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The herald., 1897-02-08
THE RING

The great eastern dailies are devoting
columns of space to the Corbett- Fitz-
simmons fight and everything bearing
on the two fighters is eagerly sought af-
ter Not only is every movement chron-
icled, but leading opponents of the fistic
art in all sections are being interviewed
and their opinions sought as to the prob
able outcome. All of the indications are
that the fight, if it comes off, will be
the greatest even in the history of the
prize ring. In this connection the New
York World publishes the following
from three we'll known pugiiistic stars:
BOSTON, Feb. 81 think Corbett will
defeat Fitzsimmons because he is the
better man. Most sporting men think
it will be short fight. 1 don't. Both
men have a good deal at stake, and, in
my opinion, neither will take any
chances of defeat by a random blow in a.
mix-up. AS to the relative merits Of the
two men, I should say that Corbett is
much superior to Fitz in ring general
ship. JOHN L. SULLIVAN.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-After having
closely watched the contest between
Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey, am in
clined to believe that Jim Corbett will
have his hands full when he tackles the
big New Zealander in Nevada on St.
Patrick's day. That it Will be the most
interesting heavyweight battle of the
century / have no doubt.
JACK M'AULIFFE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb SIN my
opinion Corbett is more shifty in the
ning than Fitz, and better ring gem
eral. Corbett hits and gets away with
out return, while Fitz often lays him
self open to leads.
THOMAS sHARKEY.
The herald., 1897-02-08
THE WHEEL

The management of the Velodrome,
San Francisco, will conduct an indoor
tournament of two weeks at Mechanics
pavilion, beginning on the 18th of March,
the first six days to be given up to six
day, eight day race, together
with short distance races in the even.
ing. The second weeks racing will in
clude five and ten-mile races, with a
twenty-four hour race to wind up with
Some of our local riders are expected
to participate. Carson Shoemaker of
Riverside, the best distance rider of the
year, is booked for the six-day race. and
it Is more than likely that Southern
California will be we'll represented.
The only "F. Ed Spooner" writes that
the national circuit will open i'm Califor-
MIA, and that after the cycle shows in
the east the noted riders will at once
start for California and go in training
for the circuit.
San Diego wins the high grade bicy-
Gle put up as prize in the membership
contest just ended in the South Califor-
MIA division, L. A. w. The San Diego
wheelmen secured the highest number
of new members (S0). The San Diego
wheelmen are in fiourishing condition
and have membership of 265.
Under the head, Cycling in 1896, the
Spirit of the Times says:
The year 1896 was a memorable one as
far as cycling Is concerned as the sport
made most remarkable Stnides in all
parts of the world. There is no country
where the wheel Is not known today
One of the chief features of the past
season has been the increase in the num-
ber Of cycle shows, which as a means
of educating the public are without a
peer. In race riding there has been no
end Of record breaking, the most notable
of these being the riding of 81 miles 5S2
yards in an hour by Linton, ON the
Crystal Palace track, London, England,
and the six days race at the Madison
Square garden, New York City, won by
Edward Hale, who made 1910 miles and
8 laps, beating the previous record held
by Schock by $40 miles and laps.
The herald., 1897-02-08

The changes in the models were not
very striking, but many Improvements
were made In the component parts Of the
machine, especially in the tires. The
business of manufacturing bicycles was
somewhat overdone, and many firms
which endeavored to put inferior wheels
on the market found the demand for
low-grade wheels was limited, and as
result there were many failures. The
cycling industry has given, and still
gives employment to thousands, and the
amount Of capital invested is enormous
The motor car, in sense, comes under
the head of cycling. AS means of
TRANSPORTATION the motor car has made
little or no headway in the United States
The great love which the American peo-
pie have for the horse has much to do
with this state of affairs, but the fact
that the roads in this country, as gen.
eral rule, are unsuited for motor cars
has been prime factor in retarding the
progress Of this invention.
The herald., 1897-02-08
A nUSICAL BURLHSQUE

II you want to write musical burlesque
The recipes you must never ignore;
You needn't be amusing or groteSque
Per contra, you should never fail to bore.
You needn't care jot for the nature of the
plot
Coherency may run the booking dry
But you certainly will fail if your idiotic
tale
Doesn't hear a negro lullaby.
You must make mighty reference now
To the funny little things they do in
And, if failing to express it with your pen,
You can illustrate our meaning with a
dance.
While no matter what your story, you
must mouth about the glory
OF the soldier or the sailor far away
Like a STRIPPING of a Kipling or like Tommy
when he's tipping
You are bound to write patriotic lay.
Then you introduce broker or Jew
A soldier must be pitted with snob
And the idiotic heroine must woo
In q song that is supposed to make you
sob.
If you start act 1 at home, in the second
you must roam
To the continent, to India or Japan
And of late the dolly ditty is considered
rather pretty,
For it's well to be domestic-when you
can.
You needn't be particular with rhymes,
Mamma and far" are jingled by the
throng
While 'love' and "move"-how many,
many times
Are coupled in the sentimental song?
A lavish lot of frocks Chat display the
wearer's clocks)
Must never, never possibly be missed
While your prospects will be bright If the
risky opening night
Sees your comedy most vigorously
Kissed. The Sketch.
Wall paper, late STYLES. low prices. at
The herald., 1897-02-08
Spokes


Wha has boone of the Mcfarland
Ziegler match race?
I. B. Potter will be the next president
of the League of American Wheelmen.
A. w. Cleaver, who was the star ANA
teur racing man in '95, has returned from
Chicago, and will make his home in Los
Angeles.
The blue-ribbon meet at Pasadena
has been postponed on account of the
rain, but it will be held as soon as the
weather permits.
Will Tom Nelson represent the U. s. c.
in the intercollegiate field day? If he
does, will Pomona college back down?
The national assembly of the l.. A. w.
will convene at Albany n. Y, February
TO- 1t will be an interesting meeting to
the 10000 league members in the coun-
try. California Is chiefly interested in
the Sunday racing amendment, and has
sent three representatives to the as
sembly.
San Bernardino and Redlands cyclists
are building a cycle path between the
two towns
The herald., 1897-02-08

HdQ TcCclNCu d lctlcI lIOIu tHC oCSiC
of the state league, asking wheelmen
to at once use their influence in behalf
of the state bureau of highways, and
write personal letters to assemblymen
and senators asking that 1t be properly
maintained and the good work inaugur-
ated continued. This has already been
done by number of wheelmen, and
those who have not done SO are urged
to communicate with the le gislators as
soon as possible. The San Francisco
Examiner of Saturday has the following
on this subject
1.-The work of the state bureau of
Highways during the two years Of its
existence has so thoroughly proved its
efficiency that the various organiza-
tions of wheelmen throughout the state
are striving earnestly for it's continu-
ance. A similar commission in Massa-
chusetts has performed marvels in the
matter of road building, all of which
could in due time be duplicated here.
The commissioners in their annual re-
port recommend that the roads be divi-
ded into three classes: State highways,
to be supported by state tax; county
thoroughfares, to be supported by a
county tax, and district roads, to be
paid for by the residents of the particu-
lar locality. By this classification 1t is
known that more eQuable adjustment
Of the taxation for road building will
result.
1.-THE present board is strictly nom
partisan in it's politics, and is thorough
ly practical in it's knowledge both of the
requirements Of the state in the matter
of roads and the best methods to be en-
ployed in building them Each of the
members has driven over the entire
state and has thus acquired information
Of the existing conditions in the various
localities Following the method in
vogue In the east. they would build
short stretches of road, according to
modern plans, selecting the worst pieces.
This would serve the double purpose of
educating the people in widely separated
districts in the manifold advantages to
be derived from good roads. and in time
all these roads, connected, would give
the state great system of highways.
For time the bicycle riders and the
farmers were at daggers drawn, but
gradually the strongly marked lines be-
tween them have disappeared, until to-
day they are strongly allied in the bat
tie for improved highways. To the far
mer better roads mean ready access, at
all seasons of the year, to the railroad
to the large and rapidly increasing army
of wheelmen it means opportunity of
visiting points of interest heretofore un-
available. The use of the wheel Is no
longer limited to irresponsible boys, but
has invaded every station of society,
and 1t is this great body that now de-
sires the perpetuation of the bureau of
highways.
The herald., 1897-02-08
Baseball Notes


The Horshoes were defeated by the
Santa Monica Stars yesterday at Santa
Monica after an exciting game. Gotta
was knocked senseRss in the early part
Of the game by a pitched ball and had
to retire, his substitute making costly
errors which lost the game for the
Horseshoes. Rodner distinguished
himself in the eighth inning by knocking
a clean home run. Buck Ewing, the
captain of the Cincinnati team of the
national league, played with the Stars.
The score:
1913 567S9
Stars .................1 4 l 0 1 0 l 0 1-9
HorSeShoeS ...........1 0 0 l 0 0 0 0-5
Batteries-Suits and Vache; Sherwood
and Lehy.
The Horseshoe Juniors defeated the
Young Browns on Saturday morning by
score of II to Is. With the flush of
victory still on their brows they pro-
ceeded to do up the Alpines in the after
noon to the tune of 10 to 8. The invinc-
ible H. J's are now open to challenges
from any team composed of boys, under
Is years of age, which will promptly be
accepted by A. r. Ridgway, S17 North
Douglas street.
The Trilbys will play the Compton
team at Agricultural park next Sunday,
and will play every Sunday from this on.
The herald., 1897-02-08
Pace Entries


The following is the list Of entries and
weights for the races at Oakland, which
are posted at the Los Angeles Turf
club 212 South Spring street. Commis
sions received on these races, and full
description of the events given. Races
begin at 2 p. M; first quotations re-
ceived at 1870 p. m. Telephone main
1431.
First race. selling, purse, one mile
Trix Ill, Dom Clarencio 9S, Basqul 9S,
Draught 9S. Examiner Ill, PeckSniff ia,
Philip H. 90, Jack Richeleu ia.
Second race, purse. 5h furlongs-Caden-
"a 112. Sugar Foot 1O3, Juan Bernard 11s.
Palmerston. III. Two Cheers 11S, Billy
Ayers lis.
Third race, match, one mile Gf good
track only)-Arezzo no. Osric Second 10.
Fourth race. one mile and sixteenth-Jay
Wheeler 105. Flash 1O5, David 107. Torsina
102. Yankee Doodle 107, Salisbury Second
1S7; couple Jay Wheeler and Torsina as
George Roses entry.
Fifth race. San Leandro selling stake,
71a furlongs-Stratbmeath 116, Rosebud 107,
Scarfpin 101, MISS Ruth 107, Sly 80, Califor-
MIA 107. Los Cerrilas 92 Babe Murphy 107,
Lucky Dog 119. Bernardo "a. Estaca 104,
couple Los Cerrillos and Bernardillo as
Santa Anita entry.
Sixth race, hurricane course, 51b furlongs
-Thane 101. Casper 106, The Sinner 113,
Quicksilver 121, Tea Rose 1O1, Toani IFS,
Yeman lis.
Seventh race purse. six furlongs-Dou-
A. III, Jerome 8. 123, Mylan 119. Canttor III,
Skalkaho 100. Applause 107, Imp Ivy III,
Gutta Percha III.
Clear; track drying fast.
The herald., 1897-02-08
Struck by Her rIan

Victor Legay, a dissolute character,
was locked up in the city prison at /
o'clock this morning for striking French
courtesan on Alameda street. He made
two assaults on her during the night,
and the second time Deputy Constable
Kon caught him and placed him in dur
ance vile
The herald., 1897-02-08
LOS ANGELES
FRANCIS WILSON'S

SUMMARY.
sAllen out on an infield fly.
"Held out on a bunt third strike.
Earned runs-Los Angeles 4, Francis
Wilson's O.
Two-base hits-Held l. Guercio /.
Double plays-Wilson and Guercio /.
Hit by ptcher-Whaiing /.
Struck out-By Tyler ., by Moore 4.
Passed balls-Franck 8. Kaymer 2.
Time of game, 1:55.
Umpire-Hanlon.
Scorer-Monroe.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
1234567Ss
Los Angeles .............. 3021 0 0 0 0-S
Francis Wilson's. ........ 0 2 0 OF
The herald., 1897-02-08

A wealthy gentleman in Vienna stipu-
lated in his will that an electric light
must be constantly burning in his tomb
and another inside his coffin for twelve
months after his DEATH
The herald., 1897-02-08

The Ohio state archaeological and his
torical society has purchased 10S acres
in Warren county being the remainder
of the work of the mound builders.
The herald., 1897-02-08
THOMAS SHARKEY
To Cure a Gold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II it
fails to cure. 26c.
The herald., 1897-02-08

Wall paper, late styles, low prices, at
A. A. Eckstrom's, 324 South Spring street.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15
A FLOOD DISASTER.
Many People Drowned by the Bursting
of Reser voirs.

ss OF RESERVOIRS.
Newburg, N. Y, July 14.-The Mel
zingat reservoir, in the Fishkill Noun
tains, near Mattewan, burst at O'Clock
this morning, owing to heavy rain, and
the water ran into a rayine two miles be-
low. Near Ducker's Junction 1t washed
away the brickyard buildings, the rick
yard, including boarding house, occu-
pied by the laborers. 1t is reported nine
of them were drowned and others are
missing.
The flood washed away over two hum
dred yards of the Hudson River railway
track.
There were-.two reservoirs. one above
the other, and the top one burst first let.
ting the volume OF water into the lower,
bursting it without warning. The food
carried everything before it.
Ten bodies have been recovered, and
twenty-one are still missing. The dead
are Mrs. Annie Perry, n widow, of
Duchess Junction; Willie Perry, aged 8
years; Mrs John Conroy, wife of the en-
gineer of Tibett's brckyard John Con-
roy, her 1S.months-old son; Julia Conroy,
her 6.year old daughters John Tinker, d
lahorer; an unknown girl ABOUT Is years
old; Peter Mulligan, Mrs. Mulligan, Lena
Lawry, n girl 5 years old.
The search for the rest of the missing
bodies is progressing rapidly. The dis
trict Is completely stricken by the disas-
ter. Many families are not only home
less, but lost every earthly possession.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At Pittsburg -Pittsburg, run, 3 hits,
Terror. Washington, is runs, 1S hits, /
error. Batteries Gardner and Sugden;
Mercer and Farrell. -
There was no game scheduled between
st. Louis and Baltimore.
At Cincinnati Cincinnati, II runs, 10
hits, 2 errors. New York, @ runs, 12
hits, 2 errors. Batteries: Dsmman and
Vaughan; Meekin and Wilson.
AT Chicago Chicago, 7runs, 0 hits,
errors. Brooklyn, 10 runs, II hits, 8 er.
rors. Batteries: Denzer and Donohue;
Dunn and Burrill.
AtCleveland-Cl Cleveland, 10 runs, 90
hits, a errors. Boston, IL runs, IA hits,
2 errors. Batteries: Powell and Creiger;
Klobedanz and Bergen.
At notwithstanding, runs, 8
hits, errors. Philadelphia, 10 runs, is
bits,3 errors. Batteries: Evans and Will
son; Wheeler and Clements
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15
RoAsTs MACON OFFICIALS.
DIR. White breaches Hot Anti-Administra
ton Sermon.

A special from Macon, Gu, says: Mr..
White, pastor of the First Baptist Church,
rrenched an anti.administration sermon
Sunday night to big congregation. He
applied himself chiefly to the braech Of
certain ordinances, Cunning that the
mayor and chief of police were RESPONSE.
BILE for the wrong doing.
The sale of soda water on Sunday came
in for Il severe rating, sharing the hcnors
with the gambling rooms, which the
preacher says exist and thrive in the city.
The bars, too, were attacked.
The chief of police, who got a consider
able portion of the roasting, as CORE.
spondent of an Atlanta paper, alleges that
the morals Of the city at present were
Sunday school morals compared to what
they were some years ago.
1t is an acknowledged fact that this is
true, and the reverend doctor being new
conner to the city has not had the same
opportunity to compare conditions as the
other residents, who know that Macon's
morals have improved materially.
The Macon Evening News Monday at
ternoon contained very strong editorial,
in which it handles the political preach
ers without gloves. The editorial created
a sensation.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15
WOULD NOT CRITIClsE GEN. LEI

very interesting auecdote was re-
lated at the meeting of VIM. Watts Camp
Confederate Veterans at the meeting
Tuesday night, the 18th inst, by Rev.
DIR. Carson, showing the affection of the
Confederate soldiers for General Lee.
After the battle of Gettysburg, quite a
number of the good people of Baltimore,
who were friendly to the cause of the
South, went up to the battle field to rem
der such assistance as might be in their
power to the wounded and prisoners, and
the Doctor was one of these visitors. In
one room OF n hospital number of Con-
federate officers were icing treated for
their wounds, and many of them looked
with distrust on the advances and pro-
fessed sympathy of our Baltimore friends.
While going his rounds and doing what
he could to relieve the distressed, il oc
Cured to DR.. Carson to PROFOUND uues
ticn to one Of these officers. He had no.
ticed the position which General Meade's
army had occupied, and although he did
not profess any skill in military affairs,
thought the position alone was worth
large army of men, SO he asked this
wounoed Confederate, who was suffering
terribly at the time.
"Why this battle was fought heres
Why did Lee attack this positions,
The reply, accompanied by searching
glance Of distrusU, was:
"Sir, we never criticise anything GEN
eral Lee does"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
TREASURY GOLD RESERVE.

Dimes, Quarters and Halves Needed.
Coinage of STANDARD Dollars Postponed.
Washington, July 1.-THE Treasury
gained 5000. 600 in gold today and the
net gold reserve was increased to $142,
759, 500. There is such an active demand
for subsidiary silver coins that Mint
Director Preston has practically suspend
ed for the present the coinage of stand
ard silver dollars.
The mint at Philadelphia will be put
to work on dimes, quarters and halves,
and the question of resuming the coinage
OF. standard dollars will be postponed un-
til this work is concluded.
The gold coinage may DO continued to
moderate amount, but 1t is not neces.
sary to press it, in view OF the fact tn Mt
the gold bullion in the Treasury has been
reduced to $26, 8S6,865. The gold coin
held amounts to Sl53, 1873, i43, Including
that held against $37. 261 ,07D in outsand-
ing gold certificates, so that there is n
margin of abont $116,00000O in coined
gold available for the redemption of legal
tender notes.
The Treasury receipts continue to run
above million dollars day, and the to-
tai for July has reached $l3, 800, 052 The
large paym ents have created deficit for
the month OF IS, 402, Al; but this will be
greatly reduced before the month closes.
Breakfast % cents: dinner 95 cente
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15
FREE SILVER WHEAT.
Seed From Colorado TAINTED in West
Virginia Made n Splendid Yield.

Charlestown, w. Va July 14.-George
w. NARROW, prominent farmer living
near Bloomery, on the Shenandoah river,
takes the lead among Jefferson county
farmers for a large yield of--wheat this
year. Mr.. MARROW planted lot contain
ing one snd one-tenth acres, and thrashed
fifty four bushels of wheat from it. The
wheat is new In this county, the seed
coming from Colorado.
1t Is Il smooth wheat and is called "sil-
yer grain. Mr.. NARROW is 16 to sill
yer man. The ''silver grain" comes from
the Bryan.crazy State of Colorado. The
whole crop brought $j4-$l bushcl-
and free silver advocates claim this as
golden" results from u 'silver' COM
binution.
Breakfast, % cents; dinner, 25 cents;
supper 20 cents. Meal tickets, s4. j..
j. Catogni's restaurant.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15
and Going.

Frank Korte is quite sick at his home
on Third avenue n. W.
C. A. bdoomaw went to Bedford county
yesterday on business.
Miss Sue Read Fellows returned yes
terday from a visit to Fincastle.
Miss Julia Vaughan left yesterday on a
visit TO friends in Orange county.
e. w. Waynick returned yesterday
from a business trip to Bedford.
Mrs. d. III. Mstson went to Pulaski
yesterday to spend several weeks.
w. A. Reid, late manager of the Blue
field Inn, arrived In tie city yesterday.
Miss Murphy, of the sPalais Royal, left
last night for her home In Baltimore.
j. D. KitEmiller and Miss Lizzie Giest
left last night for Philadelphia.
DR.. Chas. G. Cannaday and 8. Nyhurg
will leave to-day on ten days trip to
Mountain Lake.
Capt. Phil. Lockett returned yesterday
from Petersburg where lie attended the
funeral of Mrs. Lockett.
Jno. Morris, who. has been for some
time clerking at Bluefield Inn, returned
to Roanoke yesterday. :,
Rev. B. F. Smith, pastor of the Chris.
tian Church, at Charlottesville, was in
the city yesterday en- route hon from
Giles county.where he spent his vacation.
Mrs. Jas. Devon and son, left yester-
day to spend the remainder of the sum-
mer at their home in Poughkeepsie, N.
Y.
Frank G. Woodson, chief clerk of
United States Marshal Levi, at Lynch
burg, was in the city yesterday en- route
to Harrisonburg to attend special term
of the United States court.
e. R. Foster, formerly of the general
storekeeper's Office of the Norfolk and
Western, left yesterday for Charlottes-
vile, where he will accept position in
the office of superintendent of the South
ern railway.
Chas e. Grove, former drug clerk
with the East Roanoke Drug Store, but
who for the last nine months has been a
student at the Maryland College of Phar-
macy, Baltimore, Md, is at home to spend
few days with his parents
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15
CLEVELAND REVERSED.

Washington, July 14.-President Nc
Kinley this afternoon issued an order
suspending the operation of che oder
issued by Grover Cleveland, consolidate
ing the pension agencies OF the country,
reducing their number to nine from eigh-
teen. Mr.. Mckinley thereby restores the
suspended agencies.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15

Gully IS, 1896, our store; foul. dwelling
houses and three barns were washed
away by q flood. Soon after the comm u.
nifty was visited by an epidemic of bloody
fiuX. In short time we sold ten dozen
of Chamber .ain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy and in every case where it
was used the results were all that could
be desired; in fact our physicians adj
mitted that it would do more toward
bringing about cure of flux than they
could do."-BUSH & KINSLEY,
Auburn, w. Va, Oct. g, 1896. For sale
bv Fl. G. Barnes, "He puts of prescip-
tions.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15
Union Teachers Agencies of America.

Rev. L. ID. BASS, ID. D., Manager.
Plttsburg, Pa; Toronto, Canada; New Orleans,
La; New York y. z; Washington. d. c.;
San Francisco, Cal; Chicago, H.; st.
Louis. Mo. and Denver, Colorado.
There are thousands OF lositions to be filed
within the next few months.
Address all applications to UNION TRACHERS'
AGENCIES, Salisbury, Pa.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15

Strawberry Ice Cream made of fresh
Strawberries at j. j. Catogni's.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15

"Dead Stuck kills reaches, ants,
moths and bedbugs. Non poisonous, 25
cents.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15

Breakfast, % cents; dinner, 90 cents:
supper 20 cents. Meal tickets) a. j..
Catogni's restaurant.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-15

Insect powder that kills at Massie's
Pharmacy.