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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-11
Territorial bonds Sold.

At meeting of the board of regents of
the Normal school, held in this city, Tues
day, the board awarded the sale of the
bouds to Las Vegas firm, agents for
Chicago parties. The bonds sold at par,
but commissions and other trif1ing Incl
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-11
Disabled steamer.

Halifax, N. s, Jan. 1.-THE disabled
steamer Durham City from st. Johns,
sighted last night in distress, was on her
way to London. She is now twelve miles
south of Canso with broken shaft. A
steamer is on the way to her assistance.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-11
AIOrtuary Record.

Denver, Jan. 1l.-Lewis G. Rockwell,
United States district attorney for Colo
RADIO for four years, under President
Grant, died suddenly of ap oplexy last
night, aged 81 years. He was the leading
mine lawyer of the state.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-11
Thev Dislike Snaniards.

City of Mexico. Jan. 11.-Many disa-
greable incidents are occurring daily BY
reason Of the partisanship shown by the
Mexican masses for Cubans and their
openly displayed antagonism for resident
Spaniards.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-11
Gro. ARNoT,
Secretary.

The best 25-cent meals to be had in the
city at the short order lunch counter at
the Bon Ton.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-11
:, MONDAY, JANUARY l1,l897.

miles, and the work appears to have been
done by the same parties. No clew to the
persons who did the work. The loss is
fully covered by insurance.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-11
NeWall,s Erratlc Som.

Bath, Me-, Jan. 11.-Harold Sewall, Re
publican, son of Arthur Sewall, was to
day elected member of the state legis
lature to fill vacancy.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-11

OSI4s1. AiRS In
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-06

Manager-J. J. GUILE. . 49,, 1900 .z..-
Principal omce-5l PINE STREET NEW YORK CITY.
Organized or Incorporated-A. D. l.lo . .oo
Commenced BUSINESS in United States-AUGUST l. 1852.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-06

arc usually tho cheapest elements In the
matter OF constructing roads. 1t Is the
nrst-ciass implements needed to bring the
highways TO a moderate degree OF per-
lection that cost money and make the
taxpayers groan. In the superlatiye'y
rural community the roads arc generally
made by the citizens themselves and
their hired men, This is known as
working out the highway tax. Therefore,
the community itself would receive no
money in any event. but simply the labor
OF the reason taxed or his representative
at tho rate of what is considered fair
compensation for such tasks.
These facts were realized by the wheei-
men, who were behind the movement
that IS now giving practical results.
IL. they claim. merely the diversion .,
labor from work that has Accompanies
small good TO work that will accomplish
great good. They hold that there Is 10
necessity OF the deeply-rutted ana hpe'ai-
Iv-sluIced road that ono meets WIN %
often outside the village, ana so'"e,sn
inside. II IL. they say, like the diile'-
once between a man VINO Know" rra
IN sail a boat and one who does not no
ono who does not is always making oou-
bio for himself. The one VINO uocS ""'
a very comfortable time OF II.
There Is a good roads department. Oh
Tho Donartment of Agriculture. Is
,hia norton OF the government when
has the road-building matter IN chaise'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-06

~, a rapid gait, the League "a
sleeS 80, Ivheelmen handling the PIou
- che bicycle is the recoSiii~0u a.
po r 81 GOOD roads, ana 80 i'S e.,
.s."as whose number needs seven ne ,,on
49, SoS the good roads appfopi -, -,
. 49,, .pencreas, aud now Ne" 49, I.
W. t,i,,,., thei benefit of il. Ihps i'ir ~
soems 20 be q decided success an t,,o
,',..,,,,le of the people who secuieu ~
,,ial of the new idea for Ne" bi ui'',"l,,,
-, hsen emulated by score ol O1i's''
~ o,,,,.ry oyer. who have already "
'o',oi,t the government authorizes ~ s"0
,heio n little BODYBUILDING, 700. nm
NJ nm making the appropriation pio-
- ostensibly that only in piaceS
-. ,ybat are known as the STATE En-
,',rt.oent stations are located should tro
,.,,,ornment show the people how 10 puiiu
roods II seems. however, that the Diii
we rather loosely constructed ana so
~ ho,nens that any place that goes
,hronoh the proper formula and uh"liius
sneicient yards of red tape may ieaih
on about building the right sort OF ro"u'
according to government IDEAS. T..
The experiments do not CONSIST "
huilding the roads Of an entlre Nh'"so
or town. but the men VINO haNo ."o
matter in charge select section Vi "i".
seems TO them the most coliNeiii''
thorouQhfare TO illustrate the IDEAS II -
hoped to impress upon that POI tioi "a
the American people That mas 10 10 VIZ. VIZ,
tho building of highways. While the Dill
,no.ing the appropriation provides that
the work shall be done at government
oxnense thore IS a reservation in thls
REGARD which might be overlooked by the
enthusiast until too late. 1t IS this-tha'
the government shall furnish crushers'
rollers. and carts, but that the town
shin. village or town. or city shaI iur-
nish the labor and material
There Is nothing about this law thi'
sayors of steal of government iuhuS
II IS one of those few acts OF Congress
really intended to benefit the people
rather than the Individual AS mat
ter Of fact, the idea Is not ntehueu io'
the benefit of the city at all. Inc pro
motors Of the plan believed that th'
cities should surely be able TO take care
OF their own roads. as well as employ
men who understand Thoroughly the ar
Of building them. 1t is the ordinary hlgh
wav of suburban civilization at whici
the bIl is aimed. No reasonable pee
son expects asphalt pavement III VII
derness. but there Is nothing uhreasoh
ahIe I'm thinking that at least a ROAD
when made at all, should be made Wen
The complaint that has gone iorth
that the rural road-builder is not an eA
rart IN the art. and 50 the government
Is going to give him men that Know al
about IL TO teach him the knowledge ina
he lacks,
With the aid that the government fur
nishes the road-building experiment WI
prove no additional expense TO IN
rural or semi-urban communities wher
II Is tried. The material and the labo
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-06
BLACK SBURG.
Delegates to knoxyiile-Persona
and General Notes.

BLACKSBURG, VA, June 5.-(Special)
Among the delegates which the Young
Mems Christian Association will send
tend the summer Bible school are
Mcssrs. Julian a. Burruss and T.. a.
Separk, Of Richmond. The other gentle
men selected so far are Messrs Lawrence
Priddy and w. n. Perry, Of Char
lotte county.
Rev. James NJ. Halliday has returned
home from the meeting of the General
Assembly. He reports most instruc-
tive and edfying meeting of that body
and that the kind hospitality Of Char
lotte's good people is practically
without limit.
Rev. Mr.. Groseclose has accepted the
call TO the Lutheran church here and
moved his family TO the manse adjoin-
ing the church. His coming gives our
town five resident pastors-the Presby-
terrain, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Metho-
dist, and Baptist pulpits all being now
regularly supplied.
Cadet Hoge Woolwine is taking a we'll
earned and greatly needed rest from his
severe labors of the past session under
the shade Of his ancestral oaks on the
south side Of the county. He expects
10 ItluIl iONCstl, ia l4lllc lUT Inc COHl-
mencement exercises.
Quite "a number of the colleges have
entered the rifle contest for a prize to
be awarded the college in which there
was a United States officer detailed in
charge of the military department which
made the best record So far. the Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute is in the lead.
The University of Illinois. which took
the prize last year. made this session
record Of $40, while that OF the institute
was $50.
Mr.. w. c. Elicit, who was recently APP
pointed postmaster here, has not as yet
received his commission, though his bond
| has been signed and forwarded. Mr..
| j. T. Hardwick, the retiring postmaster,
| resigned some time since. Mr.. Elicit will
move the site of the office from where
| II now Is and put up building for this
purpose nearly opposite the entrance to
| the institute grounds, on Main street.
| Mrs. Henry Spindle and daughter. Miss
| Willie. who spent the past winter with
| relatives in California, have returned TO
| their home in the county.
Both Mrs. John Il. Johnson and Mrs.
Spindle left on Wednesday for Richmond,
20 consult DIR. Mcclure.
A most sadly afflicted family has been
that OF the late Major Bennett. as gal
liant Confederate soldier as ever GREW
blade. Death has invaded their house
hold no less than four times within thf
last two years. carrying off the father
and eldest son last winter. Recently the
| mother and another son have been ex-
| tremely ii.-so Ill that their life was de-
SPARED of. 1t is with the most unalloyed
measure. therefore, that learn that they
have improved very much during this
| week and that their physician, Dr. Kent
Black, regards them as now out OF
danger
The wheat crop IS one Of the finest
that has been seen In the county foi
years and seems to be improving every
day. We have had a fine yield OF small
fruits. such as cherries and strawberries
The Executive Committee OF the Boart
Of Visitors will meet hereson Thursday
next In order to get In shape and out
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-06

Professor Il. y. voorhees, has charge Of
the New Jersey State Exi0iment
Station, at New Brunswick. lie was the
first one TO petition for the building of
a section of road by the government.
The matter was placed in charge Of L.
Il. Harrison, a special agent of the
Good Roads Department, and he was
sent to New Brunswick to lay the matter
before the city authorities. New Bruins
wick people are rather enterprising,
though their numbers are small, and so
Mr. Harrison's visit resulted just as Pro-
lessor Voorhees, has believed it would.
College avenue, the widest of New
Brunswick's thoroughfares, was selected
as the place to try the experiment, and
that is where it is going on to-day. The
widest interest is being taken by not
only the residents Of New Brunswick,
but all the people who live in the neigA-
boring towns and villages The boys Of
Rutgers College are also being in
structed. Farmers sons, the most Of
them, the knowledge they Will gain will
be of the greatest use TO them and may.
and probably will, result in Il far wider
dissemination of knowledge of what
good roads really are, than could be ac-
complished in any other manner. New
Brunswick, in fact, is in one OF the most
thickly populated sections Of New Jer-
sey, and therefore, this government ex-
pertinent is bound TO produce sweeping
results.
So far, twenty-five experiment stations
in the United States have applied to
be considered as the scene of road
building experiments. Secretary Wilson,
of the United States Department Of Ag-
rlcuture. has the matter under conside-
ration, and will alot the necessary time
as soon as possible.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-06

,.ne for the full meeting OF the poaru
their work. Their meeting occurs o"
the next day. ,.,, .hs,r
All OF the students are pusy VIII ana
examinations. and the campus al.
athletic grounds are almost as qui.s
thew arc during the holidays.quIse ,oh
contrast to the hurry and hustle wh .sa
,y,I, be upon us In few days. wneh .ns
commencement exercises begin. 10y Ia .no
tho most popular Of all these o,,r
sham battle. which this year wiz o y.sor
ON tuesday afternoon OF the l'th. trnn,
the whole countryside - present, I'm .ha
bahieg In the arms OF mothers 10 eno
prlzzled old Confederate veterans, WIS
evos tighten with a new fire az u Diihe'
hack the days from 1851 to lso'.
Judge Waller X. Staples Is expee'.u
home next week. His new nome -
thorouehly furnished and equipped LOT
his reception. and everything IS III p y,is
feet taste and very handsome. us
nepbew. Mr.. u. d. Staples. Of Roanoke'
and his good wife. have been IN onl,s-
tiansburg during the past week arr""s
ing for his reception.
Invitations are out for an enlei 80,
ment to be given by the Cotillon oluD.
n new organization, on the FRIDAY his"'
preceding commencement.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-06
RGrAl
TINTED STATES BRANCH OF INSURANCE COMPANY OF
LONDON ENGLAND

THE coNfTioN THE UNITED STATES BRANt
THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BlITPAlN
f,9AASII'-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-06
IS. BODYBUILDING.
THE FIRST EXPERIMENT now IN
PROGRESS IN NEW JERSEY.
lNYCITY MAYHAYEC GOVERNMENT ROAD
All n Paid for by an Appropriation
Already Made by Ccngress-Thc
,n.. In to Instruct the People
Good Highway building Necessity
,corresoondcnco of the Dlspatch.)

NEW YORK, Juno Stew people
know that tho United States Government
has begun to instruct the citizens OF
this country in the art Of road-buiiding.
This il a fact, however, and the first
experiment Of the sort is being tried at
New Brunswick, new Jersey town not
far from this city, known to fame as
tho seat Of Rutgers College.
Not so very many months ago there
was an appropriation put through Con-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-06
pubIic Education I'm North Carolina.

Commenting upon the recent address
of Mr.. Walter II. Page, on Education IN
North Carolina" Webster's Weekly, IN
the course of a three-column article.
has this TO say
Hon. Eugene Withers. of Danville. Va,
has complied statistics from the United
States reports showing that North caro-
lima reaches more children with her school
fund than Virginia does, having a greater
school population, larger dairy attend
ance. and more teachers. We VIII give
his figures bearing on this point:
'''0 School
Population.
Virginia ..... ............s ss......'...oso'ov
Pupils Enrolled
in Schools.
Virginia ....-... ..-."....s s.....'..'oJ-'.Io
North Carolina ......... ........'..'o'Vo"
Average Daily
Attendance.
virginia ammonium. ....."..... .......D5'St
North Carolina ...... .."."......... -So'oVi
Number or
Teachers.
VIRGINIA .................S2l
North Carolina .............. ..........'.o,ooV
The year 1884 Is the last for which
have comparisons.
Mr. Withers goes further and shows
that North Carolina also has more COL
leges, with more teachers and more
Students than Virginia:
Comparisons for the year 1896:
Number Number Number
Institu- Instruc- Stu
tons. tors. dents.
Virginia .....s s..' - -
North Carolina ...9 Us i'voo
Comparison for the year 1880;
N1
Virginia .....s D ''-s'
North Carolina ...lO u l.oh
| 1896:
| Virginia ...... io- t'ssd
| North Carolina LIB l6o z.oo
| When II is remembered that North
| Carolina has no large cities like Virginia
has. the exhibit prepared by Mr.. Withers
| Is all the more creditable to our State.
The truth is, that North Carolina has
been moving forward slowly but surely
all the while. She has not done as much
| I'm the past as she ought to have done.
she Is not doing as much now as she wiz
in the future: but there is no reason for
charging all her misfortunes to a lack
| of education. 1t is true that the free
school idea did not gain a firm hold in
| the State for long time. but that is true
| also Of other States. What We have
| to-day is q growth and not Q miracle,
/ ana this fact gives Us hope.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-06
II.-ASSETS.

of estate the
which than one years interest Is due.
of exclusive of buildings and perha- o ~
huidngs Ensured for $4,000 col
Total value Of said orgaged premises inside $4,000 90
ACCOUNT OF BONDS UNITED ATI AMP OF Ti5J us
AN
IN THIS STATE AND OF ALL 81
I5ONDS AND STOCKS OWNED ABSOLUTELY BY THE CUM
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-19
A HEROIC RESCUE.
Jack Dorsey Saves Miss Belle Mathes, of
Menpl is, From Drowning.


Norfolk, Sept. 1S.-Miss Belle Mathes.
handsome young lady of Memphis,
Tenn, who has been visiting her uncle,
l.. ID. Mathes. at Ocean View, went out
beyond her depth iii bathing yesterday
evening. Jack Dorsey saw her strug-
Cling in the water and swan one hun
dred yards to her rescue. He caught Miss
Mathes as she was disappearing and
brought her to the beach. She was ex-
hausted anu unconscious. Thomas Low
cry applied the respirator and succeeded
in restoring the lady, but not sufficiently
to consider her out of danger. Or. South
gate Leigh, who was at Ocean View, was
summoned anG applied other restora-
tives and hyperdermic stimulants. Miss
Mathes lay till 8 o'clock before it was
considered safe to move her in a cot to
her uncle's cottage. She was face down
ward and had swallowed a large quantity
of water when Mr.. Dorsey caught her,
hence the resuscitation was difficult and
the escape was an exceedingly narrow
one.
In the Dismal Swamp, it is said, the
forest fires are now driving the wild ami
mails, birds, reptiles and every living
thing before them, sending volumes of
smoke toward Norfolk. Portsmouth and
surrounding country. The swamp has
not been ablaze as fierce as now for sew
eral years, and railway passengers. espe-
cially those who travel in the night, de-
scribe the scene as one of awful grandeur
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-19
HOWE'S HITS.

1t IS terribly hard to do tho right thing.
1t always seems m effort for some mon
to be good naturcd.
Even if II man has nerve no dsikcs for
occasion to arise for using it.
Some people have no appreciation of
anything beyond something to eat.
When Il man is silent in II quarrel with
his wife, it is because there is refuge in It,
We have scent good many wet hens in
our time, but have never yet seen one that
was mad.
Trying to cconomiZc makes enemies AS
long us you turn your money loose you
arc good fellow.
A musical hugh is one brought forth
by one of your own jokes. Nj other laughs
are moro or less grating.
There AFRO some men who don't know
what greatness is until they have some
ono working undor them.
We have only one objection to old fnsh
Toned pcoplo-whcn you see anything you
like particularly to cat they suy it in "not
good" for you.
AS soon us man and his vito have
saved up enough money to afford plums
in thoir pudding their trouble begins in
finding a competent girl to cook it.-A tol-
ison Globe.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-19
NO MYSTERY NOW.
Mary Darst Says Bob Foutz Fired
the Fatal Shot.

Salem, Va, Sept. Especial. 1.-The
murder of Lily Texas Young, Thursday
night, in log house on Roanoke river,
no longer smacks of mystery
Mary Darst, the white woman who tes-
titled before the coroner's Jury Friday
evening that the parties who did the
shooting were strangers to her, has made
Il confession to the comm Dnwesiths at
torney, that she lied on the stand under
duress because of threat from Bob
Foutz TINT il she told on him he would
kill her.
She states that Bob Foutz fired the
shot which sent the soul of the unfortu-
nate girl "across the great divide" The
only witness now that Foutz has is Jen-
ME Il. Young, vino no doubt made her
statement under the same threat and who
will probably tell the truth at the CON-
ing TRIAL, now that Foutz is behind prison
bars, with no chance Of release.
Yesterday morning the prisoner waived
an examination before the magistrate and
there is nothing left now TO he done but
for the grand jury to indict him, followed
by speedy trial and the inexotable
judgment of justice by Jury of his
peers.
1t would have been the easiest matter
possible for Bob Foutz to havs escaped
the night of CIR the morning after the
shooting, but q strange fatality, like that
which makes the moth flutter around II
candle until it drops dead in the fasci-
mating flame, makes n murderer seek the
spot where his deed was committed, I'M
til he becomes Il victim of justice.
The career of Fouiz ought to be II
warning to young men who Keep bad
company, drink whiskcy and associate
with dem-mondes.
The sight.which met the reporters eyes
in the room the morning after the muir
der is one never to be forgotten. Two
empty whiskey bottles adorned the man
tel. cheap deck of cards were scattered
on the floor, and by the bed, stark and
cold in death, lay IA young woman, her
head in small pool of blood, and her
hair falling over brow which in life
must have been fair to look upon. if no,
beautiful.
Thus ended the last chapter in he book
OF II life of shame for the unfortunate Cir
and 1T may be that soon stern faced Jus
tice will turn over the last leaf in the
book of Bob Foutz's life--q life com
menced with whiskey, cards and wome
and ended with red romance of crime
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-19
WHY MINERS YIELDED.

The National Executive Beard States
That They Were at Disadvantage.
Columbus, o., Sept. IS "A statement
was issued to-day by the national en- ecu-
tive board of the United Mine Workers
to the miners of the country setting forth
che reasons for the recent settlement Of
the great coal strike The board SAYS it
agreed to the settlement for the follow
ing reasons:
THAT the markets were being SUP
piled; that the suspension was not grow
ing; that the miners could not be induced
to respond promptly to the needs of the
hour, and that those who did respond
were fast appf oaching the point of ex-
haustion and could not continue the fight
much longer; that the supplies were be
coming limited; that pressing want could
not be appeased, causing resumption of
work in many cases at operators terms;
that other branches of organized labor
were called upon to devote time, men
and money tc their own affairs and conld
not be reasonably expected to continue
indefinitely to fight miners battles"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-19

Johnson, Maryland delegate. severely
scored the white church leaders and
threatened n race division in the denomi
nation. He said:
1.-The white man has the vain and mis-
taken conceit that his race was made for
race of leaders pre-eminently, and that
we are his especial subjects and follow
ers. So we are called wonderfully
docile people. Now, ask in all serious
uess, with-what show of propriety can
the white man in general and the white
Baptist in particular make such a claimf"
Pastor Johnson defended himself from
the charge of ingratitude, quoting figures
showing that he paid for his education
ut Wayland Seminary, his own church
sending an annual subscription and also
furnishing a room there, as well as IN
another institution the balance making
him, so he said, Il "benefactor to the so
ciety and not IL beneficiary" TIe pro-
posed that the colored people should run
their own churches independent of the
whites.
Rev. a. Binga, of Manchester, Va,
spokesman for the Virginia delegation,
said 81 feel that we from Virginia
have n grievance. We represent 200, 900
communicates: yet we were dismissed
uncercmoniously from mission work, and
no notice was given. We do our best to
support your work. Unless you adopt
more economical measures w in Virginia
Will strike out for ourselves