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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-29

The Roanoke Daily Record, In which the above
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The Lamar register., 1894-06-30
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Tn. Coarre..ionsI Grind .-Genersl Sete'
of Interest

bill as an amendment 10 some bili at
the first opportunity,
On motion of Mr.. voorhees, the Sem
ate has ordered the proceedings of the
Berlin silver conference to be trans
lated and published.
Mr.. Cleveland has returned to Wash
ington very much improved in health.
He spent four days on the decks Of the
Maple, and now is at work again.
Senator Allen took the liberty Of
likeniug Senator Chandler TO bah
boon the other day This was because
Chandler accused him Of selling his
vote on the tariff bill to the Democrats.
The last report Of the comptroller
of the currency shows the deposits in
savings banks Of the country to nggre-
gate 81, SIS, So. 262, while the deposits
in all the national banks aggregate 81
45l, l24. 33l.
Rumors are in circulation at Wash
ington that Nellie Grant Sartoris is to
marry again. The gentleman Is said
to be General Henry X Douglas of
Hagerstown. He is an x-eonfederaie,
popular and well of.
The gold reserve on the 2lst was
down to SOL. 703. .O47, the lowest on
ie.ord. The officials do not seen 70
be alarmed about it and no talk Of is
suing bonds IS heard The treasurer
is endeavoriug to exchange new bills
for gold
Senator Tellers proposal to increase
the duty on diamonds from 10 to 30
per cent. is said to be creating con
steruatiou in London. 1t is regarded
as blow directed a, the Rothschilds,
who are heavily interested in the At
rican diamond fields
The Sons Of the American Revolu-
ton are trying to persuade Postmaster
General Bissell to put a picture Of the
United States flag upon the 2-cent post
age stamps They even threaten TO
90 to Congress and have law passed
to make that permanent design.
The sons of the late Senator Vance
are having contest with his second
wife as to where his body shall be bur
led She wants it in Catholic Gem
etery, but they are Protestants They
have secured court injunction for
bidding her to remove the body.
Representative Pence was asked TO
deliver the address to the graduating
class at the Eastern High School in
this city. There are eighty eight
graduates in the class and the honor
conferred upon Mr.. Pence in his Sc
lection is pleasing to his friends He
acquitted himself we'll
The Senate appears to getting in
hurry The tariff bill was completed
up to the income-tax provision on the
10th. 1t is said the length of debate on
the income tax will depend largely on
Senator Hill, and he has expressed the
opinion that two days time will be
sufficient to dispose Of the matter.
The disposition on the Republican
side is to let the Democrats settle the
matter among themselves.
When Senator Teller was before the
Senate sugar trust investigating com
mittee he stated that he did not be-
lieve that his colleague, Senator VOL
aatt l.l 4
The Lamar register., 1894-06-30
THE BLACK PLAGUE
THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS.
HosE Kong and Canton BeinE pspopu-
I.t.d--IEaer-noe Encourage
the rtagu>

18th with fuller details OF the blaei
plague now raging at Hong Kong. De
spite the operations Of the sanitar!
staff and the police, assisted by tn,
army medical staff corps, and soldier
from the Shropshire regiment about
500 new eases had been reported with,
in week. and there had been 4Od
deaths
Heavy rains about the middle oi
May were hailed as a great blessing,
The water supply had been nearly eI'
hausted. The drains Of Hong Kons
were filled with poisonous gases, the
plague had been spreading in the most
densely populated part Of the city.
and, to cap the climax. an outbreak
Of smallpox was dreaded.
The rains cleaned some Of the
drains. aud the authorities redoubled
their efforts to stamp out the plague.
They were encouraged for a time by
the cooperation of the Chinese them.
selves.
House-to-house visitation in search
Of victims OF the plague was kcp, up
by the police. but they were unable TO
get through the crowded houses Of the
infected districts with sufficient celori-
ty to oyertake all the eases. Soldier,
were consequently detailed TO assis,
in the unpleasan, task. Increased
vigilance revealed a greater numksr o.
patients
The increased viruleuce and the dis
eovery Of greater number Of case.
aroused the enmiiy Of the Chinese,
who had for a short time appeared will
ing TO cooperate with the authorities
on the bringing to light al known
cases Of the plague This willingness
diminished, probably on account o,
the heavy proportional mortality which
accompanies the disease. Attempts
were made to eyade the inspection
Sick persons were removed from house
to house at the approach Of the police,
houses were barricaded and in few
cases the officers were stoned by the
infuriated Chinese. Owing to these
difficulties the epidemic gained re-
uewed virulence.
News from Canton, where the plague
started, state that the deaths now aver
age 200 a day During March and
April they averaged 500 daily. Al.
though the fact that the black death"
was raging in Canton became known
only about month ago, it appears
that the disease started as long ago as
last February, and has been epidemic
ever since. The plague is spreading
to the country districts about Canton
and TO neishboring cities.
About the only measures taken in
Canton to stay the progress Of the dis
ease are those adopted by the priests,
who march through the streets chant.
ing incantations and spriukling holy
water. y huge mass representing a
dragons head is also carried about the
city, accompanied by a prodigiou.
beating of gongs and drums.
A foreign missionary resident in
Canton made systematic inquiries.
which he AYERS show that up to the Sth
instant at least 60, 900 people have
been carried of.
The plague is said to be the same as
that wbirb Ja.an,,Io,oI I'D :.
The Lamar register., 1894-06-30
New, From Everywhere.

ship.
Bishop W. Perkins, ex-senator from
Kansas, died on the 10th of cholera
morths.
Four men lost their lives in burn
ing mine at Birmingham, Alabama, on
the Goth.
There was a big FIRE in London on
the 2lst, which destroyed ten large
furniture factories.
: The Republicans of California have
nominated NJ NJ. Estee for governor
and declared for free coinage.
The New York banks have agreed
to furnish all gold needed for export
This will relieve the treasury.
Jim Cook, noted outlaw Of the In
dian Territory, has been captured af-
ter being badly wounded.
A terrific hurricane swept over
northwestern Nebraska on the 18th.
Several persons were killed.
The Rock Islands rainmakers who
have been at work in Iowa are sue
ceeding in producing showers.
General Artz has left Kansas City
with l50 men in boats, General BEN
nett has disappeared with 800 of the
company's funds
Striking Huns at Walston, Pennsyl-
vania, are arming, and an attempt to
start work in the coke works is sure
to result in bloodshed
The cities along the Ohio river are
turaing a cold shoulder on Kelly's
army. They refuse to allow the men
to enter the city limits
The district court at Nebraska City,
has rendered a decision in the ease.of
Bishop Bonacum against Father Cor
bett in the formers favor.
The Santa Fe road has been obliged
to abandon its track between Atehison
and st Joseph on account of encroaeh-
ments by the Missouri river.
A concerted movement is being
started by the prominent men in the
East to invite Mr. Gladstone to visit
this country 1t is doubtful if he will
accept.
Rev. DIR. John r. Paxton has paid
fine of $40 for neglecting to record
the certificate of the marriage of Con-
gresham W. C. p Breckenridge and
Mrs. Wing
The noted suit of Sturgis against
the Farwell syndicate for negotiating
loans and similar services came to
close on the 2lst with decision
against the Farwells.
The McShane Manufacturing com
pany of Baltimore has given notice to
their LOCO employees that owing to i'm
proved conditions of trade their wages
would be raised 10 per cent.
Six fremen we're injured by being
crushed under falling walls Of the cot
ton warehouse of Burr Bros, in Phila-
delphia, which was destroyed by fire
Thursday. One of the men may die.
The Indiana coal miners have de-
clared the strike of. The vote was to
accept the Columbus scale of 60 cents
for bituminous and 20 cents for block
and was carried by vote of % to IA.
Narrowing tales of cruelty are told
by miners who have recently been
evicted from the Indian terr;,o
The Lamar register., 1894-06-30

Senator Hill wants coal to go on the
free list.
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the object of inducing the French to abandon
their opposition 10 the establishment OF BTU
ish pro,ectorate over the Sultanate OF Iah|i-
hor conceded the rights claimed by the french
I'm Madagascar under their treaty OF ioN''' ih'
German Foreign Office followed LORD SaiiS-
hury's lead. and both France and Engl'ih nave
therefore for three years been endeavorlhg 10
conduct their business with the MalagaSy 'roN-
ornment through The French ReSd"nt''eherai.
Inasmuch rs the IIovas absolutely decline 10
r.cognize or tolerate this method Of procedure
and refuse to hold any communication win me
pritish and German consus through the inter
,,.diorv of the French Rcsidcni-ticncral. me
commercial and political interests Of those two
Europcan nations lave suffered considerably Il
corresponding benefit accrlling to me 'h'''"
States which now enjoys II prcponderanre III
the Madagascar trade.
I, i understood 70 be with the avowcd object
of demanding. in the shape or IN uHInh''"'i'
the fulfilmcnt Of the StipulaiionS of the treat!
of 1NsJ according to the French reading 'h"r'-
Of. and irrespective Of all subsequent modlnc'-
tions. that NJ Lc Myrc de Nilcrs has brch MS
patched 10 Madagascar. And he IL furtiior III
structed to obtain. it Is said. not only aS>ur'
ancr that hcncefOrth no concessions VIII DE-
granted 10 foreign traders until stamped win
French approval but also The surrender I"
France of Il considerable amount Of territory
on various points Of tn" coast. comprising Il
number Of safe and rOOmy natural hhro"'S'
Nor do The French In any way disguise the ann
which they have in view in end"avorlng 10 ST
cure these embryo ports According 10 VI. az
Lancssan. the great authority in the I"gi>lat-
IRE on colonial questions. II Is for ihr purpose or
"comm1ndng the rolte Of all ships sailing up
"yord from the Cape of Good Hope toward IN"
"Indian Ocean and the Pacific, Of dominating
'the southern outlet of the Red Sea ana
"Sucz Canal. and 10 assure to France incon-
"icstable prcpondcrancc and authority on me
"cast coast of Africa" NJ de LancSSan adds
tina, "a French fleet acting from Madagascar
"would in the event of war between IN" TWO
greatest naval powers in the world. put an
"rnd TO all commercial relations between Eng
land AMI India. Australia and China. These
uttcranccs may be- regarded as having received
confederation from the French Minister OF For
clgn Affairs who openly declares that III Is
necessary To bring rhc MalagaSy 10 terms in
'vlcw Of European complications. 1t Is thiS
that renders the opposition of Great Britain
to Frances professions in Madagascar almost
inevitable: and any hesitation which Lord Rose
berry might feel IN the matter Is likely To b.
dispccd by the determined attitude of the Brit
ish colonies Of South Africa. Australia and New
Zealand. which have given the Government in
London 10 understand that under no crcum-
stances will they tolerate such n standing men
ace 10 their very existence would be- conNt-
tuied by French Madagascar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-05
Amuscments.


ARBEYS THEATRES :15-The Devils Deputy
ACADEMY OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AMBROSE PARK South Brooklyn-3- s:l3-Buiiaio Ell
viii West
AMERICAN THEATRE-S-A Trip 10 CHINATOWN
ATLANTIC GARDEN 80 to - Bowery-EVen'hg -oo'-
Vaudeville.
riJOU INTERPRETATION Kettle.
BROADWAY THEATRE-s-D- syntax
CASINOS :15-The Little Trooper
COLUMBUS THEATRE :1j-In Ola Kentucky
DA1Y'S THEATRE-S-A Gaiety Gill
EDEN MUSEE-l1 TO 1l-NOrld in wax
EMPIRE TIIEATRE-Si5-The Baube shop
fifth AVENUE THEATRE-s:l5 -ilumpiy H"hpY
Up TO Date.
GARDEN TiIEATRE-s:l5-ii92
HARLEM OPERA HOUsE-s:i5-The Gin Left Behlnd
Ne.
HERALD SQUARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ana the Man
IRVING PLACE THEATRES -Marerbumchen '""''-
hower.
ROSTER & BIAI'S- S-Naudevile.
LYCEI'M THEATRES :l5-A Way 10 Win woman"
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-2:3o- $50 liagenbecAs
Trained a: mails.
PALMER'S THEATRE :lj-Ncw Blood
PROCTOR SO a n. to 1880 p. m-Na'deVnie'
STANDARD THEATRE s30-The New Boy
STAR THEATRE lj-The Merry wives 81 NlhuSo''
l4TH STREET THEATRES Irish Aftlst.
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had been imposed upon them. Crimes Tor Whi'h
urivat. citizens would have served terms Ill
STATE Prison caused these privileged persons
the loss of Il few days pay. only four oi li''Hl
lost their places on the force and nin'iy-'Wo "l
thrm are still allowed 10 swing clubs ald eNact
tribute from the public Not only Inadequate
Int also UNEQUAL penalties have'been imposed
Certain favoritcs were made 10 pay only lish'
rnrS while others who had committed eNac'l!
Tin. same offences were more heavily punished
Th. Police Boards idea of discipline led To Inc
dismissal of one man from the force for beng
off his posf in II saloon while Il "iloWpolic'
man who committed the offence with nm was
fined tlrrr DAYS pay. Abundant testimony has
horu broueht forward 10 show systematic i'll
tmdalion of and even violence toward Icxow
witnesses by policemen and their friends. Al
every stcp of The investigation some new III
ioulty has been exposed, until it would seem
that all further testimony could b" Only cor
roborativc. yet such is the extent of ihe cor
ruption that every day brings slrprlS"
Wednesdays revelations surpassed all ihat
had gone before. and showed that II was ho'
mere timility which caused witnesses 10 com
plain that they were being prosecuted 10y inc
police. An officer in uniform. in The very pres
OF the I Onlllllltt' WIS l'dlh w 'h''''''
10 shoot with who had gathered evidence
against him. When compelled 10 take the stahd
he pcrnr,d himself hy laundering dcnialS which
in private were mingled with cowardly plead
insS for mercy The cvildorrS are Thoroughly
frightened and are playing III" bully, which Is
their most natural pat
That this bullying should be undertaken Is
most astonishing and argues the madness which
prrslgcs destruction. Good policy would dictat"
the opposite course on the part Of the accused
policemen Their violence may max" their over
throw more sure than all the evidence or cor
ruption combined Tn people ar" slow Ia anger
against thieves. hut they are quick 10 resent
Interference with their courts or attempts I"
Use force in Il controversy. Some men went 10
GravcScnd last fall 10 get evidence oil Viola
ton Of law in that town They were maltrcat"d
bv "A mob. and their rights were impudcntly
tramplcd on by public officers. The result OF
that days disorder in GraVcScnd everybody
knows The police should remember the fate
of John Y Mckane.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-05
PERSONAL.

Ibsen has an income Of about $1,000 a year.
Solomon Jones Homer OF Bennington. I. r. the
Choctav valedictorian OF Roanoke College. Va in
1893 has entered the law department OF Harvard
University.
\ German journalist who visited Bismarck
Gently says that the ex-Chancellor has aged very
much in the last few months. lie eats with DIM
Guilty. can hardly hod himself erect. ana speaks
only a tone so low that II is hard to understand
him.
The viii of Mrs Charles Lux of san Francisco.
which has Just been admitted probate sets aside
nearly 100000 for n manual training school One
third OF her estate IL given outright for the promo
tion OF schools for manual training, industrial train
ing and for teaching trades to young people Of both
sexes In the OF California and particularly in
the city and county OF san Francisco--i, being my
desire TO assist furnishing facilities for the cduca
tlon Of young children from the time they leave the
kindergarten schools aud while they are st quite
Young In what Is known as manual training and IN
all kinds OF training looking 10 the acquisition OF
useful trades by and through which habits or IN
dustry will be acquired and practical knowledge Of
those things which useful In earning living
may be- acquired. and hereby give TO my said trus
tee. the fullest discretion the expenditure OF said
net income so that the greatest good may be accom-
pshcd and to that end they may. II they think
best use such portion of said income from time TO
time they deem expedient in connection with the
public schools In aid Of the ends aforementioned"
Miss Sybn Sanderson who Is among the So
pranos engaged for at the Metropolitan
opera House comes OF well-known San Fran
cisco family. She IL IA distinct American type.
with Il pleasing rather than IA pretty face. which
her photographs wofully misrepresent. Miss san
drrsOn sang the title role In Massenets That's
last winter at the Paris Grand Opera.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont has been elected pres-
dent OF a chapter OF the Daughters OF the Amer
lean Revolution which has been formed In Los
Angeles. Cal. The fourteen charter members OF the
chapter represent many famous Colonial patriots
At the opening session tea brewed In camp
kettles that BEDROOMS In the Darsey family. and
used by Washington and Lafayette In the
Revolutionary Var.
Edinburgh. oct ANDREW Carnegie has opened
a public library In the town OF Jedburgh, County
OF RoxburEh, giving $500 for the purpose and has
received the freedom Of the burIh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-05
MORE POLIfT DISCLOSTRTS

The Lcxow Committee, since it rcaSScmbl"l
last Monday. has given the people Of This city
plenty of good material for thought. II in the
mind Of any intelligent observer there had re-
manned Il doubt that the Police Department
rs a department utterly corrupt through
all its ramicationS. tiaI doubt has surely been
disspatcd. The Committee has been striking it
would seem. almost az random. but in every
direction unmStakabic evidence is brought forth
that there is no villany too great. no ihicving
too petty. no rights too sacred. 10 business too
respectable 10 be free from paying tribute 10
the police.
II will not do much longer for heads of The
Police Department To laugh M The disclosures
OF witnesses. and. when they cannot deny their
truth. To assert that the corruption is confined
to subOrlinatcS over whom they have 10 con
troll. 1t was all very well for the Tammlny
Commissioners to turn in and help dismiss a
few captains whom they could no longer pro-
tect and pose as the vriuous guardians II police
morals. But that mask can no longer be- worn.
Mr.. Goff stripped it off on Tuesday whom he
brought forward the records Of the 100 police
men who had been by the Commissioners them
selves convicted Of lawbreaking since 1891, and
showed the utterly inadequate penalties which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-05
tVERICI ~ MADhG ISC ar

Inasmuch rs the United States has large com.
mcrcial interests in Madagascar. an Island from
which the culture Of rice was first Introduced
into America the blockade Of tile Malagasy
coast which Is reported TO have been declared
by France cannot be- regarded with Indifference
by this country cur trade in Madagascar IL
supcrlor even 10 that of England. and NOR"
than ten times as large rs that Of France. ana
= measure such ~ that which Is said 10 have
been adopted by the latter Is calculated to in
nci far greater injury 10 American commerce
than 10 The lIovas themselves. Nor Is ms III"
ONLY reason why III, matter demands serious
attention. since the quarrel between the Mala-
casv Government and the French originated in
thr ucrsisicut refusal Of The American Consul
10 conduct negotiations with Queen Ranavalona
through the Intermediary Of the French Minister
or Resident General NJ AniananarlvO. In This
orr representatives were merely acting in ac-
cor,lancc with the wishes and the demands OF
the Government To- which they are accredited.
the Ouccn and her advisers having all along
denied the right Of France to assume The dir"c-
ton and control of IN" foreign relations OF
Madagascar According 10 the French. this
right was conceded 20 them by III" treaty OF
1851. Rui this H. dcnicd by the lIovas who
place a different Interpretation upon The agree"
mcnt AMI who point 10 further convention
concluded a couple Of years later between the
two countries 10y which the French explicitly
acknowledged the exclusive right Of the Maa-
Easy to negotiate treaties Of commerce with
foreign Powers and 10 issue cX"uIaturs 10 for
cign consu~. This convention of 1881 WAS.
however. never submitted to the French Cham
her. a manocuyrr for which il is difficult 10 find
any satisfactory cXcrse and the French Gov
crnmcnt on that ground now declines 10 r"cog
n.Zc lis validity, and persists in demanding the
full execution of the treaty Of IsSJ without con-
sidcraton of the radical notifications To which
il WAS subsequently subjected by the codic of
1851
Matters have been further complicated by
the. from British point OF view. l-advised
action Of Lord Salisbury, who, In $500, with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-05
THE .STTTiTION.

The Republicans of this city and State have
not the least occasion this year 10 beg for ALI
ances anywhere. To those profcsScd rcforinrrS
who say that they can vote only for Demo
cratic Mayor or Governor they are content 70
answer: THAT sizes up your aspirations for
good government To You local reform Is noth-
ing compared with The success Of party
(which has given us ,llc worst panic in fifty
years and the worst depression in wages oil
labor. and which has been hired 10y the Sugar
and Whiskey Trusts - enact t1rlil when
"a Democratic President refused 10 sign because
"i' was full OF infamy and pcridy: which stole
"the State Senate and was punished 10y I""."""
adverse ma iorty and yet has the inS"l"nc" 10
"nominaIc thu author of that great crime Tor
",;nvcrnor: which draws lis corruption fund IN
This city for every election from It's bargains
with houses Of gambling and prostitution, and
from discriminating Of business mon. Ask Il
"vcrllct upon such 4 party. do YOU: Then be
"slIrc you will got d.
Democratic partisau>hip IN time Ike this
Is nothing hut completely with the n"Si IN
famous of crimes. National State and mlInic-
ipal. The man who clamors for Democratic
success in the Nation Is the willing tool Of III"
Whisky and Sugar Ring. even H. like Senator
Ill., he made noisy opposition 10 IN" sugar
tariff but refused 10 beat il when lac could.
The man who clamors for Democratic success
in the Stat" makes himself m" accessory Of
those who ought - be- In state Prison for their
crimes against sclfcovcrumcnt The man who
clamors for Democratic success in the city
makes himself the tool of the organization by
which all The infimicS Of IN" Police Department
h.,-. l..n iuSiiV1f.l and sustained
The issue may rs well be- faced right here.
The party which has robbed and inSuli"d the
nc.pl. i dear 10 some men who profess 10 b"
respectable citizens nevertheless. II is - dear
that they Will not do what the honest Democrats
Of Jersey city did when they elected Mayor
Wanscr. nor what the honest Democrats of
After a defeat Of that Kind a party finds II
necessary 10 send lis scoundrclS 10 the rear and
50 The Democratic party j. trying 10 get Itself
purified in Jersey City and in Brooklyn But in
Nrw-York there are men who profess 10 b" re-
formers. and who nevertheless insist that the
scoundres shall be- AZ the front. ana that the
corrupt organization shall confirm" 10 control
the elections and that lis infamous machinery
shall continue 10 buy and count the votes for
the party But where l. the decent Democrat
who wants 10 be elected This year by the use of
money taken from houses ~ prostitution? Think
where the Tammlny campaign fund comes
from. Democrats of decent lives and feelings,
before Won consent to take Il nomination from
the Democratic party In The year 1891.