The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-07-29
LATEST NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.

had cloudbust.
An Armenian was found murdered in a
trunk at Lynn, Mass.
Staunton, Va, went "dry' by twenty
majority last Thursday.
The new tariff appeals court is to be To-
Gated in Washington City.
Forty-two persons were hurt in railroad
wreck near Zionville, Indiana, last Sunday.
Four Japanese were killed and five in
jured by the explosion of a gun on the
battleship Ashia.
All Confederate camps in Mississippi
will meet next Sunday to pay tribute to
Mrs. Margaret Davis Hayes.
Eugene W. Lipscomb, who committed
suicide at Port Norfolk, Va, is alleged to
have been short in his accounts.
A woman brought charges of criminal
assault against preacher and then tried
to shoot him in Rosenberg, Texas.
The town of Bastrop Bay was destroyed
and fifteen people were killed in the Texas
coast hurricane of the 21st instant.
Two members of an automobile party
were killed Saturday when train struck
an automobile near Munster, Indiana.
Six lives we're lost when railroad pas
senger train plunged into the Missouri
River near Kansas City Saturday night.
The Texas hurricane of Wednesday of
last week caused total of twenty five
deaths and a property damage of $780,
600.
Noah r. Marker, assistant cashier of
bank in Upton, Indiana, has disappeared
with between 1000 and $4,000. all the
cash in the bank.
Bleriot, the French aviator, crossed the
English Channel in his monoplane in less
than half an hour, this being twice the
speed of the fastest mail boats.
DR.. James B. Cowan, seventy seven
years old, member of Gen. N. B. Forests
staff during the Confederate War, dropped
dead at Tullahoma, Tenn, last Saturday.
The annual reunion of the Mississippi
10th and 18th at Vicksburg. The Missis-
sippi monument will be dedicated the latter
date.
While her invalid husband looked on,
helpless to aid, Mrs. Ellie P. Dorrence of
Helena, Montana, was killed by an intruder
whom she attacked in her apartments at
Hot Springs, Ark. 7"
After producing letter to the police in
which he told of having murdered his wife,
r. M. Tanning, Of Westport, Mass, COM
mitted suicide in the police station at New
Bedford. He is said to have been insane
from drink and the fact that his wife had
refused to live with him.,
Under existing laws there is no possible
ity of flour from the United States or from
eny other country entering France for
consumption in the country, except in the
event of crop shortage. Only two years
of insufficient home supplies have occurred
in the last twenty years, once in 1891 and
again in 1898.
There is an increase of u, $50 acres in the
area planted in rice this year, compared
with $50, OOOlast year. Louisiana is credited
with twelve per cent. increased acreage,
and Texas with seven per cent. The total
acreage in Louisiana is placed at 392, 900,
Texas 283,55O, Arkansas 1880, Georgia
5000. Florida, Alabama and Mississippi
have just held their own, while the Caro-
linas have fallen off heavily.
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor cambridge, a
daughter of Zachary Taylor, President of
the United States, died Sunday evening at
her home in Winchester, Va, after an ILL
ness lasting several weeks. She was born
near Louisville, KY, April 20, 1924, and
was the last member of her immediate
family. She was sister of the first wife
of Jefferson Davis, President of the Con-
federate States. and also of Lietenant-
General Richard Taylor, of the Confederate
Army.
Southern Chlvslry.
The Georgia State Senate has passed
bill making it penal offense to speak
disparagingly of woman's honor. The
Chicago Examiner, commenting on the
DrOnOsed law cave.