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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-07
RossER's LETTER OF FAREWELL.
The General States How Sad he il to Leave
ga Sinking Ship"


ga Sinking Ship"
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct. Elm
yesterdays issue of the Daily Progress,
of this city, Gen. Thomas l.. Rosser has
a long letter defining his position with
relation to the Democratic and Populist
parties and asserting that it is with a
sad heart and in bitter grief that he has
left the Democratic ranks as one leaves
a sinking ship.
He speaks of the Populists in the
highest terms and concludes as follows:
~ greet it as the saviour of my country
and enlist for service under its pure
and patriotic banner"
The statement that General Rosser is
engaged in drafting letter which will
announce himself candidate for Con.
gress from this district is denied. The
general thinks it folly for any one to
announce himself candidate before a
vacancy occurs.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-07
He Is wanted In salem.

Ed. Shafer, colored man, was ar
rested yesterday for knocking Robert
Gilbert in the head with brick, Sep.
tom Der S, at Salem. He had been elud-
ing arrest since the time the row &C.
Cured until yesterday, when ne was
spotted by the policeman and lodged in
Jail. He was taken yesterday evening
TO Salem. for trial by Constable J. e.
bradley of that place.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-07
BUSINESS NOTICES.

NJ OTICE-ALLP PERSONS TO WHOM
IN the late Rush u. Derr was indebted
will please present the evidence of debt
to c. II. Vines, attorney for the estate,
at his Office, rooms 667 Masonic Temple.
Roanoke, Va, for settlemenL, as it is
our special desire that all OF his out
standing obligations shall be paid at
o,.ce. Those knowing themselves to be
indebted to or having any property he
longing to him will also DO kind enough
TO acknowledge the same. Respect
fully, o. d. DERR.
ROANOKE, Va, Sept. 81, 1898. 9es-lm
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-07
Death OF MRS. Harrell.

Mrs. Mary Harrell died ofconsumption
at the residence of her son-in- law, II.
w. Dettmering, No. 10 Fourth avenue
8. W., aged SO years. She leaves three
daughters-Mrs. Dettmering and Mrs
Hall, of this city, and Mrs. Warner, Of
Chicago. The funeral services will be
held at tho First Baptist Church this
morning and the remains taken to
Greensboro, N. c.. her old home, for
burial
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-07
Eleven Foreign warships in the Port of
Rio de Janeiro.

WASHINGTON, Oct. In response to
a telegram from the Navy Department.,
Captain Picking, commanding the
United States steamer Charleston in
the harbor of Rio de Janeiro, cabled to-
day that there are eleven European war
ships in Brazilian waters. Many of the
vessels are the same that took part in
the recent naval display in this country.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-07

ANOTHER record for the western pas.
sage from England has been broken by
the steamship Lucania, the now Gun
arder, she lowering the Paris time
fifty-nine minutes, accom- plishing the
trip to New York in five days, thirteen
hours and twenty-five minutes.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-07
Death of Tobacco Manufacturer

WINSTON, N. c.. Oct. 6-R. d. Brown,
a member Of Winston's Oldest and
largest tobacco manufacturing firm, is
dead of Brights disease, aged 81. He
leaves large estate for four children.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-07
Officers of tho virginia Medical Society

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Oct. 6.-The State
Medical Society OF Virginia have elected
officers for The ensuing year as follows:
DR. w. Mcclure, OF Winchester,
president; Robert j. Preston, Of Marion,
DR.. w. & Rogers, OF Charlottesville,
DR.. A. III. Slaughter, OF theolog-
ical seminary, presidents; DR..
Landon b. Edwards. OF Richmond, re-
cording secretary; DR.. j. Il. VIM, Of
Richmond, corresponding secretary; DR..
K. T. Styll, OF Hollins, treasurer, and
R. s. Martin, of Stewart, fellow to de-
liver the annual address in 1894. Rich
mond was selected as tho place for
holding the next annual meeting.
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"CLEANLINESS
is next to
GODLINESS."

u h ~
Were your eyes ever shocked
was your nose ever offended
by anything you ever saw or
smelled In our store?
We think not.
Our constant aim Is to give
to our establishment an ap.
pearance and atmosphere IN
dicative Of our goods-pure,
fresh and wholesome. Scrupu-
lous cleanliness Is, with us, a
necessity, and our clerks and
statesmen are so instructed.
We think that this care on
our part convinces customers
of our desire to please, but 1t
is not done for show-it Is a
veritab1e part of our business
system.
Everything you may pur-
chase from us can be relied on
for its perfect purity and whole
someness.
G. r. WERTZ,
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Dance ut tho Fiery building.

The dance given by several young
men last night in the Fiery building
was very pleasant event and good
company of young people enjoyed them
sclves until nearly midnight.
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RowelIs American Newspaper Direo-
ss.y for 1891 puts the circulation OF THE
IOANOKE TIMES above that of any
nsher paper In Southwest Virginia, and at
fs Gre than that OF all the othcr papers Of
Roanoke combined.
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Entered Mt tho postohice at Roanoke as second
class matter.
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TELEPHONE NUMBER 1871.

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TIE WEEKLY TIMES

THE WEEKLY TINES, containing the news OF
the week in a more condensed form one year,
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The record-union., 1893-08-22
LOCKEFORD INDIGNANT
One of Its Citizens Denies That 1t is
Lawless Locality.

one or Its Citizens Denies That 1t is a
Lawless Locality.
Constable c. H. Dial of Lockeford. San
Joaquin County, writes to the RECORD
UNION denying certain statements that
are going the rounds Of the press con-
corning the alleged lawlessness of that
locality. These stories, he says, were
based on false statements made by Sac
rementan and published in one of the
Sacramento papers. In concluding his
letter he says:
There has never been a stage held up
nor band of cattle run Off in or about
Locketord during my nine years Of ex-
perence as an officer at that place There
never was but one man arrested anywhere
near Locketord for attempting 10 rob a
Stage, and that was Charley Brown OF
est Point, Calaveras County, whose
crime was committed in that county, and
who was not arrested by Sheriff Thorn of
Calaveras, but was located and captured
few miles from Lockeford by Constable
{. ii. Dial, with the assistance OF Sheriff
Cunningham.
Il carnot imagine what object anyone
could have IN circulating such malicious
stories about the citizens of Locketord.
The person who did it passed through
here few weeks ago on his way to the
mountains, i'll the capacity of drummer.
He stopped at the only hotel in the town,
where he was treated like gentleman
and given the best the house contained.
The proprietor also gave him an order
and furnished him with a rig to complete
his trip to the mountains. During his
stay at the hotel the writer, in friendly
talk with him, said he did not believe that
Evans confession was true. l suppose
that is his foundation for his story"
The record-union., 1893-08-22
A MATTER OF spRINKL1NG.

An interior paper rolates that strong
opposition was recently made in a certain
California county to road sprinkling on
the ground that it is luxury and only to
be INDUCED IN where there is much
wealth along the road, and where the
highways are used mainly for pleasure
driving. 1t is incredible that in the
blaze of this the year of Our Lord, A. D.
raised. But our contemporary assures
us that it is true.
The unhappy opponents to progress
who projected such silly idea, simply
confessed their ignorance. Road sprink-
ling has everywhere been found to be
money-saying and money-making pro-
ject, when well and thoroughly done.
Besides, it is promotive of human COM
fort, and is factor in happiness in rural
life. In brief, the sprinkled road keeps
hard and smooth more easily than any
other. 1t packs, wears less into ruts and
holes. and thus reduces the cost for re-
pairs and maintenance.
Heavy dust upon a thoroughfare is an
evil that affects not only the comfort and
health of those using the roads, but the
value of produce hauled. Likewise it is
destructive of clothing, vehicles, harness,
etc. But above all, downing the dust
steadily saves the road and adds inn
mensely to its serviceable capacity. In
hundreds of places all this has been
proved by long experience-it should be
no longer a matter for debate. In our
own Board of fSupervisors a few days ago,
objection was made to the cost of sprink-
ling the roads in this county. But where
the cost is heavy it should simply serve
to stimulate the officials to devise means
to lower the cost. In Santa Clara
County the officials report the cost TO be
"trifing" compared to the direct bene-
fits resulting from the thorough sprink-
ling that prevails in that county on $50
miles of public roads.
The record-union., 1893-08-22
ILLEGITIMATE METHODS.

The enemies of the clear pure water
system are resorting to disreputable
methods. False tests of water from
driven wells are made; cheating in the
presentation of supposed analyses goes
on; water brought in to be tested in manu-
facture is tampered with. and all sorts of
other illegitimate methods are employed
to prevent fair expression of the people.
1t is greatly to be regretted that all this
is true. We had hoped that chieane would
not show its head in this busines. So,
too, the story is abroad that because some
men who make politics trade are for or
against the proposition, therefore there is
a scheme in it all.
But the simple fact remains that any
fair man can understand and will under
stand, that if the proponents of the new
system do not furnish water supply that
is free from all objections raised out of
the fears, the stubbornness, and the
wickedness of men, then we do not take
it. If it is not water as called for in the
specifications we do not accept it.
This is the long and short of the whole
matter-it is simply and only to authorize
an effort 70 find water that will meet all
the tests, ali the demands, be free from
all impurities, be palatable, wholesome,
sweet, clear, plentiful, and so remain.
If this is not done, then no contract
is to be Signed and no one is out
and injured except the man who
spends his money in experimenting
Voting for the proposition is not closing
a contract. On the contrary, all the peo-
nile are to vote on is this, simply this !:
That they authorize the proposer of the
svstem to go on and sink wells, with the
,ronise that if he finds water that comes
mn to the high and exacting standard set
.ant in the plan, and which must be to the
sstisfaction Of the city, then, and not till
fben. viii We contract with him to de-
1ff q water = the city. that it may serve
IL Il he PEOPLE. Why any one should
dlSoct to tbss costless and safe expert
xsEntine passes the comprehension Of the
The record-union., 1893-08-22
A NEW VOLUME.

The REcoRD-UNIoN this morning en-
ters upon a new volume, the eighty-sixth
Of its existence, the whole number of the
paper being 16,17S. We do not refer to
this event in the history of the journal
for any other purpose than to call atten-
ton to the fact that the files of the paper
really constitute history of the State OF
California. and very largely of American
occupation of the Pacific Coast; and also
to repeat, as is our privilege upon such
occasions as this, the determination to
keep the RECORD UNION what it always
has been, clean, vigorous. independents
journal, doing service for the people fear
less of any and all opposition to righr,
while conducting the paper as business
concern that merits support from those
who constitute the community in whic i
it is published.
While at any and all times the REcoRp-
UNION is the friend of Sacramento. never
advising her people to wrong, unwise or
uneconomic action, 1t does not hesitate to
discuss all local questions regardless Of
their apparent popularity or unpopu-
larity. The simple question with thi )
paper is, 'What is right and what is best
what is progressive, forward in move-
ment and beneficial in activity" But
though giving local concerns all due at :
tention, the RECORD UNION is a State
paper. newspaper of general and broad
circulation in the State. on the coast and
in the country, and in criticism. news
publishing and all other matter pre-
sented, it knows no bounds but those of
civilization and intelligence. And so we
repeat, it deserves and expects the sup
port of the public as it has had it hereto
fore, simply because it serves the people
fully, strongly, and upon all lines of ac-
tivity that are progressive, uplifting,
cleanly and developing.
The record-union., 1893-08-22

LII II HUN,
and your cough may end in something seri-
GUS It's pretty sure to, if your blood is poor.
That is Just the time and condition that in
vites Consumption. The seeds are sown and
it has fastened its hold upon you, before you
know that it is near.
1t won't do to trife and delay, when the
remedy is at hand Every disorder that can
be reached through the blood yields to DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. For
Severe Coughs, Bronchial, Throat and Lung
Diseases, Asthma Scrofula in every form,
and even the Scrofulous affection of the
lungs that's called Consumption, in all its
earlier stages, it is positive and complete
cure
1t is the only blood-cleanser, strength re
storer, and hesh-builder so effective that it
can be guaranteed If it doesn't benefit or
cure, in every case, you have your money
back All medicine dealers have it.
The record-union., 1893-08-22
AGAIN INDORSED.
The Board of Health strongly In Favol
of HuPe NVater

The Board of Health strongly In Favor
of Pure Water.
At special meeting of the City Board
Of Health, held last evening to consider
the proposed water supply, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted and
ordered transmitted to the papers:
WHEREAS. This board recognizes the
present impurity and the annually in
creasing contamination OF the Sacramento
River water; and whereas, under the
present condition of our municipal iinan-
ces there appears to be no prospect of inn
mediate relief; therefore be it
ReSoiCed, That this board most heartily
indorses the proposal to thoroughly test
the quantity OF the water found in the
gravel beds east of the city, believing
that its quality is excellent and in every
sense well fitted for domestic use.
The record-union., 1893-08-22
Plumbing. Gas.Fitting and IIeating Work.

Said proposals Will be received by the said
Board of Trustees up to 2 O'Clock 7. NJ OF
WEDN ESDAN, the 18th day of September,
1898, at the Office Of the President of the
Board, Mr.. George w. Gibbs, 80 Fremont
street. san Francisco, Cal
Plans and specifications OF the proposed
work can be seen daily between the hours of
9 A. NJ. and p. NJ, at the Office of George w.
Gibbs, the President of the Board, 3 Fremont
street, san Francisco, Cal, and Copeland Il
Peirce, architects l2G kearny street, san
francisco, Cal Each proposal shall be ac-
companied with bond OF at least 10 per
cent. OF the amount OF the proposal rendered.
All information in regard to the manner in
which proposals are to be rendered can be OBJ
tanned at the Office Of the aforesaid. The
Board OF Trustees reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. GEORGE W. GIBBS,
President OF the Board of Trustees of the
California Home for the Care and Training
OF Feeble Minded Children, etc.
A. f. OSBoBNE. NJ. d., Secretary.
August II, 1898. au22-2qs5-I2
The record-union., 1893-08-22

CURIOUS, was it not. when the unem-
ployed workmen assembled in Chicago
the other day to consider the situation in
these hard times. that the first thing
they should do was to pass resolutions
demanding the destruction Of the monu-
ment erected by Chicago in Hsymarket
50 Gare 70 the memory Of her policemen
who fei in the anarchist riots. We re-
fuse 20 believe that these were honest
worknen. What have they to do with
The record-union., 1893-08-22
LAKE TAHOE

TENHE GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, LAKE
i Ianoe, Is now open for the season. SPECIAL
rate tickets, via Iruckee, round trip from san
francisco to Tahoe, including seven days
ooaru ana room at the Grand Central Hotel
now on sale at Southern Pacific Offices. The
regular rate for board and room. 81 10 So SO
per Gay, or S12 to s per week, according to
press Office and Postofhce in hotel. DAILY
Stages and steamers to and from the hotel
Inc best point for lake or river trout fishing.
only fourteen miles from True kee-two hours'
ataglng. fine road and grand scenery.
a. j. BAYLEN, Proprietor
Taboo, June 10. lSg3.
The record-union., 1893-08-22

sympathy for anarchists? Why should
they demand that the memory of officers
OF the people who died in defending the
peoples liberties shall be blackened?
What has the condition of to-day to do
with the anarchist riots of some years
ago? No, the men who prepared and
pushed through the resolution were the
oily, cunning, merciless anarchists. who
wormed their way into the assembly and
worked the resolutions through, as these
adroit rascals know how to do, all too
well. All the same, it was a shame to
honest labor that It's name should he thus
smirched by association, even in resolu-
tions, with so dastardly a deed as the
murder of the officers in the Haymarket.
The record-union., 1893-08-22

AS THE REcoRD-UNIoN yesterday an
ticipated the French election passed off
quietly, the monarchists were defeated
badly and the reelection of President
Carnot was assured. This is very graft
flying; it speaks loudly for the growth of
the democratic Government and the
spread of the love for free institutions.
The record-union., 1893-08-22

LET citizens be not misled-let them
keep it in mind, that the one-and only
thing involved in the coming water ques-
tion is search at the other fellows ex-
pense for clear. pure water, that shall
answer to all tests and all demands for
domestic and for manufacturing purposes.
II 1t is not found, that is the end of it. II
1t is found, then that is what everybody
wants; even the objoctors of to-day.
The record-union., 1893-08-22

The RECoRD-UNIoN and WEEKLY
UNION are the only papers on the Coast,
outside of San Francisco, that re-
eeiUe the full Associated Press Dis
patches from all parts Of the a0OrId. Out
side of San Francisco, they hare no com
PetitorS, either IN influence or home and
general circulation throughout the State.
The record-union., 1893-08-22
HOT SPRINGS

TWENTY MILES FROM AGER. ON THE
i California and Oregon Railroad. Board
and service first-class; hne fishing and hunt
ing; scenery grand; large stone hotel; COM
modious accommodations; warm sulphur,
steam and the famous mud baths. for all
blood and skin diseases. A large grove near
hotel, supplied with hammocks, easy chairs,
etc. Come to Klamath and spend your sum-
mer outing. Every attention shown guests.
Terms, $40 to S12 per week. which Includes
baths, etc. Send 1Or circulars. =
GEORGE B. STILES,
Formerly Of Weber Lake, lossee, Beswick
Cal. lN1A-Im
The record-union., 1893-08-22
AN OUTSIDE VIEW.
How Our Water Is Looked Upon by
Other People.
from the Red Bluff News

From the Red Bluff News.7
For a long time Sacramento newspapers
smacked their lips over the dirty Sacra-
mento River water and pronounced it
pure and wholesome and the best water
used by any city in the State. Although
they quoted physicians and analysts to
prove it, they couldn't make strangers
believe it, and many have turned away
from that town in disgust when they saw
and had to drink the only water with
which the town is supplied. There is a
vigorous movement there now for pure
water and we hope it will be successful
The plan most approved is to bring water
from deep wells few miles from the city.
In the discussion that has taken place in
favor Of the movement, the truth has at
last come out about the filthy river water
and its unfitness for use.
The record-union., 1893-08-22
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

GEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
- ceived by the Board OF Trustees of the
California Home for the Care and Training OF
Feebie-Minded Children for the furnishing OF
the materials ana labor for the following
branch of work required in the erection anu
completion of an additional wing to said
Institution viz
The record-union., 1893-08-22
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ocean,

This great weekly and the WEEKLY
UNION can be had for 81 year, or the
DAILY RECokD-UNIoN and the Inter-
ocean for S6 30 year. All about the
great Worlds Fair will be ela1orately
treated in the Inter ocean. Can be had
for this price only by subscribers to the
RECoRD-UNIoN and WEEKLY UNION.
The record-union., 1893-08-22
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NOTICE,

V1HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders Of the SACRAMENTO
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.
for the purpose OF electing officers for the
ensuing term, viii be held at the Office Of the
company. No. 1014 Fourth. Sacramento at
o'clock P. NJ, MONDAY, September 4th,
1898. DANIEL FLINT, President
FRANK HICKMAN, Secretary. aul7-2w
The record-union., 1893-08-22

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Novel Arpnnont.

One of the unique arguments that is
being used against the proposed new
water supply is that the doctors are all in
favor of it because they know its use will
be conducive to sickness, thereby in
creasing their business,
The record-union., 1893-08-22
with Bad Drinking Water

USE HoRsFoRD's ACID PHOSPHATE.
DIR. E. G. Davies, De Smet, South Da-
kota, says: Il have used it in slow con-
valescence and prevention from malarial
disease, where the drinking water was
bad. believe it to be beneficial in pre-
venting summer complaints. 1t is also
one OF the best agents we have to rectify
the bad, effects of the drinking water
upon the kidneys and bowels"