Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
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18th and 10th.
Idaho will make big exhibit Of
tin ore at the Worlds Fair. In
portant discoveries of the metal, so
rare in America, were made recent
ly near Salmon City, Idaho.
Chief Justice Fuller Of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court is expect
ed to retire from the bench in an
other year, and Secretary Taft II
spoken Of as his successor.
President Roosevelt favOrs the
creation Of two new States-One
from Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory and one from the terri
tories Of New Mexico and Arizona.
Noah Raby, said to be 1872 years
old, is dead in New Jersey poor
house. He claimed North Caro-
lima as his native State, where he
said he was born April /, l772.
Former President Cleveland has
written "A letter denying that
negro, G.. II. j. Taylor. had dined
with him at the White House while
be was President, as charged by
Representative Scott Of Kansas.
The Washington Post says that
David OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has
been appointed postmaster at Koe-
kia, Hawaiian Islands, which is
but another illustration Of the adj
ministration's preference for m,n
of letters in official position.
The annual migration of negroes
from the vicinity Of Frcdericks.
burg, Va, to Northern cities has
already commenced, ard it is
thought farmers will have difficulty
ia procuring labOrers for spring
work.
The bill which provides that
steam railways in the state Of
Maryland shall furnish separate
cars for negroes, except on express
trains, and tat all steamboats,
plying in Maryland waters shall
provide separate compartments.
has passed the Maryland House Of
Delegates.
1t is announced that the Chesa-
peake and Western lailroa {, which
was to have been constructed from
West Virginia co; fields through
the Valley of Virginia to Chesa-
Leake bay, will not be comp etcd
because Of lack of money. The
company h; : forty-one miles of the
road in operation between North
River Gar and Elkton.
Just at the time when bill il
introduced in the Virginia Legs-
lature to make all hangings public,
the Raleigh News and Observer is
calling upon the lawmakers OF
North Carolina to forbid public
executions and prevent slow eX-
hibitions of morbid curiosity"
The Raleigh idea is the right one:
the Mayor of Roanoke is wrong.
The State Board of Health has
forwarded to the Legislature re-
port recommending the passage of
a hill AUTH rizing the Governor to
appoint a committee to consider
the establishment Of II saai.arium
for consumptiyes, and TO report To
the next Legislature. 1t is stated
that there are $4,000 cases in the
State.
The cradle in which George
Washington was rocked has re-
Gently been found H. the old Lyles
mansion in Tennallytown. ID. c.
The cradle is of good size n. d
stands about the height Of aLans
arm from the floor. with long, low
rockers, strongly bra"ei and sup
ported and Of mahogany. The
seven children of Washington,
parents were rocked in this cradle.
A dispatch from Washington
under recent date says that
Acknowledgement Anderson of Nir-
ginia. had sought to file in the
United States Supreme Court
motions to dismiss the cases Of
Jones and Selden vs.. Governor
Montague, of the State of Virgin
ia, but the court refused to enter
tain the motion, saying that the
cases would soon be reached on
their merits. The suits involve
the suffrage clause of tie new
Constitution Of Virginia.
A press dispatch says: In the
Baptist church at Folsomyille,
small town in Warrick county, Ind.
the corpse of Rev. James Ill ri was
stood behind the pulpit while his
funeral sermon was preached. The
CLASSY eyes of the old preacher
looked out over the immense aud
fence that came to pay homage t.
him. 1t was the strangest funeral
ever known. Rev. Mr. Hart was
seventy-six years old and had been
pastor of the Foisomville church
for fifty-iiye years. a few days
before his death he requested his
congregation to stand his corpse
up in the pulpit while his funeral
sermon was preached.
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