The Roanoke times. [volume], August 06, 1890, Image 1

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i OL. VI?NO. 198.
AT THE
ONE-PRICE ML
Side band suitings, closing price, 7c
a yard.
Outing cloths in beautiful patterns,
at 8 and 10c a yard.
Flannelettes in new and stylish
patterns at 12?c a yard.
Dress ginghams. s and lOca yard.
A few pieces of Scotch ginghams al
20c, worth 25c a yard
Still a ew challies at le and Gica
yard.
Also u few more pieces of cheeked
mohair at 25c a yard.
Mohairs iu all shades tit 25, o7.j and
50c a yard.
White goods iu all the newest ma?
terials and at lowest prices.
A special bargain in pure Turkey
red table covers. S-4, 75caud 8 10 S7ie
each.
Table linens, towels and napkins in
endless variety, and at prices that
defy competition.
Another ease of white bed quilts at
n pleach.
Ladies' and Gents1 underwear and
hosiery in great assortment and at
bottom prices.
Large stock of bleached and un
bleached cottons and sheetings in all
widths.
Children* white lace hats and caps
from 15c up.
Fans, Fa:iv Fans, Faus, froui 2cup.
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134 SALEM AVENUE, S. W..
sTn^^OKE, - - - - VIRGINIA.
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the slightest proof of the
slightest adulteration in the
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WHITE BREAD
FLOUR.
Try '"WHITE BREAD" and
you will
Use No Other.
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C MA?KLEY & CO.,
?THE?
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124 and ! 26
First Avenue, S. w ?
ROANOKE COLLEGE,
SALEM VA.
Choice of courses; commercial de?
partment: library 17,000 volumes
good morals; healthful cilmate; very
moderate expenses. Students fifteen
States, Ind. Ter., Mexico, and Japan.
:38th year begins Sept. 17th. Illus?
trated catalogue free. Address
JLIAUS. D. D RE HER, President,
Salem, V^J
COST
For 30 Davs.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF
DRY
Consisting of Foreign and
Domestic
l)RESi:> GOODS,
Ginghams,. Satines, Challies,
Bleached and Unbleached
Cottons and Sheetings, etc.
WUA. BE OFFERED AT
PRIME COS T
FOR TU E N EXT
30 DAYS.
Our Remnant Coun?
ter is now ready,
where you can
select
REMNANTS
at any Price
A Walnut, Ash or Ebony
POLE GIVEN AWAY with
every pair of Lacf Curtains
bought to the value ' f ??.oo
per pair or upwards.
11AUI
42 Salem avenue
ino
W
iniiii:
5(10 V LADIES
to call at
,4'm T~li?*.iv?/"ivi?! TJi
tSUMOlH
AND OET
2 dates Lannflry Soaj
For 5 Cents.
C. F. BLOUHT,
THE CASH
154 SALEM AVENC E.
MONEY TO LOAN
THE PEOPLES- PERPETUAL
LOAN - ^ - BUILDING
ASSOCIATION
will lend money on long time and easy
payments. Shares may be taken at
any time. Apj.lv to
WM. F. WINCH.
Secretary and treasurer,
gootn 1, Masonic Temple. apl tf.
it M ts M Mmi
I vrill offer my entire stock of
DRY m, BOOB
AND SHOES AT
PRIME COST TO DISCONTINUE
BUSINESS.
F. G. MAY,
142, First avenue. S. W
AT COS!. AT COST
jy IS 2w.
C A. HEATH,
The well-known Jefferson Street
BARBER,
Hack *ope ued a Barber Shop iu Hotel
Roanoke.
ROANOKE,
ROANOKE.
BUG ? COMPANY
E. IL STEWART, President,
IL Gf. COLE, Sec. and Treas.
J. F. BARBOUR, Gen'1 Mauager.
*?ilit-t* with Gray. & Boswkll, Jef?
ferson Street.
Large Brick Building? a
Specialty.
Homes built on easy payments. Pal
ronage solicited. Estimates cheer?
fully furnished on application.
J. E. BABBOUR,
GENERAL MANAGER,
je ll-tf.
EVANS I CHALMERS,
Still keep the largest
assortment of
HARDWARE
In Southwest Virginia.
They'have just received a large sppulj
?OF?
Lap Robes, B?rse Covers
Breech Loading Guns,
?akt)?
Sporting Goods.
Miner's and Railroad Supplie
A Specialty.
!7 and 19 Second Street, south wee
THE
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Are now prepared to furnish meals at
POPUL VR PRICES,
Table boarders can be accommodated
and will receive prompt and
careful attention;
STEAKS. CHOPS, AND ALL
DISHES TO ORDER
SERVED IN PI 11ST
CLASS STYLE.
Gold Lunch Counter attached,
tvhere cold lunches are served from
> a. m. to 12 p. lj.
Fish, Clams and Game in
season a specialty.
Fred. Weber,
L. F. BUKES,
Practica! Plumber
CAS und STEAM FITTER,
?;0?
Ynd dealer in all kinds of Plumber,
Gas and Steam Fitters' Supplies.
Prompt Attention to Orders, ami
Satisfaction <iu -ranteed.
TT? Main street.
LYNCHB?RG, VA.
ll? Commerce Street,
iel2-3mo ROANOKE, VA.
H. M. LIMEY, SIBERT & CO.
Real Estate Agents,
Moomaw Block, Ko. 9.
We have a line list of property from
which to select.
In location, price and terms, we
hope to suit ali. If you have
PROPERTY
\vo sell or exchange, call.
Best of references given. junlC Im
DYEING,
CLEANING and REPAIRING
I'ou will save money by bringing
your dirty clothes to be cleaned or
dyed and repaired to me. Charges
moderate. Work first class.
E? Walsak,
Comer Campbell and Henry streets
Roanoke, Va. tf
IIOLLINS INSTITUTE,
VIRGINIA.
For the higher educ.it i . : of young
ladies, equipped at a cost of ?lio,U?O,
employs 25 officers and teachers, 7 of
whom are male professors, of both
American and European training.
Languages, Literature, Science, Art.
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 200 from 18
states. The 48th session will oppn
September (7th. P. O. and Station,
HoRins, Va. OHAS. H. COCKE,
jy'2?-tf Business Manager.
CARR THE SIGN WRITER, COR
ner Third avenue and First- street
N.W. uiar6-tf
VIRGINIA, WEDNE?
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES
j PREPARING FORIHE FIGHT.
Tli" Farmers* Alliance .It-;- I .1:
j imtutl.s Hellenics in Ilosilitv The
Niii;<' Republican League
?Fils Tu n Con vein ions.
I A correspondent of theTiiiEr? wrib s
to enquire why il is that Chairman
Miller has not called a meeting for
I the purpose of selecting delegates to
the Democratic convention to ho In Id
in this city August 28th.
j As yet im arrangements havo beeu
i made toward electin?t.U?se delegati -.
Nearly every eounty.md city in the
district have held conventions and
lour correspondent wants to know
j -Why is lliis Iii,i- r
j It-is also about time that sonn ar
j rangeinents were made to entertain
, tin- delegates. It i-- proposi 1 ; > make
; the meeting an old fashioned demo?
cratic jii I dice, and tlie genera I opinion
is that the Democrats of Roanoke
should begin to make their arrange?
ments. The matter should be 'attend
id to at ?nce;
FOR <o\ (;?:?:??>.
I Sa Ii 1.1 \ iintl < harlot tc ! !< r; I>s 11-....:
to (tit- Roanoke Convent ion.
On Saturday afternoon the Demo?
crats ?d' Halifax held a convention
and elected delegates and alternate?
to the district convention to be held '
in this city on Augnst Follo> ing
is a complete li-f.
Cloves Dept.it?E. Bowman .-nid A.
V. Woniac: Alternates, E. ?'. Il.irt :i s, I
W. < i. Morton.
Seottsburgs-C. <i. Davenport and
II. <'. liudgou; Alternates, .J. .1.
Stegall and 1 ?r, J. ''. < lolem in.
Dryburg- .1. L. Johnson; Altern iff,
t Ikaries Cadeu.
Mt. Laurel?Willie S. AdkUvon;
Alternate, A. B. Canada.
Morgan's Cross Roads A. Morgan"'
Alternate, L. B. Holt.
('lav's Mills?Henrv Shead: Alter?
nate, II. <'. Allen.
South Boston .1. A. Hawkins, T.
T.' Carter. Thomas R. Jon Ion. J. I! i
Roberto, W. 1. Jordan, .1. M. ?larriii
ten. R. R. Noblin and R. 1! Owen. !
1: is understood that tin- entire
delegation were instructed for-Pauli
C. Edmunds, the present incumbent.
TUE CHARLOTTE C >S\ E.N i ION.
On Monday the Democrats of Cha r
lotte count} m?t at Sinithviile and
elected the following ?!? legates:
Delegate at largo .1 i >. Si
person.
Aspinv/nll ?S. i> Morton and W
I). Rice
Walten? T. W. Sc.;? and '..'. i
Carrington.
Bacon?S. C. i 'aniej. j
Wyliesb?rg?S. K. Sp.-iuhlin^ I
J. E. Booth.
Bed Oak?A. (i. J lfre\ -
Madison?M. L. Dum v in and N.
Daniel.
Madisocvillc- I. II. Ford
Longbotham.
Scott's Old Store W E. Mionii .
Pridtly's Store?Colonel William !?:.
Orei ii.
iThe election of delegates for Ke>s
viile precinct watLposfponed to Sat ur
day. the Kith instant.
TO 31eki XVOt L'.ST is.
Tli:- I'.ir.r>' Alliance to Confer .is
l.y nett bur x on i'.':.it l>n:c.
i'reparation.- an- in progress for the
coming eonventious ol the-Farmers" I
Alliance to !<?' held at Lynchburg.
Major D. J. Evans, of Concord; dis
trict secretary, i.- here, and has mad
satisfactory arrangements with tin
hotels and boarding houses for the
accommodation, at reduced rates, of
delegates und others who may come
to attend t he convent ions.
The district convention will m el
on the 18th, and will be composed of
about seventy live delegates. The
State convention will assemble on
the 19th, with about 130 delegates.
Both bodies will meet in the Y. M.
C. A. hall, and their deliberations
will lie strictly secret. Besides the
delegates .Major Lyons thinks tii.it
there will be present a large number
of farmers from the seventy-nine
counties in the State wher- tlie AI
liance now nourishes,
In reply to the question of our re
porter as to whether or not policies
would be discussed in cither conven?
tion, Major Evans would not say yes
or no, hut replied that it would l><
"business" meetings. Politicians,
however, attach much importance to
the coming conventions.
ALL CARKIE? BX TII.LM IX.
A Number of County ::iii! Two Con?
gressional Conventions Sate.
Charleston*, S. O. Aug. 4.?S >nie
thing like a Tillmau tidal wave swept
over the State today. Conventions
were held in Greenville, Anderson,
Marion. Pickens, and several other
counties, and Tinman's delegates
elected. The Tillmanites have cap?
tured the Democratic machinery.
The farmers' movement, as it is
called, also made a broad reach out
after Congressional scalps. In the
Fourth district D. Iv. Norn's, and in
the Sixth E. T. Staekhouse, both Al?
liance men, were indorsed for Con?
gress, vice Cothran and Dargan, the
present members. Everything now
has an agricultural look, and tin
chances are growing daily more
promising for the biggest kind of a
split.
Male Democratic ".istmic.
Rush U. Derr, Esq . president of the
Virginia Democratic League, has
called a meeting to he held at his of
flee, rooms U and T Masonic Teiuple^
tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock-. The
nuuurJ tlti?t ? ;. of officers and other
business will then lie transacted. A
number of clubs from other cities will
lie represented.
Special Notice.
The secretary of the Iron Bell
Building and Loan Association de?
sires that the stockholders in Roan?
oke will call at the association's oilice,
110 Jefferson street, and get their
script. _ _
I,attics Have Tried It.
A number of my lady enstomers
have tried "Mother's Friend," an i
would not be without for many times
its cost. They recommend it to all
who are to become mothers. R. A.
Payne, Druggist, Greenville, A'a.
Write Bradfield Reg. Co., Atlanta,
Ga., for particulars. By Bud well,
Christian and Barbee.
3DAY MORNING, AU'
SAI.IiM'S IMIOGIEXSS.
\ a llvsnme. ?j die :???:> iifoiitliV Wer!
j by Niiloiu*.sInii?r??voiiicnl Company.
Fr?ui advance sheets of apainpL
lot in press for the Salem Improv?
ment Company, tIre following infoi
mation is gleaned: By.actual count
August 2, just ten months since tin
organization <>i' the Salem Improve
ment Company, and leas than eigh
, months since tiie lirst. sale of lots, il i
found that in ten months 228 house:
of all kinds have been buiii, or arc h
course of construction an Salem, em?
bracing 15!) residences* .?j5 building
for stores, offices aud oSjher busiues!
purposes, und ::i buildings for fac
tories and ol her indusl ri.d enterprises
j i.Ai-k of brick and lumber has delayed
the > rection of many ?tJpi buildings
Due builder employs J JD men, and his
payroll for July was$$ll,'U52. It i.
esti mated i hat the amount expended
I pi" buildings and improvements foi
this year will If about $?,000,000.
The s ties of lots ami improved
j property for July aggregated ?o20,
IM.K). This amount reprtxents simply
the transactions <?! :lie real estate
agents in the regular etjUrse of busi?
ness, there having bejpU no special
sale-daj otlots by any of the land
companies during the month.
The population has increased as
I rapidly as accommodations could be
secured but the cen itif reports are
not yet available. A* ^u indication
of this rapid iner easel the census
enuim rator reports thai h? found in
Salem 575 persons'. prp^cipalJy me?
chanics and laborers, who had been
cuum'er&h il already elsewhere in Vir?
ginia and other states. ?
The Salem postofliee 'And telegraph
[ office report each an iudrzease in busi
nesttof tf50 per cent, within the last
ten moul hs. *
XAS.MK ivooD.N ::?.srs j
;.'.iv MrKiuiiPjr Virtually l?.ir<l?ii
Oncol tin: Elocky KouuVflrcI'lentls.
Nannie Woo i>. the fjwomtvh con?
victed Of arson and sentenced to be
i. tie.;. .! for complicity i> the burning
of the warehouse--at Rocky Mount,
during the M-.-i*. iniey-riahune cam?
paign, i ts been respited by the Gov?
ernor.
The woman was i.? have bceu
hanged on the 22d of thj3mouth. Her
Ijrother, during the past four weeks,
has been busily engaged in circulat?
ing a petition in herbehaif. The
judge and jury refused to sign it, but
the commonwealth's attorney and
fpiire ji number of prominent citizens
did ami Governor McEinney, who is
? ? t lilne ::i Ige Springs, signed it.
The. woman is respited until Sep
tember 1J. but it is very doubtful il
c! e v. i!! ever be hangi d.
.in }:-?<?.-? 11 ?: ?Tn'ntly !."<)<>;..
Vv'e have on our table the handsome
i 'W-rel : uce book just issued by the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Com?
pany. The book outlines the present
condition of progress in mining,
manufaet un s and agriculture and tin?
undeveloped resources of those por?
tion- of the State of Virginhvtra versed
i>y Ir?- lines. If is of convenient size
an I has many handsome illustrations,
among which are cuts of the Hotel j
Boat Kike, the Grosser Jnwmco?, the!
Machine Work*. MiH Honta-airi, the
Rolling Miil and several others. There
is also much interesting and instruc?
tive readiug between its covers, and
altogether iMs one of the most val?
uable railroad reference books that
ha<coun under ourobservatibn. The
company will accept our thanks for
i he c >py before us.
Kmkemnii Killed.
East bound passenger train No. hi,
.1 [Am Norfolk and W estern railroad;
this afternoon killed a white brake
man on the East-Tennessee and Vir?
ginia track a fev. miles west of Bristol.
The unfortunate man fell from the
cabin car on the track just in front of j
the engine, which ran over his bo iy,
mangling it in a horrible-mauner,an<i
killing htm instantly.
?
VIKUIMA .Mi TVS.
Mrs. Sarah H. Swann, a sister of the
lai ex-Senator Riddleberger, died at
Ediuburg la<t week.
Richmond is discussing a crematory
toi1 the des I ruction Of garbage and all
refuse and decaying matter.
The pn-? of the State condemns
the hasty utterance*of < !olone! Frank
G. Ruffiu. He represents only him?
self in what he s:s vs.
John 0. Lewis, Esq., a prominent
merchant in Scpttsville in ante and
post-bellum days, died there Satur?
day, aged about ??"> years.
The committee for the settlement
"!' the V irginia debt reports that se- !
eurities have been deposited to the
amount of $11,000,000 to date.
Judge James B. Sener, Republican,
ol Fredericfksburg, will, it is reported,
publish a card taking strong ground
against the Force bill as injurious t )
the South, politically and commer?
cially.
The Young Men's Christian Associ?
ation of Petersburg has about ?15,000
subscribed, and as soon as they get
s 20,000 subscribed they will commence
to build. The hall, with lot, is to
cost s 1(1,000.
At WaynesboroTuesday night, Wil?
liam Ejbler was shot and killed by
his brother .James, who pointed a gun
at him and pulled the trigger, under
the impression that the weapon was
not loaded.
gCoIonel To a Russell Marshall, who
bas just been elected commandant of
the Virginia Military Institute, is 88
vears old and graduated from that
institute in 1880. He is colonel of the
E ir.?t Virginia cavalry.
John BT. Baisdeu, the brutal mur?
derer of Robert Irons, iu Buchanan
county has again escaped from cus?
tody. "
The contract for building water?
works at the new town of Richlands
has been signed.
The negro charged wich causing
the recent collision between trains at
Max Meadows, on the Norfolk and
Western railroad, has been sent on
for indictment by tin- grand jury.
Whcni 2i<i?t>? Dnuinsrccl.
Sr. Paul, Minn , Aug. 5.?Fullei
accounts ol the damage done in Maui
t?ba by the storm Friday night hav(
been received and show the loss to tin
wheat crop to be greater than at first
reported. At Deloraine, 200 mile:
south of Winnipeg, the hail belt i.
said to have been four township!
wide, narrowing down to a mile ant
a half as it proceeded eastward, le iv
ing des: inet ion in its wake. One
hundred thousand acres of wheal
have been totally ruined.
Erysipelas ard salt rheum wai
driven entirely away from Mrs. .J. C
Anderson, Peshtigo, Wis., by Bur
dock Blood B .ters. No equal R:
a blcod purifier.
Go to Geyer's to get your sprinj
and summer suits tny2U tf.
G UST 6, IS90;
,: CITY 0O?IGTI,
I
!jAN INTERESTING MEETING
HELD LAST NIGHT.
^ $100,000 GIVEN TEE R. & I
The Condition of the Market llonac
UlMcu.H?cd Slrcci Improvement*.
Additional Vire VlugH Various
Committee Itcportn.
The City Council* held its. regular
monthly meeting last night in t?je
Hustings court room.
President Hanthorn presided, and
the following mi mhers wen- present:
Messrs. Trout, Buekner, McCahn,
McConnell, Woodward, Sheban,
(i raves and Iluggles.
I City Solicitor Miller reported that
the ease <>f the Roanoke Water Com - j
pany vs. The City, in the Supreme
Court at Wytlieville, had been car?
ried to Richmond, owiug to the ho t
i tjiafr, the case being called before the
time set for it. the defense was
absent. As this was Mr. Miller's first
appearance before the council as city
solicitor; he thanked them for th<
honor, and assured then that I e
would do all in his power to further
the interests of the city; The reportj
was adopted.
The report ot < !ity Sergeant Thomas
lor t he month of J une was read and
received.
The report of City Sergeant Trayu
ham for the month of July read ai d
received;
Tin- report of Mayor Evans for the
month of July was read and ap?
proved. Several recommendations by
His Honor were referred to the pr ; er
c i iinittees.
Tlie reports of Commissioner of the
Revenue Turner and the overseer ol
i the poor were read and app.oved.
Sanitary Inspector McPall's report
wns read and received. His rec >m
meudatiou that a sewer he laid in the
alley west ol Henry street, between
Robertson and Kir!; streets, was re?
ferred io the sewer committee.
City Engiheerl)unlapreported that
several of the land companies in the
northwestern part of the city hail en?
croached upon th" public streets in
the erection of buildings. The matt r
was referred to the committee on
streets asking for a report at the next
me-! ing.
The finance committee made the
following report, which was read and
approved:
Criminal charges.,. $1,300
Expenses of election. ;jyn
Eire department. lyjUO
Insurance . 500
Interest. 1,4(50
.raiiexpenses. I,20U
Light. 400
Market expenses. U4?Q
Police. if.i''()
Paupers. l.eoo
Streets. 1.200
Sinking fmal. :; jy
Seavanger. t'soo
Stationery and printing. !.-.' !'
Salaries. 0,000
Waiter. l.aoi
Public property. 2,000
Cemetery. G7l
Sewers and drains. 10,01 ?
Bills payable. > !;?"!
Specie..*. 120
Total.s'">7.' SCO
Tl. - matter of grading Luck street
was referred to,the committee on
streets, with power to act.
Tin- committee on ordinances re
ported an ordinance requiring the
clerk to City Council to he in his
oltice from 0 to 12 a. m. and 1 to p.
in. passed.
Same, an ordinance requiring the
city engine* r to be in bis office from
8 tot) a. m. and 2 to :: p. m. Amended,
S to !) ii. in., and passed.
Same, an ordinance authorizing the
city lo license variety theatres and
the restricted sale of liquors therein.
Defeated, seven nays, two yeas.
The committee on sewers reported
that in theea-eo! the sewer property
adjoining the Berkowitz building,
they had assessed the value of the
property at ?700 and recommended
that the council dispose of it to Mr.
Berkov.it/. as that gentleman had ex?
pressed a desire to build upon the
full lot, and thus preserve the symetry
of tiie street. Altera great deal ol
spirited discussion the committee was
instructed to oiler the same at public
I auction.
Bids for the erection of i he overhead
bridges were received from P. E.
Malone,of Roanoke, and John J. Sul
livan, of Bridesburg, Pa. Both were
rejected, and the matter was referred
to the special committee and the city
solicitor, authorizing them to agas'n
advertise.
Inder t'.ie head of new business
Mr. Buekner offered a resolution
authorizing the Council to subscribe
the if100,000 voted by the freeholders
of fche city to t he capital stock of the
Roaftokeand Southern Railroad I 'otll
pany. . With the exception of Mr.
Trout, who declined to vote, it was
carried unanimously.
.Mr. Trout presented a petition
from citizen- living north of the rail?
road and west of Commerce street
asking that a market house be estab ?
lished in that part of the city. Re?
ferred to public property committee
to report at next meeting.
Abo, a petition asking for the im?
provement of certain streets in that
neighborhood. Referred to the
street commit tee.
Mr. Shehan offered a resolution
authorizing the placing of a free
water hydrant at the Third Ward
iuarkethou.se. Referred to the lire
and water committee.
A petition from the citizens of High
and Wells street, asking that a tire
plug be placed at the corner of High
anil Houston streets, was referred to
the lire and water committee wilh
power to act.
Mr. McConnell moved that tie- lire
and water committee be instructed to
place a plug near the ice factory.
Carried.
Mr. McCahn offered a resolution
authorizing the publication of the
official map of the city. Adopted
A motion was carried granting an
ordinance book to each of the city
officials, and authorizing the Faleol
them to the citizens at cost??1.00.
Mr. Buekner moved That the miua
ture race horses confiscated by the
police be returned to Mr. John Jordan,
the owner, all lines be refunded, and
the ordinance legalizing the same be
abolished. Carried.
Mr. T. C. McFalls was re elected
sanitary inspector.
Clerk Bennett asked for a vacation
of two weeks, which was granted.
Mr. Dill, who is making extensive
and valuable improvements on Val
?. ley street, asked for the privilege ol
' grading two squares on the same, ami
PRIC
the city ltecome indebted to him t<
the amount ol i he cost. Referred tt
tiie street committee and city en?
gineer to ascertain said cost.
On motion of Mr. McCounell, a
number of petitions and resolutions
were referred tu the various commit?
tees and the council adjourned.
ABOUT THE HOTELS.
A tall slim gentleman, with a clean
face that spoke distinctly of having
one^ inen adorned with ajnoustacbc,
was registered at Marshall's '.'ale last
night. His name is George B. Hiss,
and lie is from Baltimore. Mr. Hiss
came last evening from Big Stone
Gap, and he says that the new town
in the mountains is not booming as
well as its promoters had expected it
would. He didn't see any si^ns of
greai improvements being "carried on.
and he thinks that tin.' town is taking
a rest after the labors af being founded
are overand done with. ''?There ;'? do
c'oubt,"said Mr. Hiss, "but what the
town lias a great future before if, but
Roanoke is the place of ail others and
I haven't yet seen anything to cam
pare with it."
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Edmund L. Du Barry, of Ore we. i>
stopping at th<- Hot) ! lit ?anoke, and
his many friends among the railroad
fraternity.of this city are glad to see
i him here. Mr. Du Barry isthe super
inteMdent of the eastern division of
i the .Norfolk and Western railroadand
he has an abiding faith in the great
road that is reaching out its iron
arms toward tk<- west and developing
tin' country through which it passes.
Mr. Du Barry is a veteran railroader
ami has had a large experience. He
is of French extraction and has all of
'. !;'? n rvous energy of the race.
* v
Fne Hotel Rounder yesterday met
Mr. Albert A. heavy, of Washington.
He is ore of the most experienced
hotel men in ti.? country, and is
thinking seriously of set fling per?
manently in this city. At one time
Mr. heavy was the proprietor of aj
iiotei atXakcland; Florida. A great j
temperanee crusade was began, and!
tlery speakers advised the.':- hearers j
from the stump to seek the saloons of
the.town. Mr. Leavy kept a saloon
in connection with his In.tel. The!
.-.iloon^wa.s built on pii. s some di<-;
lane..- from the ground, and one night!
some of f;:e friends of the temperance
orator crawled under the building
and with augurs bored holes through i
the floor "and into a!! of the barrels j
containing liquor. When Mr. Leavy
awoke in tiie morning'he discovered I
that be had no stock, and as soon as
lie could dispose of his business he
moved away from the land of flowers
an 1 aiigators.
Ai the Hotel Roauake Mr. R. J. I
Me(:rrann, a well known contractor [
of Lancaster, Pa., i.- stopping. Mr.
Meli rann is a stout gentleman with aj
double chin and black beardand he!
is decended from a long line of rail- '
road meh; His father and uncle were
identified with the business of build?
ing roads as far back as 1819 and Mr.
McGrnnn has been concerned with
them since be left St. Marys college
year.- ago. A few years ago he!
finished a contract on the Louisville
and Nashville, and is here now look?
ing after the North Carolina exten?
sion of the CrTpple Creek road. He is
quito w*]] Ifnowti :a RriflSoke where
he has made ext? usive investments in
real estate.
l>caluol Mrs. Eariu in.
Mrs. Harriet Earman. wife of Mr.
J. H. Earman, the well-known con?
tractor of this city, died yesterday
morning at the residence of Mr. Jacob
Trout on S dem avenue.
Mr-. Earman was about COyearsof
age and hau! many friends in this
city who sincerely regret her death.
Che sympathy- of the entire commu?
nity goes out to Mr. Earman in the
loss of the wife who was his compan?
ion in life fur so many years.
Cholera in Ktishiu.
D,- United Press.
St. Petersburg, Aug. .">.?It is re?
ported that choelra in a virulent
form has appeared in several Russian
towns on the Polish frontier. Sanitary
precautions are being taken to pre?
vent the spread of the disea: e.
Socinlihtb Expelled.
By United Pre-.
Loxdox, Aug. 5.?The police of
Warsaw have expelled from that city
fifty-four foreign Socialists with
warning that if they return 'hi y will
be imprisoned at hard labor.
Colored Farmer.*?" Alliance.
By United Press.
Columbia, S. C, Aug. 5.?The col?
ored farmers alliance has made its ap?
pearance and St ae Alliance Lecturer
Powers says it numbers 35,000 mem?
bers in South Carolina.
Still Unsettled at Uncnos Ayri'S.
By United Press.
BueStos Ayres, Aug. 5.?Great ex?
citement still prevails here, notwith?
standing the termination of the in?
surrection, and disquietude continues
to increase.
Konuokc's H< (liodist Uuvcrslly.
The trustees of the Methodist Epis?
copal University to be established in
thi-city hehl a meeting yesterday
morning at the residence of Mr. Cr. \V\
Sisler on Salem avenue. The follow?
ing gentlemen were present: Rev. J.
?J. Bumburgj Rev. C W. Bell. Rev.
W. T. Schoolv, Rev. S. M. Fiery, C.
Markley, .1. G". Knepp, J. II. Blackwell
and (f.'W. Sisler. Nothing of con?
sequence was done, and a meeting
will be called at an early day to dis?
cuss the subject. Addresses will be
delivered by a number of gentlemeu
interested and plans for the Univer?
sity will be accepted.
Largest Knllronil recursion on Be
cord,
Buffalo, Aug 4.?The largest ex?
cursion that ever passed through
Buffalo started from Cincinnati yes?
terday and went through on the Erie
railroad this afternoon to Niagara
Falls. They were ninety cars, dvided
into eight trains, containing 2,100
people. _
Two Schedules at Once.
BEDFORD, lud., Aug. .">.?The cause
of thecollis:on on the LVIonon railroad
yesterday lies in the fact that the
schedule Of the road was changed
yesterday, and while the Chicago
bound, train was running by the new
card the Louisville-bound train was
running on the old schedule and was
<-ix hours late, having been laid out
by a freight wreck.
Buy }0ur cooking stove3 from M.II
Jetmiui^ & Co., near market bouse.
Salem avenue. t
Have you visited the Singer art dii
Play? \
E - - FIVE CENTS.
A NEW LEASE.
KEMMLER HAS TWENTY-FOUR
HOURS MORE TO LIVE.
THE TARIFF BILL DBAGS.
Lynched, in Texas Murdered *.,y Mis
lake-England V.'iil Sot Interfere
SEcxicntiN Mob it ?ov.n Still in.
Nettled in Argentine.
AcBUior, >*. Y., Aug. 3.?The elec?
trocution of William Kemmler for
the murder of Til He Zeigler, bas again
been postponed and will probably
.take place trmorrow.
All day long, yesterday and today,
[silent curious faces have been pressed
i between the heavy upright iron bars
on either side of the big prison gate.
Men and women?children too?have
thus been watching the windows, be?
hind which Kemmler is, and where
at rate intervals, a face or a hand
may be seen behind the bars and the
wire net work which covers the
windows. One moves on, hin place
being immediately tilled by* some
other, and thus morbid curiosity
and human sympathy furnished
almost constantly a fringe of watchers
about the prison portals.
Almost insufferable heat during
Sunday and today has made lite a
wretched experience both indoors and
out. The still air does not become
cool at night and the recurring day
addsin tiie bitter experience of any
who have anxieties or necessities to
move about.
There has been recently much
printed and said about the possibility
of an inquiry being instituted by
Gov. llili at Warden Durston'ssug?
gestion as to sanity of Kemmler. if
Kemmler i- insane lie is not wed, and
as Warden Dursfon i- authority for
the pointed and ppstive statement
that this condemned man is well, all
statements to the contrary are not
only untrue bur foolish. The pri-oner
has maintained bimseli as v eil and
better than the majority of men un?
der such circumstances. If the war?
den i> mistaken the responsibility is
his.
RoCtlESTEK, >". V., Aug. 5.?A re?
porter had an interview with Super?
intendent Barnes, the el< ctrician who
has charge of the Auburn prison
plant, Saturday nkrht in relation to
the prospective execution of Kemni
k\Do you think the execution will
be carried out'.'* said the reporter.
??! think it will," replied Mr.
ihtri.es.
"Do you expect that the apparatus
will work effectually f"
"As an electrician I have no donbt
that it will. No electrician who un?
derstands the subject and knows
what the apparatus is, can doubt that
it will kill him.*'
"J>o yon think there wjll be any
i.i. oik of the skin':"
"We hope not. II there should be
the papers would make such a fuss
over it. We think that we have that
provided against."
IVlMdjillgtOU S?H'!<
By United Press.
WASHINGTON", Aug. 5.?The Senate
continued the tariff debate all day.
The House indulged in the political
debate over an increased force in the
Kittery, Maine, navy yard (Speaker
Reed's district) and Reed was scored
by the Democrats and defended by
the Republicans. The House com?
mittee on elections at their meeting
today adopted a resolution declaring
the seat of Mr. Breckinridge, of Ark?
ansas, vacant.
Mexicans Mob a Towu.
Uy United 1'ress.
San Antonio. Tex.. Aug. 5.?An
attack was made upon the town of
Shofter, Presideo county, yesterday
morning by twenty-live Mexicans.
State RangerJ. P. Graves was killed
and Deputy Sheriff J. Lee seriously
wounded while endeavoring to arrest
tin- Mexican-.
-*
Euglnud Will Xot Interfere.
By United Press.
LoXDON, Aug* 5.?In the House of
Commons this evening Sir James Fer?
guson, under secretary for foreign
affairs, announced that the govern?
ment could not interfere with the
Czars treatment of the Jews.
Base Hull Gtimes of Vctdcrdny.
By United Press.
amekican aSs0c1ax10n.
At Columbus?Columbus, 19; Ath?
letic, :j.
At Louisville?Brooklyn, 8; Louis?
ville, 3.
At St. Louis?St. Louis, :h Syra?
cuse, 0.
national league.
At Cleveland?Cleveland. C: Chi?
cago, 10.
players' leao t'k.
At Chicago?Chicago. C: Cleve?
land, \
An EditorThrnsbed.
By Unit* d Press.
Spko'GFIELD, ? . Aug. ").?Editor
E. T. Commins, of the Springtield
Budget, was on Sunday night v
thrashed by Sue McDonald and Louise |
Snyder for having on Saturday last
! published an article reflecting severely
j on them. _
.Murdered by .MisniKe.
By United Press.
Joliet, III., Ausu?! 5?Herbert
Wymau murdered George Krouse
today, mistaking him for Joseph
H?ckendorf, whom he had forbidden
to visit his daughter.
Lynched In Teva?.
By United Pn s-.
NAVASOTO, Tex., Aug5.?A negro
named John Brown, charged ^ith
committing rape on a white girl in ?
this county, was taken from jail yes-,
terday by citizens,\. ho hanged him to
a convenient three.
For rheumatism, lumbago, neural?
gia, cramp and colic, there is i o ?m
? edy super'or to the genuine Dr.
j Thomas' Electric Oil. j
j When you try A. B. C. Remedies.
I tell your.neighbors the result.