The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-06-19
THE WEEK.

THE WEN.
The world stood aghast ss IL read
the news from Seryia, where in one
night the King, Queen aud Cabinet
met violent, bloody and brutal deaths
at the hands Of soldiers sworn to guard
from harm. There must have been
burning wrong in the palace to have
so iunamed hitherto trusted OIL
cials aud loyal subjects.
Serva is about half the size of Virgin
ia, Ina, population 2WO,OOO and
though an agricultural people leads a
revolutionary life.
R0thschild, Of Europe, says "Amer-
ica's money market is all right"
Thanks
Our fellow-countrymen To the North
aud South Of us have been busy deal
ing with the wreck aud ruin wrought
10y the storms. Not quite 50 bad A. at
first reported but bad enough
The wheat crop Of the great West l.
not so promising as it has been aud
this may mean rise in price of flour,
though Spectators have the habit of
making and unmaking prices regard
less of crop conditions.
They have been squeezing the water
out of stocks in Wall Street with the
result that mauya financial craft has
been stranded
some preachers aud many politicians
have been packing for summer outings
England has been moved on the
tariff question but 1t will end in speech
The presidency for the University of
Virginia has not been decided. The
board met on the 18th inst; but reach
ed no conclusion The leading candi-
dates, DR.. Dabney, of Knoxville, Tenn.
nor Col. Miles, Of Raiford, were strong
enough just To beat each other. The
board viii meet again ~ July, aud the
name now most prominent IN cOnnec-
ton with the appointment is that of
Dr. Mcbride, of Blacksburg
Out IN Kentucky they have been
still serving subpoenas with bullets.
In Illinois lynching has reached the
high water mark. The South is no
longer sinner above all sections.
Strikes are still prevalent. even tell
boys at hotels having caught the fever
Aud now the Startling news comes
from Oregon that "a cloud burst has
claimed hundreds Of victims there.
Surely We live in day Of storm.
The Jews laid their grievances before
the President The civilized world is
in full sympathy with them.
Peter Karogeorgevitch has been
elected King Of Servia and accepted the
honor with some conditions, chief
among them being that the assassins
Of the late King shall be exled They
are bad men % have around
Lynchburg observed yesterday a.
Memorial Day, Rev. Geo. w. Finley
being the orator Of the OCCASION
The hotel and laundry strikes in
Chicago have caused the wearing Of
sOiled clothes and the eating Of badly
cooked food. "What fools We morlals
be-
DR.. Hawthorne, Of Richmond. made
vigorous reply TO a sermon delivered 10y
a Catholic priest on the occasion lay
ing the corner stone of the new Cathe-
dral in that city. One in Christ and
yet how we do differ.
President Roosevelt attended the
German singing feast in Baltimore,
and made patriotic German speech.
Wherever he goes he is closely guarded
10y perfect Gordon Of policemen, Sc
cret service men aud soldiers. The ne
cessity for such is greatly to be deplored
Last Monday, the 18th, was Flag
Day, and the children Of the larger
cities made much Of it,
President Roosevelt attended the Com.
mencement exercises Of the University |
of Virginia On last Tuesday, was cor.
daily received, made a ringing speech .
and rode TO Monticello on horseback. /
Mrs. Roosevelt was with him.
Postal irregularities are stIll breaking
out in new places in Washington. The
last head 10 drop is that Of Metcalf,
head Of money order department..
The street car men of Richmond are
On a strike, and the citizens are walk
ing.
The canal treaty t., said to be in dan
ger
Tue Socialists III Germany gains -
seats In Reichstag.
Mr.. Russell Sage has ordered
$50, 600 mausoleum aud old man Sage
5 busy making the money to pay
or it,
"Cndigested securities" said to have
,iven J. =. Morgan an acute attack Of
There are l5OOOO idle in the building
rade Of New York.