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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-31
ROANOKE, VA, FRIDAY MORNING. july 81 1891
LAWYERS ADJOURN.
The State Bar Association Fin
isles Its Labors.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w. Va,
July 30.-ISpeciall-The State Bar
Association assembled this morning at
II o'clock, when Hon. John Randolph
Tucker, the prcsident-clcct, read his
paper entitled, Tho Property Rights
OF this Associa tion and Fame" 1t was
an able discussion of the subject. trac-
ing tho law governing the rights of
husband and wife from the earliest time
to the present. He t. ok strong grounds
against the form Of the present Virginia
law on the subject. The paper was in
terspersed with sallies of wit and
humor, which won much laughter and
applause from tho audience.
>. ). Patterson, chairman of the Spc-
cial committee on law reform. sub
mittcd the report from that committed
The report was laid over until the next
meeting. The president-elect then an
nounced the standing committees for
tho ensuing year, and the association
adjourned.
The executive committee organized
today, when Frank H. Mcclure, of
Richmond, was elected chairman. The
committee on admissions elected John
~ 10 " IylcnourS, ChalrnaH, anu
Roy B. Smith, of Roanoke, secretary.
AS was anticipated, the meeting was the
largest and most successful which has
yet been hold.
The addresses and papers have been
Of an unusually high order. a rcsolu-
ton was adopted to-day requiring the
secretary to have published one thousand
copies each of Judge Burks' and Major
Rylcy's papers on the "Silent Form of
the Code and distribute tho same
among the members. Great regret was
expressed AT the absence of Major Ryley
and resolution was passed requesting
him to furnish his paper to be printed
in the proceedings OF the meeting. The
banquet was held tonight and was bril-
liant in the extreme. The dining hall
was crowded and the menu all that
could be desired.
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POLITICAL DEALrN IOWA
Negotiating for the Withdrawal of tho
Prohibition Ticket.

frOhiDttton Ticket.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, July 80 ISpecialE
Within the past few days facts have
drifted TO the surface in Iowa politics
which would not render it surprising if
the Prohibition ticket were withdrawn
from the field. II this step is not taken
IL will be BECAUSE of the 10000 anti
prohibition Republican votes tho latter
party will be afraid OF losing if it
shoulders the prohibition burden out
right.
That negotiations have been pending
for some timo between the Republican
and Prohibition leaders looking toward
an anna gamation OF the two parties none,
deny. y circular has been issuei by
Thomas Orwig. the acknowledged leader
OF tho Prohibitionists, in which no at
tempts TO feel the public pulse by prais-
ing the Republican party and limiting
that in view OF the fact that the Re-
pub!icans have in time past assisted tho
Prohibitionists all in their power, re-
turn of the compliment would now be in
order His circular is now the topic OF
conversation in the campaign. and it has
led the Democratic press OF the State to
make tho bold assertion that the Re-
publicans have sold their party to tho
c0id-watcr men.
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Ex-deputy Sheriff Weber, of Salem,
chief of the Virginia Detective Agency,
was in the city short while yesterday
and called at TIE TIMES Office. lie
says he has no knowledge of letter
having been written to Addie Anderson,
by her cousin, Charles Watkins, tho
wife murderer, and if such letter as
she referred to in an interview with
TIE TIMES reporter Wednesday ever
camc to Salem and into the possession
of Edward Johnson and the authorities,
he never heard of it, Chief Wcbber ad-
mits that he obtained possession of GER
tain letters written ty Charles Watkins,
after his flight, but for the present he
declines TO say to whom they were ad-
dressed, and whether they contained ex-
prcssiOns which could be construed into
an expression of guilt.
These letters were not addressed to a
female, however, and are in the possess
ion of tho authorities in Salem, VINO will
produce them as evidence at the trial of
Watkins.
The accused denied to Il TINES rcpor-
ter that he went to Petersburg in his
flight from Roanoke. He claims to have
gone from Lynchburg To- Wilmington via
the Richmond and Danvi,le railroad.
Chief Webbcr says he did go from
Lynchburg to Petersburg and from
there made his way via Wilmington to
Island Beach Hotel. After the authori-
ties at Wilmington wero notified to
look for Watkins, alias Sam. g. Will
liams, detective was instructed TO To-
cate him. Watkins woro a pair Of sus-
trh lAl
worked pansics and daisies in silk, and
on the right suspender the letter &C"
and on the left the letter Wv" Chief
Weber instructed the North Carolina
detective to keep sharp lookout for
these suspcnders, and ono day he spied
them on the shoulders of the head waiter
as he was making his way to the bath
room.
lie was not identified by means of q
letter, as has been reported, but by the
fancy needle work of Edith Frcibel, his
white paramour, who has been the cause,
directly or indirectly, of all his troubles
within the last few months.
1t will be remembered that the testi-
mony at the coroner's inquest revealed
wound on the hand Of the dead wife,
Susan Watkins. 1t is now believed and
will probably be proven at the trial of
Charles Watkins, that he took her to
the house II neighbor of his grand
mother, where they had quarrel, in
which he fired Shot at her, which in
ilicted wound in the hand. 1t is said
she asked tho man of the house" to
take her to Salem, and Charles OK
pressed desire to perform this service
for hel. They left and were never seen
together afterwards.
1t is not believed that Susan was
murdered at the spot where her body
was found, and it is denied, now that
two different tracks leading up to the
body were discovered. 1t is thought that
he killed his wife and left her at the
scene of the murder, but removed the
body after he left the house of his grand
mother just before daybreall Tuesday
morning.
How much truth there is in these
latter rumors the trial will demon
strate. TIE TIMES publishes them in
obedience to the several demands for
all the information obtainable about
the crime charged against Watkins.
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Missouri's Defnulting Treasurer.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 3d. Special
-Defaulting State Treasurer holland
was yesterday denied new trial and
granted ninety days to file exceptions.
The State dismissed the second jndict-
ment charging him with embezzlement
and he answered ready for trial, on
the third indictment charging him with
having nnlawfully loaned money to
Banker j. 5. Fleming, of this city.
Judge burgess ruled that he could
not be tried while under sentence and
pending the decision of the supreme
court.
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An Engineer Commits suicide

LyNcHBURG, July 3O.-[Special IL
Harris, of North Danville, Va, an engi-
neer on the Richmond and Danville
railroad, committed suicide here to-day
by swallowing an ounce Of laudanum
lie was found about 5 o'clock this after
noon in an unconscious condition, living
under railroad bridge just above the
city. lie was taken to the police station,
where he died at IL o'clock tonight.
lie left emorandum stating that bad
treatment on the part of his wife caused
the rash decd
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FASTER THAN THE CUSHING.
a New Boat That Can Nuke Thirty Miles
Hour.

PROVIDENCE, July 30 Special :
lerrshoff has turned out another won
der, and is safe to say that there is
nothing under steam that. for speed can
touch w. R. IIearsts now yacht, No.
l6s. Yesterday, with only $50 pounds
of steam on. just half what she can
carry, she made nine miles in twenty
seven minutes, and her builder, as we'll
as the engineers and guests on board,
say that She is good for thirty or more
miles an hour. The Cushing at her
best has made but twenty-seven miles
an hour
The new boat was tried in Bristol
harbor and in the bay. and showed that
at every point she is as nearly perfect as
can be. She goes on the dry dock here
to-day and then will start for San Fran
cisco
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Ncedhnm and Mnhon IN III. RIM.

SAN FEANcIsco, July 30 Special =
Danny Nccdham, of st. Paul, and
Billy Mahon, Of San Francisco. met in
a fight TO finish for 81 800 purse at
the Occidental Club last night. 1t was
thcir second meeting. Necdham having
before defeated Mahon in foriy-thrcc
rounds at Seattle las, fall. Mahon
weighed 1856. His seconds were Paddy
German and Jack Riordan. Ncedham's
weight was 1873, and his seconds Tom
oRourke and Sam Fitzpatrick. The
bottlc-holdcr was George Dixon. Mahon
was Knocked out in the twentieth round.
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Killed by "a I.unatic.

EIGIN, H., July 3o.-lSpeciall Geo.
K. Lindsay, fireman at tho Elgin Insane
Asylum, was murdered this morning by
John Anderson, a mailman. Anderson
was thought TO be harmlessly insane.
and was employed in the coal house.
Lindsay had gone to the coal house
where Anderson was at work, when tho
maniac took up an iron sledge weighing
twenty pounds and crushed his skull.
Lindsay died within twenty minutes
afterwards.
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The Situation in Tennessee.

CHATTANOOGA, July 3O.-[Spccial +
Captain Graham, who led the miners at
Bruceville, is in the city and said:
The situation at Coal Creek is very
uncertain. The people have been quiet
but it is hard to say how long they will
remain so. Sixty convicts who came TO
Coal Creek Monday created some excite
ment and some of the boys wanted to
hold another meeting but we persuaded
them not to do SO. Tho people feel
pretty sore over the matter and it NAV
cause trouble. In the event OF the leg
islature's not repeating convict lease
law we will turn loose every convict in
the State and tell them to skip The
people will keep quiet until their leaders
tell them to move
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Three Hundred reople Drowncd

BOMBAY, July 30.-ISpeciall During
the past twcnty-four hours fifteen inches
OF rain has fallen. The towns of Blow
nuggcr and Mahooda, IN the Province OF
Gugerat, are flooded with water. which
rises breast high in the streets. Three
hundred people and Il countless number
OF live stock have been drowned.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-31

Andrew Jackson, negro murderer.
who was to have been hanged at Mem
phis yesterday, has been rcprieved.
Commander John Schauler and Lieut..
Commander William w. Reisinger, have
been ordered TO tho buroau OF naviga-
ton and Lieut.. w. f. ilalscy TO duty at
the Naval Academy.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-31
in Ohio ana Indiana.

PORTLAND, Ind, July 3o.-I Speciall--
Grasshoppers have been appearing in
the border counties Of Ohio and Indiana.
They first appeared in the meadows and
then in the oUtticds. Grave fears are
entertained that the insects will attack
corn.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-31
san Diecn shnnk In

SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 30 Special =
This morning an unusually sharp earth
quake shock was felt throughout tbs
city. Tho vibration lasted several sec
onds.
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KNOWN BY HIS SUSPENDERS.
True Story Of How Watkins Was
Captured.

The SILK Flowers Which His Mistress
Made Gave Him Away-Detective Web
Der Snys He Has Never Heard of the
Addie Anderson Letter-yYatkIns' State
ment In Regard to His Movements
Again Contradfcted.
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SENATOR GORMAN ENDORSED
BY The Maryland Democratic
State Convention.

hon. Frank: brown Unanimously Nomi-
mated for Governor-A Strong Stat,
Ticket Chosen The Platform Endorses
the Australian Ballot System-Sen-
ator German Nominated or Reelection
to the Senate.
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II ALLER & BA R N E S,
REGISTERED PHARMACISTS,
New Drug Store,
New Firm,
Elegant Furniture.
FRESH AND GENUINE DRUGS.

CD. HALLER and II. C. BARNES.
formerly with Budwell, Christian &
Barbee) beg to announce that they have
just opened first-class stock of DRUGS,
CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES,
PERFUMERY, SOAPS and TOILET
ARTICLES in their elegant store room,
corner Jefferson and Norfolk avenue,
where they will be pleased to see all Of
their old friends, and as many new ones.
The compromising of Physicians Per-
scriptions shall receive our careful at
tention.
a FULL LINE OF CIGARS AND TO
BACCO.
CALL AND SEE US.
july23-1mo
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ADDRESS OR CALL ON
The Roanoke Times.
An Enjoyable Dance,

The ladies OF the Palace Hotel gave a
very successful dance last night. The
affair was very enjoyable, about 20
ladies and gentlemen being present.
Dancing was kept up until late hour
and the participants all hope that these
popular ladies will repeat the ball at an
early date.
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The Wcnther.

Forecast. For Virginia, fair to.mor-
row, except showers ON the coast,
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" ALUABLE BUDDING LOTS FOR
SALE!

offer for sale, privately, for thirty
days, two of the incest and best loca ted
lots in Che city OF Roanoke. Those lots
are full size, and are known as lots Ii
and II in section ;, Exchange Addition
If sold at once, they 60 at the sacrifice
OF $1,000 each; third cash, balance
in one and two years There is not a
lot in this whole section near as good for
less than $4,000, and for person con-
templating building home or for an
investment this is a rare chance.
For further information apply to
TlIOS. e. SEBRELL,
july23-lm CORTLAND, Virginia.
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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1891-06-26
INDIAN DEPREDA-
TIONS.

MANY of the citizens of New
Mexico have on occasions,
had their property stolen or
destroyed in former years,
writes Joseph Boone in the
Deming Headlight, land to
such the following may be of
interest if not of value:
+. Jurisdiction to investigate
and determine the amount due
the settler from the United
States for losses sustained by
depredations committed by
Indians, is vested exclusively
in the Court of Claims. Wash
ington, ID. {.
?, All claims occurring
prior to July Ist, 1865, and
not presented or reported to
Congress or the Interior de
partment before March sd,
1901, are barred. Claims
occurring since July Ist, 1865,
may be prosecuted whether or
not they have been presented
to Congress or the Interior
department, but they must be
sued upon in the Court of
Claims within 5 years from and
after March sd, 1891.
:. Claims which have been
allowed by the Interior de-
partment must be presented to
the Court of Claims and judg-
ment obtained before such
claims will be paid.
d. Claims for damages for
loss of life or injury to the per
son of any individual, are not
recoverable under the act of
Congress of March sd, 1891.
5. When the original claim
ant is dead, suit may be
brought by the surviving wild
ow, administrator, or heirs.
6. Claims must be presented
in due form and proofs made
under rules prescribed by the
Court of Claims.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1891-06-26

cordial invitation to visit our
city and give us a full course
Of instruction in the mysteries
of this game.
In case it is impossible for
you to visit us, please extend
the invitation to his royal high
ness the Prince of the green
cloth and inform him there
will be no objection to his
bringing his own checks and
lay out.
One half of the net proceeds
Of all games will go to the in
structor, who will be expected
to keep such a lookout that
no chips can be showed over
the line, and to keep an eye
on all horse hair attachments
to chips. BRoNcHo BILL,
Mayor.
Lordsburg, n. NJ, June IS.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1891-06-26
Neighborhood News.
GRANT COUNTY.


From the Liberal.
ODonnell brothers intend to ship a
carload of horses to san Antonio the
last OF the week
Bailey, Boom & Adams shiped So
sacks Of $500 ore from the Jim Grow
mine this week.
DR.. Gaddis has some men at work
on his prospect near Lees Peak, out OF
which he hopes soon to be shipping
some high grade ore.
otter Johnson, who was sent up from
this county for killing Norman Buck,
three years ago, was released from the
penitentiary last week and started for
Colorado. He got fat in the pen and now
weighs aboutstwo hundred pounds.
There vas a cave in the Viola mino
the first OF the week which came near
killing Pete Mccarthy. Luckily Tor
Pcte he had Il little hole TO crawl into
and only got scraped by the falling
rocks. One OF his feet was too big to get
into the hole aud was seriously jammed.
He started for ths Silver City hospital
Wednesday.
There are lots OF assayers in the coun-
try and they do various kinds OF assay
ing. Recently Lordsburs miner
thought he had some good orc and TO
make sure Of il concluded to have it
assayed. He got his sample, pounded
il up fine, mixed it well and quartered
it. Three oi tho portions he sent to
different assayers and the fourth he
kept for check. The first assayer
returned II ounces Of silver and trace
of gold The second found 66 ounces OF
silver and one-tenth OF an ounce OF gold.
The third assaycr found 50 ounces ot
silver and 2i5 per cent. lead.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1891-06-26
SocoRRo COUNTY.

AuNcftIscis
At the present time the smelter has
more ore than it can easily handle, but
the enterprsng managers OF the concern
contemplate an early enlargement oi the
ore bins.
News was received this week by Geo
IA Thwaites that a carload Of machinery
intended for the Socorro Fire Clay Com
pany's works here was in u wreck IN
Indiana.
This week very important land
transaction was consummated when
Chas. Sperling purchased oil Joaquin
Chavez 10 feet Of land fronting on Man
zanares avenue and 80 feet fronting on
California street. The price paid was up
in the thousands.
Tuesday afternoon August Guenier
heard a racket at his well, but looking
out saw nothing Again hearing the
noise he resolved to investigate and
found old man Rafel Rivera in the bot
tom OF the well, engaged in vain
struggle to gain the top. When hauled
out the old man presented horrible
appearance, being badly cut about the
head and covered with blood. 1t ID
supposed that the old mans hat fell III
the well and through his efforts tc re-
cover it he lost his balance and fell ~
himself.
Chleftaln.
John Petrie has gone to Silver City In
company with Hugh Moore.
In three years the expenses OF Socorro
county have been cut down from $24 900
per annum to less than $1,000 por year.
Tho Arizona red sandstone for the
School Of Mines is being received and
taken to the grounds preparatory to be-
ing cut
On Monday morning, June 10Th, the
top of the Magdalena mountains WAS
covered with snow.
Mrs. Morris, accompanied by her
Mrs. Watson, have gone to
Chicago, for medical treatment for the
former.
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main of the United States by pur-

main of the United States by pur-
chase or by conquest or by treaty.
Hence its largest scope OF Juris-
diction will lie in New Mexico,
Arizona and Coloado, and in the
capitals of each of these states it
shall hold an open session at least
once in each year. Terms also may
be held in Washington whenever
in the opinion of the court public
interest may SO require. The sit
tings of the court are to be contin-
ual, except that a yearly vacation
of not more than sixty days may
be had.
Some idea Of the amount OF
business already waiting the atten-
ton of the new court may be form
ed from a recent report of the COM
missioner of the general land office,
in which it is stated that the
surveyor general has submitted to
the consideration of the department
disputed claims as follows;
New Mexico, l07 clans, covering
S,754.7S5 acres.
Arizona, fifteen claims, covering
1883 acres.
Colorado, eight claims, covering
229,Sl4 acres.
Making a total of 9,349, 433 acres
IN dispute at the time OF report
In addition to these is a large num-
Der of claims filed but not reported
upon, and large number rejected
by the commissioners OF the states
and territories but appealed to the
general office. All this business
goes at once to the new court
The commissioner OF the genera
land office reports that in all no
less than l3,5S0,000 acres, an are'
nearly equal to the combined state
of N ew Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Connecticut will have to b'
adjudged upon by the new court.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1891-06-26
U. S. SUPREME COURT MIN.
ING DECISIONS.
From the New York Financial an Mining
Record

From the New York Financial an Mining
Record
Supreme Court Of Arizona,
January, 1874; Rush VS..
French: When location of a
mining claim is made for
absent locator, whether with
or without authority, or with
or without his knowledge,
whatever rights are given to
him by such location vest in
him at once, and even the per-
son locating such absentee
cannot, without authority, take
down the name of such absen-
tee and insert another, even if
he do it before the absent loca-
tor has knowledge of the fact
that he has been located. No
express authority is requisite
for a person to locate an absent
party.
PossEssoRY RIGHTs.-There
are two kinds of possessory
rights recognized in Arizona,
one based on the act of Nov.
9, 1864, the other resting on
mere occupation. To maintain
a right under the first, plaintiff
must show compliance with
the Statute; to succeed under
the second, he must show
prior possession without aliena-
ton or abandonment, down to
the time of the entry CON-
planned Of.
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l)EMINd.

From the Headlight.
The Board OF Managers OF the Damin8
Opera House Company have appointed
G. II. Bloom general manager.
Mr. Rappell, Chicago cattle buyer
shipped train Of fat cattle to Chicago
this week
Prof. Iadislao Weber, who has been
in Deming the last two years connected
with tho Mexican railroad enterprise,
died suddenly at the Depot Hotel last
Saturday.
Geo. w. Burns and j. N Johns have
been indicted by the grand jury OF
Cochlse county, A. r., jointly and singly,
for the murder Of Richard Stratton in
the San Simon Valley.
Col. John s. Crawford, formerly OF
| Kingston, was ut the Cook 8 Peak mines
on Wedne day The object OF his visit
was to find out how much the lnterna-
tional smelling company OF II Paso were
| indebted to their employees and mer-
chants, promising a speedy settlement.