The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-02

DIR. MANSON has just had pub
lished the story of his three-years'
search for the North pole.
MRS. MARGARET j. PRESTON, the
well-knOwn writer of Southern
poetry, died in New York last Sun
day afternoon.
A BILL has been introduced in the
Kentucky legislature to reduce the
salary of Assistant Adiutant- Gen
eral to 81 year.
THE President last Monday sent
to the Senate the nomination of
Henry Clay Evans for Commits
sioner of Pensions.
THE levees have broken in several
places in Mississippi, and the I'M
fortunate people on that side of the
river are in the greatest peril.
The grand jury at Cleveland,
Tenn, was in session just five hours
and returned ten true bills and in
vestigated eight "bound over" cases.
The Japanese Diet has passed a
bill changing the standard of value
from silver to gold, and fixing the
ratio between the two metals at 30
to l.
SENATOR HARRIS is reported to
be rapidly improving at Biloxi, and
will be able to return to Washing
ton in week or two, far on the way
to complete recovery.
G. r. CROSBY, war correspondent
of the Chicago Record in Cuba, was
killed while watching with field
glasses a combat between the
Spanish and insurgent forces.
MORE than a thousand steam
filters went out on strike in New
York last Monday, and it is feared
before the trouble is ended between
10000 and $4,000 men may be in
volved.
GEN. GOMEZ, the Cuban patriot,
has sent a most urgent appeal to
President Mckinley in behalf of the
CubaDs. A similar appeal was sent
to President Cleveland, but it was
never given out.
POSTMAsTER-GENERAL GARY re-
ceived a report Monday showing
that almost $4,000 letters, relating to
postoftice appointments, had been
received by the department since
the Inauguration.
THE bill making Immediately
available $250,000 for the saving of
life and property along the Missis-
sippi river has been passed in Con-
gress and has gone to the President
for his signature.
REPORTS from Cuba say that Gen
Ruis Rivera, successor to the brave
Marco, has been wounded and cap.
tured by the Spaniards, and that he
will be tried by a drum-head court
martial, with the certainty of being
shot.
FRANK w. PALMER, of Illinois
has been appointed by the Presiden
to the position of Public Printer
Mr.. Palmer was Public Printer un
der the Harrison administration
and made a good record in tina
capacity.
A BILL has been introduced in the
United States Senate to prohibi
kaleidoscope exhibitions of priz,
fights. If this bill becomes law i
will go hard with the company tina
paid many thousands of dollars TO
the kaleidoscope privileges at thu
Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight.
WOMAN occupies very exalted
position out in Kansas. For SOM
time she has enjoyed the liberty o
voting and taking part in politica
matters, and now the Northwes
Kansas Methodist conference ha
decided without dissenting vote il
favor of her admission to the gen
eral conference.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, and the surround
ing country were visited by a ter
rife cyclone last Sunday that did n
end of damage to life and property
Following the storm came one OF tn
hardest rainfalls seen in that coun
try for years, and creeks and river
rose until they overlooked thei
banks and caused a great deal @
damage. At Fort Worth part OF tn
city was submerged under severa