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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

good. Francis Sedgwick and Mabel Morri-
son were Obliged TO perform mat opera
ton for themselves Conductor Schroed-
er's musicians finished a LiEcKe marcn.
Inc rising curtain was heard plainly Aad
sUn the newspaper man waited mo
ment."
Finally, he was repaid by a sight Of Miss
Russell. The comed.enne was wearing tn
WHITE dress in when henrietta Hobbs and
| Noin ktngsedri have their first conversa-
ton, and, from close view she looked
decidedly pretty. Win a quarter emoar-
raised gesture she pointed to an easy
chair before the mirror. Then she seated
herself opposite. Now" quOJn MISS RUS
sell, Il suppose that you want me 10 talk"
Have you altogether gwen ny year am
bition to succeed IN emotional roles?"
i ani I4aId, was the reply, that my
amDIuon EuS been miSundei s,UGd. / never
nave uosiIeu 10 MO4k eXyius.SvIy in parts
OF mat sort. / never nave expressed the
wish to enter IivaIry win s.Is. LesLe
Carter or Oisa AetheIso Only as | lett
LIZ Sci ana AS at uAUauvhins l was dhN-
lous tnaJ hay Opportunities sIuuid be al
iuNeu ~ DruaueI, TO. 1heIe was no OBJ
J..4Cu even 20 suHDOnnet characters, OF
winch / iOug Was ,ae recognized exponent.
Sue never cvassu TO be cAa4 nltI3., to me.
but / UeI.eNeu ana Deneye That mere IN
Euuue DIts hase p,eu Oulg.Own. since, as
guIte emu, 1 Was connned 10 That KIND
L. ..4pe4 sD4.~,4Un, nave sU-4e. ed mdcn-d
desperate Illness anu considerable tlUuJIe
OF a pei soIal nature. NO woman can sur
1ef ana mo- deepenvd ahu IMP owed
10 an ACTRESS, an autHOIess, o. a Ia.Ite4-
Ia any NOoatIOn OF tne intellect tHat sac
hoy nave se4,c,eu. " as II unnatural mat
| hoped to put asIue accents, mo- tsaeed
homes, honest IiOwUoys and olner Is
sentiais Oh the rural drama?
nave Dvvn IaJnel unfortunate ia my
81 .o ltt.ts At . K. eater neiu. The scenario,
which / tried at the Empire, Was AUt
good play AHA 1t was yefy caie:essIy uOAe.
-...., vs. Va. one rehearsal before the
presentation and members OF my support
AS company uIoppeu out alter that. linen
tLtIe Was Catherine. Inc heroine was
II eIch tnro.en and through. Sine was
niue comp eAended in america. Inc
translation of the piece proved bau. too
i".hlAs suoiety and delicate touches.
10 this Gay l don't know VINO Was
spoielUie the rendering into English
N. LaseCans comedy, IN the oT.sInai,
really was beautiful. 1t was impossible
to altogether destroy that beauty out
much Oh IL was lost. Miss HOBBS is not
unworthy the eitoI is of a cIeverer star
IMAM am |, and a hoyai Family, in which
Gertrude Einot made hit in London and
which / am 10 have next season, is just a
trIne more serious. Charles Frohman mas
promised mat, wnen the pubic mas
come TO know me better, I shan have a
vehicle quIte TO my taste. So | am wait
my"
Off the stage. as on. Miss Russell is the
pefsoniicati1n of intelligence and refine
mvnt. on the stage. as on. her emotions
are printed on her face in what Jonn Ken
driek Bangs calls thin type" And she
loves the theatre.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

This praise may serve as prognostica-
ton of the excellence of tomorrows affair
seats for which may be had of Mr. Guz-
man
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Linuor Men Caught.

In the circuit court at Centreville a
peculiar case was decided last week.
Indictmnts were found against five
persons for selling liquor without
license. Each defendant claimed to be
representing a Nashville liquor house.
They would go over the county and
take orders for whisky by the gallon
and half gallon from farmers and peo-
pie generally, take the money, send it in
to their firm and the liquor would be
shipped back to the person making the
purchase. Judge Childress held that
under this state of facts they were
guilty of selling liquor without a
license, the penalty for which, under
the act of the last legislature, is a fine
of not less than $50 nor more than 5000
and Imprisonment in the county jail
for not less than six months. The inn
prisOnment under this act is imperative
and if person is found guilty in addi-
tiOn to fine of not less than $50, the
judge before whom the offender is tried
Is compelled TO impose or fix imprison-
ment at not less than six months in the
county Jail. Only one case was tried,
that of the State VS.. Frank Duncan.
He appealed to the supreme court.
The other four cases were continued to
await the supreme courts decision in
the Duncan case.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Funeral Car Installed.

st. Louis, Sept. PA funeral car
was used yesterday afternoon at the
funeral of Jennie Pearl Merret, of No.
$3.50 Page avenue, daughter of George
A. Merret, superintendent of the
Easton avenue division of the Transit
company. After the services at the
house the coffin was conveyed to the
car i'll waiting on Easton avenue. The
car is 40 feet long, with compart-
ment in the center, in which the coffin
rested, strewn with flowers. Easy
chairs, which seated 40 of the funeral
party, are placed in either end.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
A. o. U. w.

Grand Lodge of Tennessee, A. o. U.
w, met in annual session at Nashville
last week. The following grand Of
ficers were elected and installed: A. G..
Mann, Knoxville, past grand master
workman; r. H. Whitman, Memphis,
grand master workman; W. HI. Ezell,
Pulaski, grand foreman; H. NJ. Sher-
wood, Morristown, grand overseer; j.
I'll. Thompson, Nashville, grand re-
corder; III. c. Smith, Nashville, grand
receiver. The grand lodge decided to
accept the act of incorporation of the
supreme lodge. Special assessments
were discontinued and the per capita
tax was made % cents per month. The
present deputy system was continued.
The grand lodge decided to pay every
member 50 each for each accepted can
didste, and SIS was donated to the A.
o. q. w. building at the Pan-American
exposition. The moneys collected on
the assessment known as the advance
assessment now in the treasures of
subordinate lodges was donated to such
subordinate lodges.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
SALISBURY'S MANIFESTO.
Says the Government Must be Sus-
tanned in Order to Secure
Peace in south Africa.

London, Sept. 24.-LOrd Salisbury :
manifesto to the electors of the Unit
ed Kingdom, in anticipation of the
parliamentary general elections, en-
Phasizes the necessity that the
queens government should be sup
ported by a strong parliamentary ma
iOrity as ''the only means of convinc-
ing the inhabitants of the conquered
South African territories that there is
no hope of diverting the government
from their policy by persistent resist
ance or agitation"
After remarking that ''all the re-
cent troubles in South Africa have
been due to a shift of parliamentary
opinion at a critical moment" the
prime minister goes on to say:
1T will depend upon the disposition
and conduct of the Beers how long an
interval is to elapse before their full
position as a British colony is at
tanned. The brilliant success of Lord
Roberts army must not blind us to
the imperfectiOns disclosed in our
own defensive armor, imperfections,
which, but for the war, imperfectiOns,
remained unnoticed. 1t will be the
urgent duty of parliament and the
government to remove these defects,
a duty which certainly could not be
discharged by a ministry dependent
upon a broken party"
In conclusion, Lord Salisbury refers
to China as "a difficulty, among 9TH
ers, confronting the government, and
requiring that the government should
be armed with a strong majority in
the house of commons"
He urges, that, in view of all these
there should be no alb
stentions at the polls.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
SITUATION AT GALVESTON.
Bringing Order Out of Chaos, But the Task
is Still a Most Onerous
One.

Galveston, Tex, Sept. 24.-At q
meeting of the central committee.
held yesterday, Messrs. Kicker and
Lee, who had the contract for clear
| ing away the debris, rendered their
designations because, they said, some
dissatisfaction had been expressed.
| Kicker rendered the continuance of
his personal services free of charge
as he was giving them to the city dur
ing the past two weeks. The commit
| tee passed a resolution this morning
that some one be appointed to take
charge of the removal with compensa-
tion, and Jens Molter. a prominent
shipbrOler, was appointed to that
duty.
A committee from the city council
appeared before the central commit
| tee yesterday to confer with reference
to obtaining funds to maintain the
police, fire, water and other necessary
departments of the city government.
The central committee appointed a
| subcommittee to request Gov. Sayers
to come to Galveston to confer in re-
gard to this and other pressing mat
ters. In response to the request Gov.
Sayers has telegraphed that he will
leave Austin for Galveston tomorrow
night.
The transportation committee has
been advised that the railway lines
leading out of Houston will honor no
more requests for free transporta-
tiOn.
The pay rolls of the Iaborers who
worked on the streets under the mill
tary regime from September to
September p were completed last
night. The distribution of checks
commenced yesterday and about three
thousand six hundred dollars was put
out.
In all about forty bodies were taken
from the ruins to-day.
Tomorrow it is estimated that $500
men will be at work on the streets
clearing the wreckage. Thirty days
will be required to do the work.
The plan to erect homes for those
who lost everything by the storm, so
earnestly advocated by Miss Barton.
of the Red Cross society, is meeting
with every encouragement. A large
fund is to be raised for this purpose to
be disbursed by direction of Miss Bar
ton.
Five hundred and seventy-six per-
sons were treated at the emergency
hospitals yesterday.
Two of the city banks were opened
to-day, cashing scrip for city laborers
employed in cleaning street wreckage.
There were many visitors in the city
to-day, among the number being Paul
B. Moore, of Jefferson City, Mo-, priv
ate secretary to Gov. Stephens of that
state. Mr.. Moore was accompanied
by Curtis G. and Joseph L. Stephens,
of st. Louis, sons of Gov. Stephens.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.
Desperate and Deadly right.


The Howard -McGhee feud had a
dramatic and tragic climax at Madison
vile last week, in which one man was
killed, two others fatally and one seri-
ously wounded. Monroe county, the
home of the Howards and McGhees,
has been expecting this event for two
gears
Charles Jones and his brother Joshua
entered the Clew hotel dining room,
which was filled with guests, and took
seats at a table. A moment later Cal
vim and Tom Howard entered the room
and met the Jones brothers face to face.
In an instant revolvers were drawn by
the four men and about thirty shots
were fred in quick succession, the ter
rified guests making their exit from the
room by the way of doors and windows.
When the firing ceased, Charles Jones
was found dead on the floor with two
bullet wounds in the heart and three in
the head; Joshua Jones and Calvin
Howard were mortally wounded and
unconscious, and Tom Howard, the
only one of the quartette left on his
feet, had a number of bullet wounds
on his body.
Two years ago Tom Howard married
a member of the McGhee family, de-
spite the strenuous opposition of the
McGhees. A few days after the mar
riage two brothers of Mrs. Howard
went to Toms house, and calling him
TO the door, began firing upon him
Two of Toms brothers, Ernest and
VIII Howard, and George Morrow
Joined in the fusillade, and all three
were shot and killed by the McGhees.
That was the beginning of the feud,
since which time it has developed and
grown with intense bitterness. The
McGhees were arrested for the killing
of Ernest and viii Howard and Nor
row, and their sister, Mrs Tom How
ard, remaining true to her husband,
testified against them. The final trial
of the McGhees was to have taken
place last week at Madisonville, the
county seat of Monroe county, and it
was reported that both sides were
making preparations for a personal
settlement of the difficulty by means of
determination. The fight, with its
fatal results, in the Clew House is be-
lieved to be the consequences of a sur
prise meeting, but no time was lost in
beginning hostilities when the men met
face to face. The Jones boys are
brotherS-in-law of the McGhees, and
rhey,>as Well as the McGhees and How
ards, are among the most prominet
people in the county.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Shot His Head on.

William Patrick was found dead last
week in his buggy, about a mile from
his home, near Fayetteville, with the
top of his head shot off. No reason
can be assigned for the crime except
that he bore the name of Patrick and
was the father of Lifus Patrick, who
was killed by the Joe Spurrier revenue
raiders after he had waylaid and killed
three of them several years ago, near
the spot where his father was killed.
William Patrick was also the father of
Andrew Patrick, who was waylaid and
killed by one Kirk Downing a few
months ago, and who is now in Jail
awaiting trial. General Patrick, an
other son of Williams, was shot at five
times one night few weeks ago, and
his barn burned at the same time. He
has sold his farm and moved to the
western part of the county.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
PEACE PROPOSALS DECLINED.
Renewed Activity the Part of the Fill
pInOs Due to Instructions From
the Hong Kong Junta.

Manila, Sept. 24.-The insurgent
demonstrations last week prove to
have Deen more extended than was al
first reported. From Cagayan and
Isabella provinces and the northwest
era districts of Luzon come accounts
OF insurgent operations and American
precautionary measures.
Merchants in the Province of Albay
are getting their hemp to Manila as
rapidly as possible, fearing that other
wise it will be burned by the insur-
gents.
At Ilo Ilo there was considerable
anNiety lest an uprising should occur:
but the insurgents there are ceasiug
their activity and returning in mite
clothing to the garrisoned towns of
the district. AS a resumption of in
surgent operations is considered quite
pl cbable, the Americans there are
taking the necessary steps.
The American casualties in KILLED,
W Ounded or missing during the la It
ter days approach one hundred, in
cluding Sinilaon, at the east end of
Laguna de Bay, where the insurgents,
after the engagement, delivered ten
bodies of our dead.
Documents captured in Manila show
that the insurgents activity in this vi
cinity was ordered by rebels here, fol-
lowing instructions from the Hong
Kong junta.
Senior Buencamino has received
from AguinaIdo an answer regarding
his peace proposals. AguinaldO de-
clines to consider them and declares
that he is unwilling to agree to COM
promise.
Archbishop Novaldea, with Bishop
Hevia and ten friars, will leave for
Spain Tuesday. He goes to render his
decennial religious report. He says
he expects to return here. During MS
absence the affairs of the archdiocese
will be administered by Monsignor
Chapelle.
The amnesty expired September 81.
and the conditions that existed previ-
ouslv have been resumed.
An insurgent proclamation, signed
last month by Aguinaldo, directing
that American prisoners be set at lib
erty; that good treatment be accord
ed captives, and that $40 be paid to
each American surrendering, has
reached Manila. Few prisoners were
released under the proclamation. Two
who have just arrived from the Cailles
district, report that the insurgents in
that locality are ''in better spirits"
than they had displayed at any time
since April.
Samar is short of rice, but, as the
hemp supply is abundant, the people
are shipping hemp to Bulan island
and smuggling rice in exchange.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
A RELIC OF SPANISH RULE.
Porto RicO's Demand Against Cuba
Asks Repayment of a Loan
Made to Spain.

Havana, Sept. 24.-Porto Rico's de-
mand on Cuba for the repayment of
more than two million five hundred
thousand dollars, advanced to Spain
to conduct military operations against
Cuba, has been the source of consid-
cradle amusement here. Cubans are
asking why they should repay funds
lent to the enemy for the express pur-
pose of subduing them.
Gen. Wood will return the docu-
ments forwarded from Washington
to Gov. Allen, of Porto Rico, togeth-
er with a memorandum couched in
diplomatic language, pointing out
that he is unable to take any action
in the matter. ~
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
PASSING THE OBSTRUCTION.
Boats Safely Passing the Wrecks
Sunk in st. Clair River Rap
ids Friday Night

Port Huron, Mich, Sept. 23.-Boats
are safely passing the wrecks of the
schooner Fontana and the tow barge
Martin, the latter of which was sunk
in the st. Clair River rapids Friday
night, by collision with the steamer
Yuma. There is no doubt that Capt.
James Lawless, mate VIM. Ross, the
cook, Mrs. Bacon,and Swedish sailor
went down with the Martin.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Struck Oil.

A valuable flow of oil has just been
discovered on the farm of James
Cusack, fourteen miles from James
town. The oil was reached at a depth
of 259 feet. 1t is the second flow of oil
discovered in that vicinity in four
years, the first having proven very val
liable. 1t is in paying quantities.
There is no longer doubt but that the
oil industry will be made paying one
in Fentress county.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Assessments Completed.

The assessments passed on by the
State board of equalizers have been all
certified to by the board to the county
court clerks over the State. After the
board had closed its books but one
complaint came in, and it was from the
Knoxville Iron Company, the assess
ment on which was raised on the last
day of the meeting. The aggregated
assessments are over S24, ,OOO, 900 more
than in 1899. OF this amount county
boards added S14, $50, 900 and the State
board s1O,O59, sS5. This will mean an
increased State tax Of about $50, 500.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
New Railroad Scheme.

The Greenville, Nashville & Chatta-
nooga Railway Company has filed a
charter with the secretary of State.
This corporation is chartered under the
laws of Mississippi. The company pro-
poses to build line from Greenville,
Miss, through that State in a northerly
direction to point in and to the bound
State of Tennessee, running in gen.
eral direction of the city of Nashville.
The capital stock is s., 200, 900.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Mrs. JudIeth Doherty Is Dead.

Mrs. Judieth Doherty, aged about 7s
years, died at Camden last week. Mrs
Doherty was the widow of Col. w. f..
Doherty, who died some twenty years
ago. Col. Doherty was a lawyer of
ability, and had considerable political
notoriety, having represented his con-
grsssional district in the Confederate
congress, and was a member of the
constitutional convention of 1870.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
THINKS THE WAR A MISTAKE.
But Admits That Its Results Are lire
NOkRhIe.

London, Sept. 24.-Mr. John Morley,
liberal, member for Montrose burghs,
in his manifesto, declares that his
opinion has not changed that every
thing might have been attained in
South Africa without war.
'In a single year." he says, "the
work of a generation in uniting the
Dutch and English in South Africa has
been undone, and not even in Ireland
has the difficult race problem been
more miserably mishandled."
Mr.. Morley admits, however, that
it is impossible to revoke the procla-
nations of annexation.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Strike at Coal Creek.

About 500 miners and day laborers
employed by the Coal Creek Coal Com
pany are out on strike. The men de.
manded that day laborers be given an
increase in wages, which would make
employed by other companies in the
Coal Creek and Jelico districts. The
company refused to grant the increase
further than general raise of II cents
as agreed upon at the Jelico conference.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Death of Alvin Warren. sr.

Alvin Warren, Sr., one of the oldest
citizens of Bolivar, died last week. De-
ceased was born in Rowan county,
North Carolina, in 1910 and moved to
Hardeman county when a boy. He was
engaged in business in Bolivar for a
number of years, also at Memphis for
a few years in the sixties. Several
years ago he retired. He had the re-
spect and esteem of all who knew him.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Iron For Germany.

The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail-
road Company have a rush order for
1,45O tons of pig iron for Bremen, Ger
many, to be shipped via the Georgia
Central railway and Savannah, Ga.
This shipment will go forward in a
solid train. 1t will require something
like seventy cars to carry it, and it
must be in Savannah ready to be loaded
ON the steamer by September Goth.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
No Damages Allowed.

In the case of Mrs. Sallie Hart vs. the
corporation of Union City, wherein she
sought to recover $50, 600 damages for
the death of her husband, Clarence
Hart, which was caused by live wire
while he was night policeman two years
ago, Judge w. H. Swiggart, to whom it
was left instead of jury, decided Mrs.
Hart entitled to no damages. The case
goes to the supreme court
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
The Belle Carter Case.

The case of the State VS.. Mrs. Belle
Carter, charged with poisoning her
husband, Marion Carter, near Union
City, in the latter part of August, 1899,
will have to be tried again, as the jury,
which was out four days, failed to
agree. Eight of the jurymen were for
acquittal and four for Imprisonment in
State prison. The poisoning was ad-
mitted by the defense and the plea was
insanity.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Teachers Institute.

A teachers institute for Haywood
county will be held at Brownsville on
Saturday, September %. The follow
ing will take part in the programme:
Geometry, Prof. c. w, Anderson; gram
mar, II. L. Rainey; algebra, Miss Mat
tie Rainey; geography, Breckenridge
Currie.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Charges Against Insurance Company.

Numerous inquiries are being made
of the insurance commissioner concern
ing the Tontine Loan and Security
Company of st. Louis. This institution
has been refused license to do business
in Tennessee, but has nevertheless
written numerous policies, on which
they are collecting and endeavoring to
collect assessments.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Fire nt SnrinrfieId.

Fire last week destroyed several bus
mess houses on the public square in
Springfield. The losses aggregate S2O,-
600, partly covered by insurance. The
origin of the fire is not known.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
UnIrersIty of Tennessee.

The University of Tennessee opened
last week with the largest attendance
In its history, almost every State in the
Union is represented by students
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28

The laughter cure is the latest for
indigestion. Here is hint for cynicS
and pessimists.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-28
Loss OF LIFE ON RANCHES.
Sheep Herders Drowned in Floods
Caused by CIOud-Bursts.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. PA
clOud-burst in the valley of the Neuces
river, Saturday night, did much dam
age to property and also, according
to reports received here, resulted in
loss of life on the ranches of the vi
cinity. The Neuces at Uvalde rose 25
feet in two hours, and broke telegraph
communication. A number of ranches
were inundated, and one English
sheepman, Ethelbert Mcdonald, to-
gether with some Mexican sheep herd
ers, are said to have lost their lives
on a ranch in the mountains near
Bracket.
From reports of a colony of no.
madic Italians, it is thought that two
lost their lives in the floods that went
down the Neuces.