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?A AK A. A\ Am. Lot of Prunes At SC. WHITE mTusE CCFFfE ?nc Gnu. PITMAN & EVANS l VOL. XVII, No. tat I'lttUni ilIlCKIS UhNlJ. rH? WkKTHttn Korecant for Virginia: Generally fair ??>*! collier aliirini; the dlt) ; pnili nlily threatening Ii? the morning; north erl.v wind?. The ? Cleveland" ltaecr. Weight SO Pounds. The littest wheel that has ever "come to town.'' It's worth looking at, whether yon buy or not. ROA^OKE CYCLE CO., l. VXTPPO, Manager. Send away for your Gar- j den Seeds. W?i fc'.I none. ^. hut l're h and Reliable $ K?e?N and elm Bava you ? money. Hot our price*. $ lassie's Pharmacy. f * <> % <X>4X>&>0+i>*> Yellow Dlltnicr'H sjzmE Mil- $ vor Skin Onion Sets. <? Simply a Suggestion! Do you want, Can ycu use. Do you require, Cnuld you enjoy, Would you desire, Would ynu tike -A Fine Lady's or Gent's J Gold Watch ? I This WeekSome Interesting A tfargaiim. T[ EDWARDS. GREEN } 0 Mattufiicturliin; .I owe lor. 6 SALEM AVE. S|>*elnteUM ot our '07 spool .Its', ? SK"IA ii HA V I' Kiss," will lie ic.lv Mure.li iMt. \ a?^ PHOTOORAHHRKi 818 si';;:i JolTorion Struct. Over I'OltoOice. We Gall Special' Attention to the Above Piano. IteitifE well known here there is no ueed of special tuen Lion as iegnrds to quality. Call at our warerooins, No. II South .lelferson street, and examine our new stylss and scites. J. E. ROGERS & CO. W l'i WAXl yon to try our'Sarsa partlla. It's just as good as can hoamade. mid only 70 cents a hott.le. YOI K ISIiOl>l> calls for a^Spring medicine. You cannot do hotter than set a bottle oi* Barnes' Sarsaparllln?and get it TO-DAY. H. C. BARNES, " He Puts Up Prescriptions," O'FERRALL ACTS. lie Iteappolnts Two Members of a Hoard of Visitors. Hlchmond, Fob, 25.--Governor O'Fer rnll has appointed Hon. Geo. A. Mush hack, o< Alexandria, and Hon. Addison Maupiu, of Henry county, as members of the Itoard nf visitorso' the institution for the deaf, dninb and [blind, at Staunton, tor a period of three voars each from Micch 15. Ram gentleman succeeds himself, having been appointed for one year previously. f. K. Vawter has also been appointed a member of the committee to inquire into the State care of epileptics. $5 I have rccel red a car of sash, doors, and blind*, liought when the price was the lowest ever reached .in the history of the manufacture of these goods. You know wh.it ih.is means. ,T. M. WILKINSON; ROANOKE, VA., FRILXA iORHECI. Some More Extracts From the Report of Commissioner Archer L Payne. THE ARTICLE PRINTED YESTERDAY WAS SLIGHTLY MISLEADING IN THAT IT WAS MADE TO APPEAR THAT SEVERAL PARTIES HAD BEEN PAID CERTAIN AMOUNTS, BUT THE SAME WAS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AND ACCORDING TO WIE TRUSTEE'S REPORT. "Commissioner Payne's report shows that since the Trust Company made an as? signment thut $37,870. 18 Has been collected. Out of this sum payments have been made as follows: "First National Bank, $2,500. "Home Building and Couveyunce Company, $9,000. "Roanoke Grocery and Milting Company, $4,000. "Terry Building Company, $5,728. "Out of this nmount Luciun II.Cocke,the trustee, claims a commission ol $1,000." ?Roanoke Times, February 25. This portion of article which appeared In The Times of yesterday regarding the. [iffairs of the Roanoke Trust, Loan anil Safe Deposit Company created considerable comment and criticism and while absolutely correct according to the official report of the trustee for said company, It is nevertheless misleading and is calculated to do injustice to the concerns mentioned as having received the sums stated. President Trout, ol the First National Bank, informed The Times reporter yester-^ day that hi- Lank had not received one dollar from the Roanoke Trust Company since, its failure. Mr. Joel Jnmison, of the Roanoke Grocery and Milling Company, called at The Time- office yesterday and stated that his company had not been paid any money by company had not been paid any money by i lie Trust (Company since its failure. He stated that sometime previous to the failure i of the Trust Company stud company rediscouuted in New York, a note of the milling' ? com puny for $4.000; that when said note matured it was promptly paid by the mak? ers; that while the entries on the books ol the Trust. Company by t he trustee make, it appear that the .Milling Company has been paid the sum of $4,000, as a matter of fact the Milling Company has not been paid anything. Mr. .Limes B. Terry, of the Home Building and Couveyunce Company and the Terry Bui Id inu Company, stated thut his companies had not received one penny from the Trust Company, as published in yesterday"s Times, and the mistake arose as In above ease of Mr. Jamison. The Times now reproduces certain portions of [Commissioner Payne's report, -as follows: INQUIRY NO. 7. An itemized account, of Luciau 11. Cocke, trustee, with the Roanoke. Trust. Loan and Safe Deposit Company ol nil his trnnsuettonss in the execution of this trust and give amounts in his hands at the date of said report to lie distributed: Summary of'receipts and disbursements of L. 11 Cocke, trustee of Roanoke Trust, Loan and Sate Deposit Company, from June L'.th, lMHi, to January 12th, 1807: Receipts. Bills Bee. Coupons. City warrants. Insurance premiums. Overdrafts. Interest. Rents. Box rents. I- urniture. Expense. Banks. Cash on hand. Special cash dep. ?27,000 :r. 1,225 12 0. 0.K KT 1,801 4(1 in ?02 5<l 241 II -I 40 in 00 ?d (in 835 24 1, HOB (>i 731.00 $37,870 18 MEMO: Disbursements. Bills Payable. $2,712 4:1 Rediscounts. 10,004 50 Expenses and rent: Interest paid. Commissions paid. (!ash :ui hand . Commissions earned, $37,870 13, at I per cent. Commissions paid as per above account. Until. . . Commissions due to trustee unpaid. Cash on hand as per above .statement..., Less commission due to trustee. 1,000.77 850 80 500 (>!? 12,072 :!7,sr? 13 s!,.->15 0-1 000 00 1,018 04 $12,072 ?T 1,015 (i! Cash on hand available for distribution. $11,057 EN PENSE: .on i Recording I). T. < Bent. Old < ipera House. W.P. Dtipuy, box rent pnstoffice. Kulp Roofing Company, repairs. . . . Kent for month of June. 1800. .1. C. Wallace, steougrunhy. W. Daniel , services. II. M. Daniel, services one half June and July. . World Publishing Company, advertising. Thompson Price Company, paper, etc. Terry Building Company, rent July. ,T. II. Morris, repairs typewriter. .1. T. Hall, rubber stamps. W. Daniel services August. IL M. Daniel, services August. Terry Building Company, rent August. P. H. Dillard, writ tux. W. Daniel, ser . ices September. II. M.Daniel, services September. Roanoke Gas and Water Company, water bills. Consolidated Ite Company, ice. Terry Building Company, rent. Stcne Printing Company. Terty Building Company, tent October. fl. M. Daniel, services October. H". R. Green, clerk court, costs. Terry Building Company, rent November. H. tM. Daniei, services November. Freight on hardware.:. Roanoke (.las and Water Company, water bills. H. M. Daniel, services December., Teryy Building Company, rent December. W. Griffin, recording deeds. Protest on NewYork draft. 145 00 5 00 1 17 200 30 210 I 11 25 1 30 I4C 25 140 I 111 I 11(1 1 140 on on 10 mi on mi 33 (Ml 11(1 88 12 On ?J."> 00 00 01 00 CO on SK 0(1 on ?5 30 INTEREST: Discount city warrants. Discount city warrants. Protest note W. P. Huff. Rebate insurance premiums. Costs suit/.. P. Con way. Rebate Insurance commissions Merch. Paul on note First National Bank. ... Rebate insurance commissions March. $1,000 s 2 00 2 4 80 I 04 4 04 7 52 B (is 4 24 12 11 BILLS PAYABLE: Note to First. National Bank. s 2,500 00 Credit to First National Bank. 212 43 REDISCOUNTS PAID: Home Building and Conveyance Co., note. ? 2,000 00 E. E. Denniston, note. 500 no E. H. Wolff, note. |(M) (in Terry Building Company, note. 5,000 15? Terry Bhtldlug Company, note. 711 :!? II. M. Dar nail. 750 '.Hi .1. W. Troop, note. .-?,, po .1. Allen Watts, note. 74JJ <to A. Baker, note: . 10(1 25 T. Y. Robinson, note. 1,250 no Home Building and Conveyance Company, note. 4,000 00 Roanoke Grocery and Milling Company, note. .. 4,'J00 JO COMMISSIONS: L. II. Cocke, on account. j; 250 00 L.H. Cocke, on nccount. 250 00 $2,712 I: Total Disbursement-. lY, FEBRUARY 2(3 House Committee to Investigate South Carolina Elections. MURRAY, THE NEGRO CONGRESS MAS FROM TH AT STATE, SAYS OVER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND MEN II AY E BEEN " DENIED THE RIGHT TO VOTE. HE WANTS CONGRESS TO REM? EDY THE ALLEGED FRAUDS IN THE REGISTRATION LISTS. Washington, Feb. 25.?The House j committee on elections of President ami j Vice-President and members of Congress [to-day gave a further hearing on the po? sitions presented to the I louse by Mr. ?Murray, of South Carolina, making cer [tain charges of fraud regarding the elec Hjtions in that State under the new const! ftutiou, and requesting'aCongressional in? vestigation of the matter, k Mr. Wilson, of South Carolina, spoke Hon the legal aspects of the case, holdiug lf-that Congress had no right to investi? gate. The milk In tho eocoaiutt. he said, [was that Mr. Murray and his co-contest [ants dcsiroil their testimony to he backe l up hy evidence collected by Congress. [This they would use in the contested elec Btion case of Mr. Murray, when brought pbefore the House, lie explained the re? quirement h .-is to registration as being Kdrawn in the interest of the illiterate. I He did not approve of t he plan of inves tlgation suggested by Mr. Murray. Under "it the House only would be considered ami a report Would be made to it. This would not be binding upon the Senate. The proper procedate would be to have ? joint, committee inv >stigate. Mr. Murray followed Mr. Wilson, lb was not asking the investigation lor his own benefit, but for tin- citi/.eus of South Carolina, lie had made a successful con? test helore the House heretofore and his case for the next Congress was already made up. If time were only given he WOllId present tu the House the petitions . of 100,001) citiy.nuH from all sections of J)the state praying for a republican form of government, as was guaranteed to them by the constitution. Mr. Tucker, ol Virginia, asked if peo nie who had signed these memorials had been disfranchised. Mr. Murray replied that they had been, and added that people who had passed oxaminat ion-- for school teachers had been treated in the same way, being classed with the illiterate Under the present state of affairs thousands of negroes bad been refused*registration. There was a deep-seated conspiracy to deprive a large J, portion of the citizens of his State the right to vote. In l-.is'district alone over 1(1,000 had been refused registration. The only remedy was to apply to Congress for 1 relief. The suffragans of the State thought it. the duty of Congress to investigate the j matter and, if in its power, to remedy it : by legislation. No relief could be ob? tained in the courts. If Congress would make the investigation it would satisfy all concerned and they would accept tin result as dual and binding A question was asked as to the taking of the '.nth by the members of the consti? tutional convention, ami Mr. Murruv re? quested Mr. Smalls, ex-member 'of Con? gress and a member of the convention, to answer iI Mr. Smalls said that "when ra portion of the delegates to the convention had taken the oath, Senator Tillman held that It was unnecessary and the roll-call was suspended and the matter referred to the judiciary commit tee. The coin in it tee reported that it was unnecessary to take the oath. The committee adjourned until to mor? row, when Dr. Pope, the independent can? didate lor governor, will be heard ANOTHER M IT PILED. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 25. -W. A. Risbee, owner of the famous tug autl al? leged filibuster Dauntless, has tiled another suit against Collector It. ('. Mis bee, of this port,ullcgitig*iio,onodamages. It. is claimed thai the collector refused clearance papers to the tug and restrain? ed her by force when she attempted to no out on lawful business, towing and ot her work of the kind. Papers in full will be filed to-morrow. rCOTTON PIRE AT NORFOLK. Norfolk, Feb. '.'?. Fire broke out this morning at 10 o'clock in the cotton ware? house of S. It. I.ee & Co. and .lone-' Son &: Co., anil although the department m.i^ assisted by four lire tugs, three hours of hard work was necessary "to subdue the flames The damage to'the building is #1,500, fully insured. The stock is valued ;tt about. $30,000 and the extent of damage thereto cannot be ascertained until the smouldering cotton is removed. It is in? sured'fully, however. Tonight at '.? o'clock the lire again broke out, but was soon subdued. THE REPORT DOUBTED. New York, Feb. 2"?. Nothing has been heard at the otliccs of the Cuban junta of the alleged death of President Salvador Crisneros, of the Cuban republic. The officers of the junta are im lined to doubt the story. I can offer yon the best llooriug, ceil? ing and dressed boards in the city lor the price. .1. II. WILKINSON. EACH DAY DURINH Tu F. PAST WEKK \\V I's SEL,\ A Roanoke Music Co., C T. JENNINGS. Manager. 1897. MR, PAYNE TALKS. Mr. Cocke's Statement in His Re? port is a Verbatim Copy. A Times representative asked Commis? sion A. L. Payne for information as to the misunderstanding of that portion of his report concerning the receipts and dis? bursements of Lucian II. Cocke, trustee. He replied: "All I can say is that the court directed me to simply state an account of the re? ceipts anil disbursements of the trustee, as of the date of my report. He furnish? ed me with a statement. a verbatim copy of which l attached to liny report. I made no comments whatever upon the statement, and neither stistalnul not re? jected any of its itcms.n'.u bel?g required by the court to do anything more than to present, the itemized statement of the trustee. .Mr. Cocke saw tit to make his Statement in the form he used, anil if the court is not satisfied with it, an addi? tional statement will doubtless lie re quired of him when the matter comes up lor hearing. The trouble seems tolas due to the fact that while the matter may to persons familiar with banking and book-keeping seem perfectly intelligible, and lie ii. a form in which the court may act upon It readily, yet to the average person it might Indeed bo misunderstand? ing, without explanation." TWO MEN HUNG. Arkansas l.aw-hreakers Keel the Law's Stern Hand. ?Muri Hin ff, Ark., Feb. 25.?Two col? ored men were hanged on the scaffold here to-day, though not at the same mo? ment. AI 1:10 the trap was sprung first and Hohei t Co.v was swung into eternity for the crime of criminal assault. Itc went to his death 'ci.dly mid made no State? ment. His neck was broken "and at the I cud of eight minutes was dead. At 1:55, Jim Davis was executed for the murder of Lawrence Williams, a hoy. \ His neck iv is broken, and bodied in eight minutes, die refused spiritual assistance ami made a I rief speech on the gallows, in which he said he was ruled by the devil. I nK AX EXTRA SESSION. Jackson, Miss., r'eb25.?At the confer? ence of the State ollieials to-day it was shown an that extra session of the h-gishi inn- is necessary and Governor MeLauriu will call it for March HO. The auditor and treasurer submitted statements of the financial condition of the State, show in g probable expenditures to December, 1S0T, of NT 111.?l'.': probable receipts, in? cluding cash on hand. $501,47-1. DUNLAP HATS Open To-day G ILK ESO N & TAYLOR, ll it mis. ANOTHER CRASH. A Louisville Building and Loan Associa i ion 1 toes I town. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 25.?The United States Hlllidlug and Loan Association as? signed today 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 " 511, -bowed assets of $5V3,:100.87, of which $527,110 was loans on real estate. The liabilities | were the same. Last fall a defalcation of $12,01X1 in the accounts of Bookkeeper Will [lettie w.as discovered, but a settle? ment w as made, HAS NO MONEY. Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo J Railway in Receiver's Hands. Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 25.?The Cen? tral Trosi Company, of New York, 11 led a petition in the United States court to? day asking for a receiver .for the Colum? bus. Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Company. In its petition it nllogcs thai there will be due in the next thirty days $200,000 as interest on the company's bonds, for which there Is no money in the company's possession)to 'pay. The com? pany liled its answer at once, admitting all the allegations of the I petition to be true, indicating that the suit is brought with an understanding between Hie par? ties. fudge Sngc appointed President Mon serratt as receiver. COMBINATION OK PUBLISHERS. Albany, N. Y.. Feb. 25.?The American Newspaper Publishers Association was incorporated by the secretary of state to? day with a capital of $1,000. The princi? pal office of the Association will be in New York and the directors are Charles X. Knapp, of St. Louis. .1. A. liutier, of Buffalo; William Bryant, II. V. Gunniii- ? son, of Brooklyn; Frederick Dtlscoll. of I St. Paul. W. X. [SelfT, jof Pittsburg: Mil- 1 ton A. McRae. ofClnclnnatl; Charles II Taylor, dr., of Huston, and S. H. Kauft" man, of Washington. HIS PAJtOON SIGNET), Washington, Feb. 25 -Sonor de Lome, the Spanish minister residing here, states to night that, in- has received an otliclut cablegram from Madrid, that the Queen liegen! has signed the pardon of .lose Saujjuilly '."he turtiier statement is made thai this action was taken by the Spanish cabinet last wci k and will be published oflicially In the Madrid newspapers to? morrow. A telegram conveying this in formation to Seuor de Lome is sigtied by Tetuan. the Spanish minister of foreign ministers. Rock bottom prices on special lines of shoes for a few days at MaiigUS & Pay li? ter's. Mackerel I Ficsh I/)' The?? Pine Wh'te Fat ,X ?:fctr?l li ; ? x for 23c. , lieacmber. the*o ?ro not thoso real! , bony, poor fl<h tome people sell. I PITMAN & EVANS. ULI, SOt'TllKHX AHKUCIATKU I'UKss. AM. Ide NEW?JF HIE \VOM.]i. HE WAS CHEERED. England's Premier States Her Po? sition on the Cretan Matter. SHE WILL DEMAND THE WITH? DRAWAL OF ROTH TURKISH AND GRECIAN TROOPS FROM THK ISLAND OF CRETE?THEN AUTO? NOMY JJWIL-L BE GRANTED THE NATIVES, WHO WILL, HOWEVER, REMAIN SUBJECTS OF TURKEY. MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES CONSIDER THE SITUATION A CRAVE ONE. London, Fob. 25.?There whs n large attendance of peers and visitors at the opening of the sitting of the house of lords this evening. Several peeresses were present and a number of bishops other than those entitled to sit in the house of lords, together with some mem? bers of the bouse of commons, looked oh from the galleries. Soon after the house came to order; Lord Dunraven arose and made a formal rennest that the government inform the house as to the exact situation in Crete and tin- government's negotiations with the powers looking to a settlement of the difficulties. Lord Salisbury upon rising to reply wns tremendously cheered and when the cheer? ing hail subsided said t hat a telegram had been sent to the British representative at the capita! of each of the condoned Euro? pean powers, defining Great Britain's .position. The winde incident occupied twenty minutes. Subsequently the Earl of Kimborley held a conference with ^Jslr William Hnr court in a private room. The conservatives are unanmiotis in tit ei r approval of the moMiod of settle? ment of the Cretan difficulty. Lord Salisbury said that it did not fol? low that the Turkish troops would he withdrawn from Crete immediately: nevertheless was a necessary condition to the establishment of autonomy anil they would therefore be withdrawn. The premier then gave as instances of I autonomous administration the form of government which now obtains in the island of Samoa, a'Turkisli possession,ami 1 which formerly prevailed in Servia, and 1 proceeded to say he imagined that, the powers would require the Ureek troops in Crete to be withdrawn at. an earlier date than the Turkish troop-., but he was nil ] able to give any further details until he knew what doci-iou had been reached by the powers. St ill it was his belief that the powers recognized the principles he had aut'ounced as animating their policy. ? Lord Kimberly who was minister of ' foreign affairs in the cabinet of Lord S.?l ; Isbiiry, said that t ho statement just made by Lord Salisbury was one of irreut grav? ity and would require careful considera? tion on his part before he felt prepared tu make any observations thereon. The house then adjourned. The floor and galleries of the house of commons were crowded with members and spectators at the opening of to-day's sitting in view of the announcement in the newspapers this morning that the government would ^define their policy in regard to"( 'ret e. Shortly after thi speaker had taken his seat. Right Hon. A. .1. Balfour. first lord of the treasury ami the government leader in the bousi of commons, made it statement similar to the one made by Lord Salisbury in the house of lord*, i?t t he conclusion of which Sir William Bar court said that the statement concerning the ('retail situation anil tin- methods to be employed in its settlement, which has. just been laid before the house by Mr. Bulfour, was of the gravest character. It affected the present and future relations of Great Britain with the powers of Eu? rope, besides Turkey and "Greece, and its gravity was especially shown in its last paragraph rciatiug to" the employment of force in tie event of the persistent refusal of Turkey or Greece to comply w ith the demand-- of the powers. He requested the government to fix IUI early date fur debating the matter. r Mixed Lawn Grass Seed for the bald spots on your lawn Reliable Flower Seed and Tube Rose Bulb*. MASSIF'S PHARM \c\ . 1 HE WAS PROMOTED. Richmond, Feb. 2?>.?H. T. Simpson, trainmaster at Newport News, was to-day appointed superintendent of the telegraph system of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail? way, to 'succeed the late M. II. Ltouard. NEW STYLE F gcjir gros, pawa mm The Standard of the World. Robbie piano (fto SOLE DEALERS. Factory Price?. E??y Payment*. No Interest.