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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-09-06
KING OF THE ToRe.
Ham1in's Robert j. Lowers the Pacing Kee.
ord From 2:O4 TO 2:03 IA.

ord From 2:O4 to 2:03 "a.
FT. WAYNE. Ind, Sept. /. Robert j.,
C. J. Hanlin's wonderful PAGER.
achieved imperial donors here Friday,
dethroning Mascot and smashing his
e:O4 record. lie was sent against his
record of o:oi4 at the Fl. Wayne Driv.
ing club park and finished the mile in
2:03sf. the greatest record in the his
tory of light harness racing, and one
that crowns him king Of the turf.
Such phenomenal speed was never be-
fore seen on track and tho great
horse that did it Is the theme Of every
tongue.
at 4:30 the PAGER was brought out for
the start with Ed Gecrs up. Ee had
previously been well worked out by
Geers, and when he came TO the post
was fit for the effort of his life. Starter
Frank Walker called to the stand as
special time judges Mc*srs $. a.
Browne. Kalamazoo, Mich: A. l..
Thomas, Taylorsvile. Ill.,. and ". R.
Steel Nashville. Tenn. After going to
the quarter in trial squirt, Geers took
Robert J. up to the stretch. where q
swift running mate in harness was
ready to pace him.
All was ready. and Ge>crs started
down to the post FIc came nt trr-
mendous clip. and nodded for the word.
Starter Walker shouted Go, and like
flash Robert J. shot away at pace
that troubled his mate to pattern His
movement was perfect md he was go
ing at a world-beoting gnit
The quarter was reached in 0;30a,
and the great horse vas moving like 8
machine Not \ skip or break did no
make IA he sped along tho back stretch
to the half, passing it In l:olH. clip
that made crizzlcd veterans OF the turf
hold their breath ms they gazed upon
the marvellous performance and won
dered at tho horse that was do
ing it, Around the turn he came
with his mighty stride. keeping
we'll nway from hts mate and
never losing an inch of his pace. The
threo-quarters wa, turned m 1884,
and Robert j. came into the home
stretch Every neck In the great
crowd was GRAINED to get look at the
swiftly moving PAGER, and brcnthless
silence prevailed. Everybody seemed
to realize instinctycly that Robert J.
was doing something that no horse hud
ever accomplished. and each seemed to
feel that word or sound might cir
cumvent the achievement.
The peerless racer came to the post
at a pace that was simply astounding.
There was not fault in his motion.
His feet swung and beat with the
rhythm of u machine, and he spnrncd
the turf from under him with speed
and strength that surpassed any otheT
effort Of the mile. Up nearer tho wire
he came, Gccrs urging him and tho
noble horse responding Loyalty to tho
demand upon his power The wire
was reached and Robert J. had given
the world new record and achieved
an honor no other horse had over won.
He had mado u mile in better thnn 9:04.
and Nancy Hanks, Flying lib ana Mas
cot were deprived Of their laurels.
The time was announced, and for
the first time In all the world 2:0aE
wes hung up. There WAS no mistake.
A hundred watches had caught the
time. a mighty cheer wentup and the
crowd was mad with enthusiasm, the
ladies ontdoing the men In their eKult-
ant demonstrations
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FIRES IN NEW YORK,
YzIrc7e.sn tho Center. With Terrible 70
euf.s K, Surrounding Country. 6

1zInc3s.sn tho Center. With Terrible 70
suf.s Ia Surrounding Country 6.
K1.osrox, x. y. Sept. 3.-Ihe fires
IN the Catsl1ills. along the Ulster and
Delaware railroad. lte doing CREST
damage to timber lands, hundreds OF
acres being aolaze Large tracts of
meadow and bush land have been
burned, and in many instances farmers
have been obliged to plow around their
buildings to save them from the flames
The smoke that he's flied the air in
the city fer many days was olmost
sitting Sunday, md the sun was en-
t;reIy hidden. There has been no rain
Of anv consequence since early IN june
and al vegetation is dying. Fruit IS
falling from the trees, and the Ulster
COUNTY grape crop will be almost a
failure. -,
The water supply of this city VII
Give cut in a week unless rain Tolls
and even now the city is beginning 70
ax>er,cnce q water famine. At Now
poltr the reservoir which supplies the
r;1lage With water is entirely dry, The
Hudson valley has never before eA-
, ~ so destructive drought
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PRESIDENT CLEye,AMn
Ae*'h htason'zes the Senate, and u,. r.
cess Appointments Win Bo ritter,r ~.
posed. '''c1iY up

posed. "o bitterly OPP
WASHINGTON, Sept. mot sat;ssos
With expressing his contempt for tho
( 'he democratic managers of the senate
IN inc letters furnished to the mIl;c
PRESIDENT Cleveland has cmnb,s;znI
his desire for continuation of on ~ ~
'ransement between his senatorial ad-
v'sers and himself by making a whole
iot OF recess appointments. IN noor|v
every case these appointments ara IN
direct opposition TO the rccom.
mendation Of the senator Interested
"hen 4 senator has not bccn itrnorod
democratic representative In the hoosc
mas been slapped in the face rho
temper OF President Cleveland must
nave been aroused TO the highest pitch
10 make him thus court a aght with "A
body that has already shown him ito
power IN determining the tariff ones.
ton.
The calculation of pre.ile,t Glove
land, notwithstanding his rage. haa
probably been that he can secure sun
port enough from the republicans to
nave has recess nominations confirmed
This hope will be destroyed. The
whole senate Will be arroved against
the administration, and the republicans
will act with that esprit de corps which
is always aroused among members
When an attack is made upon o body
with fndiscriminato rcclslessness.
Senator Hill will be able, as one %
the post Office committee, to hold Nh Or,
reject every nomination that President
Cleveland has made in his state. This
right IS accorded to him by what is
known as senatorial courtesy. Sena-
tor German, with the consciousness Of
his power over the executive. will mar
shall his forces again and crush Cleve-
land In the powerful Jaws of that
dreaded machine known as the eSec,,.
tive session.
a southern democratic senator, who
Is detained in the city by personal
affairs, told your correspondent Friday
that the senate would administer such
a whaling 10 President Cleveland next
winter as would penetrate even his
pochydermatous hide. I'VE have had
enough Of this mans insolencc." said
this distinguished senator, land we
propose to teach him that he is but one
branch of the government.
The postmasters nominated by presi-
dent Cleveland during the recess will
therefore hold Office only so long as
the senators wish. When Mr.. Hill or
Mr.. German, Or any other senator. de-
sires TO wipe out any of the recess ap-
pointees, they will 10 so, and Mr.
Cleveland will have the privilege of
sending in new names Or Of leaving the
Offices vacant.
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PERMANENT EMBASSY.
The Pope Establishes Ono In the United

StE.tfH.
WARRINGTON, Sept. l.--StnteIncnts
have been published from time to time
In the United States and abroad In re-
lation to the establishment In thlh
country of permanent legation reg
resenting the church Of Rome In MT
ters ecclcsIastic, but official confirm
ton of them mp to this time hns nevcr
been obtained.
Some days ago Pope Leo notified
Archbishop Satollt the apostolic dele
gate here, that it YVES dc:mcd lest FOR
the interests of the church chat IN am
bassador of tho holy father should per-
manently reside in the United states,
and Mgr Satolli was given to under
stand that he would bc kept as resi-
dent apostolic delegate. Up to the
present time no information to the
contrary has been sent TO him from the
vatican.
a reporter for the United Preas
called at the legation Friday to inquire
concerning the report from Rome that
at the end of thie year Mgr. Satolli
would return TO the vatican at the re-
quest Of the pope. After short con-
sultation with Mgr. Satolli. DR.. l'api
his secretary. made the statement that
the delegate had not yet been advised
by the pope as to the matter, and, in
view of that, did not believe the report
was true
Said DR.. pap!: whether Mgr. Sa-
tolli be recalled or not, some one will
be maintained here ia the office he
now occupies. This is now pcrma-
nent legation, which represents Pope
Leo in church the same as the en-
bassy of Italy here represents the po-
Iitical government in diplomatic mat
ters."
+ After making this important declar-
alton DR.. Papi refused to discuss the
matter further. In view of the salts
factory manner in which the differ
ences in the Catholic church in this
country have been settled by Mgr. Sa-
tolli, and of the good feeling that gen
orally prevails within the church, 1t is
the opinion here that Mgr. Satolli will
not be recalled.
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TOILET MILLS TO START.
nut Their Hands Must Accept Lower
Scale OF Wages.

joliet. H., Sept. 1.-The leading
manufacturers here say that in some
cases they will lower the wages OF their
mil, hands. The Lambert & blshop
wiremill. a branch Of the Consolioa'eo
steel and Wire Co, which has peell
closed since last July, has given notice
that it viii start up in ten days ou'
with a ten per cent cut inns IS d
great disappointment to the oi .i en-
gloves: bat. owing to the dull times,
HE men will be compelled to accep'
the reduction. .,,;. o,+v
The Illinois steclmill, OF this Guy
will also take hand in the reoucVio i
OF wages. The rod department; t. With lSii1
has been closed for three monrns' ,s m 10
start up next week, under a new " sc res
Of wages. which is from Ia 10 ~ p'i
cent. lower than the OLD scal@
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Large and Small Afattprp

MIR. Nocash-My ncigibor. MIR. Slim,
purse, has built his fc:cc six inches
over the line.
Lawyer-A small matter, which car
be amicably arranged. Agree with him
to let the fence stand where it is until
necessary to rebuild, and then have it
put where it belongs. Five dollars,
please. Thanks. Good-day, SIR.
Mr. GoldeBullion - Good-morning!
My neighbor, AIr. Fatpurse, has built
his fence four inches over the line.
Lawyer-tIe has. CHI? We'll fix him.
Yes. sir, Iii win that case for you if
have to carry it to the supreme court.
yes, sir. IN. Y. Weekly.
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QUALIFIED TO ACT AS JUDGE.
A western Hu,nnrist Who Decided . Case
In Favor OF Buffalo Fiji.

A weatern HuInorist Who Decided Caee
In Favor OF Buffalo Fiji.
Buffalo Bill once gave show in Carr
son City, New, and on the opening
night the house w.s packed TO the
doors The audience. however. went
away dissatisfied because Mr.. Cody blns-
self did not appear. Tie celebrated
cowboy, when the time came for him
to startle the audience with his deeds
of daring was not t. 10 found. SO the
good people of Carson dubbed the show
fake" and after The first night only
few attended. Charles E. Locke. the
manager of the show, brought q suit
against Buffalo Till To recover
damages It caused 4 big %,nsa-
ton in Carson, for TIE residents OF
that town knew very .i'tlc Of the me1-
it's of Thespians of any kind. and there
were few, if any, who could honestly
tell whether or not il was more graft.
flying to tie audience for an intoSi.
Gated actor to appear On the stage and
make fool of himself or remain be-
hind the scenes in the arms of Nor
pheu.. The judge of the court did not
like to decide the case between Mcssra.
Locke and Cody, and it WAS impossible
to find a jury with sufficient intrlli-
gence TO understand the matter. ~
nally it was agreed to lot Sam Davis
decide the case. SO the sage bush hu-
morist was brought before tho tribunal
md was closcly questioned by the
judge. who wanted to see how much
Mr. Davis knew about the drama.
"IIave you ever been in u theatcr.
Mr. Dnvis?" asked the Judge.
"Yes, sir
do you think that YOU can tell tho
difference between u man who Is intox-
icatcd and man who il ~ohor?"
Most assuredly," answered Mr.
Davis
did You ever hear OF thcatcx
where the play drew largely on the
first night and continued to draw
largely during tho run of the play?'
Eyes sir
"Nhere?"
I'm London. II was tragedy"
"Who wrote it,"
civilian Shakspcnrc-"
"Now, Mr.. Davis, did you ever heas
Of thcatcr where the play drew
largely on the first night and only
eight or ten people on every night
therea ftcr?"
Yes sir"
"Whcre?'
''In London. twas IL tragedy ALSO f"
'And who wrote that tragedyT'
81 did"
Mr.. Davis was unanimously selected
to decide the suit, which he did in
favor of Buffalo Bill.-Snn Francisco
News Letter.
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Cheaper Beef.

SAN ANTosro, Tex, Aug. alt is
claimed by the cattlemcn Of southwest
Texas that che new tariff bill will cause
serious injury to the cattle interests IN
this district. The duty is reduced from
$40 per head to 20 per cent. ad ealore1n,
and now that grass is good on this side
1t is expected that ct least 100, 900 cattle
will be brought into Texas from Mex
eco within the next 80 days, and. after
being fattened, marketed In this coun-
try. thus forcing down the prices.
Thousands Of head of COWS and stock
cattle will also be brought into Texas
from Mexico. There will also be large
expectations Of cheap horses.
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Nonogeoarjan Murderer,

ALBANY, & :, Sept. 3.-Thomas Ma
son, aged twenty-four, whose home IS
il Ne.v York, was shot from behind
and instantly killed. while plucking
fruit IN the orchard of nonogenarian
farmer nau.ed Huron u. Reed, in Al
banv, Sunday morning. Feed is now
in custody for the crime, but denies bis
guilt. Mason had been drinking sat
urday night and went &c SILL III boz
car. This had been hauled TO West
Albany Sunday morning, when Mason
awoke. He walked down the track,
but Reeds growing fruit tempted him,
and while filing his pockets he was
shot dead
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ro,v;eh Tcilors Strike.

New YORK, Sept. lat sun a1,'I'ra
10. s nlnht the loss Hebrew tallorS
81 W. including two nun nun,
drcd women, began strike 20 III III, tho
themselves from what they ., eala NV hy
task work" imposed upon sne" rbe
their heir employers, the contractors ,,,ar al
strikers say they will have the nj ,or .'i Of Of
support of thirty t rl.,'. UNI rhiladel-
brooklyn, Jersey City ara :. boom
mia They say that business II, ,;n lam and
ins now in their particular me ne une
in; in the long run they are bound 70 '''
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StriIScra PlrGonc,..

SANTA FE, y. NJ, Sept. 3.-Robert
Bland, VIM. Walters and Messrs Hal
Lowell and Runyard. Atchson, Topeka
and Santa lie strikers sentenced to I'm
prisonment By Judge Zeds for con-
tempt of court in obstrrcting mail
trains. have been released from the
penitentiary by order Of Gov. Thorn
ton. Mr.. Bland is president ond Mr..
walters secretary Of the a. R. U. or
ganization at Ration. Judge Zeds
recommended their pardon.
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c,o,ara in Russian Poland.

19,pos, Sept, s.-The Daily News .s
1900 ut Vienna says thas
eor5 ,e.e Is reported to be raging terri
enoisrd o., 10 sand. stopnlca, Me
oly - ~. nd f,.- g are ths chief CEN
chow SH .hs disease. The inhabitants
s Teri o q, in the woods. They sa ~.
s sa 70 obey medical orders aato aa0 trent,
c ees saeir sich from the DOCTORS '''''
o - - +bem in their own way
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z Trap FOR T'h..vez.


b .'''ti.E Pa. Aug. Farm
MO lives near Tho foot Of
/, e.,'a', loadel some water.
=. W. ''seoic :or thieves. who
| wv WY sick ,herrbr. They
l ,1 .4' around ali right. but
IT,, frightened. Wilson also
h "a'o hills fixed for the
h., = ,aey did not happen to
h., !. lie had placed stick, of
b., ID : nn'aber Of hills. The
.'3-d have been sufficient
/ e 'ooters 10 atoms.
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Knew His Dad.

Senator Grabb--Be very careful Of
your associates, my son. a man is
known by the company he keeps.
Son-And senator is known by the
company that keeps him. ain: he,
papa?"--Judge.
Along the west coast of Africa
there are Cow about aai churches, 81, coo
converts, 100000 adherents, 500 .chools,
$4,000 pupils. Thirty-fve languages or
dialects have been mastered, ana parts
OF the Bible and other books have been
printed i'll these languages, while it il
estimated that S,o0oo0o OF the natives
have more or less knowledge OF the
Gospel Of Christ.
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COWBOYS Turn Lynchers.

PERRY, Q. T., Sept. 3.-Town Marshal
Nolan of Ponca In fight with some
cowboys shot and killed Ike Baker,
one of the cowboys. Nolan gave him
self up, but owing to the fury Of the
cow-punchers he was taken to another
county and put in jail. News from
Ponoa City Is that the cowboys are
arming and will lynch the officer. They
are coming in from every direction
heartily armed.
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.Jo,gy Fishermen

BuzzAEp's BAY, Mass, ot 1v Joseph
f Iaferson spent Friday and and. af bass sat at
the evening fishing for I Dla rsham and
White Island Pona III
;o,.od q rood eaten.
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pix nas for til, cn....re

COLUMBUS. O., .Aug. 81. The capital
grounds were pcopled by haIpy
crowd OF school children Thursday,
and free tickets to the state fair,
rood for Friday, were given to $500
"kids."
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caotured At Last.

MEMPHIS Tenn, Sept t j. L. sns rTs'
W o. Of Grand larceny and enes1le.
charges to az an amount ranging from ST. rr
coo to 10000, was cap. a ,.asrs evaded
day, after having for as,t Two yea
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Hapuy Canadians.

ROME, Sept. s.-sixty Canadian Pill.
49, ,4tenccd mass Sunday morning
. q t tho hall Of the consistory, The pope
acted as celehraat. After the services
Its holiness permitted the pilgrims 20
, n;s his toe and spoke a few pleasant
cords TO each Of them.
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Ratlroads Crippled.

uorrrrE Mich, Sept. e.-Ihe
MM"n division Of the Duluth, South
&C., and Atlantic road is crippled oy
n o. ,oss Of bridgos in forest fires eev-
INC inc, TX osher roads have suffered serious
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Free From Plague
HONG KONG, Sept. This city has
been declared free from the plague.
Conc to Work.

CHICAGO, Sept. lit is estimated by
Joseph Greenhut, statistician of the
health departments that three-fourths
Of the working people who were
out of employment o year ago
are now earning wages. The idle
wage workers in this city last
September, according to Greenhut,
we're not less than 100, 900. The de-
preston following the boom of May
and June, 1893. continued until recent
~. A steady return of workingmen
and women to their regular vacations
has since been noticeable, and now. as
Greenhut believes, not more than 25,-
600 of the 100, 900 are out OF work
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Sensational Suicide.

CoIuMEJs.O sept. l.-l'un Williams,
nephew of Ex-senator Thurman, com
mitted suicide at the state house Fri
dav. Worried into insanity hy illness,
he jumped from the window IN the flag
room to the pavement. foit,i-three feet
below. He died in the hospital few
hours later.
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VOC, y,aw Constitutional

R.ooxLyx. Sept lin 'h tuition.
case or sss saxton pool law "i tat
the law is constitutions.
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N'' Derby May Res,vn

,.,' ,'Y'' Avg SIT is runored
aG,, VI me results Of Minister
a. .iss Den5y's visit to Amer
10 r. ri Is going TO resign and
sd1.aas. DENLY. jr., and now
Wiz 4 at Pc1in, is TO DO
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OF INTEREST TO IMPORTERS.
secretary Carlisle RovcrsoS the Pract!ce
Concerning C:rtnin imports.

socretary Carlisle Roversos the Practice
Concerning C.rtnin Imports.
WAsHINoTOE. Aug. 3l.-sccretary
Carlisle Thursday morning made de-
cision covering the points raised by the
collector of customs at Chicago as to
the customs duty Of goods under ilnlnc-
date transportation entry. The deci-
sion rcverscs tho former position OF the
treasury, and is OF far-rcaching ilnpor-
lance 1t reads:
This department has decided to be
governed by the supreme court decls-
ion, Hartran{t Us. Oliver, l25tn
United States report, page 525. which
entities to benefits OF new act all i'm
ported goods hold In customs custody
August IS. 1894, whether unclaimed,
on board vessel, or in process OF trans
portation."
The knotty points ere being gradu-
ally smoothed out In the new tariff
law BY Secretary Carlisle One OF the
most important subjects in dispute was
what to do about unloading anthracite
coal. Thursday he decided that under
Section AL OF the new tariff act an
thracite coal may be imported free OF
duty and unloaded; that the limitation
as to unloading applies only to coal
stores of American vessels.
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Taking O Rest.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. - Secretary
Smith left Washington Thursday for
Georgia. He will make q speech at
Atlanta. Postmaster-General Bissell
left here Thursday for Buffalo. Sec
end Assistant Nelson Is acting post
master-general. Secretary Gresham
expects to leave the city Friday for a
vacation of about two weeks, part OF
which will be spent in Chicago and
part on the Greys' farm, in Indiana.
Mrs. Gresham will accompany the Sec
eetarV
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nerth ~ Gen. n. 2. Banks.

WALrnAM, Mass, Sept. 3.-Gen. N.
P. Banks, who has been very low at
his home or Main street here since
Thursday night, expired at o'clock
Saturday morning.
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, y A'e Confident.

As4si5,,. aug al.-Contribu-
saa =; N daily to the strik-
III Pan 40 region, and they are
siets.4 'ly their price. Some
3. s@,4. nave already made
1Ahe s. ssi but as yet de.
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,x,,-aara1 ana Rob5si.

poc,rpsrga, n. Y, Sept, 5.-9oa aa y MA ID
ersw. rich hermit was "u''''i - '
S.hhed near this city