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be mined by simply qaarrying in open cut:

be mined by simply quarrying in open cut:
and doubt If an ore Of like excellence
can be delivered ON cars atless cost else
where in. America. A furnace test was
made on virginia coke andStbe
ran Of mine of Cranberry ore, and 4 pig
produced cotaining .03 per cent Of phos-
phorus; and from practical furnace tests
and the analyses Of ore from many open--
ings, it is demonstrated that theE entire
district contains in abundance an ore
suited to the manufacture Of Bessemcr
steel. This ore is nearer to coke Cat Big
Stone Cap than is any other Bessemer
steel ore known to me in America, From
the Bcssmer ores of the lake region, the
source of nearly all the stceRsow made in
this country, to the nearest coke IS about
500 miles: from the Besscmer ores OF west
North Carolina to 1.-THE. coke at Big Stone
Gap it is 100 miles, and between these two
extremes are to be had the various ores
above described. Beyond the Blue Ridge,
in the Carolinas, are large deposits OF
high grade ores. A very great develop
mcnt in the manufacture Of iron ana steel
will follow up the completion of the roads
connecting the coking Goals and ores, III
| the region under discussion.
ga Scoth iron manufactures OF large
experience, who spent some months IN ex'
aiming the Goals and ores in'thc district
extending from southeastern Kentucky TO
Western North Carolina, estimates the
cost of making ton Of pig iron at big
Stone Gap at 81 Sc; and thinks that Besr
semer steel can be made at theaame place
at rs low cost as in England. This csti-
mate agrees with estimates made by prac-
tical iron and steel manufacturers from
PENNSYLVANIA who have made largc<in:
vcstlnents at Big Stone Gap for the pnr-
pose of development.
Furnaces and Steel plants at Big Stone
Gan will haye, in addition tothc local sup
ply Of of coke, coal, and pure limestone
the advantage of location or competing
lines of railway, and the advantage OF
location on greet system that can deliver
the products direct 10 all ofthe great mar
kets in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys
The orca from East Tennessee, Southwes'
Virginia, and the Uarolinas~ can DE ship
ped with advantage to thcae furnaces as
it is carrying the ores in the direction Of
} the markets, and these ores will give re-
turn freight for the cars .ofnoal and coke
shipped from Big Stone Gap to those
States"
FACTS FOR MANUFACTURERS.
The Virginia Coal & Iron Company
, agrees to furnish coke at the following
prices.
Furnace. Foundry
At the ovens Il, Big Stone Gap, 90 S2'3'
, 1t is likely these prices will be redncce
under competition, but take them as the!
are and compare them with ihe. prices al
, Cnnpo11cvi11n
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iron ore, both brown and red were fine.
He thought the best card for the future
of Big Stone Gap in The iron industry was
the adantage it had over any other place
he had seen for the production of steel by
abe bassic process.
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(Ihrust0n, trustee,
vs.. I Chancery
II. II. Shortt ct. al.
The object Of this suit is to recover judgement
against James 3. Bnllitt in the sum of Three Hun
drpd and Sixty-siy Dollars and siXtysix cents, with
interest thereon from Feb lst $780, aud cGsts to en-
force the same by foreclosure OF the vendors lien
served in a certain deed from Zig Stone Gap I'M
nrovcmeut Co. and r. c. Ballard Thruston. Trustee,
TO James e. Butt, dated February lst, 1890, on lots
seven and eight Of block seven, Improvement CO. s
Plat No ], of Big Stone Gap, virginia. See said map
on record in Office OF Wise County Court Clerk. An
Affidavit having been made that diligence has been
used behalf Of complainant to nscertaln III what
county or corporation 4. p Barron, one of the de-
PENDANTS herein Is, without effect, the said de-
PENDANT is required TO appear within fifteen
days after due publication OF this order
in the clerks office Of said court, at rules
to be holden therefor nud to do what is necessary to
protect his interests. And 1t Is ordered that copy
Of this order be forthwith publish once week for
fonr successive weeks, in the Big Stone Gap Posi-
newspaper printed in The toNn Of Big Stone Gap. in
the county OF Wise, State of Virginia and posted ut
the front door Of the courthouse raid county, on the
trs day OF fIIc next county Court for said county af
Ter The date of this order.
= copy :--Testc: j. e. Lars, Clerk.
Builitt & MenoHeli, p, q. 1871.
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Remarkable Sales and Wonderful RS5dB|
Ouer 300 Dauis Sewing Machines Sold in Ninety DU
In the Counties Of Wise and Lee.
This reason lot q
this
w. Il. RLANT0N. BIG STONE GAP. VA

the ,ct.n ,St>u b> ti
nmcru J.
.i, Of wokl ,,on
nsomrm it point;
the SIZED the nair.a
DAVIS
many them aty,n
i the simple 1pa
hes tnaci iand ih,r
Davis Machine Company -rcm!, pa
,Tcnna tcrha llh,r
slow
I elite Hken
orders olerofu
since locating
cenineh
fas. nnaliuei united
"A machine
meat my Ollie !" binding formerly u,raam
""e'"F!'" "V or"N. Respect
w. H.. BLANTON.
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Besides these there arc also on railroads
running here another brown orc carving
from AZ to GO per cent Of iron, and .l09 OF
phosphorus; manganiferous iron ores, and
In all probability large deposits Of man
ganesc; black limonite with from % to
SIS per cent Of iron (well suited for the
pneumatic Basic process); specu!ar or
red hematite (Bcssemer) with - to IS per
cent Of iron, while Of the great Cranberry
magnetic ore Prof. Proctor, in his repot,
says;
Extending northeast and southwest
through the western counties of North
Carolina are large deposits of the purcst
magnetic iron ores known in this country
save in the Lake Superior region. These
ores, from a number Of samples averaged
by myself and officers OF the Tenth Census
and others, anlyzed from As per cent to &C
per cent Of ;ron, and arc, in Mitchell and
8 Ash counties, North Carolina, are remark
d ably free from phosphorus and sulphur.
Recent Developments along line Of thirty
miles in extent prove the excessive nature
of these deposits. The only poipt where
these ores have as yet been reached by a
railway is at Cranberry mine in Mitchell
county, North Carolina. A few years ago
the great mass. Of ore now uncovered at
this point was hid by a thick covering of
soil and decomposed gneiss, save only a
few surface pits from which a small forge
was supplied with ore. Within tue past
fsw years tie face Of the hill has been un-
covered, revealing an enormous mass Of
very pure magnetic to hcigth of30O feet
above tlc railway track. The engineer IN
charge at hs mines assured me that from
diamondsdriii tests and the uncovered
masss be bad here piled up above the rail
way. track oscr 70, 0e0, 900 tels Of ore to
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OUR RESOURCES.
FACTS FOR INVESTORS.

Some Of the Natural Advantages
Possessed by Big Stone Gaps
Which VIII Helpto Make Her the
Manufacturing Center Of the
South.
Following arc five anlyses of the
cooking coal of Big Stone Gap:
Fixed carbon .e7.4o e4s4 eos4 1894 c. 20
Volatile combus,ible 1855 a2.lo $3.50 3l.2s S2.26
Ash. ....s.,...... l.ea lG6 2Ao $40 800
Sulphur .......... oelo OIL o.4l2 $3.50 o.5s7
And this of the average samples of the
same vein by Mr. Andrew s. McCreath
chemist OF the Pennsylvania Gcogical
Survey,
Volatile combps,iblc Observation-Disclosures. 5as
Ash. Isl
Sulphur, 0.59
The coke made from this coal is a grca
success as is shown by Mr.. McCrcath'
letter:
Ms. Z. B. LElsENRING,
Prcst. The Virginia Coal & Iron Co.,
Big Stone Gap.
DEAR SIR:
The sample OF coke received from MI
}. n. Tngsart yesterday, yields on analy
sis the following results:
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Aud this by another chemist of brown
hcmalite, dried at 2i2 deg. Fahrenheit,
six miles away:
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Color OF Ash. brown.

Coior OF ASH, oTo"i.
This represents cokc.of great purity; low IN 'ot'
sulphur aud ash and high in fixed carbon; chehca'y
IL IS falls as good as the very best Pocahon'as COKE
and it should rank high as metan7ig"i fuel.
yorrs ,ruIy ASpwlw. s. McCEEarm.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

VIRGINIA: In the Clerk S Office of the Circuit
Court for the.County of Wise on the 3lst day Oh
March, 1893, In vacation.
[Thruston, Trustee,
ys I ChancerY
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The analyses below are Of the following:
No. ], ,, and 3 red fossil ore two miles
from Big Stone Gap, No. 4 limonite or
brown orc six miles away:
Metallic iron . 1850 1888 1882 $1,000
PHOSPHORUS ~ o.ls7 eol5 o.122 GIGS
Inso,uablc 49,. .2Os7O olOO 24.52 LII
Sulphur. ........ VIZ o''o i'''
The following are three samples of double
Bessemer ores tributary TO Big Stone Cap,
and is being used by the Appalachian fur
mace, and is found elsewhere only in Al
riers, Africa.
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alnn,lny. .Jnue &. 1893.

Fer further particulars enquire OF The lInersigRt
ut Office Of Rulliit Mcdowell, Big Stone Gap Va.
II. c. MCDOWELL, IN,
Trustee.
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sulpbnr and ash and high in fixed carbon chemically
II, IS fuly as good as the very best Pocahonas coke
and it should rank high metalluTig"l fuel.
yonrs ,ruIy. AxpwKw. s. McCrEArn.
Mr.. McCreath might have said more
and doubtless would have done so but Tor
his Identification with Pennsylvania IN
forests. But he gives the facts ana the
intelligent reader may draw his own con-
clus;ons. The following comparative ia
BILE wi | show the superiority OF the coke
producetI-here over that produced either
ut Connellsville or Pocabontas.
FIXED Sui
,,.r.,c,o, Carbon. Ash plur.
7samplcs Zig Stone Gap coke, made
in open rick and by barrel tes9323 BOY Was
8 sample, Connclsville, Pa, coke,
oven tcst.....................s $500 ga OSLO
Z 4 samples Chattanooga, Tenn, coke.
oren Neutrality-suspicious. 0.5l l.G3i l.5'E'
A samples birmingham, Ala coke
oven ;cst..................... oi' ~ Io''f ''''
; samples Pocalontas, Va, COKE
oven test. ............ .o-'oo 90 ''
9 samples N.. River, ". Va.,coke
I sampe Big Stone Gap coke, oven
test, analysis made by y. s.
McCrcath, Sept, 1890 V4o4 4.s4 90"
This coke besides having been analyzed'
has been thoroughly tested as to strength
and porosty, and is pronounced ny capa-
bic cxnerts to be nearer a perfect coke
than any yet made.
= When it is considered that this immense
scam of coal is from seven to thirteen icct
in thickness: that il extends over an area
of over 10000 acres; that it is located up
above the level of the valleys; that it can
he drained without the use OF machinery;
that so much Of the expense which must
no incurred in other localities in the man
ufacturc of coke are avoided, and that
ample transportation is now Afforded 1t
will be seen what an immense advantage
these fields have over any yet discovered in
the United States or elsewhere.
No. below is splint coal 4 feet thick,
and No. , camel coal, both bv
NrC ron h
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15
Justice to All.

" is apparent to the Directors Of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition that millions of people will be denied the pleasure of becoming
the poSSeSSorS of
The evening world., 1893-10-27
for Saturday.

5000 boxes of the new Curative" Skin
Soap. specially recommended for the
complexion,
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NO ONE TO CLAIM HER BODY.
The Drowned Woman Still in the
Nqrgue Unidentified
Keeper White Says that In Life She
Was Beautiful.

The body OF the young woman taken
from the East River at the foot OF East
Fourteenth street is still at the Morgue
unidentified. Morguc-kcepcr White
says the womnn was once beautiful,
although four days in the water hay
destroyed all evidences of beauty.
rho clothes worn by the woman in
dictate tina she had been In good cir
curnstances. She had small hands and
feet.
Albert Thorn son. who is in command
Of one of the city scows, discovered the
body floating in the water a short dis
lance Off the Fourteenth street dump.
4 gust of wind caught n long trcss Of
dark-brown hair. n Thompson then
knew II was "A woman head. An eddy
made by the atrong tide brought the
body to the surface. and II floated with
ls entire length visible. A mass Of
brown hair ioatcd about the woman's
head. Thompson got into n boat and
torcd the body to the dock.
Policeman Lawlor, of the Union Mar
k"t station. made an examination Of the
clothing. but found nothing that might
lead to an Identification except a pOck-
ctbuOk with the letter j. in steel on the
ilh ~ ~ - F''' $500
u small key.
The body was taken to the Morgue,
where the following description was
entered:
About twenty three years old, I'VE feet six
inches In height, very long dark brown hair.
SeN eral teeth On the left side Of the lower jaw
missing. Weight about 1855 pounds.
The young woman wore "A black cloth
saCuue trimmed with astrakhan fur.
Her waist ana skirt were Of blue serge.
The trimming on each was black satin.
one pettiCoat had a gray and white
stripe running through 1t. On the
chcmiSc there was some fancy needle
work. The stockings were a very light
brown. The CorsctS were white and
blue. The shoes were butlOned and of
good quality. In the pocket of the dress
was found "A pair of tan Kid gloves.
Morguc-Eccpcr White says that the
body had been in the water four or five
days. An but the face is comparatively
well preserved. No marks of violence
were noticeable or the body. 1t Is sell
dom that the body Of Il woman go well
dressed Is missing 50 long without some
inquiry being made, but the police say
that no rcpOrt hag been turned In Of
the disappearance of II woman Swe
ing her description.
The body Is in one OF the new Ice
boxes recently built at the Morgue. 1t
will he kept rs long as possible before
being buried in pOtter's Field.
The evening world., 1893-10-27

If you don't know all
about the true black flag by
his time you ought to.
Here's the remarkable in
cident again
VIM. Sykes, of Cuff
House Mills, Huddersheld,
England, invented a new
fabric for mems clothes. 1t
was made from Llama wool,
which is naturally black. To
prove that its color would
never change, he fastened a
piece of it to the masthead
Of a ship and kept it there
during an entire round trip
from London to Australia
and back.
And he did prove it.
1T was Just as brilliant and
black the day it came back
as ever.
We make Overcoats and
Suits of it, and we can make
clothes Just as well as Sykes
can make cloths.
Our price is $Io-incident'
allv they arc $40 Overcoats.
If you like higher priced
clothes you can find them as
readily here as anywhere
and made better, more sly.
lish.
The evening world., 1893-10-27
A SOCIETY TRAGEDY.
Married Belle at Omaha Shoots
Her Lover on the Street
Says She Tried 10 Get Him to
Confess to Her Husband.
Attributes His Influence Over Her
to Mesmeric Power.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 27.-Mrs. Ella
Rudiger, n prominent and handsome so-
ciety leader, walked up TO Henry J..
Reiser on a busy th~oroughfare of South
Omaha last night. fired a bullet through
his brain, and followed the murder with
an effort at self-destruction.
Reiser was n well-known young single
man and a member OF a number of pop
ular Omaha social clubs. He was con-
nected with the management OF John
Cudahy's packing interests in Omaha.
Mrs. Ella Rudiger is the wife of n
w~ell-known Omaha resident. who is also
connected with the Cudahy interests in
this city.
1t was s o'clock when three shots from
q heavy calibre revolver startled the
hundreds of people passing the corner
of Twenty-fourth and ] streets. I'm
mediately following the reports the
bodies of q man and n woman, hand
somely dressed. fell to the pavement.
h was within a foot OF her victim.
The first shot, she claims. was fired to
cause the young man to turn around,
but he did not turn. She then sent n
bullet into his body.
The excited woman gaZed at her awful
work and then placed the revolver at her
head and pulled the trigger. The ball
grazed her hair and dazed her. She
talked freely of what she had don and
continually asked: rs he dead yeti
Yes. l shot to kill. 1t was for my hus-
band to do, but he would not. and so l
did 1t myself. The wretch has given me
enough cause and l hope l have aC-
complished what l undertook.
"I hayH known MIR. IlpiSpr for about
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STOLE $4,000 IN GOODS.
Porter Schopke and His Wife Con-
TESS to the Robbery.
Vantine d Co. systematically Plum
dcred for Months.

Detectives Reap and Holland, OF In
spector McLauEhlin's staff. arraigned in
the Tombs Police Court this morning
Ernst Schopke, thirty years old, and
his wife. Amelia, ~thirty-eight, of 1873
Willis avenue, on the charge OF grand
larceny. They pleaded guilty and Will
he arraigned tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schopke were Jointly ac-
cused of robbinp the firm of Nantine G.
Company, OF $40 broadway, in which
firm the man has been employed as a
porter. of $1,000 worth of bric-a-brac and
costly silk goods.
The stealing has been going on for
more than twelve months the guilty
pair confessed. Two weeks ago a rep
resentative of the firm reported to the
pCeriag mvstcriously from the store.
Detectives Reap and Holland were
given the case. Last evening they fol-
lowed Porter SChopke when he left the
store carrying. a bundle, to a Bowcry
pa%wnshop, and there saw him dispose
of some rare bric-a-hrac.
Schopkc was arrested. He first denied
IL" crime when charged. but when
brought before the Inspector confessed
all.
The husband implicated his wife. The
detectives m".ie "A search of the
Schopkn house later, II found a
Wagon load of costly goods, all Of which
wer' taken to Police Headquarters.
This morning three employees of Van.
tin" & Company went there and iden,
titled the property.
A number Of pawn tickets. calling for
goods disposed Of, were produced by the
guilty couple. A large part of al thu
stolen goods will be recovered.
The evening world., 1893-10-27

Ing twenty feet six inches In length by
thirteen feet In diameter. 4.acI boiler
has six furnaces. The total crate surface
Is 400 square feet and the total neat
ing surface 1850 square feet.
The engine p~lstons have no tnllrods,
but are fitted instead with adjustable
follower. The valves are of the pts.
ton-sllde variety, placed on the front ~
the engine, and clos" to the cylinders.
rho surface condenser hHs 500 square
feet OF cooling surface. water being
furnished hy an independent centrifugal
circulating pump. The Crank-Shaft Is
sixteen inches in diameter, n the pro-
peiler IL fOur-bladrd, and OF III" built
up pattern. measuring eighteen feet In
diameter, II with n pitch of twenty
two feet.
III Cid has a hnnkor capacity Of about
lWU tons of coal. and she docs no. Or
dinarily consume more than sixty tons
a day. Propulsion Is provided by v"r;i-
cal expansion engines, and the cylln-
drrs measure respectively. for high, ia.
tcrmcdinte and luw pressure, -, ~ AMI
81 Inches.
III tid has steam steering gear in tin"
forward pilot-housr and screw hand.grHr
in the nfter house. y steam windiH ~
and steam capstan ar" provided tor
handling anchors and haws"rs. and
there liz n complete electric light plant,
with liz incandcsccnt lamps, scattered
The evening world., 1893-10-27
PEDESTRIANS HAVE RIGHTS.
Court OF Appeals Defines Thor
Privilege s ON Sidewalks.

The Court OF Appeals has Just handed down
a very important decision Affecting the rights
Of pedestrians to the exclusive use Of the side
walks.
Frank Con. a boy thirteen years OF age. while
walking through Jay street on Aug. ~. 1890,
was struck by a wagon belonging to Frederick
AkCrs.
lie brought suit through his counsel. Alfred
and Charles Steckler. ana recovered a verdict
against hkers in the Superior Court Tor 81. goo.
Mr. Stcckler claimed that the accident having
happened on the sidewalk by the boy being caught
between the platform and tho rear end OF the
wagon, It was negligence on the part of the
driver to ONE on the sidewalk in disregard OF
the rights ot pedestrians.
The defendant appealed to the Superior Court.
General Term, and that Court affirmed the judy
ment. Tho defendant took the case 10 the 'ourt
of Appeals, and that court to-day handed down a
decision u%pholiing the right Of tho public to
the use Of the street. and that the sidewalk
belonged to the pedestrians.
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She coul be easily armored and with
some changes in her deck plans could
be equipped with a powerful but light
arma ment. out OF the guns recently
purchased by Charles II. Flint & Co.
W 55-pounders, one ~33-pounder. twelve
8~-poundcrs. two lo-poundcrg, twenty l.
Founders, and eighteen torpedo tubes. II
very formidable. battery could be Sc
lected for lei cid.
Charles Il. Flint. when seen this morn
ing. was not In a communicative mood.
1T seems that you have bought FL
CID" said "rhc Evening World" re-
porter. "
well. what do you want me to say
about It," replied Mr.. Flint.
what will be her destination when
she leaves New York, and for whom
have you bought her, asked the re-
porter.
II don't care to say anything about
the NATTER said Mr.. Flint.
r. Cid Is one OF the largest coast
wise American steamships aioat. She
was built In 1892 by the Newport News
Ship-Building Company. Of Newport
News. Va, for the Morgan Steamship
line. She Is OF $500 tons register, built
OF steel. n her lenE,.. Is 400 feet over
all. She Is forty-eight feet beam. Her
depth from the keel to the upper deck
Is thirty-threc feet, she has three decks
and an orlop deck forward.
Her boilers are three In number and
OF the doublc-ended Scotch type, measur-
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FROM HI
CROCKERY
y
DISTINGUISHING
DEPT.


Decorated Toilet Sets, 10 mo
pcs, assorted colors, set, hsOO
Plain White Toilet Sets, MH
good quality, set ..... .VO
Handsomely Decorated
Lamp, with shade to on
match, each. pOU
Imitation Cut Cruets, hand 40
some patterns, only, each, SlA
Imitation Cut Water-Jug, On
l gallon, only, each. 40
Knife Boxes, 3-palt, lined, in
encn ....... bsV
Knife Boxes, apart, plain, IN
ebIi ....... Bt~
Whisk Brooms, best make, an
2-sewed, each ......... ,U
Lamp Shade, in assorted
c%olors, with holder, only, IN
eacn ukU
Banquet Lamp, with shade, l,08
Feather busters, best taS
quality IRO
Wall ~Splashers, decorated, ,O7
Mrs. Potts's Polishing
Irons, 3 in set, with A1
stand and cold handle. GUO
Galvanized Foot.Tubs. 10
Silver Plated Teaspoons, J 90
dozen for GGV
Silver-Plated Tablespoons, EG
! dozen for. uVU
Silver-plated Knives, each. rs
Copper-bottom Oval Wash
Boiler, worth $1,l9, for 70
each ...,.. .......... $40
Best Clothesline, per yard. %
Brooms, n SOC. one for. .lS
One lot Stransky's Blue and
and White Ware, worth
from CSC, to $l.9S, all at no
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Purses, plain and fancy decorated and
initial: also PocketbooEs, with and with
OUT metal corners,