The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-12-31
LATEST NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.

Thirteen men have been killed in Maine
by deer hunters this season.. s.
In an automobile accident in Oakland,
Cal, the chauffeur was killed.
Four men were drowned by the wrecking
of tug at Frankfort, Mich.
A mysterious disease has caused many
deaths at Hermosilla, Mexico.
Sixteen cadets were dismissed from West
Point Saturday and sent home.
The first snow of the season covered
England and Wales last Sunday.
J. w. Griffith killed Mrs. j. Lavie, pro-
prietress of hotel, at Ensley, Ala.
Ten children have developed foot and
mouth disease near Rochester, N. Y.
David F. Maloney, wealthy business
man Of ST. Louis, committed suicide.
Judge Hart, at Nashville, refused bail
to the murderers of Senator Carmack.
Col. Rush H. Field was found dead in
bed at Ocean Springs, Miss, Monday.
w. J. Trahern, travelling salesman,
was found dead in bed at Hopinsville, KY.
Ten men were killed and several injured
by a cave-in in a trench at Birmingham,
Ala.
L. j. Chadwick, nine years old, acct
IDENTIFY shot and killed himself at Lyman,
Miss.
Mrs. F. L. Peterson shot and killed her
husband at Kansas City because he slap
ped her.
Philippine Island revenues amounted to
ST. 800, 900, an increase of S25O,00O over
last year.
Herman Klare, twelve years old, at
Biloxi, Miss, lost an eye in a fireworks
accident. ssk%
Claus Spreckles, the California sugar
king, died Saturday from an attack of
pneumonia.
The First National Bank of Monrovia,
CAL, was robbed on the night of the 21st
of $4,000.
The Board of Trade Building at Little
Rock was destroyed by fire, causing loss
of 100000.
New York City has 100000 more
teachers in it's public schools ssthan it had
one year ago.
William McBroom, charged with poison
ing his two children, suicided in his cell at
Marked Tree, Ark. .asi.'52a :. 'a's q
Capt. Robertson and five members OF his
crew were lostin the wrecking Of a schooner
off Hog Island, Va. s,c ,4gea u.
Eleven persons were killed in Tungan,
China, in riot growing out Of an order to
stop growing peoples. :.
Leon McDufie, seventeen years old, at
Abbeville, Ca, shot and killed his father
in defense of his mother.
John Stormer, at Johnstown, Pa, shot
and wounded his wife, her brother and the
latter's wife, and suicided.
The Naval Year Book shows that the
United States Navy is the second in the
world in battleship strength.
Miss Sarah Ethel Gordon was accident
ally shot and killed in Cumberland, Md,
by her cousin, George Robinette.
W. W. Cochran was accidently shot and
killed by Joe Peacock near Leakesville,
Miss, while the two were hunting.
Four persons were found dead Friday
morning in residence in Chicago, having
been asphyxiated by escaping gas.
Within forty-e eight hours during the
later part of last week robbers in Fort
Worth, Texas, secured over $4,000.
A curious copper cent which circulated
in New York State in 1867 was sold on
Saturday in New York city for 1851.
While riding alone in his automobile
near Spring Valley, N. Y, last Saturday
Hiram B. Berry died of heart disease.
A burglar at Natchez, Miss, assaulted
and killed Robert F. Reed, seventy years
old, and dangerously wounded his wife.
One thousand families ina Brooklyn
tenement block were made homeless by
fire that inflicted 500, 900 property loss.
Nine men were killed and several injured
in collision between freight train and
work train near Mid-Canyon, Montana.
Gov. Campbell of Texas pays no atten-
ton to threatening letters from men oppos-
ing his Sunday law enforcement crusade.
Harvey Hazel, seventeen years old, was