Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-01-06
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A Russian steamship company
will establish line between Odessa
and New York.
The main Office Of the Poca.
hontas Coal and Coke Company
will Re removed from Philadelphia
to Roanoke.
1t is said the better element in
Santo Domingo is seeking annex
alton by the United States, or a
pr0tectorate,
A supposedly hopeless case Of
cancer, according to areport in
New York, has been cured ~ the
use of radium.
The cadets Of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute at Blacks
burg, will attend the st. Louis
Exposition in June.
The pastor of a cOlored church
in Pennsylvania says that if the
negro wants to progress he must
give up cakewalking.
The report that the Jefferson
Hotel in Richmond will be restored
to it's former magnificent proper
tions, and may be enlarged, is
denied.
1t was reported in New York
that John d. Rockefeller and his
allies have wrested the control Of
the Steel Corporation from J. p.
Morgan and his friends.
While celebrating Christmas by
drinking with party Of friends in
a saloon Robert Ogden, 81 years
old, of Winchester, dropped dead
from what was said TO be heart
failure.
Mrs. Thomas Sanford and Mrs.
Clarence Cunningham, sisters, who
live next door to each other on
Mallory street, Pheobus, on Christ
mas Day, within an hour of each
other, presented each nus band
with twins, all four of the little
ones being girls.
A colored woman in Richmond,
named Maggie L. Walker, who has
the distinction of being the only
woman of ner race who is a bank
president, received as Christmas
present handsome victoria and Il
pair of coal black horses from her
admirers.
Mr.. J. Shelton Williams of Rich
mond, resigned as president of the
Seaboard Air Line at the annual
meeting Of directors in New York
and was elected chairman of the
new board, while Vice-President
and General Manager Barr was
elected president.
A unique organization, called
the sold Maids Mutual Aid, has
been formed in a Missouri town.
The society purposes TO take adj
vantage of "the opportunity af-
forded to ladies who, having ar
rived at years of discretion, are
minated and unloved.
Col. W. F. Cody, known as "Buf-
falo Bill" has purchased the Nate
Salisbury interest in the Wild
West Show from the Salisbury
estate, and has formed partner
ship in that show with j. A. Baily,
owner of the Barnum h Bailey
circus under the firm name of Cody
& Bailey.
The Shenandoah Valley National
Bank at Winchester displayed a
Christmas tree, which, though
only two feet high, was calculated
to excite the admiration of its be-
holders. 1t was trimmed with $50
gold pieces and gold certificates.
amounting in value to over one
thousand dollars.
DR.. II. X. Pancoat, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, says he
has discovered that it is possible
by means of the X-rays so to bleach
the skin of negro that to all in
tents and purposes the subject be-
comes a white person. The dis
covery was made incidentally Will.
negroes were being treated at the
university for cancer and lupus.
1t is generally understood that
the old clerks and sergeant-at-arms
and doorkeepers of the Legislature
will be reelected. Arthur O'Sul-
Ivan, the one-legged Confederate
veteran who has been door-keeper
of the House for 35 years, is i'll at
his home in Montgomery county,
and may never be able to fill the
position again, but his delegation
will present his name to the caucus
and he will not likely have OPP
position.
The Woodlawn mansion in Fair
fax county, below Mount Vernon,
barely escaped destruction by fire
on Sunday last. Passers-by saw
the flames in the attic through
the dormer windows and saved the
house. The mansion was built by
Gen. George Washington for Nellie
GUSTS, his step-granddaughter,
when she was married to his
nephew, Lawrence Lewis. 1t is
one of the landmarks of that Sec
ton of the county.
MiIliOnaires' Poor Stomach
The WORKOUT stomach OF the over-fed
millionaire Is often parade In the public