Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-01-04
NEWS ITEMS
The State paid out $3.50, 900 inter
est on its bonds January L.


est on its bonds January 1.
Hon. Richard A. Wise died at
his residence, in williamsburg, last
week.
The N. Y. University refuses TO
remove Gen. r. +. Lees name from
the Hall of Fame, as petitioued by
Union veterans.
W. Robinson Taylor, one of the
most prominent citizens of KING
George, died at his home last week.
aged so years.
The State board of agriculture will
meet at Richmond on January Q TO
discuss matters of interest to the
farmers of the State.
q Lizzie Dodson, notorious female
convict, has escaped from the peni-
Tertiary. She was only a short while
ago pardoned by Governor TYLER
while serving former sentence.
Every gambling house in New
York city received orders before
Amas from Tammany sources,
through the police, to close aud re,
main closed until further notice.
Acca Temples MOBILES of the Mys-
tic Shrine made their annual distri-
button Of 200 Christmas baskets
among the poor ut the Masonic
Temple, Richmond, during Xmas
week.
Mr.. Cudahy has been warned that
unless he withdraws his reward of
$25, 1000 for the arrest of the men who
kidnapped his son the boy will be
again kidnapped or shot. He refuses
to cancel the reward.
Ia a speech in st. Louis Gen. Fitz
Lee said the u. S. flag is to float over
the Cubans. Said he: "And now the
stars and stripes float over Matanzas.
they float over FL Cauey, over MORO.
over Havana, and I'll tell YOU on
the quiet, that flag is going to stay
there"
At meeting of Virginia Board
OF Fisheries the question of dispos-
ing OF The Chesapeake, and replacing
her with asmall light-draug BIT vessel,
was brought up, but was not acted
on finally. A decision will be reached
at the next meeting of the board.
which will be held in Richmond Jan.
nary 22d. There is every reason to
believe The Chesapeake will be sold.
The tenth annual convention of
the Southern Educational associa.
ton closed in Richmond Friday. The
convention was a success. Much at
tention was devoted to the discussion
OF the education of the negro. Many
of the able educators of the South
participated in the meeting. Indus
trial training was declared to be the
most beneficial thing for the colored
man, as the educating of him had
been a failure.
Commander Howard of the Mary
land police force SAYS that he intends
to enforce the Gull law, 10 matter
whence oysters come, unless pre-
vented by an adverse decision of the
Court of Appeals. He said that
allowing unculled oysters to be |
brought to Baltimore from Virginia
would open the door for violations
Of the law in this State and would
undo what the oyster navy has been
endeavoring to accomplish through
out the season.
A report comes from Atlanta that
among the negroes cocaine is being
'xtenslvely used as a substitute for
liquor. A preparation of the drug
n the form of powder, which can
De inhaled through the nose, thus
unnecessary a hyrodermic
yringe, has done much, we are told.
o facilitate the use of sscoke," as the
negroes term it. The drug, il is
tated, is now used as openly as snuff.
Negroes can be seen at any time on
he streets or in the Police Court
nuiling the white powder.
A binding fog descended upon
he city of London last Sunday, aud
rom dawn until midnight remained
Utmost impenetrable. During these
hours business was practically sus-
'ended. Locomotion was absolutely
dangerous, and pedestrians, bus
rivers, and cabmen were plunged
nto bewildering maze. The gas
amps and arc lights were blackened
nto total obscurity and there were l
requent collisions between vehicles.
The underground railways aban.
oned their schedules and ran their
rains at snail's pace.
Captain John Carroll, of schooner .
'iagara, just from Newfoundland
alibut trip, records that he touched
t the French Fishing Station of
{. Pierre, where apparently the
hole place was in mourning. Of S
be 5000 population, he saws, nearly
very one was grieving for the loss |
I some friend or relative. The q
ales which prevailed during the t
all wrought destruction among the '
rench fleet on the fishing banks
lany vessels were lost, and the loss q
life reached 800. Twenty-oue '
ives had been made widows and {
children last fatho.l