Newspaper Page Text
VOL,. XVIII, NO.
"CLEVELANDS" ctipture everything
in the recent races at Kancsvll'.e, Ohio;
Savannah, Ga.; Chattanooga. Tenn.;
Butte, Montana; Three Hivers, Mich.;
Emporla, Kansas: Prague, Austria; Es
canaba, Mich.; Vtcksburg, Miss.; New
Bethlehem, Pa.; Knoxvllle, Tenn.; Ge?
neva, Ohio; Galena, Kansas; Paxton, HI.;
Green Bay, Wia.: Attica, Ohio; Rockford,
111.; Delaware, Ohio; Eldon, Iowa; Ko
nlgsburg, Germany; Ft. Yatcs, North
DaVota.
How Those "Clevelands" No. 29
Do Glide.
ROANOKE CYCLE CO.,
109 Salem Avenue.
is the Time
to ISuy.
The Iiong-Dolayed ami Much An?
ticipated Drop Han Coiuu..
All 1807 Columbias.$ 7/5 00
1807 Tandems. 125 00
180(5 Models 40, 41, 44. 00 00
18!HS Model 42. 50 00
1800 Diamond Frame Tan?
dems. 80 00
1897 Hartfords, patterns 7,
8, 0 and 10. 50 00
1807 Hartfords, pattern 1.. 40 00
181)7 Hartfords, pattern 2.. 45 0D
180(5 Hartfords, pattern 5
and 0. HO 00
The Strongest and Lightest Run?
ning Bicycle in the World To-day.
EDWARDS. GREEN }
Manufacturing Joweler, A
6 SALEM AVE. *
J Store closes at 7 p. m. except Sat- ?
J turdays and paydays.
How is This?
Spaldintj. Model No. 624
One "FPALDING" 1800 $100 Wheel,
with 1S07 Tires, Saddle, Handle Bars
and Pedals for
One Ladv's 1SDB $100 Wheel, with
1897 improvements, for
SSO.
?4?
THE FISHBURN CO.,
lO Campbell Avc,
AND
HAINES
RIANOS
Are Strictly High Grade.
Call and examine our LARGE STOCK
before buying.
Prices and terms
****JUARANTEED.
J. E. ROGERS & CO.,
DEALERS,
I?o. 11 s. Jetterson St.
(easy payments)
-Will buy a Model B "RELAY."
-The best wheel for the money.
-Our $75 and $100 Wheels are
-strictly hi?h grade.
ENGLEBY BRO. & CO.
-TIIK
National M\im Mm,
ROANOKE, VA.
A School for Both Sexes.
Four Full Courses: Normal English,
Shorthand and Typewriting, Actual Com?
mercial Work, Preparatory English and
the Public School Branches.
A growing institution with something
back of the work.
17 students August, '01, and 108 All
gust, '97.
Write for new catalogue.
OHAS. E. ECJKEULE.
Prcsl<teitt.
100
ROA
WILL THERE
BE_A DEAL?
An Interesting Rumor About Vir?
ginia Politics.
- i
A WASHINGTON DISPATCH 2SAYS
THAT THE TICKETJ WILL BE TY?
LER AND ELLYSON, AND THAT
TYLER WILL TRY TO SUCCEED
SENATOR MARTIN, THUS LEAV?
ING THE GUBERNATORIAL
CHAIR FREE FOR MR. ELLYSON.
Richmond, Auk. '0.?(Special.)?It Is
thought there 'will be a .ballot taken at
the Roauoke convection. Mr. Carter
Glass will nominate Major Tyler, Col.
Boykin will place Mr. Ellyson in nomina?
tion and the other candidates will be
nominated. When the point in the vote
is reached where Major Tyler receives
the nomination, Mr. H. B. Boudar, who
heads the lists of Mr. Ellyson's delegates
will rise and move to make Major Tyler's
nomination unanimous.
Regarding the chairmanship of the
par'y, it has been stated"that the First
and Third Congressional^districts are al?
most unanimously in favor of Mr. Elly?
son, and it has been learned'that he is
especially favored by the delegations
from the country.
Captain William M. Billard, of the
capitol police department,may go to Roa?
uoke as a Halifax delegate. He is having
a master budge made. It will consist of
red, white an?1 blue ribhon, the streamers
being two feet long, on the red ribbon
being the name of Major J. H?ge Tyler.
On the white will be the Chicago plat?
form. The blue ribbon will bear the
name of Senator John W. Daniel. Cap?
tain Dillard will attach thu ribbons ton
large picture of William J. Brynn.
Colonel Jpines D. Brady will come here
from Petersburg to-morrow to coufnr
with the committee on commerce and*
commercial usages of the chambc o*
commerce. Mr. Leon Wallerstein, chair?
man of that committee, in reply to a
communication of Colonel Brady asking
for an opportunity for the citizens of
Richmond to lay before him their rea?
sons for desiring the retention of the in?
ternal revenue oflice here, this morning
received a letter from the new collector
appointing to-morrow as the time at
which he would be pleased 'to meet the
city representatives. Gentlemen repre?
senting the tobacco and liquor trade will
also be present. The place of meeting
has not been determined.
A special telegram from Washington
to-day contains a statement to the effect
that Mr. Ellyson would be nominated for
lieutenant-governor of Virginia: that
when the time comes for the election of a
United States Senator to succeed Senator
Martin that Tyler would stand before the
legislature?if not an active candidate,at
least willing to accept the seat in the
United States Senate. He further stated
that Tyler, being a most popular man in
Virginia,would have no trouble in being
elected Senator to succeed Martin, and
that Ellyson lwing lieutenant-governor
would become governor of Virginia. The
uentleman who gare the information said
that nothing could 'preveut Tyler's flec?
tion to the Senate except an unequivocal
and unevasive declaration from Ellyson
not permitti if; his name to go on the
Democratic ticket for lieutenant-governor.
Friend" of Senator Martin when ques?
tioned last night concerning the reported
candidacy cf Tyler for the Senate said that
they did not believe. Tyler has any such
aspirations, but that If be did they could
not be gratified. As one Democrat put it:
"The governor comes from a wrong sec?
tion of the State to have sensational aspi?
rations. He is from Pulaski ccunty,
which is located in a Republican Con?
gressional district. It is hardly probable,
that a Democratic legislature would re?
ward a Republican district by giving it
a United States,Senator. The next Demo?
cratic Senator from Virginia must como
from a rock-ribbed Democratic district."
A well developed case of leprosy has
been discovered in Chesterfield county,
a few miles below Richmond. The vic?
tim is Mr. H. L. T. Turner, a prominent
citizen. He is under the treatment of
Richmond physicians, who pronounce the
disease lepro-vulgaris, which is a kindred
complaint, if not synonymous to Orlen
tal leprosy. Mr. Farmer was iu the city
to day on his way to the Healing Springs,
where he will spend six weeks, with the
hope that the baths there will improve
bis condition. Bis wife has contracted
the disease through nursing him and
sores have broken out on her hands. It
Is not considered very contain ins.
Messrs. J. Moses and W.Chap Maupin,
of Charlotte, N. O, formerly of Roanoke,
were in Richmond to day on their way to
Baltimore.
Messrs. J. Payne Thompson and Lee
Powell, former Konnokers, will probably
l>e at the convention.
A TRAMP'S CONFESSION.
Iron Mountain, Mich., Aug. 6.?Peter
Bons, the tramp, charged with the mur?
der of Pearl Morrison at Crystal Kalis,
has confessed that he 'assaulted the girl
and then strangled her to death. The
confession was secured by "a detective
who visited "Bons, clad in a priest's garb,
and was heard by others. The excite?
ment over the confession may*result lu
Bons' 'ynching.
OUT FOR OKT?TCE.
Chicago, Aug. 0.?Col. James Se.> ton
was to-day named as a candidate for
commander-in-chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
^. Better get ready
E))^ a for the bicvele races
Jurnvyl mouth; come
JHfr ?n an*' get a little
No. 20 Cleveland,
^^Kr "the only wheel on
UilpUA&L-' ^ o'id wheel and
ROANOKE CYCLE CO.,
108 Salem avenue s. w.
NOKE, VA., SATU1
THE TREASURY ROBBED.
A Negro Laborer Gould Not Resist
the Temptation.
Washington, Aug. 6.?During the pro?
gress of the count and weighing of the
silver in the vaults or the Treasury to -
j day incident to the transfer of the Gov?
ernment funds to the new United States
Treasurer, Thomas Martin, of this city,
a laborer engaged in handling the bags,
was arrested upon a charge of abstract
i ins silver from the vaults. A shortage
of $10 was found 'last Monday in the
weigh* of one of the bags. Another
shortage of $IS was found tD-day.
Martin was suspected, and a watch
was put upon him when he left the
vaults during the noon rest. After leav?
ing the vault Martin went ii-to the base?
ment, where there is a pile of firewood,
and hid the eighteen silver dollars among
the sticks. As soon as he left the cellar
the light was turned on and the money
discovered. The case was put into the
hands of Chief Hnzen, of the secret ser?
vice, who placed Martin under arrett and
took him to bis office,where Martin made
a written confession. Slugs of lead were
put into the bags to balance the weight
of ?he coin abstracted.
Martin has been a helper at eight
weighings of the Treasury cash, and
never before has been suspected of wrong
doitift The whole amount taken was$26,
of which Martin had spent $0.50 , the
remainder being recovered.
The penalty in this case is a term in
the .penitentiary of from one to ten years
and a line of not more than $5,000, or
both.
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT.
Wheat and Cotton Helping to Restore
Long-Delayed Prosperity.
New York, Aug. 0.?Dun's Review of
Trade to-morrow will say:
Last month was the first in four years
in which the volume of business reported
by clear Ins houses was larger thau the
I same month since 1802. Telegraphic dis?
patches from all parts of the country this
week show gratifying improvements,
partly due to the large yield of wheat and
the good prices being obtained for the
rcrop, though the crop will probably not
be as large nor are the prices thus tar as
high as they were In 1802.
Cotton orices are higher and the yield
will probably bo larger than prevailed in
lfcQ J. Other farm products are realizing
good prices. The possible decrease in
the yield of corn may help^tbe market to
dispose of the enormous surplus brought
over from last year.
It is the wtong season to expect much
from industries yet There has been a
material increase in the number of hands
employed in the manufacture of iron, he
cause of the satisfactory adjustment'of
the wage disputes with the Amalgamated
Association, resulting in the opening of
numerous establishments which have
liten waiting for the settlement ot the
question, while the strike of the coal
miners seem eachs day more likely to re
slut in a permanent, settlement beneficial
to both parties. Meanwhi'e the demand
for most finished products is steadily in?
creasing.
The volume of business measured by
actual payments through the clearing
houses is .28 1-10 larger than lrv?t year.
The failures for the *-eek were 237,
agaiust 2-1(1 for the same week last year.
FOSTER IS SANGUINE.
Says He Relieves His Mission Abroad
Was a Success.
New York, Aug. 0.?The American
liner St. Louis arrived this afternoou
from Southampton in six days four hours
and forty-flve minutes, two hoars behind
her best record.
Among her passengers was Hon. John
W. Foster, United btates seal commis?
sioner, who brings back with him a se?
vere criticism of the recent report of the
British government, which was issued
through Prof. Darcy Thompson. The
criticism is by J. H. Leiber, the expert
on sealing of the American Commission
Company.
Mr. Foster said that he believed that
his mission abroad had heen.n sfuccssful
one. Lord Salisbury had been converted
to the American view and the seal ques?
tion would be amicably .settled][at a con?
ference at Washington,
Chang-Yen-Moon, the Japanese special
ambassador at the queen's jubilee, was
also a passenger on the 8t. Louis.
MILLS START UP.
Chester. Pa., Aug. 6.?TheJCrozer mills
in Chester and Upland,' which for some
month back have been run but for four
?'ays a week.will be put on full time com?
mencing on Monday next.
BELGIUM IS ARBITRATOR.
Yokohoma, Aug.G.?It is semi-officinlly
announced that Japan has suggested that
Belgium be selected as arbitrator in the
question in'dispute netween Hawaii and
the Japanese government.
AFTER 20 YEARS. ~
Several weeks ago A. P. Bennois,of the
St. James Hotel, wrote his sister, who
lives in Buenos Ayres, South America,
to know if she knew the whereabouts of
his brother, Jake, whom he had not seen
for twenty-'dx years, and had not heard
from for years. His sister at once for?
warded the letter to her brother in Chili,
which he received iu due couise of time.
He at once bundled up and came to the
United States. As soon ns he arrived in
I Roanoke he went to the St. James, but
the younger brother had gone to his
home in the country. In the evening
' they met, and after lelug separated for
I twenty-six years A. 1'. Bennois and
Jacob Bennois were re-united.
Dissolution No-ice.
os .1 ri. v 31ST THE r i km of O ILK F.?
SOX Je TA Y LOR dissolved, Mit.
I). M. TAYLOR im itciiASIXO tiik
istekkst OK Mit. w. p GILKESON.
Mi:. TAYLOR wn.t. contini r THE
nUSIXESS As iibkktofore, striyinu
to make 112 jefferson street THE
MOST popular place tor hats a s1 >
Men's furnishings is tiik citv.
all parties indebted to the oi.i>
fihm auk ueque8ted to settle at
the earliest moment.
RDAY, AUGUST 7.
THE OHIO
CAMPAIGN.
Gen. Warner Predicts a Glorious
Victory for Silver.
THERE IS NO DISSENSION IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN OHIO.
THEY &.RE MAKING A GREAT
FIGHT F0R;A GREAT PRINCIPLE.
REPUBLICANS BREAKNG LOOSE
FROM THEIR PARTY-CONFU
SON AND WRANGLING.
WasinhgtoD, Aug. C?Gen. A. J. War
ner, of Ohio, tb.3 great npostle of bimet?
allism, was iu the city for a short time
to-day. lie brings the most encouraginQ
reports from Ohio about the condition of
affairs there and the approaching .cam?
paign.
fc>"It is all nonsense," said he, "to talk
about there being any d'ssenslon *in the
Democratic party in Ohio. 'We are mak?
ing a great fight for a great principle,
and I know of no man in the whole Suite
who last year had his shoulder to the
wheel who is uot now actively and enthu?
siastically cugaued iu the same good
work. I have beeu over a great deal of
the State and talked with the people, and
I am confident that where there were
four votes for Bryan In 18915 there will be
five, and in many places six and seven,
this year.
"I kno*v personally of many instances
where Republicans were afraid to cut
loose from party tie? and [vote for free
coinage because tiny were not. able to
convince themselves that the currency
and not the tariff was what was causing
our depressed condition. These men
were coerced by the banks aud given all
sorts of campaign promises. They have
seen how these promises were redeemed;
they have witnessed the self-evident fact
that the "lection of n Republican Presi?
dent did no bring good times, but, that
on the contrary times are harder aud
prices are lower for what they produce,
and they will now soou be [compelled to
pay more tor what they buy. These men
were deceived once, but they will not be
deceived again. They are coining over
to us by the"hundreds throughout^the
whole Stats."
When asked bow the gold Democrats
would figure in the election Mr. Warner
replied:
"There were some gold Democrats in
the last election who believed that the
policy represented by Mr. Bryan was not
the proper one, but tbeso men have seen
the error of their ways and are returning
to tho old party. Whenever they come
and ask for admission we ireoly and
gladly grant it, but we tell them they
must come in with us and be one of us.
The doors are always open for them, but
those doors swing inward and not out?
ward. They must not expect us to go to
them: they must come into the fold, and
if they do this, we consider them good
Democrats once more. We have taken
in hundreds of these gold Democrats.
The accessions to our ranks by the return
of our erring brethren and by the accept?
ance of the faith of free silver by tho Re?
publicans who can no longer support the
policy of that party has swelled our vot?
ing strength immensely, aud I make the
prediction that we will carry tho State
and elect the legislature by a very com?
fortable majority.
"The Democrats are united in fighting
for tho common cause. We are not torn
by clissension, but every man is rallying
around a banner that represents a grand
principle, and when the vote is cast this
year it will be found that tho Democracy
of Ohio has spoken in nu uncertain tones
as to what she believes the policy of the
future ought to be.
"In the camp of the Republicans there
is confusion and wrangling. Mr. Banna
is unpopular and his candidacy is not
taking well with the rank and file of the
party. The appointments from that
State made by the administration are a
disappointment, and have caused wounds
that cannot l>e healed. If any cue hero in
the East believes there is not an irre?
pressible conflict between Senator Banna
anil Senator Foraker, let him go through
the State, and he will bo convinced
otherwise. That conflict does exist and
it is cropping out everywhere. The Sena?
tor himself does not seem to lie taking any
part in it, but everywhere the Foraker
element is unsheathing its knife for tho
man who is trying to become the boss in
Ohio Republican politics. Mr. Banna
is already feeling the effect of the fight
being made in his own camp, and it
will work to his undoing before the cam
paii. n is over.
"Taking the situation in ourStato from
any point of view the outlook is good for
Democratic success and the election of
our candidate for governor and of the
whole legislative ticket. Mr. Chapman
is an admirable candidate. Ho voted for
free s'lver with me thirty odd years ago.
Be has always been a consistent fieo sil?
ver advocate and is very popular among
the people. There are no thorns in our
pathway, and I look for a triumphant
victory when the votes are cast."
LYNCHED MAN'S INSURANCE.
Atlanta, 6a., Aug. fi.?Insurance poli?
cies to the amount of $12,001) on the life
of Dr. W. L. Ryder, who was lynched by
a mob for shooting his sweetheart, were
paid this morning to his brothers. The
companies did not contest the claim,
though this is tho first time they were
called upon to pay feraman killed by
lynching. Ti e brothers put the entire
I amount in the fund to prosecute the
lynchers,which will make fat pickings for
I the lawyers interested.
WHEAT LOSES THREE CENTS.
New York, Aug. ft.?Vho bears were
hammering the prices of wheat ofl more
than thre* cents a bushel. Bull confi?
dence was badly shaken by sharp declines
In the Liverpool and Berlin markets ac?
companied by "liberal . selling orders for
foreign account.
1897.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Philadelphia?Philadelphia, 2 runs,
3 hits, 2 errors. New York. ?> runs, 12
hits, 1 error. Batteries: Fiflefd and
Boyle; Seymour and Wilson.
At Boston?Boston, 0 runs, 12 hits, 1
error. Baltimore, 5 runs, 10 hits, 1 er?
ror. Batteries: Klobedanz and Bergen;
Pond and Clark.
At Brooklyn?Brooklyn. 15 ruus, 15 hi ts,
2 errors. Washington, .1 runs, 9 hits, 7
errors. Batteries: Fisher and Grim; Mc
James and McGuire.
At Chicago?Chicago, 7 runs, 11 hits, 4
errors. Cleveland, 5 runs, 13 hits, 4 er?
rors. Batteries: Griffith and Donohue;
Wilson and^McAUister.
At St. Louis?Fourteen innings?St.
Louis, 4 runs, 12 hits, 2 errors. Pitts
burg, 5 runs, 18 hits, 3 errors. Bat?
teries: Donohue and Douglass; Hawley
and Merritt.
Standing ok thk Clubs. W L P Ct
Boston. 69 27 687
Baltimore. 54 28 ?59
Cincinnati. 54 28 659
New York. 50 31 617
Cleveland. 45 41 533
Philadelphia. 42 46 477
Chicago. 41 48 462
Pittsburg. 39 40 456
Louisville. 40 50 444
Brooklyn. 30 48 430
Washington. 31 54 804
St. Louis. 24 07 202
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
STANDING Of TUK CLUBS. W L P Ct
Newark. 57 35 620
Lancaster. 52 37 584
Hartford. 50 41 549
Richmond. 44 39 530
Norfolk. 43 43 500
Patersou. 43 48 473
Athletics.38 51 427
Reading. 28 62 311
THE CANADIAN WON.
Bald and Cooper Defeated at Willow
Grove Yesterday.
Willow Grove..Pa., Aug. 0.?The cham?
pionship races of the League of American
Wheelmou held here today befote 10,000
people resulted as follows:
Mile, national championship, profes?
sional?Fred. J. Longhead, of Sarina,
Out., first; Eddie Bald, of BufTalo.secoud,
Eiul Riser, cf Dayton, O., third. Time,
2:0S 3-5. This is the fastest competition
mile done this year and it also lowers the
State record.
Quarter mile, national championship?
Longhead first; Cooper, second; Randall,
third. Time. 32 seconds.
Mile, amateur championship?House?
man, first; Miller, second; Llewellyn,
third. Time, 4 minutes.
Mile, 2:05 class, professional?Mertens
first; Butler second, Sims third. Time,
2:11.
Gardner rodo a mi 1c agninst time in
1:80 3-5.
Thitd of a mile, open, 'amateur?Llew?
ellyn first. Fearing second, [Nelson third.
Time, .43 8-5.
Starbuck rode a miio agaiust'tinie in
1:44 3 5.
WILL MAINTAIN ORDER.
Governor Atkinson Will Not Interfere
With Any Peaceful Meeting.
Washington, August 0.?Governor At?
kinson, of West Virginia, has written'a
reply to the labor leaders who recently
conferred with him regarding the "doers'
strike, in which he said:
'?So long as the workingmen of this
State conduct their cause !n a lawful and
peaceful manner, it will be my duty, as
it will be my pleasure, to protect them;
but if they should, in an ill advised
hour, violate the law by 'Interfering *ith
the rights or property of others, it will
bo my sworn duty to repress energeti?
cally and speedily all lawlessness, aud to
see that the public peace "is maintained
at all hazards, and that the property of
our people is protected; for we must all,
whether rich or poor, employer or em?
ploye, high or low, respect aud obey the
[law."
MUCH ALARM FELT.
Cleveland Coal Men .Viewing tho Coal
Strike With Much Apprehension.
Cleveland, Aug." 0.?Cleveland coal
men are viewing the coal strike situation
with much apprehension. They are
deeply interested in the mass meeting to
be held'in tho ClearfieldJ district in Penn?
sylvania, the striko has not reached. Ad?
vices in Cleveland are to the effect that
De Arniltt's mines are paralyzed, and the
teellug Is here that there may be an
absolute tieup. Resumption of work by
several of.Cleveland'.iJlargomanufactories
will rapidly decrtase the supply of coal
in this city and much alarm is'folt.
BATCH FORD'S BULLETIN.
Columbus, Aug. 6.?Bulletin No. 3, by
President Ratchford to the coal miners,
recalls the meeting of labor chiefs at
Wheeling,and their uuanmity and asserts
that if the miners lose it will be their
own fault. Western Pennsylvania has
added 1,000 miners to the li?t of strikers.
This includes three Do A rm it t. mines.
J"*,West Virginia is* now", the battle
ground. A more thorough campaign is
about to be started there. Miners are
congratulated for good order.
THE SOUTH POLE SEARCH.
London, Aug. 0.?A special dispatch
fr'Mii Antwerp to-day says that the neces?
sary sum of money to defray the expenses
of the South Pole expedition having
been assured by the vote of a further
credit of 5", 000 francs, the .steamer Helgic
I with the South Pole exploring expedition
ou boaid will leave Antwerp ou August
15.
FEELING IS STRONG.
Cincinnati, Aug. 0.?The feeling at
Urbana is strong against Governor Bush
? ell, of Ohio.fornttemptingtooust Mayor
Ganson and Sheriff McLaio, and there is
serious talk of Instituting counter pro?
ceedings to oust, the governor, oil th''
ground that he failed In his duty to fur
nish the necessary militia to suppress the
mob.
HE INHALED GAS.
New York, Aug. 6.- August Kessner,
aged JO years, committed suicide this
afternoon by Inhaling illuminating gas
in the bath room of bis apartments at
No. 119 East Eighty third street.
PRICE 3 CENTS
MR, SCOTT
JS DEAD.
The Office of Attorney General of
Virginia is Vacant.
HE PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME
IN WARRENTON^f.YESTERDAY
MORNING, WHERE HE WAS BORN
AUOUT SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
LONG RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF
THE [ABLEST LAWYERS AT THE
VIRGINIA BAR.
A telegram was received in this city
yesterday morning from R. Carter Scott,
son of Major R, Taylor Scott, attorney
gcueral of Virginia, announcing the
death of his father which occurred dur?
ing the night previous. The telegram
was addressed to Robert E. Scott, of
this, city, a half brother of the deceased
The death of Major Scott was unexpect?
ed, although it was generally known that
he was a very ID man, and had been so
for some time.witb typhoid fever.but the
general impression was that be was bet?
ter.
Mr. Scott leaves a family consisting of
his wife, a son, R. Carter Scott, and two
daughters, Misses Rosa .and Mazie. His
wife was a daughter of Major Richard
Heniy Carter, of Fauquior county, who
was appoiutcil consul to Panama under
the administration of Presideut Hayes.
Ho died at his post of duty and the re?
mains were brought back to Virginia and
buried near his home.
Deceased was :t son of Robert E. Scott,
of Warrentou, one of tbe best known and
most prominent lawyers iu his section of
the State. Bis father was married three
times, first to a "Miss Taylor, the daugh?
ter of Robert S." Taylor, of Alexandria.
Maj. R. Taylor Scott, the subject of this
sketch, was the only child by this mar?
riage. After the death of hl<> mother,
?Major Scott's father again'marrted, this
time a Miss Morsnn, of Richmond. As
a result of this marriage there were
four children, a son, John Scott, who is
now dead and three daughters, two of
whom are living. Bis second wife after?
wards died, when bo married ibe daugh?
ter of James Lyons, of Richmoud. His
third and last wlfo was tho mother of
Robert E. Scott, of this city, and of three
daughters, 0110 of them, the wife of ex
Congressmau Elliott, of the Richmoud
district. At the time of his death Major,
Scott was about 05 years of age. He was
a member of the law firm of Brooke &
Scott, this firm being recoguir.ed as one
of the ablest in the State. When the
war broke oat ho went forth to battle for
the principles his State hsd espoused, go?
ing into tho war as a captain. By his
soldierly bearing and executive ability
he was advanced to the rank of major. *
After tho war was over he was made a
member of tho constitutional convention
which framed tho present constitution
under which wo live. He served two
terms in the State legislature aud eight
years auo was elected attorney-genera'
under the administration of ex-Governor
McKinney. Pour years aftei when Gov?
ernor O'Ferrall was elected, Major Scott
was re-elected f'?r another term of four
years to tho office which he hail so accept?
ably filled, and were it not for his death
his name would have gone before the
Roanoke couventlon next week for re
nomlnation with a fair show of having
the honor again thrust upon him. His
death will somewhat alter the political
situation when tbe convention assembles,
ds it was believed by many that he would
bo the nominee for the attorney-general?
ship.
Robert E. Scott,brother of the deceased
was not ir. the city when the telegram
came, but it was forwarded to him iu
Iiinden, Va., by his law partner, Hon.
A. P. Staples. The telegram stated that
tho funeral would probably bo on Suuday
mornlng.
nuiii grade Key West and Domestic
CIOAItS IN LIGHT COLORS. OUR last
SHIPMENT ok THK above roods WE AUK
GLAD to bt ATE REACHED os in MUCH
LIGHTER colors, ENABLING V8 to Sl'IT
ALL tastes. massik's PHARMACY.
LADIES WERE INTR1GUEING.
Berlin, Aug. li.?According to a dis?
patch from Constantinople to the Neue
Krele Pree fourteen ladies of the imperial
harem have been arrested on the charge
of complicity with tho intrigue of the
Young Turkey party.
HARVARD PROFESSOR DEAD.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 0.?Frederick De
Forest Allen, Ph. I).. for seventeen years
professor of classical philology at Har?
vard University,died to day from the effect
of a paralytic sl'ock, aged 53. Curtin,
whose pupil he was, mentioned him
profusely iu his work.
I THE WORLD RENOWNED |
Sole Dealers.
,? Factory Pi tees I K?ny ra> mem-.: ^
I W No In tere.t I &
