The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-11-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources,
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Fett Snyder. formerly a man of
great wealth. hut of late rag picker,
was burned to death in his home in
Wichita, Kas, on the I'd. The house
was burned to the ground.
The steamer Portland, which arrived
at San Francisco, on the I'd, from Alas
kan ports, brought down more than
one million dollars in gold, chiefly
from the Nome district.
The steamer Roanoke arrived at
Seattle, Wash, on the 1st, from St.
Michaels and Cape Nome. She brought
S1,3OO,OOO worth of gold and 400 pas
sengers.
a Paterson N. j. dispatch of the
I'd said: although Vice-President
Hobart appeared more cheerful to-day
than at any time since his illness be-
came critical, il was noticed by those
who saw him that he was steadily
growing weaker, and il is evident that
mis- death is only a question of a short
time"
The record of the Twentieth Kansas
has been written. Il only remained for
the people 10 place their seal of aP-
proval upon it. This was most indeh-
bly, fixed at Topeka, on the I'd, when
an assemblage of 100000 loyal Kansans
gave the soldiers such welcome home
as returning soldiers seldom get.
1t has practically been decided that
a colonial bureau will be established,
TO take directly in charge all matters
pertaining to the outlying dependen-
cies of the United States. The office
will be n bureau of the war depart
ment, and not a separate department,
as had been suggested.
The Philippine commission, on the
I'd, submitted TO the president the pre-
liminary report which it had promised
to prepare. The report is a compact
summary of conditions on the islands,
as the commission left them: of the
historical events which preceded the
Spanish war and led to the original
Filipino insurrection; of the exchange
between Admiral Dewey and the other
American commanders and the insur-
gents; the breaking out and progress
of the present insurrectiOn, and finally
a statement of the capacity of the Fill
Dinos for self-gOvernment-
I'd, show that while Gen. Joubert's ar
tiIery maintains a constant lombard
ment of Ladysmith, burgher forces are
striving to cut Gen. White off from
Durham and thus prevent reinforce
ments from reaching him.
Official reports of the casualties at
Farquhar's farm, near Ladysmith, on
the 3Oth. when the Fusilecrs and Glou-
cesters were forced to surrender,
show that the killed and wounded in
that disaster number 800. This does
not include the losses of Col. Carleton's
column.
Lieut.. Slavens, one of Gen. MacAr-
thurs aids, with Is scouts, made a
reconnaissance in front of Angeles on
the Cd. He encountered an insurgent
outpost of 40 men. Lieut.. Slavens
charged the enemy. killing three and
wOunding many others and capturing
two RemingtOns. He also secured
some valuable technical information
and returned without a casualty.
\ NJ. Dewey, special agent at Ia
coma, Wash. of the government de-
partment of labor. announced, on the
I'd, that all members of the Dewey
family related to Admiral Dewey
would hold a reunion at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel, in New York city. in
January or February.
John Ovens three small children
were burned to death. at Rowan, Ia,
on the Cd. while their parents were
away. y gang of railway graders
were only 20 rods away, but the flames
were too quick for their efforts to save
the children.
Speaking of the annexation of the |
Philippines by the United States in its
bearing on eastern politics, the Lon
don Standard of the 4th said: Here |
after in the various complications and |
which the growing weak |
ness of China must create, Washington |
will speak with a no less powerful |
voice than st. Petersburg"
The municipal council of Paris, on |
the Sd, passed resolutions offering its 1
entire sympathy to the Beers who |
are struggling for independence" eN-
pressing regret that the European /
powers had not intervened to prevent /
the conflict and hoping that peace
would be speedily secured.
Lieutenant Commander James G. /
Greene was. on the Sd, assigned to /
the Havana naval station.
Commander Greene was recently sue
ceeded in command of the Puget /
Sound station by Capt. Coughlan, WHO
the Raleigh in the battle
of Manila bay.
Five hundred poundsOf dynamite eN-
ploded in the mixing house ofthe Aetna /
powder works at Aetna, Ind, on the
Sd, resulting in the death of two en-
ployes The shock was felt at many
towns distant from the scene Of the
disaster.
On the Sd the postmaster general IS
sued an order forbidding Postmasters
in the United States to collect Postags
due in excess of the domestic rate ~
any letters sent by soldiers.