The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-02-02
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events Of the Week Briefly
ChrOnIeied.

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fighting apparatus.
King Alfonso. accompanied by the
military members Of his household,
went TO Blarntz France, in automo-
b.les TO conduct Princess Ena Of Bat
tenberg, her mother, Princess Henry,
and Prince Alexander of Battenberg to
san Sebastian.
a fire In the little village Of McGraw,
N. y. destroyed twelve Of the fifteen
stores and shops on Main street at a
loss estimated at 100000. The loss was
much greater than it would have been
had not the village been without ado
quate fire fighting apparatus.
Monday, Jan. 20.
The secretary Of the navy has d.
rected the dismissal Of Midshlpman
Chester a. j. Bloebaum of Missouri in
execution Of the sentence imposed by
court martial NJ Annapolis on convic-
tlon of hazing.
John A. Lyons. a farmer, has won a
S1.40O automobile on q twenty-five cent
ticket at the Masonic fair at Malone
y. Y Prizes donated by Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt and the wife Of Governor
Higgins were distributed.
A peculiar coincidence Is noted IN the
sinking Of the Joseph H. Wheeler II
handsome passenger steamer. The boat
went to the bottom Of White river IN
Arkansas, at the exact hour when the
general after whom 1t was named sank
10 his last sleep in New York.
Seven buildings connected with the
United States naval training station at
Coasters Harbor island at Newport,
r. l., were destroyed by fire, the esti-
mated loss being 100000. Several ap-
prentces i'm single irons were confined
in the detention building at the time
the fire broke out Physical Instructor
Joseph Kirby liberated them by he
roic effort.
saturday, Jan. 27.
Nlc0lo Murdaco, wife murderer.
was hanged in the county jail at Jersey
City.
William n. Van Reypen. Jr., twen-
'y-three years old, son Of Rear Admiral
Van Reypen, retired, Of the United
States navy, shot and killed himself
In his rooms at New York.
The car proposes to withdraw the
special privileges hitherto accorded the
Cossacks and place them on the same
basis as other soldiers in his army. It
is the general opinion at st. Petersburg
that TO con1de the guardianship Of pub
lie order 10 such a set Of lawless brig
ands as the Cossacks IS scandalous.
Drlllers for the Virginia OIL company
told Macy Day Of video, Pa, that in
few minutes be would know whether
Dis farm was underlaid With oil. When
Tie drill penetrated into the final sand
and the greasy fluid spurted out over
the derrick Day threw bis hands in the
air and with a gasp fell to the ground.
He was dead when picked up.
Friday, Jan. &c.
The rescue ship City Of Topeka has
picked up a life raft six miles off Cape
Boale, British Columbia, with twenty
survivors Of the steamer Valencia on
board.
Politicians In Indianapolis, Ind, are
planning to give George Ade, the au-
thor, a surprise when he returns from
Europe. It Will take the form Of
for congress.
General Joseph Wheeler, the famous
cavalry leader and a briga-
dler general Of the United States army
since the war with Spain, died at the
home Of his sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith.
in Brooklyn.
Secretary Of the Navy Bonaparte has
issued an order directing the dismissal
Of Midshlpman Stephen Decatur, Jr,
Of Portsmouth, y. H., who was convict
cd by court martial at Annapolis on
charges Of hazing. Mldshipman Deca-
tur is q descendant Of Commodore ste
phen Decatur.
At the dinner Of the Confederate vet
erans camp OF New York General
Frederick d. Grant said, "In view Of
the great friendship Of my father with
General Robert q. Lee and the fact |
that in 1907 Is the one hundredth ami !
versary Of bis birth. propose that !
Jan 10, 1907, the centennial Of his |
birth. be made q national memorial |
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