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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-02

KEY NEST. Fla. May 80 The great
est vigilance is being exercised to
guard against the possibility of tho
Spanish feet getting into Havana.
Adm Sampson is operating just as
though there was no likelihood of the
Spanish feet being bottled up at San
iiago de Cuba.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-02
veteran Pardoned Memorial pay

COLUMNS, o., May Si.-Gov. Bush
nell has inaugurated the custom of ex-
tending executive clemency to a vet
eran soldier in the penitentiary on
Memorial day by pardoning David
Conger, who was sent up from Monroe
county in 1855 on life sentence for
numbering his wife. He had good
war record and has been a model pris-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-02
In the DOCK for Renalrs.

MOBILE, Ala, May ST.. The torpedo
boat Dupont arrived here Monday to
go into dock for repairs TO her hull,
she having been in collision with some
vessel at Key West She will be off in
two or three DAYS.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-02
decoration Day At spring Grove.

CISclSSAIs May SI.-The graves OF
the veterans in Spring Grove aad o'her
cemeteries around the city wero decor
ated with flowers Monday by ne peo'
plc OF Cincinnati The day was OBJ
served Us q general holiday.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-02
wh,l. the F.mIly Was Ab.ent.

GALLIPoLIs, O., May 5l.--While Egg
bert Davis and family were away from
home, near Neniel, thieves entered
and took $50, after which they attempt
ed To burn the house,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-02
Terrlhl. Threat.

MADRID, May SO.- The Epoca, in an
Inspired article says: SHOULD the
Yankees cut the Cuban and Porto
Riean cables, we viii cut all the cables
uniting the United States with the
rest o. the world
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-02
'orea Opens Thre. Port.

,oysrnA, ,oynOhAAA, May So-The Corean
aors rlnsn' naD, has decided 10 oren three
" Opsu market 80
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-02
pone.s peace ProposaI.

LONDON, MAY si.--A London news
agency asserts that the pope has for
wsrded peace proposals 10 President
Mckinley.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17
THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN"

One of the most interesting things
in connection with the naval battles
Of this war, and one OF the things
that has caused the most comment
here and in Europe, is the fact that
the superior craftsmanship OF the
American sailor, which has been typi-
fed in the saying, ''The Man Behind
the Cum"
1t is interesting to hearr from COM
mantiers and officers in command of
guns on our different ships the reason
for this. The method ON our ships
when approaching the enemy is to fire
q small caaibre gun, and, as with the
nse of telescopes, the direction can
always be obtained at once, the only
difficulty is to find the elevation.
This is obtained by first firing short
of the object, and then, as the shot
strikes the water, gradually raising the
gun until the enemy is struck. With
the small caaibre rapid-fire gun, this
is matter of only two or three shots,
and the range is obtained in hess than
q minute.
The moment any one firing one of
the small guns secures the range, it
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17

EOS. AND z. HOLES MADE IN THE I0Hl FL
SPANISH SHELLS.
is telegraphed or telephoned 10 every
gun on the ship, and with the mag
nificent machinery for firing the
large guns, it is only few seconds
when every weapon of different sizes
on board the ship which can be aimed
at the object is sending shot and she'll
OF all descriptions straight at the
mark. with the consequent result that
it is practically impossible for the
gunners on the enemy's hhip to stay
at their gums
As a result, our ships were seldom
hit. Nevertheless, when they were
once struck, the frightfue execution
done by these shots shows what might
have happened to our fine battleships
IL the good American behind the gun
had not known and done his work SO
well.
The illustrations we produce from
Harper's Weekly show the damage
done by a Spanish shell which struck
the Iowa above the water-line and, af-
ter passing through the side of the
vessel, crashed into the forward tur-
ret Picture No. was taken from the
inside Of the Iowa hooking out and
No. shows the hole made In the tur-
ret
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
WALTON q. ROBERTS,
Undertaken and Embalmer. Telephone, Office 145
Eleventh and p St. Res. I56.

sold at one fare-balf rates-and will be
good to return any time within 30 daye.
Organize party. Arrange about
your hotel accommodations at 10
Springs; arrange for ticket at B. 4. NJ
depot or city ticket Office, corner 10th
and o streets.
G. w. BONNELL, c. P. & T. A.
Aug. &c.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17
FIRST or AERoNAura
Ooanehara sailed In Air Before BalloenG
Were Made.


Were Made.
Eighty-Ave years ago there died IN
Paris. Blanchard. the FIRST man to Gais
celebrity - balloonist. says the New
York Mail and Express. He was born
In 1873 and before the balloon was In
vented he had Eavigated the air In an
atmospheric machine of his own inven-
ton. which was propelled with oars
and which attained q height above
ground Of about eighty feet. Blanch-
ard made his hrst ascent in balloon
ct Paris. March 2. 1884. On January Z.
17S5. he crossed the English channel
In . balloon. accompanied by DIR. JET
frieA Under the circumstances It Waa
. feat Of great daring. The aeronauts
the tfip ended cast away everything
but the basket under the balloon. and
were about to cut 1t away when they
were carried over the town Of Calais
and finally dropped in forest. The
omcials Of Calais gave Blanchard
dinner, presented to him papers Of citi-
senship in q gold box, gave him 81 200
for his balloon and a pension Of $125
yearly. The king Of France also pen
stoned him. Blanchard boasted that
he had risen $4,000 feet higher than
any aeronaut Of his time. He made
sixty ascensions, the last one causing
his death. His wife continued the
business after him and was killed BY .
fall from balloon in 1873. Albert u
6axony. Dominican monk. Is credited
with having formed the first correct
idea Of building balloons early in the
fourteenth century. but his ideas never
took practical shape. While the scien-
fists were working on the question In
1783 the brothers Montgolfisr. paper
makers. near Lyons. made and sent NJ
the first balloon on June s. This bal.
loon was made Of linen, was 315 feet In
circumference and rose 1.600 feet Il
was filed with heated air. About three
months later Prof. Charles sent up his
balloon. called "Charliere." It trav.
eled some miles from the starting and
fell In . village. The peasants n.
sarded it as q living monster. and fsll
upon 1t with pitchforks and fails and
tore 1t to pieces, to the loss and disgust
Of its owner.
The first living things to leave the
earth in a balloon were a sheep, a hen
and . duck. They landed safely ana
the sheep was found grazing. The first
ascent In . hydrogen balloon was made
By Prof Charles in Paris. Dec. !. 17S2
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17
LOW RATE TO OMAHA EXPOSI-
TION FOR MODERN WOODMEN

TION FOR MODERN WOODMEN
DAY.
On September 81 and for trains ar
irving in Omaha morning of Septem-
Der %, the Great Rock Island Route
will sell round trip tickets to Omaha,
September %, from points where one
way rate to Omaha is 5000 or less, at
rate less than one fare for the round
trip. Minimum round trip ute to be
$1.0O. This is a splendid opportunity
to visit the Omaha exposition at low
rate, and you should not fail to make
the trip via the Great Rock Island
Route. For rates and full information
apply to ticket agent, or address
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A.,
Chicago.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17
SPEND AUGUST IN The BLACK
HILLS.

6fENO AO0O0I IN xdL oAhOh
HILLS.
Go first to Hot Springs. There you
can bathe. ride, bicycle. climb noun
tains, dance and play tennis to your
hearts content. II your limbs are stiff,
your kidneys out Of order or If you arc
troubled with exzema or any other form
OF skin disease. . month at Hot Springs
will make . now man Of you.
Sylvan Lake and Spearfish are within
. comparatively short distance Of Ho
Springs and every one who visite the
Black Hill should $50 them. Sylvan
Lake il tho prettiests and coolest sum-
mer resort in the vest Spearfish 10
reached after Q railroad ride that ranks
among the experiences ct . lifetime
There 10 nothing like it anywhere else on
the globe.
During August, the Burlington route
will run two l0W-rate excursions to Hot
Springs; ono on the 9th, the other On the
18th Of that month. Ticksts Will b.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17

Hard % Pscase-
He (reading the paper)-It certainly
= very dimcult to please q woman.
She-What makes you think %?
Hem. Young Of Wabash. Mimi.
locked his wife In the house; Mr.. Potts
e Pehin. Wis, locked his wife out Of
TIE house. and now both women are
suing for divorce.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17

If you want quick and good results
buy a Banner" oil heater. Guaran-
teed to heat a room, 20 feet square.
Price $500. Hall Bros. Co., 1905 0
street.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17
WANTED 's sE

BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. Ifyou
are willing to work, we can give you
employment with GOOD PAY, and
you can work all or part time, and at
home or travelling. The work is light
and easy. Write at once for terms
ETC., to
HE HAWKS NURSERY COMPANY
1111~aulkee, Wis.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17

Subscribe Tor TIE Coun1ra q q Yesr
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17

These and . score of other equally
prominent writers will contribute
shost stories to the BAZAAR in 1893,
making the paper especially rich in
fiction.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-09-17
LONG SERIALS AND SHORT STOF

Two famous authors will contribute long
serial stories to the Bazaar in 1893. The
first deals with Scotch and Continental
scenes, the secoad is story Of young
girl, versatile, and typically American.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
THE ODD VOLUMES MEET.

The Odd Volumes met yesterday after
noon at the residence of Mrs. Frank
Cavalli Bentley avenue, to continue the
study of Greece. The subject of the day
was Greek literature. Miss Adriance gave
a very interesting essay on the historians,
Herodftas, Th%ucydides and Xenophon
She gave sketches of their lives and their
works. and made bright comments and
comparisons. A second entertaining
paper was given by Miss Speir on the
orators. She gave the most time to
Demosthenes and then she gave quota
lions from Demosthenes, Pericles and
Themistocles. Miss Van Wrinkle gave a
paper on current topics. She spoke of the
Maine disaster and the prospects of war,
of the so-called sword of fire." and of
the cleaning of the chimney of the assay
office.
Mrs. Johnson. of Alabama, was the
guest of the club. She talked for a few
minutes about the literary club of which
she is a member. Mrs. Bigelow and Mrs.
George clifford, who were both at one
time members of the Odd Volumes, were
guests of the day, as were Mrs. Pohle
and Miss Lucy Mcbride. At the con-
clusion Of the papers the usual refresh
ments We're served followed by the fort
nightly gossip. The club will be enter
tanned March % by Miss Bowen, at her
residence. No. 1875 Academy street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
more s.Jonrnalr yilenesa.

The obituary notice Of Charles Fl. Win
field published in the Evening Journal
yesterday. was one of the most nauseat-
ing displays of hypocrisy that has ever
disgraced the press of this country.
Common decency might forbid a con-
tinuation of the yellow persecution Of the
man in the hour of his death, but ordi-
nary manhood should have prevented the
paper which had so savagely a~ssailed
him with filling it's columns with mawk-
ish. fulsome praise.
The Journal has written itself down
a deliberate liar on either one occasion
or the. other. 1t is not possible that 1t
should be truthful both on November s.
when it printed nineteen columns of
frantic condemnation of the man and his
record, and on March 3, when 1t pro-
.nounced. him in it's headlines and else
where "a great man"
This post mortem admiration on the
part of the men who had done to dealt
the object of it, is simply horrifying. One
from his coffin to spurn the wretches who
thus endeavor to make capital out of his
ashes as they did out of the ruin of his
fame and his intellect.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10

asnthe half breed Indianscadet, Is a~strils-
ing variation. A half dozen shapely
chaps IN gray are additionq} aids to tn
novel and satisfactory disclosure Of life
at the famous soldier factory on the Hud-
son. A type of the regular army officer
is there. as admirably realized by Frank
Losee, and the Kentucky mountaineer, as
strongly characterized by Charles u.
Craig. is introduced as the recipient If
joviai badinage. Marie Shotwell. gentle
and sweet. as the youthful heroine;
Amelia SImmervile, as a very delicious
widow; Louise Galloway. as an unusual
girl from vassar; and w. ]. Ferguson rs
a sapntering club beau from New York
are excellent. This is the first represeE-
tation of West Point ever made on TIE
stage. ii was an undertaking WHEN
any ~ilsadequacy in the performance would
have caused to miscarry. Surely the au-
thor should feel much Obliged TO the man
ager and his actors for treating it finely.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
EVENTS.

The fifth annual rally of the Jersey
City. Epworth Union taxes place tonight
in Hedding M. E. Church.
The Rev. J. A. Sullivan of st. Aloysius
Church lectures on John Boyle O'Reilly
onigh at the Catholic Club.
The Rev. E. l.. Stoddard, D. D., of St
Johns P. e. Church, breaches tonight al
the Church of the Ascension, New York
avenue. and South street.
Ex-Assemblyman William M. KIM
will address the Fremont Club tonight.
The Geographical Society of School No
IA gives an entertainment tonight at
o'clock.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the Taber-
nacle gives a supper tonight in the
church parlors.
The annual dinner of the Minkakwa
Club takes place tonight.
A meeting of the Bergen Democratic
Club will be held this evening at Var
Antwerp's Hall, Monticello and Harrison
avenues, when action in regard to the
spring campaign and other business OF
Importance will be transacted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
MINKs ANNUAL DINNER.

The annual banquet of the Minleakwa
Republican Club will be held this evening
in Belvedere Hall, Old Bergen Road and
Danforth avenue. AL arrangements have
been completed and the committee last
evening finished decorating the hall. The
event promises to eclipse any of the CLUBS
previous. dinners and in honor of the ocea-
sion pretty souvenirs will be presented to
the guests. The following are the speak
ers and the toasts assigned to them
Governor Foster NJ. Voorhees,, The State
of New Jersey; j. Frank Fort, THE
Republican Party; Congressman Fowler
of Elizabeth, 1.-THE Nations Honor"
Senator w. NJ. johnson of Bergen, why
We Are Republicans; Prosecutor James
S. Erwin, 'Our County and Who Controls
IT,; William H. Speer, Jr., Where Are
We At?. Henry Brautigam, The City
We Live In The address of welcome
will be made by President Charles Merker,
and Robert Carey will be toastmaster.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
SEVENTH WARD DEMOCRATS.
Enth siassic Meeting 10 OrEanize n
Clnh AT N. VI. RnY H0uae.

An enthusiastic meeting Of the Demo
Gratis of the Seventh ward was held last
evening IN the New York Bay House, on
Ocean and Wilkinson avenues. The
meeting was held for the purpose of or
eanizing a permanent ward association,
and in response to about five hundred
postal cards sent out, fully three hum
bred people assembled in the hall. This
meeting was the most successful one
held in that section in years. The Dem
ocrats who were behind the movement
were formerly members of the old Clare
mont Democratic Club, a precinct organs
ization. This club was abolished last
evening and the United Democratic Club
of the Seventh Ward was established in
its stead. The following officers were
elected:-President, Alderman Henry
Gotthardt, and the following five cem-
mitteenen were named as vice presi-
.-dents:-Joseph Walsh, Michael Fagin,
Miles McCarron, John Prout and James
Mccarthy; Treasurer. Edwin Vreeland;
Corresponding Secretary, George Barry;
Financial Secretary, Joseph Murray, and
Sergeant-at-Arns, Joseph Shannon.
Committee on Bylaws. William Com
molly, John Marthaler and Thomas Fitz-
gerald.
Speeches on party organization were
made by Commissioner Anthony Hauck
and Counsellor Eugene Leake. n Mari
on. Mr.. Leake, in his address, spoke
about the death Of Mr.. Winfield and end
ed ~euIogizing him. The next meeting of
the club will be held on March q.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
Progress ofYaIleroeraex.

Senator johnson of Bergen has made a
great fight for his bill for the abolition
of grade crossings. 1t looks now as if
he would win it.
1t must be rather CALLING to him when
he picks up the New York world to
find out how little he had to do with it.
He was strictly second fddle.' The
ssworld'' did it.
The Pulitzer yellow sheet pays John
son a mild compliment for the assist
ance which he gave it in the fight, but in
dts eyes he was merely a sort of under
strapper in the work, a sort of messenger
or emissary to do the mere mechanical
operation of getting the law passed.
If this sort of thing keeps on, we will
have to abrogate the Constitution and
establish a yalleroeracy. The whole
country will be governed by a committee
of papers with dictatorial powers. Or
perhaps one paper will be despot, and
they will wage war on each other like
the Spanish-American statesmen" The
public will then have the privilege of dy-
ing for their favorite sheets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
The Railway Tax victory.

Ex-Mayor Wanser is certainly devoted
lie spirit is not limited by the prompt
ings of a salary. When he was Mayor,
he gave ability and earnestness to the
duties of his Office. AS a citizen, he is
no less jealous to promote the welfare of
the municipality and to spare the pockets
of the taxpayers.
General Wanser went to Trenton, yes
terday. and used his utmost influence
and best endeayer to secure for the city
the money contemplated in last years
railroad tax measure but juggled away
by Governor Griggs. OF course. the sue
cess which was won was not solely Cen
eral Wanser's. Others did their share to
win the votes; but it is quite true hat
no one worked harder and no one con-
tributed more to the result thai the ex-
Mayor.
The city is the gamer by about $4,000
by the fight that has just ended. The
legislation of this year and last, taken
together, do not touch the principle of
equal taxation. That remains as a rally
ing point for the Democracy in the fu-
ture- But the money which has been
Won is a substantial and a most timely
relief. and full public recognition is due
to those who have been instrumental in
getting it for the taxpayers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
In NEW YoRK's EARLY DAYS.
The Bowery Was the Resort Of Wealth,
Beauty and Fashion.

,A.1EL
"a pleasant picture occurs to me of a
summer progress of the family of Gov
crnor Stuyvesant to and from the meeting
house for divine worship in the Fort near
the Battery (New YORK; writes Mrs.
Burton Harrison in the March Ladies,
Home Journal describing When FASH
ION Graced the Bowery.' 'In a brave
coach, drawn by shining horses, is en-
sconced the Governor himself, whose long
lacel coat hall hides his wooden leg
banded with silver. He wears a carefully
curled peruke. and holds his hat Upon
his knee. in order to court the cool sea
breeze tina fans his rugged yisage. His
lady, sitting I'M state beside him, is, in
their staid and ~phlegmatic community.
accounted a brilliant p-ersonage; her
and her silken hood is worn over frizzled
and powdered hair; her embToiueTea
lose and high-heeled shoes, her rings,
bracelets and lockets, with the g~orgeously
bound book of devotions suspended by
a golden chain to her waiStband-may be
depended upon as models of the very lat
est models. Mrs. Bayard. the widowed sis
ter of the Governor, cecuDies a seat in
the coach facing them.
After service in the bare Colonial
church (where the dominie's sermon.
an end by three raps from the clerks
stick at the momen when the sands of
the hour glass had announced that the
preachers limit OF time had been reach
ed)x the Stuyvesent party passes out be-
tween rows of respectful gazers."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
GREENVILLE LEAGUE MEETS.
Committee on Republican TreacIlery
Fails 10 R apart.

The Greenville Republican League Club
met last evening, but the hot time that
was expected did not take place. The
committee which was appointed two
weeks ago to investigate and report as to
who was responsible for the turning
DOWN of Henry Petty, as the members
term it, did not make any report, but
was discharged. 1t is rurnored that q
new committee will be appointed at the
EEK meeting.
Mr.. Petty announced last evening that
he is a candidate for the Office Of Justice
of the Peace. The primaries to elect
delegates to the city and ward conyen-
tons will be held at No. 12O Old Bergen
Road on March Is. This is to be done in
accordance with the harmony agreement
which provides for neutral grounds On
which to hold primaries. Formerly they
were held in the Minkakwa clubhouse.
The ward convention to nominate, an Al
derman, Justice OF the Peace and con-
stables will be held in Belvidere Hall on
March 25
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-10
NOT THAT SORT.
Two MoutcIafr officials who Mis-
understand Each O<her.

Scene-Montelair Police Station yester-
day afternoon. thief Pier at the tele-
phone. Calls: Hello. Yes. this is the
Chief of Police. What's that? Your type
writer has come back? Well, What do l
care whether she has or not? Dye think
we've got nothing else to do but to bother
about runaway girls? Goed-by."
Scene-Ofice of Health Inspector Leigh
ton. who is standing at the phone, with
the receiver at his ear. Why, what's the
man talking about? l told him some one
had stolen my typewriter, and he put two
detectives on the case. Now, when I try
to tell him thai my office boy mistook the
instrument for a roll of music and left
it at a friends house, he talks to me OF
unaWay girls