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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-05-11
ciety! Don't you dare strike him

ciety! Don't you dare strike him
again!''
Members of nothing" said Jerry,
sneeringly. shaking off their hold. "We
hain't got no sich society here. guess
| can whip my own horse eff | wanter,
an you'll git it too eff ye don't git out"
and the whip was raised for action.
There comes the president now."
cried BERTHE. Hello, Mr.. Humane
Agent, come here and arrest this man;
he is abusing his horse shamefully."
Then for the first time Snaffies began
to realize that there was some truth
in the boys statement. and he cow
cred back and lowered his whip
keep an eye on him, boys" said
the president, hurrying up, until
can see how badly the horse is hurt"
He called some men who were pass
ing and together they unbuckled the
harness. drew the dray back, and with
great difficulty got the old horse on
his feet.
Coming over where Jerry was stand
ing, looking frightened, the agent said: !:
my man. this will probably cost
you heavy fine. and perhaps the work
house,
"And what about the horse?" asked
Bertie's cousin. sis he much hurt?''
''He was in terrible condition be-
fore this occurred" was the answer.
'He is old and has been starved and
abused until he was not fit to be
driven; now he has badly bruised
shoulder and think the most merciful
thing | can do will be to order him
shot
At that moment, farmer who had
been Looking the horse over spoke up:
"Kill him, are you going to? Per.
baps he would rather sell him to me.
will give five dollars and take him
| right off your hands,"
1t did not take long to convince Mr.
Snaffles of the wisdom of accepting the
proposition. The next day old Dobbin
| was taken out to the farm where he
cooled his fevered feet in fragrant dewy
| pastures, and grew round eating green
clover and sweet timothy hay; where
the heaviest load he draws is the rake
in harvest time. and the greatest bur.
den his crooked old back bears is the
barefoot boy who rides him after the
cows.-Chicago Daily Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-05-11
Not Satisfied.

At the gate of the Hampshire farm
house stood Sam Rogers. holding a
pony, while it's owner paid her visit
within. The monotonous task had
lasted two hours ere the visitor came
out. and. gathering her reins. drove
away. leaving Sam gazing at his open
palm. Welt" he said. aloud. az he
looked after the carriage, I'D ha' lent
ye ha'p'ny to ha' made it tuppenc!"
academy
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Kept Her Word.

"What are you going to do with that
silver-mounted revolver of mine ?''
asked the -languid husband.
Il am going to use it to drive the wolf
from the door!" replied the energetic
wife.
Whereupon she took it to the near
est pawnshop and got two dollars on il
Chicago Tribune.
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After Having Elected Officers to Serve for
the Ensuing Term.
w. C. RaIston Chosen to Succeed
Hon. Jacob Neff as President of
the Association, Fred Zeitler
Made Vice President, Samuel J.
Hendy Reelected Treasurer
and e. H. Benjamin Secretary.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-The Call
ifornia State Miners Convention was
brought to close to-day with the
election of new officers for the ensu-
ing year, and with further general dis
cussion of those plans and projects
which shall be the special care of the
organization in the future.
The election of officers, which was
the most important work taken up at
this session, passed off smoothly and
without competition. Of the four men
elected, all were chosen by acclama-
ton, and none was pitted against an
other candidate. William G. Ralston
was made President, succeeding Hon
Jacob Neff, whose term of office has
lasted for eight years. Fred Zeitler was
made Vice President, Samuel ]. Hendy
was reelected Treasurer, and Edward
II. Benjamin was chosen to succeed
himself as Secretary.
Each of the officers made short ad-
dresses to the convention, which were
received with much appreciation.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the President of this
association be authorized to appoint a
committee of five on County OrganiZa-
ton, whose duty it shall be to assist
the officers of the association in organ
izing branches of this State associa-
tion and stimulating new life and men,
bership in county organizations already
existing, actual travelling and living ex-
penses of said committee while in the
performance of duties above prescribed
to be borne by the association"
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Yesterdays Session of the State
Association.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-At to-
DAYS session of the California State
Association of Congregational Churches
the question of temperance was dis
cussed.
The Rev. J. r. Knodell. q representa-
tive of the State Anti Saloon League,
presented to the association some res
olutions for adoption. In these reso-
lutions it was suggested that the church
take an interest in the selection of the
representatives for the next Legisla-
ture, so that men might be secured
who would maintain the existing State
temperance laws, or pass nioce strn-
gent laws The churches were urged
to open their pulpits so that tfa work
of the Anti-S Saloon League might be
brought before the Christian people. 1t
was further suggested that anti-saloon
leagues be organized in all OF the Con-
gregational churches.
This last resolution did not meet with
the approval of the Rev. G.. R. Brown
of Oakland nor of the Rev. II. Melville
Tenney of San Jose, and they both
made speeches. They took the ground
that the church was not the place for
a league the aim of which was the
, advancement of moral issue having
political bearing. They argued that
| if the church was going to take up
moral issues that had political side
| it would be quite as proper for her to
take up the silver question and have
silver leagues.
! When these ministers had finished.
the Rev. DR.. Cross of Saratoga made
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OFFICIAL CORRUPTION.
Gigantic System of Fraud I'm
earthed at SebastopoI.

ODESSA, Oct 25.-A gigantic sys-
tenn of official fraud and corruption has
been unearthed at SebaStopol. Forty
three Government officials have been
arrested and will be tried by court
martial December I'd.
Among the accused are many high
naval officers, including the former
Senior Port Officer, Commander Re-
litsky, several we'll known constructors,
nearly every chief engineer of ships in
Russia's Black Sea fleet, commissary
officers and others.
1t is reported that several of the ac-
cused have committed Suicide rather
than stand trial, for if found guilty
they would be banished to Siberia Vice
Admiral Tyrtoff, the Russian naval
commander in the Black Sea, is respon-
sible for the arrests He alleges that
the officials of the various Government
departments from Sebastopol to Mix
olaiv. have been for long time regard
ed in huge conspiracy to misappro-
pirate funds and sell Government sup
plies, covering their defalcations by
forgery and suppressing information by
widely distributed bribes. The affair
has created the greatest CONSERVATION
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STEAMSHIP GERMANIC.
Seriously Damaged in a Collision
at Liverpool.

LIVERPOOL, Oct 25.-As the White
Star line steamship Germanic was
leaving her dock at the pier this morn
ing to take up her anchorage and get
her passengers on board preparatory
to sailing for New York, she had lust
cleared the entrance to the dock and
was lying across the river when, ow-
ing to the fog which prevailed, a steam
hopper barge ran at full speed into he1.
port quarter, making a hole twelve feet
square in the steamer. The two yes
sells remained locked together for some
time, and when they cleared each other
it was seen that the Germanic was Sc
riously damaged. Her captain return
ed the damaged steamship to her dock
Immediately. She will not sail for
New York this trip. The barge was
able to continue towards it's destina-
ton.
AS the Britannia is engaged as a
troopship, the Canada will take the
Germanic'S mail tomorrow.
An investigation of the damage sus-
tanned by the Germanic shows that
four of the starboard plates were
smashed in, and that the frames were
broken and the stringer plate cut.
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Day. and a number Of speakers ad-
dressed the delegates on that question,
as it related to the development of the
commerce of all countries of the world.
Congressman Robert Adams, Jr., of
this city, former United States Minis
ter to Brazil, presided. In presenting
the scope of the deliberations, Mr..
Adams referred to the weakness of the
Consular service of this country, laying
the blame upon the system and not the
administration of it.
John A Kasson of Iowa, Special Com
missioner Plenipotentiary for Treaties
of Reciprocity of the United States,
then spoke on the subject of commercial
and territorial expansion.
Mr.. Kasson reviewed briefly the ac-
QUESTION of territory by the United
States from Louisiana to the Hawaiian
Islands, and the conquest of Porto
Rico.
Referring to- the Philippine acquisi-
ton, he declared it promised greater
immediate advantage than any other.
He said: I'VE already know of the en-
ormous capacity of the Philippines for
agricultural production of tropical
wealth. Of it's mineral wealth we know
less, but the indications are of the high
est significance, not only of the baser
metals, but also of the most valuable y
Mr.. Kasson concluded with a defense
of the right of this country in main
tanning control of the Philippines
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REAR ADMIRAL SAMPSON.
Presented With a Sword by the
State of New Jersey.

TRENTON IN. j.. Oct. 25.-Rear
Admiral Sampson, accompanied by Mrs.
Sampson, arrived to-day The Admiral
was presented with sword by Gov
ernor Voorhees,, on behalf of the State
of New Jersey, as a mark of apprecia
tion of his services during the Spanish
war.
The presentation took place in the
Assembly Chamber of the Capitol in
the presence of a distinguished audi
ence of naval officers and persons prom
inent in the public and social life of the
State. The naval officers present in
cluded nearly all those associated with
Admiral Sampson before the entrance
to Santiago harbor.
The formal ceremonies began with
an address by Senator Ketchum, Chair
man of the Joint Committee. He said
that the high state of efficiency of the
American navy was due to Admiral
SIMPSONS skill and ability, more than
to any other individual
Governor VOORHEES,, in making the for
NAL presentation, said that it was his
great privilege to present the sword as
the cheerful gift of the people of New
Jersey, with whom Admiral Sampson
had for a long time made his home.
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STATE UNIVERSITY.
BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler Formally
Inaugurated President.

OAKLAND, Oct. 25.-It was a mag
nificent sight at the University of Cali
fornia this afternoon, when Benjamin
Ide Wheeler was formally inaugurated
as President of the greatest institution
of learning in the West.
The exercises were held in the open
a novel idea for this occasion, as the
weather. like everything else, was ali
in favor of the new leader of the Uni
VerSity.
All the trains coming to Berkeley
We're crowded with people who were
hurrying to the scene of the exercises.
The seats on the campus and around
the cinder track We're filled to over
flowing, and thousands of people We're
glad to be given the privilege to stand.
Shortly before o'clock the honored
guests and those to participate in the
procession, including the Board of Re
gents, assembled in Stiles Hall. The
members Of the faculty of the Uni
versity were also present.
President Wheeler and other distin-
guished collegians wore their robes OF
state, and made an interesting and inn
pressive appearance.
yersity Band, marched in academic
state from Stiles Hall to the cinder
track inclosure, and the arrival of the
procession was the signal for the ex-
ercises to begin. A vast throng watched
the procession with intense interest.
It was one of the grandest sights
ever witnessed at the University. a
twentieth century President was form
ally inducted into office.
The official program was carried out
as follows. Overture, "Marche Aux
Flambeau, Meyerbeer; prayer, jacob
Voorsanger, D. D.; address and in
vesture of the President-elect, Andrew
S. Hallidie, Esq, Regent of the Uni
versity; address, David Starr Jordan
D. D., President of Leland Stanford Jr.
University; THE Psalms" Faure; ad-
dress, aDnie1 Colt Gilman, Ii. D., Pres
ident of Johns Hopkins University; Sc
lections. "Lohengrin,' Wagner; inaug-
uraI address, President Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, LII. D.; Jubilee Overture, "
Weber; benediction, Horatio Stebbins
D. D.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Rise in the Temperature in North
ern California.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 25.-Weather
conditions and general forecast:
The following maximum tempera-
lures were reported from stations III
California to-day: Eureka 81, Fresno
66, Los Angeles rs, Red Bluff II, San
Luis Obispo -, San Diego 70, Sacra-
mento 64, independence 62, Yuma So.
San Francisco data: Maximum tenn
perature 81, minimum %, mean 81.
The pressure IS beginning to fall over
Vancouver Island. An area of high
pressure overlies the Rocky Mountain
region.
The temperature has remained nearly
stationary except in Southern Oregon
and Northern California, where there
has been a rise of about 6 degrees.
No rain has fallen over California,
Nevada and Utah. Rain is now falling
over Washington and Northern Oregon
The following are the comparative
seasonal rainfalls to date:
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Brings TO Light The faithfulness of Harders
to Interests Of Their Employers.
Stayed by Their Bands of Sheep to
the Last, Suffering Death in At
tempts to Save the Flocks in
Their Charge-Nine Men Known
to Have Perished in Teton
County Alone.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. pa special
from Glen Falls, Mont, says:
If anyone has concluded that the time
has passed when the servant is as
faithful to the interests of his master
as he could be to his own, he should
consider the story of recent blizzards
which swept through Teton County, in
the northern part of this State, coun-
ty given up to the raising of sheep and
cattle
AS a result Of that storm nine men
are known to be dead, and of these
five bodies have been recovered With
one exception all We're sheep herders,
and all were found lying in such posi-
tions as to indicate that they had
stayed with their bands to the last,
dying in their attempts to save prop
erty of their employers.
William Graham, working for the
Cascade Land Company, was found in
coulee near Healy Butte. 1t is evil
dent that he had tried hard through
the night to get his sheep into camp,
but had not succeeded. Conscious of
the death which was impending, he re-
turned to his tent about midnight, and
there wrote and left note saying he
was nearly exhausted, but was about
to return to the sheep, which were
drifting up the coulee. He was found
stretched on the snow, his lantern
about twenty feet distant. Of his two
dogs, one remained to guard the body,
While the other followed the sheep Gra-
ham was unmarried, and recently said
that he had not a relative in the world.
Norman Bruce worked for Will Flow
cree. He remained with his sheep un-
til he managed to drive them into a
sheltered spot where they would be
safe. Blinded by the storm, he mis-
took the coulee where his cabin was
built, and wandered upon another. Re-
alizing his mistake too late, he turned
/ back, and fell less than 200 yards from
his home and safety. The searching
party found his dogs stretched across
the dead body. Bruce was unmarried
and a na1Ye OF Prince Edward Island.
Max Gregorich was found with his
arms folded upon his breast His dog
had followed the sheep into camp, and
returned with the rescue party too late,
H. E. Herald, working for S. c. Schif-
fin, was lying in the deep snow. his
beard eaten off by the sheep. which had
also eaten his clothes and part of his
boots.
This is only portion of the pathetic
side of the disaster, and the fidelity
of one herder is probably no greater
than any other
1t is probable that the death list is
hardly begun. Bands of sheep with
out herders have been reported from
various points in the storm district, and
later these will be traced and the dead
herders found.
Now the snow covers up everything
on the prairie, and the coulees, many
of them more than 100 feet deep, with
steep sides, are filed with it. Without
exception this was the most severe and
most fatal October storm ever occur
ring in Montana.
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BISHOP DOANE.
Comes Out Square1y in Support Of
McKinley's Policy.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 25.-Bishop Doane
Of Albany, n. Y, in his address before
the Protestant Episcopal Missionary
Council, came out squarely In support
of the policy of the Administration in
taking the Philippines under national
protection. He said.
ITO my mind there were but four un-
a1terable alternatives. We were
obliged either to leave the islands un-
der Spanish control. for a renewal of
hostilities, We We're obliged to leave
them to destroy themselves in internec-
inc strife, we could have left them to
be fought over by European nations,
or we could have assumed the position
of protectors of the island. l see no
other conclusion, and the fourth alter
native was the only one which ought
to have been taken. We did take it,
and this great trust must be admins
tered
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Five Transports Sail.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. %. - To-day
was a busy one at the Government
transport dock Five transports, three
for Manila and two for Portland, Or,
were dispatched for their destinations.
The Tartar. Manuense and Newport
sailed for Manila, and the Olympia and
Pennsylvania for Portland The Ma
nila- bound vessels carried three COM
panies of the Thirty-first Infantry and
the entire Twenty eighth Infantry. The
Portland bound vessels will carry the
Thirty-ninth and Forty-ffth Regi-
ments. The remaining eight companies
of the Thirty-first Regiment will sail
Saturday on the transport City of
Peking.
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UNION PACIFIC ROAD.
Last Step Taken in the Matter of
the Receivershin

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 25.-Howard s.
Abbott, special master in the Union Pa
cific Railway receivership, has .ust
filed in the United States Court a VOL
luminous report on the claims filed
against the Union Pacific estate under
the order of the court for the district
! of Nebra ska, filed February 16 1888
| This report which has been confirmed
I by Judge Sanborn, is the last step in
the settlement of the Union Pacific re-
ceivership.
The largest claims allowed are those
of the Union Pacific Railroad Compa-
ny, the balance due the company be-
ing found by Mr.. Abbott to aggregate
| S4I 500,0 900. The balance due the United
States Government of 1896, 294 is al
lowed. A judgment obtained April -,
! 1895, in the United States District
Court for the District of Massachu-
setts by Henry Bulge, Charles A. Pea
oooy, Jr., and Henry Decoppel for ST.
4.I S69, and sold to Lawrence Greer. is
/ allowed at it's discounted value The
balance on the claim of Francis S
Bangs, Rowland Davis and w. E.
! Flynn for S260,612 on unpaid trust
bonds is allowed
Other large claims allowed are as
follows: E. c. Benedict and bondhold-
ers' COMMITTEES $1,877 ,53S; Josiah B..
French and others, 1888, ,561; Northern
/ Poetic Railway Company, $347,O ,O51
| The total of the claims allowed in
addition to the sum of S26, ,44S, 720, al
ready paid, is S56.641, ,921
| The following claims are disallowed.
Rattlesnake Creek Water Company,
First National Bank of Fort Collins.
! Col: Thomas B. Grove, Union Pacific
Railroad Company, two claims: AM
sterdam Committee, Kansas City and
Omaha Railway Company; Kansas City
and Omaha Railroad Company, agents
Harrington and Melville NJ Makeover.
1t is ordered that the claims allowed
| be paid pro rata out of the funds in
the hands of the receivers
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Mr. Rob-
erts the Director of the Mint, has made
the following report upon the produc-
tion of gold and silver during the CAL
endar year 1898. He says:
The production of gold in the Unit
ed States in the calendar year 1898
was 3,11S,39S ounces fine, of the value
of $64 ,463, 600. The amount of gold
produced from quartz mines in 1898,
was, in round numbers, 2,SOO000 fine
ounces, and from placer mines 31S,OOO
fine ounces.
The South African Republic tpro-
duced 1881, ,975 ounces fine, of the
value of $40. .213, ,953; Australasia Spro-
duced 3,137, ga ounces fine, of the value
of S64, $50, 500.
"These three countries are the great
producers of the world--their outputiag-
gregating 10,0SS,017 ounces fine, of the
value of $20S, ,537, 1853, or 73 per cent
of the product of the world.
Next comes Russia, with $25!463,-
400; Canada, $13, ,775, 400; Mexico, SS,
100000; India, $7.7S1 900, and China.
SCOTS, 700. These five aggregate 92.6S6
Kilograms, valued at $61 500, 600 or over
y per cent. of the value of the whole,
leaving per cent. to the remainder of
the world
THE United States still occupies the
second place as a silver producer to
which it was relegated by Mexico in
1897. In 1898 it produced 81, 43S, ,O0G
fine ounces of silver, with a commercial
value of $32 118,400, against the Mexi-
can production of 90, 73S 900 fine ounces,
with a commercial value of So, ,475, 400.
Together they produce 81 per cent. of
the worlds product. No other country
approaches them, the nearest being
Australasia, Bolivia and Peru. The
product of the last two is somewhat
uncertain, but none of the three eX-
ceeds $12,0000 900 ounces fine.
THE amount of silver produced in
| the United States during the year from
quartz mines was, in round numbers
13,5080O0 fine ounces and from lead
ores 31,000,000 fine ounces and from
copper ores 10000, 900 fine ounces.
THE worlds gold production in 1898
was 13,9O4, 1863 ounces fine, of the value
of S2S7, ,42S, 600, an increase over the
product of 1897 of 2.351 ,S31 ounces
valued at $4S,616,600. Since 1897, when
about S106,000, 900 was produced, each
year has shown an increase over the
preceding one.
There is no reason" says the report,
ito expect any cessation of this steady
annual increase for some years to come.
The Transvaal has not nearly reached
its limit; Australia, particularly West
Australia, is not yet half developed;
Alaska and the Yukon have only fairly
begun to produce, while recently steady
increases in Colorado and other West
ern States show no signs of abating.
THE worlds production Of silver in
1898 was 165, ,295, ,572 ounces fine, show
i2g an increase over 1897 of /, 1,222, 400
ohnces fine.
''The worlds consumption of the
precious metals in the arts and manu-
facture during the year was, in new
gold 97.S04 kilograms, of a value of
500, 100000; and in new silver LOGS, ,2S9
Kilograms, of coinage value of $44,-
273,000 and a commercial value OF $40
200 0O0"
The following table shows the pro-
duction Of gold and silver in principal
producing countries of the world, dur
! ing the year 1898:
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Mexican Border Trouble.

WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-The Sec
retary of War this afternoon received
q telegram from Governor Murphy of
Arizona saying that considerable
trouble has occurred at Naco, on the
border between Arizona and Mexico.
between American cowboys and Mex
lean officers. He recommends that q
company of troops be ordered there
from Fort Huachuca, to remain until
the trouble has subsidized. He says
that the civil officers will do everything
possible to maintain order but may not
be able to do SO.