The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Staats Zeitung Co.. of Chicago,
was reOrganized on the 21st. Judge
Theodore Brenna was elected president
and treasurer; VIM. Rapp, vice-presi-
dent; VIM. II. Lee, secretary; the Iii
rectors are John c. Richberg and Ed
ward q. Raster
Francis II. BawO, head of the great
china and glass exporting house of
Bayvo & Dotter, New York, died i'm
Germany. on the 21st, of apOplexy.
aged 6j years.
Newton Dexter. the well-known
newspaper man, died IN New York
city, on the night of the 21st, of con-
sumption. aged 50 years. He was for
mcrly editor of the Rocky Mountain
News, Of Denver, Col.
In anticipation of the passage of a
general army reorganization bill a
great number of civilian applications
are being filed in the war department
for appointments as second lieuten-
ants in the army.
The Paris police have seized 10000
medals bearing the head of the duke
Of Orleans, and five molds for striking
them.
The greatest wave of prosperity that
has swept over Pittsburgh, Pa, for
years has Just struck that place, and
there is not a mill. factory or work
shop that can be found with idle men,
all being overcrowded with orders.
The executive committee of the Mis-
souri, Press association met at Jeffer-
son City, on the 23d. and decided 20
hold the annual meeting in ST. Louis,
September : and 5, next.
The statement of the condition of the
treasury issued on the 23d showed.
Available cash balance, S271, ,442 500;
gold reserve, S22S. .226,27S.
The funeral of the late Felix Faure,
president of France, who died sudden
~ of apoplxey. on the 10th, took place
I'm Paris on the 23d.
Isaac ID. Smead the well-known
furnace manufacturer of Toledo, o.,
who recently failed for 81, 100000, was
discharged, on the 23d, by the court.
There was found to be no assets with
which to meet the liabilities
Articles of incorporation were filed
at Trenton. y. J.. on the 23d, by the
New York Electric Vehicle Transpor-
tstion Co. with an authorized capital
of S25.OOO.OOO.
BY a mysterious explosion follow
i-g a fire discovered in the Dick build
ing, at Hartford City, Ind, on the 23d,
tour persons lost their lives and three
we're injured.
President Loubet presided at the
French cabinet council on the oath. He
cCmplimcnted the minister of war, NJ.
DeFreycinet. on the soldierly appear
aucc of the troops which took part in
the Faurc funeral ceremonies.
The first authentic and official re-
port on the damage throughout Geor-
gia by the recent cold wave shows that
the loss on crops in that state will
amount to several millions of dollars.
Daniel O'Connell, poet and play
wright. died at his suburban home in
Sausalito. Cal, on the 24th, of pneu-
mOnia. He was of the same family as
the famous liberator of that name.
The Grant family association, of
which Ulysses 5. Grant, Jr., is presi-
dent, will hold a reunion of all the de-
scendants of Matthew Grant, in Old
Windsor. Mass, October % of this
year.
The governor of California signed
the anti-cartoon bill on the cath.
There was a notable demonstration
in the national house of representa-
tives. on the Esd, when the senate bill
creating the grade of admiral in the
navy was offered as an amendment TO
the naval appropriation bill. It was
adopted amid rousing cheers, and
without a dissenting vote.
The Norwegian steamship Suldal ar
rived at New Orleans, on the esd, and
reports that she left Bluefields, Mic
aragua. on the 18th. after having been
saved from seizure by Gen. Reyes and
his insurgents by the vigorous and
prompt action of Capt. Simmons of
the United States gunboat Marietta.
The president, on the Esd, sent TO
the senate the nomination of Judge
% Christian c. Kohlsaat, of Chicago, for
district judge of the northern district
of Illinois, TO succeed Judge Gross
cup. Senator Mason says the judge viii
not be confirmed by the present con-
sIess-