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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-03

/ IOE3I DARKNESS. OChkS DNuy
dressing-room had put out the gas.
II woke dear Sue rs gently rs could
but she is not good walker; in reply
| to my terrified whispers she answered.:
sEh? What? Did you spcakY And
even: Don't pirch, for ! was driven to
| that expedient, but when 1 had
breathed into her ear what had hap
pened she was quiet enough. Perhaps
you turned the gas off yourself she
murmured No. said /, In hushed
anxiety-indeed. we were talking
under the bed clothes-'I left more
than a bead rs the dtessing-roo
door bolted?' Yes said; it was in
deed made fast by the machine, but
what was the good of that, when the
robber must be in the room; indeed ii
must be worse than useless, for he
would not know how to get out again,
which would probably make him des-
perate.
AZ think said Sue, we ought to
light the candle 1t stood with the
matches at my bedside, and what she
meant, as / well knew, was that |
ought to light it. This might precipi-
tGte matters and was therefore dam
gerous Office, but somehow / accom-
plished it. Upon the whole it had
good effect upon my nerves, though
Sue was not an encouraging spectacle.
She had endeavored to take off her
nightcap, under the impression it was
a delicate thing to do in contemplation
of the visit OF stranger, and the
strings had got in a knot, at which she
was Juggling convulsively. This gave
her color, but it was not healthy
one, and her eyes looked as though
they would have come out of her head.
However, l took the candle and tot
tered with 1t into the next room with
vague idea of asking for mercy on
condition of giving the man all our
valuables and showing how to undo
the door fastener. And here the most
dreadful thing of all happened, for
just as crossed the threshold some
body blew the candle out, and we
were left in darkness with the positive
certainty of there being a robber
within few feet of u.s. There may
have been more terrible positions in
the history of human life, but If SO, l
have never heard of them.
The tension of our minds was such
that little more would have made
gibbering maniacs of both of us, when
most providential affair happened.
We heard tray rattle in the passage
without and cry of Go along with
you, which we recognized. 1t was
the voice of our chambermaid Mary
Ann, and addressed to our waiter who,
notwithstanding he was carrying
plates and glasses, had endeavored to
snatch a salute from her. When we
had heard the same thing before we
had been shocked as in duty bound,
but on this occasion it gave us the
most heartfelt satisfaction; for II
showed that there were honest II
rather disreputable) people about, and
that the household was still afoot. II
gave me courage at once, and rescued
Sue from the very brink of -hystericA
A sort of desperate audacity caused me
to see this mysterious matter out, and
the more SO because the effect of this
relief was, ! regret to say, to cause Sue
to entertain some doubt of anything
having happened at all. Are you quite
sure, my dear she said, that you left
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-03
ouADRuPED HEROES.
Dogs of France that Have Had Militia
Funerals.

Dogs of France that Have Had Military
Funerals.
A Paris paper tells the story of sew
eral dogs who have received in France,
or in the French colonies, the honors
of military funeral. 1t is customary
with many companies in French regi-
ments, and especially with those sta
toned in Algeria, to have company
pet, and this pet is oftener dog than
anything else.
These dogs supplement in Africa,
very usefully, the work of the sentinels
1T night. They not only give warning
Of the coming of a human enemy. but
also Of the stealthy approach of jackals
and other beasts of prey.
One of these company dogs. Dellys
by name, warned the detachment to
which he belonged of an ambuscade
while on the march in = hostile coun-
try. The soldiers themselves were ig-
norant of the Arab trap, and would
have fallen into it il the dog. marching
In advance, had not flown yelping at
the rocks behind which the savages
were concealed.
IN reWdTQ iOr JuIS oefVlcc DcAlyb W0S
formally made sergeant, and wore
proudly on all dress occasions the
gallons, or insignia of his rank. When
he died he was buried with military
honors.
A military picture BY . noted artist,
preserved in Paris, commentaries an
other such funeral-the burial of dog
named Moustache. This animal was
also company peT in Algeria He
went into an enlightenment with HE
company. and received . wound which
necessitated the amputation of one Of
his f0relegA
In due time Moustache's comrades
presented him with wooden leg; and
instead Of retiring to live ct the I'm
valides." or soldiers' home, for the rest
Of his life. as . human veteran with .
wooden leg would have done. he con.
tinued to stump around with his com.
pany until he had filed out the meas
urs of his days.
Then he was given . military funer
al; and the artist who witnessed it ger.
petusted the fame Of it on canvas
Youth's Companion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-03

purse and watch upon their dressing
table are at that very moment chang
ing owners
One can hardly picture more anx-
ious life than that of the hotel thief;
more at the mercy of circumstances,
more subject to what the old stage
directions call ALARMS and excur-
sions," and generally less at ease in his
inn.
No reflection, however, respecting
the discomfort of hotel thieves ever oc-
Cured to Aunt Deborah; like the
French vivisectionist who was asked
whether his experiments hurt the ami
mails, she might have honestly replied
that that consideration never entered
her mind;" she was tender-hearted
woman, but her pity did not extend to
the class In question. They were in
fact her bette noir; her sister Susan and
herself passed good deal of their
time in hotels, and always with the
fear Of being robbed at night before
their eyes. They never went down to
the table d. hote without connecting
some innocent and respectable person
with this larcenous profession, and IL a
footstep passed their door after they
had retired to rest they plunged their
heads beneath the bed clothes and
awaited the worst.
As matter of fact, my aunts were
never robbed at hotel Except in
the course of business by the landlord)
though they always expected tc be
until last'year, when-but l must let
Aunt Deb tell her own story. No one
she says, can tell what Sue and she
suffered on the occasion in question.
or can properly describe the horror of
their situation but themselves: and as
Aunt Sue, according to her sisters ac-
count, was insensible through terror
during part of the time, it seems
only right that Aunt Deb should be
the spokeswoman. Aunt Sue is a
sprightly young thing of fifty-two or
so, and though not Eighty Except
as regards desire to escape from rob
bers) is scarcely equal to deal with a.
subject at once so serious and delicate
as night alarm.
''Sue and / had two bedrooms at the
Imperial but as usual, when at ho-
tells, we slept together for protection,
and one was only used as my dressing
room In this we kept the gas burn
ing, though very low, all night. and
the door open between the two rooms,
so as to avoid being In darkness. II
need not say that all the other doors
were bolted; to lock door at an hotel
Is simply to invite the robber, as with
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-03

Mexico produces anything that can.
be raised in any other country. So
varied is the climate that - the same
state can be raised any product Of tho
tropics and Of the pol6k region. Cot
ton. wheat, rye, silver,ssilk. cocoi nuts,
bananas, rice. cocoa. Vanilla. lo6 Wood.
mahogany, hides ana wine ara the
principal products. IN. X. Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-03

Many paused before the hand organ
and listened to its rude melody.
Thare's no place like home, "dronsd
the organ.
Tears sprang to the eyes Of the man
with the dusty hat.
There's no place like home
II hope not, sighed the man, for hia
thoughts were with the bare, wet floors
and dinner Of cold potato on the top
Of the sewing machine Detroit Trib
une.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-03
AaauT POTATOES.

some l5fk rlties of Growth In the
z{5S Tubsr.
In, = ~ erp grange there was re-
Gently hated discussion ON the
asseAte{ hat there are but few
y IS compared with the
nun a score Of years ago
May hat open almost Inn
mediat5I H. and in some locali-
ties such Va potato seed Is
rarity.
1t has \pned whether the
potato 81 d for this state
Of things prmers argia-
ing that Ga nxcised soune
deleterious "a It and
terferad with
While 1t is bare
tato beetle r.
amount Of infII
unquestionably
blossoms are ord
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-03

lit is related Of Portlond nalip
owner, who read of his vessel re.
ported, that he took the ia4ttl and
longitude in which the vessel Ws6 Said
to hsve been seen. and found aAe WAS
10 the miaale q The dessert Of saAas4
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-03

The mother Of Nero. the infamous
Agrippina, was one Of the most vicious
women of any age or country. The;
character Of her son was the product
of her early, careful and systematic
training in all kinds of vice. He was
just as much an example of the power
OF education as the most noted OF re-
formers, the difference being in the
quality of the education.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-03
A NOISELESS BURGLAR.
By JAMES rAYS.

popular occasions, such as the race
week, ghost can have to himself.
On the other hand, hotels are very
convenient for robbers, not, Of course,
of the black-craped and "money-or-
your-life. description, but of the quiet,
gentlemanly-looking kind, who, II they
meet the night chamberlain In the PAS
sage at two in the morning, express
their satisfaction at finding somebody
who can tell them the number of their
room, which they have unhappily for
gotten. 1t must be strange life,
that of pretending to be somebody else,
generally captain very much unat-
tached, and. after mastering more or
less difficult role all day, to pass the
small hours of the night in trying
other peoples doors and taking the
consequences, which may be anything
disagreeable, from the inquiry Of
''who the devils that?' down to the
presentation of a revolver. His hope,
of course, Is to find the gentleman he
visits, whose very names, and far more
their habits, are utterly unknown to
him, in deep sleep, but never dream
ing-if dream they do-that their
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That Thoater HAT AKaths 81
She tpetulantIy)- Do you have 10 60
out to see man?
He derociously)-Y You have to go out
to see anything. Town Topics. -
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-03
Personal.

NJ Sweeney, Parsons, is AT the Coates.
NJ Il. Smith, Denver, is AT the Coates
u. Lewis, New York, is at the Coates.
n. B. Price, Columbia, Is at theCoates.
T.. q. Berger Washington, Is at the
Coates,
II. y. Bettchcr, Chicago, is at the Coates.
w. T.. Gray, bloomington is at the
Coates.
Coates.
d. Y. Wheeler Denver, is at the Coates
j. IL. Carroll, Unionville, Is at the
Coates,
G. W. Pollard. Idaho Springs, Col, Is at
the Metropolitan
G. Il. Darwin, Virginia, Neb,, is at the
Metropolitan.
II. d. BOYD, Toronto, Kas., is at the
Metropolitan,
II. ID. Knode. Portland. Ore, is at the
Metropolitan,
W. l.. spencer. of Admire. Kas is at the
New Albany.
j. X. Thomas aud c, q. Wilson OF Mount
Leonard. Mo, We're al the New Albany
yesterday.
William Sadler and f. p. Wager, of To-
peka, kas.. are ut the New Albany.
". G. Rose and wife. OF Bethany Mo-,
are at the New Albany.
Henry Morris. OF chiilicothe, No., is at
the New Albany.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-03
SOME NEWS VIA BOSTON.
Much Destitution said to Exist Among the
settlers In the Cherokee strip.

Boston, Jan. 2.--According to adyices re.
ceivcd by the Congregational Home Mis-
sionary Society. the circle of suffering In
parts of the West is widening. 1t includes
the Cherokee Strip in oklahoma, which
was opened for settlement a year ago. The
country is emphatically new. The mis-
sionaries of the Congregational Home Mis-
sionary Society, in forwarding special cor
respondenCe relating to the situation, state
that there is special need of clothing. With
the thermometer below zero, there were
thirteen men at religious service who
wore no overcoats and We're not known to
own one Some of the women were with
out wraps of any kinds.
mother and daughter alternately wore
the same pair of shoes. Women have been
found barefoot at home, not possessing any
kind of an old shoe. one home missionary
writes as follows
81 have no means whatever. We have
members who have not been able to
do anything. With my limited amount of
$l75 per quarter, | have divided with two
or three of our families to keep them from
absolute suffering but can't do anything
more. / think the strip which is only a
year old, will be in much better condition
in another year, as they Will raise consid-
cradle crops. There Will be sod crops, of
course. but will help.
"a meeting has been held TO petition con-
gress for help, but can't wait for con-
gressional action. 1t takes every cent our
society con raise to get books, keep up Sab
bath schools and provide fuel for our
church. The building is new and not yet
completed. The ladies recently purchased
a stove. The blizzard struck us Christmas,
since which time some families have suf-
fered simply for want of clothes of any de-
scription.'
The home missionary society has already
forwarded clothing for these sufferers and
will gladly be the almoner of the public in
doing.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-03
MURDER OF BENZ.
Continued From Page 4.

talked very seriously to their half intoxi-
Gated guest and before they had finished
telling him that he might be arrested az
accessory to the murder himself he began
to give his account OF the assault and
murder. He said that the three man way
laid Benz When he came along the lonely
lane near Mount st. Mary's cemetery the
men halted him. one of them held the
horses while second man assaulted Benz,
Benz made vigorous fight. but 1t was in
vain, as the third man hurried up and
pounded him over the head with coupling
pin until It was believed that he was dead.
"Why didn't you interfcrc?" the witness
to the brutal affair was asked.
II was afraid" was the reply, "and when
the mon saw that | had seen them and
knew who they were they told me they
would kill me II | ever gave them away.
The visitor said that was the reason he
had remained so loi.g silent regarding the
crime.
The wife of the man who told this story
fully corroboratcd 1T. The man was seen
afterward and he insisted on his story. The
whereabouts OF the three farmers who are
charged with the crime on the night OF
the assault and robbery was then inquired
into and Circumstantial evidence was found
TO be strongly against them. Yesterday the
warrants were sworn out before Justice
Kruger for their arrest
The two men arrested by Deputy MAR
shals Latimer and keshlear were brought
to the county Jail at o'clock last night'
They were arrested between Little Blue
and independence. one of the men is
said to have n criminal record Neither
of the men was entered on the jail record
and every effort was made to keep the
facts concerning the arrest secret nntN
to-day. No one was allowed to converse
with them at the county Jail and they
were placed In separate cells. 1t is be-
loved that the third alleged party to the
crime received some intimation of the dis
covery made by the officials and Is trying
to dodge them At an early hour this
morning deputy marshals were stiN
searching for him.
Justice Krueger was asked last nisht
regarding the warrants issued by him fos
the alleged Benz murderers. He said his
had promised to say nothing concerning
them until the three men for whom the
warrants were issued were locked up in the
county iail.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-03
WASHINGTON CHIT CHAT.

Colonel q. Chandler, assistant quarter
master general, has been placed on the
retired list.
II Is expected that the nomination of
Colonel Guido Norman Lieber to be
judge advocate general of the army, 10
succeed General Swain, retired, will be
sent to congress to-day. Colonel Lieber
is at present acting judge advocate gem
eral position he has filled since 1884.
A statement issued by the director of
the mint shows the coinage executed at
the mints of the United States during
December to have been S3,456. .663 of
which s2072,0i2 was gold, sl,270,02s silver
and sll4,593 minor coins. OF the silver
coined s25O,3il was i'm standard dollars.
Principal Chief Harris and Delegates
Duncan and Thompson from the Chero-
kee indian nation, representing the
Greeks, and several Indians from the In
dian Territory We're at the interior de-
partment yesterday and had an inter
View with Commissioner of Indian AZ
fairs Browning.
The question of the disposition of
Watts famous painting, Love and
Life" has been settled. 1t will hang on
the wall of the Corcoran art gallery
The president has issued an order turn
ing the picture oyer to the Corcoran gal
lery until such time as the proper au-
lhorities of the government should ask
for its return.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-03
BURNS PREDICTS WOE FOR US,
lie Sees storm Coming Witch VIII Make
the Commune Seem trivial.

Boston Jan IA reception In honor Of
John Burns, NJ T., was held in Faneuil
hall tonight. followed by "a mass meeting,
at which MIR. Burns. Frank Il. Foster. Miss
Frances f.. Willard and Lady Henry Som
erset were among the speakers
Every available inch of room In the hall
was occupied half an hour before the time
OF the meeting, and hundreds were turned
away.
Henry Lloyd of Carpenters union No
%, presided. and briefly introduced the
English labor champion
MIR. Burns began by referring to the
pleasure at being able to appear in the
ancient and historic city OF Boston, which
also Is the court OF king Capital OF
America He then said the cause of the
trades unions is as great as that of aholi-
tonists of former years.
"Ours Is not battle of race. color or
creed" he said, but we are asking ana
demanding n better condition of things
not only for the 7O.0v0c0O in America nut
for every man and woman in the entire
world.
''rhe trades unions were created the
day after the factory system was born
Putting labor leaders into prison VIII not
stop strikes. II may lessen their frequency
but they will be more severe
Referring to the Chicago criticism OF
himself. he said: "'rhe trade unions should
go into municipal politics and when hon
est workingmeu are IN seats of honor
many things. such as municipaliziuS the
street cars, gas service. telegraphs ana
other necessities. which would be of great
benefit to he workinEmen, will he achieved
''rhe curse of the American labor move
ment Is icalousy. and you must remember
that when you are killing each other IN II
hell of jealousy. the monopolists are only
hugging themselves with joy because your
fighting will make 1t all the longer before
you will come to your senses and get your
Sfe
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-03
FLASHES FROM AFFAIR.

Berlin. jan 2.-Emperor William has dec
GRATED Count Won Waldersee, chief of the
general staff of the German army, with
the order of the Black Eagle
Rio Janeiro. Jan. 2.-President NIoraes
present at the official reception yes
terday after which he announced that
amnesty would be granted to the soldiers,
sailors and police convicted of desertion
during and after the recent civil war.
London, Jan. Fire broke out in n
laundry on the Edgwar road, this city, at
! o'clock this morning and the flames
spread so rapidly that the building was
consumed and with it the charred remains
of its eight inmates We're found among
the ruins.
Constantinople, Jan. 1T is reported
that the governor of Bitlis. Tansn Pasha,
who commanded the military operations in
the Sassoun district, where so many out
RACES have been reported, has been assas-
sinated by an Armenian who afterwards
committed suicide.
London, Jan. "A dispatch to the Chron-
icle from Moscow stated the czar, in revis-
ing the list of officers for promotion, which
list gives the age, religion, etc, of the Of
ticers. struck his pen through the column
marked religion, declaring that was ques-
tion that did not concern him.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 1.-The retirement
of NJ. krivoschein, minister of ways and
communications, is in consequence of his
connection with the contracts for railroad
ties, the material for which was obtained
from the estate of NJ. krivoschein. When
the minister of finance discovered this
scandal NJ. Krivoschein was requested to
resign
Paris. Jan. 2.-The Courier du Congo to-
day publishes official dispatch from
Mobbaye, saying that the natives recently
attacked an outpost of the BelgianS on the
upper Quibangui and killed two white men
and five Senegalese soldiers. A Belgian
force afterwards attacked the natives, kill
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-03
New Orleans Races.

New Orleans. Jan. 2-Twenty-second day
Crescent City Jockey Clubs winter meet.
ing. Weather rainy and warm; track
heavy; attendance fair.
First race-Five and one-half furlongs;
selling Van Brunt, lo5 tNewcom), to l,
won: Cora, iO5 %. HID, to ., second; !;
Ransom 1o6 O.. Gardiner. to ?, third.
Time, l;i3i2
Second race-One mile; selling. DR..
Parke, 100 III. Shields) > to l, won: Sir
James, 100 (Newcom), to /, second; Charlie
b.. lO9 d. SMITH, to /, third. Time, l:52,
Third race-SiN furlongs; selling. Old Do-
mnion, 100 CWelsh), 5 to I, won; Jardne,
l01 %. HID, 8 to l, second: Hodgson, lO3
PENN, S to /, third. Time, l:lo%4.
Fourth race-Slx and one-half furlonCs;
handicap. Wahatchie. l06 penn, to /,
won; Miss Galop, 1lO J. HID, TO 1, sec
ond; Bonnie b., 106 Coleman, 20 to /,
third. Time, 2Sia
Fifth race-Seven and one-half furlones;
selling Jim Henry, l1l Gregory, l. 10 /,
won; Ixion, 10j "a. Clayton, . to :. sec
oud; Alibi. lO5 q. HID, TO 2. third. Time,
l:i3at.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-03
CANNOT SUE INDIAN NATIONS.
The Tribes Occupy the Same Plane AS In
dependent Nations--Intcrest-
ing Decision.

ST. Louis. Mo-, Jan. 2.-In the United
States circuit court of appeals, Judges Caia-
well and Thayer on the bench, an interest
ing decision was rendered to-day as to the
liability of an Indian tribe to be sued as
n nation. 1t was the case of George :.
Thebes, who sued the Choctaw tribe for
SllO.349 for professional services rendered
the nation in lobbying in Washington. The
defendants demurred to the complaint on
the ground that the federal court in the
Indian Territory had no jurisdiction of
the persons of the defendants and of the
subject matter of the action The court
sustained the demurrer and this court
afiirms the judgment. The decision, which
is by Judge Caldwell, discusses the status
of the several nations and says that 1t
seems to have been the policy of congress
to regard them as self-governing com
munities. They are not sovereign states,
but so far as regards suits brought against
them, the policy is to place them on the
plane of independent states. A state with
out its consent cannot be sued by an in
dividual. Congress might have allowed
the nations to be sued. but it has never
done