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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23
THE MYSTERY SOLVED.
The Dcat!i..of Mr.. ..Andrus the Result of
an Experiment.

Lie DcaCi OF MI. -Anurus Vne Result OF
an Experiment
New York. Oct. 22.-Chef Mangin, of
the Yonkers police, said to-day that the
mystery surrounding the tragic death of
Hamlin L. Andrus, of the Arlington
Chemical Company, who was killed by
an explosion in his Office yesterday, has
been solved Chief Mangin said that Mr..
Andrus had not been killed by anarch-
lists, nor was his death the result of any
plot rs at first supposed. The chief after
q careful investigation has come to the
conclusion that Mr.. Andrus met his
death while experimenting with ma
chine which he intended to use on the
safe in his Office to kill burglars should
they attempt to rob the safe. Chief
Mangin said that he is positive that Mr..
Andrus went to his Office yesterday morn
ing with the intention of experimenting
with his new burglar machine and that
the machine exploded prematurely.
The brother and son of Mr.. Andrus do
not accept Chief Mangin theory, but in
sist that Mr.. Andrus was the victim of IL
murderous plot. Coroner Miles, too, says
he is not ready to concede that Andrus
was accidentally killed and he will con
tinue the investigation until the mystery
that surrounds the tragedy shall have
been cleared away.
Tonight the theory of murder is
strengthened by the statement of Coro-
ner Miles, who says that thirty feet of
wire had been taken from under the build
ing in which the explosion of the bomb
had occurred and that in addition four
dry cell batteries had been found in or
near the building, just where he would
not say. The wire was stretched under
the floor of the office building and ran to
point directly beneath where stood the
box which is believed to have contained
the bomb. To what point outside OF the
building the wires were conducted has
not yet been divulged. 1t is said, how.
ever, that the wires were found cut in Il
line with the outer walls of the build
ing
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23
"PLAYED THUNDER. ="
The Peculiar Condition of Affairs in
North Carolina Politics.

The Peculiar Condition of Affairs in
North Carolina Politics
Raleigh, n. c., Oct. 22-Complete
coalition has been effected on the State
ticket between Populists and Republi-
cans, with the exception that Guthrie
and Dockery remain candidates of the
Populist convention respectively for the
offices of governor and licutcnant-gover-
nor They ,,rcmain .,uncoalesced, so. to
speak, and are two left overs who are
giying.som trouble.
Guthrie and Dockcry in their canvass
have advised against any fusion that
would put any gold bug into Office. This,
It is though by some. has rendered them
persona non grata to the Populists; in
fact, Chairman Aver said that Guthrie
had played thunder"
1t was stated to-day by ii well-postcd
Populist that Pritchard would not be
voted for by the Populists for the Senate,
but that free silver man would be voted
for, and that Guthrie would he taken
from the Populist ticket. Some said that
Guthrie would be rewarded with the SEN
atorship, but this is denied by many
The Democrats in the meanwhile are
Whiting with some curiosity to see how
Guthrie and Dockery would he disposed
of
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23
BEsIEGED BY NEGROES.
Manager of II Florida Lumber Mill Had Il
Desperate Battle.

desperate battle.
Chipley, Fla, Oct. 22.-Besieged by
Infatuated negroes, j. NJ. Criglar mana
ger Of Hagerman's lumber mills, at
Hager station, four miles west of here
defended himself with such effect that he
killed two of his assailants and wounded
four others. Crglar became engaged in
Il quarrel with one of his employees and
the other negroes drew pistols and began
firing ut the manager Crglar ran to his
Office, locked himself in and opened fire
with Winchester on the maddened ne
groes who surrounded the building.
For an hour the battle continued and
when the Louisville and Nashville train
arrived at the station the negroes were
preparing to set fire to the building and
cremate Criglar The train crew and
passengers, however, rushed to Criglar' s
aid and dispersed the negroes.
The negroes had fired over 200 bullets
into the building but Criglar escaped by
lying on the floor. AS soon as the ne
groes fired IL volley, however, he would
rise and shoot ut them through the win
dows. The negroes killed are Amos Jud-
son and John Alexander The wounded
are Henry Simpson, Jack Nobels and
Andrew Miller and Albert Lester. SiMp.
son and Lester are thought to he fatally
wounded
Nav 1roec ,,OoJc nn1 t,.;,,,,;n,,- q, /,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23
MARRIED AT STAUNTON.
j. B. Cowan. CT Nicksburg, WEEDS Miss
Sadie VanI4ear


The Richmond Dispatch publishes the
follwing about the marriage of Miss Sa.
die Vanlear, sister of G. A and w. b.
VanLear, druggists of this city. on Wed.
nesday evening in Staunton:
The First Presbyterian Church was
crowded to its doors tonight when Miss
Sadie NanLear was married to j. Il. Cow
an, of Vicksburg, Miss. The bridal par.
ty, moving in two columns mp the mid
die and left aisles, arranged itself in a
semi circles about the pulpit which was
n veritable bower of bloom, lit up bv nu.
merous candelabra. While the pastor.
the Rev. y. NJ. Erase, pronounced the
ceremony soft music swcllcd from the
organ. The bride, who is daughter of
Mrs. Mamie r. NanIear, was lovely in
a superb gown of white satin, cut en-
traine, trimmed with pearls ana chiffon.
She and each bridesmaid carried graceful
bouquets of pink carnations. The brides
maids were Misses Jennie Fishburn. of
Waynesboro; Sadie Weller, Matte Wayt.
Augusta Bumgardner, Rosa Witt. Katie
Eichelberger and Bessie VanLcar.. the
last maid Of honor. Messrs. Baldwin
Wayt, j. Lewis Bumgardner, Frank
Bell, j. Walker McChesney, Harry
Elchelberger, Frank Tannehill and Julian
-Arbuckle We're the ushers A splendid
collation. was served Mt the home of Mrs.
NanLear after the church ceremony. and
at O'Clock tomorrow morning Mr.. and
Mrs. Cowan will take the cars for a tour
through the North The groom is prom.
inently connected with the cotton trade
in Nicksburg. DR.. A. b. Hicks, OF
Nlcksburg, was the best man
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23
ST. ALBANS SPEAKS NOW.
Editor of The Times:

Editor of The Times:
Please allow st. Adams to be heard in
reply to the statements OF the V. =. l.
Athletic Association eyccuti re commit
tee. There is not IL single PLAYER on the
ST Adams football team who is paid a
cent for his athletic services. There is
not single player who is not IL bona fide
member of this school, part and parcel of
it, whose work is in the school. OF the
teachers playing on the st. Adams team,
only one of them has ever played on any
other team. And furthermore we think
it very brave in training school of
fifty boys to get up ii team, teachers and
pupils together, that can brighten off the
field II team from Il school of three hun
dred students, of the pretensions and
dimensions of Blacksburg.
And again in regard to teachers play
ing with the boys, Blacksburg has always
done that. The University of Virginia, the
University of North Carolina, V. NJ l.
and others have played their instructors
on the teams, but it remained for Blacks
burg to leave the field because their hired
trainer was not allowed to play. They
did not try TO play him against Allie
ghany Institute, although two of the
Allegheny. teachers were playing on
that team.
1t is shame tor Backsburg to talk
about protest against semi profession
alism when in that very act they deserted
every code of amateur conduct, and that
too against n team of rs pure amateurs
rs those of ST. Adams. And it is all the
more shameful when we recall the fact
that II boy ut st. Adams has Il letter from
member of the faculty at Blacksburg
Offering to pay him a salary and all eX
penses if he would matrculate rs n
student and play this fall on their foot
ball team. Can impudencc go further
than that?
No, no, everybody at Radford knows
that little St Adams got the big institu-
tons nerve and that they left the field
because they were afraid to play the
game, preferring II cowardly retreat TO
sportsmanliko defeat.
GEO. \. BROWN,
MANAGER ST lhans footboU tnn,n
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23

New dress goods and trimmings at
1.-The Bazaar
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23

Oysters in every style at Bowman's.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23
] TO MEET Ar OLD POINT.

Buffalo, \. y, Oct. 92.-The officers
of the American Railway Master
Mechanics Association land the Master
Car Builders Association held Joint
meeting in this city to-day am, decided
that the next convention of the first
named association should be held at Old
Point Comfort, Va, on the second Mon
day in June. One week later the last
named association will hold its conven-
ton in the same. place
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23

h995o Oar line of new Chamber Suites
viii surpri'c you in prices. Call
and nee them.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23
GEO. y. BROW y,
Manager st. Adams football team.
STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM.

Canton. o., Oct. %. Major Mckinley
had strawberries and cream with his
speeches to-day. They came from the
second crop in Belmont county, Ohio,and
the visitors brought plenty of cream with
them Many visitors came from points
where Mr. Bryan spoke on his recent
dash through the State 1t was day of
surprises. Only two delegations were
expected, hut by night six of the largest
organized bodies which have yet come to
Canton had called ut the Mckinley home,
besides thousands of.other people.
Fresh Norfolk oystcrs-pint, quart or
pallon-at J. j. Catorni's
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23
sm;Ss xso NO RES J.
RIskIaSES NO SLEEP
AHss DAY OR MIGHT

My hands werc completely covered with &c
zems, and between my fingers tho skin was
perfectly raw. 1 had TO cit with both hands held
mp, and away from tho fire. My husband had to
dress md undreHs me like q baby. tried tho
beet physicians, bnt their medicines gave me no
relief, and drove me almost crazy. was all
vised to try CUTIcURA REMEDIES, and did so,
although my husband had to go twenty milen TO
get them. AS soon ms he got back, used the
CuTIcunA, and in Jtfoe minutes after the FIRST
dppiicdtion I ,ods perfectly easy, and slept
soundiy all hct night. Before I commenced
using the CUTICURA REMEDIES could get no
ease night or day L could not bear to getwarm,
It would put mo in q rage OF itching. always
keep the CUrICURA REMKDlBs in my house now,
and recommend them to everybody, because of
their wonderful effect. Yours gratefully,
AGNESM. HARRIS, Push, Mecklenburg Co. Va
srEEpY CURE TREATMENT gon ToBrURISo. Dis
yIouBtNo HuHoRs. = Warm baths with CuricunA Soar.
gentle applications Of CUrIcJRA (oiutmentI the great
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Sold throughout tho world Price. CurIouRA, Soc.,
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-23

School books and supplies at lowest
prices. Gravatt's Fair, 0 Salem avenue
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-02-13
The Rights of Husbands.

1t is divine privilege to be head
Of family, and man has no right to
abuse that privilege.
He has no right to i'll use or neglect
the woman who took him "for better
or worse"
He has no right to scold and terrify
his children.
He has no right to quarrel with his
daily bread.
He has no right to expect a game
dinner diet from a kidney-stew allow
anCe.
He has no right to give his wife 81
week pin money and expect her to
pay the gas bill and keep herself and
the children dressed
He has no right to save his good
manners and good humor for COM
pany.
He has no right to come home with
a hatchet cast of Countenance and
murder the innocent pleasures Of the
little unfortunates who call him
father.
He has right to remember that he
owes his family everything, and that
to deserve the respect and love of his
boys and girls and the consideration
and loyalty of his wife is glory enough
: for any man.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-02-13
NO. 8.

be afraid (Hear, hear, the British
Empire Is not like the Spanish Empire
OF the 18th century, a helpless hulk
lying upon the waters, tempting dep
relation by It's wealth, but unable bv
weakness to beat off the deprs;t,,o,s
No, gentlemen, there never was ~.
ment, believe, in tie recent history
OF this country when the British Em.
plre was better fighting machine than
II is at the present time. (Cheers)
The energetic eisorts Ct successive Gov.
i. sn,e-s, principally OF the Unionist
Government Hear, f,ear) which existed
between 1886 and 1So2, and the
Home Rule Government which sue.
ceeded them between ISoe and 1905,
chiefly through their Efforts in the las,
decade or more, an addition has been
made to the fighting power of the En-
plre, OF which the Empire itself, | be-
lleve, is unaware. (Hear, hear.) |
do not think that this force will he
called upon TO act, but if by any mis-
chance-if by the madness of peoples
or the ambition of rulers-it should
unhapplly be that we have again to do
what our torefathers did before us
namely, to fight for our coun,ry-I do
not believe for one instant that we
Shall be found unprepared, or that the
result Of that contest will be other
than it has been in the past, or that
we shall come out Of it with dimin-
lshed glory or diminished power.
loud cheers. }
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-02-13
UNCONSCIOUS SERVICE.
Margaret J. Preston, in Lippincott. |

"The Bee''-she sighed haunts the
clover
Has natures errand to fulfill;
The bird that skins the azure over
Bears living seeds within his bill.
without pause. his flight pursuing,
He drops them on a barren stand,
And turns, unconscious of the doing,
The waste into a pasture land.
81. craving service-willingly choosing
TO fling broadcast some golden grain =
Can only sitin silent nursing.
And weave my litanies of pain
l, making answer, softly kissed her:
''All natures realm of bees and birds
What is such ministry. my sister,
Compared with your enchanted words?
"rhe seed your weakened hand is sowing
May ripen to harvest,
Which yet may help without your know
ing.
TO fill the granaries of God!'''
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-02-13

Atlanta alone, but all the country
around that is being observed. Capt.
tai will seek this field because it is in
viting. The prospec: for returns on
invested capital is brighter here than
in any other field of labor which 1
know. The unimproved lands are
bound to be in demand, for a tide Of
settlers is about to pour in. The
country is going to fill up and real es.
tate in the interior as we'll as in the
towns and cities is certain to enhance
in value. 1t is remarkable that real
estate has not deprecated here in
Atlanta during the past three years,
for it has gone down almost every
where else. | could name some North
ern and Western towns where city
property has shrunk from 10 to 50 per
cent. In Atlanta and neighboring
cities there is strong tone to the real
estate market. So long as land
brings good PAIGE you may depend
upon it thata a community is doing we'll.
When real estate weakens something
is wrong somewhere.
81 did not know until came down
here that the South is the true America.
Here the Saxon blood is purest. The
North and the West are mixtures. Out
OIL the plantations much Of the old feu-
dal system remains. But change is
coming With the infusion of new
blood and rotation and overlapping
of crops, many changes will take place.
Cotton means a few months Of work
and cessation from work in a large
measure the rest Of the year. This
has bad effect on farm labor, which
is most profitable when most busily en-
gagged"
Mrs. SHIELD IN says she intends to
visit all the experimental farms in the
South. 1.-The man who demonstrates
what the soil and climate will do is a
blessing to his section. Scientific ex-
perlments are of ineslimable value to a
State
She will do Georgia thoroughly.
She says that she has no interest in
any one section of the South more
than in another. She thinks that she
can interest foreign capital to invest
here. Upon tie completion of her
work she will give some lectures be-
fore commercial bodies in New Eng
land before sailing for Europe, where
she is engaged to address some of the
leading commercial organizations, as
we'll as to contribute to a number OF
papers. She leaves Atlanta this morn
ing.-Atlanta Constitution.
Mrs. Fre' ch Sheldon, the Manufae-
Mre,s' Reeo,A is informed, is making
study of every phase of Southern life
and business for the purpose of pre-
sentlng this section in Its true light
through a number of the foremost Eu-
ropean journals. She is of Southern
descent, if not of Southern birth, and,
although living abroad for many years,
and one of the worlds most widely
known women-a traveller, an explorer,
an author, and the owner and mana
ger of a large London publishing
house-she has taken deep interest in
Southern affairs.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-02-13
A Jury Composed of Women.

Such an announcement may seem strange,
but it is fact. The jury was an immense
one too and the trial lasted for many
years We refer to the trial of Dr. Pierce's
Favorte Prescription. AS to its merits,
there has been an unanimous verdict rem
dered in its tavor. Indeed it would be
impossible to get together any number of
ladies who had given it trial who could
cOme to any other conclusion. 1t cures ul-
cerations, displacements, remove sthe ten
deEcy to cancerous affections and corrects
all unnatural discharges. To those about
to become mothers. it is a real boon. for
it lessons the pains and perils of childbirth
promotes the Secretion of an abundance of
nourishment for the child and shortens
the period of confinement
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-02-13
THAD R. MANNING, Publisher. |
VOL. XIV.
Weak, Irritable, Tired
al Was No Good on Earth"

DIR. Miles Nervine strengthens
the weak, builds up the broken
down constitution, and permanently
cures every kind Of nervous disease.
"Ib0af one gear ago EUGs afflicted
1tifk Herr0sIs,tesG, 6teeDscsss.ess
Creepi,,g sensation in ss,y feGs,
Slight f,a!pifatio, Of my heart,
Distracfi,,1 con f,s sion OF tSe mind,
Serious toss OF. lapse of s,.cDacry.
gVeighteG d0tru sritH care and
,rorru. completely tcst appetite
And felt siy rif0!ify sreGzissg Osst,
tcGs aCenE, irritable and tired,
Ny freight sros reduced to 400 EJs.,
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-02-13

Hkep had taken tIc ei.csf: bottle
Ny freight increased to fs3 Gs,
The sensation. IN. :s:J legs sOsrs gone;
ny ncFTes afeGdice: cora i>!e:ely;
My memory T-os ffsfEiy sestore<t.
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-02-13
STUDYING THE SOUTH.
A BRIGHT AND TALENTED WOMAN WHO
IS MAKING A TOUR

OF the Southern States With a View
to FamiIiarizing Herself With the
Industrial, Commercial and Social
Conditions of This Section of the
Country-Some Opinions Expressed
as Result of Her Observations.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-02-13

A friend brought
me DIR. Miles book,
New and Start
ling Facts and
i finally decided
to try Il bottle OF
DIR. MILES Re
Grative Ncryine.
Before | had taken
one bottle | could
sleep as well aS a
1G-yr--old boy. My
appetite returned
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