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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
FROM THF STATE CAPITAL
Some of the Work in the Legis-
lature.
BIZ Creating the Oaoe OF Insurance
Commissioner-AnE Election Bill LIKELY
TO be introduced by the Honest EIoc-
lions Committee before the Holidays.
Other Legislative Notes.-The Paco
Failure Causes no Excitement.

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 16.-Seuator
mason, OF Richmond, to-day introduced
a Dill creating the office OF Insurance
commissioners and defining the dutles OF
the position. L. provides that the com.
missioner shall have supervisory powers
ove. al !naurance matters and es-
pecially with reference to suInu ons
tn]unctions. Tho bill is aimed at con-
Germs that do business without capital.
Inc commissioner Is to be elected by
the legi ,lature for four years, and ia 70
DO paid IN fee for granting licenses TO
companies to do business in this State.
mr. Saunders resolution requesting the
chairman to see to 1t that no LAWYERS
appear as counsel before the com mittees
OF the house withous having paid the
special license required, was agreed to
after brief talk.
Legislative Notes.
Senator Hale, Of the Fra nklin district.
chairman OF the honest elections oom-
mittee, states that his committee will
submit an election bill bsiore the leRis-
iature adjourns for the holidays. This
Dill proposes TO do away with the CON.
stables, and makes the board of super-
visors In counties and members of couu-
Gil In Cities the electoral board.
representative Berkeley Is q hustlinp
legislator OF nreless energy. and is al
ready one of the most conspicuous mem.
oers OF the lower house. He evidently
aoesn's believe In o stAnd-still, do-noth.
Ing policy. He believes in moving. He
has already presented numerous bills,
among them one proposing lin effect)
that Virginia shall 60 into the tariff
Business on her own account and lew
an import tax on compound lard.
Another bill proposes to abolish the
January term Of the Botetourt circuit
court. Botetourt ia outside of Mr..
Berkeley's district, but what OF that in
the lace OF the reason he advances-that
the presiding judge Is getting old, and
1t does not suit him to hold the JAM
nary court. The Botetourt delegate in
formed his people OF this move and they
promptly sat down on the scheme.
Another bill presented by the tlreless
Roanoke delegate proposes to change
the city limits of Roanoke. When thia
bill was shown City Attorney Glasgow
and members Of the Roanoke Oiey Coun.
Gil when they were here last'week their
eyes looked like full moons. Some of
the members of both the senate and
house are evidently impressed with the
thought that ninety days Is short time
In which to mako q reputation and are
moving with determination that in
dicates that they don't propose to lose
any time. Some of them are in such q
hurry they have not stopped to note
that there are regulations and reputs-
lions.
Amendments to the Walton law are
being run In by the bucket full, but 1t
is limited that much of this Is being done
Tor buncomb and with the hope that the
law will remain as 1t ia.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Mr.. Stewart, OF Nevada, Makes an AS
sault on tho Gold Combine.

sault on tho Gold Combine.
WAsHINeToN,s Dec. 10 The Senate
wss In session two hours to-day, some
time being given to Mr. Stewart, Of
Nevada, In q vigorous assault on the
gold combine. In one respect the Sepa-
tor held new phase, as his name baa
been 30 much identified In Senate
speeches. He urged that the great de-
probation of silver gave to the cheap
labor OF Asia tremendous advantage in
competition with the domestic products
of the American market. Japan, he
said, was profiting by this difference of
nifty per cent. between our money, and
that OF Japan and Japanese merchants
were to-day undertaking our homo pro-
ducers in many lines of goods.
During Mr. Stewards speech Mr..
Mathu, secretary OF the Jspapese Legal
tion, WAS an attentive listener in the
diplomatic gallery. The Senator said q
grave condition confronted the ooun.
try In the result of the invasion Of
Oriental lands in competition with our
domestic products. Agents of Japan
manufacturers were now in the United
States selling their goods at prices far
below the cost of production in the
United States. Bicycles OF japanese
make are offered st Sl2 each. Matches,
doors, sash, blinds and cooperaga were
offered also per cent. below this coun-
try's price.
Mr.. Stewart declared that Japan had
taken the initiative step but China
would follow, and between China and
Japans peace treaty the two would
undersell us in every direction. He
said the gold combina ton has reduced
the value OF silver fifty per cent, thus
giving the Asiat!cs an advantage of flfty
per cent. on exchange, The only means
of averting this complete commercial
supremacy Of Asia was to place gold and
silver on an equal basis.
Mr.. Stewart used severe language in
arraigning the gold syndicate, declaring
that 1t controlled national conventions
and the affairs of the national admin
istration. At the conclusion of his re-
marks the resolution WAS laid aside.
NJ, Gallery, OF Louisiana, called on
the Treasury Department for the
reasons for the suspension of Postr
master General Wilson's recent order
forbidding postal employees from urging
postal legislation. There was also by
Mr.. Pfeffer resolution Of inquiry into
the order.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17

WE "SAY BUT LITTLE AND SAY
1T STRONG"-"TALK Is CHEAP"
CRACK THIS NUT. THE BANKS
DON'T OWN US. WE DON'T TAKE
NOTES, DON'T HAVE TO. BRANCH
HOUSE OF A TWO-MILLION DOL
LAR COMPANY. AND ARE ACTU.
ALLY SELLING SOME PIANOS
AND ORGANS. RICHMOND MUSIC
COMPANY, c. T. JENNINGS,
MANAGER, ROANOKE, VA.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
Gold shipments To-day.

New YORK. Dec 16 The total gold
engagement for shipment by to morrow's
steamer and which is now being with.
drawn from the sub treasury 10 SO $50. =
600. The shippers are Heidelbaoh,
lckleheimer & Co.. Sl,50O.O0O; Laden
burg. Thalman e. Co., $3.50. 1000; L. Won
Hoffman & Co.. 100000, and Muller,
Schall & Co., 100000. Muller, Sohali
81 Co.'S shipment will be in gold coin
while the o,hers will be in gold bars.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
THE PACE FAILURE.
He Sacrificed His Own Interests for Tbo,,
of His Rspk

He Sacrificed His Own Interests forTho..
of His Bank.
RICHMOND. Va, Dec. 16.-The failure
of James b Pace caused no exeitement
In financial CIRCLES to-day. There was
no run on the Planters Bank, of which
he was president, and business went ON
as usual. Unless the assets are saorI,
need, Pace will be rich man after all
his debts are paid.
There Is great sympathy with him
here because of his public spirit and
liberal character, and he is to- day one
OF the most popular men in Richmond.
Had he not sacrificed his own interests
to those OF the bank, the consequences
would have been serious to Richmond
and the public 80 understands It.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
Death Sentence onmutos

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec l6 On the
ground that she WAS hypnotized the
sentence OF death upon q girl named
Poumyantzaff WAS commuted to five
years imprisonment The evidence
showed that the girl was com pletely
under CON troll Of man who com PEELED
her to poison her father,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
Graveyard Insurance Csae.

RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. 15.-In the trial
OF the Beaufort graveyard insurance
cases" at Trenton, Jones county, David
Parker, one of the defendants, has
turned states evidence. His testimony
wac complete exposure Of the methods
OF the fnsersnLe conspirstors, Noe>
Delamar & Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
Over Six Thousand Sold.

HoBBIE Music Co. has been In busi-
mesa about fifteen years. during which
time they have sold over six Thousand
pianos and organs, and to-day they are
selling five times as many instruments
In Southwest Virginia as all the dealers
and agents com bined. Why is this?
There must be reason for 1t. The
best pianos and organs for the least
money, on easy payments, fair and
honest dealings with all, attending
closely to their own business, and lesv-
Ing other peoples alone, are come Of
the reasons. IA word to the Wise Is
sufficient"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
The Following Valuable Testimonial Was
Written by mar. Farmer. who ia Well
Known Throughout Virginia:

ROANOKE, VA, Dec, 10. 1895.
HoBBIE MUSIC Co., Roanoke. Va
GENTLEMEN: I have known and tuned
the Lindeman Piano for many wears.
and regard it one of the best first ell aas.
high grade pianos made. In fact, the
Lindeman uprights are strictly artistic
instruments and far superior to some of
the old celebrated makes, the manu-
facturers Of which claim to be the best.
The Lindeman, therefore, appeals to
all musicians, who must admire the
tone and touch, as we'll "a the elegantly
finished cases.
tits thoroughly we'll made of the best
material, hence absolutely durabls.
Very truly,
81. T.. FARMER,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
thoroughbred 20 be so,s

RALEIGH. N, G.. Dec. 1e-L. Banks
Holt and James E. SCOTT, proprieto,s of
the noted Alamance stock farm, at
Graham, N. O., announce that thew
will sell ct auction in New York next
February. John R Gentry. ""Baronet,"
Governor Holt" and the entire string of
thoroughbred stock belonging to the
farm.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
A strike to be Inaueurated.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16 At a meet
ing to night Of the committee having in
charge the railway troubles, it was un.
animously decided to inaugurate a
atrike on all the lines OF the Union Trsc
ton Company tomorrow.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17

THE United States Governments re-
ports show Royal Baking Powder su-
perior TO ell others.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
A Big Lookout.

New YORK. Dec. 16.-To-nigh abou,
10000 tailors in this city, Brooklyn and
jersey City are looked out. Twenty.
two thousand workmen may Be involved
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17

Upright Plano, Fancy Walnut, sIOO, on
Payments of 80 Per Month
ONE upright piano. fancy walnut, in
perfect order. fully warranted, for el9o,
on payments Of So per month. No
interest. Hobbie Music Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
Marshall g. Wendell Plano, $3.50, % Pc,
mOnth-No Intareat.

ONE Marshall. & Wendell piano In
perfect order. with superb tone and
warranted, for $3.50, on payments Of SIS
per month, without interest. Hobbie
Music Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
JUDGE WOODS and Reynolds Cigar
Co.'s new IN. s. W." are both elected.
Railroad building south.

BALTIMORE. Md, Dec. 16.-The
Southern States constructed 65s miles
OF railroad during the past year. This
is an increase over 1894 of about ninety
miles. and indicates that railroad build.
Ing In the South has not been aban-
doned to the same extent ss in other
parts Of the country.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
SUPREME COURT DECISION.
Important Ruling Under Motions For
Writ of Error.

Important Ruling Under Motions For
Writ of Error.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-In the case OF
a. w. Ballow the supreme court to-day
decided the important point that In pro-
ceedings under motions for writ of error
it was competent for the supreme court
to reverse the finding of a court below,
In cases where the proceedings had
been based on more than one charge,
and still affirm the decision as @ whole.
Ballow WAS accused of charging a
greater fee in q pension case than
allowed by law and also of withholding
part OF money due his client.
The supreme court held that the
court below had erred In pronouncing
sentence in the last charge. but affirmed
the sentence in the first. The case con- es
to the supreme court from the circuit
court OF the Northern district of Geor-
gis.
THE currency Of the country is good
enough for me as long as five cents will
buy new IN. g. VIZ
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17

HUYLER's Mixed Bon Bons and Chooo.
lates. Massie's Pharmacy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
In
Cold
Weather
Keep
Warm.

In the winter the body has more
to do than in GUNNER.
Besides our daily work and
worry it has to resist the cold.
There are many prepared foods
fat producers. There is nothing
better than cod liver oil for the
cold weather.
1t will furnish fat and fuel
enough to keep your strength and
fortify you against cold.
1t 70 prepared ia many ways
all easy to take and the taste die
guisad.
We keep them all-come and SEQ us.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17

HUYLER's Crystallized Fruits and
Msrshnailows. Msssie's Pharmacy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
CHRISTIAN ARBEE DRUG STORE

"Tea1 thou soft, thou sober sage, ana VEN
cradle liquid; $50 Thou tongue loosening
smi!e smoothing, heartopening, wink tipping
cordial, to whose glorious insipidity 1 owe tho
happiest moments OF my life."-CIDER.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17

Dress your soul, chile, Reynolds
Cigar Co.'s new N. & visa darling. y
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17

You ought to see and hear the pianos
Hobhie Music Co. are Offering for $3.50,
on $40 month, without interest.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
12,0oo LBS. NUTS JUST RECEIVED, AND
THEY MUST GO.

~''Vo Hoos NOio JUST hhCBlVhD, AMI
THEY MUST GO.
MIXED NUTS. 1OcLB.
PECAN NUTS, 1Oc LIB.
FILBERTs, 1ocLB.
WALNUTS, GLIB.
BRAZIL NUTS. lOc LIB.
ALMONDS, 15c LIB.
COCoANUTs, &c.
RAISINS, bcLB.
SEEDLESS RAISINS, scLB.
CLEANED CURRANTS, 10c LIB.
LEMONS, 12c DOZ.
ORANGES, doc DOz.
CATOGNI BROS.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17

SERIOUSLY, Reynolds Cigar Co.'s new
IN. 81 W." is the hit of the day,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17

REYNOLDS CIGAR Co. g now IN &c w.
Is delicious. Your grocer sells them.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17

HUYLER's Old Fashioned Molasses
Candy and Jordan Almonds. Massie's
Pharmacy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-17
Open Every Night.

Open Every Night.
WARERooMs of Hobbie Music Company
are open at night for convenience Of
those who cannot call during the day.
All are cordially invited to inspect their
magnificent stock of pianos and organs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-20
LOCKED OUT OF JAIL,
Prisoners Queer Charge Against His
Jailer.

Jailer.
There was a certain old man who
kept the county jail in a country vii
lage, says Kate Fields Washington,
and he fed and housed the convicts so
well that they became greatly attached
to him. He could actually allow them
to go about at will He used to hire
them out to the farmers in the neigh
borhood during the harvest season, and
in that way turn an honest penny for
the taxpayers. Early one morning one
of the prisoners appeared at the Office
of lawyer in the place.
young man." said he, ''are you the
lawyer?''
81 am" was the answer.
81 want you to get me out of jail on a
writ of habeas corpus, and l want it
right away"
''Well, hold on, my friend" said the
lawyer. eve must have a reason to
show the court, before We can ask for a
writ
1--WE reason enough" exclaimed the
man. 1.-THE cruelty of the keeper
makes life there unbearable."
ooh, pshaw! don't tell me such non
sense. Ihere never was kinder keep
er in charge of a Jail"
Judge for yourself" the prisoner in
sisted. yesterday was working out
at Mr.. Walkinshaw's, and we had big
lot of hay to get in, for the sky was full
of rainclouds. So when the jail horn
blew for bedtime, stayed and helped
get the hay under cover.
''It was after dark when got back,
and would you believe it? that hard
hearted keeper had locked me out!
had to sleep in the street, and caught
rheumatism in my bones. 1t settled
things in my mind. I'll not stay an
other night under the roof of man
who'll treat me like that says I to
myself. So, Mr.. Lawyer, l want you
to get me out before shutdown, do you
hear?r
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-20
s. Chinaman's Ideal Wife,

Cinnamon of Australia, when they
take a notion to marry, write to a mat
rimonial agent in Hong Kong some
thing as follows: Il want wife She
must be maiden under twenty years
of age, and must not have left her IA
theirs house. She must also have never
read book, and her eyelashes must be
half an inch in length Her teeth must
be as sparkling as the pearls Of Ceylon.
Her breath must be like unto the
scents of the magnificent odorous
groves of Java, and her attire must be
from the silken weavers Of Ka-la-Ching,
which are on the banks of the greatest
riv er in the world-the Overlooking
Yang-tseK iang."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-20
The sentient Typewriter.

Typewriter girls are said to grow
attached to their machines, and to re-
gard them almost as much in the light
of living creatures to be petted and
managed and judiciously disciplined as
the traditional railroad engineers of
fiction do their locomotives to which
they invariably refer with the person
al feminine pronoun. The typewriting
young women declare that their ma
chimes are as sensitive and subject to
caprice, and that they know who is
operating them as well as dog knows
it's master, that they will sull1, or per-
haps flare up and refuse to work at all,
under unskilled manipulation, and that
they can be soothed into complacent
and obliging frame of mind again
simply by the return Of their usual
manipulation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-20
AMAZING SKILL.
Clever French Juggler's Wonderful
lEeat with Coins.

Feat with Coins.
A writer on the streets of old Paris
gives in Blacl1woOd's Magazine the de-
scription of wonderful juggler, who,
must, however, have performed the
following trick by skill rather than by
deception
He asked the crowd for pennies, that
is, pieces worth two sous; he put five of
them into his right hand, played with
them, tossed them a few times in the
air, and then suddenly flung them
straight up to height which seemed
above the housetops
He watched them intently, as they
rose, and as they turned and began to
fall, he opened, with his left hand, the
left pocket of his waistcoat, and held it
open, perhaps two inches.
Down came the pennies, not loosely
or separated from each other, but in
what looked like compact mass He
gazed at them fixedly, shifting his body
slightly, SO as to keep under them-he
scarcely had to move his feet at all
and crash! came the pile into his waist
coat pocket
He repeated the operation with ten
pennies, and finally he did it with
twenty. Yes, positively with twenty!
1t almost took ones breath away to
hear the thud. Never did he miss, and
never did the pennies break apart or
scatter. They stuck to each other by
some strange attraction, as if they had
become soldered in ar. There was evil
IDENTIFY something in the manner of
dinging that made them hold together.
After wondering each time at the
astonishing skill of the operation, l al
ways went on to wonder what that
waistcoat pocket could be made of, to
support such blows. The force, the
dexterity and the precision of the
throwing sixty feet high, as well
as could guess-and the unfailing ex-
actness of the catch were quite amaz-
ing. The pennies went up and down in
an absolutely vertical line
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-20
Guaranteed Cure.

We authorize our advertised druggist
to sell Dr. Kings New discovery for con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, upon his
condition If you are afflicted with a
Cough Cold or any Lung, Throat OF
Chest trouble, and will use this remedy
as directed, giving it a fair trial, and ex~
perience no benefit, you may return the
bottle and have your money refunded.
We could not make this offer did we not
know that DR.. Kings New Discovery
could be relied on. 1t never disappoints.
Trial bottles free at H T Eberle's drug
store. Large size SOC. and $l.0O.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-20
LITERARY FINDS.

Sometimes Even Now an Apparently
Worthless Book Proves to Be Rare.
Probably the days are gone by when
a man could even hope to discover in
six-penny box an early quarto of a
Shakspeare's play or rare tract on
America, but for all that literary
Finds of more or less interest continue
to be made by keen book hunters DIR.
Garnett of the British museum tells
how a tradesman at Oswestry had in
his possession books to which he at
tached no importance, but which lady
informed him must be very rare. They
were submitted to the authorities at
the British museum, who gave high
price for them. One was Sir Anthony
Sherley's ''Wits New Dyall," published
in 1904, Of which only one other copy is
known TO be in existence.
AS a rule, offers Of rare books come
from booksellers, who do net always
say how they become possessed Of them.
Among the private people who offer
books to the museum for sale are a
large proportion who think that
book must necessarily be rare because
it is one hundred years old or more.
Before the great catalogue was made
finds were occasionally made in the
museum itself, and even now volume
will occasionally be found which has
special interest and value on account of
its binding. In other cases book will
be found to be in binding made up of
leaves of some rare work far more valu-
able than the book itself
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-20
A Leader.

Since its first introduction Electric Bit
tiers has gained rapidly in popular favor,
until now it is clearly in the lead am ong
pure medicinal tonics and Alternatives
containing nothing which permits its use
as a beverage Or 1ntoXicant, It is recog-
nized as the best and purest medicine for
al ailments of Stomach. Liver or Kid
neys.- 1t will cure Sick Headache, Indi-
gestion, Constipation and drive Malaria
from the system. Satisfaction guaran-
teed with each bottle or the money will
be refunded Price only soc per bottle.
Sold by H. T Eberle, druggist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-20
Juneau.

Mrs. Fischer, the woman who escaped
from Deputy Sheriff Becker at the
WatertoWn junction house few weeks
ago, was apprehended last week at
Lansing, Iowa, and upon a requisition
from the governor of Wisconsin on the
governor of Iowa, was brought from
there by Sheriff Binte last Saturday
and lodged in jail here, where she will
now remain till next September, when
the circuit court meets again. Accord
ing to the sheriff's report, she is one
Of the slickest female criminals known
IN these parts.
The body of Mrs. McEwan, mother
of Mrs. Hiram Barber, was brought
here for burial last Saturday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Barber and other relatives attend
ing the funeral. With her husband,
who died a few years ago in Dakota,
she was for many years resident Of
Chester, In this county.
The meeting of the Dodge county
teachers held here last Saturday, was
quite largely attended, some sixty
being III attendance.
The Democratic city caucus on Satur-
day evening nominated the following
ticket: Mayor, W. E. Hallock, treas
urer, G. II. Zilisch; clerk, p A. Hem
my; assessor, H. Duckerschein; JUS
tees, ?. H. Lewis and Chas. End !;
constables, A. Bohnert and John Hill
deman. Aldermen-First ward, John
Walther; Second ward, j. G.. Bach
huber. While there may be indepen-
dent candidates in the field, there will
probably be no organized opposition
to the ticket
John Ruehl, one of the earliest resi-
dents of the town of Hubbard, died at
his home in that town on Tuesday last,
aged IS years. He first settled in the
town in 1913.
Teachers examinations will be held
here on Friday and Saturday of this
week.
Some time during Sunday night
thieves entered the store Of H. & F.
cache and stole quantity of the best
class Of dry goods valued at about $500.