North Carolina Newspapers

BUlt Lihrsry iff IJccss -JJf ICE0 III. PROTECTION ! INDUSTRY ! ENTERPRISE ! PROSPERITY ! IIME 29. WASHINGTON LETTEK. ' -hinoton, Oct. 18 That Pres M Kinley is in favor of Gen. . . the only regular Republican ::-i;ite for Mayor of New York i not known all over the world, wax to your correspondent when ,M your readers that such was !!; 't--e. Secretary Bliss had the . :; port of President McKinley when ),. y. rote tha. strong letter endorsing i,.-; Tracy and a-k ng every Repub :;, to vole for him, as he has the .1; ; .! ,rt of the President in goingfto v York for the purpose of register i-l of ..-certain ing in what man ii' !' can be.-t help Gen. Tracy and r! regular Republican ticket, and he v 1' have that support in whatever he !: iy lo in ttie campaign. President M Kinley doe not intend to writea ..-rxnal Tette- i r use in New York. ai,y more lum o..e for usu in Ohio, ux Ijeeause oi h 11 y Lick of sympathy with Republicans engaged in the campaign in both places, but becaus-e he doesn't think that the President of the I'nited States should personally engage in a political campaign, but he i-going to Ohio to cast his vote for The Republican ticket, and it is no se cret that he will think more of every Republican voter in any state who to! lows his example. There is nothing surprising in all this; it woul have heeii surprising to those who know tin man, had President McKinley in lieated any intention of acting other wise, Nothing but commendation has been heard of President McKiuIey's selec tion of Hon Jhn A. Kasson, of Iowa, to be a special Commissioner of the ('. S.. vith plenary powers to negoti ate reciprocity treaties with other governments, in accordance with the provisions of the Dingley tariff act. Mr. Kasson ser'ed in Congress several ears, where, as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, he-acquired valuable experience, and his diplomatic career has been bril liant and enviable He was first Min ister to Austria, then Minister to Ger many and later U. S. Commissioner to the Berlin conference, which arranged the present government of Samoa. The country -may rest assured that Mr. Kesson will see that its interests are properly taken care of in any reci procity treaty he negotiates- Negoti ations witn France have been under way sometime, and that country is likely to have the honor of the first reciprocity treaty under the Dingley law. Austria and- Germany have al ready served notice of their intention to open negotiations for a similar treaty. There was no surprise at the publi cation of tne tender of Justice Field's resignation from the U. St Supreme Court, and of President McKnley's acceptance of the same, to take efiect Dec. 1. 1SJ7. The fact is generally kriown that Justice Feld would have aetired durin the last administration lie lias been eligible for retirement un der the age limit nearly eleven years but for his disinclinution to give Mr. Cleveland an opportunity to appoint his successor, and he announced last vear to his friends his intention to re- retire early in the present administra tion. His- health Is buite feeble at this ttme. There seems to be little ti. ubt that Attorney General MeKn itii ill be named for the vacancy as soon as Congress meets. Senator Gorman's latest bluff, offer ing io withdraw as a candidate for re flection and to give up the leadership of the Mary lane Democrats, if the publisher ot the Baltimore Sun would agiee to take the leadership and stop lighting the Gorman machine, is so transparent that it has furuishe 1 no thing but amusement for the Repub licans. Gorman knows that the i:ext Maryland legislature is almost bound To be republican, and he is anxious to unload the responsibility for the de feat cm somebody, and he preferred Mr. Abe!, of the Sun,, who has for ears been his most influential enemy :nide the Democratic party, to any body else. Mr Abel has been lighting 'lormanism too long to be caught by -uch a 'scheme; he knows as well as ionuau does that democratic defeat veil nigh certain, ami he wishes his i iper to share in the credit for bring i 'i-ralmuttbe defeat, this year, just it did in the carrying the State for - ! Kiuley and Hobart last year. Mr. '"ruiau uats oeeu evince "nu iH.liticai shrewdness, but he will have HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, to fret up a letter scheme or many will think that he has teen much overrated in the past. Those who started that story about President McKinley intending to stop the sale of the L'uion Pacific Railroad overlookel the fact that the sale was ordered bv a decree of the United S;ates Circuit Court. The only thing that could have stepped the sale "veii Id have been an appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court and that the Gov ernment decided sometime ago not to tike. EXTINGUISHED STARS. FROM THK FRENCH OF AI'lil'STK DORCHAIN William Halt in Interna.! mal. When comes that hour of evening when upon the sea. The distant sails are lost to sight; When o'er the plains o.' heaven march so silently. The countless stars which gem the niht. Has it per chance occurred to you that yon clear sky Has. likethesea, its shi pwrecks, too? That worlds are lost in darkness, stars each moment die, Shipwrecksd amid that ocean blue? Seest thu, toward the zenith, that star which shineth there L.ike to a jewel on night's brow? Its silver sphere, 'tis said, that seems to us so fair. Is but a mournful coflin i.ow. There vas a time when it superb its way did trace Amid the azure lielJs above; There wasa time when floating through the realms of space 'Twas filled with life and thought and love. Its various noises have grown silent one by one; Around it space rs void of light; And so in silence and in giooi wanders on Forever through the livid night it But still, although a tnousand years have passed away Since o'er it darkness fell like death, It is so far that until now its final ray Has never reached the earth reneath. For us therefore, is nothing changed; each mcrn the light Of dawn subdues its colors red, Each eavening gives it back the same unto our sight No one doth know that it is dead THE COLLECTOR'S WORK. Examiner Says He Found Nothing Wrong Two Resignations. Asheville Citizen. t red Wannamaker, who was sent here by the Civil Service commission to inquire whetner Collector Harkins had beep careless in handling the de cepitation axe, left yesterday for Chat tanooga. At the collector's suggestion Mr. Wannamaker secured permission iroiu the commission to return here Saturday or Sunday. While here he -tated in effect that so far as he hat ' been able to investigate during his stay, the collector had worked with.n the law in making removals and ap pointmeats. The story sent out from Washington that the salary vouchers of new ap pointees had been suspended aud that they would not lie paid until the mat ter is definitely settled, does not apply to toe Asheville ofllice. Collector Har kins says; the salaries have not been held hack here, and the collector say?, that his official acts have been appro v ed by the department. There have recently been two resig nations of men assigned to dutv as brandy autrers in Yancey conuty, the pay of whi-h position is & a day and expenses One o those wh resign"! is Dan F. Young. He was susjrnled some time ago under charge". Sit-ir-day the following note was left on the collector's table by a. W. Lynch, of Fairview, who hud been at or;. i:i Y'ancey: "I have decide It oat I will not work at my job any longt-r. so yo i cau give it to someone e!e. 1 tliink I am able to show all my work to sat isfactiou."' After th fire at Durha u last Thursday the sujeriutenden of ihe water works and the editor of the Sun scrapped because the Sun's account of the fire wasn't satisfactory to the . Isupermteudent JllSTKIAL IN THE ATKIN SON CASE. ! Jury StCO(l Seven for A Cqil I ttal ! and Five for Conviction Wa5 our ALL MOIIT LONO. firs. Atkinson on the Stand Ten t1oirt Mic M2e Good Impression It Is Not Believed That the Case Will B Tried A rain. Greenville, W. Va , October 13. The Jury in the (ftiuou ca.f of Mrs. Governor Atkinson, on trial for forg ing her former husband's name, dis agreed today and was discharged by the court. The Jury stood seven for acquittal and five for conviction. ' There had been a continuous ses sion of the court since 9 o'clock yes terday morning, excepting an hour's intermission for meals, and Mrs Atkin son had been on the stand for ten hours. Her testimony as a general denial of all the allegations charged in the indictments She did not waver froiu the statement on cross examina tion that all the receipts in controver sy given to Owens were written at the di Nation of Judge Camden in his 'life time, and that they represented what they show upon their face. She insisted that all the other pa pers and transactions relied upon by the state to show criminal intention were genuine and institute! at the dictation of Judge Camden. She denied that she had any interest what ever in the Owens land or that Owens had at any time paid her money or any other thing of value. The cross examination was very rigid. Mrs. At kinson's demeanor upon the witness stand was modest and unassuming, She made a favorab'e impression. At the conclusion of Mrs. Atkinson's testimony at 5 o'clock last evening the argument commenced., the court allowing eA.ii side three hours. J do. R Withers onenetl for the state and was followed bv W. W. Hrannon for ,fanAn A ti- r.i.iit raa W w VI a w s mm m saw ms, v-w v m R. F. Kiddon, Judge Brannon and Johu Davis spoke for the defence and were followed by R. C. Linn, who closed the argument lor the state. The court's instructions to the jury were impartial aud the case was given to twelve men. At 11:15 a. in. the jury asked for instructions on certain cirsumstantial evidence, and returned to consultation. At 2:30 a in. they had not agreed and the court adjourn ed until 7 a. m. At D::30a. in. the jury reported that it had failed to agree and was dismissed. The court immediate ly adjourned. It is not believed that the case will not be tried again. What the Qovsrsor Sajs. f Cincinnati, O., Oct. 13. A special to The Commercial Tribune from Wes ton, W. Va., says: In the case of the state of West Virginia against Myra H. Atkinson, wife of Governor Atkinson, the de fendant refused to talk. Hut Gover nor Atkinson gave a statement for the press, in which he said: "The pros ecution was actuatea by malice. I am of the opinion that teveral wit nesses, indeed all the real testimony unon which the case hinged, had been induced to testify for considera tion. I am thoroughly convinced that two or m re of them were purchase!. All fair-minded people could see clear ly that Camden Summer's grandson of the late ii. Camden, was at the bottom of, and instigator f this procedure. Soon after Judge Camden married my present wife, Mr. Summers and ot hers started out on a career of rsecution stories. Indeed, prior to Mrs. At kinson's marriage to Cn iiuleu. he was annoved with an aiioyiuuUf. l-tter. warning her not to mrry Camden, Furthermore, 1hii the will of Judge Camden a a- a ut To l prohattd. he r-cei ved v.iri-m le;-r threaten ing i c'Afii.iiirr it ileal r u unit-.- a large sum of i.j.tu-v w iwiid. in which case r a- pritmised nothing ould or- ssiid r p.ibli-hed relative to he I'rior to her marriage to me a sin. liar anonym . ,-r was sent ht-r. threatening newspaper notoriety The man who mspireil all thex pub lication if well knoo to be Camden Summers, i a' re-anl gramlsou of Judire Cauideu. uon whose testimony th .ndictment again: Mrs. AtkitiMu was solely founded and who appeared I as the principal prosecuting witness j in this case. OCTOBER 21, 1897. "In luy unbiased judgement Mr. Atkinson i guilty of no crimr what ever. iunt certainly not the crime of adding arid atettii in uttering the forged paper charged furaitiof her iii the indictment F.videnre In thwi trial showed tint Camden Summer pro 1om1 to the attorne f Johu : 0Ttn that if lie. would testiiy aaint ', Mr.. Atkinson nothing would le done ! with Owt-tia. and Ilia he would not have to pay for hi land which they ; claimed bad not leeii fvaid for All , I have to hay in conclusion i that the j whole thing from beginning to end i j worked up to injure my ifc nod bu iliate me." A Wootti f Standing. The trial of Mm. M ra H. Atkinson on a charge of forgery is one of the most remarkable on record. She is the rich wife of George Wee ley At kinon. governor of Vt Virginia. but in Wash'ngton. Mrs. Atkinson ha. owerfiiI intlti ences lnhind her. for aide of her own wealth is said she can command a mil lion through her sister. Mrs. GoIT. a relative of Judge Nathan G!T. of the United States district court. As if thin were not enough to enable her to put up. a strong defense, she can also command a otitfeal influence that might prov more otent than mere money. Her position seeni al most impregnable when it is consider ed that besides all this she is the wife of the governor, who has the pardon ing ower, in case of conviction, though he says he has never given the idea a place in his mind ami neither has his wife. Mr. Atkinson was thrice married. and each time was to tier benefit, as a poor and ohscura girl the first mar ried Dr. Ed, Davis, a man of a prom inent family. In 1875 Dr. Davis drank lye for whiskey in the dark one night anil died. In 1883 the widow married Judge Gioeon Draper Camden, the most piouiineut and wealthiest member of I A. t M m a a . a u,e uatuaen lamuy. that num ffnatoti, KOTeraors and million aires in its list ol notables She was then thirty-eight, handsome, viva clous aud lively just the sort of & woman to attract a millionaire widow er of seventy five; and that he was at tracted, and that the widow was not without bnsiness sence, is proved by a marriage contract that gave her flu-).- 000 i or marrying him and caring for him in his old age; also by the will, that gave her all of his estate except a few $."!: legacies he left to hit chil dren and trrandchildren. When Mrs. Camden married Governor Atkinson last summer she was still well preserv ed and ret ai net I uuch of her youthful spirit and vigor. The forgeries Mrs, Atkinson i alleg ed to have committed are in connec tion with the pro-erfy left by Jlldk'e Camden. And it through these that she i al eged to havescured control of aud to liave turned into cah thousand of dollars worth of proptty if-w riniiu ed by other of the Camden he rs. Judge Camden weak lore time before h d-Hth. but up to the l.-wt he InsUted tipon tiatiactim- bl own buin.. Physically inmpacitat ed. he wh uiiMbl to di thi atisfar toril . nnd lit- Irit iimuy thinM half tloiie. Clotr S-fc, if Trw. The char.e a.nin-t Mrs Atkiimm in thai ilt tKK udvajtage of this, after Jlide rtii:u-o r to get control of the t-tt oi i, l--it. ort l-.tt rii'Vriit it into cnh. The inettM'ti !)le tslopel II li said. MX to sell the land cheatp. Mud Ly lueati of forgel letters antedating the death of JJvl;e Camden. lulelid-il to proe that the biii- t rnictel ha.l h-ri rr ie '. on Kid c-ncludd before the judge p.wl way. TliUa the Uionry Ktl fr the LrtJul would go to her tlir--tly Hlhl tte Other heirs would aee l-otje of it. It i- with the letter and con tracts that the protecutiou hope to W IT S CiiM-. The i.mt ot Mrs. Atkinson rsun a ptoSa. d aiiwttirn frouj which the natives of West Virginia have not jet recovered. It wa given a political sigoiticance ttiat rhp. it did not merit. Some of the governor" friend i went so far as to charge that the cae was brought to injure his ctuincv-t for the ct in the United State senate now rccupied by Senator Faulkner. The fact is, Mrs. Camden ther name before her xaarriagv to Governor At- KUMBEB 42 kinon. a short time go) was under indictment Iw.'ore her marriage, audi the movement to indict her wu tiegun twfore it luid eveu teen hinted that a love affair Mwren them existed. The arnounorment of their engagement nt June a. in fact, worn ef a ur prie than the annouoeerueut tlust Mr. Cn.ii.deli hd tertl itilicted. STATE SEk. Will . Coley ha sold the Davit Tiiut. It will I edited hereafter by Mr. Jo rm M. lilount. Keideuce are being built Tery rapidiy at SK:ifvr. the new railroal town, near "Salisbury. Seuator Pritchanl leaves thl week for Giuaha. Neb He will aleut twoorthre week. The Weekly Visitor, a paper .tab lished y Ue-. J. H. Itooth. at Ca- taw tia. made Its appearn laat rrk. Ilateigh is to liave another morniug pler. W. X, Coley, fonuer editor or of the Davie Times, will be night editor. The Connelly Springs pro-erty which was advertised for sale Monday at Salisbury was not io!d. No bidden Could le -ouretl. Jam.'- MrCil Hough, one of the sido how attarheaof WalUcv's circu. waa killel at Newart, Tetin.. last Friday night. He was IrtwiTU two etigin- which ran together. It is stated that the Neue river at Kiuston is so low that the wreck of the guuloat Neuse, which wa jtartinl ly buruel duiing the war, is high and dry; in facr, far above the water. I'eo le are now stripping the wreck of met al, bolts, etc Never before has tba wreck been thus exposed. The main building of the couuty home of Paxpjotauk county was burn ed Sunday morning of last week. The fire is supjocd to haveoriginatetl from the overturning of a lamp In the rtMilfi of f w t m 1 1 m iimnttmr Inrni. 1 r keiter of the of thn home Ir-f?j.ll was -O years old nd was bumeil to death in the building. The other jnu Iers had uarrow pes. A correspondent writing the Wil mington Star from Clinton say Alex. Gilmore. the Cumlerlantl county out law, km shot to piecei near IngoJd. Sampson county, by constable Kelly and a possel of deputies who attempt ed to arrest him. Seven loads of duck shot wre fired at him and nearly all took effect. Gilmore t scaped Into the swamp, but persons who hTe tinci seeu him rejort that he is to badly woundeJ to live. Frank Abernathy. a son of Rer. J. W. Aeriithy. of Mathews. Mecklen burg county, has confessed to burning a house and barn. He also says he robl ed hi own store and theo gave out the impression that it had beet rohte-d by burglars, in order to get vmut by and aid frctu his neighbors. HiwriMtiiv leen laboring under rehgi"ii eiritemrnt recently ami it i thought petio!y that hi mind 1 on- b tlnlicsI. The?lreat Durham last Thur.lay letrt.rd -'r'-j-ertv (if the etimateil 'r,i.i .. on which there wm ,o of insurance. Seven tobacco prie rooiu and eight dwellings arxl ... or .m.iii jwmnd of leaf totrt-co were burnel. The principal loer are The Aiuericjsii Tolcc, Company, H. .1. Bs A. 'o , W. Duke. B. L. Du-ie. W. Watts. W. T Carrington. Bltckell Totiace-o Co. Manning Morgan, the "ewton f tate, nnd L W. Win-. tVsvar 4 r7istats ee CalarrH tat Cms taia "0nmry. a mercury iii surely destroy the ence of smell and completely derange tl whole system when entering it through the iiiucriti urfac-s. So Li firticle hou!d tiever l-uexl eicept en re'ription from rej hi table hjs cian. a the damage tfiey will do "en fold to the l ou can toitly Jerive frm them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manuf ct ured by V. J. Cheney Co . To!e-do, hio. contahi no iwr cury. and is takn internally. aci;x.g directly upon the blol atxi uuroa surface of the system. In buym Hall Catarrh Cure t sure yu g-t the genuine. It i taken intert-ally, anl ma.le in Toie-lo. Ohio, by F. X. Cheney Co. Testimonials fre;. Sold by Druggist, price TSc jt r Lottie.