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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29
Auction Sale OF Good Furniture.

We will cell Mt 31i Fourth avenue (Church
street e. " for parties leaving the city, OH
Friday, 5nly !. at 10 o'clock nice line OF house
hold aud Kitchen furniture; also one jersey COW
tionecrs.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29
AHouse Party on Walnut Terrace.

Mt j. ID. Lazcll gave pleasant house party to
his friends and ncighbors Of the Gas and Water
trace at his home, on Walnut Terrace, last even.
Ing, 1t was one OF the earliest social gatherings
OF iEat beautiful suburb
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29

SPECIAL bargains in some slightly damaged
window snader ut the E. Ii. StewIrt Furniture
Company.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29

Protect you woocns from moths by buying a
cedar chest VI the T.. ii. Stewart Furniture Com
pany.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29

Estey Organs,
ALWAYS the fnvorites for sale only by IIohbic
Music Co, 15I Salem avenue.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29
The Weather.

Forecast: For Virginia, generally
fair during Wednesday, slightly warmer,
southwest winds.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29

SAVE labor and the wear of your carpets by
usiRg the celebrated Victoria carpet swccpcrs
For sal" by The +. II. Stewart Furniture Com
paLy only.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29

The largest assortment OF house furnishings in
the south can be found at the L. H. Stewart
Furniture ompany.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29
He Was Playing ssh

OLD papers, Il cents per hundred, for sale a
this Ui1ee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29
A North American product

ASK for North America" tobacco 1t is made
81 hnc Henry county leaf and hns no superior.
Try II. Hun, Andrews u Thomas, wholesale
agents
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29
PnrIiament Di..olyed

LONDON, June 2s.-l Special Tho
queen has signed the decree dissolving
parliament.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29
ANOTHER WAR SHIP LAUNCHED.
The Norfolk Navy Yard Scene
Of Triumph.

the Texas" Now Rides Upon the Wave.
a Brilliant Scene in Spite of the
Rain-About $4,000 Spectators Pres
ent-Miss Madge Williams Christcns
the Leviathan-Many Distinguish ed
People Presently of the
New Destroyer.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29

Organizing New Military Company.
The members OF the Y. NJ. g. A. who are in
tcrcstcd in the formation OF "A military company
are requested to meet at the 7. NJ c. 4 rooms.
Friday night ut s O'Clock sharp.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29

He Was Playing ",ham Battle"
Willie. the little son of j. Z. Shabolt, was badly
burned on the face and hands yesterday evening
while playing ''=ham battle' In his back yard
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-29
TRYING TO DEFEAT CHASE.
Republican Contest for the
Governorship Of Indiana.

another Case of First7Ballot-TheG Cover
hors Opponents Trying to Divide tho
the Delegation-special Trains Bring
lug the Crowds to Fort Wayne From
all Directions-Expectnti ofn Largo
Attendance at the Convention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
no CONFEDERATE HOME.
The Late Henry W. Grady's Pet Project Killed
BY the Georgia Senate.

ATLANTA. Ca, Dec. 16-Henry w. Grady's
Confederate Soldiers Home Is tonight q
thing of the past. President Calhoun an
nounced that the property will be sold. and
that the proceeds will be divided among
the contributors.
It was while Major Stewart. of Texas.
was trying To raise money In New York to
build such a home in his State.
that Grady called upon the people to
save themselves from the ignominy
of begging funds abroad for the sup
port of their veterans. and to build
their own homes. In response to this he
received cash subscriptions of over $4,000
within a week, much of it coming from
New York and Boston. A site was pur-
chased upon which An elegant home was
built. and the whole was offered free TO the
State, conditioned only on the State sup
porting the needy veterans.
Two Legislatures have previously re-
jected the home, but she act was charged
against the Farmers Alliance. The present
Legislature being FREQ from Alliance control,
the fate of the home was felt to be secure.
The Senate to-day. however. indefinitely
postponed the bill, thus killing IL. The
property had trebled in value. SO that the
contributors Will make o good thing by the
refusal OF the State to accept it. The Con-
federate veterans are indignant, but there
Is nothing they can do.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
TELEGRAPHIC BREvlTIES.

The drinking well of Fred Dickmsn. near
st. Mary'e, o.. has developed into o natural
gas well with n strong pressure.
w. Gould Smith. Montana cattleman and
prominent Republican politician, was froz-
en- to death while crossing . prairie near
Fort Benton.
The pension payments for the first half
of December have been very large, aggre-
eating SS.952.0 600. The internal revenue
receipts for the came fifteen days were
S7.672.00
August Grossman has been found guilty
of murder in the first degree. at Alpena.
Mich. for having caused the death of AL
bert Moliter. the Presque island county
lumberman. seventeen years ago.
Walter Curnea. q postofico clerk at Chi
cago. Is under arrest for stealing letters
from unbroken packages. When arrested
he had In his possession drafts. checks,
railroad tickets, jewelry. moDey-orders.
postsl-notes, etc. One draft Was for 81. 600.
+. Edwin Elwell. of Sand W ich. Mass, the
sculptor. has been awarded the contract
for the equestrian statue OF Gen. Winfield
Scott Hancock to be erected on the battle
field of Getty sburg. for which he will re-
ceiye $4,000. Mr.. Elwell executed a busr
OF Vice-presi6ent Morton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17

Hawaii's Great Volcano Breaks Out and
Threatens to Destroy Two Villages
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 16.-Maunau Los,
the great volcano of Hawaii. lie in eruption
again and threatens the destruction of the
villages of Hilo and Walakea at it's eastern
base. and extensive plantations of cocoa
nut trees and cane. ]. A. Thurston. a mem.
Der of the Hawaiian Legislature. and late
Minister of the Interior. who arrived here
yesterday by the steamer Australia. brings
news of the overflow. It was contained IN
a letter to him from Hilo, and was brought
to Honolulu on the steamer W.. G. Hall
and handed to hi.i just before the Aus
tralia sailed. The steamer Hall had left
kauminda Dec. 8. For five days previous
the illuminations had been on q grand
scale, and the whole country had been
shaken by a prodigious earthquake. Even
in the neighboring district of Kauts were
heavy earthquakes. and Maunau Loa, for q
distance each way of more than sixty miles,
threw a weird light over the ocean and all
the country around. The earthquake COM
menced on Friday morning. Dec. 9. and in.
creased in force till evening; when flames
burst from Maunau Loa and grew in vol.
ume and increased in noise from that time
on. 1t was feared the entire village of
Hilo. under the mountain. and the neigh.
boring town of Waiakea NAV be DESTROYED,
and that the vast and valuable plantations
surrounding them will DO covered with
lava.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
FIRE CONDUCTED BY WIRES.

Point for Insurance Men and Those Who
Use Electric Lights to Consider.
BUFFALO, Dec. 18.-The electric-light sta
tion on Court street of the General Elec-
trio Company was Quilted by fire this morn
ing, and most OF the vsluab machinery
was ruined. The fire was caused by cleo
tricity, and seems to have been unavoid-
able. 1t broke ont at the switchboard,
near the rear of the building. The night
men were at work in the building. and the
alarm was quickly turned in. This was
at ass A. NJ. The rubber-covered wires
acted as conductors for the flames. and in
q few minute it was found that
the fire was up stairs, having followed
the wires from the switchboard. and In q
short time thereafter IL had jumped one
hundred feet from the repair-shop on tho
Pearl-street side. There was quite q disas-
the switchboard there Is considerable
space almost untouched. Down stairs in
the big room the wires, running in all
directions. carried the fire to different
points. and the blaze was a hot one in q brief
time The loss will reach $4,000. There
were in the great room nine arc dynamOs,
four incandescent dynamos and the gener-
ator used TO supply power to several small
concerns In the city. The dynamos and
generator are practically ruined. The
switch board and wiring are utterly de-
stroyed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
Anaiyxe the Milk.

The uncertainty of deciding the value OF
dairy stock by general appearance was re-
Gently demonstrated by q breed er of high
class dairy cows. HIS herd had been care
fully bred. and in O general way he thought
he was we'll acquainted with the pro-
portionate value of each. He believed
he could pick ont the best, end did so.
pricing q number of them to q distant pros
pective purchaser This was before he had
50 omitted the milk of any of them to
chemical analysis. which of late has be-
come so simple and cheap a process as to be
within the scope of every dairyman. The
test was q revelation to him. He discOv-
cred that the milk of one of the cows. priced
among the very lowest of the lot. was
Yielding over sixteen pounds OF butter per
week. while be had not suspected her ca
pable of the half of it. She was seven
years old, and he had raised her from o
calf. A result somewhat similar followed
the testing of another cow. and this was
also d SURPRISE; n still another, which
was esteemed of far greater vslue than
either, and was thought to be among
the most profitable b~utter.makers In
the herd. showed q capacity of a
trifie less than . pound . day. Luckily for
the owner. the buyer was tardy in accept
ing the cattle at the offer. A revision of
prices and estimates followed. These tests
did more toward convincing the breeder of
the utter ambiguity of JUDGING n dairy
cow by her looks" than q whole life of ar
RumeEt could have done. He names no
prices for any of his COWS until. after they
are tested. Then, he says, true value can
be Appropriated with some degree IF sstis-
fact ion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17

The Paris Figaro says that the recall Of
NJ. WaddIngton. French ambassador TO the
court of ST. James. has been decided On.
The American delegates to the interna-
tional monetary conference are booked to
sail on the steamer Lain from ~Southamp-
ton, for New York. Dec. II.
The British government will appoint q
cholera commission similar to the one Of
1884 and 1Se6. with q view toward prepar-
ing for an epidemic next spring and sum.
mer.
The Moorish pirates who recently capt
ured the Spanish schooner Icod. and car
RED her crew INTO the mountains near Cape
Judy, refuse to surrender the prisoners un.
til ransom money TO the amount of SIS, 900
shall have been paid.
1t Ia officially denied that q marriage has
token place between Prince Ferdinand. of
Bulgaria. and the Princess. Helen Louise
Henriette. daughter of the Count of Paris
and cousin of Prince Ferdinand. whose
mother is related 10 the Count of Paris.
The Nizam-ni-Mulk. who recently drove
Standardization, the usurping ruler Of
Chitral. from tho ca ital. has now Tegained
all of ChitraL. and has requested DIR. Rob-
erisop. the British representative ct
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
ARBITRATlNG THE QUESTION.
Differences Between the Kahn Tailoring Com.
pany and the Union Argued.

At q meeting held last night in the rooms
of the Kahn Tailoring Company the differ
ences between that company and the Jour-
neyman tailors' union vas discussed by Mr..
Henry Kahn, manages of the company, o
committee from the ~taIlors' union and the
arbitration committee appointed by the
Central Labor Union TO bring about an ad-
justment of the differences. The question
between the men and the company is In re-
gard to where work shall be done. All
other tailors have their work done by the
journeyman tailors away from the stores
and in the shops. The kahn COMPANY say
that on account of their large business
from mail orders they cannot depend upon
this method. and maintained an In-
diyidual shop in the rear of their
stores. Tho question was taken mp last
spring by the tailors' union. and a request
made of the Kahn Tailoring Company that
it abolish its shop. This tho company Of
fered to do. if the taiiors' union
at whatever time 1T was de-
manded. The union could not do this.
and the Kahns declined TO abolish
their shop. At the request of the tailors
an arbitration committee was ap p0inted
by the Central Labor Union. When the
matter was fully explained last night by
Mr.. Kahn. the committees were In
clined to believe that his posi-:
the company. he made the tailors
an alternative proposition. that If they
would guarantee to furnish all the work
wanted without delay the company
would abolish it's individual shop.
and if they could not do
this they might namo the weekly
wages TO be paid union men and the
Kahns would pay their men that price in
their individual shop.
The committee will report the PROPOSE
tion to their respective organizations, with
recommended ions that il be accepted. and
the probability Is that tho latter portion
will be the plan adopted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
TRUCKING TO THE SOUTH.

A Charge that the Recent Republican De-
feat Was Due to Cowsrdice.
Grace Greenwood. in the Inde pendent.
l sometimes fear that another era of
weak knees and dough.faces Is being in
s ssins" than and the St,h f fas less The hsh'I South iS5
power it once had-nor the feudal
dignity. Its generous, lavish hospitality
is mostly at an END. and for . reason. The
wicked. delightful old planter and his droll.
oef9'ei in the IUsS- psEss of Pages fa,ss' Ha nGw
and Johnson. Southern ladies rave ceased
to fashion garments for little negroes. and
taken to fashioning literature for the once
with clever dialect stories, mostly
Qualifications of the old plantation
life and TRANSFORMATIONS of the old
old south has se Changed sh' or died ont. except sps
the spirit of political leaders. That lives
yet-a little less arrogant than of old. but
masterful and marveiously astute, bidlng
its time in faith, not yet up to the
and i%nsinuating itself in a thousand ways.
What wonder, when any intelligent OBJ
server can SEQ In Northern literature and
party policy marks OF tho old complaisant
acquiescenoe not only in the claims OF 50.
of the South, but In certain re-
served rights to override constitutional en-
acIments and the claims of humanity. 1
believe that il is this taCit a~ckn0wledg.
ment of the semi-independence or irrespon-
sibility of the South which has brought the
once great Republican party so low.
Ii went into the late fight with
out any thing like q full equipment of its
old moral and Humanitarian principles.
broad. comprehensive. vital-the only true
Democratic, as we'll "a Republican prin-
ciples. Instead of q bold. honest de-
mand for justice and legal protec-
ton, for all citizens of the Republic alike
for equality, political. religious, civil
and educational-it made to the people
magnificent promises of worldly prosperity
and financial gain. Our campaign elo.
quence never seemed to me SO uninspiring
tho Trademark" was over it all. Both
parties seemed to march to the
jingle of CONDUIT one had marched TO
the grand old John Brown measure-and
that was the pity of it." l know that If
the Republican party had nailed its old
colors to the mast. and SO sailed
into the fight, it might have
beon beaten ell the same-so strong
for the nonce seems the power of reactIon-
but it could not have been worse bea ten
than it has been. and it would have pre-
served it's dignity under disaster. Some
defeats are glorious. Ours certainly is not.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
MURDERER'S HEAD CUT OFF
Eugene Crampon .Guillotined at Paris
Amid the Usual Shocking Scenes.
Place De Ia Iouquette Surrounded by a Crowd
Of Roughs and Abandoned Women-Horri.
bic Case of Caanibaiism Recalled.
A COWARD GUILLoTINED.

Execution of a French Murderer Who Had
TO BE Carried tn tho Instrument of Death.
PARIS, Dec. 16.-Eugene Crampon. the
murderer of two men, this morning paid
the penalty of his crimes, and the crowd
that gathered to see his execution greatly
enjoyed the spectacle afforded By the mis-
cradle wretch as he was literally carried to
the guIllotine. 1t was generally known
that the execution would occur in the Place
de 10 Rouauette this morning, and long be-
fore daylight the crows began to gather.
Rude jests were banded about, and
the usual scenes that make dis
graceful the carrying out of the
death sentence in Paris were enacted.
just as the gray of dawn was appearing q
large van drew mp In the Place de la Rou-
quette, ch immediately joins the prison.
Several men ~alighted, aud the engine OF
death was hauled out and set in place with
the skill that comes from long practice.
After all was readiness, Diebler. the execu-
TONER, tested the knife and found that it
worked to perfection. Then he dlsap-
peared into the prison while q body Of
gen-darmes stood en- duty about the square
to prevent the too curious crowd from ap-
preaching the guillotine, and to preserve
order when the victim was brought out of
the prison.
At exactly z O'Clock the prison doors
swung inward, and the procession could DO
seon approaching. Crampon. who was In
agony of fear, was supported by wardens
and accompanied by a priest. who. as he
walked, read the services of the dying.
The gnillotlne doomed directly ahead Of the
little party. 1t was only q few steps from
the prison. After walking a few teet
CrampOn raised his eyes and saw Ii. With
. terrible shrek be threw himself
ackwards and fell to the ground. All
efforts to induce him to rise were fruitless.
and he groveled on the iiagstones begging
any 6ensiblllty the scene was one OF the
and abandoned women took the keenest
delight In witnessing the 8blect fear, and
listening to the frantic appeals of the muir
derer. 1t became necessary for the execu-
TONERS assistants TO lift Cramp0n 70 his
feet. but even then he hung limp In their
arms, and they were compelled to carry
him to the guillotine. Even while bound
TO the plank he did not cease his struggles.
Silently, and like q streak OF light, the
bright blade fell. and Crampon's hoad
dropped into the open basket awaiting it.
Theexecution was the most horrible one that
has been witnessed In Paris III many years.
The crowd. highly pleased with the enter
tainment the state bad afforded them, dis
persed. laughing and joking with each 9th
er. Crampon was an old offender against
the law. On the night of March 3 he killed
two men who were trying to capture him
for rObbing O house. ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
Obituary.

EAsToN, Pa. Dec. 16-John J.. Knight.
Thomas Iron Company. of Hekendauqus.
president of the Edison Illuminating Com
pany, of Easton, and president of the
Easton Trust Company. 10 dead.
WARRENsBURG. Mo-. Dec. 16-John Cock
rell. son of United States Senator Z. NJ.
Cockrell, died here to-day. He was thirty
three years of age. a lawyer by profession
and an active political worker.
LONDON, Dec. I6.-The death of Madame
Perugia. mother.in-law of Leopold Roth
schild, IL announced.
PARIS. Dec. 16-George Sachette, head
of the w~ell-known publishing e. house, Is
daad-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
Said "Let 'Er Co."

MIssoULA, Mont, Dec. 16.-John Burns,
the murderer of Maurice Higgins, paid the
penalty of his crime at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. He had nothing to say, except to
calculate. Let er go,D as he saluted the
crowd
CORNWALL, Ont, Dec. 16.-James Slavin.
alias McNahon. was executed here this
morning at 7:45. for the killing of Constable
j. X. Davy, Sept. 3.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Dec. 16. Joseph
Jenkins. colored, was hanged at Mt. Pleas
ence of one hundred spectators. His neck
was broken. The crime for which he suf-
fered was the murder of John Morgan, o
Johns Island stOre-keeper.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
Teiegrapher Ramsey's Strike.

Special 70 tho IndlanapouS JournAI-
CHICAGO. Dec. 16.-The strike of the Rock
Island telegraphers is at q stand-stlll. The
organization of the operators. il is claimed.
Is being rendered moro complete day by
day. The road has been Distracted. and
mon placed over each division to prevent
have been sent out by General Manager st.
John. The railroad officials claim to be
running trains without any difficulty. and
say the strike 10 over so far as they are
concerned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
Tried to Sell n Watch.

Last night q young man, who said his
name was John Simpson, tried to soil q
gold watch In Dennis O'Brien's saloon, on
South Illinois street. for a ridiculously low
sum. The man TO whom he offered to sell
il reported the fact TO patrolmen
Wilson and Leppert. and when the officers
questioned him his answers rs TO how he
cam into possession of the watch were very
unsatisfactory. He was arrested and slated
for lettering. Simpson just arrived in this
city from Michigan City. where he served
a term in the penitentiary under another
Qatno,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-17
ATE PORTIONS OF FIVE MEN.

Horrible Case of Cannibalism In Colorado
Recalled by Proceedings In Court.
DENVER, Col, Dec. ia horrible case
of c%annibslism committed in Colorado in
1878 was calico to mind to-day by the hear
ing of an argument on o habeas corpus pro-
ceeding brought by the attorney of Alfred
Packer. who is ut present serving time in
the Canon City penitentiary charged with
having killed and partially eaten five OF
his companions. Packer has had two trials,
the first resulting in his being found guilty
of five murders and being sentenced to
hang. His attorneys appealed the case to
the Supreme Court, and this tribunal held
that he could not be sentenced except for
manslaughter, because the law relating to
murder was lnoDerative. Packer. in nc
cordance with this decision, was tried
again, found guilty of m~anslaugnter and
was sentenced to eight years for each muir
der. each sentence TO begin after the other
had ended until the terms had been served:
Packer has about com pleted his term of
sentence on the first charge and his attor-
neys ask his release, asserting that there is
no such thing os q cumulative sentence.
The story OF Packers awful crime is in
were travelling from Utah to southern
Colorado. when they became lost In a
snow-storm in the mountains. They fell
short OF PROVISIONS, anu want OF food, ac-
cording TO Packers story, drove them
crazy. Packer left camp for a short time
to try and discover something TO eat. When
he returned he claims that he was met out
side of the camp by one of the party, who
attempted to KILL him. Packer fired and
the man dropped dead. On reaching camp,
Packers says he found his other compan-
ions dead n q piece of one OF them roast
ing over the fire, having been put there
by the man who attempted his life.
Packers awful hunger was too great
TO Withstand the sight offered then. and,
even though it was human flesh, be ate the
meat with great relish. He continued to
camp there for several days afterward.
living on the flesh of his companions. He
finally became strong enough to travel,
and at last reached civilization. 1t WINS
charged that tho crimes were committed
for the purpose o. robbery. He was arrest
ed shortly after for the crime. but escaped,
and for ten years was ut liberty. when he
was rearrested. tried and sentenced. The
court has taken the case under adyisemenL