The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-08

coaches each to convey the Tamma-
ny rooters to the st. Louis conycn-
The Baldwin locomotive works of
! Philadelphia has reduced its force
of workingmen from $4,000 to g.
900. -
Col. J. H. Brigham, assistant sec
retary of agriculture and chairman
of the government board at the st.
Louis fair, died at his home in
Delta, O., June 30.
A company of militia prevented
the lynching Of John Vaughan, a
negro, by members of his own race
at Okolona, Miss. Vaughan MUIR
dered his sweetheart.
James Hargis, the famous fead-
lists and county judge of Breathitt
county, Kentucky, was fatally in
jured at his home near Jackson by
being thrown from his horse.
The officers of the company own
ing the excursion boat Gen. Slocum,
the burning of which cost the lives
of over 1000 persons, have been
held criminally responsible by the
coroner's jury, and their cases will
be laid before the federal grand
jury.
The miners union at Butte,
Mont, has decided to donate $685.
900 to the Colorado miners to as
sist them in the legal tests to be
made as to authority of the militia
to imprison and deport men against
whom no charges have been made
| before civil authorities.
The state department does not
contemplate any reclamations upon
the Morocco government on account
of the Perdicaris incident. The de-
partment takes the view that the
Morocco government did its full
duty when it secured the release of
the prisoners by paving the large
ransom.
The house of Hoo Hoo, the worlds
fair home of the national Lumber
mems association, was totally de-
stroyed by fire. The building,
which was an unique structure and
valuable part of the worlds fair
forestry exhibit, being built of 16O
varieties of wood from all parts of
the country, was valued, with its
contents. at $4,000. 1t will be re-
built at once.
President Roosevelt has set aside
the court martial sentence reducing
! Harry \. Biscoe, paymaster of the
navy, fifteen numbers in his grade,
and has directed that the officers
punishment be confined to a mere
reprimand. This action of the pres
ident virtually sustains the appeal
of Paymaster Biscoe. who contend
ed that the court which convicted
him was influenced by Rear Admir-
al Robley d. Evans, who appointed
it.
Editor Daniels of the Raleigh,
n. c., News and Observer, who was
fined and sent to jail for criticising
decision of Judge Purnell of the
United States district court, has
been discharged by Judge Pritchard
of the United States circuit court,
who holds that to attempt to pre-
vent criticism of courts would be
an abridgement of the liberty of the
press.
1t is reported the japanese cap
turcd three forts southeast of and
part Of the Port Arthur defense
June q. On the above date a
cablegram from Toxic stated that
the japanese second army had ef-
fected juncture with the first
army and presented fighting front
of 120 miles.
Pursued by government officers
for thirteen years, during which
time he visited England, France
and Africa, and returning to the
United States and locating in In
dian Territory, Henry Rodgers,
alias Frank Thomas, is behind jail
bars at Mobile, Ala, and will be
tried on a charge of robbing the
mails.
The big silk air snip in which
Santos-Dumont intended to make
an ascension at st. Louis July 4
was rendered useless by vandals,
who ripped the balloon in a num-
ber of places with jack knives.
For the second time this season
the lowlands of southern Kansas
have been flooded from the high wa
tiers of the Kaw, Neosho and other
streams. The crops of hundreds of
farmers in the flooded district will
be entirely destroyed.
Mrs. Catherine Petit of Dixon,
ILL.,, had frightful experience with
an unknown man, who entered his
sleeping apartment and attempted