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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26

Two MEN HUNG.
Arkansas .aw-brcalcrs Feel the Law
Stern Hand.

''''''''' TVVI :
Stern Hand.
Pine BluN, Ark, Feb 25.-~wo col
ored men were hanged on the scatlcld
here day. though not ut the same mo.
mcnt
AZ :l6 the trap was sprung first and
hoocrt Coz was swung into eternity for
the crime of criminal assault. He went
to his death ,coally ana made no state.
ment. HIS neck was broken and ut the
en'i OF eight minutes was dead.
At %, Jim Davis was executed far
the murder of Lawrence Williams a ho,
His neck was broken. and he died in ri.rht
minutes. He refused spiritual assistance
ana made Il rief speech on the gallows
IN which he said he was ruled by the
devil
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26
ANOTHER SUIT FILED.

Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 25.-W. \.
Bisbee. owner OF the famous tug and al.
legged fllibastcr Dauntless, has filed
another suit against Collector II. c. Bis.
bee, of this port ,alleging 500, 900 damages.
1t is claimed that the collector refused
clearance papers to the tug and restrain
ed her by force when she attempted to go
out on lawful business, towing and other
work of the kind. Papers in full will be
filed tomorrow.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26
FOR AN ENrKA SESSION

Jackson, Miss, Feb 25-At the confer.
encc OF the State officials ,o.dav it was
shown IN that extra session of the legisln
turc Is necessary and Governor McLaurin
will call it for March 80 The auditor
ana treasurer submitted statements OF
the financial condition of the State, show
ing probable expenditures to December.
iS',: of SI49,3l2; probable receipts, in.
GLIDING cash on hand. $56l,4
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26
DUNLAP HATS
Open To-day.
GlLKESON x TAYLOR,
HATrERs
ANOTHER CRASH.
y Louisville Building and Loan Associa
ton Does Down.

Louisville, Ky, Feb. 25.-The United
States Building and Loan Association AS
signed to-day to the Columbia Trust
Company. The failure was due to dis
Sensions in the management, which
caused withdrawals of stock The last
statement, issued December 81, showed
assets of S593, boost, of which $685.. 40
was loans on real estate. The liabilities
were the same. Last fall defalcation of
SiS,o0o in the accounts of Book keeper
VIII Kettle was discovered, but Il settle
mpnt WAS ma1p
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26
TIE KEpORT DOI-HrEn.

New York, Feb. 2j.-Nothing has heen
heard at the Offices of the Cuban junta of
the alleged death of President Salvador
Crisneros. of the Cuban republic The
officers of the junta are inclined to doubt
the story.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26
H. C. BARNES.
" He Puts Up Prescriptions"
O'EERRALL ACTS.
He Reappoints Two Members of Il Board

He Reappoints Two Members of Board
of Visitors.
Richmond, Feb. Ex-Governor O'Fer-
rail- has appointed Hon. Geo. A. Mush-
back, of Alexandria, and Hon. Addison
Maupin Of Henry county, as members of
the board of visitors % the institution for
the dear, dumb and blind, at Staunton,
for period of three wears each from
March ID. Each gentleman succeeds
himself, having been appointed for one
year previously.
G. T.. Nawter has also been appointed Il
member of the committee to inquire n,o
the state care of epleptics. AZ
have rece ved a car of sash, doors. and
blinds, bought when the price was the
lowest ever reached in the history of the
manufacture of these goods. You know
what this means. j. H. WILKINSON.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26

] can offer you the best flooring, cell
ing and dressed boards in the city Tor the
price. j. III. WILKINSON
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26

Rock bottom prices on special lines of
shoes for a few days nj Maneus & Pawn
tcr'S.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26


ana while absolutely according
injustice the
The
yesterday that aaa
to
comPy said rcd;scouDtei he
the
nofS
Milling Company no bee paida nyhnr
building Company hadn
as in above ~ go 80 ~ 1e
~ A'"'' ieroi" 's
INQUIRY Z
the
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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26
M WAS PKOMOrEn.

Richmond. Feb. 2j.-H. II. Simpson,
trainmaster 1T Newport News was to-day
appointed superintendent of the telegraph
system Of the Chesapeake and OHIO rail
way. IL succeed the late NJ. H. Leonard
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26
THE times STATEMENT CORRECT,
Some More Extracts From the Report of Commissioner Archer
|. Payne

THE ARTICLE PRINTED SLIGHTLY MISLEADING IN
THAT IT WAS MADE TO APPEAR SEVERAL PARTIES HAD
BEEN AMOUNTS, THE SAME WAS BsoITEIy
CORRECT AND ACCORDING TRUSTEES REPORT
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26
]. E. ROGERS & co.
BLOOD!

WE WANT you to try our..Snrsa-
mrilla Us just rs good as can be..male.
and only - cents a bottle.
YOUR BLOOD calls for ASPIRING
medicine. You cannot do better than
get II bottle of Barnes Sarsaparilla-and
get it
TODAY.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26

TrustCo
that OF
lowS $3.50
ban
building
and llngCo s
TERRY Building
ICockc ht
--Rounoke ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

During a storm at Danviile, KY, q
section of root 1856 feet long and 4C
feet wide vas blown from a farmers
barn.
ALI the Chief Justices of Kansas ex-
cept the last one, David Martin, re-
signed before their terms were up,
and Justice Martin was the only one
holding the Office to swear in his sue
cesssor.
Oysters and eggs in course of ship
ment in the express a of q Santa Fe
train that was blocked by q snowdrift
near Dodge City, KAN, served to feed
the passengers during a ten hours
detention.
Members of the church of the Open
Bible, which has been organized In
Shelby county, Ind, are pledged not
to support any political party that
does not stand for absolute prohibition
of the liquor traffic,
Weak boards for cistern covers are
In good repute al thief catchers in
Wabash, Ind, since a burglar fleeing
with Jewelry from E. w. Woods
house fell through one and was hauled
out of the water and arrested.
AT Louisville a tenor singer who
sued a theatre manager for breach of
contract demanded jury of musicians
In order that they might be competent
TO Judge of the quality Of his voice, rs
he intended to sing for evidence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
Malpractice Charged.

FULTON, Mo-, February 5.-John M.
Barker, of Mexico, NO., as attorney
for Dollie Barnes, the 5-year-o old
daughter of Mrs. Sallie Barnes, of this
city, to-day filed suit against Ir. ]. K.
Pemberton for $4,000, charging him
with malpractice. On Thanksgiving
day, 1895, Dollie Barnes was playing
in her mothers boarding house, and
in some way d~islocated her hip. DR..
Pemberton was called in and exam
ined the injured limb, and said there
was nothing wrong with it. Eleven
months after this Drs. 8. s. Davis and
Tom d.. futile performed an opera
ton upon the little girl, and to a great
extent Strengthened the hip joint, but
the child will be a cripple for life, and
for this reason she sues DR.. Pember-
ton for s12, 900 damages for malprac-
tine
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
George Taylor Located Again.


Special Dispatch to the Globe Democrat.
WEBB CITY, Mo-, Feb. 3'-Your cor
respondent has just had an interview
with A. B. Cooper, a long and well
known resident of this city, in refer
ence to the reported arrest at Han
ford, CAL, of George Taylor, the fugi-
tive murderer of the Meeks family,
near Browning, Mo. Mr.. Cooper has
just returned from the Indian Terri
tory, and says the reported arrest of
Taylor in California is q mistake, AS he
has at no time since his escape from
the Carrollton Jail been in that State or
Oregon, but is in the Indian Territory,
within a few miles Of Tulsa, in his
hiding place among cliffs, heavily
timbered, where few people go, and,
as he puts it, where no man desires to
meet George Taylor. The gentleman
who impaired this information TO MI.
Cooper was once a resident of Brown
ing, but now lives near Tulsa. Ele was
we'll acquainted with the entire Taylor
family and says he knows what he is
talking about, and that Taylor could
be captured within a few miles of
Tulsa were not the officers afraid of
him and his gang. Taylor openly
boasts, this mar says, that ensconced
as he is he fears no attack, and in any
event he will never be taken alive.
MIR. Cooper declines to give the name
of his informant, but says he is a gen.
tleman of good repute and worthy of
credence,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11

81 hope to help many who are try
ing to conomize," says a writer in the
Ladies' JorunaI. "WIth a few pack
ages of diamond dyes wonders al be
done in making old dresses look like
new. In my own family we certainly
did not buy a single dress or cloak
last fall, yet we dressed comfortably
and in style, by dyeing over clothes
that had been cast aside"
Diamond dyes come in convenient
packages which color from one to
ten pounds for ten cents. Full direc-
tions make it impossible for one to
have "poor luck" with the diamond,
and they are 80 simple that perfect,
non-fading colors are obtained with
out any experience in dyeing.
A book of tree directions for home
dyeing will be sent to any one by the
proprietors, Wells, Richardson & Co.,
Burlington, VT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11

Not long ago q farmer who lives
three miles from here, came to my
store before breakfast and bought a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. He said their little boy had a
bad cold, and as they had used what
they had in the house his wife would
not let him 90 to pillow until he came
and got another bottle. The little
boy, who was with him, remarked:
SNOW / will soon be well, for Cham
berlain's "toff" medicine always cures
me-" R. Q. McIIlroy, Black Hawk,
Pa. In speaking of this remedy Mr..
McElroy said people came from far
and wide to his store to get it, and
many of them would not know what
to do without it. For sale at % and
80 cents per bottle by @. A. Buckner,
Druggist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
"HOSS MEAT"
Being Sent Out From Chicago as
Fluid Extract of Beef.

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-Health Depart
ment officials have discovered that
horse flesh is being sold in Chicago
and throughout the country under the
guise of fluid extract of beef. They
have also learned that it is being put
up by a Chicago packing house, and
criminal prosecution will be begun as
soon as the proper advices are re-
ceived from the city law department.
A chemical analysis has been made,
and City Bacteriologist Gehrmann and
Chemist Kennicott pronounce several
samples of the so-called extract of
beef nothing more nor less than ex-
tract of horse meat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
From the wa,lsviile optic.News


Rev. ]. Z. Paris, a Baptist minister
from Mexico, purchased of ]. L. Bar
ker Tuesday the Clayton house and 1C
acres of ground, situated in the east
ern suburbs of this city, and will
permanently locate in this place. He
will get possession the LIST of March.
Prof. E. B. Moore, the artist, leaves
this week for Mexico, where he will
locate. We regret to lose MI. Moore
and his excellent wife from our midst.
The Professor Is a first class artist and
has built up a splendid business since
he took charge of the gallery here.
This leaves a splendid opening here
for a good artist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
Gone TO New York.

]. W. Platt, of the Racket, left to-
day for New York, where he viii
spend ten days buying goods. Mr..
Platt expects to do a larger business
this year than he has ever done be-
fore. His business has been growing
steadily and last year it was very
much larger than that of 1895. Piatt
buys for cash, sells close for cash and
advertises carefully and literally. He
knows that advertising pays.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11

Home and hospital established and controlled
by Baptists, but admits of sick and afflicted Of
all denominations or Of no denomination. The
medical staff is composed of some Of the best
known physicians of the city and who are
recognized authority in their special lines of
work Amy physician of good Standing can
patients can choose their own physician Z they
so desire. It has a nurses training school and
a woman's board of charity. The location OF
the sanitarium is good and with its many other
superior advantages, without q doubt, makes it
one of the most attractive and desirable tnsti-
buttons of its kind in the West, and there are
hundreds of patients who need treatment and
yet they hesitate to come because they are not
acquainted with sanitarium methods. To all
such we will say that the Mayfield Sanitarium
is a Christian Home and you will feel that you
are with friends; will be tenderly cared for by
trained nurses and will receive such skilled
medical and surgical treatment as each indi-
yidual case may require, and we solicit your
patronage. Elegant accommodations furnished
at S., 81, $40 and S14 per week. Nursing at SCI
to So per week. Medical and surgical services
reasonable. Our aims in this new sanitarium
are just the same as when we first entered the
work twelve l12) years ago As in the past,
of all denominations and their fami-
lies receive free professional treatment. Also
no charges for professional services rendered
INDECENT persons whose board and nurse bills
are paid by churches, lodges, &c.
For further Information address
w. II. MAYFIELD, M. D.,
M2yf1eld Sanitarium, {, Louis. Mo,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11

Estate of James Clacher,
deceased. d1t.46 1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
AUDRAIN COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-3d Monday in jan
uary, LIST Monday In June, Sd Monday
in September
COUNTY CoURT-1st Monday in Feb
ruary, LIST Monday in May, LIST Monday
in August, LIST Monday in November.
PROBATE CouRT-2d Monday in jan
uary, I'd Monday in March, I'd Monday
in May, I'd Monday in September.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11

Ii an apt expression when applied
to railways. There In only one, how
ever, which during the last half cent
ury has passed through the crucible
Of Q travelling public and come out
free Of dross.
Ever alert to the best interests OF
its patrons, the management of the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Rail-
way have unquestionably succeeded
In establishing It Is the leading and
most deservedly popular through
route to all points east.
For tickets via the Baltimore &
Southwestern Railway, apply to
Ticket Agent In the West.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
BRYAN QUITS THE PLATFORM.
Announces That by Advice Of Friends
He Has Given up Lecturing.

SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Jan. 29.-W. ].
Bryan has retired from the lecture
field, his final lecture being given here
tonight. He announced to-day that
he had cancelled his lecture contract
and that he would return to his home
at Lincoln, Neb., from here. The con-
tract with him called for fifty lectures.
He has delivered eight of them. His
friends, he says, prevailed upon him
to quit the lecture field.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
M AND CONDEMN.
The Liberty Free Silver Club Passes Some
Pertinent Reso1utions-Want a Uni
form Set of school Books,

WHEREAS, We learn through the
public press that Hon. VIM. McKin-
ley, president-elect, has signified a
desire to have the $50, 900 subscribed
for the inaugural ball appropriated
to charity as follows: twenty-five
thousand dollars to be distributed
among the destitute in the cities OF
the United States, $40, 900 to be sent
to the relief of the Armenians and
SIS, 900 to the famine stricken suf-
ferers of India; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we heartily COM
mend the action of Mr.. Mckinley so
far as it extends to the United States,
but recognizing the fact that India
is a British province, and believing
that Great Britain is able to take
care of her own starving subjects,
and believing further that the said
SIS, 900 is needed to relieve the des
titute and sufferingi in our own coun-
try, we hereby condemn that part
of the scheme.
In regard to the proposed plan OF
sending &c. 900 to the relief OF the
Armenians, we consider that it would
be far more appropriate to send a
feet of warships to Constantinople
and demand of the Turkish govern
ment not only a cessation of atroci-
ties, ibut full indemnity to the Amer
leans for those already committed,
and to enforce this demand at the
point of the bayonet if necessary.
Second. WHEREAS, There is a bill
pending in the Missouri legislature
relating to criminal costs; and
WHEREAS, We believe the enact
ment of such a bill into law would
be detrimental to the interests of a
large majority of the people OF this
state, and believing further that
such a law is unnecessary and I'M
called for, therefore,
RESOLVED, That we condemn said
bill and we pledge ourselves to with
draw our political support in the
future from every representative or
senator who votes in favor of the
same.
Third. In view of the fact that
the state contract relating to school
text books has expired, and deem
ing it desirable that the people OF
this state should have a uniform set
of school text books, uncontrolled
by school book monopolies; We
beg leave to suggest to the state leg
islature the ACCESSIBILITY of a law
providing for the establishment ola
uniform set of school books. The
same to be published by the state
government, utilizing the labor of
convicts in the state penitentiary in
the publication of the same. The
said books to be distributed to the
people at the actual cost of publica-
ton and distribution. Fourth.
RESOLVED, That we tender to the
Cuban patriots who r making
such a heroic fight for liberty and
independence, our hearty sympa-
thy and encouragement.
That we deplore the inaction of
the United States government, that
we believe that the time has arrived
when a further delay on the part of
this government to recognize the
of Cuba would be a crime
against civilization.
Resolved, That a copy of these res
olutions be given to the press with a
request to publish the same.
WIN. MANSFIELD, Pres.
B. f. JAMES, Sec'y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
THE GREATER NEW YORK.
Some Statistics Showing How Big q
City.It Will Be.
From the PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

From the Phila ieIphia Ledger.
Much has been written concerning
"Greater New York;" but few have
any conception how great a city 1t will
be. Only London will exceed it in
population, wealth and business. Its
area will be 306 square miles, or 1885,
$40 acres. 1t will have an estimated
population of 3,430 600. It's bonded
debt will be s216,471,59 500. Its annual
tax budget will exceed $50, O0o, 900.
The assessed value of its real estate
New York, Brooklyn and Saten Is
land) will amount to $780,, 091, 900.
Its parks and park lands will COM
prise 1886 acres, not counting several
noted roadways, such as the Harlem
Speedway and the Coney Island Boule-
ward, which are under park control.
1t will contain sixty-four monuments
and statues, including GRANTS tomb,
to be dedicated next April. 1t will
have forty-eight cemeteries, COM
prising $500 acres, and containing q
silent population Of 1000, 600. Its pub
lie schools will contain 326, 900 pupils
and 1882 teachers. Its police force
will aggregate $500, and its firemen
2,125. New York and Brooklyn alone
have 2,13S miles of streets and 991
miles of sewers. The capacity of the
water works will be 503, zoe, 1000 gal
Ions, and the miles of water Il will
number 1878.
Within this mammoth city there will
be 1908 churches, with 720, III parish
toner's, and 100000 Sunday school
scholars. The sitting capacity of the
churches is 469,159. The aggregate
value of church property is $6s, 49,
900. There will be sixty-three Hbrar-
les, containing 1 ,624,oO volumes thirty
art galleries, ffty-four theatres, with
a seating capacity of $1,000, eleven
halls for music ard oratory, with a
seating capacity OF 3 $4,000, eighty-one
clubs of established social standing, |
having $4,000 members, two big uni |
versities and ninety-three other edu-
cational Institutions.
There will be 112 hotels within the
city, not to mention several thousand
Raines law "hotels." The city will
have seven bridges n the Harlem
and one across the East River. An
other East River bridge has been
started, and one across the North
River is projected. There are thirty
three different ferries. The forty-five
lines of street railway carry 7s2, 0Oo,-
600 passengers every year over 464
miles of track. There will be upward
of sixty exchanges and other COM
mercial organizations. There are 21s
banks and banking institutions In New
York and Brooklyn alone, and the
clearings of the Clearing House ag-
gregate SIS, 0OO, 0o0, 900 a year. The
big city will transact considerably
more than one-half the foreign COM
merce of the country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
Suicide Not to Bar Insurance.

JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, Feb. 4.-The
Senate this morning passed Hohen-
schild's bill to compel the assessment
insurance companies to pay for deaths
due to suicide az well as for any other
cause. The vote was IS to II. Brew
ster and Mott fought the bill on the
theory that men would be restrained
from killing themselves if they knew
their families could not collect their
insurance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11

"Indeed! You look SO happy and
Independent that I hope you will ex-
cuse me for taking you for the hired
girl.r
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11

George Lewis, ss years old, of
Whitefield, Me-, is as able, physically
and mentally, as when in his prime,
and he has just cut and sawed up the
necessary timber to make a black
smith shop, and alone hauled the logs
out of the woods with an OK team.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-02-11
RICHEST MAN IN THIS COUNTRY.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
John d. Rockefeller.
His wealth is more than 5000, O0O,-
900
When a boy he had the reputation
of being lazy.
His colossal fortune was made in
oil-Standard Oil.
He gives away $4,000 in charities
every year, it is said.
He can play the violin very well,
and has a fondness for pictures.
His income is a trife more than S2O,-
600 a day-nearly SIT a minute.
He gets less real enjoyment out OF
life, probably, than most S12-a-week
clerks.
He never attends the theatre or
opera, but occasionally goes to a con
cert.
He looks like a preacher. He has
sloping shoulders and a melancholy
face.
His highest ambition when a young
ster was to be a trapeze performer in
a circus.
He founded the Chicago University,
and has given to that Institution about
$40, 200, 600.
He pays $4,000 a year to the per-
son who looks after the distribution
of his charities.
He saved money from the time he
first began to earn it. In two years
he had put away $500.
Then he and M. B. Clark went into
the commission business in st. Louis
and in eight years had saved 5000.
With his capital he started a little
oil refinery, out of which grew the
Standard Oil Company and his vast
wealth.
In q short time heRockefellers were
near unto failure, but YER rescued by
Henry M. Flagler's father-in-law, M.
V. Hardness.
Once safely established, the Rocke-
fellers started out to acquire the
plants of their rivals. Some were ac-
quired by purchase, others by-other
means.
So successfully vas this plan of
business campaign carried out that
to-day there is scarcely a rival plant
practically all the oil industries are
In the control of the Rockefellers.
Some very ugly stories are told
about the methods employed by the
Standard Oil Company to acquire the
plants of rivals or else to drive them
out of business. Even arson has been
mentioned.
1t has been said that John d. Rookie
Teller gives millions to charity to
atone for some-well, never mind
what. However, the ruin of more
than one business rival has, coinci-
dentally, been followed by the gift of
thousands to some institution.
He has a number of res1dences-one
at No. 4 West Fifty-fourth street,
New York City; one in Cleveland, an
other in Greenwich, Conn; and a
very handsome place near larry
town. Connected with this house is
a very good skating rink.
He is an iron king as well as an oil
king. He practically owns all the
Lake Superior mines, as well az the
deposits in Cuba. During
the financial depression a few years
ago he bought all the iron mining
property in sight-and at a bargain.
His parents we're Scotch folks, who
settled on a small farm near Moravia,
N. Y. They moved to Oswego, and
later to Cleveland. John D. Rookie
Teller married a Cleveland school
teacher, Miss Lucy Spellman. They
have four children. The two daugh-
ters are married