The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-12

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to succeed NJ. Won Plehve, late min
lister of the interior of Russia.
Ex-senator Geo. Turner is the
democratic nominee for governor of
Washington.
President Diaz of Mexico says he
expects to visit United States soon,
probably during the coming winter.
Among the Russian officers now
on their way to active service in
the far east is a son of Count Toll
stoi.
The British house of commons
voted $13,O0O,OOO to be used in
the building of new Cunard line
steamers.
1t is said that the postofice de-
partment has refused to name
Mississippi postoffice after Gov.
Vardaman.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of
the president, was manager pro tenn.
for one day of the Inside Inn at the
worlds fair.
At st. Louis Judge Holder de-
MED a motion of packing house
strikers to dissolve an injunction
against them.
A daughter of Mark Twain was
injured in runaway at Pittsburg.
Her horse was killed and she re-
ceived sprained ankle.
John McCaffrey is floating 200
miles from Keokuk, Ia, to st. Louis
on 16 foot log. He expected to
make the trip in eight days.
Miss Mary E. Pretty of the
United States patent office, recently
broke the worlds record for type
writing by copying $4,000 words in
seven hours.
Mrs. Nelson A. Miles died Aug
ust 1 at West Point of heart dis
ease, aged 60. She and Gen Miles
had been visiting their son, Sher-
man, who is a student at the mill
tary academy. Gen. Miles was not
present at the time of his wife's
death, he having gone out of town.
After a week of mental anguish,
during which he continually wept
and prayed, Frank Benedetoo, who
murdered his wife during a fit of
iealously, committed suicide in his
cell in the county Jail at Chicago by
hanging himself. The murderer
made a rope Of the sheet on his
bed.
The officials of the Illinois Gen.
trail railroad decided to increase the
reward of $1,000 for the arrest and
conviction of the bandits who held
up the Diamond special August 1,
near Matteson, Ill, to $4,000, re-
ward of $1,000 being placed on the
head of each of the robbers. A cir
cular offering this amount was sent
broadcast over the country.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
predicts big crops this year. He
says: Corn is looking better than
it has at this season for three years.
Wheat compares well with past
years-is better, in fact, than at
this time last year or the year be-
fore. Reports from the cotton belt
are encouraging. All the hay crops
are reported good and so are oats .
Bishop Henry G.. Potter delivered
the principal address at the open
ing of ''The Subway Tavern" q
model saloon established by leaders
in the reform movement in New
York. The purpose is to serve pure
liquor and food at low prices under
the best possible moral conditions.
In his address Bishop Potter said
the keynote had been struck by this
attack on the liquor situation.
At meeting of the board of fire
and police commissioners of Mem
phis Chief of Police Mason tender
ed his resignation. Mayor Williams
addressed the members and exon
Grated Chief Mason as being re-
sponsible for the existence of gam
bling and gambling houses. A ma
jority of the board then declined to
accept the chief of policies resigna-
ton and he will remain at the head
of the department.
A cloudburst at Mitchell, Ore,
caused loss of life and great dam
age to property. Mrs. Beethune.
aged 80 years, and Martin Smith,
aged 81, were drowned. Twenty
eight houses were destroyed.
Thos. E. Watson of Georgia has
wired 10 A. Parker, a member of
the executive committee of the pop
ulist party that he will accept the
nomination for president recently
rendered him by the national popu-
list convention.