The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09
NEWS ITEMS


. The general deficiency bill wa,
passed by the senate at 5:25 Friday
1he Toledo exposition bill was passed.
The United States gunboat Wheeling
sailed from Van Couvcr Saturday. Its
thought that her destina,ion is Manila.
Failures for the week have Jeen in
the United States, isG against Isl last
year and a in Canada against 80 last
year.
Mr.. Joseph II. Choate, United States
ambassador. will present his creden-
tials to the queen at Windsor castle on
Tuesday next.
Adm. Camara having declined tho
post Of minister of marine. Scnor Sill
veIa rendered it to Adm. Gomez Imaz.
who has accepted.
The United States armored cruiser
brooklyn, at Havana, received orders
Friday to sail Immediately for uamp-
Ton Roads to take Rr. Adm. Schlev 70 /
Europe.
The house by ~ to IO9 Friday re-
FUSED to concur in the senate amend
ment to the sundry civil bill PROVIDING
Tor the construction Of 4 government
cable to Hawaii.
Attorney General Griggs and his son
arrived in Norfolk, Va. Sunday and
are now staying at Virginia beach.
hey Will devote several days 70 shoot
ing in that vicinity.
The president has nominated Waltcr
hVanS' OF kentucky, to be Judge of the
the United States district court for tho ,
District Of Kentucky. The senate con-
lrmcd the nomination. J.
The United states cruiser Baltimorc 5
rrived at Manila at p. m. Saturday
rom Hong Kong, having on board the $
lViI members of the United States II
'hlippinc commission. :,
The earl Of Roscbcrry was Tuesday n
vening elected president OF the Eighty o.
luo IN succession to the iatc Mr. Glad d
tone by 80 votes against II. The II
lection followed lively meeting. N
Ihe French steamer Cheribon. Can't.
Hard, chartered By the Spanish coy- is
'nment. arrived at Valencia Sunday to
ON 'ienfuegos. by way of ST. Mich Ss
49, with rcpa'riated Spanish troops. II
The president appointed and the Sc
nate cor drmed Saturday George NJ lie;
eWart. 20 bc postmaster at Seattle. =,
ASH. The senate also confirmed the vi
irlnc corps nominations made Satur-
Y. Pr
Three small children of Mr. and Mrs.
llnehart. OF Walkers Valley. Wash.
re burned 20 death. The chi drcn y
II been locked up in the house while Br,
parents were at work in the to
ods. Mi,
he Spanish cabinet council Sunday II,
ided to suppress the pensions Of all tim
mer ministers. Senor Silvela. the S
' premier says the government has log
'un at the topin setting an example sus
economy. An
he Italian war ships have landed the
-lnes at san Nun bay, thus virtual case
taking possession. Italy will pay Tim
900 for the concession. The Tsung deal
famen wishes to reduce the lease per>
fly years. ri
dispatch received in Berlin from anol
lila announces that the American She
iortieS there have Undertaken the nor
ection of German interests and for
the cruiser Kaiserin Augusta has Cnr
Manila bay. INT
r. j. NJ Cook, the head of the great r,o
ist agency. is dead in London. He ia
r recovered from the illness hich
ontracted while conducting the re-
tour Of Emperor William. Of Ger SA
y. in Palestine. cons
ring the past week the Carpenter cruis
Co., of Reading Pa. shipped four sunk
Dads Of Projcctiies Of various cal Dor
to the Norfolk navy yard. They SamE
intended for both The army and raise
and some Of them will be used for ment
service. comp
e water in the James river is oq the c
at Columbia, Va. and IS still ris- pairs
There is heavy flush at Rich made
and fears are entertained of a ably
rous food when the up-country order
s come down. Merchants in the yet b.
part OF Richmond are removing
goods.
Philadelphia John Mclaughlin.
Il years. bled to death SUNDAY as LIVE
suit of an accidental knife wound CALy
c shoulder. which severed an ii0''
. Chester Elsie, colored. aged u CT, -. :.
was taken in custody pending IL0J
estigation. The boys Lad oeen d,,HIS t.fs'B
g with their pocket knives. 80.
Wellman steel works in Chester on,
ave been sold to a syndicate of IA
lists represented by Frank Sam PR,
Philadelphia broker. :. A. BU =
the Upland manufacturer, has AppP,
ne principal stockholder 1t is PogAI
cnsion Of the purchasers. IL IS r,o,.,
start up the plant. which Is GRAiN
the largest in the United C0RsT-