The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-12

ORDERS have been issued for the dis
patch of the Richmond, Alert and Adams
to Samoa at the earliest possible time.
THE Prince and Princess Takeluto and
party, from Japan, were presented to the
President on the 1st by Secretary Blaine.
RAINS, which have been of great benefit
to the crops, have fallen throughout New
South Wales, Australia.
AT the closing of the Exposition at Mel
bourne, Australia, recently the United
States flag was greeted with a regular
ovation.
GENERAL BoULANGER suddenly disap-
peared from Paris on the I'd. His enemies
asserted that he had fed to avoid prose.
cution.
A PLOT is reported to have been discov-
cred at Constantinople to depose the Sui
tan and seat his brothers heir on the
throne
MUNICIPAL elections occurred extensive
ly on the 2d, resulting variously. Demo-
Gratis carried Chicago and ST. Louis. Re-
publicans carried Kansas City, No., and
Kansas City, Kan. At Leavenworth D.
r. Anthony, the Republican Prohibition
candidate, was defeated. Fort Scott went
Democratic and Cottonwood Falls, Kan,
elected an entire female government. As
Wichita it was thought Harris, the Lib
eraI candidate, was elected. Republicans
elected their ticket in St Joseph, Mo. At
Springfield, ILL.,, the Democrats elected
their entire ticket. The election in Ar
kansas for Supreme Court Judges was
carried by the Democrats with the usual
mnjorities.
MANY Nihilists have been arrested at
Wilma in Russia. 1t is learned that the
bombs discovered at Zurich were intended
/ to be used during the Cars visit to Ber-
] lin. Thirteen more arrests have been
made in Zurich in connection with ths
! discovery Of secret bomb manufacturing
there.
AN extensive Nihilist printing estab-
lishment has been discovered at Warsaw,
Russia, and many arrests have been
made.
TIE Parliament of Holland has agreed
to the establishment of a regency, and
until Regent shall be appointed the royal
power will be vested in the State Council.
! THE South Pacific storm which caused
| the disasters at Samoa extended to Tahiti.
! At Tonga great havoc was created Many
1 persons were drowned by islands being
! submerged.
GENERAL BoULANGER, after fleeing from
! Paris, issued a manifesto from Brussels,
| in which he said that he would not face a
trial before the French Senate, but was
ready to plead before judge and jury.
! a SENSATION was created in railroad
circles by the removal of all passenger
| conductors IN the Buffalo, Rochester and
! Pittsburgh divisions of the Buffalo, Roch-
ester s. Pittsburgh railroad. The sweep
was a thorough one.
EMF. TREITRI., one of the largest grain
dealers in Berlin, has suspended. His lia-
bilities amount to 5000, 900 marks. The
/ failure affects the corn exchanges of
/ Vienna, Pesth, Amsterdam, Paris and
| New York.
II is reported that King John OF Abyss
sinia has been defeated and slain in battle.
THE British man-of- war Calliope has
arrived at Sydney, N S. W., all safe from
Samoa. She reports the floating of the
| Nipsic, which was not greatly damaged.
THE temperance cause in Canada re-
| ceived a severe blow on the 4th. Twelve
counties and two cities in Ontario and
Nova Scotia voted on the question whether
the Scott Prohibition law should continue
in force or not. Every county and town
that voted declared that the act should be
withdrawn by maJorities of from 200 to
3,OOo
NEWS has been received of H NJ Stan
ley and Emin Pasha up to last February.
They were then on their way to Zanzibar.
accompanied by many hundreds of men,
women and children.
ONE hundred and forty Alsatians have
been fined 600 marks each for falling to re-
port for service in the German army.
A BAILIFF was shot dead at Coeraine,
County Londonderry, Ireland, recently.
The murdered man had charge of a farm
from which the tenant had been evicted.
THE death of King John, of Abyssinia,
has been confirmed.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for tbs
seven days ended April 5 numbered 222,
compared with 24O the previous week and
227 the corresponding week of last year.
THE River Nile was reported rapidly
falling and the outlook for Egypt was
serious.
A STORM which demolished many houses
and started several fires ragged throughout
Southern Hungary on the 9th.
! MAGGIE MITCHELL the actress, has OBJ
tanned divorce from her husband, Henry
I. Paddock. The main charge wai
adultery.
A NEPHEW OF Ex-President Guzmar
Blanco, of Venezuela, has been arrested
while trying to escape to the United
States on a charge of forgery, by VIII
he secured S23 900.