The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-09-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph nnd Mail


PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
HoS. CHARLES Il. STUART, chief JUS
tice of the Indian territory court of
appeals and judge of the central dis
trict of the United States court for the
Indian territory, sent in his resigna-
tion on the 18th. Hon. Yancey Lewis,
Of Ardmore, I. IT., has been unani-
mously indorsed by the entire bar and
leading citizens of that place for the
position.
INFoRMATIOK has leaked out at Wash
ington that the recent secret work and
activity in the United States navy de-
partment was because of the possibility
of hostilities between Spain and the
United States in the near future, the
president and the secretary of the
navy being cognizant of the necessity
of preparing for active intcrven tion in
the affairs Of Cuba
Ex-QUEEy LILIUoKALANI has been
pardoned and liberated at Honolulu.
THE international agricultural con-
gress, which has been ia session at
Brussels since September g, under the
patronage Of the Bels ian government,
passed resolution in favor of an in
ternational bimetallic agreement
LORD DUNRAvEN has offered a week.
ly pension of 80 shillings for life to
each man of the crew of the Valkyrie
should they succeed in winning the
Americas cup. The offer was unprece-
dented in generosity, as there were
twenty-six men and their ages only
averaged 80 years
THE first constitutional convention
in South Carolina for twenty-seven
years was called to order at Columbia
on the 10th. The admitted object of
the convention was to insure white SUI
premacy. A plan was on foot to en-
body in the constitution as one of the
qualifications for holding Office in
South Carolina that the person must
be white.
A RECENT dispatch to the New York
Sun from Philadelphia said that the
recent victory of Senator Quay was
likely TO result in the defeat of James
Donald Cameron for another term as
United States senator. 1t seemed ab-
solutely certain that Senator Quay
would oppose the reelection of Cam
eron TO the senate.
FRIENDS of Secretary Carlisle were
said to be urging him to take part in
the campaign in Kentucky and assist
in securing Senator Blackburn's defeat.
Prominent democrats believe that the
influence of another series of speeches
upoa the financial question in Ken
tucky would make MIR. Carlisle's re-
election as senator a certainty. 1t was
believed that a return to his old seat
in the senate would be more grateful
to Mr.. Carlisle than a continuance at
the head of the treasury department.
IT was said at Washington that the
republican leaders in congress may
find it in their power to compel an
other issue of bonds next winter, If
they cared to assume the responsible
ity, for it seemed probable that bond
issue would be required when the sea-
son of gold exports sets in, unless the
currency laws were changed in the
meantime so as to provide for the re-
tirement of the green backs or for some
control over their constant reissue by
the secretary of the treasury.
MRS. LILY LANeTRY, the celebrated
beauty, has begun suit for divorce
from her husband, Edward Langtry,
on the grounds of desertion and neg
lect. The papers were drawn up in
London and will be sent to America,
as Mrs Langtry is citizen of Cali
fornia and brings suit as an American.