in their ex-
element left a 5-year-old boy in bed.
Yesterday he was pulled from beneath
some timber and thus far it is impos-
sibIe to find any othe- member of the
family.
Bedding, carpets and wearing appar-
Ell are scattered a distance of ten
miles through what was u forest, but
which is now as clear as if it had been
cut by the Woodlands ak. Freight
cars were blown from the track. The
depot, hotel, warehouses, gins, thirty
homes and storehouses were complete
" destroyed. Bales of cotton which
were stored in warehouses were torn
to atoms, the fragments of lint lodg
ing in trees, making it apI. ear as if
that section had been visited by a
snow storm.
A young clerk employed by w. p.
Phifer, hearing the terrible uproad ap-
preaching let himself into a we'll He
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Peqqy and the GAS Loo.

When winter nights are dark and cold
And grim Jack Frost Is free,
And whining winds do shrilly scold
Through streets and signing tree
Eomeward bound | hurry fast
In trolley cars forlorn.
Unto my fiat, where care Is past
When Peggy pops the corn!
What matter though the bla zing logs
Not oak, but gas flames show
AS Peggy lightly, gayly joys
The pepper to and fro?
Crickcty- crick, snap. oD-pop-pops
The kernels burst. reborn;
From yellow to snow white they hon
When Peggy pops the corn!
Now shake the salt out carefully
And pour the butter on:
Like snow the fluffy dainties be-
And now like snow they're gone!
But more is ready, Peggy cries:
She shakes PlcntyS Horn.
What blooming checks, what shining
eyes,
When Peggy pops the corn!
Ard back my memory pensive goes
TO country nights of old,
OF biting frost and flying snow
And whining winds a-scold.
But times are better now, for l.
who sighed then night and morn
May take a kiss, not vainly try
When Peggy pops the. corn!
C. NJ. Williams in New York Sun.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Lake Charles Theater Closed.

Lake Charles, La.-An attempt was
made by the city council last night to
hold meeting and take some action
with reference to closing the opera
house here on the ground that it was
unsafe for public assemblies. There
was no quorum present, but the own
ers and lessees of the building held
a. conference and reached the conclu-
sion that the house would remain
closed. All date for the remainder
of the season have been cancelled.
Steps are now being taken to build
and equip a modern opera house to be
completed before the opening of next
season.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Winifred Sunk.
Lake Charles Theater Closed.

Lake Charles, Lam attempt was
made by the city council last night to
with reference to closing the opera
house here on the ground that it was
unsafe for public assemblies. There
was no quorum present, but the own
ers and lessees of the building held
sion that the house would remain
closed All date for the remainder
of the season have been cancelled.
Steps are now being taken to build
and equip a modern opera house to be
completed before the opening OF next
season.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
A Great Oil Gusher.

Jennings, lathe oil field OF Jen-
niugs, with its great gusher, shows the
following facts: The wells in this fold
at present equipped with pumping out
fits are in all seventy-seven, and of
these thirty seven are today oil pro-
ducers, while forty are idle and out of
commission, some OF them for needed
repairS and others abandoned because
pumping them did not pay. There are
now four wells Eeing drilled in the
proven field, and one more to be on the
same acre as the guSher; of these the
one being drilled by Haywood Bros. in
the main street of the oil field is quito
close TO the great gusner, and Is owned
by the Strengthening Company. To
day it haG been gushing steadily for
the past ten days. Only once, the sec
ond day, has it ceased, and then only
for two or three minutes, to take its
breath as it We're. Today it was flow
ing with great force, and much gas
came with the oil, which gushed $50
barrels per hour. 1t was stated the
well did it's best, as it did today, when
the wind blew from the south, and the
oil seen coming up was without water
and free of sand, though accompanied
by great gushes Of gas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
iionnesee kers' Excursion.

Chicago, Ill.-Traffic officials of the
Santa Fe road estimate that fully
$4,000 homeseekers will start today
for points in Texas, Oklahoma and
New Mexico. The movement is one
of the largest of the kind in the his
tory ci efforts which the railroads are
making to coloEize the Southwest.
from Chicago and Illinois points fully
$40 hoTheseekers will go out on special
tfaInss and it is estimated that at
least 10000 persons, taking advantage
OF the special rates, will pass through
'aansas City.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Gettina Reform Chean.

we are told that salvation is free"
said Mark Twain while chatting about
religion a few days before he sailed
for Italy, "but [ think few realize the
fact as thoroughly as good old soul
who lives near my summer home at
Elmira. She told me not long ago
that she had enjoyed religion for IF
teen years at cost of about ten
cents. And she added, it would not
have cost that much, but went to a
church sociable and did not know that
they charged for ice cream."-New
York Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Subscribers Make Protest Against Tel
ephone Chances

Napolaonville, LA petition Is be-
ing circulated and has already been
signed by a good many subscribers
of the local Cumberland telephone ex-
change against the recent action of
the telephone company in trying TO dis
continue the parish service. Hereto
fore any subscriber of the local ex-
change had the privilege of speaking
to any point in this parish, even though
the party being called up was a cub
scriber of another exchange, and it is
on this condition that a good many
phones were taken. A few days ago
the local manager received notice that
same will be discontinued by the end
of this month, hence the protest. The
protest and signatures will he sent to
Leland Hume, the assistant general
manager at Nashville, Tenn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
JUMPED FROM THEIR SEATS.
the Great TraaeGian, Electric
fed a New York Audience.

Salvinl, the Great TraaeGian, EIectr'-
fed a New York Audience.
Tomasso Salvini's proposed tcur to
this country made A. Il. Lancaster. the
New York poet and playwright. remis-
cent: when Salvira made his first
appearance in this country was dra-
matte critic on the New York Herald,
ard was sent to Interview the Italian
tr2Sedian. Salvini he'd in his retinue
a dapper little interpreter ranel Ra-
POM, who looked Ike French dancing
master. Nevertheless nc was a good
Interpreter ard invaluable to Saiv.ni,
The interview had about ended when
Raponi turned to nee and said: 'SiSnor
Salvini wishes to know If you will do
him the honor of drinking with him."
or course | accepted. and Rarori led
the way out to little Italian wine
room in the ne!ghborhood. Suddenly,
with his glass of red wine half raised
to his lips. Salviri began to speak
rapidly and eXcit edly Tell Mr.. Lam
caster repeated the Interpreter, that
when l play "Othello" ! will make his
'ountrymen Jump from their seats!'
Two evenings lgtor l had the oppor-
tunity of putting Salvini's prediction
to the test. Othello had reached that
wonderful climax in his Jealous fury
when, with a cry that was electrical,
the audience at the Academy OF Music
jumped to it's feet, There was moth
ing in the historic world like it, and
nobody but the great Salvini could
have done III -
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Gifts to California University.

Chicago, Ill.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from San Francisco says !:
The will of the late Charles F. Doies,
the millionaire lumberman of the Pa
cifc Coast, set apart the sum of $780,
900 to be used in providing library
for the University of California.
President Wheeler has announced
that Mrs. William H. Crocker of San
Francisco has given $4,000 to the
for archaeological work in
Old Mexico.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
HAVOC WROUGHT BY A TORNADO.
Mourdvi11e, Ala, the Scene of Death and Destruc-
on---Thirty- Seven Killed Outright

had no sooner found his place of SAFE
ty when the store was completely de-
molished.
Harbor Frozen.
New York, Jan. 23.-Fog blanketed
New York bay and harbor yesterday
and last night. Scores of vessels were
frozen fast in the ice which filled the
rivers and harbors. An ice pack in
Newark harbor placed three cities and
all towns on the Passaic river, below
Passaic falls, in danger of flood, while
one of the worst storms of the winter
was still unspent. The SOUND was
frozen or choked with ice as far as
New Haven.
At Hull.
Tuscaloosa, Ala, Jan. 23.-The town
of Hull, four miles north of Mour.u-
vile, suffered from tornado last
evening. The Eale Lumber Company's
planning department was completely
wrecked, and the negro fireman hocri-
bly, crushed. Four residences End
church were also demolished.
Ice Thawins.
Cumberland, Md, Jan. pa sudden
thaw yesterday, accompanied by
heavy warm rain, has caused the
breaking up of the heavy ice in
streams tributary to the Potomac, and
the residents of the Potomac valley
fear severe flood. The ice, which is
eighteen inches thick, is being dyna-
mited.
Families Moved Out.
Peru, Ind, Jan. 23.-Many families
have moved out of their homes or have
vacated the first floors on account OF
high water and ice in the Wabash riv.
er.
Winifred Sunk.
Newark, Ohio. Jan. 23-1ce in the
Muskingum river broke yesterday. The
tow-boat Winifred was cut down and
sunk. The boat was just nearing COM
pletion.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
ECHOES OF THE WORLD.
In Many Places Sounds Reverberate in
Most Wonderful Manner

Most Wonderful Manner.
The suspension bridge across the
Menai Straits in Wales produces one
of the most remarkable echoes in the
world. The sound of a blow with a
hammer on one of the main piers is
returned in succession from each of
the cross beams which support the
roadway, and from the opposite pier
at the distance of SGT feet, in addition
to which the sound Is many times re.
peated between the water and road
way at the rate of twenty eight times
in five seconds. An equally remarkable
echo is that of the Castle of Simon
eta, a. nobleman's seat about two
miles from Milan. The report of
pistol is repeated by this echo sixty
times. singular echo is also heard
in Grotto near Castle Comber. in
Ireland. In the garden of the Tuiller-
les, in Paris, is an artificial echo,
which repeats a whole verse without
the loss of a single syllable. Another
wonderful echo is heard outside the
Shipley church, in Sussex, which
echoes some twenty syllables in the
most perfect manner. The well-llnown
echo at Woodstock repeats itself no
fewer than fifty times. In one part of
the Pantheon so great is the echo that
the striking together of the palms of
the hands is said to make report
equal to that of tweny-pound cannon.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
TEACHER MURDERED.
A Lady's Body Was Found in a Cab
Shed.

Bedford, Ind, Jan. 23.-Bedford is
greatly excited over one of the most
horrible crimes ever committed in this
community.
At o'clock yesterday morning the
dead body of Miss Sarah Schaeffer,
formerly Of Elkhart, Ind, teacher of
Latin in the Bedford high school, was
found in a cab shed, with all indica-
tions that she had been criminally as
saulted by her murderer.
The body was discovered by VIM.
Cook and his son-in-law, John Hen
driclk. The features and clothing
were so muddy and bloody, apparent
ly from being dragged through an al
ley, that not until they were taken to
the Ferguson morgue and cleaned
they recognized. The greatest excite
ment was created when the identity of
the murdered girl was established.
Miss Schaeffer was one of the most
popular young ladies in the city, a
thorough scholar and graduate of two
colleges. She was last seen alive at
the house Of Mrs. Martha johnson,
two and half squares from her rooms.
Here she had been taking hLr meals.
After finishing ler supper last night
she started to her rooms to meet
class to whom she had been giving
a course in Latin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
ATTORNEY Generals Office Closed.

Austin, Texas.-The attorney gen
erals department was closed Friday
out of respect of the death of Mrs.
Judge Reese, wife of First Assistant
Attorney General Reese. The obse-
quies occurred at the old family home
near Hampstead. Attorney General
Bell and Judge Johnson were present,
besides other officials.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Fire Damage Growing.

San Antonio, Texas.-It developed
Friday that the state of Texas lost
fifty Krag-Jorgensen rifles which were
stored in the store of Jacob Klaus
which was destroyed by fire. Vari-
Gus losses swell the fire damage to
over $4,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Thirtieth Mile of Lott Road.

Corpus Christi, Texas.-The Thrift
eth mile of track on the st. Louis,
Brownsville and Mexican road was
completed Friday and the track is
now laid seven miles beyond Kings
vile. There are five engines on the
road between Robstown and the
front rushing rails and ties to tho
track layers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Travis County Teachers.

Manor, Texas.-The Travis County
Teachers Institute met here Friday
and held over until Saturday. The at
tendance was large. Judge z. T. Full
more delivered an address. County
Superintendent Brady also addressed
the teachers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Ohio Bank Closed.

Cleveland, Ohio.-The Produce Elk.
change Banking Company, corner of
Broadway and Central avenue, has
closed it's doors. The insolvency
court has appointed the Cleveland
Trust Company as receivers. The
assets and liabilities are placed at
81 100000 each.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
House Boat Wrecked.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Ice in the White
river has carried off a house boat oc-
cupied by John Schowe and wife
which had been anchored on over
flowed lands The boat was battered
to pieces and Mrs. Schowe drowned
Her body has not been recovered.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
RashfuII Case on Trial.

WoodviIle, Texas.-The case of the
State of Texas VS. Angie Bashfull for
murder committed in this county last
December is on trial. The evidence
is all in at this writing, and court adj
journed until Saturday, at which time
argument of counsel will be heard.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Returned to Work.

Chicago, Ill, Jan. 19.-Thirty- five
hundred employees of the Illinois Steel
Company at South Chicago returned
of the mills, which have been idle
since Christmas The men accepted
reduction of wages of from 10 to %
per cent.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Women in Business.

What's the matter with the women?
They are holding positions of trust by
the thousands in government, state,
city, commercial and professional en-.
ploy, says the Business Woman's
Magazine. Millions of dollars have
passed and are still passing daily
through their hands, and yet graft nor
the semblance Of same has never
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
PIaquemine.

Plaquemine.-The steamer John K,
owned by the Schwing Lumber and
Single Company, was destroyed by
fire at ner moorings in Bayou Plaque
mine early Saturday morning. The
boat was valued at about $500. A
small insurance was carried. The ma
chinery was all saved with slight dam
age. LOSS about 5000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
Spark from Passing Engine Starts a
Small Blaze.

Estherwood.--IGst narrowly
escaped a disastrous fire on Sunday.
Sparks from passing traction engine
set fire to Kollotz's warehouse, situat-
ed on Main street. The warehouse is
filled with rice to the roof. 1t was dis
covered in time to be extinCuished be-
fore any damage of moment was done.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29

Texarkana, TeXas.-Hardy Thomp-
son, a young man whose home is at
Nashville. Ark, was found dead here.
with his throat cut at the home of his
uncle, V. A. Oates, near Vaudeville,
ten miles east Of here. A coroner's
inquest was held and the verdict was
suicide.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
A Definite Improvement.

s.-Information received at the
foreign office during the last twenty
four hours shows a definite improve
ment in the Russo7Japanese situation
The answer of Russia has not been
sent, but j. wiz be dispatched within
the next 20 dsIa.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29
onr conauIa Renreeent Panama.

Laredo, TeXas.-c2lted States
Consul General Hanna at Monterey,
Mex, has been notified by the state
department at Washington that the
United States consul in Mexico would
be commissioned to act as consul for
the lepublic of Panama.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29

Weatherford, Texas.-Gov. S. w. T.
Lanham arrived here last night from
Austin. Governor Lanham will leave
today for Austin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29

Louisville, Ky.-Capt. Daniel G..
Parr. one of the oldest and wealthiest
citizens of Louisville, was found dead
i'll bed Tuesday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29

Bishop Sessums Confirms Glass.
Frnklin.-The Right Rev Davis Ses-
sums, bishop of Louisiana, confirmed
large ass at st. Mary's Episcopal
church Aday morning.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-29

Peru, Ind, Jan. 23.-Many families
have moved out of their homes or have
vacated the first floors on account OF
high water and ice in the Wabash riv'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-09
desired information, nor could the Jour-

desired information, nor could the Jour-
nal men assigned to duty in those waters
aid me. One of them finally allowed,
however, that some fellow in the New
York Office had had psychic moment
at the wrong time. That eased my mind
and I hung around until the following
July, when the battle was finally fought. !"
Something of the same thing seems to
be the policy of the Chicago American at
the present time. Taking its cue from
the first attack on Port Arthur this pa
per had practically the whole Russian
navy destroyed before the war was
week old, and not content with that it
had fought several big land battles be-
sides.
Berlin, Vienna, Paris and Shanghai
are noted centers for news 81 of the
startling variety. News stories from
these places are very much like the old
fable Of the shepherd and the wolf. The
newspaper editor who is looking for
authentic reports seldom places any
credence in anything that comes from
them during times of great excitement.
In these places there are maintained
veritable news CD factories, which are
capable of turning out instantly any
thing that is needed to sell papers. But
there is demand for the product of
these factories among certain class Of
papers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-09

nAo1 A@oS' eS P The ttDivine Frenzy
lished a book of
poems, some OF which were grave and
of fine quality, but none of which more
strongly appealed to the Long Island
"smart set than the lines about Il went
to Long Island City-Oh, smell! OH"
The tracks of the Long Island railroad
from that point run past fertilizer works,
dye houses and other odorous things.
Which explains Mrs. Mackay's aunt,
Elizabeth, has written several articles
for Harper's Magazine of late, and she
herself published last year in the North
American Review long poem which
has been translated into German for the
atrical presentation. Her new novel,
"The Stone of Destiny rather daring
allegory, in which the world-old con-
test between mans work and woman's
love is presented.
Mrs. Mackay is an extremely clever
writer, though she does not as yet rival
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger, who from
the inner circle of the smartest set of
New York and from the vantage point of
her old Dutch aristocratic lineage, has
poured out some passionate outgivings
in story form to which the name OF
cullen Gordon" has been appended.
Mrs Burton Harrison is another society
woman we'll known by her rather slight
stories, but as rule New York society
women are less likely than those Of
London to shine in the literary world.