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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
THE CONFEDERATE REUNION.
Suggestion That the Limit be Extended
Camps Heard From.

Suggestion That the Limit be Extended.
Camps Heard From.
Joseph w. White, of Augusta, Ga,
who is an officer of Camp No. AIS, of
that city, was in the city yesterday, and
made arrangements to quarter at
Murphy's Hotel the members of that or
ganization who will be here on the oc-
casion Of the reunion. It Is probable
that this camp will BRING to Richmond
two hundred and fifty or three hundred
members.
Mr.. White is the travelling passenger
agent of the Georgia railroad. Inc
versation with o Dispatch reporter he
feared the short limit on railroad tickets
to Richmond for the reunion would have
the effect OF keeping many people from
distance from coming who would come
II they could remain longer. ut ia
very plain" said Mr.. White, ito see that
the veterans are coming to visit the old
bst.le6elds on which they fought. The
limit they have is not sufficient to
allow them to do SO. II the Southern
States Passenger Association will give
5 fifteen day limit all will be we'll and
many to accommodate az 1t will on the
short limit Of ten days which has been
given" Mr.. White Is an old Virgins
boy and has many friends here.
Captain Thomas Elicit yesterday re-
ceived information from Commander
Thomas P. Buford stating that the Will.
liam Watts Confederate Camp, of Ros-
noke, would attend the reunion seventy.
five strong. They will leave Roanoke
June 90, and arrive here OF p. m. that
day.
Now that it is known that the Blacks
busg cadets arc coming to the reunion,
the friends of the Virginia Military In
stitute boys are anxious to ace them
take their place in the parade also, and
march along with their rivals. There
are many Richmond boys at the Vir-
GINA Military Institute, and nothing
would please them better than that the
governor should order them to psrtici-
pate in the reunion exercises.-Rich-
! mond Dispatch.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
Attempt to Rob an N. and w. Train.

HUNTINGTON. w. Va, May 15.-A
crowd OF masked mon Assem- bled at 8
watering tank near Nolan, on the Nor.
folk and Western road last midnight to
rob the northbound express train. The
train crew were notified by wire ard
passed the tank at 8 high rate of speed.
The robbers attempted to stop the train
with Q red lRht.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
Mckinley in West virginia.

GRAFTON. W. Va, May 15-The Re.
publican nvention OF tho Second Con-
gressional district selected Newton w
Lynch and Thomas B. Gould as dele
gates to the St Louis convention, xnd
instructed them for Mckinley. The
resOlu lions favor gold etandard
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
Dollar Saving Paonla

WE have all the latest styles in fur
niture, carpets and queensware at our
new place. 103 Campbell avenue. unde-
National Business College. Our PRICES
suit the times. Goods all new and
bright. PERRY WILLIAMSON.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
New York Democratic Convention.

New YORK, May l5-The Democrats
State ommittee to-day selected Sara
toga as the place and Juno "a as the
date for holding the State convention
to elect delegates as large to the ma
tiODal ConYantion at Chinarn
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16

BRAGAssA &c MALONE. the enterpris-
Ing proprietors of the Crystal Spring
Cafe. will see thst you are politely
treated and eerved with everything in
first class style.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
Please Take Notica

ALL persons indebted 20 mo are
hereby respectfully requested 10 come
FORWARD and settle tneis cisims by
cash or note.
May, 1896. DIR. JOHN u. scorr
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16
STANDING OF TIE COUNTIES.

Tho standing of the counties of this
State on the financial question, accord
ing to the action of the Democratic
conventions in each to date,i as follows:
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16

FoR the best work-the Swiss Steam
Laundry, 333 Salem avenue west. Phone
272. tt
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16

CALL up phone 81 and order your Ice
cream for Sunday from Jones, corner
Henry street and Salem avenue.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-16

'Silver delegates elected but uninstructcd.
THE Cafe at Crystal Spring is run on
iyst-claes principle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

quarters of a mile long. Buoys with
flags upon them mark the start and
finish, and at distances of an eighth
of a mile apart mark out six lanes for
the boats, so there may be no interfeT-
ence by one crew with another. These
lanes are 100 feet wide at the start
ing line, and are $50 feet wide at the
ether end, where a turn must be made.
All of the races will be a mile and a
half with a turn, excepting those for
eight-oared crews, which will be a
mile and a half straightaway, on ac-
count of the difficulty of turning an
eight-oared boat. The turning races
let every one have a chance to see
both the start and the finish from the
same place, and obviate the use of
steamboats,, which are usually a source
of annoyance and danger.
The officers of the national associa-
ton are Charles Catlin, president
Julius D. Mahr, vice president; DR..
Conrad Berens, treasurer and Fred.
D. Fortmeyer, secretary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

lions Ill hotels. in public cOnveyanceS
and in pubic places of amusement on
account of our race and color. We are
denied fair trials, and in most cases
any trial at all, in the very courts
which are established for a fair trial
by jury of his peers of every one ac-
cused of crime, because of our race
and color. We are brutally mobbed,
lynched and even burned at the stake
amid the yells and jeers of a brutal
and savage mob, because of our race
and color"
j. H. Wolff, E. E. Brown and Rev.
w. H. Scott and the leading pro-
motors of the movement are in this
city. Mr.. Wolff believes that 800 del
egates will be present at the conven-
ton. About 1000 or 1000 are expect
ed from places outside of this state.
The movement" said Mr. Brown, is
OF vital importance to the colored mar.
The convention will discuss the posi-
ton that our race should take polit-
iCally and whether or not it is advis-
able to divide our vote or throw it
solidly for one party. There is little
doubt Of the outcome of the debate on
this question. .
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

Afternoon: Annual parade of the
League of American Wheelmen on the
Boulevard; watermelon feast or barbe-
cue at Fountain Ferry park. Evening:
OpenhOuse at the Iroquois club.
MISUNDERSTANDING: Trial heat for
races; runs to Jeffersontown, Middle
town, Mount Washington and Shelby
vile. Afternoon: Races. Evening:
Great manufacturers pageant: ball at
the auditorium.
Friday-Morning: Trial heat for
races; visits to the tobacco breaks.
Afternoon: Races. Evening: Steam
boat excursion for League of American
Wheelmen members only.
Saturday-Morning: Trial heat for
races. Afternoon: Races. Evening:
Louisville by gaslight; railroad excur-
sion to Mammoth cave.
Sunday-Start of tours to Frankfort
Lexington, Paris, Maysville, Bards-
town, Gethsemane Abbey PerryviIle
battlefield High bridge, Shakerstown
and Mammoth cave.
The great races at the Fountain
Ferry track in connection with the
meet are expected not only to draw
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

can compete, and in which prizes must
be medals struck from the official dies
o. the League Of American Wheelmen.
Should the question as to who is the
best man of the year be undecided at
the time of the national meet, an in
vitation race for professionals will be
added to the program, with cash prizes
amounting to possibly $500. If two
or three men should be so far in the
lead a match race between the three
leaders will be added The prize list
offered for the three days races will be
the best of the year. There will be
n:nety-four prizes in all, and the total
actual amount of money expended will
be $3.50, exclusive of the amount to
be put up for the invitation or match
race. Of this amount $3.50 goes to
the professionals and $500 to amateurs.
The cost of the medals to be given in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. 1.-THE
twenty-fourth annual regatta of the
national Association of Oarsmen will
be held at Saratoga lake August II and
Is. feature will be the ball given by
the citizens in convention hall to the
officials and oarsmen August Is. The
list of events includes inter
mediate double scull shells, senior
double scull shells, senior pair-oared
shells, intermediate four-oared shells,
intermediate eight-oared shells and
senior eight-oared shells. The dis
tance is one and one-half miles, with
one turn, except for the international
senior four and intermediate and
senior eight races, which are the
same distance straight away
The regatta committee is composed
of Robert H. Pelton of New York,
chairman; George w. Statzell, Phila-
delphia; James R. Doyle, Boston; Will
liam L. Jupp, Detroit, and Fred :.
Fortmeyer. Newark. The National as
sociation proposes to make Saratoga
lake a permanent course at it's an
nual meeting. 1t is accessible to oars
men in all parts of the United States
and Canada
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

sional; half-mile, state championship,
amateur; two-mile, national champion
ship, professional.
Second day-Quarter-m mile, national
championship professionally; one-mile,
state championship amateur; one-mile
tandem, professional; twO-mile open,
amateur; one-mile, national champion
ship professional; two-thirds-milc
open professional; five-mile, state
championship, amateur.
Third day-One-mile handicap, anna
teur; half-mile, national championship,
professional; twO-mile state champion
ship, amateur; two-mile handicap, pro-
fes1ional; one-mile, 2:30 class amateur;
one-mile open professional; one-mile
amateur five-mile, national champion
ship professional.
Fountain Ferry track, on which the
national meet races will be run, is one
of the greatest bicycle tracks in the
world. The surface is of cement, as
smooth as it can possibly be made,
and the corners are banked, SO as to
allow a speed of :35 for the mile with
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13
A PETRIFIED MAN.
Remains Found on a Farm Near Mar
lnette, Wis.

Marinette, Wis, Aug. 1.-THE petri-
fed remains of a human being we're
found by Van Gillette, a hotel keeper
of this city, while working on ks farm
seven miles from here. The remains
are in a remarkably good state of pres
ervation from the head to the feet. The
man is five feet ten inches in height
and the formation of his cheek bones
shows that he was not an Indian. The
discovery has aroused great interest
and crowds besieged Chillette's place
of business to see the curiosity. He
has already beer offered $500 fer it. A
hole in his breast looks as though Il
might be bullet wound and a rent in
the skin near the neck looks like a
knife stab.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

Washington, Aug. 11.-Major Dun
woodie, the weather forecaster.
scanned the heavens last night in vain
for a prospect Of relief from the torrid
heat under which the country has been
sweltering the past week. 1t was
slightly cooler in the Ohio valley and
the lower lake region was given a
slight breathing spell by thunder
storms. The temperature had also
fallen slightly in the Mississippi valley,
the mercury yesterday registering but
go as against SO at St. Louis and Chi
cago Sunday. But out on the prairies
of Nebraska and Kansas and to the
southwark along the gulf states ku-
mainly struggled to exist at 100 de-
grees The Atlantic coast as far as
Boston showed very high temper
allure. At the latter place it was SO,
which was also the maximum at Allan
tic City. Many prostrations are re-
ported from all the larger cities in The
west and southwest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13
THEY WILL USE LESS WATER.
Neenah and Menasha Mill Owners
Reach and Agreement.

Menasha, Wis, Aug. flowing to
the decrease Of water in Lake WEne-
bago the mill owners of Neanah ard
Menasha have mutually agreed to re-
duce the amount of water used. The
mill owners of Menasha will reduce the
amount of water to 50,194 cubic feet
and Neenah men will reduce their
amount to 50,244, cubic feet per min
ute. The different appointments of
water power was agreed on at re-
cent meeting Of the Water Power com
pany. A voluntary agreement was
made to red ice the amount of water to
be consumed to 100000 cubic feet per
minute for Neenah and Menasha. The
order went into effect yesterday morn
ing. re water is now over four inches
below the crest of the Menasha dam.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

out danger of slipping. 1t is the Only
track in the world on which a quad
danger, this having been demonstrated
by the teams that placed John S.
Johnson and Mike Dirnberger in their
record trials. The training quarters
and dressing-rooms are under the
grardstand, thus doing away with the
Objectionable tents generally used. The
location of the track is ideal. Within
fifty yards is beautiful park, where
IS located an excellent hotel. Here
'acing men can always find accOmmo-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13
CHICAGO MARKETS.

Chicago, August 11.-Wheat: August,
56Ac; September, SIC, Corn: August
2338c; September, 237sc. Oats: August
1850; September, 16kc. Rye: 291ac
Barley: Nothing doing. Flax: 7015c.
Timothy: $40. Glover: 760. Pork;
August 6.5218; September, 6.571a
Lard, August, 3.171a; September, 3.2O
@3.2212. Ribs: August, 3.35; Septem-
Der, 3.25@3.371a, Hogs: Receipts, 80,
600; market 5@10c lower, light, 5000
3.35; mixed, 2.S503 .25; heavy, 2.650
3.15. Cattle: Receipts. 1000; market
for good natives steady; others weak
to 10c lower; beeves, 3 2O04 80; COWS,
l 1904. 90; Texans, 2.50@3.15; stock
ers and feeders, 2.6O@3. 20; westerns;
2.7503.75 Sheep: Receipts, 10000;
market strong.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13
NEGRO IN POLITICS.
CoIored Brethren to Hold a National
Convention at Boston.

Boston, Aug. 1.-THE National
Racial convention will meet here to-
morrow. This body will be composed
entirely of cOlored men who are seek
ing to WELD an organized political
power for the betterment of their race.
This convention is called by the Mass
achusetts Racial Protective associa-
ton, and political party affiliations, it
is said, cut no figure The objects of
the Massachusetts association are prac-
tically sought by the National cOnven-
ton. Here is how the bay state de-
clares itself:
THE end and aim of the Massachu-
setts Racial Protective association is
to protect and subserve the rights and
interests OF the negro race in America
against the discrimination and out
Gages OF a prejudiced and ignorant mi
nOrity, which more and more Offers OPP
position to the races advancement
We are denied equal chances and OPP
portunities with others in the indus
trial, in tn" political and in all other
walks of life which are regarded as
the rightful inheritance of any and
all citizens, because of our race and
color. We are denied accommoda-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13
WILL NOT SUPPORT BRYAN.
Formal Action Taken by the People
Party at Sheboygan.

Sheboygan, Wis, Aug. 1.-THE peo-
pies party of Sheboygan county has
formally decided not to support Bryan
and Watson and will not vote at all On
the presidential ticket. A state ticket
is favored. The populist meeting Sun
day evening was attended by more than
500 and was addressed by DR.. Knopp-
fragel, a resident Of New York, who
endeavored to persuade hiR hearers
to endorse the national ticket, but they
refused to do so.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

;.-'"l> n he track is exactly -four
T. 1.'':' the center of Louisville and
n-e, n" cached by a trolley-car line
| or over two excellent streets by
bicycle. The track will be Illuminated
with electricity, SO that postponed day
events can be run off at night. The
referee of the races will be Chairman
George Gideon, of the racing board
the starter, Charles P Root. and the
clerk of the course F. J. Wagner.
The annual parade, for years a
Wretched struggle of the undisciplined
will be left off the program. In it's
stead there will be a parade of uni
formed clubs, we'll drilled and well
dressed, no club having fewer than ten
members present in uniform being ner-
mltted to enter the procession. Hand
some prizes will be offered for the club
having the largest number Of riders in
line, the best uniformed club and the
best drilled club.
A number Of big organizations have
prepared to come to the meet. The
Illinois c. c., of Chicago, will be hand
somely uniformed, and it will come
determined to outshine anything at the
meet. The '96 Meet club of Denver
will be here strong The Denver go
Meet club went clear across the CONT
nent TO Asbury park last July, and
took first prize for the largest and best
appearing turnout in the parade. The
prize banner hangs in a prominent
place in the Denver Wheel club house.
and inspires the members to even
greater things this year. It is the in
tentlon to have even larger delega-
ton II Louisville, and to paint Den
ver' across the breadth of this city in
even more lurid letters than those in
scribed along the beach between Long
Branch and Asbury park last summer.
Among interesting side events will
be a reunion of veterans of the L. A.
W., suggestion Of Secretary Abbott
Bassett, Endorsed by President Sterling
Elliott. One of the features of the re-
union will be a banquet. One must
nave been q member for ten years to
be veteran. A coasting contest and
trick competition for prizes, including
stars ike Kaufman and Black, are also
among the probabilities. 1t is hard to
outline exactly all that will be done, I
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 1.-THE heat
ed spell was broken late yesterday af-
ternoon by one of the most furious
storms that ever struck this city. The
wind reached the velocity of sixty-two
miles an hour. The lake outside the
harbor was covered with yachts prac-
ticing for today's regatta. The storm
was upon them almost before they had
time to prepare for it. Several boats
were capsized and many narrow es-
capes from drowning were reported.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13
BADGER BRIEFS.
Case of Suspected Murder Near Keno
sha-Other State News.

Henry Richardt, a cabinet maker,
aged SO, is in Jail at kenOsha under the
nominal charge of assault but really
because he is suspected of having muir
dered his wife. Mrs, Richardt has not
been seen since July 20. Her children
tell a vague story about their father
carting away a huge box that night.
1t is known the couple had a fierce
quarrel the afternoon before. Richardt
maintains that she has run away. lie
shows a note of farewell written upon
a slate, which he says was written by
his wife, but the authenticity OF which
is doubted. The prosecution is being
carried on by Mrs. Richards parents,
who are convinced that their daughter
has been murdered.
All the bricklayers and stone masOns
at work on the home for the feeble
minded at Chippewa Falls refused to
work until they received the wages due
them for the past month.
Thomas Austin, a few days since,
was sentenced at Evansville to fifteen
days in Jail by Police Justice w. r.
Phillips, on account Of an assault COM
mitted on DR.. George F. Spencer. Some
of Austin's friends, thinking the pun
ishment excessive, circulated a peti-
ton, which was largely signed, asking
that the governor pardon Austin. JUS
tice Phillips signed the petition and
then rendered his resignation.
The Waupaca Granite works will be
started in a short time with twenty
five stonecutters This quarry has
been idle for several years but there
now seems 10 be fair prospect of its
being run continuously.
Rev. R. S Hayward died at his home
in Waupaca in his nth year. He had
been a member of the Wisconsin con
ference for more than forty years.
Eddie Berringer, aged Il, of Apple
ton. was drowned at the Willows, a
camping post near Menasha while
bathing.
William Carson and Byron A. But
fington of Eau Claire intend taking an
interest in the development of the
mineral deposits at Big Falls, Eau
Claire county, and in a few days a com
pany of capitalists will be formed for
the purpose of putting in suitable ma
chinery.
Fred Bliven, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Silas Bliyen of Edgerton, while scuf-
fling with a roommate in Chicago over
a cane, fell and broke his neck. He
was Il years old.
David Thorn was nominated by &C
clamation for school superintendent in
the second district OF Rock county to
succeed himself.
The largest crop Of rye ever harry
ested in the vicinity of Rio was grown
on the farm of L. H. Doyle, in the town
of SpringvaIe, four miles from town,
thirty acres yielding $50 bushels.
At Green Bay John Powels, an
Oneida Indian, was bound over to ap-
pear at Milwaukee to answer to the
charge of assaulting his wife with in
tent to kill her.
Blight has affected many fields of po-
tatoes near Waupaca, and what prom
ised to be the best crop in many places
is nearly ruined. 1t is estimated that
nearly one-half are injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

James A. Peterson has been nom
mated by the republicans at Minneapo-
lis for district attorney of Hennepin
county. He is a Wisconsin boy, having
come from Alderly, Dodge county. He
was graduated from the Wisconsin uni
versity in 1884 and was an able student
and a great debater. One of his class
mates was Miss Marie Dahle of Perry
Dane county, who now presides over
his happy home in the flour city. For
several years past Mr. Peterson has
been the first assistant to the county
attorney. The latter's salary is about
$4,000 a year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

as wneelmen are spontaneous lot of
people, and, like their tires, are liable
to burst out at any time. Il seems to
be pretty we'll settled that there will be
a gigantic trolley party. using $50 cars
in one long train.
Since the organization CT the L. A.
W. annual meets have been held as fol-
lows: 1880, Newport, R. l., attendance,
400; 1881, Boston. 1000; 1882, Chicago.
$500; 1883, New York, 2,100; 1854,
Washington, $500; 1885, Buffalo, 5000;
1886, Boston, 5000; 1887, St. Louis,
5000; 1888. Baltimore, $500; 1889,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-13

Louisville, Aug. 9.-The national
meet of the League of American
Wheelmen will take up the whole of
this week. The following is the pro-
gram:
Monday Morning: Registering Wis
itors and issuing credentials (this de-
partment will be open all week.. At
ternoon: Visit to Fountain Ferry track
Evening: Smoker" at Fountain Ferry
track; picnic, possibly, at Phoenix Hill
Park.
Tuesday-Morning: Runs about the
city to the parks and to the knobs
back of New Albany; century runs to
Frankfort, etc. Afternoon: Visits to
the stock farms and other points of
interest near the city. Evening: An
other smoker ="
Wednesday, Morning: Kentucky di-
vision business meeting at Jacob park