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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-06
To Entertain at Hotel Roanoke.

at one time run Rorer Park Hotel.
To Entertain at Hotel Roanoke.
The entertainment, under the au-
! spices of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution, at Hotel Roanoke Saturday
| evening, g. $3.50, will consist OF o lecture
on "Sidney Lanier." the Southern poet
versity OF Virginia, ahd delightful, music
| by the well-known artists and favorltcs
from Hollins Institute. Miss Knight,
coctrsl.o soloist, and Prof. Rsth,
pianiss. A large audience is assured
when such an attractive programme is
offered IL Roanoke Tickets OF John.
son & Johnson's, price soc, children 25c.
Tobacco Company Chartered.
a charter was grapted yesterday by
JUICE Woods to the Consolidated Cigar
and Tobacco Company. with capital
STOCK OF not leBs than 900 nor more
than $4,000. The object OF the COM
pany will be to buy and sell cigars, to-
bacco and cigarettes, and do general
merchandise business in the tobacco
limo. The officers are: President, w.
Il. Renner; vice president. 8. K. Bit
German; secretary and treasurer, W. T..
Iinsley, and general manager, T.. B.
Ludwig The directors are the above
named, with the exception of Mr..
Tinsley, and Charles Lyle, Henry
Scholz and e. L. Erb.
moonshiner Arrested.
The Bluefield Telegraph OF yesterday
has the following: deputy United
States Marshal j. w. Wilson stopped in
the city Inst night with d w. Gear
heart, charged with Illicit distilling in
Floyd county. Gesrheart WAS arrested
In Pccahontes yesterday morning, where
he WAS taken before Commissioner
Wisten, who remanded him to Commits
sioner Shelor, of Radford, for his ap-
pearance at Abingdon. Gearheart is
known as e good worker for the reve-
nue. men and has been acquitted on
these charges in Montgomery county.
Bond IL awaiting him on his arrival at
RRdford
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-06

The falling rains and the melting
SHOWS don't effect the wood and coal OF
w. X. Andrews & Co., 2l9 Salem avenue.
They keep 1T stored under sheds and
will furnish 1t to you nice and dry.
Look out for the belled WAGONS,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-06

MADAME LIE NoRMAND, the world re-
,nowned life reader. has arrived for few
days only. Consulted on all affairs.
Gives names, reunltes the separated,
effects speedy marriage. Her wonderful
power Ia unsurp 4ssed. She is an inval-
liable al wiser and tells anything you
wish to know. Succeeds In Gases where
others have failed. At 367 Salem ave-
nue. @. W. Consultation SOC and ST.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09

the employment Of labor aud the invest
ment OF capital. The distruSt and de-
preston produced by democratic tariff
policy is continued and intensified by the
democratic demand for n policy of cur
rcncy dcbasomcnt and it Is to he feared
there will be no great change for the
better until the people have rendered
their verdict at the polls against this
demand.
Other features of the platform call for
little attention. There is n pc%rfunctOry
declaration in behalf Of deserving union
soldiers. but it will have no weight with
those veterans who understand that free
silver would dcpreciate the purchasing
power Of their pension money onc-half,
thus IN effect cutting down their pen
sions to that extent. As II whole this
declaration Of principles by the free
silver democracy is weak ana spiritless,
containing not u single thought or sug-
gcstiou that appeals to the intelligence,
the conscience and the patriotism of the
country.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09

The contest between the great parties
absorbs public interest, so that very few
people remember that there is Il prohibit
ton presidential ticket in the field. The
candidate of the prohibitionists, Mr..
Joshua lowering of Baltimore, opened
his campaign last Saturday at the Ma
tiOnal Prohibition park. Staten Island.
declaring that the evils of the liquor
traffic is the dominant issue of the day.
He presented statistics in support of his
contention and insisted that the issue of
prohibition is more important than the
tariff or the free coinage of silver.
There was Il split in the prohibition ma
tional convention on the currency GueS-
ton and Nj. lowering is the candidate
of the honest money element. Referring
to the currency question he recognized
the great Importance for the welfare of
the people in every section of the
try of a stable currency equal to the best
and worth what it purports to be in
every country on the globe. Thus there
is promise that the sound money cause
will be helped by the prohibition can
didate for the presidency.
The prohibition strength in the coun-
try at large grew steadily during the
twelve years from 1880 to 1892. When
Dow was the prohibition candidate for
president in 1850 he received only 1O,3O5
votes. In 1884 st. John received 14S,4O1
votes. In 1888 Fisk's vote was go. 53s
and in 1892 Bidwcll received 30, 100
votes. Owing to the division in the party
this year, together with other influences;
the vote is likely to be less than four
wears ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09
MrRcrR's DrsrPvED rRIrMrn.

Nffth'.ffN = FfsE RI ' ri MI lIffts
Congressman Mercer has been tri-
rnphantly endorsed for recollection by
:hc largest vote that has ever been cast
for any candidate in this city at q po-
lltical primary. II was II spontaneous
ana grateful expression of popular APP
probation and confidence of which any
man might well be proud. 1t was not
merely an acknowledgement of popular
satisfaction with services faithfully and
efficiently performed. but Il declaration
in favor OF the retention and continu-
ancc OF David IL. Mercer in the position
which he has so ably and uscfully filled.
His formal denomination by the on
grcssional convention will simply regis
ter the popular will and wish.
The most gratifying feature of the tri-
umph Of Ny. Mercer is the fact that it Is
due to the business mcn and working
mon Of Omaha, ana not 10 any political
combination or political iugglcry.
Omaha has stood MP for Mercer against
all rivals and combines because Mercer
had stood up for Omaha and can b. de-
pended upon to stand UP for Omaha on
every occasion. Now that his renumina-
ton is assured his reelection may be
considered n forpgonc conclusion.
1t is hardly necessary for us to re-
Capitulate the numerous measures de-
signed to promote the growth and pros
perity of Omaha and Nebraska which
Congressman Mercer has succeeded in
pushing through the house during the
past -four years. We make bold to say
that no representative in congress can
make II more favorable showing and
we are safe in predicting that no district
will be more efficiently represented in
the next congress than this. the Second
district of Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09
Personal

T.. J. WEIGH, New York, is a Barker
guest.
H.. steinson, Chicago, can be found at the
Barker
A. b. Gay, Kansas City, Mo, is registered
at the Barker.
Jim Tucker and William r. Cahill, Grand
Island. are stopping at the Barker.
C. M. Carter left for Chicago yesterday.
where he will remain for a week.
f., ]. DeBell, wife and daughter OF the
Rosebud agency, S, d., are in the city.
Ex-Governor Albinus Nance of Lincoln
was among the Omaha visitors yesterday.
Charles C.. Rosewater returned yesterday
from a fortnights' trip through the east.
8. l.. Wiley OF the electric light com
pany has gone TO Edgemont, S. D., on a
short business trip.
Frank Burleigh, accompanied by his sis
ter, Mrs. Annie Withers, returned home
last evening from Rawlins. Wyo.
Mrs. Balch, wife of Il. e. Balch, left for
South Bend, Ind, last evening, where she
will spend the months OF July and August.
Mrs. Nash, wife OF E. w. Nash, left for
Ketchum, Idaho, last evening, where she
expects, in company with her SON, to spend
several weeks vacation
Ralph Modjeska, son OF Nine. Modjeska,
and wife, who have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Clement Chase of this city for a week,
left for their home in Chicago last even
ing.
Nebraskans at the hotels: e. =. Meyer
and ii. Carnahan. Ogallala; Ia C. ROuntree,
Lincoln; H.. E. Stein, Clay Center; W. j.
O'Brien. South Bend; j. H. Jones, st. Ed
wards; C. A. Schrands, Gordon; o. S. Baker,
ChadTon.
John SchOmp, a member of the Douglas
county bar. who has been on the sick list
for some time, is at his fathers home In
R~eadington, n. j., and is rapidly recovering
his health and writes to Omaha friends
that he expects to return to Omaha in n
short time fully recuperated.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Twenty-six Kansas women have banded
together to write a novel.
The emperor of China is editor-in-chief
of the Pekin Gazette, a daily that has been
published for the last 500 years. His
mother and the cabinet are assistant ed
itors. and no court gossip ever gets into the
paper.
Mrs. Katherine G. Reed, who has just
died at Sisterville, w. Va, was a widow
in straitened circumstances five years ago,
her only possession being a farm. looked
upon as worthless. But oil was found on
it, and when she died she was worth up
ward Of 100000
Every one knows that the left arm of the
German emperor is shrunken and practically
useless. He has recently had it photo
graphed by the Roentgen rays. The re
suit revealed the nature of the malforma-
ton, and the surgeons hope to give, by a
simple operation, partial if not complete use
of the limb.
Mrs. Cleveland and two friends visited
New Bedford, Mass, last week, shopping,
and was followed by crowds of gawkers from
store to store, which made her visit so
unpleasant that, she ordered the driver to
convey her@immediately to the wharf, where
the steam yacht awaited her, and she took
her departure for Gray Gables.
During her recent visit to Spain the En-
press Eugene received much attention from
the authorities, and nobility in Andalusia.
aNS 'StNN u VI lhV Jul Vi
Spain and the house in Granada, where she
was born. This is now the property of the
marchioness Of Viedam, who has kept in
it's original state the room where the en-
press was born.
Roscoe Conkling used to tell the story of
the direction given to an inquirer for the
route to Sharon springs: You will leave
the cars at Canajoharie," said this mentor,
take a carriage and drive south. After
you rise the hills you will note that it be-
gins to smell like hell; the further you drive
the more it smells the same way, till ou
reach the springs"
Speaker Reed, is thus quoted: 'If Mr.. Reed
again enters politics it will be to run for
congress from his old district. He has been
thinking this matter over, but has not def
initely settled on his future plans. He is
comparatively a poor man and in relinquish-
ing active political life it will be to en-
gage in law practice. in New York City. If
he runs for congress again 1t will be to re-
main in public life
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

The democratic platform is what it
rcncy plank is concerned. 1t demands
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
ut the present legal ratio of 16 to /
without the aid or consent of any other
nation. This demand, together with the
reasons or propositions by which the
free silver element attempts to Justify
it, are familiar to everybody who has
taken any interest in this question. The
trainers Of the platform have presented
no new argument and no new idea in
support of the free silver policy. There
is repeated the oft-refuted statement
that the act of 1873, which stopped the
coinage of the standard silver dollar.
was passed without the knowledge of
the American people. 1t is asserted that
industry has been paralyZed and the
people impoverished as Il result of that
legislation, in face of the fact known
to every man of ordinary intelligence
that the nation realized greater progress
and prosperity during the twenty years
from 1919 to 1913 than in all its history
NV w Nv II iNhl, NllfIl lltIt
was free and unlimited coinage of silver.
The cause of free silver as presented
in this platform rests upon the irrele-
want proposition that the first coinage
law made he silver dollar the unit of
value, the disproved statement that the
act of 1873 was surreptitiOusly passed
and the utterly false declaration that
| tl,, p,- ,nlln1 ,,,,,At;u,ti, 80 ,;J,,,
caused paralysis of business and i'm
povcrishment Of the people. The advo-
Gates of honest money will have no
difficulty in answering these arguments
for the policy of currency deDasement
and reputation.
In regard to the tariff, 1t is noteworthy
that the platform entirely ignores the
existing law. That act of ''perfidy and
%dishonor" is not even remotely limited
at, unless the reference to its uncOn-
stitutional income tax provision may be
SO regarded. 1t was altogether appro-
pirate that II free silver convention
should reflect upon the decision of the
supreme tribunal against this palpably
unjust ana sectional legislation. OPP
IllDNll4Fl' 80 NtAl.lltu W uSllilllDn lDI
further tariff changes, except such as
are necessary to make up the deficit in
revenue. This is more of II concession
than the silver democrats in congress
were willing TO make, but it will not
satisfy the American people. They want
legislation hat will not only make up
the deficit in revenue, but also revive
the Industries of the country and give
employment to American labor at Amer
lean wages. They want n tariff policy
which will restore the progressive and
prosperous conditions that prevailed be-
fore the advent OF the democratic party
to power. This does not necessarily
mean the restoration of the Mckinley
law, but il does contemplate n very con
siderable departure from the economic
system for which even Il democratic ma
uonal convention has not a word of APP
probation or defense. The suggestion
that business Is disturbed by "the re-
publican threat 10 restore the Mckinley
law" is puerile. 1t does not disturb
business to promise better conditions for
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09
SANITY VERSUS INSANITY.
A Democratic warming to the Heed
less Silycritcs.
BrCCklyn Eagle (dem,O

BTttklyn Eagle (deGn,)
Circumstances are peremptory and con-
sequences are imperative. The hideous-
ness of dishonest money is well revealed
by the object lesson presented by its udvo-
Gates ana by their words and ways. The
abominableness and the awfulness of an
archy are disclosed, wnen its high priest
leaps into the saddle of democracy, with
the intention to ride the party to the devil.
The extreme assertion OF Altgeldism and
Of .illmanism in the western metropolis
has created a disgust, which was to be eX-
pected, and is arousing the manhood
which was not confidently hoped for.
If the free silver men are resotute, the
sane democracy will not be less so. If
the anarchists are implacable, the sane
democracy will yield nothing. If the
populists are determined, the sane de-
mocracy will be found to be of a like
mind. If the southwest and the south
viii not yield a foot, the east and the
north will not recede an inch. There can
be compromise only when c~ompromisable
things are involved. Neither honesty nor
honor can be compromised on or away. II
the erring brethren wish an exhibition
Of courage and resolution, the sane de
mocracy will match their spirit. If 1t is
to be Il cleavage on the lines of section
alism, then will those be to blame who
started it by the proposition to war on the
multiplication table and to outlaw the ten
commandments from politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09

Mr.. Turkey, as Il member of the Board
OF Education, will push his resolution to
fix Il more permanent tenure of office for
competent teachers and employees. He
holds that any teacher of demonstrated
qualifications can render much better
service if given assurance of Il permanent
place pending good behavior. AS it is
now the last quarter of every school
year is one of anxiety to every teacher,
whereas her mind should be at rest dur
ing the closing term. Brain workers,
more than any other class, should be free
from the annoyance of constantly schem-
ing to retain their places. This general
proposition is so plain that nobody can
| take issue with it. Universities and col
leges have long recognized it's force. We
want all the good teachers we can get
and ought to be able to legally dismiss
Il poor teacher at any time.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09
DELCADO CLAIM DELAYED
Spanish Government VIII Make No Settle
ment at Present,
COMPETITOR CASE ALSO POSTPONED
Much Anxiety In Madrid Military ana
Political Circles over the scnti-
mcnt in the Democratic
Convention.

Copyright, 1895. by Press publishing Company
MADRID. Spain, July Night, via
Bayonne-CNew York World Cablegram-
Special Telcgram)-I am able to state that
the Spanish government will delay a set
Element OF the claim that the American
government has instructed Minister Taylor
to make for an American citizen, Dr, Del
gaao, ana will also delay the decision OF
the supreme military and naval court OF
appeal in the famous Competitor case until
the Spanish parliamentary recess begins at
the end Of July to avert embarrassing de-
bates in the Spanish Senate and Congress.
Much curiosity and anxiety is felt in Mad
rid political and military circles concern
ing the opinion likely to be expressed by
the American democratic convention about
Cuba and the relations with Spain.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09

A member OF the Commercial club sug.
gests that the comparative record of
Omaha clearingS be published in news
papers throughout the west and north
west. The suggestion Is not Il bad one.
for any publication of Omaha's growth
In newspapers of large circulation will
be of benefit to the city, The question
Is how TO secure such publication ut lit
tie or no cost to the club, Judlci0us adj
vertising always pays. Omaha papers
go all over the country, but of curse
they do not circulate extensively down
east and in the money centers of the ma
tion.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09
CALLS 1T TREAsoNABLE PRACTICE
senator Aliens Conn Iiments to Met
%ropoIitan street Railway

senator Aliens compliments 10 "''
ropoIitan street Railway
WASHINGTON, July Especial Tele-
administrator Allen has written the fol-
lowing caustic letter from his home in Madi-
son. Neb.. to the Metropolitan Street Rail-
way company. relative to the dismissal Of
employees, members of the knights OF
Labor.
II am Just in receipt of to the
effect that your company has dismissed from
its service all officials of the local assembly
of Knights of Labor, because OF their mem
bership in that order. i am led TO Suggest
to YOU that in view of the fact that your
company is constantly an applicant for con-
gressiOnal privileges, that this step, In my
Judgment, Is an unwise one. unless there
are reasons other and outside OF the TACT
that these men are members OF knights OF
Labor. hope your company VIII not
begin reasonable practice of Diminishing
men from your service on account of their
membership with labor organizations
Captain william b. Davis, assistant
surgeon, Is detailed as member or the OK
aiming board convened at New York vice
Captain George Il. Bushnell. relieved.
Leave granted First Lieutenant Colyille
r. Terrett. adjutant Eighth infantry, is
extended fifteen days.
Leave for one month is granted Major
w. M. Van Horn, Twenty-secOnd Infantry
and he is further ordered TO report to the
commanding general Department OF me
Platte for assignment TO station upon the
expiration OF his leave. This is amenhatory
OF a former order to report TO the command
ing general, Department OF Dakota.
Leave for two months Is granted Second
Lieutenant George +. Hamilton, Ninth
cavalry. -
First Lieutenant William X. Horne, Ninth
cavalry, now on duty at Fort Robinson
Neb., is ordered to report TO the commanding
nficer at Fort DuChesne, Utah, for duty with
squadron OF Ninth cavalry there stationed
The postofice at Pickard, Keith county.
Neb, has been discontinued.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09
LINES TO A nLorTING PAD.
The Bookman.

The Bookman.
Thou kindly porous plaster for the Ills
Occasioned by the ink "A poet spills.
Absorb unto thyself his many faults,
And sponge his verse whore rhyme or
rhythm halts!
Yet. lest perchance thy too retentive touch
Appropriate, in passing,
Pray leave "A trace of what he would imply
Were thought but free and ink allowed to
dry!
In former times they sprinklcd out the sand
To sweep 1t of, and let the writing stand;
While nowadays "A line is hardly writ
Ere we regret and seek to alter IL.
And spend in emendation so much pains
That scarce an inkling Of the truth remains.
And leave recorded, whatsoe'er Il bel
Grant 1t expression for a final line.
And an that went before is gladly thine!
Then will this postscript yet suffice TO show:
m love sweet Alice long as Ink shah
foW."
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09
THE VALE II.

The defeat of the Yale crew at Henley
by tha best crew in England, while it
must h. regretted by all Americans who
take an interest in this sport, IL in no
SENSE discrcditnblc. According TO En-
gliSh testimony the American oarsmen
made Il most gallant contest and their
defeat was due to the superiority of the
English style of rowing and not to any
want of pluck or skill on the part of the
Yale men. This matter of the different
styles of rowing has been long in con-
tlovcrsy, but with results uniformly on
the side of the English method it would
seem that now Americans would change
their style and conform it to that which
has repeatedly been shown to be supe-
advocates of the American method will
continue to have their way and some
time in the future they may find
their v~indication in II victory by
American onrsmen on English waters.
The great trouble with orr style is that
it rapidly wears men out. this having
been fOrcibly shown in the Henley race.
The defeat of our oarSmen suggests the
question whether English athletics are
not as n whole superior to ours and we
think 1t will have to be confessed that
they are. 1t is not easy to understand
why this should be so. since there are
no advantages enjoyed by English ath-
leteS of which Americans cannot avail
themselves, but the fact is that in all
the best of it-that is. their victories out
number ours-and relative merit must
be judged by results. We have been
making good progress, however, in the
development of athletics and have every
reason to expect a larger measure of
| success in future international contests.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09

If location of the proposed union
depot Is to be left to Il superintendent of
scribed to the narrow limits of Lincoln
our citizens may expect that road to re-
build the box it called Il depot and
placed up against the hill south of the
tracks. Lincoln railroad men have no
use for Omaha, as has many times been
demonstrated, and so far as is known the
sentiment is reciprocal. Omaha ought
to be able to settle this question alone.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09

The Board Of Education recognized the
principle that it is wise to reward com
petent and faithful servants and re-
elected the chief officers of the board
for the next year. A good man is not
readily replaced. Civil service rules
should be applied to the schools above
all other departments, and, as Il matter
of fact, the tenure of the secretary
an indefinite period, pending good be-
havior. The longer Il good man is re-
tanned in such Il place the more valuable
his services become.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09
SHOOTS HIS MAN ON BROADWAY.
william johnson Stays W. II. Suttop
md Thcm GOmmits SMIcidc.

and Then Commits suicide.
NEW YORK, July S.-William johnson,
who lately came to this city from Chicago,
today shot and fatally wounded William IL.
Sutton, a student. The shooting occurred at
Broadway and Twentieth street shortly after
4 o'clock. After shooting Johnson turned the
pistol on himself and sent a ball through his
head. Sutton and his wife. a very pretty
woman about 30 years old, were walking on
the street when confronted by johnson, who
pointed a revolver at Mrs. Sutton and fred.
The bullet went wide. johnson then turned
tho pistol on the woman's husband. sutton
fell and Mrs. Sutton ran toward Firth ave-
nue., Johnson following. He was followed
by a policeman, at whom he fired when he
saw that he was being followed, missing
him. A little further on Johnson encoun-
tered another policeman. and, seeing that lie
would be captured, turned the revolver on
himself and fired. The bullet killed MIN IN
stantly.
Johnson is said to have known the Suttons
in Chicago and followed them to this city.