The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-24
lf Weeks EP|TOME
.,,uE OF THE MOST lMPoR-
TaNT NEWS AT HOME AMI
ABROAD.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
carefully Digested and Condensed
compilation Of Current News
nomestic and Foreign.

/ A. DuulI0I'
vas killed Friday in a railway acc'-
dent, c r1on
negro was shot and killed on the
~ street by another negro named
r rr Hart Henry's neck was broken
m Parry, a brakeman Familiarity
rr &c Mexican Pete, was killed at
r - six miles south Of Decatur,
- tho Fort Worth and Denver rail
way
Hugh Jones, negro, was hanged
- mob at Middleton, Tenn, Tues
isr, as a result of his having attempt,
a an assault on a 17-year-old white
girl.
,obu C, Witt, for more than fifteen
lore manager of the Postal Telegraph
.,mDany in Houston killed himself
rhHrsday morning by shooting himself
,.o times once in the breast and once
through the head.
Al result of a head-on-collision on
,bo IRON Mountain railroad, at st.
Iouis Tuesday, the engineer is dead,
Tho fireman has a broken leg, and
many passengers are more or less Sc
hOusly injured.
II Is not believed at the Interstate
Commerce Commission offices at
Washington that the railroads of the
s0untry will undertake any general
Increase of rates at this time, or any
fine in the near future.
The train bearing the Pennsylvania
delegation home from the Denver con-
ypntIon was attacked Sunday as it
was entering st. Louis by a gang Of
thugs, and some of the passengers
we're injured and many narrowly es-
caped being hit by flying bullets, rocks
and glass.
The largest yacht in the world
driven by motor power was launched
Friday at Charles L. Seabury & Co.'s
STEWARDS at Morris Heights, n. Y.
She Is a graceful, well built vessel OF
$50 tons yacht register, class Al, at
LlOyds III feet over all, 80 feet at
the water line, 31-foot beam, 4-foot
draught, 260 horsepower.
Wrecked on the coast of Nicaragua,
losing their life-bOats in a fight
through the surf and suffering many
hardships while making their way to
civilization, was the experience Of the
crew Of the Norwegian bark Fraden
according to Capt. N. H. Galmert and
eight Of his sailors who arrived IN
New Orleans Friday.
Thousands of Indians are congre
eating in Little Chiefs camp, two
miles west of Calumet, Okla, to at
tend the great Willow" dance
which will continue for three day:
and nights. 1t is said 5000 Indians
have already arrived at the caml
end that delegations OF visiting tribes
are coming every hour.
The great oil gusher in Tampico
Mexico, now on fire, is the third ties
well drilled in the Ceronia oil re
gion. Standard Oil experts, basins
heir figures on the depth Of the we.l
size of casing and height of flam'
gwen them by Mr.. Lineman Friday
state the well is making a minimum
Of $1,000 barrels Of crude oil ever,
Wentyfour hours.
The Rock Island shops at Shawne'
are not only putting on all Of the oil
men whom they laid off this past De
eember, but there are now fifty NOR
men OF work in the shops than Their
we're ever there before and men ar
Oelng put on every day.
Friendly relations between tn
United States and Venezuela were Ell
aely severed when the former will
arew their representatives from tina
country, Immediately followed by tn
wltndrawal of the Venezuelan charg
nom Washington.
Terrell Adcock, age 80, was foun
uead in his field, near Goldthwaite
wednesday. His death was cause
" gunshot wounds. A widow an
children survive.
Inc work of Strengthening out tn
wee Hooded portion of West Dallas
Nosressing well. Many houses hay
ueeh set again in the locations frol
which the foods washed them, an
@lething like dozen new ones ar
gong up. Some of the farmers hay
usgan replanting, and fence-building