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VOL. VI--NO. 212. PECf?L?TTRACTIONS AT THE Side band suitings, closing price, 7c it yard. Outing cloths in beautiful patterns, xt8 and 10c a yard. Flannelettes in new and stylish ?itterns at 12?ca yard; Dress ginghams, 5, 8 and 10c a yard. A few pieces of Scotch ginghams at .'?)c, worth 25c a yard Still a ew challies at 4c and 6ic a yard. Also a few more pieces of checked mohair at 2?c a yard. "Jlohairs in all shades "at 23, 37$ and ?Oa a yard. White crooils in all the newest ma? terials and at lowest prices. A special bargain in pure Turkey ? ? 1 table co\-ers, 84, 75c and S 10 Slfc ? ich. Table linens, towels and napkins in ???'dless variety, and at prices that ilefy competition. Another case of white bed quilts at Ladies' aud Gents' underwear and ?rwiery in great assortment and at l -'ttom prices. Large stock of bleached and un : 'eacbed cottons and slieetiugsi n all widths. Childrens white lace hats and caps from 15c up. Fans, Fans, Fans, Fans, from 2c up. SSLER 4 SALEM AVENUE, S. W., aOAXOKE, - - - - VIRGINIA. 1 HEAL ESTATE Agt't 10.? JEFFERSON STREET, Loanoke, Va., OFFER THE FOLLOWING 103ft. on Albermarlc Street.. $1,90? 03 ft. on Franklin Road.2,200 \ Choice Cor. on Mountain St-. 3,000 10 > rt.on Roanoke St.(fineshade) 5,000 Fi lie Residence on .feffcrson St. 9,500 A rare bargain in an entirely j new residence in Hyde Park, ^ise contains Hot and Cold [ter, Stable, Coal and Wood ise. Will make terms to siU "purchaser. We have the cheapest busi? ness and residence properties"! in the city. Correspondence solicited SCOTT I Ml, ROANOKE. ILK ? COMPANY E. H. STEWART, President. H. G. COLE, Sec. and Treas. J. F. BARBOUR, (ien'l Manager. CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS, Uffiee with G-ray & Bos-vvelt., Jef? ferson Street. Large Brick Buildings a Specialty. feines built on easy payments. Patj ?onage solicited. Estimates cheer? fully famished on application. I NOTICE. ?t Cut to hi kiss I will offer uiy entire stock of DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOKS AT PRIMS COST TO DISCONTINUE BUSINESS. F. G. MAY, 112 FIRST AVENUE, S. W. AT COST. AT COST. augO 3wks L. F. BURKS, Practical Plumber GAS and STEAM FITTER. ?:o? And dealer in all kinds of Plumber, Gas and Steam Fitters' Supplies. Prompt Attention to Orders, and Satisfaction Gu -ran teed.' 715 Main Street, LTNCHBURG, VA. 115 Commerce Street, iel2-3mo ROANOKE, VA. H.I. LIHHEY, SIBERT& CO. Real Estate Agents, Moomaw Block, No. 9. We have a fine list of property from which to select. Ia location, price and terms, we hope to suit all. If you have PROPERTY To sell or exchange, call. Best of references given. junl? Im Still keep the largest assortment of HARDWARE In Southwest Virginia. They have just received a large sppuly ?uF Lap Robes, Horse Covers Breech Loading Guns, ?and? Sporting Goods. Miner's and Railroad Stipplie A Specialty. 17 and 19 Second Street, southwes HOLLINS INSTITUTE, VIRGINIA. For the higher education of young ladies, equipped at a cost of .$l",'0,000, employs 25 officers and teachers, 7 of whom are male professors, of hoth American and European training. Languages, Literature, Science, Arr, Music, Elocution, etc., are taught under best standards. For nearly a half century it has commanded public confidence without distinction of re? ligious beliefs. 1,200 feet above sea level, and surrounded by picturesque mountain scenery, it enjoys the fur? ther advantages of mineral waters and a bracing mountain climate. At? tendance last session 209 from 18 states. The 48th session will open September 17th. P. O. and Station, Hollins, Va. CHAS. H. COCKE, jy25-tf Business Manager. ENGLEBY S BROS.. manufacturers of TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE, and dealers in all kinds of COOKING and HEATING STOVES, -o Plumbing and Gas-Fitting, Roofiog Spouting and Jobbing. -o 19 Salem Avenue, ROANOKE, VA an5 6m ? ORMSBY'S CAFE. The Best and Most Popular Resort in the City. Ooly the Best Wines and Liquors are Served over the Bar. fm ci all lids In Season. By special arrangement wilh experi? enced buyers on the Norfolk market, we are enabled to supply our patrons with the best the market affords. Call and see us and you will be treated right. Ladies' and Gents' Diuirjg Room up stair 8. ORMSBY'S CAFE. CHAS .J. ORMSBY, u?r- Proprietor. V-apbell r ^nets. KOANOI AT ; COST For 30 Davs. OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF Consisting of Foreign and Domestic DRESS GOODS, Ginghams, Satines, Challies, Bleached and Unbleached Cottons and Sheetings, etc. WILL BE OFFERED AT PRIME COST FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS. Our Remnant Coun? ter is now ready, where you can select at any Price A Walnut, Ash or Ebony POLE GIVEN AWAY with every pair of Lacf Curtains bought to the value of $-\oo per pair or upwards. to call at Blonnt5s Diamonfl Front and uet 2 Cafe Laundry Soap For 5 Cents. C. F. BLOUNT, II CASH GROCER. m SALEM AVENUE. THE Mn$ Suing Cafo -AND DIMG ROOMS Are now prepared to furnish meals at POPULAR PRICES, Table boarders can be accommodated and will receive prompt and careful attention. STEAKS, CHOPS, AND ALL DISHES TO ORDER SERVED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE. Cold Lunch Counter attached, where cold lunches are served from 5 a. m. to 12 p. in. Fish, Clams and Game in season a specialty. Fred. Weber. DYEING, CLEANING and REPAIRING You will eave mouey by bringing your dirty cloXhes to be cleaned or dyed and repaired to me. Chirges moderate. Work first class. E. Wfclsak, Corner Campbell and Henry street?, Roan oka. Va tf pARR THE SIGN WRITER, COR u nBr Third avenue and'FIrBt street N, ttUB?&-it EE, VIRGINIA. FRIDA BRENT YS. BRENT THE TESTIMONY IS ALL IjJ AT LAST. /? INTERESTING WITNESSES TESTIFY. A Letter from -Lnc'llc"?Wliut Was ItrOUtflltOtlt 111 Mic T< sf Imoii.v Ml?s Templeton'* Compromising Letter? A Deelftlou Looked for Today. The iuterest in the Brent ease con? tinues to increase, and yesterday morning quite a crowd had assembled in the court room. C. A. Woolford, Jno. H. Kelly, J. T. Smoot and Lycurgus Blair testi? fied to the good character of the Bowles family. Mrs. Edgar Davis testified that plaintiff had made improper propos? als to her, and her husband corrobor? ated her. Dr. A. Z. Koiner and E. 11. Stewart testified that they had had dealings with plaintiff, and had found him un? reliable in his business transactions, and his general reputation was bad. William Miles testified that he had seen Miss Templetou at plaintiff's house. Colonel Hansbrough handed the witness a letter which he said he had seen in the possession of Brent. A marriage contract was drawn up between Brent and Miss Templetou and witnessed by him (witness), and a similar coutract was drawn up be? tween himself and Miss Templetou. All the contracts were made in fun: Witness had seen two letters to plain? tiff from Miss Teiupleton within the past six weeks. J. B. Powell, of Salem, t-stifled that Brent said he was drunk when he wrote the Teiupleton letters. He saw letters in which Brent said as soon as the suit for divorce by his wife was decided he would sue "for a divorce and marry Miss Templeton. W. H. Howies said he had eleveu bouses, with a monthly rental of $90. He said bis daughter was afraid to stay with her husband in his drunken sprees, and that plaintiff had decived her in many ways, representing be? fore marriage that lie had a home and property, which she afterwards found to bft untrue. Witness had written to the postmaster at Paris, Texas, to know if Brent bad married there. He received a reply that-a man named Brent married there seveaal years ago, and that bis wife is living at Coal Hill. Ark. The reply was signed Postmaster. The court then took a recess of an hour. After the recess Mrs. Howies corroh arated her husband's testimony and said Brent and his wife had lived with them fourteen months. Brent fie quently came Lome drunk and h 1 violent fits. She had never reruse< . plaintiff permission to see his child when he asked respectfulry. He had once threatened to kill them all o have the chiid. Miss Vaughn, of Texas, had written n letter threatening to sue him for bigamy if he did not write to his wife, Lucille. Mr Bowles wanted to give h" daughter a house and plaintiff curst witness because she would not sign a deed as he wanted. The plaintiff then introduced re? butting testimony. Mrs. Harvey tes? tified that the Teiupleton marriage contract was in fun. Miss Vaughn said the Lucille letter was a joke and known by all parties to be a joke. She was present when the Teiupleton contract was made and knew it to be iu fun. A letter was I produced which she said was in the handwriting of the postmaster at Paris, Tex., denying that he had ever written to Mr. Bowles, as was stated by witnesses for respondent. Judge Williams1 cross-examination brought out the fact that Miss Vaughn was a divorced woman, her husband having left her three years ago. The ?'Lucille" letter was pro? duced, and she declared it was merely a joke understood by all parties. She has been here since April. She was at the Brents for three weeks; Miss Templeton was there three days. Josiah Calvert testified that Mr. Bowles1 reputation in Bedford county was bad, but it was discovered that he had been a tenant of Mr. Bowles, and he had been ejected for non-pay? ment of rent. Miss Templeton next took the stand. She is young, pretty and jaunty. Ir terest reached a high pitch. She said that the marriage contract between herself and plaintiff was made in fun, as was their correspondence. In be gining the cross examination Colonel Hansbrough said that it was a task that pained him. He showed witness a letter which she acknowledged to have written to Brent, and which Colonel Hansbrough read. The let? ter was dated May 26,1890, and across the top was written in large letters, "Strictly Confidential." The writer began by saying she wanted to ask plaintiff one question: she had trusted him as she had no other man and wanted to ask if he had kept his promise and applied for a divorce. If he had not, she urged him to apply at once. She said if he had come to agreeable terms with his wife she would brave everything, but she never intended to marry another; if net, she entreated him to be true to his sacred pledges, and not bring upon her a great disappointment. The letter was written in a very en? treating and serious style, and after Col. Hansbrough had read a few sen? tences and asked if they were jokes, witness said portions of the letter were in fun. Finally, as Col. Hans? brough would read a clause and ask: "Is that a joke?" she remained silent but firm unt'l the last line was read. Two more letters were shown which she said passed between her and ' he plaintiff. The letter from witness Id plaintiff was dated June 5th, 1890, and the one from plaintiff to witness was dated June 10th, 1890. These letters wor? rend by counsel Lockett, and weie ordinary friendly letters. Coun? sel for respondent claimed these let? ters to be manufactured for the oc? casion, the ink having the appear? ance of being freshly written. T. e envelope in which one was sent could not be found and the other one wc.3 an old one. This closed the evidence. Mr. Lock-1 ett addressed the court for several | minntes. He said the evidence pro? duced by the respondent showed deep; malignity and that every effort possi-. blehad been made to blacken the] reputation of his client, and that; should the child be retained by its' mother the father would be forever j deprived of the privilege of seeing it. ; " Colonel Hansbrong-h replied briefly,' calling attention to the number of responsible persons who testified to the profligacy, immorality and total lY morning, augus unlitnesa of thetfather for rearing the child. fcJudge Williams followed in a scath ?peech, denouncing the plaiutiiT " e strongeststerms possible, e graphicalrfpdepicted the differ t scenes brojfrht out by the evi l/dence in the ca? and asked if the in Vhocent child wag to be trained in the course pursuedSby her father. He referred to MissMaughn as the Texas grass widow. 'Would not that pack ?of love letters fnm Mies Tcmpleton," said he, "make'Hfcice Sunday school pamphlet for thpchild ?" The judge I closed with a ffrong appeal to the court to refusfctlie petition. The court then adjourned until this a. m. at 10 o'clock. beate Springs, White Sulphu familiar face aufi on the streets. "You have n< I Roanoke is beinj body at the sjjfr how it was that derful progress! run with questl?. "Did yon ev? continued the subject ''well, 1 ways to witne away, the firs ulthongh a re8i my life. I wo :jr $100. The as old as slave pression "takih origin. -The cs Sweet ChalyU HOH BJ t uu IT. People at tlie S|Mhff? Desire to know the Secret of flbauoke's(Ironib. Captain M. MERogers has returned from a sojovrrnpEt the Sweet Chaly ?Va., and Greebrier I W- Va., and his I figure is agaia seen idea" said he "how ajked about. Every gtf avauted to know e uiade such won d I was just, over-1 see a cake walk'' tain changing the ' Orth going a long saw one while have ever seen, St bf the South all not have missed it ustoiu you know is and "to it the ex the cake" owes its e walk held at the e, and all the elite of the spring'?thero anil the Old Springs were pipsent. There was a hand of music, mad the walking was done in a big halL Only the girls are allowed to coihbete, although each rne walks witi}.a man. They were ..*ere in theirbXtft" rig, and thero were ;tliere judges.?jjs? of them a prominent j ulge from Njorfblk. A numberof es? tablished ru?,F including keeping time to the m?igovern the walking, and the oue walking most in conform? ity with - then.'takes the cake. Jf you haven! Km a c.ike-walk you want to." '.. llnsioiiary Con rent ion Lett Last aright. CLOSE o^:yUECOXVKXTIOX Tlie U oniauSir. Ad j Oil The Woman'l Missionary Conven? tion of the Synod of Southwest Vir? ginia was called to order yesterday morning by the president, Mrs. L. A. Fox. After prayer by Rev. J. A. Huf Card, Mrs. P. L. Terry, the treasurer. Uiade her annual report showing that $1,143.90 had been paid in. Miss .losie L'inbarger read the report of the cor? responding secretary, which showed the total membership of the societies in the Southwestern Synod to be 5M. The society decided to assist the church at Augusta, Ga., in connection with other synodical societies. It was further decided that assistance be given the Lutheran church at Kno:: ville, Rev. L K. Probst, pastor. It was requested that itvall our congre? gations childrens1 missionary societies be organized. At the aftataaaa freaaiflio, jftl \q\? dH cided to hold the next annual meetr1 ing in the college chapel at Marion. The closing exercises of the conven? tion were held last night. Rev. W. S. Huddle, of Marion, delivered an ad? dress on the "Possession of the World for Christ." A solo was sung by .Miss Dora Phlegar of Jacksonville. Miss May Sclierer read a practical paper on the right use of the missionary mite box. Hemarks were made by Pastor J. K. Bushneil, E. H. R?hn and Rev. J. A. Huffard. A special contribution for the convention was made as a i hank offering. The convention was one of the most interest'ng ever held by the wemen of the Southwestern Synod. About thirty delegates and visitors were in attendance. Dnnccil u JlK on Ills Hands, Sam Fields, a negro who has been acting very peculiarly recently and who at one time was confined in the asylum at Staunton, was arrested on '"Peach and Honey Hill" Tuesday night and locked up in the station house. When first confined he did not show many signs of imbecility, out gradually grew worse until it was .bund necessary to remove him to the city jail. It is said that just alter his confinement he afforded the prisoners in the station house much amusement by dancing a jig on his hands with as much ease as the average darkey does on his feet. He will be tried by the board of lunacy as soon as a meeting can be convened. Killed in the Yards. Carey Walker, a colored bral ~man on the Norfolk and Western, was killed Wednesday night. He wa;. fining against the rear of a car side acked near Park street when an en , ine from the West End backed uown against it. Walker was thrown across the track and run over. His hips were crushed and his head broken. Notwithstanding his fear? ful injuries, he crawled from the track before losing consciousness. Drs. Gale and Koiner did everything pos? sible to relieve his sufferings, but he died in a few minutes. Walker left a wife, who was terribly affected by his death. Died on (bo Train. A colored man named James Marsh, who originally came from Durham, N. C, was so badly shot in Pocahon tas Sunday night that he died on the Norfolk and Western train Wednes? day. Marsh was a participant in a bloody row, in which knives, pistols, shotguns and Winchester rifles were used, and he received five wounds, in? flicted with a 32-calibre pistol. Think? ing that he could not get well he boarded the train and started for home, but died just after the train left Radford. His body was brought on to Lynchburg and shipped to Dur? ham, N. C, yesterday afternoon. Male Dentists to Meet Here. The Virginia Dental Association will hold its annual session in this city, and will meet at the First we d school building on the morning of the 26th inst. It is expected that about seventy-five dentists from all parts of the State will be present, and be? sides transacting the routine business, a number of interesting papers on dentisty will be read and discussed. The dentists of Roanoke are busy making preparations to entertain their guests, but as they have not yet finished them, a program cannot be printed. Selecting a piano or organ is some? what like select'rga wife?pnactical!/ a life time afaJ \ T.Tefoie be sure yon get a good oae. No.oe but old established standard makes of instru? ments a^e-so'd by the Hobbie Mrs'c Co., Lynchbarg, Va." They nearer toueh shoddy, low grade gtfu?s. Caf? Wgoes firVe. T 22, IS90: POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS PAST AND PROSPECTIVE. WAT WE PAY AND WHAT WE GET KccciptN I'Dwnrd of $:{<>,000 a ml Ex ]gpen<IJturc? oT I.vSH Than 67,000-) What Lyucnburff ami Danville Get? A Talk With PoMtmaatcr Afiberry. The condition of the mail service in Southwestern Virginia, and especi? ally in this city, needs the attention of the postal authorities at Wash? ington. Complaints as to the inefficiency of the service are heard every day, though little has as yet been done to improve it. Today the service is little better than it was five years ago, when ttoanoke was a small town, and many of the flourishing little cities along the lines of the Norfolk and Western and the Shenandoah roads had hardly been heard of. The Postoffice Department has not kept up with the progress of this section, and, as a natural sequence, Roanoke and her sister cities of this section have nothing like the facilities en? joyed by many places of less than half the population and importance. Take as an illustration three Vir? ginia cities of nearly equal size. This will do more than any other one argu? ment to prove that Roanoke does not have anything like the amount of money to carry on the office'that it need". Here are the receipts and ex? penditures of these three offices for the year ending April 1. LYNCHBORG. Clerk hire. $o,!i Incidental. 1J7 Free delivery. 7,2v2 Postmaster's salary. 2,1.0 Total expenditures.$16,119 The gross revenue of the Lynchbu; j cilices for that year was $31,480, lea - ing a surplus, over and above the ex? pense of $15,161. Fifty-one per cent, of the gross receipts were used to carry on the office. DANVILLE. Danville's gross revenue for the postal service was $14,144, and 58 per cent, of this amount was used tocarry on the office, including the $2,400 paid the postmaster. Horb of these cities have public buildings, and on this ac? count there is no item of rent to run up the percentage as there is here. ROANOKE. Olerk hire. $2,000 Free delivery. 1,28* Postmaster's salary. 2,000 Total Expenditures. $'3,7:34 During the year the receipts of tin office here amounted to $17,000, l?ui they were constantly on the increase, aud the expenditure-tor^ollice exjpen Bes amounted to but 80 frer ieht. of the gross fl?eeipts 'of the^olflce? '-Ftfr*' the first quarter of the present year, Oeing from April 1until June80. the receipts of the office have been $7,770, und as they are constantly increasing, there is not a doubt but wtiat the ijross amount received here will be more than at the Lynchburg office. But eveu if there is no increase, and the three coming quarters will be as much as the first, the amount received it the office here will be $81,104, or within a couple of hundred dollars of the receipts of the Lynchburg office last year. But Lynchburg has $10,119 to pay its expenses, while Roanoke has but $6,784, though the gross receipts of the offices differ only a few hundred iollars. This is the state of affairs that is complained of. Postmaster tVsberry finds it impossible to furnish is good a service as he would wish, ind he could not furnish even as good is he does if it were not for tfte fact that he goes down into his own pocket to pay part of the expenses. T am obliged to supplement the salaries of the employes," said Mr. Asberry, or it would be impossible to furnish a service in any way accepta? ble. With the money allowed me to run the office I could not get men capable of doing the work." This is uot right, and the Government should not expect it of any one of its officers. The money at my disposal is too little to pay the "men. We should at least have as much as Lynchburg, where the service is much less difficult than it is in this city. In Lynchburg there is but a small transient population, while here this class is very large and there is a constant changing of ad? dresses. This makes the work of the carriers much harder and to a great extent delays the delivery of letters. No other city in the State, and bv* few in the country, has so great i* r-jmber of changes proportionate^ is do we. !-1r. "What is the remedy ? Why it .'s simply enough if we can only get ti e ear of the people at Washingto i. This sudden and rapid g owth of cities has been provided for in tl e estimates of the department, aj JI special provisions are often made f o j make the service of booming towns | as complete as possible. There is a' ways a fund at the disposal of the de? partment to be used for this purpose, though but little of it ever finds its way to the South. I have time and' again requested the authorities to look after the matter, and asked them to send a man here for the pur? pose of reporting on our poor facili? ties, but as yet nothing in this direc? tion has been done. We do not ask anyone to take our assertions un? backed. These are the comparative figures; they can see for themselves the unjust discrimination." It is not only from Roanoke that complaints of the poor servi"e comes. The complaint is general th.oashout the Southwestern section of the coun? try. The facilities hr ve not been at all improved during the past five years, while the country has been in the full Hood tide of progress, and towns are springing up in every direc? tion. The mail clerks on the roads running through the citv are the hardest worked men in the service, and yet they cannot keep np. Blue Ridge Springs, eleven miles below this city, is an illustration of the way in which the service is cor ducted. The Times has had complaints from its subscribers at that point time and again. They say that the paper does not reach them regularly, aud never in the morning, though it leaves this city promptly at 5:30. When it do?3 reach them, it is by way of Lynchburg, having gone through .' to that place, and sent back on the-, evening trains. There is but one; postal clerk on the early train, and he has more than he can possibly at- f tend to.' There are five mails leaving the city1 p: ! over the Norfolk and Western every i day, that is over the main line of the road. Most of the complaints come from the branches, and papers published along the Elkhorn and New River have long been calling the attention of the authorities to the in? efficient service, but without relief. Over the Shenandoah road there is but one mail every twenty-four hours, and the business men of "the flourish? ing valley towns have any number of tiraps asked for another, but without getting it. KOAXOKE AXO SOUTH ER.%. The Guaranty and Improvement Com? pany Meets and Organizes. The Roanoke and Southern Guar? anty and Improvement Company is now an established fact. Last night's meeting of the stock? holders and director.8 at Gray & Bos well's office ratified the charter that had already been placed on record and then accepted the by-laws of the company recently drawn up by Rob? ert E. Scott, the attorney. This was necessary before any busi? ness could be transacted by the com? pany. The meeting of stockholders I was largely attended, a majority of I the stock being represented. Vice I President Joseph T. Engleby, in the absence of President Simmons in the South, presided. No other business except the rati?catiou of the by-laws and charter was transacted. Immediately after the adjournment of the stockholders the board of di? rectors met. They simply did this to organize, and then they adjourned. All of the directors were present with the exception of Messrs. Simmons and O'Leary. In their absence it was de? cided not to discuss any business, as it was thought best to have a full at? tendance before this was done. On Monday evening at b o'clock the board will again meet at Gray & Boswell's, when important business will be dis? cussed and acted upon. Results at Hoaimoatli. .a First race, one mile?Bledsoe first*!. Chemise second, Ed Happel thir<iy; time 1:451. Second race, three-quar? ters of a mile, selling?Bertha Camp? bell lirst, Emma J second, Adventurer third; time 1:15$. Third race, handi? cap, and one and one-quarter miles? Rhona first: Reporter second; time 2:07. Fourth race, three-quarters of a mile ? Kildeer lirst, Hoodlum second, Kingman third; time 1:15L Fifth race, seven-eighths of a mile? Worth lirst, Sluggard second, Ken? wood thied; time 1:28. Sixtn race, one mile?Vendetta first, Ceawood second; time 1:45. Chesapeake finished first; disqualified for fouling Ven? detta: only three starters. Base Ball Unnic? of Yesterday. I5y United Press. Atlantic Association?Wilmington, 1; Lebanon, 3. New Haven, 10; Harrisburg, 0. Newark, 0; Baltimore, 2. American Association?Columbus, 12; Brooklyn, 4. Athletic, 1; Louis? ville, 2. St. Louis, 1; Rochester,:; (lirst game). St. Louis, 3; Rochester, H (sec? ond game). National League?Bostou. 8; Cleveland, 0. Philadelphia, 7; Pitt_ burg, 4. New York, 3; Cincinnati, 5. Chicago, 0; Brooklvn 4. Plavers' League? Boston, 10; "Buffalo, 1. Phil? adelphia, 8; Chicago, 7. New York, 13; Cleveland, 1". 'Brooklyn, /(;-Tpj*W?! burg, 1. Arrangements have beeb thade-.by wbicl^Bwttimore-^i^Ube^i^ mitted to the Am'erlKaTT'?ssorft?ioo.. linrd on the Central. BUFFALO,Aug. 21?Fifty non-union switchmen brought here by the New York Central to take strikers places, quit work this afternoon. They claim they were brought on a misrepresen? tation. This leaves the Central road iiere in as bad condition as at any time during the trouble. Pence Between Salvador and Guate* main. Pauls, Aug. 21.?A cablegram has been received at the Guatemalan legation here to the effect that peace has been signed between Salvador and Guatemala. Gen. V.. H. F. Lee Renomiuated. Special to The Times. _ LsBSBURG, Va., Aug. 21.?Gen. W. H. F. Lee was unanimously renomi nated for Congress yesterday. There was no opposition. Fearing a Panic. New YORK, August 21.?Money is so tight that a panic is feared. A Xotorions Segro Dead. "General Lee," the notorious negro who ?vascharged with killing a negro woman named Betty Harvey during the Christmas holidays, but who was released for want of sufficient evi? dence to convict, died on Bunker Hill about 10 o'clock yesterday morn? ing, and will be buried at the city's expense today. Sneaked to Roanoke. WTilliam McWilliams, was arrested in this city, and held for the Salem au thoritie?. He was in the police court in that town yesterday morning, and when no one was looking he quietly sneaked out and walked to Roanoke. ABOUT THE HOTELS. "Roanoke is the biggest little city I have seen in all my travels," said Lr. W. H. Cole to a Times reporter last night at the Hotel Roanoke. 1 have been on a month's trip throygh South? western and West Virginia, and 1 have seen nothing to compare with it, though every town I have visited is on a boom. This is to be, in my opinion, tlie very backbone of the State." Dr. Cole wears gold eye? glasses and a, white beard. He is a prominent druggist and physician of Danville, and was at one time its mavo:. He has been spending a couple of weeks at the White Sulphur Springs, and last night took a run over to Salem. Judge L. D. Yarnell, of Bristol, was at the Hotel Felix yesterday. Judge Yarnell is one of the youngest men on the bench in the State today. He is only 30, but he took up the study of law at a more than usually earlv age, and was not for very long a briefless barrister. Outside of his duties as a judge, he has a large prac? tice, and is one of the busiest man in the section. * * At the Continental Hotel yesterday, Mr. A. P. Rowe and his son were reg? istered. The gentlemen are here on business, ard have conrections with! some of the largest stock raisers in j the Southwest country. They are from | i?rederick8"jurg, and at their farm just outside of that historic city they breed some of the finest- cattle in the State. There specialty is Jerseys.and no two men are doing more than tbey to introduce this breed of rattle in Virginia. ' RICE FIVE CENTS CITY SCHOOLS. A STARTLING LACK OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN ROANOKE. OVER 4.030 0? SCHOOL AGE HERB. What the School Ceis-ny K'??wh-Ac coinmotfation* for Only 1,900 rn>tllM, What Superintendent ?err Say* ? Who Get the Scholarship*. The Roanoke city schools open Monday, September 8. The school census for this year has been com? pleted, and shows the following totals between the ages of 5 and 21: White males.i,390 White females.1.417 Total whites. 2,807 Colored males. 028 Colored females. 681 Total colored. 1,1509 Total school population.. 4,110 A Times reporter saw Superintend? ent Rush U. Derr yesterday. '"The school facilities," said he, "are inadequate for the school popu? lation. They are not ?s good as they should be, and the City Council should take more interest, in tarnish? ing school facilities. The schools were crowded last year, and but little over 50 per cent, of the population at? tended, according to the old census taken four years ago, ivhi'th shows not half as many pupils as the census for this year." The school buildings have a capac? ity of 1,000 pupils, distributed as fol? lows: First ward school, white. 500 Third. -200 tColorcd school. <?9 >- .? ??"_ Total.*.1,000 The school board recognizes the ne? cessity for bettor facilities, and have plans on foot for supplying the need. They will probably recommend at an early day the erection of two more good buildings, one in the northwest and one in the southeast section. The board and the superintendent were around Wednesday afternoon looking at tiie most eligible sites for such buildings, and it is probable that they will be erected, though no definite ac? tion has been taken. The school buildings have been ex? amined and found in good condition. Smie improvements have been or? dered xiade in the way of furniture. The board expects by the erection of the proposed new buildings to secure the attendance of a larger per cent age of the school population. Superintendent Derr says that, in his opinion, the city will never be brought up to a high standard of ex? cellence until a high school is estab? lished. The present curriculum of the schools includes only t he common school English course with elemen? tary latin aud algebra. Mr. Derr favors the establishment of schools of 'thhwftess in different parts of th'ecity where "they are ^needed, but^&ahso ?ry '?gm?vl.foe-4&i?c^.i^L?j; large^v-"^a*-(r^' course of st udy extensive e'HouT*h'tif"t prepare students for college or active business life. He thinks the estab? lishment of such a school would stimulate interest in the city schools, aud enable the whole system to do more effective work. There will be some changes in the teacher* for the schools this year. Prof. J. P. Manzey will succi ed Prof. W. M. Graybill principal of the First ward school, and Prof. T. Royal' Bickhajn will succeed Prof. E H. Kohn as pridcipal of the Third ward school. There will be no changes in the teachers of the colored school. The following are the teachers in the white schools, whose positions will be arranged by the su; erlntend ent: Misses A. R. Trent. Ida Cf. Hockaday, Katie M. Thomas, M. P. Stone, Mary W. Knox, Mary V.Brown, L?he A. EckloiT, Maggie Mitchell, Cora M. Board. Substitutes: Misses Mary Berlin. Mary L. Vaiden, 2?ina Craves, Electra Smith. Superintedent Derr has the appoint? ment of pupils to several :;tate insti? tutions. John Taynum has been ap-\ pointed a Stare pupil at the Peters burg College and Normal Institute from the colored school. Miss Julia Harrison has been appointed a fctat? student at the Female Normal Insti? tute at ParmviHe, from the Third ward school, and Winfree Reid, a son of D. W. Reid, has been appointed State pupil at the Vir? ginia Agricultural and Mechanical College at Blacksburg, from Third ward school. Mr. Derr has a num? ber of appointments to maka yet as follows: Three at William and Mary College, two at the State Agricultural and Me? chanical College, one at the Normal Female Institute at Farm vi lie, and one to the Petersburg College and f Normal Institute, colored. The places are usually filled by the pupils who have made the most creditable rec? ords in the public schools, but there are no applicants for some of these positions. Superintendent Derr says that city schools will be given the preference if they apply, but if no ap? plications are received from them others will be appointed. The Farmer??* Alliance. Special to The Times. ly1vchbur&, Aug. 21.? By tele? graphic request of General Lomax a committee was appointed by the State Farmers' Alliance to visit the Virginia Agricultural and Mechani? cal College to examine the workings and merits of that institution. Rich? mond was chosen as the next place of meeting. Shelving the Fores Wir. Washington, D. C, Aul'. 21?The postponement of consideration cf the .. Quay resolution this morning was the result of a conference held late last night, between the leaders of the Re? publican party in the Senate, Sena? tor Quay and Senator Edmund g both being present. The understand? ing is, subject to a caucus decision, that the election bUl is not to be taken up until December. fSjjT. To Work Sine Honrs. { Boston, Aug. 21.?The 500 furuace workers in Boston and vicinity have decided to inaugurate the nine hour, day on and after September 8th. The Weather Today. Washington, Aug. 21.?For Vir? ginia: Local rains; slightly cooler, except in Southwestern portion*, stat? ionary temperatuie\