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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-08-25
DAMAGE Suits to Be Filed.

Houston, Texas: 1t was learned
last night through reliable channel
that damage suits in the sum of sew
eral thousand dollars are being pre-
pared in connection with losses sus-
tanned by the big fire at Humble in
which 100000 barrels of oil were de
stroyed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-08-25

Flatonia, Texas: Cotton receipts
have been about fifty bales daily.
Farmers are selling cotton just as soon
as ginned; 10 IA cents is being paid
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-08-25
7ad Their Preferences,

rad Their Preferences.
sss i slOfted that on a recent oc-
aea Arthur Balfour, Joseph
ebs l' Lord Charles Beresford
d loss.a aaese minister were dining
sIes Mr.. Balfour, who was
III e aeat, asked Mr.. Chamberlain
Y po.,s sOuld have. Thanks, I'll
Arthur" was the re,
e ua NV. What will you take, Lord
III take Irish, Arthur"
VIII you take?" addressing
minister. "I'll take Port
saAs' was the answer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-08-25

Of the East India squadron, was
wounded in the capture of piratictl
japanese junks. He was in the home
squadron of 1851, an instructor at the
Naval academy in 1858, passed mid
shipman in 1853 and a commander in
1864. During the civil war he served
in the south Atlantic and western gulf
blockading sQuadrons and took part in
the battle of Port Royal and other I'M
portant engagements. During the
Spanish-American war he was prize
commissioner, stationed at Savannah.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-08-25

Markham, Texas: Rice harvesting
will begin here next week. The crop
Is fine, but acreage greatly reduced as
compared to 1904.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-08-25

Is,s.s. o. Masailand by Joseph
! , ssss.l, IN 1884. He was the first
sssiss Jug those boundless plains
Isl b, WIN game and cattle, the
ishIsssa y Valley and the towering
s ss,,,s. Beyond where white men
He won his way by in
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-08-25
NAVAL VETERAN Is DEAD,
Rear Admiral Benham Succumbs At
ACE of 73.

News has been received at Wash.
hStoh OF the death at Lake Mahopac,
n. T., OF Rear Admiral Andrew T. K.
Benham, retired, at the age of 73. He
was member of the Schley court of
inquiry. In 1917 Rear Admiral Ben
ham, who was then a junior member
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
TWICE FOILS INCENDIARY.
Janitor of Tenement House Dis
coUerS TzC0 Fires IN Succession.

Two attempts to set fire to the five story tene-
ment house at No. 333 East 13th-st. housing
fifteen families more than seventy persons,
early yesterday. were frustrated by their early
discovery by the janitor Mrs. Minnie Ster-
Finger. After the second attempt she Informed
the police and they. we'll the Fire Mar
shals office began investigation.
The house is inhabited mostly by Italian fam
lilies Mrs Sterzinger lives in the basement.
It is her custom to make the rounds of the hall
ways before she retires She was up late Sat
urdav night and at . a yesterday made her
usual round When she reached the first floor
hallway she saw that the mat at the foot of the
stairs leading to the second story burning.
She ran back to the basement. got bucket of
water and put out the fire in the mat. Then
she discovered that it had been soaked in kero-
sane and that kerosene had been sprtnkled
about the floor and lower steps Of the stairs
When she went back TO her rooms she
50 nervous that she could not sleep. Half an
bour afterward she went upstairs again, feel
ing that something wrong. When she
reached the first floor she saw that the banisters
of the stairway half way up TO the second floor,
were wrapped in rags which had been soaked in
kerosene for they were blazing fercely, while
more oiI-soaked rags, blazing, were wound
about the arm Of the gas jet lighting the stair
yrav The wall next the jet was beginning to
ignite AS was also the rail of the banisteTs.
Mrs SterZinger put out the flames. Then she
avroke some of the tenants, and the police. fire
men of Engine No. D Fire Marshal Seery and
the Detective Bureau were called in
Mrs SterZfnger has suspicious that some one
in the house knows more about the two at
tempts than has been revealed. She said that
the inner vestibule door was locked at the time
she discovered the fires
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
PANIC IN ELEVATED CARS.
VI en- Break and Jump Through Vim
dO1CS-WOmen Collapse.

HAIR a hundred men and women became
panicsricken a 3d-ave. elevated train yes
terday afternoon following the blowing out Of
fuse on the motor car. In their frenzy men
smashed the windows with feet and fists. Two
or them were seriously cut. Half a dozen
women collapsed utterly. Many of the men
climbed through the windows to the ice covered
plank walk at the side of the tracks and braved
the dangers of the third rail to get to the safety
Of the station platforms.
Three cars in train bound for South Ferry
left the T6th-st. station at $50 o'clock At list
ST. the fuse in the rear motor of the front car
blew out with report that could be heard for
half dozen blocks. 1t is supposed that the
ice coated rail caused a short circuit All Of the
cars were crowded. Sheets OF binding blue
fame Tapped about the sides Of the front car.
The train came a stop with a jar Pandemo-
mum reigned. AS soon as the people felt that
the train not moving they rushed TO the
rear door and attempted 10 Chamber out to the
tracks. The gates were closed and the conductor
refused to open them or allow any one else TO
do so. Then some Of the fear-stricken men
smashed the glass of the windows and climbed
out to the tracks.
Out of the two cars in the rear the people
crowded pen nell. but policemen in the train
formed them into line and guarded them as
best they could they made their way back to
the station at 76th-st by the walk at the west
of the track
Some one in the street, seeing the sheets of
flame licking the sides of the car. sounded a fire
alarm. Fire companies in 6Ith-st responded,
and, by the use of fire extingushers and sand,
put out tho fanles and assisted in calming the
excited people Word telephoned to the
->5sWar house from the 67th-st station, and the
current was turned off from the rail
Trains were stalled behind the disabled one for
more than twenty minutes The nearest of these
discharged most of their passengers at the 18th
st. station
The two passengers severely injured by falling
glass were Nathan Bachrach nineteen years old,
of No West 113th-st., cut about the right
ankle and IsidoT KotZen, of No. POI East 1Olst-
St, cut about the right hand and arm. They
were removed to the Presbyterian Hospital by
DR.. Cook
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
NORTHWEST FREEZING.
Coal almost Gone IN Small TO1cHs
and Railroads Helpless.
q TELEaRAPH ID = rRlarNE.l !


Sioux City. Iowa, Feb. 12.-This city was al
most without train service to-day and yester-
day. Drifting snow and intense cold weather
made it impossible 10 keep steam in the loco
motives. Reports from South Dakota. Nebraska
and Northern Iowa, as well as Minnesota and
North Dakota. show the worst conditions. cOun-
try towns having no trains and no hope Of them.
with fuel supplies low OF exhausted Many OF
the large towns and hundreds OF the small ones
find coal famines staring them in the face. with
the railroads unable 10 promise any help. while
in the country depletion OF supplies is even more
serious.
To-day brought the most severe weather OF
the year throughout the Northwest The mer-
curry here did not get above - degrees below ali
day and reached 81 below. and this was one OF
the warmest points reported in this region
With business at standstiu and all energies
devoted TO saving the poor IN cities and towns
from suffering. there is no promise OF better
weather or more favorable conditions
Losses Of livestock are now known 20 exceed
the early report estimates. The prairies ara
strewn with quail. rabbits and crows. frozen to
death From one 20 three feet of snow covers
the plains and the universal expectation -
that the coming OF spring viii witness a reQe-
tition OF the fearful flood OF 1879. which fol-
lowed just such "a winter a the present one and
did great damage. A similar catastrophe now
because of the added development o. the cCun-
try. would do MANIFOLD the damage that was in
hicted twenty-five years ago
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
PULL SPINE INTO PLACE.
Doctors Use Weights in Operation
to Restore Feeling.

Several doctors were interested spectators al
the williamsburg Hospital yesterday, where an
operation was performed on E. L Pape. a clerk,
twenty-five years old, Of No. $40 Broadway,
williamsburg who thrown from a car at
Nostrand and Flushing aves. Saturday
night. When Pape who had landed on his head
and shoulders was removed to the hospital Ii
was found that he had a disocation of the spine
at the sixth cervical vertebra. He was perfectly
conscious. but the accident had paralyzed his
nervous system. and ne was unable to move
muscle or talk. The doctors said he was also
unable to feel any pain.
Pape lay ia this condition for eight hours. The
doctors decided that the only way 10 reset the
dislocated spine would be by attaching heavy
weights 20 the pa tents shoulders and feet and
letting them hang over the head and foot of the
bed. This was done, and, with the weights pull
ing on Pape's body, the physicians gradually
worked the dislocated vertebra back into place
At the conclusion of the operation the sense OF
feeling came back to Pape and he was able 10
talk. He will be in the hospital for several days
until the soreness disappears.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
CLAIM ALLOWED TOO LATE
DUNG Man RecoUers S5,OOO,OO0 on
Property Beers Seized.
rzv TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BUsE.l


San Francisco. Feb 12.-Word has been re-
cefve5 by Frank Mcvickars. Of the Majestic
stock Company here, who is one of the intimate
friends of Luscomb Searelle, at one time
theatrical manager of South Africa, who Is Ill
and penniless at the Waldeck Hospital thaf i
81 600 900 claim Of the old manager against the
british government has been allowed and will
soon be paid.
The claim arises out of the confscation OF all
Searches property by the Boer government at
the time of Jamiesons raid. Among other
things seareTe purchased several Thousand
stands of arms and concealed them under the
stage of his johannesburg theatre Boer
stage hand discovered the secret Of the hlooeh
r,sae and sent word to Kruger. Not only were
the arms confscated and used against the Ing
Iish later but all Searches estate was taken py
tho government and he was sentenced 10 De
shot Powerful friends secured the mitigation
NJ his sentence. so he was allowed 10 escape
with John Hays Hammond to this country puC
hts property was kept by the Beers.
Al the close Of the war he put IN the claim
which It is reported, has now been allowed.
searelle stands a poor chance of ever gettlng rhe
money. as he is dying, and his frlehos nave
raen Obliged to advance the hospital expenses.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
RABBI CALLS SON DEAD.
Youth Marries Gentle and Causes
Mourning IN Tenn pile.

Paterson, N J.. Feb. u (SpeciaD.-Whether or
not Simon PraI is dead depends largely on the
point of view According TO his father. rabbi Of
the Hebrew Temple Ahwath Joseph, the boy is
dead and all the rites of the temple have been
carried out for the departed. but according to
the son ne has entered into new life and is
very much alive at his new home with his bride
in Lane-st.
The congregation Of the temple is strictly
+bodox Rabbi Prall has made every effort to
hiring, those who come under his teachings to
confor,n 10 the Mosaic law. Simon. who is
clerk in a store believes there are other ethical
principles besides those laid down in the Mosaic
law. He has mingled freely with Gentiles, and
this has brought about his ecclesiastical death.
Some time ago he met Miss Bessie Van Ness At
a dance in Little Falls and fell desperately in
love with her. About month ago the couple
secretly married. Rabbi Prall heard rumors of
the marriage and he found the evidence on the
records at the city hall. The marriage TO a Cen
tile in the eyes Of the abbi constituted suicide
In the mind of the rabbi the dead, and
he began a week OF mourning at the temple 1t
ended Yesterday The members of the temple
svmpathized with the father and mourned with
him.
The son attempted TO return to explain, but
the father looked upon him a total stranger.
Neither would he recognize the bride. Only in
case the bride adopts the Hebrew faith can a
resurrection take place
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
READY FOR PRESIDENT.
TWO DINNERS TONIGHT.
Offers of $3.50 for Places at Hun
garian Republican Club Repast.

Extensive preparations nave been made Tor
the receptions and dinners in honor of Presi-
dent Roosevelt He will be the guest OF honor
at the Republican Club this afternoon. when
reception will be given for him in the club
house In West 40th-st.
The President will be met at Jersey City by
a special committee. consisting Of William D.
Murphy and Alexander P. Ketchum' and es-
corted to the clubhouse, where an informal re-
ception will be held from TO o'clock The
house committee passed a resolution that only
members Of the club should be allowed TO be
present at the reception, which will take place
In the large parlor on the second floor. The
President will receive under a canopy Of Amer
lean flags. He will be introduced by Louis
Stern, president of the club
After the members have passed in line and
shaken hands with the President refreshments
will be served
The President. after the reception, will visit
the home of his sister, Mrs. Douglas Robinson
in Madison-ave.. and will then be escorted 10
the Waldorf-Astoria, where the Lincoln dinner
of the Republican Club will be held tonight
The President will be the guest of honor and
will speak.
At the guests table. besides the President and
President Stern. will be Bishop Fowler, Lieu
tenant Governor Bruce, George A. Knight, Elihu
Root. Senator Dolliver. Andrew Carnegie. Cen
eraI Frederick D Grant Rear Admiral Coghlan'
Whitelaw Reid, Secretary Taft President Fin
ley. of the College Of the City Of New7Yorki
Oscar s. Straus, Ex-Governor Ode1. Senator De-
pew General o. o. Howard, James NJ Beck, Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler Chancellor MacCrack-
en-, General Grenville NJ Dodge, William Hal
pin, the Rev. DR.. Joseph Silverman. Joseph T.
Bishop. George c. Boldt and W. Emlen Roose-
velt
1t is expected that over 200 persons will be
present, including 90 women.
Senator J. P DoIliver. of Iowa, will speak
on Abraham Lincoln; George A. Knight, OF
California on The Republican Party, and
james NJ Beck on The Unity of the Republic.
The President will attend the Press Club din
ner in the Hotel Astor at about 1880 p m
Colonel Roosevelt will he the guest Of honor
of the Hungarian Republican Club tomorrow
evening at a dinner given at Little Hungary, IN
East Houston-st First there will be re-
ception. Marcus Braun, the president Of the
club, will introduce the President at the dinner.
1t is expected that Mr.. Roosevelt will speak at
length on questions of immigration The dinner
will be attended by more than 45O members Of
the club.
Kalman Steinhardt. manager OF Little Hun
gary. told a Tribune reporter last evening that
he had received offers as high as $50 from out
sders who wished TO attend the dinner The
ceilings and walls will be covered with snilax
and flowers. and the street will be brilliant with
electric lights.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
AIRSHIP FALLS IN BAY.
Aeronaut in California InUentor's
Machine NarrOzgly Escapes.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rE1BuSE.I

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TEIBUNE.l
San Francisco, Feb. 12.-The California Mes
senger. an airship made by Heaton, a San Jose
inventor. who declares that Baldwin stole" mis-
motor invention, was driven into San Francisco
Bay to-day by high wind and the aeronaut
had narrow escape from drowning When the
airship was taken out for trial this morning
across in Oakland it cold but clear. and
there was a slight north wind. This wind
rapidly increased, however, and when the airship
was fairly well up it appeared 10 strike a
rent of air of great velocity. for, despite the
rudder. ii was driven rapidly toward the bay.
The aeronaut tried to steer it south of Oakland,
but the airship was driven steadily across the
Mud Flats and then the bay. The wind
had created a heavy sea and the airship began
to sink, so that the aeronaut was in a dangerous
position Apparently some gas escaped from
the compartments at one end of the machine,
and as it sank one end fell into the water. while
the other fully distended stood nearly perpen-
dicuIar a bove the waves The aeronaut's
predicament was seen by several yachts. which
at once went TO the rescue. He vas taken of
and the airship slowly towed back 10 Oak
land.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP.
Promise to Dine uith the Hunga-
rian Club Has GiUen IN Fun.

Washington. Feb. 12.-Accompanying Presi-
dent Roosevelt to New-York will be Mrs. Roose-
veIt, Secretary and Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Cowles, Mr.
and Mrs. w Emlen Roosevelt who have been
guests at the White House and Secretary Loeb
The party will start from Washington in a spe-
ciaI train on the Pennsylvania Railroad at IL
o'clock tomorrow morning, and will reach New
York about o'clock in the afternoon
on Tuesday the President will divide his time
among visits with friends and relatives, lunch
con at the University Club. and the dinner with
the Hungarian Republican Club at Little Hun
gary. The club entertained the President when
he was Governor Of New-York and he then
promised to join its members again if he ever
became President This promise. made in fun.
will be kept in earnest. In the course Of the
Hungarian dinner the President will make
short speech. He will start at midnight for
Washington, reaching here early Wednesday
morning. 4ELzEAAs3E
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
SMOOTH AUTO" COURSE.
Cuban Paper Picked ConilPs Car as
Uinner.

-. 77.r Q fSneoiaD-The so-rnile automobile
course here will seems. come 10 rival that OF
the Ornaond-Daytona beach although owing 70
.1s rsrroxness Of the road and a few steep hills
- ~rs-r ttIrns 2 driver viii TO take greater
-rposutiou than on the Florida course For GOOD
ra-t Of ne road it would be unsafe for cars 10
nsss while speeding and in some places passing is
-srricsiir impossible. The road is as smooth as
billiard table and there are few spots that are
really dangerous Il has nnelike covering the
dust from which powders the drivers as If with
-four This dust however, can be brushed OH
rather easily.
Al about the 50-kilonetre mark is spot that
might vel give trouble 70 driver unfamiliar with
he course A railroad crosses here. and a slight
rise in the road makes the tracks Invisible uhul
near ct hand. A fagman is kept constantly on
guard here Ordinary vehicles can be kept Hoh
be course by the archke fences at the cross roads
Along tie line are palm trees that in spots roor
the course
--vro Ia-ee Erandstands built at the start ac-
co-7rloda1e about five thousand persons me Gu
hans have taken an intense interest in the race.
Even the hagman the course was SO much en-
crossed in watching r r Thomas speed Up the
road in MS big Mercedes last Tuesday that he for
eor 70 warn an approaching train until the auto
rrrrfIist was almost him. Mr Thomas coolly
and quickly shut of his power and put on the
brakes lust In time to prevent serious accident.
On rhe same trip Mr.. Thomas had another narrow
escape he was coming up behind team OF four
oxen drawing a load Of wood The two leaders
swung suddenly 10 the side. The New-fork auto
rnobfiet made a quick turn 10 save the animals.
and just missed ~ inches hitting a tree by the
side q the road
The big race was pu. of until Sunday on account
q he hitch on the telephone question Sehor FL
Pue-edo director Of posts has informed Senor Men
rnirfee should not Dc allowed 10 use the line which
Jtey had strung along the course A local pa per
here ssvs thar Mr. 2 J. Conill. the president Of
-he f-f,har International Automobile ASsO-
c5stion. is tuning up his 81 horsepower Mercedes
snd does nor seem 10 be a unlikely winner. The
railroad has decided special trains TO various
points along the course on sunday
On Tuesday ten and twenty kllomeIre races VIII
be run between kilometres g and g.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
MORGAN TO SEE FTREMEN.
One of Committee to Hear GrieO-
ances of Nez0-HaUeB Men.

New Haven. Conn, Feb. 1.-THE names or
the committee of directors Of the New-York,
New-Haven and Hartford Railroad which will
meet the grievance committee of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firenen in the hope of ef-
fecting a settlement of the present labor
troubles between the fremen and engineers were
made known in this city to-day.
The directors are J. Pierpont Morgan, Charles
F. Brooker of Ansonia. the chairman Of the
executive committee of the board of directors
Professor George J. Brush. Of Yale, and Will
lam Skinner. of Holyoke Mass, prominent
manufacturer At 10 a m, Tuesday this COM
mittee and the 1remen's committee will meet In
the Grand Central Station. New-York.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-13
CUBAN WINS ROAD RACE.
TRACY,S CAR SECOND.
FIetcher Finishes Last an 100 KiIo-
metre Contest.
TBr cABLE TO rHE rRlBUNF.1

Havana, Cuba, Feb 12--CheeTed by 100 600
.nectators that lined the course and greeted by
president Palma at the g-andstand, Ernesto
rs-ricaburn. native Cuban. won the I6o kiIo-
-,s+re automobile road race here to-day. He
s-ove the 90 horsepower Mercedes of his
countryman. e J. Conin and finished in
1898 %.
Joseph Tracy. driving Major G J. S. AfiIler's
c0 horsepower Renault. finished second in
7.52.26. Joseph Birk. in Louis Marks 20 horse
-ower Mercedes was third. in 2:34 r. Mem
doza's 20 horsepower De Dietrich. driven by H
A Robinson, was fourth. in 2:42. H w Fletch-
= who set new records for fifty and one hun
5-ss miles on the OrTnond-Daytona beach, was
4ftb snd last in 800. The cars were started
81 ten minute intervals
.-a-rfcaburn rode like madmsn, waving his
tand 10 the crowds along the course while he
-rss speeding at a rate of eighty miles an hour,
enc taking the turns with reckless daring. It
vas his tirst race. Both he and Conill, owner
Of the car. are residents of Havana, and their
.f~ro-s was Immensely popular.
Tracy led at San CristobaI by about three
minutes. but broken pipe and a fallen battery
-obred him Of the victory. Fletcher started
with his low gear not working and lost nearly
zf-v minutes through trouble with his tires and
g leaking oil tank
The three thousand spectators in the grand
srand went wild with delight when the winner
-uzs a@nounced- The band played the national
anthem and the crowd rose and joined in the
sorg All Havana is excited over what is
,e-uaed the national victory, and the names ot
-a-icahurn and Coril are on every tongue.
2 R Thomas, of New-York, was at the race
-rith his arm bandaged, his chin cut and a
-s-eh over his eye. He said ne would. If pos
sfble have his damaged car got in readiness
for Tuesdays contest.
The run started from in front Of the grand
etand. eight miles from the City Of Havana, and
-rent 70 san Cristobal a distance Of about fifty
niles Here was a control. All those who faileo
70 make The distance in an hour and a half were
70 Be considered out Of the contest
The machines that finished in this time were
then sent back at two-rninute intervals. At the
e0rfrol 10 fuel was taken on or repairs made.
TIE Municipal Cup Of Havana went to the win
1er and gold medals 10 those who finished in
he rhree-hour limit
Every precautiOn was taken 10 have the course
well projected and the police of several Of the
cities lined both sides of the road Telephone
wires connected with various points Of The
route. sent bulletins 10 the grandstand inform
ing the spectators Of the progress OF the race.