Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-06-29

All grades Of sugar have ad vanced
in price.
A Wisconsin man is to marry hi S
mother-in-law next week.
Tie two new battleships will be
named Virginia aud Rhode Island.
Wheat' went up in New York
Saturday to 9Ss cents per bushel.
This price Is almost unprecedented
Forty persons lost their lives
10 wreck on the Southern railroad
near McDonough, Ga on last SUNDAY.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has refused to
leave his post in Cuba on account of
yellow fever, although he has per-
United his staff to leave.
One of our warships is in the Med
lterranean on her way to compel the
payment of that 800, 900 indemni-
ty from the Sultan of Turkey.
b. IL. Roberts, the Utah polyga-
mist, who was denied admission TO
Congress, has been duly convicted
and fined for violation of tie law in
Il Utah court.
Teddy Roosevelt has given out
that his name is composed of three
syllables, and the Roose is pronounced
us If 1t were spelt Rose. Hence the
pronunciation is Rose.a-velt.
The grand jury has handed in re-
port in the General Sessions of New
York in which they dismissed the
cases of conspiracy against the ofli-
GERS OF the American Ice Company.
An effect of the law passed by the
General Assembly of Virginia re-
quiring the railroads Of the State to
provide separate cars for whites and
blacks is to do away with all second
class fares.
Roswell Beardsley, of North Lam
sing, N. Y, is the Oldest postmaster
in the service of the United States
government. lie was appointed in
1928, and has faithfully performed
his duties ever since.
The Washington State Grand
Lodge of Masons has voted not to adj
init liquor dealers TO membership i'm
the order, and directs present mem
bers who are in the business to with
draw.
General Cassius M. Clay, of Ken
lucky, has decided to his former child
wife, now Mrs. Riley Brock, house
and three and one-half acres of land
adjoining her present home. This
is the third purchase Of land.that
General Clay has decided to her since
her marriage to Riley Brock. Mr..
aud Mrs: Brock have named their lit
tie boy Clay.
Lemuel Ely Quigg, has brought
suit In the Superior Court against
the Chicago Times Rsrald for SIOO-
600 libel. The article on which the
libel suit is based was under Wash
ington date line, and implied that
Qulgg had received fee of $4,000
for substituting the word "Isthmian"
for "Nicaraguan" in the canal plank
of the Repu blican platform.
James Riddick, negro, believed
to be the oldest man in Ohio, if not
in the United States, died in Column
bus, aged 1913 years. He was born a /
slave IN Virginia in 1777. Among
documents showing his age was a
certificate of a sale of himself as a
slave, dated August 6, 1900, in which |
he was described as stout negro, %
years. His blind widow, aged 80. |
survives him.
Following the suspension of four
State councils Of the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics by
the National Council at Philadel-
phia, last week comes the admission
OF representatives. of the Virginia
Council, which is among those sus-
pended, that steps will shortly be
taken looking to organization of a
rival National Council on an indie
pendent basis. Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, New York and the District
IF Columbia are looked upon as
allies. Their combined member
ship is about 10000 ont of total
membership in the United States of