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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
NOW COMES THE BLIZZARD.
s.crcury Down to Zero and Severe
storm Rasins-Trains Delayed

storm Ragins-Trains beia!cu
CEDAR RAPIDS Iowa, Nov. Ca
cold wave struck this place last night
and Yesterday morning the thermomc-
ter registered zero. The -;~c" is frozen
over and it is grown; colder.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, Nov. -. The
mercury Yesterday fell seven degrees
above 2,ro and the Mississippi is full
Of floating ice, The cold weather
leaves the farmers badly prepared for
stock water. Many wells and stock
ponds are dry and the late rains did
very little good. Unless a warm spell
comes. with considerable rain. water
fumnc may h, looked for.
LAPoIrE, Ind. Nov. ~. Tho sudden
fill in temperature has been followed
by .cv.rl storm. Trains on all roads
entering the city are reported from
one to three hours late.
TOPEKA. Kan. Nov. "a. - For twenty
four hours terrible blizzard has been
raging in western Kansas, and reports
received yesterday show great suffer
ing among the people living on the
plains where crops failed this year.
Hundreds Of families arc without food
and coal. Appeals have been made to
Gov. Lcwclling for help, but he is pow
crless to act.
ST.. PAUL. Mimi. Nov. -. Wintry
weather prevails throughout the north
west. and colder temperature is pre-
dicted The mercury was degrees
above zero here yesterday morning
and kept close to that figure all day
The wcathc. bureau reports above al
81 Paul. ) below at Moorhcad ant
ii. Vincent. Mimi. l. below ut Win
| niprg. and other points reporting
similar figures
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
w.re plugging without a Permit.

KANSAS CRY. Mo-. Nov. .5.-Thc
city marshal yesterday. morning ar
re:tcd six men employed by the Water
works company for digging In inc
strccts without permit. The city
holds that as the franchise of the ccm-
nanv has expired the company has no
more right to dig in the streets than
anv other private corporation. The
franchise expired some time ago. The
comnany refused to sell tho plant To
tbc eitv' as the conditions under which
II was granted stipulated, holding that
the price the city offered was moi fair
fonc.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.
Walls OF n Burning Building Fall Upon
, Man Who Rushed In Too Late.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Nov. ?3.-Eirc Mt
Newborn. Dyer county. last night dc.
stroycd the business houses occupic a
bv the Wilson Dry Goods company
j. II. Swindle. furniture; IL,
+. Williamson, undertaken: Wilson "
bradshaw. dry goods, and Il. Cox. gen
cral merchant. The total loss Is sio.'
600.
Loo bradshaw and Pat MoffItt,
white. and Ed Gilbert, colored, los'
their lives during the fire. Bradshaw
ran into n house to get some money ano
papcrs from the safe. and JUS
as he emerged from the building Tho
walls fell on him II is believed thai
there are other bodies under the ruins
Pat Hooper, Pcttis Holland, l.. "
Hall and George ). Preights were seri
ously hurt and some of them may dic
The origin of the fire is not known.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
WAGE FIGHT ENDED.
Terms Of agreement In the Iron snd
Seccl Industry.

Steel Industry.
PirTSBl nc, Nov. THE threatened
strike in the sheet mill industry has
been averted and settlement effected
by which thirty mills, employing 1000
men, will be continued in opcrrtion
during the winter. The settle.
ment was effected by the rollers agree.
ing to take the wage reduction
intended for the roughcrs and
catchers. President Garland OF the
Amalgnmatcd association requested
another conference this morning
and the matter was arranged i'll u very
short time by the worknen presenting
u proposition to continue the roughcrs
and catchcrs' wages at go peg
day. the rollers assuming the 10
per ccst. reduction. This will cut the
wages of the latter Is per cent. The
scale will be signed at once by this
; settlement the long wage fight in the
IRON and steel industries has been set.
tied finally. with the exception of four
or five scattering mills.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
Receivers for the Equitable League.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. .1'--A decree
tfectinp between 900. 600 and 100000
persons was signed by Judge Harlan
.rcstcrdav In accordance with his
decision made Wednesday the Judge
Yesterday morning ordered that the
charter of the supreme court of the
Eouitable League of America be an
nulled; that the corporation be dis
solved and that it's assets be distrib-
uted omonp the members entitled 10
them TO fulfill this order George x.
Willis and :. johnson Poo were APP
pointed receivers for the league, each
being REQUIRED TO give "a 100000 bond.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 20. ,ha c;ty
mometcrs in various parts OF 'n 10
this morning ranged FROM 30; , u'S .,n,rt.
- degrees below zero and l'Hr Fats.
arc received from all over VI" Thrrs
North Dakota and Manitoba' tr,.
was little wind and the sky W, we cnie,.
from clouds, the cold being 'nr src.
emphatic sort well known III w." III
ton. colder weather is premise"
tonight -. "A de-
Sank Rapids, Mimi, rcpo'S d. q:
orecs below and at Fargo ~
degrees below is reported
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
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FRENCH SAVING ).
Gratifying Report of the Condition OF
State Savings Banks.

LoSpoS, Nov. ?5---A dispatch to the
Times from Paris says that the report
of the state savings banks for lsD.
shows the deposits amounted to Jso.-
oOo 900 francs and the Withdrawals to
no4 .O0o. COO francs. The report refers
to the temporary crisis Mt the BEGINNING
Of 1898, on Il slight reduction on
interest, and says that the cause cou,o
only have been political because n"th-
ing was impaired and absolute guarah-
tees were offered to dcpositors. For
several months, however. the deposits
have exceeded the withdrawals and
operations of all kinds are multiplying
in constant progression ana the man
cial situation is again normal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
oppFELLOWS OF ILLINOIS.
Appropria lion for Relief In 'hieaso
Considered.

SrElxGrIrI.p. H.. Nov. ~ NJ To,
DAYS session of the OddfcllovS' grand
lodge good deal Of time was con;
sumed in II wrangle oyer propose
ton to appropriate 5000 To the TN
coco Oddfcllows' asst citation for
the relief of visiting brethren ~
distress. A motion tn make IN Np,
preparation was voted down a',t' !"
long debate. Thc~yotc was suns.
uucntly rcconsidcrcd and the questoh
viii finally bc settled during the n ,,
The election of officers l. prot'',,,n,
in the Rcbckah convention. h's
Esther Wood of Springfield was eire''.
president over "a number oi eon'''
aptS
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
VEST REPORTED DEAD.
story at Kansas City That the senator
Has Committed Suicide.

KANSAS CRY, Mo. Nov. %. lit is ru-
morcd here that United States Senator
Vest of Missouri has committed suicide.
The rumor caused great excitement.
No ono knows where senator Vest is.
LArER. 1t Is now aSccrtained there
is no truth in the rumor. At tho TIM
that these reports were flying a6oSi
the west, however. Senator Vest was
at the capitol aud in his usual hcalti'
and spirits. Tho rrmor seems TO havs
started in Kansas City and spread from
there to St Louis and Chicago. IL I.
impossible to soy what oceasiorcd it.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
NEW '.oRK MAN MURDERED.
Nichols Plohn's Body Is Found q. n E..-
est Near Lubbock.

BERLIN. New. % Tho police of La.
beck arc inquiring ilto the death Of n
rich New Yorker named Nichols Plohn.
20 years old, who. 1t appears, had been
visiting relatives ut InbcclS Accord
ing to the story published here after
Mr.. Plohn's departure from Lubbock n
few days ago all trac, OF him was lost.
It is added that Mr.. rlohn's body has
been found in the forest near Lubbock
and that il Is evident that he has tcsp
murdered.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
POLICY OF GERMAN oAsiNEI
uindisch-Gracts Announces '""'
to-ni reforms VIII Be MADE

VIENNA. Nov. -. The rClchrath
.umed it's sittings to-day. rVui'e.
Wildisch-Craetz, in annouii'ins ,h,,
policy of the new cabinet ~" Vii i,
the government chief task Wou' >,
to bring about extensive rl'N.o ..,"n. q,
forms. according to the ngre'inuj;
the threc great polit'cl past',b n,
While maintaining the interests =:
existing parties and var.on' l rJ,' "n,s
the franchise would BIZ conicrrr" u de.
classes which had hithert" p S,rc,
privcd Of it, especially upon wo ,oS;,i-al
and would also assure 'hc
rights Of peas ants and citizens
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02

AsnLASD. Wis. Nov. :j.-The
stcaIncr Johnson and the schooner
Halsted Of the shores Lumber conn
pany feet cleared with "'G,eOo feet of
lumber for Chicago last night. They
are the last boats To leave this port
this season. The bay Is rapidly frecz-
ing over and ,tifo docks arc now locked
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02

New YORK. Nov. 25.--Gov. william
Mckinley of Ohio, who has been at the
Windsor house for the last week, mas
left for Boston. Tonight he speaks
at banquet of the Home Market club
and on Saturday will start for Ohio
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
BIG PLANTS TO RESUME.
Several Hundred Men to i;c Give. Em'
pioyrucnt at Youngstown, Ohio.

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. Nov. 2i.--Tho
Mahoming Valley and Iron Steel COM
pany's plant will resume operations
next Monday after an idleness of
nearly four months. Employment to
nearly 600 men will be given Brown.
Bonnell & Co. S big plant will start up
Thursday 10 run about half the usual
number of men. The Union Iron and
Steel company started the bar mill yes.
terday. Andrews Bros company will
start part of their pudding furnaces
before the week il over
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
coLuMp,A,s GREAT SPEED
The Trial Hoard Figures h''
record -, sa;s an ii""r .

puuApELrmA. Pa. NOV, hoard ci
Ledger to-day says the tr ean rcd out
tho cruiser Columbia has hs iSnots and
that tina the premium Of $50 GV orrn:as
surea. This makes the M =, statcsnayv
Gvsr saGneS sy Da far greater margin r sr
, PoSsI oos tho tncst and 81 tc.t e Sr
sS anct II ,I l. The hops Of hef .o o,
that she will be able ~
siun soon utter Fchrva'y'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-02
So Work r,rm A,.Irn..

NEW YORK, Nov. --Rossndorf *
Sons, buyers and sellers of dry goods.
clouIxs. fairs and fancy goods, filed u
-.....,.,l .esian,ncnf for the benefit q,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-08-31


VIRGINIA: At a meeting OF the Boar, OF Snpervis-
orr ;nr Wise couny-continued and ned on the loth
day OF August. 1899. present ihc ''''o"i1g hoora-
bic board rs Oh yesterday. the io'""!'t ofnrf WAS
entered
Be i; ordered by the Board ihHi '' t"S, 's"ci'l-
cations and details icr" jail TO b" h'iH n Tue eou;S
% Wise on the public square At ii" cot '-ho'Hc' II,
G,adeville, prepared hy :. y. HJyd and furnished
the Board by ". r Baker he ana 'ine are hereby
approved and adopted rs, end f.. ''n. Ian gr"n
which said jail FOR said county j. to- he i''' wmrh
said plans. specifications aGG de,1i' nied win the
Clerk of the County court 81 W is"c'"n'E ~ prc'elE
ton and Inspection by "!iT"n, "a" my -, ''''Irsl'u
in the building seid lail Amt 81 - W ,'r 'F''.'.u
by The Board that the hulilhs."' So" +i' ne ',' 10
contract to be oulit nccord'nS 3" NV" H. .
caion ana Details 10 'he '"W'>' ,i'''. 'it ',''r'
VINO VIII e%ernte b"'"' Pi;"p' '' '' :"
rcrN!SnrS ~ Wise Comfy III Al"iit 90. o. IN" 90
which is at least doubr the aniorn ~ I'D M with
security approved by ~,,id lior- ti-d :" p"r-
form the confAc; for the btul- ~ ,f',i It Acc"rd-
ina to the pnn specification ,," d,-i ,iosc-ai'i 81"
The Stli day"t September. '.'i. 81 t. '"@Et court
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usa1tjL 40 SUGGESTIVE.

"A durable table ccnter IS made OF
o!atn white linen powdered over with
any small flower. such as tho daisy, Tor
gct-ruo-no< or violet, worked in wash
ing silk.-N. Y. World
TO render linen or cloth water
proof, take OF boiled OIL twenty-five
parts; borax, two parts; litharge, two
parts; lamp black Tor any other desired
color), two parts Mix, end use at dis'
cretion
China silks and printed cottons rep
resent very dainty and appropriate ma
terial for the drapcries N country
homes, especially for summer use.
Denim Is more durable end suited ID
portieree
Soft Frosting for Calse.-Take one
cup OF sugar. Ave tablespoons OF sweet
milk, boil four or FIVE minutes, then
stir until cold, and put on cool coke
It is better than frosting with eggs
Farm and Home
The best way to dry apples ct home
is to place them upon clean, swee'
straw upon wire tray, end put stra"
over them Then put them into the
oven all night after which gently WI Pc
them off and press them lat with ths
hand. ~-DetroAt Free Press.
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De mined by simply quarrylng in open cut,

49, i
santi doubt II nm ore nf like cxce'l"r"r
can he delivered on cars at less cost Else
where in America. A furnace test WAS
recently made on Virginia coke and the
run of mine Of Cranberry ore, md 3 pig
produced cotaining 03 per cent of rhos-
phorus; and from practical furnace tests
and the aualyscs of ore from n'any opei'-
ines. it is demonstrated :hsi tie e'''fe
district CONTAINS abundance an "Ve
suited 80 the manufacture OF hcsscmer
steel. This ore is nearer I" COS" (at his
Stone Gap) than is ANY other heSsemeF
steel ore known 60 me in America srom
the Bessmer ores Of the lake region, the
source Of nearly all the steel now made III
this country, to the nearest coke is about
| 500 miles: from she Bessemer ores OF west
North Carolins to the coke OF Big Stone
Gan IL Ia 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 greaf develop
ment in the manufacture of iron and steel
will follow up the completion OF the roads
connecting the coking Goals and ores, III
the region under discussion.
"a Scoth iron manufacturer OF large
experience, who spent some months IN ex-
aiming the Goals and ores in the district
extending from southeastern Kentucky to
Western North Carolina, estimates the
cost Of making ton Of pig iron at Biz
Stone Gap at $7.8G; and thinks that Bes-
semer steel, can be made at the same place
ut as low cost as in England. This esti-
mate agrees with estimates made by prac-
ticnl iron and steel manufacturers from
| PENNSYLVANIA who have made large M
vestments at Big Stone Gap Tor The pur-
pose Of development.
Furnaces and Steel plants at Big Stone
Gap will have, in addition to the local sup
ply Of Of coke, COAL and pure limestone,
the advantage of location Oh competing
I lines OI railway, hHU wv ~ -
location ON greet system that can deliver
the products direct to all Of the great mar
kets in tho Ohio and Mississippi Valleys
The ores from East Tennessee, Southwest
Virginia, and the Carolinas can be ship
ped with advantage to these furnaces. as
it is CARRYING the ore. in the direction OF
the markets, and these ores Will give re-
turn freight for the cars OF rca' and coke
shipped from Big Stone Cap TO those
States"
FACTS yoH MASrFACuREE-
The Virginia Co"l Iron Company
agrees to furnish coke at The following
prices.
Furnace. Foundry.
| ,,o,. 8, u., s,,n. Gam. S30a $50
1t is likely these prices will he reduced
under competition, but take 'he" As ihcy
are and compare them with the prices at
Conceivable.
| Cost o. coke 1t Connellsvelle Dccemher 1876:
Furnace coke $2l5 per ton. Foundry coke g
ill.,
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do not sell goods at doablc price, and in
order to get your trade offer to take your
photograph neither do l claim that will sell
all the time below cost, as is claimed by my
competitors, and make money at it, but | do
claim that | can sell goods from Is to so ger
cent Lower than my would-be competitors can
buy. / quote few Of my prices:
Fine Lawns, from cents up fine MohaIr,
from 10 cents and up; Domestics, from ?
cents and up; Satteens, cents and up; La
dies Good Linen Collars, 5 cents and up; La
dies Hem stitched Linen IInndkerchiefs, only
> cents Ladies' Linen Busters, only 81 cents:
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Besides these there are also on railroads
runnin. here another brown ore carving
from A to GO per cent of iron, and 10Y OF
phosphorus: manganiferous iron ores, and
III all probability large deposits of man
ganesc;a black limonite with from 81 to
SIS per cent Of iron (well suited for the
pneumatic Basic process); spccular or
red hema,itc (Besscmer) with 80 to 65 per
cent of iron. while Of the great Cranberry
marguerite ore Prof. Proctor. in his rep".,
SAYS:
"Ex,ending northeast and southwest
through The western counties OF North
Caroiin,, are large deposits of the purest
magnetic iron ores known in this country
save in the Lake Superior region. These
ores, from a number Of samples averaged
Nv ,nvself and officers Of the Tenth Census
and others, anlyzcd fron, is per cent to So
per cent of iron, and sre, in Mitchell and
Ash counties. North Carolina are remark
ably free from phosporns and sulphur.
Recent developments along u line of thirty
miles in extent prove the excessive nature
of these deposits. The only poirt where
these ores have as vet i,een reached by Il
railway is at Cranberry mine in Mitchell
county, North Carolina. A few years xeo
the great mass Of ore now uncovered at
this point was hid by thick covering of
soil aud decomposed gneiss, save only a
few surface pits from which small forge
WAS supplied with ore. Within The past
few years The face Of the hill has been nn-
covered, revealing an enormous mass OF
very pure magnetic to heigth OF 800 feet
shove the railway track The engineerin
charge at the mines assured me that from
diamond drill tests and the uncovered
mass, he had here piled up above the rail-
way track over 20,Ou0,o00 tons of ore TO
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Sale Of Lot

As Special commissioner in the cause row
pending in the Wise Circuit court of the
Southwest Virginia Mincra! lana company
V r. j. Wingate and others. and pursuant tc
decree rendered in said Cause or april tho
oth. lSg3, will on
Thursday. Au.ns' "isi. i&ec,
sell at public outcry to The highest bidder
1T the front door of the Post Oilice il the town
of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, between the
hours of - N. and 2 y. M,
Lot No. Twentv-eig;., tG s,;2cis il.
Improvement CO.'S Plat No. - st TIC town
of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, upon 'ii' following
TEHAS:
costs Of suit and commissions a. safe, cash in
hand, and one-third OF the residue u' H." plr-
chase price in cash. and for The remaining
two-thrds credit Of six nnd twelve months
will be given, purchaser To execute bond pay
able to the commissioner without security.
bearing interest from date Of SAFE. commits
sioner to retain the title to Tie rrUpcriy and
Il lien thereon to secure the deferred purchase
money. Il. !. IRVINE,
Aug. 3-35-4t. Special commissioner.
VIRGINIA: In the Clerks office Of he Circuit
Court OF the county Wise:
Southwest viglinia Mineral Land Company PITS
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Clothing Dcpartm ont.

have purchased, ut y mandatory bank.
rupt sale in Philadelphia, Obs Mems Youths
and Boys Suits in Sacks, Double Breasto,
Straight Cuts, Cnt-Aways, and Prince Albert,
at so cents on tie Dollar. Bows Knee Pants
A handsome assortment Of Silk Aohair Coat,
and Vests, in stripes and plaids. Bows Suit,
from Sl.25 and up. SIS Odd Pair Of Pants, s.
cents and up. will sell all the above men
toned at very small margin.
Furnishing Goods Department.
Stiff HATS OF all Lcsciptions. Anime lat
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Onee Come all 3
PLANNING MILL
= Gal PRIVATELY

Tie Saw Mil aud Planning Mill recently owned ny
q; T. Duiioll Mt the juucto OF the North and South
forks oi Powcls River, in the town OF RiY Stone Gap
i for snlc. privately on reasonable terms This Is Il
Fare Chance to Secure q First
class Milling Outfit, Omplete.
with about Three Acres OF Ground aud Superb To-
cu,on TOR the business
Apply 10. $. 4. BIRCH Covesvillc. Va, or
H. T.. IRVINE, Big Stone Gnp Va.
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Ladies Isle Thread Undertaking, from 8
cents aud up: Lanies' Underwear cheaper
than Won can buy the material; Pins and
Needles. cent Il paper: Mems Socks, cents
and up Everything else in the Dry ""ods
and Notion Department going in the same
proportion:
Shscs, Shoes, Shoes.
1890 Pairs of Shoes, embracing Mems
Youths, Bows. Ladies', Misses and Chill
dren's Shoes and Slippers OF al! descriptions,
from the Medium grade to the finest made, HI
going at very low figures