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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
NINETEEN SEAMEN IN DANGER

IIoughton, Mich, Nov. 3O.-Nineteen
men are on scuttled steamer in tvelvo
feet of water nearly three miles from,
land OF Point Ahaye, Lake Superior.
with heavy snow. n drifting wind and
nearly zero temperature -
The steamer ii. +. Runnpls, of Port
Huron, went aground Thursday. and TO
save her from pounding herself To pieces
on the reef the sen locks were orened and
the ship scuttled.
All efforts of relief parties to reach
the steamer 70 rescue the crew have been
lnei'ectual so far. y powerful wrecking
tug, the Cassels, is on her way here from
Duluth, and heroic efforts will be made
tomorrow to save the crew and the YES.
;, ! also if possible.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
SCARED BY THE GOAT.

Central Village, Conn, Nov. 30-The
tetrors OF initiation into the, order of the
knights of Columbus proved too much
for Thomas Mccormick, CT Stonington.
lie tecame so frightened by the first
stages of the ceremony that he Jump I'd
from third story window to escape what
was to follow. Falling heavily on the
ground below he was badly bruised, his
collar bone was broken ard it is feared
that he has sustained serious internal in
iuries
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
HAMILTON Eus1oNISTs.

Cincinnati, Nov. 30.-The Hamilton
county fusion Legislative delega ton, four
teen members, effected n temporary or
ganzation to- night, the Republicans say
ing they were not ready to elect perma
nent officers. G. l.. Swain Democrat,
was elected chairman, and j. C. Otis, Re
publican, secretary.
y week from to-day they 90 to Colual-
bus. Secretary Otis said tonight that
he thought every member would oppose
Hanna
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
TOO OLD TO WORK.

Pittsburg, Nov. 30. Richard Readick,
colOred, who.clams to have been born
July ., 1117, near Richmond, Va, APP
piled at the Department OF Charities for
admission TO the home. stating that he is
now too old to work and cannot support
himself He was accompanied by his
wife, who is IS, and his daughter, who Is
also well up in gears The centenarian
was assured that he would he taken care
of by the authorities.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01

TRACK OWNERS QUIT
Guttenburg Officials to Sell the Ground.
for Building Lots

'oi pullulHS LOIS.
New York. Eov. 30.-The fight for the
maintenance of the horse racing during
the next five years in New Jersey was
officially declared dead to- day by John c.
Carr, one of the Guttenburg race track
big Four" Mr.. Carr gave out state.
ment as follows: "a call for meeting
OF the Gutenberg Race Track Associa-
ton will soon be issued and then the
track will be ordered sold
There are eighty lots in the enclosure
upon which fully Sl.0O0,000 have been
spent from time to time in improve
ments. 1t will nearly all he dead loss;
the stockholders VIII he lucky if they get
80 per &c Mt. OF their investment The
association has already received an oiler
from Il building syndicate.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
MANY CUBAN ENILES PERISH.
Awful Suffering mt the Penal Colony of
Fernando pO

Liverpool Eng, Nov. 30.-A terrible
situation among the Cuban exiles on the
island of Fernando Po, the Spanish penal
colony, is described by letters that have
Just arrived. 1t is stated thai 100 out of
800 eNiles sent to the island are already
dead, and the survivors com plain bitterly
OF the treatment they have received
some of the eNiles were Transported
from Cuba withou; trial, and were landed
at Fernando Pc to live as best they could.
The dead were buried without collins.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
TO SMASH ASPHALT TRUST.
Governor Pingree's New Scheme To Sc
ours Cheap Pavementy.

uoNerhor flngree'S New Scheme To Sc
ours Cheap Pavements
Detroit, Mich, Nov. 3D.-Governor PIN
gree's object in getting possession of IL
Venezuelan asphalt lake is now asserted
to he for the purpose of breaking the as
phf 1t combine. 1t is said that he wants
IT, make possible the municipal owner
ship OF asphalt paving plants, so as to
permit the laying of asphalt paveluents
by LEGAL contractors, instead OF allowing
the combine to monopoliZe that business
The Governor does not yet admit his
connection with the asphalt business, but
in an interview he declared: "Asphalt is
the coming pavement. Within seven
years nothing else will be laid in the Uni
ted States''
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
WELL.KNOWN pHYsICIAN nEAn

Culpeper, Va, NOV. 30.-Dr. Robert s.
Lewis, philpnthropist and physician. died
ut his home on Main street asst night MT
10 o'clock, surrounded by his family and
friends lie was 6S years OF age. had
been a practitioner here for forty-three
years,and was held in high esteem by the
fraternity throughout the State. He
served throughout the war rs a surgeon
oil the Thirteenth Virginia Regiment
stationed at L.vnchhurg, Va. and Green's
bore, ~ [. He was prominent in Demo-
cratic circles, and as II parlinmentsrian
he bad few equals. He was IL mem her OF
the city council and the coroner OF the
county. His charities were bountiful.
AMI no mortal ever sought his medicalat-
tentlon that he did not give it, freuuently
going miles in the county to relieve the
distressed without penny's compen sa-
ton
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
DON CARLOS MOVES.

Madrid, Nov. 30-It is stated here that
Don Carlos, the pretender, has summoned
TO Venice, where he is now residing, the
Marquis Cerral5o, his representative in
Sphir, with view of promoting a fresh
agitation on the subject of autonomy de-
crees. The Marquis Cerralbo recently
ttied TO negotiate IA loan in the Catlist in
terest, but the attempt was Il failure
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
CONFESSES HIS CRIME.

Stamford, Conn, Nov. 3)-James
Arniistead, mulatto, confessed tn the
charge OF murderous assault upon Henry
Otis, of North Greenwich, to day. He
assigned as bis motive robbery in order
TO save his family from starvation.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
PUNISHED
BY THE CAMP ,
Sons of Confederate Veterans Re-
duCe Commander FokeS.

ORDERED TO THE RANKS, REP
RIMANDED By THE PRESIDING,
OFFICER AND SUSPENDED FOR
EIGHTEEN MONTHS-ACQUIrTED
OF THE CHARGE OF BRIBERY.
BUT HELD GUILTY OF FALSE
TESTIMONY.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
ATTENTION, LADIES.

After you have visited the cooking ex-
hit it call en- lis for fresh Cottolene and
other first class groceries.
ST. CLAIR BROS.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01

q We can save YOU money and at
\ ~ !: !. !. 8" :
fAN--u<, the same time give you the best.
YEl For table use our Genuine I'M
E ported Olive Oil has no equal.
IA FULL PlNTS, 30 CENTS. II
IN you have never tried it phone us
L. and we will gladly send you a
free trial bottle. Either phone
Will reach us. Massics Pharmacy
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01

DISTINGUISHED LADY DYING.
London, Nov. 30 Lady Millias, widow
of Sir John Millias, late president OF the
Royal Academy, is dying from cancer of
the throat.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
Look at Her Feet!"
BOWORE Shoe COMPANY,
10 Sa,,il, Innor.ar, .t.aa4
sfMORE FOOTBALL. FATALITY

Bath, n y, Nov. so flames w. Low
eridge, l9-ycar-o!| -stt dent, died here
yesterday as the result of injuries recei,-
ed in n football game on Thanksgiving
day. The lad was uncons cious for forty
eight hours before his death ADD the ply
sicans issued a''certiiicate attrihutng the
case to.internal injuries.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01

Osmond's COLD TRlTURATES will
cure cold. 10 cents, at Massie's phar-
macy.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01

Osmond's SNUFF for cold in the head,
hay fever and catarrh. 20 cents, .at Mas
sie's Pharmacy.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01
To Buyers
Of atcIles.

Our line of Watches invites
anu comparison of
prices. Our specialize in ladies'
sizes solid gold Elcin or Wal
than movements, $3.50. 500,
and upwards; in gentlemen
sizes, solid gold, $50, $50, $40
and upwards. The aold-flled
Watches, prices in the same
ratio. Every watch fully guar.
anteed.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01

Another big shipmenO of I.owney's
World lamous Bon Rnns md Chncn,ntes
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01

Look at our % cent books Gravatt's
Fair, Salem avenue
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-01

Catogni's is u good place to get Your
meals-and entertain your friends 81
The age-herald., 1897-10-09
Spanish BIuster.

Some of the Spanish newspapers pre- tend that it would be an easy matter for their navy to Lombard our seacoast cities, and they even threaten to occupy Florida in the event of war. This is ridiculous buster. Spain is in no con- dition to undertake another war. The London Spectator says:
 The magnitude of the sacrifices made by Spain in her attempts to subdue her revolting colonies Is seen In the official figures issued by the Spanish minister of war. The following forces were sent to Cuba between November, 1885, and May, 1897: Thirteen expeditions com prising 1S1,7SS men, 6,261 officers and 40 generals; and 91 guns and 12 quick-f1r- ing guns. If this tragedy O. a. nation were not so infinitely pathetic, there would be something comic in these forty generals utterly helpless before a mob of ragged insurgents. Though only some 1SS,000 men and officers are enumerated in this list it does not account for the whole force in Cuba. When the first expedition was sent there was already a large Spanish army in the island. The total, then, is probably 220, 900 men. Tine figures as to the Philippines are propor- tionately almost as bad. To the Philip pines were sent 27768 soldiers, SS1 off SSici SShcioiS dho 6f 6uiiS. Ut IS Cutl- ous 10 think that Spain in the last two years has had a greater experience in transporting men by sea than any na- tion of modern or probably ancient times Yet this great effort has been absolutely futile.
 With these expensive matters on hand the Spaniards will think twice before they will provoke row with the United States. A warfare of sixty days with this country would utterly bankrupt Spain and force her into the hands of some European receiver, who would get the best possible terms of peace for her and then gobble up slice of the king dOn
The age-herald., 1897-10-09
Justice too Blind.

Justice seems to be entirely too blind in the case of Murderer Stoneking at Tuscaloosa. This was, to all appear ances, one of the most brutal and unwar- ranted murders that has plotted the fair name of the state. He Killed his man. because he refused to drink with him. That was the prime cause of the murder.
 Two continuances have already bssn granted the defendant in the matter of his preliminary hearing. The admin istration of public justice seems in this cass but a mockery. If judges will not do their duty let them be hurled from their position and men elected who will faithfully discharge their duties.
 In the case of Stonaking it is a juggle with the law by his attorneys and the presiding judge seems not inclined to put a stop to the abuses.
 The foolish sent.mentality which has so long prevailed to influence public fa- vor for murderers should have an end ing. Justice is what the people demand, and the man who takes the life of an- other, unless in self-defense, should have no more favors shown him than those accorded any other criminal.
The age-herald., 1897-10-09
Alabama Coal in the Gulf.

The possibilities of ehe barge line from Greenvile to aIlt points in the lower Mis- sissippi-an enterprise due to the South ern Railway company-are not fully url- derStood. This lime is primarily intended for the transportation of coal, and it was sitanted in the expectation that Alabama coal can in that way be delivered at places below Greenyille in successful competition with Pfttsburg coal It is 8 reflection upon all i'm Alabama that coal from the distant hills of Pennsylvania can be sold in New Orleans ait lower rates tfpan our own product. The South ern Railway company proposes to do Ils part in placing Alabama coal dn the field it should occupy. The producers must do the resit. Tho unirnes should supply not only the lower Mississippi country, but also the gulf ports. We should fill New OrleaIrs so full that the export merchants will seek outlets in the gulf ports. The New Orleans and gulf demand for coal is geographically ours, and we should seek our own, and the new barge line is a hong sbep towards tllls recovery in trade sense of our nat ural and proper territory.
 Tn round numbers we mine 21a per cent. of the coal product of the country-5,000,- 900 out of 200 900 tons. uf we could secure the coal trade of ftlIe gulf, our per oenItage could be raised ito 5 per cent. of the total output or about 10000,000 tons We can readily mine that amount if we can market i;. The market is in the gulf ports. If the new barge line should en- able us to undercut all other coal in those ports, all will, we are sure, agree in saying that its possibilities to us in tthe respect to prosperity are very great.
The age-herald., 1897-10-09
The Jersey LiIy's Victim.

Ut is no wonder fhat poor Edward Ian gtry has att last lost hds reason, either temporarily or forever. His ruin was caused by tha beaukifuf woman who, having cast irin aside, is about to wed a prince.
 Years ago MT. Langtry married the prettiest girl in the Isle of Jersey. She was the daughter of ithe dean and was the bell of her circle One day the Prince of Wales visf;ed the island. He saw Mrs Langtry and invited himself to breakfast with her SuTendering to the rules of royal etiquette. the husband could not be present.
 After that evil day the woman was not the same. She wanted to move to Lon don, and her husband took her there. His fod,.une soon disappeared and there were whispers aind stories about his wife and the prince. Finally Mrs. Langtry left her husband. She dropped out of society and went on the stage. She was nota great actress, but her beauty drew the crowd. There were rumors and s ories about her, but she stuck to her gay life, aud now, having procured divorce, she
The age-herald., 1897-10-09
The British Reviying Slavery.

The London Telegraph reproduces the following advertisement from an Eng fish paper in South Africa:
 Tt is hereby notified, for the informa- tion of farmers and others, that Q num- Der of surrendered Bechuana rebels will be available as farm servants, etc., on and after the 28th inst.
 Applications should be addressed to ahe superintendent of native affairs, Cape Town, from whom all particulars can bye obtainsd.
 "The period of indenture is fixed for five years"
 The Telegraph says that this Is in di- rect violation of tha English act of par liament abohshing slavery. It is re- vival of servhude and nothing else. The British are a strange people. Att home they are abolitionists, and they naver rested until the slaves were enancipated in this country
 But it is different when. they occupy the land of an inferior rac=, Africa for instance. There for some years past they have treated the natives cruelty, plundering and expressing them, and making slavss of them. The New Eng land abolitionists should send misslona- Iles to old England to- induce parlia- ment 10 interfere.
The age-herald., 1897-10-09
How Money Delays Justice.

The Luetgert murder trial in Chicago It has cost the public about s1O,0OO, the transcribing of the testimony alone amounting to s2,500. About 200 wit nesses have been examined. Then the1e twelve of them have been confined dur ing this long case
 If Luetgert had been without money, or unable to command it, the trial would not have lasted longer than a week. But he is able to pay for delay. His money can obstruct the law, and the end is not yet. Suppose the jury find him guilty? In that event the prisoner will turn loose more money. Probably there will be a new trial, and possibly third one. Before the final result some of the witnesses for the state may die or be spirited away, and the ends of justice may be defeated.
 In Europe a criminal trial never lasts long, whether the defendant is rich or poor. Over there the law has to take it's course It may work injustice, but it gets through sometime. The Amer ican people were never so weary of any case as they are of this repulsive Luet- gert affair. The testimony has been horrible, dealing with vats and bones. and 0 supposed dead woman's finger rings. and all that sort of uncanny busi- ness.
 The fool expert has ioomed up big ger fool than ever, and the people are now convinced that the average Chi cago doctor doesn't know bones when he sees them.
 Newspaper readers will be thankful when this dismal story disappears. They want to read something bright and in- sriring. Too much horror grows mo- notonOuS
The age-herald., 1897-10-09
Curiosities of Politics.

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat recalls the following interesting political his tory:
 The latte Neal Dow's party never. in any of its seven nsltional campaigns, cb- tained an electoral vote. Neither did the liberty or the Free Soil parties gain an electoral vote. Each of these tllIee par ties, however, turned the scale in a presidential election, and each did it in New York Clay's hedging on the slavery question in it's relation to Texas annexation in 1S44 sent enough Wings over to Birney's Liberty party in New York to give dhat state and the presi- dency to his demCcratio opponent, Polk. Van Buren's candidacy on the Free Scil ticket in 1S4S hit the democrats and help ed the Whigs by giving New York to Taylor and making him president. The prohibition party in 1884 boiled 25,00O votes in New York fer it's candidate, John P. St. John, three-fourths of whom, 1t is usually considered, were drawn from the republicans, while Cleveiand' s plurality over Blaine in that state, which was the decisive state In that year, as on the other occasions mentioned, was only 1,047. If there had been no prohib = tion party in the field in 1884 Bunchlrd three Rs ard the Conlxlang feud would not have beaten Blaine.
 It is we'll to bear these facts in mind. A very small political organization may cut an insignificant figure in national history until some critical period comes. and then it may be the means of defeat ing great party.
 The democrats should, if possible, re- claim the wanderers who have strayed into the third party, and convince them that there is no necessity for their or gAnization
The age-herald., 1897-10-09
Glucose Trust Flour.
grief.

The new glucose trust has just issued vicus efforts of glhe unscrupulous. It boldly offers one of it's bi-produets as an adulterat1on of ffour-wheat flour. the staff of life, the food from our boundless fields. This bi-produet of the glucose trust is called ''corn starch" Although there are many who say wheat four is too s5arlhy now for digegtions sake. yet the glucose trust thinks twenty pounds more of starch should be added ts each hsnree. This cannot be done in flour that is sefJt to New York oT Boston, for in those towns flour is carefully insp scted; but flour destined to interior points, and especially, says the Modern Miller. to southern towns. may be filled wath 'corn starch" In other words, the glucose -trust proposes to turn one of its waste products into money at the expense of the human stomach in the south and in other interior localities.
 This precious programme should be
 
 south should declare war against adul- terated flour. We can stand butter that is not butter, and coffee that is chiefly chicory, but we cannot afford to let ras- ca'ity and cupidity decrease the vaaue of our standard food. Let us keep that article free from adultelation. Let us have an ordinance that fits the crime, if we have not ona new; and then let brought to the market be seized and placed on exhibition and its history written on a placard that can be read a block away. The glucose trust de- serves advertising, of this sort, and we should see tflat it gets it's deserts as soon as any of it's abomlnable mixture is sent down here, no matter who the mixer nay be- And if any of the gdu- be recpened and bread made from the mixture for their use while they stay Gin our n1idst,' taking good care that none of that bread is put in similar position
 The man who will adulterate flour. and the man who sells it. knowing it to be such, should be placed in the peniten- tiary for life. It is worse than murder The human family pays high prices for pure food and it is entitled to the pure article.
 There should be a federal law making it a penitentiary offense for life for any person making or selling or causing to that is not absolutely pure. The time to act in this matter has come.
The age-herald., 1897-10-09
A QUARREL IN THE OVEN.

From Truth.
 Oh, the. gingerbread boy and the piecrust
 girl,
 = They had quarrel one day. Together they sat on the oven shelf The pieerust fry and tie gingerbread elf, And the quarrel commenced this way: Said the gingerbread boy to the piecrust 'I'll wager my new brown hat That I'm fatter than you and much moro
 tanned,
 Though you're filled with pride till you
 cannot stand,
 But what is the good of that?'' Then the piecrust girl turned her little nose Tn most provoking way. "Oh, maybe you're brown, but you're poor
 as can be; You do not know lard from round green Is there aught that you do know, pray?" Oh, the gingerbread boy. he laughed loudly As he looked at the faky piecrust "Just watch how I rise in the worlds Just see how I'm bound to grow lightr' ''while you stay the color of rust" So the gingerbread boy and the piecrust They each of them swelled with pride, Till a noise was heard in a room without, A cry of delight, then very glad shout, And the oven was opened wide. Then the gingerbread boy and the piecrust Could have screamed and wept with pain, For rosy,cheeked lass and small, braght- Took big bite of each-yes. this tale's So they'll now never quarrel again
The age-herald., 1897-10-09
A Queen of Labor,

Kansas has honored herself in hon. bring good working girl. Miss Edna Whitney is a pretty young woman who lives with flelr mother and sister at Chil- hcothe, Mo-, and partially supports them with her work. Tha girl is very popular festival committee invited the towns in Kansas and Missouri to name young ladies to represent them at ths fair, Miss Whitney was selecyed by Chilli cothe. When her name was sent to the Kansas City committee, which passed upon the selections it was rejected be- cause she was @ working girl.
 The Topeka people heard of this and immediately announced that Miss Whit nay should fill the rdace for which she had been named. They sent special train for her, and when the Kansas state line was reached a delegation of promi- nent citizens met her and her mother At Topeka the governor and his staff met her, and escorted her to a float es- pecially prepared for her, and then there was big parade with music and ban Eers. It was the most magnificent dem- onstratien ever seen in that part of the west. The Queen of Labor was the title be- slowed upon the girl by the people, and she was petted and feasted all the week. IL is said that her head was not turned by all this admiration, and she went contentedly home to resume her work and help those who are dependent upon her.
 Those western people. perhaps mads