Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-31
NE TS ITEMS


The assassin of King Humb bert, of
Italy, has been sentenced to life i'm
prisonment.
The Ala5aDa is the fastest battle
ship ailoat She made a speed of
l7.43 knots on her trial trip Tuesday.
Friday night in New York lSobt.
tltzsimmons defeated Tom Sharkey
in two rounds. The fight was a
fierce one.
The gas buoy marking the en-
trance to Coan river was extinguished
August 4,h. 1t will be replaced by
"a new one.
A number of the leading fire insur-
ance companies have decided to raise
rates of Insurance on property, and
city risks in particular.
The race var has broken out afresh
in New York city. A negro shot a
white boy and mobs of both races
have gotten almost beyond the con-
troll of the police.
State Auditor Marye, after paying
all of the original pensions out of the
$4,000 appropriated, will not be
able to pay the new ones in full, but
only 10 per cent of their allowance.
100000 mer of the Homestead
mines are on the verge of strike.
and 25,0 900 cotton mill hands at Fall
River, Mass, intend to strike if wag-
es are reduced 10 per cent. as threat
ened.
The United States Circuit Court
of appeals decides that under the
laws of Virginia a woman may be
"the head of family in the sence
demanded bv the homestead exemp-
ton law of this State.
The Paris exposition is pronounced
Il dismal failure. There are no spec
ial features that are new, and the
charges come too high to suit the
public. Cabbies are on strike and
all Paris pretty well depends upon
cabs for means of transportation.
Census enumerators of this State,
as well as in other States, are kick
ing because there is delay in pay
ing their salaries. The work was
not as remunerative as was at first
expected. The enumeratorS of Rich
mond will get only SAC apiece.
A riot has been in progress in Ak
ron, Ohio, over the repulse of mob
who desired to lynch a negro for the
usual crime. A summary of the re-
suits show that one person is dead,
81 injured and 100000 worth of
property, including the City Hall, is
in waste.
The question that has had vital
interest for the Pamunkey indians
has at last been settled, and the "red
man" has been declared not to be
"colored man." The Southern rail
road officials have decided that the
Indian is entitled to ride in the
"White" car.
According to the official figures
made public bv the Census Bureau
Baltimore stands sixth in the list of
American cities, with a population
of 50s,957. In 1890 the population
was 434, 439, an increase in popula-
ton of 1888, or 1915 per cent,
from 1890 to 1900.
A dispatch from Chicago saws
that Armour & Go. have received an
order from the Russian Government
for six million pounds of beef on the
hoof to feed the soldiers of the Car
in China. This is said to be the larg-
est order of the kind in the history of
the Chicago meat trade.
The Hamburg, American Line
steamer Deutschland, which sailed
from New York August Sth for Ham,
burg, made the fastest time ever at
tanned by any ocean steamer, that of
. days, l l hours and 40 minutes. Her
highest days run was 552 knots. The
average speed was 1882 knots per
honr during the passage.
A Pennsylvania woman, who shot
her husband and then killed herself,
deprived her own relatives of the
portion of her husbands wealth
which would have been hers had she
survived him but few seconds. AS
it was the wife died first, and, being
without issue, all of the property
went to the mans relatives. :.