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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20
SPECIAL BARGAIN DAYS.

Ia order Co make room Cor iheig
large stock of TALL and eIuter shoes
commencing on Saturday August
10th. the Herald Shoe Store viii sell
shoes at greatly reduced piices. All
shoes are first class aad up-to-dste
and You should not fail TO call and
examine their stock.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20
NEW SIDE WALK.

G.. r. Scharf. the popular Bristol
contractor, is engaged this week in
LAYING a grsnolithie side walk from
East Fifth Street up to aud in front
III W. w. Niekeis' store ON Wood
Avenue. This viii add greatly 10
The appearance OF that side o. this
street.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20

Commonwealth Attorney W w.
G. Dot-on. iu strong address at tine
Anti saloon League at Wise last
week. declared that over three
foutihs 90 an she crime iu Wise
County was attributable ,o the use
a lnunr
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20

photographic Mr White and vile.
of Wise. Va. very pleasant couple.
spent from Fli.lay evening 'uii sun
day s- guest. Of ! NJ Counts and
amry.-Lebaaos Nars.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20

Soda water. lemonade. coca cola,
crushed frait ices. ice cream and soda
ice cream. and up-to date esld drinks
at Taylor Bros.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20

FOR sALE-WhiSe Leghorn
CHECKERS. in tiiO~ st Otherwise.
J. r. trisby.
AZ Iannery.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20

Messfs. w. 4. johnson. J. n.
Powell. G. c. ChildFe-s and ID. d.
Hull. Jr. Of Bristol. were in town
last week
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20

All johnson. Of the Union Iron
Il Steel Company's Office at This
rlsce. spent Sunday Of Lexington
Kentucky
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20

w c. Taeser. ~ao j. engaged ~
surveying coal lands in Harlan Ceaa-
". Nv. aud wife. spent few days
IN town the past week.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20

G.. =. Kcsner and wife. OF Bristol,
were in town Tuesday Mr. kesner
IS circulation manager Of the Bristol
CHrrier.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20

n hcW paper VIII of rt@NNr' ~
Coeburn aboct the 6Sstof September.
Ms. W. 5. Beverly and children
returned last week from their visit to
relatives at Gate City. u
B.F. Ginther, editor OF the Ora
ham Banner. spent last Friday night
in town en- route TO Bristol
Miss Elizabeth Fox leit last We'd .
desisy night Tor Pans. Ky. where ,
she viii speua some tiiac visiting
Mis- Anna cisy
Ne~>r-. Al Thomas. w j.
Wiiiitts aud %. ! Kelly. 81 Norton.
were Registered o; note, Eugene last
Saturday.
Mr-. G. Slemp and son. W NJ. /
Slemp. ~cnt Go Dau,iiie. Ky. where /
they viii spend a couple Of weeks Wis
ting relatives and friends.
". =. Palmer. Of Crab Orchard.
was in town Monday. Mr. Palmer
is largely interested ia coal lands IN /
ibis section.
Messr- j. 5 A-busy and L. G.. I
Taylor went 90 Bristol Saturday
morning 90 witness the final ball game
bctaeen the Gap aud Bristol teams.
Geu1B. 81. Ayers and H.. Ayers
are at Rchlaud, thi- week where
they atc largely interested boz the de-
vclopment oi large tract of coal
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-08-20

Soda water. lemonade. coca cola
rushed frait ices. ice cream and soda r
re cream. and uP-to date esld drinks Z;
q Taylor Bros. Il
Messfs. w. 4. johnson. J. Nj &
lowell. G. G. Childfe-s and ID. d. 3
full. Jr. Of Bristol. were in town Z
asst week. S
W. C. Tasser. vsao T. engaged ~
urveving coal lands in Harlan Ccaa- s
y. Ky. aud wife. spent few days :
n town the pas, week. b
FOR sALE-Whise Leghorn +
.hiekess. So tiio- ns Otherwise.
J. T. rrisby.
AZ Tanncry. n
photographic. Nr. White and vile. .
,f Wise. Va. very pleasant couple.
spent from FRIDAY evening 'till sun
sav s- guests Of ! VI. Counts and
family .-Lcbaaos Ners. II
An johnson. Of the Union Iron
X Steel Company's Office st this I
.I.r. .oe,t sunday AZ Lexington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
is STILL MYSTERY.
No Satisfactory Cause Yet Advanced
for ]. 2. sieger's Death.

Kansas City. Feb. 16-The work OF
untangling the mystery surrounding the
death Of J. P Sieger. the Burlington.
Kas., miller who died suddenly at the
TheIma hotel. on West Ninth street.
IS proceeding slowly, and nothing OF
value has been learned except a con.
f1rmatiOn of the theory that the mans
murderer would be found in Burlington,
and not In Kansas City. When glass
was found in the stomach Of the de-
ceased it made it practically certain
that he did not receive it here and it
was then that attention was directeu
toward Burlington, after the release Of
the three bell boys suspected of the
crime.
Following up the clue provided by tbs
finding of the glass, it was learned from
Burlington that Sieger complained o.
feeling i'll shortly before leaving thas
place early on the morning Of last Tues
day, when he came to this city. 1t il
considered possible, If not probable, thai
Sfeger was then experiencing the first
illness incidental to poisoning by glass.
and the insidiouS nature Of this article
makes it possible he might have felt no
alarm about his condition during the
day, and hence failed to tell anyons
about his condition
w p WatrOuss Of Burlington, who
came to the city yesterday. gave an in
sight into the financial affairs of SieRer
He says that Sieger had between SIG. O00
anc $4,000 in mining stock. from which
he received a dividend of 81 500 only A
snort time ago. Sieger also, accordins
to this source of information. had 81. Oo6
on deposit in the State bank of Colorado
at Denver He carried life insurance
TO the amount of $4,000 in two policies
One Of these, for $1,000 was made pay
able to his sister. while the other vas.
to go to his heirs. It was out OF this
last mentioned policy that the 81 200 rro-
vlded FOR in his viii was to be paid to
Miss Catlin, to whom he was engaged
at the time of his death. As to the
cause. of Siegers strange death Watrous
was unable to offer any exclamation
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1T is ALL SETTLED.
Dan Hanna and Caldwell Will
ing to Drop Their Quarrel.

Charleston, ". Va, Feb. 16.-After all
the excitement here the past two days
over the meeting Of John II. Winders
and Dan Hanna with w. G. Caldwell
of Wheeling, chairman of the house jul
dietary committee last Saturday morn
ing. it was stated today that every
thing had been settled out of court -
and that there would be no investiga-
ton of the local officials of the legis-
lature as had been stated. Winders
and Hanna are said to have made
statements to Caldwell that are salts
factory and the latter also wants the
matter dropped. The most unfortunate
thing in the senatorial affair was the
son of Senator Clark. when he was not
here then or at any other time. The
trouble came about in this way:
Dan r. Hanna, son of Senator Mark
Hanna and John H. Winder, general
manager of the KanaWha and Hooking
Coal company, owning about thirty
mines in this section came here and
spent the night until about in the
morning in a welI-known gambling
house where much wine was INDUCED
When the party broke up and Hanna
and Winder started to their private
car they hailed a cab in which W. G.
Caldwell member OF the legislature
and chairman Of the judiciary commit
tee of the house was returning to his
hotel after having taken his sister homo
from the legislative ball given at the
capitol. They told the driver they
wanted him to take them to the station.
He said he had a passenger and could
not do so. They insisted that he put
out the passenger and take them. This
he refused to do and Hanna jerlzed
open the door of the cab.
Mr.. Caldwell thereupon said some
thing and Hanna dealt him terrific
blow in the face knocking him sense
less. Caldwell was then dragged from
I the carriage and Hanna and Winder
got in and were driven to their destina-
ton The train pulled out soon after
and before a warrant could be secured
to enable an officer to break into the
car in which the men had locked them
selves They were to have been arrest
ed at Point Pleasant before leaving
the state, a warrant having been pro-
cured in the meantime, but influences
were brought to bear upon Caldwell
4 that made him withdraw the complaint
and they We're allowed to go. It was
at first thought that Caldwell was ser
iously hurt, but a physician who was
called in found that such was not the
case Caldwell is less than 3 feet in
height. The affair created a great SEN
sation here. Winder is well known in
1 business circles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16

Tor. STRENGTHENING UP to the full height
OF his dignity in his consciousness Of
ownership thai is a better horse than
our savior rode into Jerusalem on.
The man jumped over the fence and
looked into The horses mouth a minute
.Parson' he said, carefully examining
the amman S teeth, this is that same old
boss "
A number of Mr.. Dixon's Illustrations
is native of North Carolina and in his
speech there is the southern accent. One
OF these Illustrations dealt with one of the
-reconstruetion elections soon after the
war which Mr. Dixon describes so graph
lcaily in his great book,
The author-lecturer evidently does not
believe that yox populi VoN Dei' is al
ways true He does not think that pop
utar sentiment is always the VIII of God
con the day of the first election in North
Carolina in which the negroes voted he
said, a thrifty northerner was on hand
with a lot Of rat poison for sale. He was
dressed in a fine suit and a silk hat and
he stood up in his carriage and expOunded
the virtues Of his rat poison to the crowds
of negroes which surrounded his carriage
And on every box which he sold he pasted
q label showing rat on his back with his
toes turned up to the stars and just over
him a skull and cross bones to show the
dreadful character OF the poison And
with every box the vendor would throw
a handful OF these pastors out into the
1T was not long until every man had a
rat paster and some Of them had a whole
pocketful Along about noon they began
voting those pastors and for three hours
every vote that went in the ballot box had
a rat paster on it. Finally one darkey be-
gan to question the proceeding.
" LcoSee here he said to another ne
gro, 'Whut does dis we're rat mean a-layin'
on his back wild his toes a-stlcbin' up2
Wy amt dat rat a-standin up2 Dat ain t
no wa fur a rat to be-
" Hol on, now dat's all right said the
other. Dat rat STAINS fur do ratification
oh de constitution
And the voting of the rat labels went
right on and the commandant at that
point is authority for the statement that
/ the rat label tickets won by a large ma
4 joritv.
/ Now" continued Mr.. Dixon, do yon
really suppose those rat labels represented
/ the essence Of the divine mind?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
GOOD WHIST SESSION.
Central Association Closes a Success
full Meet at st. Joseph.

The ninth annual meeting of the Cen
trail Whist association came to an end
last Saturday night at St. Joseph with
a banquet at the ATetropole hotel The
spread was q. fitting close to the most
successful convention the association
has ever held. Every visiting player
was high in his praise Of the excellent
entertainment accorded by the st. Jo
seph Whist club, which was largely due
to the efforts of President Wendover.
Topeka. carried off no prizes, but took
second place in the free for all contest
Saturday night, the first honor going to
Wendover and Irwin of St Joseph. The
athletic team Of four from Kansas City
Won the Richards trophy. while Acker-
man and Helwig of Lincoln captured
the Des Aoines trophy.
The meeting next year goes to Sioux
Falls, S. D.. and is slated for Topeka in
1905. The St. Joseph whistles certainly
did themselves proud IN the matter of
handling the tournaments and the COM
fort of its visitors; in fact, It viii be diff
ficult Tor clubs securing future meetings
to make a like showing.
After the banquet the presidents ad-
dress and impromptu speeches were in
order, a number of which were very
clever. President Copeland and Dr..
Ryder responded on the part of the To-
peka Whist club Mr.. Copeland was
also placed on the board of directors
for the ensuing year.
Those in attendance from Topeka were
Faulkner and Marshall, Larsh and Hart
Copeland and Movers, Wolf and Ryder
Shakeshaft and Shakeshaft. Thrapp
and Kendall, West and Hewlett.
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Famous AuthOr-Lecturer De-
lights His Audience.
lie Talked About ssFOols" and
Other Things.
CROWD WAS LARGE.
People Braved the Storm to
Hear Him.
Witty Stories of Different Kinds
of Fools.

Notwithstanding the bad weather it
was "a large audience which faced Rev.
Thomas Dixon at the First M -.
church Saturday night to hear the cele-
brated author of THE Leopard's Spots
lecture about Fools"
And the audience was well repaid for
its effort MI Dixon ranks as a lee
turer as ne does as an author-among
the very best His lecture was not as
dramatic as is his great novel, but it
teaches some great lessons which are
administered with a plentiful coating
Of humor His voice at times breaks
into a comical falsetto which the speak
err uses to advantage on some humor-
Gus points
II dislike to give the lecture which
your committee has selected for to-
night more than any other lecture I
have" Mr.. Dixon said by way of intro
ducUon. In the first place it might Of
fend somebody, and ] do not like to do
that. And then ] do not think one
should talk too much about himself"
This brought out burst of laughter
and when it had subsidized the lecturer
continued:
still I suppose your committee knew
what is suited to your needs better than
] do. and since they have chosen this
lecture if there is any blame to be at
tached to it ] want you to understand
that it falls on the committee and not
on me"
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Mr.. Dixon told of the fool who viii
not take reproOf, the one who lives
only for today, the one who worships
only money, the one who will not be
taught, the girl who marries a man to
reform" him, and various others.
IT am reminded OF a good old preacher
who was given a horse by his cougre-
cation" said the lecturer in speaking of
the class which win not be taught He
had lived in the city all his life and had
never owned a horse, nor did he know
anything about horses. He was getting
along in years and his people thought
ST would be too bad to let him walk
right UP to the pearly gates without
ever having owned a horse, SO they took
up a collection to buy a horse for him
But the collection only yielded SIG 65.
Now horses were pretty scarce at S19.65.
1T was pretty hard to find anything in
the shape of horse for that money,
but after long hunt they found an
animal that looked something like a
horse and they brought him to the
preacher I don't know how they ever
got him there. He was a regular old
bone pile. May he he walked but I am
inclined TO think they had to haul him.
Now the preacher didn't know a sOli-
fary thing about horses. To him a
horse was horse, and as that old bone
pile on four legs grazed around on his
lawn the preacher looked at him with
the pride of ownership.
Presently a professional horse man
came along and leaned over the fence
to look at the horse. Then he broke into
a hearty laughter.
What are you laughing at21 asked
the good old preacher in an injured
tone.
90 wen. parson.' said the man between
his gusts Of laughter, 7 have seen lots
OF hosses before in my time but I never
saw a boss like that one. I have been
to lots of circuses tool go just to see
the animals you knOw-and I have seen
elephants. and CRATES, and the horned
rhnoceroses. and he dromedaries and
the zebras, but I never before saw an
animal on four legs like that one And
away he went into another fit Of laugh
Ger.
MY friend, said the good old pas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
UNION PACIFIC WINS.
Case of Importance to Kansas
Farmers Is Decided.

A recent decision of Judge Holt in the
common pleas court at Kansas City, Kan -,
is creating considerable interest in all
counties along the Union Pacific system.
as the people are interested to a certain
extent in similar controversy. Within
the past few years there has been dis
cussiOn. between the Union Pacific and the
property owners along the road in Kan
sas as to whether the company owned 290
or 400 feet of its right Of way. In the case
Of the Union Pacific against the Kansas
City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway com
peny, Judge Holt granted a temporary III
junction retaining the latter road from
building its tracks long the Union Pa
cific right of way. 1t was also decided
that the Union Pacific has a legal title TO
q right Of way 400 feet in width through
the Delaware Unfinished reservation near
Muncie. This being true, the same would
apply the entire length Of the system, 50
it is claimed. There is now pending in
against the Union Pacific enbOdying al
most the identical points. and the case viii
be tried at the March term. At many
points along the system there are buildings
which have been standing for years, erect
ed by persons who claim the land and
should the company decide to assume pos
session of their supposed property there
are probabilities that many other lawsuits
VIII be started by farmers along the right
of way TO remain in possession of the
property which they have laid claim to for
years.
City Ticket Office. Union Pacific
Railroad 525 Kansas avenue
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wrote me a very nice letter of explana-
ton and regret. in which he said the
king did not know Mrs. Miles was pres
ent or she would have been included In
the invitation"
In Paris the general was the guest of
honor at a dinner given at the residence
Of General Brugere, ander-in-chie
of the French army. Asked as to his
plans, General Miles said he was going
to West Point to visit his son. Sherman,
if he could find the time, and was then
going to Washington to make his report.
I will in no manner forecast what
will be contained in my report" he
added.
The general looked hale and hearty,
and both he and Mrs. Miles appear as
though the trip had agreed with them
and they had enioYed their stay abroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16

sauna Aas., rep l6--Bishop Girls
~, Wol "a OF tucson. n T.. the new bishop
~ me oIocese OF the Episcopal church
of western Kansas. has arrived Ia Sa-
lima and conducted his first service sun
9dy morning IN the afternoon he con-
uucteu services 81 the st. Johns mill
tary. academy Several big recepfinns
have been planned in honor Of the bish-
op and his wife next week. one bv fhe
Commercial club of this CITY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
TOOTHPULLERS MEET.
1900 Dentists Assemble in Conven.
ton at Chicago.

Chicago. Feb 1.-Two thousand den
fists from all parts of the country are
here to attend the celebration of the fif-
teenth anniversary of the photographic
society Of Chicago. which began today.
over 200 clinics will be held and many
papers read during the session.
What perhaps is the most important
subject will be brought up tonight when
DR.. E. c. Kirk of Philadelphia viii lee
ture on THE saliva as an index of
faulty metabolisn.
The convention viii end on Tuesday
evening with a banquet in the audi
forum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16

General Charles Dick. the eminent con-
gre ssnsan from the famous Garfield dis
trict Of Ohio sasSs Il believe there is no
remedy so efficient for headache as DR..
Niles Pain Pills.
Wrn- p. Bell. general secretary Home,
Frontier and Foreign Missionary society.
of the United Brethren I'm Christ. Dayton.
O.. writes. Il am never without supply
of Or. Miles Pain Pills and derive most
excellent results from their use
I n. Lagrange. elder in the Presbyterisn
church at franklin, Ind has long suffered
from chronic headache bat he SAYS ne has
lat last found solace in Or. Miles Pain
pills. He says nothing can equal them in
givins relief from intense headache or
iany pain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
7. N. C. A. WON.
Exciting Ten Pin Contest With Santa
Fe Team

The bowling teams representing the A.,
T. & S F. offices and the Y. NJ c. A.
met on the latter's alleys Saturday night
ana the Y. NJ c. A. was victorious. win
ming two Of the three games played. Bun
ten of the Santa F'e made the high indi-
vidual score of 206 and with scores of 1877
to 1T on the other two games he averaged
17s 1-3. Mohler. however. made the higa
average. with 1S1 2-s, with 19S as his high
game
Outside of Wolcott. with 202 in the sec
ond game, the others bowled only average
L-.---.---.,.- In. $3.50.
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pains. neuralgia or I'm fact any pain
have taken them with best results. and
have given them to others and they never
disaDpoint- Gilbert r. Houser Milford
Center. O.
Il recommend Dr. Miles Pain Pills for
headache or any kind Of Pain. e J.
fiierholzer. teller Commercial bank &c
lima. @.
Have used Pain Pills in my family with
the best Of results. They viii do all yen
claim for them. a C. Huston. Ashland.
i'll.
Il can not speak too highly of Tr. Mites
Pain Pills as I know them TO be a positive
cure for headache and neuralgia pains. ~
Thomas Bright, Marengo. III.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16

Monte Carlo. Feb. 1G-In the fourth
round OF the international chess tourna-
ment played on Saturday the contest
between Teschnaann and -Maroczy re-
suited IN a draw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16

CURE AL KINDs Ga RI
What People say:

j r. w. Mcbride Of Indianapolis. late Of
tne Indiana supreme court SAYS; They
Gus relief
pr Niles Pain Pills never fail to cure
headaehe IN any form, and 1 have given
suits and without amy in effects aftarygaTe
When my daughter was confined they
greatly aheviated her suffering la fact
we consider them full legal tender for any
kind Of pain. Mrs William Roberts
EluWoOd. jill
Dr- Niles Pain Pills are a perfect REM
coy Tor sick headache. am never with
out them Mary Bungert. Bellevne III.
'pr- Miles Pain Pills never fail to cure
neaaache, pain ln the back Of neck cold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16
Snail Fire Id lebanon

Lebanon. Kas.. Feb 16.-Ffre broke
out here Sunday morning at O'CLOCK
destroying Henry Allowayis bIaclxsrnffl1
building and all the fixtures, including p
car load of wire and nails belonging 70
Barnes & Golden. It was the efforfs
Of a bucket brigade" which was on fte
scene early, that prevented the loss -
one-fourth of the town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16

City Ticket ONCE, Union Pacific
Railroad. 5s5 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-16

Wichita and Return $4.es via Santa
Fe.
Account grand lodge A r. & A NJ
Tickets on sale February IA to Is
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/ City Ticket Office. Union Pacific
/ Railroad. 525 Kansas avenue.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

Then they paint together
When the daylight dies;
Colors rich and glowing,
On the evening skies.
Till the cleaning fails in glory
Through the trees the red light -
And they stand, like knight al -t.
Waiting for old winters signs