The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-10-26
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PERSONAL ANo GENERAL.

packages n strange man picked up a
package. of fur garments and started
10 ~ N. The messenger fred, hitting
the rObber in the side. He dropped his
4'ackage and escaped after half-mile
I chase, being picked up by confederates
with a buggy.
A MAGNIFICENT military display was
witnessed in Berlin, on the nth, in
connection with the formal dedication
of the 132 flags destined for the recent
ly-organized fourth battalion of each
regiment of infantry. The ceremony
of mailing these flags to their staffs
was performed by Emperor William in
person.
Ex-SeKAKER THOMAS Il. REED, of
Mains, addressed the students Of the
Michigan university at Ann Arbor on
the night of the 18th. His subject was
The Relation of Leaders to Progress. -
University hall, which is capable of
Seating 3, 800, was packed by a gather
ing which greeted the distinguished
congressman with great enthusiasm.
A NAN believed TO be one of the Guam
tico (Va.) train robbers was captured at
Cumberland, Md, on the nth. Two
others were caught at Cherry Run, w.
Va. The man captured at Cumberland
gave his name as G. J. Searcy, of Fort
Dodge. Kas-, but he is supposed to he
Charley Leary, an all-round crook.
AFTER relieving +. n. Hill of HIS po-
sition as agent at The Dalles, O-e., on
the 18th, the officials of the Pacific Ex-
press Co. placed Ed Kurbe IN charge of
the Office and caused HUI, Messenger
Tibbetts and Watchman Gibson to be
arrested. They are accused of com
plicity in the robbery or, the night OF
the 18th, when $4,000 was stolen.
ADvIcEs received from Port Au
Prince, Hayti, say that President Hip
polyte and his minister of war had a
hand-tO-hand fight in the palace re-
Gently. The minister of war was badly
whipped in the encounter with his
duslxy chief, and, at Last accounts, was
confined to his bed with his injuries
WILLIAM BARNES, clerk in the
United States treasurer's office for
thirty-five years, died on the 18th. Mr..
Barnes had handled in his lifetime
probably more money than any other
man in the world. The greatest aLnount
handled by him in any one day Is stated
at $50. 600, 600.
Or the 18th the federal ~rand Jury at
Chicago reported a true. bin AGAINST ex-
Gov. John L. BeverOlge, president; f.
y. Arnold, vice. resident, and Samuel
NJ. Biddlson;, Secretary of the State
Mutual LIE Insurance Co. The indict-
ment Garages the defendants with using
! tie mails to further the business of a
lottery. 1t is alleged that the concern
IS IN its essence a lottery.
\ SPECIAL from Tampa, Fla, says
I that, early on the morning of the 18th,
a strike was declared in the cigar fac
tory of Gonzales & Moera at Ybor
City, and all hands went out The
men, armed with clubs, etc, proceeded
TO other factories. Up to - o'clock
over 1000 cigarmalzers were out.
Mrs. GEORGE EDDY and Mrs. Painter
were run over and killed at the railroad
crossing one mile east of Byron, Ill, by
a passenger train, on the 18th. Mrs.
Eddy was "Beckmanite, " her husband
being superintendent of the Schwein-
furth Heaven" at Rockford. Ill.
VERY REV. JAMES A. MCFAUI., rector
of st. Mary's cathedral in Trenton, n.
j., was consecrated as bishop of Tren-
1 A0Is On inc 4obAls IAAG III NAiiNAA
he had for years labored so faithfully
being the scene of the ceremonies.
AN explosion of fire damp occurred
in Shaner mine No. ?, at Shaner, Pa,
on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, oD
.he 18th, and four Italian miners were
seriously burned. 1t was thought two
of them would die.
I CHARLES CLIFFORD, a miner, of
Greensburg, Pa, was instantly killed,
on the 18th, by the discharge of a re-
volver which had fallen from his pOck-
1T. The bullet passed through his
heart Clifford leaves a widow and
several children.
A JURY in the United States circuit
court in New York city, on the 18th,
awarded Miss Harriet Monroe judg-
ment against the World for $1,000 dam
ages. The suit vas brought to recover
$50, 600 for the publication in the
World of the Columbian ode, written
by Miss Monroe. The ode had been
copyrighted.
II was announced in st. Petersburg,
on the 18th, that the condition of the
ezar had perceptibly changed for the
worse. 1t was added that his symp-
toms of general debility and weakness
Of the heart were more pronounced,
and it was also announced that the
ears physicians have given up the idea
of having him taken to Corfu.
IT was reported in native circles at
Tien Tsin. China, on the 18th, that a
great battle had been fought between
the Chinese and japanese forces, north
of the Yalu river. The engagement
was said to have taken place on the
18th. The Chinese authorities claim
not to have any knowledge of such a
battle having been fought
WITHOUT issuing directions, Secre
tary Smith has allowed it TO be under
stood that all employees of the interior
department may go home to vote at the
coming election. There are a number
of employees in the interior department
who intend to avail themselves of this
privilege.
PERRY BEAI., a miner, was shot and
probab bly, fatally wounded by a high
wayman eighteen miles southwest oi
Butte, Mont. on the 18th, but his wife
seized the reigus and whipping up tn
team soon distanced the robber. Bea
had 5000 in gold dust in his posses
sion.
CARLOS u. MEYERS. a young mechan
ical engineer. attempted to shoot Lille
Mitchell, his former sweetheart, il
London, O., on the night of the 18th
In making her escape, Miss Mitchell
jumped from a second-story window
and broke her leg
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