The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-05-31

/ AS result of the Murphy temper
ancc meetings 1900 people are wearing
the blue badges at Charleston W. va
Richmond, KY, Is to have new Pn d,
lie school building to cost go, 600, ana
will be one of the handsoincst IN the
state.
John Mcbride, President CT the
United Mine Workers, is spoken OF tor
Congressman from the Eighteenth ONO
district
John Van Mi1nman, in Indiana pepi-
tertiary for numbering his brother-ln-
law, is proved innocent By Crow turn
ing up alive.
An Erie engine ran away at Gallon
O., demolishing three cars and disa bllns
the engine before it could be brought
| to stand-still.
At Indianapolis, in connection with
the suicide of William Seeking it devel-
oped Thursday that he was under in
dictment for perjury.
Edwin r. Parker, formerly general
manager Of the Empire freight line at
Buffalo, committed suicide ut Norwalk.
III health was the cause.
Fraud has been discovered in the hall
of records in Frisco which may lead to
the Illustration Of a clever scheme to
land foreign-born Chinese.
The 3. & 0. railroad has made anoth-
er cut in wages in the shops at Parkers-
burg, w. Va. The men now work but
two DAYS a week Of five hours each.
Luther Isewis. a Niles co. young
man, was shot by companion, who did
not know it was loaded. Lewis will re-
cover, unless blood poisoning sets in.
William Brinegar and Bill Mcqueen
fought wish revolvers, at Clays Ferry,
Ky. Brinegar was dangerously shot in
the neck and may die. Mcqueen es-
capped
At Troy, n Y, the grand jury pre-
sented an Indictment against Bat
Shea for murder in the &rst degree In
killing Robert Ross at the election
March 6.
Fire destroyed the fine residence Of
COL E. g. Haskell of the Boston Her.
aid, at Newton. Mass. Mr. Haskell
had lust returned after a trip around
the world.
Frank Dixon and Jim HE, of Valley
View, near Richmond, KY, had a fight
with brickbats. The latters face and
head was badly mutilated. He is dan
gerously hurt.
Preparations were being made
Wednesday by the Leayenworth. Kan,
and county authorities to repel the
threatened invasion of Missouri strik-
ing coal miners.
Gen. Daniel n Hastings was nomi-
mated by reclamation for governor by
the Pennsylvania republican conven-
ton. Walter Lyon received the nomi-
nation for lieutenant governor.
DR.. j. S. Breeding, of Austin, Tex,
arrested on the charge of forging money
orders on the Wells-Fargo Express Co.,
has arrived in ST. Louis in the custody
of detective. lie has confessed.
The elevator in the Emile building,
st. Louis, fell from the third floor to
the basement. Mrs. Kathering Elem
ming, an old lady, was severely in
jured. seven others received painful
injuries.
Asa sequence of drunken quarrel
among the non-union employees at the
Standard foundry, Cleveland, bernard
LANCE, of Detroit, drew revolver and
fred point blank into the crowd The
bullet struck Lange's chum, Franz La
bundle, also of Detroit. He died.
An unknown man was instantly
killed at Valparaiso, Ind, by being
struck by Nickel Plate train. He is
supposed to have belonged to Randall's
army. He was about As years old, light
complexion, sandy whiskers and mus
tache and black hair, and well dressed.
At Rushville, Ind, Michael Kuntz,
from Dearborn county, went to the c.,
II. & /. depot, walked down the track,
drew large pocket knife, cut a fright
full cash in his throat and threw him
self under moving freight car. His
body was cut in two and both arms
torn off,.
One hundred and fifty Missouri strik-
CTS attempted to enter Leavenworth,
Kan, Thursday. Sheriff Rothenberg
placed the whole body under arrest,
and they wore marched through the
city, across the Burlington bridge, and
back into Missouri, The approaches OF
the bridge are guarded.
James Clark, alias Bernard Cunning
ham, Of Athol Center, near Boston,
Mass, and a graduate Of Yale, accord
ing to his story, was sentenced at Ind.
annapolis to three years Imprisonment
at Michigan City for forgery. He att
tempted to make $500 loan on Q
forged abstract under the name OF
tStalhut.
At Muncie, Ind, VIM. Stifler. lost an
eye while working over an emery
wheel at the Common Sense engine
works, and entered suit against the
company for $4,000. A verdict was pes
turned giving him 5000. The defend
| ants will appeal to the supreme court.
At ST. Louis lightning struck Nos.
TIT and 719 North Leonard avenue,
nosier Crittepden, q hey aged 1, and
Mary Kennon, aged Is, were shocked
into insensihility. but were reviYed. A
bolt damaged the electric light plant,
Street car lines were impeded, and tel
agraph and telephone wires rendered
useless for a time.
lAers vii is Strike.
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