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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
PRESCRIPTION FOR MoRMoNs.
Must Not Accept ONCE Without Con.
sent Of Church Authorities.

Must Not Accept ONCE Without Con.
sent of Church Authorities.
The semi-annual conference of the
Mormon church closed at Salt Lake.
Utah, Wednesday night by the issu-
ance of manifesto by the heads of the
church. 1t says that before accepting
any position or nomination, political or
otherwise, members of the church who
hold any church Office land 70 per cent
Of the Mormon people do hold church Of
fces) must apply TO the proper author
tiles and learn from them whether
they will be permitted to accept such
nomination or position. To maintain
proper discipline and order in the
church, the manifesto says, this rule is
deemed absolutely necessary, and
hhould not be considered as an in
infringement on the individual rights
Of the citizens.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24

ncso and II comes IN FREQ from Cuba
and Brazil and the price drops away
down and OH this was done 10 please
Carnegie and the Chicago steel worka
Well, Of course, that man is ngin tho
government, aud there are scores of
them right here IA Barlow county and
they are al for protection. In this
gublunary world almost every man
praya the Lord for q blessing on emo
and my wife, my son John and his
wiio-us four and no more. Two
long been hunting for that man
who when ho was robbed o.
his coat gave the robber nss cloak
too. He is as scarce as the wan
dering jew. Everybody wants pro-
lection of some sort especially II il
comes out Of the public crib. An
honest man is not the noblest work Of
God, but / don't blame Mr.. Pope for
saying 50. An honest disburser Of
public money is worthy Of q pension
and a monument. SO many men
are dishonest aud 80 many are deceit
ful that poets and philosophers seem
to have lost confidence In the whole
human race. The old Scotch preacher
was reading a psalm TO his hearers
and when no got to the verse that
reads, "And / said in my haste that
al men are liars" paused and apostro-
phised, "Ah, David, me main, an II 20
had lived till now ye might have said
it at your leisure"
But happily there are many honest
and many truthful people. The salt
has not lost its SAVIOR and the smile OF
the Lord is still upon the land.
Neither war nor famine nor pestilence
nor any great calamity has for long
time berallen us.-BuL ARR, in At
lanta Constitution.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
JOHN cOoKERILL DEAD.
The Well Known Journalist Dies sud-
denly In Egypt.

inc wen Known Journalist Dies sud-
denly In Egypt.
Colonel John A. Cockerill, the able
journalist with a world~Atde reputa-
ton, died Friday evening in BARRIERS
chair in Cairo, Egypt
II was through cablegrams to news
papers and friends in New York, re-
oeiyed late Friday night, that intelli-
gence of the untimely death of the
brilliant and successful journalist be-
came known.
Colonel Cockerill had just reached
Cairo from Japan, where he had been
for the New York Herald as special
correspondent. He was booked for
some interesting letters from Cairo,
and when last heard from was appa-
rently in excellent health. When he
reached Cairo, the cablegrams show,
he stopped at Sheppard's hotel, had
walked into the hotel barber shop and
sat down for q shave. While in the
chair he was stricken with apoplexy.
That was about 1880 o'clock, and at 10
o'clock he died.
Colonel Cockerill was one OF the
most successful and widely known news
paper men in the United States. He
entered the profession when a mere
boy, and except for the period when
as a drummer he was at the front in
the civil war, he continued in it, rising
ever higher to positions of greater au-
thority and wider usefulness.
Colonel Cockerill was at one time
editor of the Washington Post, the
Baltimore Gazette, the st. Louis Post
Dispatch, the New York World and
the New York Commercial Advertiser.
In 1895 he went to Japan as CORE
spondent of The Herald, and his
work there Immediately attracted
worldwide attention. His dispatches
and letters in The Herald on China,
Japan and Corea, and the stirring
events of the last year in those coun-
tries were read with intense interest.
Colonel Cockerill left Japan only few
weeks ago, after the mikado had be-
slowed upon him one of the most COW
eted decorations, that of the sacred
treasure. BE was resting in Cairo for
3 while, studying the Anglo. Egyptian
campaign before leaving for home,
when he was suddenly stricken down.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24

make an absolute denial of tho truth Of
tho charges aud say the award Of tho
seed contract was based on pcrcon-
tago Of purity aud germ NATIVE power
OF the seeds tested By the department
last year az time whom there was no
prospect Of further distribution.
Against the Repatriation Bureau.
Postmaster General Wilson has do.
e.ared that the Uuited States slave
owners rcgIstration bureau, of Wash.
ingion. WIS in violation of The postal
regulations and not entitled 10 tlo
privileges oi the mails.
This bureau was recently inoorpor.
ated under the laws of the district and
the department made an investigation
Of ita methods Of business.
II was asoertained that three Of the
lneorporators Of the bureau gave
Washington as their residence, but
none resided in the district at tho
time OF incorporation. They have
Just established Offices here, but began
doing business in a sub-oiice in sa-
Vannah, Ca, several weeks ago by
sending out literature.
The plan Of the bureau was TO Sc
cure record Of all persons holding
slaves on January J., 1898. Instruo-
lions and blanks we're sent out to OK.
slave holders or their heirs, for them
TO state the number Of slaves owned
and their sex. These blanks we're to
DO filed out by ex-slave holders and
returned to the bureau with fee Of
from 81 to So, the bureau promising
to have bills introduced in congress
looking to repayment for slaves. The
report Of the postoflioe inspector is
that the scheme is a fraud, pure and
single.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
HOLMES TALE OF HORROR.
The Murderer Tells How He Killed
Twenty-Seven People.

1he mufuerer Tells HOW lie killed
Twenty-Seven People.
The blacklist page in the criminal
history Of the union, possibly of the
world, was most graphically, interest
ingly and entertainingly told in a Gin
cinnati paper Sunday morning.
TWAS the story Of Holmes,
the man who sought the accumulation
Of money through the death Of others,
and then after he saw the blacklist
rows of the shadow Of the gallows
hanging over him, sold a complete au-
tographic history of not only the
crime of which he was convicted, but
an autographs history Of many crimes
of which no one even suspected him.
Holmes shed blood, or rather took
the life Of people, men, women AID chill
dren alike, for years before ne was
brought before the public as a killer
of people, as murderer, an assassin,
a man who appears to have thirsted
for the blood of mankind. 1t matter
ed not to him, it seems, whether it was
a strong man, frail woman or a help
less child, he gloated in the death he
dealt with the same delight.
For years, as he tells the story, he
had been butchering his fellowpeople,
and his taste for blood might be yet
unsatisfed but for his killing of the
Pietzels in Philadelphia in July, 1894.
His usual shrewdness deserted him
there and his arrest followed. Then
came the trial and his conviction.
When Holmes found ell hope gone
and realized that he must hang he
dealt with those he was leaving behind
him in the same cold blooded manner
for the dollar as he had with his vic
Tins. He announced to the world that
he would sell a full and complete his
tory of his life, which he declared was
full of crime, and asked the newspap-
ers to bid for it.
Nothing like it has ever been written
in the criminal history of this country,
possibly not in the history of the
world, since the days of Borgia, the
great murderess by subtle poisons.
In easy, clever language the murderer
tells the story and in it gives the
names of twenty-seven people whose
lives he has taken.
He describes wildly and graphically
his feelings as he took from men, wo.
men and children their lives and in
dicates a gloating feeling many times.
His verbiage appears to show an in
creasing avidity to murder every time
he took a life.
The story in detail is thrilling, full
of sensational plans to murder, many
of which failed. 1t shows, too, that
Holmes became respondent ant
gloomy when he attempted a life ant
did not succeed. He starts with hi
first crime and by chapters follows hi
criminal career through.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvORERs.
Program of the International Con
ventiOn Announced.

ventiOn Announced.
The general outline of the program
of the fifteenth international Christian
Endeavor convention which will be
held in Washington has been an
nounced. 1t is expecte that fully
10000 people will attend the
convention which will open on We'd
nesday evening, July s, with % meet
ings held IN % of the largest churches
of the city.
On every morning of the convention
there will be held at 6 $50 o'clock from
20 to 30 early morning prayer meet
ings in as many churches.
The formal opening of the conven-
ton will occur Thursday morning in
the great tents which will be pitched
upon the White lot just south of the
executive mansion. These will be
called Tent Washington, Tent En-
deavor and Tent Williston, and will
seat about 10, 900 persons each, includ-
ing a chorus choir of about 1000
voices. At these opening sessions,
which will be held simultaneously al
$50 o'clock, addresses of welcome. the
annual report of Secretary John Willis
Baer and the annual address of Presi-
dent Francis Clark will be given,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
BACK TO WASHINGTON
The Debaters, Messrs. Crisp and Smith,
Journey Together.

Hon. Charles F. Crisp, ex-speaker
of the house of representatives and
candidate for senator, after a joint
discussion with Hon. Hoke Smith, sec
rotary Of the interior, on the financial
policy Of government, left Georgia at
noon Tuesday for Washington on the
Southern Yestibule train.
Before he left the city he bought q
copy of "Chimmie Fadden," and the
boy of the Bowery and Secretary
Hoke Smith, who combatted the ex-
speaker in regard to the financial
question in Georgia, all went to the
national capital together, as Secretary
Smith took the same train.
There was no indication of i'll health
in the demeanor of Mr.. Crisp when he
departed. His walk was elastic, his
every movement quick and agile, his
eyes were bright, his complexion clear,
but little pale.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
GEN. FITZHUGH LEE
APPOINTED As OUR CONSUL GEEs
ERAL AT THE CUBAN CAPITAL
TO Succeed Sir. Williams, who Has
Resigned.

The president Monday sent 20 the
senate the nomination of Fizhugh Lee,
Of Virginia, 10 DO consul general Of
the United States at Havana, vice
Ramon o. Williams, resigned
For months past il has been rumor-
ed that Mr. Williams had resigned.
Denials we're obtained from official
sources and we're so phrased as to con-
yey the idea that Mr.. Williams was
still in office, but the conviction OBJ
tanned, based not only on these deniala,
but on certain expressions let fall by
Mr.. Williams during his visit 10 Wash
inglon last year, that his resignation
has been at the disposal Of the presi-
dent for some time past.
II is known that Mr.. Williams has
been DESTROYS of surrendering his of
fee, having accumulated a private for
tune, being interested in business ven
lures that require much Of his atten-
ton, and more than else being thor
oughly tired Of the official duties OF his
place.
Touching the manner in which he
has discharged those duties the officials
Of the state department are full Of
praise and Mr.. Williams leaves the
consular service with the reputation Of
being the model consular officer of
the United States. He has been %
years in this service, having been APP
pointed in 1874, vice consul general
at Havana and promoted to be consul
general 10 years later.
He was born in the District of Co
lumbia and was appointed from New
York.
VIII Gather Inside Facts.
The president has stolen a march on
Spain in the appointment Of General
Lee.
lie has long wanted to send special
commissioner to Cuba to ascertain the
exact facts with regard to the scope
and significance Of the revolution, but
from the outset he encountered the
angry opposition of the Madrid gov
eminent which resented the suggestion
as insunerable impertinence and gratu-
itous intermeddling in a strictly family
affair.
He could not move Spain from this
view, but he never for a moment aban-
dpned the idea. 1t suddenly occurred
to him that he could accomplish this
purpose by appointing a consul gem
eral at Havana who could serve in the
double capacity of diplomatic repre-
sentative of this government and com
missioner, the latter, Of course, Gnder
/ private instructions.
After a careful canvass Of names ne
selected General Lee as best fitted to
perform the delicate duty.
General Lee is a graduate of West
Point, served with distinction in the
Confederate army, IS a distinguished
citizen and in every way qualified to
correctly diagnose the Cuban situation
from a military standpoint.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24
Iron Worllers striIke.

The employees of the Reeves Iron
Company and the American Tin Plate
Manufacturing Company at Canal Do
yer, O., numbering nearly 1000, have
struck because Of the discharge of two
rollers in the tin plate department for
alleged incompetency.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-04-24

The jury in the case of the Oubans
on trial at New York in connection
with the Bermuda filbustering expedi-
tion returned verdict of mot guilty.
in the case Of ali the defendants.
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lie Kept the Floor.

The Rev. DR.. x, occupying a charge in
a New England church, announced
some time ago that the regular weekly
prayer-meeting would be devoted to
discussion of a certain question of gem
eral interest TO the congrega ton. Many
members of the church wished to take
part in the discussion; it was therefore
DECIDED to limit each members remarks
to five minutes. When the speakers
time expired, the clergyman was to
notlfy him by rapping with a pencil on
the desk. Deacon A, a notoriously long
winded speaker and exhorter, was one
OF the members at whom the restriction
was specially directed. AS evervhodv U
anticipated, the Deacon was one of tho
first to address the meeting, and he ha 4
not fairly started on his remarks whom
the rap of the pencil was heard.
Am / to understand" asked the Dea-
con, turning to DR.. X, that nv five
minutes have expired?"
Yes, Deacon; l am sorry, but your
time is up
And all general remarks are limited
to five minutes?'
Yes, that was the understanding
Inc Deacon turned very deliberately
to his fellow-members .oTben
brethren. he proceeded, II shall throw
the remainder of my remarks into the
form of a prayer"
The Deacon kept the floor.
The record-union., 1896-05-10
AT A DOMINICAN PRIORY.

In the. old Priory garden the friars pace
to and fro,
Long level shafts of sunlight fall on each
robe of snow.
No sound comes thither wand ring Of the
worlds jar and fret;
With tears of heaven only these garden
beds are wet.
Here peach and golden nectarine mellow
upon the wall,
And in ancient orchard the red-cheeked
And here are Mary's lilies, like virgins
white and pure,
And waving laurel branches for those who
shall endure.
Like outpourd blood Of martyrs the GRIM
son roses glow
And sweet as little maidenS the purple
violets blow.
The -mark'd flowers of passion hang
Ger the victor's palm,
And here is sad rosemary, and here is
healing balm.
The bells of Benediction ring from the
ivied tower;
Slow creeping on the dial the shadow tells
the hour.
Within the dusky chapel the lilies in his
hand,
The Patron of the Order stands fair and
calm, and grand.
And calm as his, though living, is each
grave monkish face;
OF mellow age no bright'ning, of youth
ful fire no trace.
No ecstacy of passion, nor mystery of
pain;
No furrow plowed-eraseless-by the
hearts burning rain.
Nor bitter sweet of loving nor agony of
life;
Nor trace of hopeless longing for respite
from it's strife.
Dim eyes. or bright, look sadly, unlit by
joy or ruth,
From under hoar white tresses, or soft
dark locks of youth.
Can warmth of summer noontides, or
sound of wind-blown trees,
Or subtle scent of violets borne on the jo-
cund breeze,
Or silver flush Of moonbeams flooding the
mystic night,
Stir in these hearts no rapture, nor fill
these eyes with light?
Calm-cold-to outward seeming, as souls
from star-lit lands,
They teach the clinging children thew
clasp the welded hands.
Does, never aching longing in priestly
For earthly love and pleasure, for worldly
joy and mirth?
We know not-none NAV tell us of
spiritual jars;
OF struggling souls all vainly beating
against the bars.
The long, slow years glide over as fall the
rosary beads;
The weeks are told by aves, the months
are marked by creeds
Sun after sun arises, and sun sets after
sun;
The daily prayers are uttered, the daily
work is done.
With reverent hands they offer the dailv
sacrifice;
They stay the erring footsteps, they close
the dying eyes.
TIL comes unbroken slumber beneath the
Gewy sod.
And passing from the altar, they see the
face of God.
The COrnhill Mapazipa
The record-union., 1896-05-10

distance, mountain peaks to right and
| left, clear, cool, frosty air, and a blue
sky overhead, and spicy odors filling
| their nostrils
| Mr.. Rayburn's sleigh was the first
overtaken by the runaway AS they
were near the lakes, and as the young
man wanted to see the ice cutting, Mr.
| Rayburn told the driver to walk on
with the young man and he would re-
turn over the road and see If the sleigh
occupants We're hurt. They had no idea
they would be-, as the driver said !:
Snow is saft when yer fall inter it
Back they came over the road. Mr.
and Mrs Rayburn, and two astonished
| people calculated when they saw the
couple so costly seated
The sleigh stopped. Philip" zoe. -
said the parents, in one breath. Then, as
they alighted, explanations and intro
ductions We're in order. And as Philip
helped Zoe in behind her mother and
father, he said: This beats the Trans
vaal trouble. the Cuban fight, the Ven
ezuelan racket, even the Monroe doc
trine"
When the train bearing four happy peo-
pie climbed the hills Mr.. Rayburn said
to his wife: ''The highest mountain
peaks are low compared to the nights
of love and bliss I have attained in the
renewal of your love and promise to be
my wife again after all these years of
separation. I have been in the valley of
despair, but new life, new hopes, and
love came back to both Philip and l
near the summit"
The record-union., 1896-05-10

sale, and was everywhere received by
the English reviews with praise. The
Edinburgh Scotsman called it "a
valuable contribution to literature" Z"
The Liverpool POST: "a touching and
instructive story The Speaker: ::
THE author has a faculty not unwor-
thy of Defoe" The National OBJ
server: "A story out of the common
and more than usually interesting" 1t
is published by Tennyson Nicely, New
York.
The Engineering Magazine" for May
(New York; has these papers: 1.-The
Present Value and Purchasing Power of
Gold," H. M. Chance; "Quackery in En-
gineering Education" Edgar Kidwell;
'The vast Importance of the Coke In
dustry," John Fulton; Development of
Electric Lighting Engines" H. Lindley;
Are British Railroad Stocks Good In
vestments?" Thomas F. Woodlock;
Electricity and the Horseless Carriage
Problem" William Baxter Jr.; Points
in the Selection of Steam Engines" w.
H. Wakeman; Modern Machine Shop
Economics" Horace l.. Arnold; Minor
Mineral Products of the United
States David T. Day; Restraint Up
on the Practice of Architecture" John
Beverly Robinson. In addition there
are the departments of electricity, arch
itecture, mechanical engineering, min
ing and metallurgy, ETC., etc.
From the Den Born Company (San
Francisco we have the May issue of
the Travellers and Shippers Direct
ory for the Pacific Coast" the complet-
est, most exhaustive and best planned
guidebook for shippers and travellers
ever issued for this coast
The record-union., 1896-05-10
MRS A ROSS


Mrs. n. Ross. who is proprietor OF the
Ross Hotel at Roseville, Cal, has TINS 20
say: About five years ago | was taken
with a severe attack of malaral leNSF.
This continued for some time and badiy
wrecked my constitution, which hhailS
resulted in kidney trouble and rheuma-
tism. l had great distress and oppression
in the region of my heart, with dlf1culty
in breathing. If i ascended a stairway
most leave me, and l felt weak ana urea
all the time. | had most distressing ana
frequent attacks of sickness, at whlch
times | suffered a great deal; had Sc
we're nausea and bloating OF the stomach
My head and throat gave me great troub,e
! suffered severely with nervousness. My
decidedly. My feet and limbs would swell
until the swelling extended up into my
body. this produced such oppression that
my condition became alarming was
treated by some doctors and took thelr
medicines, but continued TO grow worse
Seeing in the newspapers an accoQnt o. 20
many persons being cured at the NtAC LIZ
MEDICAL INSTITUTE, l went TO Sac
ramento and put myself under the care
of the doctors of that INSTITUTE They
examined me carefully and told me that
had BRIGHTS DISEASE and was IN a
very dangerous condition. The medicines
they gave me soon began to reueNe me
and l continued to improve until now
am entirely well and strong. The treat
ment has been a complete success. am
thankful to GOD that l went to the doctors
of the Neagle Medical Institute. L am
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sick from any disease to so to them, ana
| believe they will be cured.
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The record-union., 1896-05-10
Ruled Out of Turkey

Here is the latest story of tho T,r,x
ish custom house A richly bound cony
OF Hefodotus was found in thetrunk OF
d creek traveller. Who is the author
or TINS book said an official. Hero
dotus What subjects does he deal
with! Kings and international con.
fiicfs Does he allude to Eastern af-
fairs? He treats of nothing else -
Whereupon the book was incontinent,v
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