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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
The Question of Salaries of City Officials
10 be Considered.

10 be Considered.
City Council will hold an adjourned
meeting tonight at which the chief
business to be transacted will be the
discussion of the report OF the finance
committee on the city officers. The
new finance committee recently ap-
pointed by President Buckner held a
meeting last night and formulated a
report on the subject of the salaries of
the municipal officers.
While the members OF the committee
are unwilling TO publish the report
until it has been presented to Council,
it is understood that considerable reduc-
ton in salaries will be recommended in
the report to the city solons.
Tho police justice. who is now re-
ceiving S75 per month, will probably
have to perform the same duties here
after for $50, and the knowing ones saw
the city auditor will also have to work
for 5000 year less than his present in
come. Inc salaries of the members Of
the police force will not be touched
while that of tho a9or will probably be
raised to either $500 or $500
There is also q disposition on the
part OF some OF nam bers o. Council t.
raise tho salary OF tho clerk Of Council
from 81 900 per year to $1,000.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06
ROANOKE. VA. FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 6. 1884,
second and Daniel will do the catch

second and Daniel will do the catch
ing.
FitzmorriS, who pitched such a good
game against Staunton Wednesday,
signed Roanoke contract last night
and will hereafter take his regular turn
in the box.
Yesterdays National League Games.
At Louisville-Louisville runs, 7
hits, 8 errors. New York, 4 runs, hits.
2 errors. Batteries: Menefee and Grim
Westervelt and Wilson
AT Pittsburg, runs, 12
hits. errors Philadelphia, runs, 10
hits, errors. Batteries: Colcolough
and Merritt; Carsey and Buckley.
Az Observation-Disclosures, 90 runs, 81
hits, 2 errors. Baltimore, 6 rune, Q hits,
errors. Batteries: Dryer, Vaughan
and Murphy; Hawke and Clarke.
AT Cleveland Cleveland, runs, 10
hits, errors. Boston, 22 runs, % hits.
errors. Batteries: Clsrkson, Griffith !,
Virtue, Burkett and thinner; Staley and
Camel.
At st. Louis st. Louis, 10 runs. II
hits, errors. Brooklyn, l2 runs, ID
hits, errors. Batteries: Hawley and
Miller; Daub, Gastright and Kinslow.
At Chicago-Chicago. 10 runs, l6 hits,
errors. Washington. 10 runs, I2 hits.
errors. Batteries: Hutchinson, STRAIT
ton, Sullivan and Kittridge; Maui, Mer-
Ger and Dugdale.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06
lAWlESShESS AT CHICAGO.
Strikers in the Ascendency.
Worlds Fair Buildings Burned.

The First Shots In tho Great Railroad
Strike Fired by Police Who Were Try
Ing to As-ist in Moving Traln-Re-
suit OF the Conflict Not Known-Regi-
ment OF Soldiers Jesred at and Their
Train Obstruoted-They Forco the
Mob Baok at the Point OF Their Bayo.
nets-Authoritiesw Want tho Navigator
of the Troubles-Tho Strike Extending
at Detroit-rhe Situation at Other
Points.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06
THEY LOSE TO The TAIL-ENDERS
Roanokes and Lychburgs Play
a ListIess, Irritating Game.

The Visitors Started or with a Vim, but
They Secured the Game In the Eighth
Inning, When Poor Judgment was
Used and n Wild Throw Resulted In
Three More Runs, and Boyd's Pitching
Allowed Three Others Tho Um pirinK,
Too. was Unsatisfactory.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06
A Shake. up on tho Team.

Manager Houston gave the Roanokes
quite shaking up last night. McHoov-
eter has been laid of for Indifferent
playing and in to days game his place
will be filled by Meade. O'Hagan will
60 to right q Id, Demoss will cover
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06
Ordered Out by Capt. Mushback, OF the
Alexandria Guards.

The VaIkyrIe AImost Cut IN Two by o COL
lisiOn.
GLASGOW, July 5.-Lord Dunraven's
yacht. the Vaikvrie, which was de-
feated by the Vigilant in the race for
the Americas cup lsst.fall, collided with
the yacht Satanita to-day and was
nearly cut in two.
sunk 6ve minutes after. Tho yacr Al.
we're endeavoring to get into position
after tho start had bsen made in the
principle race Of the Mud Hook Yacht
Club regatta. Tho Brittannia won the
race.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06
MASS MEETINGS TONIGHT.
Delegates to the Democratic Congress
sional Convention to be Chosen.

Delegates to the Democratic Congress
sional Convention to be Chosen.
Democratic mass meetings will be
held to night at s o'clock in each OF the
five wards of the city for the purpose
OF electing delegates and alternates 10
'he Democratic Congressional Conv.a-
tion, which will be held in this CITY
August Is.
Roanoke is entitled TO 81 delegates
and 81 alternates. Each ward exceut
the First will elect delegates and 5
alcernates, while the First ward will be
entitled to 7 delegates and 2 alternates.
The executive committee have arranged
for the meetings to be held At tn, fol-
lowing places:
First ward, Hastings Court room.
Second ward, courthouse corridor
Third ward, Friendship engine house.
Fourth ward, Junior Hose Company's
engine house.
Fifth ward, Bohn's store.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06
TARIFF Bill SENT TO THE HOUSE
1t Was Laid on the Speakers
Table and Enacted Upon.

Electric Fans Create a Commotion whiof,
Annoys the Representatives. and Have
tobe Stopped While Turner, OF Georsis.
Corrects "a Published Misstatement.
Bill to Permit the Taxing OF Groom
backs and Treasury Notes Discussed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06
TUE WEATHER.

Forecast for Virginia: Partly cloudy
weather; local showers In Southern pore
tionj so uthwest winds.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06
stookholders of the Southern Railuax @,

Stockholders of the Southern Railway Co.
RICHMOND, July The stockholders
of the Southern Railway Company met
here to night and ratified the acts OF the
directors done at the meeting OF tho
latter on June IS There wore present
at the meeting Messrs. Samuel l.. Spen.
Ger, c. II. Coster, A b. Andrews, F.. s.
Stetson and A. w. G. Even. The party
left at midnight for Knoxville, to attend
the sale OF the East Tennessee, Vir-
GINA and Georgia road.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06

o Dpa2srs for the next week at 10
cents per hundred.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06

Continued on page 4.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-06

Earned rnns-Roanoke. 3 Three oase hit
McGinnis. Struck out-By Boyd, q; by Ander-
son, g. Bases on bas-Or Boyd. 5; or Ander.
son, 8. Passed ball-O'Hagan, ]. Hit by pitched
ball-Boyd. Time of gamc-TwO hours. I'm
plrcs-Wrrht and NeyiDs
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
Dueling in Europe.

Dueling is the leading and almost the
only athletic sport in Italy. 1t is true
that there is an Alpine club, so called be-
cause its members climb the lesser heights
Of the Apennines but there is no cricket,
and except among the laboring classes ball
games of even the mildest character are
hardly ever played. The young Italian
gentleman finds in duelipg an exercise
which is beneficial TO his muscles and suf-
fciently exciting TO interest him, and the
middle aged Italian keeps up his practice
with the foils and occasionally challenges
and fights friend just to show that he is
not too old to have lost genial interest in
the innocent pursuits of youth
Dueling is contrary to law in Italy, but
the duelist is never punished (unoss he
should accidentally kill a NAM except in
the army, where the sport is obligatory and
strictly prohibited. The same curious
anomaly exists in Germany, whore army
officers are arrested and punished if they
fight duel and either cashiered or forced
to resign if they do not The Italian officer
when challenged to fight is virtually told,
You'll be condemned if you do and con
demned if you don't" This seems to the
Anglo Saxon decidedly idiotic, but moth
ing can well be more idiotic than duel
ing. Playing charadcs in a drawing room
rises to philosophic heights of wisdom in
comparison with it.
At least ninety of every hundred
italian duels are of the class technically
known as first blood ducls. That Is &,
say, the combat ceases the moment ti.hcl
of the adversarics loses hlouG IL these
duels the swx'd is always used, ana thu
slightest scratch on the hand or TIN ann
which are the localities USUALLY scratched
-signalizes the end of the n:inc and au
thorizes the duclists TO shcatho their weap
ons and 60 somewhere to dinner together
Instances have happened in which a duel
ist has been accidentally run through the
body and killed, but incidents of this sort
are extremely infrequent compared with
the fatalities of the football field. Italian
dueling is probably the safest of all ath-
letio sports except prizefghting as prac-
tieed by modern pugilists by means of let
tiers to the sporting papers.-Idler.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
That Little Girl.

often hear folks talking a.aughlng and a-talkiug
About little girl who lives not far from here
One who's extremely mussy"
And " meddlesome and fussy"
Who loves to wander through the house and get
things out Of gear"
I'm glad Pm not so mussy
And meddlesome and fussy;
l cannot see why any girl can be so very queer
I've just heard mother Joking a-scolding and a.iok
ing
About little girl who doea not live a mile away.
She says she's a midget
NJ ade up Of mostly 6dget."
And "from Monday until Sunday, she does nothing
else but play"
I'm glad I'm not n midget
Made up Of mostly fdget"
Pm glad I'm not so little that | cannot quiet stay
l once heard papa limiting, attacking and admitting
About little girl who doesn't live up In the moon
lie says she's very silly,
And her first name isn't Billy"
That she talks the blessed morning. If she doesn't
sleep till noon"
I'm glad am not silly.
Though my first name isn't Billy,
And hardly ever talk at ALL aud always get IN
soon"
I've heard folks complaining assigning and
complaining,
About little girl who lives next door to folks they
know"
They say she's very lazy"
She almost sets them crazy"
That she's always doing nothing, and does very
slow"
Pm glad am not lazy,
never set folks crazy
And work very, very much I've hardly time to
grow -EFchaags.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
A Leap and a Rescue.

Extra Wallace, west bound, reached
Emerson at 10 p IN. June 10, 1878. In
switching out car the forward brake
man was so badly injured that we left
him for surgical treatment l was
braking behind. From Emerson to
Chauncey, IL miles, is up grade, and
as Conductor Wallace had gone over TO
the engine was left alone ON tho rear.
The moon shone brightly, and noticed
number of tramps riding out ON top.
We had almost reached the summit
and the night express was only 8 min
utes behind us when suddenly the speed
slackened. The caboose, two cars of
telegraph poles and three of cinders had
broken off. l was standing ON the load
Of poles and started for brake when
one of the poles became loosened from
its position and rolled ON my foot l
struggled desperately to free myself
for the cars had started backward.
/ thought of the express with her
cargo of precious lives and struggled
again. seemed to hear the crash, the
shrieks and groans of<fle dying, the
curses and prayers Minutes were years,
and grew old in the awful suspense
Then l heard a whistle and saw our
front end following down the hill On
the leading car the conductor was swing
ing a back up signal, while the whistle
blew wild warning for No. z. Faster
and faster spun the wheels, and slowly
but surely, was the runaway oyertaken.
held my breath.
Only 20 feet.
A form shot out over the chasrn, swung
in clear relief for an instant against the
sky and then dropped safely on board
the car of cinders. At the same mo-
ment the conductor gave a stop signal,
and the gap widened.
Well timed it was, for given a second
sooner and the leap would have been
impossible; later, and a collision un-
avoidable.
In a short time every brake was set,
and as we slowed down 1 shrieked fran
tically: Flag No. Z Take q red light
and flag the expressI"
He understood and obeyed without
word Fortunately or providentially,
they were late, and he got back far
enough to stop them. was unconscious
when at last released. My foot was
badly crushed, and it was many weeks
before l was again able to report for
duty. AS for our hero, he proved to be
one of the tramps / had noticed and had
volunteered for his dangerous task.
When the superintendent, who was ON
No. z, learned the circumstances, he Of
fered him a position as brakeman,
promising him advancement as he
proved his ability. That was the begin
ming. Today he is prominent general
manager, and his name is a recognized
power in the railroad world Chicago
Record
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an intlamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian tube. When this tube is in
famed, you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out, and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an inflamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. Free.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
"a Sold by druggists, rs cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
No Nonsense About Lincoln.

The persons in this little drama are
senator of the United States, Judge
of the supreme court, and a citizen; the
company the dozen fortunate guests at
perfectly appointed and served club
table; the time, the present; the place,
Brooklyn. The citizen says: elm nv
boyhood, when Abraham Lincoln came
to our town on court days, the occasion
was one of public interest. Night after
night | have known him to fill the coun.
try store with delighted company of
listeners to his tales and his jokes, keep
ing them there until midnight, and
spellbound by the charm of his wit and
his common sense"
THAT reminds me, said the senator,
of two letters, of which copies were
given to me by Robert Lincoln, ad.
dressed to one of the commanders of
the Army of the Potomac on the eve of
a forward movement. Halleck, chief
Of the staff, indited to the general a
technical, military and rather grandio-
quent note, warning him in case he I'M
dertook to place his army on the other
side of the Rappahannock to protect
both advance, rear and TANKS, so that
no attack could be made upon him
while his forces were separated or in
the act of crossing. Many large words
and long phrases were employed to
convey this idea. Mr.. Lincoln's letter
read almost in these words: Look
out, when you cross the river, that you
don't hang yourself up in the middle
like steer on fence, neither able to
hook with your horns nor kick with your
hOofs.'"
The judge, who for twenty-eight years
carried in his face English lead from a
confederate rifle, observed that Lincoln
was really one of the greatest generals
the country ever produced. Brooklyn
Standard Union.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
How to Get Rich.

Enoch Pratt, the Baltimore million
aire and phianthropist, wrote: "My
advice to young man just starting in
life and ambitious to become wealthy is
to take good care of his health, to shun
all bad habits and to save at least 81
out of every SIS he earns and immedi-
ately get that 81 out at interest. A
man must have good health to put forth
his powers to the best advantage. To
make money his brain must be clear
and not clouded by rum or tobacco. 1
have spoken of the importance of get
ting your savings out at interest i'm
mediately. Few people have any idea
of the rapidity with which money at in
terest grows, and there is no better,
safer way to get it out at interest than
to buy some small piece of real estate
that is improved and pays rent sufficient
to yield a surplus that will pay the
taxes; the interest on the mortgage
you will have to give and something on
the principal each year. Continue to
work hard and save all you can from
your earnings, and apply all you save to
paying off the mortgage. In this way
you will soon have a good and perfectly
safe investment" - NelC England
homestead
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
A Romance of the War.

In June, 1861, Major James Long
street rendered his resignation to
Abraham Lincoln, having fought his
gallantry in the Indian wars and the
Mexican war. Just as Longstreet's
letter came, Abraham Lincoln met
Lieutenant Helm of Kentucky in the
war department, and, informing him of
Longstreet's action, asked how he
would like the vacancy. Helm evaded
the inquiry, soon went to Kentucky,
raised regiment and was colonel I'M
der Jeff Davis. Helm was related to
Lincoln by marriage.
Over two years have passed, and
Major, or now General Longstreet, is
at Chickamauga with his ironsides
corps. General Bragg wanted to re-
treat, but General Longstreet persisted
in Fl citing, and the entire Union forces
are swept away by Longstreet's irresist-
ible charge until he strikes Pap !"
Thomas, the Crock of Chickamauga."
Here Longstreet and Thomas, the two
bull dogs of the armies, yet old friends
as cadets at West Point, grappled in a
death struggle. George H. Thomas
holds the ground. Longstreet asks for
another brigade, and Lieutenant, now
General Helm, is sent him. They ride
side by side in the charge, Helm tell
ing Longstreet of Lincoln's offer in
1861 to make him major as his successor
in the old army.
A cannon ball comes along, and
Helm is a corpse. Eighteen hundred
and seventy-six has now come. Gen
eral Helms widow lives in Kentucky
in necessltous circumstances, and chill
dren of the dead confederate clamor
for help. Helms widow writes touch
ing appeal to Robert T. Lincoln, and
he sees President Hayes in her behalf
who appoints the needy woman to be a
postmistress in Kentucky town. Mrs.
Helm in 1876 accepted at the hands of
Robert T. Lincoln what Lieutenant
Helm refused at the hands of Abra-
ham Lincoln in 1S61,-Iroy Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
The Prompt Clerk.

A young man was commencing life
as a clerk. One day his employer said
to him: Now, tomorrow that cargo
of cotton must be got out and weighed,
and we must have regular account of
it," He was young man of energy.
This was the first time he had been en-
trusted to superintend the execution Of
this work. He made his arrangements
over night, spoke to the men about
their carts and horses, and resolved to
begin very early in the morning. He
instructed the laborers to be there at
half-past four O'CLOCK. So they set to
work and the thing was done, and about
ten or eleven O'Clock his master came
in, and seeing him sitting in the count
ing house, looked very black, supposing
that his commands had not been exc
cuted. ~ thought" said his master,
"you were requested to get out that
cargo this morning." 1T is all done,"
said the young man, sand here is an
account of it," He never looked behind
him from that moment-neverl His
character was fixed, confidence was es-
tablished. He was found to be the man
to do the thing promptly. He very
soon came to be the one that could not
be spared; he was as necessary to the
firm as any one of the partners. He
was religious man, went through
life of great benevolence, and at his
death was able to leave his children an
ample fortune. Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
The Marks of a Musician.

"'Musical down to his finger tips, is
a common enough expression, but few
people realize its true significance, {"
said a musical sharp, who is also some
what Of fiat, to me the other day. GAS
a matter Of fact" he continued, "a real
musician-one to whose soul true har-
mony appeals with all its beautiful and
poetic force-is so susceptible to its
effects that it sends the blood to his
heart, and his extremities, when such
an artist is engaged in a performance of
any length, become cold as frogs. 1 do
not know of single exception. Did you
ever shake hands with Paderewski just
after he came from the piano? If you
did, you must have noticed that his
hand was like lump of ice. The same
thing is true of amateurs who have the
real artistic temperament, and if such
one hasn't cold hands under such cir
cumstances you can know that he or she
has no real musical sentiment, 1t is an
infallible test.-Ne,r York Mail and
ETDreSS,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
A Queer African People.

Strange stories are told of the Dokos,
who live among the moist, warm BAN
boo woods to the south of Kaffa and
susa in Africa. Only feet high, of a
dark olive color, savage and naked, they
have no fire. They live only on ants,
mice and serpents, diversified by few
roots and fruits They let their nails
grow long, like talons, the better to dig
for ants and the more easily to tear in
pieces their favorite snakes The Dokos
used to be invaluable as slaves, and they
were taken in large numbers. The slave
hunters used to hold up bright colored
clothes as they came to the bamboo
woods, where these human monkeys still
live, and the poor Dokos could not re-
sist the attractions offered by such su-
perior people They crowded round
them and were taken in thousands In
slavery they were docile, attached,
obedient, with few wants and excellent
health. These queer people have one
fault--a love for ants, mice and SER
penis and speaking to Yer with their
heads on the ground and their heels in
the air. Yer is their idea of superior
power, to whom they talk in this com
ical manner when they are dispirited or
angry OF tired Of ants and snakes and
longing for unknown food.-Populd1
MdQdzine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
SOLDIERS BUDGET.
COmmander-in-Chief.

A prominent candidate for COM
mander-in-chief at the national en-
campment to be held this year at Pitts
burg will be Colonel Ivan G. Walker of
Indianapolis, Ind. AT the recent en-
campment of that state it was unani-
mously resolved to present his name as
the choice of the department. Com
rade Walker was born in Indiana in
1899, of Scotch ancestors. AT the
breaking out of the war he held an i'm
portant office, which he resigned to
join a company of the seventv-third In.
diana, and in May, 1868, became
colonel. During a daring raid in Ala
bama the whole brigade was captured
and Colonel Walker spent nearly year
in Libby prison. He escaped through
the James tunnel in February, 1864
AT the battle of Nashville he rendered
valuable service to General Thomas as
a volunteer aide. In 1891 he was
elected department commander of the
G. A. R.-Pioneer Press.