The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-07-12


Jack Horton. a civil enoinoor m
Une Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail.
way had his leg cut eff Wednesday
evening while attempting to board a
train at Caddo, /. T.
Almost the entire village of North
Lawrence, N. Y, was DESTROYED b,.
hre Friday. Two hotels, ten stores
ana several factories and private
dwellings were burned.
A recent telegram says that James
X. Garfield, Secretary Of the Interior
will visit Carlsbad, N. NJ. August 20,
Mr. Garfield will inspect the govern.
ment irrigation project.
James B. Duke, the wealthy head of
the American Tobacco Company, is to
be married to Mrs. William Inman, a
well known society woman of Atlanta,
Ga, the last week in July.
A Mr.. Mckay living on a farm near
Terrell, was shocked by a bolt of
lightning, which passed on and killed
a hen and chickens sitting under the
house.
q recent volcanic eruption threw up
a temporary dam in the valley of Val
iVia, in Chile, which, suddenly break,
ing, destroyed many lives and much
valuable property.
At a recent meeting tor the purpose
of discussing the proposed road from
Waco to Brentwood $4,000, the
amount of stock Hamilton was asked
to subscribe was raised.
Fire destroyed the main building OF
the Toasted Corn Flake Company's
plant at Battle Creek, Mich, causing
a loss of $4,000. Three fremen were
injured and George Ford, a lineman,
was killed by live wire.
Forest fires have been raging in
the ella reserve near Silver City, N.
NJ. Thousands of acres of timber have
been burned. There is no water avail
able and rangers fought the flames
with back fires.
Theresa Goodman, aged seven, died
Thursday night in Chicago of convul.
sions caused by a Fourth of July ex-
plosion. She was in a weakened con-
dition as a result of dyphtherio from
which she was recovering.
The report of the customs authOri-
ties for the fiscal year ending June
80, shows a gain in the valuation of
imports of previous stones at New
York, the total for the twelve months
approximating Sal, 100000.
Distressed by the noises of the
Fourth of July celebration, Mrs. 10.
hanna Everett, widow, hanged her.
self from a bedpost in her home in
Jersey City. Her body was found ear
ly Friday morning.
]. R. Maddox, a deputy marshal,
was shot and killed Friday morning
and DR.. Sapper, also a deputy, was
shot and MORALLY wounded at a place
near Forum, l. T. The officers at
tempted to raid cider joint, when
general fight started, with the re-
suits stated.
In st. Louis, Mo-, as result of a
quarrel over seventy-fiEe cents, Ig'
natius Kurilla was shot deaa, Steve
Dubinsk was shot twice through the
abdomen and will probably die, and
Andy Hunyea was arrested on
charge of having done the shooting.
Another veteran is dead at the Con
federate Home. John B. Armstrong,
who served in the Eighteenth Texas
Infantry. Deceased was born in Geor.
gia in 1915, and came to Texas III
1S4S.
Tucumcari, New Mexico, was visit
ed by a cyclone late Thursday which
destroyed number of buildings, and
injured Mrs. Ed Miller and daughter
so seriously that they may die.
An official statement estimates the
population of Argentina at 100000.
The Farmers Union has asked for
a lower rate on round bales of cot
ton.
Grover Cleveland, who has been i'll
for the last three weeks, has SO far
recovered as to be about the house.
The Farmers Union cotton school