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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
WAS 1T CONSPIRACY?
A Minister Arrested at the Instance
of Bad Woman
For ImpersOnatins an Omcer UnanImousI Iy
Acquitted by the Jury on the First Bal
lot-A Conspiracy Among the Oh1cers
Against the Minister Charged.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Jan. 1O-At $3.50
o'clock last evening the jury impan-
elled to try the case of Rev. ID. NJ
Kirkpatrick. who was under arrest
charged with impersonating an off,
Ger, brought in verdict of not guilty.
The arrest and trial of Pastor Kirk
patrick has been one of the most SEN
satiOnal affairs that has ever occupied
the attention Of the police of this city.
The man accused is pastor of the Sec
ond Universalist church and a man of
more than local reputation.
On the 18th of last December Mrs.
Anna Adwen, who lives in block on
Exchange street, complained to Officer
Shayne, who patrols that street, that
she had been accosted by man who
represented himself to be detective
and asked to be allowed to gowith her to
her room. When refused he threatened
to arrest her. She said the man had
on two previous occasions done the
same thing. While the woman was
talking with the officer the very man
of whom they were speaking walked
almost in front of them. Mrs. Adwen
recognized him and pointed him out
much trouble.
Officer Shayne followed the man
and stopped him and asked him what
he meant by stopping women on the
street and asking to be allowed to go
to their rooms. He declined to state
his motive in doing this, but at last
said he was engaged in getting up a
series of sermons on the immorality of
the city, and that he was looking up
the disreputable joints in the city for
the purpose of getting material for his
lectures. He then gave his card to
the officer.
Three days afterwards he was ar.
rested on the charge of iInpersonating
an officer. The woman was not in
court when the case was called and
the prosecutor swore that he had rea-
son to believe the defense had spirited
her away. There was plenty of ex-
citement, but 1t was found that
through tho blunder of the officers the
woman had been allowed to remain
upstairs in charge of the matron.
There was loud laugh at the expense /
of the officers.
The case was called Friday, and \
occupied the attention of Judge Ernst !,
all day. Yesterday morning 1t was
taken up again and flushed late yes ]
terday afternoon, when the jury
brought in unanimous verdict, Sc
cured on the first ballot, of not guilty.
The defense practically amounted to
a charge of conspiracy among the Of
fcers against the minister. There is
talk of bringing charges of conspiracy
against Lieut. Zimmerman and officer
and taking them before the
board of police commissioners
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
House.

After the usual prelimnaries number OF
resolutions we're offered in the house, among
others these:
BY Mr.. Javs To authorize the speaker to APP
point journal clerk. L. K. Adams, editor OF
the Lebanon Democrat, was appointed.
BY Mr.. Baker: To appoint a bill clerk 10 see
that bills went only to the proper persons.
By Mr.. Harwell: To urge that the governor
be extremely careful and cOnslderate in the use
BY Mr. Baker: To declare the seat OF F. NJ.
KelSO of Lincoln county vacant on the ground
OF ineligibility and requesting the governor to
BY Mr.. Crossett: To declare the seat of j. NJ.
II. Graham (colored) of Montgomery county va
cant and order new election.
The most important bills introduced were:
By Mr.. Ewell: To prevent interference with
the elective franchise and rights OF citizens.
By Mr.. Ewell: To prevent the giving OF free
passes or private reduced rates or the accept
ance of such fayOrs.
BY Mr.. johnson OF Davidson: To make 1t un-
lawful to pay or promise to pay, or give place TO
voter to vote or refrain from voting, to receive
pay for place, TO be- on elections, or to coerce
employees.
BY Mr.. Kinney: 40 provide for damages for
stock trespassing on lands fenced under the act
of 1891.
BY Mr.. DeIaunay To repeal all laws under
which embeZZlers escape punishment by repay
ing amounts embeZZled.
By Mr- Caldwell: To make it miSdemeanOr
to cut or interfere with the wires, etc., OF cleo
trio light or power companies.
BY Mr.. Browning: To provide that in towns
of less than IL, 900 Inhabitants elections may be
held on the subject of establishing public libra
rieS 5000 10 be raised for the library by taxation.
By Mr.. Hutchinson: To define the line be-
tween Lake and Obion counties.
BY Mr.. johnson of Chester: To amend the acts
of 1895 SO as to except towns having separate
school organizations not under the county su-
perintendentS jurisdiction.
BY Mr.. Caruthers: To prevent employers from
interfering with an electOr in his right to vote,
and prescribing heavy penalties.
BY MI. Caruthers: To prohibit the use OF free
passes over public carriers, of telephone and
telegraph lines, by any public officer.
The house joint resolution to open and count
the vote for governor January IL was adopted,
as was the resolution to investigate the office Of
secretary of State.
The house adjOurnd until tomorrow
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
THE BOLDEST YET.
A Crowded Chicago saloon Held Up and
Robbed.

Crowded Chicago saloon Held Up and
Robbed.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1O.-Three men armed
with revolvers held up saloon on
State street, Chicago's busiest thor
oughfare, $50 o'clock last night,
knocked the proprietor unconscious,
robbed the till of the days receipts,
walked out the front door and es.
capped.
The saloon was well-filled with GUS
toners when the three robbers entered
the place. The highwaymen walked
up to the bar and ordered the bartend-
er, Alex Lewis, who is also proprie tor
of the place, to hand over the contents
of the money drawer. Lewis refused,
and was reaching under the bar for
his pistol, wen he was struck on the
back of the head with a revolver and
fell to the floor. One of the men ran
behind the counter and took the con-
tents of the drawer-S50. When all
was ready, the men backed out slowly,
and, mingling with the throng on the
busiest part of Chicago's bowery,
made their escape. The whole trans
action occupied less than five min
uteS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15

I was right smart tickeled the other
day in regards to red-hot political ar
gification which was goin on over at the
Cross Roads between Blew Scroggins
and Lige Runnels.
In the main time. you must recol-
lect, Lige he had took and jumped the
fence in the general fall election and
wouldn't vote for the reglar democratic
congressman. Whereas, Blew was say
in everything he could think of, except
his Sunday school lesson. to Lige and
givin him the all-overest draggin you
ever heard tell of, perhaps.
"Lige Runnels," says Blew. "many
and many's the time have heard yon
stand on the housetops, as it were. and
preach forth the doctrines of all-wool
democracy. Many and many's the
time have heard you swear by the Iiy-
in and the dead that you would vote for
a yaller dog if the democratic party
put him on the ticket. Now. whater
yer got to say?"
mo doubts but what you have heard
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
He "NIust of straint Her.

Along in durin of the summer and fall
campaign Col. Bob Milligan has made
BIC stump speeches, more or less, for
the cause of free silver and the people.
And now consequentially the colonel
is knocked out and laid up for repairs
with various and sundry complaints
of the throat.
As for me and Col. Bob-we have been
friends and fellow servants clost and
constant from way back there in our
young and gallin days. But here of
late he always puts me in mind of Tom
Billy Simpkins and his old army mus
ket.
Years and years ago Tom Billy had
one of these old long army muskets,
which stood about six feet and three
ak handles to the first peckewood
hole. And the way Tom Billy use to
could shoot with that old musket was
plum marvelsome to behold.
"Whenever you see me throw long
Betsey acrost my shoulder and go forth
into the woods somethin is bound to
drap and there is meat in the pot right
now" Tom Billy was wont to say.
"She never ficlers and she never fails,
Rufe. Every time I draw bead and
pull the trigger there is death and de-
struction abroad in the land"
But onct upon a time I met up with
Tom Billy down there at the bridge in
Bear Creek swamp. He had his long
Betsey" with him, but in his hand. no
game he brung, and he was lookin
powerful down in the mouth. When
helt him up and wanted to know what
in the name of love and mercy what was
the matter, with a sad and trembain
voice he told me that ''long Betsey"
had fickered and went back on him
that whereas he use to call for fresh
meat at every fire, he couldn't take her
and hit the side of a meetin house now.
''What in all the round discovered
world do you reckon has got the mat
ter with her all of suddent, Tom Bill
ly?" says I.
"Raley, Rufe. couldn't say for GER
tain what is the matter with her." says
Tom Billy. in sad and chokin voice,
4'but the other day shot her uphill
and hit lightwood stump, and reckon
must of straint her"
RUFUS SANDERS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
THE STATE LEGISLATURE
THIRD DAY.

Nashville, Jan. 6.--Soon after the senate met
this morning. Mr.. Ellis of Rutherford introduced
a joint resolution providing for a committee of
three from the house and two from the senate to
investigate the Offices OF the comptroller and
treasurer to examine into the accounts. youch-
ers etc. of these off1ces, to examine into the
compromises made with the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company and the Mobile & Ohio RailIo
Company, to ascertain the amounts due charita-
BILE Institutions, for clerk hire and on criminal
costs, and to report soon as possible. The
resolution was adopted under suspension of the
rules. Senator CollingswOrth introduced resO-
luton looking to an investigation Of the State
library
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
WIT AND WIZARD.
Bill Nye's Clever Trick on Prof. Herr
mann, the Magician.

Bill Nye's Clever Trick Prof. Herr
mann, the Magician.
A few years ago, Bill Nye and Herr
mann, the magician, met for the first
time in a small Chic town. They
stopped at the same hotel, and were
given seats at the same table in the
dining-room. They bowed politely and
began talking about the weather, each
believing that the other did not recog-
nize his vis-a-vis. Just as Nye raised
his knife and fork to cut a dish of let
tuce salad, Hermann uttered a cry of
protest. Excuse me, sir" remarked
the wizard, 'but thought saw some
thing queer there in your lettuce"
The humorist carefully looked over the
salad, leaf by leaf, but found nothing,
and again raised his knife to cut it.
Again he was stopped by sharp cry
from Hermann, who added, apologet-
ically: II beg thousand pardons, but
there is something there. Excuse me"
-and he pointed to large lettuce-leaf.
raised it, and disclosed underneath
magnificent diamond cluster ring.
Nye slowly picked up the ring, and,
without the slightest manifestation of
surprise, drawled out: This sort of
thing has gone just far enough. I'm
continually shedding diamonds wher-
ever go. Day before yesterday lost
solitaire in sugar-bowl in Pitts
buTgh, and in Cleveland this morning
the chambermaid. in sweeping my room.
found three or four more. 1t is posi-
lively giving me brain-fag to keep track
of these things, and I'm going to give
it up as bad job" Reckoning to wait
ress, he slipped Herrmann's ring into
her hand and said: Here's a trifie for
you. Keep it to remember me by; it's
yours" 1t took the owner of the ring
about ba,f day to recover it.-San
Francispo Argonaut.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
THAT Hellatious Bad right.


But if YOU ever saw a white man tho +
needed a good soft place to lay down
and laugh all over, it was me at the
Cross Roads on last election day.
It was way long in the shank of the
evenfn before old man Dick Wallace
showed up to vote, and when he did
come he brung with him all the marks
and signs of fight. He was black and
blue in spots, and all bunged and
bruised up to scandlous extent. Some
of the boys wanted to know of him
where he was when the cyclone passed.
and old man Dick responded back and
said:
swell, boys. / have jest naturally had
a most hellatious bad fight"
Now, as everybody knows, old man
Dick Wallace is one of these good, lazy,
good -for-nothin kind of men, and didn't
come from fghtin stock nohow. So
the crowd was powerful surprised to
hear the news, and at onct the boys
wanted to know all about the fight.
"It was all on account of politics,
no doubts-which / have been stickiu
my finger in the pie considerable here
of late" says the old man. But at any
rates, way long in the dead hours or
last night three men rode up to my
house and hitched their horses and
wanted to see me in hurry. When l
responded to the call they met me at
the door. they did, led me out through
the front gate and took me off down
there in the woods, and tied me to tree
and beat me up scandlous."
'Was that all? ?"
'sYes, thank the Lord, that was all, /"
says old man Dick, land | tell you, boys,
it was most hellatious bad fight"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15

me make Some sich remarks 10 that gem
eral extent, Blev." Gays Lige. But.
dadbIame it, you see. Blew, at that time
| didn't have no idea that the party
ever would put yaller dog on the
ticket"
Lige Runnels is one of the few AMI
scatterin men which have now abol-
ished the yailer dog clause from their
politics. But Blew Scroggins and Andy
Lucas-they amt gone nowheres.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
A FATAL WRECK
aused by Disobediencs OF n Train Dis
,nfnI...aa

Caused by Disobediencs OF n Train Dis
patcher's Orders.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Jan. 1o.-A disas-
trous freight collision occurred on the
Santa Fe, IL miles north of here, at
three o'clock yesterday morning, when
two freight trains came together, com.
pletely demolishing both engines, kill.
ing Engineer Haggerty and Head
Brakeman Matshel. Both were mar
ried. Several head of cattle and hogs
were killed. The south-bound train
had orders to take sidetrack at Has.
lett, but disQbeYsd orders
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15

sue anu QOWu II
the otherl am
bound to main
tain that good
common sense
is one of the
G o n e ! e ye S t
m o S t uncom-
monest things
in all the round
created world.
And | have like
wise also took
notice that you
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15

An extraordinary story of the cred
ulity of Russian peasants comes from
Slavyansk, in southern Russia, where
a woman whose little Een-yrar-old girl
had sore eyes consulted with witch
doctor and was told to apply gunpowder
to the child's eyes and touch it off with a
match. She obeyed, binding the child
and iniuring herself
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
A COSTLY BLAZE.
Packing House of the Anchor Flour MIL
Destroyed.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Jan. 11.-Fire
at o'clock yesterday morning totally
destroyed the packing house OF the
Anchor -four mill, owned by the Pills
bury Wash burn Milling Co. Loss $500,
600; fully insured. The flames origi-
mated in the third story of the build
ing from an unknown cause and for a
time threatened the destruction Of the
entire mill, the FIRE wall, however,
withstood the fires assault, prevent
ing further damage.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15

sometimes find great gobs of common
sense where you aint lookin for goods
and chattels of that description. You
can't sometimes always take the meas
ure of man by his general personal ap-
DearmentS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
PRiDE'S FALL.
A Post once Clerk Caught Carrying on
Mailed Merchandise.

a EosL Umce Cierk OAuGht Carrying U1
Mailed Merchandise.
ST. Louis, Jan. l0-John Pride, a ne
gro, who has been employed as cIerl
in the mailing division of the pos
Office for the past Is years, was taker
into custody Friday evening and
locked up at the four courts, and
the post Office authorities will
apply for warrant charging
him with rifiing the mails. Pride
was captured while carrying away 1
package containing lead pencils con
signed to parties in Illinois.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
FOURTH DAY.


There was another flood of bills and resolu-
tiOns in the senate today. indicating that there
are busy times ahead. Mr.. Guild introduced a
resolution to investigate the books and accounts
of the commissioner of agriculture.
Mr.. FitZgerald's resolution looking to the
abolition Of the dOorkeeper OF the senate was
tabled after debate.
Mr.. Guilds resolution providing for the pur-
chase of copy of AnderSon's Constitutional
Law for each member OF the senate was referred
to the judiciary committee.
Mr.. FitZgerald's resolution fixing the COM
pensatiOn of the senate officials went to the
finance committee.
Among the bills offered were these:
By Mr.. Guild: To regulate and restrict the
payment OF costs and fees in criminal prosecu-
tiOnS.
By Mr.. Gillham: To make it misdemeanor
to interfere in any way with the current, lines,
poles or appliances OF electric light or power
companies.
Speaker Thompson appointed Messrs. Collins
worth and Waddel to look into the affairs OF the
State Librarian, and Messrs. Ellis and Gillham,
on the part Of the senate, to examine the books,
etc, OF the comptroller and treasurer.
The senate then adjourned until tomorrow.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15

Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparre's
great pathological library has been sold
to London bookseller, as the efforts
to raise money enough to buy it for
the Guildhall library were unsuccess-
full.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
BANKER SUICIDES.
II-HeaIth Supposed to be the Cause OF
the Act.

LEBANON, Pa, Jan. 11.-James II.
Gossler, cashier of the Lebanon ma
tional bank, the largest banking in
stitution in this city, made a desperate
attempt to commit suicide shortly
before noon yesterday by shooting
himself through the head. He was
still alive at late hour last night,
but cannot recover. Ill-health is sup
posed to have been the cause of the
act Mr.. Gossler was about fifty-four
years OF age and has a wife and two
children. He has borne an unblem-
ishe6 reputation and his accounts at
the bank are entirely correct For
many years Mr.. Gossler was teacher of
the largest Sunday-school class out
side of Philadelphia, but lately gave
up his class on account of ill-health.
LATER-It has been learned that
Gossler died at 9:15 Sunday evening.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15

A New Trial Asked for AIonzo walIIng.
FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 1.-THE at
torney of Alonzo Walling, sentenced
to be hanged at Covington for COM
plicity in the Pearl Bryan murder,
yesterday fled a petition with the
court of appeals asking for a new
hearing.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
THE OLD STORY TELLER,
The Sage OF Rocky Creek Tells
Good Short Ones.
Common Sense the Most Oncommonest
Thing In the Worl,l-The County Fair
"A ..hfost Heiiatious Bad Fight
THE Yeller Dog Clause"

Takin the vain and f1eetin things of
this life as they come and go-up one
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
WIRED IN eY CUBANs.

"A Novel Way I'm Which To Catch Span
lards-Led Into Wire Bound Ambus
cRde, Defeated and Driven Back Upon
Smother Line of Barbed Wire Strung
Across Their Rear and Literally SIaugh'
tarau.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15
CABINET MAKING.

The Selection of Presiden:. ELECT nrcKfn.
Iey's Omcial Family Work of Enor.
nous Care and SEudy-The Fitting of the
Pegs tn the Hole, SO to Please Every
body Not an E.sy Matter-Proninent
Prob.biiitIeS
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-15

Collections Made and Prompt Returns-
Money TO Loan on Reasonable Terms.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-04-15

When person is losing flesh and
wasting away there is cause for alarm.
Nothing SO worries physician, Con
sumptives would never die if they
could regain their usual weight. In
fact there would be no consumption if
there was no wasting Of the system.
The cause of this loss of flesh is fail
ure to properly digest the food eaten.
Nine-tenths of all our diseases date
back to the arrangement of the stom-
ach.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial will
stop this wasting Of the body. It acts
by causing the food we eat to be di-
gested SO as to do good, for undigest-
cd food does more harm than good.
The cordial contains food already d.
gested and is digester of foods as
we'll.
Every mother hates to make her
children take Castor Oil. Laxol is
sweet Castor Oil.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-04-15
LITTLE pETE'S MURDER.
Why Cinnamon Want the Emper.
or to Change Sentence.

It is difficult thing to get an in
teresting story out of a Chinaman.
But nevertheless such a thing did
happen during the last week when
representative of The GAZETTE learn
ed from Hal Wing, the local Chinese
laundry proprietor, the reason for the
unusual spectacle of party of eight
Cinnamon, two of them millionaires,
the others with fortunes in the hum
dreds of thousands, pleading with the
Chinese minister at Washington to
use his influence with their Emperor
to save their lives. It appears that
two of the Cinnamon have been SEN
fenced to be beheaded and the others
to spend the remainder of their lives
in dungeon in case they ever trod
within the Chinese Empire again.
While it is not likely that the SEN
fenced men will ever return to China
again they do not wish to have such
sentence hanging over them. They
fear that the Emperor's sentence will
be carried out by those mysterious
means known to the Cinnamon of the
West-that some agent of the En-
peror will bring their careers to sud-
den stop. Hence their desire to have
the Chinese minister, Yang Yu, who is
soon to depart for China, to sue with
the Emperor and have the horrible
sentences removed.
Hal Wing states that the sentencing
ofthese wealthy subjects of the Chinese
Emperor is due to the murder Of
Fung Ching, otherwise known as Lit
tie Pete, in San Francisco, less than
two months ago. Little Pete was a
notorious gambler, professional politi-
clan, autocrat, and one of the wealth
lest Cinnamon in the United States
if not the world. The stopping of his
earthly career grew out of the bitter
ness existing between the two big
Chinese societies, known as the See
Yups and the Sam Yups, Little Pete
being one of the latter, and the DOOM
ed Cinnamon belonging to the former
organization. Little Pete was practic-
ally the power behind the throne in
his organization and his ambition was
to make it so important as to drown
all other Chinese organizations. He
aimed at the See Yups particularly,
and so exact and powerful were his
blows that the members of the latter
fraternity saw the life of their organ
ization only in the death of Little
Pete.
According to Hal the murder of Lit
tie Pete caused all the other murders
by the highbinders to fade into insig-
nificance. For two years this man
went around with the price of $4,000
on his head, and no one dared to mo-
lest him. When the deed was done