The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-28
DOME STIC.

Toledo CO., citizens declare they will
resist with guns, if necessary. the re-
moval of bodies of revolutionary sol
diers buried at Fort Meigs.
New national bank notes of the 1909
series are radical departure in design
from former issues.
Seven thousand immigrants arrived
in New York, breaking the record
for one day in the history of the gov
ernment.
Frederick Moecker shot his wife
and killed himself at Quincy, Ill
Family trouble caused the deed
It is said that Secretary of the In
terror Hitchcock has decided to re
sign because of opposition of west
ern senator's and congressman.
\ family of four living near Minot
n. d.. were frozen to death in a biz
zard, and many others are believed to
have perished in the northwest.
The one hundred and twenty-sixth
anniversary of the evacuation of
Boston by the British was celebrated
by the unveiling of a monument.
SnOwdrifts IS feet deep blocked all
trains for 10 hours in the Black Hills
country.
Twelve men, including seven mem
bers of a life-saving crew, were
drowned near Chatham. Mass. in an
effort to rescue sailors from a strand
ed barge.
According to the official reports of
the marine hospital in Washington
there were 22.263 cases of smallpox in
the United States during last week
There Will be no more Sunday funer-
ais in Trenton. \. J.
Navigation on Lake Erie has been
opened for the season.
Fire destroyed the pier of the
Phoenix steamship line at Hoboken. y.
J.. the loss being 81 ,OOO.O 900. and several
persons probably lost their lives.
Railroads in the northwest are strug-
Cling with the greatest snow blockade
on record and it Will be more than a
week before all lines are in operation.
John Young was hanged at Mount
Holly. n. J.. for completely in the muir
der of Washington Hunter. an aged
farmer, al Riverside January 25. 1901.
Hard coal miners began a convention
at Shamollin. Pa. to force recognition
of their union by operators.
Gavit Wheeler. proprietor of saw
mill near Gallon. Wis. and two other
men were killed by boiler explosion.
Mai. Gen. Otis. before the senate
committee. said the Filipinos are not
capable of self-government.
Complaint has been made before the
civil service commission that there is
a systematic exclusion of women from
the government service.
The state institution for the deaf
and dumb at Jackson. Miss. has been
destroyed by fire.
Santos-Dumont will visit St Louis tc
select a fair site for a balloon shed in
connection with the airship contests
Upward of $4,000 manned, crippled
and diseased horses are slaughtered
annually in Chicago, and most of the
meat is sold as beef
Geronimo. the noted Apache chief,
for Il years a prisoner at Fort Sill,
Okla, Is to be released from captiv-
ity-
There were 232 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 14th, against 176 the
week previous and 2O9 the correspond
ing week of last year.
The request of Gen. Miles to be
sent to the Philippines has been re-
fused by the war department.
Oliver Green (colored) was hanged
at Anderson, S. c., for assaulting a
white woman.
William A Rodenburg, of East st.
Louis, Ill, has submitted to President
Roosevelt his resignation as a member
of the United States civil service COM
mission.