The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-01-20

Governor of Pennsylvania last Tues
day.
JOHN Russell YOUNG, journalist
and diplomatist, died Tuesday in
Washington. .....
CUsHMAN K. DAVIS was re-elect-
ed United States Senator from the
State of Minnesota last Tuesday.
THE Fourth infantry left Chicago
Sunday for New York to embark for
Manila, going by way of the Suez
canal.
FRANCIS MARION COCKRELL was
reelected Tuesday to his fifth term
in the United States Senate by the
Missouri Legislature.
IT is reported that eX-Congress-
man William l.. Wilson has been
elected President of Yale College,
and that he will accept.
Gov. TAYLOR granted 695 pardons
during his last administration,
brought to a close last Monday.
Forty. five of these were granted
Monday.
NIGHT POLICEMAN CLARENCE
HART met his death at Union City
last Saturday night by his hand
coming in contact with a live cleo
trio wire.
Mr.. ANDREW CARNEGIE has Of
fered to give $25O,0O0 to erect a pub
lie library at Washington, provided
Congress will furnish a site and
maintenance of not less than $4,000
year.
Two street cars on the Citizens
Rapid Transit Road ran together in
West Nashville last Sunday morn
ing in dense fog, and Dennis
Dozier, motorman on one of the cars,
was killed.
THE Wholesale and retail dry
goods house of the J. S. Menken
Company, at Memphis, one of the
largest establishments of its kind in
the South, was burned last Friday.
The loss is estimated at nearly $780,
600.
A MADRID paper says that when
the Cortes reassembles the Spanish
Government will ask for authority
to sell the Ladrones, Caroline and
Pelew islands, since Spain is unable
to maintain a sufficient force to de-
fend them.
A HOTEL keeper at Havana Sun
day raised a Spanish flag over his
place. A crowd of angry Cubans
surrounded the place, and q COM
pany of the Tenth infantry found it
necessary to charge with fixed bay
onets. The Americans lowered the
flag.
Four thousand insurgents and
two thousand Turks are said t" have
been killed in a battle in the 1emer
division of Arabia last week. Turk:
and Arabs have been at war in Ara
bia for over four years. The rebel
lion against Turkish rule there II
said to be spreading.
THE officials at Washington ar
gratified by eassuring and encour
aging adyices received from Gen
Otis at Manila. Citizens who hat
become alarmed and left Manll'
are returning, and matters lool
brighter at Iloilo. The American
troops have not yet landed at tina
place, however.
THE Franklin Review-Appea
says. "a petition addressed t
Senator Graham, Representatlv
Akin and Floater John w. Fry, fav
oring the passage of local optio'
bill by the present General Assem-
bly, is being circulated in Frank
linz Such petition ought to b
circulated In Columbia and Maur
County, too.
THE casket containing the sur
posed remains of christopher CC
lumbus arrived at Cadiz, Spain, Las
Monday on board the Spanish crui'
er Conde de Venadito. The cask'
was opened and was found to col
tain about thirty bones and SON
ashes. 1t will be carried to Sevil
and deposited in the Cathedral wit
much solemnity.
THE President announced to h
Cabinet Tuesday that he had d
cided to order a court martial to Il
Commlssary General Eagan for q
abusive and violent language