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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
A Mountain Terror.

A terrible tragedy occurred one night
last week in the mountains near South
Pittsburg, Deputy Sheriff William
Raulston being fatally shot by Charles
Russell, a notorious desperate whom
he was attempting to arrest on the
charge of passing counterfeit money.
Raulston chased RUSSELL into the
mountains, and when cornered the des-
perado opened fire on the officer. Raul
ston was struck three times, one ball
passing through the left eye and pene-
trating the brain, causing death in a
few hours. Raulston leaves family
and was very popular. A posse was or
ganized and went in pursuit of Russell,
who was found at the home of his
brother-in-law in the mountains. As
soon as the posse came in range Russell
opened fire with double barrel shot
gun. and fought desperately. He was
finally surrounded and captured. H.
L. w. Raulston, brother of the MUIR
dered man, shot him in the head. Rus
sell was taken to Jail at South Pitts
burg.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Burglars Make a Big Haul.

Burglars made big haul one night
last week at Dancyville, Haywood
county. They blew open a~small iron
safe in the store of DIR. ]. S. Rawlins,
from which they obtained about $4,000,
also securing from it the key to another
and larger safe near by containing over
$1,000. The amounts aggregate about
$40, 900, which would make the robbery
the largest ever occurring in the vicin-
ity.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
MORE SOLDIER VICTIMS.
North Carolina Soldiers in a Wreck
on the Florida Central &
Peninsula Railway.
COLLIDED WITH A VEGETABLE TRAIN.
Private william Barbee, of Durham, Killed
and j. NJ. COlclough Fatally Injured
The Accident Resulted From a Misun-
derstanding on the Part of the EngI-
neer of the Vegetable Train.

SAVANNAH, Ga, May 23.-Shortly
after a. m. the fourth section of train
No. 81 of the Florida Central e Penin-
sula railroad, en- route south to Tampa
with the Third battalion of the First
regiment North Carolina volunteers,
collided with a northbound vegetable
| train of the same line. Private Bar
bee, of Company 1, was instantly
killed, his head being crushed between
two cars; and Private j. NJ. Colclough,
of the same company, was injured so
badly that he can not recover.
The troops were travelling in a sec
tional train. The vegetable train was
waiting in a siding, and the engineer
thought all the sections had passed.
The engineer pushed ahead, and was
running at rapid pace when the col
lision occurred. Private Barbee was
to freight car containing
the baggage of the battalion.
lie attempted to jump and was
caught between the cars. His head
was terribly mashed, and both legs
broken. Private Colclough was in
jured internally. The train was at
tached to another engine and brought
back to Savannah. An undertaken was
sent for and took charge of the body
1t will be sent home for interment.
The battalion drew up in line outside
OF the ears as the body was carried
from the railroad station. A corporal's
squad from each company escorted the
remains to the undertaker's. The body
was carried from the depot on a
stretcher borne upon the shoulders of
four of the dead mans comrades The
battalion proceeded to Florida after a
wait of about two hours.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
MASSING THE TRANSPORTS.
They Are Nearly All Ready to Move the
Troops from Tampa and other
Points to Cuban Soil.

TAMPA, Fla, May 93.-Nearly all of
the transports chartered by the gov
erRment for the conveyance of troops
from Tampa have now arrived here.
The Leona, Iroquois, Santiago and
Cherokee have been added to
the list, bringing the total number
up to q, and two or three more are ex-
pected. All the the transports that
have recently dropped anchor at Port
Tampa were fitted up with banks and
stalls before leaving for the south. =
The new camping ground at Pal
metto Beach, two miles east of Tampa,
is now occupied by Jour regiments of
volunteer troops, the Third and Fifth
Ohio, Second Georgia and Thirty-second
Michigan. 1t is probable that most of
the volunteer troops will be located
there.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS
West Tennessee Doctors.

The West Tennessee Medical and
Surgical Association held its session at
Jackson last week and adjourned to
meet in Bolivar next November, the
semi-annual meeting. Tho election of
officers resulted as follows: DR.. Will
lam Krauss, Memphis. president; DR..
William NJ. Mason, Hazel, first vice
president; DR.. Asa Bell, Bethel Springs,
second president; DIR. }. A. Nc
Swain, Paris, secretary and treasurer.
Several able papers were read during
the session. One of the most importa Mt
events was the address of DIR. John A.
Witherspoon, of Vanderbilt Medical
University, on "The Stomach; Its Use
and Abuse"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Bishop Morrison a rennessean.

Rev. DIR. II. C. Morrison, who has just
been elected bishop in the Methodist
Church, is a native of Tennessee. He
has been missionary secretary of the
church for the past eight years, and
succeeded in liquidating the missionary
debt of $40, 900, which placed him high
in the estimation of churchmen. He
was educated at the Wesleyan Univer-
sity and at Emory and Henry colleges.
He entered the Holston conference in
1869, and served charges at Knoxville,
Tenn; San Francisco, Cal, and Ashe-
vile, n. c. He was editor of the Chris
tian Advocate for eight years. He has
been professor in Vanderbilt Univer-
sity and in Martha Washington, Emory
and Henry colleges.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
A SPANISH SUBTERFUGE.
The DOns Seeking Justification for EngRR-
Ing In PrivateerIns tG Destroy
American shipping.

MADRID, May 23-In the senate
Count Almenas vehemently protested
against the alleged action of some
American warships in displaying the
Spanish flag in order to deceive the
garrison of Guantanamo, as announced
on Saturday last in a dispatch from
Capt.-Gen. Blanco, who added that the
American ships were Immediately
recognized and repulsed."
The count asked if the government
had notified the powers of this in
cident.
The minister for the interior replied
that he had notified the powers, and
described this reported action as
'-cowardly and iniquituous."
Count Almenas said THAT in view
of Americas manner of making war,
Spain must Immediately decree pri-
Watering, in order to utterly destroy
American shipping"
To this the minister of the interior
replied that the government had delib-
Grated upon the matter, ''and had even
taken certain decisions which would
shortly be known"
Count Guendulain said the Americans
'act of piracy was admitted by certain
theorists as international law"
Senior Martinez Pacheco remarked
that it was doubtful whether such an
act was legal.
But" he added, ''in face of Amer
leans conduct in the war with Spain,
we must not show consideration for
them
Continuing the speaker protested
against Spain's adherence to the Geneva
convention, whereupon the minister of
the interior replied that Spain had not
vet entered the convention.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
"Simply as a Bluff it Would be
Worth a Hundred Millions
to the Government.
THE OPINION OF AN EXPERT ENGINEER.
With the Canal Completed We Gould Com
maad the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans =
Tho Oregon Would Have Saved Forty
Days In tho Trip to BIrbadoes Value
In a Race for Manila.

CHICAGO, May 21-Mr. Lyman e.
Cooley, the well-known engineer, who
spent two months of last winter on the
route of the proposed Nicaragua canal,
IN an interview says:
'tAs bluff, if nothing more, the
Nicaragua canal in operation to-day
would be worth $l00,0O0,003 ito this
government. Completed, it could
perpetually say to- all nations
that our fleets, in a moment OF
necessity, could command the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans as no other fleets in
the world would be able to do.
''In race for Manila-we starting
at New York and Spain at Cadiz-we,
with the Nicaragua canal, could reach
the Philippines before any feet passing
through the Suez canal could do So"
Mr.. Cooley has studied the journey
of the battleship Oregon around South
America with extraordinary interest,
since, if the Nicaragua canal had been
completed, the Oregon might have
been with Sampson weeks ago, or in an
emergency any part of our navy could
be dispatched to the Pacific coast with
the saving of thousands of miles of
journey.
Suppose, at the least" said Mr..
Cooley, that it cost S. / 900, ,00O TO con-
struct this canal, or the most S132, 000,-
900, what would that amount to in
view of the fact that at the present
moment every city on the Pacific coast
could be destroyed by hostile
feet before any fleet of ours
could even round Cape Horn. When
we could reach the ruins of San Fran
cisco the enemy would be at Hawaiia,
and when we were there they would be
at Manila or safely at home.
Leaving aside all question of the
value to us of the canal as powerful
agency for developing our commerce,
look at it's construction from war
point of view
The Atlantic coast will always be
the concentration point for the cream
of our navy. New York City is $4,000
miles from San Francisco without the
Nicaragua canal; that is, via the Straits
OF Magellan steam vessels leaving New
York are over 1900 miles from
San Francisco, and sailing vessels
via Cape Horn, ,6)0 miles away. The
canal would shorten one route 6,267
miles, and the other route 1O,953
miles. A man-ofwar sailing ten
knots an hour, or 240 miles
per day, would save in the
one instance "A days, and
in the other "a days time;
in other words, if the Ore
gon is at Blrbadoes, e. days were oc-
cupied by her in reaching that point
from San Francisco via Cape Horn.
With the Nicaragua canal completed
Al days time would have been saved"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
ON THEIR WAY TO THE COAST.
Cubans Fighting Their Way to Join with
the American Forces w hen They
Land the Island.

NEW YORK, May PA Key West
special says;
The Cubans are fighting their way to
the coast, where they will join with
our forces of invasion.
Three hundred CQbans engaged
squad of Spanish cavalry Thursday
last, 15 miles west of Matanzas. The
battle was fiercely waged in sight of
the ships on the blockade station.
The firing continued after dark, and
Friday morning the Spanish cavalry,
which had been reinforced during the
night by battalion OF infantry, were
seen retreating along the beach in the
direction of Havana.
The Cubans are pushing rapidly TO
the coast to join with our landing
troops.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
A PRESENT TO UNCLE SAM.
Prominent Rhode Islanders Intend to Per-
petuate the Name of oliver Hazard
Perry Appropriately.

NEWPORT, r. l., May 23.-Several cit
izens, headed by f. I. Garretson, have
inaugurated n movement for the pur-
pose of having the citizens of Rhode
Island build and equip the fastest tor
pedo-boat destroyer af1oat and present
it to the government.
1t is intended to give the contract to
the Hereshoffs, and to name her the
Oliver Hazard Perry, in honor of the
hero of Lake Erie, who was born in
Newport.
Mr. GarretsOn started the subscrip-
ton with 81 ,O90. There is considera-
BILE enthusiasm here over the matter.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
SIXTH HEAVY ARTILLERY.
The Regiment Surprised by Orders to
Leave Old Point and Proceed to
Chickamauga Park.

NORFOLK, Va, May 23.-The news
that the Sixth artillery (heavy) has
been ordered to Chicllamauga caused
the greatest surprise among the officers
and men of five batteries of the
regiment now located at Old
Point. They mad not expected
to be sent south. These officers
express the opinion that the order
means the formation of brigade of
siege artillery, which will be used in
the operations on Cuban soil. The
men are not averse to forming part of
the army of invasion. Many of them
express pleasure at the prospect of see
Ing active service.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
OTHERWISE UNNOTICER
Policy shops are again running in st.

Policy shops are again running in st.
Louis.
Roosevelts Rough Riders" are the
idols of San Antonio.
William j. Bryans Nebraska regi-
ment is rapidly filling UP.
The Dakota cowboy regiment has ar
rived at Chickamauga park.
The St. Louisians injured in the
Rossville (Tenn.) collision are all doing
we'll
The Hawaiian annexation treaty will
occupy the attention of the house this
week.
Several members of the Sixth Illinois
at Camp Alger, Va, are i'll with pneu-
monia.
Navy officials expect the reserve
squadron at Cadiz to attempt to join
Ce1vera.
The war revenue bill will probably
hold the attention of the senate for the
entire week.
Washing ton authorities are not wor-
ried over Spain's threat TO cut the Gal
weston cable.
War department officials say that
the invasion of Cuba by 1000 men will
take place this week.
st. Joseph (Mo.) women have resolved
to boycott French goods because of the
French attitude on the war.
The cruiser San Francisco chased a
steamer Saturday night off Boston
light, but failed to catch her.
The commission to adjust the dispute
between Venezuela and Great Britain
will meet in Paris next February.
Officers and men on shipboard are or
dered not to write to their friends of
prospective movements of their vessels.
The Indianapolis and Kansas City
baseball teams were arrested at Indian
apolis for violation of the Sunday law
a poisonous spring has been found at
Chickamauga park. One soldier died
from drinking the water and others
are i'll.
Congressman Dockery, of Missouri,
says that the Oregon's trip has shown
that the United States mrst build the
Nicaragua canal.
Edward Bellamy, author and human
itarian, died Sunday, at his home in
Chicopee Falls, Mass, in the forty
ninth year of his age.
The president has signed the bill
providing that site be selected for a
monument to the rank and file of the
Union army and navy.
The pope has promised the queen re-
gent of Spain that hia clergy would
maintain strict neutrality between her
government and the Carlists.
The Omaha exposition directors have
issued ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS invita-
tions to the national, state and munich
pal officers and the press for the open
ing exercises.
A member of the new Spanish cab
met says that this is war OF poverty
and weakness against wealth and
strength, but that Spain expects Eu-
ropes aid ultimately.
Dan Mullen, of the Terre Haute lind
police force, has caused the arrest of
the murder aud robbery of Mrs. Eliza
Stultz, near Portland, Ind.
Up to Sunday evening, according to
reports made to Adjt.-Gen. Corbin,
log, 900 volunteers had been mustered
into the services of the United States
under the presidents call for LA, 200
men.
Three men were killed and a num-
ber injured by collision On the Van
dalia line at Collinsville, Ill, Satur-
day. All of the injured, it is believed,
will recover. The dead are: Jerome
Martini, Charles Crillion and John
Klegge.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Raised a Flag.

Men employed in the Cincinnati
Southern shops at Chattanooga were
given half holiday last week in order
to engage in ceremonies attending the
formal raising of a mammoth silk
United States flag, purchased by the
employees of the company. The flag
was raised by sixteen little girls dressed
in white. Mayor Watkins, J. B. Frazier
and other prominent citizens made pa
triotic addresses.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
SPANISH RESERVE FLEET.
Reported that 1t VIII Maneuver In CadIz
Waters for the Present-OtheF
Spanish Matters.

MADRID, May 23.-According to cur
rent report here the Spanish reserve
fleet will maneuver in Cadiz waters un-
til its destination is decided upon.
1t is rumored that the Spanish au-
thoritics propose to fortify the Queen
of Spain's chair" on the summit of a
mountain overlooking Gibraltar, and
that they also intend to erect fortifica-
tions upon Europa point, at the east
ern entrance of Algeciras bay, and fac
ing Gibraltar.
A dispatch received here from Ha-
vana says the colonial government
HAS decreed that importations of food
into all the ports of Cuba are to be
free of duty"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
LIGHTERS TO BE CHARTERED
Belief That They Are Intended to Trans
port the Horses Of the Rough
Riders" to Cuba.

GALVESTON, lex, May 23.-Mai. Day
in command of the defenses of Calves
ton. who recently inspected the steam
lighters Bessie and Laura, the property
of the Galveston Lighter Co., and rec
commended them in proper condition
for government service, has received
orders to charter them.
Maj Day will put them in commits
sion as soon as possible.
The belief is prevalent here that the
lighters will be used in transporting
the horses of the Rough Riders, who
are expected to embark from here for
Cuba.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Wen-Stocked Still.

In Lincoln county, near the Alabama
line, last week, revenue officers captured
an illicit still, which had nearly 1900
gallons of beer, fifty bushels of meal,
fourteen mash tubs, two wooden stills
of capacity of 800 gallons each and a
lot of other stuff. There was also found
100 gallons of proof whisky, which is
the largest amount ever known to have
been found at an illicit still in the dis
t,.;o
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Quietly Awaiting Results.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-The navy de-
partment has settled down 10 quietly
wait for definite results in the naval
programme in West Indian waters.
Every inquiry is directed toward the
location OF the respective squadrons
and the ch1nees of an early conflict.
But the sum total of the official advices
throws little or no light on the sltua-
tiOn
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Observed Neutrality Regulations.

THE HAGUE, May 23.-The governor
of Curacao, Dutch West Indies, has
sent cable dispatch to the foreign o.
fec here saving that only two of Adj
miral Cervera's ships were admitted in
the harbOr, in spite of the Spanish ad-
miral, and he adds that they were only
allowed to take on board coal enough
to take them TO the nearest harbor.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Troops ordered TO Rendezvous.

WAsHINGToN, May 23.-Orders to the
following regiments to move to the
front have been given out: Thirty
third Michigan, Col. Charles L. Boyu-
Second Virginia, Col. j. c. Bacon COM
manding, to Tampa. Second Ken
tucky, Col. f. ii. Gather commanding,
to Chickamauga. Twenty-secondK Kan
sas, Col. Henry E. Lindsay command
ing, to Camp Alger, Va.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Health of Memphis.

The report of the board of health of
Memphis for April shows: Deaths for
the month, white So, colored 62, total
115: deaths for the same month in 1897,
white 40, colored 48, total So; rate per
thousand during the month, including
non-residents, white 1865, cclored "a. 20,
total 22.S4; residents only, white 1864,
colored 17.41, total 16 so.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
New York.. CaraIrr ContInvent.

NEw YORK, May % New York s
contingent of cavalry, composed OF
Troops \ and c, have started south.
The troopers go tc Washington, and
thence to Falls Church, Va. They ex-
pect to go through later to Chicl1a-
mauga, and there expect to join squads
from other states and form a regiment.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
An Alleged AnSIo-American Defensive
Treaty.

New YORK, May pa copyrighted
dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, to
the Evening World says that the mill
tary authorities there have been in
formed of the signing of an Anglo
American defensive treaty. The same
officials, it is added, regard as immi-
nent war crisis affecting Jamaica.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Convicted Newspaper Correspondent

ST. THOMAS, West Indies, May ga
Mr.. Freeman Halstead, the newspaper
correspondent who has been sentenced
to one years Imprisonment for taking
photographs of the Notifications of San
Juan de Porto Rico, has been conveyed
to a convict camp to undergo his SEN
tence
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
ENGLISH EXPERTS OPINION.
If Admiral Cervera Has Gone to Santiago
de Cuba He Has Made
Fatal Mistake.

LONDON, May 21.-According to the
best expert opinion in London, if Adj
miral Cervera has gone to Santiago de
Cuba, he has made fatal mistake.
Vice Admiral Philip Howard Columb,
retired, the author of number of
naval works, including "The Naval
War Game" writes that he is convinced
the Spanish admiral is now unlikely to
strike at all. He adds that if he en-
tcrs south Cuban port it will scarcely
affect the United States blacl1ade, for
RearAdmiral Sampson will only
have to detach a somewhat SUI
perior force of his heavier ships
to cover Ccrvera's fleet, while a
group of the lightest and swiftest
vessels would BE- watching to see that
he did not move without being report
ed, and the rest of Rear-Admiral Samp-
sons fleet could devote themselves to
the blockade of the other Cuban ports.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Negro Hanged by a Mob.

PADUCAH, Ky, May 23.-Joe Mitchell,
colored, an Illinois Central railroad
brakeman, who lives here, was hanged
by mob at Rives, Tenn. late Sunday
night. The night before Mitchell had
showed a white boy tramp off a moving
train at Rives, and the boy fell on the
track, having his legs cut off at the
knees
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Santiago Would Not Respond.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 81, 10 a. IN.
Private telegraphic inquiries con-
cerning the Spanish squadrons said to
be at Santiago de Cuba have failed to
bring any response, though tie cable
is in working order
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Water tor Camp George H. Thomas.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May pa
large force of men is at work on the
pipe lines from Chickamauga creek,
which will supply the camps with wa
ter. An immense engine AMI pump are
now in working order, and by Friday
of this week every camp will be sup
piled with water from the creek
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
divers En- Route to Key West.

SAVANNAH, Ga. May a3.-Sixteen
submarine divers from Norfolk arrived
here en- route for Key west They say
they have been ordered there to clean
the bottoms OF Sampson's and Schley's
fleets
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Firemen Injured at brooklyn.

NEW YORK, May 81 There were two
serious conhagrations in Broo klyn, and
at each of them two fremen su stained
injuries that are likely to prove fatal,
and several others were badly hurt.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
The Work of Mastering Volunteers

CHICAGO, May ga special from
Washington says:
Adjt.Gen. Corbin reports 10G, 900 vol
unteers mustered in, and that all the
volunteers are expected to be enrolled
by the end of the week.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Buoys Removed and Lights Extinguished
at Cadiz.

LONDON, May 23.-Lloyds' agent at
Cadiz announces that the buoys in and
about that harbor have been removed
lights have been extinguished. and that
vessels are not allowed to enter or
leave Cadiz at night.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Confederate Decoration.

Confederate Decoration Day was OBJ
served at Nashville last week with Ger
emonies at Mount Olivet. Gen. A. 7.
Stewart delivered the address. Troop
A and Company B. Confederate Veter-
ans, attended in full uniform.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
Perhaps It's Bought for Spanish Priva-


BREMEN, May 23.-It is announced
here that the North German Lloyd Co.
has sold the steamer Havel to the firm
of Cresta, Hamburg concern. The
purchasers do not appear to be ship
owners. The Havel sailed presumably
for the Mediterranean.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-27
NIay DE ordered 20 the PhInppInes.

NEW YORK, May 23.-The war depart
meut has asked Gen. Roe if he could
have another regiment ready to start
upon call Gen. Roe has replied in the
affirmative. and from this it is inferred
that the FIRST o. Third may be ordered
TO join GeD. Merritt's forces in the
Philippines