The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-14
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Anything i'm the nature Of a dona-
tion * sure to strike the Spauiard f.
vOrably. The offer Of the government
TO give free transportation to the fam
liieSof officers form Porto Rico to Spain
has resulted in an avalanche of we'd
dings over the island.
The Weld of cotton this wear will. il
is estimated. bc 100000 bales larger
than ever before. 1t might be well
next year to withhold the customary
advice to the southern farmer to di-
versify his crops. The formula seems
10 be-more advice, more cotton.
1t is stated that United States Sc
crct service officers. aided by Chief
Lees, have discovered that large num-
bers of counterfeit SlOO silver Certifi-
Gates have been produced in San Fran
cisco. The operators are reported to
be under police surveillance.
Bishop Earl Cranston, of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, now on an
episcopal visit to the mission of that
denomination in eastern Asia, sent Il
cable message from PcIin. China. on
the 81, saying "All safe" which indi-
NdttS 1lldt dlt tlc MISSIONARIES were
safe.
Gen. Wheeler completed his tcsti-
mOny before the war investigation
commission, on the 5th, and was fol-
lowed by Gen. II. V. Boynton.
Brighten. Ernest, with the Six
teenth Pennsylvania, and the Third
Wisconsin regiments. has been or
dered to leave Ponce for the United
States. Both regiments have a num-
Der of sick.
The United States cruiser Boston
and the gunbOat Pctrel, accompanied
by the collier Nero, have gone from
Manila to China.
HobSon's success i'm his work among
the Spanish wrecks is shown by the
fact that the guns so far recovered
from the wrecks of the Infanta Maria
Teresa, the Nizcaya and the Almirante
OquendO are valued at 100000. Hob
son is now confident that he will not
only be able to save the CriStobal CO.
lon, but also the Reina Mercedes,
which was sunk by the Spaniards.
On the 9th 367.O .OGO acres of land on
the Red Lake reservation, in Mime
sofa, was thrown open to settlement
under the Nelson act. which requires
five years residence and payment of
SI.25 an acre at the end of that pc
riod.
In spite of the official hoSpitalities
which are being lavished upon the
American peace commissioners in
Paris, the general tone toward them
continues distinctly Unfriendly, and
society is giving the delegates a wide
berth, reserving all their attentions
for the Spanish representatives.
Diplomatic circles in Madrid con-
tinue to be agitated 10y the develop
ments at Paris. and il is noticeable
that the public is awakening from
the signing of the protocol. The
Philippines is the all-absorbing ques-
tiou.
The official reports of the trouble
with the Bear Island Indians ascribe
IL TO differences between the United
States authorities and the Indians
over the cutting of timber on their
reservation. The United States au-
thorities prescribed certain limits
within which timber could he cut.
The Indians ignored these regulations,
and undertook to cut timber wherever
they pleased.
\ detachment of the Third infantry,
with Col. Bacon in command. had a
battle with Pillager Indians on Bear |
island. LeeCh lake. Mimi. on the 9TH. |
Reports say that there are dead In |
dians all over the island. On our side |
three or four men were killed and 10 |
wounded, including a number of civ |
iIian offers, who had made the arrest !
of Chief Maquod.
VIM. ii. Lennon, whose bank in |
Flora. Ind. was robbed on September |
-, has received letter. purporting TO |
have been written by one of the rob
berS, and warming him to cease his ef- |
forts TO have them captured or take |
the consequences. which, the letter /
says, will be a repetition of the occur
renceS of the night of the robbery, |
when Lennon was shot and seriously |
wounded.
The Bridgeport Comm grand jury
returned true bill. on the 9th, /
against Mrs. Bosannah Drayton, the /
colored servant who is believed to have |
heen connected with DIR. Nancy Gull !
ford in causing the death of Emma |
Gill.
The Geo men of the Indian congress
now assembled in Omaha are much in
terested in the reports of fighting
among the Minnesota Indians. Some
of the braves at the exposition
grounds are considerably excited over
the situation.
Prof. W. a. Woodruff and Prof. c.
L. Clenhorn, of Washington, d. C.,
sailed, on the 7th, for Samoa. They
are heading a government expedition
TO collect rare plants, shrubs and 9th
er specimens in the interior of the Sa-
moan islands.
Hon. sherman Hoar died az Concord,
Mass, on the It'll.