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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-06-02

projecting and splintered trestle
Miss Ransom gave one last strong
sweep Of her arms and was enabled
to grasp heavy piece of timber.
Slowly any laboriously the hero
inc worked her way out Of the water
and up through the trestle, as her
strength commenced to show signs
of waning, and finally reached the
top. For only a few seconds did
she hesitate to gaspfor breath, when
she staggered to her feet and hur-
ried down the track.
1t was a close calculation. Miss
Ransom had hardly turned the
curve when the noise Of the oncom.
ing train could be heard and a few
seconds later dashed into view
The wild gesticulations of the brave
girl caught the attention of the en-,
gineer almost instantly, and brakes
were applied and the train brough'
to standstiH right on the curve
and in sight Of the broken trestle
Without culver in her,voice Mis-
Ransom told the engineer of tn,
mishap, and in a matter-of-fac wa,
without any embellishments, relat
ing her experience in trying to pre-
vent the train from going through
the broken trestle into the river.
The dozen or 80 passengers on tn
train were dumbfounded by tn
girls matter. of-fact bravery, an,
crowded around her and almos
Rugged her in their enthusiasm an
thankfulness.
Did the girl make her mark i
the telegraph profession? Nc
, much. She married the engines
whose life she had saved.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-06-02
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.
Commencement Exercises Begins the 1t
and Concludes the 9TH of June.


Commandments Exercises Begins the 4th
and Concludes the 9TH of June.
The commencement exercises of
our State University at Knoxville
begin this year on the 4th, and con-
clude on the 7th, of June.
The first occasion is the sermon
before the graduating classes, on
Sunday evening, the 4th, by the
brave pastor Of the McKendree
church, at Nashville, Rev. DR.. S. A.
Steel, known everywhere through
out the country as the oretor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South.
The annual address before the
University will BE delivered on
Tuesday, the 9th, by Mr.. James
Lane Allen, Of Kentucky, she no.
blest Of Southern writer's. A good
authority has spoken Of Mr.. Allen
as the man who "alone in the South
has been capable of lifting its fc-
ton above the level of negro dialect
stories and placing iton aplainwith
the best work that Americans have
done" Says another: "Fascinat-
ing aseare Mr.. Aliens stories, his
addresses are tenfold more SO, for
he adds to his noble and poetic
diction the charm of oratory- his
birthright as a Kentuckian."
The celebration Of the literary
societies occur on Tuesday night
and the commencement proper Oh
Wednesday morning. The alumni
address this year is by Mr.David T
McMilland, a distinguished young
alumnus, of Knoxville.
Thus will be closed one of the
most prosperous years the Univer
sity has ever had. The graduating
classes will number over}thirty.
Nervous mortals who imagine
that they could stand dying al
right enough were it not for tht
fear Of being buried alive may b'
interested in a recent announce
ment made by a French scientist
He says chat an unfailing test o
death may be made by producing
a blister on the hand or foot Of tn,
corpse using a candle for that pur
pose. If the blister, upon bein!
opened with a pin or other instru
ment is found to. contain fluid o
any kind there is still life in th
supposed corpse. On the othe
hand, should it contain steam only
rest assured that the vital spar
has flown. Selected.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-06-02

main at Richmond until all these
arrangements, including the plans
for the monument to be erected at
Monroe Park, have been completed.
No plans have been offered for the
monument, but the matter will take
practical shape this week.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-06-02
HOW THE CASE WAS WON.
A Story Told by Virginia Lawyer Good
Many Years Ago.

New YORK SUM-
In the early years Of this century
Philip Doddridge was the leading
lawyer in Northwestern Virginia,
now portion of the State Of West
Virginia. Doddridge County was
named for him. He resided in
Wellsburgh, on the Ohio River, but
his practice extended wellinto Ohio
and Pennsylvania, and he afterward
represented his districtin Congress.
On one occasion Mr.. Doddridge |
was called to Washington to defend
a man accused of horse stealing. |
1t was a clear case. The principal
witness was an accomplice who
turRed States evidence, but this
testimony was amply corroborated
by that Of otherpeople. Mr.. Dodd-
ridge was not expected to make a
very forcible address, and he did
not try to. He talked in a desul-
tory manner to the jury for fifteen
or twenty minutes, and then added:
IL have very kttle more to say,
but with the permission of the court
| will relate an incident which
seems to me to bear on this case.
In the older portions Of this State
it is the custom now, as it was some
years ago, for the judges to travel
over their circuits and hold court.
With the judges went the lawyers.
In a certain district | have in mind
the nestor of the bar was a precise
gentleman of the old school, who
wore rufled SHIRT fronts and cuffs,
and prided himself on his invaria-
BILE attendance upon divine service
at the town in which court was be-
ing held. He insisted on a similar
attendance on the part Of the other
lawyers, and made it his business
to see that they went with him in a
body. One Sunday morning they
found themselves alta town with no
church except one belonging to the
Methodists, and although this nes-
tor was an Episcopalian, he notified
the younger attorneys that they
would be expected to go to church
as usual. They were late in get
ting ready, and when the dignifed
old lawyer appeared in church and
marched up the middle aisle, fol
lowed by all the lawyers in the dis,
trict, the minister was we'll in his
sermon. He stopped in his dis
course, however, gazed at the leader
of the file second, and then said
"My friend, if you had not stop.
ped to prink and to arrange those
rufles so carefully you could have
got to church in time. AS it is you
come at this late hour and disturb
the worshippers by your entrance
| give you warning now,' the min
lister added solemnly, raising his
finger to make the words more i'm
pressive, that at the judgmentdayl
shall appear to testify against you.
"The old lawyer had stopped
when the minister began to address
him, and stood waiting In the aisle
When the minister was through
!
the lawyer said:
"Sir, l have been praeticing a
the bar for forty years, and tina
much experience has shown me tina
the greatest rogue always turn
, States evidence"
At this point Mr.. Doddridge lef
his case with the jury. The entir
courtroom was convulsed wit
laughter, and it was some time be
3 fore order was restored. Then tn
jury announced a verdict of no
t guilty, and Doddridge's client wa
: released
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-06-02
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
His Remains Removed from New Orleans
TO Richmond.

says Inc ulSIOIlC SSJGluS WulCll
surrounds the old capitol city of the
Confederacy, becoming more and
more interesting with each passing
year, will, on Wednesday, be inten-
sified, when there shall be added
another jewel to the diadem of i'm
mortal gems which dot her sacred
soil. The hearted the ex-Confed-
crate will be knit yet closer to the
resting-place Of so many Of the
dead heroes, and the field of the
tourists research will be greatly
enriched.
The remains of Jefferson Davis,
President of the Southern Confed-
eracy, will onthat day be consigned
to a beautiful spot in Hollywood
Cemetery, overhanging the broken
waves Of the James, and its purling
waters shall sing an everlasting re-
QUEEN to the distinguished dead.
The preparations for grand and
solemn display inappropriate fun
.eral obsequies are all made, and the
occasion will be the greatest mourn
ing observance ever seen in the
South.
The military Of thiscity and State,
and of other States, the Confederate
Veteran Camps from the Potomac
to the gulf, and a grand concourse
of civic organizations will join with
the people indoing hororto theman
who, though two years dead, is yet
the greatest representative of a
principle which, though defeated,
will live as long as Americans love
liberty and freedom.
When Jefferson Davis passed
away at New Orleans, December 9,
1890, the South bowed it's reveren-
tial head and determined to do that
honor to his memory of which this
ceremony is but an introduction.
The Confederate veterans of New
Orleans took his body and placed il
in the vault of the Army Of North.
ern Virginia, in Metiarie Cemetery
in that city, and have guarded il
night and day until now.
A spontaneous movement was al
once started in many places to Sc.
cure the funds to erect a fitting
monumGnt to his memory, and al
the meeting of the United Confed
crate Veterans at New Orleans il
April of last year the matter was
placed liz the hands of an executive
committee, and the subscriptions
made in various places were turned
over to the committee and plans ar
ranged for securing an adequate
fund.
The first question to be settled
was the location Of the ex-Presi
dents grave. This matter was lef
to Mrs. Davis, who, after consider
ing the claims of number of citie
for the distinction, decided in faEo
of Richmond on account of consid
CREATIONS of old associations and tie
of kinship and friendship.
The disinterment of the remain
of Mr.. Davis at New Orleans tool
place Saturday morning. But lit
tie ceremony attended the affair, !
being the wish Of Mrs Davis tina
the transfer be as private as posi-
BILE. When the city Of Richmon'
offered Mrs. Davis a burial plac
for her husband it was understoo,
that it included the entire family
and few days following the honor
of the ex-President, his four dea
children will be laid beside hin
Two of them will be removed fror
Memphis, Tenn, one from Wash
ington, and little Joe Davis, who's
remains already lie in Hollywood
will be removed from his presen
NJ. no.~s- III -
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-26
AsIATIC CHOLERA.

The great alarm excited in this coun-
try by any threatened approach of
ASiatic cholera is based upon the mem
DRY of the terrible ravages of the disease
when the medical profession was COM
paratiVely in its infancy. The disease
has visited this country several times
during the past thirty-tiye years, but
never since 1854 has its destruction been
great. The scourge Of the latter 40'S and
early sos defied all treatment then
known to medicine, and depOpulated
communities. The country had about
come to the conclusion that the end of
the human race was at hand. Since
that time medical science has been
growing, and physicians understand the
disease. The ablest of the profession
have studied it in Asia, where it pre-
walls about every year. They have
learned how to stay its advance, and
also how to treat it with considerable
success. Cleanliness, they say, is the
greatest of all preventiyeS. DR.. w.
w. ToRRENCE, of Chicago, a phys
ician of considerable distinction, was
twelve years in Teheran, Persia,
and the main portion of his practice
was in treating cases of the dread dis
ease. He was a vice consul of this
country most of the time. For his skill
in treating cholera he was highly hon
ored by the shah of Persia. He as
serts through the newspapers that chol-
era can be kept out by cleanliness of
premises and person. He uniteS with
another noted expert upon cholera in
the statement that he would rather
treat ASiatic cholera than certain forms
of typhus, scarlet fever aud kindred
diseases. Several noted doctors of New
York agree with this statement. Chi
cago, acting upon the suggestion of the
potency Of cleanliness, is energetically
engaged in securing itself. 1t has be-
fore it herculean task, but the coun-
try has confidence in the ability Of that
city to accomplish most anything. At
one time the city was OIL the point of
asking congress to postpone the worlds
fair another year; but, with the assur-
anceS of these experts, the management
concluded that there was little to be
feared of the disease, and that the expo
SitiOn must 90 on,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-26
$1,000 for the purpose. States prison

$1,000 for the purpose. States prison
committee.
Mr.. O'Brien, S. T. 143-Relating to
changes in the articles of incorporation
of corporations. Judiciary.
Mr.. O'Brien, S. f. l44-Limiting the
time for commencing actions on shares
of stocks. bonds, etc. Judiciary.
Mr.. O'Brien, S. f. 145-Amending law
relating to full-paid stock i'll corpora
tons. Corporations.
Mr.. Burkhardt, S. f. 146-Relates to
the disposition of the proceeds of the
sale of town bonds.
Mr.. Nelson, S. f. 147-Amending the
statute relating to the service of sum-
mons and complaint i'll civil actions in
justice court. Judiciary
Mr.. Mcmillan, S. f. 14S-Appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the construction OF
library and assembly hall at the state
university. University.
MIR. Allen, S. f. 149-Amending the
law relating TO the issuance of state
teachers certificates. Education.
Mr.. Donnellv, 5. f. 150-Memorial to
congress, requesting that it take steps
to condemn all the anthracite coal
fields in the United States and thereby
end the coal combine. Passed under
suspension rules.
Mr.. Dean, S. +. 151-Providing for the
appointment of three tax commissioners
to Investigate the tax laws OF the state.
providing for their compensation. Tax
and tax laws.
Mr.. Lienau, S. F. 152-Amending the
election law and providing for the ar
rangement of nominees of each party
may be grouped together. Ordered
printed and referred to committee on
elections.
Mr.. Stockton, S. F. 153-Amending
the law relating to fees of clerks of dis
trict courts and extending the general
law to Rice county. Judiciary.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-26
QUIT OuIRRLING.

Severing part Of statement fro ~
its context and commenting on it as if
it were whole is cheap and not rep
utable manner of meeting argument.
The Pioneer Press adopted this method
during the campaign of Senator DAVIS
with an editorial of the GLOBE; and
now its fellow worker, the Tribune,
does the same. The GLOBE said that
there was carelessness about the
statement of Gov. NELSON that "the
railroad company, in thus obstructing
and defying this righteous claim OF the
association Ito have the company build
side track to its WAREHOUSE, o0strncts
and deteS the whole power and dignity
of the state" that impeached his legal
ability, if he were sincere. and not tat
flying the farmers. In the absence or
law cbliging the road to build a side
track to any elevator any one might
choose to build, the road was not under
any obligation TO do as the association
wished, and hence did not ''obStruct and
defy the power and dignity of the state"
The main question, however, Is the
one the GLOBE asked, and is one which
it would be pleased to have its con-
temporary answer. This is: Why should
the formers of the state be obliged to
build their own elevators and ware.
houses to escape from combination of
corporations? Why should not the state
oblige the railroads to provide elevators
for the handling of grain, just as they
provide freight houses for handling
merchandise? If the state can compel
companies to build side tracks to private
warehouses why can it not make them
build elevators? If they did provide
elevators and operated them as they
operate their freight warehouses, and
were prohibited from dealing i'll grain
IN any way. what need then would there
be for the farmers to investtheir money
in elevators or warehouses?
Such law would be only to compel
the roads to resume function properly
their own. which they have, for selfish
reasons, delegated to allied corpora
tons. 1t is just such law in principle
as the one which made the roads furnish
cars for the transport Of wood, which,
however. would nave been just as etfica-
cious if it had forbidden the roads or
any of their officers or employees from
buying OF selling wood The railroads
should be held strictly to the work for
which they were endowed with legal
existence. They have no right, as the
Tribune admits-now that the election
is over-"to bestow monopoly of the
elevator business upon few great
monopolIes." The remedy is to make
them revoke their unWarranted bestow-
ais and resume their proper function.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-26

ferred to the Judiciary committee. On
s. +. II, a joint resolution to congress
praying for early collection of the debt
or foreclosure OF the governments mort
gage, action was deferred.
Other Committee Work.
Mr.. Fleming'S bill. providing that an
applicant for position as locomotive ell
gneer shall have served at least three
years as fireman, will be recommended
TO pass by the house committee on rail-
roads. 1t has been amended by the
committee to make its enforcement the
duty of the bureau of labor statistics.
Messrs. Mayo and Hayes. Of the Order
of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers.
respectively. explained the intent of the
BILL and the committee was unanimous
for its passage.
Mr.. Cairns bill to abolish days of
grace will be recommended to pass by
the house committee on banks and bank
ing, as will also the bill providing for
Incorporation of clearing house aSsocia-
tiOnS.
The temperance committee of the
house will report i'll favor of the pas
sage OF Mr.. Keorner's bill to require the
payment of $40 in advance to pay for
advertising applications for license to
sell liquor.
Ii. f. 25, introduced by MIR. Greer-To
regulate the WarehoUsing and handling
of grain in elevators and warehouses on
railroad rights of way, except in the
cities of St. Paul. Minneapolis and Du-
luth, will be reported to the house with
out recommendation.
Attorneys for Messrs. Walsh and Sim
mon were before the house committee
on elections yesterday. Mr.. Simmons
alleged contest is invery slovenlyishape.
but it has been handled probably as
well as 1t merits. The committee is not
likely to report today.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-26
FIFTY MORE DEAD.
The Death Roll in the Dux Mlno
Disaster Now Reaches
$50.
Brave ReScuers Driven Out of tho
Mine by the Deadly After
Damp.

VIENNA. Jan. 25.-All hope of rescu.
ing alive the men who were entombed
by the explosion of fire damp in the
Fortschrtt mine, at Dux, Bohemia, yes
terday, has been abandoned. An inves-
tigation of the list of employees reveals
the fact that 1870 men lost their lives in
the disaster. as it Is generally conceded
that those who were not killed by the
explosion must have been suffocated by
the after damp. The mine is being
cleared of the wreckage as rapidly
as possible. Every effort will be
made to recover the bodies of
the dead. Many pitiable and
heart-rending scenes were witnessed
about the mouth of the shaft when it
was announced by the mine officials
that beyond a shadow of doubt every
man i'll the mine was dead. No eXpla-
nation has yet been made as to how the
explosion occurred. An immense guam
tity of after-damp has accumulated in
the mine. Late this afternoon, while
party of Iescuers were at work, the gas
filled the mine so rapidly that every
man of the party had to flee for his life.
The ventilating apparatus cannot be
worked, and it is absolutely impossible
to enter the mine.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-26
CARLISLE AND SILVER.

The st. Louis Republic aud Atlanta
Constitution are in state of mind over
the attitude of Mr.. CARLISLE towards
silver. This perturbation is caused by
the claims made that he has modified
the views to which he gave expression
a year or two ago, claims fortified by an
incautious use of the word ''intrinsic,"
as applied to silver, in some recent let
ter. These advocates of the policy of
turning the minis into markets for silver
that costs about 40 cents an ounce to
produce and sells in the market at ST
cents, at which the bullionaires could
get S1.29 an ounce, care nothing about
the ''claims," but when the secre-
tary-to-be of the treasury uses that
word intrinsic" in connection with their
white metal fetch they think the symp-
toms sufficiently serious to warrant CIV
ing Mr.. CARLISLE piece of their minds.
'Intrinsic" is the barb of the matador to
the silverites, and sets them to roar
ing whenever it is used. The Republic
conveys to the coming secretary an in
timation of what is in store for him in
its walls of wrath if he doesn't tote fair. in
a leader which closes with this some
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-26
THE STATE CONVENTION.

The state good roads convention
opened at the chamber of commerce
yesterday morning with large attend
ance of delegates hailing from all parts
of the state. The day was devoted to
reading papers, most of which were
able and presented much good material
for consideration. No definite action
was taken, but the general expression
was in opposition to the plan of state
appropriation of $4,000 year, and in
favor of handling the road improve
ments locally. A state appropriation.
it was thought, would result in little
practical good, as much of the money
might be spent in advertising stone
quarries, etc. The unanimous senti-
ment was in favor of making great road
improvements. SO that, if nothing is
done specifically, much good must come
out of the meeting. Some action may
be looked for today. A new and more
efficient road law may be asked of the
legislature,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-26
PROPOSE CIVIL WAR.
Alleged Expose of the French
AnounhiSfc, Ernnra rnno

Alleged Expose of the French
Anarchists Programme.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-"Anarchist lead
ers are satisfied that the masses in all
civilized countries were never so restless
as now," says the Herald, land the tur-
MOL aroused in France has convinced
them that the French people are weary
of a republican form Of government,
and that the time has therefore come to
establish in its stead a government
which is the day dream of all champions
of social revolution. To bring about
the desired result skillful programme
has been formulated. Confident as they
might be of the sympathy of the French
people, the leaders knew we'll that
something more than this sympathy
was necessary to insure success, and
they determined to appeal for moral,
physical and financial support to Europe
and the United States. They could best
attain this object by sending responsible
men as delegates to the various cOun-
tries, and the delegate assigned on this
mission to the United States arrived in
this city last Saturday. This delegate.
who is known to his colleagues as NJ.
Ernest Mouchon, is said to be friend
of Marquis de MoreS, and stands high in
the council of his party. 1t is said that
NJ. Mouchon has conferred with only
two prominent revoluti0niSts, and that
they have promised him all the support
in their power.
At private meetings with Johann
Most and other American revolution
lists throughout the country will M.
Monchon's work be done. What he has
come here for is money, and he expects
that every revoIutionist in this coun-
try, no matter what party he be-
longs to. will contribute liber-
ally. The money, it is said, will
be spent on arrangements and
arms and ammunition and other pur-
poses of Legitimate warfare The in
discriminate use of dynamite will not
be sanctioned. If the revoIutionists
find that they cannot gain the day ex-
cept by force. they will take the
arms of soldiers and not of
assassins. A regular civil war
is what they propose and they
are confident thatreyolutlonists of every
shadow of opinion will subscribe lib
orally. Only few revolutiOnists, they
argue. approve of the use of dynamite,
whereas almost all approve of legit-
innate warfare. The French army is
honeycombed with revolutionary ideas.
and when the day of battle comes,
the soldiers, when ordered to NOW
down the rebels, will refuse as one
man, and throwing down their guns
will march over TO the ranks of the iu-
surgents. The first day of May has
been fixed for the opening of the cam
paign, but active warfare will begin
sooner If the necessary money, arms
and men are forthcoming"