Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-12-13
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Koreans from the United States.
The French bill, separating
Church and State, has passed the
Senate and will 60 into effect i'm
mediately.
Estimates Of the amount needed
for the different departments Of
the United States Government for
the next fiscal year reach a total
of 1904, 246,415.
Judge William Hodges Mann OF
Nottoway, defeated in the recent
primary for the gubernatorial
nomination, declared last Wednes-
day that as far as be can zee things
now be will be a candidate again
four years hence.
The old, dilapidated building that
stood near the scene Of the famous
Bloody Angle battle, not far from
Spotsylvania Courthouse, has been
removed. The old building, with
its marks and scars Of that never
to-be- forgotten conflict, was an in
teresting object 10 visitors to that
historic spot.
In a little pen at the Union
Stock Yards, Chicago, surrounded
by thousands of cattle, there are
seven buffaloes, almost the last OF
their race, awaiting the butchers
knife. Four hundred dollars b.
piece is the price the bufsIoes are
expected to bring which would
make the price of real good buff
falo steak nearly 81.
The Association of Farmers OF
Loudoun and Fairfs x counties will
hold seri,s Of meetings in the
interests of landowners Of the two
countios 6rring December. Pio-
lessor Andre Soule, of the Viz
GINA Polytechnic Institute, will
speak at HerndCn Monday, Dec.
Is, at Leesturg Tuesday, Dec. 10,
anG at Hamilton Zee 20.
An American who has been
travelling through Cuba adyertis-
ing American goods, declares that
Cuba is in the hands of "csrpet-
baggers. and adds: "With the
exception of President Palma and
few others, the island is governed
BY lot of political adventures
and 'grafters,' who are robbing
the people to make themselves
RICH"
The United States Supreme
Court last week reversed the
decision of the Circuit Court of
southern Iowa in the case OF the
Iowa State Auditor against certain
insurance companies. The law OF
1895 prohibiting insurance com
panies from entering into an
agreement to fix rates or com.
missions of agents is declared to
be constitutional.
The negroes have raised $1,000
for the exhibit they propose to
make of the negro industries to
show the progress of the negroes
at the Jamestown celebration, and
they have nominated William
Thorogood, the janitor of the
customhouse building, as the COM
missioner general and he will open
an office in Richmond for the care
of the negro interests Jan. L.
The bark Matanzas, the largest
vessel of it's kind that has ever
been in Norfolk harbor, has COM
pleted a cargo of creosoted pileing
and lumber at the plant Of the
Atlantic Creosoting Works, on the
eastern branch of the Elizabeth
river, for the Istbmus of Panama.
The vessel cleared the latter part
of last week for Colon and carried
400 900 feet of lumber and 10000
feet of pile.ng which is the largest
shipment of creosoted lumber ever
made from the city by the sea.
Acting Postmaster G en- eral
Frank H. Hitchcock has issued the
following order in connection with
the jamestown Exposition: "Order
No. 49l: Inasmuch as Congress
has made an appropriation for an
Intern Ational t-av.l, marine and
military celebration, TO be held in
the vicinity of Jamestown, Va, In
the year 1907, t. e Postcffice De-
partment will not object to the
posting Of bird's-eye views or other
proper material pertaining only to
the celebration on tie walls OF
postofices where it will not inter-
fere with the official business.
The matriculation books at che
University Of Virginia show that
703 students have completed their
for the session 1906.
Of the present enrolment, eS4 per
cent are church members, and Bat
per cent are affiliated with some
denomination, leaving "a per cent
without church merbership, or
utilization. This shows an increase
in church members over last ses-
sion of about 10 per cent. The
different denominations represent
ed in the student body by church
membership and utilization, are as
follows: Episcopal, 259; Pres by
teriau, 1872; Methodist, 1872;
Baptist, 81; Catholic, 20 disciples,
10; Lutheran, 10; Hebrew, I; Con-
5; Unitarian, 2;
German Reformed, 3; German
Baptist, 2; Quaker 2; Adventist
/; Universalist, /; Progressive