The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-04-14
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.
LOUISIANA.

-SAS val vi SSSo were SUIUUS
from Yoakum Friday for Philadelpnis
making seventeen cars shipped thu
far this spring.
j. II. Biggs, working in a gravel ri
near Hereford was buried in a caveip
and when found was so badly bur
that he died soon after.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit GONNA
ny has filed an application with the
Rapid Transit commission for authori
ty to construct fifty-fve miles of sub
ways in Brooklyn.
1t fs reported that so per cent of the
inhabitants Of Dharmsala, Hill station
ninety-fve miles northwest of SimIa.
IN India, were killed as a result of the
recent earthquake there.
A new oil field has been proven at
Morris, thirty-five miles southwest of
Muskogee. A strong flow was struck
at 1880 feet and plans are being per-
fected to drill other wells there,
1t is quite likely that Detroit will
De the future home of the little school
mouse in the upper peninsula in which
Justus H. Rathbone wrote the ritna1
OF the knights of Pythias in 1860.
Seventeen deaths from cerebro spi-
nal meningitis were reported during
Thursday in Greater New York, max.
ing total for the week up to Friday
OF 81. So far no remedy has been dis.
covered
The Grand Jury has returned a Joint
Indictment against Cashier Spear of
the Oberlin Bank and Mrs. Chadwick
in which the latter is charged with
aiding and abetting Spear in making
false entries.
George Ross was found dead in q
wagon yard at Fort Gibson, l. T., and
1t Is believed he was the vcctim of
foul play. The dead man was a son
OF Rufus Ross, a well known Indian
Of Park Hill.
Engineer Haired, of the Chicago and
northwestern Railroad, has broken the
record on the eastern Iowa division of
mat road by driving his engine from {
Clinton to Boone, distance of POP s
miles, IN 1S9 minutes {
1t Is reported that Wabash Gnd) {
and Miami (Ohio) presbyteries have I
voted for union with the PRESBYTERIAN t
Church. This makes fifty-two presby- a
terles that have declared for union. It 4
requires only tfty-eight to carry. d
An active campaign covering the en- -
Ire northern part of Louisiana was @
aunched when number of prominent :,
1oul"lanans went upon the stump to y,
reduction of the cotton y
acreage in the State, in conformity v
With the plan adopted at the meeting O.
L the Louisiana Cotton Association, D'
MISS Gladys Bryant Smith, daughter st
MT. and Mrs. James E. Smith has 70
cen designated by Mayor Wells of III
t. Louis, as sponsor at the christen- Il.
1g OF the United States cruiser, St.
ouis, which will be launched in Phil. p,
delphia May next -
Gov. Toole of Montana has declared fe;
quarantine against California, Col to
RADIO, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas Sc
orth Dakota, Ohio, New York, Wvom.
g. washington and Oregon, where
leep scab is supposed to exist,
Ha
nashville, Tenn, enjoyed a slight he
loWstorm just before Thursday noon ca,
complete election returns give Rol. He
Wells, Democratic candidate for re- las
ection to the Mayoralty, of St. Louis, inc
plurality of 1925 votes over John A. heI
llty, Republican.
experiments carried out at the Con. yer
neur hospital in New York has 70. out
lted in the decision by the medical pro
an that there is nc hope of establish. me,
3 cure of cerebro spinal miningitis
the use of diptheria anti-toxine. =
School Belle, with a record oe the
10 ID has brought the top price at ton
In SPANS sale at Chicago at 81 800 tho,
DALLAS is wrestling with the question 10
VINO will pull the fire commissioners wre
I'M The Office is appointive BY the
vernon and has no salary attached
nc AehdiVal theater has been burn. ca
cables correspondent at Aleyap. son
a. Egypt. 1t is supposed the fra man
). 'eu shortly after the conclusion Of Will
''fcuS performance. The loss is es. his