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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. 14.--The
probability Of an extra session of
Congress in the spring is much
stronger, now that it is certain that
the republicans will have a majority
OF the next House. 1t has been re-
garded as improbable ever since the
close of the war that Congress will
be able at the coming short session,
to act upon all the legislation made
necessary by the war, in addition to
the regular appropriation bills and
routine business, but it was thought
that an extra session would depend
largely upon the control of the next
House. Had the republicans lost it,
the administration would have done
everything possible to avoid an extra !
session, by trying to push through at
the short session all the legislation
needed to carry out its policy, colonial
and otherwise. Now, no haste will !
be necessary, and should the present
Senate not meet the administration
expectations in acting upon bills that
go through the House, the President
will doubtless feel that an extra SEES.
sion of Congress will do as he wishes.
as his party will have large major
ity in the Senate after next March. :
The administration will therefore be
indifferent as to an extra session, +
knowing that if the last session Of !
the present Congress doesn't act upon t
needed legislation, an extra session of
the next Congress will.
Things look a little threatening in f
with the peace negotia
tons at Paris. That is, from the
European point of view. Nobody in
W aShlngton considers the cablegrams c
about SPANS being encouraged to 5
expect European intervention as any.
hing more than European newspaper II
ak, paid for with Spanish money.
n fact, at the last Cabinet meeting. y
secretary Hay was instructed to have "
ur Peace Commissioners inform the -;
spanish Commissioners that it was Va
eyond the power of any European -
alton or combination OF nations to
lodify our demand for the Philippine Z
'landS-a demand that this govern (
tent is prepared to back with force (
II becomes necessary. The Span )
n Commissioners were also given B
ralght tip to the effect that this B
'untry was growing tired of the .
'Iay, and that if they failed to act 2
uch longer, the negotiations would 2
broken off BY this government. 2
Admiral Schley and Mrs. Schley (
e In Washington. In order to {
old annoyance, they are at the
me OF Il friend instead of at =
tel. The Admiral declines to saw
single word about the thinlv 2
led slurs at him in the official re-
'ort OF Admiral Sampson, or to a Id B
'thlng to what he had said in his B
n Official report. lie showed some
loyance when his attention was 2
led to the controversy over which 2
lt'cal party he belonged to, aud 7 :
that he had no politics; had only 4 '
ed once in his life; that he belong (
10 the country and that his frstx I
highest duty was always to serve : h
administration which was in B ]
rye OF the country. Those are y
lei views for an Army or NAVY . {.
Ter, too. O
he annual report of Adjutant 4 "
erai Coroin, just made public, 3
OF the National Guard: "While Sc
yearly state encampments have 4sos
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17
Ladies Department.

This is in charge of Miss Ida Specht who will be- l
you ladies hose at 10 cents thread pools for cent,
cents, blankets $780, cOrsetS 10 10 So co. crochet M
cents ball, embroidery silk cent SPOOL belt, H. 90 M
CENTS gloves eece lined 80 cents, ladies underwear
cents per suit toweng 81 cents Misses cape. - cent -
cry cotton spoos for cents, counterpanc> SIoo l..
drilling ribbons, and in fact most everything you want n t
OF dry goods at prices never before equalcd i'm Bio Stone
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CoMMIssIONER's NOTICE.

a. WASH CT al
vs. In Cba,oo.v
D. 81 Hillman, Admir-. ct al.
Pursuant to decree heretofore entered
IN this cause, | will proceed, at the ofIice
OF W. h. Bond, in the town of GIadeyiIle
wise County, Virginia, on the 2lst dav of
November, 1898, proceed to ascertain and
report to court the lies against the lands
mentioned and Described in plaintiffs bill;
sneir amounts and priori,ies, and in whose
,asor existing; the Indebtedness Of w. H.
NASH at the time Of his death; what
personal assets came into the hands of ]
~ huffman, Admir-, and what debts and
judgments which are charges against said
land are evidenced by writing waving the
exemptions, aud any other
matters specially stated, deemed pertinent
~ myself or required Nv any of the mar.
ties. This Oct. 22nd, 1893.
..o- a., II. l.. KILGoHg,
sS'-' $3.50 Special Commissioner.
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TnE $500 Spanish troops in the
vicinity Of Puerto Principe. who are
to be relieved by the Eighth cavalry,
which has sailed from Savannah, are
on the verge of mutiny, refusing to
return to Spain until paid all arrear-
ages, extending in some cases over
year.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

y STORY of cannibalism in the
Solomon islands has been received At
San Francisco. The crew of the
German schooner Sea Ghost, which
put in at Buka island, was set upon
by the islanders, and after desperate
fight seven were killed. one was
wounded and two were taken prison.
ers. this comprising the crew. The
savages then set about making =
meal OF their dead victims. When
they became drunk from liqaor found
on the ship the wounded sailor and
the two prisoners made their escape.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

Ir is a mighty hard matter for the
newspaper nan to catch all the items
Of news that are floating around. If
you've got anything worth publishing
don't keep it to yourself, but ring up
No. % and let us have it.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

ADvIcEs received at Manila are to
the effect that the suburbs of lloilo
are now in the hands of the insurg
entS. The mercantile houses have
united in a circular asking the cruiser
Charleston to remain. as the Span-
iards can not afford protection. The
insurgents are said to have captured
the Islands Of Negros and Zebu in the
Visayas group. Gen. Rios has de.
clared a seven-days' armistice in the
Visayas for the purpose of consulting
Madrid with view to TRANSFERRING
the group to the Americans.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

AccoRDING 20 the report of the
immigration Bureau, the number Of
immigrants during the fiscal year was
800, 800, a decrease of ! ,533 over the
preceding year. Italy leads, as
usual, with 5S,613.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

The German Government has VOL
unfairly informed the government at
Washington that the visit of Emperor
William to Spain is devoid of official
character or significance.
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The Madrid Impartial says the
Spanish Government has forwarded
instructions to the Spanish Commits
sioners at Paris, and that Tuesdays
conference will be the last, or the last
but one, unless the Americans mod
crate their demands. The impress
sion exists at Paris that the commits
sioners will be unable to agree.
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been productive of positive good il
imFarting practical instruction Il
the troops participating, the exper
fence Of the recent campaign ha
demonstrated the absolute necessity
lof further assimilating the condition
Of encamped troops to the actua
necessities of active service by max
ing the men, while in camp, depend
ent for their subsistence on the army
rations to be furnished by the state
authorities, on ration returns, and
cooked 10y he,troops in precisely the
same manner as on actual service in
the field. An organization ordered
to state camp for Military instruc
ton, relying on caterer to furnish
the necessary food, can never acquire
that self-reliance which characterizes
the regular soldier on active duty,
for without previously received in
structions in preparing food, the
natural result, when called into SER
vice will be poorly cooked and wasted
rstions, which, failing to strengthen
the physical man, make him liable to
febrile and stomach tronbles incident
to service in all kinds Of weather,
under distressing, but unavoidable
conditions.
The Canadian American Commits
sion. which held series Of sessions
last summer at Quebec, is now doing
the same in Washington. Anything
like an agreement upon the matters
in dispute between the L. S. and
Canada definite enough to be put into |
a treaty is still a long way off. 1t is
expected that the Commission will !
sit in Washington for a considera bic
time, although the assembling of |
Congress will make it difficue for
Senators Fairbanks and Faulkner
inf Representative Dingley, three Of
lie five American Commissioners to
give much of their time to its meet
ngs. The other two American
commissioners are Hon. John w.
Foster, ex-Secretary Of State, and
Ion. John a. Kasson, who is a
special diplomatic agent for this gov
rnment in the negotiations of reel
'rocity treaties under the Dinghy
ariff law.
In view of the failure of other gov |
experiments, the cynics are :
iSposed to poke fun at the announce
tent that the Board of Ordinace and :
'ortifcations of the War Depart i
tent, had decided to spend $25, 900
yperimenting with flying machines. a
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17
Reptiles Fifty Feet Long.

3 remains of the largest reptiles that
ever lived were discovered in large
numbers recently by Mr.. Lambe, F. G..
s., OF the geological survey OF Canada.
Mr.. Lambe spent two months In the
Red Deer district, north OF Medicine
Hat, In the northwest territories Of
Canada, and as result has secured
some splendid fossil remains. The
fossils are the remains OF dinosaurs
found in the cretaccous rocks. The
dinosaurs were reptiles varying from
20 to go feet in length. Some of them
had three horns, one over the nose. the
others near the eyes. They were either
herbivorous or carnivorous, and ex-
listed ages before the mastodons.
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|
November, 1898.
W. II. Bond, Plaintiff,
Against In Cbancerv
/. J. LightlOOt, ct al, Def !
The object of this suit is to attach the
following described property of defend.
ant l.. I. LightfoOt, to wit: Lots ,. 3.
and >, o! Block ~ and Lots |, 2. and =
"i Block 80, all of Improvement Gonna.
nTs Plat No. !, Of Big Stone Gap. and
subject The same to the payment of nlain.
tlfs debt of 1914, with interest IN
Soo.64 from June Both, 1896. and on sol m
me residue, from the Both day of Anril
o9o' ana an attachment having been re-
turned executed on the above described
property And an affidavit having been
made and hled that the defendants. Z. p
LlIghtioot, NJ. ?. Lightfo"t, W. F. Gordon
Dr., and X. l.. Calquahaim are NOT
resIdents OF the State of VIRGINIA
u Is ordered that they do anneor
mere within fifteen days after due multi.
cation hereof, and do what NAV be neees-
sary to protect their interest in this suit
ana II is further ordered that a conv
hereof be published once a week for fony
weeks in The Big Stone Gap Post and
nat copy he posted at the front door or /
me courthouse of this county on the first
lay OF the next term of the county cour,
copy-Teste:
W. Z. KiLGoRE, Clerk.
, by U. A. JOHNSON, ID. c..
n'uce' p u nov344-47
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

AnoUr 10000 Spanish soldiers
have been sent from Cuba under the
protocol. Gen'l Wade says the
Havana officers are doing the best
they can.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

The Paris Gaulois has discovered
that an international syndicate is
endeavoring to lease the Philippines
for twenty-five years, paying 1925
100000 to "the dominant power" for
the privilege.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

The Bristol Ne,cs evidently has
invented a set of election return
figures by which it attempts to prove
any old thing.
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Xmas is Coming.

examine our Groceries, Citron, Olives Pneappl. r
Currants, Soups, Oysters, Apricos Figs, and all Kind, Of
Goods Just received some best quality French Pea. .
sell for 20 cents Anything you want in the way of G
from sack OF flour to pound of bacon can be- had
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

The average duration Of human
life in European countries is greatest
in Sweden and Norway, and lowest
in Italy and Austria.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17
Underwear for Winter.

These frosts remind US of winter. You will want ,
Underwear. We have heavy winter Uudcrslirt wII .
for % cents, and they goag tst Drawer, for un
we nave genuine WOOL FLEEcED UNDERSHRT which a.,
81 90, and then we have Others sell for - 90 C
them before they all gone. large assortment of ,
shirts at and all prices
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Hardware.

Our ware house is full of Hardware Come and .. .
stoves at $500 We have duplicated our original ORDER m
stoves twice and they going fast They beat r,r,
brought to this section. We are selling Pocket Kni,c NJ
which can not be bought elsewhere for less than ~ .
In saddles we can sell you anything you want all Nh. a
81. I'D 70 90
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RATES oF ADVERTISING.

The above rates are for standing ADVERTISE
ments only.
GL LOCAL ADvERrrsExEsr will be charg-
Cd Tor at the rate Of cents per line for each
incertion.
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Boots, Shoes, Hats and Cans.

We have the best Stetson 5000 hat Some not so ,r
cents Come and take your choice at prices ranging It
two Boys Caps 10 cents and up to 30 cents: Bow Hat
and up; Boys Shrwaists rs cents: Mems Shoes r,n,,
from Sl.25 up to 500; Chdren's Shoes 35 cents. R
from LOO up Ladies and Misses Shoes at $1OO The ~
Of our store is packed and iammed with Shoes
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

OVER seven thousand applications
are on file Mt Washington for posi-
tons in the Porto Rican post office
department.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

THERE will probably be few Con-
gressional contests from the State of
North Carolina.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

WASTED-sHvERAL TRUsTwO ITHY PERSONS
IN this State 10 manage our business in their own
and nearby counties. II l. mainly Office work con.
Quoted at home. Salary straight $500 year and ex
penses-detnite, bonahde, more, no less salary
Monthly N5. Reference. Enclose self-addressed
stamped envelope, hKsnEHr &. Hsss, Prest, Dept.
SncaEo' SeptlS-sm
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

The official returns from the var
ious counties in this district show
Judge Rhea's majority to he 1,247.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

a MOVEMENT is on foot among
Indian ministers to discourage Sun
day funerals.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

PREPARE a Xmas advertisement
and put 1t in the Posi-, and then
watch the result.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

The returns from New York show
that the hero business is quite strong
in the rural districts.
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Your friends may smile
But that tired feeling
Means danger. 1t
Indicates impoverished
And impure blood.
This condition may
Lead to serious illness.
1t should be promptly
Overcome by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla,
Which purifes and
Enriches the blood,
Strengthens the nerves,
Tones the stomach,
Creates an appetite,
And builds up,
Energies and vitalizes
The whole system.
Be sure to get
Orly Hoods.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

SPAIN will have a Consul General
at San Juan pending the ratification
Of treaty of peace.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

The Bristol NeCs saws Gen'l
Walker will contest Judge Rhea's
election.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

Has anybody got the editors
Thanksgiving turkey up fattening?
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And Still the Wonder Grows.

W ny we are selling furniture at Cincinnati pric ,
this we want to get rid WH We want the cato ,l... ,.
our b"ildl"g erclsjyey FIR cohjng, and that the reason w
giving it away. Our store is packed and We want space,
tins furniture we have lot Of pictures in frame pl
without pictures ranging all the way from - mp >l.
An assortment of mirrors from the hand mirrors l
higher priced ones Come and examine for yourself n
fled. 1t is pleasure for show goods and tr
Messrs CarneS, Garden, Kennedy, Gly and Miss SIt a
pleasure IN showing you anything YOU want 10 see.
Such complete line Of goods in every department
before brought to this section. All ask is come and
yourself.
The Ayers Mercantile & Mfg. Co.
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FURNITUE%I1.

c: A. Vance has opened Furniture Store 10 IN
Hale Building, at Wise, Va. and invites you to ca
on him for any thing in the furniture line He cal
sell you bedStead for SITS and up; Bed Roo0
Suits, SIP and up; Bed Springs, $3.50 a d 1l
Chairs, 40 cents and up; Carpets, 10 cents per y2
wait. full line of the very latest moudngs a%a,'
on hand. Also a full line of Collins and CaSEea
which he can sell you at reasonable prices Az
deals in Paints, Oils, Varnshes, Sashes, D0oIs
Blinds and all kinds Of builders supplies. Can any
examine his stock.
Q. ~. VANCE,
Wise. va
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Soap.

Come and get PACKAGES OF KEY SOAP FOR - cr>a. r
complexion Is not rosy try Sayon l., Iclotropc B, V
Clemantic, Cream Complexion, one of the different l
CogateS Soaps have for sale
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

IT is estimated that $4,000 people
around Santiago, not counting the
school children, are learning English.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

The Bristol iron furnace has sus-
pended operation.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17

Remember the Big Stone Gap Posr
when You want frst-class job Printing.
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A whole Village Sent IN Jail

schemonajewskoje, a village in the
district OF Smeinsk, Siberia, has been
depopulated temporarily, 1,4Oo Of the
inhabitants having been sent to fail
for refusing to repair the highway.
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Woman Give tho hfonsx.

II Is estimated that of the total sum
raised for the support Of the Protestant
churches OF this country over one third
Is now procured by thu efforts or laboru
OF women.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-11-17
OKDDR or PUBLICATION

In the clerks Office of the circuit court
OF the county Of Wise an the lst day of
November, 1898.
The herald., 1898-10-13

borers from the south, and attempted to
put them to work in their mines at the
point of the bayonet and the muzzle OF
the Winchester, such laborers being drawn
largely, If not entirely from the criminal
class ex-convicts who learned their trade
while doing time In the penitentiaries Of
Alabama, after having been fully advised
and having full knowledge that the land
ing of such imported laborers would pre-
cipitate a riot. 1 had wired them If they
brought these imported laborers they did so
at their own peril, and under the circum-
stances would be morally responsible and
criminally liable. for anything that Nigh
happen. From the information can
gather at this time the very minute the
train stopped in front Of the coal shaft
where the doors of the stockade were
thrown open for the imported laborers to
enter, the firing began. The killed and
wounded are largely idle miners who were
on the outside. The others were the hired
guards who were brought along by the
coal company Most, If not all. of them
were non-residents of Illinois. There Is
no means of learning their names or where
about, for the reason that they declined to
give them out. knowing, perhaps that they
are criminally liable for murder, as they
had no permission from any officer In
Illinois authorizing them to act as deputy
marshals or deputy sheriffs
Instantly on learning of the trouble
directed Adjutant General Reece to order
Captain Craig Of the Galesburg battery
and one company of the Sons of Veterans
regiment, now stationed at Pana, to pro-
ceed at once by the quickest route to the
scene Of the trouble. General Reece ac-
The herald., 1898-10-13
MANzANILLO CITIZENS
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER AMERICAN
OCCUPATION
Colonel Ray Suspends List Of Civil
Officials Who Fully Expected to
Remain In Power

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Oct. ia dis
patch from Manzanillo to the Office Of the
Associated Press here says now that the
Cuban element has come to the surface.
The people are seemingly enthusiastic. The
mayor and collector had both received in
structions not to turn over their offices to
the Americans except under protest and
in the presence OF the consul and a notary
In the office of the collector was found a
cable message from Senior Montero. the
chief Of customs at Havana, notifying him
that the military occupation Of the Ameri-
cans was not to affect the civil admins
tration which is still under the autonomous
government, and to remit regularly all
funds to Havana by q trusted messenger.
The mayor, or alcalde, had similar instruc-
tions from the minister of Justice. But Col.
Ray the American military commander at
Manzanillo. IL not the man to stand any
nonsense. He Immediately suspended the
protesting officials and temporarily ap-
pointed others. Not q cent, however, was
found in the treasury.
The Spanish club here. fearing trouble,
has closed and a company of the Fifth reg
iment, United States infantry, ID stationed
in its neighborhood to keep order.
Gen. Wood recently received word that
an attack upon the Spanish bank had been
planned. and though ne did not believe
this to be true. he deemed 1t wise. as a
matter Of precaution, to send two compa-
nies of troops to guard the building
There are about 1000 Jamaica negroes in
the city waiting for work, which is not
to he had