The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-01-29
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The houss q representative IN
aos'lrafed the experiment cf hoisins
memorial services for deceased -nsrs-
eers on tAe sabbath II VIII be fo3
loved hereafter during The se-sion
The nssgnafes % tne s>atsoraI ss<c-
bail league. az their us.einx IN cfncsn-
nati. rssinef the peace compact h>-
tween that orxanizarion and tac knner-
lean League
James r. Doian. national praassont
81 the Ancient Order of Hihernian.-
issued a protest against the action %
the British government In sentencing
to death Arthur Lynch. convicted o,
high treason
The reciprocity treaty between Gu
ha and the United States threatens "a
raise one q the most serious dircr-
enccs of opinion between Great Bri-
tain and the United States that has %
CURED Tor years
The canal treaty was signed ~
Secretary Hay Mr. Hay acting Tor
the United States and DT. He-ran.
,ae charge d'anaires q Coiombia. Who
had been specially given fun powers To
ncgc;iaie nc treaty. signing ia behalf
% Colombia.
- tnc burning of tae smallpox hos
ritai AZ Biddeford Ne % men. worn-
en- and children patients were forced
90 escape In the night clothes ms
mercury was several degrees below
zero and an suffered terribly from
exposure one man Is expected To
die.
The bin Tor the creation OF the new
executive department % commerce
was under consideration az the lands
% subcommittee Of the senate com
mittcc on commerce for two hours and
a decision was practically reached an
70 the lines of tho recommendation TO
De made 90 thc fuil committee.
Former Senator r o. wolcott can
didate Tor Unitcd States senator u
the "stalwart- wing of the republican
party. announced bis withdrawal rom
any further contest. and urged the pco-
pie of Colorado % accep; the re-cse--
ton of Senator Henry NJ Teller BY the
ioint session % the democratic sena-
tors and representative
Tho signatures of the Aneio-Aneri-
can treaty % settle the Alaska dispute
at Washington has given great salts
faction to the English preas on the
ground that 70 gives AZ critical mo-
ment "a the Venezuelan trouble an on.
doubted proof uf the uninterrupted
friendliness existing between Great
Britain and the United States.
T'ae Wnmeu's Christian Temperance
Uniou. % Tacoma. WASH. has man
fIIN a.
evil along new IDEAS Instead of per-
secutlng the unfortunate young Wori-
an and driving them ont Of the city.
prominent members of the uuiou viii
take them into their own homes on
promise of reform.
Great sorrow prevails at Stockholm
over the temporary ahdlcatlon OF Kins
Oscar. as the crown prince whose re-
gcnCy begins this week. Is not nearly
so popular as his father Much anpre-
hcnsion Is felt Tor the king. as he ~
~. and "a Is feared the nluess which
forced him 90 give up the throne TEN.
porarily may have a fatal terminal
t.on.
Secretary Hay and Sir Michael Her
bert. the British ambassador. signed
treaty providing for the settlement
OF the Alaskan boundary question. 81.
forts in this direction have been pat
forth Tor a long time. the Canadian
miners being anxious to get through
the Klondike 20 the sea without pass
ing through American territory and
the Americans insisting upon their
right To the coast line and the control
OF the ports.