The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-06-19
NEWS CONDENSED
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Chess BY wireless teiexrapby vas
PLAYED between a passenger ou tho
steamer Champanie and another on
the Philadelphia. during the passage
of those vessels near New York.
Daring q gale Arthur Martin. egct
"a. Beatrice Abraham. aged "a. and
Norma Abraham. aged :. wero
drowned IN Lake Huron BY TIE over
turning of a row boat o1 Edison beach.
Mich.
The death Of Baron George von
Bieichrocner. the Weilknown banker.
near Cologne. as the result o. an su-
tomobiie accident. has stimulated ths
agitation Tor more stringent laws
against reckless autonoSiilnx.
strong earthquake shocks. ACCOM-
panied By a SQUAD % underground
rumbilnEs. wore experienced az Syra-
cusc. sicily. Tho inhabitants Of Syrs-
cuse hecame panic-stricken. The dis
turbances dii not eject any damage.
The navy department has completed
is compilation of the names % tho
officers and men who sre 70 be Secorat-
81 with the West indian campaign
medal Tho list totals ia round num-
i-rs 500 officers and about 5000 en-
listed men.
Albert u Marks. son Of cxGov. Al
bert 8 MARKS. and one Of the most
F prominent lawyers IN Tennessee. CON-
mittcd suicide By shooting himself
through the brain with a 5s-caiiher re-
volvcr in tho telegraph room of tho
Nashville American.
Miss Hannah Hail. aecd i5 years.
ot bradford. iii.. an inmate of the sani-
tarium az Gaicshurg. III. tied her gar
ter around her neck. fastened one end
O. the tcjstcai and throw herself
face down toward the floor. causing
speedy strarguiation.
Chicago vas visited By an electrical
storm which wrought death. caused
a panic among 100 Suneay-achool chill
drcn and damaged considerable prop-
e-ty Three churches we're struck by
electric bolts. one. the Memorial Cor
man Episcopal. being destroyed
While George A. Fleck. aEad 10
yoars. and his vile. who is tho same
age wore examining a revolver ia
their ruom 40 thc Great Northern no.
col. Chicago. tho revolver was dir-
charged. The tuiiet struck Ficck ia
the mouth and penetrated the brain.
hliius him almost instantly.
At Chicago judge Baker denied a
motion 90 arrest Judgment in the case
oi nr. orviic 8 Burnett. the dentist.
who entered into O. compact with Mrs.
Charlotte S. Nichol to commit suicide.
which resulted in tho death ei tho
woman. The judge sentenced thD
prisoner % Do years IN the pcnitcn-
tlary.
The president VIII start on a somo-
what extended trip through tho West
and Northwest during tho latter part
ot sept7mhcr Iic has accepted lnvi-
tatioue 60 go 90 Detroit. Minneapolis
AMI other eiucs. returning by way OF
Springfield. Il. where be will attend
the state fair an October 9
The presence Of zoo armed mon seni
ty Gov. kimhan 90 restore order had
little Influence except m ihc central
parts ~ PsVtuckct. r. T. where ths
soldiers formed an invincihlo guard
and rioting broke ont anew in ths
suburbs and spread % the ncishhor
Ing city 90 Central Fails
Secretary Moody has conceived th'
idea. and. after consulting the pleas
ure of Admiral Dewey. IL has been ar
ranged that he shall be placed IN su
prcme command ~ the fleet (compris
ing the North Atlantic. the Europeai
and tho South Atlantic squadronsa
which is 90 assemble near Cuiehr'
Island iu the West indies. next De
ccmber. for the winter manenvers.