The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-10-05
SHORT SPECIALS.

There were IS new cases Of yellow
fever reported Sunday In Key West
Fla, and two deaths.
Thirty-scven of Pittsburgh's big
foundries are idle. The mo!ders are
on strike for IN advance OF SIS FOR min
imum days wages, time and n half for
extra hours, and double time for Sun
day work.
The pope Sunday celebrated mas
for peace in south Africa. all the car
dinals being present Spea%ing TO
them after the ceremony his holiness
expressed profound sorrow at the COM
ing conflict.
Reports received at Cairo from vari-
Gus points show that the Nile is now
at the lowest point of which there is
any record. Two hundred and six
thousand acres are hopelessly beyond
irrigation and the river is still failing.
The gold output for the Cripple
Creek district for September amounted
TO 81. 1Sl 900, surprising all records.
The production OF gold in this district
from the time of it's discovery in 1891
to date is s63. 0j1. 292.
The safe OF the bank OF Ilou>tonia.
AT Houston Mo. was blown open by
burglars Saturday night. The roo-
bers are repo ted To have secured e2L-
900 but Cashier ". +. Longan says
the bank lost only 81. 100. principally
in god coin.
Four passengers and - of The crew
of the Lrti>h steamer Scotsman
which was wrecked september Il in
the straits OF Il I Isle whiie bound
from Liverpool for Montrca, were
banded at Queenstown by the steamer
Monterey.
Adm. Simpson tclegraphed Secretary
Long sunday that the North Atlantic
squadron Will sail from New York on
the 5th inst for Hampton Roais,
where the change in COMMANDMENTS
chief will take place and the winter
maneuvers he mapped out.
a special invitation was sent Sum
day by the federal comm ttce OF Chi
cago to Sir Thoma, Lipton. owner Of
the yacht Shamroc.s, asking to be chi
cago's guest at the laying of the cor
ner-stonc of the new federal building
next Monday.
Among the passengers who arrived
Sunday morning per steamer New
York from Southampton aud Cncr-
bourg were sir Andrew C,ar@c. Miss
Olga Ncinerso.e, Hon. VIM. l.. Reeves,
OF New Z,a.and: Sir Horace Lozer and
Rr. Adm. John Il. Walker.
The owners nave abandoned hope OF
the safety OF the British steamer Penn
bridge. Capt. Morllcman. She sailed
from Savannah August - for liam
burg. and as previously reported, has
not be heard OF since leaving the United
States
Quartcrcd at the Whldorf-As:oria,
New York. are several distinguished Of
ticials who arrived on the steamship
NewYork sunday. They are delegates
to the National export commission and
congress, which will con-
vene in Philadelphia on OctoUer 10.
Congressman T.. +. LouL, Of CALI
fornia, WAS passenger on tnc New
York, which arrived from SOuthamp-
ton Sunday. lie was accompanied by
his daughter. Mi,, Grace Loud. Mr.
Loud went abroad some weeks ago In
the intercs OF the government To
study the postai system ON the other
side.
The large warehouse OF the Mime
apoiis Sash and Door Co. burned sun
day cntai,ings los, To this tirm OF $780,
OOJ. The adjoining warehouse of the
Woodward-l Holmes Co.. manufacturers
OF wooden and excelsior cave ru,ter-,
also burned. causing a loss of Sl2 0J0.
Three al accent dwelling, aud store
were also destroyed.
The butchers OF Dubuque. Ia, who
hitherto have bought their meats from
Cnictgo companies. have combined 10
do their own siaugh,ering. They
claim taat the packing companies are
in combination To hold prices up
without any publication, and the only
rcli 4 j. for the butchers there and
elsewhere 10 do their own killing.