Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-01-28
Condensed News.

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Paul Kruger, once CT He'd the
"Lion of South Africa" nov old,
i'll and disheartened, is living very
quietly in Mcntone, France.
One million five hundred thous-
and converts were made by the
Methodist Church during the four
years Of the Twentieth Century
Thank Offering movement.
Among the German Ahibits to
be shown at the st. Louis Fair
will be the &stheslOmeter, an in
strument widely used in German
schools for measuring mental
WEAKNESS.
Because her employers, TruaX,
Greene d Co., Of Chicago, insisted
she be vaccinated. and because Of
i'll effects Of the virus, Miss Grace
Voorhees, has sued Il e firm for
$50, 900 damages.
The jury Mt Hartford, n. c.,
found James F. Wilcox guilty of
murder in the second degree for
killing Miss Ella Cropsey, and he
was sentenced to 80 years in the
penitentiary at harl labor.
On the DIST Gov. ID. C. Heywa. d Of
South Carolina, was inaugurated
at Columbia. and James T. Sloan
was sworn in as LieutenaEt-G0y-
ernOr to succeed James II Tillman,
who recently shot n. G.. Gonzales.
A charter has been granted the
StauntOn Consolidated Loan aud
Trust Company, capital $1,000.
The company is composed Of coll
ored men and OWLS about 40 acres
just west of Stanton, which will
be cut up into lots.
Senator Halsey has introduced
bill to place in statuary ball in
the national capital at Washing
ton statue of Gen. Robert +.
Lee, to fill the vacant place left.
the statue of George Washington
filling one Of the two places allotted
to Virginia.
Mrs. Maybrick, now confined N
London jail for the murder Of
her husband, may lose an interest
in property in Virginia and adjoin-
ing States valued at 81, 800, 600.
unless she is able to appear in the
Chancery Court in Ricl mond in Il
suit instituted seven years ago in
her behalf.
The latest accident bulletin.
just issued by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, shows that for
the quarter ended September 30,
1902, 263 persons were killed and
2,6l3 injured in train accidents.
while the total number of rail
road casualties was $40 killed and
II, 1852 injured.
Major G. O. Saville. the popular
clerk of the ChaEcery Court, Rich
m0nd. has received letter from
Lawson, Mo, asking for names
of twenty-five manageable young
ladies residing in that city. The
writer desires the young ladies to
be of good character, and must
have every qualification for good
wives.
In the opinion of well-informed
coal dealers of RichmC nd that
city has not seen the worst Of the
fuel situation. Soft coal, on which
that city has confidently relied, is
growing rapidly less under the
increased demand, incident 10 the
severe weather, and the supply is
not equal to the demand. The
sale Ct wood is very large, but the
bad condition of the roads has
also greatly reduced the supply,
although the prices are several
dollars n cord above the usual
price.
The negroes of Roanoke are
much excited over the fact that
Rev. r. r. Jones, pastor of the
First Baptist church (colcred),
refused to hold the funeral Of a
deceased member, Rufus Moore,
because white undertaken had
charge of the rem aims and not the
negro undertaken. After Jones
refused, the remains were taken 10
another colored Baptist church,
and negro Methodist minister
conducted the services. Jones
says that as the white people have
drawn the color line on Presi-
dent Roosevelt appointments.
he proposes to dr. w the line, too.
The erection of an equestrian
statue of Gen. Robert /. Ice on
the Gettysburg battlefield is the
object of IA bill introduced in the
Pennsylvania Legislature by Rep
resentativc Thomas Y. Cooper.
Col. A. X. Mcclure is the author
of the bill, and appropriates S20,-
600, and provides fora commission
to cooperate with Virginians in
pro ruring Il statue of General
Lee. This commission, it j.
specified. shall consist of the
governor. the adiutant general,
and five veterans of the Union
army. The statue is to be Of
bronze, and the site for its erection
will be some point on Seminary
Hill. 1t is provided that the
State of Virginia must also appro-
pirate 500, 900.
Cautionl
This Is not gentle word-but wh
you think how liable you are not to pur-
chase the only remedy universally known
Hxr hat hu ha.l tho lar.r.af