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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
no MORE POLYGAMY.
President Woodruff, of tho Mormon
Church, Makes II Denial.

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 26.-The fol-
lowing letter from. President Woodruff.
OF the Mormon Church, is published to
controvert statements that polygamy is
being taught and polygamous marriages
are still being celebrated i'll the church:
TO Whom it May Concern: Press dis
patches having been sent from Salt
Lake City, which have been widely pub
lished for political purposes, to the effect
that the Utah commission in their re-
cent report to the Secretary of the In
terror. allege that plural marriages are
still being solemnized, and that forty or
more such marriages have been con-
tracted in Utah since last June or during
the past year; also, that in public dis
courses the leaders of the church have
taught, encouraged and urged the con-
tinuance of the practice of polygamy. /,
therefore, as president of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, do
hereby. i'll the most solemn manner, de-
clare that the charges are false.
We are not teaching polygamy or
plural marriage: or permitting any per-
son to enter into its practice. and deny
that either forty or any other number
of plural marriages have during that
period been solemnized in our temples
or in any other place in the territory.
One case has been reported in which
the parties allcge that the marriage
was performed III the endowment house
in Salt Lake City in the spring of 1880.
But | have not been able to learn who
performed the ceremony. Whatever
was done in this matter was without my
knowledge. In consequence OF this al
legged occurrence the endowment house
was by my instructions taken down
without delay.
lnasmuch US laws have been enacted
by Congress forbidding plural marriages,
which laws have been pronounced con-
stitutional by the court of last resort |
do hereby declare my intention to sub
NIT to those laws and 10 use all my in
iluencc with the members OF the church
over which preside to have them do
likewise.
There is nothing in my teachings to
the church, or in those of my associates.
during the time specified which can rea-
sonably be construed to inculcate or en-
courage polygamy, and when any elder
OF the church has used language which
appeared toconvey such teaching he has
been promptly reproved: and now pub
licly declare that my advice to the Lat
ter Day Saints is to refrain from con-
tracing any marriage forbidden by the
laws of the land.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
THE ROCK CREEK PARK BILL
Passes the Senate with Mild show OF Dis
approval.

WAsnINGToN, Sept. 90 Special =
Senator Sherman introduced II bill, which
was referred to the committee on appro-
priations, appropriating Sl33, 600 for tho
purchase for use of the Senate of the
Maltby House, corner New Jersey av-
cnuc and j; street, northwest, with the
vacant lots on the north side
The conference report presented yes
tcrday on the bill to establish Rock
Creek Park, in the District of Columbia,
was taken up. Senators German and
Gibson favored the park, hutdeprcciated
the requirement that the people of the
District shall pay half the cost and half
of the yearly expenditures.
Mr.. Reagan spoke against the un-
necessary extent of the park, 900
acres-whereas the Great Central park
OF New York contained only 200 acres
Mr.. Sherman expressed his regret that
the park had not been established ten
years ago. when the land could have
been obtained for $1,000 and also
spoke against the designation of the
army officers for the work of laying out
the park and against requiring tho Dis
trict TO bear half the burden The re-
port was agreed to, and the bill now
goes to the President for his approval
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
Racing Yesterday.

New York, Sept. 26.-[ Special =
The Gravescnd track was fctloci deep
i'll mud, and scratches were numerous
First race, a three-ycar-old sweepstakes,
for non-winners. $1,000 added. six fur
Veronica won, Druidcss second
Lord Dalmeny third; time. l.lGl5. Sc
cond race. handicap, sweepstakes, 81 900
added. mile and one-sixteenth-Rh ono
won, Diablo second, Defaulter, third;
time, Isl. Third race, selling sweep
stakes, two-year-olds, 81 900 added. six
MISUNDERSTANDING won, Lcpanto Sc
cond, Adventurer third; time, i.17l5.
Fourth race, three-year-old sweepstakes,
$1,000 added, one mile-Bravo won.
Elkton second, Granite third; time,
l.474. Fifth race, three-year-old selling
sweepstakes, 81 900 added, six furlonrs
Ruth won. White Nose second. Drum
stick third; time, LII. Sixth race. high
weight handicap, sweepstakes, 81 900
added. five furlongs-Rival won, Eolo
second, Best Boy third; time, 1.O3sl.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
FIVE HUNDRED GUESTS.
That is the Size of the Party to Visit Roam
Oke IN October.


baltimore, Sept. 26.--To-morrow's
Manufacturers Record will say: We
have already secured the names of 1874
OF the visiting English Iron and Steel
Institute delegates who have agreed to
go on tho Southern excursion. The
total number of delegates will be about
300, and of these we have word so far,
as already stated. of nearly two-thirds
who intend to go South in preference to
the Lake Superior trip.
In fact, only about fifty members had
signified their intention of taking the
Northern trip up to the time of sailing
from Europe. We can safely count on
200 members of the English institute
and 70 to 100 of the German and Frnch
visitors. or an aggregate Of about 300.
to which must be added many Ameri-
can iron and steel makers and quite Il
number of ladies for the Southern trip.
The South must, therefore, be prepared
to royalty entertain at least 400 to 800
guests.
1t Is gratifying to note that many of
the most distinguished iron and steel
makers of Great Britain, including such
men as Sir james Kitson. president of
the british Iron and Steel Institute: Sir
Lowthian Bell, ex-president: j. $.
Jeans, secretary, and =. c. Gilchrist
and Il. II. Martin. directors, are among
the number who realize the advisabilitv
OF making personal examination of the
South S iron and coal resources.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
IKE, VIRGINIA. SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27 1890

the House had never heard or seen the
conference report. 1t could not be pro-
perly studied within the time indicated.
lie hoped Mckinley would allow the re-
port to go over until Monday instead of
tomorrow.
Mr.. Mckinley said he must ms t
upon the consideration of the report
after the reading of the Journal to-mor-
row. Mr.. McMillin thereupon insisted
upon the reading of the conference re-
port. The reading of the report was
not completed when & o'clock arrived,
ana the House took recess until s
O'CLOCK the evening session to be for
bills
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
ODD Fellows at vinton.

AIessrs. A. Benning, c. w. Chenault
and Charles ID. Fox organized a lodge of
Odd Fellows at Vinton Friday night
The officers elected were Il. T.. Smith.
noble grand; Captain w. c. Bass, vice
grand; George S. Jack. secretary, and
II. H. Cartwright, chaplain. The name
adopted was Mount Iiermon, and it will
meet every Friday evening. The lodge
starts out with twenty-five charter mem
bers, and the first degree was conferred
on twelve of them Friday night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-iSpecial T.
The Treasury department. to-day pur-
chased 100000 ounces of silver paving
Sii3 for 1000 ounces, and Sl.134 for
d0,500 ounces. The amount offered was
100000 ounces. The total purchases of
silver to date. under the new law, is
7,277, 900 ounces. The Treasury Depart
ment gave notice to-day that the GOV
ernmcnt has purchased all tho silver
authorized by law for the present month,
and that no further offers will lie con-
sidered until after October /.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
Beyond the Wolf.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Sept 60 Especial
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow
of Gen. John c. Fremont, has addressed
letter to the editor of the Times, in
which she expresses great gratitude for
the timely aid rendered during the re-
cent financial straights of herself and
daughter. She states further that in
view of the passage of the bill granting
her pension, the emergency has been
tided over and she desires no further
financial assistance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27

WAsIHNGroN, Sept. 20 Special -
In the House today, Mr.. Mckinley Of
fered for reference to tho committee on
ways and means the following resolu-
ton: That the President Of the Senate
and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives shall declare their respective
houses adjourned Tuesday, the Both day
of September, 1890, at o'clock p. m.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Secretary Helper VIII Turn Over the
Bantiing to its Members This Evening.
All the arrangements are completed
for the Commercial Clubs grand open
ing in the Exchange building this even
ing. Every business man in Roanoke
who has any pride in the city or it's
interest is expected to get into his best
Sunday coat and 60 The reception lasts
from to 10, and will be thoroughly
enjoyable affair in every sense of the
word.
Secretary Hinton Helper has done
everything in his power to bring the af-
fair off in a creditable manner. He has
been interchangeable in his labors and will
turn over the Commercial Club full
pledged infant to it's members tonight.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
Thieves Arc Active.

The thieving that has been going on
around here for some time seems to he
increasing. Miss Funkhouser, who
keeps boarding house at No. l2G Kirk
avenue, was the last victim. Some one
entered her residence Thursday night
by rear door and took a watch and
several articles of clothing. Tho police
have no clue yet, but big scoop will be
made before long.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
To Shell the Nntfves.

LONDON, Sept. 26.-[Speciall "A Brit
ish man of war has been ordered to pro-
coed from Zanzibar to Vita to inquire
into the recent massacre there of Ger
man merchant and seven German en-
ployees by natives. a dispatch from
Berlin denies the report that Germany
has demanded satisfaction and compen-
sation from England for the killing.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
INTERESTING FIGURES.
Superintendent Porter Emits n Few More
Populations.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Special
The Census Bureau to-day announced
populations of cities and towns as fol-
lows: Charlottesville, Va, $500; in
crease 2,SsS, or l07.s4 per cent; DAN
vile, Va, l0,aS5; increase. 1850. or
1906 per cent; Lynchburg, Va, 1879;
increase, $50, or 23.9i per cent; Staun-
ton, Va, 6.02l; increase, o57. or ass
per cent; Selma, Ala. 1926; increase,
~, or l.29 per cent: Mobile. Ala, 81 ,saa;
increase, 1850, or 9.23 per cent.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
Base Ball Yesterday.

Association acknowledgements post
poncd on account of rain. Louisville. /:
Rochester, l; (ten innings: drawn on
account of darkness). First game, st.
Louis, Is; Athletic. 3. Second game
five innings) ST. Louis, Z; Athletic, 3.
Loague-Chicago, A; Philadelphia, ;.
Observation-Disclosures s; Phila
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
Caused by the Wreck.

Shenandoah Valley train No. 3 was
three hours and forty minutes late last
night on account of a wreck of two
freight trains that occurred about
twenty-five miles south of Mines. No
one was hurt.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
President Kimbar Passes Through.

President L. j. Kimball, of the Nor
folk and Western Railroad Company.
passed through the city early yesterday
morning en- route from philadelphia to
the New River division of the road.
Colonel Frank TIuger accompanied him
from this city. Mr.. Kimball travelled
in a special car.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
Siayin ana ,rcaulioe.

LONDON, Sept. 26.-[Spcciall Tho
fight between Slavin and McAuliffe win +
come off at o'clock tomorrow (Satur-
day. morning. AL
Later-Slayin won the fight in
second round. .yl-jn.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
SPECIAL NOTICES.

r. WILL SELL BY AUCTION FOR
>kNIrs. II. =. Corder, ut her residence,
corner Tazewell and Henry streets, all
of her household goods and furniture.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock Satur
day morning, September 27th.
sep2G-2t q. Il. STEVENS.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
LanSdOWne
Business and ResidenceL

Five hundred lots of this valuable
property, all within the corporate limits
of the city of Roanoke, Va, will be put
on the market
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
The weather To-day.

For Virginia, fair, sta ionary tempera-
ture, except warmer in southern portion.
yari BILE winds.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
INSPECTING THE INFANTRY.
The Inspector General Scrutin-
ICES Our Crack Company.

Sixty-Four Brave Soldier Boys withstand
Examinution--Guns are Right and
Equipments up to NIurk--He Seldom
Draws His Note Book.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
OCTOBER {, 1890.

This land lies between the Melrose
property and the Norfolk and Western
railroad, and is the most valuable
property yet placed upon the market in
this city.
1t is situated east of the Roanoke Iron
Company's furnace, and adjoining the
Hyde 8all Addition.
TIT brfoll1 and Western Railroad
Company have recently purchased Il
portion of this property, and arc now
about erecting some valuable improve
meuts thereon
Negotiations are just about closed for
the location Of a $1,000, 0GO steel plant
near the business portion of this
property.
This will probably be the greatest OPP
portunity ever offered for valuable and
well located property within the city
limits.
The Roanoke and Salem Dummy Line
runs within one block of this property.
and the projected lines of the Baltimore
and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio rail
roads will run near this property on
their entrance into Roanoke.
Price lists and maps will be in the
hands Of all Roanoke real estate agents
on October /.
WANTED---A young man or good
w stout boy to learn to feed Il print
ing press. Apply after Up. IN. at TINES
office. IF
TINE QUARRY TRACT, containing
Il 40 nice building lots, for sale as Il
wholesat S75, 000-only $lS3 each-lying
Immediately south OF the Machine-Shops
Furnace and adjacent TO the principal in
dustrics of the city. Lots in Oak-Ridge,
adjoining this property on the north, are
held at more than double the price asked
for these. The best Stone Quarry in the
city about the center of the tract. For
particulars SEQ j. r. HOCKADAY,
scp2ll0t 105 First ST., s. w.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
THE TARIFF CONFEREES AGREE.
The Long Expected Report
Makes its Appearance.

To q" into Effect October g, with the
Bonded Period Extended to February
I--senator PIumb's Customs Commits
sion Thrown Observation-Disclosures of
Tariff Changcs--The Sugar Schedule
Tobacco Taxes Lightened.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27

w ANTED--A young man or good
w stout boy to learn to feed print
ing press. Apply after | p. IN. at TIMES
office. IF
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05

mans tools, the clothes he stands in
and one bed. A mortgage on land
takes the standing crop. The prevail.
ing interest Is IL per cent.
Debts can only be secured In the
Gilbert Islands by mortgages on crops
If a merchant has q bill against ma
tive and can't collect It he goes to The
king. The debtor Is sent for. The
merchants books are considered suffi-
cient evidence. The king gives the
creditor q mortgage on the natives
crops with interest at 10 per cent.
Exemptions from execution in the
Hawaiian Islands include "the family
bible, family pictures and school
books )" also zone pol board, one pol
beaten, two calabashes, one 90" and
various articles Of food and furniture,
Arms, accoutrements and uniforms OF
soldiers Of the kingdom cannot be
taken for debt.
The mortgages and judgments in
Zanzibar amount to 40 per cent of the
total valuation of the taxed property
A mortgage is legalized by being
brought before the sultan for his sig
nature,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05
Kentucky-Bred Jack
PHYSICIANS.

DIR. A. J. MCCLELLAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ONCE and
4 residence two blocks west of Baxter
bank
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05

We have been favored with an adj
vance copy of the Double Easter
Number Of the Youths Companion.
The pages are profusely illustrated,
and the stories are by tavOrite writers.
Some of the titles are Numbered
with thy Saints" BY YRS. Mary Tap
pan Wright; "Gabrielle's Easter Hat,
by Marie D. Williams; "One of the
Squirrels Mornings" by Sara z. Cnsh-
man: "Bim Huzlitt's Luck" by Miss
Sophie SWEET; q humorous story called
"a Botauist's Predicaments," 'HOly
Week IN Peru" by Maria Louisa
Wetmore; '>Miss Bent's Easter Eggs"
b. j. L. Harbour, with timely editO-
rails, poems aud special page for the
little ones. Four hundred and forty
thousand families will receive this
number, and the Easter season will he
the more memorable to them because
Of its recognition in this pleasant
form.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05
Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens,
that for years we have been selling
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
Bucklen's ArDica Salve aud Electric
Bitters, and have never handled
remedies that sell as well, or that
have gwen such universal satisfac-
ton. We do not hesitate to guaran-
tee them every time, and we stand
ready to refund the purchase price,
If satisfactory results do not follow
their use. These remedies have won
their great popularity purely on their
merits. For sale at Craig's Drug
Store.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05
Scientific American

A New Plan for Rapid Transit in New
York.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05

SOiehtLhO <AineTlCin.
A plan for the solution of the rapid
transit problem in this city has been
formulated, and presents very orig
inal aspect. 1t originated with the
late Mr.. ID. G. Lindsey, C. Il. II
contemplaies the erection of a struc-
ture which will carry n four-track
railroad. This structure is to be OF
masonry, and to be about 60 feet high.
II is TO be carried through the center
of blocks, and the streets are to be
bridged by steel bridges. BY making
the substructnre heavy enough it will
be available for stores and tencments.
The route is 10 extend north just
through Tarrytown. 1t is to form a
loop in the southern part of the city
from Leonard street south. The only
public property touched is small
corner of Battery Park. To carry out
the plan, "The Peoples Rapid Transit
Company" has been organized. The
principal features of merit of The plan
are the capacity for high speed, the
avoiding of any but the most limited
trespass upon streets or private
grounds, aud the fsct that il is al over
ground way. II is estimated that the
acquisition of real estate will cost over
$70,000,000. The entire cost is estima-
ted at nearly $90,000000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05

An eminent scientist has evolved
the theory that water as an element to
extinguish fires in large and high
buildings is a failure. He claims that
when combustion evolves certain in
tense degree of heat the water thrown
upon the flames emits powerful vol
ume of hydrogen which burns with
frightful fury. This scientist sets mp
the theory that these fires must be
treated in different manner, and ex-
presses the belief that gas viii be the
successful weapon with which TO fight
fire ut some future day.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05

The best farmers are not always
good business men, hut they can learn
il they try. True, it takes long years
of training to make good merchant,
as it docs to make q good farmer, but
the man who has wits about him is
learning all the time. He looks into
this, prys into that, he asks questions,
notes facts, reads books and papers,
notes the markets, sees which crops
are paying best aud changes his plans
accordingly. The ne'er-do-well was
born in rut and likes nothing better
than to stay in it.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05

Remember he News printing Office
when you want sale bills or posters.
We have q lot of new type ordered es-
pecially for this purpose and eau get
up 'dsndy" job in this line at lowest
living rates. 4-5s
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05

DIR. L. A. MCFADDEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGE0<, is again
4 ready to practice medicine after recuperat-
ing his health ONCE at residence corner Of
Neosho and Lincoln streets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-04
STATE HOUSE MATTERS

The Valuation Commission. such Of
them as weren't home to vote, were engaged
Monday IN REVERSING the tabulation of the
,uIou. de pots 10 Maine There were no
hearings.
A correspondent Of the Lewiston Journal
sent the folloving for Mondays edition
Some state ments concerning the State tax
alton Of farmers being doubted an order
US adopted, Monday. by the Valuation
Commission instruc,ing the State Treasurer
10 1--WE the figures ~ TO the State school
fund aud mill tax II will be shown by
Chief Clerk Caldwell that two hundred
and thirty towns last year received more
money from the State mill tax than they
paid State tax. an this year one half the
iowns will receive balance from the State
after paying their STATE tax. and this does
no, include money which they obtain from
the State in the way Of pensions, telegraph
and railroad taxes and free high school
funds, which added would raise the nun.
Der Of towns receiving more than they pay
gu, to four hundred