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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21
A Company From the 2oth
Infantry,
JUST BACK FROM PHILIPPINES
Will Be Sent Here About April IS
Preparations to Be Made to Care
For the Troops.

A report was circulated about town
last week, that Lieut.. Murphy, now
in charge of the Columbia Arsenal had
received orders to prepare the buildings
at the Arsenal for the reception OF two
hundred additional men.
! A representative of the Herald rode
out to the Arsenal to inquire into this
report and see just what changes and
preparations were being made
Lieut.. Murphy, in pleasant inter
view stated that he had received no
orders to make any changes in the
buildings for the care of any number
of men, but had received instructions
to make requisition for local trans
portaton for one infantry company. BY
transportation is meant vehicles and
horses to supply the demands of a post
where one company is established.
The Lieutenant stated further, that
the two brick buildings over near the
Mt. Pleasant pike, could not accom-
modate the 1875 men comp Using com
pany, but that he would receive orders,
probably. in a few days, to fit up the
main storage building over near the
Hampshire pike entrance, as barracks.
This could be done easily in two weeks,
anu db comparatively SLliil Ca ChpO'
The basement would be arranged as
kitchen, bath rooms, etc. ; the second
floor for sleeping apartments, reading
rooms and mess rooms and the third
would be used for storage purposes.
The company which will be sent
here will be from the Goth Infantry,
which landed at San Francisco We'd
nesday after three years stay in the
This regiment belongs
to the Department of the Lakes, and
will be stationed at Columbus Bar /
racks, Ohio, Fit. Thomas, KY, and
Arsenal. Tenn. The regi-
ment will remain probably week or
two at San Francisco to rest, and will
then start on the long, tiresome trip
east, and will probably arrive at Gin
,innati about April 10th. The com
)any detailed to Columbia Arsenal
nay not reach here till several days
alter.
Lieut. Murphy's regiment also be-
ongs to the Department of The Lakes, !
,ut to the northern division. AT
PRESENT the detachment here is the fur
hest south of any part of the regiment.
\ small detachment is at Canton,
)hio, guarding the tomb Of President
The balance of the regi-
nent is much further north. The
4th Infantry spent three years in the
and was sent home to rest
nd recuperate. Lieut.. Murphy says
@ expects to be again in the Orient
nth his regiment by September.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21
He Taxes all the People Into
His Confidence,
And Sets at Rest for Good, Some
Campaign Stories the Busy
bodies Have Circulated.

To People of Maury County:
am a candidate for Sheriff, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary to be held April 5. And what
is more, / will be candidate until
the polls close that day.
By persons whose reasons are best
known to themselves, the report is
started fresh every week that 1 am
going to get off the track. There is
aosolutelyno truth or foundation for
any such talk. l have never for one
moment entertained the idea of get
ting off. There is no reason why
should And that there may be no fur
ther question as to my purpose hereby
PROMISE my friends that will not
entertain any proposition or suggestion
of any kind looking to my withdrawal
but, God willing. will run the race to
the end. My friends may understand
therefore, if they hear any such report,
that it is being circulated by my
enemies for political effect and is
wholly untrue
1t is not usual that the strongest man
in the race is pulled, +" and I believe
/ am the strongest man in the race.
When / go into district where Mr..
Forgey is the strongest, the people tell
me | am second to him. When go
into one of Mr.. Pickard's districts,
the people tell me am second to
him. When l go into Mr.. Emmer
sons district, they tell me / am
second to him. While in the districts
where / am strongest first one, then
another of my opponents are second.
I honestly believe that | will carry
more districts than any other one can
lidate for the Office, and that ] will
% second in greater number of the
districts than either of my
opponents; and the reason ] believe
his is because the PEOPLE TELL
NE so.
Everywhere | have been the people
re anxious for this to be clean
air election; and so far as 1 am con-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21
FOR BURGLARY.
Two Indictments Found Against Will
Matthews.

Will Matthews, the negro arrested
several days ago for burglary, is ''in
it, deep. He has been removed to
the county Jail, the grand jury having
found two indictments against him
for burglarizing the residences of Mrs.
Finley and Mr. Geo d. Colquitt.
The police also have proof that Mat.
thews entered the residences of Mr. r.
S. McCarty and Mrs. w. B. Milan.
Matthews, it will be remembered,
was wearing coat that was stolen
from Mrs Finley's residence, when
he was arrested, and Saturday pair
of pants which had been taken from
the same place was found beneath Mr..
McCarty' residence. The razor found
beneath Mrs. Milam's window the
after her house was broken
into, proved to be one that had been
taken from Mrs. Finley's house, and
the key to Mrs. Milan back door was
in the negroes pocket.
evidence of his guilt was, that
a portion of the contents of Mr.. Nc
Carly molasses jug, which was found
empty beneath his house the day after
the burglary. was discovered sticking
to Matthews coat sleeve.
John Stephenson. the negro arrested
rs an accomplice, was released Satur-
day, the officers failing to get any proof
against him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21

cOluS since l. nave
used Peruna, b Il t
W h e IL / do catch
cold, Peruna is my
medicine.
"A minister came
to me last summer
a n d said that he
had seen my testi-
monial in the paper,
and began taking
Peruna. He s q i d
that it straight tened
him ripht l1p-(he
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21
"COLLEGE OF COUR1SHIP..
Lovemaking INSTITUTE on Established
at Atwood, Tenn.

Special to the Herald
Chicago, March 16. -Love-making is
to be elevated to the plane of the
sciences. A college has been estab-
lished at Atwood, Tenn, where de-
grees will be conferred. Prof. I. J.
Brooks, who has established the school,
proposes to make doctors of Love
and Bachelors of Hearts out of those
who attend. The unique seat of love
training is known as the college of
Courtship
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Attorney General fees RENTED in the
foregoing cases. against both white
and colored defendants, "a, 440. The
remission of Attorney Generals fees
Is not as an act of generosity by the
Attorney General he receives a
salary. and these fees. when not re-
mitted. are turned into the State and
county treasures.
Amount of fines RENTED and sus-
pended against white defendants in
the foregoing cases, 81, $50; amount of
fines remitted and suspended in the
foregoing cases against cOlored defend
ants, 81, 030; total amount Of fines re-
mitted and suspended, 50, $50; total
amount of State and county taxes and
Attorney Generals fees and fines re-
mitted and suspended, Sc, 100; number
of white defendants imprisoned for
the foregoing offenses, none; number
of colored defendants imprisoned for
the foregoing offenses, "a.
Respectfully submitted
(Signed) &C. M. SKIPWORTH.
ED F. JARED. F"
The statement signed by the officers
of the Anti-Saloon League says, fur
Their:
''Out of the 1926 white men indicted
for the above stated offenses, only one
was sentenced to imprisonment, and
that was Sam Hirsch, a poor Jew, who
lived over fifteen miles in the country,
but there is no record of his having
served out the sentence.
''As to the cases for carrying
it should be said that the
Supreme Court has expressly decided
in the case of Tarrant VS.. State, re-
ported in Lee 49, that trial Judge
could not remit fine imposed for
weapons.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21
Registration.

The number of voters registered in
this district Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday while the books were open for
supplementary registration-was 2O4,
which runs the total number of GER
tificates issued up to l.762. However.
good many of these are re-registra-
tions, caused by voters changing their
places of residence or losing their
certificates
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21
ANOTHER BURGLAR CAPTURED
Mr.. Frank Felker's Exciting Expe-
rience Friday Night

Mr.. Frank Felker had an exciting ex-
perience Friday night, and succeeded in
capturing another one of the burglars.
Mr.. Felker was awakened by the in
truder entering his room, and, jump
ing out of bed quickly. overpowered
him and bound him hand and foot
He then went to the telephone and
started to call up police headquarters
when he awoke from his dream.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21
NICHULS-CECIL CASE.
Supreme Court Upholds the Decision
Of the. Lower Court.

The Supreme Court Saturday AZ
firmed the decision of the lower court
in the case of s. B. Nichols VS.. Lloyd
Cecil, which gave judgment for
Nichols in the sum Of $4O0. This case
grew out Of n wheat transaction. and
has attraced a great deal of attention.
having beeh carried to the Supreme
Court once before and reversed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21

Prince Henry. it is reported, will be
given the highest rank in the German
navy-the command of double
squadron.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21

The Berlin papers print a dispatch
from Washington saying that Am
bassador White will retire in Noveln-
ber
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21

given the highest rank in the German
navy-the command of double
squadron.
Senator Burton. of Kansas, claims
that the President has Informed
Pension Commissioner Evans that he
is TO be transferred to another position.
The City Council of Chattanooga has
passed an amendment to the Carnegie
Library ordinance pledging the city
to pay $5, 900 annually for its main
tenance. This completes with Mr.
Carnegie's conditions.
Dirt has been broken at GAINESVILLE
for the erection of tannery for the
manufacture of harness, skirting and
collar leather. The building will be a
commodious one, necessitating an ex-
penditure of IS, 900
Judge James Anderson. for twelve
years Judge of the Sumner County
Court, and one of the Oldest citizens of
that county, died Sunday at his home
near Gallatin, aged rs years. He was
the father of Judge J. NJ. Anderson of
Nashville
The republican plan to nominate
Judge H. 7. Campbell of Bristol, as
that party's candidate for Governor,
will, it is stated not be consummated
ON account of Judge Campbell sudden
ill-health. Recently he became par
TALLY paralyzed. He is at present a
Circuit Judge.
Gen. Geo. w. Gordon. Major General
commanding the Tennessee division
of the United Confederate Veterans
has appointed Miss Sarah r. Frazier,
of Chattanooga. sponsor for the Ten
nessee division at the Dallas reunion. |
Miss Grace Heiskell, of Memphis, was
appointed chief maid of honor. and |
Mrs. Samuel Mckinney. of Knoxville,
chaperone and matron of honor.
The citizens of Greeneville are in a
squabble over the election held last
and the matter will doubt
less have to be settled in the courts
The friends of incorporation without
saloons claim that as they polled 239
votes of the 315 names on the certified
list of voters. they won the day.
Those who hoped to defeat re-incar-
poration claim that there were 400
names on the certified list, hence they
won by remaining away from the polls
in large numbers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21

Senator Burton. of Kansas, claims
that the President has Informed
Pension Commissioner Evans that he
is to be transferred to another position.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21
NEWS AND COMMENT.

A fire in the naval arsenal at Val
paraiso caused loss of 81. 900, 900.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21

The City Council of Chattanooga has
passed an amendment to the Carnegie
Library ordinance pledging the city
to pay S5. 900 annually for its main
tenance. This completes with Mr..
Carnegie's conditions
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-21

Dirt has been broken at GAINESVILLE
for the erection of a tannery for the
manufacture of harness, skirting and
collar leather. The building will be
commodious one, necessitating an ex-
penditure of IS, 900
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-10
WAR ON THE "FAKER."


Milwaukee Sentinel.
The class of newspaper men commonly
known as takers constitute an element
of evil with which the reputable news
papers of the country have long borne
under portest The false stories they have
palmed off on the unsuspecting public
through prominent journals have been le-
gion, but at last a newspaper has resent
ed an unusually serious imposition, and has
started a movement which will no. doubt
grow and greatly benefit journalism. 1t has
EN- from the land if the courts have the
power, and has emphasized the seriousness
of its declaration by insttuting criminal
proceedings against the offender in this
The newspaper which has taken this i'm
portant step I'm the interest of honest jour-
nalism is the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can, to which Wichita, Kan, corespond-
arrest and conviction of an Indian on
charge of murder. With great crcumstan-
tiaiity an alleged confession by the In
dian was related and the story was sup
ported by convincing evidence in the shape
of photographs of the criminal and one
of his victims The Indian. whose name
was White Buffalo, was said to be in Jail
in Darlington. .. T.. awaiting sentence
II was some months before a denial of
the truth of the story reached the North
American office. but when IL did that pa
per Immediately began a thorough inves-
tigation with the aid of Colonel Pratt su-
perintendent of the Carlisle Indian school,
of which institution the Indian was a grad
uate. Then il was learned that the whole
story false, that White Buffalo was a
peaceable Indian who had never been ar
rested. and that there had been no killing
of white girls as the correspondent
charged. The North American promptly
decided to prosecute the correspondent.
who was found working on a reputable
paper in st. Louis, and he is now under
arrest awaiting trial.
The North American thinks, and every
reputable journal will agree with IT, that
the newspaper business is beset with suffj-
cient dangers and troubles without being
imperiled by libelous fakes from dis
tant correspondents. Ii has resolved TO he
gin a work of determination against this
class of men, and to drive them. if possible.
out of the newspaper field. 1t If succeeds
il will do not only the newspaper world
but the reading public as well great sery-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-10

reach the public through the same pages
What Mr.. welcker should do is 10 adver-
tise his book in the daily papers and there
by sell millions of copies. The Journal
does not know whether the work is of any
account or not, but merit does not cut any
figure IL the ads are numerous and well
placed; it is the only form of advertising
that will put his production at the top OF
the "best-selling" list. And when he has
become a capitalist he can start rival
pages
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-10
VENEZUELA AND THE EUROPEAN
POWERS.

The Venezuelan government must have
been very blind not to see that crisis was
approaching in its relations with Great
Britain and Germany which would prob
ably result in it's humiliation. From one
point of view it looks rather ungenerous
for the two aggrieved governments TO unite
in presenting ultimatum to Venezuela
when she has a revolution on her hands,
but in the assertion of their rights govern
ments are not apt to consider the question
of generosity. Besides. it must be remem-
bered that Great Britain and Germany
have been put off a long time already.
The exact scope of the demands made by
the two governments Is not made clear by
the dispatches They have acted together
but not jointly Each has made a separate
demand on its own part with time limit
for compliance. Whether the demands are
for the immediate payment of specified
sums or for guarantees of their future pay
ment is not stated The British Foreign
Office is quoted as saying: Both notes are
practically identical. although the amounts
of the claims differ. The notes merely re-
iterate the continued disregard by the
Venezuelan government of all our repre-
sensations, specify our claims and demand
immediate action on the part of President
Castros government in connection there
with" The same authority is quoted as
saying that 'If any answer had been made
TO our repeated protests and demands no
such action now taken would have been
proceeded with. 1t was the persistent and
insulting disregard of all representations
which compelled US to move. 1t is now too
late In the day for anything but purely
diplomatic arrangements for the satisfac-
tion of our injuries" The situation seems
to resemble that between the United States
and Turkey when the latter, by treating
our just demands with contempt and by a
long series of broken promises, exhausted
the patience of this government and COM
PEELED it, out of sheer self-respect, to send
an ultimatum and demand a settlement.
This brought Turkey to terms, as the pres
ent action of Great Britain and Germany
will probably bring Venezuela. Govern
ments cannot depend upon their weakness
to protect them from the consequences of
wrongdoing, nor can they expect to post
pone the day of settlement indefinitely by
shifty evasions and deceitful palavering. 1t
| is not unlikely that Venezuela has hoped
/ that in the last resort the United States
would intervene for her protection but If
she will be disappointed. The Monroe
| doctrine does not commit the United States
TO the protection of any government If ii
misconducts itself, provided the punish
ment does not take the form of the acquisi-
ton of territory by a European power.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-10

The decision of the board of directors of
the Commercial Club not to aid in the pro-
posed movement to secure a change in the
constitutional provision limiting municipal
debt to 2 per cent. of the taxable property
is to be commended. More improvements
could be made in Indianapolis and the
smaller cities with more money, but it is
doubtful if property owners would be found
willing to increase their taxes for the
purpose of building boulevards and other
desirable but not essential additions to the
city; nor would they be wise to do so. Mu-
nicipal credit in Indiana has not always
been of the best, owing to various circum-
stances, but the , per cent. debt limit is
its greatest bulwark. To remove this would
impair the credit by opening the way to a
suspicion on the part of investors of ex-
travagance and possible bankruptcy or re-
pudiation. Ii is an age of extravaganza in
many directions, but ii is as we'll not TO
increase this tendency in city governments.
The Commercial Club directors have been
investigating the subject and are fully con-
WINGED of the unwisdom of the projected un-
dertaking. Let the per cent. limit stand
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-10
JUDGES AND THEIR COMMISSIONS.

The extreme caution exercised by Judge
Baker in declining to proceed with the trial
OF the Jennings case before ascertaining
whether the commission of his successor
yer who takes no chances. If Judge Bak-
ers resignation had been to take effect on
a date still in advance no question could
have arisen, but as IL was to take effect on
the appointment of his successor his term
would end the moment such appointment
was completed by the signing OF mis- sue
cessor's commission. Prom that moment. ;,
said Judge Baker, Il am private citizen.
with no judicial power whatever" If he
had proceeded with the trial on the reason
able supposition that the commission OF
his successor had not been signed, and If
II had turned cut later that the President
had affixed his signature thereto and that
the seal OF the Department of Justice had
been affixed. every ruling. decision and act
OF Judge Baker made or done thereafter
would have been invalid. Ii was, therefore.
important 10 ascertain whether the Presi-
dent had yet signed the commission OF
Judge Bakers successor.
In his statement of the situation Judge
Baker made an Instructive exposition Of the
different stages OF appointments made by
the President and confirmed by the Sen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-10

OF Commerce the statement was made that
OF 100000 silver dollars now in circulation
probably 100000 are counterfeit. This does
not mean that they are made of base coin.
but simply that they are unauthorized imi-
tations of the legal dollar. containing just
as much pure silver, but made by private
parties instead of being coined by the gov
eminent There is. of course. a large profit
TO the counterfeiter who makes good imi-
tation of the government silver dollar con-
tanning IS cents worth of silver, but with
out the government guarantee that makes
II real dollar. This is one of the beau
tifui inheritanees of the free-silver coinage
craze.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-10
THE PROPOSED RAILROAD MERGER.

The proposed merger of the Indianapo-
lis Traction and Terminal Company and
the indianapolis Street-railway Company
illustrates the modern tendency TO unfit
cation of interests. 1t has not been many
years since competition was thought to
represent the highest business sagacity;
now cooperation is the word. Large bust
ness interests have discovered that there
is a surer road to success than by making
war upon one another or working at cross
purposes.
With the financial details of the proposed
merger the public has no particular con-
Germ beyond knowing that it's interests are
not to be sacrificed. If the details of the
transactions are satisfactory to the stock
holders of both companies that is enough.
The financing of the deal is in the hands
OF persons who probably see much fur
ther ahead in such matters than the aver
age citizen does, and il the people who
putting large sums of money into it
are satisfied with the arrangement there is
no reason why outsiders should criticise
the movement. On the contrary, there
seem to be strong reasons why this COM
munity should warmly approve of it. 1t
goes without saying that the bringing of
several corporations under one management
will render possible a reduction in admin
istrative expenses and secure harmony of
action that will be beneficial alike to the
companies and the public. 1t will also in
sure cooperation in developing the local
lines and all the interurban lines now en-
tering or soon to enter the city, thus max
ing ii without doubt the greatest electric
railroad center in the country. The union
passenger station of the consolidated lines
will be the first of the kind in the country
| and for many years to come the largest
With the of eight or ten interurban
lines entering and leaving it every hour
of the day it will be of the busiest
places In this or any other city. The pos
sibilites of development under the pro-
posed merger are almost unlimited arG
| there is every reason why the people OF
| this city should hope it may be consum-
/