The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-05

of Ludlow, by.
Joseph Brandon, at Dubuque Ia, jani I,
tor of the Second Presbyterian church has
been notified of the death in England of
relative who left 100000 70 be distrib- |
uted among his heirs.
Captain Samuel D. Harley, one Of the
oldest historical characters N Platt county
and central Illinois, died at MS home in
Cerro Gorlo, aged Lightweight years He
came to Illinois in 1887 from Ohio
Dun's weekly trade review says the year
ending June 80 has never been matched in
the whole history of the country in volume
of industrial production, in magnitude of I
domestic exchanges and in foreign trade.
The excitement at Vicksburg Miss,
over the murder Of Benson Blake by col
ored robbers continues undated, and more
than one hundred men are engaged in pur-
suit BloOdhounds are being used to track
the muFdererS.
Carl Schurz, resident director of the
Hamburg-American company, has re
signed. He was appointed in January,
1899 by the board of directors. who met in
| Hamburg. He was the only resident ever
appointed for this country.
The news from southern Brazil Is TO the
effect that the Gunboat Maraio. which
bombarded. Porto Allegro, has been cap
tured by the revolutionists and her officers
arrested. They will be summarily tried
and probably sentenced to death.
The settling of the surface at Centralia,
! Pa, is becoming more extensive each hour,
! and it now threatens to cover both sides OF
! Main street, involving loss of $4,000 TO
| property. The cracks in the street are
! growing in with, and a caHe-in is expected
| to occur at any moment,
On and after Friday July l, the extern
sive operations in iron and steel Of the Car
negie firms will be carried on by the Car
negie Steel company, limited" The gen
ePaI office of the new firm will be in Pitts
burg The capital will be sos, 100000. The
company will have in its employ upward
of 40, 900 men
Thomas LitZenberg, nephew Of the late
| Vice President Hendricks, who ar
rested and extradited from Canada for
burglary, will probably go scot free. His
attorney has made a motion before Judge
Collins, at Chicago, for adischarge on ac-
count of Illegal eXtradition. His honor
| took the matter under Amusement
Owing to the Chinese exclusion law,
Horn Bot, a wealthy Chinese merchant, is
unable to land his wife, whom he but re-
! Gently married i'll China. Bot says that
he met the girl in Marysville, Cal. five
years ago, and they became betrOthed.
! Her parents took her to China for proper
education and now she can't re-enteH.
Rev. Sam p. Jones, the great southern
| evangelist, spent an hour in the Atlanta
| (Ga) Jail Friday. He went there to visit
his nephew, Samuel Porter Stocks, who is
awaiting the death sentence for the murder
| of Alph COssin, noted man about town.
| Jones first listened to his nephew's defense
and then knelt with him in prayer, after
which he left the Jail.
Articles of incorporation of the Balti-
more and Ohio Connection Railroad com
| pany have been filed with the secretary of
state of Springfield, Ills 1t is proposed to
construct a railroad from a point near
Beverly Hills, Cook county, extending in
northwesterly direction to a junction with
the Chicago Central railway in Chicago.
The capital stock is 100000.
1t is a remarkable fact that the chief ex-
ecutive and two members Of the cabinet
srefrom a single state. Further, that In
diana for the first time has two cabinet of
ficerS Another point is that New England
has no representative in the cabinet, an
almost unprecedented thing. Again, for
the first time there are two members of the
cabinet bearing the same name.
The Italo-American exhibit at Genoa, in
honor of the discovery of America by Co
lumbus, was opened with imposing. cere-
monies THE was a large attendance,
both of foreigners and of prominent
Italians, including the various diplomatic
representatives accredited to the Quirinal.
The United States and the republics of
South and Central America were repre-
scented.
Chancellor Caprlvi is reported to have
said: 1.-The German government has at its
disposal arms whereof Prince Bismarck
does not even dream He and his news
paper organs ought to remember that so
far nothing has been said Of the reasons
for his dismissal If he keeps quiet moth
ing will be revealed This is presumed TO
refer to the charges that Prince Bismarck,
before he resigned, spread false reports
among foreign newspapers In regard 10
Emperor Williams health.
The discovery was made just before the
special session of the Wisconsin legisla-
ture adjourned that the senate and assem-
bly, had adopted different apportionment
measures and the point was raised by AS
! semblyman Hall that no bill had been
legally adopted The announcement
created a sensation, but nothing could be
done to reCtify the error, as so many mem
bers had gone home that there was no
quorum of either house present
Before the convention of the Peoples
party was located at Omaha assurances
were given that reduced rates would be
| /
the delegates to the national convention.
1t now transpires that all the Pacific coast
delegates we refused this courtesy by the
agents of the TranscOntinental and Pacific
railroads. and as a consequence the dele
gates arriving at Omaha proceed TO eX-
press their grievances against the rail
! reads.
The national and local worlds fair di-
rectors have at last agreed upon a plan of
administration which will put an end TO
the Misunderstanding which have arisen
between the official heads OF the national
commission and the local directory. BY
the terms of the agreement new agency
is created. board of administration, com
D posed of four men. Two of these will be
{ chosen from the national commission and
two from the local directory and this
a board is to be superior TO any officer of the
: exposition.
Miss Mary VI. Taylor, of Memphis, re.