The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-09-24
INTERESTING EVENTS.



stsnley spencer made q partial sue
eessfui trfp around 81. Pants cefAe-
drAi. IN London. IN lila airship.
Surprise "a expressed IN political cir
eies iu lcndoa at THE TACT that Salts
bays estate agSresates nearly sz.eoo.-
600 II had been supposed that Sails
bury vas only fairly wealthy
Members Of congress Who arrived
q Panama from Boxosa declared that
the Hsy-HerrAn canal treaty ~ss dead
and that the new treaty bill ~ia meet
the same fate.
A secret service man says President
Roosevelt has carried a revolver %
heavy caiiber ever since he took the
oath Of oface after the assassination q
President Mckinley.
Prince Ferdinand gave = dinner par
y AZ ths palace IA honor Of ,. p. Jack
son who n the afternoon haa pre-
sented his credentials az the erst
American Diplomatic agent to Buiga-
ria.
nsspondsnt over tie loss q s5s.eoo
in the Jane food. Henry Mockiey-
formerly proprietor q the Riverside
packing house. Kansas City. committed
suicide BY sending bullet through BIS
brain.
The most violent earthquake since
I, 1855 occurred at Santiago. Cuba. Ths
: earth shook for rs seconds. but there
were no undulatlors. Many pcopls
!, rushed into The streets and cried and
/. prayed.
r. Tho Turkish war ministry has
a ordered so 600 pounds % suokeiess
N
/, lin Turkey has several agents per-
q anauently resident In Germany 1ho
"a buy supplies for the army and navy.
The National Metal Trades asso-
u citation has started a movement TO re-
q duco the wages Of mechanics an over
n. the country 10 per cent Y this re-
Al ducuoa Is accomplished u viii affect
~ 100 900 machinlsta. both union and non
n union
be- Madame patti. who Il going on 9
Al tour 90 the United States. where shs
a viii sing IN So concerts. has ordered
n. So magnificent robes from Partisan
Of dressmaker she Nin appear even
Iu. night In a different gown of stunninl
re-. perfection.
Col Richard Hoi1. IN command o
perhaps the first Salvation cavalry Il
the country. left Jackson. Ky. for Ma
romn county. Tue members of the Sal
~ walton army are unused % horselacl
riding and furnished aEnuacmsnt Q
the natives
IN. The Emmett centennial celebration
led held In Columbus. o.. waa participate
on IN by trish Americans from all 80
On tions of Ohio. It IL estimated thl
nc a5 oo0 excursiouists were brought int
rh the city. including a large dciegatio
on from Fort Wayne Ind
ere The sirs c. NJ schWsb school buis
'th- ing at Weaiheriy. Pa erected AZ a co
we, of 100000. through the generosity
and Charles NJ Schwah. formerly pre-
dent OF the United States steel &C
vit porauon and his wifc. was dedicau
and with Imposing ceremonies.
MT There we're hundreds Of veterans
m Gauaun. Tenn. from surroundh
pre- towns 90 take part IN the unveiii
pait of th,. confederate monument erect
MN In Trousdale pace through the
ana forts % Clark Chapter. Daughters
MS the Confeteracy. The monument Is
'aNe handsome one ~ Vermont grani
ieed and cost about s. GEO
s'a For the frst time In the history
ne Columbia university woman
as been directly appointed 10 a prot
'o'' sorship by the board OF directors.
new professor Is Miss Margaret
> Malthy. PAD. a graduate of Harva
who will be Installed at the bes
,..,t ming OF the academic year as adir
professor OF physics