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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02
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dependence engossed parchment Three copies OF IT, according
tradition the Independence chamber OF
the table and chair used by John han
Washington the former while presiding over the
continental congress- the constitutional convention
original department at Washington and
crumbng President
Roosevelt some time ago that be kept in locked safe
Many and ceremonies took place at hide
pendence hall The British defled with cruelty to American pr
oners during the occupation Philadelphia the Of Gen
captured the Americans and French at York
The inauguration
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02
USING A LANTERN IN STABLE
Method Of Placing Light in Barn 70
Get Best Results; No Danger
of Overturninq.

A good way to get good light in
stable and avoid all danger of the Ian.
tern being overturned is to stretch a
smooth wire from one end of the harm
to the other just back of the horses
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

stalls. Hang lantern on a common
harness snap and attach it to the wire
and slide the lantern wherever it Is
needed. The wire should be high
enough to be out of the way.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02

Washington as president and that
also of John Adams took place in
what is now known as Congress hall,
adjoining the state house to the
west, which was not built until
1879. It was here that congress re-
ceived the news of the death OF
Washington.
Much work of restoration has
made independence hall what 1t Is
today. In general, this work has
been directed by careful study of the
past. Jealous cooperation of Or
ganized bodies and individuals has
also brought together in the state
house many objects of venerable
value as illustrative of the early
days of the nation. The stranger
naturally desires succinct, service
able statement of the things Of Pc
culiar interest that the state house
contains.
The Declaration chamber, where
the continental congress and the
constitutional convention sat, is,
with the exception of new flooring,
substantially in the same state in
which it was then The walls are
hung with portraits of many of the
signers of the Declaration of indie
pendence or of the constitution,
many of them painted by contem-
.o,onoorc artictc nortroit nf
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-02
Sowing Fine Seeds.

very hne flower seeds can be easily
anu eve y sown by the use OF a
dredge box.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
SITUATION IN CUMBERLAND.
Strike e-breakers on Hand and Are
Guarded in Closed Cars.

Special 70 The Washington Herald.
Cumberland. Nd. June 3-The machin-
lists strike was precipitated AT Cumber-
land first because this is one of the
most important points on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and the shops here
employ the largest number OF men out
side the largo cities on the line.
Two trains for the accommodation OF
the strike breakers have been sent to
Cumberland, one from Baltimore. and enc
from Philadelphia. This morning a train
OF FIVE coaches that had been converted
housekeeping dining. and cooking cars, ar
rived with a dozen strike breakers aboard.
The train was under heavy guard, and
the cars were switched into shop yards
Each dining car has negro cooks and
walters. The roundhouse and shops were
early this morning picketed with extra
patrOlmen. and admission is refused 70
all. Carpenters have been busy boarding
up the windows and fencing OF certain
dOOTways.
The striking men. 104 In number. held
a meeting this morning at Roberts Hall.
President Jesse Shuck OF the local
branch Of the Internationa Association
OF Machinists, presided. and Joseph B.
FUrlOng acted as secretary.
Speeches were made by a score or men.
and all urged the strikers 70 hold out for
the principles for which they were con-
tending The speakers uttered the senti-
ment that as the representatives OF the
higher class Of skilled labor they should
conduct themselves as gentlemen
Thomas Flynn. Of Pittsburg, representa-
tive Of the BOilermakers' Union and an
organizer Of the Federation OF Laber, made
a dramatic appeal 10 the men 10 stick
| together, admonished them not 10 drink
or patronize the saloons while the strike
/ IS on. 20 refrain from useless argument.
10 stay away from the shops, and avoid
trouble.
He coUnseled the men 20 Try win over
any strikebreaker by presenting their side
/ in a kind. gentlemanly manner.
The strikers state that the men who
did not strike yesterday. with the ex-
| ception Of several old men. came out
I this morning when the found they
would have 20 work with nonunion men.
I The old men. who were not asked 10
/ strike, are near retiring age.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
DEMANDS OF MACHINISTS.
NIne-hour workinr dar.

NIne-hOur working day.
Time and a half for overtime,
and overtime work only Dermis-
sible in cases of emergencies or
lack of men.
Men going out on road 10 be
paid from time called until their
return,
Guarantees of safety for com
mItteemen and of right OF Hp-
peaIs on grievances
No suspensions without Just
and sufficient cause; no dismls-
sals without a hearing
All men TO be employed on the
hourly basis
Rate OF pay for mHchinfsts and
bOIlermakers 10 be so and j
cents an hour; for turner's and
Iayer-Out men. 81 cents an hour.
Agreement as 10 above 10 be
effective for one year.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04

cotton schedule. This led tc long col
loquy, In which Senators Beveridgs, New
lands. Burkett. Dolliver, and Daniel took
part. Senator Newlands protested against
the suggestion made by Mr.. Aldrich, and
intimated that il was unfair 20 the SEN
alOr from Wisconsin 10 compel him 70
agree 10 a time 10 vote IN order 70 get
the privilege Of resting and resuninG
his remarks later. Senator Dolliver Of
fered TO take the floor and relieve Mr-
la Toilette by speaking on the cotton
schedules until the adjournment Of the
afternoon session
Il think the Senate would Ike TO make
that trade. remarked Mr.. La Toilette.
and he was on the point OF yielding when
Wee President Sherman reminded him
that a Senator could not yield the floor
20 another Senator and then resume II
at will WhereupOn Mr.. La Toilette re
sumed his speech. and continued until
the adjournment Of the afternoon session.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
Parish school commencement.

The closing exercises or the schools OF
St Aloysius' parish viii be as follows:
Tuesday evening, June Is. al S o'clock.
Gonzaga College commencement, in the
college theater, Wednesday evening June
Is Gonzaga School closing exercises and
play. in the college theater; Sunday. June
20. at o'clock IN the afternoon, in the col
lege theater. distribution OF prizes for the
Sunday school, GOnzaga School. and the
Notre Dame Academy. Monday. June p.
ST Aloysius' Day. general holy COM
muniOn for the college students and the
pupils OF the boys and girls schools;
solemn high mass AT 7-20. with a sermon
10 the graduates Of the Notre Dame
Academy. 1870 O'Clock, commencement
exercises Of Notre Dame Academy IN the
college theater; Tuesday, June y, closing
exercises Of the grammar department Of
Notre Dame Academy At $50 o'clock In
the afternoon in the college theater.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
CUPID OUTWITS UNCLE SAM.
MidshipmRn DeBOe VIII Marry Vir
Einia Belle After All.

Petersburg, Va. June 3-The order OF
Secretary OF the Navy Meyer prohibiting
the marriage Of midshipmen Of the navy
threatened 10 prevent a marriage in
Petersburg society, but It will not.
Alidskipman Hugh r. Van DebOe. OF
Cleveland. who will graduate at An
napoIis this year. and Miss Mary Ellen
Scott. daughter Of Mrs. Richard Clark
Scott, Of Petersburg, will be married on
June 9.
The announcement Of the approaching
marriage was made some time ago.
When the order csme it was like a
thunderbolt from a clear sky. It was
contended by the midshipman groom-to-
be that he had entered into a contract
20 do a lawful thing, and that no order
Of the department could be construed 70
have q retroactive effect. nor 10 impair
the obligation Of a contract, both OF
which are prohibited by the Constitution.
4 more particular reason. which also
was advanced, to-wit: That the order
was issued mainly because the salary of
a nidshipman was such that he was not
justified in assuming the burden OF a
wife's support. but that in this case she
would be independent OF her husband in
the matter Of finance. as her mother is
wealthy
So the wedding will take place. and the
! Secretary OF the Navy will not interfere.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04

Baltimore. Nd, June s.-The threatened
strike OF the machinists in the variou:
shops OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company was ordered to-day by Presi-
dent O'Connell. OF the Machinists' Union
The response was by no means general
possibly not more than 500 men going out
II was stated at the Wheeling and Other
shops in that section that the order was
not well understood, and that the men
were awaiting developments.
movement IS now under way to cal
out the boilermakers. and II they are or
dered out the strike may resume serious
proportions.
The conditions at the various shops to-
night, as given out by the railroad com
pany. is as follows:
At Cumberland, Nd, e5 went out and q
remained at work; Grafton. ". Va, 5;
out. 81 remained; Fairmont, W. Va.
out, Is remained; Parkersburg, W. Va
(Ohio River division). 10 out. 3 remained
Connellsville. Pa. IS out. remained
Glenwood, Pa. 90 out, IS remained; New
castle Junction. Pa. 2 out. q remained
Cleveland. Ohio, 6 out. 23 remained; New
ark. Ohio, Sc out. q remained: Chicago
out. none remained; Garrett, Ind, 3,
out, II remained.
None Out at Brunswick.
At the following places none went ou;
at all:
Riverside. Baltimore Nd: East Side
Philadelphia; Brunswick, Nd; Benwood
". Va; Wheeling. W. Va; Holloway
w. Va; Parkersburg. W. Va Baltimore
and Ohio; Weston, W. Va, and Lorain
Ohio
The number OF men involved in The
strike order is POO. as follows: 1850 ma.
chinists. 80 helpers, and 300 apprentices
OF these. only 446 have gone out, ac-
cOrding 10 late figures.
The difficulty had its origin in the in.
PRODUCTION OF the piece-work system al
Mount Clare.
Railroad Ready with New Men.
The railroad company issued the fol
lowing statement tonight:
The places made vacant by the sixty.
five going out at Cumberland late We'd
nesday afternoon, were all filed to-day
and new men are now en- route to all III,
ENAA4Ao eAb1NF AlolIlFl 10 July replace LIf
strikers. The company's arrangement a.
a precaution against the possibilities hav,
proven most adequate. special strik,
trains being in such complete READINGS.
that with the arrival Of the new force.
az the different shops tomorrow ever
facility for emergency accommodation
will be afforded" q"
Others May Join.
Within a day or two the bouermakers
steamhtters, and blacksmiths may 2
out, when there would be about $500 me
involved. Sealed orders were sent out Z
the various delegates Of these organiza
tions several days ago. with instruction
that same were not 10 be opened unit
the receipt Of a telegram which woul
authorize e.
The telegram was sent out last nigh
by James O'ConneH. president Of tn
international Association Of Machinist.
and was as follows. We expect TO NEE
highest officials Of the Baltimore an,
Ohio az New York to-day" which is IN
code for the following order:
All machinists on the Baltimore an
Chic are going on strike Thursday. Jun
g. at .. m"
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
Charged with Ember1Iement.

Samuel ". Morgan. forty-two years
old. salesman for the e Dorado Cigar
Company. was arrested yesterday after
noon by Detectives Hewlett and Pratt
on a charge Of embezzlement- Samuel D.
Minister, OF 1905 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. Washington representative of
the company, is the complainant. Il is
alleged that on Wednesday last Morgan
collected SSs.75 for the company and ap-
propriated the money 20 his own use.
Morgan has been stopping al the Nor
mandie Hotel
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
May BE n worthless Paper.

Arthur ]. Sackett. twenty-five years
old. clerk. who was arrested yesterday
by Detectives Pratt and Hewlett. is ac-
so on O. George Medler. manager for an
F street tailoring establishment. Sackett
was formerly employed by the tailoring
establishment II IS alleged he gave
Medler the worthless paper on December
81 last, and resigned his position a few
days later Sackett has been stopping
with his wife at the Arizona Hotel.
where he was found in his room by the
detectives and arrested. The prisoner is
held al the Sixth precinct station
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES CUT.
Pruning Knife Reduces Budgets
S5O.OOO,OOO for 19IO-I0I1.


Vigorous use OF the pruning knife has
enabled the administration 10 reduce its
estimates for expenditures for the fiscal
year 19lO-19l1 10 the creditable extent OF
s5o O00.0CO less than the total of appro-
priatOns Tor the executive branch OF the
government for the fiscal year l9O9-19l0.
To do this II was necessary 70 go over
the estimates two OF three times In some
departments-S20.0 .000000 has been cut out
Of the army budget. SlOO00.O0O from the
navy. $500 600 from the Interior Depart
ment, and 81, 500 900 in the other seven
departments and independent bureaus.
The administration has made good the
Presidents inaugural address promise OF
economy and retrenchment
The departmental appropriations for the
fiscal year l909-I9lO were about SS5l, ,2ll. 600
The estimates Will be about $500. .000, ,00l
this year.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
WARM!
is IT COMING?

closely and bitterly in this
country that the
fight he government?
In his great American
in the Literary Magazine
Of bitter Presf5a1aI
altogether andn in the eleasto ~
This situation only
story which is one OF the greatest Of the
"A TRAGEDY A one avra
sam for year engaged in investigation condi-
"a unique detective story in which utt1 nov
proves to be hero by William writer Of sue
GRADUATION TEg-By Strickland W Gillian = ve1-krovr h.
aor and lecturer Mr Gillian onagan
Again. Gone Again"
James Morrow. in Sundays tell the
story OF in Organizing
young people all
o pont Morgan with iron and steel Edward
Edward Clark through whose EFFORT,
The Arab the Chinese the Indian the Fiji Islander
the American have brother
How the Christian EndeavOr church
tenty-eight
translated into forty languages missions and
whose members live in tents at the
thc
Fourteen societies single Philadelphia church
al the members OF society in Scotland
societies Southern pentenry, gone into
the wds Of Africa from the societies
British prisons
The ExAahs discusses the whose
Gle is timely apropos Of George Merediths
Frederic Hakn continues his Modern Egypt
his usual clever and
entertaining
woud readers were she 20
much time at her Connecticut bungalow
that studio where
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04

Alexandria News Agency. eoo King street. Alex
hndriA, Va, authorized agents and carriers sor
The Washington Herald. The Herald viii be de-
hTered dailg and Sunday TO any address in Alex
andria for 50 cents a month.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
nore Wnrk for Neunort Ne,r..

Special 70 The Washington Herald.
Newport News, Va, June 3.-It was
announced at the local ship yard to-day
that the Southern Pacific Steamship Com
pany, the old Morgan line, had awarded
contracts 10 the company for the con
struction Of four freight and passenger
/ steamships. 70 cost about S750.000 each
The yard has landed ten big contracts
within the past few weeks
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
STRIKE ON B. B 0.
IS NOT GENERAL
Only 0ne-fOurth of the Ma
chinistS Walk Out.
ORDER FOR TIE-UP ISSUED

The Machinlsts Unions Call for
General Strike IH Responded TO
by 446 of the 400 Men Concerned.
The order l. Said to Have Been
MisunderstoOd by Many worImen.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
NEWSOFALEXBNDRIa
Annual Inspection of Police
Force by Mayor Paf.
LAUNCH VICTIM IS BURIED

Twenty-seven Witnesses Summoned
TO Testify in Pines TriaI-COnfeder-
Davis BiFthday-The First Virginia
Regiment Plans Annual Meeting.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
CARS TO KEKSlNGTOR

Leave Chevy Chase Lake On ESur a1e
half hour.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04

Frederic Hakin continues articles on Modern Egp
and this Of the interesting to-day
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04

The ExAttache discusses Engshmen whose
did Westminster Abbey The
Gle is timely apropos OF George Merediths
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04

The ArOner clever and
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04

Helen Rowland would be missed thousands reade
vacation but she promises the editor she will
much time at her Connecticut bungalow this year but keep
that studio where grinds copy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17

WANT Ans- GENT A WORD.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17

C 1
 There are indications that. despite the address :1of it's president. many
 members of the American Bankers as- sooiation are opposed to the establish-
 ment of great central bank. Not even the bait of being allowed to own stock in the bank will suffice to allay this oppositioH. The proposed bank would not only deprive the national banks of all government business. but it would also be enabled to dictate rates for loans and, in fact, would be the greatest power in the monetary field. If used politically, as it assur- edly would, it could readily dictate nomInations and at will veto the chances of any given candidate. A greater move in standardization has not heretofore been attempted. It should be 10 ernphatically rejected as to make resnscitation impossible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17
PRIV. PICKETT
 IS DISMISSED
Result of His Article Criticising Officers
 in Bay State Manenvers.

New Haven. Sept. 17.-Among orders issued from Adjutant General Coles office in! Hartford yesterday was one dismissing Private Walter M. Pickett from Company F of the Second Regi- ment, New Haven Grays, at the re- quest of the commanding officer of the cornpany-Capt Edward L. Fox.
 The order at this times comes as somewhat of surprise to military men in the Elm City, it having been generally supposed that the affair had been dropped, as the action taken by Captain Fox of. requesting the disnis- sal of Private Pickett has been kept absolutely secret.
 Pickett's dismissal is the outcome of his breach of military discipline in publishing an article criticising the conduct of his superiors during the recent militia manoeuvres in Massa- chusetts, in which he termed the of- f1cers as f"disgracefully inefficient or else culpably negligent" AH
 The person to whom the action Of the department was the biggest sur prise was MT. Pickett himself, when the news of his dismissal last night was brought to him by a reporter. MT. Pickett apparently expected noth- ing of the kind, and, though looking at the matter in a humorous light, did not seem to feel that he was being dealt with altogether fairly in this matter Asked if he had any state ment to make, he replied that he would have nothing to say until he had received official notification of his dismissal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17
1.-THE CLANSMAN'' WINS
 OUT IN COURT HEARING
lspecial to the Farmero

Especial to the Farmer.)
 Providence, R. T., Sept. 17.-Chief Justice Tanner of the Superior Court of Rhode Island in a most interesting the performance of '"The Clansman." The matter came before the Court in the shape of an appeal by Colored Cit izens from the verdict of the police commissioners of Providence who on Monday night viewed the presenta- ton of the play and granted it li- cense. Assembled in the court room were the leading lawyers of the State and many prominent officials. On ac- count of the race issue and other ques- tions involved in the case an opinion from the Judge of vital importance was expected and the expectation was realized. The Judge in his decision took the broad ground that no race or set of people has the right to come before a court of equity and ask for special privileges.
 Even if the Clansnnan reflected on the colored race that race could not expect a court to enjoin the produc- tion of the play. If the colored peo- pie were granted their petition any other race, German, Dutch or Irish could come into court with similar pe- titions and ask to have plays enjoin- ed in which people of their races were ridicu1ed.
 There were plays in which society leaders were represented in pecu- liar light but these plays could not be enjoined at the request of society peo- pie. So great is the demand of seats for The Clansman that extra matinees are announced for the balance of the week and an effort is being made to extend the Providence engagement. This would necessitate the cancella- tion of the tour of the other New England Cities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17
VOTE ON LICENSE
Question Whether New Law Does Not lnyalidate Petition Filed in New
 Haven.

New Haven. Sept. 17.-Whether or not there will be any vote on the li- cense question in this city at the com ing election depends on the construc- ton which is ultimately put on the law passed by the Legislature at the last session. Under the old law a peti- tion signed by 25 voters had to be filed with the town clerk twenty days before election to have the matter voted on, and in accordance with this law the petition so signed was filed with the town clerk on September IA in ample time.
 The new law, however, requires that instead of 25 voters a petition must be signed by 10 per cent. of the reg istered voters of the town and must be filed twenty days before the next election. It is therefore question as to whether the new law does not bold for the coming election and as to whether or not the present petition that has been filed fu1flls the require ments and makes voting on the license question necessary or not. Of course it will be impossible now to comply with the terms of the new law in time for this election. as the election is but IT days off.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17


 The creation of a postal savings bank system is a pet project with President Taft. It is popular in the sparSep populated sections of the West and South. but not in the East or the Middle States. Here in the East, the regular savings banks SUD- ply all needs, both in saving and loan ing. and do 1t with better returns to the depositor and with full safety. They also make such loans as enable the poor but economical man to own "a home; money deposited in postal savings banks would go into the U. s. Treasury, or, more probably to the proposed great central bank. It would be safe, because guaranteed by the government. but would probably not be used for the beneicent purposes erected by the regular savings banks. President Taft's pet project. will meet with vigorous opposition when it comes before Congress.