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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-09-08
city of Lao Yang Fell Com
oIstsly Into Their Hands
Sunday Morning.
Ect FIGHTING IS GOlsG ON.
r,ropatkiu's Army is Ten Miles
xo,,heast Of Lao Yang Near
the Yantai Mines.
~,keibero's Army Corps Report
"a. cut on. Has Been Safely
F,,rieated. and viii Join
Main Army.

York Sept. Thursdays I
4 ,-om tho seat OF war closed with 7
....ipt Of two dispatches. giving .
|.-afiou % most significant .
4 -,er As bearing on the DONNA
4 n vsnchurla at the close Of the
,-i campaign.
Il ! s-st came from the press cor
r,5ent % St. Petersburg. filed
II Al 1876 p. H.. and said that
i grrora.bin had Withdrawn his
Il army to the north bank of the
4 rsrr so as 20 meet Cen ku-
II sankInc movement. The In
Il -.s drawn from this dispatch was
II Lao Yang had been evacuated.
Il ,sv lying on tho LEFT or south
Il % thc river.
York Sept 3-Tho lack OF dch-
II rso-mafion from the seat OF war
.ass 800 to Saturday morning and
II x further regarding the situa-
al Ilao Yang IS known beyond
hc. tha, Kuropatkin has with
b. Or. main portion Of hts forces
y no--h o. rieht bank of the
river and that according 20
liesf atr'cos. the action Us stun
-usrcss.
1aichss from both Russian ana
/ .esc sources indicate that the
+ on both sides are Jaded ana
IA at'er the many days hshlns.
IS '' pointed out chat in conse-
be temporary lull in me active
sse noda not De surprising.
tfgsich received o. Toxic says
II great fires are raging al Lao
y believed io result from japanese
as or from che EFFORTS on the
.ias 81 destroy th'ir stores prep
1 io ne evacuation OF Lao Yang
ii DO additional hope ~ inlurinr
ay a' future Japanese base
oi.a.ln prevails in inc japanese
Ia.l ..' iNNf-iaA 'aH'aili'S in
Il 't'.A. h-.t'nH "iH re@ch s''N''.
'"e ''''it" losses OF august 81
SEPTEMBER are given in ohicial
.' '. Ai'l'N OF wounded
i''.' S'l.' ne oniy oi-
BOWS I''m mo scat oi war pear
aa'i '',e came by way 90
II N ''i'i. IRON. fi'la Mars I'D, .
s'.'"a .""l LAO y tns l'il
v'.i '-.' lN' hanN' oi tne Japa'
n p" 3 ''.''A 'l'" morning, that
ll"a,.e 'ariaiIies were believed
..A'. ana ina' noihins was
'' mo Japanese concern.ns al
'l ,ae right bank of the Tnltso
|, Only comfort Tor the russians
II y, was no news conveyed IN
ID "o-. "eh- huropa,hin' dated
IN 's ',.eln'on. mat Cen S'aNel
Ia '. SIBERIAN army corps oil
II .'i',l''n SATURDAY as nav
IA y. .. 'o 'De westward o'
81 -.s '.''' pee" S'ielE eNliloA.eo
Do'.s mas succeeded ~
IL .'.." * 'sSi'l noey on 'n'
ia --n u INC 'lfer. Out no detaiii
OF SlaNeioerg arr
yen. N'i'paiAln also report
E /. '-e h.,"''' portion or ms arm!
"a q. '.r Time oi nllng the report
II. entail item WntNHE mort HEsn s
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-09-08
a MINIATURE MINT.
lt VII Re o Operation az ;hs Expos
tIon In Portland. ore.

Portland. ore. Sept 2-That there
win he government mint .u FUN op
GRAFTON at fhc Lewis a. Clark exposi-
Uan ls the assurance given to Presi-
DENT Sd $751; Gooie hy Secretary shaw.
of fhe treasury department The visit
of Secretary Shaw to the exposition
grounds had the eject ~ gaining bis
sanction to che establishment ~ the
mnt The mint win le an sctive eN
l.hIt ana win De placed where the
processes ~ making money may be
.--N-L -L al
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-09-08
BECAUSE or A LOVE AFFAIR.

A Lexington Girl Drank TWO Ounces
Of csrbolic Acid and Died.
Lexington. Ky Sept 5.-Mary Ly-
man. s. drank two ounces of carhono
acid Sunday morning. and after wax
INK her brother 60 toli him about it.
died She told him that she did not
want to De O. bother any longer She
left a note stating that the one She
loved most dear had gone and she
wanted 20 die. she was an attractive
girl and OF good family The family
did not know she had q love affair.
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SUITS FOR $50, 900 DAMAGES.
Brought by Man Besmirchsd by Bris-
 tow Report.

Washington. Jan. S.--Michael w. Louis, formerly superintendent of the division of supplies in the postoffice de- partment, but who was removed Octo- Der 21 last as a result of the postal in- vestigation, to-day entered suit for $50,000 damages against Joseph Bristow, the fourth assistant postmaster gener-3 al; Henry c. Payne, postmaster-gene al, and the Washington Post Newspa- per company.
 The basis of the charge for which damages are asked is an extract from the report of General Bristow dealing with the award of contracts on the di- vision of which Louis was at the head for ink, ink pads, etc, at alleged excess sive prices, etc. The defendants are charged with having composed, written and published concerning the plaintiff the extract of the report referred to, with intent, it is alleged, to injure the plaintiff in his good name. By reason of the committing of the grievances complained of, the plaintiff says he has been brought into public scandal, ridi- cule and disgrace.
 Suits of like character for similar amounts also were brought against the postmast ter-general, MT. Bristow and the Evening Star, and against the post master-general, MT. Bristow and the Washington Times.
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ADMITS SHOCKING ERROR.
FLAME FOR RECENT ROCK Ts-
 LAND WRECK FIXED.

Conductor Confcsses in Deposition
 Made From Hospital Red That ue and
 the Engineer Disobeyed Orders
 Their Recklessness Cost Seventeen
 Lives and Caused Thirty to be Injured.
 Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 8.-Conductor Nagle, of the west-bound Rock Island express which was wrecked near Wil- lard on Tuesday. when seventeen per- sons were killed and thirty injured, ad- mitted to-day, in a deposition made from his bed in hospital, that he and Engineer Benjamin had orders to wait for the freight with which they collided. Conductor Nagle said:
 We had orders to wait for a special stock train at Valencia until 12:5S, and to pass another train at Willard. We were late and passed through Valencia at 1 a. m, and no stock train was in sight. At Willard we saw stock train standing on the side track, and made no stop. I supposed the engineer thought that the trains had been con- bined. I could not see the number of the engine on the side track on account of the steam and because we were run ming so fast We were going fifty miles an hour. Engineer Benjamin and I had duplicate orders.
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JAPAN GETS TURKISH CRUISER.
Oatbids Ruasia for Warship Nearing
 Completion nt Cramps.

Philadelphia, Jan. S-The Philadel- phia Record tomorrow will say:
 The Japanese government has secur- ed an option on the new Turkish cruiser Medjidie, now being hurried to comple- tion at Cramps ship yard. Both the Russian and the Japanese governments have been negotiating with the sultan for the cruiser for month past through the Ottoman bank, an English corporation in Turkey. It is claimed the JaDanese offered half a million dollars more than the cruiser cost, after which the Russian representatives withdrew.
 The Medjidie cost about $2,000,000 and the Cramps are under contract to de- liver her in ConstantinopIe, when the balance due will be paid. Should the call be made the cruiser will be turned over immediately to the Japanese officers who are at Seattle awaiting orders from home to proceed to Philadelphia.
 The Medjidie on her trial test develop ed a speed of PAPA knots. The guns for her have been made in England, and if the sale is made will be shipped to Japan via the Suez canal and mounted in the navy yards at Yokohama. When in commission she will be manned by 400 men, and will have battery of four guns.
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CLEVELAND SEES VICTORY
DECLARES DEMOCRATS CAN FIN
 THIS TIME.
fn Letter Read at Jackson Day Banquet i'm Philadelphia He Name. the coa- disions for Successful camp.iEa- riilman Doe. Not wantPsnnsylvani. to Interfere in my Way.

 Philadelphia, Jan. S.-The principal |cratic party of Philadelphia were brought together tonight by the Old Hickory club. which gave dinner in celebration of Jackson day. Democrats of prominence throughout the state and several members of congress were pres ent. Letters of regret from ex-Presl- dent Cleveland, United States Senators McCreary of Kentucky and Tillman of South Carolina; David B. Hill and w. Bourke Cochran were read. MT. Cleve- lands letter was dated December 25, and stated that other engagements pre- vented his attendance He said: "os course need not tell you how fully I am in sympathy with the ob- jects and purposes of the club, and how fully believe in the usefulness of it's efforts in the cause of true democracy.
 ''The best interests of the country re- quire change of administration. The people want sanity rather than hysteria lin the management of public affairs; stability rather than fickleness ho1lor-
 able diplomacy rather than internation-
 al intrigue; straight forwardness rather
 than fakerism, and honesty rather than corruption. With wise counsels, live is-
 sues, conservative candidates and unity |of action the democracy can win the
 contest of 1904''
 Senator TilIman in sending his re-
 grets said:
 'tThe sentiment which would pro-
 pose to the democrats who will honof
 the memory of Jackson at the banquet
 Friday next would be this:
 "The democratic party will live as
 long as it deserves to, and will con-
 mand the support of majority of the people when it shall demonstrate it's
 adherence to the grand principles of
 the fathers. When we stand for the
 people and their rights in manner so |unmistakable that they cannot be mis- led the people will support the party in
 wings of the party must flap together if we are to make any progress. We must ignore past differences on matters of policy, but ne candidate can succeed who is obnoxioas U the south and west just as no candidate has succeeded who
 was obnoxious to the east. We must find q man who can soInmand the re- |spect and loyal support of -afl and with such man we will wiflSsI |cause the times are threatening and all conservative men without regard to party will support such candidate. Pennsylvania democrats cannot give us any electoral votes. Let them not undertake to dictate policy or present Ia candidate who can only revive the
 bitterness of the past and make success impossible"
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Bombnrdlmsnt Prevented

Washington, Jan. S.-The navy de- partment to-day received the following cablegram from Commander DiIling- ham. of the cruiser Detroit, dated at Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, Janu- ary s:
 Morales gunboat delivered ultinatum and threatened bombardment of Puerto Plata after twenty-eour hours notice. With concurrence of Captain Robinson. of the English cruiser Pallas, made such representations to both sides that they have agreed, the one not to boinbard and the other not to fire on gunboats. All fighting will be confined to land side of town in future. United States inter- ests secured. Have small parties land ed at Sosua and at consulate in Puerto Plata"
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JAPAN's SEW WARsHIPs.
Genoa Report That They wnI Sail To-
 day Under scaled Orders.

Genoa. Jan S.-News having spread that the Niasin and Kasaga, the war ships built here for the Argentine re- public and purchased by Japan, would leave tonight caused great excitement throughout the town. Crowds of peo- pie focked to the harbor to bid farewell to the ships.
 The vessels are commanded by two Englishmen, Captain Boyle and Cap tain Lee, and the other officers are also English, with the exception of five Jap anese, while the crews, numbering 3S0 men to each ship, are half Italian and half English. One hundred and twenty English artillerymen embarked on the vessels during last night.
 The commanders of the Niasin and Kasaga have received sealed orders, which will be opened on the high seas. The departure of the warships has been delayed waiting for the receipt of mon- ey from the Japanese legation at Lon- don, but it is expected that they will sail early tomorrow morning.
 The Japanese officers are particularly jubilant and swear by all their gods that no Russian shall ever set foot in their country.
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WESLEYAN HBZING INCIDENT
SIX SoPHoMoREs SUSPENDED
 BY PRESIDENT RAYMOND.
Result of Row fin Which Presiding Elder Richard's Son of This City Was Stabbed in ahs Eye, the Sight Being Destroyed-ssudsnsa Meet and Com demn the Suspension.

Middletow1. Jan. S.-President Ray mond of Wesleyan university tonight suspended six members of the sopho- more class until the mid-year examin- ations in February. The students are charged with being connected with the hazing of fellow student last month.
 At the chapel exercises this morning President Raymond read statement to the students on the subject of haz- ing. In substance the statement declar- led that the faculty was now and al- ways would be opposed to hazing in any form. President Raymond pointed ly referred to a hazing incident on De- cenber 16 last during which Howard M. Richard, son of Presiding Elder Richard os 621 Howard avenue, New Haven, was stabbed in the eye with a screw driver by Frank B. Taylor of Cambridge, Mass. He said that the action O. the faculty on this matter would be made known during the day. Late this afternoon six students were called to President Raymond's office and were suspended until the rnid-year examinations in February. The stu dents suspended are Arthur: K. Dear born, Middletown; Clarence E. Hancock, Syracuse, N. Y; Arthur J. Hanlon, Canaan, Conn; Arthur J. Munroe, Brattleboro, Vt; Frank H. Syrett, Montclair. N. J.. and Ralph M. Cole, Tottenville, N. Y.
 The trouble had it's beginning in the attempt of a number of sophomores to haze Taylor. On their first attempt to enter his room Taylor frightened away his tormentors with a revolver, but they returned later in the evening and attempted to break down the door. Taylor, fearing that he would be injur- ed, picked up screw driver and be- gan to fight his way through the crowd. In doing so he struck young Richard just over the eye, infiicting an injury which resulted in Richard losing the sight of the eye The matter was brought to the attention of the faculty land to-day's action resulted.
 The students after learning of the suspensions held a meeting at which they drew up resolutions disappearing the action of the faculty on the grounds that to single out six men of the class was unjust, there having been many more students implicated in the hazing. President Raymond refused to discuss the matter tonight, but stated that the incident is not yet closed. N
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nIrs. May brick's Case.

London, Jan. S.-Ambassador Choate said to the Associated Press to-day that there was absolutely no truth in the story, published by news agency in the United States, that at a conference between the ambassador and the off, cers of the home office final arrange ments were made for the release of Mrs. Maybrick, who had been sentenced to imprisonment for life for poisoning her husband, and that as a result of this conference Mrs. Maybrick would be liberated in April. Ambassador Choate said that he had done nothing whatever in connection with the case.
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WORK OF STATE POLICE.
Unusual success i'm Number of Arrests
 and Prosecutions.

and Prosecutions.
 Hartford, Jan. 8.-A meeting of the state police commissioners was held at the state capitol to-day and summary arrests and prosecutions, since the ap- pointment of the state police on Octo- Der 19, 1903, to January 8, 1904, was pre- scented.
 The arrests for violation of the liquor law numbered S4, prosecutions 34, con- yictions 8 and one acQuittal. Fifteen cases were appealed.
 For violation of the gambling law there were six arrests, six prosecutions and six convictions.
 The number of gambling machines destroyed by order of the court was five and the amount of property recovered was $35,O25.
 The total amount received from the state treasurer was $329,331, and the to- tai amount paid to the state treasurer was SIS, ,99e.
 All fines imposed in the violation of the liquor law cases will go to the state treasurer.
 Rear Admiral Cook III.
 Annapolis, Md, Jan. S.-Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook, U. s. N, (retired), who commanded the Brooklyn in the Santiago sea battle, left here on spe- cial train for Philadelphia, where he will be treated by pr. $. Weir Mitchell for an affection of the heart, with which he has been suffering. Admiral Cook was accompanied by his lifelong friend Admiral Charles E. Clark, of Oregon fame, at whose home he will stop while in Philadelphia.
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UNIQUE PENSION DECISION.
Veteran Sentenced for Lire Noe En-
 titled to Gratuisy.

Washington, Jan. -Commissioner of Pensions Ware to-day decided that all rights to pension were barred by conviction of crime and sentence tul prison for life. The decision is made in the case of William B Marsh, com vict in the house of correction in De- troit, serving life sentence for rob- ping the United States mall in Idaho. But for this the claimant ten months of army service would entitle him to a, pension. Commissioner Ware holds:
 "A pension is for the purpose of sup- porting a soldier during his declining years, and is a gratuity.
 By conviction of the crime and sem tence to prison for life the man has be- come civilly dead, and do not think that it is an unfair interpretation of the law to hold that when a man becomes civi1ly dead he becomes dead for pen-' sionable purposes; therefore, let the claim be rejected.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION.
NO MORE FREE TEXT BOOKS FOR
 HIGH SCHOOL.
This Rule 10 Become Enectsve ssptem- Der l, 9s4-Approprlatio Inadequate toshe Nseds- OnIy prima= =y ana Grams mar sch ooI Pnnils to ha suunlfed.

mar school Pupils to be supplied. The principal matter considered by the board os education at it's meeting last night was that of free text books. The appropriation by the board Of fi- nance for this year was $S,500, but this amount is not adequate to supply all needed books to members of the priin- ary, grammer and high schools. In con- sequence of this the board after much discussion and lengthy, careful state ment by Superintendent Beede, voted that until a larger amount is allowed by the board of finance for free text books, this luxury, as it might be termed. be taken from pupils in the high school. and that they hereafter be compelled to purchase their own books. ! This action was taken thus early in the year so that all prospective pupils may have full and due notice of the ne- Ecessity Of their purchasing their own books
 1 A lengthy opinion was read from Cor Deration Counsel Daggett on the ques- tion Of the authority of the board to. take this action. MT. Daggett states that it is perfectly legal to give all of 1.-the appropriation to the primary and grammar schools and cut off the high schools entirely. The $S,500 will just be about sufficient for the purchase of books needed in the primary and gram mar schools the coming year. I It was arranged by vote that the sum of $750 be used for the purchase of
 much needed books for use in the high school during the rest of the present school year.
 Superintendent Beede was instructed to serve the proper notice on present and prospective pupils in the high schools of the changed conditions of af- fairs.
 All books now in use in the high school will next year be used as far as possible. but in nannr to be devised later.
 The committee on schools announced
 the rsignation Of Dr. H. E. Gregory, principal of the Boardman advanced ev-
 ening school to take effect January r.
 The committee also announced the resignation of Mrs. Maria l.. Breen, su- pervising principal of the Wooster school district. Mrs. Breen entered the service of the school department in 1872. 1 From 1894 to 1904 she was supervising principal of the Wooster district.
 The superintendent appointed E. L.. l Durfee principal of the Boardman ad- lvanced evening school with a salary of $S per night to date from January Il.
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Th.n ks some Ono Poisoned Him.

Samuel Kaufman of is Broad street, a dealer in second hand clothes, was sent to Grace hospital last evening! from police headquarters suffering from the hallucination that someone had pois- oned him. Kaufman was acting strangely and was taken by Patrolmen Connor and Eagan to the Court street station, where he was examined by Dr. Kenna, who advised his removal to the hospital.
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IROQUOIS THEATER INQUIRY
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY OF EN-
 GINEER OF HOUSE.
Declares Building Practically Destitute of Protection Against Fire-No Pre- cautions Taken and No Instructions Given Empioyes-nIemb of Com pany Testify- Witness Paints.


 Chicago, Jan. s.-The most important witness to-day in the Iroquois fire in- quiry was Engineer Murray of the the ater, whose testimony showed that the theater was practically destitute of protection against fire, that no precau- tions had been taken and that no in- structions had ever been given to any Iof the attaches. There were standpipes,
 he said. in the theater, but only one coil of hose and this was not over fifty feet long.
 Ruth Michel, a school girl, testified |that when she and other members of her party noticed sparks dropping from above the stage, one member remarked that they had better get out. They started to do so but gentleman sit- ting in the front row rose and said he
 would knock their heads off if they did mt sit down. The girls sat down and remained there until a mighty draught of air blew flames directly over the audience. Thereupon she and her par | ty rushed to the north side of the build- | ing, crawled out on to a fire escape and dropped to the alley below.
 The first witness of the afternoon was Frederick H. Req, student in the law school directly north of the Iroquois theater. He told of placing ladders and blanks from the windows of the law school to platforms of the fire escape and of number of people who were
 rescued in That manner.
 Madeline Dupont, one of the girls in the double octette which was on the stage at the time the fire broke out,
 was positive in her statement that the curtain which was lowered was the as- bestos curtain. This curtain was paint cd with red stripes and the curtain which had upon it an autumn scene. land which previous witnesses had de- clared was the curtain lowered, was the curtain that burned. Miss Dupont was emphatic in her evidence that the curtain which was lowered did not burn up. She became badly tangled in the latter part of her evidence and finally admitted that she did not know wheth- CT there was an asbestos curtain in the theater, but supposed there was. Edith Williams, another member of the double octette, who tainted on the (Continued on Fifth Page.)
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MORE THEATERS CLOSED.
Licenses Of Seven i'm st. Louis Re-
 voked.

St. Louis. Jan. s.-Notice was served on the management of seven theaters in St. Louis this afternoon by License Collector Clifford that their licenses were revoked and that they would be required to secure new licenses based on certificates from the building com missioner's office that they had com piled with the city ordinances in the matter of safeguards against fire before being allowed to continue giving per formances.