The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-08-20
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Copper river, Alaska IN thc spIlHS'
section that is peopled with hostile
tribe of Indians, numbering about
LOCO. with no less than 200 braves. 1t
is considered a very hazardous under
taking.
A TERRIFIC storm struck Paterson,
y. j., on the 10th. The rainfall was
the heaviest in % years, and much
damage was done by the cyclonic wind
which accompanied it. Trees were
uprooted in some places, signs and
fences carried away and trolley cars
were stopped.
THE Morning Times of Cripple
Creek. Col, has been sold by }. T.
Siley to Frank j. Atkins and Gail
Uoap. two wcll-lInOwn newspaper
men, both of whom have been for
years connected with the Rocky Noun
tain News, of Denver, Col.
WHILE flying kite during a heavy
electrical storm, on the 10th, Walter
Vinson, 12-year-old boy. who lived
in Chelsea place, Kansas City, kas.'
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
TIE inhabitants of Thomasville, Ga,
are intensely excited over what appears
To be the existence of volcano near
there. The crater is about p feet
square and several streams OF blue
smoke issue from it.
DESPITE diplomatic denials Madrid
dispatches reaching Havana virtually
confirm the report that President Nc
KinIey and Secretary Sherman have
given Spain until January l, next to
| end the war in Cuba.
TIE queen regent of Spain has de
creed that the military honors observed
in the case Of the funeral of a marshal
shall be accorded the remains OF the
late premier of Spain, Senor .Canovas
| del Castillo.
| OFFICIAL information reached Ha-
yana, ON the 10th, of a decisive battle
between Spanish troops and insurgent
forces in MatanzaS. According to this
information the Spanish troops were
routed. after a hard battle, with heavy
losses
| IN. TRANT, who killed James Fleet
wood about ten years ago, was asSas-
sinated in his own home at Ryan, L. l.,
on the night of the 10th, by unknown
persons. Traut was the terror of his
neigh borhOOd and had many enemies
| WN. LAMB PICKNEII4 of Boston, the
celebrated artist, died IN Marblehead
Mass. on the night of the 9th. lie was
i5 years of age.
Ex-KING MILAN of Servia is so seri
,uslv i'll, in Vienna, that some anxiety
is felt by his friends as to his eventua
recovery.
A SPECIAL dispatch, on the 18th
| ha1
leader of the Spanish anarchists, hat
been expelled from France, being con
iucted to Havre, from which port IN
will como to America. Both Marine
and PIanas, the dispatch added, calIe'
themselves Cuban patriots.
VIM E. Quincy, of Detroit, latel.
United States minister to the Neither
lands, arrived at New York, on tn
| 10th. on board the steamer Western
land from Antwerp.
IT is said that the Philippine island
Insurgents are now following the CI
bans tactics, surprising conveys an
1etachments of Spanish troops, an
that up to date they have been genei
ally successful in almost all the CT
counters, this being really the onl
L .
acquired the large number of Reminl
ton and Mauser rifles and supply
ammunition they possess at present.
The first tin plate manufactured i
America to be sent to Europe Is, a
rordinp to the local manufactures
That started on the 18th, by the Amer
can Plate Co. OF Elwood, Ind, on
yay to Italy. 1t was carload CO..
n sistinr of 500 boxes of the most expcl
II sive tin plate made there The con
u many made n similar shipment to T.
:, gland on the 18th.
f UMPIRE TIN HURST. who threw
:. beer glass at the spectators during
,, rame in Cincinnati and severely /
= iured Fireman Cartyvelles, was fin
SIO0 and costs in the police court
~ that city on the 1lth-
GEORGE ]. GOULD has brought su
2" against Hiram Graham and his brot
~ er. Aaron Graham. for trespassing
ty his tsouting preserves in the wllds
IL the Catskills.
ALDERMAN WIN. MANGLER of Chic
lie 20. was. on the 11th, sentenced
u Judge Dunno to pay fine of 1000 a
serve 90 DAYS in the county Jail for CO
n, tempt of court
n. FNPERoR WILLIAM of Germany II
We appointed the Grand Duke Nichol
Oh Nicholaievitch to the honorary c.
onelcv of the Magdeburg hussars.
DAVID DEI.RICH and his wife we
found murdered in their home, TIN
miles south of Bellefontaine, o.,
J the 18th. The house had been I'd
sacked throughout.
The rumor is revived in London u
George l.. Watson Is designing n
r. Yacht to replace the prince OF Wal
cutter Britannia.
JACOB :. COXEY was, on the II
ne ! nominated by acclamation for govern
1r. of Ohio on the poPulist state tick
N. A DISPATCH from Hong Kong sa
a Owing to the fall in silver there
" general depression in the imp
. trade"
THE remains of the late premier
Spain, Senor Canovas del Castillo,
rived at Madrid, on the 18th, fr
Santa Agueda- They were met at
railroad station by the ministers. me
bers of the diplomatic corps, and
civil and military authorities OF Mad
and its vicinity.
, A crowd of people assembled,
:" midnight of the 10th, in front of
. residence of the Spanish minister
The Hague, Senior a. De Pague, |
shouted: Long live anarchy"
.jss, police arrested Is OF the most violen
THE battIeship In iilna was sal
i y ,a &, dry dock ct Halifax y,