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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-21


visitor Tuesday.
Simon Benoit was business Wis
itor to Jennings Tuesday.
w. II. Hutcheson was q passenger
to Crowley Thursday.
Holiday bargins at the
Welsh Jewelry Go.
w. 7. McAffery was visitor to
Lake Charles Thursday.
Jimmie Hutchins was caller at the
Lake Tuesday evening.
Fl. L. Cary, of Jennings, was reg
istered at the Eureka Tuesday.
Comforts and blankets at all prices
to suit customers. p. W. Daniels.
Mrs. J. w. Tanner was q morning
passenger to Lake Charles Thursday.
Hunters and trespassers forbidden
on the lands of the undersigned:
G. W. Cosner.
L. E. Robinson was business Wis
itor to Lake Charles Tuesday.
P. T. Unkel, the genial manager OF
the Lowry plant, was transacting bus
mess in Welsh Monday.
r. r. Monger was a business visit
or to Lake Charles Monday morning,
For SALE:-Good second hand bug.
gy. Apply to DR.. A. B. Cross,
Welsh, La. q
Mr.. and Mrs. Taught were trans,
acting business in Lake Charles Sat
urday.
New line of gents shirts, also heavy
fleece lined underwear for men ant
boys, at Daniels.
Bert McBurney went to Crowley
Wednesday to attend the wedding o
friends in that city.
A. G. Shipman was business Wis
itor to Lake Charles Wednesday
morning.
A few choice Barred Plymouth Rocl
cockrels for sale. Inquire of Geo. w
Welch.
New line gents shirts, also heay.
fleece lined underwear for men ant
boys, at Daniels.
Silas Day and j. W. Tanner wer
business visitors to Lake Charlie
Tuesday.
Dale Robinson went to Rice Thurs
day morning to attend the wedding o
&c. B. Moore and Gertrude Yantis.
New line gents shirts, also heav
fleece lined underwear for men an
boys, at Daniels,
Georgia and Ellen England lei
Monday for Keen, Texas, where the
will attend the Keen Academy.
r. H. Mercer, bookkeeper for Rob
insOn & Co. OF Jennings, was bust
ness visitor in our city Saturday.
FOR SALE: 1000 bags seed rice on
year from imported. Indian Bayo
Canal Company, Welsh or Bell City. 2
Miss Della Spaulding, teacher c
the Arceneaux school south OF town
spent Sunday with her parents
Iowa.
Ask to see our sofa pillows, ais
scarfs and doilies, stamped and III
stamped; silks for same.
| P. W. Daniels
| Miss. Jessie Findley, the popula
primary teacher of Roanoke was th
| guest of her sister, Mrs. d. r. Reat
Sunday.
| Ask to see our sofa pillows, ais
scarfs and doilies, stamped and VI
stamped; silks for same.
Z, w. Daniels.
N. Sherman moved his family fro
the Southwestern to Welsh Tuesda
in order to permit his children to a
tend the Welsh schools.
Everything at the Wells
Jewelry Go. at reduce
prices this month.
Dan w. Bailey, representing Il
Smith Music store of Lake Charlie
was in Welsh Friday and Saturdi
. transacting business for his firm.
h Ask to see our sofa pillows, al
scarfs and doilies, stamped and Il
, stamped; silks for same.
h P. w. DAME
- H. E. Heald went to Shrevep(
Thursday to attend the annual &C
D ference of the seventh day Advent
h church. He will be gone until Nc
Z day.
3 WANTED: A few good tennan
y Must own their teams. Land has |;
D out one to two years. Paul w. D;
\ iels, Welsh or Bell City.
n Misses GLADYS Heald and Hat
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-21

Rust proof seed oats at Jones Bros.
Dave Peterseim is building q new
barn this week.
Gents and boys hats, new line atP.
W. Daniels.
F. D. Calkins was business WIS.,
itor at Iowa Saturday.
Rust proof seed oats at Jones Bros.
A. B. WEIGH was business caller
in Jennings SATURDAY..
Cents and boy 'shats, new line at r.
W. Daniels.
Miss Winnie Lewis was Jennings
visitor Sunday afternoon.
Comforts and blankets at all prices
to suit customers. P. w. Daniels.
Roy Davis was over from Jennings
Sunday shaking hands with olo
friends.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
rich man And FAMILY
WILL WORK In FIELDS
Hon. John |. Yeend, His Wife and
-Four Daughters to Harvest
Crop of Wheat.

WALLA WALLA, July 30.-Hon. John
L Yeend, former State Senator and a
wealthy resident of this city, will leave
town with his wife and four daughters
for his ranch on Dry Creek to harvest
his crop Of grain. Mr. Yeend, who is a
large, portly gentleman, will take per-
sonal charge Of the heading outfit. Mrs
Yeend and two daughters will do the
cooking and another daughter will
drive header box, while a fourth
will run the derrick
Owing to the scarcity of labor in the
inland empire il is impossible for the
farmers to secure men to harvest the
crops, which must receive immediate
attention. Mr.. Yeend has a large
amount of grain to be harvested and
is suffering considerable loss on ac-
count of lack of. hands.
His daughters, four of the most pop
ular young ladies in Walla Walla so.
ciety. came to his rescue and proposed
10 harvest the crop. The ladies are
very enthusiastic and confident they
can do better work than a great many
of the men drawing good wages
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
PERSONAL.


Harry James and family are at the
Savoy.
Rosemary Glosz the actress. is at
the Savoy.
G. NJ. Martin of WatsonvilIe is at the
Baltimore
L. w Haines of Forest Grove. Or.
is at the Savoy.
Howard c. Plummer of Placerville is
at the Baltimore.
G. L. Davidson of Portland Ore, is
at the Baltimore.
Captain Duton, Major Latorff, Won
Auer and F. Won Zedlitz, tourists from
Germany, are at the Baltimore.
w. c. Archer of Manhattan is at the
st. Francis.
H Herrick, president of the Niagara
Insurance, Company, from Lawrence, N.
Y. Is at the st. Francis.
w A-.Mears, a prominent merchant
of Portland, Ore, is at the St.vFrancis,
w j. Pierce of Los Angeles is at the
Majestic
Horace ]. Johnson and wife of Round
Valley Indian reservation are at the
Majestic
&C. I. Wheeler and wife of Reno, who
are returning on their wedding trip
from Honolulu, are at the Majestic
: z. S. Dunn and wife of New York are
at the Majestic.
H. L. Terwilliger, globe trotter
from New York. is at the Dorchester.
Captain McCully. United States navy.
is at the Dorchester
H. Clay Kellogg dam contractor of
Santa Ana, is at the Dorchester.
w. e. Williams. Marshall Todd and
w. II. Emery of Rochester, n. Y, who
are touring the coast, are at the Dor
chester.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
FLATTERING RECEPTIONS
ARE ACCORDED ARTISTS
Cady, Rice and North at the
Davis and Oza Waldrop atthe
Central Warmly Welcomed.

The management of the Davis Thea
ter hit the popular taste in the pro-
duction last night of Weber and Fields
great success, Fiddle -Dee-Dee." Every
seat in the house was occupied and the
large audience thoroughly enjoyed the
fun. Cady and Rice and Bobby North
met with fattering reception and
there were calls for speech, which,
however. were not responded to. Miss
Rosemary Glosz made a most favorable
impression. She sings remarkably well.
Edward Lynch was good as Hoffman
Barr and met with much applause for
his rendition of My Own United
States" The trayesty on the Floro-
dora sextet by Rice. Cady and North
and Misses Pendleton, Lawrence and
Kingsland caught the house and was
repeated several times. Gertrude Eula-
lie was warmly applauded for her
graceful dancing and high kicking. The
chorus was good, and among the num-
ber are some pretty girls. The piece
should have long and successful run.
Oza waldrop was accorded a warm
welcome at the Central Theater last
night. where Mark Swans comedy
drama, The Lady From Laramie" was
given its opening production. AS an
American heiress, taken to London by
a maiden aunt who has designs on an
English baronet as the proper husband
for her niece, Miss Waldrop appeared to
decidedly good advantage and was ac-
corded the best of support by the stock
company. The fun increases when
"Howling Hank" the father, arrives
unexpectedly from his Wyoming ranch
Despite complications his daughter
finally marries the man she loves. Will
liam Brewer does good work as the
nobleman who is hunting girl with
fortune, while Oral Humphreys
makes the most of the role of the
American civil engineer who is hewing
out his own fortune. The Lady From
Laramie will be on the boards the en-
tire week. Next week, it is announced,
Will Walling. an old favorite will be
in the cast.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
TIES DYNAMITE AROUND NECK
AND BLOWS OFF HIS HEAD

WELLINGTON, Kas.. July 30.--
On Washington avenue, the main
thoroughfare of this city, in front OF
the Wellington National Bank, Graham
Gibbs. a young railroad clerk. blew
himself into eternity today with dyna-
mite. Love for Rosa Bonhetz, a beauti-
full girl who did not return his affec-
tion, prompted the deed.
Gibbs bought a quantity of dynamite,
placed 1t in a sack, tied 1t around his
neck and set fire TO fuse attached to
1t. Spectators were horrified by the i'm
pending tragedy but were powerless to
prevent it. From a safe distance they
watched the fire creep closer and closer
to the fatal bag. ThSn, as the young
man, seeming to realize his fate at the
last moment, desperately stroye to tear
the bag off and throw it from
him there was a terrific explosion and
the unfortunate young man was blown
into atoms. Where he stood there was
a great gaping hole in the street but
not a piece of his body was recovered.
So terrific was the force of the exple-
sion that windows were broken block
away
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
MAY NOT CONTEST
FOR SAGE Coin.
Heirs of Late Financier.
1t Is Expected, Will
Not Appeal to Court
LAWYERS HOPEFUL
SPECIAL pIspArcn 10 rHE cALL.


NEW YORK. July s0-Despite
threats that have been made TO con-
test the will of Russell Sage. lawyers
representing the executors were salts
fed today that the few dissatisfied
heirs would accept settlement under
the terms of the will BY the executors
and their lawyers the talk of con-
test is looked upon as an effort to in
duce Mrs. Sage 10 increase the in
dividual bequests of s25.000. and in
that way. they reason. prevent action
which might tie up the estate so that
Mrs. Sage would never be able to dis
tribute it,
1t can be announced authoritatively
that at present there Is no disposition
on the part of Mrs. Sage TO give the
nieces and nephews more than the
amounts stipulated and that the law
yers for the executors stand ready TO
fight bitterly any action that may be
brought up. Although recognizing
that contest might extend over
period of years they are convinced
that there is no possible chance OF up
setting the will. which Is one of the
most carefully drawn in the history
of the Surrogate's office.
On the other hand some of the nieces
and nephews, who feel that $4,000
each is a small share for them to get
of an estate valued at $4,000. 900. ex-
press confidence that Mrs. Sage will
increase their legacies fourfold rather
than be plunged into litigation at her
advanced age
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
MURDERER ADMITS
GUILT To SPY.
Prisoner in Penitentiary
Tells of an Atrocious
Crime He Committed
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.


TACOMA, July s0.EJohnny Mclean.
a half-breed Colville Indian. has con-
fessed to a stoolpigeon placed in an
adjoining cell that he murdered Judge
and Mrs. Lewis at Almira, Lincoln
County, three years ago. Mclean is
known to have murdered at least two
others Officers believe him guilty OF
still other crimes.
On his release from the penitentiary
in September Mclean will be arrested
for the Lewis murders, one of the most
atrocious in the States history Judge
Lewis and wife were reputed wealthy.
They kept their money hidden about
the house. Mclean and another went
to the house one afternoon, finding
Judge Lewis alone
Mclean confessed to the spy in the
penitentiary that they made Lewis tell
whore his money was hidden by burn
ing the soles of his feet with hot irons
and promising TO spare his life After
he told them where the money was
hidden they deliberately killed him.
They found Mrs Lewis in the barn and
killed her with clubs and escaped with
$4,000.
A few days afterward Condor, Nc
Leans pal, was found dead with a bull
let through his head. Oficers believe
that Mclean killed him. In one OF Nc
Leans caches has been found jewelry
taken from passengers In a Northern
Pacific robbery n Montana several
years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

~ AN JOSE July 30.--The case of HI
~ E. Wright, who is accused of bat
tering the countenance of Rev
B. w. Ward on Sunday morning
as the last named was taking his way
to service, was called. this morning be-
fore Justice Wallace. August 8 was
set as the date for the trial of the
pugnaciously inclined travelling man.
The assault grew out of the matrimo-
NAL troubles of Rev Mr.. Ward and his
wife, Agatha Cummings Ward. Wright
married sister of Mrs. Ward and is
living apart from her. Mrs. Ward
showed a great deal of interest in
Wright's youngest child. This interest
aroused some dissension between Ward
and his wife and in her complaint for
divorce the latter makes accusations
that Ward had accused her of being
the mother of Wrights child.
Wright heard of the statement that
had been made by Mrs. Ward and
when he met the reverend gentleman
who was supposed to have cast the re-
fections on him and his child he called
him to account for it. Ward promptly
denied making the statements as
cribed to him, but Wright immediate
ly struck him on the eye A complaint
charging him with battery was sworn
out soon after.
Mrs. Ward has just filed notice of a
motion for temporary alimony and the
custody of the child. The child is now
in care of Mrs. Ward and her aunt.
who is jealous in her watchfulness over
the little one.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
FUGITIVE OFFICIAL
TIRES Of FLIGHT.
Former Mayor Belcher
of Paterson Surrenders
After Years Absence
GOES BACK HOME

PATERSON, N. j., July 30.-Wiliam
n Belcher former Mayor of this city,
charged with having obtained big
sums of money by fraud, returned to
PATERSON early today train on the
Erie Railroad and surrendered himself
TO David Morris, night warden of the
County jail. Belcher was forced by
his poverty to give himself up. He
mad been in New York for several days.
He declared he had no means with
which to make restitution of the funds
which he Is alleged to have obtained
before he fed from the city, and that
he was back to answer the charges
against him.
Belcher has not been out of the coun-
try, In spite of rumors that he was in
the Hawaiian Islands and China. Since
his disappearance he has wandered
about the country, obtaining employ
ment where and when he could and
was finally forced by stress of circum-
stances to return to the city where he
once had friends.
Belcher has been missing since
August l, 1905. At the time he left
Paterson a few of his closest friends
were ready to draw him out of finan-
cial difficulty. They did not know at
the time that he was charged with
having obtained $4,000 by fraudulent
representation, and that $4,000 was TAX
en- from the Manchester Building and
Loan Association, of which he was the
president. What Belcher did with the
money he obtained has never been told.
He neither smoked nor drank, was an
exemplary family man and had never
before been in trouble.
What have you done with the money
you got?" Belcher was asked.
That is a subject of which 1 am not
willing to speak at this time replied
Belcher If 100000 is gone, some one
else must have got it and blamed it
on me, but l shall implicate no one in
what did"
dozen indictments have been found
against Belcher, in which he is accused
of cmbezzling about $3.50, 900. The Man
chester Building and Loan Association,
of which he was president, was forced
into bankruptcy.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
Steel Barons Wife Wins Hearts Of Renoites
By Praising the Town and Its Climate.

pealed to him to take back his wife
but he said he would not Mrs Corey
whose health had been helped wonder
fully by Reno's climate and social life
would gladly have resumed living with
Corey.
DO you think" Craig inquired
suavely, that she is a fit person to
have the custody of her bay?"
u think, Mr. Craig" was Miss Corey
ready reply, that she is a deal more
so than her husband"
NEW YORK MEN TO BE STUNNED
Then the lady was taken in hand by
Summerfield.
Why" he inquired, do you think the
respondent is not fitted to have the
custody of his children?"
Because" she answered with
warmth, he lives in New York apart
menthouse and at clubs and his asso-
ciates are not proper associates for a
young man."
do 'yoH know his associatesT' inter-
rogated the attorney with some show
of bravery.
Il know some of them." was the re-
sponse. and the tone was that of dis
para cement
Don't you think the father would
treat his son properly?"
It's not how the boys father would
treat him, but the influence of the faith
er's associates on the boy" said Miss
Corey. New York men of wealth are
not proper associates for young man.
How do you know that?"
Well, before he went to live in New
York my brother was a good husband
and after he went to live in New York
he was not"
'Thatu do" said summerheld-and
Reno laughed.
SON PREFERS HIS MOTHER.
Alan Corey. the 16-year-old son of
contention, sturdy youth. testified
that one day last summer his father
sent for him and said:
III never live with your mother
again. You are too young to under
stand my reasons. but she is a good
woman. and your place is by her side"
Asked IL he preferred to live with his
mother, the lad answered affirmatively.
Druggist Hodgkinson and Banker
Stadtmuller told the jury that Mrs
Corey was one of their patrons and
had dWelt here the half year requisite
TO legally qualify her to file application
for divorce Then both sides waived
closing arguments, and the case went
to the jury
Dixon and the three Coreys left the
courthouse together and were valiantly
protected from camera fiends by the
triumphant plaintiffs attorneys Mrs
Corey declined to be interviewed, and
Miss Corey instructed Craig to inform
the reporters that she had only one re-
gret concerning her testimony and
that was her allusion TO her brothers
New York associates. The impression
she intended to convey was that. being
men of wealth, they lived a club life
and not home life, and it would be
better for the boy to remain with his
mother in the real home
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31

~ ANITA ROSA, July 30.-Pretty
N Agnes Brockman is still among
4 the missing. and so is George w.
Thompson, the young man to
whom after FIVE years of courtship she
had promised her hand and who, If
rumor be true, has Tilted the sweet
heart of his youth and taken another
as his bride. Grief-stricken the parents
of Miss Brockman are searching for
the strangely missing girl, her fickle
lover and the maid who won him away
from the Sonoma girl Miss Burd Of
the sunny South. Vain so far has
been the search and the sorrowing
father and mother, though 10th to be-
lieve ii of their child, have about
reached the conclusion that she has
sought in death relief from the tor
ture of broken heart That another's
hand might have destroyed her young
life in pursuance of a plot to get rid
of her has been suggested, but nothing
but mere surmise lends strength to
this theory
Brockman returned this evening
from San Francisco, where he spent
the day seeking information regard
ing the whereabouts of his daughter
and Thompson. Inquiry at the steam
ship company Offices elected the in
formation that no one answering the
description of Thompson and Miss
Burd had sailed for the islands, and
no clew was found which would throw
any light on their whereabouts.
When the family of young Thompson
was informed today of the mysterious
disappearance of Miss Brockman they
expressed great surprise and voiced
their sympathy for the Brockman fam
lily, but declared that they knew MOTH
ing whatever Of Thompson's where
abouts or his plans They had opposed
the marriage of Thompson with Miss
Brockman and were aware that he was
soon to wed Miss Burd
Miss Brockman left Santa Rosa two
weeks ago to meet Thompson in San
Francisco, where they were to wed
A few days after her departure she
wrote to her parents, telling them
that Thompson had met her at Tibu-
ron and that they had spent an en-
Joyable day together. we are going
to Los Angeles she wrote, "and you
will not hear from me again until we
are settled"
A few days later a Santa Rosa paper
announced the marriage at San Rafael
of young Thompson and Miss Burd and
their departure for Honolulu on we'd
ding trip Nothing further was heard
from Miss Brockman and though every
effort has been made to find her or the
newly welded pair the quest has been
in vain.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
GERMAN ARMY OFFICER MUST
ANSWER TO GRAVE CHARGE
Major Fischer Accused OF Taking
Money From Firm supplying
Stores Ia south Africa.

BERLIN. July s0.-Emperor William
has ordered a searching investi cation
into the case of Major Fischer. who
was attached to the headquarters star
in German South Africa and who has
been arrested for accepting bribes from
companies selling war supplies.
II appears from details published this
morning that Major Fischer had been
receiving money for years from the
firm which has the monopoly of sup
plying the colonial forces in German
Southwestern Africa. This money was
given nominally as a loan According
to press reports, the total of the sums
reached $500
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
caIiforniuns In New York.

NEW YORK, July 30.-The following
Californians have arrived in New York:
From San Francisco-Mme c. Cha
ker, at the Grenoble; Mrs s. W. CowIes
at the Navarro; ID. Marx and B.
S. Brown, at the Imperial; Mrs
A. d. Ettel. at the Broadway Cen
trail; Miss P. c. Goetzer, at the
Westminster; T. II. Greene and wife, at
the Herald Square; C. w. Hobbs, Mrs. ].
X. Hobbs. at the Albemarle; G. A
Holster and wife, at the Victoria; W. s
Hughes and wife, at the Ashland; w
E. Neville, at the Churchill; z. N. Percy
and wife, at the Albemarle; II. G. Sco-
vern and wife, at the Herald Square;
Miss L. White, Mrs. H. L. White, at the
Westminster; A. w. Williams, at the
Breslin; A. r. Young and wife. at the
Imperial.
From Los Angeles-C. o. Dewey, at
the Gilsey; p. v. Lotus and wife, at
the Breslin; Miss r. c. Mitchell. at the
Albe marie; L. B. Sherwood and wife
X. S. Steilin, at the Imperial; d. B.
Beggs, at the Seville; j. b. Sinnott and
v ife. at he.Bristol; Miss Terrill. at the
Seville.
From San Diego-C. w. Ernsting. at
the Imperial.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
Negro FIend In Jail.

W. H. Sipe and Constable John j. Mil
Ter Of Canonsburg drove into town TO-
day with Elmer Dempster, a 19-year-old
negro, who had been arrested for the
murder of Mrs. Samuel Pearce and two
children and the shooting of a third
child last evening. Dempster was taken
TO the Washington County jail at
Washington, Pa. Robert Pearce, 3
years old, the only survivor of the
tragedy, who was shot through the
body will be brought to the Canons-
burg general hospital. When washing
ton was reached nearly 500 people had
gathered at the Courthouse, but the
crowd was eluded by taking the pris-
oner through the back entrance to the
jail.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-31
PROPOSALS.

BAN FRANCISCO. CAL July IS. 19os-se,l.d
proposals. In triplicate, will be received here
august IS, 1905. and then opened for furnish
ing coal for Presidio OF Monterey, Cal: also at
traz Island, Fort Baker. Benica Barracks Fort
Mason, Fort Mcdowell, Fort Miley Preside
OF san francisco. San Francisco. Cal ami
Depot OF Recruits and Casuals. Angel Island
Cal, all during period beginning October Il
1906. and ending June 80. 1907 United states
reserves right TO reject OF accent anv ar am
bids. or any part thereof Preference given 70
articles OF American production. conditions az
quality and price lneluding In the price of
foreign productions the duty thereon benu
equal, and such preference given to articles
OF American production produced on the pa
by the public service there Information, f,,r
nlshed on application to quartermaster at pre-
Sidl0 OF Monterey, or to undersigned W ~
WREN, Captain. 0uartermaster u 8 Army.
Assistant 70 Chief Quartermasteg.