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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources
IRooEEDRGs.

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IN the Senate, on the e8i, Mr.. Edmunds, from
the judioiary comm ttee, reported resolution
authorizing that committee to send for persons
and papers inquiriug into the alleged troubles
at Jackson, Miss which was adopted. Mr.. Frye
OF Maine, then took up the remaining uHle OF
the session in q speech critcising the attitude
OF the Presidents message on the question OF
protection ..... In the House the report of the
elections committee on the ThOebe-Carlisle
contest was adopted confirming DIR. Carlisle in
his seat. Among the large number or bills in
troduced was one by Mr.. Enloe, OF Tennessee,
prohibiting speculation in futures in agricul-
tural products.
In the Senate on the gath, after a long and
important discussion, the Presidents message
on the Pacific railroads was taken out OF the
hands OF the judiciary and referred to n special
COMMITTEES OF seven Senator Palmer spoke at
some length on his hnm grafton bill ..... In tho
House the resolution relating to TT. Brown
reservation. in Texas, and bills provid ng for
the erection Of bridges ever the Mississippi at
Memphis, and over the Missouri at Lexington,
were passed.
The Senate, on the 25th after q little talk on
Mr.. Chandler's resolution IN regard to naval
contracts, took mp and passed. the Deficiency
Appropriation bin ......In the House the Sen
ate bill authorizing the conLti uction Of bridge
over the Mississippi at Burlington, Ia, was
passed and a resolution providing for the in
vestgation of pools and trusts was adopted.
IN the Senate, on the seth, petition from
the chicago board OF EEulC WAS pEesGlltcl4s
asking for retaliatory legislation against
France and @ erInany for cxc.uj.ug American
meat The House bill in regard 20 expert
mental stations at ugricultuIal colleges
was reported back from the appro-
priatiOns committee and placed on the
calendar. The bills increasing the PEN
sion for deafness from tl3 to 80 a
month and granting pensions OF $1,000 yenr
each to Mrs. John A Logan ami Mrs Frank
Blair, were passed ...-..T In the House bin re-
OOrted bv Mr. Hlnn1 OF MfgSluri dfscOu-
tinue the co.nHg1 OF thrso-cent pieces was
passed; and also q bill amending the navga
tion laws.
THE Senate was not in session on the s7th. ....
In the House the delayed Deficiency bill Of last
year, with Senate amendments. was favorabIy
reported ana passed. Mr.. White, OF New
York. introduced a bin for the protection and
administrator of the forests on the public
lands. bnl FOR the relief Of Martha Rum
baugh was referred TO the committee on war
claims. after some discussion as 10 whe ether or
not il was properly onthe calendar. Adjourned
until the 3lth.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-03

KNoxvILLE's old board of mayor and
aldermen, six of the new members being
Democrats, on the 27th elected the Rev. J.
c. Lawrence, a colOred Republican, as a
member of the Board of Education. This
has caused the widest excitement through
out the city, and trickery is claimed by the
friends of T. L. Fisher, the opponent of
Lawrence. Republicans are happy and
the Democrats red hot over the result.
On the plains Of Lazaro, near the City
of Mexico, a duel took place on the 2sth
between Senior Ermili G.. Caution, thitry-
third degree Mason and etii6or Of the
Scottish Rite Organ, and Gen. Toledo,
prominent Templar. The quarrel grew
out of a fight between the Scottish Rite
organ and the Cruz Templari, and involved
the Templars.
j. r. RICHARDSON, of Leavenw orth, Ks,
was sent to the penitentiary for three
years for assaulting his wife with intent
to kill her, and the woman was sentenced
for eighteen months for perjury in trying
to shield herhusband on bis trial. They
were takea together 60. prison.
THE Choctaws are greatly exercised over
\ their net proceed claim against the United
States government for property which had
/ to be abandoned in Mississippi and Ala
| bama when they were removed west.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-03
CONDENSED TEL.EeRAMs.

THE Court Of Claims on the 30th gave
Judgment for $43,572 in favor of the State
of Louisiana, in its suit to recover moneys
due under the swamp land act and with
held by account of officers of the treasury
as an offset to other claims.
NATURAL GAS was struck on the 3Oth at
Corsicana, Texas. The flame is very brill
Slant, but the pressure is small. Esszs
New YoRK had a 81 ,40O, 900 fire on the
S0th.
BEN EDWARDS, colored, who so grossly
assaulted a white girl living near -Aulite
City, La, was taken from jail on the night
Of the 29th and lynched, ..t..t E..
MARsFfAL T BROWN. shot and instantly
killed Taylor Bowling at Kingston, Team,
ON the night of the 29th.s During the day
Bowling had been arrested by Brown, and
when he gained his sfreedom he said -he.
would kill Brown on sight. Herwent to
Bfown'sTestdence'a and attacked him W hen
Brown shot him throagh the head with q
pistol. G--s -rt 2T-'fsss nsat1fss t-zs51aF
SEvERAIsmerchantssof OF HeIeBa ana quite
a large number of day Iaborers are caused
to mourn by the abrupt and uhceremonious
departure of one OF the late sub con
tractors of that portion of the levee of the
cotton belt district No. I, which the gov
ernment was undertaking to construct.
TOMMY CUNNIFF, of New Bedford, Mass,
on the 29th ran 100 yards in nude condi
ton for a wager of SO. The thermom
eter registered six degrees below zero.
Time, O:82
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-03
AID TRAINS LAID OUT.

BINGHAafroN, n. Y, Jan 27.-AT trains
on. the Erie are aid out east and west Of
here. Only one train has arrived from
New York in thirty hours, and there is
small chance of another getting through
before to- night. Tue snow has drifted
badly and trains are either abandoned or
rnnnine NrYild. -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-03
pLFW A HURRtCANE.

i. CONCORD, N. H., Jan. 2T-The violence
Of the snow storm abated about noon yesy
terday, and by 5 p. M. the snow eeased
falling, but the wind began to fresheh,
and blew a hurr icaAe until eleven O'Clock,
drifting the snow and rendering the
roads almost impassable The storm Is
the worst ezperienc I'd for years, and T'e.'
ports from all sections tell the same
story of drifting snow and blockaded
railroads and highways.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-03

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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-03

PLYMOUTH, N. H, Jan. 27.-Eighteen
inches of snow has fallen during the past
twentY-four hours, and the Thermometer
is six degrees below zero. The wind is
blowing a hurricane. Seven trains are
blockaded between Warren Summit and
Ashland, some of them being " ithout fuel
or water, and it is fmpossfbet to communi-
cate with any of them No mails have
been received since Nv ednesday night.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-19
STRIKE ABOUT ENDED.
Yerkes willing to Compromise and StriI
ers Willing to Work.

Yerkes willing tn Compromise and Strik-
ers Willing to Work.
CHICAGO, Oct ia conference of a
committee of citizens yesterday with Mr..
Yerkes ended in the latter making an offer
that if the West Side men would resume
work this morning he would submit a flair
proposition" to the North Side men before
noon. What the proposition would be he
declined to state. The committee confer
ring with Mr.. Yerkes had full authority
to accept then and there what terms were
offered. They decided not to do so, but &c
refer the whole matter to a general
meeting of the strikers. The COM
mittee then, at the Mayors office, were in
clned to think the West Siders would
deem it unsafe before getting an inkling of
what the offer to the North Siders would
be. In addition to promising new prop
osition for the North Side men, Mr.. Yerkes
said that if the West Siders would resume
work he would be willing to guarantee
that there would be no reduction on the
West Side lines, whatever the result of the
North side strike might BEL
The prices agreed upon are the same
upon which the strikers offered to COM
promise and which Mr.. Yerkes refused to
accept. The figures are y cents per hour
on horse cars; - cents on ''trailers" and p
cents on grips. According to the resolution
adopted with an unanimous yell just at
twelve O'Clock last night the West Side
conductors and drivers will report for
duty at 5:15 a. IN. and run their cars
throughout the day. The North Siders'
committee will meet Mr.. Yerkes at IL a.
m. Should no settlement be reached, the
strike will take full swing again early in
the morning SUNDAY.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-19
FURTHER DEATHS.
Victims of the Mud Run Disaster Die at
Wilkesbarre.

Victims of the Mud Run Disaster Die at
Wilkesbarre.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct. 13.-The town
of Pleasant Valley, which furnished nc
less than thirty three of the victims of the
Lehigh Valley railroad disaster, is grief
stricken place and all business has been
suspended in the mines and elsewhere.
The dead will be buried this morning.
Peter Kline, of Providence, aged fifteen,
another victim of the accident, died at the
hospital here yesterday. John Welsh,
another of the victims, died in the hospi-
tai here yesterday afternoon.
The coroner's inquest began yesterday.
Engineer Major confessed that his train
was running twelve miles Tn hour, and
had it approached Mid Run under control,
as the rules required, or running four
miles an hour, the accident could have
been averted. He could not see ahead on
account of steam and smoke from Cooks
engine ahead of him.
Detective James O'Brien of the Lehigh
Valley road visited the scene of the wreck
and endeavored to prepare complete list
of the dead. He has secured sixty-ive
names, twenty-five not heretofore having
been published.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-19

CHICAGO, Oct. 12.-President Adams, of
the Union Pacific, who was in the city last
evening on his way East, said to a re-
porter that he thought the Interstate
law is greatly responsible for the
decentralization in railroad affairs and
experience has shown that it is not based
Upon sound principles. The inability
of roads to make lower rates on traffic be-
tween large commercial centers than be-
tween intermediate local points, he says,
has the effect of driving the business away
from large points and the prohibition of
pools is leading to general consolidation
of roads. The weaker lines being unable
to compete against strong lines on even
terms will be forced out of existence.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-19
WASHINGTON NOTES.


CHEF JUSTICE FULLER took the oath and
his seat on the Supreme Bench at Wash
ington on the Sth.
THE passage of the Deficiency bill makes
final adjournment Of Congress possible at
any time.
SENATOR HALF's report on the civil
service was presented on the 10th. The
report severely censures President Cleve-
land and the administration for alleged
violation of the principles of the civil
service.
The President has sent to the Senate a
message vetoing bill for the relief of Josh
Maddox, for losses by seizure of tobacco
during the war. He refers to the fact that
the claim was decided upon adversely by
the courts, and that it had been presented
to Congress regularly since the Forty
second Congress, passing now when ''fa
vorable conditions" exist.
ARGUMENT was begun in the Supreme
Court at Washington on the 18th in case
Isl, William G. Asher, plaintiff in error,
VS.. the State of Texas, we'll known as the
Texas drummer-tax case.
THE President has vetoed the bill author
izing the Secretary of the Treasury to set
tie the claim Of James NJ. Wilbur for ex-
ira work in laying the thing in the New
York post-ofice building in 1874. The
claim amounted to about $4,000.
THE Interstate Commerce Commission
has requested conference with Chairman
Leeds, Of the Transcontinental Associa-
ton and Chairman Midgley, of the West
ern Freight Association, in regard TO the
tariffs which recently called forth such
vigorous protests from Chicago merchants.
THE President has vetoed q Senate bill
granting restoration of pension to Sarah
A. Woodbridge on the grounds that the
president ought not to be established of
granting a pension to a soldiers widow
after re-marriage, when the second hus-
band still survived.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-19
MURDERED BY STRIKERS.

Thomas Wardell, the Leading Operator,
Shot Dead In His Carriage by striking
Miners at Bcvier, 40.
BEvIrR, Mo-, Oct. 13.-At 12:45 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon Thomas Wardell, q
very wealthy land owner and coal opera.
tor OF this county, was shot and instantly
killed by number Of striking miners on
the main street of Bevier, just opposite the
depot.
Wardell had driven from Macon in his
carriage. accompanied by coiored boy,
and had stopped his horses at the street
corner ana crossed the railroad track to
the telegraph Office to send a message.
The depot platform was filed with strik-
ing miners, and as Wardell passed through
them going to his carriage they jeered and
tainted him. Turning, he said: "Boys,
I'll beat you in the end. You can holler
all you want"
The men then began throwing rocks at
him and he was struck in the back by one.
Upon reaching his carriage he took from
under the seat a large revolver and fired
one shot in the direction of the crowd, but
above their heads. An instant later half
dozen shots or more came from the crowd
and Wardell fell back lifeless. The first
citizens who approached were warned
away by the men, but the dead man was
at length taken to DR.. Watson's.
Sheriff Draper was Immediately tele-
graphed for at Macon, but neither himself
nor any deputy was i'm town. Prosecuting
Attorney Mitchell and Coroner Dale i'm
mediately started for Bevier. When they
arrived oil was found quiet. The coroner's
inquest was held yesterday afternoon and
all the facts given above substantiated by
eye witnesses.
The immediate cause of the murder was
the strike prevailing at Bevier for the last
month and the attempt of the operators to
fill their mines with men from Chicago.
All the operators had gone into the ar
rangement, 6ct the first men who arrived
were to he placed ut work in Wardell's
mine, neIce the bitterness of the men
against hilo.
At noon yesterday, just before the oc-
currence, seventy men were brought in by
the Chicago, Burlington 6 Quincy in
charge of Thomas E. Wardell, a son of the
murdered operator, John Watson and
Louis LOOMS representing the other mine
owners. For some reason, probably be-
cause of the large crowd of strikers at the
depot, the men were not landed, but were
taken on through to Brooktield, where they
were left.
The murdered nan was fifty years old,
the weathiest citizen of Macon County,
being worth over half a million. He was
an Englishmen by birth, and came to this
country a penniless coal digger. He had
always been favorite with the men be-
cause of his fair treatment of them. He
was a very benevolent and charitable
man, whose loss will be greatly felt. At
the coroner's inquest not the slightest ev-
idence could be found which pointed tc
the identity of the murderer, and it is I'M
likely that he will ever be discovered.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-19
Bedell in CONTEMPT,

NEW YORK, Oct. Thames f. Bedell,
the swindling clerk of the law firm Of
Sbipman, Barlow, Larocque & Shoate, was
ordered by the Supreme Court last week
to submit to an examination as witness
before trial in suit brought by his late
law firm against the Bank of the State of
New York. He was sworn as a witness
and the examination set for yesterday.
Before the proceedings began he said that
be would most respectfully but firmly de-
line to testify in the case. He was, how.
ever, called to the stand and several ques.
tions put to him, but he declined to answer
them or state the grounds for bis refusal.
He was finally committed for contempt.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-19
FIGHT IN A STORE.
Yerkes' New Men Get Into Row In
CrOcery Store.

Yerkes' New Men Get Into a Row in q
Grocery Store.
CHICAGO. Oct. I4.-Friday afternoon
William Hord and Frank Guard, two Of
Yerkes' men who came here from Phila-
delphia to take the places Of the North
Side strikers, went into Richtergh's
grocery store to buy some to-
bacco. Richbergh, who is in SYM
patty with the strikers, knew the two
men and refused to sell them any thing.
While they were arguing the question Jo-
seph Youngblood, a striker, and several
other strikers entered the store. As soon
as the strikers entered Richbergh ordered
the Yerkes' new men to leave the place.
They refused to go, whereupon Rich
bergh and the strikers attempted
to eject them. A fight then en-
sued, during which Youn2blood was
struck on the forehead with a Ratchet in
the hands of one of the Philadelphia men,
but he could not tell which one it was.
Knives and rszors were drawn and Hord
was cat on the head but not seriously
wounded. Just after the fight Hord and
Guard made their escape, but Youngblood
was arrested and locked up. but was re-
leased on bonds furnished by his father.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-19
, THE LATEST.


CHINA advices state that on the night of
August Is flood caused by great rains
inundated twenty villages, drowning more
than ten thousand persons and large num-
bers of animals in the Len Ii Ho district.
NEGOTIATIONS have been entered into by
the German representatives in Zanzibar
with a view of settling the differences
with the natives and preventing further
outbreaks.
l. the interview between Emperor Will
liam and the Pope at Rome, the latter
pleaded for a return of his temporal SOW
ereignty. The Emperor replied that it
would be better instead if the Pope aided
those having charge of the conservation of
society.
HAMBURG, Germany, has ceased to be a
free port and has become a member of the
Zollverein. Bremen will shortly follow
her example and the last relic of the
Hanseatic league will thus be removed.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended October - showed an average in
crease Of "a compared with the corre-
spending week Of last year. In New York
the increase was o..
TwENTY-FIvE persons were killed re-
Gently by an explosion of gunpowder
in a village festival in the province of
Madras, India.
A BLOCK of seven-story buildings in
Buchanan street and three-story block
opposite were destroyed by fire in London
on the 18th. The loss was $4,000.
The Chicago street car strike ended on
the 18th, Mr.. Yerkes agreeing to pay an
advance Of six per cent. Mayor Roche
was mainly instrumental by his untiring
eIertions in bringing the strike to an end.
ANDERSON, Acting Commissioner of the
General Land-office, has received informa-
ton Of the conviction of Charles E. Beach
for subornation of perjury in connection
with the entry of 5000 acres Of redwood
timber land in California estimated by one
of the interested parties to be worth ST.
100000.
THE coroner's jury in the case of Thomas
Wardell, the coal operator killed by strik-
ing miners at Bevier, No., found that he
was slain by unknown parties in self de-
tense. Reports from the mines of the 14th
showed a critical state of affairs with
trouble certain if new men were brought
In.
ALARGE crack. due to improper cooling,
has been discovered in the steel stern post
of the new cruiser Baltimore, which was
recently launched at Philadelphia.
The Norton Bingham and Cheviot Man.
ufacturing Company, of Walpole, Mass,
has assigned with $4,000 liabilities and
unknown assets. 1t started last February.
FURTHER investigation of the terrible
disaster on the Lehigh Valley road at Mud
Run, Pa, put the blame upon Brakeman
Hannigan, who was sent back to stop
Cooks train with a lantern. Instead of
doing so he remained to flirt with some
girls at the windows of the cars which
were afterward wrecked.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-19
BERATED BY BARRY.
P0wderly and the Ruling Knights of Labo
Severely Handled.


Severely Handled.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Thomas Barry, I'M
til recently q member Of the executive
board Of the Knights of Labor, addressed
a throng at Cooper Union last night. Re-
ferring to Mr.. Powdsrly, he said: eve
pay S16 O day to q man studying law and
languages" Barry said he was sent down
to Massachusetts, to help the strikers in
Salem and Peabody, o, 600 in number, who
were starving. At that time there was
$4,000 in the general treasury. Barry
begged for $4,000 to help the strikers but
could not get it until Just before the Rich
mond convention when it was done to
make votes for the administration. He
directly charged Mr.. Powderly with order
ing the q, 900 pork packers Of Chicago to
go back to work after Barry had Sc
cured an agreement from the employers
granting the demands of the men. Pow
derly was Jealous of him and feared that
il successful Barry would supplant him.
Knights of Labor had been discharged
in the general offices at Philadelphia
and their places filed by 'sceb" help,
two of which were young and pretty girls
who sat around all day and read novels
During the last four years the board had
spent S495, 200. "How, and for what, you
do not know, nor dare ask" he asserted.
While the head of the order had advocated
wine formed an important
item in the years bill. In conclusion he.
said the labor movement Of the last two
years had been miserable farce. The
order that two years ago had IO2,OO0 meu-
bers had but 2OO, 600 in il now.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-19
THE EAST.

THOMAS CARR, a newsboy, was burned
to death by a fire in a livery stable at 404
East Thirty-fourth street, New York, the
other morning. John Roach, another
newsboy, was also shockingly burned.
Twenty-seven horses We're consumed in
the flames. Loss, $4,000.
THE first days registration in New York
City numbered s6,047 names.
francis ". WILLIAMS, senior member
OF the well known banking house of Will
liams, Black & Co., committed suicide at
the Grand Union Hotel, New York, re-
Gently. The firm was squeezed in the
Hutchinson deal in Chicago and suspended
September g, but rallied and opened for
business October /.
TIE charter election held at Newark, N.
J., on the 9Th showed q Democratic gain
on the general ticket of about 200. For
the first time in thirty years the Demo-
Gratis carried the city at the charter cleo
ton previous to the Presidential election.
THE National Union Veterans in annual
encampment at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
10th elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: Commander in Chief, Rob-
ert Alton, of Washington; first deputy
commander, Robert A. Frederick, of To-
peka, Kan; second deputy, H. McEowen,
Of Titusville, Pa: surgeon-general, DR..
W. b. Smith, of st. Clair, Mich.
A SERIOUS disaster occurred at Quincy,
H., on the night of the 10th, during the
annual celebration, caused by the collapse
OF the large amphitheater erected for the
occasion. About 5000 persons were pre-
cipitated in a confused mass, of whom 500
were more or less injured, a lawyer named
Albert Wells fatally. 1t was feared the
injuries of others would result fatally.
THE sheriff has seized the property Of
the New York Star upon attachments Sc
cured by George F. Perkins, paper dealer,
in a suit for $4,000.
TEE call for the annual convention of
the American Federation has been issued
from Pittsburgh, Pa 1t will be held in st.
Louis December IL.
THE general railway time convention
was in session at the Hoffman House. New
York, on the 10th. Eighty companies
were represented