The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-08-25
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csrrsnt News Matter sesscse Fse
ths Bssy Reader.

ons psrson vas killed and tea In
,creS ~ tornado 81 Nsuies. N A
number % houses we're uaroofsf-
A tornado struck the townships %
Rieh varsy ana Bergen scar Glea-
coz. Mich. killing four persons and Do
stroyiaE thousands Of acres OF Er.ia
and many barns. horsss and sheds
Fire. the result % lightning. caused
q loss % SIS 900 to the plant Of the
Nubgan Paint a varnish Co. Chicago
Explosions OF tanks Of oil ana varnish
endangered tAs lives % sreusn. ave
% tAsm aad = volunteer bsinE over
come BY the EAs ana smoke
A train Ia expected 10 create . rec
cd for speed Tor long distance DO
tween Paris and Nice the eomisx via
ter. covering SIS miles In $40 minutes.
and snabling travellers 10 leave thu
capital at a m and arrive AZ the
Riviera the same night
Dr. Henry HA1wer. Of Washiag-
ton. Ct. has informed the police that
Ae lost IS 900 20 tao confidence men.
Who deliberately robbed him and left
him unconsoioun By the roadside Ons
Of the two men was In the garb OK
clergyman. and the other repre-
ssztsd himself 70 be a business man
The general stan Of the army has
- ordered that all the troops serving In
: the Unted States excepting the artil-
I lery corps. shall Be sQuipped OF DARK
. blue caps WITH bands: dress coat
, ns~ pattern. collar ornamsnts. breast
, cord. aud untii exhausted tr0users OF
p the pattern In use prior % the adop-
9 ton OF the uniform
Two thousand Of the rnest bred
y horses In the United States. Canada
Europe and Arabia. representing over
20 distinct types OF blooted animals.
will be the feature OF the live stock
parads that will inAuEurate the great
worlds fair stock show. which begins
August q. The parade will take placs
Tuesday
20 Mr. Murphy. secretary Of the Istami
y, an Canal Commission. gave out the fol
Al loving. The la5orsng people Of th'
eountry should Be on their guar
% against so-eailed labor exchanges
NJ wnich are holding out promises O
~ employment on the Panama canal an
sractinE a fee OF a dollar OF two frou
each applicant
-, Thsodors Noel the wealthy Chicag
- manufacture Nlo krNtos~t - hco
sam Small on a boy .saviag expedition
has made public a letter outlining n
plan Mr. Noers plan included IN
100 publication % a book Of advice
boys. which Mr. Small vas 10 ed
aus and Mr. Wood was 20 place ip n
ny hands Of the youths
wild fluctuations marked the ca
cage wheat markets. Conflicting r
me ports Of the damage In the Northwe
''Ns sent the prices hyins up and dow
but With each wave the upward NOV
meat gained until May wheat sold
ulsl.. breaking all records for q
Ton present rise and being the hiEhe
est price since the Letter deal
Au"- John ". Gates. his son. Charles
o''' Gates. John A Drake and Alphon
"" Hudson lost $4,000 IN the Unit
ION. States Club at Saratoga. \. Y. 7
tne ak proprietors OF the gambling hot
tn~t had $4,000 20 divide between the
Ok while So. 1000 Of the monsy vent
Joe UilmAn and -Maxey' Blum
thai. the wsilknown 0ookmakers.
. The nsresst riot OF the stOekya
-, strike occurred IL Chicago Sheu
81, sry d~eliers Of the packing house
-. trfct sought 10 capture and Kill ei
- steers which aAd escaped from
- yards. The mob numbered 1000 |
- sons. and the streets we're ciea
only after 40 policemen. In
-, squads. had charged the rioters
four sides