The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-11-01

Idnu 10 denver the commencement
day address next June.
Earthquake shocks were felt at ST.
Thomas, d. w. l., and throughout the
island of Porto Rico on the 22d. The
shocks were the severest felt in many
years, but no loss of life Or damage
to property is reported.
The board of directors of the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo, n. Y,
on the 2sd, adopted the following:
Resolved, That Saturday, November
2, at midnight, be fixed as the time
of the final closing of the exposition" "
Victor C'Brien, a graduate student
of the University of Chicago and a
son of T. w. O'Brien, a leading law
yer in San Francisco, was placed in
the detention hospital in Chicago, on
the 22d, apparently suffering from
acute mania. Young O'Brien is said
TO have become insane over love af-
fair.
The torpedo boat Thornton, built
by the William X. Trigg Co., of Rich
mond, Va, made another run, on the
22d, to complete her official speed trial,
hut the result was unsatisfactory. The
Thornton ran along very smoothly,
but failed to develop the necessary
26 knots an hour for two consecutive
hours.
DIR. Cameron Mann, pastor of Grace
church, Kansas City, on the 23d, de-
10 hn - tn q In c
ric of North Dakota, rendered him by
the national convention of the Epis-
copal church, at San Francisco, Octo-
ber Is. DR.. Mann will request that
the ceremony consecrating him a
bishop take place in Kansas City.
Booker T. Washington, while at
tending the Yale bicentennial celebra-
tion at New Haven, Conn, was q
guest of Morris +. Tyler, treasurer of
the university. at a dinner at Mr.. Ty-
ler's residence Former Postmaster
General Bissell also accepted an in
vitation to dine with Mr.. Tyler that
evening and met Mr.. Washington.
Former Gov. Jas. S. Hogg, of Texas,
and JAS. w. Swayne, are in New York
city to interest capital in the forma-
tion of a big combination of all the
independent oil producers of the
beaumont field who have not the
means of handling the oil as individ-
uaI concerns. The capitalization of
those independent companies approx
innate S1OO,0O0,OOO.
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to investigate, through the various
provincial governors regarding the
number of persons out of employ
ment, the causes of recent industrial
Embarrassment, and measures neces-
sary to improve conditions. The gov
ernment of Baden had taken the lead
in such Investigations, followed by
the BaVarian government.
siX-inch plate from the Bethle-
hem iron works, representing group
No. of the armor plate for the new
battleship Ohio, was tested at the In
dian Head proving grounds, on the
24th. under the auspices of the navy
bureau of ordnance. The test was
most satisfactory. AS a result 400
cepted by the government.
The comptroller of the currency has
appointed Elmer Eames, of Norton,
Kas., and James T. Bradley, of Sedan,
Kas., as bank examiners for the State
of Kansas, vice Charles S. Jobes, who
recently resigned to become president
of the American National Bank of
Kansas City, Mo. The plan to divide
the territory covered by Mr.. Jobes
had been in contemplation some time
In the menagerie of Frank c. Bos-
took, the wild animal trainer, who
has the concession for a wild animal
show at the Pan-American exposition
and who is an applicant for the same
concession at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, three little lion cubs were
born several weeks ago. One of them
is named David r. Francis, another
Thomas jefferson and the third
Louisiana Purchase.
A special dispatch from Rome says
that the official report on the inquiry
into the administration of Naples and
ILS SOutnCIh OI ANStly, SClS
forth that the Camorra secret society
now permeates all branches of public
life, and that no business, political or
otherwise, is possible without the in
reference of the Camorra agents.
The names of many persons well
known in Naples are involved.
The missionaries who are operating
from Samakov, Bulgaria, are at last
in touch with the brigands who abb
Quoted Miss Ellen NJ. Stone and her
companion, Nine. K. S. Tsilka, ac-
cording to dispatches received in Con-
stantinople, on the 24th, though
whether negotiations for the ransom
had actually been opened, was not dis
closed. The missionaries on the spot
are expected to conclude the business
with the utmost dispatch.
Cruisers belonging to the British
Channel squadron will be stationed 1OC
miles apart down the channel and out
to sea, to send By wireless telegraphy
the first greeting of the duke of Corn
wall TO King Edward and Queen AleS-
Rndra.