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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

WASHINGTON, March 28.-The fol-
lowing is full synopsis of the find
ing of the Court of Inquiry, accom-
panying the testimony which was
heard before it:
First-That the United States bat
tleship Maine arrived in the harhOr
of Havana, Cuba, on the 25sh day of
January, 1898, and was taken to buoy
No. 4, in from five aud one-half to
six fathoms of water, by the regular
Government pilot.
Second-Discipline aboard the
ship was excellent; everything stow
ed away according to orders-ammu-
milton, guns, etc. The temperature
of the magazine at 3 p. m. was nor
NAL except in the after ten-inch
magazine, and that did not explode.
On the night of the destruction of
the Maine everything had been re-
ported secure for the night at 8
O'Clock by reliable persons, through
the proper authorities, to the COM
manding officer. At the time the
Maine was destroyed the ship was
quiet, and, therefore, least liable to
accident caused by movements from
those on board.
Third-The destruction of the
Maine occurred at 9:40 p. m. on the
10Th day of February, 1898, in the
harbor of Havana, Cuba, she being
a. the time moored to the same buoy
to which she had been taken upon
her arrival.
The first explosion was more in
the nature of report, like that of a
gun; while the second explosion was
more open, prolonged and a greater
volume. This second explosion was
in the opinion of the court, caused
by the partial explosion of two oil
more of the forward magazines Of
the Maine.
Fourth-The court can form no de-
finite opinion of the condition of the
wreck from the divers evidence
afterpart of the ship was practical
ly intact, and sank in that condi
tion in very few minutes after tht
destruction of the forward part.
Fifth-Technical details O
wreckage, from which court de
duces that the explosion was caused
by q mine situated under the bottom
of the ship and somewhat on tn,
port side.
SiXth-The court finds that tn
loss OF the Maine on the occasion
named was not in any respect du
to the fault or negligence on the par
of any of the officers or members o
the crew of the said vessel.
Seventh-In the opinion Of th
court the Maine was destroyed b.
the explosion of submarine mine
) which caused the partial explosion
of two or more of her forward maya
zines.
Eighth-The court has been ur
able to obtain evidence fixing tn
responsibility for the destruction o
the Maine upon any person or pei
I sons. ...
The report is unanimous and
signed by all members of the cour
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
Congressional Outlook.

Congressman Cox is to have strong
opposition for denomination. Car
mack will go back to congress from
the Tenth If unseated by Patterson
most assuredly, if not, he will go
back any way. John Wesley
Gaines, of the Nashville district,
will likely have no opposition; Rich
ardson, will succeed himself, of
course. Alf Taylor will attempt to
down Brownlow in the first. In the
Second district, Warrior Gibson has
number of strong men after him,
and 1t is said that the old soldier
element, which elected him, is to a
man against him. AS McMillin is
out of the race in the Fourth the
Lord only knows who will succeed
him. There may be five or six can
didates. To sum up the situation
there will likely be three or four
changes in Tennessee's delegation
to Washington, wherein the Demo
Gratis will lose no place now occu-
pied by a Democrat This is a
cheerful view, considering the fact
that we have Republican adminis-
tration with its patronage.-Spartan
| EXpOyitor,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago News.)


Love and potatoes both spring
from the eyes.
When man weds an heiress her
face is his fortune.
Friends and umbrellas are seldom
at hand when needed.
Some women worry themselves
gray trying to look young.
1t is always a great releaf to the
trees when spring comes.
A man of ripe experience is too
wise to monkey with green fruit.
Faith without works is about as
useless as a watch without wheels.
An ounce of fattery goes farther
with some women than pound OF
pity.
1t is easier to point than to plod.
That is why the world is full of hu-
man guide-posts.
Some people have more appetite
than dinner and others have more
dinner than appetite.
Nature causes water to expand in
freezing-but the iceman causes the
price to expand. [i.L
One song sung amid a storm is of
more benefit to mankind than a
whole concert when the sun Is shin
ing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
COURT STOCK
THE TELEPHONE MONOPOLY.
Dissatisfied ction Against Its Unmwf 4
Methods is Growing.

Dissatisfaction against the BeM
Telephone Company and its manner
of doing business, is growing all
over the country. The Baltimore
Sun says:
"rhe people of Washingtong, like
those of some other cities, are COM
planning of the rates for telephone SER
vice which are charged there and which
they regard as exorbitant. The dissatis-
faction, it appears, is not without justi-
fication, for, although the royalty on
each instrument paid by the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Company to the Bell
Company has been reduced from $l2 to
So, there has been no corresponding re-
ducton in the rates charged to the peO-
pie; on the contrary, they have been in
creased. This is all the more unjusti-
fable when it is considered that there
has been an Improvement of appli-
ances and cheapening of proces ses,
and The only explanation is that The
company goes in for a definite policy of
wringing all il can out of the public
"The subject has been before Con-
gress and is now under investigati on.
Senator Pettigrew, who understands
something of the matter, in an address
recently, y,made clear the relations of the
local OmDanleS 10 the Bell Company.
The Washington company itseems. mas
a capital stock of $26 0,00O and bonded
Indebtedness of $40O,00O, and the stock
does not represent dollars worth "
Investment The Bell Company owns 55
per cent. of the stock, for wnicn it did
not pay anything. The Bell Company,
according to the Senator, has no plant
or visible possessions except the patent
rights, but its capital stock is $4,000
600, on which in 1896 it paid II per cent.
and in 1897 Is per cent. In the United
States there are over 1000 exchanges,
with capital of over $2O,0OO, 600, which
do not use the Bell patents, and there
are over 40 manufacturing establish
ments supplying telephone apparatus
which are not connected in anyway
with the Bell company.
"The competing companies, it ap-
pears do not prosper in any of the
large cities, because the City Councils
do not give them facilities to carry on
business upon living terms. TO thus
allow the Bell people practical mo-
, nopoly is great injustice, for not only
are they permitted to charge exorbi-
tant tolls, tut the public is greatly in
comm0ded by being denied facilities
whicn it should have"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.
Several Warm Ones Are introduced d
ats5A In the Senate.
The President Says He win no Longer
Try to Check the Will of
Congress.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-The
President is largely eliminating
himself as a factor in the settlement
of the Cuban question. II there had
been one line of leadership in his
message; if he had even offered a
suggestion, the avenging hand of
Congress might have been stayed.
AS it is, no one believes in peace,
though all hope to avoid war.
In consequence of its indignation
over the policy Of the President,
this week will be one of the most
sensational in the history of Con-
gress The President has opened
the flood gates by his message. 1t
remains to be seen if he has the
power to close them again. Most
of the radical expressions came from
his side of the fence. The Republi-
cans in the House, especially, see in
the published reports OF his inten-
tions only dishonOr for his party.
There was a flood of resolutions in
5 he Senate this morning. They
were all introduced more as warn
ing to the executive than with any
hope that they would be promptly
acted upon.
Senator Rawlins, of Utah, intro.
duced a resolution recognizing the
independence of Cuba and declaring
war against Spain.
Senator Foraker offered a resolu,
tiOn for Cuban independence. Mr.
Foraker spoke of the delays caused
by the De LONE incident and the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
GarwOOd's SarsaparllIa--for the blood
guaranteed to cure. A. B. RAINS


In the United States Circuit Court
Clerks office, the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad has fled declaration
against the Nashville, Florence 4
Sheffield Railroad, suing the latter
company for $746,3l4.62, due by a
rromissory note, made November
26, 1895, and payable one year after
date. Neither the note nor the iI-
terest has been paid. and the plaint-
i'll seeks to recover both. This
money is for operating expenses on
the Nashville, Florence & Shelf eld
Road G.-Nashvill Banner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
SANCTUM SENTIMENTS.


The reform lung of the Nashville
Banner is now in active eruption
again. This is the lung that took a
vacation while the constitutional
convention question was up for dis
cussion. Memphis Cemmercial-Ap-
peal
The Columbia HERALD very pert
inently says that in New York or
Boston or Chicago an orator must
speak several different languages in
order to be understood by all his
hearers, but in the South we know
but one country and speak but one
tongue. -Dyersburg State Gazette.
If the name of the newly purchas-
ed Amazonas is to be changed, we
must insist that it be called the
Mary Yellin Lease Memphis Com
mercial-Appeal.
Billy Mason's determination to
fight by proxy is wise. In this
emergency the republic can not
spare Billie.-Memphis CONNER
cial-Appeal. n"t OF '"a4t
IfGov. Taylor goes to the front he
ought to appoint Sam Jones chap
lain.-ChattanoOga News.
The voters of Tennessee are very
very tired of machine made nom.
inees and are going to demand plat.
forms that are unequivoeal and can
didates who will be as anxious to dc
their duty as officers as they were
solicitous to be elected. A little
old-fashioned honesty would go &
long ways with the parties anC
politicians of Tennessee at this writ
ing.-Bristol Courier.
Hon. 2. w. Ewing has decided
not to enter the race for Circuit
Judge.-Pulaski Citizen.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
Interesting Items.

A traveller can nowadays journey
round the world in fifty days.
In the year 100 there was only one
newspaper in the United States.
A five-acre crop of tobacco was
sold in Kentucky the other day for
$76S.37.
America contains 229,7 miles of
railway, and the rest of the world
204, ,23l miles. "IINlI
The University of Calcutta is said
to be the largest educational cor
poration in the world.
In France the doctors claim on
the estate of a deceased patient has
precedence of all others.
In England there are eighty-four
male to sixteen female offenders: in
Scotland the proportion is sixty
seven TO thrity-three.
In China the detection of false
coins lie a skilled, prosperous pro-
fession, known as "shroffing, and
Is taught in special schools.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

WASHINGTON, March 28.-A scene
of intense interest was presented in
the Senate to-day when the Presi-
dents message transmitting the
findings of the Maine Court of In
quiry was received.
The galleries were packed to the
doors and the, attendance of Sen
ators was quite as large as it has
been at any time during the present
session.
The reading of the massage in the
House was listened to with breath
less interest by the members and
the spectators in the galleries who
were crowded like sardines in a box.
The Message.
The message is confied to the sim
pie statement of facts in the Maine
case, being in substance a repetition
of the Court of Inquiry report, and
concludes as follows:
II have directed that the finding
of the Court of Inquiry and the
views of this Government thereon
be communicated to the Govern
ment of Her Majesty, the Queen,
and do not permit myself to doubt
that the sense of justice of the
Spanish nation will dictate cours e
of action suggested by honor and
the friendly relations of the two
Governments.
ut will be the. duty of the Execu-
tive to advise the Congress of the
result, and in the meantime de-
liberate consideration is invoked.
"WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Executive Mansion, Mar. 28, '98 y
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
Shooting at the Jail.

Hark Brown, negro who runs the
furnace at the jail, and Will Smith,
a negro "trusty," became engaged in
a difficulty last Saturday morning.
The two negroes were separated and
Smith started away, when Brown
pulled a pistol and fired, the ball
striking Smith in the shoulder and
intlicting a painful but not danger
Gus wound. Brown was arrested
and placed in Jail.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS.
They Are Getting Ready to Do Service
for Uncle sam.

They Are Getting Ready TO DO Service
for Uncle sam.
NASHVILLE, March 28.-There
was an all day session of the lead
ing officers of the national guard of
Tennessee at the Capitol yesterday.
The meeting was hastily called by
Adit. Gen. Sykes by wire last Satur-
day night. Those present were Gen.
Sykes, Col. w. Q. Smith, Col.
Graey Childress, Maj. ]. P. Fyffe,
Maj. Edwin Ramage, Capt. Frank
Cheatham and several local officers.
The meeting was secret one, but
is understood to have been called by
Gen. Sykes in response to contem-
plated call from the general govern
ment for troops.
The meeting was necessary be-
cause the present organization of
the guard will of necessity have to
be changed to conform to the
organization of the army.
AT present the guard is composed
Continued to Fourth Pare
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

Maine incident, but declared that
the Cuban question would come up,
whatever was done with the Maine.
Senator Frye introduced a resolu-
tion reciting the conditions in Cuba
and directing the President, in his
discretion, to take steps to drive the
naval and military forces from the
island
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
McKInlev il Hands ON.

The President decided this after
noon and so informed the members
of,his Cabinet to send a message to
Congress and to turn over the entire
matter practically to Congress. This
was decided upon after conferences
with public men and after he had
heard of the resolutions introduced
in the Senate. He feels himself
helpless before Congress and will
not try to check its will.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
MAGISTRATES ELECTION.
Y. G. WhIttorme ! 10 ted to Fill Out the
Term Of T. H. COlpburn,

w. G. WhIttOrme 10 ted to Fill Out the
Term of 7. j. Colrburn.
The election last Saturday, to
select a magistrate in this, the ninth
district, to fill out the uneXpired
term of the late T. J, COleburn, re-.
suited in victory for w. q. (Joel
Whitthorne, his plurality over his
nearest competitor, A. o. P. Mich
olson, Sr., being 96 votes. The
Australian ballot system was OBJ
served, and number Of votes were
thrown out in counting on account
of being Incorrectly marked. Fol-
lowing is the vote in full:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

CHICAGO has put an end to more
sky-scrapers. Buildings hereafter
must be no higher than 1870 feet.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

JAMES ]. CoRBETT is to be a can
didate for Congress from one of the
New York city districts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

Tom WATSON has declined the
Populist nomination for governor of
Georgia. Watson says he is out of
politics.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

THE Marian Park Bank at st.
Paul, Mimi, with a capital of $50, 600,
has failed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

KANSAS Populists are booming
John G.. ingalls, as a candidate for
Congress.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

Hon. u. w. EWING, of Giles, has
decided that he will not be a candi-
date for Circuit Judge.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

JOHN S. HOPKINS, cashier of the
Peoples Bank at Philadelphia, be-
ing short in his accounts, COM
mitted suicide.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
NEWS AND COMMENT.
II's free Cuba or fight Spain.

FLOODS throughout the Middle
States have done much damage.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

VIM. E. GLADSTONE is said to be
slowly dying of a cancerous growth
involving the bone tissues back of
the nasal passages.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

A NEBRASKA highway robber,
who held up three men and got ten
cents, has been sentenced to the
penitentiary for fifteen years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
BLOWN UP
BY A MINE.
Courts Report on the
Maine Explosion.
RESPONSIBILITY is NOT FIXED.

Verdict Reached by the Court After
Fully Investigating all Possible Causes
Gould Not Have Been of Internal
Origin.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

EX-SENATOR J. c. S. BLACKBURN,
of Kentucky, suffered a stroke of
paralysis last Friday, at his home
in Washington. He is now inn
proving.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

On last Thursday, eulogies on the
life and character of the late Sena-
tor Isham G. Harris were delivered
in the Senate. Senators Bate, Tur-
ley, Walthall, Hoar, Morrill, and
others delivered addresses.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
MESSAGE SENT
TO CONGRESS,
Confined to Simple Facts
in Maine Case.
HEARD IN DEATH-LIKE SILENCE.

The President InvOkes Congress to De-
liberate Acknowledging of Board Has
Been Made Known to the Governm ent
of Spain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

Bring your job printing % the
HERALD office.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

DIR. JOHN WATSON, "Ian Mac
Laren," writer of "Beside the Bon
ME Brier Bush," will be called to
answer the charge of heresy at the
Liverpool Synod, April %.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01
Great DISAPPOINTMENT
AND CONDEMNATION.
The Presidents Action Meets With Severe Criticism
from Every Source.
MKINLEY, 1T is SAID IS MAKING CONCESSIONS TO 81

the United States Feed /
Carry a
Is to FreeC
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

THE drug trust case--in which
several Wholesale druggists of Nash
vile are indicted for engaging in
trust to advance and control the
prices of drugs-came up in, the
Criminal Court last Saturday, and
was continued until tomorrow.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

EMILE ZoLA, the French novelist,
has agreedl to come to the United
States and deliver a series of lee
lures. Zola has been permitted to
take an appeal from his conviction,
and the time of his visit to America
will depend upon the result.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

THE following dispatch was sent
out from Memphis last Friday:
1.-The Republicans are going to make
a vigorous effort to capture the state
offices, says Chairman Dutro, of the
Republican County Executive Com
mittee, and he mentions Newell
Sanders, John +. Mccall and George
N. Tillman as probable gubernatO-
rial candidates, but the programme
is said to be for the gold Democrats
TO nomina'e Josiah Patterson and
the Republicans to iDdorse him. y
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

Continued to Fourth Page.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

Hon. BENTON MCMILLIN says he
is in favor of a railroad commission
and the proper assessment, taxation
and regulation of railroads in Tenn
essee, and that he is for several re-
forms, upon all of which he will
shortly declare himself from the
StumD.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

In the Democratic primary elec-
tion held in Williamson County,
Saturday, for the nomination of
County officers, the following were
successful: County Court Clerk, T.
]. Wallace, present incumbent; Cir
cult Court Clerk, Lee Ridley; Trus'
tee, Capt. w. T. Ridley; Sheriff, e.
w. Church; Register, Lee S. Nc
Even.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

THE Sycamore Powder mills, in
Cheatham county, exploded Tues
day morning. Four of the COM
pany's buildings were blown to
atoms, and four workmen were in
iured, one probably fatal. The
shock of the explosion was felt for
twenty-five miles around.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-04-01

The Secretary of the Interior has
sent to the House an estimate call
ing for appropriations of more than
$4,000, 900, to meet deficiency in the
pension funds. OF this amount
$1,000 900 is credited to the lack of
last years appropriations and the
other $6,OOO,OOO to large increases,
restorations and new pensions.
What will it be with another war to
add to the pension rollP
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-06-25
Married.

At the home of the bride, neal Hill
City, by Rev. Peck of the M. +. church
Of hat place, on Wednesday, June 10Th,
Mr.. Wallace A. Smith of Custer, and
Miss Sarah Lofiand Of Newton Fork.
While the bride is a stranger to our
local readers, the bridegroom has grown
up 10 manhood in our midst, and is well
and favorable known to our citizens.
The many friends will unite with the
CHRONICLE in extending congratulations
and good wishes for their future happi-
ne 8 and prosperity.
On Monday, June 18th, at the home OF
the BRIDE at College View, Nebraska,
Albert Gallon, of Pawnee, Neb., and
Miss Carrie Schmidt, formerly of this
city.
The bride is we'll known in this city
where she resided from her childhood
up to about a year ago, and where she
has a large number of friends, who will
join with the CHRONICLE in extending
them a happy and prosperous welded
life. Mr.. and Mrs. Gallon will make
their future home at Pawnee, Nebraska,
where the groom is engaged in the
mercantile business.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-06-25
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