The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-02-02
MBER 5.
NEWS ITEMS.

The carpet factory OF VIM. Judge 4
, Bro Front street and Columbia av
enue, Philadelphia. was guttcd " FIR,
early Friday morning. Loss estimated
I at siCo 600, covered ty insurance.
A memorial TO congress praying ion
the seating of b. II. Roberts. congress-
man-elect from Utah, has been ia-
dehniteiy postponed in the Idaho
house by vote of ~ to II.
Fourteen persons were killed Sunday
10y an explosion OF gas in the Palia
mine near Mazarron. % miles west OF
Oartagena, Spain. The other miners
succeeded in making thcir escape.
The pension bureau Friday granted
a pension of sl9 a month to the widow
OF Chief Ioeman George II. Ellis. tho
only man In our.navy killed at Santi-
ago in the annihilation Of Cervera's
fleet.
The developments in The cour mar
tial OF Gen. Jaudenes. who surrendered
the Spanish forces at Manila. and sim
liar court-martiaIs. ae arousing in.
tense interest and Eeate oon,rover les
in Madrid.
According TO TIE local weather hu-
reau Of St. Louis Saturday night was
the coolest on record in II. Loui, and
vicinity this winter. The Thermometer.
fell 70 three degrees below zero and
during the day ranged several decree,
higher.
William Black, Martin Julian, r,p-
reN'ntative. who passed through CHI
cago sunday nigh; on his way to New
York, says that Bob Fitz,immon, viii
oe mHtchcd 90 meet jim Jclrries for a
side bet of SO, 600 and the largest purse
offered.
Lieut.. COL }. roilingcr, depot quar-
.ermaster, has received instructions to
repare an army repair corral al Sa-
'annah' Ga. All the surplus animal,
md vehicles from the various camrs n
he south arc to be sent to Savannah
rs rapidly as possible.
by decision just rendered in the
iStrict court at TT. scott. Kan. tb,
nights Of Pythias lodge will be com
eIied to pay 5000 life insurance
ohcy which they refused topay ON the
round that the insured violated the
Obey by ending his own life.
Mrs. Mary Mcintyre, wealthy wild
" 90 years old, was found murdered
her home near Pana, H.. SUNDAY.
ne body had been frightfully mutt
te' with an aX. Mrs. Mcintyre is
opposed to have kept considerable
oney about her. She lived alone.
At Ardmore, |. T., in quarrel oyer
trivial natter John Edwards shot
III killed Richard McSwain. McSwain
ID attempted to stab Edwards. Both
IN are prominent and considerable
,Ilhg has been aroused over the af-
r. Edwards has not been arrested.
An unusually wtrm wave for this
ne OF the year has been lowering
err California Tor the past three days.
temperature IN the central mart
era9.ng about 50 degrees. In some
ices IL went far above this figure.
e 'esent spell is the warmcst that
5 prevailed at this season sinco
ords OF weather conditions were
D..
ne san Bruno hotel, an Old land
rk on the san Bruno road south.
st OF san francisco, WIS burned
lday. and Matthias Ecborn, porter
he hotel persisted in the flames In
efforts 20 cNclpc similar fate J.
nsauer, lodgcr, leaped from
rd story window and was severely.
ugh not fatally hurt. Propertv
is $1,000.
t Trenton, y. j., articles of incor-
alton were filed with the secretary
tate Thursday Of the Rubber Goods
lufacturing Co.. with an authorized
.tal stock OF $50. 900, 600, one-half of
en- ID to be preferred and the other
common stock.
ne new Ward line STEAMER Havana
Cramps shipyard thursday morn
on her Official trial trip The la.
4 viii ply between New York and
peche' MeXico, touching at Havana
other points The Havana is
decked steamer, 3s5 feet over all,
is 5000 tons register.