The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-29
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4 N"P| Jas EntNistle, OF the navy,
to be retired July &
The United States cruiser T<xarL
he commanded by Capt. Goodrich. h@s or
rived at Valparaiso.
The strike of /, 200 textile worker.
at Brunn, Morsvia, after lasting twc
months has been settled by a soaprs-
mise.
y George Odom, the iayear- Id Jockey,
has signed contract to ride for ". c.
Whitney in 1900 1901 and 1902 at sal
airy Of $40. 900 year.
The house of Andrew johnson. n
lake engineer, at Mayville, n. Y. was
burned Saturday morning. johnson
was unable to escape and was burned
to death.
AT Berlin the bricklayers' strike
has been settled by court of arbitra-
tion and the men will get an advance
in wages in special September and De-
cember of next year.
The Daily News OF Shanghai pub-
fishes dispatch from New Chwany
saying two hu>sian Engineers and ten
coSsackS nave been killed by brigand,
near kirnin, Manchuria.
Cardinal Count Franz De Paula Won
Schonb'rn' archbishop of Prague AMI
primate of bohemia. died SATURDAY. in
vienna in his 5j;h year lie was raised
to the cardinalatc in 1889.
a notice has been posted at the navy
department that mail intended for the
officers and men OF the Newark and
Marbchcad should be sent TO Callao.
Peru, until further notice.
The town Of Kieng- Ning-Foo. in the
province of Fo-Kicn, has been widely
placarded with bills Offering a reward
OF $1,000 for the heads of missionaries.
Anti-foreign riots are feared
Eastern and northern Finland ac-
cording to dispatch to the Time,
from -. Petersburg are threatenel
with famine and floods. The late cold
weather has ruined the rye crops
Ihc government of the south African
'epnbIic' according to a dispatch to tho
london Daily Mail from Rome. Is or
lering large quantities OF rifles from
Italian firms for immediate shipmcn.
The chamber Of commerce OF IIun.,-
llie Ala, has called an industrial con-
entlon to meet in Huntsville, Septem-
er I. 10 consider the best method ~
eveIoplng the resources OF the hou;h.
1t Is officially explained that the Ger
cable contract will 90
an English firm because the firm
assesses the sole right of granting
Dncession for cable to land in the
zores
For the first time since 1870 the vat
an party has obtained n majority in
ONE IN the municipal elections and
le fronts Of the churches are fsntas-
sally illuminated nightly in hoaor of
c success.
Ihs village OF 81. Raymond. a. miles
'm Quebec was almost wipca OUT by
c sunday morning About ~ build
gs were burned and the convent bad
damaged. The loss is about $50. Ooo.
II insured.
The Dominion Steel Il Sine ting Co..
IN capital stock Of $50. OOO 900. wa,
rmed at Montreal Thursday. Tho
rks will be situated near sydusy.
pc Breton, anc will give employment
,, 900 men.
he British Sccond-class cruiser Do
with Rr. Adm. ) r Robert Hastings
rrls commander-in-chief # the
'e OF Good Hope and Western AZ
IN squadron, left Simon's bay Fri
for the east coast.
wenty deaths from yellow fever out
W cases have occurred in the citv II
lama since the lst OF May. Six cases
now under treatment, but strong
es are entertained that the disease
'e Will soon be Grad Gated.
lille driving in II buggy along the
It OF way Of the Chicago & North
tern railroad near Chicago, Auyu,t
'ner was killed and his 9-vcar-dld
fatally injured. For some unac-
ltable reason Werner drove down.
tracks fully mile and apparently
no effort TO get out of the way
le train.