The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-07-19
CURREN T TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

OhO OCSl-hllOWn nOISRlIlan the west
died in Milwaukee on the 9th.
Col. Il. G. Little, of the famous
Twentieth Kansas volunteer regi-
ment which, under the command OF
Gen. Frederick Funston, won an en-
vlable record in the opening campaign
in the Philippines, has been granted
a pension of $50 a month for injuries
received.
Marias, the well-1nown Cape rebel,
was hanged at Middleburg, Transvaal
colony, on the 10th, 8 by order of the
military authorities" The execution
was witnessed by prominent residents
of Middleburg.
The Peruvian government, instea /
IF resigning in consequence of tn"
agitation growing cut of the alleged
irregularities of Carlos de Pierola,
president of the electoral board, has
decided to bring that official to trial
II formal charges and to lay the
whole matter before the chamber OF
deputies.
The British admiralty has issued in
structions for 169 vessels of the navy
to engage in maneuvers, beginning
the goth. During these maneuvers,
two main fleets of the participating
vessels Will contend for the command
of the English channel.
Following out the proclamation of
President Mckinley opening up to set
Element by the whites the $4,000 farms
in the Kiowa-Comanche country, the
first registration of homseekers was
made at Ell Reno and Lawton, Okla,
on the 10th.
A deluge of rain, amounting to
cloudburst, washed away nearly the
entire town of Corbin, Mont, and the
big Peck concentration located there
on the night of the 9th.
About six hundred men employed in
saw and planning mills at Upper Lake,
N. Y, went out on strike, on the 18th,
demanding a nine-hour day instead of
IL. The trouble was occasioned by a
factory inspector insisting that a
dozen boys under eighteen years old
should not be compelled to work over
ten hours. No attempt has been made
to start the mills.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
JONES' on the 18th, received an en-
velope postmarked Denver, Col, con-
tanning $40 in bank notes, with a sim
pie memorandum: please give this
to any tribe of Indians. From a friend
of the Indians" 1t was forwarded to
a representative of the Indian Indus
trial league for use in its work.
DR.. Murdoch, the physician who is
attending Gen. Daniel Butterfield at
his summer home in Cold Springs, N.
Y, said, on the 18th, that for ten DAYS
the general had been very weak and
unable to leave his bed without as
sistance and that he realized that the
end was drawing near.
On the 18th the secretary of the
treasury purchased short-term bonds
as follows; 100000 threes, at O9.O264;
$4,000 fves, at 1O9.1372, and $4,000
tours, at 112.G079.
Mrs. Helen Althoff, widow, and her
two-year-old daughter, were burned
to death in a fire which DESTROYED
their home at Vallejo, Cal, on the
18th.
The will of the late Pierre Lorillard
was read, on the 18th, in law office
in Jersey City. No statement as to it's
contents was made public.
Warden Wolfer of the Minnesota
prison at Saltwater decided not to
make known the time when the
Youngers would be released, in order
that no demonstration, friendly or
hostile might occur on the outside.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the
former president of the confederacy,
is quite i'll at the Willard hotel in
Pertdipd, Me-, where she went, re-
Gently, to spend the summer.
A Boston dispatch of the 18th said
Paddy" Breen was under arrest
there charged with the theft of gold
watch from Rev. Michael Burnham,
of st. Louis, which was taken from
the priests pocket while waiting for
train.
Fire, on the 18th, destroyed the en-
tire crop of wheat on the farm of |
Mrs. A w. Whathen, two miles north |
of Henderson, Ky. A separator had |
just completed threshing the crop
and was moving away when a spark !
from the engine set fire to the straw. |
Conservative men who have careful |
" studied the disastrous effects of the |
drought in Kansas say the |
people of the state have suffered a
loss in all crops, except wheat, to the |
of nearly $2OO,OOO,O00 since |
July 1.
The continued intense heat and az
drought is assuming the |
form of a calamity as unharvested |
crops of all kinds are drying up in |
the fields and water, in many places, |
is becoming exceedingly scarce.
The BerIiner Tageblatt, speaking of |
the rumored retirement of Ambassa- !
dor White says: ''NIr. White is the |
recipient of such confidence and ven
Grafton from all circles in Berlin that |
his departure would cause the keen |
est regret
William Butler, one of the most |
prominent grocers in the east, died in |
the German hospital at Philadelphia, |
on the 18th, from shock following an
operation for appendicitis. Mr.. But
Ter owned Sc grocery stores in Phila-
delphia and Camden, n. j.
Postmaster-Genera Smith is de- |
termined to weed out the fake publ |
cations that are burdening the mails
as second-class matter. Instead OF is
suing a general order specific cases
will be taken up and tested on their
merits.
While the Marine hospital service is
not prepared to give out specific re-
suits of its recent investigation, suf-
fcient data is at hand to warrant the |
ascertain that there are at least 1,0OO !
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