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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
terday-The Chicago Delegation.

Canton, o., Sept. 12.-Two train loads
OF the Commercial Travellers Democratic
Mckinley Club, of Chicago, reached Can
ton this morning, the last section arriy-
ing at 9:40 over the Baltimore and Ohio
They came to call on Major Mckinley.
They were met ut the station by tho
Canton Commercial Travellers escort and
the Canton troop.
Inc second train carried larger num-
Der The party numbered between 900
anu 1000. They We're escorted to the
hotels for breakfast and prepared to call
on Mckinley at II O'Clock. There was
great enthusiasm all over the city ms the
delegation 1000 strong marched over the
we'll paved streets of NIcKinlcv's home
city,
Thousands OF people Joined the Chicn.
Soans ut the Mckinley home ut / o clock.
The greeting was most enthusiastic
when Major Mckinley appeared on tbe
doorstep of his house and addressed the
gathering.
Following closely upon the call upon
Major Mckinley of the Chicago CONNER
cial men came the PENNSYLVANIA delera-
ton. 1t surpassed in size, noise and en-
thusiasm all OF its predecessors. The first
division to arrive was the steel workers
OF the Carnegie mills at Homestead.
Ihey came in u special train Of three sec
''','Si "SSi SS"tiHS lnlrty-tnree coaches
each packed to the platforms. A parade
was organized at once, the horsemen, the
citizens committee and the Pennsylvania
Society OF Canton leading.
The men marched four abreast and as
the last were falling in line at the depot
the first were almost mt the McKinisv
residence.
Cheers from thousands of throats all
along the line mingled with music of a
dozen or more bands and the noise ali
o'er the business section of Canton was
simply deafening.
Every department. of the big Carneo;a
steel works was represented in the parade,
presided over by Chief Marshal Schwab
D. Molanthy, workman in the mills.
was the spokesman
AS he was speaking the trains at tho
depot were pouring out new and steady
stream, composed of PENNSYLVANIA Rail
road Company employees and the McKees-
port, Pa, Mckinley and Hobart Club.
These came on special trains run in sec.
tions.
Probably 5000 or 10, 1000 visitors came
IN from western Pennsylvania during the
day.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
WILL IT END TALK?
Corbett and Fitzsimmons Meet and
Agree to Fight.

NSiSS W Il iSHl
New York, Sept. 12.-James J. Corbett
and Robert Fitzsimmons met at the Bar
tholdi Hotel this afternoon and agreed
verbally to fight for $4,000 side and
the largest purse that any club in this
country will offer. The fight is to take
place sixty days from the date of the con.
test between Corbett and Sharkey, pro-
vided it is brought to successful conclu-
sion before December 81, 1896 Should
the contest between Corbett and Sharkey
be declared off for any reason, Corbett
binds himself to box Fitzsimmons on or
before the LIST of March, 1897.
Fitzsimmons stipulates that in case he
should conquer Corbett he will not accept
the Police Gazette championship belt,
which trophy he does not recognize as be-
ing emblematic of the championship.
Corbett desires to fight for the belt and
will accept it in case he should win.
The agreement was to. night reduced to
writing. 1t may be signed in few days
and $1,000 stake money deposited by each
These preliminaries will be carried out,
it is said, to avoid legal acknowledgements
outside of the State
Al Smith, of New York, was agreed
upon as final stake holder and George
Siler, of Chicago, will he asked to act as
referee The meeting between Corbett
and Fitzsimmons was marked with con
siderable ill feeling, in which the lie was
passed, but it wound up with toasts to
the victor, whoever he may be-
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
COCHRAN SPEAKS.
Before Large Crowd in Chicago on the
Gold Standard.

Chicago, Sept. 12.-Bourkc Cochran,
of New York, spoke at the Auditorium
tonight, under the auspices of the
Honest Money League The seating
capacity of the hall is 5000, and over
10000 tickets of admission had been an
piled for. AS it was out of the question
for all of these people to hear Mr. Cock
ran, an overflow meeting was arranged
ut the Armory of Battery ID, and this
place was damned to the doors Mr..
Cochran was not able to reach the ar
mory until late in the evening, owing to
the length of his Auditor ium address,
and local speakers entertained the crowd
pending his arrival.
Mr.. Cockran's address was studied
and eloquent review of the issues of the
campaign, in which the Chicago platform
and its candidates were severely handled.
In conclusion he said:
II believe the American people will
record their votes upon issue in favor of
their own virtue and their own honesty.
believe they will hold that the Govern
ment is not failure, but shining sue
cess. They will never believe, rs the Pop
ulists pretend to them, that American
people have participated in dishonesty or
that they would submit to oppression
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
THE RATE WAR.
The Railroad Commissioners of North
Carolina Take Hand.


Raleigh, Sept. 12-The railroad COM
missioners to-day issued the following
order:
I'm board of railroad commissioners of
North Carolina in session at Raleigh,
this day, it appears that the fourth sec
tlon OF the Interstate commerce act
known as the long and short haul clause.
was violated by one at least of the cor
porations interested. This commission
has no jurisdiction to remedy this, but for
each offence reported it will see that il is
properly brought to the attention OF the
Interstate commerce commission and
ask for speedy action by it. 1t is ordered,
that all railroad companies doing bust
ness within North Carolina, who have or
may put in force cut rates to and from
points in this State, to and from points
outside, shall SO arrange their local
freight tariffs that the same relative re-
duction shall be given to local business
as has been or may hereafter be given to
their business.
1T is also ordered that the standard
passenger rates shall be on aud after the
9th day of September, 1896, as follows
First class, cents per mile; second
class, l-2 cents per mile.
THAT all percentages hereafter grant
ell to certain small corporations shall be
readjusted by them in like proportion to
conform TO this order, it being a reduc-
ton on passenger rates of IA cent per
mile for each class. All parties interest
ed will be heard as to the rcasonahleness
of these rates on September 22 All ex-
ceptions must be filed on or before that
date
The following railroad officials appear.
ed before that commission to-day to an
swer the order; Southern railwny-Rep-
resented by Colonel Henderson, assistant
general counsel; w. H. Baldwin. Jr.,
third vice president; Col. Alb. Andrews,
first vice-president; Fairfax Harrison, of
Washington, solicitor: Il. II. Busbce,
Esq of Raleigh State counsel j. III.
Drake, of Richmond, and j. b. Munson,
of Raleigh, division freight agent.
Seaboard Air Line-Represcnt by
Judge James c. McRae and Capt. w. II.
Day, counsel, of Raleigh; William Mon
cure, superintendent second division;
Capt. William Smith, of Raleigh
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley-Repre-
sented by George NJ Rose, of Fayette-
Vile, counsel; j. w. Fry. of Greensboro,
general manager; w. +. Kyle, of Fay
etteville, general freight agent
The point that the law allowed ten days
in which to file exceptions to the order,
was raised and sustained, and the COM
mission adjourned until the 22nd.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
a BIT OF ROMANCE.

Miss Lula Ribblc, popular school
teacher of this city and county, who left
here several weeks ago for China with
the intention of becoming n foreign mis-
slonary OF the Presbyterian Church. Will
soon be married to DIR. Hunter Wells, at
honolulu, in the Hawaiian Islands. An
Oregon paper has the following concern
ing the proposed marriage: Miss Imlu
Rlbble, native of Virginia, has been in
the city for n few days and leaves at once
for san Francisco 90 take passage on n
steamer for Japan. She will be met Mt
Honolulu by DR.. Hunter Wells, formerly
OF this city, but now connected with the
Presbyterian foreign mission, and located
at Ping Yang, to whom she is engaged to
be married. DR.. Wells became acquainted
with Miss Ribble while attending school
IN New York, and this is the result. He
found life rather exciting while the war
between the japanese and Chinese was
raging, being stationed at that time in
Seoul the capital of Corea, one of the
ccntcrs of the rumpus; but, after the war
was over, ana the heather ceased to rage.
he began to get lonesome Corea, China
and Japan are delightful countries to re-
side in until the novelty wears q, and the
the surroundings, the barbarous people,
the lack of anything like society, espe-
clnlly ladies' society, the absence of any
'hiiS III inc way OF intellectual or even
rational amusement, the impoverished
and wretched condition of the people,
all combine to make life burden. So
DIR. Wells urged his fiance to join him,
and it appears she was willing to inject
him half way" that is at Honolulu, and
he is speeding across the Pacific one way,
and. in few days Miss Ribble will be
speeding in the opposite direction to meet
him at Honolulu, where they will prob
ably be married, if the steamer stays long
enough. The numerous friends of DIR.
Wells will send their best wishes across
the ocean for the happiness of the young
ouple, and will rest assured that he will
not lie lonesome in future.
School books and supplies at lowest
prices. Gravatt's Fair, 8 Salem avenue
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
SEEING is BELIEVING!
TALK is CHEAP +!

j. e Rogers d Co. are now moving their stock,
consisting OF pianos, organs, small instruments
and musical Instruments and musical merchan-
disc, together with their stock OF books. station
cry and fancy goods, to their new store, No. II
Jefferson street. This room was formerly occu-
pied by Brown II Johnston, hardware dealers,
and has undergone general overhauing, max
ing IL one OF the handsomest rooms in the CITY
We propose to stock 1t with line OF goods that
will demand your attention and admiration, and
with low prices will likewise demand your
patronage. We have just received great num-
Der of pianos. which will be placed on exhibition.
stationery department. Especially do we call
your attention to our school books and supplies
You will need them. Give us a CALL Do you
need guitar, mandolin, or anything in the small
instrument line? Will save you money. Call for
our long list OF popular copyright music. We are
selling 1t at 90 per cent. discount. Some rare
bargains In second hand pianos and organs. We
guarantee to undersell ony one, according to tho
grade and quality. BE sure TO see us before buy
Ing piano or organ. Perhaps your friend has
already purchased from us and can tell You about
us and our goods. Remember, we will be open
September Sd at No. II Jefferson street.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
HOBBIE PIANO co. WAREROOMs
OPEN EVERY NIGHT.
PLATFORM GAVE WAY.

st. Louis, Sept. 12.-While Mr.. Bryan
was addressing the meeting at Sports
mans Park tonight the platform upon
which he stood gave way and he together
with dozen distinguished citizens who
occupied seats thereon were precipitated
to the ground. Fortunately Mr.. Bryan
or nobody else was hurt
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
BRYAN MAKES A SUNRISE SPEECH
AN AUDIENCE OF 1000 woRKMEN
AT KANSAS CITY.

He Talks Most Sensibly to Very Appreci-
ative Hearers-Railroad Men and
Packing House Workers Give Him a
Most Cordial Greeting--Mr. Brian
Will Deliver His Washington Speech
From the East Porticc OF the Capitol
is Permission is Gramted
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13

VanLear's "Cold Capsules are made
ito cure bad cold, and they do it. Not
necessary to wait two or three days for
ut to wear away 25c a box OF twelve
capsules. prescriptions filed only. by
graduates in pharmacy" YanLear
Bros, druggists.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
y GREAT DEMAND FOR SECOND
HAND PIANOS.

Hobbie- Piano Company have sold of
their large stock every second. hand piano
except one, and as they have orders for
several more, they will exchange new
nprights for old pianos, and allow very
them.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
a BRITISH MOVE.

Constantinople, Sept. l2-The British
fleet which has been strongly reinforced,
is now at anchor in Kavala Bay, north
west of the island of Thasos, off the coast
OF Saionica. The warships arrived off
KaNala yesterday.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
CANTON 0VERRUH With CROWDS
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VISIT
M'KINLEY'S HOME.

Bands of Music Stir Up the Little Ohio
Town-shouting Crowds of Repub-
lican Enthusiasts Surge Around the
Majors 1Iouse-He Made Several
speeches-It is Estimated That 10, 900
Pennsylvanians Visited Canton Yes
terday-The Chicago Delegation.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13

y FINE LIST TO SELECT FROM.
Behr Bros., Marshall & Wendell, Jew
EFT and Colby pianos and the Wilcox &
White organs are sold exclusively by
IIohbie Piano Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13

The United States Government reports
show Royal Baking Powder superior to
all others.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13
Informed OF THEIR SELECTION
BOLTERS HOLD A
& JUBILEE.

louisville is the Scene -of a Demonstra-
ton in Favor of the Palmer and
Z Buckner Ticket Col. Fellows, of
= New York, the Maligncr of the South,
Makes Notification speech-Tele-
grams Read From.the.Chefs of the
Gold Bugs
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13

Continued on fourth page.)
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-13

School books and supplies at lowest
prices. Gravatt's Fair, 8 Salem avenue.
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Tornado Insurance.

It is the part of wisdom to carry Tornado Insurance. Have YOU a policy on your home? Ii not, call on Mills < Sons, who will write you q policy in the old Phoenix of Hart ford. It's very cheap insurance, only s per $l ,00O. Tornado insurance also written on store buildings and stock. Talk with Mills. Telephone No. %.
 : 2Sd1m
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ing House, Haydock Carriage Co, St. Johns Church, the Lelder kranz Hall, the Brown Tobacco Co, St. Louis Wire Works O.. the Fades Wire Mill, the Merchants Elevator, the Filley Foundry, Allen Buggy Co.,, Matthews X Son Rag Co, the knpferle Glass Co, St. Louis Broom Factory.
 1t has been reported that l50 people at the fair grounds were hurt. This was a mistake. A great deal Of robbery went on and no one was hurt. Panic.
 Jefferson Avenue Demolished.
 ST. LOUIS, May 2S.-Six blocks of Jefferson avenue completely demol- ished, with great loss of life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-28
The Worlds Fair Tests showed no baking powder so pure or so great in leav- ening power as fife Royal
WILL RESIST FREE SILVER.
Indiana Sound Money Men Organ izing to Overthrow Gov. Mat thews Presidential Aspira-
 tions.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 2S.-- Though the Democrats instrumental in the calling of the sound money mass meeting to be held at English's Opera-honse tonight disclaim any, thing of the kind, it is the general belief in political circles that the real purpose of the demonstration is tp give form to the movement looking to the overthrow of Gov. Matthew's presidential aspirations. Since the boom of the Indiana Governor was launched upon the sea of politics the sound money wing of the party in this State was a little diaident in coming forward to it's support, but no open opposition was talked of until the Governor s recent flop into the camp of the silverites. Even now the leading gold standard men avoid discussing the subject, but the general understanding is that in or genizing to risist the free silver move ment iii Indiana they will make an effort to take the wind out of the Matthews boom. Color is given this statement by the announcement today that the meeting will be ad- dressed by several leading Democrats who have been most active in their opposition to the Governors can l 1idacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-28

the West. destroying first the city proper and then crossing the Missis- sippi River to East St. Louis, and thereafter raging for half an hour, steering in the direction of Alton. The Laelade Gas tank on 14th and Gratiot Street exploded. Samuel euppel's Wooden Ware factory at at 7th and Spruce was burned Six unknown men were taken out of the box factory. at 9th and Barry. The The Founding Asylum at Hickory and IAm was wrecked. The St.Louis Corset Gompanys building at Sth and Chouteau Ave is wrecked and an unknown body has been covered.
 The chief of police, Harrington, received the following appeal: East St. Louis, May 27th. hereby notify you that terrible calamity has be- fallen us in the way of water, storm and fire, and death and destruction is followed by fire. We ask your im- mediate aid for the suffering and dead. Please send fire engine or two as soon as possible. Signed, T ] Morley, Chief of Police.
 I he Excursion Steamer, City of Vicksburg, lying at the foot of Wash ington Ave. and the City of Provi- dence were blown off and floated down the river, badly damaged Diamond Joe Steamer, Pittsburg, lying at the foot of Washington Ave. was also blown off and flosted down the river.
 The dead bodies recovered are MT. and Mrs. Davis, $. Sage, George Woods, Clerk of Vandalia office,; Henry Strickter, Vandalia Railroad; J. E. Keene, Yandalia Railroad; Dr. c. F. Null, Dentist; two children of Mrs. Horace Trump, Riclifield, Ill.,; Mrs. Richey, Joe Frank, Joe Mitcell, Phil Strictor, Miles M. Mitchell, Chas Carroll Barber. John Kent, Mrs. Scott Hayward, Frank Ross, Ed Kavi- naugh, Jacob kurtz, Mrs. Clanden- hing, Mrs. Bruce. Mrs. Sullivan, Robert Bland, John Reems, Chas Wait. Wm. Surber, Henry Winter man, - Anderson, Pete Walmsey, Mrs. Conley, Mrs. Slike, John Hayes, Mrs. Vim. Hayes, Mrs. Pattie Beam. Those missing are: Ed. Bland, supposed to be under tie wreck of the Vandalia depot; City Clerk Jerry Keene, Frank Bland, Frank Nc Cormick, Abbot Baughman, Earl Keene, Geo. Woods, Mike Kildare, w. Keller, Alleen Mote, Wm Meyer John Kelley, Geo. Romer, ". E. Freeley, Mink Handfoot, all em- ployed in the Vandalia depot and building, are believed to be in the ruins.
 It is found that the steamer Grand Republic, the excursion steamer which is supposed to have had so many on board and lost, had an en- gagement at s o'clock tonight and it is found that this is mistake. An officer denies that there were five hundred people on board, but says she left at noon to go to Alton to take an excursion out from there at about o'clock tonight. The storm might have blown the boat away, but only the crew could have been imperilled, and the men could have swun safely to shore.
 BUILDINGS DIES PROVED.
 Sawyer Mfg. Co, the Edes Publish
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-28
Cyclone News.

The GRAPHIC is indebted to Mr. Arthur F. Adams, Sup t.of the South western Telephone Co.,, for favors, Mr. Adams gave the local daily press the free use of his phone to Little Rock this morning, by and through which we present our readers with the full particulars of last nights cyclone in St. Louis as published in an extra edition of the Arkansas Gazette at 3 o'clock this morning. The Associated Press report to the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-28
THE LATEST.
Estimated That 1000 People Killed and a Million Dollars Worth of Property
 Destroyed.

A telephone message from Little Rock at ? o'clock this afternoon states that the latest estimate of the loss of life from the cyclone in St. Louis last night is 1000, and that q million dollars worth of property was destroyed. The death list. so far as knownup to noon today, does not include any people from Arkan- SaS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-28

ed across the demolished bridge and reported the National Hotel. Ire mont House. Martell House, DeWolf Cafe, Hazel Milling Company mill, Horns cooper shop and q great many dwellings east of there as far as Fifth street, were gone and many people killed.
 The Baltimore and Ohio and Van- dalia round houses, Standard, Oil works at East St. Louis, and Cres- cent elevators and twelve freight houses on the leyee, were demolished.
 The Republic and several more excursion steamers, with all on board, are reported sunk in the river, and all the steamers on the levee have gone down.
 A rough estimate would place the number Of killed and wounded at I, ,000.
 Both the Western Union and Postal Companies have lost every wire into St. Louis.
 This was sent from q suburban station.
 The sender says the city is i'll total darkness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-28

Gazette was telephoned over the Southwestern Telephone wire from Little Rock this morning, and was taken down by Mr M. Danahauer, the well known stenographer, who prepared a typewriter copy for each of the afternoon papers. The service rendered by the telephone company was excellent ard all that could be desired. Mr. Danaharer also performed his service quickly and correctly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-28
X FALSE RUMOE.
The Grand Republic Safe, and the Grand stand at the Fair Grounds Not
 Destroyed.

'
 EAST ST. LOUIS, May 2S.-The wagon way of the Eads Bridge, on the East St. Louis side, is crumD- ling mass of mortar. Pier No. l torn away. Thousands of dollars will not cover the damage done. An nout- bound train on the Chicago < Alton road was wrecked by broken raIl, but, fortunately none among the fifty passengers were injured. A trolley car loaded with passengers bound for the west side is said to have fallen through to the railroad track below, with what results it is not known. The roof of the Repub- liean Hall is torn away. A twenty foot section of the west wall of the city jail was torn away, exposing the interior. 1t was during the ex- ercise hour and the two hundred prisoners were exercising in the building and they were panic strick- en. They were too frightened to try to escape. Jailer Wagoner was on the scene i'll moment, and with the aid of a number of detectives and police, the prisoners were placed in their cells. The tanks of the Waters Pierce Oil Co.,, on Gratiot street, are causing destruction on every hand. Three stories of the Cole Manufac- turing Co. building, on 9th and Gra- tiot streets, and nearly One-half Of the Vain wright Brewing Company's building was blown down. The high school, at 1lth and Spruce, the McDermott building, 1lth and Ches- nut, the Central Emigrant, on the opposite corner, J. $. Sheehan's s livery stable, on Huh and Walnut, were unroofed The engineer of the Aetna Iron Works, 24th and Papin streets, was almost instantly killed. The wall blew in and he was scalded to death by steam. The Consoli- dated Iron and Wire Works, 2lst and
 
 Papin streets, was almost totally wrecked Several people were known to have been seriously injured by this wreck, and more are said to have been hurt by the falling walls. The second story uf the C. II. Saw yer Manufacturing Co.,, 1919 Chou teau avenue, was destroyed. John Sawyer, a member of the firm, and Emma Chandler and Isabel Hardin, typewriters, were crushed to death under the walls. H. H. Sawyer, q member Of the firm. was fatally in- iured. The St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Ware Factory, 2nd and Park avenue, was completely destroyed. by fire caused by light ming. The loss is estimated at $300,- 900 on this plant alone. Four men killed. A rumor was widely circu- lated that the gas tanks near the Iron Works, at the south end of Fist street viaduct, had been blown over and crushed by the Iron Works building. killing four men to u certainty, and possibly mOre.
 The storm came directly from the