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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-06-08
SUNDAY AND THE FAIR.
The New York World says:

The New York World says:
Owe are, ut any rate, to be spar
ed prolonged legal controversy ov-
err the question of opening the
Worlds Fair on Sunday.
"Mr. Olncy, with what seems t"
us al excess of zeal, has directed
that an application be made to
United States court for an injunc-
ton. If it is denied he will take no
appeal and interfere no further Will.
the matter.
That the application will be de-
MED there ought to be no doubt.
Nobody has ever before commended
that congress has constitutional au-
thority to enact Sunday laws or other
police regulations for the several
states or for any part of any of them.
There is no clause Of the constitution
which even suggests grant OF such
power to congress, none that can he
tortured into such meaning except by
Il construction which would sweep
away all limitations, making con-
grcss as absolute as the British par
lament is and reduce the state to
merely permissivc governments, ex-
listing by grace of congress alone.
"Thc United States courts are the
jealous guardians of the powers not
granted by this constitution, but re-
served to the several states or To the
people"
This is a view of the legal aspect
Of the matter. The Chattanooga
Times has before discussc,I; aud all
along the line taken by the World.
At,any rate, the controversy will
soon be closed l'hc country will be
spared long wrangle in the courts.
The fair people will know what they
can depend on.
We earnestly hope the decision
will be against the constitutionality
of the restriction Of the law of con-
gress; and this because we believe
the opening of the fair on Sunday
will be great benefit to hundreds Of
thousands who you'll attend on that
day and cannot on a week day. We
believe it would promote order and
morality by attracting men away
from the dives of the great and fas,
city. Even if We were close COM
munion." Sabatarians, we would
think, would favor opening the fair
on Sunday, as the lesser OF two evil.
-Chattanooga Times.
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NO. 27
YouNG srl.s. ,i..Aisg WEBS.
Ma rr1e,, to her rny.,c,an. DR.. W. +. nay,.

Married to her Physician, DR.. w. r. Halt.
Mrs. James G.. Blaine, Jr., and
DR.. w. T. Bull were married at
11:4O O'Clock May 30. in the South
Reformed church, corner of Madison
avenue and Thirty-eighth street, n.
T., by Rev. DR.. Frederick Terry, the
pastor. The bride was dressed in
pearl gray silk with white lace trim
mings on the corsagc. Her hat har-
monized with her costume in coloring
and she looked charming, indeed.
She carried bunch Of bride roses
and lilies of the valley. The father
of the bride gave her away at the
alter. There were no attendants.
The ceremony was followed by q
wedding breakfast at Mrs. Blaine's
apartments at the Belmont. Only
intimate friends and relatives were
asked to the ceremony. az it wa
;lc brides desire that the wedding
should be as quiet as possible. Not
more than fifty people were present
in the church to witness the ccre-
mony.
This wedding is a happy consul
nation of romance begun when
Mrs. Blaine was seriously i'll. three
years ago. That she would be 8
cripple for life was the verdict OF the
physicians who had attended her.
.t!tcra wedding trip in this country
Dir. and Mrs. Bull will sail, for En-
ronc.
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DO NOT ADVERTISE
Unless You Have Help to Read Your Cor.
respondencs.

The following is remarkable re-
suit of advertising, Mr. +. i. Hale
one Of Wilmingt.n's business men.
inserted an advertisement in two
Chicago newspapers on Sunday.
May 81, asking for terms Of board
for himself and wife for month DUR.
ing the Exposition. On Sunday he
received 149 replies. BY Tuesday
noon he had received 449; at 2 p. M.
Tuesday, 1,O93; Wednesday at s q.
M, l,2lS; ut 10 a. m, ,sl6;at2 p.1
M. 1867. and at noon on Tllur.lay
he had received .-i34 replies % hin
advertisement. On one OF fhesc days
lie received 1927 letters. of which
e64 came in one mail, This would.
NOT indicate any lack Of places for
entertainment in The " indy City.
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been issued and many applications
for contracts have been received from
substantial construction companies.
This road will not have construc-
ton company of its own nor will it
be connected with any company, but
the proceeds Of its stock and bonds
will be economically aud .carefullylap-
piled to the expenses of building and
equipping the road and for nothing
else. The Mt. Pleasant Il Elkhorn
is really here and will be factor in
the future"
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Rig stone Gap Companies and C"spu-
rRtions.
Ito aroxs Gar INrRpvrkexT Co.
Capital stock, 81. sno. o'o.

Capital stock, *a,sa".oW'
Bonded issnc, s., 00a, 600.
Oficer.-H &. Ayers, President, j. =. bs'si''' 1r''
yic,-rroeIdcnt, " C. Harrington, Secretary eH''
Treasurer, Big Stone Gap; r. C. Ballard Thru'tos,
Trustee. Loslsvillc. Ky.
plseesors--R A. Ayers. J. 2. Ru''it', w.. ). n
Taxgart, Big Stone Gap: Chas. 2. Ballard. L"ass'
vile. XIV; Jas W. Fox, Jno. C. Hasksl, View York /;
H. c. Mcdowell, sr.. Eexingtors ny: VIM &e''eofS',
IT,. Philadelphia; X. n. whi.rds,, Ins'sn.
Executive Cornmit,.e.--R. A. Ayern. j. n TaKRaf',
Ble Stone Gap; Jas. ". Fox, jno. G. Haskell. New
York: H. G. Mcdowell, ST., Lexington. ny.
p,; Syoxs Ar Axp rowG..'s VALLEY RAILWAY Go.
Capital stock. $4,000.
Onicers-n. y. Ayers. President. j. 4. fsEEsF'.
vice.preatien,. ". C. Harrington, Secretary anc
Treasurer, Big Stone Gap.
Dircc,ors-R. A. Ayers, IL. G. AcI'owe'. !r.. .. n.
Tssvar,, Mig Stone Gnp; ". p. Clyde, New York: a.
G.. Wood, Bristol, Tenn.
Ria Sroz. Gar E,xcrRic IiGnv Auo P"wHH &c.
Capital stock. s5o.oo9)
President, H. \. Ayers: Secretary, Jos. l.. Kelly:
Treasurer, ~. II. Rnllli'.
lir,ctors-R A. Ayers. H. H. isuilit. H. T. irvine
GINS. ". Lowell. II. c. McIhwcli, ir.
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Land stIil Brlngsa G.od prlcein the VIE.
gslala Mountains.
The Bluefeld, w. Va, Water
Works and Improvement Company
has purchased two acres in that city
for $25, 900, and will inaugurate ex-
tensiye improvements
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I1e srosr Gar CRATE AND MAxra1 Go.

Capital steck--preferred $l0, 900.
Capital stock--cnmmon~ $i5 900.
President, ". 4. Harris; Secretary and
Treasurer, J h. Dowden, Big Stone Gap.
Directors. ---J. Is. Dnwden, John Gilley, w.
T. G0odlae, ~. +. Harris, R. i. Irvine, Big
Stone Gap.
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President, j. B. F. Mills; Vice Presidents
X. T. Irvine; Secretary, s. Q. bergman, Zig
Directors.-Geo. +. Dennis, Rocky Mount,
Va; II. T. lryiae, I. n, Jones, Gus w. i.0y-
ell, J. Il. F. Mills, Big Stone Gap: u. u.
Wood, Bristol, Tenn; j. w. Yates, Flint Hill,
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l;t, SrnxE Gar wArsx Go.

CapltaI Observation-Disclosures 400.
Capital s.ock-paid !.i-s25,etW.
OGcerk-Presidpnt. W. \. Mcdowell; Teller. !no
H. Payne.
Dirsc.ors-J. r. Bullitt, ir.. G. W. Rvsns, J. n
(;.odloe. II. T.. Irvine, II. c. Mcdowell. jr., w. A.
Mcdowell, j. b. r. Mills, Zig Stone Gap; r. J. Bird
lronton, Ohio.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-13
pRnpnAlrLON NrMRER ONE.

The first proposition in the circulation
challenge which G.. NJ. Hitchcock ac-
ccptcd, but allowed to go by default
reads as follows
| will match the subscription list of any
edition of the Worht- Herad in the city of
Omaha with two subscribers for The
EVENING BEE to one of the UOrld- Hera'd or
forfeit 81 900, payable to yourself or any
charitable or benevolent institution you may
name The comparison of circulation to be
made by publishing the names and addresses
of paying carrier delivery subscribers for
the months of December 1892, and January
and February, 1893, with twenty days for
verifcation of the lists after their pubhca-
tion.
The time within which this PROPOSE
tion was to remain open was limited to
thirty days. The concluding para
graph of the agreement under which
deposit of five certified checks of $1,000
each was made with Mr.. Henry w.
Yates, president of the Nebraska Ma
tiOnal bank, reads as follC ws:
1t is Furthermore agreed that if the World
H1uH fall to furnish proof of its circulation
under the conditions embodied in the four
propositions in the open challenge within
thirty DAYS from this date; or il after com
plying with the conditions of either Of the
four first propositions it is found that have
made good any proposal concerning relative
circulation, then YOU are to hand beck the
checks to me.
This shows conclusively that the
World HcrdLd was to publish its paying
city subscription list and give The BEE
an opportunity to verify the same within
thirty days from and after March 10.
| The assertion that THE BEE refused to
! publish its list on any given day is base
less, That was condition sought to be
imposed upon THE BEE by Mr.. Hitch
| cock after he had accepted the challenge
and the forfeit had been deposited.
1t Is to be expected, of course, that our
contemporary will throw a tremendous
amount Of dust and keep up the cry of
foul, but inasmuch as proposition No. 5
contains proposition to match the
actual paying subscription list of the
! WOrld-HerUld in the state of Nebraska,
including Omaha, two to one, and that
offer remains open to the 2Oth of April,
there is no excuse for its failure to earn
the 81, ,000.th still remains on deposit.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-13
NEBRASKA ANN NEBRIskINS.


The German Lutheraus Of Becmcr are
building a church.
The teachers Of Buffalo county will hold
meeting at Kcarney Saturday.
A lodge Of the Order of the Eastern star
has been instituted at Sumner.
The Wheeler Advocate has been resur-
rected at Bartlett by r. II, and II. &. Clough.
\ good many farmers from Iowa and Ili-
nois are settling i'm Cunning county this
spring.
Butte celebrated her victory in winning
the county seat contest with banquet and
pyrotcchnics.
Aurora expects to have a local telephone
exchange soon and connection with neigh
boring cities.
The Hurlburt & I.eftwich circus that mas
been wintering at Norfolk will "hit the
road April 80 and begin a tour Of the Da-
kotaS
Several interesting criminal cases are
booked to come up at the present term of the
district court at Pawnce City. Rev. Il.
Flory will probably he tried for forgery and
Jacob Frcese for train wrecltng.
Mrs Ed Platner, residing near Nebraska
City tried to recover some grain which her
son had taken from her farm and sold, but
when she found that she couldn't secure the
property without laying the boy liable to "A
term in the penitentiary she let the matter
drop.
During the big prairie fire in Custer county
two men driving across the country near
Lodi ran race with death The team in
their terror became unmanageablc and
finally thewagon was overturned and the
horses broke away from the vehicle and ran
for dear life. The two men scrambled under
the wagon box and Rugged the earth till the
fire swept over them and crawled out of the
wreck unharmcd
Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-13
TIL OMAHA DAILY BEE THURSDAY April l8, tsos

last Legislature aud make this session
memorable one.
The honest Investigations Of our public
institutions have discovered an immense
amount OF abominablc corruption, never he
licvcd 10 exist, and have led to an impeach-
ment OF the probably guilty officers, who to
all appearances will have TO pay dearly for
their malfCasance. This will have whole
some influence on our whole official world,
and teach all those who are inclined TO
wrong doing, that they cauuot succeed in
their uefarious work with impuuty
OF perhaps greater Importance yet to our
peoples welfare, may be the passage of the
railroad rate bill, if through approval by our
governor il becomes a law.
In the fate of this bill several great ques-
tons are involved, the question whether the
railroads and other great monopolies are
subject to the authority Of our state or
whether they shall in future as in the past
control the state; the question whether our
whole people shall have adequate rates or
not, whether all our interior cities and
towns shall have a chance to live and grow,
or be suppressed for the benefit of few
favored cities; and finally, whether the re-
publican party which for a quarter OF II cen
tury has promised such "a measure, shall be
killed or not
A great responsibility rests on the gov
ernOr and we believe he will be equal to the
occasion. If the bill has become law aud
the railroads will fight it in the courts on the
ground of alleged dunCOnstitutionality, or try
to evade it and make it odious and burden
some by chicanery, let them do it. They
will hurt themselves, bring about stronger
and more effective measures, will learn that
they are not the masters but the servants OF
Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-13
LIBOR IND TNDUSTRI.

Carnegie paid $35, 900 for a 1l0-ton saw.
Spanish-America leads in gold production.
Meriden has made a thirty two blade knife
Birmingham, England, makes half the pin
output.
The coloriug of aluminium has been
achieved.
In 1860 our product of hardware was val
ued at 500, 900; in 1888 at S9IO 100000.
The business world is divided into two
classes-people who get wages, and people
who get salaries.
For POO years the paper from which Bank
of England notes are made has been manu-
factured at I.averstoke in Hampshire
The sounding-board ofipianos, the most i'm
portant part of the instrument, is made OF
American spruce, and is as carefully chosen
as the wood for violin.
The first locomotive ever seen in Bangkok,
Siam, was recently started on the horat
railway. The native population took I'M
mense interest IN the trial run over the half
mile of railway now laid.
A number of orders have been given to
Philadelphia iron workers for machinery to
be used in distllling alcohol from sweet po-
latocs A gallon of alcohol can be distilled
from bushcl of sweet potatoes at small
cost.
1t is said that the new city directory Of
Baltimore indicates an increase OF $4,000 IN
the population of the city during the past
wear due largely To the growth OF manu-
featuring interests in the city and suburbs.
Light, absolutely destitute of heat, IS
produced that shines through solid wall
as the present light through window glass.
The light within a house enables one outside
to read by it as though the brick walls were
translucent glass.
Four hundred years ago the annual pro
duction of pig iron amounted to 10000 tons
and France produced one-hfth OF II, more
than any other country. Now the annual
output is about 3O,00OOOO tons, and France
contributed only onc-fifteenth of 1t. The
United States produces more than one
fourth of the whole amount.
Papier- mache, which can be compressed
almost TO the solidiuy of iron, promises to
come into vogue as building material. A
portable hospital large enough TO accomo-
date twenty beds has been made OF com
pressed paper Every part of the building
is numbered, and the whole can be packed
up in such a way as TO be carried by three
transference trucks These trucks are so
planned as to form the basis Of the hospital,
T-shaped joists of iron keeping the founda-
ton steadily in place. Over this comes
Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-13
PLEASE FORK OVER.

On March 10 Mr.. G.. NJ. Hitchcock
made the following offer over his own
name:
Il will give you 81 to each paying sub
scriber to THE DAILY BEE in South
Omaha if you will give me IS cents for
each paying subscriber to the daily
World Herald in South Omaha"
This proposition was promptly ac
cepted and the lists were published on
March NiS. The alleged list of the World
Herald aggregated S75 names, the pub
lished list of The BEE 80 names.
A few days later the WorldHerdld
acknowledged that Ill of the names
it had first claimed as its sub
scribers were fictitious and should
be deducted from its total In the same
issue l04 new names were given in place
of the Ill bogus subscribers, with the
request that they be substituted for the
bogus names. This open acknowledge
ment of the utter unreliability of its pub
lished list was forced upon it by our
canvassers who had found that the list
had been padded with the names of dead
men, people who had never lived in
South Omaha and people whose address
was in blocks whore not single house
stands.
After sitting the lists the following
facts have been arrived at; Total list
of morning and evening World -Herald
March /, carrier delivery subscribers, in
South Omaha. 40; total subscribers to
the morning and evening BEE, $40.
Computed at 81 each, total amount for
THE BEE $8lO; computed at 70 cents
each, total amount for World Herald
85S4.25.
Mr.. Hitchcock will therefore please
make certified checks for $225.75, pay
! able as follows:
To the First congregational church OF
Omaha $50.
TO the Young Woman's Home S75. -.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-13

conspiracy, or 30 expressing opinions or
using language which implies II threat
against the ear, is equally criminal
with attempted or accomplished murder
and is subject TO the same penalties.
Any one giving shelter 70 persons sus-
pccted Of these otTenses is regarded as
an accomplice and is liable TO capital
punishment like the principals in the
conspiracy. Under the treaty we
must extradite any one accused
Of the attempted murder of any mem
Der of the royal family of Russia, which
means, under Russian law, practically
every political refugee from that coun-
try in the United States.
Certainly if the American people can
be made to fully understand all that this
concession to Russia despotism means,
and how wide departure it involves
from the traditional policy of this coun-
try regarding the right of asylum to
political refugees, they will with one
voice repudiate the treaty. EXtradition
with the Russian government is not so
necessary or important to the United
States that in order to obtain it we
should sacrifice great and vital prin-
ciple which has been adhered to from
the foundation of the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-13
THE CONCESSIOy no RrSSIA

The article of the eXtradition treaty
with Russia negotiated six years ago,
and which failed of ratification at
that time, together with the article
substituted by the senate in the treaty
recently ratified, have been made pub
lie. The object of this is to obtain
public discussion of the latter article in
advance of the formal ratification of
the treaty by the two governments. A
great deal has already been said re-
garding the concession which it is pro.
posed our government shall make to
Russia in this matter, and the
weight of intelligent judgment is un-
questionably opposed to it. The view
has been expressed by able writer's
that the treaty is essentially one sided
so far as the o Objectionable article is con-
cerned, and it has been well said that
an eXtraditiOn treaty between liberal
government like the United States AMI
Russia despOtism could not be made on
equal terms, This treaty recognizes no
difference between an attempt on the
life of the head of a representative gov
ernmcnt and on that of despotic ruler,
yet there is obviously very essential
difference if the matter be considered
from ethical and political standpoints.
The Objectionable article reads: IAN
attempt upon the life of the head of
either government or against that of any
member of his family, when such at
tempt comprises an act of either mur-
! der or assassination or poisoning, shall
not constitute political olfense or an
| act connected with such offense." Man
! ifestly no such protection as this is
needed for our presidents or the mem
bers of their families against possible
attempts upon their lives, and hence it
is wholly in the interest of the czar and
his family, for whose safety the Amer
lean people are in nOwiSe called upon to
concern themselves. The secretary of
state has been quoted as saying that
this article must be taken literally, but
we should not lose sight of the
Russian code under which conspiracies
against the government are helt
to be attempts upon the life OF
its head or acts connected with such of
fense. Under this code any plan OF
preparation or conspiracy against tn,
royal family, il it only amounts to join
ing secret society whose object is suol
Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-13
Our Last Legislature.


The men sent to the last legislature, hav-
ing gone through,la three months session,
cannot claim the reputation of having been
good business society, having paid close
attention To all their duties, and accom-
plished all they cOlld and should have done,
They have used up a whole month and
squandered large amount of the peoples
money in Il wild fight about the election of
United States senator. The result was
finally as satisfactory as could be expected
but the expenses We're by far too large
Hardly anything else was done during that
long time but voting for senator, and it has
once more been shown clearly that this cleo
tion should be taken from the legisla-
ture and given to the people, who could
attend to it at the general election,
without any loss of time and money. The
election would not cost cent more on that
account, the voter would have to make only
one cross more, in one day the election of the
senator would be accomplished and the
chance for bribery and undue influence
would be considerably less than at present
And even after the election of the United
States senator the legislature did not settle
down TO quiet and regular business. The
maximum rate bill and the Investigations Of
corruption and impeachment proceedings
kept up cont !nual excitement, causing the
neglect of many good bills, to the detriment
of the whole people and certain localities
But though these results are to be deplored
they will be forgotten on account of the two
great measures, Impeachment and maximum
rate bill, which after hard fighting have
been carried through. These are matters of
Utmost Importance, which will redeem the
Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-13

WHEN the law was passed creating u
State Columbian commission it was
the commission should be appointed
because of their political faith. Little
or no regard was paid in making these
appointments to the personal fitness of
men for the peculiar duties of the posi-
tion. II is fair to assume that there are
a number of republicans in the state
possessing necessary qualifications for a
place on the commission, yet there may
be no good reason why the politics of the
appointee should be considered.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-13

tion sought by Senator Hoar Is got
likely to touch upon the methods em-
ployed 10y tho,Goyporations 20 secure the
election OF r6ilroad tools TO the senate
from North Dakota, for the scandalous
influence Of the lobby there is notorious
and whatcvermay have been the otlcnse
of the new senator, committed while II
bank officer in Washington the fact that
he was able to defeat the candidate of the
railroad corporations is at least in his
favor. That he is Objectionable to the
corporation rings may indeed be the
melting cause Of the attempt to deprive
him Of his seat.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-04-13
4 RlIIN BE.IU.

The Cilb.
I had a big umbrella, she had none.
Twas rainy weather.
And. JOY too exquisite to think upon,
We walked together
No woodland shade was ever half so kind
Nor so poetic
As that gaunt dome, unlovely and unlined,
BlaCk-ribbed, ascetic.
And surely never bird sang sweetcr song
From boughs or hedges
As that the rain sang, dripping from its strong
Brown silken edges.
l blessed the driving gusts-the clouds that
frOwned
The blue to cover;
| blessed the muddy puddles on the ground
And-helped her over.
What rapture thus from angry wind and storm
To shield and hold her
Al to mySclf-ClOSc nesting, kind and warm
Against my shoulder!
| waltzed until the rising of the sun
To OmuSiC sweetest
That ever made two hearts beat as one,
In waltZ-the tlcetCSt
But of all aids and adj juncts that beguilc
The soul to passion
I'll swear a wet umbrella caps the style
And leads the fashion.