The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-28

claimed, is capable of supporting ;
population Of million, and will bt
forever ruined, it is claimed, if thu
overflow is not stopped within 81
days.
A son has been born to DR.. and
Mrs. Gerald Webb, of Colorado
Springs, Col. Mrs. Webb is grand
daughter of Jefferson Davis, and the
newcomer Is the only great-grandson
Of the confederate president.
The boiler of the steamer w. r
ScoVil exploded 20 miles below Vicks.
burg, on the Mississippi and it is re-
ported that of the so on board, pas.
seners and crew, nearly one-half ere
missing. Four whites are known D
have been killed.
The bank of Horatio, Ark, was
looted by robbers, who covered the
cashier with their pistols and appro.
priated all the money in sight, about
| $4,000.
Bishop Charles C. McCabe, OF the
Methodist Episcopal church, died in
the New York hospital. Death was
due from apoplexy.
Never In the history of iron indus
try have the orders been so numerous
and large. Railways want rails by
the thousands Of tons, San Francisco
and st. Louis are ordering struc.
tural material in large quantities,
some orders being for 5000 tons. Bids
were asked on $4,000 tons of steel for
bridge at Blackwells Island, New
York.
Coupled with reports OF fuel fam
inc in the northwest, come reports OF
still another cause of suffering-a
shortage of food supplies.
Speaking before the Twentieth Gen.
fury club, DR.. Thomas Darlington,
health commissioner of New York,
said: 1T has been estimated that
400 persons die every day In the
United States. from tuberculosis" The
doctor says the disease can be pre-.
vented, and by destroying the sputum
1t would be wiped from the face of the
earth.
Gov. Folk Of Missouri, has filed suit
against the city of st. Louis to col.
lect any salary that may be due him
while he was circuit attorney OF st.
Louis.
The first snow in ten years has
fallen at San Antonio, Texas.
The Chinese government has asked
the British government to restrict the
expectation of opium to China, in or
der to strengthen the endeavors of
China to down traffic n the drug.
The emperor of Japan has, through |
the Japanese minister to France. com
municated to Ambassador Mccormick, |
at Paris. his desire to decorate him as
a mark of appreciation. Mr.. McCor.
mick, while ambassador at ST. Peters.
burg, protected Japanese property and
interests during the Russo-Japanese
war.
Secretary OF Commerce and Labor
Straus rules that state can induce
immigration and not violate the feder.
al immigration law. The ruling was
made in the case of South Carolina.
that state having paid fares for immi.
grants from Europe.
The British press continues to give
considerable space to the American.
Japanese question, and at the same
time advice.
Terre Haute Bulgarians say that
Granite City, ILL.,, is the headquarters
OF conspirators against the Mace
DOMAIN Greeks.
Willie Cant, 10 years old, died at
ILL.,, of lockjaw, the vic.
tim of a toy istol.
Five eastern lines refuse the de-
mand of trainmen for an increase of
&c an hour in wage schedule.
The English house of commons has
approved the grant of constitutions to
the Transvaal and Orange River colo
MES.
The January settlements in New
York City will call for larger dlsburse-
ments than ever before, and bankers
are inclined to proceed cautiously un.
til the payments are made.
The British steamer Arlington col.
lided with the Belgian steamer Cap
Juby, in the English channel and sank
her. Twelve of the Juby's crew were
drowned.
The total Indien population of the
country is 284,079. Contrary to the
general belief, the Indians In the
United ltates are increasing in mum.
her,
Six men met instant death in a DIV.
Mantle explosion "a miles from New
port, Tenn, just across the state line.
n North Carolina. They were at1
work on a railroad.
COL bill" Greene no longer occu.
pies copper throne, syndicate having
obtained control of Amalgamated.
Albert 7. Patrick, condemned to the
electric chair in New York, for the al ,
eyed murder NJ Mtllfnr a{,~ D;.o 49,