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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
ENGLAND AND The BOERS.
More About the Pig-StickiDg
Which the English are En-
gagged i'm.

1t is now Buffers turn to criticise
Lord Roberts.
1865 more Boer prisoners have
been sent to ST. Helena.
According to dispatch from Lo-
rerzo Marquee the latest authentic
estimates of the Boer forces place
them at 10000.
A Boer dispatch saws that four
scouts surprised 800 British from
Ladysmith, put the whole body to
flight and captured two Of them.
Thealmost complete collapse of the
British cavalry horse will be one of
the subjects to engage the attention
of Parliament when the reorganiza-
ton scheme for the army will be
considered.
General Botha has succeeded in
withdrawing the Boer forces COM
pletely, and the correspondents with
the British forces now virtually adj
NIT that Lord Roberts maneuvers of
the past week to trap the Beers have
failed.
The British are showing increased
activity east of Bloemfon tein. A
large force is endeayoriDg to cut
off General De Wet. Lively Skin
mishing between Brandfort and
Thaba Nchu seems preliminary to a
big battle soon.
An explosion has taken place in
Begbie's foundry, Johannesburg, the
Government arsenal. Thirteen men
were killed and so injured. 1t is re-
ported that the explosion was
effected by means of tunnel dug
from a house on the opposite side of
the street. The perpetrators of the
outrage are naturally supposed by
some to be Euglishmen, and the
event is likely to precipitate the ex-
pulsion of the remaining Britishers
in the Transvaal.
A lively controversy about the
blame for the British defeat at Spioa
Sop is in progress. Lord Roberts
blames General Sir Charles Warren
for the latter's management of the
movement, and he severely censures
Colonel Thorneycroft for abandoning
the kop without consulting superior
officers. General Butler is criticised
for not seeing that his plans were
properly carried out. In his own
report Butler blames Warren, and
Warren In turn blames Thorneycroft.
1t Is believed that the startling
development will end in Buffers
recall or resignation. The making
public of a dispute among leading
officers, 1t is said, will tend to demon
alize the army.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
THE KENTUCKY MUDDLE.

Governor" Taylor has at last re-
turned home to face the endictment
against him.
FRANKFORT, KY, April 3d.
When the Circuit Court convened
here to day. Caleb Powers, John
Davis. Harlan Whitaker, w. II,
Culton and "Tallow Dick" Combs
were arraigned on motion of the
Commonwealth, charged with com
plicity in the murder of VIM. Goebel.
Judge. Cantrill overruled IA motion
to consider change of venue in adj
vance of arrangement. All of the
accused were then brought into
court, arraigned and entered pleas of
not guilty.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-Counsel
for William S.fTaylor and John
Marshall, in the contest in the
Supreme Court over the offices of
Governor aud .Lieutenant t. Governor
of Kentucky, yesterday flied their
brief in the case in that court. The
claim is made that Taylor received
a majority of 1883 votes over Goebel
and it is asserted that when he was
inaugnrated he had "as clear a title
ofrecOrd as any man ever held" 1t
is asserted thar there is no conten-
ton that Goebel was elected Cover
nor, but the Legislature "adjudged
aud determined that he had been
elected" and that it is upon this
contention that the action is based.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
a NEW CONSTITUTION.
(By TelegraphD


The Virginia Democratic Conven-
ton to nominate four delegates-at-
large and two from each of the ten
Congressional districts to the Demo
cratic National Convention and to
decide whether the question of
calling convention to amend the
State Constitution should be made a
party issue met in Norfolk on We'd
nesday, May 2nd.
Governor Tyler, Senators Daniel
aud Martin aud Congressman w. a.
Jones were elected the delegates-at-
large, and w. II. Crabbe and II. l..
Ellsworth as the two delegates FROM
the First District with J. w. Hurley
and Il. j. Wheaton as alternates.
The committee for the First District
remains the same and L. J.Downing
is chosen elector.
The main question and one which
caused considerable discussion was
as to the Constitutional Convention
The body declared that the question
as to new Constitution should he
made party issue aud instructed
the Democratic voters of the State to
vote for the same at the election this
month.
The Chicago platform was endorsed
and the delegates to Kansas city were
instructed to cast their votes for Will
liam Jennings Bryan.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
TIsIfBY.

W. L. Cowart, 1r., is qni,e sick.
Our fishermen report fish as being
plentiful.
Miss Lulie Vaulandingham is
spending fortnight with her aunt.
Mrs. Belle Crowther, of Bluff Poir {
Meek
Miss Marie Thrift has closed her
school and returned TO her home at
Kinsale.
Mics jennie Lewis spent last week
with Miss Blanche White.
Those who bad the pleasure of at
tending the closing of Coan school.
April goth, report having spent a
pleasant evening. A picnic was given
at Coan Hall, the boarding house of
Miss Tignor, the much beloved
teacher The children and visitors
spent the evening in various amuse.
ments, some playing croquet and some
rowing while others strolled up and
down the beach. Lemonade and
cake was beautifully served to those
present. Miss Tignor is an excellent
teacher and young lady of many
rare accomplishments. While with
us she won the love of every patron
and pupil ana 1T is our sincere wish
that she Will come to us again next
fall.
1t is stated that T. II. Fallin will
pay Is cents per bushel for,the toma-
toes which he expects to can this
season. SCHOOLGIRL.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
BANKING NOTES.

A national bank will be started at
Chincoteague, Accomack county.
There is some talk of locating a
private bank at Tappahannock. Mr..
Mumford has secured subscriptions
contingent upon his startinga branch
there.
A National Bank in Lancaster is
just as strong as one in New York,
or anywhere else, with the same
capital. The United States laws
govern all alike.
The Comptroller of the Currency
has issued charter to ''The Second
National Bank of Culpeper." They
succeed The Farmers & Merchants
Bank, State institution.
Oyster dealers and others business
men along the Rappahannock express
themselves as being much pleased
with having a national bank in so
close touch; especially since they
learn that customers will be fur
nished ON request with any amount
of change and have checks or drafts
cashed without a cents charge.
The fact that all of the gentlemen
from distance who have visited this
section, with view to locating banks,
had decided that Irvington was the
best place to locate satisfies us that
no mistake was made in establishing
The Lancaster National Bank here.
Not one argument was used by a
citizen of Irvington to influence these
gentlemen, but they arrived at their
conclusions after a thorough survey
of other localities and mighty
weighing of the pros and cons.
Because of it's accessibility, by mail
and transportation, this town was
settled upon, and here, within ninety
days, will be erected an edifce which
shall be its perpetual abiding place
or-lts mausoleum; so decree it's
projectors. That it will be perma
nent and graLd success is believed
10y all business men who have not
allowed prejudice to warp their judg-
ment. And its projectors are not the
least bit uneasy as to its lasting
success, for In the first two weeks of
its existence its business has been
much greater than was hoped or ex-
pected of it within the first three
months, with promises of still greater
patronage.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
WHICH WILL 1T REp

We have for some time thought
that it would show the part of wis
dom if the Democratic party in
National Convention would relegate
to the rear the silver issue, or ignore
it entirely, in its platform for 1900.
The CITIZEN is for Winning in poll
tics, for what good will it do to ad-
vocate with flourish of trumpets a
policy that will certainly elicit oppo-
sition so strong as to make defeat
certain? It's all well enough in he
roles to go down with your banners
nailed to the mast, but if they should
be shot away and the enemy is led to
believe that you are weakening you
may take them unawares and win
the fight. The Republican party,
we believe, could command almost a
billion Of dollars to fight the ''frte
silver issue, and money i'll this day
of degenerate politics carries the day.
The fredericksburg Star. an out
and-out, dyed-in-the- wool Democrat
ic paper, sees it in the proper light
and speaks our thoughts on this line
when it says, in contrasting Senator
Daniels views with those of uncom-
promising advocates Of Stree silver"
platform.
mo matter what party is successful
this fall, the complexion of the United
States Senate is such that for the next
five or six years there can be no hope for
change in the gold standard law, and in
view of this fact it appears to us that
Major Daniels is the better idea as to
what our platform should contain. Ger
tainly 1t were better politics."
Here are Major Daniels sentiments
in opposition to the adoption of the
Chicago PLATFORM:
IL hope the Democratic party will
have the courage to make a platform at
Kansas City for the year 1900.
"Has not every Democratic National
Convention made its own platform,
adapted to the year in which it met? Is
1t not fact that no National Conven-
ton ever 'reaffirmed' a platform four
years oldp
THE Chicago Convention made
platform for the year 1896. Its first
plank began thus: Recognizing that
the money question is paramount to all
others at this time, we invite attention.
-etc."-Sendtor Daniel.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04

THIS country is about to 90 to war
with Turkey over a claim for$1OO,00O.
Speaking of the claim the Washing
ton Post, an independent paper
which up to the time of the Admin
istration's imperialistic policy, was a
strong Mckinley paper, says:
"For our part we do not believe that
we have any case whatever against
Turkey, and we hope that, for the sake of
American dignity, the government which
has put up with so much real injury at
the hands of the British in South Africa
will refrain from blufiing at Turkey for
purely campaign effect"
King Billy must. have campaign
material,so what matters it if we do
have to fight the "unspeakable
Turk?"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
MANY a good man sinks because a
swollen head" won't float.
MIDDLEsRX CIRCUIT COURT.

Middlesex Circuit Court, which
has been in session.at Saluda since
last Thursday, adjourned Tuesday.
Judge Wright entered forty DEGREES.
Nearly all of the time was taken up
in the damage suit of Atwell VS..
Nelson. Hon. G. Harding Walker,
Hon. j. w. Chinn, Senator II. Il.
Blakey and w. b. Sanders were
employed for the plaintiff. j. Boyd
Sears, Robert McCandlish and
Thomas G. Jones were employed by
the defence. 1t seems that the plain
tiff spent the night of March 2,
1899, at Nelson's Hotel at West
Urbana and requested his horses and
carriage to be put. on the wharf early
the following morning. One of the
horses refused to go on the wharf
and pulled the other off into the
river and damaged horses, harness,
aud carriage to a some extent, for
which Atwell sued. Seven of the
jury were for Atweil aud five against.
Great interest was centered in this
suit, as it involved the care of hotel
keepers and others over horses left
in their charge to be delivered at
specific destinations over bridges,
wharves and other places more
dangerous than the ordinary public
highway.
A big battle for whiskey licenses
was expected to come off, but the
new law requiring notice to be given
not having been complied with, the
vets diJ cot put in their appearance;
consequently no licenses were granted
in the county.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
CHERRY POINT.

Warren Hughes, who has been i'll
with smallpox, is much better. 1t
is thought that no new cases will de-
velop, that the quarantine will soon
be raised and the churches be re-
opened.
b. Chambers is in Washington
looking after his business.
Mr.. Slaughter recently clipped
nineteen and a half pounds of wool
from one-year-old sheep.
Farmers are busy planting corn
and their blossoming orchards are
sweet as childhood's Sabbath days.
Please let me correct slight mis-
take which appeared in last week 8
CITIZEN 1t should have been that
Melrose Church was in Cherry Point
instead of near Cherry Point.
Three cases of variOloid are report
ed in the Hughes family.
Our pastor, Rev. w. q. Hammond,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
RAINSWOOD

Mrs. w. Andrew Jones has re-
turned from Baltimore where she has
been purchasing spring goods.
see in the CITIZEN that Nor
thumberland Board Of Supervisors
will soon meet to consider a dog-tax
law. Idon't think any one would OBJ
ject to having their dogs assessed as
other property, but they are likely
to kick if they have to pay more on
a dog than they do on a horse.
The people here are about through
planting corn.
Rainswood is getting to be quite
a business place.
Mrs. Evelyn Bootheis better at this
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. u. c. Lewis, of the
vicinity of Lodge, called on Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Ii. Weaver on last Saturday.
RED TAPE.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
HEATHSVILLE.

Miss Flossie L. Williams, daughter
of Noah j. Williams, and Mr.. VIM. A.
France, both of this county, were
married on the 25th at the Methodist
parsonage here, Rev. W. G. Hammond
officiating.
Our people who are interested in
the meetings of the Institute here are
grateful to the CITIZENS editor for
aid in material matter connected
with-the meeting to be held on the
4th of May. 1t is to be regretted that
the Cor. Secretary does not favor the
CITIZEN with official reports of the
meetings.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
DOINGs IN CONGRESS-.

The House broke all records Fri
day by passing 9l,private pension
bills.
The provision for paying $545 PEI
ton for Krupp armOr was thrown
out of the Naval appropriation bill,
and the price limited to $500.
Speaker Henderson held a two
hours consultation. with the Presi-
dent last week. and it is stated that
they decided upon the bills that shall
and those that shall not pass during
the remainder of the session.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04

The Democrats of Virginia have
let slip the opportunity to do great
service to the National party and
the country in general. Senator
Mark Hanna was sick at Old Point,
and they let him escape before in
dacing some good physician to "put
spider in his dumpling."
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
Friday, May 4, 1900.

PRESS and people have been very
profuse in advertising the institution
of The Lancaster National Bank, at
this place, which has now been in
operation two weeks, and some of
the papers have been exceedingly
kind and complimentary in their
attitude to this great enterprise,
Among these is the SouthSide Sentinel,
published at Urbanna, our vis-a-vis
on the south side of the Rappahan-
mock river. Issue before last it gave
our institution good "send off," and
last week it makes Irvington its debtor
for these handsome tributes:
Three cheers for the county Of Lam
caster, the town of Irvington and the
men who established the Lancaster
National Bankr'
wv. Med. Lee and A. Randolph
wasting the business men of our town
and Saluda few days ago in the inter
ests of The Lancaster National Bank.
Two more pleasant and popular gentle
men IL would be difficult TO find, and we
were pleased to learn that they met with
most encouraging success"
"The most important business enter
prise ever launched in this section and
the longest step forward which we have
ever taken, is to be found in the organ
ization of The Lancaster National Bank
which began business in the town of
lrvington on Wednesday, the 18th inst.
Personally we should have been more
pleased TO see the enterprise started in
Urbanna, and there is no question about
the fact that this would have been the
best place that could have been\ found,
but those interested have selected irving
ton, and men going into the banking
business are generally supposed to know
what will best promote their interests.
Had the bank been established here i,
would have been great convenience 70
the people of Gloucester, Mathews and
King and Queen, as well as in easy reach
of Lancaster and Northumberland. As
1t is, Middlesex is greatly benefited, but
cur friends in Mathews and Gloucester
not so much so. But we did not intent
to make suggestions as TO the most suit
able and convenient place-rathcr e
endorse the new enterprise and to ex
hort all business men within its reach e
accord 1t their hearty and substantial
support.
The officers OF The Lancaster Nationa
Bank are among the best and most popu
lar men OF Lancaster, and four-fifths O
the stock is owned by gentlemen Twin,
in that county, Northumberland anC
Middlesex. The charter was secured
upon the endorsation of Hon. w. A
Jones and the institution is distinctivel,
local in character, but none the less SAT,
and reliable on that account. We hav,
been pleased to learn that a number o
depositors from Middlesex have alread,
opened accounts with the new bank, anc
we earnestly hope that many others will
do so at once, for II is more through tn,
aid of such institutions than any Other
way that we can build up the interest,
OF our highly favored section.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
ACROSS THE SEAS.

The United States steamship
Dolphin, bearing Mr.. Charles Herbert
Allen. the newly appointed civil
Governor of Porto Rico, has dropped
anchor OFF San Juan. The natives
appear to be anything but pleased.
CUBA.
The Secretary os State of Cuba re-
ports 66,869 Spanish residents of
Cuba who preserve their allegiance
to Spain.
Poor people il. Cuba complain that
the judges charge extOrtionate fees
for civil marriages. General Wood
is determined to put stop to it.
PHILIPPINES.
The American outpoSts at Nueya
Caceres reported 800 natives assem-
oled three miles from the town.
General Bell sent three attachments
of the Forty-6fth Infantry, with two
Maxim guns. These nearly sur
rounded the Filipinos, most of whom
were armed with bolos, or long
knives, and wore buffalo hide
helmets, coats and shields. The
Filipinos were quickly pat to flight,
leaving the field strewn with their
peculiar armor. Their rifiemen were
unable to shoot straight and the
bolomen never got near enough to
the Americans to do any execution.
In another fight Lieutenant Balch,
with 20 cavalrymen, cornered so
bolomen in a river and shot every
one, the bodies floating away. One
of Balch's soldiers had his head
struck off with bolo.
The FIlipinos generally are ag-
gressive in North IlOcos Province.
They capturedan American provision
wagon near Lapo.
The Americans having obtained
evidence that the Alcaldes of Lapo,
Magsingal, Cabugas and Sinait were
holding treacherous communication
with the Filipino soldiers, imprisoned
them aud burned the town hall.
Col. Petit, who is to be court
martialed in the Philippines for
handing a prisoner over to President
Medeil, of Zamboanga, who killed
the prisoner at once without trial,
was the commander Of the Fourth
lmmunes stationed at fredericksburg
at the outbreak of the Spanish
American war.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04

KIND HEARTED men and law-abid-
ing citizens deplore very much the
passion that possesses idle negroes,
boys and dude-spotsmen for killing
anything and everything within reach
of their guns. The English sparrow
has done his share in driving the
song birds from our country, and if
these vagtant hunters would expend
their ammunition on the sparrow
they would confer boon upon the
country; but the sparrow has been
ignored, while the hooking, robin,
red-bird and thrush have been the
objects of their pursuit. The State
statute appears to have no terrors
for such fiends, which is largely due
to dereliction of citizens who refuse
to Inform" OH the violators.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
SILVER NOT THE ISSUE.
IL VIII Not Occupy The First Place
Says Mr.. BRYAN.

CAIcAGo, April, 24tb.-A special
from the Wichita, Kan, to the
Times- Herald says:
"Neither Editor Morse nor any
one else can succeed in getting me
to abandon free silver. | favor it
as much as | did in 1896. While
free silver will not be the leading is
sue in this campaign, it will be one
of the issues"
William Jennings Bryan made
this flat-footed statement during an
interview here this evening. Asked
as to the leading issues, Mr.. Bryan
said:
Trusts and imperialism will be
paramount.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04

If old Mahomet could have fore
seen how prin ters' ink would immor-
talize his name he could not have
struck the nail sqarer than he did
when he sand: "The ink of the wise
Is worth more than the blood of
martyrs" There is difference of
opinion about Mahomet, but every
body admits that his reference to
printing ink was entirely within the
facts. Printing ink has revolution
lied trade; it has made advertising
the prophet of commercial destiny.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04

who has been with as year, has en-
deared himself 10 his people by the
soundness and purity of his preach
ing. Patience, submission and stead
iassness are the keynotes TO some of
his uplifting sermons.
l will say to dear 'Immogene:
"Come and see." MISTY VEIL
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
Here's a Pretty How-d'y Do.

Congressman Jones does not want
a Constitutional convention, it is
well understood, because he says he
is afraid that Senator Martin may
get control of it.-Bicb. Corr. Bali.
San.
Is Mr.. Martin opposed to it because
he is afraid Congressman Jones will
get control of it? Mr.. Jones, how
ever, is not a dangerous man with a
convention, as his recent May con-
vention shows.-Petersburg hadex-
.dppeal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
NOrthumb erland 20
FAIRPORT.

w. Q. Littrell, who has been with
us for some time, has returned to
Fredericksburg to reside.
Mr.. Wooten and family are visit
ing at the home of j. w. Toleman
in lower Lancaster.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
SCHOONER FOR SALE.

Tho Schooner Garland" owned az Bowl
ers Whal Z, Va. by J. w .Clarkson,C. l.. Garrett
cheap for cash or on tim-Ngith security. MIR
Hunt who has been sailing the Garland is en-
gagged in the oyster business which requires
his time, therefore offers vessel for sale
The Garland" was thoroughly rebuilt at Ur-
banna IN ls.h CarrIcs lts0 bushels oysters
ana 2l5O bushels grain under deck. In good
order. Further Information can he had In
person or by letter from either of above own,
ers at Bowlers Wharf. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04

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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04

All communications or business letters
should be addressed TO the VIRGINIA CITIZEN.
lrvington, Na-, to receive prompt attention.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-05-04
GOLD WATCH FREE

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