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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-21
APPALACHIA DISARMAMENT

DR.. z. p. smyth is on the sick
Willard Tompkins was in Bio
stone Gap last Saturday.
A. L. Flanary, of Big Stone
Gap, NJ. +. Flanary. of Jones.
vile, and Q. G. Jones. of Nor.
ton, were Appalachia visitors
last week.
w. B. Addington, of Wise.
was IN town last week.
Mrs. Bond, of Coeburn is Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs. White.
head, at Inman.
I. B. Hillman and daughter
OF Coeburn, were in town last
week.
Robert lmboden, travelin
passenger agent of the Y. = w
Railroad, was in town last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. f. Salyer Of
Whitesburg, Ky, were in An
palachia last Thursday.
Miss Anna Kerr Tompkins
spent Saturday in Bristol.
Z. +. Blanton, of the Gan.
was IN town Saturday.
Miss Anna Belle James is re-
covering from an attack of ton. |
silitis. - ''
j. III. Wolfe, of Speers Ferrv
was IN town last week lookine |
after business matters.
The Appalachia machine and |
wagon shop, owned by Bird s.
Cecil, Is new industry in town
aud you should have them Sol
your engine, boiler, wagon
work, etc. Sec ad.
Ed Davis passed through Il
town Thursday enroute 10 -
nome at Norton from a three
days visit in Bristol.
n. 4 Whitehead, Of Inman
ana Edgar Hickman. of Nor,
.on, were Bristol visitors last /
L. .. Harm and wife. ofIs
huntingdon W Va. who have !
'een IN tlsis section for severalIt
weeks on combined business :
no pleasure trip, were guests I
o APpalachia last week.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-10-21

hearing at the Mayors Office
last week, and We're bound over
10 await the action Of the Grand
Jury. y
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
RUN OVER BY WAGON.
SMALL BOY KILLED
Harry Brown, Eight Years
Old, Falls Under Wheels
and Skull Is Crushed.

Harry Brown, eight years old, living
with hts parents at 5734 Thirteenth
street northwest. was run over bv a
wagon and almost instantly killed this
morning in front Of $40 Georgia avenue
northwest
Jumping from the rear step Of an ice
wagon, on which he was riding, the boy
ran in front OF a produce wagon Of the
Bliss Electrical School, Takoma Park
Charles Moran. colored, the driver,
sa " :he boy as he ran from behind the
ice wagon. and tried 10 stop the horse.
Ills head struck the front wheel. which
passed over him, fracturing his skull.
He was carried TO the Office Of Dr.
George +. He~necke. Georgia avenue
and Madison street. where he died a
few minutes. later. The body was taken
10 the m0rgu@.
Moran, the driver, was locked up at
the Tenth precinct. Coroner Nevitt Will
TTobably hold an inquest at the District
morgue at u O'Clock Monday morning.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
Millionaire Champagne Mer-
chant Said to Figure in
Vice Scandal.
TELEPHONE NUMBER
is FOUND IN BOOK
New York Official Says Wealth
Will Not Save Suspect If
Guilt Is Proved.

NEW YORK. oct a.-A millionaire
champasne merchant has been revealed
as one OF the leaders in the white slave
traffic I'm this city.
His identity was bo.-ayed By the
Clearing House" directory captured
by Agent Victor NJ, Pissarra7 OF the
Children's Society.
1t is declared he VIII be placed be-
- hind the bars as soon as the evidence
has been completed by the addition Of a
single link, This link, 1t is said, VIII
be instrumental IN sending the rich
trafhcker In young girls 10 Sing Sing
prison for a long term.
The millionaiTe's name and telephone
call are In the white slave private tele-
phone directory, which we seized said
PiszaTra. Il am not at liberty to
divulge this mans name. but il should
not be difficult TO ascertain IL. We are
certain he has made business of SUD
plying champagne TO scores of evil re
sorts, whose names appear in the con-
hsCated directory. and we are working
to establish a more definite connection.
don't know what police protection
these places had. On that subject.
Magistrate Crane obtained his informa-
ton from another source ti.an the So
ciety"
Il have gone over the address book. -
said Magistrate Crane today. and it is
a revelation to me. 1 never dreamed
that there could be so much vice and
such kind OF vice anywhere in this land
The case is the most awful one ! ever
heard OF"
The magistrate who characterized the
disclosures made Thursday at the ex-
animation Of Frances TAYLOR, Carrie
duncan, Mary. Dale. and Margaret
Sheppard for the abduction Of Martha
and Frances Collins, as "the greatest
scandal which has ever come before
him" refused again to divulge the
name of the man high In politics, q"
who, he asserted, can be connected
with the traffic in young girls"
G. He has not been arrested on any
charge Crane said, and will not be
until there Is conclusive evidence. /
don want to do any man an Injustice
ana until | Save had the matter more
Ihoroughly investigated. will not even
hint at his name"
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
DUKE OF ATHOLL NAY
MAINTAIN AN ARMY
Englishman Is Only One in King
dom Who May Have Real
Soldiers.

Any man may have an army of work
men or an army OF servants If he car
afford TO pay their wages, but there IS
only one private individual in Great
Britain who has the right 10 maintain
an army of sOldiers-real soldiers, that
is-not tin ones That man is the Duke
OF AthOU, who is one Of the richest
peers. owning 3Oo, 600 acres of land and
deer forests. He keeps up almost resal
state at Blair Castle. in PeTthshire, and
ne has an army of 3G0 men-kilted, arm
ed, regularly drilled, and ready for war
at any moment. The late Queen Vic
toria presented the army with it's col
OTs. At any time the ancestors of the
duke, who, by the way, celebrated his
sixty-eighth birthday Tscently-were the
sOVereigns Of the Isle OF Man. but gave
up their kingly rights to the British
government for a consideration OF
0O0O.-Tit-Bits.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
CARRIES HOOT OWL
IN SMALL HAND GRIP
Westerner Arouses Curiosity With
His Queer Pet on Portland
Street Car.

man who came in from Gorham
last night carried a small russet leather
grip IN one hand which he kept par-
tally open and handled with consider
? able care. Those who had the oppor-
tunity and curiosity to peep within the
hand bag could see a couple Of wise
OLD eyes staring out from a bunch of
feathers and blinking now and then un-
concernedly at the electric lights OF the
car.
The owl-thats what il was. A big
moot oWl-was apparently contented In
his odd nest and said or did nothing to
Indicate but what he was enjoying his
hrst trolley ride TO the limit
The man who had him said he caught
g ft IN small steel trap he had set for
mink and baited with fish from a brook
IN GOrham. The owl apparently sought
TO partake of a FISH dinner and got his
foot in it-not the dinner but the trap.
His leg was bruised some but other
wise uninjured. The OWLS custodian
said he didn't know what he was going
70 do with him; he guessed there wasn't
much or a market for them alive which
f is probably correct-Portland Press.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
GETS TOES CUT OFF
TO ENTER SERVICE
Man With Seven Members
on One Foot Goes to
Surgeon
Surgeon.

= Because he had seven toes on one
sfoot and six on the other. and had
q been refused admission in the navy at
ethe recruiting station at Sioux city,
Iowa, and at Denver. Col. did not de-
sbar Harold Sweeney, aged twenty-three
wears. from applying al the Seattle
= Wash, recruiting station for admission
zlntO Uncle Sam S marine service, where
s-he was told TO strip for physical exam
inatiOn.
Cant use YOU" said the recruiting
aso1icer Those feet OF yours look too
Umuch like a patent WeedeT.' Sweeney
eleft disheartened. but cheered up when
q friend remarked that II he could en-
F sdure q little pain any doctor might e.
Ffmoye the extra toes. and after the
wounds had healed some near'sightCd
J. .1ecruiting officer would accept him.
= Sweeney has Just emerged from
local hospital where he submitted to
the operation OF having the three extra
toes removed He says that as soon as
he can stand upon his feet properly
and without pain he viii go 10 Portland.
Ore, or san Francisco, Cal 10 apply
again Tor admission into the navy.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
MRS. ASTOR'S DEATH
SHOCK TO FRIENDS
Society Leader of United
States for Thirty Years
Passes Away.

NEW YORK. oct. s1.-Rrs. William
AstoT. for thirty-odd years tie ac-
knowledged leader Of society IN this
country, is dead at her home, 8i2 Fifth
avenue.
Though she had been III for some time,
her death was a shock, for few even Of
her most intimate friends knew OF her
serious condition until they read the
bulletin issued on Thursday by DR.. AUS
tin Flint. jr.. ip which ne said that Mrs
Astor had suffered another attack OF
heart affection, OF which she has been
victim FOR several years. Even then
they did not expect her death. for DR..
Flint gave encouragement In his bulle-
tin when he said that Mrs. Astor was
resting quietly.
Before her marriage to William Astor
son OF William BackhOuse AstOT. nearly
sixty years ago, Mrs. AstOT was Miss
Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, young
est daughter OF Abraham Schermerhorn-
Because Of her advanced age and her
serious Illness IN Boston Ia September
1905. grave doubts were entertained for
her recovery. Two years ago It was
said that she was troubled with a heart
affection. That fall Mrs. AstOT went
abroad, and consulted some OF the
greatest foreign specialists.
When Mrs. Astor returned to America
her health failed rapidly and Sire
dropped the active leadership OF society.
An interview with Airs. AstOT IS pub
lished IN a periodical igaued this month
iu which she gave her views of society.
IN this article she said she could speak
with authority FOR she had known the
young people OF today ever since they
were children. 4 am not vain enough
20 think New York VIII uCt be able 10
set along without ne, Airs. AstCr was
quoted as saying evidently believing
that her end was not far of.
Many friends called at the AstoT home
last night after Mrs. Astor's death be-
came known, but no one was admitted
kilograms and cable messages OF cen
dolence began 20 pour In few hours
after her death was made public. No
aTrangem znts ior the funeral have yet
been made
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
ASSERTS CLENDINEN
GAVE HER THE COPY
Baltimore Widow Has Law
yer Arrested Because He
Wed Another.

BALTIMORE. oct. S1.-With his bride
Of only a few weeks standing By him.
Thomas r. Clendinen. a prominent law
yer, former president OF the park board,
and one of the best-known men in Ball
timore, viii be given q hearing at
Central Police Station today on the
charge of the theft OF jewelry valued
at $500 and money amounting to 500
from Mrs. Nora A Cameron, OF So
West Baltimore street
Mr.. ClsudineR was arrested last night
shortly after he had left q theater.
Mrs. Cameron. in swearing out the
warrant. alleged that Mr.. Clendinen
had deserted neF to marry Mrs. Mary
English, his present wife.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
RICO, THE VIOLINIST
WILL SEE PRINCESS
Good Friend of Former Clara Ward, Gypsy Musician
Says But Broadway Hears She Is in New York
TO Make Trouble

NEW YORK, oct. 31.-That the Prin-
cess Chimay (Clara Ward. she was,
of Detroit, before she married the brok-
en-down scion Of royalty in Europe and
restored his ruptured fortunes), was
on Broadway yesterday. and is prepar-
ing 10 declare herself IN on any money
RigO. the Gypsy. makes out OF hts
vaudeville contract. startled the entire
theatrical world Of New York yesteT-
day,
Hugh Chilvers, who knew her when
sne was Clara Ward when she was
Princess Chinlay, and later when she
threw her royal robes aside and eloped
Will the Gypsy viOIinist, met her on
Broadway. At the same time there
were several bulky packages and big
boxes IN the baggage room al the Grand
Central addressed to her
II IS the marriage Of Rigo to Mrs.
Emerson. Of Philadelphia, which is said
to be responsible for her unexpected
visit TO this country. II is said she has
come here to bring an action against
The Washington times., 1908-10-31

her former muslcian-Iover for breach
Of promise.
KigO was seen az the Harlem Casino
last night and asked IL ne feared any
legal action Of the kind. He laughed
and replied;
81 am glad she is here ] shall taks
pleasure in presenting her 10 my wife
The Princess Chimay was my good
friend and ] vas hers We are friends
still When We separated IT was OF her
wish, and I was satisfied. Neither OF
us had any regrets about thst. and We
are stih friends, so far as / know.
Il understood she was coming 10
America, but did not know nor do not
believe. she contemplates any legal ac-
ton. I suppose ! shall meet her, and
II I do we shall be good friends as We
have always been"
But Broadway was all excited over
the rumor that the princess was here
and refuses 90 believe anything except
that she is here 10 make trouble for
RigO and his wife.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
MAN ALWAYS WRITES
WITH NEW PEN POINT
Buyer Certain to Practice First by
lnscribing His Own
Initials.

About the first thing that the average
man viii DO IN testing a new pen is TO
write his name. That is as common as
the habit OF writing Now is the time
for ali good men to come to the aid
Of their party on the typewriter. The
man who sells fountain pens knows the
custom well
one dealer said the other Gay that he
couldn't account for it on the basis Of
egotism, but explained It simply be-
cause a name was one thing most folks
expected 10 have to write a great many
times with pen and therefore wanted
TO try IL out on that.
If only I had a blotter for each Of
. lne many signatures / have seen writ
ten and II I had criminal instincts /
could make good money as a forger
with some of the names that have been
written IN my place" he said.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31

You haven't Catarrh of the stomach,
or Nervousness. OF GastTitis. OF Cancer,
etc. Prove this by taking Pape DIa-
pepsin after your very next meal. Con
vince Yourself within five minutes that
your actual disease was sour. acid Stom-
ach--Food fermeutation-Jhat every bite
you ste turned TO stomach gas, stom-
ach poison and Acid, which makes sou
IecI sick and miserable. producing such
symptoms as pain in the pit or the
stomach. Difficulty in breathing after
q meal. Headaches. BelChing, Heart
burn, Eauseous breath, Water hrash.
FTIOusncss, Sour TisF1gsr Gas on Stoui-
ach ard many other bad feelings
Indigestion is q result. not a cause,
Of YOUR misery. IF the stomach Is sour.
your food becomes tainted. md that's
why you have these stomach disorders.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
THIS TOWN BOASTS
MOST TALL PEOPLE

There are more tail people in Libby
Mont. than in any other town of its
size on the continent. Ten members OF
one family have a combined height OF
almost sixty feet.
The father weighs zl5 pounds, and is
six feet two and a half inches tall
The mother weights 225 pounds. and Is
five feet six inches tall. The children
size up as follows:
First son. six feet two and One-half
inches tall twenty-one years old; sec
ond son, six feet four inches nineteen
years: first daughter. hve feet eight
inches, seventeen years; third son, six
feet four inches, sixteen years; fourth
son. five feet ten inches, fourteen years:
NTH son, five feet eleven inches, tWei ve
years; second daughter. five feet two
inches. nine years, and sixth son. three
feet ten inches, four years.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
DIVE FOR WATER.

Bahrein island, in tie Persian Gulf. is
said 10 be the hottest place on the
globe the average temperature being
about I4l degrees. on the coast, where
the people live. there is no fresh water
but here and there. in the bottom Of the
harbOT are found strong, fTee-fiOWing
themseN es with bags of skins and de-
scend TO the springs, where they hli the
inverted receptacles with pure, fresh
water This water IS cold enOugh to
drink without the aid OF ice. of which
the islanders know nothing Zion 5
Herald.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
TIRED OF HUSBAND,
WOMAN TELLS JUDGE
Il Love This Man." She Says,
When Arrested With Nineteen
Year-Old Boy.

NEW YORK, oct. 3I.-'T don't love
my husband any more. love this
man.. exclaimed Mrs. Helen Wall
when she and Arthur Goidi nineteen, Of
fi5 East l03d street, we're arraigned in
the Harlem court before Magistrate
House on complaint Of her husband
John p, Wall, who lives at III East
l26th street
with Detectives Flynn and Duffy. OF
the East 2O4th street station. he went
70 the l03d street place. where, il is
alleged. they found GOldi, Mrs. Wall,
and two children Of Mrs. Wall She
was asleep and the children were on
the floor She pleaded with the detec~
tiyes not to arrest Goldi. who was also
ia the room Botn were held in 500
bail for examination.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
AND DISTRESS
FROM DISORDERED STOMACH.

Ask your pharmacist TO show you a
case Of Pape's Diapepsin, which costs
cEly 70 cents. Read what this effective
Stomach and digestive treatment con-
tains. and how absolutely harmless il
uust be. how IL does for the Stomach
what the washing and sun bath do for
the chuTu, absolutely removes every cor
ruprinE or tainting element, and VIII
digest all the food you can eat,
CO 20 your druggist and get soma
Diapepsin nov, then eat anything you
want at your next meal. and you will
not suffer from Indigestion OF Stomach
trouble Each bite OF food will taste
coed. and. besides, you viii not need
and Stomach clean and fresh,
Nov and forever rid yourself OF the
misery Of Indigestion and Stomach trou-
BILE. Make your meals q pleasure by
going 10 the table with a healthy ap-
petite.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
DEAF MUTE USHERS
HIRED BY THEATERS
Manager of New York Playhouse
Hits Upon Scheme for
Silence.
Silence.

NEW YORK, Oct sl.-NanageF
Charles Burnham. Of Wallack'B Thsa-
ter, has hit on a scheme 10 forever ds
away with the suspicion that the ush-
ers O. A theater have been organized
into claque for an opening night
As soon as possible he viii have only
deaf and dumb usbers, with the head
usher IN full possession Of all his pow
ers. but able 10 talk to the others with
his fingers.
Mr.. BurHham has already started to
organize this force and hoped TO have
it ready for Marie CahiIrs opening In
The Boys and Betty" on '5e=day night.
but was delayed by the glowness Of the
man he intends as head usher IN learn
ing the deaf and dumb language.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
STEAMER DELAYED
TO HEAR OF ELECTION

TOKYO. Oct 3l.-The steamer Mon
goIia will sail on November 9. having
been delayed a day IN order that the
prominent Americans who have taken
passage on the vessel may learn the re-
suit Of the elections IN the United
States Mr. and Mrs Frank Is LOOMS
and a number Of the Pacific Coast busI-
ness men who visited Japan as repre-
seuIatiVes Of Pacific coast chambers OF
commerce are among the passengers.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
$4,000, ALL IN GOLD,
IN A PIECE OF PIPE

SCRANTON. Pa. Oct 5I-H8Try L.
smith, a former resident Of this city,
found $500 IN a piece Of lead pipe this
week. He Is the manager of a basket
factory in Watkins n Y, and when he
came across piece OF lead pipe pluggec
Opening il carefully, the money, all in
gold, rolled out
IL is supposed TO have been a place OF
s. fekeepiug for some one who had no
faith In banks.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
MAY IMPEACH FEEHAN.

PITTSBURG, Oct u-As the result
of charges made against him by Ed
ward Mckay, former district organ
izer. and James S Clark, former dis
trlct vice president IT is likely that
District President Francis Feehan Will
be frnpeached AT the Pittsburg district
miners. convention.
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
DR.. HILL CHRISTENS
GERMAN STEAMSHIP
Newest Ocean Monster Is
722 Feet Long and Has
Latest Improvements.

Thc largest German-built and owned
ocean steamship has been named George
Washington IA honor Of the memory OF
the first President of the United States.
Under the auspices OF the North Ger
mar Lloyd Steamship Company, by
whom the latest ocean greyhound has
been constructed, the George Washing
ten was sent for its hrst plunge today
from the yards OF the Stettiner vulcan
Company at Bredow, Germany.
Dr. David jayne Hill, American
ambassador TO Germany, christened the
ship. and the event was made a gala
social occasion for the American set IN
Berlin,
Is 72z Feet Long.
The George Washington is the latest
type of steamship, and has been equip
ped with every convenience and COM
fort which the experience of the com
pany has developed II is about one
fourth again as large as the Kaiser
Wilhelm II and the kronprinzessin CC-
ellie of the same line. According tc
its equipment iC VII have a speed Of
1S5 knots per hour. which IT is eX-
pected it VIII exceed before 1t has been
long in commission.
The George Washington is almost one
seventh Of a mile in length, and If stood
on end. the ship would tower 1G7 feet
above the monument erected at Wash
ington in homer OF the Father OF his
Country" The ship has accommodations
for $40 first cabin passengers, 3TI second
cabin, GA third cabin, and ], so steeraEe
passengers.
among the Innovations on the new
steamship are d ChiIdren's playTOOm, d
two-stoUy smoking room for drst-class
passengers, a completely equipped gym
uasium. electric light baths, hot and
cold fresh and salt water, a dark room
for the use OF photographers, and TWEEN
ty specially constructed kennels ia
charge. Of kennelmaster, where the
pets Of passengers may be placed dur
ing the trip.
The dining room has a seating capac-
ity of 40, and occupies 5.9lS square feeI
on the saloon deck.
Among the safeguards for the ship
and passengers are a bell system for
fire eXtinguishing purposes, with four
teen alarm bells leading 70 the main
quarters Of the crew, submarine bell
ships officers to know OF the proximity
Of another vessel or coast when from
seven to twelve miles ditant,
May Keep Course.
The particular effectiveness Of this sys-
TEN IS to enable the ships officers to
keep 70 their course when approaching
or leaving port in foggy weather.
Another device which has attracted
attention is a life buoy appended at
the stern and which can be dropped
overheard by the turning Of a switch
on the bridge. 1t is expected that this
viii prove Of great use in the event
of passengers falling or jumping over
board as the buoy can be released and
dropped astern before the person in the
water is passed.
A daily paper will be published on
board. giving the most important hap
penings on both continents, The news
Will be received by "A completely equip
ped wireless station.
The new steamship will be placed in
the regular schedule OF the company
next May or June
The Washington times., 1908-10-31
THE MORNING QUARREL.

say" called his wife from the win.
dow you forgot something"
He came back.
What did I fOrget?'
You forgot to slam the door"
He slammed iL-COurier Journal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-12
To-day Best Story.

CHARLES II. WILSON, the superintend-
~ ent of Alfred @. Vsnderbnts remark
able stables. said at Newport OF groom he
bad discharged:
The man was a bluR. He pretended to
know all about horses. when 10 truth be
could hardly tell a hackney from a COW.
We soon got on TO him. His case was
Ike the fake blaeksmith's.
There was a chap who thought black.
smithlng looked simple and easy, and 50,
being out of work, be decided TO have a
Try at it. He went to a smith and asked
for job.
"'Weli, said the smith, you are a stroug,
likely looking young fellow. What expert
ence have you had"
"'Eleven years, was the prompt answer.
IAN right. I'll try you. said the black
smith. Shoe that mare while l go home
to dinner
The smith on his return from dinner
frowBed and said TO the new hand:
"Whati Haven't you got that mare
sbod yet?
"Tbe buffer bit his lip, flushed and re-
piled:
~ can't get her COMPOUNDED foot in the
Fise'