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Call on
J. B. HuCKaDAY,
tTh ? Ploneur Ag-tfnt,
lor
Rorniok* Keal Eatute.
VOL. IX.-NO. 100.
3 P JSC, I AI. NOTICES.
[PECIAL BARGAIN.
For sale, two new houses in tho I
?astern part of Ruanoko with eight '
rooms, built on the old Colonial
stylo, just OJiuploted, for S.'.uuo
eaoh, on easy payments. Tho owner,
intending going North in a few
days, makes this Hp cial offer, being de?
sirous of selling before - taking Iiis d? -
, yarture. A discount will b t made to
[party taking both properties. For fui
\ ?her partiuulars. te.ms, oic.. c ill on
WILBUR S. I"OLK ,fc CO.,
Rooms 3 and 4, Exchange Uuiluing.
N
OTICE.
We can soil lots in tho hoart of
the town at 35 to 40 per oent.
lower than any other lots noar
them oan be bought for.
MM M?NS, AMBLER Jfc CO.,
REAL. ESTATE AGENTS,
Iluchanan. Va.
Office corner Washington and Water
Street?.
j^J OTICE.
WATER
CONSUMERS.
Water rentals for tho quartor (Janu
ary, February and March) are now due
Consumeres are hereby notified to ?all at j
the oflloe of tho company, Exchango
building, room 13, and pay tho same.
No hills will bo distributed as hereto?
fore. Water will be cut off from all con?
sumers who do not pay their bills on or
before the 30th of January. An addit?
ional oharge of fifty cants will bo col?
lected for turning on water.
janitoSO J. C. It AWN, Manager.
jyjT^UsiC HAS ITS CHARMS.
Wc desire to call tho attention of the
citizens of Roanoke and Southwest Vir?
ginia to our extensive stock of superb
pianos of tho following uiakes. We
mentioa separately tho celebrated
" Everett," ono of tho best; also the
Weber, Steck arid a number of othors of
fine mako. Wo sell them on oasy terms
and guarantee all of them to givo entire
satisfaction. All you have to do is to
call, seo thorn and be c.mvinoed. Organs,
all of the best makes, constantly on
hand. M. L. SMITH.
dtc21-tf
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Dunolie Items.
Danvii.i.k, Va., Jan. 1".?[Spcoial]?
Erne -son Tuckson, a colored barber, was
found dead on the street this morning,
and is raid to havo died from whiskey
and exposure.
EJisa Kohles, a venerable oolored
woman said to havo been mure than
100 joare old, diod horo yestorday.
?OAiN<
HE WAS THE "STAR BOARDER."
Why Mr. Anderson Objected to
Wir. Lindsey's Presence.
A Novel Callovtlon on Exhibition In the
Mayor'a Court?Thcro la the I'kuuI
>Voiuoii In the Cane?Tho I'rlticluul
I'arllei llavo Left Town?A KcueUulo
of .Mr. Amlerson'a Capture.
A pray overcoat, a dark suit of
clothes, a pair of shoeB, a neoktio and
a billy c ok hat. These valuable be?
longings are awaiting tho appearance of
their owner at tho mayor's ofhce.
There is also waiting at the office
aforesaid something else for the owner
of the garments in the shape of a war?
rant for tho arrest of J. L. Llndsey, a
painter, upon a ohargo which is some?
times successfully pleaded as justifica?
tion in oases of homicide.
0. II. Anderfon is a oiyil engineer,
who is incapacitated from following his
calling by reason of greatlj impaired
eyesight. Until Monday of last week
he lived at 312 Railroad avenue n. e.,
where his wifo kept a boarding bouse.
He had boon married for near twenty
years, and two suns and a daughter
were the fruit of their union.
Mr, Anderson and his wifo have not
lived in sweot accord for some months,
and family Jars were of frequent occur?
rence. Tho cause of thes*? domestic
afflictions was tho owner of the clothing
in the hands of tho police. Serious
difficulties had previously occurred in
tho household, but tha'.'s another atory.
as the meteoric Kipling would say.
It was in Maytim ? that Lindsey, who
was then engaged in tho machine shops
as a painter, went t> hoard with the
Anderson family, and early ingratiated
himself into Mrs. Anderson's good
graces. Ho has lived there oontinu
Oiisly sice ?, and in all that time has
paid but ?10 on recount of beard. .Man\
have wende?ed why he \ aid that 810, a
he was known ana "starb>:irder,"wh> t
ev. r that may mean.within a weel: aftei
his appearance at the landlady's table.
I.indsoy was young, ban home, enter?
taining, and dress v. Mrs. Anderson
was on the sunny side of the widow's
dr* ad, possess* d of matronly good looks,
and-well, she is no longer a resident
of Itounoko.
Lindsey paid assiduous ciurt t:> th<
landlady, and soon the choic ? ont?, tin
best of ill* at each daily meal, tho big
gest slic i of dosiert pit:, and such found
their way upon his plate. Then h ? \v;t>
carefully looki d after in tho matter of
wardrobe, and before the summer sols
t o ? was at. Us b< Ight tho gay young
painter was the envied of his fellow*
for that he?though a bachelor?was
nevi r ompi-lli d to hitch his suspenders
to his nether garments with a nail. Mrs.
Anderson did his mending?or, as Ihe
tailor would put it, busheled for him.
What greater proof of love can woman
give to man than that?
And still he grew in the grace of his
landlady until, as his follow-workmeu
maintained, ho actually woro embroi?
dered overalls to work?when he
work* d, which ho never did when the
hoarding house prospered.
At last, during tho holidays, Mr. An?
derson detected the drift of affairs at
home: suspicion proved into knowledge:
knowledge, made tho outraged husband
demand that Idndsey be thrust out into
the cold world, nor harbored longer in
his household.
A scene ensued yesterday a week ago
between husband and wife which re?
sulted in tho former breaking dishes,
mildly corn cling his other half, and
being arrested on a charge of assaullincr
Mrs. Anderson and making threats to
her.
Ho was tried on these charges in tho
u ayor's court and placi d under SOU
bonds to keep the pence for six months.
Mis. Anderson lullicted tho further
penalty upon him of exile from home?
turned*him out bodily, and bade him
never come near her again Siok at
? cart and weary of life, ho went away
a d took refuge with a friend. The
u.iildren staid with th< ir mother
Anderson bore his exile for a week,
but Sunday night sought such proof of
illicit love between his wife and her
star boarder as would plac the twain
within tho pale of the law. In fu ?ther
nncj * f this he gained entranco into the
house and sicluded himself in a closet
atdaik.
When bedtime came tho hidden hus
b: n I heard tho household hurried to
bi u, hi aid the erring wifo go through
the foimalityof 1 eking tho door, but
s io faih d to fat ton one of tho two giv?
ing entranco to her own chamber.
lb-fore long he heard tho c ireful open?
ing and shutting of doors, wait* d a cer?
tain time, and then groped his way to
her door. If was the one she had m -
gl? et? d to si cure, but this time tho way
was barred. It had been kckid. Ho
heard a hasty whispo-ed consultation
1 side, rush* d to the other door, found
that also 1* eked, and burst it open.
As lib did so he called to his eldest
son, a young man of nineteen. The
other door wusquickly opened and shut.
; nd a futile effort mado to open tho
fr ?I foor.
Tho now thoroughly enraged m n
1 ea d the i atti r of footsteps to tho r ? r
i.i im- house, and followed them. Chance
led him to the veiy closet where he
h .id previl u -ly been ? 'hsconci d, and hero
ho found ciouclud an undressed man.
A desperate, thouirh brief, struggle
ens ltd, but the unclad man got away
and pr* cipitately fled the house, sans
clothes, sans hat. sans honor?but with
his valuable life yet spared him.
Anderson returned to the room and
gathered up the deserted clothes, which
he retained after a brief struggle with
his faithless wile, and look them to lue
station house.
Karly yesterday morning ho obtained
a warrant for l.lt.dHcy'n arrest from
'Squiro Howerton, which ho plncod in
the bands of tho psiico, and later one.
)KK, VA., TUESDAY i
was secured fur tbo a p.cbonsion of I
Mrs., Anderson.
These wnu nov executed, as Ltndsey |
has not been seen since Sunday night, i
and Mrs. Anderson took thu early morn
Lug train for Lynchburg, it is presumed,
win re her ounni clions reside.
And a gray ovoiooat, a dark suit of
elotbi s, h pair of shoes, a uecktie and a
billy-cook bat await au owner at tho
mayor's o?ioe.
And ho oometh not.
uk. R1A.SS11... pkokatbd.
The Prellmln<rv l.xmulnntUiu of Itedd
nnd IVllllainnon.
The Droll nil ary examination of John
T. lttdd and Ruf us li. Williamson will
bo held to-day. Theso are th j n en now
bailed In 8500 each on th ? chargo of
having inflicted upon Mr. Thomas Q.
Massio tho wounds which cau ed his
death.
. It is s vfo to predict, howovor, that the
COmmo.twcalth * ill abandon the^csse
as far as these iwo men aro concerni d.
and th y will lo given thoir full freo
dom.
Ueddaud Williamson will be defended
by Randolph & Randolph in tho oveni
evidence is cilled for, and Messrs.
Smith, iiibb and Scott will look out foi
thu Interests of the commonwealth.
Rut the oaso Is yet in its infancy, and
boftre long?it may be this very day?
events will transpire which will show
that tho commonwealth's representa?
tives havo been diligent in probing tin
mystery to its depth, and they will, bai
extraordinary accidents, succeed in
bringing the guilty to the bar of justic
Hast? meant danger to tho case, and
henee tho deliberation in their notions.
Mit. massik's will.
A document possessing interest at
this time was filed in the clerk's office
of tho Hustings Court yesterday. It
was the last will and testament ol
Thomas (J. Massie, executed tho night
lie was so brutally assaulted. It show*
that, he anticipated a fatal ending of the
crime.
The will roads as follows:
Statu of Vi mi ma,
'?In the name of (lod, amen:
"I. T, <!. Mas ib"ing of sound
mind, but weak in body, do make, pub?
lish, and d< dare this to liu aud contain
:ny l ust will and testament,,
'?I give, devise, and bequeath of my
estat's real, personal and mixed, unto
my dear wife, Mary C. Massie, abso?
lutely aud forever. And I desire also to
?-?ive to my said wife tl o whole of the
insurance I havo on my lifo in the
Knights ed Honor, amounting to two
thousand dollars. My membership in
Litis order is "lib lodge at Spartanbuig.
So. Ca.
"I nominat" nni appoint my said wife
tho sole ok cutrix oT this, my will, giv?
ing her full power lo sell any part of
my estato whenever sho may deem
proper.
"Witness my hand and seal this 22nd
day of December. 1800.
' Witnesses: "T. (1. MASSIG, fjU 8.]
"C. A. McIIuon,
"Cahlotta Hii.i.."
virginia's ueut.
Thu Seeon'! Auditor lH*uen hu a mi mil
Statement uf Us Condition.
The report of the second auditor on
the public debt of the State for tho fiscal
year ending September 3U, 1?U0, has
been issued. It shows :
llonds and ojrtific.ites outstanding
October 1, 1890,832,215,012.03. By whom
held?Sinking fund, Riddleb^rgerV.
$2,357,570,00; literary fund, Riddle-ber
ger's, 81,320.827.28 : Virginia colleges,
old unfunded bonds, including those ot
1806-07, consols, peelers, and J0.40V.
82,409,255.85; board of public works.
Riddlebergor's. .-i<l73,<i()(): United Slates
Uovornment old unfunded binds,8581,
800; insuranc ; companies'deposits con?
sols, $20,000; 10-10's, $3(T,300; Kid
dleberger's, 835,22t?. Total, 8151,520.
General public, old unfunded bonds.
81.208,483.13; 188?i-'7 bonds. 8101.
389.50; c msols, $13,009,833.70; p"el- I
??rq. 8512.434.28: lO-tn'x. 85.917.990. Rid- i
dloiergrs, St,453,OS 1.00, making tho
aggregate facs value of theso bonds
812,310.012. Receipts and disburse?
ments on ncount ot tho payments of in?
terest on tile public debt were as fol?
lows: Ajnounts of receipts from all
souices, 8443,920.14; amount of disburse?
ments, 3t39,534.77: balance in tho treas?
ury, October I, 1890, 83.57tt.77; balance
in the treasury corresponding date,
1889, 8170.30.
Hid He Kilt Mr. Maaslo?
R. E. Ilardwlcke, chief of polico of
Radford, Va., has written to Chief Mor?
ris that ho has a "suspect" in jail at
that placo who gives his name as George
A. D.mghcrty, claiming to bo originally
from Neu ville. Pa. Dougherty Is oi her
c azyor feigns craziness, but says he
killed a man in this city two or three
weeks ago. Ilardwlcke thinks ho may
be tho party who killed Mr. Massie, but
tho oflicials hero entertain no such
opinion. To be on tho safo side, how?
ever, Chief Morris will go to R idford
to-day to examine into the ease, and, if
necessary, to br;ng him back to Roanoke.
Election uf ItuuU (Ulli < >i
Tho annual meeting of the stock?
holders of the First National Bank will
lie held to-day at the olHceof the bank,
c inter Salem avenue and Henry street ,
for the election of oQlcura 'or tho ensu?
ing ye ar.
Aguluat lugnlls.
CfitCAOO, Jan. 12.?[Special]?A spe?
cial to tho Daily News from Topeka,
Kansas, says: Eighty of the ninety-one
Alliance legislators have arrived in the
city, although tho legislature does not
convene till Tuesday noon. They have
been Interviewed by Chase, the people's
party chairman, who said all were op?
posed to (ngalls and would ?tand by the
caucus nominee. Chairman Buchanan,
of tho Republican central committee,
still claims that Ingall's eh otion is cer?
tain, and bases his belief in the alleged
dooinlon within Allianoo ranks.
BURNING, JANUARY
THE NEWHAMPSH RE ?LLCriLN.
A Resolution in the House to
Investigate.
Introduced t>y Blwachnrd?Charging Con*
splruc/ an . I ran > t ? 'i hwart the Will
?i II ? I'oupl ? Doem 1 epubllcau I onu
of < ovcraiucut i xUt iu the ?Uruu.to
Mate/
Washington, Jan. 12.?lSp"Cinl|?In
tho House today Mr. Ulanchard, of
Louisiana, offered for roferenoo tho fol?
lowing resolution:
Whereas it 's alleged and bc?icved
that certain evil-disposed persons have,
within i bo territory and jurlsdioth n ot
tho State of No v 11? up biro, by con
spiracy and show of foroe, recently set
on foot an 1 oarried into execution plan
by which the will of the people, as
1 'gaily expressed at the polls in thi
recent election, has been set aside and
the vote of the State subverted; trod
Wheroas these alleged unlawful am'
revolutionary proceedings involve th?
title to the office of chief magistrate ot
the State and of the United States
Sonatorshlpj
Itesolved,. That tho committoo or
judiciary of this House is hercbj
dir? cted to investigate the preseni
political conditions of tho State of New
Hampshire with a view of determining
whether or not a republican form ol
government exists there within thi
meaning and intent of the Constitution
of the United States.
ST I i.i. DEBATING SILVER.
Senatum Allen, Uerrjr and Coekroll Spcnk i
on the Miiunciiil Hill.
Washington, 1). C, .Ian. 12.?[Spe?
cial1,?Senator Allen nddressed the Soi.
ate in advee icy of Mr. Stewart's amend?
ment to the financial bill. The world
at large, said he, had seen lit to ado| t
(with few exceptions) the double stai -
dard of jrold and silver, and had thront h
cnturies builded up financial stiuo
lures upon it. It wa ?. itnposdblc, tit
this late da,-, tu etil a halt in tin
maroh. Silver to-day represented about
one-half of the world's supply of mom \
and one-half of It* value. If silt or
were robbed of its money function and
converted into' a mere o v.nmodity, r
would becamo practically worthless,
and i.alt ino.val.ic ui tuo world's asset.- j
would bii extracted, and ^PFould b.
transferred to, and swalltrWcd up in tin
remaining m.-ul in order to double It
monetary pbfcer. Such a c line would
be so gross, so stup.-ndous, so cruel and
ruinous that its c intcmpla ion excited
universal revulsion and universal n
sistanoc.
Mr. llerry addressed tho Senate in
support of Mr. Stewart's amendment.
Ho would vole for It. bo said, under?
standing that it provided for free ami
unlimited cjin.tgo of silvor, and placed
silver in all respects (iu regard to righi
of c linage and right to ho used as
money), on an equality with gold at u
rate fixed by law. For himself, he said
frankly that one of tho strongest
teasons that induced him to support tin
amendment was in the hope and bellet
that free coinage of silver would enahh
the mortgage ci r .cd people of the
South and West to di>charge their obli?
gations, and M rid their homes from
mortgages that weighted them down:
with less labor, less toil, and with n
smaller amount of c itton, wheat and
o.irn than it. would now require.
If it were true that money paid tr
holders of Government bonds would
pnichase less of those products than it
now did, they would still ncdvo lai
more than tney had contracted to re?
ceived, and much more than just'c > de?
manded. Ho would not vote for the
section providing for the Issue of addi?
tional bonds, tho purpose of which was
to continue in existence tho national
banks. Ho believed that th" national
hanks had been a curse to the c luniry,
and that tho sooner they disappeared
the better.
Mr. Ccckrell also made an argument
in favor of the anu ndmem. which was
simply, he said, a proposition for the
free coinage of ?ilver and for the r< sto
ration of ilver to all its monetary futio
i.ions. Mr. Allison took tho floor and
the bill was laid aside. After a short
executive session the Senato adjourned.
Seventeen TerMonn I'orbih iunn Avalanche.
ViBNKA, Jan. 12.?(Spfcial| ?Informa?
tion received hero from Serajevo, the
capital of Bosnia, show that a serious I
disaster has visited Livna. An aval- |
?mehe crashed down from the mountains
close by that place and a number of
bouses in tho town were completely
buried in tho snow. The immense
weight of huow crushed the houses upon
which it fell and their occupants were
buried in tho i uins of their dwellings.
Attempts were imnn diately made to re?
cover itie bodies of the dead and to ex?
tricate tho living. So far the rescuers
have stceei di d in r covering the bodies
of seventeen persons cruihed to death
and a number of persons severely in?
jured.
, city of \Vuidilii?loM in it i yelone.
FoitT MoMtOE, Va.. Jan. 12. [Spe?
cial!?Steamer City of Washington, Now
York for Havana, has arrived here.
She cneouutorcd a cyclone off Hattorns
and had her fortc.tbtie and quifTter d< o {
washed away. One of the crew was
killed and another is in biting. Oau ot
her passengers was badly injured.
Hnron llutitfaiHMU Demi.
Pauis, jlan. i.\?[Special]?Baron
George Huge no Haussroin, while at
dinner last evening, was striken with
aploplexy. and died a few houis later.
If yon want to increase your business
In 1001, advertise in THE TIMK?.
13, 1891. PI
?iKN. BlAUUMfi rt> Vlilfi JVUON1'.
His Noun- Cennertrd With the Neu Dun
?iltttund Keutncky ItutlroMtl.
Nohfoi.k, Jan. , 12.?[Specialj?The
rteent meeting o( tho South Monier In
vestment Company hold in Norfolk was
with a view t?? the prompt construction*!
of tho Danville a ad East Tennessee
railroad between Danvillo and Bristol,
in tho building of which said invest?
ment company is lo pluy an imuottant
part.
i be Danvillo and East Tennessee was
/oted by Bristol Saturday?receiving
.one majority?tho sum of $.10,000, in
addition to tho $110,0?0 before sub
cribed to tho stock of that road. A
provision of the eh ction was that the
mud is to be cum?, need in thirty days.
ThcAe bonds uro to ho turned over to
'.hdVailrond o ?mpany as noon as the
track is laid five mile's east from Bris?
tol. In addition to tho 800,000 which
mstol has voted tho road, the land
companies of that placo have given it
five per c. nt. of their capital stock.
'1 ho now road, in the establishment
>f which General Mahone is said to be
largely interested, is to be called the
Danvillo and Kentucky, and is to run
from Danvillo to a point in Tauewull
county, Va., thence on to Kentucky,
ind will cross the Norfolk and Western
it Wythevillo. General Mnhone is
looked upon as the prospeotive president
>r manager of tho system of roads from
Norfolk to Kentucky, of which this new
road will form n part. Tho Atlantic and
Danvillo railroad is to bo the eastern
?ranch of the proposed system, and
inder the present condition of things it
is not thought unlikely that General
Mahone and his friends will onnie into
possession of the Atlantic and Danville,
and also tho Danvillo und East Ten?
nessee.
At present there is no indication that
he or his friends have any cmnootion
.villi the promotion of this latter road,
'nit it is well known that he is out of
oolitic? and expt cts 10 devote his time
mil energy to railroad development,
md that he regards Norfolk as th<
turning metropolis of the Southern
j ?untry. These facts lead some to be
ieve that he wlli bi c ?rao largely inter?
red in the lines mentioned. It. is said
ihat United States Senators Plumb and
??hormun. and oth??r mrm of large
I neons, at" interested wiih Qjneral
I Mahone in railroad matters.
i,tm in
S,t?V,l^.'
BIL.YK1C KXlMUtTATlON.
Alarmist Thcorto* About i? Mlver rtood
Completely <M et thron u.
The following table taken from tho
New York Journal of Finanao, Is a
coiuplcto refutation of the, theory that
s Ivor coinage will drive out gold and
Hood the country with ailvur. Ducing
tho twelve years embraced in tho tiblo
tho United States has been a constant
'?Xporter of silver, and for seven out of
iwcWeryears an importer of gold, the
?.?old balance in our favor being over
$175.0110,000. During all that time our
lilver coinage has been c instantly in
er using uniil it now ranges up toward
r400.tlUO.000.
MKItdlAMMSE EXPORTS ami tMt'ottrs.
Exports. I oporto. Bxeef*.
llollui?. Dollars. Dullurs.
?79.. im.iri',1 bl.<,OO2,T0t1 Exiv. Kl,IK7,02i)
S.-a.. 88P,UI,??J U*i.tQ7,l7il fx 1.. l.fJ,8.U,J4ii
lost.. Kia.M 1,127 U7l>^.ou,44H Ex ?.. Itu,.i;iv,tti7
US!.. ??,'.?'..is? 7;>.,M:..'U>.' Ex i.. IkUtU'JU
1483.. 7.o,\0i,.,lu ^'..iKiiUl I Hi ? . to*, 113,100
SSI.. 7!i.r>,;'H.t-'S tfct'^SI.rtol Kit ??? KiMOl.txis
.SS.",.. 0Hb,ttl,i!W fih7,rllS,l\7.l I'll i.. Ij?,3st,l?1
isstt.. 7t:i,.0i,ti:t Ct8l,429,k*0 l'x 1 . 4U,?74,K?!
,887.. 7li.iX)i,0lt '.n.?,M'M7J 111 1 . t),ttt!,r>uu
.ssi.. iv.ii.'.UI.Sii) 7:.rs4H..i1l tut. rtt,aMt,tttl
iSttH.. K'7.1.11. Oil '.70.: 01,057 Ex i . f?l.Hl7,71rt
t*i\.. ?--.-.?0?. "?' ("J'UH.'rXt Ex ? . ll'.t 10,011
(i.ilil Movement. Silver Movement.
Exeo,.-. D.h.. r*. ExoocS. Doit r.i.
|S7>. Imp.... 74,527,00
\ Uta. 1 up.... 1 fixijao Exp..
: |-o*l. 1 up? 57,710,?77 Exp..
I.4K!. Exp? ic6,3h>,G&l Exp.... 8^1s,07U
I issj. Imp.... tn.uo7.hii Exp.... UtttM,si2J
Inst. Exp.... 12,9U0,5HU Exp.... ll,U1S,?.i7l
1*8.1. Imp.... 1-7.28.U0 Exp.... I5,5U!,.&1
lssti. Imp.... ?iao Kxp.... ?,s;ci,i?io
IS?7. Imp- 35,745,000 Exp.... lU.s',2,uOU
i-istj. Bxp.... icviusooo iixp.... iu,ur^,t0J
ISrtv). Exp_a.Mf.a,tMl Exp.... 2j.4i2.UO 1
tHtO. Exp.... 2,S0U,tXJ0 Exp...- l,.1UU,OU0
The total valuo of imports and ex?
ports in 1800 was about $1,tt77,OuO,OUU,
an amount far in excess of any previous
year. Where there w as an lueroase as
omparcd with 188? of about #50,000,000
in tho valuo of the imports? duo in
part to escape the higher duties of the
MoKiniey bill? the halancvof trade in
our I a vor was about 837,000,000, in spite
of the immense importations of 8820 -
0 lO.iioo. The value of the exports was
about $.*)7,ooo.ikio. and was only e.\
o -edi d one; and that in 1880, when the
exports of $880,700,000 were swelled by
tho shipments of nearly SllO.ooi.ooo
morn of c.ireals than in 1800. The
volume of trade in the past year was al?
most great enough to enable tho im?
pression to bo formed that it was "free
trade."
Arrested on. Simpleton.
Bristol, Jan. 12.?[Special]?The
d*ad body of llarvey l.ane was found
lodgi d against the pier of tho railroad
bridge across the river near Clinchport,
Va.. he has lieen missing sinco Christ?
inas day- It is thought that he was
killed in a saloon in Cllnchport and
thrown into the river. Tho barkeeper
sold out soon after and left the town.
Seven men have lieeu arrested on sus?
picion aud warrants mo out for twelve
more.
Death ol Mm. Dr. Kdmondnon,
Cirnisi lA.sMii tai, Va., v in. 12.?|Spo
clnl I?Our whole r.ornfcy unity was
shocked and cast intogloonv ostcrday by
t esidc'end iti of Mrs. Dr\'klniondson.
S e in v 1 r rallied Irom the birth of a
s.ill-hum child a fewhouis before. She
was a sister of Messrs. Hampton and
Harris lloxo and wife of Dr. Kdmond
01. the son of Col. 11. E. Edmondson,
lately decoastd.
rontmaitterM Confirmed.
W.vsitisoroN, Jan. 12.?[Special^,?
Tho Senate has confirmed tho follow?
ing poBtmaiters: T. S. Browne, Waynes
horoogh,Va.; 1 aura A. Wilder, Forsyth,
Ca.; U. C. Soringoour, Titusville, Fi?.
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If you want to tnarenw ? J
? your business ta 1891.?.
: advertise In TUB Tl WES. J {
UCE THREE CENT%
HOSTILES WEM THE CAW.
,000 Within 1,03a Foot of th9
Picket Line?
A Nimbcr of Dackt anil 'qaim AxrtittV
lo (lump, nut Rot on Mim- um Wim Bs?
peeled--Tho Chiefs That Wore to Oon?
- for With General Milea do Nat Show
Vp? Communication Witt? the Agcstf
bi.ut on*.
Pink Ridok, S. IX, Jon. 13?|Hp?
oialj?During the morning a number of
bucks and sqataws from tho hostile
oamp arrived on horseback and Is
wagons, in all tho stages of Alapids
tlon. The arrivals, however, wore met
as numerous as had been expeoted. The
main body of Indians still remained
near the mission. As refugees or visi?
tors readied tho outposts they were de?
prived of their arms by guards. Tho
wily hostiles, however, displayed only
a few weapons and these were later re?
turned to them when tho owners went
back to the hostile camp.
It is not at all iinprobablo that many
of the bucks had arms oonooalod a boat
their persons.
Up to midday the chiefs mentioned
last night who were expected to hohl
tho big talk with General Miles had not;
made their appearance, but shortly la
the afternoon it was discovered that tho
hostiles had made rapid advance., and
about 1,000 of them had arrived to
within one thousand yards of the pickets
outside the agency. General Miles and!
staff went to tho picket lines, and after
a short inspection of the bands, returned
to the agency. For tho time being the
Indians will not be permitted to eater
the agency, and a o->mmun:.o ttioa with
them from within has been prohibited*
When they do came In the Ogallala
Sioux will be stationed near Hod Cload's
house west, of tho agenoy, while fchs
Itruels will be plac >d on the oast. Gea
Miles has had a short talk with tho
American Horse and his baud.
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IN THE SUrUEMK COtlST.
Tho Raring Sen Sen! Controversy "
into tin American Con
Washington, Jan. i?.?(special]?
The Hering Sea sealeries cjntroversy
canto up in tho United States Supreme
Court to day on a motion which ssh la
view tho judicial determination of
the dispute between tho Halted
' States and Great Hritaln over ths
' seal fisheries. Joseph 111 Caoate,
I in behalf of Thomis Henry Ooop
I or, owner and claimant of the Bri?
tish Fohoonov \V. I*. Say ward, whiolt was
KOlzed in the waters of Hering So** *?y
the revenue cutter Kush, potitioaod tho
court for leave to tile a petition fur n>
writ of prohibition to bo direoted to tho
judge of the district of tau United
Stales in and for the territory of Alaska,
restraining him proceeding with ths
condemnation and sale of the vessel.
'1 ho object Is to have the court take
up and pass upon the question of juris?
diction over thoSo waters. The Ghlof
Justice made an order giving tho At?
torney General two weeks to flic, an an?
swer to the brief of the Choate, giving
reasons, if any, why the petition should
not bo granted. The court Is Informed
that Sir John Thompson, her majesty's
attorney general of Canada, auiUorir.es.
this motion to bo presented with the
knowledge and approval of tho Imperial
government of Great Britain.
KIIXKD 1iy l.l.KCTUICITT.
Little Jerry Sullivan Seizes a. CSanrgt-d.
Wire ami 1* Shot-hod to Death.
I.YNCHBURO, Va., Jan. 13.?]Speolal]
? Little Jerry Sullivan, tho ll-yosr-old
son of Councilman Sullivan, was play?
ing with some companions yesterday
afternoon near the fountain at the base
of Courtbxu&g Hill. Across the street.
is a pole of tho Electric Light Company,
and tho attention of the boys was at?
tracted by smoke issuing Coat the
ground at tho foot of a small tree at tho
junction of the coping and iron railing
adjoining tho 'OUStoru-houBO grounds at
the top of the steps leading to thu
0 mrthouso hill, and to whiolt tree a gsy
???ire from tho ohv.trio light polo wo*
fit. ii d.
La tile Jerry rushed toward tho spot to
investigate, but slipped and- wan about
lo fall. Naturally enough his hand
grasped the nearest object, whPVa was .
tho guy wire, r.ud which, possibly owing
to the heavy rain of the day, had be?
come charged with electricity. Ho>
dropped to his knees with his body
doubled and bent by thu full ohargo of
the deadly Quid, and, unable to release
his hand, he writhed in agony. llofors>
assistance eanio to release him he was
dead.
A Enropeau Milliard.
London, Jan. 12?[Special]?Through?
out Hngkind Intensely cold woathor con?
tinues to prevail. In addition donso
fogs are general, but there has not boon
any more snow. In tho Hebrides tho
1 temperature registered fifty degroos.
'1 h i continent is still suffering from
snow storms so severe that several ex?
press trains between Hamburg, Cologne,
Merlin and Vienna ore snowed up. Mails
have been considerably delayed through?
out Huropo
The Day in tuo House.
Washington, Jan. IS,?[Spcoial]?
The Houso spent a good share of tho
day in wrangliug over tho roforanoo to
thu committee on rules of ths silver
pool resolution. Nothing of moment
was accomplished. Tho army appro?
priation bill was taken up later.
The Weather To-Day.
Forecast: For Virginia generally fslr*
slightly ooUtor, aorthwestorly winds.