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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-11-27
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, viii attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced IN the
remedy, Syrup of Figs
It's excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
enfng them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but it lie man
tfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs
and being well informed, you win not
accept any substitute if offered.
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HORRORS OF THE slums


kref Huxley's Description of the Lovo
Part OF Londoa
Prof Huxley was interested in m
especial London parish and wrote of q
thus: Over and above the physical
misery the impression has never died
out of my mind Of the supernatural
and entirely astonishing deadness and
dizziness Of these poor people. Over
that parish Dante's inscription, Leave
hope behind, all those who enter here
might have been written. There wa
no amusement to diversity the dun
round of life except the public house;
there was nothing TO remind the PEG.
pie Of anything in the whole universe
beyond their miserable toll, rewarded
by slow starvation. In my experiences
Of all kinds of sayages al over the world
found nothing worse, nothing more
degraded, nothing more helpless, moth
ing 30 intolerably dull and misera BILE a.
the life left behind me in the east end
Of London. Nothing would please me
more than to contribute to the better
ing Of that state Of things, which, un-
less wise and benevolent men take IA
In hand, will tend to become worse and
worse and to create something worss
than savagery-a great Serbonian bog.
which, in the long run, viii swallow us
the surface crust of civilization"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-11-27
COST FIVE LIVES.
Big Building in Chicago Rurns-Firemen
Buried by Falling Walls.


Buried by Falling Walls.
Chicago, Nov. ga fire, disastrous
to life and property, swept through the
dry goods and wooden exchange Friday
morning, terrible sequel to the Canal
street conhagration Thursday night,
which by a curious coincidence were sep
arated only by the river and almost op-
posite each other. Five fremen, while
in the active discharge of their duty.
under orders and totally unconscious
of danger, were carried through floor
and buried under tons of wreckage
from the five floors above. Four of the
men lie dead and the fifth was not seri-
ously injured. One girl fell from a
window and received injuries from
which she died. A dozen other men,
women and girls were burt or overcome
by smoke and many were rescued from
imminent death. The property loss to
the building at 215-217 Van Buren,
street and 276-27s Franklin street and
contents is estimated at S4O0. 900.
The dead are:
Patrick ]. O'Donneu, lieutenant Of engine
company No. 2. 2s4e Wallace street
Thomas J. Prencergast. pipeman. 3o23
Butler street
Martin Sherreck, 2S3s Lowe avenue pipe
man
John Downs pipeman, 2g5s Wallace street
Kate Landgraf. 802 North Halsted street,
employed In A Stein & Co.'S garter factory
Among the injured were:
Daniel McNally. pipenaan, 72z s1st street.
removed from floor wreckage TO St Luke's
hospital; sprained leg and bruises.
Olga Keller. SIS North Ashland avenue
leg and arm injured.
Harry O'Neill, 1929 Van Buren, street, arm
broken and back injured
Nellie Turner, 20s North Center avenue
fell from fourth-story window and serious
ly hurt
John Bruenheimer, badly injured by fall
ing from fourth story while assisting girls
to escape.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-11-27
STATE FAIRS.
An Association Formed and Schedule of
Dates Fixed.


Dates Fixed.
Columbus, O., Nov. 22-Assistant
Secretary Fleming, of the state board
of agriculture, has returned from Chi
cago, where he went TO attend meet
ing of Representatives of the state fairs
of the eastern and western circuits to
arrange a schedule Of the fairs. Tue
represen tatives formed an association,
with r. I. Furnas, of Nebraska. presi-
dent, aid j. L. Fleming, of Wisconsin,
secretary; j. ". Fleming, of Ohio; VI.
c. Gerard, of Illinois, and j. T. Fleming.
of Wisconsin, were made d committee
TO prepare constitution The follow
ing schedule was agreed upon: New
York, August 1924; Ohio, August 81 TO
September 5; Nebraska, same dates;
Iowa, September 7-12; Michigan, same
dates; Minnesota, September 14-l9;
Indiana, same dates; Wisconsin, Sep
TENDER 21-26; Illinois, September IS
TO October 3; St Louis, October $40.
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Librarian sporord.s Accounts.

Washington, Nov. 21.-The report of
the treasury expert who has investi-
gated the accounts of Ainsworth L.
Spoford, librarian of congress, has been
completed, and is in the hands of Score
tary Carlisle. The expert finds that Mr..
Spoford has for years been drawing
money from the treasury on vouchers
bearing fictitious signatures of dead
men or men who never existed. Mr..
Spoford's accounts were $35, 900 in ar
rears, but he has reduced this amount
to about $1,000. 1t is understood on the
best of authority that the president
contemplates the removal of Mr.. Spot
ford.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-11-27
REVENUE Law CHANGES
Important Amendments Proposed BY
Commissioner Miller.

Important Amendments Proposed by
Commissioner Miller.
Washington. Nov. 2aa.-lnternal Reve-
nue. Commissioner Miller, in his annual
report issued late Thursday afternoon,
makes a number of important recon-
mendations in the line of new laws or
changes in existing revenue laws.
Among them are the following:
He recommends the amendment Of Sec
ton Ass so as to allow the use Of fruits
oistluatlon- This is desired in order to af-
ford brandy oistillers the privilege of dis
tilllng pears, prunes. apricots, oranges and
other fruits fl for making brandy when
they desire to do so. Great complaint
reached his Office during last season, when
the early frost destroyed the orange crop
In Florida, and il was made clear that Il
the people had had the privilege of distill-
Ing this fruit they would have realized a
considerable amount upon the crop, whict.
was rendered useless for any other pIr-
pose There seems 10 be no good reason
why the law should not be modified so as
TO meet this most reasonable demand.
The commissioner reserves for the last
his most important paragraph, namely an
urgent demand for the repeal of section 81
OF the revenue act Of 1884, allowing the use
Of alcohol free of tax by manufacturers
Gross abuses have already grown up under
this act and the government is deprived OF
large revenues.
The total receipts for the year were 49,
246, Oh, decrease Of s, 922 81 from last year
The receipts were divided a : follows:
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Washington, Nov. 22-Senor Aug
ust de Sequesira Thedin, Portuguese
minister to the United States, died at
his residence IN this city at ten o'clock
Thursday morning after . brief i'll
uesa.
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The total cost of collecting the revenue
during the year was S.lA ,60l. percentage
as compared to revenue Of 2Ss per cen. ,
against 20 for the previous year Commits
sioner Miller estimates that the revenues
for the present fiscal year VIII aggregate
sos, 000.0
The preliminary work of attempting
to enforce the income tax law cost the
government S91, 900, as against $1,000
income tax collected and now in proc
ess of being refunded
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-18
HNl0N BANK OF WIN
" CHESTER vs.
; In chancery.
van Gcmmell ct. ais.


in THE nUSTINGS COURT FOR TIE cry
Us hOANOkk. 10 Union Bank OF Winchester
Paintir, and to Evan Gemmell, Samuel Spencer
Senior, Samuel Spencer Junior, Archibald
spencer, David Spencer, W. NJ Wager. indiyI.
dually, and W. NJ. Wager and j Ii low ia.e
partners trading rs W. NJ. Wager n Comnany.
John spencer, Jannettc Spencer Katherine n
spencer, Annie Med Spencer and Jesse spence
defendants. N SPoH'eA'
TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to decree In
IN IN tne ABOVE styled cause or March ID, 1895 i
snail on Friday, the 3lst day OF May 1S.l5 he
tween the hours OF O'Clock a. m and q o,c,oct
p m at my Office, In the Masonic Templc I'm Id
ing, rooms numbers two (2) and three (s) In tho
Slty Oh ROANOKE, proceed to inquire into and TO
niahc tnc statements concerning tile matters
mentioned III said decree and thereby referred To
ny nv as one Oh inc commissioners In chanccry OF
lowing: 'ne ioi-
!. What property lis owned by the defendants
herein, or any of them, SUI cct to the Ufn of tho
Union Bank OF Winchester, and whether snv
properly mas been conveyed away by such de.
swnich is still subject to the lien OF tho
salu Union Bank of Winchester.
ond INV nc liens eTisting against any such property
ana the respective prioritics OF the same
a. any such other matter As msy be deemed nv
MIN tcommissioncr) pertinent, or may be re-.
CURED by any party ut interest in this cause
anu u from any cause said enquiries be not
oesun on the DAY above named, or begun and not
completed, the same will nc continued from day
10 day or time 10 time ut the eamc place until afl
Oh sn,u INQUIRIES arc ascertained and complied.
Given unuer my hand ~ commissioner in
eehnncery or the Hastings Court of the city of
Roanoke this the S0th day OF April, lsn5
y. BLAIR ANTRIM,
u,... , Commissioners in Chancery
"atts' ROBERTSON " Robertson, p. c. 10 I'd
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-18

1kUSTEk'S SALE-WIlEREAS A CERTAIN
chan and Tr Nora was eXec n by James e.
j. Pect trustee, bearing date August the issh
QS9?), eighteen hundred and ninoty.two, and re-
corded IL the clerks office OF the hustiugs Court
decd book 50 page IL. to secure the performance
OF certain conditions and payments specified in u
Chailn, with even date with said deed ' for the
payment OF 500 to the National Mutual Building
anu Loan ASSOCIATION, OF New York. in
citation; and whereas the said George j.
rect mas resigned the said trust and the Judge of
ginta at the April term, 1875, did appoint Junins
McGehec as trustee in the place and stead of
G,SSorge j. Poet! trustee after legal notice as pro-
viueu ny statute 20 all the parties in interest and
whereas, dcfanlt has been made In the pawn ents
ana CONDITIONS mentioned in said bond aid deed
OF trust Tor more than three months, and after hay
Ing oecn required so 10 do by the beneficiary the
National Mutual Building and Loan Association.
y, nuW u snail hy virtue of said deed and
pnbnlie auction, to the highest bidder, on JUNE
iSn ros' NJ IL o'clock m, on the premises, all
lnc properly conveyed in said deed, with the I'm
provcments thereon, bounded and described as
follows, to-wii: "
Beginning ut point ON the north side of Watts
street (Ninth avenue southwesD three hundred
!sUO feet east OF Park street, aud running thenoc
IN westerly direction with Watts street twenty
direction one hundred and thirty usD feet to an
aiiey' thence In an casterly direction with said
alley twenty five (25) feet TO point thence in a
sonthcrly direction one hundred and thirty usOl
teet TO the place OF beginning, and known as the
eastern half OF lot number seventeen IN in sec
city OF Roanoke. w '"o eA'u
Tenn: Cash sufficient to pay all costs OF ex-
ecutihg this trnst, including commission to IN g
trustee, and to pay or said bond with arrearagas
auo thereon, amounting to seven hundred and
iorty one dollars aud scyentyhvc cents as OF MAY
ISL, iS'a and the balance, II any, IN one and two
equal annual lnstalments due in twelve and
twenty.ionr months with interest thereon from
aale, inc purchaser executing negotiable notes
iOI uclcTIcQ payments and nv a ns
trust on the property sold
5-1-tds, JUNIUS McGEUEE T,rs,x
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-18
LEGAL NOTICES.

PUBLIC SALE OF THE PROPERTY OF THE
IL - Cushman Iron Company.-By virtuo OF
qe as OF trust executed on the Sth day OF April
$50; ~ Tue Cushman Iron Company re corded in
eeca oook ~ psge 525, in the clerks Office OF Tho
r Dol court of Roanoke county, Va, the Roa-
.rns, fns. Loan and Safe Deposit Company ae
,ses, ON THE 10TH DAY OF MAY, 1875. the fol-
'ow,ng aescI,oed property, to-wit:
conntv ns R Sea.ain ios or land situated in the
Tea Tea on the plat OF subdivision OF the Roanoke
~ Uev v,p ComPany's land into lots, known
record in the clerks office of the county Cont of
ROANOKE county October 2lst, 1891, las mari Of
h pYoG he no, - oeng the same property conveyed
Cnshman iron Company by deed dated the 10th
OF november, 1891, and recorded in the clerS;s
S Snot Oh me sos county OF Roanoke in deed
eeed OF trust aforesaid more particu ar descrip.
t Oh sald property ie given by meets and
, pounds. Together with all structures, build
Tools and instruments owned By the CuebmaI
non Company thereon erected therein con
t tm or used in connection Herewith on the
following terms: ~
onetourth OF the purchase money to be paid
III casn, and the remainder to be paid in Install.
10 nccome due In six, twelve and eighteen
noal1s from inc day OF sale, with interest from
tnat date which said deferred payments shall be
secured oy deed OF trust on tho premises and
phsfopetty sold. The deed OF trust under which
.n!s sue WIZ ne made was given 10 secure pro
rata ponds 10 the amount OF five thousand dollars
wlta interest paysolc on the same semi annually
on the 10Th day of April and October of each YEAR
Default having been made in the naymcnt ~ 1 ,hc
interest, evidenced by the coupons on Ave thous-
ana ana aonrs interest bonds payable October, iS9S
having been made by the holders OF said bonds
that INC property should be sold in accordance
with the terms OF said deed
THE ROANOKE TRUST LOAN AMI SAVE
DEPOSlr COMPANY. Trustee. ga
49,, By ). w. JAMESON.
% tos Secretary and Treasurer.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-18
CLOSING SCENES OF THE WAR.
A Confederate Band Which Deserted In 6
Body to WashinRtnn


In the latter part of the ma1th of
March, 1865, Washington saw many
signs Of collapse of the rebellion The
Confederate army appeared to DO badly
delnOralizcd, and deserters, who arrived
constantly in large numbers, reported
that men from Alabama Georgia, Flor
ida and the Carolinas could not be ex-
pected to have any heart in fight
which then seemed only for the defense
of Virginia, while their own states were
overrun by the armies Of the Union.
During the month of March more than
5000 deSerters We're received at Wash
1ngton. and great numbers were quar-
tered ut Fort Monroe, Annapolis and
other points nearer tho lines, where they
were put to work in the quartermaster's
department or i'll tho naval service
One curiosity of tho times was q Con-
federate regimental band which had de-
serted in n body with it's instruments
and was allowed to march through the
streets Of tho national capital playing
Union airs. This was one of the oldest
signs of the final break up. People re-
called story, told by Hooker, that
when the Union army scaled and occu-
pied Lookout Mountain rebel sentry
on duty ON the crest Of ono of tho most
difficult preoipices saw our men pile ND
IN solid masses over sleeps which had
been thought inaccessible and was so
surprised that he forgot to run, but
stood with feet rooted to tho spot,
watching the Union force climbing ND,
and streaming past him, and driving
the enemy far to tho rear, until he was
left alone, statue of amazement Re
covering himself ut last, no threw down
his musket, stripped off his rebel gray
jacket, stood on them both, and looking
far off to the sunny south stretched out
as map below him, said, "How are
you, Southern Confederacy?''
But notwithstanding such indications
of n collapse of the rebellion at this very
time many northern Union newspapers,
led by Horace Greeley and others of his
stamp, were demanding that appeals
should be made to the southern people
to stop the flow Of blood and the waste
of treasure and that some message
should be sent to the southerners $50
terse that it will surely be circulated
and SO lucid that it cannot be miscon-
strued or perverted, by way of an in
vltatlon to cease fighting. Curiously
enough, the nearer the time came for q
final surrender tho more fervid was the
demand for negotiation and appeal from
the unreasonable radicals in the ranks
OF northern Unionists But all this was
soon to end, and while small party
was asking, "Why not negotiate?" the
u DOWNFALL me.-Noah Brooks in Cen
Ntrry.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-18
DAYS.

What is the message of days, what Is the
thought they bring
Days that darken towintcr, days that swccteu
to spring.
Is there lore to ica.n? /, tisorc . truth to be
told?
Hath the new dawn r.y that never flashed
from tho old2
Dny that dcepens to night, night that broad
ems to day,
What is tho meaning of all, what is the word
they eay2
Ssicnoo for ayo pnd aye, and tho hoart beats
mover cease
TIL toll and life and tho day arc the night md
death md peace
John Hall Inghnm In Scribnor's.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-18
CHANGED HIS MIND.
Tale OF an Investor Who Arrived Too
Late.

Late.
The colonel wanted to buy piece Of
land bordering on the Arkansas river
and owned by q queer old fellow named
Airport The tavern keeper posted us on
his eccentricities and cautioned us par
ticularly that he believed tho world was
fiat and would not sell to any ono who
disputed him. We found tho old man
seated on stump and fishing in creek
near his cabin, and when the object Of
the visit had been stated he inquired:
stranger, what's your religun?'
Baptist" replied the colonel, ac-
cording to programme
What's your politics?"
Haven't got any"
"Do you think we ortor annex Mex
ico?''
81 do"
"f you was on jury and Teller
was on trial fur picl1in up a few saw
logs i'll the river, how would you 60
fur or agin him?''
"I'd vote to acquit him, of course.
When sawlogs break loose and go float
ing down stream they are common prop
erty."
That's SO! That's as true as gospilrr
exclaimed tho old man. Stranger, I
wish you was goin to settle around
these parts. I like man who talks
plumb up and down us you does. Soyou
want to buy land? Shouldnta bit Won
der if we could dicller BE you tenn
perance man?f
"Oh, no; get drunk whenever 1 feel
like it, and 1 always keep four gallons
of whisky i'll the house.
That's it, That's bewtiful! If we
had five mon like you around yere we'd
run the county. Yes, I expect you kin
hcv that land at my scllin price, which
is SD, 600"
"Whcn can you make out the papers?'
asked the colonel
"Oh, today, 1 reckon. Stranger, do
you believe i'll wimmin's rights?"
"No, sir''
That's bewtiful! Yes, think we
kin git the papers made out today.
Kurnel, can't you arrange to settle
down yere? How about Jonah and the
whale?'
81 don't believe Jonah was swal-
lowed"
"Bewtiful-bewtiful! think I kin
let you hev that land fur about So, 500.
What do you think about this yere
world, kurnel-is she round or flat?''
Flat as pancake, Of courscr'
promptly replied the colonel
DO you believe it?''
"Of course. A man who says it's
round is either liar or an idiot Shall
we go over to the county seat this after
noon!"
"Not by a blamed sightr' exclaimed
the old man. You couldn't hev that
land fur $50, O0Ov"
"But why?"
"Bekaso you believe the world is
flat"
"But don't you?'
"No, sir did up to about an hour
ago, when the back end of my cabin set
tied down two feet and killed my dawg
and skeared the old woman half to
death Then made up my mind the
world was round and I'd bin fool huff
to locate this farm jist about whar two
inches more OF tip will boost the hull
caboodlc Of Allports into Chiny! Sorry
fur you, kurnel but you orter got yere
about an hour sooner, while was hang
in on TO the fiatness of things and
achin to meet as big q fool as l was /"
Detroit Free Press.
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Electric Light Test.

Tho public is becoming quite know
ing III many branches of electric lnowl-
edge, and i'll none moro than i'll the do
termination, with greater or less aocu-
racy, of tho efficiency of the electric light.
AT one time central station had no
great difficulty i'll foisting upon its Gus
toners rs l6 candle power light that
the ordinary gas jet would be All I'M
prOvrment upon Now, however, people
are moro critical, and they havo very
shrewd idea as to whether they are get
ting rs much light rs they are paying
for. If they have any doubt on the sub
ject, it can be easily set at rest
The latest method of measuring illu-
mination is based upon tho principle
that the illumination. falling, say, ON IL
printed page, must have definite value
III order to render the printed characters
just legible, and that the intensity of il
Elimination so required will. for n nor
NAL eye, depend upon the size and char
acter Of tho print a small printed tab
let Is placed i'll IL darkened box and eX-
posed to illumination from translucent
plate OF glass or porcelain, which re-
celvcs directly on it's surface tho light
whose intensity is to be measured. The
area OF tho translucent plato is then
varied until the amount of light received
by the test characters just renders them
visible n scale is provided by reference
to which tho exact degree of candle pow
er of the illumination is determined. -
New York Times
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-18

DUBLiC SALE OF VALUABLE real, ES
tptc.-By virtue OF deed OF trust dated The
2itn day OF March. 1891, OF record in the clerks
office OF the Corporation Court for the city Of
hoanokc, In deed book 81, page 81, and also OF a
decree entered by the Corporation Court for sa,d
CITY, nj the February term, 1S9S, thereof, In the
S,hAnCety cause therein pending, styled j. z. I'm
qeIwood' CT ais. VS.. Payne, Sheor x Co. ct ais
WIZ as trustee and also special commits
si9ner OF said court for that purpose. proceed TO
sen al puphc auction TO the highest bidder, In
front OF me courthouse in said city. at 1890 D.
M M, on SATU RDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF MAY.
dGeo' an That certain parcel OF land lying in said
city, described as follows:
Beginning at point on the north side or Far
nest avenue $40 feet east OF Seventh street south
west thence north IL degrees so minutes east
lt9.oi rect to point, thence south 90 degrees -
minutes cast 81 feet TO Grove street, thence
south degrees II Minutes west 81 feet to north.
west corner OF Sixth street and Earnest avenue,
thehcc with latter north 81 degrees west ~ { feet
10 point thence north IS degrees IL minutes
west ieV feet 10 place OF beginning.
TEXANS OF SALE-Costs OF sale and an
amount sufficient to pay S4,la?SS with interest
rom March 94tn: 1881. and 1856 protest fees sub
lect 10 credit as follows: $t25 as OF November
sith, 1895, and S225 rs of april a9th, 1894, and
the residue. II any, upon credit payable in IL
and n months respectfully In eQnai sums
THOS, w. MILLER,
Trustee and Special Commissioner
certify that bond with approved security has
Deen given by above named trustee and commits
siorer as required by above mentioned decree.
fHE'us. ). ;. BROOKE, Clerk.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-18
NOTICES OF DISSOLUTION.

by MUTUAL CONSENT TIE FIRM OF
- Hook Il Markley, composed OF Henry Hook
and &. Markley, has been dissolved. Henry
nock and e. Mnrkley have cold their respective
interests to II. II. Marklcy who will continue tho
business at the old firm at III Salem avenue. All
accounts due the arm OF dock IL Markley are
payable only to the undersigned, who also as
slmcs the obligations of Hook 81 Markley.
Il Ii. MARKLEY.
Roanoke, Va, May O. 1895. SO