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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-05
AT Y. No A. SUNDAY.
Mr.. Samuel r. Harris Next Sun
dAv.

ody.
The service at the Y. NJ. &. A.
Sunday was we'll attended. Mrs. Sallie
Burwell sang The Ninety and Nine"
very beautifully and acceptably. Miss
Louie Bum presided at the piano.
Mr. Rossiter gave graphic account
of what he saw and heard in Richmond
at the great Moody meeting. after
which, the president took the chair
and the following gentlemen were
elected as delegates to the State Con-
vention at Wilmington, April So. DR..
F. r. Harris, J. B. Owen, Rev. T. NJ.
Johnson, G. A. Lewis, Richard Whit
field, J. H. Bridgers. Geo. A. Harrell.
F. H. Rossiter, c. A. Lewis and DR..
F. r. Harris were appointed with
power to elect others who might be
induced to attend.
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That is Stone MasOnru

Our policy is to sell everything whether pins or silk,
thread or the latest dress novelties at the very narrowest
margin. Compared with the oatch-penny methods to
which aude,
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Every day the public is invited to go to AS and take
advantage of his wonderful Pin Sale to be sure and
profit from BIS Thread Slaughter to grab the bar
gains to be had at C's Discount Needles
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There is great difference between them famous
orator has said "There is the difference between
talent and genius tn there is between stone mason
and a sculptor" After visiting all the other stores in
town you will be convinced that
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STRAW HATS

$500 worth of STRAW HATS, bought at
bargain. Gents Straw Hats worth from
Sl00 to SIPS, our price 80 to sc. Ladies'
and MiSSeS' Sailor too chaan to naontio.,
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ociicya l.. ia Dfoa.nJ tlc rui'Il. :.
etc" and the widest excitement
cnsucd.
The sheriff was paralyzed and lost
his head. lie sent kilograms to Louis
vile and Cairo calling on the author
tiles to arrest all soldiers in blue shirts
and duck trousers armed with Spencer
rifles. lie arrested the agents at tho
Paducah railroad and held them for
collusion. Armed parties were sent
out on the highways and discovered
nothing but struggling men drawn to
the town by the news.
Every other subject was now
swallowed up in the robbery Of the
bank and upon the arrival of the gov
ernor and his adjutant in the aftor-
noon, there ensued scene OF in
credulous Indignation and fussy Of
fcialism. The adjutant, an old-time
veteran with purely Kentucky pref
udices and Kentucky dignity, immedi-
ately framed theory that there had
been raid from southern Indiana
and was for calling upon the governor
of that state to make good the loss and
to return the raiders for punishment.
In Louisville, Cairo and Cincinnati,
the most extraordinary accounts were
published in the papers, One of the
sheets announced In its head lines.
"The English syndicate at st. Mary's
makes away with a million and a half
OF money belonging to the working
men,"
A paper in Louisville announced that
Kentucky had been invaded by an army
OF Indiana frce-booters, and its head
lines were startling, Are we to have
another civil ware" they asked
"Shall an invading army desolate
Kentucky while our apathctic officials
are dickering with the bloated barons?
Let there be call to arms"
One fact alone was clear to the
people Of st. Marys The money and
the regiment had disappeared together
That the astonishing circumstance
did not at the time hetray to the coun-
try some of the real facts was owing
to the middle which the incompetent
Mr., Matlockand the pig-hcadcd sheriff
and governor had produced in the
minds Of the people There was a
widespread suspicion among the work
ingmen that the superintendent was in
some way implicated in the removal
of the gold, and nothing could eradi-
cate from the governors head the no.
ton that the regiment was an cxag-
Grated ruec which had been brought
about by descent Of invading villains
from southern Indiana.
Hendricks had counted on this very
result. Ills motto was: "Audacity
that bewilders-and then, energy that
discrepancies"
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1t Is necessary now to keep In mind
two orders of events. One Is the slow
focusing Of public suspicion about the
operations at Laran The other is the
extraordinary relationship Of the prin-
cipal personages at the headquarters
Of the conspiracy.
A week passes and men are strag-
CLING back to the Laran from all over
the country, They come in through
the woods at night singly or In little
groups. They arrive at the Wash
bayou, coming down from st. Louis
and crossing at night from the Ar
kansas shore; they come up from
Memphis looking for work and some
of them ride in from the mountains Of
East Tennessee.
Hendricks watches the reassembling
with cool calculation and appears to
have been satisfied of the main re-
suits. About fifteen per cent. OF the
men never reappeared. This was ac-
cording to his calculations. But the
rest, actuated by the fear Of individual
peril, the esprit de corps OF military
organization, or the desire to go on
with the war which o master-spirit
had planned, had, In great part, re-
turned at the end of the week. At that
time there were by count five hundred
and fifty men Of the regiment back in
the cave
Hendricks sat up all one night read
ing the papers that had been brought
him from Memphis. lie went over all
the accounts carefully. There was not
in any Of them surmise IS to the
truth. The regiment had got away
and it had accomplished It's purpose,
but the further away from the scene
the comments were, the less seriously
the newspapers regarded the occur
renee. In New York there was some
kind OF enormous western practical
joke suspected How" said one jour
nal, IA regiment of u Thousand men
can come and 60 without observation
can dismantle a bank and then depart
with million dollars in specie without
being detected or interfered with or
tracked, remains for the imaginative
west to explain, 1t looks very much
at this distance as II the English
company had been operating in phan
toms to bear It's own market,
iTO BE CONTINUED
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WITH CLUBS AND PISTOLS ORDERED THEM AWAY.

"Will arrive IN the morning with
Adjt. Gen Luscomb. DO nothing till
get there"
While thiswas going on an hour was
lost and it was three o'clock. At half
past three o'clock the regiment was
moved from the bank to the vicinity Of
the company's works. 1t proceeded in
fine open order and was cheered along
the route by the people. A strong
guard was left at the bank and no one
allowed TO enter.
On the companys common 1t was
again drawn up--a strong encircling
line Of pickets thrown out and the fol-
lowing note sent about five O'Clock to
the director.
"Sir:-The first battalion Of the
workingmen's advance guard will pro-
tect property until the state takes pos
session, | shall encamp my men on
the outskirts until tomorrow. Let the
citizens retire to their homes till that
time"
After several attempts to see the
colonel, the sheriff sent communica-
ton to him:
"Sir;-Will you inform the authori-
ties Of this county by what right you
invade this state. As the legally con-
stituted officer OF the county, l demand
that you appear before me and explain
your conduct under penalty Of arrest. u
To this the colonel made no answer.
II was six o'clock In the evening
when the regiment was marched to an
open tract ON the southwest terrace
overlooking the town; strong guards
were thrown out In all directions and
apparent preparations made for going
into camp. As there was nothing for
the town to do but wait the arrival OF
the governor In the morning, 1t slowly
quieted down. The camp fires OF the
military burned In long row on the
far terrace. The regular beat Of the
drum was heard far into the night,
which was an unusually dark one, and
at twelve o'clock all was still.
But as soon as II was light the
streets were thronged. There were
the fires on the terrace smoking as II
with preparations for breakfast and
the white tent of the colonel could be
plainly seem The early train brought
In crowd of idle men, but the rail
road officials denied having seen any
regiment.
As soon as the day was fairly arrived
crowds began to make their way to
: the edge OF the camp. The guard had
been withdrawn from the bank In the
. night and at seven o'clock Matlock re-
ceived word that the regiment had dis
appeared. He went Immediately to
the bank with the sheriff. AT the same
, time the news Of the disappearance
spread like wildfire. Crowds over-ran
the camping ground, but not sign Of
the soldiers could be found except the
smouldering fires, the remaining tent
and the strong smell Of the trodden
grass, with here and there dropped
fragment Of clothing--a cartridge or q
piece Of food.
, Then 1t was that the director dis
: covered that all the specie had been re-
, moved from the bank A great crowd
had gathered round the entrance. He
, got upon chair and in an excited
! manner conveyed the information. II
! was received with inoredulous jeers,
, arisa Of "sssvsd you right We don't
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crowd forced DacK.

crowd forced back.
The colonel and his staff then went
into the bank. The disposition of the
men in the street was such that access
to the banl; was impossible. and as tic
doorway was on level with the street
1t was impossible for the crowd to see
what was going on, save that there
was constant huctuatlon in the
ranks Of the men.
The regiment stood there quite two
hours and half. In the meantime
there was great commotion at the
company's works. The sheriff set off
in carriage with Mr.. Matlock, fol-
lowed by half score Of deputies to
reach the bank but were stopped by
the pickets. The officer protested and
threatened, but in vain. When asked
II the governor had sent them, the
soldiers replied; "You must talk to
the colonel, but you cannot pass the
uHco AZ p SoVhe'
III the colonel desires to protect the
bank, he will confer with me" said
Mr.. Matlock.
II don't know what his orders are"
said the soldier "Better wait till he
calls on you at the works.
The sheriff, in high dudgeon, then
rushed to the telegraph office. 1t is an
hour before he gets an answer from
the governor at Lexington and it is:
slave not authorized use Of troops
must be mistake about regiment. What
do you mean?"
Then followed several OF the absurd
est Of dispatches.
"No mistake" says the sheriff Reg
iment, one thousand strong, armed
with repeating rifles"
impossible" says the governor
"Your fears or your condition has
made you wild. There Is not such a
rcgimental formation In the state. II
you cannot preserve the peace will
send the Louisville Lightguards-
ninety-four men. The law must be
upheld
Then Matlock corroborated the
sheriff.
Regiment Of armed men in posses
sion OF the bank. Must have the pro-
lection of the state at once. The sher-
LIZ Is helpless"
TO this the governor still lncredu-
lousy replies: Regiment must have
transportation. How did 1t come? An
swer at once II it invaded the state
from Ohio"
impossible to tel. was the answer.
"No one knows how 1t got here. II
Is drawn up on Main street at present.
Have failed to communicate with
officers"
After some delay, the governor sent
this word.
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woRKINaMEN's REGIMENT.

Asry's In paying of the indebtedness
on the improvement scheme. He ap-
peared TO think 1t would have good
effect. On the night after the strike
three Of the new houses built by the
company were burned. The striking
workmen were charged with the In
eendiarism, but denied It, The next
day there were three or four thousand
men out Of work In the town and q
very angry feeling.
Director Matlock injudiciously ex'
pressed an opinion about the origin Of
the FIRE which made the better class Of
striking workmen indignant, and they
sent delegation to the Office Of the
works to get statement from him d.
rectly, and they encountered at the
door Of the Office SIX men, armed with
clubs and pistols, who ordered them
away. An alteration ensued. Two
Of tho delegation were knocked down
and one had his skull fractured. The
remainder Of the men went back for
endorsements and In an hour there
was mob Of five hundred men before
IL oboe. They demanded that the
HaxnnlsatnzAk tha nntnAaa ShnnlA b
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More Bandits Bite the Dust.

SApuLrA, l. T., Aug. 3.-The motor
ious Cook gang were surrounded In
the house OF Bill Province, "A miles
west Of here, at 5 o'clock yesterday
morning by United States marshals
and desperate battle ensued, which
resulted in the capture Of Add Berry
hill and the killing Of Lon Gordon and
Henry Munson Of the gang, the three
Of the despcradoes making their es-
cape. One of the marshals was shot in
the fight and severely wounded.
About 200 shots were fred. The mar
shals are in hot pursuit of the gang
and expect to report their capture in a
few hours.
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Every Picturesque Section Of our Country.

There is no haphazard hodgepodge dsarragemen OF uson
MpsEs OF AMERICA because work the product ola TWO years
tour made by the author corps accomplished photographers whose
nile rpose was to take pictures and describe fully the superb natural
scenery America The this trip covering 2ooOo niles n P
photograph car, was $4,000
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ON TO THE POLE.
Wellman's Arctic Expedition Meets
with Disaster.
The RAGNVALD-JARL IS CRUSHED.
The Exploring Party still Heading for the
POla Over the ce-Narrative OF the
Experiences Of the Expedl-
tlon.

TRoNsoE. Norway Auc. News Of
the W,.llman nolar exnedition has been
received II was brongbt bv the sealer
Malvern Can't Petersen which arrived
at Tromsoe Yesterday with news dis
patches from the exnedition. and also
with Cant Rortolfsen and three sailors
Of the steamer Raonvald..Jarl which
carried the Wellman party but which
has since been wrecked Can't. Bot.
tolfsen furnishes the following nara
tive OF the experiences of the expedi.
ton:
After several battles with winter ice.
the Rapnyald-Jarl arrived ON Nav IL at
Table island one of the Seven Island
proup. The ice however compelled q
return to Walden island. where Mr..
Wellman left the shin on Nav "a. with
thirteen men forty dogs and 40 days'
provisions After the marty Ind estab.
iished depot thew proceeded eastward
distance Of 60 miles thence north
east. hopinr to reach the land that Is
believed to exist in that direction.
Tn to the day of the departure of the
sledpe party the expedition had had
good weather, the worst being only
20 degrees below zero.
The members of the party were in
GOOD health when thew left the ship.
They intended to return over the same
route by which they advanced, reach
ing Northern Spitzbergen on Septem-
Der Is, and HEADQUARTERS at Danes
island on October /.
On Nav %, four DAYS after Wellman
and his companions left, the Ragnvald-
Jarl was broken up by the ice and to-
tally lost. The men in charge Of her
managed to save some Of the stores. A
message was sent to Wellman, inform
ing him OF the catastrophe, and it
reached him ut Martens island. Mr..
Wellman, c. S. Dodge and two others
then returned to Walden island. With
material taken from the wreck OF the
ship they built good house to accom-
MEDIATE the crew and as precaution in
case the expedition was compelled to
winter at Walden.
Wellman left again to Join the sledgc
party on May 81. lie writes on the
same date; II have decided to proceed
as previously planned except that
intend to return to Walden island not
later than September and to be at
Danes island September 49,"
The latest news received of Mr.. Well
man was of June II date, when Mr..
Winship, member Of the party, with
one man, left the party at spot q
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iecond of the natural terraces and GOV.
crs IN a scattered way an area Of per-
naps three square miles, To the south
west md overlooking the town Is
what looks like portion Of u third
md larger terrace, but which Is the
level Of n long stretch of tablcland
that extends south and west with q
teady fall for fifteen or twenty miles.
II Is a poor and sparscly inhabited
country covered with scrub oak and
rum trees and answers In many re-
poets to the southwestern land Of
kentucky which is still called the
"Barrens." There are few roads and
these are very bad. All local travel
s.,irting this region follows the
Clark river on the line Of the Paducah
railway 1t Ia not at all inaccessible
from st. Mays 1t Is simply uninyit-
ing. About mile out there Is an old
house standing half hidden in the gum
trees and brush near the one road 1t
was built ten years before by man
who manufactured potash and tannn
from the oak stumps and Is said to
have done quite business there In a
drudging way About six weeks be-
fore the troubles broke out at st.
Mary's the place was hired from IN oll
negro into whose possession It In
fallen by a man who gave ont that he
was going to ct IL up for the mamlac
ture of emery paper, great deed d
which was used at st. Mary's and MA
terial for which had been foulNl in 4
crude state somewhere in the NEIGH
borhood. He had been receiving hi'
stock of machinery and Implement
over tho Palucah road.
On the morning to which reference
has been made, st, Mary's was IN ,
very demoralized condition, The new
had gone out over the country ant
hundreds of strangers had poured II
across the Ohio and from Louisvlll,
and Cairo 1t was expected by every
body that collision would take plac,
between the worl,men and the colon,
which the English company ha'
planted on the bank of the river. TIL
sheriff Of the county had arrived, bu
the governor had declined to interior
at the present state of affairs.
Such was the condition of matter
when at nine o'clock, to the astonisl
ment Of everybody, regiment of Ii
fantry, one thousand strong, In fu'
marching order and armed with mays
zine guns, made It's appearance at tn
edge of the town ON the Paducah raj
road, and came down the main stree
Us far as the bank in fine order, pr,
ceded by drum corps Of four pieces,
The establishment and excitement a
this sudden invasion were increased tie
fold by the banner which spread out
the morning breeze, and which ha
inscribed on it legibly: First Batta
ion American Worllingmen No Tyl
amy Of Money. No Coercion Of Cap
ital."
Where the regiment had come from
how far 1t had marched or wha
were Its intentions, no one knew. BIZ
It did not take long for the rumor
form and fly that it was working
mans regiment, and would not TAX
the side Of the employers.
When it had reached the It'll
square where the bank stood It wa
drawn up A skirmish line wa
thrown out. pickets stationed and Ii
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Every family the ought have the full series oil hne
o OF AMERICA Get while can do SO through 'he
REFLECTOR which requires and len cents or eacn part
Delivered in person sent by mail
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CHAPTER XIV.

II was this year that the new phase
ef imported socialism came into view
with the Industrial Junta," as 1t was
called. The branches had been or
Ranised secretly and 1t was known
that the mischievous order had Its
lodges In al the states. Public atten-
ton Wa not however awakened to the
power Of the "Junta," until the st.
Lsry's riots occurred. St. Mary's, at
ono time . mere suburb FIVE miles from
paducsh at the confluence OF the Ten
nsssee and the Ohio, had five years be-
fore become an important manufactur-
ing place owing 10 It's purchase by an
English syndicate and the erection
thsrs Of enormous workshops. The
principal industry was the manufac-
turs Of cutlery and all kinds OF copper
tools, hardened by new process,
equsl to the finest steel. The same
syndicate had purchased an enormous
tssck Of copper-lnining land on Lake
superior ana co'hih"'i'ca''o" W"s ~
rect and inexpensive ny MEANS Vi ''e
Mississippi. This English company had
opta1ned inc secret Process Vi "a''en'
Ing copper, 80 1t was said, from a poor
American mecnanic' nv 'nc '''ne VI
We trouble WIN inc men, there "er1
over ven Thousand operuo'VcSe''Pioyeo
Hes' mary ~ Inc p,"oe may '" ,,, oo"
famed nVe 'housana o'ne, ''i,'"ul'ans'
wi VII Tug ''ocA hoi'oi' '''ou "'' ',
~ was Town u ,ac'or,,s "n' o.'"
nsys ana save W INC outlying onu u
~ main 'horouB"i"ro WHEY o"o VI
~ directors aha several " ,"e s'pe',
inssnaens naa erec'ea nanoso'ne
AoussS' its residences wcrc co''aees VI
unpsseh'ious FORM ~ i'au oa, us
Oh" owned ~ 'nc company, ''ee ~
orsiS' severe, ona'o"o' ",w p"1',o
aali caiieu ihe Forum no 'rouo,e
vctwceh 'ne company "nu 'ne woiN
men WAS AZ tne star. u 'rlll'hg ono anu
would nave oeeh aalus'eu ny Ilie worH-
mon themselves Il u liau NOV pech 'or
0utshs interference my "un'"
hsl nal 'ts eyes on '',s po.n' 'or
year aho Resolved 10 hiaHc !. INV s.ar',
Nv polns OF ~ soelallstlc uph'aVu'. ~
suceecded In getting It's own men INTO
W. WORKS ana disailecl'hB largo
Number OF operatives A STRIKE OF one
branch occurred early IN inc year ana
Nls company sont men rom hhg'anV
v Slis their places, IL was nov proven
wat shey came under contract put no
ons doubted IT, IN six montns they
hsd taken on three hundred men
guard@liy ahu Sinsly' anu haV',s uc,n'
ansIated TO thelr own Satisfaction inc
Hssio'hty OF importing 'ne'r 'aoor IN
= sxreptltlous manner UNDERTOOK
eAnGlag scheme lhey put up 1--WE
asAarsd cottages on a large tract ana
~ shs properly ana 'hVi.o, ''nl''iRr",
WA, ai~lAlminS any nes're 70 ~
vosNinSn' ~ was NOT WI re"uc'.on
~ wSgss sooh place ana another S','N'
sccurso shal Inc coionises proven ~
y s~s 70 TAKE Tao pace OF ''c a'N
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Real Estate for Sale.

The following described real estate
Is for sale to-wit; The south half Of
section 7, township IA, Range A. also
the southwest of section s, town
ship IA, range A. For prices and
terms address, Thomas Browne.
Laurel, Ind, or Cullen 4 Mcgee,
Rushville, Ind. 39-l2c
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OTTAWA, Kan. Aug. 3. United States
Marshal Neeley arrested and took to
Leavenworth Wednesday C. A. and
Clayton Moore, two Santa Fe strikers,
of North ottawa, who will answer the
charge of intimidating United States
employees before the United States court
at that place.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 3.-Partial
returns from the principal counties in
the state show that the democratic
nominees for judges of the supreme
court have defeated the republican
populst fusion ticket for Judges by
good maioritieS.
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poYY11oHT. local

handed over or they would enter the
building by force and take them. Mat
lock refused to give them up. The
mob then broke into the office, seized
the men and took them into the street,
where they were beaten to death. The
director then sent for the sheriff at
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Interstate @. A. R. Reunion,

win be held at Superior, Neb., from
July 20 to Aug. 4. Tickets on sale
July 20 to Aug. A. Limited for re-
turn to Aug. 6. One and third fare
for round trip, Santa Fe route.