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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-12-04
County Roads.

Jackson Tines
A Times man struck a gentleman
from the country Tuesday and asked
him boutthe condition oftheroads.
He said that they were not in near
so good a condition as they should
be. In this section he said he had
been overseer about mile ofroad
He had last year worked all the
hands the full limit Of time allowed
by law six days. But thatwas not
sufficient to get the road in good
shape. This year he had intended
to do the same kind Of work, but
before he had an opportunity the
dry weather set in and he could
not do the work. Thecommission-
er gave him a peremptory order to
work the road on a certain day.
He had held the position a year
and hepromptly sentin his resigna-
ton. No otherwhite man could be
found whowouldtake the place and
a negro was appointed.
"People," the gentleman contin-
ued, " haveaprejudice againstwork-
ing the road and will not do it if
they can help it. I see no way Of
getting the roads properly worked
except by taxing the people to do
it, and when they are made to pay
for it they will wake up to the ne
cessity Of doing something"
The experience Of one is that of
all. The system Of working roads
in Tennessee is very inefficient and
some change must be made. The
time, money and labor now expend-
ed are almost thrown away.
The dirt roads we have could be
vastly improved by systematic, in
telligent'care Of them. A man who
understands the business should
have charge of the roads and of the
force that is made to work them
Sooner or later we must come to il
and we should be devising some
satisfactory system.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-12-04

The Farmers Alliance of the
state of Washington in its recent
convention adopted a platform with
the following planks which is
sound Democracy, and is no doubt
acceptable to almost every Demo
GRAFT in the United States, to-wit:
The demand for a tariff for revenue
only, the free coinage of the home
product Of silver and the election
Of President and United States
Senators by the direct vote Of the
people.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-12-04

appealing to Conductor Rucker
without effect to have the white
men taken from the coach. He
placed the case in Lawyer Noel
wees hands and an indictment was
returned by the grand jury against
Conductor Rucker. The attorney
general, Laps D. McCord, consent
ed yesterday to permit the case to
be nolled on the full costs, as it
was the first ofense which had been
brought into his notice under this
law. The result was so entered.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-12-04
Graded Taxation.

Tennessee Famerl
The question Of taxation is. one
which always has, does now, and al
ways will attract the attentionofthe
taxpayers. Peoplenaturallyd onot
wish to be taxed in a greateramount
than the actual necessities of eco
nomic government require, but the
mostveXedquestion connected with
this subject is the equality orrather
the inequality Of taxation. If all
property paid its just proportion Of
the taxes or bore a just proportion
Of the cost of its protection, and the
revenue SO raised were wisely and
economically expended, therewould
be little complaint at the amount Of
taxesnecessary to believed. There
is a deep-seated feeling, however,
that the burdens of taxation fall
more heavily upon some classes
than upon others To remedy
this an income tax has been sug-
gested, and with good reason, for
those having the largest incomes.
and requiring the greatest amount
Of protection, often have their
property in such shape as to escape
the burden of taxation.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-12-04
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

NJ. A. Newman VS. J II, Newman Pc
tition for divorce.
1t appearing from the process in this
causp that the c, PENDANTS residence is in
the State # Missouri ltis therefore or
d-red 10y the clerk Of the circuit court that
the defendant } II Newman, enter his
appearance ON o. before ihird day Of next
term OF the circuit ur, TO be held in the
lown OF Camden, Benton County Tennes-
see, on the second Monday in December,
1891 and answer said petition, or the
same will be taken for confessed and sci
for hearing eXpagtn This the fist Mon
day in November, 1891.
a r. BROOKS,
J f. PHESSoN. Clerk.
"a Solicitor for complainant
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-12-04
The Separate Coach Law Holds.

TIC separate SOdcH Law 1OIuS'
Nashville American.
The first case tried in the Grim
inal court of Davidson County I'M
der the new State statute, compell-
ing the railroads to furnish sepa-
rate cars on trains for colored peo-
pie, was decided before Judge Rid
ley yesterday. August "a, r. P.
Manson, well known negro of
Nashville, was on the train coming
to Nashville from Tullahoma when
several white men were put into
the coach reserved for the colored
passengers. The behavior of the
men gave offense to Manson and
he determined to test the law after
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-12-04

When Baby was SICK, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-12-04
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, 1891-05-17

the crime, but a negro found the woman
bleeding from an ugly cash in her throat
and assisted her to n drug store, where she
died. Tanning boosted Of the deed to his
roommate at a Harlem hotel. The room
mate Informed the police. and the assassin
was arrested.
California has also furnished a murder
with sensational and mysterious features.
An eccentric woman named Mrs. Fossum,
from Denmark, rented n store on Stock
ton street. San Francisco. One morning.
after she had occupied the place three
weeks, the barking Of dogs and meving of
cats called the attention OF her neighbors
TO the fact that she had not been around
for several days. The store was broken
ope Six cats, four dogs and two cockA-
toos were found, but the woman was miss.
ing. Investigation showed that Mrs. Fos-
sum had formed "A partnership with An.
drew H~edgeberg, who advanced her 500
as his interest In a prospective second
hand furniture store. Hedgeberg. who is
described as "A SHINY built man Of low
stature and thirty-eight years old, became
discontinued aud demanded the return of
his money. The woman refused. Anews-
paper reporter, after studying the case.
came to the conclusion that Mrs. Fossum
had been murdered. The police secuted
this theory, but finally instituted a thor
- - A"N fANAAAAHNNs IL %
sums body. bearing many marks Of VIC
lence, WAS fuund in the cellar, and the OIL
GERS are conducting a vigorous search for
Hedgeberg.
These are specimen crimes committed
during this carnival OF blood. The record
itself is unprecedented both AS to the num-
Der and atrocious features of deadly as
saults. In New York city alone twenty-five
cases occurred in six weeks. During the
same period there were thirty eight sui
cides. Across the rivers. in Jersey aud
Brooklyn, the murders, suicides and feloni.
Gus assaults numbered twenty. But, as
heretofore stated, this wave OF crime ex-
tended all over the United States. It has
given the s~ociologists pause, and renewed
speculation As to whether the air is merely
overchRrged with moral poison, or whether
the ancient theory of diabolism must be ac-
cepted in explanation of periodical out
breaks Of the %sanguinary instincts OF man
kind john w. PosrGATR
, 1891-05-17

lsh task the murderer stepped out Of a rear
window, passed over a string Of sheds and
disappeared.
The Italian contingent figured largely in
the recent butcheries, Angelo Caputo, a
tall, good looking, athletic man, was the
instigatOr As we'll as one Of the victims OF
n frightful tragedy in Hoboken, y. J. In
December, 1889, Caputo was married to
AntOinette ChirichelIo, a pretty girl Of
seventeen He had a hot, Jealous temper
and a rooted a%ntipathy to work. When
ever in an ugly mood he relieved himself
by beating his young wife. One Sunday
recently Caputo accompanied his wife and
baby on a visit to Giuseppe ChiriChello, his
fatherin-law, in Hobokeu, whose remain
ing family consisted Of his wife Rosa and
three sons.
Caputo was morOse and ugly, Rs usual,
but played cards with the family and de
clared his intention Of stopping all night
Mrs. Caputo anl baby were given a room
with her mother and one OF her brothers
Caputo slept on a bed OF rags in the
kitchen Caputo's couch was hard, aud At
midnight he arose and demanded admit
lance TO the small bed on which his wife
and baby and mother-in-lAw were sleeping
His wife refused. and her mother told ca
puto to return to the kitchen. He retorted
with an oath. drew a stiletto from his
pocket and plunged it repeatedly into his
wife's shoulders.
Mrs. Chirichello tried to force her sou-in-
law back. Caputo turned and killed her.
The son, awakened by the commotiou,
started up IN fright, Caputo pulled a
pistol and shot him IN the breast. Then
the assassin rushed into the kitchen, where
he was met by his father-in-law, who felIed
him with a chair In "A second CaputO
, 1891-05-17
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malarial season is 10 buckle on. as 1t were,
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So fortified. so protected, you shall BE-
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constipation. rheumatism. kidney com.
plants and dyspepsia.
, 1891-05-17


rious kinds to influences so remote and
mysterious that the ordinary intellect has
paused awe stricken amid the wonders Of
their ingenious reasoning. Sometimes the
air Of plAusibiiity surrounding their argur
ments has carried conviction despite the
operation Of the faculties clAssed unde
the head Of common sense; at others the
minds Of conscientious inquirera have In
stinctiyely rejected their theories, aud re-
verted TO the old fashioned bat ever preva-
lent doctrine Of a personal devil, who Is
at constant and destructive war with the
powers which make for peace and good
will among men.
The United States have recently expert
enced one Of those waves Of crime, II
spread from one end Of the country to the
other. For several days the telegraph
wires throbbed with tales OF blood, and
people were appalled, by the horrors set
forth in the daily journals. Murder was
raging; the knife, the pistol and the club
were in constant use. Every variety OF
s~anguinAry motive WAS at work-reyenge
and jealousy, lust and robbery. Some OF
the victims were women. several young
and handsome, others mAtured and home
ly, and stepped In vice. An element Of
mystery surrounded several of the crimes.
Others were committed openly and fear
lessly in the lighto Of day.
, 1891-05-17

him asked what price he wanted to pay for
a room. He replied. Fifty cents" He
then handed the girl ten cents to get a
pint Of beer, Carrie Brown desiring TO cele-
brate her last conquest. The beer was OBJ
tanned, and the couple went up stairs to a
dingy room.
At 9 O'Clock next morning the clerk
started TO rouse those guests" who had
not risen He got no answer from the
room assigned to the woman Brown aud
her companion Procuring a passkey he
opened the door and entered. The sight
that met him was horrifying and sicken-
ing. On her right side, naked from the
waist down, with both arms twisted and
bent under her, her head developed in sew
eral folds Of cloth, the old woman lay dead
on a mattress soaked with blood. An ex-
animation showed that she had been
strangled and then mutilated. The knots
in the cloth around the mead were so tight
they had to be cut. On her left hip a
bloody cross had been carved. The assAs-
sin must have done his work quietly, as
only a thin partition divides the room
from the adjoining one, which was occu-
pied. and the noise OF a struggle would
have been heard. After finishing his fend
, 1891-05-17
For the third largest list a
SILVER TEA SET COSTING $50.

. The set is on exhibition at Zehner, Buechner & Co.'s store where
1t IT. can can be seen at any time. Following is a copy of the guarantee
the prize: INC winter '
nm CHEYENNE, WYo, April 3, 1891.
,lo.o1 l p M II may concern: We hereby guarantee the silver
plated, 5 piece tea set, No. 9S3-0493, sold to the CHEYENNE Leader a
a premium, to be of the best quality, quadruple plate, and guarantee
1t |" give entire satisfaction, and the purchase price to have been $50.
ZEHNER, DUEcHNER & Co.,
1fh 18th and Ferguson Sts.
value of $50. ""e " We
, 1891-05-17


Foremost in this record OF bloody deeds
stands the murder and mutilatiou OF Car
rie Brown in New York The circum
stances Of this slaughter read like a Jack
the Ripper" story. It was committed IN a
low lodging house on Water street, which
in point OF vice and squalor and wretched-
ness may be called the Whitechapel Of the
city. The victim was an abandoned wom-
an The murderer's work bore many
points Of resemblance TO that OF the Lon
don butcher. and started the cry that the
Ripper" had crossed the ocean to fulfill
his threat of Fifteen before | surrender"
Carrie Brown was a woman Of sixty,
gray haired and wrinkled, besotted and
wretched, a typical harridan of the slums.
On the night of the murder she appeared
at the lodging house with a man of half
her g He vas slightly built, 8 feet 8
inches in height, had a light complexion
and a stubby, sandy mustache. His feat
ures were sharp, his nose long and pointed.
He wore a shabby derby hat, and his cloth
ing was dark, worn and dusty. His white
cotton shirt and collar were badly sOIled.
The woman was under the influence of
liquor. After her companion had given
the name OF q. Nicolaf, or something
sounding like that, the girl who registered
, 1891-05-17

waS on his feet again, a knife in one hand
and a pistol in the other. Meantime the
wounded boy had rallied. He armed him
self with a pistol, and, going into the
kitchen. fired several shots. Caputo was
wounded, but not in a vital part. lie
closed with COnoquito, his brother-in-law
The boy had drawn his knife, and, al
though badly hurt, fought with desperate
strength. BY a fortunate stroke Como
quito managed to plunge his weapon be
tween CaputO's fourth aud hfth ribs, and
the battle was over. CAputo died after
being removed TO the hospital. His wife.
father and brother. Ia Law will ecove
Another OF the remarkable series OF
crimes was the murder Of Emily Taylor by
Henry flaming. in New York. Two years
2 Tanning, a married man with two
children, became infatuated with Mrs.
Taylor, a married woman also with two
children. The woman's unfaithfulness
drove her husband 10 suicide. This trag,
edy did not check the guilty couple. For
a while they lived together. Tanning
grew Jealous and e~xacting; Mrs. Taylor
left him, but despite threats and cruelty
continued TO meet her lover at intervals.
Their last rendezvous was mt Devils
Hole" a lonely district near Ninety-sixth
street and Park avenue. No one witnessed
, 1891-05-17
A CYCLE OF CRIME.
Startling Murders in All Sec
tons of the Country.
Is JACK THE RIPPER NEW YORK

Hatchery In a Water Street Lodging
House-Wholssals Slaughter in Hobo
ken-Deadly Result of Illicit Lovs-A
Danish Woman Beaten to Death.
Students OF sociology have often at
tempted TO fathom the occult laws which
govern human action. They have talked
lesrnedly Of thought waves, Of health
waves. Of waves Of religious enthusiasm;
they have traced social commissions Of va
, 1891-05-17

Rev. f. NJ. Shrout, pastor United
Brethren church, Blue Mound, Kan,
says q feel it my duty to tell what won
ders DIR. Kings New Discovery has done
for me. My lungs we're badly diseased,
and my Pensioners thought | could live
only a few weeks. | took five bottles of
DR.. Kings New Discovery and am sound
and well, gaining PC lbs. in weight"
Arthur Love. manager of Loves Funny
Folks Combination, writes: After a
thorough trial and convincing evidence. l
am confident DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. beats EN- all and cures
when everything else fails. The greatest
kindness | can do my many thousand
friends is to urge them 10 try it" Free
trial bottles at b. b. David's drug store.
Regular sizes SOC. and $I.0O.
, 1891-05-17
For the fourth largest list
AN ELEGANT LADYS GOLD WATCH..S28

=, ms watch, which is a perfect little beauty, is fully described in
n written guarantee which W. received, and which will he for.
warded to the winner OF it, If the person earning it prefers. he or
n "a have any other goods in Mr.. Browns store to the vane of
80. The watch was our choice. A handsome velvet covered case
goes with it. The guarantee is as follows:
mn CHEYENNE, WYo, April 8, 1891.
% This watch purchased of me by the Cheyenne Daily Leader for
SZo, Is a / h. hled hunting case and is warranted tor 90 ears
with a Waltham Watch Co.'s eleven Jewel movement No a aSs onS
stem wind and stem set, and is warranted a good time keeper"
GEO. w. Brown,
The Jeweler, 319 W. 18th st.
, 1891-05-17
WYOMING HARDWARE STORE

seventeenth Street, CHEYENNE,
Mle Yesterday afternoon and Immediately GOT SHOT. From the
Piehssu expression on his face as he left the store. the concfusion
~ eNIuSnt sportsmen can supply their wants promptly al
ms well known establishment. PN' ~
, 1891-05-17

In almost every neighborhood through
out the West there are some one or more
persons whose lives have been saved by
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhea Remedy, or have been cured Of
chronic diarrhqA by it. Such persons
take especial pleasure in recommending
the remedy TO others. The praise, that
follows its introduction and use makes It
very popular. rs and 80 cent bottles for
sale by A Z. RoedeL
, 1891-05-17

A. f. Roedel, the druggist, desires us
to publish the following testimonial. as he
handles the remedy and believes it to be
reliable:
/ bought a fifty sent bottle of Chamber
lsin's Pam Balm and applied it to my
limbs, which have been afflicted with
rheumatism at intervals tor one year. At
the tune bought the Pain Balm | was
unable to walk. l can truthfully say that
Pain Balm has completely cured me-R.
y FAIR, Hollywood, Kansas. Mr.. A.
Z. Cox, the leading druggist at Hollywood
vouchss for the truth of the above state,
! ment.
, 1891-05-17
Prize ., for fifth largest list, a

line naot winner nso of ! this prize may select either a Winchester or Mar
IN repeating rifle, 40 or 45 calibre, and using 20, 50 OF 90 grains of
powder or anything else out of Mr.. Bergersens stock of guns IF re.
VoIvers % the value of ST.. Mr.. Bergersen says of the gun we sell
Leader Is considered the best rifle in the market for large game"
, 1891-05-17
Prize 6, for the sixth largest list,
WATCH AND CHAIN--S12

Everybody knows that the Waterbury watches are good time
keepers and Will last several years. This watch is a stem winder
ana stem setter a gold filled case, and has a gold plated chain at:
uached" fltty dollars is often paid for a watch with no better case or
works than this watch has. The difference is this: The Waterbury
of superior make. "'' "u