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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-11
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The "ii",>es" Put Up a Ticket to De Nlaught-
cred at the Coming Election.

cred At the Coming Election.
The republican convention to nOmi-
nate candidates for the various city of
ticcs was held in the police magistrates
last night. W. J, Winters, chair
man of the city committee, called the
meeting to order and Douglas Martin
was chosen temporary chairman and &.
VI. Webster secretary.
The chair appointed the following com
mlttc"s; On credentials, Daniel Mckay,
ID. J. Talent, W. II. Black: on ~organiza-
ton, Ira Hickory. William Nicholson.
and &. Is Worlcy, on order Of business,
W. II. Race, Charles Mecks, and F.. w.
hlng. \ recess vas then taken to give
III" committees time to report.
After resuluing business. the com
mite" on credentials reported that the
dul! elected delegates were present, and
the committee on the order of business
recommended the nominations for
mayor, city treasurer. city attorney and
police magistrate be presented in the
order named.
II was also recommended that com
mltteemen for each ward be appointed
The roll was then called and all dele.
gates being present it was moved and
seconded that after the appointment OF
tellers the meeting proceed to business
Ira Hickory and S. II. Fletcher were ap
pointed ~tcllers.
As nominations for mayor were in
order, ID. j. Talent arose and in a speech
evidently prepared for the occasion
which contained the usual buncombe
about the republican party. proposed the
name Of II. X. Hotchkiss, which was
seconded by Dan Mckay. There being
no other names proposed for that office
Webster moved that the secretary cast
the ballot of the convention for r. r
Hotchkiss which was agreed to and &C.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-11
THE INTERSTATE CONVENTION.
The Eight-Hour-a-Day Question Will
Come Up for Decision,

>phhe Up ioT DecISIOu.
PITTsBURG, April S.-Tonight affairs al
the interstate convention indicate tina
the coal operators and the miners Of
Pennsylvania and Ohio are about as fal
apart on the eight-hour-a-day question
as it is possible for them to be. and mex
month will see $4,000 miners quit work
unless their demand is granted or a ON.
promise effected. That is the position
Of the men, and they are met by flat.
footed statements from the operators
that eight hours a day will not be con.
coded. and that ashut down is incvitablc
if men refuse to make a modification.
That is the leading question before the
interstate convention and if il is not set
tied anicably all other consideration will
be thrown aside and the interstate agree.
ment and the convention will be a
thing of the past. The miners have the
assurance of federation Of labor that they
will have the support Of that powerful
organization. and are disposed to be ju
bilant, while the operators assert that
especially in the Hooking valley region
many burdens, not borne by competitors
in western districts, are sustained and
that it is impossible to conccde eight
hours a day to day workers in and about
the mines. AT , o'clock this afternoou
all rules were suspended, and the real is
sue was brought out in "A warm discus
sion over the eight hour question tonight
and caucuscs are being held and the bat
tie will bc renewed tomorrow.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-11
WILL QUIT l.
Garter II. Harrison Announces His Re
tirement From Politics.

CHICAGO, April 8.-Ex-Mayor Carter II,
Harrison announces his permanent re,
tirement from political life. He says he
proposes to leave Chicago for good and
either travel or 60 on a farm. Concern,
ing the tactics of the Cregicr wing of the
democracy, Harrison said today in an in
terview: ut was in line with its action
for the last two mOnths-fraudulent. in
timidating, corrupting and d~igraceful.
1t was a revelation to me, for had never
before attended the polls in the hoodlum
districts. Wilder and more d~isgraceful
orgies, more besotted savagery and open
appeals to buyers of votes could not
exist in the most ignorant Of southern
plantation districts"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-11

MINNEAPoLIs, April S.-The large
warehouse of the Minneapolis Grain and
Feed company, on Central avenue.
burned this afternoon. The blaze was
started by IA gas explosion in the engine
room. The flames spread so rapidly that
the fire department was unable to cope
with them. The building was owned
and occupied by J. G. Woodwork and
A. B. Godfrey. The loss is $4,000; in
surance, $4,000.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-11

! cordingly hc was declared to be the
nominee.
Having offered the first sacrifice the
orderly (:) body proceeded to nominate
candidates to be inundated on the
altar of the city trcasurship. w.
H.. Race got the c%hairman's at
~tcntion long enough to deliver Il
few honcycd words in honor of W. J.
Winters. styling him an old citizen, etc,
and presenting his name for city treas
urcr. which nomination was seconded by
5. II. Fletcher. +. W. King named l..
W. Curtiss and \. S. Fletcher seconded
the name of the former cXprcssman. The
mime Of George Heidi was proposed by
&. q. Gregg and seconded 10y Charlie
Mccks and w. II. Black.
Nominations were closed and the con-
vcntion proceeded to ballot informally on
The names presented. The first ballot
disclosed the following vote: George
Heidi. T.; l.. w, Curtiss. /:
W, !. Winters, :; necessary for
choice. $. No election. Be
Sore the result was wholly announced,
Judge Race arose and stated that he
wished to Withdraw Winters name by
request of that gentleman. and substi
lulc IN lis pace tilat Oh frOrE" Iuuge.
The latter, who was present. said he
would have to decline the protiercd
honor. There beng nothing else
To- do, a formal ballot was then
taken with h following re
suit: Curtlss, %, iicldt, .; Winters. |,
and Mr.. Heldt having received more
than me necessary number OF votes he
was declared To he the nominee.
1t was then IN order to present names
Tor the third sacrifice city attorney for
which position Daniel Mckay nomi-
mated Charles W.. Pomeroy and Charles
Webster seconded the same. There be
my no other ambs offered, Talent moved
the secretary b" empowered to cast the
ballot Of the convention for Mr.. Pomcroy
which was done and that gentleman was
formally nominated for city attorney.
Nominations for the position Of police
magistrate being then in order, W.. II.
liaCr Grated ON the cXccllcncics Of
>. II. Fletcher for that office and
y. j.. Talent did likewise for
for q. W. Morchousc at the same time
waving the bloody neither garment to
Such an extent that a lumber of spec
tators became disgustcd and left. G.. NJ.
Webster nominated \. G. Lux, Nich0l-
son named r.. w. King, and Daniel Me
Kay proposed II. L. Oakland. Nomina-
tons were closed and balloting com
mcnced. 1t took two ballots to deter
mine the nominee, as follows: First bal
lot II. Fletcher, 1; II. T. Oakland, |:
6. w. MOrchousc, ); Il. NJ. Mitchell,
>; 4. G. Lux, |; II. II. Carr, |. Second
ballot narrowed down to Morehousr and
Fletcher, the former receiving ten votes
and the latter five. &. w. Morchouse
was then declared to be the candidate
for police magistrate.
ID. j. Talent then introduced the fol
lowing resolution at the request. he said.
of the laboring men Of the the city:
I'VE, the republicans of the city Of
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-11
VERY SAD AFFAIR.
A Fatal Termination to an Amateur Per-
fOrmance.


BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April AT Tusca-
loosa last night the opera house was
crowded to see an amateur performance
which closed with a tableau representing
the Goddess of Liberty on a throne sur
rounded by thirty fairies, impersonated
by little girls. They were dressed in
tiimsy white material. As the curtain
went up a spark fell from a lighted torch
which Miss Mabel McEachin. Goddess
Of Liberty, held aloft and fell on the
dress of little Irene Hays. She was in
stantly enveloped in flames and ran
screaming to the foot lights, where two
young men from the audience seized her
and extinguishcd the fire. Az she passed
the girls, little Ethel Blacks dress caught
fire also, but was put out before she was
seriously burned. Irene Hays was ia
tally burned.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-11
THE PLAT APPROVED.
The Right of Way to Neihart Approved
by the Land Commissioner.

WASHINGTON, April 8, Land Commits
sioner Carter today forwarded a notice to
the register and receiver of the Helena.
Mont. land office, approving the Montana
Central railroad plat for the right of
Way TO Neihart. Mont
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02

and as o generality, the advice to di-
versify has its merits and strong ones
in the bargain. But it is open to
serious question whether in tho long
run, say six or ten years, and in tho
light of Southern upbuilding since the
reconstruction period, such o policy,
fully carried out, would not result in
disaster.
Much of the South's rapid advance in
material prosperity now can DO justly
laid to the attention paid cotton-growing
since the war. While at various periods
a less heavy supply of the great staple
would have aided in easing money rates
and giving more desirable financial con-
ditions, yet the question arises, would
not the same unfavorable circumstances
have existed from Numerically oppo-
site cause had there been more of crop
Investigation A farmer can grow
hal; dozen kinds OF crops and rarely
will all turn out to be prolific each year.
On the other hand, and on the same ba-
sis, the failure of cotton crop one year
in six will be less heavy as financial
loss, than the continual failure of one
or more others each year when he fol-
lows the diversified plan.
Some of the Western and Northwest
ern States owe their growth entirely to
the raising of wheat and financial con-
ditions are dependent upon the cereals
yield. Here is an argument in favor of
deversifying, but as a whole it is prob
able that Southern farmers will find it
to their advantage to raise whatever
crops prove the most profitable and
chance the failure which is bound to
come on occasion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
GREE For A XyEEK.

THE TINES special wire and tele-
graphic service are in full operation.
Like all new machinery, they will need a
little wear to develop their full perfec-
tions. As it stands to-day aud as shown
in the columns of THE TIMES this morn.
ing, it is the best telegraphic service
south of the Potomac.
n order that the people of Roanoke
and OF Southwest Virginia may have
full and fair opportunity to judge Of the
merits Of this service and of TIE TIMES
as newspaper, TIE TIMES will be sent
FREQ for one week to any address not
already on our books. This offer will
be of brief duration and should be ac-
ceptcd at once.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
MORE BRIDGE TROUBLE.
Is This a Scheme to Knock Out
Two of the Bridges

Now that tho talk about the injunc-
ton to restrain the work on the Henry
street bridge has subsidized and ap-
parently all objection to tho construc-
ton of the bridge abandoned, the Ran
dolph-street bridge is about to become
the successor to the troubles of the
former.
City Solicitor Miller has been shown
bill of complaint by Robert L. Scott,
ESQ.,, drawn in the name OF the Homo
building and Conveyance Company, ask
ing for an injunction to restrain tho
city from building the Randolph-street
bridge. This company is interested in
property along East Railroad avenue
and Randolph street, near the bridge.
The ground of the complaint is that the
bridge will depreciato the value of the
company's property that fronts on Ran
dolph street alongside the approaches
to the bridge.
This bill will probably be filed in the
Hastings Court and an injunction asked
for to-day.
Mr.. Miller is of tho opinion that the
suit is being instituted at the iustiga.
tion Of certain parties, with the ultim tie
end in view Of preventing the erection
OF the Henry street bridge, it being
understood that should the injunction
asked for in the name of the Home
building and Conveyance Company be
granted and sustained, the Norfolk and
Western would not erect the Henry
street bridge.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
Sat and Considered.

Wife (from the upper window ut one
n. IN. to tpsy husband)-Wcll, what's
your excuse for coming home at this
hour?
IIusband-Let me in, Mira Just
(hic) come from meeting of tn labor
union. Been considcrin' what (hic) we'd
do about the recent strike.
Wife-Wcll, you just sit down on tho
doorstep and consider what you'll do
about the recent lockout.
And she slammed downthe window.
boston Herald.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
a Poor Rule, Etc.

Papa" said Mrs. Overdoit, as papa
returned from his daily toll Sammy
has been u very bad boy to-day. He
broke my triplicatc mirror, gave your
box Of cigars to some bad boys, and to-
night when told him to put your slip
pers by the fire to warm for you, he re-
piled that he didn't have to-"
Neither he does" said Ovcrloit,
promptly picking up slipper. "I'll
warm them myself. Come here, Sam
my."-Jury.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
Only Vulgar Evidence.

They were from Chicago, and rich.
The daughter was taking lessons in coy
ness and social small talk. "a penny
for your thoughts" she archly re-
marked to an distracted visitor, and
then felt, from the look of horror that
oversprcad her parents face, she must
have been guilty of q false step. "NNhy
don't you offer him dollar?" was that
lady's criticism. after the visitors de-
parturc. We've got money, and you
mustn't be afraid to let folks know it. "
Philadelphia Times.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
a Painful Case,

Mrs. Gotham-Dr. Brownston says he
has patient whose heart is on the right
side, and all the digestive organs are
wrong side to, and, in fact, his whole
internal organism is topsy turvy.
Mr. Gotham-Is it Mr.. bullion?
Mrs. Gotham-Thc doctor did not men
ton any names. Why do you think it
is Mr.. bullion?
Mr.. Gotham-IIc always rides in n
cab.-GOOd News.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
ROANOKE, VA, JUNE2, 1891.

THE TIMES can be found regularly on
sale at the following places
Roanoke--George Gravatt, Jr.. M. l..
Smith 5, Hotels Roanoke, Continental and
Ponce Gle Leon.
Bristol, Tenn.--W. A. Ward, Front
Street, Steiner 81 Mathis.
Bluefield- -Bluefleld Inn.
Lyuchburg--Nor Hotel.
Pocahontas-- Pocahontas Inn.
Pulaski--Maple Shade Inn, Brown &
Brown.
Radford--Radford Inn, Jenkins News
Depot, Norwood Street.
Salem--W. S Taylors Book Store.
Weshington--Willard The Metropoli-
tan.
Norfolk and Western trains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
Before tho Fire.

Side by side they sat before tho great
roaring fire, while tho wind without
howled and yelled.
Look. Rosalie," he cried suddenly,
bending forward and pointing to bed
of red-hot embers. "See you not n royal
castle-portcullis raised = drawbridge
down-awaiting it's guest? See you not
n long hall, and then an empty throne
where the queen will sit? Tell me,
who will be the qucen?"
Couldn't say" she replied, carclessly.
"Ah, Rosalie," he sighed, "would that
queen were your
The girl drew herself up proudly and
pointed to the fire. "Sir!" she exclaimed
Indignantly, do you take mo for IL
salamander?"-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
lie Had To Get on tho Earth.

"Give me a ROOM" said the tircd-look-
ing citizen as he walked into tho hotel
corridor few centuries after the pres
ent date.
Front" shouted the clerk, take
this gentleman out, put him in tho bal
loon and give him nice apartments on
Saturn"
I'D like to stay on earth, if it's just
the same to you"
I'm very sorry, but every thing on
the earth is occupied. Washington
Post.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
No inducements.

A man at the post-of1ice gave a news
boy twenty-five cents to go and get him
paper, and when tho lad returned he
was handed an extra nickel, with the
remark:
"That is for your honesty, my boy"
"But-but-," stammcred the boy as
he looked from the coin to the man and
back again"
"Well?"
'Why, sir, it's only five cents, and I
could have run away with the whole
quarter"-Detroit Free Press.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
DIVERSITY OF CROPS.

a number of Northern newspapers arc
following tho lead of the Atlanta Con-
situation in advising Southern farmers
to diversity their crops. The latter
daily observes that whatever financial
troubles Southern farmers NAV have
had of late years can lie largely at
tributed to tho policy OF overstocking
the cotton market and then sending
their money to distant locality for the
purchase Of staples. On the surface,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
CONFLICTING DECISIONS.

"A curious instance CT court made law
comes from the ecent decisions of the
United States Supreme Court. BY the
joint action of Congress and the court
of last resort, the original package law
which has given Kansas no end of
trouble, is finally and ciTcctually put
out of the way. But if the decisions Of
the court have not been made on the
theory that Congress can pass regula-
tions concerning commerce between
States, and, therefore, no State can
mako interstate commerce laws in har-
mony with congressional action, then
the last act of Judgment declaring the
old Virginia law of inspection uncon-
stitutional is peculiar indeed
Ii the ruling is basel on an idea that
a State has not the right to inspection
of commodities from without it's bor-
ders, thcn other recent decisions Of the
court in tho same line are conflicting.
Time AMI again have the various Judges
handed down opinions to the effect that
1or its own protection State has tho
undoubted right to charge small fee
on imports, when such a course becomes
necessary to carry out it's inspection
laws.
That was the inference on tho face OF
the preceding decisions, but tho iudg.
ment entered in the case of flour manu-
featured outside of Virginia practically
reverses the order of exercises and in
almost the same breath declares null
and void section 10. of article in the
Constitution, which expressly covers the
contingency.
There may have been attending cir.
cumstances in the Virginia case, which
threw it beyond the ground covered by
the clause in question, but even thcr
the decision conflicts with precedent in
the supreme court itself.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
Edsar's Presence of Mind.

"Edgarl"
There were italics in her voice that
sent thrill of apprehension through
him.
"What is it?" he cried.
ga hair on your coat lapel"
sit can't be anyone's but yours"
''Do not think to deceive me. My
hair is brown; this is blonde. very
blonde"
Edgar was silent for several heart
beats, and then, with o sigh of relief,
said:
Eyes my dearest. But this is an old
coat. When last wore it to see you
blonde hair was the fashion. "-Wash-
ington Post.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
KEEP YOUR EYE
This Column and Find Out
Where the Bargains Are.

Seven rooms, Franklin road. an Gle
CANT bargain. First class in all respects,
$4,000.
Twenty-Five feet on Robinson street
near Roanoke and Southern depot at o
sacrifice. Don't fail to see this.
House of rooms on Center street
near Park, $4,000, 800 cash balance on
easy terms.
Fifty feet on 9th ave. Something
handsome and cheap, $500.
House and lot corner Jefferson and
4th ave. n. W., cheap. "see this"
25 feet on Commonwealth ave. next to
Bee Hive, % per cent. off If sold at once.
$4,000 will buy Salem ave. lot 50x2OO,
between 7th and Sth streets.
lac feet within one block of r. & S.
depot SIS per front foot-improved.
Ask us to show YOU our houses on the
installment plan. 5000 cash, balance easy
Will give some party with $500 a
chance to double his money in six
months in business property in New
Town
The above is only partial list of the
many bargains we are now Offering.
F. w. CRAIG & CO.,
No. 10 Salem Ave. s. W. (up s.airs.)
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
Meddlesome IIotel Attacbes.

Great Actress Ito hotel clerk)-I left
my diamond necklace on the bureau in
my room. and now it's gone. Send word
to the police Immediately, and-nnd the
newspapers.
Hotel Clark-One of the servants saw
your necklace there, and brought it to
me. II is in the safe.
Great Actress (hotly)-I-I wish
people would attend to their own bust
ness. So there.-Jury.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
XnIuuhIc tn Visitors.

From the ST. Louis Daily Hotel Reporter.
A special hotel edition" of TIE RoA-
NoKE TINES has just come to hand. 1t
gives descriptions and pictures Of all
summer hotels in Virginia, and is valu
able to those visiting those resorts, and
shows considerable enterprise on the
part of the publishers.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
There Will DO Racing Tomorrow

There VIII DO KacinG TO-mOrrOw.
There is now every indication that
the race meeting, which begins to-mor
row, will be perhaps the most success:
full sporting event in the history of
Roanoke The impression that many Of
the best horses have left for other
courses is wrong. The original pro-
gramme will be carried out, and the
racing will be equally as good as if the
weather had permitted the races last
week.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02

Rowells American Newspaper Direc-
tory for 1891 puts the circulation of THE
ROANOKE TIMES above that of any
other paper in Southwest Virginia, and at
Roanoke combined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
The Times Lends.

From the Pcarisburg Virginian.
We received the Hotel Edition Of TIE
ROANOKE TIMES this week. 1t is Deauti-
fully illustrated with cuts of the most
prominent hotels in the State, and es-
pecially on the line of the Norfolk and
Western railroad. THE TIMES is the
loading paper of Roanoke.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
He Enjoyed 1t Most

Tims-Did you ever know anyone to
laugh at story Springer told?
Jingle-Yes; he told me one to-day,
and one man laughed all the time he
was telling it.
Tims-Is that so? Who was it?
Jinglc-Why, Springcr.-Boston Her
aid.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
An .AnntomIcnI proposaI

"Why did you refuse the learned and
rich Mr.. Sighcnce?'
''lIe is too precise. When he pro
posed he asked me for my hand and
liver. He says the liver has been proved
to be the seat of affection. Fancy liv-
ing with that sort of man"-St. JOS
eph News
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
Warm Symnathy.

Father (who has just returned from a
trip off, and finds his boy howling)-
What's the matter, Tommy?
Son-Mamma has just given me q
whipping.
Fathcr-Nevcr mind, Tommy, don't
cry From now on I'll attend to that
mysclf.-Texas Siftings.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
Her Trimming.

81 don't see how Miss Summit ever
became such n good convcrsationalist.
She used to be the shycst girl I ever
knew"
well, you see, she has been going
regularly to the opera ever since she
'camc out'"-Puck.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
The Finest in tho Land.

From the Glade Spring Citizen.
The hotel edition of the ROANOKE
TIMES was very creditablc to that enter
prising journal and shows that Virginia
has some of the finest hotels in the
land
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02

Mr.. Gates proud father)-What shall
we name the little one, dear?
Mrs Gates (happy mother)-I'in sure
l do not know.
Mutual Fricnd-Why not call her
Wee Gatcs.-BostOn Herald.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
Remarkable for Two Things.


From the Petcrsburg IndcX-Appeal.
The recent hotel issue of TIE ROAM
oKa TINES was remarkable not only as
evidence of the enterprise of that paper,
but as showing the rapid increase of
firSt-ciaSS hotels in Virginia.