The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-01-07
At HOME AND ABROAD.



The national Convention OF the 90
cia.ist party viii b held 10 Cnicaxs
May /. 1894. at when time eandleatcs
FER national oenees VII Be put IN nom
,uation.
Gen. stephen Monted. prominent "A
the civil var. dled az bis hcne in
P;aitsburx y. Y. he lost.a a leg Al ths
battle of Fair Oaks. and was ister a
prisoner az Richmont. Va
The worst blizzard since the nemo--
able storm q 1888 ra<ed sn New Eng
land AZ some places the tacrmcmeter
resistered 35 degrees below zero.
There was some loss q life
John " strong. Tor several vars
commercial editcr q the Chicaeo Tri-
hunc. died in his birth on board % .
Monon train a short time before the
latter reached Indianapolis. fnd
Empress EuEsnia - sey.cusiv al.
me Hotel c2rsseuczi. Paris. The
cause Tsa deep accidental puncturc IA
her cheek from a hafpin Her face
has swollen. and 70 Is feared blood
poisoning has set IN.
The authorities believe tasss Cen
lsicarte exiicd rebel. wanted By the
Eovcrnsrcnt Tor an attempted dyna-
mite outrage several years ago. and
Who recently returned BY stealth 70
tac Philippine Islands. IS organlzinx
a new Katipnnan society.
Three persons killed and fanr .sAe-s
were injured IN nro hat destroysd
The Louvre family hetef Chfraro.
Nearly ore hundred personz were in
the hotel when the Ere broke oas.
Many had gone 20 bed. Every orc b.
came panic-stricken and rushed for
the street
\ broken rail- caused the deraIlrrcnt
| cf three cars u an esst.hound rasaen-
ser train on the Western Maryland
railroad causing the death q two per.
sons and the seriors injury % a nuns- \
I hcr ot other passengers and trainmen.
TIE number of Injured being placed Al
The pope has lust ordered one a.
I The most precious relies of Rorne -
stored to the church of san suvestrs.
! from which IL was removed 70 TIE vat'
Scam in 1890 when the church vas ~
I sieged Ply italian troops. The rerle H
/ the authentic head OF S. 1oan fhs
/ Baptist.
Tho Countess Esterhary. wi1oN of
/ thc late Count Maximiiiar Eafpfhaxg.
I who was az one time sccrctafy q s1ae
: Austrian embassy in WashinHion Is
defendant In damage soii e0r <i1f.-
/ vuo. brought hy AIRS. Laura ,utIaee.
who charges that the tcHntf38
alicnatei her hushznd's a1cttion4.
The active iar oastren peA>y of tks
United States attracts and aitenfIen
/ and causes distinct distraet sI'1l4 faft,
I Ing eliminated Ia the annoah1 ,,atnt
I than an American feet uorl sa4 t.r
! Asiatic waters and that tae Auser.&4A
I minister az Seoul had beea tirecfa<
90 obtain q dednite answer reeef4,<.<-
the opening af villa % foreign trfae.
Esteilc Reel. suporintcndent of ~
/ dian schools. IN her annual report 10
( the commissioner of Indian Affairs.
urscs teachers 60 study TIE indian
I character and adds: Tie enrcilment
/ az pupils last year was nearly s9aea
and the employees In Indian school
work has Increased from 92i ia iS1T
% almost 5000.
Between the acts st the Century
theatcr. ST Louis. C. "a Courdon. who
said that he was from Chicago. arose
Z from his seat and related incidents
OF the Iroquois theater tragedy. He
had proceeded only a few minutes
when some one ln the audience began
90 sirs. Nearer. Aty God. To Thee"
. which was Immediately taken up BY
tho whole audience. the orchestra
joining in with an accompaniment.