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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
MORE ARMY JUSTICE

An Unparalleled Case of Injustice as tia
Result of Permitting Army Martinets
to Sit in Judgment and Condemn Men,
in Time of Peace, on Ex-Parte Evil
dence.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 14.-The ia.
nous case of Dell p. Wild, who was sent
to prison for year for refusing to do
menial duty for Lieu tenant Steele, and
who was summarily released by order of
President Harrison, is eclipsed by the
case of Lewis Carter, private in the
Twenty-fifth Infantry, who has already
served nearly five years of a ninety
nine-year sentence in the Minnesota
State prison. The case is probably
without parallel in either civil or mill
itary history.
On November "a, 1884, Carter, who,
by the way, is colored man, was sta
toned with his regiment at Fort SHELL
ing, Mimi. Two or three days after
ward Carter was in st. Paul intoxicated,
and ran things with high hand. His
actions, however, were not called to the
attention of the city police, and he went
back to his post unmolested. Arriving
there, he was arrested on four charges
criminal assault on a woman, simple
dier-General Terry, then in charge
of the Department of Dakota,
summoned court-martial to as
semble at Fort Smelling, January
81, 1885. This court was composed of
Captains Benzoni, Lawson, Roche and
Silver, First Lieutenants Tully and
Glenn and Second Lieutenants Phillips,
Ahern and Tear, all of the Twenty
fifth Infantry; while First Lieutenant
Lunden, of the Fourth Artillery, acted
as iudge-advocate. The court, after
very brief session, and apparently with
out attempting to probe the truth of the
charges, found Carter guilty of all the
four offenses, and, with the usual army
severity of Furnishing criminals, SEN
fenced him to Saltwater prison for
ninety-nine years.
Attorney Fred L. McGhee, of st. Paul,
has been giving this case searching at
tention since Wild's release, and what
he has found out is astounding. He
found in West st. Paul the woman on
whom the criminal assault was alleged
to have been made, and obtained from
her an affidavit that Carter had neither
assaulted nor attempted to assault her.
Then McGhee secured evidence that no
robbery had been committed, and sent
the two affidavits to Washington.
The action of the President was
prompt and decisive. He found that
Carter was guilty only of desertion, and
has issued full and free pardon, which
is to go into effect May %, just five
years from the date of imprisonment.
The President also reprimanded the
cOurt-martial.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21

New Workers. Successful Design for the
Grady Observation-Disclosures of the
Assassination of Czar Alexander III. of
Russia.
New YORK, March 1.-THE success
full competitor among the sculptors who
submitted designs for the monument to
the late Henry w. Grady, which is to be
erected at Atlanta, Ca, was Alexander
Doyle, of this city, who is now at work
on model to be submitted in
about two months. The monument
will consist of full-length figure
of Mr.. Grady in bronze, nine and one
half feet in height. 1t will rest upon a
pedestal, which, with its base will be
fifteen feet high. At the foot of the
pedestal, in front, will be bunch of
palm branches in bronze, while upon
buttresses placed at the foot of the ped
estal on the north and south faces will
be seated bronze allegorical figures six
feet high representing History and
Grief
The anniversary of the assassination
of Gar Alexander ii. of Russia was cell
ebrated by the Russian-American Ma
tional League in Clarendon Hall last
night. About $50 Russian men and
women were present. Resolutions were
passed in which it was resolved to ap-
peal to the civilized governments of the
world to ostracize Russia and repudiate
any treaties proposed by that govern
mental plot against the people,"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
THE CHEROKEE STRIP.

The Invasion of the Cherokee Strip-LOng
Lines of Prairie Schooners File Into the
Coveted Territory One Company of
Troops to Stem the Tide.
ARKANSAS, CITY, Kan, March Is
The invasion of the Cherokee Strip
from this point began at sunrise yester-
day, and all day the long line of can
vas-covered prairie schooners drew their
lengths into the coveted land. Last
night it was estimated that from the
different points of entrance fully
twenty thousand people had passed the
border, and half that number had staked
their claims. Dispatches from Kiowa,
Kan, Caldwell, Kan, Guthrie, /. T.,
and H1nnewell, Kan, say that about
eighteen hundred boomers left each of
those points about noon for the Strip.
Captain Burbank in command of small
force of United States regulars at Okla
homa City, marched his force into the
Strip late Thursday night to stay the
progress of the boomers, having been
so ordered by telegraph. So far as
known this force had no effect in retard-
ing the movement.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
Isaac SawteIIe Committed.

ROCHESTER,, n. H., March 15.-In the
continued hearing yesterday of the
case of Isaac Sawtelle, charged with the
murder of his brother Hiram, Isaac's
counsel complained of unfair treatment
by the court He had expected that
witnesses expenses would be paid by the
State; that the prisoner had been de-
prived of his money so that witnesses
for the defense could not be summoned;
that nearly all objections raised by de-
fendant's counsel had been overruled,
while those Of the other side had been
allowed. He concluded by stating that
in existing circumstances he would re-
fuse to put in any more testimony here
and would go to a higher court for his
rights. Issac Sawtelle was then COM
mitted without bail to await the action
of the grand Jury.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
SOUIRMING OUT,
The Indebtedness of Henry S. Ives & Co.
Bib Reduced.

New YORK, March 15.-Holders of
ninety-five per cent of the indebted
ness of Henry S. Ives & Co., have con-
sented to settle for five cents on the
dollar. 1t is expected that the consent
of the five per cent. will soon be Sc
cured.
Judge Andrews, in the Supreme Court
yesterday, granted a motion to reduce
the bail of Ives and Stayner from $780,
900 to S., 600 each in the civil action
brought against them by the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad. Com
pany. They will probably be released
from Ludlow-Street Jail very soon.
citation has been granted requiring
the creditors to appear May 1 and show
cause why the settlement should not be
confirmed by the court. Mr. Cromwell,
assignee of the firm, says that So, 600, 900
out of the SIS, 900. 600 Indebtedness has
been paid off, and in view of the in
tangible and complicated character of
the remainder the creditors consente
to the settlement on five per cent.
basis.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
Fatal Run Into a Land-side.

CINCINNATI, March 14.-East-bound
vestibule train No. ) on the Central
Ohio division of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad ran into a landslide few
miles east of Newark this morning. The
engine was thrown into the river and
the fireman killed. The engineer of the
train and an engineer who was riding
on the engine as passenger were seri-
ously injured. None of the passengers
were hurt, but they all received severe
shaking up. The fireman killed was
Thomas Boland, the engineer John
Moore, and John Hart, engineer, dead
heading,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Seven Men Engulfed In a LanarSIid in
West Vlrginia-Three of Them Dead
and the Others Rescued Badly Injured
Tho Victims italian Railroad Labor


Seven Men Engulfed In a Land Slide in
West VIrginia-Three of Them Dead
and the Others Rescued Badly Injured
The Victims italian Railroad Labor
ers.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, March ia spe-
;ial to the Times from Cumberland,
Md, says: Yesterday morning between
seven and eight o'clock huge rock
rolled down the mountain-side and fell
upon the West Virginia Central railroad
track in cut between Chaffee and
Blaine. The work train with crew of
twelve men was dispatched to the spot
to remove the obstruction and clear the
track. A large cable was placed around
the rock and attached to the engine
that it might be dragged from the cut
All was nearly ready and the men were
making final adjustment of the rope,
when a great mass of earth came rush
ing down upon them from. the steep
mountain-side and buried seven of the
men from sight. The Mortified COM
panions rushed to their rescue, and as
speedily as possible exhumed the ill
fated ones. Two were dead when taken
out, one has died since and three were
seriously or fatally injured. The dead
are:
James o. Lambert, Chaffee, w. Va;
leaves a widow and family.
Josepini Machini, an Italian; unmar-
ried.
Vernato Vallejo, Italian; leaves
widow and family in Italy.
The injured are:
Van Read, Chaffee, w. Va; married;
can not recover.
Marianni Albani, Italian; arm broken
and ankle sprained.
Jockolini Cabanni and Josepini
Franegoli, Italians; severely injured
about the head.
The injured Italians were brought to
this city and are now under the care of
the companY's physicians.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

JOHNSON BROAD, aged seventy, died
At his home in Morgan County, Ind, on
The 10th, of dropsy. He was the largest
man in Central Indiana, and a few days
before his death weighed over four hum
Rred pounds, measuring nine feet around
the girth. The coffin was too large to
be taken into the house, and the body
had to be taken out in the yard and
placed in it.
On the 11th Andrew Houk, gambler
and worthless character, shot and Sc
riously wounded Mrs. Kittie Bowers and
then committed suicide at Council Bluffs,
Ia. Houk was in love with Mrs. Bowers,
but she did not reciprocate.
A NORWEGIAN named Loga, one of the
mob who hung Hans Jacob Olsen six
months ago, committed suicide at White
hall, Wis, on the night of the 11th-
Although Loga was only charged with
riot, it is said he feared long sentence
10 prison.
JOHN It. LESTER, the wealthy Chicago
stock-brolxer, died on the night of the
18th. He had been an invalid for two
OF three years, having become broken
down physically by close attention to
business
QUITE a sensation has been created at
Fort Dodge, Ia, by the discovery that
the much-lauded speech of Congressman
bolivar, delivered on Lincoln's ami
yersary recently in Brooklyn, is an al
most verbatim copy of an grafton de-
livered by his brother, Victor, on Lin
soln at the commencement of Cornell
College last June.
MAJOR HANCOCK CLARK, the man
who shot Milton Randolph as a result
of a Quarrel at the Southern Society in
New York City short time ago, has
been expelled from the society after an
investigation of the charges against
him. Randolph, on the other hand, was
acquitted and exonerated.
w. ID. CoMsTocK, Democrat, was elect
ed mayor Of Sacramento, Cal, on the
11th, defeating Gregory, Republican, by
El votes. The Republicans elected the
remainder of their ticket by large ma
iOrities.
Ex-CoNGREssMAS JOHN II. WEBER, OF
Buffalo. n. Y, was, on the 18th, ap-
pointed Commissioner of Immigration
al New York City, and Colonel James
r. O'Byrne was appointed assistant
commissioner.
BY a vote of IS to 81 the Roumanian
Chamber of Deputies, on the 18th, re-
iected a motion expressive of lack oi
confidence in the government as a con-
sequence of its appointment OF state
officers.
WARDEN HEATING of the Ludlow
Street New York City jail, indicted
for bribery, resigned his Office, on the
1ath. in a letter in which he declares
his innocence, and asks for a suspension
of public opinion
A v1RuLANT type of influenza is rag
ing in Persia.
THE Dolph committee investigating
secret-session leakages, on the 18th
examined E. w. Halford, private secTe
tarv of the President; o. L. Pruden
e~ecutive clerk of the President; Thomas
w Cridler, chief OF the Diplomatic Blu
roau of the State Department; Julial
'ravlor and James w. Phillip, clerks il
tbe state Department, but without mucl
success in the matter of securing intor
nation.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21


lilies. / have rescued those who were
in sore straits. have borne the young
and aged and placed them once more in
their loved land of Egypt. l have
brought the beleagured Governor out of
his threatened bondage. Wherefore, as
these were the aims of the work, and
they have been accomplished, 1 say the
end crowns the work. True, l am
blanched and white, but what matters
it? 1 have naught to regret, and if any
mission of like nature presented itself
should still wish to do it. For whether
here or there, life stays not, but rushes
on apace, and men must work and strive;
but let us do it bravely and fitly with
all our strength"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
France and DahomeY.

PARIS, March 1.-THE Steele says
that France will not enforce blockade
on the Dahomian coast. The Steele
adds that the situation in Dahomey is
favorable to France, and that the recent
tumults in the interior of that country
compelled the retreat from Godomey of
the King of Dahomey and his amazonian
guard.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
TyDcher~ Sentenced.

WHITEHALL, Wis, March 14.-At ten
o'clock this morning Charles Johnson,
Ole Sletto, Ole Jansen and Bertha Olsen
were sentenced to life imprisonment
and three days solitary confinement
each year for the lynching of old man
Hans Jacob Olsen last fall. The rest of
the lynchers were let off with fines,
which aggregate SS, 900.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
Kincaid Indicted.

WAsHINGT March 15.-The grand
jury of the District late last evening,
after examining number of witnesses,
directed the district attorney to prepare
an indictment against Kincaid, who
shot ex-Congressman Taulbee, for muir
der. 1t is expected that they will sub
NIT their report to the court to-day.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21

=
tracts from a letter
written by Henry
M. Stanley to a st.
Johnsbury friend,
dated Cairo, Feb
'ruary IA: THE end
crowns the work.
lid / say December
10, 1885? 1 say it
again this date of
1890. Ihave brought
'exiles back to their
homes. / have re-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
wooden-ware Factory Burned.

PETosKY, Mich, March 1.-THE L.
Baurlee Company's wooden-ware fac
tory. situated one mile south of this
city, burned early this morning. Loss
81 90, 600; insurance $50, 600.
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HENRY Nj. STANLEY.

Extracts from n Letter Written by the
African Explorer to a Friend i'm st.
Johnsbury, vt.-"The End Crowns the
Work"
ST. JoHNsBURY, VT, March lathe
Caledonian publishes the following ex-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
GOTHAM GOSSIP.

A New Workers. Successful Design for the
Grady Observation-Disclosures of the
Assassination of Czar Alexander II. of
Russia.
, 1890-06-14

upon local yachting contests. But there
will be a race which, when it takes place,
will attract the attention of all those en-
thusiasts who are interested in the great
question OF the English VS.. the American
build of boat. This is the race which will
take place between the Minerva and the
Liris unde the auspices of the Larchmont
Yacht club. The interest which centers
around this match Is due to the fact that
the Minerva, though now owned in Amer
lea, is an English built boat, while the
Liris is a good type of the American keel
sloop. The date OF the races has not yet
been settled, but IL is understood that they
will take place between the Larchmont an
nuAl races in July and the cruise of the
New York Yacht club, which begins early
in August. The courses OF the match are
to be, for the frst race, ten miles to wind
ward or leeward and return.
The second race will be over the thirty
mile course OF the Larchmont Yacht club,
and the third, II one is necessary, will be
over the same course as the second. The
prize is TO be a cash one of large amount.
and the club will add q purse or prize to
the private one.
The cutter Minerva wRs launched in the
fall OF 1888, and crossed the Atlantic Don
after, on her own bottom, under command
of Capt. Charlie Barr, a brother OF the IA
nous skipper Of the Thistle, Her length
over all is 81 feet, on the water line 80
feet II inches, beam 10 feet 8 inches,
draught 9 feet and present sail area 2, $50
square feet. She was recently purchased by
John Lee Carroll, Jr., from Admiral
Charles Tweed, OF the Corinthian Yacht
club.
In the races which were sailed last year
against the Minerva she walked away
from all competitors with the single ex.
ception of the Liris, which beat her by six
minutes in the Oyster bay regatta The
, 1890-06-14
MEN WHO RUN.

G.. b. Shaw, who has been doing some
wonderful hurdle running in New Zealand,
has sailed for England, his native country.
where he intends to have a try for the hur-
die race at the English amateur champion
ship games on July ~. He will return to
New Zealand after a sEort stay in Great
Britain.
w. G. George, who made such II name as
an amateur and who now holds the fastest
professional record for running l mile, 4
min. 1881 sec, has left the Sherbourne no
tel at Birmingham, England, and has
taken tho management Of the hotel and
running track at the Molineaux grounds at
Northampton. His brother, A. b.
George, since his arrival in America, is de
veloping speed in running such as his
brother showed
w. D. Day, of the New Jersey Athletic
club, Who lately broke the best American
amateur record for running 2 miles, nc
complaining It in o min. 80 Id Sec, will re
tire from competition for the summer and
do no more training until just before the
championship games in September. He is
afraid Of weakening himself during the
hot weather through running, for his pres
ent weight is 100 pounds and he can afford
to lose no more.
Samuels, the famous Australian sprintei
who defeated Harry Hutchins during tn,
~latter's visit TO the Antipodes several Year,
ago, is expected to visit San Francisco
shortly. Were it not that he intends run
ming an Australian soon for a large amount
of money he would be in America now.
He wishes to see II H. Bethune, II. NJ
johnson and several other fast American
sprinters are really nxou to run him, a.
they claim they are.
George Grant, the celebrated English
professional ~sprinter who has run from
scratch in nearly all the Sheffield handi
caps within the past year, is now in Amer
lea His arrival was unheralded and hii
future doings are not made public. He Il
considered as fast a runner for 100 yards a
England can at present boast of.
, 1890-06-14

must be beveled a little to correspond with
the narrowing of the boat fore and aft.
This angle will be shown by the lattice
pieces.
The molds mt C G.. when in position, fit
against the shaded stem and stern pieces
d d, and are nailed or screwed to them as
at4
Now turn the canoe upside down, laying
her on horses" or other firm supports.
Drive long wire nails diagonally through
the corners Of the molds into the keel In all
except the midship sections, which may be
taken out altogether before the frame is
turned over. The reason for this is that
you will sit, when padding, somewhere
between d and b, and a solid midship sec
ton will interfere with your legs. Take 1t
out, therefore, and cut a semi-circular
piece as Indicated at A, Fig. 2, forming
two rib like pieces, which may, perhaps,
require strengthening with cleAts or the
like.
The frame is now complete. As paper is
10 be the outside covering. II is necessary
to have something stiff between the molds
to give 1t a fair curve" The thinnest and
lightest strips obtainable will answer.
The outer covering or skin is OF strong
manila wrapping paper, such as comes in
rolls or large sheets. Eighteen yards, or
four large sheets, Is enough. Wet the
paper and double it smoothly over inside
the gunwale, cutting slits II necessary to
, 1890-06-14
BILLIARDS AND POOL.

Frank C. Ives, the rising professional
billiardist, has lately been performing a
very clever trick shot. He places one Of
the object balls under the table, and then
he sends the cue ball, after scoring, off the
table so as to spin on the floor, roll back
and count on the ball underneath. He says
he is playing stronger billiards every day.
Alfredo de Orc, the Cuban pool expert,
and John Werner have been matched to
play a continuous pool contest In Chicago.
The game will be 800 points, and Werner
will he conceded 10 points. Two hundred
points for three nights will be played. The
stake Is $500 a side and a standard 5 by 10
table will be used.
, 1890-06-14

tion) on edge and fix nrmly. Cut 30
inches from y inch board, and trim Into
shape "a Fig. q. Cut notches u inch deep
and y inch wide in upper corners and a
notch at L to 1T over keel. Set up at the
exact middle of keel.
You now need two long pieces lattice
stuff to serve for gunwales. They must
be about 1871 feet long to allow for the
curve. Lightly nail or clamp the ends at
d and d., and let the middle of each rest in
the notches at the upper corners OF A.
Now you have the general outline of
your canoe, namely, keel, stem, stern and
gunwale. The next thing to be done is to
shape the rest OF the molds. This Is shown
in Fig. ., which. you remember, rep
resents n y inch board. A, the mldship
section, is already in place. The other sec
tons, b d and G C, are marked ON the
board and cut out in like manner
Mark the principal points on tho board
and draw the curves accordingly. The re-
, 1890-06-14

THE Buffalo Echo speaks with a great
deal of enthusiasm OF the outlook for the
crops in that section this year. The rains
have been copious and timely giving the
seeds such a start as they could have
scarcely secured through irrigation. Prof.
Mead will visit that region some time
this month and the indications are that
the northern country will this year make
an exceedingly fine exhibit at tie terri
torial fair in September.
, 1890-06-14

portunities for the constructor OF canals
to water large areas of farming land, IN
surpassed in fertility or in favorable loca,
ton for securing a home market for AL
that is produced"
The report throughout is exceedingly
interesting and filled with just the kind Of
information which prospective settlers
will desire to read.
, 1890-06-14
3III-E
A G c
ED&EYXsEySYTR

loA 70 20
In the drawing the dotted lines at / and
9 represent the outlines of the two boards,
and the shaded parts SHOW the portions
chat will form the canoe frame. No. | Is l2
feet long, Il inches wide, n 4 of an inch
thick. No. . is the same length, - inches
wide. and y inch thick.
Lay No. l on the foor and mark out the
general shape of boat ms shown. Trim of,
following the lines and making the curves
graceful. At @ and c saw straight down
to within 4 inches OF keel. Then saw
between these cuts on d and d, which
marks upper edge OF keel. This done, set
what is left of the board (the shaded por-
, 1890-06-14

er strips overlapping one another about
three inches, the overlapping space
being painted with thick Rsphaltum
varnish before the next strip is laid in
position. BE sure to have asphAltum
between all the seams. Let strips be
double over stem and stern, overlapping
to secure perfect tightness at these ex-
posed points. When all Is covered, paint
the whole with a coat of asphaltum, and
while wet cover II with another thickness
of paper-breaking joints-and finally with
the thin muslin. Cut Sits In the muslin
wherever 1t Is necessary TO make an over
lap for the sake of a smooth fit. The mus
lin will dry in with the asphaltum, and a
coat OF paint over all will render every
thing perfectly tight.
II remains TO put on the outer gun
wales, which should be u inch strips, .
inches wide, fastened to the original lat
tice gunwales with clinched nails at fire..
quent Intervals. Also nail or screw a false
cutwater at bow and stern outside OF and
through the paper and muslin. A con.
venient seat is shown in Fig. s. It is sim.
ply a box as deep as the keel, with a slot
cut through two Of the sides. These direc-
tons are taken from an article In The
Christian Union by Charles Ledyard Nor,
Ton