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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-04

The new city of Roanoke, where we
stopped briefly for breakfast on our
way out few days before, is only six
miles from Salem. Future growth
will bring the two places closer to-
gether, but at present there is IL little
rIvairy between the old and the new
Roanoke has justly won the position
of the metropolis OF Southwestern Vir-
sini;t. Her growth has not reached Il
decade, yet she boasts over 10000 in
habitantS, with large manufacturing
industries well cStablished. The loca-
ion is on uudulating grQbnd in the
valley of the Roanoke, while the
shenandoah between the mountain
ridges extends to the northward.
Some one has llientd this favored
spot t0 a gem on the bosom of the con
tinent. Nature has certainly dealt
kindly 10y it, and now capital is being
brought here in abundance. to deve-
lope the hidden treasures of the noun
tains, ind To convert the wealth OF
raw material into the finished pro-
duet. On an area of thirty acres can
be found the furnaces fed by the ore,
the lime and the coal from the neigh
boring mountains, the rolling mills,
the foundries and machine shops
covering Ill the processes required TO
transform the product of the mines
into locomotives, bridges and ma
chinery
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-04
FATAL CYCLONE.
SWEEPS OVER AN OHIO VII
LACE YESTERDAY.
A duel ON HORSEBACK.
Baseba,i Games OF Yesterday A Fa-
tai Picnic-The Oregon Election.
Another Republican seatcd-Other
Interesting Items of News.
By United Press.

BY United Press.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, June AT $50
o'clock during storm lightning
bolt struck the Tracy and Avery pow
der house, located mile east Of the
city. The house contained two tons of
powder which exploded, causing
tremendous report. Hundreds of
windows in the city were broken.
China and glassware were knocked
FROM the shelves and the people were
thrown from their feet. One child
was killed outright and two persons
fatally injured The explosion was
heard ten miles distant.
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STRUCK BY = TRAM.
Two Sewing Machine Agents Buck
Against ara Engine.

Against an Engine.
1t was 81 narrow escape but as usuai
the sewing machine agent came out
ahead.
Two Young men, Messrs j. w.
Moore and w. M. Miles were out
bright and early yesterday morning
They were employees OF the Singer
Sewing Machine Company, and in;
tended making q trip 70 t. country
As they were driving across the track
at Fifth street, Engine No. 4 of The
Norfolk and Western railroad came
rushing in from the easo and struck
the buggy broadside.
The horse was killed instantly being
scattered for twenty feet around The
vehicle was completely demolished
and the machine broken into Il hun
dred pieces. Mr.. Moore leapcd from
the buggy before the train struck il
but Mr.. Miles did not and was struck
by the pilot and received Il severe
scalp wound and a slight cut on the
upper lip. lie was also bruised and
much shaken up. Mr.. Moore was
hurt on the left check.
The young men were removed TO
Superintendent Hardy's Office where
medical assistance was rendered by
DR.. Gordon Simmons.
Il don't think sewing machine
agent is harder to kill than any other
person. said Mr. Moore, but we are
hard to down and get use to little
things like this. Next time cross q
railroad track will try and look both
WAYS at Once.n
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suBM1r TITO THE FREEHoLDERs

The City Council should submit to
tae frecholdcrs Of the city proposition
to pave the streets aud provide an ef-
feeni system ofscwerage.
There is no question that these I'M
provemenls are needed.
There is 10 doubt that they will add
more to the health and comfort Of the
people, and NJ the same time increase
the value of property to greater ex-
tent than like appropriation for any
Other purpose could possible do. There
is 30 douht either, undcr the assess
ment as being made DIT present, that
the city is more than able to provide
these improvements, and it's confident
~ believed that if the propositions
jointly or separately are submitted to
the people that will carry by LARGE
majority.
The bonded debt Of the city is, at
present, only $4,000, say $lGo, coo
in round numbers. Tie Roanoke and
Southorngis 10 have 100000, ard
overhead bridges $4,000, making a
total CT 100000.
According to the act OF the lcgisla-
turc the city can issue boads to the
amount of fifteen per cent. Of the as
sesscd value of its taxable property.
Add 500, 900 for street Improvements,
and $4,000 for sewerage TO 5000
and we have $40. OCO.
That is Is per cent of l,ow much
100000
a very conservative estimate Of the
toia amount ofiaxable property, under
the new assessment, is 100000, and
there is little doubt that 1t may reach
$4,000, 900
Say the amount reaches only 81, 000,-
600. Tie city tax On that would be
$4,000 per veal, while SIX per cent.
interest on the $540,000 in bonds Obey
could easily be placed for tLaD woulc
amount to only $4,000.
Gentlemen Of the Council The matter
should be submitted 10 II vote.
The lack of additional street paving
is theme of comment for eveiy atran'
ger that comes here aud the need o.
better sewerage is patent TO everybody.
The putting down Of sewer pipes
and the paving OF streets should &C
along together hand in hand.
Needing these Improvements. and
being fully able to make them TIE mat
ter ought hot TO be deferred.
The people want them.
L vii! take time to advertise for AL
election. Ii will take time TO receive
bids for filing the contracts, and at
best actual work could not commence
for several months.
There should bc no delay in sett'rg
the ball rollios.
Gentlemen of the Council let the
question be submitted to the people. i.
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The Races Friday.

a ladies riding match end other
races will take place Friday afternoon
at 3o'clock ut the Lake and Driving
park. 1t will be an evening of gen
June sport. The races will be trotted
under the rules of the National Trot-
ting Association. The committee in
charge of the affair is composed of j.
T. Christian, W. h. Stoll and w. n.
Wexford, jr. The judges will be Z.
II. Stewart, William Lunsford and T.
NJ. Williams. All entries will be
closed Friday at k'o'clock. In case OF.
rain the program will be postponed
till the following Monday.
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The Oregon Election.
' United Press.

bN UbittU PreSs.
PORTLAND. ORGAN, June 3.-Very
incomplete returns from the State
have so far been received, but the
election Of Herman (Rep.) for Con.
gress is assured. The chances for the
Governorship however, are in favor of
Pcnpoyer. Democrat. The remain
der of the State ticket is Republican
and also the majosiry in both
branches of the legislature.
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The Strawberry Festival.

The strawberry festival given last
night at the Young Mems Christian
Association ball by the Willing
Workers. of Greene Memorial church
was great success in every way. The
amount realized will be about 500.
The ladies will serve refreshments to-
day from II till o'clock at the hall.
Miss Emma Engleby is president of
the Workers.
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WAT THEY SAW
VIEWS OF THE NEW ENGLAND
VISITORS TO ROANOKE.
Bright SEETG Hes BY TWO EDITORS
Mr. F.. a. Esaii Is Chnrmed with ihe
City-CcnparinS the N. az, W. With
the Pennsylvania Sysicm-lfow the
Town Impressed Mr.. Proctor

The TIMES this morning continues
rs series of sketches written by the
New England editors SO recently visit
ing us. They will be found mighty
interesting reading. The following is
from the pen of Mr.. Edward A. Hall,
the accomplished editor of the Green
field Journal and Courier:
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-04
A Dnelon Morsebnc...

By United Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, June "a duel
OH horseback at BreDensville Sun
day resulted in the death of Thomas
J. Herbert, wealthy young farmer.
James Boyd, twenty years old, son of
District Attorney d. R. Boyd, did the
killing. The pair quarreled over a
hog.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-04
,,oe,;,r ofthe baptist Church.

The monthly business meeting at
the Baptist church will be held to-
night. The male members especially
are earnestly requested to be present.
A short devotional meeting will begin
promptly at s o'clock.
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badly wounded.
Yesterdays Baseball Games.
By United Press.
PLAYERS LEAGUE.
At New York-New York, 5; Bos-
ton, Il
At Observation-Disclosures, S;
Brooklyn 8.
At BulTa!o-Buffaio 8; Pittsburg, Z.
At @hicago-Chicago A; Cleve-
ltnd, 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At New York-New York, Z; Brock
Ign, 20.
At Observation-Disclosures, G;
Boston, A. n
AtCleveiand-Cieveland, 2; Cincin-
natl, 5.
AT MISUNDERSTANDING, :; Chi
cago s.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At syracuse-syracuse, :; Ath-
letic, S.
AT BrooMyn-Brooklyn, G; Roches-
ter, 1.
At Columbus-Columbus, 6; Toledo,
3.
At Louisville-Louisville, 5; st.
Louis, ..
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
At Hartford-Hartford, 3; Wash
ington /.
At Worcester Worcester, A; Balti
more, 3.
At New Haven-New Haven, 3,
Newark, 3.
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II is with such a condition OF things
as these that the iron-workerS OF New
England have 10 compete. The large
machine shop at Roanoke gives EN-
ployInent TO / 800 men, with a payroll
of upwards of 100000 Il week. -Four
large locomotives are turned out
every month, and twelve ears besides
all the equipments for Il large rail
road. There are variety OF other
industries IN operation, and the place
boasts Of eighteen land companies
and thirty-two real estate agencies.
The Roanokers do not own up TO
anything like Il boom. They are
pursuing conservative policy. they
say. and the city's growth is healthy
and permanent Much money has
been made here in real estate deals.
\ man is pointed out who came to
worl; in the shops four years ago on
moderate wages. He is now worth
$3.50, 600. and has dozen clerks III his
office TO take care OF his real cstat e
business Railroads centre here from
the north, south, east aud west, and
there can be little question about the
future growth of this ambitions city.
Wealthy Philadelphians are promi-
nent investors here, but we meet
among the pushing business men OF
of the city many New England PEG
pie +. IL Blake, a former telegraph
operator OF the t'itchburg road, is
the train dispatcher for the Lynch
burg division OF the Norfolk and
Western, with headquarters at Roam
oke. Like all other residents OF the
place he is enthusiastic in his faith in
the prosperity OF the city. The Nat
nral Bridge is only forty miles from
Roanoke up the Shenandoah Valley,
and the famous caverns of Luray are
1913 miles distant in the same direction.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-04
A Fatal Picnic.

BY United Press.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, June "a
Sunday school picnic at McAdoly
Springs, thirty miles west Of this city,
on Sunday ended in a fight. One
man was killed outright and several
badly wounded.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-04

Write to the Hobbie Music CO.,
Lynchburg, Va, for illustrated cata-
losue of pianos and organs. Among
the different make this house handles,
are the we'll known pianos of knabe,
Weber, Kranch & Bach and Estey
organs, which are the best on the
market. Every new instrument war
ranted for five years. Lowest prices
and easiest terms.
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OF fer Alexandria.

The Junior Hose Company left last
night at 7o,clock for Alexandria, with
thirty men to attend the State con
vention of fremen. They had in
tended to take the City Band with
them but all of its members could
not Get off so no music was taken.
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On the evening OF our stay nj Roam
oke, our party was given q banquet
at the hotel which was Il very elaE-
crate affair. Among the speakers at
the table was Ex-Governor Fitzhugh
Lee. He reviewed history to show the
friendship which had existed between
Massachusetts and Virginia. The tie
remains unbroken; and his illusions
to the differences which brought on
the war, and of THE results which fol.
lowed betokened a broad and liberal
spirit. Like other prominent South
erners, he welcomes the new order OF
things and rcjoices in the dawn OF
Virginia's prosperity.
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1--WE arrive at Lynchburg at $50 u
N. and at Roanoke at $50 Tuesday
and find bustling, active city of Over
10000 people, where only a few years
ago, a small village was located.
Near the station on slightly emf
nence is the Hotel Roanoke which !:
delightfully."- located on extensive
grounds. The view from its wide
varandas cover broad and extensive
valley, making it Il perfect panorama
trimmed in by mountain ranges, max
ing a picture of rare beauty. W.
stop here only for breakfast and {
brief rest, and enjoying the beauty
of the location and the pleasant sur
roundings, meeting in the rotundf
many of the leading citizens.
IL is a large handsome hotel, built
in old English style, and it is 81
crowded that an extensive wing /!
now being built, and still another j:
TO be added in the Fall.
"We resume our seats on the train
Joined by Vice President Charles q
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-04

Go to Geyer's to get your spring
and summer suits, my2o II.
For stylish straw hats, see Ellis
Bros, Clothiers. ap30-tf
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On Sunday last we gave some ex-
tracts from the first letter of Francis
Proctor, the editor of the Gloucester
Times We reprint today second
installment. Alr. Proctor was ut one
time president of the Massachusetts
Press Association and is now one of
the most'prominent business men, as
well as editors in the State.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-04

Guaranteed fast back ladies hose p
cents per pair.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-04

Fine assortment Of Swiss llouucipgs
at all prices.
, 1890-01-01
WRECK AT KOKOMO.
A Fatal Railway Collision DC
ours in Indiana.
The Spread of La Gripp Makes
Panics in Big Cities.
Steamers Fighting Bravely
Against Rough Weather
Passenger TfAlns Collide.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 3I.-A frightful
and fatal wreck occurred at Kokomo this
morning on the Pan Handle railway. A
train north bound. Conductor Thomas
Lamb in charge, left the junction on
schedule time. One milo north it met 3
train south bound, Conductor V. D. Nee
land. running fifty miles an hour. The
trains crashed together. totally demolish-
ing the engines, and burning the baggage
car of the south bound train, which tum-
bled on top of the engines. George Cum
mings, engineer OF south bound train, was
killed; Tom Mccullough, engineer of
north bound train, cannot live; Baggage
master j. Kerlin, killed; Thomas HARDER.
hurt seriously; Express Messenger Giant,
hurt seriously; two men, named Woods
and Webb, badly injured. Passengers in
the coaches were badly shaken up. The
cause of the wreck is a mystery. but the
general opinion is that the north bound
engineer was trying to make a ''snesk''
to a side track four miles north to pass
the other train, which was slightly behind
time
, 1890-01-01

New YORK, Dec. 31.-The number
of deaths the twenty four hours ended
noon to day was l96, an increase over the
average of 100 per cent. The increase
is from pneumonia, bronchitis and espec.
tally consumption. La Grippe is credited
with being at the bottom of increased
fatality. Policemen TO the number OF
300 are on the sick list.
UTICA, N. Y, Dec. 3l.--Michael
Hopkins. \ prominent dry goods mer.
chant died to-day OF la grippe.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3I.-La grippe has
reached the post office. Postmaster Sex
ton. four or five heads OF departments
and forty clerks are afflicted.
PARIS, Dec. 3l.-During the past TWEEN,
ty-four hours there has been no increase
in the number of cases of influenza in this
city, 1t is believed the endemic has
reached its height. In the outskirts, how
ever, the disease is spreading. 1t ha
made its appearance on the southern
shores OF the Mediterranean. Several
cases are reported at Algiers and Bona.
1t has also appeared in Turn and Gaeta,
Italy. At Milan the garrison and the
students OF Logone college. the police and
municipal guard are severely affected.
VIENNA, Dec. 3I.-Infuenza is in
creasing. The board of health has or
dered the schools closed until Jan. 6. The
hospiisss have become so crowded itaaaas it
has been found necessary to erect a spe-
cial structure for those suffering from the
disease.
LANSING, Mich, Dec. 3l.-A large
proportion &c ~ 500 reform school boy;
are i'll with la grippe.
LIMA, o., Dec. 3l.-Calvin Brice
chairman of the national democratic com
mittee. is a victim of la grippe. He ii
confined to his house.
, 1890-01-01

BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,. Dec. 3l.-Mrs.
Elizabeth Price, the Oldest person in this
section of the country, TO day celebrated
her 99t6 6ifthdie n tue no1So Of her
daughter, Mrs. &ersey H.. Fell. in Nor
NAL. Mrs. Pace was born In Chester
county. Pennsylvania, in 1890, aud her
husband, Franklin Price, was in the war
of 1872. They were married in 1915, and
the husband died IN 1854. Mrs. Price is
in excellent health, having the possession
of all her faculties. She has splendid
vitality and was as merry as a cricket
while surrounded by a large company of
her friends to day. She gives every
promise of living to celebrate her centen-
NAL anniversary.
, 1890-01-01
Funeral of Robert Browning.

LONDON, Dec. 3l.-The funeral ser.
vices over the remains of Robert Brown
ing took place at Westminster Abbey to-
dav. The body was placed in a polished
pine coffin on which was a small brass
plate bearing date of birth and death.
Wreaths from Tennyson and Miss Brown
ing were placed on the coffin. Wreaths
were sent by many other persons, includ-
ing Henry Irving, Bancroft. Sir John
MIllias, Alma Tadema and Sir Theodore
Martin.
The dense fog which enveloped London
to-day completely hid the cortege as it
moved to the abbey. The sacred struc-
ture was crowded with friends aud ad-
mirers of the dead poet. After services
at the altar the coffin was borne to the
poets corner in the south transcript. The
grove is in front of Abraham Comley's
monument, within the angle marked By
Longfellow's bust. The monuments Of
Chaucer, Edmund Spencer, Ben John,
on. Milton, Mathew Prior and Thos.
Gray adorn the walls near by. The floor
about the grave was covered with black
CARPET and the walls were hidden by a
prof1sion of rare a~xotics. white and pink
and puIDle.
, 1890-01-01
stocks and raIIIe Markets.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3I.-Ths stock
market to-day offered a marked contrast
to that of yesterday, strength replacing
weakness, while dulluess was again most
prominent. In the general feature of
the dealings money was again up to high
figures, but in comparison with yesterday
was easy, ranging up to IS, but with the
bulk of the business done at from l03l5.
In London the close was dull but firm,
generally at the best prices of the day.
Government bonds dull and easier.
Petroleum opened steady at 1904 and
closed firm at 1929. Sales $4,000 bar
rels.
American cotton seed oil. 81.
Money on call tight at 6 to is per cent
Following are closing prices OF stocks
Pacific 6s. l6; American Express, u
Canada Pacific, 75i; Canada Southern
SAT; Central Pacific. 33i; Burlington
1861; Delaware, Lackawanna x Western
1854, Denver & RIO Grande, Is; Erie
264; Kansas & Texas, III; Lake Shore
l043; Louisville & Nashville. $50; Mich
gan Central, 943; Missouri Pacific, 7lb
Northern Pacific, 800, preferred 744
Chicago & Northwestern. Ill
preferred. l4I!; New York Cen
trail, l06i; Oregon Improvement
l42; Oregon Navigation. SO; Oregon
Transcontinental, "a; Pacific Mail
364; Reading, 3SA; Rock Island
CIT; Milwaukee & st. Paul, 692; Texa
Pacific, 20a; Union Pacific, $50; Unite
States Express. SO; Fargo Express, l32
Western Union. SO.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3l.-Cattle-Receipts
4 900. Market stronger and l0c higher
Beeves. $3.00(95. 10; stockers and feed
ers, 50 lO(93.O5; cows, bulls and nike
81. 20(G2. 90.
Sheep-Receipts 1000. Market stron
and active. Natives. So. SOFAS. so; west
ern cornfed, SO. 50(65. 10.
, 1890-01-01

LoNDoN, Dec 3l.-The msrqu is of
Salisbury has la grippe in a severe form.
He was taken on the 9th. but as an OBJ
ser7ation OF the '~trictest secrecy was en-
joined upon all persons in the MARQUIS
household as . the facts, it was not
known he was ill until Thursday, when
he was threateicd with a relapse. The
queen then ser Sir William Jenner to
at tend him. lie was then kept in bed
three days and has been kept in his room
ever since. Fneumonia is apprehended.
The marquis is physically untitled for the
struggle with very severe disease. Many
diplomats are down with the epidemic.
Count Holsenteldt, the German ambasss-
doE hWbeeaill a fortnight. but is now
bettefy.
Pneumonia has become a veritable cpl
ldemic. Other complications are diseases
of the ear and neuralgia. 10 the city OF
Frankfort scarcely a single house has
escaped visitation.
NORFOLK. Va, Dec. 3l.-Twenty-
seven cases OF la grippe are reported
\ among the men on United States %receiv-
ISS&ip rSekli3 and forty five cases at
Stnlted Statesf marise hospital here.
, 1890-01-01

customs l6 per cent in what they, nave
yielded up TO this time. | refuse t0N be-
lieye that representatives of the great
national Republican party, to whIch L
was proud to belong for so many years,
have become so narrow aud so bigotted III
their sectional feeling as to be incapable
OF rising to the level of the present re-
sponsibility.
Among the utterances of MIR. Mills, OF
Texas, we're these: History repeats it.
self and we are here tonight remonstrat-
ing with our government for wrongful
interference with our private business,
decreasing u Industries, paralyzlng our
lapor, impoverishing our people and cut
ting of foreign trade and to night we say
to Mr.. Harrison and Mr.. Blaine as our
fathers said to King George and Lord
North, you have no right to close
our ports Grover Cleveland at the head
of the M)hlwks in December, 1887.
threw the tea overheard and called on the
battle for the vindIcation of right. We
had our Lexington and Bunker Hill in
1888. We had our Saratoga in 1889.
We shall have our Yorktown in 1890"
1t restricting the purchase and sale of
our products to American markets stimu-
lates industry, and cheap production in.
creases wealth and wages, why would it
not be a wise policy to apply the principle
to each one of the states? Ii 1t is pro-
ductive of good to torty-two states it
ought to be good to each one of them.
1t is a question of political economy not
Of patriotic sentiment.
The best home market is the one into
which is admitted the largest importa-
ton because thelargest importation means
the largest expectation. That means ac
tiTe demand for articles exported and that
means increased prices. and that means
increased wealth distributed among con-
sumers. and that will in turn create an
active demand for home products, which
supplies 80 per cent OF home consump-
ton an active demand for products creates
a demand for raw material and labor and
that raises the price of both and gives
constant employment to ali classes of la
borers
, 1890-01-01

NEW YORK, Dee. 3l.-Two middle
aged women were baptized In New York
bay at Greenville Sunday. They were
Mrs. Freeman of this city and Miss Garry
House, of Middleton, n. Y. They were
converts to the faith cure religion. Miss
House said she had suffered for years
with nervous prostration Mrs. Freeman
had been an attendant al the faith cure
meetings in G~reenville Tor a long time.
She felt that the Lord wanted her to be
baptized. The two women wore long
black gowns. Brother Hancock walked
twenty feet, where the water came up to
his waist, and they followed him. They
folded their arms and he forced them
backward and raised them again. They
did not seem to mind the cold. After
the ceremony thew marched back TO the
church in their dripping robes. They
seemed - be very happy and joined in
the songs of their companions.