The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-12

The Colts Of the New York Giants de
feated the Waco's and Houston was
defeated by Washington Sunday.
Scout MacReynolds of Brooklyn Fri
day filed suit for $4,000 damages
against Gov Charles n. Haskell, Or
vile I. Smith, law secretary to the
governor; John Mahoney, sheriff OF
/ Logan County. and Robert l.. Luns.
ford OF Cleveland. Ok. The suit is
brought in connection with the seiz
ure of papers from MasReynolds by
representatives Of Gov. Haskell hav.
ing to do with the governors recent
100000 suit against VIM. R. Hearst
MacReynolds was Hearst's represeu
tative.
Satsuma orange culture is to be car.
ried on in Liberty county. Texas, on
an extensive scale during the next
few years. A great many trees have
been purchased from nurseries by the
farmers and fruit growers Of Liberty
county.
Acting upon request recently made
by Rev. j. l.: Massey of the Methodist
Church of Orange, Texas, the ladies OF
that church have reached a conclusion
whereby they will remove their hats
during church service hereafter. At
a meeting of the Womens Home Mis-
sion Society Friday resolution Of
the members of that body to remove
their hats was passed.
The body Of Col l.. H. Rowan, who
came to his death Friday as result
OF injuries received in runaway near
Alvin, Texas, has been sent to Nut,
ley. y. j., where interment will take
place.
Laborers employed at the city rock
quarry near San Pedro Friday discov
cred an Indian tomb filled with skele
tons of human beings, Indian war rel
les. peculiar metal articles and a mum.
Der of spear and arrow points. The
cave is supposed to be many hun
dreds of years old.
/ Judge Hitchcock Thursday changed
the divorce decree awarded to Lillian
Handlan Lemp so as to state specific
ally that the $4,000 a year alimony
shall be paid throughout Mrs. Lemp's
life while she remains unmarried.
The execution of seven negroes in
Louisiana Friday follows the convic-
ton of six Of them for murder and
one for criminal assault upon men,
Der of his own race. A petition for
reprive for Willie Williams, con-
yicted Of the murder of another negro
in Jefferson Parish, was presented to
Acting Governor Lambremont at the
eleventh hour and denied, but the re-
quest that he might have bottle OF
wine with his last meal on earth was
granted.
Alfonso Steele and w. J. Zuber sole
survivors of San Jacnto, were given
gold medals in the legislature in Aus
tin, Texas, Thursday.
While trying to sell to Albert E..
Holm. a local jeweler of Omaha, Neb,
a necklace valued by local jewelers. at
$4,000, John D. Sclayinitis, Greek,
who calls himself Slavin, was arrest
ed Thursday by the Omaha police. The
necklace consists of single string Of
sixty-three pearls, carefully matched
and fastened with clasp set with a
diamond of unusual size. The police
had received from the New York po-
lice department description of the
necklace, which is said to have disap-
peared from the Knickerbocker hotel
in that city Nov. 6 last. Slavin says
he was employed at the Knickerbocker
hotel for thirteen months in a position
known as sidewalk man.
| A sale of 5000 bags of Japan rice
at the top prices Of the season was
made in Jefferson county Thursday.
In the Cooper trial Thursday In
Tennessee, Benning contradicts him.
: self, and Hayden gives testimony dam
aging to the defense.
, A suit for $l25,O0O, claimed as in
, jury done the Aliens in land transac-
ton was flied at Houston Thursday.
Most destructive blizzard this season
swept over the Middle Atlantic sea-
board Thursday.
: Shortly after the departure of Ar
thur Mckinney of Rockwell, Texas,
from his home for trip to Royse Fri
day. his wife went out into their farm.
yard and was seized by burly negro,
J whom she fought with all her strength,
and from whom she finally managed
to escape, but not until her clothing
!, had been torn and her throat and
!; shoulders bruised. The negro es-
, capped.
The united press of Japan joins in
eulogizing President Taft for his in
augural utterances. The leading news.