The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-07-13
SHORT SPECIALS.

rived at portsmouth, n. H., ounua.'
and will leave for Cortland On Thurs
day.
Mr.. Samuel Clemens Mark Twain
asd family left Friday for Sweden.
where Mr.. Clemens will take the
Swedish cure.
Having reached the age limit Col.
Wagner, of the 4th cavalry. has been
retired. His successor is Maj. Hayes,
of the eth cavalry.
SIR Edmund John Monson, British
ambassador to France, entertained at
dinner the members of the Vene uc-
Ian arbitration tribunal.
Gov. Roosevelt. OF New York. who
came 10 Washington Saturday for
conference with the president at the
latter's invitation, returned TO New
York Sunday morning.
y. u. Moxhan, a mllianaire and
philanthropist. died at his home in
Vineland. y. j.. sunday. aged -. lie
accumulated most OF his wealth in the
mining business in Montana.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler has written -
book on the operations OF his cavalrr
during the civil war. and it will hc
published for the bcneti, of the Wheel
el cavalry camps throughou, the south.
VI. Dcniel, governor Of the Isle, du
Sault and administrator Of the penal
settlement on the Isle du D,ablc.
where Capt. Dreyfus was imprs soned.
has been removed and will be succeed
ed by VI. LaSoucan.
Otto Won Ohlcn. aged - years. whose
father i. said to be wealthy manu-
facturer of Columbus o.. was drowned
in the Delaware river, Philadelphia.
Sunday from sail boat which was
capsizcd by a squall.
Adm Ccrvcra and the other comman,>
ers OF the Spanish fleet destroyed in
the battle of Santiago, whose conduct
has been the subject of inquiry by spe-
cial court martial, were Friday acquit-
tea ana lOrnally liUcTdNtu'
Brig. Gen. Wallace Randolph, r.SV,
has reported at army headquarters IN
San Francisco 'or duty. lie W II prob
ably succeed Col. Freeman in comm md
at the Prcsidio when the latter sails
for the Philippines on July IL.
Willard Il. Baker, VINO is want,d
in Boston for embczzlement from the
Adams Express Co.. is now on his way
back to that city in charge of lnsp,c'-
or Morrisscy and Capt Dugan. lie
was arrested in san Francisco.
Senator Chaunccy VI. Depew and his
son, Chauncey NJ. Depew, jr.. were
among the passengers Of the steamer
Campania, which reached her pier in
New York Saturday. The earl of
Donoughmore was also passenger.
A special from Denison. Tex. says:
The Houston 4 Texas Central officials
state that the road between Calvert
and IIcarue will have 10 be virtually
rebuilt, owing to the flood. and that
the cost will not be less than $500. 900.
The large steam bakery OF Henry
Wauklin, located at Roxborough,
suburb of Philadelphia. was entirely
destroyed by fire Sunday, entailing a
loss OF So OOO which is covered by
insurance. The origin of the fire is
unknown,
A special from Gresham. Wis. says:
Sheriff Mcdonnell Sunday arrested A.
j. Welch on charge Of numbering
Wallace ". Touscy on the Fourth OF
July. The shooting was the result Of
n fcud that had existed for years The
arrest OF Welch prevented what would
doubtless have been lynching.
Lieut.. Samuel /. l'ague. l.. :. A., re-
tired. committed suicide in the New
Era hotel, Chicago, Friday night His
body was found upright in "a chair In
his room Saturday Lieut.. Pdgue was
court-mar,ialed in 1895 for an assault
upon Col Crefton, Of the lj,h infantry.
at TT. Sheridan.
A disaster has occurred at the new
Jagirsfontein diamond mine. near
Capetown, where the fall OF thousands
Of tons OF earth has buried many peo-
pie, including an Australian named
Forsythe. Some other Australians
were killed. Several persons were in
jured and l6 are missing.