The southern sentinel., 1901-10-04

o6ict Oh wednesday 10 oetermln
whether . special tax of Eve mill
Ss the dollar shall be annually levie'
1r . term Of i've wears on the taxabl
property Of the district to raise fund
1or cleaning out Bayou Conway
1here were two polls and ifty-sever
voess were cast, forty two at Darrov
ond fifteen at Leblanc school house
An were in favor Of the tax. which
h therefore unanimously carried.
An ALEXANDRIA SENSATION.
Aiexandria.-The Board Of Alder.
0sn met in special session Friday
night and repealed the ordinance
passed ten or hfIeen days ago grant.
ing . franchise to tbs Morgan e
Louisisns and Texas Railroad and
Steamship Line to build tracks and
ond nm trains mp and down and across
Front street in this city. In pur-
0asnce Of the above ordinance the
mayor put force of hands to work
taking mp the railroads tracks in
1ront street. Saturday afternoon an
a0dsvit was made before Justice of
- Peace A. B. Rachael, charging S.
II Welsh, mayor, and O. b. Burkey,
street commissioner, with wilIfully
and feloniously trespassing upon the
said railroad oompany's property. A
warrant was issued for their arrest
which was executed BY Sheriff Stat
ford The parties were admitted to
1ail in the sum Of e950 each, which
&hcy furnished
The railrosd company claims that
tho city Of Alexandria had no au-
eh0rity to prevent it from running it's
eEains on Front street, a. it has been
given permission to do so by the
Levee Board. Litigation will very
likely grow out of the affair.
Hon II. H. White is attorney for
the railroad company.
In reference to the strike by the |
hands employed in the construction |
- the shreveport and Red River VAL |
10y Railroad bridge at this place,
oention Of which was made in these
Aispstches under date of Sept z6, the
0oatractors, Ho0ee, Kahman and Co.,
01nte that seven men, not twenty,
0eruck because their wages were not
.Aised to suit the men. They also
GeAte that these men were paid for the
cine they worked the exact sum at
Wbioh they were hired.
WOMAN SHOT FROM AMBUSH
AlexandriA Emma Bridget, q COL.
ossd woman twenty years of age, was {
Killed By unknown parties. who fred
nom ambush at Beaver Dam, on Red I
Eiver. this parish. Friday night. The
woman. accompanied by her mother
nd brother. was returning home I
along the public road about mid
night. and it 10 supposed that the per.
- Who fred the shot intended to Z
du the womAn's brother, but the bul.
- missed its intended victim, and b
Ut the woman a. stated. Several me- t
IFoss are suspected Of being impli.
need IN the affair, but NO arrests o
i've yet been made.
HORSES DIE OF MENINGITIS y
Port Hudson.-A number Of horses
Ave died Of . psouliar malady lately ii
= this neighborhood, and few days Il
- . dne mare, belonging to Mr.. IL
'shn n. Sc. Paul was affected in the cl
nne manner, and he sent to Baton
eo1gs for DR.. Flower, who came nm
'saAay and pronounced IL spinal men. II
Hgitis. caused By . fungus growth OF
= vegetation. Sc
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HOLD AN OPEN SESSION.
OpslousaA-W A. Mair, supreme
FUnniser Of the Catholic Knights Of OF
nsricA, arrived here Friday, and al
Mt night held an ,pen session in the ~
'art house. Mr.. Hair made An In. =,
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In the Schley court Of inquiry al .
ashingtsu Rear Admiral Sampson wi
quested' and was denied. representa- NJ
a By counsel. inasmuch a the OF
afe doee not consider him = partv ga