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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01

Col. ID. Campbell Dunn, of Aus
tin, Texas, and formerly of Abing-
don, has been on business Tor po-
lit:cal trip to Washington, and
will probably stop over here on
his return to the Southwest to see
his niece and adopted daughter,
Miss Carrie Dunn, and other
friends during this week.
a large stock of shoes-Calf,
Genuine Cordoran, Ok Blood,
Chockolate, Kangaroo, Chockolate
with patent leather tips, cloth
top-shoes all sizes, ranging in
price from S1.25 to $3.50.
HARTMAN x BOTTIMORE.
Mrs. III. +. Peery and two chill
dren, of Auburn Nebraska, and
Miss Constance WoodSon of Kan
sas City Missouri, whose expected
visit was mentioned in last weeks
NEWS, arrived last Tuesday, and
they are now having a good time
in the comfortable home of Capt.
Al. Tynes.
Hay, Chop and Northern Early
Rose seed potatoes at Tynes Bros.
The w. &. Il. u. ladies, God
bless them,were nearly right about
the proposed waste of wine in the
christening of the Kentucky
There are those of us who will
agree that there are more rational
uses to which champagne can be
put, but yet what a puerile preju-
dice it is that prevented the fol
lowing of an innocent custom that
our gallant Jack Tars consider a
necessary adjunct to good luck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01
Don't Shoot the Robins.

"Rolicking robins are here again.
what do they care for the April Rain, y
but they do care for the sportmans
gun. We enter a plea for this
earliest harbinger of spring. Don't
shoot them-they do no harm, but
on the other hand, are useful as
we'll as ornamental. Have mercy
on the birds
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01
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We saw two fine Tazewell bows
Tuesday who fit admirably into re
sponsible positions in the n. & w.
service at Bluefield. They are Felix
O'Keeffe, who seems perfectly at
home on the extensive yards of the
Company, and knows every detail OF
his work, Will +. Bane, son of Mr..
Jno. Il. Bane, CT Bluestone, whose
business it is to keep tally the rec
ord of the automatic scales for
Weighing cars of coal and coke. By
the way, the record for March foots
up, 10000 cars, the biggest shipment
ever made from the field.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01


Mr.. and Mrs. j. Meek Snapp.
and their large and interesting
family took the train last Sunday
evening for their long trip to the
Northwest. They will have the
best wishes of very many friends,
both for pleasant journey and
future success. We very much
fear, hewevOr, that the havoc
caused by the pending floods in
in western rivers will impede their
progress. Apropos of Mr.. Snaps
departure we have a letter from
one of his nelghbors, Mr.. Frank
Moss, paying high tribute to his
worth as citizen, and his neigh.
Dor, and giving assurance of the
high regard in which he was held
by the community in which he liv.
ed. May he make as many friends
and IS warm ones in Washington
as he leaves in Virginia.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01

You do yourself an injustice il
you buy your Spring clothing be-
fore locking through our stock. 1t
wont cost you n cent and may
save you money. Try it and see.
Thcn-dont buy unless you want
to. HARMAN * BOTTIMORE.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01

when store is strong without there are
few or no troubles within. Same with flor
Flour that is made of good heat and made
right creates no trouble in the home. Flour
that has given our customers entire satisfac-
ton for years is the best evidence that it is
made OF good wheat and made right. The
subject of flour is dear to every housekeepers
heart The true housekeeper hates poor
Hour hates the kind that makes mean. hard
|, bread; while she delights in the kind that
answers to her every touch-our kind.
Billiards. Obelisk Flour has few EQUALS: it
is made by the best process, by the best Mil
lers, out of the best wheat To those who
have already used it we have nothing to saw
1.-The flour will sing our praises. If you
have never tried it, let us send you barrel,
and after thoroughly testing it. you are nos
satisfied, we'll take it back, charging you
nothing for what you have used Is that
fair enough?
SEE THE HUMP s--That bread. cakes. pas
try, ect. get on themselves when baked with
Billiards. Baking powder. Ladies' in this
neighborhood are fast finding out that it is
better to set powder that is a prize in itself
than getting prizes for using inferior stuff
Sold in any quantity and always fresh.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01

Our mems suits range in price
from $3.50 to $4,000. Boys suits
from 20 cents to $3.50. The value
we guarantee-you take no risk
in buying-is this fair enough !
This is just what we will do.
HARTMAN & BOTTIMORE.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01

The young ruffians who have an.
noyed, and damaged, the poor Dago
who had show tent on the Avenue
should be punished in some way.
Boys who start out this way, unless
they are checked, are apt to be '.look.
ing through the ten of diamonds" or
pulling hemp later on.
We have just what you want in
our furnishing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
hats will be open next week.
HARTMAN & BOTTIMORE.
A good house of four large rooms,
besides cook room, good we'll of
water, and a large productive gar
den. This property is situated on
the car line, and is desirable as a
home. Rent only 5000 per month.
Apply at this Office, or to T. M.
Hawkins, Sr., Tazewell, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01

L will always be found at my store
and will do all work with dispatch
and careful attention. I do all nv
repairing of watches etc. myself and
will make everything cash after April
LIST 1898.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01
NOTICE..

We mean to sell strictly for cash
after April LIST 1898, and we intend
to give our customers the benefit OF
of cash prices.
Very Respectfully,
POBST 81 WINGO.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01

The man who waits for business to
pick up" before he advertizes loses sight
OF the fact that business like any other
individual needs an occasional slim
ulant. What would the world know
of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup but
for printers ink.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01
SAVING MONEY!

An Ishman bought return ticket to New
York and didn't come back A Dutchman saved up
Enough money to go to Dutchland then bought a
schooner and didn't go. What did he save? A
renchman bought bicycle time at half price and
paid the first nstalment. II he dealer didn't have
to keep it in repair. Who made the most Frenchy or
the Wheeman
These problems easy to figure out, compared
to who is going to sell you the best buggy for the least
money. We believe understand the buggy business
We believe can buy good buggies cheaply. If you
buggy interested, believe we can convince YOU
that we sell you good buggy for very low price
Come to about it.
MOSS az GPEEWEP
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01
Bar for Rent.

The Pocahontas Inn Bar will
be for rent after May 1st., next.
Apply 10 POcahOntas Inn.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01
Notice: Mill Men.

We are in position to negotiate
the sale of the finest saw mill and
planning plant in the South. And
also
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01
NOTICE MANUFA(

NOTICE MANUFACTURERS.
All the necessary machinery for
the manufacture of furniture on d
large scale. Address this office.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-04-01
LOCAL And GEN ERAL
NE VS. BRIEFS.
Easter egg dyes at Jacksons.

Saur Kraut at SPOTS Bros, 25c.
per gallon.
The war scare, like the small pox
scare, seems to be growing small
10y degrees, and beautifully less.
Let every one keep up with our
Real Estate and Personal Property
column.
Mr.. o. f. Hopkins returned on
Wednesday from his sojourn in
Florida.
Nice flower crooks, all sizes, and
very cheap at Dodd & Co.'S.
Hon. A. st Clair was i'll the city
on business THIS week, as was also
attorney j. w. Hicks. of Graham.
Dodd 4 Co. sell Landreth's and
Burpee's garden and flower seed.
These seed are fresh every season.
Mrs. w. b. Steele, of Pounding
Mill, and her little daughter, spent
last Satur ay and Sunday with Mrs.
McCorkle on Tazewell Aveune,
in this city.
Landreths Yellow Danver onion
sets at Dodd & Cos.
MIR. and Mrs. G, G. Long have re
turned from Abingdon, where they
had been called to the bedside oil
Mrs. Haytor, Mrs, Longs sister.
Mrs. Haytor is reported as very lit
tie, if any, better.'
Garden seeds at SPOTS Bros pure
and clean.
Mai. Pendleton of the Repnbli-
can and daughter left Wednesday
evening for visit to their old
home at Marion.
Garden seeds in bulk at SPOTS
Bros.
Mrs. Marshal Watts returned
Tuesday from her visit to Rich
mond.
Buy garden seeds at SPOTS Bros,
in bulk and save money.
Col. IS. Browning was in town
Tuesday on business.
Our friend Capt. Bowen is act
ing a little of late as if he were
beginning to" notice" things polit-
ical again.
SPOTS Bros, garden seeds will
grow.
For good corn meal, buckwheat,
Graham flour take your grist to the
old Whitley Mill at Kelly.
Paas Dyes for Easter eggs 5
cents a package at Jacksons.
Quo Vadis, by Henryk Sic nkiewi-
CT, and With Fire and Sword, by
same author, and Hugh Wynne, by
S. Weir Mitchell. are three new aud
popular books, for sale at DIR, Jno.E.
Jacksons,
We have, Just in, a fine lot of
Helms sweet mixed pickles in bulk,
also bottled pickles, catsups and
dressings of all kinds. Dodd & Co.
Peas, beans, beet, satisfy and corn
for planting, are sold in bulk by
Dodd & Co. You get double the
quantity sold in packages.
Mr.. Stephen Bourn returned yes
terday from Graham whittier he
had gone to visit his sister Mrs.
Harres Yost who was quite ill, but
is better.
Standard granulated sugar 81
cents pound at Tazewell Supply
Co.'S, Kelly, Va.
Miss Kate Kelly delighted heI
many friends by visit from. Sat
urday to Monday. Her school, the
Cedar Bluff High School, Prof
Brown principle has been cOntin
,a1 for tuo p,nnfhC
MeSSrs. Hartman & BOttimore
have displayed an elegant line Of
Spring clothing. Their line OF
tailor made suits is especially
stylish and up-to-date, and excels
anything heretofore shown in thl
town.
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to the military hospital of San Ambrosio. They were all most seriously wounded.

to the military hospital of San Ambrosio. They were all most seriously wounded.
 On Board the Alfonso.
 On board the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII, twenty six of the wounded were treated and thirty-six were succored on board the city of Washington.
 George Cowler, an accountant of the Maine is among the men seriously wounded.
 The Maine at the time of the explosion was aa anchor about 800 yards from the arsenal and some 200 yards from the float ing dock.
 The explosion put out street lights near the wharf and blsw down telephone and telegraph wir,es in that vicinity.
 Admiral Materola and Gen. Solano put off to tfe Maine soon after the explosion and offered their services to Captain Sigsbee
 Vurnal. Burkhardt, William Guinnes, J. H. Bronnsr Alfred Johnson, George Bol- s,a1na were succored at the San Ambrosao military hospital and James Rouse, Fran cis Kehert, Daniel Cronin and George Rob erts received attention at the sanitary headquarters.
 Caused by Gun Cotton.
 The first explosion is said to have been caused by over 600 pounds of gun cotton, and the subsequent explosion is alleged to have been caused by shells and cart ridges.
 Among the saved on board the City or Washington is Gustav G. Dressler, who has lost both his eyes. Lieutenant Commander Wainwright, or the Maine, was half undressed at 9;45 D.
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XIII. in order to administer to the wounded.
 Capt. Sigsbee informed the correspondent of the Associated Press that he could not make any statements regarding the. dis aster until after the investigation. The Spanish naval officer said that Capt. Sigs- bee was the last man to abandon the sink ing ship and that he remained alongside the wreck as long as it was possible to do anything in the work of rescue.
 Soon after the explosion, Chief of Police Plagliery went on board the Maine with an American correspondent to act as in terpreter Capt. Sigsbee expressed total ignorance of the cause of the explosion Shortly afterwards Capt. Sigsbee left the Maine after doing everything possible un- der the circumstances, and went on board the City of Washington. He refused to grant any interviews on the subject of the disaster. There is no truth in the report that Consul-General Fftzhugh Lee and Vice. Consul Springer have called at the palace to thank Capt.-Gen. Blanco for his offer of assistance.
 The Men Were Asleep Below.
 The large number of deaths reported among the crew of the Maine is said to be due to the fact that most of them were asleep below at the time of the explosion. Most of the officers saved were dining on board the City of Washington. It Is re- ported that the disaster was due to the explosion of the boiler of the dynamo ma chine. ~s
 The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII. was for some time after the explosion in great peril and her mooring tackles were slacked and she was anchored at a greater distance from the burning warship, being assisted by other Spanish vessels. She then low
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head John Longay,, burned and four more, whose names are not known.
 6tretchers for the use of the wounded were sent to tine scene by the fire brigade and the headquarters of the Red Cross society was called upon, to send four stretchers and mIen were sent to patrol the scene of the disaster and pick up the dead and wounded The smokestacks of the Maine fell at 11:30 p. m.
 Three sailors who escaped fell senseless just as they reached place of safety.
 One of the Mafne's officers who is being cared for at the sanitary headquarters, is seriously woundlsd He is very young, and is believed to have been the officer on guard at the time of the disaster, He is said to have asked for priest.-,s ' Half an hour after midnight thirty-six of the crew of the Maine had been carried
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Day of Intense Excitement.

Washington, Feb. 16-After day of in- tense excitement at the navy department and elsewhere, growing out of the de- struction of the battleship Maine in Ha- vana harbor last night, the situation to- night, after the exchange of a number of cablegrams between Washington and Ha- Secretary Long, when asked as he was about to depart for the day, whether he had reason to suspect that the disaster was the work of an enemy, replied
 'I do not. In that I am influenced by the fact that Captain Sigsbee has not yet reported to the navy department on the cause. He is evidently waiting to write a full report. So long as he does not ex- press himself, I certainly cannot should think from the indications, however, that there was an accident-that the magazine exploded. How that came about I do not know. For the present, at least, no other warship will be sent to Havana"
 Undercurrent of Suspicion
 The appalling nature of the disaster and the gravity of the situation that would arise should investigation give a basis for the undercurrent or suspicion of treach- cry and foul play that ran through all minds, had sobering effect on public men of all shades of political opinion. The fact stands forth and is little less than re- markable that not single resolution was introduced or a single speech made in either house of congress save one of con dolence with the families of the killed. adopted by the house of representatives. Public men expressed their opinions with reserve when approached for interviews, but everywhere there was a demand for an invest'oot'cr ard full details, in the
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m,. and was smoking in his cabin next to that of Captain Sigsbee, when the ex- plosion occurred and put out the electric lights. Wainwright then lit a match and went to Captain Sigsbee's cabin. The cap tain, 1t appears, had been thrown from his bed, but was uninjured. They both went on deck ;and gave orders to flood 2,500 pounds of gun cotton which was on board The order was carried out, but the men who fulfilled 1t never returned. Havana, however, was saved from still more terrible explosion.
 Four boats were lowered, all manned by officers and one of them was lost.
 Captain Eigsbee went in his own launch on board the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII. to thank the captain and officers. He aft erwards went on board the City of Wash ington. where Consul General Lee, Dr. w.
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SAILORS ATTRIBUTE THE DISASTER
 sse9ss TO A DEEP-LAlD SPANISH PLOT.

Citizen Key as
  
   explosion a looked
 
  of of a of an internal as the t
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Havana, Feb. 16.-On board the Ward line steamer City of Washington one of the officers of the Maine said tonight that at 8 o'clock last night all the magazines on board the battleship Maine were closed, and that the keys had been turned over to Capt. Sigsbee, her commander.
 The explosion occurred at 9:45 p. m. The officer then rushed on deck and assisted in lowering a. boat and in trying to rescue the men in the water.
 The Spanish cruiser Alfonso KILL, which was anchored close to the Maine, also lowered her boats and saved thirty-seven of the crew of the American warship.
 Another officer said:
 "I was sitting with two more officers In the mess room when a heavy explosion occurred It was so heavy that we under- stood the ship would be lost and we went on the upper deck and found she had been badly wrecked by an explosion, that she was on fire and sinking. All efforts were then directed toward lowering the poa.s 5 and saving lives. The Maine settied quickly on the bottom of the harbor, only her upper works remaining above water A number of boats from the Spansn war ship Alfonzo XIII, and boats from the Ward line steamer City of Washington came alongside and rendered assistance. Twenty-four men who were sligntiy wounded were carried >on board the City of Washington, and the rest of the wouno- ed were carried on board the Alfonso Xlll.' from which place they were taken to other quarters, and after receiving valuable as- sistance from the naval doctors, sent to the military hospitals
 In the Forward Part.
 This officer said the explosion occurred somewhere in the forward part of the mid ships section of the battleship Many oi the crew who were below at the time ol the explosion, were unable to escape, and those who succeeded in reaching the upper decks saved their lives with great difhcui. ty with the assistance of the officers anc men on watch.
 At 2 o'clock in the morning, while the correspondent of the Associated Press was going ashore, there was another terrible the Spanish steamers Colon and Mexico were taking eight wounded men ashore after having saved them from the water Up to o'clock in the morning fifty-sever men and twenty-four officers had been ac counted for Paymaster Ray said that last Sunday there were 354 men on his list al told.
 Lieut. Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Merritt are among those who are not ac counted for.
 Lieut.. Blandin was on watch at the time of the explosion.
 Fell on the Washington.
 Some of the wreckage of the Maine fel on board the City of Washington ant knocked two holes in her deck.
 The chaplain of the Maine. the Rev. MT Q. P. Chadwick @isnt an hoard ths A'f""s'
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VICTIM OF A DIRTY SPANISH PLOT
The Spanish Theory That It Might Have Been Gun Cotton Nh
 IQnt6d the Cartridges and Sh6IIS.

of rescue.
 Consul-Genera1 Lees cable dispatch to the United States state department, which was filed at 12:S0 p. m., was carried to the palace by Vice-Consul Springer, as an act of courtesy.
 The first of the American sailors to reach the wharf swan there.
 All the navy fire brigade and the navy positions were immediately ordered on duty.
 Some of the Wounded.
 The following is list of those who were temporarily cared for at the Machina wharf:
 Thomas and Droschiky, burned about the arms; Gatrell, slightly wounded on the foot; John Mair, seriously burned about the arms and face; Apau, 'wounSed on the
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THE DISASTER SEEN
 BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
 New York, Feb. 16.-A special cable to the Evening World from Havana says:
 ''I have just seen twenty sailors of the Maine silently enduring the tor ture caused by powder stained faces and bodies, broken bones and mangled flesh. They are being well cared for in the mill tary hospital at San Ambrosio here. The less severely injured men are yet on the steamship City of Washington. The severely wounded men will have the s8best of attention from men and women from the American colony.
 All the men showed great grit. You can not hear Q whimper from one of the twen- ty-nine swathed forms in San Ambrosio hospital, nor from those anywhere
 The heavy rainfall which immediately followed last nights horror still contin- ueS.
 Nearly Submerged.
 Out in the bay lies the wreck of the Maine. Her steel upper deck forward has been completely lifted and turned over on her starboard side. None of the big guns in the turretS are visible. The Maine Is slightly listed to port and all forward of the massive cranes for unloading the ships boats has completely disappeared. The big tunnels lie flat upon the twisted and gnarled iron braces and pieces of steel deck. From the tunnels aft the ship seems to be intact. She has settled until the water has covered the top of her super structure and the stern seas sight and the rapid fire gun looks over the water just below them. Most, if not all of the bodies will be recovered. Two bodies were re- covered this forenoon. The authorities say they are those of Lieut.. Jenkins and As sistant Engineer Merritt. A vlgilant look out is being kept for bodies. Out of 59 injured not over are likely to die. All but five officers will go today to Key West. All the slightly wounded and all the able bodied men will go also with the exception of a few who will be kept here to identify bodies when they are secured by the divers.
 Others of the Wounded.
 The following sailors are in San Ambro- sio. All but three will live; one man could not give his name.
 Dan Cronin, New York; William Magfn- nfns, Boston; John Soffey, Boston; A. Hal len, Brooklyn; James Roll, New York; Francisco Cahill, Massachusetts; Joe Ko- ena, Boston; Fred Gerne, New Brunswick. N. J.; Charles A. Smith, -; Jeremiah Shea, Alfred Herns, Norway; J. H. Bloom- CT, Portland Ali Johnson, Sweden; Edward Matson, Sweden; George Fox, Grand Rap ids; R. B. Wilbur, A. Ericsson, Sweden; John D. White, Brooklyn Fred c. Holzer. New York; William Matteson, Bay City. Mich; H. Hudson, St. Louis; w. Allen. Brooklyn.
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T. Brunner, acting sanitary inspector of Havana, and the correspondents of the American newspapers had already gath cred.
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 ship Maine and has communicated his
  should engineers mechanics investigate the explosion
  o
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THE OLIVETT6 WITH WOUNDED ARRIVES

1t Key WestSalOrs Say the SpanlardS Did It. Although the Officers Ere R6tIC6nt Majority Of the Naval huthOr ties in the United States Pronounce It the
 Work Of the SpdnidrdS
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Confidence in sigsbee

Every confidence is felt at the department in the commander of the Maine, Capt, Sigsbee, and until it Is really established otherwise there Is every disposition t9 charge the accident, If accident 1t wa that destroyed the Maine, to some cautS