The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-01-10
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Four men killed ]. NJ. Rhea, an in
offensive passenger, on a train near
Leland, Miss, stole the engine and
attempted to escape, but were cap
tured.
Friends of Admiral Schley will ask
congress to retire him on full pay
and reimburse his costs in the court
of inquiry.
Governors and law officers of five
northwestern states met at Helena,
Mont, to discuss a plan of prevent
ing the merger of northwestern rail-
road interests.
Frank Peavey, of Minneapolis, we'll
known grain elevator owner, died of
pneumonia in Chicago. He was in
sured for $1,4OO,OOO.
John Dever, aged &c years, and Mrs.
Grace Falls, aged "a, were drowned
while skating at Milan, Ind.
Fire drill saved 900 children from
injury and possible death a t the burn
ing of the New York juvenile asylum.
Jeffries and Sharkey have agreed to
fight a t San Francisco between March
25 and April 80 for the worlds cham
pionship.
Admiral Schley has been presented
with a diamond medal by the Mary
land councils of Junior Order of Unit
ed American Mechanics.
Prof. Loeb, of Chicago, gives result of
experiments which demonstrate that
man may check death by use of chem
icals which destroy destructive agent.
Floods caused great damag e in many
I,
sylvania is the greatest sufferer.
a rattlesnake revived by a stove bit
two children at Charlottesville, Ind,
and they may die.
Nancy Reeder and John Edwards
were killed by the cars near Newca site,
Ind, while OH their way to be married.
Albert Doty, living near Lyndon,
Kan, killed his wife and himself after
a quarrel.
In the asylum for fee ble-minded chill
dren at Lincoln, Ill, more than 100
cases of smallpox were discovered.
President Barber, of the Diamond
Match company, who has just returned
from Europe, says his company will
soon control the markets of the world.
The chairman of the house post Of
flee committee declares his opposition
to penny postage a the present time.
During the year 1901 the loss of life
by railway accidents in the United
States numbered 1860, by fire 1856, by
drownings 2,4S7, by explosions SILL in
mines 6SS, in storms $50. by lightning
325, by falling buildings 473, and by
shipwrecks 1886.
The revenues of the government
f., 7 l,a 1o- r. al
were $699, 316.53O.9 and the expendi-
lures $621, sos, 546.54, showing a surplus
of ST., 717 .9S4.3S.
In the United States the past year
lis persons were hanged for murder
and 135 were lynched. Suicides num-
bered 7,245 and murders 1852.
The total fire losses of 1901 in the
United States of 100000 and upward
amounted to $67 ,941,9OO.
Requests in 1901 to educationalinsti
tutions, libraries and art museums,
charities, churches and religious enter
prises, and to towns. and cities in the
United States for the public benefit and
entertainment amounted to $12S, $751;
1872.
Henry Albert, denied kiss, shot his
wife fatally and killed himself in Chi
cago.
Richmond (Va.) was under water, ow
ing to the rise in the James river, and
citizens were travelling about in boats.
The damage to property will beeenor
nous.
\ life size bronze monument of the
late President Mckinley is to be erect
ed at Niles. o.
The government viii hereafter give
out nothing concerning negotiations to
secure Miss Stones freedom.
Dun's review of trade for the last
year declared all records beaten by the
volume of business.
The Crane Manufacturing company
distributed $125,O0O among its $500 en-
ployes in Chicago as a Christmas gift.
j. P. Morgan has arranged $780,
100000 combination of the Westing
house and General Electric companies.
a jeweIer at Turner's Falls, Mass,
made insane by accidentally killing
Ida Gullum, clerk, shot four mem
bers of his family, killing a son.
Forty-five thousand Tammanyites
were ousted from power in New York
on New Years day.
\ new statute abolishing common
law marriages went into effect in New
York with the new year. 1t recognizes
marriage by civil contract
The governor of Nebraska has grant
ed pardon to former State Treasurer
BARLEY, who was convicted five years
ago of embezzling $2O1 900 state funds
and sentenced to 90. years imprisOn
ment.
Kansas educators viii ask the leg
islature to pass a law providing jail
sentence for youthful cigarette smoll-
ers.
During the past year there were H.
O76 business failures in the United
States, the liabilities being $131,111
$50, against 1O.s33 failures in 1900, with
liabilities of 174.113.256.
Rev. j. \. Heath has been expelled
from the Baptist ministry at Kansas
City for procuring an illegal divorce.