The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-09-06

The postmaster general has issued a
general order granting ten days leave
of absence to all pOstmasters of the
first class who may desire to attend
the postmasters' convention to be held
in Atlantic City, n. j., from the Gath
to the 27th of September.
Through Mr.. VIM. II. Thompson, of
the BOatmen's bank of st. Louis, Will
son Mcdonald, sculptor, has submitted
a design for a great monument to
Thomas Jefferson to be erected upon
the grounds of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition in that city.
The Indiana state board of charities,
on the goth, filed report with the
governor on the investigation of the
insane hospitals to ascertain if any
sane persons are deprived of their
freedom. The report says no such
persons are confined and have not
been within the last IS months.
Federal Judge Irwin has decided, in
the suits filed against the government
by % persons claiming to be part
Caddo Indian, to secure allotmentS in
the recently-opened KiOwa-Comanche
country, that the said allotments may
be filed on by any person subject to
pending litigation in the higher court.
The Northern Pacific railroad has
decided to build two immense steam
ships for the Pacific and China trad,
of about the same size as those now
building at New London, Conn, for
the Great Northern railway. They
will be of $4,000 tons, or three timea
the capacity of an average ocean
freighter."
Fred. Culbert, who left New York
city, May 1, to walk to Sioux Falls, s..
D., on wager of $1,000, arrived at
that place, on the 3Oth, at four
o'clock in the afternoon, 80 hours
ahead of time. The distance walked
was 1900 miles. gilbert started with
out cent, and had not slept in bed
during his long tramp.
It was semi-officially announced, on
the 97th, that the directors of the
Union Pacific had outlined plans
which will call for the expenditure of
$40,00O,000 on the Southern and Cen
trail Pacific systems, to be about equal
ly divided between them. This will
be chiefly for improvements, in order
to put those railroads in perfect ply
sical condition.
The naval hospital ship Solace ar
rived at San Francisco, on the 29th,
Ill,
The vessel brought a number of pas
sengers, among them the wives and
children of naval officers. The Solace
rs to be laid up for repairs at Mare
Island. She has been in service for
several years, and has made a number
of trips between here and the Philip
pines.
The Bethlehem Steel Co., which also
includes the Bethlehem Iron Co., on
the 9th, passed into the hands of
Charles NJ. Schwab. A check for $4,-
O32, 900 was deposited with the Girard
Trust CO., of Philadelphia, by Drexel
4 Co. in payment of 16S, 900 shares of
Bethlehem steel stock. The total
number of shares in the company is
100000. Immediately after the receipt
of the check, a new board of directors
and officers were elected.
Capt. Geo. P. Hearn, Ninth infan-
try. has been ordered before retir-
ing board in Washington city. For
about two years past Capt. Hearn has
been detailed as chief of forestry in
the Philippines, and has made several
interesting and important reports to
the war department. He is suffering
from disability that disqualifies him
for military duty, but he may be
placed in charge of the forestry divi-
sion as retired army officer.
Secretary Root, on the Goth, re-
ceived a letter from the chairman of
the committee on state and territor-
ial exhibits of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, saying that the exposition
desired to make an exhibit of the re-
sources and products of the Philip
Zines and Cuba. The letter was re-
ferred to the division of insular af-
fairs, which will take the necessary
steps TO assist the exposition in pro-
curing the exhibits asked.
The steamer Frithiof, which arrived
at Hammerfest, Norway, on the
3Oth, after having successfully
landed the Baldwin-Zeigler Arctic eX-
pedition at Camp Zeigler, on Alger ISL
and, spoke the Russian ice-breaking
steamer Ermak three weeks before.
Admiral Makaroff (the originator of
the idea of reaching the pole with the
Ernal1), said his experience had con-
WINGED him that it was impossible to
force way through to the Polar sea.
The admiral was then homeward
bound.
The National Fraternal congress, in
session at Detroit, Mich, on the 30th,
decided to indorse the proposed Fra
ternal building at the st. Louis
Worlds fair, in 1908, and recommend.
ed that all fraternal societies con-
tribute toward it