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EIge titc e3t tournal1 WELSH P'T'G. CO., L't'd. Pubs. WELSH, - - - - - - LA. N EVENT- OF EVERYWHERE. The Santa Fe Railroad Company has commenced drilling on its fifth well in the Wheeler oil field, west of Ardmore There are as good fish in the sea as have ever been caught-provided so have the right sort of bait. "Just make yourself to hum." re marked the hospitable top as a neigh bor dropped n, for a visit. When the father is on the wrong track he finds it hard to flag his boys behind him. Mrs. A. C. Moore has gone to Es kota and Abilene to visit her daugh ter and grandchildren, also with a view of buying land in that section of country. The State meeting ot Catholics will be held at Muenster in Cooke County, in July. The meeting will open on the 2d day of the month and is sche duled to continue for four days. Mrs. I. T. Duncan, a well-to-do far mer, living near Corsicana, was pre sented with triplets a few days since -two girls and one boy. All are said to be doing well. Eld. B. B. Sanders, Christian evan gelist, began a meeting at the opera house in Mineral Wells Sunday, April 1. The meeting will probably continue five or six weeks. J. W. Short, a former prosperous business man of Colgate, I. T., who left here a few months ago, returnsd to his home and shot himself through the head with a pistol, dying instantly. concerning building projects of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas is from hew York, and is that the road will tuild from Palestine to Dallas via Athens. Gen. Luke E. Wright, newly appoint ed Ambassador to Japan, will sail from Seattle for his new post on April 29, ,ccompanied by Mrs. Wright. He is dt'e at Yokohoma May 15. Lacking just one month of being 106 years old, Mrs. Bridget Coleman died at her home in Albany, N. Y. She was born in Ireland in 181)0 and came to America In 1149. In a fire of unknown origin which destroyed the Blasingame Hotel at At lanta, La., a guest named Black, from Sherman, Texas, was burned to death. The latest of several dozen rumors Representative Smith has intro duced in the house a bill appropriating a quarter of a million dollars for an additional site and addition to the fed eral building at 'El Paso. The whaler Orion, operating on the west coast of Vancouver island land ed a hundred ton sperm whale which is said to be the first caught in the facific ocean. . The gas Afield around Ardmore is proving to be a very extensive one, 'and the Santa Fe people evidently feel confident of thdir holdings, as they continue extensive preparations for the further development of the field. William Welch, who is said to be . the oldest surviving member of the Union Army in the Civil War, andthe Yoldest members of the Masonic order Sin America, celebrated his 106th ;birthday at Lempster, .N. H., Thurs day. Two men lost their lives in a New SYork factory fre Monday, and several others were injured. Senator Bailey spent a few days in ' Texas this week, coming direct from Crystal Springs, Miss., where he at tended the burlal-of his father.' It is announced that about $50,000 teady has been raised for the new professorship of lumbering in the Yale Forestry School out of the $150,000 ,hich is sought as an endowment John B. Schmitz has received notice of his appointment as postmaste 0of Denton. He will take up the duties of the ofmce about May 1. The Texas Telephone Company ha, commenced the constructlon of a tel *phone system at Ryan, I. T. Monday, April 2, which is the anni tersary of the taking of Puebla by Gen. ·DiMs in 1867, where he won a notable Victory over the French troops, was ":elpbrated wit eciat. ' The House Committee on Public building and Grouns agreed Friday afternoon to make the ,total of its bill $30,000,000. No final agreement has Sbeen reached as, to the several items Samong which this amouint' will be dil ,, gpiel Newel, a prominent farmer -- Stone township, Okla., Voo' SCounty, killed himself by drinking aoonite. Showing his wife an empty Sbottle, he told her he had taken the. Sontents of it. LOUISIANA NEWS. INHUMAN BRUTE. Negro Inflicts Horrible Torture on His Stepchild. Plaquemine, La., April 1.-For hold ing his 1-year-old stepson's feet in the fire until the quivering flesh had been burned oway, so as to expose the blackened hones of the ten toes, and, afterwards, for burning the child's kneet with a red-hot poker, or brick, and then beating hint into insens.ibil ity with the buckle end of a leathern belt, Ernest \\illiacrs, 40 years old, has been lodged in the Iverville Parish jail, and will shortly be arraigned to answer a charge of attempt to kilL The injured child was discovered by a negro prteacher, who visited I)el. ia Williams, with whom Williams had "taken up with." The child was con veyed to Dr. W: L. L. Grace at Plaque mine. Dr. Grace found that the burn ing of the feet had been going on for several weeks. Williams, in the pres ence of the child's mother, apparently, had held the child's feet in the fire for a short while every evening after Williams returned from work. Evi. dently, the intense agony of the screaming infant had no effect on Wil. liams. Day after day he repeated the torture until the bones ,of the child's toes protduded beyond the quivering flesh. In order to stop the child's cries after the daily burning had' been ad ministered, Williams used his belt to beat the infant Into insefsibility. In stead of hoiding the 'biuckle end in his hand and ghipping ,the -child with the leather end, Williams held the leather end in his hand and beat the child into uniconsciousness with the Mnetallic buckle. MOB FOILED. Grosse Tete Citizens Outwitted by the Iberville Authorities. Plaquemine, La., April 1.-A mob if forty residents of Gross -Tete, after failing'to find "Black Diamond" Risby and Robert Pointdexter, alias "Bull Daffney," on the Texas and Pacific train .yesterday evennlg, halve.returned home, leaving the alleged murderers of Vincent rank, Buento and his son, Vincent Buento, in the Ibervllle Parish jail. That there was not a ly'nching was due to the .fpresight of Dulcide Gimet, of the Ninth Ward, and Henri D. Mar tin. Taking the negroes in a vehicle, they drove overland to Plaquemine, while the mob of forty residents of Grosse Tete were expecting to find the negfoes on 'the train, from which they hoped to take and lynch them. Instead of lynching the negroes, "forty" came to Plaquemine and found the negroes securely locked in jail. After a brief conference, they went to the office of Judge Sch~wing and asked that a speedy trial be given. This was promised, and next week the matter will be taken up by the grand jury. Campaign for Cotton Interests. Bunke, La.: Preparations are be. ing made to give Hon. E. D. Smith, of the Southern Coton Association, a rousing reception upon the occasion of his visit here April 11. Mr. Smith will come to Louisiana for another week's campaign, commencing April 9. He will be in New Orleans at a meeting of the state executive com nmi-ttee of the Louisiana Division dur ing Monday and Tuesday, April 9 and 10; comes to Bunkie Wednesday, and leaves that. night for Shreveport. The remainder of the week will be spent -(i;Uth northern part o~ the state. East Feliciarfa Teacle-s Meet. Wilson, Lr.: -The monthly meeting of the East Fellciana Parish Teachers' Assoclation was'held her~'today. Af ter opening exjercises, denotions being conducted ,by Rev. Fountain, the roll was called, and &ach teacher tespond ed by mentioning onepf his fallings as a teacher. Ia the:.t~escourse.of study '"Writing" was preselted by Miss Kate Nesom, and 2'Drawing" by Mis .Ada Kent Miss Eva Casrleton gave a..reci. datioa. New Saw Mill Plant. Eunice, La: T"he Savoy Lumber Coampany was organized here and will at once erect a modern stankird saw rnil4 plant .three miles from Runice what will handle both thard and soft timber. .The company has acquirel the forests from more than..2,000 arpents of valuable timbered land, and this includes pine, oak, hickory aid' gum. . The headquartera of the new concern will ,e located .here. Crfscent City Neis, Mayor Behman announced that he would veto the Basin Street (krant. Mis. FPrdlihand Reppel gave. birth to triplets. Mrs. Mty R. Kay, New York, sui cide, was Mrs. Alma Keever, of this city. ,~uAbld,B1lt. prepared a proposition which will be presented to Priesident Edenborn tonight. Two attempts were made to burn down ~ulling at Camp and Natcher . AT NEGRO DANCE. Deputy Sheriff Was Mortally Wounded and White Man and Negro Killed. Nacogdoches, Tex., April !.--Satur day night at a negro dance near the little town of Woden, the teastern ter minus of the Naceagdoclhos Southeast ern Rtailway, Deputy Sheriff Will Al ders was shot and it i feard ntuor tally wounded, a white t:in by the name of 'Moody, who was assis:.ing the officer, was shot and instantly killed. and a negro, Dave Taylor, was shot and killed. A strance negro who took part in the slihoting malde his escape. The trouble started at the dance whi(ch was in progress at 'Iaylor's house. The officer asked Moody to go with him and assist in bringingg about peace. It is alleged that Taylor, when he saw the officers, commanded them to leave his place, that he was cap able of running things himself. The officers made an Atttempt to arrest one of the negroes, when Taylor shot Alders and another negro shot Moody. Moody fell dead at the crack of the pistol. Alders drew his pistol at this time and shot Taylor. The wounded officer is shot through the breast and it is said there is no possible chance for his recovery. The sheriff is in that part of the county, which is 12 miles east of this city, hunting the strange negro who escaped. Cast Out of Zion. Chicago: At a meeting yesterday of 5,000 adherents of the Cihristian Cath olic church at Zion City, of which John Alexander Dowle is the founder and first apostle, Dowme's authority was re pediated and Wilber Glenn Voliva, who for some time has been conducting the affairs of the church, elected in his stead. Mrs. Dowfe also repudiated her hus band, and their son, Gladstone Dowle, cast his lot with his mother and the new leader, Voliva. "A Miners' Orgy. Charleroi, Pa.: One man shot to death, two others suffering from bul let wounds that are expected to prove fatal, a third seriously cut with a knife about 'the .abdomen, a fourth burned about the hands and a fifth seriously injured by a bullet is the re sult of an orgy of miners-in the.woods half a mile east of Twilight, a min ing village near here at 5 o'clock yes terday mornilng. Prisoner Stricken in Court. Orockett, Tex.: John Crenshaw, a white man aged 22 years, while on triad In the District Court at this place, was suddenly stricken with an epilep tic fit and had to be removed from the court room. Judge Gardener discharged the jury and continued the case. Crenshaw is charged with ate'mpted assault, the alleged victim being a young white girl 7 years of age. Use Natural Gas. Shreveport, La.: Last might factory owners were greatly concerned over the coal strike and are unable to learn whether or not the miners of Alabama and Indian Terrlitory will strike. In this event many plants will face a serious difficulty. Every effort is be ing made by all manufacturers within the city to have their boilers equipped with burners for natural gas, which was turned on yesterday. Theft of 973 Cattle. Roswell, N. M.: Sheriff Woodruff returned yesterday from Jaurex, Mex Ice, with Thomas Pridemore, who is under Indictment here on a charge of stealing 973 head of cattle from the El Capitan Land and Cattle Company, on which he was manager at the time the alleged theft is claimed to have been committed. Pridemore maintains his innocence. Governor Pattison Improving, Oolumnbus, Ohio: Governor Pa;tti. son yesterday was much better, and is improving fast. The doctors issued the following bulletin at 10' o'clock: "The Gove'for hats had an unusually good night and his oondltion Is very encouraging. Temperature normal, pulse 90, respir.tion "22." April' pooled Undertakers. Cle1~urnel Texan "Some unknown patjy vic~imlied both 'undertaking es tablishmnents here' yesterday by tele phoning deaThs at a certain number. Both repesn.tiftives arrlved at the ilimber einmultaneously, and then It dawned on thcnrait wus April 1. Dallas Brewery Case, New Orleans, La.: 'he Louisiana Supreme Court. yesterday handed down a decision refusing a hearing in the cane oftfDallas Brewery vs. '. Henry Holzner and A. Thoman, "reasons as signed'' ' Alger Has a Weak Heart. Atlantic City,'N. J.' "Urnited States Seaitor -Russel A. Alger of MichLigan, I who has been ill at the Hotel Btrigh. ton here, was somewhat improved last night. His condition for a brief pe riod de said to have been serious. His I sons Russell and Fred arrived here 1 yeeterday. Orangites Visit Port Arthur. Orange, Tex.: The ivarch Missis. sippi took a big excurwidoo party to a I~t Arthur this mornind BIGGEST FICHTERF 20,000-TON MONSTER VOTED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE. d WILL SURPASS DREADNOUGHT The Big Ship Will Be Second to None in Armor, Gun Fire and Fighting u Ability. q Washington, April 3.-By a unani nlous votv theo Hlouse Naval ('ommilt tee yesterday voted for the authoriza tion of one battleshi)p, to be the most, lx)werful in the cworld. Although the exact limit of disijlact(menit is left to the discretion of the Navy I)epart.ment, the intent of the committee and the liberality of the ciutemaplated aplro l:riation is for a craft of 21,41(10 tons displacement, second to none in armor, power of .gun fire and general fight ing ability. It is hoped it will prove the superior of the new British I)read nought. The contmittee's action is in t line with the views of Admiral Dewey in favor of larger ships and larger batteries, as expressed in the Herald last September, and before the com mittee a few days ago. In addition to the battleship the committee voted for the authorization of three torpedo boat destroyers, one graving dock for the Puget Sound navy yard, at Bre.merton, Wash., while authority is given the secretary to ex pend $1,000,000 for the purchase of subsurface, submersible or submarine torpedo boats, after competitive trials of various types. The committee also approved an item of $100,000 to be used in repairing and refitting the fa mous old frigate Constitution so that I it will be in approximately the same 1 condition as Admiral Nelson's flagship, the Victory, at Portsmouth, England. I This does not mean that the frigate *will be fitted for cruising. It will 1 - simply serve. as a show ship. By the action of the committee, If t approved by the House, the Navy De- I i partment will have an opportunity to E 1 build a battleship In no manner in- 1 - teror to the Dreadnought. , The ex- E act limit of displacement is left to the discretion of the Secretary of the SNavy, with the sole restriction that the craft shall cost not more than $6, 000,000, exclusive of armor and arma ment. It is further stipulated that the Secretary shall consider not only the plans drawn by the Board of Con struotion of the Navy Delartinent, but shall invite designs from private build ers as well. The 16,000-ton battleships hitherto authorized have cost $4,400,000, ex clusive of armor and armament. A Slimit of P,000,000 is high enough to permit the building of a 20,000-ton battleship If desired. No restriction as to speed or battery will be fourn in the bill as reported. The Navy Department will be unhampered by any legislative directions as to details. The naval commnitee expects this ac tion to result in the oonstruction of the finest fighting ship in the world. Its name will be the Constitution, if the spirit which animates the naval com mittee is equally strong in the House. Representative Cousins, who drafted the paragraph authorizing the battle ship, said yesterday that the question of naming this splendid craft the Con stitution will be later presented to - the House. The Republic is another I namne suggested. Chairman Foss of the Snaval comnmittee said the action of I the committee was along the lines of advice given by Secretary Bonaparte, 3 who said that if we authorized only I one new battleship it should be a very F large one. Iron Mountain.Wreck, Annapolie, Mo.: A northbound pas senger train on the Irion. Mountain Railroad, while standing at the station yesterday afternoon was run into by a southbound passenger train, which was elowing down, and twenty-nine persons were injured, four seriously. Hadley Very III. - Jefferson Cfty, Mo.: Attorney Gen eral Herbert S. Hadley's condition re maine practically unchanged. .Al though the danger of pneumonia has pased, it is stated that he will not be able to leave his room for several days yet. A- Mysterious Fire. Marlon,'Ind.: There is much mystery is'to tile'origtn of a fire whicth almost destroyed the National Sweeper Works here today. 'Ithe loss will amountito about .$100,000, with about 60 per cent of it covered by insurance. 1 Wade Lee Scooped In. SPalestine, Tex.: Deputy Sheriff Rlitchie has returned from Burleson 4 county, having in charge Wadd Lee, 5 a negro, and wtho skipped the country ( while out on a $400 bond. The sher- 4 if's department has been watching a for him ever since, and effected his ar- rest at Burleeon. Hearne, Texas: Nearly all of the creeks' in this section are on a rise as a result of the rains of the past few y days. DOWIE'S DOWNFALL. Prophet Elijah II. Shorn of His Sacer dotal Robes. Chicago, .Ill, April 3.--John Alex ander lmowie, heal cf the Christian Catholic ('hllrch in Zion, was y ster day depo;.ed as a r,.li di, is hle:e.r, su - lpnd4'd fro'n ni!limrship in the (hrCI lhe lihLS fotnllldb A. shl, n of hins tt miporal losess.ions ais fir they are lo :t'-I in Zion ('ity, the honi of t1 he church, and VarniI" I to at(!sjIt thel situationll (quiit tly Ift ,wrs. thin~s hefall him. '1Th ative i', O \'Volt against the l( .1l crslhii ofc I Jowie was fore.ihadow,.,l Sundaliy who'n O(vrseer Voliva, who had I,,-n II placd by I)ouwi in (hara,' of the church while he sought hi alth in .JiLatiica iland M,1xico, announcedfl (l that he w\( uil nio lIr)o r ae- 'Plt the: orders of DI)owie, who had, h11 d,,clared, grossly mismana-1 , d the ffalfirs of the church. The nmt to hrs of the church, including the wife and s,n of Dowie, agreed to stand with him. The first move looking to his over throw was made early yesterday when Overseer Voliva, who holds the power of attorney fro-n Dowie, in connec tion with several of the officers of the church, filed for record a warranty deed transferring to Deacon Alexan der Granger all the real estate held by Dowie In Zion City. He also execut ed a bill of sale to Deacon Granger, putting him in possession of all the personal property of Dowie, including his horses and carriages, books and even his bed. Later in the day Gran ger conveyed these to Voliva and at nightfall the overseer apointed by Dowie had not only succeeded as the head of the church, but was the holder of all his property as well. Cotton Backward. New Orleans, La.: Carl Geller, stat istician for the bull leader, Theodore Price, is here en route to Texas, where he will gather cotton figures, leaving today. He has already com ploted tours of Georgia, Alabama, the two Carolinas, Mississippi and Lou isiana. In an interview last night he said that cotton preparations are backward; that there is very little in crease in acreage, and what increase there is on new land. He has found a great scarcity of labor all through 4 the cottofi belt. i Reunion Will Take Place. New Orleans, La: Reports in cir. culation in various parts of the coun- 1 try that the annual reunion of United t Confederate Veterans, scheduled to take place in New Orleans April 25, 26 and 27, might be declared off for the want of sufficient funds, were an. - nounced today by Adjt. Gen. William E. Mickle to be absolutely without foundation. To the Associated Press Gen. Mickle said: "The reunion will positively take place on the dates already named." Stray Bullet Killed a Babe. Ohisholm, Minn.: The 9-months-old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bovet was shot dead yesterday morning as the mother held it in her arms in a kitchen at Bovet at the Glenn mining locality. A stray bullet fired by boys who were indulging in target practice half a mile away entered the window and penetrated the child's skull, scat tering the brains all over the mother and killing the child instantly. In the Pittsburg District. Pittsburg, Pa.: Up to 7 o'clock last night the 1903 wage scale, which is an advance of 5.55 per cent, has been signed by representatives of eleven bilumlnous coal operators in the Pittsburg district. These represent 30,000 tons, or over three-quarters of the coal mined in the district. Thumb Jerked Off. Alvin, Texas: Mr. Arthur Ward, while roping some steers, got his thumb of the right hand entangled with the rope, and it was entirely sev ered from the hand, drawing the lead er from 'the anm as far as the elbow. The wound is very paitful, but not serious. Father Gapon'a Appeal. St. Petersburg: Father Gapon, in a letter to the Procurator, says he. is only living in St. Petersburg by toler -ance and deuapids to be put on trial in order to defend his honor and legal ize his status,. or, if guilty, to be con, demned. Railway Commissioners Meet. Washington: The eighteenth an. nual conveition of the National Asso clation of Railway.Commissioners was called to order yesterday by President W. G. Smith of South Dakota, who de, livered his annual address. 206 Bales of Cotton. Hlco, Texsd: Sparks from a freight engine set the wharf at the cotton yard on fire yesterday morning and burned 206 bales of cotton. The cot ton had been conSlgned by John Boyd to the Texas Central Railroad Com pany for delivery to a frmn in Cle burne. Died from Injuries. Oklahoma City, Ok.: Jim Willeams, who was shot yesterday as a raunlt ol a qurarel, d today. PAINS AMERICAN WOMEN FIND REIU The Case of Miss Irene Crosby Is O of Thousands of Cures made by Lys E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, How many w-nvna realize thg it is not the plan of na;ture thatW gy should subfer so severely. is'IreneCrosy Thousands of American women,hoew ever, have found relief from all monthly suffering by taking Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, as it is the most thorough female regulator known to medical science. It cures the condition which causes so much discomfort amn robs these periods of their terrors. Miss Irene Crosby, of 313 Charltqg Street, East Savannah, Ga., writes: " Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable Compomeo is a true friend to woman. It has been of great benefit to me, curing me of irregpl and painful periods when everything ele had failed, and I gladly recommend it to odb suffering women." Women who are troubled with pain. ful or irregular periods, backache, bloating (or flatulence), displacement of organs, inflammation or ulceration, that "bearing-down" feeling, diali ness, faintness, indigestion, nervous prostration or the blues, should take immediate action to ward off the serl. ous consequences, and be restored to perfect health and strength by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comr pound, and then write.to Mrs. Pink. ham, Lynn, Mass., for further free ad* vice. She is daughter-in-law of Lydis E. Pinkham and for twenty-five yearn has been advising women free of charge. Thousands have been cured by so doing. Permanent Indian Exhibition. H. E. Huntington is preparing to es. tablish a permanent Indian exhibition in Southern California. It will have a group of every tribe of Indians Ia North Amerioa permanently quartered there, besides an art gallery cantainlng Indian photographs. The Indians will live in their primitive habitations, clothed in various handicrafts. The "Silence Club's" membership Is limited to ten, all of whom are sea son ticket-holders on a London sub urban railway, and the subscription is sixpence weekly. It was established solely to enable the members to read the paper on the way to town. The revenue derived from subscriptions is hanged to the guard every Saturday morning, and he reserves a carriage for the members. Self Evident. "This newspaper has an editorial on 'General Control of Trusts.' " "Entirely superfluous, it seems to me." "Why so?" "The trusts are already in general control. Everbody knows that"-St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Anxious About the Judge. The once noted Judge Livermore of Plymouth, N. H., for whom the beau tiful Livermore Falls of Campton, N. H., were named, when lying, as friends supposed, on his death bed, awoke in the middle of the night and asked, "Who's in the rcom?" Upon receiv ing the answer of the nurse, "No one but me," he thundered forth in a tone of disgust, "Where in h--l's Judge Livermore?" 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