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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
RAILROAD NOTES.

charter has been filed at Austin
Tex, by IL. W. Poor ant Francis HYDE,
OF New York, and j. j. Frey, w. NJ
Giles, Thomas Randolph, W. h. Munson,
Il. IL. King. W. a. Williams, e. M.
Alvord and w. T. Atkins, OF Texas, with
capital of 100000 10 operate the
East Line railroad and extend it to
Shreveport, louisiana and Whitesbo.o
Texas.
Receiver Mcleod says he has not re
signed the presidency OF the Boston and
Maine. He has not been asked to 10 so,
nor does he contemplate such action
The Massachusetts superior court has
vacated the order appointing receivers
for Reading. as they did not qualify by
filing bonds.
Traffic Manager Iamblin, OF the Bur
lington, says the country, espt clally
Kansas and Nebraska, is well supplied
with corn and ho looks for n larg move
ment, beginning next month.
The managers OF Georgia railroads stat o
before the State railroad com mission
that they are not able to earn their
charges. They asked that the com
mission allow them TO advance rates -
per cent
Chicago corroborates the Boston story
that Robert Harris, formerly OF the Eric
and Burlington roads, will be made
president Of the Atchison.
An Omaha special quotes Howard
Gould as saying that Clark will likely
continue at the head Of both Missouri
Pacific and the Union Pacific
The Sioux City, Chicago and Baltimore
road is the name of new railroad pro-
jected at st. Louis. SURVEYS of $50
miles have been made from Sioux City
to Huntsville.
The Pennsylvania railroad com oany is
determined that it will not be soon again
caught short OF coal cars. At the shops
between Pittsburg and Philadelphia
there has been given an order by the
general manager for the building Of
1000 coal cars for this end OF the road.
The Alton officials, in making an argu-
ment against any advance in wages,
show that the rate per ton per lie
earned on freight in 1892 was with one
exception, the lowest on record.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

scription would, OF itself, be sufficient
to build the entire line indicated"
That is good. Now on the same basis
an extension Of the Roanoke and South
ern (for which Roanoke paid S90O,0O0)
will be worth the other half of every
thing the Salem land companies pos
sess. Just have a grand clearing up
and get both roads at the same stroke
Then will Salem become, indeed, the
great metrolopus of the West.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
ZoZo. tile Magic Queen.

"Iozo,' the Magic Queen, will appea ar
at the theater commencing Mond ay.
every afternoon and evening. IL will
be remembered that this company
scored grand success on its last visit
in this city. Some idea may be had of
the magnitude of the company when
the public are informed that this is the
only travelling company who carry their
own special car for machinery and
apparatus to manufacture their own gas
for calcium light; also special palace
cars for transportion of their carloads of
scenery. The company is about the
same, with few important changes
Portland Oregonian.
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THE TIMES can Dc found regularly on

THE TIMES can Dc found regularly on
sale OFT the following places:
Roanoke-George Gravatt. Jr., NJ. l..
SMITHS, Hotels Roanoke. Ponce de Leon.
HIR's News Stand, 90 Salem avenue F.
y. Carr, Terry Building.
Bristol, Tenn.-W. a. Ward. Front
street..
Blueheld-Bluefield Inn.
rg-Norvell-Arlington Hotel.
observation-disclosures Inn.
Pulaski--Maple Shade Inn, Brown q
Grown.
Radford-Radford Inn. w. G. Butler.
Salem-W. 8. Oakley s. Co.
--Willards. The Metropoli-
ton.
WytheViiie b. b. Bailey.
e.orfolk and Western trains.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

Rowelrs American Newspaper Direo-
sery for 1891 puts the circulation OF THE
ROANOKE TIMES above that of any
ether paper In Southwest Virginia, and at
moro than that OF all the other papers of
Roanoke combined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
The Common Lot,

Fro IN the Winston Sentinel.
The Brunswick ga. Times declares
that editors who run newspapers to try
to please every crank in the community
can give the bt st definition of hell" No
selfrespectinX editor will try it.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
steam and Electricity In IA ruc-of-war

At tho Il. Ii. f.. works in West Lynn a
few days ago Il locomotive was coupled
to "A mammoth electric motor, and
power was applied to them in opposite
directions. Neither one gained parti-
Gle for quite awhile. bnt finally with the
aid of sand thrown on the track the To-
conceive came eff victorious Boston
Record
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

a pistol ball was recently removed
from the right thigh of Il man which had
been there since 1861. THO ball. it is
said. had gravitatcd about foot and Il
half through the t.eshi in the last % years.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

The Democratic county committee OF
Fauquier has decided on primary
election, to be held April %, for the
nomination OF county ticket.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04
TELEPHONE NUMBER 1874.

THE TIMES is delivered in Roanoke, Salem and
vinton every morning by carriers for so cents per
month.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

Roanoke Times Building Edition now
ready ut the Times office and at new
stands. Price five cent?
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BUSINESS NOTICES.

TO MATTE E. ALDMAN (wIO WAS THE
Il wife OF Alex. Owen, dcccaseol and -
L. Owens. Emmett &. Owens and Matte = Owens,
all the children and legal heirs and the last three
hamcu lniants without guardian in Roanoke
county OF sald Alex. Owens, deceased, who oicd
intcstatc.
Take notice that the Norfolk and Western
hairoad Company will, on the fist day of the
March term OF the county court for Roanoke
county, moe snid court to appoint five disn.
fcreStcd frccholGcrs (any three of whom may
1ct) for the purpose OF asccrtaining what wi he
whereof said Alex Overs d ed seized. md
whereof you are tenants of tho freehold. ns is re-
CURED by the Norfolk and Wcs .ern Railroad
company for lis purposes, which il described
All tho two certain pieces strips of land
situate in The conntyof koanokc and state OF
Virginia, bounded and described ne follows to-wit:
nS!n@ Two strlfs >!Xty ic wide, enc on each
sidc Of the present right Of way OF the Nt rfolk
ana csiern railroad, ant extending from forty
To one hmndrtd feet from snid center line, The
same hcin. i.G3l feet in length, from tho bank OF
Roanoke rive. at bridge No 100 to the cast bank
of l;onnos river at briagc No. III ana containing
i 4 ncrcs, more or less.
NonroLk ANp WESTERN RAILROAD Cow ANY,
by Watt. Robertson ~ Robertson, its attorneys.
nISSOLUTION OF O.PARTNER-
~ ship. The business heretofore
conducted at No. 90 Campbell avenue
Crhe Brunswick) Roanoke, Va, under
the firm name OF A. a. Leavy e. Bro. is
this day dissolved by mutual consent
A. A. Leavy assumes all indebtedness
OF the firm heretofore contracted and
has by this publication the right to
collect ali bills due tho firm OF A. A.
Leavy e Bro. Mr.. A. A. Leavy will
continue the business and will be glad
to see his friends at theI'Old Place"
February ID, 1893. A. A. LEAVY.
ia St law. e A. LEAVY.
THE PARTN ERSHIP HEKElU
Il fore existing between Charles C
Wilson and II. II. Higgins, under the
firm name of Wilson II Higgins, archi-
tects, is this day dissolved by mutual
consent, Charles C. Wilson having pur-
chased the interest of II. III. Huggins.
All accounts due the firm are pay able
to Charles c. Wilson, and all debts due
by the firm will be paid on presonta-
ton to him. and he will carry out all
contracts of the firm.
CHARLES C. WILSON,
, 16 30d II. II. HIGGINS.
THE CO.PARTNERSHIP ENIST. ~
4 between Drs. Charles G. and Al oert
A. Cannaday will soon terminate. All
parties indebted to them will pie lse
call at Office, 1914 Salem avenue s. w
and settle at once. g lw
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OANOKE TIMES PUBLISHING CO.,
Roanoke, Virginia.

Entered Mt the PostoGlcc at Roanoke as second
class matter.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-04

The man who buys and holds Roam
oke real estate at the present prices will
be sure to reap good profit. We can
sell you nice s.room house on Eighth
avenue S. W., with bath room; price
81. 800; $500 cash, balance $40 per month.
Splendid Groom house in West End,
handsomely finished in every respect,
lot $50 feet front, $500; $500 cash, bal
ance $50 per month.
7-room house on Center ayenue. lot
50Xl30 feet, $1,000; 500 cash, balance
Sl5 per month.
Lot on West End boulevard lOOxl5G
feet 900.
Good lot on Fourth avenue 4. W., S350.
SIS cash, balance $40 per month.
room house on Sixth avenue 6. W..
bath room, S2,700; $500 cash, balance
s25 per month.
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THE TIMES.
EVERY MORNING. EXCEPT MONDAY.
ROANOKE TIMES PUBLISHING CO.,

Publishers and Proprietore.
1s2 CAMPBELL AVENUE s. w.
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HE CO.PARTNERSHIP ENIST. ~
4 between Drs. Charles G. and AL oert
A. Cannaday will soon terminate. All
parties indebted to them will p!el
call at office, 1914 Salem avenue s. W
and settle at once. 80 lw
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Rcmittanccs by express, money-order, regis-
tered letter check, or draft. should be addressed
and made payable to
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TERMS BY MAIL, postage Prcpaid.)

All papers sent out of the city must be paid for
lvarably in advance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-25

the interest on the bonds. If not. the prop
erty must so into liquidation, which means
being sold to the highest bidder. In the
process probably a few men will realize
millions. and multitude in the aggregate
will lose the same number of millions. The
bonds. for the most part. bear a low rate
of interest
In this connection ii is curious to note tina.
the people who have been chiefly benefited
by The Santa Fe are those Of Kansas and
Colorado, which have filled the land with
their laments concerning railroad exactions
and with anathemas Of the Eastern money
lenders. But for the Santa Fe the farms
of these grumblers would be worth little or
nothing and but for the Eastern money
which is hopelessly sunk in gridironing
these States with Santa Fe tracks. they
would have no railroads. But the abuse of
"the Eastern money shark will be kept up
by a full chorus of Populist and other DEM
agogIles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-25
THE SANTA FEE RECEIVERSHIP.

Undoubtedly the falling off of business the
past four months has FASTENED the cmbar-
rassment of the Santa Fe railway system;
but it could scarcely be avoided at come
date in the future. since railways cannot
count upon a favorable business year after
year, such as was necessary to enable that
system to pay running expenses and inter-
est on it's bonds. And yet at an early period
in the history of the Santa Fe its stock sold
away above par. and II was one of the
most popular securities in the East because
it paid large dividends. Being managed by
Eastern men in whom there was general
confidence. people having thousand or two
of dollars to invest, and trustees of estates
having a few thousands to put where 1t
would be thrifty Garner and safe, invested
1t in Santa Fe stock During 1856 and 1887.
several companies, ambitious for Western
business, pushed into Kansas. Nebraska,
Colorado and the Indian Territory with
view TO control territory not then fully set
tied. 1t has since been learned that a con-
siderable portion of the territory into which
these lines pushed is unfit for settlement
until an extensive system of artificial irri-
CATION shall have been put into operation.
Branches were built which now fail to pay
running expenses. and imposing stations
were built in cities paper, which now
stand as witnesses to prove the extent to
which conservative men will lose their
heads when a boom is on. Then, a COM
pany which had line to the Pacific and
criss-crossed Kansas and other States with
branches must have line TO Chicago. Be-
fore these had been completed dividend
had been passed. That was late in 1883, but
the small shareholders in the East. holding
millions of Santa Fe stock, have not seen a
dividend since, as that stock which once sold
for 80 per cent. above par, is now kicked
about the Stock Exchange as n basis Tor
gambling. 1t has no money-earning value
| and, with a bonded and floating debt OF
| $2iO0OO,0OO, never will have And now the
| great system which had done so much for
| the development of the West and the i'm
poverishment of New England has gone
| into the hands of receivers. There are 9.3ii
| miles OF road under the control OF the
| Santa F'e company by ownership or lease.
| The companys stock. S102. 600. the larger
| part cf which represents actual cash paid
/ either by those first i'm the enterprise by
| those who purchased as an investment, is
| gone so far as the shareholders con-
| cerned. Now 1t remains TO be seen II the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-25

Democracy-vexed land hungry for bread
than ever before in our history.-Versailles
Republican.
Let every voter remember that the DEM
ocrats promised us a return of the good
old Democratic times" and as Democracy
have the good old Democratic times with
us.-Petersburg Press
People talked about Mr.. Cleveland's states
manship and wisdom during his first term
because he simply sat around and looked
wise. During the nine months he has been
everything he has attempted TO do.-Green-
field Republican.
If raw cotton were now the dutiable
list what howl would go up from free
traders for free raw cotton, in order that
our manufacturers of cotton fabrics could
capture the markets of the world" and
drive all other countries from the field.
Charlottesville Journal.
With Indiana Democrats presenting the
names of Senator Voorhees, and Isaac p.
Gray in the national convention of 1896. the
gift of prophecy is not essential to the sue
cessful prediction that Indiana will not fur
nish the Democratic presidential candidate
in that year-Wabash Plain Dealer
The Democratic politicians say these bank
and business failures are caused by a lack
of confidence. Yes, that is true, and that
lack of confidence is caused by a lack
of executive ability, a lack of patriotism,
a lack of love for the American laborer
and the Union soldier.-Bloomfield News.
The Democratic party is as badly con-
fused in their tariff building were the
fellows who were building the mighty tower
of Babel when the Lord threw a handful or
two OF foreign languages among them. The
Democrats are likely to make about the
same success of their tariff building did
those other old sinners at Babel-Coving-
ton peODleS paner
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STATE PRESS OPINION.

On the silver question Senator voorhees,
is like the Dutchman's flea When YOU put
your hand on him he isn't there.-Suliivan
Union.
Gresham is the greatest failure that ever
occupied the position OF Secretary of State,
and II is not in him TO improve.-Greens-
burg Review.
The opinion prevails quite extensively that
up to date Walter Q. is the poorest excuse
of a Secretary that ever had charge of the
State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Standard.
Last summer the President complained
that he had Congress on his hands Now
Congress is, painfully conscious that IL has
the President on its hands. and what To DO
with him is the conundruni OF the session.
Decatur Journal.
Wheat has not been as low In price In
this country in forty years The bins, ware
houses and elevators are full. and YET there
are more people in this God-favored. but
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-25
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
1. In the first issue of treasury notes
how many were issued, and have these
notes always since their issue been at par
with gold? 2. In the next issue of treas
ury notes, or greenbacks, why was the
clause prohibiting payment of duties on
imports and interest on the public debt
inserted? q.
1. The notes to which you refer were de-
mand notes and not greenbacks. They
We're not legal tender, but were issued be-
fore the suspension of specie payments,
and, being demand notes, were as good as
gold. The issue was s60.O0O,OO0. July l,
1862. $56,OOOOOO of them were in circulation.
Being receivable for customs, they took
the place of gold consequently they were
redeemed and destroyed as fast as the
treasury could get them. July l, 1865, soon
after the close of the war; only $472,-
Cos of these notes were in circulation, and
in three years thereafter the amount not
redeemed merely nominal. At the last
report about $4,000 were reported as out
standing, but they are lost. That is, there
have been no demand notes to speak of
since the close of the war The fiat money
crankS have kept up their chatter about
these demand notes as If there was some
popularity about them that kept them
even with gold when others were worth less
than par in gold. They We're kept up with
gold because they were treated as gold.
while the legal-tender quality of the green
back, not then treated gold, could not
make it the equal Of the demand note
which not legal tender. Whatever
argument there is in it is against the fiat
money advocates. 2. When the green
backs were issued specie payments had
been suspended, and they were given legal
tender power. The government had issued
a large quantity of bonds, and the interest
and principal were payable in coin. To get
the coin to pay the interest it was neces-
sary to require that all customs duties
should be paid in coin. Inasmuch as the
government was pledged to pay interest
on bonds in coin ii would strengthen the
pledge to declare that the greenback could
not be used to pay such interest When
the greenbacks were being issued the bonds
in large quantities were on the market and
the government was making every effort to
sell them to get money to carry on the war
Since the date of specie resumption green
backs have been used to pay interest I'M
less gold should be requested.
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ment The towns referred to are Charles
ton. W. Va, population 2.27; Carthage.
Tenn, population AS; Quitman. Ga. popula-
than 1000; Elizabethtown. KY, population
$50. There are hundreds Of trade papers
published in this country, many of which
carry large amount of advertising, and
yet we presume every one of them could
say with Varnish that it has no advertis-
ers from any of these towns. The natural
Inference is that the Democratic tariff tink-
ers who live in these towns are not in SYM
pathy with the productive interests of the
country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-25
THREATENED RUIN OF THE WOOL
INDUSTRY.

The South Bend Tribune recently sent
request to some of the leading wooden man.
ufacturers in this State for their opinion as
to what effect the passage of the Wilson
tariff bill would have on that industry They
are unanimous in the opinion that free WOOL
coupled with the reduction in duty on wool
en- goods, would infict great injury on the
wool industry, compel a reduction Of wages
and thereby reduce the purchasing power of
a large number of people. In addition to
these views, Merritt & Co., of this city,
punctured the claim that free wool would
give American manufacturers the entry to
new foreign markets by saying: eve have
in the Mckinley law as it stands free wool
and free everything if We manufacture for
export. We get this in the rebate of SO per
cent. of duties paid on every article used
in the goods exported The manager of the
Seymour wooden factory said that while free
wool would reduce the price of raw material
1--WE would have to force down labor to the
lowest possible wages" and mo doubt low
wages and low prices to the wool grower
would reduce the purchasing ability Of the
consumer to a great extent" The secretary
mills thought the passage of the Wilson
bill would revolutionize the entire manu-
featuring business of the country and COM
pei reduction of so per cent. in wages.
bill should become a law. there are enough
goods accumulated in foreign countries in
anticipation of a free tariff to flood this
country with merchandise and goods that
would make the manufacturing business
in this country Improbable for at least
three years, even if the law was not in
force over three to six months" We do
not remember to have seen this point made
before, and it is a strong one. c. E. Geisen-
dorff & Co., of this city, limited at 1t in
their reply to the Tribune's query. Thou
sands of worIingmen," they said, would
be thrown out of employment, the wool in
dustry Of the United States be destroyed
and our country would be flooded with the
surplus stock of foreign manufacturers.
and our laboring men deprived Of work"
The King & Fildes Company, proprietors of
a large wooden factory at LaPorte. did not
enter into any argument of the case, but
said: "Our opinion is that the passage of
the Wilson bill means ruin to the wool and
wooden industry, not alone of one particular
branch, but of the whole industry" In these
statements we have the testimony of the
five leading wooden manufacturers in In
diana, as strong they make it. that
the passage of the Wilson bill would inf1ict
irreparable injury the wool industry of
this State, and no doubt the same is true
in all the Central and Western States. If
the criminal blunderers who are now tink-
ering with the tariff were not absolutely
inaccessible to truth and reason such testi-
mony as this would cause them to hesitate
in the policy of ruin on which they have
embarked, but there seems to be no hope
of that They are as deaf to the protests OF
manufacturers as they are to the cries of
hundreds of thousands of unemployed work
ingmen.
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Tammany are sweeping and emphatic. One
Of them declared that "the last election In
the city OF New York was the most cor
rupt ever held-a burlesque upon suffrage.
a recording of the will of Croker by all
sorts Of fraud" That Is the declared judy
ment of a regular Democrat In the cleo
ton of 1892 the Democratic vote and ma
jcrity was larger than last November, and
as the machinery was in the hands OF
Croker, it is fair to assume that that cleo
ton was greater burlesque upon suffrage
than that of 1893