The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-11-23
BRIEF KILOGRAMS.
A CONDENSATION OF OUR MOST
IMPORTANT DISPATCHES.
Short and Crisp Morsels of General
Interest to Our Readers.

iect of consolidation.
The silver men of Colorado and |
other mining states are maturing plans,
it is said, for launching "silver par
ty." They will cooperate with the BIZ
metallists of the south and east, aud
call will soon be issued for a meeting
to effect an organization.
The imperial funeral train, bearing
the remains of the dead czar, Alexan-
der III, arrived Sunday at Moscow,
where the interment took place in the
Cathedral of st. Michael amid the
most imposing pomp and pageantry
and in the presence of vast multi
tude.
The Harrison brothers have sold
portion of their interest in the Chica-
so Times to H. W. Hawley, formerly
owner of the Denver Times. He will
take an active part in the management
of the paper, assisting Mr.. Kraus, who
recently bought the controlling inter
est. Mr.. William j. Abbott remains
as editor.
A dispatch from Shanghai to the
Central News under date of Monday
says it is reported there that Port
Arthur was taken by the japanese
without resistance. The japanese, af-
ter bombarding the place for short
time, made land assault upon the
enemy's works, when the Chinese sur
rendered.
The editors of the RailWay Age at
Chicago gave out an open letter Tues
day addressed to the members of the
strike committee, whose report on the
cause and conditions of the American
Railway Union strike last summer was
given out Monday. The letter is crit
icism of the report "to correct any
oversights or mistatements of facts"
Fire at Fort Worth, Sunday morn
ing destroyed Ye Arlington Inn, one
of the best hotels in Texas. The fire
bad its origin in the kitchen, and be-
ing located at Arlington Heights, three
miles from the city, the fire depart
ment was unable to stay the flames.
The building and contents cost, two
years ago, $125, 900, and was fully Gov
cred by Insurance.
The Richard X. Fox diamond cham
pionship belt exhibited by James j.
Corbett, in the window of G. E. Sher-
ifs drug store at Davenport, a., was
stolen Monday evening by unknown
men. The belt was valued at $1,000
to IS, 900. Corbett won the belt in
fights with Sullivan and Mitchell, but
had to win once more before it became
his personal property.
Three masked robbers attempted to
hold up the bank at Sylvan Grove,
Kan, at noon Monday, and one of
their number met death in an unusu-
ally tragic manner. He was shot by
the cashier of the bank, John Calone,
and when in a dying condition was
perforated with bullets by his own
comrades, to save themselves from ex-
posure.
The oAic;al vote of last Tuesday s
election in Indiana has been received,
and by congressional districts the re-
publicans have majority Of 1854.
For the head of the state ticket, with
one county (Sullivan) out, the repub-
lican plurality is 7,649. The populist
candidate for secretary of state received
1851 votes, showing a populist gain
over 1892 of 1904.
The supreme court of Pennsylvania
has rendered al opinion in the Gaultz,
in the school case, affirming the de-
cision of the lower court. The court
refuses to restrain by injunction the
members of the order of st. Joseph
Catholic sisters from teaching in
public schools in the garb of their or
der or the school directors from EN-.
ploying or permitting them to act III
that capacity.
Mary Nelson, twenty-five years old,
, of Philadelphia, while dining with a
, party of friends at Norwich, Conn.,,
Tuesday afternoon, in response to q
toast, laughingly drank glass of car
bolic acid with suicidal intent and died
soon afterwards. Not one of the par.
, ty suspect, d that the liquid was poison
until its fatal result was seen. Griel
at the death of her husband led to
the act.
William X. Alderman, comptroller
of the city of Chicago, has resigned
Mr.. Alderman gives as his reason fol
resigning: "The complications will
which we are surrounded, the natura
result of defective system of assess
ments in vogue for many years past
i; makes it practically impossible for an,
one, however we'll disposed or skillful
!, to successfully fulfill the duties re
. quired of the chief financial officer o
q the city"
The fight between the Cincinnati