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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-06-20

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district Montague men arc a scarce
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-06-20

THE bsttleship Illinois is said 90
he the fastest ship Of it, Kind in the
world.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-06-20

PEor. W. u. SNfru. has been re-
appointed Superintendent, Of schools
in Scott county
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-06-20

WHoEvrH heard Of the Montague
crowd doab;ing Henry Skeen's word
for a minute.
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Hos. r. r. LAVISH stands wolf iu
this community. and The people viii
take his word Coz anything be says
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-06-20

HoS. JoHS Goonr .sas elected
prcsiden, Of The Constitutional Con-
vcntion.
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A. make us tired to hear Monta-
que talking about "iho machine. A"
when The truth is. there is not a
more corrupt politician IN the State
Of Virgins that Montague himself.
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Other toeas ia adjoining coanties
is waish ~e feel al interest are list
ri a. follows.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
ABour RAILRoAD PEoPLE.

E. H. Strawn is a new man in the sheds.
Edward Roof, a car repairer, is laying
off.
Engine 295 is out after a general over
hauling.
Engineer Hurley was up from Argentine
Monday
Bert Webb. a machinist in the east
shop. is laying off.
William am Peterson, who works in Evans
Charles Taylor, fireman in the mill, who
was out last week, is on duty again
Henry Ward of the storehouse has re-
ported for duty after a weeks lay Off
Switchman William Busby has been
laying off on account of the illness of his
wife.
Conrad Heise: who is with the sheet
1Fee Weeksg. gang IS laying on Tor two or three
w B. Hoeck, roundhouse foreman. is
the father of a baby girl. born Sunday
switchmah e. F. McFadden has report
ed for duty aft{ a short lay off. He
works at night
AL Nordyke and Alfred Anderson are
new men in the car sheds gang working
under Martin Reardon.
The $50 new refrigsrator caIs which the
Santa Fe has ordered. viii be built ny a
St Louis car company.
R s. Hopkins. who has been working in
helper, has taken his time.
Switchman Edward Strain left today
for the summer resorts of Colorado, where
he will spend the next two weeks.
Charles Ackley. who usually works on
freight car doors in the sheds, is helping
repair way cars for a few days.
Hugh Taylor of the oil room in the
storehouse has returned to work after q
visit of a week in Douglas county.
w. F.. Franzien. a cabinet maker. has
returned from a ten days trip to Denver
He was accompanied by his wife.
Thomas Paxton. master mechanic for
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe at Gle
burne. Tex. was in Topeka Monday.
A son of John Bushacher of the uphol-
stering department has begun an appren-
ticeship in an uptown plumbing shop.
Edward Thomas of the planning mill has
returned from Chicago, where he and his
mother spent several days of last week
Contractor Closson. has gone west to
Pueblo, Col, and Albuquerque, N. NJ
John Mcintyre, who clerks in the office
of the shop accountant, has returned from
Chetopa, where he has been visiting for a
week.
Harry Snyder. an apprentice in the
gang of W A Mitchell has been trans
ferred to Albuquerque. He left for there
today
James House. for fifteen years connect
ed with the Santa Fe in the cana city of
car repairer at Newton and Emporia, was
in Topeka Monday.
J. F. Larkin, secretary of the local
sWitchmen's Orga nization, has been out
over the state for several days in the
interests of the lodge.
Martin Gunther, a maehinist in Mitch
ellis gang. has returned from Kansas
City. where he went Monday to attend
the funeral of q friend
shop macninists. who took their wives
and went. to Colorado a week ago Sunday
came in on No. 6 Monday
Thomas Mcmahon and J. NJ Kelly.
short time, have quit and it is thought
viii go to Kansas City for job.
Ben MeIlfnger who. while running drill
press in the boiler shop last week had his
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
DID NOT BLUFF.
Peculiar Letter Received by the Santa
Fe Claims Attorney.

1t is seldom that those connected with
a railway company, and especially in
the claims department. are credited
with having anything like a conscience.
but an attorney, living on the line of
the Santa Fe, has digressed from the
time-worn custom of ''blufing'' and has
appealed to the hearts Of those who
manage the ''soulless'' corporation.
The attorney represents a client who
had an old horse killed by locomotive.
and after explaining the matter to the
Santa Fe claims attorney, ended his
letter by saying: Now, gentlemen.
having stated facts. hope you may
consider my clients request, not so
much in the line of legal adjustment.
but that you may let equity and JUS
tice, sweetened with that degree of
charity, which we are willing to credit
you with possessing when treated fair
ly, leaving to your consciences to de-
eide"
It is very probable that the letter
will be framed, and given a conspicuous
place in the general Office building. It
is no doubt the only one of its kind in
existence.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
SUBSTANTIAL CITIZENS.
Emporia Gazette Says a Good Word
For It's Railroad Men.

This period of rush has given the
extra engineers and f1remen all that
they want to do. says the Enporia Ga
zette. They have about as much work
as the regular pool crews There are
forty men on the extra board and fifty
on the regular pool board. Besides
these there are eight on the switch en-
gines and about a dozen on regular
runs. These make over a hundred en-
gine men who live in Emporia and who
run out from here Most of these are
the heads of families and it is safe to
say that the fact that these men have
jobs here adds three hundred to the
population of Emporia- Besides them
there are a similar number of conduc-
tors and brakemen, to say nothing of
the men who work in the shops, switch
yards and other departments of the
service here. It is safe to estimate
that twelve to fifteen hundred Of
Emporia's ten thousand people are de-
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
TOO MUCH NOISE.
California Suburbanites Kicking on
Oil Burning Engines.

A new phase cf the oil fuel question
appears to have arisen at Alameda and
Berkeley, CAL says the Railway Age.
These two places are resident suburbs
of San Francisco and, like most resi-
dence districts in large cities have not
been unknown as the source of COM
plants against the smoke and cinders
incident to the operation of the rail
ways whose existence has made them
possible as residence districts. But now
that the Southern Pacific has been able
to extend the use of oil as locomotive
fuel to this distance from the source Of
supply. thereby doing away with the
smoke and cinders. the "Old Subscrib-
erS" and others who write to the local
papers pounce with eagerness upon the
opportunity afforded for a change i'll
theme. 1t is claimed that the tremen-
dous roar caused by the forced draft OF
these oil burners makes a mockery of
all attempts at sleep, and that the con-
sequent vibration cracks the plaster on
the walls of the houses Trains run to
these points twice every half hour. and
so far as known no attempt has been
m ade by the residents to give publicity
to the very complete train service. This
of course has nothing to do with the
matter of oil burning. Likewise, it IS
not a. subject for fault-finding. It has
therefore, escaped the notice of the citi-
zens of Alameda and Berkeley, and VIII
not be mentioned as an offset in the
petition they are preparing for an
abatement of the alleged nuisance.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
STOPPED SHORT.
.. s. Officials Interfere to Pre-
vent Persecution of Negroes.

Sapulpa, I T.. Aug. 27.-Demonstra-
tions against negroes came to a sudden
end with the arrival of Deputy United
States Marshal Bud Trail and Captain
White. They were met here by United
States Marshal Bennett and Governor
Porter principal chief of the Creek ma
ton. Marshal Bennett instructed them
to arrest all offenders and send them to
NuskOgee in chains, and to deputize
citizens if help was needed He said
he would prevent an outbreak If he had
to order troops from Fort Gibson
Mayor Miller issued a firm proclama-
ton commanding the citizens commit
tee to stop posting notices This was
the result of d severe reprimand from
the federal authorities for a proclama-
tion Of Saturday. Nearly all the ne
groes not owning property have left
town Marshals have torn down the
warnings Of the committee, including
a lot posted last night. The published
statement that politics caused the
trouble is not substantiated
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
WITHOUT WARNING.
Four Men Killed by Falling of
Steel Girders.

Columbia. S C. Aug. 27.-An accident
at the new bridge which the Southern
railway is constructing across the Con-
garee river caused the death of four
men One other was fatally and two
more seriously injured. The accident
was caused by the falling of two steel
girders about seven feet long, weighing
IA tons each. The two girders were
hoisted about midway of the river
above the bridge. The rains of the
night previous probably had caused the
ropes holding them in place to slip.
The crash came without the slightest
warning. There were 70 people on the
bridge, spectators and Workmen-
DEAD
S. j. CASTLEBERRY
REUBEN w. Alison.
JOB DEBAIS.
JIM REESE
INJURED.
David stiles, fatally.
A. T. Thornton, seriously.
Sam Willifred, seriously.
The bridge is being built by the
Phoenix Bridge company of Philadel-
phia. The structure was not materially
damaged by the accident though some
OF the iron work was strained.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
IS 1T AN EPIDEMIC !?
Vital Statistics Show an Alarming Ia
crease in the Already Prevailing
Bisease-Are ANY Exempt?

At no time in the history of disease
has there been such an alarming in
crease in the number of cases of any
particular malady as in that of kidney
and bladder trouble now preying upon
the people of this country.
Today we see a relative a friend or
an acquaintance apparently well, and
in few days we may be grieved to
death, caused by that fatal type of
kidney trouble-Bright's disease.
Kidney trouble often becomes ad-
afflicted is aware of its presence; that
is why we read of so many sudden
deaths of prominent business and pro-
fessiona1 men, physicians and others.
They have neglected to stop the leak in
time.
While scientists are puzzling their
brains to find out the cause, each indi-
vidua1 can, by a little precautiOn,
avoid the chances of contracting dread
ed and dangerous kidney trouble, or
eradicate it completely from their sys-
tenn if already afflicted. Many precious
iIves might have been, and many more
can yet be saved, by paying attention
to the kidneys.
It is the mission of the State Journal
to benefit its readers at every oppor-
tunity, and therefore we advise all who
have any symptoms of kidney or blad-
der trouble to write today to DR.
Kilner g. Co, Binghamton, n. Y, for
a free sample bottle of SWamp-ROOt,
the celebrated specific which is having
such a great demand and remarka BILE
success in the cure of the most dis
tressing kidney and bladder troubles.
With the sample bottle of Swamp
Root will also be sent free a pamphlet
and treatise of valuable information.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27

language Most Of these Nacabebes ap-
pear TO have been men Of humor- They
told wonderful stories to the natives OF
what they had done to the Americans.
and really helped very considerably to
maintain the necessary verisimilitude of
the expedition. tit is probable that the
force. nearly hundred strong. could
have fought their way out under the lead
of the hve American officers. assuming
that all the men remained faithful and
assuming that they were not all starved
to death before working their way back
to the supporting gunboat- But if every
man in the force had not been clever as
well as faithful. the alarm would unques-
uOnably have been given, and AguinaldO
would not have been taken
This first part of General Funston s mar
ratlVe ends with the arrival at CaSiguran.
after a forced landing in the Vicksburg 5
boats, the three bancas or native sail
boats having been wrecked and after q
20 minutes march through the mangrOve
jungles and shore waters of Casiguran
bay. The imminent question at Casigu-
ran was food General Funston and his
American associates in this expedition be-
long to that useful class of soldiers who
if they can not do what they wish to do.
are-able to see what they can do; and in
this instance, .'by unanimous vote
among the I'VE Americans p General Fun
ston reports that they decided to go
ahead and take chances" although, as
he frankly confesses. with considerable
misgfvings" on his part. We know that
they pulled through and won. but we
shall have to wait for the details until
month.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
RAILROAD NEWS.
Paul Morton the Latest Success
sOr to Hays.
Said to Have Been offered
Southern Pacific Presidency.
MR.. MORTON'S RECORD
He Is Giraffe Manager" For
the Santa Fe.
Holds the Position of Second
Vice President.

Los Angeles. Cal. Aug. 27.-Accord-
ing to the Evening Express, a private
dispatch has been received here stating
that Second Vice President Paud Nor
ton, Of the Atchison, Topeka. & Santa
he railway has been rendered the posi-
ton of c. M. Hays as president of the
Southern Pacific Much credence is at
tached to the story at Santa Fe head
quarters in this city and it is said that
conhrmatory news has also reached
mere from Wall street sources.
PAUL MOTIONS RECORD.
raul Morton became a clerk in the
general freight office. of the Burlington
& missouri River at PlattSmOuth, Neb.,
IN 1873, after having previously been
employed for a few months in the land
once OF the same road. He became.
successlVely, rate clerk, general clerk,
assistant general freight agent, first
assistant general freight agent, general
passenger agent and general freight
agent OF the same road leaving the
latter position in 1890 to become presi-
dent of the Colorado Fuel & Coal COM
pany, Southern Iowa railway and Hli-
nOlS western railway, which position
he occupied until 1885, when he went to
the Santa F'e as third vice president in
charge of traffic. In 1898 he became
second vice president of the Santa Fe
The Kansas City Journal says. Were
It not Tor the position of J. c. Stubbs,
traffic director of the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific, the report might
be given more credence. Mr.. Morton
IS essentially a traffic man, although
familiar with other branches of railway
service, and it is thought strange here
that traffic man would be made pres
ldent of the Southern Pacific after an
arrangement has been made under
which the president of that road has
no control whatever over traffic mat
50
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
COMPETE FOR BUSINESS.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul VIII
Enter the Lists at z. C.

Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 27.-The Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
into competition for the through pas
senger business petvver Eaa.--- ~ and
Chicago. Two cut offs that viii ma
terially shorten the length of the line
to Davenport, Ia, whereby forty miles
will be saved. and the other from
Davenport to Hampshire, III. The con-
tract for building one of the cuts has
ing to u S. Long, chief clerk of the
railroad, the new service will probably
be started next spring. When the
changes noted have been made the line
Will be only 453 miles long. five miles
less than that of the shortest route be-
tween the two cities.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27

Territory of Oklahoma to Be Provided
With Railroads.

The Rock Island Railway company
VIII have completed and begun the op-
Grafton of important extensions and
branch lines into the heart of Okla
homa in about three months more. That
of iTnm ediate interest is the line into
Lawton and % miles southwest of it
into the center of the new homestead
country recently taken up in the big
land lottery. The road is a direct
branch from the Mangum line which
extends almost straight west from
Chickasha.
About 25 miles west of Chickasha. on
this road is Anadarko. From this point
the road is building south and west in
to Lawton, and it has now reached
Richards, only "A miles away. BY Sep
tember Is trains Will be running into
Lawton.
Another new branch will extend
southeast from Lawton to Terrell, in
voIving 60 miles of track. The biggest
proposition under way, however, is the
line building from Enid on the main
line in north end of Oklahoma to Ana
darko. there joining the Mangum line
west and the La.WtOn road south. This
work win mean 100 miles of new road
way. These three new lines will com
plete the network which the Rock Is
land has spread throughout Oklahoma
territory.
The Rock Islands new extension
from Liberal. Kan, to Ell Paso, Tex,
is making excellent progress and will
be completed by the end of October.
The grading has been finished and only
about $50 miles of track remain to be
laid to the connection with the Ell Paso
and Northwestern railroad, which
forms a part of the new line At FL
Paso connection is made with the
Southern Pacific and Mexican Central
railroads and traffic arrangements have
been made by the Rock Island manage
ment with both of those roads. 1t win
give the Rock Island line from Chi
cago to southern California and the
City of Mexico, considerably shorter
than by the Santa. Fe.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
Wabash
For Buffalo

If you are going to the Buffalo
Exposition you must know that
the Wabash Railroad is
The Only Line Running
I Trough Trains from
Kansas City to Buffalo
and Sleeping Cars to New
York,
and making the fastest time.
And don't forget about New
York and Boston, that the Wa
bash saves you a day.
The Wabash trains pass about
two thirds of the way around
the Exposition grounds, giving
through passengers who do not
wish to stop at Buffalo a grand
view of the Electric Display and
grounds.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
READY sEPTEMRER Is.
Santa Fe Will Soon Run Trains to
Grand Canyon.

The Santa Fe will have its new line
of road to the grand canyon of the
Colorado, in Arizona, completed and
open for traffic on September 25.
The line to the grand canyon is only
about ten miles long, but it enables
passengers to ride in the cars TO the
very brink of what is probably the
most marvellous canyon in the world.
The Santa F'e recently purchased th=
Santa. F-e & Grand Canyon road, which
enabled it to bring it's trains within
ten N lies of the canyon. The new line
completes the journey
It is the plan of the Santa Fe to build
a big hotel at the head of the canyon,
near the point called Bright Angel
trail" The pictures of the grand
canyon are used by the Santa F-e in
great numbers for advertising pur-
poses
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
AMERICAS FAST TRAIN.
Empire State Express Holds Record
For Long Run.


Some of the papers have reprinted
more or less at length a column article
published lately in the London Daily
Mail on the railroad speeds of different
countries. For the purpose of compar-
ing the best express trains of Great
Britain. France and the United States,
four classes of trains were specified,
tOWit: those with trips exceeding 300
miles in length, those with Journeys of
200 to 300 miles those running from 100
to 200 miles, and those having distances
of less than 100 miles The article in
question says that, in view of the recent
reduction of the speed of the famous
train of the Southern railway of
France between Paris and Bayonne to
90 miles per hour, the Empire State Ex-
press between New York and Buffalo,
at 53.3 miles per hour, still has the honor
of being the fastest long distance train
in the world In the second division,
Great Britain leads and in the third
the distinction of possessing the fast
est platform to platform runs belongs
to the United States, and almost ex-
clusively to the trains of the Philadel-
phia & Reading and the Pennsylvania
between Camden and Atlantic City, the
fastest schedule rate of the former be-
ing 666 miles per hour and of the latter
64.3 miles per hour These brilliant
runs as they appear in the schedules
often gain additional luSter from the
making up of time. The Philadelphia
& Reading trains are apt to be cOnsid-
erably delayed in getting out of Cam
den, and the Pennsylvania s exit from
that city is not the most satisfactory
in the world. The writer Travelled late
ly on a Pennsylvania train of twelve
cars from Camden to Atlantic City,
scheduled to make the run in "a min
utes but doing it actually in an even
was on time and the arrival four min
utes ahead of time.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27

The Santa FTe now spells the word as
spelled here, not canon" as formerly
Canon with a wave over the M to
indicate the Spanish pronunciation,
has been the way the Santa Fe has al
ways spelled it. On all the advertising
matter of the company issued up to
the present summer, the old spelling has
been used.
In changing to canyon the Santa
Fe merely adopts the American way of
spelling the name, which is authorized
in the latest publications of the United
States geological survey.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27
Their secret Is out.

All Sadieville, KY, was curious to learn
the cause of the vast Improvement in the
health of Mrs. s. P- Whitaker. who had
for a long time endured untold suffering
from a chronic bronchial trouble. It's all
due to DR.. Kings New Discovery writes
her husband. 1T completely cured her
and also cured our little granddaughter
of a severe attack of whooping cough
1t positively cures coughs. colds, la
grippe bronchitis. all throat and luns
troubles. Guaranteed bottles so and 81 o.
Trial bottles gree at "A. J. Arnold & Son s
drug store. S21 North Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27

Two Cars Torn Out of Freight Train
at Emporia.

Emporia, Kas., Aug. PA peculiar
mishap was reported to the house yes
terday. Engineer Wheeler and Fire
man Wigam were pulling a freight over
the cutoff. Along about the n iddle of
the train two cars tore loose frem the
others and went off the track. 1t is said
that they went so far clear Of the track
that the engine backed up, coupled to
the end of the train that was left
standing and came on. The two cars
went clear off the right-of-way.