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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-12-24
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W e oncr One Hundred Dollars Reward IN,
Halls Caisrrh Cure.
?. }. CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo d
., " = Tue undersigned, have known y
NneneN Tor The last ls years. and believ, hi,
perfectly honorable ia all business trans.c.
IONS snd financially sble to carry out anv ob.
legations made by their hrm,
W EST TEUAN. Whoicsale Dru~gis,s Told,
". NAtntSe, kiSs1N A MAKviN. WholrSslc
Druggists, Toledo. @.
Halls Csiarrh Cure ia taken internally. act
.ns aircctls upon the blood and mucous .er.
,...ees 81 The system. IestiIaoniais sent free.
H',,, &c; l,es eo,,i,. Sold b. an Druggists
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IHE total power generated and
used by the ST. Louis Exhibition viii
oe IN the neighborhood Of $4,000
horse power. Over so per cent OF the
electric energy will De in 5000 volt
three phase 24-cyele current The
largest unit will be an 5000 horse.
power steam turbine, and the next
largest a 1000 horse-powe- compound
horizontal and vertical reeiproca,iug
steam engine. The largest stesm
engine engine lu the Paris Exposition OF
1900 was rated at 4 600 horse power.
-Scicntifc Aaserican.
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FROM DORCHEST


80 go .ieaee - iiie i;ig Siooe Ca. ro.r.
iNscHf~rte. Va. Dec. 22.-On Wes,.s.
dss Of last week. Dec le. Miss France,
Hooper, Of Tennessee. and Nc Fdusrs
Esser, the vel knosn suuerinferacnt M
The Wise Coal and Coke Company. were
rnited 10 ~cdlock az the qrcsa,i.ri,
parsonage IN Nosiou. hs Rev. M. Sim
mons. The event wasa complete .nr.
Prise &c the soaug coupie's many friends
an oi rhou juin heartily IN wishing NJ
sd Mrs RISER iosg, happy and pros.
qeroas life.
Msssvs. Robert Beers aad J. Kei,A
ksseF are enjoying the Christmas hoi,dsS
season At their former home Ia Mauch
Chuck. Pa
J. wilhar heMaIiea i spending HE "a.
cation nth his parents ia Esst Ooranxe.
Nee Jersey
JeAn whised aud family resurnsa last
week from visit to relatives 10 Gate
Cny
ksFly on SATURDAY mornins Gre brot I.
eat ~ one 81 The negro koasss At his
piae< and IN a short iisas tie building -.
'u'ireiy dssiroysd. Al ossr-heatsd sfore
2 sSgEer<d ~ be the esuse 81 the Are
ihe less u covered hs inasraaee.
Misses ceshsfins and Florence NeNnl- !
sn, q East cFssss, M, sPssi Saturday
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gifts. as the American genius said
the best Is q portion Of thvself
Therefore. the poet brings his poem.
the shepherd HE lamb. the farmer
corn: the miner. gem. the sailor. a
coral and she'll the painter. his pic
'ute. the girl. handkerchief Of her
own painting Alas Tor ne. who
can only give what we buy: and
even thst carries orr emotion. for il
- chosen lovingly. Certainly the
principle 81 the widows mite holds
lTue IN Christmas giving ~ in char.
iiy, Tor all depends upon what il
means To the giver. Who has not
been moved by receiving the tribute
I'd child--s bit Of paper. tooth or
e1rl--comic OF pathetic-in way
that hc could be touched hy no care
ieSs choosing Croewsu>g So no
wagon load Of city roses can carry
the perfume Of the heart As il i
borue BY the blossoms which the
giver's hand has cullea or his slender
Porse has shruak To huy. Christ
ana. the season Of giving and re.
loiciog. helps " al To part Of the
sp'iit after which the day il named
The child with HE icy. the rest Of ns I
with charity aud the love Of man. I
How few are hundred Christmases
N one l'icl-Catlicr's Wssllg
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ine corporation Of Glasgow. IN,
second city in Britain, supplies il,
people with wSser. ga, electric light
cattle and electric car. and telephone
eentrois ! ! Pubiie park and CALLER.
'es, Is es'as and washouses. = frui,
aud vegetable market. a de.d-mss.
market. home cattle market. , tor.
eign cattle markets. cheese msrke,
bird ane dog msriet and an ola
Clothes market, : slaughter bouse.
snd ciiices. 4 hospitals aud enc bury.
ing grosu3. owas 2.sSs manicipsl
hoHSes taf whieh they msn.ge y.
fsmily home (Which they also d.
rect. $50 shops. 40 Stones. IS ware.
houses. ~ workshops. ~ halls. n
ehascheS. = hotels, I thestrs. I stu.
Clio. pswa ofhc~. nar,iag home. l
powder mill. ! isaadry. I bake heass.
golf eoerss aud ! gespel tent: f.r,a- !
over 900 seFes Of land where lsrgs !
crops are gsowp. inelsding hay. cats.
wheat. sarniYs. etc: converts the
city sewerage into solid matter aud /
sells ia - farmers foS msaure: essrie.
On business a. market gardener;
pcs-c<ses ssoa~ 4Gsrriss sEx zoe
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Tar Nsio lort Tribune .sys: i i.
estimated that ia will coz, the United
States sisi,2s5.S5S to acquire and
complete the Panama canal. besides
the smount TO be paid to the govern
meui in control Of the isthmus Tor
the concession. Already there has
been an immense amount OF money
aud energy expended on the canal
IL is saic 60 say that .um more
than sufficient TO dig waterway
irom ocean 60 ocean ~ sea level has
been collected from investors At dif.
iereui times in its history.
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FROM CRAB ORCHARD.

D'r-r'rs- aien-s of Ihe liE sion- Gap ro.r
NhsH osrHsun. Va Dec .1-nr Zion
'miiu oi Apnaiarhia was up here Fridsv
% see some sick folks. and WAS called on
Co go io VIM N Hua's. and 90 Ssturdsy
morning there was bouncing bic hor
There weighing le pounds. The doctor
sud aii tae family were ~cii pleased Mr..
iinu and child are both doing we'll. Dr.
SMITH has had hrc success up here With
bic uRtients.
stephen Parsons. OF Slcmp. vas her.
N''utaA' ou business. He has been an
excellent magistratc Ma Thos. l.. Pas,
of hirk. is his successor.
p : Baker and family took the train
AZ oNnger SUNDAY fora new homo on
Giapc Greek, Illinois, XV
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PERsoSs who imagine that Panama
will be territorislly the smallest re
public in the world sre mistaken.
South American States are large and
distances great. Columbia. consist
ing Of nine States, nearly IS times
the ares Of Indiana. PsRsms con
tsinA $3.50 square mile. and !. upre
than twice ~ large ss Switzerland.
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wceh ee accomplished. bot he coal
oe'ds of sissis:s, - weIl ~ the oshes
min'og ;ntsrsss=. wer> 90 far Ne rep
fessntatives were concernedx sadly
lackins 10 this respect.
The meeting was called By those
interested IN mskiuR an exhibi, OF
tirs'n'a's mineral resources, with
the s.Pectstioa that ready response
would be made to the invitation. but
the large operators evidently could
NOS see the utility Of making q dis
play a Times man dropped up TO
nosnoks last evening, but found. in
the words Of Bill Devery. "nothin.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-12-24

THE Legislative hs. passed a bill
appropriating $4,000 for {. Virginia
State baiiding at the St. Louis Ex-
position.
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neighbor asked him how he liked il
Well said the old man. iii
looks all rights, and ia weighs an
r'ght. out when you come right down
and Try 1t ont by flying. there il
more fuss and splinter and sizzle
ana less grease than any dog-goned
bacon J ever seen "
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, ,., n,s sandy hianch. and the con.tr...
pleiiou -'N'. TO COME
wan The completion OF the road Oh.
properties OF the variogs ,o,i .' ''.- re
that have been organized in a.. -.. ...''
yests' Viii Zoe rapidly DEVELOPED w,r,-
,, ie" years the Big SANDY branci ,.r.
t ~. Dayandoite Valley branch Il, v..,
'isinia' will bo one OF the besf f-...t,
r.y,u1e'ns lines Of the entire Chs..-.st.
ana Ohio system. '''.s
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DOES GOOD WORK

The Winchester Steam Laundry
mas recently moved into new build
ing added new machinery to their
pis"' Snd are now better prepared
'nsn ever before 20 do the very best
OF work. ). w. Kelly represent.
them at this place aud guarantees
Satisfaction. Leave your bundle st
the Drug Store.
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DON'T forget the old man
with the FISH on his back.
For nearly thirty years he
has been travelling around the
world, and is still travelling
bringing health and comfort
wherever he goes.
To the consumptive he
brings the strength and flesh
he 50 much needs.
10 all weak and sicklv
children he gives rich and
'srengthening food.
To thin and pale persons
e gives new firm flesh and
'ch rcd blood.
Children who first saw the
i'd man with the fish are now
'rown up and have children
y their own.
tic stands fer SCOTS Emul-
on of pure col liver oil
.s'lSh;,cl food and 4 natural !
-,1ic Tor children. Tor old folks |
nd for all who need flesh and !
trength.
scSoTrT es s.owNE, Chemists. !
DOC. and si.oos al crussists.
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BIG SANDY DEVELOPMENT.

The Big SANDY COMPANY. o~pirr ,I.o,,
one hundred and thirty thousand ser.. q,
coal Territory on the Big SANDY River il,
rike county, Kentucky. between Pikevire
Kentucky, and the Breaks Of the SANDY
IS considering the matter Of leasing i.
lands to operators for derelspment mr.
poses, aud expects TO begin negotiations
with that object ia view IN the near futrr.
This property. together with the adioininr
property, owned by the Northern Ca.r
and Coke Company, comprises one of the
largest aud most valuable cokinc co.,
heids in ihe country, and is Of sufficient
Importance 10 secure the necessarv rail
'oSo facilities for marketing a large ont
Pet OF coal aud coke. The line which he
chesapeake aud Ohio Railway "a now
building 10 The property Of the Big Sandv
Company 1.-THE Big SANDY extees;o,, :, I
eighty miles, Is making good urogres.
WITH about two thousand men Al Vol ~,
the grade aud masonry. and shoalS ~ !
eompieted next season This road Vii
not reach ths holdings Of the North.,n
Oosi and Coke Company. hat thar ccnce-,, 4
proposes 10 haiid line 6fteen miles long
W shelby Creek, to reach its properss
! ne property Of the Big sandy Comr,,x
mas been owned by the interests in cos'
lroi OF that company for upwards Of sftee,
years, aud all titles have been ocrf,c,sS
ma me property surveyed and proved
rSins are 70 be running 70 Psintsvil,.
n ,he Big Ssndy branch % The Cbess-
,eske and ohie Railway hy the fss, AZ
'ssssrs- "iihia anoiher maath The tr.cs
s'H es completed and the teams rnnrl,s
I'VE rrestcssbnrg, IN Floyd coants. .o,ns
''s'snee Further up The railas.
Large ioEees have been A ~arl 49,.
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A Costly Mistake

Blenders are sometimes very expensive
Occasionally life itself is the price Of ,
mistske, bet you1l never be wrong II Won
take DR.. King. New Life Pills for Dv.-
pepsia, DiEriners, Headache. Liver AZ
eo-ei troubles. They sre re.tIe vi
through 2se, at DR.. } W. Kellr's Drug
Store.
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NANIEn-TRUSTwORTBN LADY or
sen'leusn % mansgs business IN this
coehtN ara adjoining territory for house
OF solid financial sisnding So 90 straight
eAsA salary and expenses Paid each Mon.
dNF direct from hcsdqeartcrs- Eapcnse
money advanced. position pcrmanert
Address Manage. ees Nouon Blde. chi.
eHS"' Nov -. lst
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FOR SALE

We have for sale hay. chop and
con At reasonable prices. Csi and
see MS. We are also dealers in coal
j b. PATrrRsox h Co.
.hs On
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The seove rates ave for stsssi-x ssr.rtiss.
r,ents onir.
ed Tor A. the rate II 5 ssnts r-r iin. for Each
Insertion.
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F.B eHRESAwALr CO.. PrOpri-,sr-.
wyTHEviLLE. VA.
administrators and dealers in hne
Marble and Granite Monuments.
headstoaes. ssstsarv. and all kinds
o. Cemetery Work. Iroa Fencing. etc.
AL work guaranteed TO give salts
faction.
w. o. THORNTON. Agt..
WISE VA.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-15
DIR. LAWLoR MAKES
AN EMPHATIC DENIAL
Former Superintendent of Glen Ellen
Home Refutes Charges of Mis-


When seen last night at his residence
on Vallejo street. DR.. W. NJ. Lawlor. who
was formerly the superintendent of the
home at Glen Ellen. absolutely denied
that there is any truth in the story, pub
lished in an evening paper, to the. effect
that he had misappropriated some'Of the
funds Of the institution. He declared that
il would have been impossible for him to
have drawn single cent out of the treas
ury Regarding the charges made against
him. DR.. Laylor said:
There is nothing TO the story. I could
not have drawn cents out of the bank
Before a bill of any kind could be paid
it had to be examined and approved by
fourteen different people. 1t had to be
signed first By the bookkeeper at the
home and then approved by the super
intendent IT next had to be signed by
three of the directors of the home. after
which it was sent to the State Board of
Examiners. They examined the bill and
if it was for contract goods they ascer-
tained il the goods had been delivered ac-
cording to contract. If they passed it the
bill went to the State Controller, and he
drew the warrant on the Treasurer. The
money was given over to the treasurer
Of the home, and the superintendent did
not have the handling of a single cent
''The money which ] am alleged to have
misappropriated is said to have been
drawn out Of the bank on September "a
On September 80 the books Of the home
were exported and every cent was ac-
counted for. Every bill had been paid
and there was not single irregularity in
the accounts.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-15
HER HAPPINESS
IS SHORT LIVED
After Two Weeks Mar
riage Wife Seeks
Separation.
Marital Woes Of Mrs. Irna
Sichel to Be Aired
in Court.

According to the divorce complaint filed
yesterday by Mrs. Irma Sichel against
her husband Milton Sichel marital infe-
Iicity made its appearance on the horizon
of their welded happiness hardly before
the words which had made them one had
died away. Cruelty is the ground upon
which Mrs. Sichel seeks an annulment of
the marriage ties, and she alleges that
the first specific act occurred on the night
of the wedding at the wedding supper.
The couple were married on December 81,
1902.
At the wedding reception, held at 124
Erie street, in the presence of the many
invited guests at supper Mrs. Sichel al
lcges that her husband of but a few
hours. for no reason whatever in a loud
ana abusive tone consigned her to the in
fernal regions and told her to shut up. In
her endeavor to pacify and quiet him,
she alleges, he remarked, shut up; don
you call me down. or I'll break your
face" In consequence of his conduct
Mrs Sichel states that she was so un-
nerved that she was compelled to retire
to her apartment.
She further alleges that he applied vile
epithets to her after the guests had de-
parted and threatened to strike her, at
the same time remarl1ing, "Tll quit you,
and YOU can go to work" The plaintiff
AYERS that she is a nervous wreck from
his continued abuse, and she fears that
her health has been permanently affected.
Mrs. Sichel petitions that she be allowed
to resume her maiden name of Irma Vo-
gel.
Antoine Pastene has filed suit for di-
vorce against his wife Theresa on the
grounds of cruelty and intemperance He
alleges that his wife is addicted to the
use of alcoholic stimulants and is habitu-
ally drunk. He claims that she was ar
rested in December for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct and was fined in the
Police Court The couple were married
in 1892 and there are two minor children
by the marriage.
Lizzie Scott was granted a divorce yes
terday from Henry Scott by Judge Graham
on the ground of desertion. William Rea
was granted a divorce from Martha Rea
by the same jurist on the same ground
Divorce complaints were filed yesterday
by Ann f. Martin against Leon Martin
for neglect. George F. Cooseboom against t
Gertrude Cooseboom for desertion, Mary
Anderson against Gustave Anderson for
desertion, Jane Booth against Edwin
Booth for cruelty, Ethel V. Voss against
Harry Voss for non-support, Clara b.
Danzig against Jacob Danzig for deser-
ton and Louis Cornelius against Annie
Cornelius for intemperance
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-15
C0OL|E QUESTION
STIRS THE RAND
Proposed Importation
Of Chinese Arouses
a Storm.
London Press Doubts That
Chamberlain Will
Consent.

LONDON, Jan H-Nothing official has
yet transpired regarding the settlement of
the vexed question of labor for the Rand,
but the idea that Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain will consent to the importa-
ton of Chinese laborers into South Africa
threatens TO raise a storm of protest
IL is hinted in some quarters that the
mine owners of the Transvaal so readily
agreed to contribute $150, 900 900 to meet the
expenses Of the war because they believed
Chamberlain was ready to yield on the
cooie question. The mine owners contend
that the employment of white labor in the
mines has proved a failure; that it is i'm
possible to obtain a sufficient number of
kaffirs, who are constantly demanding in
creased pay. and that it is urgently nee
eSsary TO find at least 100000 laborers to
restore effectively the mining industry.
Chamberlain in a conference held with
the mine managers at johannesburg yes
teTday said it had been forced upon him
that the vital question was that of labor.
He said he was not in favor of employing
Uganda natives for fear of introducing
the dreaded sleeping sickness, which
killed $4,000 persons last year. The Secre-
tary warned the mine managers that it
would be extremely difficult to secure an
unlimited supply of Asiatic labor, and in
conclusion. said he was unable to pro-
nounce definite opinion.
The idea of the mine owners is to i'm
port Chinese under the indenture system
and to reship them to China after a term
OF years, The London papers this morn
ing decline TO believe that Chamberlain
will assent to such a plan, and they point
out the dangers experienced in the United
States and elsewhere in the employment
of yellow men,
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-15
CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES
PROSPERITY OF TIMES
Years Gain of City's Savings Banks
in Assets and Deposits Is
Unprecedented

Reports of the financial condition of the
nine savings banks of San Francisco were
rendered to the Board of Bank Commits
sioners yesterday. Every one of the in
stitutions is in an extremely prosperous
condition. The aggregate gain in deposits
from December 81, 1901, to December 81,
1902, was $40, 1864, ,551 so, and in assets during
the same period s11,237, ,794 90. The increase
in each case is the greatest in the bank
ing history of the State. The statement
of resources and liabilities is as follows:
Resources = Bank premises. 81. .9e2, 603 So.
other real estate. 81. .423 243 so; miscellaneous
bonds and stocks scr, ,769 346 33: loans on real
estate, S67. 2s6 20: loans on stocks, bonds
and warrants. $7,29S, 3S5 80; loans on other
securities, S121. 400 loans on personal security,
including overdrafts: $2o. 2e7 o. money on
hand, 50, 1885, IA 50; due from banks and bank
ers, $3.50. 155 SO; other assets, $4e9 9T7 81
Total resources, 1854, ,762, 100 49,
Liabilities-Capital paid in coin 81 050 coo:
reserve fund and profit and loss, Sc. 1873, 552 "a :
due depositors. $144, ,295 OS4 81; other liabili-
ties, S234,2o3 o. Total liabilities, $154, 762-
100 As.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-15
UNITED RAILROADS ARE
SUED FOR HEAVY DAMAGES
Walter S. Brown Wants $50, 900 for
Injuries Alleged to Have Been
Received.

Walter s. Brown has filed a suit against
the Market Street Railway Company to
recover 100000 and costs for injuries al
legged to have been received on the Ellis
and O'Farrell streets line on April 29 1896
The plaintiff AYERS that while in the act
of dismounting from one of the corpora
tion's cars it was started without warn
ing, thereby precipitating him to the
street, in consequence of which his head
struck on the curbstone, rendering him
unconscious
The plaintiff further alleges that his
right shoulder joint and right elbow
were severely injured and he sustained
decorations and contusions on the head.
The injuries received are alleged to have
shocked his system TO such a degree as
to have caused a condition of mental
incapacity, and owing to the feeble con-
dition of the petitioners mind he has
been unable to do any mental or other
labor since the accident.
Mrs. Margaret Dougherty has brought
suit against the United Railroads Of San
Francisco to recover $25. $50 and costs
for the death of her son, which occurred
on November Z, 1902. The plaintiff alleges
that a car on Twenty-fourth street, be-
tween Utah and Potrero avenue.
through negligence and careIessness of
the street car company, ran into two
horse truck driven by the deceased
causing his instant death. The plaintiff
was mother of the deceased and his sole
heir, and she seeks to recover $3.50 for
funeral expenses, 500 for repairing the
truck and $4,000 for the death of her
son.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-15
POWDER MILL EXPLODES
KILLING TWELVE woRKMEN
Buildings Are Blown Into Kindling
Wood and Bodies of Victims
Are Missing.

NANAIMO. B. c., Jan. IA terrific ex-
plosion occurred at the Hamilton Powder
Company's works. Departure Bay, this
morning. George Simonetta, James Full
forte and ten Chinese were killed Only
one body, that Of a Chinaman, was recov-
cred. The others were absolutely blown
70 fragments The guncotton storage
house exploded first, The conclusion ex-
ploding the mixing-house 400 feet away,
where the great loss of life is supposed
to have occurred. The ground was eXca-
waited to a depth of six feet where the
buildings stood. The buildings were blown
into kindling wood and scattered with
fragments of human flesh over several
acres. The tTamway was torn up and a
length OF the steel rail was twined around
q tree like a whiplash
James Preston. a nitfo-glycerin maker,
had a miraculous escape and owed his
life TO his coolness. He was running his
machinery. 1000 feet from the explosion,
when il occurred, and was thrown down.
The window and a part of the wall were
blown in. but he kept mis- machinery run-
ming in spite of the concussion. which al
most stopped ii, and never left his post,
thus preventing a third explosion.
The works are three miles from Nanai-
mo- and broken windows here testify to
the tremendous force of the explosion