The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-11-28
laTs NEWS HENS.

form kindness shown him In the
United States
Jesse Means shot and killed his
brother, Clyde Means. near Celina-
W. X. Abernathy. .of McNsiry
county, has withdrawn from the race
for speakership OF the lower house
The Rock Island Company and the
United States EXPIRES Company have
/ offered Joint reward of IS. 600 for the
arrest Of the Davenport robbers
The Burlington railroad officials
/ have announced IN view OF recent
! numerous train robberies that q dead
robber is worth 81. 900 to the road.
The ]. E. Manix Dry Goods Com
| pany, of Nashville, one of the largest
| retail stores in the south, has been
absorbed by the Castner-Knott Com
| pany.
| IL has been learned from highest
sources that President Roosevelt will
| make no further removals from off1ce
on account of active participation In
excluding negroes from conventions.
An express package containing S4O.-
600 is said to have been stolen from
the Adams Express Company at Lin
coin, Neb The police are trying to
keep the story quiet and railroad and
express officials are reticeut
The Atlantic Coast Line Company
is considering the issue OF ~. 26O. OOO
of new STOCK. This Is in connection
with the financing of the purchase OF
control of the Louisville q Nashville
Railroad. The proposed issue IS TO
supply the $40, 900, 900 cash which is
required as partial payment for this
purchase.
The Ministerial Alliance of salt
Lake City has adopted resolutions
strongly opposing the proposed elec-
ton to the United States Senate OF
i APOSTLE Reid Smoot, of the Mormon
Church. The resolutions declare that
III elected Smoot would represent the
will of the Mormon Church. The
majority OF the apostles of that Church,
the resolutions assert, are still living
polygamous lives.
Mrs. Sallie Rutledge was robbed
by strange negro in front OF her
home IN Galletin Saturday night.
| The railroads entering Pittsburg
moved more than 46, 900 cars into and
out of that city in one day recently.
While one prisoner held the jailer
SIX others escaped from Jail at Dan
bridge, Tenn. late Sunday afternoon.
Four BOYS are under arrest at Nash
vile, charged with stealing seventy
watches from the Kemper- Woolwine
Candy Go.
Mr.. Robert Z. Magill Of Nashville.
has been elected business manager OF
| the Southern Presbyterian Publishing
House OF Richmond. Va.
Gov. Geoge K. Nash of Ohio and
his private secretary left for Column
bus, Monday morning, after spend
ing a week at Chattanooga.
A man named Rogers, living near
Union CITY. was caught selling
stolen mule Monday. He claimed he
tooK it because his family needed
food.
The coming session of the Tennessee
Legislature will be asked to pass q
| bill authorizing the city OF Knoxville
| to issue public improvement BONDS
amounting to 1900. OOO
Mai. Walter Reed, Of the Surgeon
Generals department of y the army,
died Sunday at Washing,o- OF appen-
dlcitis He was one OF the foremost
psychologists in the United States.
William Lowe and young man
named Haley were instantly KILLED by
| the explosion OF boiler near McM1nn-
Vile M onday afternoon. Haley's
brother was scalded SO that he will die.
Charles Frederick Roth. a patient
| in Brooklyn hospital, has confessed
that he was the man who, on the
night of Novebmer l, cut and STABBED
three men at the residence of VIM. Il.
Gardner at Bath Beach.
Gen Fltzhugh Lee, perhaps the most
DISTINGUISHED Confederate soldier now
living. will lecture in Nashville some
time in January, for the benefit OF the
fund for the erection of monum emit
TO the private soldier. Gen. Lee y
subject will be "CuDa, Before the War
and After
As a result Of conflicts Of a serious
nature Monday, between the policemen
and men on the strike at Havana,
two strikers are dead ana eighty-two
other persons wounded. Five OF the
wounded, one lieutenant OF police,
whose throat was cut by a striker,
have very severe injuries. Eight other
policemen are wounded
The directors Of the Grand Trunk
railway have decided t. build another
transcontinental railroad in Canada
| 1t will extend from ocean to ocean anu
will have milage OF about S,uoo
miles. President Hayes OF the GRAND
Trunk. says 1t will be OF the most
modern construction.
The independent operators in the
anthracite district, twenty SIX In
number, have not yet decided upon
plan Of action, but have sent q com
mittee to learn from the coal-carrylng
roads what they may expect providing
they agree to settle the labor disp ite
without arbitration.
| Two men who registered at the
Wyoming Hotel at Chicago last Friday
! as q H. and E. B. Fuller. we're ar
rested and are said to be wanted IL
connection with big stamp robbery;
w - xx,or IN