The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-02-22


Congress.
AN anti cigarette bill has passed
both houses of the Delaware Legis-
lature, and will be signed by the
Governor.
REAU e. FOLK was sworn in as
State Treasurer Saturday morning.
The cash balance turned over to him
was $239 92O99.
FIRE at Jackson. Tenn, Monday
night destroyed the Pythian opera
house and other buildings, entailing
loss of about 500 600
EXCESSIVE cigarette smoking
caused q. F. Whlteside, Chatta-
nooea man, to make an attempt to
commit suicide in Chicago.
A BIG 13-inch gun exploded on the
battl ship Kearsarge while the ship
was at target practice off Key West
The gun itself and it's snperimposed
turrets were badly damaged.
MRS. ELLA d. WILLIAMS, wife of
Elder Henry f. Williams, who was
killed in street car accident in
Nashville last week, has sued the
Nashville Railway for $25 900 dam
ages.
The President Friday sent to the
Senate the nominations of Rear Ad-
mirals Sampson and Schley to rank
as named, but below Rear Admiral
Howell. Other Santiago heroes are
advanced.
UNDER suspension Of the rules
Monday the House passed bill
appropriating $5,OOO,OOO for the St.
Louis Exposition In 1903, and soon
thereafter the bill was introduced in
the Senate.
THE citizens of Sherman Heights.
near Chattanooga, Friday, drove
the physicians sent by the County
Health Board to enforce compulsory
vaccination out of town with sticks,
stones, and curtain poles, several citi
zens using guns.
BY unanimous vote the Nebraska a
Senate has passed the anti-kidnap-
ing bill, providing for the death
penalty or life imprisonment at the
discretion of the court, for kidnap,
ing when ransom is demanded and
the victim is threated with death OF
injury.
IT is thought that the bill reduc.
ing the war revenue tax will moi
pass this session of Congress. Il
has been delayed so much that il
practically has no chance, and many
believe that it was not the intention
of the Administration from the frs
that it should pass.
WILLIE FORBY, a ten-year-old boy
who was sent to the pepitentiary oil
Sept. 5, from Haml len county
charged with petit larceny, has beel
pardoned by the Governor. TIL
case was sent to the Board of Par
dons, but the Governor granted tn
release irrespective of their recon
mendation.
MRS. CARRIE NATION, IN a lette
to the editor of Leslie's Weekly
says: IA saloon has no right in an
place. 1 will smash the saloons i
New York, Milwaukee, st. Louis
and Chicago, just as in Kansas. Blu
I must clean up my own home befor
| dare say to my neighbor, i can tel
you how to clean yours
Tin the Senate last week, Mr.. Hale
y cf Maine, and Mr.. Lodge, of Massa
chusetts, sounded notes of warnin
against the enormous appropriation
being made by the present Congress
Mr.. Hale declared the people of tn
country soon would become alarmed
and then those who were-responsibl
for the immense expenditures woul
seek the rocks and mountains
hide from the wrath of the people.
The trial of a sensational breac
OF promise suit for $4,000 has bee
finished in the Circuit Court
Memphis. The plaintiff is Mil
Madeline Coulon, beautiful Paril
ian blonde. The defendant is Wa
ter Lowenstein, of Memphis, son
millionaire Wholesale dry gooc
merchant. Lowenstein and th
plaintiff met each other In lSs
while the former was q student
Paris and boarded ia the family