The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-04-27

Inc SQD-JredSury DulIuIuS d. SdlL
Francisco was among the buildings de-
stroyed by fire The FUNDS in the vaults
remained intact, and military guard
was placed around the site.
Clarence H. Mackay will give 500, 600
toward the erection OF new buildings
for the University of California.
Reports from San Jose, Cal, show
that ten persons were killed as the re-
suit of the earthquake there. All the
main buildings are badly damaged. The
Lick observatory and its valuable in
struments escaped injury.
r. A. Cole, a well-known horseman,
speaking of the San Francisco horror,
said: My God! | never saw anything
like it, and have seen things too: |
was in the ST. Louis cyclone and the
Baltimore fire. They were nothing
Man, you can't imagine it; it's indie
scribable. | saw all San Francisco
staggering and rocking and then in
flames. wanted to rush down and
jump in the bay and Shut out the awful
sights"
The citizens of Los Angeles, worked
up to high nervous tension by the ter
ribIe events at San Francisco, had a mo-
mentary scare in the shape Of slight
earthquake shock, and though it was
not hard enough to cause a pendulum
to swing, it sent thousands scurrying
into the streets.
President Roosevelt has issued a
proclamation calling upon cities, towns,
boards of trade. chambers Of commerce,
relief committees and individuals to
come to the nd of the sufferers by the
terrible calamity at San Francisco, and
has named the National Red Cross as
the nations alrOner to receive and dis
pense the public offerings.
The Franklin celebration in Paris,
including the unwilling Of the Frank
lin statue, has been indefinitely post.
pOned.
An earthquake shock, which was
felt distinctly throughout Hancock,
Mich, and which was most pronounced
in the Quincy mine, killed one man and
injured four others while working
mile below the earth's surface.
President Roosevelt has received
many cablegrams expressive of the
sympathy with this country of foreign
rulers ard foreign countries on account
Of the appalling disaster at San Fran
cisco.
State Senator F. NJ. McDavid, OF
Springfield, Mo-, is doubtful as to con-
gictions being secured against members
Of the mob engaged in the recent lynch
ings.
Pope McKenna, of Louisville, KY,
known as Lucky" Mckenna, Louis
vile & Nashville engineer, is 60 years
of age and has never been in a wreck.
On two occasions when substitutes have
taken his run they have been killed.
Kalamazoo, Mich, has an ordinance.
Just gone into effect, that provides for
fine and jail term for any city EN-.
ploye who accepts a free pass to thea
:er, baseball game, traction line or COM
elementary tickets of any kind.
Father Gapon, the Russian labor
leader, is reported to have mysteriously
disappeared from st. Petersburg The
police insist that he has not been ar
rested, and his wife fears that he has
fallen victim at the hands of persona
enemies.
A new worlds record was made ir
the New York billiard tournament Wher
George Sutton defeated Willie Hoppe al
1872 balk line, making his 500 points
in five innings, his highest run beins
234, unfinished. Sutton was in such
splendid form that he was simply in
yincible
Col. James H. Lewis, corporation
counsel of Chicago, purged himself OF
contempt in the United States district
court at Springfield, ILL.,, and Judge |
RENTED the sentence of &C |
days in Jail imposed on Col. Lewis fol
the courts order.
The United States supreme court has
decision-five to four-that
l state court can not sever. a marriage |
3ond unless it has jurisdiction of both |
parties TO the contract. Thousands OF
iivorces are thus nullifed and thou
'andS of marriages, following one-sided
divorces, are thus rendered practically
)igamous.
Two thieves entered the jewelry
tore Of J. @. Hatch, in the Chronicle
building, San Francisco, knocked a
Jerk senseless with a blow from the
'utt of revolver and made off with a
ray containing several thousand dol
ers' worth of diamonds
Joseph M. DrinkWa:er, OF Chicago,
Who eloped with his sister-in-law, Mrs.
DORA Drinkwater, was arrested, with
ne Woman, in San Francisco, on com
'laint of the latters husband, who
harged that they carried off $14O 900 of
lis money.
Voliva and his followers at Zion
lily made a nrOnOSitiOn IN Dom;o 70