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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01
STRIKES BECOMING SERIOUS.
Citizens of Havana Alarmed Rt
Prospect of n Bread Famine
4 sympathy Strike.

Havana, Aug. 2s.-The strike in Ha-
vana is beginning TO cause genuine
alarm among the citizens as it is sup
posed that the bakers will go out to-
day as they have threatened. \ STRIKE
on their part would cause good deal
of hardship, as few private households
have facilities for baking their own
bread.
The hackmen also threaten to strike
within the next few days if the strike
of the masOns does not soon terminate
The merchants say that everything i
ripe for a strike that would mean 4
general tie-Up of business for fort
night, as a majority of the employees
who have had work for some months
have saved money and want a rest. y
sympathy strike would give them their
opportunity. Senior Perfecto Lacoste
the mayor, and Gen. Rafael Cardenes
chief of police, are doing all in their
power to persuade the bakers not to
go out.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01
DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRES.
Laramie County, Wyoming, Visited
Much Valuable Timber
Destroyed.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 2S.-A Bee spe-
cial from Cheyenne. Wyo., says:
Immense forest fires are raging
about Laramie peak, in the northern
part of Laramie county. The fires have
been burning for the past ten days
and have destroyed a large quantity
of valuable timber. The fires have
been reported to Special Agent Abbott,
who will at once make an effort to
have them eXtinguished, although it
is feared they have obtained such Il
headway that this will be impossible
unless the region is visited by rain.
The Laramie Peak district suffered
greatly last year from forest fires,
much valuable timber being de-
stroyed."
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01
An Appeal to Churchmen

Cleveland, o., Aug. 2s.-In response
James H. Blenk, bishop of Porto Rico,
Bishop Horstmann of the diocese of
Cleveland has issued a pastoral letter
to his clergy and people in which he
calls for aid for the hurricane suffer
ers. Bishop Horstmann's letter and
Bishop Blenk's appeal were read in all
the Catholic churches of the Cleveland
diocese yesterday and, by order of
Bishop Horstmann, a collection to aid
the Porto Ricans will be taken up
next Sunday.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01
In Cnne of War.

Calcutta. Aug. 2s.-The government,
according to a Calcutta newspaper
usually well-informed, has asked the
British India Navigation Co. what
transports would be available for gov
ernment use in the event of war in
the TranSvaal.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01
FOUR SOLDIERS AMBUsHED.
Four Men of the Twenty-Third Am
bushed in the Hills mt Cebu-
Three Killed.

Manila, Aug. 26, $40 p. m.--Four
men of the Twenty-third regiment,
stationed at Cebu, were ambushed by
natives in the hills and three of them
killed
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01
The Porto RIcau Hurricane.

San Juan. Z. r.. Aug. 26.-An official
report has been issued by the presi-
dent of the superior board of health,
showing that there mas been 2,312
burials of victims Of the recent hurri-
care. One thousand families are miss
ing. together with their houses
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01
TREACHERY OF THE FILIPINos.
The Policy of Cancellation while
Carrying on War Found To
he Failure.

Manila, Aug. -, via Hong Kong
Aug. IS Recent events have provcu
somewhat discouraging TO officials
who are trying to accompany the wai
with policy of conciliation. Tive
new municipal governments have col.
lapsed through the trcachery of the
| mayors.
Lodged in Jail.
To-day the mayor of San Pedro Ma.
cati, who was elected by the people
under the direction of Prof Dean Wor-
cester, OF the United States advisory
commission for the Philippines, was
brought to Manila and lodged in Jail,
The United States officers at San Pedro
Macati found that he was using his OF
flee as recruiting station for the
Philippine army. Four disguised in
surgent officers were helpint; him.
AnOthed Mayor Arrested.
The mayor of Baliuag was also ar
rested and confined in the same prison.
The Americans caught him passing be-
tween the lines of the two armies with
incriminating documents which the au-
thorities secured.
Another prominent native mayor ia
under surveillance.
Give Us Barabbas.'
When the result of the election az
linus. which Gen. Lawton and Prof.
Worcester engineered, was announced.
the Americans inquired as to the
whereabouts of the peoples choice and
were informed that he was in prison
at Bilibid, where the authorities had
placed him on suspicion of being a
revolutionist. He was released and in
stalled as mayor.
Such events and conditions tend to
give color to the assertions of foreign
residents acquainted with the native
character, who insist that a great ma
iority of the natives sympathize with
the insurgents and elect officials whom
they know to be revoIutionists.
The Policy of Leniency Unpopular
For two weeks Manila has been po-
Iced at night with unusual vigilance.
Apparently the authorities are expect.
ing trouble.
The trend of affairs tends to make
the. policy of leniency unpopular
among Ine americans. Nnen IneS
abandoned Morong they burned the
whole town.
Col. Smith of the Twelfth infantry
who is in command at Angeles, is
skeptical regarding Filipino friend.
liness. Instead of allowing the ma,
tives to return TO the town as hereto
fore, he has ordered his troops to
shoot all men trying to pass the lines
and to turn back the women and chill
drcn.
Refused to Prove Their Loyalty.
He recently gave the Amigos in the
town an opportunity TO prove their
professed friendship, putting them to
work at digging trenches and cleaning
streets, but this only displeased them.
The foremost citizen of Angeles, a
lawyer who had welcomed the Ameri
cans with great cOrdiality, was found
communicating with the insurgents
The Americans DrOmDtIV marched hin
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01
Leaned oHcrboard and Was Drowned

Detroit. Mich. Aug. 2s.-Mary Ana
Carr. Port Huron young lady leaped
from the rail of the steamer Darius
Cole, yesterday, into Lake ST. Clair"
and was drowned before the steamer
could be put about and boats lcwsfed'
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01
The BattIeship Kearsarge.

Newport News, Va, Aug. 26.-The
trial trip of the battleship Kearsarge
will take place between September J
and IS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01
PROVED MAURH A LIAR.
Sensational Scene at the Dreyfus
CouTt-Martial Session
at Rennes.
N. LANORl SCORES A NOTABLE POINT.

Former Trial. Proven by Mai.
Freystnetcr. One of the Members
of the Court, to Have Given False
Testimony.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01

Gen. Mercier then asked to he heard,
and placed himself 10y the side of Maui
IeI. The forbidding appearance of
these two men. both dressed i'm ci-
william attire. was in striking contrast
with the erect, unfiinching attitude OF
Freystaeter. who wore the smart uni
form OLA major Of artillery, with med
ais on his breast. 1t was remark =
ble scene.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-01

Manila, Aug. -, via Hong Kong
Aug. 2S.- Recent events have PROVED
somewhat discouraging TO officials
who are trying to accompany the wai
with a policy of conciIiation. Tive
new municipal governments have col
lapsed through the trcachery of the
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13
WORK FOR THE LIBRARY.

The women who have labored to es-
 tablish public library in this town
 ought to be encouraged. They have
 managed by dint of great personal
 sacrifice to form very creditable col
 lection of books, and the number of
 readers already attests to the popular
 ity of the idea. We have shown that
 the individual expense to taxpayers fol- lowing the establishment of a free pub lie library would tbe very small. The
 bill if passed in it's amended form would provide an annual income Cf about S1 800. Room could be found for the library in the city hall, and after the removal of the territorial officers to the new capitol building there would be ample space in the city hall for pretentious library. The funds made available under the proposed law would in few years make the library all that it's most ardent friends could ex- pect
 There is a strong movement in oppO- sition to the library plan, some of the heaviest taxpayers ill Phoenix being identified with it, and all sorts of spe- cious arguments are being advanced to kill the bill. We suggest to the women who have already done so much to make a library possible that they de- vote their energies this week to over coming as far as possible the influence of the obstructionists. Petitions should be presented to the legislature and they should contain as many good names as possible. Fortunately there are hundreds of taxpayers who do not object to being taxed a few dollars each year in the interest of culture and advanced civilization in Phoenix. Every such person should be willing to aff1x his name to a petition praying for the passage of the library bill. If everybody who is interested i'll the sue cess of the bill will work hard this week the bill ought to pass
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

Mercer county, Illinois, is to have one of the finest polytechnic schools in the country. It is to be built by mil lion dollar 'bequest of William Diury for that praiseworthy purpose. A desperate attempt was made in the courts to break the will, but it has been sustained. For some reason or other. the Rensselaer, polytechnic in stitute at Troy, N. r., has been ex- ceptionally unfortunate in the matter of securing legacies sor donations. Where the fault lies we do not pretend to say. It is one of the most famous schools of the kind in the United States, and boasts of many eminent graduates. But it naeds new equip ment and expenditures to make it all that can in reason be desired.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13
TO KEEP FROM BEING HAzED.
George Cox Created a Havoc in Schcol
 By Firing Off a Pistol.

The widest excitement prevailed
 Saturday in the Battin High school cn Quality hill, Elizabeth, N. J.. when the loud report of a revolver was heard
 coming from the basement, where the scholars of the school adjourn for rec reation. On reaching the basement the teachers, who had rushed there, found a crowd of the senior members of the school battling with George Fox, a tOy 16 years Of age, who lay upon the floor holding a smoking revolver and strug- gling to retain it, while he was being g pretty roughly handled by the older boys who were on top of him. Fox ii nally had to give in and the weapon was taken from him. For some t.me it had been moated about school that Fox would be hazed by the scholars of the senior classes as he was a fresh- man and a graduate of No. 1 school, and that the job would be particularly well done. The threat. it is said, prey ed on FoX's mind, and he was heard to say that if he was bothered he woul1 pepper with holes the one who laid hands on him.
 This daring threat aroused the other boys and, learning that Fox vas downstairs, they went down and aske1 him if he had a pistol. He repli3d that he had and they had better not c-me near him if they did not wish to get hurt. They, however, made rush fer him, and in the struggle it is said, the pistol was discharged, just as Fox fell on the floor
 Fox was slightly hurt in the fight and the revolver was conflscated by the principal of the school and the affair will be thoroughly investigated. This is the first time boy has been discovered with pistol in his posses sion, and the first time that one has been fired off in the school. but Fox is considered a hero, and the boys look up to him in silent admiration. The bullet from his revolver whizzed past the head of Harry Taylor, one of the attacking party. He says that he does not want anything more to do with hazing The board of education will take up the matter and it is likely that Fox will be expelled from the school, although he has an excellent reputa tion and studies hard. During the struggle in the basement many of the female scholars ran out of the sch 9ol to the lawn in great fear and could nos be induced to return until fully assUra1 that no one had been killed.-New York Journal
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13
HIS CLEVER WAY.
Washington Official Whose Pleading
 Won Places for All His Relativ e..

An assistant secretary of one of the executive departments who is known from Maine to the coast as the chief spel1-binder of the admin istration, and whose honeyed words held the republican forces in line west of the Mississippi in the late elections, uses his forensic art with telling effect in the daily administration of affs ir5 connected with his department, as well as when he pleads his own cause be- fore the powers that be.
 A few days after the inauguration he secured the promise of a fat job and returned to his far western home. Ha reappeared in Washington week or two later with a hand sachel and a smile. Since then he has been moving his family here in sections, and has done it in such nice little way h it no one can object. His first plea was for his brother. He was nice young man, full of energy and anxious to succeed in the world. He wanted to learn how to run the goYer ament and
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13
7 SAVED SENATORrHOARaS LIFE.
How Joe Blackburn Prevented Senator Walthall From Resenting Sander

Senator Hoar," said a former sena- tor recently, "Owes Joe Blackburn of Kentucky a debt which he probably will never have an opportunity to re- pay. He may not be aware of it. but it is fact that he probably saved Sen ator Hoar's life. It was not because of any special regard for the Massachu- setts statesman, however. I have never seen the story in print and as there is no special reason why it should not get out I will relate it. Several years ago, when the force bill was tip before the senate, MT Hoar started in to deliver one Cf his characteristically bitter and partisan speeches attacking the people of the south When on that subject MT. HOar has always been ex- ceedingly offensive and bigoted. On this occasion he Out-Heroded HerOd, so to speak, in his invective. Finally he made an assault on the womanhood of the south. I do not recall his exact words, but his statement was in sub stance that, while he hoped and prayed God that there were honest and virtu- ous women in the south, he himself was inclined to doubt 1t!
 Probably no more outrageous and inexcusable islander was ever uttered on the floor of the senate. I intended to say that Blackburn was seated be- side the late Senator Walthall of Mis- sissippi. Ever know WalthalI? Yes We'll he was one Of the bravest and truest men that God ever let Iive-as tender and gentle as woman ordinar- fly, but when roused-'well, he was probably as dangerous man as could be found on the face of the earth. Blackburn turned to speak to Walthal' he had known Hoar of old, having served with him in the house, and he knew how little attention ought to be paid to Hoar's sayings. He was about to make an observation on this line, but, catching an expression on Wal thalFs face, he stopped. Grabbing the Mississippi senator by the arm, he said: 'Walthall, come with me down to my committee room. I want to see you"
 No said Waithall, quietly, T have business here.
 ''I know you have said Blackburn, but that can wait. I want you io go with me now It was with the utmost difficulty that Blackburn got Walthall out of the senate chamber and down into his committee room. Arriving in the committee room Blackburn locked
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13
OUR SOLDIERS AT MANILA.

It is not to be forgotten, in cons.d ering the political and international as- pcct of the recent fights at Manila, that the American soldiers did their duty nobly and thoroughly. From all the accounts of the battles they displayed fortitude and perfect discipline, and under a night attack they maintained the reputation of the American marks men. The first assault of the Filipinos under cover of night might really have disconcerted the troops, but there is no suggestion that they were demoral- ized in the slightest by the surprise. They accepted the gage of battle in stantly, and, acting with the certainty of well drilled troops, they not only re- pulsed the onslaught but took up the offensive as soon as there was light enough and drove the enemy into the river and the country beyond Manila. The great discrepancies in the casual ties, as far as they are known, mark the difference between the two armies. Aguinaldo's men are natural bush fighters. They gre not fully armed, but their arms are Of good quality.
 
 They have been in the field for many months, at first acting against the Spaniards and later maneuvering lag ainst the Americans. They are in- tured to the climate and acquainted with the peculiarities of the territory The advantage of position and time was theirs. The Americans, however, responded as American troops always do and always will. They were in mood for the encounter. The natives had been deliberately exasperating for some time, growing more and more in- soient as their advices from Washing ton gave them the impression that the treaty would fail of ratification and that the sentiment in their favor was spreading. There were many little scores to settle when the signal gun boomed through the night and the na- tives advanced as foes, having thrown of their pretense of friendliness. When the test came the American soldiers did their duty according to tradition and solved the Philippine problem which was presented to them with neatness and dispatch In their sub sequent encounters they have dis played the true American spirit Agui- raldo unwittingly Tslayed into cur hands when he ordered the attack. This Filipino trouble will soon be over.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

siThe bitter winter weather that pre- vails in the east will prove to be a good advertising medium for Phoenix. Thousands of well to dc people in the east are looking for a milder cline They will hear of this delightful valley sooner Or later; sooner than later if the people of Phoenix shall conclude to spend a little. money this year in ad- vertising the advantages of this valley as winter resort. The number of eastern visitors nov here ought to be doubled next winter. Let us forget that some of us 'Fblazed the trail' and that some of us haven't lived all our lives here, and that some of us didn't come from states that others came from, and pull together for Phoenix. The results of Q long pull and a strong pull would be so satisfactory that everybody would wish to be pulling all the time. The citizens of Phoenix have it in their power to make this the best advertised town in North Amer jca.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13
PHGNix, FEBRUARY la. 1899.
ARTISTIC PRINTING.

The fact that The Republican s job printing department is rushed with orders these blithesome days does not deter us from ask ing for your patronage. ''There is always room for one more. We make it a point to supply new material and new machinery whenever the office outfit proves to be insufficient to meet the de- mand. That is why The Repub- lican's job department is the most complete of it's kind in the southwest. You are invited to inspect the plant and the many specimens of artistic work that we have on exhibition. Best work; fail, prices" is the motto of our job department.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

was willing to start out on ever so small a salary Brother was brought on and given $1,200 job in one of the departments.
 But the assistant secretary continued to pine and waste away, and although he smiled, it was in a far-away map- ner. He was thinking of home. Fi- nally he could bear it no longer. He unbosomed himself to the secretary.
 Washington is not at all like homo without father,' he said. Il hava never been separated from him for So long a period before. I should like U have him with me, but father is pe culiar; he wants to have a little some thing to occupy his mind. A small po sition in one of the departments would do him and would make me very happy"
 Father is now carrying massive re- ports in book form from place to place in the basement of the department and drawing wages as a skilled laborer
 The assistant secretary next called to his side the driver of one of the de- livery wagons at the department about the noon hour and spoke to him.
 "I would like you to go to the depot and deliver a parcel for me to my house, he said
 The driver was delighted and startal at once. Hours afterward he returned. dripping with precipitation, completely Tagged out, and sat down on a bench. softly saying things about the assist ant secretary. The parcel was half a carload of furniture from the far vest ern home, which is now, with the eS- ception of the residence, entirely To- cated in Washington.-Wash 0n Letter.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

the door and put the key in his pocket.
 What did you do that for?' said WalthalI. I must go back to the sen ate.
 No, you will stay here
 will not! Did you hear what that - creature said?' hissed Wal thall
 Yes said Blackburn, T heard every word of it, and no more foul lie was ever uttered by mortal man, but we must not disgrace ourselves in the senate of the United States After half an hours reasoning Walthall quieted down. He smiled faintly and sank down onto a chair.
 Joe, he said T think you can safely unlock the door now You were right
 ''I thought that I was right an swered Blackburn" " Washington Times
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

If the Cuban soldiers depend upon the payment of their back wages by the United States 10 enable them to take up theTr work, what would they Dc able to do if the United States was not putting them in shape to begin the government business? Those CuDans have much Of the Spanish notion in them yet. They do not. appreciate their opportunities and want-to work their liberators just as the Spaniards worked them.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

We commend the speech delivered Saturday by MT. s. M McCowan at the Illinois picnic to the consideration of those who are opposedto the expansion of this country. MT. McCowan breathed the spirit of true Americanism and we are proud of the fact that the great majority of Americans think as he thinks. The Germans and Hales and Hoars have mighty small following.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13
A GOOD LAW.

law has just been enacted in Del aware to punish persons who con- mence crime in Delaware which is completed elsewhere. This is to cover cases like the Rotkin where poison is alleged to have been sent by mail. It should be initiated widely.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

We read good deal these days about the big Isabella mine strike in Colorado, but precious little about the wonderful strike in the Bradshaw mountains in this territory. The reason is that the people of Colorado believe in advertising and know how to advertise. Oh, for few wide-awake Colorado mining men in this neck of the woods! -.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13
CAUSE OF TROUBLE.

It appears that the trouble with the Alaskan Indians is due to the chemical reaction which always results from the minglfng of firewater with the gastric juices of the untutored savage.-Chi- cago Times-H Herald
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

Signs multiply that the hope of in- ducing the legislature to vote the peo- ple's money to subsidize newspapers has been blighted. And how bitter the would-be subsidized have become
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

MT. Platt continues to be reticent about booming New York republican for the presidential nomination in 1900
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

Aguinaldo is paying the cost of en- tertaining the serious delusion that all civilized armies are as easily fright ened as those of the Spaniards
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

The real expert in the Adams poi soning case appears to be the person who administered the dose.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13

Spain's sympathies in the fight with the Filipinos are necessarily somewhat complicated.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-13
LOCAL JEALOUSY.

Just as soon as Canada is annexed Buffalo will be put down on the maps as East Det1oit-Detroit Journal.