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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-06-21
Small Wreck on Short Line.

Trains we're delayed several hours
on the Short Line railroad Monday on
account Of small wreck near Dola.
Cars Of gravel train were derailed by
the spreading of the rails. No one
was hurt and the damage was slight.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-06-21

II you want bargain in a lot see
Gem Milling Co. 32-3t
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES,
Needed LeEisIation-LOans to the
PrOVinces-MiIitary Affairs
The COmmissary Frauds.

Manila, Aug. Gov. Taft, speaking
at the banquet given yesterday by
fine Californians in Manila to Repre-
sentative Julius Kahn, of San Fran
cisco. said that in order properly to
legisiat ton dealing with the tariff re-
form must be passed at the next ses-
sion of congress. He asserted, also,
that laws prohibiting the sale of pub
lie lands and timber; laws providing
for the incorporation of American
banks, and laws granting franchises
and mining rights were imperatively
demanded.
Other members of the Philippine
commission spoke in the same vein.
Gen. Chaffee described the achieve
mcnts of California's regiment, and
there were several other speakers.
The commission have granted $685.
900 to each province where cattle
this sum will be expended in giving
work to those who need it, with a
preference for outlay upon public
roads
The new heads of the city depart
ments have been very busy during the
las few days taking minor appoint
mentS.
Gen. Davis expects to complete the
work of turning over the duties of
prov ost marshal this week, and ne
will then assume his command of the
United States troops on the Island
of Mindanao and in the Jolo archi-
pela2C.
Gen. Greedy, chief signal officer, has
had an interview with the members
of the commission with reference to
turning over the telegraph system,
and he has advised the estab iishment
Of u school of telegraphy.
Gen. Chaffee has received from
Lieut.. Herbert L. Evans, of the Forty
fourth volunteer infantry a full re-
port of the taking of Mindora. Lieut..
Evans says the insurgents fed to the.
mountains, but that they must soon
surrender.
Commissary-Gen Weston as
scrts that the original reports of the
frauds in the commissary department
were much exaggerated, and that the
total money loss to the government
turns cut to be only $3.50.
Gov. Taft and Commissioners Ide
and Moses will leave Manila Tuesday
30 establish governments in the
northern provinces. Commissioners
Wright and Worcester will remain in
Manila to conduct the government.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Tennessee-Virginia Boundary Line.

Cows. McMillin of Tennessee and
Tyler Of Virginia, at recent confer
ence in Washington, determined upon
the share of expense to be borne by
their respective States in meeting the
cost Of the delimitation of the bound.
airy line between Tennessee and Vir-
ginia, now being made by a commits
sion appointed for the purpose. Two
OF the three members are employees
of the coast and geodetic survey, and
the third Is a civilian. The pay of
the commissioners is not to exceed
$40 day. The States pay the officials
the differences between their salaries,
the amount allowed by law, and the
$40 per day. The agreement reached
by the governors proposes that each
State shall share equally the ex-
pense incurred, which altogether will
not amount probably to more than
$4,000 or $4,000. A peculiar feature
of the case is that at Bristol the
States pass through the city, but both
States have agreed upon the middle
him, and MCGEE resented it with his
tween the two commonwealths.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Work of Railroad Commission.

The Tennessee railroad commission
has given out for publication the re-
suit of over three months of tedious
and arduous labor in assessing the
railroad, telegraph and telephone prop
critics of the State. The work of max
ing the biennial assessment was com
menced May 1.
There are many changes in the as
sossment, some lines being increased
and others decreased, and the same
way with the branches of some lines.
The total valuation of railroad
property is S56,O56, 114.3O, as compared
with S55,1S3, 272.94, a net increase in
the assessment of $S72,S41.36. The as
sessment as returned two years ago
was S112,700 more than the figures
given above, but the Supreme Court
decided that the Chattanooga &
Lookout Mountain, the Lookout Noun
tain & Lula Lake and the Lookout
Point incline we're not such railroads
as were as3cssaule by the commission,
Lot being common carriers, so they are
assessed by the local authorities and
the amount is deducted from the total
assessment of two years ago, leaving
it at sos, 1S3, 272.94.
The telephone and telegraph proper
ty is assessed at s1,445, 3S1.7O, which,
added to the railroad property, $780,
056, 114.30, makes the total valuation
of s57,501, 496 for railroad, telegraph
and telephone property, as compared
with $50, 436, 1924 two years ago, or
an increase of $1,O65, O66.S6.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Road Law Attacked.

bill has been filed in chancery al
Nashville attacking the constitutional
ity of the road law passed at the last
session of the legislature. 1t is claim
ed that this act embraces both in its
title and body, three separate and in
dependent subjects, having no relation
to each other, namely: providing for
the manner of electing road commits.
sioners, creating district road boards
and defining powers thereof, and, de-
filming the limitations of the road dis
tricts. 1t is further alleged that it is
void because it is class legislation and
partial law, applying to only coun-
ties of 100000 to 100000 population
and, further, because it was not read
on three separate days, as provided by
the constitution
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
CONFESSED HE STOLE THE GOLD
Jack Winters Proved to be the Man
Wanted-Showed Where He
Had Concealed 1t.

San Francisco, Aug. 11.-Jack VIM
smelling robbery, has confessed the
crime, and so far S150,oO0 worth OF
bullion has been recovered from the
bay where he had sunk it. For three
days the detectives tried all sorts OF
intimidation to make Winters con-
fess, but their threats apparently had
no effect upon him. Finally he asked
to see Supt. Ropp, of the works, who,
he said, was the only friend he had. In
manner indicated that he knew where
the gold had been hidden. Ropp tald
him that they had a strong case
against him, and that he would be
sent to prison for 80 years. He said:
''You will be an old man when you
get out, and it will do you no good to
hide the gold. We know it is hidden
in the water near the works, and we
will search every inch. You may be
sure that the gold will be found before
you get out of prison"
Winters finally weakened, and told
Ropp thatlhe had taken the gold, and
would take him to the spot where it
was hidden. The criminal, in
company with Supt. Ropp and
force or detectives, left
on a tug for Crockett. There they
waited all night for low tide. Win
ters pointed out the place. at the end
of the railroad wharf, be-
hind the coal bunkers, at the
beginning of the Vallejo ferry
slip. At that point at low tide the
mud is about four feet deep, covered
BY foot of water. When the tug
first reached Crockett, Winters point
ed out the spot in the water where
he said he had thrown the gold.
Winters himself got into the mud
and water up to his neck, and for an
hour and half CROPPED for the
missing bullion. Up to two
o'clock S15O,OOO worth had been
recovered. This includes the four
hars of fine gold. Winters had put
some of the bars in bags. He said that
one of the bars had broken. and some
small bars had dropped out. 1t is
now only a question of careful search
to find the rest of the $2SO,0OO. Win
tiers claims that he did the job all
alone. He says that he made IA trips
from the vault to the wharf from
which he dropped the gold. Tfs
smelter officials, however, are pol
tive that he received assistance from
someone.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Burned to Death.

BY the explosion of a gasoline stove
Mrs. Bridget Buck of Memphis, was
literally burned to a crisp, dying after
hours of the most intense suffering.
Mrs. Buck was preparing to cook sup
per when the explosion occurred. She
had turned on the oil and was light
ing one of the oil pans when the flames
were communicated to the oil tank,
causing the explosion. Her clothing
was literally soaked in the oil and she
was in an instant wrapped in sheet
of flames. Although her screams at
tracted the attention of neighbors they
could do nothing to save her by the
time they reached the house. Her
hands were burned to crisp and her
entire body, excepting the head and
face, was horribly injured.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
THE OUTLOOK FOR COTTON.
Observation Indicates That Average
Crop May be Expected I'm Half
the Cotton states.

st. Louis, Aug. 11.-Dispatches to
the Republic from centers of infor-
nation on crop prospects in Missouri,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Tex
as, Oklahoma, Indian territory, Louis
lana and Alabama show the present
outlook for cotton TO be generally
good.
An acreage crop may be expected
in at least half the cotton-producing
states, while in several, notably Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Alabama, the
yield will be much better than last
year or that of the year before.
In Texas, where interest is cen
tered, owing to the fact that the
state produces one-fourth the cotton
OF the world, the conditions vary
widely; in the southeastern part of
the state the yield is expected to ex-
coed that of last year by 80 per cent;
in southern Texas rains are badly
needed, and it is predicted that the
crop will be 10 to 30 per cent. short
of last years crop; in the central por-
ton of the state the crop will prob
ably be below the average, owing to
damage by drought; in east Texas a
crop above the average will be picked,
while in north Texas the yield will be
just about the average.
In Oklahoma and Indian territory
conservative estimates of this years
yield place it at near the average.
Arkansas cotton fields have suf-
fered from drought, but with good
weather from now on the crop will
not be far from last years.
In Tennessee, the cotton on the
lowlands is in satisfactory condition.
while that on the hills will fall short
80 to 40 per cent. of an average crop.
The cotton-raising counties ,of
southern Missouri suffered as much
as any section in the country from
the drought, yet the yield of cotton,
provided the weather is favorable
from now on, will not be many thou
sands of bales less than last years.
While it is difficult to judge the
grade of cotton from what has been
shown so far, it is believed by conserv-
alive men, throughout the cotton belt,
that it will be at least as good as and
probably much better than last years.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Young Men and Public Debate.

Judge Brewer specially commended
the organization of debating societies
among young men, modelled on the
lines of house of representatives or a
senate, where bills could be introduced
in regular form, and all the proceed
ings conducted as nearly as possible
after the manner and method of an
actual legislature. These suggestions
deserve the thoughtful consideration
of all who are interested in the promo
ton of good citizenship and the gen.
eral welfare of young men. All our
higher institutions of learning have
student debating societies connected
with them, where valuable practice is
obtained by many, but no institution,
so far as we know, makes exercises
in debate and parliamentary law a
part of its regular curriculum
LeSlie'S Weekly
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
ENGLAND WAS OUR FRIEND.
The Spanish War Was Cheap if Only
to Demonstrate This I'm
pOrtant Fact.

New York, Ang. 12.-Chaplain II. w.
Jones. L. S. n, spoke last night in the
Church of the Strangers. this city, on
The Life and Work of a Chaplain
OF the Navy"
Incidentally, be told story bear
ing on the relations of England to-
ward the United States during the
SpanisL-American war. He said in
this connection:
Tough not being a lover of war,
Ethirk that many of us have learned
to thank God that the conflict with
Spain was ever forced upon us. It has
shown the world what we are. We
can also thank Him for the love of
England in that matter, for although
We knew of England'S friendship,
perhaps you have no idea of the ex-
TINT of her friendship or her love.
This last winter, when at Barbados,
we found the British West Indies
fleet there, and invited one of the
british: naval officers of high rank on
1Oard our ship to dine with us. The
conversat ton turned on the powers
opposed TO us during the war with
Spain, and the British officer eX-
claimed:
Gentlemen, perhaps you knew
that England was with you, but you
have no idea what England really did
for you. l was on leave when he
SPANS hAmerican war broke onr. ard
together with several other officers
was immediately ordered back to
Cuty. We had at two points GO of
our ships, waiting to be ordered out
in case of any naval demonstration
being made against the United States
by the other powers. If any such
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Some of the Big Gold Nuggets.

Among the historical big gold
nuggets found in various parts of the
world there have been some wonderful
yellow Jumps. In Cabarrus county,
North Carolina, one was found in
1910 which weighed 81 pounds troy.
In 1912 the gold fields of Ziatoust, in
the Ural, gave a nugget of SO pounds
troy. The Victoria (Australia) mug
get weighed LAG pounds and penny
weights of which only ounces were
foreign rock; and the Ballarat (Aus-
tralia)' nugget was 80 pounds heavier
yet. The largest nugget ever found
was also dug in Australia-the Sarah
Sands" named for a far-off loved one.
1t reached the astonishing weight of
233 pounds and 4 ounces, troy.-St.
Nicholas.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
An Appeal to the President.

New York, Aug. 11.-Cigarmakers
of this city have sent letter to Pres
ident Mckinley asking that the ex-
ecutive power be used for the protec-
ton of the cigar workers of Tampa
against whom, the letter says, ''un-
heard of brutalities have been prac-
ticed." The letter concludes:
IF the position were reversed, and
the capitalists and the merchants
were arrested and taken away from
their families, the United States
army would have been called out to
protect them"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Fatal Fight.

Near Gentry, Putnam county, Dan
Moss and a neighbor named Elro6
the act of clinching when Elrod's
brother and Alonzo Brown, his brother.
in-law, appeared upon the scene.
Brown made desperate assault upon
Moss, during which Moss was stabbed
or cut four times by Brown. Just be-
fore he received his last stab he turn.
ed to run. when Brown struck his knife
up to the handle in his back, and while
retreating with the knife in his back,
Brown struck him a terrific blow with
large stone. 1t is thought that Moss
will certainly die.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
WAITS FROM THE WAYSIDE
hogs, but remember We editor will take
them on your subscription.
BY AARON q. DAVIS
Special Tennessee Correspondent.

hogs, but remember We editor will take
them on your subscription.
SUIT Lovingood.
The yarns of SUIT Lovingood are
very comic, but coarse. They were
written in ante-bellum days by George
Harris, of East Tennessee, published
in the Nashville Union and American
and afterwards collected in book
form. The work possesses strong orig
inality In it's portrayal of the crude
life of the mountaineers, and at least
one of the yarns has crossed the At
lantic to enliven scene in great
drama. SUIT describes himself as a
material born dern'd fool" He is a
queer, long-legged, web-footed, short
bodied, hog-eyed and white haired"
bow-necked, long, poor, pale sorrel
horse" named "Tarpoke." He is a
wild, rollicking compound of ignor-
ance and cunning, and tells his own
story in the backwoods dialect of the
beautiful region in which he lived and
is the hero of his own yarns, which
are quite as often at his expense as
in glorification of his exploits. The
extravagant oddly of his experiences
always arrests attention. On one &C.
casion the Lovingood family being
about to starve and there being no
horse to pillow, SUITS father agreed to
be "hoss" and pull the plow and acted
his part perfectly until he got into a
hornets nest. He ran away, much
to the CONSERVATION of SUIT, who was
acting as plowman.
On another occasion, being greatly
enraged by local preacher, SUIT re-
solved upon revenge, and went to
camp meeting to accomplish his pur-
pose. He had a bag of lizards and
took a seat as "mourner" upon a step
of the pulpit. The preacher, Parson
Bullen, was preaching a sermon on
"hell-sarpentS" and when he war a
rearins an tearin' an ravin' onto his
tip-toes an a poundin' of the pulpit"
SUIT put the lizards up his "breeches
leg" and when they began to crawl
on him he exclaimed: Pray for me,
brethren! Pray for me, sisternl I'ss
rastlin' with the arch enemy rite now.
Pray fer me an save yerselves, fer the
hell-sarpents have got me-"
For the above offense a reward of
AIT dollars to be paid in cash or
other produce was offered for the de-
livery of one SUIT Lovingood, well
tied" to the local authorities.
When SUIT died Parson Bullen deliv-
cred the funeral sermon over his re-
mains, and among other things said:
eve air met, my brethering. to bury
this ornery cuss. He had bosses an
he run 'em. He had chickens an he
fit EN-. He had kyards an he played
'em. Let us try an reccolect his vir-
lures, if he had any, an forget his
vices If We can. for of SIGH is the king
dom of Heaven"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Tragedy Follows Jest.

Alex WEIGH was killed a few days
ago by Guy Bohanon. about fifteen
miles east of Cookeville. A crowd of
young men were coming from church
when WEIGH proposed to wrestle with
Bohanon. Bohanon told him he was
too small for him to wrestle with. At
this WEIGH took offense, and, drawing
a knife, cut Bohanon's lip, whereupon
Bohanon drew revolver and shot
WEIGH four times. WEIGH died in a
few minutes.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.
Sales of Fertilizers.

The trade on fertilizers to farmers
in this State is not very healthy just
now, as is evidenced by sales of tags
In the Office of the commissioner Of
agriculture. Under the law every pack
age of fertilizer weighing 200 pounds
has to have a tag on it, and the sale
of these tags is the only source of
revenue in the bureau of agriculture.
From July 1 to date just one-half as
many tags have been sold as were dis
posed of during the same period last
year. Next month is usually the big
gest one in this regard of the entire
year, and on the sale of tags an esti-
mate of the next years wheat crop is
ascertained. Unless present demands
increase the receipts will likely fall
far short of the expenses of the office,
and the outlook will not be promising
for a large acreage of wheat.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
FIELD MARSHAL WALDERSEE
When Emperor William Met Him He
Kissed the Warrior ON
Both Cheeks.

Hamburg, Aug. 11.-Field Marshal
Count Won Waldersee arrived here at
9 o'clock. He was met at the rail
road station by Emperor William, the
crown prince, Frederick William,
Prince Eitel Frederick and Count Won
Buelow. His majesty's greeting of
the field marshal and the officers ac-
companying him was most cordial.
He kissed Won Waldersee on both
cheeks. The emperor and the field
marshal drove together to the castle,
amid the plaudits of the crowd. There
the empress welcomed the field mar
shall
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Dead Body Found.

The body of an unknown man was
found in the Palestine neighborhood
recently. 1t was discovered by flock
of buzzards lowering over the remains.
1t is believed the body is that of a
victim of John Loveless' gun. Love
less heard a noise in his lot on July
4, and upon investigation he found a
man running away. He fired upon
him and later tracked the blood spots
some distance. 1t is believed the man
was trying to steal one Of Loveless'
horses
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Fatal Rock Fight.

Three young men, Walter Poe, Pyott
Springfield and cousin, Ralph Spring
field, engaged in a duel with rocks
near Chattanooga last week as a result
of quarrel. After mutual friends
had stopped the fight it was found
Pyott Springfield's skull had been
crushed and the others had several
bad Commissions each. Pyott Spring
field died a short time afterward and
young Poe is now in the county Jail,
charged with the murder. All three
belong to prominent families.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Potato Spirit as an nluminant.

The German railway officials have
for some time past been carrying out
a series of experiments to determine
the value of potato-spirit as an illumin-
ant, says Berlin correspondent. Their
official report, which has just been
made public, states that provided the
lamps are kept clean and that denatur-
ed spirit of sufficient strength is
used, the light is valuable for outdoor
lighting. The drawback in regard to
interior lighting is the unpleasant odor
given off. The experiments have been
sufficiently promising, however, to war.
rant their continuance for another
year.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
America In Eurone.

New York, Aug. 11.-Among the
on the Hamburg American liner Au-
guste Victoria was Henry C.Payne, OF
Wisconsin. Speaking of the CONNER
cial advance of the United States in
the worlds markets, Mr.. Payne said
it was impossible for an American in
Europe not to be impressed with the
strides made by American manufac-
turers. Especially in Austria, Hun
gary and Germany, he said, were the
people apprehensive of the inroads
America was making in their trade
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
A Little Romantic.

A marriage on the romantic order
took place at Huntingdon a few days
ago, when Sebe Scott and Miss Ida
Lifsy were united in the bonds by
Justice E. Falkner. The marriage was
Tue postponement OF an event wn1c
was to have taken place just
prior to the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war. The groom en-
listed in the volunteer army, and has
just returned from the Philippines.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

Town lots in Lawton, Okla, are sell
ing for a figure which exceeds the
most ardent expectations. The aver
age for So lots sold on the Sth was
$500. On the 9th the first corner in
the block north of the land office sold
for $500, and the average for the first
five lots sold was $500.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

A representative of American CAPT
talists, named Chambers, is negoti-
ating to acquire the Charleroi glass
works, the largest in Belgium. The
company owns 40 furnaces, and values
them at 100000 francs each.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

DR.. Hans Blum, one of the biogra-
pliers of Bismarck, has become men
tally deranged, owing to his losses
through the recent failure of the
Liepsiger bank, and has been placed
in an asylum. He is a son of Robert
Blum, who was executed in Vienna
during the revolution of 1S48.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Family Fight

At Walnut Log, on Reelfoot Lake, a
man by the name of McReady and
his brother-in-law, named Childersen.
got into a fight. Mrs. McReady, see
ing her husband getting the worst
of 1t, secured a knife and stabbed her
brother under the right shoulder. She
and her husband then started of.
Childersen, though seriously wounded.
sprang upon his wheel, went to his
house and secured gun, intercepting
his sister and her husband. Mrs. Nc
Ready, seeing him coming, sprang into
some thick bushes, exclaiming, Don't
do that, All" He fired both barrels of
his gun, the bushes protecting his
sister, but several shots struck her,
producing only slight wounds.