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The sun., 1897-12-16

IGNORANT COMMENTS ON THE DEFALCATIoN.
Ir is reported from: Dover that Mr.. Harry A. Rich.
ardson president of the First National Bank OF that
town, which recently suffered loss of $1o6, 900
through the defacation of its paying teller, William
N. Boggs, has denied the recent newspaper reports
that Boggs was to come back of his own volton and
tell sensational story of his crime. Mr. Richard
son. according to dispatch from Dover said: C" feel
sure that William N. Boggs will be back soon. But
he will be brought back 1t is but question of tme
for he cannot evade us much longer. In the mean
time every effort is being made to get at the bottom
of this matter We want Bosgs and the men whom
we believe were connected with him. We can give
particulars now, but when investigation is
ended and we secure the information which we seek
both Boggs and those connected with him will be
brought to the bar of justice to answer the CHARGE
There is no doubt that the officers of the institution
are fully justified in declining to make public at this
time the details of their movements for the capture
and punishment of the defaulting teller and mea1-
while, the many sensational reports which irrespon-
sbe and uniformed papers may choose to print about
the affair should be accepted with the most liberal
allowance. For Of these papers are certainly ac-
tuated by malicious or partisan motives, and all of
them are more or less ignorant about the affair and
matters connected with it. This feature Of ignoraaGG
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23
MR.. RUST GETS A LETTER.
Delayed because Addressed to Him Under
His Chemical Name.

Delayed because Addressed to Him Under
His Chemical Name
AS curious a letter as has been re-.
ceivcd i'll Kansas City for many months
resched the postoffice recently, and after
a great display Of learning on the mart
OF some OF the clerks it was finally de.
liyered to the man for whom it was in
tended. The distributing clerk who first
got hold of the letter looked at f. in
despair. 1t was plainly evident that the
writer of tho letter had been BURNING
the midnight oil in an attempt to baffie
the postoffice force,
The first line contained the letters
u. S. FE2O3-" Tho letters were plain
enough, but what did they mean? The
next line began with large A, then
there was carefully executed drawing
OF what had the appearance Of bar.
ber's comb, then small q, aud finally
representation of house, drawn nv
one whose early education had been sad
ly neglected.
What should have been the third limo
OF the address was In the shape of a
more or less accurate map of Kansas
CITY, showing the junction Of the streets
IN that Vicinity. The last line was an
other map, showing the boundaries of
the state of Missouri.
1t was plain enough that the letter
was for some one who lived in the state
of Missouri and in Kansas City. It did
not take II great stretch of imagination
to discover that the comb and the sketch
of a house had somo Vague reference to
tho Acoma building. So far it was easy
sailing, but who was the mysterious 81.
S. FE2O3?''
After puzzling his brain for long
time, without any good result, the clerl,
took the letter to Night Clerk Garfield,
who is supposed to be able to guess ali
sorts Of conundrums.
II can tell you Il part Of it." said he.
II can tell you that 'FE2O3' are the
chemical symbols for ferrio oxide. Now
If you can find out who he is you are all
right
Still the distributing clerk was unable
to solve the question. He went about
asking every one what he knew about
ferric oxide. He finally encountered one
man who was more Of chemist than
tho others, and he impaired to him the
information that ferric oxide in common
parlance is called trust"
That is how J. S. Rust received the
letter over which his friend in Concep-
tion. Mo-, hail spent so much time.
Kansas City Times
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23
FOR SALE BY
VAN LEAR BROS, Pharmacists,
Salem Ave and Jefferson ST..
Roanoke, Va.
FOR SALE BY
THERE IS NOTHING so GOOD.

There is nothing just as good as Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, so demand it and do
not permit the dealer to sell you some
substitute. He will not claim there is
anything better, bnt in order to make
more profit he may claim something else
to be Just as good. You want DIR. Kings
New Discovery because you know it 10 be
safe and reliable and guaranteed to do
good or money refunded~ ..For Coughs,
Colds Consumption and for all affections
Of Throat, Chest and Lungs there is moth
ing so good as is DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry. Trial bottles free at Massie's Phar-
macy, 100 Jefferson street. e.s 81
Regular size so cents and Sl.00. - 81
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23
HOBBS
SpaIagus Kidney Pills Are on
the Tidal Wave Of Popular
ilyin Roanoke.
The Sale of Them Continues
Enormous and Unprec.
edented.
SALES INCREASING DAILY.
Retail Druggists Scarcely Able
to Keep Enough of Them
in Stock.

The retail drug trade bf this city report
the demand for Tr. Hobbs, sparagus
Kidney, Pills as being simply enormous.
Not only Is this demand large in Roam
oke, but it applies as well to all towns
surrounding us. Everywhere DIR. Hobbs
Spora0us Kidney Pills seem to be in gen.
eral demand.
The medical fraternity look on with
wonder at the cures daily made by this
remedy, A physician was recently over.
heard to say: 81 have never lin my life
had faith in ANYTHING advertised as a
medicine until recently, but must con.
fess that l really do believe that DR..
Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills are a rem.
edy of great worth. got u sample box
of these pills and used them In my prac.
tice Several of my patients have been
using them, and have experienced great
change for the BETTER
The physician who made this remark
has little idea that it would ever appear
in print. AT all events, he deserves
great credit for frankness and honest
confession.
Any physician who is honest should
prescibe for his patients that which will
do the most good.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23

Bishop Turner, OF the African Metho-
dist Church of Georgia, is condemned
among the staunchest advocates of Re-
publicanism for advising the members Of
his race to use their guns upon the white
lynchers of the.South. The New York
Mail and Express, which is nothing il
not Republican, rebulles the belligerent
Bishop as follows: we are bound to as
sumo that Bishop Turner, of the African
M. e. Church OF Georgia, is an intelligent
and law abiding citizen, and that vely
obligation makes it difficult to under
stand how he can consistently incite the
colorcd people Of the South to form mobs
to punish the barDarous crime of lynch
ing. Bishop Turner's Indignation against
the lawless execution Of men charged
with crime is altogether just and excusa.
BILE. Good citizens everywhere feel just rs
he does about it. But two wrongs never
made right; one form of lawlessness
cannot be cured Ey another of the same
same character, an to urge the people
to rise in armed revolt against the lynch
ers is both unwise and un. Christian.
Bishop Turner is n bad adviser when he
incites his followers to trample upon law
and justice to avenge the wrongs of their
race.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23
q Mirecle. a Remarkable Cure
of Oropsy After Five Years
of gony.
90 Fonda ST., Williamsport. Pa.
March T 1870

90 Fonda ST., williamsport, Pa.
March Z, 1896
Hobbs Remedy Co, Chicago:
Gentlemen Some five years ago my
wife, Mrs. Chas. Fl. Hall, now 50 years
of age, was taken with dropsy and heart
trouble, growing worse from month to
month. Two years ago she was so sick
that she was compelled to stop work of
every kind. The best physicians i'm this
city were secured. but she grew worse so
rapidly that year ago they said nothing
| more could be done for her, as death
was liable to come at any time.
| AT this time she measured ten feet
| around the waist, and weighed over 800
pounds. Owing to her heart trouble the
doctors would not tap her, only to keep
her from bursting. These operations did
no good as they failed to get "a drop of
water from, her, claiming that it was in
sacks all over her body, and they couldn't
reach it. For four months she could
neither lie dowr or walk. The longest
sleep she had during that time was %
| minutes. The smallest cracker would
distress her so that she could hardly
breathe. yet she'Gare not TAXI stfmuIants.
Her suffering was so terrible hat she
prayed day and night for death to relieve
her from her miseries.
Her kidneys did not act more than one
gill in 4S hours, and then thick with
brown dust. Her bowels could only be
moved under the most wretched powerful
cathartics prescribed by the physician.
About this time / saw an advertisement
of DR.. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills in
the Williamsport Sun. determined to
try box. My wife objected to my spend
ing any more money on her, as she felt
that she was past help. However, she
tegan taking them at once The fourth
day they began TO do their work, when
she passed two gallons of water in tive n
ty,four hours. l then got some of Dir.
Hobbs Little Liver Pills, and they did
their work equally as we'll After us
ing eight boxes of DR.. Hobbs sparagus
Kidney Pills she is reduced to her nor
NAL weight of about Ids pounds. She has
good appetite and is doing her own
work. People who knew how near she
was to deaths door pronounce her case
nothing less than miracle.
She iscertainly living monument to the
inestimable worth of DR.. Hobbs Spara-
gus Kidney Pills and Little Liver Pills.
/ am thankful to God and your valuable
medicines that my poor suffering wife can
live and be comfortable after the terrible
ordeal she has passed through the past
five years If you wish an affidavit of
these facts 1 am willing to give it.
Yours gratefully,
CHAS. Fl. HALL.
DR.. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills so
cents box or 6 for $3.50
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23

A we'll selected text is half of the SER
mon. Given good text and preacher
who is i'll earnest, and the result is sure
to be good. The text of this article is a
plain simple statement that proves itself
III the readers owii mind without arpu-
1nent. The text is GOOD health is bet
ter than great riches"
Without health nothing really matters
very much. A hacking cough takes all
the beauty out of q landscape or sunset.
Erysipelas or eczema will spoil the enjoy
ment OF sprghtly conversation, of beau
tlful concert, of wonderful painting.
Inc biggest bank account in the world
won't pay a imam &c. his health, But a
very Small amount Of Honey will h,oke
him healthy and keep him healthy.
=. Most all bodily troubles start in the
SigestIve or respiratory organs. It is
mere that Improper living first makes an
orcSS,i,ng for disease Tie development
differs as constitutions and tenpera1nents
differ. The causes are almost identical.
To get at the Toct of the matter is si,nyJa
enough il you start right
Dr. Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery
is q medicine for the whole body. II
works through the digestive organs ON
all the others.
1t cures the first thing it comes 20 ard
after that, the next. It puts health i'm
place of disease in the stomach, and from
the vantage ground thus gained, it
reaches every fiber Of the body and drives
disease before it = indigestion, liver
troubles, Kidney complaint, biliousness,
skin and acalp diseases, salt-rheu1n, letter,
eczema, and all the troubles caused BY
impure blood.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23

wards stricken from the bill by
unanimous consent, the House prac-
ticaiiy endorsed the statement. The
provision it seems was not in the
original house bill, but was put on by
the Senate and was agreed to by the House
conf,rees in the last hour of the last Con-
gress on the threat of the Senate confer
ees that unless it was put on the bill
would be killed. 1t is always the way.
Everything valuable in connection with
the public property of the United States
is gobbled up by the syndicates or trusts
unless occasionally some keer.eyed and
patriotic citizens by seeing through their
designs are able ut great expense of time
and ii ouble to til wart the efforts of the
land grabbers.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23

The proposition to throw open to set
Element certain property of the Uncom.
pahgre Indians in Utah caused Wig.
orous fight in the House on Saturday.
The land contains valuable gilsonite de-
posts and is desired by the asphalt trust.
The section was part of the Indian ap,
preparation bill and the advocates of the
measure hoped it would thus escape the
attention of the House. In this they were
mistaken, however, Messrs. Sayers, of
Texas, Maddox, of Georgia, and Cooper, of
Wisconsin, attacked the proposition
flercely, the first named gentleman de
nouncing it rs barefaccd robbery, md ms
the Objectionable section was after,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23
HE GOT HIS ANSWER.
But 1t Was Very Different From What
He Had Expected.

But 1t Was Very Different From What
He Had Expected.
As the train pulled out of Chicago q
quiet, gentlemnnly looking man entered
the buffet car, and, ensconcing himself
III comfortable chair, drew out long
cigar and entered deeply into his paper
He remained so quiet and retained his
seat so long that another passenger,
whose bearing distinctly stamped him
as commercial travelling man, one of
the kind full Of chatter and curiosity,
could no longer restrain himself. AID
dressing the quiet gentleman, he in
CURED. .Travelins east?''
Slowly removing his cigar, the gen.
tleman turned and looked at his qucs-
TONER with slightly elevated eyebrows,
replying, Yes"
New York;"
Eyes"
"Plcasure?'
Eyes and no."
Great place, New York. Ever been
there before?'
mo"
I'm going home this trip-New
York, You know"
The gentleman made no reply, but
resumed his paper. After little silence
the commercial man began again.
I'm with Q. &5. Co., on Broadway.
If you drop i'll, I'll show you over the
city"
"Thank you, it will not be neces-
sary''
Excuse me- but might I ask what
you're going to New York for?''
By this time most Of the other passen-
gers were interested. The gentleman,
who was extremely annoyed at the
drummer's curiosity, laid down his pa
per and exclaimed:
"I'm going to New York. first, be-
cause the train is taking mo there; sec
ond, because I've got lots of money and
can afford it, and, last, because if 1 like
the place intend to buy it"
The commercial man subsidized amid n
roar Of laughter. Philadelphia Times.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23
PHONES. business Office .I4s
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a The Austrian government claims that
the sinking OF Greek transport was
provoked by the Cretan insurgents, who
fired upon the Austrian gunboat. This
does not materially alter the situation.
however 1t seems to be the determine
tion Of the powers to hold the Greeks in
cheek and. il they resist, serious fighting
and a possible general European war oiey
be the result.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23

The first week of the extraordinary
session of the EiftE-srsstt Congress clos
ing ri sa Saccurday's session of the House
of Representatives, has made an extraor-
binary record. The tariff bill has been
reported and an order regulating it's dis
>cussion adopted -Four appropriation
bills which failed to hecorne laws in the
Fifty.fourth Congress necessary for the
prosecution of important parts of the pub
lie service, ying total of over seventy
two million dollars, have been passed
with the exception Of one paragraph, as
they were finally agreed upon by the last
House Two of these-the agricultural
and Indian were considered and dis
posed Of Saturday. The former, appropria
ting So, 1872, $50, was passed, as had been
the sundry civil and general deficiency
bills, on Friday, without change. The
time allowed for debate on this bill per-
mitted Mr. Champ Clark, Democrat, of
Missouri, to make a characteristic speech
upon the subject of the rules. He with
drew all previous criticisms of the Senate
and thanked God that it still remained a
deliberate assembly.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23
A TERRIBLE SOCIAL CONDITION.

Husband murder seems to have be
gary, SO nearly so, it is said in London
telegram, that If the attention of the
European world was not absorbed by the
Threatened march of great events, popular
interest would in a large measure be d.
rected to the Il stoundinR revelation.
which are being made in the criminal
courts of Franz Joseph's empire. In one
town dozen women are on''trial..for pois-
oning their husbands, and it is freely ad
mitted that theirs are only typical cases,
which illustrate what is almost national
custom i'll the country districts of that
region. Husband poisoning, twas coolly
announced in court, is a common calling,
and the public prosecutor declared that
he only proceeded. with the,few cases then
presented, because the culprits had con-
fessed and desired to break up the prac-
tice. The women, however, it seems, are
not the only members of the conjugal
pair who resort to this method to rid
themselves OF undesirable husbands; but
while the charges seem to have been
brought against them in more instances
than the men, the latter in number of
cases, have shown themselves equally will
ing to resort to poison rs the easiest and
most expeditions way of getting rid of
surplus female attachments.
a case in point was developed at trial
in Vienna, which ended on Friday last in
a sentence of death, and shows what an
important part arsenic plays in the do
nestle economy of the Inhabitants of
Syria. A peasant named Schmallefoer
became shortly after his marriage in 1851
the lover of II servant girl named Marie
Pensipp, with whose assistance he pois.
oned his wife by mixing arsenic in her
food. He married this woman, and when
her foster sister, la therina Millek, then
only fifteen years old, entered his SER
vice in 1913, he nj so murdered his second
wife. as he had done the first, by the
sprinkling of arsenic over pieces of meat
on her plate which were turned over while
she was away in order that she might
not see the powder on her return to the
table. Two children, girls of two and
three years, asked their mother for
more meat, and She gave it to them from
her own plate while the father was com
PEELED to sit by and see his children eat
poison, lest by interfering lie might be-
tray himself
The children recovered, but the mother
died, and suspicion having been aroused,
an examination of the body of the first
wife was made, when more arsenic was
discovered While the matter was being
discussed in court Il chemist, who had
been witness in the case, remarked
that all the village cemeteries in Syria
were full of arsenic.
The condition of the lower classes in
such country must be degrading in the
extreme, when to hide one horrible crime
another is necessary. In the United
States. as II rule, it is seldom resorted
to, the divorce courts in many States rem
dering murder All unnecessary adjunct
- the crime OF marital iniidelity. Here
one party or the other cnn in most cases
manage TO pay the lawyers aud other OK
penses, while many days and nights OF
anxiety at tie fear that the murder Will
be detected are avoided.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23
FROM CRIPPLE CREEK.

After the big fire in Cripple Greek
took a very severe cold and tried many
remedies without help, the cold only tc.
coming more settled. After using three
small bottles of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, both the cough and cold left
me, and in his high altitude it takes Il
meritorious cough remedy to do any
good.-G. b. Henderson, editor Daily
Advertiser. For sale by II. q. Barnes,
Gle Puts UP Prescrintions'
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23

Henry C...Payne, of Wisconsin, is one of
the few men in this country who does not
want offi"e. President Mckinley has
offered him foreign mission, giving
him choice of the appointment as Am
hassador TO Germany, minister to Rus-
STA or as minister either to Japan. Spain
or Belgium; but after consulting his wife
he decides that he would not accept any of
them, preferring to remain in Wisconsin,
where he is II power politically and has
an excellent chance to be elected United
States Senator to succeed Mr.. Mitchell,
the Democrat now representing that State.
AS this leaves the German ambassado rship
still at the disposal Of the President. it is
said that he will probably give it to Il
Pennsylvania, with the chances of Charlie
mango Tower, of Philadelphia, apparently
the best for the position. Southern Re-
publicans do not appear to he getting
many of the nice Republican plums in the
way of Federal appointments.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23
REBEKAH sANITARUM.

a Private Hospital for the Sick and for
Surgery, 121 Eighth Ave. S. w.
Trained nurses and hospital advan-
tages. Accommodations for both male
and female patients. Consultation hours
for patients and visitors from IL to 2
O'Clock p. IN.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23

Breakfast, % cents; dinner, % cents;
supper, 90 cents. Meal tickets, 81.
am using Armour Chicago meats, which
are the best. j. j. Catogni's restaurant
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-23

The Legislative council of the island of
Jamaica has promptly adopted resolu.
tions urging the negotiation of reel
procity treaty with the United States gov
of that island is likely to be followed
throughout the West Indies, as we'll as
among the countries of Central and South
America, the beneficial results of such
action towards the United States prom
Use to be of most substantial character.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-29

and other details are to be agreed
upon between the respective mana
gers.
The Rosettes defeated the Century
base ball club Sunday afternoon on
Filters grounds by a score of 10 to 8.
The Little Stars challenge the Tay-
lor Grays to a game of ball to be
played on the Stars grounds Saturday,
July 3, at p. m. We will meet you
at the end of Petersburg street car line.
S. Foster, manager.
The Central City Drug Clerks base
ball club will play the West Side Drug
gists' team Thursday afternoon at 2.S0
on James Boys grounds. O. S r..
Rogers.
The Trilby Juniors would like to play
any club in the city under 16 years Of
age, and they would like to play the
Eighth Street Reds on July 18th on our
grounds. Please answer through The
Tribune.
The Young Carnations, of the South
Side, would like to here from the
Eclipse of the same place for June 2S
on the Canhill grounds. p. Burke,
manager; c.. Whoffoyer, captain.
The Carnations would like to hear
from the Sunlight Juniors, of Taylor,
or July /, on the Cowhill grounds. II
you do not accept we will claim the
championship for clubs under 13 years
of age. p. Burke, manager; G. Whof-
fenyer, captain.
The No. s school team challenge the
Athletics for Thursday morning at 0
o'clock. VIII meet you at the end of
Linden street bridge. w. Snow cap
tain; Frank Hughes, manager.