The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-12
NEWS ITEMS.

The Worlds Woman's c. i. Z. meets
1t the Art palace, Chicago. October ID.
'i,.s. Blackburn can not and vii! not
withdraw her Pollard Breckenridge let
ter.
Eifty-scven census Office clerks were
dropped Thursday, among them several
from Ohio
l.x-Auditor j. ". Mctailer hanged
himself at Elgin. Ill. because OF the
hard times.
Mrs Dora Mctzgcr fell down an ele-
vator shaft at Columbus. o., and was
instantly killed.
Fire at Laportc. Ind. destroyed the
Summit Refrigerator factory. Loss
$50, 900, insurance slD. 600
Now Castle, Ind. Is now talking
sAect cars in addition TO hex water
works and electric lighting.
The single tax theory, after hot de-
butte. was Endorsed by the Missouri fed
Grafton of labor Thursday. AMI the
election OF president, icc-prcSident
and senators by direct vote was recon-
mcndcd
AZ Liberty, Ind. Friday evening
Koscy Kelly, painter. single. aged A.
fell under moving freight train. l'iH
left leg was crushed below the knee
and amputatcd. Kelly is in DANCER
ous condition.
A wholesale jail delivery occurred at
3 o'clock Wednesday morning by winch
six prisoners escaped from the Wood
county Jail at Bowling Green, O. There
was one murderer and three desperate
crooks among the iugitivcS.
The Westinghouse Airhrakc Co mas
suspended operations entirely at ITS
works at Wilmerding, near Pittsburgh,
enforcing dleness on between 800 ana
! 600 men. Tho shutdown will con-
tinuc about three weeks fo; repair,
YIN. Hoffman. an old soldiers. dicd
at his home suGIcnly OF heart 'i'H'.;se'
aged about 30 years ia was TIC ONLY
cyc-witnc:s of the murder OF jacob
Palm by WIN. Strong in tirclcvlilc. last
July. The trial is set FOR tAis t"rm OF
court.
Senator Voorhees, would rather adj
journ the senate than submit To COIN
promise lie says hat sooner tAan &C
ccpt snch terms OF compromise rs send
tor blackburn suggests. thc reporters
will vote to adjourn until the reSn!"F
session.
Ell King md Thomas Di"i5Son, the
Pittsburgh printers wh" l"'' to death
"Eilly" Cunningham, o Eincinnntl
were found guilty OF mar laughter b't
were recommended to the mercy of the
court The extrclnc penalty is twelve
years and $500 fine.
:all;c. aged ) years. daughter OF +.
G.. Rogers, of Faulllorrr's >tation. Ky.
was burned to death Wednesday night.
Her clothing took fire from y lighted
match with which she WAS playing,
and she was horrible burned before her
father heard her cries.
Every demonstration made by the
galleries of the senate since the debate
on the silver bill began has occurred
while a frcc-silvcr advocate was speak
ing. No manifestations OF applause
have been made when 1hos. opposed to
silver were on the floor.
Tho wife of Charles CaAmus. OF klns-
man. o.. was found lying iii field
near her home unconscious and nearly
dead from exposure She he'd been
sick for some time will, typhoid fever.
and it il supposed, wandered from tho
house at night while delirlous
The post Offices at l'arbcrton, Sum
nit county, and st. Paris, Champaign
county, o.. have been made pra>ldrn-
tial. each paying $1,000 per year. Jchn
Mcnamara Will hc rcanr"inted at the
former and Vim. NJ. Huffman at the
latter Office both being democrats
The state federation of labor c;nvcn-
ton at 81, Louis Thursday passed II
resolution commenting Coz. Al;geld,
Of Illinois, Cor pard"nin" tie iiay-
market anarchists. and JUDGE Feed. OF
Wtc&t<xa. wws drrc~-oed fct Gc:''"vin1
s1ass eArhe-i,o<4< lnsr uneonst.tut-c%:A
Ao explosion q u gasoline n:ovo o|~
CURED in Manlovc's restaurant. lain
bridge, O.. and several persons barely
escaped serious injuries. The alarm of
the fire, which was spread so excited
Mrs. Ada Manarn. an aged resident OF
the village. that she suddenly died from
heart disease.
Tho London Times says that Tom
Mann, the associate of John i:nrnS and
Kier lardie In leading the labor move
mcnt in Great Britain. is q boat to take
holy orders. Some time during the
holidays he will bc appointed to the
curacy of 4 populous parish in an in
dustrial distrist
Frederick Spcigcl. aged 30 years of
Sandusky. O., Quarrelcd Friday with
his wife and she sworc ont peace
warrant for his arrest. Anticipating
legal proceedings and prcferring death
to arrest under such circumstances. he
hanged himself with piece Of clothes
limo in one Of the rooms of his resi-
dcnce.
Secretary Sinclair, of the East st.
Louis Jockey club, was held up and
robbed of $500 at O'Clock Friday even
ing on the third story Of the Globe
Democrat building. st Louis. where no
has an office. The thief ran with tho
plumber. but was cnpturcd on Broad
way. lie is racetiuck hanTcr-on,