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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-10

We have just bought direct
from The manufacturers over
10000 YARDS OF MILL end"
INDIA LINONS
and will start a sale of these
goods Tomorrow at just about
half Of their real value. Now is
the time TO make up this class
of goods for children. They are
clean, perfect ends" they
run from | IL TO 10 Yards
Qualities can be matched up.
They are in five different quail
tiles, as follows:
2,Ooo yards OF Iodia Linon in "Mill
Ends worth s, yard. as only Sc yard
1000 yards of better quality, worth
1Oc yaro, at &c yard.
1000 yards OF better quality, worth
12hc. OF SC yard
1000 yards of better quality, worth
1sc yard, at loo yard.
1000 yards OF better quslity, worth
zoe yard. at 1870 yard.
These quotations are not exaggerated
We endeavor to restrain from over
stating in all our ads. See the qualities
a. the prices.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-10
ViOletS.

y ~ = IUIcl T'UNIIUtIS, VIII IOIIhyc
worth Soc.
Large bur ches OF Violets with leaves
elsewhere 25c; here Use
SPECIAL LOT OF handsome Niole,s.
large. punches with leaves. regular 69c
Large punches OF imported Violets with
leavcs, regular price 25C, lhis week -. Toe
Niolets-three dozen In bunch al. .25c
Fine Velvet violets. three dozen In
SILK Viole; Bouquets with foliage M 26c
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10

New York is excited over the finding
of the dismembered body of a man in
that city. The trunk was cut in two
and the legs. and head we're cut off
Part of the body was found in the
river and the other on land 8 miles
away. The remains evidenced a per
son in good circumstances. The police
are puzzled and the affair is amystery.
Even in these big cities where murder
Is common, like with Jack the Rip.
per-" there r at times exceptional in
stances in every phase of crime. May
the millennium soon come and sinful
man a dyeing his hand in the
blood of his brother.-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10
CURIOUS FACTS.
snkin, N. G., July 30, 1897.

1t is said that land crabs of the
West Indies once every year leave their
native home in m~uItitudes, and in reg
ular order march down to the ses,
passing over, and not around, any ana
every obs acle that may come in the
way.
Mature provides a 8 cries of hooks
on the front edge of the hind wings OF
insects, each hook fitting into a groove
on the hind edge Of a front wing. The
front and hind wings are thus fastened
together on each side while the insect
is flying, and are unfastened at other
times. This explains why you have
&C }asionally noticed one OF the epCcies
flying, apparently with two wings,
and have seen him display four upon
alighting. This arrangement is ex-
tremely convenient for such little
creatures as the honey be, which has
to enter small holes, where a large ok
panse Of wings would be useless.
A Frenchman has found a method
OF extracting the perfume of flowers
without crushing or killing the bios
SONS. 1t consists in immersing the
flowers IN water, which, as it becomes
charged with the odor, is gradually
Withdrawn, while fresh water takes its
place. AfterWard the perfume ia iso-
lated from the water with the aid of
ether. 1t is said that by this method
some flo wers, whose perfume had never
before been extracted have been u
cesstully treated. The process has
beed notably efficient in the case of the
llly-ot the valley.-American Cultiva.
tor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10
THE NASHVILLE CONFERENCE.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
HIGDONvILLE, N O.
Asa humble citizen of North Caro-
lima, and as n who has nothing more
at issue than the good of the party
with which 1 am proud to stand iden
titled, 1 beg to hand you this brief
note for publication in your excellent
paper.
Do I endorse the action Of the late
Fopulist Conference at Nashville7 Yesl
Must the new committee be more
discreet, and henceforth keep the party
out of the slough of tusion9 Yes!
Let those enemies who prayed ard
labored so ardently for disintegration
in Populist ranks be satisfed with
their dissimulation9 Yesl
Populists withdraw to their own
camps9 Certainly
Populists any more Tom Watsons to
put upon alien affairs in order to APP
peaae the godsI Sound it out-NO!
mol MOI
40 ~ guO F'DNO44SO VI AOPAEAS~O w
concern thems elves for the political
welfare of other candidates. MOI
Do l believe that the last campaign
has taught the Populist party a sound
lesson9 dol
/ Do I believe that party will again
disregard the Injunction, Let the
dead bury their daad2' No!
What is the matter with the Atlanta
constitutional 1t seems to be troubled
with vision of political graveyards. It
has the notion that because the Demo-
cratic party eplit in twain, q like fate
awaits the Populist party. Delusion !!
The Peoples party is not yet ready
for a Cover Cleveland to administer
On it's estate; o does it covet the
good name of Mckinley, who may
have funeral expenses to meet.
In the rank and file of our party,
there is marked unanimity, and, God
willing, we will come forth in 1900,
without contamination or molesta-
ton, and contest the field for victory.
J K B.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10
(OFFICIAD
NATIONAL ALLIANCE DEMANDS,
Adopted at Washington, D. c., February
E, 1896.

Adopted at Washington, D. c., February
E, 1896.
WHEREAS. The Declaration Of Indes
pendence, as a basis for q Republican
form of Government that might be
progressive and perpetual, states:
THAT all men are created equal:
that they r endowed with certain IL
alienable righte; that among these are
life, liberty and the pursui6 of happi-
ness; that to secure these rights, gov
ernments T instituted among men.
deriving their just powers from the
governed"
We hold, therefore, that to restore
and preserve these rights under g.
Republican form of government, pri-
vaee m0nOpolies IF public necessities
for speculative purposes, whether Of
the means Of production, distribution
or exchange, should De prohibited, and
whenever any euch public necessity or
utility becomes a monopoly in private
hands, the people Of the municipality,
state or union, as the case may be,
shall appropriate the same by right Of
eminent domain, paying a just value
therefor, and operate them for, and in
the interest OF, the whole people.
FINANCE.
We demand q national urrency
safe, sound and flexible; issued by the
general government only; a full legal
tender for all debts and receivable for
all dues, and an equitable and efficient
means or distribution Of this currency,
directly to the people, at the minimum
OF expense and without the i~nterven-
ton OF banking corporations and in
sumclent volume to transact the bust
ness OF the country or a cash basis.
G) We demand the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver and gold at the
legal ratio of 16 to /.
o. We demand a graduated income
tax.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10

erection in placing the management OF
these farms in his hands. He is kind
and considerable to all who are under
his control; yet he is firm in the en-
forcement of discipline. All seem TO
have the Utmost respect for any all or
deIs given by him. He is a man Who
will always command respect from
those who are subject to his orders.
He is also a man possessed with much
push and energy, and I predict that his
future management of these farms will
be applauded by all and will make them
source of revenue to the State.
AN Ex DEMOCRATIC FOREMAN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10

THR STATE FARMS ON GALE
donna.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer

Correspondence Of The Progressive Farmer.
HALIFAX, N G, Aug. 2, 1897.
As the Hon. Claudius D c9ry stated,
the farming interest On Caledonia is
immense, and the crops are fine. AS
for the crops ct camp number one, l
cannot write intelltgsntly, as L have
not had the pleasure OF seeing them.
But for the prospects st number two,
| know whereof l speak. Ihave been
located at number two since It's infancy
and l unhesitatiDgly say that the pros
poets for a prolific yield at this camp
a. new been brighter at this SEASON
of the year, though the prospects for a
good crop were shrouded in extreme
darkness in the spring, as the crop
seemed to resist all peTsu 2sion to CINE
up for an uncomfortable length of
time. A great portion of the crop, es
pecialiy the cprn, would peep through
at night and disappear the following
day, but Capt. MoCaskey would order
it planted and replented, though 1 am
frank to confess that it looked dlscour-
aging, but he persistently kept this up,
and, in the end came out victorious;
and will make (unless someu unseen dis
aster hRppens) corn to use and corn to
sell.
As to the cotton crop, I will wager a
nice hat with anybody that il the cotton
crop at either camp is kept accurate
and separate, number two will have at
least one hundred bales more placed to
her credit than will have number one
Who will take the bet9
Supt. Smith has been very fortunate
in securing the services of Capt. T. e.
McCaskey and has shown much dis.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10

The American Baptist Telegu Mis-
sion. India. records 831 b8ptisms in
1894, and has a membership of So 500,
with 8,O48 Christian pupils in the
schools. This medical work is ~increas
ing, with 2 204 new patients treated
during the year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10

now owned by aliens shonld !.
voting population, and that sou W. ~
from each shall be elected 6u q
people Of the district. =! &e
DISTRICT LEGISLATION.
Relying upon the good. cor,,.
sense Of the American people, and y
lieving that q majority of them nv ~! V
uninfuenced by party prejudice wy" uSa
vote right on all questions gIbmitt,oSS t
them on their merit; and, furtSso y Y
efectually annihilate the pernioi.IN
lobby in legislation, we demand diS.41
legisla1io by means of the initiot"a.
and referendum. ""e
r. a. SoUTHwoRTH
Sec'Y-Treas. N. T. 4. andTr
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10
ALL REFORM PARTIES AND FAC
TONS ADVISED TO UNITE
UNDER THE NAME
OF THE WING
PARTY.

PARTY.
correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
It is evident that the reform move
ment is subdivided into too many fac
tions to admit of success. Each lac
ton will wish to be the dominant party
and, as a result, name the principal
officers TO be placed iu nomination.
Conse quently the names, Silver Demo
Gratis, Silver Republicans, Bimetalists,
Peoples Party, A~lliancemeD, etc.,
should all be dropped politically and
unite under one general mead.
The Peoples party is one Of principle
and advocates the only measures that
can bring relief to the people. They
cara but little about the name if their
principles can be adopted, and, there
fore, for the cake of unity would read,
lily drop it, or such ia my belief.
No better name can be selected for
the above purpose than the old Wing
party. The name is derived from the
initials, or first letters, in the words,
1--WE hope in God" SO the derivation
is good. So long as the old Wing party
existed it was of principle. 1t was
based on a protective tariff which'was
a saf9 and sound policy.
Senator [ handler says to the effect
that Bryan lost his election by reason
Of failure to advocate R~protective tariff.
But the various factions, especially the
Democratic party, appear to learn
nothing by defeat.
The issues advocated by the new
party should be but few and simple,
easily understood by the people, which
may be enumerated as follows:
1. Protection for our home indus
tries.
2. That all paper money, like gold
and silver coin, shall be issued by the
general government in sufficient guam
tIty to do the business of the country
cd a cash basis, and shall be a full
legal tender for all debts, public and
private.
8, That the old coinage laws as they
existed prior to the characterization
of 1873 shall be restored.
4 That instead of placing fnan'
cial system in the hands OF soulless
corporations we will establish a system
of postal savings banks where the pee
pie can at all times safely deposit their
money (without interest), which can
be loaned at a very low rate OF inter
est, merely sufi ,ient to v cost.
The Omaha platform is eminently
just, but taken as a whole it is imprac-
Tical for campaign purposes. There
fore, the "Iniative," ETC., and similar
measures should rest for the present.
AT the proper time they can be treated
and disposed of under the general head
Of right" When we get the power
TO act, We propose to adopt such meas
ures as will best promote the interests
of the great mass of the people who
have been oppressed for these many
pears.
The cause of reform has been much
damaged by our would-be leaders.
They appear to have one eye on Office
and to do the most of the looking with
this eye. Consequently, when they
come sufficiently near an eff ; to
capture il they forsake principle to
rake it in.
The first thing necessary TO be done
is to restore confidence by making the
people believe that we have honest
men in the lead, when, my word for it,
they will soon fall into line.
ANXIOUS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10

(c) That our national legislation shall
be SO framed in the future as not to
build I'D one industry at the expense
of another.
(D We believe that the money OF the
country should be kept as much as
possible in the hands Of the people,
and hence we demand that all National
and State revenues shall be limited to
the necessary expenses of the govern
ment economically and honestly ad,
ministered.
() We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit of savings
of the people, and to facilitate ex-
change
f) We are unalterably opposed to
the issue, by the United States, of in
terest- bearing bonds. and demand the
payment of all coin obligations OF the
United States. as provided by existing
laws, in either gold or silver coin, at
the option of the government and not
at the option Of the creditor.
TRANSPORTATION.
(G) The government shall purchase
or construct. and. operate a sufficient
mileage of railroads to effectually con
GrOl ali rates OF transportation on a
just and equitable basis.
() The telegraph and telephone,
like the posGOfhCe system. being a ne
cessity for the transmission of intelli
gence. should be owned and operated
by the government in the interest of
the people.
LAND.
We demand that no land shall be
held by corporations for speculative
purposes or by railroads in excess of
their needs as carriers, and all lands
claimed by the government and held
for actual settlers only.
EXECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS.
We demand the election of United
States Senators by a direct vote of the
people. That each State shall be di
vided into two districts of nearly equal
The age-herald., 1897-12-04

erty for two years. and that the rail- roads had been assess-n in 1896 for 1897. by these assessors.
 The legislature undertook 10 relieve the tax a:sassazs of 1895 of the right con- ferred on them by law in making the assessment and in confer1ing that right upon another body. wh9ah act, say the railroads is retroactive and therefore unconstitutional. They charge further that the Assessment as made Is enorous and unjust.
 The state S1enBss that the act of 1Sti creating the state board of railroad com- missdoners, is retroactive, because the roads had acquired no rights whatever under the asesSmen of 1896. made for 1897 that the assessors of 1855 failed to do their duty in fixing the proper value on the. railroads was no reason why the railroad commission should be asked to neglect its duty. The state undertakes to show that the assessment of the ccna- missaoners Is not exorbltant or burden some, but fair and compares reasonably with that of other states
 The railroads ask for an injunction against the state equaifzers to prevent them from certifying the assessment o@ which must be done before the tax be- which mus be done before the tax be- comes due and collectable.
 The case wibl probably not reach de- elsiion llrtil next Monday.
The age-herald., 1897-12-04
WERE TIE GEMS SMUGGLEDl
New York SaIoonkeeper and His Vile Held T
 M
TO AWAIT FURTHER RESULTS
Required to Give S5,O00 Bail Each on a Charge of Trying fO Defraud the Gov
 ernment of Import Duty.

New York, Dec. 3.-ETnil J. Lazar, a. sa- 1oonkeeper of this oity, and his wife w15lre each he1d in s5,000 ball by United Statels Commissioner Shields today on the charge of having smuggled into dllis country $1O000O worth of diamonds. They pleaded not guilty. The diamonds were seized on Wednesday night att the office of Max J. Lazar a diamond merchant on Maiden Lane. The examination nf E. J. Lazar and his wife has been set for De cember IT.
 Collector Boswell was very reluctant to give amy Information about the arrests, saying he was afraid publicity would in tereifere with other public arrests they were about to make. s
 '"Tthere has been some wholesale smug- gldng going nn," said the collector, "by what I think is an organized gang. La- gar and his wife, think, are the most important msmbers of the gang. The evidence we have is, I think, sufficient to convict the prisoners"
 According to the statement made by Max J. Lazars lawyer, the diamonds seized were purchased by Max J. Lazar during his trip abroad last fall, were shipped in the regular way and the regu- lar duty paid on them.
 The connection which the persons un- der arrest have with the case is not clear at present. Max J. Lazar is one of the best known diamond merchants in the city, and for years has been car rying on an import business of very large proportions. The diamonds in con troyersy were found in the office of Jor- dan & Reichman, where Max J. Dazar has safe. Jordan & Relchman pro- tested against the customhouse officers taking the gems from the safe. The Lazars are brothers Max J. Lazar is being sued for divorce, and in this way 1t is thought it has a connection with the charge of smuggling. 5a
The age-herald., 1897-12-04
CONFESSED THIEF.
Pete Meadows Robbed the Southern Express
 Company's Fruthurst Office.

Pete Meadows was yesterday arrested by Officers Culpepper and Disheroon in Alley B and Twentieth strees, on a charge of being wanted at Frutilurst for robbing the Southern Express com pany's office at that place.
 It will be remembered that the office was robbed about two monrfls ago and about $400 in money was taken, some of which was in $50 bills.
 Detective Bums of the Southern Ex- press company, was put on the case and traced the negro to Bessemer, and the mining camps around that place where all trace of him was lost until yesterday when he was arrested on South Side.
 Superintendent Agee, of the Southern Express company, was in the city yes- terday and went to the ctty prison where he interviewed the negro. He confessed his guilt, but implicated another negro who he clalfps shared the booty.
 A warrantFwlll be sworn out and the negro taken ito FruLthurst for trial. He has trunk filled with fine clothes which are supposed to be some of his ill-got- ten gains. fs
 Meadows was arrested here some time ago as being wanted in Georgia, and had the trunk of clothes at the time.
The age-herald., 1897-12-04
ARRESTED FOR STEALING.
C, B. Cromatie, Employed at Caheen's Store,
 in Prison.

C.sB. sCromatie, a clerk in the store or CaHhesn Bros., Is in the city prison charg- ed with stealing goods from the firm. Yesterday afternoon one of the en- ployes. who had been stationed to watch him, saw Cromatde take a dozen spools of thr3ad. papers of needles, dress stays and braid. He was caught almost in the act, so it Is said, and Officer Baker was called in to make the arrest. Mir Cahekm swore out a search war rant and went to Cn1matie's home, 727 Eighteenth street. There Officer Ham, iIton found a lot of other goods, which were taken to headquarters. They con- sisted of dress goods, laces, braid, etc.. and are supposed to have been taken from the storeL
 SomeItime ago a young woman em- ployed in the store was suspected of having pilfered small articles A war rant was sworn out and her room search ed. Nothing was found of a suspicious cllaGa cter.
 The girl became frightened and com felssed to having run away from home in Augusta, Ga. She was sent to har home. Before leaving she told MT. Caheen that some of his clerks were robbing him,
 
 no names.
 CLERKS WE'RE WATCHED.
 From time ito time articles were miss ed from the store. but no trace of them could be obtained. A close watch was kept on all suspicious purchasers, but the articles continued to disappear. Fol- lowing the hint of the woman, MT. Ca heen set watch on his clerks.
 Cromauie has been employed num- Der of years by the firm He was about the last man suspected. According to 0 statement tha watch placed on him re- subted in his arrest.
 Cromaties wife, who. like himself was poor though wore bstter dresses than his salary would warrant purchasing, and this caused suspicion Of Cromatie. He has not been married but Q shout time.
 At a late hour last night the prisoner was released on $1o0 bond, his hends- men being M. Wise and B. Wertheimer.
The age-herald., 1897-12-04
PERSECUTION IN
 PINAR DEL RIO
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(Contiued from First Page) ing expeditions, has been annoyed by the publication in the newspapers few days ago of a story to the effect that he allowed the tug Dauntless to pass with a schooner in tow which carried supplies of war to the Cuban insur- gents The commander has written a letter to the navy department in which he he says he had considered the matter of such slight importance heretofore that he had not mentioned it to the depart men, but the width of the publication calls now for an answer, in which he gives the following account of the mat ter:
 "On November IS, I heard the Daunr- less was at Fernandfna for fumigation. The Vesuvius proceeded to that port at once to keep her under observation. She was found just crossing the bar for | Jacksonville to which port the Vesuvius accompanied her. She was thoroughly searched and allowed to proceed to the city. She was taken on the ways and cleaned and painted and a few minor repairs made to boilers and engines wOn Nov. r she was put in the water again, and on that date the Vesuvius proceeded to the mouth of Tthe river to await her coming. On Friday, Nov. 19 the tug came down the river with aihe schooner Jennie Thomas of Baltimore, bound for Savannlia,h. The tug and schoonaa, were searched thoroughly and critically. The schooner was empty and was cleared for Savanlnah The tug had
 nothing on board but two or three blocks of ice and a small leg of beef. She had a crew of mine nlsn Her papers were complete and without flaw. She an
 chored Eihe schooner for the night near
 by and went alongside a wharf at Pilot Town The next morning at very early daylight, just before she got under way, am officer was again sent on board and anothep search made with the same re-
 sult She was allowed to proceed
 "T have been informed by the conn manding officer of the revenue cutter Boutwell, of itlhe arrival of the Damnt- less with tihs schooner Jennie Thomas | in tow, at Savannah on the following d9v'N