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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-22

My little boy, when two years of age,
was taken very i'll with bloody flux.
was advised to use Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and luck
lily procured part of bottle. / carefully
read the directions and gave it accord
ingly. He was very low, but slowly and
surely he began to improve, gradually re-
covered, and is now as stout and strong
as ever. feel sure it saved his life. /
never can praise the Remedy half it's
worth. am sorry that e yery one in the
world does not know how good it is, as
do.-Mrs. Lima S. Hinton, Grahams
vile, NJ arion Co, Florida. For sale by
The Chas. Lyle Drug Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-22

Since 1878 there have been epidemics of
dysentery in different parts of the country
in which Chamberlain's Collie, Oh Dlera
and Diarrhoea Remedy was used with per-
feet success. Dysentery, when epidemic,
is almost as severe and dangerous as Ash
attic cholera. Heretofore the best efforts
of the most skilled physicians have failed
TO check its ravages This remedy, how
ever, has cured the most malignant cases,
both of children and adults, and under
the most trying conditions, which proves
it to be the best medicine in the world
for bowel complaints. For sale by The
Chas. Lyle Drug Co.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-22
.BUCKLEN'S ARNICA sALyE.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay. re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25
cents per box For sale mt Massie's Phar-
macy, 100 Jefferson street, Roanoke.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-22
SANCTUM MYSTERIES

Humorist wife-What in the world are
you sending all these mother-in-!a law and
plumbing jokes to ..the Daily Blowhard
for? They are as old as the hills.
Humorist-Yes my dear, but the edi-
tor who selects the humorous matter for
that paper is a young fellow just out of
college, and they'll be all new to him. -
New York Weekly.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-22
LOW RATES

The Roanoke Telephone Exchange offers
service on the party Wire plan" Mt
rates easily within your means. Com
munication with over zoe telephone sub
scribers. Call at Roanoke Telephone
Exchange, telephone 1872
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-22
Stcrilized Malt

a Stcrilized Walt contains less
j. /. q J: !: /. |. !.
y alcohol than any malt on the
IAzS~ market. BY its sterilization it is
~ preserved, giving to the user the
IN benefit of its ingredients in con.
centrated form without the alco-
l. hol. 20c n bottle; 81 a dozen: at
Massie's Pharmacy.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-22


ward appearances the inner condition is
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-22

a blessing to the sick, comfort to
the well---Pond's Extract. Don't be
without it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
Panama's Brigade Is Summoned
and Assists in Saving
Much Property.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC SUSPENDED
Offices of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company Narrowly Escape
Destruction.

COLON, COLOMBIA, March pa fire
started here at o clock this morning, and
before it was got under control half of the
city had been burned. The spread of the
flames was aided by strong wind that
carried large pieces of burning material
onto the roofs of houses, which were soon
destroyed In confagration that at one
time threatened to wipe out the entire
city. By 10 o'clock all the buildings south
OF Seventh street as far as the market had
been destroyed, and shortly afterward the
market itself was burned.
Among the buildings destroyed was
Hafeman's pharmacy. 1t was then con-
sidered that the only buildings that were
out of danger were the Swiss Casino and
the offices of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company. The fire extended down to the
the railroad station and for time that
building was in imminent danger, but the
firemen thought they might be able to
save it.
The fire brigade of Panama was asked
for aid in fighting the fire and came here
on special train, accompanied by the
chief authorities.
Traffic of the Panama Railroad was COM
pletely suspended later in the day. All the
bakeries have been burned and scarcity
of food is threatened. Intense excitement
prevails. The captain and crew of the
Colombian line steamer Finance rendered
valuable aid in checking the spread of
flames. 1t is impossible as yet to learn
the full extent of the loss. but it will be
very heavy, probably in excess OF $500, 200.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
SESSION OF THE HOUSE.

An amendment to the Bill for Leasing
Arixona School Lands.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 23.-To-
days session of the House, was under the
rules, given up to District of Colum bia
business, but the District calendar was
soon cleared and the remainder of the
session was spent in the consideration of a
bill to modify the existing law regarding
the punishment of crimes committed in
Federal jurisdiction involving the death
penalty so as to allow sentence to prison
for life. After three-hours' discussion
the passage of the bill was frustrated by a
point of no quorum made by Barrett (R.) OF
Massachusetts and the House adjourned
until tomorrow.
In the morning hours bills were passed
authorizing the construction of various
bridges authorizing the leasing of school
lands in Arizona and exempting logging
trains from the law requiring patent
couplers and air brakes.
The bill authorizing the leasing OF school
lands in Arizona was amended by prohib-
iting the cutting of timber thereon and
limiting the number of acres to each
lessee so as to remove the objections of the
President in vetoing bill on the same
lines.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
THE LITERARY BURGLAR.
StzeIeckps Woes May BE Increased by Q
Dicorce Suit.


Diuorce Suit.
NEW YORK. N. Y, March ga Jour-
nal special from Boston says: Another
trouble haunts Charles S. Stzelecki, the
literary burglar. He is now threatened
with being made the correspondent in a
divorce suit brought by Frank L. Tupper,
a Tremont-street confectioner, with whom
he boarded. Mrs. Tupper has already sued
on the ground of extreme cruelty. The
cases will be heard in May. Mrs, Tupper
is an extremely handsome young woman
of education and refinement.
ssMr. Stzelecki has nothing to do with
my domestic troubles" said she yesterday.
II first became acquainted with him when
assisting my husband in the store. When
Mr.. Tupper and / separated furnished a
fat and took in dodgers, among whom were
Mr.. Stzelecki and Mr. Gurley. I have
always liked Mr.. Stzelecki. and for that
matter like him still. have visited him
since his arrest. Many of his presents to
me were stolen, but they have been given
to the police. 1t was great shock to me
when his guilt was proved"
Mrs. Upper is the daughter OF wealthy
San Francisco building contractor, and has
a brother practicing dentistry in Chicago.
Frank L. Upper, in speaking of the mat
ter. said: "I felt that sooner or later my
wife's acquaintance with this man would
become known. I'll tell the court what
know OF my wife and Stzelecki."
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
BRUTALITY TO STOWAWAYS
Two Men Manacled and Exposed
in a Cage On a Steamers
Deck.
Longshoremen Protested in a Vain
Attempt to Secure Mercy for
the Unfortunates.

NEW YORK, n. Y, March 23.-A, Re.
corder special from Boston says: The
steamship Parkman sailed for Liverpool
yesterday afternoon with two stowaways
aboard. The terrible treatment to which
they were subjected nearly caused riot
among the longshoremen, who attempted
to rescue them from their chains.
For seven days and. seven nights the
two young men were chained to iron bars
in an open iron pen on the deck, exposed
to all the changes of the weather, and
when the Parkman steamed out of port
they were still there, Notwithstanding the
attempts to arouse the authorities to
action. Respite is promised, however, as
soon as the steamer reaches the open sea,
where there is no possibility of escape of
the luckless lads. They will then be lib
Grated from their shackles and put down
in the hold with the cattle.
Manacled to the cold iron in cramped
positions in the narrow den, they had
nothing softer upon which to lie than an
iron grating covered only by thin piece
of bagging, which failed to prevent the
metal bars from sinking into their flesh.
One man gave his name as Louis William
Key, aged q. He was barefooted, and
said he was Russian Hebrew. The other,
John Walsh, aged 25, halls from London.
His feet were incased in the uppers of an
old pair of rubber boots.
The longshoremen were the first to give
information as to the condition of the men.
One of them called on the immigration
Commissioner. He in turn telephoned to
the steamship offices, and Captain Reed,
who wes there, answered that 1.-THE men
were quite comfortable" !"
Immigration Commissioner Delehanty
was asked why such proceedings had been
allowed. He explained that it has been
usual in such cases for the captains OF
ships burdened with stowaways to take the
unwelcome fellows to the nearest police
station and pay for their board during
their stay in port. In this case the cap
tain pleaded that he could not afford to
pay the price the city charges for board at
the etation-house. The charge is 50 per
day for each man. The company. will not
assume any expense connected with stow
aways. Consequently it must come out oil
the captains own pocket.
The longshoremen are indignant oveI
the brutal treatment of the two prisoners
who spent week in irons, almost naked
and exposed to the winds and sleet They
ask for an international investigation, and
propose to call the captain to a strict &C
counting.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24

appropriation bill was taken up, but its
consideration was interrupted by the offNr-
ing OF concurrent resolution by Platt (R.)
of Connecticut in relation to Cuba, in these
words: ''The Senate hereby expresses its
earnest desire and hope that Cnba may
soon become free, independent and re-
publican Government, and that the
friendly Offices of the United States shall
be offered by the President to the Spanish
Government to secure such results"
The resolution was referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations.
The consideration of the legislative ap-
preparation bill was proceeded with until
a paragraph was reached providing COM
pensation for ga skilled laborer." On in
quiry by PETER (Pop.) of Kansas it turned
out that this skilled laborer was barber,
and when PETER objected to the loutlay
Chandler (R.) Of New Hampshire dis
charged some of his witty shafts at the
Kansas Senator, whose length of beard is
proverbial. This tsskilled laborer," he
said, was needed to shave other Senators
if not to shave the Senator from Kansas.
"My idea," said PETER. sis to get rid of
these Senate barbers." The item was not
altered.
An item for the appointment OF three
clerks and one laborer in the State Depart
ment to be selected by the Secretary OF
State, by reason of special aptitude. was
attacked by German (D.) OF Maryland as
an attempt to escape from the civil service
rule promulgated by the President with
the approval of the Secretary of State. He
(Gorman) was not in favor of the sweep
ing civil service rules that had been made,
but SO long as they were in force there
was no reason why the Secretary of State
should escape from them.
After discussion, the words objected to
were stricken out.
After having disposed of about thirty OF
the 135 paragraphs of the bill, the Senate
held brief executive session and at $50
adjourned until tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
WHITES MOTION rs DEFEATED
Passage of the Bill Amending the Diseases
of Animals Act in the House of
cnn1n1o1e

LONDON, Eng, March 23.-In the
House Of Commons to-day M. j. White,
Liberal member for Forfarshore, moved
the rejection OF the bill amending the dis
eases OF animals act of 1894 introduced by
Walter H. Long, president of the Board of
Agriculture, who proposes making the re-
strictions placed on the importation OF
cattle permanent instead of leaving them
to the discretion of the Board of Agricul-
ture.
Mr.. Robert John Price, member for the
East division of Norfolk, seconded the
motion. He said the bill was serious
menace to Canadian trade and would in
jure the eraziers of the United Kingdom.
it was protection of breeders against
feeders.
DR.. Long, the introducer of the bill, said
the sole object of the measure was to give
to the owners of breeding stock in the
United Kingdom security, without which
they could not carry on their industry.
The symptoms of pleuro-pneumonia, he
said, were very obscure and difficult of
detection. The Board of Agriculture felt
that they could not adequately perform
their duty under present conditions and
of their task through the bill.
Sir Albert Kaye Roliit CONSERVATIVE
declared that the bill committed the coun-
try to protection. 1t was certain to evoke
public opposition when its real character
became known. He hoped it was not too
late to reconsider the measure.
The Right Hon. James Bryce, formerly
president of the Board of Trade, and the
Right Hon. A. ]. Mundella, also an ex-
president or that body. were among those
who opposed the bill. The Right Hon. A.
J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, and
Government leader in the House, defended
the measure. He denied that it was a
protective bill.
Mr.. Whites motion was defeated by a
vote of 244 to 50. Many of the membe
abstained from voting. The bill then
passed its second reading without divi-
sion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
OF INTEREST TO THE COAST.
Report on the Bit Relating to Holding
Court in Alaska.

OH 1NA A6Ab6OA = ILL
Report on the Bit Relating to Holding
Court in Alaska.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 23.-Sena-
tor Hoar from the Judiciary Committee
to-day reported the bill to prescribe times
and places for holding District Court OF
the United States in the District of Alaska
as follows:
At Sitka on the third Monday In May,
at Juneau on the last Monday in March
and the second Monday in November.
This act shall not impair the power OF
the Judge of said court to hold adjourned
or special terms or sessions OF said court,
as now provided by law.
The House Naval Committee, by vote
of to 4, finally decided not to build a
new drydock at Mare Island.
The United States Supreme Court to-day
advanced the following California cases
for argument to October 10: United States
VS.. Wong Kim Ark, and Robert Robert
son (appellant) VS.. the United States and
Barry Baldwin, Marshal.
Pensions have been granted as follows !:
California: OriginaI-William Holiday, i,
Los Angeles. Additional-Thomas H..
crease-Joseph A. Bronze, Los Angeles.
Increase-Elias B. Metzger, Delano; Mar
tin O'Neill Los Angeles. Reissue and in
crease. McPeak, San Francisco. Original
widows, ETC. Sarah A. Butterfield, San
Francisco; Amelia Mayntzer, San Fran
cisco. Mexican War survivors, increase
Reuben T. Chandler, Raymond.
Oregon: Original-Cyrus K. Ballard,
Milwaukee. Original widow - Catherine
P. Woodruff, Philomath.
Washington: Original-Henry L. Badger,
Anacortes. Renewal and increase-Charles
A. Grow, Lake Park.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24

Since the first of the year these joint meet
lngs have been held in New York.
The Chicago Great Western road, which
has been in an Independent mood since
the thirty-day limit was refused the Grand
Army encampment. notified the Western
Passenger Association chairman to-day
that it would in ten days accept second
class tickets on frst-class tourists between
Minneapolis and Kansas City, relief having
been refused by the chairman, who also
refused to accept the notice on the ground
that it was not a subject for relief under
the agreement. The company also asked
for authority to do the same thing be-
tween Chicago and Kansas City, because
it ran no tourist cars, but this v as refused.
The Great Western may be laying the
foundation for bolt from the association,
although entering disclaimer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
WITNESSES MUST TESTIFY
An Important Case Decided by
the United States Su-
preme Court.
No Longer Can Testimony Be Dodged
in the Interstate Commerce
Questions.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 23.-Ths
Supreme Court of the United States to-
day decided that witnesses must testify in
interstate commerce cases, or go to Jail for
contempt of court. The decision was made
in the case of Brown VS.. Walker, appealed
from the Circuit Court for the Western
District of Pennsylvania, involving the
validity and force of the amendment to
the interstate commerce law, intended to
make effective the provision forbidding the
secret and Illegal granting of rebates to
favored shippers by railroad officials.
1t was impossible, under the decision in
the Hitchcock Coun nselman case, to sue
cessfully prosecute a case, because the
only parties to the transaction who could
testify could claim the constitutional
privilege of refusing to give evidence on
the ground that it would tend to incrimi-
nate themselves.
To remedy this situation the amend
ment in question was made, providing
hat no person who testified as to any
such transaction should be prosecuted for
his part in it.
Under this new provision Theodore F.
Brown, auditor of the Allegheny Valley
Railroad Company, was called to testify in
a case of alleged illegal rebate before the
United States District Court for the West
ern District Of Pennsylvania. He declined
to testify on constitutional ground, but
the court held that under the new law he
was required to give his evidence, not
withstanding the constitutional provis-
ions. Declining still to testify, the witness
was committed to the custody of the Mar
shall for contempt of court. Thereupon be
sued out writ of habeas corpus in the
Circuit Court and his release was refused.
He then appealed to the Supreme Court of
the United States.
The case was argued in January, and
Justice Brown delivered the opinion of
the court. He said that the constitutional
provision was susceptible to two construc-
tions-one literally protecting the witness
from requirement to testify under any
conditions, the other was such that the
operation of a law giving protection to a
witness against prosecution for crime of
which he may testify would entirely sat-
isfy the clause in the constitution.
The opinion discussed the operation of
the laws and decisions bearing upon the
statute in question, both in England and
in this country. The conclusion of the
court was that while the constitutional
provision was one of the most valuable
safeguards of the citizen the statutory
protection fully conforms to its require
ments and that the witness in the case at
bar must testify. The judgment of the
Circuit Court was affirmed.
Justices Field, Gray, Shiras and White
dissented.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
Ne,cspaper Oaice Burned.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, March 24-At
11:15 O'Clock last night fire broke out in
the elevator shaft of the four-story build
ing occupied by the Washburn-H Halligan
Coffee Company, at115 East Second street.
The flames spread rapidly owing to the
inflammable nature of the stock.
At o'clock this morning the Washburn-
Halligan building is complete ruin, and
the plant of the Daily Leader, which oc-
cupied the front portion Of the west half
of the double structure, is in flames and
will probably be almost total loss.
The loss on stock of the Washburn.
Halligan Company is 1000; insurance,
$3S, 900. The loss on the building will be
about $4,000. The Washburn- Halligan
Company is one of the largest coffee and
spice concerns in the West and has
branches at Kansas City, Omaha and St.
Louis
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
At the Cars Coronation.

WASHINGTON, D. G., March 23.-By
direction of the Secretary of War the
United States will be represented at the
coronation of Emperor Nicolas of Russia
by Major-G General A. Med. McCook, retired
and Major George P. Scriven, signal corps.
Major Scriven is at present military
attache of the United States legation at
Rome. General McCook in now in Paris.
He intended to witness the coronation and
the administration decided to pay him the
high compliment OF sending him there in
an official capacity.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
FIRE IN A BIG BUILDING.
Considerable Damage Suffered by
Manufncturisag Company.

Considerable Damage Suffered by a
Manufacturing Company.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 23.-The
six-story brick and brown stone building
at 1924 and 1926 Chestnut street, was gutted
by fire this evening. The building was
mainly occupied by the Thackara Manu-
featuring Company, manufacturers of and
retail dealers in gas and electric fixtures.
Besides the Thackara Company, the build
ing was only occupied by the offices of
two architects, William G. Hale and
Lindley Johnson.
When the fire started $50 men and women
were at work in the rooms of the Thackara
Company on the upper floors, but all got
out in safety. The Thackara Company s
loss is about $15O,ooO, on which there is an
insurance of $87, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
Receirers for a Ratlroad.

BOSTON, MASS, March 23.-Judge Mel
son of the United States Circuit Court to-
day appointed c. NJ. Hayes, general man.
ager of the Grand Trunk Railway Com
pany, and E. c. Smith, president of the
Central Vermont Railway Company, re-
ceivers of the Central Vermont Company
in Massachusetts,.
They have also appointed receivers in
Vermont and Northern New York. They
were appointed in the equity suit brought
by the Grand Trunk Railway against the
Central Vermont to settle difference in
traffic balances. Bonds were fixed at
$50, 900. The amount claimed by the Grand
Trunk Railway for traffic balances is
S4l5,712.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
4 Long Ora ,c,.- Out suit.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 23.-
George II. Peck, the railroad attorney OF
Chicago, left for New York to-day, owing
to postponement of the case before the
Supreme Court in which he was interested.
Arguments had been set for to-day in the
suit between the Union Pacific and st.
Paul and Rock Island railroads, involving
the right to use the Omaha bridge and
iron tunnels in Omaha. but had been post
poned until April. The litigation has been
pending since 1881, the case having been
in the Circuit Court and the Court of Ap-
peaiS.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24
voyage in them to Victoria and vancou-

a voyage in them to Victoria and Vancou-
yer, B. c.
eve had very heavy weather after leav-
ing Newcastle, N. S. w" said he, "and
suppose that is what caused our trouble.
The rolling started the spontaneous com
bustion and we suffered in consequence. 1t
was lucky for US that the fire did not
occur in mid-ocean."
The tugs Fearless and Vigilant will re-
main by the Alexandra all night and to-
day she will be pumped out and fioated.