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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-12-24
BIBLE SUNDAY
Il viii BE Universally Observed on the
7th Of March. 1904.

New York. Dec ia world wide
observance Of March Z. 1904. as Bible
Sunday" proposed By the Brigis-. and
Foreign Bible society. has been ap-
proved by the American Bible society.
On that date falls the centenary Of
the British society. which during the
century has distributed $50 900 600
volumes of the Scriptures In about $40
languages az a total expenditure OF
over s7O.0o0,0O0. The purpose Of both
British and American societies Is to
translate and circulate the Scriptures
al a nominal cost
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-12-24
SENATOR HANNA III.
He Is Confined 70 His Room With a
Severe Cold.

New York. Dec@ 2l.-- Senator Mar
ems A. Wanna, who was too IN 20 at
tend Tie banquet OF che national execn-
tive committee of the Civic Federation
Saturday evening. was confined to bis
room az the Waldori-Astoris all sun
day. lie IS being attended by Or. Cal
YIN Adams. who said Sunday plight
that the senator had q severe cold
watch was Ia 10 way seTious. but taas
he had acvised Mr Earna TO remain
within doors for the present.
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Louisville. KY. Dec 21-Thc uooL
room operators of Louisville may le-
eide 90 asc Tor rehearns of the Pes
cisiou of the court of appeals hy wh -h
tacir continuance here IS made Illegal
DO IS probable that the petition for a
rchearng VIII be died the latter part
Of this week.
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Bowling Green. KY. Dec i9.-An
enort is being made to have a daily
maii pnt IN between Evansville. md.
and this city by river Several thou
sand signatures have Deen secured to
a petition asking congress to establish
tav toate.
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Denver. Col Dcc. 21.--Troops are 10
be withdrawn gradually from the Grip.
pie Greek and Telluride mining dis
tricts. This has been decided az a re-
suit Of conference between Gov. Pea
body and Adjt Gen. Bell The strike
Is reported practically over.
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IN THE FAR EAST.
There Is increased Alarm over ehe
Aspect Of Affairs.

London. Dee 81 The morning
newspapers display Increased alarm
over the aspect OF ansirs in che far
east. rather from the fear that some
unforeseen Incident may procipitate a
conflict than from any belief that the
resources of diplomacy have become
exhausted. the opinion being stin al
most UNIVERSAL that both Russia and
Japan are anxInns % avoid war
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fort Chair Co paid S6.6f2 more To the
state on the balance due for convict
labor. leaving about $4,000 yet un.
paid but which viii De paid next
week. Attorney General Pratt has
taken no steps In the matter
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-12-24

ST. Louis. Dec iS.--A joint session
Of the board Of lady managers and TIE
national worlds fair commission was
held and letter accepting Mrs. Blair's
resignation as president and express
Ing a high regard for her devotlen YES
sent 10 her
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Constaniinople. Dec. 2i-The porte
has agreed 20 the demands OF the
United States government ana has or
dercd the governor oi Aiexandrctta 20
make ample apology to Consul Davis
for the insults and assaults to which
be was subjected by the police Of Al
exandreita
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soer Prisoners sign the osth.

Bombay. Dec 19-Cen Delarey
made a speech 20 the Bocr prisoners
at Adn0adnaear Friday and succeeded
in persuadins an but ten OF them 20
sign the oath Of allegiance TO Great
Britain Gen Delarey spoke Tor ave
honrs
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The CHINESE Treaty.
Tho Senate in Executive Session Rati-
ned the Convention.

Washington, Dec I9--The seEate in
executive session Friday ratified the
treaty For the extension Of the com.
snercial relations" between the United
States and China and then removed
the injunction OF secrecy. No opposi-
tion was manifested by any senator to
the treaty. although Mr.. Nelson (rep-
Minnl made a long speech in which
he criticized the convention as making
insufficient provision for the trade Of
the United States.
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Lexington. Ky. Dee PA move
meur has been inauguratei to induce
the fedora. government to make am app
preparation Cor @ new goVemment
building in thls city. and as an ncen-
tive thereto it is proposed thar the city
of Lexington purchase the present fed-
eral nu-llIns and use u as a city han
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Havana. Dee 1Ss-The senate passed
the general electoral bllI which covers
aii manner OF elections. methods OF
registration and other aeraiis The
dste q the election fo~ naif. of the
memters af congress IS axed Tor Feb.
ruary IS.
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Nsnager Johnson's Wages lnerea

Chicago. Dec. I9.-Owners OF the
American Baseball league. at their an
nual meeting Friday. voted to in
crcase President Ban Johnson's salary
$500 a year. making his pay $4,000
year. tha increase to last for SIX
wears.
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Louisville KY. Dee l9-Only II
hhds of tobacco wer sold on the
breaks Friday Sixteen hhds OF these
were hurley and the price ranged from
S6 20 $40. The market VAS reported as
being a shade stronger.
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Rev York. Dec. l9.-B Business fail
nres in the United states for the week
ending with December II number ea9.
against 2il last week. 225 IN the like
week in 1902 IN Canada fanores fnr
the week number 22. aeainst 7 last
week
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Chicago. Dec. 19-Whue working
on salary CT s. per week Gus a.
crigsby has robbed his employers at
rate Of $290 per day according 10
Manager David j. Rose. ~ N +. Bar
rsff 4 90
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+, Henderson Ky. Dec. 21.--Stteuding
physicians state that former Gov. John
Yoong Browns condition is serious.
that j. Is worse than il was a week
ago. but that he is in no immediate
danger
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Ashland, Ky. Dec lS--Bcujamin
Benedict. his wife and their 3-yea old
daughter we're burned 70 death and
a l7-year-old daughter badly injured
in a FIRE which destroyed their home
VhursTar
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flrTY-e,cArs CONGRESS-.
Rsoulsr ses an-


Washington. Dec -senate-Ths
senate continued the debate on the
Cuban bill Tuesday Sir Perkins
tCail spoke for the measure. as did
Mr.. Simmons tN. c.. air. McCumbcr
(N. D. opposed t. Mr. Patterson /
(Coil made an extended speech I
against the bin during which there 4
were numerous coiioQuics between I
himself. SIR, Aldrich and Nr. Doliivcr. /
With the former there was quite a 4
lively debate on the tariff. in which /
Mr. Aldrich said the duty 1n sugar ?
was too high. Mr. Doiliver replied 70 i
that Gov. Cummins. Of Iowa. had 4
changed his tarin views after having 4
visited the white house.
Hcnsc-Rurol free delivery. reel I
procity with Canada and tho new re- 4
public OF Panama were topics of dis. J
cussion IN the house. The sub iect OF |
rural free delivery was introduced by
Air. Maddox tdem.. Gal. who claimed !
that certain states had been favored l
in The establishment OF routes. This
allegation resulted in n lively discus I
sion Sir Hepburn frcp. TAD and Mr.
Hemenw1y trer- lnil. among others. /
replied on The republican sidc Mr.
Crumpackcr lrcn.. inaf defended the
course pursued by the administration
in dealing with fhc Central American
situation and replied fo criticisms
which have been made on The opposite
side of fhe chamber
Washington. Dec. Seuato-By
the decisive vote of 81 lo IS the sem
ate. Wednesday passed the bin carry
ing into Cncct the reciprocity treaty
with Cuba. The lnai vote cnme at The
2 close ot the day which WAS marked
nH debate which az 1H
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SIR THOMAS Upton.
Silver Service From the American
People Presented to Him.

london, Dec. 19-sir Thomas Lip
Ton announced his readiness to chal-
lenge again fer the Americas cup
when the silver service. subscribed for
by the people OF the United States
was presented 90 him at dinner held
81 the Hyde Park hotel Friday night
The dinner was attended by several
members Of the house Of commons,
the members OF the London presenta-
tion committee. inciuding John r. Car
Ter, second secretary OF the United
States embassy; Capt Charles II.
Stockton. United States naval attache.
and Mai. John r. Beacon. United
States military attache, and By nearly
q hundred American residents in Lon
don as well as several who are now
visiting here.
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Vigilance Committee Fired Greg shop.
Cnton ky Doc 1S-A vigilance
ccmm.t,ea sot dre to ga house in the
nutsh.rrs of the city. which two mon
had stocked with whisky Tho huii-
ur was destroyed hut mrst of the
whisky WAS saved one cf the mon
who was sleeping ln the huilius bad
q narrow escape.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
A Toast That Is a Roast.

W. b. Andrews, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, at recent toast, gor off the
Following appeal to the Filipinos:
you Filipinos don't know what
you are missing by not wanting to be-
come citizens of this grand country Of
ours. There isn't anything like IT IN.
der the sun. You ought to send a del.
egation to see us, the land Of the free
land of the free and 10000 ]icansed
saloons; bibles, forts and guns, houses
OF prostitution, millionaires and nan.
pers, theologians and thieves; liber-
bertines and liars; politicians and poy-
erty; Christmas and chain gangs.
trusts and tramps; money and misery;
homes and hunger; virtue and vice: a
iand where you can get good bible
for fifteen cents or a drink Of had
whisky for five cents; where we can
nave man in congress with three
wives and lot III the penitentarv
Aor having two wives; where some
men make sausages Of their wives and
Soma want to eat them raw; whore va
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10

natural and evangelical right OF the
church to found religious institutions
exclusively subject to it's authority"
A writer, who makes plea for the
religious orders, refers to this state
ment of NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau; 1.-TWO
bodies of youth are growing up in
our midst ignorant of one another,
and SO much unlike that they run the
risk of not being able to understand
one another. Little by little, two
sections of society are thus prepared,
one carried by the current of the
revolution further and further in the
direction of democracy, and the 9TH
er more and more deeply imbued
with doctrines which one would have
thought had not survived the great
movement of the eighteenth CEN
tury." In reply to this the writer
mentioned says: ut is true that
there are growing up two jeunesses
in France, and that the manhood Ut
the nation is being divided between
two hostile camps. It is hard for the
Englishman to understand
by what an unbridgeable gulf the
Catholic and secnlarist parties arc
divided in France. The I'M
believer in France is essentially a
proselytiser. And precisely because
he knows the schools of the religious
orders, attracting the elite of the
youth to France, are the strongholds
of religion, he is minded to DESTROY
them by any means in his power.
And there you have the central pur-
pose of the associations law" Speak
ing of the application Of religious
orders for authorization he says:
Gas preliminary to an applica-
ton for authorization every religious
order is required to furnish the gov.
eminent not only with detailed
statement as to its income and ex-
penditure and an inventory Of all it's
property, real and personal, but also
a list of its members with their
names, ages, nationality, etc. Re-
ceiving all this, the government is UNI
der no sort of obligation to gpant the
desired authorization. Even If the
authorization be granted the gift
may be only in the nature OF q re-
prieve. In word the orders are in.
vited to put their heads into sack
and see what will happen to them"
MILTON MARKS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
BRIEF POINTERS.

OF every 1000 men accepted for the
United States army, SS4.97 are native
born.
On the south coast of England there
is hotel in which tropical tempera-
ture is constantly maintained by
means of steam pipes. The guests are
mostly pensioned officials and officers
! who spent SO many years in India that
they cannot endure the climate OF
England.
The London Express comments on
the fact that an American publication
mentions the hundredth birthday an
niversaries of several great English
authors as being close at hand, but APP
Parently forgets that of an American,
Ralph Waldo Emerson, which comes
next year. Here are some others that
are not far distant: Bulwer-Lytton
(1so3), Beaconfeld (1eo4), Hawthorne
(1so4), Whittier (1so7), Longfellow
(19oD, Tennyson $1,000, Thackeray
(1s11), Dickens (1e12). Those of Bal
FAC, Hugo and Dumas have been cele-
brated within a short time.
Wishing to obtain some special in
formation regarding the Philippines,
Secretary Root gave breakfast at the
Arlington to two men who were
thoroughly posted on the matter. Be-
ing unusually absent-minded that
morning he breaktasted alone, and
then went into the lobby, where he
found his two friends. Heinvited them
into his Office, and there talked with
them for couple of hours, forgetting
all about his breakfast invitation until
theyhad departed. His apologies were
profuse, but he has been the subject
of much raillery on the subject.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10

refuge IN CnlS country,
and particularly in the city of Wash
ington, where the great Catholic Uni
versity of America is located. Ger.
tain of the orders, as, for example,
the Congregation of the Holy Cross,
already have schools in Washington
that are affiliated with the university,
and these schools may at this time
be of peculiar value.
Other orders are said to have Sc
cured options on land adjacent to the
property of the Catholic university
for the purpose of establishing col
leges representative of their several
organizations, in the growing settle
ment of Catholic colleges at our ma
tional capital. The action of the
French government in closing the re-
ligious schools will therefore hasten
the projects which may make Wash
ington the worlds most important
Catholic center outside of Rome.
Agents of some of the French orders
are already securing options on adj
ditional land near the university.
The Congregation of the Holy
Cross has completed arrangements
to transfer its principal seat to its
Washington college. While the order
of the Sulpicians is not in immediate
danger in France it has always been
a dream of this order to build at
Washington a counterpart of it's 70.
nous seminary at Issy, suburb oil
Paris. It's agents are said to have
options on 100 acres of land just
north of the Washington university,
This is a very famous order and its
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10

make bologna out of dogs, canned
beef out Of horses and sick COWS, and
corpses out of the people that eat it;
where we put man in jail for moi
having the means of support, and Cd
the rock pile for asking for a job OF
work; where we license bawdy houses.
and fine men for preaching Christ on
the street corners; where we havo a
congress of 400 men to make laws and
a supreme court of 9 men to set them
aside; where good whisky makes bad
men and bad men make good whisky.
where newspapers are paid for sup
pressing the truth and made rich for
telling lie; where professors draw
their convictions from the same place
they do their salaries; where preach
ers are paid $4,000 year to dodge the
devil and tickle the ears of the wealthy
where business consists in getting
hold OF property in any way that
won't land you in the penitentiary;
where trusts hold up and poverty
holds down. where men vote for
what they DON'T want for fear they
won't get what they do want by vot-
ing for it; where 'niggers' can vote and
women can't; where girl who goes
wrong is made an outcast and her
male partner fourishes as a gentle
man; where women wear false hair
and men dock their horses tails;
where the political wirepuller has dis
placed the patriotic statesman; where
men vote for thing one day and cuss
it 1854 days; where we have prayers on
the floor of the national capital and
whisky in the cellar; where we pay
$500 to bury statesman who is rich
and $40 to put away laboring man
who is poor; where to be virtuous is to
be lonesome and to be honest is to be 6
crank; where we siton the safety valve
OF energy and pull open the throttle Of
conscience; where gold is substance
the one thing sought for; where we
pay $4,000 for dog and Is cents a
dozen to a poor woman for making
shirts; where we teach the untutored
Indian eternal life from the bible and
kill him with whisky; where we put 9
man in Jail for stealing loaf of bread
and in congress for stealing railroad
where the check book talks, sin walks
in broad daylight, justice is asleep
crime runs amuck, corruption perme'
ates our whole political and social ia
brio, and the devil laughs from every
street corner. Come to US, Fillies
we've got the greatest aggregation Of
good things and bad things, hot things
and cold things, all sizes, varieties
and colors ever exhibited under one
tent"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
thority 70 submit to the mosT searcn.

thortty TO submit to the most searcn.
Ing examinations concerning their
object and the manner in which they
did business.
No direct mention was made in the
bill of the religious orders, but
nevertheless they came under the
laws operation. The bill became p
law July 1, 1901, and the orders were
given six months in which to apply
for authorization; then the time was
twice extended for three months.
Some of the orders complied, others
refused Against many of the latter
DEGREES were issued and their schools
were closed, often with displays cf
violence.
An understanding of this paradox
ical method on the part of govern
ment (whose officers are Catholic)
against Catholic schools, may per-
haps be partially explained by the
following words of NJ. Waldeck-Rous-
seau: ut is said that we wish to
suppress the religious orders; but
there is no word in the bill to sug-
| SCSC lLdO tllCy are W NC suppressed
| or that no new orders can be formed.
! Our opponents should tell the truth
, and confess that they are protesting
against the orders being subjected
', to the civil law. And if these orders
are essential to the church, how is it
that the concordat did not restore
them or recognize them, instead of
speaking only of the secular clergy?"
! From this standpoint the whole
contest is matter of main
tanning the sovereignty of the
state over that of the Holy
See. At present the religious
orders owe direct allegiance to the
pope; when they apply for state au
thorization they come in a measure
under the bishops, who are directly
under the control of the govern
ment.
Pope Leo has left the whole de
cision of surrender to the law, Of
emigration, to the conscience of the
members of each order. However
he states:
eve emphatically reprobate suct
laws because they are contrary to thu
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
!. PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

The late duke of Sutherland is said
to have left 90 wills.
Messrs. Chamberlain and Chaffee,
the original Tennessee and his partner
of Bret Harte's romance. "Tennessee's
Pardner," are still living at Grove
land, Cal.
Col. Henry d. Capers, brother of
Gen. Ellison Capers, now Episcopal
bishop of South Carolina, is the Oldest
living confederate, and this is shown
by his commission.
When DR.. Lorenz was in Philade lphia
? roofing firm in that city put the fol-
lowing advertisement in street cars:
DIR. Lorenz holds the same place in his
profession that our friends say we
hold in ours. Clinics daily. Blank &
Blank, Roof Surgeons"
In connection with the report that
Nine. Patti contemplates one more
american tour next summer this story
as told: Baron Cedarstrom, the diva's
youth1ul husband, called on an Amer
lean manager in London some months
ago and said he thought it would be a
good idea for Patti to tour the coun-
Try in concert. adding that it might be
a; announced as her farewell appearance.
me manager gazed mildly at the
young man and seemed making men
TAI calculation. Then he said: "I
was gong to say that your wife must
nave made her first farewell tour of
the United States before you were
oorn' put that would have been an ex-
hggeratlon. But it must have been
Mh1ie you were learning your letters
II. IN. sweden. So. you see, the plans not
altogether originals"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10

One Minute Cough Cure gives relief
in one minute, because it kills the
microbe which tickles the mucous
membrane, causing the cough, and at
the same time clears the phlegm,
draws out the inflammation and heals
and soothes the effected parts. One
Minute Cough Cure strengthens the
lungs, wards off pneumonia and is q
harmeless and never failing cure in all
durable cases of Coughs, COLDS and
Group. One Minute cough Cure is
pleasant to take, harmeless and good
alike for young and old.-Shuttle.
worth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
A Weak Stomach

causes weak body and invites disease
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures and siren
CITIZENS the stomach, and wards of and
overcomes disease. j. B. Taylor, q
prominent merchant of Cbriesman,
Tex. says: "could not eat because of a
weak stomach. l lost all strength and
run down in weight. All that money
could do was done, but all hope OF re-
coverY vanished. Hearing of some
wonderful cures effected by use of Ko-
dol, I concluded to try it. The first
bottle ene6tted me, and after taking
four bottles / am fully restored to nv
usual strength, weight and health, ~
Shlttleworth Drug co.
xxs.4G EsS.--
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
A ReMen.

Prof. Blank was instructing class
of schoolboys about the circulation
of the blood.
"Can you tell me-" said he, "why it
is that if 1 were to stand on my head
there would be rush of blood to my
head, and that there is no rush OF
blood to my feet when I stand upon
them?"
For a moment there was silence, and
then boy answered cts because
your feet are not empty, sim. Y.
Times.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
Very Low Rates.

To points in Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington, Oregon, British Columbia,
Utah and Colorado, in effect daily from
Feb. 18th to April 3otb, via Chicago
Great Western Railway. Write to j.
P. Elmer, G. P. A, Chicago for full
particulars. apr 80
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-10
Homeseekerls E4cprsians.

Homeseekers rates to nearly all
points on sale at low rates by Chicago
Great Western Ry., on the first and
third Tuesday of each month, Novemr
Der to April incluiive. Available in
the through tourist sleeping cars. For
particulars apply to any Great Wes-
tern Agent, or j. P. Elmer, G. r. A.,
Chicago, Ill. dec. 81 or apr 81