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Richmond planet., 1895-08-10
NOT nnr, BUT HIS SON IArIIcArnD.
Me Dispatch correspondent says :

The Dispatch CORES spondent says:
Mr.. William o. Thompson, whose
place adloins Mr.. POliard's on the
north, and who is Mr. Pollard's step
son by his fist wife, was seen at his
home, and talked very freely both con-
cerning the difficulty he had with Mr..
Pollard on the morning of the day on
which MRS. Pollard was killed, and
with reference to the intimations of
b;;S completely in the tragedy, he gave |
| a very straight story on his dolngs on |
| that dav. all of which he says he can
prove by from five to six people. he
l said he went out into the field near his
home directly after sunup, ana his i've
hands stayed there all day, coming in
| to dinner at IL 30, and returning at
/ 80 O'Clock. They did not quit work
until after sundOwn. Said he: " Mr.
Pollard has been trying for some time
to get a public road through
place leased by me, and j, as one OF the
commissioners, directly interested in
the property, decided that the road
was not needed. Mr. Pollard seemed
determined to have the road and
| though I had ploughed the ground up,
> he continued to ride across it when gO-
ing to his Charlotte farm. Vincent,
my son. met him on that morning as
he was riding across the field4 and told
| him that ] said he was not TO ride across
, NV field. MIR. Pollard told Vincent
4 that had given him permission to do
: so. That was untrue, and when repor-
: ted to me made me mad. i saw Mr.
Pollard as he was riding back across
the plowed land, and we had some hot
4 words, in which both of US used cOnsid
> erable abuse. ] never dreamed of do
. ing him any bodily harm, and as 70.
q his wife, would not have hurt hal
/ of her head for a mint of money.
NOT THE MAN THAT MARABLE ACCUSES
Al David Thompson, his son, age
d about % years, was with his fathe
s when interviewed. He also has bee
I'd accused by some Of having committe
m the murder, buthe positively disclaim
ID ed any knowledge of the tragedy unit
early Saturday morning. He said b
went to Fort Mitchell about O'clOc
on the fatal Friday, arriving theI
it about 2:3O Hesstayed until about D.;
en- O'Clock, which fact is sdbstantiated
d, all Of the people cf Fofs Mitchell an
IT. returned to his fathers house about
he O'Clock, only being thirty minutes o
lot the road between Fort Mitchell al
he there. After remaining at his father
I'd, about half an hour, he went over to h
lse own home, which fact is also proved
his reputable witnesses. He did not lea
Richmond planet., 1895-08-10

They don't laugh-mules don't.
hut the people are we'll pleased with
the offers of the Cohen Co. See adver-
tisement.
Richmond planet., 1895-08-10

The highest price paid for pieces OF
diamonds or white stone by
+. J. CRANE,
l22H w. Broad St,
Richmond planet., 1895-08-10

Pollard has no cook or other female
domestic, and that il is exceedingly
rare that any one save himself and
Mrs. Pollard entered the house at all.
Richmond planet., 1895-08-10
THE coNvIcrED woMEN.

/ asked him if the colored women, Ma
ry Alternately and Mary Barnes, had
been in the habit of coming in the
house, and he replied that they had
not. He said that up to the date Of
the murder that Mary Alternately had
never been in the house but twice, and
that Mary Barnes had never been in
the house more than eight or ten
times. He said that Mary Barnes had
once or twice, when bringing water
from the spring to the house, passed
through the house, but that he had
told her that she must not do this, and
that afterwards she went around the
house and brought the water into the
porch from the yard. There is no adjec-
lives which can describe the state of as
tonishment into which one is thrown
| by the recital of these facts.
Richmond planet., 1895-08-10
no ONE CONCEALED.

asked Mr. Pollard f)he thought it
possible that any one could have been
concealed about the house or yard,
and have murdered Mrs. Pollard dur
ing the time they were over at the
corn house, and he told me ne did not
think so. He said that during the
time that the wagon was being loaded,
he was standing just at the corn house
door, and that Mr.. Clemons and his
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HOW COULD IT BE?

The bell cord down, the chests and
trunks rified, and their contents in con
fusion, and his wife dead in plain view
and yet he sits in that room, which was
the very scene of the robbery, and
sees nothing to excite his a2R1ehen-
sion or to cause him to make an inves-
tigation. 1t is possible that either one
of these things might have escaped de-
lection temporarily, but that all three
| of these conditions should have exist
ed at the same time, without causing
not only detection but CONSERVATION
| and alright, is more remarkable. Sin
| gular fatality, indeed, that the man
| whose wife had been ruthlessly muir
| dered, and whose body lay in full view
of the gate through which he had
| passed, whose strOngholds and safe
| boxes had been forced, and whose
goods had been riaed, should have sa'
down in that very heart of the eviden
cies Of this crime, and yet have failed
to notice them
Richmond planet., 1895-08-10
wHnN SEE VS. MURpERED.

This could not be, and it is therefore
absolutely certain that when, at 6:20
or thereabOuts. Mr.. Clemons drove off
with his corn, and Mr.. Pollard re-
turned TO look over his bonds and pa
pers before putting them away, Mrs
Pollard had not been murdered Just
how long Mr.. Pollard remained in the
house after Mr.. ClemOns left before he
went into the yard and discovered the
remains Of his wife, he could not tell,
but said that itwas probably ten minu-
/ tes. In this time Clemons had driv-
en- off with his corn over the usual
country road, had stopped to open and
| close two gates between Mr.. Pollard s
house and the main road, and had
passed out Of hearing of the alarm
which was sounded when Mr.. Pollard
found the body &C his wife.
Richmond planet., 1895-08-10

son were handing him the corn. and
he was measuring it before II was
dumped into the wagon, and that no
out his knowing it.
Richmond planet., 1895-08-10

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The advocate., 1895-05-22

here as in Europe and the Old World.
And all in the interest Of capital and of
the pleasure seeking, non-producing
classes Of society. If you ask if I claim
that the government should legislste in
the interest Of the producer ss against
the consumer, or in that Of the debtor
to the prejudice Of the creditor, l re-
mind you that the debtors of the Coun-
try are four-ffths of the whole people
in number; and answer that it GER
tainly should not legislate against the
producers and debtors, and, therefore,
/ demand the repeal of that whole sys-
tenn of Finance and governmental pol
icy which for twenty-five years past
has run in that direction. And this
system is nothing new in England and
the mOnsrchies of Europe. There the
volume or money is kept at the lowest
possible amount. England has trebled
and Qusdrupled her trade and manu-
fsctures in the past fifty years, but has
scarcely increased the amount of money
in circulation in that time. Therefore,
prices and wages have been low COM
pared with this country with its ample
and increasing currency, a large part of
her population are out Of work and un'
las ours are now the year
around. We have had examples to q
like effect in our experience. Behold
how prostrste everything was immedi
ately after the American revolution
and before our monetary system was
organized, and how every industry
sprung up when banks were organized
and set a,going to furnish @ currency
with which to do business. In the
same manner, after the war of 1912,
when the government had shut down
on the first United States bank, the de.
preston and stagnation were such that
even President Madison and the demo.
cratic party were forced to the creation
of another monster in its place, for ne
cessity knows no law and forces results
over the constitution or through it.
And remember what prosperity fol-
lowed our war of the rebellion with an
ample greenback and other currency;
and how sadly all this was reversed
when Secretary Mccullough instituted
his contraction policy and has grown
worse and worse ever since to this day.
Monied men and capitalists foressw
the effects of the contraction policy,
and set their sails accordingly. The
mass of the people, not so shrewd and
far-seeing. have to bear the brunt of
the ruin. Senator Sherman saw it and
foretold the consequences as follows:
The contraction Of the currency is far more
distressing operation than senator's suppose
The advocate., 1895-05-22

Our own and other nations have gona
through that operation before. 1t is not pos.
sible to take that voyage without the sorest
distress. To every person, except o capitalist
out Of debt, or q sAlsrled officer, or annuitane.
it is period Of loss, danger, lassitude of trade
fall Of wages, suspension Of enterprise, bank.
ruptcy and disaster
And Blaine said in 1878:
The destruction Of silver as money, and the
establishing Of gold as the sole unit Of value
must have a ruinous effect on all forms Of
property, except those investments which
yield q fixed return In money. These would
be enormously enhanced in value, and would
gain disproportionate and unfair advantage
over every other species Of property.
Both these gentlemen except invest
ments of money from the effects Of the
ruin they foretell, and declare that
these will be enormously increased Ia
value. Do you understand, then, why
all the bankers and boards Of trade OF
our cities are againstthe producers and
the masses Of the people on the silver
question, and why they are organizing
to defeat the reconciliation Of the
peoples coinP
The president and his goldites labor
to show the farmer and producer thata
low range Of prices is just the thing for
them, and that q rise in prices win
bring as much injury when he buys as
he gives on what he sells. Several
writer's in the Kansas City Star reason
in the same way, and yet on its editor
isl page this week 1t has the following:
RETURNING WAVE OF PROSPERITY.
The advance in prices OF a good many im-
portant commodities which has been going On
for some weeks past signifies a general I'm
provement In business. Cotton has increased
about 80 per cent in value, wheat about 70 per
cent, cattle about 95 per cent, hogs Is per
cent, silver is per cent, and oil and leather
have about doubled In value since the OK.
treme low prices Of the recent depression
were reached. That change is OF immense sig
nllc8nce. It is the difference between pros
porous times and times Of business depression
and Encouragement Increasing numbers OF
men will fnd employment; wages win slowly
be restored to the hlOh level at which they
stood before the panic came upon the country
An, there you are, old boy. If low
prices are so benefcent and so favor.
c0Rtin'lGd nR DG0S a
The advocate., 1895-05-22

WoI6 pION4Ou5 w AotOS Will SAPOA 0AVA
gold holding the same position as
money as then and there. Then we
will be able to study results. And,
think you, any such consequences as
we have experienced would have oc-
Cured had things remained as they
were up to that timeP Would silver
have gone down, or rather, would gold
have grown more and more valuable
and, of course, everything else less val
uable because measured by that yard
stick "Oh, but things have changed" !"
says one. Well, who changed them ?
Not we; but you and yours; and, OF
course, it don't become you to take ad-
vantage of the change to the prejudice
of the white metal which you deliber-
stely outlawed and demonetized. Think
of the injustice and the absurdity Of
the government, after dishonoring sill
yer and unduly exalting gold, COM
planning that the two don't circulate on
parity.
And what is the philosophy Of and
the motive for the demonstration and
outlawry of silver. Understanding
these, we can more intelligently discuss
the question. All seem to understand
why England is welded to this policy,
but can't so readily comprehend why
any American should give his adhesion
to it. A limited, contracted currency
is clearly and emphatically to the in
terest of England, because she is a
creditor nation, has all the peoples of
the world in her debt to the tune of
thousands of millions, and, therefore,
the more valuable she can make the
money coming to her the better for her
and her people who have it invested in
this country and elsewhere. There
fore, there is no hope of her accepting
or agreeing to international rem0neti-
zation, etc. Just so, the East, New
England, New York and Wall street
are creditors OF the West, and there
fore are determined to so manage and
manipulate the money of the country
that it will become more valuable in
their hands. For if they can make 81
60 as far or purchase as much as So did
before, of course they are practically
reaping a double interest, and their
pile is doubled in size. On the other
hand, debtors are vitslly interested in
having things remain stationary in
value; that is to say, money of no
more value on pay day than it was
when it was borrowed. We hear good
deal from Cleveland and others about
honest money. Is that honest money
that compels me to sacrifice double the
quantity of grain to meet my payments
that 1 bought of my creditor when l
went in debt to him FIVE years beforep ?
And so Of all sslsried men, clerks,
traders, bankers, indeed consumers
generally at the East and in the old
states, they want to live as economic
ally as possible, and to that end they
we'll understand that a limitation and
restriction of the volume of the cur
rency leads to low prices and enables
them to buy their beefsteaks and pork
chops for less money, and thus the in
terest of agriculture, which embraces
from to 10 millions of the workers of
the country, with five to the family, Of
The advocate., 1895-05-22
A WONDERFUL BOOK.
The "Uncle Toms Cabin" of the Present
Generation.

DAOA VAA0ab ANA4NAh0 OOOAg OOAAA .
Financial School," is creating in the
country. Every intelligent man should
possess copy, and after reading it,
hand to his neighbor, marking on it,
"Read and circulate" And how the
gold Worshippers are worried over it,
and what an effort they are making,
not to answer it, for that they find i'm.
possible, but to break the effect of it
on the popular mind. Its reception by
the people reminds me of the greeting
extended to "Uncle Toms Cabin" on
its appearance forty years ago. And
that, like the present work, was as
sailed from every quarter. For the ne
cessity of an answer to it was apparent
to the slavery apologists and defenders,
and, therefore, csviling editors and
writers by the thousand enlisted in the
task of its snnihilation, but in vain. 1t
appealed to the ordeal of common
sense, while the answers to it were
mere special pleading, far fetched and
abstruse. And as such it was inVinci-
BILE.
Among the most earnest defenders
of plutocracyin the present instance is,
of course, the Kansas City Star, always
efficient in serving its financial sup.
pOrters and masters. But in this l am
quite consoled by the reflection that it
has very little influence with the rank
and file of the people, as was shown by
the last municipal election in Kansas
City, where the Times and Star es-
poused the side Of the sristocratic Sec
tion of the party in a split there, and
were badly beaten, the other section
polling large majority Of the demo
cratic vote. The two papers are eVi-
IDENTIFY well understood by the masses,
and, therefore, have little following.
The editor of one of them parading the
streets in his emblazened and guided
carriage to the deep disgust of every
genuine democrat, and the other owned
and supported by the board of trade
and option. dealing gentry, can have
but little sympathy with the farmer
and lsborer in whose toll and produc.
tions they gamble and rake in their
pile. Some one has said that the small
pox would have advocates and eulo-
gists if it had places to dispose of and
subsidies to grant. And the course of
the public press generally illustrates
this. The OK knows its masters crib;
and so the Star and Times are careful
to play into the hands of those who
mainly support them and whose bread
they eat. Therefore, the readers of
them need to distrust their facts and
figures, and make large deductions
from their arguments and conclusions.
How different their neighbor, the
Journal, which / have not been in the
habit of reading, and with whose poll
tics never had any sympathy. One
never hears such language as the fol-
lowing from the Times or Star, and
yet they boast of their democracy
which implies sympathy with the COM
mon people as against monopoly and
corporate wealth:
Three or four banking houses like the Roths-
child Co., can not much longer own the in
dustries Of the world, nor levy tribute on man
kind. That is the situation to-day, and its bur-
dens are becoming more and more acute.
pbasa svndfoafoa of r,old ownaro have all
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-06-01

lately" he remarks. Anything sensa.
tional happened? Give me some names
that / can bring into the show. Put
me onto the names Of the men about
town and their characteristics" He
learns all the hotel cleiK knows and
then saunters over to the theatre where
he acquires additional information from
the manager or attaches, and in the
course Of few hours easily secures as
much material as he can use. That
$1,000 damage case of Billy Bars was
meat for the comedians Of THE Pass
ing show" They seized it with avidity,
and made use Of it to a considerable ex-
tent in the performance. This is part
of the business OF the modern low CON-
edian, and it is no trouble at all for
him to find his leads. 1t is very common
form Of entertainment, but the gags
usually catch the audience, and help to
make the show a go. The Passing
Show" composed very largely Of paro-
dies OF theatrical attractions that had
never been seen in Lincoln, was but
little understood by large part Of the
audience. The introduction of local
matter gave it, for some Of the audience,
additional interest.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-06-01
THE THEATRES.

"rhe Passing Show" Canary &
Lederer's big spectacle, which was
presented at the Lansing theatre,
Friday evening Of last week was
originally put on IN New York as
local skit, intended to fill yawning
gap. 1t comprised burlesques of
incidents and actors in such plays as
Sowing the Wind" The Amazons,"
John A Dreams" and The Butter
fly," 1t also satirized Messrs Abbey,
Schauffel & Grau g grand opera
company, and introduced great deal
Of purely local matter that was after
wards eliminated when it was decided
to place it on the road. Commodore
Eldrege T. Gerry. OF the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
and other prominent or notorious New
Workers were made the subjects of
sketches. New York, that much
Wanted centre Of culture, is easily
attracted by features of this sort.
New York sustains Roster & Bial's and
Proctor's and Tony Pastors and always
welcomes such fin de steele attractions
as Sport McAllister," and "A Rag
Baby" 1t was not surprising, therefore
that the Passing Show" even more flimsy
and trivial and coarse than the E. E.
Rice emanations, should make a big hit.
1t was declared to be the greatest thing
Of the season. Jarbeau, who for years
struggled against fate in a theatrical
mistake called Starlight" received the
most enthusiastic plaudits on her par
ody of Calve in Carmen. and the var
ious more or less clever people in the
cast, including Mr.. Henshaw all scored
popular successes" The show sue
ceeded 30 well and made 30 much money
that the owners decided to send it out
in the country. So it was cut in places
and slightly rearranged, and sent on its
way. 1t was well received 10 such cities
as Chicago, where most of the plays
burlesqued have been seen; but in the
smaller, more remote cities like Lincoln
it fell short of the expectations Of the
management. And no wonder; for. as
it was presented in this city, the strong
est features were urintelligible to the
major portion of the audience. What
mooted it to the Lincoln theatre gOer
if there was clever skit on that opium
exploiting play. John A Dreams If he
never had seen the original play? OF
what interest was a satire on John
Drew in Henry Guy Carleton's play if
one had never seen THE Butterfly
IT was mistaken judgment that ever
induced Canary & Lederer to take The
Passing Show" out Of the big cities
Send us, oh ye New York managers, your
new plays while they are new, il you
expect us to take your parodies and
burlesques. Otherwise keep Jour
Passing Shows"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-06-01

portrayal OF that character. Miss Rita
Harrington, in the character Of the
"Old Princess achieved great success
in her character. Miss Goldie Rine-
hart, the bewitching little soubrette,
appeared to good advantage in the part
Of "Javotte," and won many friends for
her clever work. None Of the larger
companies visiting st. Joseph in recent
years excel it excepting in point Of mum
beers. Misses Beatrice and Goldie Rine-
hart are features, but every other mem
Der proved themselves exceptionally
clever ia "Erminie" as produced yester-
day. The directing Of Mr.. Parks is that
Of master hand On Monday even
ing one 80 cent ticket will admit one
lady and gentlemen, or two ladies. il
secured before seven o'clock. Seats now
on sale at Behring's.
Down at--the other evening. says
New York newspaper woman. l met
a ruined actor. OF course it was not
the first one, by any means, but it was
the first one whose pathway from
munificence to misery had been along
80 strange course.
Il once had fine baritone voice" he
coughed, when I had consented to listen
to him. Il sang Devilshoof, in 'Bohe-
milan Girl and had to drink about a
quart OF colored water in the Counts
apartments night after night. And the
Venetian red or madden or whatever it
was they used to stain the water with
sapped the wells OF my vocalism, and ]
couldn't sing any better than Jim Cur
vile does now.
''Th:n ] went to the comedy stage,
and drank at fetes and fairs, and felt
my art slipping from me with each
potation. But it was down in the books
and what could i do? / tried melo-
drama, and swallowed half a gallon Of
booze in Tine Stowaway, and that sent
me to the concert hall. where i was
supplied with cinnamon brown stuff in
common tumblers, and was expected to
swallow the whole OF it, and even then
act drunk, when the effect was enough
to sober three blocks of the Bowery.
After that / went from bad to worse
always being cast in plays where there
was mock booze to be drunk. And now
can't sing, can't act, can't dance,
and what the well, since you insist,
/ can't drink; though it's seldom
enough that get chance. Here's to
you. And may you never put an enemy
into your mouth that comes from the
property man."
So, saying, the ruined actor, true to
his training, swallowed the genuine
draught, and simulated intoxication-
30 baleful are the influences Of the stage.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-06-01

OF the Oriole Opera company, which
will open a weeks engagement at the
Funke opera house Monday night, the
st. Joe Herald says: The Oriole
Opera company is one Of the cleverest
all around musical organizations which
has ever come to st. Joseph.
The company numbers twenty acting
people Of cultivated musical voices, in
Guiding the Misses Beatrice and Goldie
Rinehart. Their first production was
"Erminie," under the personal director
ship Of Mr.. T. Burt Parks. To all
lovers of music it was an assured fact
that rare treat was in store for those
who witnessed the performances given
by this company. They were no. dis
appointed, as the company more than
fulfilled all that was said Of them. They
presented in a faultless manner the
opera Of "Erminie." The title role is
most creditably assumed by Miss Beat
rice Rinehart, who possesses an even,
sweet and cultivated soprano voice. j.
H. Roberts and William Hicks, the two
comedians, are also very clever, while
Mr.. John Henderson in the part Of
"Chadeaux" was simply immense in his
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-06-01

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