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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-21
Roanoke, Va, Feb. 9th, 1897.

BY VIRTUE OF \ DEED OF TRUST
from Elizabeth :. Funke, u. Il. Obenchain
ct ais, executed to James II. II. Figgat,
trustee, on the 10th day of September,
1898, which is of record in the county
court clerk Office of Roanoke county.
and also of the decree entered nv the cir.
cult court oi Hotrtourt on the 2nd day Of
jane, 1896 in the case of Regel, Scott
Go. vs. 4. L. Ohcnchlin, as substituted
trustee in the trust deed aforesaid. | will.
on the 9Th DAY OF MARCH. 1897. offer
for sale Il public auction. in front OF the
Roanoke city courthouse, at i2m the fol-
lowing property. which WAS conveyed bv
the deed of trust aforesaid to,wt: \ tract
of land described rs follows Beginning
ut the northwest corner OF Midway and
vale streets. thence southeast So degrees
west l40 feet to a point, thence south So.
degrees east 100 feet TO Midway street.
thence south degrees west 100 feet TO.
the beginning, and known as lots =, . and
III, in section 10 of the lands of the Mid
way Land Company and also the improy-
ell property, beginning ut the southwest
corner of Midway street south ! degrees
west 50 feet to n point, thence north So
degrees west l2O feet to AN alley. thence
along same : degrees east so feet to Vale
street. and along same south S3 degrees
east l20 feet To the beginning, heinz lnts
bland II, of section q.
The above mentioned lots have on them
good ~ room houses, and will he sold each
separately. and also two lots which are
unimproved, and will also he sold each
separately.
TERMS-One fourth of the purchase.
money Will he required To he paid in cuSh
aud the residue in one and two wears
from date. with interest, the purchaser
giving bonds for deferred instalments OF
purchase money secured 10y IL deed of
trust on the property. The sale 10 be sub
lect to the confirmation OF the circ,iit
court of BOtctourt county.
RrSnnrtfnilN
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-21

DISSOLUTION NOTICE-The CO. parr-
nership of Powell & keunard has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent,
Mr.. y. j. kennard purchasing the in
tercst of Mr.. ID. b. Powell in the firm.
The business will he continued by \.
j kennard nj the old stand, No 1870
campbell avenue $. w, who assumes all
debts ana liabilities of said partnership.
aud TO whom'all lebts due the partne,shiu
should he paid
Thanking our friends and the public
for their liberal patronage. and wishing
!! continuance of the same to the new
firm.
D. b. POWELL.
n. J. i[ENNASp.
Roanoke, Va, Feb. 9th, 1897.
Having purchased the interest OF -. L.
Powell in the firm of Powell & kennard
| Will continue the plumbing, timing
ana stove business at the same place,
No. 100 Campbell avenue, $. w.
A. j. kE\NARD
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-21
Respectfully.
JAMES +. SUMMONS,

JOHN T.. PECK, Auctionecr.
Clerk s Office Of Botetourt Cirsuit
Court, February |, 1891. Rcigel, Scott Il
Co. IS. Il. L. Ohcnchain, IN chancery:
The above required bond of Jas l.. Sim
mons as substituted trustee in above.
cause has been gwen with good security.
J w. MNTNE\Y. Clerk
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31

Russia has about 1000, 900 titled per-
sonages out of a population of 10O,-
000,0
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
FINICAN IS
AHEAD AGAIN
A Mysterious Disappear
ance of His Costly
Furniture.
The ColOnel's Wife Once More
Fooled in Her Efforts to
Collect Alinony.
Affidavit OF a San Francisco Business
Man Filed With Marin's County
Clerk.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 30.-The shadow
of the famous Finigan divorce case
cast it's gloom over the County Clerk S
office again to-day to mark a fitting
finale for the year in which so much
has occurred to ruffle the spirits of the
alleged millionaire defendant and his
beautiful wife and plaintiff, Mrs, Emily
3. Finigan.
The affidavit of Edward Beck, SUI
perintendent of the storage depart
ment of the Sterling Furniture Com
pany, was filed this afternoon. 1t was
to the effect that the value of Colonel
Finigan's belongings in the custody of
the furniture company did not at the
present time amount to SIS.
Slowly, one by one, the rumors of the
untold wealth of Colonel Peter A. Fin
igan are being run TO ground and
proven false, yet the colonel in all his
poverty manages to live in ease and
luxury with swell apartments at Hotel
Rafael, enjoying three good, solid, sub
stantial meals day, while Mrs. Fini-
gan waits for the alimony that does
not come.
1t seems that Mrs. Finigan knew a
little about the cOlOnel's affairs and
where he kept some of his belongings
dllluS TO COInpeI MIN TO turn his
purse over TO her, she went after the
furniture which she knew was stored
in the Sterling Companys store house
in San Francisco. Before she and the
colonel went to Europe they broke up
housekeeping in San Francisco and
sent their household articles TO be
stored. Mrs. Finigan remembered this
and hoping to realize something on
them to pay her at least part of the
alimony, made a grab for it, only to
find that the colonel had got in his lit
tie grab ahead of her, and left only as
Beck in his affidavit sets forth, about
SIS worth of household effects.
When the colonel came back from
Europe after his second trip to see his
daughters he got rather a frosty re-
ception from Mrs. Finigan. Whether
he scented trouble for the future or
not, he alone can say; at any rate he
sold a greater part of the furniture
which was stored away, and now Mrs
Finigan finds that another one of her
quests after his hidden wealth is fruit
less
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
Roosevelt Reports Upon
the Work Of the Per-
sonnet Board.
Recommendation Is Made to
Straighten Most Com
pick Subject.
Differences Between Line and Staff
Officers to Be Renaedied
by Congress.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House,
Wa shin OtOn Dac On

Call Office, Riggs House,
Washington, Dec. so.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt has
submitted to Secretary Long a most
exhaustive report upon the personnel
OF the navy. He was charged with a
special board to consider and report
upon means to break up the present
stagnation in promotions, to settle the
long-standing differences between the
line and the engineer corps, and to de-
wise method for the betterment of the
condition of the enlisted men aboard
ship. All of these things have been
done in a bill which is submitted to the
Secretary for his approval, the fea-
lures of which have already been sent
out in these dispatches.
But Mr. Roosevelt's presentation of
the evils OF the present situation and
the reasons which have influenced the
BOARD in making its recommendations
are set forth in the accompanying re-
port in a stronger light than has ever
been thrown upon this complex sub
Ject, and it is presumed that it will
have influence with Congress, to which
the matter is soon to be committed.
Mr.. Roosevelt pays his compliments
to the members of the board for the
conscientious manner in which they
have generally sunk personal opinions,
and remarks with pleasure that on no
one point could it be said that the line
and staff members divided as classes.
AS to the results attained he said: II
am able to report to you that the bill
they have produced would, if enacted
into law, be of literally incalculable
good to the navy and would make our
naval service the pioneer in the proper
solution of problems, some of which
are odd and some so new that they
have not yet been solved by any naval
nation
The board recommends: (a) That the
line officers and engineers be ANAL
gamated; OBJ that when the number of
officers to be promoted is so far in
excess of the vacancies as to cause
stagnation in the service the requisite
number of vacancies shall be caused
by wedding out the men who are least
fit to meet the heavier requirements of
modern naval duty; (c) that the en-
listed men aboard ship be given the
same reward of pension and retirement
enjoyed by their brethren who fight
ashore, while the uppermost machin-
lists are made warrant officers to rank
with the gunners and carpenters
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
Tableaux and TheatricalS
at the Home Of the
Marlboroughs.
The Duke and Duchess Aid in
the Entertainment for
Charity.
Many Other Notables in English So
ciety Also Sing and Act in the
Same Worthy Cause.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LONDON, Dec. 30.-In aid of the res
toration of the funds of st. Mary S
Church, Woodstock, three perform
ances, consisting of tableaux and the
atricals, have been given at Blenheim
Palace-last night. by invitation, to
the tenants of the Duke of Marlbor-
ough's estate; this afternoon for the
county families in the neighborhood
who paid half guinea seat; and to-
night, for the gentry, who paid a
crown. special trains were run from
oxford, and the audiences were
large, particularly tonight.
The entertainment was given in the
long library of the palace. The heavily
nodded white ceiling, electrically
lighted, the long rows of draped book
cases, and the siIver-piped organ,
made a fine setting for the we'll
dressed crowd. The stage, draped with
red silk curtains, was erected at the
western end the proscenium sur
mounted by the Marlborough arms in
a wreath of Christmas greenery, which
also depended from the ceiling. The
performance opened with an organ
overture by Professor Perkins of Biz
mingham, who composed the music for
the musical buriesque, with which it
closed. The participants in the per-
Torrance were the Duke and Duchess
of Marlborough, Lady Lillian and Lady
Nora Spencer Churchill, Lady Ran
dolph Churchill, Lady Landlord, Lady
Curzon and Lady Saran Wilson and
Lord Chesterfield. Lord Curzon, the
Hon. Mrs. Bourke, Henry White,
Secretary of the United States en-
bassy) and Mrs. White, Henry Miner
and ]. Churchill.
The Duke of Marlborough appeared
in two tableauX as Louis XIV, with the
Duchess as a court lady of the court
of Louis XIV. Both dressed in the
parts splendidly, the Duchess being
particularly handsome.
Lady Randolph Churchill, in most
superb costume, appeared as the EN-
press Theodore. 1t was the same dress
she wore at the ball OF the Duchess of
Devonshire.
Mr.. and Mrs. White appeared yes
terday in a tableau entitled The Eve
of ST. Bartholomew Mr. White as
the Duke of Guise. The tableaux won
the heartlest applause. In the last
Lord CurZon appeared as Lord Nelson.
the audience joining in singing
Rule Britannia
The whole affair was very successful
and Melted considerable sum for char
ity.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
THE BOND ISSUE
DECLARED VOID
Decision OF Judge Gray in a
ard-FOught Case at
Visalia.
Paper Representing Over Half a Mil
lion Issued Illegally by the Alta
Irrigation District
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call
VISALIA, Dec. 30.-Judge GRAY to-
day decided that the entire bond issue
of the Alta Irrigation District, amount
ing to $541, zoe, was illegal and void
OF these bonds $4,000 were exchanged
for the irrigation system of the rs
Land and Water Company and the hal
ance We're issued for the construction
of additional canals.
The whole issue was claimed to be
void because the directors of the dis
trict had called the bond election be-
fore adopting any plan of irrigation
works, and the bonds issued for canal
work because they were in reality maid
out for contract work, although osten-
slbly on the face of the records issued
for canals purchased by the district
The case has been bitterly contested
and was regarded by many as one I'M
likely to even be won, because of the
fact that under q decree of cOnfirua-
ton the bonds had been adjudicated to
be valid. This point may affect the
bonds of many other districts where
similar judgments of confirmation have
been had. The trial and argument ex-
tended at intervals over two months
and exhaustive briefs We're filed by
counsel for both sides IN the contro-
verified law points.
The attorneys for the bondhoiders
were w, S. Goodfellow of San Fran
cisco, eX-Judge Harris of Fresno and
w. b. Wallace and Doggett & Adams
of Visalia. The land owners, who COM
prised the Alta District Defense Asso-
citation, an organization formed to fight
the bonds, were represented by George
III. Maxwell and r. NJ f. Soto of San
Francisco and ex-Judge William w
Cross and Hannah G. Miller and Brad
ley & Farnsworth of Visalia.
The land owners contend that a
grossly excessive price was paid in
bonds for the '76 system and that thew
were made the victims of a fraudulent
transaction from which they are now
seeking relief in the courts.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
CALIFORNIA
LIMITED.
SAN FRANCISCO
TO
CHICAG0.
GlilS Eel
Route

Trains leave from and arrive at Market
street Ferry,
San Francisco Ticket ofice-644 Market st.,
Chronicle building. Telephone Main 1920. Oak
dce-201 j ST.
The Best Railway-San Francisco to Chicago.
LOOK AT THE TIME OF THE CALIFORNfA
LIMITED.
Leave San Francisco 4so p m. Mondays and
Thursdays; arrive Kansas City 500 o. m
Thursdays and Sundays arrive st. Louis ZOO
a m. FRIDAYS and Mondays; arrive Chicago
9:4S a, M, Fridays and Mondays
DINING CARS under Harveys management
Buffet Smoking Cars aud Pullman Palace
Sleeping Cars
This train carries First-CIass PASSENGERS
only, but no extra charge is made
The ATLANTIC EMPRESS, leaving daily at
1850 p m, carries Pullman Palace and Pull
man Tourist Sleeping Cars on fast time Di-
rect connection in Chicago and Kansas City
for all points East
New rails, new ties new ballast new
bridges. The shortest crossing of the desert
and country that interests by its varied and
beautiful scenery. The highest grade of pas
senger equipment and meals at Harveys IA
nous dlning-rooms.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
REKiHAL or THE GREAT
WHISKY COMBINA TON.
Pool ORGANIZED by the Kentucky DistIIers
Promises to Become as Important
as the Old Trust

CINCINNATI, Dec. 3O-The whisky
pool, organized yesterday at Louisville
for Kentucky distillers, includes the
leading Cincinnati distiEers on IT'S COM
mittee. Among the leading distiIlers
on the committee are: John Atherton
Louisville, chairman; r. Monarch
Greensboro, Ky; John G.. Peach and
w, 8. Swearington, Louisville; Mich
olas Walsh and George w. Harris
1t is proposed after the pooling ar
rangements are perfected to incorpor-
ate the larger distilleries into a strong
consolidation, but no plans are made
public.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31

. Co., = TOT lusfhHlg i Tor Afternoon.
sunasalys eIcertsd Sundays only Saturdays cnlR
Menaay, Thursday and Saturday nights oi,iv
Mondays and Ehursdays 9ssS V+A|'
sNsdneadaYs AID Hasurdaya
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
eDeaeon" White Reinatated.

NEW YORK, Dee. 3o.-Stephen v.
White, who failed in the financial panic
Of 1893, was reinstated to full member.
ship in the New York Stock Exchange
to-day by unanimous vote Of the COM
mittee on admissions. Deacon White
has settled all his obligations, with in
terest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
sdn Jose Boys Wanted for Highway Robbery.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 30.-Wiiliam Has
sett and William Norton, boys Is and 90
years of age, have been charged with
highway robbery. v. p. Dugan alleges
that they held him UP on the Almaden
road on Christmas night and relieved
him of So and a watch. Warrants have
been issued, but the officers have been
unable to find the boys
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
SHIPS FINALLY
FIND A HAVEN
Several Storm Beaten Graft Get
Into Astoria After Great
Perils.
A Skipper From Australia Tells of
Falling In With ShOal
Of Icehergs.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call.
ASTORIA, Or, Dec. -30.-Several more
of the vessels which have been lying
in the offing waiting to get into the
harbor were enabled to get in this
evening. Those arriving were the
Horribly Castle, the Henriette and two
schooners.
Captain Henry Bright, of the Horn
by Castle, this evening said: I'VE
were sixty days from Adelaide, Aus
tralia, to the Columbia River lightship,
where we arrived yesterday, and had
better luck getting in than some of our
neighbors who have been outside sew
eral days. We were only nineteen days
making the run from the equator. All
kinds of weather beset us on the voy-
age, particularly near New Zealand,
which was on our route, and where we
experienced very ugly weather. We
only had one gale in this part of the
Pacific, but the seas have been ire
mendous and the swells very heavy.
In latitude 40 south, and between
longitude 176 east and 118 west we fell
in with a shoal of icebergs which kept
us company for two days. That was
the first time | had ever seen these
monsters in that vicinity, although /
believe another captain has reported
seeing some there this season. Near
Pitcairn we spoke the OIiyebank from
San Francisco. I saw, also, three
homeward- ships, probably wheat
ships, but l could not make out their
names. We are chartered by Gibson
& Kerr, Portland, and viii leave up
river tomorrow, if possible"
The German ship Henriette, about
fifty days from Yokohama, in ballast,
arrived in late last evening and an
ehored in the lower harbor. The names
of the two schooners which arrived in
the lower harbor this evening could
not be learned. They are probably
from San Francisco. for lumber.
The Columbia River line of steam
ships for Skaguay and Dyea is becom-
ing crowded for freight room. The
Elder, which sailed on Tuesday, had to
leave behind a large lot of freight.
Fisher Bros, wholesale merchants of
this city, have engaged all the room
they can get on the next steamer and
will have large shipment on the
steamer following that to their branch
store in Dyea, which has Just been es-
tablished there. This makes three
branch Astoria stores in Dyea and
Skaguay, the others being branches of
Ross, Higgins & Co. and Foard, Stokes
81 Co. The manager of Fisher Bros
new establishment is a Montana man
Of wide experience, who advises that
ne mas secured an eilslDle location.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company's Oriental liner Lombard will
sail in the morning for Yokohama with
a full cargo of valuable freight. The
next steamer of the line is due here on
the 10th.
The two schooners which sailed in
this afternoon, it is just learned, have
dragged their anchors and are drifting
from Sand Island toward the mouth
Of the river before the prevailing
high northeast wind
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-31
TASTES LIKE CREAM.

Et&RF 40 SREANs
IGahS Cures CONSUMPTION, COUGHS,
NJ COLDS, BRONCHITIS. DEBILITY,
Us WASTING DISEASES, ASTHMA,
INFLUENZA, SCROFULOUS HUMORS, ETC,
by building up the wasted tissues and feeding
the over-worked nerves in such q manner that
after using, HEALTH IS THE NATURAL
RESULT.
EVERYBODY LIKES 1T.
Physicians prescribe it. All good druggists
sell it. Ask for 'WILBOR'S,'' and take no
other.
y. B.-Beware of limitations. This article is
the oldest of it's kind in the market. Many
try to make a remedy Just as good,'' but
none succeed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-20
WAR IHE TOPIC
IN THE OFFICIAL CIRCLES
OF WASHINGTON.
PRESIDENT MK1NLEY KEEPING
CLOSE WATCH OF THE DEVELOP
MENTS IN EUROPE.
NO PROCLAMATION JUST NOW.
ENT Do NOT DEMAND HASTY
ACTION.
REPORTS FROM MIR. TERRELL.
The Official Advfces From the Ameri-
can Minister Confirm the News
From other Sources.

WASHINGTON, April 19.-It has
been suggested that the president
probably will be called upon to issue
a proclamation of neutrality now that
war has begun between Turkey and
Greece. The officials have looked into
the precedents in such cases, and have
concluded that the conditions at pres
ent do not require the issue Of such a
notice. The purpose of a neutrality
proclamation is to guard American
citizens against the consequences of
infraction of the neutrality imposed
upon nations not party to a war. 1t
does not directly concern either Of the
belligerents, but is intended to warn
American citizens that if they espouse
the cause of either combatant they will
absolve their own country from extend
ing protection to them. Conditions
may arise later on, 1t is said at the
state department, warranting the is
sue of a proclamation, but the Ameri-
cans in Turkey and Greece are so few
in number and are of such character
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-20
Sharp Conflict Between the
Military and Maritime
Powers.

LONDON, April 19.-In spite Of the
fact that the hostilities on the Greek
frontier have caused but little excite
ment here, communications have been
in progress all day long between the
foreign office and Rome, Paris and
Athens. It is reported tonight that
among the other matters considered
is the expediency Of ordering the in
ternational fleets to leave Cretan
waters and to go in the direction Of
Salonica and the Dardanelles, to watch
the fighting, with a view to localizing
it If necessary by naval Intervention.
Should this suggestion, which is under
stood to emanate from the Italian for
eign office, be acted upon, it is prob
able that only half the fleet of for
eign war ships would be withdrawn
for such purpose, the other half re-
naming to continue the Cretan block
ade
There is said to be sharp difference
Of opinion between the military pow
ers-Russia, Austria-Hungary and
Germany-and the maritime powers
Great Britain, France and Italy-as
to the most expeditions and least vio-
lent methods of compelling a cessation
VI d1OSl1nllGS, l1llS result not D6
reached by the exercise of diplomatic
pressure at Athens and Constantinople.
The likelihood is that the force to be
employed by Europe, If resort to
force becomes necessary would be by
sea, as the contingencies of military
intervention might be more serious
than the hostilities now in progress.
1t is reported at the foreign office
that the communication received here
today from the Marquis Of Salisbury,
! after his interview with Queen Vic
toria at Nice, supports the theory that
the British government is using its ut
most energy to persuade both the COM
! batants to make a cessation of the
| conflict at the stage which 1t has now
| reached. M. Hanotaux, who received
the Greek minister to France today, is
| understood to have assured him that,
| while France could not tolerate the
| indefinite prolongation of war and
would never consent to any essential
modification of the existing territories
of Greece and Turkey, she would con-
| tinue for the present her policy Of
non-intervention, except so far as in
| tervention might be necessary to pre-
vent the spread Of the contest to other
combatants