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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-07
Defaulter Taylor Returning.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, August Nv. W..
Taylor, the South Dakota defaulting treas
urer, was In the city yesterday on his way
from Chicago to Pierre. Taylor has been in
Chicago the past three weeks. The purpose
of his visit was to collect 500. 900, which.
besides all his property, he will turn over to
the state of South Dakota. He said he has
been entirely successful in his mission, and
the money was now in hand, ready to be
paid into the treasury.
IT am going to Pierre to plead guilty and
be sentenced" said MIR. Taylor, land I am
anxious to be serving 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-07
Enterprising Advertiser.
m the Cincinnati ENQUIRER.

From the C1ncfrnati Enquirer.
Merchants are adopting all sorts Of de-
vices to attract the attention Of passers-
by. The latest fad is the electrical window
sign. An uptown dealer has one which
makes a noise and stops strollers, who
read on it these words: IF your sign moves
and attracts attention your goods will"
Another electrical eye arrester never fails
to draw. 1t is shown by a piano man.
Over the sidewalk is fixed a large circular
case containing number Of white, flexible
sinuous arms, moving from common CEN
ter. These are connected with the key
board and follow the motion Of the keys on
a piano inside. When lively tune is be-
tumbling bars in the case seem to have
constant fascination for the passer-by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-07
The Usual Form.

The Usual Form.
From the Chicago Record.
Have you issued my denial that am q
candidate" inquired the prominent politi-
clan Of his secretary.
Eyes, SIR" said the obedient secretary.
''Well, then" continued the politician, "go
down to the committee headquarters and
tell the chairman to get himself interview
ed to the effect that 1t is impossible to
foretell what I might do were the honor
forced on me by unanimous acton Of the
party"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-07
Cut Each other to Death.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. August 7.-Joe
Hammond and Clarence Chapman Of Lone
oke county cut each other to death in this
city with pocket knives because they could
not agree as to which owned a bull year.
ling. The fight lasted fully fifteen minutes,
both men standing up and jabbing until
life was almost extinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-07
The Star Out of Town.

THE EVENING STAR will be sent
by mail to any address in the United
States or Canada for such period as
Nay be desired at the rate Of fifty
cents per month.
UBut all such orders must be &C.
companied by the money. or the
paper cannot be sent. as no ac-
counts arc kept with mail subscrip-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-07
Publlshcr Elver.on Return,

NEW YORK, August 7.-Ar,ong the
passengers on board the steamer st. Louis,
which sailed for Southampton today, was
James Everson, ST., proprietor Of the Phila-
delphia Inquirer. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Elverson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-07
GRAVE OF L1NCoLN,s MOTHER.
The Simple Stone Which Marks He
Last Resting Place.

Last Resting Place.
From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
In travelling from st. Louis to Louisville,
on the Louisville. Evansville and st. Louis
railroad, a traveller passes almost I'M
noticed the small town of Lincoln, in Spen-
Ger county, in southern Indiana. The place
derives its name from the old homestead of
Abraham Lincoln's father, the farm lying
half a mile or so from the railroad depot.
The mother of the martyr President is
buried here in a thickly wooded spot, with
in a stones throw of where once stood
Lincoln's fathers log cabin. A plain
white tombstone. surrounded by a neat
iron fence, marks the place where her
ashes lie. The tombstone has the following
plain inscription:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-07
Few Friends of Silver in the State
Convention.
THEY ARE IN A HOPELESS MINORITY
Meeting Of the Mississippi Dem
ocrats.
OTHER POLITICAL BODIES

MARsHALLTOWN. Iowa, August THE
democratic state convention was called to
order in the Ocean Opera House by Chair
man Howard at 1920 this morning. The
convention contains 1918 delegates. every
county being fully represented.
Judge Nathaniel French Of Davenport was
made temporary chairman and addressed
the convention.
Caucuses held this morning prior to as
senbling convention by various districts
revealed the fact that the free silver men
are in hopeless minority.
The committee on resolutions are nearly
unanimous for sound money. Only two dis
tricts have white metal members. The sill
yer men will introduce minority report
however, and make stubborn fight on the
floor of the convention.
Judge Babb of Mount Pleasant will be
nominated for governor. 1t is thought. by
reclamation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-07

The Nippon Ginko or Central Ma
tiOnnI Bank.
3. W. Barrett In Atlanta Constitution. =
About the currency and banking system
Of Japan I had talk yesterday with Mr..
Soyeda, the controller of the currency.
"The total currency Of JAPAN" said he.
amounts to 500, go. SO8 or yen. 1t consists
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-07

committee-finance and building-of the
Young Mems Christian Association, and is
designed to aid any friend of young men in
coming to decision as to the amount he or
she may contribute in order that the city
of Washington may have q building for
young men equal to the absolute needs,
even more than to do what other cities have
done for young men.
8. w. WOODWARD,
Chairman Finance Committee.
JOHN B. LARNER,
Chairman Building Committee.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29

The report of the Commissioner of
the General Land Office for 1895
shows that, compared with the fsca
year 1894, there has been a decrease
in land entries of 1905, and of g.
GIG, $50 acres entered upon. Some
persons may hastily assume that this
indicates that the public lands of the
the United States are nearly all occu.
pied, but this is not the case. There
is plenty of good Government land
left, but it is fact that in years of
depression the desire to take up land
seems to diminish. This rather dislo-
Gates the theory OF some economists
who profess to find an explanation OF
the superior condition of the masses
in this country in the fact that as soon
as work becomes difficult to obtain in
cities the surplus population finds its
way into agricultural pursuits. The
reverse, however, seems to be the case.
When work is abundant in cities the
wild agricultural lands are freely
taken up, but when the working
classes.in the city cannot find employ
ment the business of farming ceases to
have allurements. The explanation is
simple, remarks the San Francisco
Chronicle. When the manufacturing
industries of the country are thriving
and the workers in the urban districts
are earning good wages, the farmer
and fruit raiser can sell his products
at good prices; when work in factories
is scarce and wages low the profits of
agriculture disappear and there is no
temptation TO engage in the pursuit.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29

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application.
News communications and articles on cues
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29
WOMEN AND BABES
BUrCHERED WITHOUT MERCY
BY SPANISH SOLDIERS.
A Probability That the Murderers
WIN BE Sentenced to Death.

Colonel Fernando Fegueredo, the
Cuban leader, OF Tampa, Fla, is in re-
ooipt Of letter from Havana, giving
details Of atrocities which we're COM
mitted by Spaniards in Matanzas pro-
vince.
Colonel Melino, who commands o
Spanish regiment, recently encounter
ed the advance guard Of Gomoz's army
in Matanzas, and was defeated. While
soldiers under Melino were in retreat,
they met a group Of women and child
rem near a little town called Cayopino.
As the soldiers passed, one Of tho wo-
men made a sneering remark about
the Spaniards. The remark was over
heard by the soldiers and so enraged
them that they butchered everyone Of
the women and children. There we're
ten women and about dozen children
in the group.
The letter says that the Spaniards
after shooting down their victims,
stabbed them with bayonets, inhicting
the most horrible wounds. One baby
was killed at its mothers breast, and
the bullet that passed through the in
FAINT, also passed through the mother.
Colonel Melino made no report of the
butohery, but it happened that two Of
the women murdered were wives Of the
Spaniards engaged in the sawmill bus
mess at Matanzas.
When they learned how their loved
ones had been slaughtered they sent
De Campos information of the horrible
affair and demanded that Colonel Me-
limo be punished. 1t is stated that De
Campos has ordered that Melino be
courtmartialed, and it is thought the
butchers will be sentenced to death, as
the massacre is condemned aa bitterly
by Spaniards as by Cubans.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29
SOUTH CAROLINA HOMEsTEADs.
The Exemption is $1,000 in Land
and $500 in Personal Property.

The Exemption is 81, 900 in Land
and $500 in Personal Property.
The South Carolina constitutional
convention at Thursdays session dis
posed of the homestead exemption
matter, which had been left over for
about month. The exemption is
81, 900 in land and $500 in personal
property, and after it is set off it can.
not be mortgaged. Three hundred
dollars worth of personal property and
wearing apparel is exempted to IN
married persons also.
The section on miscegenation which
was also left over, was brought up
The convention had practically agreed
on prohibiting marriages where there
is more than one-eighth negro blood,
but another fight was made to prohibit
them when any blood whatever exist
ed, but no vote was arrived at.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29

Cheap books are q good thing If the
books are worth reading, but the great
mass Of the popular literature now
sent out is, in the opinion of the At.
lanta Journal, the veriest trash. Over
two hundred new novels will be pub.
lished in this country between now
and the holidays and it is safe to pre-
dict that not a dozen Of them will be
of any real value. The publication Of
novels has been going on in this coun-
try for some years past at a terrific
rate. In 1890 the number was 1118 !;
in 1891, it was 11O5; in 1892, it was
1902, and in 1898 1882. OF these
more than four thousand novels hardly
anybody now remembers even the
names of more than a score or two.
Nearly all of them have passed into
well deserved forgetfulness and are to
be followed by as many, or more, of
the same kind In an equal number of
years. John Ruskin's advice is to
read no book until it is a year old. II
one should adopt this plan he would
find year hence very few of the books
that are now just out. The Ruskin
idea is an excellent one. We often
wonder when we read some new book
which is the temporary rage what
there is in it to make everybody
anxious TO get it and alittle while later
we find that nobody wants it. II
would be fearful doom to be forced
to read all of the two hundred Ameri-
can novels which are to come out this
year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29
BIG CHICAGO BLAZE.
Sixteen Firms Burned Out-A Panic
Narrowly Averted.

Sixteen Firms Burned Out-A Panic
Narrowly Averted.
A fire which caused a property loss
of $500, 900 and imperiled the lives of
half thousand persons, mostly young
women, originated at o'clock Thurs
day afternoon on the third floor of
Charles Emerich & Co., feather and
down goods factory, IT'S and 1871
South Canal street, Chicago. The
conhagration was attended by scenes
of intense excitement and
score of fremen narrowly escaped
being killed by fire and falling walls.
When the flames were raging most
furiously, in spite of the best efforts
of twenty-five engines and small
army of firemen, fire brands were car
ried by the wind to adjoining manu-
factoring buildings and it looked as if
many more would have to go.
The seven-story brick building ex-
tending from 175 Canal street south to
the corner of Jackson street, the
nine-story brick building adjoining on
the north and the greater part of the
four-story brick building in the same
direction we're entirely destroyed.
These buildings occupied nearly
the whole of the block on the west
side of Canal street between Adams
and jackson streets. The seven and
nine-story buildings were owned by
Warren Springer, and the owner Of
the four-story building, which is one
third saved, is William j. Wilson.
The buildings were amply insured
In all sixteen firms were burned out,
and the losses are estimated at $3.50,
OOO The building loss is placed at
F.! $3.50, 600.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29
BOY TRAIN wRECKERs CONFESS
Expected to Get Thousands from
Injured Passengers.

At the coroner's inquest over the
bodies of Engineer Hager and Billy
Bonn, who were killed in the recent
railroad wreck at Rome, N. Y, Miss
Celia Perrin, friend of Hildreth, the
leader of the gang of boy wreckers,
testified that Hildreth came to her
house Tuesday and told her how the
boys wrecked the train. He said to
her that they turned the loosened rails
so that the train would run into the
ditch.
The four. boys concerned all con-
fessed except Bristoe, who is said to
have been one of the leaders. The
evidence of the others duplicates him.
All the boys had revolvers, which they
threw away in the woods after the
wreck.
All the youngsters had been reading
dime novels. They went to Utica
few weeks ago, and while there pur-
chased an outfit of revolvers. They
came home from there in box car and
on the way they planned the wreck.
They thought they would get several
thousand dollars from the wounded
passengers and corpses. They weak
ened after the rails had been loosened.
When the crash came and the boys
heard the cries of the people they ran
away through the woods, throwing
their revolvers away as they ran. One
of them lost his hat, but did not stop
to get it. The finding of the hat caus-
ed suspicion to rest on the boys and
they were arrested.
John W. Hildreth, Theodore Hib-
bard and Fred Bristoe, three of the
young wreckers, were arraigned before
the recorder for murder in the first
degree. Ali of them pleaded not guilty
and hearing was set for December
Sd. The inquest was continued to
November goth. None of those wound.
ed in the wreck are likely to die.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29

fourth oongreaa Ho will receive tho
complimentary nomination Tor speak.
or without opposition. That in itself
viii DO q formal designation as leader
Of tho minority Although the demo.
Gratis Ia tho house cannot expect 10 cut
much OF d figure ia the framing Of
legislation during the coming congress,
they may Boz able, by uniting
their forces, 20 make consider
able trouble for the confident
and too ambitious majority. As
q leader OF the minority in the 5lst
congress- Mr. Crisp won most Of his
national honora, end ho may bo ablo
TO win the Georgia senatorship from
tho large field Of aspirants for that po-
sition 81 he plays hia cards we'll 10
is possible that Mr.. Reed may seek to
retaliato upon Mr.. Crisp for the lat
tors attempt 10 discipline the "Big
Fellow from Maine" in the last con-
gress II tho old warfare between
Reed and Crisp Is revived, with Reed
In the chair and Crisp on the floor,
some interesting history may be made.
Estimates for Rivers and Harbors.
The annual report Of General Craig
hill, chief Of engineers 20 the secre-
tary Of war has been made public.
The board has prepared projects for
the artillery defense Of Philadelphia,
Key West, San Diego, the mouth Of
the Columbia river, Galveston and
Puget Sound. In addition projects
for the submarine defense Of various
places have been prepared OF revised
and nearly all have received the APP
proval Of the secretary of war.
He submits in detail bis estimates
for river and harbor improvements.
Among them are the following: James
river, Virginia, $4,000 Potomac
river, 100000; with this estimate
comes a recommendation that the
Long bridge be rebuilt, as at present
an ice gorge would overflow the city
and do great damage; also that the re-
claimed lands on the flats shall be re-
served for park purposes and not given
to commercial uses.) York river, Vir-
ginia, $50, 900; Cape Fear river, below
Wilmington. N. O., s195, 900; Winyaw
bay, South Carolina, 5000, 600; Charles
ton harbor, 500, 900; Santee river,
South Carolina, $50, 1000; Savannah
river, Sl7, 900; Darien harbor, Geor-
gia, S25, 600; Key West harbor, $685.
600; Charlotte harbor, Florida, 800,
900; Chattahoochee river, $40, 000i
Pensacola harbor, $500, 900; Alabama
river, $50, 900; Coosa river, between
Rome andTennesseer river bridge, 81 81,
600, between Wetumpka and the same
bridge, $4,000; Mobile harbor,
$3.50, 900; Black Warrior river, $780,
600; Warrior and Tombigbee, III Ala.
bama and Mississippi, 500, 900; Tom.
bigbee up to Demopolis, S97, 900, be.
low Demopolis, $4,000 Bayou La
fourche, Louisiana, $4,000; Bayou
Plaquehine, $3.50, 600; Calcacieu river,
500, 1000; Sabine Pass, Texas, $275,.
900; Galveston harbor, 81 800, 600
Galveston ship channel, 800, 900; Buf
falo Bayou, SIS, 600; Red river, Lou
isiana and Arkansas, $25, 900; Ouachi
ia and Black rivers, $50, 900; Yazoc
river, $3.50 Yazoo harbor, Vlcks
burg, 1926, 900; Arkansas river, 800,
900; White river, 1000; Cumber
land river, below Nashville, $3.50, 900
above Nashville, $3.50, 1000; Tennessee,
river, $4S5, 900.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29
SIN Figurlng on a Fight.

Fitzsimmons and Julian arrived at
San Antonio, Texas, last Friday. Ju-
liam said he received telegram from
Dan Stuart saying he had made salts
factory arrangements for battle
ground between Corbett and Fitzsim-
mons. Julian said Fitzsimmons had
signed a new agreement to fight Cor
bett at El Paso for purse of $40, 600
hung mp by Stuart, and side bet Of
$40. GOO.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29

According to a report to tho State
Department from United States Consul
Bigelow, at Rouen, the worlds produo-
ton of wool has not increased during
the past year, but actually diminished.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29
Ia the Best London style.

Acquaintanoe-Got that top coat IN
London, did you2 Have IL made By
tnilor2
Returned Tourist Certainly. You
didn't suppose could buy a. ill-alting
a thing az that ready made, did you9
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29

To returning peace by day and tranquility -
night Is extended BY the rheumatic patient
who owes these blessings % Hostetter'a stom-
anodyne for pain and purifier OF the blood an
instant beyond the point when the disease
manifests itself. Kidney trouble, dyspepsia,
liver complaint. Ia grippe and irregularltT OF
the bowels are relieved and cured By the
Bltiers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29
Colt Case Postnoned.

The trial of Colonel A. B. Colt, of
Columbus, o., for the killing of citi-
zens in the riots at Washington O. H.,
has been again postponed to Deem
Der Cd. Owing to the serious illness
Of one of the jurors the jury was dis
charged. The trial has already cost
over $40, 0OGin addition to the fees Of
Colonel Colts counsel, which are paid
by the state.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29
CAPITAL NOTES.
GOSSIP or WASHINGTON IN
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
Doings OF the Chiefs aud Heads Of the
Various Departments.

Tho ffty-fourlh congress will con-
vone within two weeks At tho Capt.
tol preparations have already been
made for the reception Of the new
body Of lawmakers, and an interest
ing session is anticipated.
The annual meeting Of tho National
Civil Service Reform League viii be
held In Washington December II and
10. Ex.Seoretary Of the Interior Carl
Schurz, the president, will deliver bis
annual address on the opening night,
and a reception will be given the next
evening All municipal associations
and affiliated organizations have been
asked TO send delegates.
Hiram Hitchcock, president of the
Maritime Canal Company Of Nicara-
qua, has submitted his annual report
TO the secretary Of the interior. There
are no new features contained in il ex-
cept that the Nicaragua Canal Con-
struction Company has been reorgan-
lied and is now the Nicaragua Compa-
ny. When the construction company
failed in 1893 all work was suspended,
but now the Nicaragua Company is
making active preparations for resum-
ing the work under the contract which
the construction company had with
the maritime company.
Monroe Doctrine Resolutions.
From hints thrown out by leaders
Of both political parties at the capital,
strong probabilities seem to exist that
two important joint resolutions will be
offered Immediately after the assem-
bling of the fifty-fourth congress. The
first will be an affirmation of the prin-
ciples embodied in the Monroe doc
trine, expressing in plain and vigor-
GUS language the sympathy Of the
American people with the government
of Venezuela in its boundary dispute
with Great Britain. The second, a
joint resolution, which is being pre-
pared with much care, provides for
the annexation of the Hawaiian islands
TO the United States under q terrific
rial form Of government.
The Philadelphia Mint on Full Time.
The treasury department was in
formed Thursday of the withdrawal of
$500, 900 in gold at New York for ex-
port TO Europe. This reduces the
treasury gold reserve to $50, 3O4, 557.
/ OF this reserve about S32, 900, 900 is in
gold coin, against which no gold GER
tifcates are held. The gold coin hold
ings at New York, because of the
recent heavy exports of gold, have
become less than it is customary to
have in the subtreasury aud gold coin
has been ordered shipped from the
Philadelphia mint to replenish the de-
pleted stock of gold coin on hand at
New York. The Philadelphia mint ID
now at work on full time and has been
for several weeks past in turning gold
bullion into coin. The coinage this
month at the mint will be unusually
heavy.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29

ThetaE on biolyoesin Belgium Is used
TO keep the roads in repair. In Vir-
ginia county tax on dogs is used for
Che same purpose.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29
Brewery Burned.

Fire which originated early Sunday
morning in the Banner brewery, at
Cincinnati, resulted in the total de-
struction Of the building and contents.
The loss will aggregate $3.50, 600; we'll
injured.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29

Muggins-Lets stop In here ana
have some beer and frogs legs.
Buggins-No, thanks; my doctor
has warned me against hops.-Phila-
delphia Record
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29

'Did you git a Zip from that bloko2"
81 did thot."
"What was it2"
"He tould me OF ought 20 be carry.
In the bod, insihoad av waitin' on the
table"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-29

DR.. kilmer'a SWAMI Roof cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
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