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New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
BIG STRIKE THREATENED.
Pennsylvania T'rainmen May At
tempt to Tie Up Whole Road.
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Pittsburg Jan. 13-The entire Pennsylvania
system from the seaboard to Chicago is now
threatened with a strike. From one end of the
road TO the other the union workmen have voted
on the question of a strike within the last thirty
six hours, and the report is being sent to the
executive officers of the Brotherhood of Train
men at Cleveland Voting in the Pittsburg dis
trict ended at midnight
So grave is the situation that Robert Pitcairn,
at Pittsburg first assistant to President A J.
Cassatt, has been called east to consult with
the head OF the road.
The trouble began soms weeks ago on the
division between Harrisburg and Altoona, when
the company took off extra fireman each
heavy freight train This made the work of
the forward brakeman heavier. COMMITTEES
visited the officials of the road and asked that
the fireman be returned, but the request
refused. Then they asked to have the pay of
the forward brakeman increased. This. too, was
refused and II was then decided to take vote
on striking along the whole system
None OF the Pennsylvania employees in Jersey
city know of any strike contemplated. They said
last night that they had quarrel with the road
they much more worried over the
danger of being laid off than being ordered to go
or strike
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
THREATS TO HAYTI.
AnnuIment of Amerfcan's Sentence
asked ON Pain of Intervention.

Port-au-Prince, Hayti. Jan. 13.-Mr. Powell
the American Minister. has informed the gov
ernuens of Hayt. that the United States
government refuses to recognize the validity
Of the sentence in contumacy to fifteen years
at hard labor pronounced by the Haytian court
against Jaeger Huberman, American citizen
for alleged completely in bond frauds charged
against the administration of former President
Simon Sam and officers OF the Bank of Hayti.
The United States demands the annulment Of
the sentence under pain Of energetic interven-
tion. The demand has caused much excitement
here.
The alleged fraud was in connection with plan
of the Sam administration for consolidating the
debit of the republic It TO issue s. 900 bonds
with an additional s2l3.2S2. to be paid TO the Bank
of Hayti Before the scheme was consummated
the administration overthrown and President
Nord caused the arrest of thirtythree persons
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
MISS VREELAND IN CAB.
Automobile Runs Do1cn Boy-.She
Waits to See Result.

Miss Margaret Vreeland. the hfteen-year-oid
daughter OF II. II. Nreeland, president OF the New
YORK city Railway Company. and a friend, Mrs.
". Sayers. of Newark. were passengers in cab
of the New-York Electric Transportation Company
which ran over and seriously injured Thomas ke-
nova, eleven years old. Of No zIS west twenty
r,,tbst nj Thirtieth-st and Seyenth-ave yester-
aav The boy became unconscious after the cab
ran over him. and DR.. Gillespie. summoned by Po-
iiceroan OConnor, of the West Thirty y-seVenth-st.
stetion took him to the New-York Hospital The
csb driver Sidney Hauck. OF No S9S Eishth-ar
was arrested and held until to-molfoW 70 await the
deveiopnent Of the boys injuries Miss Nreeland.
sfter fnding that the boy was properly cared for,
went on in another vehicle
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
SURRENDER AMAZING"
Port arthur Had Garrison of 50 900
No Sign of PriUation.

London, Jan. 1.-THE correspondent at Port
Arthur of THE Times" says:
The total number of soldiers, seamen and
civilians in Port Arthur al the beginning of the
siege ffty-five thousand There are no
signs OF privation here There food suf-
ficient for two months, and the surrender OF the
Russian garrison is amazing.
The Daily Malls" Toxic correspondent gives
a story TO the effect that all the money in Port
Arthur was divided among the Russian officers
and when this discovered a bitter feeling
arose in the army and navy, which largely
responsible for the fall of the fortress.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
TO SUE SYNDICATE.
Preparing actions against Mem
bers Who Undercr0te ". & b. Stock

Complaints being prepared in the Office OF
Samuel Untermyer. attorney for the receiver and
the creditors of Munroe & Munroe it
nounced yesterday. in actions which are soon 10
be brought against the several members of the
syndicate which underwrote the 100000 shares OF
stock of the Montreal and Boston Consolidated
Mining and Smelling Company. Through these
suits Mr. Untermyer expects TO recover the money
paid 10 the syndicate by Munroe & Munroe on
December T. 1904. the day preceding their failure.
It Is alleged in the Involuntary bankruptcy petI-
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New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
FRAUDULENT BOOK AGENT CONVICTED.
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ST Louis. Jan. 1S.-Several publishing firms In
cuding Harper & Bros. and Charles Scribner's
Sons. OF New York. united with the Holloway Pub
fishing Company. OF So. Louis in prosecuting L. G.
Devaney. alias La Bar. book agent. who was found
guilty to-day in the Circuit Court OF obtaining
books wcrth 81 coo under false pretences and sem
fenced to four years IN the penitentiary. His wife,
Mrs. Harriet Isles Devaney. acquitted Of
similar charge. She was rearrested however. as
she was leaving the courtroom charge OF hav-
D. c.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
vespaaian Marner was born al Mount pleasant.

Vespasian Warner born al Mount Pleasant.
Ill. on April g. 1872. He studied law, and on June
49, 1851, enlisted as a private in Company T., z1tn
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout
the Civil War. being wounded at shiloh de was
mustered out of the service on July l3 le66, with
the rank OF captain and breyet major. lie then
entered the law department of Harvard University,
from which he was graduated in 1868. He began
the practice OF law at Clinton, Ill In the al.
ministrations of Governors Oglesby, Hamilton ana
Fffer he was colonel and judge advocate general
of Illinois. and Republican Presidential
elector in 1888 He is serving his NTH term
in House.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14

Leave New York 5:32 p m. arrive Cleveland tbs
morning. Cincinnati 80 D. Indian apolls 400
y. M. st. Louis s:45 p m. by New York Central
Fine Service. No excess fare.-AdYt
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
J. L. BRISTOW RESIGNS.
TO QUIT POSTAL SERVICE.
President appoints Him a Special
Panama Railroad Commissioner.
IFRoM THE TRIBUNE suREAU.I

Washington, Jan. 13.-Joseph L. Bristow, tho
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. to-day
handed to the President his resignation as an
officer OF the postal service to take effect on
January 20 BY an executive order issued late
this afternoon. President Roosevelt designated
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
SUCCEEDS T.. r. WARE.
Representative Vespasian Warner
4ppointed Pension Commissioner.

Washington, Jan. 13.-The President has ap-
pointed Vespasan Warner Commissioner of
Pensions, to succeed Eugene f. Ware. Mr.. War
ner represents the 10Th Illinois District in Con-
gress. He strongly indorsed by the Ili-
nois delegation and by prominent members Of
the Grand Army of the Republic and other or
ganizations of veterans. The appointment will
go to the Senate tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14

SSssses NSsss..osomeS; snd quickest Florida train.
ssKh clsss~ Eork daily az 1925 Noon. Two other
Siofl5a rssotga rains for Pinehurst. Camden and
''H once, lls5 Broadway.-Advt-
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
THROUGH SLEEPER TO CLEVELAND

via Pennsylvania Railroad. Leaves West 2Sd Street
Station daily 4:55 p. M. arrives Cleveland 1l5
m, limited train: extra fare 10 Cleveland
-AdYt.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
EloaIpA,s FAMous TRAINs,

~ Y & Fla Special 2i0 NJ: Ella & West
indian Ltd 925 A NJ Unexcelied service via
Penn & Atlantic Coast Line. usl B'wzy, y. u
New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
QUICKEST LINE TO CLEVELAND.

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New-York tribune., 1905-01-14
NE sEaBoARp FLORIDA LIMITED

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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
Children nf the Sums.

Their chances of existence are
small in the midst OF the unsanitary
horrors of the Sums; their chances
of happy, healthy childhood and q
successful, honorable future are al
most nil. But they are coming into
the world by thousands; the people
who have the most excuse for race
suicide have ever the least inclination
toward it. In the sluris the children
swarm; they die like flies or live
worse than beasts, shut up in tester
ing hotbeds of misery, disease and
crime. And Gods great, generous
acres, where they might thrive and
grow well and sweet and beautiful and
strong, lie barren and deserted in the
sunstine-often held by land.grab-
bers, who gained them by fraud. To
bring them together-these landless
children and these childless lands
would be work to immortalize any
millionaire aliye.-Cleveland Leader.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
Indifference to Wars Horrors.

1t would take psychologist to ex.
plain why all the world shudders at
the blotting out of St Pierre or the
drowning out of a Johnstown - and
gladly puts its hand in its purse in
order to aid the survivors, while to-
day it regards the far greater loss OF
life in Manchuria with comparative
equanimity-the excuse for a few
banal remarks. Let natural forces but
triumph over and destroy a few thou
sand human beings and everybody
groans. But if your supposedly civil
lied nations set their hundreds Of
thousands to smashing of skulls, blow
ing each other to pieces and wholesale
manning we merely speculate as to
whether the losses are proportionately
greater than in other battles, or
whether this is the largest slaughter
Of men on record and even bet on the
exact date when Hardin is likely to
fall. Why this distinction when 1t
comes to the taking Of human life en-
maSse.-NeW York Evening Post.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
Recommends Hiqh License.

HOuma, La: The grand jury i'm
paneled for the May session of the Dis
trict Court has made it's final report.
The opinion is expressed that the in
discriminate use of liquors is the
cause of mucn crime, and higher Ii
cense is recommended for the town of
Houma and parish. Tho police jury
and town officials of Houma ara en-
treated to give the matter their seri-
GUS attention. The report also conf
ments on the matter Of certain sugar
refneries allowing Stops and acids to
flow into the natural streams of the
parish, and asks that this practice be
stopped at once. The following true
bills were presented: Shooting with
intent to murder, 5; violating oyster
law, IA; larceny, A. murder 4; bur-
glary, /; assault with a dangerous
weapon, !; affecting wound less than
mayhem, l. assault by wilfuliy shoot
ing at, J.; Harry Guidry. who shot and
killed two young sons of Theopile Des-
roche me time ago while they were
asleer n bed. was indicted for murder
1t is alleged that Guldry is insane.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
Southern Pacific EMPLOYEES

Houma, La: The excursion given
for the benefit of the Southern Pacific
employees reached here Friday morning.
in three sections. There were about
5000 men. ladies and children on the
trains, with four brass bands. The ex-
cursionists were scattered throughout
the town, but the greater portion made
their headquarters at Suthrons Park.
where games of baseball were arrang-
ed for the afternoon. Braun's Naval
Band discoursed music in the pavilion
at Court Square, where a good many
Of the excursionists gathered under
the oaks. The excursion was gotten
up solely for the Southern Pacific EN-
ployes and their families, in order to
give them an outing free of any cost
and expense. except the actual cost Of
running the trains.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
Naval Cadet Appointed,

Alexandria, La: Peter Schnack, son
of c. A. Schnack, has received,
through Hon. A. p. Pujo congressman
from the Seventh district, appoint
ment as cadet in the Annapolis Naval
Academy.
Mayor Andrew Queries and Alder.
rlen S. A. Dickson and R. c. Friend, OF
Shreveport, were the guests Of Alexan-
dlia last week, and were conducted
over the city by Mayor Turner and Al
G2lman and Secretary of the Progress
i've Union H. B. Chase. The Shreve-
port officials were here to inspect the
citys electric lighting and waterworks
systems, which are owned and Operat-
cd by the city. Shreveport is cOntem
plating municipal ownership of her wa.
ter ahd lighting plans.
In older to get right of way on pub.
lie roads outside the city limits the
electric street railway promoters have
asked the police jury for that privilege
and a meeting of the jury has been
called for Thursday, Nay IS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
LOUISIANA NEWS.
Book Depositores at New Orleans.

BOOK repositories DIT INC" SftSdHo'
Baton Rouge. La: The four general
repositories for the distribution of the
uniform text books adopted for use in
the public schools of Louisiana will be
located at New Orleans, Shreveport,
Alexandria and Monroe, and will be
maintained for four years. This was
decided after ]. B. ASwell. state super
intendent of education, requested an
opinion from each member of the state
board Of education. the majority agree
ing upon the cities named. In the past
only two general repositories have
been maintained, both in New Orleans.
In addition TO these four general depOS-
tories, the law provides that each par
ish in the state shall have not less
than one nor more than four local de-
poSitories. This law does not mean
ahat the publishing houses cannot
'H&'HtR'ii itiOt 2 IMAM iOtti ttPOfpitSi'So
in parish, but means that they cannot
ba compelled TO maintain more than
four. In some of the larger parishes
more than four repositories are main
tanned, The contracts for these de-
poStOries are made by the publishing
houses with the local dealers in the
various parishes. The parish Superin-
tendents Of education are now filing
with the state superintendent infOrma-
ton as to the number of local dcpositO-
ries that will be required in their re-
spective parishes. This Information
will be forwarded at an early date to
the publishers. and they will act upon
it in making arrangements for the dis
tribution of their books.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
Nurses WORKOUT Horses.

The princess of Wied, who is
prominent figure in the court circle at
Berlin and whose husband is in the
line of succession to the throne of Hol-
land, has developed a curious but hui
name hobby, in which only ore of her
great wealth could indulge. She buys
all the ill-used horses that come to
her notice and gives them the benefit
of a stay in her well-appointed sta
bles. A period Of rest and kind treat
ment usually restores the unfortunate
animals to good condition and puts
them in working order again. Hun
dreds Of broken-down horses have en-
joyed the princess hospitality and
have left the equine sanitarium "as
good as new
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
Soldiers of Various Nations.

Of all great nations the United
States of America have in their peace
time standing army the smallest num-
Der of soldiers in proportion to extent
Of population namely, one soldier to
every 1000 citizens. The opposite ex-
IRENE, curiously enough, is reached by
another republic-France-which has
one soldier for every seVenty-two Of
its population. Italy has one soldier
to every 100 sh,jec' Germany, one
to 1O7; Austro-Hungary, one to 125,
and Great Britain, one soldier to every
225 subjects. Belgium, having pop
ulation of not more than 100000,
has one soldier to every 100 inhabi.
tants. Russia has one soldier to
every 40 Of its subjects: Japan. one
to $50 !
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
Prisoners Sentenced.

Doraldsonville, La: The last day
of the Criminal Court was taken up IN
the sentencing Of prisoners who were
convicted to serve terms in the penn
Tertiary. John Richardson, for embez'
element, was given ! year; johnson
Washington. manslaughter, 3 years
and a fine of $40; Wal er Russell, muir
der, Imprisonment for life. In the case
If Dominique SaVoia. VINO was con-
yicted of buying goods on credit and
7e,ling them out OF the ordinary course
# business, sentence was suspended
md the accused released under a $500
bond. Court then adjourned sine die.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
THE PACE THAT KILLS.
Physicians Arrangement Of Our Mod
ern Society.

Physicians in New York have been
startled by the alarming increase IN
the number of sudden deaths due
chiefly to heart disease. DR.. Girdner,
author of New Yorkitis," makes
shortcut to the real cause OF this
mortality when he says: New York
ers are driving themselves like beasts
of burden. They are working like
dynamos all day, and playing like
idiots at night" To use an old phrase,
they are going the pace that kills
We cannot lead the strenuous life
without paying for it. We may work
too hard, eat too fast, play irration.
ally, sleep too little if we wish; but
nature demands its equivalent. Nerv-
Gus strain means a weakened heart
and other organic troubles-often a
sudden death. And all for what?
Merely to excel someone else in
money getting or in climbing the So
cial ladder.
II a man must work like dynamo
all day he ought not to be an idiot at
night. And ii he plays the idiot So
cially he should not be business
dynamo. He may stand one or the
other and die from old age; but if he
tries them both it won't be long be-
fore something will break. The dy-
ramo may burn out or the idiocy be.
come permanent.
The fact that we are living too fast
for New York has no monopoly on
the strenuous life-is not deduced
from sudden deaths alone. Nervous
strain means accidents, suicide, some
times even murder.
Is the game worth the candle? Is
any fortune or social position that
man can attain compensation for a
combination of dynamo and idiot?
What shall it profit man If he gain
the whole world and lose his own
l?"-Chicago Post.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19

Marquette, Kan, suffered the worst
from the storm. In the town and i'm
mediate vicinity twenty-nine were
killed and more than 100 more or less
injured.
The tornado threw the town into a
panic, wrecked scores of buildings
and did much damage in the country
near by. Many Of the victims were
killed as they lay asleep; others
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19

culture no larger than an yeast cake,
the bacteria might be multiplied SUI
ticiently to inoculate at least an acre
of land. In fact, the amount Of ma
terial thus obtained is limited only
by the quantity of the nutrient water
solution, and it must be evident that
the cost Of inoculating land is so very
small that it is absolutely infinites-
imal when compared with the very
large increase in returns from soil so
treated.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19

awoke, manned and bleeding, to find
themselves buried in the ruins OF their
homes. Rescuers worked with Ian
terms for several hours, caring for the
sufferers.
The storm swept a clean swath 100
yards wide through the town, destroy
ing the Methodist and Lutheran
churches tbs opera house and many
dwellings.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19

Welsh, La: An unknown negro
was killed here Friday night by one Of
the freight trains. His body was
found near the stockyards about II p.
m. His head was crushed and one
arm and one leg were broken. The
superstition is that he was stealing a
ride on the bumpers and fell between
the wheels, causing instant death.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19

Ell Paso, Texas: A carload of sill
yer dollars, consisting of sixty-nine
boxes and containing money to the
value of $4,000 gold, passed through
this port yesterday en- route from Mex.
leo to San Francisco for expectation
to China. The silver occupied an en-
tire express car and is said to be the
largest expectation of silver dollars
ever made from this country.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
BRAN0EGEE GOES TO SENATE
Successor to Late o. n. Plat Of Con-
nectcut.

Congressman Frank B. Brandegee,
who has been chosen to succeed the
late Senator O. H. Plat in the United
States senate, represents the Third
Connecticut district in the national
house Of representatives. He is
Yale graduate, and while at Yale
pulled the boy oar in the varsity boat
crew. He was elected to the legisla.
ture twelve years ago, and in 1893
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
Thieves Rob Grocery.

Bouttc La: Thieves Friday night
broke open Sellers & YOung's grocery
store and stole the cash drawer, which
contained about $f8. They did not
touch anything else. They gained an
entrance by forcing bedroom win
dow back of the store, which is Oppo-
site the Southern Pacific depot.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
San Antonio Pigeons Released.

Taylor, Texas: Two hundred and
sixty-two homing pigeons shipped here
from San Antonio were at 1882 o'clock
this morning turned loose by Express
Agent Strom, c.. F. Gilstrap and E.
Riddle. When liberated the birds made
beautiful start for their Western
home.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
international Pay.Day.

Taylor, Texas: Yesterday was pay
day for the employees Of the Interna'
tional & Great Northern railway at
this place, Tie monthly payroll of this
company low amounts to between ST..
coo or $4,000. or about 100000 an,
nually.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
Eufkin Victims Will Rebuild.

Lufkin, Texas: The fire of Friday
night threw about thirty men out of
work, We learn that Cook Bros.
Kerr and Fox will shortly rebuild and
larger and more up-to-date houses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19

Cuero, Texas: A good rain fell here
Yesterday morning just in the nick of
time for potatoes, cantaloupes and Gu.
cumbers, which had begun to need it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19

Temple, Texas: Another severe
rain fell here Sunday afternoon, COM
mencing about noon and lasting for 8
hours. An immense amount of wa
ter fell during that time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-05-19
HEAD OF IMPORTANT BUREAU

Recent Appointment Is Promotion for
William c. Fox.
The appointment Of William c. Fox
to the dictatorship of the bureau Of
American republics, to fill the vacancy
made by the appointment of W. w.
Rockhill as United States minister to
China, has been announced. Mr. Fox
has been with the bureau since 1893,
prior to which time he was consul at