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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06

Washington, March 5.-Thc cause OF
Secretary Oluey's conspicuous non. par.
ticipation in any of the inaugural cere.
monies is explained rs follows:
The members of the Cabinet in discuss
ing a. the Cabinet meeting last Tuesday
the parts assigned to them i'll the inaug
ural proceedings, found no provision in
the programme for their seats in the
Senate chamber or on the stand in front
of the capitol.
Secretary Thurber Immediately com
municated with Senator Sherman, chair.
man of the arrangements committee, who
replied that the heads of the departments
had been provided for ON the stand, but
not in the Senate. The programme was;
again consulted, and this was found Co be
true, but they were in the rear of mem
bers of the House of Representatives,
whereupon Secretary Olney declared that
he would not go to the Capitol ut all
All of the members of the Cabinet
agreed upon this action, but when Mr.
Mckinley came TO the White House yes
terday and starred with Mr.. Cleveland he
noticed that the Cabinet officers were not
going to accompany the parade, and on
inquiry learned the reason.
Senator Sherman, who was present, i'm
mediately offered to give front seats to
VIC DCSiSbhl lcS VII Olic IlOOT vi Ullc iotnaGe,
and Mr.. Cleveiand's advisers consented
to attend the ceremonies. None of them,
however, went on the stand as ''heads Of
departments to listen to the inaugural,
but hurried off to Secretary Lamonts
house to bid Mrs. Cleveland goodbye
Secretary Olney did not get Mr.. McKin-
ley's verbal invitation to go to the Capt.
toll, because he was not ut the White
House with his colleagues in the morn
ing, being detained at the State Depart.
menty important matters. He
went, however, to the iall in the evening,
prepared to escort Mrs. Mckinley, accord.
ing to the programme, but this was dis
arranged at the last moment by Mrs. Nc
Kinlcy's weak condition, compelling her
to have other assistance
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
WILL HAVE NO VALUE.

London, March 5.-t'oncerning the dis
patch, signed by 100 Liberal and Irish
nationalist members of parliament. which
was sent to the king of Greece last night,
expressing sympathy with the efforts of
Greece i'll behalf of Crete, the Westmin-
lister Gazette Q.iberal) says:
When the king receives this message
of sympathy he will do we'll to TAKE notice
Of the fact that the British government
has majority of 100 in the house of COM
mons. If he understands the bearing o.
this. and if he knows that the government
of Great Britain can only be diverted from
its decision by an adverse vote in the
house of commons, which there is ap.
parcntly no chance of obtaining, he will
better understand the value of the mes
sage -
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
WASHINGTON GOSSIP,
Senator Davis Appointment Quite
a Compliment.

Washington, March 5.-The action OF
the Senate this morning in designating
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, as the act
ing chairman of the committee Oh foreign
relations is II marked compliment to the
ranking member of that committed The
proceeding was out of the usual order and
was made necessary by reason of the
pressing business before the co nmittee.
With the death of the Fifty-fourth Con
gress, the general treaty OF arbitration
between the United States and Great
Britain and the Alaskan boundary treaty
between the same governments, leave the
table of the Senate and 20 back to the
committee. This action, of course, car
ries with il all the pending amendments.
and leaves the arbitration treaty before
the committee absolutely negotiated and
sent to the Se0ate by President Cieve.
land. The discussion Of the convention
Will he renewed in de nova and in due
time the general treaty of FILTRATION will
be reported to the Senate amended as the
committee may deem proper. The pend
ing amendments therefore no longer an.
ply unless they should be again agreed
upon by the committee and reported to
the Senate.
1t is understood that President Mckin-
lev has decided to appoint William w
Thomas, of Maine, minister to Sweden and
Norway, and Harold Sewall, OF Maine.
minister to Hawaii.
General Thomas hsa served twice under
former Republican administrations as
the diplomatic representative of the
United States at Stockholm. His wife is
II native of Sweden.
Mr.. Sewall, who is the son of the Dem
ccratic candidate FOR Vice President in
the last campaign, and who stumped his
own and other States in the interest of
Mckinley and Hobart, was formerly CON
sui general at Apia, Samoa.
N-Represcntative Bellamy Storer, of
Cincinnati, has been rendered and nc.
cepted the Office of first assistant secre-
tnry of State, now filed by Mr. Rockhill
of Maryland Mr.. Storer is IL Harvard
graduate. He was member OF the
Fifty second and Fifty third Congresses,
serving on the foreign affairs and com
MERGE committees of the House. He has
been for some years II stutenG of interna-
tional questions, and it was this knowl
edge which is understood to have infiu
enced President Mckinley in rendering
him the important appointment of list
assistant secretary Of state.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
LAST NIGHTS RECITAL.
Chapel of Virginia College, the Scene OF
an Enthusiastic Audience.


Last night ut Virginia College a large
and enthusiastic audience assembled to
hear IL recital given by the graduates in
music. The graduates were Misses Ruth
Armand and Clara persinger, vocal, and
Misses Fleda Allison, Mary Kesler, Docln
Easterlin and Carrie Stewart. piano.
The large chapel was taxed to its capac-
ity,and the presence Of so many ;,dmring
and applauding friends seemed to lend
additional enthusiasm 70 the young
ladies, and they threw their whole souls
into each number, performing and sing
ing III such II mastery manner that it
brought forth storms Of applause from
the delighted audience.
Each number on the long programme
was performed with that care and pre-
csion that characterizcs competent
graduates and the skill and familiarity
displayed last night reflected great credit
upon the musical instructors OF that
splendid institution
The exercises opened with one of MoZart's
most beautiful composition, performed by
Miss Fieda Allison, followed by SchuberL's
Andante from Sonata in A. by Miss
Mary kesler These young ladies, who
are both natives of Roanoke. convinced
the audience that our city is not far be-
nina when it comes to musical talent
Miss Armand las II remarkably sweet
voice and her rendition of the t.Sprinp
Song with violin oblgato by Professor
Devon was one Of the features of the.
evening.
The playing of Miss Easterlin was very
highly complimented as was that of
Misses kesler and Stewart, ard Chopin's,
Waltz" in minor, showed Miss
Stewart to be thoroughly familiar with
musical technique.
The qunrtette by Misses Armand, Lii
ienthal, Stewart and Persnger, and the
- ari'hteiie' Tor two pianos, played by
Misses Stewart, Easterlin, Keslerand Al.
lison, was perhaps one of the best num
bers on the programme
Miss Almand's singing and "rMiss
Stewarts playing were the features of the
evening. After the exercises we're over
the young ladies received their friends in
the college parlors until IL O'Clock.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
THE PRESIDENT A MASON.
He Joined During the War and Received
Degrees in'.Virgnia.

He Joined During the War and Received
Degrees in.Virginia.
Masons throughout the country will be
interested in knowing that Major McKin.
ley is II. Mason, and a brother OF the mys-
tic tie.
Gen. George Washington was Mason,
and Master of Lodge No. 4, of this city,
and many Presidents since Washngton's
time have been members of this order
universal.
Major Mckinley, besides being n
Mason, or member of the blue Lodge, is
also connected with the highest orders of
the brotherhood. and it is said will be
initiated into the Mystic Shrine in Wash
ington city in March.
The story how Major Mckinley came
to join the Masons is thus told mt his die.
tation in n biography:
His entrance into Masonry was an Incl.
dent of the war and unique Mckinley
was going through the hospitals with one
of the regimentnl surgeons. when he
noticed that the surgeon ard some of the
! Confederate wounded were very friendly
to one another, and in several Instances
the surgeon gave money to the prisoners.
There was an unmistakable bond of
sympathy between them. Young Mckin-
ley asked the surgeon if he knew these
persons. The surgeon told him that they
were brother Masons. Young Mckinley
was SO impressed by the friendly feeling
existing between Con 'etlcrate and Union
Masons that he expressed II desire to join
the order He wits made II Mason in
Hiram Lodge, Winchester. Va, May /,
1860, receiving his degree ut the hands of
IL Confederate master of the lodge-F'retl
ericl,sburg Star.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
GROVER EN- ROUTE.

Norfolk, Va, March 5.-Ex. President
Cleveland, accompanied by Captain ROB
ley Evans, secretary of the lighthouse
hoard; Captain Lam5crton, in charge of
the lighthouse district, and DR.. O'Reilly
arrived here on the lighthouse tender
Maple, ut o'clock this morning from
Washington, The party was at once
transferred to the lighthouse tender Vic
let, and proceeded via the canal to Hat.
teras Inlet where they will spend few
days shooting, after which Mr. Cleveland
will probably join f.. C Benedict aboard
his yacht Oneida for IL cruise in the Flori
da waters.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
HE NAMED THE BOATS.
One of the Last Acts of Secretary Her
bert's Official Life.

VHc UI UHc I4HsC Acts OF Secretnry Herr
bert's Official Life
Washington, March 5.-Secretary Her.
bert to day issued an order naming the
new torpedo boats as follows: No. 6,
Porter; No. Z, Dupont; No. 8, Dahgren !;
No. 10; Craven; No. / Farragut.
The order changes to Porter the name
OF torpedo boat No. 6, which few weeks
ago had been christened Farragut, in or.
der that No, II, which is a much larger
boat, and which is expected to make
much greater speed, may be called after
the leading admiral. No 10 is named
for Tunis a. Craven, who was lost when
commanding the monitor Tecumseh, in
NC bile bay, and who, when the pilot told
him it was time to abandon the ship
replied: After you, pilot The pilot
alone lived to tell the story.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
WITUOUT FOUNDArIoN

Madrid, March 5-Premier Canovas
he'" conference with the Carlist leaders
Yesterday and received from them anso
lutte denial of reports that they were pre-
pairing for armed movement in favor of
pretensions of Don Carlos Any such re-
ports, they assured the premier, were
positively without foundation
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
scRoFULA AND ULCERS CURED

There is no doubt, according to the
many remarkable cures performed by
Botanic Blood Balm COB. b. By, that
it is far the best Tonic and Blood Purifier
ever manufactured. All others pale into
insignilicance, when compared with it.
IL cures pimplcs, ulcers, skin diseases,
and all manner of blood and skin all
ments. Buy the best, and don't throw
your money away on substitutes. Try
the long tested and OLE reliable b. b. d.
SlO0 per large bottle. For sale by all
druggist.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
BUCKLEN,s ARNICA sALvE.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhenm,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles or no pay re-
quircd. 1t is guaranteed TO give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price %
cents per box For sale mt Massie's phar-
macy, 100 Jefferson street, Roanoke.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
A CONTRACTOR KILLED.

Richmond, March 81. r. Bowen.
aged u, well-known contractor and
builder. OF Manchester, across the rvier,
was struck by II train on the Atlantic
Coast line III that city to night and killed.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
NASHVILLE is GROWING; rs

Nashville, March 5.-The Nashville
city directory, just out, gives the city II
population of 10, l16 There are 81 900
more names than in last years directory.
The city is giver about five thousand
business firms
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
CAUSE OE
OLNEY'S huff !.
Inaugural Committee Failed in
Courtesy to Hin.

NO PROVISION MADE FOR SEAT.
ING THE MEMBERS OF MIR.
CLEvELAND'S CABINET IN THE
SENATE DURING THE INAUGUR-
AL CEREMONIES = MR.. OLNEY
THEREUPoN REFUSED TO GO TO
THE CApIToL-THIs LACK OF
POLITE ATTENTION AROUSED
THE SECRETARY S IRE.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
FAILURE AT NORFOLK.

Norfolk, Va, March 5.-The Norfolk
Trust Company made an assignment TO-
day to Thomas II. Wilcox for the benefit
of its depostors. This company has been
gradually winding up it's affairs for sew
eral years, and this step was taken to
wind UP its business. It's debts are
small, not more than $4,000, and it's as.
sets are believed to he more than sufli.
ciens to pay dollar for dollar. Its close
does not affect Norfolk banks at all.
W. X. Andrews &; Co.. 219 Salem ave.
nue., have EXCLUSIVE CONTROL. of
the celebrated Semi bitn,ninous RED
ASH COAL, THE FINEST CRATE
COAL ON THE MARKET.
Listen for. their belled teams.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06
CRUSHED COKE
OF the finest quality
For sale by

w. X. ANDREWS & CO., coal ana
wood dealers, 2l9 Salem avenue.
Their teams have bells.
If you once use it You will never again
he without it. Pond Extract is nature $
own remedy for aches and pains.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-06

Tcacher-Givo an example of the use
of the word Contagious.
Pupil-s'trcct cars are not contagious.
They are hard to catch. Boston Tran
sciiOt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-23
FLOCK STRAYED 500 MILES,
Shepherd Killed by Lightning and
the Sheep Go on Il Long journey.

A berdar in cbo,o,o ,f ., a,,.l. ooo
sheen which ware o',,avi,o, naa.+ b, hnsa
of the San Francisco ,nonn+oi,s i, A.
zona was l,iIIed nv. Iiob+,,ir,. ,1,,,;,,,. >.
terrific storm which visited that section
about August l. As the herder was NOT
expected 10 come i'm with his sheen nm
til October his absence durinu AIoust
and Septembpr was in the raorlo,. limo
o. business and attracted no attention
but when the middle of October came
and he did NOT aDucar uesspuoers were
sent out to find him and see What was
the matter. After search of some
DAYS i'm the vicinity of where ha ,,.,s
last seen. the remaius of = camn ,yara
found under = free which had baer
riven by the lightning. The cookino
utensils were scattered about and the
remains of a blanket were found which
were identified as parts of one which
the man had taken with him. The wa
ter keg was also RECOGNIZED by mark
which had been burned into one of the
slaves. \ further search revealed the
bones of man scattered about oyerth
ground. some of them more than hum
bred wards from the tree, where they
had evidently been carried by the
wolves.
\ nrosnector who had nassed that
ua,, b,d r,nned riubt with Tho man
about Auoust | and e,id tbe herd was
thep moyinr nortbward mis- ,ree
around which these articles we're fonnd
was inst ahout far erouob north TO
h.va bean ,ba nevt cam,;nu nIoce and
&c il WA. remembered hat there was =
Savaro s+o.n, u.i+h tburda. and Iirbt.
niro ~ +bo, sootion ana rirb. oho,+
+h. timo raferred to i ,yo, cIeor tbat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The Hottest active volcano is Coto'
paxI. 1t is $3.50 feet high, and its last
great eruption was in 1855.
Taking DR.. Elkins' measurement of
distance the star Arcturus exceeds the
sun in actual brightness 5000 times.
Sir Robert Ball, the astronomer,
says that for communication with the
inhabitants of Mars we would need a
Sag an large as Ireland, and a pole 500
niles long.
A physician, who has given much
thought to the subject, says that so
long as the cyc.ist can breathe with the
mouth shut he is reasonably safe from
heart strain
In 1877 Falcon island, in the Friend
y group, began as a smoking shoal; ten
years later it was volcanic island about
300 feet high and over 112 miles long;
now it is disappearing.
The largest tree in America, and
perhaps in the world, is the Father Of
the Forest" one of the California red
woods Some of the Australian
eucalypti are said to grow as tail.
The safest course if caught in a
thunderstorm is to allow ones self to
become thoroughly soaked. The
chances of safety from lightning are
ten to one in favor of the wet person.
If, after eating pure food, fresh out
door air is breathed, the blood will show
large increase in red corpuscules, but
by drinking stimulants, the red disks
are decreased in serious proportions.
-Green wood Kisses and splutters
when burning because of the large
amount OF water contained in its fibers.
which is changed into steam by the
heat, and bursts off tiny splinters.
Great Britain and Ireland have
turned out 54,622, 7O6 gallons of whisky
in 1897, over 100000 gallons more than
in the previous year. OF this 32,12G,23s
gallons We're consumed in the United
Kingdom and 4,790LS1 gallons exported.
There are 1913 disti,Ieries at work in
Scotland. % in Ireland, nine in England,
| and one in Wales.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Two Classes.-''I see that Tim
minis is getting out another novel"
Historical or hysterical?'-
oils journal.
No Discount.-"My wife has mania
for bargains" "Yes?" But when
she asks me for dollar she won't take
80 cents. Chicago Record.
-Friend-"This seems to be com
Portable fat" HarIemite-- does.
1t makes that impression on everybody
who don't live in it."-Puck
Bridget, are there any
letters for me this morning." Bridget
-"Only two postal cards, but there's
nothing of importance in them. File
gende Batter.
-Tom-"Why do you always call
your mother the mater?'" Dick
ANY woman who could succeed in mar
rying off my four sisters deserves the
title. '-Tit-Bits
How 1t May Be.-"People are not
alike, and what suits one may not
please another" II guess that's right,
What is one mans bicycle is another
mans juggernaut. Puck.
Good Friend-"I have reason 10 sus-
pect that your husband is flirting with
other women. You ought to fol-
low him wherever he goes" Great
heavens! My husband is a postman."
-Fliegende Batter.
Sue Brette-"I never saw such a
cold audience in my life" Foote Light
Didn't they warm up a bit?" well,
when they spoke of bringing out the
author, | believe some of the audience
got hot."-Yonkers Statesman.
She has a great deal of curiosity
remarked Willie Washington. Yes So
replied Miss Cayenne; ut is something
extraordinary. She even opens some
of the fancy-coyered magazines to see
what is inside!"-Washiugtcn Star.
Power in PortrayaI-"W why. man,
I've had whole audiences fall to their
knees in terror at my description Of the
day of Judgment" The other cXho9ter
smiled pityingly. "Ah, yes" he re
piled. But the other night | por-
trayed the destruction of the world
with such power that a man came up
after the services and asked me whom
he should see about the knetoscopa
rights. "-Detroit journal.
II there are to be poets in Heaven, "
said the city editor, what is the adj
vantage of trying to 90 there?" My
dear boy" replied the literary editor,
with that patronizing air that a lit
erary editor so soon learns to assume,
you don't understand the theory OF il
at all. Poets are all right, and Will
naturally be received with open arms
by the very best people. 1t is the man
who is not poet, but who thinks he is.
that should be barred from the society
and companionship of all good people -
Chicago Evening Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-23
Deciding n Point.

Two men, a German and a French.
man, had a heated argument over the
question whether the wife of a state
governor had any official title or not
One coutented that she should be ad.
dressed as Mrs. Gov. So-and-So" The
other stoutly insisted that she was sim.
ply Mrs. Blank, wife of Gov Blank
They finally agreed to leave the matter
to the first man they met. He proved
to be an Irishman. Phey stated the
case to HIM. and asked for his decision
"Nayther of yez is right" he said. after
- moment of severe cogitation. The
wife av a governor is a goyerness,"-
Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-12-23

visited your family" observed the
younger sister, shifting.
"Children."
"Yes, mother. But. Bah, what are
you going to do with Miss Flora, now
you have herr"
"I--Im going to buy a saddle and
ride. She has delightful motion, they
tell me-"
Barbara Belts! how are you to pay
for all this extravaganza?
"Out of my own allowance"
The tone admitted of no further COM
ment.
When they left the breakfast-room
Mrs. Belts said, rather wistfully:
Now that we have a horse, almost
wish we had--a wagon"
Flora's mistress was inclined to re-
sent the 1--WE have" but glance moth
erward checked the tendency. On the
walk to the mail her saddle was meta
morphosed into harness and phaeton,
with robes.
at must be second hand to match the
horse. ! saw such advertised. I'll buy
that outfit"
She did. The next day she har-
messed Flora and invited Mrs. Belts to
ride. Flora earned her title of goat"
by capering around in a frantic man
uer, which ended in the severing of
straps and the overturning of the We
hicle. This elimination of her play
fulness was reached at a most favor
able point--in front of the harness
shop.
The master came out and rescued the
ladies.
"If I were allowed to offer sugges-
ton. l should say first learn to har-
ness The reasons why this broke are
that it is on wrong, and it is worn out. -
Barbara Belts was sensible. She al
ways followed good advice. Sle bought
new harness on the spot aud ordered
new phaeton for the morrow. bar
tering her secondhand outfit as
Slightly partial payment. That night
she wrote in her diary:
Item-One horse. Cost-One winter coat
Blankets.... Two pairs shoes
Harness. go. Two hornets
" Phaeton, etc. A new Cyclic
pedia
d" Provender.. " Travel con-
feet, sundries
Payment received: Something belonging
exclusively ca to myself; some labor; lit
tie fun. Equ9 ion proves.