The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19
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ror, BuIlock. the 17-year-oA bandit of
laurence. Kansas, who has within the
last month twice robbed the Eudora
ctota Bank, murdered a policeman
and mortally wounded another man,
shot himself in an attempt to com
nit suicide near Eudora Friday.
Among the shipments through
.bo custom house in Laredo, Texas,
rriday were fifty carloads of calamine
from Mexico to Europe in bond. Seven
~ carloads of corn were shipped into
woxico to relieve the shortage of
bread stuffs in that country.
Fifty dollars in bills was in letter
received by Mrs. Frank H. Davis, liv-
Ink at Kewanee Ill.,, from a tramp
N whom she gave supper ten years
600 The letter is simply signed
"The Tramp" but tells that the writ
or Is now prosperous.
In a pitchfork duel in Stark county,
rDd between Clarence Bennington
and John ". Rank, farmers and neigh.
bors, Bennington received injuries
which will probably prove fatal. His
body is a mass Of wounds inflicted
bv the fork Rank welded, Rank is I'M
der arrest.
That Alaska is fertile field for far
mers is indicated by an exhibit Of its
AGRICULTURAL products now being con-
ducted in New York City. Agriculture
lists in eastern states have been at
tracted in large numbers to the dis
NAV which surpasses the farm eXhib-
It's Of an ordinary county fair.
Commander Bobt. z. Peary's life has
been insured for $4,000, the arrange
nent being made by the magazine pub
fishers who have purchased the story
of his trip to the Far North.
Harry ". Fitzpatrick, president of
the Southern Athletic Club, left New
Orleans for New York Friday repre-,
senting syndicate of local sports
men to tender BID for the Jeffries
Johnson prize fight, and is said to be
prepared to offer purse og $4,000
Fridays automobile races at Allan
ia reached their climax when Geo. IL
Robertson, driving a 60-horse-power
Fiat, lowered the American track rec
ord for 50 miles by :04:07. The pre-
vious record was held by John Aiken
who made the distance at lndianapo
lis in 44:27:2.
More than half a million dollars
a year will hereafter be distributed
among the faithful employees of the
railroads controlled by. the New YORK
Central system who have grown Ole
IN the service or who have become TN
fit for duty, according to a resolution
passed by the board Of directors Fri
day. The resolution provides for
pension fund for all employees wh'
have been il continuous service Of the
roads for ten or more years.
German Day furnished some Of tn
most impressive features of the No
Tsu-0h, and Thursday was one rount
Of pleasing incidents, beginning Will
The early morning parade, and endln!
with the grand ball at Turner hall
day filed with German-American sen
timent, German-American men and VIC
men, and German-AmeriCan lasses
while the white, red and black symbo
was to be seen every place on tn
streets of Houston.
Supt. ]. R. Nichols Of the South
western Insane Asylum of Texas SUI
mitted to Gov Campbell the eighth ar
nual report of the board of manager
and superintendent of the institution
The report recommends Improvement
at the institution which will approx
mate about 100000.
The attorneys for the State Of Mis-
sissippi have filed at Tupelo thei
amended bill in the custer suit agains
the thirty-eight fire insurance con
uanies charged with violation of tn
antitrust laws of the state, in havin
formed an alleged combination to Fl
rates and from whom penalties aggr'
eating $215,OOOOOO are asked.
The New York Stock Exchange Sc;
OF the late Edward H. Hartman ha
Oeen sold to Robert H. Loeb for SS5
OOO. Mr.. Loeb is associated with Her
teld & Stern The sale of Mr.. Harr
mans seat recalls his first start
the financial world. 1t was the pu
chase of that seat which gave hi
Ills start and out of which he mad
such a wonderful success.
John Shaw, the negro moving wage
aFlTer Of Waco who is expected to d
nom injuries in consequence of the e
piosion of niroglycerin, gave inform
tion leading to the location of the sp
where he found the bottle of fluid. fu
aef coroborating the theory that
was hidden there for future use
Is burglars, busy in Central Texas,
profitable safe cracking.