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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
DEATH IN A FIRE.
CITY HALL AND OTHER BUILD
lNGs DESTROYED.
LOSS WILL REACH S75,OOO.OO
Two Negroes Missing-Body OF Man
Supposed to Be Walter Woods,
White, Recovered.

shreveport, Id, -\ON' - liz N'''
mated loss caused by the fire which
DESTROYED the city hall about O'Clock
Yesterday morning is given out as
$4,000. The casualties which result
ed are one death, two missing and
three injured. A body believed to be
that of Walter Woods, an old white
man, IS years of age, who was asleep
in the building at the time OF the fire,
was recovered from the debris yester'
day, so badly charred as to render
Identification impossible. Thomas Nc
Mahan, H. H. Clark and Captain Rob
ert Sawyer of the fire department were
all injured at different times by fall
ing walls, but not fatally. A negro
woman and small child, who were
seen in the building at the time of
the fire, are reported missing, and
80 far no trace has been found OF
either.
The fire originated in a negro res
taurant in the rear of the market
house and is believed to have been
caused by the explosion Of a can Of
gasoline in the hands Of negro. The
fire was thrown all over the rear of
the market and in fifteen minutes the
| whole lower floor was mass or
| flames. ....
"A general alarm, bringing out five
companies, was sounded. The fire was
found to be uncomfortable and in less
than an hour and a half the city hall,
containing the Offices of the city judge,
controller, auditor, engineer, electrl-
clan, plumber. court room, police sta
tien and number of other depart
ments. was completely wrecked. Sew
eral brick buildings, in which were
the Ruby saloon, Stephenson's tailor
ing establishment and Renfro & Mar
tin, druggists, with two roomng
houses, were on fire and two were de-
stroyed. A two story frame building
was swept away in thirty minutes.
The city market, which was located
on the ground floor, was also destroy
ed, with several restaurants and stalls,
all of which were a complete loss,
the parties being unable to even recov-
or the cash registers. The building
was an old one and was constructed
in 1867, costing $4,000. 1t was in
sured for $4,000. A new building is
to be constructed on the site.
Very little insurance was carried by
the losers, and the majority is dead
loss. F. F. Harkey, proprietor OF the
Ruby saloon and owner of several
buildings, losing $4,000 alone without
insurance.
The municipal Offices are scattered
throughout the city today, while some
have not been established at all
The police station now occupies the
ground floor of the parish Jail. This
is the worst fire that his visited this
city in the past five years. A search
ing party has been removing the de
; bris since the fire cooled enough tc
permit, but so far have found nc
trace of other bodies.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Artificial Camphor.

Herr Gutenberg has producer pun .ss
artificial camphor in Germany, s,,s
product being designated sclenlllqam ~.
under the name of chlorhydrale vi ~ !,
pentine. 1t is said to De so'uu. ss;d.
nitro,glycerine, and to lower coa'i !,
erably the temperature of explosiv .im !.
this substance, and at the same 'D'
its congelation point.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Street Fair for Lulino.

Luling, Texas: At meeting Of the
Luling Business League held at the
bank of A. K. Lipscomb last night it
was decided to have a two days street
fair and trades day, and Nov. % and
"a was selected as the date. Five hun
dred dollars in prizes will be given
away on those days for various things
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Lion Afraid Of Ostrich.

There is only one thing Of which the
lion is afgraid, and that Is the ostrich
The bird is more fleet than the quad
ruped, and it can deliver its terrible
kick with thei impact of a pugIlists
blow and spring away till it gets an
other opening. Such tactics naturally
disgust the superior being.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Turner Sentenced.

San Antonio, Texas; George H.
Turner has been sentenced to hang
for the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth
Lynch in this city last spring. The
Court of Criminal Appeals has affirm.
ed the judgment and no appeal to the
Supreme Court is to be taken. The
date set Cor execution is Dec. %.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Negro Women in a Cutting.

Fort Worth, Texas: About $50
o'clock Saturday night two negro wo.
men, Allie Rabb and Mary Justice, be-
came involved in a difficulty on Low
er Main street, and as a result Allie
Rabb was stabbed in the breast, and
Mary Justice was arrested charged
with having done the cutting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Trees in SCHOOLGIRLS.

In Germany many school yaras a na n
a nursery in which trees are rai'. .Ssu,.
quantity. The children raise araft
from seed and cuttings, and lhes ,s o
and bud them. They acquire sai ss,o
knowledge of tree culture, take .S S
interest in it, and are full OF en. .a =,
astic love for plants and the cav
them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Victoria Turkey Shipments.

Victoria, Texas Yesterday fifteen
coops of turkeys went out by express
and twenty-six will 60 today, which
makes 40 birds for the two days. The
price for them is falling. At one time
they were bringing ten cents per
pound and now they can be bought
for seven. The crop is large.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
TABOR RAISED QUARANTINE.
Last Case in New Orleans Is Up
Some Louisiana Points linden Ban.


Austin, Texas: The quarantine
against New Orleans was raised at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
State Health Officer Tabor wired the
New Orleans health officers and Tex.
as border guards. The embargo is
still on against Bon Ami, De Ridder,
Luddington and Patterson. The quar-
antine against New Orleans has been
on since July q and rigidly enforced
with absolute success, not case hav'
ing entered Texas. 1t has cost about
$4,000.
DR.. Tabor received wires from Lou
isiana inspectors stating that the lone
case at New Orleans was up and dis
charged that the last case at De Rid
der occurred ten days ago and the
last at Bon Ami October %.
DR., Tabor stated that the fever had
been stamped out in New Orleans and
that cold weather was upon the South.
hence the quarantine could be raised.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Two for PenitentiarY.

Caldwell, Texas: In the district
court here yesterday there were two
convictions, as follows: Tom Jordan,
assault with intent to murder, two
years in the penitentiary; Jacob Jones,
burglary, two years in the penitentiary
Both are colored.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Japs Are Suspicious.

Victoria, B. c.: A report has been
received by the Canadian government
from Alex Mclean, Canadian commits
sioner at Yokohama, which says that
recent agitation in life insurance mat.
tiers in New York has seriously az
fected the Japanese business of both
American and Canadla IAN companies.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Taylor Prize Winning Fowls.

Taylor, Texas: Mrs. Alice Mean
nulty, the leading chicken fancier Of
this section, shipped from her ranch
near Circleville to San Antonio a half
dozen coops for her prize winning
fowls, which will be placed on exhi-
bition at the International Fair.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Don't Do X.

Should you have a cough Gun "A
sore chest, do not rely on tllh0
nature to cure. They may 90 ~
they may not. Use Simmons 1o 800,
Syrup. 1t is a balm for sore 'u'''
and will cure you at once.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Heavy Rain at Eaqle Pass.

Eagle Pass, Texas: A heavy rain
has fallen here, accompanied by hail,
most unusual thing in November.
The creeks were all set foaming, as.
surfing water for cattle during the
winter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Repeal Of Martial Law.

st. Petersburg: The Official Mes
senger yesterday morning, in addition
to denying that the measures taken
by the Government in Poland were in.
fluenced by neighboring powers, states
that martial law in POLAND will be
repealed as soon as tranquility Is re.
stored.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

The Spanish naval authorities have
given up all hope Of saving the arma-
ment and hull of the cruiser Cardinal
Cisneros, now lying in eighty feet Of
water. She is as effectively lost as
the kettle In the well, although they
know just where she is.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

During all Of the time he has been
in India Lord Curzon has never work.
ed less than fourteen hours a day.
And look at him now-turned out of
Office in humiliation and not friend
ca earth.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Territory Women's Clubs.

South McAlester, l. T.: The Terri
tory Federation of Women's Clubs
adjourned sine die yesterday afternoon
to meet in Tulsa in 1901. Mrs. c. E.
Wilcox of Eufaula was elected presi-
dent.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Henry Arthur Jones, the English
dramatist, says the people should read
plays as we'll as see them. Heavens!
Has the man no pity?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

The Public Ledger, Phllaaelpl;ts
SAYS that Philadelphia is IosIn n,,oas
right to be called the typical Am n'nS,y
city-that thirty-one daily ana o .u.siea
papers are published there IN i0i''
languages.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
CHARGED With Killing Cousin.

Ardmore, |. T.: Lee Strickland has
been placed IN Jail here on charge OF
murder 1t is alleged t.iat he killed
cousin of the same name near Stone.
wall recently.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

1t seems sometimes to the owner
that about all the fun there is in a
nice, we'll kept, airy house and lawn
is enjoyed by folks who drive by and
look at it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Bolton Has Signs of Rain.

Bolton, Texas: The day was clear
and warm; towords evening clouds
began to form; about dark a light rain
commenced to fall, and the indications
are for heavy rain before morning.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

A New York man after being run
over by an automobile was asked il
he wished to prefer charges against
the chauffeur and replied that he did
not, because it wasn't the chaffeur's
6aalt. The heroic philosophers are
not all dead.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

If the women's charges are true,
washerwomen first tear a garment up,
then they split it across, then they
wet it, dry it and send it home with a
bill.-Atchison Globe.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

New Jersey is about to have law
providing that drunken chauffeurs
shall pay $1,000 and spend three years
in states prison. That ought to lower
the death rate considerably.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Owing to the disturbed condition of
the public mind in Russia, the prof.
ect Of tunnel through the Caucasus,
to cost $15OOOO,OOO, has been temper.
arily laid aside.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Let us not shed more than a pailful
Of tears over the brief Imprisonment
OF an American swell in Paris. The
tears are proper for the girl whom he
killed by reckless driving.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Chief Chemist Wiley found butter
colored, with coal tar dye, but with
out a tremendous journey he could
have made the much more painful
discovery of butter favored with it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

BY the use of kites at Fort Leaven.
worth the signal corps has demon
strated that the upper air is full of
wireless messages lowering around
and looking for some convenient
place to light.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Trinity River Lock Plans.

Washington: Capt. Wooten's plans
for the making of lock in the Trim
ity have not reached Gen. Mckenzie
yet. They are not likely to reach him
for several days.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Secretary Taft thinks football needs
reforming. 1t is certainly no game,
as played at present, for gentlemen
built on the architectural lines of Mr.
Taft.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Full Carload of Pecans,

Lampasas, Texas: A full carload OF
pecans was sent out Monday, $4,000
pounds being bought by one firm.
Twelve carloads have gone out from
here this season. in addition to broken
lots.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Austin Pecan Shipments.

Austin, Texas: The pecan ship
ments from this section are not as
heavy as were expected earlier in the
season. The crop seems to be In spots
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Ell Paso, Texas: O. Torres, a Next.
can, died last night from hemorrhaga
following being kicked in the stomach
by cow which he was milking.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Pittsburg is to have a hotel Of great
.magnifcence, and New York one Of
great height. You pays your money
and you takes your choice.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Hall Game addressed the Rockefel-
Ter bible class on THE Pace That
Kills" Does Mr.. Game use a gaso-
dine, electric or steam car?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

The full fall text of the Portsmouth
treaty shows it to be much more COM
prehensive than the summary sum.
mary would have led one to believe.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

+ If the University of Chicago sue.
ceeds in discouraging the great Amer.
dean toothpick habit, it will need no
other claim to fame.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

1t is good for a man perpleA'uc zone
last among many thoughts, TO mr. ,,,,s
into closer intercourye with 10 h.,
and to learn her ways and TO ca''n
spirit.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

The man who makes two laughs
grow where two sour faces grew be-
fore deserves to be made a multimil-
lionaire.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

A Philadelphia woman had her hus-
band arrested for beating her between
prayers. He was probably praying for
more strength"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

When a bank fails, it is only an
other case where the examiners fail
ed to examine or the directors to d.
rect.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Jerome X. Jerome's joke about
American cooking is all right--as a
joke. Also it is all right when applied
seriously to some American cooking
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

On the new liner America there is
every modern facility for getting
meals, but the facilities for keeping
them are as primitive as ever.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Gbe gite 8elt yOurnaI
WELSH PIG CO., Liza, Pub,

The Grand Duke Cyril muRt thank
bis stars that he was exiled when he
was.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
Rain in GoIiad Coun1v.

Berclair, Texas: Rain fell here Mon
day, but the precipitation did not
amount to more than one-half inch.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

The use of corals by infants
teething is at least 200 years o'u'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

A woman seldom makes fool out
of man. she usually acts as natures
assistant.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

If they shoot too well for the world
to know about it, Uncle Sans tars
must be shooting some
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Ais quiet in Notwithstanding
place with the name that sounds like
a roll of musketry.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

There are 272 cites and 1oNn tst,os
the United States having popu''
of 5000 or more.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Admiral Togo can't be so much OF
a hero, after all. He hands over every
cert of his salary to his wife.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

Where" asks a Nashville paper,
"are the strong men," A good many
of them are playing center just now.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

The consumption Of Scotch whisky
Is steadily declining" So it was
really a fad and not preference.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24

There are practically no illitefas
Norway.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-24
FEAR MISSING MAN WAS SLAIN,
Friends Of John N. TisdaIe, Wyoming
Capitalist, Are Alarmed.

Friends in Cheyenne, Wyoming, OF
John N. Tisdale, the wealthy mining
man who mysteriously disappeared in
New York under peculiar circum'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
FRENCH SYSTEM
IS NOT THE IDEAL
Railroad Rates Are Regulated
by the Government
ARE SLOW TO REDUCE RATES
Canals Are Important Factor in Trans
portaton and Over Them the
Government Exercise No
Supervision.
ARE SLOW TO REDUCE RATES

Washington, May O.-(special. OF all
foreign countries that have tried railway
regulation by government authority, the
one in which the situation is most useful
for comparison with the United States
is France. In France the railways are
not owned BY the government, but rail-
way rates are fixed by governmental au-
thority, as has been proposed for the
United States NJ. Emile Heurteau, the
president of the Orleans railway and one
of the foremost railway administrators
of France, who came here as a delegate
to the International Railway congress,
before leaving Washington today, gave
an interview in which he explained the
working of railway regulation in his
country.
The maximum charges which the rail-
ways of Franco may make for carrying
merchandise" said M. Heurteau, are
fixed by a contract made by each COM
pany with the government, this contract
being in effect the company's charter.
The government designates the exact
course along which roads shall be built,
in some cases laying 1t through territory
which would not be profitable for private
management to operate in without some
sort of a subvention. This subvention the
state gives in the form of an advance or
.&n on which the company must pay
4 per ce.n interest, and which must be
returned within a specified period. Dur
ing that period the company may not de-
clare dividends above a fixed figure, the
surplus that might otherwise go to divi-
dcnds being used in reducing the loan
AT the end of the specified term, usually
ninety-nine years, the railroad becomes
the property of the state outright, except
for its rolling stock. ON which the gov
ernment holds a lien, to guarantee the
payment of any of the advance remaining
unpaid at that time.
The Taxpayer Pays.
| This makes possible, you see, the
building of railroads in places where the
government restrictions would otherwise
make 1t impossible Naturally, it is the
i taxpayer-the merchant and shipper who
t...nk they are getting so much benefit
/ frcm the states interference in the rail-
road business-who pays for all these
! things. 1t Is the taxpayer and the mer-
chant and the shipper who pay for the
! construction anu maintenance of canals,
and canalizea rivers-the latter natural
VIZ ter courses artificially deepened or
aightened-whch i'm some places make
the existence of profitable railroad al
most impossible, and in others centralize
industry and traffic to the detriment of
sections of the country that do not have
similar advantages.
There is no provision at all for the
states regulating charges for water
transportation. The waterways are In
the eye of the law. public highways. The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21

yield to such petitions against our bet
ter judgment when they are evidently
nothing less than sectional selfshness. The
pressure which any government can bring
to bear is tremendous. and may not be
withstood in certain circumstances, even
though it may threaten industrial misfor-
tune.
The wonderful growth and development
of the United States are the admiration
of the whole world. I have no doubt they
are to be attributed largely to the free
dom you have always enjoyed in your
commercial and industrial life. Oppor-
tunity is given here for railways and
communities to be mutually helpful, and
splendid use has been made and is being
made of it. The few cases of complaints
against your railways. the expansion of
trade through the opening of European
markets to the producers of your central
and western states who are enabled to
deliver their productsf abroad, the low
cost of transportation that enables them
to compete there with the foreign pro-
Queer near at hand, whose railways are
in no position to help him-all these
things seem to me sufficient evidence of
the success and desirability Of the Amer
lean practice in the mana gement and
regulation of railway matters.
ANY economist, any business man, any
transportation manager. which tell you
that the present American method of fix
ing freight rates is the only logical and
rational one"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21

make this water transportation easier, the
government made large extra appropria-
ton for the canalization of the Seine at
that time. The citizen whose temporarily
non-existent industry was being protect
ed partly for the benefit of foreign ship
owners, it would appear, was, as tax
payer, contributing his francs for this
canal construction and repair, when he
could least afford it.
CAS- 1 have told you. our charges for
transporting freight are fixed in the rail-
ways original contract with the govern
ment, and set down in the cahier des
charges-what you would call tariff sheet
or book, | suppose. For obvious rea-
sons, the railway never Lave consented to
giving the state the right to lower these
maximum charges, nor can it be expected
that they ever will consent to such q
thing. Our contract with the government
is like any other contract; IL cannot be
altered except with the consent of both
parties. Any form of government SUPER
vision short of absolute government
ownership must be based upon contracts
of that kind. otherwise what protection
would there be for the vested interests.
Petitions Are Sometimes Made.
Petitions for lower rates are made to
the director of railways from time to
time, and perhaps he will suggest the de-
STABILITY of considering some of them,
but he has no power to enforce such de-
mands. OF course, sometimes we must