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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03
w. j. Webster. ESQ.


Mr.. Webster said; II think it
is no more in the power of telephone
companies to discriminate between
towns than individuals. The statute
makes no exceptions and is levelled
against discrimination and partial
ity. If it could discriminate be-
tween Nashville and Columbia, it
could as easily discriminate between
the citizens of East and West Nash
vile. The fact that there may be
competition at one place and not at
the other, makes no difference, as
the law draws no distinction; and
the only qualification is that they
must be doing a general telephone
business;' and, therefore, where they
have an exchange and try to do a
general business they must make
no discrimination either between
towns or individuals.
1T will be noticed that the first
paPt of the section to be construed
(Shannon's code 1922 to the semi
colon, is positive and provides
against any discrimination; and the
latter clause provides that the tele.
phone company cannot do by indi.
rect act what it could not directly
for it provides that they shall moi
impose any condition or restriction
upon any applicant not imposed on
all others in like situations? 1t may
be contended that this will admit OF
discrimination between towns, but
if the section is carefully read it has
no reference to rate, but means thai
tho company cannot do by indirect
act what it Is not lawful to do di
rectly, and instead of qualifying the
first clause it is intended to guard il
more closely.
In fine, our legislature, looking
on this class of corporations as mo
nopolies and as quasi public ser
wants, intended to regulate and con
troll them and provide against al
Discrimination aud abuse of power
The case really in hand Is on,
where the Cumberland Telephon,
Company, with its great power i,
trying To crush out the Citizen
Telephone Company of Columbia by
establishing nominal rate far be
| low actual running expenses so tina
it can have monopoly of busines
and drive out its rival and again
raise the rate unmindful of the Law
that requires equal rates to all, anC
hence the citizens in other parts o
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

Last Friday night Columbia Lodge
passed Mr.. G. O. Tice to the degree
of Fellow Craft.
The next stated conclave rof De
Molay Commandery, Knights Tenn
plar, is in the Masonic Temple, next
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
Columbia Lodge of Masons holds
its next stated meeting next Thurs
day night, when it is probable that
the Masters degree will be con-
ferred
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03
All Over the state.

The Memphis COmmercial-Appeal,
in Il two-column article on the tele-
phone question, concludes as fol-
lows:
Letters have been received in
Memphis from Nashville and other
cities indicating that the attorneys
all over the State are preparing to
take the same steps that have already
been taken in this city.
AT the rate of 80 cents per month,
for only quarter of year alta time,
it would be no trouble to get several
hundred Memphians to make appli-
cations for telephones. If the compa-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03
His Bright Idea.

II want" said the recently mar
ried man in the novelty store, "a
lady's belt
"Yes, sir" said the polite shop
empress. "What size?'
A blush mantled the customers
brow and be swallowed twice in
succession. Then he said:
II don't know exactly. Let me
have yard-stick, please"
And as he placed it along the in
side of the arm, from shoulder to
wrist, the shop empress remarked
beneath her breath to her chum,
"He amt the fool he looks, is he
jenny
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03
OTHER TOWNS AFTER THEM.
Brownsville, Lebanon, GaIlatin, Pulaski
and MurfreesbOrO.

ana MurIreesDOrO'
Tuesdays Commercial-Appeal.l
One hundred citizens in Browns
vile, Lebanon, Gallatin, Pulaski
and Murfreesboro respectively have
addressed formal applications TO the
Cumberland Telephone company
for telephones at the rate of 80
cents month, the rate charged
by the company in Columbia, Tenn.
The applicants claim that the
several towns in which they live are
in the same class with Columbia,
and they are entitled, therefore, to
rates as low as those enjoyed in Co
lumbia.
The citizens of the several towns
who have filed applications purpose
waiting reasonable time for the
Cumberland people to comply, and
then, in case they refuse, will bring
suit against the Cumberland COM
pany for the forfeiture of 500 daily
to each applicant so long as the
company declines or fails to give the
undiscriminating service. There
being 500 applicants in each town, a
forfeiture Of $4,000 daily would be
accruing, according to the cOnstruc-
tion placed upon the law by Cary &
Ewing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03
LAW REGULATING TELEPHONES.


Opinions of Several Columbia Attorneys
on the Matter.
The spread of the telephone wal
throughout the State, and the de.
mand in other localities for the
same rates given Columbia, has
melted new interest among oul
own citizens, as we'll as more
general interest over the State
and, thinking the Interpretation by
our home lawyers of the statute
regulating telephone companie,
would also be of interest to oul
readers, HERALD reporter in,
terviewed several members of the
Columbia bar in regard to the mat
ter, and obtained the following eX
preston from them:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03
Cnnsensns of Onininn.

The reporter called on James A.
Smiser, Esq, E. S. Fowler, Esq,
and Sam Holding, Esq, for their
opinions on this statute, and found
their views in accord with those eX-
pressed by the other members of the
bar above quoted, and we learn from
these gentlemen that such is the
general opinion of the entire bar.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

the state have the right to demand
the same rates. If the Cumberland
Telephone Company wants to avoid
confiscatiOn, it must establish uni
form rates everywhere. 1t is proper
to state that | represent the Citi-
zens' Company
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

SIX Deputy United States Mar
shals were ambushed and shot down
by moonshiners in Pope County,
Ark, last week, and either killed or
wounded.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03
BUSINESS FOR THE BOARD.
Directors viii Determine the Question
Raised by the Movement.

RAISED by the MOvement.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 30.-The tele-
phone people were to-day asked
about the 50-cent telephone move
ment and the request filed in Mem
phis for service at the same rate as
that furnished at Columbia, Tenn.
President Caldwell is out of town,
but Secretary Hume said nothing
would be done until a meeting of
the board of directors was held.
That, he said, would be some days
off. He also said if the Columbia
rate was enforced in larger cities,
the company would have to even up
the price by resorting to the meter
system in the little towns.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

FRIENDS of Hon. Arch Hughes
are urging his appointment to the
marshalship in the Middle Tennes-
see district before the expiration of
the term of the Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

RoBT. f. STRAIN, President of the
United Telegram Company, was ar
rested at Boston, Mass, Monday,
charged with the embezzlement of
$4,000 from the company.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

A PROMINENT white Republican of
Georgia has issued a warning of his
intention to prove that Hanna boo
die was used in every district in that
State last fall aud offices promised
indiscriminately to anybody who
would vote for Mckinley.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

THE state of Georgia is $l,O00,000
short in tax returns, the value of
property having deprecated that
much since last year, according to
the assessment lists. Another
striking example of Mckinley pros
peritY.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

Certainly you don't want to suffer
with dyspepsia, constipation, sick head
ache, sallow skin and loss Of appetite.
You have never tried DeWitts Little
Early Risers for these complaints or
you would have been cured. They are
small pills but great regulators. A. b.
Rains. lv
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03
NEWS AND COMMENT.

Hon. JAMES n. NOLAN, a prOmi-
nent Tennessean, died at his home
in Waverly last Saturday.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

SURVEYOR OGILvIE, who has been
surveying the KlOndike region, esti-
mates the gold there at $7O,OOO,OOO.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

Similar applications have been
made in Nashville, and Mr.. Ewing
is in receipt of a letter from a promi-
nent Nashville Attorney, in which
he states that general fight will be
made over the entire State for the
50-cent rate.
1t is said that the telephone COM
pany has made tie rate of 80 cents in
Columbia for twelve months. If the
company should wish to raise the
rate in Columbia this contract must
be broken, and if the rate ts lowered
in other places where they have
their lines the loss would be enOr-
nous to them. 1t is estimated that
the receipts of the telephone compa-
ny In this city alone would be $23, 900
less this year than last if the 50-cent
rate were made for residence tele-
phones. Should the company be
made to pay the forfeit it would cost
fabulous sum.
The telephone company is repre-
sented by able counsel, and if the
fight is precipitated, and itnow seems
it certainly will be, there will be IA
battle royal in the courts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

IT is announced, on unimpeach-
able authority, that Thomas Wat
son, late populist candidate for the
vice-presldent, will soon sell his
paper to a western politician, and
forever retire from politics.-This
will relieve the Populist party of
some bad rubbish.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

ACCORDING to the most reliable
statistics, suicide is increasing at an
enormous rate. Mr.. Frederick L.
Hoffman, in an article in the New
York Spectator, gives tabulated
statement of the number of suicides
that occurred during the years 1895
and 1896 in thirty of the principal
cities of the Union. The figures
show that in 1895 there were l,S2G
suicides and in 1896 there were L.
999, an increase of l73, or a percen-
tage of 9.5 for the year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

WILLIAM f. HARRITY, member
of the Democratic National Execu
tive Committee from Pennsylvania,
was ousted by the Democratic State
Central Committee at Reading last
Monday. The cause of this action
was that Mr.. Harrity had bolted the
Bryan ticket last fall and allied
himself with the goldbug forces.
This is another victory for the
never-dying cause of free silver, and
further evidence of how it con
tinues to wave.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

THE people .all,over the State are
just beginning to realize how badly
they have been overcharged by the
Cumberland Telephone Company.
The fight which begun in Columbia
has spread to Memphis, Murfrees-
bOro, Pulaski, Gallatin, Brownsville
and Lebanon, and the citizens of
those places are demanding the
same rate which the Cumberland
has been giving Columbians. For
full particulars read this page.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-03

HERMAN V. VANSENDEN, former
private secretary to Secretary
Carlisle, and Dennis Canty, for
mer clerk in the Interstate Com
mission, were arrested at Washing
ton Monday upon the charge of en-
bezzling $l5,700 from number of
citiz ems. The two conducted a large
bucket shop up to few months ago
and nj mbered among their patrons
number of the most prominent
citizens. About the last of June of
this year they failed and it is now
alleged that they turned to their
own use large sums of money de-
posted with them to be used in
deals.
AN associated Press dispatch from
Washington says: The friends of
the administration in this city are
considerably disturbed over the
situation in Ohio. Mark Hanna 5
agents have just completed can
vass of the state, and the figures
returned by them show that the
Democrats will not only elect Chap
man Governor, but will secure a
majority in the legislature unless
great changes occur between now
and November. The state will be
flooded with republican orators and
the various county organizations
will be supplied with all the money
they want. Hanna is going to make
a desperate fight for reelection, and
he will win if it is in the cards for
him to snatch victory out of the
Jaws of defeat
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-03

A. soon as bicycle riding began to
become popular, now number Of years
ago. the Germans began to investigate
IL TO find out v Aether it was healthful
on not Chief among the investigators
was d.. Mendelssohn. Tho doctor
studied eveV pro and con Of the mat
ter, cat up nights thinking over it,
searched he records Of antiquity, ex-
amined The effect Of the wheel ON every
muscle involved in pedaling and bal
anoing, up hill and down dale and ex-
perimented ON all sorts and conditions
o6 men and women. What be did not
discover concerning bicycling nobody
else in this generation will. Finally,
then, after sleeping over the matter
Some weeks and mentally digesting bis
facts, Dr.. Mendelssohn has formally
and officially reported that moderate BIZ
cycle riding IL Of inestimable value to
the average person, young or old.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-03
Miners Officials and Operators
to Meet in Conference at
Columbus, O.
The Offer Of a 64-Cent RATE
Pending Arbitration May
Be Accepted.
Miners in the Des Moines Ua.)
Distict Go on Strike for
an Increase. f"'s

PITTsBURa, Sept. 2.-Pittsburg coal
operators will meet the national execu.
tive board of the United Mine Workers
of America during the afternoon at
Columbus. A conference will be held
and it is very probable that the big
strike will be settled. 1t is expected
that several of the operators from
Cleveland will also be in Columbus in
the morning. That the miners Of
fcials think tavorably OF the PROPOSE
ton submitted by Thomas Young in be-
half of the Senator Hanna interests is
very evident. A private message from
District President Dolan said the propo-
sition will be considered, but that he
was in favor of standing out for the So
cent rate pending arbitration. If the
executive board decided otherwise, he
said he would not agree to it unless his
constituents were consulted. Whether
the miners of the district will agree to
the compromise is another question.
Secretary William Warner has issued
q letter to the miners assuring them
that no settlement would be made at
Columbus below the 63-cent rate with
OUT ..ist CONSULTING them in convention.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-03
FARMERS ELECT OFFICERS.
W. d. Hoard OF Wisconsin Succeeds b.
+. Clayton AZ President.

w. u. Hoard OF Wisconsin Succeeds b.
+. Clayton a. President.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 2.-Besides listening
to several interesting papers, the Farm
ers' National Congress elected officers
for the ensuing year.
Ex-Governor Hoard of Wisconsin was
elected president Of the congress, 20
ceiving l76 votes, against 80 for B. f..
Clayton, the present head OF the organ.
ization, and 85ls votes for Secretary
Stahl. Each state represented on the
door polled the full vote Of its delega-
ton.
The election of Governor Hoard took
place on the second ballot, and the Wis
consin delegation was wild with joy.
John M. Stahl was elected secretary
by reclamation.
N. G. Spalding of New York was
unanimously elected treasurer to sue
coed Henry Hayden of Iowa.
In addition to the election of officers a
large amount Of business was trans.
acted, a number Of very valuable papers
were read and discussed and a set Of
resolutions considered and adopted.
The days hard work was fittingly
closed by social session and reception
in the rooms of the Commercial club.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-03
DIVINITY OF KINGS.
Apparently No Doubt About 1t In tn
Mind Of Emperor William.

Apparently No Doubt About It In the
Mind of Emperor william.
CoBLENTz, Sept. 2.-Emperor Will
lam, in proposing toast to the Rhine
province at the provincial banquet held
here after the unwilling by his majesty
Of the equestrian monument erected in
honor OF William I, made long speech
on the subject of his grandfather, dur
ing the course of which he said:
my grandfather went forth from
Coblentz to mount the throne as the
chosen instrument OF the Lord, and as
such he regarded himself. For all Of
US, more especially fol US princes, he
raised the throne once more on high,
crowning it with the bright rays of the
treasure, which may we ever preserve
i'll It's subl4mity aud holiness. I mean
the kingdom by the grace of God, the
kingdom with it's heavy duties, its
never-ending, ever-enduring tolls and
labors, with its awful responsibility to
the Creator alone, from which no man,
no minister no house of parliament, no
people can release the prince
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-03
HAWAII is EXCITED.

Secret Session Of the Senate Called by
President Dole.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2.-The steam
ship Australia from Honolulu arrived
with the following Hawaiian advices:
Francis NJ. Hatch, minister to Wash
ington, arrived Aug. 20. with special
information which will require the at
tention of both government and senate,
and secret notice has already been
issued to the members Of the latter body
calling upon them to meet in extra ses-
sion Sept. 6 to consider the question.
Meanwhile Minister Hatch is in almost
constant, consultation with President
Dole and his cabinet. The lawmakers
will be asked to ratify the annexation
treaty recently signed in Washington,
and, as majority Of the members favor
annexation, the matter will be rushed
through. The reason for the extra ses-
sion of the senate is matter of con-
lecture and much curiosity is evinced.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-03
GOLD STANDARD M INDIA.
Tho Britis1, Goverrment Takes . Step
Which May Lead to 1t. N"

VA
Tho British Gov%rrmeDt Takes step
which May Lead to It.
LONDON, Sept. 2.-The following
notice was posted on the Bank Of Eng.
land: ',s.
1.-The secretary of state for India, in
council, gives notice that the sale of
bills Of exchange on Calcutta, Bombay
and Madras has been suspended for q
a period Of not less than 10 weeks"
The government has very little money
in India to draw on owing to the fam
inc aud the plague having rendered the
collection of taxes slow. The present
time may be opportune to accustom the
Indians to the use of gold instead Of
silver, though it would not have been
attempted had not the scarcity of
money arisen\
The Daily Telegraph. anticipating the
action Of the Indian council, says:
The council may refuse to draw alto
gether, thus sending exchange up to the
gold point, and render possible the es-
tablishment Of the gold standard in
India.
The India council has suspended the
sale Of bills of exchange on previous
occasions, notably in 1882 and 1898, but
in neither case was gold shipped to
India. The present suspense does not
cause surprise, it being occasioned by
heavy expenditures in connection with
the frontier troubles.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-03
FEDERAL SUPREME COURT
Prospect That It Will Soon BE Up to Date
IN, Tia wnrk

Prospect That 1t Will Soon BE Up to Date
in Its Work.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-The docket
for the next term of United States
supreme court, which will begin on
Oct. II, is being prepared. It contains
to date 466 cases, showing an addition
of SO cases since the adjournment of
the court in May. Of these cases 1923
are from the state courts, 1l9 from the
new federal courts of appeal, 40 from
the United States circuit courts, A6
from the territorial courts, 81 from the
courts of the District Of Columbia, 20
from the court of claims, 26 from the
private land court and II from the
United States district courts. There
were 500 cases ON the docket when the
court convened in October, 1896. This
year the number will be 100 less. The
constant falling off indicates that the
court will soon be quite up to date with
it's business. The diminution of cases
coming to this tribunal has been caused
principally by the creation of the
United States courts Of appeal, causing
a falling off Of from 1000 to 1900 cases
per year in the cases brought to this
court from the United States circuit
courts.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-03
IOWA STRIKE is ON.
Threatened Trouble in Regard to q Raise
eliminates.

Threatened Trouble in Regard to Raise
eliminates.
Dies MONIES, a., Sept. 2.-Threatened
miners strike in this district has cul-
minated and all miners except 200 en-
ployed in .Christy, Flint Valley and Qes
Moines Coal and Mining company's
mines went out, following the lead Of
the Carbondale miners several days
ago. It was decided by meeting held
during the day to stand by the demand
for 81 a ton A conference committee
was appointed to confer with
the operators. About 800 men are
out. The operators issued a state.
ment few days ago refusing
to grant the price asked by the miners,
and it is reasonably certain they will
not give in, though they may concede
80 cent maxim rate. IF
BOONE, Ia, Sept. 2.-The miners in
this district held meeting and voted
to demand 80 cents per ton for mining
or strike.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-03
WANT ANDREWS TO STAY.

President of Brown University Requested
to Withdraw His Resignation.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., Sept. 2.-The cor
poration OF Brown university voted,
after long meeting, to request Prosi-
dent Andrews to withdraw his resigna-
ton as president Of that institution.
The request was embodied in reso]u-
ton containing the following in refer
ence to the action previously taken:
ut was not in our minds to prescribe
the path in which you should tread or
to administer to you any official rebuke
or to restrain your freedom Of opinion
or reasonable liberty Of utterance. but
simply to intimate that it would be the
part of wisdom for you to take less
active part in exciting partisan discus
sions and apply your energies more ex-
clusively to the affairs Of the college,"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-03
EXPORTS FROM BALTIMORE

August the Banner Month in the History
If That Port.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 2.-August OF 1897
was tho banner month in the history of
the port OF Baltimore, so far as exports
are concerned. Their value amounted
to the enormous sum of $40, 243, 1871,
figures never before reached. OF the
exports, grain formed the largest part,
aggregating 1924, $50 bushels, breaking
the record of the port for shipments Of
this character. These were made up as
follows: Wheat, 5,475,861 bushels;
corn, 1876, 703; rye, 103, 500; oats, 5000.
There were AZ full cargoes of grain
Among these the the Knight Bachelor
took to Antwerp 326,699 bushels, the
largest cargo of cereals that ever lett an
American port in one ship.