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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-09-01
SILVER BY TIE CART LOAD.
How the Precious Metal Is Handled In
Mt. Pleasant.

Mt. Pleasant.
There is something seen almost
daily on the streets of Mt. Pleasant,
which we doubt il any other town in
the State can claim. 1t seems
strange, but neverthe less it is true,
that thousands of dollars in silver
and currency are hauled around
town constantly in wheelbarrows.
A stranger, who had heard of this,
was in town last Saturday and said
he believed it was only joke, until
he saw two big negroes leaving the
bank Saturday evening with two
wheelbaTrow loads, escorted by a
manager of one of the phosphate
Companies. One contained $4,000
and the other Sc, 900 in silver. Such
Is seen very often on our Streets
Mt. Pleasant Chronicle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-09-01

AT the request of Chairman Wood
ser, of the Democratic Executive g
Committee of Kentucky, and ex-
Senator Joe Blackburn, the Hon.
Jas. d. Richardson, of Tennessee has
consented to speak in Kentucky for
Goebel. He will enter the campaign
the latter part of this month.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-09-01
NEWS AND COMMENT.

FIVE American soldiers are down
with yellow fever in Cabanas fort
ress at Havana.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-09-01

CHICAGo's gigantic scheme to turn
the waters of Lake Michigan into
the Mississippi, it is announced, will
be completed and the waters let in
In November. So far the canal has
cost $50, 200, 900, and its one purpose
is to afford an outlet for the sewage
of Chicago, which will now traverse
the state and empty itself into the
Father of Muds. The city of st.
Louis has all along strenuOusly OBJ
jected to this project, even threaten
ing to go into the supreme court and
get an injunction. She does not
want the drainage of Chicago pass
ing under her front windows, and
she not unreasonably points out that
a hundred other districts in Illinois
will cut feeders into this ditch to
carry off their refuse, and the Mis-
sissippi will thus be loaded with the
offscouripg of the whole upper part
of Illinois. The canal commission
ers, on the other hand, point out
these fears are chimerical. They
insist that a flow of water of such
great length will dispose of much Of
the refuse by oxidation, water hav-
ing a well known quality Of purify
ing itself while in motion. They es-
innate that the foreign matter in the
stream will not be over 10 per cent
and by the time it reaches the Mis-
sissippi It will be reduced one-half
The sanitary results of this enor'
NOUS scheme will be watched will
great interest, for it is the most he
roic attempt on record to dispose ol
the wastage Of a great city.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-09-01

THE Central Labor Union of Chat
tanooga, has requested union labor
ers at Birmingham, Ala, to institute
a boycott against the electric rail
road of that city. This action is
taken to attempt to bring the Chat
tanooga Electric Railroad to terms
in the controversy over employment
of union laborers. The same parties
are interested in Chattanooga and
Birmingham roads. The boycott
may extend to Nashville, as the
same parties are also interested in
the Nashville electric road.
The evening times., 1899-01-30
OLD DOMINION NEWS NOTES.

Mrs Mary \. Rhodes, widow OF the late Joseph
Rhodes, died at her residence near Lecsburg Sat
urday.
The fines imposed last year by Mayor W "
Foluk, Of Piedmont, exceeded the police expenses
So. 10.
The sonth-bound passenger train on the Norfolk
and Western Railroad down and killed John
Leslow. OF Spray. y. G.. Saturday night, about
six miles north OF Martinsvile.
Postmaster Siith Boiling. who had the mi,ior-
tune last October TO break his leg while steppinc
from train at the Union depot in Petersburg
and who has been confined TO the house eyeI
since, is improving lie is now able 10 walk j
little about his yard.
Messrs. Fisher and Stewart. capitalists OF Penn
sylvania. are having large saw mill and door
and sash factory erected at De Witt 4 new towr
on the Richmond Petersburg and Carolina Rail
road The firm expects TO purchase and utilize
all or most of the output of the saw mills Oh
the line of this road.
Green Mauck. young man of Luray, met witt
serious accident at that place Saturday He wa:
attempting to draw the brake on a heavily-loadet
lumber wagon while riding, and slipping fell
The hind wheel passed over his leg on the frozeI
ground, causing a comminuted fracture above tn;
knee. The bone was so badly broken and sDlin
tered that II is feared the leg cannot be saved
Yesterday afternoon. while examining a shot
gun, youth named Edward Hook Of Lexington
accidentally though not fatally shot his mothe
in an adjoining room. He was a short distanc,
from lathed petition OF two thicknesses of Mas
terlng, through which the shot choked in cluml
and thence through both sides of a large cookint
dressed was found TO contain shot, piece O
the stoye plaster, cinders, and cloth.
The evening times., 1899-01-30
CATARRH OF STOMACH.
4 Pleasant. Simple. But Safe md If
fectunl Cure for 1t.

Catarrh of the stomach has long been
considered the next thing to incurable. The
usual symptoms are full or bloating SEN
sation after eating, accompanied some
times with sour or watery risings, a for
nation of gases causing pressure on the
heart and lungs and difficult breathing;
headaches, fickle appetite, nervousness and
q general played out, languid feeling.
There is often foul taste in the mouth,
coated tongue and If the interior of the
stomach could be seen it would show a
Shiny, infiamed condition.
The cure of this common and obstinate
trouble is found in treatment which
causes the food to be readily, thoroughly
digested before it has time to ferment and
irritate the delicate mucous surfaces of the
stomach To secure prompt and healthy
digestion is the one necessary thing to do,
and when normal digestion is secured the
catarrhal condition will have disappeared.
According to DR.. Haranson the safest
and best treatment is to use after each
meal a tablet composed of Diatase Aseptic
Pepsin. little Nux, Golden Seal and fruit
acids. These tablets can now be found at
all drug stores under the name of Stuart s
Dyspepsia Tablets, and not being a patent
medicine can be used with perfect safety
and assurance that healthy appetite and
thorough digestion will follow their regu-
lar use after meals.
Mr.. n. ]. Booher, of 2710 Dearborn ST.,
Chicago, ILL.,, writes "Catarrh is a local
condition resulting from a neglected cold
in the head, whereby the lining membrane
of the nose becomes infamed and the
poisonous discharge therefrom passing
backward into the throat reaches the
stomach, thus producing catarrh of the
stomach. Medical authorities prescribed
for me for three years for catarrh of stom-
ach without cure, but today / am the hap
piest of men, after using only one box OF
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. / cannot find
appropriate words to express my good feel
ing. have found flesh, appetite and sound
rest from their use'
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the safest
preparation as well as the simplest and
most convenient remedy for any form OF
indigestion, catarrh of stomach. bilious
ness, sour stomach, heartburn and b!oating
after meals.
Send for little book mailed Free on
stomach troubles, by addressing Stuart
Co., Marshall. Mich. The tablets can be
found at all drug stores.
a30-feb1-3-6-S-10
The evening times., 1899-01-30
STRUCK BY AN ICE YACHT.
Skaters Knocked Unconscious by
Fast-Speeding Craft.


Fast-SpeediuG Craft.
Newburg, n. Y, Jan. 30.-Miss Margaret
Gilbride and William Fowler, jr., of Marl-
borough, narrowly escaped being killed by
an ice yacht Saturday afternoon on the
Hudson River, near that village.
While they were skating together Miss
Giibride and Mr. Fowler were struck by
the yacht which came bowling along be-
hind them at high rate of speed. Both
were hurled a considerable distance. and
were rendered unconscious. Mr. Fowler
was badly cut about the head and face.
and Miss Gibride sustained serious brui-
ses, and it is feared she was injured in
ternally. The couple were conveyed to
Marlborough, where they were attended
by DR.. Mosher.
Howard P. Mosher and A. L. Morgan. OF
New York. who is visiting at the former S
home met with an accident recently that
might have cost them their lives, while
sailing the ice yacht Storm King on the
Hudson. The wind was blowing a gale,
and they lost control of the boat through
a rope getting caught on the boom of the
mainsail With the speed OF an express
train the boat plunged into a large air
hole Mosher and Morgan were thrown fif-
ty feet and landed in the water close TO the
edge of the ice. Morgan was the first 10
get out and taking off his overcoat. threw
it to Mosher. who grasped the sleeve, and
was drawn TO safety
The evening times., 1899-01-30
FATHER Chadwick
TALKS OF THE Maine
Lecture by the Chaplain of
the Great Warship.
Her Destruction the Overwhelming
Reason for the War.
Those Who Went Down With Her
Equal Heroes With Those Who
Died in Battle.

New York, Jan. 30.-An audience that
filled Carnegie Hall and overfowed into
the aisles assembled last evening TO at
tend lecture given by the Rev. Father
Chidwick, who was chaplain of the United
States battleship Maine at the time of that
vessels destruction in Havana harbor-
The lecture was for the benefit of
Catholic reading room for seamen. the
subject being, "our War with Spain; Its
Causes and Results"
Governor Roosevelt presided. 1t was
his good fortune. he said. to have aided
in putting into condition for war that
magnificent branch of the service-the
navy-with which America has always
won renown on the ocean.
Tremendous applause greeted the gov
ernor as he resumed his seat and this
was swelled into a tumult when Father
Chadwick arose and advanced TO the plat
form.
Father Chidwick said he was honored in
knowing that he was the medium through
which the great audience made known its
love and reverence for the Maine and her
martyred dead
That vessel, he said had gone to Ha-
vana prepared for battle, and while none
had been given chance to pull a lock
string, the men who had been lost were
as much heroes as those who had died
in the shock of battle.
Whatever other cause may be assigned
for our war with Spain" he added lit
must be admitted that the great over
whelming reason for the conflict was the
destruction OF the Maine When the fear
ful news of this great disaster flashed
through the land a cry of horror pierced
the heavens from every city and town in
the Union. The nation. reused and as
founded, felt that never before was a coun-
try's honor so foully. so cowardly struck
Through the lurid light of the awful sac
rifce our people felt that they saw all the
cruel acts charged 10 Spain in unhappy
Cuba. But the cry of passion did not pre-
vail. II gave way TO a better cry, that of
Justice
In speaking of the ornate funeral of the
Names dead and their interment in the
cemetery at Havana, Father Chadwick said:
by far the most striking feature of the
demonstration was the return from the
cemetery. One of the bands which had ac
companied the procession struck up the
tune OF Yankee Doodle. Certainly il had
not been played in Cuba for years, and
then it brought back to US all its associa
tion OF defiance.
1T was the same air We had hurled de-
family at Lexington, and then it seemed
like voice of the dead ringing back in
triumph from the graves. sending down TO
the people Of Havana the prophecy, now
fulfilled that victory would grow from
those fresh turned graves"
Several naval officers occupied the plat
form. Among them were Rear Admiral J.
y. Miller, Medical Directors Gihon and
Woods. Pay Inspector Stevenson. Chief En-
gineer Magill, Lieutenant Commander Del
ehanty and Lieutenant C. W. Jungen, who
was an officer of the Maine at the time Of
her destruction.
The evening times., 1899-01-30

Quotations of wire nails are not found
for the earlier years, but in January, 1887
the price of wire nails was S3.l5, and at
the same date of cut nails, $3.50.
Consumption in England.
British consumption of pig-iron in man
ufacture during 1898 is not yet definitely
known. but in the first half of the year
reached the highest point it had ever
touehed-4 025. .000 tons in six months. If
the London Economist is right in esti-
mating the years productions at about g.
600. 600 TONS" the consumption may have
a little exceeded the record for any previ-
Gus year-namely, Sill, ,221 tons, adding
imports and deducting exports for the year
while warrant stocks are but 1850 tons
larger than at the beginning of 1898. The
diagram published on September 26 repre-
sents correctly for the entire year the Brit
ish consumption, unless change be required
on account of other than warrant stocks
not yet accurately reported. and also rep
resents with changes scarcely appreciable
the American production and consumption.
British consumption has passed its prev
ous maximum. which was in 1889. The
Economist estimates the worlds pro-
duction at 81, ,000, 600 tons, of which Great
Britain produced 25.7 per cent, according to
its figures, and Germany produced 7,400,0 ,00C
tons, or 21.1 per cent, but the official re-
turns make the production of the United
States 35.7 per cent of that quantity. These
rates compare with 1921 per cent for the
United States in 1895, 26.7 per cent for
| Great Britain, and 1873 per cent for Ger
many. But the estimate for the United
| States was 3,934 tons too small, and other
| estimate may prove as much in error.
The evening times., 1899-01-30
JUVENILE MISCHIEF
WRECKS A POWDER HOUSE
EXPLOSION OF A MAGAZINE
Boys Set Fire to Meadow Grass, and
r the Result Is a Serious
Disaster.

Bridgeport, Conn, Jan. 30.-The explo-
sion of powder magazine Saturday morn
ing shook the whole city and damaged sew
eral houses in the eastern section. Two
persons-Pedro Maleno and Katie An
drews, nine years old-were badly cut by
flying glass from broken windows in their
house. which is the nearest habitation to
the wrecked magazine.
There are three powder houses on the
Salt Meadow, a short walk from the Lord
ship Park Boulevard. Except for the house
built by Maleno on the edge of the mead
ows there is not another dwelling within
several hundred yards. Early this morn
ing boys with a penchant for mischief set
fire to the long, dry meadow grass. Fan
ned by the steady wind from the north
west the flames swept across the meadows,
roaring and cracking iercely as they leap
ed toward the magazines.
Residents of the locality realized the
danger and were loath to jeopardize their
lives, but several volunteers, armed with
buckets, went to work to check the fire.
1t steadily crept toward the three maga-
zines. and when it became apparent that
the first house could not be saved the
volunteers ran for their lives.
The house was an ordinary wooden
structure, resembling a hut. Suddenly
there was a series of reports. The first
two were light, but they were followed by
an ominous rumbling that shook the earth
Instantly the powder house went skyward
blown to atoms.
Maleno and the Andrews girl were in the
house when the shock came. sitting near {
window. The glass in every window was
shattered. The flying pieces struck then
in the face. Maleno had an ugly cut OF
| one cheek. and the little girl was cut II
several places.
| Glass in houses half a mile further wa:
| broken by the concussion. After the eX-
| plosion several hundred were upon the
| scene, and men went to work to save the
| other two powder houses, located a shor
distance away. The nearest one was {
| brick structure. in which is stored large
| quantity of dynamite. The re-enforceC
! corps of workers finally checked the flames
preventing a second and probably more
| disastrous explosion
The wrecked powder house belonged t
Billings & Ciampett, druggists, in Wal
| Street, this city.
The evening times., 1899-01-30
ONLY A STUFFED FIGURE.
North Tarrytown Terrorized by
Supposed Ghost.

Tarrytown, n. Y, Jan. 30.-Chief of Po-
lice Minnerty. of North Tarrytown, has
ended a panic in that place by demonstrate
ing that woman in black" that has
spread terror among the residents is mere
Iy stuffed figure.
Tales of a mysterious woman haunting
the streets late at night, dressed in black,
with a veil over her face and hand held
under a shawl, have been told there.
Wesley Van Tassel and some of his
friends were going home through Beck
man Avenue about midnight. They saw
the figure of a woman in front of Earring
tons drug store. As they drew near the
figure went into doorway, and as they
passed the head was turned so that they
could not see the face. They told friends
of the incident and the next night the
police were on the lookout. The woman
was supposed to be a vitriol thrower.
The figure was seen coming from the
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery one night. An
other time ii was in Beekman Avenue, and
often in Beekman Walton's yard. A heavy
thunder storm occurred Tuesday night, but
the figure was out.
Word reached Chief Minnerty Friday
night that Miss Joanna Murphy had met
the woman in black and that acid had been
thrown at her. The chief found the story
was without foundation. but such tales
served to spread panic in the village.
Paul Birdsall and a friend ran into po-
lice headquarters late last night and told
the chief that the mysterious woman was
in Beekman Walton's yard. When the
chief arrived there he found at least thirty
men and boys standing around not daring
TO venture near the figure, which was seat
ed on a woodpile.
Chief Minnerty walked up to the figure,
took hold OF the arm and gave 1t shake.
The arm separated from the body. The
chief laughed and said the figure had prob
ably been used to carry out the Joke OF
some bad boys.
The evening times., 1899-01-30
MoRRITz BEcKER's FAMILY.
Wife and Three Children VIII BE
Deported to Russia.

Richmond, Va, Jan. 30.-The wife and
three children of Morritz Becker, it seems
now, will have to be deported TO Russia.
They have been at Castle Garden, New
York, since January l, awaiting appeals
that have been made to General Immigra-
tion Commissioner Powderly to permit
them TO come on here and join Becker.
This Mr.. Powderly declines TO do. Becker
claims that being a naturalizedr citizen en-
titles his wife and children to come here.
The Commissioner, however, asserts that
Beckers papers were obtained by improp-
er representations. This official also says
that the wife of Becker came TO this coun-
try under an assumed name. This the lat
ter's counsel admits. but claims that it
was done to enable them to secure pass
port in Russia. Today Becker's friends
have been endeavoring to procuge the
means with which to secure a writ of
habeas corpus in New York to prevent the
deportation of the mans family. They
have failed in this. owing TO the limited
time, and Mrs. Becker, il is expected. will
be sent back on a ship tomorrow evening.
The evening times., 1899-01-30
sNowsToRM IN VIRGINIA.
Heaviest Known for Many Year,
Traffic at Norfolk Delayed.

Heaviest Known for Many Years.
Traffic at Norfolk Delayed.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. 30.-The heaviest
snowstorm in years visited this section
Saturday. AT an early hour snow began
falling and continued on into the night
Traffic was considerably delayed.
Petersburg, Va, Jan. 30.-A real mid
winter snowstorm visited this city Satur-
day and continued until late in the after
noon. The fakes fell to depth of 10
inches or more, and the snow was the
deepest known in Petersburg for some
years. There were number OF sleighs
on the streets and the sleighing was good
again yesterday.
Richmond Va, Jan. 30.-About inches
OF snow fell here Saturday. Reports last
night indicated that the storm was pretty
general all over the State.
Danville. Va, Jan. 30.-The biggest
snowstorm OF the season visited this sec
ton Saturday. leaving about inches OF
the heecy substance on the ground.
The evening times., 1899-01-30
FIRE AT NEWPORT NEWS.
The Great Shipbuilding Plant in
Danger-FOunders' Day.

DanEer-FOunders' Day.
Newport News, Va, JAM 30.-What
might have been a disastrous conflagra-
tion was nipped in the bud at the shipyard
here yesterday morning. Shortly before
6 o'clock the dredge Bishop. of Norfolk,
which has been engaged On an extensive
contract Of dredging between the piers of
the shipyard, was discovered to be on
fire. She was moored alongside pier No.
3 of the yard and was within 200 feet of
the battleship Kearsarge. The big war
ship, however, was not in danger, as a
stiff breeze was blowing in an opposite
direction. The fire began in the after hold
Of the dredge and burned with great fury
catching the pier and seriously threatening
one of the storeroomS of the immense
$4,000 900 plant. One of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway tugs which was lying
out in the river at the time, responded to
the frantic alarm which was set up by the
shipyard whistles and soon had two
streams playing on the burning craft The
city fire department and the hose compa-
nies of the yard also appeared on the
scene, and after some trouble with frozen
water plugs managed to get steam on the
blaze.
In half an hour the fire was confined to
the hold of the unfortunate dredge, which
was practically destroyed. The men en-
ployed on the dredge had narrow escape,
most of them losing all their effects with
the exception of the clothing they had on.
The amount of damage will probably reach
81, 900.
Yesterday was celebrated as Founders s
Day at the Hampton Normal and Agricul-
tural Institute, although January 80 is the
exact date. The celebration is arranged
and held annually in honor of the late
General Armstrong, the founder of the
school, but the observance of the anniver-
sary has been made a custom only since
his death. notable celebration had been
arranged, in which Bishop McVickar. OF
the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Rhode
Island, was the orator selected, and many
prominent educators were expected by spe-
! cial trains from Philadelphia, New York,
The evening times., 1899-01-30
GRANGE MEETING.
Large AssembIaGe of Farmers Held
at BeItsyiIIe.

BeItsville. Md. Jan. 3O.-The Pomona
Grange, composed of eight subordinate
granges-the Beltsville and Eureka
oranges, of Prince George county, and Lib
erty Grove, Olney. Brighton, Damascus,
Barnesville and Rockville, of Montgomery
county, met at Brighton last week, with a
large attendance Master Joseph Ager,
also master of the State Grange, presided
The following officers were elected: Mas
ter John C. Bentley. 0iney Grange; over
seer w. Everette Brown, Brighton Grange;
lecturer, W. T. L. Taliaferro, Beltsyille
Grange: secretary Mrs. Charles Harts-
horne: chaplain William Rich. and treas
urer, s. w Beali, Beltsville.
The evening times., 1899-01-30
THE LIBELLANTS WON.
Crew Of the Canada Paid on and the
Vessel Released.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 30.-The libel suit Of
fourteen members of the former crew of
the British ship Canada, Capt n. V. Mum
roe. was decided in favor of the libellants
by United States District Judge Edmund
Waddill, before whom the case was tried.
The owners of the vessel. which is in the
stream ready to sail for Rio Janeiro with
a cargo of camel COAL decided to pay off
the claim, and the crew were therefore
paid off yesterday and the ship was re-
leased The amount OF the judgment was
S463. 80.
The evening times., 1899-01-30
ENGINE EXPLODED.
Three Men Seriously Injured Near
West Appomattox.

Lynchburg Va. Jan. 30.-The engine of
a freight train on the Norfolk and Western
road exploded yesterday morning near
West Appomattox. The force of the explo-
sion was so terrific that the heavy mass
of steel and iron was thrown around to one
side entirely from the track. Many of the
cars were thrown from the rails.
AS the men in the rear of the train has
tened forward they found that Engineer
Oliver and his fireman and the front
brakeman had been seriously injured. They
were at once removed to the caboose. and
in short while the officials of the road
were notified of the accident. Physicians
responded, and the injured were brought
to this city. 1t is thought all will recover.