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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11
Mayor Strong Installed.


For the frst time in twenty-five
years a mayor not of the democratic
politicism is at the head of the New
York city government.
Shortly before noon Tuesday the
outgoing and incoming mayors met at
the city hall. After the usual formal
tiles an interchange of greetings and
the introduction of the several heads
Of the departments to Mr.. Strong,
Thomas F. Gilroy took his departure
from the mayors Office, and, as he has
announced, from political life.
The new mayor will have clean
slate to work on, as Mr.. Gilroy left
nothing unfinished IN the routine
work of his office when he retired.
The new board of aldermen will not
organize until next week. The nea
sheriff, Mr.. Hansen, entered upon the
duties of his position and SO did the
new coroners. Conditions for the new
officials will be somewhat different
from those that have prevailed hereto
fore. Under the new state legislation
every species of gambling is prohib-
tied and classed as a criminal offense.
Rumors Of intended designations of
many officials in the city departments
are rife, but it is generally believed
that the men in possession of these
very coveted places viii hold on until
they see whether a power of removal
bill will be passed at Albany.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11
An ExPLANArIoN.
Officials Of Brooks County Give Facts
Of the Recent Trouble.


Of the Recent Trouble.
At the regular meeting Of the board
Of county commissioners Of Brooks
county, held at the courthouse at
Quitman, the following resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas, Several murders havere-
Gently been perpetrated in our county,
and three negroes shot down without
proyoeation, as far as we can aseer-
tain, and oth1r innocent negro men
and women were abused and submitted
to nameless indignities; therefore be it
Resolved by us. l. That we de-
plore and mostly severely condemn
the spirit of lawlessness that seems to
pervade our county.
''2. That we feel that these crimes
have left a blot on the fair name Of
our county.
80. That we can upon all law-abid-
ing citizens to put down these crimes,
and we appeal to the courts to see that
these criminals are brought to trial
and justice melted out to them.
~. That the report given in The
Atlanta Constitution of December 25th
is entirely wrong and calculated to do
our county inestimable damage; that
there has never been any race riot in
our county; that the negroes have
never been under arms, and that the
whole trouble has been caused by
about twenty-five white men, not over
four of whom lived in Brooks county
that we invite and appeal for fair in
vestigation of the facts from the pa
pers. s. s. RoUNTREE, Chairman"
The board consists of Messrs. S. S.
Rountree. Robert L. Grower, J. n.
Mclean, Mitchell Brice and J. W.
Hitch.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11
is MoRGANFIELD A MURDERER9
Believed to Have Killed a Conductor
in a HoId-up at Cairo, Ill.

According to information just OBJ
tanned by the Cincinnati police, it is
believed that Charles Morganfeld, the
Virginia train robber, is implicated in
the hold-up Of the train at Cairo, ILL.,,
in November, 1898. Morganfeld is
now in jail in Cincinnati awaiting the
result Of an effort to secure his re-
lease on habeas corpus, pending requi-
sition litigation. In the Illinois hold
up the conductor was killed and the
man who fred the shot was seen.
From the published description Of the
murderer, people in that section be-
lieYe that Morganfeld is the man.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11
A LABOR DEMONSTRATION.
Shoe Workers Determined to Break
Up the Contract system.

Up the Contract System.
Haverhill, Mass, witnessed a big
labor demonstration Monday forenoon.
A procession Of shoe workers, num-
bering four thousand, marched to
Chick Bros. and to Spaulding &
Swett's shoe factories. At Chick
Bros factory nearly all women stitch
ors, numbering about 1875, including
those who work in Barrow & Oald-
wells shoe stitching rooms, in an adj
joining building, left their work and
came out. About one hundred men
including all the lasters, also came
out, About $50 employees quit work
at Spaulding & Swett's factory. Upon
the return of the marchers a mass
meeting was held in the city hall. The
shoe workers say they are determined
TO break up the contract system and
also to secure the adoption of new
price lists.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11
FoRTY-oNE KILLED.
Awful Fate of Christmas Party in
Oregon.

Oregon.
At Silver Lake, Lake county, Ore
gon, Christmas eve, while large party
was attending Christmas tree, lamp
exploded, causing fire, in which for
ty-one persons were burned to death
aud fifteen injured The gathering
had assembled at hall above Christ
man Bro. 8 store and consisted of
children who, with their parents and
relatives, were having grand time,
enjoying what Santa Claus had Brought
them, little dreaming that many of
them would never leave the building
alive. The Lakeview Examiner says:
"Some one attempted to get where
he could see and hear better by jump
ing upon a bench in the middle of the
hall. In doing so his head struck q
lamp hanging from the ceiling, caus-
ing the oil to run out, which immedi-
ately caught FIRE.
people were compelled to go
through the flames in order to reach
tho door and frantically rushed to
their doom. Five Of the injured will
likely die. The building was two
story structure, including the post
Office, and the entire stock Of goods Of
Ohristman Bros. was consumed"
Silver Lake is over Hundred miles
from Klamath Falls, and . 3age with
Lakeview papers brought che news to
the latter place.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11

The washing ashore of quantity of
wreckage upon the Scotch coast indi-
Gates the loss Of the steamer Oswald,
with her crew, bound for Cardiff.
The wreckage was chiefly washed
ashore three miles north Of Port Lo-
gan, Wigtownshire.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11
"a THING OF BEAUTY.0
Massmoth Edition 81 Hosds Calendar Eor
1898.


Every one who gets Hoods Calendar for
. 1895 secures ga thing of beauty" The cali
endar is formed In the shape OF a heart and
is ornamented with two beautiful child
faces which have always been charming
features OF Hoods Calendars. On the right
Is representation OF ssWinter," the sweet
little face with light brown eyes peeping out
from dainty cap, while the snow flakes are
falling all about The face on the left Is a
picture OF Summer" and is lighted with
blue eyes and the head covered with hat
decorated with bright flowers. The shades
are perfectly blended and the whole picture
is surrounded by a tasty border. The de-
sign was made by Miss Mande Humphrey,
one OF the most gifted and celebrated water
color artists in the country. The calendar
gives the usual information concerning the
lunar changes, and upon the back is printed
q tabl9 OF astronomical events especially cali
culatsd for Q. /. Hood Il Co.
The calendar Is issued to advertise tho
preparations Of the firm, and is regarded as
most difficult to manufacture, its novel
shape being such as no other concern has
ever undertaken TO produce In large guam
titles. During the five months when the cal
endars were being made there were actually
employed every day In this part OF the work
six printing presses, one bronzing machine,
four eye-letting machines, seven wire stitch
ers, eight large paper cutters and 162 per-
sons. The edition for 1895 was 10, 500 009,.
or about 2,5000 more than last year. Ii
the calendars we're laid down in a single
line, they would reach almost 1000 miles,
and IL the different pieces IN the calendar
pads We're laid IN this way they would extend
almost 5000 miles, or from New York 10
Liverpool.
Those who are unable to obtain Hoods
Saraaparilla Calendars at the drug stores
should send six cents in stamps Tor ons. or
10 cents for two to G. l. Hocl q Co., lowell
Macs.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11
Plant VIII Co-operate.

Mr. Fl. b. Plant, the railway mag
nate and millionaire, has offered to CO.
operate with the people Of Florida and
arrange for a fine state exhibit con-
sisting Of fruits, phosphate and other
products Of the state at the Cotton
States and international exposition TO
be held in Atlanta, Ga
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11
A Steamboat Burned.

The steamboat George w. Sentell
was burned to the waters edge Friday
night at New Orleans. She was laid
up at the wharf during the holidays.
The loss is IS, 800, covered by insur-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11

The treasury department. vas in
formed Thursday that $500, 600 in gold
was withdrawn at New York for export.
This reduces the gold reserve to $8S, :
669, ono.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11
PANIC In MEXICO

Caused by an Rarthquake--The Peo-
pie Greatly Alarmed.
At 1888 o'clock Sunday night an
oscillatory earthquake shock was felt
in the City of Mexico and other parts
of the valley of Mexico. The move
ment was east and west, but Of short
duration. The disturbance caused
great alarm from those who feared d
repetition Of the disastrous earthquake
Of November Cd, which killed eighteen
people ard did great property damage,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11

The Commercial bank, private in.
stitution at Spokane, Wash, with a
capital Of $50, 600, has suspended pay
ment. It had but few depositors.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11
THE STORY A FAKE
Regarding the Condition of Peace Be-
tween Japan and China.

The secretary Of the Japanese lega-
ton at Paris says there is no truth in.
the announcement that the chief con-
ditions Of peace upon which Japan
insists are the close of China.Japan
alliance against European influence,
the development of Chinese trade and
commerce by Japan, and Japan to I'M
dertake the effective reorganization of
the Chinese army and navy.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-01-11
RIo Grande Road % be Extended.

1t is reported that the Rio Grande
railroad, which now turns from Browns
vile, toPoint Isabel, Texas, is to be
extended in a direct line to Monterey,
Mexico.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-04-13

missionary. While looking after the
saved from the boats he saw Firth and
the woman and boy in the rigging and
asked why they were not saved.
You cannot get them when you are
alongside, was the answer
Put me on board, and I will get
them," said he. Four fishermen rowed
him out to the wreck, but thinking it
was certain death to board her refused
to put him OH.
IF l am drowned, You are not re-
sponsible. Put me on board, said he.
At that the boy fell and was picked up.
and the boat steered for land. Once
more the missionary prevailed on the
men to row him off. The ships side
was at an angle Of so degrees, but he
climbed it skillfully. After some diff
Guilty he got a line around Firth, with
one end fast, and led and dragged him
along the rail to the main rigging, then
down the ships side to the boat. All
this was done by the single rescuer un-
aided, for the fishermen staid in their
skiff, and Firth was helpless from cold
and almost out Of his wits.
Altogether the saved numbered 442.
That so many escaped from a ship which
sank to her cabin tops within ten min
utes after striking was due to the Off
GERS alone. The forecastle crew did
nothing. GEORGE L. KILMER.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-04-13

HEN steamship
S a S t ers take
place out at sea,
as was the case
with the steamer
Elbe the night Of
Jan. 80, or on the
coast beyond the
scope Of the life
saving corps, the
situation of the
passengers, many
OF them helpless
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-04-13
LIFE SAVING AT SEA.
GALLANT WORK OF THE OFFICERS
ON THE WRECKED ATLANTIC.

The steamship Carrying One Thousand Souls
Ran on a Rock-In Ten Minutes the Hn11
heeled, Broke Amidship and Sank-He.
roes of the Rescue.
Copyright, 1855, by American Press Associa.
ton. Book rights reserved.l
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-04-13

Yorkshire is the county il England
which has The greatest railroad mileage.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
MUNICIPAL REFORM.

The pastor of st. Paul's Universal
list Church in this city, Dr. Garfield,
is reported as preparing series of
sermons touching the underlying
causes of bad government in our
cities. AS prelude, ON last Sunday
morning he gave discourse ON "The
City of God" from the words, "Glo-
rious things are spoken of thee-City
of God" He said in part, as reported
in the Tribune of Monday: Gre
formers, not less than adventures,
seek large cities, rightly considering
them the key to every social as well
as financial fortune. Chicago has
within the last few days been honored
with excellent advice from the head
quarters of municipal regeneration.
DR.. Parkhurst speaks with the au-
thority of experience. His ringing
words and more eloquent example
can hardly fail to benefit this com
munity unless it should result in
deluging us with crude and callow
would-be reformers who haunt the
slums for evidence of. official corrup-
ton and then spread the stencil
abroad to show the world that they
are doing something.
"Mrs. Ballington Booth and her
associate women workers on what
has been deemed a fruitless: soil, are
worthy of unstinted praise. The
Salvation Army is far the most en-
couraging fact of modern Christian
efforts-it is worth dozen Boards of
Foreign Missionsl The heather are
at our doors and the way to convert
them is close at hand. But neither
DR.. Parkhurst mort the Salvation Army
has monopoly of methods for estab-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02

fishing the city of God among men.
Various matters besides those upon
which they are SO heroically engaged
need looking after.
"The bottom fact is, our modern
commercial cities being based upon
manufacturing and mercantile neces-
stiles, the two chief classes-the pa
tricians and plebeians of our day-are
the capitalists and the working people.
At present there is little intercourse
save of purely business nature be-
tween employers and employed. They
live apart from each other, bound by
few or no ties of neighborhood and
personal kindness. There is nothing
to soften the bitterness of feeling
produced by the contrast between
luxury and want; nothing to soothe
the irritation arising from commeric-
al competitions or industrial contests
We hear great deal, it is true, about
the claims of our less fortunate fell
low creatures and the duties of the
more fortunate; the doctrine that no
man has right to live for himself,
and that it is sacred duty of those
who have means and leisure to en-
ploy both in relieving the misery and
improving the condition of their poor
neighbors, is preached on all sides.
In the city of God there should be
neither beggars nor misers, since both
these extremes are destructive of the
very fundamental principles of fra
ternity."
DR.. Garfield gave notice that he
proposed to trace some of the agen-
cies which have brought about and
made necessary certain organic
changes, thus obtaining material for
determining what the perfect city
ought to be and must eventually be-
come.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
COMMUNICATIONS.
THE ELGIN SOCIETY.

ELGIN, lit. Jan. 16.
To the Editor of THE UNIvERsAL1sT:-
The Rev. James Gorton's remarkable
letter in reference to the Elgin Society
and Rev. A. N. Alcott, the late pastor
thereof, which appears in THE UNIvER-
sALIsT of Jan. u, probably never would
have been written had he known the
facts in the matter.
Being in Elgin twice-coming Satur.
day, preaching Sunday and returning to
Chicago Monday or Tuesday each time
gave him opportunity entirely made
quate to acquire reliable information
concerning the condition of the society
before and at the time Mr.. Alcott came
to Elgin and now, and the standing, pow
er and influence in the community of its
former and present members and of Mr..
Alcott, etc., about which he writes so
freely.
Had he been we'll informed he never
would have asserted that "the member
ship and strength Of the church and its
standing and power in the community
have been increased more thln four-fold
as the result of Bro. Alcott's pastorate."
On the contrary he would hardly have
ventured to assert that its strength,
standing and power in the community
had been increased at all by anything
Mr.. Alcott had done.
From it's organization in 1865 to the
time Mr.. Alcott came to Elgin it was
a distinctively Universalist Society and
prosperous, and it's church members were
united and heartily in sympathy with
and loyal to the Universalist denomina
ton.
Under Mr.. Alcott as pastor it has de
veloped gradually into a many handed
institutional church" according to Mr..
Gorton's averment. The controlling in
fuence of the present members of this
institutional church" are not in har-
mony with or loyal to the Universalist
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02

denomination and are Indifferent il not
hostile to its success and probably not
more, If as many, than one eighth of the
persons who attend the services now, are
or wish to be considered, Universalists.
Many real Universalists, and liberal in
every way, supporters of the church be-
fore and at the time Mr.. Alcott came to
Elgin, have ceased to attend the services
and only a few Of the Universalists at
the time he came attend now.
The result of Rev.A. N. Alcott's labors
as pastor in Elgin is estrangement prac-
tically of the Society from the Uniyer-
salist denomination and sorrow to the
hearts of many Universalists in Elgin.
SILvANUs Wilcox.
Having admitted = and unwisely-
Rev. Mr.. Gorton's article, there is no re-
course but to admit Judge Wilcox's
calm and temperate repiy.-EDIToR.]
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
DEATH OF REV. SIMEON HOvEY.

Sorrowfully, we record this week the
death of another old veteran in our
ranks. Rev. SIMEON HovEY, of Collin
wood. o., passed to his rest January II,
at the ripe age of so years, 5 months and
days. His death was caused by shock
and internal injuries, the result of an &C.
cident on the street car line. He was
knocked down by passing car and re-
cieved injuries which resulted two days
after in his death. His condition was
not thought dangerous until few hours
before he passed away. 1t mitigates the
sorrow of the event to know that the old
veteran passed away quietly and peace
fully and was not conscious that death
was near.
Rev. Simeon Hovey was born in Lima,
N. Y. in 1914, and commenced preaching
as a Universalist in 1842. About two
years ago. THE UNIvERsALIsT printed
some interesting "reminiscences of his
early ministry. He was one of the con-
verts of Rev. John A. Gurley. during his
vigorous ministry in the Universalist
church in Cincinnati. Bro. Hovey was
man ofgreat amiability of character, and
was widely beloved by large circle of
friends. A widow and three children
survive. Two of his daughters, were
present at the funeral, Mrs. A. E. H.
Clark, of Akron, and Mrs. Hart, of ST.
Clair, Mich. His son, Albert, who has
been in Helena, Mont, for eight years,
could not reach home in time for the
last service. The body was laid to rest
in Mentor. The funeral service was con-
Quoted by Prof. w. d. Shipman, of Ak
ron, assisted by the local ministers of
the Disciple and Congregational church
eS.
Bro. Hovey's ministerial life was spent
in Ohio, where in many communities in
the northern part of the State, he dis
pensed the word of life freely and al
most without price. He never filled any
prominent position in the church, but
loved the Gospel and embraced every OPP
portunity that came to him to preach.
He will be remembered as a faithful and
devout man, whose life was living
Gospel and he will be missed by large
numbers, who were accustomed to see
him at occasional meetings. His daugh-
ter, Mrs. Clark, is we'll known to Ohio
Universalists by her long services in the
Sunday school Convention.
The dear memory of the aged father
will be sacred to his children and many
friends.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02

tice, nor mercy, nor duty, nor obedience
to legitimate authority, nor, indeed. any
other moral or spiritual truth. is even ap-
proachable by the 'organon' which Mr..
Huxley sets up as the coming ruler over
all the regions into which the intellect
can penetrate" He calls the method as
Wanted by Mr.. Huxley spurious philo-
sophy, not only spurious as to setting up
purely physical sciences und purely ply
steal methods of investigation as the
highest branches and the surest meth
DDS of human knowledge, but as really
misrepresenting the physical sciences in
the very act of worshiping Them" for
that they were meant as "altar stairs to
lead up to God" and not to be mere
idols at the foot of those stairs nay, not
only disappearing, but degrading
them, "because bringing them down by
purely physical explanations from their
high estate, as leading up to the meth
dds of work pursued by mind higher
than our own"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
PERSONAL.

Rev. G. E. Tucker, of Bay City, Mich,
left January 80 for trip to Palestine.
Rev. James Gorton is assisting Rev.
Mr.. Bushnell in series of meetings in
Indiana the present week.
Rev. j. Murray Atwood, on his way to
his new pastorate at Minneapolis, called
at the Western Branch last week.
Rev. G. B. Lynn is to preach at Bay
City during February aed March, while
the pastor, Rev. G. E. Tucker, is in Eur
ope.
Rev. L. F. and Charlotte Porter having
changed their residence from Bloomfield,
Ia, to Clarinda in that State, desire
that all papers and correspondence be
sent accordingly.
Rev. Frederick L. Crane, recently of
Readfeld, Me-, has been called to the
pastorate Of the Charlotte, Mich. church.
He has already entered on his duties
and reception has been given him by
LIS POOPiO'
Rev. Harry L. Garfield, National Sec
rotary of the Y. P. G. u, having removed
from Cleveland, desires to be addressed
at the Publishing House, No. 80 West
ST., Boston. Mr.. Garfield will act as
editor of Onward but will continue
his field work and Mrs Garfield will as
sist him in the care of the paper.
A private note from DR.. Hanson at
Pasadena, Cal, dated Jan. q, says: "We
have just had week of rain. an exper-
fence that fifteen previous winters have
not paralleled. The mountains, mesas
and wales are emerald as Ireland and the
flowers are chronicling the advent of
spring. The trees are white and frag-
rant with them, and the birds are talk
ing about housekeeping.