The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-09-14
LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

facing sugar famine.
The child Emperor of China starts his
school career this month.
A band of counterfeiters were recently
arrested at New Georgia, Ala.
A government report shows the condl-
tons of most crops to be poor.
Big chests of treasure trove were found
under the cathedral Of Oporto, Spain.
The first Chinese warship to enter an
American port, has arrived at New York.
A Rhode Island Methodist minister re-
fused to officiate at the Astor Force nup-
tials.
The Census Bureau announces III ,4l5
bales of new crop cotton ginned up to Sep
TENDER 1st.
Beula Binford and Beattie trial pictures
have been barred in New York and sew
eral other cities.
The people of Maine, by small ma
iority, voted to repeal the constitutional
prohibition clause.
The Lincoln County, Miss, grand jury
probed alleged corruption in the recent
Democratic primary.
Fifteen cents per pound is the price set
for cotton, by cotton growers at their
recent various meetings.
The American schooner Whisper burned
and sank with her entire crew off the coast
of Nicaragua, last week.
The body of suicide found in Florida
recently was believed to be the corpse of a
long sought naval officer.
A court order at Natchez, Miss, permits
Mrs. Sara Bowman to keep $4,000 pot
~ Gold ohio nnoo rtho6 in 1871
Many Chinese are said to have been
struggled across the Canadian border,
dressed as women "joy riders"
The mayor, the city engineer and five
councilmen of Gary, Ind, were arrested
last Friday, charged with bribery.
Acting Secretary Winthrop has con-
firmed the report that the New Orleans and
Pensacola navy yards will be removed.
The Providence minister who married
Col. Aston and Miss Force may lose his
pastorate in consequence, it is thought.
President Taft has started on tour of
5000 miles in length, which doesn't touch
state that is not Republican or doubtful.
The Mississippi W. G. T. U. protested at
Secretary Wilson acting as honorary presi-
dent of the International Brewers Associ-
alton.
The question of whether the ministry
pays, from material standpoint, has been
discussed, informally, by Rev. A. Gordon
Baker.
Washington politicians profess to see
the hand of W.. Bryan in Senator Bailey's
announcement that he will not seek re-
election.
Revised figures show that this years
cotton crop will not 60 over 12,500, 900
bales. Quite come down from a recent
estimate.
| 1t has been declared that the Columbia,
Yale, Harvard and other American uni
vesrities are hotbeds of dissipation and de-
bauchery.
The Farmers Educational and Co
operative Union of America, in session in
Oklahoma, fixed prices at which it thought
cotton should be sold.
The boy artist who won the "Prize of
Rome,' offered by j. P. Morgan, married
the girl who posed for him in the picture
and brought him fame.
The ravages of pellagra are said to be
so great around Winona, Miss, as to ne
cessitate the calling of a special meeting
of the medical association.
William Burgess, an Englishman, swan
across the English Channel in better time
than that made by Capt. Webb upon his
memorable trip. The distance covered
was about sixty miles.
John Jacob Astor and Miss Force we're
married recently at Newport, Congrega-
tional minister having officiated. 1t will
be remembered that this marriage has
been the subject of much criticism among
the clergy of New York.
An aviator started from San Francisco
the other day, in his machine, for New
York. When only hundred or so miles
from his starting point, and high up in the
air, the craft went wrong and precipitated
him to the ground His machine was
smashed but that was the only damage
worth while, as the aviator was not
scratched.
Accused of making uncomplimentary
remarks about other ladies Of her town.
Miss Mary Chamberlain, pretty eighteen
year old girl of Lincoln, Kansas, was tar
red and feathered by several boys and
young men of that town recently. She
was enticed by young man named Rick.
ert to take a drive with him, and, in &C:
cordance with prearranged plan, drove
her to lonely spot in the country nearby
, where seven other men and boys were
waiting with tar and feathers. After hav.
ing stripped her of her clothing and finish
ed their purpose they jeered her into hys.
!, terics and then placed her in the buggy tt
be returned to her home. The man Rick.
!, ert with whom she went driving remained
. in hiding by the roadside until she was re-
. turned to the buggy. He later confessed
! to having entered into conspiracy to en-