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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-04
a Farm In His Root.

1t is not often that grain is found to
grow in q mans boots, but such case
is reported. A farmer brought pair of
boots to Guelph, Ont, cobbler to be re-
paired. When tho shoemaker COM
menced operations on them he found
grain growing to the length of several
inches. Such is certainly curiosity.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-04
Ear-Rinss in All Ages.

The strange fashion of mutilating and
adjoining the human ear has been prac-
ticed and has been in vogue all over tho
world. 1t has especially enjoyed great
favor among the Orientals, and by Per
slams, Babylonians, Lydians, Lybians
and Carthagenians the earring was
worn as commonly by men as by women.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-04
Curious Cause of Death.

A schoolgirl in france died recently
from curious cause. At the distribu-
ton OF prizes she obtained laurel
wreath colorcd green. She thoughtless-
~ put The painted leaves in her mouth
and died afterward from tho effect of
the poison.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

In the Senate, on the lst. Mr.. vcst
from the committee OF meat products,
made . report and accompanied it with
an explanation and four different bills
for the consideration Of the Senate.
The Customs administrators bill was
taken up, the pending question being
on the amendment securing 10 an az
grieved importer the right 70 bring .
common-law suit against the collector.
--...In the House Senate bill to pro-
tect trade and commerce against nnlaw-
fol restraints and monopolics was taken
up. An amendment making unlawful
any contract or agreement to prevent
competition in the sale or purchase OF
any commodity transported from q
State to another was agreed to. and the
bill as amended was passed by a viva
voce vote with but a single dissenting
vote.
The House committee on labor. on
the lst. authorized a favorable report
on the bill TO enforce the Eight Hour
law on Government premises. except in
cases " extraordinary emergency aris-
ing in time Of war. or where 1t may be
necessary 70 construct public works.
preserve property or prevent the de-
struction IL human life.
TIE German Government will not
present its Army bill in the Reichstag
before the coming winter. and only !
nominal credit will be demanded. the
government having abandoned its in
tention TO ask for a seven-years credit
for the maintenance OF the army.
Mn CROMWELL the assignee OF the
late firm OF Henry $. Ives & Co. was
authorized. on the ist. BY Judge Bar
rett, 81 New York City. to settle claims
against the firm at five cents on the
dollar.
JANIS PALMER was hanged IN the
State prison az Concord. n. H., on the
LIST. for the murder Of a fcllow-workman
named Whitchouse, May -, 1856.
TWENTY-FIVE female clerks in Brad
streets Commercial Agency at Omaha,
Neb.. struck. on the LIST, against a re-
duction Of wages.
THE Popc's rcscript to the German
Bishops, urging them TO actively CONF
q sSccialism. was made public on tho
LIST
Ex-PEEsIDENT CLEVELAND was. on
the lst, admitted to practice in the SUI
prcme Court Of the United States.
The Wisconsin Republicans will not
make an issue Of the Bennett law IN
the coming State election.
The electrical exhibition in Edin.
burgh was opened, on the LIST by the
Duke Of Edinburgh.
a GENERAL amnesty was proclaimed
u the Island Of Crete On tho LIST
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09
A FATEFuL PARADE.

a street Parade ~ nm "t'ncIe Toms Cabins
Troupe Results ~seriousiy NJ CIevc-
land. ..
CLEvELASD, o.. April 3o.-Whilc an
Uncle Toms Cabin troupe was parad-
Ing Parkman street this morning. a
horse ridden by Chas- Gordon. one OF
the company. took fright ut an electric
motor, hurled Gordon to the pavement
and then dashed into a crowd OF school
children. knocking a number az them
down In endeavoring TO protect the
children q young man wa thrown 10
the pavement and seriously hurt. Cor
don was taken up unconscious and re-
moved to the hospital, with a terrible
scalp wound and we're contusions. Ono
Of the children was severely injured
n two others badly hurt, while quite
. number received slight injuries.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09
NATURAL JAKE.
a Thief al National Renown shot and
Killed BY Ills wife In b Memphis Po-
lice Court.

Killed BY Ills wife In the Memph Po-
lice Court.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, April 3O.-Jake
Ackerman. a thief with a National
reputation. was hot and killed in the
police court this morning by his wife.
Alderman i known In nearly every city
in the United States as a sneak thief
and burglar lie had been away from
his wife, and returned here Mon
day night while escaping from
officers from Omaha. who are in pur-
suit OF him for a burglary and silk
robbery committed last week. When
he met his wife the two quarrclcd and
b police came in and arrested Ackcr-
a This morning the woman. who
Is known as Lizzie Alderman. camc
into the police court TO prosecute tho
assault case. The trial had hardly be-
gun before she drew a pistrol and shot
three bullets through the prisoners
body. killing him instantly. Ackcr-
man was known among his companions
as Natural Jake" from his ability to
feign innocence when arrested. lie
was thirty eight years Of age. and has
been q thief from earliest childhood.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

A housing citizens meeting was held
at Sioux City. Ia. on the evening OF the
18th, at which il was decided by a
unanimous vote to build q corn palace
this year on q greater and grander
scale than yer before. A guarantee
fund Of SIS, 900 was subscribed.
The wife Of Steve Brodic. OF Brook
Ign. the bridge jumper. has been miss
ing since the 18th. On the 21th Brodie
offered $1,000 reward for any informa-
tion as to her whereabouts.
CHIEF-oF-PoLrcE JANSEN Of Nilwau-
kee, Wis. issued an order. on the 18th,
closing all gambling houses and base
ball pool-rooms in hat city.
The twenty-fourth annual encamp-
ment OF the Ohio Department OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic met In
Cincinnati on the 10Th. Only routine
business was transacted The election
Of officers was held on the 30th.
IL the celebrated case Of Emma Cam
eron. who has a claim against the Gov
m for damages done during the
war on her place. Cameron Hill.' near
Chattanooga the Senate committee. on
the 18th. agreed to a report authorizing
the Secretary Of War 70 pay Mrs. Cam
eron whatever ne shall find 70 be due
her
CASPER SoEE- the head clerk OF the
Newark IN. J.l p~ost-ofice was com
mitted to the Trenton Jail. on tho 2.th.
in default Of $1,000 bail for cmbezzlinr
$1,000 from the money order department
Of the Newark ~post-ofice.
The wife and three children OF Rob
ert Nirtell. Of Milwaukee. were prob
ably fatally burned. by the destruction
Of their store and residence about three
o'clock on the morning Of the asth.
The representatives Of about ten OF
the american nations signed the arbi-
tration agreement recommended bv the
Pan-American Conference az the State
Department on tho 18th. Among the
nations which signed the treaty were
Brazil. Bolivia, Colombia. Ecuador.
Guatemala. Salvador and Honduras
UNITED STATES MINISTER RYAN en-
tertained d. o Mills and party. OF New
York. at dinner in the City Of Mexico.
- ~ a Alt MI ana 1UpDlut~
ments were never surpassed by tho
Iivcli San Cosme, the Dclmonico OF
Mexico.
The Homestead Rank OF New York
closed Its doors on the Goth. bad bust
ness Is said TO be the cause OF its sus.
pension The bank has a capital OF
$780, Q and IL is said the depositors
will be paid in full.
Az organization TO be known IS the
independent Order Of Machinists Of the
United states was instituted in LYNN.
Mass. on the 10Th. with a charter list
q $50 members. A full board of on
rers Was chosen. II Is the intention 10
nave the supreme lodge in Lynn. and
% organize one or more lodges in every
city In the country.
Miss CLARA BARTON. president. and
Mrs =. Z. Fuller. secretary d the
National Relief Corps. each addressed
he House committee on invalid pen-
sions, on the 10Th. in support Of the bill
'cr the relief Of women enrolled Is army
uurscA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

DAYTON, O., May ~2.-Sixty wood
atthe car-works struck yesterday
because Foreman Kronaug persisted ~
employing good men whether they bc-
longed to the union or not. They gave
him the alternative, and he replied
that he asked no questions Of the men
he employed. The men then walked
out In an orderly manner. 1t Is cx.
pected that within q day or two most q
the men will 60 back to work.
Carpenters on several large buildings
wavercd yesterday morning, but al
won't 70 work : half hour late, and the
men ere working peacefully . usual.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

PHILADELPHIA. May l.-Gcorgc AL.
len, Of Phillipsburr, Kas., and Hi
Bccbc, OF Superior. Neb. paid $500 u 4
Newark IN. - man whom they mot on
their way East. for what they supposed
was $1,000 In counterfeit. They started
West again, but were observed by the
police At the depot here as they were
opening the sachcl to count the sup-
posed money, and on being questioned
the story came u The sachcl Wa
found % contain tissue paper wrapped
IN = few good bills. The two men were
allowed 70 continue their homsward
Quincy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

Louisville. Ky, May AT least
1000 workmcn were in line this morn
ing. making a procession over five miles
In length. After the parade a monster
meeting will DO held. when samuel
Gompers. president OF the Federation q
Labor, and other speakers will address
the wagc-workcrs. The carpenters
have not yet received an answer from
the bosses. and unless IL is Forthcoming
this afternoon they will strike to.mcr'
row.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09
Rain spells u Demonstration 10 >fH
York.

NEW YoHH, May Rain spoilc r
labor parade and open-air mass me
last night. and not more that five
sand men were at the Union square
meetings. There wa plenty Of music,
some red flags, more labor notices and
a remarkably large collection 81 police.
men. Among the speakers al Tie Plaza
were Scrgius. Schcyitzh. T.. J. McGairc'
Theodore u. Wakeman. Paul Grottkaa
and Prof. DeLeon. Attic Cottage other
well-known speakers were heard.
Resolutions we're adopted hailiny me
eirht-hour day As the beginning u Ito
ultimate abolition Of wage slavery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

"a. Louis, May Labor Day was
fittingly observed here to-day by 4 mon
ster parade, participated in BY most q thc
labor organization 81 the city. The Gay
was cool and pleasant and the parade was
viewed by thousands who lined tho
walks along the route Of march. Attic
conclusion OF the parade the p%artici'
pants listened TO speeches on tho labor
situation by various speakers At schnai'
der's Garden.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

The propeller 5. r. Hodge arrived at
Buffalo. n u. II half-past two o'clock
on the afternoon Of the 2.th. with . car
60 Of 5000 barrels Of -four from Duluth.
being the first boat from Lake Superior
this season II Is expected that some
Of the Northern boats will make a round
trip in April with loads both ways.
which will add still further to the early
record
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

PETER J. CLIAAsES. ex-president Of
the Sixth National Bank Of New York.
charged with wrecking that Institution.
appeared before Judge Benedict in the
United States District Court Of New
York. on tie 2sth- and pleaded not
guilty on all the four counts Of the in
dictment
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

GEnEoE II IvE>. assistant district at
torney. was arrested at salem. Mass, on
the a5th. on a charge Of forgery. The
amount involved j. said 10 BE- go. 600.
and the money. he says. was spent in
extrzvagant living.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

Ex-PoLIcE JUDcE LAnpLow. OF Oak
land. Cal. who a short time ~ fined
himself $50 for drunkenness, spent the
night Of the 18th in . cell for creating a
disturbance in the streets. He had
been recently removed from osice.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

THE supreme Court o. tho the United
States. on the 18th. with three dissen-
tents. decided that the Iowa State law
prohibiting the sale Of beer i~noriginal
package in that State is ~unconstitu-
tional.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

THE New York City grand jury. on
the Soth. found indictments for Grim
inal libel against Joseph Pulitzer. John
A Cockerill. julius Chambers and James
r. Graham. Of the World. for publish
ing statements regarding ex-Judge Hill
tom
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

The special House committee to in
vestigate the Ohio ballot-box forgeries
met.on the 18th. after \ recess Of several
weeks and resumed the taking Of testi-
mOnv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

Miss EMMA IL KALBrLEIscu. con
victei Of defranding Boston merchants.
was on the e5th. sentenced 70 one year
in the womcn's prison at Sherborn.
Mas
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

Rr. REV. RICHARD BoEoESs. founder
Of Borgess. Hospital in Kalamazoo.
Mich. while visiting ~ the Deanery.
on the 18th. was stricken with paraly-
ais
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

THE amended Saxton Ballot Reform
bill vas passed BY the New York State
Assembly on the 3oth. II j. a com
promise measure. the official ballot be-
ing dropped out in order 70 meet the
Governors objection
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

BALTIMORE. Nd. was visited. on the
the .7th, BY : destructive hail-storm. in
which the stones were IS large as .
mans fist, some Of them rugged and
sharp on the edges IS steel blades.
Nearly AL the window panes in the Getty
we're broken.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

Jackson 4 Cos mills at Nashua. n.
H.. were started UP on the esth. Nearly
eight hundred men returned TO work al
the same prices that existed before the
strike.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

IL the case Of William Kemmler, sem
fenced to suffer death By electricity IN
the New York State prison at Auburn.
> writ Of habcas corpus was served on
Warden Durston. on the 10Th. COM
handing him 70 produce kemmlcr in
the United States Circuit Court at
Canandaigua- ~ ~. on the third
Tuesday Of june. 1870, thus indefinite
~ P~ostpcning the death Of the con-
demned murderer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

OK the recommendation OF District
Attorney Fellows. Judge Cowing in the
General Sessions Court on the 18th. dis
missed the Indictment for bribery
against ex-Alderman Wendell, Of the
New York Doodle board Of 1854 In his
recommendation the district attorney
said that Wendell was not a member 81
the combine and that the people had
no evidence on which to 60 to trial.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

The Pennsylvania Democratic state
convention has been called for July > ~
Scranton.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

ARoyArlsr plot was discovered in
Paris. on the sOth 70 proclaim the mon
archy with the young Duke 81 Orleans
as King.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09
MAv-oAv DolMcs


The 0reasest u-Als0r Demo...
: "a Chicago VIA h.
Thousand Men In Line. u..,,y rAars
Thousand striking union t...'" :, ~
Immense throng Listen. "'"~l
Z" me Lake Front nl.tn ,'e'eA~
ANY Kind MARRIED tho oc.a-i." ''A's 4
cnicAoo. May e.~The rr..,..
demonstration ever witnessed @a'
cago closed its ranks sho.. w
noon yesterday and in s's
nearly thirty thousand men Z, nh,
the notes " music Furnished N. .
q bands. At the hour nano.. n1Hss
cession started from Monroe an ~,
streets and marched east. mn. ,'FA
brotherhood OF Carpenters n..,a,
procession. the Carpenter, iNuI,. ~
and the Amalgamatcd C~arnnn,. ~
J%oiners' following. These. NINA va
OF Labor carpenter a~ssomili,> sns
Q line of about five thousand N. ~2
Following these came tho lrni,ta n.sA
81 American Hricklaycrs ana u'
Masons, about three thousand y"'
Then, In the order named. cAmo .o,,
leaders, cloak-makers. wooa. a.- ~
fathers, turner's. metal ornie..rs
iron-moldcrs, metal-workcr, ,,,n,
w~ood-carvcrs and turner's. l~.nhsms.,
wood machine workers. y. 4 r''
banks employees, paper-hanecr. c-.
and pants makers. ~tailor~. ,,...
printers, boiler-makcrs, gas-,it,os.
makers, sawycrs, harncs,-n4kcrs Il,
many Others. ~
tanners. flags and notices WIZ. M.
tifuiiy displayed, and The s.nt,n.n..
expressed on the notices ca,,Sod \.
mendons cheers from tho thron,. +,
spectators that crowded tAr lIne n
march. Every thing moved smoo,hI.
and not the slightest disfArhanra =
wrangle occurred.
The procession was easily tour o,i..
long, and most Of the parader. MIX
four abreast, and the ranks MI.
crowded close together.
The strength expected from IN. s,oc..
yards did not materialixe, Instead Y,
10000 mon. as expected, less than s.ooo
appeared in line.
After parading over the line II mareh
the procession moved to the Lake From.
Park, where the announcement tba.
Congressman Frank Lawlcr. Judge TIT.
hill. Judge Prendcrgast and othe-s
would speak had drawn an Immense
crowd. There were fully twcntv.axa
thousand people on the ~
addition 10 those that had take
the parade. Owing TO some II
no speakers stands
erected In the park, and the
bearing the speakers were III
70 different places in aa
and from them tho crowds
dressed. The orators spoke
labor question. and from tho
followed their remark, -i
that the multitude
pleased.
Up 10 a late hour YESTERDAY
there had been no trouble at t
Several OF the hoo
closed TO allow the men to tnks
the parade. The police on d4
not anticipate any trouble.
Tlse Decentralization In uuuI.r ~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

THE Rank D: America al Philaiel-
phia. aState bank. closed is doors on
the SOth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

DURING = FIRE in . New York sene-
ment house, on the 2sth. Daniel Rossler.
one Of . member Of tenants who were cut
OF BY . defective frc-escape and driven
70 the roof, obtained . rope and lowered
. large number of women and children
In safety TO the street. Some men then
climbed down the rope, and last OF all
kossler. But the rope was % worn by
this time that it broke beneath his
weight and he fell 70 the pavement but
fortunately was not seriously hurt
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

The Demonstrates In Loudon ,ery ! nmr.
LONDON. May 9Th. terrible May
Day bogie has como and gone. ana a
very Insignificant and harmless fniion
he has shown himself TO be. what ait-
tie disorder there was on thu Contin "a.
yesterday. where IL was predicted md
greatly feared blood would fow d.
confined to street fights and braN y!
proportions far beneath the char II
OF a riot
In London the street displays cf/.e
boasted strength and uncoriprpr ~
determination OF the workmth rclN
positively ridiculous in their aA
ness. The parades were not dl
by either the trade unionists or
cialists, and really seemed 10 ha
definite object. The Socialist
trades organizations. however. 4
that they are reserving their foH
sunday. when they will give an ex
OF their power hat will cause soci 1
trcmblc.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

The brake rod o. an engine attached
70 an express train on the Chesapeake
a Ohio road broke. at three o'clock on
The morning of the 18th. a. the train
was descending a heavy grade. and II
dashed into stanton. Va. al the rate
q eighty miles a. hour. when the pull
man sleeper. containing the members of
sle Pearl 81 Pekin'' Opera Company.
lefs the track and was wrecked. Miss
Myrtle Knox died Of her injuries, and
hurt
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

T~wESrr-sIx Cinnamon. one Portu-
Ruese and the captain Of the sloop '.ne-
nicia Boy" are awaiting trial ~ san
Diego Cal, for violations Of the Chinese
Exclusion act The captain Of the Be-
nicia Boy confessed that he vas en-
ployed BY parties in San Francisco. and
that regular contracts are entered into
an china BY which. for safe delivery in
ne United states. the contracting par
ties are % receive $40 per head for
Cinnamon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-09
WAITS

4 GENTS WANTED -W WE HAVE
y un original plan in dealing viii our
agents. which the greatly appreciate. We
furnish them with ally quFnuty or our CATS
lOgues. with their names printed on eacn as
exclusive agents for their county.
Agents have merely 90 see ihut the caiH-
l0gues are properly distributed aud the re-
suit Us marytl Ous. An agent ln ihis way can
also establish large mall trade.
run particulars mailed on receipt or four
cents % stamps.
LESTER. PAYNE & CO..
ia2j-LNMIm Battle Creek. Mich.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-09

took a ride out 90 "BartOn Heights the
other dav. and ! can't imagine how any
man who Is a fen3ut-whO Is paving rent
and all upon "A small salary, can think mat
he can afford 20 live i'm the dusty. muddy,
noisy, city and pay rent for "a house, when
he can remove his residence 10 the piciul-
esque plateau occupied by Mt. james ii.
Barton. only a trihe over a mile from the
city. which is nearer the pOsioiiice than
Richmond College Lots are selling az elght
dollars per foot. while at Richmond college
they are selling at very much more.
You should remember that the electric
ears are only nine blocks from the limit oi
Barton Heights and that Mr.. Barton Is
putting forth every endeayOr 90 have rail
road communication of the most efficient
character put into operation 10 place ms
suburban property i'm direct communication
with the city proper.
As a matter of pedestrianism the walk IS
actually no further than from Richmond
College.
At Barton Heights YOU can realize pure
air. water and surroundings; and, as he per-
mits the building of no small houses, and
telephone and postal privileges are al the
disposal of occupants, there Is every con-
ceiyable inducement for the pOssessor OF
limited means 10 make for himself the same
home he would endeayor TO maintain as a
tenant upon the premises Of some one else,
when he might Bog an equivalent eXpendl-
ture become the owner of his own hearth
and hearihst0ne. What think you Of this
Isn't there a logical deduction IN what
have saidt BILLY FORD.