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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-09
lPBclAL ATTRACTIONS
At TILE
0.|uB- PRICE STORE.

Side band suitings. closing price &c
:, yard.
Outing cloths in beautiful patterns
II s and Zoe yard
I, Flannelettes in new and styliSh
,atterns at l2ac Il yard.
Dress singhams, ;, S and Toe yard.
\ few pieces of Scotch ginshams at
zoe, worth 95c yard
stilla ew challies at 4c and &c Il
y ,rd.
Also a few more pieces of checked
mohair ut 25c a yard.
Mohairs in al shades at 25, 81 and
: 5oca yard.
White goods in all the newest ma
lerials and at lowest prices
\ special bargain in pure TURKEY
ri table covers, 81, .3c ana ) ~ o':c
each
Table linens, towers Ni'u u
,ndlesS variety. ard ut prices tha'
,.cfy competition.
Another ease OF white bed quilts at
i each.
Ladies aud Gents underwear and
s..Siery in great assortment ana at
b tom prices.
Large stock of bleached and un,
coached cotton> ana sheetings III "Ii
2;ylths.
Childrens white lace hats and caps
III l5c up.
Fans, Fans, Fans. Fans, from PC up
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-09
Roanoke Land and
Improvement 20.
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the engineer of the Roanoke Land ana
Improvement Company until . o'clock
p. m, of August 20lh, tor the grading,
steam rolling Steam roller provided by
company, cutters, matchmaking, lay
inc of Gas and water mains, timber
culvertS, etc., on the extensions OF
Jefferson and Walnut streets, in the
city of Roanoke, Va. Proiiles and
specifications may be seen at the OIL
flee of the company, No. II Campbell
street, s. W.
The company reserves the RICH! to
reject any and all bids
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-09
A FINISH F'IGn
SULLIVAN AND JACKSON
OFFERED $4,000.
SESSION OF HHLIG1LAND FINISHED
fh" 1ewi'h Exodas Begins KENNY
i"r,s i;cnains Hursca-A fund FeE
Hossa Removing Genera! GrantJ
Remains.

By United Press.
Boston. Aug. 8.-John L. sullf
and Peter Jackson have been OF i
purse OF 100000, $25,O toM e
winner ard s.. fD9-+e---s.>Ioser,
finish fight at tie carniv;X s
Ogden Utah.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-09
rae Guatemalan Army Dereafe

By intel Press.
NEW YosK, Aug. s.-=A special ii
the Herald from San Salvador SAYS
that the defeat of the Guatemalan;
army by that of Salyada is -completa
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-09
4 Euna forO.D,novan r ossn..

% IIaNa0t
New YORK, Aug. Sit is proposed
by the friends of ODonovan Rosa 10
raise a fund for him sufficient til
maintain him in his old age.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-09

By United Press.
VIENNA, Aug. s.-The exodus on
Jews from Russia in obedienee to the
recent edict of the government has
begun.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-09
nse nAnGe,nes OF Yee.a. -.

By United FaJs. :
pLAYERS, LEAo11ns
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-09

>eF'Ous s-tso5E' = 49, s'''.l,SS
BY United Press.
New YORK, Aug The
between the knights % abpi
the New York Central and Hr
River Railroad cempaf { II
becoming more serious. {
Fighting sosseItss
BY United Press. 3
BERIE, Aug.S
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
WORK AND WORKERS.

THK journeymeu bakers IN Washington, d
c. demanded reduction in hours from " Il
10 per day, with half an hour ior lundh. ThelI
demand was granted.
The Master Builders Association IN Boston
has under consideration request from the
Building LaboTefs Union iof an advance Of
% cents per day In wages.
THE majority Of the strikers IN the planning
mills box factories and SASH door and blind
factories in Chicago have returned to work VI
the bosses terms Of ten hours per day.
EDWIN STOKES, Of Philadelphia, who wen,
TO San Francisco 10 take the place Of one Of
the striking iron moulders, was nearly killed
by a crowd ofmen whom he says are strikers
A DISPATCH from Helena, Montana, say,
that the Livingston Smelling Company and
the Great Falls Smelling Company have closed
down. There IL a fumof that the closing u .
preliminary step towards combination DO
tween them.
THE coaohman and the employees Of The
street car and omnibus linesin Havana, Cuba
who have been on strike, have resumed work.
The garbage collectors slaughterers' man aud
many railway hands are OF strike. The strik.
ers are orderly.
ONE thousand coal miners In the biumi.
nous region, near Washington, Indiana, have
struck for On advance Ia wages refusing 70
abide by the decision ofthe 1crrc Houte Con.
yenton, which, they claim, Disseminated
against that market
ALL but one-third Of the contractors 10 NIL.
waukee have granted the demands Of the ear
penters for an eight-hour day. The men have
decided TO remain at work for a week longer
TO give the remaining constructors an oppoF-
tunity to consider the question.
Two hundred and seyenty.6ve miners en-.
ployed by the Decatur Coal Company, in De.
catur, Illinois, have quit work They have
been getting 20 cents per ton, and viii wait
until the Executive Board Of thc United Mino
Workers for the State Of Illinois fixes the
price for the district
A CONTRACT was made by which the United
States Government Ordnance Works Of Bos-
ton will be moved 10 East Chattanooga, Ten.
nessee, at once. The company guarantee 70
put in works 10 cost 100000 and employ over
5000 skilled mechanics. Competition ofcheap
Southern iron forced the removal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17

lllrH DAY.-The entire day was given IN
70 general debate on the Tariff bill. The Re.
publican Senatorial caucus met and again dis
eussed the silver question, but no agreemen,
was reached
ll2TH DAY.-The House passed bill grant
ing Mrs. Della s. Parnell pension Of $500 a
year. The tariff debate was continued, Mr.
Crisp, Of Georgia making the principle speech
An evening session was held for debate on the
same subject.
18TH DAY.-The House had two sessions.
devoted to debate on the tariff bill Messrs'
Springer, Of Illinois, MeAdoo, Of New Jersey.
aud Cummings, Of New York vigorously al,
tackled the bill. Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, said
here were various propositions in the bill 10
which he objected, including free hides and
the proposed reduction Of the tobacco tax.
The Speaker announced the appointment Of
Mr. Blount Of Georgia, rs a member Of the
COMMITTEES on rules, and Mr.. Mutchler. OF
Pennsylvania, on appropriations.
114rH DAY-The House went into commit
tee Of the whole on the tariff bill. During dc.
bate on one Of the amendments Mr.. Mills
branded as false a statement made by Mr..
Grosvenor rejecting Oh the democratic ma
jority Of the committee Of ways and means OF
the last Congress Several amendments to
the bill offered from the democratic side were
voted down.
10TH DAY.-The House, after the transac.
ton OF some routine business, went into CON.
mittee Of the whole Mr.. Payson, Of Illinois in
the chair on the Tariff bill Various amend.
ments were offered but we're rejected; and
after considering thirteen q the ljG pages Of
the bill. the committee rose and the House at
6:45, adjourned.
1lGTH Dayton motion Of Mr.. Morrill, Of
Kansas. the House insisted on its amendment
to he Senate Dependent Pension bill, and a
conference was ordered. The House then went
int committee of the whole Mr.. Grosvenor,
Of Ohio in the chair,) on the Tariff bill. After
considering sixteen Of the i5G pages Of the
bill, the committee rose, and the House ad-
i0uTned
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
TEN PEOPLE DROWNED.
An ovor-Crowdsd Naptha Yacht Cap
sizes In the Ohio River.

An Ovor-Crowded Naptha Yacht Cap
sizes I'm the Ohio River.
A naptha yacht containing twenty people
capsized in the Ohio River at Wheeling, w.
Va, and only ten Of them were resueed The
base ball game in Island Park had just closed
and the pier of the Naphtha Yacht Ferry
Company was crowded with people anxious
10 get home.
The Gertrude built for ten passenger. came
In, and in an instant eighteen people, besides
the engineer and tillerman were ingide, send
ing the boat almost to the waters edge In
the party were two women They were sit
ting on one side near where the tiller rope
passes through the pulleys. When the yacht
neared shore Mrs. Mendell's dress caught in
the pulley and the tillef rope drew it in, clog
ging the pulley wheel and rendering the till
erInan helpless to move the Tudder
The engineer lost his wits and allowed the
machinery 10 become unmanageable. The
yacht was pointing at a sand barge mOored at
the wharf The course Of the yacht could not
be changed and the engineer neglected 70 re-
verse his engine. The bow Of the yacht struck
the fat bow Of the sand barge and the yacht
turned upside down.
The current at that point is swim and the
fiat bottomed barge, lying as 1t did, caused an
Increased suction, which drew the yacht and
people, except two, under H.
The ten men drowned. were all members II
force ofnon-union carpenters brought from
Columbus, Ohio, and had been put 10 work on
building near the ball park. The names u
the men are unknown.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
A Snider Catches a Fish.

The physical powers of the Lycoside,
the popular running, ground or wolf
spiders, are we'll illustrated by an in
stance recorded in the proceedings of the
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel-
phia. The result as reported was
achieved by pure strength and activity,
without any of the mechanical advan-
tages of snare. Mr.. Spring, while
walking with friend in swampy
wood, which was pierced by dixie three
feet wide, was attracted by the extraor-
binary movements of large black spider
in the middle of a ditch. Closer exam
nation showed that the creature had
caught fish! She had fastened upon it
with deadly grip just on the forward
side of the dorsal fin, and the poor fish
was swimming round and round slowly,
or twisting its body as if in pain. The
head of its black enemy was sometimes
almost pulled under water, but the
strength of the fish would not permit an
entire submersion. 1t moved its fins as
if exhausted, and often rested. Finally
it swan under a floating leaf near the
shore and made vain effort to dislodge
the spider by scraping against the under
side of the leaf.
The two had now closely approached
the bank Suddenly the long black legs
of the spider emerged from the water,
and the hinder ones reached out and fas-
tened upon the irregularities Of the sides
of the ditch The spider commenced
Juggling at his prize in order to land it.
The observer ran to the nearest house for
a wide-mouthed bottle, leaving his friend
to watch the struggle. During an inter
val of six or eight minutes absence the
spider had drawn the fish entirely out of
the water; then both creatures had fallen
in again, the bank being nearly perpen-
dieular. There followed great strug-
gle, and on Mr.. Springs return the fish
was already hoisted head first more than
half its length out upon the land. 1t
was very much exhausted, hardly making
any movement, and was being slowly and
steadily drawn up by the spider, who had
evidently gained the victory. Popular
Science Monthly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
KIDNAPPED FORTY YEARS AGO.
A Child Restored 10 His Relatives After
He Reaches Middle Life.

The climax Is soon to be reached at Rock
Island, H., Of case that would have seemed
in fiction almost impossible. In Savannah,
y. y, a boy named Hiram Gregg, the oldest
Of large family Of children, was stolen from
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gregg. The
boy disappeared near Mud Creek stream on
the banks Of which he was playing and his
parents supposed he was drowned. After
dragging the creek for him, they gave him up.
They afterward moved 20 Rock Island, and
the father died there two years and a half ago,
one of the pioneers Of the town. He left with
his widow several children. Now tits learned
from A. ]. Seakry, Of West Poini, Hope County,
MINI, that Hiram Gregg is living at Richard.
son, Polk County, Wis, under the name Of g,
A: Gage, the name given him by his abdnctor,
who was an interruptions woman and who
kidnapped him % be reyenged on his parents
with whom she had trouble She brought
him up in ignorance Of his real name and he
never knew who his parents were until few
weeks ago. Correspondence has been carried
on and the Greggs are certain that they have
found the long-missing member Of their fam.
lily and that be viii be at Rock Island this
week. He is row forty-three years Of age and
has a family. The woman who kidnapped
him left him at the time Of his marriage.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
WRECKED ON THE HEBRIDES.
Over Fifty Lives Lost-survivors Killed
by the saxagex.

News has just been received in San Fran
cisco by the steamer Zealandis that, in great
storm on March 4, the schooner Eliza Mary
was driven on the reefs az Msllicolo, in the
New Hebrides. 1t was impossible 10 see any
thing through the binding rain till just be-
fore the ship struck. There were on board at
the time crew Of eighteen, two passengers,
forty-four recruits and fifteen returning la
borers. making a total Of seventy-nine. The
first boat which was lowered was manned by
four white men and several Of the black crew.
The boat was dashed to pieces while going on
shore. and the four white men drowned. Those
who remained On board the ship were saved
Several of the recruits swan for the shore,
and were either drowned or killed after land
ing. One boy bad 10 fight his way from shore
to the mission station, distance Of ten miles.
He with twenty Of his companions, wen; with
some natives to village near the coast. They
were given food, but. while eating, the wages
set upon them and began toInaaawkiug the
eastaways. The boy ran and escaped In all,
four white men and forty-seven blacks were
lost
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
FARMERS ALLIANCE DEMANDS.
s"b-Trsasariss Wanted for the Storage Of
the staple Crops Of the Country.

sssb-TrsasarisS Wanted for tho Storage Of
the staple Crops ofths Country.
delegation representing the Farmers AZ
liance appeared before The Ways and Means
Committee few days aQo They advocated
the passage Of the bin creating sub-treasuries
in different parts o. the country for the receD-
ton o. staple crops produced BY farmers
G. W. Maeune. chairman Of The Legislative
Committee u the Alliance, was sp6kesman.
He said tgO million farmers had been repre-.
scnted 81 the 81 Louis convention and they
bad proposed The remedy Get Ouf IN the bill as
The frst step 10 the direction Of relieving the
depression In agriculture The farmers asked
no favofs and no class legislation; they we're
now suffering from the laiter. They did nj
AJAX the enactment 81 any unconstitutional
measure, bat AZ the great dcbter ciat4 a. the
men who Rad gone out IN the West AFTER the
war and laid the coll under contribution Wifh
borrowed money they protested against the
contraction ofthe currency az a time When fhsir
debts became due, and asked that the eondi.
tons be- restored 70 what they were when money
was borrowed. They asked justice. pure anti
simple.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
KILLED ALL rHE FAMILY.
Farmer schaefrer Murders his wife and
Child and Commits Suicide.

Child and Commits Suicide.
Constantine Sehaefer, a farmer of Chester.
Mimi, murdered his wife and child. a boy Of
six years, at sunrise and committed suicide.
The crime had apparently been carefully
planned, as Sehaefier had purchased in the
village within the past three days two revoI
vers dirk knife bottle of stryehnine and
package of vernlin poison. These he con.
eealed in bureau and went to bed as usual
Next morning he arose earlier than was his
wont, and, after having started the fire in the
kitchen, called his wife and his hired man.
The latter went at once to the barn, but re-
turned Immediately to the house on hearing
the woman scream. Mrs. Schaeffer lay upon
the floor of the room, the blood streaming from
a terrible wound in her head. She did not
speak, and died in few minutes. A blood
stained axe leaned against the casing of the
door
Schaeffer had disappeared and shrill cry
from a child told that he was committing a
second murder. The hired man sprang up
the stairway and grappled with SchaetTer but
he was too late. The childis throat was cut
from ear to ear. Sehaefier then threw off the
man, ran down stairs and seized bottle of
strychnine taking from 1t a heavy dose. I'm.
mediately afterward he took up a revolver
and blew out his brains.
The cause of the tragedy il unknown.
Schaeher was an exceptionally prosperous
farmer, man Of high degree Of intelligence,
and his relations with his family and his
neighbors were believed to be pleasant. For
the past fortnight, however, he had been suf.
fering from an acute attack of neuralgia. and
is believed to have become insane.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
A Great Engineering Work.

The Manchester England ship canal
which is slowly approaching completion
is one of the greatest engineering works
of the age. The engineer, Mr. Leader
Williams, recently stated that there were
employed upon it II, 489 men and boys,
1872 horses, 5000 wagons Including cars,
as we call them, and 1863 locomotives.
The work necessitated the laying of 21s
miles of railway, and there were used
every month 5000 tons of Portland ee.
ment and 10000 tons of coal. Rail
nay Age.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
HORRIBLE CRIME.
Wealthy PenhsyIyanin Farmer, MS
wife and Son Found Murdered

Information has just been received Of
horrible triple murder at Bentleysyille, Pa
The town is a small country place on the
National pike, and remote FROM railroad aud
telegraph.
On fine farm within QUO mile Of il lived
John Crouch, wealthy farmer, with his wife,
Eliza, aud son, Andrew. aged sixteen. Crouch
was reported TO Keep large amount Of money
in the house.
A neighbor called at the farm, aud was bor-
rifed 10 fnd the doors and windows open and
the house ransackcd from top to bottom. In
their bedroom lay Crouch and his wife with
their threats cut from ear 10 ear, while mp
stairs the son WAS found murdered in the same
manner.
of the three Mrs. Crouch was the only one
who had made any struggle Her blood was
splattered all over the walls, and the bath
chamber presented a sickening appearance.
Tracks about the premises indicated that at
least four men had been engaged in the hor.
rible crime.
An alarm was At once sent 0nt and the whole
section is being pairolled for suspicious char
acters. Suspicion rests on some parties in
Benileysville who nave myIerioHsly disap-
peared. No arrests had bren made. but if the
miscreants should be captured q iynehiBg is
probable.
Robbery was undoubtedly the motive Of the
crime. but no one knows how much money
was obtained b. The mnrsierers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
REiLY q EyASs. PnAll.A.ss.
TRADES INDICATOR.
General Improvement in Business Done
the Country Over
Great Increase of Strikes and Favorahls
Settlements Obtained by the Men,
stock Speculaafon Aetfvn

@reak Increase OF Strikes and Favorahlo
Settlements Obtained by the Men,
stock Speculation Active.
Special telegramsto Bradstrsst's report sub.
stantial gains in the movement of general mar.
chandise, notably at Western and southern
points. Exceptionally favorable reports come
from the recently flooded region of Louisiana,
where the demand for goods is more than meet.
ing expectations and collections are improv.
ing. In the Northwest higher prices for farm
products have stimulated trade and made col.
lections easier. In some regions, however.
irosts affected the previously bright crop out.
look, while IN others rains have had an on.
posite influence. San Francisco advices ara
that Signal Service wheat crop reports from
California 20 Washington present too gloomy
an aspect On May San Francisco resumed
shipments Of hreadstuiis to Australia, liz.
niheant fact, sending to Sydney 1925 centala
Of corn and 225 barrels Of flour.
The number Of strikes during the first nine
days Of May exceed all previous records for 4
similar period. They number las, involving
probably no fewer than $1,000 strikers. There
were sixty-h~Setrikes on May alone. Thus
far the strikers have made substantial gains.
The carpenters strike for a shorter day has
practically succeeded, meeting al New York
and Brooklyn hardly any opposition. In fllf,
nois 1900 coal miners have obtained an al.
vance and will resume work.
Exports Of wheat land hour) from both
coasts this week equal 81, $40 bushels, Against
l,2ISTl5 bushels In the like week year ago.
and S.741 ,0iS bushels last week
The total shipped July TO date is o., 1926 SIS
bushels, against 1885,, 74S bushels in the same
time in lSsS-S9. Stocks Of available wheat. on
both coasts, are slightly in excess Of the total
held year ago but American, European and
afioat stocks Of wheat especially telegraphed
to Bradstreets, decreased 100000 bushels
during April, rs compared with a decline Of
only 5,OO0,p00 bushels ia March last
Dry goods are in fair demand from jobbers In
the regular way. Cotton goods are strong in
price with agents and tend upwards. Print
cloths have advanced kc. A large number Of
buyers have been attracted 70 New York BY
the flannel sales, May 9, h and Is In all,
5000 pieces were advertised TO be sold. Raw
wool is firm in price at Eastern markets on
steady but conservative buying by manufac-
turers and limited stocks Raw cotton is slight
ly weaker Lie ola cent
Business failures reported 10 Bradstrests
number l52 In the United States this week.
against 1873 last week, and ia this weak last
year. Canada had Is this week, against % last
week. The total number Of failures In the
United states January to date is 1890, against
1910 in a like portion Of 1889.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
Why the Colts Licked the Calf

A farmer named Hilton hired very
inexperienced boy to help about the
place. One morning he told the lad to
go ard salt the calf over in the pasture.
The boy took about quart of salt, rubbed
it all over the calf. working it into the
hair A gang of colts in the pasture
scented the salt and got after the calf.
They licked the hair all off the calls
back and tried to lick the hide off too
The farmer tried to catch the calf to
wash it, but the creature, thinking he
wanted to lick too, kept out of his way.
The colts are the only ones that got any
fun out of it.-Saeaaaah Republican.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-17
THE DAYS
They pass mute figures through sombre

They pass mute figures, through sombrt
gate,
When Time the WarGer, turns the noise
less key,
Yelled are th2ir faces, and mystery
OF grayest robe enfolds their cloudy state
IN single march they move, nor soon, nor
late
And gifts, joy, good, the fruits of hfe's
fair tree,
Love the crown, the cross of pain, and pow
erty,
Their full hands hold, these Almoners Of
Fate,
For some they wake glad bells to chimings
soft;
To some, they bear the chrism of sweet
DEATH
Vainly we strive to bar their footsteps oft,
Or, eager, call on them with quick-drawn
breath.
They pass, unmoved, to join the shadowy
train
of vanished days, that shall not come again.
-Etizobeth W. Ftske. in Cosmopolitan.