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M, : r PROTECTION ! INDUSTRY I ENTERPRISE !.' PROSPERITY ! ' ' tfQLOHE 29. HICKORY, NORTH- CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JANUARY; 14, 1897. " HUHBEB2 "" ' ""' 1 1 " ' I .. MMM. -MmM, I, I III 111 mi a IIM I - WASHINGTON LETTER. From, onr Remilar Correspondent. Washington, Jan. 11. Senator Sherman will probably settle the question of whether he is to be Secre tary of State in the coming administra tion, during the present week, as he will, by special invitation, have a per sonal conference with President-elect McKinley at Canton. Mr. Sherman's personal inclinations are not towards the Cabinet, but he is prepared to- do his duty as a good republican and a patriotic citizen, and if it be the wish of President McKinley and of the Ohio republicans, who have given him such great political honors in the past that he should accept a cabinet portfolio,he will not allow his personal inclinations to stand in the way. That he would rounaea y a posse ot twenty men un make a good Secretary of State is as der Sheriff Plerson, of Sumter. Coop certain as that Iim has made a good er kePfc the men at a safe distance with Senator and a. good Secretary of 'the Treasury, and while his colleagues would miss his experience and wisdom in the Senate, the knowledge that President McKinley and the country would have the benefit of them would go far towards consoling them for the logs. Having heard what the parties di rectly interested had to say aDout the new tariff bill, the republicans of the House Ways and Means Committee will this week begin the actual con struction of the bill. The democratic members of the committee had the privilege of attending the hearings, and some of them availed themselves of it, but the construction of the bill will only be participated in by the re publican members. Chairman Ding ley has pointed out the difference in this task and the construction of the McKinley bill in 1890, and it should not be lost sight of by those who are interested in seeing the arduous task successfully performed. In 1890 the Treasury had a surplus 'which was crowing larger all the time, and the .1 tariff bill was intended to protect American products and manufactures, and at the same time, to reduce the receipts of the government. Now, again referring to Chairman Dingley's words, the new tariff bill must protect American products and manufactures, and nt the same time, add from $50, 000,000 to 75,000,000 a year 'to the Government receipts in order to pro vide for the deficit made by the insuf ticieney of revenue produced by the democratic tariff bill, which Mr. Cleve land denounced as an outrage and re fused to sign, and which he now de clares to be a iood thing, notwith standing all the trouble it has brought to the country The Loud bill depriving sample copies of newspapers and books of the rierht to be sent throutrh the mail at pound rates was passed by the House, and has now gone to the Senate, where its prospect of being acted upon is far from bright. It will be fought hard and time is getting scarce. The speech of Representative John son, -of California, on the Pacific Rail road Funding bill, which was today disposed of by the House, in which he made vicious personal attack upon Mr. W. It. Hearst, proprietor of the San Francisco Examiner and the New York journal, is much regretted by all who heara it. Some of the language of Mr. Johnson was so vulgar and indecent that it could not oe printed in news iapers which go through the mail without a violation of law such language as should never be heard in a gathering of gentlemen and which no provocation can excuse. Disgusting people never brings them, to your way of thinking. It remain! for Senator Mills to in troduee a humorous phase , to th -jCuban question. His resolution. upon which he made a speech today in his usual style he works harder than a blacksmith when he makes a speech niter reciting that Cuba ought to be iree aud declaring that this Couutry recognizes independence and that the President must act iu harmony with Congress, provides for. the ap pointment of a U- S. Minister to Cuba and appropriates $10,000 to pay his salary and expenses. The idea of ap pointing a minister to a country which as yet has neither government, accord ing to the common American concep tion of go verument, nor a capital is regarded as about the choicest tidbit of humor turned up at the present session of Congress, although Mr. Mi Us doesn't pose as a funny man. Representative and .Senator elect Money, of Miss., Is back from his fool s trip to Cuba, but if he found out any thing that the newspapers have not already acquainted the people of the United States with, he has not told it. He has suddenly adopted an owl-like style. He looks mysterious and drops mysterious hints about what he might tell if so disposed, but it does not fool anybody. THEIR DEATHS AVENGED. Simon Cooper tha Murderer of Five People la South Carolina Killed. Columbia, S. C, Jan 8. Simon Cooper, betrayed by his half-brother and uncle, was located in his uncle's house,, five miles from Sumter' early this morning and the building sur- a wincnester rine. jxone aarea to rush on what seemed certain death. mm . m "m a -m t The sheriff telegraphed the conditions to the governor and asked that a can non "with solid shot and a supply of long range ri files be sent to him on a special train. Governor Evans repiied that no cannon was available, and or dered Cooper's capture dead or alive. Balked in this, the sheriff got a can non in Sumter, but while it was being couveyed to the seat of war, Cooper was killed. It seems that, under pro tection, of another house, some mem bers of the posse got within a ehort distance of where Cooper was and and kept up a hot fire. He hailed them and offered to talk. One of their number told him it would be best to give himself up, but he blasphemed terribly at the suggestion. He was told if he came out unarmed with his hands up he would not be killed. Fi nally Cooper did come out. One member of the posse, keeping him covered, walked up and took hold of him. The others then surrounded the negro who began to resist. Then die was shot in the head with a pistol and afterwards with a rifle. He fell, but but regained consciousness and kept up his cursing-. It was suggested . to uurn mm, out tne nan aeaa man was started to Sumter. On the road the posse, which had assumed tne propor tions of a mob, tied the officers of the law, hauled Cooper out of the cart in which he was and strung him to a tree riddling him with bullets. A coroner's inquest was held and re sulted in a verdict that the killing had beeu done by persons unknown to the jury. nobody was carted tnrcngn the streets of Shmter and viewed by a large crowd. The negroes seemed joy ous over the killing of Cooper, whom they dreaded. The man's last wish was that he might have a chance to kill the brother who betrayed him. Wilmington Messenger. A MEDICAL STUDENT Cared of Consumptloa After All Hope Seemed Ueeles. A young man was taking his finish - ing course of study in a medical col - lece. He was far from home, in a large city. Deprived as he was of the comforts of home, he caught a bad cold, which soon settled on his lungs. He consulted the professors as to his trouble, but in spite of their most idly developed consumption. His symptoms became alarming, and he was actually pronounced incurable by tne meuicai iacuity oi tne conege ne was attending. At this point his A. 1 V A A inougnxs lurneu nomewara ano ne re- membered the household remedy of pn-Tit. knw very well if his la i.t could advise linn she wouiv! -iia." lie lonir and hv :t once, laKe l'v-ru aaa a wjtb'iior ahie to make tin teilioiis journey home ami it took a Ior titue for a letter to crosi' l!ie ocean. So he commencetl taking 1 ru-ua according to the directions im the otitiie. It helped him at once, and tii tally cure! hitu. AM the Joe tors werw nt ni-t ineredu'ous, then aa titihed, but at last convinced. ' Couunr,:iou is cntarrh of the lungs. Po-ru-na fires catarrh wherever lo cated. Dr. Hartman's latent book on consumption and all catarrhal dis eases is being sent free by The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio. Remember for a few days we offer to send the Hickory PRKSS,the American Farm News, an I Atlanta Constitution 1 all one year xor t.ou. cpeaK quicK a a"k " a m mm I you want them. A QUIET DAT IN CREEDE. DEATH OF THE MAN WHO KILLED 'JESSE JAJ1ES. Bob Ford's End and tfaa Suddea Ulster t of Which It Wu m Incident "Charity Covers Ui a Muttlto.de ef 5n" The Condensation of Kellj. the Marderer. New York San. It was a quiet day in Creede camp in the morning of the summer of V2. Most of the miners were away in the hills; many of the gamblers and others of the night shift were still sleeping. though it was now 4 o'clock. A string of burros, laden with heavy loads of boards, which they were about to drag away up to the Last Chance, stood dreaming in San Louis avenue. Some fishermen with long cane poles thrown over their shoulders were trailing out at the lower end of the town in the di rection of the Rio Grande. A string of heavy ore wagons was coming down the mountain from the Amethyst mine. The brake on the forward wagon gave way when the team was nearly down to the foot of the hill, and instantly the heavy load shot for ward and the poor animals there were six i f them bounded away in a. mad effort to keep out of the way of the heavy load. The wheel horses ap peared to understand that they were expected to hold the wagon back, and they did what they could; but the force of the great wagon threw them off their feet, and when they fell, slid them along the iocky road to the foot of the hill, grinding and crushing their legs under the wheels, and when the wagon finally stopped they were both .rkfksl All Mna nrxanan 1 n or rtft I and in full view of the town, so that many of the people saw it, and heard the poor animals cry, almost as a hu man being would cry for help, while they were being run down and killed by the ore wagon. A sorry-looKing young woman was working the shops and sa'oons on the shady side of the avenue. She carried a long sueet ot writing paper, upon which she' asked people to put their names, and opposite their names the amount of their subscriptions. One of the girls had died the night lefore and this money was asked in order to pay some one to dig a hole at the top of the hill and to hire an express wag . e on to naui tne gin. up mere. n;en the woman came to the Leadvillc dance hall, she entered, and was greet ed sadly by another woman who stood over uemnu a low railing, wnicu ex tended from the end of the bar to the front of the tent, fencing off a little space which served as an office for the proprietor and the woman, w ho was a silent partner in the firm," The visitor pushed the paper over toward the man a small, sallow-looking man of 1 thirty-two, who was ever fidgeting 1 and glancing at the door of whatever I house he happened to be in. The man I glanced down the column, saw "Soapy I Smith, ,' and as he hated "Soapy, I he immediately raised him five, gave I the woman the money, and wrote just I under his name and the ten: "Char- I Then he passed out from behind the I bar and began walking slowly to the J rear end of the long room. The worn- I an wun tne sorry iace and tne loi.g J white paper passed out. I"ion tJ I A. V t 11 1 I tnebnoiu sue met a man in naner s I clothes, and even a3 she turned to look at him a very short man n'.e up to tlie iVm r of the trnt t ip ! O.'Ml.Ir I . J 1- i " I !''T.iJ h" i Si II r-.ui.'in:'. i;;jiti '.i!t-r-l 'he ' t wuh the woman wjfli Th- ut r ' i! she would follow liim. for .ill. -tie i that the str.-: tee r miht t! vjol-iitv. reluctant a she wat to l!ieve th:-.r i man in a refined inin tii; centre vw.iii i retort to the use of so clumsy, not to say unconventional, a shootintr iron ;w a shotgun. "Hello, Ikb r 'called the man with the gun, and as the keeper of the dance hall turned he raised tbe weapon and let go both barrel. Th shot, without scattering, entered tne throat of the victim, acd carried hi gold collar button out through the back of his neck. The report of the shotgun started the whole camp, and as the Leadville was directly opposite my hotel, I rushed over and was almost tbe flirt man in the place. One man had pre- ceded me, and entered he came out and thou ted: "Bob Ford's dead." At the moment I entered the only person in the room was the inslgnifl cent looking woman in the little office. She was weepinjr. She knew me as the editor of the morning paper, and at once began to pour out the story of Bob's virtues. "He had planned," she said, "to do much good." "Yes," said I, it Is reported that he Intended to kill off the entire Chronicle force. In cluding the editor." "Yes, I kndw," she went on hurried ly, for the place was filling up rapidly, "but he didn't mean it be told me so he didn't have it in fur you all a little bit. But, say, she continued, waving a hand in the direction of the corpse, and her eyes filled with a fresh flood cf tears, "just to think they should shoot him with that kind of a gun it just breaks my heart," and she leaned her head upon the bar and wept. Presently she lifted her head, dried her eyes, and continued: "Why, Bob wouldn't uv killed a coyote with a shotgun it's a coward gun. When he killed Jesse James, the braves' man 'at ever lived an the deadest 6hot, he dun It with a 45, an' ef he'd a come down to clear out the Chronicle, which he woulden', he'd uv come with his two bans an' his six- shooter an he'd a had you all jumpin' thu the winders an scootin fur th' wlllers 'fore yer could uv raised a han." "Well," said I, glancing toward the rear or tne room to mane sure ne was m j. a a a still there. "Bob's all richt. He's a good fellow now." I had known Ford. He was the first man to whom I was introduced upon my first visit to the camp. He had been our guide, and had shown Judge mo tfae bv . canaie-ngnt. it was upon tnts occa sion tuat l noticed ins nervousness. a m If a man came in and left the door open, Ford would slip back and shut it. If there was a mirror over the bar, he always kept his eyes on it, not to see himself, but to observe those who passed to and fro behind him. In a pleasant way I asked him if he was expecting some one. lie an swered smiling sadly, that he was al ways expecting some one. He had saved his life once in Kansas City bv looking into a mirror. A friend of the man he had murdered entered the room, saw Ford's face in the mirror. and instantly reached for his truii irord, lilting uls glass, saw tne mau. and the moment their eyes met the mau weakened and passed on. JJy friend, the Judge, from force of habit. 1 presume, began to question Ford about the killing of Jesse James, and the fellow told us that he hadDeen ltd to believe that if he killed Jaxne, whose friend and messenger he h.id been, he would be the greatest inzsi Iu Missouri. That meant a great deal;;; this boy of 2, ffo'r outside "of "Missouri there was little worth strivlntr fur. And theil, to justify his cowardly cii. he related that it had been planned by James that a bank should th robbed soon, and Ford had been tid that he was to enter the bank wi' It James, who would quietly shoot h!::. as he had legun to mistrust tbe "J., l All this Ford pretended to K l.vve. He was confident that be would h i , been murdered in a little whil '' had not put a bullet through . " back while be was hanging a pi Kelly, the "tough citlien, wU .c Ut jved Ford, seemed, . strangelv enough, to regard the killing of thi man much as Ford had looked upon the killing of Jesse Jamifs. Ford w& . i Ticny ' svfy "d rn'y a .i..it!. ! t hi-d-a'!i l:a I '-"os -d all Hi- i,;.i.-m notice-arul -fu: he etiup t. at i. . The luoming pjper h.wi -iiu-eed thai Ford b informed 1 hat U" ou!d In- expected in the fu t.ue t" ,-r-irain frtMU abutting up the t n leave the camp, or be lianged. ii-r a- he ple.veii; and for that he -uoie he v.ouid kill off the working lore-, frout theetlit'jr iu chief down to Tre Ke Jimtuie, the devil. However. Kelly m wrong. He wa condemned eveu by Ford'a ete tn ies for hi cowardly act, jut as the public had disapproved of the murder of Jevs Jamea. All agreed that the removal of Jeaso would facilitate the movement of trains in MUsouri, and that Ford's absence would add much to the peace and quiet of Creede camp; but no man admires a coward. So Kelly was arretted, and in Judge Bell's court he was surprised to receive a I ie Mutence In the pen. On the morning of the day following Hi- killing half a hundred people as- "entitled in a store room where relig ious services were held. They brought F rdV coifin, and placed It upon a U'tu-li. and then the preacher got up !:! 1 1 reached a funeral sermon. He not very enthusiastic, 1 thought. li-iT he had a tough client and a bard ce He took for his text, If he could mi- w ittcn r orti uad written UDon ine a - t arm . ... . iote imini "(Jharitv covtretn a mui .a a r in'.e of mii, and made the most oC if S When he had finished an express v.-ifcfou ticked up to the door, they put the dead man in, and the wagon ..uiul nwMy up the trail to a level -i ! nUive the town, where the un wept tnd unfortunate girl had beer b mrd the day Ford died; where all nUiut were new made trrares: whero ti iinhler Jo Simmons and "Slantlmr Annie klept side by side. 'i h aututx.D wtd blow btk aad rkUL i"0e iffhtnjr. quivering- apa ware bo-u tbc a mailt ef tbe hla. AboT th aarror!d crave. Wb-re halt, abandoned barree fced. And iojoi rail and tale la Creede. Ct Wash a. SOUTHERN SINKS SOLID. Comptroller Eckle Mlrhljr CompHoieata Diile Upon Her Excellent Financial Showier. Hai.tiMORR. .Iati n Th ifanuf. turers Record has received from Comp- t roller l'ckels a statement' as to the general situation of the fjaiiking inter ests South. I" Mr. Ecklea hays: The strength of nit uaunui wiiuiuuu Ul I lie CVUIII cannot better be evidenced than by the fact that during the panic of 1806, wlrfch embraced the most trying por-s tions of 1695 and lbOC, there occurred but tix national bank failures, while since November 1, tbe failures have numbered but two. Of these two. the bank at Koanoke, Va., has proven sol- vent and arranged to pay its creditors f without the intervention of a receirer and go into voluntary liquidation; Ae two failures, wo haveJ condition of improvement luthech, reserves of the banks in.the South' shown by the bank call of Titofmr 17, over that of October a, nhk!i proves how much money oaf hite been brought out f hiding :,fneiec. tion day.- i ne io sia thn reorting, Mi..alppi axj Arkansas show an increase of:ffVm m i twp cent to 32 SI and frruu tn jn r so respectively. Of ttfo reporting citlett iu the South the ,utanu from Louis ville SL Loal Houston, Baltimore, 'ew Orleans and Savannah show largo u.cxeasos,'' Whrn it Is remembered that tby requirement of.the law, baaed upo'a that which Is'deemed the point af:jty, retpires a reserve of but IS f rr iu tne fctates Tgenera.il rT and 2j per cent in reserve cltle. It is re ly seen how able the banks are to meet very demand to be made upon them by Southern depositors. It is a noteworthy fact that throughout tbe S jutli, prior to i$?2, the number of large enterprises undertaken enlisted much foreign and domestic capita), and not a few unhealthy 1 booms were created, and yet, despite all this, the bank failures in that section have been comparatively few, and the losses en tailed uon shareholders and creditom comparatively flight. Charlotte Ob server. HmUm CcoAamliiar. " My old friend Matt Ransom, Minis ter to Mexico,' has made himself ex tremely unpopular in the City of Mex ico by hl niggardliness. They say down there that he Is saving every dollar of his salary to fetch back to- North Carolina, lie never entertains. and, far worse, never drives. Xot te drive is the worn t crime in Mexico. Minister Random rides In a red cab eeond cl.vs. Xew York Pre. Mary Winters, of Onngeville. O., a pinster, who fasted eight weeks and haul been in a comatose state for 1" days, died last week. She waf reduced from a good siwd woman to a mere skeleton, weighing less tlian CO ponnds. She claimed that he had a vision and saw the Lord and He commanded her to abstain from food. The American Farm News, the Hickory PitKS3, and Atlanta Comtlto tion alhone year for f L50. This oSTer open for only a few days.
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