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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1902
Page
1
Tamaqua Recorder notes discord within the Democratic party as factions struggle to harmonize while a Detroit and Mackinaw railroad wreck at Black River Mich leaves one killed and twenty injured. Congress debates bills on race, trust expansion, and presidential security after Memorial Day remarks.
A Brooklyn woman Miss Alice Cohn credits Peruna with curing monthly pains and low spirits after long illness. The letter urges readers to send symptoms and receive treatment instructions from Dr. Hartman in Columbus, noting medicines available at local drugstores and offering further medical advice if results are not prompt.
A devastating blaze at St. Luxe’s Sanitarium on Wabash Avenue in Chicago killed twelve men and one woman and injured about thirty percent of residents. Alderman Kent, blind and restrained, died of suffocation after attempts to save him failed as attendants fought to escape through a flaming elevator shaft. Firefighters rescued Wattles and two others, who survived by leaping from a window despite injuries. Wattles likely faced fatal injuries from the fall as the building burned rapidly.
A meeting is to be held tonight in response to a petition signed by Democrats seeking the organization of the Richard Olney Club of Memphis. The petition praises Olney as conservative and thoroughly American and proposes inviting him to Memphis to speak on the conditions of democracy.
Col. William H. Knauss of Columbus Ohio, a Federal veteran, has yearly decorated 2260 Confederate graves at Camp Chase since 1806. This year Memorial Exercises on June 14 at 2 pm will unveil a bronze statue and stone arch over the graves, with flowers from Southern bivouacs and speeches, prayer, and singing.
In Nashville Tennessee Judge Clark sentenced W. W. Lea former bank bookkeeper to twenty eight years in the penitentiary in four cases with seven year terms to run concurrently. Thomas P. Brady a leading commission merchant received five years in several cases but will serve five years actual time after a court order. Both men were taken to the West Nashville penitentiary. They were prominent churchmen.
Special to the Herald Nashville June79 William P. Sweeney chief train dispatcher of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway is dead. He had been connected with the road for thirty five years and held his position longer than any dispatcher in the United States. He was 5 years old.
In a Daily Mail letter from Pretoria dated May 18, sixty arrests were made the prior Thursday over an extensive plot to blow up Government buildings and Lord Kitchener’s residence and spike artillery guns. Accused include lawyers chemists and rand Dutch prisoners on parole.
Mr. Will Ridley plans a large granary at Ashwood beside the N F & 8 tracks. It measures 88 by 188 feet and stands 12 feet high. The Star Milling Co. of Ashwood is building a two story warehouse, 30 feet wide and 60 feet long, for storing mill products.
In circuit court W. J. Trousdale received 25 damages against the Louisville and Nashville railroad after a purchased Ridley to Ashwood ticket failed to stop, forcing him to walk the distance. The term’s grand jury began its sittings on Monday.
Prisoners in Davidson county jail formed an escape plan. An informant prisoner revealed the scheme to officials, noting a window grate nearly cut through and two revolvers found in a dinner basket in another cell. He said he was threatened with death if he sounded the alarm.
The semi annual election of officers of Phintins Lodge K of P last week resulted in the selection of Grayville Coleman O C Shelton Robinson V Co W D Turner Prelate Atchie Rawl M W Porter Erwin M A
Lord Roberts argues one third of the British army in India who abstain from alcohol produced 2000 more effective troops than drinkers. Japan has 24000 paupers versus Britain’s 100000, and a Japanese statesman notes tea is consumed while Britain drinks alcohol. US spending figures show higher totals for lighter foods and meat compared with flour. Cape suggests that China is involved in peculiar events.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen in adjourned session ratified the City Attorney’s action in satisfying the damage suit of W F Wilson against the city with payments over a year. A petition by 25 citizens favored the Hutton plan moving the street 125 feet from the railroad to avoid danger and boost revenue, and J L Hutton offered to furnish $10,000 for land under the plan.
City Marshal Latta disrupted a late night poker game in Bethell House room 57. Seven men played. one was captured and others fled with hats coats and loaded chips left behind. Officers seized 141 chips five decks of cards and $1. The case includes seeking to dismiss proceedings against city officials over eminent domain and street plans, with arguments that notices were improper and the board overstepped authority. The motion to dismiss is set for June 14.
The May Confederate Veteran details the dedication of a marble shaft to Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk on the spot where he fell. The article notes views of Pony Mountain earthworks from 1864, a large crowd, and the inscriptioned sides of the monument with North and South, the dates 1861 and 1864, and a poignant account of Polk’s death. The event, on April 16, 1902, included the surviving chestnut tree, commemorative wood souvenirs, and a farewell chorus featuring America and Shall We Gather at the River.
A Nashville tallyho returning to the city was struck by a Belmont avenue street car. Twelve or fifteen people were injured. three or four seriously. Names are garbled in the report, but Mind Henlein and others are listed among the injured. The incident occurred on Belmont avenue during the June event.
Work crews moved from beyond Senta Fe to a road project at the Mouronville pike terminus toward Culléoka. Ten workers remain to finish tree clearing and help with field duties under new management.
Letters from London report Martinique negroes holding orgies after whites are presumed dead. They claim to have elected a negro Governor who tolerates excesses.
The Columbia Tee Company reversed a recent price hike on frozen water, returning to the previous rate after dealers struggled to absorb the higher price and maintain consumer prices. Some mentioned importing ice from Nashville by rail car as a contributing factor to the reversal.
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