The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-04-20
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.

ma, died near Choctaw City from old
age
Maxim Gorkv says that Father Co
| pom is demagOgue. yaciilatlng man.
and one whose prominence was the
! result of an accident
The United States government has
! signified its desire for the second
Hague peace conference 10 meet on
September Goth, next.
Wallace Y Reid a Dublin alderman,
had three fingers of his right hand cut
off while operating a large sausage
mill propelled by electricity.
An election will be held at Bells
! May 8 to decide whether or not bonds
I be issued to the amount of $4,000 TO
erect brick school building
The board Of trustees Of the Society
for the Prevention OF Cruelty to Ami
mails, elected Col Alfred wagstaff. of
| New York, as president.
The day for pronouncing eutOgies on
the life Of the late Congressman Pinck
hey, in Congress. has been changed
from Saturday, April Is, to Sunday.
April 30.
Hon. E. n Thomas, Speaker Of the
House of Representatives has formal
ly announced his candidacy for Cover
nor of Mississippi.
Arrangements are in progress for
street carnival to be held at HillsbOro
for week beginning on the 3Oth in
slant. 1t will be under the auspices Of
the fire department.
With the exception Of one store, the
whole town Of Todessa, La, forty
miles north of Shreveport, was prac-
ticallr destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock
Friday morning.
Will Puryear, On trial at Austin for
the murder Of Minas Long, was given
the death penalty by the jury after be-
ing out of the box three hours.
There is complaint OF a myriad OF
small bugs around Terrell.
1t is stated that a railroad will be
built from Marvel to Searchlight at
once. The board of directors of the
Santa Fe, as represented by Supt. A.
g. Wells, passed favorably upon the
proposition.
The first strike in the Pittsburg dis
trict under President Feehan's admin
istration began at Pittsburg Friday,
when 1,2O0 miners employed at the
Great Lakes Coal company at Kaylor,
Pa, quit work.
Henry G. Paschail, a wealthy bache-
Tor, died in st. Louis, from heart dis
ease as a result of excitement while
watching thirteen inning baseball
game between the National league
clubs of st. Louis and Pittsburg.
The board of education of New
York City has under advisement the
adoption of the simplified spelling
CT many English words. If adopted,
the movement is likely to become
widespread.
1t is a significant fact that the Pan.
ama Canal will be essentially an An
eloSaxon accomplishment, with the
| picks and shovels in the hands of Brit
| ish subjects, under the supervision
| United States.
The Texas Mexican Railroad has an.
nounced that Immediately extensive
improvements will begin on the line
between Corpus Christi and Laredo to
enable the heavy engines recently pur.
chased and now In use on the Mexi.
can side to be used on this line.
Orient ok layers from the south.
west have reached Thomas, Okla. With
in thirty days the road will be finish
ed to the South Canadian River, eight
miles northeast, connecting Thomas
and Wichita, distance of 1874 miles.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Barbarossa, which left New York Apr.
3 for Naples, having on board the
American athletes who will compete in
the Olympic games at Athens, Greece.
arrived there Friday, with all the men
in good condition.
Mrs. Austin, aged e years. from
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