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Fresh Chocolates and Candles, at the White Psss Cigar Store. I7u
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Skate as long as you please for as cents. at the rink.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-09-20

Lots Of tun every night at ,be skating rink.
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Get your skates at the rink. They won't lnjurs your health.
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Go to the rink for hsslthy ,1srcIs,.
St.tsOu hats al claysOa's.

For comfort, go to the Portland HOus' Fifth avenue. GoIno
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-09-20

Col. Richmond, chief signal officer of the department Of the Columbia, returned to Fort Vancouver on the CotllEs City.
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Homestead Entries,
Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Natchitocles, La,

Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Natchitocnes, La.
SEPTEMBER II, 1902.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
~ ing named settler has filed notice
OF her intention to make final proof in
support OF her claim, and that said proof
will be made before Clerk of District
Court at Benton, La, on November 1,
1902, viz: Homestead E.atry No. 667s-
Melissa Young-for the southwest quar-
ter OF southwest quarter of section "a,
township 20 North, range ii West, Lou
isiana Meridian.
She names the following witnesses to
prove her continuous residence upon and
cultivation OF said land, viz: r. E.
Wyche, w. M. Morrow, Benton, La,
j. Es Wyche, Joe Philips, Bellevue, La.
Viz: Homestead Entry No. 6S13-
George B. Garrett, adjoining farm-for
the southwest quarter of northwest quar-
ter OF section 80, township q North,
range IL West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: J.E.
Holloway, J. D. Mcclellan, of Mot, La;
J. c. Holman, OF Carterville, La; E. D.
Windsor, of Red Land, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
September, IS, 1902. oct 80
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PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, 4
Executive Department.

0SSoeAfS PdA J
"hereas, two thirds OF the qualified
w voters of the unincorporated
Village of 'tBenton,' in the Parish of
Bossier, in this State, have in pursuance
OF the provisions of Section il, of the
Act No. 1856 of the Session Acts of the
General Assembly of the State of Lou
isiana, approved July 18th, 1893, pre-
sented to LIE a petition setting forth the
metes and bounds of said Village, stating
the number of Inhabitants therein and
praying for incoI 7oration, and,
Whereas, find hat the same has been
sufnclently signed, that said petition has
oeen duly promulgated as required by
law, and that said Village contains at
least two hundred and fifty inhabitants:
Now, therefore, l, William W right
Heard, Governor Of the Safe of Louisi-
ana, under and by virtue of the authority
IN me vested by law, and more especially
oy Act No. 1856 of the Acts of the Cen
eral Assembly of this State, approved
July 18th, 1893, do hereby issue this, Inv
proclamation, declaring the said Village
a corporation in law, with metas ana
bounds as follows:
The west half of section % and the
east half of section 80, township &c
North of range IL, in the Parish of Bos-
sier, La.
And hereby designate and fix the
name OF the said Corporation as, "The
Village OF Benton" with powers to sue
and be sued, to purchase and hold real
estate and personal property, to pur-
chase and hold real estate within the
corporate limits for all proper Municipal
purposes, and for parks, cemeteries,
hospitals, school houses, houses of cor
rectlon, water works, electric lights, and
sewers. To make all contracts, and to
do all other acts relative to the property
and concerns of the Municipality nee
essary to the exercise of its corporate or
administrative powers as are, or may
hereafter be conferred on it by law.
Witness my hand and the impress of
the seal of the State of louisiana, at the
State Capitol, in the City of Baton
Rouge, this 9th day of August, A. D.
l902; OF the Independence of the United
States OF America the one hundred and
twenty seventh, of the State of Louisi-
ana, the ninety-first.
By the Governor:
lSigned) w. w. HEARD.
(Signed( EUGENE J. McGIvNEY,
Assistant Secretary Of State.
Baton Rorge, La, Aug. G, 1902.
A true copy:
EUGENE J. McGlvNEY,
Assistant Secretary of State.
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Election Proclamation.

n accordance with Act No. 1852 of the
Il Session Acts of the General Assem-
bly, OF the State of Louisiana, approved
July IA, 1898, and in compliance with
the proclamation of his Excellency, Hon.
W. w. Heard, Governor of the State of
Louisiana, ordering that an election be
held throughout the State on Tuesday.
November 4, 1902, we, the undersigned
beard OF Supervisors in and for Bossier
parish, La, do hereby give notice that
an election will be held at the legally
established voting precincts throughout
Bossler parish, La, on Tuesday, Novem-
Der 4, 19O2, for the purpose of electing a
Member OF Congress from the Fourth
Congressional District and voting for
the approval or rejection of certain pro-
posed Amendments to the Constitution,
as provided by law, and we hereby ap-
point the following commissioners and
clerks OF election to hold said election
on the day above stated and in the time
prescribed by law, and to hold and con-
duct and make due returns in the manner
and form prescribed by law for general
State elections, viz:
Ward /.
Atkins Station-J. T. McDade. r. H.
Raines, Ev Cornell, commissioners; NJ.
C. Bledsoe, clerk.
Curtis Station. w. Prince, T. w.
Holmes, J. M. Stacey, commissioners;
nhos. N. Braden, Sr., clerk.
Ward 2. M...
Benton-J. G. Ogden, A. p. Butler,
". q. Burt, commissioners; C. O. Gayle,
clerk.
Ward 8.
Plain Dealing-R. P. Allen, j. P.
Mitchell, N. W. Sentell, commissioners;
T. -. Barnett, clerk.
AID m Bridge-F. j. Love, J. F.. Wise,
W. L. Adger, commissioners. E. Elder,
clerk.
Ward 4. ..-..
Carte cvi1ie-G. T. Mays, j.. G. Martin,
J. w. Walker, commissioners; j. S.
Dodson, clerk.
Mot. B. Linn, T. r. Crawford, o. C.
Cason, com Lissioners; S. P. Johnston,
clerk.
Ward 5.
Rocky Mount-E. W.. Martin, r. L.
Burks, J. 5. Wilmington, commission
ers; J. F. Hughes, clerk.
Midway. +. Bumgardner, l.. T.
Merritt, r. E. Tho.uas, commissioners;
II. Il. Pllklnton, Gle TX. -. -.
Ward 6.
Bellevue. H. Wsche, C. w. Berry,
W. M. Vickers, commissioners; D. P.
Howell, clerk.
Haughton-J. A. Afford, M. Duty,
j.. G. Hodges, commissioners; J. W.
Elston, clerk.
H. H. MONTGOMERY,
w. J. JOHNSTON,
r. B. HILL,
Supervisor of Election.
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Notice to Lcyee Contractors.

A>"sa>> w DSSSS -
Office Board of Comm ssioners,
Bossier Levee District,
Bossier City, La, Oct. 2, 1902. J
Oealed proposals will be received at the
~ Office of the Board of Commissioners
OF the Bossier Levee District, in Bossier
City, La, up to i P. NJ, THURS DAY,
NOVEMBER 6, 1902, for the cons -uc-
ton Of the following new levees il the
Parish of Bossier, viz:
WILLOW CHUTE LEvEE. Approximate
contents 25,0OO cubic yards. Deposit
required, $1,000. Bond required ST $50.
CHRIsTIANA LEvEE. Approximate con-
tents 10000 cubic yards. Deposit re-
quired, SIPS %. Bond required, $1,000.
Cash or certified check to the
amount of the deposit required must
accompany each bid.
The right to reject any and all bids is
reserved.
Other information as to location,
character OF work, terms of payment,
and blank forms for proposals may be
obtained at the Office of the Board of
State Engineers, at New Orleans, La.
]. w. JETER, President.
T. N. BRADEN, Secretary, Curtis, La.
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Application for Administration

ApDtiHatIOn Tot ADMINISTRATION.
SUGGESTIONS of Jack Johns and Mary
Johns, both deceased.
In District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
office is hereby given that Marx
~ Bluestein has this day filed his
application to be appointed administrator
OF the SUGGESTIONS OF Jack Johns and
Mary Johns, both deceased. Now, this
is to admonish all persons concerned,
that If opposition be not made thereto
within the time prescribed by law, the
said applicant will be appointed admin
istrator of said SUGGESTIONS as prayed for.
Given under my official signature and
seal of Office, at Benton, La, on this,
the 23rd day Of October, 1902.
B. A. KELLY, Clerk.
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Homestead Entry No. 1856.
Department OF the Interior,
Land Office at Natchitoches,
Gnnkns,nlor 1R f000

oCpNiHDCl Az, AVVGs
Notice is hereby given that the follow
IN ing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Clerk Of the
District Court at Benton, La, on Mo-
vember 1, 1902, viz: Homestead Entry
No. 8955-Joseph Rivers, Jr.,-for the
southwest quarter of southwest quarter,
section Is, township q North, range IL
West, and east half of southeast quarter
and southwest quarter of southeast quar-
ter of section IL, township 81 North,
range IL West Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: Wiley
Davis, John Carter, Albert Carter, Paul
Harris, Ivan, La.
j. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
September Is, 1902. oct 80
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STRAY Sale,

E isss;a before me, H. Barnacastle.
Paasser na,;s, q the Peace, 9th Ward,
saFal RRsllsn, La, by R. 81. Bullock
" lsval S SS,a at Haughton, La, within
|se,enhssr 9oe sas., of sale, on Saturday.
afhae VIZ assoz, one white muley head
|kad: q sho ssh q red ears; no marx nor
Aus,s sooat Is months old.
|sa nrsvs l IS requested to come for
As same I g;l,o.perty and pay charges,
WI pc sold according to law.
4 sARNACASTLF, J. P
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Notice.

A II State, Parish and Poll Taxes for
n the year 1902, as set forth in the
rolls on file, are now due and will be-
come delinquent on movable property
October list, and immovable property
December 3ist.
A. r. THOMPSON,
State and Parish Tax Collector.
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Homestead Entry No. 62S4.
Department of the Interior, !
and QE6ao NotoL;t<,<.les

Ldnu UInce at NatchltOSheS,
October 10, 1902.
Motto is hereby given that the following
IN named settler has filed notice of his
claim, and that said proof will be made
before Clerk of District Court at Benton,
La, on November Is, 1902, viz: Home
stead Entry No. 6284-Richard Swiney-
for the east half of southeast quarter of
section 6, township Is North, range ii
West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous. residence upon and
cultivation Of said land, viz: Spencer
Minis, Joe Lester, Brock Tut, Joe San
ders, of Taylortown, La.
]. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
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MUSE FURNISHING GOODS.

's ana croekery, Heating and
Choking Stoves.
- as iran and Copper Work done
'naf1 notice. Headquarters for
q, pvN AND TIN ROOFING,
n saa ea. Iron cisterns, Cutters, VAL
De If {, eseryfmng in this line. A full
nd - s. sy and Stove Fixtures. Cali
'nem before buying elsewhere.
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Hunters, Take Notice.
MO hunting will be allowed on my
IN place, under penalty OF the law.
L. II, PRUITT.
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Free Nrt Supplements.

One of the particularly distin-
Fguishing features of the Chicago
Record Herald is it's series of high
class art pictures given away with
its Sunday edition. Many Of
these supplements are fac-simile
reproductions of the worlds "a
nous masterpieces, the originals
of which in many instances have
sold for prices ranging from $lO,-
600 to $4,000. The best pictures
of we'll known artists, such as
Ihlfeld, Beirney, Vely, Ryson and
many others, have been repro
duced SO perfectly that they excite
the admiration and wonder of all
who see them. These pictures
are not only greatly admired be-
cause OF their beauty, but many of
them are highly instructive on ac-
count OF the subjects they repre-
sent. They are selected with
great care, and Record Herald
readers are assured that in this, as
in everything connected with the
Record Herald, they will always
get the best that can be procured.
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can drums, and accompanied BY
the monotonous music Of these
rude instruments they proceeded
to chant the sacred hymns. Tho
Indians were delighted. The
words interested them and the
spirit captivated them. The
cacique asked many questions
shout the men who had taught tbs.
traders this new religion, and az
ter. listening to their story he an
nounced his faith in it and agreed
to send his brother back t6 the
monastery with them.
Having once broken the ice il
this way Las Casas was not the
man to stand idly by and watch
the water freeze anew. He sent
trusted missionaries into the
country and. finally went himself.
The Indians. who appear to have
reached the stage Of culture where
human sacrifices cease to satisfy
religious cravings, one and all be-
came converts to Christianity.
The cacique in course Of time
visited Guatemala where he was
received by Alvarado with high
honors, and the "Land Of War
was annexed to the crown of
Spain, and tribute paid thereto,
without the loss of single drop
Of human blood. A part Of this
region is called today Vera Paz, OF
the True Peace.
After this notable feat Las
Casas went to Spain, where he
was created Bishop of Chiapa. He
returned to America, but finding
he could more successfully combat
slavery if he remained in Spain
he resigned his bishopric and
once more crossed the sea to his
native land. He lived to be 90
years of age, and up to the last
hour of his life was fighting for
the freedom of his chosen people,
the Indians.
To sum up in a paragraph, or
even a book, the influence Of Las
ECasas on the worlds thought
would be impossible, SO let me
conclude this most sketchy paper
with a quotation from the late
John Fiske.
I'm contemplating such life as
that Of Las Casas," says Mr..
Fiske, "an words Of eulogy seem
weak and frivolous. The historian
can only bow in reyerent awe-be-
fore 9 figure which is in some re-
'spects the most beautiful and
sublime in the annals Of Chris
tianity since the apostolic age.
When now and then in the course
of centuries Gods providence
brings such a life into this world,
the memory of it must be cher
ished by mankind as one of it's
most precious and sacred posses
sions. For the thoughts, the
words, the deeds, of such man,
there is no death. The sphere of
his influence goes on widening
forever. They bud, they blossom,
they fruit, from age to age"
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no W0o OueOAON ~ HACou VIZ OouoO
of the Indians before the boy
king, Charles the Fifth. He
pointed out to the sovereign that
to enslave the Indians was not
only unlawful, but unnecessary.
Others could Be found, he said,
Spaniards, who would do the labor
for hire. This assertion was de-
MED by his. opponents, and to
meet the objection raised that
somebody must work the mines.
Las Casas suggested that q limited
number Of negro slaves be Inn
ported from Africa. The negroes,
he said, were hardy race and
would not be killed by the work.
Later in life be admitted that this
suggestion was a weak one; he
came to see that what is wrong
for one must be wrong for all, and
that in the sight of the Lord all
men are equal, be they white,
black, red or yellow. However,
for this single time in his life he
did temporize with evil; and bit
terly has his memory paid for it.
Truly the evil that men do sur
wives them while the good is in
tered with their bones. A few
Spaniards in the Indies-a very
few-did adopt Las Casas' sug-
gestion, and it is the irony of fate
I that most people of this day who
know him at all know this great
forerunner of Wilberforce and
Garrison-th the greatest iberator of
them all, because he had the great
est obstacles to overcome-only as
the man at whose suggestion the
African slave trade was inaugur-
ated in America.
i In order to prove to the king
that colony could succeed in the
new world without slavery, Las
Casas begged grant of land on
the coast and permission to found
thereon a colony after his own
ideas. After long succession Of
delays, and after many obstacles
were overcome, the coveted per-
mission was granted and in the
course of year or two the colony
was established. It was fore
doomed. The Indians did not dis
tinguish between one white man
and another. All previous arrivals
had come to kill and capture, lie
and deceive, why not these men
who spoke SO fairly? And then
what possible hope could Las
Casas have had to gain the con-
fidence of the natives while the
Spaniards from the neighboring
islands were daily raiding their
villages. capturing and enslaving
their young men and women by
the wholesale? He must have
appreciated the hopelessness of
his task. However, he and his
company set bravely about their
work and continued blowing,
planting and building for some
months. But the Spanish raids
became SO frequent that.the colony
begged Las Casas to 60 to San
Domingo and appeal to the audi
enci0, or judicial governor, in order
to provide some remedy for the
evil. After he had been absent
only few days the Indians de-
scended upon his little settlement,
burned the houses and massacred
all but few of the settlers. The
news was brought to Las Casas as
he was nearing the residence of
the audieucia, and for the first and
only time in his long life he was
overcome by grief. He took ref
uge in Dominican monastery
and a short time later was per-
suaded to become one of the order.
This was in 1922, and for the
following eight years he remained
in clustered seclusion, devoting
i L 4 L /.
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I tory ofthe early discoveries
s and settlements in the neW
s. world one is bound not
& Sronly to be impressed with
q . the courage and hardihood
Of the conquerors, but also
TO be shocked with the wanton
carnage aud bloodshed for which
they were responsible. The change
from rude barbarism to a more or
less civilized state was not brought
about until tens of thousands of
innocent human beings had been
sacrificed. Cortez subdued Mexico
only after years of what seems to
as indisc1iminate slaughter; the
Pizarros' conquest Of Peru is a
bloody and horrible page Of the
worlds history; Alvarado's SUI
premacy in Guatemala was sus-
tanned entirely by the sword, while
the story Of the early settlements
of Hispaniola and Cuba is one
that makes strong men shudder
and grow sick at heart.
But among these visions of ruth
less cruelty and oppression, of
murder done in Gods name, of
captives enslaved and done to
death in the name of the church
amid this horrid nightmare the
figure of one great and good man
stands out clear, like a mighty
rock in boundless prairie. One
man there was who, like the good
bishop in Jean Vatican, conquered
through kindness and civilized by
the sheer force of example. That
man was Bartholomew de Las Casas,
called the Apostle of the Indies"
Owing to the limited time at my
command, it is impossible for me
TO convey comprehensive picture
of this man, but I will try my best
to enumerate his most salient ac-
eomplishments and give brief
sketch Of his life.
Las Casas was born in Seville in
the year 1474. His parents were
probably people in afluent cir
'eumstances, for we are told he was
given a good classical education
and appeared at court in his child
hood with his father. AS young
man he travelled extensively and
was among the adventurous spirits
to join Columbus in his first voy-
age across the "Sea of Darkness"
Growing to full manhood he chose
she profession of letters for his
career and, following the custom
of his age, became a clerk, or an
'articled layman, to the church. In
15Q2 he accompanied Nicholas de
Orvanado, a Knight of Alcantara,
who was going out to Hispaniola
rs governor of the Indies, and
shortly afterward he was ordained
"a priest.
During the first eight years OF
his residence in the Indies Las
Casas appears to have devoted
more time to temporal than to
spiritual affairs. It is true that
he preached occasionally, but the
greater portion of his time was
devoted to worldly pursuits. He
bent his tremendous energies to
money making and was a most
successful business man. In COM
mon with others of his station in
life, he was slave owner. To un-
derstand the conditions upon
which Indian slavery rested, a
short depression is here in order.
AS the various provinces of the
West Indies were conquered by
the Spaniards it was the custom
for the leader of the expedition to
apportion the captive and con-
quered natives among his follow
ers into what were termed yrbay-
tiuieutos. The reba,zinuento was a
deed, worded as follows: 'To you
{whoever it may have been) is
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OF THE INDIES.

.'...-. y - 90
Catholic Faith" Nominally, the
,epaynmsen1o reverted to the crown
after the natives we're converted,
or after a specified number of
years; virtually the practice en-
shaved the Indians for all time.
Well, as we said before, Las
Casss was for a number Of years
the possessor Of human beings
in eneonssenda. He worked his
slaves in the fields and in the
mines and was probably no better
or no worse q master than the
average Spaniard on the island.
He probably looked upon a slave
much as you or | would on a mule
-as something that has a right to
exist only SO long as it can work.
It was not until he had reached
his Seth year that the wickedness
of slavery impressed itself upon
him. But when once the matter
commanded his attention he COM
menced to ponder over it in earn
est. One pleasant autumn after
noon he sat in his garden wrapped
in meditation. His Bible lay in
his lap and he idly turned the
auttering leaves with his delicate
hand. All at once his glance
rested on these verses in the 34th
chapter of Ecelesiasticus:
"The most high is not pleased with
the offerings of the wicked: neither is
he pacified for sin by the multitude of
sacrifices.
"The bread of the needy is their life;
he that defrsudeth him thereof is q
man of blood.
"He that taketh away his neighbours
living slayeth him; and he that de-
fraudeth the laborer of his hire is a
shedder of blood"
As Las Casas read these words
he tells us that it seemed that q
Light fron Heaven shone upon
him, illumining his path and
pointing him to his duty. He saw
that for years he had been de-
frauding the laborsr of his hire,
that he had attempted to atone by
q multitude of sacrifices, and that
in the eyes of God be was she'd
der of blood, Notwithstanding all
his priestly garments. He saw
clearly and for the first time that
slave-bolding was inexcusable, that
it was contrary to both human
and divine justice. TO be sure he
was right was the precursor of i'm
mediate action with Las Casas,
and the first thing he did was to
free his own slaves at once. Next
he preached against slavery in
public and wrote against it in
private. Nothing his former
friends and associates could say
or do altered his course hairs
breadth; and in the course of a very
few months he became the best
hated man in the Indies. He
travelled and saw that the treat
ment of the Indians was every
where atrocious. Many of them
were beaten or worked to death ;
others died of sheer exhaustion in
the mines; still others committed
suicide in droves to escape from a
life which was worse than any
terrors death had in store for them.
And as Las Casas saw more and
more of the outrages committed
in the name of Christianity he be-
came more and more decisive and
vehement in his condemnation of
those who perpetrated them, and
consequently grew more and more
unpopular with his countrymen.
He and other priests he had con-
verted to his way of thinking even
went SO far as to deny absolution
to slave owners, and as the fear of
death and the hereafter comes
unto all men at times the situation
of the luckless Indians was some