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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05

Boston, March Am explosion occur
red i'll II subway excavation ut the corner
OF Fremont and Boyleston Streets about
noon to-day, and SIX persons were killed.
The explosion wrecked three electric
cars that were passing at the time and
one OF them WIS burned. Several build.
ings in the vicinity were more or less
damaged.
Tie explosion was caused by escapinp
gas. Among the buildings damaged are
the Hotel Pelham, knickerbocker'N Head
building and the Masonic Temple Win
dow glass in the buildings within two
hundred feet of the scene of che explosion
were shattered. Forty.two persons are
ut the Emergency Hospital
Horses lay dead on the pavements;
panic stricken passengers were endeavor-
ing TO escape with thei, lives from the
interior OF the burning cars, and stean,
lire engines were on the scene pouring
tons OF water upon the rapidly disappear.
ing cars The glass in the buildings were
shattered along fremont street ms far as
LaGrange street, and out beyond the
fremont theatre to Washington street,
and west along TO Park square
The list OF dead as far as ascertained
is rs follows: Rev. w. A. Start Burson
of Tufts College; ID. q. Bigeloi, conduc.
tor; Miss A. NJ. Matilda Bates; Win. f..
Vinal, private secretary TO Thos. w.
Lawson; benjamin Downing, hack
driver; ID. II. Sibley, carriage driver.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05

Havana, March 4.-Captain General
Weyler arrived here at 3 O'Clock this af.
ternoon on the transport Legazpi from
Caibarif, province OF Santa Clara. He
was accompanied by the members of his
stall. The arrival of the party was not
expected SO soon and when the signals
on MORO Castle announced that the Lee
gaZpi was TO the eastward bound in, the
news spread rapidly and caused sensa.
ton among the Spaniards, who could not
imagine why the Captain General should
have hurried to reach Havana
General Weyler landed ut the Muellc
de Caballeria, which is but short DIS
tance from the palace. Here he was re-
ceived by the Marquis de Ahumnda. who
has been acting in his stead dun ing lis
absence, and other authorities. There
was no great crowd present. and the
scene was vastly di tferent from that which
characterized his return from the pucifi.
cation of the province of Pinar del Rio.
Instead of riding through crowds of
cheering admirers he walked from the
water eide to the palace, where he soon
retired to his apartments, without hay
ing received any popular welcome This
was due, perhaps, 10 his unexpected ar.
rival, which did not allow of any official
preparations being made to welcome
him.
No reason is given for General Weyler's
return to Havana. It is generally we'll
known that his campaign in Matanzas
and Santa Clara has been an ignominious
failure and that while he was claiming
to have compelled tie insurgents to re-
treat eastward to Puerto Principe, they
had, in fact, lodged past his columns and
pursued their way westward
1t is thDupht that the rhnn,,,, i'm thp u6
ministration in Washington may have
much, if not all, to do with his return,
as he has been led to believe that Prcs.-
dent Nc kinley will not sanction the il.
legal arrest and detention of American
citizens, which in many cases passed
without protest from the Cleveland adj
ministration.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05

G. NJ. Raup, 14.o73,eGG; within II
votes
Mrs. W. e. Hutson, 1903, 100; within
176 votes.
N Mrs. G. a. Baker, 14,o73,7o7; within
422 votes.
.oN W. W. Anderson, 14,o,a,so5; within
Mrs. G. Lampkin, 1903. s57; within
Up votes.
W. II. NOEL, l4,cia, $50; within GAG
votes
Co.,. Mrs. W. L. liutson, 14,o7l, 14s; within
SG3 votes.
c. L. Thomson, 14,O72, 5l4; within III
votes
Mrs. W. II. Hopper, 14,O7l 800; within
,4S5 votes.
L. Lcollabill 100000; within t.7l5
votes.
Mrs. Sarah E. Ford, 14,o,5, ooo within
1,7l5 votes.
J. W. Flaherty, CT Danville, II, O,5, oa7:
within ,942 votes.
Mrs G.. Il. Beamer, 1905, a5G; within
1871 votes.
G. T. Philips, l4.o75,3lG; within a,o3l
votes.
Josie l.. Colly, 14,o,l.ll2; within e,17a
votes.
Mrs. L. Hurt, i4,o'5,4o1 within a,eaa
votes.
J. r. schick, l4,o",59O; within e,3o5
votes.
a. A. Johnson, IA, O7O,sll; within a,4l4
votes.
X R"edy, l4,o7o, 1863; within 1922
votes.
Y. NJ. Franklin, 14,o7o,Oi6; within 3, 200
votes.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05

Washington. March Alive of the an
nual appropriation bills failed to become
laws owing to the refusal of the Presi-
dent to approve them. The suudry civil
the naval, the Indian and the agricultu
raj bills reached the White House so late
that Mr.. Cleveland was unable to give
Them that close scrutiny upon which he
insists. He therefore refused to sign any
OF them. The general deficiency bill fail
ed to reach him owing to the failure of
the conferees to reach an agreement. This
is the record breaker in the history of
the Governments. The agricultural bill
was sent to the President February %,
while the others only reached him during
the late hours of the session. -
The refusal of the President to approve
of these bills compels n more thorough
organization of the House of Rerresenta
tives than was intended by Speaker Reed
Under the rules of the House the Indian
bill is considered by the Indian commit.
tee; the naval bill by the naval commit
tee, and the agricultural bill by the agri.
cultural committee. OF these bills that
failed only the sundry civil was reported
by the committee on approximations To
this extent the House will have to be or.
ganized by the appointment of commit
tees more general in their character than
was intended by Speaker Reed.
No new estimates will he needed and
the bills will probably be rushed through
the House at the earliest possible mo-
ment. 1t is the intention of the Repub-
lican leaders to take the present esti.
mates and base their bills upon them and
if this can he done but little time will be
consumed i'll the consideration of these
measures. Tint the action of the retir-
ing President will prolong the extra SEES
sion OF Congress no one doubts
Upon his arrival ut the Capitol the bill
to provide for commission to create IL
labor commission was presented to Presi
dent Cleveland, but acting upon the adj
vice of Secretary Carlisle he declined to
sign it owing to the impossibility of as
certaining what the provision of the bill
contemplated. This is the measure upon
which the debate of last night hinged.
President Mckinley will tomorrow is.
sue his proclamation for an extra session.
1t will be called to meet March 10, which
tails on Monday.
At the dinner given last night at Mr.
John Hay IS, the President. elect was asked
about this extra session and the sugges-
ton was made that he set the day for
Saturday, March 20.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
A B. g. 0. Train Rolls Down an
Embankment.

GAINESVILLE, o., March IA Baltimore
and Ohio work train jumped the tract,
about three miles east of this city, short
ly after Il o'clock to day. rolling down a
"a foot embankment, killing three men
Instantly and fatally injuring two Others.
The dead are: John Toomy, married
Gus Dutton, married, engineer; T.. p.
Johns, married, fireman, all of Newark,
Ohio.
Fatally injured: Bill Dubois, of New
ark, front brakeman, body crushed, leg
broken. j. ii. Smart, assistant foreman
work train, badly crushed.
Six or seven men were seriously in
iured
The dead and injured were brought here
this afternoon.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05

Washington, March 4.-William Me-
kinley, OF Ohio, was to-day installed as
President of the United States for the
term OF four years, continuing until the
18th Of March, 1901, and Grover Cleveland
for the second time passed from the exeI-
else of the high Office of President ana
re entered private life. In his capacity
OF eN President he has but one living CON
temporary, his immediate predecessor,
Benjamin Harrison
Incidental to the actual assuming of
the office of President, and slightly pre-
cedinS it in point of time, Carrot a.
Hobart, of New Jersey, {a gentleman not
heretofore prominent in national politics,
took the oath of Office rs Vice. President
or the United States, aud was installed
rs eN'onicio presiding officer OF the
Senate
The proceedings of the day were char,
acterized byall the imposing spectacular
effects and demonstration of the popular
interest which have become n growing
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05

1t Will be seen from the above schedule
that II Z. M. Raup is the winner of the
piano, having come within ii votes of
the exact number. The best guesses
made by children are Mabel Middagh
l4,060, $40, and Willie Sheehan, II, 600,
000
About 10 per cent. of the guesses were
III the IL million list; but II great many
OF them covered every imaginable num-
ber sometimes too great to he easily emu
meratch, and certainly too great for the
Unite mind to grasp. The following are
some of the highest and lowest guesses:
Daniel Yates, 100000, 00l 900, coo.
Sa;lic Clark, 1,iS0, 011,0ll.
c. l.. Ribblc, Pill ,Sl1,21G.
Barry Green, 1872 100000.
Sade Clark, 1861
There were great many out of town
guesses, but only one was close enough
To he mentioned i'm the first list above.
Some of the guessers were very svste.
matte in the arrangement of their num-
bers, aud had they gone high enough the
contest might have been different.
Inc sewing machine contest was set
tied IN the following manner: Whenever
an envelope was opened containing cou-
pons from any contestant with any pos.
sible chance of winning the number of
coupons presented We're Tailed under tn,
name of the contestant. The result oil
this contest is rs follows:
Mrs. w. j. Wright, SAT- gucsscs.
G. II. HiX, 1888 guesses.
5. NJ. Woodward, 1859 glesses.
Several other persons had quite n mum.
Der Of coupons, but none of them exceed
ed 1000. Among these may be mention
ell w. w. Anderson with 500 and j. r.
Bean with 81.
Mrs. w. j. Wright is therefore tn,
winner of the sewing machine being
largely in excess of all other com pctitors
We enclose herewith TIE selected cou
pons mentioned i'll this report, our tall,
sheets and copy of the printed condi
tions of the contest Respectfully sub
mittcd,
w. T.. THOMAS,
w. l.. BRYANT,
Committee.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05

Washington, March 1T was twenty
minutes past , o'clock when Mrs. McKin
ley and her party drove up to the front
portico of the White House. The DELAY.
accustomed by stopping to take lunch at
the capitol, was most embarrassing.
Mrs. Cleveland," with Brigadier General
wilson, ex-Secretary Lamont and Mr..
Thurber had been waiting to receive Mrs.
Mckinley fully an hour on the sunny
rear porch, the tedious delay meaning
more to Mrs. Cleveland than any one else
Tor she had determined at any personal
inconvenience to welcome Mrs. MCKINLEY.
and the loss of an hour would cause her
not only to miss saying farewell TO the
ladies ut Secretary Lamont's. but also
prevent her saying good bye to her hus-
band before be started South The first
duty she was eventually to hurrieuly to
accomplish, Tut she was much disap-
pointed at being unable to 90. as she had
intended to do, to bid Mr.. Cleveland fare.
we'll ut the wharf. She had prepared
with her own hands beautiful bouquet
OF La France roses and liacs fastened
With broad pink streamers, for her success
sor, which were placed in the private
bedroom, to which she had given several
last touches before defending to the por
tico. Mrs. Cleveland wore a dark green
''iS>o. NiOu OEOdu velvet
trimming on the jacket and black felt
hat with lilac ribbons, and everyone at
the White House said she never looked
loveler
Within three minutes Mrs. Cleveland
had sud pleasant word to each of the
servants. and had hidden Mrs. Mckinley
an aifectlonate farewell. Then with tears
III her eyes she entered Secretary
Lamont carriage and was driven pidly
to his house, where the retiring Cabinet
laHles were waiting at her luncheon. She
was compelled to hasten her departure,
however, and with hurried hanh. shake
and kiss to those who had been her
nearest friends, she was OFT again to tie
station with Secretary Thurber, and at
OIL CLOCK. the very moment Mr.. Cievc-
land was leaving the White House, his
,wite, IN II special.car, left Washington for
her future home at Princeton.
At3 O'clock Mrs. Mckinley was as
sisted to the reviewing stand in front %
the White House grounds, accompanied
by her entire party of family and friends,
ana few minutes later the head of the
, procession arrived, and the President,
with his predecessor entered the White
House.
-
Ia. II
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05
MANY PEOPLE
Meet DEATH
1ragicaI Result of a Boston Sub
way Explosion.

y SCENE OF GREAT EXCITEMENT
IN A CROWDED STREET AT TIE
IUB-SIN PEOPLE KNOWN TO
HAVE BEEN KILLED AND NEAR.
IY FIFTY POpLE MORE OR LESS
INJURED = THREE BUILDINGS
BADLY DAMAGED.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05
GROVER DID
NOT SIGN.
Five Annual Appropriation Bills
Lack His Signature.

MIR. CLEVELAND REFUSED TO
SIGN THESE IMPORTANT MEA-
SURES BECAUSE HE WAS NOT
GIVEN SUFFICIENT TIME FOR A
CAREFUL SCRUTINY OF THEIR
CONTENTS "A VERY PROPER RE
BUKE TO TARDY LEGISLATION.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05
der of Mrs. Wright. The committees re.
port here follows:

pOrI mere follows:
Roanoke, Va, March 4. 1891
Mr.. Nj. III. Clayton. Editor and Manager,
Roanoke Times
Dear Sir: The undersigned committee
appointed by you for the purpose of max
ing canvass of the coupons printed in
The Times during the last Presidential
campaign, and filled out by your readers
in contest for u piano and for Il sew
my machine, beg leave to report that
they have performed the duty assigned to
them, and submit the following:
There were delivered to the committee
five large packages of envelopes sealed,
containing the coupons to the amount of
about 200, zoo, also the number of popu.
lar votes cast in the last Presidential cleo.
ton. The conditions of the contest were
that the person guessing nearest to the
popular vote cast would be entitled to re-
ceive piano, and the person putting in
the largest number of coupon guesses
should receive Il sewing machine
We first met on Monday night, March
lst,and again on Wednesday night, March
Sd, when we completed the work. MIR.
w. *. Andrews, II member of the COM
mittce. being unable TO he present. we
called in on Wednesday night, Mr.. p. II.
Tucker ard Mr.. J. b. Traynham, to as
sSt us in the work. For their services
the committee is very grateful.
we examined each coupon closely and
preserved all OF those which were within
$4,000 of the total popular vote; and in
the contest for the sewing machine we
kept tally of those who seemed to stand
any chance at all in this particular. The
latter contest was soon settled between
about three persons, with one much in
the lead, which position was maintained
until the end
The total popular vote, which you fur
nished us, was taken from the CHICAGO
Daily News election tables, and seems to
he the most thorough and accurate yet
published. The following schedule shows
the winner i'll the piano contest, and also
twenty of the nearest guesses TO the cor
rect number, in their order:
Total popular vote, l4,073, 2S5.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05
GRACEFUL
TO THE END.
Mrs. CIeveIand'S Sweet Person
ality Still in Evidence.

SHE EXPERIENCED y MOST EN-
BARRASSING DELAY AT THE
WHITE HOUSE WHILE WAITING
FOR MRS. M'KINLEY'S RETURN
FROM THE CAPITOL-SHE WAS
AFFECTED TO TEARS UPON
LEAVING THE MANSION.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05
wARLIllE PREPARATIONS.

London, March IA dispatch from
Salonica says the Turkish military au-
thorties there are making extensive
warlike preparations. Eighteen railway
trains OF thirty cars csch are in readiness
to convey forces OF reserves from Asia
Minor and elsewhere in Turkish domin.
ions to the Greek frontier. An immense
force OF artillery with great quantities of
ammunition, clothing etc, has arrived
at Salonica and have been forwarded to
the frontier. Business in the city is at
stanGstiil.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05
THE NEW
PRESIDENT i.
An Immense Crowd Witnesses
the Inaugural Ceremonies.

THE DAY IN WASHINGTON WAS
y PERFECT ONE AND ALL THE
DETAILS OF THE AFFAIRS WERE
CARRIED OUT WITHOUT A
HITCH-A LARGE PARADE ON
THE HISTORIC AvENUE-MR.
M'kINLEY'S INAUGURAL.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05
THE PURITAN AT ANCHOR

Wilmington, ~ c., March IA spe.
cial to the Star from Southport says the
monitor Puritan anchored oil the bar
there ut $3.50 this afternoon on account cf
high northeasterly winds. She left Char
lesion at q p. IN. yesterday for New York
II the wind continues size will'come in to-
morrow. All on board are we'll.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05
WEYLE:R IN
HAVANA
He Arrived Unexpectedly in the
Cuban Capital.

NO REASON Is GIVEN FOR HIS RE-
TURN, THOUGH IT IS WELL.
KNOWN THAT HIS CAMPAIGN
HAS BEEN AN ANONYMOUS FAIL.
URE-AFRAID OF POSITIVE AC.
TION BY THE M'KINLEY AID
MINISTRATlON.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05
FOR $40.

You'll III SURPRISED 10 SEE
WHAT SPLENDID SPRING SUITS
WE RE MAKING FOR $4,000
THE VERY SMALLEST OF NOHnY
PATTERNS. ALL WOOL AND WE'LL
WEARING; FACT Is, You'LL HAVE
TO PAY $500 At MOST PLACES
FOR CLOTHES not SO COOP
GlLKESON & TAYLOR,
MATTERS NNp FrHNlSuErS.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05

can offer yon the best flooring, cell.
ing and dressed boards in the city for the
price. j. III. WILKINSON.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05

Rock bottom prices on special lines of
shoes for 4 few days ut Mangus & Payn-
tcr's.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05

continued on second page.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-05
NEARLY 100000 BALLOTS CAST IN PIANO CONTEST,

c. NJ RAUP MADE THE CLOSEST GUESS WHILE MRS. w. WRIGHT TURNED IN 1HF ,,R
NUMBER OF COUPONS
The Lucky Guess Was Very Close One Appointed Count the coups Make Known
the Result of Their laboS.
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-28
HAWAIIAN 42TUEsDAY

boundaries of Greater New York there
is property of the assessed value of
over s2,732, 0OO, 900.
There is not one State in the Union,
except New York itself, whose assessed
valuation, by the census of 1890. was
equal to s2,732,O0O. Not even the val
uation of the populous and wealthy
State of Pennsylvania was on a par
with that of the territory embraced by
our consolidated city.
Measured by wealth. therefore,
Greater New York has the Importance
OF the first State in the Union, for its
wealth exceeds that of any other State
except New York, and is by far the
larger fraction of the total wealth OF
the Empire State.
When they come to choose a Mayor
to WELD the executive power of their
newly-created city the people OF
Greater New York must remember
that for all practical purposes they will
be choosing the Governor of the sixth
State Of the Union in point of popula,
ton and the first State of the Union il
point of wealth.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-28
MAUNA ALA.
Fears for Sailing Vessel are En-
tertained on the Coast.

Fears for Sailing Vessel are En-
tertained on the Coast.
The following items of interest in
regard of vessels running regularly to
this port, are taken from the San Fran
cisco Chronicle:
Captain Soule has returned from his
honeymoon and will resume command
of the Maria Davis. 1t is understood
that vessel has secured two years
charter to carry sugar to this port from
Honolulu at $3.50 ton.
Captain E. P. Drew has returned
from visit to Maine and will resume
command of the Andrew WEIGH. Cap
tain Turne, at present in charge of the
Welch, will return to the R. P. Rithet
as first mate.
Some fears are entertained for the
safety of the bark Mauna Ala. She
had not arrived in Honolulu when the
Aloha left that port, although she had
then been out of San Francisco 20
days. The S. n. Castle left this port
in company with the Mauna Ala and
made the trip in IA days. Captain
Smith of the Mauna lila is confined to
his bed in ST. Luke's Hospital. He is
fiammatory rheumatism.-S. F. Chroni-
Gle
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-28
LONGEST STREET-CAR RIDE FOR
ONE FARE.

1t is not too much to say that Ameri-
can street railways afford the cheap
est transportation in the world, and
awards to the city of Brooklyn the
credit of giving the longest ride that
can be had for one fare in any great
city in this country.
The rate per mile for the longest
legitimate ride that can be obtained
for one fare in that city is given at rs
cents; Chicago comes next, with a rate
of one-third of cent; New York third
its rate being 40 cents, while Phila-
delphia has rate of 43 cents.
The longest rides for one fare in
these cities are stated as follows:
Brooklyn, IS miles; Chicago, II miles;
New York, 1215 miles, and Philadel-
phia liz miles.
Chicago has utterly distanced its
rivals in the matter of total track
mileage, having, according to the above
authority, 760 miles of track as
against 462 in Philadelphia, 45S in New
York and 1893 in Brooklyn. In Glas-
gov, city which is often held up as
possessing model street railway sys-
TEN, the longest ride that can be had
for a single fare is 5.37 miles, and the
rate per mile for this ride is LII cents.
ride long distances in Chicago is pro-
portionately large is shown by the fact
that no less than 100000 transfers are
given daily on the car lines of that
city.-Street Railway Journal.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-28
BOYS WERE LIKED
Baltimore Minstrel Show
Was a Fine Success.
New Songs and Jokes that Were
Jokes-Pretty First Part-clever
Sketches-Orchest Music.

Vanderveer's Baltimore Minstrel and
Specially Company had a full house
Saturday evening. There were not half
dozen vacant chairs in the orchestra
and dress circle and both balcony and
gallery were crowded. No one was dis
appointed. All were immensely pleased.
1t was clean, neat, clever show from
one end TO the other. A lot of new
songs were given in good style and the
gags" were all very laughable. The
first part was about the best of that
section of a minstrel show that has
ever been seen here. The six end men
were in white trousers and dress coats.
The chorus people were in female at
tire, J. j. Vandeveer, the manager, was
in the center. In the course of the ev-
ening he did some excellent acting and
fine singing. His hit was THE Blow
Almost Killed Father" This topical
song will be all the go now. Keene,
Marshall, Turner, Williams. Achenvol
and Goebel won applause in solos. The
finale of the first part took the house
by storm.
A splendid feature of the show was
the tuneful music by the Baltimore
orchestra, under the leadership of Prof
E. C. Kaufman.
Turner is easily entitled to the dane
ing championship of the U. S. Navy
The audience could not get enough OF
his "bucking and winging." Turner
sang "All Coons Look Alike to Me-
Goebel and Achenvol were Al in the
sketch DE Turn Verein Vadets" Theil
German dialect and makeup was fault
less. Williams and Carney were neat
in their sketch as Irish housemaids
The sketch of the evening was by Mar
shall and Vandeveer, Marriage ant
Its Vicissitudes" There were severa
good songs, finishing with THE Sport!
Widow Brown" For makeup as fe
male. Marshall cannot be beaten any
where
The afterpiece was funny skit will
Vandeveer and Marshall as housekeep
ers and Ed. Williams as black Chinee
There was lot of laughter in this.
The show made good money and o
the gross receipts, 20 per cent. will g
to the Strangers Friend Society.