The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-01-10
Governors and law officers oil north


fight against the Hill railway me ser.
The legisla tures of New York, Massa-
chusetts, Maryland and Virginia con-
vened on New Years day.
Robert Lebaudy, of Paris, will give
81, 100000 for the blishment of a
French Industrial school in connection
with. the University of Chicago.
Three persons were killed and two
wounded in fight at a New Years
watch party al Robbins. n. c.
Two persons were killed and II in
jured in the wreck of passenger train
ON The Baltimore g. Ohio road near
Pittsburg, Pa.
Crowds attending the New Years re-
ception at the white house broke all
records, President Roosevelt shaking
the hands of $500 persons.
The Young triplets, the Oldest in the
world, celebrated their forty-fifth
birthday anniversary in Chicago with
big family dinner.
Tomas Estrada Palma, in his home
at Central Valley, N. Y, received the
news of his election to the presidency
of the republic of Cuba.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Gorton, an aged
couple, were burned to death at their
residence near Litchfield, MINI.
Eugene Hector, a newspaper man,
shot and killed a highwayman who
held him up on a street in Chicago.
Emperor William has invited Miss
Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the pres
ident, TO christen his new racing yacht,
now under construction on Staten Is
land.
In the first ice yacht race of the
season three persons were injured, one
fatally, al Madison, Wis.
An increase of from to 10 per cent.
in the wages of 1000 trainmen is soon
to be announced by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company.
Seth Low took charge of the office
of mayor of New York, the change
of administrations being without
special ceremony.
Marconi hopes soon to have wire
less communication between England
and America.
The San Francisco mint in 1901
converted $S1,O72, 500 from bullion in
to coin, breaking all previous rec
Ords.
The public debt statement issued
on the I'd shows that the debt de-
creased $S,643, 1872 during the month
of December. The cash balance in
the treasury was $321,6 ,27s. The
total debt, less the cash in the treas
ury, amounts to S1,O11 CPS, 2S6.
Five persons were killed by an eX-
plosion in a railroad roundhouse at
Macon, Ga.
Judge E. S. Elliott, of Milwaukee,
whist.
w. Murray Crane took the oath of
office as governor of Massachusetts
for his third term.
One of the new compound locomO-
tives used by the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & ST. Paul railway made the run
from Chicago to Milwaukee, IS 2-10
miles, in 81 minutes.
The circulation of national bank
notes on December 81 was $360,2S9,-
726, being an increase of $50, 14S, 551
during the - months ended that
date.
The Rochester On. ". theological
seminary earned a gift of 100000 by
j. D. Rockefeller by duplicating it.
The Searchlight hotel at Searchlight,
New, was destroyed by fire and Mrs.
Bullock and two children were Gre
mated.
The total coinage at the mints dur
ing the past year was $134,693,770; of
which SOL. 1885, 167. was gold, $30,S3S, AGO
silver and SO, 12O, 122 minor coins.
The Naval Register just issued makes
the strength of the navy 225 ships
with 60 under construction.
The EverettMoore syndicate, con
trolling many electric railway lines
and telephone companies in Ohio and
Michigan, has passed into the control
of a committee of Cleveland bankers.
President Roosevelt gave his first
state dinner at the white house.
\ Memphis undertaken claims to
have discovered embalming fluid which
VIII keep bodies forever.