The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-22
NEWS ITEMS

The British ship Dunford. from Ham
burg, Is, days out and overdue. has ar
rived At San Diego. Cal
Col. William J. Bryan left New York
for Washington on the midnight train
Sunday. after spending the day with
friends
Or. Raoul Pictot tho famous chemist
OF Gcnevs. arrived In New York Sun
day on the French steamer LaBretagne
from Havre
The steamer Werra, which sailed
from Havana on December o. with
about 1000 Spanish soldiers has ar
rived at Malaga.
The gunboat Castine, resplendcnt In
new coat Of white paint left Boston
harbor Sunday for Havana. Shrshould
arrive there in about five days.
AT Neenah, Wis, James Christensen
and wife, while crossing the North
western railroad tracks, were struck
by train and killed, They leave
iainlly OF eight children.
The Baldwin locomotive WORKS has
within the last few days received or.
ders for Sc locomotives. OF which i6 are
for the Imperial railway OF China
making the second order received from
that country within ten months.
The British steamer Pawnee. which
arrived Sunday from Mediterranean
ports, brought 10 ship-wrecked people.
eight men and two women. who werc
taken from the disabled schooner Deer
Hill. OF st. John. y. H.. in mid
AT Dominion City, Man. Simeon
Cuzby was arrested Sunday, charged
with the murder of Wasyl Bocchke
aud five children. six weeks ago at the
SNirtburn Galician settlement. The
prisoner was taken to Winnipeg Mon.
day.
The duke OF Connaught will 90 TO
khartoum as the representative Of the
queen To lay the foundation stone OF
the Gordon Memorial college TO be
erected there under the direction Of
Lord Kitchener for the instruction OF
Soudancse youth.
Rat Portage, Ont, Is wild with ex-
,itement over a marvellous strike made
n the Milndo gold mine The ore fills
slope 40 feet high and on feet widc
md the richest ore is worth on n con-
'ervative estimate from so5. Oo0 TO s3o,-
100 ton in free milling gold.
At New York former Police Capt.
'ohn j. Mount died suddenly of heart
allure Sunday night, aged so years
apt. Mount was appointed to the mu-
licipal police force in 1850. became
captain in 1861, and distinguished
himself in the draft riots OF war times.
A fire in the Poorman block, Fresno,
al. the lower floor OF which is occu-
led by the extensive dry goods estab-
shment OF Radin & Kemp, has caused
loss Of about $3.50, 900. For time the
business district of the city was threat
ned with destruction.
Baron Ferdinand James de Roth
child, NJ. r., is dead. lie was the sec
nd son OF the late Baron Alphonsc do
othschild. He married his cousin
velina, sister OF the first Lord Roth
'hild. He was member of parlia-
ent, In the unionist interest, for
ylesbury.
Fred kehle and Theodore NassinQ,
ealthy and prominent farmers, who
we'd few miles from Nameoli, H.,
ere run down and instantly killed by
Alton passenger train. They had
cen to the village on business and
ere returning home Ia a dog cart
hen killed.
Nearly the whole OF the business
'rt OF the town of Tifton. Ga. in the
nter OF the peach belt was burned
lturday night. An oil lamp in
'arding house exploited. The Ma.
mic hall and ten stores were destroyed
id hotel and large lumber mill
ere damaged.
Senor Mentero Rios and the other
embcrs Of the Spanish peace commits.
IN reached Madrid intc Saturday
ening. They were met by Senior
Imazo, leader OF the dissenting liber.
), and by many other politicians and
gh officials. Their arrival was not
tended with special incident.