The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-07-20
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

Inc Ohltcu states cruiser VI 6Ph~ IN
iue to arrive at Trieste July 10.
A French squadron consisting Of 20
ships arrived at Barcelona Sunday.
Albert August Becker, the Chicago
wife murderer, was Saturday SEN
fenced TO be hanged DC ober Is
Daniel Casterline and Verne DIldine
were thrown into the Chcnung river
At Waverly, y. Y, and drowned by the
,apsialng OF a boat Sunday.
-Four ironclads and notilla Of tor
pcdo boats have started from Odessa
Tor Batoum to convey the remains OF
the czarowitch to SebastophoL
Will McNcals, OF Monroe county,
Pennsylvania, was murdered at Thack-
er. Mingo county. W. Va, Sunday
morning by =. K. Hamm. IIamm is
under arrest.
Col. William Preston Johnston, pres
idcnt OF Tulane university. New Or
leans. died at the home OF his son'in-
law. Hon. Harry 81. George Tucker. at
Lexington. Va, Sunday.
At Sandown Parn. Saturday. l.. Rciff.
the American jockey. won the Gotham
plate on Richard CroSer's knicker-
booker Dominican was second and
Earl of Annandalc was third.
Coz. A. l.. Jones' Of Admission. Ala,
United States consul To TuXpan, Mex.
died at Tuxpan Friday morning. Tn,
nature OF his illness is not known.
The remains can not be shipped home.
The Baldwin locomotive works has
received an order for l3 consolidation
engines from the state railways OF
Finland. The locomotives are TO
be ready for delivery 10y January |.
1900.
The Peary expedition steamer d ana
sailed from ST. Johns. y. f.. for Sgd
ney at II n. N. Saturday. She has sup
plies for two years anu carried a crew
OF IS men, well accustomed to arctic
navigation.
The North Atlantic squadron
steamed into the harbor at Booth Bay.
Me-, just before dark Sunday night
dropping anchor off Squirrel island.
The squadron, it is expected, will re-
main here day or SO.
Twcnty-scvcn business houses, tho
pumping station of the water work..
the fire engine house and the city jail
were destroyed by fire at cambridge,
Ga, early Sunday morning. Loss,
500, 900; insurance, S35. 900.
At Springfield, H., George Saxer, jr.,
aged Is, died Sunday morning at the
residence of his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
George Saxer. of lock jaw. lie acci-
dentally shot himself in the right hand
on July and lock jaw set in.
A special from Shelbyvillc. ILL.,. says
that f.. T. Prince. aged 20 years, sprAng
from railroad bridge into the Okaw
river, his neck being broken by the
fall. Prince was in i'll health and had
recently talked OF ending his lie
The strict enforcement of Gen. Woods
quarantine and sanitary order seems
to be repressing the yellow fever out
break at Santiago One death and
three new eases were reported Friday,
but there have been no new cases
among the United States troops
Annie and Mary Kinney. aged II aud
II years respectively, and their cousin
Ella, aged IL, were drowned Friday
night while bathing in the llousatonic
river at Lower Derby. Ct. The first
two are daughters Of Michael Kinney.
a railroad contractor Of this place.
Their cousin was visiting them.
The cup challenger Shamrock went
for a spin Saturday morning in south
ampton water. She started under her
working sails and off Calshot Castle
hoisted her club topsail. Near the Isle
of Wight she caught spanking breeze
and went down the west channel APP
parcntly at tremendous pace.
The Furness line steamer Manchcs-
ter Port, Capt. Williams, from Mon
treal, July S. for Manchester with cat
tie and grain, has put in At st. Johns,
y. f.. with her bows stove, having
been in collision with an iceberg in the
straits of Belle Isle. The vessels fore
part is badly wrecked and she had
narrow escape from laundering.