The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-22
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

. Lawrence . ownsend, tie sew rnits'
states minister to Belgium, was re
ce'ved Sunday by King Leopold.
;. AT Dubuque, Ia, Herman De,nf,
merchant. while riding a b cycle. col
lidcd with a street car and was In
stautly killed.
Ira J. Holmes, brother OF Burton
Holmes. the lecturer. was drowned in
Lake Michigan at Chicago by The cap
sizing of a skif
First BaSeman Everett, of the Chi
cago league, resigned his position as
captain Sunday, and, according TO the
players themselves. the position will
remain vacant until conditions are diff
fcrcnt
1t Is announced scmi-ofilcially that
any increase in the tax on American
bicycles in Germany is impossible, be-
cause the commercial treaties with
Austria, Russia and Italy exclude such
a thing.
On the arrival OF the Sfax at Br,st.
( which is bringing Capt. Dreyfus from
/ French Guiana for new trial bv court
martial, torpedo boat DESTROYER will
meet the cruiser and transfer Drcvfus
to the shore.
Boston and New York capitalists are
said to be negotiating for the purchase
of the Calumet and Chicago Canal and
Dock Co.'S holdings, extending from
the mouth of the Calumet river TO the
Indiana state line.
Ex-senator Boni l.. Harding. is dead
at Cottage Grove, Ore. lie was elected
to the United States senate in IS6! to
fill out the uncXpred term of Senator
Baker, deceased. Mr. Harding was
born in Pennsylvania in 1882.
Gov. Gen. Davis has signed an order
establishing provisional court at San
JUAN Porto Rico. and has appointed
y. j. Pcttingill residing Judge Of the
body with two army officials as asso-
clates and j. NJ. kcedy prosecuting at
torney.
At New Orleans Vim. II. Fischer. a
builder and contractor, Saturday shot
his wife on a public thoroughfarc after
Drutally beating her. and then fatally
wounded himself. They were married
'nIy SIX weeks ago. and owing To his
ii-trcatmcnt she had been compelled
o leave him.
The announcement was made Sun
lay that the force OF men at the
(lll) iron works will be
Dubbed and the wages will be in
reascd from 10 to - per cent. The
mill was recently pur-
hased by the Republic Iron co. 1t
ne OF the largest plants in the couu-
~.
Marcus Daily, OF Montana, and hi,
ssociatcS in the Anaconda Mining Co.
ave sold all their holdings ia that
)mpany's vast and varied interests To
eastern syndicate headed hy Jsha
Rockefeller for s23 900 OOO Jhoug.
Ie transfer occurred more than
onth ago, it has never been made
iblic.
In nine pulpts in Eau Claire, Wiz,
lndaJ, The New Richmond cyclone
rs the subject Of the sermons. The
neral sentiment expressed was that
was mysterious dispensation of
evidence, but the Rev. Joseph Moran,
the Episcopal church. said il wa.
deyillsh work Of an unknown power
d not the act Of God.
,hicf Boat,wain T.. H. Smith, L. ).
Will reopen the Chicago naval re-
nting station June % for the enlist
mt OF number Of apprentices.
Us between the ages of - and II
Il be accepted. Lieut.. H. ". Wells.
o is now in Cincinnati. will re-
n to Chicago the 2l,t, ami the
rk Of recruiting will be rapidly
she'd.
continuous series Of earthquakes.
ending from Colon through the
lobees 10 Curacoa and Maricabo
'e been reported since the mid.ll" Of
y. The most severe action was fe.t
'lontserrat and Guadaloupc, caus.
much damage. \ curious shock
felt throughout Jamaica on We'd
day. comprising five movements
ing 10 minutes. No damage, how
r, was done