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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-29
Friday, March %.

Washington. = An unusually large
attendance of members and specta-
tors were present when the house met
in contemplation of action on the
statehood. bill. They were not disap-
pointed, for as soon as the journal had
been read Mr.. Dalzell (Pa.) was
recognized and presented a special
rule from the rules committee. 1t pro-
vided that tie statehood bill be taken
from the speakers table, that in so
doing the senate amendments be dis
agreed TO and a conference be asked
of the senate and that the speaker
Immediately appoint the house con-
ferees. Mr. Dalzell, as soon as the
rule had been read, demanded the
previous question, which, if ordered,
carried with it forty minutes debate
to be divided equally between the
friends and the opponents of the
r:lle. On a rising vote 149 voted for
the previous question and 1874 against
On demand of Mr.. Williams, minor
ity leader. roll call was ordered.
The roll call resulted in ordering
the previous question, the vote being
Ill to 40. Mr.. Dalzell was recogniz.
ed for &C minutes and began an eX-
PLANTATION Of the reason for the
special rule
By vote of ITS to 176 the house
adopted the statehood rule and the
speaker appointed Hamilton mich },
Brick Qnd.) and Moon (Tenn.) con-
fe-ees.
Senator Tillman. presented to the
senate a memorial drafted of D. j.
Jarvis of Seattle, protesting against
the passage of bill to aid in the con-
struction of the Alaskan railroad"
He claims that the measures gives
the beneficiary blanket rights pre-
judicial to the interests of other rail-
roads in that territory. He protests
further against the grants of lands
and were concessions made by the
bill.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-29
DIsFIeuRED WITH ECZEMA.

A fellow who stops kicking may be
merely getting used to it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-29
Saturday, March "a.

ton Of s5.27S,99S.
Saturday, March "a.
Washington.-The railroad rate bill
occupied practically all of the time
of the senate. There were two
speeches. one. BIZ Mr.. Lodge and the
other By Mr. Spooner. Mr.. Lodge
spoke in advocacy of his amendment
looking to the enlargement of the in
terstate commerce commission.
The committee on Indian affairs au-
thorized favorable report on joint
resolution authorizing the secretary
of the interior TO allot land to each
child in the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache tribes in Oklahoma before the
opening of the big pasture, the bill
for which has just been passed, and
is now in hands of the president. 1t
also provides that when the land is
thrown open to settlement in the big
pasture it shall not be sold for less
than IS per acre.
Senator. Warner introduced a bill
authorizing the president to appoint
Francis NJ McCallum contract sur
geon, and place him on the retired list
of the army with the rank and pay of
that grade.
A favorable report was made by the
house committee on public lands on
the Mcclure bill authorizing the secre-
tary of the interior to sell to mission
airy and religious organizations the
lands on which they have erected mis-
sion buildings in Oklahoma.
Secretary Taft accepted an invita-
ton to appear before the senate COM
mittee on military affairs in connec-
ton with the consideration of the
army appropriation bill.
The house committee on naval af-
fairs has made favorable report on
the Meyer bill providing that retired
officers of the navy ordered to active
duty shall fave the rank, pay and al
lowance of officers on the active list
of like length of active service. If
the retired officers be actively en-
ployed for three years after their re-
tirement they shall, when detached
from duty retain the rank and highest
retired pay of the grade they then
hold.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-29

should be adopted as a safeguard. As
passed the bill carries an appropria-
ton Of s5.27S,99S.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-29
Another Wonan's Case.
HIoH GRADE INVESTMENT.

lydia Pnhams Vegetable Compound Succeeds Fall
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-29
Trust to Nature.

rhe things that are killed by ridi-
e deserve to die.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
Farmer Killed by Train.

Mesquite, Texas: The east bound
fast train on the Texas & Pacific rail
way, due here at 9:16 p. NJ, knocked
off the track and killed R. G. Gasset,
a well-to-do farmer of the Long Creek
community. The accident took place
in Mesquite creek bottom, about two
and one-half miles east of here, near
his home.
Mr. Gasset was coming toward Mes.
quite, walking beside the track, and
stepped into the middle of the track
when the train was nearly on him.
He was deaf, and the wind was blew
ing hard, which explains his not hear.
ing the train. His body was carried
on to Forney and will be brought nome
yesterday evening.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
Baron Ces PIanches III.

Washington: Baron Mayes Des
Planches, the Italian Ambassador,
who has been absent since last fall,
is not expected to return from Italy
before the beginning of this summer.
The ambassador had to leave Wash.
ington owing to his health, but he
will return to his post unless one Of
the European diplomatic positions
is open and is rendered to him Ba.
ron Des Planches is actively interest.
ed in his mission in this country and
has made a study Of the immigration
of his countrymen to this country. He
has travelled extensively through the
Southern States with a view of direct.
ing Italian immigration to those agri-
cultural states instead of to the al.
ready overcrowded cities.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
A FlENOlSH MEXICAN.
cIambered Up Behind Buggy and Cut
Girls Throat, Killing Her.

Runge, Texas, March 2G,-Meager
details Of bloody tragedy which was
enacted near Couch, eight miles south
of Hico, about midday yesterday, have
just been received. Enraged by 1eal-
ousy, a Mexican overlook his victims
in a buggy in the road The vehicle
contained two young women and a
little boy. The horse became fright
ened and began to run, whereupon the
Mexican pulled. his revolver, placed
the muzzle at the back Of the head Of
the other woman and fired, also caus-
ing almost instant death. He then
took a shot at the boy, but missed.
The two dead women are daughters
OF Alex McHaney, a well to do citizen
Of this county. Officers are after the
Mexican, but have not yet found him.,
so far as known He is we'll known
young Mexican, having lived near hero
several years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
Stole for Mother.

Nacogdoches, Texas: Yesterday
morning Manuel Hickman entered a
plea of guilty in the District Court 10
burglary, and the jury returned a YER
dict assessing the punishment at two
years in the penitentiary. A few
weeks ago Hickman entered the COM
missary at the Hayward mill and took
sack of -four, admitting his guilt
when arrested, and stated that his
mother was without food, and he had
no money to get same, and took the
flour that she might be provided with
food.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
MAIL SHUT OFF.
POSTOFFlCE DEPARTMENT SHUTS
So MEDICAL oFFlCES.""
The WORK IN. OTHER CITIES.
Several Deaths Attributed to Them,
and Criminal Operations Have
Been Numerous. co.,.

Washington March 2G.-Orders
have been issued by the Postmaster
General instruCting the postmasters at
New York and Brooklyn to refuse to
admit to the mails the advertisements
of SO illegal medical offices in those
two cities, and also to refuse to de-
deliver the mail matter received ad-
dressed to the fictitious and assumed
names under which. parties conduct
ing these concerns had hidden. their
identity. For some time past the de.
partment has had inspectors working
in New York gathering the necessary
evidence to close the mails in these
cases, and the officials Of the depart
ment yesterday expressed the belief
that practically all of the criminal
concerns of this character in these
cities have been covered. This ac-
ton at New York and Brooklyn is in
line with the efforts previously made
by Postmaster General Cortelyou in
Boston and Philadelphia to enforce
the law against this class of criminal
concerns.
In Boston last March thirty CT these
concerns were barred from the mails
and the governments crusade in
Philadelphia last September resulted
in closing thirteen establishments
charged with being illegal medical
Offices" and thus practically closing
all such concerns there. A statement
given, out at the Postoffice Depart
ment says:
THE condition of affairs which has
developed under the departments in.
vestigations in these cities have been
appalling. 1t was found that in
large number Of instances those en-
gagged in conducting these offices have
criminal records and are dope fiends."
In Boston one of the concerns eX-
Guided from the mails was supposed
to have been the office at which the
fatal operation was performed upon
the young woman, Helen Geary-the
suit case murder One of the doc
tors" whom the department found
identified with several Of these "of-
fees" in discussion was also connect
ed with the Susan Geary case. The
number of deaths that have been
caused by the Offices can never be
known.
The volume of business done by
these concerns was large. 1t was said
that as high as twenty criminal oper-
atoms a day were performed in some
OF these offices, and that the income
sometimes ranged as high as $4,000
a week.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
An Indians Love For His DOG.

Colonel Holden, of the Fort Gibsol
Post, who sympathises with ever
body in hard luck, printed this Letter
from Richard Benge, a Cherokee,
whose pack of trail hounds has ottsn
made music among the Fort Gib@n
hills: will you please let me have
a small space in your paper? | won't
write much. ! just want to tell yol
old Drum, my good old dog, is dead
He died of don't know what-OnV
he just sick and died. Poor old Drum
is dead and gone where all good dog
go. | feel sorter lonesome since Cd
Drum died, for I've only old Spot
and Mues left. Old Drum was he
best. When he barked, you knowed u
was a possum or a coon. Old Spot )
all right, but he won't bark, just Vasi
his tail. "-Kansas City Journal
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
Carriers Bond $4,000.

San Antonio, Texas: H. S. Craw.
ford, attorney for the sportsmen Of
this city, who has been employed 10
prosecute those charged with illegally
trapping quail in Wilson county. re-
turned Monday after filing 200 affidav.
its against w. X, Carter, who has been
arrested by Sheriff W. l.. Wright Mr..
Crawford announces that he expects
quail trapping and shipping to be en-.
tirely stopped in this state within a
short time. Carriers bond was fixed
at $4,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
AN ILLUSTRATION.
Russian Female Assassin Treated as
by Spanish Inquisition.

Moscow, March 27.-M. Tesiinko, the
counsel TO Mile. Spiridonovo, the Il.
year.old girl who shot NJ. Luzhennoff.
sky, chief of the secret police at Tam.
bOff. has returned here from Tamb0f,
where his client was found guilty of
the charges against her. He says
that the tortures of the Spanish inqui.
sition were tame when compared with
the cruelty Mile SpiridOn0vo has been
subjected. He gives thrilling &c.
count Of her proud and spirited speech
to the judges who condemned her,
telling them that the victory of the
oppressors of the people had been
short.lived, and saying:
you can kill me, but death will be
welcome after what l have suffered"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
Negro Woman Found Dead.

Caldwell, Texas: This morning the
dead body of Florence Denmon, col.
ored, was found in a gully in the south.
ern part of town. The last seen Of
her was at the carnival on Friday
night. There were no marks of vic.
fence found on her and the theory
is she was on her way home and died
there suddenly. The place is an I'm.
frequented one and the way her body
was discovered was by two boys 20.
Ing to a pasture for some horses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
Many a Slip.

"Politics is extremely uncertain, r.
marked the man who makes trite "
marks.
Yes" answered the Discourage
looking citizen: you read the paels
in the hopes of deciding on the DE-.
candidate, and then start out for u,
polls. And maybe you'll be alloVel
to get to the polls. Then, perasps
you'll be allowed to deposit oalO.
which in your excitement you may :,
may not have marked correctly. AM
if you did mark it correctly tlele ,
a chance of its not being counted any
how. AS you say, it's extremely uf
certain. "-Washington Star.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
TEXAS LEGISLATURE IN SESSION.
Effort of the Special Session Is to Correct Election
Law and Get Through by Thursday.

that Of Mr. Browne OF KarneS, ad Mr..
Blount had straight blanket pri-
mary proposition.
Something about the question Of
paying members of the legislature may
come today. 4 mileage and per dieuI
bill were introduced in the house AMI
were reported faVQrably. The first
carries $4,000 and the second $500
The committee reported them upon
the theory that the individual mem
bers would be left free to accept pay
or not, just as they chose, or in &C
cOrdance with whether they had prom
Used to serve free or not. Some Of
the members Of the committee will
not take pay. ,,
Neither house has yet appointed
any help. Their officers are seryiny,
however. The house has taken 10
steps toward electing clerks, pages,
rorters, etc The senate committee
on contingent expenses decided that
the senate would employ a secretary,
calendar clerk, sergeant at arms aal
assistant, an engTossing clerk who
should also serve as enrolling clerk,
and three porters. There will be no
pages. no postmaster nor committee
clerks. Several employees at the SEES
siOns Of last year were here yeSter-
day, but were disappointed.
There is more or less political stir
around the legislature.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
White Girl Identified a Negro, Jesse
Taylor, Who Was Locked Up.

Shreveport, La, March 27-Jesso
Taylor, a negro cab driver, was locked
up in the parish jail yesterday afteg'
noon and is charged with having a.
tempted to assault Miss Beaula Yeiser,
a white girl. Sunday night. The young
lady, before whom Taylor was taken,
states emphatically that he is the
guilty party. Five other negroes. all
partially filling the description fur.
nished by the intended victim, were
taken before the girl, but she failed
to identify them The prisoner fits
every detail of the description given
Sunday night.
Miss Yeiser walked from her home
to a street car line, a distance of two
blocks, accompanying her father.
When returning home she was pass.
ing a ditch when a negro jumped ont,
grabbed her dress and asked her
where she was going. The girl
screamed and the negro ran. Several
days ago, Miss Yeiser states, she was
followed by Taylor, who made some
remark to her. The negro is held in
the parish Jail and no trouble is feared
by the officers.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
A HEALTH CONFERENCE.
Uniform Quarantine ReguIations-A
Meeting in New Orleans Today.

New Orleans, La, March 27.-An
important conference of health officers
of the Gulf States will be held here
today. Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and
Mississippi participating. DR.. Tabor
of Texas arrives today. Drs. Gold.
thwate and Goode of Mobile came in
last night. Drs. w H. Saunders of
Alabama and j. F. Hunter of Mississip.
pi will arrive in the morning. The
object is to secure more perfect Goa.
formity in quarantine regulations at
the Gulf ports of these four states.
At present each port has its own reg.
ulations and rules. 1t is hoped to Sc.
cure a greater regularity. Following
this there will be a sitting on con.
tagiOus diseases.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
A VindicatiOn for Dr.. pi,,,,
Decision by the Supren. c,n.
state Against the Ladies W.
Journal.

A verdict has been ,er,.,,
favor OF the plaintiff in the Tb,'
brought against the Ladies '',
Journal published by the Curt. a y,
fishing Coz by the WorIE. n
pensaFy Medical Association, Of ~. ~
DR.. R, Y. Pierce is presi5en, VIC
suit vas brought by Doctor p. %
against the Curtis Publisbf,., T,s
for making false statements shos, u
Of his standard family mad, 'Qs
known as Dr.. Pierce's Favorita ~
ScTiption. In the May numba, -, ~
Ladies Home Journal nsOA ~ =
ward Box. the editor, stated tb.. .
Pierce's Fayorite Prescriptjoo y
tanned alcohol and some other ~. W.
ful ingredients, and Dr. Pierre - ,' :
in the action alleged that the dss..
ant maliciously published this ,slS.
containing such false and defanr,,,
matter. DR.. Pierce further cl,im.,
that no alcohol is or ever va, -
tanned in his "FayOrite PreScri,.,...
that said medicine was a ysps,,s
preparation and contained m A.
FERROUS ingredients whatever. tb,, n
Bok's statement, pretending n ".
some Of the ingredients of said MAJ
cine, was wholly and absoIr,.,
false. During the trial, the w.
President Of the Worlds Dispense,
Medical Association stated, tina, a.
ingredients Of DR.. Pierce's Fayo1,,
Prescription were extracted from n.
following native roots: Golden Sol
Blue Cohosh, Lady's Slipper, BI,ri
COhosh and Unicorn, BY mean, n
pure glyCerine. He was asked In,
he knew, as a physician and ey.
perienCed medical man, that the #.
vorite Prescription was a cure n,
the diseases peculiar to women sut.
as amenOrrhea, dysmenorrhea, anti
version retrOVersion, and be stats
that he knew such was the fact b
cause of his professional experieuc
and the many thousands Of wnDe,
whose ills had been cured by tht
Prescription" The Vice.President
being asked to give his authOritis
read from the standard works, sud
as the United States Dispensatou
The American DispeDsatory and man
other standard medical books.
The retraction printed by the Cur
It's Publishing Company two month
after the libelous statement appearat
and nearly two months after the sui
had been begun stated definitely thi
analyses had been made at their re
guest and that the "Favorite Prescrp
ton" did not contain either alcohol
opium or dig;talis.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
FOOD HELPS.
In MANAGEMENT Of a r. r.

Speaking of food, railroad I''
says: ,,.,s
my work puts me out in all hlu.. .
of weather, subject to irregular n0a, ~
for meals and compelled to eau ~
kinds of food. 90.
For 7 years I was constantly fof
bled with indigestion, caused Oy e.
ing heavy, fatty, starchy, greasy wv Wv,
" cooked food, such as are the NV w..
accessible to men in my business a. =,
erally each meal or lunch was W
lowed by distressing pains anu p w.,
ing sensations in my stomach VIZ -.
destroyed my sleep and a!no0' "a
fitted me for work. My brain "a' =, :
muddy and foggy that it was hara y
me to discharge my duties prope'n.
This lasted till about a year 20 -
when my attention was caHeu a
Grape-Nuts food by a neWspape'. ..,
and I concluded to try it. Since ~ ;,
| have used Grape-Nuts at nea'n 80,
cry meal, and sometimes De' w.,ls
meals. We railroad men nave :. !,
chance to prepare our food IN gu '.,st,
bosses and | find Grape-NulS n
handy, for it is ready cooked c..pe
ITO make long story short u,''
Nuts has made a new man Oh NC ~
have no more burning distress 4
stomach, nor any other symp'D. o
indigestion. can digest anylniD' M
long as | eat Grape-Nuts' anu .,.s
brain works as clearly and ac'u III
as an engineers watch, ana u, -, ~
nervous troubles have disappeai M.
tirely." Name given by PoS'u1
Battle Creek. Mich. 49, ,,.tjs
There's a reason. Read tns 80. -
book, 1.-THE Road to Wellvnis'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
Grosman Murdered or Killed by HORSE

Smithville, Texas: A. R. Grosman,
a grocer, was found unconscious in
the horse lot OF his home here about
9 o'clock last night with his skull
crushed. He died at 5 o'clock this
morning without recovering conscious.
ness. A negro who worked for him
last week was arrested on suspicion
Of having killed him while attempt
ing to commit robbery.
Mr.. Grosman was in the habit Of
taking his receipts for the afternoon
and evening home with him, and did
so last night, but gave the money to
his wife before going to unharness
his horse. There is bare possibility
that his death was caused by kick
from his horse.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
Committed Murder,

Bryan, Texas: After being out
from 9 o'clock last night the jury in
the case of Fazini, charged with muir.
der this morning returned a verdict
assessing his punishment at two years
in the penitentiary. Fazini and two
other Italians are charged with the
killing of an Italian woman near Bry.
an some months ago. The other two
Italians are under indictment by the
grand jury.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
KILLING AT NAcoGDocHEs.
Albert Petty Shot With Shotgun
Robert Thornton Surrendered.

Nacogdoches, Tex, March 25.-This
afternoon about l o'clock. near the
water tank in this city, on the Hous-
ton East & West Texas Railroad, Roo
ert Thorn, colored, shot and instantly
killed Albert Petty, colored. A double
barrel shotgun was the weapon used.
Immediately after the killing Thorn
came to the city and surrendered to
the sheriff. The cause of the killing
is alleged to be on account of the fact
that Petty had been rather intimate
around the home of Thorn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
DEAD MAN IN TRUNK.
Was Albert N. McVicar-Trying to
Find Mrs. McVicar.

Stockton, Cal, March 26.-The bag
gageman at the Southern Pacific sta
ton last night discovered the remains
of a man about SO years of age jam.
med into large trunk. Officers who
have been working on the case assert
that the man had been placed in the
trunk while yet alive.
Developments yesterday showed the
dead man to be Albert N. McVicar, who
has been employed as timber man in
the Rawhide mine at jamestown
The police are now endeavoring to 10.
cate Mrs. McVicar, who was in the
city with her husband.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
ENGINEER KILLED.
Fireman Fatally Injured in Missis'
sippi Wreck.

Meridian, Miss: Last night at
y o'clock the eastbound Alabama
and Vtcksburg passenger train No.
2, due at 1:15, ran into a
misplaced switch at Hickory, twenty
miles west Of here, completely demol-
ishing the engine, baggage, mail and
express cars and resulting in the in
slant killing of Engineer Charles r.
Lewis Of this city and the fatal injury
of Edward Gibson, the colored fire
man. Two negro postal clerks, Tom
Mitchell and ]. Armstrong, were in
jured, but not seriously.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
Purchases of Fine Cattle,

Fort Worth, Texas: ]. B. Weav-
er yesterday purchased fifty head of
registered Hereford cattle from differ.
mt exhibitors, paying from 500 to
$500 per head.
Overton & Pursley of Tyler sold to
Johnson & Co. of Denton thirty,one
Jersey COWS. The price paid was not
given out.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
Three Weeks More OF Il.

Savannah, Ga: The Greene and
Gaynor case today enters upon its
twelfth week. The defense has but
eight or ten more witnesses to intro.
duce. The government, as it now ap.
pears, will introduce nine in rebuttal,
so that it is thought three weeks more
will probably conclude the famous
case, including arguments, the judges
charge and the jury's deliberations.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-03-30
Memphian Neuroes Vamoose.

Memphis, Tenn: Because of a pre-.
diction by demented negress that the
city of Memphis would be destroyed
by a storm on Tuesday, March 27,
many superstitious negroes are leav.
ing the city. Two or three excursions
were run from this city last night, and
the sale of tickets is reported to have
been large.