The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-08
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs
Gov. Ellcrbce, of South Carolina
died Friday night at Sellers. !. C.

. Gov. Ellcrbce, of South Carosns
died Friday night a, Sellers .. C
Failures for the week have SssA ~
in the United States against - l@
year and Il in Canada against 10 lss,
year.
at p. M. Sunday, the thermometer
registered 9s degrees at Kenosha, Via
This eclipses all records for the time
of the year.
A fire which originated in the store
house of the Potter Wall Paper Co.,
Buffalo, y. y, Sunday night did dam
age to the amount of 800, 900.
The famous old St. Charles theater.
New Orleans was destroyed by fire
Sunday night together with adjacent
buildings. Loss estimated at s75, 900.
Miss Jessie Et,ingcr. 10 years old,
threw herself in front of Chicago.
Milwaukee & ST. Paul passenger train
at Clark and Addison streets, Chicago,
and was killed almost instantly.
Mrs. Dora T. Noorhis, widow of for
mer Commodore Voorhis. OF the New
York Yacht club. was found dead at
her home in Washington Friday.
Heart failure is attributed as the cause
Of death.
There was quiet little marriage a,
1t. George church, in Stuvvesant
square, New York. The bride was
Marie Wainright, the well-known ac-
tress. and the groom was Mr.. Frank
lin Roberts, an actor.
y severe rain and wind storm at Chi
cago Sunday evening has seriously in
terfered with wire communication TO
Omaha and st. Paul. Telegraph poles
were blown down at different places i'm
Iowa and Wisconsin.
Commander Schoenfeldcr, OF the Ger
man war ship Fake, which was at Sa-
moa during the recent troubles there,
has been decorated with the order of
the Red Eagle of the third class, with
the ribbon and crown.
Ed f. lIardan, OF Liberty, Neb., for.
merly cashier of the Bank of Liberty
and prominent in Gage county politics
md society, hanged himself Friday.
Loss OF property and drink are assign
,d as the cause Of the act
a delegate convention of all the coal
miners of Missouri has been called TO
meet in Kansas City, Mo-, on June ..
he. object being 10 map out a plan OF
in furtherance of the de-
aand for an eight hour work day.
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, and
of the Currency Dawes. with
heir wives, left Chicago Sunday for
seattle, where they will embark on
Adm. Dewey's former dispatch boat
icCullough for visit to Alaskan
orts.
Shortly after midnight car on tho
over Grove division OF the Scullin
treet car lines, ST. Louis. ran into
arriage near Clifton Heights, killing
nc OF the occupants and iatsSS~y
hree others seriously and perhaps n
ally.
In view of the continued publication
inflammatory editorials in The San
ago press Gov. Gen. Brooile has is
led an order directing the appoint.
ent of press censor for Santiago,
nba. The editors are indignant but
le public generally is pleased.
The American line steamer 81. Louis,
lpt. Randle, is aground near Calshot
stlc, Eng, at dead low water. Itis
,pected she will float on the next
le The ST. Louis was scheduled 10
ii from Southampton Saturday for
ew York by way of Cherboug.
NJ. Emile Zola, who has returned 10
iris, has written asking the public
o ecutor to send 10 his residence
ti6cation Of the sentence which the
,rsailles court passed upon him In
e libel action brought by the hand
'iting experts in the Dreyfus affair.
The suggestion Of Adm. Upshur thst
e home which it is proposed to pur-
ase for Adm. Dewey should be his
ly while he remains at the head OF
, navy and at his death should fall
the ranking officer of the navy, doe~
/ meet with favor at the hands of
; committee in charge of the collee-
n of funds.