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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
NEW DEPOT WANTED.
The stock Law Question to be SUBMITTED
to the People.

The stock Law Question to be SuDniItted
to the People.
The Board of Mayor and Alderman
held their regular monthly meeting
at the City Hall Friday night.
After the transaction Of regular
routine business, the Mayor read
the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted by the
Board:
Whereas, 'umbia has become one
of the most important points on the
Louisville & Nashville R. r in the
matter of passenger as we'll as freight
business, and is rapidly increasing
the volume OF this business; aud
Whereas, the present passenger
depot at this place is utterly made
quate to accommodate the travelling
public at this time, not to take INTO
consideration the future Increase in
the travel; aud
Whereas, the Louisville & Nash
Vile r. r.. has recently acquired full
control of the Nashville. and Decatur
r. r., whose previous relations to
the L. q. N. r Z. has prevented the
latter from making the desired
mprOVements;
"rhereof, be it resolved that we,
the Board of Mayor & Alderman of
the city of Columbia, respectfully v
urge upon the Off icals of the l. q y.
r. r the needs of the situation. and
earnestly petition them to build a
new depot for Columbia, large and
cOmmOdiOus enough to fully ac-
commodate the travelling public and
commensurate in character and cost
with the Importance of tho town.
City Counsellor G.. T. Hughes offer
ed IA resolution suggesting that the
question of passing a stock law, &c
forbid cows, horses, hogs. etc from
running on the streets of Columbia
should be placed before the people
for their decision atthe coming No
vember election; and the same was
adopted without a dissenting vote.
The Board decided unanimously
in favor of presenting TIE police
| force with new uniforms.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
THE TAX ASSESSORS
Are Back Assessing the Estate of the
Late b. W. Cole.
A Striking Example of How Personal
Property Does Not Pay Its share
of Taxation In Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, Oct. 2S The estate
of the late Col. +. w. Cole is being
back-assessed by the revenue Off
cials of the State for the years 1896,
1897, 1898 and 1899, and the amount
rising from the reassessment will be
something like $1,000.
The back-assessm will be upon
moneys, bonds other than United
States bonds, notes and income de-
rived from stocks not assessed in
Tennessee. The item of cash amounts
to $8 1858; bonds, approximately $56,-
600, ard the balance, notes and in
come from stocks. The total
amount of personal properey
liable is said, according to the
schedule, to amount to approx.
mately S247 600. The personal
property as assessed was approXi-
mately $68000. AT the rate of 95
cents on the 800, AS the rate averages
for the four years, the tax would be
1886 approximately From this
amount Is to be deducted the
amounts paid upon the valuation Of
$63, 900, the remainder going to the
State.
The matter will not be brought
before the court it il stated, a private
settlement having been agreed upon
between the State and the executors
of the estate
The under assessment OF the
property, it is said, was discovered
through the filing of the schedule
of the deceased'7 assets with the
County Court Clerk, as the law
requir, S.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
MAYBE IT'S so,
But where DO Poor People Get All Ihese
Thing?

But where Do Poor People Get All Yhese
Thing?
The reason of our poverty is not hard
to find out. Take an average citizen
he gets up in the morning pulls on a pair
of socks from New York; pair of shoes
from Boston; suit of clothes from Phil
adelphia; washes his face in pan made
in Cincinnati goes to his breakfast,
draws up a chair to a table, both of which
were made in Chicago; eats from a plate
from China or Connecticut, sweetens his
coffee from Rio with sugar from Cuba:
takes slice of ham cured in Chicago
buffers a biscuit made of Minneapolis
-four with oleomargorine, which comes
from the Lord only knows where. He
goes to his stable, puts set of harness
from Chicago on mule from Ohio,
bitches it to wagon from Wisconsin,
and drives over to a neighbor's and com
plains of hard times. OF course times
are hard when everything people eat,
drink, wear and drive comes from some
where else, and only the atmosphere he
breathes and the water he drinks are the
home institutions he patronizes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
CRUSHING BLOW
TO BRITISH ARMS
Beers Gain a Victory Near
Ladysmith.
ALL THE BRITISH CAPTURED,
After Heavy Loss of Killed and
Wounded - General White As
sumes Responsibility.
ALL THE BRITISH CAPTURED,
Sp cial to THE HERALD:

LONDON, Oct. 31.-Direct news from
Natal is that "a crushing blow has been
given to British arms near Ladysmith.
General White reports that column
consisting of the Irish Royal Fusileers,
the Gloucester regiment and No. Ten
Mountain battery has been captured
after heavy loss in killed and wounded.
The column was trying to take a posi-
tion to guard the left flank of the army
and was surprised and surrounded in the
hills by superior force of Beers. After
a terrific battle with heavy loss on both
sides the remnant of the British column
surrendered.
Gen. White says that he alone is re-
sponsible for the plan which had such a
bloody miscarriage.
Forty two British officers were capt
ured. The Beers losses were also heavy,
estimated (by the BRITISH at 1000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
VANDERBILTS MILLIONS.
Cornelius VanderbiltS Will Made
Public Last Night.
Estate Valued at $4,000, ,OOO-Bequest
"f $4,000 to Vanderbilt Uni
versity.

New YORK, Oct. 27.-The terms of
the will of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt
were made public last night The estate
is estimated at $4,000, 900.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, the second
son, will get from S40,000,000 to $50,
100000, thus becoming the head of the
family. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., the
eldest son, will only receive S1,500,000,
of which Sl,OO0000 is to be held in trust
but Alfred will give his brother enough
of his inheritance to make his share
equal to that of the other brother and
sisters, which is about S7,500,000 each
Mrs. Vanderbilt is to receive 100000
in cash or securities and an income Of
S250,0OO a year.
The family residence and other real
estate is willed to the widow and the
younger children. Chauncey M. DepeN
is remembered with 100000.
Vanderbilt University at Nashville /.
given $4,000, and Yale University 500,
600. A number of religious and CHART
able institutions are provided for in The
will.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
COMPROMISE EFFECTED
Between state Board of Examiners and
the Railroads.


NASHVILLE, Oct. PA compromise
was reached this afternoon between the
State Board of Examiners and attorneys
representing the railroads of the State,
which will take out of the courts the
litigated assessments of 1897-98, and
prevent litigation of the assessments
of 1899 and 1900. In 1897 the
railroads of the State were assessed
at S63,818,404 an increase over the
previous year of about S25,000,000
The examiners were enjoined from
certifying the assessments, but the Fed
eral Court directed the railroads to pay
taxes on basis of Is per cent. of the
assessment. The case is pending in the
United States Supreme Court.
The present Railroad Commissioners
assessed the railroads for the next two
years at S52, $3.50, 71S, and the examiners
had decided to increase this by about
Sc, 100000, when two weeks ago the COM
promise proposition was made. The as
sessment of $52, $50, ,7l8, as fixed by the
commission, is to be accepted by the
State and by the railroads, for all four
years 1897 -98-99 and 1900.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
HE PAID THE PENALTY.
Rev. &. Il. Morris Hanged at Vernon, Tex-
as, for Wife Murder.

as, for Wife Murder.
DALLAS, TEX October 27.-Rev. G.
e. Morrison was hanged at II - clock
noon to-day at Vernon, Tex, for wife
murder. He met his death resigned
ly Ol the scaffold he said to a
select party of twenty which were
permitted at the execution:
Il am innocent. Circumstance S
over which [ had no control have
placed me in this position. 1 have
taken my trouble in private to my
God. Iadmit that acted indiscreet
ly. [ have done 30 worse, however.
than hundreds of men who stand
high in the religious, social, business
and Official circles of your state.
have done nothing to confess. | am
in the hands of my Maker. He
knows | am innocent"
MOrriSOn's neck was broken by the
fall and his death appeared to be
painless.
The crime for which Rev. G.. r.
Morrison paid the death penalty was
the poisoning of his wife in October
1897.
The facts show that for deliberate
fiendishness they are almost without
parallel in the annals of criminal
Jurisprudence The motive for the
poisoning was in order to rid himself
Of a pretty, amiable, loving wife, in
order to marry lady possessed OF
large means, 800 900 of which was
i'm cash
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

A PARAGRAPHER on the Memphis
rcial-Appeal thus sums up
the Kentacky Gubernatorial cam
paign: Cup in Kentucky Gobel has
denounced one Judge Hodge as an
unmitigated liar, Bill Owens has de-
nounced G0ebel as a liar, Breckin-
ridge has hurled the lie at some
body or other, the editors of the
Louisville papers have accused each
other of lying, and now the Hon.
John Young Brown winds up the
campaign by denouncing everybody
as liar. The liars of Kentucky
ought soon to be strong enoug to
form political party"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

THE scarcity of cars with which
the railroads have been cOntending
for some time is becoming serious in
the Atlanta section. The coal mines
cannot get enough cars by half and
consumers cannot get more than
barely enough to keep mills and
factories running. Coal has made
a great advance in price and the
car famine helps to keep the market
up. More coal cars are in service
tlau ever before, but the demand
for coal is extraordinary. The iron
furnaces and coke ovens and other
industries in the Birmingham dis
trict consume all the Alabama coal,
SO that consumers have to rely on
Georgia and Tennessee. All the
railroads are hauling more freight
than ever before and they require
more fuel than in previous years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
COLUMBIA LODGE A. +. A. N.

Arrangements Made for Gel, bration ~
Eightisth AHniveTsary.z-
Columbia Lodge.No 81, AIF.'A. NJ,
had a called meeting last night for the
purpose Of periecting arrangements for
the entertainment 30 be given b. them
ON Friday. Nov. 10, wheathe celebra-
ton Of the s0th anniversary Of the organ
ization 81 the lodge in this city viii take
place. An interesting program OF vocal
and instrumental music and recitations
has been arranged, and there will BE- a
sumptu0us banquet All Mas1ns and
their fami.ies az, iEfitcd 20 attend.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
BURNED IN THE WRECK.
Freight Agent Killed In an Accident on
the Norfolk aud Western.

KNOXVILLE, Oct. % AT Max
Meadows, Va, to-day one freight
train ran into the rear OF another,
and James Ryan, freight agent at
Max Meadows, was instantly killed.
The accident occurred on the Nor
folk aud Western line. Ryan was in
the caboosa. His remains were
burned iu the flames. The engineer
and fireman % the colliding engine
are injured, but not seriously.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
DEWEY WILL WE'D.
widow of Gen. Haz"n aud John II. Me.
Leans sister His Choice.

WAsHINGToN, Oct. 3O.-Admiral De-
wey announced TO some Of his more init
mate friends tonight the fact of his en-
gagement to Mrs. w. b. Hazen, of this
city. Mrs. Hazen is the widow of Gen
Hazen, formerly Chief Signal officer of
the army, who died about ten years ago,
and is a sister Of John r Mclean,
Democratic candidate for Governor o.,
Ohio. Mrs. Hazen has no children, and
since her husbands death has made her
home with her mother. She is a woman
of large means, about 40 years Of age
and popular in the best social circles Of
Washington.
The date for the weddisg has not been
fixed
Admiral Dewey to-day took possession
of his new home. The last OF the furni
ture was arranged in the new house 10
day and the Admiral's trunks were
brought up from the apartments he has
been occupying at the Everett.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

Gov. GAMBLER says that the farm
ers of Georgia, who constitute the
bulk of the working population of
the State, do not share the general
prosperity of the country and that
higher prices for cotton will give
them only temporary relief. The
Governor does not grow enthusiastic
over prosperity which only affects a
small class which has always been
fairly well off.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

MRS. MARY RUBY, aged 81 years,
a sister of Kit Carson, the famous
scout, and the last of that celebrated
family, died very suddenly at her
home in Warrensburg, Mo-, few
days ago of apopIexy. Up to the
time of her death Mrs. Ruby was Il
hale, hearty old lady.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

MORMON elders are holding night
ly meetings in St. Louis in the dis
seminating of their peculia" religi-
Gus beliefs, despite the protests of
that city's chicken-hearted mayor.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

The Pennsylvania Company and
the New York Central railroad have
placed orders for coal aud freight
cars, the aggregate cost of which
will be about $4,000, 900.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

AN employe of the Quartermaster's
Department has started for Manila
to arrange for bringing home the
bodies of soldiers who lost their lives
in the Philippines.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

into the church too easily or too quickly;
people ought not to be fooled into the
church; the emotional should not be
trried to excess: sermons and prayers
and songs are all good but God must
touch the heart of the sinner to repent
ance before he can be saved.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

THE rumor is current in Washing
ton political circles that the opposi-
tion to Henderson as the next
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives is crystalizing under the lead
ership of Gibson of Tennessee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
SPURK CASE DISCONTINUED.
The Ex-Bank President Discharged at
Nashville.
Special to th1 HERALD:

Special to th1 HERALD:
NASHVILLE, Oct. 1S.-The case NJ. \.
Spur, the former President of the
defunct Commercial National Bank,
has been discontinued. An order to
this effect was entered upon the minutes
of the court yesterday.
The reasons for the action on the part
of District Attorney Tillman were given
in length when the announcement was
made recently. The Government saw
no opportunity in the chance of evidence
for conviction and the cases were
Dolled.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

CARL SCHURz, in a recent public
letter predicts breakers head for tn e
Republican party on account of its
present imperialistic tendencies.
The silver question, he says, can't
compare with this greatest danger
which now threatens the Republic" :"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

THE Comm issioners Of Immi-
grants reports that 3ll,7l5 immi-
grants landed in the United State S
during the year ended June 30, 1899,
an increase of 36 per cent. over the
preceding year. The increase was
largely made of immigrants from
Italy, Austria. Hungary and Russia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
PENSION FRAUDS.
yseyeraI More P-rsons Convicted at
Nashville.

special n THE HERALD:
NASHVILLE. Oct. 2I.- In the Federal
Court at this place yesterday several
more persons were convicted Of pension
frauds. John W. Hayes was sentenced
10 two years Imprisonment; George a.
Davis % thirteen months, and Alice
Black 20 one year.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

MISS HELEN MILLER GOULD has
given $6 600 to the League for Social
Service, to be used in a crusade
against Mormonism.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

CHAIRMAN BAPTIST. of the Rail
road Commission, declares he will
not enter the race for Congress to
succeed Carmack.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

Control of the Pullman Palace Car
Company will pass into the hands of
the Vanderbilts December 5. The
new corporation will be known as
the PulIman-Wagner Palace Car
Company.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

NATURAL gas has been discovered
on place six miles from Nashville
on the Dickerson pike.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03

THERE seems to be an epidemic Of
fever at Lewisburg, sixty cases hav-
ing recently been reported.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
NECK BRt.k EN-.


Ndhpb' IiNNil'f'
LYNNyILLE, Oct. 20. An unfortunate
and deplorahIe accident occurred in the
Campbellsyille vicinity yesterday after
noon. The l2-year-old son of w. j..
Martin, well-to-do farmer, was sent to
mill On the way the sack which held
the grain came united and the corn spill
ing out frightened the horse he was rid
ing. The little fellow was thrown with
such force as to break his neck, and
death was instantaneous.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
TO ENTER NASHVILLE.
Arrangements Said to Have Been Made
by the Illinois Central.

NASHVILLE. Oct. %, is said the
Illinois Central has made arrangements
to enter Nashville by an extension Of the
road from Hopkinsville to Clarksville,
and boy using f. ON the latter place the
projected line of the Tennessee Central
10 NnshNilln
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-11-03
NEWS AND COMMENT.

GALLATIN is making preparations
to put in an electric light system.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10
FoRTv-sEvENTH INFANTRY.
u.~sm~ut boards the Transport
Thoma- Bound for Manila IA
the suck Route

New York. Nov. f-- The Fort y-SeN-
4nrh United states infantry -rcm
Az Meade. arrived in Jersey City.
over th. N4w Jersey Central railroad,
~ four special trains There were y
.-s men under command Of Col. Walter
Few.. The men, who were All ~ good
condition. had breakfast in the cars.
Ia were then conveyed by View Jer-
-er General railroad ferry boat 70 The
transport Thomas. at Brooklyn. which
SAL convey the troops 90 Manila
Fifrv-thrrr men 81 the United states
hr4riraI eorrs also arrived from Wash
fr-rou ~ - ro Manila on the same
TRANSPORT The hospital corps was an
,f.~ Steward Joseph Walters.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10
TROUBLE AT BLUEFIELDS.
n, rbr.at.n- To Grow out OF the Ex-
port Tax os Two Cents
Huneh ON Bnnarn--

Fiuefelds- Nicaragua Oct 29.-ihe
residents OF Bluefielis are again nav
inr eane trnuhIe with the adminis'r"-
ton and hereafter VIII he taxed from
quarter. Some ten days aS'
* was announced that. after November
7. sr. export duty ~ two cents a bunch
worIc ae placed upon bananas ms
e.-port i The life of the coast Inc
ericanS have built up the industry
End arr building up the country ~
their prt <euce. The duty proposed al
f,-,-r~ only the Americans Were Y not
Tor the diSorranized condition OF me
r.oule revolution would p iheiy.
However. This state Of affairs can not
seet.r wifhort some outside assistance
T- l. this assistance that the people are
.vpectinr. Costa Idea j. .iied WIN
Fugitive Nieara- uams- and TeN'in-
-inn i not likely. This impression ,
strengthened NJ the open ili-feeiins
+. tween leading members ~ The local
ADMINISTRATION
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10
ALONG MACARTHuR'S FRONT.
r.~o..al..are~-t h ~~pss= the tttfps'
ao~ an the Janap-'i~sf- n""ss"
KILLED af Afiago-

Washington. Nov THE war de-
uartuaenr has received the following
cablsgram.
Manila. Nov. ON Ia inst Lieut.
SlavenS and u men reconno.terins
MtcArthur's front struck ~ or more
futrenehaG Insurgents lie immedia'-
II attacked and dispersed them killing
three and Ncundiu- number. &c
casualties
Yesterday IawrCn's advance ~ MIA
20 struck the eremr both west ane
sourh ~ the CITY BAtson's Nacabens
scouts. rcronnoitering south. strueh
the insurgents in ambush. Lieut.
I.oureIIe waS killed and one seou'
wounded. Ear~on routed the enemy
,,he. left seven dead IN the thIckets-
Yesterday Col. Fell. with the Thirty
.iNrh volunteers. and troop FOURTH
rav2Irv. cleared the country Of all
armed Insurgents from Florida Blan
co 10 a considerable distance BEYOND
Prrsr. pursuing them into the noun
tain-. capturing nine Of their cavalry
lsr~es-~everal guns. considerable prop
srtv. killing wounding and capturing
number OF enemy
The inSur-ent cavalry Of that see
ton i practically destroyed Bell
casu1 lilies were one man killed and tw'
wounded.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10
AMERICAS NEW DEPARTURE.
IN 4. Approved I'm England aud IA
pectrd tn Affect internatton-
al Politics.

Ionden. NOV. "A special dispatch
from Washington asserts that fhr
American state department recently
asked France. Germany and Russia 90
Give written assurances regarding ne
preservation Of the open door N
China. .eing dissatisfied with mere
oral assurances. and rejecting a pro-
rsosal that the nited States Should
seize a port and establish sphere OF
influence in China
iii these assurances are deciine'i-
say the dispatch. 1.-THE United States
viii insist upon China observing thF
strict letter Of the treaty giving tae
United States equal rights with Other
powers in China.
The Daily Chronicle commenting Ell
iroriaIlv upon -this new departure A
American policy which will be fu't
approved in England" dilates upon
Immense Importance. and su--f
thai il may affect the internaiiot
politics 81 Europe in very rrtna- si-
W.. degree.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10

London. NOV. 4--The special CORE
.pondent OF the Daily Nail NJ Male
sing, under date Of October p. says
Gen. Cronje's bombardment Of Mate
Sing was monotonous- The Beers hred
81 shells. but did no harm. the whole
t.~n. even the ladies laughing AZ the
.rair He threatens 10 bring 40
FOUNDER from Pretoria
Cronje says ne j. sorry Tor 'ne
.omen's sake that he Shelied the tow p
but that !, was not playing fair game
- send dynamite trucks among ~
men. Fifteen hundred Of his command
have since departed 10 the southwark
small parties Of our garrison i~su4
forth nightly and harrass the Boer ou''
posts. hear that the Daily Nall cor
r. spondent al LObaisi j. q prisoner ~
the hands Of the Bocrs.