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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
THE EVACUATION OF CUBA.
1t Must Necessarily BE Delayed hey ond the
Period tiSed I}y The Administration
Owing To Lack of Transportation.

WASHINGTON, Oct 1t is now GER.
tain that the complete evacuation Of
Cuba will be delayed beyond the
period originally fixed by the adminis-
tration. This will follow entirely
without reference TO anything that
has occurred in Paris before the peace
commission. The war de apartment has
about satisfied itself that the task inn
posed upon the Spanish authorities,
namely, the removal and transportation
to great distance by sea Of about
100, 900 soldiers, sick and well, with
their acouterments, was beyond the
ability of the Spaniards. The magui-
tude of the task is shown by the fact
that the great transatlantic steam
lines crossing the Atlantic from New
York, all com bined. in prosperous sea-
sons, transport only about 10000 per-
sons in one year-lcss than bali the
number that the Spanish officials, with
their poor facilities, were expected TO
transport in about ten weeks. Delay
n the evacuation Of Cuba will cause
ielay in the REIMBURSEMENT Of sover-
.ignty by the Spaniards over the en-
tire island, which was set for Deem
1er1
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
AMERICAN ARMY IN MANILA.
III rr'Vate Letter an Officer Gives Some
Features of Their Condition-About
Six Hundred in the Hospitals.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3D. "A private let
ter has been received from an officer
in Manila by another officer in the war
department giving some features of
the condition of the army in Manila.
1t was written some time ago, when
there were $4,000 troops in Manila. At
that time there were about GOO sick in
hospital The climate makes ex.
ertion very difficult and everything
slow. The troops are scattered about
the city in companies, and hold all the
streets to keep out the insurgents.
This is beautiful country" he
said, land never should be returned
to Spain-brutal, old medieval coun-
try-who has butchered these dScile
people wholesale for ages"
Since the rain ceased warm weather
has been very oppressive and sickness
has increased. Typhoid, dysentery and
malaria have prevailed, but not more
so than one should expect in the
tropics. The letter says that Gen. Otis
works too hard, and looks into every
detail of the army under his command.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
The RAILROADS Lose the Case.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-The United
States supreme court Monday decided
the Joint Traffic association railroad
case in favor of the United States and
against the railroads. The case is
considered one of the most important
that has ever come before the supreme
court, not only to the railroads, but to,
the general public, and because of the
vast railroad properties represented
by the traffic association. The associa-
tion was formed on November 10, 1895,
by 81 railways, representing the great
trunk lines and their net work OF
branches
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
TR0UBLEIN NORTH CAROLINA
A Squad of Negroes Shoot Three White
Guards at Ashpole. n. C.-FOur OF
the Shooters Under Arrest

LUMBERToN, N. c., Oct. 24.-At 8
o'clock Sunday morning n squad of tt c
Negroes who were dispersed at Ash
pole, Robson county, crept up to the
town and shot three whites stationed
there as guards. They were Albert
Floyd, Robert Inman and William Bull
lard. Bullard is seriously wounded,
the others slightly. A hundred whites
with bloodhounds are now in pursuit,
and four of the Negroes have been
caught. They are confined in box
car.
There is great excitement at all
points in the state in telegraphic COM
with Lumberton. The
whites are telegraphing the principal
towns in the state for Winchester rifles
to be sent there Immediately.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
ihE EMPEROR AND SULTAN.
Farewell Banquet Given to N. r.
ihe Empress of Germany Visit,
tho sultan's Harem.

N"NsrANTINoPLE, Oct 24-At ho
s'a"o farewell banquet here, the SpI.
tan sat between the emperor and om
press OF Germany. At about 10 o,clool,
'heir imperial German maiest;os ,r;,h-
''e" 70 the Morassin Kiosl, and the
emperor afterward returned tho faro-
Wen visits OF the dinIono,,o
corps In the meantime the
sultan and his son, Prince Mehem.
'ned-Selim-Effendi, conducted the
empress, the wife of the German an.
oaSsador and the maids of honor 70 tho
narem' where they conversed with the
Naiideh Sultana, the princess and
otner ladies, Ertin Pasha's daughter
acting as interpreter.
Emperor William presented n gold
snuhoox to the Turkish minister If
foreign affairs, Tewfk Pasha.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct. 24.-Emperor
william has designed a marble fount-
am which he proposes to erect in Con-
stantinople as gift TO commemorate
ms visit and that of Empress Victoria
to the sultan's capital.
The departure of their German
maJesties was marked with great cere-
mony. The sultan took most cordial
leave Of his imperial guests on the
steps of the palace.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
SHIPS MOBILIZE,
Lie North Atlantic Squadron Of
ureat Britain Ordered to
Goto Halifax, Ms.
iORPfDO BOATS BEING OyEPHAULED.
9" 1hirty-Knot Torpedo Boat De.
Stroyers Ordered to Be Prepar-
ed for Commission.
'ne Hours Have Begun on First.
0fn''ers-Armor Plate and Pro-
''otiie Factories at shsGsld
and Portsmouth Rushed.

. nnllFAx' Oct. 24.-The commanders
VI Hnghsh warships in the North
ni"erican squadron have received or.
oers to mobilize at Halifax.
Inc Pallas. Talbot and Indefat;oa-
Die Will come here at once togetbor
with two torpedo boat destroyers now
a' bermuda. The crew Of the fiaosbin
henown will be sent to Lawlers island
this week for field practice. The Re-
nown went to sea Monday morning for
heavy gun practice.
LONDON, Oct. 24.-The British ad-
miraity issued number of significant
orders Monday morning. The dock
yaius at Portsmouth, Devonport and
Nhatham have each received instruc-
rons to prepare six 3O-l1not torpedo
Doat destroyers for commissioning so
That they will be able TO mt 70
sea IN ~ hours. Overtime hours have
oegun on the first-class cruisers En-
ropa and Andromeda so as to hurry
them Tor sea service. Several gunboats
III the different dock yards have been
ordered to postpone unnecessary ref,t-
ting.
The Pail Mall Gazette saws beavv
armor plate and projectile factories at
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
A GREEN ENGINEER.
Narrow Escape of Gen. Wood. ACTING Mill
tary Commander at Santiago. and Mai
Brooks From Serious Disaster.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Oct. 24.-Gen.
Wood, the acting military commander
here, and Maj Brooks, had a narrow
escape Sunday evening from serious
disaster. They had started down the
bay, on the way to Moro castle, on
board a steam launch, which SEEM
ingly had hundred pounds of steam
registered. But she lost so pounds in
the first two minutes, and a green en-
gineer who was in charge of her, dis
covering that there was little or no
water in the boiler, was about to fill
1t while it was almost redhot. Mai.
Brooks saw the danger, stopped the
launch, had the fire drawn and the
launch was towed back to her start.
ing place. The engineer was dis
charged.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
BAD IYPHOONS AND FLOODS.
N'1'"nu' OF Lives Lost In the ORIENT
"' SHIPS Reported wrecked-25O
Ao"hs are Under Water. =

'ANCorvLE i. c., Oct 91.-Disas-
40 yPuoonS and storms and floods
.'' caused fearful loss of life and
~ :! 10 The Orient In the district
s'Vl oy the River Feng in Japan
-1'e'S OF villages have been swept
ana 2oO0 people have been
,O'ned Another report says $50
- "'e under water. Thousands of
,4, '''es are hocking to the cities. The
5.. @''' river has also overflowed.
,,s,8 ru'n8 over 1000 people. Seven
m. '''eS were destroyed. In a ter.
~ .'' yPAoon Off Formosa, happening
dim -1'' lime as the floods, great
'se TO shipping was done.
4 49, ''uania eight junks were wreck.
,,'s /" hundred lives lost The iunks
s.. ' driven to sea and lost. The
no. hensi Maru was piled up ON |
d. IA. among the ships wrecked was
"a, [ '''ean bark ComeL The ship
\. 90 .YaAa0ned and the crew saved. |
1 NJ -'1sF Oowrie is partially wreck.
r.o,aS french steamer Hollow Is
e,m'. - on The beach near Amry. The
s cn~.''.aIiner s'Sainer Trinidad, formerly of
,.n "'a me, was abandoned in the
r, ,,s,n 1' homeward bound passen.
sb,rSo s' 'Aey passed through Gomiles
ak, p"Ta ~ wrecks, chiefly Chinese
orpoas nc loss Of life must have been
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
THEIR TREATY HAS EXPIRED
The Comanche, Kiowa and Apache indians
Slaughtering Cattle Belonging TO
Texas Cattlemen--Crisis Near.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. ga special from
Perry, Ok, says; Serious trouble is
brewing among the Comanche, Kiowa
and Apache Indians. For so years,
since the Medicine lodge treaty, tie
government has fed these Indians, but
the treaty expired July /.
They have commenced killing cattle
belonging to Texas cattle men, and a
crisis is near. These Indians have 10
crops, few cattle and have had no
money for months. Men who knew
predict great starvation among them
this winter and serious trouble.
There are 1900 Comanches, l,SOO
Kiowas and 900 Apaches.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
GEN WESLEY MERRITT AND HIS BRIDE.
Sheffield and Portsmouth arc working

Sheffield and Portsmouth are working
day and night.
There is no foundation for the re-
port that the British admiralty has
ordered the Cunard and White Star
lines to have their subsidized vessels
in readiness to be handed over TO the
admiralty officials.
PARIS, Oct. 24.-Preparations for war
continue on an active scale. An inn
portant move developed Monday when
it was learned that the municipality of
Toulon had been notified by the gov
ernment that the city is to be the GEN.
ter of an important mobilization move
ment.
Public opinion differs as TO the out
come of the Fashoda incident. It is
held in some quarters that the whole
Egyptian question will now be re-
opened and that war will result. The
general belief though is that diplomacy
will win out. People of this opinion
argue that England does not want to
fight and that France has troubles of
her own at home which require all her
attention.
The port authorities of Toulon have
received further orders in regard to ac-
celebrating the work of fitting out a
new squadron.
The press continues moderate in
tone. The Figaro says that if the
British government shall reject the
lust and moderate proposals of France
{ is because, like the English news
papers, it desires Frances humiliation
before all else.
The Steele, after urging peace, says:
"France would hardly come off better
n war with England than did Spain
N the war with the United States.
France would be better employed de-
yeloping her colonies than in thwart-
ng England"
The Autorite declares that France
ught never to have gone to Fashoda,
dding: ut was stupid mistake, and
ow England calls on us to get out.
Veil, it is no use talking, we shall have
0 get out, otherwise there will be war,
,hich would be madness"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
.gER FATAL TRIP.
yen Killed IN an Accident on the
qOrp,do Boat Davis.
mad. Was One OF the Two Torpedo
Raiit BY Wo,n s Zw.cker, OF
,.,i.nd. and was Soon to Have
Gone Into Commission.

,..os,, Ore, Oct 9l.-The torpedo
n,r,S which started on its official
I,rp Thursday, was disabled by
= hs-,tnc Of q number Of boiler
~. Ech, Of the crew were badly
sd ana three of them died soon
,s.,naehiag here.
np Thursday night four of the in
...3 men died. making the total dead
sna
r.i,b,;e. one Of the dead, was n
81, r,sscr and Woods is superinten.
,,,o. The boiler room. The others
| rs sremen.
ne accident occurred in the Colum-
q, river about 90 miles above this
-, The nature Of the explosion has
a. 7e, been made known as an exam
nation o.! the boilers will be required
. Yl.ermine exactly what portion of
Il, boiler; burst
Tie best theory obtainsble is that
one O! the tubes in the forward boiler
a,.osed owing to a arrangement of
es automatic water gauge which per.
u.Dd tie water 20 get too low. Ex-
s,.-c Tor The havoc naturally
rDs,hi in the boiler room the boat is
.,alared.
One o.. the men on the Davis said:
7, is impossible to tell whether the
stts in the boiler or a steam pipe
hni A. we know is that an ex.
,los.on occurred The boiler room |
vas filed with boiling water and |
iasn and the men in the room were
,zlied 70 death
TIE Davis was towed here by a river
Hsmsr The Davis carried Al men
j tod She was one of two torpedo
osis recently built by Wolff and
wicker at Portland, and was soon to
a'e gone into commission. At the
ne Of the accident the boat was in
iarge OF the official trial board. The
beers declined to make any state.
eIi asio the cause of the accident.
Tie DAVIS left up the river for the
iY yards Thursday night in tow OF
;iug Harvest Queen.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
GEN. WOODS PROCLAMATION.
Military Governor Pro Tenn OF Santiago
Issues Sort of Declaration
of Independence.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Oct 22-Gen.
Leonard Wood, military governor
pro tenn of the department of Santiago,
Friday issued proclamation in ten sec
tions, which is sort OF provisional
declaration OF independence.
The first article guarantees to the
people the right of assembly for the
common good and to apply to those
ia power by petition or remonstrance
for the redress Of grievances
The second section guarantees tho
right to worship God according to in.
dividual conscience, provided there is
no interference with any existing form
of worship.
The third section directs that courts
OF justice shall be open to all and
that no private property shall DO
taken by the government without COM
pensation.
The fourth section, dealing with
criminal trials, invests the accused
with the right to be heard himself or
by counsel and to have compulsory
process to secure the attendance of a
witness in his behalf
The fifth section says no person
accused OF crime shall be compelled
to give evidence against himself.
The sixth section declares that no
such person, who is once acquitted Of
the charge brought against him, shall
be tried again for the same offcnse.
The seventh section provides that all
persons charged with crime shall be
entitled to bail, except in cases of cap
ital oifense, and that the writ of habeas |
corpus may not be suspended except |
the commanding general of the depart.
ment deems it advisable.
The eighth section says that cxces.
'ivc bail shall not be required and that
no excessive fine nor cruel or unusual
shall be inflicted,
The ninth section provides that in
'rdcr to secure the people against un-
'easonablc search, there shall first DO
established under oath n presumption
# guilt.
The tenth section guarantees to all
he right to write or print freely on
my matter, subject to responsibility
or abuse of the right
The municipal laws are TO be admin.
stored in accordance with these dec.
lrations of rights, subject to modii.
alton which, in the judgment of the {
ommanding general, would be benefi.
ent and promote the principles of en-.
ghtened civilization.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
United States and Japan Exchange Money
Orders.

WAsHISGroS, Oct "a The post OF.
fee department has arranged with the
postal department of Japan for the in.
direct exchange of money orders be'
tween this country and Korea, and on
and after January /, 1899, money
orders may be drawn in the United
States for payment at the Japanese
post Office at Chemulpo, Fusan, Seoul,
Yuensan and Mukho, in Korea, and in
like manner at the Offices for payment
in the United States.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
Peace Jubilee at Philadelphia.

PHn.ADELPHIA, Oct. 24.--The peace
Jubilee began Sunday. 1t fittingly
opened with special services of prayer
and thanksgiving in all the churches
of the city, irrespective of creed and
doctrine. Sermons were preached on
the inevitable horrors of war and the
consequent blessings of victorious
peace and there were services Of song
and worship on these themes.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27

WASHINGTON, Oct 90. - Minister
Buck bas informed the state depart
ment that the Japanese government
has appointed Mr.. Jutaro Komura,
vice minister OF foreign affairs, to be
minister of Japan to the United States.
Mr.. Komura was born in 1858 and
studied law at Harvard university.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
Quarantine Declared on.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 24.-The
state health department has officially
declared off the. quarantine by this
state of all yellow fever infected dis
tricts and relieved from duty the quar-
antine officers on all trains. This will
enable the railroad traffic and COM
merce, which has been badly handi-
capped, to resume.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
west y,rr,n,. soldier s.n,,nc.a.

CAMP POLAND, Knoxville, Tenn, Oct.
24.-Private b. Arnstein, 1st West vir-
ginia, was Sunday sentenced to six,
months in the Fort Sheridan Ql.)
prison and 60 dollars fine for having
been absent without leave for 90 days.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
Additional Space a. the Erpo.ltlon.

CHICAGO, Oct % "A cablegram from
Paris was received at the head
quarters of the Paris exposition
Friday afternoon from Commissioner
General Peek. in which he stated that
he had secured $4,000 additional square
feet OF space.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
Kll.ed IIls wife, Thea Himself

New YoRK, Oct. s4.-In Jersey City
Sunday, Henry Jones, colored, shot his
wife to death and then sent a bullet
into his brain ut their home on Van
Horne street
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
Police FOrcs Raln.,a..a

Ill Thur, A., Oct si.-The city coun-
siasts,a'Ss 'say ,, night by vote Of 2 70 ?,
Mayor a W. The old police force whom
Or c,o,aa ~a'ren e, Penweni; SON Of Opera.
ace or,", sS v pcnweli,' removed from
legged ,s' oOcr H. on account Of their
'upa'hy with union miners.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
s,r.. po,kln Not a Fugitive From Justice.

san FRANCISCO, Oct e4.-The superior
court, five judges sitting en- banc, has
decided that Mrs. Botkin, accused Of
the murder of Mrs. John p. Dunning
and her sister, Mrs. Joshua Deane, OF
Dover, Del, is not fugitive from
Justice of the state Of Delaware.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27

KINGSTON. Ont, Oct. si.-The Mon
trea; Transportation Co.'s tug, James
A. Walker and two barges, the Hector
and Kildonan, from charlotte. n. ",
for Kingston, with coal, sank during a
gale on Lake Ontario. One man named
Laduke was drowned. Loss 500, 900;
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
LaWrencs nreKrnna psa.i.

LEXINGTON, Ky, Oct o. Lawrence
McKenna, aged IS. well-known Fay
sttc county farmer, is dead. He leaves
. family OF grown children.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
Table Has Not ne.a r..

'rsph Co Co. &c. oct The Eastern Tele.
h III, rsna'. ~ says there isno foundation
il,i.s ,G., p,r. J, circulated in the United
ID Hopr sI = me cable between Manila
erey ~, nons has been eut by, ADM.
,y mor0,nd aoe cable was wording Fri.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-27
!. '..@'"DIou I,s,,s, 49,,

HAs,u,e A''ss Sssiaasi League.
'.of ,be "Ti0s' pl, Oct. ai.-syaIiau, Keel.
Z by pr..lS hlsi'lmore's has been declar.
ate, Of ,f'lSen' zoe Young the champion
1898 M 1ne national league sesson
Ills Percentage is ssi.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1898-01-28

81 had the rheumatism so badly
that I could not get my hand to my
head. l tried the doctors medicine
without the least benefit At last
thought of Chamberlain Pain Balm.
The first bottle relieved all of the pain.
and one-half of the second bottle
effected complete cure. w. J. Hol-
land, Holland, Va. Chamberlain
swellings and lamenes, as we'll as
burns, cuts and bruises. For sale by
M. E. Doe & Co., Druggists.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1898-01-28

Its the Improved Bi Metallic we
mean, at the Bi-Neta'lic cigar store. Il
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-03
DISPOSITION OF TILSTON CASE.
Judge Albright Gave Binding Instruc-
tious 70 the Jury for Defense.

At yesterdays session of the special
term of common pleas, which is en-
gagged in disposing of Traction COM
pany cases, another victory was scored
by the defendant company. Judge AL
bright, in a lengthy opinion, granted
the motion Of Jessup & Jessup, the
company's attorneys for binding in
structions in the Tilston case and a
verdict in favor of the defendant was
az CcOrdingly rendered. The grounds on
which the verdict was directed were
that no negligence was shown on the
part of the company and if there was
negligence by the company the plain
tiff was guilty of contributory negli-
gcnce and therefore debarred from re-
covering damages
When the case had been disposed of
the case in which Patrick and Bridget
Malta sue for $4,000 damages was
taken up Jessup &c Jessup appeared
for the company and O'Brien a. Kelly
for the plaintiff
The plaintiffs seek to recover for in
juries which Mrs. Malta is alleged to
have sustained by being thrown from
a Providence car at Jones street, June
g. 1885, She was riding home from town
on an open car, it is claimed. and while
alighting the car suddenly started up
and threw her forcibly to the ground,
clippling her permanently in the arm
and shoulder.
The company alleges that Mrs. Malta
gave no notice Of her intention to alight
at that point; that the car stopped to
take on a passenger and just as it was
starting, Mrs. Malta suddenly got up
from her seat and attempted to step
off
The interesting feature of this case
was the presence of two Irish inter-
prefers, made necessary by the fact
that Mrs. Malta HASN'T anything but
Gaelic. Patrick Henry, Of Providence,
did the official Interpreting, while At
torney John ]. Murphy, representing
| the defendant company, saw to it that
Mr.. Moran translated the testimony
| Alright. Mr.. Moran was, however very
careful and conscientious in his work
and only few times did Mr.. Murphy
| find it necessary to object and at these
| times the mistakes We're undoubtedly
unintentional.
The case was still on at adjourn
ment
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-03

Thayer is looking after the defense.
Anthony Simon, of Park Place, prose-
cuted Charles Block for assault and
battery, but the trial developed the
fact that Block by right should have
been the prosecutor, and a verdict ac-
cording was rendered, mot guilty; de-
fendant pay the costs."N
In the boarding house case from EN-
met street, in which Mary Bauby
charged her boarder, Martin josef
chick, with throwing a stone through
the window of her house and stealing
some of her clothing, the jury said not
guilty to both charges, and in the
malicious mischief case made the prose-
cutriX pay half the costs.
The assault and battery case OF
Bertha Scott against George Jay was
continued until next term, owing to the
absence of important witnesses.