Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-09-10
Condensed News.

Major Henry G. Baughan, on
of the best-known citizens O.
t Buckingham county, is dead.
? Carroll D. Wright, United State,
) Commissioner of Labor, recon-
mends concessions by the Goa
operators to end the anthracite
strike.
The voters of Vermont failed to
give any Of the candidates for
Governor a majority, and the
Legislature will have to choose the
Governor.
AT Abingdon Thursday the Re-
publican convention for the Ninth
district of Virginia nominated
Col. Campbell Slemp, of Wise
county, for Congress.
The Upshur Glass Company has
been chartered to operate a factory
that will employ 100 hands at
Buckhannon, W. Va. A site for
the factory has been secured.
The Virginia Supreme Court of
Appeals opened its fall term in
Staunton Sept. 3. The docket is
not large one, and the term will
not likely last over thirty days.
An afternoon daily paper, to be
called The Jefferson, is to be
established in Charlottesville. The
capital stock is to be $25, 600. and
JOS. w. Everett to be editor-in-chief
Ten shares of stock Of the Peo-
pies National Bank of Lynchburg
were sold on Sept | for 1914 per
share, being the highest price ever
received for any Lyrchburg bank
stock.
1t is learned here that DR.. j. L.
NJ. Curry, agent of the Peabody
fund, has been quite sick at the
home of his brother-in-law, in
Asheville, n. c., but his condition
is now improved.
The Ohio Democratic convention
nominated the ticket chosen by
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson, and
adopted "A platform denouncing
trusts and declaring allegiance to
the Kansas City platform.
Hon. Jacob Yost, of Staunton,
has decided if nominated, to be-
come the Republican candidate for
Congress from the Tenth District
of Virginia. There is little doubt
that he will be nominated.
Hon. George f. Sipe, of Har-
risonburg, will probably be the
Republican nominee for Congress
in the Seventh district of Virginia.
The nominating convention will be
held at Luray, September %.
The Board ofDirectors of James
town Tercentenary Exposition
Company have decided to advertise
for bids for a site on which to
hold the exposition. The site
must contain from 300 to 500
acres.
Partial returns indicate the
election of the Democratic State
ticket in Arkansas, by majority
from $4,000 to 45, 900:
Governor, J. w. Davis; Secretary
Of State, j. w. Crockett; Attorney
General, G. w. Murphy; State
Treasurer, H. c. Upton.
The Pulaski Fair opened last
week with large crowd present.
The first day was given to the
'eterans for their annual reunion,
md addresses were delivered by
japt. Parks of Page county, DR..
Wiley Of Salem, Hon S. w. Will
Jams of Wytheville, and A. ID.
Jordan, of Pulaski.
President Roosevelt's face was
BADLY bruised in the wreck of his
arriage at Pittfeld, Mass, where
n electric car ran into it. William
;raig, a Secret Service detective
nth the President, was killed,
nd d. j. Pratt, driver of the
arriage, was severely injured.
e,retary Cortelyou was bruised
nd shocked.
Monongahel county, West Vir-
mia, inaugurated a good-roads
lovement by appropriating, by
S commissioners, $4,000 to
acadamize two miles of road
nder the supervision of employees
the United States Department
Agriculture. The piece to be
acadamized leads from Morgan
,wn to Granville.
No steps have been taken to
gister the Newport News voters
I'd the registration board is in
'mplete, three members failing to
lalify. If the opinions of At
Anderson and A.
Braxton are valid, Newport
ews will not be able to partici-
tie in the Congressional election.
o notice of registration has been
ven voters.
Ex-Governor Cornell, of New
)rk. has written TO Governor