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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-19
MARK TWAIN FAILS,
Maturing Obligations Crowded Him
to the. Wall.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-The assignment
If Samuel L.. Clemens. better known
as Mark Twain, and his partner,
Frank l.. Hall. who composed the
firm of Charles L. Webster.
bouk publishers, was filed to-day in the
County Clerks office. The assignee is
Bainbrldge Colby. The assignment was
without preferences and is signed by Mr..
Clemens. The assignment was complete
surprise, and is said to be on account
of the failure Of the firm to
obtain money expected TO meet obliga-
tions just maturing. MIR. Clemens is said
to be worth from 100000 TO 100000 out
side of investmen, in the firm. Mr.. Hall
states he can give no details of the firms
affairs at present.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-19
GRAIN CONGRESS ADJoURNs.
Resolutions Looking to the Union OF
the West and South.

the west ana SOutn.
WICHITA, Kans., April 18.-The Ma
tional Grain Congress. which has been in
session here during the past two days. ad-
journed this evening. to meet again at New
Orleans the second Tuesday in June.
Strong resolutions were passed. throwing
off the yoke of the East and advocating
the closest commercial relations between
the West and the South. favoring the COM
pletion of the Nicaragua canal and its alb
solute control by the United States,
urging the lines of railroad from the West
to the South to compete for the carrying Q
of the grain of the Westto Southern ports.
and pledging the support of both sections
to such corporations; demanding the rapid
completion or the river and harbor i'm
provements now in progress. and calling
upon Congress to establish fast mail serv-
ice between the West and gulf points TO
facilitate and expedite trade relations be-
tween the two sections.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-19

court being asked to cancel the contract
for the purchase of Gunner place, on the
ground that it was not the original place
where Amy Robsart was killed. and
that the ghost of Amy Robsart Varney
and Foster did not appear there, as
claimed by the auctioneer, has resulted in
a Judgment for the Earl. The testimony
of experts showed that the ruins of the
original Gunner place were on the
property.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-19

Collectors of Customs and Immigrant In
spectors, which In effect extends all the
prohlbiIive and inspection features of the
present regulations relating to trans
oceanic immigration to persons arriving
In the United States By water from
Canada, Newfoundland and Mexico.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-19
Nothing Is Known of Her.

CHICAGO. April 1S.-A woman about so
years old. thought to be Mrs. Lind of
Philadelphia. died here suddenly to-day.
She arrived in this city from San Fran
cisco and was intending to leave this
evening for Philadelphia. Nothing is
known of her.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-19
OVERHEAD WIRES.
Two Firemen in st. Louis Lost Their
Lives.

ST. LOUIS, April 18.-Two fremen of the
st. Louis depar ment lost their lives to-day
and one was badly injured as result of
the overhead wires. Responding to an
alarm the two men became entangled in
wires which. melted by the heat of the
flames. had parted and fallen to the
ground. The men stepped on them while
directing a stream. William Cannon was
killed and Tom Dolan was probably
fatally hurt Ben Shiyeley was badly
burned.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-19

Judge Baker in the Federal court, yesier-
day in receiving two wild bullets from
the revolver Of w. 81. Copeland, Judge
Baker to-day decided to postpone the con-
spiracy cases until next Tuesday. Mr..
Harris is confined TO his home, and Will
not be able TO appear in the case against
him for some time.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-19
RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION.
Canada, Newfoundland and Mexico
Under the Rule.

WASHINGTON, April 18.-Superintenden t
Stump of the immigration Bureau, with
the approval of Secretary Carlisle, has
issued an important circular of instrac-
tions to Commissioners of immigration,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-19
AMY ROBsART'S GHOST.

The Earl of Abingdon Sold 1t as
Nearly as He Could.
LONDON, April 18.-The action OF Scott
Hall against the Earl of Abingdon, the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-19

NOT GREATLY FRIGHTENED.
The Senate Believes the Army Will
Be Easily Handled.
WASHINGTON. April 18-Fnur local
sympathiZers with the Coxey movement
called upon the President this afternoon
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
CLARK AND JONES HANGED.


Mme. Wrightfs Murdererm Expiate Their
Crime Upon the GaIlows.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 30s-Harry
Jones and William c. Rieksher, alias
John Clark, who mprdered Madame
Wright ON September Q, 1893, suffered
death on the gallows yesterday.
With a smile OH his lips Jones was
hanged inside the walls of the Inde-
pendence Jail at 9:O6 o'clock a. m. He
marched to the scaffold singing a
hymn, and when the trap was sprung
he was the coolest man present.
He was sustained throughout not by
bravado, but by the consciousness that
he was going straight to Heaven His
neck was broken by the drop of 6 feet,
and fourteen minutes later life was de-
clared to be extinct by the physicians.
From the time the trap fell until the
last heart pulsation he never moved a
muscle, and his death was evidently as
painless as it was 1apiS
Clark was hanged in the county jail
In this city at 11:lO o'clock. His neck
was broken and he was declared dead
in seven and one-ha1f minutes. Like
Jones he died bravely but his COM
posure came from the determination to-
endure the ordeal without hinehing.
His last words uttered in a trembling
voice were: ''May my God forgive
me-" A voice from one of the specta-
tors responded solemnly sAmen."
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
CONDENSED TELEGRAM.


A BAND of Whitecaps attempted to
whip number of negroes near Even
ing Shade, Ark, on the I'd. During the
melee that ensued John Cathey was
shot through the back. Dave Cathey
was shot in the back of the head, and
Dave Berry was knocked in the head
with a club.
A FEARFUL wreck occurred on the
Cotton Belt road two miles south of New
Lewisville, Ark, on the I'd, in which
five persons were killed and nine in
jured.
THE comparative statement of the
receipts and expenditures of the gov
o nment for the fiscal year ending June
g., 1894, shows the receipts to have been
S296, O6O, 1856, and the expenditures $780,
595, $50, which leaves a deficit Of S69,-
631, ,O23.
ALL the window glass houses in Pitts
burg, all the flint glass houses Of the
United States Glass Company, the sheet
mills and most of the iron mills have
shut down. AS a result nearly 800
workingmen are idle.
A HEAVY hail storm passed over the
western portion of Calhoun County,
Ark, on the I'd. The wind was very
high there and did much damage.
AT Perry, Oklahoma, on the 1st the
Thermometer showed 10 degrees in the
shade and 126 degrees in the sun.
Several people were reported Frustrated
h~~~ -
tered as much as 100 degrees for the past
en- days. Grass and crops are burning
up owing to hot winds.
DURING the fiscal year ending on the
s0th bounties were paid on sugar as fol-
lows: Cane s11, PIG, ,S04; beet, S7Es, 7Ss;
sorghum. Sic, ,s26; maple, SIG, 121. Total,
sI2, los. .Os5.
ALMOST the entire business portion OF
Bayou Sara, La. vas destroyed by fire
on the lst.
AT New Orleans on the 1st the tenn
perature reached 90 degrees, breaking
all records. The ambulance was kept
running all day, and nine sunstrokes
were reported.
THE statement was made at Washing
ton on the Goth that no issue Of bonds
will be made by the administration dur
ing the summer.
THE police of Marseilles, France, havo
asceFtained that the assassination OF
President CaFnot was the oulmination
OF o plot. The conspiFators drew lots
10 determine who should XIII the pFesi,
aeHA saa the task fell 70 Rsnlpi
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
THE remains of President Carnot ar
rived Ia Paris, France, on the 26th and
were taken TO the Elysee palace, where
they are to lay in state until Sunday,
July 1.
THE democratic congressional con-
vcntion for the Seventeenth Illinois
district has unanimously nominated
William NJ, Springer.
THE Republican National league con-
rention assembled in Denver, Col, on
the Goth, forty states and territories
being represented
VI. CAsfsHR-PERTER was elected presi-
dent Of the French republic on the 27th
on the first ballot of the national as
sembly.
TIE democratic conventio at Spring
field, H., nominated Franklin Mac
Veagh for United States senator.
CHAIRMAN WHEELER, Of the commit
tee ON territories, declared that the
committee was anxious to secure state
hood for Oklahoma, and that she would
be welcomed TO the sisterhood of states
when the time was ripe for her admis-
eion. There was such opposition, how
ever, to the admission Of Olxlamoma
without the five civilized tribes that
the committee would not attempt to
secure her admission at present. An
effort viii be made, IL was stated, to
attach the Oklahoma bill as a rider to
the other statehood bills when the lat
ter came before the senate, but there
appears 70 be little hope for success.
IT was stated on the 2Sth that as soon
as the tariff bill was disposed of the
elections committee would take final
action on the Martin-Ady contest. Sen
ator Martin has notified the committee
that he would like to have it disposed
of as soon as possible, and the request
viii be granted.
THE executive committee Of the Ma
tional Republican league held pro-
longed session on the 2sth az Denver,
Col. John Goodnow, of Minnesota,
was elected chairman. Hon. Z. ii.
Harper, president Of the Mutual Re
serve Fund g. Life association, of New
York City, was elected treasurer. The
headquarters viii be continued in Chi
cago.
REAR Adm. WILLIAM GREENvILLE
TEMPLE, u. >. N, retired, died of apo
plexy at Washington on the 2sth aged
A DISPATCH from Shanghai says that
war between China and Japan is i'm
minent
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
Two woRRIEp PAINTERs.

They CouIdn't Suit Customers Who Didn't
Understand ssARt.''
They were both well-known New
York portrait painters, and as they
met each noticed that the other seezaed
careworn.
"You leol weary, Joe, - observed the
first. Whats up, anyhow?''
II am just as weary as I look" re-
turned the other sourly. "You know
that portrait I'm painting? I finished
mans wife. What do you think she
said when she saw it?
Give it up, returned his friend.
''You know it's a three-quarter
picture, and the first thing that struck
her when she saw it was that there
was only one ear of her husbapd show
ing. She complained about it. She
said her husband had two ears, and
she thought that she ought to see the
other. argued with her for half an
hour, trying to explain the laws of per-
spective, but it was all fruitless. She
wou1an't or she couldn't understand.
She liked the likeness well enough,
but she insisted upon having the two
ears. /"
well, what did You do about it?''
asked his friend.
What did do?'' repeated the other
solemnly. "Why, saved my bacon; I
erased my name from the picture and
painted the SECOND ear on the profile
of the cheek. She was satisfied and
was paid. But it wasn't art
The other painter laughed.
s'Fm having little experience of my
own" he said, that's about driving
me insane. I've just finished the por
trait of well-known young lady
Her friends are coming up to the studio
every day to inspect it Her mother
thought that + had painted her face
too yellow, and so / made it lighter
Then her grandmother came, and
thought the drapery too low. So /
raised it. Then her aunt came and
criticized the hair as being too brown.
/ had just lightened it. when her cousin
dropped in and insisted that it was
two shades darker. Then as to the
eyes. According to the different
opinions of her relatives and friends
their color must be as variable as that
Of the chameleon. I have repainted
them three times, and how many more
times I'll have to do SO don't know.
And so it continues, day after day, and
before that portrait gives satisfaction
believe my hair'l1 be turned gray"
And the worried painter drowned his
sorrows in a c0clxtail.-N. Y. Record.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED.
Judge Philips Prohibits Santa Fe. Trainmen
Interfering with Running of PuIImans.

Judge Philips Prohibits Santa Fe Trainmen
Interfering with Running of Pullmans.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 3O.-Judge
Philips, in the United States circuit
court this morning, issued an order re-
straining the Santa Fe employees from
interfering with the running of Pull
man cars. The order was made on the
application of the receivers by Gardiner
Lathrop and Samuel w. Moore, of this
city. The application states that the
strikers have threatened to stop the COM
pany's trains, and have done so, in their
efforts to prevent the running of sleep
ing cars. It asks that they be enjoined
from congregating on the company's
property, and from crippling the serv-
ice in any way. 1t also asks that they
be restrained from quitting the COM
pany's employ by preconcerted action.
The order differs from those issued
by other courts in that it admonishes
the employees not to quit the service of
the company. A direct order not to
quit company's service is something
that no court has ever attempted to en-
force and the order by Judge Philips
is as sweeping as any that has been
made.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
FRAUDS ON THE GOVERNMENT
Prominent PhiladeIphians Arrested ON n
Charge of Conspiracy.


PHILADELPHIA, June BON. I'll. Bick-
ley, president; Frederick Belt, super
intendent, and j. T. Anderson, of the
Pennsylvania Steel Casting & Machine
Co., were arrested by Deputy United
States Marshal Myers yesterday,
charged with conspiracy in perpetrat-
ing frauds upon the United States gov
ernment in furnishing steel gun cast
ings.
The affidavit upon which the arrest
was made charges that on or about
May is, 1894, the defendants conspired
to defraud the United States by dupli-
eating the official stamp of the inspector
of ordnance and in subjecting speci-
mems already stamped and separated
for casting for test to treatment differ
ent from that received by the castings
which would result in delivering to the
United States castings of a quality in
ferior to the specimens of that quality
required by the contract Of said COM
pany with the United States.
In the hearing before United States
commissioner, Lieut.. w. irving Cham
bers testified to the details Of the
charge as set forth in the affidavit
The hearing was continued until next
Tuesday.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
ROW AMONG THE KNIGHTS.
General OverhauIing of the Books of MIR.
Hayes Ordered.

A General OverhauIing of the Books of Mr..
Hayes Ordered.
PHILADELPHIA, June 30.-The bitter
ness that has pervaded the ranks of
the Knights of Labor ever since the
meeting of the general assembly in
this city in November, found expression
at meeting held in this city, where
steps were taken looking toward a
thorough overhauling by the courts of
General Secretary-Treasu John w.
Hayes. The meeting adopted an ap-
peal to the order, setting forth the
reasons which have impelled the sign
ers to the course they have taken.
The appeal concluded with a request
for cooperation by members. One of
the national assemblies in this state
has promised $3.50 toward the prosecu-
tion of the legal investigation if other
assemblies will supply as much more as
may be needed. The meeting adopted
resolutions condemning the suspension
of Messrs. Powderly, Quinn and Wright
as a fragrant outrage and brutal
manifestation of enmitv."
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
RAILWAY BUILDING THIS YEAR.
Lowest HaIf-Year's Record Reported for
Many Years.

Many Years.
New YORK, June 3O.-The Railway
Gazette, in its issue to-day, says: Ger
tainly nobody has been hooking for the
present year to make much of record
as a year for railroad building, and
probably many win be surprised to
learn that there has been more than
normal of new railroad building. Yet
the returns of track laid in 1894 up to
July show an aggregate of 495 miles.
This is the lowest half-year's record
that has been reported for years.
The following figures account for
new track laid bv states: Arizona, %;
Arkansas, 10; California, 1s; Colorado,
As; Florida, so; Georgia, 8; Illinois, 4;
Louisiana, 8; Michigan, 6; Minnesota,
5; Missouri, 6; New Jersey, 35; New
York, 2; North Carolina, 10: Ohio, 49,;
Pennsylvania, 80; SoAth Carolina, Sd;
Texas, IS; Virginia, 3; West Virginia,
27; Wisconsin, "a; Wyoming, 90; Total
United States, 495; Canada, 81; Mexico,
IL. Grand total, $50.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
BIG BLAZE AT BROOKLYN.
Fire Destroys Two waTehouses-TwO Fire.
men Killed.

Fire Destroys Two WaTehouses-Two Fire.
men Killed.
BROOKLYN, June 30-Short1y after
o'clock yesterday afternoon fire broke
out in Woodruff's stores on Furman
street. The fremen were enabled to
prevent the flames from communicat-
ing to adjoining stores and the Union
Ferry company's buildings. The store
houses saved contained the most valu-
able portion of merchandise.
About o'clock, when the firemen
were in hopes that the fire was under
control, the flames burst forth with
greater force and it at once became evil
dent that buildings ''K'' and ''H'' were
doomed. 1t was about 9:15 that the
south wall of warehouse *" was seen
to bulge out and a moment later fell
with terrific crash. There were
four men, employees of the Ferry COM
pany, who were on a trestle work
which runs through the yard. They
were playing a hose on the company's
property when the wall fell Three of
them were caught beneath the falling
walls, while the fourth one jumped
and escaped.
A rescue party was formed which
succeeded in bringing their bodies out
of the debris. Two of them had been
killed, while the third received injuries
which will probably result in death.
At about midnight the flames were
thought to be under control. The
burned buildings were valued at $75,-
600, while the value of their contents
was 81, 900, 900, making a total loss OF
81 ,O75, 900, said to be fully insured.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
TayIors Taken to St. Joseph.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, June 3O.--William
and George Taylor, the alleged muir
derers of the Meelks family, arrived in
the city this morning in charge of
Sheriff Barton, of Linn county. The
prisoners were brought here direct
from Macon, on the Santa Fe road, and
their arrival was wholly unexpected.
When they left the cars at the union
depot very few people in the crowd
knew who they were. as they appeared
to be ordinary travellers, no attempt at
confning the freedom of their move
ments being made. They were taken
direct to the county jail and locked up.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.
Attempted Murder.

Monroe Brown, negro last week shot
and badly wounded farmer named Rob
ertson. who lives near Pomona. The facts
are as follows: Robertson owed the negro
q small sum Of money for work done, and
when they settled he did not have suf-
fcient cash to pay the entire debt. He
told the negro he would have to wait
until Monday morning for the balance.
This made Brown mad. lie cursed
little, then left, but in a short time he
returned armed with a pistol He found
Robertson near his packing-house and
without a word commenced shooting at
him. The farmer ran and The negro fol-
lowed him, still firing on him. Robert
son stumbled over something ond the cow
ardly assassin approached him and fired
the two remaining shots into the body Of
his victim. One bullet entered the headI
The other bal which the negro aimed t,t
find Robertson's heart, struck his arm,
going through it, and was turned by the
bone from its course, which saved II
from being buried in the farmers Lcdy.
Great excitement prevails over the af-
fair, as Mr.. Robertson is a quiet man
and is well liked by the people of his
county. The negro is known to be
bully. Mr.. Robertson will recover.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
SHOT BY A PROFESSOR.
The italian ConsuI-General at Malta Bad
Wounded for Cause.

LoNDoS, June 30-A dispatch to the
Times from Malta staJes that Signor
Bazzoni, Italian consul-general at La
Valetta, capital Of that island, was
shot and dangerously wounded yester-
day By Prof Hamilton Stilon. It is
said that Bazzoni had been persistent
visitor to the Stilon house and the pro-
fessor had protested against his pres
ence and complained to the police, Yho
ordered the consul not to enter the
Stflon home again. In spite OF this
Bazzoni appeared there yesterday md
the shooting Was the result
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06

MUscATISE, Ia, june 3o.-Jacob
Ising, a German, employed on the farm
Of H. Tefolt, near here. last evening
shot Mary Tefolt, the 17-year-old
daughter of his employer, upon her re-
fusal to marry him. He then sent a
bullet through his own skull The
young woE1an died this morning, and
Tsing's recovery is impossible.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
Pats CertIecate.

ST hope, sor, you will assist a poor
man whose house and everything that
was in it, including me family, sor,
was burned up two months ago last
Thursday, sor."
The merchant to whom this appeal
was addressed, while very philan-
thropic, is also very cautious, 50 he
asked: Have you any papers or GER
tifcate to show that you lost anything
by the ire?v
II did have > certificate, sor, signed
before a notary public, to that effect,
but it was burned mp, sor, IN the house
with ne family and the rest of me
effects I'll Bits.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
Fiftv Lashes on His Bare Back.

SOUTH McALEsTER, 1. T., June 3d.
Louis Bruner, colored, received fifty
lashes on the bare back Thursday in
the Creek district. Bruner got. .himself I
mixed up with COW bell that rang too
loud, and the officers found it in his
possession, when it should have been
on the neck Of one of his neighbor's
cows
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06

LONDON. June 30-Lord Charles j.
r. Russell, SON Of the sixth duke Of
Bedford, II dead. He was born in 1907
and was sergcant-at-arns 10 tho hopse
9s commons Hpm ls4s to 1875
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06

Friend Why do you kill of 50 many
people IN every aet2
Dramatist--T company Is small
and that Is ths only way ] can work n
III the aheraetega -. y. Weekly,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06

Porter Gn hotel)-Were you looking
for anyone, sir?
Irritable Gentleman (angrilyl-Yessa
man promised to meet me here on inn
portant business at two o'clock. I've
Just come, and here it's four o'clock
and he's not here yet. Shows how
prompt some people are in keeping
their appointments.- Truth.