The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-06-29

THE Italians and Huns were running
things at the mines round Walston and
Punxsautawney Pa. to suit themselves
on the 2lst. The citizens feared that
there would be an attack ON the En-
glish-speaking miners and their fam
lies There was great excitement and
troops were expected.
TITE board OF regents Of the Okla
homa Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege has elected to the presidency Of
the institution Maj. Afford, Of Wash
ington, formerly president of the
Maryland Agricultural college.
AT Saginaw, Mich, Newell b. Par
sons, late confidential clerk for Wells.
Stone & Co., who was convicted of
stealing s46s, 900 worth of railroad
bonds from his employers, has been
sentenced 10 i've years in state prison.
FIRE broke out at the Agnes cabinet
factory in London, Eng. The flames,
assisted by a fierce wind, spread furi-
ously, and within an hour eight or ten
other factories were burning. Alto
gether twenty buildings were gutted,
and many others were damaged by fire
and water. The estimated damage is
600, ,O0O
A BIRMINGHAM, Ala, special of the
2lst said the fire in the Mary Lee mine
was still burning in spite of all efforts
to extinguish it. OF the fifty men who
were overcome by the heat and dragged
out four were dead and two expected
to die.
EXTENSIVE floods have prevailed the
last four days in southeastern New
Mexico and western Texas The flume
Of the Pecos Valley Irrigation & I'M
provement Co.'S canal and the Texas
Pacific railroad bridge were carried
away BY the food in Block river.
JACOB JONES was fatally hurt and his
son Robert instantly killed near Wal
bridge. KY, by the explosion of saw
mill boiler. The building was COM
pletely wrecked
MoLAcH, 2:17, by Strange, died at
Rush Park, Ia, on the 21st. He was
expected to 60 in 2:l0 this season, and
was valued at $4,000. He was the
property Of Chicago parties.
Ar Warrior, Ala, house occupied
by negro miners was dynamited and
six men were injured.
NEws has been received of a double
tragedy in Crawford county. Ga.
Wart Dent and o. p Wright had a diff
fculty IN Dents store. Wright cut
Dent across the abdomen. Friends in
terfered. and Wright went across the
street and was followed by Dent, who,
with cntrails protrnding, plunged n
pitchfork into Wright's breast and
broke the fork to pieces over his head.
Both men win die.
WHILE cleaning out a street cistern
recently at Springfield, H., George
Williams, aged 35. married, was suffo-
Gated by sewer gas and died almost in
stantly. Reuben King was overcome
and died few hours later.
J. Nj. TOWNSEND, president Of the
Anti-Lynching league, has written q
letter to Miss Frances Willard asking
her to retract or defend statements she
is alleged to have made regarding the
negro while in England, that she
thought lynching sometimes justi-
fable
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended June 70 showed an average de-
crease as compared with the CORE
spending week of last year of $50; in
New York the decrease was 24.5; out
side, 9.L
SAY ANTONIO, Tex. was chosen as
the meeting place of the next National
Travellers Protective association
Col ScoTT NEWMAN promising colt,
Greenboy. died at Lexington, KY, On
the 2ist- Greenboy was a yearling
by Greenlandur, out Of Mary Ann, and
was one OF the most promising colts in
the state. Mr.. Newman valued him at
$4,000.
Is q match race for -, 600 side be-
tween Saladin and Mascot the former
paced the first heat in e:Os14. the fast
est mile ever made IN race at Bel
mont paris Philadelphia
TIE Indiana miners In state conven-
tion haya declared the strike oR.