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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17
a NOBLE UNDERTAKING.

The movement to erect q Confederate
Memorial Hall or Battle Abbey for the
South deserves every encouragement,
NOT only from tho people Of this section,
bns from all who admire true heroism
and valor, such ca was displayed by
Southern soldiers during the late civil
war. The Union has been fully restored,
and the people OF the South are as ready
and willing to fight for the general
Government as those of any other sec
tion q possibly bs. IL is. however,
meet and propsr that q building should
be erected, in which tho records and
other memorials of the Southern soldier
can bs kept, together with mementoes
of the noble women who helped to make
this section immortal in those years of
suffering and hsroism.
mr.. Charles Broad way Rouss. the emf.
nent philauthropiss. has offered to give
sgi00. 900 towards the erection OF such a
Building, provided o like sum is sub
scrlbed by the Southern people and their
sriends. There ought not to be any diff.
fsulty In securing this amount. and
Ehere will not be. judging by the active
ssxertions which the Confederate camps
throughout the South are now making
so slise the required amount. Gen.
Thomas T.. Rosser, of the late Confed-
eta.s army, is non making . tour in the
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17
StnnleY,s Glasscs.

Mr.. Stanley told n New York reporter
how no came to wear glasses. "This very
pair of spectacles," he said. 81 took from
the table of the missionary, Bishop Parker,
In Central Africa, put them on carelossly
to look at n manuscript and discovered
that my sight was no longer in it's normal
stato-for reading, at least" He uses the
bishops glasses still.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17

SOME time ago Mr.. Simon Gold baum,
of San Luis Rey. CAL, was troubled with
q lame back and rheumatism. He used
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and G prompt
cure was effected. He says he has oince
advised many of his friends to try it,
aud all who have done 80 have spoken
highly OF 1t. 1t is for sale by the Chas.
Lyle Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17
BuokIen's Arnica ss,ve.

THE Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. letter. Chapped Hands.
.Chilblains, Oorns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It il guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price rs cents per box. Tor sale by
Massie's Pharmacy. 100 Jefferson street.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17
One Killed and another 1pjurod.

STEUBENvILIE. Ohio, Jan. l6.-While
a freight train was going through COL
lier's yard in West Virginia several cars
jun ped the track. An eastbound pas
senger train came along and ran into
the freight cars. Engineer Rogers, Of
East Liverpool, was instantly killed.
and James Oomboy 80 seriously hurt
that he will die,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17

LISTEN for the belled teams. They
will deliver you Pocahontas. Russell
Creek. Thacher, Banner, Brush Noun
tain, Anthracite, and the semi bitumi-
nous "Red Ash" coal; also crushed coke
and wood. w. K. ANDREWS s. Co., 2l9
Salem avenue
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17
AN INVESTIGATION NEEDED.

THE state Of things shown to exist ct
the penitentiary 10 a scandal to the State,
and We cannot doubt the legislature
will promptly pass the measures neces-
ebry for changing 1t. 1t is scAndalous
that men should be fed as the prisoners
have been shown to be fed there; and
what 10 the meaning of this thing of
tying men to the crucifx? The whole
thing ts scsndalous, ind should receive
thei immediate attention Of the legiala-
ture."-Richmond Times.
The revelations ct the recent Joint
meeting OF the committee on education
and educational institutions, when the
authorities OF the State penitentiary
appeared before 1t, showed o condition
of affairs there, which, If true, is a
disgrace to the State and q shame to
the civilization under which its people
are living. According to the statement
OF Mr. Davia, president of the shoe
company which hns q large contract
for the employment Of Virginia prison
labor, the convicts employed by him
are virtually subjected to o starvation
diet. He was oonsiderate enough for
the superintendent of tho psnitentiary
to say that the meager and unwhole-
some food dispensed to the prisoners
was given with a view to show prof ia
on the part OF the management OF the
institutions; but he did not hesitate to
say that, in his experience with sew
eral of the penitentiaries in the United
States, in the MISTER of providing and
dispensing food, the Virginia prison
ranked first in beastly and niggardly
inhumsnity.
The superintendent, he said, had been
feeding his prisoners at a cost of less
than Eve cents . ds5 per head. They
had been seen going to their rooms
afsar>s gopd days work with o piece of
lssnle bread and q rotten fish. with mag.
Hots In 1t, for their supper. and with
tears in their eyes had exhibited this
mess OF corruption as the reward Of q
hard days work. He said in his ex-
perience of more than twenty years In
dealing with prison labor, he mad never
Witnessed such inhumsnity. AS there
could have been no motive in this reva-
lation other than the promptinRs of hui
manity on the part of Mr.. Davis, since
his W interests might probably have
been promoted by ignoring this condition
OF things, it Ia plain that there should
bs an immediate Investigation of
this alleged inhumanity. 1t is true the
prisoners at the penitentiary are crimi-
malls b have wautonly broken the
laws OF the State; but nevertheless,
they are human beings aud should be
treated as such by those in charge OF
them.
In decreeing the confinement to which
they are subjected the State assumes
thu duty OF housing and feeding them.
and all such provisions should be made
in accordance with the dictates of hui
manity and modern civilization. When
the work Of investigation shall have
been commenced 1t should be B%earching
and thorough. The repu intion of the
State is at stake, and Virginisns every
where will insist that, IL such evils
exist. they be promptly remsdied, and
such punishment visited on offenders as
justice and the good name Of Virginia
require.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17
No Use.

Mrs. Phunncl's Sister-Stclla, if 1 had
a husband that drank us hard as John docs
I'd make him buy a plaster and stick it
over his mouth.
Mrs. Phunncl-It wouldn't do any good.
Jennie. Hold buy porous plaster. Chi.
cago Tribune.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17
Italian uountertoi,er, Arrosted.

New YORK, Jan. 16.-Unised States
secret service agents to-day arrested
eleven Italians, alleged to be members
of q gang of couuterfeit money passers.
One OF them, Nicolo Tomato. is said to
be the head OF the Malta In this country,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17
Colonel Lamb VIII entertain.

PETERSBURG. Va, Jan. 16.-A Rich
mond special to the Iadex-Appeal says:
Col. VIM. Lamb. chairman OF the Re-
publican State committee, will to-
morrow night give G dinner st the JEFF.
ferson Hotel to the Republican mem.
bers OF the legislature.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17

The use OF cannon and bombs at their
first Introduction was pronounced diabol-
ical by tho church authorities, and from
one end of Europe to tho other the pulpit
orators thundcred against these p
of tho evil ono.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17

tF you would have the largest stock
to select from and wish to purchase at
The lowest possible prices be sure and
call at The e. Fl. Stewart Furniture
Company for all articles In the furni.
ture snd carpet line.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17
Make Yourself Strong

If you would resist pneumonis, bron-
chisis, typhoid fever, and persistent
coughs and colds. These Ills attack the
weak and run down system. They can
lind no foothold where the blood Is kept
pure, rich and full OF vitality, the APP
petite good and digestion vigorous. with
Hoods S%arsaparilla, the one true blood
purifier.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17
England hIuat Arhitrate.

LONDON. Jan. 16.-Henry NJ. Stanley,
M. p, writing to q friend, says that
unless England submits 10 arbitration
war with America is inevitable.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17

FREE sample of BLOOD Wine" TO-DAY
at Massie's Pharmacy. Cures stomach,
blood and kidney troubles. malaria and
ell nervous troubles.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17

AMONG the fruit and flower novelties
which 1896 brings US, we notice that the
enterprisiDg and reliable firm Of James
Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y, are al
ready calling attention to three, which
seem to have won great favor where
known. They are the Double Sweet
Pea, the only one in the world true to
name. bride Of Niagara" the "Early
Leader Tomato" the earliest of all the
early tomato family and sure to be-
come a great favorite, and the already
famous blackberry, the "Rsthbun
From the praise and comu limenta
given 80 a~bundantly TO the Bride of
Niagara" this sweet pea must be more
than charming, and from the encomiums
lavished on both the new tomato and
this new blackberry, 1T is pretty GER
tain no garden desiring to have the
first and beat OF everything, can be
without these three new comers.
By the way, readers, are any of you
30 tar behind the times as not to know
: Vick's Floral Guide?" II any OF you
have never seen IT,, send 10 cents to
this firm at Rochester, N. Y and get
o copy. You can deduct this from the
fret order for seeds. and the pleasure
and information their Guide will give
you will certainly induce you to keep
up the acquaintance.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17

HooD's PILLS cure liver Ills, constlps
ton, biliousness, j~,undice. sick head
ache.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17

TRn Trazs Is q member or tho Associated
Rfasa--the greatest news-collecting association In
she wofld-snd receives over q special wiro the
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Eyess-the same news from ell over the United
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epsved by tho great dailies OF New YORK, Philadel-
PAis and Baltimore.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-17
"sowinR The wind"

Since the announcement of the sue
cess OF negotiations with Mr.. Charles
Frohman for the presentation of ''SoW.
ing the Wind in this city play-poers
have been deeply interested, and this
interest was intensified when 1t WAS
made known that we would see the
celebrated cast that has won fame in
the principal cities OF the country. No
play since the days of Daniel Rochss"
has made 80 deep an impression. Dur
Ing Its two hundred nights run at the
Empire Theatre, New York. it was a
subject of comment and controversy In
all walks of life and in ell schools of
thought, and this fact alone embodies
one OF the greatest tributes that q
dramatic work could receive. Il was
the same in Boston, while the play
held the boards of the Columbus theatre
for fifty nights, and the discussion
aroused throughout New England has
not shown any appreciate measure o.
d~imiuution.
In these days of utiiitarianism the
financial test is the surest one to the
managerial MUD, and judged by this
test alone the SUCCESS of Slowing the
Wind" has been one of the most re-
markable of the generation. a very
Rood sign Is that In its ordinary engage
VoS1 "a 9hO OColU
are like the merciry on a hot summer
day continually elm bling upwards; and
on return engagements, after its SUPER
latiye dramatic. artistic and literary
merits have bsen practically advertised
by their actual unfolding, the advance
sales have been phenomenal, snd the
aolicitous "deadhead" has been smil-
ingly met with that comprehensive Bib.
lical sentenc, ,. Thou shalt not pass"
"Sowing the Wind" will be ct the Acsd.
envy on next Tuesday night.
a Great Frima Donna.
The "fetchingest" accent TINT has
ever been heard is the property of the
comic opera queen Camille D'Arville,
with 8 beautiful troat and o clear,
spontaneous ~vibratory voice as we'll.
Miss D'Arville is something OF o revela.
tion in the folds of comic opera. She
Is 80 blessed by nature In the way of q
complexion that she uses very little OF
artificial accessories and she even takes
her comedy situations with q serioua-
ness that is q luck of her own. made
line. or the Magic Kiss" which Miss
D'Arville will present at the Academy
Of Music Monday, January 81. is said to
be a very pretty comic opera, full of
bright music and beautifully staged.
The company numbsr seventy people
and orchestra. including the clever
comedian Gao. C.. Boniiace, Jr.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

Only four nights more play will be required
to determine who shall wear the handsome
trophy and be called champion for the year.
From present appearances every game will
have to be contested before any is able
to name the victor. So close and stubborn
ly contested has every nights play been,
thus far, that the leadership has changed
more than half dozen times, and Is likely
to change at every nights play from now to
the throwing of the last ball. At the close OF
the first series twelve OF the sixteen entries
had almost an equal chance for first place.
Since then the score board shows that two
more have dropped back, so that at the
present writing, there are still left ten OF the
sixteen to fight the remaining battles to q
finish. Each nights play from now on ought
to destroy some ones chances or perhaps
more than one. as In the nature of things
it would seem impossible to have more than
four ties for first place. The feature of the
past week has been the magnificent work of
Pelletier, who, in his five games played.
won four of them. and made grand average
of 209 2-6. Next to this was the battle royal
on Thursday evening between Schaller and
Dahle, when it required the last ball for
Dahle to win over the greater score Of
schaller 23o Dahle getting S34. Below will
be found the details Of the tourney to date:
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
CADETS ON WHEELS.
Bicycle Corps to BE Formed at the
University.

Next Wednesday, at noon, the university
cadets who possess wheels will meet on the
university campus and organize the bicycle
company. This is a great departure in the
military department at the university; in
fact very few such companies have been
organized in this country. Commandant II.
w. Leonhaeuser announced some time ago
that such a company would be organized
and the idea has met with such approval
from the students, and so many of them are
anxious to enlist with their wheels, that
Capt. Leonhaeuser has been forced to limit the
number of members to twenty-five for the
present at least. In receiving members also
preference will be given to upperclassmen
first aud then sophomores and, last of all,
to the freshmen. The rules and regulations
for the company have, moreover been made
very strict. so that all members will have to
toe the mark or go back into the regular
ranks and shoulder gun. Punctures and
disabled wheels will be no excuse from drill
and all absences on such accounts will have
to be made up with the regulars
The tactics to be employed for this bicycle
corps Will be as near as possible to the
standard United States tactics, but will
necessarily be somewhat unique. All men,
pers will have wheels of 60 gear to insure
uniformity and will be obliged to acquire the
pedal mount. With these regulations. and
suhcient practice, the maneuvers of the
company can be rendered as regular as clock
work. and will probably be one of the fea-
lures Of the battalion
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

themselves short a catcher. Accord
ingly, Ned Williamson went behind
the. bat to catch Mullane. The count
let loose all his speed, and was touched
'for only four hits. After the game
Arson wired the result to Spaulding:
We We're beaten by Akron; 6 to 4,
In a little while the answer came back
from the Chicago magnate: Where
in Halifax is AkronY News Of Null
lanes prowess soon informed all man
ayers where Akron was, and that is
how Tony became famous.
SENATOR CALLS FINGER.
Senator Call. of Florida, was MAX
ing an eloquent and impassioned ad-
dress upon the Cuban question few
days ago, and in gesticulating. his
right hand extended. he displayed an
index finger that looked as if it had
been telescoped by foul tip.
The senator received that finger
during the War-a stray bullet fixed
it for him." said man in the gallery.
Not on your life. He got that In
a skirmish on the ball field" retorted
rooter from Florida in an adjoining
seat.
The member from Florida is a great
lover of Uncle Sans game.
KID BALDWIN'S DOWNFALL
Poor Kid Baldwin is having his trou-
bles. Last night, in a misera BILE bed in
ten-cent lodging house on Gano alley,
the once great catcher rolled and tossed
In pain. For over year, due to bad
eyes, the poor fellow has not been able
to make a living at his chosen calling.
For the past year he has been in that
undesirable position known in the Ver-
nacular of the profession as ION the
bum" For some time he wandered
from place to place, doing the best he
could" and you may be sure that his
best" under the circumstances, was
on a par with the life of a CoXey hobo.
In his palmy days. as a ball player
places he had visited in palace cars and
stopped at the best hotels he afIerward
entered as a tramp. The trucks of
sleeper, the bumpers of a freight car
and the platform of a blind baggage"
have been his resting place on many
a journey. For the past eight months
he has lived, or rather existed, in this
city. Friends of his better days have
been glad to help him along with small
contributions. Some time ago Kid re-
ported that there was still a chance for
him. I'm to be the groundkeeper for
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
.he standing to dale :

The DAILY tournaments for New York Chit
cago ana Boston are now a certainty The
contestants Will be Ives, Schaefer and Gar
nier, Of Paris, France. They will rIay a
week in each. city, two games each at eighth
eeil-lnch balk line instead of fourteen-nc as
heretofore. Play will commence tomorrow
evening at Madison Square garden New
YORK. The opening game will be GARNER and
Schaefer. Ives will play on Tuesday It WIFI
be run on the same lines the great three-i
ctrnered tournament in Chicago was more
than ten years ago, when Vignaux. Schaefer
and Slosson were the stars 1t seems now as
If Slosson and Vignaux are OF the past ana
Ives and GARNER have taken their places,
while the little wizard is still in IT, The
Minneapolis correspondent of a st. Paul morn-
fng paper makes a bold and a very grave
charge against young Harrison in the dnaf
game at the West hotel tournament on Fridavi
night when he and Billiter the other scratch
man, contested the final game and Billiter
WoI 1t by the narrow margin of five. The
writer in question says Harrison deliberately
fell down to let Billiter win the game 70
show how silly this assertion, so boldly made.
is, it lis only necessary TO give the brief facts
as related by spectator at the contest him.,
self very prominent amateur. He says in
the last inning Harrison had 10 to 60 BiIliter
Is. On his inning Harrison made II and missG
ell his 18th by hairs breadth, when BjniteEi
took the balls and by series of lucky shots
got them rolling his way, running the game
out. Harrison nor any one else could not stop
him then. The winners average only !
about 6 with the run included. Harrison =
trouble lay in not keeping himself In practice
so that 1t would be impossible for any sick man
TO get more than 200 in a game of 300 points.
Harrison has never deliberately lost a game.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

the Columbus club, and If l can show
any form Tom Lotus is going to give
me chance to get in behind the bat"
said the player gleefully. For a few
days hopes of better things ahead caus-
ed him to spruce up. He went to some
pains, and once more took on a SEM
pIance OF the dapper little dresser he
USED TO be, when with the Reds. Then
there was a relapse. He fell back in
the old rut. The other day in attempt
ing to get out Of the road of cable car
he twisted his right ankle Last night
the injured leg was swollen up to twice
its natural size. His companion is KID
Thompson, the one armed colored prize
f1ghter. The latter is also an unfor-
tunate. He was once a promising pu-
glllst, and won number of notable
battles in this vicinity. In ATTEMPT
ing to board a train at Wilmineton
Del, to bum" his way to Philadelphia,
he missed his footing, fell on the track
ana one or his arms was cut off
Friends Of the unfortunate ball PLAYER
have tried to induce him to go to the
hospital and have his leg attended to
so far Kid has refused to follow their
advice. He has been able to limp around
several days, but the sore place in his
leg instead of getting better seems to
be growing worse.-Cincinnati Enouir
er.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin is authority for
the statement that President Vanderheck
is making strong bid for Newt Fisher. the
brilliant catcher of the Mobile team Of last
season, who wants to play with Detroit.
John Huston shortstop of the scron+o,
"a, club, has returned Dubuque's advance
money and signed with New Orleans Presi
dent Young has been notified that Duhunue
claims him. If Young does not get him the
olme museums will. A base ball player who
returns advance money at this time of the
year must stand on the same basis with
white crow.
Detroit wants Mobiles big first baseman
Lew whistler. 1t is said Mutrie wanted him
for New York once. W
Huien Is modest. unassuming chan and
a ball player all over. At present he has
a sore arm. SO no line can be had on his
throwing, but In every other department of
the game he is wonder-Philadelphia In
| quirer.
Jack Glassocck. with ST. Paul this wear
has been working in Pittsburg gymnasium
during greater portion of the winter He
claims to be far from back number
Watkins is telling the Hoosier cranks that
Dammon, who finished the season with the
Western league champions last year will
be second Chauncey Fisher this year.
Detroit is training at Nashville.
1t is claimed now that the reason Boston
did not win the pennant last season was be-
cause Mccarthy and Nash were at outs and
that there was clique to keep the young
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
WOODS IS UNBEATEN.
Progress of the Foley Amateur Bill
lard Tourney.

The local tournament at Foley's for 'short<
top amateurs is fast drawing to a clcse It
has been both interesting and instructive
from Its inception. Meetings for this class
Of players are an innovation and a good ono
from the fact that it is the best possible
school for any admirer of the gentleman's
game to graduate from. In fact, nearly all
the hrst-class amateurs of the day in America
are indebted to tournaments of this kind for
the splendid progress and ability they have
acquired. 1t is safe to. assert that one half
OF the gentlemen contesting in the present
series at Foley's will more than double that
playing straight within the year. Already
three OF them have surprised their friends IL
not themselves, with the frequent bursts of
speed they have displayed during the last
weeks play. Torrance's run of 81: Kent's If
~ and Aldrlch's two runs OF 26 in one game.
snow what there is in them. Woods is nor
large run getter. His forte is cushions
ana angles, which he so seldom misses that
ne makes his opponent tired. He has this
advantage so far, having won four straight
san1es' ana mas yet 10 meet two of the
strongest Aldrich and Kent, Below is a
table showing the standing tn date.