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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-20

peals having territorial Jurisdiction under
the foregoing amendments.
G. W. BOLTON,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
H. r. LOTT,
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
A true copy:
7. s. ADAMS, Secretary of State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-20
(Seal.)

A t the second Democratic primary
election for Mayo rof Shreveport on
the 18th instant, Mr.. R. N. Keller was
nominated by majority PIP votes.
Total vote: r. N. Mcclellan, SAG; r.
T. Vinson, 334.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-20

airy to be fixed annually and paid b. the
Police Jury of each parish.
Sec. 8. Be it further resolved. etc,
That articles one hundred AMI twenty
eight and one hundred and Twenty-Five
of the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana be and the same are hereby abro-
gated and repealed.
G. W. BOLTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
H. r. LOTT.
President Pro Tempore of the State.
A true copy: 0
T. S. ADAMS. Secretary of State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-20

To add to the funds already Oh
tanned for church organ, the ladies
of Benton will give an entertain
ment at the Court House on Feb.
2Sth. Admission, 80 cents; children
% cents. Doors open at o'clock.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-20

all cases. Pensions granted to widows
shan cease upon their remarriage.
G. w. BOLTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
H. r. LOTT,
President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
a true copy:
T. 8. Adams, Secretary of State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-20

An extensive tract of Nicaraguan
lana has been sold to representatives
of Philadelphia syndicate which
proposes to raise bananas on a large
scale for shipment to the United
States.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-20

The j. II. Woods Lumber Co.
give special attention to country Or
ders. The farmers and planters can
buy their lumber from them at very
lowest price. Do not forget this
when you are ready to buy. They
save you money.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-20
The arkansas Ga=etfe.
DAILY, Sunday and Weekly ed,t;ons,

toaify, Sunday and Weekly editionsb
Continues to be the LEADING news,aran l..
the State. The Weekly Gazette Contains =
complete resume OF the weeks news ami
should be in every family in the State its
price tonly 81 q year. is within the reach NJ III
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-20

In testimony whereof I have hereunt0
affixed my signature and attached the
seal of the State of Louisiana, at the city
of Baton Rouge, this 23d day of Decent
Der, 1895.
:. Il. s. ADAMS,
(Seal) Secretary of State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-02-20

Jurisdiction concurrent with the District
Court. when the amount in dispute shall
exceed fifty dollars exclusive of interest,
and shall not exceed one hundred
dollars exclusive Of interest. They
shall have no jurisdiction in succession OF
probate matters, or when a succession is
defendant, or when the State or any par
ish is a party. They shall receive such
fees in civil matters as may be fixed by
law.
Sec. q. Be it further resolved etc,
| That Article one hundred and twenty-si1
| Of the Constitution of the State Of Louis
lana shall be 50 amended as to read as
| follows:
Article 126. They shall have criminal
| jurisdiction as committing magistrates,
| and shall have power to bail or discharge
In cases not capital or necessarily punish
able at hard labor. They shall receive
no fees in criminal matters including
peace bond cases, but in lieu thereof such
I salary as may be fixed annually by the
Police Jury to be paid by the parish.
Sec. Z. Be it further resolved, etc,
That Article one hundred and twenty
seven of the Constitution of the State Of
| Louisiana be so amended as to read as
| follows:
| Article 127. There shall be a consta-
Bile for each justice Of the peace, in the
several parishes of the State, the Parish
Of Orleans excepted, who shall be elected
for term Of four years by the qualified
voters within the territorial limits of the
Jurisdiction Of the several justices Of the
| peace They shall receive such fees in
| civil matters as may be fixed by law. In
criminal matters they shall receive no
fees Ok mileage, but IN lieu thereof sal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

was handed over to the officers OF
Paris. Tex. When he reaches there he
viii be tried on a charge OF murder
committed in 1891.
Edward Dykes, aged II. and Joseph
Rice, -. fought a duel for the hand
OF a fair daughter of a farmer in the
Center school house neighborhood,
near Colfax, Ind. Dykes. though the
younger. came out victorious. to the
great joy of the young lady, whose
~sympathics were with him.
Emanuel Ringer was arrested mt
New York and is now confined in Lud-
low street jail in default of 500
bail. Secret service agents believe
they have solved the secret of the
mysterious mans life and at the same
time have a ~counterfeiter who has
baftied all their efforts for seventeen
years.
At Buffalo the jury in the Hyde muir
der case brought In a verdict Of guilty
Of murder in the second degree. The
pcralty for second degree murder un-
der the statutes is life Imprisonment.
The charge against Hyde was the Kill
ing of Capt. Charles Phillips during a
riot OF canal boatmen at Tonawando
last October.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

ST. Paul. April 4.-rhe report on
child labor in st. Paul made by Fac
tory Inspector Frank Casserly to
Labor Commissioners Powers tells of
the work done by the inspector and his
assistant under tho child labor law of
1926 and IS brought up to date. The
work was begun last November. and
all Of the +. ctories in the St. Paul dis
trict We're visited with the exception of
soine twelve. in which no child labor
ever been found at any previous
visitation. At the beginning of this
part OF Mr.. Casserly's work in N,,ove,n-
Der he found but very few employers
OF labor In factories or stores who
were familiar with the law Or it's oper-
alton. AS a rule all have. however,
heaitliy ~co-operated in complying with
the law and in securing school GER
tifcates ard Il for the children
employed by them, or in discharging
those enable to secure certificates.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
STATE SCHOOL FUNDS.
.. xro 900 Than Last
y.,r-Inferesting Statistics.

THO Income 10 The state this year
from leasing public school lands VIII
he $4,000; last year 1T was 1870
The reason of the increase Is tnat tue
vacant school sections are very ne
silahle for grazing purposes, ana me
school land is being secured by stocA-
men for "A term of years Tor tiiat pui-
nose. When Forts Randall anu SuilA
arc secured by the state an effort VIII
he made by the land department 20
fla upon the whole of the Two reser-
yntions for school endowment pur-
noses. Already big stockmen, anticl-
hating that the state will finally tahe
these lands. have made very llbefal
offers 10 lease them for Il term OF
wears. The amount of land YET 10 ne
secured by the state is as follows, al
though $4,000 acres Of the total mas
harn applied for: Agricultural col
lece. G4.Sl9: school of mines and uni
yersity. 21,6S0; reform school, deai
and dumb. normal school, S,IO0; pub'
lie buildings, ~, 1876; other educational
and charitable institutions, ol,los'
The amount of deferred payments G
due the state amount 10 S~l,3SS.suG.
The permanent school fund now loan
ed 10 different counties is S6io,bSb.
When the land III the different conii-
ties begins To sell ut even the mini
mum figure named in the constitution
the income will be almost beyond com-
putation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
Crimes and Criminals.

The Frisco train robbers are still at
large. The sheriff's posse has return
ed to Lebanon without finding the
slightest clue to work on.
Turbert KERN, a FARMER of Columbia
City, Ind, worried over prospects Of
financial reverses and hanged himself
to Il tree.
Evidence tending to show that An
ME McGrath intended to kill Langden
and herself at Philadelphia has been
found.
Settlers in the San Simon part of
Arizona are wrought up TO a high
pitch OF excitement over the murder
by Apaches of Alfred hands.
William Henry Ballard. aged - and
unmarried, Respondent through sick
ness, cut his throat at Walkersville,
Ill.
Hannah Hatton. aged %, unmarried.
was murdered ut Holland, Man, while
on her way home. There Is no'clue to
the murderer.
Oswald Ectin. formerly of Mexico,
Mo-, a gambler, was killed In a fight
at Carrollton, Mo. One other man was
fatally burt and two badly injured.
Georgia Burke, colored. has been nc
quilted of the murder of Ide Miller,
an ex-policeman of Terre Haute, Ind,
who was killed in a struggle for pos
session of a pistol.
Ira Gibson, aged %, n florist Of
Woodbury.. N. j., shot and killed Mrs.
Sallie March, a widow, and then com
mitted suicide. Unrequited love was
the motive.
Calvin Rains, the alleged murderer
Of j. Il. Coulter. a farmer Of Golden,
Ill, is on trial at Jonesboro. His wife,
indicted for completely i'm the crime,
will have a separate trial.
Officer JolA Graham. who killed
Jack Worthington while the latter
was resisting arrest at Alexandria,
Ind. has been indicted for murder In
the second degree. Labor unions are
pushing the case against him.
James w. De Ormond. the counter
seiter who has just completed a two
years sentence fin the Kings county
IN. ~ penitentiary for that crime
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
THE NEWS RESUME.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
Comprehensive Review of the
important Happenings of the
Past Week Culled From the Tel
egraph RepOrts-rhe Notable
Have Attracted Attention.
The Nation. Capital.

william y. Cobb of Athens, Ga, has
been appointed private secretary OF
Secretary Hoke Smith.
Terms of office of thirty-four presi-
Dental ~postmasters will expire during
April. Appointments to several OF
these have already been announced.
The treasury department has evil
dence tending to show that the steam
ship Commodore. which recently
cleared from the port of Charleston,
s. c.. with arms and ammunition, did
at sea, as reported by her captain,
but landed it on the coast of Cuba.
The government Is distributing
among all the men, women and
children of the Sioux nation a cash
payment of So each as interest on the
amount derived from the sale of a.
000,0 600 acres Of the South Dakota re-
seryation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
misses ConIorn.a.l.. ~

A more charmingly dainty gOyl|
confirmation can not be found
for white material it is espel
adapted. A simple creamy sill,
lace yoke of the same TINT laid
white satin, makes an ideal dres
the solemn event in the church sd
The dainty crepes of silk are !
tiful, and though not so cheap
China silk. prove n wise invests
for they wear forever and dye !
tifully in light shades.
Lawn, India null, silk null and
fon are exquisite for dancing 81
and all develop well after this "a
For evening or graduating dns
the dainty Dresden silks OF tan
are exquisite, with trimmings o.
or chiffon. One of creamy TIM
lines of blue. between which as
terspersed pink blossoms, mlgit
trimmed with blue or pink chlnOl
ribbon.
White challie with yellow BIOS
sprinkled all over the surface, IS
tiful with yellow ribbon trimming
Pink with black chiffon Is e'
ingly stylish.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
Accidental Happenings.

A destructive fire is raging in Bruins
wick, Tia.
While pulling stumps at BENTON
Harbor, Mich, Charles Eber. n young
man, was killed by the breaking of
the machine.
Easter and Allie Anderson and their
three children, together with two
horses, were drowned by the freshet
in Powell's river, Kentucky.
Charles Holt and child and John
Jenkins and two children were
drowned III Il swollen stream in RUS
sell county, Virginia.
The two massive boilers Of the
Planters Oil mill at Greenviile, Miss,
exploded. wrecking the mill property
and causing the death of five men.
James b. Jaruieson. fornan AT an
ice-machinery plant in Aurora, H.,
was fatally hurt Ivy an explosion Of a
cylinder head.
A team Of horses driven by Mrs.
Horace Bennett ran away at jefferson,
Iowa. The woma died in the buggy
of fright.
The elevator and about 10000 bush.
els OF fiaxseed, property of the Nation
al Linseed Oil company, burned ut
Burlington, Iowa.
James and Frank Thlnan and Lucy
Law were instantly killed by IA rock
crashing through the house where
they were sleeping at Echo, w. Va.
Josph Kriskofski, an insane patient
in the hospital at Kankakee, H.. swal-
lowed a quantity of phosphorus during
the absence of his attendant ana died.
John Tunnel, a farmer, living ear
Milan, Mo-, shot and mortally wounded
h. Sims, his tenant. Jealousy is the
motive assigned.
To save Miss Alberta Chapman. a
member of a skating party at Olivct,
Mich, Arthur w. Finney OF Chicago. n
student at Olivet college, gave his own
life.
When the remains of Michael Hart,
who was killed ut Hammond, Ind, By
an Erie passenger train. were sent to
his home, ut NeWburg, Ohio. the entire
force of the Illinois Steel company fol
lowed the body to the station.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
PeopIe Talked About.

A son was born to the wife OF Geo.
j.. Gould. He is the fifth child.
George Forster. managing editor of
the German Gazette since 1860, died at
New Orleans.
George Il. Bowling. aged Sc, a
wealthy banker and lumberman and
past grand master mason of the state,
died at Montague, Mich.
Edward King. a well known author
and correspondent, died in Brooklyn
after an lllness of eight days. He
was forty-nine years old.
Presiding Elder j. o. Woodruff of
the Wyoming conference Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church died at Bing-
hamton, n. Y.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
INSANE FROM MINNESOTA.
4 story From Chicago Denied by
Authorities

Chicago. April Andrew Jensen
was senI to the insane asylum at Dun
ming to-day. When his case was called
in the insane court he told Judge Car
ter that he had been ent 10 Chicago
by the authorities of the Minnesota
state insane asylum. He further said
that he was not the only patient de-
ported from the Minnesota institu-
ton. He declared there We're three
others with him when he started but
that they left the train before it
reached Chicago. One, he said, was
dropped just before the train crossed
the Wisconsin state line into Illinois
ana he did not know what had be-
come Of the others. Jensen said that
he was opposed to leaving the Mime
sofa asylum because he was far from
being cured but he was compelled 10
leave by the Keepers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

OF all the numerous instruments en-
ploycd In our times the Oldest and most
widely known are the drum, harp and
bagpipc. The first of these, simple as
its construction is, has literally played
al important part in music. 1t orig
mated in the north of Asia, and was
for more than two hundred years the
only instrument known to the rude and
rowing Tartars.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

That constant assertion Of latter
day pessimists that the human race ia
degenerating physically has been dis
proved by excavations Of ancient tombs
and monuments. The mummies or
Egyptian kings who reigned thousands
of years ago show them to have been
men of the present average size: while
proofs comc from explorations at My
cenae. Pompeii and Herculaneum that
the men of olden times were no larger
than those Of to-day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
Frcund Jury ComnIefe.

Falrmont, Mimi. April A fun
jury has been secured in the Freund
murder case. nearly all Of whom are
Farmers of tie most intelligent class.
County Attorney Quinn opened the
case with a clear outline of what the
state viii offer TO establish the guilt
OF the defendant. Three witnesses
were sworn 10 familiarize the ury
with the location of the premises
where the parties lived and where the
alleged crime Was committed. u.
Ltchhel testified To finding the body
o. Cara Cher in the pond and identi.
lied the dress she Wore. The case Is
being tried before Judge Severance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
Dispei the Clouds

~. raul, April 4.-State Treasurer
iAoerlicr yesterday handed over TO At
torllry General Childs 100 deeds en-
resenting the title of the state 10 nuhIic
IA on which it has located pub
nc hiiding or acquired for other
purposes. TIE treasurer has been eel
iectnS these deeds for several months.
put there are a number OF properties
lhe states title to which is clouded
ana lie deeds We're placed with the
attorney general for his consideration
as to the best way to quiet the title.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Orient Separator Cream
cry company at Orient, Flulk county,
with Il capital stock of $500; Moor
porators. A. j. Porter, George DigIlan.
John J.. Conway. Herman Matter,
George a. McCay. August Skaters, l..
Hand. 4. A. Sebring and John COST
gan. Also for the Mellette Creamery
company. with Il capital of $1,000 and
headquarters ut Redfield; incorDora-
tors, Arnold Braun. John Il. Braun,
Henry Praun. The purpose OF this
corporation is to establish crelmeries
in the counties Of Faux and Sphinx.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

The noisome Brown cas- in San
Francisco IS to be perpetuated on the
stage, a play having been written,
with Miss Overman as the star. Mrs
Stockton. who has Just been expelled
from Browns church because her story
was believed when 1t reflected on heI
own character but disbelieved when il
involved his, would make a striking
leading lady, when Mrs. Davidson's
~preeminent business qualifications
would fit her for the position of man.
ager-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

People who are bombarded with q
130-ton steel gun with a range of fif.
teen miles, will at least have the salts.
faction of knowing that each charge
costs $4, 100, and that the S195,00O
gun is useless after sixty shots. Peace
societies should be rejoiced to know
that war is more of a financial luxury
than ever.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
Mrs. weber's Divorce

81. Paul. April 4.-The divorce case
OF sophia Weber against Henry Weber
was brought TO an end suddeuly to.
day by Judge Brill's decision tina. sutH-
clent evidence had been offered TO
Justify. the divorce. Judge Brill
stopped the trial and said That the
proof OF intidelity was very clear and
convincing and the defendan mt had not
taken the pains to contradict It. and
that IT Is not necessary to consume
time with witnesses OH other mottnrS
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

Here is an instance OF a fire that has
been burning for centuries. According
to the testimony Of the duchess of
Cleveland, the great hearth-fire in the
han Of Raby castle has never been suf-
fered to expire. The castle is, perhaps,
the noblest and most perfect specimen
Of feudal architecture in Britain.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

Within the last month Spain is said
20 have landed in Cuba 5000 more
boys In uniform, raw levies, to fire in
20 each other or perish later on of vel
low fever. One would suppose that,
under the circumstances, the mother
hood of Spain would rise against such
blind and needless cruelty.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

Cabul, in Afghlnistan, has an arms
factory a third of a mile long and two
hundred yards wide. that turns out
10000 cartridges and II rifles daily,
and four quick-iring guns every week.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
Trinity Cenaurea

New York. April "A coroner's iurv
brought IN a verdict to-day ~censurine
tbe trinity corporation, owners of the
tenement building in Hudson street In
when TOUR persons lost THAR lives nv
s~uIocotion In n fire which occurred ast
sunday for not providing live escapas
for the structure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

The Armenians and Cubans are do
ing the best they can for themselves
under the circumstances. Whether
they have been helped or hurt by the
vocal powers of civilization is an unde.
cided question.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

Telegraphic communication between
England and the continent has SO NOR
nlously increased of late that the Brit
ish postal department must lay new
submarine cables TO France and Ger
many. Those now existing are quite
inadequate for the traffic.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

There are more than two hundred
lakes within the boundaries Of Nenezu-
ella, one of the largest being 1900 feet
above the lever of the sea. The Orino-
20 river. the largest in Venezuela, is
1,1G0 miles long.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

School teaching seems TO be the most
popular of all the fields that are open
10 college women In 1890 there were
In the United States 735 women who
were professors in colleges and uni.
versities.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

Edison denies that he has e
through a mans body. having succeed
ed SO far only in reducing his arms
and legs to transparencies. This will
answer very well for a beginning.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

The production of olive oil in Ccpha-
lonia is very considerable, a good crop
yielding $4,000 to 10000 barrels, or
1900 0 English gallons; but more than
three-fourths goes into local consump-
ton, and only ~one-fourth is exported,
almost exclusively to Russia.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

Street ears propelled by compressed
air will o o appear in the streets of
Chicago. The continual rattle and
changing of cable ears and the clatter
of iron-shod hoofs may be heard no
more il the g proves. practical
BILE.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
Between Poker and n Donh'

Mr.. Ferry-Grcatness Is al
parative. For example, an elet
four feet high would be called =
little thing, while n rat OF thal w
Mrs. Ferry-Yes, and SO TOT
net is IN enormous expense D
isn't anything at all when you
1t at poker.-Sphinx.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

The Canadian colony of Hebrews
founded by Baron Hirsch has col
iapsed. OF the original 500. only q
dozen or two are still ON the ground.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

AT one time during the life of John
Bright there were no fewer than seven
members OF his family with seats in
the house of commons.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
Pertshed I'm the Storm

west Superior, Wis. April 4.--James
Sns'ifson. a resident of East Superinr
Is Thought ito have persisted in the
storm. 'AS
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09

81. Paul, April THE above story
is denied III reports from state insane
asyiuns. Jensen was sent TO Illinois
because his relatives desired that he
be sent home.