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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-09-01
Benton Seminary.
OPENS FOR TERM OF TEN MONTHS sEPTEMBE

OPENS FOR TERM OF TEN MONTHS SEPTEMBER h, 1896.
uBW D. Cooper principals Miss Bette Whitfield assistant;
y Cheek instrumental music Guy Hail. vocal music Potts teller
raphy
Course Of study practical comprehensive and thorough including English
mathematics Modern
Healthy locality Building comfortable
cheap the best Of families For further informant address
W. ID COOPER =
CAMDEN Tenn. PRINCIPAL
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-09-01
1000

Railroad cross-ties wanted-both split
and pole. Can cut timber now. Good
advanced on ties delivered on road Will
sell as cheap rs for cash
1926 r. L. BRIDGES.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-09-01

A torpid liver does lots of mischief to
health, and brings on many complicated
troubles. Keep your liver active and
your kidneys in good condition by using
the perfect medicine, DR.. Granger's I.iv-
er Regulator. Sold by druggists.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-09-01
FARM FOR SALE.

a valuable farm. 2671 acres; suitable
for farming and stock raising; location
convenient; terms reasonable; title o. X.
Apply to 1. N. BRIDGES
Io-20-6m Camden, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-09-01

A complete assortment of Ready
Mixed Paints, just received by the
Fry Drug Co.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-09-01
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER l, 1899.
A BUREAU OF EXCHANGE.

few words in all candor to the bus
mess men of Camden, and it speaks
not only for itself, but for all the
people Of the community.
We refer to the business men of
thetown because they are, or should
be, directly interested in any move
ment which has for its object the
upbuilding Of Camden particularly
and Benton County.
If we want to see a hourishing
town here, money more plentiful,
the people more prosperous, happy
and contented, homes brighter and
more beautiful, the school and our
churches better supported, and the
town taking on steady and thrifty
growth, we must make a united eff
fort to bring about change.
Our people must put on their
studying cap, for this is think
logger worthy Of your careful at
tention. If we have been indiffer-
ent IN the past, and made no per-
ceptible effort to induce trade to
come here, we should, from the
standpoint Of individual pride and
self-interest, reverse the order of
things by abandoning this short
sighted policy.
The CHRONICLE is anxious for q
change. It is anxious, because we
feel that every one who has given
any thought to the matter is fully
convinced that the town will never
amount to much unless there is a
change. Certainly, Camden has
improved, but when we look back it
is painfully apparent that we have
achieved very little as a town in the
past two decades.
The business men of the town
should, by all means, make some
effort and agree upon some arrange
ment by which Camden may in
crease her trade.
Some Of our progressive citizens,
notably County Clerk G.. B. Greer,
DR.. w. P. McGill, and number Of
others who are interested in the
general welfare Of the town, have
been discussing the feasibility Of a
plan, which, the more we think of
it, the more satisfied we are that it
is just what Camden needs at the
present time.
The plan is to establish bureau
OF exchange, whereby the exchange
Of farm and other products will be
better facilitated by keeping rec
ord here Of everything the farmers
Of Benton County have to sell.
For instance: One man owns
more horses than he needs for his
own use, and will sell one, two or
three head, as the case may be; an
other has one or more COWS to sell;
another has hogs, or sheep, or poul-
try, or corn, or hay, in fact every
salable product Of the farm could
be exchanged right here for the
money or if preferred some other
commodity listed with the bureau
of exchange.
To better understand the advan-
tages Of such a system we will IL
lustrate it this way: Let us sup
pose that every man in the county
who will sell a few hogs has report
ed it to the bureau Of exchange
where a record is kept describing
the hogs and the number for sale;
suppose it was understood by buy
ers that every man in the county
who had hogs to sell would be here
next Monday. He could examine
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-09-01
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

lake Laxative Bromo QuinIne Tablets. Alldrue-
slsts refund money il it fails to cure Doe The
genuine has LIB. q. on each tablet
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
TRAILING A POiSONER.
Latest Developments in the Adams
Cornish Case-FaIse Beard Clue Has
SatI Iah.

New York, Jan. 1.-THE World says:
These new points were developed yes
terday in the poisoning mystery. Mr..
Witthaus found that Kutnow's pow
der was mixed with the cyanide of
mercury in the false bromo-seltzer
bottle sent to Harry Cornish, the mix
ture which killed Mrs. Adams. This
is considered important, as making alb
solmtely certain that the sender of the
poison to Cornish was one and the
same with the sender of cyanide of
mercury to Henry Barnet in a kutnow
powder box. The startling statement
was made by the nurse who attended
Barnet that still another attempt had
been made on his life, showing that
the poisoner was determined in his
murderous purpose, and persisted un-
til on the second attempt he was suc-
cessful.
More discouraging for the police
than any development thus far was
the failure of the Newark false beard
clue. Young MolineuX was taken to
Fischer. the wig maker, who sold
red wig to Il stranger shortly before
Christmas. Fischer declared that
Molineux was not his customer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
AFTER FOUR YEARS.
4 Woman Goes from New York to
Utah to Fasten Evidence of Three
Murders Upon Her Husband.

Gouverneur, Y. V, Jan. 7.-Sheriff
Storrs. of Utah county, Utah, left here
Thursday, accompanied by Mrs. Jen-
ME Wright. They are on route to Utah
in an endeavor to clear up murder
mystery and to free, if possible, man
from a life sentence. At the Pelican
Point ranch, Utah, in 1895 three young
men were Shot down one night in their
house. The stepfather of ONE of the
boys, named Haynes, had had trouble
with the men and was arrested,
charged with the crime. The bodies
of the men were found in Utah lake
and the premises they had occupied
were looted. Haynes was convicted on
circumStanfial evidence and was SEN
fenced to be hanged. but the sentence
was commuted to life Imprisonment.
a short time after the crime George
w. Wright left that locality and lived
in various parts of the west, finally
drifting to Fresh Water, Col. He was
a graduate of Kalamazoo law college.
He soon became prominent, bearing
the soubriquet of King of Fresh
Water" One morning Il man with
whom Wright was at odds was found
shot to pieces in his cabin. Wright
assisted at the coroner's inquest and
wrote out the verdict of murder by
Il person unknown" Later Wright be-
came involved in a questionable sheep
deal and, after being arrested, jumped
his bail and fed. He visited his wife
at her parents home here and then
disappeared.
After he left the west evidence of
positive character relating to the muir
der at Fresh Water is said to have
been found against Wright and after
working on the case for over a year
Chief Harder ELECTED a confession from
Mrs. Wright that her husband had
goods which figured in the Pelican
Point murders. The Utah authorities
found articles just where she said.
Mrs. Wright said she was willing to
testify against her husband for the
triple crime, providing he can be
caught
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
SUCCESSFUL BANDITS.
They Rob an Express Car Attached to
a Kansas City, Ft. Scott 81 Memphis

Mansfield Mo-. Jan. 4.-The ninth
and first successful attempt at train
robbery on the line of the Kansas
City, Fort Scott e. Memphis road oc-
Cured last night near M;:comb, a sta
tion five miles east of this point. Ma
comb being flag station, one of the
robbers got aboard the westbound
train at Norwood, the first station
east of Macomb, paying his fare to
Macomb, and compelling the train TO
stop there. 1t was Immediately board
ed by five or six masked men, who,
covering all members of the train
crew with Winchesters and revolvers,
compelled the engineer and fireman
to cut loose from the remainder of
the train.
The mail baggage and express cars
were then run up the line about two
miles and stopped in lonely cut,
where Engineer Calender was placed
in front of the robbers and forced to
break open the door of the express
car, after which he was placed in
front of the foremost robber and to-
gether they entered the express car.
covering Southern Express Messenger
Newton and Baggagemaster Sieben
with their pistols, forcing them to ad-
journ to the outside of the car. They
then dynamited the through safe.
Two charges of dynamite were used,
completely demolishing the safe of
the Southern Express Co. and playing
havoc with the car.
1t is not known how much money
and valuables were secured, as the
safe blown open was a through safe.
Everything was taken from it and it
is safe to say they were well paid for
their trouble. The local safe, which
contained all local money picked up,
was not mOleSted
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
Mr.. QUAYS INNOCENCE.
Ien Who stayed Out of the Caucus
Say He Must Establish Ii Before
They VIII Vote for Him.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jau. 5.-The repub-
lican senator's and members who
signed the pledge not to take part in
Tuesday nights senatorial caucus or
ganized yesterday to keep up the fight
against Senator Quay until after the
sHpreme court has disposed of the
Peoples bank conspiracy cases. The
meeting was attended by nearly all
the signers and two others who did
not sign, but kept away from the eau
Gus.
Senator Flynn said that he inter
preted the pledge binding the inde-
pendents to keep out of the caucus to
mean that they would not vote for
Mr.. Quay until the supreme court has
disposed of the conspiracy cases, and
that if the senator was in no better
position after its action than he is
now they cannot vote for his re-elec-
tion.
Senator-eIect David Martin. of Phil
adelphia. who will be qualified Janu-
vote for senator, concurred in what
Senator Flynn had said.
The organization committee issued
an address which says: I'm our pres
ent attitude we are prompted by what
we believe to be the best interests of
our party and state. We believe re-
publican senator should and will be
elected. and that no combination of
circumstances can prevent it. We be.
lieve that the sentiment of the repub-
licans Of the commonwealth is against
taking action that might result in the
election of a person as United States
senator who is charged with crime be-
fore his innocence is established in
court of justice, and that the failure
to determine that question prior to
this time is due to the act of the al
legged caucus nominee in delaying trial
and not to any act of ours"
Both branches of the Legislature
have adjourned until January 10.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
a SHOWER OF GIFTS.
Chicago University Receives Dona-
tiOns of Lands and Cash Amounting
IN gl02.noo.

Chicago. Jan. 5.-President Harper,
of Chicago University, announced last
night at the 27th convocation of the
university that gifts aggregatfng $403,-
900 had been made to the institution.
Martin 4. Ryerson, president of the
board of trustees, donated tract of
land adjoining that now occupied by
the university. The value of this is
$34 900. John d. Rockefeller had prom
Used to duplicate the gift in cash, thus
making $6S,00O. Marshall Field gave
a tract of land adjoining that given by
Mr.. Ryerson and which has been used
by the university as an athletic field.
The value of this land is estimated at
S135,OOO Mr. Rockefeller agreed THAI
when this was given to the school he
would give 5000, 900 for the building of
n gymnasium and the equipment of
the athletic grounds. The university
has. heretofore, received $685. 900 in
land value and viii now receive from
Mr.. Rockefeller 1924 900 in cash.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
a CAUSELESS SCARE.
Residents of Santiago Got II Wrong
Idea of the Meaning of an order Re-
laring TO Tariff Revenues.

Washington. Jan. 5.-Regarding the
sensational reports from Santiago that
the whole province had been intiamed
by the recent order of the war depart
ment concentrating all customs
money in Havana thus threatening
stoppage of all public improvements
and threatening to throw thousands
of Cubans out of employment it may
be authoritatively stated that any eX-
citement existing in Santiago is due
to a misapprehension of the war de-
partment's order.
1t seems to have been taken for
granted that the order contemplates
sending all currency collected for Gus
toms dues to Havana, thus cutting off
the governor of Santiago province
from the employment of local labor.
The fact is that the officers in charge
of customs at the various ports of en-
try are merely ordered to make week
ly reports to the collector of customs
of the island at the chief port of all
transactions at the support over
which he may have jurisdiction, with
copies of entries of merchandise duly
certified" The customs from all the
DOIlS III lHt lSldlu are 10 I't uNCtl IOl
the betterment of the condition of the
Cubans, not only in Havana and San
tiagO, but elsewhere.
1t would be just as equitable for The
port of New York to retain all the
customs funds collected there for eX-
penditure in the island of Manhattan
as it would be for Havana or Santiago
or any other town in Cuba to gobble
all of the customs receipts for eXpen-
diture within its own borders. So far
from the war department contemplate
ing any curtailment of the relief work
in Cuba, an order already has been
issued to the governor general, direct
ing him to furnish work to every able
bodied Cuban applying for it at Il fair
rate of weekly wages, measured by
Cuban standards.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
HASTINGS MESSAGE.
The Governor of Pennsylvania Talks
Plainly Regarding Some Reforms
that are Needed.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. Gov. Hast
ings, who will retire from the guber-
Material chair ON January Il, sent his
annual message ITO the legislature yes
terday. The message shows the state
revenues for the year ended Noyem-
Der 80. 1898. to have been $13. 1925. 12O,
and the expenditures S13,973, S34. The
net debt of the state is $1,025,9SH, no
part of which can be paid until 1912.
The governor says:
THE operation of the act of the last
Legislature providing for the payment
of interest by banks in which state
funds are deposited shows that while
this interest law is an improvement,
and indicates the enormous sums
which the state might have received
during past years. yet it does not COR
rect the evil which it was intended
to correct. While it may be true that
the state has lost no moneys deposit
ed in the various banks, it cannot be
questioned that in the past the public
funds have been used for political
purposes by depositing them in favor
ite banks, where such deposits were
expected to yield returns in the shape
of political influence. This system
cannot be defended. The evil will
never be corrected until the state
keeps its own money in its own
vaults"
The governor urges the Legislature
to adopt a memorial to congress to
authorize the selection of senators by
popular vote. The governor criticises
the new state Capitol. erected to take
the place of the building destroyed by
fire in February, 1897. The new build
ing, he says, in its present condition
sis hardly fit for human habitation,
much less the official abode of the rep
resentatives of the commonwealth. 1t
is made of common brick imbedded
in cheap mortar, looks like a hastily
erected factory building and is repul-
sive to the eve.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
EMPRESS JOSEPHINE.
She Was Native of the Pretty
Isle of Martinique.
The People of That Happy Little Conn
munity Have HonOred Their
Most Famous Daughter with
Grand Monument.

1t has been said that places as well
as people, songs as well as perfumes,
elude description. This may be aptly
applied to the island of Martinique, the
pearl of the Lesser Antilles. a neighbor
of that spot upon which the keen in
terest of the world has been centered
within recent months.
A century ago, however, it was
Venus, not Mars, that became the rul'
ing deity over Martinique, it having
won undying luster for being the birth
place of Josephine Tascher de la Pa
gerie, known in after years as the wife
of Napoleon-Josephine, empress Of
the French.
The childhood of Marie Joseph Rose
Tascher de la Pagerie-afterwa-d alb
breviated to Josephine-was one cal
culated to enhance those physical
charms for which she was always noted.
Her fathers home was built on one of
the great hills a. Grois Islets, overlook
ing the Bay of Fort de France. Here
one can imagine Josephine in her child
ish days, and in the sadder time when,
during her poverty and her separation
from Beauharnais, she - turned to Mar
Unique. At II years of age the en-
bryo empress was sent to convent,
but she always disliked the restraint of
her clothing or to be cramped in her
movements. She ran, jumped and
danced from morning till night. Jo-
sephine's foster-sister, Euphemie was
her chosen comrade, and accompanied
her, when in her tenth year, to the
Caribbean prophecies who foretold so
accurately what was to befall her, SEe
had then almost arrived at woman's es-
tate, bat had not yet that nodded fig
ure which became later her chief
charm. She played, it is said, most
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
CROKER is AN ExPANSlONIST.
rammany Leader Declares Himself
OH the Question OF Territorial Ac-
guisition Says that the 10 40 1 Issue
IL Dead,


quisition Says that the 10 40 I Issue
Is Dead.
New York. Jan. 7.-rhe Journal and
Advertiser prints the following state
nent given out by Richard Croker: II
believe in expansion. / believe in hold
ing whatever possessions we have
gained by annexation, purchase or
war. This policy is not only patriotic,
but it is the only safe one to pursue.
Any other policy would show weak
ness on the part of the United States
and invite foreign complications. This
must be avoided, hence our policy
must be vigorous. jefferson was an
eXpansionist, otherwise ne would not
have favored the acquisition of Louisi-
ana, with its foreign population.
which in Jefferson's time was quite as
remote as the Philippines. In this
age of steam and electricity distance
is no argument against expansion.
Take England, for example. The
people of this little isle come pretty
near owning the universe. Are not
our people as intelligent. as powerful
and as patriotic as the English peoplep
The United States is the only country
on earth superior to the English. Why
not illustrate to the world that we are
fully able to cope with greater prob
| lens than we have had occasion to in
rhe past. and in the future dominate
any emergency. The country teens
with young men full of hope and am
bition. Why not give these young men
chance to develop our newly ac-
quired possessions and build up a
-, Ion
triotism our own United States?
SIT is an insult to the American
people and to our flag even to suggest
that we abandon the people we have
released from bondage, or, what would
be more disgraceful, that we should
offer to sell them to the highest bid
der. Such proposition places the
American people in the same category
with the Chinese, who have neither
patriotism nor a foreign policy and
are in consequence utilized as a door
mat by the powers Of the wolrd This
is too great a question to be consid-
cred as a mere matter of dollars and
cents. Our people want their rights
protected. They will not figure on
the cost.
"The people want the property ac-
uured by war protected. They will
pay for a standing army, powerful
navy and the protection of our flag
the world over, regardless of any
monetary consideration. They have
proved their willingness to sacrifice
their blood for the honor of their
country and their flag, and when the
question is brought to an issue, they
will rise as one man and demand ex-
pansion as citizens sacred right.
81 think the 16 to l question as out
lined in the Chicago platform de-
cidedly dead issue. This was demon
st1,at ted in the last election. We did
not embody the 16 to l question in
our platform, and the result is that
we elected every one OF our congress-
men,"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
BEARD ON THE BEEF.
Growth was Removed No Fault
Could be Found with the Soldiers
Rattan

Washington, Jan. 5.-Maior Hop
kins, military aide to the secretary OF
war. testified yesterday before the war
investigation commission regarding
sanitary conditions at the camps at
Tampa, Thomas and Alger. 1t was the
old question of sinks, drainage and
camp police and the Testimony of the
witness was little different from pre-
ceding witnesses.
Mai. Harrison, Ninth volunteer in
fantry. whose regiment was raised
near New Orleans and is now in Serv-
ice at Santiago, was next called. Con-
cerning commissary stores he said
those in the United States were the
best that could be bought in the open
market The refrigerated beef sent
from this country, he said, was excel
lent. He had much experience with
refrigerated meat and he said that
while there was some disposition on
the part of the regimental cooks to
cavil at the appearance of the meat, it
was in reality quite good. He ex-
planned that the sudden change of
temperature on removing the meat
from the refrigerator ships produced
WDdI Is hilONll as bcNlll. al =
ish growth that had to be scraped off.
When this was done the meat beneath
was perfectly good. 1t was served to
the men with excellent results and
benefited the sick materially.
The chief trouble came when the
change was made to hoof cattle sent
from Porto Rico. This beef he killed
himself and superintended its dress
ing and cooling. But it would not
cool in that climate" he said emphat-
ically. The meat never lost its ami
NAL heat and with its use our sickness
increased 10 per cent"
On the canned meat Ma j. Harrison
said that it was equally as good as the
refrigerator beef, was we'll received by
the men and none of it had to be con-
demned.
Witness said he was thoroughly ia
miliar with the processes of refriger-
ating and butchering meat, and he
was willing to state positively that
there were no chemicals used in any
of the American beef that passed un-
der his observation. On the contrary
there were no chemical preparations
that could be used on the meat with
advantage to the packers without
running their product before they
could get it to the army. He regard
ed it as highly improbable that any
thing of the sort had been attempted.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12

A single fine Russian sable skin is
worth from $1OO to $3.50. 1t is a tiny
thing, about IA inches long by eight or
nine inches around. 4 bale of dressed
sable skins as it hangs in the furrier's
shop resembles a bundle of long suede
gloves; they are hung up wrong side
out, and are all numbered and price
marked in indelible ink. The most per-
feet skins are tipped with silvery hairs,
which greatly increase their beauty.
The pelt, when dressed, is soft and fine,
while the fur is a lovely dark brown,
which shows a blush tint, like that of
a ripe Concord grape, when the hair
is blown apart by the breath. The skins
are entire, being taken from the animal
without cutting except for a tiny in
cision at the throat ana on the inner
side of each delicate little foot, thus
leaving the head and claws intact.