The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-11
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General demand for wage ipcra,..
and an eisht-hour day will result fro"
conference in Chicago of the cbio,. -
railway brotherhoods. VI
The western lines are opposed 70 =.
reciprocal demurrage moyemep, o s
shippers associations in convention -
yor a federal law for It's enforcamsn.
Representative AlOnzo Tubbs famon
anti-upping measure is Introduces
the Missouri house and is numbs,aa
"23." '''efed
Inquiry into operation of raiIro,,
block-signal systems is Instituted -
Interstate commerce commission
President Roosevelt announces 81.
he will be unable to deliver an add,a"s
at Missouri state university COW
mencement next ,une.
The Rev. Fathe. ''nhard Slevip f.
merly OF St. Louis. is .ppointed 70
presidency Of Detroit college
Shippers call far-famine conraro,,.
and grievances against roads will No.
discussed in Chicago.
Assistant Attorney General Purdv
at San Antonio. Tex, secures nance
OF two men missing from Fort Rrown
barracks during raid at BrowpsyiIs
Tex.
Western lines managers coptiDua
conference with engineers commi,,oo
but reach no settlement of the ai,h,
hour demand.
Missouri supreme court elects Tud,,
James b. CAN'T chief justice.
Mississippi cotton men re-sI.c,
Clark president, notwithstanding hi.
desire to retire.
Western Fruit Jobbers' associat,o,
to ask federal investigation of az,
press company shipping methods
President George Gould of the Mia.
souri, Pacific has left ST. Louis to in.
spect the southern lines. He can sea
nothing but prosperity ahead.
James McCrea, of Pittsburg suc.
ceeds the late A. j. Cassatt as pres,.
dent OF the Pennsylvania. and An.
nounces there will be no change IN
policy.
Wisconsin Central said to D. arran..
ing for close traffic alliance with all
the Hill lines.
interstate commerce commissioners
condemn policy of big dividends "a.
CARELESS of service rendered, and do.
clare need for intelligent railway man.
agement.
Fight TO continue against Cortelyou
Morgan said to urge confirmation
while Rockefeller coterie oppose
Gov. Hughes, of New York recon-.
mends in message to legislature a re-
count of votes cast for mayor OF
New York city.
Mayor Mcclellan refuses to appoint
Tammany candidate; says he cannot
recognize existing control in organiz..
ton and will not tolerate relation,
with Murphy.
Mrs. Potter Palmer's tender of her
mansion as meeting place for labor
conference in Chicago is accepted
Roosevelt decides to let tariff rest;
brownsville incident expected to bs
absorbing topic in senate.
Two conscience" contributions are
received by United Railways in ST.
Louis, one of $500 from conductor In
company's employ.
More than one-third of Missouri's
taxes for 1906 were paid by the prop
erty holders of St Louis.
United States Senator Joseph ".
Bailey won a sweeping victory in the
election, held in Comanche county He
special for or against" Bailey pri.
mary election, held in Comanchs
county. He regards his reelection to
the senate as assured.
Six railroad receiverships appoint
ed during 1906. They were small
roads, agsregating a total Of 2O2 miles.
Eight roads, 2G2 miles. we're sold in
foreclosure.
Inc dowager empress of Russia Is
said to be insane. Since the death
OF Gen. Trepoff, by assassination. last
September, she is said to have been
demented. One story is to the effect
that she was in love with the general,
and other is that she realized that the
royal family I'D lost an irOn-handsd
protector She is now in Denmark,
and will later be removed to the RI.
viera.
Mr.. George b. Cortelyou, postmaster
general, announces that he will retire
as chairman of the republican national
committee March 4, upon taking his
place as secretary of the treasury. II
is believed that Mr.. Harry New, Of
Indiana, will succeed him.
A Japanese paper. styled The Rev.
olution," published at Berkeley, Cal,
comes out in English language boldly
advocating the assassination OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt. the Mikado and others
in authority.