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The Washington times., 1902-08-29
GEN. MILES GETS
READY FOR JOURNEY
May Be Accompanied to
Manila by Mrs. Miles.
Says His Visit to Philippine Archi
pelago Is Not Exactly an
Inspection Trip.

Lieutenant General Miles arrived II
the city yesterday, and is busy complet-
ing preparations at army headquarters
for his departure for the Philippines
He will leave here September 3. stop q
day or two in Chicago and embark Sep
tember 10 from San Francisco on the
transport Thomas. He will be accom-
panied by Lieut.. Col. NJ. P Maus and II
W. Whitney Of his personal staff. Mrs
Miles will make part of the trip, and
later may decide to accompany the gen.
eral to Manila.
General Miles says it is his present
intention to visit all the principal camps
in the Philippine archipelago. He will
complete in detail the plans of his itin-
erary when he reaches Manila.
Hardly an Inspection Tour.
My trip can hardly be called an in
spection tour" he remarked. although
it is my intention to carefully look into
the condition Of the army there. with a
view to ascertaining just what, If any
thing. is needed to improve the efficiency
of the troops. In fact. my visit to
the Philippines is just like any visit l
might make to an army post in the Uni
ted States
General Miles said he expected to re-
main in the Philippines about month.
He expressed regret that he would not
be able to be present at the annual en-
campment of the Grand Army to be held
in Washington the first week in Oc-
tObeT
The Washington times., 1902-08-29
Mems Department.

Mems soc. Madras Neglige Shirts.
in all this seasons newest patterns.
All colors-blue. pink and 0Oc
ox-blood. All sizes IA to II. ~
Mems Fancy Balbriggan Under
wear. Shirts and Drawers to match.
Shirts long sleeves, extra well I'M
ished; Drawers double 1nE
crotch and suspender tapes. III
Broken sizes. Friday for. "
The Washington times., 1902-08-29
Lansburgh &Bro
Store ( loses Evenings at ) O'clock,
Saturdays Excepted.
Great Sacrifices
For Friday.

One lot OF Princes ct Wales corsets. made
by the same people that make the Her Majesty
Corset. made Of excellent quality coutil; short
and medium lengths This corset is AZ good
as any ever made TO retail at Sl.cl. For kHc
Friday well make a sacrifice at, pair. w
splendid lot Of odds and ends In Ginsham
Pettieoats. comprising some Of our best quail
ties shat have been selling at Sis and Sl.2j,
n'ade frlI uulb-clil s;rie. finished with deep
Gorhle fourec. Clearance price for 4 &c
Friday ..-...----..--...s........-
Chillrcn's School Umbrellas. natural wood
handles. steel rod. paragon frames. These
umbrellas wcrth 75c- For Friday A &C
well make a sarrihce at ......-....... y
Another o, that Pine Linen Finish Whts
Du,k; leEgths from . - 10 yards; I0c &C
grade for Eah price. friday. yard
The Washington times., 1902-08-29
CUPID HAD NO TROUBLE
In FINDING HELPERS
Aid Sought by Young Vir-
ginians Is Readily Given.
Charles w. Fridley and Miss Stella
Shifter Arrive at 4:3o a. Fl.
and Are Welded.

| Two young Virginians. who hail from
the mountainous section about Coving-
ton, came TO Washington yesterday aad
were married. While there is nothing
peculiar in this fact, tingc of romance
is added TO the match inasmuch as the
marriage ceremony was performed at the
Clerks Office, at the City Hall, at 6
O'Clock a. m. or three hours before the
business hours.
Charles W. Fridley is the name of the
groom, and his wife was Miss Stella
Shifter He is broad dshouldered strap
ping fellow of twenty three years. while
she is a buxom young woman, who
claims she has just passed her nine
teenth year.
1t is owing to the good-natured mar
riage clerk. Mr.. R. II. Meigs. that they
we're permitted to be married at such
an early hour. They reached the city
about 4:30 in the morning and securing
a carriage Immediately started out vii Ii
the intention OF becoming man and wife
An 0bliging Cabman.
Their carriage driver was equal 10
tue OCcdslOU anu started al paiiOp to-
ward Capitol Hill, where the genial Mr..
Meigs resides. The first ring OF the
door bell was answered and 1t was only
question of short time when Mr..
Meigs was an attentive listener to their
request.
On account of the new law which re-
quires that the name OF the clergyman
who is to officiate shall be stated in the
license. Mr.. Meigs first started to secure
minister willing to forego morning
slumber and officiate at the ceremony.
Rev. William z. Parsons. pastor of the
Church of the Reformation, who resides
opposite Mr.. Meigs. was out OF the city.
and II was found that Rev Donald c.
Macleod and Rev. A. ". Pitzer were
also on their vacations.
Mr.. Meigs was not to be outdone. how
ever. and next waited upon Rev. II.
Schroeder. pastor OF Trinity Lutheran
Church, at his residence. 3O7 II Street
northwest. The latter kindly consented
to accompany the party 10 the City Hall
and tie the knot
Married at a m Sharp.
The reouis,te license was nuickIv rn,do
The Washington times., 1902-08-29
EmbrOideries and Laces.
aiSts up to Sl.50.

We've gone rummaging among the
waists and found this lot OF odds and
ends. Consist OF White India Linen
Waists. with handsome aH-over en-
broidery fronts. others with strips
OF embroidery down front and some
with expensive fancy nov Nn:
city embroidered fronts. Sold VI
up to ST. 80, Observation-Disclosures. ~
The Washington times., 1902-08-29

Remnant lot of desirable White
Goods, consisting of Check
NaInsooks and corded07r
Lawns. in useful lengths. ~
Friday 70
Mill ends of White India Linen. In
lengths from 2 to 10 yards. Excep
tional sheer quality; 10lf
beautiful finish, Regu- l/5C
lar 25c grade. For IL
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
CAUGHT IN
AVALANCHES.
A Colorado Mining Camp
Wiped Out.
MANY HOUSES SWEPT AWAY
From Thirty to Seventy five Men
Carried 1000 Feet and Buried
Under Tons of Snow.

Telluride, Col, Feb. 2S.-The most
terrible snow-slide accident ever known
in Colorado caused the dearh of from
thirty to seventy-five men at the
Liberty Bell mine on Smuggler noun
tain today. Although the scene of the
disaster is scarcely two miles from
this town information is difficult to
obtain, on account of the precipltous
character of the roads and the vast
amount of snow Nearly all the build
ings of the Liberty Bell mine were car
ried down by the slide. All the books
which show the number and names of
the men employed are lost. so that the
death list can hardly be known for
many hours, possibly not until the
rescuers have removed the immense
quantity of snow, rocks and logs from
the canon where the victims lie buried.
It seems that two slides occurre d
practically in the same place, the
second burying those who were trying
to rescue the victims Of the first.
The fret slide occurred at 7:30
o clock this morning, while the men
of the day shift were preparing for
their days work. About 200 men
are employed in the mines Of the
Liberty Bell Company. and less than
half Of these were Mt work at the
time Of the accident. The others
were in the boarding house or in the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
PLEAD GUILTY.
Rich Allen Takes Five Years in the
PenitentIary.
Cut Negroes Throat at Carriers
Greek About Year Ago.

Rich Allen, charged with murder in
the first degree, plead guilty to the
charge OF voluntary manslaughter,
in the Circuit Court Monday morning,
and was sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment in the State prison.
: Allen killed negro by the name of
Tom Blackburn, alias Tom Kirk, at
the Carter's Creek phosphate mines
about year ago. After the killing
he 'eluded the officers and escaped to
Alabama, where he was captured six
weeks afterwards by Deputy Sheriff
Arthur Church.
The killing was said to have been
done in cold blood, and the State would
doubtless have made out strong case
against him if it had ever been brought
to trial But several of the most I'M
portant witnesses, who We're negroes,
have left the State and could not be
found The killing was the result of
quarrel over a woman, and Allen
cut Blackburn s throat with a knife.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
EX-CONFEDERATES.
Monday Was a Big Day IN Town
for the Boys"
Meeting at the Court House, ana
Old Fiddlers' Contest at the
Opera House.

Monday was big day in Column
bia for the old Confederate "vets, and
large number of the 'boys' who
fought for the South were here shaking
hands with each other and talking
over the days of long ago.
AT noon William Henry Trousdale
Camp and Leonidas Polk Bivouac OF
Confederate Veterans met in annual
session in the Chancery court room
with about seventy five members
present, this being the largest attend
ance in some time. The election of
officers for the ensuing year resulted in
the following being chosen: J. K.
Farrell. Commander and President !:
o. P. Cheek, First Lieutenant Com
mander and Vice President; Davis
Trousdale. End Lieutenant Commander /:
A. s. Horsley, Bird Lieutenant Com
mander; lloyd Cecil, 4th Lieutenant
Commander; W. A. Smith, Adiutant
and Secretary; John N. Alexander,
Quartermaster; DR.. w. B. Harrison.
Surgeon DR.. j. H. Wilkes, Assistant
Surgeon Rev. F. j. Tyler, Chaplain !;
John Ell. Thomas, Treasurer: j. K.
Voss Sergt Major; VIM. Edwards,
Officer of the Day; Joe P. Kidd, Color
Sergt. w. R. Craig, vidette: J. N.
Meroney, LIST Color Guard; FL. B.
Douglas, End Color Guard. A question
was raised as to whether a Sponsor
and Maids of Honor should be elected
to attend the Dallas reunion or not,
but, on vote being taken, it was
decided that sponsor should be
chosen. and the honor was conferred
upon Miss Willie Belle Guest, daughter
of Mr.. R. Ell. Guest of Columbia The
following delegates and alternates to
the Dallas reunion were elected: Dele
gates-B. S. Thomas, w. j. Whit
thorne, w. S. Jennings, T. E. Jameson.
7. q. Cbeairs, j. l.. Jones, R. D.
Smith, J. R. Gracy, ; alternates-
Wilson Trousdale, j. G. Hickman,
John Fl. Thomas, W. A. Smith, A. G.
Guffey, P. H. Craig, w. T. Galloway
and R. G. Harris. Capt. W. NJ.
Harkreader of Lebanon, who accom-
panied the Lebanon Orchestra was
presented to the Bivouac and made
few remarks. A vote of thanks was ex-
tended to Capt, Harkreader and the la
dies composing the orchestra.
Resolutions upon thu death of Com
rade W. HI. Holman were adopted. and
the Bivouac then adjourned.
Lebanon Orchestra
The Lebanon Quartette, bevy of
young women, who have been
to play at both the enter
tainments, arrived Monday morning on
the 0:20 train, and were met at
the depot by committee composed of
Messrs. j. K. Farrell, j.. L. Jones,
W. j. fowler, G. j. Akin and Misses
Annie and Rebecca Williamson, and
we're escorted to the Bethel House in
carriages. /
The members of the orchestra are as
ollows: Misses Martha Martin, Helen ]
Martin, Edna Beard. Johnnie Lester,
Mary Barbee, Annie Hearn. Mary Lee
Sanders, Anna May Thompson, Irene
Neal, Mary Prewitt, Gertie Fakes, ,
emma Beard Mrs. Harry Freeman, s
Mrs. Inez Mcdowell, Mrs. Lilliard
Thompson. {
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

| ficiency, number of them being
''tiddlers of the old school, y Cheat
ham, The Eighth of January. =
"Natchez Under the Hill, and old
tunes of like character were the
pieces played, and many of the con-
testants showed themselves very handy
with their instruments.
The Martin family occupied con-
spicuous part on the programme, and
showed themselves good on legs.
-Four generations of them appeared on
the stage at the same time and went
through series of clog and
kicks that would have done credit to
professionals. There were nine of them
from Uncle Sam, 70 years old, to
his great grandson, years old and
the old man s legs appeared as Timber
as those of his most youthful de-
scendant.
Altogether, the entertainment was
success, and the Daughters of Con-
federacy, who will use the proceeds for
the benefit of needy -Confederates,
realized a handsome sum- The house
was more than half filled at the after.
noon entertainment, and at night every
seat was taken, while many had to
stand In the a1Sles.
The prizes awarded the successful
contestants were given by the mer-
chants of the city.
The gross proceeds from the two en-
tertainments amounted to about S340
The prizes were awarded to the fol-
lowing John Taylor, LIST prize, So in
gold, offered by Maury National Bank
second prize, M. r. Buchanan; Lou
Jacobs Ben Andrews, W. R. Car
penter, Green Hutchinson, J. r. Mat
thews, the one armed man; R. F. !
Vincent, S. F. Martin, R. q. Martin,
Sam Martin, Bank and Frank Martin,
John Andrews, Abe FITZGERALD, Tom
Mckee, Tom Wick, Tom Parrish,
Chirt Moore, Lewis Dalton, Burt
Guffey, VIM. Hardison, Dorsett Fra
Tier, Ruby Jones; Lebanon Orchestra.
pounds of chocolate candy; Perry
Martin, Gertie Martin, Mack Taylor.
Mr.. j L. Jones, DR. W. A. Smith
md Maj. W j. Whitthorne were the
who arranged the entertain
nent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
ONE Man KILLED
And Two Others Badly Injured In
Freight Wreck at Pulaski.

Nashville on passenger train No g
All of the men could walk, although
it was rather painful for Zanune to do
| so, he apparently having badly
sprained hip His arm was also
! badly sprained. 1t is not thought
that he was injured internally, and
) ii this proves to be the case he will
be out in few days. Martin bled
considerably from cuts he received, and
suffered from several bruises, but
will be all right after a few days
rest, Wilson was only slightly bruised
on the leg.
The moving engine was thrown
over on its side on bank beside the
siding 1t was very badly damaged,
as was the engine Of the standing
train.
1t was two hours before wreckers
could be brought from Columbia and
Decatur to clear the track. and pas
senger train No. was delayed that
length of time.
How the switch that caused the
wreck happened to be open will not be
known; at least. until Supt Brooks
holds court of inquiry and it may
possibly have been thrown open by
some miscreant or have been left open
by negligent railroader.
Engineer Zanone approached the sta
ton with his train under control. He
had orders to pass Pulaski without
stop and received a signal at the depot,
just before he reached the fatal
switch, to go ahead. He turned on
steam and was moving about twenty
miles an hour when he ran into the
siding.
The target of the switch is small,
low one, and is on the fireman 6 side
of North bound train. Ii it was
thrown wrong it is probable that the
dead man did not see it, as he doubt
less thought everything was all right
to pass on through Pulaski when he
went to throwing in coal. Zanone was
On the siding before he knew the
switch was wrong. He instantly ran
MS air brakes over to the emergency
notch, reversed his engine and jumped.
He called to his fireman, but Harley
either Jailed to hear or to understand
aim.
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! Pulaski, March As the result O
a head-on collision between two fret hi
trains at this place yesterday Afternoon
about o'clock, one person was killed
and two Others badly hurt. Botf
engines were wrecked and box cal
thrown across the main line inter
rupted traffic for about two hours.
Third No. ID. south bound freight
train, was standing on siding al
Pulaski waiting ON orders for third
and fourth No. IA to pass. By some
misconception the switch at the south
end of the standing train had been left
open and third No. ID, which was
moving at speed of eighteen or
twenty miles an hour. headed into
the siding and of course, struck the
engine of the standing train. The
engine of the moving train was thrown
over against bank beside the track
and the standing engine badly damaged
John Harley. fireman on the moving
train, was throwing in coal at the
time of the accident, and was caught
like rat in a trap on the moving
engine ana was killed instantly.
sJoe Zanone, the engineer on the
north bound train, jumped when he
saw that COLLISION was inevitable,
and was badly bruised
J. HI. Martin, conductor on No. IA,
was in his caboose when the collision
occurred The sudden shaking of the
train by the application of the
emergency brake and the impact from
the collision threw him from one end
of the car to the other and very badly
bruised him. He also received two
or three cuts from flying glass.
Bob Wilson, one of the brakemen on
the moving train, received only a
slight bruise.
John Harley the man killed, as we'll
as the other parties. lives in Nashville
Harley is single man, and lived wi tn
his sister, Mrs. Andrew Crosth wait, at
405 Humphrey street
Prim Harley, brother of the man
killed at Pulaski, was fatally injured
At the same place twelve years ago.
He was run over while making coup
ing withinless than hundred yards of
where his brother was killed yester-
lay.
Zanone, Martin and Wilson, the
hree injured men,, were carried to
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
MONEY FOR SOLDIERS.
Back Pay for the Soldiers in Co. B
First Tenn essee.

Nashville, March lon March 10,
Comptroller Theo. F. King will begin
the disbursement Of the money he Sc
cured recently from Uncle Sam, as back
pay for the soldiers of the First
Second and Third Volunteer Regi-
ments The money will be paid out
upon Identification or upon the pre-
sentation of the discharge papers of
the soldiers. The complete lists Of the
amounts due the volunteers in Co. b,
First Tennessee, from Columbia. is as
follows: Capt. w. j. Whitthorne,
$72 First Lieutenant e. s. Fowler,
$4S; Second Lieutenant r. 0. Rags
dale, $4S; First Sergeant Austin Cab
Ter, $24; Quartermaster Alex A.
Barker, ST.. 80; Sergeants Walter
Seaton, $19. 30; Achillis Bowen, $1S. 40 |;
Corporal Edward G. Blackburn, $19. 30;
Jeo E. Akin. $40. 30; Privates Bird
Fariss, $11.50; Frederick Marshall,
$12. 80; Will T. Martin, $t1.50; Will
liam N. Morgan, $l2; Lee W. Murphy,
$12; Charles N. Rohleder, $12; Daniel
#. Wade, $12.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07

sit is unnecessary for me to say tina
it would be very gratifying to me if hi
wishes could be respected. You know
without my mentioning it, hoy
reliable and important banking in
stitution the National City bank is.
will be pleased to hear from you a
your convenience regarding the mat
ter. -
The other letter was from Presiden
Stillman to Secretary Gage. HI
wrote:
las you have doubtless noticed il
the press, the money market here hal
been quite unsettled during the latter
part of the week. We have loaned
very literally to allay apprehension
but at such rates as would tend tC
force liquidation in highly specula
tive securities / think this has been
accomplished, and the declines which
have taken place will have a whole.
some check"
This was a cold blooded statement OF
how the Standard Oil crowd used the
peoples money on deposit in the
National City bank, and for which the
government got no interest, to
squeeze" the market and bring on
the memorable "blue Friday of April
Z, 1899. In Wall street. during which
the forced liquidation in specula-
tives'' caused shrinkage of 1888, 1874, :
a ring OF speculative bankers and stock
gamblers.
The World in January revealed that
the administration, having sold the
old custom house to the National City
bank, better known as the Standard
Oil bank, instead of collecting the
purchase price, $3, 800. 600, and deposit
ing it in the United States treasury,
according to law, had directed the
Standard Oil bank to "credit" the
United States with $3, 215, 600 This
actually left the purchase price in the
hands of the purchasers to loan out at
the prevailing rate of per cent. while
the government paid rent to the bank
as owners of the old building as the
new one is building In other words,
the government, under the terms of
the bargain, had the unprecedented
privilege of paying rent for its own
and, in effect, paying interest
to the purchasers of the property, the
Standard Oil bank, on $3, 900 of
its own money.
The balance of the purchase price,
$50, 600, was left unpaid, even by
crediting it as deposit simply to
enable the Standard Oil bank to say to
the local tax gatherers that it did not
own the property, and thus escape just
taxation.
The exposure of this remarkable
piece of financial jugglery by the World
resulted in visit from President
Feitner, of the city department of
axes, and, on the confirmation of the
World s testimony that the government
vas only tenant of the bank. levy
IT $50, 600 taxes was made on the
But the rent from the date of the
ransfer, July 3, 1899, could not be |
,aid without authority from congress,
md when Secretary Gage asked for
authority to pay S109, 600 for the use of
he old custom house since that date, a
epublican senate committee, with the
before it, under the flood
light of publicity thrown upon, it by
he World, CURLY declined to report in
avor of free gift of $109, 600 to the
ank. From New York World.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-07
A GIGANTIC STEAL.
How the People are Robbed by I'm
faithful Public Servants.

i Early in the year the New YorE
World once again demonstrated tn,
moral force, the power for good. of d
great. free and fearless newspaper il
the smashing of the secret compact
between the administration at Wash
ington and the Standard Oil crowd. by
which all the government receipts
from internal revenue taxes were to be
pooled in the vaults of the National
City bank of New York. known as the
Standard Oil bank, for distribution to
the government repositories. Under
/ the contract more than 81, 900, 900 a
| day would flow into the favored bank,
to be distributed as only it and very
few United States treasury officials
would know, the bank enjoying the
use of the money meantime.
Secretary Gage announced this con-
tract for pooling the enormous receipts
and their distribution by secret ar
ranSement Just before congress ad-
day the World attacked the scheme,
turning the broad beams of the search
light of publicity on the transaction,
and showing that upward of $40, 00O :
900 of the government money had
been on deposit and bearing no in
terest in the Standard Oil bank, steadily
for six months. When the year 1900
opened, the press of the entire country
was spreading the World s information
and arousing the people. MIR. Gage
fled from the storm that was raging
about him. He rescinded the order to
banks in western cities to ship the
money deposited by the government
collectors to the favored pool, the
policy of secrecy was abandoned, and
Treasurer Roberts was ordered to an
nounce that he would give out the
facts of the distribution.
The World showed that the Standard
Oil crowd had been favored SO palpably
as to arouse suspicion of the motives
the administration. This
pull had brought to the Standard
Oil bank 1874, 600, coo of the money re-
ceived by the government in settlement
of the Union Pacific debt, including
the $14, 751, 223 saved to the people on
that settlement by the World s energetic
fight in 1898 against the consumma-
ton OF the ''private arrangement
between the government and the Wall
street blind pool known as the Union
Pacific reorganization committee, and
forced the government to put the in
lebted roads up at public sale, in which
the syndicate bid nearly $15, 900, 900
more than the administration had
agreed by ''private arrangement to
accept for the property.
Both houses of congress acted
and with practical unanilnity,
an investigation of the
citations of the treasury department
md the National City bank. This
9,000-word defense from
Secretary Gage, and revealed three
highly explanatory letters, the first
rom Vice President Hepburn of the
,ank, to SECRETARY Gage in 1897, re-
Iuesting that the bank remain a
United States depository, and saying:
IF you will take pains to look at
ur list OF directors you will see that
We also have very great political
laims, in view of what was done
uring the canvass last year.
The second was from Senator
'homas q. Plat to Mr.. Gage, in
orsing letter from James Stillman,
resident of the bank, asking for
eposit of postoffice funds, and say
ng: