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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-12
Didn't Work.

Two men called, and the calm lady in
the freshly stnrched house wrapper showed
them into the parlor. Ono was u man
with narrow eyes, who did tho talking,
and tho other listened
Calm yourself, madam" said tho man
with narrow eyes. "rhere has been an
accident on tho X, Y. and u. Your hus-
band was on the train. 1 am an attorney
at-law and have called in behalf of the
railroad company to SEQ if tho matter can
not be satisfactorily adjusted without a
suit. had the honor to know your hus-
band He was kind, faithful, II good pro
wider and model man in every respect
believo.",
Tho man who did the listening listened
You aroa lawyer, l believe you suidf"
remarked tho calm lady.
Yes, madam, nnd''-
And you knew my husbund?"
Very we'll p
Sometimes attended to his law bust
ness, didn't you?''
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. I-er"-
II thought So" said the calm lady
And If you will take the trouble to read
over the papers in my suit for divorce once
moro you will again observe that ho is still
the same old worthless, drunken, shiftless
thrilling nobody. Still. l am glad he wasn't
hurt SO badly in tho accident you speak of
that no can work up schomos as usual for
his side of the case. Nice day. ism 1T it."
New York World.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-12
YOUNG GIRLS.
How to Clothe Them uenlthfully and
Comfortably.
JUDO CHOLLET.


Comfortably.
The costuming OF girls from 12 to Is
years old is nearly always n difficult mat
ter. There are comparatively few who cs-
cape the awkwardncss OF the awkward
age, when they are leaving the domain of
childhood and are yet not young ladies, in
th" social sense of the term. a girl who
is exceptionally small, slender or graceful
is of no trouble to herself or her friends,
but tho average girl Is all angles md joints
during the transitory time and drives her
mother and d!essmaker to desperation by
her unadaptability. Growing tall before
she fills out, she Is all long, straight lines
and docs not know how to manage her
suddenly acquired height, especially us she
usually retains her tastes for childish
amuscmcnts and untrammclctl movement
1t is highly undesirable to clothe n
young girl in rich materials, us they be-
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-12

glvon run pny. Inc guard IS called out,
and, turning on the hot water hose pipes
which arc kept ready for any emergency,
soon COWS the combatants. The ringleader
is placed in irons and put on dry bread
and water for l. days. Tho Tartar is car
ried, more dead than alive, to the hospital
and tho rest, guilty and innocent alike
arc Kept in Chains and shackles for the
rest OF tho voyuge.-London Mail
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-12
And you knew my husband?"
--.---------------
M Mead tn Ery

Don't cry, Buster, said Jimmieboy
after the catastrophe. Napoleon didn't
cry every time his brother hit him acct
dentally Oh the eye
II know that, retortcd Buster INA.
polcon did all the hittin OH the eye his
self. '-Harpcr's Bazaar
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-12

The sweet
sssss,SS&S~ ness of the
SA first embrace
m with the wo-
man of his choice
will always linger in
a mans mind. 1t is
"a pity that the sweet
memory should ever
be poisoned by the
faint of ill-liealth and
consequent untlappi-
ness. 1t is sad that
TIE flower of a happy
remembrance should
be obscured and kill
ed by the noxious
weeds Of sickness and
-~-~ H.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-12
Iinre Felicity.

Shc-Such lovely bargains MS there
are mt that new place!
He-Ah?
Sho-Ycs. silks at 1S cents, and in n
store SO small that hundred persons
crowd it to suffocationl
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-12
VARIOUS NOTES.
A Huoho of Roses--Ostrioh Boas-Open-
work Stockings and Slippers.

Tho fancy for fluflincss and elaboration
around the neck has In no wise abatcd.
Among tho novelties in neckwcar arc
short boas composed entirely of large roses,
placed close together SO as to form a thick
ruchc. These boas arc just largo enough
to cncirclo the neck and have long ends of
either wide satin ribbons or gauzc match
ing the roses in color.
Ostrich feather boas are also still fash
ionablc. Black is, OF course, always worn,
but aside from that delicate, clear grays
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-12
LOTS.

The best residence lot on Henry street,
90 feet front. Price, $500.
of the best lots on Center street N.
w, 350x 1870 feet; all for $780, would have
sold for So, 600 in '9C.
Two of the most desirable lots in Be-
mont; all for $50.
Lot OH Eighth avenue s. W., 5Ox13O
feet. Price, 5000.
Lot On TaZewell street, near the GEM
etery, $3.50.
The best lots in the West End ut less
money than the land company sold them
for.
y choice 80 foot lot OH Salem avenue.
Price, $500.
FARMS.
125 acres 1-2 miles from the city;
81 900.
10 acres of river bottom miles from
Roanoke; $50 per acre.
The most desirable little farm in the
county for the money; % minutes drive
from the city. Price, $4,000.
3S7 acres miles from Roanoke; S12. sc
per acre
80 acres miles from Roanoke. Price,
$50 per acre.
100 acres with / 400 selected fruit trees,
good improvements. Price, $1,000.
Oswald s. Hawkins,
Real Estate Agent,
Room 416 Terry Building Fourth floor).
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-12
NO BOOM,

put Roanoke prosperity is beginning to
move. zee the following list of ban gains
ana come to see s a t once If you wish to
make a good investment.
room house in southwest in good
condition, sewer connection, $1,000, SIS
cash and $l5 per month.
Groom brick house, large lot, nice shade.
southwest, 81 900 cash.
Groom house, northwest, $500. $40
cash and $40 per month.
nice location SO, 500, $3.50 cash and Sos
per month.
Groom house in Belmont, $500. $40
cash and $40 per month.
D room house in southwest, $500, $50
cash and So per month.
broom house. center of city, large lot,
Sl.O0O, small cash payment and $40 per
month.
S-ro"m house, uear cen,er of city, large
lot' beautiful grounds, $1,000; easy pay
nients. f'
S-roo'n house, northwest, large corner
lot, 81, 100.
room house in Belmont, $500; pay
ments to suit
Beautiful Broom house on Church ave-
nue., large lot, SO, 500.
One of the best bargains in the CITY. op
Church avenue, Groom house, very large
lot, So 500.
Beautiful 10-room house. northwest.
large lot, good garden, $4,000. This
property can be traded in part pa, ment
of nice farm
Nice 7-room house, best part of south
vest vest large col ner lot, nice shade, $2,250,
SOU cash and $25 per month.
Nice 10 room house, good lot and large
stable, on Terry's Hill, $4,000.
we have several beautiful residences in
salem, with large lots and beautiful
grounds, very cheap.
This is only partial list of the many
bargains we have in city property
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09

The monument Is q monolith Of granite
hfty-one feet high. The base lifts the mon
ument nine feet higher. 1t is erected on
the side of the hill and bears two inscrip-
tions:
Sacred to the Memory Of the Heroic
Dead Of the Confederate Veteran Camp OF
New York"
The plot was donated by the trustees Of
the cemetery. Mr.. Rouse was present dur
ing the exercises. William s. Kelley was
his spokesman in the presentation. A. D.
Dickerson accepted for the Confederate
veterans camp, and then ex-Postmaster-
General william L. Wilson delivered the
grafton.
There were present, besides the Con-
federate veterans and the Southern So
ciety, delegations from Brooklyn posts Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic and from
Elizabeth Veteran Zoua7es, Alexander
Hamilton Post and Farragut Association
Of Naval Veterans. Victor Herbert's
mingled procession Of veterans from North
ern and Southern armies from the depot to
the cemetery, and played as q march
medley of Northern and Southern
airs. It was union of the blue
and the gray. A surpliced choir OF boys
from St. Michael's Church, New York City.
sang "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and
America" and the vast audience sang
with them, Camping on the Old Camp
Ground" At Lenox Lyceum, New YORK
City, at night Mr.. Rouss was cheered, for
great reception was given IN his honor.
The plot In Mount Hope contains the
graves of three Confederate veterans
william E. Florence, Thomas Jordan and
W. W. Tayleure. These graves were deco
rated and taps were sounded during the
ceremony
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
RELIEF RESOLUTION PASSED.
Without Dissenting Voice the House
Votes $4,000.

without q DleBentlnB Soico tho hoooo
Votes 100000.
WASHINGTON, D. G. (SpeciaD D.-After q
long debate the House passed, without
dissenting vote, the resolution appropriate
ting S50, 900 for the relief Of Americans IN
Cuba.
. The Democrats made an Intellectual effort
to force consideration Of the Morgan resolu-
ton for the recognition Of the belligerency
of the insurgents. They accused the Re-
publicans Of endeavoring to evade this issue.
There was an interesting passage when
Mr.. Livingston was declaring that the only
sensible course for this Government 70 enc
the trouble was by recognizing the Cubans,
and Mr. Hit, the Republican Administra-
ton spokesman, interrupted him to ask:
Don't you think 1t would be better for the
President to use his authority to secure In
dependencep" =,
IT do" answered Mr.. Livingston, "and
now that I have answered your question,
answer me. When will the President do
that?"
MIR. Hit hesitated, while the House list.
ened intently, and Mr.. Livingston pressed
him for an answer.
IT nave no right to speak by any author
ity," Mr.. Eitt began, and, hesitattng to
word his answer rightly, finally continued:
"I have reason to believe that the President
Is taking as active and effective steps as he
can to secure the independence OF Cuba,
and that fact, I am convinced, has reached
Spanish headquarters, for the news reaches
as to-day that the Minister who will proba-
bly, be In power in thirty days has said that
the Cuban war Is utterly hopeless"
The debate was closed for the Demo-
cratic side by Mr.. McMillin, Of Tennessee,
who declared that two-thirds Of the Re-
publicans desired the resolution for recog-
milton.
Mr.. Hull, Of Iowa, and MIR. Brown, OF
Ohio, closed the debate for the Republ-
cans. Then the resolution was adopted
without dissenting vote.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
M'LAURlN APPOINTED SENATOR.
Governor Ellerbe Fills the Vacancy Caused
by the Death of Mr.. Earle.

Governor Ellerbe Fills the Vacancy Caused
by the Death of Mr.. Earle.
Governor Ellerbe, Of South Carolina, has
appointed John L. McLaurin, Congressman
of the Sixth District, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death OF United States sena-
tor Earle.
John Loundes McLaurin was born at Red
Bluff, 8. c., on May g. 1860. He was edu-
Gated at the village school in Benefits
vile, at Bethel Military Academy near War
renton, Va; at Swarthmore College, at the
Carolina Military Institute and at the UNI
versity of Virginia. he studied law at the
last-named school, and was admitted to
the bar In 1852. In 1890 he was elected to
the General Assembly OF South Carolina,
and was elected Attorney-General Of the
State in the following year. He was elected
q member Of the Fifty-thlrd Congress, and
has sat In the House Of Representatives
continuously since. At the last election he
received 1900 votes, against $40 for his Be-
publican opponent, ]. E. Wilson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
SENATOR EARLE IS DEAD.
He Passes Away at His Home In South
Carolina.

He Passes Away at His Home In South
Carolina.
United States Senator Joseph b. Earle
died Of Bright's disease at his home in
Greenville, s. c., on Thursday.
Joseph q. Earle, though opposed to TILL
man In State politics, stood for the new
forces which overthrew the old South
Carolina regime. He was practically chosen
United States Senator in September Of last
year. Then Senatorial primaries were held
throughout South Carolina and Earle
carried the State by majority OF 10000
over Governor Evans, who was actively
championed by Tillman.
Mr.. Earle was formally elected Senator
at the joint session Of the two South
Csrolin1 houses on January 27, this year.
There was only one Republican in the Gen
eral Assembly, Anderson, the sole colored
man of che House. He voted for George
W. Murray. All the other votes In the two
houses went for General Earle.
General Earle was thirty-nine years OF
age, married and lawyer. His fellow
citizens always spoke OF him as the Eight
ing reformer."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
THE NEWS EPlTOMIZED.
Washington Items.

B:.cer Hermann, Commissioner OF the
General Land Office. announced his de-
csion in the Chicago lake front case, re-
versing the decision 6f Commissioner
Lamoreaux, and denying and rejecting the
application of Harvey NJ. Lafollette and
Matthias Bennen to locate Mckee Scrip on
the lands.
The Rev. A. G. Harrison, pastor of the
Peoples Tabernacle, has disappeared,
together, il is said. with about $4,000 Of
funds that should have been applied to
furnishing the church, which has just been
erected.
The Senate passed resolution author
izing the Government shipment Of relief
supplies to India by any suitable vessel,
either American or foreign.
Secretary Long has granted Civil Engi-
neer R. E. Peary five years leave OF ab-
sence from the Navy in order that the
officer may prosecute his arctic explora-
tions.
The Senate took it's first test vote on the
Tariff bill Senator Vests amendment max
ing the rate Of boracic acid three cents
pound instead Of five cents was defeated,
"a to 20.
President Mckinley nominated Charles
n. Hart to be Minister to Colombia.
The Permanent Committee on Arbitration
appointed by the NatlOn8l ConIetence uelu
in Washington in April, 1896, has issued
statement in regard to the rejection OF the
treaty by the Senate.
The President nominated Edwin 81. Con.
ger, OF Iowa. for Minister to Brazil, and
Brigadier- General John R. Brooke to be
Major General.
This cable message was received at the
White House from Colonel John Hay,
United States Ambassador at London: "To
the President: have just received the fol-
lowing telegram from Balmoral: May !
peg you to convey to the President my sim
cere thanks for his kind congratulations
transmitted to me through you? Victoria,
R. T."
The Republican Senators met in caucus
and adopted plan by which they hope to
settle all party differences on the Tariff
bill outside the Senate.
In a case brought before it on appeal
from the California Supreme Court, the
United States Supreme Court held that a
National bank has no right to deal in stocks.
The United States Supreme Court ad.
journed until October, after rendering a
number of important railroad and other
decisions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
VICTORY FOR THE UNDERGRADUATES

Cambridge University Rejects the Pro-
posal to Confer Degrees on Women.
Cambridge England) University, by a
vote of 1719 to 862, rejected the proposal to
confer degrees upon women.
The Senate House was thronged and
there were large crowds outside the build
ing. Everywhere were posters inscribed,
"'Varsity for men; men for Varsity.
The undergraduates who behaved IN
threatening manner towards the supporters
of the proposal to confer degrees upon wo-
men were greeted with grosns and cries OF
"Shame!" An efagy Of q woman In bloom
ers on bicycle was suspended opposite
the Senate House, and there was large
banner over the Csius College gateway In
scribed:
"Get you to Girton, Beatrice. Get you to
Newnham. Here Is no place for maids"
Towards the close Of the voting thou
sands Of people consregated outside the
Senate House and the undergraduates be-
gan letting of fireworks, during which two
crackers exploded in the midst OF the Sem
ate House,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
Well-dressed men

the verdict Of guilty. Well-dressed men
) and fashionably attired women congratu'
lated Assistant District Attorney Weleh on
winning the battle, while half hundred
priyates and officers Of the Salvation Army
crowded around Booth-Tucker's counsel,
ex-Mayor Oakley Hall, who had mobilized
the Salvationists for the great struggle.
Thus did the neighbors OF the salvation
ists In Thirteenth street, under the leader
ship OF Phineas Smith, get square with tne
all-night prayer meetings that kept them
from their sleep and filled the hearts OF the
boarding-house keepers with despair as
they saw their boarders, one by one, fleeing
from the sound OF tsmbourines, trombones:
bass drums and hallelujahs.
The jury before whom he was tried re-
turned its verdict at twenty minutes aftef
six o'clock p. m. The jurors had denper'
ased lust Ave hours and five minutes.
Booth.Tucker may be sentenced to the
penitentiary for one year or be compelled
to pay a fine OF $500, or both, but the
opinion prevailed that Judge NewburSeI
would simply impose fine. The convic'
tion probably will result in the Salvation
Army conducting it's religious ceremonies
with less noise hereafter.
Commander Booth-Tucker plainly
showed that he was surprised at the result
OF the trial He had been standing Wild
heard the verdict he turned and faced
Judge Newburger.
III Your Honor please" former Mayor
A. Oakey Hall said, II ask that the dis
cretion OF the Court be invoked, that the
bail be continued In this case, and the de-.
fendant be permitted to leave the court.
Certainly; certainly, Mr.. Hall. MIR.
Booth Tucker may be permitted to 60,
said the Judge, and the date for imposing
sentence was then agreed upon.
Clerk Wolf then took Booth-Tucker's pedi-
gree. 1t ran this way:
Age forty-four years; born in Monghyr.
India; residence, Lorillard street, Ford
ham: occupation, Salvation Army officer;
married; can read and write; religion, Sal
vation Army; both parents living; teeto'
taller.
When. asked il he was ever convicted be.
fore, Booth-Tucker replied: "Yes, and
sent to prison for one month for holding
= open air meetings in Bombay
What was the charge?" MIR. WOLF asked.
"Well, technically" Booth Tucker re-
piled, lit was for refusing to obey an ordei
to disperse crowd"
Booth-Tucker issued statement protest
ing that his conviction was an outrage that
in the light Of future history would De
placed on q level with some OF the strang.
est perversions OF law ever witnessed. Inc
verdict, he declared, ieopardizsd religious
liberty, and the prosecution was the result
Of the relentless vindictiventss OF hand.
full OF neighbors who pursued US to its ut
most length"
He foresees that the indirect conse-
quences OF the verdict must be shared by
= every Salvation Army Captain in the land
over whose head any nelghbor may hold
the whip and pose as the people He
said that the Salvation Army had helped
thousands Of New York's poorest citizens,
and that the return had been stigmatiza.
tion Of the Armys barracks as Gisorderly
hOuge
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
CUBA'S DAY IN CONGRESS
The Morgan Be|igerency Resolution
Passed by the Senate.
HOUSE ADOPTS RELIEF BILL.

Heated Debates In Both Chambers-In the
Senate 10 Republicans, 1s Democrats
and 4 Populists Voted to Recognize
Cubans as Warning, and 12 Republicans
and 2 Democrats Against the Measure.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (SpeciaD.-T
United States Senate passed, after an ex-
citing debate, by a vote Of Al to IA, MIR.
Morgan's resolution declaring that state
Of war exists in Cuba, that the insurgents
be accorded belligerent rights,s and that
this Government maintain strict neutrality
between Spain and her revolted colony.
The resolution is as follows:
"Joint resolution declaring that q con-
dition Of public war exists in Cuba. and
that strict neutrality shall! be maintained;
"Resolved, That condition Of public
war exists between the Government OF
Spain and the Government proclaimed, and
for some time maintained by force OF arms.
by the people Of Cuba, and that the United
States Of America shall maintain strict
neutrality between the contending powers,
according to each all the rights OF bellig-
erents in the ports and territory OF the
United States"
Following is the detailed vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Bacon, Baker, Bate, Berry,
Butler, Carter, Chandler, Chiffon, Clsrk,
Clay, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis, Debos,
sForaker, Gallinger, Gorman. Hansbrough.
Harris, Kansas; Heitteld, Jones, Kenney,
Lindsay, Mcbride, Mantle, Mason, Mills,
Morgan, Nelson, Pasco, Pettigrew, Petts,
Pritchard, Rawlins, Shoup, Stewart, Thurs
ton, Tillman, Turner, Turpie, Walthal!:
Nays-Messrs. Allison, Burrows, Caffery,
Fairbanks, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hawley,
Hoar, spooner, Wellington, .Wetmore,
White, Wilson-14.
The following pairs were announced, the
first named Senator being IN favor Of the
resolution and the second opposed to it:
Faulkner with Elkins, Harris (Tenn.) with
Morrill,, McEnery with Platt (New York;,
Daniel with Gray, Allen with Platt Conn },
Vest with Nelson, and Roach with Perkins.
Murphy, Of New York, was absent and un-
paired.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
HoHoKEN LOSES NEARLY A MILLION.
Fire Destroys q Block and Makes Six Hun
dred Persons Homeless.

Fire Destroys Block and Makes Six Hun
dred Persons Homeless
The greatest fire In the history Of Ho-
boken, II. J., ragged all Thursday evening
close to the river front and attracted
thousands from all parts Of New York City
to the North River piers to witness the
spectacle, many going over the ferry to get
q closer view.
The block between Washington and Hud-
son streets and Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets was destroyed. It consisted OF an
immense storage warehouse and factory
building and row Of fourteen high class
fat houses. The flying embers which filled
the air carried the fire to the Hoboken
basins, half a mile north, and number OF
canal boats moored there were destroyed.
Before the great fire was under control
not less than six hundred persons had
been rendered homeless, fully thousand
thrown out Of employment, and property
valued at not far from million dollars de-
strOy ed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
STEPHEN cIRARD's STATUE.
Students and Alumni Of tho College H
Founded Unveiled It.

Founded Unveiled It.
The statue OF Stephen Girard, philan-
thropist and founder of Girard College,
was unveiled in Philadelphia, Penn. The
statue stands on the west plaza Of the City
Hall, and was erected by the college alumni
on the one hundred and forty-seventh an
niversary of the philanthropist's birth.
which date also marked the seml-centen.
nial Of the college.
The exercises included addresses by Gen.
eral Louis Wagner and Governor Hastings.
The Grafton was delivered by United States
District Attorney James NJ. Beck and the
statue was unveiled by the two youngest
students of the college. 1t was accepted
on behalf Of the city by Mayor Warwick.
Five hundred uniformed Girard College
boys and 1000 OF the college alumni paraded
and were reviewed by Governor Hastings
The pedestal upon which the statue is
placed Is OF gray New Hampshire granite
and the statue itself is of standard bronze.
The height Of the figure, including the
bronze plinth upon which 1t stands, is nine
feet three inches, and the total height Of
the monument is eighteen feet four inches.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-09
FIVE BOYS DROWNED.

They Were Thrown From q Raft In the
Chicago River.
By the overturning Of raft In the south
branch Of the Chicago River, at Chicago,
ILL.,, five boys were drowned. The dead are
Charles Coates. aged eleven; james Coates,
aged eight, brother OF Charles; Frank
0harles Svic, twin brother Of Albert
The boys were padding about IN that
portion Of the river known as Mud Lake,
one hundred feet west Of the Ashland ave-
nue. bridge, and attempted to GROSS the
stream. There were six boys on the raft,
but the one who was the cause OF the acc1-
dent Jumped of before the raft was IN deep
water and saved himself.