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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-07
Death ofJa,nes yyelch,

James WEIGH died Of pneumonia at
his residence on kimball avenue N. o.
yesterday morning at o:i5 o'clock. His
remains were taken to Owen Dugans,
800 First street s. @. The funeral pro-
cession will start from there for St.
Andrews Church to-day at IL o'clock.
The intcrmcnt will be at the now Catho-
lie Cemetery, and will be the first to DO
made there. The friends of the de-
ceased, who wish to accompany the re-
mains to the grave, are requested to
take tiie 10 o'clock dummy.
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The Ladies WIN Give tho banquet.

The banquet to be given by Osceola
Lodge No. AZ, X. of p, in honor OF the
Grand Lodge of Virginia, which meets
in this city on the 18th OF this month,
will he furnished by the Ladies' Union
benevolent Society on Wednesday
night, the 18th.
The place for holding tho banquet has
not been selected yet. but the full, pro-
gramme OF the entertainment will DO
announced at the next meeting Of the
lodge.
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Fire in the Pullmnn Shons.

Sr. Louis, Feb. 6.-lSpccial Fire
last night in the Pullman car shops
here destroyed the shops and their CON
tents, including eleven cars. together
with number of small dwelling houses
near by. Some of the inmates narrowly
escaped with their lives. The aggrc-
gate lost is estimated at $3.50, 900 partly
insured. About 400 men are thrown out
OF work as the result OF the fire. The
burned property was owned by George
Nj. Pullman, of Chicago.
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AT ST. ANDREWS HALL.
a Gay sociable Attended by "a Large and
HappysThrong.

a Gay Sociable Attended by u Large and
Hnppysrhrong.
st. Andrews hall was the scene of a
pleasant sociab.e last night given by a
committee of young men composed OF
Messrs. II. f. Shcehan, William I[ar-
rihan and Ed. +. Boone
About fifty couples were present, and
dancing was the order of the evening,
the programme consisted OF lancers,
quadrilles, etc.
All present enjoyed themselves, and
the Committee spared no pains TO make
the occasion n success.
The dancing was opened by the grand
march led by Miss Mary Corrigan, Of
Lynchburg, and viii a. Carr, OF this
city.
among these present were: Misses
Mary Corrigan and Mollie Carter, of
Iynchburg: Miss Hogan, of Renova,
Pa, and Misses Rosa Trout, Emma
Foight, Fannie Carr, Annie Rocker,
Minnie Mullen, Annie Manning, Nellie
Manning, Maggie Normoylc, Manic
Gibney, Lizzie Sheehan, Kate Brennan,
Clara Graves, Alma Martin, Mary Bren-
nan, Selcna Read, Eugene Sumter, Sadie
Garland, Mary Cowig, Annie O'Leary
and others. Also Mesdamcs ID. w.
Espcnlaub, j. =. Cash, C. c. Brown, L.
Il. Brennan, Arthur Christian, John
ShultZ, and Stiles.
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Three Years In the Pen.

Edward Nelson, colored, was arraigned
before the Hastings Court yesterday on
the charge OF forging the name of
John ii. Davis to two checks for 81 each
during the month OF December. Nell
son was represented by a. j. Oliver and
was tried on an indictment for which he
was sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary. The other charge will be
heard to-day.
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Seized for Violating the Law.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 6.-ISpeciall
"A large portion Of the mail edition of
tho Morning Journal was seizcd by tho
postmaster ut this place to-day for an al
legged violation OF the lottery law. 1t is
understood that the matter will be car
ricd up for decision, rs the publishers
assert that there was no violation of
any law, State or national.
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Stlll Unsettled.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Feb. 6.-[SpecialI -
Four moro ballots were cast for United
States Senator in joint assembly this
morning without any change in the re-
suit. After the siXtysecond ballot the
Republicans and +. NJ. b. a. members
forced an adjournment. the Democrats
voting Solidly against It,
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Iquiquo Isxpecting non,bnrdmont.

PARIS, Feb. G.-[SpccialI- IA dispatch
received here from Chilli by way of
Lima, Peru, states that the port of
1quique. when the dispatch was sent,
was momentarily expecting to be bonn
bafded by tho CHILEAN insurgents.
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The Day I'm the Senate.

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 6.-[Speciall- THE
Senate to-day took up the bill providing
for the adjustment of accounts arising
out of violations of the eight-hour law,
but adjourned before reaching vote.
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DanyilIe Without street Cnr sery.ce.

DANvrLrE, Feb. e.-[Speciall-The
plant and cars Of the Danville Electric
Street Car Company were burned this
morning, and the city Is without street
car service. The loss is between els
900 and $4,000. Cause OF the fire is
unknown.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
WANTED

A house and lot near the Wost End
furnace with six or eight rooms, price
not to exceed $4,000. We have also u
customer who will pay $4,000 cash for n
house and lot as near the center Of the
town as it can be gotten. Call early.
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WILBUR S. POLE e CO.,
Rooms 3 and 4, Exchange Building.

dor SALE- Graders and mason's
H. outfit, including 100 head mules and
horses, harness, wagons. carts, drag anu
wheel scrapers, shovels, plows, dcrricks,
etc., etc. Also seventeen miles IL and
20 llsj Trails and $50 dump cars. To
save transportation to Minnesota wo
will sell cheap for cash only. WINSTON
BROS. t5 CO., railroad contractors, Zig
Stone Gap, Va. febi-1w
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A PLAN OF REORGANIZATION.
What is Proposed for the Roam.
oke Commercial Club

TO DC Submitted to the Meeting Monday
Night - A Solid Finn nciaI Basis - a
Wide Scope of Operations Suggested
Whereby the Association May Aid in
Developing the City and Yet Make
Money--A Novel Scheme Outlined.
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Tho Weather To-DaY.

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l.. d. YARREII.. wM. II. PARKER,
(Late Judge of Uate Com M n
Brownsville Coz wealth's Attorney
Emporia, Va. of Southampton,
Coz Roanoke, Va.
NOTICE.-We have this day formed
IN partnership, under tho firm
name OF Yarrcll &c Parker, for the prac-
tice of the law in this city and State, and
ono or both Of us can be found at all times
during business hours at our office, Room
3, Exchange building, first floor, corner
Jefferson and Salem avenue.
l.. d. YARRELL,
WIN. III. PARKER.
We refer, by permission, to Hon. II. S.
Trout, president of the First National
Bank. jan3l-lwk
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Com y A. Mild nend

Gen. Edward Augustus Wild, Colonel. 35th
Mass, died at Medelln, Colombia, South Amer
ica recently. Gen. Wild entered the army in
the lst Mass. as Captain; was promoted Colonel
Of the 3jth Mass. Sept. l, 1862, and Brigadier-
General, April p, 1868. The cause Of his
death is not stated in dispatches received.
Gen. Wild was born in BrOollline, Mass,
Nov. p, 1925; was q graduate Of Harvard and
subsequently, from the Jefferson Medical Col
lege Of Philadelphia During the Crimean war
he served as a medical officer of the Turkish
army, receiving q medal Of honor from that
Government. Upon his return to the United
States he practiccd medicine in his native town
for several years, but recruited company for
the 1st Mass. when the war began. He was at
the first Bull Run battle, and was severely
wounded in the right hand at Fair Oaks during
the Peninsular campaign. He was also wound
ed at South Mountain, losing an arm at the
shoulder. He organized the 5lth and 5jth
Mass (eolOredI which were known as "Wild's
African Brigade" He was with Gen. Foster
in North Carolina, aud with Butler when he
commanded the Army Of the James; leaving
the service full of hOnOrs as late as Jan. 10,
1866. For a number Of years he has been
engaged in mining operations about Lake
Superior
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Railroad fares hero are very high. There is
no three -ccuts-a- limit In this country. and
five aud 10 cents a mile is often charged The
through rates are mucll cheaper than the local
rates, and you can now 20 10 Mexico City aud
back 10 Washington hy the Mexican National
or hy the shortest route for little over 500.
ia contrast 10 this, until this narrow gage was
built to Puobla tie Vera Cruz Road used 10
charge S3s for taking passenger 20 the Capt.
TAI, or about 90 miles and its rates are even
now $40 for that distance. The third class
rates are much lower, o. course. and 30 will pay
the railroads 10 MAKE them still less In Iudia
you find the lowest third-cass fares in the
world. was told there that where tire ftt,
were about half cent "A mile that the roads
made the most 81 their profits or Of third.
class fares that they believed they could make
them still lower aud the increased travel would
compensate them for doing 30. Mexico ha.
now the highest railroad rates on tie North
American Continent. 1T has the highest freight
rates as well. IL will be for the better of both
the United States and Mexico and tLemselye.
when they reduce them
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There Is great deal or American capital
going into banking iu Mexico. The ruvulu.
tI0us and Hc past unsettled state Of the couu-
try Ffgggulcd tie establishment 0i banks.
Hnd tHc people h.d aud buried cir money
lr some Di tHe old buildings which arc now
being torn down Iu Mexico City large sums
of money are found bult into the walls Nearly
every ouD ot tAg old Spanish lao.eadadOs Lus
Dds hoard oi silver dollars packed away u bis
safe hidden uHGoI Dds hCvrlst0nc OF concealed
behind the l5itor Americans who do bus.-
Nc Wth ine farmers oT great estate owners
tc.l me that a s not uncommon for bare
Footed cotton clothed. dirfy-0Bkiug Mexican
10 30 into DIS house aud bring nut sums
all the way from $1,000 to $1,000 m silver
70 pay Tor some piece Of machinery 81 other
article which hc decides d. buy. Now The
country is safe, aud tAc people are becoming
acquainted with banking Still. tuerc Is as yct
nu savings bank in Mexico City and pueba
This city Of $1,000 people has no savings in.
HtftulIOns. The banks which are doing bust
ness here are making money. The bank ol
London and Mexico, which was organized \
year and a half ago by man from Staten U.s.
land lu connection with English aud Mexican
capitalists, has increased the quoted value o
lts shares from $500 10 S2,J00 and ii paid
last year a dividend Of 20 pcI cent Co. its stock
holders Some American capitalists have latcly
secured q charter for the establishment of I
taFings bank in Mexico City, and they wi
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GENERAL.
THE CHEROKEE STRIP.
The Cattle aud Cattlemcn to BE Driven from that
IlrlI lnnntrT.

Rich Country.
Gov Steele Of Oklahoml Territory, thinks
the President made 2 serious bl Uuder when he
opened the Cherokee Strip which is 200 miles
long and 30 miles wide, to the Indians. In a re-
cent interview in Chicago the Governor said .
"The Strip is being used by the cattlemeu just
as much TO day as it ever was. In the agree
ment il was understood that the cattlemen
should 10. use the land for grazing purposes.
The Indians could not lease or sell the land
so the cattlemeu fixed up q deal with the In
dians whereby they were to own the stock,
and at 4 certain time the real owners were to
purchase them. The rcsGlt IS that the land is
being used for grazing purposes when it should
be cut up into farms for the benefit Of settlers.
There will be q great rush next month, when
100000 acres in Oklahoma will be opcEed
tor settlement. 1t is the finest kind Of land in
the world. There is no truth in the report
that the farmers there are IL q destitute COndi-
tion. On the contrary, they have . great
plenty"
To meet this emergency the Secretary Of the
Interior sent the following telegram 10 Gov.
Steele: "The President has ordered that no
exception shall he made OF CLerOkees locating
or placing herds on the strip after his order, or
in evasion Of it, Gen. Miles Will be so in
structgd by the War Department. The PTcsi-
dent has further ordered cavalry troops to aid
the agent ia cxpclliug trcipassers from Sac
and Fox reservation, IN accordance with in
struction5 written by the President in his or
der"
The previous order referred 10 in this dis
patch OF Secretary Noble was that tho herds
would not be allowed TO Craze upon tho strip,
and that the Seilu-, Of cattle TO the Indians by
the cattlemen, who would buy them back after
"A time. giving the Indians compensation for
their pJstUtagr, was au evasion OF the iaw, and
would not DO COuutguaueci by tie Govern
mcrt Consequently tie cIttlomcn aud the
cattle will be removed from the Strip, the
whole Army to be employed if found ueces-
53rV.
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Mai. S,ely Dad.

Mai. John ). Safely 18th Iowa, who died at
Lodi, ind, OF Saturday, sept. T. was well
known in Washington. he having been a clerk
in the QuaUtcrmlstcr-G Generals Office for sew
eral years. Maj. safely enlisted early in loGl
as a private. ana was promoted through the
various grades 10 Captain OF his company. He
was Provost Marshal Of CrO'ker5 Iowa Brigade
while Gen. Bclkuap commanded that cele-
brated organization. and received the brcyct of
Major for ga!lautry July -, 1851, st the battle
Of Atlanta, aud at Columbia ). C., he being
one of the party that placed the first flags on
both the old and new State Houses of the
Palmetto State. After leaving the Quartermas-
ter Generals Office the Major became a mining
expert and was very successful, and at one time
was said TO be worth several million dollars. lie
bought large tract Of land near Lodi, Ind,
and built magnificent mansion. and lad sew
er;ll guest chambers which were especially
designed. as he said, for ten. Belknap, Gen.
Williamson and other old comrades whom be
loved aud hOnOTed.
The color of Gen. Belknap's room was light
oak, to suit, as the Major said, "old blondy,"
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Standing on his ancient Pyramid of Cholula.
the work OF the giants Of the past, I saw The
smoke q The gaIn-CngiuC cut the air as
tie train on Mcxico's new narrow-gago rail.
road went whizzug by. Tho locomotive gave
surica oi defiance and contempt, IL seemed "a
mo- 90 The pyramid and IL was, indeed au
emblem oi The power Of tie present over that
0t ,hc past Mexico is 10 be rcEoiuti0Eizci by
railroads within q very fcw years Al parts
Of thc c0ugtry are now being penetrated BY
new Iincsr and 90 this writing 200 miles ot
new railroad arc under construction. Here ai
Pucb.a this uaupw-pasc has been opened
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probably have branch establishments in the
other cities of the Republic.

pneba is called by tho Mexicans the City OF
the Angels. Ii has always been a Church loving
city, aud il was the stronghold of Maxmillian
during his last days and during those OF the
Church party in Mexico. AT this time four
ffths of the property of the city belonged TO the
Church, aud only 0ne-iith 10 the people. Now
the Church owns less than the people did, aud
the city steadily grows in wealth. Ii has, how
ever a very strong Church clement and its peo-
pie have lately finished regildinG the interior
of the great Cathedral al an expense Of many
thousands Of dollars. IL seems to me that this
Cathedral is the finest in Mexico. IL surpasses
in its gold aud glitter the great Cathedral Of
Mexico City IL has rs bells, and one Of these
weighs nine tons and cost 100000. IL has an
altar which cost more than 100000 and IL COW
CTS neaIly an acre OF ground. wish ! could
give you n picture Of its interior. il has a
score Of chapels, with great iron or brass fences
n front OF them as high as a haystack, and
the bars forming these are plated with gold rs
bright as that the dentist puts into ones teeth.
There are great columns by the dozens, whose
capitals are gold plated, aud there are candle
sticks by the hundreds, each rs high rs a
man, made of the same precious metal There
are massive chandeliers Of gold, aud the im-
mcusc roof which extends like vault over the
whole is q cbeckcrboard Of gold plating. The
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American capital i FAST going into The field
Oi Mexican manufactures. Scapur Guernsey
& Co, firm OF bright young mcu from New
York aId Boston. have established "a rIow
factory here aud aTe making agricultural inn
picmcuts Tor tHe big haCcudas j found az
Monterey some 0f Tie sharpcst Americans v8u
will lud anywhere. They were making An
EoTis OF articles, from st0ckiugs 20 furniture:
smelling orc ior the miners aud max ing dairy
hutter o. .oll 10 ihe residents of the city. IN
Mexico City found number 81 chocolate and
other factories. There are several American
here who arc studying tie manu- featuring frld
aud propose 10 enter d. They have PROJECTORS
NOW investigating the coal aud iron regions of
The >tairoi DaEaca, which i- now being opcncd
up ly tIc Southern Mexican Railroad aud said
10 contain fine deposits Ol coal and iron in close
proximity t0 one another They viii soon De
making nails and other articles Of like char
acter. The curing aud packing oil pork Is am
other Held which D. now 10 be dcvcioucG
There is al present DO big packing establish
ment ln Mexico, but before long one al The
biggest institutions Of this kul on the Cont
nent viii be- working IN Mexico City, aud ID
VIII Do shipping Its meats here aud 10 AT Tho
otAcr cities oi Mexico. This packing house IS
being lult With Mexican capital, bat it wlll be
Tun hy American brains aud on our business
methods j. Is % cost several millions Of dol
Jars, anQ i Dr. as iiuc u ali Us appointments as
arc the big packing houses of Chicago and
hansas City. The machinery Tor l has been
imported iI0m tho United States aud ID covers
about lO acres NJ ground on The edge uf Mex leo
City. lt viii make soap aud oIc0margarinc.
aud will pack and market pork and beef TIE
Mexican head Oi b. Is one ol The se.f-uaGe men
oi the Capital. Ie b. au Indian who started
lltc as meat peadlar aud wcat from house 10
house with hi5 meat ou bis head After be- tad
saved little be started Htllc corner moat
market t'cu another until now lc 81 worth
BIS milli0Es usot nearly 100 telephones IN his
business, aud m0H0polllu- the meat business al
tbe h.g Mexican Capital with It's 3UJOJo
peOpie.
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upan my cars MS ] look out upon the clean
colbc-stone streets and The queer foot pas
seugers and carts make me think / am iu the
widest parts of Spain rather than IN the
Pitishurg OF Mexico. This is the chief manU-
featuring city of Moxico. IL has cotton mills
and glass factories, and it turns out large
amount ot cheap pottery, which you viii end
for sale boz every part OF the Republic. It's
total industries however are nothing Ia COM
parison with those of au American mmulactur-
ing city oi 10000 and ils $4,000 population
could uuish the labor for TO times Its present
product Mcxico offers to-day the hest field
for manufacturing enterprises OF many kinds
un the American Continent. Prices OF all
kinds are high The Government gets its
revenue chiefly from import duties, and the
cnstom-housc taxes nre SO heavy that they are
high protection 10 all kinds Of home pr0duc-
tions. a paper of pins costs 80 cents in Mexico
nails arc l6 cents pound, aud good toilet soap
ls - cents cake. Stoves which cost s. IN the
United States sell for 500 here, and calico j. 90
cents yard. lt costs a months salary for a
clerk 10 buy his wife good dress and a hand
me-dOwn suit which You can bay for 81 3 in the
States costs you $50 here All kinds of canned
goods are high. Although Mexico is the land
Oi fruits, these whgn dried or put mp sell for
twice the amount they bring in the States
Good butter is worth - cents a pound, and
bread costs iu some cities as high as ? cents a
leaf Furniture ls very costly, and d is im-
ported largely from our country. Ii pays
duty OF 70 cents a pound. heavy writing
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Of their fully paid. uon-assessabIe Capital Stock
At $500 for each SlOO Share.

The following are noticeable points fully sIolCll
tn the CJmpTuJs Prospectus:
l. An opportunity To share IN the absolute OtrlCT-
ship Of "a great property near great city y
. Every dollar subscribed betters the subsCrib-
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3 TIsE PROCEEDS OF THIS SUBSCRIP-
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BONDS WHICH THE COMPANY HAVE A
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A Safety; Land and Water necessities OF life.
Present PRICE AND TERMS $500 for each 500
share PAYABLE in three equal monthly instalments.
Subscriptions will be received by the following
Bankers:
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and so Broadway, n Y. City; Messrs. Whitcomb,
Mead Il Co. 50 Equitable Building. Boston, The
Security Company. Hartford, Conn; Thomas w.
CantweIi E-q 4fi Broadway. Albany. n Y. and
the Title Guarantee and Loan Co.. Denver, Colo.
THE STATE TRUST COMPANY, so Wall St..
New York will act a depository for all subscrp-
tions made on the Company's account to them, or,
To the Bankers above mentioned.
Blank Forms Of Application for Subscription.
the Official Prospectus for the Company, Counsel 3
Certificates Maps, &c, may be had upon appiicR-
tion to any Of the Bankers above mentioned or TO
the Company offices ij Broadway New NOrk
and 1850 CITAdrA ST. Deuvcr.
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: TEE HOUSEWIFE, 81 Warren Street, New YOfE

while that which he called WiIliamson's room
was painted crimson, because that suited the
color Of the Generals face. Although he lost
considerable money Of late years. the Major
left his wife comfortably fixed. as his residence
cost him nearly 100000 and the tract Of land
he owns is full Of coal while au artesian we'll
near the mansion is noted for the curative
qualities Of the water
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: on the 9TH OF
August there died iutestatc, near Milton, Ore.
au old soldier named Isaac Newton Walden.
alias Walker This mau left wife and family
at some place in the East, presumably Ia hi.
nois or Ohio. They do not know he il deaf
aud you will confer favor on the family Of a
veteran by giving notice in your paper Wal.
den, or Walker, came TO Oregon from Mime.
sofa, thence from Iowa, Kansas, aud Missouri
Property left worth about Sl,JOO.-G. IL
GRANTLEY. Walla Walla. Wash.