The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-10-06
NEWS ITEMS

Failures for the week have been jo5
In the United States against 1914 last
year and II in Canada against 81 last
year.
Gold amounting to more than 81. 500.
900 arrived at New York on the
steamer Auguste Victoria Friday from
Hamburg.
The bark Hunter has arrived at Port
Angeles, Wash, from St Michaels,
Alaska, with 95 passengers and go, 900
in gold dust.
Col Joseph NJ. Bennett a philan-
thropist, died Thursday morning al
his home in Philadelphia, OF Bright's
disease, aged 50 years.
Two severe earthquake shocks were
felt Thursday at Fortuna, 10 miles
from Murcia, Spain, capital of the
province of that name.
At San Francisco the torpedo boat
destroyer Farragut is ready for her
trial trip, on which she is expected to
make so knots an hour
Secretary Gage left Washington
Thursday for Chicago, Omaha and Col.
orado lie expects to be absent from
the city about three weeks
Naval Constructor Hobson, with the
Chapman barge Sharpe, Is engaged In
removing the guns from the sunken
pritiCar A lv,i ran.a n,.oado
James p. Collier, of Co L. 29d Kan.
sas infantry, died of typhoid fever at
the University of Pennsylvania hos.
pital, Philadelphia, Friday night
The Italian government has issued
formal invitations to the anti-an.
archist congress, this date and place
for holding which will be fixed here
after.
Edhem Pasha, the Turkish governor,
who is chiefly blamed for the recent
rioting In Gambia, has been deprived Of
the governorship p and started for Smir-
ma Thursday.
At n special session OF the Assizo
court Friday the trial OF Lucchini,
the Italian anarchist who assassinated
the empress OF Austria at Geneva on
September 10, WAS fixed for November
Cd.
The war department has been In
formed by cable from Ponce, Of the
ieath of Lieut. Redmond " Beach, lst
United States volunteer engi-
aeers. lie was appointed from Connec-
lieut.
A dispatch from Bahan announces
he arrival there of the Chinese refu-
rec Kang Yuwei, the Canton re eformer,
Who recently escaped from Pekiu, and
Ilso his arrest by the japanese au-
horities
The Grand Army reunion will meet
It Wichita, Kan, next month. The
xecutive committee has passed res
luton inviting Col. Theodore Roose.
elt to come here and deliver the OPEN
ng address.
The United States gunboat Marietta
as been ordered to report north of
Iavana for the purpose OF relieving
he gunboat Nashville, which Is now
there and which is coming
orth for repairs
Deputy Sheriff Theodore Miller, of
CT, left Elmira, n. Y, for
rIdgeport Thursday with Eudors
uilford, daughter OF Nancy Guilford,
10 Bridgeport midwife, accused OF
Illing Emma Gill.
Spain Is seeking the consent of the
nited States to send Spanish troops
ON Manila to the Visayas islands to
lppress tho re ebellion there. so as TO
'oid the necessity OF dispatching
oops from Spain.
Jehu Baker, Of Belle
lie, Ill, Is blind. After an active
reer covering half century, he
ust travel the remnant OF his road
Ith sightless eyes. At his age-he Is
the doctors say there Is no hope OF
restoration of sight
Nearly 5000 carpet weavcrs have
en- thrown out OF employment In
liladelphia because OF the action OF
e ingram carpet yarn spinners, who
cided a few days ago to shut down
is branch OF their business.
One hundred and fifty men are now
work on the raised cruiser Maria
resa. They have removed a lot OF
bris from the bilges and have got up
'am in the starboard after boiler.