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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
ST. PETERSBURG IN DARKNESS.
Str,ckers Have Stopped Electric Light
Plant Machinery.

st. Petersburg, CT. 2S.-During yes,
terday afternoon the widest rumors
spread and the city was seized with
a semi,panic. The students began to
cOngregate at the Vissiliostrov dis
trict, announcing that they intended to
hold the building, as the students OF
Kharkoff held their university against
the military and to hold a big meet
ing at night to which workmen of
all social groups were invited. Warn
ings having been issued last night
that the government would not permit
revolutionary meetings at the univer-
sty under the guise of school assem-
blies, Gen. Trepoff sent troops to sur
rond the building and trouble is mo-
mentarily feared.
To add to the alarm the strikers
have succeeded in the machinery Of
the electric light plant and the city
is in darkness.
Reinforcements of troops are pour
ing into the city. Several trains with.
military escorts have forced their pas
sage from Moscow, but the railroad
tieup is practically as tight as on yes
terday. The governments railroad
battalions are now exhausted. The
last were sent to Moscow and Syz.
ran last night.
The most alarming reports are cir
culating about Affairs in the south of
Russia.
Private reports received here are
said to confirm the stories of mutiny
on board the battleship Catherine II.
and the destruction by incendaries
of the battleship Pateliemon, formerly
the Kniaz Potemkin, but the authori-
ties do not confirm the rumor and
kilograms Of inquiry unanswered.
In the interior of Russia the people
have neither rail communication nor
newspapers, and are the prey to the
widest stories Of what is occurring.
This is considered the bad side of the
situation, as it is felt it may lead to
peasant uprisings, which, in the alb
sence of troops, might result in fright
full excuses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Juvenile Depravity.

Farmer HarroWfield was passing
casually through his orchard, when an
unwonted dark bulk up in his best
apple tree caught his eye, and closer
inspection revealed a guilty and anx
ious-looking urchin hugging the
branches. Naturally he roared out
the angry but unnecessary question::
What are you doing there among
my apples, you young rascal?"
A whimper was the only reply.
II was on'y p-pickin' EN-, sir"
gasped the terrified urchin.
well, of al the cheeky young brats
I ever came across" said Harrow.
field. And what right ave you to
pick 'em?"
Blank silence for a moment, and
then brilliant excuse flashed into the
detected raiders mind. He remem.
bered something he had read in a
weekly paper few days previously.
Il w-wanted EN- for the dipsomania,
sir" he blubbered. They ses apples
is good for dipsomania, and I'm one of
'em. l suffers from it very bad, SIR
London Answers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
A Teachers Testimony.

Hinton, KY, Oct. 3Oth.-(Special.)
1t has long been claimed that Dia.
betes is incurable, but Mr.. E. J..
Thompson, teacher in the Hinton
school, has pleasing evidence to the
contrary. Mr.. Thompson had Diabe-
tes. He took Dodds Kidney Pills and
is cured. In a statement he makes
regarding the cure Mr.. Thompson
says:
Il was troubled with my kidneys
for more than two years and was
treated by two Of the best doctors in
this part Of the state. They claimed
| had Diabetes and there was little to
be done for me. Then l started to
use Dodds Kidney Pills and what they
did for me was wonderful. 1t is en-
tirely owing to DOdd's Kidney Pills
that I am now enjoying good health"
Many doctors still maintain that Di.
abetes is incurable. But Diabetes Is 8
kidney disease and the kidney disease
that Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure
has yet to be discovered.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Characters in Cheeks.

Various faddists have instituted sys.
TENS for reading character from al
most every member Of the human
body, and the latest is the young wom-
an who announces herself as a reader
of cheeks"
The mature woman with youthful,
round cheeks is not necessarily intel
lectual, but her cheeks are an infalli.
Bile sign that she is never afflicted
with nerves or stinginess. On the
other hand, the long, narrow, thin
cheeks mark the pessimist who looks
always on the darkest side of life and
hopes for the worst. Full cheeks,
when not accompanied by an excess
of fat, denote long life, and If the
cheek be fuller in the lower part 1t is
additionally indicative Of hospitality.
High cheek bones do not necessarily
indicate wickedneSs and avarice, al
though a high cheek bone indicates a
cautious disposition, which frequently
accompanies the avaricious DISPOSE
ton.
Cheek reading promises to become a
fad. although to her intimates the
cheek reader admits that her decisions
are Influenced by general study of
the face rather than by the cheek ex.
clusiYelY.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
ALBERT T. PATRICKS LAST HOPE.
Court of Appeals Denies Motion for an Appeal From
Conviction of Murder.

counsel Of his associates, they should
have advised him it was his duty to
sit. Counsel should not have await.
ed Judge Gray's action, and finding
that action unfavorable, now make the
objection.
Senator Hill announced last night
that he hoped to carry the Albert T.
Patrick case to the United States Su.
preme Court. and he confidently reit.
Grated his opinion as to the propriety
Of Judge Grays sitting in the case.
His statement follows: Possibly
ought not to feel disappointed that
the Court OF Appeals has denied mo.
ton for reargument of this case.
That court has granted but one mo-
ton for reargument in either q civil
or criminal case in five years. The
court still stands four for an afftrna.
tive of conviction. including the vote
OF Judge Gray, TO three for reversal
of the conviction.
With all due respect to the learned
Court of Appeals. | still insist that
Judge Gray was disqualified from sit
ting in the Patrick case, and that our
objection to his sitting was duly and
reasonably taken. Whether Judge
Gray's son participated in the prep
aration' of the appeal neither the court
nor defendants counsel are presumed
to have any actual knowledge, as that
work is done in the District Attor-
ney's office and not in open court,
and it makes no difference with the
question of legality or propriety eS-
tablished, but the fact remains that
he was and is still deputy assistant
attorney and appeared in the case
against the defendant in the motion
for a new trial for newly discovered
evidence.
The fact, if it be true, that many
and great judges have allowed their
relatives to practice before them in
the past does not make the practice
any the less unjustifiable, either in
law or otherwise These and numer-
Gus Federal questions involved in this
remarkable case the defense hopes to
present to the Supreme Court of the
United States for final decision
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Japanese Problem Play.

Comparatively little original litera.
ture in modern Japanese is worth the
serious attention of foreigners, either
in the authors text or translation, but
in the Transactions Of the Asiatic So
ciety of Japan Volume xxxiii, Part u,
a Modern japanese Problem play" is
sure to attract motive. The author, DR..
Kitasato, cousin of the famous bacteri-
ologist, has already written dramas
both in Japanese and in German, and
some of his productions In the latter
language have been acted on the
boards of theater in Germany.-New
York Evening Post.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Work of Wondering Bees.

1.-THE other day l was watching a
strong colony of wood-boring bees,
which are not leaf-cutters. They were
little bigger than grains Of rice, but
much that they did was very interest
ing. For instance, when the hole was
finished and stored, the bee closed it
over with a film something like that
which a spider spins. She then brought
one by one little crystalline pebbles,
which she glued, to the number Of
about SIX, in the middle of the film,
and just over the hole. l can only
imagine that this is done In order to
prevent other bees from boring the
post just in that spot. In that case, it
may either be a positive bar or by
way of notice: Please don't dig
here. London News.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03

Albany, n, Y, Oct 2S.-The Court
of Appeals yesterday denied the mo,
ton for reargumCnt of the appeal
OF Albert 7. Patrick from conviction
OF murder in the first degree and
sentence of death for the killing in
1900 of William Marsh Rice, an aged
Millionaire Of New York City and for,
merly Of Texas The motion was made
Oct. by former United States Sena-
tor David B. Hill. The decision ap.
parently deprives Patrick of his last
hope OF interference 50 far as the
courts OF the state are concerned with
the execution Of the death sentence
first passed upon him in March, 1903.
The Court of Appeals within few
days Will assign a date for the eXeCu-
ton OF the Origna! sentence. Wheth-
er Senator Hill can carry the case to
TIE tLlteu StateS courts on appeal re-
mains to be seen. Failing in that,
Patrick's only hope will lie with execu.
tive Clemency at the hands of Govern
or Higgins.
One of the points raised by Senator
Hill in his motion for a reargument Of
the appeal was the prOpriety OF Judge
John n. Clinton Gray of the Court of
Appeals sitting in the case in view of
the fact that his son, Henry G. Gray.
had participated as Assistant District
Attorney in the prosecution of Pat
rick in New York City.
The opinion of the court holds that
the propriety of Judge Gray's sitting
in the case was for him alone to de-
eide. The opinion adds that many and
great judges have allowed their rela.
tives to practice before them; others
have declined TO hear cases in which
near relatives appeared as counsel but
this court has never heard of a Judge
refusing to sit in a case because at
some earlier period his relative had
taken part in the legal proceedings
in the case. If any objection was en-.
tertained TO Judge GrayS partiCipa
ton in the hearing of this appeal, it
should have been made at the com
mencement of the argument when, the
court declares, if he had sought the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
GETTING Even.

l got good and even with that
automoDllist," said the man who loves
the water. 81 was crossing the street
the other day when he whirled round
the corner and knocked me down. I
yelled at him, but he only laughed
and rode away. The other day he
came down to the river and asked me
IN great hurry to carry him across.
MY BOAT Is the only one on that part
OF the stream. Want to cross over%
| asked him. Yes he answered, as
quickly as possible picked up my
oars. Then I laughed and rowed
away. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
FUNNY
People Will Drink Coffee When lt
docs Such Things"

II began to use Postum because the
old kind Of coffee had so poisoned my
whole system that | was on the point
of breaking down, and the doctor
warned me that must quit 1t.
My chief ailment was nervousness
and heart trouble.
Any unexpected noise would cause
me the most painful palpitation, make
ME faint and weak.
Il had heard of Postum and began
to drink it when | left off the old cot.
fee. 1t began to help me just as soon
as the old effects of the other kind Of
coffee passed away. 1t did not slim.
ulate me for while, and then leave
me weak and nervous as coffee used
to do. Instead of that it built up my
strength and supplied a constant vtgor
to my system which I can always re-
ly on. 1t enables me to do the big.
gest kind of days work without
getting tired. All the heart trouble,
ETC., has passed away.
II give it freely to all my children,
from the youngest to the Oldest, and
it keeps them all healthy and hearty"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Read the little book. 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in. pkgs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Says Phillips Brooks Swore

An old skipper at Marblehead tells
WIN great comfort whenever he can
get an audience a story of Phillips
BROOKS. He talks Of him at length.
lauds him to the skies, but closes
with But he would swear" His al.
dlence eXclaims with horror and asks
an explanation. Then he says:
We'll, it was this way. | took him
out on fishing boat. He got his
hook into a big fish and drew him
clear up to the edge of the boat, when
suddenly, as the tarnal things will,
that fish broke away. | shouted, 1T
Is a id shame and Mr.. Brooks
said, in his pulpit voice, yes, it is"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Poor Seamanship,

Charles Frohman, in a discussion
of plays and playwrights, said:
"The budding playwright shows an
amazing ignorance. The stock mar.
ket. the gold fields, diplomacy, war
whatever he takes up, he mars with
glazing errors. Not till he has learn.
ed his art does he perceive the essen.
tial need of accuracy.
'The other day | read a manuscript
play dealing with the sea. Such sea
manship as the author displayed.
"The captain shouted in the sec
ond act to the mate:
care you bringing in the blunt emo
or the sharp end of this ship"
"And in the third act, when the
mate wanted the ship stopped he
yelled:
"'Whoa, whoa,"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
SNAKE HAS NOT MUCH BRAIN.
"Wisdom Of the Serpent" Said to Be a
Deusion.

"The wisdom of the serpent is a
delusion," said James E. Peck, of
Nashville, to a representative OF the
Milwaukee Free Press. HE has little
or no brains, learns nothing from ex.
perience and is powerless to resist or
overcome the wiles of his enemies. He
does not attack man and rarely offers
combat to other serpents or animals.
Various snakes have enemies which
they dread and avoid. The rattlers
fear the little king snake, a small
green reptile which hunts for rattlers
and strangles them when found. 9th.
ers fear the razorback hog, which runs
about the Southern swamps in search
Of snakes, which he destroys and eats
by the wholesale. He has a prefer.
ence for rattlers and fnocacsins, to
whose poison he seems inyulnerable.
The most implacable enemy OF the
snake is the Industrious ant. When
a snake is hurt or bruised he sloughs
his skin, and then it Is goodbye to
him, for the ants soon overwhelm MIN
and eat him alive. Even a perfectly
sound and healthy snake which has
come in contact with dead or in
jured member of his tribe suffers q
similar fate if the ants find it out"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Her Iona Journey Over.

Washington: Miss Alice Roosevelt,
daughter of the president, arrived in
Washington yesterday afternoon, thus
completing her long journey from the
Orient.
Mai. Charles L. McCauley OF the
Marine Corps and Miss Hagner, sec,
rotary to Mrs. Roosevelt, met the
Presidents daughter at the railway
station and accompanied. her to the
White House. Miss Roosevelt re-
turned in excellent heath.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Left for Panama.

Washington: Secretary Taft and
his party started on their Panama trip
last night, leaving here at $50 by boat
for Norfolk. He will transfer to the
United States cruiser Columbia at
Old Point at 7 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Mr.. Taft was overwhelmed
with work up to the time of his de.
parture. In the forenoon he went
over the estimated expenditures Of
the Canal Commission since July /.
1t is expected the purchase OF the
necessary plant to build the canal
will be completed by January or June
of next year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
a Fine Collection.

At a time when the art of enameling
Is being taken up by many talented
women artists. it is interesting 10
know that the Queen Of England mas
collection which bids fair to rival
that of the czarna, which is said 10
be exceptionally fine. 1t is queen
Alexandra who has had much to 90
with arousing the popular fancy Tor
fine enameled jewelry, for not only
does she wear a great deal OF 1t her.
self. but she also gives many spech
mems as gifts to her friends.
Her majesty's niece, the Princess
Louise Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein
is an accomplished worker in the art
of enamels, and designs all her own
handiwork.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Searched a Club,

Bolton, Texas: A new departure
was had in the prohibition situation
in this county yesterday when Sheriff
Burkes and Deputy Crow searched and
seized some whiskey in a club, after
searching a house of one suspected
of bootlegging. The man whose house
was searched is now in Jail, while the
steward of the lno Club was released
on bail.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
VIII See Castro.

0afacas: The Government at Wash.
s'Ol has commanded the American
'4's'ef' Mr.. Russell, to endeavor to
aage the Franco-Venezuelan diplo'
aatlc incident.
RUSSELL will go to Los Teques
10y and have an interview with
resident Castro.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Cotton Under Irritation.

San Marcos, Texas: William Green
If this city operates about 800 acres
If land, most of which is under a fine
system of irrigation. Among his in
eresting experiments for next season
will be the irrigation of $50 acres Of
cotton. He will use the Mebane seed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Postoffice Robbery CHARGED.

Shreveport, La: VIM. ]. Berry,
charged with having robbed the post.
office at Blanchard some months ago,
was given a preliminary hearing yes
terday before United States Commits
sioner and held for the grand jury
under bond in the SUN Of $1,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Gins Crowded.

Cameron, Texas: There was a
norther here last night, changing sud-
denly from summer heat to cool
weather. The rise in the price of
cotton is crowding the ginners to gin
the small amount of unginned cotton
that has been gathered.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Poetry and the Poet.

Poetry is the breath and finer spirit
OF all knowledge; it is the impassion.
ed expression which is in the counte.
nance Of all science; it emphatically
may be said Of the poet as Shake.
speare hath said Of man, that he
looks before and after" He is the
rock of defence of human nature; an
upholder sand preServer, carrying
everywhere with him relationship and
love.-Wordsworth
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Lampasas Pecan Crop.

Lampasas, Texas: The pecan crop
this year is far above the average and
the nuts are very large and of excel
lent quality. Several carloads will be
shipped out and they are bringing ex-
cellent prices.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Wharton County Cane Crop.

Wharton, Texas: The sugar and
syrup mills all over the county have
been overhauled, their capacity in
creased and are now ready for the
season to open up. The cane is of a
very fine quality, Notwithstanding tho
protracted drouth during the late sum-
mer months and early fall.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
ORANGES New City Hall.

Orange, Texas: At netting of the
city council last night a contract was
let to George Mcdonald & Co. Of this
city to build a city hall for $4,125.
Work is to commence at once and the
building to be completed by Jan. Is.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Republicans Name Jerome.

New York: William Traverse Je.
rome has been unanimously nominal.
ed for District Attorney by the Repub.
lican county convention.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03

Of the 563 persons in Switzerland
who on Dec. /, 1900, had reached the
age OF ninety or more, only fifty-nine
are now known to be alive; twenty-one
men, thirty-eight women.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03

"Have you ever considered the debt
Of gratitude you owe your country?"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum.
But it doesn't bother me. A debt OF
gratitude can't foreclose any mort
cages"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-03
Al SUPERIOR.

upeflor, Wis: The snow which
aailing Sunday evening afford
= lrst sleighing of the season. :.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-04
HYDE WILL NOT APPEAR
 UNLESS WITH COUNSEL
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 and private citizens against Mir. Hyde, and others are threatened against him and against the estate in which his mother and sister are interested, based upon some of the transactions which have been made the subject of your inquiry.
 l Unlike the other insurance compa- nies now under investigation, the af- fairs of the Equitable, have already been exploited as the result of internal l dissensions between the officers. MT. Hyde has, as you know, been examined at great length in a secret proceeding i by hostile superintendent of insur- ance, the main purpose and effect of which seem to have been to misrepre- sent and exaggerate his connection with the transactions under inyestiga- ton, and to shield others on whom the responsibility rested.
 "On that investigation MT. Hyde was refused the right to the presence of counsel at the hearing, although the superintendent had counsel to conduct the star chamber proceedings.
 ''As the result of this performance, and of statements made before your committee which have not yet been | subjected to the test of cross -examina tion, MT. Hyde has been grossly mis- represented and injured in the public esteem for his supposed connection with transactions for which he is not responsible-eXcept for having trusted to elder and more experienced men.
 ''He is not willing to repeat experi- ence now in another form before your committee.
 l "He is prepared to waive all legal objections to appearing, and to tell your committee fully and frankly everything he knows, except as to matters that are embraced in pending litigation, on con- dition that your committee will in com mon fairness accord him the right of being represented, advised and re-eX- amined by counsel. +-..
 Tt is not right, and hope it is not the purpose of your committee to use this ex-parte, and to my mind unau- | thorized, proceeding for the purpose of gathering evidence in support. of pend ing suits. Such methods are. contrary l lO OuI lllSIllul1OIIo tlid SSAlSS OL lelll ness.
 T do not for moment suggest that you would make use of Mr. Hyde's of- fer to appear before you for any such improper purpose, but in view of the gross misrepresentations to which this yong man has besnv subjected, and the Efact that he has never yet had an op- Eportunity of explaining his position, I think it but right that we should have some understanding as here Is outlined.
 If, therefore, MT. Hyde may have the benefit of counsel at the hearing, and on your assurance that his examination will not include the subject matter of the pending suits. he will appear for examination at any time next week that may be fixed by you.
 "Very truly yours,
 | Samuel Untermyer.