The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-12-11
LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Manitoba, killed the manager and escaped
with S1O,O in currency.
Rats gnawing on matches started the fire
in Boston in which twenty EIGHT lives were
lost, according to State officials who in-
vestigated the fire.
Fifty revolvers and fifty-three razors
that had accumulated in the police stations
at New Orleans were Saturday dumped
into the Mississippi River.
Oscar Wheeler, twelve years old, sold
1900 sticks of tobacco last week at May
field, KY, for 1869. He did all the work
himself in raising the crop.
The Governments estimate Of the cotton
yield for 1918 will be issued Tomorrow.
Any figures not above IA, $50 bales will be
taken as favoring the bulls.
Aaron Montgomery Ward, who rose from
day laborer to the presidency of q mail
order house, died Sunday in Chicago. He
was admitted to be worth 5,OOO,O 600.
Three tribes of Indians, hitherto un-
known, have been discovered by American
explorers who have reached part of Brazil
never before penetrated by white men.
DR.. A. Gatliff of Williamsburg, KY, has
offered to donate 1000 acres of land if the
State Board of Forestry will plant it in
fruit trees as demonstration orchard.
Joe Reed. seventeen years old, of john
son, Washington County, Ark, has been
awarded a prize of 500 for raising 104
bushels and fifty pounds of corn on one
acre.
In an explosion that shook the houses in
Metuchen, northampton, Millville and
Raritan Township, Pennsylvania, like an
earthquake, rocking houses and breaking
windows, three men lost their lives last
Saturday.
A campaign to raise $4,000, 900 for the
Young Women's Christian Association of
New York and ST 100000 for the Young
Mems Christian Association resulted after
a fortnight's work in raising 81 ,061 800.
Washington, Dec. 2.-Ninety years ago
to-day President Monroe annouced his
famous Monroe Doctrine" in opposition
to the plans of the "Holy Alliance" to
divide South America among European
nations.
Bucharest, Roumania, Dec. 6.-News
reached this city to-day that 100 persons
had been killed or injured in collision
which occurred late last night between q
passenger and freight train southwest Of
Bucharest, near the Danube.
Nashville, Dec. 6.-The past three weeks
have been the dryest In the history of the
city. Some of the saloons have kept open,
but no drinks could be bought. The only
way person could get drink without
getting into trouble was to receive it as q
lgift.
Washington, Dec. 3.-There was S., 434,
240, 789 in circulation in the United States
yesterday, according to the monthly circu-
lation statement of the Treasury Depart
ment issued to-day. That exceeded the
amount in circulation on December 2, 1912,
by nearly 500, 000, 900.
Denver, Dec. 4.-Denver is snowbound
to-night. At Z O'Clock the Weather Bureau
reported from twenty to twenty four
inches of snow had fallen, with no pros
pect of cessation for ten hours. Since
midnight street car traffic has been block
ed. Thousands were marooned in the
downtown district tonight.
1t cost E. B. Jermyn, millionaire coal
operator, $50. 643. 10 to achieve his ambition
to be elected Mayor of Scranton, Pa. The
office pays salary of 5000 year, fol
i four yeaas. He was elelected on the plat
i form that he would rid the city of it's po-
litical ring. Most of the money was ex-
pended for advertising and watchers at the
polls.
Shreveport, Dec. 4.-The wholesale
grocery establishment of the Hicks Com
pany, at Travis and Commerce Streets
was burned shortly after daylight this
morning, entailing q financial loss Of 1874,
600. The loss to the firm in stock and FIX
lures is S169. 800, which is entirely covered
by insurance. The building, two-story
brick affair, was owned by Guy Sample
1t was valued at Sic, 600, and was insured
i New York consumed about II ,0OO, 0O(
pounds of turkeys on Thanksgiving Day
Turkey specials" obtained the right o.
way over practically all railroads. Ont
train was composed of sixty-five carloadt
OF turkeys and other specials had from si1
to twenty cars.each. The Missouri Ozarks
Supplied large proportion of the tooth.
some birds, the long dry summer being
especially favorable to raising the youne
turkeys.
j During many of the nights in Septembel
the inhabitants of the island of Heligolan(
are astir with big lanterns and kind O
enormous butterfly net, the former to at.
tract and dazzle the migrating birds wher
they come to earth to rest, and the latte
to secure them. Mr.. Seebohm, the prea
authority on bird migration, states that b.
has known as many as fifteen THOUSAND