The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-24
News of the World

| While beating his wife at their
home near Norton, Kas.. A. G. Jen-
kins was shot dead by his 11-year-
old daughter.
A man by the name of Cahan, ar
rested at race track in ST. Louis,
had in his possession thirty spur
ious 800 gold certificates. The
man succeeded in wagering several
of the bills on winning horses and
cashing the tickets.
Two japanese transports carry
ing 1,400 men and supplies were
captured and sent to the bottom by
the Russian Vladiyostock fleet in
the Straits of Korea. Of the men
on board the transports, about one
half of them escaped.
Two bandits held up fast mail
train on the Northern Pacific near
Bearmouth, Mont The express car
was almost demolished by dynamite
and it is believed the bandits made
a big haul The engineer was killed
in the fight with the robbers.
In battle between alleged post
Office robbers and citizens at Mans
field, Mo-, two'of the three robbers
were badly wounded, while the
third escaped. One. of the men
gives his name as John Requa, and
claims Little Rock as his home.
M. W. Morton, prominent mer-
chant, was shot and killed by his
wife at their home in Marshall,
Ill. Mrs. Morton, when placed
under arrest, talked freely of the
tragedy but beyond stating that
they had been quarreling, assigned
no cause for the deed.
An ascent of Mount Colima,
famous volcano in Mexico, is to be
made by Charles L. Dignowity,
mining engineer of New York.
The volcano is in state of semi
activity. Its violent eruptions sew
eral months ago completely chang
ed the appearance of the cone and
new craters were formed.
In an engagement June Il on the
railroad north of Port Arthur, the
japanese routed a Russian strong
hold. The Russians left 500 dead
on the field and the Japanese cap
tured 800 prisoners and fourteen
quick-fring guns. The japanese
losses are estimated at 1000 killed
and wounded. The dispatches state
that the Russians were out-general-
ed at every point.
The Sons of United Confederate
Veterans, at their recent meeting
held in Nashville, elected officers as
follows: Commander in chief, N. r.
Tisdale, Fort Worth, Tex; COM
mander Of the Army Of Nelthern
Virginia, John j. Davis, Louisville,
KY; commander of the Department
Of Tennessee, r. E. L. Bynum,
Jackson, Tenn; commander of the
Trans-Mississippi Department, c.
A. Skein, Wapatuck, Tex.
At the Nashville reunion of Con-
federate Veterans the following of
ficers were elected: Commander
in chief, Lieut.. Gen. Stephen D.
Lece, of Columbus, Miss; COM
mander of the department of
northern Virginia, Gen. G. Irvine
Walker, Greenville, S. c.; COM
mander of the department of Ten
nessee, Gen. Clement A. Evans, At
lanta, Ga; commander TRANSMITS
sissippi department, Gen. w. l..
Cabell, Dallas, Tex.
The democrats of Illinois in
state convention Instructed for
Hearst for president, reelected
Hopkins as chairman of the state
central committee and nominated
the following ticket: Governor,
Lawrence B. Stringer of Lincoln
lieutenant governor, Thomas J.
Ferns of Jerseyville; secretary Of
state, Frank E. Dooling of Sanga-
mon county; state treasurer, Chas.
B. Thomas of McLeansboro; attor-
ney general, Albert Watson of JEFF
ferson county. While the convention
endorsed for Hearst, his following
received no further honors Carter
Harrison was unseated as dele
gate by the credentials committee |
and left Springfield without visiting
the convention hall
Albert Koepping, who killed |
John Martin at Port Jarvis, and |
Oscar Boergstrom, who murdered /
his wife, we're put to death in an
electric chair at Sing Sing prison
on the 18th inst.
A new disease has attacked cot
ton in Oklahoma, which destroys
the entire plant at the root, Whole !
fields have been destroyed. Too
much plowing, together with the |
wet weather, is the supposed cause
the plants roots being rotted. |