Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-05
NEWS ITEMS.

Governor General Taft, of the
philippines, became President Roose-
velt's Secretary of War, vice Mr..
Root, on February LIST.
The Virginia County Court, which
passed out of existence on February
lst, was probably the oldest judicial
institution in America.
Attorney-G General Anderson de-
cldes that witness if engaged in a
case for several days is entitled to
mileage for only one day.
Cotton has siumped. After reach
ing Is cents the bottom dropped out.
A panic is imminent. 1t is doubtful
whether the "bulls" can resuscitate
prices.
On account of the peculiar condi-
ton in which the voters of Virginia
are placed by the new Constitution
no more local-option elections can be
held until June.
William @. Whitney, former Score
tary of the Navy, died Tuesday after
noon at his home in New York. He
died while under the influence of
ether, administered preparatory to q
second operation for appendicitis.
Mr.. Whitney was in his siIty-fourth
year.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the
American woman who was serving q
life sentence in England for having
poisoned her husband, was released
last week on special license. Her
case is one that caused much CORES
pondence between the two countries
In the past ten years.
The standing of the first class of
midshipmen, who graduated on Mon
day at the Naval Academy at An
napolis, Md, has been made out for
the four years. course. They num-
Der 81. Among them is John j.
McCracken, of Fredericksburg, ap-
pointed from the First District, who
os0a0o luC list.
The open season for game closed
when the month of January ended,
and after February 1st it "shall he
unlawful for any person to hunt, kill
or capture in any manner, or buy,
offer for sale, or have in possession
any wild turkeys, pheasants or grouse,
quail or psrtridges, or woodcook, east
of the Blue Ridge Mountains"
To save railroad fare from Mentor.
Mimi, to Buford, N. D., woman
was bundled into box to I've shipped
as baggage on the ticket bought by
her husband. Unfortunately, how
ever, there was delay of two hours,
during which the box with the
human freight lay on the platform
in the bitter cold. The woman was
plucky and determined, and stood
the uncomfortable situation as long
as possible. At last, in danger of
death by freezing, she made her
presence known. She was released.
and the couple left the station.
Dressed in a suit of her brothers
clothes and with her long hair cut
short and crammed into mans wig.
May Dondell, % years old, of Terre
Hauie, lnd., applied to the recruiting
sergeant at Fort Sheridan TO be mus
tered into Company /, of the u.
=. Army, which is ordered to the
Philippines The girl broke down
when Informed that she must under
go regular physical examination and
confessed her sex. Heartbroken at
the thought of separation from her
sweetheart, who is private in the
company, she said that she tried to
enlist as a man in order to accom-
pany him to share his danger.
V. j. Kirwan, mayor of Sever
ance, Kansas. has given under his
hand and seal ieap-year prociama-
ton, which concludes: at shall be
lawful, right and proper and fitting,
and the unalienaSle privilege of any
single woman in this oity, be she
maid or widow, to ask or solicit the
hand in wedlock of any single man,
young or old, whom she may choose.
And any man so asked shall be In
duty bound to accept such proposal,
unless he can give good and suffi.
cient reason for refusing; such rea-
son being based on the fact of his |
already being engaged"