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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
IN EVENT OF WAR
Hawaiian Islands May Be Put Under
the Protection ofthc American Flag.
England Favors This Course Rather Tba,
Ierinit Another Power to Control
Her Line Of Communication
WITH Australia.

NEw NoEE, May "A special I
the Pres from Washington says:
When President Dole, Of Hawaii
LETT this country recently after hi
visit 10 aid IN the annexation proceed
ings before congress he carried viii
nm the draft Of a biz which promise
10 make history. 1t is for PASSAGE h,
the Hawaiian congress and provides
IN The event of war in which In,
nl'cd States may need the Hawaiian
Islands for base OF supplies. that the
Islands shall bc put under the protcc.
tion o. tine American flag.
1t was prepared with the knowledge
Of members Of the senate committee
on foreign relations and had the an.
proval Of the admin stration in certain
conditions, one condition that it should
not bc submitted 90 the Hawaiian con.
Eress unless there was a war When
President Dole left this country war
with Spain had not been declared. but
was deemed probable
No conditions are to be imposed on
the United States should the American
Ia" be raised over the islands. If
consideration was named, an appropri
alton would bc required which would
need congress action and probably
cause complications \ majority in
the senate and house are in favor of
the annexation of Hawaii. and the
project has failed so far only two
thirds vote In the upper body. In an
emergency the president can exercise /
what is known as the war power"
lie can accept the privilege granted |
by the Hawaiian government for a
base Of supplies in the Pacific ocean.
and TO guard the islands completely
the flag of the United States would be
raised as barrier against which for
aign mcddiing would not be permit
ed. 1t would not surprise well known
legislators to near by the next steamer
rom Honolulu either confirmation
'r strong indication of the fulfllment
If this important news.
The operations Of Commodore Dewey
II the Philippine islands are sipnifi.
ant in connection with the expected
~ VI pi iObctJoIdlc or
ovcrcignty over Hawaii.
The Hawaiian islands are on line
raWn from the Philippines slightly
orthWard TO san Francisco From
le Philippines to Honolulu the dis.
lnce IS more than 1000 miles. From
onolulu 10 san Francisco it is >. 100
lies. The necessities of the United L
atcs demand this resting place.
ritish necessities are 50 great in com
cree that if the United States does
u control this Pacific station Great
'itain must in scli-protcction assume 81
ntrol. fl
Honolulu promises to become the s.
sort Of tremendous fleet of ocean l.
,amcrs, mostly British. All collier
FPS have To stop there, and the present "
iwalian government will not be able fl
maintain proper police and sanitary a
nditions. The expectation in the Il
glish foreign office is that the n
litcd States will respond to IIawaiis tc
Vi
england favors this course rather
IN TO permit another power to con- 10
j her line of communications with Of
stralia. The British ministry al
) assured the state department that bc
Jews with favor Hawaiian occuna- 10
n 10y America. Cf
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05

THLADELPHIA, Pa, May 1.-The
Cramp Ship Building Co. Monde re-
ceived advices from Mr. Charles II.
Cramp, It's president, now in Europe,
to the effect that contracts have b.en
signed between the Russian gcvcrl.
ment and himself for the construction
OF two vessels. One is a battle ship of.
approximately, Il, 800 tons disrlacc.
ment The other "a protected cruiser
of about $500 tons displacement
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
The Invasion of Cuba.

New YORK. May S.-A special to the
World from Tampa, Fla, says: \ ru-
NOR is in circulation here to the effect
that 5000 troops and as many Cubans
as tn Cuban junta can gather here
will leave Tuesday night for Matanzas
for the first invasion Of CUBA. Tie
World correspondents informant says
that an army officer told him that he
had seen an order from the secretary
of war ordering the troops to move
Tuesday night, Matanzas being their
objective point. Transports are eX-
pccted Tuesday
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
lrishmen Congratulate President Nc.
hinley,

LONDON, MAY 3. - The Parncllitc
members Of parliament have sent the
following dipatch to President Mckin-
ley: In the names of millions ot
Irishmen the Parnellite member, of
the house OF commons send you their
congratulations on the brilliant vic.
tory of the American feet. (Signed.
John Redmond.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
Spain viii Not Resort 10 PriyateerInr

New YORK, Nav 1t is stated on
high authority, Says the Madrid corre-
spondcnt Of the Herald, that the Span
ish governments IcServation of its
right to issue letters of markQuc does
not necessarily imply that she will
have recourse to privateering The
government. indeed has no intention
at present Of doing so. She has simply
reserved the right should circum-
stances. such as the destruction of the
Spanish fleet, compel her taking such
a p1ur.n
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
The Cahle Has Recn Cnf.

LONDON, May 3.-A dispatch from
Hong Kong to the Daily Mail dated
Monday says: Commodore Dewey's
fleet is off Corregidor island holly en-
gagged with the forts there. Electrical
experiments show that the cable has
been cut at or near Manila.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
German War Ships Going to Manila.

LONDON. May S.-The German war
ship Getion has left Kiao Chou for Ma
Mia. This, with Irene now en- route
from Nagasaki, will make three Ger.
man war ships in the Philippines
Last official statistics show Nbont JOG
Germans in Manila.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
North Csrolnian Wni Fight the Spanish
Lieutenant

RALEIGH, y. C., April 80. The chal-
ienge TO Gen. Lee ana Capt. Sigsbce y
Lieut.. Carranza, Of the Spanish nav,
has aroused North Carolnian. ".
\. Ballard, OF Asheviile, formerly on
the police force here, has written Gle {.
Lee requesting, in cas-, the grner Il
does not desire 10 meet the Spanish
officer on the field of honor. that he Ia
allowed to take the generals place.
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
Dewey Demands Surrender OF spanish
Vessels.

Madrid, May Bel Liberal says
Commodore Dewey, a the United
States squadron in tbs Philippines
has demanded the surrender OF all
Spanish vessels in the Archipelago,
threatening TO lombard the ports il
the demand is refused.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05

f''''h Vessel Was Disabled the
Dcwey in
Ilant-IuIl o the Battle Of ,I,ni,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05

LONDON, May S.-A special from Mad.
rid says: Weyler declares himself ready
TO return to Cuba and undertake the
leadership OF an aggressive warfare
against the United States and hcad the
army Of invasion.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
Glad,tone'. Cond.tlnn.

HAwARDEy, April 80. Mr.. GlsGstons
did not sleep very well during Friday,
aud autfered pain occasion ally,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
MInIster Woodford Leayes for nome

PARIS May .. - Gen. Woodford.
United States minister to Spain, sailed
from lIavre Saturday on La Tourainc
for New York. Before his departure
he said that Italy and Austria are the
only two countries now holding com.
munications regarding the future of
Spain. There is not at present, he add
ed, any movement for peace.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
57I'N'S Squadron DESTROYED
commodore DGWGU Enters the Har-
Dor OF Manila at NIQht,
D6iJ'G9 fill the Mines, Masked Batteries, Tor.
DtdO Plants and FOftitiCdtIOnS.
Then The FOhS and War Vessels Opened Up
on Our Fleet and Poured Out Hot Shot.
For -Four Hours The Battle Ragged Between Our Vessels and
the Spanish Squadron.

Te Erys Ships Were Sunk Burned and Badly Disabled b
Uncle Sans War Ships
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
Nothing Reliable From Manila Before
Monday.

WASHINGTON, May 2 - There was
no possibility Of hearing from Manila
Saturday. The navy department SAYS
it will be Monday or later before reli-
able news comes.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05
A PROCLAMATION

WIZ lie Issued by President Mckinley Ei1-
ing the status Of Spanish Subjects in tho
United state.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30

he said in a low, hesitating tone, as one unused to speech:
 Where am I?''
 The attendant made no reply but ran in search of Drs. Frost and Bow ern1an. All three returned in a minute and found Gipp walking about the room, examining its contents with in- terest. The physicians led him to his cot and seated him upon it,
 Do you know where you are?" a doctor asked.
 ''No; but I guess I am sick" he re- piled.
 What is your name?"
 Rubbing his head as if to refresh his memory, Gipp looked at the doctors for few seconds and then replied, Willie Gipp."
 How old are you, Willie?"
 Why" he said. I'm twenty"
 He appeared to wonder why they should ask him these things, and vet he had difficulty in finding reply.
 He is twenty-three, but his mind had taken up life some time before the tragedy when he was twenty-before the sequence of events Tn his life was broken by the brain lesion which made him an insane matricide
 Again he dropped off to sleep. The physicians issued orders that no one should disturb him or attempt to test his memory further lest what nature herself had done and the hope built upon the momentary lifting of the cloud be destroyed by untimely inter- ference.
 But on January 10 the doctors thought it we'll to admit the boys anx- 1ous sister, Gussie, and she was al- lowed to go to his bedside. He lay on his back, staring at the ceiling, in complete apathy.
 
 "Willie!" the girl said, eagerly.
 He looked at her, but in his eyes there was no gleam of recognition.
 Don't you know me, Willie?" she asked. brokenly.
 He did not know her, and the fact seemed to trouble him. He searched her face long and sadly with question: ing eyes. Then he shock his head
 T am your sister, Gussie," she said.
 T am your sister" he repeated. mo- notonously, as a child repeating part Of lesson beyond it's comprehension He could talk, but memory had fled again. His father and brother came. but he did not know them. To the rel atives the physicians said they could net decide for a week or more whether there was chance of permanent recov- cry.
 Medical men have been keenly inter ested in the case. What puzzled them most is the prolongation of the state Of anesthesia, for 1t was their belief that the boy would recover complete consciousness or die in a few months.
 Dr. William C. Krauss, an eminent alienist, who has watched this case with interest, said of it. "Gipp was undoubtedly insane when he killed his mother It was sudden seizure. prob ably brought about by worry over the interference he expected from his pa- rents in the marriage upon which he proposed to enter.
 He passed from the violent state into anestheSia, condition usually due to some injury or great shock The shock may have been a momentary re- alization of his crime. That would be sufficient to throw him into the condi- ton in which he has existed ever since.
 'I think 1t is questionable whether he will ever recover control of his facul- ties, and he seems to be relapsing into a state of coma once more."
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to his downtown office. Very often he walks for the exercise
 Once seated at his office desk ha plunges into work, the work of making his giant income pile up faster.
 At 1 o'clock he trotS out to luncheon and eats with zest that shows he has enjoyed his mornings work. We'll might he, for his income has been romping skyward the while.
 Then comes more office work till 3:30 p. m., when the multi millionaire Is helped on with his top coat and starts to walk home if the weather is pleas ant.
 Dinner is announced at o'clock. Not a drop of any alcoholic liquid is served, for the family is rigidly opposed to wine and every sort of intoxicating drink Only plain dinner is had, consisting perhaps of oysters, soup, a roast, vege- tables and pudding, with coffee and iced water.
 It Is o'clock when the family rise and go into the drawing-room. There are four pianos in the house, for Mr. Rockefeller is fond of music, and no one could charge him with extrava- gance even if he had a piano in every room, and an organ, too. After his daughters have played several classical selections MT. Rockefeller will take up his violin. He is no mean performer though he makes no pretense of being
 
 aware of it the clock in the library has tinkled 10 on it's sweet cathedral chimes. This is bedtime. The mem bers of the household bid one another an affectionate goodnight and retire to their several rooms.
 Each year Rockefeller gives most generously to the poor, to the cause of education and so forth; dissipates enormous sums in maintaining and i'm proving his estates, enlarging his vast business enterprises and so forth; yet the golden stream rushes on threaten ing to encompass him. a veritable gla- cier, imperious, overawing omnipo- tent.
 God gives me wealth. he says Then he adds, Wealth does not bring happiness, for many reasons" Then men whose fortunes have been wrecked to multiply Rockefeller's riches the crippled rivals. the poor deprived of sustenance through mills, refineries mines, railroads stilled by the power of this one man, without title or throne or scepter smile grimly and think of Midas and his fate.
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boy, when he was grown, obtained en- ployment as car inspector for the Le- high Valley Railroad. He worked hard and steadily, and assisted in support ing the home which he shared with his parents.
 But the boy of 20 fell in love with Miss Mary Drews, who was 23 There was some talk at home about his being too young to devote serious attention to a woman, but the boy was deter mined to marry, and knowing his pa rents thought he was too young he an- ticipated trouble when he told them of his decision.
 The matter weighed upon his mind. He was firmly decided to marry, but he feared the consequences of announc- ing it to his parents.
 It stood thus when he went to his work on November 1. 1894. It was cold and at 1 o'clock on the following morn ing he told his companions that he would go home and get his heavy
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His Immense Fortuna Is PiIing Up at the Rate of About S12,oOO,ooO Year.

Midas himself, can tell how much he is worth is because of the fluctuations of his various stocks. For instance. last May sugar jumped to 300, making s4O.- 100000 profit in three months The oil men-meaning the Rockefellers prin- cipally-had been getting into sugar, buying out the Havemeyer interests after Theodore Havemeyer died, so 1t Is fair to assume that most of the tre- mendous profit went into the pockets of William and John D. Rockefeller.
 The daily life of this man of many millions is as regular as clockwork He rises at 6:45 a. m. A few minutes later his barber taps on the door, and in fif- teen minutes pockets 15 cents for the shave. A rule of Rockefeller Is: Pay fair price to everybody; be just, but
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Every Second That Is licked Off on the Clock Earns Him Nearly Fifty Gents.

ulates sugar and natural gas commod- ities, changes freight rates and steam ship fares, builds universities, immo-
 lates rivals of the most potential sort all over the world, including com bfnations of men and millions that have tacit state aid abroad, owns pal aces In the metropolis, Cleveland, Ohio. and up the Hudson, steam yachts cost ing fortune to construct and another fortune to maintain, horses ad libitum, a private outdoor skating rink next door to his residence on a fash ionable street, private swimming pools, race courses, golf links, tennis courts, Turkish baths in his home with mas sage attendants-all like a veritable prince of the realm. Yet so quiet, so exclusive, so abhorrent of mo-
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
WHAT
 HAS PHOTOGRAPH DONE?

Has photography accomplished any thing? Yes, it has cheapened art greatly. It has lowered the standard with public that instinctively pre- fers the sham and the machine made and the microscopic; it has reduced the artist to demoralizing struggle with the amateur simply to get his bread and butter. In the beginning of the century England was celebrated for its beautifully illustrated books, in which the greatest artists, engravers, and printers collaborated to produce a perfect whole To-day the place of these books has been taken by The Strand Magazine and The Sketch. thanks to the service of photography. In the making of books, however, the tendency has always been toward the survival of the cheapest, and the cheapest-usually the newest-has al- ways interested artists for 8 while, though for other reasons than it's cheapneSS.
 Steel engraving succumbed before wood engraving and lithography, and they, in turn, have succumbed to the cheapneSS of the process man. In many ways, until lately, process was great advance upon any other form of reproduction. Now, process block makers are mostly photographers, who are killing each other in the race for cheapness. I do not want any one to think I would imply that photography is not useful to the art.st. On the contrary, it is, and especially in illus tration, since 1t preserves the illustra- tors original design for him. It en- ables the architect to get, at small ex- pense and without the trouble of go- MI tail in foreign lands, though this is questionable advantage. The worlds greatest architects managed very we'll without it. One critic has said that if photographers would turn their at tentiOn to the recording of historic events like the Jubilee, v- of vanishing buildings, they could do an immense service to art. In one way this is true; in another 1t is not.
 Surely this critic would be the last to suggest that the cinematographic pictures the whole Z2000 of them, shown at the Empire I think-are equal to one picture of a procession by Carpaccio, painted centuries before we had any photographs No doubt 22, 900 artists would be required to secure as many views of the Jubilee procession as were obtained by the cinematograph and their employment might have been too much of good thing. But if, say, half dozen accomplished artists had been commissioned, and allowed to Go what they wanted, might we not have had a record of some artistic impor- tance? As to the photographing of old buildings, which would the archi- tect rather have, an etching by Pi- ranesi or a photograph by one of the most revolutionary of the Salon" pho- tographers ?-Joseph Pennell, in Con- temporary Review.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30
HERE'S A MAN WHO EARNS S286O EVERY MINUTE.
HE IS WORTH $zoo,ooo,ooo.

toriety is he that not one of the hun dreds of thousands who know his name knows the man.
 He is wholly unassuming in dress and manner-almost sepulchral-and always speaks in low, well-modulated tones. His close-cropped hair reveals a head of the bullet mold; his we'll kept hands show strength and care Among his intimates, although they are very few comparatively, he is cor dial; among business acquaintances firm. self-reliant, reSourceful, domi- nant No jewelry to speak of the plainest of plain dark cravats, neatly polished shoes, a black derby hat, set a little back from the high, broad fore head. and dropping eyelids. He strides along in a determined way, neither fast nor slow His vast possessions no man can reckon except in the most general way.
 One reason why no one, not even
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30

was dead before she could scream at the horror of reading murder on her boys face.
 The report of the pistol brought the father to the kitchen. His son stood above the mothers body, pistol in hand. One glance and the elder Gipp ran straight at the pistol. The maniac's aim was true, and bullet penetrated the fathers cheek, but he closed and seized the weapon
 There was a brief struggle, in which the young man lost the pistol. Then he dashed through the kitchen door, sealed a fence and was gone ia the darkness.
 The father gave the alarm and the city was searched, the police by hun dreds looking for desperate murderer. They found, after twenty-four hours, 8 forlorn human being crouching in a barn, a man in frame, child in intel lect. Murder frenzy. fear, childishness these had come in turn as the poor
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30

% HERE is a man in New York
 who wakes up $41, ,O95 richer every
 morning than he was when he
 arose the day before. If he stops
 on the corner and waits for a
 street car he knows that for ev- cry minute he stands there his fortune is running up BPS 60. He doesn't have to stand by and give it a boost It sim ply climbs itself. and it climbs day and night pretty much as Jacks bean stalk did Spending this enormous income doesn't trouble this modern Croesus anywhere near as much as taking good care of it. How much this man is real ly worth nobody knows exactly. Very probably he doesn't know himself When a fortune tops the $20, GOO 900 mark it requires a deal of time and pa tience to figure out the exact valuation of the schedule of assets. When the fortune is said to be about s200, 1000, fancy what chance there is to name the exact figures in cents. In round num- bers, then, s2OO, OOO, GOO is the estimate that experts put on the fortune of John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil mag nate. If this estimate is within ten millions of the mark it's fairly close considering the way certain stock val Ies fuctuate nowadays.
 The tabulated income of this twen- tieth century Midas has been figured out as follows:
 Present fortune -SzG O @ oOo00 oo 0V Annual income ...--..-....----.-... 1--UVo o0-OV Monthly income -....-....--..-.' lVvV M O0gO oog o Daily income ....---..-..-.--.-...'.. Al 99 ov Hourly income .-.........-.-.-.---.- I''4---f Income every minute every day in
 rroc,y,e a,-er, eacond of his Iife AS
 All this belongs to a plain American citizen who is fifty odd years old, has a family. transacts. his daily business at 26 Broadway and lives and acts pretty much as the ordinary business man. who is in receipt of a good round income. If his fortune keeps climbing at its present rate for twenty years more it will easily pass the $500, 100000 mark, and his heirs, if they convert the estate into a trust, may live to see it pass that yearned for goal of the ulti-milIionaire-the billion dollar mark.
 Strange to say, not ten men will rec
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-30

better served, as those munched by his thousand and one clerks.
 If the morning is pleasant one or two of his daughters accompany him on the drive in Central Park. He goes a bracing pace till 10 a. m., when he is off