The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-26


William H. Taft, <president-elect Of
the United States, is Master Mason.
The impressive ceremony which
brought him that distinction Thursday
was conducted by Charles S. Hoskin.
son, grand master of the grand lodge
of Ohio.
A decree of divorce with alimony OF
$4,000 a year and the custody Of her
son was awarded Mrs. William j.
Lemp, Jr, by Judge George Hitchcock
in the circuit court in st. Louis
. Thursday.
Eighteen young men who are stu
dents of the A. & NJ College of Texas
have stated in a signed document to
a committee Of the faculty that they
earned all of the money which they
are now spending on their college ed"
ucation; l13 say they earned part OF
what they are spending and 1913 state
that it is necessary for them to earn
money to continue at school. They find
employment at the college.
Hon. James l.. Storey Wednesday
forwarded to Gov. Campbell his resig-
nation as district attorney of the TWen-
ty-frst Judicial District, composing the
counties Of Comal Hays, Caldwell,
Fayette and Austin.
A mysterious case that has put the
police of Chicago at sea developed
Wednesday when the UNCONSCIOUS
form of Miss Ella Gindles was found
dashed to the furniture in room IN
the Wellington hotel, standard nos
telry in the heart Of the city. Wheth-
er she was the victim Of plot, as she
h. incoherently alleged in her few con-
scious moments, or chose fantastic
means to retaliate on woman whom
she believes to be her enemy, is the
question that the police are trying to
: solve -.-.,..
+ AS result of the explosion of case
e of dynamite caps Wednesday in West
y Dallas, Charles Barnes, aged 10, was
5 killed instantly and Lem Young,
Young man of same age, died an hour
j. later. The bodies of both were hor
e ribly mangled.
J. Geronimo. the noted Indian chief
! passed to the Happy Hunting Grounds
I. Wednesday at Fort Sill, where he hat
il been confined as a prisoner of war 10
a number of years. 1t is curious CO
S, Incidence that the news OF Geronimo
e death was sent from Lawton, Whlcl
e was named after the late Henry "
a awton the famous general, who as
x member of Miles command led TN
y 3OOO.mie chase that resulted IN IN
r. chief s surrender.
10 Four people were killed and thlrt!
- six injured when an |. Z. passehse
u train was wrecked at Murfrespor'
- The Tennessee legislature passe
~ the three election bills Friday, takln
the mower of election out Of the hand
o Of the governor
IN The senate of the territorial legi
ne lature in Honolulu, Saturday, table
d. the bin prohibiting aliens fishing
IS Hawaiian waters. The measure as |
ce PRODUCED would have affected most q
rectly many Japanese fishermen.
pc An organization which is uniql
81 celebrated its jubilee in London, Ems
tie Saturday. This was the Jewish boal
es of guardians, which performs VOL
ri, of the utmost magnitude, and 'impol
ance.
Four earthquake shocks We're felt
Alicante province, Spain, Saturday,
nm Over one hundred lives were lost
,d.+seyere billiards. in Southeastern III
STA.
nd Emperor Ferdinand of Bulgaria
,tyl rived at St Petersburg to attend t
ar funeral of Grand Duke Vladimir, s.
ed urday +, s..
at The suffragettes failed Thursday
I'M their attempt to present to Preml
Asauith The resolutions adopted
ro- Wednesdays meeting OF. the Wom '
or. Freedom League of London. declarl
.be for continuation of the militia
y propaganda for suffrage,
no. The Violent earthquake record
Inp Ian % at almost every scientific
the seryatory in Their world where selsr
Ia grams are installed, had its location
,ve the province of Luristan, Western t
,ce sia Sixty villages of that distr
ave were wholly or partially destroy
nw Sand the resultant loss OF life IS pia'
y.s at between 5000 and 5000.
The German minister has presen
note to the. foreign minister, stat
Ia, that though Beckert's crimes w
committed in foreign jurisdiction,
80 cording to Chilean penal laws, his
mp eminent VIII, as a token OF good
=, and friendship, cede the rights OF u
'Au 10 the Chilean government. Becker
charged with killing the legation ne
oe =, y ,,>J rnhhinp the safe.