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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
WELSH,
Deterioration of the Mastfff.

Some breeds there are that have
been driven into obscurity by the un.
bridled craving of breeders for par.
ocular properties. Most lamentable of
these Is the case Of the mastiff who,
IS or 20 years ago, was the king of
the heavy brigade. Size and massive
heads became the alpha and omega of
the breeders. Increase in size result.
ed in numbering, overfed apathetics,
that could not get out of their own
way and only by an effort could sup
port their catfish carcasses on sprawl.
Ding legs and splay feet, says R. F..
Mayhem, in Everybodys Magazine.
And in the intensity Of desire to pro-
duce massive heads, the hither end OF
the wretched animal was forgotten.
and paralyzed or semiparalyzed hind,
quarters were the result. Hence, the
downfall Of the mastiff and, in a meas
ure, of the st. Bernard. Their former
position in the dog world is now occu-
pied by the Great Dane. the deerhound
and the Russian wolfhOund.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Boy Commits Suicide

Albany, N. Y.-Howard Shutter
nine years old, one of the bright
est pupils in the school at Sci
kirk, about ten miles from this city
committed suicide. His body was
hanging from rafter in the barn Of
Charles Niver, the discovery being
made by the boys father, who is EN-.
ployed on the Niver farm. Howard
mad been playing around the neigh.
borhood during the day and was ap,
parently in the best Of spirits. Mem
bers of his family are at a loss to ac.
count for the boys determination to
take his lie.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
SIX HUNDRED STRIKE.
But Later Half of the Men R.turn
to Work.

San FranCisco-All the union men
employed on the Hotel Fairmont were
called off Wednesday by order of P.
H. Mccarthy, president of the Building
Trades Council. Six hundred obeyed
the order, but after excited meetings
had been held on the street, more
than half of them returned to work.
declaring the order of Mccarthy to
be tyrannical and unjust. The men
will take the matter up with their re-
Spectiye unions. MCCarthy's order
grew out of his controversy with the
Independent union of electrical work.
ers, which was formed here some time
ago in defiance Of his orders.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
To Turn Salt Water in Reservoirs.

Crowley, La: Because of the danger
which threatened the rice fields which
are irrigated from Bayou des Glaizes
and the Mermentau river, by reason OF
many thousand gallons of salt water
from the Jennings oil field, Judge
Hampden Storey, of this city, was re-
tanned to look after the interests OF a
number of large property owners hav-
ing riparian rights along these
streams. At his instance an import
ant meeting Of officers or managers OF
oil companies operating in the Jen.
nings field was held in his office Sat.
urday. which resulted in an agreement
to stop a further discharge OF this
salt water and refuse oil into these
streams.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Laundry Workers to Strike.

San FranciscO-Twelve hundred
laundry workers here and GOO in
Alameda county voteG to 60 on strike
when their employers refused to
grant them an eight-hour day and an
increase of wages. Nine laundries
here closed down. Only three laun.
dries agreed to the terms proposed
by the union.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
OPPOSED TO DISARMAMENT
So Says a Russian Senator In a Re
cent Interview.

Brussels, Belgium.-Senator Ros
seau-Delahaie, one of the founders OF
the Peace society said in an interview
Friday he did not believe the question
OF disarmament would come up at the
next Hague peace conference because
diplomacy does not want to see this
matter settled. Were it done, the
senator said, the role of the diplomat
would be considerably curtailed. if not
altogether abolished, and therefore the
diplomats were bound to do their ut.
most to keep the question Of disarm.
ament out of the programme.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Rain Means Money TO Planter.

Chamberlain. La: This neighborbood
was visited by a fine rain Friday.
which was worth thousands of dollars
to the planters as it has cOunteracted
some Of the bad effects of the freeze
last Monday, which did considerable
damage to the crops as we'll as early
vegetables and fruit. The rain was the
first one had here in several weeks
The planters were somewhat worried
for while during the downpour of
rain, as it was accompanied by hail
for few minutes, which threatened
TO cut up young vegetables and corn
Fortunately it was small and only last.
ed few minutes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Can Not Build Tunnel

81 Petersburs-The cabinet yester.
uay rejected proposal made on behalf
OF an American syndicate for the con-
StFuctlon of a railway tunnel under
behring straits, by which it was
hoped ultimately to connect the Trans.
siberian with the Canadian Pacific
railroad.
The council of ministers "Wednesday
announced the acceptance of a nro.
posai made by Minister of Finance
hokoVsoff for the reduction of rail.
road freight charges on cast iron, cast
steel and rails for exports,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES.
Interior Department Grants Water
Privileges to L. L. Num-.

Washington-Secretary of the In
terror Hitchcock has granted the
application of l.. l.. Num- TO use the
waters of Bear and Mud lakes in
Utah for irrigation and power pur
poses. The matter has been held ur
Tor long time because Nh Nunn's
plans were believed to interfere with
the government project for the utiliza
ton OF the waters in Bear lake In its
own land reclamation projects. In the
decision reached the government:
agrees to get out of the way Temporal
rlly, but it will retain the right to
proceed with its own work If Mr.
Num- should fail to keep his engage
ment. Bear lake is claimed to be the
largest natural reservoir suitable for
irrigation purposes in the world.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12

1t must be taken into consideration
that every successful homemaker is
necessarily a housekeeper-one who
keeps the house in the hollow of her
hand, so to speak One whose eye
guards every detail of expenditure;
one whose heart and mind are cen.
tered In the identifying, guidance and
maintenance Of her stronghold. 1t
would be foolish to insist that every
housekeeper possess the rare and
beautiful gift of creating and evolving
home, says Margaret Anglin in Pic.
torial Review. The housekeeper works
Tor her wages, oftentimes grudgingly;
the homemaker takes up her daily
tasks with inspiration. Her labor Is
performed with love; and as I believe
some poet has remarked, even the
sweeping Of a room may become
beautiful action.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Crescent City Notes.

New Orleans, La: Rev. Fitzgerald
S. Parker preached at First Methodist
church.
First camp OF Boys of Woodcraft
was organized Saturday.
Two hundred lumber mill employees
gathered TO revise rules on Inspection
and grading.
Trinity Chapel held thanksgiving
service for DR.. Bakewell's recovery
Miscreants did considerable damage
to State rifle range.
Rev. A. S. Lutz preached sermon
on honesty, drawing a moral from Du'
denhefer and Wohl cases.
Semin-annual inspection Of street
cleaning forces was held.
Audubon Park will probably instai
free baths and gymnasium when citys
water plant is completed.
John Nagel was jailed for brutal al
tack on wife and little son.
Father COnrady, raising funds l"
model city for Iepers in CANA %
American contributions, spoke al o.
Joseph's church.
Ulrich Crawford, discharged iroin
car inspectorship because OF dr'Dh'
shot himself twice.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
lronmolders Get Incre.ea

Chicago-At joint conference held
Friday afternoon between the Stove
and Heating Apparatus Foundrymen's
National Defense association repre.
Sentlng majority of the manufactur.
erS throughout the United States and
the lronmolders' Association of North
America, an advance of 5 per cent in
the wages of the molders was agreed
upon. The new scale is to run for q
months and affects $4,000 molders,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Telegraphsrs Nav Strike

Wheeling, West Va.-Telegraph op
orators in West Virginia threaten
to strike if their wages are re
duced when the new eight-hour law
enacted by the recent legislature, goes
into effect The railroad companie.
have given notice that there will be
a proportionate reduction in wages as
soon as the act takes effect, May l
AT a meeting Sunday the operator,
representing every division in West
Virginia adopted resolutions to accent
nothing less than they receive now
for y hours.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
The Stork to ROYALTY.

Madrid.-The physicians who are IL
attendance upon Queen Victoria have
reason to believe that she may be con.
fined sooner than has been Anticipated
and 1t has been recommended that
King Alfonso curtall his visit to Car
tagena.
All the preparations for the advent
OF the new member of the Spanish
royal family have been completed. A
nurse has been brought out from Eng
land.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Awful EXPLOSION In TransuaaI

johannesburg, TRANSATLANTIC na,
tiYes and four white men were instant.
~ killed and three whites and
10 natives injured by the unexpected
explosion Thursday night of two cases
OF dynamite at the Dreifontein mine
One of the white men killed was an
american named William Harvey. The
explosion occurred at a time when the
NINE owners were mustered prepare
tory TO going to work A native tam.
pered with the dynamite which ex.
ploded.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
President Meets Delta Chi.

Washington. D. C.--Delegates to
the Delta Chi fraternity, in session
here, were yesterday introduced to
President Roosevelt by Secretary Cor
telyou. The convention considered
applications for charters filed by the
following universities: Yale. Texas.
George Washington, Washington and
Lee, Louisiana, Southern California
Indiana, Kansas, Iowa and North Car
DINA.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Volcano Is lnactive-AIp,ost

Kingston, st. Vincent-Dr. Tempest
Anderson who has just made a
study of the condition of the St
Vincent volcano, says the crater O.
the volcano is inactive, except for a
small discharge of steam in two
places. The lake is restored and
vegetation is growing up to an alti
tude Of 400 feet. Examination of ma
terials thrown out during the last erup.
ton confirms the conclusions set forth
IN the report made by DR.. Anderson
to the Royal Geographical society IN
1902.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Russo-German Medical Society

Berlin, Germany.-There has beer
formed Russo-German Medical 50
clety, under the presidency of Prof
Won Leyden, of Berlin and Prof. Becb
terotf, of st. Petersburg. The object
OF the society is the promotion of sci
entlfc and social relation between the
physicians of the two countries
Among the several hundred members
OF the society are the most famous
physicians of Germany. Austria and
Russia.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12

Inc men and women who perish
miserably in train wrecks have the
consolation of knowing that they do
not die in vain. They suggest safe
modes of construction and running
methods. They may not, it is true,
appreciate the fact that they are pub.
lie benefactors and may be selfish
enough to prefer their lives to the
glory OF martyrdom, but still, human
progress must have martyrs, and if
there are not sufficient volunteers
'nefe must be conscrip to the
cause.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
For Killing Newspaper Editor.

Gerlng, Neb.-A jury in the dis,
trlct court Wednesday brought in
a verdict Of murder in the second de.
gree against f. S. Kenison and recon-.
mended the extreme penalty. Keni,
son last December shot and killed Sam
ID. Cox, a newspaper man we'll known
in the state.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Famine Still Stalks in Chin.

washington, d. C.-Famine condi.
tons in China are not improved. ac
cordlng to a cablegram from Rev. T
e. McCrea Of Chin Kiang, China, for.
Warded to the state department bv
Louis KIaposch, of New York. Thou.
sands are perishing, according to the
report and much more relief is need
ed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
immigration Law Now Effectiv.

Ell Paso, Tex.-The now immigra.
uon law went into effect April
l and as a result 500 Japanese Ia.
oorers are in Juarez in straitened cir
cumstances, 1t is said. Several are
being detained in Jail here pending
deportation via San Francisco. The
japanese We're not, as expected. turned
back into Mexico, but ordered back
to Japan direct.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Death List Now ID

Fort Worth, Tex.-Eight addition
al bodies were found Tuesday I'M
der the debris of the wreck of the
Two freight trains which collided at
Bethel switch, south of here, Monday
on the Missouri, Kansas G. Texas
railroad. This makes IA men killed
in the wreck.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12

Indoor life, with the numerous arti
fctal and unwholesome conditions
which it imposes, is a powerful fac,
tor in lowering the vitality, diminish.
ing the power to resist disease and
IN maintaining a continual contact
with conditions productive of disease.
Monkeys and most other wild animals
deteriorate rapidly in captivity be.
cause of the deprivation of the fresh
air and sunshine to which they are
naturally adapted Civilized women
are almost compelled to live sedentary
lives. This fact, declares a writer in
Good Health, accounts in large degree
for the almost universal inyalidism
among women.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
May Be HEAVY Penalty

Minneapolis, Minn.-Hearing of the
rebate charges against the Chica.
go, st. Paul, Minneapolis G Oma-
ha road began Tuesday in the United
States court, Judge Lochren presiding
There are fifty counts in the indict.
ment against the road. The maximum
penalty against the road in case the
government won would be $4,000 000
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Texas Neuro Han1ed.

Victoria, Tex, April 3-Felix Pow.
ELL Iegro convicted Of completely
IN the killing of Mrs. A. J. Condit and
Aer four children at their home near
Edna on Sept. &c, 1905, was hanged
here Tuesday in the presence of fully
5000 people.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12

Here Is what Missouri paper saws.
After many days of arid des;oootion
the Vaporing captains marshaled their
numbering hosts and poured out nnon
the moderated vegetation a few inches
OF aqua .pluvialis." In this instance
Missouri will have to show us
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
NEGRO HANGED.

Victoria, Tex.-Felix Powell, a ne
gro convicted of completely in the
killing of Mrs. A. J. Condit and her
four children at their home near Edna
on Sept. &c, 1905, was hanged here
Tuesday in the presence of fully 5000
people.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12

Prince Henry of the Netherlands
husband of the queen, proved his hu,
mainly and his courage when the
steamer Berlin was wrecked off the
Hook of Holland last month. He
learned that some passengers were
left on the vessel, and took command
OF the rescue party which finally
brought them of. When he came
ashore with them he was cheered to
the echo by the enthusiastic Dutch.
men gathered on the beach. King Ed.
ward has bestowed on him the Grand
Cross of the Order of the Bath in rec.
ognition of his bravery.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12

General Booth of the Salvation army
makes the announcement that he 10
willing to receive all tainted money
which may be offered. He thinks he
knows of way to remove the taints.
and he probably does.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
A Pioneer Suicides

New York. N. Y.-After several
months of suffering from a nervous
malady, Mrs. Ellen Berry Ryder, wife
OF Cornelius Ryder, one of the wealth.
lest men in the Gravesend section of
Brooklyn, hanged herself.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12

Mexico is prosperous under the gold
standard The republics fiscal re,
ceipts ($5O,29S,OOO United States cur.
rency) for the year ended June 30,
1905, were far in excess of other years
and much beyond what was expected
even by the most optimistic economists.
El impartial, local newspaper, says
the income II years ago was only S25,.
100000 United States currency, and
concludes that the decided advance to
S5O,OOO,OOO is due to careful financing
The gradual growth in the fiscal re-
ceipts during the last II years is the
outcome of increased business pros.
perlty and not of increased taxation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12

There is report that a serious ra
volt has broken out in the state Of
lacnira' in the western part of vene.
auela' And somehow nobody who has
kept track of Castro's doings is very
much surprised at the news
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
No More Passes in Nebraska

Lincoln, Neb.--Gov. Sheldon has
signed the arti-pass and the child
labor bills. Both carried the emer.
gency clause and the laws are effect.
i've from this date.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-04-12
Bryan TaIk0 to Students.

Austin, Texas.-Wiliam Jennings
bryan spoke last night in the hall Of
the house of representatives at the in.
Vitation of the Texas legislature, dis.
cussing national issues
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-11
PROHIBITION PLATFORM.
New National Party Is Advocated by
WOODBURY. Man.

A brand new platform for a national
political party is being advocated by
F. H. Forster of WOODBURY., which II
accepted and victorious will make the
whole United States a spotless town.
Forster has written to prominent poll.
tictans about the state for support in
his unique views. He indorses city
hospital for the cure Of drunkards,
but says that the country will never
be in perfect state until it has strict
prohibition. Mr. Forster's new po-l
litical platform provides for the fol-
lowing:
That no alcoholic liquors be manu-
featured in the United States, that
none be imported, that women be
given equal suffrage, that the Union
soldiers be pensioned. that trusts be
abolished, that arbitration be used in
the courts, that there be an interna-
tional court of arbitration.
Ottumwa Prohibitionists and suffra-
gists are entertaining the idea of as
sisting Forster in his new platform
and party.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-11
DID NOT END HIS LIFE.
Supposed Dead Man Returns to Sioux
City.

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Believed to have been resting among
the fishes at the bottom of the Big
Sioux river for over two months, his
relatives giving up all hope of ever
again seeing him alive, John Nelson
of Sloan, who mysteriously disap-
peared after leaving a note in drift
ing boat. saying that he was tired of
life and had drowned himself, walked
into Sioux City entirely unconscious
OF the stir he had caused
Walking down Fourth street, the
first person he met was John Pearson,
an old friend, who looked at him in
establishment, almost ready to flee at
the sight of dead man come to life
"Hello, is that you, John" he ex-
claimed. 81 thought you were
drowned"
Drowned? What do yon mean?"
queried Nelson in amazement.
Explanations followed, and that was
the first Nelson knew that hundreds
of friends had spent two solid weeks
In dragging the Big Sioux river for
many miles in search of his body.
Nelson explained his absence by say
ing that he had been working on a
ranch near Webster, S. D., but could
give no satisfactory answer as to why
he left the suicide note and sent the
boat adrfff
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-11
WILL FIGHT TO A FINISH.
Railway Company Determined to AboI-
ish unionism in Shops.

The Chicago Great Western railway
strike is still topic of vital interest
to the citizens OF Oelwein. At the
shops a large police force is main
tanned for the protection of the prop
erty, and also for the men engaged
therein. The force is divided into
three reIefs and changed every nine.
hours. No one is permitted to enter
the enclosure without pass. John
u. Pratt. general claim agent. has
charge of this department.
The company is preparing for a long
and final contest. The railway Off
GERS propose to fight it out If 1t takes
year. They are putting in ranges
for cooking purposes in the car repair
shops; also installing a plentiful sup
ply of cots, and are purchasing great
many blankets. Provisions are pro-
yided in abundance. They will have
all the requisites of a big boarding
house. Another coach load of skilled
workmen has arrived to replace strik-
ers. The painters in the shops went
out last week.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-11
oiI trust cannot escape.

Il /. { 9
On the charge of conducting a mo.
nopoly, the Standard Oil company will
have to stand trial in the Polk county
district court, because Judge Jesse A.
Miller has just oyerruled motion to
dismiss the suit commenced by F. s.
Dunahee against the company. charg-
Ing it with being trust, and asking
$4,000 damages because 1t is claimed
the Standard Oil company ruined the
business of the Crystal Oil company
Of Des Moines. The case probably
will soon be assigned for trial. The
plaintiff claims the Standard Oil COM
pany reduced the price of oil until the
Crystal company was ruined and went
out Of business and then Immediately
raised the price.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-11
PUMP SITE CAVES in.
Well Senator ,Dolliver Made Famous
Nearly Undermines Courthouse.

49, sSSHsty SiASiItitnSS COURTHOUSE
Il come from state where we are
endeavoring to get 100000 people to
gather around the town pump" Sena-
tor Dolliver said fifteen years ago at
q banquet in Chicago during the old
prohibition days, and the laconic OPEN
ing of his address brought down the
house.
Last week the well wherein stood
the old town pump to which Senator
Dolliver referred, at his home town in
Fort Dodge, though years ago fallen
to disuse. played curious prank. The
we'll was filed seven years ago and
over the place where it stood is a
cement sidewalk and asphalt pave
ment, and at one side stands the
Webster county courthouse.
A big section of the sidewalk and
pavement collapsed with Transfers
wagon. disclosing cavity underneath
in which might be contained hun
bred men. The job of filing the well
had been imperfect and the settling
process probably had been in course
for years, finally reaching the surface
and resulting in the big cavein. A
part Of the foundation of the court
house was undermined and consider
able damage to the building was done.