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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14
TO PROVIDE FOR THE POOR
Special Meeting of Council Committees
Called to Consider the Question,

Special Meeting of Council Committees
Called to Consider the Question.
The finance and street committees OF
Council held joint meeting last night.
The meeting was secret, but it ia I'M
derstood that 1t was called for the pur-
pose of discussing what action shall be
taken by the city to provide for the
poor.
The closing OF the commissary throws
between forty and fifty men out of en-
ployment. These men were working
on the streets for which they received
so cents per day, payable in provisions
The condition of these men, nearly all
of whom have large families. is pitiful
and the ladies OF the Union Benevolent
Society are very anxious to keep the
commissary open for at least another
month, when it is hoped that work will
become more plentiful
1t is estimated that it will require
about $500 to do this and the meeting
Of tho committees last night was to see
if the money could not be spared from
the treasury. A number OF the com
mitteemen are in favor OF REQ ooning the
coin missary and it is understood that
satisfactory scheme was hit upon A
special meeting of Council will likely
be called in a day or two 20 receive the
report of the committees and take some
action upon it.
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An Affecting Tale.

Barber-Poor jim has been sent to an
insane asylum.
Victim Gn chairEWhos Jim?
"Jim is my twin brother, sir. Jim
has long been broodin over the hard
times, and 1 suppose he finally got
crazy"
"Huml Not unlikely"
eyes, he and me has worked side by
side for years, and we were so alike we
couldn't tell each other apart We both
brooded good deal too. No money in
this business any more"
Whats the matter with itl'
Prices too low. Unless q customer
takes shampoo or somethin, it doesn't
pay to shave or hair cut. Poor Jim |
caught him tryin to cut n customers
throat because he refused shampoo,
and so L had to have the poor fellow
locked up. Makes me very melancholy.
Sometimes feel sorry didn't let him
slash all he wanted to. 1t might have
saved his reason. Shampoo, sir!"
Eyes, Sir. New York Weekly.
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GREENE.mEmoK1AL CHURCH.
Fourth Quarterly Conference Held Last
Night.

Fourth Quarterly Conference Held Last
Night.
The fourth quarterly confe renee of
Greene Memorial Church was held last
night, and was presided over by Rev.
DR.. P. II. Whisner. After the usual
routine business was disposed of, the
following officers for the ensuing year
were elected:
Trustees: Il. H. Fishburne and G. b.
Moomaw, to fill vacancies; stewards:
7. T. Fishburne Col. John E. Penn, j.
b. Fish burne, r. X. Rice, W. j. Houser,
A. D. Rice, p. Williamson. S. j. Evans,
G. nj. Armes, L. j. Landlord, N. M.
Wilmuth, Jos. T. Engieby, John
Engleby, c. G. Shockey, e. L. Profit, j.
H. Wilkinson, w. j. High, G. T. Lemon,
H. D. Guy, L. Is. Thomas, T. b. Caid.
we'll, v. B. Greene, j. w. Woods, G. l..
Tinsley, C. w. c. Woolwine, P. w.
Huff, j. P. Woods, Hugh G Penn, j. F.
Snyder, j. o. Hobbs and j. w. Tucker.
Steward for Montview, A. M. Miller.
Sunday-school superintendents, Greene
Memorial, T. T. Fishburne; Montview,
j. o. Hobbs. Recording steward, j. b.
Fishburne. District steward, T. b.
Thomas.
Rev. w. Hubbard was recommended
to the annual conference for readmis.
zion into the Baltimore conference.
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PROMPT WORK AT A FIRE.
"A Severe Conhagratlon Averted In "a South
Jefferson Street Residence

"A Severe ConhagratIon Averted In South
Jefferson Street Residence.
What might have proven to be very
serious fire about o'clock yesterday
morning, at No. Ills South Jefferson
street, was fortunately extinguished
before much damage was done The
house Is occupied by Mr.. White. an en-
ploye in the auditors Office of the Nor
folk and Western.
AT the time mentioned tho inmate
were awakened by the smell of smoke
and fastening down stairs found the
rear wall of the sitting room in flames.
telephone message was sent to the
Junior Hose Company, who promptly
responded and the fire was put out be-
fore it had communicated to other parts
Of the house.
1t originated from the crate in the
room For short time great excite
ment prevailed in this house and the
one adjoining it, which is occupied by
H. Q Nicholson. Both houses are Of
frame, and had the fire gotten a good
start would probably have been de-
stroyed.
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HUsTINGs COURT NOTES.
Large Number of Casos Continued-Judg-
ments Rendered in Others.

Large Number of Cssos Continued-Judg-
ments Rendered in Others.
The case OF the Grottoes Company VS..
Dupuy & Taliaferro was called in the
Hastings Court yesterday and was con-
tinued generally. The following cases
were also passed or continued: Anheuser
Busch Brewing Association vs.. Nicholas
K Woodward; the Elliston Development
Company VS.. Rush U. Derr; Ada c.
Black VS.. Rush U. Derr; Efie Il. Bush
Va. M. A. Ambroselli; Ada M. Black vs..
same; w G. Williams VS.. Bartlett Boil
ing and Rebecca Moomaw vs. the North
west Land Company.
Judgments were granted in the cases
Of the Harrisburg Boot and Shoe Com
pany vs.. Jacob Goldstein. and Graft,
Son & Co. vs.. same.
The case OF CharlesC Wilson vs.. Mrs
V. l.. Day is now on trial.
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Count Primoli,s Camera.

Count Primoli is a familiar figure in
Partisan society, spending portion of
the season each year at the hospitable
house of his aunt, Princess Mathilde, in
whose salons he formed the acquaintance
and acquired the warm friendship of the
popular novelist, Paul Bourget. He is
noted as being, with the possible excep-
ton of the Duo de Morny, the most sue
cessful amateur photographer in Europe,
and has spent enormous sums on various
perfected apparatus connected with this
particular fad.-New York Herald.
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OBITUARY.
Deaths of David Davis and william Petty
Well Known Citizens of Roanoke

Deaths of David Davis and william Petty,
Well Known Citizens of Roanoke
David Davis, mem Der of the old
Democratic executive committee, died
at his homo, No. 200 Fourth avenue
n. W., last night at 1880 o'clock of
pneumonia. Mr.. Davis had only been
sick since last Fri lay. He leaves a
wife and two sons No arrangements
have yet been made OR the funeral
William Petty died yesterday morn
ing at the residence of C. w. King. No.
1922 Fourth avenun n. W, from the
elects Of congestive chills. Funeral
services will be conducted this morning
bY Rev. & Il. d. Collins from Mr.
Kings residence at 10 o'clock. The
interment will be in Lyncnburg. The
deceased leaves wiz and three chill
dren, two daughters and son.
q d. para for tho next ~a1u at 10
Genus psr md rHn
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aARNER's MONKEY WORK.

To those who believe in Darwinism,
the work of Prof. R. L. Garner, a former
citizen Of Roanoke, in going with his
iron-bound cage and monographs into
the gorilla country OF Africa will prove
interesting as the collection of another
chain OF evidence to substantiate the
entire theory OF evolution. Strange it
may seem that the professor should
have mad to seek in Africa wilds speci'
mems Of tribe OF "inevolved" beings,
when we have about us SO many whose
apish manners and actions could evil
IDENTIFY have absorbed his attention, yet
it must be acknowledged that Gamers
work has proceeded we'll outside the
pales of civilization, and so called civ
llization may feel itself favored that he
should have selected the inhabitants Of
that country's native Businesses as the
subjects for his Investigations.
DO monkeys talk? Garner has told
many London audiences that thew do,
and we believe him He saws he has
had chlmpanzee as his companion,
and we believe he might have been in
worse company here among us. He
could not commend his associates
morality; no more could he, and be
truthful, swear that his civilized friends
were above that ban He has said tina
Noses" the chimpanzee, could count;
how many human beings there are
whose education has scarcely taken
them beyond this point. He has said
that monkeys have limited power OF
thought; how often are we inclined to
believe that many specimens Of man
kind are almost devoid OF this faculty..
In fact Prof Garner has seen nothing
to cause him to doubt the truth of Dar-
wins theory, while he has accomplished
much which demonstrates that theory
and substantiates his own ideas upon
the monkeys sphere as a social being.
All this may prove instructive as we'll
as entertaining; briefly, it suggests to
US our duty to ourselves and our fellow
man to make the divergence between
ape and man wider by broader educa-
ton, culture, refinement, social purity
and spiritual advancement.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14

A SEVERE rheumatic pain in tho left
shoulder had troubled Mr.. j. II. Lopez
q wel!-known druggist o. Des Moines,
Iowa, for over six months At times
the pain was so severe that he could not
lift anything. With all he could do he
could not get rid of it until he applied
amborlain's Pain Balm. 81 onlv
made three application OF it," he saws,
sand have since been free from ali
pain" He nov { mnends it to per
sons similarlv cd It'll for sale
by the Chas So Company.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14

IT Is reported from Tazewell, where
many wealthy and prominent Republi-
cans live, that these gentlemen are
in the election laws enacted by the re-
cent Legislature. This is perhaps the
best commentator of the Australian
ballot amendment that has yet been
made
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14

WALTER WELLMAN is the latest
aspirant for honors as North Pole
searcher. While we, as we'll as the
rest of the newspaper profession, will
wish the brilliant journalist God speed
in his great undertaking, we cannot but
believe that his efforts could be more
appreciably demonstrated in work
nearer home
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14
THE GUARDS NEW ARmoRY.
One Floor In the Day Building Now Be.
ing Fitted Up for Them.

AS stated in yesterday morning's
TIMES, the Roanoke Machine Works
Guards have secured one Of the floors in
the Day building for use as an armory,
and it is now being fitted up for that
purpose. The rent for the hall begins
on the 18th instant, and the company
will endeavor to get into their new
quarters as soon after that date as pos
siole.
The new armorv will be opened with
a grand masked ball and carnival.
Captain Perkins has received word
from headquarters that the equipmen
for the company will arrive in few
days
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She Ought to Know.

Miss Imogen Quincy, who entered po-
Gtical lifo to the extent of seeking tho
postmistress-ship of her town, says that
no woman can earn livelihood at po-
etry-the statements of Ella Wheeler
Wilcox notwithstanding
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14
ROANOKE, VA, MARCH IA, 1894.

Miss POLLARD. it is reported, is now
in preliminary training for her debut as
an actress. 1t is not to be presumed that
hers is another effort 20 elevate the
stage.
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4 COnlnronisn.

your account has been standing a
long time, Mr.. Dukey."
"Then give it a seat my dear Shears"
Every glad to, sir; shall we make it u
receiptl'-London Judy
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THE WHEELING WORLD.

Bald, ShA Buffalo racer. is regarded as
future wdad bcater.
Just 27l different ideal" riding costumes
for women have thus far been designed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14

Auwell's American Newspaper Diroo-
,~ty for 1891 puts tho circulation of THE
.,ASOKE TIMES above that of any
.her paper in Southwest Virginia, and mt
n are than that of all the other pspors of
&Sanoko combined.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14

THE TIMES can Dc iound regularly on
ale at the following places:
Roanoke, Va.-Hotels Roanoke ana
Ponce de Leon, NJ. L. Smith. w. Frank
Carr, Terry Building, Elks' News Stand,
"a Salem Avenue, R. Goldstein, Jefferson
street.
Bristol, Tenn.-Hamuer and Sullivan.
Pocahontas, Va.-Pocahontas Inn.
Radford, Va.-Radtord News Depot.
East Radford, Vs.-Radford News
Depot.
Salem, Va.-F. a. Love'ock.
Wytheville, Va.-B. n. Bailey.
Norfolk and Western trains.
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;obacco has been found growing
and it is claimed that for deli
perfume and strength of leaf the
not surpassed by tho real Ha-
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14

JoHNsoN's Oriental Soap is the most
delicate facial soap for ladies' use in
existence. SID by Christian s. Barbee
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14

PfMPLEs, blackn VS. mo- .ecklos,
an and sunburn remoJ, ~ Iolnson's
Oriental Soap. Medic. S1 by
Christian and Barbee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14

Cambridge comes this definition
opular game, Football is tho
of blown leather by blown hui
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14

Hoods Pills are prompt and eficient, yet
easy in action. Sold by oil druggists. $50.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-14
Full Strength and Appetite Given by
Hoods Sarsaparllla.
Hoods sis's,a'ii'' Cures

Twas troubled with Indigestion and that tired
feeling. After taking four bottles Of Hoods
garsaparilla 1 feel like new man. cannot
recommend Hoods Sarsaparllla too highly"
THOMAS G. BARRETT, Mobile, Alabama.
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o d. para for sno next wax at IL
Genus ps'r uunh rt.n
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man and team Of horses. doorway leads
into the large front room, which Ia similarly
furnished. All Of the furniture IL Of cheap
grade. From the windows one has nm excellent
view Of the river. and there is usually enough
smoke In the air 10 suggest furnaces in counter
letters den, e,.her underground. overhead, or
isany spot in which they may I've located in the
imagination Of gullible guys.
The circulars for the gang are sent out from
cigar store in 1n5th street. Harlem. Jersey City
IL the mailing depot, as. II IL said. they have
some one in the Post ONCE "who nccommo-
dates them"
WORKING THE CIV.
When tho guy" arrives in Perth Amboy he
Il met at the depot by hack belonging to the
gang. IL contains two seats. The horse il
named Jimmie Jones. ne compliment 10 one OF
the steerers. They have doctored him up with
vinegar baths until he has become servceable.
Hackmen in Perth Amboy, like their brothers In
tho city, are n smart set 1t did not take long
for them 10 learn what the gang was up to.
Fares Mt once went up from ifty cents
to 81 apiece. Thus q carriage VI their
own was necessary 70 the green goods
men, and II was safer also to have one
~ their own men as driver. No victim is
taken directly to the house. He Is first driven
about the streets of Perth Amboy and then
taken to the house either bv the Smith street
road or by. n parallel road, which Ia reached by
the road leading north from the house. The
victim Is allowed TO have only about fifteen
minutes time at the house. Lyons as the
respectable old man." meets him at the door
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not known even by some Of his associates. He
Is about g feet 10 inches tall. He has blond
moustache, blue eyes, and prominent chin.
"Corkey" never looks man In the face, but
sizes n man mp when his attention IL diverted.
lie wore gray suit OF the style known as pop
per and salt, tan shoes, and hat or last years
style.
Al Of the gang nre armed with 3s-calibre re-
volvcrs, and have an ugly habit Of displaying
thom nstentntiourly. II II said, when man talks
about getting his money back.
MONEY RETURNED TO CoNE-BAcKs.
The gang. however, have become frightened
nv the recent exposure Of their methods, and
are more liberal in returning money to guys"
who have discovered the cheat before leaving
Perth Amboy. These are known IS come
backs" Ono Of the recent come backs" was
inches tall. dressed in black, with a wide
brimmed hat. lie arrived at the hotel Just at
noon In n few minutes the llcker was made,
and the man went away. with $50 In green
goods. lie returned within mn hour yowinR
vengeance. As the key would not ut tho box
road station OF the Jersey Central Railroad and
cut out the bottom OF the tin box with his pocket
knife.
stranger, who asked him where the gang was,
Lyons was calhl. and the Kcntuckian reached
then he broke down. crying and sobbing like
child. He begged Lyons to return him the
money. telling the gang II was his savings and
he could not spare II. Lyons for some reason OF
his own returned him the money. although II
cost him $40 to do y. Fancy l,yons's disgust
The guy" took the money and then asked him
II he couldn't have couple OF samples In
order to show them around at home"
Two other guys" who became come backs"
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were a milliner and a dressmaker from little
town near philadelphis. Jimmie" Jones
and made The usual discovery. They hired a
When they arrived Lyons took them into the
paror and talked to them. Both were in tears.
M s they e to IN
people and he had heeced them. He then told
the, women that they dared not complain TO the
police. as they would be arrested. After thus
their money back and told them 70 90 and sin
One "cosne back was q middle-aged woman,
who threatened TO have the whole gang arrested
The steerer had brought her rom New Bruins:
the remark by Lyons that before she could
reach New Brunswick and the police the gang
no action was taken by the authorities
right-hand side as you walk down the hallway
~ the road house, Is trunk full OF paper cut
rubber i 5 bands. The supply is apparently mex.
haustible, while the supply OF tin boxes Is con:
stantly repleted. As many a. six come ons"
them prove to be buyers. Handling the bills so
much has spoiled the edges ana OF the gang
to get a new supply OF bills Postage stamps
are now purchased from two men who are In
are frishteneda aSeordinS 10 the accounts OF The
gang, and the man who visits Washington must
make a deal with some one in the Post Once
Department In order TO secure stamps.
THE VICTIMS
Two victims who purchased goods were an
Albuquerque. New Mexico. The Irlshman was
bsD h Ss be- 'hsd the house 1d
70 get into the carriage to ride back to the
station; he climbed on the front seat and sat
box with both hands. he whispered to him; !" iii
behind me-"
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AI.II. p..trszsa ~ Erre.

Postmaster Dayton has received information
that the mail train on the Norfolk and Western
Railroad was wrecked three miles south OF
Bristol, Tenn, on Sunday, and that nearly all
the mails were destroyed. These included all
ordinary mail matter posted At New York adj
dressed 10 eastern Tennessee, after midnight on
Friday up 10 $3.50 p. NJ. on Saturday, and also
AL ordinary mail matter posted here between
$3.50 and 8 p. NJ. on Saturday, addressed 20
Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. IL is be
isVed that no registered mall from New York
was destroyed. except PERHAPS that for eastern
Tennessee which had bson posted too late for
the p. ID. Washington train on Friday. but In
time for the 1880 A N. train on Saturday.
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some time age a citizen OF Albuquerque. n.
as E 13 Ssw S eoo h
he went on spree and spent nearly all OF his
money, either 10 gambling houses or in like re-
$50 in his pocket, but wished 70 buy more.
His expenses on the trip were $3.50. This
New Mexico TO raise more money and come
bacE East and invest in green goods. He came
back one day last week and gave Lyons $3.50 in
coin for a box of blank paper He has not been
the ae the dS Sas they s ca"
shipped b. express. Where the buyer receives
il and COMPLAINS, the turner tells him that
some one in the express office made the change.
This happened TO a woman during the past
week. She hailed from Michigan and came to
chief BURKE % Of Sp tGs Perth hue AmSay police
was notified Of the gangs existence. He made
diction ended at Pariees brick works,
which is about half mile from the road house.
nest. and said further he had no good reasons on
for arTesting the men as long as they were not
doing business in Perth AmboS.
p state Detective, Charles A; oliver, whose
Detective Oliver said yesterday that he had
first heard OF the green goods gang over two
planned TO him at that time that the gang MAS
IN full operation and doing lucrative business.
He He went down 70 Kfsossy and had FIX with
known 70 himself. He returned to New Bruins
Tor ths eonvietion q the gang when be received
sord tia. they had sfippsd out; Detective
nsd came through the original complainant
He Immediately dropped AL proceedings. He
bss1sa SsS kSa gone one Tor sod S h
informant did not make formal complaint
HIsrORI OF LYONS.
Lyons e the only member OF the gang who 10
1889 And cana 70 America " 1850. 10 fathaF
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August Schneshage orthe Victoria q Patient
at the German Hospital


August II. Schneehage, who has been chief
clerk at the Victoria Hotel for the past fifteen
years, is critically i'll at the German Hospital,
Seventy-seventh street and Park avenue and
may die atany moment He has been ailing for
six or seven months, and n week ago on last
Saturday he went TO the German Hospital. and
on the following Monday an operation was per-
formed for cancer In the stomach.
Schneehage has been brought into contact
with many well-known men and has large ac-
quaintance, He was born in Hanover in 1912
When IA years old he entered the military
school at Nancy, where he remained three
years. Then he became a clerk in the Grand
Hotel du Louvre, and when the propretOrs built
their new hotel and desired to introduce the
American plan, they sent Schneehage 10 this
country TO learn all about the system. He ar
rived in this city In 1859 and went to the old
New York Hotel, where place had been secured
for him. After nine months stay at the hotel
II was time for him to go back to France but he
had taken 80 kindly To American ways that he
decided To make this country his home. Mr..
Cranston offered him permanent employment
and he remained at the New York Hotel until
1875, when he accepted offer from Frank
Wrsley To conduct the Bellevue Hotel at Nor
neutrality-suspicious.. He remained In charge Of
this hotel until 1873. when Mr.. Wrisey opened
the Victoria Hotel Schneehage was made head
clerk OF the Victoria, and held the place until
his sickness. Schneehage married short ly after
his arrival IN this country.
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No Allowance for Disbarsenents, which
They Say Were 19,6OO.


The bill OF Charles w. Brooke, DIR. O'Sullvan
and Louis Stuyvesant Chanler for defending DIR.
Meyer. the poisoner, was audited yesterday by
Recorder Smyth. Three thousand hve hundred
dollars was allowed to the three lawyers. They
put in bill for So. 900 fee and $4,000 for dis
bursements. The claim for disbursements was
disallowed entirely. and the fee was cut down TO
the amount named. Recorder Smyth said that
the statute dip not provide for expenses. Law
yer Brooke said:
The $4,000 represented money actually paid
out of our own pockets. OF this amount 81. 100
was for expert testimony. The State spent
81: $500 for its expert testimony There was no
defence open except by expert witnesses. and We
were compelled ia employ them. As We have
spent 81, 500 of the 81, 1900 there Is just thou
sand left to he divided among rec. This 81 900
is for more than three months continuous work,
Five weeks OF this work was In court. We GER
tainly think the award is too low"
Lawyer Brooke said he proposed TO confer
with lawyers In this city who practise in the
criminal courts, with q View to having the law
amended, so that q lawyer assigned TO defend
murder case shall not only receive Just COM
pensation, but also be reimb for necessary
expenses.