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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13

The first postofice in this country
was that of New York, established
by act of Parliament in ITO.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13
R. e.. SfillSOll.

JUSTICE OF PEACE, Ward ?. post office
- Benton, La, VIII give strict attention
and make prompt returns on all business en-
trusted to me-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13

Ladies can get bargains at the
Mary A. Files Millinery Company's
popular millinery store, 800 Texas
street, Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13

Shreveport Times, 9th: If this
drouth continues much longer
Shreveport will be entirely out of
wholesome drinking water. The
cisterns all over the city are giving
out, and the supply of spring water
is not equal to the demand. The
renown Howell spring, on Mr.. A.
Currie's land. is said to be failing
for the first time in it's history.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13

The Congressional Executive Com
mittee of this District will meet in
Shreveport on Wednesday, Aug. 2G.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13

The first insurance company to
begin business in this country open
cd its doors in Philadelphia in the
year Of 1894.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13
Personal Paragraphs.


is visiting friends in Benton.
Miss Dollie Thompson, of Cottage
Grove, visited relatives in Benton
Monday.
DR.. II. Neeson returned last Thurs
day morning from an extended trip
to Georgia.
A fine boy arrived at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. 0. r. Denton
last Friday.
Mr.. Whit Cavett, of Collinsburg,
has accepted a position in DR.. W.
NJ. Abney's drug store.
Mrs. n. c. Meares, of Plain Deal
ing, is the guest Of her daughter,
Mrs. ". 4. Thompson.
Mr.. Lee D. Arick has sold his
property at Pennington, Miss, and
will make his home in old Benton.
Miss Julia league, who has been
attending school at Victoria, Texas,
during the past year, returned home
Friday.
Mr.. Nick NJ. Abncy, who has been
attending school at Nashville, Tenn,
returned to his home at Hayti last
Thursday.
Mrs. W. L. Crume, of Haughton,
is spendinga few weeks in Benton
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. II.
Henderson,.
Elder J. S. Campbell has gone to
Crowley to attend the Baptist State
Convention which will meet in that
place to-day.
Mrs. ". NJ. Abncy and Mrs. S. s..
Cabeen spent Monday and Monday
night at Cottage Grove as the
guests of Mrs. J. B. Thompson.
Gov. Foster has appointed Mr..
VIM. Timberlake constable for ward
2, and Mr. II. d. Watson Inspector
of Weights and Measures for this
parish.
Senator ]. A. ". Lowry, Mem Der
of State Central Committee from
this parish, left yesterday for New
Orleans, to attend q meeting of the
Committee, Which convenes to day.
From the Shreveport Times we
learn that Mr.. John A. Sewall, a
successful planter of this parish and
an efficient member of the Police
Jury, is second cousin of Hon.
Arthur Sewall, Democratic candi-
date for Vice President of the Unit
cd States.
Mr.. L. G. Smith and Miss Eva
Larkin will be married at the Meth
odist church in Benton, By tho Rev.
". S. Penick, on next Wednesday
at $50 p. M, August 10Th. No
cards. We are requested to say
that the friends of both the young
people are cordially invited to wit
ness their marriage. Ia advance
the Banner wishes to express the
hope of one continued season of
happiness for the contracting couple.
Shreveport Times, 9Th: Mr.. Will
II. Hodges, of Red River. came up
from homo yesterday via Haughton
and the Ficksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific. He reports the cotton crop
in his section and all along the river,
as far as he has been able to hear
as in tirst-class condition, and thinks
they will make good average crops
He says, however, that the hill crops
are badly injured, and will not, at
best, make in favored localities, over
half crop, if that.
Capt. 3. W. Martson, candidate
for Congress, favored the Banner
with IL pleasant call last Thursday
afternoon. The Captain was in ex
cellent health, robust, strong and in
good spirits politically and other
wise. He is native of Clinton
this State, and while a college boy
in Kentucky he enlisted in the Con
federate army, and at the battle O
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13

Servitude as payment Of debt IS
still the law III Mexico.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13

THE ALABAMA SENATORsH1P. The
election of a Democratic Legislature
in Alabama does not by any means
insure the reelection of Hon. James
L. Pugh to the United States Senate
He is opposed by Governor Oates,
one of the strongest men in the State
and one Of the most popular person.
ally, and by Gen, E. ". Pettus, a
man of marked ability. Governor
Oates, in the present condition of
politics, will be weakened before the
Legislature by the fact that he has
been an opponent of the free coinage
OF silver, though he has accepted the
Chicago platform and is giving
Bryan and Sewall hearty support.
Gen. Pettus, on the contrary, has
been an extreme free silver man. He
wrote the State platform and was
chairman Of the Alabama delegation
at the Chicago convention He is
one of the best known men in the
State.
Il tie election should be thrown
into the House of Representatives
this year Mckinley would be chosen
President, because the Republicans
have majorities among the Represen-
tatives of considerably more than
half of the States. In such an cleo
ton each State has one vote, which
is decided by the majority Of its
Representatives. 1t may be true that
majority of the States arc friendly
to silver, but this Republican Con.
gress was not elected on the silver
issue, and the Republican members
of the House would doubtless hold
party discipline paramount to the
known wishes of their constituents
on any question. The only way TO
down the single gold standard in this
election is to vote the Democratic
ticket and beat Mckinley.
Shreveport Times, 9th: The Cad
do parish Jail is full Of prisoners,
there being some 81 incarcerated
there, mostly colorel, and on frivo-
lous charges, directly attributable,
so the officials say, to the pernicious
fee system. In addition to the Grim
iuals there are one or two interdict-
cd parties for whom there is not yet
room in the overcrowded State In
sane Asylum.
Shreveport Times, 9th: If this
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13

A new postoflice has been estab-
lished at Metcalf, Caddo parish, and
Edgar V. Metcalf commissioned as
postmaster.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13
Wanted.

White Oak Timber between Bodeau and
W the Cotton Belt Railroad, from the
Arkansas line y Red River bottom viii pay
lash q: the -tgffp J !. ADGER
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13
Notice To TreslDNsses's.

No hunting or fishing on my place will be
~ allowed. Trespassers will be prosecuted
TO the fullest extent of the law.
A. CURTIS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-08-13

Grumblers are commonly an idle
set.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05

However needful it may be to go
abroad for the study of aesthetics, { q
man may ind here also pretty bits bf
what may be called the social pictur-
esque, and little landscapes over
which the Indian summer atmosphere
Of the past broods as sweetly and
tenderly as over a Roman ruin
Noisy and restless as New York is,
and blatant as it may seem to some,
those who have eyes and a willingness
TO see, can collect specimens not only
of the social picturesque, but OF the
physical picturesque also. Into the
"Midge" and into the STORY of a New
York House" Bunner put the results Of
his Investigations into the life about US
in the great city, to the most interesting
manifestations Of which so many of US
are hopelessdy blind. In the Nudge
he sketched what was then in French
quarter, lying south OF Washington
Square and in the Story of a New
York House" he showed how a home
Cnce far outside of the town was in
time swallowed up as the streets adj
vanced, and how at last it was neglect
ed as the district sank into disrepute;
family dwelt that built it is the tragic
story also Of the family itself.
Not a few OF Burners two-scOre short
stories were also studies of human ma
ture as it has been developed nowadays,
in the Manhattan environment. And
not a few Of them were studies of hui
man nature as it has been developed
in the semi-rural region that lies within
radius of an hours journey from New
York In this territory are the homes
of thousands whose work takes them
daily to the city, while they spend their
nights in the country. Bunner had an
extended acquaintance with the man
ners and customs of the hybrid being
created by the immense expansion Of
the metropolis; and this was in fact only
self-knowledge after all, since some
seven or eight years before his death
he had gone to dwell In the pretty little
village of Nutley, which he came to love
dearly-and in which at last he was to
die.-Brander Matthews. in Scribner's
for Sentarnher
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05
sewaars Answer.

NEW YORK, Sept. A Bath, Me-,
special says:
A report reached here from New York
that Arthur Sewall was about to get
off the Bryan ticket and that higwith-
drawal would be forthcoming by the
first of next week. Mr.. Sewall was
found at the Democratic headquarters,
where he was in consultation with
Chairman Hughes, the Democratic can
dfdtate, and Charles S. Thomas of Colo
RADIO.
rs it true that you are about to
withdraw from the Chicago ticket?'
was asked.
MIR. Sewall did not reply at once, but,
turning to Mr.. Thomas, entered into
conversation with him in a low tone and
the two went TO an adjoining room.
They were gone about FIVE minutes.
Mr. Sewan on returning, gave out the
following, and said:
II desire that this be published over
my signature: Any statements or in
ferences that 1 propose to Withdraw
from the ticket are without foundation.
l never had, and have not now the re-
hottest intention of doing SO.
ARTHUR SEWALL."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4--Hon. Will
headquarters of the Democratic club:
An invitation has been sent out from
here to all clubs of the state TO send
delegates to a convention to be held at
Buffalo on September IT for the purpose
of effecting state organization and to
r9tify the nomination OF Bryan and
Sewall and endorse the Chicago plat
form. The campaign in the state is
progressing quietly, but theoretically.
liz is being made by the cubs and by
labor organizations and the friends of
the plain people generally, regardless
OF the attitude of prominent state lead
egs. [ have made several trips through
the state and have talked with prorni-
nent members in all parts and believe
with proper efforts The state of New
York can be carried this fall. After
the state convention, no doubt, the
campaign will assume more encour-
aging aspect and many who are now
silent will then come to the front.
Hon L. Irving Handy, chairman of
the Democratic state committee from
Delaware, called at Democratic head
quarters today to consult with Senator
Faulkner. Asked about the canvass i'm
Delaware, he said:
In the city of Wilmington there is a
good goldbug movement among some
Democrats more prominent than nu-
merous, but il is estimated that the
Democratic gains in the lower part of
the state Will more than Offset this de-
lection. The Republicans in Delaware
are torn into factions and have TWO
state and electoral tickets in the field.
Every indication points to a safe ma
jority for the whole Democratic ticket
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05
THE BERMUDA.
All Efforts to Release the Vessel
successfully Baked.

All Efforts to Release the Vessel
successfully Baked.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 4-AppM-
cation was made today to the col
lector of the port, John R. Read, for
the clearance of the steamship Ber-
muda for New York. The collector
was assured by John Van Diver, a
customs broker of this city, that the
owners of the Bermuda contemplated
no unlawful action, but that they
wished to take the vessel to New York
so that a provisional register might
be obtained from some other govern
ment than Great Britain.
Mr.. Van Diver stated that he was.
going to New York on the Bermuda
and that he would answer for her ar
rival at that port Upon these repre-
sensations the collector decided 10
grant the clearance. but before the
necessary papers could De made out,
orders came from the treasury depart
ment to withhold the clearance papers
until Mr.. Read could consult with the
United States district attorney here.
The orders further stated that in view
Of the al1Neetions that the vessel had
been a f1libuster, there was reason
10 doubt the sincerity of the owners
as TO the steamers future movements.
The collector accordingly withheld
the clearance papers and he and Dis
trict Attorney Beck We're in consulta-
ton for a couple Of hours this after
noon. The Bermuda has been laid up
here for about three months. and ev-
ry effort of her owners to get her away
has been successfully baked by the
Spanish officials
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05
A SAD MEETING.
DR.. ealraEher's Mind Seriously AZ

DIR. GaIIagher's Mind Seriously AZ
fected By His imprisonment.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4-Dr. Thomas
Gallagher was a passenger on the st.
Paul, which arrived today from South
ampton. DR.. Gallagher is much bro
ken in spirits and his mind is totally
unbalanced. His health, however, is
fairly good, and he appears TO have
much vigor. He was welcomed at
Quarantine by a committee of friends
who had come down in the special
boat Annex, but he faded TO recog-
maze them. General O'Bierne and
O'DonoVan Rosa were among those on
hand to greet DR.. Gallagher.
Among those VINO met him was DR..
GalIagher's two brothers, his sisters
Agnes and Rose of Buffalo, and other
members Of the family. They were
on board the Pennsylvania Railroad
company's ferry boa Annex No 4,
which was lent for the occasion. A
band was also on board, and 1T was in
tended to take DR. Gallagher off at
Quarantine and bring him up in the
Annex, where speee4lmaklng and gen.
er-al jollitication were to have taken
place. However, owing TO the runOr
that DIR. Gala ghea : mind had been
t7NiA DuSls dmtcIeu Dy nus imprisonment
it was thought advisable that his bro
tsrs7s ana General O'Beirne should go
on board the ST Paul and find out if
DR.. Gallagher WAS able TO meet the peo-
pie VINO had gathered to welcome him
The three men We're taken on board
the st. Paul by the health officers boat
while the Annex lay to an Quarantine
dock. 1t was sad scene when Daniel
Gallagher returned in the health Off
GERS boat without his brother Those
on board az once guessed that the ru-
nors as to the doctors mental condf-
ZION We're well founded. His sister and
other female relatives broke down I'M
der the strain and Daniel Gallagher sat
down and cried bitterly. The band
played very softly THE Rose of SUM-
mer" and 10 IT'S mournful strains the
party who he'd started in the morning
full Of joy and hope slowly steamed
up after the st. Paul.
The Annex overlook the steamship
before she was locked, bun under the
circumstances the party was not al
lowed &c land until General O'Beirne
and DR.. Gallagher had eaken the doctor
off the ship. He was placed in a closed
carriage and driven off to a hotel to
get some rest Arrangements have been
made to have the doctor taken to q
san1taTlum on Long Island where his
friends hope to see him restored to
health
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05
CoNFEDER are ASSOCIATION.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Sept. A.
The movement inaugurated by Charles
Broadway Rouss. of New York. to
perpetuate the history of the southern
confeder1cy and deeds Of southern
bravery by erecting a magnificent flo
raj building. was promoted by the
action of the board of trustees. whose
first session was brought to a close
last night on Lookout mountain Cor
porate existence Will be given the
movement by a charter obtained in
Mississippi for the Confederate Memo
rial association. The idea of a battle
abbey has been abandoned as imprac-
ucable, and the structure TO be erected
will be called the Confederate Memo
rial institute The board organized by
electing General w. D. Chipley. of
Pensacola, president Colonel Robert
c. Wood, of New Orleans, Will continue
to act as general manager.
The next meeting was set for October
at Belle Mead. near the home of Cen
eTal w. H. Jackson. The plan for rails
ing the necessary funds provides for
the appointment of agents in each
county to make a thorough canvass of
every state in the south. 1t lis esti-
mated the expenditure VIII involve an
outlay Of S500,00O at least. Its chief
mission will be educational i'm eharac-
ter, by collecting together the correct
facts at issue in the history of the late
WQr
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05
JESSE is FOR SILVER.
General Grants Son Sewers His AL
Eec-ianct. to- the G.. O. p


ieGiance to the G. o. p.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. An the
Populist convention today Judge Wade
Mcdonald Of this city read the follow
ing letter from Jesse R. Grant, son Of
the late General Grant espousing the
Peoples party cause. The letter set
the convention wild with enthusiasm
and the cheering lasted several min
utes. 1t was as follows:
Sam Diego, Cal, Sept. l, 1896:
My Dear Judge:-I have noticed
with much interest your withdrawal
from the Democratic party and
espousal of the Peoples party This
ticket meets my approval since I have
concluded to enroll myself in the same
cause. The financial plank in the Re-
publican platform must drive from
that party anyone who believes as L
do, and the anarchical plank in the
Democratic platform must lose to it
amy person who believes in the protec-
ton of American citizens at home as
well as abroad. The platform of the
Peoples party, on the contrary, has
no Objectionable principles and seems
to offer a political home any American
can proudly epter Yours truly,
JESSE r. GRANT"
Mr.. Grant has been heretofore a Re-
publican. Judge Mcdonald is a very
recent convert to PopuliSm from the
Democratic ranks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05
BICYCLE RELAY.
The Package Arrives in Chicago
Fourteen Hours Late.

The Package Arrives in Chicago
Fourteen Hours Late.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Sept. 4.-The
San Francisco Examiner and New York
Journal bicycle relay packet arrived
in Chicago at o'clock this morning
The packet was then fourteen hours
behind the schedule time. as the sched-
ule is read at this end of the route
An accident happened to Courier
Captain Crawford near Turner few
miles west of Chicago. In speeding
along in the darkness he was thrown
from his wheel. In the fail his collar
bone was broken. His companion,
Cummings, rendered all the assistance
possible and endeavored to get his dis
abled comrade sheltered i'm a farm
house, but the farmer, whose sdumber
was disturbed, declined 20 receive COM
pany at that hour, Cummings rode ON
alone 70 Turner. the next relay station.
Dispatches TO the Examiner from
Toledo tonight reported courier arTi-
walls at Bryan 1880 p. m. Wauseon,
9:27 .. m. and Delta 1912 p. m. The
parhet was expected at Toledo at
midnight 1t was to be carried from
Rattlesnake corner to Toledo (ten
milesl by William G.. Alexander, a
courier 81 years of age.
The packet should be IN Cleveland
tomorrow. The schedule calls for ar
rival in New York Sunday afternoon
but the indications are that the ter1ni-
nal station will not be reached until
Monday morning
From the present outlook it appears
that the winning time across the CONT
nent from San Francisco to New York
Will be about II days and 20 hours.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05

perate horses can be. They would dash
together like colliding railroad trains, and
then rear into the air and strike and whirl
and kick. AT one time they would give
their attention to biting, and the skin is
torn loose at several points on Mr.. Burk-
hard's horse. Mr.. Burkhard was doing
his utmost to separate the animals, and
he succeeded in driving them before him,
but could not stop them from fighting.
Finally he worked them toward preci-
pice and at a favorable opportunity waved
his coat and drove his horse close up to
the brink of the chasm, beside some large
rocks. and hurriedly getting his suspend
ers from his clothes he tied them about
the animals jaw and, driving the other
animal away with stones and clubs, term
mated the combat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05
THE DRAMATIC FINISH OF THE
MARATHON RUN.

Shortly after 4:3O a cannon shot, the
signal that the leading runner was ap-
preaching, electrified the mass. The
pole vaulting could not go on After
a while man wearing the Greek col
ors, light blue and white, was seen
struggling toward the Stadion amid
the yells of myriads of threats, Ell
leen! Eileen" "a Creek A GreekD
and as he made his way through the
Stadion the crowd went mad for joy.
The stalwart crown prince, the presi-
dent of the games, and the still more
stalwart Prince George, the referee,
led, or rather, almost carried, this vic
tor before the royal seat in the Sphen-
done, and the usually quiet king him
self had meanwhile nearly ripped off
the visor of his naval uniform cap in
waving it wildly in the air. Pity it
would have been had a foreigner won
this racel None fedt this more keenly
than the foreign athletes themselves
All who were present will remember
the commotion of the crowd in the
Stadion in that moment of victory as
one of the greatest scenes of their
lives. In the gentle light of the sun
of Attica as it inclines toward the
horizon, a light not known elsewhere
in the world, the magnificent gift Of
Averoff, the new Stadion-and yet the
old-receives it's real dedication. Ath-
leticS were crowned in it as never be-
fore in modern times. Here was in
spiration for painter.
The one coveted honor of the games
was fairly wor by the Greeks, and
held almost beyond the reach of envy.
Shortly after the winners arrival came
two other Greeks, and then a Hungar-
ian. The next FIVE in order were also
Greeks. 1t was a Greek victory with a
vengeance.
The winner, who accomplished the
run in the remarkably short time of
two hours fifty-eight minutes and fifty
seconds, is Spyridion Loues, well-to-
do farmer, twenty-four years old, from
Marousi, a village on the road from
Athens to Kephissia, and near to the
latter place. He was one of the latest
entries for the race. Just before go
ing out to Marathon on Friday he is
said to have taken the sacrament from
the priest of his native village, saying
that he wished to invoke the aid of
heaven in his great struggle.-From
1.-The New Olympian Games" by Ru-
fus B. Richardson, in September Scrib-
ner's.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-05

March, "Our Naval Officers .Bennet
Overture, .'Madchen an Der Spule''
-. OuppS
Selection from Don Juan 49,. Mozart
Waltz, "Chantilly'' ......... Waldteufel
Potpourii, Canadian Melodies
80. ..................L aurehdeau
Red, White and Blue patriotic
Song)
LILY SNYDER'S RECITAL.-The
arran gemertts for the recital to- be
given at the Grand Opera house on
September is by Miss Lily Snyder,
have now progressed so far that the
programme has been practically COM
pleted and the detailed announcement
will appear in a day or two. 1t is
sufficient at this time to say that the
participants will include the most
popular artists of this city, and Miss
Snyder's host of friends will doubtless
rally in force to greet her.
Since her return from New York,
Miss Snyder has not been heard
publicly to the best advantage, but
those who have listened to her in
private are lavish in their praises of
her voice