The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12


Raoul de Rouen Friday night in Oma.
ha in two straight falls. The match
was cheduled for handicap, the Turk
| to throw the Frenchman twice in an
hour. After fifty minutes were uI
without fall, the Frenchman's man
ager announced his man would Wrestle
to the finish. The Turk secured the
first fall ten minutes after.
Funds raised by the relief organiza-
tons for the earthquake victims in
Italy have reached a total of $3,641,-
600, representing the contributions
which poured in through the three
leading organizations, the American
National Red Cross, the Italian gov
eminent committee and the Italian
Red Cross.
While returning from Sutherland
College, where he delivered his lee
ture, The Prince of Peace" Saturday
afternoon, William J. Bryan came near
losing his life. A big machine in
which he was riding threw a tire on a
bridge near Tarpon Springs, Florida,
and plunged into the trestlework,
throwing the occupants out Mr. Bry-
an was on the side next the one which
struck the woodwork and was jammed
against a rail and suffered consider
able injury.
The citrus fruit growers of the coast
plain OF Texas were united into a com
pact, militant organization in Houston
| Wednesday. The organization was per-
fected under particularly suspicious
circumstances. State Commissioner of
Agriculture Kone was present and par
| ticipated in the deliberations, and cit
rus growers were present to the num-
Der of 200. They perfected body that
is fashioned on the powerful organiza-
tons that have accomplished so much
for the same industry in California and
Florida.
AS result of the investigation by
the grand jury of the alleged frauds
in connection with the scheduling of
town lots in Muskogee, Okla, eight
indictments were returned Wednesday.
The charge against the defendants is
conspiracy to defraud the government.
The names of those indicated are Gov
ernor Charles N. Haskell, F. B. Sewers,
A. H. English, c. w. Turner, w. T.
Hutchings, Jesse w. Hill and Walter
R. Eaton.
Chas. Fosserman. truck gardener
Of Martindale, Texas, Tuesday showed
a wagon load of cabbage weighing
from two to twelve pounds per head.
The death of Clay Bell, an 1S-year-
old boy, which occurred in Temple,
Texas, Tuesday following brief siege
of pneumonia will have the effect of
removing from the Bell county district
court docket what promised to be
celebrated criminal case. Young Bell
was under indictment for killing his
stepfather in Temple some months
ago, the instrument of death being a
double.barreled shotgun. His reasons
for the deed were alleged Ill treat
ment of his mother and threats on the
part of the stepfatner to kill the en-.
tire family.
Tuesday three cars of Satsuma or
ange trees. citrus trifoliata, grape
fruits, kumquats and ornamentals
from Japan were being unloaded at
Alvin, Texas, and inspected and made
ready for the Texas planters. In ad-
dition to the many thousands of Sat-
suma orange trees there were many
other varieties, in fact more than thir.
ty were brought for planting and test
ing in Texas. Four varieties of grape
fruit, three of kumauats several each
of peaches, plums and jasmines were
also in this shipment.
Sam Peoples, prominent farmer,
was fatally injured by the westbound
Frisco passenger train near Chicka-
sha, Okla, Sunday, which crashed into
wagon occupied by Mr.. Peoples and
his son, Charles.
in Guthrie, Okla, Wednesday Judge
Cottrell sentenced D. H. Hallock of
Woodward county to pay a fine OF
$1,000 and to serve six years in the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan.
Hallock. who Is reputed to be one OF
the wealthiest men in the state, was
indicted by the federal grand jury
some time ago and later convicted on
two counts.
Capt. Ronald Amundsen's polar ex.
petition is assured for the Sterthing
Saturday at Christiana, voted him a
subsidy of $4,000 necessary for the
Quitting of Nansen's famous ship,
the Fran. There was considerable OPP
position to the measure, but it was fin
ally carried by 81 votes to. 81.
Six persons were blown to pieces
Saturday by the explosion Of large
quantity of dynamite and 10000 blast. |