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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
THE WEEKS NEWS,
interesting Events Taking Place
Throughout the Country Given
tn . brief Form
MONDAY.

James Sloan, n prominent banker
OF baltimore, is dead, aged &c years.
The Indian famine relief committee
o. New York has issued another ap-
peal for aid
The Ottawa government proposed
to reduce the postage on newspapers
To one-half its present rate.
Street cars ran as usual in Kansas
City. the strikers living up TO the
Injunction and did not interfere with
the non-union men. ...t ..... .
Fire at Camden, y. j.. DESTROYED the
market house, ten stores and about
80 small dwellings. rendering home
less about $50 persons. Loss Sl25.OOO.
The second ballot in the municipal
election in Paris resulted in giving
the nationalsts 90 out Of 30 seats.
This is rebuff TO the present cabinet.
Gen. Macarthur, the new governor
general Of the Philippines. has turned
over many details of his Office 10 his
aids and will devote himself largely
to questions Of policy.
Fifteen thousand Mohammedan
weavers in Benares, India. have pro-
tested TO the government against the
plague rules declaring that they were
contrary to the laws of Mohammed.
The labor troubles at Tampa. Fla,
have taken turn for the worse.
There Is now n general strike i'm all
the cigar factories Of the Havana
American Co. in that city. and about /
] 900 are out.
The 43d volunteer infantry have
taken the towns of IIilongos and Maa-
sin. island OF Leyte. Philippines is
lands. The insurgents opposed the
Ianding of the Americans and sus-
fained heavy losses. The Americans
had three casualties.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
Hundreds Dying Daily.

London, May 1.-The Bombay cor
respondent of the Times says: The
cholera continues to rage in the fam
inc camps. There have been 400 deaths
in three days at Mandivee, and so nu-
merous are the cases at GOdra that 1t
i. impossible to collect the bodies
These lie for days in the sun. The
people have fled and can not be in
duced TO return. A similar state OF
things prevails at Broach.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
THE DECISION DELAYED.
Cases-Thc Supreme Court Ruling
Expected Next Monday.

Washington, May 15.-It is stated
that the supreme court would not
hand down n decision Monday in the
Kentucky election case. The decision
is now expected next Monday.
The supreme court Monday ad-
journed for week without announc-
ing Il decision on the Kentucky gov
ernOrShin caSe.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17

Nicholasville, KY, M1y 1.-THE re
publicans of the Eighth congressional
district held an enthusiastic conyen'
tion here and elected Gen. Dan Collier
and Thomas Ballard delegates to the
national republican convention, and
j. c. Wood district elector. Resolu'
tions were adopted indorsing the state
and national administrations.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
The Southern Baptist convention N
IN session at Hot Springs. Ark.

The Southern Baptist convention n
IN session at Hot Springs. Ark.
The fusion populists' convention in
Sioux City, S. d.. nominated W. j.
Bryan for president and Charles A..
Towne for vice president
Rumors reached the Americans in
Manila that a rising in the city was
/ threatened when the new commission
FRS arrived. About 100 natives have
been arrested
Four more engagements have taken
place in the Philippines, in which tho
enemy, mostly Bolomen. lost heavily.
The American loss was four killed
and II wounded.
Lord Roberts advance il recon-
noitering in the vicinity OF veters,
where the hilly country begins again.
II is-thcrTht the further advance will
be resisted by the Beers.
The monthly report OF the agri-
cultural department for May gives a
decrease in the acreage Of winter
wheat at 3,563.0OO acres, or I1.s per
cent. less than the area estimated to
have been sOwn last fall.
Senator Bacon introduced rcsolu-
ton calling for thorough investiga-
tion and report TO the senate of all
moneys received and expended in the
island of Cuba by the United States
military and civil authorities until
April 80, 1900.
Deputy Auditor A. l.. Iawshr. Of
the post Office department nj Wash
ington. has been ordered 10 Cuba to
take charge of the Havana financial
department of the Havana post Office
and ascertain the extent OF the al
legged defalcation OF C. +. W. Neely,
Of Muncie, Ind.
Col. 6. II. Burton. OF the inspector
generals department. has arrived in
from Havana and had a
with the war department
)ihcals. He is the officer who detect
'd the postal frauds in the Cuban scr-
ice in connection with Charles +. w.
\eely. now under arrest. He brought
With him documentary evidence relat-
ng To the frauds.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
Gold in Casey County.

Danville, Ky, May 13.-Considerabl'
excitement has been caused in the vi
cinity Of Rush Branch, Casey county
by the discovery of what is believed
TO be gold mine Of considerable
value on the land of james Adams
The government expert at Charlottes-
Vile, y. c., has essayed the ore an6
returned a most promising assay re-
port.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
Monument TO Gen. Clark.

Paducah, Ky. May 13.--The Daught
ers of the American Revolution have
scheme on foot to erect a monu
ment at some public place in the city
in memory of Gen. George Rogers
Clark, Il revolutionary hero, who once
owned all the ground upon which the
city Of Paducah now stands.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
Southern Industrial Convention.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 1.-The
southern industrial convention will be.
gin in this city Tuesday, and distin-
guished men from all sections will be
here to discuss questions of vital inn
portance to the south. Morning, aft
ernoon and night sessions will be
Il
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17

Chicago. May 1.-Two prostratIons
were reported Monday as result of
the extreme heat which has prevailed
here for several days. At p. IN.
street thermometers registered as high
as IS, the great humidity adding TO
the general discomfort.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
PhiIpOt Runs Amuck.

Richmond, Ky, May 13.-Samue
Philpot, the Clay county feudist, in
Jail here for safe keeping, badly used
up John Bradley. of Lexington, fel'
low prisoner. Bradley made some un'
complimentary remark about Clay
county. Philpot beat him with the leg
of table.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
nnrn Struck by lightning.

Cynthiana, Ky, May 11.--John Kel
ler's barn, containing his crop of to
bacco, was struck by lightning and
totally destroyed by fire. Many
houses, barns and fences were dam
aged. and there is considerable injury
TO crops due 10 the storms.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
Charged with Housebrenking.

Franklin, KY, May 11.--I'abe Bow
ling and Dennis McElwain are in Jail
They confess their guilt on the charge
Of housebreaking. When arrested
burglars tools were found in theli
possession. They robbed seyera'
storehouses and peddled the goods.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
ureyfus in Paris.

Paris, May l5.--Capt. Alfred Drey'
fms has arrived with his wife in Paris.
The government is much worried by
Ills Journey, which was quite unlock
ed. for. and will take measures 10 have
him leave as soon as possible, owing
TO its fear Of demonstrations.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
VIII Summer mt Canton.

Washington, May 15.-After the ad-
iournment of congress President and
Mrs. Mckinley will go to their Cam
ton home, 10 remain the greater part
of the midsummer. Although they
have made no definite plan, they hope
to visit Poland Springs, Me-, during
August. and spend fortnight or
more there. They do not expect to
lease a cottage, preferring hotel life.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
Tn. P,arue st Port Said.

Port Said, May $50 far there
have been 20 cases of the bubonic
plague here. OF this number l3 pa
tients have died, four having recover
ed. and the rest are still under treat
ment. No further cases have been re-
porsed.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
Changed the Place.

Paris, Ky, May l2.--0n account OF
the smallpox scare in this city, the
fifth annual council of the Lexington
diocese of the Episcopal church has
been changed to Lexington. The date
May 30, remains unchanged.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
A LiGht Sugar Crop.

Havana, May 15.-The sugar crop OF
the year. it is now estimated, will be
about $4,000 tons, or $4,000 tons less
than last years crop. At the begin
ming OF the grinding II was predicted
that the crop would reach 100000
TONS
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
Inheritance Tax Law Constitutional.

Washington, May 15.-The supreme
court Monday decided the inheritance
tax law constitutional and valid, but
held that it applied to the amount
of the legacy and not of the estate
as a whole
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
"fo"R Anniver.,.

u -. -. way li The fir, ccp,cn.
J bow ''''"ry Of 'he birth Of
|x,,"3'"'' was celebrated at Bethel
|@ ls.,o'.W y. W. K Bawn, Of the
/ OH, ''op''l , seminary. Atlanta
E. Brad~'n ,S'r' were: rz-Judge
o, 'I%s.l, T,su eH-Judge Harvey
Is5 O., . , ,l'ans'on. who was n
I'D othr, ,p' society society that slippcd
h psr,y :, supplies to the anti
vS.D Sro ,t' secre'ed Brown in
r hi head sssn there was a price
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
rhres Killed in a Storm.

st. Paul, MINI. May i5.-Three per-
scns were killed by lightning and two
were seriously injured during severe
wind and rain storm shortly after Z
o'clock Sunday evening.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
3. Ruller's Forces Have Met
Nith Success in the Vicinity
Il Of BiggarSberg.
npft WILL Be OCCUPIED BY BRITISH
4 o,lep,s Assert That the Free
q. ear. Have Severed Their Mill
- Alliance With the Beers.
4 .tIon VIII lie Published
4 ueeL AnuexinE the Free
4 ...N,rs From Mafe-
Ling Expected

,,,lon. May "A dispatch from
q, ,,narii,burg, Natal. timed l2;o'
Monday. brings the first init
.n-ccss attained by Gen
a, IN northern Natal. The sender
g., dispatch evidently assumes
4 .v. n, fhc affair has been re-
i aircc, from the scene of hos
H. ,or he merely says: "Gen.
A. oNldal telegram notifying his
., the Biggarsbcrg, received
z .o hour MO. has given keen sat
- i is confidently antici-
!. that Dundee will be occupied
~, Rri,i.h Monday. The residents
,n. north country are delighted,
sbrcing the Biggarsberg means
a th,v will he speedily enabled to
q, TO their homes
4 ss,hsr dispatch, dated Stone Hill
s2O Monday morning, says:
4r,r four days march castwards
4, Zoo, Of the Biggarsberg ridges,
4, direction OF hclpmakaar. which
4 ~cupicd los the fedcrals, the
Arrsde Sunday led the attack.
i sonald's cavalry broke the Beers
b. and Bcthune's horse advanced
f,ir extreme right. In the direc-
4 oi Pomeroy, a small party Of
rier, occupied a ridge overlook
fHelpmakaar, but they did not
h FOR The assault"
bren' British scouting in the di- |
b. o. Dundee has shown that |
1,eierals were in great force on |
4 ligsarsberg. So. apparently, /
Mller concluded that il was nee
h 10 clear them from his rear
n commencing a movement in
Airtciion of 'hc Drahcnsburg
\ II that is his plan. ne has pos
divided his forces. sending one
bbR eastward 10 threaten Vry- !
|,sl Utrecht. and take Lains Mex, |
wtsi-bound column attempts
frm a junction with the forces
Lrd Roberts, via the lIarriSmith
Fsi.
Fsgrams from KroorStad indi-
that Gen. Frcnch's cavalry is
lnc in touch with the Beers, but
|ps Lord Roberts win he compell-
! orler a brief halt Of his main
in order TO allow the troops
fcnFrate after the cNhausting
PES oi The past week.
the correspondents agree that
Aten's and purposes. the Free
Pr have severed their military
F" with the Trans,aal. though
Ff'i bodies, they say. viii pos !
hof ont there for some time.
ne same time % dispatch from {
Town, dated Monday. says a J
|lH'aon viii bc published this S
''''A'ne 'he Free state. 1t is
'N may teen. botba Chc com
[a''''mei of 'ho Hoer forces) .
IT, 70 resign II any prcpara- .
''' made for the wanton de- i
1. Hoo MOL, o. property f
1. r.'u's r S'ar's Tor Bclra. Port v
\ 4 I''' Africa Monday. =
/ correspondent of 'hc Reuter- =,
tran Co. AZ Cane Town ,,,s ,ho V
Fpaa'''' The statement Of Web ?
b., |'. . 'u' 'oTm'r United States
,...,',,. -, %''c'ary ..'. OF lhe interior,
l., 49,. ,... ',,',a south africa. p
Er T.,' tn. M",'"l,g ',,D is expected d.
|r, .,or.,,"s a~t war once is reported ii
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17
FRIDAY.

The national board Of underwriters,
in session In New York city. an
nounced that the fire losses in this
country in 1899 amounted to sl53,'s7,'
$50.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-17

*'a, Nav :, Eight Years.
|assn I..i ~, In the United
brn,,' ''T' Monday, Charles d~,'Tp u
b GIss. President Of the b'''1 now N,
|a,s s'Sss ,.'.,',. national bank 'a' o, NOW NOW
6 ,s's'. ''ss.'ly pleaded guilty. III ','s on
|ss hin win. " an Indictment
r. Of n, 'i'n In..lt l,taisappropriation
fs hi i''' eight years in in sen, ,,.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-10
WATCH WORTH A FORTUNE.
Wonderful Timcpiece Made by u Swiss
Misunderstanding Firm.

Wonderful Timcpiece Made by u Swiss
Manufacturing Firm.
\ manufacturing firm OF Geneva,
Switzerland, have for sixty years been
making speciality Of complicated
timcpleces, ana Il watch that was on
view at the Paris exposition Is regard
cd by them as their highest achieve
ment. In It they have overcome prob
lens which We're before considered In.
solvable, says the jewelers. Circular,
and have succeeded In retaining the
size of the watch within the cOnven-
lent limit of pocket timepiece--name.
~. twenty lignes, corresponding to the
American eighteen size. But two of
these watches have ever been con-
structed. One was purchased direct
from the workshop of the firm to be
added to the magnificent watch cOllec-
ton of A. Ponti, the celebrated anna
Ieur of Milan, Italy.
This watch, which has a perpetual
calendar indicating the days of the
month, the days of the week and the
phases Of the moon, also possesses two
separate small dlals, upon which are
shown automatically for Il given lati'
tude the time of the rising of the sun
and the time of its setting. The diff
Guilty overcome here was great. but
what comprises the merit OF the piece
is that, in connection with the minute
hands, which shows the mean time
(the time we use), 1t carries another
hand which indicates the SUMS time
(the true tlTsl. Tlis band, moyiai
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-10
EOrtune,a Bottled Heer.

The Fortune Brewing Company has
added to its large plant magnificent
bOttling establishment. The new works
adjOin the brewery on Van Buren,
street, west Of Desplaines, and IRE 1T.
ted up with the latest and most i'm.
proved machinery. Their capacity Is very
great, and the quality Of the goods turn.
I'd out of the very best. One Of the
features of the plant Is the arrange.
ment for cooling the beer. Not only
has the latest cooling machinery been
introduced, but the building In which
the bOttling Is done Is adjOined by an.
other building In which freezing up.
paratus IL placed. This keeps the TEN.
perature of the very walls ut freezing
point all the time. The Fortune Brew.
cry produces a beer which Is famous
the world over. Now that Its bOttling
works are completed, no residence
should be without 1t. Telephone Mon.
roe no."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-10
\ Hard Word to Say.

In the heat of passion Robert had
done something that he was ashamed
of and sorry for after the excitement
had passed away. Il wish that hadn't
let my temper get away with my good
sense" he said; but It's done ana can't
be undOne."
But isn't there way To overcome
the effect of wrong doing to u great
extent?' asked Il voice In his heart.
"IIOw? 2" asked Robert.
by owning to ones blame IN the
matter" answered the voice. Confess
ing ones fault does much to sct wrong
right. Try It,"
Now, Robert was very much like the
rest of us--he hated to admit that he
was In fault. I'm wrong; forgive me-"
Is q hard thing to say. But the more
he thought the matter over the more he
felt that he ought to say just that ITS
the right thing to do" he told himself.
III | know what's right and don't do
It I'm a moral coward III do it," So
he went to the one that he had wrOnged
and confessed his fault frankly and the
result was that the two boys were bet
ter friends than before and his comiude
had u greater respect for him. En-.
change.
Mark Twain Is ut home, and the Eng
ljol can now have tho nlaa s,lra nf m v.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-10

from the center as do the hands show
Ing the mean time, constantly travels
with them and automatically places It,
self each day ut midnight In the posi-
ton it should occupy In order to lndi-
cate for that day the difference be
tween the mean and true time. The
variation is very great, being rs much
us fifteen minutes In one direction or
the other. These dates are April IL,
June Is, Sept. / and Dec. %.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-10
Italian Aquestuct.

4 plan Is before the Italian Parlla-
ment for providing the three south
eastern provlnces-FOggia, Bari and
Leece-with water from the Apennlnes,
by building an aqueduct l63 miles long
with branches that will bring up the
total length to SGT miles. The project
ed aqueduct will cost $40 800 600, and
will supply 2sS towns and villages,
with population of 100000.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-10

The only thing that bet proves is
that the man who makes 1t has money.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-10

Mark Twain is ut home, and the Eng
lish can now have the pleasure of pay
ing cable tolls ON his jokes for awhile.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-19
lac oia Cnestnut..

it Is said that a certain Cleveland
ady whose handsome house is in an
Gltrafashionable section of the city was
;alled east while her home was under
going the renoyating and refurnlshing
process. During her absence a man
was especially engaged to hang the pic
lures. Among them were a number oe
excellent copies of the worlds greatest
works of art, and the man, an artist,
found his task labor OF love.
With great care he hung the more
valuable copies in the roomy reception
hall and had Just finished his task
when the lady returned,
Her eyes snapped as she surveyed his
work.
'Who hung those old chestnuts
there" she cried.
"old masters, madam" said the star
tied artist.
''Old chestnuts, | say; it's the same
thing. If YOU hung them, take them
down. won't have them there. With
now furniture and new decorations and
new carpets and rugs I'll have new
pictures too. Who ever heard of such
old trumpery stuff in strictly modern
house?"
''And what shall do with thc-the
old chestnuts, MADAME" the artist ia
quired.
"Oh, dump them into the attic until
can get rid of Them" replied the lady.
And there the ''chestnuts" lie, Ma
donnas and cherubs and all, gathering
dust and calmly awaiting the getting
rid of process,-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-19
Theatrical Venture Proved to be a
Dismal Failure.

Gus Rubin is to gain new notoriety
and in a novel way.
The Akron Cereal company will soon
put on the market package of oat
meal, the label of which will bear a
likeness of the Akron Giant.
The heavyweight artist will not ap-
pear in fighting togs, however. On the
contrary he will be shown wearing the
garments that first protected his form
from the cold blasts of winter and the
gentle breezes Of summer. Gus por-
trait is that of great big boy in
swaddling clothes.
Under the picture will be the i'll
scription, ''Ths is the kind Of boys
that are grown from Mothers Oats"
l. he lucit WAS OIIS SOulG tillic ago
and was to have been put into effect
just after Ruhlins battle. The un-
looked-for termination of that event,
however caused the company to change
its views in reference to the adver-
tisement. The victory of Rubin over
Maher has again brought the idea into
prominence. Unless the Akron Giant
meets with another defeat in the near
future he will be on every oat meal
package. He has approved of the
plan.
WAS NOT A SUCCESS.
Ruhlins career as a stage celebrity
was of short duration. The company
which lie headed did not seem to meet
with the hearty endorsement of the
public. After a short but inglorious
trip the company went to pieces at
Patterson, n. ]. Business was wretch
ed and the managers We're losing mon
ey every day.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-19
How to Cure Group.

Mr. r.. Gray, who lives near Armenia,
Duchess county, N. Y, says: Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is the best
medicine l have ever used. 1t Is O.
fine chllGlen's remedy for Group and
never fails to cure" When given as
soon as the child becomes hoarse, OF
even after the croupy cough has de-
veloped, it will prevent the attack.
This should be borne in mind and a
bottle of the Cough Remedy kept at
hand ready for instant use as soon as
these symptoms appear. For sale by
all druggists. 10. Steinbacher & Co.,
wholesale agents.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-19
ELECTED
Delegate to First Depart
ment Convention.
Meeting of Camp Theodore W. Miller
Business Transacted.

Camp Theodore W. Miller, No l35.
Department of Ohio, met at Oriental
Hall last night and transacted consid-
cradle business. Jerry Cline and At
torney George W. Rogers were elected
trustees. Capt. II. o. Feederle was
elected delegate 10 the Department
Convention and VIM. A. Palmer was
elected alternate.
A copy of the life of Theodore w.
Miller, number of which have been
printed for private circulation, was
given each member of the camp.
through the kindness of the Miller
family. The next meeting will be held
Dec. 2S. in Oriental Hall.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-19
CHAIRMAN
Of Committee to lnvesti-
gate Cadets Death.
General Dick Relieved of Anxiety by
TeIeuram From His Home.

Washington, Dec 19.-(Spl)-Repre-
sentative Charles Dick of Ohio, who
is a member of the Military commit
tee, and who last Saturday, was ap-
pointed chairman of the House Special
committee to investigate the cause of
the death of Cadet Booz, at West
Point, Tuesday, accepted the onerous
duty. Gen. Dick was so crowded with
other important business that he went
to Speaker Henderson and begged to
be excused from the craftsmanship of
the Investigating committee, but The
speaker, as well as other members,
urged him to accept, and the general
did so. The committee held its first
meeting Wednesday morning.
Gen. Dick was much worried over
news received from his home in
telegram to the effect that all the
members of his family had been par
tally asphyXiated by natural gas. 1t
seems that there was leak in the
pipe caused by an imperfect valve and
the escaping gas came near putting all
the family at home under its influence
before the leak was discovered. The
general was much relieved to receive
word that all the members of his fam
lily were out of danger.