The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-17

who recently fractured his skull in a
dive into a tank at Madison Square
garden. New y oris, died at the hospital.
) MURDER occurred west of St. Louis
on the train bearing the Twenty-Five
Kansas (negro) regiment home the
other night. A negro named Williams
got into quarrel with another negro
named Rogers and the latter stabbed
Williams to death. Rogers was placed
under arrest.
OVER 200 persons perished in a hur-
ricane that swept the northeast coast
of Queensland.
A BLIZZARD ragged in Wyoming on
the 10th and stockmen feared a loss in
cattle and sheep amounting to so per
cent.
THERE were IS cases of smallpox in
the hospital at Washington on the 10th.
Gov. SAVERS, IF Texas, declared
quarantine against the city of Laredo
and the counties of Webb and EncinaT
on account of the prevalence of small.
pox there.
In fire at Rockford, Ill, the seven
year-old son of Joseph McCabe and
Lottie Brickley, aged, 16, Mr.. McCabe's
sister-in-law, perished in the flames.
Mr. McCabe sustained fatal injuries in
attempting to rescue them.
OWING to smallpox Cleveland, O., has
enforced compulsory vaccination.
BEEBLER, the Wells-Fargo express
messenger charged with absconding
from San Antonio Tex, with $50, 600
in his charge, was captured at Busta-
mente, Mex.
MIR. JAMES CAMPBELL factory in
spector of Pennsylvania, was before
the industrial commission at Washing
ton on the 9th. lie spoke eulogis-
ticallv of the labor organization of the
glass workers of his state. He de-
nounced the sweat shops where cloth
ing is made for their filth and was
opposed to allowing undesirable for
e;gners to come to this country in
drOves.
TIE ashes of little Josephine Kip
ling rest in a small urn at the French
Pond crematOry in New York, the
body being incinerated there. Rud-
yard Kipling himself is a strong advo-
cate Of cremation. His long residence
in India, where all bodies are burned,
inclined him toward 1T.
II New York Neil Burgess, the actor
and stage manager, filed n voluntary
petition in bankruptcy. His total liza
bilities were Si04,0 all unsecured; no
assets, not even 4 wardrobe.
THE ladies of the Memorial associa-
tiOn at Winchester, Va together with
the Dau ghters of the COnfederacy in
South Carolina, have succeeded in rails
ing the necessary funds to erect a mon
. faIa
ate dead who lie buried in Stonewall
cemetery at Winchester. The monu-
ment IS to be unveiled on Memorial
day, June 6.
Broom manufacturers and brokers
and dealers in broom corn held a ses-
sion at Chicago on the Sth to regulate
the price of raw material as well as
the finished brooms. Broom corn, it
was said, will be advanced S25 ton,
while the price of brooms will be ad-
vanccd 50 cents more Il dozen.
STEEL billets took jump upward at
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the Sth and sold at
S24 ton, the highest price since 1890.
TIE Tenth inmunes (colored) were
mustered out at Macon, Ga, on the Sth.
The steamer LeOna caught fire at
New York and was scuttled.
NOTicE of an advance in wages, to
take effect on April 3, have been posted
in the cotton mills of Salem, Mass.
TIE Port Arthur (Tex.) ship canal
viii be practically completed about
March 20, when il is proposed to cele-
Jrate the event in a fitting manner.
TIE Mary Holmes seminary at West
Point, Miss, the leading negro college
6. IN, ha cd
The loss was estimated at SS5, 900,
while the insurance carried amounts
to only sac, 600.
RECENT reports of the health of the
American volunteers in Cuba have i'm
pressed the United States government
with the expedicncy of their speedy
withdrawal from the island.
TIE lumber yards, sheds and store
houses of William Cameron & Co, Gov
ering two blocks at Waco, Tex, were
completely burned. Many adjoining
houses were also destroyed. The loss
was estimated at 500, 900.
DIRECTOR MERRIAM, of the census
bureau, opened his first official day by
calling on the secretary of the interior.
The selection of 500 supervisors of CEN
sus districts will begin in few days.
As a general thing the census districts
will follow the boundaries of congress
sional districts and the purpose is to
select a resident of each district for
the position.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
for the Incorporation of the Interna-
tional Cement company, which is to
be n consolidation of the cement in
dustry of the United States. The new
company will have an authorized cap
ital of $50, 600. OOO
OVER !, 600 aristocratic dogs from all
parts of the country were on exhibi-
tion at Chicago on the Sth at the OPEN
ing OF the Macoutah Kennel clubs
annual exhibition. Many eastern
owners were in attendance, including
Frank Gould, who owns Chantrel
Prince, the pride Of the Gould kennel,
entered in the St. Bera ard class.
Among the other entries is the bulldog
Tramp, the mascot of Roosevelts
rough riders.
AN explosion occurred near Parkers-
burg, w. Va, in which two men were
killed and four others seriously in
jured. 1t was caused by nitro-glycer-
inc used in drilling an oil well.
THE three children OF Charles Hager-
man were playing on the ice off Wells
ISLAND, n. Y, in the ST. Lawrence river
when il broke and they fell in The
mother rushed to their rescue and the
whole four lost their lives.
FIRE started in the suburbs of Tex
arl5ana, Tex, early the other morning,
destroying SO, 600 worth of property.
An entire block was destroyed, render
ing four families homeless and running
three business firms.
FIRE in some tenement houses on
Fifth street, in New York, drove 50
families into the street. One child
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