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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
LOUISIANA EVENTS
I+ams Of Interest Gathered From All
Sections OF the State.

R.+urned From Trip Around Wor'o'
Ration Rouge. - After tra'ei'ne
around the world with the American
battleship fleet. Isaac StaEns, son "a
Burlin Starns, has returned 10 hl'
home In Baton Rouge, bringing WIN
him a number of rich stories OF 'he
great world cruise and great coilee,
ton of coins, curios and souvenirs Va
the different ports of the glooe. W.
Starns entered the navy at New VI
leans May 4, 1907. He enlisted vi
the United States ship Wasp. he was
sent to the training station at No'
folly and after tw0-months' stay
there was assigned to the batlesh'p
Maine, and after three-montns stay
on this battleship was transferred "
the B.oklyn Navy Yard Hospital
From the hospital Mr.. Starns wen. ~
the United States ship Hancock ou'
after few DAYS stay on the Han
cock he was anxious to make Wy
70 Panama and the cruise arouhu Wv
world, and secured a transfer 10 'he
Culgoa, one of the supply ships OF 'ht
navy, On the Culgoa ne first wen
10 Panama, and after inspecting Tie
works there returned to New 1olh
From New York the ship sailed lie
cember 10, in advance of the hee'' u
its globe-encircling tour.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
ceoroIan,s Catch Of 500 Fish.

The largest catch of fish yet record
ed is that which is reported here to
have been made by Sid Phelan, Jr. OF
Atlanta on his fathers plantation near
here recently when 500 fish were
caught at one time.
The Phelan plantation Is located on
the Flint river, and there are a num-
Der of pools nearby caused from the
recent heavy rains and rapid rise OF
the river. The other day Mr.. Phelan
saw what appeared to be a school OF
fish in one of these ponds. He exam
ined and found that this was true and
that the fish were being herded, as
Il were, by a large snake, which was
swimming around them. He got a
bucket and let it down into the pond
where they were the thickest and
when he pulled it up the bucket was
full of fish. There were over 500,
each about an inch or 80 long.-Rob'
erta Correspondence, Atlantic Constl'
tuition.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Truck Growing at Breaux Bridge.

Breaux Observation-Disclosures the
many different varieties of sweet pota
toes grown here, the Truck Growers
Association, to place their produe
properly before all epicures, orders
from another state several THOUSAND
plants of special growth. This mod
they propose pursuing in all instance
until they reach the acme of perfes
ton in their many vegetable pro-
ucts, thereby securing and GROWN
the most popular marketables. whie
is a guarantee of most profitable y
suits.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
RAYMOND Thomason is Acquitted

Observation-Disclosures prelirs
nary hearing which lasted seven
hours, Judge Murff released RaymNS
Tbomason, son of wealthy lumbts
man and merchant Of Vivian, who u
Gently caused the death Of Thoh,l
Furnish, a we'll known Vivian citizs'
bv striking the latter with his ID
and causing him to hit the floor d
tally. T. NJ. Williams, brother-inla,
of the deceased, had witnesses wi
tried to give the impression that n
Miss was struck with Ratchet, b
several physicians testified that deat
was apparently due to the tall. Tho
ason said he struck FurnSS becau
the latter stole some goods, and VIII
accused cursed him. Judge Mu
held Thomason justified in ASSAULT
Furniss and that there was no grou
for a. charge of murder or m;
slaughter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Two Are Charged With Perjury.

Amite City-Ed and Dan Thoma
son were brought to Amite City Nk
Sheriff Saal and lodged In Jail on The
charge of perjury growing out of their
alibi testimony in the recent trial oil
Alden Lagrue, convicted of the murE
der of Hennen Morris aged game
keeper, C. L. Jordan, in February OF
this year. The sheriff declared that
the practice of perjured testimony
should not be longer to',rated, and
that he was going to do everything u
his power during the incumbency d
his office to bring the accused to jus
tice.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
4 GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE
Az Science Advances There May De
veIoP New Field for Energy
of Detectives.

John E. Wilkie, chief Of the secret
service, gets many letters from men
and boys who desire to become
sleuths and who have no hesitancy III
stating their qualifications.
Most Of them" said Wilkie, re-
mind me of the two men who were
talking about their occupation. one
said he was a detective.
"a detective?' said the other. 'Ha!
I will give you problem. A cottage
in a lonely wood. A miser IN II
counting his gold. A man comes
along, goes in, hits the miser over
the head with a club, kills him and
gets the gold. Then he goes through
the wood to clearing, takes his au-
tomobile and gets away. How would
you catch him?
""Thats easy said the other. l
would follow his tracks to the clear
ing and put my bloodhounds on his
trail
But said the other, listen: Same
miser, same wood, same man, same
gold. He kills him and goes through
the wood to the clearing. There he
takes his airship. How would you
catch him? Hal
Its simpler than the other re
piled the detective. I would follow
his tracks to the clearing. Then
would put my bloodpigeons on nj!
trail. saturday Evening Post
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Government seizes a stradivarius.

The leader of an orchestra in an
uptown hotel and a member of a
band aboard French line steamship
overlooked little item in their eff
forts to make two commission out Of
an opportunity to sell in New York
a violin marked "Stradivarius, 1725."
Of this little item the customs Of
ficers became aware on learning that
"Strad' worth probably $4,000 was
for sale in this city. 1t is now in the
seizure room at the custom house,
while the two men, who freely con-
fessed that they had brought it in and
had completely forgotten that there
was a duty on old violins, are al.
lowed the city's freedom on their own
recognizances. The Strad will prob
ably be auctioned off by the govern
ment.-New York Evening Sun.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Fined For Selling intoxicating Liquids

Fined FOR SciiiHS iHlo\iSoe''S .'SN
Lake Charles.-In the district court
here H. F. Childs and Paul Cook, bus
mess men of De Ridder, were hned
$500 and cost each for selling So
called soft drink, which had guar
antee that it was not intoxicating
printed on the label, but was shown
bv the evidence in their cases to have
made men drunk. In passing sentence
Judge Overton said that while in
some other states the fact whether
drink is intoxicating or not is estab-
lished by chemical analysis, and a
liuuor that contains less than GER
tain percent of alcohol is deemed non
intoxicating, no such law exists IN
Louisiana, and this court will not be
guided by any guarantee or certlti-
cate of analysis or any other test
than the simple and Straightforward
one whether the liquor sold has an
intoxicating effect. This being the
first case of this kind, the judge omit
ted the Imprisonment part of the sen
tence, but said it would be inflicted
hereafter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Microbes in schoolrooms.

In the course of a report on the
disinfection of school rooms w. H.
Marsh, an English science teacher, as
serts that tests made of samples of
school room dust showed the number
of heterogeneous therein to be from
so 600. 900 to 100000 an ounce. On
some days as much as one and one
quarters pounds of dust was swept
from a room 400 square feet in
area, which, on the basis of the fig
ures quoted would yield from 1,0OO,-
100000 to 1.600,00O,OOs miero-organ-
ismS.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
LOUISIANA NEWS IN BRIEF.

The city of Baton Rouge lost ~
suit for $1,000 against the Louisiana
Improvement Company in connectioi
with a paving contract.
Trial of Father Holtgreye on TIL
charge of criminal libel began y
Plaquemine, and was marked by som
very tart testimony.
Jerusalem Temple, Mystic Shrins
bought property at New Orleans an
will erect 100000 building before 10
perial council session. 4
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
pleads Guilty to Train Wrecking.

Baton Rouge.-Tom Dickey has 81
tered a plea of guilty to the charaE
of v.ecking a train of the Louisias5
Railway and Navigation CompanE
and was given 20 years in the stat
peniteptiary by Judge Brunot. DtckiI
made a full confession. Two month
ago Dickey was arrested with LOU
jackson, charged with placing croi
tie on the rails near Irene. In II
confession Dickey admitted puttil
the tie on the rails, but said that !
did not do it with the intention
wrecking the train. He simply war
ed to see if he could pick up the II
After he had picked it up some OF
called him, and he dropped it, Il
tie falling on the track. He intend
to 20 back and take it off the trae
but forgot. He said that Jackson hi
nothing to do with the matter, al
the latter was released.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Statues for GIadstone's Home.

The figure of Aristotle by the emf
nent sculptor, G. Walker, has recently
been placed In the niche prepared for
1t outside the south wall of the resi-
dence. It Is the gift of Dean Lincoln
and Mrs. Wickham. The four inches
outside st. Deiniols are intended for
the figures of those four great men
who were regarded by Mr.. Gladstone
as his chief masters-Aristotle, St.
Augustine, Dante and Bishop Butler.
Three are now in position, all of them
the work of Mr.. Walker. 1t only re-
mains for that of Bishop Butler to be
given to complete the set.-Hawarden
Parish Magazine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Is a Philanthropist.

Mrs. James A. Patten, wife of the
wheat manipulation, is a woman of
the most practical kind, believing
that struggling genius will achieve
all the more readily If it has the help
of money. She has assisted more
than one struggling musician and on
the day that her husband was most
worried recently with his wheat deals
she took him in the automobile to the
police court, where he signed the
bond of a boy accused q some crime.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
The Story That Wins the Prize.

Baton Rouge-Jealous of Baton
Rouge because this city has raised
bull frog that devoured chickens, West
Baton Rouge parish now comes for
ward with story that wins the prize.
1t is not the story of nature taker,
but a plain recital by we'll known
farmer of what happened one morn
ing during the storm. Joe Rummel
tells the story. He lives at Wilberts,
across the river. He says that during
the storm hailstones killed squirrels
in the trees, and that number of ne.
groes went out under the trees after
the blow was over and picked up the
squirrels.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Proposes to Establish Box FactoT

Breaux Bridge.-A gentleman visit
ed Breaux Bridge recently in the hi
terest of establishing a box factoTI
He proposes, if proper inducemenh
are offered, to erect factory whla
will accommodate the vegetable ot
put of this section, necessitating dE
ferent ways o. packing than that til
lowed in the consigning of Irish AM
sweet potatoes, onions and cabbage
Now that this place is an establisha
vegetable shipping point and will D
crease a thousand fold in the next tw
seasons. the move will probably y
profitably contaminated, especially
all kind of woods are within easy a
cess.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
For Woman SUFFRAGE,

w. D. Howells, Booth Harrington,
Elizabeth Robins, Agnes Laut, Mark
Twain, James Lane Allen, Charles
Battell LOOMS, Ernest Seton Thomp.
son, Jesse Lynch Williams and hun.
dreds of others, well.known writer's,
are on the list called the writer's" list
of those asking for woman suffrage
Most of the writer's said that they
had already signed other lists, but
were only too glad to sign their
names to the ,writers' list.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Contract For New Canning Factory

Contract Fur NC" So'''"''3
Baton Rouge.-The directors OF Tue
Baton Rouge Canning Factory pelle'e
that within the next few days 1hey
will have closed a contract 1or Ine
oneration of the cannery, and lha'
everything will be ready to start 'he
packing of this seasons truck. l"o
PROPOSITIONS for operating the can
ming factory have been received one
from the Houma Packing Company
which wants to can the blackDerries
and tomatoes, and one from anotner
company. A representative from 'he
Houma company was here recently
and made an inspection OF the plant
The proposition to can only tomatoes
and blackberries is not entirely SAT
isfactory to the directors, but the
Houma concern proposes to bring us
force of men here for the work anu
to keep them here for the balance VI
the season, so that the other truck
can be canned by some person EN-
ployed by the directors if the neces
sary capital is secured. The farms
will be ready with their truck within
the next two weeks. Beans are nov
ripe for canning, but as the demand
for. beans is not very great the dlrec
tors do not care very much Whethe
these are canned.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
A Trip From Chicago to Chicago.

Baton Rouge.-Making a trip from
Chicago to Chicago, Ralph K. Pearson
arrived in Baton Rouge in his motor,
Catherine M. The trip which Mr..
Pearson is making is an unusual one
He is going from Chicago to Chicago.
via the inland waterways and the
Atlantic seaboard, and while this is
not the first time that a trip of this
nature has been undertaken, it is one
of the few within several years. Mr..
Pearson left Chicago through the ca
ral into the Mississippi river, and he
is now coming down the river to New
Orleans. From New Orleans he goes
up the gulf coast. around the Florida
east coast, up the Atlantic to New
York and Buffalo, and through the
Great Lakes back to Chicago.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Standard Oil Securing Right of Way,

Grand Cane-Four Standard GU
men are here securing rights of way
for the pipe line to Baton Rouge. The
Standard has purchased 166 acres ~
miles north of here, just across the
DeSoto line in Caddo parish and will
establish relay station on it. The
pipe line will pass seven miles east
of Grand Cane. The company is pay.
ing for the rights of way as it goes
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Brings in a 5000 Barrel Gusher.H

Estherwood.-A party in from Ma
mou oil field reports the Crowley on
Company bringing in a 5,000-barra
gusher of fine grade of OIL 1t y
quite a distance from any other Oh
well, which materially adds to the
wealth of their valuable holdings IN
dications are that the oil field Will
soon be proven field at least half 9
mile to the southeast. ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Two Prisoners Break Jail at Arcadia

Arcadia.-Two white men confined
in the Jail at this place filed the
head off bolt and escaped recent!
during wind and rain storm. The
prisoners were R. H. Massey, convict
ed of selling whisky and SENTENCED
to six months, and George Dunn
charged with carrying concealed weap
ons. They made key from the han
die of fork which almost fitted tn
lock.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
Toledo Bank Sues Telephone compan,

Shreveport.-Suit was filed in the
district court here by the Security
Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Toledo, Ohio, against the Shreveport
Telephone Company for $4,000,
claimed to be due through the mort
gage on the defendants property here
for bonus six years ago. The petit.
TONERS request that the mortgage be
foreclosed and the company be put
into the hands of a receiver, non pay
ment of coupons being alleged.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11
NEWS Alta GLANCE
Brief Epitome Of the Events From All
the World, including Our Ne'en-
Dor States.

concentrate uICllloii" i 49,
not officially recognized in Oklahoma
this year.
The officers of the battleshlp Mis-
sissippi were given a public recep-
ton at Pascagoula, Miss.
George W. Farr, aged 81, of
Miss, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the heart.
The Oklahoma College for Young
Women, situated two miles north OF
Oklahoma City, was burned recently
Tornado at Zephyr, Tex, killed
80 and injured so and destroyed
town. Fire caused by lightning
helped.
The nomination of G. ". Wood
ruff as federal judge in Hawaii Is
still in the hands of the subcom-
mittee.
J. L. Lowery, admitting that he
had taken money from his employ
ers at Winfield, La, surrendered
at Mobile.
Daniel Kealy, a resident of New
Orleans, was accidently drowned
while in bathing with his wife and
several friends.
The Louisiana division Of the Ma
tional Association of Postolfce
Clerks met at Shreveport in second
annual convention.
The Senate judiciary committee
decided to favorably report the nom
nation of A. W. Cooley as federal
Judge in New Mexico.
One person was drowned and five
others narrowly escaped death IN
gasoline boat accident on the Poto'
mac river, near Alexandria, Va.
Booker T. Washington has reveal
ed the fact that for many years II
H. Rogers aided in the support o.
scores of schools in the South.
Leo Olivier, charged with tn
murder of DR.. A. S. King at Nor
gan City, La, was released on bon'
after preliminary trial at Frank
lin, La.
N. L. Peel, engineer, and b. G
Gair, second mate for the, Brltisl
steamer Nortumbria, anchored OF
Gulfport, Miss, were drowned Will
bathing.
The bronze equestrian statue c
Victor Emmanuel II, intended t
surmount the monument to the frs
king of Italy on the capitol, has jus
been cast.
Harvard won the championship
the Intercollegiate Athletic Associf
ton at the field and track meet
Cambridge, with Yale second an
Pennsylvania third.
Fred S. George is dead at Hou
ton, Tex, as the result of an attat
by a footpad. His skull was fra,
tured in two places. The motive
the attack was robbery.
Calvin Johnson, a negro, was col
, victed of murder in the first degr
8 for the killing Of Walter F. Shut
r the Chicago artist, near Alexandra
= Va, on March 5 last.
:. Memorial Day was observed
:. the American colony at Havan
representatives of which placed
. wreath and the colors, half maste
d over the wreck of the Maine.
Capt. J. L. Wright of New c
leans was appointed paymaster
/, the Louisiana National Guard a
k directed to make arrangements [
s the encampment at Alexandria.
!. A bronze tablet, erected as a II
S. mortal to Col. Curran Pope
st Louisville, KY, an officer in t
:. :. Union army, who died of wounds
+ ceived at the battle of Perryvil
r KY, in 1862, was unveiled at b
terry Curran Pope, Fort Revere. I
tablet was given by Mrs. Mary 7
e Ter Pope of Louisville, daugh
If of Col. Curran Pope, who died
g fore its completion.
D Through the use of wireless te
e graph the American steamer Precr
n cor, rendered helpless by brob
Is propeller, was rescued from d'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11


Mexico City by the American colo
ny, one of the features being the
placing of a wreath on the monu-
ment erected to the memory of the
Chapultepec cadets, who fell in de-
tense of Chapultepec castle when the
Americans attacked it in 1S47.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma
issued proclamation reopening the
state liquor dispensing agency that
was established under provision Of
the prohibition law and which was
closed last fall, when an amend
ment was voted down. Under the
proclamation agencies may be open
ed only in towns of 1000 population
or more, or in county seats without
regard to population.
The Wright brothers will arrive in
Washington on June 10 when Presi-
dent Taft will present them with
the gold medals obtained through
public subscription by the Aero Club
# America.
President James O'Connell of the
international Machinists' Union mas
sent out a call for general strike
of all the machinistg employed in
the repair shops of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad system.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-11

that schools are in session.
Tony Caponi of Chicago was
knocked out by Stanley Ketchel with
a blow to the jaw in the fourth
round of a scheduled 10-round bout
before the American Athletic Club
at Schenectady, N. Y.
In the Federal Court at Portland,
Ore, Judge Hunt sentenced former
United States District Attorney
John Hall to pay fine of $1,000
and to serve 60 days in Jail. Hall
was convicted of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government in connection
with the Butte Creek Land, Live
Stock and Lumber Company land
fraud cases.
Several persons were overcome by
smoke and were carried to the street
by fremen and police and many 9TH
ers narrowly escaped injury in fire
in the Stockholm Hotel. six-story
brick building in Chicago.
-Four masked highwaymen held up
a crowd of 80 merrymakers at the
Tavern, a resort at Petersburg, 10
miles from Denver, and made away
with more than $4,000 worth of dia-
monds and 5000 in cash.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
Mrs. oscar G. Eaton.

Mr., and Mrs. William b. McGivery
"etIrned Saturday night ana left Sun
day for East Boston. called by the
death of Mr. McGilyery's mother. Mrs
oscar &. Eaton. Funeral service werc
acid at her late home Monday after
noon and later the remains will be tai.
IN to SearSport. where the intarment
viii be made Tuesday.
Mrs. Eaton was the eldest daughter
II the late Capt. Isaac and Olive
Lanpher of Stockton Springs and was
aged % years. She was twice married
Her first husband was the late William
McGivery Of Starsport who died about
20 years ago. Besides the husband, one
son, William B. McGilvery of this
town; sister, Mrs. j. W. Manson OF
this place, who was with her sister al
she time of her death. and brother
-c:ry 5. Llnphor of Glen Ridge. Y. ].
survive
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
TO BUY CENSUS MACHINES.
3ureau Abandons Former PoIicy {
Renting Them.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The contracts for
NE purchase of 1o0 tabulatins machines
ana 5oo counting machines for the census
hu1 eau. which are expected to result in
saving of nearly million dollars to the
government. have been signed by the Act
ing Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
me Shaw and Chase Company of
Newark. " j., the successful bidder will
ne required to have the new machines in
stalled by April | next, and to have given
bond in the sum of $6l 900 as a glarant ee
or the performance of the work
Ihe machines are to be built in accor-
.dahCe with plans and specifications pre-
pared by the census experts. Hereto
fore the bureau has rented the machines
used for the decenniai censuSeS. the rem
tai for the taking of the twelfth censu-
having amounted to $462 900. The ma
ichres for which the contract We're sipneC
WI! become the property of the bureau
and are designed for service in the taking
OF future censuses. The main saving will
be in the substitution of electrical howe,
for hand power.