Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-01-10
NEWS ITEMS.

Senior Tomas Estrada Palma has
been elected President of Cuba.
The State has received 5000 as its
share in the dispensary at Franklin
for the past six months.
Thirty some lives were lost IN
collision between two steamers near
San Francisco last week.
For the first time in 40 years yir-
ginia bonds are now above par, with
over 100000 in the Treasury.
The government wants black.
smiths and horseshoers for duty in
the Philippines at $75 per month.
A check for $54, 100000 has been
drawn to the order of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Go. This is the
largest check ever drawn.
Prof. Harry st. George Tucker.
dean of the law faculty of Washing
ton and Lee, has handed in his res
ignation, to take effect in July.
The year just ended has been a
record-breaker. All business enter
prises did well, banks exceeding all
previous years by &c per cent, while
railroads net earnings increase 16
per cent.
Governor Montague has set a good
example to public speakers by the
conciseness and brevity of his in
augural address, as we'll as by the
style in which it is written.-Rich-
naond Dispatch.
Admiral Schley has decided to
make direct appeal to the Presi-
dent, who has promised to open the
case and give it g personal hearing.
The Admiral is we'll satisfied at the
recent turn of events.
The foxes in Buckingham county
have gone crazy and are exception
ally fierce. As result of this men
are attacked, dogs whipped, shan
ghais murdered, cows bitten and
tomcats holly pursued.
The carrier pigeons at the Nor
folk navy yard were sold last week.
This is u result of the successful
experiments with wireless telegra-
ply, which ends the usefulness of
the pigeons in the naval service.
As sequel to the Schley finding
the President has severely rebuked
Gen. Miles, the commanding general
of the army, and discharged ellis
torian" Maclay from his position in
the Brooklyn navy yard. 1t was
Maclay who wrote disparsgingly of
Schley and caused the latter to ask
for an inquiry.
A portion of the Eastern State
Hospital for the insane at Williams
burg was totally destroyed by fire
Saturday. The $50 patients, with
the exception of one named Driscoll,
who was burned to death, were
safely removed from the building.
The loss will reach $4,000, partly
covered by insurance.
Roscoe Q. Bruce, colored, of In
dianapolis, son of the late Blanche
*. Bruce, former U. S. Senator from
Mississippi, and at one time Register
of the Treasury, has been elected
class orator by the Harvard senior
class, defeating his white opponent
by vote of two to one. Bruce
received the support of the social
element.
The Anti-Saloon League of Vir-
glnia has recently been subjected to
severe criticisms at the hands of the
Prohibitionists. The latter, it APP
pears, would have the members of
the League forsake the Democratic
party and come ont fiat footed for
the abolition of the saloon. The
League, however, contends that it
can the better accomplish the object
for which it was formed by remain
ing within the Democratic party.
The League will hold its first an
nual convention in Richmond Janu-
AIRY 10th and 18th.
The administration of Governor
Montague marks a new order of
things in the old State. The new
Governor will be the first one not a
veteran of the Confederate Army
who has held the office since recon-
struction times, and his advent into
power is expected to set the pace for
the election of young men to the
distinguished position in the future.
Another feature of Mr.. Montague's
Inauguration will be the fact that he
will be the only Governor of the
State who has ever assumed charge
OF the office in the presence of a
Constitutional Convention.