The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-08-07

GFaSS NafieV, OaL Loss, Sl0O,OOU. Inc
fire was believed to have been of in
cendary origin
A TERRIBLE fire was reported raging
in Libau, Russia, on the 31st Several
streets were in flames and the fremen
were unable to cope with the situation.
Libau is a seaport town of Russia
on the Baltic. It's population is be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
THERE were four suicides in Chicago
on the 3lst.
ARDMoRE, Ok, received its first bale
of cotton on the 30th and it sold for
seven cents. A premium of $50 was
paid the owner for his enterprise.
Two men were fatally injured and
three others severely burned by the
explosion of tank at the Standard
Oil Co. s works at Cravens Point, Jer-
sey City, n. j.
THE intense heat still continued on
the 3Oth in ST. Louis. Cincinnati and
indianapolis. In St Louis there were
fully so 0prosLrations, ten of them being
fatal, with prospects of several more
proving so. In Cincinnati 90 prostra-
tiOns were reported, five of them being
fatal. In indianapolis two deaths
were reported. Dispatches from many
other cities indicated much the same
condition.
AN awful railroad accident occurred
on the evening of the both near At
lantic City, n. j., where two railroad
tracks cross one another. An express
train crashed into an excursion train
broadside and plowe1 through, liter
ally cleaving it in twain. A rough es-
innate placed the number of killed
and injured at 100. but it was hoped
that this might be an exagGeration.
The number, however, was undoubt-
more than so.
AN insurance company recently sent
a circular to its policy holders and said
in case free silver was adopted it would
have to pay all claims in deprecated
silver coin. Secretary Carlisle was
asked for his opinion on the matter,
and he stated that if free silver was
adopted the dollars would be coined on
private account and the government
would be under no obligation to keep
them equal to gold and that our cur
rency would sink at once to a silver
basis.
The hot weather on the 2Sth pros
trated more than. GO militiameu at
Camp Lincoln, near Springfield, Ill.
EIGHT lives were lost in and about
Pittsburgh, Pa, by three fierce
wind, rain and electric storms on the
27th. Several buildings were demOl-
ished and eight or ten churches and
many other structures damaged. In
cluded in the list of fatalities given
was that of 13 miners at Cecil, whose
boarding house was washed away and
seven lost their lives.
A FIRE in Potter county, Pa, from
the explosion of lamp, burned three
stores, the Sentinel newspaper office,
hotel and three barns. Edward Burgh-
dough. who lived in one of the build
ings, was burned to death in attempt
ing to save some money he had left III
his room.
A WILD woman was captured in the
swamps near Palmer, Tex, by Deputy
Sheriff Vestel and another man. She
was a giant in stature and her hands
and feet were twice the size of a mans.
A DISPATCH from Chee Foo stated
that the German gunboat ntis was lost
in a typhoon on the China coast. Only
ten of her crew were saved. The YES
sci mounted 20 guns.
THE Gus Gennins, a towboat, sprung
leak near Evansville, Ind, and sunk.
She will be total loss.
OSCAR GILCHRIsT was watching
game of ball at Youngstown, o., when
foul fly knocked his eye out of his
head.
A LOCOMOTIVE went through the Van
dalia bridge over Walnut fork, near
Charlottesville, Ind, on the 2Sth and
three men were killed. The run was
made TO see if the track was safe after
a heavy rain.
DISPATCHES on. the 29th from st.
Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicugo
and other places told of the extreme
heat and many deaths from prostration
were reported.
A CLoUDBURsT occurred near Steuben-
vile, O., on the 3Oth and 200 people
were rendered homeless, the water
rushing down the valley and carrying
everything before it. The damage viii
aggregate 5000. ZOO.
THE treasury department has hit
upon the device of printing a circular
containing in succinct form statements
relative to coinage, bullion production,
circulation per capita in various coun-
tries and such like information TO meet
the needs of the many persons seeking
facts on which to base conclusions re-
specting the issues of the campaign.
THE jury at London in the jameson
Transvaal raid case returned a YER
dict on the 2Sth, finding all the de-
PENDANTS guilty of the charge of vio-
lating the foreign enlistment act. DIR.
jameson was sentenced to Is months
imprisonment and the Others were
given lighter sentences
BERT GREEN, colored, convicted OF
the murder of Miles p Mitchell, in De-
cember last, was hanged at Jackson,
Tenn, on the Goth. He protested his
innocence to the last.
GEORGE MCCONNELL, grand keeper of
records and seals Of the Knights OF
Pythias of Oregon, has disappeared
and his accounts with the order are
said to be short
The arbitration committee appointed
by the kentucky Distilling association
has accomplished its end and all but
two of the largest distillers will sus
pend for Is months. The purpose is
to allow a production of 12H per cent
to fill existing contracts
A BROKEN rail near Salem, Ill.
caused 10 cars. all laden with merchan-
disc, to 60 through a trestle. Three
traups were also thought to have been
killed.
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