The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-08-17

The pope received 140 pilgrims from
the United States on the 9TH. There
were no speeches. The Americans at
tended mass celebrated by his holi-
ness,
IN speaking of the probabilities of
the pending waf between Japan and
China an official of the japanese 1ega-
tion recalled the fact that the season
of the monsoon and the typhOon is rap
idly approaching. The presence of the
former IS not regarded as a menace to
sea maneuvering, but fear is felt for
the latter.
LAST March A. II. Batliff killed An
drew Thompson at Sewell, w. Va, and
escaped. The authorities offered re-
ward of $500 for his arrest and the citi.
zens added $50. On the sth the police
at Charleston, W. Va, received a tele-
gram from the marshal of Pittsburg,
Kas,, saying that Batliff was In jail
there.
III. WEsNER was shot and killed by his
father-in-law, Jas. Livingston, at the
latter's home in Lebanon, Ind, on the
night of the sth. Wesner is a son of
Lawyer c. w. Wesner, who was killed
by J. c. Brown in the courtroom at
Danville year ago last May.
THREE HUNDRED miners at Mystic,
Ia, went out on strike, on the sth,
because the company insisted on hold
ing back two or three days wages
when paying their men every two
weeks.
REPRESENTATIVE BRYAN, of Nebras-
l1a, has a petition bearing 10000 sigma
lures for an investigation of the course
taken by Atty.-Gen. Olney during the
recent strike looking to his impeach-
ment.
THE police have discovered in Rome
a revolutionary band who correspond
regularly with foreign anarchists. So
ciety women have acted as go-betweens
for the correspondents in order that
the suspicious of the police might not
be aroused.
OK the night of the 9th the east
bound Oklahoma and Texas express on
the Rock Island road plunged through
an overhead bridge, so feet high, 5
miles south of Lincoln, Neb., into a
creek, killing eight persons and wound
ing many others. Five of the victims
were burned to death in the wreck.
Oh July II thirty-seven British ma
rines crossed the line of defense
adopted by the japanese commander
near Seoul, Corea. They were remon-
strated with, and there was a slight
collision. The marines forced their
way through, however, in order to go
on duty to protect the British legation
In Seoul They were not subsequently
molested.
THE steamship City of Peking ar
rived at San Francisco, on the 10th,
from Hong Kong, via Yokohama. War
had not been declared when she
sailed.
OK the 10th the employees at the South
Omaha (Neb) packing houses resumed
work under protection of the militia,
at whose approach the strikers dis
persed.
WNI. f. LEE, cashier of the Canadian
Express Co., left Toronto, Ont, on the
10th, owing to the discovery of short
age in his accounts of 81, 800.
THE American church at Shea-Lu-
Lung, China, was totally destroyed
during recent anti-missionary riots.
GEORGE NJ. PULLMAN arrived in Chi
cago, on the 10th, from New York.
GEN" JENNINGS and his army of
fifty, just returned from Washington,
took breakfast at an indianapolis Qnd.)
restaurant, on the 10th, by invitation
of the populist state central commit
tee. As soon as the meal was over
they were driven out of the restaurant
and marched out of the city by big
squad of police.