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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
KILLED WITH AN AXE.
y South Carolina Girl the Victim of IN
Unknown Murderer.

Columbia, ;. c., Nov. 30-News has
just been received here from Wisacky of
one OF the most mysterious and brutal
murders ever committed in this State. the
victim being girl 10 years of age. On
Wednesday night the victim, Rosa Joseph,
was sleeping i'll II house with girl
named Anna lsiacs II year her senior
Annals mother was in another house Il
short distane away.
Anna, who is the only witness, SAYS
that at late hour She was awakened bv
what appeared TO be 4 rapping on the
side OF the house She arose quietly,
hnd, striking light, saw some one in
the room. Forgetting her companion in
her fright, She fled to her mothers hors,.
Tor protection, but, hearing nothing, they
finally decided To return and investigate.
and upon entering the house found Rosa
still upon the bed, weltering in blood,
with her head cat in two With one blow
OF II sharp axe that had been left by her
SIDE. Assistance WAS called for and IA
dlllgent search Immediately instituted
Nothing about the premises, however.
gave the slightest clue to the perpetrators
of the decd and, rs no motive could he
assigned for it, Anna was arrested and
lodged i'll Jail in Sumpter. she being She
last person with the murdered girl. The
one point in her favor, however, was the
fact that the axe could not be identified as
belonging TO the place, it being new and
keen.
Neither tracks nor blood marks we're
found near the house, now were there any
marks to show that the house had been
forcihly entered The theory is that the
murderer was concealed under the bed
when the girls entered and, undressing in
the dark, retired. AS they were very
poor, robbery could not have been the
motive, and the whole affair is wrapped
IN the deepest mystery. The community
Is aroused, and the country * being
secured by bands of determined search-
ers, who will, if they find the murderer
make short shrift of him
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
A DANGEROUS GORGE.
Lives in Peril and Great Damage
to Property.

st. Paul, Mimi, Nov 30.-Thc Pioneer
Press special from Eau Claire, Wis,
says: An ice gorge formed ut the mouth
of Chippewa which caused the water to
back up rapidly Saturday night and Sum
day morning. On the lowiands below
Durand the rise was SO rapid that many
families had to flee in their night robes
to places of safety and leave their all be-
mind them.
The suffering among the women and
children was intense and many are re.
ported as having frozen feet and limbs.
Those who could fled to the railroad
track. There they built IL fire and tried
to protect themselves from the frosty
winds until relief arrived.
An engine and coach sent out from Du-
rand yesterday -morning gathered up
about forty or fifty. of these unfortunate
people, but so fast was the water rising
that the train had to go back to Durand
1t is thought that some of the people
were not reached by the rcscuing party
and possibly may have persisted. The
bottoms are all under water and the stock
and produce are complete loss. Dead
domestic animals can he seen all about
the neighborhood frozen stiff in the water
In most of the homes were stored the
winter supplies and these were all lost
Tonight farms and farm buildings
along six miles of the Chippewa Nalleyare
under water. The flood is being added
to hourly Mt the rate of six inches and be.
fore morning unless the gorge breaks.
this city will be partly under water. AT
o clock tonight easements of all build
ings on Spring street are flooded and in
several instances the lower floors are I'M
der water. People living in or occupying
business houses in the lower part of the
nil, liz,
effects to higher ground
In 1894 II similar flood occurred, caus-
ing ii loss of many, thousands of dollars.
a great deal of railway property is threat.
ened and many highway and railway
bridges possibly will be swept away. Be
low the immense gorge the river is prlc-
tically dry and when the Jam breaks the
body OF water in the reservoir must carry
destruction to the valley below
Eau Claire has every reason to feel ap.
prehensive as its danger begins when that
of Chippewa Falls has passed.
Between the hours of 6 and 10 a. M to-
day the water rose six feet, when there
was temporary abatement At q
o'clock to night there had been an Average
rise during the day of six inches an hour.
The gorge is five miles long.
At Irvine the Wisconsin Central rail
''S - ''h'tSA N"tSi anu 'iiS CicOtiiC llSlJ
plant partly flooded, so That the town is
in darkness.
On account of the flood there have been
no trains for three days on the valley di
vision of the Chicago, Milwaukee ana ST
Paul. y messenger from Durand to-
night reports eight miles of track below
Durand rs being under three feet of WA
ter Thirty seven men, women and chill
dren, refugees from lowlands, are quar-
tered in the Durand courthouse
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
IN IT'S NEW HOME.
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
Have Fine Quarters.

Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
Have Fine Quarters
Washington, Nov. 30.-Thc Washing
ton branch of the Postal, Telegraph and
Cable Companies to- day took possession
of the handsome new building, bearing
its name, at 1916 Pennsylvania avenue
1t is in the business and newspaper CEN
ter of the city, and just around the corner
from that well-known precinct called
Newspaper Row The building was
specially designed for the uses of the
company AMI for newspaper correspon.
dents, and it is equipped with all the APP
planes for lighting, wires, etc, to make
it home for the press. One entire floor
is occupied by the Associated Press,
which shares in the excellence of the
equipment provided.
The Postal Company occupies the first
iioor, opening on the avenue. The main
office is substantial and elegant, the floor
being of mosaic and the counters OF ma
hogany topped with artistically wrought
IRON figures. The mechanical department
is the most complete that modern igcnu
ity in electrical lines can make it.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
THE READING COMPANY.
The New Road Will Start in Bushes
To-day.


Philadelphia Nov 30.-The existence
of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company ende at IL o'clock tonight
and in its place was born the Reading
Railway Company, which is now being
operated under the charter of the old com
pany. At the hour named, the receivers,
Joseph 5. Harris, John Lowbcr Welsh
and Edward Nj. PaXson, without formal
ity, turned over the railroads and fran
chises i'll their possession and ceased 20
operate the properties. Instructions have
been sent out stating that all employees
holding positions prior to November 30
will be retained in their respective posi-
lions. The Reading Railroad Company,
1T is understood, has made IL deed to
Messrs. Coster and Stetsoc, and these
gentlemen have executed II deed to the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Com
pany transferring the property to them,
but i'll view of the fact that the Coal ana
Iron Company was not sold at the fore
closure sale as was the railroad company,
1t was not necessary To go through the
same legal routine in making that trans
fer and its property and franchises there
fore were decided by the purchasers to the
new company. No one seems to know
when the securities OF the new company
will be ready for issue. They include
STA, 600, 600 general mortgage 100 year
per cent. gold bonds, SOS, 900, 600 non.
cumulative 4 per cent. preferred stock,
Sd2, 0U0,000 non. cumulative 4 per cent
second preferred stock and $40, 600, 900
common stock. President Harris issued
circular in which il was stated that
First Vice-president Voorhees, beside hav-
ing charge of the operating of the rail-
road, would also have jurisdiction over
the passenger business Second Vice
President Henderson is to have charge of
all the freight business.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
y STEAMER BURNED.
Two People Are Known to Have Lost
Their Lives.

Fenniville, Mich. Nov 3O.-,rhc
steamer City of Kalamazoo, of II. w.
Williams Transportation Company, was
burned on her dock ut South Haven this
morning at 1870. Robert Nanostrand
and Joe Lang, iiremen, We're burned to
death.
The stewartless is missing, and il is
feared that she Is dead. The steamer
tied up for the winter one week ago, but
the crew had not been discharged. 1t is
not known how the fire started. The two
firemen were caught in the hold and could
not escape. Only the hull of the vessel
was saved. The name of the missing
stcwardess is Rose Cover.
Nine persons were on board the steamer
when the fire started, six OF whom made
their escape in safety. The steamer was
insure for $50, 900 against fire. Her hull
and machinery are in good condition.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
GOLDSTEIN'S BIG GAIN.
His Claim For II Mineral Site in Juneau,
Alaska, Upheld by the Secretary
Of the Interior.

Alaska, Upheld by the Secretary
of the Interior.
Port Townsend, Wash, Nov. 3O.-Ihc
steamer Akli, which arrived from Alaska.
brought news of II considerable excite
ment ut Juneau as IL result of n decision
by the government that will result i'm the
loss of II great many homes and consider
able property in the best part of the city.
The decision referred 90 is one that has
Just been rendered by Secretary of the In.
terror Francis, and it gives to Mrs. Gold
stem little over twenty acres of land in
the town of Juneau on which her hus-
band filed in her name mining claim.
The decision returned by Secretary
Francis ends the matter, in which ut one
time or another good portion of the cit.
liens of Juneau felt personally in
tercsted
lii 1856 Rufus Goldstein, Il citizen of
Juneau which was then not much of n
town, filed Il mineral claim in what was
afterward the hest property in the place.
Not much was thought of the matter at
that time.
1t was not until two years later. in
1883, that the public knew of the fact that
Il part of the town site was being claimed
for mineral purposes.
The citizens finally decided to call a
much feeling was worked up over the
matter that it was seriously proposed to
either hang Goldstein or throw him in
the bay on the ground that he was IL
public enemy
The case was finally taken into the gen.
eral land Office under the title of Gold
stein vs.. The Town Site of juneau, and
it was there decided in favor of the town
site.
1t was then carried to the supreme
court, and that body ut once referred it
to the Interior Department., which has
now decided that the claim of Goldsteiu
Is valid and must be sustained.
1t is said that at present prices for
property in Juneau the Godstein claim of
twenty acres is worth from $500 900 to
Sl.0OO,OOO, most of it being property held
by those who will find it to their advan-
tage to- pay round sum per month rem
tai to their new landlord rather than give
up their places
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
ANOTHER BLIIZARD VICTIM

Ada, Mimi, Nov 30. Elmer Hottie.
aged II, was frozeu to death in the terri
BILE blizzard of last week On Thanks
giving day he and his father started with
II team for the Poplar Woods, fifteen
miles distant, to get load of wood. On
returning they lest their bearings in the
binding snow and st,trtcd afoot To look
for shelter. They became separated.
The elder iiolte succeeding in finding a
farm house after wandering about all
night Searching parties started out
early next morning TO look for the hoy,
but it was not until Saturday night that
he was found. frozen stiff The father
was also badly frozen.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
IT CAUSED SURPRISE.
General Manager of the Maine Central
Removed From Office.

Portland, Me-, Nov. 30.-P ayson
Tucker, vice-prcsident and general man
ager of the Maine Central railroad, was
relieved OF those offices by the Maine Cen
trail railroad directorate by II majority
vote this afternoon. This action of the
directors caused much surprise The
reason for removing Mr.. Tucker from the
head of the Maine Central is not given
George +. Evans, of Boston, was elected
general manager.
1t is stated that the Boston and Maine
Intends TO remove the headquarters of the
Maine Central from Portland to Boston.
Mr.. Tucker in an interview vith an
Associated Press representative tonight
said: For twenty-five years have been
connected with the Maine Central raj
road. have brought its stock up from
50 share so that it is now paying six per
cent. dividend, and thought should be
entitled to some consideration. Closer
and closer the Boston and Maine has been
drawing its net about the Maine Central,
but | have never believed the directors of
the latter road would remove me from its
management =
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
ACCIDENTALLY PARBOULED.
Insane Patient Dies After Being Given Il
Bath in Hot Water.

ihathc l'aulent Dies Alter Being Given Il
Bath in Hot Water
Philadelphia Nov. 30. In the phila.
dlephia Hospital, where he hal been IN
inmate III the incurable ward since jan
nary ! 1891, John a. Spencer 80 years
old, died early yesterday morning. The
hospital authorities admit that his death
was due TO the recklcssness of an attend.
ant, who, they say, has been discharged,
The name Is withheld, us the attendant's
record was otherwise good, and as it is
believed that he would not De likely to
make such IL mistake again.
On the morning of November IS
Spencer was given II bath. The water
was supposed to be merely VAIN, but
that it was nearly at boiling point was
Indicated ny the appearance of the man
skin that evening. 1t is said that the at.
tendant who gave the bath could not
have noticed that the patient had been
injured by it, but the officials say he was
discharged "a soon as it was found out
Nevertheless they declare that they had
no idea that Spencer would die of his in
juries.
lie was put to bed and seemed upon the
WAY of recovery when pneumonia set in
and day later he was dead Spencer
came from England, and is said to have
bad no friends here.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
THE BIG STORM.
1t Was Much More Serious One Than
First Reported.

First Reported.
Fargo, y. d., Nov. 30.--Fullcr reports
OF the late storm shows it TO have been
far more serious than was at first antici-
pated. With two rotary engines work
ing out of Fargo on the Northern Pacific
since Saturday morning, train No. 4
showed in five miles east of Valley CITY,
was just reached this morning Only
half mile was cleared yeasterday. Drifts
in the cuts are six To fourteen feet deep
and frozen like ice, mixed with sand
Dynamite is used to loosen it up.
The Southwestern branch to Lisbon
and Iidgerly is still frozen up, and people
III towns along the road are out of wood
and coal. Small towns along the main
lines are also out of fuel
y serious accident is reported beyond
Oriska to-day. Two snow plow crews
got their orders mixed and there was II
terrible collision, in which one man, Il
snow shovelcr named Hanson, OF Maple
town, was instantly killed. il fireman
and two section men were seriously, if
not fatally injured
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
READY TO FIGHT.
The Odds in the BETTING Are in Favor of
FitZsimmonS


San Francisco, Nov 30. - Bob Fitzsim
mons and Shnrkey have ceased training
and will rest until their fight Wednesday
night Their respective managers have
bee II trying to select IL referee. hut Lynca,
acting for -harkey, does not wish choice
TO be made until the last moment. Ii no
one is selected by "Wednesday noon, She
National Athletic Club will name an
oilcinl Fash pugilist seems confident of
the decision. The betting is generally
from 3 to ! to i to in FL or of Fitzsim-
mons.
Martin Julian, the lattcr's manager.
says he is bcttiug to that Sharkey viii
be knocked out in four rounds
Julian stated TO the Associated Pre-
this evening that he just telcgYaphcd an
acceptance of Dan Stuart's offer for u
nnish fight between Corbett and Fitzsm
mons Cor Il $4,000 purse.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
PROSPEROUS GERMANY.
There is a Big Surplus in the National
Treasury.


Berlin Nov. 30.-rhe debate ON the
budget was-commenccd in the Reichstag
today. Count Won Pasodowsky, the sec
rotary OF the treasury, dwelt upon the
favorable financial position and stated
that the surplus for 1867 would prob
ably be 24,514, COO marks, from which
would have to he deducted 5000, 600
marks to cover the supplementary esti-
mates. The current year, he added. was
the first since 1915 in which there had
been no increase in the public debt. Pro-
cccding, the secretary demonstrated the
necessity Of increasing the salaries of the
public officials, provided in the estimate
Herr Frtzen, Centrist, declared that
the increase in the naval expenditures
was eNhorbitant and insisted that reduc.
lions were absolutely necessary. He
added that the sum demanded for an
ironclad TO replace the koenig Wilhelm
and for the new cruisers would not be
voted, as the rcichstng was not favorably
disposed to the ''il!imi,able naval
schemes of the government
Continuing Herr Fritzcn said:
I'VE will not allow our very life blood
to be withdrawn, nor willwe be allured by
the phantom of IL world embracing II
policy which once before drove the Ger
man empire to its DOOM
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
AN INSURGENT VICTORY. 20
They Capture il Town and Lot of AM
munitiOn

munition.
New York, Nov. 0.-.president Palma,
of the Cuban junta, has received let ter
from the camp of General CaliXto Gar
Ella, giving details of the capture of Qua
marc by the insurgents. The letter says
that not only did Garcia's army capture
the town, but enough arms and ammu-
milton TO fit out l0C recruits. General
Garcia's forces number nearly 5000 men.
lie made desperate attack on the fort,
using the two cannon which the insur.
gents had with good effect. He drove
the Spanish troops from their position
and occupied the town, which was later
DESTROYED by the tories. In the battle $50
Spaniards were taken prisoners The
arms and ammunition captured were
10, 600 cartridges 200 Mauser rifles, 100
Remington rifles and two field pieces.
General Garcia says that his men have
not suffered from the yellow fever and
are IN first class condition and have II
good supply of ammunition. He will not,
as the reports have said, march westward
TO join General Maceo, but will remain in
Puerto Principe
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
TIIE FIRST NIC,TIM

Washington, Nov. 30.-The first naval
officer to fall victim to what is known
as the Chandler amendment to the last
naval appropriation act is Lieutenant j.
f. Meigs, retired, and his resignation has
been accepted to take effect Mt the end of
the present fiscal year. The Chandler
amendment prohibits n naval officer from
accepting employment with any private
concern under contract TO furnish sup
piled To the Governments. Lieutenant
Mei@S has been employed for several
years rs an ordinance expert with the
Bethlehem Iron Company, which is fur
nishins armor plate to the Navy Depart
ment.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01

sacramento, Cal, Nov 3O--Fina re-
turns from Santa Clara county, com
plotting the state returns show that
Martin, Bryan elector, has defeated
Flint, Mckinley elector, by 1872 This
gives Mckinley eight electors from Cali
fornia and Bryan one.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01

V 3'i'.N VIfsI W nv MOItt N.N TI0. :
Jackson, Ohio Nov. 30.-Morris Cam.
eron, superintendent of the Cotton Coal
Company, has sued the Ohio Southern
Railroad Company tn compel the latter
to furnish the company's mines with II
Sufficient number OF cars to handle its
daily output of coal. II seems that the
railways have agreed with operators on II
uniform rate for mining and cars are not
furnished those mines paving more than
the scale under the joint agreement of
the roads ana operators. y test case is
TO be prosecuted
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
TO JON THE STRIKE.

Hamburg, Nov. BOAT midnight an
eNcitin" meeting OF the river engineers
decided to go out on n strike in the
morning
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
Read T his!

~ " .1'3S' ~ y 4Yc5I' w Ky a" -
a beautiful 90. piece Inn
ported Dinner Set az $3.50.
Just think, a nice Solid Oak
Cheffonier only $3.50.
The largest and most CON.
plete line of Lamps and onyx
fables in the city found at
he .. n. Stewart Furniture
Company.
cur SC, loc and CSC covn-
ters ara loaded with Xmas
Nov tiles. alto see them.
You will be surprised to see
the beautiful 5-piece Tapes
try ParIor Suit that we are
now Offering for S25.
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-05-09

which view is right. The message will be
an epigram from one of DR.. Depew's after
dinner speeches. The message leaving
New York will go over the Western Union
cable to Penzance, England, thence on
ward to Lisbon, and underneath the Med
iterranean sea, coming to dry land again
at Sue, to run along the famous canal
and then diving under the Red sea to
emerge at Alden. There, borne along by
the power of Niagara, it Will pass under
the Indian ocean to Bombay, across INDIA
to Madras, and under water again to SIN
gapore, on the Malay peninsula. The next
place it will be heard Of is in a desolate
spot on the northern shore Of Australia,
and then in Melbourne and Sydney.
If there was a cable under the Pacific
ocean, Or Depews epigram could make a
circuit Of the world complete by long
dive under the sea to San Francisco; but
that can not be done. So the message
will rebound on its trail, and by running
along the east coast of Africa reach Cape
Town. Then it will jump to Lisbon again
ana start across the Atlantic ocean 10
Pernambuco, Brazil. South America will
be the last continent touched, and with
one more flash under the seas it will be
back il New York.
The various telegraph ana cable com
pantes have generously entered into the
project, and will clear the wire for the at
tempt over 1900 miles will be covered.
The following telegram was received
from the mayor of San Francisco:
SAN Francisco recognizes the electrical
claiming of the Niagara as enc supreme
triumph of this wonderful age. 1t is a
triumph of mind over matter, the result
Of undreamed Of progress, and therefore
commands our congratulate
W. H. PTeece, who has charge. of the
land force of the Great Britain, teleSraphs
in answer to the signal given:
"Wish your exposition every possible
success
One Of the most interesting exhibits
was the Edison apparatus, showing the
telegraph and telephone equipment, the
earliest forms of electric lighting, trans
mission motors and models, together with
four sets Of apparatus with which ex-
perts gave exhibitions of the Roentgen
rays, so arranged that by using the
horoscope into their hands people We're
able to inspect their own anatomies.