The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-18
NEWS ITEMS

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his fve see. n. children at Odessa
and th,n a tackled his wife, who 10 dy-
ing of her wounds.
Among the passengers who arrived
Sunday on the steamer Curityoa from
Cuban ports were Mrs. Gen. Wilson and
Miss Wilson, Capt. James Thompson,
L. S. A.. and l2 female nurses.
At Colorado Springs Col, the Man
itou Park hotel and casino, which were
to have been opened for the season
June I, have been destroyed by FIRE.
The loss is estimated at $50, 900.
Adm. Dewey will sail for New York
by way of the Suez canal on board the
United States cruiser Olympia, in about
ten days. 1t is expected that the voy-
age will occupy about four months
An Italian named o. II. Minotte was
killed at bridgeport, CT. Sunday night
by some of his enraged countrymen
for outragng the tive-year-old daugh-
ter Of an Italian couple named Fondcr.
alle, residing in the Italian quarter Of
the city.
The 10th Iowa. Col. Dows was mus
tered out at Savannah, Ga. The regiment
is routed by the Georgia and Alabama
and Seaboard Air line by Ellinor, pass
ing Atlanta Sunday morning and pro-
ceeding via Cincinnati and Chicago 10
the west.
Postmaster General Emory Smith
has ordered that postmasters in paying
advertising accounts attach 10 the
voucher the pu fishers affidavit that
the rates do not exceed the commercial
rates charged to individuals, with the
usual discounts.
A Wisconsin Central train ran down
a wagon containing four persons at
Burlington, Wis, killing Mrs. Charles
Tintel, of Milwaukee, and August
kleinfeld, her brother, Of Norway,
Wis. Joseph Pruning, of Waterford,
was fatally injured.
j. G. Butler. prominent citizen liv-
ing IS miles south of Bcntonvill- Ark,
was lodged in Jail here Sunday charged
with the murder Of his l5-year-old
Saturday. The girl was hor-
ribly butchered. her head being split
open with an AK and her throat cut.
Right Rev. Mgr. Conaty. rector Of
the Catholic university OF America
received a telegram on Saturday night
from Kansas City informing him that
the Catholic Knights Of America at
their convention, had voted unani-
mously to endow chair at the Catho-
lie university.
The state department has been in
advised that claims aggregat-
Ing a considerable amount have been
made by British. French and German
residents in Cuba during the recent
and that these ultimate
ly will be pressed against the United
States government.
Green Il. Boren, OF Steubenville. o.,
general manager of the Eastern Paw
ing Brick Co., owners of the large
shale paving brick plant, at Catskill.
n. Y, died at 7:30 o'clock Sunday night
Of consumption. lie was 80 years of
age and was well-known in brick man
lfacturing circles.
Contrary to the custom therto OF
permitting the press to freely criticise
proceedings. the Prus-
sian herrcn house has begun an action
against four socialist newspapers for
defamation for criticizing the debate
on the bill for the restriction OF the
right of free residence.
Richard Layton. 4S years old. men,
Der of Richard Mansfield's company,
died at the Pennsylvania hospital,
Philadelphia, Sunday. lie had been
operated upon for tumor and appar.
emily was recovering. Mr.. Layton ar.
rived in Philadelphia from Cleveland
TO be treated at the hospital.
Col James W. Powell, OF the 18th in.
fantry, and Col. a. 5. Daggett, OF the
l4th infantry. have been ordered TO
Join their regiments in the Philippines,
the former to sail on the transport
Sherman and the latter on the Grant,
TO leave San Francisco about the 22d
and the Goth of May respectively.