Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-02
NEWS ITEMS.

The Worlds Fair closed Wednes-
day.
Judge Parker will remove to New
York city and open a law office.
Mrs. Vandusen, a bride of five DAYS,
at the Worlds Fair had a grain of
rice removed from her ear after
suffering agonies from the day of her
wedding.
The football season has ended.
Army cadets Saturday defeated the
Naval cadets by score of IL to 0.
Virginia won over North Carolina ID
to IL. ". p. l. won by IL to over
V. NJ. l.
The reporter of a Boston paper
has been denied the White House
and will be driven from the capitol
because he said the Roosevelt chill
dren chased turkey and plucked
his feathers, while the father
laughed.
1904 is, among other things, ur pre-
cedented for its small fall of water.
Around Pittsburg wells and springs
have gone completely dry, and the
reservoirs of many Pennsylvania
towns are in like condition. Dread
of fire reigns among the people since
the waterworks are dryworks.
Turks raided a Christian city,
ransacked aud destroyed all build
ings and slaughtered many thousands
of men, women and children. The
ten thousand that escaped are
starving and dying from sickness and
exposure. The American consul.
and missionaries are appealing for
help.
The 16-year-old son of Stephen
Putney, the wealthy shoe manu-
facturer of Richmond, who disap-
peared at the Worlds Fair has
been found in Kansas City, where he
had enlisted in the U. S. Army. He
will be released on account of his age.
1t was at first thought young Putney
had been kidnapped, but he admits
having run away for lark, pawned
valuable iewelry, spending the money
and afterward being ashamed to
return home, enlisted in the army.
The value of oil in calming the
sea IN storm was again demon
strated recently on the big ship
Pretoria, of the Hamburg American
line, which reached New York after
a stormy passage. The waves were
running so high that passengers were
kept below. AT a water-hole on
either side of the vessel a can con-
tanning six gallons of oil was placed
so as to permit the contents to trickle
down slowly. The effect was per-
ceptible almost Immediately and
within few moments the waves
ceased breaking violently over the
bows and were transformed into lono
gentle swells.
The wonderful fortitude of fopr.
year-old Jesse Gill, while SUFFERING
excruciating agony and dying from
burns, and the little fellows efforts
to conceal his agony from his mother
was one of the most pathetic scenes
ever witnessed in the Maryland Hos.
pital. He was so badly burned that
the skin peeled off his BODY. FORCING
a smile the child looked up lovingly
at his mother and the nurses, saving.
Don't cry. mama and peoples. /
am all right. Be like me. See /
am not crying. am laughing. and
you should do the same" All the
time he was bravely trying to sup
press grOans.
Joseph o. B. Cawood, who was
some days ago arrested and lodged in
the King George Jail under two in
dictments by the grand jury-one
for feioniously assaulting and beating
his mother, and one for felonio,.slY
assaulting and beating his sist r. is
the fellow that unearthed a eaged
skeleton some years ago and carried
1t around on exhibition. He has
also gained some notoriety by forcing
himself to the front as a local
Republican leader. Immediately
after committing the merciless as
saults upon his mother and sister.
Cawood mounted 20-year-old horse
with a side-saddle, and rode all the
way to Alexandria for the purpose of
consulting q lawyer.