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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-23

TRUSTEES SALE-BY VIRTUE or \ DEED
Il or trust executed to me by j. j. Catocni,
dated June ., $50, and recorded in the clerks Of
nee or the iiustings Court or the city OF Roanoke
w, In deed book No. Is, page la, 10 seeucc 10
Edwin r smith pay ment of the sum of eight
certain interest bearing negotiable notes az even
date with said deed OF trust for two thou sand siN
hur drcd ana sixty six dollars and sixty Ak cents
(S2, G6666) each payable in one. two aud three
years after date, with interest from date OF said
decd, and whereas default has been made in the
inS requested to do so by the beneficiary, will
zen at public auction to the highest bidder, in
V @ On INC M "a 9a city Of
O'CLOCK NOON, the following described parcel
81 ,and lying in the city OF Roanoke, Va:
BegLhiES At the southwest corner OF Scruce
ana Henry streets, thence with Henry Street
south degrees west t2o feet To WAlLu: rt-..:
thence with the latter north So degrees Is minutes
wcst lll ieet To an alley, thence with said alley
north degrees east an feet to Spree steel.
THENCE with the latter south IS degrees Is rinutes
east Ill Feet TO point or beginuinS, containing
S7,li2 square feet, more or less
bh9 above described property, haviag been
Hanckel, engineers, which will be shown 10 any
prospective purchaser and will be prodgced at
the time or salc by the undersigned. the property
VIII be sold III accordance with the following
plan:
First. Lots l, s,9, 4, s. G. O. IL and Is, in the or.
der named south from Spruce street 70 Walnut,
ms shown on said plat and should they not bring
enough to pay the debt due Edwin F. Smith then
iois NOS ana VIII De sold, ana should they not
bring enough to satisfy the debt above referred
TO- then lots Nos. 10 and IL will be sold
TERMS Cash sufficient 10 pay cost OF execut-
Ing this trust, including trustees commission of
per cent. and cash sufficient to discharge the
second note above referred 10 OF 1850 ", with
interest from June 5, 1880, aud rs to the sum OF
S2,GdJG6, with interest thereon from June 5, iSlp
npon credit until June :, lSt3, and ;he residue
upon credit of one and two years from the dag
Of sale, deferred payments to bear interest from
caN OF sale and "a he s"""r"d by deed OF trust
upon the premises conveyed.
O.uOWARD ROVER,
~ ids Trustee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-23
Compliments OF the Kitchen.

Cook--Thcre, mum, isn't that turkey
drawn handsome?
Mistress-Ycs, Mollie; you're an ar
tist.-Brooklyn Life.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-23

ARE you satisfied with your laundry :?
III not take it to j. l.. Earp's confec ton.
airy store, No. 105}1 jefferson street,
agent for the Radford Steam Laundry
The very best of work guaranteed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-23

Knew What He Was Talking About.
She-You will have to work hard if
you win her.
The Poet-I II have to work harder il
don't.-Life.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-23

OLD papers for tho next week at 10
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The morning call., 1893-10-03
A BIG CONTRACT.
Work on Oakland HarbOr
to Be Started.
1T WILL COST 100000,
Southern Portion of the Channel to
Be Deepened for Vessels of
Large Draught.

Residents and especially shippers of
Oakland will be relieved to hear that there
is good reason to believe that Oakland
harbor will be rendered available for
vessels OF large draugbt in the near future.
Oakland has been suffering for some
time. owing to the choking IN of its most
important water way. The United States
Government is understood to have had the
matter in hand for over a year, but some
how the actual operation has been hang
ing fire. The north side of the harbor, be-
tween an imaginary central and the Gov
ernment shore lines. has been dredged,
giving that portion adjacent to the Oakland
shore a good and sufficient depth.
Then the contract for the remainder was
let to the Pacific Coast Dredging and Rec
lamaton Company. About three mon this
ago the work was started and then sud-
denly stopped. The dredger was taken
away and engaged il other work and Oak
land shippers were in despair.
Yesterday Colonel George II. Mendell.
U. S. A., of the corps of engineers of the
river and harbor improvements, spoke
cheerfuly of the work. He said he
thought it would be resumed within few
The morning call., 1893-10-03

davs. unless circumstances demanded
another extension of time.
The colonel explained that the work was
necesstated by the gradual filing up OF
the channel through natural causes and
that similar dredging was constantly being
carried on at different points. In the pres
ent instance, however, 1t was not work
of restoration that was in prospect, but an
entirely new operation. 1t was intended
to sink the bed OF the channel TO an aver
age depth of 90 feet at lew water. which
would be deeper tt an it had ever been be-
fore. This would be great improvement,
and in line with the general pollcy of har-
hor improvements being pursued by the
Government.
The secretary of the Pacific Coast
Dredging and Reclamation Company, of
which CAPTAIN John Hackett is manager.
gave some further details of the proposed
improvements.
He said that the area OF the channel
proposed to be dredged extended from the
Webster-s rect drawbridge across the chan
mel TO a point about on line with the
narrow-gauee railroad slips. These were
its easierly and westerly limits. and rep
resented length of about tbree-quarters
OF a mile The width OF the strip was
about 800 feet and extended from the Gov
ernment line, 4G0 feet off the southerly
shore. TO an Imaginary line traced up the
center Of the channel.
1t was Impossible to say with certainty
upon what day the work would be started
again, as the conn any was deslrous o.
having an extension of time. since its dredg-
er was engaged else where. In any case,
however, the work would be resumed
within month. One dredger would be
put to work and would continue at the
work almost incessantly.
The Government, according to the secre-
70 lie fn how If L
completed, and is against granting any ex-
tensions of time unless absolutely neres-
sary. In order to meet the Governments 5
wishes IN this respect the company woul
be willing to work at night as we'll as by
day. so that its contract might be fulfilled,
providing it can be accommodated by an
extension at this present time.
The silt and dredged material will, by a
special arrangement, be piped over to the
marsh lands on the Alameda side to the
southeast and will contribute to the ulti-
mate reclamation Of those lands. The
work will thus have a twofold value.
1t is estimated that the completion of the
contract cannot be effected fer seven or
eight months, as every foot of the area has
to be carefully gone over, and the work
throughout its course viii! be subject to
close inspection by the Government Of
fcias. Every cubic yard Of material re-
moved will have 10 be officially verified,
and then the whole channel will be minute
ly examined to see that the specifications
have been in every respect complied with.
When completed it is conceded that q
great work will have been accom- plished,
and that Oakland will have harbor OF
which she may be proud and wherein she
can entertain some of the largest mercantile
bottoms.
The total cost of the work called for by
the contract awarded to the Pacific Coast
Dredging and Reclamation Company Will
be 100000.
The morning call., 1893-10-03
PERSONAL NOTES.

DR.. Richard Dillon of Edenton. N. c., is
at the Palace.
Peter J. Lenox. Portland (Me.) Ship
builder, is at the Baldwin.
c. A. Scott and family of Manchester,
England, are guests of the Palace.
A. E. Koch. hotel proprietor of Ogden,
Utah, is in the city, stopping at the
Baldwin.
Among the arrivals at the Baldwin yes
terday were Judge jackson Temple OF
Santa Rosa and d. Alexander of Watson
vile.
There will be special meeting of the
Board of Education tonight for the pur-
pose of signing the teachers warrants and
to take final action on the Comme ercial
Night School, question. Mr.. Hyde will cal
the meeting at request of Messrs. Dunn,
Carew and Decker.
Emile Harle, well-known electrician OF
Paris, France. and a chevalier of the
Legion of Honor, is at the Occidental, &C.
companied by h. w. Payne, banker OF
New York. and G. Faure. electrician. OF
Schenectady. Having visited the w orld's
Fair, he thought he would go on ster
further and see California.
The morning call., 1893-10-03
KIDNAPPING CASE.
An Old Detroit Sensation
Revived. 49,:
ARREST rIADE IN THIS CITY.
Thomas Kennedy, Alias Bailey, One
of the Two Conspirators, Now. in
the City Prison.

Chief Crowley on Saturday received
dispatch from C. c. Starkweather, Super
intendent of Police of Detroit. MICH. to.
arrest Thomas Kennedy, alias Bailey, on
an old charge of conspiracy.
Detectives Ross Whitaker and John
Seymour were detailed on the case and
arrested the man wanted yesterday morn-
ing on Mission street.
The conspiracy referred to in the dis
patch was the kidnapping of wealthy old
real estate dealer Of Detroit named Perrin
about three years ago. which created a
great sen satIon In the East.
Two men were engaged in the kidnap-
ing, and one of them, who proved to be
relative of Perrin, was shortly afterward
arrested. But the other nan. ped, an d
he now turns out. to be Kennedy. alias
Bailey The other man, whose name was
also Perrin, was tried for the: crime, but
succeeded in beating the case.
Perrin was bound and gagged in his resi-
dence one night and driven in a hack for
hours through the streets of Detroit, so as
10 confuse him as. to the Identity of the
The morning call., 1893-10-03
HOME FROM INDIA.
A Baptist Minister Arrives From
Burmah.


Rev. f. p. Sutherland of Saga'ing, Up
per Burnah, Baptist missionary, stopped
at the Occidental Hotel last night on his
way home tn Brooklyn, after a sojourn of
seven wears abroad. He came across the
Pacific on the Empress of India. His wife
and children came home last winter.
Burmah is the strong missionary field
OF the Baptist denomination, as Siam is OF
the Presbyterian church. Mr.. Sutherland
talks very Interestingly about the fight
ing characteristics of the "Chins,
which have been giving the English
some trouble. and also the Ghorkhas. of
whom the "Chins" seem 10 be very shy.
The Ghorkhas are N ounIaineers.
The "Chins" attack the Burmese viii
lagos for human heads. and whenever a
"Chin" secures 100 heads he is made a
chief. The punjabee-native military po-
liceman-cannot stand before the "Chins"
at all.
There are about 100 Baptist mission aries
in Burmah. The pioneer in this work was
Dr. Adouiram Judson, about seventy
years ago. and Rev. d. l.. Brayton. who
was associated with DR.. Judson, still lives
there, at an age of oyer 80 years.
The Burmese are great Nat, or devil,
wOrshipers, and one of their habits is to
indulge very freely in "napee." or fer
menIed fish, although they are supposed to
be yegetarians.
The morning call., 1893-10-03

ter Mabel Bert joined the company. She
was very ordinary actress, but StriK-
ingly handsome. Mckee Rankin dis
played so much interest In her advance
ment in the company and paid her so
much attention that gossip's tongue bega n
to wag. Mischievous things were said and
denied. Malicious people told Mrs. Ran
kin that her husband was devoted to Miss
Bert She told them that she did not be-
lieve 1t, but at last she was forced to COM
plain She demanded that Miss Bert
should cease to be member OF their COM
pany. Rankin refused and they separated.
In the meantime the public had been
hearing tales of Rankin's III treatment of
his wife. Theater-goers sympathized with
Mrs. Rankin, and they ceased attending
the plays So that the engagement at the
California became unpopular and had to
be given up.
Mrs. Rankin went East. Rankin him.
self organized company with Mabel Bert
as the leading lady. and presented several
plays in this State. But he found that his
popularity had vanished. and ne drew very
small houses. Then he too went East, but
met with Indifferent success.
About year ago he came out at the
head of company which included tho
Bert woman and his daughter Phyllis.
They played at the Bush-street Theater to
very poor business.
While he was here Rankin filed the
papers in suit for divorce. He alleged a
number of reasons. but the chief ground
was desertiOn. 1t was expected that the
case would be allowed to 60 by default,
but Mrs Rankin made preparations to fight
it bitterly. She prepared an answer. which
was filed. but there was no cross complaint.
She did not want her husband to obtain a
divorce from her, and she wanted none
from him.
During all the time that the couple
were separated efforts were being made
by friends TO effect reconciliation, but
Rankin declined TO give up Miss Bert. 1t
was commonly rumored at the time of the
filing Of the papers in the divorce case
that he was going to marry her.
The two daughters. both grown up, one
of them married to Sidney Drew, were of
course anxious to see their parents recon-
ciled. and that the couple have come to-
The morning call., 1893-10-03

two or three hours. The body was not
there at O'Clock the evening before to Mr..
Colby's certain knowledge, and it is sup
posed the woman wandered there and lay
down to sleep during the night and died
There was no discolOration, NJ cisarrange-
ment of the clothing and no signs of VIC
lence or of struggle. She was poorly
clad. and MIR. Manning and sons, n eigh bors
or Mr.. Colby, whom the latter immedi-
ately summoned. recognized the woman as
peddler of bric-a-brac and knickknaeks
who had been at their place some three
weeks ago, at which time she complained
of rheumatic trouble. Ii is believed her
home was at Temescal and that she lived
by peddling and begging. Mr.. Colby tele-
phoned for the Coroner. who came out at
once and took the body into Oakland.
German High Jfnks.
The Hermann Sons. an organ ization en-
braclng all The many wanderers from the
Fatherland living in the West End, had q
public installation Of officers and entar-
tanment in Sisterna Hall last night. The
grand officers of the order were pres
ent. Succeeding the installation exercises 8
the dramatic section of the order. which
was formed about month ago. presented
a German play. The whole affair was a
com mplete success
Fires and Fire Laddies.
Lalo ounudy oVeDInR Inc Granger
Home place, on lower Wildcat Greek. took
fire and burned to the ground. The fire
was clearly visible from Berkeley, and
many thought it was in the vicinity of the
powder works, where Robert Burcher's
house burned last Saturday. The origin
of the latter fire is yet mystery. It began
in the basement story. but from what
cause is not known. The Posen Volunteer
Fire Company of the West End turned out
and ran the intervening two miles to the
fire. where bucket brigade was formed.
and two other houses and barn were
saved after a hard fight Part of the fur
niture was also saved by the boys, so that
Mr. Bul ulcher's loss will only be about
$500. He had small insurance upon it.
VIII Follow Suit.
The Town Board of Edu cation will meet
tonight in regular session. Besides other
The morning call., 1893-10-03
MRS. RANKIN HERE.
She and Her Husband Are
ReCOnciled.
Rankin Met His Wife at Oakland and
Took Her to the Occiden-
tai Hotel.

Mckee Rankin has become entirely rec
onciled with his wife, Kitty Blanchard.
as she used to be known on the stage. She
arrived last night from the East and was
met at Oakland by her husband. and
Phyllis. their daughter. Mr.. Rankin had
already engaged apartments at the Occi-
dental Hotel, and thither the reunited fam
lily went Immediately.
The romance of the Rankins is partic-
ularly interesting to Californians. Years
ago, when they were playing at the old
California Tbeater, they were among the
most popular actors wl,0 ever came to this
city. Mr.. Rankin VIZ 10 his prime then.
He was hand some. win splendid figure,
aud q wonderful voice.
One of the reasons Of their popularity
Was the devotion that each displayed
toward the other. They we're regarded al!
over the country among actors aud
actresses as models of domesticity. What
the Kendalls were to the English stage
they were conceded by everybody to be to
the American theatrical profession.
While they were At the California Thea
The morning call., 1893-10-03
ALAMEDA.

The Southern Pacific Company is actual
ly fencing in portion of the bay of San
Francisco. Piss have been driven from
the Oakland pier to the north seawall, and
yesterday two pilrdrvers were engaged
on the line from the south seawali to the
old Alameda wharf. Vessels can no longer
sail up to the shore between these four
points. In all probability the bay between
the piles and shore will be filled in.
A Lien on Land.
The Puget Sound Lumber Company has
filed lien upon the land of j. Chipchas g
on Encinal avenue, near Willow street. for
$491.
Typographical Union.
A branch of the Typographical Union
was organized in Alameda on Sunday last,
with A. Stiefvater as president and Ed
ward Roach as secretary. They propose
to regulate the rates at once.
The morning call., 1893-10-03

business, all claims passed by the city
board will probably be repassed and town
warrants for their payment ordered
drawn, as was the action Of the Trustees.
a Narrow Escape.
A. E. O'Neil, proprietor of the Dwight
way pharmacy, in attempting 10 board a
moving electric car Yesterday lost b S
grip with one hand. Retaining bod with
the other he was twisted about ana par
TALLY fell, his shoulder striking on the
hard cadam of the street. The car was
stopped as soon as possible. but not until
the gentleman had been dragged some
yards and considerably shaken up.
Boys Brigade.
The Third Berkeley Company II the
Boys Brigade entertained their fri1 at
their barracks at Tenth and Allston
streets Friday evening.
Pastor Arrived.
Rev. ". c. Leaned, pastor of the First
Brptist Church. has arrived from the
East. The pulpit has nut been regularly
filed since the departure of the Rev. Z. Il
Whittemore, some two months ago.
Notes.
The junior "co-eds" will give a spread
to their proteges, the freshmen ''co- eds, u
next Wednesday. The junior girls of last
year initiated the custom.
A musicale that delighted the lovers oil
music was given last evening at Miss
Heads seminary by Sigmund Beel and
Louis Heine and Mrs. Carmichael Carr.
Harry Hllard, secretary of the Y. NJ. C.
A. College. left for the south Friday to
make a tour of the Y. NJ. c. A. schools
and colleges in that part, over which he
as State college secretary has general SUI
pervis0n.
At 80 o'clock Sunday night a brilliant
meteor passed over Berkeley. at so little
distance above the earth that it probably
struck the marshes beyond West Berkeley
The morning call., 1893-10-03

gethsr after separation of five or six
years is chiefly owing to their efforts
Since her last appearance in this city
Mrs. Rank has grown somewhat stouter.
She complained of a sore throat last night,
contracted on the journey, and retired
Immediately TO her room.
Mr.. Rankin had caused the apartments
to he decorated with quantity of flowers.
The Rankins intend TO open the AlcaZar
soon. appe airing in a verse,n of Oliver
Twist. Miss Phyllis Rankin, one of the
prettiest girls on the American stage, will
be in their COMPANY.
The morning call., 1893-10-03
BERKELEY.

The result of Saturdays game between
the sophomore and senior elevens at tho
Piedmont grounds was score of two, in
favor of the '94 team; won. however,
by a safety. Heffe,fnger, who was ex-
pected to be on hand to umpire the game.
did not arrive. He wrote Manager Dru-
man that ne wonld leave Tuesday, which
would have brought him here Saturday
morning. He has probably been delayed,
but has not wired on in regard to it,
Hagarty Combative.
j. Dennis Hagarty is again in trouble
Mr.. Hagarty keeps coffee saloon" at
the Choate-street entrance to the Univer-
sity grounds, and last year was convicted
of violating the liquor law in selling
beer to students. For this be was fined
$500. but this was reduced to $50 on con-
ditIon that he give up his place OF business
and leave town. This he agreed to and
left, but returned at the opening of the
college year and added to his restaurant a
burcber-shop.
On Thursday afternoon Town Marshal
Lord. observing the butcher-sbop. asked
Mr.. HagaIty to pay his business license.
The latter answered that the shop was Tor
his own convenience, and then verbally
attacked the officer for his recent action
in the liquor case. Becoming excited. he
finally struck the officer with his cenched
fist. On bis arrest Saturday he demanded
jury trial. which he will have during the
week.
The Town Trustees.
A special meeting of the Town Trustees
was held Saturday evening last, and re-
audited all claims by the late so-called
City Board of Trustees, and ordered town
warrants drawn for their payment. Town
Clerk Woodsum took no holiday yester-
day, but performed all the necessary cleri-
Cal work in preparing the warrants, and
this morning Town Treasurer Hanley
stands ready to cash them. This seems
the best solution of the vexatlous financial
question. The city government having
been declared to have no legal existence
even as de facto government. Treasurer
Henley rightly refused to cash any city
warrants. Many of the holders having
performed labor or carried out contracts
In good faith with the city government
were thus lett with worthless warrants on
thelr hands. The bringing of suit to
mandamus the Town Treasurer to pay ths
city warrants was discussed, and would
perhaps have been done had not Town
Attorney +. e.. Robinson been absent al
Colusa last week on legal business. The
acton of the Town Trustees now removes
all ground of complaint. The beard re.
fused to allow the warrants of ex-City
Superintendent Lloyd and Assessor Byrne
for salaries. All others. aggregating sew
eral thousands of dollars. were allowed.
Never TO Wake.
Yesterday morning A. d. Colby found In
what is known as the Colby Swamp in
rear of his home en- Claremont avenue the
body OF dead woman. Mr.. Colby drove
his son down to Lorin to catch the $50
train. Passing the swamp the son called
his fathers attention to PROSTATE
human form lying under a walnut tree on
The border of the swamp, and when the
latter returned, seeing the body still there,
he went out to investigate. He found the
corpse of an unknown woman. short and
stout. presumably q German, and 65 or 70
years Of age. She had probably been dead
The morning call., 1893-10-03
THE HARRISON CONTEMPT
The Supreme Court Takes the Mat.
ter Under Amusement.

The Supreme Court yesterday heard the
contempt case Of Robert Harrison against
Judge Hebbard. Harrison while acting as
attorney for the creditors of the State In
gestment Insurance Company disobeyed an
order of Judge asbbard, who cited him to
appear why he should not be punished for
contempt. Harrison sued out writ of
prohibition to prevent Judge Hebbard
from proceeding further in the matter.
The case was heard before the Supreme
Court in bank yesterday. Attorney Taylor
appeared for Harrison, while Attorney
Ruaf had charge of Judge Hebbard's side.
The court took the matter under advise
ment.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments
to-day in the matter of the receivership of
the State Investment Company.
The morning call., 1893-10-03
Anti.Chinese.

An enthusiastic mass-mee.ng was held
last night at Fifteenth street and Railroad
avenue. Addresses were made by P.
Har6eman and other speakers. Tonight
meeting will be held at Kentucky and
Napa streets. Potrero.
Mass-meetings will be held every night
this week under the auspices of the Anti
Coolie and Anti-Groyer Association of the
Pacific Slime
The morning call., 1893-10-03
From a Fifth Story Window.

Clara Hamilton, an employe of the ST.
Nicholas Hotel. attempted to jump from
the top story of the hotel yesterday morn
ing. She was discovered in the act and
taken to the Receiving Hospital. The
woman is suffering from religious mania.