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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-27
A Theatrica, White Elephant.

1t Is reported that the United States gov
ernment is negotiating for the purchase of
the Madison Square Garden, intending to
make Of 1t branch postoffice. During the
past year the gross receipts OF the garden
were about STE, 0C0 and the total expendi-
lures S215,550, which left deficiency of
some s43, 000 in addition to which there are
unpaid taxes and bills amounting to moro
than $4,000. Since Frank W. Sanger took
the management the outlook is brighter,
as he has booked attractions from now un-
til December. Nevertheless 1t is under
stood that the stockholders will sell to the
government If they can get their price.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-27

"a OAA Va S0 w
the man breaking
the 25 mile road
record. There Is
only one thing to
dim the glory won
by B utl err, and
that is the alleged
fact tn at the
course Is exactly a
mile short. If this
is true, his record
of / hour II min
utes 4Asecondswill
not replace the &c
cepted record OF
w. B. Hurlburt-'
! hour II minutes
80 SpCOp6a--f0r Ok
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-27
BALL GOSSIP
Inc Sage Points the Moral of
the Boston Fire.
HOW THE PMILLIEs COULD WIN.

~ 'Hhey Had Clcvolands Pitchers, They
would Capture tho Pennnnt In q Cantor.
why Pitcher Young Succeeded = Ono
Thing That Is Ahead OF Being In Society.
what sweeping floods may come from
neHiectlng little leaks was aptly Illustrated
by the fire which broke ont Under the so
cei1 seats OF the Boston club during the
second game with the Baltimores recently.
FROM more small tongue Of flame, caused
ny lighted match dropped through on
some neglected rubbish, confiagration
grew which in few hours not only licked
up the Bostons' magnificent grand stand,
put swept away acres Of surrounding resi-
oences and destroyed human life.
Ihere was gross carelessness exhibited
oy the Boston club and its employees in
Two ways, If the published reports of the
IRE be true, and L have seen no contradic-
ZION OF the statements as originally made
IN the first place, had there been no rub
pish left to accumulate under tho baseball
stand bundle Of burning matches would
not nave caused fire. The superintendent
OF the grounds, it seems, should have
Thought of this danger, which must have
long before existed OH account of the de-
posts OF tinder where spectators were sure
70 drop not only spent matches, but burn
Ing stumps of cigars.
In the second place, there were no provi-
sions made on the ground to check fire
should one break out-not water plug
nor foot Of hose inside tho inclosure-not
even handy bucket of water. One plug,
with line of house hose, or even a few
buckets of water would have saved $3.50, 900
IN property and one human life. Even as
J. was, Right Fielder Bannon attempted to
fhn A-A ss.x 4 4
still confined to the heap of nflammable
material In which it began, by scattering
the burning material.
have often wondered why more baseball
stands are not burned in this same way.
AS rule, the territory under the stands and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-27

The following is list of letters remaining Ia
the postoifice at Roanoke, Va, for the week end
Ing May 26, 1891:
MEMS LIST.
Allen r. Is. Grundar John
Arnold Mrs. Heart NJ. E.
Bishop NJ b. Hench B. Lee
Brown G. NJ. Jones j. t.
Blair j. Il. King Joseph
Coots Richard Kessler W. E.
Clarke Spankley LipcOmb George
Clarke 30. o.. McLelland l. ".
Coat Richard McCulloch w T.
cannon q: II. McGuerh Frank
CoreIl Z. y. Neel j. e.
Colman Ellis Gordon Pryor VIC
Draper Charley Purcell G. p,
Deaner George Penn 7. p.
Day Henry Russell James
Evins q. ST. Clair Clarence
Fisher VIM. NJ. Smith j. A.
Fritts w. Il. Thomas j. l..
Frowley John Webb George A.
Fisher Sank Williams Willie
Gunncll A. II. Young Chas
WOMEN LIST.
Allen Sarah Bodgeings Ida
GROWN MarryJ. Hacock Marry
Boynet May Huchess Henrietta
Bush Elizabeth uoskins Lucy
Brown MarryJ. lloll Litha
Chops Lenis HAcklcy Lura
Colman Sallie Jones Jennie q.
Campbell Walter Kizer Minnie
Carr Marry King Susie
Collins a. b.. Looney Hester
Clark Mollie Marian Matilda
Dickerson Idoe Minfec Marthe
Danes Joe Pan Charlotte
Dillon Marry Rowan Willie A.
Farley Lizzie 3. Sydnar James
Ferrow Marry Scott Bessie
Gridant Keary Lee Sanders Emma
Gibson Sarah Strather Mildred
Gee Oliver l.. Tench T. izabeth
Holland Saley Terrell HOllie
Henderson Flora Weak Rosa l..
When calling for above letters D ease say they
were advertised Sunday. Mayer.
w. p. DUPUY, Postmaster.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-27
Road Racer Nat Butler.

Nat Butler, the winner of the recent Lin
scott road race at Maiden, Mass, took
about everything in sight In the form of
prizes. He not only finished first and Sc
cured the winners prize, $3.50 horse and
buggy, but he captured the 300 diamond
time prize and the S1h0 diamond nffnrnd 70
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-27
AND COMMERCE.
Row York s,ook M.rhe..

New yoRK, May 26>-The stock
market opened active and excited and
with considerable pressure to sell Sugar.
The first trading in the stock was re-
ported at 100 to 101. $500 shares chang.
lug hands at these figures. Suisse
quensly 1t was officially stated that NO
sales were made below l0l. The heavl-
ness If the stock, however, did not
affect the general list, which opened
firm and then advanced u to tx per
cent, New York Central and Lake
Shore leading. The first named jumped
~ to 90 and the latter ls< to 133M.
Covering OF short contracts accounts for
the rise in both cases.
The bears displayed considerable
nervousness at one time and bought
quite line Of the Vanderbilts and
Grangers. st. Paul rose to 60sk. Rock
Island to 6914, Missouri Pacific TO a7x,
Western Union to s4s6, Burlington and
Quincy to 1875 and Canada Southern TO
so. After IL O'Clock Sugar broke to
1004 and there was some realizing in
Chicago Gas, Lead, Lake Shore and
New York Central, Chicago Gas re-
acted to 70H, Lead to 1854, Lake Shore
to 1917 and New York Central to 97x.
Other prominent railways also weakened
for time, but later recovered and
closed . shade frmer.
T The industrisl group was weaker
than the general list, but this is only
natural In view of the recent steady
rise and the fact that there is certain
class OF holders that invariably even up
their trades before holiday. Not
changes show advances of q to q per
cent. in the railway list and declines OF
u to ] e per cent. in the lndussrials.
Whiskey, however, gained e and Rub.
Der common per cent on the day. The
total transactions were 104, 1000 shares.
The bond market was strong.
Money on call was easy at per cent,
last loan at 1. and closing offered at
per cent. Prime meroantile paper,
5H@4 per cent Sterling exchange
steady, with actual business in
bankers bills at 4s7A@4S7E for
sixty days and 4ss4@4ssx for demand;
posted rates, 4ssk@@49O Commercial
bills, 486}s@4S7. Bar silver 6ss6. Gov
ernment bonds steady. State bonds
dull. Railroad bonds strong. Silver at
the board negle cted.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-27
Produce andgnaerohand,so.

New YORK, May 26-Flour dull,
weak, free offerings; winter wheat, low
grades, 1.90@2.50; do. patents. 3.1O@
$50; Minnesota clear, 225@2,75; pat
ents; 3.25@4. 10; low extras. 19O@2. so;
Southern -four dull, weak; common to
fair extra. 2.00@3 90; good TO choice do,
3o0@3.50 Wheat dull and weak, 1c
lower; No. red, store and elevator 56H
@36H, afioat 56%: options were moder
ately active and X@1H lower, with
prices below previous low record. clos
Ing weak; No. red, May, SOS; June,
6s6; July, 57%.
Corn dull and easier; No. 2. AK eleva-
tor, 40 afloat; options were dull and
weak at $50. decline; May, AN;
July. AIS; August, 43%. Oats dull,
and easier; options weaker; May, 39A;
Juno, 3S; July, 37A; spot No. Q, 40;
No 2. white, Az; mixed Western,
4oH@42; white do, 43@47. Hay. fair
demand, steady; shipping, 6O@65; good
to choice, 10000. Wool, demand moder-
ato, arm; domestic fleece, 2o@25;
pulled, l6@25. Beef quiet. steady;
family, 13@14; extra mesa, 8 Oo@s.50;
beef hams dull, 1s@1s.50
Molasses. foreign nominal; New Or
leans, open kettle, good to choice.
27@37, dull, unchanged. Peanuts quiet.
bslow yesterday; May, 1880; July,
Ia s5; October. l3 so; December, 1915;
spot Rio dull, nominal Sugar, raw
quiet, steady; fair refining. 7-1e; re.
fined dull. steady; eff A, 11.16@3
1915; standard A, 4@4 3.l6; cut loaf,
4l@4 1916; crushed. 1904 1915;
granulated, 4@4 SIG Freights to
Liverpool market quiet and weak; cot
ton, 5-6sd; grain, Id asked.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-27
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
NRHAI LIST

The following Is a list OF letters remaining Ia
the postofice at Roanoke, Va, for the week end
Ing May 81, 1884,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-07
had also seen the police drive the people
onto the grass.

had also seen the police drive the people
onto the grass.
Cox@y's spriHg Suit.
Gen. Coxey himself, in his gray spring q
suit with creased trousers, walked into
the witness stand. He gave his resi-
dence as MassiI1on. O.
"What is your business?" was asked.
Il have a stone quarry. manufacture
sand for steel works and run stock
farm. / am now engaged in lobbying
Tor the unemployed people"
What is the object of your visit to
Washington?''
TO petition congress to pass two laws
TO give work to the unemployed on pub
lie Improvement"
The men who came with him did So
Mr.. Coxey said, upon the principle that
they might as well be with me az any
where They were out of work and their
families Were destitute at home.
did you obey the laws of the state?"
ssNot one chicken feather can be traced
to our camp. We knew that the success
Of the movement depended upon our be-
havior. Men were warned not to beg or
drink"
In repeating his conversation with the
chief of police of Washington, Coxey
said it was his purpose to keep within
the limit of the law. He told Major
Moore that the army might break up and
enter the capitol grounds as American
citizens, and the chief said there would
be- no objection to that. s'He said that
we must not carry the banner into the
grounds. because it was against the law"
the general continued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-07
BANK SUSPENDED.
The State National of wichita Closes Tt
Door Today.

WICHITA, Kan, May 7.-"Suspended
State National Bank" was the siga
put up this morning and has caused
great alarm over the city. This institu
ton was considered one of the str0nGes.
in the west.
The officers have not yet any state
,ment Of the banks condition. swift e
Co. made deposit of $500 the last thing
Saturday night. Large depositors are
left in a bad financial condition.
The Lombards are interested in this
bank and b. Lombard, Jr., is president,
]. p. Allen is vice president, l. L. Skin
ner is cashier, and w. Ii. Livingston is
assistant cashier.
In the National Bank Register the
State National is rated as having $780,
600 capital stock, and a surplus of the
same amount.
1t is understood that this failure is the
result of the bad business of the differ
ent loan and investment companies in
which the Lombards have been inter
ested. While the State National is not
directly connected with the First Ma
tional bank of Kansas City the Lombards
are interested in the latter institution
and James Lombard is its president. The
Kansas City bank is, however, one of the
strongest financial institutions in the
country.
Sedgwick county has $4,000 tied up
in this suspension. The police fund of
$2,50O. is also on deposit in this bank.
The bank had correspondents all over
the southwest No run is being made
on any of the other local banks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-07
LOCAL MENTION.

Frank Howe, of the pension office, is
sick.
The Rock Island in response to the
a request of the board of railroad com
missioners has opened a station at Cal
vert, Norton county.
The fire department was called out at
APO yesterday afternoon by a still alarm
from station No ), TO the coal house at
42S Madison street The damage was
trif1ing.
p. L. Soper, the Santa Fe receivers
representative in the Indian Territory
went to Muscogee today where the fed
eral court begins its session this week.
Mr.. Soper will represent the Frisco in
a number of cases.
Doctors Reid Alexander. l. Ell. Mum
and c. A Mcclure left today for Calves
ton to attend the convention of the Ma
tional Railway Surgeons association.
They will return Saturday.
The pension office is in the midst of
the quarterly rush, and its thirty-seven
clerks are working fourteen hours a day
until it is over; $1,000. were paid out
TO pensioners Saturday, It being the first
day, and the amount is larger today.
The most of the work will be done by
next Saturday, and the force and hours
reduced. There are on the rolls $685.
GOO Names
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-07

81 said there was one banner from
Pittsburg, given by laboring men, that
had promised to plant there if my life
was spared, and / would like to carry
that However. the banner packed
into the wagon with the Others or l gave
Marshal Browne orders to pack them"
The Banner Exhibited.
Here BTr. Lipscombe exhibited the
banner. 1t is of white satin, with green
letters and read:
.'Pittsburg and Allegheny. More
money; less misery; good roads; no in
terest on bonds.7
My object in going to the capitol"
said Mr.. Coxey, twas 10 present to con-
gress my two bills. the good-roads bill
and the non-interest bearing bo nd
bill and to address the congress
Of the United States and the
American people on them. L
demanded the protection of the
police, who seemed to be Col. Brignt's
right hand bower, to present to congress
the petition from labor organizations in
favor of the bill.
Judge Miller would not permit the in
PRODUCTION as evidence the speech Mr..
Coxey intended to make, or the protest
he issued, saying they had nothing to do
with the trial.
Mr.. Coxey told the story of the march
to Washington without any embellish-
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-07
HE HAD no GO.
The New York world" Wins Its Grea
Fight ON Croker.

The New York "WorId" Wins Its Great
Fight Croker.
WASHINGTON. May Chief Crok ker's
proposed resigning from the head of
Tammany was authoritively made known
to leading New York members of
congress today in a telegram from
Mr.. CrOcker himself
When the Tammany executive com
mittee of so meets next Thursday Rich
ard Croker will take the step toward
withdrawal from active political work.
Last summer he resigned from the Dem
ocratic state central committee. Now
he is quoted by the New York CONNER
cial Advertiser as saying: 81 have made
up my mind that L cannot stand the
strain and hard work connected with the
management of the Tammany organi-
zation. 1t has grown SO burdensome
that at times it is more than any one can
bear. Hereafter the routine and detail
must be looked after by committees, for
! will not and cannot do it''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-07
M'CASEY TO GO.

| The State Board of Charities to Remove
Him.
DR.. John Fl. McCasey who has been
superintendent of the state insane asylum
since the retirement of DR.. Eastman will
lose his position at the next meeting of
the state board of charities, according to
the most reliable Populist authority.
The STATE Journal was informed this
afternoon that the board of charities
have for some time been considering the
advisability Of change in the manage
ment of the Topeka asylum and that the
change viii very likely be made next
week when the board of charities hold
their next meeting at the asylum
The charges against DIR. McCasey are
of a serious nature. but it is understood
that the mem bers of the hoard have been
acqualntiEg themselves with the condi-
ton of affairs and will remove him with
out the formaIity of an investigation.
The general charge of mismanage-
ment and incOmpetency is made against
DR. McCasey. The JOURNALS informant
said Dr. McCasey has from the time he
took charge of the asylum been regarded
as too small for the place.
A good idea of how affairs at the asy
lum are managed was given a JOURNAL
reporter by one of the employees at the
asylum who holds a position where he
can watch the workings of the institu-
tion.
This employe said: affairs out there
are being mixed up worse every day.
There is no discipline and every employe
is his own boss. DR.. McCasey does not
pay any attention to anything but
having good time. He is
more interested in the dances
for the patients than he is in their food.
He laughs when the patients go to him
with grievances and tells them they are
crazy and orders them to go away. OF
course the patients are crazy, but it does
not do them any good for the superin-
tendent of the asylum to tell them they
are.
"Dr. McCasey has been making a great
blow about saving the state money in the
way of salaries, but he has not saved the
state anything on his own salary. He
makes the saving by cutting the salaries
of poor men with large families. One
man with family OF six children. who
is entitled to $25 month, only gets $1S
under DIR. McCasey, and that is a fair
sample of how he saves salaries. Be
sides he is always writing stuff for the
papers to print, praising himself and his
improvements"
In addition to other charges against Dr.
McCasey's management, it is alleged that
certain politicians from over the state
have made toe frequent visits to the asy-
lum. which have brought the morality Of
the place into question, and there are
murmurings of even worse things but
these lack verificatIon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-07
PowDERLY is SARCASTIC.


The Kind of Coxeyism That Started
Mr.. Coxey.
ST LOUIS, May THE St Louis Post
Dispatch publishes a letter from T. V.
Powderly on Coxeyism, in which he
says:
"You ask what 1 think of the Coxey
Observation-Disclosures it has the sympathy
aud support of the plain people, and
whether it is a permanent movement or
only an amusement for him?
EtWhat is now known as the Coxey
movement is not new to this country and
did not originate with him. Marching on
Washington has been feature of our
national life for years, and, with the ex-
ception of an occasional newspaper an
nouncement as, for instance, when
prominent member Of the army was
driven by a drunken cabman to the
wrong house, it excited no particular
comment or notice.
"In the fall of 1892 hundreds, thou
sands and hundreds of thousands of men
marched and countermarched through
the various cities of the United States;
they shouted themselves hoarse; they
yelled themselves deaf, got drunk, quar-
relied, and on more than one occasion
committed murder while marching on
Washington. They were encouraged do
this marching by full-hedged and bud
ding statesmen; they were, in the main,
poor men, as poor as those who are en-
listed in the Coxey movement They
could not pay for the oil they burned in
their torches; they were supplied with
the oil and beer by others, and not only
were they not ashamed to accept their
charity, but they were not censure d for
taking aims. Those who were generous
with them were not lectured. by the
press for encouraging the idle and vi
cious in extending aid to them
when the torchlight movement came
to an end and the Inauguration Of a pres
ident turned the eyes of a nation toward
Washington, another procession started
to march on Washington The latter
procession differed in external appear
ance somewhat from those who carried
torches. The torch bearers had voted,
they had earned the oil and beer which
had been given them, and the time had
arrived when those who had provided
the supplies Incidental to a political
campaign were to put in their claims for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-07
THE THIRD WARD CAUCUS

A regular caucus of Republicans of
the Third ward is called by the ward
committee to meet at the Copeland hotel
club room, tonight at 8 o'clock.
All the Republicans of the ward are
strongly urged to be present and
express their choice of a delegation of
fifteen to be voted for at the primaries
May 18th to represent the ward in the
county convention which will select dele
gates to the Republican state convention.
The Republican masses of the ward
are interested in a free and fair express
sion. The majority should rule. Re
publicans should turn out and vote their
sentiments. No Republican voter of the
ward need then complain Of the result.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-07
1T WAS A BIG STEAL.

Attorney Petit Says the Alleged $40
100000 n p Steal is Provsn.
CHICAGO, May THE Northern Pa
enc investigation WAS not resumed
in Chicago TO-DAY. but il viii
be taken up in New York
next "Wednesday Attorney Petit. rep
'resentlng the Ives faction, said today he
was satisfied with the investigation so
lar as 1t had Progressed, and added:
1--WE have proved everything that we
set out to prove. l said at the beginning
OF the affair that it was a
ten million dollars steal, and I now CON
slider that we have proved it to be a mill
lion more than that
~The fact is that the men implicated in
the affair."" continued Mr. Petit. shave
been scooting like rats in sinking
ship. One is making his property over
over 10 his wife as fast as the law will
allow him. We expect to prove who pot
this little margin of $11, ,O06,O and how
they got it,