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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01

The Court Permits the Extension y: tn,
Kentucky tnion-Some Important
Proceedings in Court.

LOUISVILLE, April 29.-ln the United
States Court to-day before Judge Barr.
in the case Of J. Kennedy Tod against the
kentucky Union railroad, on the applica-
cation OF Hamilton +. kcan, receiver, for
certain Instructions, lengthy arguments
were made hy counsel on either side
Mr.. Stone. Of counsel for the construc-
tors. opposed to some extent the motion
of counsel trr the receiver to make Ger
tain improvements. Finally after argu-
ment, Judge Barr said it occurred to him,
after reading the kentucky Statutes that
the receiver should first pay off the en-
ploycs and the persons vino spent the
money in building he road.
Judge Humphrey, of counsel for the
receiver. made an argument in favor of
allowing the receiver to make the eXtcn
sion to Jackson. When the road went
into the hands of Il receiver work had
progressed on this Improvement, bat il
court Nr. kcan presented estimates
showing that the work would not cost
more than $1,000. Judgo Barr, after
SOME argument Of counsel. agreed to per
nit the receiver TO 20 ahead with the
work. BY securing the mi'lction Of thc
line to Jackson the kentucky Union will
he enabled 10 get on q paving basis. AT
present the company has no connections
with other lines which will enable it TO
secure advantages, and Judge Barr thought
il proper to allow this improvement. Mr..
stone, of opposing counsel, agreed with
him in this matter.
Some time ago one Of The trcStleS or
the kentucky Uuion was burned, an ;he
court also granted permission to the re-
ceiyer TO make the necessary repairs
whereby traius could lac moved promptly
Some comment was made by counsel as
to the continued deficits Shown ly the
receiver but Mr.. kcan counsel showed
that the earnings had been sufficient to
pav for operating expenses, but untoriu-
uallv washouts had occurred ali along The
ine of The road aud rendered il necessary
10 make = treat outlay fox labor lie
road - iirdctlcUiIN NtE'I nv man" : ''Ni'
CT Capt. J 81, Phillips, WHO is one OF the
i,o-! railroad managers III tie country
and Judge Barr said il seemed to him
that The affairs were as weli conducted ~
could bc under the circumstances. The
court made orders subject to approval
enabling ilr. kcan 10 20 on with his work
and TO make such Improvements as "ouid
bring about the restoration OF the prop
crtr.
MIR. kcan said to reporter after court
that hc would make arrangements at once
to complete the road 10 jackson and would
advertise for bids About three miles
of road will be constructed Tie thought
il, everything went along right the rra"
would he completed Within 90 DAYS alter
tue contract was Lei
In the SAME court the report of Receiver
Halsoy Of the kentucky Land Company
was filed and approved.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01
MACHINE; TOOLS.


Ws>nlNcroH, D. c., April $o-ihe cx-
traordinary development which has been
reached in the United States in the scope
aud perfection OF machine tools was cx-
hibitcd in thc recent opening Of bids for
this class of appliances for the plants at
the New York and Boston navy yards.
Some idea MAJ be formed Of Inc charac-
ter and prices Of these machine tools by
Tic following official list Of lowest bid
dcrs.
". II. Wood, Media. Pa. hydraulic
riyetcr, $G72j; Morgan Engineering Com
panv Of Alliance. Ohio. travelling, steam
cranes, $la.1:,o and $40; Il. 4. Hobbine.
New York, engine lathe, $l3.21o L. l..
Maxwell, New York. electric crane for
boiler shop bids ranging from $si4o to
$l:i, 195, according to design; electric
crane for foundry, from SOD to fl2,si2
For tools for he Boston yard he lowest
bidders were: +. /. Maxwell. New ork,
iler-drlIng machine, $40, ". H.
Wood. Media. Pa. hoiStu@ machinery
$45g5: hyd~auic hoist. SIS Morgan En-
cheering Company, Alliance, Ohio,
hydraulic rivc,cr, %,lS0; hoisiing machin-
erv. $500: Hanging machine. $3.50; by
draulic accumulation, $.!!333: Niles Tool
Works, Philadelphia, punching and shear
ing machine, $3.50; vertical bending "olis,
$500.
Many CT these devices are not only
novel and vast improvement upon ma
chimes for similar work Of the Old pat
erts, but arc far in advance OF similar
constructions in the iron-working coGn-
tries of the Old World.
The Midyalc Steel Company o! PhIla-
dclphia and tie Bethlehem Iron Company
Of South Bethlehem were also bidders tol
steel plates and gun forsinga at thc tol-
lowing figures for G-inch brccch-loadln4
rifle guns:
Midyac, % cents per pound, delivered
in 10 days.
Bethlehem, 80 cents per pound, deliver
ed in 81 days.
Bethlehem, 81 cents per pound, deliver
ed in j months.
Sinch Notwithstanding rifle:
Midyale, 80 cents per pound, delivered
in u days.
Bethlehem, 80 cents for localihe: guns
delivered in three months, and three So
caiibcr guns in seven months.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01

in addition to all this business YOU are
doing YOU arc also attending to education
and to those things that conduct to social
order. The American home is the one
thing VIC can not afford to lose ont Of the
American life. Cheers. AS long as we
have pure homes and God-fcaring, order
loving fathers and mothers 10 rear the
children that are given to them, and make
these homes the abode CT order, clcani-
ness, piety, and intelligence. the Ameri-
can society and the American Cnion arc
safe. Great and prolonged chccrng)
Tic Presidential party then made 4
tour OF the city and were received with
enthusiasm all along the route. The
President rode in company with the Gov
crnor or Mayor in large, open carriage.
The President has everywhere in the
South been most enthusiastically rccciv
cd and his speeches in response 30 adj
dresses Of welcome have uniformly been
very happy and exceedingly appropriate.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01
THE THREE, C'S ALL RIGHT.
The President Of the Company says the
I;0ndhoidcrs will put up the Money
and push the Road
johnson Civ Correct. J

President 4. b. Harris OF the G. G. & {.
railroad has been in the city for few
days.
Since his arriya! in the city he has re-
ceivcd information Of new Developments
which point to speedy settlement of
complication that has shaken the conf
dcnce of great many creditors and caus-
ed siege Of doubt.
The information received by Dir. Harris
was a telegram from New York hcadquar
tiers, yesterday, stating that committee
on re- reorganization had been agreed to by
the bondholders.
The object Of this organization is to pay
off all indebtedness, satisfying every claim
against the road, and further for the pur-
pose of IN united move to complete the
road from Marion to Minneapolis; and
further still, for the purpose of complet-
ing the line all the way through from its
most northerly to its most southcrly lin.
its.
This is the course which has been antic
ipated for some time past; and the bond
holders, recognizing the Importance Of
the line, on which there has already been
spent the grand aggregate of nearly ST.
900 900, have wisely concluded that the
best profit and the most good will result
from paving off the indebtedness and COM
pletiug the great undertaking, which, if
left as it is, would not only he a loss to
the creditors, but to themselves and the
country as well.
President Harris, who is thoroughly &C.
ouainted with the men at the head OF the
new organization, expresses himself over
confident in their new plans and that they
are what they purport to be. He express-
es himself that tho difficulty is practically
settled and that the indebtedness will be
paid off in the course Of fifteen or twenty
days, after which tine work will be begun
anew, with view to making hasty COM
pletion Of the line between the above
named points
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01
WOETEE SUITEE CHINEE.
The Chinese Government Don't Like Sen
ator Blair's Chinese Record.

WAsuIHcroS, April 3O.-The Chinese
Government has notified the Government
of the United States through the depart
ment of State of its unwilingness TO re-
ceivc Henry ". Blair as our Minister to
China This is all the information that
could be obtained here tonight. Sccrcta
~ Blaine would not talk upon the subject,
and the Chinese Minister sent down word
to callers that he had retired and his in
terprctcr was not in the house. Mr. Blair
is not in Washington but his son was
found and he expressed surprise when in
formed of the action of the Chinese Gov
eminent It was, he said, the first that
any Of the family had heard Of it, and his
father, he felt sure was not aware of the
situation.
1t is we'll understood here that the OBJ
lection to Blair is based upon his utter
ances concerning the Chinese question
and that the republication of extracts
from his speeches produced deep i'm
preston upon the minds Of prominent
Chinese officials, which finally resulted in
the notification received by the Depart
ment Of State this evening The objec-
tion Of the Chinese Government to Mr.
| Blair caused no excitement here, as this
Government recognizes the right Of 9
foreign power to express its unwillingnes:
to receive minister if not entirely &C.
| contable
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WORK or SMART CLERKS.
They Come Near Wrec>ing Il Lot Of Bust
ness Houses.
lnaiiimnrr Americnn Sneci,l.

LYxcnnyEG, Va, April 3G-A mcrcan
tile swindie on very large scale was de-
tectcd Yesterday al 81! Paul, Wise county,
Va the present. terminus Of the Clinch
VALLEY extension of the Norfolk 4 Wcs-
tern Railroad The detection WAS made
by two druumcrs OF this city-k. D. Err
quihart and W B. Berry. The leading
facts are that NJ. V Bates WAS leading
merchant of st. Paul, with fine credit and
support. good capital and integrity. He
dealt extensively with merchants in Lynch
burg. Richmond, Roanoke, Knoxville,
Tenn, and other cities. He had two
smart clerks, relations OF his, named
Dale and Bates, the latter being the same
name of his uncle, and writing almost
precisely the same hand and signature.
\ conspiracy was formed between the
parties, and young Bates wrote extensive
orders, all for Mr. ~ Y. Bates the old
merchant. The orders were at once
recognized and promptly filled.
In few weeks the shipments filled the
whole of ST Paul's depot and astonishcd
the natives, who thought the business Of
the house was growing with tremendous
rapidity. The goods were delivered ut
VI. V. Bates old store, but it was noticed
that wagon loads OF them were shipped oft
70 other points. At last some of the
merchants Of LynchburE became suspi-
cious, and sent drummcrs to st. Paul to
look into the matter. They soon uncarthcd
the whole swindle, to the amount of
thousands Of dollars, and had the two
Bates arrested Dale escaped into Ken
lucky. On investigation the house Of NJ.
V Bates was found full of the goods
irandulently obtained, and all his property
and assets were levied upon by the sheriff
for the benefit of the creditors. AS
many us ten houses were swindIed in
Lynchburg, two in Richmond, one in
Knoxville and several in other cities, in
Guiding Il New York notion house in
Roanoke. The LynchburS merchants
hope TO save themselves in Il measure by
having first detected the fraud
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01
GEEMANY'S GREAT SOLDIER; Dead.
Count Won iIoltke Dies Suddenly in
Berlin

LoNpoN, April 2S-A dispatch to the
News Agency here from Berlin SAYS Count
Won Moltlc walked home Yesterday even
ing from Rcichstag. He ate a hearty sup
per and afterwards drank some tea and
rose from his seat with intentions appar-
emily, of refining, suddenly he staggered
and would have fallen had it not been for
the fact that Il servant Sprang TO his as
sistancc The Count was carried to lis
bedroom, placed upon the bed on which
he died few minutes later
The emperor, who was at Wartburg. be-
ing promptly Informed Of the field mar
>hal'S death tclcgraphcd expressions Of
sympathy To the hcrcaycd family Of the
dead veteran.
All the German princes and noted per-
sonagcS of the empire are sending mes
sagcs of coincidence to the residence of
the deceased.
The Will Of the Count states he desires
his burial should take place at Creizan,
where his wife and child arc buried. The
funeral, if his requests are followed, will
be strictly private, but it is thought pos
sblc that the emperor will override the
dead soldiers wishes il this respect and
his funeral will be made an occasion for Il
grand military display.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01
NEAR AT HAND.
y War that is Expected to Break Out in
Europe Likely to i,c Declared any day.

WASHINGTON, April 30-Thomas A.
aeehan, United States Consul at Odessa
Russia, is in Washington on leave of
absence, and makes some interesting
statements OF European affairs in gcncr-
al, and Russian matters in particular. lie
IS convinced that war is certain 10 l,rcal;
cut in Europe soon. Each nation is watch
ing the other closely, and peace is only
contingent upon the uncertainty prevail
Ing Of the military strength of each Gov
ernmcni. He says further hat il is only
question OF time when Con~tnntnopc
will belong TO Russia, and III spite Of tie
treaty Of Berlin, which prohibits var YES
scia passing through the nardameIcs,
Russia has succeeded in assembling thirty
or forty war vessels on the Black sea-
Mosl Of thYm were taken through the
Dardanc!les in sections ~ merchandise
and put together at The Russian navy
yard at Odessa. Others were taken
through as merchant vessels and trans
formed into war vessels after arrival.
Armor plate. engines. and even heavy
guns OF British manufacture were convey
ed to Odessa in the same manner Mr.
flccnan estimates the military strength
OF Russia AT ,000.0 men. and in less
than month 3,000,o00 could be placed in
the field
Mr. Hccnan says the reports Of pcrse
cuion of the Jews are greatly cxagger-
atcd,as lie failed to find any substantiation
for them. There are 100000 Jews in The
city Of Odessa alone.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01
\ FOOLISH VIRGINIA YOUEH.
Blows His Brains Out While Buggy Rid
ing With His Girl,

LEXINGTON. Va, April S0.-David Wise,
son of Hon. P. P. Wise, of Buena Vista,
while driving yesterday afternoon near
Buena Vista with young lady recklessly
pulled out a pistol and began firing at
some trees. After exhausting all but one
cartridge, he playfully turned and pointed
the pistol at the young lady's head. She
protested, when in spirit of bravado he
turned it on himself and exclaimed, w hat
would people say should it go off, Hard
" had he finished the sentence when the
pistol exploded. The ball piercing bis
brain and death was instantaneous
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01
TIL; LOTTERY WINS.
The Supreme Court of Louisiana Decides
Against GOV. Nichols Veto.

New ORLEANS, April 3O.-At the last
session of the legislature John \. Morris
and associates made application for the
renewal Of The Louisiana State Lottery
charter for twenty-five wears, offering to
pay the State more than million of dol
lars per anuum for the privilege. y bill
embodring the requisite amendments to
the constitution. known as the lottery
amendments. was adopted by two-thrd
vote Of the legislature and by courtesy q
copy Of the act WAS sent to Governor
Nichols, who vetoed it, although the
friends Of the measure argued that he
had no right 10 do 50 under the constitu-
ton.
The Secretary OF State having refused
TO promulgatc the act, Morris and Com
pany applied for Il mandamus compelling
him to promugatc the proposed constitu-
tional amendment to he voted on by the
people at the next general election. The
supreme court to-day rendered Il decision
in favor Of the lottery company, Judge
Watkins reading he opinion at opening
Of the court. Chief Justice Bcrmudez and
Associate Justice McEnry concurring.
Each read opinions, while Associate JUS
tees Fcnner and Brcaux read dissenting
opinions.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01
A DRY SEASON.
That IL What it IL Said we ehaii i"'>
For Some Time to Come.

Big Stone Gap is about to test the expert
,ocnt Of prohibition. The refusal OF Judge
,,llsr 70 renew the licenses caused the saloons
- c,ose their doors last night, not to open
,ha,o again ,probably until an election is held
=. Fort was made to induce Judge Miller
10 reverse his DECISION after the declaration OF
Judge Morrison that license should nav
been granted by the County Judge In tue case
before him, but thus far Judge Miller has not
yielded, :, 40. IL evor Of licenses will
o :; for an election at an early day Mean
p Le they vs. seem ia think it viii be well for th'
pr'rnob b to have little dry experience
nnd they will then be better able to dsisrm han
fec the ssss the S e ay and the trade
w Il Is said that dealers in moonshne WHISKY
are getting ready for business.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01
COMPLIMENTS GEN. AYERS.
What the Present Attorney General says
about Him.
(From Major Scot,'s Official Report. J

"On the first day of January, 1890, was In
Quoted BY my able, efficient and patriotic pred
ecessor, Hon. Rufus A. Ayers, and that day en-.
tered upon the duties Of this office. found
it in the very best condition, and the cases
upon the courts docket distinctly showed the
Commonwealth interests committed to Mr..
Ayers had been carefully protected and faith
fully defended. It is true
Good actions Crown themselves with lasting rays
Who we'll deserves. needs not another's praise
"Yct Mr.. Ayers management Of the heavy
and important Coupon Litigation which will
make ever memorable his occupancy Of thia
high office, his chiyalrous bearing and per-
sonal bravery, can never be forgotten hy the
good people of the odd DoHinioa.'
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C!ay suddenly disappeared. As his rcla .
ivcs believed lie was a model YOUNG man
they set to work hunting him up. believing
he had been murdered. After weeks Of
suspense TO his family he suddenly return
ed. He had been TO New York. then 70
liverpool and on to London. After VAIL
oe"nS around the great city he became
homcsIck and decided to return and stand
tue consequences. He was arrested and
taken 10 Winchester, where ne was rclcas-
cd on hail amounting to 500 eco. For The
'lrst time since his arrest he was placed
IN jail to-day 10 remain unit! taken TO the
pcn'tcniiarv. The Governor hayin" re-
fused - interfere he will 90 TO tho pcn-
ltenilary ut once. His father, John CLAY.
aud lather-In-!av, Capt J VI. Thomas
sat beside the prodigal and wcpt when the
vcrdicts were read. but the prisoner seem.
cd TO he undiSturhcd Matt Hume. the
grandfather, and for whom Clay j. named.
is ninety wears old. and sat in the court
room with head bowed and never looked
mp. Clay forged the notes in ordcrto OH,
tam money TO pay Tor stock purchased in
the Chadwick Cart Company. which was
to have been removed from Olcan. y Y.
to Winchester, and If the parties to whom
he had sold some of his stock Had fulfilled
their contract with him lie would have
paid oil the notes at maturity and had
S3o,0G0 left. Hume Clay is descendant
from one Of the first settlers OF Kentucky.
Gen. Green Smith, and has all along been
considered a model young man The pc
tition, which went 10 the Governor a few
days ago, praying that the indictments
against him be Quashcd, was one OF the
largest ever presented to that official, but
he refused to act lavorably upon il.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01
THE IRON TRADE.
1t is Greatly Depressed in the North but
still Booming in the South.


PlrrsrvnG, Pa, April 30.-In raw iro'
and steel the trade has been reasonably
good With the labor and coke question:
still unsettled, MANY de,lcrs show little
! disposition to force business. As to the
future there is a wide difference Of opin-
ioit 1t seems, however. pretty evident
that prices for certain description have
about reached the lowest point. and an
IMPROVEMENT is not far off.
In DcSscmcr prices have advanced dur
ing the week, with reported sales of spot
AT - cents above previous weeks figures.
The changes at present arc not very
marked, but indications of improvement
arc considered pretty certain
In iron ores there have been 10 large
operations. yet buyers are still holding eff:
notwithstanding orc can be purchased vt
81 .50MI - per ton below prices paid last
year. Buyers then evidently entered the
market entirely too early. That charge
will not hold good this season.
The reports from the Shenango and
Mahonng Valleys continue favorable for
furnacemcn, prices being firm. with Il
good deal of iron disposed Of at prices
fully up with Pittsburg rates. y Valley
lurnaceman Remarked: Trade continues
good Bcsscmcr pig scarce, with an up
ward tendency. Grey Forge in fair de-
mand, prices tending higher, being fully
as high as rittshurg. All required to
boom the valleys is lower coke and freight
rates.
The stock Of raw iron on hand seems
TO be steadily declining. There arc only
limited number of city furnaces in
blast. and owners seem Indifferent about
starting up others. They are probably
waiting TO see what the cight-hour strike,
announced for the LIST of May, will bring
about. If all branches Of business are
10 suspend there will not he much rcn
rpUillfcu 10 meet tIlc Cuii "S"i'""'
New Steel Rail-Markct firm, with con-
siderable inquiry. We learn of sales aS-
grcgating 100000 tons III lots at $50 cash
at the works.
Anthracite Pig-In former years the
sales of this brand were large, but OF late
it has left our market, no sales heInS
made fora long time.
Southern Iron-Thcrc is very limited
demand. An occasional lot is purchased,
generally used as mixture. Consumers
prefer Pittsburg- made iron when it can
hc obtained.
The market during the past two days
indicated 4 better feeling. Spot Bcssc-
mcr advanced; futures hold their own.
Grey Forge firmer, with sales of fsrorite
brands at slight advance. Rillets and
slabs weaker Fcrro manganese, prices
maintained Muck bar, sales at last
week 5 prices Blooms and rail ends sod
higher. Skelp iron, prices shade lower.
Old iron and steel rails, demand restrict
ed, prices unchanged. Scrap material
quiet. prices maintained.
Spot Bcsscmcr scarce, and prices show
4 further advance Rod bilets advanced.
Outlook for IN active market favorable.
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Dead Body Found,

The body of VIM. French, who was drowned
some weeks ago while attempting to cross
the river during the freshet, was found Tues
day. 1t was partly buried under the sand a
few hundred yards below the ferry and was
badly decomposed. The body was put in a
box and telegram sent French's brother in
Wheeling, notifying him of the discovery. de
had about forty dollars on his person.
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"af! Efforts Made TO induce the
''"or to ardon him, but In vain.

y ''h''>.ioN April 3o-TLc cases against
'''S 0Iay "ho forged The name Of his
'"a'a'Aer Aatr Hume, 10 notes amount
~. ~ nearly $I00,0po, came up in the
4'o'''0 circuit Cour, to-day ut Paris,
''aig'' were returned on four Of the
'D'SA''' he getting two years in each
0' VI eis't Years i'll the four cases, the
P'""ty In The fifth case the jury
d., several hours aud returned YER
. Two years aud six months, or ten
70. ' "Na Blk months III all. There are
to be tried '"' '"'
S4'' before the notes came due in 1890
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FINANCIAL.

NEW YORK, April 3O.-The stock market is strong
and active l.. & y. has been advancing more or less
steadily for week past and Is now In the nrishbor-
hood OF 81 So with other stocks. Money Is easy al
3(a4 per cent. No s.ringency, but a superabund-
ance Of cash is expected from now unit! September.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01

WAsurycroy, April Gothic Supreme
Court Of the United States decided yes
tcrdav to postpone the consideration Of
the Louisiana Lottery case until October.