Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-01-21
Condensed News.
The Alexandria Gazette recently
closed its 103rd volume.

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January 18th at his home in
Charlottesville. He was in his
eighty-ffth year.
Apostle Reed Smoot, of the
Mormon Church, has been non mat
ed by the Republican caucus Of the
Utah Legislature for United States
Senate, and will probably be elect
ed.
Coal is considered such luxury
in some parts Of Brooklyn that
physicians certificate showing
there is illness in the house Of the
applicant, is required by some of
the retail dealers.
A perfect skeleton of the masto-
don has been unearthed, in clay
bed at Grove City, Ohio. The
tusks are about IL feet long. and
the well-wOrn teeth show that the
animal was an old one.
Mrs. Mary K. Skidmore of
Hampstead, on Long Island, who
is eighty-two years of age, was
informed some days ago that she
was feir to $40, ZOO, 900 estate
left by an uncle in New South
Wales. All the comment she
made was "This would have
made me very happy forty years
ago"
1t is known from trustworthy
sources that Frank Jay Gould paid
George +. Fisher IL, 100000 for
all of his interests in the Virginia
Passenger and Power Company,
which controls power plants and
the extensive trolley lines of
Richmond and vicinity. Mr.. Gould
refused, it is stated, to purchase
unless he could obtain controlling
interest in all of the properties.
The Virginia school superintend-
ents, called at the request Of the
general education board Of New
York held three days conference
at Richmond last week. One
hundred of the III superintend-
ents were there and DR.. Wallace
Buttrick represented the general
board. Many distinguished edu-
Gators from every section of the
country were present. The sessions
were full Of life and enthusiasm.
Charles Richards, mechanical
engineer for the Union Metallic
Cartridge Company, who died two
months ago, was noted for his
secretiveness, but not until last
week was the full extent Of his
taciturnity known. His widow,
who supposed that his only estate
consisted of a $50 mortgage
loan, has found $50, 900, the
savings of his bachelor years, of
which he had never spoken to
her.
A very disastrous fire swept
through the central portion of
Christansburg early Wednesday
morning, l4th instant. 1t was
discovered between three and four
O'Clock in the job printing office of
Mr.. Charles Gardner, a small
building diagonally opposite the
Presbyterian church. The alarm
was soon given by the ringing of
the church bells and the cries of
fire, and the whole community was
aroused. A bucket brigade was
formed and did valiant service.
Officers of the board of directors
of the Presbyterian Orphanage at
their Lynchburg meeting last
W ednesday were elected az follows:
Rev. F. 7. McFaden;
secretary, Rev. j. A. McMurray;
treasurer, j. R. Kyle, all of Lynch
burg; executive committee, Rev.
F. T. McFaden and George 4.
Caskie, Lynchburg; c. W. Max
well, Norfolk; L. 5. Williamson,
Danville; Judge W. s. Mann,
t. C. Morton, Staun-
ton, and X. p. Valentine.
An elderly, well-dressed man
entered the City Chamberlain's
office in New York last week and
when asked his business the
stranger drew from his pocket five
81, 900 gold certificates and said:
please add these tc the conscience
fund. The matter has been on my
for a long time. Person
Al taxes are involved. Deputy
Chamberlain Campbell receipted
Tor the $4,000 and the stranger
eft without another word. This is
he largest single contribution to
he city's conscience fund on
'ecOrd.
Mrs. Maggie Riley, indicted for
murder in Mercer county, West
escaped from Jail at
Princeton, January 10th, and has
lot been recaptured. She is
Illeged to have promised to pay
um of money to her son Herman
Riley and Arthur Etter to kill
woman named Mary Clark.
The two men were tried last Thurs
lay and made clean breast of
he killing, saying that they had
10 other reason for shooting the
lark woman than to get reward
+ $40 which Riley's mother had
to give them to commit
he deed.