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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
Weather and Crops.

The governments weather report for
October for Tennessee is as follows:
Weather favorable until 18th, after
which rains greatly delayed blowing,
seeding fall grains and gathering crops;
numerous frOSts from 18th to close of
the month, killing on 22d and 27th;
rains and winds greatly damaged corn
and cotton; more rottcd corn in the
fields, especially in shocks, than ever
known, yield much reduced; cotton
promised good yield, but picking pro-
gressed slowly. much of crop lost in
fields by beating rains; early sown
wheat and other grains growing finely;
intended area for wheat largest for
years; only small percentage yet sown,
seeding greatly delayed by rains, but
progressing as rapidly as weather per-
mits; fall crops generally good.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
THE WONDERLAND DISASTER.
Three More Bodies, Making Eleven In All,
Recovered from the Ruins The In
jured at the Hospitals.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 7-Three more
victims were yesterday dug from the
ruins of the new Wonderland build
ing, which collapsed Saturday after
noon. This makes the death list so
far IL. The bodies recovered yester-
day were identified as Peter Pfeific.
carpenter; Frank Wolfe, timer, and
Max Pett, who was Wolfe's helper.
All the injured at the hospitals are
reported on the improve, excepting
Edward Fischer, who is expected to
die.
A mass-meeting of representative
citizens was held at noon yesterday
in the mayors office, and over 81 900
was subscribed for the relief of the
families of those who were killed.
The loss on the property was esti-
mated yesterday for the first time. 1t
is believed that $1O2, 900 will entirely
cover it. What caused the catastrophe
is still unknown, and probably will be
until the coroner's inquest. a promi-
nent local architect, in an interview
yesterday, stated that he did not be-
lieve in the theory that the steel work
was 1dultS' OuC oSilo h0 uiu OoIlo'o
that it was not heavy enough.
All three bodies discovered yester-
day were in the center of the building,
buried under tons of debris. Frank
Wolfe was found strangled to death
by heavy steel girder, which lay
across his throat, being otherwise un-
injured. Both the other bodies were
frightfullY mangled. In addition to
those known to be dead, there are still
missing Fred Miller, Charles Mielke
ond o. Mullin.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
GEN. WHEELER AT MOBILE.
The Old Veteran Given n Continuous Ova-
tion, n Public Reception and
banquet.

Mobile, Ala, Nov. 5.-Gen. Joe
Wheeler and staff, consisting of Capt
j. K. Thompson, Maj. II. S. Turrell
and Charles f. Penny, arrived from
Huntsville, and were met by commit
tee. The party joined the Mobile &
Ohio officials on private car to
Chronicle, where Gen. Wheeler will ir-
spect the proposed site of the arm=
sanitarium. The progress of the gen
eral through the streets was a contin-
uous ovation. From the car he made
a short address. The -purport of the
address was the future of Alabama
and the southern states in commercial
relation with the territory which the
United States has acquired by force
of circumstances" The general held
a public reception at the Kattel house
at night, and was rendered a banquet.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
A HANDSOME GIFT.
The Caldwell Sisters Make Another Pre-
sent to the Catholic University of
America at Washington.

Washington, Nov. 7.-The Catholic
University of America, through its
rector, Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, ID. D.,
was the recipient on Saturday of n
gift of $4,000 for the establishment of
a fellowship in the faculty of divinity.
The donors are Mary Gwendoline Byrd
Caldwell, Marquise de AIerinville, and
her sister, Mary Eliza Breckenridge
Caldwell. Baroness Won Zedtwitz. The
Baroness Won Zedtwitz, who is in
Paris, cabled to her sister in Washing
ton her desire to unite with her in the
establishment of this fellowship.
which is in perpetual memorial of
their deceased parents, and is indie
pendent of the scholarship founded
few days before by the Marquis de
MerinVille.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
Death Of Col. John F. Porter.

Col John +. Porter, one of the most
most widely-known men in West Ten
nessee. died last week near Ripley, of
congestion of the lungs. He was with
a party of gentlemen hunting at Big
Lake. near Ripley, and was suffering
so intensely during the night that he
called DR.. Battle, who was one of the
party and was sleeping near him, but
all remedies failed, and he died in a
short time. Col. Porter was a native of
Tennessee and had been identified with
the States history from early manhood.
He was G3 years old. He was gallant
Confederate soldier, and since the war
had devoted his time TO stock raising
and agriculture.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
A TERRIBLE COLLAPSE.
The New Wonderland Theater Building at
Detroit, Mich, Fell In-Six Men Dead
and Several Injured.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 6.-The roof of
the new Wonderland theater collapsed
at las p. M, carrying down the iron
galleries of the structure and a great
mass of scaffolding and debris. Some
25 men were working under the col
lapsed parts of the structure. Scarce
ly any of these men seem to have es-
capped injury. The bodies of six dead
men have already been recovered. Sew
eral others are fatally injured.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
MUST FACE THE MUSIC.
Wilhelm Lodtman, Once Wealthy Boz
hemIan, Arrested for Swindling in
Passing Bogus Checks.

Chicago, Nov. 7.-Wilhelm Lodtman,
once a wealthy lumber dealer of Bo-
hemia, and later a lieutenant in the
German army, is under arrest in this
city charged with swindling. Lodt-
man admits having passed worthless
checks and drafts in various parts of
the country during the last three
years, but claims that the whole
amounted to only $1,000, most of which
he paid back. The police assert, how
ever, that Lodtman has secured sever
al thousand dollars, AMI was about to
pass worthless draft for a large sum
at Port Huron when captured.
Lodtnlan is well known in America
and Europe as newspaper writer on
scientific subjects
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
A FORMIDABLE FLEET.
Vessels Now on the Way to Manila VIII
Give Us Force In Eastern
Waters.

Washington, Nov. admiral Bunce
tclegraphed the navy department that
the cruiser Buffalo, Commander Hemp
hill, had sailed at noon for the Philip
pines via Suez. The gunbOat Helena
sailed Thursday for the same destina-
ton. With these accessions coming
Immediately upon the heels of Capt.
Barker's squadron of battleships and
golfers, Admiral Dewey will have
formidable fleet, probably second in
offensive power to only one European
nation, namely, England, in eastern
waters. 1t is not believed, however,
that he will have need of all this force,
and he doubtless viii be able to spare
some of the vessels which may be in
need of repair to return to Mare Is
land
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
Only Too Glad to Do So.

Petition for a writ of habeas corpus
was filed in the circuit court at Nash
vile one day last week against w. c..
Kilvington, superintendent of the Ten
nessee Industrial School, by Mrs. Roxy
Kenoye of Greenville, Miss, seeking to
obtain the custody of her 15-year-old
daughter, Clara. Mrs. Kenoyc, accom-
panied by her daughter, went to Nash
vile in September on account of fever
in Mississippi. The young lady had
previously threatened to run away and
marry, and to prevent this Mrs. Kenoye
decided to put her in the industrial
school. Supt. Kilvington settled the
habeas corpus case in 4 jitfy the next
day. when he produced Clara in court.
The superintendent said he was willing
20 turn the girl over to her mother
without any ado; that the first intima-
ton he had that Mrs. KenOye wanted to
take her daughter out of the school was
when he read the fact of the filing of
the petition in the newspapers. He said
he had never refused to give up the
child. and no demand had ever been
made on him by the mother.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
VICTIMS OF ESCAPING GAS.
Two People Dead and "a Third Almost Be
yOnd Recovery from IniIalIng
Gas 1T Boston,

Boston, Nov. 6.-William Trubeau,
6S years old, who was on visit here
from Coaticock, Canada, was found
dead in bed with the gas turned on at
full force He had been dead several
his room.
Ia Elliott street, Philip Baff was
found de;,d in bed, and his wife was
Unconscious by his side. Baff was IS
years of age. The gas was escaping.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
PROPOSITIONS REFUSED.
The Spanish Commissioners Rejected Our
Philippine Proposition, But NeSOtia-
lions were Not Broken OF.

Paris. Nov. 5.-The joint session of
the peace commissions lasted two
hours. The Spaniards refused the
propositions made by the Americans
on Monday last, but the negotiations
were not broken off. While it is be-
lieyed that no formal counter PROPOSE
ton was made, there was a discussion
of the Philippine question outside the
lines of the American propositions.
The commissions then adjourned until
Tuesday next.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
state Industrial Convention.

President Harris of the Nashville
Chamber of Commerce has issued a call
for the industrial convention to be held
there January IS. The call says, in
part: Its principal object shall be 10
impress our Legislators with the impor-
tance of the enactment of such laws as
will encourage and develop the great
industrial interests of the State al large;
we therefore call upon all the business
organizations throughout the State to
assist in this important work by the ap-
pointment of delegates, composed Of
your most representative and public
spirited citizens to attend this cunven-
tion and do such other work as in your
Judgment will make the convention 4
success"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
Aieut. NIblack Going to Join Admiral
Dewey's Flagship.

Washington, Nov. 7.-Lieut. Niblack,
formerly in charge of the naval mi
litia branch of the navy department,
and just detached from the command
OF the torpedo boat Winslow, which
has gone out of commission, reported
at the navy department yesterday, en-
route to Manila. He sails from San
Francisco on the 18th, having been as
signed TO duty on Admiral Dewey's
flagship, the Olympia. 1t was in large
part owing to the indefatigable eff
forts of Lieut.. Niblack that the naval
military was so generally developed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
ASSASSINATFD.
A Prominent Negro School Teacher and
Politician Shot from Ambush and
Instantly Killed.

Fort Worth, Tex. Nov. IA horri-
BILE tragedy occurred in the suburbs of
GrOvetOn. s. j. Graham, colored,
chairman of the republican executive
committee and leader of the party in
Trinity county, was assassinated, two
bullets being sent crashing through
his brain from the left side.
Graham was an educated negro and
a teacher in the colored schools.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
Tennessee River.

The annual meeting of the Tennessee
River Improvement Association will be
held at Chattanooga Nov. %. Gen.
Joseph Wheeler is president. A memo
rial to congress asking for sufficient ap-
preparation to improve the Tennessee
from Chattanooga to its mouth, SO as to
make it navigable the year round, will
be prepared at this meeting.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
Suicide of Boston Brass MOIder, Despon-
dent from Lack of Work.

Cleveland, o., Nov. "a man, ap-
parently 60 or 65 years of age, who
registered at the Jefferson hotel day
or two ago as John Jones, Boston,
Mass, was found dead in his room
late Thursday night. An empty vial
labeled chloride hydrate, accompanied
by the following note, told the story
CT a suicide The note was as fol-
lows:
MY name is Smith; live in Boston;
| am a brass moulder by trade. Am
out of work; let the grave digger do
the rest
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
Revenne Accent Seiznra

United States Revenue Agent In
grams report for October shows: Regis
tered distilleries seized, 6; gallons of
spirits seized, !. 2.154; packages of chew
ing gum seized, 1.422: cakes of soap
seized. l46; boxes of axle grease seized,
5S; packages OF Jamaica ginger seized,
~; value of property seized, IS. 40j; taxes
reported for assessment, 81. .521.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
Must Hs.sten the pepnrture Of Troops.

Washington, Nov. 5.-Advices from
the Cuban military commission yes
terday were to the effect that the
Spanish evacuation of Puerto Princi-
pc will take place earlier than the Esd.
and that it will be desira BILE to send
the troops, designated in the order
issued yesterday, as early as the 18th.
The transport Chester, which will car
ry regiment, probably will sail from
Savannah, un the Sth, with the Fif-
teenth infantry. which is to go to the
town of Puerto Principe. The Eighth
cavalry and the Third Georgia viii fol-
low soon afterwards
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
Gorernor,s Duck Hunt.

Governor Taylor has sufficiently re-
covered from his recent illness to enjoy
a duck hunt near his old home on the
Nolachucky. he visited his brothers,
Alf and James, at the home place last
week and spent several hours very
pleasantly. Gov. Taylor hopes to be in
Nashville sCme time this week. He is
improving with remarkable rapidity.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
The Navy Department Notified.

Washington, Nov. 6.-The navy de-
partment has received a dispatch
from Lieutenant-Comma Harris,
who was with the Maria Teresa when
she left Caimenara, saying he reached
Charleston Friday night on the wreck
ing tug Merritt with the officers and
IS men, formerly the crew of the Ma
ria Teresa. The cruiser was lost
about 80 miles north of San Salvador,
Tuesday last, in northeast gale of
exceptional violence.
officers attached to the navigation bu-
Upon the receipt of the news, the
reau Immediately consulted the charts
to locate the scene of the disaster.
The first glance satisfied them that the
last had been seen of the ill-fated
Maria Teresa. As near as they could
calculate the vessel lies in about $500
fathoms of water, or nearly three
miles.
The location "a degrees north lati-
tUde by 1870 west longitude, about
235 miles distant from Nassau. At the
time the Teresa sunk she was about
80 miles distant from Caimanera, the
port from which she started a little
over two days before.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
New Furnace Company.

The Clarksville Furnace Company has
been incorporated by President NJ. II.
Smith of the Louisville & Nashville, H.
w. Bruce. Cushman Quarter, w. d.
Hines, }. II. Ringgold and z. c. Lewis.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11

London, Nov. 5.--The streets of the
city were crowded all morning, an
immense number of people seeking to
witness Gen. Kitchener's triumphal
progress to the Guild hall, to receive
the freedom of the city of London and
the sword of honor presented to him
in recognition of his defeat Of the
derviShes at Omdurman.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
The General Given an Ovation

The general received a great ova-
ton, as, accompanied by three aides
de-camp, and dressed in full generals S
uniform with the Egyptian sash, he
drove through the streets. At the
Guild hall there was the quaintest
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
FIRE IN THE CAPITOL
The Supreme Court Room Wrecked by an
Explosion OF Unknown Origin
Great Damage Results.

Washington, Nov. THE United
States supreme court room, located
near the center of the capitol, is
wrecked, the valuable law library
connected with it seriously damaged,
ard many of the valuable records of
the court filed away in vaults beneath
that portion of the capitol have been
destroyed. This is the result of an eX-
plosion of gas, which occurred in the
sub-basement of the capitol, just be-
meath the supreme court room. at $500
o'clock yesterday Afternoon. The eX-
plosion destroyed the flooring and en-
trance to the room Immediately below
the supreme court room, and the fire
which followed communicated at once
to the law library and supreme court
room.
Except for a small flame of burn
ing gas the fire had been eXtinguished
at 1880.
Damage Wrought by the Explosion.
The explosion destroyed the light
ing apparatus in the immediate vicin-
ity, and because of the darkness it is
difficult to learn the exact damage.
Those about the building at the time
of and Immediately after the explo-
sion all agree that it came from gas,
though there is a difference of Opin-
ion as to what caused it. An engineer
in the building stated that a gas meter
had exploded. Another official stated
that he understood a small gas en-
gine, used in running the private ele-
vator for the members of the supreme
court, was located in the vaults, and
that the explosion came from it, but
the most plausible statement is that
in the vaults where the records are
kept gas jets continually burn. 1t is
believed that one of these jets blew
out from draft, and that the gas
escaped from it until the tightly
closed vault had been filled with gas,
which, perforating through cracks,
reached a lighted jet, thus causing an
explosion.
Force OF the Explosion was Terrific.
An examination of the lower por-
ton of the building shows that the
force of the explosion was terrific.
Doors and windows are blown out and
in many places there are large cracks
in the underpinning of the walls. 4
statement, which the conditions do not
permit of being substantiated at this
time, was made that several of the
supporting columns to the main en-
trance to the building are six inches
out of plumb. There is no doubt that
many valuable papers and documents
have been permanently destroyed, and
their value from a money standpoint
could not be estimated.
Attracted Immense Throngs to the Scene.
The fire engines attracted an i'm
mense throng to the plaza, where our
presidents are inaugurated, and the
news of the fire spread rapidly
throughout the city. Twenty thou
sand dollars had just been expended
iE improving the supreme court room.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11

p Washington, Nov. 5.-The admins
tration is waiting results from the
peace commission with equanimity in
the realization that the government
is perfectly well prepare for any turn
the negotiations may take.
The Navy is All Shipshape.
The navy especially is in state of
preparedness, should it come to re-
sumption of hostilities, far in advance
of its condition at the outbreak of the
war. One by one all the splendid
fighting machines of the North At
lantic squadron, which has been
brought north at the earliest moment,
were docked, cleaned and thoroughly
refitted at the New York and Norfolk
navy yards. Their ammunition sup
plies were replenished, and they are
now, with possible one or two eN-
ceptions, ready for instant service IN
almost any quarter of the globe.
Dewey's Fleet all in Good Trim.
Admiral Dewey has taken consider
able precautions in the cases of his
own vessel, having dispatched them
one by one to the big British docks
at Hong Kong, where they have been
placed in as good condition as possI-
bic outside of our home ports. Secre-
tary Long has prudently declined to
part with the numerous fleet OF aux
iliary vessels acquired by the govern
ment, just prior to and during the
war. These were all inspected by
technical board, which found that
number of them were not particular
ly we'll adapted to navy uses, but the
secretary concluded that these vessels
are still sufficiently serviceable for
emergency uses and, accordingly, KePI
them in condition to be commissioned
at short notice.
The ARMY More Formidable Than Ever
As far as the army is concerned
while the original force of nearly
quarter of a million men called into
service by the president has been
largely diminished by the mastering
out of many regiments and orgamza-
tions, it is the opinion of expert mill
tary officers that the army, as whole,
is really a more formidable weapon
now than it was at any period during
the war. This apparently paradoXlcal
statement is explained by the fact that
such of the troops as are now IN the
service have had the discipline OF sew
eral months hard training; the men
have steadily improved in efficiency
and their officers know how to take
care of them, as well as to fight bat
ties.
tho Staff Eured,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
THE MARIA TERESA LOST.
The Late Spanish Cruiser Has Found
Her Resting Place at the
Bottom of the Ocean.
SHE SANK TUESDAY, OFF THE BAHAMAS.
The Crew Rescued and Brought to Charles
ton, :. C., by the Wrecking Tug Merritt
The Vessel Fell Victim to the Recent
Severe Storms Which are Said to Have
Been of Exceptional Violence.

Charleston, 5. c., Nov. 6.-The ocean
tug Merritt put into Charleston for
supplies. She reported the loss of the
cruiser Maria Teresa, raised by Con-
structor Hobson recently, off San Sal
vador, Bahamas, November /, in the
midst of a furious storm.
The cruiser left Caimanera, Cuba, on
the morning of October 30, in tow, for
New York. She had already passed
Cape Maysi and started northeast
around the Bahamas. A furious storm,
warning of which had already been
sent out, overlook her, and in her con-
dition she was unable to weather the
gale. The strain opened rents in her
hull, which had been patched to ena-
bic her to make the journey, and she
began to fill rapidly. The Merritt
took off Capt. Harris and the crew
from the sinking ship, and she soon
went down. The Merritt brought the
captain and 136 men, who will pro-
Cecd north by rail. No lives were lost
as far as known.
The Merritt is now at quarantine,
six miles from the city, cOmmunica-
ton with her being difficult.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-11
BRITAIN LATEST HERO.
Gen. Kitchener, the Conqueror of the
Dervishes, Presented with the
Freedom Of London.
A SWORD OF HONOR ALSO PRESENTED.

The Quaint Ceremonial Took Place at the
Guild Hall, In His Progress to Which the
General was the Recipient OF an Ovation
from the Crowds of People that Lined
tho Streets.
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OUR fighting NACHNES.
They Are in a Better State of Pre-
psredness Than Ever Should
an Emergency Arise.
OUR BIG SHIPS HAVE BEEN 0YERHAULED.

Tie Little Ones arc Ready to be Promptly
NIanned-The Army is Well Drilled AMI
Disciplined and the STAFF Corps Has
Been Cured of Many or Its Evil Ways
All are Maitins Upon Spain.