Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-22
Condensed NEWS
Brief Items of Interest for the
Busy Reader

Brief Items Of Interest for the
Busy Reader
Negroes are taking the places Of
foreigners in South Chicago steel
plants.
A movement Is on foot Ia Rich
mond to build a handsome public
bathhouse.
The new wing of the University
Of Virginia Hospital erected at u
cost of $4,000 was informally
opened last Wednesday.
Gen. Lew Wallace, the author
OF "Ben Hur" and "Prince OF In.
dia," Is dead at his home in Craw-
foI dsville, Ind, aged rs years.
Seven hundred residents Of Rich
mond have been summoned by or
der Of the mayor, for failures 10
remove snow from the sidewalks.
The Tidewater Virginia Inter-
denominationll Ministerial Union
at q meeting teId in Norfolk APP
pointed committee to report ON
the divorce evil In Virginia.
A petition has been presented in
the Senate in North Carolina ask
Ing for q law making the marriage
of girls under 18 years of age lar
ceny on the part Of the groom.
Congressman Claude A. Swan
son stated recently in Richmond
that he will take the stump In his
campaign for the Gubernatorial
nomination, but has not decided
on the data.
At auction 10 shares of the cap
ital stock Of the Peoples National
Bank, Charlottesville, par value
800 each, belonging to the estate
Of the late John K. Massey, brought
1921 share.
Four Cinnamon in Baltimore
including q father and his two
sons-haye announced their intea-
of becoming men bers Of the Cath
Ollie church, and another has ex-
pressed desire to do SO.
The Gear of Russia has declared
to Count Tolstoi that he was in
favor of land congress, and ex-
pressed the conviction that the
time has come to prepare to give
the people q voice in the COVER
ment.
Fire destroyed the public school
building at Big Stone Gap last
week, the loss being $25, 600, with
SIS, 600 insurance. The Worlds
Fair Exhibit OF Wise county was
alec destroyed. The schoolhouse
was a stone structure.
Mr.. Owen Bailey, one of the
oldest citizens Of Page county, is
dead at his home near Rileyville,
ten miles north of Lursy. He wac
about eighty years Of age, and was
known as the midget Of Page coun-
ty, being not more than four feet
in height.
The Anti-Saloon Leagne of vir-
ginia is protesting against the
widespread reports that Judge
William Hedges Mann, of Motto
way. is its candidate for the Gov
ernorship. The league desires to
disclaim all responsibility for his
candidacy, and says that he will
not be officially Endorsed.
In years past many boys have
been drowned in the James river
in Richmond while endeayorirg to
learn to swim. The City Council
has endorsed q resolution appro-
priating money for the construc-
ton of summer bathing Pool in
the river, where precaution can be
taken for the protection OF life.
For the first time in the history
of football, the eleven Of the
United States Military Academy
at West Point, N. Y, will line up
next November against Sa outhern
team. The fortunate Southern
team is the eleven of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute at Blacks
burg. The game will take place
Der 4th on the West Point
field.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has loaned to
the Confederate Museum at Rich
mond Gen. Robert 4. Lees saddle,
spurs, two bride bits and a hand
some pair Of field glasses. The
museum also has the parole Of
Lee and his staff officers,
Issued at tie surrender ut Apo
April 8. 1865. 1t contains
The signatures Of General Lee and
Xix of mis- staff.
The Senate Committee On Indian
Affairs has decided not to insert
anything in the Indian Appropri-
alton bill that might conflict with
the policy Of the President with
respect to the use Of tribal funds
Tor the use Of contract school, and
Senator Bard, of California, hav-
ug failed before that committee,
If which he IL member, in his
,ffort to prevent the use Of these
'unds by Catholic or other denoml-
rational schools, will carry his
light to the floor of the Senate.
A Continual Strain
Many men and women are con-