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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
C. 0. P. LEADERS
HAVE FAITH CURE
GOING TO WHooP 1T UP FOR
PROSPERITY BEFORE THE
ELECTION.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.-Plans are
on foot in Republican councils for the
creation Of a mammoth fake pr2s-
5erity to extend from California 10
New York. The furtherance OF the
plans embrace an outlay Of cash al
most bewildering. According to in
formation from Republican sources,
the managers OF Mr.. Taft's campaign
will have at their disposal unlimited
means. At present the Taft fortune
is furnishing the preliminary ex-
poses. but as soon as the New York
gubernatorial situation is settled Wall
street win give Hitchcock carte
blanche.
Talk about money in 1896, said a
Republican fresh from Hot Springs to-
day, that campaign won't be cir
cumstance
The prosperity scheme, according
70 reports from Hot Springs, will in
alude the opening of mills that have
closed down, relighting Of the fires
OF boundaries which have suspended
work, and starting again the wheels of
shops put out. of business by the re-
! cent Republican panic. This pros
perity" will last until election day.
| II might also be AIDED here that there
will be no panic in official circles, the
Treasury Department standing ready
10 60 to every extremity to avert a
! recurrence of conditions this spring.
This phflanthropic purpose of the Taft
managers received its inception in St.
| Louis. where members of the Republi-
can party have organized themselves
| into a Sunshine Club the sun
shine" coming from the fact that the
shops and mills are to be reopened,
hborers are getting apparently steady
employment and business is booming.
! This is what might be called faith
cure" for the business and labor dis
quiet. 1t will be applied to the trouble
with great energy in New England and
the Middle West generally.
The movement cannot be said to
have originated with those gentlemen
who are reopening their shops and
factories, nor can it be said to be I'M
der the supervision and direction OF
the National Committee. 1t seems
that the Republican party leaders
made the suggestion in various sec.
lions of the country that the best way
ITO get the votes was to make things
look as if prosperity were every
where. 1t is considered a wonderfully
wise political move, one which will
do more good than any amount OF
stump speaking or literature. An
other beauty of it is that it may spread
and become the general remedy Of
the trouble.
Never before in the history of either
party has this plan been undertaken
in such a way. 1t means that the
Republican party is determined tc
make any nndncldl SdCIlHce poooAoiS
to insure success, and that its indi
vidual members are more than ever
willing to run the risk of big financial
losses in order to help along the
chances for victory at the polls.
That the move is. reality and moi
a theory is proved by the Information
brought today by Festus Wade, presi
dent of the Mercantile Trust Company
of st Louis. He tells of the shops
and factories that have been reopenec
there by the "sunshiners," and he
also tells of the good this policy al
ready has done the Republican cause
in that city.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
THOUGHT THAT
TWO ARE DYING
BOTH VICTIMS OF RECENT TRAG
EDlES IN M'CRACkEN AND
GRAVES COUNTIES.

PADUCAH, KY, Augf. 5.-Eva
Sleeter, who was shot through the
abdomen by James Kelley at Me-
tropolis, is dying of peritonitis and
cannot survive more than twelve
hours.
otto Handley, of Dukedom Graves
county, who was shot by Stanley
Jones, is also thought to be dying.
Jones is hiding near the scene of his
crime and a posse is watching for him
to appear.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
STATE BEE MEN
MEET SATURDAY

The Central Tennessee Bee Keep
ers' Association will meet at Nashville
Saturday at 10 o'clock a. m. in the
board of trade rooms. One of the Inn
portant matters that will come up for
discussion will be the bee and honey
exhibits at the coming state fair All
bee men and others interested are
cordially invited to The meeting.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
FINE YIELD OF
CARMACK PEACH

Capt. II. L. White has originated q
new seeding peach which he has
named "The New Carmack.' The
reach is free stone, large, hand
some. luscious and prolific. One
branch. smeasuring fifteen inches in
length. which Is on display at The
Herald office, contained fifteen fine
peaches. Capt. White has saved a
lot Of the peach seed which he will
give TO those who apply.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
MARTIAL LAW
AT BIRMINGHAM
REIGN or TERROR IN MINE DIS
TRIcT BRINGS PROMPT Ac-
TON BY GOVERNOR.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Aug. 5.-Be-
cause Of the turn in the miners strike
in all parts Of the district, after a
conference with Gov Conner. Sheriff
Higdon late today issued instructions
to deputies throughput the mining
section which practically invoked
martial law. No assembling on the
part of miners will be allowed within
sight of the mines. While free speech
viii be allowed, there viii be no
speechmaking permitted within the
hearing of men who are working or
want to work.
Gov. Conner today announced that
the First and part of the Second Reg
iments would come from Chickamauga
to Birmingham at the conclusion of
their ten days encampment.
The home of John Hugieo, Pole, at
No. Mines, beyond Ensley, was
dynamited at 2 o'clock this morning.
Deputies who were nearby gave chase
to six men, and considerable firing
followed. Dogs were brought out and
the fleeing men threw dynamite at
them. The trail led TO an Italian
boarding house, and six men were ar
rested, one of them having bullet
wound in the head. Hugico lately
had been receiving letters fdom Black
Hand members, and it is believed
that Italians who had been living near
him before the strike began, have
been threatening him with death.
Just as mass-meeting was being
held at Brighton, ten miles south OF
Birmingham, near the woodward
Mines. last night, deputies brought in
Will Miller, a negro charged with
completely in the dynamiting of the
house of Finley Fuller night before
last. The dogs placed on a trail a
short time after the dynamiting led
| to the home of Miller. He claimed
that he was nursing a sick friend at
the time and was nowhere near the
dynamiting. The mass-meeting was
composed of prominent citizens of the
place. and resolutions We're adopted
that there would be no lawlessness
| allowed in the community. Today
when a Deputy Sheriff was sent to
Brighton to get Miller and bring him
to the county jail in Birmingham, it
| was discovered that the little Gala
boose had been broken into and the
body of Miller was found in the woods
hanging to tree He had been
lynched. The greatest excitement
prevails around Brighton, and further
trouble is imminent. There is no tell
ing who did the lynching.
Another house was broken UP last
night at Wylam, in the western part
of the county, but no one was hurt.
Two arrests have been made.
Conditions are becoming very Sc
rious. Reports received t6day are to
the effect that there has been much
shooting in various camps in the min
ing district, though no one has been
killed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
SENATOR CARMACK TO
DELIVER LECTURES

Senator Carmack will leave tomor-
row for the West. where he goes 70
All ten-days'. lecture course under
the auspices OF Chatauqua Bureau
He viii make his FIRST appointment in
Nebraska and will be absent from the
state for probably two weeks.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
NON DENT TIcE.

ClCrk ana MASTER OHCe, 0OluinDia
Tenn, Aug. Z 1908.
n. r White, eft al, Complainant,
VS..
r. NJ White, Defendant.
It appearing from affidavit filed in
this cause, that the Defendant, X. M.
White, Is a nonresident OF the State
OF Tennessee.
1t is therefore ordered that he enter
his appearance herein, before or with
In the first three days of the next
term Of the Chancery Court, to be
held at Columbia, on the LIST Monday
in September next, 1908, and plead,
answer. or demur to Complainant's
bill. or the same will be taken for
confessed as to him and set for hear
ing ex-parte; and that copy OF this
order be published for four consecu-
tive weeks In the Columbia Herald.
A Copy-Attest:
A. n. AKIN, Clerk and Master
H. p. FIGUERS. Sol'r. for Compl't.
Tat
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07

We are authorized to announce w
r. GALLOWAY candidate for re-
e,ectlon as Representative from Maurs
county in the Fifty-sixth General As
sembly OF Tennessee, subject to the
action Of the democratic party.
dewitt
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
ANNOUNCEMENTS

We are authorized TO announce
CAPT. A. A. LIPsCoMB candidate
.,r reelection as Representative from
N,aury county in the Fifty.Sixth Gen
al Assembly of Tennessee, subiec'
to the action of the democratic party.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
SPEAKS FOR GOOD ROADS
Senator Bankhead Wants National
Government to Do the Work.
Advocates ApBrOpriatinE Half SIiII-
ion Dollars 20 Provide Better
Rural Transportation Routes.

Federal improvement OF the country
roads Of the United States over which
rural mail carriers travel was the sub
ject Of lengthy address which Senator
Bankhead. OF Alabama. delivered in the
Senate yesterday.
Mr.. Bankhead has introduced as an
amendment TO the Post-office appropria-
tion bill the proposition that $4,000 shall
be set aside for this purpose, TO be dis
bursed under the joint supervision Of
the Agricultural and Post-office Depart
ments. His speech was in advocacy Of
this amendment
He based his argument upon the con-
tention that 80 per cent of the commerce
Of the country must pass, first or last
over the dirt roads. and maintained that
these highways should be looked after
by the Federal government as carefully
as are the railroads and waterways.
The speaker presented an array of fig
uDes 10 show what the farmers do for The
country, and cOntended that his amend
ment should be adopted for their interest.
as we'll as for that Of the urban popu-
latiOn. The growth OF the automobile
industry should also be considered. the
Senator said, and he predicted that in the
near future traction engines and auto
mobiles would use the dirt roads TO help
solve the transportation problem.
Mr.. Bankhead cited many authorities 70
show that Congress has power under the
Constitution to appropriate money for the
improvement of post-roads and the es-
adjustment Of military highways.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
ASHFORD MUST FACE MUSIC.
Formal Investigation of Charges
Against Building Inspector.

Formal investigation OF the charges
brought by E. f. Gibbs. president of a
local fire-escape company, against Snow
den Ashford. building inspector Of the Dis
trict. will be made by the Commissioners.
This investigation grew out or the
charges preferred by Mr.. Gibbs some
time ago, TO the effect that Mr.. Ashford
had used his official position in The Dis
trict government 10 promote q fire escape
invented by himself.
Mr.. Gibbs carried his charges to Con-
gress. He produced a letter which the
building inspector OF the District Is al
legged to have written to a Baltimore firm
showing favoritism.
These charges were considered inform
ally by the Commissioners once before.
and after orders were given that the
building inspector abandon his interest IN
the invention the charges were dismissed.
In order to thrash out the matter thor
oughly. Commissioners MacfaTland and
West are willing 10 hold an investigation
on the subject. Commissioner Morrow
disapproves of the investigation. holding
that the former hearing is sufficient.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
APPROVE SUNDAY OBSERVANCE
Senate District Committee Votes to
Report Three Local Bills.

Rewritten in somewhat less drastic form
than il was IN when introduced In the
Senate, the Johnston Sunday observance
law r0r the District was yesterday order
ed favorably reported by the Senate Dis
trict Committee. The substitute was writ
ten by Senator Johnston, and an amend
ment offered by Senator Paynter, Of Ken
lucky, embodying slight changes suggest
ed by the Seventh-day Adventlsts, was
attached to it by the committee.
Forgetting that an anxious populace
would want TO know what the bill. as
reported. is to provide. Mr.. Johnston put
the bill in his pocket after the committee
adjourned, and left for a little trip out
OF the city II is stated, however. that
the bill is not radically different from the
original, that 1t prohibits all sorts Of the
atrical amusements and other public
amusements on Sunday, and restricts bus
iness on that day 10 the hours before 10
a m, with a few exceptions. Hotels,
however, are not interfered with.
The committee also authorized a ia
vorable report upon a substitute prepared
by Senator Dillingham; for the Commis-
siOneTs' bill TO provide for a probation
system in the local administration of
justice. Like action was taken on the
bill TO constitute the Municipal Court
OF the District OF Columbia, to take the
place Of the present Justices courts. The
latter bill was amended to allow the
judges of the new court compensation
at the rate Of $3.50 a year, instead of
5000
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
DOLLIVER NAY GET PLACE
Iowa Senator Said to Be Popular for
Temporary Chairman.
Lodge Probable Harmony Selection
for Permanent Presiding officer
of Chicago Convention.

Republican politicians Of national
prominence are getting together in the
effort to bring harmony into the party
management prior 20 the meeting Of the
national convention in June.
Growing unanimity OF purpose is ap-
parent. and while many men whose ad-
vice and assistance are desired are
holding aloof on account OF disapproval
Of methods pursued 10 bring about the
nomination OF Secretary Taft and the
efforts TO eliminate Senator Foraker
from public life. a hopeful feeling pre-
walls that the prospects OF presenting a
united front will grow brighter in the
next few weeks.
Apparently there is TO be no real con-
test over the selection of officers OF
the Chicago convention. President Roose-
velt is said 10 have indorsed Senator
Beveridge, of Indiana, for temporary
chairman, and the story is told that he
has written 10 Harry S. New. chairman
Of the Republican National Committee.
asking him 70 nominate Mr.. Beveridge
for the Office.
The national committee will select the
temporary chairman. This proposition Of
the President does not meet with general
approval among party leaders, however,
and the chances are that they will select
Senator Jonathan P Dolliver. Of Iowa.
as the man best fitted 70 make the key
note speech" which viii be the foremost
piece Of campaign literature
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, OF Massa-
chusetts. appears 70 be the candidate Of
most Of the leaders for permanent chair
man. He Is acceptable, OF course. to
President Roosevelt, his closest political
and personal friend. and has also the
good opinion OF prominent Republicans
who do not approve OF Mr.. Roosevelt's
policies
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
CONGRESS BRIEFS

The House passed a Senate bill authorizing the
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor to make and en-
force regulations for the protection and safety Of
life on naSigabie waters during regattas or marine
parades.
Senator Carter, Of Montana. yesterday offered in
the Senate amendment which he will propose 70
the District appropriation bill to provide FOR the
grading and Improvement Of Otis place northwest
from Tenth street to HOlmead place, at a cost Of
$500.
-Four members only voted against Senate private
pension bill, covering more than 200 House bills
The House also passed House bin comprising
about 400 individual pension bills originating in the
Senate, These measures cleared up the calendar OF
the Pensions Committee.
Senator simmons resolution authorizing the Secre-
tary Of War 10 have preliminary surrey made for
the route Of an inland canal from Boston to the
vicinity Of Wilmington, n. c. by way Of the Chesa-
peake Bay, was agreed to yesterday p the Senate
IL carries an Appropriation Of $1,000
The subcommittee on education and labor Of the
Senate Committee on the District Of Columbia viii
today give hearing upon the Commissioner b
to provide an eghthour Law for lsborers upon pub
lie works IN the District The Commissioner it is
understood, viii appear 70 advocate the measure
and representatives Of certain civic bodies viii op
pose it. The hearing viii begin at 1870 O'Clock.
Senator Scott yesterday introduced In the Senate
as an amendment to the sundry eiFii appropriation
BILL his bill 70 purchase as a sits for a building OF
two buildings for the Departments Of State, jus
tee. and Commerce and Labor, blocks rs to 20
inclusive. The amendment proposes TO appropriate
100000 fox the purchase Of the ground and the
erection Of the buildings.
Cotton futures and their alleged effect upon the
prices Of cotton were aired again IN the House yes
tefdsy, Representative Burleeon, Of Texas pTine4-
pal antagonist Of cotton exchanges, and who main
sins that they have deieteri0us effect on the cot
ton producer called up his resolution requiring the
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor to transmit to the
House the report Of the Bureau Of Corporations on
the subject based upon an investigation directed by
resolution of ths House pssssd year ago.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
COMMISSIONERS ARE SCORED.
Citizen Writes President Complain
ing Of Alleged FavOrftiEm.

Protest has been made 10 the President
by Josiah Millard. of $50 Eighth street
northeast, that the Commissioners have
unlawfully narrowed a street in the north
eastern section of Washington, namely.
E street northeast. between Maryland
avenue and Seventh street.
Z street northeast. the engineer depart
ment Of the District points out. was mar
rowed by law. The street was formerly
thirty-fve feet wide. Il was ordered thai
1t should be made two and one-half feet
narrower. by act Of Congress IN the Dis
trict appropriation bill for the year 1903.
What Mr.. Millard mistakes for a prefer
entail act of the Commissioners is really
a provision IN the appropriation bill of
the District for last year, which makes
the narrowing OF T street a part Of the
law of the District by act of Congress.
according to Commissioner Morrow.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
NOT DISTRICT BUSINESS.
Commissioners Only Interested in
Taxes on Lot 4, Square lib.

Report was made by the Commissioners
yesterday on the bill providing for the
sale Of lot T. square u1s. in the city of
Washington. now pending in Congress.
THE proposed legislation affects the
United States rather than the District Of
Columbia, the Commissioners report.
"and in our judgment the matter should
be submitted TO the Attorney General of
the United States for his opinion But
il the bill should be considered favorably
by your committee provision should be
embodied therein requiring the payment
Of all outstanding taxes against property.
which S the only interest the District ap-
pears 10 have in the matter"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
GAS REPORT IS IN.
Representative Cary Tells Reason
for Ninety-cent Proposal.

AOE NA8GAg-EEA EEVNOSaAs
Representative Cary's report on the bill
to reduce the price Of gas in the District
to 20 cents per 1000 feet, was yesterday
submitted to the House from the District
committee.
The report among other things says
Numerous communications having been
received from citizens associations. rep
resentng large memberships in different
quarters of the District and city, COM
planning of what they deemed excessive
rates and exorbitant charges for gas,
and praying for relief by legislation to
reduce the maximum rate to be charged.
this committee felt impelled to enter upon
an investigation to obtain data upon
which to base remedial legislation
Hearings were therefore granted 10
parties interested. Public notice Of these
hearings was given through the press and
the president of the Washington Gaslight
Company and the Georgetown Gaslight
Company were personally notified.
AT these hearings two of the foremost
gas experts in the country appeared 10
address the committee with special ref
erence to the cost OF gas production and
what would be q fair maximum charge
therefor per 1000 cubic feet
Edward W. Bemis. superintendent of
the gas works at Cleveland, Ohio, was
brought before the committee by those
interested in the reduction of the price of
gas, and Alexander G, Humphreys, of
Morristown, n. J.. doing business in New
York City, and president Of the Stevens
Institute Of Technology, Hoboken. n. J.,
appeared at the instance and request Of
the gas company.
After listening to the detailed state
ment Of these two exeprts and recognized
authorities, and carefully considering the
same, with a view TO fairness toward both
producer and consumer, the committee
unanimously concluded that the price fixed
unanimously concluded that the price
fixed, 30 cents, be hereafter charged for
gas in the District of Columbia"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
EAGER FOR IT'S PORK.
House AnxiOusIy Awaits Public
Building Measure,

House AnxiOusIy Awaits Public
Building Measure,
With watering mouths and eager eyes,
scores Of members on both sides of the
House awaited yesterday the appearance
Of the omnibus public building bill. carry
ing millions Of dollars for public build
ings.
They waited in vain. the House COM
mittee having the measure under con-
sideration deciding not to make a report
until early next week. There viii be no
dilatory motions interpOsed. nor obstruc-
tive methods employed when the public
building bill goes before the House
1t will be passed with a whoop, and
the indications are that II will be put
through under rule calling for about
half an hours debate. This is the one
measure which will have the united sup
port of Republicans and Democrats alike
IN both Houses Of Congress.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
sENATE.

Senator Bankhead made an address advocating
Federal improvement Of country roads used by
rural mail carriers.
The battle-ship section Of the naval appropria-
tion bin was debated for nearly four hours by
Senators who desire the authorization Of four big
ships.
Senator Carter offered an amendment 70 the
District appropriation bill proposing to improve
Otis place northwest.
Senator Dick introduced a bill 70 re0rganize
and enlist the Naval Academy Band.
bill authorizing the erection Of bridge
across an Alaskan river and a resolution author
ling survey of an inland waterway route from
Boston TO Wilmington. y. c.. were passed,
After 4 brief executive session. Ia which minor
nominations were confirmed, the Senate ad-
iourned until noon to-day
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
GUATEMALANs TO DIE.
Cabrera Determines 90 Punish Many
Persons for Attempt on Life.

A dispatch was received at the State
Department yesterday from William
Heiml1e, the newly appointed United
States Minister to Guatemala. saying
President Cabrera had ordered the exc
cution of seven members OF his body
guard and eleven persons confined in jail,
for a previous attempt on his life as a
result Of the investigation to determine
the identity Of the persons who fired sew
erai shots at him some days ago. There
was no disturbance in Guatemala, Mr..
Heimke added.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-25
ARREST OF JUDGMENT.
Court OverruIes Motion for New
Trial in Bucket shop Case.

Justice Barnard yesterday overruled a
motion for a new trial made upon behalf
Of rercy NJ. Wade, recently convicted of
setting up and maintaining a gaming table
by conducting a bucket shop, where bets
were received on the rise and fall Of the
stock market,
A motion in arrest OF judgment was
granted by Justice Barnard. and will be
considered by him and his decision an
nounced later.
The convicted broker was represented
by Attorneys Laskey and Davis. The
government was represented by Assistant
United States District Attorney Harvey
Given.