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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
Attempts t. XIII Her Mother

Laporte, Ind. - Mrs. Hattie Belle
Teeter, who was recently ad.
judged insane, became possessed of
the idea that she was called to kin
her mother, and under this deIusion
maze murderous assault on the
aged woman, crushing her skull and
lnhicting injuries that will probably
prove fatal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
SHOOTING SPLITS IOWA TOWN.
Leeds All Torn Up Over Right of Man
to Protect Melon Patch.

Sioux City, Iowa-The suburb of
Leeds is excited over the shotting
OF Roy Eolt, fourteen-year-old
boy, by Thomas R. Chubb, who was
protecting his melon patch with a.
gun. The town is divided into two
bitter factions, one of which seeks
to send the boy to the reform school
and the other demands that Chubh be
sent to the penitentiary. While mass
meetings are being held by both lac,
lions the victim of the shooting lies
in a hospital in critical condition..
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27

After all, it was not shocked mod.
esty on the part of King Edward that
led him to leave the, theater at
Marienbad in huff. In fact, it wasn't
the naughty song at all that offended
him, but another which seemed to
show disrespect to a local abbot who
had been his host at a recent dinner
Thus is another beautiful vision of
virtuous royalty destroyed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
Stole Photograph from Queen.

Copenhagen, Denmark-On search.
ing the house of telephone work.
man who had been found guilty Of
theft the police found, among other
things, framed photograph of King
Christian, inscribed to Queen Alex.
andra. The man admits having stolen
1t while working on board the royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, during the
queens visit to Copenhagen.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
ktdnaper Kills Himself.

Norfolk Va.-Rather than spend
twenty years in the North Carolina
penitentiary for kidnapping, Joshua
Harrison took his own life in the
New Gladstone hotel here. Harrison
was convicted in Elizabeth City, N,
C.' IN February, 1905, for kidnaping
Kenneth Beasley. young son of State
senator Beasley of Williamstown
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
Maxim Gorky Reported Married

New York, N. Y.-That Maxim
Gorky and Nine. Andrieva. the WON.
an who accompanied him on his trim
to America, are now married, is the
news brought by Harold MacCrath.
the author, who arrived on the steam.
er Finland. DR.. MacGrath has his
wife spent the summer on the island
OF Capri, near where Gorky now Ives.
and he states positively that the mar.
riage has taken place.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
Lost Woman Found

81 Louis, Mo.-lndians and vet
efan guides of the Grand Canon ~ tho
Colorado found and rescued Mrs
Cnas' +. Joy, wife Of the recordor
OF deeds of st. Louis, after She haa
wandered for a day and a night in ,he
forest skirting the rim of Arizona,e
great chasm. "ond
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27

Chicago, lll.--An electrical storm
swept over Chicago early Wednes.
day and left a trail of demolished
buildings. Telegraph and telephone
wires were Frustrated and the police
and fire alarm systems temporarily
put out of business.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
Carrie Nation "DisorderIvD

washington, d. c. Mrs. Carrie
Nation was arrested and locked I'D to
answer to the charge in the police
court OF "disorderly conduct Mrs.
Nation refused, when requested by an
oincer, to stop lecturing to 200 men
from the steps of the postoffice de.
partment.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
$4,000 Fire at ErankIlnton.

Franklinton, La: Fire destroyed the
the mercantile establishment of NJ. NJ.
Magee and the residence of Gordon W.
Goodbee here Saturday morning at l
o'clock. Magee's entire stock of goods
was totally destroyed. All of Good
bees household goods were saved.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
Japs Spying on Russia.

81. petersburg, Russia.-A dispatch
70 the Bourse Gazette from Vladivo.
stok' published Friday, announced that
TWO Japanese officers in disguise have
oeen arrested at Sedanka for spying
on Russian troops which were en-,
gagged In maneuvers in that vicinity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
Child IL Fatally Hurt hv Bali

81 traverse City. Mich.-selma, 2.vear.
ora daughter of Mr.. and Mrs 90 a
Vmssnes, sutton's Bay, was fatally
hur' by bull. One eye was porod
out and the child was internaII IN in.
lured' The animal was kept in ,ha
yard where the child PLAYED INC
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
RequisItion for ALLEGED RanaI..

Lincoln. Neb.-County Attorney TYR.
reli has secured a requisition for
the three alleged railway bandits
arrested at Sioux City, la. They gave
u names as j. B. Bailey, J. viii.
mans and N. M. Hubbell. They are
accused OF robbing passengers of the
ROCK Island limited near Murdoch sew.
eral weeks ago.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
WeII-known Composer ma.

Milwaukee, Wis. - Odin Iois pon
nlng' a well known pianist and
composer, who composed the Corona.
ton Ode to King Haakon of NORWAY
died at Knowlton hospital. Mr.. Rem
ming was rs years old,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
Morgan Denies Union Pacific Purchas.

New York, N. Y.-J. P. Morgan
authorized a denial that he or the
banking house of ]. P. Morgan G Co.
mas taken over 100000 shares OF
Union Pacific railroad stock from
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., supposed to be
owned by Henry H. Rogers of the
Standard Oh Co,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
GETS $4,000 FROM scHMITz,
Lawyer Says That's the Reason He
Defended Frisco Mayor.

San Francisco, Cal.-Eugene F.
Schmitz, San Franciscos convicted
mayor, paid j. c. Campbell, attorney
for him at his recent trial, $4,000.
The quoting of these figures is the
answer that Mr.. Campbell made to a
sensitive friend as to why he ever let
himself get into such a case as the
defense of Schmitz.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27

That rich New York young woman
who has discarded stockings and other
articles of apparel which she deems
snperfuous probably will make some
concessions to the Gotham climate
little later in the year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
Rules Indians May Cut Own Tlmb,r

"SJ WI SWH IlmDoTs
Milwaukee, Observation-Disclosures
against forty members of the Stock.
bridge tribe of Indians, charged with
cutting reservation timber, were
nolled by Judge Quarles in the United
States court 1t has been held that
the cutting of standing timber from
reservation lands by Indians belonging
10 tribes which own such lands 10
not violation of law.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
Fire Puts Ohio Town - D..

Marysville, Ohio.-The town.h;n
ana ODD Fellows hall, the resi-.
aenee OF DR.. John ]. McClowd and his
barn at Boardway were DESTROYED nv
hre. The loss will be $4,000. The
entire town was for time Threatened
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
Judge David MecuIlocb Dead

Peoria, lll.-Judge David McCul.
loch, 81 years old, a member of the
Peoria bar, died here. Judge McCul.
ioch was member of the Illinois
historical society.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27

That New York wife who is going to
allow her husband to get divorce be.
cause he loves another woman may
figure that the neatest way to get re.
venge is to let the other woman have
hsn
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
woman Ia Stran1Isa

~ onlcago' lll.-Lillian White Grant
~ years old, kindergarten teacber ~
me pubic schools and a University
settlement worker, was found stran.
gied to death in bed ' an
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-27
River Steamer Burned.

new Orleans, Lathe Missis.
slppi river steamer La Fourche wsa
burned to the waters edge Friday, Is
miles above New Orleans. The cargo
OF 1,ooo sacks OF rice was destroyed. i
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ROCKEFELLER REUNION.
Third Annual Dinner of Family As
ISOLATION in New York

NEW YORK. October 26.-The Rock,
Teller family association had its third
annual dinner at Breton Hall Thurslay
night, with about a hundred members
from all parts Of the country present.
The nearest kin of the great olief of
the clan at the banquet was Mrs. Car
RE Bradley of Phelps, N. y, a cousin
of John d. Rockefeller.
Aaron r. Lewis, a distant relative
having spent some time delving
into the family genaiogy, has found
that the Rockefellers originated in the
south of France, the name being origi-
nally RoQuefeuille. Many Of them, even
In the fifteenth century, were financial
men, being gold and silver smiths, and
issuing coins of their own with their
name stamped upon them. There is a
Baron Roquefeuille still living at
Rennes who admits the relationship.
The revocation of the edict of Nantes
drove most of the family, who were
Huguenots. into Germany. The name
then became Rockefeller, and so con-
tinued Mr.. Lewis said that the center
of the south German Rockefeliefs was
in the village of Saarn, where he found
Simeon and Christian Rockefeller run
ming the old water mill of the town, as
their fathers had done for 20 years.
Undoubtedly we are kinsmen Of the
American millionaire" said Simeon 10
Mr. Lewis.
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Knitting Mills in Receivers Hands

PHILADELPHIA. October eth
pennsylvania Knitting Mills. of Reading
Ia. manufacturers of hosiery a Heinz
company utilization. against whom a rel
lion in bankruptcy was filed Thursday
hdd receivers appointed for il yesterday
10y Judge Mcpherson in the United State.
district court The receivers are Jaco,
Bauer and George w. Chaplin. both ~:
this city The cause of the concern
embarrassment is laid TO the present un-
settIed hnanc:a situation, and by attach
ments So ured by creditors in the New
York courts. The liabilities are placed
a. about SGn0.nn. and the assets AZ 500
U"- ne receivers are granted leave by
at court 10 operate the m Is for a period
"f thr'" weeks and at the end OF that
tine 10 report to thu court whether a
cont Huauc" Of tn. business would h
profitable There are ~ persons en-
I"yed at the plant at Reading. The
fatalities inclJde so 900 in merchan iise
claims and Si"1,co0 in stock and bonds o
NJ concern which are con. rol ed by
Ite-n~e and also a cash ioan OF $50 O,tI
advanced by the IIeinze people
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will see the sun rise with the little black
disk of the planet already halfway across
it's face. while 10 those farther west stu
Iess of the transit will lie visible. If a
straig line is drawn from the northeast
corner of North Dakota to the southeast
corner of Arizona, observers on the west
of this Inc Will no. see the transit at all.
because it will be over before the sun rise S
to them.
At sunrise in thee eastern states the
planet will be seen at A, Fig. 3; it will
move along the path d G, reaching the
position X at S:41 IL. eastern time; the
final contact at C will occur at S:49:5S.
The planet is so minute that a. small tele-
scope is required for observing this tran
sit
The times just given and TIE position of
the path D change slightly when the
transit is viewed from different positions
on the earth. From these slight changes
tie stance from the earth to the sun in
miles can be computed when the size of
the earth is known. 1ranstS of Venus
were formerly used for this purpose, but
more accurate methods are now availa BILE.
Careful studies of transitS are of great
value, however, to determine planet s
motion with accuracy, and from them 1t
has also been ascertained that the length
of the day the unit of time in all meas
ures. has not perceptibly changed.
The next transit Of .nercury Will occur
November Z. 1914; a transit of Venus will
not occur until June s, 1904.
Figure shows the true motions of the
three inner planets about the sun. On
September IA Venus was al and the
earth at X, SO that on that date Venus
appeared to pass behind the sun and be-
come an evening star. On November ]
the respective planets are at E, and on
November I at c, that then Mercury
and Venus appear to be in one straigh
line when viewed from the earth. On
November ii Mercury is at d and the
earth at l., while on November 30 the
planets are Z. Venue then being an even
ing and Mercury a morning star.
The November Shooting Stars.
The great shower of Leonids may be
looked for after mIdn ght from the 14th
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SKIES IN NOVEMBER
Heavens Next Month Will Be
Unusually Brilliant.
BRIGHT WINTER GROUPS
Taurus, Orion and Gemini Already
High Up in East.
ROYAL STAR GUARDS SOUTH
Affair, of Ill-Omen, Hangs in the
West Near Little Group of
the Dolphin.

mere glance at the heavens III the
arly evening will show the obs arver that
the sky is more brilliant with stars than
il has been for many months. The beau
tiful Milky Way is still with us and the
br ght winter groups. Taurus, Orion and
Gemini, are so high up in the east that
already that part o. the sky prs ,nts a
marked contrast to the southern and
western portions, where the last of the
faint summer considerations still linger.
The Royal Star. Fonalhaut. to the Per
slams one of the four guardians of heaven,
hines out in the south; Altar, ill-om ened
n astrology and supposed u portend dan
ger from reptiles. is in the west, while
nearby is the curious little group of the
Dolphin, popularity known as Jobs Cot
fin. which was believed TO have special
Influence over the births and character Of
human beings. Above the Dolphin IS the
beautiful Northern Cross, which is now
IN an almost upright position. The star
of this constellation at B, Fig. I. is one
of the most beautiful double stars OF the
'ntire heavens. The bright star | ; go d II,
and its companion is blue: both can be
easily seen with a good field glass. At
the point A Is tn" vacant space in the
Milky Way known as the Northern Coal
sack
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November L. at F, November -; at G,
November 30 to %; at II, November II to
%, and at K, November Is to Decembe
l.. The meteOrs from E. +. G and X are
bright and move slowly; those from IL
form a conspicuous shower. move very
slowly and leave luminous trails behind
them. 1t is probable that nearly ev Try
shooting star which the observer may see
during this month will belong to one OF
these showers. Careful observations Of
the appearance of these and of their
paths are OF much value to us in learning
something of the nature of these strange
streams of particles with which our earth
periodically collides.
OSCILLATIONS.
Observers In the western part of The
United States may observe an occultation
of the planet Uranus by the moon on No
vember o. The planet will disappear be-
hind the dark edge of the crescent moon
at D, Fig ), at 4:37 pm. eastern time.
and reappear at r, one hour later Sim
iIarIy the moon will occult the star at NJ
Fig. /. on November p, at 9:51 pm. and
the star at c on November % at $50 D. m.
These two OSCILLATIONS will each last
slightly more than one hour and will be
visible generally throughout the eastern
states.
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Blanche Ring Injured.

NEW YORK, October 26-Blanche Ring
shot herself in the right hand and faint
ed from the pain on the stage of the Ca
sino last night in the performance OF
THE Gay White Way" 1t was in the
second act, where she uses a siX-cham-
bered revolver with blank cartridges to
shoot at the rope which binds Jefferson
De Angels In the burlesque sawmill scene
from Blue Jeans" that her foretinger
caught in the trigger while the cartridge
exploded, burning and tearing her hand
until she screamed and ran toward the
wings. fainting before Stage Manager
Burnside could catch her.
Mr. De Angels finished the scene with
out her. and Miss Ring did not appear
again until the tIlrd act. when she went
through her part with her hand in ban
dages.
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Nineteen Bridal Couples Aboard.

NEW YORK. October 26.-Nineteen
bridal couples returned from their honey
moons Thursday on the Bermudian from
Bermuda. This is "a favorite "Trip for
newly-weds, owing 10 the climate OF the
Lily Isle" and also the short time re
CURED TO make the tour Of the 3d5 little
islands of the group. The Bermudian IS
known as the bridal boat
They came from all parts Of ;he coun-
try. and included Mr.. and Mrs. II. Z
Trainer of Portland, Me; Mr.. and MIS-
r J. Small of ST. Louis, Mr.. and Mrs
J. F. Braton of Milwaukee and NJ. and
Mrs. Harry Jennings of Chicago.
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Bullet Hits Editor.

NEW YORK, October 26-Alanagioa,
Editor Theodore S. Weeks of the Long
Island Daily Star was struck in the bacx
~ bullet as he entered the Stars
Office. No. Il Borden avenue. Yesterday
morning No cJwardly assassin had tried
20 end AIR Weeks useful existence Po-
.'"e:nan John Mdugin mercifully shot at
cat which trolley car MANNED. The
bullet passed through the poor eats body
and ended its misery. Then the bullet
struck d ston-. was DETECTED and hi; Mr..
Weeks.
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Armed Men Held Up a Freight.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Octobor -t-
Three arm d men Thursday night held up
a freight train within five miles of this
city. wounded one OF the train crew. rob-
bed them of $50 and two watches, and
made their escape.
The train WAS a suburban freight bound
for New Alhambra. 1t Is believed the
robbers boarded II before il started from
the wards The engineers. nremen ami
head brakemen were in the cab when
their assailants climbed over the box cars
and covered them with revoivers ana
ordered them to throw up their hands.
Near Dolgevi!le the engineer was orderei
to slow down and the men. one after an
other jumped from the engine and dis
appeared in the darkness.
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SUICIDE OF A BOY.
Week of Toothache Believed to Have
Been the Cause.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, October &c -
loot hache continuing a week is believed
to have led William II. Kurz, a sixteen
year-old boy of this city. to commit suicide
by hanging in his room Thursday night.
Hoping to distract his mind from the ex
cruciating pain. his elder sister Mary had
intended taking him to theater. William
went upstairs to dress, an when has Sis
ter went to the second floor to tell him 10
hurry she found his body swinging from
his room door.
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to investigate anything done. or admitted
to be done or any complaint from any
person aggrieved, and 1t is required 10
investigate the cause of all accidents of
which the common carrier must give I'M
mediate notice 1t has the power to order
changes in tracks switches. terminal IA
cilities, motive power, equipment and any
other property or means of transporta-
ton of passengers or of freight; 1t has
the power to order changes in tain sched-
uleS and to determine whether the serv-
ice is sufficient and to increase the serv-
ice when it is found insufficient. Before
any such order is issued, however. notice
shall be served upon the corporation in
terested, which Is given thirty days to
make explanation. remonstrance or othe-
reply. and. In case of objection, the cor
poration is entitled to a full and fair
hearing.
franchises whenever they are deemed
necessary or convenient to the public
service. But no corporation shall here
after acquire or transfer in any manner
any franchise unless authorized to do So
Nor can any railroad or street railroad
corporation issue stocks, bonds or other
forms of Indebtedness without its ap-
prevail.
Similar provisions apply to gas and
electric lighting companies.
Court Proceedings Authorized.
Summary proceedings are authorized In
the courts whenever the commission shall
deem necessary, and the penalties and for
FIXTURES imposed by the commission shall
be enforced by the supreme court of the
state. Any common carrier which neg
lects to observe the orders of the COM
missions shall forfeit to the people OF
the state of New York not to exceed the
sum of Sc, 600 for each and every offense,
and in case of a continuing violation,
every days continuance thereof shall
be deemed separate and distinct Of
Tense Individual officials may be pun
ished for failure to obey the orders of the
commission by both fine and imprison-
ment.
The commissioners are appointed by the
governor and confirmed bx the senate, for
term of five years; their salaries are
49, 600 a year. Each commission is au-
thorized to appoint a legal counsel with
a salary of $4,000, a secretary with a
salary Of 5000, an dother clerical and
expert assistants at such compensation
as the commissioners shall determine. All
the proceedings of the commission shall
be public records, to be reported to the
| legislature of the state. Five hundred
copies of each report shall be printed
for the information of the public.
1t will thus be seen that state regula-
ton is carried to greater extreme than
has ever been attempted before, and that
the law Is based upon the theory of the
right of the people to know and to con-
troll every act of a public corporation. All
corporations interested have cheerfully
submitted to It.
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Secures japanese Rail Contract.

tIrTSBURG. October Ga contract
'ur steel rails amounting to 1900 tons
- said 10 have been closed between the
nited States Steel Corporation and the
IMP rial railway Of Japan. The rails are
% lie of the standard -ection kind, sew
"nty-iwo to ninety pounds and are 10 be
delivered at Yokohama. The price is re-
ported To be $50 ton. IL IS understood
that within the next few weeks additional
orders Of 10000 TO 10000 tons will also be
awarded to the steel corporation
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The Planets

A study of the motion % the planets
during November is OF great Interest. All
If these are now east OF the sun. and
ach of them is visible at some time dur
ng the month. First. and most favorably
situated for obseryati IN is the planet
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Fig. 3-Mofion of Mercury across the
sun, November II. Mt sunrise.
EAST HORIZON.

Saturn y,b;cb 10 no,, Itch ~ T.; ,ho
south lust below the Great S1uare of
Pegasus. The rings are invisible but this
aHords an unusual opportunity TO observe
eiie laiii' anu cIiai!sIIs MAJ hinss On the
TI,ftar ,ba brigh+ast 49, 80 u J..
lust beyond the borders Of our man but
IL will be seen in the constella ton Cancer,
well up from the ground In the northeast
~" a . iiiiuiiis nt. 10 'Ie we. Oh Jupiter
in Geu,ini AZ T. Vic naarl, ,,,,d T,u
between the stars c and ID. Mars. which
9 low down in the southwest is moving
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to tn, 10th of the month. Every few
minutes a swiftly moving blush meteor
will be seen to dart out from tn, con-
stellatiOn Leo in thu northeast and move
across the sky. leaving a faint, luminous
streak behind it. But beside this there
are five other well-marked showers during
the month. The points from which these
appear to come are marked E to on
Figure l. The dates on which these
showers will occur az as fol- At E
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Emperor William, after the performance
of Aida" at Berlin, conferred on Enrieo
Ceruso the Order OF the Crown OF Prus-
sid, personally renting to him Its en-
sign,
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