The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-05-01
NEWS AND EDITORIAL COMMENT

The tremendous gunpowder ex-
plosion last week that shook Rome to
it's foundation aud made it quake and
tremble, was q shock to all the world.
MANY venerated buildings suffered
irreparable damage. Several fine
works of great artists persisted by the
shock. ST Paul's and st. Peters suf-
fered severely. Some of the relics in
the MOnastry of st. PsuIs were des-
trOyed, and the windows ia the
Ancient Raphall chambers in the.
Vatican, and the 'ainei glass in
the royal staircase were also seriously
injured.
Last Sunday morn ng Rev. DIR. Il.
Dewitt Talmage's new Brooklyn
Tabernacle was formerly dedicated.
Rev. DR.. G. E. Hamlin of Washington,
occupying the pulpit; in the evening
DR.. Talmage himself preached. The
Tabernacle is the biggest and largest
church in the city of Churches. Its
seating capacity is about twice a.
large as the one destroyed by fire in
1899. This is the third church that
has been built for DR.. Talmage. One
in 1870 that WAS burned in 1872, and
the one in 1874 that was burned in
1889. 1t has been the desire of Tai
IMAGES life to set the world on fire
but, up to the present writing he has
only succeeded in b Irning his church
TOhn II hal hpnn
appointed Chairman of the Texas
Railroad commission. Mr.. Reagan
has accepted the position, to take
effect in June, and Gov. Hogg
promptly appointed Hon. Horace
Chiffon to fill the vacancy in the
United States Senate. Mr.. Chiffon if
considered one of the finest lawyers
and most eloquent speakers in the
State. His democracy is unimpeach-
able from the fact that he is the APP
poIntee of the Gov. of Texas.
Field Marshal Won MDltke, one of
the most prominent military charac-
tiers of the age, died at b erlin, April
9th. Although at the advanced age
of 81 his death was unexpected. III"
was educated a soldier, and at Is be-
came an officer; from this time on his
Advancement was steady, until 1871
when the Emperor of Germany APP
pointed him General Field Marshal
In the field he was invincible, and
in the Reichstag he spoke as on,
having authority upon all military
matters.
Miss Anna Dickinson made her
irst appearance upon the platform
since her confinement in the insane
tsylum, last Sund ny night in New
York. Her theme was personal
Liberty" Her discourse was ramb
ling and incoherent; evidently the
product of a mind that has given
away beneath the weight of trouble.
The only lucid CLEAN was her ex-
coriation of the Republican party in
general, and of some of its leaders H.
particular.
The unwilling OF the Confederate
monument will occur at Jackson
Mics, June 3. John B. Gordon, com
handing United Confederate5 VeteT-
ans, will issue orders calling the
national Meeting of Confederate
Veterans at Jackson, Miss, at that
time.
In the midst of the country's jolli-
fication over the fact that Henry w.
Blair, of Blair-bill nOtoriety, was
t. leave the country, comes the an
nouncement that the Chinese Gov
eminent has notified our Govern
ment that it is unwilling to receive
the Hon. Ex-senator as minister to
China; and he is now upon our hands
again. o, Sir Henry Blair, Sir
Henry Blair! The Lord deliver us
from Sir Henry Blair
Affairs are again becoming agitated
in the Coke region, in Pennsylvania,
by the importation of cheap labor,
and new trouble is anticipated. Such
disturbances are demOralizing to
American labor, and seriously af-
fects our material development aud
public tranquility. Although it is
rough experience it seems necessary
to teach the American labOrer that
protective tariffs do not protect him,
and that the manufacturer alone peck
Its the additional sum extOrted from
the masses, and hires the cheapest and
most degraded foreign labor that can
be found. The laborer would be suf-
ficiently protected if his burdens were
iightened and this degraded foreign