The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-11-21
LaTe NEWS ITEMS.

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December I.
The BOer Generals. Delarey anC
Botna. have decided not to come 10 thu
United States.
A meeting was held Tuesday nigh
IN Nashville, in the interest OF the
Curfew movement.
Gilbert f. Brown, former manager
of the Nashville Electric Light plant,
died in Philadelphia Sunday.
An oyerindulgence in whiskey wal
the cause of a bloody cutting arffay
near Celina. W. H. Holman's throat
was cut by T. Fl. Smith.
About 200 delegates, representing
thirty counties. were present at the
opening of the Good Roads convention
at Lexington yesterday afternoon
The Goebel Monument Commission
met Yesterday at Frankfort to inspect
the designs for the proposed monu-
ment. Eight designs were presented.
Mrs. Roland b. Molineux Tuesday
afternoon, gave out a statement that
she was at Sioux Falls. S. d. for the
purpose of instituting divorce proceed
ings.
The dead body of John W. Casey, a
union painter Of this city, was toun
near the Southern Railroad tracks at
Rozell Station near Memphis Tuesday
morning.
Milwaukee will probably lose the ma
tional convention of the W. Z. L.
u. because nowhere in the city can be
found a large hall without one OF more
bars a ttached.
While working at Fayetteville, IN
the employ of the Cumberland Tele-
phone Company, James Arnold was
crushed by falling pole ana death
is expected hourly.
Representative Richardson, OF
Tennessee, says he has not authorized
the statement that he would not be
contestant for the position OF minority
leadre in the next House.
The ceremony of depositlng the ashes
of Christopher Columbus is speelal
mausoleum. was carried out with ben
ting solemnity IN the Cathedral at
Seville, Spain, Monay.
President Roosevelt's bear hunt IN
Mississippi is ended and he has not
even had a shot at bear. Try as the
hunters would they could not get a
bear within the range of the Presi :
cents rifle.
A posse is in pursuit of negro
who is accused of assaulting two
white women at Oaktown, Ind, and
Sullivan, Ind. A passenger train on
the Evansville and Terra Haute rail-
road was held up and searched by the
posse.
DR.. Ellis Duncan Tuesday was re-
fused bail in Pittsburg. Bruce
Head 8 physicians said he was rapidly
recovering, but the Judges, limiting
at the danger OF eryslpelas, refused
bail until the wound has entirely
healed.
Farmers at Mofitt, O., tried to
lynch a man accused of criminal as
sault on widow. He was rescued
by the Marshal, who was unable;
however, to prevent the enraged
citizens stonlg the culprit and riding
him on rail.
At Tuesdays meeting OF the
American Federation of Labor con-
yention at New Orleans it was decided
to increase the salary of the president
from 30, 100 year to $S,0OO. Inc
secretary's salary was Increased
from 81, 800 to So, 500.
The home coming of Gen. Luke p.
Wright. after three years absence IN
the Philippines was made memoraple
Tuesday night by the citizens OF Mem.
phis. Cannon doomed a salute or
seventeen guns, bonfiIes were lighted
on the principal thoroughfares, and
the streets were lined with people
who shouted an enthusiastic welcome
to the Vice Governor.
The mem bers of the w estern Associa-
ton of Stove Manufacturers have de-
cided to raise the price Of stoves B pei
cent.
A quart of ripe strawberries was
brought to Humboldt Wednesday. They
were picked on the farm of j. W.
Warmath.
Five masked robbers dynamited the
safe in the postotfice at Edenboro Pa,
Wednesday, and carried off $500 In
| postage stamps and $50 in cash.
| The officials of the Morgan Coal
Company, of East Tennessee, have
ordered all work stopped in the mines
because the miners have organized
union.
Queen of Italy was accouched of a
daughter Wedn esday morning. The
mother and child are announced to be
doing well. The new Princess Will be
named Mafalda.
I. P. Bess, farmer residing in the
Tenth District of Warren county, at
| tempted suicide Wednesday morning
by cutting his throat with razor.
The wound is serious, and it is
thought he will die.
Enraged because Lavinia Morris,
whom he loved, was going to marry
Elkins Weatherby. aged %, Tom Nit
chell, aged %, killed Weatherby by
shooting him through the heart. The
tragedy occurred at Weatherby, Va.
The West Tennessee Farmers lnstl-
tute convened at jackson Wednesday
morning, and will remain in session
several days. More than a thousand