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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-10
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF a S,,;o,TT

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF ASU ,,T
70 acres of land known as 1.-The Cresto,,
nanii. Comnanv's Tract. BY virtue of
decree of the circuit court for the citv
of Roanoke, entered at the April term.
1896, OF the said court in the chancerv
cause therein pending of r. B. Moorman'a
administrator VS.. the Creston Land Com
pany ct ais, the undersigned as one of
the commissioners appointed for the pur-
pose by the said decree, will offer for sale
at public auction to the highest bidder.
on the premises on SATURDAY, Sep
TENDER 10, 1896, at o'clock D.. M.
the said tract OF land which is mentioned
in the bill and proceedings in that cause.
This tract of land contains ahout''70 acres,
lies Just north of the corporate limits of
the city of Roanoke and is bounded on
the south by the property of the Ingle-
side Land Company, and on the west by
the property of the Melrose Land Com
pany, and being the same property con-
veyed to the Crest Land Company by
II. b. Norman 10y deed dated Marchs2O,
1890, and recorded in the clerks Office Of
the county court of Roanoke county, to
which deed reference is made fora more
particular description of said property.
In making sale of this property may,
II deem it proper so TO do, first offer it
in small tracts of from five to ten acres
and then offer it ms Il whole and report
the sale to the court, aggregating the lar
ger sum.
TERMS OF SALE:-One- third cash
and the balance in one and two years
from the day of sale, deferred payments
to be evidenced by the interest bearing
notes of the purchasers secured by deed
of trust upon the land.
ROY b. SMITH, Commissioner.
RNnA has hpan Tod t1,o 49,
named commissioner as was required by
the above mentioned decree,
Teste; S. S. BROOKE, Clerk. !
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-10
LA9AL NOTICES.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF RESI-
dence property.-In. pursuance of II de-
cree of the circuit, court of Roanoke
county, entered ut the April term, 1896,
innthe chancery cause of the Salem Hard.
ware Company ct. ais, VS.. Yerkes and
Fulwiler ct. ais, the undersigned as spe.
cial commissioners, will ON THURS
DAY, SEPTEMBER "a, 1896, offer for
sale ut public auction on the premises, at
II a. M, the following lots or parcels of
lands:
Lots 81, SO, 80 and 40, block 3, section
., of the map and survey of the Roanoke
Development Company; each of said lots
is improved by two-story frame"dwell-
ing containing seven rooms and cellar.
This property is situated in Roanoke
county, Va, near the West End furnace
and the Duval Engine Works.
TERMS: One-third cash balance upon
credit of six and twelve months, pur-
chasers to execute notes for the deferred
payments, bearing interest from day of
sale. Said lots will be sold separately.
JACOB S. BAER,
r. w. KIME,
Special Commissioners.
hereby certify that bond has been
given by said commissioners in conform
ity to said decree.
3 % 4w w GRIFFIN Clorl,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-03

rate, and during that time we used
gas engine, running our plant 30 per
cent. cheaper than before.
AT the expiration of the five years
the special rate was not renewed and at
the regular rates for gas we found our
power was costing more than it had
with steam. The gas company then
furnished us with an electric motor
and charged us fiat rate for electric
power. This continued until the gas
works burned, and during that time our
cost was about 10 per cent. less than
the old steam cost. When the gas COM
pany was again ready for business we
bought motor and got our electric
power from them, paying meter rates,
at saving Of H. per cent. on cost by
steam.
when the Sacramento Electric Pow
er and Light Company We're ready to
start up we made with them their first
power contract in this city and have
been using power furnished by them
since August last and find that we are
now making saving of fully 50 per
cent. over our old steam cost.
I'VE have always kept an accurate
account of the cost of our power (based
Of fact our present cost for power is
over 60 per cent. less than the cost of
any previous power used by US, whether
steam, gas or electric
The Sacramento Box Factory has
used a twenty horsepower motor
for some time, and the foreman of that
Institution states that it gives far
greater satisfaction than the power
formerly used.
All the manufactures in the city that
are using electricity, SO far as could be
ascertained, were loud in their praises
of it as motor power. 1t is only a
matter of time until every manufact-
uring business in the city will be fitted
out with an electric motor, which ap-
parently represents the cheapest power
now in use on the coast. And when all
are supplied there will be enough left
over to peddle out to our neighbors.
Acting Manager Hall of the power
company yesterday stated that the con-
tract to furnish the Southern Pacific
Railroad shops with electric power had
been signed, and that motors would be
put in as fast as possible until the en-
tire power now used is replaced by cleo
trcity The railroad company, he
states, have had experts engaged in
formulating a report during the past
three months, and that the report sub
mItted favored substituting electricity
for steam power. is disclosed by the
fact that the contract has finally been
closed.
Five motors are now being placed in
the Buffalo Brewing Company's plant
and another in the Pioneer Mills, with
which connection will be made in a
few days
Lightning arresters have been placed
in the power-house, and in future no
damage will be done to machinery
from that source.
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JOHN FRANKLINS DEATH
Tragic End of an Insane Man Near
Elliott. Illinois.

ELLIOTT 0ll.), April 2.-John Frank
lin of Fort Recovery. Ohio, an insane
man, met a tragic death near here to-
day. He and his wife were on their
way from Ohio to St Louis on Lake
Erie train and when they reached
Bloomington last night Mrs Franklin
was taken sick and they determined
to return to Fort Recovery
At , o'clock this morning Franklin
leaped from the EaSt-bound Lake Erie
train near Holder while the train was
at full speed. The train was stopped
and held for two hours, while a vain
search was made for the man.
Mrs. Franklin left the train al Holder
and found her husband. They resumed
their eastward journey to-day, and at
10 a. M, while the train was pulling
out of this place, Franklin fell from
the steps of a car, striking his head on
a railway tie. He jumped to his feet
and declared that mob was pursuing
him, wanting to kill him.
He then fled across the country, pur-
sued by a crowd for five hours. During
this time he stood off his pursuers by
firing at them With a revolver. He en-
tered a farmers stable, took horse
and fled on its back A few miles fur
Their on he changed this horse for an
other. He was finally stopped by a
barb wire fence, and someone in the
pursuing party shot him with shotgun
| loaded with slugs, wounding him in the
knee and foot. His leg was amputated,
and at & o'clock he died.
The affair caused great excitement.
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THE MATABEhE WAR.
Cecil Rhodes VIII Endeayor to Bring
1t to an End.

1t to an End.
CAPE TOWN, April "A dispatch
from Salisbury says that Cecil Rhodes
started on Tuesday for Buluwayo, TAX
ing with him $50 troops! The opinion is
generally entertained that Rhodes is
fully capable of dealing with the revolt
in Matabeleland.
The Matabele revolt, according to adj
vices from Buluwayo, is not confined to
the Matoppo Hills, where the rebellious
Matabeles are concentrated. The ex-
ecutive authorities of the Chartered
Company represent that horses and an
abundant supply of arms, ammunition
and provisions are required, and when
these have been collected it is proposed
TO sweep the hills with several columns
OF troops of about 250 each. Five hun
dred mounted men are accompanying
Cecil Rhodes from Salisbury to Gwelo.
The Geographic line between Bulu-
wayo and this city has been repaired.
DISPATCHES dated March 31st have been
received, giving details of fights with
the natives. Olimo, the instigator of the
rising, has proclaimed himself King of
the Matabeles.
= Governor Robinson has sent mes
sage to President. Kreuger heartily
him for his offer to send a
force to protect the women and children
threatened by the rising of the Mata-
beles. Governor Robinson says he con-
,siders the force of 500 men sufficient
but adds that he is none the less sensi-
.ble of the friendly spirit displayed by
the people of the Transvaal.
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INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL
Provisions for Money for Sectariar
schools Stricken Out.

schools Stricken Out.
WASHINGTON, April 2.-The Com
mittee on Appropriations of the SEN
ate reported the Indian bill this after
neon. The chief contention in the COM
mittee has been over the Indian school
appropriation. The House went on the
theory that there should be no appro-
priations for sectarian schools. and yet
appropriated S33, 900 for the Lincoln
school and $4,000 fer the school at
Hampton, Va, both of which il was
claimed are sectarian. Both of these
appropriations the Senate committee
has struck out. The general appropria-
ton for schools for the Indians, not sec
tartan, has been increased by upward of
100000
The bill carries 81, 413, SOC. being net
reduction from the amount as passed by
the House of 81 006,f 3S The bill is
81 ,34S,944 less than the current law.
The chief items of reductions made by
the Senate are as follows: Payment on
Cherokee outlet purchase. S1.660. 600;
surveying Indian reservations in South
Dakota. $4,000; Hampton school, vir-
ginia, S20.240; Lincoln Institute, Phila-
delphia, S33. 400
The principal increases over the
House bill are: Day and industrial
schools for the Sioux of the different
tribes, $4,000; Fort Hall Reservation.
Shoshones and Bannacks. $4,000; ne
gotiations with Uncompahgre and other
Indians of Uintah Reservations, S25.-
900; extension of public land SURVEYS
over the Cheyenne and Rosebud Reser-
vations, $4,000, surveying lands in In
dian Territory, $500, 900; support of day
and industrial schools, 500, 900: con-
struction. repair, etc, of school build
ings, 100000: erection of school build
Ing at Sac and Fox Reservation. in
Iowa, s33o0o; additional school build
ings at F'landreau, S. D., $50. 300
The bill also Incorporates treaties with
the Indians at Belknap Reservation in
Montana; the Indians of the Blackfeet
reservation, and with Indians of San
Carlos Reservation, in Arizona.
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AUTOMATIC CAR
COUPLER SWINDLE
Seattle'S Contribution to the List Of VIC
tins a Couple Of BARRIERS,
Who Were Fleeced to the Tune Of
Four Hundred Dollars.
A Japanese Woman HORRIBLY Stabbed
by a Chfnaman at Manifestations
Trouble Feared Between Cannery
Men and Fishermen of the Column
bfa River Over the Price to be
Paid for Fish.

SEATTLE, April 2.-Seattle's con-
tributfon to the list of victims of the
automatic car-coupler swindle I'M
earthed by the Government Patent Of
flee at Washington City consists OF
two BARRIERS, Joseph Berryault and
John Taggart. These individuals were
fieeced to the tune of $500.
The swindler gave his name as Ar
thur Bond, and claimed to have been
at one time a telegraph operator in the
New York Stock Exchange. Berryault
believes Bond is residing at Hancock,
N Y, and there is no doubt but what
he is the man who, according to Wash
inston dispatches, has swindled sc
many people throughout the country.
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A HIGHWAYMAN ARRESTED
One of Party Who Robbed Man in
San Joaquin County,

STOCKTON, April 2-Last evening
Thomas Rooney, a laborer, who had
been employed by Contractor Kelso at
Lodi, and who was on his way to that
place, was held up by three men on the
railroad track near the Calaveras River.
one of the men, named Henry White.
who is better known here as "Blackie,' -
struck Rooney on the side of the head.
knocking him down. He then took the
mans blankets away from him and at
tempted to go through his pockets
Rooney came back and reported the
matter TO the officers. and this morning
Constables Howe and Herson found
White and lodged him in Jail
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SACRAMENTO RIVER FRUIT COMPANY.
SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, IN PUR
suance TO the call OF the Beard OF Di
rectors, made on Tuesday. the I'd day of
April, 1895, that special meeting of the
stockholders OF the sacramento River Fruit
Company will be held at the office of said
corr oration at Walnut Grove. sacramento
County, California, in the building where the
Board of Directors usually meet. on TUES
DAY, the 9TH day of April, 1896, at 10
O'Clock a. M. for the purpose OF considering
and acting upon the proposition of increasing
the capital stock of this corporation from ten
thousand dollars tS10,OO0l. divided into one
thousand 1 .000) shares OF ten dollars $50
each, the present capital stock of the COM
pany, to two hundred thousand dollars
($20U.000). to be divided into forty thou
sand 100000 shares of five dollars $50 each.
BY order OF the Board OF Directors.
w. L. JONES, secretary !.
Walnut Grove Cal. January 30, 1896.
ja24-11tF
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Rhode Island Election.

PROVIDENCE (R- -, April Pre-
vised returns of the State election show
that Lippitt Rep) was elected Governor
by 11,21S plurality. This is the largest
plurality given to Gubernatorial can
didate in this State since 1862, when
Sprague was elected without opposi-
ton. Bennett CRep) was elected Sec
rotary of State by 12,274 plurality.
Dubois, for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, ran
slightly behind his ticket.
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Two Runaway Girls Captured.

Constable Fitzpatrick came to this
city yesterday in search of two
girls who had run away from Sui
sun in company with two hard char
acters.W l.. Harding and w. c. Robin
oficers Hayes and Fisher found the
girls in a house of ill-repute, where
they had been put by the men, and
took them to the station-house ia
await morning, when they will be
taken back to Suisun. The men were
also placed under arrest and charged
with vagrancy.
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A LINEMAN BADLY HURT.
Fell Twenty-Five Feet to the Pave
ment Below.

SAN FRANCISCO, April Flames
Hutton, a Western Union line repairer,
received dangerous injuries at Califor-
MIA and Buchanan streets at 1890 this
morning. He was repairing a wire on
a pole on California street, and was
standing on a platform about twenty
five feet from the pavement, when the
stand under him gave way and he fell
Patrolman J. II. Colen picked him up
and took him to the Receiving Hospi-
tai, where it was found that his skull
both arms and his nose were fractured
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Heirs to a Large Estate.

GAINESVILLE (Wis.). April Mrs
Mary Horne and Mrs. Ellen Charles OF
Magnolia, this county. and John Duff
Fey OF Iowa have fallen heirs to an es-
tate in England. left by an aunt, worth
SoO,OOO.OUO. They were here this morn
ing at the call of an attorney. and will
leave for England to settle the estate,
They are the only American heirs.
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For the Alaska Mines.

PORT TOWNSEND. April 2.-The
steamer Yaquina, from San Francisco,
left here for Alaska this morning with
los tons of giant powder, live sheep,
hogs and six yoke of work cattle. The
latter are taken as an experiment in
freighting, and if not successful will be
slaughtered for beef
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Caught While Robbing a store.

NAPA, April 1.-Two men giving the
names of Richard Chevalier and Peter
Burns, aged % and IS. respectively,
were caught in the act of robbing James
& Sons hardware store about midnight
last night. The owners had got an
inkling of the contemplated job, and
made preparations accordingly.
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FIRE AT OAKLAND.
Property Damaged to the Extent o.
Twenty Thousand Dollars.

Twenty Thousand Dollars.
OAKLAND, April "A fire early this
morning on the west side of Broadway
between Tenth and Eleventh streets, did
damage to the extent of 1000
1T started in G.. Cashmere's paint store
and spread to the Kohler & Chase music
house on the north, and to Leroy II.
Briggs millinery store on the south.
The damage by water and smoke was
$1,000. J. t. Moran's clothing store was
damaged by smoke to the extent of 81
600 Kohler & Chase lost sixteen pianos
and much sheet music Cashmere's en-
tire stock was lost. 1t was fully in
sUred- The building was owned by c.
Ainsworth. 1t was damaged 81 900, and
was fully insured.
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A VESSELS PERIL
The Steam Collier Progress Drifting at
Sea Without Coal.

TACOMA, April a.--The steamship
Mackinaw, which arrived this morning
from San Francisco. reported that on
Tuesday the steam collier Progress,
bound from San Francisco to Puget
Sound, spoke the former off Point
Blanco, saying she was out Of coal, hav-
ing been in a heavy northwest gale for
three days.
The Mackinaw could not supply her
needs. The Progress intended making
the first coast port, if not blown out to
sea.
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TRANSACTIONS OF BLUM.
The Ex-Convict Put I'm His Time
swindIing Citizens of Los Angeles.

swindIing Citizens of Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, April 2-The police
to-day have unearthed some more of
the transactions of Harry Blum. alias
Bennett. who was released from San
Quentin only last November, and who
seems to have put in his entire time
since in defrauding people of this city.
Blum, under the name of Bennett,
fastened himself on to a family named
Fisher or San Julian street.
He introduced a woman here as his
wife. They lived at Fishers house and
induced him and many merchants to be-
licve that Blum was a wealthy land
owner of Ensenada.
Maier & Zobelein's brewery shipped
twelve barrels of beer to Ensenada for
him. Tailors furnished clothes, hatters
hats and milliners and dry goods stores
cashed bogus checks for goods.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-03

Professor Maragliano, of the Univer-
sity of Genoa, has for three years eXper-
imented with the anti-tuberculosis Sc
rum, and now reports in favor of it. He
says that Of the eightytwo consump-
tives treated with the serum sixty-one
were either completely cured or are in
a fair way to regain health, while TWEEN
ty-one derived no benefit whatever.
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A Japanese Woman Horribly stabbed

VISALIA, April "A japanese
woman, known as Hannah was hor-
ribly stabbed by a Chinaman to-day,
who escaped after committing the crime.
She was wounded in the abdomen and
neck. and there is little hope for her
recovery The Chinaman has thus far
eluded capture.
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Carson Mint steal Case.

CARSON (Nev.), april 2.-The argu-
ments in the case of Attorney Coffin,
who is charged with spiriting witnesses
in the mint steal case out of the country,
were heard to-day. The court took the
matter under advisement, and adj
journed until Monday next.
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Welded 81 Sacramentan.

SANTA ROSA, April Miss jose
phine Byington, daughter of Colonel H.
w. Byington of this city, and Lorenzo
d. Jacks of Sacramento were married
here to-day by Rev. DIR. Shepard. The
wedding was swell society event,
Santa Rosa's four hundred being pres
ent.
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Two Burglars Sentenced.

VISAIIA, April 2-William Walker
and Ralph Smith, charged with burg
larry, We're sentenced to-day to the State
Prison for two years each. Last Mon
day night they broke into freight car
at Goshen, and part of the merchandise
was found on them when arrested the
following day at Ammonia.
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A Polite Little Row.

Johnnie Chaffie had been told to al
ways put his hand before his mouth
when he yawned. The other day he
sad:
Grandma, put your hand over my
mouth. I've got a piece of cake in one
hand and something else in the other -
Dallas (Tex.) Sitter.
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EARTHQUAKE IN OREGON.

Shocks Felt in Different Parts OF
the State.
MMINNVILLE lOr), April 2-The
Inhabitants were awakened at 3:17
O'clock this morning by an earthquake.
Two or three distinct shocks followed in
quick succession, with a loud rumbling
noise, coming from the west. The earth
appeared to tip toward the east.
PORTLAND (Or.), April about
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Serious Trouble Feared.

ASTORIA orr, April 2.-Trouble now
seems inevitable between the cannery
men ard fishermen OF the Columbia
River. The Fishermen's Union has
fixed the price of Ash at five cents per
pound. while the cannery men are only
willing to pay four cents. The dispute
is rapidly coming to head, and serious
trouble is feared
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-03

A device for freeing a runaway horse
from the vehicle has been invented by
a New England man. By moving a
lever the shafts are released from the
vehicle, and the vehicle can be guided
by the same lever until it stops.
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800 a. m. single earthquake shock OF
brief duration was felt here. The shock
was felt as far south as Salem.
SURVEYORS En- Route to Alaska.

Surveyors En- Route 10 AIaSKa.
TACOMA (Wash.), April "A party
of United States surveyors belonging to
the geodetic corps of the Pacific Coast
arrived here to-day en- route for Alaska.
They are headed by Fremont Morse,
and have been detailed from Washing
ton to determine geographically the ex-
act location of certain passes in the
Aleutian Islands and of northern points
in reference to Unalaska and Kodiak.
The entire party expects TO be engaged
in the north until July 1st.
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Opened Another Mans Letter.

LOS ANGELES, April 2.-William HI.
White, well-known business man of
this city, was arrested to-day on the
charge of opening Il letter addressed to
another gentleman. He was released on
! 81 900 bail. On account of the promi-
nence OF the arrested man, his appre-
hension caused considerable excitement.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

FEATHER RIVER CANAL. COMPANY
Location of principal place of business, Sac
ramento, California.
Notice is hereby given that at meeting of
the directors, held on the 18th day OF March,
1896, an assessment of ten cents per share
was levied npon the capital stock of the cor
poration, payable immediately to the Secre-
tary. j. l.. ellis, at his Office, No. 63l X
street, Sacramento.
Any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on Monday, the goth
day of April. Will tee delinquent and adver-
tised for sale at public auction, and unless
payment is made before. viii be sold on
WEDNESDAY,, the goth day of May, S96,
at O'Clock D. M. TO pay the delinquent as
sessment, together with the costs of advertis-
ing and expense OF sale.
j. l.. GILLIS, Secretary.
mf1 3-1tE No. GIL l. street