Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-05-23


now able to leave her bed for short
time each day.
Cuba was turned over to the
islanders Tuesday and their flag now
waves over the land.
Kruger says if the United States
would refuse to ship horses to the
British the war would soon end.
Tie coal miners mean business
and the strike promises to be the
most serious labor struggle in the
history of the country.
One of the recent laws of the Viz
ginla Legislature makes SATURDAYS a
half holiday. The State officials
will not take advantage of this but
banks will.
at local option election held i'm
tarnham Magisterial District, Rich
mond county, on Friday last two
hundred and five votes were cast, the
vets winning by majority of one.
The Fraterville and Thistle coal
mines, near Coal Greek, Tenn, ex-
ploded this week. Only one man
escaped. he being blown out of the
mine. About 800 men were at work.
The temporary injunction asked
Tor by the government against men,
bers o. the so-called packers COM
blne is now in force, which means
that the government has won against
the trust.
The jury at Louisa imposed an ag-
gregate fine of 81 900 and costs upon
5. w. Anthony for violation of the
local option law in Jackson District,
which is $500 higher than the fine
on the former trial.
King Alfonso attained his major.
ity Saturday and became King Of
Spain in fact as well as in name
having reached the age, sixteen, pre-.
scribed by the Constitution. He took
the oath that afternoon.
Bishop +. Nj. white, of the
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, fell
while walking about in his room at
his residence in Richmond and broke
his thigh. The Bishop has been in
feeble health and has not been on the
streets for some time.
Gen. James G. Field died Sunda,
at his home near Gordonsville, aged
n years. He was gallant Confed
crate soldier and served as State At
torney General some years ago. H,
was also the Populist candidate fol-
Vice President six years ago.
DIR. Jabez Curry, special repre-
sentative from this country to tn,
coronation of King Alfonso of Spain
was treated with great honors, .
palace and a royal carriage beinf
placed at his disposal. He was also
ushered into His Royal Presence
before other ENJOYS.
The first of the seventeen-yea,
locusts were seen i'm the public park.
OF Baltimore Saturday. The insects
are without wings. As soon as they
appeared above the surface of tn,
earth they sought the nearest trees
and began to climb to the branches
They have also appeared in Fairfax
county, Va.
An earthquake of considerable
severity was felt at Pearisburp. Va.
Saturday night, the shock being
one of the longest ever experienced,
Many aroused from their slumbers
arose and went into their Yards to
look at the neighboring mountain.
Angels Rest, as if they expected to
see it in violent eruption.
At Saluda, Middlesex county. an
attempt was made Saturday by q
negro in the employe of Mr.. II. l..
Smither to assault the adopted
daughter of Mr.. Smither but the
latter captured the negro and
delivered him to the sheriff, who
lodged him in Jail before the occur
renee was generally known.
The Virginia and Maryland Sena-
tors and Representatives appointed
to revise the fish and oyster laws for
the Potomac have decided upon q
new Gull law, dropped the month of
September from the legal tongins
season and appointed sub-commit.
tees to consider boundary disputes.
a full report will be made later.
Two hundred and twenty-five dead
In Tennessee mine, 0 killed in a
clondburst in Minnesota, Is dead
in an Ohio flood, 70 dead and a
hundred injured in Texas tor
nado, a number killed in an In
dian tornado and Is drowned in Ire.
land are some of the many disasters
throughout the world during the
past week, not to speak of volcanoes.
One hundred thousand dollars is
the price demanded of the parents of
| 12-year-old Charles Frederick, of
Williamsburg, N. Y, for his safe
return to his home. He was kidnap-
ped on May 18th, and the following
day his family received letter signed
Otto Grenn, 142 Fulton street, New
York, asking that amount of money.
The boy was taken from school near
his home by strange man. The
Frederlcks are in very moderate cir
cumstances.
Representative Thompson, of Ala
bama, has left for his native State
accompanied by large flock of Re-
publicans, who are making a pill
grimage into the South for the bur
pose of examining the negro at
close quarters. The object of this
importation of Mr.. Thompson is to
show his Republican friends how
erroneous is the general impression