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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-20
BABY WELDON AND MAMMA.

worth n farthing II he had been left to
the tender mercics of his companions.
But he Is growing, and now has larger
cage. In about another year he will be
let out to mingle with the other quad
rumana; had almost said bimana, for
the little pet Is SO human in appearance
and action.
bob White" snng q shrill voice,
dob White" and turned about to see
dozen beautiful partridgcs frislsing
about and running all around their
pretty cage. How familiar the sound
and how attractive to the car of o
sportsman. Nearly NIL of these beau
ties were Matched right here In this
cage While admiring them and listen
Ing to their history, there came q sound
OF Cav" "Caw," "Cnw," and behold
there was trained crow pcrched upon
u window, looking In at the taxiderm-
lists at their work. He Just then saw
his muster, the keeper. and flew down
upon his shoulder and commenced pick
ing ut his eor and whiskers with his
black beak. That Is one way Of kiss
ing, and tho only way known to the
crow family.
There are half dozen hominp
pigeons In cage to themselves and o
very happy family they are, too. Their
eyes, small though they bc, are cx-
cecdingly intelligent and they know
aHd love their keeper. Every summer
they arc taken away off to the Blue
Ridge mountains or over to the sea-
shore and released with messages which
they deliver with wonderful speed It
is remarkable to witness their antics
and manifestations of Joy, affection and
pride when they return home after q
long, swift oourse through the air.
Each one of them wants to DO patted upon
tho head and told TINT he or she deserves
a special oommcndation.
There arc sparrow hawks, q porcupine,
barred owls, monkeys oil kind of rats
and other animals Of American nativity.
Tho barred owls cat rats which are
caught in trops and then let loose in the
owl cage They never escape
a pig Is usod for scientific purposes.
a lot OF vcnomous snakes arc let loose
in his cage They bite him, recoil, are
taken back to their cages and the effect
upon the pig is carefully noted Tho
observing students find that little no
ticcable effect is produced upon piggy
and they arc studying how 70 use pigs
as antidotes for snake bites
There Is o magnificent cougar or
puma In ono Of the cnges. 1t looks like
an enormous brown cat and has the
most beautiful violet-colored eyes one
ever saw. She is very wicked and evil
IDENTIFY is schcmlng all the time, trying
TO devise ways and means to escape and
do some damage.
You have probably Of the two big
elephants recently given to the Zoo
by prominent Snowman. They have
already become accustomed to their
new home and arc no doubt better
pleased with their surroundings than
when they were travelling all over the
country and enduring unwclcome vicis-
STUDIES. SMITH u. FRY.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-20
DIsooRD IN THE GERMAN CABINET.
Herr Miguel Minister of Finance, Asks
for II Suspension of Duties ON Corn.

BERLIN, Aug. 19.-lSpecial IL
Miguel minister of finance, has sent a
petition direct to the Emperor, asking
Che latter to suspend duties on corn for
three months. Herr MIGUEL has been
compelled to take this step, according
to his friends, by reason of the fact that
Chancellor Won Caprivi has declined to
cnter into any further discussion of the
question of suspending duties on corn.
at cabinet meetings differences be-
tween Chancellor Won Caprivi and Herr
Miguel, the man who is supposed to be
the Emperor's favoritc, seem to increase
day by day and have now undoubtedly
reached such stage that the end, it
seems, must be the fall of one or other
of them
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-20
The Public building at Columbus.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-[Spccial =
Assistant Secretary Crounse to-day
selected as tho site for tho public build
ings to be erected at Columbus, Ga.
the property at the southeast corner Of
First avenue and Twelfth street, owned
hK the Graffenrcid estate and offered
III $4,000.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-20
What WIS Needed to MIKE Her Happy.

what WIS Needed 20 mike tLcr Happy.
A few days ago prominent New
York clergyman who is noted for his
bcncvolcncc received letter from q
woman asking for $1,000. This was her
plea: She had had friend, she said,
who married about the same time as
herself. They had married men Of
about the same social standing and
could afford to have about the same
things. Lately, however. the friends
husband had been more prosperous than
her own, and matters had now come TO
such q pass that her friend had been
able to buy n new inlaid upright piano.
while" she wrote pathctically. 81 nm
obliged to wear life out with the old
square piano my father gave me when
was married Now, my dear DOCTOR"
She went on, "you will ut once see the
sadness of this and send me n check for
$1,000, which will be sufficient, think,
to get an upright little better than
hers"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-20

THE TIMES desires special correspond
ents In every town in Southwest Virgilis
and the Shenandoah Valley.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-20
THE NATIONAL Zoo,
It Win Soon Be Credit to Wash
ingtOn and tho Nation.

Dullalo Bits Handsome Donation = How
IL Baby Bison Was Samed-What Con-
gress Has Done for tho Enterprise
American Birds and Beasts.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-20
4 Game OF Draw.

"You say n Montana man drew on
you for nine hundred dollars?"
"Yes, he drew his revolver on me. ~
Light
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-23
RESULTS OF KEEPING A SECRET.

How a Kentucky Adventurer Might
Have Changed American History.
From the Magazine Of american History.
When Zebulon NJ. Pike was in New Mex
leo in 1867 he met at Santa Fe carpenter ,
Pursley by name, from Bardstown, KY,
who was working at his trade there because
he could not well get away. He had, in
1902, while out on the plains hunting, met
with a series of misfortunes, AID found
himself, in 1904 OF 1905, with a hunting
party near the mountains. The hostiles
Sioux of the plains drove them into the
high ground in the rear of Pixies Peak.
Near the headwaters of LA Platte river
Pursley found some gold. He carried lit
tie of it in his shot-pouch for months. He
was finally sent by his companions to Saute
Fe to see if they could trade with the Span
iards, and chose to remain at Sante Fe in
preference to returning to the hunting
party.
He told the Spaniards about the gold he
had found, and they tried very hard to per-
suade him to go and show them the place.
They even offered to take along a strong
force Of cavalry. But Pursley refused, and
his patriotic reason was that he thought the
land was on United States territory. He
told Lieut.. Pike that he feared they would
not allow him to leave Santa Fe, as they
still hoped to learn from him where the
gold was to be found
These facts were published by Lieut. Pike
soon after his return, but no one took the
hint, or the risk was too great. and thus
more than half a century passed before
those same rich fields of gold were found
and opened to the world. If Pursley had
been somewhat less patriotic and had
guided the Spaniards to the treasures, the
whole history and condition of the western
part of our continent might have been entire
ly different from what it now is. That region
would doubtless have been part of Mex
leo; or Spain might have been in possession
Of it, owning California. and, with the gold
that would have poured into her Golfers
have been the leading nation in European
affairs to-day. We can easily see how
American and European history in the nine
teenth might have been changed if that ad-
venturer from Kentucky had not been a
true lover Of his native country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-23
"TaR 3 O'CLOCK WOMAN"
She Has Long Come Daily to the
Brooklyn City Hall for Her Legacy.

She Has Long Come Daily to the
Brooklyn City Hall for Her Legacy.
From the NetU York Sun.
Mary Cunningham, the old woman whose
perambplations daily for several years in
front of the city nall in Brooklyn have
made her familiar object to the people of
that city, is under arrest as a vagrant, and
an inquiry is to be made as to Der sanity.
1t has been her custom for long time in
all kinds Of weather, to walk around the
hall and to the front of the court house be-
tween II a. m. and 8 p M, and disappear
around the Court street corner just as the
hands on the city hall clock pointed to the
latter hour. Fifteen years ago, it is said,
she inherited several thousand dollars and
engaged a lawyer to collect the money.
On the day the money was to
be paid to her she called at the lawyers
office. He told her to wait until he went to
the bank to get the money. adding, IF l
don't come back at 8 O'Clock you needn't
wait, but come back Tomorrow The
lawyer, so the story goes, has never been
seen or heard Of since, but the woman ex-
poets that he will some day turn up. She
has become known to the Brooklyn Of
ficials as 1.-THE O'clock Woman"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-23
OTHER SHRINKAGES.
THE BARNUMs OF BROOKLYN.
a Much Comp Heated Divorce Case
Which Keeps the Gossips Busy.
From the Boston Herald

a Much Comp Heated Divorce Case
Which Keeps the Gossips Busy.
From the Boston Herald
! Mrs. Annie Grace Barnum's Florida di-
vorce and her subsequent marriage to Fred
erick Demarest Condict, followed by the
recent decree of divorce obtained against
her by Charles H. Barnum, her first hus-
band, continues to excite gossip in Brooklyn
social circles, where all the parties live.
Justice Bartlett, after hearing testimony
~ the suit brought by Barnum in the
supreme court, granted decree under date
OF July y, 1891, in which he found that sum-
mons and complaint in the case were served
on Mrs. Barnum, ar No. 433 Clermont
avenue, In July, 1890; that the parties were
uuly married Nov. 49, 1886; that on June 5,
4o5O, while she was the wife of Charles G.
Barnu u she was guilty of misconduct with
frederick d. Condict and had lived in un-
lawful relations with said Condict. The
court further found that there is no decree
or Judgment of divorce against the plaintiff
Al FAVOR OF the defendant. Barnum was
sIanIed dissolution of marriage, and he
may marry again Is if said Annie q. Bar
nun was actually dead"
i t when the case was on trial Mrs Bar
luna lawyer, ex-United States Marshal
Sn1rles A. Stafford in his answer to her
H1usoanos complaint interposed as a de-
tense that she had long prior to the COM
nencement of this action, while a resident
VI tne state of Florida, obtained Judgment
VI divorce against Barnum. He asked,
rnerelore, but in vain, that the case be dis
missed with costs.
me Official records Of the health depart
1 NE snow that Frederick ID. Condict of
W, Iot South Oxford street, Brooklyn, %
lars OF age, drummer, lace goods" and
a a,nnie trace Barnum of No. 433 Clermont
,, Brooklyn, aged 25 years, were
1e9 C rleu by the Rev. A B. Prichard at No.
-OI ~ cumberland street on June 5, 1890.
tba ne certificate of the cbills birth shows
Of 70, ~ ~ was born on Jan 4,1S9l. The age
On ~. tne father, Frederick Condict, is given
A A. oue certificate as "a years. The Rev.
ton a sSeus b. Prichard, pastor of the Arling-
lea Avenue Presbyterian church, who mar
vas st tls. barnum and Mr.. Condiot, says he
NJ SGoWn the papers in the divorce case of
,afo.d Daarnum against Charles H. Barnum
non Ne Consented to perform the cere-
" tney were shown him by David
yovv; oo!wle, uncle Of Mrs. BarnHm. MIR.
3reshy,sa deacon of Arlington Avenue
I'd 10 n serlen church, Of which Mr.. Prich-
40 pastor. He even submitted the pa
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-23

pers to a lawyer. who failed to observe
anything irregular in them.
1t is denied that Mrs. Bsrnum lived two
years in Florida prior to instituting action
against her husband. They were married
in November, 1885. and not in 1884, as
stated in the complaint. Barnum claims
that his wife remarked more than a mo To
before the Florida decree was granted.
He says he was never served with q sum.
mons.
Mrs. Barnum. whose father, John Wood,
is chairman of the Talmage Tabernacle
trustees, taught Sunday school for several
years in that church, which she with her
present husband, Mr.. Condict, still attends
when in town. All the parties are now in
the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-23
ole dug in it, and called it the Langtry

hole dug in it, and called it the Langtry
mine.
Sam Davis, a well-known newspaper
man, says he sold her the ground for 500.
She was in the statue scene of ''Galatean in
"Pygmalion and Gaatea," and during the
scene Davis was in the wings. She dared
not move a muscle He said in a low
voice:
SIS it bargain for $500? I'll consider that
it is if you don't shake your head"
The statue remained still. and even when
the Lily came out afterward she was SC
taken with the originality of the scheme
that she paid the money over at once.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-23

NEW YORK MILITARY ACADEMY. Corn
~ wall, n Y. Prep. Dept at Worrall Hall,
Peekskil. u. Y. Col c. j. WRIGHT, A. NJ,
President.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-26
MADAGASCAR ATROCITIES.
Ramiasatra and His nrother Put to

KAmiasatrA ana HIS brother Iut 10
Death for Mnssacreing 27s Persons.
PARIS, March 26. Prompt vengeance
has fallen upon Ramiasatra, governor
of the province of Belonona, Madagas-
car, who according to news received
here on March 4, maSsacred 27S persons,
including men, women and children be-
longing to the leading families. Dis
patches Just received here state that
Ramiasatra, together with his brother,
who is supposed to have instigated the
massacre, have been executed on the
spot Where the wholesale killing took
place under the cruel go ernor's direc-
tiOns. I he cause OF Ramiasatras san
culinary conduct originated in the fact
that he fiercely resented petition
from the populace addressed to the gov
ernment asking protection from his re-
ueated acts of cru lty. This so enraged
the governor that he commenced to
slaughter men, women and children
and continued so doing for several days.
In many cases the agonies of the vic
Tins were protracted by the governor
causing their limbs to be gradually dis
membeled their heads to be slowly
sawed off and by subjecting them to
other acts of torture.
During the course Of the massacre
many of the women who We're put to
death were first outraged. In the case
of all the victims their bodies were
thrown to the dogs. in addition to these
atrocities the survivors were compelled
to erect trophy composed of the heads
of the murdered people upon spot near
the scene Of the butchery. The fury of
the populace was aroused to such an ex-
tent by Ramasatra's inhuman conduct
that the goEe nmcnt of Madagascar was
comPe.led 10 lake notice of the govern
ors bioodthir-tness and promised to In
vestigate the whole affair and to punish
the offenders if they were found 10 be
guilty. This, thanks to the moral pres
sure brought to bear on the government
y foreign resident, has actually been
done and Governor Ramiasatra and his
equally ferocious brother have met the
fate which they richly deserved,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-26
FUGITWEs FROM JUSTICE.
Rules in Regard to Their Provisional
Detention In Great Britain.

Rules in Regard to Their Provisional
Detention in Great Britain,
WASHINGTON, March 26.-The depart
ment of state has issued bulletin in re.
gard to the provi ional detention of
fugitives from justice in Great Britain,
of which the following is a copy:
The minister Of the United State, in
London informs the department that in
quiries are frequel t,y madn at the lega-
ton by otiic L, OF the LCndoa police who
have received kilograms from police au-
thorities or detective agencies in the
United States, asking for the arrest and
detention of alleged fugitfyes from iust'c
In Great Britain a provisional warrant of
arrest of fugitive from justice may be
obtained from judicial magistrate, but
it is required that the application for h .
warrant shall have the Sanction of the
foreign government. Wher, therefore,
the London police re ,eive such n telegram
as has been described, they at once apply
to the minister of the United States t.
ascertain whether he will authorize pro
Ceadngs before magistrate to lie taken
Ministers of the United States are not au-
thociZed to request or to sanction requests
for the arrest of fugiJives from iusti e
without the instructions of this depart
ment. When, therefore, the minister o.
the United States in London is Ns'lod to
sanction complaint before Il magis rate
based upon request made by police au-
thorties CT detective agencies in this
country, he is obliged to refuse
The proper course in such a case is fcI
the authorities of the particular district in
which the ofrense was committed TO apply
to the governor of the state in which such
strict is situated, through whom the ap
plication for the Intervention of the
Unite Sta'es must como. The only eX-
ception to this rule is the city and county
of New York, the proseCu ing attorney of
which is permitted to oapply for provisional
detention directly to this department, al
though the formal application for re
quisition for surrender must come through
the governor OF the state. In applying to
this department. to secure the p DIVISIONAL
detention of a fugitive of Great Britain,
the charge of crime must be briefly and
clearly stated, aud, unless there is some
witness in Great Brtai TO identify the
fugitive, description should lie furnished
either to this department or to the London
police A positite assurance must a'sp be
given to this department that a warrant
has been issued for the arrt st at the place
where the crime was committed, This il
a necessary allegation under the Brit sh
statutes,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-26
MRS. GRANTS INVESTMENT,
which Presents Wallace G. Andrews In
an Unpleasant Light.

an Unpleasant Light.
New YORK, March ga strange
misunderstanding has arisen betwe II
Ms. Gen. Grant and Wallace c. An
d ews in relation TO the investment Of
$50, ,OOO which Mrs. Grant gave to Mr.
Andrews to place for her in STANDARD
Oil stock. Mrs. Grant has written to
John ID. Rockefeller, saying that some
three years ago she ked Mr.. Andrews
to invest the money as stated above. but
that he replied that he was about TO sall
his Standard Oil stock and was going
into much bigger thing, and he adv sed
her that there would be n great oppOr-
tunity for the investment of her money
to letter advantage.
The scheme which Mr.. Andrews re-
ferred to was the New York Steam
Heating company and Mrs. Grant says
she got the impression from her conver-
sation with Mr.. Andrews that the
Standard il magnates were behind the
steam company as its financial hackers.
On this understanding Mrs. Grant says
she gave Andrews her money to invest
in the steam company
Mrs. Grants object ia writing to Mr.
Rockefeller was to ask him, she said, to
please be so good as to change her stock
in the steam company for Standard il
stock, as she was tired Of waiting fer
dividends from the other. MIR, Rookie
Teller made haste to assure Mrs. Grant
that he was Towerless in the matter.
Mr. Andrews version of the story has
not yet been learned. 1t is quite likely
that the misunderstanding between Mrs.
Grant and Mr.. Andrews may yet be re-
ferred to the courts for settlement.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-26

VIII There BE Another Out
break This Spring!
All Seems to Depend Upon the
Government.

IfThey Promptly Get What is Due Them
There VIII BE No Trouble, But If They
Are Imposed Upon There win Uh-
doubleday BE ReVolt-Gen, Miles An
ticipates No Trouble This Spring.
WASHINGTON, March 2G. The war
department is taking advantage of the
cessation of hostilities among the In
dians of Dakota and has of late been
engaged in gathering some authentic
information as to the probabilities of
another outbreak this spring. Careful
investigations have been made by the
officers of the army serving as agents at
the Pine Ridge and Rosebud agencies,
and the reports are not altogether reas-
suring. In substance, these offices assert
that there need or need not be trouble,
Just as the government desires. An
outbreak can be prevented, or on the
other hand very little will fan the
slumbering feelings of the aborigines
into fierce flame. That is to say, the
whole case rests on the care exercised in
the distribution of the appropriations.
If the Indians get promptly all that is
due them, and there is not too much
hagg ing, there will be peace.
But the moment the government at
tempts to pinch the Dakota tribes, the
hit erto friendly Indians, who do not feel
very complacent over the late trips to
Washington, will it is predicted, su ely
revolt. These Indians are at present in
the majority in the two nakotas, rs
most of e ostile chiefs have been
taken by an indian show for European
trip, and tie remaining hostiles are thus
sho' of leaders. They realize perfectly
well that the chiefs are not held as
hostages, but have gone as a matter of
enterprise, aud so they would not neces-
sarily be deferred from an outbreak
through fear Of retaliation on their fell
lows. These absent chiefs, however, are
perhars the worst fighters Of the nation.
Among them is | can Bear, who has the
reputation of being one of the most
DANCE Gus Indians in America, as well
as one of the most atrocious. His alb
sence and that of his comrades from the
rank of the hostiles would be great
gain to the government
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-26

WASHINGTON. March 26 Postmaster
General Wanamater is busily engaged
in the preliminary work necessary to
carrying into effect the new postal
subsidy act. Monday he had long
conference with the officers of the In
man Steamship company on the subject,
and has also taken steps TO ascertain
the views and desires of shipre at all
of the prominent southern po IS. Large
shippers and others interested at Balti-
more. Norfolk, Sa annah, Pensacola,
New Orleans and Galveston, have been
communicated with AMI invited TO sub
init any propositions W ich they may
desire as to new lines of commun cation
with America or otte foreign POI IS.
Judge Tyner, the sistant alto ney gen
e al for the postoffice depai tment, Tues
day submitted to TIE postmaster general
his Interpretation Of several sections Of
tie subsidy act upon which his opinion
had been solicited.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-26

CHICAGO, March 26 The Honduras
Lumber company, composed of Amer
lean capitalists, has been formed here
with a paid-up capital Of s2,5O0,0OO
TIE company Of which G. Sher1SaM
Wynn is president, possesses stumpage
on , 900, 900 acres of land ON the At
lantic coast, about 100 miles east of
Truxill, in Honduras, and has the priv
ilege of working it twenty-five years
free of taxation. The wood on the
property is valued at Si,733.009 and
consists Of rosewood ebony, san 1ai
wool, mahogany, eapodilla, pine, etc.
Mills will be erected in a short time
which will turn out l,000,0 900 feet Of
lumber every day and in connection
with the mills, furniture will be manu-
factnrnd