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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-10-22

opposed to the powerful North Atlantic
naval force, urder command of Rear
Admiral Higginson. The department s
orders are that the European and South
Atlantic squadrons shall rendezvous
about November. 25, in the Gulf of Paria.
near Port of Srain, Island of Trinidad.
Here, Rear Admiral Sumner. the senior
officer. will assume command of the
combined forces.
Will Begin in December.
In the early part of December, prob
ably on the 5th of the month. this
amalgamated division will leave the
Gulf of Paria to undertake its part in
the scouting problem, which will be,
however. on much larger scale than
that of lastsAugust. The North Atlantic
squadron will have its headquarters at
Culebra Island, near Porto Rico, and its
purpose will be to prevent Summers
force from capturing base to be used
for offensive purposes in Porto Rico or
Culebra. The exact details of the prob
lem have not been prepared, but will be
completed soor and forwarded to Ad-
mirals Higginson and Sumner
Upon the conclusion of the search
problem, which will last until Decem-
Der 10, all the vessels participating will
assemble under the supreme command
of Admiral Dewey. who will raise his
flag on the cruiser-yacht Mayfower. in
the anchorage on the south side of
Culebra Islands. In the adjacent bay,
known as Great Harbor. the GOLFERS.
torpedo boat fiotilla, tugs, and smaller
auxiliary vessels will be anchored.
The beginning of the movement of the
larger vessels to the West Indies will
come within week, when the cruiser
Olympia. flagship of Rear Admiral
Coghlan, will leave New York for Porto
Rico and Culebra, accompanied by the
tugs Fortune and Leyden. The Olympia
is ready to go now, but has been de-
layed on account of failure to get suf-
ficient coal. The Navy Department Is
hopeful, however that she will start on
the 24th inst. The GOLFERS Lebanon.
Brutus. and Sterling. with six coal
barges to go from Norfolk and two coal
barges to join later from Pensacola,
will leave Hampton Roads on Novem-
Der l. under convoy of the gunboats
Bancroft and Detroit. On their way to
the West Indies, they will probably en-
gage in what is called a convoy prob
lem, with the Olympia representing
powerful ship of an enemy
Naval Board at Work.
Upon the arrival of the Olympia at
Culebra, Rear Admiral Coghlun will i'm
mcdiately assume charge of the work of
anchorages and landing
places there. 10 be used by the ships
and the marines during the period of
the maneuvers. Heavy mooring buoys,
tackle, and pilotage buoys, with
lumber and tents for the quarters
will be taken on the GOLFERS. The gun
boat Wasp will join the Olympia from
Pensacola and serve as tender TO that
flagship The tugs and converted yachts
to be sent to the West Indies will be
used during the maneuvers as tenders
and picket boats.
The general board of the navy, which
is arranging the, problems to be carried
out by the combined squadrops and the
torpedo boat fiotilla, is now session
in this city Rear Admiral Higginson,
who will command the principal squad
ron to participate in the maneuvers, is
here in consultation with the board.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-10-22
SQUAD INSTRUCTION
AND CAMP SANITATION
Their Value Demonstrated
at Recent Maneuvers.
MIMIC WAR AT FORT RILEY
no Effort Made to Initiate European
Methods of Handling Troops
in Battle.
MIMIC WAR AT FORT RILEY

Brig. Gen. William c. Carter, acting
adjutant general of the army, has just
returned from the West, where ne Wis
tied the General Service and Staff Col
lege. at Fort Leavenw6rth, and attend
ed the military maneuvers on the reser-
walton at Fort Riley. Kansas.
The forces assembled for the maneu-
vers consisted of battalion OF engi-
neers, a brigade composed of three
regiments OF infantry brigade Of in
fantry of the National Guard of the
State of Kansas, regiment of regular
cavalry, six batteries of field artillery
of the regular army. two batteries Of
the Kansas National Guard, separate
battalion Of Colorado infantry and de-
tachment from the hospital and signal
corps of the regular army. The maneu'
vers were attended by large number
of National Guard officers from various
States.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-10-22
A Mimic War.

The entire scheme of maneuvers con-
templated instruction in field operations,
involving work from that of the sim
plest outpost and patrol duty up to and
including the battle maneuvers OF a di-
vision. The opportunities afforded for
combined operation of the various arms
exceeded those of any encampment since
the close of the civil war.
During the recent war with Spain the
volunteers were assembled in large
camps, but for want of preliminary
training it was not practicable to get
the class of instruction which obtained
during these recent maneuvers. There
was no semblance of sham battle at
Fort Riley, as the rules governing the
operations forbade any firing at short
range. The general theory upon which
all the problems are based is that the
full value of these maneuvers is OBJ
tanned when the strategic march and de-
velopment for active combat has been
completed. 1t remains for the umpires
to decide whether or not a maneuver
has been successful. These rules. to-
gether with the use of smokeless pow
der, have completely eliminated the the
atrical effect which is usually supposed
to characterize operations of this sort.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.
War Against Ignorance.

Seventeen hundred students at
tending the summer school at lie
University, Knoxville, celebrated the
Fourth in appropriate manner at the
University of Tennessee. All the
students formed in procession by
States and marched into the pavil.
ion headed by a brass band. The
teachers adopted what they term, the
second declaration of dependence,
declaration against ignorance. This
embodies the belief that local taxa
ton is the foundation upon which
public school system should be
built; that more intelligent public
interest must be brought to bear
upon the schools; that the lines of
development in the South must be
both agricultural and mechanical;
the consolidation of weak schools in
to strong central schools is favored,
as is also the highest training for
teachers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
Psrdoued by tho Governor.

Gov. McMillin gave out Fourth of
July favors to several State prison
ers. The lucky ones were Charles
Evans, Fayette county, sent up in
1898 for twenty-five years for house
breaking and larceny, sentence COM
muted to fifteen years.
Garrett A. Buchanan, Shelby
county, convicted of larceny and sent
up for three years, was committed
to one year.
Ebert Prater, colored, Blount
county, convicted of arson and SEN
fenced to five years, was pardoned.
W. G. Green, Carroll county, con-
victed in 1900 of killing his son-in-
law and sentenced to four years, was
pardoned.
Jere Curtis, colored, aged 10, who
stole $50, was pardoned on account
of his youth.
Sherman Burwell, colored, Shelby
county, sentenced in 1891 to eight
cen years for HOUSEKEEPING and lar
ceny, was pardoned.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
THE FOURTH AT MANILA.
The Presidents Amnesty Proclamation
Read After a Parade OF Ameri-
cans and FilIpinos.

Manila, July 5.-President Roose-
velt's amnesty proclamation was
read at noon yesterday in English
and Spanish from flag-draped stand
on the luneta, after a parade of 5000
Americans and Fiipinos. The Amer
leans and Filipinos cheered and
waved flags. The prisoners freed by
the proclamation, estimated to num-
Der 600, were released without cere-
mony. Many military prisoners had
previously been freed. Aguinaldo re-
manned in the house which has shell
tered him since his. captivity. He is
expected to visit friends briefly and
then depart on a trip. His destina-
ton is not announced. The exiles
on the island of Guam are expected
to return here on a special steamer.
The observance of the national
holiday was general. The celebra-
ton was typically American, even to
the firecracllers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
Changes in Revenue Districts.

United States Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue John r. Mccall has
made the following changes in the
Fifth and Sixth divisions in West
Tennessee: The Fifth division will
hereafter be composed of the coun-
ties of Hardeman, Madison, Ches-
ter, McNairy, Decatur, Henderson,
Carroll, Benton, Henry, Weakley and
Gibson. The Sixth division will be
composed of the counties of Shelby,
Fayette, Lauderdale, Upton, Obion,
Lake, Crockett, Haywood and Dyer.
These changes are deemed necessary
by the collector because of conve-
nience in reaching points in the dis
tricts.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE
Removed Barriers for a Tennessee
Couple.
From Altar to PrisOn-Mrs. Agnes Elem.
Ing and jenkins Arrested-Lost
Husband and Wife.

Knoxville, Tenn, July 6.-Night
shade tea is the deadly decoction which
it is alleged was used by Mrs Agnes
Fleming to kill her husband, John
Fleming, so that she might be married
to Howard Jenkins. Jenkins, it is al
legged, also used the same mans to poi
son his beautiful young wife, in order
that he might meet the plans of Mrs.
Fleming.
The scene OF the affair is Roane
county, the story having come to this
city in press dispatch.
Three weeks ago both John Fleming
and Mrs. Howard Jenkins died under
suspicious circumstances, but no ac-
ton was taken until yesterday, when
Mrs. Fleming, who is connected with
a family prominent throughout East
Tennessee, was married to Jenkins.
1t was known that letter from Jen-
kins to Mrs. Fleming had been inter
cepted just before John Ieming died,
and their marriage caused a sensation
which eliminated in their arrest.
Jenkins came to Knoxville from
Pittsburg, Pa, a few months ago, in
the capacity of mechanical engineer
for the Knoxville Iron Company. Here
he met Mrs. Fleming, and he followed
her to Roane county.
The warrants for the arrest of the
pair were issued at the instance of the
relatives of the two dead persons.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
CATTLE WERE DRUNK.
After Drinking 'Distillery SIop" at Chica-
go Herd Stampeded and Caused
Trouble

Chicago, July 5.-Maddened and
half intoxicated from alcohol used
III "distillery slop" fed to them, a
big herd of cattle stampeded in the
stock yards yesterday. More than a
score of the animals met death in
the rush. Scenes were enacted that
for terror and blood made old stock
men and cowboys turn their back.
One man nearly lost his life. The
herd stampeded numbered more than
600 of the kind that is known as dis
tillery CATTLE and are fattened on
the refuse from liquor mills. A
closed gate caused the trouble and
before it was over 81 animals lay in
a heap, some impaled on horns,
others with broken necks and others
frantically climbing over the squirm-
ing mass, while some of the surviv-
ors leaped fences and escaped to va
rious parts of the yards. A dead wall
of cattle was what finally brought
the rear rush of animals to a halt,
the herd only stopping when the
pressure behind gave way because of
the leSsening numbers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
AFRAID OF HIS PEOPLE.
Aguinaldo Timid About Venturlng Gu
Anxious to Quit Manila.

Aguinaldo Timid About Venturlng Out
Anxious to Quit Manila.
Manila, July CAS- a result of the
proclamation of amnesty July 4, the
guard of American soldiers has been
withdrawn from the house where Agui-
naldo lived in Manila, and Lieut.. John
son, Aguinaldo's custodian, brought
the Filipino today to see Gem Chat
fee. 1t was the first meeting between
the American general and the leader
of the Filipino revolution. Lieut.. Viii
liam E. McKinlay of the Ninth cavalry
acted as interpreter
Aguinaldo was told that he was free
to go anywhere he pleased, and Gen.
Chaffee asked him if he had any com.
plant to make of American discour.
tesy or harshness. Aguinaldo replied
that he had no such complaint to
make. He told Gen. Chaffee that he
was going to visit friends at his home
in Cavite Viejo, in Cavite province,
and inquired what protection the
American authorities would afford
him. He seemed to be afraid to ven.
ture out. Gen. Chaffee replied that
Aguinaldo would get the same protec-
tion as any other citizen.
The former Filipino leader then ask
ed Gen. Chaffee to prevent the courts
from requiring him to testify in civil
suits. Gen. Chaffee replied that he
had no authority to grant this request,
and advised Aguinaldo to make a So
cial call upon Acting Civil Governor
Wright. This Aguinaldo said he
would do, but that he would go at
night, as he was timid about appear
ing on the streets in daylight
The release of the former Filipino
leader has renewed speculation as to
possible vengeance upon him by
friends of Luna and his other enemies.
Luna was a Filipino leader whom
Aguinaldo caused to be killed in 1899
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
coNvIcTs BROUGHT TO BAY.
Mounted Guards from Fort Leavenworth
Prison Grounded Up Three Men
Who Had Escaped.

Leavenworth, Kan, July 5.-Three
convicts, Taylor Burns, Lish West
and J. C. Pierce. made daring break
yesterday afternoon about three
O'Clock. They were members of the
stone quarry gang and had just been
started back to the federal prison.
Eight armed guards were in charge.
The men were in the rear ranks and
their dash so sudden they had Sc
cured the cover of the brush before
any effectual shooting could be done.
Four shots were fired, but did not
touch the desperadoes. Leaving five
guards in charge. three set out after
the fugitives and two others few
minutes later mounted horses and
headed the convicts off. After two
hours chase the convicts were
brought to bay and captured.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
A Female Swindler.

A woman giving her name as
Leahy, and going by dozen or more
aliases, is in Jail at Chattanooga,
charged with buncoing merchants,
boarding houses, private citizens,
forging checks and beating" peo-
pie generally in that city and in all
the smaller towns of North Georgia
and North Alabama. She turns out
to be a morphine fend. She is well
dressed and appears to be well edu-
Gated. Her identity is a mystery, and
the police do not know who she is or
where she comes from.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
States Finances.

The receipts of the State treasury
during June were $11S,O51.34, and
disbursements $176,719.12. The bal
ance in the treasury on June 80 was
$632,79O.SO, out of which 100000
for bond interest and school fund
must be paid.
Treasurer Folk gave out his quar-
terly statement on the LIST, showing
the quarterly receipts to be $467,-
653.31, and disbursements $780,
325.13. The balance in the treasury
now is $14O,516.76 greater than it
was the same day last year, and $50,
600 more has been placed to the cred
it of the sinking fund than at the
corresponding date in 1901.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
A CURIOUS LEGAL POINT.
a Law Says Barber Must BE of Good
Character and Can Convicts Shave
Others in the Penitentiary? =

ST. Paul, Mimi, July 5.-A curious
legal complication has arisen at the
state prison through the practice of
assigning one or more convicts TO
shave the officials and inmates of the
institution. The barber board law
requires that every barber must get
a state license and pass an examina-
ton as to his personal habits and
moral character, as well as to his
skill with the razor.
Naturally a convict could hardly
convince the examiners of good
moral character. Attorney General
Douglas, to whom the legal question
has been submitted, says the prison
barber must have a license the same
as anyone else, and it looks as though
the prison would have to hire civil
ian barber. The question was
brought up by the BARRIERS of Still
water.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
PANAMA INQUIRY
Within a Week AssIsta Mt AttOrney-Generel
Russell VIII Start for Paris.

Washington, July 6.-Assistant At
torney-Genera1 Charles w. Russell is
completing his preparations and with
in week will start for Paris to inves-
tigate the ability of the new Panama
Canal Company to give the United
States satisfactory title to conces-
sions and property on the isthmus.
When this preliminary work shall
have proceeded to a certain point, the
atorney-general, according to the pres
ident's expressed wish, will probably
go over and look into the matter. He
has invited Senator Spooner to go
along and assist him in view of the
senator's well known familiarity with
the matter and the attorney-generaPs
opinion of his ability, and hopes that
he will 90
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
MORGAN'S CHECK BOOK
Open Sesame to Emperor williams Coed
Good Graces, SatIricaIY Remarks
Vienna Newspaper

open Sesame to Emperor WILLIAMS coco
Good Graces, SatIricanY Remarks
Vienna Newspaper.
Vienna, July 6.-The Neue Freie
Presse has published a satirical edi-
torial on the fact that ]. Pierpont Nor.
gan took luncheon with Emperor Will
liam on board the imperial yacht Ho-
henzollern at Kiel, July 8. The paper
remraks:
Without his checkbook Mr.. Morgan
would never have been the emperor's
guest
The article harps throughout on the
probabilities of misfortune overtaking
''the Napoleon of Finance" and says
that, gilded by the imagination, his
trusts appear to be magnificent, but
that the first moment public confidence
is disturbed the system will undergo
a severe trial.
The Neue Freie Presse concludes by
saying: Gould a thoughtful reader
have penetrated the secret recesses of
the minds of Emperor William and his
guest what startling contrasts might
he not have discovered. In Emperor
Williams mind, perhaps, a yearning
for fame and splendoT; in that of Mr..
Morgan the hope of new trusts and ris-
ing prices. How fortunate 1t is that
social politeness wells such opposi-
tiOu
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
Internal Revenue Collections.

The collections of internal revenue
in this district during the fiscal year
ending June 80 amounted to ST.
515,556.3S, as compared with ST.
829,144.5O for the previous fiscal
year, a decrease of over 100000
during the past year. The collect
ions were divided as follows: Lists,
S1,799.36; beer stamps, $16,172
spirits, $12,651.63; cigars, ST.
251.30; snuff, $38,7O7.S3; tobacco,
$28,280.S5; special tax, $14,O9O.S2
documentary stamps, 81, O97.S3; pro-
prietary stamps, $55.13.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
Fifteen Killed, Twenty-Five Hurt.

Utica, n. Y, July 5.-On an electric
railroad near Gloversville last night
there was a collision between two
cars crowded with passengers. Fiji
teen persons were killed and % were
injured. For distance of four miles
north of Gloversville the Mountain
Lake railway, an electric road, con-
meets Gloversville with a popular
place of resort or picnic ground. AS
it was the Fourth of July the place
was crowded with pleasure seekers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
Insurance Figures.

Insurance Commissioner Folk has
submitted his report on life insur-
ance in Tennessee in 1901 to Gov.
McMillin.
The number of fidelity and cas-
ualty companies operating in the
State last year was tewnty-nine. The
number of legal life insurance COM
panies was thirty. There were three
assessment life insurance companies
and two assessment sick and accident
associations. Thirty-four fraternal
societies were licensed by the depart
ment during the year.
The following table shows assess
ments collected and losses paid for
the past five years by fraternal or
Joro
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
MILLION DOLLAR SHOPS.
Reported They VIII lie Built by the Louis
vile & Nashville in South Louisville.

Reported They Will Re Built by the Louis
Vile & Nashville in South Louisville.
Louisville, Ky, July 6.-According
to the Courier-Journal it is the pres
ent intention of the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad to build general shops in
South Louisville. 1t is stated that the
new mechanical engineer of the road,
Randolph Curtis, Superintendent of
Machinery Leeds, and two assistants
of Chief Engineer r. Montgomery are
now at work on the plans which in
volve the expenditure of 100000. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Curtis has re-
Gently visited the largest shops in the
East and that the proposed plant of
the Louisville & Nashville will be
equipped with the most modern ma
chinery. 1t is further stated that the
expenditure has already been authoriz-
ed and that work will begin in a short
time
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
.iires s4.ooo.ooo FOR Charltr.

New York, July 5.-Trustees of
the Winfred Masterson Burke Relief
fund, established last Tuesday by
John NJ. Burke's gift of 100000,
have. announced that a meeting for
the appointment of an advisory com
mittee will be held next week in or
der that a committee on plan and
scope may be appointed and get to
work at once. Having read the ac-
counts of Mr.. Burke's gift, hundreds
of persons are besieging his home
with pleas of every conceivable kind
for money.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
Tennessee Central Terminal.

The contract for a portion of the
terminal route Of the Tennessee Cen
trail railway, in Nashville, has been
let to Connors & Brady. The line
crosses both the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga & st. Louis and the Louisville
q Nashville south of the city, and is
aiming to reach the big manufacture
ing district of West Nashville.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
Tennessee Central Record.

The report of business for the
month of June, given out by Jere
Baxter, president of the Tennessee
Central, shows that 9,842 passengers
were handled by the road and 1,762
loads of freight during the month.
Eight hundred and twenty-four pas
sengers in one day is the record of
the road, and 7O1 were handled last
Saturday. The report also shows
that the business of the road is in
creasing at the rate of 25 per cent.
per month.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
Death of T.. G.. SuRc.

E. G. Sugg, a prominent and
highly respected citizen of Dyers-
burg, and for many years proprietor
of the Sugg Hotel, died last week.
He was well known over West Ten
nessee, especially by the travelling
public, who knew him as the keeper
of one of the best country hotels in
the State. He was also county sur
veyor for many years and father of
the Baptist church in Dyersburg.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
BRIGHT FOR CONSOLIDATION.
Presbyterian Universities of GAINESVILLE,
Tenn, and Columbia, S. c., May
BE Merged.

Athens, Ga, July 6.-Rev. DR.. J. w.
Walden of this city, chairman of the
committee to establish Presbyterian
university of Georgia, said tonight that
the prospects for consolidating the the
illogical seminary at Columbia, S. c.,
and the Southwestern Presbyterian
University at Clarksvile, Tenn, were
bright. DR.. Walden says if Atlanta
will give $25O,OO0 there is every indica-
ton that she viii secure the new uni
versity. The combined endowments Of
the two colleges amount to $500, O0O
If Atlanta raises the quarter of mil
lion dollars for buildings and grounds
the synods of Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Lou
isiana and Mississippi will raise an
equal amount, making the total value
Of the assets of the new university
over 81 900 600
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11
BATTLE OF SANTIAGO BAY.
Any History Not Giving SchIey Credit for
Defeating the Spanish Fleet Prohibited
in Louisiana Schools.

New Orleans, July 5.-The bill of
Representative Smith, penalizing the
use of any history which does not
do full and fair justice to Admiral
Scbley, yesterday passed the senate
and was Immediately signed by the
governor. The Dill provides that be-
fore any history of the Spanish war
shall be used in any of the public
schools it shall have been examined
and the fact ascertained that the
part played by Admiral Schley off
Santiago is treated justly and that
he was given the credit for the VIC
tory over Cervera. The use of
history partisan to Sampson is pro-
hibited under severe penalties.