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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
Verdict Against the Adams Express
Company.

ST. LOUIS, April 20.-The jury
in the suit of David s, Bothering,
ham against the Adams Express
Company, for damages for false
imprisonment, were instructed this
morning and after being out three
hours and a half agreed on a yer.
dict of 500, 900 for the plaintiff.
The case grew out OF the slim
Cummings" express robbery on
the San Francisco road in 1856,
when the robbers secured $4,000.
A year ago the three robbers,
Wittrock, Haight and Weaver
were captured in Chicago and
al, 900 of the stolen money was
recovered. The men confessed,
generating the express messenger,
Dsyid 5. Fotherlngham, who had
been held, and as it seemed to tha
jury, bounded by w. II. Damsell,
the agent of the company, and
Pinkerton's detectives. The trial
has occupied over two weeks, and
more witnesses have been eXamin.
ed than on any case before tried in
this city. The original sum claim.
ed was 100000, and suit was
originally instituted against Pink.
ertOn, Damsell and the Adams
Express Company, but tho detec-
tives and the agent were dropped
out of the suit
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
Why it is Free Trade.
From a speech at Cambridge by Henry
Cabot LOdge.l

From a speech at Cambridge by Henry
Cabot LOdge.l
1t is free trade that is proposed,
not tariff reform. When the Pres.
ident in his message and the Secre-
tary of the Treasury in his report
advised the retention Of the inter.
nal revenue and maintained silence
as to the great sugar taxes, urging
the removal of the surplus wholly
by the removal or reduction OF pro-
tective duties, they committed
themselves to free trade in man
ner which no form of vague and
soothing words could dlsguisc.-
When the majority in the House
unite on such a measure as the
Mills tariff, with its comparatively
slight reduction of sugar duties
and internal revenue, and its whole.
sale attack on all the protective
duties, they commit themselves to
free trade. Had they aimed mere
ly at reducing the surplus they
would have got rid of it more sure
ly and speedily by reducing the to.
baccO taxes, repeating the burden
some tax on alcohol used in the
arts, and by abOlishing the sugar
duties. 1t as all very we'll to say,
as | have heard free traders declare,
that no one thinks of destroying
the tariff or of immediate free trade;
but the adoption of the principles
of the Presidents message, or the
enactment of the Mills tariff, would
break down the entire protective
system within two years, and, what
ever may be said, that is what they
are intended to do.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
A Record of Failure.

The six definite enterprises which
constitute the whole book of Mr..
Cleveland's policy, so far as his
Administration has been a distinct
i've policy, are these
The reform of the civil service on
the so.called nOn.partisan or Mug.
wump plan;
The suspension of silver coinage
in order to avert a predicted fnan-
cial panic;
The negotiation Of an extraditlon
treaty with Great Britain;
The settlement of the fishery
troubles by the negotiation OF a
treaty with Great Britain;
The reduction of the surplus by
means of an extensive reduction of
customs duties, retaining the inter
nal revenue taxes;
The Pan. Electric suit to annul
the Bell telephone patents.
In every one of these SIX cases
the result of the undertaking can
be recorded In a single word:
The Administrations civil ser
vice reform pOlicy.-Abandonment.
The Administrations demand for
the suspension of silver coinage -
REIMBURSEMENT.
The Administrations extraditiOn
tresty.-COllapse.
The Administrations fishery ne
gotiations.-Surrender,
The Administrations surplus re.
duclion plan.-Repudiation.
The Administrations n-Elec-
tic suit.-Disgrace. ". Y. SIN
(Dem.).
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
How Gallagher came to LET her 90.

The New York star says: "There
have been scores of explanations as
to how the term Let her go, Gala
gher,' originated, but it Is safe to
say that the correct explanation
has never been made. Daniel j.
Gallagher, a we'll known printer Of
Philadelphia, is responsible for the
phrase. Some years ago he became
stage struck, and in order TO get
Hbehind the scenes" daily consent
ed to assist In lifting and lowering
the curtain. The ropes became en-
tangled IN the hands Of the typo,
and at a critical moment the cur
tain refused to drop. The dying
william on the stage prolonged the
agony as long as he could, until the
stage manager became frantic, and,
seeing that the novice did not un-
derstand what to do, shouted, in
full hearing OF the audience, Let
her 90, Gallagher! Let her go
And from that day forward the
phrase became Q street slang"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
Stray Shots for Protection.

Nothing which labor has pro-
duced is "raw MATERIAL
The free trader says wool ten
times sugar not once.
Remember !-"Far fetched is
dear bought the world over.
Nearly the entire cost of every
fabricated article is labor cost.
Manufacturing industries are
essential to agricultural success.
sOrs.
Free foreign trade and high
wages are an lmpOssibility in
America.
No nation grows rich by dimin.
ishing the employment of its Deo.
pie.
The duty is largely paid by the
foreign producer, and rot by the
American consumer.
Trade and labor unions are pow
erless against effects of free foreign
trade.
We have manufacturers because
we have had a tariff, not tariff
because we have had manufactu-
rers.
Nearly every article that has
been sufficiently protected to be at
homo has been cheapened IN cost.
The industrial interests of
country should never be affected
by change in the administration
of government.
The American people have never
vet attained the results of PrOtec.
ton nor the worst results OF free
foreign trade.
The farmer cannot grow rich
by turning his customers into
competitors. He prOspers only by
the number of those who are not
farmers.
If free trade is the greatest boon
a nation can bestow upon it's peo-
pie, why this "assisted' emigration
of perishing, penniless subjects of
the British crown
Distance and time, which once
protected labor, are well-nigh OBJ.
liberated. The railway, steamship
and telegraph have revolutioned
former business customs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING.

To the Republican Voters of the
County Of Shenandoah
There will be a mass meeting of
the Republican voters of Shenan.
doah county, held at Woodstock,
Va, Monday, May 7th, 1888, in
TWINS Hall, at 2 o'clock, p. m, to
elect delegates to the Republican
district convention, to be held in
this, the 9TH Congressional district,
which convention is to appoint two
delegates and two alternates to the
National Convention at Chicago,
and to appoint az electOr for this
district IN accordance with the call
and rules of the National Republi-
can Committee.
Also to elect delegates to the
State Republican Convention at
Petersburg, Va, May 18th, 1888,
which convention is to elect four
delegates and four alternates for
the state at large and to appoint
two electors for the state at large.
JNO. L. KELLER,
County Chairman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
The Fathers of the Presidents,

Some one has been collecting
facts about the fathers of the
United States Presidents, with
this result: "Grover Cleveland is
the only clergyman's son who has
ever been elected President, though
Arthur's father was a clergyman.
He was not, however, President.
The fathers of the Virginia
Presidents - Washington, Jeffer.
son, Madison and Monroe, were
planters. John Tylers father was
a lawyer and statesman, and
John Adams, the father of John
Quincy Adams, was by profession
a lawyer. Grants father was a
tanner, Hayes's father was a mer-
chant, and the fathers of Garfield,
Lincoln, Pierce, Fillmore, Polk,
Van Buren, and Jackson were far.
mers,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
SHERMAN AS UMPIRE.

GEN. MAHONE's WORD AS TO THE
AUTHORSHIP OF A CERTAIN LET.
TER DISPUTED BY COL. PARSONS.
The New York Tribune says that
in his famous secret circular against
Blaine, General Malone charged
that a certain letter from Virginia
which had appeared in the Tribune,
and'which he affected to regard as
aimed at bnnself with deadly iu-
tent, was really written in New
York city, at the Fifth avenue no.
tel, at Mr.. Blaine's instigatiOn, and
by II. G. Parsons, of Virginia. The
Tribune denied the truth of Ma.
homes statement. Malone repeat
ed it as follows:
81 undertake to prove before any
tribunal or umpire that all these al
legations are true, even including
that which charges the authorship
of a certain letter which appeared
In the New York Tribune to the in.
SEPARATION of a presidential aspirant,
aud to the pen of one OF his hench-
men,"
Whereupon the Tribune com
ments as follows:
"But General Malone is OF the
opinion that a lie we'll stuck to is
as good as the truth, and in a re-
cent answer TO Captain John 5.
Wise he says, speaking of the Sc
cret circular"
Here follows MahOne's language
as quoted above. The Tribune then
kills the little general with the fol-
lowing:
"NATURAL BRIDGE, VA, !
April 9th, 1888.
"HOa. VIM. Malone:
"Dear General deny both the
inspiration and the authorship of
the letter referred to in your recent
public address. accept your chal-
lenge. name Hon. John Sherman
as the umpire and demand an early
hearing and your evidence.
"YOurs respectfully,
"H. T.. PARSONS
Finally, the Tribune says;
"This makes an issue which Gen
eral Malone must meet or be the
laughing stock of the politicians
He cannot complain of the umpire,
for he is General Mahone's own
candidate for the presidency. So
far as we know, the general has
lain low since receiving this letter.
We publish 1t in the hope of get.
ting him to show himself. Come,
general, where are your"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27

Our free trade friends who are
continually harping on the string
that the manufacturers are protect
ed, whilst the farmers arc unprO-
tected, will please answer Us why
it is, that eggs sell at 10 cents per
dozen in Philadelphia, and only 8
cents per dozen in Georgia! And
why do not the farmers of the West
sell their pork, wheat and corn for
the same prices that farmers IN the
East do?
1t is simply because under the
Republican protection policy the
manufactures of the North and
East create home demand, at al.
most fabulous prices for all the
farmer can produce. Wherever
manufacturing plants are, there the
farmer finds a market for his pro.
duets at remunerative prices. DE.
strOy the manufacturing business
as the free traders would do, then
the farmer might crawl into hole
and pull the hole in after him, for
he would have no market for his
products. Oar farmer friends are
not fools. 1t requires as much in
tellect to carry on the business Of
farming successfully as any other
business, and our farming people
are not gong to be caught in this
free trade trap set for them by the
Bourbon aristOcracy Tor Democrats
if you please) who would like to see
this country reduced to lords and
serfs.-1dzelceU Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27

The Philadelphia Press has
gathered from the leading men of
that city their expressions upon
real success in life. john Wanna
maker gives this excellent aphOr-
ism thinking, toiIiDg, trying,
trusting in God" Isaiah V.
Williamson, the richest man in
the Quaker City, gives tins rule:
"Ilonesty, pOliteness, industry aud
enterprise" and adds, 81 advise
young men to place no dependence
in luck. | haye no faith in IT,"
Mayor Filter, rich and successful
man, says: "Stick to the truth and
never stOOp to make a dollar for
yourself or for any one else. BE
prompt aud attentive. and always
be polite. Never allow Your temper
10 get the best Of you. " hateNer
you earn, be it much or little, put
part Of il aside. 1t is marvellous
how money aceumnlates when it
does not burn your fingers and you
forget you own it. 1 followed the
rule of economy myself, aud my ex-
penses were under $4,000 year
when | was worth 100000 or
100000. Find time to study, and
don't forget that a still tongue
makes a wise head" Young men
would do we'll to think over these
experiences OF men who have carved
their way to fame and fortune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
COMMENT AND OPINION.

WANTED-A few drunkards and
infdels who can reform without he
coming evaDgelists. - LOuiSriIie
Commercial
Wages in this country are double
what they are IN free trade Eng
land. This applies to every kind
of labor. Our farmers are infinite
" better of than the British farm
ers. Atlanta Constitution.
The protective system has built
up manufactures and has given the
people all sorts of wearing-apparel
at low rates. What folly it is to
deny this when the proofs are every
where.-Chicdgo Inter ocean.
The Cleveland administration has
been Just az well as liberal in its
pension policy, and the President
has never hesitated to use his au.
thOrlty to prevent liberality from
degenerating into largess.-M.
Louis Republican,
For Presldentin 1888, Mr.. Barnes,
of New York for Vice. president,
Mr.. Potter, of Texas. This is our
one hundred and hftieth and last
ticket. We now turn the matter
over to the Chicago cOnventien.-
50. Louis Globe Democrat.
The manner in which all congress.
sional work is now being twisted to
serve the Presidents electioneering
schemes is an interesting illustra-
ton Of Democratic ingenuity, bat
just triile humilidting when con.
sdered as national legislation
ErcniRg Wisconsin.
No man who ever got up at a
public meeting and denounced
Abraham Lincoln as IA thirdrate
country lawyer who has torn the
last leaf out of the Constitution"
should ever be made Chief Justice
of the United States. And that
puts the Hon. L. P. Phelps, of Yer.
mont, out OF the question. -PhiIa.
Press.
Several of the New York papers
are pOking fun at editor Shepard,
of the Mail and Express because in
each days paper he publishes an
extract from the Scriptures. They
may laugh at him if they please,
but the editor who gives New York
readers daily passages from the
Bible shows that he knows better
what ia news to them than they do.
Chicago HerdM.
For the sake OF freedom to think,
and freedom to speak, OBrien
again goes to Jail. He is the Pat
rick Henry Of ireland. Give him
liberty or death. To smother free
speech is to put man in a living
tomb. When tongues cleave to the
roof of the human mouth, then, and
not till then, will free speech be
successfully prohibited.-Philadel /
phia Inquirer.
Taking it altogether, we have
never had in the history of our
government, in the most important |
Cabinet position, a man who had |
such a perfect idea of show not to |
do it," so far az home interests are |
concerned. as Mr.. Bayard. lie has
managed to bungle every question /
that has come into his hands TOR /
settlement, and his action in this /
fisheries matter caps the
climax of his incompetency.-Pitts.
bury Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
Shot While Applying the Torch.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 90
Bailey Sexton, farmer living near
Rogersvllle, heard some one talking
near his barn last night, and going
in that direction heard talk of burn
ing his property. lie returned to
the house, and picking up bis Win.
chester rifle returned aud fred into
the crowd just as they were apply.
ing the torch, killing a woman
named Woods. Several residences
and barns have been fred, presum.
ably by incendiaries, IN Hawkins
and Hamilton counties during the
past few weeks, aud 1t is believed
the dead woman belonged to a reg.
ular band OF house burners.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
A Horrible Affair if True.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, April IS
News has reached here Of hOr
rible murder in Calhoun county,
abOnt forty miles from Charleston.
A man named Jacob lI0llar had
been to market with a drove of
cattle, which he had disposed Of,
and was returning home on We'd
nesdal last, but being overtaken
by night he stopped at the house
Of a neighbor. Something weighed
heavily on his mind, aud, although
he could not explain the reason,
he decided to 90 on and reach his
home, fearing that something had
gone wrong. \ peddler who was
stopping at the house, and whose
name is George Freeds, offered to
accompany him, and they both
started together. They finally
reached HollaI's house, and, see.
ing a light in the window, ap.
preached carefully and looking in.
Lying on tue floor, weltering in
their blood, lay the wife and three
children in death, whilst four
strange men were in the room.
The peddler's presence of mind
did not desert him, and, drawing
his revolver, he told his companion
TO make a noise at the back door
and hold it shut while he stood
guard at the front. This was done,
aud the men inside the room made
a rush for the front door, and were
shot by the plucky little peddler as
fast as they came, three being killed
and the fourth severely wounded.
The story sounds very much like
sensational romance, but it Is
credited by Mr.. Hill, who brought
the news here, and his surround
ing neighbOrs. The distance and
difficulty of communication with
that point renders it impossible to
either corrobOrate or disproye the
NJ
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
THE TARIFF.
I Washington Sunday Gazette !

Washington Sunday Gazette
Debate on the tariff began last
Tuesday and it is safe to say will
be continued for many weeks. The
subject will be treated exhaustive
ly, Mr.. Kelley already having dis.
counted any efforts of the ablest
free traders to present an elective
argument in favor of reduction.
AS an appendix to the arguments
of the Representatives. in favor OF
protection TO home industries, we
furnish the following facts: Clarks
thread is known the world over
Its manufacture was established at
Paisley, Scotland, many years ago.
The firm are noted for their kind
ness and sympathy in dealing with
their employees. OF these latter
there are over 1000, at Paislc, -
Although favored by the naturally
humane and just character OF their
employees, the free trade policy of
Great Britain has worked very
badly to the welfare of the workers
In the thread mills. The female
employees dress in the very poorest
manner-gO TO and from their work
with a shawl over their heads, iu-
stead OF a bonnet or a hat. Their
homes are the poorest imaginable.
They are plunged in the most alb.
ject poverty, from which there IL
no hope of release. Their fare is OF
the cOarsest. Their wages are as
good as that of any employees OF
like business in Scotland or Eng
land. rhe men are equally stepped
in hopeless poverty. Their only
luxury is clay pipe in which to
smoke the cOmmOnest kind OF to-
baccO. This is in free trade Great
Britain.
Some years ago branch Of the
firm was established in Newark, n.
j., where also some four thousand
persons, male and female, are EN-
ployed. The rate of wages paid
has enabled many of them to pur-
chase homes. The female employees
dress well and taslefully, many of
them in silks. They wear feathers,
and birds, and ribbons, and flowers
IN hat or bonnet. Not one of them
would be caught dead going
through the public streets to work
with a shawl over her head. They
1--we we'll. They have many of the
lnxuries, as they nave all of the
comforts of life. The male employees
fare equally well. Those that use
tobacco smoke cigars something
that the male employees of the same
firm in Scotland cannot do even in
their widest dreams. They are
able to purchase other luxnries.-
In fact, they live as well as the
lower classes OF the we'll TODD gen
try do in Great Britain, and are far
more Independent.
This is In protection America
Now if the tariff Is reduced the
Clark Thread Mills in New Jersey
will have to shut down. The busl-
ness will be broSen up. For it
stands to reason that their EN-.
ployes in Newark, n. j., u. $. a.,
would not accept the starvation
wages of their employees in Paisley,
Scotland, Great Britain. Nor can
it be expected that the firm would
continue to pay such wages in the
teeth of the competition they them.
selves could furnish from the pau
per Labor of Paisley. Thns one
American industry would be de-
stroyed
The benefits OF protection and
the detriment Of free trade are very
clearly shown by these facts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
Responsibility Of a Railroad.

In an opinion delivered by Judge
Williams, of Pennsylvania, in the
suit of Riardon against the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company the
Supreme Court notes an important
exception to the general rule that
a railroad company OF any other
common carrier is responsible in
damages for any injuries happening
to passengers or freight in the
course of transportation, without
proof of any. negligence. Riardon
shipped eighteen horses from
Walkersville, Frederick county, to
Philadelphia and on their arrival
there one of the horses was found
to be dead. He sued the company,
and upon the trial simply proved
these tects. The judge directed
the jury to render q verdict in his
favor
This Judgment the Supreme
Court now reverses, holding that
the decision should have been in
favor of the company. Judge
Williams says "the general rule is
that the mere happening Of an in
iurions accident raises prima facie
presumption of neglect and
throws upon the carrier the Onus
of showing that it did not exist.
The word accident must, how
ever, be understood as referred to
such happenings as the exercise OF
proper care by the carrier could
haye prevented. The contract for
the carrier does not insure against
death generally, but only as it
may be the result of an injurious
accident in tho course of the car.
rage. This was a case in which a
compulsory non-suit would have
been proper,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
Jones and Green Trying to Extermi-
nate Each Other.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 2l.-
Hancock county is at present en-
joYlng a war of determination be.
tween the Jones and Green families.
About two months ago William
Jones was killed by Dick Green
while both were on their way to
church. Green was arrested, but
released on bail. Last Sunday
morning, while Green was In the
field, he was attacked by the father
and two brothers of the deceased.
Tom Green was badly wounded.
The war was renewed yesterday,
and it is reported that one Green
aud one Jones, we're shot. An
arrest cannot be made, as both
sides are heavily armed,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-27
A Town TerrOrized.
INDIGNANT NEGROES THREATEN
TO DESTROY AN ALA
BAMA TOWN.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, April "a
Hardy POsey (cOlOred) was lynched
last night at Bessemer for an at.
tempt to rape white girl ID years
of age. The girls screams brought
her father to the rescue and the ne
gro fed, but was caught yesterday
morning and identified by the girl.
He was swung to limb within
thirty yards of the depot. A pla.
card was pinned to the back of the
body, containing the following
words:
Our wives and daughters must and
shall be protected. BEssEMBR's BEST.
April %, 1900 a. m.-ConsIdera
bic excitement here. A negro was
hung to-day at Bessemer, and the
negroes in revenge have taken pos
session of the town and have start.
ed to burn it down. A telegram
was received by the sheriff asking
for one hundred men and arms.
They have left here armed with
Winchesters to protect the resi-
dents of Bessemer. Special trains
will be run all night to carry help
in case OF need,