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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29
GIANT GLACIER LETTUCE

There is considerable profit IL grow
ing lettuce TO" market when one can
produce heads of large size which are
solid and if located near large town
or city. If the location is near a small
down it will hardly pay to give much
more space to lettuce than is required
to produce that needed for the home
table. The Giant Glacier, illustrated
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29
IGAR DENING,
TREATMENT OF HEDGES

When the hedge plants begin to die
out the cause may sometimes be traced
to lack of plant food. There is consid-
cradle wood removed from hedge
plants every year when the hedges are
trimmed, and this annual loss cannot
be sustained by the plants unless they
are assisted. Apply wood ashes freely
every fall and early spring.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29

Peru has but four people TO every
square mile of territory, and the popu'
lation is not increasing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03

An independent newspaper is one
hitch is free to take whichever
de it chooses and does take sides.
DEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03
: EDITORIAL COMMENT.

It is encouraging to be informed by
the Jersey City journal that the rail
roads have abandoned their lobby
machinery" at Trenton. Relying on
the correctness Of tho statements of
this eminent authority the News has
no hesitation In predicting that under
the circumstances equal taxation will
prevail in the legislature this winter
without n struggle. There will be no
necessity for a single representative
of the railroads to be at the Stale ca
pital for all the arguments on the
part of the roads will then have been
made before the Equal Taxation
Commission. Newark Evening News.
1t is no defense of oil Tor the rail
roads to argue before the Equal Taxa
ton Commission that Others, notably
the Leather Trust, do not bear a just
share of the burdens of taxation. The
question is not whether somebody else
is escaping, but whether the railroads
hLo phyAHk Juhb hiu SuuuA buA.-
PlainReld Press.
If the reports that sent out from
East Orange are true, that city must
have soil the fertility of which is un-
equalled anywhere else in New Jer.
sey, or its city officials are wonderful
farmers. For we are advised by o.
-
news item in the New York Sun that
"a profit of more than 100 per cent.
has been realized from tllling q tract
of land owned by the municipality
which was regarded as useless" In
til Alderman Yardley induced the
city council to devote it to raising
hay and oats during the past, summer.
The East Orange correspondent says
that at an expense of 81, 1000, crops
worth 81, 800 were raised and mar;
vested. We do not SET ourselves up
rs agricultural experts, but we'll bet
that the man who wrote the story
about the East Orange municipal
farm, believes in the maxium, when
you tell u lie, tell n good one.''-
Plain6eld Courier-New ID
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1904.

We published o communication
yesterday ON the sidewalk question
which is exceedingly timely Perth
Amboy's sidewalk are by no means
what they ought to be, but any bad
breaks on the main street of the city
should not be allowed for "a day.
Whichever sidewalk is below grade,
the owner Of that property should be
compelled to raise it ever with these
which are at grade.
The little dabbling into the side
walk question last year had some
good results. but it was far from he
ing satisfactory. What the people of
Perth Amboy wants to see is an
administration, which will go at the
sidewalks AL over the city in real
earnst, mall 70 a business 10 see tina:
they are = in proper repair and
do not let tho matter drop until every
street is in satisfactory shape. While
the paving Of streets is desirable, not
every citizen has a horse and carriage,
while all do use the sid swnlks, there
fore the walks appeal TO the people
more strongly. The republicans have
plenty Of opportunity to distinguish
themselves during the next year and
one of the best things they a do is
to improve the sidewalks. Few prop
erty owners will object provided they
find that all are treated alike. There
Is need Of wholesale reform. Let's
have it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03

no wonder O stranger became con-
fused and wandered for five hours be-
fore he could get back on the main
road. The little lanes leading into
the various pits are even more trag-
e'ed than the main road and a strang-
or naturally follows the one mcst
used. Once in among the pits, it is a
Chinese puzzle to get around them
and out safely. Few people have any
idea Of the extent of the clay industry
in Woodbridge township.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03
~lealers 40 22l5 EuclId avenue, cIeve.

dealers at 2245 Euclid avenue, cleve-
land.
1t has been announced by a New
York lawyer identified with the af-
fairs of Mrs. Chadwick that a friend
has come to her rescue and will pay
The claim of $100.S00, made by Herbert
b. Newton of Brookline, Mass.
Just who the mysterious person is
who has come to Mrs. Chadwick's aid
at this critical time is known only to
two persons, the lawyer who gave the
information and Mrs. Chadwick her.
self. Neither Of these will disclose his
identity. That it is a. man is admitted,
and that he is Il man of wealth goes
without saying, for it takes a man of
wealth to shoulder even a single one
Of this amazing w0man's obligations.
Mrs. Chadwick has proved that she
S a woman OF, resource and nerve. To
foil the crowd, that blocked the en-
trance of "a Wall street, where she Wis
ted yesterday the offices of Butler,
hoffman, Joline & Mynderse, who are
supposed to be Andrew C~arnegie's law
.gers, Mrs. Chadwick got out of the
fifth story window of that building to
The roof of an adjoining structure and
escaped unobserved by reporters or by
the police squad summoned to control
the curious throng.
There were stories current here last
night to the effect that there had been
a hitch in the settlement of the New
ton suit.
1t is practically a certainty that mo
money has vet been paid to Newton by
Mrs. Chadwick, and TO- that a receiy-
sr has been appointed in Cleveland to
AXE possession of all her effects she
will not be able to deal with Mr.. New
:on in preference to any of her other
,reditors. Consequently the Newton
suit against her will doubtless be press
I'd. and her affairs are now in as trou-
oled a state as they We're before the
agreement was made with Mr.. New
Jon.
The town of Oberlin was thrown
nto a state of excitement last night
oy Il telegram received saying that
Mrs. Chadwick would sail for Europe
IL the morning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-For the third
time since its organization the Carne-
gle Veterans association gathered last
night at the home of Andrew Carnegie
for its annual dinner as guests of the
ironmaster. There were forty-one mem
bers present, all men who We're asso-
ciated with Mr.. Carnegie in the CON
Quoting Of the Carnegie Steel company
before its absorption by the United
-tatas Staal cornoraiinn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03
CHAnWIrK DH77TE
lUA HULLLE.
Bankruptcy Proceedings Now
Taken by Creditors.
RECEIVER APPOINTED At CLEVELAND
Called a Female "NnpoIeOn Of FL
nance" In Wall street, where Po-
lice Had TO Dfzperse MOb-set-
~ Element Said to Have Failed.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-New and star
Ting developments have occurred in
the affairs of Mrs. Cassie l.. Chad
wick, a society woman of Cleveland,
o., who has achieved so much notorie-
ty during the last few days in connec-
ton With claims for large amounts
brought against her by many persons,
followed by allegations that she was
connected in some way with the no
torious clairvoyant. Nine. Devere.
Jacques Krakauer of New York has
filed a petition in involuntary bank
ruptcy against Mrs. Chadwick in the
federal court at Cleveland, o. Kra-
kauer is a dealer in laces and en-
broidcry. He claims $500 to be due
him from Mrs. Chadwick. The names
of George Couch, q livel.yman of Cleye-
land, and ii. +. Potter, a merchant,
We're also signed to tile petition on
claims of $500 and 5000 respectively.
The petitioners set forth that the
giving of a note to the Elyria bank by
Mrs. Chadwick while she was indebted
to them constituted an act of insolyen-
cy.
Later in the day Nathan Loeser of
Cleveland was appointed receiver for
all the property Of every kind and de-
scription belonging to Mrs. Chadwick.
The plaintiffs in their, petition declare
that within four months preceding
the filing Of this petition, while insol-
vent, Mrs. Chadwick paid to ID. Whea-
ton & Son Of Cleveland $7G0. with in
tent to prefer Wheaton oye other
srcditors.' The WhcatoDs are meat
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03
Agent BnIked Thieves.

.bFRENT0N, N. j., Dec. 3.-William
svvifliYfct, might ticket agent at the Penn
lsyiVahia railroad station in this city, is
the Victim Of a daring robbery. VIII
'hfotiMhs the central figure in what he
says was a sensational attack by four
strange men, two of whom climbed
through the ticket Office window and
bound and gagged him. The thieves
obtaiReh '$21.3e, Wilnot refusing to
give them the combination OF the safe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03
RUSSIANS FAILED
Besiegers Repulsed Attempt
to Retake Meter Hill.
ST. PETERSBURG PREPARES FOR END
Japanese Mounting Heavy Guns to
Sweep Cfty-Stoessc1's Friends Say
He VIII Not Yield Even
IL So Ordered.

LONDON, Dee. 3.-Advices from To
kyo say that concentrating almost all
their entire available force in the forts
ut Port Arthur the Russians under
General Stoessel have made a deter
mined but unsuccessful assault upon
Two Hundred and Three Meter hill,
just captured by the Japanese. The
japanese met the oncoming Russians
with the same determination and reck-
lessness that has marked their fighting
since the siege of Port Arthur began.
The Russians, to strengthen their
forces. drafted sailors from the battle
ships hemmed in in the harbor.
The japanese met the assault with
fury. Shell and %shrapnel plowed
through the ranks of thesragged, weak
and half starved Russian troops, but
on they. came, and then began the hand
to hand conflicts that have continued
since the assault on Two Hundred and
Three Meter hill began. The Japanese,
armed with swords and bayonets and
o~utnumbering by many times the Rus
slams, met the oncoming forces, slew
many and then drove the remnant back
to the inner %strongholds of the city.
With the confirmation of the news
at st. Petersburg that the Japanese
have occupied Two Hundred and Three
Meter hill and the report that the Rus
slams unsuccessfully attempted it's re.
capture, officials at the war Office are
beginning to prepare themselves for
the inevitable. Golden hill and Lia0ti
hill are higher and dominate Two Hun
dred and Three Meter hill, but the Off
Gals say that if the Japanese succeed
in mounting heavy guns upon the lat
ter it probably will be only q question
of days or weeks before the fortress
falls. Still there is not the slightest
idea among General Stoessers friends
that he will surrender, even if he
should be ordered to do so. 1t is hint
ed that it is possible that if the fall of
the fortress is shown to be inevitable
the emperor may direct its surrender in
order to prevent the unnecessary sac
rifiee of the remnant of its brave de-
tenders. But it is believed by those
who know General StOessel best that
he will literally make good his threat
to hold out to the last man tile
last cartridge in Port Arthur.
The ships in the harbor of Port Ar
thur, it can now be stated on high au-
thority, are in no condition to attempt
to break through the investing squad
on. The guns of the warships were
long ago landed, and the marines and
sailors have been participating in the
land defense. Some of the ships also
have been injured by shells. If the
fortress falls it is understood they will
be taken outside and sunk in deep wa
ter in order to prevent the possibility
of their ever being of service to the
enemy.
A Mukden dispatch says that Gen
eral Rennenkampf has holly pursued
a iIIepnnese detachment below Sintsin-
Itin4rS far as the Taitse river, and on
tho RjtssIanaright scouts have explored
the .tIAua driver below Liaoyang. All
'tln' passes fell into Rennenkampf's
handA soil
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03

Yesterday the Evening News con-
tanned 1879 inches Of advertising.
The News is the leading paper in this
section of the State, that the adver.
tisers appreciate this there is nc
doubt. No newspaper between Eliza
beth and Trenton surpassed the Even.
ing News yesterday in Its columns OF
advertising, neither did any paper
within this same territory cov,r its
own field for news more thorou Chilly.
The Evening News has not forgotten
lite promise to give Perth Amboy q
press that will rank with the leaders
Of the Stale. That is where Perth
Amboy belongs in all things. 1t is a
j progressive city filed with progress
sive merchants and citizens.
Talk Peril. Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03
Recorder Piokersglll can feel CON

Recorder Pickersgill can feel com
gietsly. validated upon the course he
! has taken regarding the revolver
habit. The practice of carrying
concealed weapons has become so
Nsonouncod that the State legislature
ia toltAke up the natter this winter
and make it a State prison offense.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03
ncturnea miners Agaln peportea.

TELLURIDE, Colo, Dce. 3s[Eignt
union miners who had returned to this
city since the strike was called off
We're placed aboard an outgoing train
by Acting City Marshal Geyer and
deputies. who had arrested them. and
ordered to stay away from this dis
f.icf fii
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03
nrlberr IN land rraua. case.

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 3.-In the
land fraud trial here j.. w. Heidrlcks
of Detroit, Mich, told a story of how
he was induced to c~ountenance crime
by the acceptance of a bride which, he
said, was paid him by ga. d. Puter,
M of the defendants in the case.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-03

The grand jnry which is still in
session, has cost tie cornty $l,0i2.
II Is to be hoped that the result of
their labors will be worth that much,
surely the matters they have under
consideration arc important enough.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-16
LOOKER.ON in IOWA


Malcolm, Nov. 15.-rhe poole o.,
Grinnell have been surfeitel with
news" concerning the First National
bank failure of that place, as we'll as
much political talk about the appoint
ment of Receiver Swords. AS a non
partisan, looker-on, the writer will
give the general public a short re-
sumo of the whole business, which may
be interesting. After the failure of the
bank, the friends of Mr.. II. +. Lam
phere, of Grinnell, circulated numer-
ously signed petition asking for his
appointment as receiver. Mr.. Lam
phere had been assistant cashier for
some years under Spencer, but was
then engaged in the land business.
Congressman Lacey was in favor of
Lanphere's appointment. Suddenly.
without warning, Mr.. Swords of
Iowa City was appointed receiver.
About this time II. j. Bray, ex-chair-
man republican county committee, met
Treasurer Shaw on a Rock Island train
and asked him point blank why he had
turned down Lanphere as receiver
and was told, on account of a tele-
gram from Lacey. This, in substance
is what Mr.. Bray repeated on his re-
turn home. AT once there was an up
roar. Bray being known as an ac-
tive opponent of Lacey added fuel
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-16

the building of Beston's magnificent
fremont temple, and Dr. Lorimer's wit,
sincerity and imaginative sympathy
made him great favorite with the
students at HARVARD during his resi-
dence in Boston.
At Cambridge, ore day an UNDER
graduate asked the opinion of DR.. Lor-
inner on rinking-rnoderate drinking.
Il am opposed to it." the clergyman
said. 1T is perilors. 1t frequently
leads to drunkenness. In fact, most
drunlards were moderate drinkers
first"
Naturally malt liquors and wines,
tho are strengthening, aren't they?"
the student asked.
DR. Loriner smiled.
Beer" he said, is very strength
ening. I have known young men to
have sent to their rooms large kegs
Of beer that they could not bulge at
first. and day or two later they would
be able to life those kegs with ease"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-16

Seventy-SiX vOCationS represented, from
common laborer to retired capitalist
For the first time retired farmers and
"oil and gas are given as the oocupa-
ton of many parents. There has been
u gain of one hundred and sixty-ninc
per cent in the registration of male
students in the past fifteen years, and
in the last five years the increase has
been fifteen per cent. The increaee of
female attendance is about three per
cent below that of male attendance.
One hitherto unnotced result of the
late election is that Julian Richards is
unable to find an excuse for more CAM
paign poetry.
Reviewing past election conditions
Henry Clews predicts that we may look
for q good business season in spite OF
high prices; but gives warning that 1t
must be borne in mind that conditions
are highly favorable for stimulating in
creased production and that we are
steadily approaching period when
production will overtake consumption,
and then price concessions must follow.
Conditions are vastly different now. he
points out from the recovery which
began just eight years ago with Mr..
McKinley's election. Then we were on
the low level basis; now we are on the
high level basis, and it follows that the
boom which began in 1896 is not to
be repeated in 1904 On the contrary.
prudent business men will move eau
tiously, altho there is a distinct ten
dency towards a revival of enterprise
because successful speculations during
the last three months have rekindled
hope and confidence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-16
Ills Version of the Story.

lLuulaf PUnchl
G.jhbby's apo.oay iol a horse was evil
demq.y badly nlrt, ana his ancient Neh-
icle bore eviden! traces of collision.
The furniture VAN looked none the
worse for the encounter.
1T was the cabman who first button
hGiai the policeman, and gave, in lurid
la g9age. description of the affair,
with eanGil opinion Of THE furniture
renover's nan.
With the exception of an occasional
you're another" the driver of the van
allowed the Jehu to do aid the talking
until called upon to give his version
of the smash.
"Tell YOU 'ow it 'appened? o. coorse
wi1," he began. "The driver O. that
played out framework he glanc-
ed pityingly down on the prostrate cab
horse-"ought to be ashamed of hisself.
ELS been overfeedin' the 'oss-gave I'm
two beans this mornin' instead O. one,
/ reckon-an' made i'm sleepy. That
wouldn't a mattered SO much If Id
been told as the 'oss 'ad been gorgin'
of hisself, an might go to sleep. But
l wasn't told, an when e leaned up
agin my van an snoozed off, l didn't
see im-nobody could be expected to
see that razor edge Consequently L
moved on my losses. TAhenI ears a
rattle O. bones, looks round, and-there
you are. When the van moved there
was nothing left to prop i'm up"
''But the cab 2"
ooh, the cab, I reckon, fell to pieces
out o. sheer sympathy. Or, maybe,
somebody's been striking match on it
an pushed it over"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-16

lessened this form of crime, does not
A recent Cook county grand jury in
it's report, advocated the death penalty
for highwaymen, who go abroad vita
murder in their hearts, The jury's
report contains this paragraph: I'm
view of the prevalence of that phase
of crime known as the 'holdup,' its bru-
tality and the frequent loss Of life re-
sulting therefrom, we would respectful
ly petition the next general assembly
to frame severer laws bearing thereon,
even to the extent of capital punish
ment for such offenders. Any man who
streets. does so with murder in his
heart, and murder following it is but
a natural result
While it is true that the armed man
who robs on the highway or who en-
ters building in the night will usual
ly resort to murder if it offers an OPP
portunity of escape, the country is not
ready to inflict the death penalty until
the actual crime Of murder has been
committed, and a law fixing capital
punishment as a penalty for highway
robbery and burglary, while it might
deter less desperate criminals from
these pursuits, would result in more
murders. The criminal would kill first
and rob afterwards, and it is doubt
full if holdups and burglary would re-
ceive any serious check thru the death
penalty. Those crimes that call for u
life sentence are committed quite as
infrequently as others to which the
death penalty is affixed. When theft
of any sum above a shilling was Y
capital offence in Great Britain, the
crime of theft increased instead of
diminished
Chicago has, by it's civic govern
ment, created the class it's most fears.
Its police and detective force have in
many cases profited by robbery and
fraud and the leaders Of the UNDER
world have made too many Chicago
mayors and aldermen. Her remedy is
not so much in death penalty for
holdup men as in decent city govern
ment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-16
HANGING HOLD UP kiEk.

Toronto Is wrestling with the hold
up men, and a law providing punish
ment by whipping, for footpads is ad-
vanced there. What the Canada city,
and all other cities, need to do in or
der to bring the footpads to time, is
to treat them as they do in Chicago,
where life imprisonment is the pun
ishment when a holdup is perpetrated
by one possessing deadly weapon.
The whipping post is too mild a form
Of punishment for man who will not
scruple to take human life in order to
secure a few dollars from his victim.
In Chicago. where the public has SUI
fered severely from the operations of
the murderous thugs who make high
way robbery their business. the inflic-
ton Of life Imprisonment, while it has
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-16
any ward can be

of the election in any ward can be
known
1t is too much to ask of a board of
election judges and clerks to work
from in the morning until II or IL
o'clock at night. or longer if the bal
lots are badly scratched. Then the
people don't like to wait until mid
niaht before they know the resGlt.
Perhaps I'm mistaken, but ! believe
that such an amendment as | propose
is entirely within the law an6 that it
would be favored by the voters. l'ile
count would have to tally exactly With
the number of votes cast and there is
no more opportunity for fraud than
there is at present. I'll admit that it
would be unfair to some of the can
di9ates at times If the official tellers
were to give out any partial results.
but the majority of the voters of Iowa
are men of honor, and besides the law
might provide heavy penalty for any
infraction in the way of leakage
Such a system would be more satsfac-
tory, in my opinion, than the best vot-
ing machine that was ever made. and
the result could be announced almost
as quickly as it is with the machines.