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The Bossier banner., 1893-12-21
Notice to Gin Owners and Others

i that am prepared to do all kinds of Ma
chine Work, overhaul engines. sharpen and
overhaul gin stands, cast babit boxing, &c.
use the Munger Gin Saw Files, which, when
properly used. give perfect satisfaction. They
make front of teeth round, SO they will not
ruin staple of cotton nor injure the brush.
mako your stand clean seed and give q good
sample. viii give you good supply of water
and make old drove-wells that have failed give
as good supply as ever. have had an expert
ence Of l6 years in the business. SatIfartien
given Or no charge made.
JF CARR. Benton, La.
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Did you ever stop to consider
that it is a question of great impor-
tance to know where to get the best
Christmas and holiday goods for the
least money? You will find all the
latest novelties in above mentioned
goods at Vaughan & Creswell's.-
Ii you want bargains in their lines
don't fail to call on them.
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Henry Dreytuss & Sons
Third Annual Clearing Sale

commenced MONDAY, DecemOer 4.
$4,000 Worth of Dry Goods,
Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Carpets, &C.,
AT or below Cost for Cash Only.
Every one knows the season has
been backward, and as a conse-
quence We have large accumula-
tion of Goods on hand which we are
determined to sell regardless of
whether we make profit or not
In fact we mean to turn our stock
into cash. We don't offer few ar
ticles as bats, but everything in the
house goes at cost or below.
Don't miss this opportunity of
saving money.
HENRY DREYFUss & Son,
Shreveport.
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j. A. Stephenson, 11S aud 120
Texas ST., Shreveport, dealer in fur
niture, &C., can furnish house from
top TO bottom. Prices low enough
to suit even these hard times.
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A new stock of the leading lines
of furniture, pianos. organs, sewing
machiues, window shades, cheap for
cash, at J. H. Stephenson's, 11S and
120 Texas street, Shreveport.
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Benton High School clos ell last
Friday for the holidays to open
again January l. We are very much
pleased with Prof. s. D. Spann as a
teacher and citizen also. He and
his popular aud accomplished assist
ant, Miss Dollie Thompson, have
been quite an acquisition to our
town.
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l will extract your teeth without
the least particle of pain, or no
charges made. Remember it was
who first advertised "living prices =
for you. Don't be misled by what
others claim. Office, same old stand
over Boge's Drug store.
Respectfully,
DIR. JOHN COMEGYs.
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The very wisest thing you can do
is to call on J. A. Stephenson, 11S
and 120 Texas street, Shreveport
His furniture and prices are certain
TO suit you and save you money.
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Times are hard, there is no doubt.
Everybody is economizing, but
Christmam comes but once a year,
and every one will strive to get some
enjoyment and afford enjoyment to
others. Each one of us can add
something to the happiness of the
Otuer.
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Hello! Well, yes, you can get
anything you want in the fruit line
at the Orchard Home Nursery,
Plain Dealing, La, L. t. Sanders,
Proprietor. He also grows all kinds
of evergreens, vines and shrubhery.
Try him.
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The ladies of Benton will give a
Christmas tree entertainment at the
school house next Monday night
The entertainment is looked forward
to with great pleasure.
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Carstarphen & Co. carry CON-
plete line of dry goods and groceries,
which they are selling very cheap
for cash.
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Notice..

Our accounts are now due. Par
ties owing us money will please
settle up. We are making CUT
OFF list for next year, and if your
name appears thereon that means
no credit.
VAUGHAN s. CRESWELL.
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Carstarphen & Co.'s is the place
to go to buy your Xmas toys, fire
works, &c.
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Shreveport
Oyster
Chop
House.
Market ST., Shreveport.
In Bogers Block.
Meals served at all hours.
Oysters on the half shell or cooked
in the best manner.
Polite attendants. Everything new,
neat and frst-class in every respect.
Place open all night.
FRANK SERw1cH, Proprietor.
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Take Notice, all ye that are Hungry.

The wide awake firm of Vaughan
& Creswell have just received car
load of fresh Flour, consisting of
barrels and sacks, which they offer
for cash, at the following prices:
20 tb sacks extra good Flour, 40 cts.
20 1b sacks extra fancy Flour, 80 cts.
% fb sacks extra patent Flour. go "
80 fb " I" good Flour, So cts.
80 tb " &c fancy Flour, 81.
Extra fancy Flour, in barrels, 50 70
Fancy Patent, in barrels, 81 90.
Also, car load of Michigan salt.
Prices to-wit:
100 fb sacks, 75 cents.
200 10 sacks, 81 25
$50 fb sacks, 9 90
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Santa Claus is in the arena and will
be invited by a unanimous majority
to the freedom of the town on next
Sunday night.
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Time Table Cotton Belt Route.
Public Schools.
TRAINS SOUTE

TT1he public schools will open on the first
l. Monday in January, or as soon thereaf-
ter as practicable. j. A w. LOWRY,
Parish Superintendent
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Received yesterday five hundred
hounds of Fancy and Flint Candy,
for Christmas, at J. NJ. Belcher's.
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-21

Buy your Christmas presents from
Vaughan & Creswell.
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-21

For good goods and low prices,
90 to Carstarphen & Co.'s.
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-21

Don't fail to see the Christmas
tree at j. NJ. Belcher's store!
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-21

Manufacturing industries build up
towns and cities.
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-21

We had very heavy rain here on
Friday night.
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-21

It is time to begin framing New
Years resolutions.
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-21

A Christmas present in the hand
is often worth two on the bush.
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-21

Pure sugar house molasses, at j.
NJ. Belcher's. so cents per gallon.
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-21

All kinds of fruits, nuts and choice
candies, at Carstarphen & Co.'s.
The Bossier banner., 1893-12-21

Buy your Christmas goods from
!. NJ. Belcher.
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Four more days and Christmas
will be here.
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Benton High School.

TTNhe exercises of Benton High School began
L September IL, 1893. Rates of tuition, as
established by the Trustees, are as follows:
Primary Department, per month. 81 90
intermediate Department, per MONTH. ? so
Academic Department, per no.. So and 3 so
High School Department, per month"; 90
tY Tuition payable monthly.
Pupils received at any time and charged to
end OF session. For further particulars, ad-
dress the Trustees, or
SD. SPANN, Principal.
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Full moon tomorrow.
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Price of Subscription, in Advance.

Factories bring wealth.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-04-19

c0HN
Original, One Price Dry Goods store !!
friends and the public
i'm general patronage upon him i'm
business, owing his outside bust
attention, that he will
from day stock Of Dry
Goods (arDets. Shoes etc.. goods
on hand w will and fixtures in store
MAY H. be Auction.
I1ao11
to s5elec frcE
ia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-20

contract. will not sit idly by and see it's
rights ex pire In less than year. when &c
has lighting chance 10 contlnue on It's
present basis for O. least seven yeers long
President Mason indicated some time ago
that. If pushed TO IL. his company would
fight the edlct of the city that the Citizens
company's charter expires on the 18th OF
next January 10 the last ditch. and if tho
case went against his company in the
lower courts. IL would be taken to the
Supreme Court of the United States
This suit would have to emanate from the
new company in case the Citizens COM
pany should refuse to give mp its tracks; or
should the city give the new company the
right TO lay its tracks beside the ones 0per-
ated by the Citizens company. it would
result in O suit for Injunction by the latter
company claiming its rights to an exclu-
sivc use of the streets under the existing
charter AT the present time. Judge Elliott
was asked yesterday IL be was prepared for
any legal contests which might arise. the
contract he has accepted making 1t oblIga-
tory that the company securing 1t assume
all the expenses of any litigation. He said
that be did not care TO talk about It, but
that he would of course do all TO protect
his clients interests that should become
necessary.
But after 1907 There can be no question
OF the termination of the Citizens COM
pany's rights at that time and IL will find
itself with an expensive plant on Its hands.
and no franchise. tmust be acase of buy
or sell. and it looks very much as though
the company holding the franchise would
have the whip hand and be able TO make
it's own terms in the deal.
In the mean time. the people must wait
eeven years before the millennium IN street.
car affairs arrives. and get along best
they can with the system as II now stands.
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sHOwALTER FELL DOWN.

Poor Playing at the End Lost Yesterdays
Chess Game To Lasker.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKoMO, Ind. April 19.-The fourth
game Of the present series in the che 81 match
between Showalter and Lasker resulted
In victory for the German on the
fifty-ffth move. Showalter opened with
pawn to king four. Lasker responding with
pawns one sneak. On the fourth move the
defense played pawn take pawn. which is
not considered good chess. and ought to
have lost the game. as white broke into
blacks pawn ranks in grand style. On the
ninth move Sho~alter gave up
pawn for developments and position
but by fine playing. regained the
pawn seven moves later with q much SUI
perior exhibition. Lasker moved with
great rapidity during the early part of the
game. gaining much time for the mid
contest and the ending, while Showalter
dragged. leaving him pushed at the close.
BY a clear overnight Showalter lost q pawn
In end game play, leaving his knight weak
er than Laskor's bishop. thus losing the
American the game. 1t was stubborn
battle. 1t was Showalter's game up to the
twenty-si&th move when he weakened by
errors and fought against a forlorn hope.
Lasker played fine game. carefully look
ing after the small details and made a
grand finish. Showalter's friends expect
him to show up better tomorrow. The
contest stands:
Won. Lost Dra,cn.
sI a, . -. .......... 3
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No Adyisory Board.
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIES.

Foreman Smith was scalded to death and
engineer Browning seriously injured in u
railway collision at Wacoo. Tex.
Mrs Alfred Bette, who as KITTY O'Nsill
gained a wide reputation as the best fem lie
Jig dancer in the world, died at Buffalo.
Burglars looted the jewelry store of
George Wilkinson. at Mansfield. o. They
carried Oft $4,000 worth of watches and dia-
monds.
Colonel Thomas III. Monastery, the veter-
an fencing master of Chicago. has accepted
the challenge of Captain Thomas Phelan
of Kansas City. to meet any broadsw ords-
man in the world in fight to the finish.
no protection except helmet for $500 o
side.
While S. w. Kizer and two brothers
named Kelly. living near Monroe. Ark.
were ont on hunting frolio Sunday. they
got into an alteration which resulted in q
triangular fight with knives. Kizer was
killed. one of the kellys fatally and the
other seriously wounded.
julia A. Wisner, reiict OF the late mil
lionalre Lyman +. Wisner. who was ncci-
dentally killed by his only son George in
1889, died suddenly at Eldors, a., Mon
day. The son died last January and his
widow and two children are the only heirs
to the vast WIsner estate. over which there
has lately been so much legal contention.
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WILL JOIN Jim" LAVELLE
Aaron Burr Halves, Terror of Daviess
County, Sentenced to Eight Years.
Sawmill Boiler Lets Go at Upland, Mancling
Several Men-Lasker Outwinded Showalter
in Yesterdays Chess Game.


Burr Halves Gets Eight Years In the Arson
Case at Petersburg.
Special 10 the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Ind. April 19.-Justice is
overtaking Daviess county's courthouse
conspirators with swiftness and venge-
ance that shonld serve as lesson 60 men
whom circumstances may lead TO commit
similar crimes Two have received seven
teen-year sentences on pleas of guilty.
one was tried year ago and got eight
years. and now the notorious Aaron Burr
Halves, whose trial has occupied two weeks
of the attention of the Pike county court.
where it was venued, has been found
guilty, and his punishment fixed at eight
years In prison. To this o fine
of $500 has been added. The
verdict was arrived at about o'clock
this morning. To Halves and his handful of
friends who hoped for q "hung" jury. and.
In fact, expected il, the verdict was great
shock. The defendant broke completely
down. His wife was so incensed at the
wife of Basil LedgerwOod, one of the con-
fessed cOnspirators who testified against
Hawes. that sne dealt her q blow with an
umbrella on the way to this city. She at
tempted to draw q weapon on Hon. John
II. Neill. one of the States attorneys. and
mont ran high, and SO desperate are
the relatives of Halves that some
uneasiness Is felt lest violence may be
done some one. Halves asked tor a new
hearing. and the motion will be heard Sat-
urdsy. bus it is almost certain that it will
be refused. Hawes. In the meanwhile. will
remain In jail at Petersburg. Mike Lavelle,
the brother of the convicted ex-auditor. is
yet TO be tried.
The fight made by the defense was
equally a. strong as that made for Lavelie
Monday afternoon, W. A. Odg0n opening
the argument for the. estate, and Judge Gar
diner, of Washington. closing. f. B. Cosey
made the last speech for the defense, but
his eloquent plea accom- lished nothing.
before O'Clock. and O verdict was found
this morning at 10 O'Clock. The general
opinion prevails that the sentence given
him is entirely too light.
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MAY BE SEVERAL KILLED.

Meager News Of Disastrous Boiler Explo-
sion Near Gas City.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
GAS CITY. Ind. April 19.-Conriers spat-
tered with mud from rapid riding reached
this place this afternoon in search OF med
ical assistance and bringing q report of q
terrific boiler explosion at Leach's saw
mill, near Upland. nine miles southeast
from here
Will Payne. of Paramount, who was
working IN the mill. was horribly mangled
and his death was momentarily expected
when the couriers left the scene. His skull
was crushed and his limbs broken.
George Leach, one of the owners of the
mill. was badly scalded. and suffered q
broken arm. 1t was not known whether
his injuries would prove fatal.
Esom Smith. q boy employed in the mill
was struck in the breast by a flying
fragment, and was seriously though prOba-
bly, not fatally hurt.
The explosion wrecked the machinery
and buildings of the mill to such an extent
that they are considered an almost total
loss. Those who brought the news
were ignorant of the cause of the explosion.
The physicians had not returned from the
scene Of tho disaster at q late hour to- night.
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and that at other times be has seemed to
be In touch with what was going on in
street-railway matters Mr.. Pearson 10
much too busy man to stand around as
spectator Just out of curiosity.
"Of course. it's the gas people," said w.
l.. Taylor, when asked W HON Judge Elliott
represented. Il know they are the ones
interested
has amply demonstrated Dy the way be
has kept his own counsel mp 10 date in this
matter. And when he stated that so far as
his knowledae went, all the people in his
company were local capitalists. there will
hardly be any question that such is the
case.
lt occurred to Journal reporter that
possibly all their negotiations with Judge
Elliott had been conducted through Mr..
Pearson. conversation with the latter
however. cast cold water pom Tat theory.
tie disappeared from the Board of Public
Works Office immediately after the bid was
opened and was found at the gas office.
Il can neither deny nor affirm it," said
he, when asked point blank about the sup
position that Baron Jermanowski and
Messrs. Deiterich and Benedict were In il.
i am not In q position to talk because l
have no knowledge. / have seen none of
our people for some months and have had
no conversation with Judge Elliott about
It."
That rather smashed the theory that Mr..
Pearson had been conducting the deal He
was asked again about this point.
mo-" he replied, Il have had no CONVEX
sation with Judge Elliott about street-car
matters" After q pause he continued. II
see no reason why ne should keep silent
any longer, however. They will surely
have TO incorporate before they can oon-
tract with the board. though l am no law
yer. and 1t may be possible for Judge FL
lott to make contract as attorney in
fact
Not u few people are firmly grounded In
the belief John Il. Frenzel and the people
usually associated with him in financial
enterprises are the ca pitalists of the I'M
known" but when asked about the matter
q couple OF days ago by Journal reporter.
Mr. Frenzel stated alphabetically that he
had nothing TO do with it, was out of the
street-railroad business aud proposed to
stag out.
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WHITELAW REID ON CLEVELAND.
The Presidents Failure to Stop the Mckinley
Robbery" Criticised in Caustic Terms

SAN FRANCISCO. April 19.--The Chronicle
will TO morrow print an extended interview
with Hon. Whitelaw Reid, who is stop
ping at Millbrae, the summer home of d. o.
Mills In response to question IS TO
what he thought about President
Clevelands appointments. Mr.. Reid said:
I'm the main l fancy he is
doing the best he can. Some of them are
excellent" In regard to the appointments
of Senator Eustis as EN- bass ador to France,
he said: Il doubt if the President could
have made better choice If he
had searched his party through"
Mr.. Reid commends President Cleve-
lands course in raising the rank of the
English and French ministers to cmbassa-
doris. and says that the change is more
desirable for business than special reasons.
ambassadors can trensaot business much
more speedily than can ministers.
With regard to hauling down the Amer.
lean lag at Honolulu Mr.. Reid thinks that
President Cleveland wishes to conduct TIE
negotiations with the Hawaiian lsla nds
while they are free from restraint toge Their
with the natural desire that acquisition Of
the islands shall appear In history as the
work of his administration.
Speaking of the on noun cement that Pres
ident Cleveland W Guild not appoin: men to
the same offices they formerly held
under him, MIR. Reid said he
could not believe that Mr.. Cleveland
had any such ridiculous ruio. why Law
it down" he said. .'as a general rule that
he will uniformly deprive the country OF
the services of those members of his party
best trained TO serve Itf A private citizen
who should conduct his business on that
theory would be thought to need guar.
dian"
What do you think of the general work
of the administration. was asked.
General work. There 10 not any. The
two great questions are tariff and silver and
so far as we k now nothing has been done vi b
either. and there Is no intention to touch
them until about oDe-fourth of the Presi-
dents term has run out. Before election
we were told that the Mckinley tariff was
the eliminating atrocity of class legis-
lation. most gigantic robbery of the
Iabolng man and the poor, and in the
interest of few of the rich. Well. the
Democrats are in power and they pre- fer
TO let the robbery 60 steadily on. The
financial situation 10 kept equally un-
certain By the silver question. and
will be until those who have been
| gwen power, get courage enough TO use IL.
| Among all the wonderful things we will
| show the visiting foreigners at the Colnm-
| bian exposition this year we shall show
| them nothing quite so astonishing as this:
n plurality of tho American people elec,in z
n President declare they are being robbed.
Their President, however, waits nearly n
J year before lifting hnaex to stop the
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LONG-LIvED FAMILY,

Something About Robert Eivin, the Veteran
Pennsylvania R4iiroadsr.
Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal
COLUMBUS, Ind, April 19.-The mother
of Robert Elvin. the veteran railroader. of
this city. is dying at her home at South
Bend. She is eighty eight years old. Her
husband. at the same age. is in feeble
health. The aged couple were born in
London, and came to this country in 1892
Three brothers of the aged husband
came to this country on the same steamer.
By occupation they were shoemakers, but
they found In O new country that there
was little demand for their skilled
work. md 80 they drifted into other
fields of labor. Robert Eivin, the veteran
rsilroader of the Pennsylvania lines. no
will have charge of the Pennsy lvania Com
pany's display at the worlds fair. and tho
Is inst now engaged In the collection of the
early devices used on the first railroads
constructed in this country, is
brother to the aged and feeble
man at South Bend. and is but five
years younger. This man Is unquestion-
ably the Oldest railroad man in the West.
he having aided in building the first rail-
road in this State. from Madison. Ind.
TO this city in 1886. Since that
date he has continually renamed
in the employment of this road and
every company thnt has operated it and is
to-day on the pension roll. being required
tn DO no labor. but each month draws $3.50.
The other brothors are still living and are
past seventy-fve. Strange as II may
seem. it Is said mono of the Elvins have
attended funeral of . relative in
America notwithstanding they have lived
here since 1892. The mother of these aged
sons lived to be ninety.seven and died
from the result Of broken thigh.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-20

CHICAGO April 19-The Journal tonight
prints an elaborate article, suggesting the
possibility of the manufacture of silver
coin from standard metal in exact imita-
ton of the genuine. and Its circulation on
an extensive scale throughout the United
States. the counterfeiters TO depend for
their profits upon the difference between
the bullion value and the legal tender
value of the silver after coinage. The
margin of gross profit on such an operation,
according TO the journal, would approxi-
mate 40 TO IS per cent. with silver at it's cur
rent bullion value. the market price having
fallen from Sl.20 per ounce To about so
cents in less than three years.
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Mrs. Holman seriously III.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WARRINGTON. April 19.-Representative
and Mrs. William S. Holman lefs for their
home at Aurora this afternoon. accom-.
panied by their daughter. Mrs. Holmsi'a
condition was not good to-day. She has
been attacked by bronchial affection,
which causes her family much concern.
She was so reduced IN strength as to make
it necessary to carry her 10 the train. Mrs.
Holman has been seriously Ill for three
months. but had almost recovered a week
ago. Her more recent attack seems 10 be
from o new disease.