The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


teen and ten, were incinerated, on the
morning OF the 9TH, in the destruction OF
the old Bovine mansion at West Chester,
n. Y. Mr.. Watson Bowie was severely
burned while saving his wife and infant
daughter who, being wrapped in blankets,
esceped uninjured.
JACOB A. BRowN's sale stables at
Cutchegia, L. l., were burned, on the 7th,
and four valuable horses perished. Loss
estimated at 5000.
THE conference committees Of the va
rious oil exchanges Of New York, Brad=
ford, Oil City and Pittsburgh, met in the
last-named city, on the 7th, and after an
allsday's consideration bf the question,
decided 20 recommend dealing in futures.
The various exchanges have to act upon
the recommendation.
THE colored jockey James Sttne, for
the murder OF Henry Miller, a COney
Island bartender, was, on the 7th, SON.
tenced 10 be hanged June %.
EMPEROR WILLIAM on the 7th, boarded
the yacht Irene, at Keil, and from her
deck inspected the fleet in that harbon
Sixteen men n-Of-war comprised the heek
and made a magnificent exhibition Of ma
val excellence, In the evening the wharves
were brilliantly Illuminated in honor Of
the Kaiser.
SIX women were killed and several
others injured, on the Sth. in a collision at
Kalamazoo, Mich, between a Michigan
Central switch engine and a street car.
THE State OF New York has purchased
three Westinghouse alternating-c current
electric light dynamOs for the electrical
execution Of condemned criminals-one
each for the State prisons at Sing Sing,
Auburn and Clinton.
THE centennial anniversary of Wash.
ington's inauguration is to be commems
GRATED by the erection Of q marble arch
to cost 100000 over Fifth avenue at
Washington Square, New York City.
AN oil well recently sunk Just east Of
Washington, Pa, in a territory thought
70 have been exhausted, increased its
How until, on the 7th, it was running sew
enty-five barrels per hour.
THE equalization Of wages in Mr.. Car
negie's wills at Pittsburgh, Pa, is said to
be made necessary by the fact that while
machinery and methods have changed in
late years, ths old system of payment has
been retained, and it is claimed the men
who work by the ton have been receiving
enormous wages, some earning as high as
thirty to fifty dollars per day.
THE foundation stone OF the new hos
pital for women, in the EustOn Road
London, was formally laid, ON the Tth, by
the Princess Of Wales. in the presence of
brilliant asssmblage. The Princess
was received with enthusiasm by the
spectators, and an illuminated address,
inclosed in a silver caslCet, was presented
to her at the conclusion Of the ceremony.
THE car drivers Of Prague, Austria, en-
couraged by the success Of their brethEen
In Vienna, have gone opt nn strike The
authorities fear thai the riotous scenes of
the latter city will be repeated in Prague,
and are taking precautions against pOssi-
BILE disorder.
JOSE RIvA GALBAN, a Spaniard, died at
Bordeaux, France, on the 9th, at the age
of one hundred and eighteen years.
THE lower house of the Hungarian Diet
passed the budget on the 7th.
News was received, on the sth, OF q
powder explosion on board the whaling
brig Sea Fox, on the West ccast Of Africa,
March 20, by which flve men-Senors
Pima and Raffinhas aud Captain John
N, Holmes, Third Mate Domingo Barbasa
and Steward Jose Fernandez-were
killed; and John Peters, boat -steerer;
Jose Laurence, cooki DeWart CAIRO,
Charles Legeau and Severino Gonzales,
were injured. The Sea Fox belonged at
New Haven, Mass.
CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw AMI other prOmi-
nent railroad men were before the Senate
committee Investigating the workings Of
the Interstate Commerce law, In New
York City,on the eth, DETERMINATIONS in
favor of Canadian railroads was the prin-
cipal feature complained of.
THE steamship City of Paris, which ar
rived off Sandy Hook, on the Sth, broke
all records from Queenstown, her COR
rected time being days, % hours and Z
minutes, The best previous time on
record, which was made by the EtUuria,
was days, 1 hour and 56 minutes. The
City of Paris, best daily record was made
on the 7th, when her log showed 511 miles.
THE fund which is being raised in Lon
don as a testimonial to Captain Murrell
of the steamship Missouri, who rescued
the passengers Of the sinking ship Dan
mark, had, on the Sth, reached E300,
THE committee, consisting OF members
of the United States Senate, appointed to
investigate the commercial relations be-
tween Canada and the United States, ar
rived at San Francisco on the Sth.
Two persons were killed and eight in
iured by a wreck on the Valley road in
the suburbs Of Cleveland, o., on the sth.
SECRETARV WINDOW and Assistant
Secretary Tic6suOr heard arguments, on
the Sth, in favor OF the continuance OF
the custom of nOn-assessment Of duty on
railway cars coming from Canada to the
United States, which, until recently, had
been in force for the past twenty years.
IMMENSE deposits of rich copper ore
/ have been discovered in the cliff fOrma-
/ tion of the State of Chiapas, Mexico, and
/ a company has been formed IN London
/ to work the mine.
/ a CONFLICT took place at Essen, Ger
many, on the Sth, between the striking
miners and the military. Three strikers
were killed and five wounded.
GOvERNOR FRANCIS OF Missouri, on the
/ Sth, refused to interfere with the sentence
/ OF Dave Walker and his son Bill, convict
I ed Bald Knobbers.
FIRE at Danville, Mont, on the 9th, de.
/ strOyed twenty-three buildings, leaving
only the bank and hotel standing in the
7 business portion OF the village.
MISS HELEN TRENHoLN, a niece OF ex-
/ Comptroller Trenholm, of South Carolina
eloped, on the 9th, with Wilson w. Brenne.
/ man, clerk in a real estate office in Wash
/ ingtou. The couple went to Philadelphia,
4 Miss Trenholm is eighteen years OF age
Y and was one of the bellies of West Wash.
I ington.
! The persons arrested for participating
Y in the Gweedore (reland) riot In whicl
| Police Inspector Martin was killed have
/ been charged with completely in his mur
| der by special jury.
THERE is a shortage OF over 5000 in the
. accounts Of Eckford Moore, late postmas
ter at Trenton, n. j., which is under
stood to have been the cause of his sum.
+ mary removal.
ABOUT forty survivors of the Tippeca
noe Veterans who voted for Genera
/ William Henry Harrison, in 1910, called a
/ the Executive Mansion, on the eth, an,
paid their respects to the President.
OWING to the strong anti-Semitic feel
ing in Vienna, Hungarian merchants re
( fuse to buy grain in the markets Of tha
CITY.
THE Pennsylvania Legislature ad
/ iourned sine die on the 9th.
On the 9th Special City Tax Collector
/ Michael J. Burke, of Brooklyn, confessed
1 to a shortage of $1,000 in his accounts
+ with the city. His bondsmen are respon
I sible for the deficit.
/ The daily average attendance at tn