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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
San Antonio Fair.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Oct. 21.-The San
Antonio International Fair was form.
ally opened yesterday with an eloquent
address by Mayor Hicks, delivered in
the presence of dignitaries from Mex
leo, the visiting editors, officials of the
association and the city administration.
Everything surpasses last years exhi-
bition, but the most notable feature is
the Mexican exhibit, the like of which
was never before seen in the South.
This display occupies nearly an acre OF
space and is unusually interesting
throughout. 1t is in charge of Senor
Albino R. Nuncio, commissioner from
Mexico In connection with this ex-
hibit is the added attraction of the
Ninth infantry band, of the Republic
of Mexico. The live stock exhibit is
considered the largest and best ever
assem- bled.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
POLICY OF FRIARS
Being Investigated BY Judge Taft mt MAJ
Ella-TestimOny Of the FIlipinOs.

! MANILA, Oct. 21.-The Philippine
commission has passed a bill apPro-
priating s475, 900 gold for the payment
of expenses incurred for the benefit of
the insular government during Octo-
Der. The bill goes carefully into de-
tail regarding the items of expendi.
ture throughout the archipelago.
Judge Taft has been engaged for
some time in taking a mass of Filipino
testimony concerning the conduct and
policy of the friars, this being a con-
tinuation of the investigation which
began with the dispositions of bishops
and members of monastic orders. Tho
statements of the Filipinos go to show
that the friars, under the Spanish re-
gime, greatly abused their limitless
political and religious powers over the
community, and that this abuse of au-
thority often led to immortality. All
the testimony offered by the Filipinos
shows that they do not desire the re-
turn of the friars to the parishes.
Archbishop Chapelle has gone to the
more peaceful provinces of Northern
Luzon, accompanied by three Domini-
can friars. 1t is asserted, and generally
believed, that he intends to re-estab-
lish these friars in certain parishes;
and the trip is exciting the natives in
Manila, who call upon their country
men to prevent the re-establishment of
any friar on the ground that it would
fix dangerous precedent for the
future.
Senior Buencamino has received what
purports to be letter from Aguinaldo,
ordering the former leaders of the revo-
luton who are now in Manila to desist
from the formation of political parties
and to cease all their attempts at paci-
fication. The letter mysteriously hints
that plans are maturing among the
armed rebels in field, and describes
these as ''best for the country" Senior
Buencamino declares that the letter is
genuine.
The military situation was compara-
lively quiet last week. The commits
sion, the military authorities, the Fill
pinos and the foreigners are awaiting
the result of the presidential election
in the United States. Many persons
assert that, whatever this may be, it
will have no immediate effect on the
armed situation in the Philippines, and
that disorders and guerrilla attacks will
continue for time
R. Wildman, United States consul
general at Hongkong, who is now in
Manila, says that expectation of gen.
eral anti-foreign outbreak in Southern
China, notably in Canton, is growing
daily, and that cablegrams received by
him last week record an increasing un-
easiness in Hongkong.
A troop of the Sixth United States
cavalry and a contingent of marines
from the United States battleship In
diana have arrived here from China.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
STORM LOSSES IN TEXAS.
Results of an Investigation by the
Statistician of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. \
THE LOSSES IN CROPS AND LIVE STOCK.
inEs, Machinery, Etc, the Losses
to the Agricultural Interests O1
South Texas is Estimated at Fully
Five Million Dollars.

Washington, Oct. 2O.-The statisti
clan of the department of agriculture
has completed his investigation of the
agricultural situation in those coun'
ties in Texas that were visited by the
West India hurricane of September s
Reports have been received from the
departments regular correspondents
and from many other prominent citi
zens identified with the agricultural
and commercial interests of southern
Texas. Two experienced special
agents have personally visited the
storm-swept region and carefully in.
vestigated the existing situation
Much valuable assistance has beer
rendered the department by the cen.
sus office in determining the acreage
of crops prior to the storm.
Losses on the Cotton Crop.
The acreage under cotton in the
counties in which serious damage re.
suited from the storm was approXi-
mately 100000 acres, with promise
on September /, of a crop of about
$4,000 bales. The reduction of the
crop is estimated at about $4,000
bales, or 1O.6 per cent. On basis OF
$50 per bale, the amount destroyed
would represent a value of So, 3,4OO, 900.
How the Corn Suffered.
The area under corn is estimated to
have been about $4,000 acres, with
an indicated production of about H.,
100000 bushels. The loss to the croF
is estimated at about a million bush.
els, or 81 per cent, representing
value of about S5OO,OOO.
The Rice Growers Losses.
The loss of rice is estimated at 49,.
600 barrels of four bushels each, rep
resenting a value of about $4,000.
Pecan Crop Badly Shortened.
Of pecans, there is an estimated
loss of 2,5OO,OOO pounds, valued at
100000. Three thousand trees, val
ued at $4,000, are also reported az
destroyed.
Losses of Farm Animals.
The loss of farm animals is esti-
mated at 300 hourses, $50 mules, 90
900 cattle, $500 sheep and 900 swine.
representing total value of about
S4eO,OOO.
Sugar Cane, Sorghum, Etc.
The loss of sugar cane, sorghum
and other minor crops has not been
ascertained with sufficient definite.
ness to warrant the publication of an
estimate.
Estimated Total Loss.
Exclusive of the damage to farm
buildings, machinery, etc, the total
loss may be estimated at $4,000
1t should be stated that all the coun-
ties visited by the storm were includ-
ed in the crop report issued October
10.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION
Inviting Northern Commercial OrganIza
tions to Be Represented at New
Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21.-Secretary
Thompson of the Southern industrial
convention in sending special invita-
tions to number of Northern CONNER
cial organizations today to attend the
next meeting that will be in this city
December to 9, uses the following Ian.
guage:
SAT no other period in the history Of
tha South have her people been in such
position as at the present to receive and
welcome representative business men
from the North.
"On the platform of this convention,
which is business, no politics, no Sec
tionalism, all who desire to see the
trade of the United States prosper and
her commerce enter successfully the
markets of the world, can meet and
agree. This is the sole and paramount
issue of this convention and no matter
which politician sits on the safety valve
at Washington after the election next
month, if her people agree that we will
not need or care for the aid or consent
of any other nation in securing it, as
all else affecting the welfare and hap
piness of our people"
Hon. E. L. Russell, president of the
Mobile e Ohio railroad, has accepted
the invitation extended to him to attend
and will deliver an address on the sub.
ject of deep Water at Gulf Ports.'
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
ALABAMA'S CENSUS.
Population Increased 3I5,6sO Or 2O.S Per
Per Cent.-Three Cities Over $4,000.

Population Increased 3I5,6SO Or 2O.8 Per
Per Cent.-Three Cities Over $4,000.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-The census
bureau has made public the returns of
population in Alabama. The population
of the State in 1900 is l, ,S2S, 697, as against
1,515,O17 in 1890, representing an IN
crease since 1890 of 315, $50, or zoos per
cent. This rate of increase is slightly
greater than that for the decade from
1850 to 1890, when it was 26.6 per cent.
From 1920 to 1880, the first decennlal
period in the history of the State, it's
population increased 142 per cent. and
in the following decade 9O.S per cent,
but subsequently, the rate of increase
declined until the decade from 1860 to
1870, when it was only 81 per cent.
The population of Alabama In 1900 is
more than fourteen times as large as
the population given for 1920, the first
census taken after its organization as
a State in 1919.
The total land surface of Alabama is,
approximately, 81, $40 square miles, the
average number of persons to the
square mile at the censuses of 1900 be-
ing as follows: 1890, 1913; 1900, 35.4.
OF the sixty-six counties in the State
all but two, Cleburne and Lawrence,
have increased in population during the
decade.
There are 2O1 incorporated cities,
towns and villages in Alabama. OF
these there are only thirty-two that
have a population of over 1000, and
only nine of these have a population in
excess of 5000.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
A NEW QUESTION RAISED.
feet the Legality OF a Number
of Criminal Judgments.

Springfield, H., Oct. 2O.-Henry
Hutchinson. who. in 1898, was SEN
fenced to the Joliet penitentiary for
life for the murder of Florence Burl,
alias Bertha Fisher, in Chicago, has
made application to the supreme
court for his release. The petition in
the ease asks that n writ of habeas
corpus directed against Edward j.
Murphy, the warden of the peniten-
tiary. be issued. 1t is claimed that
Hutchinson's Imprisonment is Illegal,
for the reason that the judgment en-
tered against him does not specify
the crime for which he was convicted.
The question raised is a new one, and
on it will turn the legality of num-
per of judgments in criminal cases.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
Dom Paul Left secretly.

Lorenzo MARQUEE, Oct. 2O.-Mr. Kru
ger was secretly taken, at a. m, on
board the Dutch cruiser Gelderland
on which vessel he is to sail for Hol'
land.
The reason given for Mr.. Kruger's
embarkation is that he feared the
Beers here would attack him. The
feeling of the refugees against Mr..
Kruger for fleeing from the country
is very strong. He left the governor :
house in a hired carriage, aecompa.
MED by DR.. Haymann,t the governor fol
lowing in private carriage
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
L. & MS. NEW BRIDGE.
Surveys Being Made for S25O,OO0 Steel
Structure Over the Tennessee River.

Surveys Being Made for S25O,O00 Steel
Structure Over the Tennessee River.
DECATUR, Ala, Oct. 21.-A party OF
surveyors in the employ of the Louis.
vile & Nashville Railroad Company
have been running surveys on both
banks of the Tennessee and taking
soundings of the river bed a few hun.
dred yards below the Southern's bridge.
The survey is being made for a $3.50, ,0OO
steel bridge for the road, which it will
be compelled to build, as the Southern's
bridge will no longer stand the strain
of traffic passing over it from the
Louisville & Nashville. 1t is reported
in railroad circles that the new bridge
will not be draw, but will be built
high enough to clear all steamers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
indians Dancing In Wisconsin.

La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 2O.-Hundreds
of Indians are holding a war dance
and feast near Turtle Lake, Wis, in
the vicinity of which great cranberry
marshes form means of livlihood for
a large proportion of the redskins.
The DOW WOW is held in celebration of
the end of a successful cranberry sea-
son and other events known only to
those who participated in them. For
several days past, many Indians have
passed through this city, on their
way from Iowa, Nebraska, the Dako-
tas and other western states.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
Choctaw Extension.

OKLAHOMA CITY, o. T., Oct. 21.-
President Francis J.. Gowen, of the
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Company;
General Manager Henry Woods, Traffic
Manager J. H. Holden and Attorney j.
III. Shartell arrived hure yesterday and
left for Fort Worth, Tex, where they
will leave tomorrow for Amarillo. Tex,
the proposed terminus of the western
extension that has been ordered to be
built from Weatherford, o. T. The
officials will make definite conclusion
in regard to the future plans on this
trip, to be submitted TO directors,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
Preparing for War.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 21.-Senor
Manuel Alvarez, an agent of the Mex
lean government, came here about two
weeks ago and since that time has pur-
chased and shipped several carloads of
saddle horses to the City of Mexico.
From words dropped now and then by
Senor Alvarez, the Mexican govern
ment is preparing for war; either re-
bellion or a war of conquest. Aware 2
viii say nothing as to his real purpose
in buying so many horses, but it is a
significant fact that he purchases only
the verv best saddle horses,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
COMPROMISE ELECTION LAW.
The Passage of n New Election Law
in Kentucky FOreshOwed for
the near Future.

Frankfort, KY, Oct. 2O.-The con-
ference committee which has been
considering the disagreement be-
tween the two houses of the legisla-
ture and which has been unable for
several days past TO reach an agree
ment, agreed upon report which
foreshadows the passage of an cleo
ton law this week. \ compromise
substitute offered by the anti-GOebel
democrats was adopted by the con-
ference committee by n vote of 16 to
4 and it is nearly certain the bill Will
now pass. The bill gives the republi-
cans control of county cleo
tion boards in republican
counties and the democrats il
democratic counties. The new law
will not apply to the November cleo
ton.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
A LOUISIANA LYNCHING.
MiIry johnson, Who Wounded Con-
ductOr Will Jordan, Lynched
at Baton Rouge.

PIaquemine, La, Oct. 20.-Milry
Johnson, negro, who shot and dan
gerously wounded Conductor Will
Jordan, of the Texas & Pacific road
on Wednesday night, near Baton
Rouge, was lynched at 2 a. m. John
son had been incarcerated temporar.
iIy at the state capitol, but Wednes
day night the sheriff attempted to
take him to the Jail at Port Allen. A
determined body of men overpowered
the officer and, securing the prisoner
hanged him.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
ALL HINGES ON POWDER
The Question May Blow the Entire
Settlement of the Strike
in the Air.
THE MINERS WANT THEIR RAISE FLAT.
Are Not willing to Have the Re-
duced Price of Powder Taken In
10 Account I'm Figuring Out Their
Wages-It Constitutes Another
Hitch With the Mine Owners.

Hazieton, Pa. Oct. 2C.-The settle
ment of the big strike of anthracite
mine workers is undoubtedly blocked
by the question of the price miners
will be asked in future to pay for
powder. Employers have agreed to
give their men ten per cent. more in
wages than they were paid before the
strike began, but they insist that in
figuring the net advance of ten per
cent, the reduction of S1.25 a keg in
the price of powder shall be taken in
to consideration.
They Want to Arbitrate.
The miners apparently want to go
back to work for the ten per cent.
advance, and then arbitrate the ques-
tion whether they are to get their
powder cheaper as an additional con-
dition. 1t is not believed that the
mine owners will grant any such de-
mand, and their refusal may mean
the indefinite prOlongation of the
strike.
President Mitchell Reticent.
Since the Philadelphia conference
of railroad officials and operators,
President Mitchell has become very
reticcnt, maintaining an absolute 81
lencc on the powder question. When
he was asked the direct question by
a press representative, whether an
other convention would be called to
ascertain the wishes of the men on
the newest complication, he replied:
Anxious for Honorable Settlement.
Il prefer not to answer that ques-
tion."
When he was asked what the pros
poets were for an early ending of the
strike he said: NO man in America
is more desirous or more anxious to
end this contest than myself, and I
have done all in my jOwer to bring
about an honorable settlement"
JubiIant Spirit Disappears.
This nOn-committal answer of the
leader of the strike helps to strength
en- the impression that the labor war
is not so near a solution as it was
thought to have been.
The spirit of jubilatiOn that pre-
vailed in this region on Wednesday
has given to a feeling of disappoint-
ment This is apparent everywhere.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
MINERAL LAND LEASE.
Six Hundred Acres Belonging to AIabama
University.


University.
BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 21.-At a meeting
of the executive committee of the trus-
tees of the State University, held here
today, 600 acres of mineral lands owned
by the university, in Bibb county, were
were leased to the Cahaba Southern
Mining Company of Hargrove, of which
ex-Congressman L. II. Aldrich is presi-
dent. The rental is to be a royalty of
6 cents per ton for all coal mined for
ten years, the lease renewable for
another ten years. The company has
600 acres more already under lease from
the university, and when it gets all the
mines it contemplates opening in opera
tion it will pay the university about
RI2. 900 per year
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
DREssMAKERS ON STRIKE.
Two Hundred Minneapolis Dress
makers Want a Ten-HOur Day
and Pay for Overtime.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. 2O.-The
dressmakers in this city, over 200 in
number, have struck for n ten-hour
day, extra pay for overtime and no
reduction in wages for the hours. \
few employers have granted the de-
1nanGs of the union, but many have
refused
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
MOSQUITO MALARIA.
DIR. Koch, Who Has Been Investigating the
Subject, Ready the Report.

subject, Ready tho report.
MARsEILLEs, Oct. 21. - DIR. Robert
Koch, the bacteriologist, who is EN-.
ployed by the German government to
investigate tropical diseases. arrived
here today from German New Guinea.
He is on his way to Berlin, where he
will present to the Academy of Medi-
cine the result of fifteen months study
of malaria in New Guinea, Java and ad.
jacent German territories. He confirms
the report that he succeeded in isolat-
ing and cultivating the malaria bacillus,
and he reports his Hongkong declara-
tion that there is no doubt that mos.
quitos are the principal propagators OF
malaria in the districts where his latest
investigations have been conducted, nc
less than in Egypt and German East
Africa, where he went in 1898.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26

Not Headquartera.

"What did her father say?"
"He said he couldn't understand
why 1 came to hiIn-all his property
was in his wife's name, -Cleveia4'.
Plain Dealer,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26
Estimated Total Loss.

Exclusive of the damage to farm
buildings, machinery, ETC., the total
loss may be estimated at $5,OOO,OOO,
1t should be stated that all the coun-
ties visited by the storm were includ-
ed in the crop report issued October
TO-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-26

The loss of sugar cane, sorghum
and other minor crops has not been
ascertained with sufficient definite.
ness to warrant the publication of an
nctirnntn
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-09
Only Once n Year.

A certain professor is well known as
q man whose scientific studies have
tended to exaggerate a natural DISPOSE
ton to mental abstraction. The pro-
fessor's friends, who are also his
strong admirers, understand his pecuI-
iarity and overlook in him what might
not be excused in a commonplace per-
SON. a lady is very fond of telling this
incident. She was at a reception given
at the professors house. The occasion
had been made delightful by the pro-
fessor and his accomplished wife and
daughters. Toward the close Of the
evening the lady, who had greatly en-
Joyed the affair, approached the host
and asked him, with much enthusiasm:
''How often do you have these de-
ightful reunions, professorY'
No polite prevarication delayed the
reply:
''Thank goodness, madam, but once
q year,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-09


Like children, savages in all parts OF
osity. Mr.. H. Cayley-Webster, a well
known English traveller, gives an
amusing instance of this trait among
the natives of New Guinea.
One day a piano arrived for his ex-
cellency the governor, and some ma
tives We're told to carry the strange
looking case from the beach to the
house. After going a few yards one
stumbled, causing one end of the crate
to strike the ground, and, ever on the
alert for strange noises, their ears were
Immediately pressed against it, and
they listened until the ting of the
wires had died away.
Again, after a yard or two, a similar
mfShap occurred. Again many ears
were listening to the sound so foreign
to them, until a native, rather more
knowing than the rest, with a heave
raised the whole case a few inches
from the ground and let it go.
The noise which issued from the in
side had by this time worked them up
to such frenzy that they one and all
seized upon the case, rolled it over and
over, and danced with joy at the
strange sounds which came forth. And
it was not until this odd performance
had been repeated many times that the
eye of an official was attracted by the
shouts and yells of the natives; not
however, before much damage had
been done and many strings broken.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-09
LOVE AND DEATH.

Two, from the Heights OF Quiet,
Come ore day t. men;
Two, Love and Death, come hither,
Come once and not again
turned, looked every whittier,
Nothing could / see,
But. as the high God liveth,
One came from him to me.
She came with touch and odor
OF a summer breath
Came, as shall come the other,
The I'D angel, Death
Swiftly my soul unfolded, ..
Flashed and reached awide;
1t drank the pouring glory
OF heavens summertide.
reckon not the seasons,
The years that fall and flow;
Life filled her cup and spilled 1t -
That hour long, long ago.
Since none has met me seeking
Up and down the ways;
Love comes no more forever
In all the coming days;
And surely he shall find me,
Whether i rest or roam,
The other-kindly angel
Come to take me homei
-Harper's Magazine.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-09

Some men are so deficient in the ele-
ments of success that they would new
er set the world on fire even if the
world were insured in their favor
Detroit Journal.