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The Progress., 1898-01-22
ARTICLE 1S.
SHREVEPORT, LA.

ARTICLE Is.
Members OF any Branch may, ii they SO
desire, make monthly payments OF stock
to local treasurer; but in that case they
shall be deemed members of such branch,
and not of the Association.
ARTICLE 10.
There must be quarterly report sent
to all members or branches, showing the
amount OF money received, amount in
vested, and the nature OF the securities
held for such sums invested. An annual
report must also be made giving the same
information.
ARTICLE 20.
The interest paid by the borrowing
mem bers shall be invested and reinvested
for the use and benefit of the non borrow
ing members, and shall not be used for
any other purpose.
ARTICLE 81.
Each branch will appoint delegate to
the general meeting of the Association, to
to examine the books, papers and secur-
tiles OF said Association.
All moneys due from members to the
Association or from the Association to the
members shall be payable at the home
office, Shreveport, Louisiana.
ARTICLE %.
The General Manager shall have power
and authority to appoint the first officers
of all branches, who shall hold Office for
period Of one year or until their successors
have been elected, which shall be done by
each local branch
ARTICLE 3d.
If a member dies, his legal representa-
tives may withdraw his shares at any time
they may SO elect, subject to the laws of
distribution of this State, and be entitled
to receive the money paid into the loan
fund on such shares, after thirty 800 days
notice. In no other case can stock be
withdrawn until after one year from the
date of the stock certificate. At any time
after one year, and before two years, the
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shall share equally in the profits and
iosses according to the number OF shares
each may own.
ARTICLE 5,
Every stockholder shall receive GER
tidcate OF stock signed by the General
Manager. .. -.
ARTICLE 6. -:.
All DELINQUENT members shall pay an
additional cents per share per month as
a penalty therefor, and such fine or pen
atty, when collected, shall be placed IN
the loan fund.
ARTICLE z.
Besides the monthly payments OF ~
cents per share, there shall be charged an
admission fee OF fifty 500 cents per share,
which shall be placed to the credit OF the
expense fund.
ARTICLE 8.
All payment on shares OF stock ana ao-
mission fee must be paid IN advance De
fore the certificate OF stock is issued or the
name is enrolled on the membership
book.
ARTICLE 9.
The funds of the Association, belonging
to the loan fund, shall be loaned to the
members. upon such terms and securities
as the General Manager may, from time
/ to time indorse.
ARTICLE 10.
No money can be drawn from the funds
| of the Association except by check or
draft of the General Manager.
ARTICLE IL.
In case the funds subject to loan are not
/ Olo~l Sor = emit borrow.
| within ninety (eO) days after tho same
have been offered, the General Manager
shall have the right to loan the money to
parties not members OF the Association,
upon such terms, conditions and securi-
ties as he may deem safe and competent.
ARTICLE II.
| There shall be no bidding for the mon
ey of the Association to be loaned, but
| the loan shall be made to members in the
order of their application. Applications
precedence OF those Of subsequent date
which are regular and in proper form.
A uniform rate of six (6) per cent per
annum interest will be charged on all
| loans.
ARTICLE Is.
Loans shall be made at the regular
monthly meetings, viz: the second Satur-
day in each month, when there are suffic-
lent funds therefor; and as much often as
it may appear advisable to the General
Manager.
ARTICLE IA.
| A member desiring loan shall file an
application with the General M anager.
But no loans shall be granted to member
until such member shall have been con-
nected with said Association for three
months and is not delinquent, unless the
General msnager shall for good and suffic-
lent reasoDf determine to the contrary.
| ARTICLE Is.
Loans on real estate may be called in at
any time after the borrower has failed to
pay all dues, interest or charges for a
period of two months after the same has
been due Provided that in cases of ac-
tual illness the time shall be extended six
months. And if not paid then, the whole
I in no Cd,
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OF THE MUTUAL BENEFIT
ASSOCIATION OF SHREVE-
PORT LOUISIANA.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo
he it known that this day before me Cal
Dial Hicks, a Notary Public In and Tor
the said Parish and State, duly commits
stoned and qualified, came and appeared
tho several persons whose names are sub
scribed hereto, who declared that avail.
ing themselves of the provisions OF Ac'
No. IS. Of 1888, as we'll as those OF the gen
oral laws Of the State relative to the Or
vanizations of corporations, they nave
formed themselves into a corporation for
the objects and purposes and under the
agreements and stipulations hereinafter
set fosth, which they hereby adopt as
their charter.
The name OF this corporation shall be
tic Mutual Benefit Association OF Shreve-
port, Louisiana, by that name 1T shall
have power and authority to enjoy sue
cession for the term OF ninety-nine years
from the date hereof, t. contract, sue and
he sued, and to make and use a corporate
seal and change same at pleasure, to hold,
purchase, lease. sell, mortgage and hyP-
othecate property, real and personal, to
such managers and agents as the interest
of the corporation may require, and to
make and establish such bylaws and
rulos for the proper management OF the
affairs of said corporation as may be ne
C. ssary, not to conflict with this charter
ARTICLE
The domicile of said corporation shall
be in the city of Shreveport, State Of
Louisiana, and all citations and other
gal process shall be served on the presi.
e,.nt, or in his absence, at the Office of the
company according to law.
ARTICLE 8.
"a The object for which this corporation il
ablished and the nature of the business.
be carried on by it, are hereby declared
% ye as follows: To aid the members O
the Association to buy lands and homes
&, cities, towns and villages; buy farm.
or plantations; pay off mortgages or deeds
in trust and Ger any other purpose that {
member may desire, necessary or inciden
tss' % the objects and purposes aforesaid
ARTICLE A.
The capital stock OF this Association /.
hereby declared to be Seven hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($75O, OOo) divided int
thirty thousand ($30, OO0) sharcs at TWEEN
ty-tive dollars {S25.OO) per share. These
shall be paid in monthly installments o.
thirty (3O) cents per share, in such man
ner and 1T such times as may be prescrib.
Cd by the General Manager. 1t being the
plan OF the Association to preserve the
loan fund, twenty COY cents on each share
shall be used for the exclusive purpose o.
loans, and the additional ten (1O) cents
per share shall be applied to defray the
expenses of the Association. At al
elections each share of stock shall be en-
TITLED to one vote, to be voted either by
the holder or his proxy.
The loan funds of the Association and
oil property real and personal, belonging
20 the Association, shall constitute part
norship property, in which each and every
member Of the Association, in good stand
gn, shall own a common Interest and
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ARTICLE 10.
Loans on real estate may be called in at
any time after the borrower has failed to
pay all dues, interest or charges for a
period of two months after the same has
been due Provided that in cases of ac-
tual illness the time shall be extended six
months. And if not paid then, the whole
principal mentioned in the loan shall at
once become due and payable without no
tice, and proceedings may be commenced
forthwith TO collect said debt, according
to law.
ARTICLE 16.
Members and other persons obtaining
loans shall execute such notes, deeds and
securities as shall be required by the Gen
eral Manager.
ARTICLE II.
When sufficient stock has been sold in
any town to make it advisable, the MEM
bers residing in that town or city may or
ganize a local board of this Association.
The officers of the local organization shall
consist Of local manager and three di-
rectors. These officers shall hold office
for one year or until their successors be
elected.
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cAsERNE DE La COMMUNE
On the church q similar strip OF rain-soaked
canvas hung. bearing the legend:
AMBULANCE
HEADQUARTERS.

and a red flag. that the rain had soaked almost
black. hung from the church door TO the steps.
There was not 2 soul TO be seen al at the RarEi:
Bourke crept forward and mounted the barri-
e crossed Fl the s sidsSalE E.ofHE Here enf the soR waSi Il OF SfP psTin Y
stones was higher: hecould lift himself into the
cNde ended. This. no did, cautiously. then
eroEched there; wsPtGahiithg a lantern that some
The lantern swung to and fro; somebody was
moving, dow9ftairs; u shadow fell across the
ihFf tSe iigh an Of the nH iante s1sR&p s could uRdH see sns th s.r nni:
fGrmn the crimson 2E,t FEey ScnIis, The ,bst gi iiGd6eiddosshhd9 9 l.
The officer stood a moment inspecting the bar
ricade, by the fiekeri9g lantern light. then
ment before he rose from the balcony. He had
crept into the hornets nest, was a problem too
Intricate for him; And rs he erouched there.
above the window ledge. Then, to his horror,
the SAY sTa SdESs E itssif sssm nia tn IN e sae a1G giidaa
toward, him; Duck as thought he had ihiks re-.
Tolyer lSyel LED there her e samG s q Gas r. a "a de
e0ny. Whispering: Don't shoot comrade; it's
iBoIore Bourke could understand another fig
ure climbed out Of the window and made to-
Took here. comrade,'' they protested. we
are DESERVING. too. Don't be selfish. but lend a
They let themselves down to the barrlcade,
one after thu, other. then turned and motioned
What did you do. with your uniform 2" asked
one, OF the men. You're lucky to find those
"Roti' said the other; I'VE can sell our uni
miliar, to Bogrke about he two carbineers. He
sodden. sensual, brutality, the other vacant
yiciousness. suddenly y came to him they
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large number Of persons pay from $50 to 500
per season for bath houses and are unable to
make the least use Of them for weeks together,
because OF these accumulations OF rubbish.
The same conditions, aggravated by the
presence of putrefying garbage, have been the
subject Of great complaint for years concerning
the beaches Of both Long Island and New
Jersey. The first serious effort for relief was
made In the summer Of 1894. when It was
arranged to deposit all refuse behind q bulk
head i~nclosing the shoal on the west side of
Riker's Island in the East River. This relieved
the beaches. but It made a much more ~grievous
annoyance nearer home. All OF the collections
OF the city were dumped there. including an
average Of about 500 tons Of garbage per day.
This garbage. putrefying under water, sent
forth such an all-pervading stencil that the
people Of Westchester county and as far away
as Flushing on Long Island. as well as those on
the Sound steamers. raised q loud cry Of
prOtast
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COME UNTO THESE YELLOW SANDS.

The Legislature passed a law making it a
penal offence to deposit anywhere within the
metropolitan area. on land or under water. any
refuse containing garbage. 1t therefore be-
came necessary to resort again to sea dumping.
all OF the scows being. during the summer sea-
son. owe out to the lightship. ten miles be-
yond Sandy Hook. This was practically as bad
as the previous dumping closer In shore. for.
while it led to the drifting Of floating matters to
more remote points. there was always a sufl-
cient supply Of the various wastes tabout
100000 cubic yards yearly to defle the
added miles Of beach to an intolerable degree.
This was the condition when 1 became Com
missioner Of Street Cleaning in January. 1895.
Mayor Gilroy's commission had investigated
the matter thoroughly and had thrown much
light upon it. but when practical work was
to bo done the whole subject had to be studied
anew and in detail. Considerable progress had
been made when the administration of Mayor
Strong ended. The first step Of tho process
was to cause a separation of the wastes. Thus
far everything from houses had been set out In
the same receptacles and removed by the same
carts and scows to the same point of deposit. It
was found necessary to separate garbage.
ashes. and paper and rubbish from one an
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are stored. under sheds or In bins until sold,
The worthless parts OF the WASTES, such as dirty
paper, straw, and excelsior, are burned In q
separate furnace, incidentally producing the
wastes amount to about 10 per cent. OF the
whole. TIT remainder. 90 pcr cent, Is sold by
ming the works and pays the department some
thing over $4,000 per year for this privilege.
This is only a small experimental plant. The
result with the improved plante In contempia.
ton VIII be very much better: for example, the
appliances contracted for In the yard In East
capacity OF this one. while they will cost only
about 90 per cent. more to construct and 10 op-
crate. The extension of the same systein
throughout tho city would bring n large net in
come. e the treasury aside from the. saving Of
over So, 600 pOr anntiin in tho cost OF sending
this portion of the city's wastes out TO the
liRhtship and on TO the beaches. There Is also
to be considered the heavy cost to the riparian
owners. OF. clearing their beaches and Of the In
t%olerable annoyance to which they are sub.
jcctel. -
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To be Continued.
AN ELECTRICAL ARMY:
Vast Numbers to Whom Electricity Gives
Employment in tho United States.

Employment In tho United States.
More than 100000 persons In the United
States. 1t is now computed. get their livelihood
through employments dependent upon or con-
nected with the use Of electricity. and compared
with the United States the number OF persons
SO employed in other countries Is practically
insignificant. The rapid increase OF the cleo
trio business OF this country Is shown by the
fact that at the time Of taking the last national
census. that of 1890. no serious effort was made
to give figures showing the extent OF the use Of
electricity.
There are In the United States nearly a mil
lion miles OF telegraph wire. and there are o.
600 telegraph Offices. exclusive OF those main
tanned by the railroad companies for the con-
duct and regulation Of their trains. Taking
into account telegraph operators, telegraph
company employees. and those in the telegraph
service of the railroads, there are 100. 900 per-
sons connected with the transmission OF tele-
graphic messages in the United States. There
are now 100000 miles Of telephone wire in tho
United States. more than 900 exchanges, and
an equal number OF telephone branch offices,
exclusive. OF course, OF pay stations. The
panies of the United States is 25.000. exclusive
OF those engaged in construction and repair
The gradual substitution OF the electric cur
rent ior horse power on surface railroads has
electric railroads. There are now in the United
States $4,000 miles OF electric or trolley roads,
and these roads give employment, 1t is com
putcd. to 100000 persons as m%otornen. con-
dGpctors. clerks. inspectors. and electricians.
Then Is there the item Of electric lighting,
which is one of the most important branches Of
tho development OF electric service. but like
wise one the figures Of which are most frag-
mentaTy. Nearly. every important city OF
the United States. and many unlm-
%tricity., as well as private houses. stores.
public buildings, tunnels. bridges. caves. mines
and parks. and the use Of the electric
current in manufacturing is constantly on the
increase. Machines are run by electricity,
many manufacturing operations are performed
by Il, elevators are run by electricity. fans for
cooling purposes are run. by electricity. and as
these uses are extended the number Of persons
employed is steadily being increased.
There are still 10 be added the figures OF an
other branch Of the business. one OF the most
important, the manufacture Of electric appll-
ances. which. Y Is computed. gives employment
TO more than 2JO,OOO persons.
Taking all the figures together, 1t is probably
nv IN haT from me truth 70 say mat there are
pendent upon electricity for a livelihood.
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this time Is one of the effects OF Cookers debt
limit bugaboo. had hired, and the city Is now
PAYING rent for f1pE yHhTd; IN Which to dsp9Git
tricts Of the city. Other yards had been ncgOti-
ated for for the remaining territory.
The first yard taken in hand, In Fast
Eighteenth street near. AyenueC c. was equipped
with the necessary appliances. and had been iq
disposcs OF the collections OF IL of the 1870
PR carts Of the. department, The process
Is as follows: The. old furniture, boxes, barrels,
fire. Wire mattresses and other worthless met
ais. 6c.. and the ashes Of this fire md Of tho
furnace arc hauled to the sea-gOiug scows.
Other matters are opened out and spread on II
table nifty. feet long ian endless, belt, four feet
Elde; haS assn oyer T ninS : I Ihls u efit ta ass sa hG1
his own kind. seven grades Of paper. five kinds
OF rags. carpet. shoes. hats, rubber, cork.
baled or otherwise prepared for market. and
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Wilson'S Peculiar Wound.
From ne Baltimore Sun.

,Seaborn Wilson. colorcd, a resident OF Parrish
alley. received n peculiar wound from a pistol
Maryland homeopathic Hospital. He got into
q light with u eolored man named Bowen in
volyer, and was taken 10 the hospital.
The wound was In his right arm. and ~, John
o. Hendrix. assisted by DR.. Waitman Il. Wiley,
probed for the bullet several hours without
finding it, Finally an X-ray picture OF the
mans arm was taken, and It was shown that
which must have been crooked OF the timo.
The bullet split in hall, apd one piece Of the
while the other was between the elbow and the
shoulder blade. Both pieces were SO deeply
imbedded In the bono that 1t required hours to
get them ont.
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NEW SYSTEM OF SIGNALLING.
The Use OF the Morse Code for Visual Telo
graph on Land and Sen.


The Use of the Morse Code for Visual Tele-
graph on Land and Sen.
Many inventions. most OF which have been
impracticable from a mechanical point OF view.
have been placed before the public with the OBJ
ject Of producing a sensible and accurate
method Of signalling at sea from places on land
that could not be connected by wire. The need
OF such a system is % clearly by the diff
Guilty experienced by our army in Cuba and
our fleet OF war. vessels in those waters.
Conversation his been carried on hitherto
by means Of flags representing words
and sentences in q code by ~semaphores
and by Telescopes. wigwaRging. &c. The
communication has been necessarily slow and
the exchange Of ideas limited. The wigwag
is utterly useless at night and the same objec-
ton applies to nearly every other system that
has lbeen presented. Yachtsmen particularly
have realized the need OF a method Of convers-
ing with one another. especially when cruising.
Hundreds OF methods have been tried, none Of
which has proved completely successful.
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From Time and he Roi

He was in his iron cage hanging, right over
on, In answer TO several questions. He didn't
seem TO mind things much, either. He Just
kept cussing to himself quietly. But q shell
went through the starboard boiler. and then !
saw the Lieutenant coming down, from forrard
with a bloody towel twisted round his leg, Still
well enough, popping back at EN- and working
along with one propeller, till all Of a sudden u
sky-high. Shut upl yelled the bird shut up;
shut your MOUTH and he went on. swearing
away like o good one"
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SPINS RESERVE FLEEE
An English Observer Describes What No
Saw OF It Four Weeks Ago..
From The london Daily Chronicle Of June 20.


From The London Daily Chronio. Of June 90.
CADIz. June 13.-As far as can make out
from what l have seen In the bay. the feet In
now made up as follows: The battleshlp Pelayo.
o 1897 tons. with a crew Of $50 men. / suppose
beyond question the best ship Spain has. per-
haps the only one we should call tlrst-class: the
Carlos ". also described as a tirst-class battle-
ship. but obviously Of inferior build. She Is ~
9.223 tons. and has n crew OF $50. Already
there are ugly rumOrs as to her effectiveness.
The Vittoria. which l think We should describe
as an old broadside ironclad OF 1850 tons. with
a crew OF $50. has now been added to the feek.r
but i have not been able to see her at Gloss
quarters. The flrst-clAss protected cruis-6
er I~epanto. Of 1926 tons. said 70
be a really good ship, is, still fitting
soon. Her companion ship. the cruiser Al.
iSns9 AlihTi which was counted as a glory 70
hhef' eng hes k@SE 700 S Weak, ARymow %g she ' has sf pToyySS
Sard. S%me eS Sna i tic fSnfHif inistof e t Watt d SsS'
her failure: The Princess Of the Ast1F4aaa
among the effective Meet. lies beside the docE
q mere unfinished hulk, Just as on that morns5
i n9fc nS%5iy 81 fT al y fSd o aT2 ssSp 10 f tSSno th Ss YAH
hfsrsel tbs OF f s%TPsa9IISoa6t ssSstrO XaSl ! h avg Gen,
fSt n5S, Eiirc Of t8STrPEoSSd , and SO1 Hst. t1ys; the aDa H aS:
at Algcclras. watching Gibraltar as q mouse !
watches a, eat. OF auxiliary c~EuiseSs tho
ished, but l can discover no guns on them. {
The Mctcora, formerly the Havcl OF the Ham,
burR-Amcrican line, has only lately arrived.
and remains unready. The Giralda. which Is
now Whiting TO bc armed with quick arinGfi
guns and il very much spoken OF. was, ] beg
lieve. q Scotch pleasure yacht. She is OF 1884
tons. makes twenty-five, knots. and is 10 havel#
fourteen guns In the future. " converted
transatlantic liners the Buenos Aires, the AM
tonic LDpez5S and Alfonso MI are supPosedt TO
be ready. The MontseTrat and Leon XIII. are
uncertain. Anyhow. their officers are hotOOS
pointed.
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l was removed from office. My successor, Com
missioner Mccartney, was fully satisfied of its
Importance. as well as of the importance OF de-
poslting the street swecpinRs and ashes at
Riker's Island. and was DESTROYS OF carrying
out the whole scheme: but the present remark
would obviously like to go back to all OF the old
Tammany,, methods, and conditions. were this
possible. Fortunately. the garbage contract will
likely to be renewed. In short. the garbage
problem seems to have been solved for all time.
There is, however, little reason to hope that the
present fouling Of the beaches will be lessened
50 long as Croker remains Mayor.
GEORGE E. WARINo, JB.
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carts with the street sweepingS and dumped In
the dcpqrtment ,scows; the light refuse TO he
Of their valuable parts. and the garbage to lie
delivered to the boats Of tho Sanitary Utilization
Company for transportation to It's reduction
works at Barren Island. This separate disposal
OF garbage has been completed since January.
lSH. and tho source Of offensive odors from the
deposits on the beaches has been eliminated.
Since the latter part Of 1895 paper and refuse
have been collected by themselves. but most OF
thism material has been, thus far dumped on the
yards for its picking over. Most OF This mate
rial, such MS mattresses. barrels. boxes, straw,
Did furniture. &c. is still borne by wind and
wave to be deposited along miles Of beach. to
the greatest discomfort, and disadvantage OF
II would have been impossible TO do AWAY
with this annoyance completely for the present
summer. but the amount of refuse so deposited
might have been very largely reduced. and by
next spring it might have been entirely done
away with.