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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04
WINNIE DAVIS WILL.
Leaves Everything TO Her Mother and
Requests Distribution of Jewelry.

Leaves Everything to Her Mother and
Requests Distribution of Jewelry.
The will of Miss Winnie Davis has
been filed in the civil district court at
New Orleans. The document is in
Photographic form and very brief. It
reads as follows:
ST, Varina Anne Davis, being of
sound mind on this, the 18th day of
February, 1898, and about to sail for
Egypt, write this, my last will and
testament. / give and bequeath to
my beloved mother, Varina Howell
Jefferson Davis, everything 1 have,
both real and personal property, and
any returns that may come from my
literary works, stocks, bonds, or mon
eys Of which I die possessed. I beg her
to give remembrance out of my jewell
~ TO my dear cousin, Anna Smith.
end to my dear, dear old nurse,
Mary Ahearn. My dear mother is to
Judge what she would like to give to
my dear sister, Margaret Hayes, and
her children, to remember me by.
know she will know what I wish done.
sign this in the Gerard hotel, 129
West Twenty-fourth street, New York,
n. Y, February II, 1898.
''YARINA ANNE DAVIS.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04
Critical Point in Peace Negotia-
tions Reached at Last.
SPANIARDS, AS usual, ASK FOR TIME 70 CONSIDER.
American Commissioners Agree Assume Such Part of Debt Of
the Islands as Were Made For Public improvements,
Particularly Eliminating SPANS Expenses
In Prosecution Of War

imburse them for "paci6c ezpendi-
lures, they remark that they are not
enlightened as to whether the Ameri-
cans expect TO indorse the Spanish
obligations TO the extent Of pacific
expenditures" in the archipelago or
whether they will hand Spain a lump
sum Of gold large enough TO cover
SPANS outlay so designated.
Spain has constructed brealwaters
at Manila at an expense not yet known
here and wharves Of small value along
the Pasig river She has recently
built barracks for 1000 men, now oc-
cupied by American troops, the cost
Of which is not yet ascertainable.
At Cavite, Spain had built a naval
station, which, before it was sacked
by the natives, was said to be equal TO
the Mare island station aud may be
worth 81, 800, 900.
Whether or not the last two items
can be strictly designated "pacifc ex-
penditures" must be determined in
conference, but the lighthouses, water
improvements, barracks and naval sta
ton are necessary to the United States
as the owner of the PHILIPPINES, and
are deemed worth fair price
The Spanish commissioners listened
attentively, though not without some
evidence of impatience and surprise,
at the financial suggestions in the
American presentment and finally ask.
ed until Friday to consult the Madrid
government and make reply. Ad
J iournment was then taken to that day
After the conference was dissolved
the Spanish commissioners expressed
the opinion that the American de
mands would create in Spain, as they
: had upon her commissioners, an ex
ceedingly grave impression.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04

Some statistics on education collated
by writer in the Chicago Times
Herald have special interest now that
che school year has begun It appears
from these figures that the public
schools in the United States have an
enrolment Of Il, AGO, 391. An of them
do not go to school every day, the
average daily attendance being 9, 747,
0i5 children. To teach these requires
che services Of 400, 325 instructors, Of
tvhom 1870, 366 are male and 900, $50 are
female. There are 24O,9 school
houses, and the value Of all school
property is S455, 94s, 1874 The cost
Of the public schools is $181, 453, $50
per year, or S2.G1 per capita of popu-
Iation, For each pupil it costs SIS. 81.
On the basis of these aud other fig
ures, the assertion is made that the
United States, with but twentieth
the population Of the world, within
her confines has one-third of the
worlds schoolchildren, aud spends
one-half Of the amount spent by the
world for education.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04
SINGULAR STATEMENT.
From Mrs. Rank to Mrs. Pinkham.

The following letter to Mrs. Pink
ham from Mrs. M. RANK, No. 1884
East Susquehanna Ave-, Philadelphia,
Pa, is a remarkable statement of re-
lief from utter Encouragement. She
says:
" 1 never can find words with which
to thank you for what Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
for me.
Some years ago had womb trouble
and doctored for long time, not see
ing any improvement. At times 1
would feel well enough, and other
times was miserable. So it went on
until last October, l felt something
terrible creeping over me, / knew not
what, but kept getting worse. can
hardly explain my feelings at that
time. / was so depressed in spirits
that did not wish to live, although /
had everything to live for. Had hys-
terra, was very nervous; could not
sleep and was not safe to be left
alone.
Iadeed, thought I would lose my
mind. No one knows what / endured.
" continued this way until the last
of February, when / saw in paper
testimonial of a lady whose case was
similar to mine, and who had been
cured by Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegeta.
bic Compound. determined to try it,
and felt better after the first dose. I
continued taking it, and to-day am
well woman, and can say from my
heart, Thank God for such medi-
cine
Mrs, Pinkham invites all suffering
women to write to her at Lynn, Mass,
for advice. All such letters are seen
and answered by women only.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04

The report Of Che railway commits
aioners 81 New South Wales Tor the
year ended june 80, shows that there
ere now 2G0l miles Of railways open.
and Of iramwaya GO miles. The total
earnings amounted 10 $40, 700. 600,
showing an increase Of $4,000 over
tho previous year. The increase Is
largely due to mining aud agricultural
development
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04

Near the city Of Durango. Mexico.
is an iron mountain Gao feel hlgh. and
the iron Is from sixty % seventy per
cent pure. The metallic mass spreads
III an directions Tor n radius of three
or four miles The entire deposit D.
estimated 10 be- sufficient % supply all
the Iron required in Che world fof 1000
years Chicago Inter Ocean
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04

Clean blood means clean skim. No
beauty without &C.. cascarets. Candy Cathar'
tIo clean your blood and keep 20 clean, BY
stirring mp tho lazy liver and driving All i'm
purlties from the body Begin to-day to
Danish pImplos. boila. blotches. hlaekhoada
and that hekly bilious complexion hy taking
beauty for ten cents All drug
gists. satisfaction guaranteed. l0c Csc 5ls.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04
-ahaII Il - - ThlIInnIns. :

Pebble opinion la divided as io the wisdom
of knrring tho Philippines Wise statesmen
are found GA both aiIns r. the question
Public opinion. however. A. ali ono way in
regard 90 the wisdom 90 everybody knrpfng
their health For this purpose llesiefief q
htnmmsh hitfara 81 widely used. This NEIL
cine ia both preventive and cure Tor mnIHfial
fovnra stomach disorders. torpid liver ana
impure blood De g. agreeable % weak HfHm.
nehH ana soothing f0 the nerves.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04

0Y,P ADVERTISING RATES ARE
rxTREMELY Low, AND ARE A
gRE4T INDICTMENT FOR BUsT-
vEss MEN TO PATRONIzE OUR coli
V1NG. TRY US.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04

To keep brass. steel and nickel free from
rust when not In use rub them over win
a paste made OF lime and water. To rub
them over with kerosene w0l be found
equally eilieaciOus
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04

save an bread crumbs and hitt Dry 90
n slow oven. roll hne. eff through p coarse
sieve. put into jars and they are ready for
croquettes. sealioped ush or meats, etc.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04

p. AR f59 y @,. s 3; Ss ss9 E
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-04

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets An
Druggists refund money d Il fails 90 cure. 90.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02
NUGGETS OF NEWS

The bodies of two men were found
frozen on The Skaguay trail on Feb. 10.
The Turkish press censors suppressed
the news Of the attempted assassina :
ton of King George of Greece.
The bill authorizing the enlistment
of two additional regiments of artillery
will not come up in the national house
Until Friday.
Professor Hansen has been making
Interesting agricultural studies in Rus
sia and vicinity in the interest of this
government.
Sixteen men of the French bark
President Felix Faure were washed
overheard during a gale off the Aus
tralian coast.
William Dodson, of Chicago, killed
jumping from third story window
to a crowded sidewalk
A terrific hurricane has devastated
New Caledonia, doing great damage
to shipping. A French gunboat was
sunk off the Loyalty Islands.
Adam Weaver, who killed a deputy
constable and wounded a constable at
BursonviI1e. Pa, spent Sunday night
hs ledger in the Portland, Pa, lookup.
There will be no relief expedition
sent to the klondike. The war depart
ment announces that the project has
been abandoned for the reason that
no necessity now exists fol such relief.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02
POLITICAL CHANGE in CANADA.
Carry Ontario Province
After Twenty-Five Years.

Conservatives Carry Ontario Province
After Twenty-Five Years.
Toronto, March 2.-General elections
for the Ontario legislature took place
throughout the province yesterday,
and resulted in virtual If not an
actual defeat for the Liberal govern
ment, which has held power for more
than 25 years. The contest has been
exciting, the Conservative leader, ].
p. Whitney, being young man and a
new leader, while A. s. Hardy, the
premier, was the successor of Sir Oliver
Mowatt, now lieutenant governor Of
Ontario.
The complexion of the last house
was: Liberals, SO; Conservatives, "a;
Patrons of Industry, IA: Independents.
3. The Patrons have been practically a
branch of the Liberal party, so that
the government has had a majority Of
thirty or more. The returns indicate
great revulsion of feeling. In the
"a constituencies elections took place
yesterday In 90, the other being post
poned. In all but two or three COM
plete returns are In; with the follow
ing results: Conservatives elected, 46;
Liberals, A; in doubt 8. The proba-
bilities favor slight Conservative ma
jority. Two cabinet ministers have
been defeated, John Dryden, minister
of agriculture. and J. M. Gibson, COM
missioner of crowd lands.
The result is a surprise to the sup
porters of the government. The timber
policy of the administration, which is
alleged to have favored Michigan lum-
bermen at the expense of Canadians,
had much to do with Premier Hardys
defeat. Toronto returned four Con-
SefyatiyeS
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02
ENGLAND AND CHINA. .
"British Interests Are Paramour

"British Interests Are Paramount,
But Are Not Exclusive.'
London, March I'm the house Of
commons Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett,
having brought up the Chinese ques-
ton and the advance of Russia, Mr..
CuZon, after some debate, said that
British interests in China were para
mount. but not exclusive" The Brit
ish nation, he continued, would not be
justified in regarding legitimate COM
petitors with jealousy, but ought rather
to use all efforts to keep in an age
of competition what was won in an
age Of monopoly" They could fore
see that China would be confronted by
greater dangers in the future than she
had been in the past. Great Britain's
policy was to prevent the disruption
and to oppose the alienation of Chinese
territory, and it was not likely that
Great Britain would regard with sat
isfaction the attempts of others in the
direction of such disruption and
alienation.
Mr.. Curzon reviewed the loan ne
gotiations, pointing out the generous
and unselfsh nature of the British
terms" which, however had not pre-
vented suspicious being aroused that
had prevented the granting of the
loan. China, however, had assured
Great Britain that she would not ask
a loan of any other power, and today
he (Mr. Curzon) had learned that the
loan would be negotiated through a
powerful bank. Mr. Curzon then re-
capitulated the valuable concession
which China had voluntarily offered
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02
g. G. PRETTYMAN'S VERDICT,
The Jury Returns Verdict Of $1,000
For Prettyman.

After four days trial the Prettyman vs.
Williamson ju which after being out for
four hours ON Tuesday came into Court IN
the afternoon minutes after o'clock and
said they were ready to return verdict.
Mr.. Peter L. Cooper Jr,. not being
present, he was sent for. Prothonatory
Wooley folled the jury and asked the fore
man If he found IL verdict He replied yes.
and SO did every one of the twelve jury
men on being questioned to that effect
The foreman then arose and said they
had found verdict against Edwin P, Will
hanson fer $1,000. Mr.. Peter L. Cooper,
Jr., gave notice to the Court that hewould
file reasons within four days why the de-
PENDANT should be granted q new trial.
This case has caused more discussion In
our city than any other case which has
occupied our courts for years. In Haw-
kins' Senate last evening quite all animal
cd discussion was INDUCED in and the
preponderance of the debate was against
the Judgment Of the jury in rendering a
verdict for the plaintiff, considering the
testimony Of the witnesses. Never before
in our courts has such case been tried,
and it may lead to other suits Of similar
kind.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02
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Sale of Personal ProDerty

Sales of personal property will take
place as follows:
March 8, Daniel Quill, Mill Creek hun
dred.
March 4. Special Sale OF good furniture
at Stidham and Sons Auction rooms.
March 7. Christianu Robinson, Mill
Creek hundred
March B. N. Craig, Christiana hundred.
March =, Joseph Worrell Christiana
Hundred.
March 10, Thomas Gray, Brandywine
hundred.
March 10, Joseph Barker, Mt. Cuba.
March IL, furniture, 9J2 West Ninth
street. city.
March ii. W. Burris, New Castle hun
dred.
March II, Frank Handy, Brandywine
Hundred.
March II Russell and Latiner, Chris
tiana hund red
March IA, Sale on the Tybout Farm.
New Castle hundred,
March 10. Mrs. Robert Wadsley, New
Castle hundred.
March Ii, Hiram King, Christiana hun
dred.
March Is. furniture, 81! Madison street
city.
March II. Alfred W. Walker, Mill Greek
hundred
March 20. Dennis Furry, Boothwyn,
Delaware county, Pa.
Parties intending to have sales this COM
ing spring should engage an auctioneer at
an eaily day, SO that there may be no con-
fusion in regard to dates
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02

1t is reported that Mrs. Prettyman sent
word to Attorney James Ponder that she
would cow hide him OIL sight If he brought
the suitagainst Williamson Tor alternating
her affections from her husband James +.
PrsttyInan. All the same while Attorney
Ponder was addressing the jury and usin &
her nanc.she looked daggers at him, as
if she would liked to have u hold of nim
50 she could give him good piece Of her
mind.
There never was more cool and collect.
ed wtntss upon the stand than Mrs.
Prettyman. She never shed one tear in
giving in ner testimony. She did not look
like Il guilty woman Of which enough in
situations we're thrown out to Try and
connect her III breaking her marriage
VOWS. Evidently it was another one of
those lnissmatch couples where the hus-
band tries to support the family but being
little more than II laborer he has H. seek
Wl."t employment he can find Domestic
inieiiti;y il One OF those things that the
Whole world appears To be aka to, and it
Is wonder that moro couples dc Lot S lit
on the rock Of adversely and bad luck
which f0'ever seems to cling to them and
lake. liie hardly worth the llyih.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02
OUR MERCHANTS AWAKENED
Our Live and Progressive rIercbants Turn
Out Last Evening-A Representative
Business Men S Gathering.

Pursuant TO n call for business mems
lneatlug 10 lie beld in the Builders ex-
change room last evening, the following
gentlemen pat in an appearance: Chief
Justice Charles b. Lore, George H. Hollis,
jnlnes Mccarthy, A b. Gillespie, William
NJ. kGDnard, john II. Lambson. William
Carver, :. Mitchell. VIM, Lawton, James
II. Wright A Il, Sailor, Percy Nields, J.
ID. Sister, |. Lewis Row, Charles Smith,
Doughten, n. ". Baird, William Colqh-
honn,. hoistein Harvey Mayor j. Z. Nc
Lear Harry Dnrr, ). Slesinger, William
ami Warden k. Humphrey, David Lemon
and OF hers.
William Lawton was chosen president
and Herbert n. Fell, secretary,
George H, Hollis who is chairman of tho
Transportation Committee to get reduced
rates from tho Pennsylvania Railroad
from points down the Peninsula to our
city, made his report that everything was
progressing finely and the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company had already put into
effect the tickets AZ "a reduced ratio to Will
IIington.
Mr. James Megary said 1t was essential
THAI tickets rs low AS possible he gotten Or
il would be no inducenent for the down
State people to visit our city.
Chief Justico Lore thought that Will
Peninsula, but Philadelphia in Baltimore
he said was getting it, although goods
could not be bought there any cheaper
than in Wilmington. MIR. Hollis said it is
proposed to run four cheap excursions TO
our city. The first ono will be run on
April 9Th or 9th. 1t will last for two days.
1t is the intention 70 advertise it extern
sively.
Mr.. Lawton invited those present to
give their views as 1t was question of
dog cat dog and the fastest to survive.
W. D. Mullen said what Is needed is to
get thepeople OF the Peninsula here and
we Gun sell them as cheap and as good
goods as can be purchased elsewhere. Hol-
stein Harvey said the Wholesale business
on the Peninsula was pretty well worked
up, but that the retail trade needed stiinu-
latinE.
Mayor McLsar favored advertising and
entertaining the visitors.
MIR. Sisler said the down state people
should be impressed with the size of the
Wilmington stores.
The following committee was appointed
to take charge Of the affair:
George H, Hollis, A. J. Hart, William
NJ. Kenaard, James Mexary. T. N Stay
ton. JOHN S. Muliin, Holstein Harvey,
treasurer,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02
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We Hope the Last Case.

There has hecn more interest taken in
Williamson suit which closed ON Tuesday
afternoon in the Superior Court. than any
other case which has come up before the
court for years. The court room was Tiled
timony, which was at times very rich and
Taey, If the bent of tho mind ran on such
cases. 1t was the first time in the history
Of the court that such case was heard
before 1t and numerous small wayers were
made by the on lockers as to the amount
OF damages The jury would give, The
!, case is now one Of history and teaches the
lesson that no man should be too attentive
to another mans wife, no matter how
kindly his intentions, Appearances arc
against the man who visits another mans
wife. There is a line where friendliness
ceases and gossip begins, and the man who
lays himself open to such suspicion is
hunting trouble for himself. The attor-
nsys in the case for the plaintiff made this
appear SO plainly to the jury that verdict
was Looked for by two thirds Of those who
heard the evidence in the case. What Ell
feet 1t will have upon those of the younger
generation who heard 1t, it is hard to say.
We hope like Attorney Peter l.. Cooper,
Jr., that it will be many year before such
smother case is tried in our courts. Court
Is the last place to resort to wash dirty
family linen, as the slings 1t leaves will
never be forgotten by those in the drama.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02
A Revenue Producer.
Says the Evening Bulletin:

II is worth while to chronicle the fact
shat the Federal revenues for The month Of
February show an excess of receipts over
expenditures of $945, 35s. The total in
some of the government during the month
Was yes. 572, S5s. This is larger sum than
has been paid into the Treasury from sim
liar sources in any February since 1893.
1t exceeds by more than $4,000, 900 the
amount paid in February, 1897, under the
Wilson revenue tariff.
The truth seems to be that the Dingley
sct is beginning tofulfi the expectation of
ts trainers in yielding arevenue sufficient
Tor the governments ordinary needs. The
Income from duties imposed on foreign
products is steadily increasing, and the
prediction is made that March will show a
surplus of several millions above routine
disbursements.
Whether this prophecy is justified or
aot, it is evident that the country is reach
ing IL higher level of prosperity I'm l,r the
existing tariff. This means that the reye-
aues Of the government will grow in vol
,nme. When the American people aru pros
porous they increase their purchases of the
articles on which internal revenue taxes
s"e paid, and they also buy largely OF i'm
ported products. thus swelling customs re-
'beipts.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02
Hungarian Socialists Suppressed.

Vienna, March 2. Baron Won
Gautsch, the premier and minister of
interior, has reported TO Emperor
Francis Joseph that the socialist move
ment among the Hungarian peasantry
has SO far abated that the danger may
be considered past. The police cam
paign against the socialists has caused
widespread offense by the forcible
photographing of respectable uni
versity professors. doctors. journalists
and others suspected of the slightest
connection with the movement. Those
cbject!ng have been held down by
several policemen and subjected to in
dignitieS.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02
N,,-A.s. ..-s.32IA,


Tie funeral Of he late William NJ. Sim
g;r.y tOOk place ut 2 O'Clock this afternoon,
from Iii. residence at No, l70l Locust street
and was inferred in the family lot AZ Lau-
ri Hill. Thousands OF pursons viewed the
remains this morning his body laying in
state ut his residence. The publication of
iica Of the Record was closed from to 4
O'clock His funeral was one of the lsrg-
ct in the history of any public man in
Philadelphia. A large delegation of citi-
tle funrrul
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02
The Vizcaya at Havana.

Havana, March 1.-The Spanish
cruiser Vizcaya arrived off Moro Cas-
tie at O'Clock last evening, after a
good voyage from New York. She
was met by scores of steam launches
and gaily decorated yachts, with
bands, and as she steamed to her
moorings enthusiastic welcomes were
shouted from all the quays, which
were lined with thousands Of people.
The streets and plazas were gay with
bunting, rockets were discharged, and
there was continuous cheering from
all the boats.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-02

Troy, N. Y, March 2.-Spain's former
minister to the United States, Senior
Dupuy De LONE, was hanged in ef1lgy
in this city yesterday. and the police
had to be called upon to disperse a
crowd of about 100 people who had as
sembled to hurl epithets at the OBJ
ject of their scorn. Placards on the
ef1igy were thus inscribed: Hang De
Lone. V. H. r." and Sucker De
LONE. v. H. r. Club" The police car
ried the effigy to the police station
amid cries of derision.