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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
PUBLISHING HOUSE MATTER
Discussed by the College of Bishops at
Nashville.

Nashville.
NASHVILLE, May 5.-The Method
st Publishing House claim matter
was under discussion before the
College of Bishops this afternoon.
While the members of the college
refused to talk about the matter, il
was understood that the question of
refunding the money and of censur-
ing the book agents was brought up
and was defeated by the close vote
of 6 to 8. The resolution providing
for this is said to have been very
plain.
The following resolutions were
adopted and given out for publica-
tion:
SIN considering what action should
be taken by the College of Bishops fol-
lowing the action of the United States
Senate on our communication to that
body respecting our unwillingness for
the church, under conditions rejecting
on her honor, to receive the payment
even of so great a claim as that of our
publishing house, which had been pend
ing for over twenty five years, we make
the following statement:
1--WE find that the Senate, after full
investigation, eXonerated the church
from all census, and we transfer to our
records their official action, namely:
"ReSoLUed, that the report of the com
mittee made July s, 1898, be approved,
and that no censure should rest upon
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
| for the miSstatements and cOncealments
of the book agents in connection with
the passage of the bill for the payment
of the claim referred to in the letter of
the Bishops now under consideration;
| that the injury resulting therefrOm
affected only the beneticiaries of the
fund and not the United States, and the
! Senate shoulG take no further action in
the matter
"The Senate having thus declared
that the United States Government
sustained no injury in the passage Of
the measure, and declined to take any
| further action in the matter, we nave
no occasion to make other communica-
ton to that body. As to the proper ad-
ministration of correctional, the law
has specifically charged the Book Com
mittee with that responsibility.
! "We deplore any language used by
the book agents that has been the occa-
sion of humiliation and action among
the ministers and laymen of our be-
loved church. We sympathize with
their jealous concern for the good name
of the church, believing as we do that
even so just claim of the church
should be maintained only by methods
perfectly candid and righteous.
"We have given much consideration
to the communications sent to us under
| a misapprehensio as to our authority.
The Bishops have not been members
of the Book Committee since 1873, and
that body is solely responsible to the
General Conference.
"We recognize the distinguished
courtesy of the United States Senate in
its dealings with the church and its de-
sire to protect the beneticiaries Of the
church."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
GarwOOd's Sarsaparilla-for the blood
guaranteed to cure. A. B. RAINS
MT. PLEASANT ELECTION.

Two Tickets for Mayor and Aldermen in
the Field.
Mt. Peasants municipal cam
paign is growing quite interesting.
There are two regularly chosen tick
cts and one independent candidate
for mayor in the field, and much
interest is being manifested. What
the issues in the campaign are, the
HERALD has not been able to learn.
At public meetings held last week,
the following tickets were chosen:
The Party Ticket.
For Mayor, J. NJ. Hunter. For Al
deTmen: lst ward-J. =. Warnock:
2nd ward-N. B. Stewart; 3rd ward
J. :. Frierson; 4th ward-J. T.
Alexander. Aldermen at large. b.
Howard and j. f.. Brownlow.
The Peoples Ticket.
For Mayor, Leon Frierson. For
Aldermen: Ist wards. II. Goodloe: /:
2nd ward-N. b. Stewart; Sd ward
}. :. Friersou; ith ward-J. I. Alex
ander. Aldermen at large: r. r..
Williams and !. r. Walker.
George e. Collins j. an iudepan-
dent candidate for mayor. The elee-
ton will take place May ..
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
Continued to Second Page.)
MANY IMPORTANT CASES.
Circuit Court Will Convene Monday-A
Busy Session.

Busy Session.
The next term of Circuit Court,
which will convene Monday, will be
a very busy one, as there are num-
ber of important cases on docket.
Among the important cases to be
tried are the following:
T. ID. Simmons VS.. Mrs. Mary w.
Irvine and Drew and Warren r.
vine, suit for damages, set for Tues
day, May Is.
State VS.. Will Fitzgerald, assault
with attempt to commit murder in
the first degree, set for May 20.
Ed Ferguson, assault with at
tempt to commit murder in the first
degree, set for Tuesday, May 30.
State VS.. Blink and Betsy Stewart,
Sandy Porter, Easter Porter, Tom
Fitzgerald, Jay Galloway, Anthony
Steward and Caroline Galloway, all
colored, charged with attempting to
poison the Greenfield family set for
Wednesday, May 81.
State VS.. jeff Terrill, colored
charged with murder, set for We'd
nesday, June I, At former term
of the court Terrill was convicted
and sentenced to 20 years in the pen
itentiary, but the case was reversed
by the Supreme Court.
The following damage suits ap-
pear on the civil docket, the dates
for trial not being set.
Gilbert Lyman, administrator of
John Lyman, VS.. l.. N. railroad.
William Williams vs.. L. q n.
railroad.
M. G. Campbell vs.. L. & N. rail-
road. 1.-TWO cases.)
r. G. Fleming VS.. l.. & N. rail-
road.
Jennie Kelton, administrators of
Andrew Kelton, VS.. Tennessee Phos-
phate Co.
J. H. HOFFMAN VS.. Columbia and
Williamsport Turnpike Co., and
Wright Vincen, colored, VS.. same.
In these cases, the claim for dam
ages resulted from an accident
which occurred some months ago at
the bridge belonging to defendants,
situated on their pike, across Little
Bigby Greek. The bridge gave way
while Hoofman's traction engine
was crossing it, letting the engine
fall into the creek below, and I'M ur-
ing Vincen, who was running it.
E. S. Mulligan and wife, vs.. the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of
Columbia. Claim for damages re-
sulting from Mrs. Mulligan falling
into an open cellar door on En-
barge street.
Andrew Cummins VS. Little Bigby
Turnpike Co.
Wesley Thomas VS.. Blue Grass
Phosphate Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
THEY THINK THE
END Is NEAR.
Collapse of the Philippine
InSurrec ton
Is LOOKED FOR AT WASHINGTON.
Filipinos are Running Short of Ammu-
milton and Throwing Away Their Arm.-
American Regiments Reduced 80 Per
Cent. by the Campaign.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-Tbe Off
cials of the State and War Depart
ments are looking for speedy col
lapse of the insurrection in the Phil
ippines. Not only is this expectation
based on the private advices that
come from the Philippine commits
sion as to the negotiations that have
been going on between that body
and the insurgent representatives
but also upon the successful devel-
Opment of MacArthur's and Law
tou's campaigns. The press reports
announcing that Lawton is meeting
slight resistance in his movement
northward; that the insurgents are
fleeing before him, and that, more
important still, they are castig away
their arms, are facts tending to in
dicate the approach of the end. The
throwing away of the arms is claim ed
by the naval officers to be the results
of the navy's effort to cut off the
supply of incoming ammunition to
the insurgents. Without ammuni-
ton there would be no inducement
to carry along their weapons. The
army officers here say that it is
either lack of ammunition or a
breaking down of their courage that
has led the Filipinos to abandon
their rifles. Moving northward
from Baligna, where he is reported
this morning, Lawton is apparently
converging with his forces upon Mt.
Arayat, distant about sixteen miles,
the point at the bend of the Rio
Grande where Otis predicted the
insurgents would make their last
stand.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
DEWEY COMING HOME,
Rear Admiral Watson Will Relieve Him
of Duty.

Rear Admiral Watson viii Relieve Him
of Duty.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-The Navy
department has selected a successor
to Admiral Dewey to command the
Asiatic station. Orders were issued
to-day detaching Rear Admiral
Watson from command of the Mare
Island Navy Yard and ordering him
to report to Admiral Dewey at Ma
Mia to relieve that officer when he
feels that he can be spared there.
Rear Admiral Kempp, at present
on waiting orders, has been ordered
to succeed Admiral Watson in COM
mand of the Mare Island Navy
Yard
1t was stated at the Navy Depart
ment to-day that Admiral Dewey
will come from Manila to New York
when he returns to the United
States. However, it was added, the
Admiral will not start until the
commission of which he is a mem.
ber has completed the work it has
undertaken, at least so far as it re-
lates to the restoration of peace to
the islands.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
HE "FLEW."
How Bully" Bill Stokes Left the Field
of Action.

How "Bully" Bill Stokes Left the Field
of Action.
At banquet not long ago Repre-
sentative Allen, of Mississippi, was
requested to respond to a toast,
"Our Flag" and he did so with elo-
quence and quaint humor which
captivated the crowd. He said:
"The toast brings to my mind two
flags. One of them to-day floats
over our heads; and / would march
under it against the soldiers of any
nation in the world. But when L
was boy there was another flag;
and to that L gave my first allie
glance. 1t was the battleflag of the
cJnfederacy.
Il was fighting under that flag at
Missionary Ridge, and Bill Stokes
was beside me. Bill had been the
bully of our town; but he wasn't a
bully that day. We were lying be-
hind some rails, and the confederate
flag was flying over us. Yankee
bullets were peppering those rails,
and Bill and | laid snug to the
ground. Finally Bill said: John,
| you amt no man of family.
| Just lift your head and see how
clus' them Ganks is gittin.' But L
replied that while | was not a man
of family, l had hopes, and |
wouldn't lift my head at that par
/ ticular juncture.
aust then a brown thrush high in
a tree above our heads began to sing
merrily. Bill was lying on his back :,
and l heard him mutter: oh, bir-
/ die, birdie, il | had your wings Just
now,I wouldn't stay here and twit-
ter at them damned Nanks. I'd ily.'
"One Of the Yankee shells burst
over Us while Bill was muttering
aud he din't wait for brides wings.
/ He Just fiew, and left me alone, and
l stayed there and fought the entire
Yankee army by myself Bill
Stokes never bulliei about me, af.
ter that
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
HanA Blown CT.

Bob Watkins, colored, son Of Wes
Watkins Of Mt. Pleasant, had his
hand blown of last Thursday, as the
result of a foolish prank. Finding a
bottle partly filled with power, he
applied a match TO it while holding
it ia his hand. There was a loud
report, and the boys hand was com
pletely torn of, besides being other
wise painfully hurt on his face aud
body by flying bits Of glass.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
SmnlInox in Giles Cnnntv.

The citizens of Pulaski have been
considerably exercised the past
week over the appearance Of small
pox there. Six cases have been re-
ported from there so far, and all of
them, like the ones at Columbia,
are attributable t. the infected me-
gro who passed through the phos-
phate mines near Mt. Pleasant. The
cases are situated in or near Pu-
laski,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
Officer Wounded.

MANILA, May "a reconnoiter-
ing party from Maj. Gen. Lawton's
command, under command of Mai.
Diggles, of the Minnesota regiment,
advanced yesterday to a point near
San Miguel, which is about twelve
miles north of Balignag.
There the Americans were met
with a volley from force of rebels
behind trenches. Maj. Diggles was
wounded in the head and "A private
soldier was also wounded.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
No Smallpox at Mt. Pleasant.

Some of the citizens of Mt. Pleas
ant have been much worried over
the persistent reports that smallpox
existed there, and also over the
guarantees that have been estab-
lished against the town. The HER
AID is glad to state that there is no
smallpox within the limits or i'm
mediate vicinity of Mt. Pleasant,
and no contention has ever been
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
BANQUET for Admiral Dewey.

New YORK, May 9.-Admiral
Dewey has cabled his acceptance of
an invitation to banquet to be Civ
en- in his honor on his return to New
York. The banquet will be given
by 100 citizens and the cost will be
800 plate. The President and
Secretary OF the Navy will be in
vited. The banquet will be in
August or September.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
Regiments Reduced Fifty Per Cent.

MANILA, May THE lines Maj.
Gems. Macarthur and Lawton have
not been moved since Friday. There
is strong rebel force at Bacolor,
five miles southwest of San Fernan-
do. Macarthur will send force
there to meet the 5000 rebels, who
are strongly entrenched and have
never reen under fire. These being
cleaned out, water communication
with Manila can be established.
The campaign has reduced the
American force 80 per cent, the
companies averaging but fifty men
each.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

DR.. K. PAGE, a passed assistant
surgeon in the navy, says that re-
ports about Admiral Dewey's health
have been grossly exaggerated and
that since the first of May of last
year the Admiral has not needed a
physicians aid. Dewey has not
been twenty miles from Manila
since May |, 1898.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

cable as well as unnecessary. In the
first place, they have no house of
detention, and in the second place
all persons who came in contact
with the negroes were hunted up
and vaccinated, and the house in
which the suspected cases in West
End are confined has been quaran-
tined. In addition to this, the
weather is so warm that the disease
is not liable 20 spread or to last much
longer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
The First Nebraska.

MANILA, May 9.-The First Ne
braska infantry, which came to the
Philippines with 1900 men, and
which, with the Twentieth Kansas,
has seen the heaviest fighting, has
asked for temporary relief from
duty. The exhausted men now
muster only 375. They are to be
sent home June 20.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

MRS. WILLIAM G. WHITNEY, wife
of the former Secretary of the Navy,
died last Saturday in New York, as
the result of injuries received by be-
ing thrown from her horse while
fox hunting in South Carolina on
February 81, 1898.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

A BILL just passed by the Missouri
Senate defines as trust "any two
persons or concerns who combine
for the purpose of restricting trade
or controlling prices, or those who
refuse to sell to others in the same
line of business"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

THE United States cruiser, Buffa-
10, arrived at New York from Manila
after very quick run of forty.four
days. The Buffalo brought about
500 officers and men of Admiral
Dewey's squadron.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

THE Reina Mercedes, which was
sunk bv the Americans in the chan
mel of Santiago harbor during the
late war, has been raised and is
ready to be towed to Newport News.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
, NEWS AND COMMENT.

CONGRESSMAN RICHARDSON, Of
this State, is being talked of as the
Democratic nominee for Speaker of
the next House.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

THE report of the Court of Inquiry
upon the beef charges made by Maj.
Gen. Miles has been approved blythe
President and made public. The
findings fully confirm the many fore
casts. Mai. Gen. Miles is censured
for not presenting formally, and at
an earlier day, his objections to
"embalmed bee:, =" and his evidence
is declared insufficient to justify his
charges. The beef packers are held
guiltless of any fault. Canned roast
beef is condemned as unfit for any
nation, and former Commissary Cen
eral Eagan is severely rebuked for
his colossal error" in buying it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

MANY prominent members Of
Congress believe that President Nc
Kinley will call an extra session of
that body to meet early in October.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

MRS GEORGE w. CHILDs says
there is no foundation whatever for
the report of an engagement be-
tween her and Gen. Joseph Wheeler.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

THE French Minister to China has
presented to the Chinese Govern
ment a demand for mining conces-
sions to the value of 100000 taels
(about $l,800,0O0) in the province of
Szechuan, one of the largest in Chi
ma, as indemnity for the imprison-
ment of French missionary. The
demand is considered exorbitant.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

THE officials at Washington have
received details of the ambush OF the
American and British forces near
Apia, April l. The landing party
was advised by Capt. Hufnagle, the
German plantation manager, that the
rebels had been seen that day, and
he suggested the route by which the
party should retreat. The way led
through gully, and when in the
gully the white faces found them
selves ambushed and surrounded
from three sides.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

THE Porto Rican Commissioners
to the United States have presented
a second memorial to the President,
asking the cessation of military gov
ernment and the establishment of
civil rule in the island; absolute free
trade with the United States, and
the enlistment of Porto Ricans to
take the place of American troops.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

Gov. THOMAS, of Colorado, whose
demand for the return of the First
Colorado infantry, serving in the
Philippines, has not been complied
with, now proposes to take drastic
measures to relieve them from a
"war of conquest" though he does
not outline his plan of procedure.
The First Colorado, at last accounts,
was doing guard duty in Manila,
and is to be sent home June 20. 1t
will be the third volunteer re giment
to be relieved.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12

GEORGE DINING, colored, was
given judgment for $4,000 damages
by jury in the United States Dis
trict Court at Louisville, KY, last
Friday, against six citizens of Simp-
son county, whom he sued as men,
bers of mob which attacked him
at his home in Simpson county in
January, 1897. The defendants are
men of moderate means and have
little property not exempt from exc
cution.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-05-12
THE SMALLPOX
SITUATION.
Many False Rumors Have
Been Ahoat.
FACTS In REGARD TO THE NATTER

The Health Officials Have Done Their
Full Duty in Presenting the Spread of
the Disease, and the Scare Seems to Be
About Over with.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-13
OGDEN NEWS.
Ogden Office, 524 Utah Loan and
Trust Building. Telephone IA.
Ogden. August Is.
PEAR AND CHERRY SLUG.
Weber Inspector Issues a Valuable
Document
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence.)
Ogden, Aug. 12.-County Fruit Tree
Inspector Hickenloper of Weber count
ty yesterday gave out the following
statement regarding the pear and
cherry slug which has been creating
havoc in Utah orchards this year:
This insect is doing a great amount
OF damage in Utah at the present time
on pear and cherry trees, and / find
also that it is working on some variet-
les of plums, ounce and the wild haw.
Now, when We take into considera
ton the comparatively short time that
II has been here and the wonderful in
crease it has made, is it not time that
every one should begin to wage a war
against this pest? Now, for the benefit
of those why may not be familiar with
this insect L will say that it is produced
from an egg laid on the upper side of
the leaf by a small black fly resem-
bling the house fly, only that it is jet
black and very sluggish in its move
ments. The slug first appears in June.
This year the srst / found was on
June 20. They are a small, shiny, brown
insect. They devour greedily the upper
surface of the leaves, leaving only the
bare network of veins. The leaves i'm
mediately begin to die, and in verv
short time the tree looks as though
fire had swept through ii. Now, as the
leaves are the lungs of the tree, is II
surprising that in a short time growth
is completely stopped?
AS this insect works on the upper
side of the leaf and eats it's food. it is
very easily poisoned by spraying with
the following solution: Mix one pound
of paris green and one pound of flour
with sufficient water to dissolve it; add
the water slowly to prevent the pow
der forming Jumps. Take ten pounds
of fresh lime; slack and strain through
coarse sack; add to 200 gallons of water.
Stir frequently while using. The caustic
properties o. lime render it very fatal
by coming in contact wits its tender
skin.
1 consider it one of the most easily
controlled of the fruit tree pests, and If
let go it will do the greatest amount
of damage in a short time of any that
we have at present.
While fighting the slug, don't forget
the Coddling moth that is working on
your late apples. (Use the above solu-
tom
Owing to the scarcity of fruit this
season. the late apple will be in great
demand, at a good figure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-13
v. I. APPLEBY'S "REMINISCENCES
INDEPENDENCE HALL USED BE-
FORE DIR. BARRoWS' TIME.
Was Presented to the Congregational
Church By the Young Mems Liter
airy Association.

A Renaissance published in The Her
aid yesterday regarding DR.. Barrows'
residence in Salt Lake has drawn from
| William P. Appleby, who knew DR..
Barrows while here, letter containing
some additional facts. Mr. Appleby
was officially connected with the Young
Mems Literary association which pre-
sented Independence hall to the Con-
gregational church of which DIR. Bar
rows was pastor.
| Mr.. Appleby writes that in Septem-
Der, 1864, some officers from Fort
Douglas associated themselves with
some Jews, Gentiles and Mormons. met
in the old Museum building, then oc-
cupied as provost guard headquarters,
and organized the Young Mems Liter
airy association. Shortly after organ
iZing, the society moved to Daft's hall.
In 1865 site was purchased and In
dependence hall erected. In November
of the same year the building was pre-
scented to John W. Kerr, Charles II.
Hampstead and others, as trustees for
the CongregationaliSts. The society
only reserved one night week for two
years for meeting purposes.
General Connor's army was mustered
out in 1865, and his officers dispersed
to various parts of the country. Mem
bership in the association dwindled,
and it soon ceased to exist as an or
ganization. The Congregational church
still owned the building, however, Rev.
Norman Mcleod having occupied il for
eight years before DR.. Barrows came
to Salt Lake. Mr. Appleby says that
r. a. Reyes, d. r. Finnan and w. II.
Whitehall, who are among the few sur
viving members of the Literary asso-
citation. will remember voting on the
resolution authorizing the gift of the
hall to the Congregational society.
According to Mr.. Appleby, William
McGroarty was nominated as delegate
TO congress in a room over McGroarty
& Henry's store. He thinks some of
the nominees admirers might have held
a ratification meeting in Independence
1oT LAT