The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-09-18

~ d lever III Tue press and BADLY
hurt.
The Chinese government has taken
is first action under the new regula
ions in intlicting punishment for the
sale Of opium.
Shortly before noon Saturday Chas.
R. Parsel, a plumber Of Little Rock,
shot and killed his partner in bust,
ness, L. S. Gutenberg.
Tuesday, at Mckinney, Mrs. T. C.
Jarvis and her 12year-old brother
were attacked by negro woman and
both were terribly beaten.
The st. Vincent, the largest and
heaviest battleship ever built for the
British navy, was launched successful
ly at Portsmouth, Thursday.
Two new State hanks and one Ma.
tional converting to State bank We're
given charters by the Secretary OF
State of Oklahoma, Wednesday.
The wool house of the Armour
Packing Company, of Chicago, was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday night, the dam
age being estimated at 100000.
Lawson Patton, a negro, who Tues.
day, killed Mrs. NJ. Mcmillan, a white
woman, at Oxford, Miss, was taken
from the Jail by mob and hanged.
According to Frank Morrison, secre.
tary of the American Federation OF
Labor, the unions Of America today
have a greater membership than ever
before.
Unless prevented by New -ork au.
thorities, Harry Thaw viii come to
Pittsburg Friday to be examined by
creditors in the proceedings in bank
ruptcy.
Orville Wright continues to break
records with his aeroplane in the Fort
Meyer reservation tests with the non.
chalance Of a man doing his daily
routine.
Will Cannon, aged % years, was run
over and fatally injured by an auto,
mobile Saturday at Beaumont. The in.
jured man was taken to a hospital
where he died.
The British bark Simla of Liverpool,
loaded with coal, took fire in port Fri.
day night, and having fought the
flames all night, her captain and crew
abandoned her.
Two persons were killed and many
are believed to have been injured in
a rear-end collision of two elevated
trains at Mytle avenue, Brooklyn, Fri
day afternoon.
Governor Campbell will probably ar
range for a weeks rest as sooa as it
can be conveniently taken. He has
been suffering from a severe cold that
settled in his throat.
Judge J. G. Lowe of Ell Paso dropped
dead while engaged in Masonic work
Friday night at Piedmont, Okla. Lowe
was a native of Rush County, Indiana,
and was born in 1916.
Information was received at the
Santa Fe office in Temple of the &C
cidental death of Mike E. Dooley,
Santa Fee conductor, which occurred
Friday at Brennan.
Nearly s6oOOO,0OO has been spent In
New York for subway construction
according to figures sent to the depart
ment of taxes and assessment by the
Public Service Commission.
Capt. S. J. Wright of Paris has re
ceived a shipment of well-boring ma
chinery and has engaged expert drill
lers to prospect for oil on his farm
at the mouth of the Kiamitia.
Thomas Murray, the Oldest engl
neer in service on the Frisco, die
; at Springfield, Mo-, Sunday. When tn
Frisco was built into Springfield n
, had charge of the work train hauling
gravel and ties for construction OF tn
road from Rolla to Springfield, NOR
than 40 years ago.
In an affray Saturday night in tn
/ drug store of DR.. James A. Walkul
: Fort Worth, DR.. Walkup received
| knife wound in the back, just belo'
: the left shoulder blade, about fiv
. inches long.
:. Jim Dozier, fireman at the Cors
4 cara Cotton OIL Mill is in a seriol
|. condition as the result of burns r.
!, ceiveo Friday morning. When b
|, started his oil burner under the boile
n the blaze flashed over him, severel
r burning his face, neck, chest and on
| NJ his hands