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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Lock PLAN FOR
PANAMA CANAL
THE SENATE DEFINES ITS POSI-
TON IN THE GREAT
WORK.
President Pleased That His Ideas
Have Prevailed in the Senate and
House-The Entire Commission
Will Go to the lsthmus to Look
Over the Ground.

Washington-The United States
senate has approved the lock-leVel ca
nal by d vote Of 80 to 81.
The house so voted several days be
fore
The sundry civil appropriation bill
carries an appropriation Of $26
900 for canal work during the coming
fiscal year.
The senate defined its position
clearly by adopting the following;
That lock canal be constructed
across the isthmus of Panama, con
Meeting the waters Of the Atlantic ana
Pacific oceans, Of the general type
proposed by the minority OF the board
of consulting engineers created by
order of the president dated June "a.
1905, in pursuance of the act entitled.
An act to provide for the construc-
ton OF canal connecting the waters
of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, ap-
proved June %. 1902
ht VI tSIutllA GA VI NSoNN dAAhSo
ton at the action Of the senate in sup
porting his plan for lock canal.
Orders will be issued in a few days
to push the work as rapidly as posi-
Bile On being advised OF the result OF
the vote Mr. ShOntS, of the canal COM
mission, called upon Secretary Taft
and began TO discuss the plans for
the prosecution OF the work. 1t was
decided that the entire commission
should start for the isthmus at an
early moment and that Chief Engi-
neer Stevens should accompany It,
It is the purpose to make thor.
Ough inspection of the work, which
has reached point where experts
must determine the lines on which it
is to be continued, and Mr.. Stevens
desires that full approval shall be
had of his own plan before the work
goes further.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
THE ST. LOUIS FREE BRIDGE.
Bill Passed Congress With Amend,
ment Granting City Right of
Eminent Domain,

WaShington-The ST. Louis free
bridge bill passed the senate with an
eminent domain amendment. It was
sent to the house, and the amend,
ment adopted.
The city of St. Louis thus secures
power 10 condemn all land necessary
in Missouri and Illinois for approaches
and terminals of the great free rail,
road and wagon bridge which it has,
by great majority of its voters. de.
cided to build.
The pen with which the president
signs the bill will be secured by the
city of st. Louis and placed in the
Forest Park museum.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
AFTER STANDARD OIL
ATTY.-GEN. MOODY TO Becm
CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS
Asserted That Part Of the Suits Wit
Be Filed In St. Louis and
Other Western Cities.

Washington-The dr'e. minaun q,
the administration to begin a Series
of criminal prosecutions AGAINST tb0
Standard Oil Co. has been formaIIv
announced through the attorney pon
eral Mr. Moody,
While an effort is being made -
confine all information to the rormo,
statement given out at the department,
Of justice, it can be safely asserted
that a part Of the suits to be filed
within short time will b. fled !,
st. Louis, East St Louis. St. Iospnb
Springfield and Kansas City.
The Illinois cases will deal with
what has become known as the Whit
ing rate since the Garfield report wa.
made public.
The details of the government pIar
have not been fully worked on 90
yet, but it is understood that the most
important cases in the middle WOO,
will originate in Chicago and East 81
Louis.
The decision of the administration
to go after the Standard Oil Co. has
been deliberate.
In the cases which the attorney gen.
eral has in view, but which he ia.
clines to name in advance of the pros.
ecutiOn, he hopes to obtain sentence
either of fine or IMPRISONMENT, and
In all instances where the case is GOV.
cred by the statutes he will instruc,
district attorneys to press for a iail
sentence.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Marshal Shot a Disturber.

Lake Charles, La: W. A. Schu.
maker, marshal of Dequincy, came to
the city yesterday and gave bond for
his appearance as the result of a DIFF
ficulty at that town Saturday night
in which Lee Prkins was shot through
the left breast and dangerously
wounded. The marshal was called to
the railroad station by reports of a dis
turbance and there met Perkins,
whom he endeavored to place under
arrest The two men clashed and the
officer finally drew his revolver and
fired two shots. The other bullet in
ficted a slight wound on a bystander
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
An ousted legislators "Squeal."

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Frank J..
GethrO, expelled from the Massachu.
sets house of representatives for al.
legged bribery in connection with the
defeat of the anti-bucket shop bill.
has turned on the Legislators who, no
asserts, were equally guilty with him.
and through his counsel gave to Dis
trict Attorney Moran evidence which,
the latter says, will result in the in
dictment of at least fifty members OF
lie house for either bribery or per.
jury.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
CUTTING THE LEvEES.
Rice Farmers in Louisiana Becoming
Desperate to Save Crop.

Crowley, La, June 26-IrrigatiOn
companies are experiencing no little
trouble with many rice farmers who,
becoming desperate at the drouth,
have been cutting the levees of South
west Louisiana in an effort to save
their crops. The canal companies are
doing all within their power to pro-
vide water as fast as it can be
pumped, and no partiality has been
shown, and such acts on the part of
the farmers is not to be tolerated for
a moment. Notices were served on
the latter yesterday that wherever
levees were cut in the future the par
ties found guilty Of the deed would
be dealt with severely.
Several light showers fell in differ
ent ports of Southwest Louisiana this
afternoon, Crowley getting barely
enough to lay the dust.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

When the civil ceremony of mar
lage is performed in France the off,
cial who conducts it passes to the
newly welded pair little book, which
is the wedding gift of the French gov
ernment, This book contains an off,
ctal record Of the wedding and mum.
her of blank spaces for future births.
marriages and deaths in the family.
The most important feature of the
small volume, however, is contained
in about six pages that are devoted
TO the special instructions which the
Academy of Medicine has prepared on
the care of young children.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
THE QUESTION OF IMMUNITY
House and Senate Wrestling with a
Measure to Define Statutory
immunity.

Waslington-The recent failure to
convict the beef packers in Chicago OF
conspiracy under the interstate com
merCe law because of the claim of i'm
munlty set up by them and sustained
by the courts has given congress no
end Of anxious moments with a view
CT enaCting some law that will remedy
the defects.
The senate passed bill on the sub
ject which the house has also passed
inserting an entire new bill after the
enacting clause It has been sent to
conference The house will follow ~
lines laid down by Atty.-G Moody
in the packers case.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Wants Oouma Punished.

st. Petersburg-Ramish Ali. a Geor
gian member of the house on behalf
of the social democrats, offered i res.
olution holding the admin. strative
officials Suilty Of murder, robbery and
violations OF law and demanding the
prosecution as accessories Of the min.
f5try, which, the resolution declares
has been sheltering their accents and
preventing an exposure OF the con-
ditions by the press.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

In Buenos Ayres horse racing Is q
social institution, as much SO as the
Spanish bull fighting. All the elite,
from The president and his cabinet
down, attend the meetings, although
the races are invariably held on Sun
day. The Jockey cub Is quite as mod
ern and luxurious and exclusive as In
London or in Paris, and the initiation
fee Is three times as much. The club
takes a small percentage of all bets
made and it is said that nearly $751;
100000 is yearly wagered on this
sport of kings"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

One of their favorite hens becom-
Ing i'll, Samuel Sapton and R. 4.
Fountain, chicken fanciers, of Ridge
ly, Md, performed an operation, which
has evidently proved very successful,
as it saved the chickens life It was
discovered that the fowl was suffering
from "craw irritation" caused by eat
Ing small pieces of glass The craw
was opened, thoroughly washed out
Sewed up with white cotton and now
the hen is as lively as a young
chicken.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

Dew is the moisture Of the air
condensed by coming in contact with
bodies colder than itself. 1t does not
fall" from the atmosphere or rise
from the ground. There is never dew
on a dull, cloudy night or on windy
night 1t may be found on a grass
plot and leave gravel walk dry.
The gravel is bad radiator and parts
with its heat very slowly and there
fore does not condense the warm air.
Dew never falls on the human body.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Heavy Decrease In Meat sxports

Washington-The recent statement
Of the Chicago packers that the agita,
ton against the condition of their
plants and their methods of preparing
meat products has greatly damaged
their foreign trade, is fully borne out
by the official statistics compiled by
the department of commerce and Ia,
bCr.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
GOV. PATTlsoN OF OHIO DEAD,
| Andrew L. Harris, Lieutenant Gov.
ernor, Sworn In as Acting
Governor.

Cincinnati-John NJ. Pattison, dem
ocrat, governor OF Ohio, died at his
home in Milford, a auburb Of this
city. His death was unexpected al
though he had been i'll ever since his
Inauguration.
The remains of the late governor
were not taken to Columbus for state
funeral. His wi, hes and those OF his
family were for quiet service at
home.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

An apparatus has just been invented
to serve the same purpose as the old
divining rod, by Swiss engineer, NJ.
Adolf Schmid, of Bern A detailed 1e-
gcriptiOn of this apparatus can not be
given until later, when its construction
will be fully protected and the pres
ent endeavOrs of prominent Swiss
savaRts to find out a scientific ex.
PLANTATION will possibly have been sue
cessful.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

Gambling by post within the last
few years has attained enormous di,
mansions With the advent of the
fiat racing season in England, the post
Offices II towns in Holland, such as
Middlebrg and Flushing, which nor.
maIly keep in stock sufficient stamps
to suppl a population of 10000 per
sons, have TO lay in sufficient to meet
the req irements of 100000. From
this fact alone it will be apparent
hat gambling by post is profitable to
the Dutch, even though it spells mis-.
cry to thousands of foolish persons
ayerywhsce.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Normal for Neqroes.

Marksville, La: The summer Nor.
NAL school for negroes has closed a
successful week. The faculty consists
of Prof. J. W. Hunter conductor; J.
M. Burr and H, NJ. Carey. The fol-
lowing parishes are represented:
Avoyelles, Acadia, VIM, Grant, Cal.
casieu, Rapides, Franklin, Catahoula.
East Feliciana, East Baton Rouge, St,
Landry, st. James and Concordia.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

Naples and San Francisco, two I'M
fortunate cities. are similarly stu
ated. They are just about as far
apart as the length of the earth's
diameter. They are almost in the
same latitude, San Francisco being
between the 9th and 3Sth parallels
and Naples between the 10th and 41st.
Population of Naples, SOS 900; of San
Francisco, nearly 100000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
President Shocked and Mortified.

New York-rhe following telegram
from President Roosevelt was read
at a mass-meeiing of Jews:
Il Snail 80 over the matter with
Secretary Root You know how deep.
ly We Sympathile with your feelings
and how shocked and Mortified We are
at what has occurred in Russia. but
Eou know also how well-n.gh impossi.
BILE it is to accomplish anything but
harm by interior enCe."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Split Over the Pipe Line Feature.

MasEingtOn-The conference repur,
on the railroad rate bill was split wide
open over the pipe line feature. Fine
lines are made general carriers. and
also a general carrier can not own or
be interested in product il carries,
The argument is made that a pipe line
has no oil to transport but its own,
and is built for that purpose.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

Philadelphia is a lovely city, and
Its people are justly proud Of it, but
there is no Philadelphia who IS not
glad Of an opportunity to go to New
York occasionally and see life" A
man of IS years was so anxious 70
see dear old Broadway" again that
he walked the entire distance from
the Quaker City.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Gift.Takjnu Railroad Men.

Washington-The opinion generally
expressed is that conference at ne
White House between the president
and five of his cabinet officers had to
10 with prosecuting officers Of inter
state railroads who accepted money
and stock from coal companies, which
thereby secured special favors from
the railroads.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Pythian Home at Decatur M

Decatur, Ill.-The Pythian home for
aged and orphans was located in ne.
catur. Decatur gives $4,000 and The
site aud is given until August 70
comply with the contract. The home
VII cost $250,000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

Gen. Nogi will visit s.. Petersburg
Eor the purpose of teStfvjng on behalf
OF Gen. Stoessel. Gen Nogi must be
Of the opinion that the verdict Of the
Court-martial hasn't been written out
for signatures as yet
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Charged With Killing Servant

Sioux Falls, S. D.-When Mrs. EN-,
ma Kaufman, wife of wealthy brew.
er, was brought into court on charge
of having caused the death of Agnes
Polreis, II, servant girl, by beating
her, she was Kissed by many women
present, and the crowd cried Lynch
her." 1t is reported that society WON,
en- held meeting and resolved to
dynamite her home if she was not
jailed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Take Wabae h Notes

Boston-Lee. HiggihSon & Co., of
this city take Wabash equipment
trust AZ per cent notes for $G.200,0OO.
secured by locomotives ana freight
cars valued at $7,OOO.0OO.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
SYMPATHY FOR RUSSIAN JEW
Senate Passes Joint Resolution Ex.
pressing Horror of Ameri.
can People.

WashingtOn-The senate passed
Joint resolution of sympathy to the
Russian Jews, expressing the horror
OF the American people. The resolu
ton will go to the house and then TO
the president.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

1t is doubtless interesting, if net ex,
aCtly edifying, to the people Of Pa1a,
ma to note the cool, thoroughly bust
ness-like manner in which American
are talking Of the possibility Of violent
seismic disturbances in the canal zone.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

Senate Passes Fortificatlons Bill.
Washington-Senator Perkins pro
scented, and the senate agreed 10, tne
conference report on the Notifications
appropriation bill.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

with King Alfonso cabling his con-
Eratuiatjons TO President Palma on his
m-election, WeyIer just feels like 60
ing around the barn and kicking him,
self.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

F2.thaHE, ALASKA, has been De-
stloyel i, fire. 1t must be Of different
mold from It's prototype or it would
have just melted.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Yellow Fever At Costa Rioa-

New Orlean--Tha presence Of one
case 'of yellow fever at Port Limon.
Costa R.ca. Is cf,cially reported by
the Louisiana state board of health.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Governor Grants Respites.

Jefferson City, Mo-Gov. Folk
granted respites until September 8 to
Aggie Myers and Frank Hoffman, sen.
fenced to hang at Liberty, Mo, for
the murder of the Myers womans hus.
hAAd.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Presidents TRAVELLING Expenses.

Washington-Senate has passed the
bill to appropriate $4,000 year for
the presidents travelling expenses.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

the Sausage departments of the
pacN.n5 houses say that they don't
OBJECT 20 facts, but that they do most
strcnGoosly object to being barked 1T.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Fire at an Asylum.

Middletown, Conn-Firr in the
amusement hall connected with the
state hospital for insane caua@f
panic. One man, a spectator, vas
killed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Want United States to intervene.

New York-JacOb II. Schiff has 70.
celyed a number OF cable messages TO
ask the United States to intervene
and prevent a general anti-Jewish out.
break in Russia
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Earthquake Shocks In Cuba.

Santiago, Cuba-Two earthquake
shocks, half an hour apart slightly
damaged many buildings in this city.
Several persons were slightly injured
by falling articles. Thousands of per
sons remained in the streets and
plaEas during the night.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

everything Is being inspected
when is said TO need inspection, the
world will evidently soon oonslst
chiefly Of inspectors
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
For the HoIIister Murder.

ChiCagO-RiChard Iyens was hanged
for the murder of Mrs. Bessie Hollis
ter, a beautiful choir singer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
Bic 4 Packers FINED
IN REBATE Cases
ALL ASSESSED SAME AMOUNT,
FIFTEEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
Thomas and Taggart, Charged With
Securing and Paying Rebates, Fined
and Sentenced to Prson-Ronds
Given and Appeals Filed In Each
Case.

Kansas City, Mo--ln the United
States district court here, Judge Smith
Mcpherson, of Red Oak Ia. passed
sentence upon the five defendants re.
Gently convicted in this court Of max
ing concessions and accepting and
COnspiring to accept rebates on ship.
ments. Fines of So 200 each were as
sessed against the defendants-Swift
& Co., Cudahy Packing Co., the Ar
mOur Packing Co., Nelson Morris &
Co., and the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railway.
George l.. Thomas, of New York
was fined $4,000, and sentenced to
four months in the penitentiary. l.. B.
Taggart, of New York, was fined $4,
900 and sentenced to three months in
the penitentiary. The judge was
very positive in his statement that
Thomas and Taggart had secured and
paid rebates.
Appeals Filled In Each Case.
Appeals were filed in each case, and
a stay of execution was granted until
June 90, until they can be perfected.
The bonds in the case of Thomas and
Taggart were fixed at $4,000 each.
These two men appeared in court per,
sonally, and upon being sentenced
promptly furnished the required
bonds. The bonds in the case OF the
packing companies and the Burlington
were fixed at $4,000 each The fines
in the seven cases aggregate $4,000.
Before sentence was passed in the
various cases motions for new trials
were made and overruled
Judge Says Verdicts Were Right.
Judge Mcpherson said that he was
fully persuaded that the se diets in
the cases are right, and he assessed
the fines against all of said corpora,
tons at the same sum.
"These parties" he says, were all
together in this scheme with like mo.
tive and purpose"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
.Broke Losse" h Geersis.

Another outrage has been perpe- trated in Georgia, and we may look ter an eruption of the stun that frequertiy breaks loose down there. 4 Mir. Ton fallen into when the Georgia Democ- racy Is on parade and an eruption ID threatened.
 MT. Watson Is a mighty octopus. the Democratic party. 1t is his aInli. tion to keep the conscience and dtctete the policy. of that party not only h
 sos He hqt love. to t. he n. what snts put in the platform. he insists on nam Ing their candidates, and when hts ad- vice is rejected he refuses to play Tn s for FeesPresiasnt ame rsI a or Presisent Of ths United States on any old impossible c ticket that can be pumped up.
 dssrsa has besn sor in o. stase . 0 rssr. Is to be a primary election down there in August; and that is not all. It is tu be Dem ocratic primary. Besides that. opposing candidates for Governor. In addition to that. this Mr watson Is for Mr. Smith. who out-Watsons Wat son son even in the octopus chase. And loose again in Georgia.
 Nay, 1t is already "broke loose" Wat son has been put out of the game. On ths tca oaS. Merds E v1pfns s sckss hereby declare that am an. organized Democrat, and I hereby pledge myself to support the organized Democracy, both State and natonal." Did you evert How is Tom Watson to dance to such piping? And so MT. Smith will have to get along with MT. Watson'J prayers. for this rule will deprive hirl of Mir. Watson's vote.
 There was a time when MT, Smith and MT. Watson were not bedfeilows. During the second administrator of MT. Cleveland MT. Hoke Smith was q member of the Cabinet. and necessarily Go1dbug. MT. Watson was at thai time a hot-gospeler of all the political impossibilitfes he could lay hands 3n and they were a-plenty; yet the two have come together at last. But what politics has joined together the Derio- cratic Central Committee of Georga has put asunder, and that Is how it came that the thing is again broke loose" in Georgia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
Says The Chattanooga rimss:

The Montgomery Advertiser totally misunderstands the military escort feature of Father Sherman's march" IL was not that the reverend gentleman was afraid to go over the route pursued by his father because of any possible harm or discourtesy that might be of fered him by the people, that he was accompanied by a small detail of off, cers and men from Fort Oglethorpe, but 1t was CD because such a detail would be pleasant company, relieving the monotony of q lonesome journey and (2) 1t would enable him through sessed of tracing the route and study ing with them the stragetic meaning of each movement. Whatever may be said of the incident by way of criti- cism the priest ought to be acquitted of any purpose of giving offense or rA- awakening any of the bitterness of tha civil war.
 understands the object of the escort ia a matter about which there may be a difference of opinion, but we have noT misunderstood the impropriety of the performance or the natural and proper resentment of the people of Georgia. As the trip has been abandoned we sup pose we may consider the incident closed, but we may feel assured that there will be a few Northern irrs- concilables who will bemean the South ern people for objecting to the pro- posed march. Most people up there have been fair enough to condemn the whole business and those responsible for 1t.