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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30
May Return to the Pen.

Thomas o. Bryant and George New
Land, two men who had served a
term in the pen for horse stealing,
were released last week, but were i'm
mediately arrested upon a capias is
sued by the Criminal Court of David
son county charging them with muir
der. The two convicts were sent up
from Cheatham county, and about a
year ago they were indicted for the
murder and cremation of the AIDE FAM
lily, whose lives were lost in fire that
consumed the residence of Jacob AIDE of
Paradise Ridge, in the spring of 1897.
There was a trial of several men for
the alleged crime in 1898, but the
proof was insufficient and the accused
were released. After Bryant and
Newland wer convicted of horse steal
ing it leaked out that there existed
damaging proof against them in con-
nection with the AIDE cremation. The
case was investigated by the grand
jury, and indictments were returnd.
Bryant and Newland were indicted
short time ago by the grand jury in
Cheatham county, for burning the
house of a neighbor. This offense is
said to have been committed shortly
after the AIDE tragedy. Should the
men get clear of the charge of muir
dering the AIDES they will be taken in
charge by the Cheatham county au-
thorities and be tried for arson.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30

The officers and passengers of the
steamship Orizaba, which arrived at
New York, on the Goth, from Colon,
said that the reports of trouble be-
tween Venezuela and Colombia were
greatly exaggerated. eve neither
saw nor heard anything of any troub-
lie while in the harbor," said Capt.
Smith
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30

The omission from the peace settle
ment protocol of provision for the
destruction of the Taku forts was
due chiefly to Ii Hung Changes pro-
tests. He represented that it would
he a great disgrace to himself, who
had built the forts, to sign an agree
mept for their destruction. Moreover,
he might be punished therefor. The
omission, however, in nowise affects
their destruction. which Will be car
ried out on the ground of military ne
cessity.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30

4 monument to commemorate the
ffty-ffth anniversary of the peaceful
annexation of New Mexico to the
United States, was unveiled, on the
10Th, on the plaza at Santa Fe, in the
presence of a vast cOncOurse. The
monument was erected by Sunshine
chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30
Millions Involved.

Judge Mcconnell, sitting at Cleve-
land, Tenn, dissolved injunctiOns
granted recently in a case that in
wolves millions of dollars. At Duck
town, Tenn, S5OOO,O 900 have been in
vested in the copper industry and two
mammoth smelling plants built. About
forty farmers claim that their land
has been ruined from the fumes of
the plant, destroying all vegetation.
They filed suits for damages and were
granted injunctiOnS, the observance of
which practically shut down the
plants. Three thousand men are en-
ployed in the industry, and one fea-
ture of the hearing was the presenta-
ton of a monster petition, signed by
5000 citizens of the county, asking the
dissolution of the injunction. The Ten
nessee Copper Company and Ducktown
Copper and Iron Company are the
plants involved. The first has spent
over S3,000,00O and employs 1000 men.
The last has spent s1,000,000, is ready
to put in $4,000,000 more and en-
ploys 1000 men. Individual damage
suits will be 4.eard at the September
term of court.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30
FraternaI Insurance La w.

Insurance Commissioner Folk has
mailed letters to twenty four fraternal
life insurance orders which do bust
ness in Tennessee, telling them that
unless they comply with the new law
they can not do business in the State.
The law referred to is known as the
"fraternal insurance law" and
prescribes at great length and in the
fullest detail the requirements which
must be complied with by all fraternal
insurance orders transacting business
in Tennessee. Under the require
ments imposed by the new law such
order must file a copy of Its charter
with the insurance commissioner and
must agree that the service of legal
process upon the insurance commits
sioner of Tennessee shall be admitted
as service upon the order. A minimum
premium rate is also fixed for the regu-
lation of new orders entering the
State
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30
Insurance Figures.

The approximate amount OF the
premiums collected by insurance
companies in Tennessee for the six
months ending July 1, 1901, was S3,-
0SS, 709.60. The amount of taxes re-
ceived at the office of Treasurer Folk
for the six months mentioned on in
surance premiums was ST., 217.74. This
breaks all previous records for the
same period OF the year, and indicates
that the insurance companies have
done the heaviest business in the his
tory of the State. The amount of taxes
collected from the insurance compan-
les is 212 per cent. of each premium.
The receipts on this account for the
year 1900 amounted to $14S, 263. SO.
This makes the first six months of
this year far ahead of the same period
of last year. The close of the year
will very probably show much larger
increase than the first six months, as
a larger amount of insurance business
is always transacted during the later
months of the year than in the first.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30

1t was reported in Glasgow, on the
10Th, that J. r. Ellerman, of the Ley
land line, had purchased the old-es-
tablished City line of II steamers, en-
gagged in the East India trade, the
price being nearly one million pounds
sterling. Mr.. Ellerman, according to
rumOr, acted for j. Pierpont Morgan
and his associates.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30
Tennessee Press Association.

The Tennessee Press Association met
at Nashville last week and elected the
following officers: Louis G. Fritz. of
the Memphis Deutsche Zeitung, presi-
dent; ]. J. Ambrose of Nashville, first
vice president; r. V. Hicks of the
jacksonville Democrat, second vice
president; Patrick Boyle of the Mem
phis Commercial Advocate, third vice
president; Herman Hasslock of Nash
Vile, secretary; Robert j. c. Miller,
of the Nashville Banner, treasurer.
There was little other business trans
acted. There was brief discussion
of matters relating to advertising and
then the members began to get ready
for the trip to Buffalo.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30
Store Fired.


The grocery store of w. A. Duffey.
at Humboldt, was entered one night
last week. and a determined attempt
made to destroy it by fire. Almost the
entire middle part OF the store was
saturated with kerosene and large
wooden lard holder was encircled with
an oiled rope which extended to the
rear of the building and several old
socks saturated and dropped along
near it. The rope was then fired near
the rear door, which was left open. The
fire was slowly gaining the center of
the room when two passersby saw the
light through the window and broke
into the store barely in time to pre-
vent the destruction of an entire block.
Several robberies of a minor nature
have occurred in the grocery and
dry goods stores at Humboldt of late,
but the matter has been kept quiet in
the hope that the miscreant might
be apprehended. Nothing was taken
from the store in this instance. how
ever, and no clew has, as yet been
found as to the guilty party.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30
Smallpox.

The State board of health has re-
ceived a report that there were four
cases of smallpox in the vicinity of
Whiteville, Hardeman county.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30
Corporations Filing Their Answers.

The Postal Telegraph Company, one
of the corporations failing to file
answer 10 interrogatories before the
railroad commission in regard to its
property, as required by law, filed its
answer last week. The property of
the company will tie assessed with that
of other derelict companies when the
governor calls the board into extra
session. The Weakley County Tele-
phone Company filed schedule of its
property and answers TO interrogato-
ries with the commission This is a
new corporation
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-30
Gov. McAIillin Offers Reward.

Gov. McMillin has offered a reward
of $1O0 each for the apprehension of
and conviction of Albert Templeton,
John Templeton, Aaron Templeton and
George Wright, who are charged with
the murder of c. H. Legere in Han
cock county, on July 10. A reward Of
800 has also been offered for James
Wright, an escaped convict, who is al
so charged with having been an ac-
complice in the murder of Legere. Lee
gere was an officer and a highly re-
spected citizen of Hancock county,
and was murdered. being waylaid, shot
aud robbed hv gang of outlaws.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26
THE OLDEST MARRIED
WOMAN IN AMERICA

Mrs. Ferdinand Reese, who resides
near Laporte, Ind, enjoys the distinc-
ton Of having not only lived in three
centuries but of being the oldest mar
rfed person In America. Mrs. Reese
Is 107 years old and there is nothing
problematical about her age. for she
has documents in her possession
which the parish priest has examined
and pronounced genuine, and which
substantiate everything she has said
Of herself. She was born in Vol
gravitz. Poland, in 1894. Her parents
were of the poorest class, and as soon
as she was years old she was sent
Into the forests to pick up bark for
the charcoal burners. Her maiden
name was Maria Pavleschinsky When
the French invaded Volgravitz the in
habitants fed. Mrs. Reese then
young woman, remained behind in the
town trying to save some Of the
wretched belongings of her family
from pillage. The French soldiers
had entered the place before she could
get out, and one Of her neighbors
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26
1.-THE OID~
s.
COUNTRY BAND
THE OLD COUNTRY BAND.

THE OLD COUNTRY BAND.
mean the band of olden times. when
you and l were boys:
When music. to be sweet to US. must
drown all other noise.
When the martial airs entranced our
ears. and every feeling fred
When uniforms with golden braid were
all our hearts desired
On, how those fellows marched about on
every holiday,
The Square" was filled with music
sweet. the streets with bright ar
ray.
The town folks stood upon their steps,
the country folks, discreet
with horses prancing to the tunes, drove
up some other street.
The boys? Well. you can easy guess-we
shall not try to hide 1t,
Whenever that old band was out, we
fellows marched beside it.
we kept the step the bandmen did, and
Kept 1t quite we'll,
And always held our corner up when II
was time to yell.
Perhaps they made some discords-per-
haps the slide horns blew
About three times as strong and loud as
they by right should do;
Perhaps the cymbals didn't clang exactly
with the bass,
Perhaps the "B-hats'' missed some notes
and footed out of place
But what cared we when we were boys?
to our uncultured breast
The Girl ! Left Behind Me was as good
as Sousa's best:
Our little backs would straighten I'D, our
thoughts would soar away
The acme Of our earthly bliss-to plav a
horn some day.
I've heard full many band. since then
and paid to get a seat;
I've heard them play their loudest airs.
and softly. sadly sweet:
But never has my being thrilled with
rapture more complete
Than when I heard old Strasburx Band
90 marching down the street.
j. l.. eHROY,
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26

tedlagraph you can send your
photograph from New York city
to your friend in San Francisco
and get his letter Of thanks within
the space OF a single hour. Nor will
the letter you receive be mysterious
series of dots and dashes, but it will
look exactly as your friend has writ
ten it. 1t will be in his personal hand
writing; not in the handwriting of a
telegrapher
Notwithstanding the wonderful feats
performed by the tediagraph, its prin-
ciple Is so simple that a schoolboy
readily comprehends it.
On the 18th Of April the agreement
with the papers that have had exclus-
i've use of the tediagraph will have ex-
pired, and then it will be available for
various uses, such as the quick appre-
hension of criminals.
Singularly enough. E. A. Hummell
the inventor of the tediagraph, IL not
telegrapher, but merely a clockmak-
er He never paid any attention to
telegraphy until after he had drawn a
sketch of the machine he had in mind
and his knowledge of the subject be-
fore that time was derived from such
meager sources as the newspapers and
his school text books.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26
COILED SPRING OPERATES THE
GUN


revolver in common use is not rapid
enough in dscharging its bullets. At
any rate. he has designed gun which
is almost automatic in its action,
needing but one pull on the trigger
to empty the chambers in short order.
The gun shown has a breakdown bar
rel and cylinder, and it will be seen
that the action of opening and clos
ing this mechanism operates a lever To-
Gated underneath the cylinder. The
rear end Of this lever is slotted and
toothed internally to rotate the shaft
in the body of the revolver. On this
shaft is mounted toothed disk. which
is locked against backward revolution
by engaging the trigger. When the
gun Is opened for reloading and also
as 1t Is closed the lever winds up
spring on the shaft, and the revolver
Is ready for use the instant the barrel
is in place. A pull on the trigger re-
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26

herself. In 1870, when nearly an
octogenarian. having been left a
widow for the second time, she came
to America, locating in Dunkirk,
where she met and was married to
Ferdinand Reese on July S. 1876. Two
years later the couple migrated to
Laporte county, Indiana. where the
husband owns 10-acre tract In Hud-
son township.
Both of these old people attribute
their great age to the simplicity of
their habits. They eat two meals a
day, each meal consisting chiefly of
corn bread and coffee.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26
Rivers Under the Ocean,

A few months ago H. benest, an
English geographer, published an in
teresting study of streams of fresh wa
ter flowing beneath the surface of the
sea. Disasters to ocean telegraph
cables first called attention to this sub
ject. On several occasions. about 1895.
new and well made cable between
Cape Verde and Brazil broke. Sound.
ings were made to discover whether
these breakings were due to the state
Of the sea bottom and it was found
that the place in question was near the
submarine mouth of a subterranean
river; the alluvial material TRANSPORT
ed by this fresh water stream encoun-
tered the cable and finally succeeded
in breaking it. The fact is that a rive,
that flows into the lagoons of Yof on
the coast Of Senegal, is finally lost in
the sand. 1t undoubtedly has taken
its invisible course to the sea, and II
is this river that has been discovered
in the deep hollow of more than 300
meters (4,27O feet that is traversed by
the Brazilian cable Also while the
cable was being repaired at a point
twenty-four kilometers Fifteen miles)
from the shore. the repair shop was
surrounded one day by orange skins,
calabashes and bits of cloth, which
could not have come from the mouth
OF the Senegal river, 14O kilometers
(ninety miles) distant.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26
ENGLISH sPARRows SPREAD.
! Present Distribution of This Nimbls Bird
| tho United StAtes.

Present distribution of This Nimbls Bird
in the United States.
The agricultural department has re-
Gently printed map showing the ex-
tent Of country now occupied by the
English sparrow. 1t has been multi
plying with marvellous rapidity and is
now found in most parts of the coun-
try. Only three states (MOntana
Nevada and Wyoming) and three ter
ritories ALASKA. Arizona and New
Mexico )are free from the sparrow. 1t
Is found in California both north and
south of San Francisco, in the valleys
or the Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers, and along the coast. 1t is scat
tered among the settlements on the
Columbia river and Puget sound. 1t
has spread all over the eastern half of
the country from North Dakota to the
Mississippi delta. It has, however.
avoided the sandy region of Florida
and is not found to any extent In our
most densely wooded areas. As might
De expected. it has given our vast
seml-arid region a wide berth, though
large colony has settled in the fer
tile agricultural region around Salt
Lake City. 1t is only ifty-one years
since the English sparrow was first
introduced into this country by a gen.
leman Of Brooklyn who sought
remedy for the worms that were de-
stroying the trees of that town. The
sparrow has keen appetite for
In hn 80 ho IN
Jury done to the trees by worms was
largely abated through this little bird.
So 1t became quite a fad to import
sparrows from Europe and turn them
loose In our towns. A thousand birds
were sent to Philadelphia in single
lot. Many birds also were distributed
Tar and wide from the colonies already
started. Thus everything was done to
help the sparrow to increase and re-
plenish this part of the world. Un-
doubtedly the sparrow has destroyed q
great many tons of worms. But the
remedy has proved worse than the
disease. Perhaps the worms have been
held in check to some extent; but we
have great many more sparrows
than We have use for. They destroy
fruit and grain. disfigure buildings in
cities and towns, drive away. othe,
birds, and in fact are nuisances. The
dear little sparrow has come to be re-
garded as the worst of the feathered
pests. Efforts to exterminate it are
now making in this country, but it ia
too late. The sparrow has been ma
turalized and he is here to stay. ILL.,
nois, Michigan, Ohio and Utah in the
past few years have paid out many
thousands of dollars in the bounties
offered for Its destruction, but no one
has yet observed any diminution in
the number of birds-New York Sun,
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26

pointed out to her stocky little man
on horseback as the emperor of the
French.
When a young woman she married
Conrad Chappon. They had three
children, two Of them died in Poland,
while the third diec at Dunkirk, N.
Y. Upon the death Of her first hus-
.---s -h~ ~erriad Andrew Katschin-
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26
new AUTOMATIC REv0lvtR

V1sDaS4sssSSSSSsSsSsSaS sSaSSGs1GSss90SOB0
Evidently the inventor OF the fire.
arm illustrated herewith has come to
the conclusion that the double-acting
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26
Pictures Sent by Telegraph

A curious and remarkable invention
described in the April number of Frank
Leslie's Monthly, is the tediaeraph.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26

II You catch a cold lose your oui-
alas and cat An onion.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26

to rotate, which not only turns the
cylinder containing the cartridges but
also operates the firing mechanism,
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-26

which has
been in quiet
operation for
two years,
the inventor
having seen
ft to give
the exclus-
i've use Of
Lne appara-
tus to a syn
dictate Of six
A m e rican
newspape r 8
for that Pc
r / o d. By
means of the
Spnd yo,lr
Evening star., 1901-04-29
Memorial Day College Conte.t.

Arrangements for the Memorial day crew
race in which Columbia, the University of
Pennsylvania and the Cornell varsity
eights will be entered are nearing COM
pletion. The Lehigh Valley railroad Will
run on the east side of Cayuga lake an
observation train Of fifty cars, capable of
seating more than 5000 persons. All. OBJ
structions will this year be removed and a
clear view Of the entire distance Of two
miles will be had.
The PrincetenCornell track meet will
take place at Ithaca May so before the
boat race. In the forenoon the final base
ball game for the interscholastic league
championship will be held. On the prc-
vfous evening the Cornell navy will give a
grand ball. A crowd Of 10000 persons is
expected.
Evening star., 1901-04-29
THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.
California. With Eight Factorfe.
Leads in Production.

The Secretary of Agriculture has received
q report from C. F. Saylor, special agent Of
tho Department of Agriculture in charge Of
the beet sugar investigation. Mr. SayIor
writes encouragingly of the growth Of the
beet sugar industry He says that during
the summer of 1901 three new factories
Will be established in Michigan and new
plants will be installed in Ohio, Indiana
New York, Colorado, Utah, North Dakota
South Dakota and Illinois. He believes
that by the beginning of 1902 there will be
forty-two beet sugar factories in operation
in the United States.
Mr.. Saylor, in reporting on the prospects
Of the industry, says, in part:
Even In the incipiency of the industry
these factories have shown good profits
They have maintained themselves without
any apparent real contest with the sugar
trust. The sections of the country that
seem most adaptable to the industry are
where conditions call for new resources, as
in Michigan, where there has been a phes-
nomenal increase in the last three years
| largely due to the waning Of the numbering
industry of that region. There will be four
teen factories there next season. Cali
fornfa fs the leading state in production
with eight factories, including the largest
in the world. The immense amount of
pulp and refuse left after the extraction of
the sugar appeals especially to the farmer
anc the coro1lary industries that grow out
Of farm products. No other feed, Mr. Say
| lor says. Is 50 valuable and so cheap for
the dairy and stock feeding interests as
beet pulp. These factories turn out from
As to 30 per cent of the original weight of
the beets worked in the form of the refuse
or bi-product. Sugar beets seem to re-
spond especially to cultivation in the arid
region, where they have given better re-
| suits than any other crop. The arid sec
| ton has been enabled to cope with other
| sections of the country. where the crops
h.Ef n raj POLL rnf
only in the amount Of tonnage per acre but
| in the higher sugar contents and the purity
| Of the beet. The results In Utah have
| demonstrated the feasibility of the central
plant idea, with branches scattered at nu-
| merous points for performing some detailed
PARTS of the work"
Evening star., 1901-04-29
Stylish Patent
Leather Shoes.

Patent Leather Shoes fit admirably
into the favorite color scheme in wo-
mems dress-black and white. They
add a decisive style and give a touch
of character to a handsome costume.
Our Shoe Department on third
floor holds a large variety OF them
for women and children.
There O1fords of patent Ideal kid, with stout
welted soIes. Walking Shoes and Dress Shoes; Gu
attractive shoes st PAIR ".es..ne os. $500
Patent Leather OxfOrds. with turn soles d
something handsome for dress. Pair. 50
Patent Leather Boots, in many new q.
| ldSts. ran. f~f'O~
White Shoes too, OF lineu duck or kid-pretty
shoes for the summer gown.
Third floor
Evening star., 1901-04-29
Regarded as InadvfsabIe,

Reporting upon request Of Mr.. C. A.
Holmes of e06 r street that he be per-
mtted to keep open during the summer
months a coal Chute door In front of the
premises, Capt. Beach. the District Engi-
neer Commissioner, who has immediate
charge Of such matters, holds that 1t is in
advisable to permit openings in the public
sidewalks to remain open. Some protec-
tiOn, he says, such Fas a grated door or
other contrivance OF. similar character,
should be insisted upon in cases where ven
tilation Is desirable or necessary The cap
tain has suggested that Mr.. Holmes be so
advised, and that action will be taken by
the Commissioners, 1t is understood.
Evening star., 1901-04-29
Opening the Cricket Season,

A large gathering Of enthusiastic cricket
ers attended the opening of the Washing
ton Cricket Club season Saturday at Chevy
Chase. The grounds were In fine condi-
ton, although, owing to the recent heavy
rains they were too soft for brilliant field
work. Captain Hacker put the team
through a practice that was thoroughly
enjoyed by both players and spectators.
The manner in which some Of the older
players got to work augurs well for the
success Of the club this season. Several
new men made O very creditabIe showing.
A special meeting will be held at the club
house next Saturday for the election OF
new Ynemhprs