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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
1T WAS SOCIETYS NIGHT.
In the st. Louis Coliseum
Friday Night.

st. Louis, Nov. 1.-The horse show
was at it's best Friday night and the
result exceeded the most sanguine ex-
pectations. 1t was the largest crowd
ever seen at the exhibition here, and
certainly the most brilliant. Boxes and
tiers were full to overfiowing, and the
promenade was past promenading with
out continual jostling. Even the
benches in the gallery were lined. The
regular contingent was out in full force
and the casuals were there to the limit.
Society had the call, and the mag
nificence of the gowns exceeded that of
any other night, while the wearers
were more numerous by far. From one
end of the amphitheater to the other
the scene was a picture of animation,
gayety and color.
The spirits Of the crowd were gayety
personified. Anything approaching a
quiet moment was out of the question.
1he continual hum and buzz of thou
sand-voiced conversation deadened
even the loud efforts of the band, and
when a round of applause ratified
along the strains from the instruments
were blotted out The band played it's
best music, and even the horses seemed
appreciative of the occasion and were
on their best behavior.
Not an animal displayed any ugli-
ness, and the show went smoothly
from start to finish. The rings were
up to the standard with many high
class competitors, although the number
of entries was not as large in all the
classes as on some nights. The events
were arranged to appeal more to the
popular fancy.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Halloween Prank.

The cadet battalion of the Univer-
sity of Tennessee, at Knoxville, were
short on drills last week, the reason
being that all guns had disappeared
as a result Of a Halloween prank.
Capt. A. H. Nave, commandant of
cadets, read the law to the boys in
regard to stealing United States
property, and the affair may take a
serious turn unless the property is
produced at once. A story is afoat
that the guns were taken from the
armory, carried down into railroad
yard near by and deposited in box
car, which was hauled away before
the guns could be recovered.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13

stone was laid July 4, 1845; the build
ing was completed March Is, 1859.
The capitol is constructed entirely
of Tennessee material, and is abso-
lutely fire proof. The building is a
parallelogram 112 by 239 feet; extreme
height 2G6 feet, inches, and the to-
tai cost was one million five hundred
thousand dollars.
The architect was William Strick-
land and his body is entombed in the
wall of the northern portico.
Hon. Samuel d. Morgan was presi-
dent of the building commission, and
he also has a resting place in the wall
of the portico on the southern end of
the building
The first session of the legislature
was held in the building, before it was
completed, in 1858.
Hon. Andrew Johnson was the first
governor inaugurated in the new cap
itol, October %, 1855.
On the grounds near the northeast
corner of the building is the tomb of
President James K. Polk and his wife.
Facing the eastern front of the cap
itOl is magnificent bronze statue of
General Andrew Jackson. This is one
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
sam PARKS FINAL SHOT
A: the Threshold of the Penitentiary
He Discusses His Fall.
He Declares He is n Victim of q
Custom Older That He is, And
Which the Unions Must Stop.

New York, Nov. 7-Before he Ief;
his cell to begin serving his sentence
of more than two years in Sing Sing
prison for extortion 'of money from
employers, Samuel Parks, ex-walking
delegate of the local Housesmith and
Bridgemen's union, called about him
number of newspaper men to bid
them farewell. In so doing he made
the following statement:
"It's only taken a little more than
seven years for them to get me here.
1t has been a hard fight, and I've
lost; that's all. I'm down and out, and
1 know when I've got enough. III be
forgotten in less than a year, except
by some of the boys who know there
was some good in me, and 1 am sorry
for it. Every laboring man in this
country should remember me for years
to come. 1 should be a warning to
them. I'm the victim of a custom that
is older than 1 am, and that is the
habit of having money transactions
with employers. That put me here.
The salvation of the unions lies in
stopping that practice at once They
must give up fines, waiting time, back
pay for strikes, and everything like
that. That's the loophole through
which this 'grafting,' as they call it,
creeps in. The employers never leave
any tracks. 1 could name 100 en-
ployers here who have made practice
of using labor unions against COM
petitors. 1 know plenty of employers
who have made fortunes by the use of
money through a young fellow who
has never made more than couple of
dollars a day, and has been kept in
authority by his union"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
ARRIVED IN JERUSALEM.
An Immense Tent On the Ground
For the Worlds Sunday-SchOoI
Convention in 1904.

st. Louis, Nov 7.-E. x. Warren,
chairman of the central executive COM
mittee, made the following announce
ment to-day in regard to the Worlds
Sunday-school convention:
'An immense tent has arrived in
Jerusalem for the Worlds Fourth Sun
day-school convention, which will be
held there April 1S, 10 and 20, 1904.
The tent will be pitched near Gordon's
calvary and the tombs just north of the
city of Jerusalem, and will seat from
1900 to 1 400 persons.
"Only a few berths are now vacant
on the specially chartered steamer
Grosser hurfuest, which conveys the
American delegates to the convention,
and the ship which carries the English
delegates is likewise filling fast. This
will be the largest Protestant gather
ing that has ever taken place in Jeru-
salem"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
UNCLE SANS MODEL FARM
PRACTICAL LESSONS IN FOR
ESTRY AND ROTATION
OF CROPS
Will Be Shown at the Worlds Fair
in an Interesting Exhibit Under
the Auspices of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.

A model farm, representing a Sec
tion of land 160 acres in extent, illus
trating especially the value of the
planting and the rotation of crops,
will be one of the interesting and val
liable exhibits provided by the United
States government at the Worlds s
Fair.
George L. CIothier, field assistant
for the United States Bureau of For
estry and in charge of the cooperative
tire planting, while in st. Louis, sub
mitted .his plans to the exposition Of
ficials. Mr.. CIothier asked for, and
will probably be allotted, a large area
adjoining the siX-acre map Of the
United States that is worked out with
the representative crops of the various
States and Territories.
The 100 acres, reduced ten times,
is laid out as a model farm. The farm
stead occupies the. northeast corner of
the site and contains 936 square
rods. A model farm house, with model
barn, stables and outbuildings are to
be erected. There is an orchard, vine
yard garden, stock and poultry yards,
pig sites, and all of the other equip
ments for a farmstead.
The fields are all of the same size,
80 by III rods. Five or them, run
east and west and are parallel. The
fifth is on the north end of the tract
and with the farmStead is as long as
the other five combined are wide.
Windbreaks are planted on the
south and west sides of the entire
farm. The windbreak is placed here
because the prevailing winds in Mis-
souri, and Kansas come from those
directions On a farm of 160 acres
these windbreaks would be a belt OF
trees S21a feet thick. On the model
farm at the Worlds Fair all of the
trees best adapted for the purpose
will be shown. On the bottom land
the best trees are cottonwood and box
elder On the uplands ash and Usage
orange make good windbreaks. Rus
sian mulberry and white elm ,or hack
berry, with ash or Russian wild olive
prove very effective. All of the Vari-
Gus combinations will be shown in the
Worlds Fair windbreaks. The young
trees for these windbreaks are not
planted irregularly, but are set out in
squares like corn and are cultivated. |
The fences between the fields, too, |
are exhibits of forestry. Trees will I
be planted at regular intervals and the |
wire fencing will be thus nailed to |
live posts This will demonstrate |
economy both in space covered and in /
the cost of building. In addition to |
their uses as live fence posts, these |
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
RARE PLANTS DESTROYED
Fire Creates Devastation at Shaw's
Garden, St. Louis.
Rare Plants In the COnservatOries
Fall Prey to Flames.

St Louis, Nov Fire that started
in a boiler room at Shaw'S garden,
early Saturday morning, partially de-
vastated the famous resort and de-
stroyed collections of plants worth
thousands of dollars.
The flames were discovered in one
of the conservatories at 6:05 o'clock by
Officer Cronin, who turned in an alarm,
calling out several engine companies.
The fire was burning fercely when
the department arrived, threatening
the entire garden with destruction.
The glass roofs Of the hot houses
cracked, and several gave way under
the intense heat, fragments falling on
the rare plants~and finishing the work
of ruination left undone by the flames.
Efforts of the firemen centered on
the larger buildings, and the ones
housing the most valuable specimens,
but these were right in line of the
flames and in greatest danger.
Quickly as possible the garden at
corps, and set to work carrying the
finest plants from the buildings.
Thousands were saved in this way,
but others, many of which may never
be replaced, were destroyed.
Orchids, splendid specimens of
palms, Persia cacti, the celebrated
goose neck" plant, and others were
included in the list of those destroyed
Some of the plants burned were worth
$500 and $1,000 each
The East Indian conservatory, where
some of the rarest specimens were
displayed, burned quickly. Nothing
was saved from this building, although
desperate efforts were made to that
end.
The fire was finally checked, but not
until fully $4,000 damage was done,
from the standpoint of architectural
loss. No estimate can be made on the
damage done to the flowers
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
coffman Closely Watched.

The Henry county Jail holds a
prisoner who is causing the officials
some uneasiness and who is the OBJ
ject of close watch. Joe Coffman, a
well known citizen of Henderson
county, was recently placed in jail
at Paris for safe keeping by order of
the court, it being apprehended that
an effort to release him would be
made by his friends. He is charged
with the deliberate murder of an old
neighbor, who was known to have
money about his house, but no def
mite suspicion was fixed on Coffman
for year after the crime, when he
began to show an unusual amount of
money and talk recklessly about the
crime. He was placed in Jail and
bail denied him after Indictment by
the grand jury.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

France has announced that she will
MAKE magnificent exhibit at the
Worlds fair
PrOspectors and operators are flock
ing to the new Texas oil field at Bat
sons Prairie
Representative Payne will retain the
leadership of the republicans in the
next congress.
Hanna, German and Bailey are said
to be slated for the three vacancies in
the senate finance committee.
Isadore True and Sam Kaplan, al
legged employment bureau swindlers,
have been arrested at st. Louis.
The people of the Danish West In
dies threaten revolt because of the eff
fort being made to largely increase
taxes.
The report of Gen. Greely, chief sig
nal officer, Slows that the authorized
Alaska telegraph system has been COM
pleted.
Whether Cuban legislation shall be in
the form of bill or resolution is oc-
cupying the attention of republican
leaders.
Operators and engineers of the Illi-
nois coal fields have agreed to arbi-
trate, and the threatened strike is con-
sidered averted.
Emperor Williams schooner yacht
Meteor will take part, next year, in the
transoceanic race for which the en-
peror will offer a cup.
Two men have been arrested at
Courtney Flats, l. T., on the charge of
abducting a 12-year-old girl and TAX
ing her across the Texas line.
Att'y.-Gen. Knox has selected Oliver
E. Pagin, of Chicago, who prepared
papers in post offices cases, for per-
manent assistant attorney general.
Dr. George E. Ladd, of Rolla, has
been appointed superintendent Of
mines and metallurgy department of
the Missouri exhibit at the Worlds
fair
Business the country over is quieter,
according to the trade reviews, the
south showing relatively the best on
account of the large movement of cot
ton.
The National Bool WeeviI and Cot
ton convention adjourned at Dallas, !
Tex, after adopting resolutions call |
ing for national aid in fighting the |
pest.
Insurgents under Jiminez are march |
ing on the city of San Domingo. United |
States Minister Powell cabled for |
and the Baltimore has been |
sent N
Pat Costello, who says he was one
Of the trio that kidnapped Eddie Cuda-
by, gave himself up at st. Joseph, Mo.
Cudahy has been notified and Costello
is held.
United States Ambassador Porter,
at Paris, reports good progress with
he proposed amended extradition
treaty with France covering the crime
IF bribery.
Chairman Love of the Kansas state
democratic committee issued a state
nent to the effect that Senator Cock
ell is the first choice of the Sunfower
democracy for president of the United
States
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Fatal "Milk Sickness"

News comes from Lancaster,
Smith county, that the fatal milk
sickness" has made its reappearancei
in that vicinity. John Williams
and his mother and sister have died
within a week of each other, while
his wife and neighbor, Mrs. Bob
Crawford, are expected to die. Will.
liams' family got the poison, it is
said, from milk, while Mrs. Craw-
ford was poisoned from eating a
chicken liver. Several persons died
of the malady about this time last
year. From the earliest settling of
Smith county milk sickness has BEEN
known to exist for miles around
Lancaster, people frequently dying
from it, thousands of dollars worth
of cattle, sheep and horses being lost
from this cause, yet its exact locality
and what it is cannot be more deter
mined today than when white mem
first became acquainted with its dam
gers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Knew Some Fool Would Ask.

Attorney Abe Hummel told delight
edly joke on a friend of his not long
ago. This friend was counsel for the
defense in case of assault, and was
questioning a witness for the prosecu-
ton.
Now, you say you saw the quarrel
between the two men?"
Yes" replied the man, who hap
pened to be a carpenter.
How far from them were you?"
Just four yards, two feet, three
inches and a half"
What do you meant" shouted the
attorney. You don't mean to say that
you can measure distances that accu-
rately with your eye?"
NO." said the carpenter, quietly,
"but knew some fool would ask me,
so I measured it."-New York Mail
and express.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
A LONG RANGE ASSERTION.
Colombian COusul-GeneraI at Ant
werp Talks for Publication.

werp Talks for Publication.
Paris, Nov. THE Patrie publishes
in dispatch from Antwerp, Belgium,
an interview with Gonzales Torres,
consul-general of Colombia, who says
he has just received a dispatch from
Colombia announcing that 1000 troops
are about to arrive at Savanilla, on
their way to Colon. Among the num-
Der are 500 men from the department
of Antioqui. The department of Boya-
ca is also furnishing its contingent.
COnsul-General Torres adds that the
action of the American naval forces at
Colon prevented Colombia from send
ing troops to Panama to suppress the
uprising, thus preventing Colombia
from fulfilling her treaty obligation to
maintain order. He further declares
that in spite Of American interference,
Colombia will fulfill her treaty duties
and will march troops by land to Pana-
ma.
The Patrie asserts that the foregoing
interview discloses that Colombia has
decided mot to permit the United
States to take part of her territory un-
der the pretext of creating a new re-
public"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13

of the three similar statues erected to
the memory of that illustrious Ten
nessean, the second located at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, and the third in
Lafayette Park, Washington, D. c.,
facing the White House.
On the grounds may be found over
fifty varieties of forest growth, besides
ical specimens, shrubbery, etc.
The building is lighted by eelctric-
ity, heated by hot air and supplied
with water by its own plant located in
the north portion of the grounds
The building, which is Grecian in its
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Sues for Loss of Arm.

G. n. McClanahan, a bridge work.
man, brought suit in the Circuit
Court at Clarksville last week
against the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company for $4,000 dam
ages. While at work on the L. 6
n. bridge at that place about two
weeks ago McClanahan got his left
arm caught beneath the wheels of a
freight train, and the arm was so
mangled that amputation was neces-
sary. It is for the loss of his arm
that McClanahan sues. :
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
TENNESSEE
TOPICS
BY RUTLEDGE SMITH.

bit of history about the States
most perfect building, from an archi-
tectural standpoint, would not be out
of place in these columns.
The grounds upon which the capitol
stands were purchased by the city of
Nashville from George w. Campbell
for the sum of thirty thousand dollars
and presented to the State December,
1S43, and is perhaps the most beauti-
full site for d capitol building in the
world, being in the center of the city,
and 100 feet above the level of Cum
berland river. Work on the grounds
was begun January 1, 1914; the corner
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
For the Use and Protection of Visitors
to Worlds Fair in ST. Louis.

A novel and useful concession at
the Worlds Fair viii be that of the
Safety Deposit Vault. This conces-
sion which was recently granted, will
be of great convenience to visitors. A
fire-proof building containing about
1000 safety deposit boxes, will be
erected. The location will probably
be at the northern end of the Model
street. Visitors may leave their val
uables and such money as they do not
need for the moment in the boxes
without danger of loss or theft. They
need carry only enough cash for their
immediate use, returning to the safety
deposit boxes to replete their ex-
Ch6ouer
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Question of Jurisdiction.

An interesting feature which has
developed in the recent killing
of Frank Hibbett, Davidson coun-
ty constable, by Edward J. Jordan,
near Lavergne, is the location of the
killing. The killing occurred in a
lane which is the dividing line be-
tween Davidson and Rutherford
counties. After shooting Hibbett,
Jordan went to Murfreesboro, and
was taken in custody by the court
there. Both counties claim the
prisoner, but Jordan wants to be
tried in Rutherford.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
CHARGED With Robbery.

George Nelson and brother are
under arrest at Union City charged
by Mr.. Carter with robbing his
house. The Nelson boys are aged
about 19 and p respectively, and
are unmarried. They are in jail
awaiting a preliminary hearing.
Prior to the time they are said to
have robbed Carter they had worked
for him, and had, it is charged, driv-
en- his wagon and team without his
consent a few days ago. One of ths
Nelson's has been in Jail before.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Contract to BE Let

The contract for the State build
ing at the Worlds Fair, a reproduc-
ton of the Hermitage, will be let in
a few days. Major E. ]. Lewis and
Secretary Enloe will go to st. Louis
soon to arrange for the new build
ing and the contract viii then be
placad
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
PANAMA's DIPLOMATIC AGENT.
Diplomatic Agent Mt Washington
Appointed by New Republic.

Appointed by New Republic.
Panama, Nov. IN. Philippe Bu-
neau-Varilla has been appointed diplo-
matte agent of the Republic of Pana-
ma at Washington. He is one of the
financial agents of the Panama Canal
Co. His first official act was to official
ly notify the junta that the United
States has recognized the de facto gov
ernment of the Republic of Panama.
The news has caused great rejoicing
here and was telegraphed throughout
the country. Preparations are being
made to celebrate the event with great
enthusiasm.
NJ. Philippe Buneau-Varilla is now in
New York.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Shelby Prisoner Killed.

NJ. A. Chambers, Shelby county,
serving two years for intent to mur-
der and larceny, was killed at the
main prison in Nashville last week
by the collapse of some timbers in
the foundry. He lived only half an
hour. Chambers had been in the
penitentiary but a few days.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
weu-Known Horseman Dead.

Fulton, Mo-, Nov. w. H. Davis,
the pioneer saddle-horseman of Gala
way county, died here, Friday, Of
stomach trouble, aged 81 years. The
deceased had captured more prizes ex-
hibiting saddle horses than any man
in Missouri He was the original ex-
hibitor of Rex Mcdonald.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Went Down In Lake Michigan.

Marinette, Wis, Nov. THE little
schooner Rosebud, of Menominee,
Mich, which has been missing for
three weeks, is believed to have gone
down in Lake Michigan with George
and Edward Gotta, sons Of the owner,
who were sailing her, and their Sis
ter, who was stewardess.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Hanged Himself to a Closet Hook.

Edmund Russell, aged So years,
was found dead in a closet at the
home of James Cusack, his son-in-
law, near jamestown last week. He
had hanged himself to closet hook,
a small strand of cotton being about
his neck. Russell had been in fee
BILE health and was almost blind.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13

New York, Nov. John K. Far
well, one of the best-known wholesale
dry goods merchants in this city, is
dead at the age of rs from heart fail
ure. He was a member of the Far
we'll family of Chicago.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Memphian Lost His Foot.

Knox Golay had his right foot cut
off by west bound freight train at
Waverly last week. He was beating
his way and attempted to get off the
train, when he fell with his foot
across the track. His foot was am
putated and he is resting well. He
says his father lives at 722 Borland
avenue, Memphis.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Killing Was Without Excuse.

Geo. A. Ralston, a saloonist of
Knoxville, was bound over to court.
last week in $4,000 for shooting
and killing Ben Ferguson, a IA
year-old negro. The three trial JUS
tices held his act to be without ap-
parent excuse, wanton and reckless.
Ralston agreed to catch the boy for
policeman, from whom the boy had
run away on several occasions. I'M
shooting to scare the boy Ralston
says he stumbled and two bullets en-
tered the boys head. Ralston's pis-
tol has caused three deaths, one of
its victims being Ralston's wife, who
was accidentally killed by the weap-
on's discharge while she and Ralston!
were out driving.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Russia and Japan.

Berlin, Nov. THE negotiations
between Russia and Japan have so far
advanced that it can be authoritatively
stated that the announcement OF set
tlement may be expected soon.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-13
Cadets Dismissed for Hazing.

Washington, Nov. THE verdict in
the case of three midshipmen of the
first class at Annapolis naval academy,
finds the defendants guilty. The penal
ty is fixed at dismissal. The names of
the young men thus punished are E.
w. Chaffee, Wisconsin; ]. H. Leland,
Iowa, and J. D. Little, Ohio.