Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-06-28
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, College Of Medicine at Richmond
to succeed DR.. j. Allison Hodges
who had resigned.
The first new wheat Of the year.
"a bushels--arrived in Baltimore
, last Wednesday by water from
, Lancaster county. 1t was sold
for $1.10 per bushel.
At banquet in London recent
ly the Lord Mayor mentioned that
} his wife, his three daughters-in-
law, his chaplain, his butler and
his steward were all total abstain
ers.
Grading for the Tidewster Rail-
road, which Is to run from West
Virginia to Norfolk, has been
begun on the south side of the
Nottoway river IN Southampton
county.
In official circles in Washington
1t Is said that the stumbllng-block
in the way of an armistice between
Russia and japan is the unwilling
ness Of either belligerent TO take
the initiative.
The peasants upon Count
TOlstoi's estate in Russia refuse to
work, saying the land will soon be
theirs. Cossacks charged a crowd
Of demonstrators near Moscow and
killed 20 persons.
King Oscar of Sweden in a
speech at the opening Of the
Riksdsg, or Parliament, prac-
tlcally consented to the dissolu-
ton Of the union with Norway,
accepting the inevitable.
The Massachusetts, Supreme
Court has handed down a decision
holding that an attempt TO force
laborers to combine in unions is
against the policy OF the law, be-
cause it aims at monopoly of the
labor market.
The tiniest baby in all the world
is living today in an incubator.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob HesseI OF Cleveland,
Ohio, and weighs just one pound
and seven ounces. In the opinion
of DIR. Fischet and others she will
continue to live and grow.
At the meeting at Nashville,
Tenn, Of the board of trustees of
Vanderbilt University the resigna-
ton of Bishop R. K. Hargrove, as
president of the board, was accept
ed. and Bishop C. B. Galloway OF
Mississippi, was elected 10 the
vacancy. Bishop Hargrove's re.
tirement 10 due to i'll health
In the United States Court at
Roanoke, j. o. Kasey of Roanoke
county, was fined 800 and given
80 days in jail for retailing liquor
without a license. William NJ.
Whaling of Wise county, was sent
to the penitentiary for one year
and fined 800 on the same
charge.
A train on the Lake Shore
Southern, which is the western
division of the New York Central,
the other day travelled from Chi
cago to Buffalo, a distance of 500
miles in 453 minutes, ali average
of II miles an hour. This is said
to be the worlds record for the
distance.
The Augusta County Demo-
cratic Committee fixed August
as the date for holding the primary
for the nomination Of candidates
for Senator from the Ninth dis
trict and two candidates for the
House of Delegates from Augusta
county and Stanton. Each candi-
date was assessed 500. The board
appointed $50 judges and clerks.
The application of the Chinese
exclusion act to high class Chinese
who merely desire to crosse the
United States on their way home,
has caused an indignant outburst
in all parts Of the country. Such
an incident happened recently in
Boston. The law was designated
to keep out the coolies and not to
bar out the rich, cultured and
noble classes. ~
Springfield Mass. Republican;
One of the Vermont newspapers
learns from a drug-house drummer
that the patent medicine business
Is better in Vermont in towns vot-
ing no license. This is.very con-
elusive testimony to the lcoholic
character of many of these medi-
cines. Village tOpers long ago
learned to get what they wanted
in this way.
The City Democratic Committee
Of Newport News has set the other
stiles and counties and example.
which would result III greatly de-
,reasing if not 10 altogether re-
from candidates the burden
IF heavy assessments with which
10 defrAy the expenses Of the State
primary August 22nd. Newport
News proposes to conduct the
primary there without pay for the
service Of judges.