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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11
K. Il B. ROUTE
Is Now Being Inspected BY
The Promoters.

BRIsToL, May 4-Messrs. Jas. A.. Sim
mons, J. NJ. Waddle and f. b. Foster, of
New York, arrived in Bristol Sunday, and
yesterday were met here by II. NJ. Aiken,
president, and W. c. Crozier, civil engi-
neer, of the Knoxville and Bristol railroad.
and left Immediately in a hack for Il tour
OF inspection over the proposed route of
the road, that it is to take in coming to
this city. The party was accompanied by
Donald NJ. Hobson, express messenger
between Bristol and Knoxville, on the
Southern. These gentlemen went by way
of Blountyille, thence 10 Kingsport and
Rogersvillo. From the latter place they
will go on to Bean Station, connecting
there with'the present link of Knoxville
and Bristol road, which extends from
Morristown some twenty eight miles
toward Knoxville. After having complet-
ed the preliminaries which will arise after
their tour Of inspection, the contract will
he let for the construction of the road.
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THE
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TRUST ABSORBS
80 COMPANIES.
Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany is Incorporated.

TRENTON, N. j., May j.-Articles of in
corporation Of the Republic Iron and
Steel company were fled with the secre-
tary today. The company has al author
lied capital stock Of SIS. 000. 900, $25, 600,
600 il preferred, With ! per cent. cumula-
tive dividends. The incorporators are:
Winthrop f. Dwight, Thomas Mills Day,
jr, Hamilton Durand, Edwin o. Holton
and John }. Treacy, all Of JerseyCity.
The ~incorporstors mentioned today are
only temporary. The permanent officers
and board Of directors of the company
will Ice chosen Monday.
1hirty-fve companies, located in the
west aud southwest, were absorbed by the
combination, as follows:
Tie Andrews Bros. company, the Brown
Bonnell Iron company, the Mahoning
Valley Iron company, of Youngstown, o.;
Cherry Valley Iron Works, Latonia, o.;
Atlantic Iron and Steel company, New
castle, Pa; Lake Erie Iron company,
Union Rolling Mill, Cleveland, o.; the
Corns Iron and Steel company, Massillon,
o.; the Toledo Rolling Mill company,
Toledo; Mitchell, Traster 4 Co., incorpO-
rated, Cincinnati: the Eagle Iron and
Steel company, l%ronton, o.: the Indiana
Iron company, the Munice Iron K Steel
company, White River Mills, Munice, Ind
Steel company, Alexandria. Ind;
Marion Steel and Iron company, Wester-
man-Stewart Iron company, Marion, Ind;
Wetherald Rolling Mill company, Frank
ton, Ind; Indiana Forge and Rolling Mill
company, New Albany, Ind; the Central
Iron and Steel Co., Brazil, Ind: Wabash
Iron Co, Terre Haute, Ind; Terre Haute
Iron and Steel Co., Terre Heute, Ind;
Iron Works, East st. Louis, ILL.,;
the Springfield Iron Co., Springfield, ILL.,;
Inland Iron and Forge Co., Chicago; Syl-
van Co., Moline, H.; Minnesota Iron and
Steel Co., Minneapolis; Birmingham Roll
Mill Co., Birmingham, Ala; Cambria
Co., Of Michigan; Lille Mining
Co., of Michigan; Franklin Iron Mining
Co., Of Minnesota; Pioneer Mining and
Manufacturing Co, Birmingham, Ala;
Jomnellsyille Coke Co., P%ittsburg, Pa;
md Crotou Lime Co., New Castle, Pa.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11
POLYNlCE.

Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, 9Th April, 1891
The experiments made here at the hos
pital with the Polynice Oil, witnessed by
me, having been very successful, hereby
recommend it in all eases of rheumatism
(Signed) DIR. b. ID. ROGERS.
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Commissioners Sitting.

Pursuant to a decree of Wise County
Circuit Court, rendered in the CHANGER,
cause of Melvin Mcconnell against John
q. Davis ct al, on the 9TH day of April.
1899, the undersigned will sit at o. NJ
Wears law office, Wise, Virginia, June %
1899, for the purpose of taking and settling
the account of Emily F. Freeman. admin
istratrix Of William ". Freeman, deceased
and for the further purpose of ascertain.
ing all the indebtedness against the
estate of said William W. Freeman and all
real estate owned by said Freeman at the
time of his death.
H. a. W. SKEEN,
Alb lois Commissioner in Chancery.
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Glorious News

Comes from DR.. d. B. Cargile, of washita,
1. L. He writes: "Four bottles OF
Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of
scrofula, which had caused her great
suffering for years. Terrible soros would
break out on her head and face, and the
best doctors could give no help; but her
cure IS com plete and her health is excel
This shows what thousands have
proyed,-that Electric Bitters is the best
oiooa purifier known. It's the supreme
remedy for eczema, letter, salt rheum,
boils and running sores. 1t stun
i'ates liver, kidneys and bowels, expcls
helps digestion builds up the
itrength. Only 80 cents. Sold by j. W.
Kelly, druggist. Guaranteed. 4
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In the spring the birds are singing
As they build their summer home,
Blades of grass and buds are springing,
Der the mead the cattle roam.
In the spring your blood is freighted
With the germs that cause disease,
Humors, boils, are designated
Signals warning you of these.
In the spring that tired feeling
Makes YOU every duty shirk,-
Makes you feel like begging, stealing,
Rather than engage in work.
But there's something known that will a
Man to health and vigor lead.
You will find Hoods S%arsaparilla
Just exactly what you need.
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If troubled with rheumatism, give
Chamberlain Pain-Balm a trial. 1t will
not cost you a cent if it does no good
One application will relieve the pain. 1t
also cures sprains and bruises in one
third the time required by any other treat
ment. Cuts, burns. frostbites, quinsey,
pains in the side and chest, giandulas and
other swellings are quickly cured by
applying it. Every bottle warranted
Price, % and 80 cents. DR.. j. W. Kelly.
1926
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11

This new French Medical Discovery has
been used with remarkable success in
Bellevue Hospital, New York; HowardHos'
pital, Philadelphia; Johns Hopkins and the
Maryland Hospitals, Baltimore, Md.
The New York Herald, October Bird and
9Th, in an editorial article, says the exper-
iments made at Bellevue Hospital with
POLYNICE OIL in treatment of RHEU-
MATISM were highly successful.
The physicians at Bellevue Hospital
were surprised at the marvellous results
produced by this wonderful French medi-
cal discovery, which they called
RniAEDEIH Dol XMICE
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
BIG STONE GAP,

TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH-Rsv. 6. II.
NAUsHr, Pastor. Preaching First and Third Sundays
neach month, morning and night.
ScSpaf-ScHooL.-Every Sunday morning at 10
O'Clock. p. WoLTE, Superintendent
PkAYEK-AgrTSG.-Every Wednesday night.
ErwoRfH LEAGUE.-Every Friday night.
CLtss-MsErING-Second Sunday in each month at
Clocn p nj. L. SPScHr, Class-Leader.
Rev. Vaught breaches at the Double Tunnel First
ana Ihlrd Sundays Ia each month at 4 O'Clock, and at
stonega Second Sunday, morning and night, and a;
htnersville Fourth Sunday.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-REv. n. G. MArHr-
son, Pastor. Preaching Second sunday in each
month, morning and night, at the Episcopal Church.
sUNDAY-ScHoOL-Evcry Sunday morning at 10
O'Clock, In Presbyterian Chapple near the bridge.-H.
l.. SULLIVAN, Superintendent.
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Great v

81 had severe headaches and rheumatism
and suffered intensely. | could not rest,
had spells of c%ramping in my stomach aud
] had constant pain all over. | began
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. am now in
better health aud weigh more than ever
before in my life" Mas. C~AruARlyK T..
MOVIE, Huntington, W. Va.
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STONECA.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-REv. p. RIoSrco.
Pastor. Preaching First, Third and Fourth Sundays
at III a. m. and 7 80 p. IN.
SUSDp-ScHooL.-Every Sunday afternoon at 2 80
o'clock.-JoHN A. EssER, superintendent.
PEArEE-MEETISG.-Ever Wednesday night.
foUSG PEOPLE's SOcIETY.-Eyery Sunday after
noon at 6:45 O'Clock.
Rev. Rioseco breaches at Appalachia Second Sun
DAY at ii q. M, aud at Minersville at 3 30 y. III.
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Clubbing Offer

The Big Stone Gap Post is clubbing
with the following papers at the following
rates:
The Post and Thrice-a-week New
York World. 81 80
The Post and The Twice-a-week
Louisville Courier-Journal.. .... 81 %
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-12-21
For Her.

A nice newrange for the kitchen would
make her happy, and you too, for your
food would taste better.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-12-21
Him..

You should see our handsome knives;
just what your son or brother would
like best of ALL
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-12-21
WAS vANDERBILT's BARBER.
Anton GegenheImsr Tells of His Ex-
perIences with the Millionaire

Anton Gegenheimsr Tells OF His Ex-
perIenees with the Millionaire.
ITO Tohy, the barbez-s2, ,ooo." When
Cornelius Vanderbilt lad written in
his will the clause leaving $1,000 70 the
barber who had shaved him for over
thirty years he could not remember the
mans last name or address. A World
reporter talked with the barber yester-
day. Yes" said Anton Gegenheimer-
for he Is "Tony"-when seen at his
home, rs Essex street, Brooklyn, II am
the man who shaved Mr.. Vanderbilt
and cut his hair for thirty years.
shaved him first in 1868, on Fourth
avenue, on the east side, between
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth
streets" Did you always shave him
at the shop?" asked the reporter. mo.
1 used to go to his house. First
went to shave him at Thirty-fourth
and Park avenue, and later at his new
Fifth avenue mansion. / shaved him
every morning at 1880 before he was
taken sick. After that ! shaved him
every day at $3.50 a. N. After he had
the stroke / used to shave him most
OF the time In bed. / always shaved
him in his bedroom. / used to cut his
hair-that is, trim it-every eight or
ten days. / used to cut 1t short In the
back and short on top-just left 1t long
enough so l could part It on the right
side. / never put much grease in his
hair. I only used bay rum as rule
because he liked his hair to be dry.
We had no regular barber chair. We
had a very high-backed chair. some
thing like one Of these new-fashioned
dining chairs. II had a headpiece on
1t like a BARRIERS chair. He had all his
own outfit, but / used my own razors.
His razors-he had bought them In
England, think-wers too thick. He
had a plain, solid silver shaving cup
and a silver-handled shaving brush.
used the regular barber's soap. used
to go over his face twice each time. MI.
Vanderbilt did not like a close shave
Just smooth, that's all. Every time
cut his hair trimmed his mutton-chop
whiskers." Anton Gegenheimer, who
is a quiet, undersized man, with gray
hair and mustache, shaved William Il.
Vanderbilt, the father Of Cornelius, for
seven years and up to his death. yes,
said Mr.. Gegenheimer. 81 shaved VIII
liam H. Vanderbilt just one hour be-
fore he died, in 1SS5."-New York
World.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-12-21

the act of March 3rd, 1898, the
interest on this SIS, 900 from June
4th, 1868, to August 18th, 1890
amounting to 500, ,406 25 was paid
to the Choctaws and charged to the
Cherokee invested funds. The
consequence of this transaction is
that the Cherokee fund has been
depleted of this amount of over
500, 900 by virtue of a loan for in
dividual Cherokees which it did
not request nor from which it new
er derived any interest or benefit,
and a loan of which it had no
knowledge and which it was in a
condition to pay at any moment
after the loan was made. The
Cherokee nation is entitled to re-
imbursement of this amount the
same to be restored to the princi-
pal of the national fund, with in
terest at five per cent per annum
from the date OF payment to the
Choctaws.
1t therefore appears from the
accounting made by the govern
ment experts, James A. Slade and
Joseph T. Bender, there is due the
Cherokee nation a total of 81, ,114,-
34S. % with interest to date of pay
ment which now amounts to more
than S4,300,000. On March 3rd,
1895, congress passed an act which
declared the interest shall not be
counted on this claim and when it
came up for action by the COM
mittee on Indian affairs it was re-
ferred to Attorney General Har-
mon who on December End, 1895,
rendered an opinion that the prin-
cipal was not due.
The agreement of January 14th,
1899, between the Cherokee nation
and the United States, now pend
ing before congress, provides that
this claim be submitted to a boar d
of arbitration composed of two
members of the United States sem
ate and three members of the
house of representatives, who shall
determine whether or not the
amount is due the Cherokees.
Various attorneys have applied
10 the Cherokee national council
seeking authority to collect this
claim and others have offered TO
purchase the claim outright, but
the council has seen fit to leave
the matter with its own attorneys
at Washington and the delegation
representing the Cherokee nation
with the hope that they may be
able to bring about an early settle
ment or adjustment of it.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-12-21
THE 81, 10000 CLAIM.
Brief but Complete History
of its Origin.

In compliance with the third
subdivision of article 2 Of the
agreement made by the govern
ment Of the United States with the
Cherokee tribe of Indians, on Dec.
1s, 1891, and ratified by act Of
congress of March 8, 1898, which
provided that there should be
made "a complete account of
moneys due the Cherokee nation
under any Of the treaties made in
the years 1917, 1919, 1925, 1888,
1885 SO, 1886, 1886 and 1868, and
any laws passed by the congress
Of the United States for the pur-
pose Of carrying said treaties, or
any Of them, into effect" the
United States government render
cd to the Cherokee nation
through r. f. Wyly, the duly ap-
pointed and constituted agent of
the Cherokee nation by authority
Of the Cherokee national council,
Q complete account of moneys due
under said treaties and laws.
the claim of the Cherokses
against the United States is based
upon the treaties of 1919, 1888,
1885 and 1866 and the act of con-
gress of March 3. 1893.
Under the treaty of 1s19.-When
the treaty of February q, 1919,
between the United States and the
Cherokee nation was made, it car
.ried with il tbs cessions of land
made by the Cherokee nation in
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina and Tennessee.
The reservations made in the
treaty of 1905 and 8 twelve mile
square tract Of land in Alabama
were csded to the United States to
be held in trust for q school fund
and were 10 be sold and the pro-
ceeds from the sale invested by
the United States so that the in
terest thereon would add to the
the school fund OF the Cherokees,
and provided that this land should
be surveyed and sold as public
lands of the United States and the
proceeds be invested under the di-
rection Of the president of the
president Of the United States
most advantageous to the Chero-
kee nation for the benefit of the
Cherokee school fund. The twelve
mile square tract of land in Mad
ison county, Alabama, on the Ten
nessee river, was surveyed and the
most of it sold, and the proceeds
have been properly added to the
school fund, but there were res
srvations Of three small tracts of
land on the north side OF the Ten
nessee river, and in the state of
Tennessee, consisting Of one small
tract lying below the mouth of the
Clinch river, and two sections of
one square mile each, one at the
foot Of the Cumberland mountain,
and not far from this one was the
other tract lying on the north bank
of the Tennessee river where the
"Cherokee Talootiskee" tn en
lived. Inasmucn as Tennessee
was not q public land state there
was no authority for a survey and
sale Of these lands, these three
tracts of lands were claimed by
white people by virtue of a rev.
olutio nary land grant from the
stste Of North Carolina and by
others under grants made by the
state of Tennessee and the citizens
Of Tennessee after much contro-
versy and compromise had the
grants confirmed to them. Thus
these three small tracts Of land
which were ceded to the United
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-12-21
Friend Of Dickenk Dead.

London Correspondence to Chicago
Record: An old friend Of Charles Dick
ems has Just died. His name was John
Chipperfeld and be held the post OF
lampman and subsequently lamp In
spector at the Tilbury railway station.
Dickens, who was a frequent traveller
from London to Tilbury on the South
End railroad, made his acquaintance
and spent many an hour with him.
He immortalized Chipperfeld as Lamps
in the Christmas number OF All Year
Round, entitled ''Mugby Junction.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-12-21
A POSER FOR MARKsMeN.
-e Eccentric Flight of the woodcook

'-e Eccentric Flight of the woodeook
Makes Him Almost Impossible to Hit.
The peculiar habit OF the woodcock
md his eorkscrew fight make him
probably the most difficult OF winged
cnrks. In the daytime he remains al
ways in thickets, copses or cane-brakes.
He must have ground upon which to
sleep and and in winch to do his occa-
sional daylight boring, and moist
ground generally means always dense
underground. Indeed, some Of the
places most favored by the woodcock
are so thickly overgrown that a rabbit
finds difficulty In getting through. In
such places the hunter send in his
cocker spaniel, II he has one, knowing
that the dog will flush the bird with
his shrill, constant barking, and trust
Ing to luck to get shot as the wood
cock clears the tops of the trees or
canes. Generally, however, man and
pointer may work their way through
almost anything that grows in shape
Of woods and entangling vines. and it
must he admitted that the difficulties
OF it lend to the sport a peculiar fas-
cination that does not pertain to any
other form Of American shooting. II
is characteristic of the woodcock that
he will not fly far horizontally when
disturbed. He does not see well, even
In the shadow OF the oaks and cy-
presses, and he fears that il lie lets
himself out in a straight line he will
run into something. At night he sees
as well as an owl. His flight, conse-
Quently, when he rises before the
heavy tread Of the pointers owner, or
before the yelp OF the spaniel, is con-
nned to a spiral shoot straight upward
and drop to earth almost as perpen-
dicular. II not struck he will hit the
ground probably not more than fifteen
yeards from where he left 1t. In cane
or other kinds OF swamp he might as
well be a hundred yards away, so far
IS any chance OF shooting him is con-
earned. The flight is nothing like so
t&st as the buzzing dart Of the quail
~ the wide-swinging zigzag Of the
S'eksnipe, but II is highly eccentric.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-12-21

O1otOAoO cSOVOA AuuO WcIC AOb
thus sold for the Cherokee nation
and as these lands were 8 part of
the consideration of the treaty Of
1885 and consisted of 100 acres of
land of the value at that time of
s1.25 per acre there is therefore
due the Cherokee nation for this
land 81, ,125, with interest from
February q, 1919, to date of pay
ment.
Under the treaty of 1S35.-The
United States had entered into an
agreement with the state of Geor-
gis whereby the state of Georgia
ceded to the United States all of
it's lands outside of its present
boundaries and the United States
agreed to extinguish all the Indian
titles within its present limits as
soon as it could be reasonably and
pesceably done. In order TO carry
out its agreement with the state of
Georgia, the United States under
took by treaty to remove the Cher
okees west of the Mississippi river.
Under the treaty of 1885 the
United States agreed to remove
the Cherokees to their new homes
and subsist them for one year.
After the removal was made the
cost of removal was charged to
the treaty fund improperly, and
should not have been charged al
all, as this was an expense the
United States was to bear, under
the treaty. The question at issue
is sis the expense of removal
properly chargeable TO the five
million treaty fund.-" Since the
United Stetes agreed to pay for
the removal of the Cherokees west
of the Mississippi river, there yet
remains unpaid from the five mil
lion dollars due the Cherokees un-
der the treaty of 1885 a balance of
81, Ill, ,2S4.70, which was improp-
erly charged against the treaty
fund and this amount should draw
interest from June u, 1888, to date
of payment.
Under treaty of 1s66.-There
was q balance due the Cherokee
nation of s432 % received by the
receiver of public moneys at In
dependence, Kansas, in the fourth
quarter of 1873, and was never
accounted for by him, and is due
the Cherokee nation, with interest
from January 1st, 1874, at the rate
of FIVE per cent per annum. All
the other sums due the nation
from the treaties of 1866 and 1868
have been properly paid except
this amount OF S432 .2S.
Under act of congress of March
3, 1S93.-On the fourth of June
1863, $4,000 belonging to the
Choctaw orphan fund was expend-
, ed for the relief of persons belong
ing to the Cherokee nation. At
this same time the Cherokees had
to their credit an amount many
times larger than the amount i'm
properly loaned them from the
Choctaw funds and the matter was
lost sight of until attention was
called to it through an examina-
tion of the Choctaw accounts made
for the use of the court of claims
in 1889. The Cherokee nation,
therefore, for nearly thirty years,
although in possession Of ample
funds, was unconscious and in
voluntarily borrower of this sum
from the Choctaws. This SIS, 900
should have been taken from the
interest on invested funds of the
Cherokees or from their own fund
and not have been borrowed.
The $4,000 was restored TO the
Choctaw nation from interest due
upon the Cherokee national funds
by the act of August 10, 1890. By
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-12-21

Indianapolis News; Probably one
reason why we do not hear OF more
new trusts these days is that there are
30 few things left on which the trust
makers can exercise their 'zEs7u.ty.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-12-21
JURY LIST.
Grand and Petit Jurors for January
Term of United States Court
at Vinita.

The following are the names of the
grand and petit jurors selected for the
term of court beginning Jan. 10Th, 1900.