Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-13
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vi Marcn 4, IvOO, 30, 900 red
men in the Indian Territory will
give up tribal rule and become
American citizens.
Eight colonies Of Guatemala
ants, intended to kill the cotton
boil weevil, have been brought to
the United States.
A Salvation Army reception to
General Booth in the Crystal Pal
ace, London, last week, was at
tended by crowd estimated at
100000.
Samuel Kelly of Richmond,
called the "BOurke Cochran of
Virginia, "has announced his candi-
dacy for speaker of the Virginia
House of Delegates.
There are no tramps in Ger.
many. Migrants are arrested and
set to such hard work that they
are glad to secure regular employ
ment as soon as possible. =.
The fit ieth anniversary of the
birth of the Rerublicon party was
celebrated at jackson, Mich. last
Wednesday. Secretary of State
John Hay and Senator Fairbanks
were the orators.
The size Of the Irish potato in
duttry' in northampton county is
evidenced by Il shipment from Cape
Charles OF 1000 barrels daily for
some days last week. The price
ranged about $3.50 a barrel.
The Department of Agriculture
has referred to the Department of
Justice the matter of the right of
the government 20 conduct expert
ments in Texas with a Guatemala
ant in destroying the cotton boil
weevil.
In their answer to the suit for
receiver for the Virginia Passenger
and Power Company Of Peters
burg, Frank and Helen Gould
made sensational charges against
George Il. Fisher of New York, of
fraud.
The City Council Of Roanoke,
by vote of IL TO s, has passed n
cow law 20 60 into effect January
/, 1905. The -ouncil also appro.
priated $4,000 for sewers. All
city officers were reelected with
out opposite
Gen. Joseph H. Lewis, famous
as commander of the "Orphan
Brigade" in the Corfederacy,
dropped dead in Frankfort, KY,
last Thursday. He was Chief
Justice of the Kentucky Court of
Appeals for more than so years.
Doctors are still discussing sug-
gested methods OF treatment for
cancer and leprosy with the hope
of possible cures, or at least of
some mitigation Of the sufferings
of the victims. But the ablest
physicians are not inclined to ex-
press sanguine antieipations.
The Court of Appeals will be
asked to pass or the constitution
atty of the act of the School
Board in adopting uniform list
of schOol-books for the State
schools, and a mandamus will be
applied for to prevent the books
going into the schools until the
matter is decided.
Captain Lamb, of the Danish
navy, says no fault could be found
with the captain or crew of the
Steamer Norge, which was wreck
ed off Rockall reef, and officers Of
the United States Steamship Com
pany, which owned the steamer,
deny the statements made by the
survivors that the strings of the
lifebelts were rotten.
The Town Council of Harrison
burg has decided to issue $50, 900
of per cent. 30-year bonds for
the purpose of installing an
electric-light plant. The town
has bought for $4,000 from the
Rockingham Milling Company its
water power and other rights,
which will be used in connection
with the proposed plant.
By the bringing of grass-fed
cattle from Lancaster county into
the local market, Philadelphia
dealers in live stock succeeded
Thursday in forcing II break in
the high prices of beef which fol-
lowed the beef trusts corner in
distillery-fed cattle. The appear
ance of grass-fed cattle was un-
and the effect was i'm
mediate.
Despite the widespread obSery-
ance in Virginia of the Fourth of
July, no accidents OF magnitude
attributable to the cele-
bration have been reported. This
is supposed to be due in large part
to the fact that in the South the
takes quiet trend;
few fireworks or explosives are
used, and the diversions are con-
fined to outings by land or sea.