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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-13
HOW TO RUN THE FAIR.
Suggestions from Messrs. Depew.
Dc Young and Olews.
MT. Depcw Urges tho Necessity of state
Appropriations and Easily Accessible
Grounds-Mr. CLOVIS Discusses
the Financial Prospects.
lCoPYRIGMr, 1911


How to make the worlds fair Mt Chi
cage IL success is Il question that has
cngrosscd the attention of many of the
ablest minds of the country for the
past six months.
1t is easy in IL broad generalization to
say that it depends upon management
and location If it he granted that the
management is able and experienced,
then location is the first consideration.
The facilities for transit to and dis
tribution from the fair of its visitors
are vital to it's pcrmanence and iinan-
cial prosperity.
10th the gate money and the charac-
ter and extent of tho exhibits will de-
pend upon the number of people who
daily visit the fair.
The total number who go once form
an insignificant part of the aggregate
necessary to make n great exhibition.
1t is those who 90 many times over and
over again who increase the numbers to
the proper limit.
Unless the grounds are quickly and
chcaply accessible and the great crowds
always present ut the close in the after
noon and on fctc days can be comforta-
bly, and quickly carried, visitors will go
but once and the fair will be failure.
The Paris and London exhibitions
We're so phcnomcnally successful be-
cause they could DC approached by in
Vulnerable means of cheap conveyance,
and tens of thousands leaving mt the
same moment. namely the hour for clos
lng,could find themselves without delay
Ill the steam cars, cable cars, street
surface cars, stages and carryalls on
their way home.
The management of the fair requires
during its continuance as much of the
mind. the entire time and intelligent
and enthusiastic attention of as expo
rienced and able men as are needed to
run Il state government or Il great mu-
nicipality.
To permit politics to appear anywhere
in the management of a fair of this char
actcr would be fatal to the enterprise
The exhibition will be nothing if not
universal, and if it incurs rightfullv the
hostility of either republican or demo-
cratic states it will be one-sided and
very tame affair.
The exhibition will not he national
unless all of the states are appropriate
~ represented. The states cannot be
present in an attractive way without
the assistance of large appropriations
by their respective legislatures.
The foreign exhibit will undoubtedly
be fine, but distance and expense and
other obvious causes will unnecessarily
prevent European nations being repre-
scnted with anything like the fullness
and richness that they were in Paris in
1850.
The benefit of fairs of this character
to the nations where they are held is in
calculablc. The French fair in Paris
added such an enormous sum to the nor
NAL business of France that it produced
prosperity i'll every department of in
dustry, saved the republic from dssolu-
ton which was imminent, and placed it
upon permanent basis.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-13
SALEM
THE SALEM FURNACE
Will be i'm Blast in Two Months
The Rolling Mill.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
HOTEL LUCERNE. SALEM, VA.

The board of directors of the Salem
Improvement Company have decided to
have the Salem Furnace go into blast
as soon as the niece ;sary material. coal.
coke and iron-ore can be gotten on the
grounds. The Norfolk and Western
Railroad Company have turned over to
the furnace the six miles of branch road
running to the mines south Of the town,
and it is thought that the material can
be had in two months
The Improvement Company has the
controlling interest in the furnace.
President Bright, of the Salem Rol-
ling Mills, which are being erected near
by on the Riverside Land Companys
property, is in the city and says that
all the necessary lumber for the cree
tion of his plant is on the ground. that
the corrugated iron has been ordt rcd
and will be here in a few days. He
thinks the mills will be under roof in
thirty days and that in thirty more the
company will be putting in the machin-
cry.
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THE ROANOKE DEVELOPMENT COM
PANY.
THE ROANOKE DEVELOPMENT COM
PANY.

Is prepared to negotiate with
responsible parties seeking the
Best Location in Virginia for
Manufacturing P III p S.
Fuel, Raw Material and Labor
can be obtained and handled
at this point to the greatest
advantage.
The Fine Table Lands
along the Roanoke river are
exceptionally we'll adapted for
INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SITES.
Rapid Transit by Electric
Railway to the center of the
city has been assured.
Ample Railroad Facilities
for shipment to and from all
points North and South.
1t has already located four
large and valuable industries,
employing over 600 hands.
For particulars apply to
ARTHINGTON GILPIN,
General Manager Roanoke
Development Company, Roa-
noke, Va.
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BRIsToL, Tenn, June IL Special
The commencement exercises of Emory
and llcncry and King Colleges closed
last night. Both of these commence
ments have been largely attended by
people from all over Southwest VIRGINIA
and East Tennessee. The address be-
fore the Literary Society at Emory and
Henry by Thomas Nelson Page. OF Rich
mond, has been widely commented by
competent people. lie chose for his
theme social life in Virginia. The
Robertson medal prize for orator was
won by j. w. Hamilton. Of Tennessee.
The remainder Of medals which were
very valuable were won as follows:
Williams medal for defamation, w. r.
Davis, Virginia; writer medal, l.. y.
Miles, Virginia science medal, w. NJ.
Meredith, Virginia.
The last exercises of King College
took place last night also. Mr.. l.. II.
Dulancy, jr., carrie d away the medal for
orator. The following young men grad.
mated this year; III. C. Keglcy. Vir-
glnia; L. j. Mcconnell Virginia: j. A.
Delaney, Tennessee; j. ID. Wallace
lie nnessee; N. Il. Dulaney, Tennessee:
IL. ). bradshaw, New York.
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BREVITIES.

Miss Minnie Davies, of Warren, Pa,
will arrive in the city to-day on a visit
TO the family Of George Alien.
A plank walk is being laid along the
boulevard.
T. T. Smith, with Allen & Tompkins,
has returned from a prolonged visit to
Washington.
The remains of Henry Shaw, of New
Orleans, who died at the Roanoke Red
Sulphur Springs Wednesday morning in
the last stages of consumption, were
sent to New Orleans yesterday morning.
squad of superbly uniformed United
States soldiers hung out a large poster
in tie postoiiice and underneath the
announcement that recruits are wanted
is conspicuous.
ID. B. Strouse is in New York on bust
ness.
j. B. Cicero, of Mexico, will remain
in Salem during vacation.
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PUSSY AND THE TURTLE.
His First Attempt to Catch n Mouse Was
Not Success.

His First Attempt to Catch Mouse Was
Not Success.
Once upon time there lived a pretty
little kitten. His mother was Just be-
ginning to teach him how to catch
mice. So one day he stole away and
went down into cold cellar to go a.
hunting all by himself. IN catch
ever so many he thought "Six for
mother, one for brother Spotty, one for
Dotty, one for Scramble, one for
Tumble and two for poor littlo Flop,
who never is we'll"
Then he sat and waited. SIT is tho
way to begin" he thought; land 1
must be very quiet, like mothcr!" At
this moment something stirred pile
of turnips in the corner, and the top
one fell off and started to roll along the
cellar floor.
Pussy flew upon it in jiffy. "Good!"
he exclaimed, I've killed it-though it
doesn't seem to be mouse. How cold
and queer it feels. l wish Scramble was
with me. Guess Ill go back to mother
as soon as I've caught one real mouse"
Just then he heard hard, humping
sound With start and jump he
turned quickly, and if there wasn't q
great big turtle creeping toward him!
Turtles, you know, move very, very
slowly. l suppose they find their hard
shell rather heavy.
''Oh, dear! I don't want to catch any
mouse at ALL" said Puss to himself.
I'm scared. | want to go back"
Still the turtle moved toward him
nearer and nearer. --'Oh. OH thought
Pussy, now afraid to move, ''its going
to pouncc upon inc. i know he is. And
if run away he'll Glitch me surc!'
The turtle came closer.
SEQ way. go way" cried Puss.
"You just dare to touch me. and I'll
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sition, in which the majority of the great
nations of Europe refused to officially
recognize the exposition and did not
make any government exhibits, our
exposition has already had the official
acceptance and assurances from the fol-
lowing great governments: Great Brit
ain, France, Germany, Russia, Mexico,
Argentine Republic, Gautamula, Chilli,
Brazil, Italy, China, Austria and Japan.
With these nations setting the example,
there can be no question that the rest
of the nations will accept the invitation
of our government and will make cx-
hibits.
1t will be seventeen years since we
had an exposition in this country of any
Importance, and there need not he any
fear that the shrcwd merchants of the
world will not take advantage of this
opportunity to increase ttcir business
with us.
There cannot be to any extent any
politics in any commercial enterprise.
The managers of the fair have, in the
spirit of the act of congress, divided all
of the great offices and all of the COM
mittecs equally between the members
of both parties Every committee of
the national commission consists of an
even number, and the members of
same are evenly divided between the
two parties. The six presidents and
vice presidents of the national commits
sion are also evenly divided between the
two parties. While the president of the
national commission is Il republican. the
president of the Chicago board is a
democrat
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give you back such scratch as YOU
never had in all your lifc,'
The turtle turned around and waddled
slowly off.
''Now's my chance" cried Puss, and
he jumped upon the enemy.
1.-The idea of that little puss trying to
hurt my hard back said the turtle to
himself. and he drew compile tely into
his shell so that he might have u good
laugh.
Dear me-" thought Puss in horror,
"'rherc las las head gone TO-? must have
bitten it off! What arW mother say?"
And he scampcred away as fast as his
legs could carry him, to tell Spotty,
Dotty, Tumble, Scramble and Flop the
wonderful ncws.-St. Nicholas.
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La Grippe Again.

During the epidemic of La Grippe last
season Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, proved
to be the best remedy. Reports from
the many who used 1t confirm this state
Lent. They were not only quickly re-
lleved, but the disease left no bad after
results. we ask you TO give this remedy
a triai and we guarantee that YOU will
DC satisfied with results, or the pur
chase price will be refunded. 1t has no
equal in La Grippe, or any Throat, Chest
or Lung Trouble. Trial bottles FREQ q,
Christian & Barbee's drug store. Lar~,
bottles soc. and 81.
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Runaway ON Main street.

a horse belonging to j. y. Fink ran
away yesterday on Main street, tearing
the top of the surry after overturning it.
A negro hostlcr named Alex, who was
in the vehicle. holding the horse when
it started to run, rolled out uninjurcd.
The horse was frightened by a Mexican
pony belonging to the gypsics cncampcd
near the city, which got leg entangled
in one of the wheels. The runaway
horse was caught by Mr.. SNYDER.
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RAILROADS.
n s = :. Wy acknowledgements

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY "a, 1891.
wEsTDouND, LEAVE ROANOKE DAILY.
':59 a. III. Arrives Raiford 9:25 IL. M, connect
ing at itadford with New River branch
leaving daily ut 9:45 IL. M. Bristol Is D. m:
lulu a. m. Arrives Bristol 40 p. III. Stops at
all stations.
G.25 p. m, Arrives Bristol l1.35 p. M Connects
at Rndford with New River branch leav-
ing itadford sos p. IN. daily for Dlueiield
and POcahontas.
1865 p. IN. daily for Radford and intermediate
stations.
NORTH AND EAsrDoUND, LEAVE ROANOKE
DAILY.
6.% q. m. for Lynchburg, Petersburg and
Richmond.
l2.5o ?. N. for IIagerstown, Harrisburg, Phi1a-
delphla and New York
lslo r. III: daily for Richmond and Norfolk
2W pm. daily. Arrives Lynchburg 7.tU p. IN.
5.in Ill. for Shenandoah.
ii.s0 p. IN. for Richmond and Norfolk.
h.-o ?. IN; LOT Harrisburg: Philadelphia and
:, douh Junction and b. Il OR r.
office or to w. H. iIEViIT "o
General Passenger Agent. Roanoke. Va
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4
SLAMS GEM MINES.
Rubics and Sapphires In All tho Dlgginzs
How They Are Mined.

Rubies and Sapphires In All the DIgginzs
How They Are Mined.
The gem mines of Siam are at Krung,
Krat and Phailin, points or districts de-
pendent on the seaport of Chantabun.
They are shortly to be leased: but at
present the only condition required for
entering the mines is the payment of
a small fee to the head man of the dis
trict.
The digger's first object is to discover
layer Of soft, ycllowish sand. in which
both rubies and sapphires are deposited.
This stratum lies at depths varying
from a few inches to twenty feet, on a
bed of subsoil in which no precious
stones are found. A pit is dug, and the
soil removed is taken to neighboring
canal or stream, where it is mixed with
water and passed through an ordinary
hand-sieve. In his search for this pc
culiar alluvial deposit, which is gener-
ally free from any admiXture of clqyey
earth, the digger has often to penetrate
into the jungle that grows thiclsly
around, and combines the work of
clearing with the occupation of gem
digger.
No sapphire has yet been extracted of
higher value than about fourteen hun
drcd dollars, or ruby of higher price
than forty-cight hundred dollars No
artificial or mechanical processes for
washing the soil have so far been in
troduccd.
Rubics and sapphires are found at all
the diggings, often deposited side by
side in the same layer or stratum of
l,n r.,,1, 6 Ill
light-rcd hue. The sapphire is of
dark. dull blue, without any Of the
siikcn gloss distinctive OF the Burmah
and Ccylon stones.
N,t,r.I A,,y,i,t.,
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Another Robbery.

Forman's store. on College street, was
robbed again last night of two suits of
clothes. an extra suit of clothes and Il
vest. The robbery was effected through
the show window by breaking the glass
The thief escaped upon the outcry Of
MIR. Foreman. who sleeps over the store
room and who heard the thief
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-13

II you want to sec the LARGEST stock
of pianos and organs ever cxbibitcn in
Roanoke, call on the Hobbio Mus;c
Company, No. 1877 Salem avenue. Tbis
is the truth, and call will convince
yOu
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Send So and get the weekly edition or
The Times for one year and your choice
Of either the Waverly or Dickens novels
complete.
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4 Natural Ambition.

4 Natural Ambition.
"Do you want n siX-shootcr?"
"Wcll, I'd rather have nine shooter.
want to kill cat."-Puck.
The morning call., 1891-12-21
THE BANK CAVED.
George Hampert Crushed to Death
ON Carl Street.

A horrible accident occurred on Carl
street. between Willard and First avenue,
at an early hour yesterday morning, result
ing in the death of George Hampert, Ger
man laborer.
The deceased was employed by Shack
ford & Seller, contractors at 402 Kearny
street, who were engaged in grading road
bed On the street mentioned for the Metro
politan Electric Road, shifts being kept OF
work night and day.
Hampert was on the night shift, and
about 3 40 O'clock was working at bank
composed Of dirt and rock, which had been
partly undermined preparatory to the
loOsening of a large quantity at one time.
The rain which prevailed Friday night
and during Saturday had softened the DIRT,
and scarcely had Hanperts pick sunk into
the bank ere the entire mass commenced to
cave upon him. He tried to escape. but
was not quick enough, however, and was
crushed against a car on the track near by.
His fellow-workman at once rushed to his
aid, and in a short while succeeded in re-
leasing him from the mass of rock and dirt,
which had buried him up to his chest.
The patrol wagon was rung for, but after
an hours wait milk-wagon was secured
and the injured man was sent to the Re-
ceiving Hospital, but died on the way there.
An examination showed that both hips and
his spine had been broken by the mass
which had crushed him. Hampert was 80
years of age, unmarried and resided at 612
HOWa street
The morning call., 1891-12-21

more. He must be able to read and write
the English language. 1t follows that very
few marines in the United States service
are foreigners in the un-English or I'M
American sense CT the term. At Mare
Island there are not half dozen men of
any race outside American-born British
islanders and Germans. Mostly when
man goes into the United States Marine
Corps he is "Mellikin." if not native and to
the manor born.
There was time when the marines had
all sorts of lies "confiied" to them and
were spoken of dsrespectfully as "land-
lubbers." That time is passed now. A
modern ship is a fortress afoat and de-
mands soldiers as well as sailors, not to
speak of the exigences of landing PRO
visi0nal army" Nelson was killed by
shot from the main-top of the Redoubt, BILE,
and a lubberly marine may work
Hotchkiss gun in The top of the San
Francisco, the Baltimore or the Charleston,
with more damage to the low-lyiDg fort
than the S-inch guns on the main deck. In
point of fact the secondary battery and the
rapid-fring guns of a IL odern cruiser are her
great reliance in finish fight, and the
marines are the men relied on to work them.
The BON bardment of Alexandria would
have been ineffective without the men who
The morning call., 1891-12-21
PLENTY OF MARINES.
The Chilean War Talk Has Found
Many Converts.
In an Emergency There Would Not Be Va
cancy in the Marine Corps on This Coast.
Only Re-Enlistments Permitted.

War-grim, grimy. grisly war-is a bad
thing, but if there is to be any trouble on
this Coast it will not be talk-fght. but 40
fight, so far as the United States marines
are concerned.
OF course there are only so many marines
to a ship, but where sea-soldiers are
''willin'" (as Mr.. Barkis remarkedl land
soldiers are apt to follow.
And hereby hangs an "amoozin" tale,
showing the combatveness of the American
people when they believe there is something
to fight for. 1t is not commonly known, but
is nevertheless a fact, that recruiting for
the marines has been stopped on this Coast
not because of the dearth Of applicants,
but because of the number of them. The
marine is enlisted for five years, and at the
end of thirty years service is entitled to
pension. To the average man thirty years
of faithful service. as the price of a meager
pittance, is a pretty hard deal, but to the
soldier it is worth something. ~Re-enlist-
ments in the marine service are plentiful
enough, anyhow. to crowd out raw recruits,
The morning call., 1891-12-21
A CHARRED BODY.

Tragic Inciden of the Recent New York
Tenement House Fire.
A mysterious feature of the recent fire at
SIC Delaney street, New York, has been
solved by the discovery of the charred re-
mains of little Gussie Strauch.
Mrs. Slrauch was awakened on the night
of the fire by the smoke, and heard the baby
crying in her bed with her older sister Noble.
Gussie was sitting up in bed and saying
Take me, mammal Take Gussie!" Mrs.
Strauch walked her husband and then took
a child in each arm. Then young HASTEN
baum, who is Is, and who has been like one
of the family, woke and said. "PIl take
Gusse." he took her and Mrs. Sirauch
saw him 90 out on the fire escape and start
up its ladder toward the landing in front OF
the windows of the third floor HASTEN
baum said he went up to the fifth floor and
handed the baby to man, and then got
down, somehow or other, he could not re-
member just how.
Captain Dougherty, whose search among
the neighbOrs had been unsuccessful, came
TO the conclusion that the child must be
in the burned building. He and Jacob
Strauch went to the tenement. The stair
ways were all partly burned and the stair
way leading to the NTH floor which is
next to the roof, was burned away entirely,
except the sleepers. The broad step which
forms landing within two steps OF the bot
tom OF the stairway was heaped high with
charred rubbish. Captain DOugherty noticed
something sticking out -someihing black
and charred-yet not like the other rubbish.
A man named David Cohen brushed the
rubbish away and uncovered the body of
the little girl. She had been in the heat
of the fire and was completely burned.
The body lay upon its back on the broad
step, with the arms stretched wide and one
arm bent a little.
Some women who were looking through
the burned windows from the next house
passed over clothes-basket, and Cohen
then lifted the charred body and placed it
in the basket. Then a woman threw over
an old sheet ana he put the sheet over the
body, hich the father carried to the sta
tion-house. Then Strauch told his wife.
After while she began to cry and to
talk about Kastenbaum. 81 took him in, ("
she said. Il fed him. | was as his mother
Yes, and lie left my child to die"
The child must have become separated
from kastenbaum in some way and have
run to tile head of the stairs and fallen
| headlong down to the last broad STEP
| Cohen says that he ran up these steps on
| the night of the fire, and as he came to the
broad step he stumbled over a body. He
dragged it upon his shoulder up TO safety.
1t was Mrs. Siegel, who had tainted there.
She must have been lying on top of the body
of the child