The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-01-17
NEWS ITEMS

.v ~~es Suuooat noloni
70 arrived at Port Said Sunday and. hav
ns Ing coaled, proceeded on her way Il
s e' the Philippines
,. Representative Corlisa. of Detroit
Of has introduced a bill for a bridge
le across tho west channel Of the Detroi,
Re river connecting Belle Island park
y with the mainland.
o Representative Davidson, of wiscon-
! sin, introduced a bill amending the
a oieomargarine law by making the
revenue tax 10 cents pound when the
. oieomargsrine Is colored to resemble
|, pure butter.
The transport Roumaniau. which
anchored at the mouth Of the Savan-
nan river, Savannah, Ca. in fog Sat-
urday, went to sea Sunday with the Cd
georgia regiment Of volunteers, bound
for Neuvitas
Inc Spanish transport Munchen.
which sailed from Havana on Decem-
Der Is for Barcelona, Spain. having ON
board repatriated soldiers Including
uen' Aroias. the former military gov.
ernor OF Havana, has arrived there.
DIR. Edwin NJ. Hale one OF the has,
known homeopathic physicians In the
country and author Of number OF
medical works died in Chicago Sunday
after a short illness. He was horn a.
Newport, n. H.. in 1929.
The Astor battery. which arrived nc
oan francisco from Manila on the
transport Scandia, will go east as soon
as they are equipped with winter cloth
ing ana transportation is provided for
them' This will not be for a day or
two.
uen. Breckinridge was given orders
late Thursday afternoon TO proceed
without delay to Cuba and Porto Rico
On an inspection trip, which will las.
months. He was directed to report 70
MAJ Gen. Brooke and to Adjt. Gen.
Corbin.
The United States cruiser ALBANY
vas successfully launched at New
astie. Eng, In the presence Of the
Jnited State charge d'affaires MIR.
ienry White; United States naval AZ.
ACHE Lieut.. Col. Well, and many other
.mericans
at Chicago VIM. J. Russell, a cooper.
unday shot and killed his son-in-law.
ames Deneen. Deneen, It Is said.
ade disparaging remarks concerning
usselfs family relations. Russell es-
ped after the shooting and has not
1t been captured.
Reports received at Berlin late Fri.
" afternoon describe violent GALA
ging in northern aud western Cor
any and thunderstorms and torren-
II rains In southern GERMANY. Al
uttgart large scaffolding was blown
wn and a man killed.
5. l. Hazeltone. who was eIec,ed, %
Forty-seventh congress on tho
eenback ticket, is dead at his fr,i,
m near Springfield, Mo. He was
rn at Andover, VT, in 1921 and came
st in 1891 lie was first elected 10
Missouri legislature In 1857.
ol. Theodore Yates at one time
imander OF the National Soldiers
ne In Milwaukee. Wis, and a wclI
'wn army officer, died Sunday night
pneumonia, aged 6s years Col.
es was very wealthy and for sew
years has lived a retired life.
he Postal Telegraph Co. has COM
iced action in the federal court NJ
yenne, Wyo., to compel the Union
Inc Railroad Co. TO allow IL 10 build
eiegraph lines along the right OF
OF the railroad between Cheyenne
Denver and Cheyenne and Ogden.
hen Mrs. cordelia Botkin appears
sentence for the murder Of Mrs.
T. Dunning, of Dover Del. har
rneys will ask that sentence be
poned for at least one week.
tever action her attorneys NAV
for delay will be opposed by the
Q 9Th regular infantry. recruited
Its full strength Of over I.aOo
In command Of Robert II. Hall.
'ort Sheridan. Chicago, Sunday on
urney to the Philippines, where
regiment has been ordered for
,e.