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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
JUSTICE In MISSISSIPPI.
Only One Week Between the
Murder and Sentence.
Tho siayers Of Dinkins at Brandon Last
week Plead Guilty to Murder IN .he
First Degree Yesterday and vvere sem
tenosd TO imprisonment for Life-wis
BIO xakcn to jackson To-Day.

JACKSON. Miss, August 15.-On Wed
nesday, August Z. Hon. Dabney Mar
shall, Democratic nominee for State
senator and member Of the State leg
islatuve, accompanied by H. II. Cole.
man, w. j. voller and R II. Fox ALI
prominent citizens of Vicksburg, ar
rived in this city and proceeded TO-
search for R. t. Dinkins, gentleman
highly connected in this State and a
cousin of Bishop G.. b. Galloway. OF
this city, who, IL was charged, had cir
culated very sensational stories about
Marshall.
AT Dinkins' boarding house 1t was
learned that he was in Brandon. a
Sun All station fifteen miles east OF here.
Esrly Thursday morning Marshall and
MS CON psnions hired livery team and
proceeded to Brandon where thew found
Dinkins standing on the depot platform
waiting for train.
Marshall without warning opened fire
on Dinkins and a struggle ensued. When
1t was found that Marshall was getting
the worst OF 1t his friends came to his
assistance and sent adjustable OF shots
at D1nkins, who was unarmed. Dinkins
fell dead, pierced by half dozen bull
lets. Marshall and his companions
INN edlstely surrendered to the sheriff.
circuit court met at Brandon Monday
last and the grand jury immediatelv
proceeded to work on the case, aud last
evening brought true bill against
Marshall, Coleman and Fox, and dis
charged Voller, who 1t appeared had
taken no part in the shooting, but was
present merely as An attorpay
The prisoners were arraigned In
court this morning. and by agreements
pleaded guilty to murder in the first de.
gree and were sentenced to life inv
prlsonment in the State penitentisry.
They will be brought to jackson to-
morrow to begin their sentence.
Inc verdict Is regarded aa n triumph
OF law over violence, and ia Quick ina
tlce even for Mississippi, there being an
interval OF exactly one week between
the shooting and the sentence to day.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
MURDER IN TIE SECOND DEGREE.
Verdict OF the jury in the Case of w. i
Uruuhnrt.

Urquhart.
RICHMOND. Va, August ia Suf-
solk, Va, special to tho State says:
The jury in the murder trial of William
Urquhart, charged with killing John
E. Gay. on November 8, 1870, to.dsy
rendered their verdict, finding tho prs
oDer guilty OF murder III the second
degree and fixing hie punishment at five
years in the peniten:iary.
The trial has boen in PROGRESS since
Tuesday and the case was submitted to
the jury last night, but they could not
arrive at verdict and were placed in
the sheriff's custody until to- day. The
prisoners counsel after consultation
with the accused and friends decided
not to move for E new tsial Judge
Kilby pas sentence about o'c ok
this Afternoon. Wntn he sskod Urqu-
hart II ne ba1 .nythi'g 10 say the Ias
ter replied. mot word +" Soon after
the killing UrquhaIt fed and remained
a fugitive until three weeks ago. when
no surrendered to the authorities and
asked for trial. He Is related to
prominent families OF this and Isle of
Wight Of counties.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
NORTH CAROLINA ALLIANOE.
Congressman Sibley, Senator Butler and
Others Sneak

Others Speak.
RALEIGH, N. c., August Congress
man John G. Sibley, of Pennsylvania,
spoke at Cary, eight miles from here, to
day to an audience of two thousand.
The occasion WAS the NEE ting of the
State Farmers Alliance. he declared
that he was ready to follow any man
who would lead the people to free silver
He said: 81 have lost pride in party
name and party opinion. Nor do care
what party it is that wins the victory
for truth eternal" His speech was en-
Enthusiastically received
Senator Marion Butler, Maj. w. A
Graham, of Lincoln; DIR. Cyrus Thomp
son, the new president of he State AL
lance; j. M. Newborne, the retiring
president of the alliance. all made short
addresses. This rally closed the an
nual convention Of the State Alliance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
Nor,h Atlnntic snunhron.

Ne PORT, r J.. August l5.-The
rtn \ a. ic "a d. tire harbor
at 1913 oc,,ca aiog b0uud tor
Bar Hatpor, 5 c.et ~ Hcrpe, went
IN board the Hew i.rk. occupying
qutrters with Captain Evans The
aispatch boat Dolphin is attached to the
'quadron. however, aud will take part
In ihe fleet tao ci According to Ad-
m ra' Burc IS plans, the fleet will come
to anchor a. Bar Harbor carly on Sun
day morning
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Lynchburs. 11; Norfolk. 8.

LYNCHBURG, Va, August II The
Norfolks arrived here t. day fresh from
two straight victories over the leade rs
In the race for the pennant They met
the Hill Climbers. however, and were
taken into camp by a score OF IL to 3
Mason, Lynchburg's new pi cher, twirled
in great shape, only allowing seven
ecattering hits eff his delivery, while
eighteen were made off hi. opponent
Score: X. II. K
Lyrchburg. ......... 60O02O3O Oil Is
Norfolk. 90 u o 90 = o. Z
Batter.es-Mason and Ranert Williams and
Cote.
How the CIuha Htand
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16

WINSTON, N c.. Angus. 15-Artbur
futile, colored, WAS this afternoon sen
fenced to twenty i've years in the peni-
Tertiary for the murder OF Policeman
Vickers last May. Counsel for ms de-.
Tense made no motion for $ new trial
The case OF Bud Cunningham for killing
his sweethesrt. was given 20 the jury
tonight. A verdict Of manslaughter is
oXpocted
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
An Insane AIother,s Dead

BALTIMORE, Md, August l5-Mrs.
Bertha North, 81 years old, hurled her
ten-days-old infant from third story
window OF her home to dsy and then
iesped after 1t Both may die. Mental
disorder following childbirth is sup
posed to have caused the act.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
The SILVER MEMS CONFERENCE
Resolutions and Plan of Organi-
zation Adopted.

Tho Former Declares For Free Silver
Coinage without Foreign Corpora
ton and Fer Paying Government
Obligations In oliver OF GoId-Ths
Latter Provides For a National and an
Executive Committee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
Portsmouth, 2; Riohmond. 3.

PORTSMOUTH. August Is Richmond
failt to score until the eighth inning.
when they got In their stick o,ksand
batted Brandt out for Fl We runs. Flynn
struck out ten men.
Score r. H. &.
Portsmouth. ......... O 0 30 OOO o.
Richmond ,.......... 0 O 0 0 0 O-5 2
Batteries-Brandt and Chilcs; Flynn and Eos.
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The Evening News suspends.

AUGUSTA, Ga, August l5.-The Even
ing News has suspended public ton.
The employees entered CLAIMS Tor wages
due, and the sheriff levied upon the
plant. The proprietor, Cow, says the
embarrassment is only temporary.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16
ROANOKE .
RUNS BIT INNINGS.
eUMMARY

Earned runs-Roanoke, Z; Petersburg. /. Base
on balls.On Mccain, 2; on James. 1; or Pear
SON. /. Struck out-By McCann, /; by James, 4;
by Pearson, B. Two base htts-Fultz. Stahl, Lit
tie, Cavanaugh, Turner, James. Three base hits
-Stahl, Mccain. Double plnys-Padden to Cav
CavaDaugh to Wech to Lit c 10 WEIGH; Viox to
Cavanaugh to Little; Lyons to Turner to Lyons.
Passed bRlls-Smith. Keefer. Wild pitch-Mc-
Cam, James, Pearson Stolen paees-Sherer,
Padden (2), Vio1. Time OF gsm--One hour and
nifty minutee. Umpire-Mr. Rafferty,.
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Where They Play To-day.
Result of the National L.ngue Games.

Petersburg at Roanoke; \ rfolk at
Lynchburg: Richmond 81 Por smouth
Result of the National League Games.
BALTiMoRE. Ma IS IS II alti
more son day IN ne nf .enth inning
OF n longest and mos xc Ing gama
ever EN- IN this cry f : uad the
game won for his team uuii seventh
inning, when he went 20 o GEES and Al
lowed Boston TO score four r ns Stiv-
cts batted fer RI III ID ninth snd
hit 20 the fence, putting bis cub sheed
Baltimore tied the score in heir half
and really scored the winning run but
Hunt declared Brodie "a ~ the plate
Neither scored agsin / the fifteenth
when Keller hit to rigot nd or a ain
gle, took second on Banu, n error and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16

The above table includes games forfeited by
Norfolk to Portsmouth and Roanoke, and by
Roanoke to Norfolk
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-16

ran home on Jennings hard drive down
the left foul line. The fielding Of Jen-
mugs, Brodie and Duffy was remarka-
PIE MCCARTHY was fined $50 for abus-
Ing Umpire Hunt.
Score: ID III
Baltimore1 311OOaI ooooO1-Ii Is "a
o9ston..; o 40 3 0 o 0 O-10 is q
n, Datteries-Esper, Clarkson and Robinson: sui.
Ivan and Tenny and RYAN - '
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At Philadclphia: r n
Philadelphis .,,,.bs19 Ooa a 90 % D:
New York. aoioSoSSEs 81 7
b,atIeries-carsey, Taylor, Orth and GrsndJ
and Clements; Meekin and Farrell.
At Cleveland:
Cleveland .......... 1oOOO1o1-s
CINCINNATI; 00001 "a Z 5
Vaughn. A'ninee anu
At Chicago: r. M
Chicago. 00Oooa-T G
ley and Merritt. ''' LEV"
At Brooklyn: II
Brooklyn. ... O OOOsa ~;
Washington: ...... 5000 00ooo-S 6 3
Mcclure. my anu
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How the Clubs stand
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
THE GUARDS SYMPATHY.
A Story Told by G. A. Sa1a of an Expert
ence on the Rail.

A Story Told by G. A. Sala of an Expert
ence on the Rail.
The railway world witnesses daily so
many piteous partings that weeping trav-
elers seldom attract official notice, but
G. A. Sala records an exceptional instance.
1t was at the time of our Civil War, and
he was about departing for America as
correspondent of a great London daily.
"My wife was bitterly opposed to my going
to America at all, and the idea of my travel
ing in country convulsed by war so worked
upon her mind that she became positively
i'll. Still she insisted upon coming to the
railway terminus with me, and a partv of
friends were on the platform to give us a
parting cheer" says Mr.. Sala.
"It was desperate moment; had part
ed from all that was dear to me and had
flung myself in very limp and boneless
manner in corner of the carriage of the
mail. glared feebly at the burly, bearded
guard who thrust his head into the win
dow. He leaned toward me and in voice
hoarse with sympathy whispered:
Excuse me, sir, but you have another
three-quarters of minute before the train
starts and you can get out and give the
lady another hug"
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
HANDING OVER FoRMOsA.
Nearly All the Troops Are
Being Withdrawn From
Port Arthur.
RUSSIA YET ON THE ALERT.
Torpedoes Are Placed at the En-
trance to the Harbor at
Vladivostock.

SHANGHAI, CHINA, May 1s.-It is
stated that China has asked Japan for an
extension of the time in which the former
country is to hand over Formosa to the
japanese pending consideration OF further
proposals. Japan, it is added, has de-
clined the proposition.
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, May 1S.-Prince
Komatsu, commander in chief of the
Japanese armies, has left Port Arthur and
returned to Japan. Only two of the
seven divisions OF the Japanese army on
the Lilo Tung peninsula will remain
there. The other five divisions viii re-
turn to Japan shortly.
The Japanese Imperial Guard will be
sent to the Island of Formosa, in order to
quell the disturbance and occupy the terri
tory for Japan, according to the treaty of
peace signed between China and Japan.
Admiral Kabayama has started for For
mosa in order to take up the post of
governor-general of that island.
The suspension of Japanese newspapers
for commenting adversely on the surrender
of the Lao Tung peninsula continues. The
Russian consul here announces that torpe-
does have been placed at the entrance of
the harbor at Vladivostock, the Russian
war port, which forms the eastern terminus
of the trans-Siberian railroad and which is
situated not far from the northern part of
Korea
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
INDIANS FEAR THEM.
Telescope Sights and Heavy Bullets
Demoralize the Red Warriors.

Telescope Sights and Heavy Bullets
Demoralize the Red Warriors.
indians sometimes fight light firearms
with great courage, but they fight shy of
the attentions of any weapon that sends a
large projectile," said Colonel F. A. Blake,
who has had wide experience on the
Western plains. "The rush and scream of
the heavy bullet frightens them, and they
prefer to keep away from their range. To
that not unreasonable prejudice is due the
fact that the buffalo hunters of the early
seventies, who in following their business
were constantly exposed to the attacks OF
hostile Indians, were molested compare
lively little by them. The long, heavy
rife, with its telescope sights and the
knowledge of the deadly certainty of the
buffalo hunters aim, almost invariably
served to make the red man keep his dis
tance, and set him temporarily free from
the notion of scalp hunting.
"One buffalo hunter, by the name o1
Murdoch, that [ knew. was creeping upon
herd on the Staked Plain when he spied
band of Comanches riding toward him
as warning that they should not approach
too near. Checking his warriors, the chief
of the band pointed with his hand to g
buffalo in the distant herd, then men.
toned in the Indian sign language that
the hunter should shoot it. Murdock fired
as the chief indicated and the buffalo fell
The Indians gave loud How ofapproval
waved their hands, turned their ponies,
and swept on past the hunter, leaving him
to pursue his shooting of the buffalo un-
molested. New York Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
A Curiosity of Time,

Two persons were born at the same
place at the same moment of time. After
an age OF 80 years they both died, also at
the same place and at the same Instant
yet one had lived one hundred DAYS more
than the other. How was this possible
The solution turns on q curious but, with
little reflection, very obvious point in
clrcumnavigation.
A person going around the world toward
the west loses day and toward the east
he gains one. Supposing, then, two per-
sons are born together at the Cape of Good
hope, whence voyage around the world
may be performed in year; if one par
forms this constantly toward the west in
nifty. years he will be fifty days behind the
stationary inhabitants; and if the other
sails equally toward the east he will be
nifty days in advance of them.
One, therefore, will have seen one hun
dred days more than the other, though
they were born and died in the same place
and at the same moment, and even lived
continually in the same latitude and reck-
oned time by the same calendar.-London
Tit-Bits.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
ON BOARD MEN-OF-WAR.
Old Seadogs Troublesome on Modern
Cruisers.

Old Seadogs Troublesome on Modern
Cruisers.
Curiously enough the old shellbacks in
the navy are down on the Soldiers Home.
They don't want 'a snug harbor." They
insist upon staying upon cruising man
of-war, and when they die they want to be
buried at sea. But the officers say that
these old seadogs are very troublesome on a.
modern cruiser, where everything is differ
ent from what they were accustomed to
when they learned their trade. They object
to the new-fangled equipment and the i'm
provements and convenienceS that have
been introduced on modern vessels. They
object to sitting down at table and eating
their meals off china plates with knives and
forks, like civilized people, instead of taking
their rations in little wooden tubs and
squatting down on their launches in the
shelter of the lee gunwale while they cut
up their "salt horse" with jacllknife.
They object to scrubbing the decks with a
new-fangled rubber arrangement, instead
of the old holystone, and refuse to obey
electric signals because they have been ac-
customed to hear the officers yell at them
rom the bridge or the quarterback.
Nowadays the galleys on board of men
of-war are capable of cooking fresh bread
for the sailors every day, which is
serious grievance to the old-fashioned
"Jackie," who prefers hardtack to raised
biscuits and rolls. a large supply OF fresh
meatsi is now carried in the patent refriger-
ators on board all the ships, and served to
the sailors, alternating with salt beef and
pork, at least once a day. This is en-
phatically objected to by the veterans as
| an effeminate departure from the rations
| they received when they were apprentices
| in historic times.
The sailors of vessel that was recently
in Montevideo and Buenos Ayres were
served with tenderloin steaks for several
weeks, because fresh meat was found to be
cheaper than salt pork down in that great
cattle country, but after about a week
committee from the forecastle waited upon
the captain and said they desired to make
complaint about their grub. He was much
surprised at the suggestion, because he
| supposed they were being unusually we'll
fed. and remarked that they were receiving
the same supplies that were furnished
himself and the officers in the ward
room. They admitted that this might be
true, and added that it was exactly what
they were "kicking' about. The boys
didn't like tenderloin steaks; they wanted
something they could "chaw on."-Chicago
Record.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
She Made Strenuous Efforts to Refor1
the Currency of the Country.

She Made Strenuous Efforts to Reform
the Currency of the Country.
To the undying credit of Elizabeth, she
made most strenuous effort to reform the
state OF the money of Great Britain. In
1860 she issued a proclamation wherein
she declared to her subjects that she had
never gained anything upon her coinages,
neither had she coined any base money,
and that she was determined to recover
the 'honor and reputation of the singular
wealth that this realm was won't to have
above all Others" Accordingly the Tower
Mint was commissioned to receive base
money, and in twelve months about three
quarters OF million pounds current value
were coined into money of proper weight
and standard.
The fumes from melting these base coins
were SO poisonous that many of the work
men fell i'll. The medical authorities of
tnat day prescribed portion from dead
mans skuf! as a certain remedy. Accord
lngly, an official warrant procured some of
these strange cups from London bridge,
and the draught was administered. 1t is
SAID to have afforded temporary relief. but
many died, whether because the skulls
were traltorous in death as well as in life
history does not relate,
About this time new mode of coming,
by means OF the mill and the screw press,
was introduced from France by one Eloye
Mestreli. The method was approved by
the Queen and her Council; indeed, it has
been said that the first milled coin was
struck in the tower by her own royal hand.
However that may be, the corporation of
moneyers bitterly opposed the. scheme,
and, the Frenchman being detected in
making milled money outside the Tower,
was summarily hanged and quartered,
mans Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
MIR. HILL RETURNS.
He Explains Plans for the General
-: REORGANIZATION.

NEW YORK, n. Y, May 1S.-Among
the passengers on the steamer New York,
which arrived this morning, was President
J. ]. Hill of the Great Northern, who has
been talked of very much of late in refer
ence to the proposed control of the North
ern Pacific. He said:
1.-THE reorganization committee of the
Northern Pacific has a majority OF each
class of bonds and is ready to push the re-
organization ofthe road quite vigorously"
@Are the Great Northern people inter-
ested in the matter?"
III am one of a number of gentlemen
who are interested in the Northern Pacific
reorganization, and our company will be
ready to do anything it can to facilitate
thematter. We shall be glad to see the
Northern Pacific reorganization on basis
:. which can carry its financial burden. The
three failures of the Northern Pacific, COM
nencing with Jay Cooke, have marked
three financial crises or panics in Amer
ica, and ! think that the placing of the
company on sound financial basis as at
present proposed will do as much to restore
. the credit of the security holders abroad as
anything that could be done anywhere"
sWiH the Great Northern take part in
the. reorganization?
81 am not prepared to say what the
Great Northern will do further than to
state that you may depend on the Great
Northern looking out, to the best of its abil-
ity, for its own interests. 1t will be most
glad to cooperate with the bondholders oi
the Northern Pacific to secure the desirable
results have stated, and thus put that
company on sound basis. 1 don't care tc
GO into. the matter any further at this
time, for reasons that must be apparent tc
YOU"
..;;"Did you meet ]. Pierpont Morgan in
London ?'
: "No; there is absolutely nothing in that
/: story at all. didn't even see him, much
less talk to him."
''What are your relations with the Van
!: derbilts, present aud prospective?"
): 1--WE have very pleasant relations with
them, but our relations are also pleasant
with the other lines, and we have no desir.
TO make any closer alliances than at pres
:elit existing"
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
METHODS OF INSURGENTS,
Firing From Ambush Upon the
Spanish a Popular Mode
of Warfare.
Lieutenant Colonel Bosch and
Other Officers Killed by
Sudden Attack.

NEW YORK, N. Y, May ia special
to the World from Havana says: The en-
gagement at Jovito affords good example
of the methods of fighting which the
Cuban insurgents have adopted The
combined bands of Periquito, Perez, Miro,
Bonne, Cartagena and Carzon lay in am
bush in the woods, and suddenly attacked
Lieutenant-ColonelB Bosch on the march
with part of his regiment. the "fighting
Simancas."
Lieutenant Colonel Bosch, the surgeon
and another officer at the head of the
column fell at the first fire. Then the
Spanish soldiers, under Major Robes
orders, got in cover and firing was kept s.up
all day. The insurgents did not disclose
themselves, but shot from shelter when
ever they could see the suggestion of a
soldier. The position chosen by General
Maceo was strong and he was able to place
his vastly superior force IN secure cover.
If General Maceo had as many followers
as were with him two days previously he
had certainly 1000 men. The Spanish
authorities assert that he actually had 5000.
The portion of the Simancas Regiment
with Lieutenant-Colonel Bosch, the same
authorities say. mum bered only 400. After
desultory firing had continued the entire
day detachment of volunteer cavalry
formed in Guantanamo by Major Gar
ringo made vigorous attack on the in
surgents, striking them on the flank. This
disconnected General Maceo's men.
The Cubans seem unable to meet sud-
den change in the situation. This was
shown at Cristo, when the pilot engine
ahead of a train of soldiers upset the in
surgent plan OF attack. Major Garringo's
squad drove the insurgents from their
sheltered position, inhicting a considerable
| loss. The number of killed is uncertain.
A Spanish regiment from Porto Rico
| which has just arrived at Santiago, was
dispatched in haste to Guantanamo, Maceo's
force, it is said, probably changing their
| base. The loss of Colonel
Bosch is unfortunate for the Spaniards.