Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-09-08
NEWS ITEMS.
The yellow fever situation in New
Orleans is favorable.

The yellow fever situation in New
Orleans is favorable.
o. W. Clare, of King George coun-
ty, found in his field of corn one
stalk which contained 81 ears, each
ear being we'll filled with grain.
Uneasiness is manifested at the
prevalence in Richmond, Va, of ty-
phoid fever and diphtheria, which
diseases are said to be on the in
crease.
The Farmers National Congress.
to which Governor Montague on Au.
gust 18th named some one-hundred
and fifty delegates, will assemble in
Richmond September 18th.
Westmoreland Camp of Confeder.
ate Veterans has invited VIM. b.
Sanders, of Lancaster county, as one
of the orators at their annual reu-
MON on September 27th.
President Roosevelt will discour-
age the triumphal entry idea which
District of Columbia officials have
been planning for his return to
Washington September 80. The
President feels that any attempt to
celebrate his success in bringing
Russia and Japan together at Ports
mouth and In solving their problems
for them would be 10 bad taste.
The South last year exported Al
per cent. of the value of the ex-
ports of the whole country total
OF $6l4,90O,00O. OF course, the
greatest single commodity was cot
ton. Manufactured cotton goods,
timber, tobacco, petroleum, grain,
coal, cattle, iron, steel, etc., were
exported. 1t should not be long. at
this rate, before half of the whole
country's exports will be sent out
from the South.
An electric road extending from
Ashland to Tappahannock, taking in
Petersburg and Richmond and run.
ming through the counties of Han
over, King William, Essex, Henrico,
Chesterfield, Prince George, Dinwid.
die, Amelia, and Powhatan is at last
taking some tangible form. The
road will be about one hundred miles
long. A charter for such an enter.
prise was granted last week by the
State Corporation COMMISSIONED the
Virginia Light and Power Company.
President Roosevelt has Informed
the war Department that he desires
that Lieut.. Fitzhugh Lee, jr., Twelfth
U. 8. Cavalry, be assigned to special
duty 10 Washington. He will take
the place of Lieut.. Granville r. For
tesque, who Is a relative of the Presi.
ident, and for two years has been
stationed in Washington, his principal
duty consisting of making himself
generally useful at the White House
during the social season. Lieut.. Lee
is q son of the late General Fitzhugh
Lee and a Granddaughter of Gen. Rob
ert f. Lee.
There are being fewer applications
for rural free delivery now than there
were in the past. A petition filed
from the First District was acted on
favorably. This makes two petitions
that have come up from the First
District, and two routes have been
established and are in operation. Mr..
Jones says that his people do not
care for rural delivery. Representa-
tive Swanson, who has the banner
rural delivery district in the State.
and has had for years, added eight
to his list during May, June and
July. He increased his lead on all
the districts except the Fourth.
During the three months, the busy
time Of his campaign, Mr.. Swanson
found time to file six petitions with
the department. He did not have a
single petition turned down.