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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
TO CANVASS VOTES
VAROAMAN AND WILLIAMS BOTH
CLAIM ELECTION.
INTEREST IS At FEVER HEAT
Rumors of Destroyed Ballots and
Lost Ballot Boxes Found to Be
Without Foundation.

Jackson, Miss. - The democratic
state executive committee meets
here Thursday at noon for the
purpose of canvassing the returns and
of declaring the result of the recent
primary held in this state for United
States senator and state officers. So
close is the race in the senatorial con-
test that interest is at fever heat, and
all sorts of cOnjectuTes are made as to
what Thursday will bring forth.
For the last day or two there have
been al sorts of rumors of destroyed
ballots and lost ballot boxes, but when
traced down these reports have been
found to be without foundation. It
was said that a lot of ballot boxes in
Copiah county, that gave James X.
Vardaman majority of 251 over Con-
gresham John Sharp Williams in the
senatorial contest, have been burned
by the secretary of the county eXecu'
tive committee, Wednesday night GER
titled that it was not so, and that
every precinct has been counted and
that every ballot was safe in the hands
of the proper officials
The meeting Thursday promises to
be sensational, there being some pre-
dictions that trouble will arise in the
event that any compromise measures
were resorted to.
Both candidates are claiming that 4
canvass of the vote will show their
Observation-Disclosures by bare major
ity. while Williams friends claim it by
at least 1000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
YANKEE BOYS TRIUMPH.
MacQuiston Brothers Capture Tennis
Championship of Mexico.

Chicago. III. - Director Stage, OF
the University of Chicago, has re-
ceived word from the City of Mexico
of the victory of the MacQuiston
brothers in the tennis championship
of Mexico, recently held in the cap
ital city. Paul MacQuiston, a former
University of Chicago star, who was
the western intercollegiate champion
in 1899, won the singles, and with his
brother Harvey, who was the western
intercollegiate champion in 1898, won
the doubles. Harvey also was noted
Maroon. Both of them won the dou-
bles in 1898.
They stated they would invade the
States next year and would play in all
the local tournaments about Chicago.
They probably will play in the ma
tional championship as we'll
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
CLEVELAND LABOR CONTEST.
Builders Advertise for Men: Union:
Claim There Are Plenty.

Cleveland, Ohio-The Builders
ers Exchange and the United Trades
and Labor Council are engaged in a
contest Of a peculiar nature.
The builders are advertising for men
to come 20 Cleveland, and say Cat all
classes of labor are needed in and
around the city, while the union
openly charges the builders with try
ing to bring cheap labor to the city.
The leaders of the unions assert
that there is plenty of labor of ali
classes in Cleveland seeking employ.
ment, and that the builders need only
to pay the prevailing rate of wages to
secure all the help they want.
1t is charged by builders that unions
have retarded the growth of the city
by their tactics, while the union men
say that the builders are responsible
for the backwardness of the city by
trying to make it cheap city, and 50
the contest continues.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
TELLS LOVE IN LEGAL FORM.
Wooer Of Washington Widow Makes
Deposition He Adores Her.

OF a score or more Of prominent
Washington widows, one Of the most
conspicuous is Mrs. Albert Clifford
Barney. who sailed for Europe few
days ago, after receiving the most eX-
traOrdinary declaration Of affection
ever bestowed on mortal woman. Mrs.
Barney has the assurance that she
possesses all the charm Of her girl
hood days. despite the fact that she Is
the mother Of two daughters to all out
ward appearance as old as herself, for
one of her adOrerS-She has several
has just gone before a notary and
made solemn deposition in legal form
that he loves her for herself alone and
furthermore, that should she consent
to marry him he will never accept one
penny Of her fortune in life or make
any claim on her estate should he sur
viye her.
He has proposed orally so many
times without getting any results that
in desperation he has at last resorted
TO this method. And even after this
Mrs. Barney sailed away without en-
couraeing, much less accepting, the
suit of so disinterested a lover. The
latter is, however, not wholly discOur-
aged, and proposes following bis
adored one to Paris.
The object of this disinterested af-
lection was born Miss Pike, of Gin
Cinnati, the daughter of that wartime
manufacturer of whisky which laid
the foundation of the vast fortune this
twentieth century knight treats with
noble sCorn She is a handsome WON.
an possessed Of great talent, as por-
trait painter, several of her pictures
having received distinguished notice
at the exhibitions of the COrcoran art
gallery. AS a practical illustration OF
artistic temperament, she has taken to
architecture, having built herself a
wonderful house, combining in a de-
liShtful fashion the purposes Of q
home, a garage, and a studio.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
MAY MEAN PRISON
ROCKEFELLER is MENACED BY
IMPRISONMENT IN OIL FIGHT.
$114,76O,OOO IN FINES POSSIBLE
Standard Is Under Indictment in Five
Federal Districts-law Says
Imprisonment.

Washington, d. C.-With a fine of
29,24O,OOO hanging over its Golfers,
the Standard Oil company, either by
that name or the name Of one OF the
many companies owned by it, is under
indictment in five federal districts, and
it is possible for judges TO impose fines
amounting to $114,7G0,000-which is
more than the capital stock of the par
ent corporation. And over the head Of
John d. Rockefeller hangs the menace
of imprisonment.
John d. Rockefeller, if it can be
proved that he had anything to do with
the transactions that form the basis OF
the nine indictments still pending at
Chicago, can be fined and imprisoned.
He has not had an immunity bath, so
far as those nine indictments are con
cerned. He got immunity SO far as
the one indictment and all its counts
under which Judge Lands levied the
fine of $29, 100000.
If found guilty, Mr.. Rockefeller could
be fined not less than $1,000 and i'm
prisoned for whatever time the judge
might deem sufficient punishment. But
there would have to be imprisonment,
because the law says, and imprison
ment," not 'or imprisonment There
would be no discretion of the judge.
He would have to impose imprisOn-
ment sentence, even if it was for only
ten minutes, as Judge Munger once
sentenced men found guilty of fencing
in the public lands.
How many indictments have been
brought under state statutes cannon ne
ascertained here, but it is believed
that the number runs into the hun
dreds. No state has provided as high
penalties as are specified in the inter
state commerce law. In nearly all
state statutes there is a provision for.
bidding company once convicted re,
naming in business within the limits
of the state. In Ohio the Valentine
antitrust law says that the company
violating it shall be dissolved.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Alleged Tong Leader Arrested.

Boston, Mass.-Mock Dusk, said to
be one Of the leaders of the Hep Sing
tong, was arrested in Quincy and
locked up on charge of being con-
cerned in the fatal shooting in China
town on Friday night, when three
members of the On Leong tong, an
other Chinese secret society, were
killed. Mock Duck had a revolver in
his clothes when arrested. Seven of
the ten Cinnamon who were said to
have taken part IN the shooting have
been apprehended.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Reciaiminu Wife Deserter.

A barber named Bunch charged
with deserving his wife was recently
paroled by a Washington court on
the following conditions: He is to
stay out of the country for period,
to be determined by his father-in-laW.
He has a family of five boys, and he
cannot see them unless his behavior
justifies it. He has to go to church
every Sunday, work in first-class
barber shop, and have a recommends
tion from the minister of the church
that he has been trying to be man
Should any of the conditions DO
broken, Bunch will have to 80 70
rrison for three months.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
No PAY. Federal Officer Quits.

Tulsa, !. T.-United States Com
missioner W. w. Hyams, of the
Fifth commissioners district in Indian
Territory, has resigned. His successor
has not been named owing to def
cheney in the last congressional appro
priation fer federal officers in Indian
Territory. Commissioners, constables
and clerks have been serving without
pay since July l, and the resignation
of other officials is expected.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
New Type of Battleships.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-The navy
department intends in the course OF
the current year to lay down two bat
tleships of a new type. Their dis
nlacement is to be 1870 tons, an arm
ament of ten 12-inch guns and minor
batteries, turbine engines and a speed
of q knots an hour.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
North Carolina Roads Obey Law.

Raleigh, n. C.-GOvernor Glenn late
Monday afternoon received a tele.
gram from the authorities of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad, saying
that they would put the "a cent state
rate into effect on August s. This is
the last road to surrender to the state
laws, and on August all the roads In
North Carolina above sixty miles long
will be using the state rate.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Two Italians Executed.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Two Italians were
hanged Tor the murder Of Angelo
Cappibianca, storekeeper of Brad.
dock, Pa. The Italians confessed
they had been hired to do the killing
by B;addock Italian for $500 He
has disappeared. 1t is said he was an
?dmirer of Cappibianca's wife.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Nearly Chokes on Own Teeth.

Warsaw, Ind.-Charles Shelter. a
fourteen-year-old boy. at a bowling
alley here, "cOughed up" his front
teeth and escaped strangulation by a
narrow margin. A careless player
scattered the pins while the boy was
still setting them up, and one hit him
in the mouth, knocking out all his
front teeth. Some went down his
throat, and only a violent fit of cough
ing saved him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Abstinence Union Beuins Session

Cleveland. Ohio.-The thirty-sev.
enth annual session of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Union of America
convened here. The opening services
consisted of solemn pontifical mass,
at the cathedral. This was followed
by the general sessions of the conven.
tim
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Celebrate Coronation of Plus X.

Rome, ltaly-The anniversary of
the coronation of Pope Plus X was
celebrated in the Sistine chapel with
deep religious sOlemnity, great pomp
and magnificence. All the cardinals,
the papal court and the diplomatic
corps accredited to the Vatican were
present.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Dutch Soldiers Massacred

Amsterdam, Holland-A massacre
of Dutch soldiers has occurred
in the Dutch East Indies, &C.
cording to dispatch received today
from Batavia, Java. The message says
4S infantrymen were killed during a
sudden uprising of natives in the Mort
district of the Island of Celebez.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Tongue Disabled; Horn Silent.

Warsaw, Ind.-.Professor W. H.
Mershou, widely known cornet play.
er, who has had charge of the music
school at Winona Lake, broke a nerve
in his tongue and is unable to play a
note. His speech is also impaired.
The accident occurred while he was
playing a solo.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Secretary Wilson III,

Portland, Ore.-Secretary of Agri-
culture Wilson, who is here, is i'll
at his hotel, and declines to see any.
one. Casper Wilson, the secretary
son, said that his father contracted 4
severe cold on his trip from Puget
Sound to Portland, and that he had
passed a restless night.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Prince Killed in Railway Wreck

Berlin-A passenger train was de-
rallied between Posen AMI Thorn.
Eleven persons were Killed and
ten were injured. Among the deal
are Prince Alexander Begotoff, two
sons of Count Keyserlingk of Mitau,
Russia, and a Russian captain who
was accompanying them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Crops DAMAGED in Nebraska.

Utica, Neb.-A damaging wind, rain
and hail storm swept over the farm.
ing country in the southern half of
this county. Hail weighing six ounces
fell in quantities, cutting down the
corn and stripping trees. The loss
in limited district is heavy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
CHICAGO Gains $500.

Chicago, Ill.-The Chicago d.
rectory for 1907, which was published
Thursday, gives the figures estimating
the population of Chicago at 1857 900,
which, compared with the 1906 esti-
mate, shows that Chicago has gained
$4,000 in the past year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Troops Hold Strikers Down.

Belfast, Ireland-The strikers at.
tempted to renew the disturb.
ances in the neighborhood of the
docks, but a show of bayonets on the
part of troops who are policing that
part of the city quickly ended the trou.
BILE.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Young Root to Wed.

New York, N. Y.-Announcement
is made of the engagement between
Elihu Root, Jr., eldest son of Elihu
Root, secretary of state, and Miss
Aida Livingston Stryker, eldest
daughter Of President NJ. Woolsey
Stryker, of Hamilton college.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Peacemaker Kills Disputant.

New York-Losing his temper
because his efforts as a peacemak-
or did not succeed, Edward Mulvaney
Knocked down and killed his prospec-
tive fatner-in-law, Robert Sealander. a
contractor, in Brooklyn. Sealander
and his son has Quarreled.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Mother and Daughters Drown.

Durango, Colo.-Mrs. Francisco Mar
quez and two daughters, both under
II years of age, were drowned at
ford in the San Juan river, near Ar
boles, by the oyerturning of their
wagon.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Runaway Train Kills Four Men

Atchison, Kas.-A Missouri Pacific
freight train ran away down Shannon
Hill here and struck the rear end of
another freight standing on the track.
F. D. Scott, fireman; Fred Butzirus.
Hastings, Neb.; Ralph Moody, Omaha,
and an unknown man were killed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Postoffice Clerk Arrested.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Mel N.
Hughes, senior clerk in the postoffice
at Columbia, Tenn, and son of for.
mer Postmaster Arch NJ. Hughes, was
arrested On a charge of robbing the
mails.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Bow in Camp Shot Accidentally.

Warsaw, Ind-At the Winona
Lake Boys City, Guy Turpin, Of
indianapolis, was shot in the face by
a rifle in the hands of another Indian
apolis boy, Glen Mcdonald. Tdrpin's
condition is critical. The shooting was
unintentional.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Jealousy Leads to Shooting.

Lincoln, Neb.-Joseph Knadel,
Havelock machinist, shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Mrs. Elsie
Parsons at her home in Northeast Lin
coin and then committed suicide. Jea!,
ousy is supposed to have led to the
shooting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Road to Inauaurate Low Rate.

Raleigh, N C--President w. A..
Barber, of tn eCar0lina & Northwest
ern railroad, telegraphed Governor
Glenn from New York that his road
would put the 2h-cent rate into effect
August s.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Anarchists Injured In an Explosion.

Lisbon, Spain. - Four anarchists
were seriously wounded by an acct
dental explosion in a bomb factory
onerated by an anarchistic group The
nolice here have adopted precautlon'
arv measures.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Car Returns From swinemunde,

st. Petersburg, Russia.-Emperor
Nicholas reached Peterhof, returning
from his trip on the imperial yacht to
Swinemunde, where he was in confer
ence with Emperor William of Ger
many.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Constructive Kills Self.

Marshall, Moe. G. Gwynn, 80.
killed himself at Slater by shoot
ing himself through the heart. He
had been i'll Of consumption for some
time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
JaiIer Made Prisoner, Boys Escape

Mayfeld, Ky.-Noah Coffee and
Fon Fraser, boys who were in jail
here, charged with burglary, while III
the jail yard locked the keeper in jail
and made their escape over the high
wall.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Gases Kill Two in Deep Well.

Birmingham, Ala.-James Clarity
and son, living at Refuge, eleven
miles from town, were overcome by
gases and died in a sixty-foot we'll
which they were cleaning.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Broker Kills Self.

New York, N. Y.-William S. Al
ley. member of the stock exchange,
shot himself in the head at the Larch.
mont Yachting club and died On the
way to the hospital
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Illinois Mason Dies Suddenly.

Bloomington, Ill.--Capt J. II. C. Dill,
for thirteen years grand secretary of
the Illinois grand lodge of Masons,
died suddenly OF neuralgia of the
J heart, aged II years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
Fatal Shock From Liuht Current.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-Frederick OPP
penheimer, retired merchant, turned
on an electric light and fell dead from
shock.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
49,, cn.. rhroat while Shaving.

Washington, Ini.-John LundeFgan'
farmer, living northeast of this
ci.v was shaving himself when
suddenly seized with a desire TO XIII
himself Standing before a mirror,
he drew the razor across his flesh, cut
ting his throat from ear to ear. When
found living upon the floor, ne was IN
a dying condition.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16

100000 for Collection Of Pictures.
London, England.-Duveen Bros, Of
London, purchased for s5,OO000O the
famous collection Of pictures and art
treasures of the late Rudolph E. Kann
the Partisan fnancier.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16
cain. caudens' Body Cremated.

Cambridge, Mass.-The BODY OF Au-
gnstus Saint Gaudens, the sculptor,
was cremated on Tuesday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-16

Al San Francisco Thomas Chapman,
aged ffty-fve years, an expert &C.
eountant from Detroit, Mich, shot
ana mortally wounded Barbara Hay
Safd, and then blew off the top Of
nus head Both are conscious at a
hospital, though neither can recover.
governor Patterson has issued a call
lot a conference of textile manufac-
'afers and labor representatives to be
neld in Nashville October IA, to con.
sloer the question of child and female
aoor in shops and factories.
Vne hundred and six Japanese, the
'afsest number ever deported from the
acinc coast, left on the steamer Man.
'larla for the Orient Friday. The de.
pOt'alions consist Of Japanese caught
sVeailng over the Mexican border into
'ae United States.
israel Munson Spellman, the last
surviving member of the Harvard
Nass OF 1886, and the Oldest alumnus
tne college, died recently at his
summer home at Marblehead, aged
ninety years.
teachers in charge of the sewing de-
Oaftnent in the summer normal
SCHOOL at New York university have
~ ban on the Teddy bear and
4snceforth the devotion showered up
y nln by children will be discourag-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-03
PRESIDENT ORTO
 HAS RETURNED
Thomas A. Bell, St. Louis Construe- tiOn Man, Took Sick on Train and Did Not Accompany Local Rail- road Official en tiIe Pro-
 posed Trip.

President z. Orto of the Pine Bluff North and South Railroad Company, has returned from business visit jo De Vall's Bluff and Lonoke, where ha went to secure data regarding the Rock Island terminus of the North and South railroad.
 President Orto left the city several days ago with Thomas A. Bell, to whom the contract for the building Of the free bridge and the Pine Bluff North and South railroad was let a few days ago. They were going to De Vall's Bluff and l.onoke together but Mr. Bell was taken sick before they arrived in Little Rock and was sick there for nearly a day. He was forced to return to ST. Louis on ac- count of his illness, but President Or to continued his journey to De Wall $ Bluff and fonoke. His business there was not completed
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-03
MICKEY WILL BE
 AT THE RINGSIDE
One of the Manager of the Managers of the BrOOkhill Has Gone to Les Angeles to Witness Cham piOnship Heavyweight Bat
 tle-Squires to Fight
 Winner.

Mike Holland, one of the proprie- tors of the Brookhill, left last night for Los Angeles. California, where he will witness the big fistic battle be- tween Burns and O'Brien, which will be pulled off in that city on the night of May 8. The fight is for the heavy weight championship of the world, Jim Jeffries having retired from the ring, and the famous Bill Squires has challenged the winner
 The returns of the fight will be taken on a special wire at the Brook hill on the night of the battle and the pugilistic mix up promises to be one of the best the West ever had. Thous- ands of Shriners, who are now in Los Angeles, will attend the fight and the receipts of the big battle already run into the thousands of dollars. Mike Holland is one of the most enthusias- tic lovers of the prize ring in the city and his presence at the ringside will give him an opportunity to Wire Pine Bluff friends the correct forecast on the outcome.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-03
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be re- ceived up to Monday, May 20, 12 o'clock noon, by the directors of school district of Pine Bluff, Arkan- sas, for the erection of brick high school building. Drawings and specifications can be seen after May 1 at the office of the Pine Bluff Trust company, Pine Bluff, Arkan- sas, or at the office of George R. Mann, architect, Little Rock.
 All proposals must be accom- companied with a certified check to the amount of $500 as an earnest of good faith, that the bidder will enter into contract with the said board of directors to build and com plete the building for the amount stated in proposal and in accord ance with the drawings and speci- fications as prepared by George R. Mann, architect.
 The board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.
 s. M. TAYLOR.
 President Board of Directors. Nj. HANF, Secretary.
 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, April 26, 1907. 1w.