The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-25


1866. They have fought each other on o.
easion, and killed ali the Governments
officers they could reach, but remained
absolutely loyal 10 the State and county
governments
mr. Mckinney was reared near the
county. seat and has heard IN court the
trials Of the people who fought for
purpose and accomplished il. he has
talked with the actors IN some Of the
most stirring scenes on recOrd-and
some not on TecOTd-and knows the in
side history Of many bloody fights
In his recollection there was q day
when the Howard family was numerous,
but now they are nearly all dead. a
dozen or more Of them have been killed
in the last twenty years and on several
occasions they have slain each other An
entire family Of brothers was wiped out
by six-shOOters after the war. The
Rectors are another warlike- and diniu-
ishtng race CT mountaineers, kind-heaTt-
ed as a rule, generous and brave. Eut
veTitable 6ends when cut for blood The
Stages family, having drunk its I'll Of
gore, is near obliteration-
Mr. Mckinney recalls the story CT Lit
tie Bill Howard. who in q collision with
Big Bill Howard, added one Howard TO
the silent majority Little Bill was
sentenced 10 be hanged but he was not
hanged. He made one of the most SEN
sational and romantic escapes known in
the history Of jails. escaping from the
county prison in his wife's clothing. de-
ceiving one of the most experienced
jailers in the South. He ranged the
hills for several years and killed some
more people. Little Bill never stole
anything and went to church regularly,
but If he could meet Mr.. Tracy IN the
big road he would refuse to recognize
him as a brother artist Of the shotgun
He finally steeTed against the wrong
man and went the way Of the other How
ards. with a record OF q half dozen
killings in a peaceful career Of twenty
seven years.
Mr.. Mckinney has heard much OF the
story Of Redmond, who evaded the
revenue officers four ears and added
several Of. them TO the list of the slain
Redmond is living yet and looks about
as much like bad man as does an
average department clerk in Washing
ton Like almost any one who has had
the opportunity 10 come in contact with
the fearless people OF the noonshiI..
district, MIR. Mckinney has been in
pressed by their hospitaIitv. unfafIirg
friendship, their enterprise. and tneir
efforts at education. For generations
they have been isolated from the great
world and they preserve the tribal in
stincts Of the Anglo Saxons 10 a great
extent. they uphold the rights OF per
sonal liberty and the home-is-his-c castle I
doctrine 10 the bitter end
Nj. W J Dow. the assistant fore
man Of the fifth division Of the Gov
ernment Printing Office. has gone on
visit TO his old home IN Missouri. Mr..
Dow is one OF the youngest men TO hold /
a prominent position in the Office and
he IS regarded as one Of the brightest !
He was foreman Of the Record" room
during the session Of Congress. Mr.. /
Dow is prominent in labor and fra
ternal circles and is a talented writer 4
de has done good work for =hs city pa
pers and for trade publications
The Oldest Government employe |
keeps getting discovered II is claimed /
by a postofnce inspector tEat the Sc
Nor in point Of service, If not in years. /
is Roswell Bardsley, postmaster at 4
North Lansing, y. 7. He has been .
postmaster continuously for seventy
four years, having been appointed 0y
President John Quincy Adams He Is
ninety-fouT years oId
An Official OF the Indian Office has
been lately among the Indians. and i.e
describes an election for governor Of (
the Chickasaw nation in Pamela coun- I
y. Tex, there are sixty Chickasaw /
voters, but they have bigger time over
their election than the white peo-
PIE do n choosing President
The Indians cast their vote different
~ from the way the white man does
II. They meet the day before the cleo
uon-and none but Chickasaws by blood
are allowed 70 vote. No white men OF
intermaTTied citizens have the right Of /
suffrage They go of 10 themselves and 1
have pOwwow. They decide for whom
they viii vote after considering the
matter for twenty hours
The polling place is quite unlike that
Of the white man. There IS a great
sheet Of paper. white. yellow or brown
as the case may be, about three feet
square Upon this sheet Of paper are q
vast number OF cross lines, regularly
ruled on with q pencil. Then down
one side OF the sheet of paper are
placed the names of all candidates for
office, beginning with the candidates
for governor and running on down 70
precinct officers. At the top OF the
sheet are the number Of blank spaces
that VIII be required for the names Of
the voters.
Mr. J L Rodier, formerly Of the Gov
eminent Printing Office, IS editor OF the
Forum, at Frostburg. Nd.
According to a War Department CLERK,
who IS inclined TO historical research.
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