The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-31

HE strikes in W estphalia, which were
said to have ended, commenced again on
| the 2lst. 1t was said that the employers
had broken faith with the men, and fresh
troubles were expected.
YOKOHAMA papers give an account Of
the severe punishment of two Japanese
journalists who published with a sketch OF
the new liberal constitution picture of a
skeleton on the Emperor's throne. One
was sentenced to three years. imprisOn-
ment and fined. while the Othsr received
one year in prison and was fined.
HENRY GEORGE addressed a large and
extraordinarily enthusiastic meeting Of
the Land Restoration League in London
on the 22d. A number of German and
colonial delegates were present
SERIOUS strikes are being organized
throughout Belgium and rapidly spread
ing. Nine hundred colIiers struck work
at Seraing and Liege on the 22d.
THE train conveying the Empress of
Austria from Wiesbaden to Vienna met
with an accident the other dav. While
the train was being shunted at Frankfort
the last car left the rails and three of them
were upset The Empress and suite were
shaken, bnt nobody was injured but a
footman.
IT is stated that the Czar has recalled
the banished Grand Duke Constantine and
that he will be reinstated in his former
command.
PARNELL will visit Edinburg July 1 and
receive the freedom of the city.
A NUMBER OF Mrs. GladstOne's admirers
have presented her with a bracelet, in
which was Gladstone's portrait set in dia-
monds.
A COLLISION occurred on the river near
Montreal recently between the royal mail
steamer Polynesian of the Allan line and
| the steamer Cynthia of the Donaldson
linz in ba cinb iOr ~ ha Iof
vessel and the loss of eight of her crew.
YELLOW fever has broken out with ter
rife virulence in Vera Cruz, Mexico.
THE bark Lizzie Williams, with a cargo
worth S150,O0O was wrecked off British
Columbia April - and six Cinnamon and
| two seamen were drowned.
RIGHT REV. PIERCE POWER. Bishop of
the Roman Catholic diocese of Waterford
and Lismore, Ireland, died recently.
The trial of General BOulanger by the
French Senate has been postponed until
August.
ROBERT T. LINCOLN, the new United
States Minister to Great Britain, has taken
a residence in Cadogan place, London.
The Spanish steamer Emeliano, loaded
! with cotton, arrived at Liverpool, Eng,
the other day with her cargo on fire. The
flames were exiting guished only after a
| hard fight
-
has passed the third reading in the Ger
man Reichstag.
THE women employed in the rice fields
at Medina, Italy struck recently. They
piIIaged number of baker shops. Troops
were ordered to the scene.
A PAN-SERvIAN plot has been discov-
| cred in Bosnia, and numerous Russian in
triguers have been arrested.
Fifty NINE miners at Merthyr-Tydvil,
Wales, were entombed by the caving in
of the roof of the colliery recently, but
| only one was killed.
THE trial of Baussere, the chemist for
poisoning fourteen persons, was begun at
Havre, France. on the 23d.
IT is stated that the Pope will protest
| against the erection of the proposed
monument in honor of Giordouano Bruno,
the Italian philosopher, who was burned
as hereto IN 1900.
THE late John Bright, the noted English
leader, left his estate. valued at ESQ 1874
| to his children. No public bequests were
made.
THE deepening of the harbor of Buenos
Ayres, Argentine Republic, has been COM
pleted and the largest vessels can now
enter the port.
Two men in Salvador recently stripped
a coffee tree of its branches, sharpened It's
apex and then impaled on it an unfortu-
nate woman, who died shortly afterward.
JOHN d. WAsHBURN, the new American
Minister to Switzerland, presented his
credentials to the President of the Alpine
Republic.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended May % numbered 229
compared with 252 the previous week and
225 the corresponding week of last year.
BECAUSE of the adverse vote on the
proposition to increase the tax on cereals
from other coun tries, the Queen Regent Of
Spain has dissolved the COrtes.
THE German Reichstag has adjourned.
THE work of evicting tenants was con-
tinued on the Olpihert estate, Ireland, on
the oath. The eyictOrs met with a desper-
ate resistance, and during the struggle
Inspector Duff was badly wounded.
THE Lord Mayor of London has pre-
sented Captain Murrell and the officers
and crew Of the Missouri, which rescued
the lost Danmark's people, with many
testimonials and a laudatory letter from
Prince Bismarck.