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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26
FEAR MORE WAsHoUTs.
Washington Railroad Men Believe the
Worst Is Yet to Come.

Worst Is Yet to Come,
TACOMA Was, Nov. % 1t rained
hard last night and railroad officials
fear the worst of washouts are yet to
come The barometer is low, indicat-
ing more rain.
The Northern Pacific succeeded to-
day in finishing n temporary bridge at
Palmer so trains can run over it.
The first train to go east for four
days left Tacoma yesterday afternoon
for ST Paul and last night an over
land passenger train left Ellensburg
for Tacoma. 1t will arrive early
Tuesday morning il no further trouble
occurs,
This train brings the mails and pas
sengers OF four overland trains that
have been held at Ellensburg. The
passengers Gil fourteen coaches.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26
ELECTION BErroRs ALARMED.
Grand Jury Instructed to lndiot All Per-
sous Who Made Election Bets.

LANCASTER Pa, Nov. 22.-Judge
McMullen in his charge of the jury
yesterday referred to an offense
against the law to which little atten-
ton has heretofore been paid
betting ON elections. lie instructed
the Grand jury to present for indict-
ment all such persons known 10 them
who made wagers on the recent cleo
ton, as thousands OF dollars we've won
and lost ia this county on the Presi-
Dental contest The charge caused
quite sensation, and many bettors
are alarmed. They fear that the grand
jury may indict them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26
WAR ON LABOR.
Carnegie ComPany's Employees Must
obey Company's Rules,


PIITsBuRG, Nov. In the future the
Carnegie company intends to treat with
its employees as individuals. Each
man employed IS required TO sign an
agreement in which he pledges himself
torefraiu from belonging to any labor
organization and 10 bc governed en-
tireIy by the rules and regulations of
the company. Each department super
intendent is provided with these
blanks and no one can be employed
unless he signs the agreement.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26
r,rr GROVER GOES HUNTING.
The rrrsidcnt-Tlcct VIII Avoid once
seekers for Two Weeks.

The President Elect VIII Avoid once
seekers for Two Weeks.
New York Nov -. President elect
Cleveland, accompanied by Charles JEFF
ferson and Editor Davis, of the Phila-
delphia Ledger, went down in the direc-
ton of Cape Charleston tonight for a
two weeks rest from the importunitifs
of office seekers and politicians with
suggestions.
With regard to Office seekers, he is
quoted as having said that there is no
use for them to bother him us he abso-
lutely would not make any appoint
mtnts until after he is inauguated.
1t is thought that Cleveland and his
party are going hunting their exact des-
hnnti not being unknown.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26
rcur rer.on. kiIled.

OMAHA Neb. Nov. 22 -Four people
were killed and three injured by a
wreck on the Union Pacific at AIDS
Eeb. No other particulars have beew
received at this hour.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Nov. %. The
Grand Rapids Folding Chair and
Table company's factory burned this
morning The loss on stock is $780,
600 and on building and equipment
$500 The insurance is SEQ, 600.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26

counted The days and estimated tia
very hour She would receive NV Latte.
How l wished she would cabIa mo
LheSSaSe. 1 believed she would: / could
feel with an Intensity Amounting oI
most 10 u sensation that she wo,,Id
cable me. l left Orders at my hotaI
mat i should be immediately notified
IL Il message cdlne, day or night. Soma.
thing seemed mp uding, sometbIn,,
somewhere seelItd 10 mn me with =
mysterious dl- al. / did nor then KNOW
why.
A messenger boy ctule / was ,trass
eel ana waiting. | signed his book with
u trembling baud 1t was a cable mes
sage, and read as follows:
My father dead leaving great wealth
They win conceal M IA clois ar ~
secure it, | have waited so long for
YOU. love you, win try to escape to
night and sail for America On earth
and in heaven | am yours,
Eliza De We're"
In this cablegram my intuitiye homes
and fears We're strangely realized All
the slow years of my blindness and
neglect rushed upon me in few mo-
ments and overwhelmed me.
The clock upon a neighboring church
tower struck and l shuddered.
calculated the difference of Longitude
and the difference of time and knew
that the clock of the accursed tower
in Switzerland was at that moment
striking midnight Would my love.
could she escape? l knew at that mo-
ment she was either a writing. limo
cent prisoner, or a fleeing fugitive has
tening, like her own white dove, to
the home and protection of her lover.
Did | dare TO cable a message?
could not reach there till morning and
would it not fall into the hands of her
villainous captors and hasten the con
Summation of their plot? / studied the
words of her message and the varied
possibilities they suggested. l decided
to cable the burgomaster Of Yevay as
follows:
Help Eliza de We're. Notify her
am coming"
l could not get train to New York
until morning. | did not sleep that
night AS midnight struck / know the
unsympathising morning sun was tip
ping with light the hills of Switzerland.
Would the twelve hours of my waiting
never wear away,
| sat down and, quietly closing my
eyes, tried to put my thoughts in com
munication with Ella dc We're by that
method Of mysterious mind-telegraph
the psychologists have written about
Her soul seemed to answer to mine
that she was in durance and In despair,
yet hoping for my coming. 1t was
maddening
l arose and swept it away as a dis
order of my own imagination. In tran
quill reason and in action by such slow
means as the world afforded was my
only hone
Ten days at least, without accident,
would be required for me to reach the
little Swiss village. How l hated the
breadth OF the Atlantic; how / wished
for wings, / almost wished my soul
was free from its clay, that it might
speed like n thought to the rescue OF
my love. I would have fought, but
could have only beaten the air. Hope
kept me from despair, and when the
slow morning came | was first at the
station.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26

The barn dance given annually by
Mrs. Fl. Mex. Twombly, one ,of the
most delightful affairs Of The autumn,
win take place In the barn at Morris
town. Y. j.. on Wednesday November
80.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26

It Is reported that a lady, Ella
Knowles. has been elected attorney gen
eral Of Montana. westward the star
Of empire takes It's way"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26


made arrangements for the reception
and comfort of Eliza de We're, should
she be So fortunate as to escape and
arrive in America before my return.
Once on the deep | had time for re-
Election. How tardily the slow mon
arch seemed to paw its way among the
waves. importuned the captain TO as
sure me of the earliest probable hour
of our arrival at Liverpool. How Gag
erly | watched every westbound SAIL
hoping my love might be safely on
board. had left orders in New York
to cable me the moment she arrived,
in which event 1 would return immedi-
ately.
From Liverpool l sped to the CON
tinent, thence to Switzerland. / sought
the burgomaster, who handed ME my
own cable message to him. 1t had ar
rived the morning after 1 sent it. BE
stated he had sought the cottage OF
Eliza de We're, but found 1t locked and
abandoned. The furniture remained
the same as if the occupants had only
gone away on a temporary absence
The next morning it was burned to the
ground with all its contents,
! FASTENED to The spot and found
nothing but cold, damp ashes. / search
ed for the slightest clew, but in vain
/ found an mlet,ered peasant who re-
memhered that after her fathers death
Ella had been taken away at night
by some strange doctors, to restore her
health, which, they stated, had been
greatly affected by her grief. l spent
year in Europe searching for pos
sible clue to her whereabouts. she
never arrived in America.
l returned to Cincinnati and quietly
resumed my business. For several
years | harbored q steadily fading
hope that in some way my love would
some time be able to make herself
known to me.
Fifteen years have passed. l am Az
and still a bachelor Many Of my read
ers may have seen me upon the streets
sometimes in public places, rarely IN
ladies' society; 4 quiet business man.
aging rapidly, living sometimes at one
hotel and then at another. / have OF
ten been rallied for remaining bacne-
Tor, to which I generally make a reply
Of some pleasantly. But 1 have never
before related thls-a true story OF an
incident in my life
The reader can answer my life
problem as well rs I. Was | or was l
not robbed Of fate's true love by the
dupllcity of avaricious men7
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26
FATE's TRUE LOVE.

In walking along country road in
romantic Switzerland meditatively hum
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
THE PAINTERS ART.

SARAH BERNHARDr will contribute o
painting to the women's gallery of pic
lures at the Columbian exposition.
DR. GUNsAULus, of Chicago, is the
owner of the famous portrait of Robert
Browning painted by Moscheles. It
was the most satisfactory portrait ever
made of the poet, not only to his family
and friends, but also to Mr.. Browning
himself.
Mrs. GLADSTONE is ut last satisfied
that justice has been done to her illus
trious husband. The portrait of him
which Prophero has just finished is adj
mitted by her to be perfect. and the
only really good likeness of him yet
painted.
SIXTY THOUSAND dollars have been re-
fused by Rosa Bonhcur for Il lately
completed painting. 1t may not be
generally known that it was to EN-
press Eugene that Mile. Bonheur owed
almost the first recognition of her tai
ents. and it was from the empress hand
that the artist received her highly
priced decoration of the Legion of
Honor
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
FASHIONS DEGREES.

Wells for large hats are very long and
wide and draped into fcstoons around
the brim-
a PARTISAN fashion decree-Thc
sleeves of the upper arm must be equal
in circumference to the waist.
An effort is being made to introduce
In Paris changeable silk foulard skirt,
with which will be worn cunning figaro
jackets of cloth.
THE old Greek fleted coiffure is again
revived. This classic style is very
delicate one to adopt, but fearless wom-
en- rush in where only Grecian- featured
angels should dare to venture, and fur
thermore evidence their temerity by
mixing up the ages ludicrously.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
PEN AND PENCIL POINTS.

THE late Amelia b. Edwards was a
precocious author. Her first story was
written when she was only four years
old, and executed in capital letters ex-
clusively.
MIR AND Mrs. RUDYARD KIPIINa are
in Japan, and expect to go from there
to China, and after that to New South
Wales, New Zealand. Samoa, Australia.
Ceylon and India.
HENRY LABoUcnERE says that mot
one Englishman in thousand with
prctension to literary taste ever reads or
has read dozen lines of any living poet
except Tennyson."
BROWNING had marvellous memory.
He always could tell the exact place OF
any quotation or fragment of quotation
referred to him, and was veXed greatly
whenever he heard his own lines mis-
quoted
Miss MARIE ADELAIDE BEI1.oC is ono
OF the numerous young newspaper
women who are demonstrating to q pre-
viously sleptical public that beauty and
brains may inhabit the same earthly
tenement of clay.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
BENT WITH AGE.

PATSY SEARS, of Howard county, In
diana. aged los years, has been church
member n hundred years.
Mrs. KATHARINE SHARP, of Philadel-
phia, is thought to be the oldest woman
in America. She is la years old.
THE oldest inhabitant of Vienna,
Magdalcn Ponsa, has died ut the re-
puted age of III. She lived on charity.
The emperor gave her pension of
twenty horins month. She retained
her faculties almost until the end.
AT 2a+ West Sixty-first street, New
York. lives n man named Pierce Cotty,
who is in the neighborhood of 100 years
old according to the best calculation
that can be made, who has lived in New
York more than seventy-tive years.
Mrs. ANNA RoUslI, who died in Lctart.
o.. few days ago, aged 100 years,
and who was married in 1902, was the
mother of thirteen children. They con-
tinued to multiply until at her death
she left two Thousand descendants and
q great-grcat-great-g randchild
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS.

THE worlds production of barley is
s25. 00o,o 600 bushels. Europe contributing
100000 and the United States 60 ,OOO,-
900 bushels.
QUEENSLAND statistics for 1891 give
exports of wool 32.l34 ,704 pounds, val.
ued at s6,341,96o; of meat l4,574 ,04a
pounds, valued at 81, lO2, O30.
MANY people are busy making laces
In spite of the Introduction of machine
lace there are at least 1000, 900 workers
in the various European countries.
MORE than fourth Of the gold and
more than third Of the silver pro-
duced throughout the world in the year
1891 was mined in the United States.
THE sponge industry of the Bahama
islands employs 500 boats and nearly
5000 men. a similar industry is being
developed on the coast of Florida, where
the sponges are finer than at the BAHIA
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
4 FINE RECORD.
Judge Thos. ID. ClaIborne's Family En-
joyed Many Political Honors

Judge Thos. B. ClaIborne's Family En-
jOyed Many Political Honors.
Judge Thomas B. Claiborne, whose
appointment as storekeeper and guager
at the distillery of Jamison & Prillman,
OF this city, was mentioned in yester-
days TIMES, belongs to family whose
record for public service is not equalled
by any in the United States, with pos
sibly the exception of the Washburn
family. The Judges father and four
uncles had the rare and distinguished
honor of serving in Congress at the same
time. His father, Nathaniel II. Clai-
borne, was elected from the Franklin,
Virginia, district, now represented by
Rev. Posey G. Lester.
His uncle, VIM. c. Claiborne, was
the first governor of Louisiana after it's
admission to the Union, and had quite
war of words with President Andrew
jackson when he proclaimed martial
law in New Orleans. The legislature,
as vindication of Mr.. Claiborne's
plucky stand, sent him to the United
States Senate. John f. II. Claiborne,
at one time editor of tho New Orleans
Picayune, defeated the great orator,
Sergeant S. Prentiss. for Congress in
Mississippi. Col. Thorn as Claiborne
represented a Tennessee district in
Congress.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
HusrINes COURT
a Number of Cases Given a
Hearing Yesterday.

There were thirty-nine cases given q
bearing yesterday in the Hastings
Court. Five of the above number we're
not ready for trial and were passed and
nineteen were continued. OF tho re-
naming fifteen one was given jury
trial. 1t was the case of J. j. Flewin
versus j. L. Pollard e Bro, and YER
dict was given the plaintiff for S04. OF,
with interest from January /, 1891.
On motion of j. III. Smith, the estate
of j. w. Sigler, deceased, was com mi ted
to City Sergeant Traynham for admin.
istration. w. II. Trent, II. T. Rayland,
Claude Moore, M. w. Turner and G.. L.
burnett were appointed appraisers in
the same case.
In the case of the Bridgewater Car
riage Company versus the Riverside
Land Company. judgement was given
the plaintiff, the amount being a little
over $500.
Judgment was given for the plaintiff
in the majority of the remaining thir-
teen cases.
Fred Cooper was granted retail Ii
cense by the court to sell liquor in Roa-
noke, and e. A. Turner was qualified
as notary public.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
ANOTHER LEvEE GIVES WAY.
A District Twenty Miles Long Covered
With Water.


Quincy, ILL.,, June 7.-lSpeciall The
Hunt levee has given way under the
enormous pressure of the flood, and
what was for time district, twenty
miles long by four wide, is now sea Of
water, from six to fifteen feet deep.
The district extends from Warsaw,
south, where itconnects with the Indian
Grave levee, eighteen miles north of
Quincy, and most Of it was under Guilt
walton. Crevasses occurred at a point,
known as Otter BAY, twenty-four miles
north OF this city, and the water is now
pouring through the break in solid
volume, two hundred feet wide and
twenty feet deep, carrying everything
before it.
The rush of water is heard for miles
and the current is rapidly widening the
crevasse. No loss OF life has occurred
so far as reported, as the people had
been expecting the break for several
days, and were prepared to flee to the
bluffs at a moments warning. large
force of men is working hard to
streng then the Indian Grave levee, but
it is only one foot above flood level and
may go out at any moment, inundating
the diStricj
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
High Water In Arkansas.

TENARKANA, Ark, June 7.-fSpe-
cial Just after the Iron Mountain
trair crossed the Red river bridge at
Fulton one span gave way and some
thirty feet of the trestle was carried off.
A big washout also occurred on the
Cotton Belt road about thirty miles
from this city. Red river is now at the
foot OF the hills again and is still rising
and sweeping everything before it be-
tween this point and Fulton. IL is esti
mated that the river is fourteen miles
wide and people who habitate the
bottoms are fleeing to the hills to save
their lives. No such condition has
existed in che low lands of Arkansas
for over thirty years.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
Pleased with the CITY.

Robert Fleming, an English capitalist,
who is sojourning for short while at
Hotel Roanoke, visited various points
of interest about the city yesterday,
under the guidance of Major M. w.
Bryan, superintendent of the Virginia
Company, and b. Carey, of the auditor
department of the Norfolk & Western
Railroad. He expressed himself as
pleased with the progress and pros
perity of the Magic City, and subscribed
$40 toward the Decennial Celebra ton
The party lunched at Hotel Rockledge,
on Mill Mountain.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
The Infantry Drilling.

An average of thirty.fve members OF
the Roanoke Light Infantry have drilled
every night for the past two weeks.
Their regular membership is about
seventy-two. On next Saturday after.
noon the company will go through the
skirmish drill on the fiat lands near the
Roanoke river. This exercise will be
practiced for the purpose OF making
them perfect in the sham battle, which
will take place on Saturday afternoon,
June is.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
The Worlds Charter Filed.

a charter granted to the World Pub
fishing Company by Judge Dupuy, of
the circuit court, was filed in the clerk s
Office of the Hastings court for record
yesterday. The minimum capital stock
is $4,000, and the maximum S25, 900, di-
vided into shares of 500 each. The
officers and directors are: A. II. Dooley,
president; j. A. Jamison, vice PRESIDENT;
w. e. Mcclure, secretary and treas
urer; the three officers above named
and Phil w. HUFF, T. R. Tiliitt and
James r. Terry, directors.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
THE SCRAP BASKET.

A HAPPY heart is better than heavy
purse.
NONE can cure his harms by wailing
them.
TRUE politeness is perfect ease and
freedom.
SLorH, like rust. consumes faster
than labor wears, while the key often
used is always bright.
THERE are two kinds of hypocrite-
the bold and the humble-and the hum
BILE ones are the worst
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
Republicans Win Oregon.

PORTLAND, Ore, June 7.-ISpeciall-
In the elections yesterday, Hermann
(Republican) in the First congressional
district. was elected to Congress by
$500 plurality. Ellis (Republican) was
elected from the Second district by
about 1000 plurality. Moore (Republi-
COM was elecsed supreme Judge by at
least 5000 plurality. For attorney.
general the count is not yet completed
and 1t is still in doubt. The Republi-
cans con troll both branches of tho leg.
islature.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
FOR SALE.
The Best Bargains in Roanoke

Good Groom house, lot 4Oxl3O
feet, convenient for railroad
men, $1,000; 500 cash, balance
seq per month.
Corner lot, 5Ox15O feet, in the
West End; the cheapest lot in
town.
Lot 5Oxl90 feet. on Boulevard,
near the West End works, $500;
one-third cash, balance one and
two years.
House. 8 rooms. bath room
and all mprovements, lot 5lxl5O
feet, in the suburbs Of the town,
$4,000; 5000 cash, balance easy
payments.
Lots for railroad men, 5Oxl3O
feet each, $500; one-tnird cash,
balance one and two years.
l00Xl50 feet on Patterson ave-
nue.. SO, 600: 81 900 cash, balance
good time.
Mountain street lots, 45Xi5O
feet, 200 each.
Splendid 3-story brick build
ing on Salem avenue, at figures
that make it a fine inves tment.
House on West Campbell ST.,
6 rooms, $4,000; $3.50 cash, bal
ance SEQ per month.
Lot 50xl50 feet, on Ninth ave-
nue. 9. W., 5000; cheap.
House with all improvements.
near Machine Shops, 81, 500; easy
payments.
We want everybody who has
house or lot for sale in any
part OF the city to list it with us.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
Rain Interfered with the Meetinc

There was meeting of colored
citizens called yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock at the law Office of A. j. Oliver,
on Salem avenue, to take suitable action
and pass resolutions of regret on the
resignation of Wn. Gordon Robertson
as Judge OF the Hastings Court. Owing
to the hard shower of rain at the ap-
pointed time, very few assembled. The
meeting was, therefore, postponed until
this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
Youthful murderer.

On Monday James Crockett, who be-
longs to one of the best families in
Tazewell county, and is only seventeen
years old, shot and killed Mollie Crab
tree at house of bad repute in Blue
field, W. Va. Crockett Immediately
fled to the mountains, but was pursued
by Officer Burnett and captured after a
desperate struggle. He was taken to
Princeton Jail for safe keeping.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
The Excise Hoar,I.

Applications for license to sell liquor
have been fled with the excise board
by the following parties, who will be
given caring this afternoon at 5
o'clock: j. j. Stevens & Co., at corner
Of Fifth street and Third avenue n. w.
Mrs. Mary Robinson, at No. 1874 Salem
avenue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
EntItled TO cine Best.

THIS we say OF all those who are so unfortun ate
ne to require the Use OF medicine to assist nat IRE
to the proper performance of her functions. Per-
sons suffering with scrofua, cancer, blotchcs
scaly skin, old cores, bad humors in the blood. or
that DR.. David's Iodo- Ferrated Sarsaparilla will
thoroughly cleanse the blood. eliminate all i'm.
pnriiics and make the skin soft and smooth Its
and other countries has proven it's valIe "a q
blood medicine. Price 81 per bottle, six bottles
for IS. For sale by Massie IL Martin, Roanoke,
Va
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08

Anti. Cleveland Men Carry EVERYTHING.
CINCINNATI, June 7.-ISpeciall-In
the Democratic primaries in Cincinnati
and Hamilton county last night, the
anti. Cleveland men carried everything
not more tnan four friends of the OK
president being elected out of sixty & We
delegates to the State convention.