The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-09-15
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.

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Three men held up "GUiot' Chi
cag0 gambling house a few nights
since, securing $500 as swag and
quietly disappeared off the earth.
Last Thursday Natchez was d9clar-
ed free from yellow fever, but Friday
three new cases developed and were
taken to the emergency hospital.
Encarnacion Garbza, forman Of +. 5.
Eidiauterri's ranch near Laredo was
drowned while bathing in the river
1t is supposed he was attacked by
cramps.
A terrible typhoon has swept south
of Halplong and the southern delta OF
the TOnquln coast is strewn with the
,1reckage of ,iunks. No Europeans are
among the victims.
The Brazilian government is Offer
ing a prize of 100000 for a tubercu-
losis cure. The medical profession in
the republic is one the qui vive for
relief from the deadly scourge.
The dead body of an infant was
found floating in the Grand River
near Fort Gibson, |. T. a few days
since. 1t was the body of a white child
and had been dead for several days.
A movement has been started'at Aus
tin toward erecting a large auditorium
to be used for conventions. The bust
ness League and Minister'S Associa'
ton are working together for the prop
Osition.
During the performance of Fighting
the Flames" at the PittSburg (Pa)
Exposition Miss Jeanette Lawrence,
% years of age, vaudeville performer
was dashed to her death from a win.
dow thirty feet from the ground.
At Weleetka, l. T., A. L. Sanford has
on exhibition a pumpkin weighing 1O4
pounds, and one of the finest speci
mems ever seen here. It was raised by
William Mackey, an Indian, who lives
am vo;lo south Of owp
At a meeting held last week at Ok
lahOma City the contract for the con
struction of the Oklahoma City, Lex
ington and Sulphur Springs Electric
Railway was awarded to j. W. Name!
of Ell Reno. The line will be eight!
miles in length and will cost over 81
100000.
The emperor of China has extende,
President Roosevelt his congraulatiOl
upon the success of the president
efforts to establish peace betwee
huSSId anu Jdpdhs " pa OLiOeS IAA
welfare of mankind" In his congratl
latiCnS the emperor is joined by tn
empress dowager.
Mrs. William Copeland of Wank'
mis,Ok., requested officers to make
search for her husband, who mystic
ionusly disappeared three weeks az
with $4,000 in his possession, til
proceeds of selling his farm. Copelan
was married only recently. His Wi
fears foul play.
A special from Brandon, Miss, sa!
that a negro named John McDowe
has been found hanging from a trt
thirteen miles north of that town. NJ
Dowell had attacked white man Wi
knife, forcing him into a barn al
keeping him a prisoner for sever
hours.
W. K. Holt, a cowboy of Arizona,
taking the Pasteur treatment for "a
les at the State Pasteur Institute.
was asleep when mad skunk taste
ed its teeth in his cheek. Mr.. HI
had to shoot the animal twice befo
it would release its hold.
A speech to union labor by Villa
J. Bryan was the principal feature
the exercises with which Labor D
was celebrated at Omaha. Mr.. Bry
spoke at CORTLAND Beach, where
was greeted by nearly 5000 people.
The Sterret Oil, Coal and Gas Co
pany, recently incorporated for
purpose of making some searches
oil and mineral in that locality, ha
just completed the placing of a fiji
class drilling outfit, and started I
machinery that put the drill in mott
1t is reported from the ComanC
and Addington sections Of Indian T