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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
Real Estate.-By virtue of deed of
trust dated 18th of November, 1890, and
duly recorded in the Office of the clerk of
the musings court of the city Of Roanoke.
Va, in deed book g., page 430, whereby
james II. Graybill and j. NJ. Gibson
conveyed the real estate hereinafter re-
ferred to, and more fully described in the
said deed ito which reference is hereby
made), to the undersigned trustees, to
secure a certain bond or obligation of said
j. IL. Graybill and J. NJ Gibson to The
Iron Belt Building and Loan Association.
of Roanoke, Va, aud default having
been made therein and being directed by
said beneficiary so to do, the under
signed trustees will ON SATURDAY,
2ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 1897. At
IL O'Clock m, proceed to sell on
the premises in Roanoke. City, Va at
public auction, to the highest bidder, Il
certain lot of land with desirable dwell
ing house and other imp ovements there
on, beginning II: point on the south side
of Gilmer street, in the city of Roanoke
Va, 800 feet west of twelfth Cor SEVENTH
street, ard measuring in front on said
Gilmer street % feet, and extending back
of that width 1G6 feet mere or less to an
alley. Same being pat of lands con-
veyed to said Graybill and Gibson by G..
G. Moomaw, on June 2l, 1890.
TERMS-Cash. There is due on said
bond S6S1.44, as of August 3;st, 1897.
. III. S. TROUT, Trustee.
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE
laud on south side of Roanoke river. OPP
posite the city of Roanoke--ks special
commissioners of the hustngs court for
the city Of Roanoke, and acting under
a decree of said court in the suit of Iu-
cindu Uowbert's executor vs.. T.. III
Stewart ana others, the undersigned will
offer for sale 10y public auction on the
Goth DAY OF September, 1897. mt II
o'clock Il. m, in front Of the courthouse
of said city, the tract of land formerly
belonging to Lucinda Ilowbert, deceased,
lying on the south side of Roanoke river
and adjoining the land of the South Roa,
noke Land Company and others. This
tract consists of 81 60 100 acres of land,
less 3.31 acres conveyed to the Norfolk
of its belt line. For description of said
land by metes and bounds, reference is
made To deed executed on the 3lst OF
December, 1890, by the said Lucinda
tIowhcit to T.. II. Stewart and Others, of
record in the clerks office OF the county
court Of Roanoke county.
TERMS OF SALE-Oue-t third OF the
purchase money will be required in cash
and for the residue bonds .or equal por-
tions, bearing interest from date ara pay
able in one and two years. The title of
the land will be retained until all Of the
purchase money is paid.
:. GRIFFIN, Commissioners
The bond required by the decree has
been executed. :. :. BROOKE,
Clerk.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08
Hnn,crton,n Marriage.

Philip Gilbert Hamerton heartily dis
approved marriage made i'll the French
manner. And yet one morning." no
says i'll l9s autobiography, 'when l was
writing on my desk Ga tall oak desk
that | used to stand up toy the idea sud-
denly came, as if somebody had uttered
these words i'll my ear: why should
you remain lonely all your days? Eu-
genie Gindriez would be an affcctionate
and faithful wife to you. She is not
rich, but you would work and fight
your way.
Il pushed aside the sheet of manu-
script and took IL sheet of notcpaper i'll
stead. | then wrote in French Il letter
to lady III Paris who knew the Gin
trlez family and asked her if Mile.
Eugcnic WAS engaged to DO married.
The answer came that she was we'll and
that there had been no engagement.
Soon afterward L was in Paris.
81 called OH Nj. Gindriez, but his
daughter was not at home. asked per-
mission to call III the evening, and she
WAS out again. This was repeated two
or three times, and my wife told me
aftcrward that these absences were not
accidental AT last wo met, and there
was nothing i'll her manner but GER
tain gravity, as if serious resolutions
were impending. Her sister showed no
such reserve, but greeted me gayly and
frankly. After Il few days l was accept
cd on the condition of an annual visit
to France.
From worldly point of view this
engagement was what is called in
French unc folic, Gil my part. and hard
ly less so on the part of the Young lady.
We had, however, kind of inward ms
surancc that i'll spite of the difference
of nationality and other differences we
We're, i'll truth, nearer TO each other than
most people who contract matrimonial
engagements. The electric atiinitics act
III spite of all appearances and Of many
realities -
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VAL.
CABLE REAL kSTA'rE.-By virtue of
II decree entered hy tic corporation court
for the city of Roanoke, Virginia, on the
3rd day of August, 1891. III vacation. in
the chanccry cause therein pending,
styled New York National Building and
Loan Associnticn w. Jane Donaldson ct
ais. the understand commissioner named
in said decree will OH MONDAY, the 9th
DAY OF SEPTEMBER. 1897. at IL
o'clock m, in front of the courthouse in
said city, proceed TO sell 20 the highest
bidder at .pubiic auction, that certain
parcel of lam lying in said city and lie
scribed rs follows:
Beginning ut n point on the west side
of Henry street .l,.3 feet south of Kirk
avenue, thence with the west line of
Henry street in sOnthcrly direction 50. 3
feet TO the middle of an alley, thence in
n westerly direction with the center line
OF said alley 100 feet Ia n point, thence in
northerlv direction go feet to a point,
thence in an easterly direction l20 feet to
place of beginning.
TERMS Cash.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08
.,s,,d aud Rocks.

Maric-So You arc engaged to Mr..
specie! WAS he the only man ut tho
'cach with sand enough to propose?
Edlth-No, but he WAS the only nan
WITH rocks enough for me TO accent.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08
= Capital Reelection.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Do you believe
shat Il horse can eat his head off?
Mr Crimsonbeak-I don't know, hut
wish to gracious man could drink
his head Off y onkers Statesman.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08

BY VIRTUE OF \ DECREE Or
the corporation court of the city of Roam
oke. Va, entered on the LIST DAY OF July,
1897. in the chnncery suit OF Josiah
Friends administrators and ais. vs.. y.
l.. Staples, trustee, and ais, the under
signed as special commissioners appoint
ed by said decree will offer for sale in
front of the courthouse ut public auction
10 the highest bidder ut ~ O'Clock noon
on the 18TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
1891. the following property situated in
the city of Roanoke, Va, to-wt:
First. beginning Mt II point on the
southwest corner OF Campbell and Ran
dolph streets, thence south , degrees ID
minutes west 100 feet to IL point. thence
north 81 degrees - minutes west 100 feet
to Il point. thence north , degrees - min
ntes east 100 feet to point, thence south
81 degrees 10 minutes east l0C feet TO the
place of Beginning.
Second. beginning ut point on the
northwest corner of Campbell and Ran
do!ph streets, thence with Campbell street
north SIS degrees west 100 feet to n point,
thence north , degrees east 100 feet to Il
point. thence south IS degrees east 1 30
feet to Randolph street, thence with Kan
dolph street :. , degrees west 100 feet to
the place of beginning and known as los
40. III, ll2 and ll3 in ward ., according
to the map of the Roanoke Land and Inn
provement Company.
TERMS OF SALE cash.
l.. II. COCKE,
NJ. ]. COLEMAN,
Special Commi ssioners.
!. s. S. Brooke, clerk of the corporation
court OF Roanoke city. Virginia, do hereby
certify that the bond required in above
case has been executed
5. :. BROOKE, Clerk.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
A Sensational Kidnapping Case That Was
Suppressed-How the Plot Was Car
ried Out Two Busy Women.
Especial Correspondence

Tho recent sensational kidnapping
casc ut Albany and its equally scnsa-
tional outcome recall tho fact that tho
rascals who perpetrate this class of
crime arc very seldom detected. Tho
Charley Ross case showed forcibly how
few astute scoundrels can keep out of
the clutches OF the law while negotiat-
ing for the ransom OF the abducted
child. There is little doubt that if Mr.
Ross had followed his own counsel in
stead Of that of the police his hoy would
have been restored TO him in short
time, but the outlaws he'd ito trouble in
testing his sincerity and woro there
after Oh their guard against traps. The
dying confessions of II couple of tho
mon implicated III that afFnir showed
that at no time was there the slightest
chance that the laws officers would re-
cover tho boy. They were after tho
money, and the officers were after
glory. Tho abductors would probably
have been glad to get rid of Charley
after his spiriting away had set the
whole country to wondering, but there
was no way in which it could be safely
done, and they simply decided to hang
OH and take chances. Everybody knows
the result.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08
TIIOS. w. MILLER,
Special COMMISSIONS

Jno T.. Peck, anctioneer
hereby certify that Thos. w. Miller,
commissioner, has executed the bond
with approved security as required by
the above mentioned decree.
:. s. BROOKE. Clerk.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08
$4,000 Demanded

All doubt on that point was removed
when, tho next morning, Il note was re-
ceivod demanding IL ransom of $50, 600
Tho father wrote to the rascals Offering
$4,000 cash. They replied, Offering to
take $4,000, which they declared was
tho smallest sum they would consider
They also said that they would not tel
when or how tho child would be re-
turned, bat that he would DO back with
his parents within week after the re-
ceipt Of the money. The funds were
sent Day after day passed without any
sign of the missing child, and the dis
tracted parents had about como TO the
conclusion that they had erred III not
notifying the police promptly, when ono
morning as the father WAS on his way
down stairs to breakfast ho heard his
name called, and, going into the dark
cncd sitting room, he found his little
boy on Il sofa, where he said he had
been almost the entire night
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08
q Strange Plot

The facts which subsequently dcvel-
opod read like Il page out of ono of Ga
boriau's novels. 1t appeared that the
child had been in Il building or the
street directly below his parents resi-
donce, and that from the back window
he had often seen them through the
glass. OF course one of the women i'll
tho house WAS an accomplice, and the
man who put up tho Job was the butler
who was secretly married to this WONT
an. The fellow had overheard the con
vorsation at the breakfast table, and as
nc had long been contemplating the alb
duction lie quickly grasped the cxcep-
tonal opportunity offered. The man
who brought tho horse to the door was
the brother of tho maid, who was i'll tho
plot, and, as no was tho caretaker of the
rich mans house i'll the street at the
back of tho residence of the employer of
his sister, everything worked perfectly
If tho officers had been consulted, re-
port would have been made to this fell
low at once by means of the back win
dow signals agreed upon between the
conspirators, and which were actually
used when the father finally came to
terms. This case did not get into the
newspapers, although there was an eff
fort made to get at the facts by re-
porter
Two Busy Women Playwrights.
The busiest playwright of them all,
Mrs Madeline Lucetto Ryley, arrived
from Europe recently, and the next
morning at Wallack's began the re-
hearsal of her now NAV. "a Cont of
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08

Breakfast, % cents; dinner. % cents:
supper % cents. Meal tickets a. j..
j. Catogni's restaurant.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08
Tho Boy and the Pony.

There was II case in this city Il couple
of years ago which if it had ever got
into tho newspapers would have created
even moro of "a sensation than the Ross
abduction. a wealthy merchant was
the father of one child, boy of about 6,
who WAS, very naturally, idolized His
every wish was granted almost before
it was expressed, and the little fellow
was as nearly spoiled child rs could
well be imagined. One day while in
Central park he saw yOungstcr of
about his own size mounted Oh pony
littlo larger than st. Bernard dog.
When no got home, he began to tease
for pony, and his father the next
morning announced that he would i'll
quiro into tho matter that day and "see
what could be done" AT about clock
that Same afternoon n man walked ND
to tho front door leading very small
pony. The lady was sitting at win
dow with her boy beside her The little
fellow was frantic with excitement
when tho man announced that the gen
tlcman of tho house had sent him to
take tho child for n trial ride OH the
pony to test tho lattcr's docilitv. He
was hastily fixed up, and the pair start
ed away. When tho father arrived iii
tho evening, ho was startled to hcar Of
the visit OF the man with the pony and
announced that no had forgotten all
about the matter and had not even
mentioned tho subject to soul It was
clear that the child had been abducted
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08
SummER E-aw LECTURES

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
July TO Ang 81 1897 Course includes 5B lectures lbs
Mr. Justice Harlan OF :. supreme Court. Fol
catalogue. address X. c. MINOR. SccreidrU
Charlottesville, Vn.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-08

Crystal y Spring
Sp'ngs via via Wal't
IL B Park vt s. III Mt
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-05
GREAT POWERS CALLING THE
SULTAN TO ACCOUNT.
Great Britain-France- -Russa-Ger-
many-Rumor of One Secret Alli-
ance-The Sultan Is Stubborn.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 2s.--The
Russian Embassador, on Saturday,
acting in concert with the representa-
tives of Great Britain. France, Italy,
Germany and Austria, had an audience
with Sultan Abdul Ilamd. one of
many such interviews within the past
year on the same subiect-the better
administration of the affairs of the
Turkish empire.
The Russian diplomat began by
warning the Sultan and the Turkish
Government that if the revenues ceded
for the payment of the Turkish debt
were touched, European control of the
finances of the empire would become
inevitable.
NJ. de Nelidoff. the Russian Embas-
sador, further informed the Sultan
that the Car guaranteed his personal
safety and engaged himself to main
tain the Sultan's supremacy in the
event of severe measures being neces-
sary upon the part of the powers.
The Sultan, however, remained OBJ
durate, refusing to consent to any
measure of control. financial or other
wise, by the powers.
The Russian ambassador said the
condition of the Turkish empire
placed the throne and the Caliphate in
imminent peril.
Therenpon Abdul Hamid remarked,
impressively: 81 may be the last of
the Caliphs, but / will never become
second Khedive."
In addition to these warnings, NJ. de
Nelidoff sent a note to the Turkish
Government and to the palace, to
which the utmost significance is at
tached in diplomatic circles. He point
ed out in precise terms the necessity
for the Sultan following the advice OF
the powers and acting in complete
agreement with their plans for i'm
proving the situation, giving warning
once more that the Sultan's refusal to
do so would involve the most disagree
able consequences.
The ambassadors of the powers will
meet again to discuss the situation,
and will reassemble in future twice a
week until they complete their recon-
mendations to the Sultan and his adj
visers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-05

GREAT SUGAR TRUST VS.. AR
BUCKLES, OF COFFEE FAME.
Each in the Field of the Other-Trust
Willing to spend $4,000 000-The
Coffee Men in the Fight to Stay.

PITTSBURG, Dec. 27.-Since the an
nouncement was made that the Sugar
Trust has gone into the coffee busi-
ness as a retalatory measure against
Arbucllle Bros. & Co. for going into
the sugar business, the Pittsburg firm
will make the game worth the powder.
William A. Jameson, the New York
head of the coffee producing concern,
has arrived in Pittsburg and said the
battle will be to a finish. He added:
eve do not believe the trust should
have complete monopoly of the sugar
trade, and we started in the business
the same as would go into any kind of
trade. We have a new machine for
packing coffee or sugar and could find
use for it only in the coffee business.
We offered to sell it to the trust to
pack sugar, but the offer was not ac-
] cepted Then we decided to utilize it
ourselves.
eve have purchased a piece of land
on Rust river, Brooklyn. The build
ings on the property are now being
razed, and we will begin the erection
of our refinery there January 1st. Our
intention was to build plant that
would produce from 1000 to $500 bar.
rels a day. The action of the trust
which bought a controlling interest in
the Woolson Spice Company of To
ledo and then began fighting us by re
ducing the price of coffee, and enlarg
ing their plant, changed our plans
Instead of producing 1000 to $500 bar
rels per day we decided to change q
big coffee mill into a sugar refinery
and we will turn out about 1000 bar
rels per day. We expect to put oul
sugar on the market in July. The
trust will not scare us out of the
trade"
It is said the new refinery will cos
81 100000. The trust officers are re
ported as saying they will spend $40,
100000. to keep the Arbuckles out o.
the business.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-05
IN A COTTAGE.

BOSTON, Dec. 2S.-EX-Queen Liliuo-
kalani has gone to Brookline and will
occupy a house at Coolidge's corner,
near the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee, for
an indefinite period. The ex-Queen
would have been the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee except for the recent illness
OF the latter, which made it impossible
for her to entertain the Queen and her
suit in her home.
Mrs. Lee has therefore secured for
her this place. 1t will be handsomely
furnished for her use. The rumor was
current today that Liliuokalani in
tended to buy house or cottage in
Brookline or somewhere near Boston
and settle down here permanently. To
a reporter who asked if this was true
her majesty said:
"That is the first I ever heard of it,"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-05
SLEIGHI\G.

BOSTON, Dec. 27.-EX-Queen Liliuo-
kalani passed a quiet day, but, as she
said, sit was exceedingly pleasant"
She did not attend church, but spent
the forenoon in her rooms at the
Parker House. just after noon her
majesty and suite were driven to
Brookline to lunch with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee. Mrs. George w. Armstrong in
vited the eX-Queen to go for a sleigh
ride, and she very gladly accepted the
invitation, and after lunch the party
started. Notwithstanding the severe
weather the eX-Queen did not suffer
from the cold. Her Sandwich island
attendants. however, were not SO for
tunate. The eX-Queen has made no
definite plans as yet as to the length
of her stay in Boston and vicinity.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-05
REPUBLIC PERMANENT.

BOSTN, Mass, Dec. 25-Liliuokalaui
arrived here at $3.50 p. m. from New
York, and was met at the Park-square
station by William Lee, of the firm of
Lee & Shepard, and Mrs. Lee, Miss Lee
and the former Queens old friend,
Capt. julius \. Palmer.
Il did not come here to see Presi-
dent Cleveland, as has been reported" b"
she said. "NIy visit is purely pri-
vate one. / have come to see the rel
atives of my dead husband" /;
It has been reported that the de-
posed Queen would go to England
with the hope of enlisting the sympa-
thy of Queen Victoria in her effort to
regain the Hawaiian throne. This, she
said, was not true. She declared that
when her visit in this country is at an
end she will return to Hawaii.
do you believe that Hawaii will be
annexed to the United States?" asked
a reporter.
81 have nothing to say on the SUB
ject," was her answer. Asked her opin
ion of President Cleveland's course or
the Hawaiian question, she shrugged
her shoulders and gave an evasivt
answer. She was equally reticen'
when asked what she thought of Pres
ident Dole's Government, but she die
venture the opinion that the Republic
was permanent institution.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-05
SUGAR DIrTN.

NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-The sugar
Importers of New York held a meeting
last night to consider the matter of
duties on raw sugar, in order to report
their opinion on the same to the Ways
and Means Committee on December
cussion, that the refineries should look
out independently for their own in
terests. The committee appointed TO
wait upon the Congressional commit
tee is as follows: Solon Humphres.
p. j. Smith, John Fair, William II.
Lefferts and C. u. Armstrong.
The discussion was long one.
Among those who took part in it was
w. p. Willet, of Willet & Gray, who
said that the consumption of sugar in
the United States had increased from
93,532 tons in 1881 to 100000 tons in
1896. The average of the annual in
crease was per cent. There was good
reason to believe that in the next fif-
teen years the consumption would be
increased TO 4,UUO,UOO IONS. Alter lnc
establishment of Cuban independence,
he said, the Cuban sugar crop would
be 100000, and its natural market
would be the United States.
Mr.. Willet said he had information
from Washington that the Ways and
Means Committee would be satisfied
with IA rate beginning with three
fourths of cent per pound for 10
degree sugar and increasing ,02 of II
cent a pound degree. This would
make 96-test centrifugal pay LII
cents, against 81 of cent, or an aver
age increase of 25 per cent in the
duties from the present tariff. which
was probably all that would be re-
quired.
A proposition to recommend diff
ferential duty on refined sugar was
voted down. 1t was decided to let the
refined sugar interests present their
own cases. The committee appointed
by the meeting was instructed to ad-
vocate specific duty on raw sugars.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-05
COAST SHIPPING NEWS
NEW INTER ISLAND STEAMER
HAS HER TRIAL TRIP.
Now Loading-Arrivals and Depart
ures at San Francisco-Suicide of
the Diamond Head Cook.

The new Inter Island steamer Scray
had her trial trip on the 22nd. At last
advices she was loading in the Plant
ers' Line for Honolulu. Capt. Thomp-
son, of the r. p. Rithet will come
down on her as master, and A. w.
Keech will work the bells.
Sailed from San Francisco for HO-
nolulu: Dec. 10, Ships S. p. Hitchcock
and barkentine w. H. Dimond; Dec.
20, bark Annie Johnson (for Hilo) and
barkentine Irmgard.
The steamer Chittagong sailed from
Hongkong on December 10th for Port
land via Honolulu; the Monmouth
shire left Portland on the oath for
Yokohama in the same line.
The barkentine Planter sailed from
Sydney on the 10Th with a load of coal
for Honolulu.
The bark Rhoderick Dhu arrived at
San Francisco on the 23rd, eighteen
days from Hilo.
The following arrived at San Fran
cisco on December 2S: t. S. s. Adams,
16 days; bark Albert, 20 days; bark
Diamond Head, 23 days; schooner
Muriel, IA days (from Honoipu).
G. Alexander, colored cook of the
bark Diamond Head, leaped into the
sea from the forecastle head on Dec.
18th and was drowned. He was sup
posed to have been insane. 1T is sup
posed that he tied some of the car
penter's heavy tools about his neck
before making the fatal leap.