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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-21

In small monthly payments, Come and see us at
any time We have teams TO carry you, the
madam and little ones" too.
cessfuiy with fortune feel entitled to a comfort
able home in which you can gather your children
your own particular user We have such places
for ga and You will only have to spend from
S25O to $4,000, according to your taste.
in the centre OF tho town that is renting for ISL
per annum.
5000 will buy three good houses with - rooms
in all, now renting for 500 per annum.
$3.50 VIII buy large 10-roOm dwelling renting
for $40 per annum.
Perhaps you would like to invest in business
property. $500 will buy large two-story brick
store In the center Of business with rental value
or 5000 per aDnum.
II your inclinations are for the country, either
Tor place that you can farm actively or for an
attractive home in which 10 spend the summer,
we can suit you.
II your inclinations arc in the fruit direction
we invite your attention to a fine farm OF l35
acres on Little otter in Bedford county, IL miles
from the depot, 75 acres or which is the best bot
tom land, and would bring 500 per acre in Roam
oke county. Ten acres In fine timber new room
dwelling, barns and necessary out-buildings,
young orchard of apples, peaches, peas, rasp-
berries and strawberries. This placef Is n bargain
al $500
II you want nice place for home we have
farm OF S5 acres ~ miles from N. Il w. depot
and q miles from Roanoke with large sroom
dwelling, located in the midst OF a splend
grove. excellent ont buildings. plenty OF fruit
fine road for carriage or bike" from house to
depot. Price Sl,400 for the entire tract, or will
sell the building and 30 acres OF ground for 81, 100
The improvements could not be replaced for
$500.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29

under State control, nor was the contract
OF 1876 complied with. He. said: II ais
law specifically provides that full and ac-
curate plans, showing all details OF the
work to be performed in constructing or
improving any State building, when tney
exceed the sam of $4,000, with full specih-
cations, bills OF material and estimates OF
the cost thereof shall be submitted to the
Governor, State Treasurer and Secretary
of State for their approval, and II so ap-
proved copies thereof shall be hied IN the
Controllers Office. The plans shall then
be advertised for four weeks and sealed
proposals submitted This was never
done, nor have the bills of the institution
ever been audited by the Board of Exam
iners.'
''In this statement Mr.. Brown is wholly
mistaken. The directors of the home
have complied in every particular with
the provisions OF this law; contracts Tor
all the work approved by the Attorney
General are on file in this ctfice, and not
one dollar of either appropriation was
paid from the State Treasury until after
the bills had been audited and approved
by the State Board OF Examiners. | have
no desire to carry this controversy any
further. | think | have shown sufficient
authority for the expenditure of the legls-
lative appropriations and that said appro-
priations were within the constitutional
Limitation. Mr.. Browns report certainly
reflected on the conduct of this office.
whether Intentionally or otherwise. and l
merely wish 10 place myself right With
the public
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
BOLD MORALES
CLEVER ESCAPE
Tricked the Officer Who
Surprised Him While
in Bed.
Asked for His Shoes and Fired
as His Captor Reached
for Them.
The Outlaw Believed to Have Mfde
His Way Across the M xican
Border.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 2S.-Sheriff
Burr returned this afternoon from San
Gabriel, whittier he went last night to see
Deputy Sheriff Wilson, who was shot yes
terday at Monrovia by Jose Morales. The
Sheriff brought with him Carlos Morales, a
brother of the fugitive.
When Wilson attempted to arrest Jose
Morales he had with him Mexican and a
man named Smith. The latter entered
the house with Wilson, while the Mexi-
can remained outside 10 watch Morales
and mis- brother were found in bed. Mo-
rales was made to get up. and while dress.
ing he asked Wilson to hand to him a
shoe. Just as Wilson stopped over to do
SO, Morales seized pistol from his hip
pocket and shot him, the bullet striking
at the point of the hip and going down.
ward. infilcting a serious but not danger
Gus wound. The lantern in the room was
extinguished. Smith S hot at Morales but
missed him. and be escaped with one shoe
on. II is believed he has gone TO Mexico.
Morales is a bad man and declares he
will never be taken alive. He is wanted
for killing man at Santa Anita last sum-
mer. After the murder he went to Mex
leo, and had just returned.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
HELD IN A MEXICAN PRISON.
American Citizen Soon 10 Be Released,
After FeTod of Unwarranted
Captivity.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Dec. 28.-Ame ricans
great interest the movements of the
authorities in the case of Carlos A. Miller,
an American citizen and resident of
uajinicuilapan. State of Guerrero. He
is IN Belim prison. City of Mexico,
charged with the murder of a Mexican
engineer named Eduaro Zepeda al Omete-
pee on October 6.
Miller claimed from the first that the
local officers at Ometepec and in his own
town with the unpronounceable name
had conspired TO bring a murder charge
against him and encompass his ruin and
death il possible. He claims he knows
the identity of the murderers, and offers,
If released under guard, to furnish evil
dence of a wholesale conspiracy IN the
State of Guerrero not only to do away
with him, but to defraud the Government
ont of large amount.
Reputable people of the State have for
ward ed to the Government statements
setting forth that Miller is all right and
is the intended victim of enemies in pub
lie places. Hon. Ignacia Mariscal, Seere-
tary OF Foreign Affairs, has investig ated
Milier's case somewhat and is convinced
of his innocence. He has modified the
American legation to that effect. 1t is
proba BILE, therefore, thai Miller will soon
be released.
In the meantime, on orders from Presi-
dent DiaZ, a rigid investigation is going
on in the Stale of Guerrero, unearthing
scandals IN public offices and running
down the murderers of Engineer Zepeda.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
LAHDsB0R0UGH'S SHORTAGE.
The Assembyman- Elect Claims thu
Amount Is Small and Refunds
Stated Sum.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Dec. 28.-It is
said that the Grand Jury. which had ad-
journed until the third Monday in Janu-
ary, reconvened to-day to investigate thor
oughly the affairs of l.. NJ. Landsborough,
Deputy County Clerk, who has been at
tempting to increase his SIS per month
salary by raising the value of jurors de-
mands for fees against the county and
pocketing the difference. marlborough
claims that the whole amount of his de-
falcatlon is but SLAB So and this sum he
has refunded to the County Clerk. His
friends claim that he never intended to
appropriate the money to his own use,
but that it was SIMPLY to be used until he
could get his So per day fees as Assembly
man and that he intended to return the
money TO the county treasury.
If L. NJ. Land sborough should resign
his seat in the Legislature the vacancy
would have to be filled, if at all, by q
special election, the Governor having no
power to appoint. Under the old law the
Governor could call q special election by
issuing an election proclamation ten days
prior to the day of election, but this has
been caanged by the Australian ballot
law, which supersedes all laws heretofore
in existence relating 10 elections. Under
the Australian ballot system the procia-
nation must lie issued at least thirty days
prior to the day OF election. This being
the case the session would be half over
before a successor to Mr.. Landsborough
could be chosen, and the chances are that
no effort will be made to fill the vacancy,
should one exist.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
UPRISING or THE YAQW.
Mexican Troops Unable to Make Head
way Against the Mountain
inSurqentS.

SAN DIEGO. CAL, Dec. 28.-The
steamer Pacheco, arriving from the south,
brings news of another expedition soon
to be sent out against the Yaquis, to re-
enforce that already in the held under
Gen eraI Luise Torres, commandant of the
First Military Zone. The gathering of
the hos,iles near Nogales Is only part of
ano ther insurrection that promises TO in
clude all the Yaquis along the Yaqui and
Mayo rivers, and. II The Sierra de Baca-
tete.
These Indians are now armed with mod
ern rifles and have displayed cunning in
mountain warfare exec ling that of the
Apache. The Mexican troops thus far
have been una bic TO get at any consider
able body of Indians, as they scatter and
seek the hills when approached by large
force. In this respect they employ the
tactics SO successfully used by the Cuban
insurgents.
When last heard from, General Torres
was in the wild country southeast of Ures,
penetrating still further towards the
Yaqui strongholds. He has displayed
better skill in fighting the Yaqui than any
commander YET sent against them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
HEAVY FALL OF RAIN.
Los Angeles Street Railscays Damaged
bY HGshossts.

by Hashouts.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 2S.-The
heaviest rain of the season fell to-day,
doing considerable damage. The streets
were flooded as they never were flooded
before. Streetcar tracks were washed
away on unpsved streets, and on paved
streets mud and debris washed over them,
blocking traffic for hours. Planks had to
be laid from the curbs to allow pedestrians
to pass. A Pasadena car ran off the track
and was nearly submerged. The water is
two feet deep at certain places IN the
streets. Rain ceased this afternoon after
falling for eight or ten hours in great
sheets
SAN DIEGO, CAL, Dec. 28.-The heavi.
est downpour recorded in San Diego's his
tory occurred to-day. The rain fell so
copiously that many persons thought a
cloud burst was threatened and there was
much alarm. The clouds gathered during
the morning, and rain began falling at
1880. Before l o'clock a heavy shower
fell. followed Immediately by the heavier
rain, which lasted over five minutes. The
heaviest downpour in any one minute was
at 1858 o'clo k, when fifth of an inch
came down. In the five minutes .35 of an
inch fell, and for the day .93 of an inch.
SANTA BARBARA. CAL, Dec. 28.-
The heaviest rainfall of the season
drenched Santa Barbara to-day. It began
at o'clock this morning and poured
down all forenoon. Trains are delayed
owing to washouts and landslides between
here and Ventura.
SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Dec. 2s.-There
was another heavy rainfall last night
which continued to-day. San Lorenzo
River is rising, an indication of rain in
the mountains.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
TRAGEDY At SPOKANE.
Kithe Edmunds, Late of the Variety
Stage, Ends Her Life With Car
boHc Acid.


SPOKANE, WASH, Dec. 28.-Kittie Ed
munds, sister of Mrs. Helene Gorkow,
drank the contents OF a two-ounce bottle
of carbolic acid last night and died half
hour later. The deed was committed in
her rooms, 20 and q, Eagle block.
Som sthing of a mystery is connected
with the tragedy. At first it was reported
that she had taken the acid accidentally,
mistaking it for tonic which she had
been using. This theory seems hardly
borne out by the facts. There are discrep-
ancies in the various stories told, and there
is evidently desire on the part of the
people aware of the facts to keep them
from the public.
Kittie Edmunds has been welI-known
figure in Spokane for the past three years.
She came here as variety actress, but
had been off the stage for many months.
She bad been living quietly in the Eagle
block. The prominence of her sister, Mrs.
Gorkow, brought about by the sensational
Developments In the celebrated Gorkow
will case, gave Miss Kittie some promi-
nence also. She was young woman, not
more than p gears old. Her home was in
Oakland or Benicia, Cal. She had a
younger sister living here. Her true name
was Kittie Mckenzie, and her father was
a policeman in San Francisco.
Her sister, Mrs. Gorkow, was first known
here with Kittie under the stage name OF
the Edm unds Sisters. Later Helene mar
ried r. Gorkow, a rich brewer. Kittie re-
mained on the variety stage after this,
acting with Helen Adds. sister of Lady
Sholto Douglas. Helene Gorkow has come
into great prominence by contesting the
Gorkow will. One lawyer has already
been killed, Judge openly charged with
bribery, and third man accused of per-
jury in connection with this case.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
Santa crus Napat Drilr.

SANTA CRUZ. CAL. Dec. 2s-Preced-
ing the dancesto be given on New Years
eve by the Fourth Gun division. naval
battalion, N. g. c., an exhibition of the
physical drill with arms will be given.
Captain Ingersoll of the flagship Phila-
delphia while the warship was here last
summer gave the boys instruction in this
drill and they have been earnestly prac
ticing it since that time, SO Lieutenant
Morey can now present fifty men who will
make splendid showing on New Years
eve. There will also be gun drill.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
SAW GlEco THE TERMINUS.
Transcontnentaf Railway May Be Butt
to the Southern California
Port

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Dec. 26.-Phllip
Morse, president of the Chamber of Com
merce, received letter to-day from e. c.
Potter of Chicago, who has undertaken 10
organize company for the establishment
OF steamship line between San Diego
and the Orient, in which Mr.. Potter ex-
presses qualification over the efforts being
put forth by the citizens OF this city to
make the proposed line success.
''The broad and splendid spirit of your
city," writes Mr.. Potter, "has made rue a
firm and devoted friend of san Diego. OF
the lukewarmness of Los Angeles / have
little to say"
Mr.. Potter, who is at present in Chicago,
states that he will leave within few days
for the East for consultation with the
capitalists who have signified a willing
ness to capitalize the steamship company.
"The good will of San Diego" said Mr..
Potter, "will have great weight with
them" He says that the outlook for the
project Is brighter than ever and speaks
OF it as already an assured success San
DIEGO, in his opinion, will be required to
raise only a small amount in the way of
stock subscription.
The most interesting portion OF Mr..
IOtter leLlel, however, refers 10 q Liofe-
ment that has been set on foot by Chicago
capitalists and associates in New York TO
build transcont tinental railroad 10 San
Diego, avoiding the Ration and other high
passes OF the Rocky Mountains. From
information received il is understood that
the line extending from Chicago south
westerly and across the Panhandle OF
Texas, and at present having It's terminus
IN the eastern part OF New Mexico, Is 10 De
built on to this city via Phoenix.
At the latter city the enthusiasm over
line straight through 10 San Diego is
more apparent than it has ever been be-
fore. TIE road from Galveston, extend
ing in the direction of Deming, n. Mex,
and having its present terminus at San
Angelo, Tex. is also headed directly Tor
San Diego. That this port has been de-
cided upon as terminus of transconti-
mental line is an open secret in Chicago,
and this fact more than anything else. IS
responsible for the movement to establish
line of Oriental steamships with San
Diego as the American port.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29

ship then swung around and beat her way in
over the bar with one anchor on the bow. She
is running to-day.
The Kennebeck went ashore also with one
anchor on the bow, but was afterward raised.
She is running also to-day. The masters of
both vessels were on shore at the time of the
accidents, while there was no crew on either
vessel. The ships swung to a land breeze in the
night and to The sea breeze in the day, in this
way fouling their anchors and causing them
to drag. Respectfully submitted,
c. F. SWAN, Master Bark Theobald.
During ali OF last week the Harbor
Board listened to disquisitions as to
every variety of SOU casters ever designed
by the com bined imaginations OF several
Southern Pacific engineers for special
duty at San Pedro. Huntington's ''re-
tained'' men started out with the as
sumption that ou'easter at San Pedro
was as much to be dreaded as a Kansas
cyclone. Whenever the occasion pre-
sented itself they brought forward these
dreaded sou easters-big and little, long
and short, with or without rain. Sou
casters have been described and ex-
patiated upon times without number.
Small wonder, therefore, that when the
gentle patter of rain and the slghings of a
southeast gale were heard early this
morning the hearts of the Commissioners
were glad. With one acclaim they said,
''Now is our time to see the workings of a
real, live southesster at San Pedro" In
stead, therefore, of resuming the hearings
in the great harbor fight this forenoon.
as was the plan at adjournment hour last
Saturday, the board hied itself to the sea-
shore in binding rainstorm.
When it was announced to the crowd
at the Chamber OF Commerce that the
commi mission had gone to San Pedro the
friends of that port were jubilant. "That's
good" observed ]. f. Francis; they will
have an object Iesson." A Long Beach
man just in from the coast declared the
wind was blowing strongly from the south
east and the surface of the water was per-
fectly sm Doth. This was encouraging to
the San Pedroites, and they smiled but
toned up their coats and prepared 10 face
the storm that had by this time increased
in violence. The Santa Monica partisans
were quite as cheerful as their friends.
The reports from the long wharf were that
everything was lovely down there.
The CO mmission was accompanied on
the trip by Engineers Hawgood and Moore
for San Pedro and Corthell and Hood OF
the Southern Pacific. The commission
upon reaching San Pedro was greatly dis
appointed. The deadly sou'easter was
nowhere The rain was pouring down in
torrents, accom- panied by only gentle
breeze. The citizens of San Pedro in
formed the board that at an earlier hour
there was almost gale, but that later it
had calmed. The bay was almost as
placid as lake on summers morning
Hoods raging pillows were nowhere in
sight.
The board returned part way and then
branched off to Santa Monica. The weters
about Uncle Collis' wharf showed little
agitation snd the day was lost SO far as
results were concerned. In the afternoon
the clouds broke away and Old Sol from
his eminence seemed to smile upon the
discontinue of the board.
The hearing will be resumed to-mor row
foronn0n
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
c0LGAK REPLIES TO BR0HR.
Insists That the YountviHe Veterans Home
Appropriation Was Made
LeqaHy.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Dec. 2S. = The
controversy between Controller Coigan
and Secretary of State Brown as to the le-
gality of appropriating and paying $50, 900
to the Yountville Soldiers Home is as yet
troller Colgan said:
Secretary OF State Brown, in reply to
my statement regarding the appropriation
for the Veterans Home at Yountville,
published in the last SUNDAY CALL, says
that he does not consider the case OF
DaggeIt vs. Colgan, involving the Worlds
Fair appropriation, parallel case. 1t is
a case directly in point, and the court IN
its decision says that it will take judicial
note OF the fact that the Worlds Colum-
bian Exposition will not be conducted
under the exclusive management and con-
troll of this State as State institution,
but, on the contrary, that the same will be
under the general management OF the
National Commission, and that the chief
agency relied upon to effect the design of
Congress is a private corporation of the
State OF Illinois, etc. Notwithstanding
these facts the court held the State appro-
priation 10 be legal and valid. Conid
anything be more strongly in favor of the
legality of the appropriation for the Vete-
rams Home?
81 wish it to be distinctly understood
that am not taking issue with Secretary
Brown as 10 the advisability of these ap-
propriations, but as to their Legality there
can be no question. 1t is admitted that the
lands of the home are The properly of the
Veterans Home Association. but the con-
duct of the institution is sufficiently under
the control of the State to bring il within
the purview of the constitution as a State
institution.
"Mr. Brown is also quoted as having
said in his interview that the cottages
at the Yountville home were not erected
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
Tu0stire Ereretps Dsfatcatson..

LOS ANGELES, CAL. Dec. 2S.-Pollce
Court Clerk Everett is a defauIter TO the
extent of several hundred dollars. 1t is
believed that he left for British Colum bia
with woman with whom he was known
to have been infatuated. Nothing has
been heard of him since Thursday, though
detectives are on his track. He left his
wife and child in destitute circumstances.
Many things showing him to be unprin-
cipled have come to light. His bondsmen
will pay all his deficits at once. Everett is
from Boston; his wife, formerly George
Hyatt, from New York. They had been
in Los Angeles five years.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
FOUND THE BEAR TRACKS.
Anderson's Terrible Encounter in tn
Mountains of Colorado.

Mountains of Colorado.
A prospector named Anderson, who is
working on claim near the Tam O'Shan-
ter group OF mines, fought terrific battle
with large black bear the other day, the
story of which is told by the Ashcroft cor.
respondent of the Aspen (Colo.) Tribune.
Anderson came out victor, but it was g
painful victory and he will bear some of
the marks of the engagement with him to
the grave.
Anderson started out early in the after
noon with dog and Winchester rifle
to hunt, bear tracks having been report
ed within q few miles of the mines. He
and the dog picked up the tracks and
tralled them for about three miles, when
they became fresher, and the dog bayed
the fact that he had the scent. The
snow was quite deep, and Anderson
plunged through, taking little or no pre-.
caution to see where he was going. He
was suddenly arrested by howl of pain
from the dog, and looked up only to be
confronted by an enormous bear that had
swatted the canine one and sent it howl
ing toward its master. The bear squatted
on its launches waiting for Anderson 10
open the fight.
The man recovered from his astonish-
ment quickly, and raising his rife fired at
random and started to retreat. In doing
so his foot caught in some brush and
he fell. Bruin, hit and maddened at the
pain, was over the PROSTATE man in
an instant, and then came a lfe-and-
death struggle. Man and bear rolled over
and over. The dog proved a valnab BILE ally
10 Anderson, and worried Bruin consider
ably by biting his hind legs. So aggra-
waiting did the dog become that the bear
turned its attention from the man to its
tormentor. 1t was Fatal movement for
the bear, as it gave Anderson an oppor-
iunity to get out hunting-knite be car
ried. and when bruin turned again the
man closed in with the animal and buried
the knife in its breast Bruin fell over
dead and Anderson dropped exhausted.
The mans clothing was literally torn from
body, hands, arms and legs were terribly
lacerated. and it will be several weeks be-
fore he will hunt bears again. The bear
weighed 300 pounds.