The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

many suckers among men in this age
The siamese minister, Phya Akharaj Varadhara, has
aen victim the game of polo. de IS MEMBER ol 'e
Chevy Chase Golf club of Washington r
New Jersey Judge has decided that woman is boss in
the kitchen An entirely unnecessary and.superAuous ue
sision thinks the Richmond News-Leader ,
The treasury department has awarded the contract o
the new postoce Sherman Texas to the r. H. Stevens
Contract Co., of Dallas, Texas for 59o
Plans and specifications have been received at Shawnee
r. for three large school buildings to be erected az tne
Shawnee Indian Mission at cost of about Soo,ooo'
Madrid-The newspapers announces that marriage has
been arranged between Prince Ferdinand OF Bavaria ana
Infanta Maria Teresa, second sister of King Alfonso
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, of the United States
Supreme court in recent opinion on a stock gambling
case said that dealing in futures was the se adjustment
of society to the probable"
The Czarowitch and future autocra of all the RuSslaS
has passed his first year and is robust healthy lnlanI
having fine teeth, among other things IN "nlch
he has considerably surpassed his father
James Kinder has been appointed receiver OF the affairs
of j. H. Cannon bankrupt of De Rdder, and will take
charge of work of winding up the business cannon
was q successor to the De Ridder Drug Co.
With the visible supply of bananas reduced to less than
half the usua amount because of the restrictions on I'M
portaon made by the quarantine at New Orleans whole
sale dealers are predicting famine in the fruit.
Secretary Taft informs the PHILIPPINES that this country
will not tolerate any interference from the Philippines IN
its policy of preparing them for self-government Ihls
NAV be benevolent assimilation but isn't polite or ehl
cal
America will gain no personal good from bufing China
into suspendng the boycott This country must endeavor
to ngratate itself with China and the Chinese merchant
if we would have profitable and enduring commercial rela
TONS
dispatch by wireless elegraphy from Hilo says that
Jana the hawaiian wife of Kailua Chinese, gave blrth
to one child on last Thursday Two on Sunday one on
Monday, two on Tuesday morning and one on TUESDAY
night. All are dead.
}, New York man few days ago shot and killed his
wife for 'rubberng" If the in some parts OF the
country were to make like resentment to the men, he cen
sus taker would find vast increase in the percentage OF
gravediggers. Raleigh Times
Missouri will endeavor to compel the Standard Oil CO.
toinspect it's gasoline before it sells it, Some OF the Oh
has bad odor By deodorizng gasoline, automoolhne
would be rendered less Objectionable and even the a
might be removed from money.
The governor of German East Africa teegraphs that TIT
situation in the colony has changed for the worse In
ordered TWO cruisers 10 fOCeeu
to East Africa. Renforcements will also be sent TO all
the protective troops of the country
l. New York. Aug. 24The city committee of citizens by
united vote of 80 is decided to offer the nomination 10
the ma yorality to District Attorney W. T. Jerome Tn
executive committee of the republican city committee dc
cded in favor of fusion against Tammany in the comm
y mayorality contest
Up to 1910 there iron bridges in the United State
bud in ,uh irOn
in the cables and suspenders the floor system being
' wood. The first bridge in America consisting OF iro
hrought was built in 1910 by Earl Trumbul the Err
, canal at Frankfort, n. Y.
lis The Standard Oil trust declared dividend of six dollar
Ike share on August d. The total distribution amounts
0OO of which John Rockefeller receives So 400 90
Rockefeers Standard Oil dividends for the entire year
he 1905 estimated at O00 New York papers cal
la that his total income amounts to 900 per year.
It deveopes that somebody stealing &c. 100000 gallon
daily of Washngton's supply, and the Kansas CT
Journal points to this evidence that there is som
~ thing doing in Washington when congress is not
y session. But eyer entertained the idea that co
gress could possibly have anything to do with the stealth
w of water
The board of directors of the Peoples United Stat
bank otherwise known as the Lewis bank at St. Loui
~ have voted to iqudae. The directors say that the frat
The ofoef lsSheo asalhs' VIC oanh pio'0n'' 4'' op owl"
though it is solvent and sound in all respects. 1t is
m mated that the stock will pay out not less than so cents
NV the dollar.
in The Louisiana exhibit at the Louis and Clark expo
On on Portland, Oregon is receiving much attention, a.
be visitors to the fair commenting upon the splend
showing of the resources this state The State Board
Agriculture and immigration has received number
letters from officials the fair and others, speaking in
hia highest terms of the display.