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BANKERS At LINCOLN TOMB.
Members or the American Association
Make ~ Pilgrimage TO Springfield.

SPRINGFIELD. H., Sept. "5.-The American
Bankers Association. which has been in ses-
sion at St. Louis, arrived in this city at lO:45
O'Clock this morning in a special train over tho
Chicago and Alton Railway to pay a tribute to
tho memory OF Lincoln Mt his tomb at OakrIdge
Cemetery. The exercises were held on the south
side OF the monument. President Robert Low
rev of Georgia called the meeting u order, and
introduced tho Rev. J. ]. Davies. d. ID, pastor
OF tho First Congregational Church, who offered
prayer.
The address OF welcome was delivered by
Congressman James A. Connolly of this city. to
which reply was made by President Lowrey.
dresses were also made by ex president Pull
len and William G.. Cornell OF Buffalo. Tho
members of the association Rfterward visited
Lncoln's home, tho State House. and the State
Fair grounds.
The sun., 1896-09-26
A conxsrA 60 enc Kn.,pp Cure.

SCHENECTADY, Hept. 25.-The first convert to
the Kneipp cure IN Schenectady Is former po-
lice Commissioner Peter NJ. Doty, and he has
become an enthusiastic advocate OF tho heroic
treatment. Mr. Doty has been a great suf-
ferer from rheumatism, and was also af1iicted
has arisen early in the morning and walked
bATrfoOted through a dew-laden grass plot in
his back yard This has been daily followed by
douches OF cold water from a garden hose d.
rected upon the bare back and limbs. Without
about his daily duties. He declares that he
feels greatly benefited.
The sun., 1896-09-26

A nre started early yesterday morning among
some rags and shavings under the stairway of
the three-story tenement at 10 Union street.
Brooklyn. Four Italian families live in tho
building and there wild rush of the
women and children TO the street while tho
men were hurting their bedding and trunks
4 from the windows.
KamiIo Ranslimo. aged u years. fell from
We secOnd story window to the sidewalk and
y yoke his ankle. The flames were put out be-
lhsre The arrival OF the hrpmen and the loss was
NRdInx. Tho occupants of the house suspect
Is1t the hre was tho work Of an incendiarv and
tNt poles Arv investigating.
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Fined $50 for Thrnsh,as ,he Engineer.

Joseph L. Lowry, proprietor of tho Lowry
Hotel at Bath Beach. was tried yesterday be-
fore Police Justice Rhodes for an assault on
Charles Docherty, the engineer at the hotel.
The trouble occurred ono morning ia August
while the engineer. a. alleged, was in the pantry
According to tie testimony OF his physician, ho
must have got q sound thrashing. although lie
is only 40 years old. while Mr.. Lowry is over
90. Justice Rhodes found Mr.. Lowry guilty and
Imposed q hne of $50,
The sun., 1896-09-26
Canadian vo,unte.r. OF 1 500 Want Medal.

OTTAWA, Sept. ga large delegation of
veterans OF 1850, who served at tho time OF
the Fenian raid, called on Premier Lauricr to-
day and requested that grant OF land and n
medal be bestowed on each OF the survivors
The Premier said he would lay the relucnt be-
fore his colleagues so that IL could be considered
at the next Par Amentary session. Thirty-two
thousand Canadians responded to the call OF the
Government for volunteers to repulse tho
Fenians in 1856, AID about %. 900 are living.
The sun., 1896-09-26
Lieut. Williams to he Again Court Mar
IlAlIed.

WASHINGTON. Sept Ga court martial. with
Col Simon Snyder, Nineteenth Infrantry. Pres
ident. and Lieut.-Col. John w. Claus Judge
Fort Wayne. Mich. to try Lieut. William VI.
Williams. retired. for non-payment OF debts.
his officer WAS court martialied several years
ago on Tho same charge and sentenced to a,--
missal: On the recommendation of Gen. Srho-
Held the sentence was mitgated and another
chance given the officer.
The sun., 1896-09-26
sIx-TEAR-o1D GIRL 1854 ULrED.
Party OF NeiGhbors Are on the Look out
for Her Assnilant.

YoNKERs Sept 2b.-While in search of golden
rod this afternoon 6-year-old Evelyn Slater,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Slater of 1877
Voss avenue. was brutAlly assaulted by an un-
known man. Evelyn WAS on her way homo
from school when she was accosted by the
stranger, who inquired II her name was Hig.
gins. Then he told tho child that he knew
where there was an abundance OF golden rod
ana she accompanied him to a secluded spot in
q lot. The police have tho child's description
Of her assailant Neiehbors believe that the
night formed party 10 keep a watch In the
neighborhood of Noss avenue and near the spot
to which the child was lured.
The sun., 1896-09-26
RUN DOWN AND KILLED.

Patrick O'KeeFe Knocked Down by . Biey-
clist nnd His Skull Fractured.
RAILWAY. Sept. 25.-Patrick O'Kecfo, bs years
old. Who lives In East Railway. was run into by
a bicyclist on Cherry street last evening and
knocked down. His head struck against tho
curbstone and he was unconscious when he was
Upon examination It was found that he had
sustained a fracture at the base of tho skull,
and he died at o'clock tonight.
1t is believed that the blcyclst who ran into
him was Orville Way. the 14-year- -old son of J.
Frank Way, dealer In bicycles.
The sun., 1896-09-26
she Can No LoaEer C.tch FooIs Through
the Nails.

WASHINGTON, Sept 25.-The privilege of the
mails Is to be denied Anna, alias Nina Glossner.
alias Ida Koyser She advertised from various
addresses In New York city and State for hus-
band, saytag that she was a rich widow. but her
relatives, to prevc:s: her marrying, kept her
under close surveillance, and she asked those
who answered her advertisements To send her
sufficient money 10 reach their homes. She Is
an elderly woman. with husband and ak
children.
The sun., 1896-09-26
Grocer william III. Turner Assigns IN Jer.
sey CITY.

William II. Turner. a leading grocer In Jer-
sey CITY, made an assignment yesterday after
noon to Nelson J. II. Edge. His liabilities are
$4,000 and his assets S35. 900. OF which about
$1,000 is In book accounts Mr.. Turner has
been in business in Jersey City for thirty years
He has two stores, one at u Montgomery street
and tho other nt 100 Monticello avenue. He at
tributes his failure TO the silver agitation ard
to tho big department stores.
The sun., 1896-09-26
john Cuumines Asphyxuated.

John Cummings. aged 60 years. was found
dead yesterday morning in bed at his board ng
house. 700 Fifth avenue. Brooklyn. with the
gas turned on and escaping. The old man had
no fnancial or other troubles so far as known.
and Mrs. McNeely, his landlady thinks his
death was due to an accident
The sun., 1896-09-26
Fireworks In Brooklyn to BE Stopped.

Daniel J. Carr was yesterday fined $40 Wv
Police Justice Teale In the Myrtle Avenue
Court. In Brooklyn. for dischargirg fireworks
without permit. Justice 1'eale said the indjs-
crimtnAte use OF fireworks had become a nU-
sance and menace to life. and would have 10 DO
otOpDed.
The sun., 1896-09-26
Found Drowned In tho Enat R,ver.

drowned man. about 50 years old, feet Q
inches in height, bald. with chin whlskers. and
dressed In dark clothes. was found yesterday
Brooklyn.
The sun., 1896-09-26
Father Fiaaaery Goes to Far RoeL away.

Bishop Mcdonnell of the Brooklyn diocese
has appointed the Rev. Michael G. FlAnnery,
pastor OF the Church OF Our Lady OF Sorrows at
Corona 70 the vacant FectOrship of the parish OF
ST. May Star OF the Sea at Fur RockaWay.
The sun., 1896-09-26
Or. HALLETT,

The great blood AMI specialist curos all secret
and private diseases OF men IN few days. zlBAssE
loth o., near "a Az, ksw YORK; no charge unkss
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
Where ships' Sails Sometimes Sing,

Some curious facts have been noted
with regard to tho sound conducting quail
tties Of ships sails. When rendered con-
cave by a gentle breeze, the widespread
sails of ship are said to be excellent con-
ductors of sound
A ship was once sailing along tho coast
of Brazil, for out of sight Of land Sud
denly several of the crew, whilo walking
along tho deck noticed that when passing
and repassing particular spot they al
ways heard with great distinctness the
sound of bells Ginning sweet music, ms
though being rung but u short distance
away.
Dumfounded by this phenomenon they
quickly communicated the discovery to
their shipmates, but mono of them was
able to solve the enigma as TO tho origin of
these seemingly mysterious sounds which
came to thom across the water.
Months afterward, upon returning to
Brazil, the crew determined to satisfy their
curiosity. Accordingly they mentioned
the circumstance to their friends and were
Informed that at tho timo when tho sounds
were heard the bells In the cathedral of
San Salvador, on tho coast, had been ring
ing to celebrate q feast held in honor of
one of the saints.
Their sound. wonderful to relate, favored
by gentle, steady breeze, had travelled
distance of upward Of 100 miles over the
smooth water and had been brought to
focus by the sails at the particular locality
In which the sweet sounds were first heard.
This lie but one of several instances of a
similar kind, trustworthy authorities
claiming that this Same music is often
heard under somewhat tho same circum-
stances, and especially In moisture laden
atmosphere. Tit Bits.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
METEoRs THAT REACH THE EARTH.
THESE strange Visitors From Space Arc
Alike In Their Nature


All of you have been out OF doors on a
cioudless evening and have seen star ap-
parently fall from its place in the sky and
glide In long line of light toward tho
horizon.
ferhaps you have wondered, as I used
to do, how long 1t would BIO before tho
stars would all be gone from the sky, since
one fell so often. did not then know
what l have learned since, that shooting
stars are not true stars at all, but only
bodies which appear for an instant and
thcn disappear forever. Let US call them
meteors, and thus avoid confounding them
with real stars, for the real stars are as
enduring as anything in the universe.
In common speech, however, the term
meteors Is largely confined to those shoot
ing stars which are very large and bright
and are seen only now and then. Since
they do not, however, differ from the
shooting stars In any important respect, SO
lar as we know, most Of the learned schol-
airs who make a study of such subjects con-
slider them the same.
NOW, IL meteors never camo any nearer
the earth than do those which we so often
see, we should know nothing moro about
them than what we could learn from their
light, and That would be very little
But 1t sometimes happens that one of
them can be seen to come directly down to
the earth. 1t makes bright light rs 1t
falls, sometimes so intense as to outshine
the sun when that Is In the sky. Some
times the meteor carries with 1t O cloud of
smoke and falls with O kissing, splutter-
Ing noise, throwing out showers of sparks
as 1t desoends. Usually, too, loud reports
are heard as 1t pnsses through the air, ms
II aerial armies were cannonading ono an
other, and as the sound Of the conflict dies
away long rolls of eohoing thunder shake
the earth.
When the astonished people thereabout
have recovered from their fright and has
ten to the spot whore the meteor struck
the earth, they sometimes find buried In
the soil-if the soil has any depth-a piece
OF stone or metal, often no larger than q
hens egg, but somtimes big enough to be
OF several hundred pounds weight.
1t is usually still hot If picked I'D very
soon after Its fall, and its surface will be
found to be covered by thin crust, or
varnish, made by the melting and flowing
Of Its outside. This crust on the stones Is
usually black, while tho interior is light
gray In color; on the.pieces of metal 1t is
OF rusty brown color and the interior of
the mass nickel white. The surface of
these bodies can BIO seen, too, to be indent-
ed by little pits or hollows which look for
all the world as If the mass had once been
soft as piece OF putty and some ono had
pressed 1t with his thumb In many places.
oliver &. Harrington In st. Nicholas.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
A Patent F1ycatcher.

A machine for catching flies off the
backs of cattle, and so affording the ami
mails relief and comfort, has been in
vented by q farmer in Madison county,
Ky. The fycatcher is kind Of covered
pen or passageway through which the
animal must walk to secure relief. a
few feet from the entrance there Is q
cupola or dome In the roof Of the pas
sagsway, made Of glass and arranged
as flytrap. Beyond this the passage
is darkness. The animal walks through
tho machine, and just as it passes under
the dome and enters the darkened part
a set Of brushes sweeps OFF the flies,
which naturally rise into the lighted
dome, and the steer passes out at the
other side free Of flies. The flies are
retained in the dome trap. The in
ventor has experimental with his ma
chine and finds that the animals soon
learn the value of the machine and
know enough to walk through it when
the flies begin to bite. The device has
been patented.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
SECOND VALLEY FORGE.
We Are Face to Face With It Because OF
the TreRchery of Our .sStafesmenn

the Treachery of Our Statesmen
ltwould take microscope to discover
the difference between the Republican,
ism of John Sherman and the Democracy
OF Grover Cleveland on the paramount
issue before the American people John
Plerpont Morgan and Levi Morton, Rus
sell Sage and Comptroller Eckels, are all
loud in their clamor for sound money"
which means scarce or dishonest money.
They are enlarging their phalanstaries
as the Pharisee of old, embroidering the
words Sound money" and "honest
money" on their robes to divert the at
tention of the people from the spolia-
ton which has made multimillionaires
of the few at a terrible cost to Americas
industrial millions
You can divide the Sound money"
men into three classes-those whose in.
terest it is to make money scarce and
thereby enrich themselves Mt the cost of
life, happiness and prosperity to the
people; their hirelings, and that vast
throng of echoes who do no thinking for
themselves. If one looks over the COL
umns of the metropolitan press for one
week, he will be appalled, by the num-
Der of suicides, the misery and wretch
edness unveiled in panoramic view be-
fore his eyes. Our men by the millions
are asking for work and finding none :;
the condition Of our farmers is more de.
plorable today than ever before in the
history of the republic; little children
are forced to work in the great stores
when they ought to be in school or out
In the open air, developing mentally,
morally and physically, and being forced
into these vast machinelike institutions
which not only dwarf individuality and
prevent development of character, but
render large percentage Of them prac-
tically incapable of earning living
wages in after life.
Any one who is conversant with the
decline of Rome after the fall Of the
Gracchi and the triumph of tho patri-
clans will see that history is repeating
itself in our own republic. Hence it is
of paramount Importance that every pa
tr1otic citizen. and especially that ev-
cry one who revers the names of Jeffer-
son and Jackson. should refuse to
swerve one hairs breadth from the
cause of the people in this crucial hour,
which may be justly termed the second
Valley Forge of the republic B O.
Flower editor of Arena).
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
Bill and ELI.

They tell tho story about Bill Nyes visit
to ELI Perkins country house, up in Mad
ison county, N. Y. Eli has one Of those
farms left by his grandfather, on which arc
rocks, trout brooks, butternut trees and
apple trees, where the migrated fruit Is
about the size Of thorn apples Nye said
that Perkins apples were 80 tough that
like worm, they would turn when you
stepped on Them"
After we had been ELS guest about q
week." said Nye, "some wicked boys one
night stole all his early apples. This al
most broke ELS heart. The next day he
went to see the father Of the wicked boys
They should be punished, said Eli
1t was wicked to steal my choice fruit
Too late now, said the farmer, tears
coming into his eyes
No; they should be soundly whipped
now. It's never too late to whip those
boys'
But 1t Is too late now, Mr. Perkins.
too late pleaded tho farmer tearfully
My poor boys were thoughtless. They ate
the apples, and they are dead Boon
Ua.) News.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
THE CRIME OF 1873.

''Coin" Calls an Editor Down For Trying
to Get 500 Under False Pretenses.
TO the Editor Of the Omaha Bee: On
leaving Omaha saw your afternoon is
sue in which you quote four line news
telegram from Washington of February,
1878, i'll which it is stated that tho
amended coinage act had passed the
senate, or words TO that effect. And on
the strength Of that you claim to be en-
titled to the reward of 800 offered by
me to any person who could show any
thing from the newspapers of February,
1878, that q single word conveyed in
formation to the people that silver had
been demonetized, the minis closed to
it or its legal tender character taken
away from it. You have shown the only
thing that did appear in the papers that
month, and is the paragraph that I
have frequently read myself when MAX
ing speech to show that it did not
convey the information speak Of The
amended mint bill in which silver was
secretly demonetized was about 1s
pages long, covering everything from
liking the salaries of mint officers to
providing for the nickel piece. And the
fact that that bill had been amended
commonly known as tho mint or coin
age bill"-did not mean without saying
so that the established monetary system
OF the government had been changed.
In my speech ut Omaha was trying to
cover all the ground embraced in the
financial question, and thus passed
briefly over the act of 1873. Had not
been doing so I would have read the
newspaper paragraph which you have
copied, and which. in my Judgment,
proves what I said. The information it
contained was regarded as Of so little
Importance that it was embraced in
four lines, whereas concealed in the bill
was an altered clause, altered surrepti-
tiously, that has since caused tho print
ing Of millions Of columns Of tele-
graphic and other news matter. w.
H. Harvey.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
Bernhardt's Debut.

"The divine Sarah" has Just been
describing the emotions that shook her
when she appeared for the first time on
the boards: II can picture the evening
as though it We're now. The excitement
oh, 1T was so grand!-drew forth
my inmost passion. for I was very young
then, you know, and it gave me zcst
and fervor for the ordeal had to face.
can see the little theater and the peo-
pie seated in the audience. My heart
for the moment seemed to stand still
The first words I uttered fell from my
lips with distinct accent I made one
grand step forward, and then all my
nervousness vanished"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
TEsH ssS z, s,s sA,LE.wnEREAS a CERTAIN

PFtkUSTEB'S SALE-WHEREAS A CERTAIN
Coimsn and Francis .Coiman bis wife. TO Gso,re
j. feet trustee, bearing date the 5lst dsy OF No.
.emDer. 1888, and recorded In the clerks ONCE OF
inc MUSINGS court FOR the city of Roanoke, Va,
In deed book So, page 1OT, to secure the perform.
anoe OF certain conditions and payments rpeciaed
Colfnan OF even date with said deed for the nav
ment OF fifteen hur dred dollars (Sl 5OOO To the
ma ionai Mutual building and Loan Association.
OK New York, In accordance with their articles OF
association and whereas the said Geo. j. Poet
mas resigned the said trust and the Judge OF the
the April term 1895 did appoint Jnnius McGehee
as trustee, In place and stead OF George j. Peet
trustee, after legal notice rs provided by statute
ioai the parties IN interest; and whereas default
mas been made IN the ayments and conditions
mentioned In said bond and deed ot trust for
required 80 10 do by the beneficiary, the National
Muiua, Building and Loan Association, of New
York, shall by virtne of said deed and pursuant
10 me 'erms thereof, proceed to sell at public
auction 70 the highest BIDDER ON SATURDAY,
MAY TIL SrB, 1875, AT 3O'CLOCK p. NJ. on
deed with the improvements thereon. bounded
and described as follows, to wit:
beginning az point on the south side of Watts
feet east OF Grove street Tor Sixth street1 and
running thence with Watts street (or Ninth ave.
W. IN an easerly direction Atty Se feet to
one hundred Snd thirty QSO feet to sn alley.
thence with said alley in = westerly direction
direction one hundred and thirty CaO) feet TO
watts street (or Ninth avenue s. wy the point
OF beginning, and known as lot No. :, section lis.
as shown on the map OF the Lewis addition to the
city OF Roanoke, Va.
TERMS-Cash sufficient to pay all costs OF ex.
eeuting this trust, including a commission TO the
trustee, and 10 pay on the said bond with arr ear
ages due thereon. amounting In the aggregate 10
eghtesn;nundIed and eightythreo l0l00( ,Ssa 10y
dollars, as OF May the S0th, 1897, and the balance.
u any, In one and two equal annual instruments,
terest thereon from date the purchaser execntine-
negotiable notes for deferred payments and Sc
cured by deed OF trust on the property sold
JUNIUS MoGKHEE
aTetd substituted Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
$50 Near and Yet So Far"

Two women met as perfect strangers In
the Adirondaoks one summer, and, being
mutually attracted, a pleasant acquaint-
anoe resulted. Quite early in its develop
ment one said to the other, Where do you
liver"
In New York." was the reply
Indeed! So do I, in til street, I"
mentioning q street quite far up town.
Why, l live in that same one," said her
frisnd lat 63. What is your numberp"
Now, really!' the other exclaimed
why, mine Is 61p"
And, upon closer inquiry, they found
that for two years they had lived next door
to each other, only brick wall OF parti-
ton dividing them, in houses owned by
the same man, and yet had not only never
met nor become familiar with each other $
personality, but also had apparently never
even seen each other In all that time, but
became well acquainted In summer re-
sort many miles from New York.-New
York Journal
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
LEGAL NOTICES.

TN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF TIE HUsT-
Il ings court for the city OF Roanoke, on the 2sd
DAY OF May 1896; A; B. White, plaintiff, against
OF this cult is to obtain divorce from the bonds
OF matrmony. And an affidavit having been
made and filed that the defendant, Kate White.
Is not resident OF the State OF Virginia II is or
dered that she do appear here. within fifteen DAYS
after Que publication hereof, and do what NAV Be
necessary 10 protect her interest In this euit And
lished once week for four weeks in RoASoKE
TIMES and that copy be posted at the front door
the next term. A c0py-Teste:
HOGE Il UOGE, p. a. T. s. BROOKE
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