The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-26
TWO NEW COMPANIES.
Valley Investment and Grove
Rea! Estate Companies.

The charters for the new real estate
concerns were filed in the Office OF the
the clerk of the court yesterday.
The Valley Investment Company was
organized by NJ. d. Miller, Geo. w
Thomas and s. +. Miller. of Bridge
water. Rockingham county. Va. and
Jas. s. Simmons and u. s. Miller, of
Roanoke.
Tho purpose of tho Valley Invest
mcnt Company is tho buying. selling
and exchanging real estate in Roanoke
and elsewhere in Virginia., and The i'm
provcmont Of the same.
The capital stock OF the company is
S35.o0O. divided into shares ofs.Uo each
the board OF directors having power to
increase the capital stock TO $50. 0OO
The real estate held is not to exceed
10000 acres. The principal business
Office is to be III Roanoke, and the bust
ness of the company will be managed
by a president and board of directors.
The president elected for this year is
u. :. Miller. and the secretary and treas
urer. Jas. :. Simmons. both of Roanoke.
The directors are NJ. ID. Miller. G.. w.
Thomas. :. +. Miller, JAS. :. simmons
dilu /. -. MlllCr.
The ii. Webster Grove Real Estate
Company has been organized. with II.
Webster Grove. of l;altimorc, president:
William L. Day. of Baltimore. vice
president, and William NJ. Wishart. OF
Roanoke, secretary and treasurer
The capital stock of the company is
not to exceed $4,000, and is to be d-
vided into shares of SD each, to he paid
for in such installmcnts and at such
times as the board of directors may di-
rect.
The company is empowered to hold
and own as much rs -, 900 acres of land
at one time.
The chief Office will be in this CITY,
but the company intends to establish
branch Offices both in Virginia and
elsewhere.
The chief business Of the company is
to buy and sell real estate for itself and
others, and to do general real estate
brokerage business.
The board of directors consists of ii.
Wcstcr Grove, William l.. Day, Edward
j. Chism and James w. Flack, Jr., all OF
Baltimore, Md, and William NJ Wis
hart, Of Roanoke.
TIE INTERSTATE COMPLICATION.
4 Dealer Fined for Refusing 10 Answer
Questions.
CHIC.Go, Nov. -. = Special Judge
Blodgc't. in the United States District
Court this morning. rendered decision
which closely affects the efficiency OF
the Interstate Commerce. law for til,
punishment OF persons all corporate
found guilty OF making secret special
rates.
Tn" lntcrStr to Comm 5rcc Commission.
i'll response to complaints that rates
from points west of Chicago nave II
manipulated in the interests of certain
favored shippers, caused an inquiry into
the matter 10 be made by the Federal
grand jury.
Among the witnesses called was
Charles CounSClman, Il prominent dealer
on the board Of trade.
lie WAS asked if he had not received
rebates on consignmcnts of grain over.
the principal railroad lines from the
west and under advice Of counsel de-
clincd to answer on the ground that To
do so would tend to criminatc himself.
lie WAS cited TO appear before Judge
Hlodgctt and make answer why he
should not be compelled to respond to
tilt NutIltS
Matters was argued yesterday and
this morning Judge Blodgctt gave his
decision, holding that Cousrlmcn must
answer, inasmuch as there was no
direct appeal from the ritiing under tho
statutes.
Counsclmcn went oncc moro be-
fore the Federal grand jury and again
refused to answer the questions.
This fact was reported To Judge Rlod-
gctt who thcrcupon imposed fno OF
$1,000 upon Counsclman and ordered
him into custody OF a United States
marshall until the fine should be paid.
This developed an appcalablc case.
and the next move will be for Il writ of
haocas corpus before Judge Gresham.
and upon refusal an appeal will be
taken to tho United States Suprmc
Court, as the case involves constitu-
tional question.
Little Nugget.
That Little Nugget" at the Opera
House last night, was success, was
amply verified by the fact that Laugh
ter had to hold his sides nearly all the
time.
The character of Little Nugget" was
maintained naturally and unaifeclcdly
Herbert Cawthorn, as Barney OBJ adv,
was typical lrishman.
The singing and dancing was excel
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