The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-16

Gen. Borin has been appointed act
ing military governor of Paris, in sue
cessiOn TO Gen. Zurlinden, who hai
accepted the portfolio of minister o
war.
President Mckinley and as many
members of his cabinet as can do sC
will attend some portion of the peac,
jubilee, which begins at the Omah'
exposition October 10.
The Spanish cabinet has agreed tc
take the most stringent measures tc
prevent the publication OF the proceed
ings of the cortes and to provide for
the censorship of telegraphic dis
patches.
On the 7th the directors of the Amer.
lean Sugar Refining Co. declared the
regular quarterly dividend of three
per cent. on the common stock and Z
per cent. on the preferred stock, paya-
BILE October 3.
For using abusive language an6
striking an enlisted man, Capt. T. K.
Marks, Co. c, One Hundred and Six
tieth Indiana, has been relieved of his
command and later will be tried by
cOurt-martial.
The Stars and Stripes were raised
with the British union jack and the
royal standard on the marque erected
on Salisbury plain during the review
of the troops at the end of the army
maneuvers in England on the sth.
The Spanish government has re,
quested of the United States the priv
ilege of sending a few small gunboats
to certain of the Philippine islands
where the insurgents are particularly
active, with a view to maintaining
Spanish sovereignty there.
The Athens Asty says it learns from
an authentic source that as soon as the
British troops arrive at Gambia from
Malta, the Turkish garrison in Gambia
will be expelled, martial law pro-
claimed and the ringleaders of the riots
put on trial and probably hanged if
found guilty.
At the opening of the British Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Science
at Bristol, on the 7th, President
Crooks, in his inaugural address, adj
vanced the theory that the worlds
wheat supply will fail to keep pace
with the needs of the growing popuIa-
tion beyond the year 1851.
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Mr.. w. III. Damsel, of Chicago, g
member of the board of managers of
the Adams Express Co., says that the
report that the express companies have
decided to pay the war tax is not true,
and that no conference has been held
between the officials OF the Adams,
American and United States express
companies.
The recent decision in the case of
the Carnegie Steel Co. against the
Cambria Iron Co., in which the validity
Of the patents of the late Capt. w. r..
Jones, of the former concern, were es-
tablished, is anid to be the most i'm
pOrtant and far-reaching gained in in
dustrial circles of the world within re-
cent years. Millions are involved.
In Denver, Col, the National Eli
tOrial association, on the 9th, accepted
the report presented by W. L. Eaton,
Of Illinois, chairman of the committee
On press laws, providing for stand
ing committee of three 20 confer with
the various state press associations
with reference to bringing about uni
forRity of press laws 5y concurrent
action of state legislatures.
The queen of the Netherlands and
ler mother, on their arrival at The
Hague from Amsterdam, on the 9Th,
were received with the same ceremo-
1ials thai marked the entry of the
royal party into Amsterdam. The
streets and houses were magni6cently
decorated, and the cheering was con-
tiuuous throughout the passage of the
procession from the railroad station to
the palace,
The admirals of the foreign powers
stationed in Cretau waters, replying to
the protests OF the Cretan executive
committee against the recent mas
sacres, have declared that they viii
recommend that their respective gov
eruments solve the question definitely
by the removal of the Turkish troops
from the island of Crete, and. the ap-
pOintment of a governor to be elected
by the powers.
In the Spanish cOrtes, on the 7th, in
secret session, most bitter elimination
and recrimination betw cen members
of the government and Gen. Weyler
took place, the latter holding the
statesmen responsible for reverses,
and the former accusing the generals
of the army of cowardice. Count D'AI-
meuas declared that The sashes of
some generals should be torn off and
put around their necks."
Joseph Letter has cleared up his ia.
nous wheat deal Every creditor has
been paid, obligations to banks whose
assistance was enlisted have been can
celled, and IA, ,OOO, 900 bushels of wheat
have been liquidated since the an
nouncement of the voluntary assign.
ment nearly three months ago. To ac.
complish this, property belonging to
the elder Letter to the value of S., $780,
600 has been mortgaged.
The conference of West Indian rep
resentatives at the island of Barbados
passed a resolution, on the 9th, de
manding aid from the British home
government as a matter of right, as
being the only available remedy foI
the industrial crisis, and also demanded
the adoption of measures either for
the exclusion of bountyfed sugar
from the English market or the en-
forcement of countervaililg duties.
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