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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1905-06-08
Sixteen WarShips viii Attack
the DeienSes Of Washington
and Baltimore on Juneil.
wIlLLAST SIX DAYS AND sIGHTS.
Fortresses Along the Coast VIII Pul
Forth Every Defense Of Which
They Are Capable.
The Struggle Is To Se Bioodiess. Prac.
tieaiiy Nolseless. sut intensely In
tsresuns To Army and Navy
Experts IN Playing War

Washington. June 5.--Sixtrcn war
ships viii attack the defenses of wash.
ington and Baltimore NJ midnight OF
june n. and continue thcir Offensive
operations for six days and nights
Meanwhile the for1rcsses along Chcs
apeake bay and tho Potomac river
Washington and Baltimore. viii pui
forth every defense OF which they ar
capable With Il all. the struggle Is
10 be hloodless. practically uoiseiess
devoid OF The spectacular and Intense
y Interesting only 20 the army and
navy experts who are playing thf
game and know the constructive cf
fect OF the unioadcd mines and the
empty shells
These exercises are to constitute ths
only Joint operations OF the army and
navy during the year. They have
been designated Joint exercises to
distinguish them from the more oiab
crate program % combined army aaa
navy maneuvers~ which was first plan
ned. but which failed Of approval foi
lack Of an adequate appropriation from
congress.
The operations are 20 be conducted
under the rules which have been
agreed upon by the Joint board OF arm,
and navy officers Considerable impor
lance is attached 20 TIE distinction De
tween mancuycrs and Joint exercises
Maneuvers are held 20 apply 10 opera
uons where actual war conditions are
situated while exercises mean only
that certain prescribed problems arc
20 be attempted
In the present instance. the object
OF each of the several forms Of at
tack by the navy will be TO demon
strate the strength or weakness oi
some particular phase OF the defense
The results will be known only 40 the
conclusion OF the exercises aud then
known ouly 20 the proper authorities
This prccautlon is emphasized as inn
poriant that the character and
strength OF the various defenscs may
not become known 10 possible enemies
Of the country
None OF she ships OF the navy wiz
be ruled ont Of the action BY the nm
pires and none of the guns ~ the Tor
uhcations will De declared sronccd.
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EDUCATORS MEET
ABB
INGDON VISITED
BY HOST OF
TEACHERS.

Beautiful weather and hospitable
people welcomed the teachers who
gathered m Abingdon at the cali Of
Prof. +. II Russell. chairman Of pro.
gram and Prot. Smith Of Abingdon
ioesi manager. Preceding the reg
uiar meeting Of the educators was
decisimef's contest entered into bv
eight Young men, each representing
one Of the leading schools Of the
county. The judges. who carefully
marked on the scale Of ten. the enun-
citation, tone and gesture. after com
pairing notes and making their aver.
age, awarded the prize 10 Hickman
Pickett Of the Abingdon district.
Dr. Larry Of Big Stone Gap making
the presentation speech. The people
seemed very we'll pleased as the win
uer Is hard working young mau
who Is respected by all classes in the
village.
We have already published the
program SO we will not repeat that.
The leading address OF the FIRST
day wss that Of Jude Mann of Notta.
way. Tie began by paying very
pretty compliment TO the ladies pres
ent and story Of young mar.ied
coupled where the man said his Young
wife Don't you know would die
Tor you.' She replied Il don't
want You 90 die for ne want you TO
hustle Tor me-" lie thought the
time had come for politicians to do
something besides passing resolutions
and that they ought 10 do something
lie made q special plea for the sec
ondary schools. saying that we had
Continued ON paEc2
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POSTAL FRAUD TRIAL.
Or. Lorenz Tells Of the Letter Carrier
satehsls Contract.

Washington. June In the postal
fraud trial Dr. Lorenz. one Of the de-
PENDANTS. turned states evidence. Io-
REM did not spare himself ln the tes.
Hmony. He declared that an arr, o.
ment had been formed BY himself
Macaen aud Crawford to get contracts
10 furnish letter carrier satchels to
the post oMce department and that
they had shared 80 the profits. The
contracts were gained by reason Of
Machcn's connection with the suppiv
division OF the post Office department
and were allied by Crawford. who was
the general manager for the Postal
Device and Lock Co. of New York.
According TO Lorenz he was the go
between, although there were meet
ings between the three at the room Of
Lorenz when he was stopping at a
hotel in this city In the early part Of
June, 1909
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THE FORESTRY BUREAU.
It Has Begun Three Extensive Opera.
tons For the Season.

WaShington. June 2.-The United
States bureau Of forestry has begun
three extensive projects under its for
estry planting operations for the sea
son. Fifty thousand trees are 10 be
planted Ia the Pixies Peak forest re-
serve; 100000 along the lines Of the
Delaware Hudson River railroad.
planted in Cooperation with the rail
road cesnpany while similar co-opera-
ton With the Northern Faciec railroad
= under way.
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SERIES OF ACCIDENTS.
Three Men Were Killed and Two 9th
era Seriously Burned.

Pittsburg. June 5.-Michaei Haidoi
and aohn Natsko were killed aud Win.
cent Nehart and Andrew Nomuzo. fei
low workmcn. were seriously burned
while attempting a rescue. Paul Wa
tusko. who roomed with Haidol. was
killed az about the same hour by fan
Ing from a street car while returnlne
from wedding The accident TO the
hrst four men was caused by the ex
plosion OF a hang" In Furnace ]. OF
the Edgar Thomson steel plant al
Braddock. Haidol and Yatsko were
overcome by gas and fell into the
bell Their companions went into the
bell after them and were overcome also
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Officers and Men Killed 113 and 424
OFFICERS and Men Wounded.

Toxic, June 2.-The japanese losses
In the battle od the Sea Of Japan were
1l2 officers and men killed and 424
officers and men wounded. The com
plet'on of the revised list shows that
the losses were under the original esti-
mates. The flagship Mikasa was the
heaviest loser, losing So killed and
wounded. Commander Togo, OF the
Adzufaa, VAS wounded.
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EXPOSITION OPENS.
President Touched the Golden Key
That Set the Machinery in Motion.

Portland. ore. June with the
gentle touch Of a hand upon golden
telegraph instrument. President Roose-
welt. from the white house. gave tho
signal which formally opened 90 the
world the Lewis and Clark Centennial
exposition. a monument 20 the memo
ries OF Capis Merrivethor Lewis and
William Clark, the pioneers. who 100
years ago blazod the trau which opcn-
cd up io the world the "Old Orccun
country
The literary exercises which preced-
Cd the formal opening were OF extra
ordinary excellence. The speakers
were Wee President Fairbanks. Speak
or los c. Cannon. of the house OF rep
resentativcs. Senator Clark. OF Wy
omins' Congressman Tawney OF Min
nosoia, H. a. Taylor, assistant secre
tary of the treasury department. Gov.
Chamberlain. az OREGON. and Mayor
Williams. Of Portland.
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chicag9. June Sd. NJ. Parry re-
signed and c. W. Post. of Battle Creek.
Mich. was elected 10 the presidency
Of the National Citizens Industrial As
sociation Of America al meeting
here Of the executive committee OF
that Organization.
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PusLIc 0Esr STATEMENT.
There Was An Increase Of s5,f2s. 1877
During the Month Of May.

Washington. June 2-The monthly
statement OF the public debt shows
that at the close Of business MAY 81.
1905. the debt. less cash in the treas
ury. amounted to sl.000, ,s4s.l2S. which
is an increase for the month OF So
l2S.iSI and IS accounted for by cor
responding decrease in the amount OF
available cash on hand
The debt Is recapitulated as follows:
Interest bearing debt, s9S5.l5s. .4t0
debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity, s1.377I65; debt bear
ing no interest. s3S4,s52. 100; total, a.
2S1. .4S15O5.
The amount however. does not in
clude $395.52s. .969 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding which are
OFFSET by an equal amount Of cash in
the treasury held for the redemption.
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Moro cItY omclaIa oust.a

Philadelphia. June 2.--At the request
Of Mayor Weaver. Alexander colvine
Jr.. assistant director of public safety.
and William II. Baker. assistant direc-
tor OF public works. handed in their
designations Their places were slied
BY other men.
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POETS CORNER,
MOUNTAIN SONG

". o. Picegea>.
They tell Us Of the prairies broad
With seas Of golden grain.
The ease Of those Who till the sod
Upon the fertile plain.
But give TO me the mountsins bold
With hills on every side.
with freedom. better than their gold.
And honest mauhood's pride.
They tell rs Of the cities great
Where iofty Structures tower.
And where from early morn iiil late
They're rushing every hour.
Bot give to me the quiet lsfe
Within the valley siill.
Away from Mammon's constant strife.
Away from noisy mill
Nv cabin on The mountain side
Is dearer far 10 me
Than mansion bniit 10 foster pride
And sbo~my high degree.
find that those who seek the plain.
The city OF the shore.
Long for these mountains once again
Ere lifc's mad rush is DER.
So do not wonder I remain
Where mountains rise like waves,
For what 20 me is worldly gain
Where laborers are slsvesy
I answer 10 no bells that ring,
rest me at my will,
] drink sweet water from nv spring
That gushes meath the hill.
The valley feeds my little herd.
The hillside makes my bread.
] have no debts, keep my word,
love the ground tread
Then tempt we not 10 wander on
Beneath some other sky.
% this dear little vale where vas bor,
Here let nc live and die.
John Hale LAIR,
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Washington. June 3-Thomas C..
Dawson. the American minister to
sanio Domingo. has arrived in Wash
ington from his post on leave OF ab-
sence- Mr.. Dawson reports that con
ditions In the Dominican republic are
satisfactory.
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New York. June a. Business fan.
ures Ia the ualted States for the week
ending June 4 number ls<. against l7s
last week. ls$ In the like week In 1904.
Isl in 1908 and i54 in 1904 In Cana,
da failures ior the week nEnher u,
- asaias{ Is last YneS-
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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
japanese Minister To Belgium Says
Japan Does No; Want Them.

Berlin. June The Brussels core
spondent Of the Frankfurter Zeitung,
In an Interview with Mr.. Kato. the
japanese minister to Belgium. called
his attention TO American dispatches
alleging that there was concern in the
United States lest Japan would un-
dertake the seizure Of the Philippine
islands The minister replied that
there was not the slightest justinca-
.tion for such a view
Z share the view Of my govern
ment and Of every Japanese said
Minister kato. in asserting that we
desire no better neishbor IN the Phil
ippiues than the United States"
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Berlin, June s.-The Russian Grand
Duke Vladimir has been sentenced TO
ceath by the Ferrorists 1t Is stated
thst Grand Dnke Michael was sent
instead Of ViadImif to -ttend the we'd
ding cf the crown prince. because in
formation had been received thar
Vladimir was 70 oe azsass:pated whilS
- 6>fnn8ax.
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ENEMIES BECOME FRIENDS.
). X. Hyde and J. W. Alexander koree
To Work Together.

New York. June 5.--As the result Of
a conference between James w. Alex
ander and James II. Hyde il was
agreed that the combined forces OF the
two factions of the Equitable Life AS
surance society management would be
concentrated on the selection OF Rob
ert T. Lincoln. of Chicago. former am
hassador 70 England. son Of the late
President Lincoln, and at present the
head OF The Pullman Palace Car Co.
Chicago. June S. Robert T. Lincoln.
OF this city. was asked il he would
accept the Office OF chairman of the
board of directors OF the Equitable
Life Assurance society. should the pc
sition be offered TO him. ia reply Mr..
Lincoln said that under no oircum-
stances would be accept the Office.
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Ambassador conuer In Ms.leo.

Mexico City. June 5.-Edwin II. Con
ger. new American ambassador. ar.
rived here from California. He was
met at the railway station by senos
Torres Rivas. introducer OF ambassa
doris. and Second Secretary OF the Am
erican Embassy Heimake.
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Toxic, Jane s--severe earthquakes
have occurred Ia centfal Japan. ex
tending generally from the province
OF HiroShila q the Straits Of skIu,on.
ossl<h The extent Of tho damage and
'css Of life Is no< yet known. but Il 4
feared tAax y y heax
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BARGE FRESHMAN PRIZES.
Awards For Solution OF Original Prob
lens In Mathematics.

New Haven. Ct. June a-The Barge
freshman prizes at Yale for the sohi.
tion OF original problems In mathemat
les have been awarded as follows.
FIRST. Walter r. Dray. Chicago. sec.
ond. X. 5. Bonworth. Providence. r. L.:
third. A. +. Avey. Cincinnati.
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STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
Farmer and Son Killed and a pauqh.
ter Was Fatally Injured

Harrisburg Pa, June John TIT
tie. farmer. IS. and his son. James
II. were instantly Killed and his daurh
ter Bertha. l3. was fatally injured by
being struck by an express train on
the bridge on the Pennsylvania rail-
road between Mexico and PORT Royal.
Title and his children had been at
tending Sunday-school at Port Royal
and were on their way home.
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A Card Of Thanks.

We desire to thank the ladies of Big Stone Cap Nor
on Wise and other adjoining fer the kindness shown
US IN That they came prompt and often and taken away
with them so many nice hats and other things for their
Easter enjoyment While the number of hats taken from
our store since opening number than one thousand
still have full Of nice things and are kept busy fill
ing our orders All mail orders prompt attention
The Queen Quality Shoes are the best we keen them.
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GLOVES and GAUNTLETS

D, Alfntan & On. OFFER SELECTED STOCK
OF MEMS AND WoMENS GLOVES AND GAuNT-
LET'S FOR RIDING DRIVING AND MOTORING.
CONSISTING OF STYLES N BUcKsEdN CAPE
MOCHA AND CIAlNoIs, AND ALSO N FABRIC
AND LEATHER COMBINATIONS
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TO stand the court could not believe tina
the pits, merely as pla ces where future ga let
were made. were forbidden by law The
set-oh system Of making settlements on the
Board, the court holds, had all the effects
Of delivery, and the ring settlement wa
simply a more complex case Of the same
kind which in no degree detracted from
the good faith Of the parties.
While no actual delivery Of grain OF pro-
visions was made In three quarters Of the
transactions, Justice Holmes said, there
was no doubt that a large part Of them were
made for serious business purposes, II
seemed an extraordinary and unlikely
proposition that the dealings which gave
Its character to the great market for future
sales IN this country were TO be regarded as
mere wagers, or as pretended buying or
selling without any intention Of receiving
and pa ying for the property bought, OF OF
delivering the property sold, within the
meaning Of the Illinois act.
Such a view says Justice Holmes,
Seems to US hardly consistent with the
admitted fact that the quotation Of prices
from the market are Of the utmost import
ance to the business world, and not least 70
the farmers. 30 important, indeed, that Il
is argued here and has been held in Illinois
that the quotations are clothed with a
public use The fact that the volume OF
transactions called for many times the
receipts Of grain in Chicago does not AFFECT
the case, II was no more wonderful than
the enormous disproportion between the
currency Of the country and the contracts
for the payment Of money
AS 10 the right Of the board 10 protect it's
quotations, the opinion says that tn ~ stood
like a trade secret and we're entitled TO the
protection Of the law. It's rights were not
lost by the fact that they we're supplied TO
others under contract. Even If the infor-
nation concerned illegal acts II would still
be entitled TO protection. The statistics OF
crime were property 20 the same extent as
any other statistics, even IL collected by a
criminal who furnished some Of the data
The claim that the contracts between the
board and the telegraph companies whereby
the quotations were not 70 be furnished TO
bucket shops constituted monopoly in
restraint Of trade is dismissed by the court
as without merit, The injunctions asked
by the Board Of Trade were simply re-
straints on the acquisition for illegal pur-
poses Of the fruits Of it's work and they
therefore should be granted.
Justices Harlan, Brewer and Day dis
sented.
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job n FOrs y t h e
CHICAGO TRADE BOARD WINS.
THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES
AGAINST BUCKET SHOPS.

II Holds That Dealing I'm Futures Is Not
Gambling and That Quotations Of
Prices Are Property, and as such Are
Entitled 10 the Protection OF the Law.
WASHINGTON, May s,-The long fight
Of the Chicago Board Of Trade to prevent
the delivery Of its grain and provisions
! quotations to bucket shops was crowned
with success to-day, when the Supreme
Court in effect held that the record Of trans
| actions on the Exchange were property
which could be protected by law and gave
sanction to the issuance Of injunctions
to restrain bucket shops from receiving
these quotations.
Incidently the court also held that the
transactions by the members Of the Board
Of Trade were not gambling transactions,
even though actual deliveries Of grain or
provisions we're not made on three-fourths
Of their sales, and that dealings in futures
are a legitimate part Of modern business
and Of great importance to the business
world.
The cases disposed Of to-day grew out
Of diverse decisions by the Circuit Court
OF Appeals, one Of them sustaining the
contention Of the Christie Grain and Stock
Company that dealings in futures were
gambling under the laws Of Illinois, and
declining on that ground to grant relief,
while the other affirmed the action Of the
lower court restraining the L. A. Kinsey
Company, a bucket shop concern, from
receiving the Board Of Trade quotations.
The Board Of Trade, says Justice Holmes,
in delivering the opinion Of the majority,
Is in the first place a great market where,
though it, 800 members, is transacted
large part Of the grain and provision
business Of the world. OF course, in a
modern market contracts are not con-
fined to sales for immediate delivery.
People will endeavor to forecast the future
and to make agreements according to
their prophecy. Speculation Of this kind
by competent men is the self-adjustment
Of society to the probable. Its value Is
well known as a means Of avoiding or miti-
eating catastrCphes, equalizing prices
and providing for periods Of want.
II Is true that the success Of the strong
induces imitation by the weak, and that
incompetent persons bring themselves to
ruin by undertaking TO speculate in their
turn. But legislatures and courts gem
orally have recognized that the natural
evolutions Of complex society are to be
touched only with a very cautious hand,
and that such coarse attempts ct a remedy
for the waste incident 10 every social func-
ton "a a simple prohibition and laws TO
stop its being are harmful and vain. The
court had already upheld, in the Clews-
Jameson case, the sales Of stock for future
delivery.
II could not be doubted that when the
Board Of Trade was Incorporated II was
expected 20 AFFORD a market for future
as we'll as present sales, with the necessary
incidents TO such a market, and while
the State Of Illinois allowed that charter
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MENACE TO COMMERCE.
Minister ConEer says There Are Many
Floating Mines in the Gulf OF Pechlli

Minister ConGer says There Are Many
Floating Mines In the Gulf OF Pechlli.
WASHINGTON, May s.-A mailed COM
munication has been received at the State
Department from +. H. Conger, formerly
United States Minister to China, written
Just before he left Pekin for his new post
in Mexico, in which he suggests that the
Navy Department be asked TO send two
small varslips to the Gulf Of Peohili TO
destroy a number Of floating mines which
impede commerce there.
Vessels plying between northern ports
and Shan ghai have made frequent reports
Of the mines and conditions have become
so serious that attempts to run at night
have been abandoned and a close watch Is
established throughout the day. on board
the ships. Some Of the mines have been
fred upon and destroyed in that manner,
and British torpedo boats have done con-
siderable work.
The Navy Department will probably be
asked 20 send one or two destroyers to
Pechil to aid In the work
The mines are evidently from Port Arthur.
The Japanese planted hundreds in and about
the entrance TO the Gulf Of Pechili, which
Is partially formed by the Peninsula which
terminates at Port Arthur.
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No Cure Discovered for Beri-Bert.

WASHINGTON, May s,-Some time ago
the State Department. acting upon several
requests, instructed Minister Lloyd Griscom
at Toxic 10 inquire Of the Japanese Govern
ment II it's medical department had dis
covered any cure for beri-beri a disease
common in the Orient. Mr.. Griscom made
numerous inquiries and has reported that
the Japanese have not found a cure for the
disease
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PURE-pRY, FLAVOR UNEQUALLEr
Coates Original
= Plymouth Gin

Is unsurpassed for Hickey, HiShbSli or Fin.
The standard for 200 years Bottled only At
Black Ftiars Disunery, Plymouth. Eng.
The only genuine Plymouth DIN has the MONK
on the label.
NV TDRKAND KENTUCKY CO.
=, .Asg IOEk iBrAasA. aSs Ttth Avsuua.
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Army and NAVY 0rdsr,.

wAsHNoroN. May G-These army orders were
issued today;
Major John A. Dapray, retired. IL detailed for
duty with the militia Of Florida.
Col. William II. Boyle, U. S. A, retired, ig re-
leved from duty al the AontclAir Miltary Academy,
Aontcldir, n. J.
First Lieut.. Floyd l.. Frisole Philippine Scouts.
from treatment General Hospital, PreSidio, San
Francisco, 70 General Hospital Tor treatment.
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Bids for Interior Finish OF New York Gus.
tom House.

WASHINGTON, May s.-Bids for the In
terror finish OF the new Custom House at
New York were opened by the Supervising
Architect at the Treasury Department
to-day The following proposals we're re-
ceived; V. j. Hedden & sons Company
Fisher Company, New York city, 81 ,6ia. 900:
John c. Robinson, Chicago, q, 2T7, SIS; John
Pierce OF New York city, 81 100 600, and
Richard Z. birmingham, Brooklyn, n. Y,
N,G7,57o.