The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-11-28
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the building of its navy.
Seven men were killed and thirteen in
jured by sawmill boiler at Gilmerton, Va.
Walker P. Inman, of Atlanta, Ca, was
found dead in his bed Saturday morning.
/ Fourteen football players were killed and
scores injured during the present season.
Five children were burned to death in
the destruction of house near Titusville,
Pa.
/ Mrs. Jessie T. Hedges killed herself and
two sons at Newton, Mass, by asphyxia-
| ton.
/ Three Russian soldiers have been SEN
fenced to death for destroying picture of
the Gar.
! Twelve persons were injured, two fatally,
in collision between trolly cars at San
dusky, Ohio.
Mrs. Lottie Hitchcock, of New York,
shot and killed her sleeping husband,
compoeitor, and attempted suicide.
Judge Anderson Crawford, prominent
lawyer, died in the court room at Columbia,
S. c., while questioning witness.
Morgan Nance, farmer, was cut to
pieces by a saw in mill near Slaugh-
terville, KY, his head being split open.
Gov. Cummins, of Iowa, called out
detail of the National Guard and stopped
prize fight at Davenport before it began.
Fourteen girls comprising the entire
senior class of the Pentwater, Michigan,
High School, were suspended because they
attended football game.
/ The ferryman at Rome, o., near Vance
burg, KY, received notice that he will be
blown up if he transfers any tobacco across
the river. He will obey the order.
Two workmen were killed and building
was blown to atoms by an explosion Of 500
pounds of gelatine at the Du Pont Powder
Companys plant near Pinole, Cal.
A bag containing $4,000 in gold and
silver was found among the effects of the
late Col. S. f. Packwood, of Magnolia,
Miss. Five heirs will divide the fortune.
Vindex Bailey, at Winona, Miss, stabbed
and killed C. G.. Johnson, customer who
had disputed an account. The prisoner
was spirited away to escape possible vio-
lence.
Louis M. Dyke, President of the former
Alfalfa National Bank, pleaded guilty to
misrepresentation charges at Admission,
Ala, and was sentenced to five years i'm
prissonment.
Pat Hinton shot and instantly killed a
close friend, Bernard Weatherholt, in
Breckenridge County, KY, Friday. The
two were hunting and Hinton fired at a
rabbit missing it and hitting his friend.
Mrs. Amelia Walton Alcorn, Is years
old, widow of James L. Alcorn, a Brigadier-
General in the Confederate Army and Re-
construction Governor of Mississippi, died
at Memphis Friday after brief illness.
Portions of Mobile were inundated five
feet as the result of torrential rain last
Friday. Courts suspended because priso-
ners could not be transported from jail,
and schools and business houses were
closed temporarily.
The bodies of Nicholas Smith, wealthy
manufacturer, and his wife, were found in
their home at New Rochelle, N. Y It is
believed the woman killed her husband,
attempted to burn the house and cremate
! the bodies, and then suicided.
Engagements Of foreign gold to relieve
the money stringency in the United States
have passed the S81, 100000 mark. The
United States last Friday purchased 49,
600 pounds in bar gold and 200, 900 pounds
in American eagles from the Bank of
I England.
The Mauritania, sister ship Of the Lusi-
tania, though delayed by bad weather,
broke one world record, making 671 miles
in days run on her maiden voyage. She
left Queenstown Nov. II at II a. m. and
arrived at quarantine. New York, at 3:54
p. M, Nov. %. Her various speeds by
days were: First day, one hours run, 80
knots; second day, noon to noon, 571;
third, 1854; fourth, 563; fifth, 624; sixth, 528.
FROM OVER OUR GREAT STATE.
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