Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-10-26
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Brief times of Interest for the
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Last years figures for personal
injuries on American railroads
were over $4,000.
The japanese government has
made formal protest against the
use by Russian troops of Chinese
costumes.
A tropical hurricane last week
swept the east coast of Florida,
causing many wrecks and the loss,
60 far as known, of seven lives.
A Catholic priest speaking at
dinner in Hartford, Conn.,, attrib-
uted the growth of intemperance
among women to the use of patent
medicines.
New York Herald: Republicans
announce that they control the big
lsper vote in Hawaii and the Dem.
Gratis say that the control isn't
confined to Hawaii.
Judge Waddill, in the United
States Court in Norfolk, has de-
cided that members Of a bankrupt
firm could not claim partnership
property under the homestead law.
Twenty-Five hundred people last
Tuesday night witnessed the open
ing of Richmond's fourth annual
horse show, a larger number than
graced the same occasion last year.
Mississippi planters are employ
ing whole families of Mexicans for
work in that State. There is a
general movement in Mississippi,
it said, to get rid of the negro
laborer as far as possible.
The international surgical con-
gress, in session in Paris last
week, decided to appoint a COM
mittee to examine into the claims
Of DR.. Doyen that he had discov-
cred a serum for the cure of can
Ger.
DR.. Blaokford reported to the
Board of the w. S. Hospital at its
meeting on the 18th, that during
the past year 81 male and 100
female patients had been received,
and during the year there had been
1856 treated.
Refugees from Port Arthur say
that Madame Stoessel, wife Of the
famous Russian general, takes the
lead of the Red Cross work, and
il almost constantly IN attendance
at the hospital, tenderly caring for
the wounded.
1t is stated that more girls than
boys, relatively speaking, are born
in New York, which fact show.
condition the reverse of that in
Chicago, where recent birth re-
turns reveal remarkable excess of
males.
A five inch snow storm struck
Ration. n. Dr., last Wednesday. 1t
vas the first of the season and
through Colorado, and
rom the north to the south line of
New Mexico. Stock suffered
greatly from the suddenness of the
hange.
A Baltimore distillipg company
las sent Bishop Potter hadsome
edar case OF whisky 'as an evil
ence Of our friendship and esteem
or one OF the cloth whJ has the
lanly Christian spirit to advocate
be doctrine set forth in the Golden
.ule of Iive and Let Live. '"
Believing that the state Of ma
rimony is check to ambition, to
and all things else
nat seek to improve, build up and
Ivilize, "a young persons of Bay
idge, n. J,-l2 men and the
Ike number OF wOmen-have fo-m-
the Celibacy Club.
The Republican National Com
ittee has assigned a negress to
Jump the States of Utah, Colo
ida, Idaho and Montana in the
terest of Roosevelt and Fair
inks. There are said to be one
Indred thousand women in those
tates who are eligible to vote for
residential electors. More than
ne-tenths of them are white
omen.
A man giving the name Of JOS.
N Potts, is in joil in Winchester
the charge of attempted high
ny robbery. He accosted two
omen on the street and drawing
revolver, demanded their money.
! the time the streets were crowd
with people. He was arrest
Immediately atterward, and is
ought to be II crook from New
,rk.
Richmond News Leader: 1t is
ported that jim Tillman, who
led MIR. Gonzales, of the Co.
nbia Is. Co. State, has applied
, admission to the Methodist
nistry. AS the Methodist
eachers in that State were the
'st courageous and vigorous of
in denouncing the crime,
other T.llman is hardly likely
find himself in congenial COM
ny.
Healthy Mothers