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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27

there. He kept on until he was d.
rectly under the structure, and there
he sat looking toward the jail. Then
the doors opened and Tom" came out,
tall, rugged. handsome, fearless. His
throat was bare, bis arms bound. He
held his head high among his guards,
and laughed at the peoples faces. The
eyes Of father and son met.
How, pa" said Tom"
How, Tom" said the old man.
Standing under the moose, having
one moment OF life left, Tom Nc
Kinney began 10 sing:
when shall see Jesus,
And reign with Him above|
The old mans voice, dry with dust
broke in:
Mighty soon, Tom II ever"
a secOnd OF silence and the drop
fell, McKinney's body shooting down
almost in front Of his fathers face.
The old man sat there lingering his
rife and looking az the doctors crowd
ing about. They. too, noticed his ner-
vOus shifting OF his weapon. When
they pronounced tom dead, they
drew back. The Sheriff cut the body
down and It fell In the dust. Old man
Mckinney was off the wagon Instant
ly, and had lifted his dead son high
In the air and stretched him out In
the wagon. Then holding his rifle
again and looking toward the doctors
that had counted on having the body,
he said:
This Is my meat. Get up, Buck"
And across the Wabash passed father
and son 10 be seen no mOrc.-H. J.
Cleveland, in the Chicago Record-IIer-
aid.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27
GRAIN. ETC.
POTATOES BEING IMPORTED.
Price, Including Freight and Tax, Fan
Below Cos. of Home Product.

Below Cos. of Home Product.
New York City.-FOr the first time
in seven years New Workers are eat.
ing imported potatoes The Red star
Line steamship Southwark, which has
arrived with Il consignment Of 10000
bushels Of Belgium potatoes, will be
followed by q Rotterdam ship and a
Glasgow ship. both potato laden.
The explanation of the importation
IS simply that potatoes have reached
price az which il is more profitable
TO import them than TO purchase them
from home growers. Time was when
this farnaceous vegetable could be
bought at sixty cents barrel. To-day
they command from $3.50 TO $40 n
barrel.
When this price is reached the pur-
chasing agent of the American inn
porter buys potatoes in Belgium,
France or Scotland at seventy-hve
cents 4 barrel The duty on potatoes
being twenty-five cents per bushel of
sixty pounds. the importer is taxed
another seventy.tive cents for his bar
rel. Another twenty-five cents for
freight brings the cost of potatoes VI
To Sl.T5 barrel on the pier at New
York City.
The fact that the grower in Mich,
gan. Maine and New York demands
more than this on the ground is induce
meut enough for the importer TO rur
the double risk of slump i'm the
market or OF his potatoes spelling Oh
the way.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27

TT was long after John Rice Jones
was cOmmissary general at Vim
cennes; long after Pierre Gamelin
was commander there, but still all
Of sixty or seventy years ago that
TON" Mckinney rode the Southern
Illinois and Indiana trails, and, hav-
ing evil intent in his mind, came TO
where Life and Death meet and turned
not back. II might have gone different
with tom" Mckinney if he had chOs
en- not TO kill his enemy, but the blood
wrath was on him and he was strong
in his own courage, and what mattercd
life when the law was young and a
summers wind would obliterate
trail So "Tom" Mckinney left stark
foRn and cold face looking up to the
skies and rode away. So, too, we all
riding to the Darkness by right or
wrong.
The men of the early days on the
Wabash, Bon Pas, White Little Wa
bash and other South streams were
big of bone and muscle, hard in their
passions, drunk with the license Of he
ing masters Of n virgin soil, an un-
touched forest, an ungoverned land
The Pottawattamies fled before them.
Their place was taken 10y settlers,
and some Of these were strong and
brave, and many were weak and
cowed "Tom" Mckinney rode among
them and worked his will, just ms "An-
dy" Graham did and Gentleman
Dave Walker. ANDY" rode his gray
mare, Twilight, and, drunk as the mas
ter might be, she never swerved from
under him when carrying him over the
hills to his home. There q pale-faced
woman led the master to his bed
and stalled the beautiful mare, and
sighed. for she too was going her way
and no hand reached out to turn her
back. Wild, almost heroic desperadoes
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Secretary Root refused 10 change
the date of the cuban elections.
The Government will be asked 10 as
sumo charge 20. the lcper colony Of Ha-
wall.
General Bell Is conducting an ag-
grrsslve campaign In LuZon, l.. L.,
against ;ac Insurgents.
Cuban customs revenues. ten months
ending October 81, Sl3,O3S 1856, a loss
OF Slpo.5 over the same period Of
1900.
\ public road from one Of the lead
ing towns 10 Pago. pagO, Samoa, Is
being constructed as a memorial to
President Mckinley.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27
MINOR EVENTSOF THE WEEK


President Roosevelt sent 10 Con-
gress a letter strongly commenting
the plan for national forest reserve
In the southern Appalachian region.
Bills were introduced in Senate and
House 20 make RearAdmirals Samp-
son and Schley and Captain Clark. OF
the Oregon. Vice-Admirals In the Navy.
Unanimous agreement was reached
In the House OF Representatives max.
Ing the Nicaragua Canal bin the first
order OF business after the holiday re
cess.
The Naval Board OF Construction
recommended the sale OF the receiving
ship Vermont.
Secretary Hay consented 10 deliver
the oratlon AZ the services In memory
OF Mckinley 10 be held by Congress
Phya Akarai Oradhara. the new 81
amese Minister 10 the United States,
was presented 10 President Roosevelt.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27
a Enial NIpnl.


"Saw n curious hing in California
last winter" said the man who tray
els about. IL had stopped for mo.
mcnt TO chat with man who was
blowing. when he called my attention
to n large centpede that he had just
plowCd up.
"'Come along with me few feet,
said he. and lets see what those crows
will do when they find it,
There were several large carriou
crows that had been following the
farmer and picking up the insects
that were turned up, and they wcrs
now n few feet away. waiting FOR the
ulow to start again.
I'VE went on a few feet and the
crows followed. one big. black fellow
soon saw the centlpcde and swallowed
him at one gulp. Then. In the eN.
urCssive slang of the day. there wa
something doing in the ueighborhood
of that crow. With a cav OF despair
he mounted into the air for perhaps
100 feet. then fell heels over head un.
al he was n few feet from the ground.
Then he managed TO catch himself and
dew upward again and away for the
hills. cawing wildly. lie had not gone
more than 300 feet. when he lost all
control OF himself. and fell like shot
10 the ground We went over To whore
hc had fallen. and found him on his
back with his feet in the air. stone
dead
"ln n way | know how that crow
felt when he awoke 20 the situation
] | hadn't forgotten my first spoonful
o; tobasco sauce that joking friend
once talked me into swallowing. DE.
| troit Free Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27

were these men of the beginning days.
and none more bold than TON" Nc
Kinney. His people were scattered all
over the Wabash country Some toiled
some were shiftless. but none as dar-
ing or law-defying as he. He knew
the run of the bottom lands. the ways
of the twisting streams, the hidden
hollow. the densest timber growths.
and there were men here and women
there to keep his hiding secret. Yet
when ne killed his enemy the law
found him and he was brought into
old Nincennes, where he laughed at
the courts and the people, and he was
tried and sentenced TO he hanged in
the public square-by the neck until
he was dead.
Tom Mckinney did not believe
that he was to die until almost the
last moment. The word went out tu
all the settlements that hang he must,
and the settlers made great prepara.
tions 10 attend. His name had been
n terror to them. and now they would
be with him where they might laugh
ut his terror and be secure from his
wrath. Down TO Shawneetown. over
TO Albion. south TO Mount Carmel. east
to the Muscakituk. travelled the mes
sage:
There's 20 be n hanging at Vim
cennes. Tom Mckinney's goin' {,
be strung up"
Forty miles west Of Vincennes. oil,
man Mckinney. father of Tom" re
ceiyed the news that his boy had final
~ been convicted OF murder and mus
suffer the extreme penalty OF the law
The old man was plowing in the field
with his oxen when he learned OF this
He held the beasts In the furrow TO
nn instant while he listened. aud the
without comment said:
Get up. Buck"
lie had no particular reason TO fee
for Tom" The boy had been vii
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27

ecution. That was all he wished to
do.
over in NincCnnes no one expected
To be present The people were poor,
far removed, and tom" had chosen
his own way. The scaffold rose in
the square, unprotected 10y harricadc
The night before the hanging the OK
teams from the settlement began to
come in. The wagons We're ranged
about the scaffold. and there the cat
tie fed. while the men fingered I'm the
tayerns, drinking and smoking and
listening to many a tale of what Me
Kinney had been when he was free.
Women came with their husbands and
little children, and the one topic OF
conversation was the coming death.
I'm bet" said one. Toms wishing
now he had his mare, gun and an
/ open road"
Gosh. no." said another. Hes
( playing pi;cn ana wishing his jig was
done. lie ain't no coward, Tom
| amt"
The morning came and the stirring
OF the town The cattle were fed IN
the shadow OF the scahold. while th,
Sheriff joked with his prisoner anc
told him he would make things as
easy as possible by 10 o'clock the
crowd was thronging the square an,
5ostling up To the edge of the scaffold
iXing many curious eye ON rh'
dangling rope.
On the west bank Of the Wablsl
appeared a dusty. foot-sore oN team
that slowly made it's way across u!
ferry and then numbered up the stree
TO the scaffold. \ grim-.aced old mai
sat ON the wagon seat. and a rife In!
across his knees. Some I'm the crow,
knew him. They called out:
It's Toms father"
The people made way for the OF
man and oxen TO draw near to tn
scanold. but Mckinney did not stol
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27
STAMPS FLAvoREo TO SUIT.
A Druggists New Way OF Pleasing Hi
Customers.


When n druggist tells about the un-
pleasant features OF his business he
never fails 10 mention the stamp Gus.
toners. They ask 20 be waited upon
at times when there is more profitable
business I'm sight, and many OF them
demand more attention and take up
more Of the druggists time than peO-
pie who come to buy fancy articles or
20 have prescriptions compounded.
The stamp customer Is looked upon as
a nuisance until the rival drug store
becomes sub-station OF the pOstofiicc.
Then the druggist begins TO realize
that the person who buys stamp
may want n piece OF soap or tooth
brush, or bottle of something on
which there is druggists modest
profit. Then he often puts sign In
his window by which his neighbors
may see that he carries full line of
postage stamps and postal cards, that
his directory is always at the service
of the public, and that incidentally he
compounds prescriptions carefully.
one enterprising druggist in the up
per part of the city has introduced n
novel feature in his postage stamp
business He keeps the stamps in
compartments which have been fla
vored In various ways, and when a
customer asks for stamp ne inquiries,
What flavor will you have; lemon,
vanilla wintergreen or peppermint
The customer usually looks mystitied,
but soon discovers that the stamps are
really favored, and the druggist thinks
he has hit upon n way to retain his
stamp business.-Ncw York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27

from his first days. Highway robbery
pillage, murder, had all been charged
to his account before, and the father
had wondered often. dumbly, what the
end would be. Now IL was in sight.
And" said the talebearer. Toms
i'm the Jail now, but when they put
the rope on him he'll be out In the open,
tion In Vincennes. They tells me when
was there that the doctors are all
after Toms body and that when
they're sure he's dead they're going
to take it and cut it up, so as TO see
what made him so powerful strong"
"They be-" asked old man McKin-
ney.
Yes. The Sheriff has said they
might have Tom and he won't get
any coffin nor grave"
"I'll be blamed" said the old man,
and still held the oxen TO the furrOw.
The next day he was back in the field
and the next, ana each day was one
nearer to Toms" end.
An OK could not travel fast in those
days. The roads were only partially
broken trails and If the rains were on
almost impossible. The yellow clay
Of that land makes fine bottom In the
dry season, but when IL Is wet it Is
deadly to progress. Old man McKin-
ney sat by his cabin door and calcu-
lated the forty miles TO Vincennes and
the number of days II would take
his oxen to make the journey He
wrnkled his brow many times, but at
last he was satisfied The next morn
ing he yoked his beasts to n rude
wagon, climbed In, laid his rifle across
his knees and took the Vincennes trail.
lie figured he should reach there in
three days, and If this proved true he
would arrive on the day Of Toms"
death and several hours before his eX-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27

". s. Niusser, Millheim, Pa, saved the
lie OF his little girl by giving her One
Minute Cough Cure when she was dying
from Group. II Is the only harmless
remedy that gives immediate results. 1t
quickly cures coughs. colds, bronchitis,
grippe, asthma and all throat and lung
troubles. L. K. Parker, Olneyville, Cen
terdale Pharmacy. Centerdale.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27
EVERY DAY IS THE BEST DAY.

The calendar sparkles
With days that have brought
Some prize that was longed Tor,
Some good that wac sought;
High deeds happen daily,
Wide truths grow more clear
Each day j. the best day
OF somebody's year"
No sun ever rises
But brings JOY behind;
No sorrow in fetters
The whole earth can bind;
How selfish our fretting,
How narrow our fear
Each day Is the best day
OF somebody's year."
n Pittsburg Metho dist Recorder.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27

II has been decided to canonize Joan
Of Arc A great formal ceremony fol
this purpose will shortly be held In 81
Peter's. at Rome.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27
- wheat Unaffected by Cold wave.
Wheat suffered little in Kansas iro
the cold wave.
The Years whale Catch.

The total catch of whales .og the wear q
stated TO bc only tweEty-eight. and TIE IN.
dustry seems 20 have almost reached tho
limit cf nothinguess. Half a century ago
the American whaling feet consisted oi
over 200 vessels The catch Of 1856 was
valued at S2lCoo.OO9
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27

Yuan. .Shl.Kai. the new Niceroy cr
Chill. intends to employ British ano
American officers 10 reorganize the
Chinese navy.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27
vain. Of N,..i..lrpl,s Manufactures.

Mississippi's manufactures for 1900. ne
reported by the Census Bureau, at Wash.
ington. aggregated SO. .43l .SsG.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27

Some skies may be gloomy,
Some moments be sad,
But everywhere, always,
Some souls must be glad;
For true is the saying
Proclaimed by the seer
Each day is the best day
OF somebody's year,"
Each day finds a hero,
Each day helps a saint,
Each day brings to some one
A JOY without taint;
Though il may not be my turn
Or yours that is near
Each day is the best day
OF somebody's year.
Priscilla Ia
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27
TAE LNAgEtNE1g
sgabaBp
Late Wholesale Prices Of Country
Produce Quoted in New York.
MILK.

The Mix Exchange price for standard
quality is sac. per quart.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27
EGGS.
BEANS AND PEAS.
FRUITS AND nERRIEs-FnEsH.

A.oles, King, per bbl... 4 90 "a 6 90
lrCeninz per bbl...... 3 80 IA 5 80
Ben Davis per bbl..... 3 80 a. 25
Baldwin. per bbl........ , co IA 4 70
Pegrs Seckel, per box. 90 "a 80
kie.er. per bbi........ 80 IA 3 90
Grapes. Cataw6a, basket. 10 @ l2
Concord, per basket. 10 @ l3
Cronberries, Cape Cod, per
t5l..... ..... .....,.... 5 90 "a = 50
Jer.ey. prIme. per Dbl. 9 % N 6 25
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-12-27
I'VE POULTRY.
DRESSED POULTRY.

Turkeys, per ib.......... s @ 13
Capons. Western, per b.. 10 "a II
Fowls, Western, per H.. 8 IA 8
Broilers. Phila., per h.. II C9 l6
Ducks, Eastern, per b.. 10 69 l3
Geese, Eastern, per b.. 10 "a IL
Squads, per dozen. % Ia 80
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-23
DIED

SIiTEi.DS-After an illness OF fou. months. BEN
JAMI<. the beloved husband of Mary Shields, de-
parted this life Thursday, March o. 1901
Funeral from G5lbraith Church. 9th ST, be-
tween and NJ SIS. NV. sunday ar 1870 2. IL. FL
FLEMER-O THURSDAY. March 2I 1901 at $50
a IN CHARLES H. F1ENER, aged eighty-four
years
Funeral Saturday. March g. 1901. at , p. m.
from thc residence OF his SOD. Lewis FleIner z0I
Maryland axe. NJ. mi
MyTCHLER-On Thursday. March 81 1901. at
Il 80 p M, LEILA D.. beloved wife Of T. 7.
3lutchlcr and daughter Of J. c. Herndou n the
twenty second year OF her age.
Funeral from Peck's Memorial Chapel, Twenty
p. at 2:50 p IN. Richmond and I.ynehburg. Va.
papers please copy. nj
DAyIS-O On Wednesday. March 20 1901 at his
late residence, J0I r Street southwest HILLERY.
beloved husband Of Ada Davis, in the sixty
seventh year OF his age.
Funeral from Zion Baptist Church F Street
southwest, Sunday, AarCh -. 1901 at p N.
Friends and relatives invited 10 attend nj
ZiNNIERNAS-On Thursday March 81. al II .O5
o. IN. ALFRED ILRICH, beloved son al Joseph
". and Amelia Zimmerman (uee Banjo, age seven
years and three months
Funeral from his parents residence, Sos Q 81
NV sunday, March p, al + o'clock r. H. Rela-
tives and friends respectfully invited 10 attend.
e22-2
MCELFRE>H- On Thursday March o. 1851 az
l:45 a. H.. GEORGE ". beloved husband OF
Georgiana MeEltre-h. aged sixty years and eight
months
Funeral sunday March "a, at 8 o'clock. from
residence 81 Mss ave NV. Friends and rela-
tives invited els
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-23
WANTS TO SEE THE BOOKS.
Mandumus Proceedings Against the
Peerless Manufacturing Company.


William Smith and Annie Campbell flied
suit today against Norman NJ. Vaughan.
Secretary, and Walter r. Vaughan, Man
aser and Treasurer. Of the Peerless Man
ufacturin= Company. asking that a writ
Of nlandamus he Issued against them to
compel them to prod the books Of the
company for inspection. by the petition
crs- Il IS explained that William Smith
and Annie Campbell are stockholders in
the Peerless Manufacturing Company
which conducts a business Of making ar
titicial limbs at 81 Fourteenth Street
northwest. Annie Campbell II is stated,
is president Of the company. 1t is fur
er TO the amount Of So 900, and that Annie
Campbell purchased fifty shares of the
stock Of the company. for which she ad-
vanced $500 It Il alleged by the petition
ers that the defendants have neglected 10
furnish monthly statements of the bust
ness OF the company and TO deposit the
funds in some safe depository - required
by law. II Is also stated that the defend
ants refuse to allow Smith and Annie
Campbell, u the agents or attorneys 10
| inspect the books Of the corporation. Il
is further stated from a statement sub
mitted 10 Annie Campbell by Walter r
Vaughan that It would appear that he.
Waiter z. Vaughan. has fraudulent v
converted 70 his own use all of the s. 900
paid into the company by William Smith
also making il appear the company is in
solvent and ia debt TO him, Walter
Vaughan, In the sum Of SfSa IS The pc
titlOners are represented by Attorney F
:. Key Smith.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-23
STOLEN CASH BOX FOUND.
a Thief Throws 1Ir. Aliens Doeu
ments Into the Eastern Branch

The Tin cash box, containing deeds and
other valuable papers, stolen from a
window sill IL the Washington Loan and
Trust Building where they had been
placed by James H Allen, a real estate
dealer, at go Indiana Avenue northwest,
yesterday afternoon. was recovered n the
Eastern Branch about O'Clock last even
ing Il VIII be returned TO its owner.
Mr. Allen. who rents 2 box in the safe
deposit vault with the Loan and Trust
Company, had gone there TO deposit his
vaIuables. While waiting TO open the
vault H. placed the box on window sill
When he turned around To get the box II
had disappear ed
Shortly before sunset weIl-dressed
man was seen To throw tin box from the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge across the
Eastern Branch. An inqUiSitive boy. who
saw the act. rowed out in a boat and Sc
cured the box, which was still floating
The box had evidently been forced opea
and the thief, finding nothing that was
negotiable within, disposed Of 1t as eX-
peditiously as possible The finder turned
the box and its contents over 10 the po-