The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-15
GENERAL NEWS.

ne SbdGelueHt 10 Hldue tHdV W dSSdCnu-
setts has 10000 more women than men.
Miss Eva Booth, of the Salvation
Army, has taken her departure for
London.
One of the five baby boys, born re-
Gently to Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Lyons, of
Mayfield, KY, died Sunday.
BANDS boom depends upon free sill
yer. Harrison's boom has collapsed
Indiana instructed for Mckinley.
The woman question in the North !
will not down. The controversy has
now extended to the Epworth League !
"Old Tom," horse that was ridden
from the South during the civil war,
has recently died at Tamaroa, H., aged
Al years.
Mrs. O. d. Lyon, of Mayfield, KY,
gave birth, on April 10Th, to five boys.
She named them Matthew, Mark, Lake,
John and Paul.
Ex-Gov. r. Il. Pattison, twice elected
Governor of Pennsylvania, has been
again nominated for the position on
the Democratic ticket
The monument to mark the birth
place of George Washington was placed
in position few days ago at Wakefield,
Westmoreland County, Va.
A petition for an adequate duty to
protect wool has been signed by thirty
one Republican Senators. Congress
decided to adjourn on May 18TH
In the Second Congressional District
in Kansas, the Republican factions
split, and the election of a Democrat by
disaffected Republicans is assured.
The Bradley bolt causes uneasiness-
Morton's friends fearing there will be a
stampede of New York delegates. An
attempt will be made to pull Quay off
in the interest of his state.
"Uncle Sam" has made vigorous
protest against Frances exclusion on
our cattle. The message was so hot
that the United States charge d'affaires
1 feared for time to deliver it,
The Chicago Bicycle Association, rep
resenting 100000 members, has a depu-
tation at Springfield, H., looking to the
passage of bicycle legislation at the
coming session of the legislature.
The women. retained their rights dur
ing the present General Conference of
the Methodists at Cleveland, o. Fight
ers pro and con, were numerous, but the
women had the best of the situation.
Two newspaper correspondents, of the
New York World and New York Jour
nal, have been expelled from Cuba, on
the ground that they have illuminated
General Weyler, the government and
the army.
The rush Of the tourists to Europe is
greater this year than ever before
Seven steamers left New York City fol
Europe last week, carrying 1000 cabin
passengers a large number for thi:
time of the year
/ The proposed Episcopal Cathedral il
e Washington, d. c., will cost $5,OO,OU
when completed, and other buildings
f which 90 to make up a group included
e in the cathedral plans will add anothe
j, million to the proposed outlay.
/. Holmes, the mujti-murderer, eXpa
: tiated his crimes on the galIows a
Il Philadelphia, May 9TH. He displaye
(. remarkable nerve, and made a speec
l. declaring his innocence. His neck wa
II broken, but he lived half an hour.
IS A fight is on among the leaders of tn
l. A.P. \. The executive committee
blamed for its condemnation of MckiI
-! ley. The council meets this week, an
IF there is some talk of combining wit
r. the silver men and the populists.
4 Millionaire Stetson, of Boston, WI
u recently died, made dying confessio
r to his wife, which broke her heart. Il
it had one or two other living wives h
;, told her. Grief drove Mrs. Stetson
i, her death soon after the confession.
IL The death of Col. North, "Nitra
o. o. King" who died suddenly in Londol
n, Nav 9th, has caused great excitemel
I'll in England's financial circles, and ere
g. ted sensation when it was announce
in the lobby of the House of Common
The Democrats are frozen out. III
civil service law has been extended
n the President, and affects 10000 ell
IN ployes. $4,000 clerks are now protect'
sr by the law, four-fifth of whom are h
he publicans. The President forestall
nd any possible action of wire pulle
IA throughout the country, by putting Il
he law into execution at once.
mr. In the palatial breeding establis
RS ment of j. Malcolm Forbes, in Milto
rn there came into the world Saturday,
~ brown tilly colt, which, according to t
or laws of inheritance, should be the ia
no est mare in the world. The mother
y, this equine daughter is no less than t
III world-renowned Nancy Hanks. III
lily is the first time the great mare has h
,ry an offspring.
nd Edward Eggleston, son of the Chica
multi-millionaire and Mrs. G. +. II
&c. ner, who eloped from Phoenix, Arizoi
led recently, ana were married, are now
IN; Jail awaiting release from Egglesto
father The former is charged W
adultry and the latter with bigan