The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-12-01

Two prisoners escaped from Gov
errors island By jumping from tho
psrapet % Castle William 10 tAa
ground. % fees below. TAsy are SIN
At large.
man thought TO BE- X. c. Hoiisu-
oerKer. Of Mechsnicsburk. Pens. shot
himself on a Pennsylvania traia b.
cause he could not and his ticket uhea
The Conductor asked him for t.
Half holidays were announced 81 an
The mines al Dillon, WYE and th,
town was en- fete on account of the
birth 20 Mr.. and Mrs. stanley Caikins
OF the frst babe ever born in that mia
Ing camp.
Ms Caroline jeanette. proprietor
% the sira,hmore hotel. Ia New Yerk.
reported that diamonds valued az s.
200 had disappeared from her hotet.
She said that they were the property
~ a guest. Mrs. v. Benedict
Mai- Coin Campbell. a member q
the star Of Lord Cur1on. viceroy Of
India. arrived at New York on he
steamer Phiiadelphia. from South
ampton. lie f. reported engaged TO
Miss Mamie Letter. sister o. Lady
Curzon.
According TO an omoiai from lien
city, Dr. Dowie has Just received no
ice that he has been given $3.50 900
ny a woman IN Scotland and $4,000
from another woman. whose address
Is not known. Their names are with
held
one man is dead. three are In hos
pitai suffering from burns and iaccra-
tons. and several others are less Sc
riou,iy hurt as the result of an sxpio-
sion in he generating house OF ths
Consolidated Gas Co.'S plant la IVES.
ffth street. New York.
Rev. Dr. David schiey schag. n-o-
lessor o. church history a. che Vest
crn theological seminary. Allegheny
city. said the Union Theolorical SEM
mary OF New York had discarded tho
Westminster Confession % Fath and
unanimously adopted a new creed.
Because John ID Rockefeller has
purchased six houses and lots IN
Grigssvilie. y. Y. IL a cost Of $40 200.
there was a report that Mr Rocscfei-
Ter intended % buy up the whole hau-
Let OF rs cottages and add Il tn his
private park Of 5000 acres at Pncaa-
tico Hills.
Major Deimar. The worlds champion
trotting gsiding. with an unpaced rot
ting record % 2.044. aud a paced t-at-
ting record OF $50. was sold ar tho
Old Glory sale. In New York af fhe
Madison Square Garden Tor Si5HNl.
The purchaser was G. h. @ Hllles.
owner Of Lou Dillon.
News reached Albuquerque. s. M..
% the assassination OF Col u Fran-
cisco Chaves, probably tie fat-
known republican politician u Sew
Mexico. o. Pinos Wells. Turraasc
county. Col Chaves was the guest q
a friend and while they were eating
supper a shot was ared through a VIM
dow and Chavez ieu dead
Charles %. Webster. 90. rvai os-
tate dealer. who devoted most OF bis
time TO the care OF the extensive KAN
zas City property interests Of his IA
Their, p. G.. Webster. u Cincinnati cap
itailst was found dead in bed at rs
home ia Kansas city. Asphyxiaf ca
by gas. which had escaped from a part
ly opened burner OF the gas stove 4
the Kitchen was the cause OF his death.
Discovery has been mace OF "a enc
0ezziemcnt OF S5.oOoe0o by a trusted
employe q the London house 4
Rothschlld. This Is at once the most
stupendous embezzlement in criminal
annals. and the FIRST time in their hls-
tory that the Rothschlids have suffered
through the wrong doing Of an en-
ploye