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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
AGAIN SURVEYING
THE INTERURBAN.
Officers OF Electric Railway Company
Company Open Headquarters
IN Nashville.
Survey Corps in Field But Construc.
ton is Still Way off.

Says Thursdays Nashville Banner:
"The Nashville & Columbia Electric
Railway Company, which designs to
build interurban railways from Nash
vile to Columbia and from Nashville
to Gallatin has opened offices in rooms
81 and % Steger building. The rooms
have been fitted up In nice and COM
Portable manner, and are now i'll charge
of Mr.. H. M. Grass, President of the
company. He will remain here for a
greater part of the time during the
building of the road. but in his absence
Mr.. T. j. Hawkins will be ", charge.
The engineering corps under Mr.. W.
Dunbar Miller, of Pittsburg, arrived
yesterday and began the work of sur
veying the line from here to Column
bia today. This work will he pushed
rapidly, and while no date has been
fixed. Mr.. Grass said work of con-
struction would begin at the earliest
possible day.
"Mr. j. H. Cannon is in the field
with the engineering corps looking
after the practical details. The survey
work has begun in the southern por-
ton of the city, near Fort Negley.
and the corps will work on towards
Columbia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
MEMPHIS AROUSED
Murder of Officers StIrs Up Intense
Feeling.
Thousands Gather in Mass-Meeting
And Demand designations of
Mayor ami Chief of Police.

A special to the Nashville Ameri
can from Memphis says:
Memphis, July 14.-Thousands of
citizens in mass meeting assembled to-
night and demanded the resignation
of Mayor ]. j. Williams, Vice Mayor
B. R. Henderson and Chief of Police
John J. Mason. Should the resigna-
tions be refused another mass meeting
will he called to institute impeachment
proceedings. n
This is the sequel to the murder of
T. j. McDermott and Houston Mitch
ell, Deputy Sheriffs, while raldipg a
policy shop Monday night. The latter
was negro and the nominee for Vice
President of the United States on the
liberty ticket
The murders aroused the citizens to
the highest pitch of excitement. the
RESPONSE bility being 81 ouldered on the
city administration by many citizens
for atfording protection to the dives in
return for the political influence OF
the dive keepers.
The mass meeting was advertised for
the Lyceum Theater, but long before 3
o'clocK the doors were locked, with
1000 persons in the streets clamorlng
for admission. An overflow meeting
was held at Court Square, Senator =.
W. Carmack and well known local
orators addressing both meetings.
Senator Carmack advised that the
majesty of the law be upheld, and with
a sober appeal to strike at the root OF
the trouble, kept the hot heads in
check
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
FOR JOINT CANVAS.
Chairmen Thompson and Mccall
Pass Letters Regarding 1t.
Latter Wants at Least Fifty Appoint
ments, but Democrats Don't
Want So Many.
SDecial to the Herald.

o1lecai TO the defau
Nashville. Tenn, July 19.-This
morning Chairman Thompson sent
another brief communication to Chair
man Mccall, asking an interview at
the Maxwell House at 10 o'clock Sat-
urday morning, to arrange for the
proposed joint debate. To this Mr..
Mccall replied that he had an appoint
ment Saturday and suggested that the
conference he held Thursday or Friday
Mr.. Thompson and Mr.. Mccall both
agree that the joint canvass should
begin about September /, and MI.
Thompson SAID today that he would
agree to joint debate between the
candidates for railroad commissioners,
as well as for the gubernatorial candi-
dates and electors.
Mr.. Mccall said today that he
would like to arrange for joint dis
cussion in every county. but this he
did not think could be secured. He
said he would insist on at last fifty APP
pointments, but he might agree to
less. He said. however, he would
not accept eight or ten.
Some members of the democratic
committee were interviewed and the
general opinion seems to lie that fiftesn
or twenty appointments for the two
candidates for governor would be sutfi-
Gent. The committeeman do not think
Gov. Frazier should he limited in his
canvass wholly to the joint discussion.
He should have some time to devote to
a discussion Of democratic principles
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
What the Senator Thought.

The New York Times is responsible for
this
1--WE Southern men, said"Joe Black
burn. "often look at pretty woman
much las we would at a picture, admir-
ingly ,courte ously but never impertinent
ly. 1t was in this way that not long
ago rested my orbs upon handsome
young woman who was walking up and
down the platform at the station at
Washington waiting for her train.
Soon she turned and saw me.
.Rubber!' she exclaimed, and
shrugged her shoulders with frown.
81 took off my hat.
Madam, said 1. L beg thousand
pardons / took the liberty of admiring
you because l thought you we're the real
thing
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
CALLED TO ARKANSAS.
Rev Spencer Tunnel Receives Flat
terlng Offer.

Rev. Spencer Tunnel Sunday re-
ceived call from the First Baptist
Church of Jonesboro, Ark. to become
its pastor. Jonesboro is said to be one
lot the best towns in that state. 1t is
about the size of Columbia. and Is
growing very fast. 1t is the site OF
the State Baptist College and the
church has the reputation of being q
very fine one. The call carries with 1t
very fine salary. !,
Mr. Iunnell has not yet decided
whether he will accept. but he Will
give the matter careful and earnest
consideration before announcing his
intention. Mr.. Tunnel has been
pastor OF the First Baptist Church OF
this city about eighteen months, and
during this time this church member
ship has increased over two hundred.
He Is not only an earnest, successful
preacher, but he is an untirlng work
er, and one of the most Jealous pastors
that ever lived here. Should he decide
to accept the call, his leaving Will
cause general regret. A prominent mem
Der of the Baptist church who was in
teIviewed upon the subject Monday,
said, he will not accept; we will not
allow him to. :"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
Fine Peach Crop After Al.

Where are now the croakers who
were bewailing the entire loss of the
peach crop last Spring. The fruit now
coming in from Goshen Ridge and
Leiper's Greek is the finest ever seen
here, and puts to blush the Georgia
varieties. 1t is said that Mr.. Black.
burn, of Goshen Ridge, has over a
thousand young trees now bearing for
the first time. and Nh. Wakefield below
Fly also has large orchard just COM
ing into bearing. Most of these are
cling stone peaches, large, juicy and
finely favored. and the promise for the
free stone varieties next month is
equally good
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
MUCH DAMAGE
BY STORM.
Roof Blown Uf Mrs. Aleck
Hills Home.
,srn Belonging toA. N. Akin Burned
Down on Mt. Pleasant pike
Loss Over $500.

The rain and windstorm which struck
his section about II O'Clock Saturday
ld considerable damage to property
ana shade trees.
The roof was blown off of the residence
oiMrs. Aleck Hill-the old Allen place
on the Santa Fe pike.
A two story barn about two miles out
In the Mt. Pleasant pike, belonging to
= M A. N, Akin, of this city, was set
On fire by lightning and burned. There
was about seven tons of hay andes bar
rels of corn in the barn, but no live
] stock. The loss is estimated at between
|sOO end 5000, with slight insurance.
At Carter's Creek lightning killed a
IA horse for Clifton Jemison. The-same
stroke shocked Mrs. Jemison and Alb
|McMinn.
The telephone lines through the
western part of the county are badly
crossed and torn down, and many
fences we're also blown away. 1t is
feared that much early corn has also
suffered the same fate. In the Gross
Bridges neighborhood much damage
was done to fences, shade trees and tele-
phone wires.
The electric wires of the Columbia
Water 4 Light Co., we're damaged by
limbs from trees falling upon them and
tearing them from the poles. &.
Quite number of shade trees are
reported blown down over the city.
One of the giant shade trees in the
Institute grove was blown down.
So far no one has been reported in
jured.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
MURDER0lS ASSAULT ON
CGJNY ROAD SUPERINTENDENT.
Mr.. Andrew Sellers Desperately Beaten
by Will Martin and Sam Sage,
Members of County Chain
Gang.

Andrew Sellers. one of the County
Road Superintendent in charge of a
force of county work hands on the
new road being built from the Santa
Fe pike to the Theta pike out in the
Carter's Greek neighborhood, was
desperately assaulted Tuesday morn
ing by two negroes of the chain gang
just after he had put them to work.
and was badly beaten up.
The negroes were Sam Sage and
Will Martin, and both of them are
desperate characters.
a.be chain gang has been divided
into two or three squads during the
work on the road, and Tuesday morn
ing Mr.. Sell 5rs had the negroes Martin
and Sage together at work on a cul-
vert down the pike, about a quarter of
a mile away from another gang bossed
by VIM. Frazier. At an opportune
time the negroes fell upon MI. Sellers
with their hammers and began their
desperate assault. They took his
pistol away from him and beat him
with it, besides using their hammers.
His nose was broken and he was badly
bruised in the right temple, in the
side. and ON the arms. They beat him
until he became unconscious, and then
leaving him, as they thought, dead,
made their escape. They rified his
pockets, taking his watch, So in
his pistol, knife and hat. One
Of the TRUSTEE" in Mr.. Frazer S gang.
who was working about half way
between the two crews, heard Nh.
Sellers cry for help and ran back and
gave the alarm. When Mr.. Frazier
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22

and others reached the scene of the
assault they found Sellers lying in the
road unconscious and bleeding pro-
fusely from his wounds. He was re-
vived after about twenty.minutes and
carried to the county work house,
where physicians were summoned to,
his aid
Drs. John Haywood, Joe VOORHEES,
and Robt. Pillow went to his relief
and dressed his wounds 1t was, found
that while he is very painfully and
severely beaten up, his injuries are
not serious. He was brought TO Co
lumbia that afternoon, to the heme of
his brother law. Mr.. John Murphy
Immediately after the assault Sheriff
Jas. Forgey was notified by telspheDe.
and summoning a posse of deputies
started out to apprehend the negroes,
AT one oclock that afternoon two,
negroes who are said to answers the
description of Martin and Sage, bnske
into negro house near Carter s. Greek
ana stole a gun and a pistol and some
other things. 1t is believed that they
are now hiding in thicket near the,
house.
II tins is true, the negroes evidently
intend to make desperate tight and
blood may be spilled when the officers
come upon them.
The negro Martin is the same negro
who led the assault on Turnkey Ollie
Stoddard at the county Jail last fall.
and in which he came near effectiDg n
wholesale Jail delivery. He is, a dan
gerous character and has very bad
record behind him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
FRAZIER WILL MEET LlTTLETON.
Democratic Executive Committee Accepts Chal-
lenqe Of the Republicans For
Joint Debate.
STATE ELECTORS MAY ALSO MEET !.

can committee for Joint debate OF the
oubernatorial candidate.
Gen. Vim. M. Brandon moved tha' a
committee Of three, of which the chair
man should be one, be appointed TO
arrange dates of speaking. Ills
srnueht on some discussion, pending
,yhic6 the committee went into secre
session, and the press representatives
VIZ" The decision OF the.committee was to
cant the republican proposition for q
;oint debate between the guoernatoe.I;,a,
Jp on%; and the counter proposition
was made that there also be deoa soe
between the presldential, electors sn ss.a 'os
the State at Large. All tne 1 rhs;n
were left to the execution OF n"
man Thompson.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
INTERURBANsMEN
GIVE BANQUET.
Promoters Entertain Nashville City
And County Officials.
III iny Speeches Made, and Promoters
Make Many Promises That
The r cad Will be
Built.

Says Saturday s Nashville American
About seventy. five city and county
| officials and others we're banquit-
ted at the Tulane Hotel Friday
night by the Nashville, Columbia & Gal.
latin Electric Railroad, as recognition
of the courteous official treatment ac-
corded the road
Judge John A. Pitts presided as toast
master, and first introduced ex-Gov.
Benton McMiilih. Gov. McMillin, in
response, extended welcome to the
road and its prospective builders from
the citizens of the entire State. Refer
ing to Tennessee and its resources. be
said: "As soon as was old enough to
realize the errorI made in not having
been born here | picked up, came here
and pitched my tent on the banks of the
Cumberland River. And the longer
you gentlemen remain here the prouder
you will be that you eve came, and the
more you will regret you were not born
here"
The products and natural resources of
the State we're touched on and the great
opportunity for interurban roads was
shown. The speaker declared the pro-
posed road was through the garden spot
Of Tennessee. No railroad in the United
States, he insisted, traversed so rich a
country as that lying between Columbia
and Gallatin
Others who spoke we're County Judge
w. M. Pollard, Arthur b Anderson,
of the City Council, Mai. A. w.
Wills, ex Senator John M. Thompson,
Major w. j. Whitthorne.
Some Promises.
II. M. Cross one of che projectors, was
then called upon and he gave assurances
of the ultimate completion of the road,
referring to the fact that the engineer
Ing corps was in the field
T. F Hawkins spoke in similar vein,
expressing the hope that the construc-
tive work would be under way IN few
weeks.
j. H. Connors. the original protector
OF the road. outlined the work done thus
far and gave assurances that the work
would now rapidly proceed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22

special to the Herald.
Nashville, Tenn. July 18.-The Dem
ocratc State Executive Committee met
at the Tulane Hotel in this city at III
o'clock this morning. There was
almost full! attendance, the ABB
s Ti being represented by proxy.
Inc visitors present we're; Gov.
Frazier. Senator E. T. Seay, Of Gala
nn' + f. Eslick. Of Pulaski, j. M.
SIMMONS, Editor Daily Wing, Jackson
mayor W G. Tatum, Of the Nashville
american, n. L. Miller, OF Nashville,
ahd Senator Carmack.
Chaima Thompson called the meet
ms TO order and the letter from John =.
" Mccall, Chairman OF the State Re
publican Committee, which has been
published, was read. The letter was
sseeond proposition from the republi'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
Better TeIeph me Service.

The Cumberland Telephone g. Tele-
graph Company has force of about
nine men at work on it's telephone wires
n this city, changing the lines to metal
&c. which will give a greatly improved
service.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
SHOT HIMSELF
THROUGH HEAD.
Clarence Garrett, Prominent Lawyer
OF SmhhviIle, Takes His Own
Life.
Specia'. to the Herald.

Specia' to the HeTaso.
Nashville, Tenn, July 16.-Clarence
Garrett. q prominent attorney OF
Smithville. committed suicide TINS
morning by shooting himself through
the head. The deed is attributed 10
III health. Mr.. Garrett was a presi-
DENTAL elector for the Fourth District
on the Harrison ticket in 1888. he
was about 80 yeats old.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
Mss Walker Dead.

Mopteagle, Tenn, July l9-Miss
Mary Bailey Walker, who accidentally
fell from the Leaning Tower" here
Sunday, died at 6:45 yesterday evening.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22

Gen, M. G. Butler was nominated tor
Congress- by the democrats Of the Fourth
Confessional District by acclamatlon'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
SummerI0Wn Sanrtarium Goes Ia
the Wall.

Lawrenceburg, Tenn, July la-A-,
bin has just been filed 10 the ChancerE
Court for the sale OF the SummertoER
Sanitarium property for debt. This,
was an enterprise undertaken by so90ss
Chicago parties to establish medical
college and san:tarium there few
years ago. Some expensive buildings.
have been erected One of the leading
spirits in the fight to establish the in,
stitution, DR.. j. E. Usher, is one Of the
defendants in the suit just filed. Dr.
Usher is about the only one of the pro
motors who has stood by the enterprise
until the last.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
GORMAN FOR CHAIRMAN.
.onfeyence OF Democratic Leaders Leads
10 Request Being Made to Maryland Sen
ator.--He Will Decline.
.ocial to The HERALD.

Tenur J1y Ex-senator Arthur p
the craftsmanship Executive
of the
the that
wilde
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22

1t is stated that John J. Mason
Chief of Police of Memphis, will be-
fired from Office, as result of the
recent reign of lawlessness in that
city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-09
OWNERS.
!. TO MAKE A. !. FIGHT.
TO LUMBERYARD IN
DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
Protest Based on Probable Increase of
Fire Insurance Rates Due sto Prox-:
Unity Of Lumber Piles Commercial
Club Will Protest on the Ground
That Yard Would Be Unsightly.

The John F. Mcdonald. Lumber COM
pany will not establish a lumberyard
lat the foot of First avenues without
protest. The accommodation of the
fire committee that i its petition be
granted will not gofs thru the council
without fight. Property owners will
make an indignant objection. E. B.
Grabtree turned over to City Clerk
Lydlard this afternoon for presentation
at the council meeting tonight pc
tltlon signed by, all the. adjacent prop
protesting, strenuously.'" Mr.: sCrabtree
visited Aldermen Adams and Merrill
OF the fourth ward, protesting against
the Insane move" as he terms it.
Besides, the petition and the solicita-
ton OF .aldermanic support, representa-
tlVes OF the property owners took the
matter up with the Minneapolis On
derWrlters'. association. Further than
an expression of opinion as to the UNI
wisdom of the move proposed. thew re-
celved cold comfort, as the establish
ment of a lumberyard would hazard
everything within 200 feet and would
probably result in an advance Of from
70 to- 50 per cent of the exposure rate.
In some cases this advance will mean.
IN al llkeilhood, 81 or more hundred.
MIR. Crabtree said this morning that
the property owners in the district had
just had 10 per cent advance in in
surance rates, and there would be no
possibility of ever having the rate re-
duced after the lumberyard is put in.
Heavy business interests to the. south
and east of the old hay market, in
Guiding the .Pauly house, the Hardwood
Manufacturing company, American
Type. founders and the milling district
are interested in having the. recon-
mendation turned down, Failing Of re-
lief in the council, they will turn to
the mayor for a veto.
The Commercial club has also taken
the matter up. The public affairs com
mittee mebers consider that lumber
yard in the union station district would
be fire menace and a "hindrance to the
campaign for civic improvement at the
gateways to the city. Secretary W. G..
Nye said it would give visitors to Min
neapolis bad impression to find a lum-
beryard obtruding itself in the fore
ground on the first glimpse of the city.
and that, considering the proximity Of
the railroads with numerous locomo-
tives passing and valuable, business
structures adiacent-many Of the older
Of them being highly inf1ammable-
the possible combination of burning
lumberyard and a high northeast wind
should be avoided. ~ -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-09
SLID DOWN TO DEATH
Daring Structural Iron Worker Is Killed
T. at Duluth.

I. William G. Ellis, a Minneapolis struc-
fural iron worker, was instantly killed al
Duluth yesterday while attempting to res
cue his younger brother Ray Ellis who
had fallen from a girder on the new aerial
bridge.
:. The younger Ellis had descended a mo-
ment before by sliding down an Icy cable
When near the bottom he lost his grin
and fell across block few feet from the
ground. He lay stunned and William
seeing his brothers predicament went
down the same cable. but to worse fate
He too lost his grip and fell heavily tc
the ground, $breaking his back. He died
"A few minutes later ~. .-'' '''.T /
g Both the Ellis boys were we'll known
among minneapolis iron workers, and they
were formerly employed at the Ameri-
can Bridge company's plant. William Ell
lis was an expert climber and was always
counted as a sure man. He knew no fear
and: the higher and narrower the girder
the more he seemed to enjoy it. A min
ute before he started to rescue his broth
!er had danced a jig on the topmost
order Of the bridge, which was extremely
narrow. ~ .-f,E}"- @~S;t<,1 49, ~
tt The boys until a fe wmonths ago lived
IN Minneapolis, but recently they have
been making their home wherever there
was the best work. They were exprt
Workmen, and on account Of their daring
were always given the most perilous
work.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-09
faGITY WILL AGREE
No Further Litigation Probable Over
" Control Of Public Building.

+, There will be no appeal by the city
from the order of the district court
directing the city council to turn over
the city hall to the. new bailding com.
committee on public grounds and build
ings,. yesterday it was unanimously de-
cided to abide: by the decision Of the
+ court. There is no question but that
the council will adopt the recommends
tion of the committee and all opposi
tion to the building commission on the
part of the city is at an end. It is
understood that the county, commits
sioners ARE satisfied that the law ere.
atlng the, commission is constitutional
and valid and will not carry the case
any further.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-09
BOTH SIDES WIN .
Edwards Wood Co. Secures only }PartIa
= Z. Verdict In Insurance Case, H. ~

., il 5y..r. -; IT,.
Edwards-Wood Co. Secures only Partial
r. (. Verdict in6Insurance Case. "a. ~
The Edwards-Wood Co. wins it's ease
against the Hartford Insurance comnanv
to the extent of recovering the value of
the burned elevator involved. The in
surance company wins in not having to
lost>in the fire. 49, 'Efs
Ihe action grew out Of the issuance of
policies by the several insurance com
pan1es to the Farmers Independent Ee-
Vator' company, covering several elevator
ouna1ngs and their contents These: pol
lcies were transferred to the Edwards
WOOD Co. as security for advances IN
grain to the elevator company. The
burned elevator in this suit was Situated
at Denbigh, N. D..
having accepted the policies. inI-good
1alth, the Minneapolis company made a
vigorous fight to collect the entire amount
OF the loss. The insurance company
charged that the loss exhibited evidences
OF fraud IN that the salvage did not rep
resent anywhere near the amount. of
grain said to have been in store, The
case was heard in the federal court q +
Grand Forks before Judge Amidon. Tracy
Bangs Of Grand Forks and, A. A, Bane Of
st. Paul" appeared for the plaintiffs, while
the insurance company was represented
~ ~ ALL Il. Doutehe ana N. H. Chase OF
minneapolis and C. ]. Murphy of Grand
Forks.
The plaintiff will probably appeal, in
asmuch as the case is one Of vital i'm
portance to Minneapolis grain dealers, who
annually advance many thousands Of dol
lars on this class of security =.
Actions against the Pennsylvania Fire
insurance company, Insurance, Company
or North America and the LIVERPOOL &,
London & Globe Insurance company for
the same loss, are still pending. They will
be tried at Fargo. -'. y