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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-06
MONEY MARKET.

New York, April 5.-Money on call EASY
Ut 2al -4'per cent, last loan at l 10
aad closing at 1 1-2 per cent. Prime mer
camille paper ? per cent. Bar silver
vi I'D. Sterling exchange dull and easy
with actual business in. bankers bills at
49, 3.4a4, Sc for sixty days and 4. S7a4 81
/ 4 lor.demand. Posted rates 4. SO ]. Fad. SS.
Commercial bills 4.S4 ]. Pad So Ia. Gov
eminent bonds firm; State bonds dull;
railroad bonds firm. Silver at the board
was quiet.
CHICAGO.
Chicago, April 5.-The wheat market
to-day was weak, almost interruptedly
from the opening to the close. The news
was of such character to lampen the
arnor of the bulls and to impart courage
to the short seller. All European mar
kets were lower. The worlds shipments
were larger than they have recently been
and the visible supply dccrea sing only
moderately. Towards the close the weak
ness became more pronounced and final
quotations we've n'most at the inside for
the session. May wheat opened from
~ Sa69 j. sold between Sd I. 8a10 and
% Sa60 4, closing at 90 Id 1.4a1 8
under Saturday. Cash wheat was weak
and cent per bushcl lower
The weakness OF wheat as nm influence
on corn proved more potent than indie
pendent considerations. Light recejpts
were, of course, favorable to steady and
firm prices, but they were not effective as
an Offset to the surrounding depression.
May corn opened Mt 81 Sa2I1.4 and
advanced to "a 3-S, closing ut 241.4-1.Sa
Ia under Saturday. Cash corn was easy
and 4a1 &c per bushel lower.
There was II pretense OF steadiness In
oats. The light receipts and reported de-
layed seedlings were the active agents in
determining the tone May oats closed
from Saturday. Cash oats
were easy and &c per bushel lower.
The product market was In n pcnerolIv
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
Four Killed in BROOKLYN Fire

Brooklyn, April 29.-Four persons
lost their lives at fire at 1878 Third
avenue yesterday. The dead are Mrs.
John Newell, aged SS years, and her
two children, and Mrs. Celia Barnett.
The flames spread with great rapidity
through the building, completely cut
ting off the escape of the Newell fam
lily, which occupied the top floor. When
Mrs. Newell found the stairway burn
ing and the halls filled with smoke
she threw her children, Louis, aged 3.
and John, aged 5, from a window to the
street below where four men held a
blanket to receive them. The children
bounded from the blanket, and were
killed by falling on the sidewalk. Mrs.
Newell was afraid to attempt the leap,
and was later found suffocated in her
apartments. Mrs. Barnett reached the
street in safety, but ran back into the
burning building to secure some jew
elry. She was subsequently found in
an alcove room dead. The fire was in
cendiary.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
WANAMAKER,S.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 2s, 1881.

PHILADELPHIA Monday, April 26, 1887.
A Great RIGHT NOW, be-
I ;rau ca1a cause conditions
LieH 0esi0 favor it. Tariff
new OF old, linens will cost more
before snoW-time comes again
maybe long before. We gathered
very great stocks when days were
darkest, and find ourselves able to
make very interesting prices on
housekeeping linens. The selling
started last week. 1t will continue
until you have taken the lots at
command. Not a cents worth of
goods in this store is ever held for
speculation. Details follow.
The town is talking linens and
buying linens.
Even our recent low prices are
discounted in these new comers-
the final price-drop. as we believe,
that the linen markets will know
for years. The whole range of
housekeeping linens is included in
this spring movement.
Judge the stock as you would a
melon-take a plug from any part.
In Towel buying 25c hasn't done
such work. The picking is from
these lots
Huck Towels, hemstitched ends.
Damasl Towels, fringed or hemstitched.
Huck Towels, hemmed or with knotted
fringe.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
WAITING INTERVENTION
To Settle the Conflict Between
Turkey and Greece.
KING GEORGES DECLARATION

ssNVhat l Desire Is That Not Drop
of Blood Shall Be Shed on My Ac-
count''-Edhem Pasha Invites the
Greeks to Return to Larissa.
st. Johns, N. f., April 29. Anxiety
is felt at st. Pierre as to the condition
of the four survivors Of the wrecked
French brigantine valiant, which
struck an iceberg on the Grand Banks
on the night of April IA and foundered
almost Immediately. Three of them are
in comatose condition, and it is feared
that only one will survive. This is the
man who was able to tell of their suf-
ferings.
Their physical and mental sufferings
are terrible. 1t was found necessary
to am9utate the arms and feet of
three. Their ears and noses were
shockingly frozen, and the flesh pre-
sents a CHASTITY and leprouslike ap-
pearance. AS if this was not wretch
edness enough, their reason is tenn
porarily, if not permanently. gone. As
they lie in their cots they rave in dis
tracted recollection of their awful ex-
-
perienee.
1t is scarcely possible to get any
definite notion of the incidents of the
disaster, but it seems from what can
be snatched from their incoherent
cries and rawlings that four dories were
overturned at the moment of the
wreck. Two of the men on board the
rescued dory were taken from the water
almost drowned These were the first
two to perish. The third who died
was a young fellow about Is. He
made a stubborn fight for life.
Four boats are known to have got
safely away from the ship, but the
captains boat was the only one after
ward seen by the occupants of the res
cued dory.
The intense cold made it almost i'm
possible for them to do anything in
the way of navigating the dory, and
they were compelled to drift hopelessly.
The most horrifying incident of the
experience was the cannibalism to
which they were driven by the resist
less pangs of hunger. The dead body
which they used for food was frozen
so stiff that they were scarcely able to
hack off the flesh with their knives.
For two days the lives of the sur
vivors were sustained in this way.
Every effort is being made to rescue
the occupants of the four missing boats,
if it should have been their good for
tune to have survived. Outgoing ves-
sells viii make a close search of the
waters north and south of ST. Johns,
but there is little hope of further res
cues, and it is likely that 65 lives have
been lost.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
The Bankrupt Bill Passed

In the Senate, on Thursday, the bank.
ruptcy bill was taken up under an agree
ment to take a vote on the substitute of.
fered ny Senator Nelson, when to the sur
prise of many Senators the substitute waf
adopted, and as thus amended the bill was
passed by vote of "a to %, thus placing
the amendment bill before the Senate as
the pending bankruptcy measure. 1t was
further amended by striking out the section
in regard to the operation of State insolvent
laws, and the bill was then placed upon its
final passage, and on a yea and nay vote
was passed, 49 to 8. The bill provides
that any debtor other than corporation
owing 5000 or more, who is unable to pay
his debts, may file his petition in the dis
trict Court of the United States for the dis
trict in which he resides, asking for dis
charge from his debts, and offering to sur
render all his property for the payment Of
his debts, except such as is exempt by the
law of his domicile from execution and
liability for debts. The petition shall be
heard by the Court iu not less than 80 mol
more than 80 days from the time that il
was filed. Preferences four months prior
to the filing OF the petition are null and
void, and transfers of property within SIX
months are void. After the settlement q
final decree is given discharging the bank
rupt from all his debts and liabilities, but
such discharge shall not include any debts
or obligations which shall have been in
Cured in consequence of his defalcation as
a public officer or as an executor, admins
traitor, guardian or trustee, or while acting
in any other fiduciary capacity, nor any
obligation to any surety of the bankrupt
who has paid or may pay any such fiduciary
debtor any part of it, nor any debt or obi.
CATION created by the obtaining of moneys
or property under false pretenses. Pro
visions is also made for involuntary bank.
ruptcy by which creditors to an amount oi
$500 or more may obtain distribution oi
the estate of the debtor, the accused person
being allowed jury to hear the case if he
desires it. The bill has not yet reached
the House.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29

omcers OF the CUBAN iegarlon ana tneir
families. AS Mr. Palma and party
ascended from the CortIandt street
pier to the cabin of the Sam Sloan the
band played the national anthem of
Cuba, while one of the ladies sang the
air, the passengers joining in the
chorus. Every stanchion and Flagstaff
was hung with the colors of Cuba
Libre. AS the Sloan steamed uD the
river the band played the national
air Of each country while passing its
representative or visiting warships.
When the Sloan reached the Spanish
men-of-war, Infanta Isabella and
Maria Theresa, the band struck up the
Cuban national war song. while the
passengers cried Cuba Libre.' The
officers of the Spanish vessel maintain
ed dignified silence.
While the surging crowds were still
seeking their homes an elaborate re-
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29


Grant family and invited guests, from
the Fifth Avenue hotel this morning.
The party left the hotel from three
different entrances at $3.50 o'clock.
Meantime the entire line of march had
been crowded with cheering thousands,
who were kept from crowding into the
streets by long lines of police. AS the
president passed through the multi
tude he was kept busy bowling right and
left in response to the cheers that
greeted his appearance, and Mrs.
Grant, the widow of the dead presi-
dent, was quite as enthusiastically
greeted.
Squadron A, Major Roe command
ing, had formed on Madison Square,
facing west, and acted as special escort
for the party, and details of veterans
were the special escort of Mrs. Grant.
At II o'clock exercises at the tomb
were begun, following this order: my
Country, 'Tis of Thee" prayer by Bish-
op j. P. Newman; hymn of thanks, "Old
Netherland Folksong;" address by the
president of the United States; "Star
Spangled Banner" Grafton by General
Horace Porter, president of the Grant
Monument association; acceptance of
the monument by Mayor Strong; Hal
lejuh Chorus from HandePs "Mes-
siah;" doxology. The doxology was
sung by the chorus, under Frank Dam
rosch, and the assemblage in the vicin-
ity of the monument was invited to
join.
General Porter's grafton in honor of
the hero seemed to impress the crowd
less than the sight of the palefaced,
bareheaded president, standing beside
the widow of the dead general, ex-
President Cleveland and the gray
headed statesmen and soldiers. 1t was
their presence rather than their words
that lent solemnity to the occasion.
Surrounded by his cabinet, his gen.
erals and his friends, President Nc
Kinley stood and reviewed the grand
rest military pageant ever seen in this
city. There were regular soldiers, reg
ular sailors, national guardsmen of the
sea and land forces, Grand Army vet
Grams, Confederate veterans and the
striplings who in the future may fight
as gallantly as their fathers did.
After the exercises the Peoples
Choral union and the Oratorio society
of New York sang the following selec-
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
The Use and Abuse of the whee

The Use and Abuse of the Wheel.
The bicycle is pretty generally regarded
not only as "a cheap and ready means Of
recreation, available by the masses of the
people, young and old, but as also a health
giving exercise especially to those whose
and to those threatened with nervous dis
orders or who are suffering therefrom. But
the wheel may, instead of proving the
blessing it ought to be and would be if
proper rules were observed in it's use,
promises to be injurious to many who dis
regard these rules. DR.. William Darnell,
in the April number of the Medical Brief,
discourses upon this subject and points out
two injurious results of improper bicycle
riding. One is the depressed handle-bar,
which operates to contract the chest and so
to prevent the expansion of the lungs which
should have the fullest play, and besides
to some extent interferes by the pressure
thus exerted with the action of the heart,
which becomes overworked The final
result, he point out, is condition of hyper
trophy, the most important organ of life is
weakened and untitled for duty and the
rider becomes round-shouldered, hollow
chested deformity The other injuries re-
ferred to are caused by the saddle, and are
also of a very serious character. The whole
region affected by the contact is permeated
by an inextricable mesh work of nervous
elements highly organized and very deli
cate and sensitive. If an improper saddle
is used, he urges -one with the pommel-
the cutaneous nerve terminals are con-
stantly irritated by the under friction,
which may in time develop into perma
nent disorder of delicate organs. He, there
fore. recommends the use Of only straight
handie-bars and the maintenance OF an up
right position while in the saddle, and that
the latter should be without pommel.
Natures laws cannot be violated, he says,
with impunity. A bad saddle, the forward
position in riding, overtaxing the strength
by long rides and an abuse of the wheel,
especially by women, will be followed, he
holds, BY untold suffering. 1t is time,"
ne concludes, that physicians should
study the question of the use and the
abuse Q! the bicycle so that timely word
OF warning may be given.n
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29

ception to President Mckinley was In
progress at the Union League club.
Scarcely hitch occurred in the
whole arrangements for this great
celebration, and the arrangements OF
the committee from early morning
until late at night met with complete
success. The brisk cold wind affected
those in the elevated vicinity of the
tomb more than it did those in more
sheltered and lower parts of the city
1t is estimated that fully a million
persons watched for hours the troops
that passed in review. 1t was such a
gorgeous sight that no dust, no wind
could kill the enthusiasm of the on
lockers, many of whom were compelled
to walk out in the early morning to
the park, and thousands of whom
came from distant cities.
When night fell and the greatest OF
military, naval and civic parades ever
seen here was at an end the city as
sumed a gala aspect. The streets were
full Of bright uniforms of all nations
while sightseers from every part
wandered from place to place and dis
cussed the wonders of the day.
Once in the history of the world be-
fore has such a ceremony been en-
acted over the reinterment of any great
man, this only other instance being
when the body of Napoleon was
brought back to Paris, when royalists
and republicans alike Joined in one
great triumphal pageant.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29

AS a specimen of the working of ths
Dingely schedules, Mr.. William L. Viii
son, in letter printed in Mondays New
York Herald, furnishes the following char
acteristic example,
On an importation OF $40 worth of goods
the buyer OF hroadcloth viii pay 20, 81
duty the buyer. of the cheviot will pay
1880 duty, and the man who is able tt
buy only the cotton wrap goods will pay
$500 duty under the Dingley bill. Under
The present law duty on the broadclott
would be So; on the cheviot and cotton
warp. $4 each that is to say, on an impor.
tation of $40 worth the duty on yard o.
broadcloth would be $1.53 the duty on 8
yard Of cheyiot, 25 cents on a yard o.
cotton warp, 18 cents. This monstrous
discrimination in taxing fine and cheaT
products under the Dingley bill is not mere
wantonness, contempt for the poor and
favortism for the prOsperous-it is "pro'
lection"
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
THE TRIBUTE TO GRANT.
The Most Remarkable Pageant in
the Nations History.
FULLY A MILLION SPECTATORS

view the Monster street Parade. In
Which There Were 53. 900 Marchers.
A Brilliant Naval Parade, in Which
Foreign warships Participated.
New York, April 2S.-Never before in
the history of the world and never
before in the history of the United
States, has such tribute been paid
to the noble dead as when yesterday.
with wondrous pageant by land and
sea. the nation dedicated the tomb
that now holds the body of its hero.
Ulysses S. Grant.
The first event of the dedication cer-
ernonies was the departure of the pres
identiaI party. with members of the
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29

The Sugar Trust has begun to Absorb
the best sugar factories. The trust controls
cane sugar and imported beet sugar, bu
it was thought there was some chance o
competition by the encouragement of 'tht
beet sugar industry. This, however, is MOI
to be. The trust is going for the beet sugar
factories just as the Standard did for tht
oil refneries. Nothing is impossible to $
combine SO powerful as the Sugar Trust
until the people determine to crush ou
monopolies. They can put an end to al
trusts when they will.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29

"Mr. Vests attack on the retroactive
clause in the tariff bill had an important
result" says the New York Evening Post
He was notified that if he would only
stop debating the matter, the Republican
members of the Senate Finance Committee
would either find way TO strike it out
or pave the way for its being stricken oul
in conference There are dozens Of
other things in this tariff which threaten
business SO seriously that they will moi
bear discussion, and if those threatened
would make themselves heard, they might
very likely score other victories like tba
secured by Mr.. Vest"
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29

Jersey City News The Republican Leg
islators were SO busy playing politics in
the last days of the session that the bill to
make the 9th legal holiday was lost in
the shuttle 1t shows how much regard
the G. o. P. politicians of the present day
haye for the heroic figures OF their party Is
early history.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
Kentuckv,s New Senator,

Frankfort, KY, April Ex-Governor
Bradley has written out the certificate
of election for Hon. w. J. Deboe, of
Crittenden couny, as junior senator
from Kentucky, to succeed Hon. J. c..
S. Blackburn, whose term expired
March A. Senatar Deboe will be in his
seat in the senate on Monday next.
Deboe, who was nominated by the Re-
publicans after DIR. Hunters retire.
ment, was elected on the 112th ballot.
He has held only the office of state
senator heretofore.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29

Vice-President Thomas A. Hendricks
said that the late William s. Holman was
worth $25,0OO,O0O year to the people Of
the United States as long as he stayed in
Congress Such men as the watch dog OF
the Treasury" were never more needed
than now, when poverty prevails among
the people and extravaganza runs riot in
Washington He was genuine Democrat,
considering frugality in public expenditures
essential to national prosperity.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
TaIk of q Greek Republic.

London, April 28.-A dispatch from
Athens says: Popular feeling points
to a revolution in favor of a republic.
The citizens are greatly excited at the
revelations made by former Minister
Ralli as to the conduct of the cam
paign. Yesterday large meetings were
held in Constitution Square and other
places of public resort, and fiery har-
angues were delivered by well known
orators in denunciation of "those who
would betray Greece" The fall of the
ministry is regarded as certain.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
CIo4b;ro AWAY back in 1869
we started a cloth
lO=lIICdSuIG = inu hnIIse at Q1Q

Clo4E,;nn AWAY back in 1869
tO-ineasure ing house at 81s-
800 Chestnut street, where. men
were given the perfection of cloth
ing. The store had a two-fold mis-
sion-to make clothes to order and
to prove that ready made clothes
could be fine and faultless in fit.
The organization of cutters and de-
signers and tailors was kept at top
notch. We had but one limit-per-
lection. And the clothing from 91S-
800 Chestnut street was distin-
guished looking-was right.
Well, we have brought the whole
business here, since the new store
year-cutters, tailors, managers,
order books, measures and all. We
believe we can serve particular men
better than ever. A man who ism t
particular does not help a clothing
store much.
The spring suit? Is it readya
$40 for a satisfactory business
suit and the fewest possible dollars
more for the dresSier clothes.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29

According to the testimony of three ex-
perts who have measured the new stone
roads in Mercer county, the Freeholders
have paid over $4,000 to contractors in
excess of what was honestly earned. Win
these thieves up in Mercer pay the same
penalty that Warren county thieves paid a
few years ago? And will Republicans in
sist that the same even handed, exact JUS
tice be meeted out to Republican plumbers
ofsthe public purse that they invariably
and rightly insist shall be meeted out to
thieves who are elected to Office by Demo-
cratic ballot Time will tell.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
TOWELS
corsa4s YOUR dressmaker is
SOA oNS Wonderfully helpad il

Corsets YOUR dressmaker is
SoioelS wonderfully helped if
you help by getting the CORSET
right. The Lillian Corset is per
fection-but you could 90 wrong
even in buying the Lillian. That is
why we carry eleven models of it.
That's why we ask you to freely use
the advantages of our fitting rooms
and the services of the expert peo-
pie we have here to serve you.
Lillian elegance! Corsets of silk and satin,
tricked off with laces and ribbons. Boned
with real whalebone. These finest Cor
sets in sizes from IS to 24 Prices $40
to 500.
Lillian Corset for bicycle riders; sizes Is
to 26, at S1.75.
Lillian Corsets, coutil; medium length
corded bust; heavily bened. So.
Lillian Corsets of fine black Sateen; extra
long waist; boned bust; gored at hips
and bust; real whalebone. Sizes Is to
to 25 Price S525.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29
Fortx-one killed by Hallstones

St. Louis. April pa special from
San Luis Potosi, Mexico, says: The
Rio Verde valley, in this state, has
been visited by terrific hailstorm,
which not only ruined the growing
crops, but caused great loss of life.
Reports have been received here of
the killing of Al persons by hailstones.
On one hacienda alone II farmhands
were killed. Some of the hailstones
weighed over three pounds.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29

The recount Of the tie on member of the
Board of Public Works in Newark, gave
the Democrat majority. It's remarkable
with what regularity recount increases
the Democratic vote
Gloucester County Democrat., 1897-04-29

The Newark Gail says that out of nearly
300 newspapers published in New jersey
not more than a score are paying invest
mants. The Call is probably one of the
paying score. We congratulate i.