Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-05-15

U. ,. troops defeated the Moros,
IN the Philippine Islands, aud
captured the Sultan.
Three hundred delegates are at
tending the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows in Danville.
A new law in West Virginia has
caused the express companies to stop
carrying liquor into that State.
Campbell county is now dry. Seven
Teen saloons were refused license
under the Mann law. This condition
is spreading all over the State.
The Postmaster General has de-
cided that husband has no right to
receive mail addressed to his wife
and open her letters against her pro-
test.
An effort is being made to organ
lie joint stock company for the
purpose of erecting large machine
shop and steam railway near Reed
vile.
The war cloud hangs heavy over
Turkey and Bulgaria, while Russia
on one hand, and Japan, England
and america on the other, are growl-
ing in China.
Both The American aud English
new cup racers have failed to prove
their superiority over the last racers.
The Columbia sailed all around the
new Reliance Tuesday in beat to
windward.
British troops defeated and slaurh
tered the troops of the Emir of Kano,
IN Africa. The Emir was captured
and ten thousand square miles of his
territory brought under British
control.
Rev. Ernest E. Norther1, Past
Grand Master of Odd Fellows. for
the last three years pastor of Phoe-
bus Baptist church, has accepted a
call to tabernacle Baptist church,
Newport News.
For the first time since the passage
of the Sherman Antitrust law in
1892 company has confessed to
running monopoly. The Federal
Salt Trust is the one brought to the
bar of justice and confessed.
goo structures, representing $17,-
l5l, $50, have been stopped in New |
York by strikes. Employers have
concluded to spend millions of dol, |
lars to break up these unions, and
the great battle between capital ard |
labor is on.
The Southern Baptist Convention
is IN session in Savannah. Ga. Tel
has a constituency of 1,f5O, 600, and |
is one of the largest religious organi- |
cations III the world. There are gen
orally present as many as 1000 ac-
credited delegates, besides a large
number of visitors.
Officers of the recently organized
University of Virginia Alumni Asso-
citation for the Northern Neck are II.
Carter Wexford, president; r. J.l
Downing, vice president: Asa S.
Rlce, secretary and treasurer. The
following, with the officers of the
association, compose the Executive
Committee; Frank Newbill, of Ian |
caster; @. II. Walker, of Northum-
berland; j. w. @. Davis, of West
moreland, and j. w. Chinn, ir., of
Richmond County. Next regular
meeting will be held July lst at
Warsaw.
A destructive forest fire started
recentl in the vicinity of Star
Tannery and spread over terri
tory about six miles long, sweep
ing everything before it. Miles
OF fencing were destroyed, growing
crops badly damaged and valuable
timber burned. The dwelling occu-
pied by SIR. Benjamin George. in the
Cedar Greek Valley, and all of the
were destroyed. The
hie ieii upon Tie buildings like hail, |
setting them all on FIRE at the same
time. Mr.. George and his family
escaped with their lives by lying |
faces downward on freshly plowed |
field.
Reports from Pocahont as, across
the virginia line, lead to the con-
ciusion that the winter of l9O2-3 was
severe one on large game. A Cheat
timber scout has dis
covered, during his rambles. the
remains of twenty-five deer. five of
them being found in one bed. They
are supposed to have persisted during
the unusually severe weather of last
month. The encroaching hand of
commerce and development, driving
them from their old haunts, might
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