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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26
THERE Il NOTHING So coon

There is nothing just as good as DR..
kih@'S New Discovery for CONSUMPTION.
Coughs and Colds, so demand it ana do
not permit the dealer to sell YOU some
substitute He will rot claim there is
anything better, bnt in order 10 make
more profit he may claim something else
to be Just as good. You wnnt DR. Kings
New Discovery Because you know il to he
safe ana reliable and guaranteed To do
gooa or money refunded For Coughs,
coils ConsllmptioE and for all affections
oil Throat, Chest and Lungs there is moth.
ing so good rs is DR. King, New Discov
cry. Trial bottles free at Mnssie's phnr.
macy, lO9 Jefferson street
Regular size 80 cents and 81 90.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26
IS THIS YOUR HOPE?

1t is the hope of every person suffering
from weak or disease that he or she
shall sometime be well. Hone never lie
serts any man or woman. You may be
i'll, you may suffer. but there is still
hope. Why is this? 1t is because some
great grand man has devoted his life to
your welfare. He has studied, he has in
vestigated, aud he has discovered as DIR.
Greene has, the road to speedy recovery
You can consult DIR. Greene, 30 West 18th,
street, New York city. personally or by
letter. free, and can be treated at your
home as we'll rs if you personally visited
the doctor. If you are su ffering write to
him at once.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26

market was an idle and listless one gen.
orally, activity If any kind being only
spasmodic. Cash corn was without es-
sential change Trade was dull, owing
to light receipts. 81
Oats-The business in oats was quite
unworthy of note. Local traders pre-
served the semblance of ~ market and
that was all After an easy openirg, the
tone strengthened with the other grains,
but at the clo-e the feeling was indiffer.
ent. May oats closed stade lower.
Cash oats were quiet and steady
Provisiops-The tone of the provision
market was nothing more than steady MT
the opening. The hog receints were
light, but ut an early advance of . cents
mt the yards failed to he sustained.
Later, English houses bought and the de
mand was of sufficient potency to cause a
good rally. May pork closed . / &c lower;
May lard and ribs unchanged.
Leading fol1
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26
SALEM NEWS
EDw.ARD-JETER, REPORTER.

Mr.. Choioniere, from Sabravois. Can
ada, has been in Salem for several days
past prospecting with the view Of pur.
chasing fruit farm. AS yet he has not
purchased.
Thieves made another unsuccessful at
tempt to enter the storeroom of Samuel
Martin on College avenue Tuesday night.
Mr.. Gordon, VINO sleeps In the store,
heard them at the door and invited them
in an d rs they fled he fired several shots
at them. 1t is TO be regretted that they
did not accept Mr.. Gordon's kinu invita-
ton to enter where they could have been
fired on AT closer range.
DR.. Lewis Pedigo, of Allegheny Springs,
was in the city Yesterday on business.
The Gravely foundry, situated on Ala.
hanna street, was yesterday sold by J. f..
Allemong. trustee, and the same was
purchased by the Salem improvement
Company Tor 5000.
The Southern Express Company has
again started IL delivery wagon in Salem,
with James Beck in charge of the com.
pany's business
Leon Palmer and wife returned We'd
Desday night from Glade Springs, where
they went to attend the funeral of Mrs
Palmer's father, Col. James VI. Byars
Miss Lizzie Board, of Chambersburg,
Pa, is visiting friends and relatives in
the city.
The Times-Register is authority for the
statement that Miss Julia Landon, for
merly of this place, is soon to we'd n gen.
tleman OF Washington city,
Mrs. Eugene Smith, nee Moon, sister
OF VIM. j. Moon, .Jr, of the Norfolk and
western offices, is reported as being quite
i'll Mt her home in Ash, ille n. C.
The Salem friends of Col Geo. p, Tay-
loe are erieved to learn that his condition
has again become critical.
w. Lee Brand left Wednesday for
Washington, where it is supposed he went
to look after the Salem postofce Mr..
Brand was at one time prominently men
toned Tor the collectorship of the Yves
tern district, but it is generally conceded
that Pat McCaull will secure this politi.
cal plum. Although it is minated that
another Salem gentlemanhas been trying
TO secure the postoftice appointment, in
view of Mr.. Brands past 'ealtv to his
party it can hardly be d5ubted that he
VIII be oaien's heXt postmaster.
There VAS some ice in Salem Yesterday
morning In various quarters of lie town
formed by the cold weather of Wednes-
DAY night. Owing to the dryness Of the
air and the continued Blowing OF the
WIND, it is not thought by the wsencres
that fruit buds were hurt, while quiet
night with frost might have been disas.
trous
>. y. Wilson is reported ms being quite
sick at his home in West Salem.
Yesterday afternoon at } o'clock ut the
home of Reuben Witt, in West Salem,
ID w. Dodd was united in marriage to
Miss Mamie l.. Witt. DR.. j. B Taylor
performed the ceremony
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26
MIR. ELLysoN, TAKE NOTICE.

The Democrats of Virginia have wit
messed one unpleasant exhibition that
they do not care to see repeated-the ex-
hibition of II governor in whom they re.
posed confidence arraying himself against
them and still holding on to the office
TO which their snffrages had elected him.
With this experience before their eyes
they are not likely to take any more
chances. Portsmouth Times.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26

Corbett and Fitzsimmons have had a
talk in San Francisco and the latter de-
clines to fight Pompadour Jim any more
From this it would appear that the Aus
tralian is perfectly willing to rest on his
laurels so far as his late California rival
is concerned. and is not DESTROYS of tax
ing any more chances in that direction.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26
MUM Y,ON' S

Improved homeopathic Home Remedy
Company put up separate cure for each
disease. AT all druggists, mostly 25c.
Guide to Health free.
Personal letters to Prof Munyon, 1905
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, answered
with free medical advice for any disease
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26
a WISE DECISION.

The decision of the board of directors
of the penitentiary at II recent meeting to
have practical experiment in sugar beet
culture nlaGe mt the State farm is wise
one. The capabilities and resources Of
the soil of this State, acre for acre and
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26

1t is thought that the reason that Vir-
ginia editors are going to meet in Char
lottesville this year is because both the
gold bug Democrats and the free silver
Democrats want to swear by the grave
of Jefferson that each of them are the only
true expounders of Democracy as pro.
mulgated by him.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26

Judging from the way those English
newspapers are kicking over the action
of the United States Senate in adopting
it would seem that the people over there
had an AK to grind, and wanted to convert
this treaty into crank, with the under.
standing that the United States would do
the turning.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26


foot for foot, are equal to those of any
land or climate on the globe, and from
outward indications there seems to be no
reason why the experiment should not
prove success in all respects. In the
matter of fine watermelons and sweet
potatoes, the section of the State in which
the pen:tentiary is located has long been
famous as producer. The Hanover
watermelon and sweet potato are al
ready famous the country over, and deal
ers in these products have long ago learn
cd to make the most of the fact in their
sales. The sweetness of the melons of
Eastern Virginia has already grown into
classical Significance. and the same is
true of the potato. These facts would
seem to indicate the existance in some
form OF abundant saccharine ingredients.
which need only the workings of natures
laboratory, In the shape of certain fruits
or vegetables, to extract them from the
soil. Turnips, carrots, parsnips, ruta-
beggas, beets, sweet and Irish. potatoes
grow in all parts of the State in great
abundance and of large size, and as the
lucious sweetness of the melon and the
succulence of the vegetables in tidewater
Virginia have been generally admitted
since the settlement at jamestown, it
should he raised there in its greatest per-
lection.
The cost of the proposed experiment at
the State farm will he nothing when the
results that may be arrived at are con.
sidered, aad not only should the test be
thoroughly and promptly made, but
farmers and gardeners all over the State
should be encouraged to raise the beets
on small scale this year, in order that
the general adaptability of the soil for
their production may be determined.
Along with this cultivation n few fac
tories for extracting the sugar should be
built ut points most accessible, thus
affording the best results to those engaged
in the experiment. Nebraska has al.
ready made considerable progress in SUI
gar beet culture, and under tn fostering
care of the State the outlook for sugar
making is very bright. In California
and some other States the experiment is
also being tried, and Virginia, which has
always been famous for the excellent uual
ity Of the staple products raised upon her
soil, should not lag behind in this move
ment.
AS the producer of the best tobacco
upon the continent and The best of every
thing else in the line of agricultural and
stock-raising, it would not he at all sur
prising, with the proper effort, if this tate
should become the head and centre of
the sugar-making industry of the coun-
try. The three hundred million dollars
or more spent annually in foreign coun.
tries for SUGAR by the American people
might as we'll be expended at home,
where all would share in the distribution.
In Germany, France and other European
countries the sugar beet industry is worth
hundreds of millions of dollars to the peo-
pie and there is apparently no reas On
why it should not prove OF the same value
to the American people, especially when
they would be the consumers. At any
rate, the experiment is we'll worth trying
in Virginia and it is the duty of the COM
missioner of agriculture to promote the
test by every means available.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26
REBEKAH SANITARUM

y Private Hospital for the Sick and for
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Trained nurses ana hospital advan.
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ior patients and visitors from II to .
O'Clock p. m.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26

The baseball cranks a,e now coming
out of their holes and on every side you
can hear the merits and demerlts of the
different players discussed. The Times
will be found up-to-date in its baseball
news and subscribers can rely upon get.
ting the very latest local baseball gossip
every morning.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26

The young man whose fancy had com
menced turning to thoughts of thinner
clothes and other spring announcements
has had relapse and he is now. figuring
out how long his last winters overcont
is>going to look respectable.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26

1t is about time now for eleven million
politicians to come out in two column
article announcing that although they
have no personal desire for their names
to appear before the nominating conven-
tion they have at the earnest solicitation
of hosts of friends consented to do so.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26
COLDS

Munyon's Cold Cure cures colds in the
head, colds on the lungs, old colds. new
colds and obstinate colds, and all forms of
grip. Stops sneezing, discharges from the
uose and eyes, prevents catnrrh, diphthe.
ria, pneumonia and all throat and lung
troubles. These pleasant little pellets
are absolutely harmless, have saved
thousands oil lives and prevented much
sickness. Price 25c
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26

1t has long been perplexing question
for the politicians of Virginia to decide
whether their friends are their worst
enemies, or their enemies their best
friends.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26
MONEY MARKET.
CHICAGO.

Chicago, ..March..25 Wheat had a slow
and draggy market, the fluctuations
being within an extremely narrow range,
strength and weakness alternating fire.
quent'y and the close showing !, small
net loss from Yesterday. Crop damage
reports from Illinois, Indiana AMI Mis-
souri, were quite as numerous rs ever,
NIT tn, trade was disposed 10 consider
thcrl as exaggerated To some extent.
fine growing weather prevailed in most
sections, that being ihe principal weapon
in the bands OF the bears. Cash wheut
WAS steady ut yesterdays prices
The stcHdying factor III corn was again
Tue ilght receipts, seventy. three ears.
The opening decline in wheat, however.
eNerted temporary weakening effect. n
fractional loss being then sustained The
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-26
IN The WORLD If FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCKS.

New York, March 25.-There was a
material falling in the volume of bust
ness vt the stock exchange TODAY, the
sales of stocks amounting to 23G, 302
shares. Speculation throughout was fe-
verish and unsettled and the tendency
of prices was downward. Professional
operators generally were arrayed on the
short side of the account, but here and
there evidences were plain of covering by
important interests.
The decision OF the United States su
preme court in the case of the Trans
Missouri Freight Association is still the
main bear argument and operators for
lower prices seemed to be quite confident
that in the end the courts ruling will re-
suit in general decentralization or rail
avsrates.
The pressure tc sell was most pro-
nounced in the Changers, Reading and
Northern Pacific. These issues dropped
anywhere from 1-2 to 2 per cent. Bur.
lington and Quincy, Reading first prefer
reu. Northwest, Rock Island, and ST.
Paul scoring the heaviest losses. In the
industrials. Sugar advanced to 1I3 3S,
and the stock commanded small pre-
MUM for use. This alarmed the bears,
but after the smaller shorts had covered
the price dropped back to 112 Ia.
Leather preferred showed weakness in the
late trading, selling down to 81 IA, II
loss Of 12 per cent.
Speculation left off weak in tone. Net
changes show losses of 1 AL 2 per cent
Burlington and Quincy, Reading firsts
preferred leading. Manhattan, Western
Union and Rubber preferred gained
| Sal Z 8 per cent.
The bond market was lower. Trans
actions aggregated 81 ,096, 0U0
Treasury balances: Coin. S130, 913, OO5;
currency $67, 5S5, 04o
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-23

AFTER ALL the debate and discussion
about the Nicaraguan canal, the minister
of the Greater Central American Re-
public stepped 10 yesterday and knock
ed the whole business into a cooked hat
by announcing that the government OF
Nicaragua was tired of the matter and
would have no more to do with it. He
says that while Nicaragua is willing to
let private American citizens subscribe
the money for building canal through
her territory, she will not permit the
American government to do SO, and that
as the NicaraguaD canal company is
bankrupt, the whole affair is ended.
The scheme was utterly absurd from
the first, for none but simpletons sup
posed this government would build q
canal in territory over which it has no
jurisdiction, and just as foolish were
those who imagined that Nicaragua
would allow this one to construct an in
terocean, or any other sort of canal,
through its territory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-23
KEPT ALIVE ON MILK.

In private room at the University
of Maryland Hospital the professor of
surgery has as his patient Mary E.
Thornton, aged three years, of Blossom
Station, Accomac county, Va. The
little girls case has aroused the deep
est interest in the medical profession,
as she is suffering from structure Of
the throat Of peculiar form.
About year ago the little girl, while
playing around her home in Virginia
found can of concentrated lye and ate
large quantity of it. Her tongue and
throat were horribly burned by the lye
At first it was thought she must die,
but by careful nursing and having the
best medical attention that could be
procured near her home she gradually
recovered.
The lye had burned her throat and
tongue to such an extent that when
the wounds healed her throat nearly
closed and then it was thought best to
take her to Baltimore. Her throat has
gradually closed, so that now it is inn
possible for her to swallow any
solid food; she cannot even swal-
low oil. Water and milk are
placed in her mouth in small quantities,
and with great difficulty she can swal
low the mixture. At present she is
kept alive on milk which is given her
constantly in small quantities.
Besides the structure of the throat she
has contracted pneumonia and is 30 i'll
with it that the physicians have been
unable to make careful examination,
and at present it is not known exactly
in what manner the structure can be
treated. There is possible chance that
the structure can be reduced by forcing
instruments in the throat through the
mouth and charging the opening by tine
constant use of the instruments but it is
thought an operation of peculiar inter-
est to the medical profession will be per-
formed, and if such is the case, an
opening will be made in the child's
stomach through which tube will be
inserted. Then the throat will be d.
lated as far as possible by artificial
means. During this time the child will
be fed through the tube in her stomach.
The operation is very hazardous one
and requires great skill on the part of
the operator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-23

EXCITEMENT IN THE SENATE.
the Senate yesterday, as stated in the
GAZETTE of that date, letter was re-
ceived from the Secretary of State,
transmitting q communication from Mr..
Rodriguez, the Minister of the "Great-
or Republic of Central America" pro.
testing against the various Nicaragua
canal bills before Congress, as being in
violation of the contract with the Mari
time Canal Company.
Mr.. Morgan plunged into the discus
sion in his usual manner, hitting right
and left. He insinuated that this Rod
riguez letter had been written at the
instigation of a greater power Great
Brittany, which always advanced its
ends, but never failed to protect its
subjects. He charged that the letter
was an attempt on the part of Nicarauga
to collect S4,0O0.O00 blackmail, and
asked what kind of Senate it was
that would accept dictation of this kind.
without being furnished with the re-
quisite information from the State
Department, and without knowing
what had passed between the President
and this man Rodriguez" in the Blue
Room of the White House.
Mr.. Hale of Maine, suggested an adj
journment until Monday, so as to secure
any further information that might be
forthcoming; but Mr.. Morgan warmly
replied that Mr.. Hale must ask that
information of Secretary Olney himself.
as he had found him inaccessible. Most
of the Senators present were DESTROYS
of adjourning over until Monday, but
they lacked q quorum and SO the
Senate simply adjourned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. Joseph T. Hudson, one of Peters
burg's best known citizens, died last
night, aged 70 years.
a movement has been started look
ing to the building of home for
widows and orphans of Confederate
soldiers at Richmond.
Mrs. James Rock, of Rockbridge
county, yesterday attempted suicide by
shooting herself twice. 1t is thought
the wounds will prove fatal.
Jefferson W. Stubs, one of the most
influential and Oldest native citizens of
Gloucester, died at his home in that
county yesterday, aged sc years.
Miss Hattie E. Blankenship, beau.
tiful Richmond girl, and Mr.. D. G. Las
sitter, of Norfolk, eloped to Elizabeth,
N. c., on Thursday and were married.
The brick building at the corner of
Seventeenth and Broad streets, Rich
mond, containing the general freight
offices of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, was almost entirely Quilted by
fire at an early hour this morning.
The board of supervisors of Clarke
county met at the courthouse on We'd
nesday to make the county levy for
1897. The following rates were fixed ::
County tax, Is cents; railroad tax, to
pay interest on and provide q sinking
fund for county bounds, Is cents, and
county school tax, 10 cents.
Thaddeus Foster, assistant superin-
tendent of the Hollywood cemetery, at
Richmond, while trimming trees in the
cemetery grounds yesterday was struck
by falling branch. The blow was not
very serious one but it superinduced
heart disease which last night ended
fatally. Deceased was 70 years old and
was veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars.
At Heathsville yesterday in the case
of the commonwealth vs.. Edwin Bee
and John Payne, the two young ne
groes charged with criminal assault
on the 15.year-old daughter of John
Johnson i'll December last, a verdict
was reached after six long tedious days
of trial. The jury found the prisoner
guilty, and fixed his punishment at five
years in the penitentiary.
A dispatch from Chicago says Acting
President Monsarrat, of the Columbus,
Hooking Valley and Toledo Railroad,
confirms the reports as to railroad
deal, the consummation of which means
new line from the Great Lakes to the
Atlantic seaboard at Norfolk, by which
the products of the Lake Superior iron
mines and of the grain fields OF the
Northwest will find new outlet to the
| ocean.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-23
PRINCE WILLIAM NOTES.

The many friends of Miss Lizzie Francis,
who formerly resided here, will be panied to
learn that she is critically ill at the home of
her nephew, Mr.. VIM. II. Francis, near Alex
andria.
There will be meeting of the board of
directors of the Prince William Horseman's
Association held at Manansas on the first
Monday in February court day., for the pur-
pose of fixing the time for the next horse
show
Tho Occoquan Stone Quarry Company has
leased for q term of 25 years, from tho firm
of Janney & Son, tract of land Just above
the bridge on the Fairfax side of the stream.
Here they have erected building set up
fine engine with its appertainng machinery
OF tho most improved type, and made extern
sive preparations for conducting Ri energetic
business in which they will employ about
100 men. Mr.. Thomas c. Stewart, who is
experimenting the enterprise, is stopping at
the Hammill Eouse.-Md,lassas Journal.