The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-12-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE safe OF the missing treasurer of
San Augustine county, Tex, was
opened, on the Cd. and found to con
tain Sl.45.
r. i. KOIB, on the 4th, completed a
message to the Alabama legislature,
which he signs as governor. The mes
sage is also addressed to the people of
Alabama, and is a long and in many
respects revolutionary document, as it
recommends that his followers do not
pay their taxes for awhile.
THE department of state has been
notified, through its consular repre-
sentative at Bremen, of a proposed
change in the German customs tariff
by which the duty on cotton seed oil
will be increased $50 per cent. over the
present rates. This is done in further
retaliation against our discriminating
duty on German beet sugar imposed by
the new tariff law.
OwING to the closing down of the
coal mines operated by the Sunday
Creek Coal Co.. at Buckingham, o., 500
miners have been thrown out of en-
ployment, and, with their families, arc
i'm a destitute condition. A committee
was sent to Columbus, on the 5th, to
secure aid.
On the 4th ex-Gov. Oden Bowie died
at his home, "Fairview," in which he
was born November 10, 1926, at Bowie,
Md. The end came peacefully while
the ex-governor was surrounded by the
members of the family.
On the 5th Senator Quay introduced
an amendment to the sugar bill as
passed by the house and reported to
the senate, which provides for striking
out the one-eighth of one cent per
pound differential on sugar.
IN the senate, on the 5th, bill was
introduced by Mr.. Hoar, of Massachu-
sets, and referred to the committee
on pensions, grantinga pension of 500
a month to the widow of Gen. n. p.
Banks.
GERMANY's new reichstag building
in Berlin was opened with imposing
ceremonies on the 5th.
NJ. FERDINAND DE LEssEPs was re-
ported seriously i'll on the 5th.
MAJ. HANBRoUGH, father of Lieut.
Hambrough, for whose murder Alfred
John Monson was tried in Edinburgh
last year and discharged on the Scotch
verdict of mot proven" some time
since instituted suit against the Mu-
tual Life Insurance Co. of London to
recover 500, 900 insurance on his sons
life. The jury in the case returned
verdict, on the 5th, for the defendants.
II. A. CHAPLIN, aged 81, the mil
lionaire mine owner of Niles, Mich,
was taken suddenly and critically i'll
on the 5th. He owns the big Chaplin
mine in the northern peninsula of
Michigan, and is reputed to be the
wealthiest man in southwestern Mich
lgan.
THE cruiser Detroit arrived at Gib-
rsltar on the 5th. She was expected to
proceed in a day or two 10 Naples to
the pope to the United States for the
Chicago fair.
THE banks included in what is known
as Group No. g." of the New York
State Bank association. have com bined
for the purpose of protecting them
selves against peculations of dishonest
employees.
THE silver statue of the actress, Ada
Rehan, was placed under the guard of
half dozen detectives in Chicago, on
the 5th, as the result of the discovery
of plot 10 steal the valuable image.
THE official count in Tennessee gives
Evans (rep-), for governor, Sal plu-
rality.
THE bill of Representative Knight 70
punish usurpers of state offices was
passed by a strictly party vote in the
Alabama legislature on the 9Th.