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The national leader., 1889-09-14
w aShingtOR.

SECRETARY TRACY has designated Lieu
cenant Aaron Ward naval attache of the
United States Legation at Paris, to repre-
sent the Navy Department at the Inter
national Meteorological Congress to be held
in Paris.
THE President has appointed Thomas FL.
Anderson, of Ohio to be Minister Resident
and Consul-General of the United States to
Bolivia.
THE reason given by st. Domingo for re-
fusing to participate in the Congress of
American Nations is that treaty negotiated
by the representatives of the two countries
several years ago failed of ratification by the
Senate of the United States.
THE President has been advised by his Cab
met not to call an extra session of Congress
this year
THE President has appointed George W.
Lyon to be Surveyor of Customs for the Port
of New York, Theodore B. Willis to be Naval
Officer of Customs in the District of New
York and Ernst Nathan to be Collector of
Internal Revenue for the First District of
New York.
FABTUs II. BUsBEE, United States Dis
trict Attorney for the Eastern District of
North Carolina, has resigned.
DURING the last three months 33.436 pat
ents were issued by the General Land Office
The issue for June, 16, 523, exceeds that of
any month in the history of the Office.
THE President has appointed Henry G..
Warmoth to be Collector of Customs at New
Orleans.
The President has designated Colonel Will
lam P. Craighill, of the Engineer Corps, to
be a member of the Lighthouse Board to fill
the vacancy caused by the transfer OF Colo
mel Wilson to West Point
The national leader., 1889-09-14
HUNDREDS OF VICTIMS.
Terrible Explosion In an Ant
werp Cartridge Factory.
A Great Fire Adds to the Horrors
of the Calamity,

Dynamite exploded few days ago in a
cartridge factory, in Antwerp, Belgium, and
by the explosion and resulting fire probably
300 persons lost their lives, many Of them
factory girls, about 1000 others were in
jured, and property valued at many millions
of dollars was swept away.
The factory was situated behind the docks
where millions of cartridges were bcine.
loaded upon the shipping. Close by were
the petroleum stores The Bourse was so
near that it was struck by burning frag-
ments when the explosion occurred, and set
on fire. The building was crowded at the
time, and q panic ensued, in which many
persons were slightly injured.
In workshop in the factory large num-
Der of men and women were actively at
work breaking up old cartridges, and about
twenty-five million had been partly taken to
pieces when the accident took place So
rapid was the spread of the flames that it
was difficult to rescue those who had been
hurt, let alone removing the bodies
of those who were instantly killed. The
police, gendarmes and the troops were called
in to help fight the fire, while priests and
Sisters of Charity looked after the wants of
the sufferers. The force of the explosion
was such that windows three miles away
were shattered.
By Z o'clock the fire had spread
over an area OF Two acres Flames
were shooting up high in the air.
and the whole city was enveloped in
dense smoke. In the ruins of the factory
and on the neighboring docks, above the roar
of the fire there was constant succession of
sharp reports, supposed to be caused by the
ignition and explosion of the packages of
cartridges. As the fire spread two large
Russian petroleum warehouses caught.
Eighty thousand barrels of oil were burning
at one time. Nobels sheds, and warehouses
beyond them, soon became food for the
flames.
The shipping was in a position of great
danger, particularly at the Africa and
American docks. Before they could be re-
moved, several vessels were burned So in
tense was the heat that the firemen could
nowhere approach the flames nearer than 100
yards Many soldiers and worlxmen received
severe injuries in this fight with the fire.
The Corvileian cartridge factory, where
the trouble began, had been condemned by
the Communal Council but the Deputation
Permanente had allowed work to continue
At the American docks all the ships were
saved, owing to the favorite direction of the
wind The dock sheds and hydraulic cranes
were greatly damaged. The soldiers of the
garrison and a large number of citizens
assisted the fremen. Many dropped from
suffocation.
The scenes at the hospital were heartrend-
ing. King Leopold sent a telegram express
ing sympathy. The people are incensed at
the Deputation Permanente for allowing
work to continue in the cartridge factory.
The national leader., 1889-09-14
A TERRIBLE FOREST FIRE.
Several Lives and ST 100000 Worth
of Property Lost in Montana.

Information has been received at Helena
Of one of the most destructive forest fires yet
reported in Montana. 1t occurred in the ST.
Regis district, Missoula County, and the
Cokeley ranch was made barren waste in
less than thirty minutes Cokeley and tbs.
hostess of the ranch mounted horses ana
barely escaped with their lives to the river,
less than quarter of mile away, reaching
the water after having their clothes nearly
all burned from their bodies. They remained
in the water over two hours, and even there
the heat was almost suffocating. A Swedish
prospector named Anderson tied his horse in
the gulch about half mile from the Coke
ley ranch and went up the hills to his claim.
Both horse and man perished in the flames.
J. c. Veeder who has returned from the ST.
Regis country, says that several men per-
ished in the mountains. The destruction Of
property will aggregate fully s1.000.000.
The national leader., 1889-09-14
m THE FAR NORTH.

..o,ies of Starvation Among Indians
o pecause of Lack of Snow.
..rrible tale of suffering in the far North
,aby the Rev. E. H Black, a Church of
n Land missionary near Fort Simpson, who
bD' ;,st arrived in Winnipeg, Manitoba
n'' Inter was very hard one for the In
Las wing to the absence of reindeer and
dianIs nIs.nossibility of hunting moose success
the %a - the absence of much snow Ten per
fuR 1,ccu1nbed at Fort Wrigley Mr.. Black
sOs that the mortality during the coming
fesrs., will also be great, unless there comes
wiDr[v fallo snow. Provisions gave out at
sb@sst last winter in the beginning of
be e..ry. Flour is dear enough at any time,
Jspla%c,lar price being $50 bag at Fort
ths ,sv. while Il is s27 a bag at Fort Simp-
EhsSut Mr.. Black says he would have
% 800 a bag last winter if he could have
GFeGsssed some md have given the Indians
rara The distress in that district was ter
~ He had ~ leave to avoid starvation.
n s,rt Lizard Sven died from starvation
The national leader., 1889-09-14
South and West.

JACOB SCoLL was working in Purcelps ele-
vator, Chicago, when one of the doors gave
way and an immense quantity of wheat
poured in upon him, burying him so that he
was smothered to death.
Two men have been blown to atoms and
two others injured by an explosion of dyna-
mite on a Government lighter on the st.
Johns River Florida.
THE South Dakota Democratic Conven-
ton has declared for tariff reform and nomi-
mated State ticket headed by P. r. Nc
Clure, of Pierre, for Governor.
THE Union Labor party of Iowa, in con-
vention at Des Moines, has nominated 5. b.
Downing for Governor, and Ezra Brownell
for Lieutenant nt-Governor.
A FIRE in Laird, Norton & Co.'S lumber
yard at Winona, Mimi, has destroyed
property to the value of 1914, 900.
THE Republican Territorial Convention Of
Washington, which has been in session at
Walla Walla, has nominated Ex-Governor
E. P. Ferry, of Seattle, for Governor, and
John L. Wilson for Congress
THE business portion of the town of Link
Vile Oregon, has been burned. The loss
amounts to about S160, 900.
MRS MYERS, the wife of blacksmith of
Bourbon Ind, threw vitriol in the face of
DR.. F. j. Linn, a prominent physician, de-
priving him of sight. He had assaulted her
while on professional visit.
FOURTEEN colored men have been whipped
at East Point, near Atlanta, Ga, the whip
ping party consisting of white men whose
identity is not known.
DIR. DAVID TILToN BROWN, formerly ply
sician in charge of Bloomingdale Asylum,
who had become insane and had been re
ported dead, hanged himself in barn on his
sons farm near Batavia, Ill.
A MOB of armed white men surrounded the
Jail at Columbia, No, and took from his cell
George Bush, a negro II years old, and
hanged him from one of the windows of the
Court House.
THE city of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, has
drilled in 81 gas well which shows capacity
of over 50, 600, 600 cubic feet daily. Forty
five thousand people visited the place In one
day, and the excitement is intense.
THREE farmers while standing under a
tree near Albany, Ga, during storm, were
struck by lightning and instantly killed.
LOUIS NELSON and John Coleman were
killed at Minter City. and Wilson Porter
was hanged at Sunnyside. This swells the
total number of colored men killed in the
Mississippi riot TO twenty-five.
PRESIDENT HARRISON was present at the
first days exercises of the celebration in
Baltimore of the battle of North Point.
Two freight trains came into collision on
the Lake Shore road near Millersburg, Ind
Thirty-six cars and two engines were wrecked
at loss of $500, 600. :
The national leader., 1889-09-14
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle staaes.


GENERAL F. D. LEGITIME, ex-President of
Hayti, has arrived at New York on che Ward
Line steamer Manhattan. He was accom-
panied by lris family and several officers of
his army.
PRESIDENT HARRISON and Postmaster
General Wanamaker were among the speak
ers at the anniversary of the founding of the
Old Log College, the cradle of American
Presbyterianism, at Hartsville, Penn.
UPWARD of 200 stevedores and longshore-
men are idle in Boston on account of the Lon
don strike.
DENNIsoN D. DANA. for thirty years treas
urer and general manager of the Douglas
Axe Company, Of Boston. has embezzled a
large sum and disappeared.
THE New York Prohibitionists have nomi-
mated complete State ticket headed by Jesse
H. Griffin for Secretary of State
THE Old Log College celebration has been
held ON the Tennent farm near Hartsville,
Penn, number of distinguished persons,
including the President and Postmaster-Gen-
eral, being present.
A TRAIN on the Mckeesport and Billie
Vernon Railroad struck a COW nearWebster,
Penn. The cars left the track, killing one
man and fatally lnJuring another.
A SUPPOSED chicken thief shot and killed
Washington billiard on his farm near Bethle-
hem, Penn. The murderer escaped.
A RACE riot has occurred at New Castle
Del, between gangs of Irishmen and Poles
and Hungarians, which resulted in the death
of one Hungarian and the wounding of an
lrlshman.
The new United States cruiser Philadel
phia has been successfully launched
A vEsTIBULE train ran into a freight
train near Shenango, Penn, killing the bag
gagemaster and seriously injuring the en-
gineer and fireman.
''STEvE" BRODIE, the bridge jumper of New
York, alleges that he went over Niagara
Falls in his rubber suit, thus eclipsing the
feat of Graham, who was carried over the
great cataract in barrel. Brodie has three
witnesses of his performance.
DICK & MEYERS great sugar refinery
in Williamsburg, n Y, controlled by the
with 3,500OO0 pounds of sugar which it
contained. The loss amounts to fully
81, 600, 000
HIGH tides have occurred on the Eastern
coast and some damage has been done to
property.
THE authors of the incendiary fires which
have recently occurred at Roslyndale, Mass,
have been arrested in the act of setting fire
to a house.
A JURY in Worcester, Mass, has decided
that the Rev. Father @. Ely Brochu, priest
of Notre Dame Church. must pay $1720 for
denouncing parishioner from the pulpit.
LEON ALBEIT has been nominated for Gov
ernor by the New Jersey Democratic Con-
vention.
MRS. AARON w. billiard, widow of the
farmer who was murdered near Easton,
Penn, has confessed that she and William H.
Bartholomew planned the murder and that
she assisted in carrying out the plot.
BURT & Snow, the oldest house of woolen
jobbers in New England, have failed. The
amount of liabilities is estimated at between
$4,000 and 100000.
The national leader., 1889-09-14
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION RECORD.
FIRE.DAMP EXPLOSION.
Several Men Killed and Others Badly
Injured in West Virginia.

A terrible explosion of 6re-damp occurred
in the Ellington coal mine, near Morgan
town, W. Va, resulting in the death of John
Kinsey and William Kirby, and the fatal
burning of John Kirk, while other miners
were more or less seriously hurt. The men
went into the mine to begin the work OF
putting it in order, and when they lighted
their lamps the explosion followed. They
were blown a considerable distance, ana
were covered with flying debris. Their
clothing was almost entirely torn and burned
from their bodies.
The national leader., 1889-09-14
NEWS OF STANLEY.
Fighting His Way Through Hostile
Tribes in Africa.

Advices from Brussels, Belgium, state
that Henry NJ Stanley is marching toward
Mombassa, after fighting his way through
the hostile country of the Umjaro and
Uganda tribes, and conquering the natives.
He has established the authority of the
British East Africa Company over the
country from the upper Nile to the East
Coast.
The advices declare that it is doubtful if
Emin Pasha. to whose relief the Stanley ex
pedition was originally sent, is accompany
ing Stanley to the Coast.
The national leader., 1889-09-14
FISHING FOR PEARLS.
A Find of $500 Gem in Wiscon-
sin Causes Great Excitement.

The pearl excitement in Albany, Wis, is
at its height Although CLAIMS are getting
scarce and the divers have to dig in the mud
in the bottom of the river, the finds are more
numerous and valuable than ever. The
largest and by far the most valuable pearl in
Wisconsin was found recently. A New York
buyer offered $500 for it, but his figure was
considered too low.
Hundreds of small pearls are found and
sold daily. The purchasers are agents of Chi
cago, New York and Paris houses. Visitors
and clam hunters are pouring into the vii
lage, and the banks of the river for miles
are dotted with tents.
The national leader., 1889-09-14

TEE body of L. L. Clawson, prominent
veal estate man. of Wichita, KaR., has been
found in Riverside Park there, riddled WITH
bullets, He had evidently been murdered~-
The national leader., 1889-09-14
TANNER RESIGNS.
Head or the Pension Bureau
Goes Out of Office.

Goes Out of Office.
-;de,1t HARRISON has received the resig
4, Of james w. Tanner as Commis-
Y Of Pensions
I bis letter conveying the resignation, it
the Comn1issioner writes that he recog-
.,et differences exist between himself
L'a..afarx Noble, of the Interior Depart
,.ssnscfi1x he administration of the
H., Rilreau: and that, those differences
f.-,ficaI. ia the interest of thoroughly
trtorv adunioistration of the Office Re
i resign.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-29
miscellaneous.

Gov. TAYLOR has received petitions from
8, 900 prominent citizens of East Tennessee
and letters from a majority of the Supreme
Judges requesting him to pardon or com
mute the sentence of death passed on the
five Barnard brothers, who killed Henley
Sutton in Hancock county last January.
After a careful examination of the record
the Governor has decided to commute the
sentence of all, and he may pardon some
of the five.
G. G. ATS and John Boone were arrested
at Kenton on the night of the 10Th inst, by
Sheriff Nolan, assisted by the detectives
of the Mobile g. Ohio Railroad, charged
with having caused the wreck which occur
red at Majors Switch, Sunday, Nov. 6.
Boone is held a witness, and has already
confessed enough to convict Ats, who
until four months ago had been bridge
foreman on the road, and who has been
heard to make many threats against the
road since his di SmissaI. The engineer and
head brakeman were killed in the wreck,
and the feeling among the railroad men is
intense.
AS Mr.. JAMES A. HEAD, travelling mer-
chant who does business in Lake county,
was returning to Union City on the 10th,
after having sold out his stock with ab ut
ST 900 in cash, and when within nine miles
of that city, he saw three, one lying in
the roadside, who appeared to be in great
agony. His two companions asked Head
for help. When he got out to do the
asamaritan act" he was knocked gin the
head and robbed. Mr.. Head and the Sheriff
with posse gave chase, but failed to over
take the thieves.
GEORGE TRoXLER, brakeman. aged 20,
was instantly killed last week at the foot
/ CT the Cumberland Mountains, near Sher-
wood, losing his footing on the sleety tor
/ of a freight car, while it in motion
/ and falling, striking his head and crush
/ ing it to a pulp. This was his second trip
/ He was formerly depot agent at Cortner's
Tenn.
/ THE Franklin County Alliance some time
ago determined to build large Touring
4 mill at some suitable point A committee
! was appointed to secure a location and take
] other necessary steps. The committee pro
ceeded TO investigate the subject, and, as
/ propositions were made from both Win
chester and Decherd for the site Of ths
mill, the committee recommended that tb'
| mill be placed at Decherd- But the Ali
l ance, after full and free discussion Of tbs
| superiority OF Winchester's advantages
| determined to locate the mills there. TIT
| committee was directed to proceed at onc'
| to take such other steps as were needfui
/ and report at the next session Of the Ali
| ance. Tie Alliance are determined also {,
| organize q county fair next fall.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-29
The Cotton CrOn.

The November crop report of the Dep
ment of Agriculture shows the II
nessee cotton crop to be almost failTs ..
Reports by counties in Tennessee in sub
stance is as follows:
Maury-Crop almost failure; William
son, almost a total failure; McMinn, poor
est for years; Lauderdale, about half a
crop; Hardin, almost failure; Haywood,
almost a failure; Hickman, almost entirely
destroyed by frost; Carroll, badly injured
by frost, will make half crop; Decatur,
late cotton badly damaged, early cotton
good; Fayette, badly damaged; Lawrence,
about three-fourths of a crop; Upton,
prospects for fair crop gloomy; Madison,
injured about 80 per cent; Bedford, the
yield will be smaller than expected; Ben
ton, crop almost total failure; Chester,
about half crop; Dyer, half a crop; Glib
son, about One-fourth of a crop; Lincoln,
crop ruined by frost; Lewis, about half
crop.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-29
RUMoRs OF REVOLUTION.

Persistent But Unconfirmed BumOrs of
Revolution the Island of Cuba Rife in
London and Paris-They Are Scarcely
Credited.
LONDON, Nov. 22.-Persistent rumors
are afiOat in London to-day to the effect
that there is a revolution in progress in
the Island of Cuba. Dispatches from
Paris report that the rumors are cur
rent there and are exciting attention.
So far it has been impossible to
trace the rumors to any def
mite source, and the assump-
tion is that they have sprung up
through the belief that the peaceful
revolution in Brazil would be likely to
exert powerful influence with the dis
cOntented republican element in Cuba.
The fact that there is a strict censor
ship of news dispatches at Havana
makes it possible for a revolutionary
movement to get under way in the
island before any definite intelligence
can reach the outside world. While the
rumors are not credited, the news
agencies are receiving many inquiries
in regard to them and are making Wig
Orous efforts to run them down or get
direct intelligence from Havana as to
the actual condition of affairs on the
island.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-29
HORRIBLE DISCOVERY.

Another Chicago Cottage In Which the
Evidence of Horrible Butchery Has
Been Discovered An Entire Family
Missing.
CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-The police have
made strange and sickening discovery
which will probably lead to the unearth-
ing of bloody tragedy. Directly op-
posite the Dearing Street station, at
1924 Dearing street, stands a frame cot
tage. Up to the 18th of this month
this cottage was tenanted by John
Hughes, his wife and two children. On
the 18th they disappeared. This morn
ing the cottage was broken into and the
floor, ceiling and walls of three rooms
were found almust literally covered
with blood. In some places on the floor
the blood had not dried and was so thick
it could be literally scOoped up with a
spoon. The police are investigating the
matter, and it is the theory that the
Hughes family or part of it has been
murdered.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-29
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Report Of the Board of Health.

The State Board of Health under date
Of Nov. 20, issued the following mortuary
report for the month of October. 1t is a
number interesting and valuable to all who
are interested in matters pertaining to the
public health.
The principal diseases, named in the
order of their greater prevalence, in the
State during the month of October were:
Malarial fevers, pneumonia, dysentery,
consumption, bronchitis, tonsilitis, cholera
infantum, diarrhRa and rheumatism.
Typhoid fever is reported in the counties
of Campbell, Carroll, Chester, Davidson,
Fayette, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Har-
din, Henry, Houston, Knox, Macon, Nc
Minn, Montgomery, Moore, Roane, Robert
son, Shelby, Sumner and Weakly; diph-
iberia in Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Mad
ison, Macon, McMinn, Shelby and Wayne;
scarlet fever in Davidson, Franklin, Har-
din, Knox, Shelby and Williamson; mur
in Crockett, Fayette and Wayne; erysi
las in Fayette, Gibson and Madison;
in Decatur, Hawkins and Macon; who
ing cough in Davidson and Sumner; CT
brO-spinal meningitis in Carol and 81
by; measles in Crockett and Sumner;H II
ingitis in Shelby; roseola and chickep2
in Maury.
The mortality statistics of the lead
cities of the State show their respect
death rates per 1000 per annum for
month of October, as follows:
Chattanooga, death rate, white 6.G0;
| ored, IA. 76, total $50. Deaths, white I5,C
ored 16, total 81.
ClarksviIle, death rate, white 9.57,
ored a, total 10. Deaths, white 4, coloI
| 6, total 10.
Knoxville, death rate, white 957, colo
| 1882, total 1854. Deaths, white 26 colo.
10, total sc.
Mem9hfs, death rate, white 1874, colo
1892, total 31.98. Deaths, white So, color
63, total 14S.
Nashville, death rate, white 11.47, colo
21.61, total 1900. Deaths, white 40, cole
42, total 80.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-11-29
A strike Averted.

New YORK, Nov. 22--General Super
intendent Toucey says that hereafter
the trainmen on the New York Central
railroad viii be paid for extra work
over twelve hours, but he doesn't think
that, as the company viii fix it, the men
will have to work extra very often. Tie
chief blockade of trains has been al
Vest Albany, coming in on the heavy
eastern grade. The company has near
~ completed an immense freight yard
q few miles out, and hereafter trains will
be held there until wanted and the
crews Will be relieved. So all idea Of 9
strike has blown over.