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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-13
TO GO TO MEXICO.

Hartford, Feb. 12.-Charles Dudley
Warner left for New York city to-day
where he will be joined on Monday by
Charles H Clark of the Courant, and
they expect to start Tuesday, via St
Louis, for Mexico City. Mr.. Warner
intends to be gone some time. Mr.
Clark expects to return in a few weeks
coming home by water from Vera Cruz
and stopping at Havana.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-13
CAPTAIN NORTON DEAD.
Passed Away at Plainville Early Yes

Passed Away at Plainville Early Yes
terday Morning
New Britain, Feb 12-Captain An
drew J. Norton, one of the few of The
remaining California 'Forty-niners
died, at his home in Plainville at
o'clock this morning.
He was born at Compounce in 1873
was twice married and wife and two
children survive him. He was a broth
err of Hon. Cad Norton, one of tn,
owners of Compounce lake
Captain Norton lived in Plainvill,
nearly all his life. For several year.
he was captain of canal boat on tn,
New Haven Northampton line.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-13
STARIN'S NEW HAVEN TRANS
PORTATION LINE.
Daily Except SaturdaYs

Str. J Hin H. STARLN, Captain
SI7siil McAlster, leaves New Haven
1ol5 ?. q. sundays, Tuesdays ana Thn;rs n
days. Str. ERASTUS CORNING, Captain
Spoor, Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays.
The STARIN leaves New York from Pier ls,
North river, at 8 p. m. Mondays, Wednesday,
and Fridays. The Corning, Sundays, Tues
days and Thursdays.
Fare, 80; excursion tickets. $1.25. State
rooms, 90.
Tickets and staterooms for sale at Il. r.
Norton's, S5l Chapel street; Peck s. Bishop,
TO2 Chapel street; Tontine Hotel, and A.
Goodman & Co.
Free stage leaves the depot on arrival OF
Hartford train, and from corner Of Church
and Chapel streets every half hour. commenc-
ing at $3.50 pm. Through freight rates given
anG bills OF lading issued to points west
south and southwest. G. H. FISHER, Agent.
Order your freight via Starln Line.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
WONDERFUL
new MOTOR.
Great Claims Made by a New York
Electrical Engineer.
HE SAYS HE CAN MAGNIFY THE
CURRENT ONE HUNDRED TINES
AND THAT HIS INVENTION WILL.
REvoLUTIoNIzE ALL TRAFFIC.
HE DESCRIBES HIS APPARATUS
AND TELLS WHAT 1T WILL DO
WHEN IN OPERATION.

New York, Aug. 24.-George B. PEN
mock, an electrical engineer of this CITY.
claims he has invented system of cleo
tricai distribution which will extend the
present methods of railway transporta-
ton from the surface road Of the CITY to
transcontinental traffic. His claim Is
that he can so distribute electrical enerey
by means of new kind of third rail sys-
tenn that hundred trains can be moved
as easily as one now. lie says by his in
vention he can to all intents and purposes
transform 100 horse power into iOO. 600 if
need he. lie says that is done by what
is called voltage distributor He de-
scribes this invention thus:
III ere Is circular track cut up into
'lOO segments, each ten inches long.
Mounted on 1t is an electric motor car Of
one half horse power, designed to run at
very high speed to complete the circuit
of the track 400 times in a minute. 1t
is locked in by two trucks above, one of
which carries the current from the 500
horse power dynamo to the distributor
Between the rails of the railroad
tracks along their whole length is series
of conducting segments, q brass rail one
inch in diameter, each segment 500 feet
long, the segments separated from each
other three inches. Running side by side
with these seements will be u similar but
continuous constructor to complete the
circuit. Each of the segments in the
distributor is connected with the wires
to 500-foot segment between the tracks.
"When all Is ready the motor car on
the distributor Is set in motion, and as it
flies around the circuit, at the rate of 400
| times minute, it closes the circuit be-
| tween the small segments in the distrib-
utor and the segments between the tracks
and conveys to each segment sufficient
electricity to start n train. This current
is taken up from the larger segment into
another but smaller voltage distributor
on the train, in charge CT the motorman.
This, consists of ten segments, each at
tached to motor on thestrain.
1.-The force of the current is 100 volts.
The motorman has charge of this, and,
by turning his switch, can use one motor
with 100 volts or ten with l,00U. The
current will be taken from the se,ments
on the track to the voltage distributor
on tho trains by u connection underneath
the car sinilar to trolley pole.
lone of these trolley wheels, or shoes,
will rest continuously on the continuous
rail. so that BY generating 500.horse-
power Mt the dynamos, distributing it to
the segments, and putting just enough
in each one to start the cars, can do all
the work of the road with 500 horse
power. In other words the same power
is internationally transmitted from one
train to another several hundred times a
minute"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
Wheat is going up, flour is GO
ing up, corn is going up, but
Barnhart &c steele, the Jefferson
street grocers, are not going up.
PROPOSED RAILROAD
Late Norfolk and Western Employees
Want to Build One

Late Norfolk and Western Employees
Want to Build One.
The Blacksburg correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch says:
A meeting Of the owners and the oper.
a.ors of the coal properties in Price and
Bush mountains was held here on Tues
day last to consider the proposition of
Messrs. Barger and Osborne, .of the Nor
folk and Western railroad, and Captain
William 1ngles, of Bradford, to build a
railroad from Cambria to Blacksburg.
These 'gentlmen propose to build, equip,
and operate the ROAD, provided the coal
men give them one half interest in their
mineral lands. The latter refused to
accede to the proposition, and thr
negotiations were for the present broken
off. Another meeting, however, will he
held in thirty days.
There is second proposition to build
this same road. e. b. Wilson, of Salem.
a mining and metallurgical engineer of
reputation and prominence, who is very
much interested in the coal mines near
here, proposes to furnish 500, 600, and to
commence work at sixty days notice, if
those localities interested in the matter
will secure the right of way, subscribe
500, 900 worth of stock, and give one tenth
interest in the coal as security to those
who advance the money. Never before
was the agitation of the matter 30 active
as now, and one feels as if one might now
reasonably look forward to an actual nc
complishment of our so often planned
railway connection.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
ATLANTIC LEAGUE,
WANT A CONVENTION.
Augusta Negroes Condemn the Republi-
can Committee.

>"SuS9t NeSroeS COnuemn the RepuDll-
can Committee.
Staunton, Va, Aug. 24.-The negroes
OF Augusta county, in mass-meeting as
sembled here, passed unanimously resolu-
tions condemning the action of the Re-
publican State committee, which met in
Lynchburg last week. The resolutions
recite that the State committees action
seems to be founded On personalities ey
listing between Colonel Lamb and the
committee. Political inactivity will, it
says, disintegrate the pai ty and lessen
its efficiency in future contests. 1t fur
Their inveiRhs against the disbanding of
the Republican party, and declaI es that
with n State ticket in the field victory at
the polls may be expected.
That portion of the State committee s
address advising Republicans to unite in
the campaign with gold Democrats, in
dependents, and dissatisfied elements the
mass-meeting rejects, and it denounces
the State committees address. where it.
refers tc prejudice to be engendered by
calling convention, rs Il reflection on the
gro wing independence of the Virginia col
ored Republicans. 1t further denounces
it asa delusion and snare.
This meeting is part OF movement
of the Negro Protective Association of
Virginia. These leaders here declare that
they intend to have State convention and
State ticket.
Resolutions of similar tenor and effect
were adopted by city mass meeting to.
night. Twenty three delegates to the
colored congress meeting in Richmond
September eth were elected for the CITY
and county.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
MARRIAGE RECORD Filled.

The Washington Post says: The.cler
of the supreme court yesterday morning
received the certificate of the marriage of
Edwin ID. Wills. of Lynchburg, Va, and
Bessie j. Kin"ier, Of Roanoke, Va, the
young couple who were married in til is
city recently. and who experienced great
trouble in finding the minister who mar
RED them The certificate shows that
the young couple were married August
10. The law requires, under IL penalty Of
no" less than $50 nor more than $3.50,
that return be made by the officiating
minister, or other person performing the
marriage, within ten days after the cere-
mony is performed, and in this case the
certificate WAS three days late in being
turned in. The officials of the court say
that this is common occurrence among
ministers OF the city, and that there are
marriages as far back as 1870 of which no
returns have been made. They will not
take any action in the matter. The fail
ure TO make the retu III was clearly due
to ignorance of the law.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE,

At Baltimore, runs, z
MUS error. Chicago, 2 runs, 8 hits, 2
errors; Batteries: Hoffer end Robinson;
Griffith aud Donohue.
AT Philadelphia Philadelphia, runs.
10 MIS- error. st. Louis, runs, 10
mus, 4 errors. Batteries: Taylor and Nc
Farland; Hart and Douglass.
second game-Philadelphia, II runs, IS
hits, errors. st. Louis, 2 runs, 10 hits,
l error. Batteries: Wheeler. and McFar-
land; Hart and Murphy.
AT Brooklyn-Brooklyn, 10 runs, 10
hits, errors. Pittsburg, runs. IA hits,
errors Batteries: Fisher and Smith;
Killen and Sugden.
Al Washington, 6 runs,
IA hits, l error. Cincinnati, % runs. IL
hlts, . errors. Batteries: Swain and
Farrell; Breitenstein and PETIT.
Games postponed between New York
and Cleveland and Boston and Louisville.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
MRS. a. L. DlCKINsoN--DEAD.
Passed Away Sud lenly Monday. After
noon at Bedford City

Bedford City, Va, Aug. 24-About 6
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Dickin-
son, of Richmond, died very suddenly at
the Hotel Bedford, where she came some
weeks since for the benefit of her health
and had seemed to improve. Death en-
sued from heart failure, caused by eX-
IRENE debility.
The remains will be taken to Richmond
tomorrow for interment.
Deceased was sister Of Messrs. John
w. and A. p. Craddock and DR.. T. E.
Craddock, Of Lynchburg; Mr.. Charles G.
Craddock, of Chicago, and Mrs. w. r.
Barksdnle, Of Houston, Va.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
ROANOKE. VA. WEDNESDAY,. AUGUST 49, 1897.

Resolved, That on and after the first
day of Septem Der, 1907, no officer or en-
pioye Of the city shall be permitted to
Keep his horse or horses at the city sta
bies at the expense of the city All ordi-
nances or parts of ordinances, or resolu.
lions or parts Of resolutions, in conflict
with this resolution be and are hereby
repealed"
The resolution was rejected by the fol-
lowing vote, majority failing to vote
therefor:
Ayes: Buckner, Evans, Guy, Hodgson,
New ton, Page, witt, Woods
Noes: Casey, Coleman, Fox. Mays,
Minahan, Mullen, Seifert, Stiickland-S.
Not voting: Coulbourn.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
THE GREAT FUTURITY.
A Two to One Shot Lands a Purse of
$4,000.

New York, Aug. 24-The great futur-
ity for two-year- olds, with purse of
Too,oO0 TO the winner, was run to-day in
the presence of an immense crowd. The
horses were given most excellent start
and the race throughout was one of great
excitement. A large field of eighteen
faced the starter when the flag fell, and
the finish was an exciting. one. L'Alou.
cite, from Thompson's stables, 2 to 1
shot, with 11S pounds, ridden by Claw
son, won length ahead of Lydian, a late
entry, who came in u length ahead of
Uriel.
1t was the general opinion of horsemen
that never before in the history of the
Futurity WAS it so open race, and the
pi~Sers of the winner were mighty few,
the "bookies' get most of the money.
The track was very heavy.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
ENGLEBY BRO. & co.
KILLED BY A JACK HANDLE.
A Workman Stricken While at Work in
Railroad Shops.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Aug. 2l.-John
T. Long, a workman in the Cincinnati
Southern railroad shops, while lacking
up q car this morning was instantly
killed by the handle of jack striking
him on the head.
Master Mechanic p. H. Schrieber, who
was standing few feet away, witnessed
the accident, fell over in a fainting fit,
from which he could not e aroused. Mr..
Schrieber has been troubled with hear:
disease for some time ,and his physicians
say he cannot survive the shock.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
PROPOSITION REJECTED.

Pittsburg. Aug. 24.-At the coal oper-
ators meeting this afternoon the miners
ultimatum to return to work mt go cents
per ton pending arbitration was rejected
The operators will not carry out their
self-adopted article at the Cleveland con-
ference and will open the mines immdi-
ately. If the old men do not accept their
terms new diggers will be imported.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
AFTER -FOUR YEARS.

Youngstown, o., Aug. 24.-The Girard
mill of the Union Iron and Steel Com
pany, which has not been in operation for
1t employs about 200 persons.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.

Fayetteville, w. Va, Aug. 2t.-Gover-
nor Atkinson has ordered the local mill
tarv company to prevent an alleged at
tempt to rescue Jerry Brown from hang
ing this afternoon. 1t is said 400 negroes
were encamped in the woods near W here
the scaffal'l was erected for the pnrpose
of preventing the execution. They
claimed that Brown should be given his
life, until Noirs, who WAS to have been
hanged Mt the same time, but who es.
capped, is captured No trouble occurred,
however and the hanging was n success.
Our stock of carpets AMI bed room fur.
niCure cannot be eScelled. THEE. H.
STEWART FURNITURE CO.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
WAS SHORT ON WHEAT

Detroit, Mich, Aug. Aaron Conn,
prominent board Of trade broker, who
was caught short in the recent wheat
bulge, was found dead to- day in Belle
Island Park. He had strangled himself
with handkerchief and q lead pencil
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
DIED IN JAPAN

Lynchburc, Aug. 2. Mrs Pauline Du-
Bose Little, wife of Rev. Lacy l.. Little,
died at Kamisawa, Japan, July 25th.
She was the daughter of Rev. DR.. H. c..
DuBose, one Of the oldest missionaries in
China of the Southern Presbyterian
Church.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
MESSAGE FROM ANDREE.

London, Aug. pa special from Co.
penhagen SAYS that n carrier pigeon has
been caught in the vicinity of Tromsoe
Island, near the north point of Norway,
with The following stamped upon it's
wing; north Pole passed fifteenth"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
KICKED TO DEATH.
Six YearOld James Staples Loses His
Life in This Way

HarrIsonburg, Va, Ang. 24.-James
Staples. aged years, son of j. c..
Shapes, Il prominent citizen of this place,
was kicked by..a horse late yesterday af-
ternoon and received injuries which re.
suited in his death about midnight.
The little fellow had gone with his
brother to bring the COW home from the
pasture. He carried cornstalk in his
hand, and with it he playfully struck n
horse that was running loose in the field.
The animal kicked him in the head and
fractured his skull a profuse hemor-
rhage ensued, resulting in death about
six hours after the accident occurred.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
Sandy P. Figgat & Co, sue
cessors to Pitnan and Evans,
Fancy Groceries, Ii6 Salem
avenue w.
A SERIOUS CRIME.
Fourteen Year Old Sam. Harvey Charged
With Barn. Burning.

Lexington, Aug. 24.-Sam. Harvey, a
IA year old boy. has been arrested for set
ting fire to the barn of NJ. r. Brown, il
which the two colored men, John Petit
grew and Charles Lee, were roasted to
death. He will have hearing Thursday
before Magistrate Baker
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
ELEGANT LINE OF CARPETS.

We have just received one of the largest
and finest lines of carpets ever displayed
In Roanoke anil of great variety We in
vite the public to inspect them. Our
stock Of furniture embraces every article
for household and..oflice use
OVERSTREET 81 THURMAN,
is and 20 Campbell avenue
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
There's Good
Pickino

AROUND THE STORE IN THE
WAY OF BARGAINS. NEGLI-
GEE SHIRTS, SUMNER HATS,
UNDERWEAR, SC, ALL HAVE
TO BE CLEANED OUT BEFORE
THE COMING SEASON.
d. M.TAYLOR,
HATS AND FURNISHINGS,
SUCCESSOR TO GILKESoN IL TAYLOR.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
A BASEBALL MAGNATE SHORT.

Detroit Mich. Aug. 24.-Robert II.
Leadley clerk of the police court here and
owner of the Grand Rapids baseball club,
in the Western League, is short 81 900 in
his accounts with the country treasurer.
Leadley says he Will pay up and does not
deny the shortage.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
------------------
JAMES w, PAUL DEAD.

Philadelphia, Aug. 24.-James w.
Paul. the oldest member of the Philadel-
phia bar, died this morning at his home
at villa Nova, suburb of this city. He
was the father of Mrs. W. w. Aston.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
.REND ASSAILS
RATCHF0RD.
The Strike Agitator Called an An
archist by the Coal Operator.

= SENSATIONAL CONFERENCE mo
SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT IN THE
STRIKE sITUATIoN-lT is SO
CENTS PER TON OR NOTHING.
THE MINERS REPRESENTATIVES
INSISTED THAT TIE WAGES DE.
MANDED BE PAID PENDING AR
BITRATION. Z,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
SMITH AND DIXON MATCHED. ii

CHICAGO, Aug "a Tom O'Rourke tel
egraphed to Parson Davies today that he
had matched George Dixon to fight Solly
Smith for purse of 5000. the fight to
occur at San Francisco on October 4.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25
THE wEATHER.

Forecast for Virginia: Fair station
erly.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-25

Sandy P. Fiegat & Co., sue
cessors to Pitman and Evans,
Fancy Groceries, li6 Salem
avenue w.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-30
MISS HERBERT'S
 SAD LOVE STORY
HAD IT ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER REGENT TRAGIC
 DEATH?
Romance of an Ocean Voyage is Re- callad By the Yonas Wenan's Friends-It Was Supposed
 to Be Only a Filtration,

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 30.-The body of Miss Leila Herbert DOW re- poses beside that of her mother at the old Alabama home.
 After the services Washington so- ciety talked about the sweet and lovely woman who had come to SC dreadful an end. All spoke of the af- lection in which she was held.
 They talked, too, of the singular suicidal mania that has developed in the families of those who served in Mir. Cleveland's Cabinet. She is the third who killed herself.
 Miss Bayard, daughter of the form CT Secretary of State, and Miss Daisy Garland, daughter of MT. Cleveland s first attorney general, were victims of seIf-destruction.
 And Washington gossiped tenderly and without malice about her who has just died and sought to find some reason for her terrible death.
 Months ago q change toward mel ancholy was noticed in Miss Her bert's maners. Was this melancholy fashioned of the moonlight ami the mists of the ocean? They whispered this in Washington. They said that love entered her life, lovesostrong so pure, so overpowering that it ab- sorbed her whole nature.
 The story began, it is said, on the | St. Louis, winch sailed from New York on August l2. 1896. Secretary Herbert and Miss Herbert were pas sengers and they sat atthe captains table.
 Among others at the table was a handsome, broad-shouldered man ol obout 30, a well-hred, quiet, careful Iv-dressed man. It took all of day to find out that he was n Mir. Hunt singer. that he was a widower, and that he was connected with the Car negie Steel Go, on whose business ht was going abroad.
 The association between Miss Her bert and MT. Huntsinger was notic ed on the second day out. The pas sengers thought it was simply : shipboard irritation. They did po' say much about it, directly they re turned home, but now they tell o this shipboard experience. And they are wondering if love did flower il this young woman's heart, and the young man was simply polit' and courteous.
 If there was a romance it lasted but a little time. MT. Huntsinge l was very attentive in London. H' gave Mir. and Miss Herbert dinner and opera parties, and no on | thought much of it then.
 l There is an impression that Mf | lHuntsinger came back in tho sam lship with the Herberts, but this i I hay also-
 1 All that is absolutely known i 1 that Miss Herbert has lived unde the pail of melancholy, and that a Hast she ended it by taSing her life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-30
COLONEL W. P. GRACE
Falls Down Flight of Stairs in Going to His Office and
 Breaks His Arm.

Shortly after o'clock this after noon Colonel W. P. Grace was going up stairs to his office in the Smart building on Main street. The Colo nels eye-sight is getting dim, and when five or six steps from the bot tom he missed step and fell back ward to the pavement. His right arm was broken above the elbow and he was rendered unconscious by falling on his head. Messrs. A. B. Grace and D. c. Bell were standing at the foot of the stairs and carried him into Walkers drug store, where after about ten minutes he regained consciousness.
 Dr.eJ. L. Goree set the broken arm. As Col. Grace is D yearssold, his broken arm will be some time in mending.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-30
UNNECESSARY HERolsM.
A Connecticut Mans Experience With (
 Substitute Bathtub.

A Connecticut Mans Experience With 0
 Substitute Bathtub.
 One of the most ridiculous situations which at the time bring the coldess sweat out on a mans brow and ever after remain with him as constant source of mirth occurred to Shelton merchant. He thought he would take 6 bath, and as his flat is minus one of ths chief requisites for the job-a bathtub --he extemporized one out of small washtub and enjoyed cooling ablu' tion.
 He had just concluded and stepped from the tub for the towel, when sud- denly the top hoop of the tub burst with a sharp report, and the man saw to hls horror that the whole contents of the tub would soon be flooding the floor. Al the same moment he thought of the store beneath and tho amount of dam. age the water would dc as 1t ran down through the ceiling He is man of quick thought, and in q moment he dlo the only thing possible-threw hlmseiI down beside the tub and, olasplng ms arms around it, held the already 1aht swelling slaves together He was sue cessful in keeping the water ln-put what situationl He dared not yell, for he was hardly in condition to receive callers, especially as he knew that al in the block at the time were of the pentler sex, and he realized at once that the only thing left for him was to stay in that position until the return of hls wife, who was out on shopping expe- i 'dition. Like the boy who saved Holland ne manfully remained ill his most uncom- sortable position until relief in the shape of his wife appeared. Then, to car the climax, when he asked her to get rope or any old thing to tie about the tub. she, after long fit of uneontrolia- ble laughter, asked him why he dldn'I carry tub and contents out to the slnk- room and pour out the water With look that froze the smile on her face hs did as she said and without word don ned his clothing and wandered out ints l the cold. unfeeling world, crushet and humiliated man. -Ansonia senti v.n1 S2