Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-01-24
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Inteest 70 the
Busy Reade

which will favor q lock canal on
the Isthmus Of Panama.
Bills have been introduced in
the Virginia Legislature to repeal
the poll tax as a voting require
ment and to repeal the State tax on
, doctors.
In the United States Senate Mr..
Tillman severely attacked Presi-
dent Roosevelt and offered a reso-
luton to investigate the ejectment
Of Mrs. Morris from the White
House.
Ex-SenatoF David B. Hill asked
the New York State Bar Associa.
ton to investigate his connection
with the New York Life Insurance
Company as attorney, which had
caused much criticism.
The Richmond Bar Association
has rejected the report Of its
special committee recommending
the establishment of a civil juetice
court in that city for the pur Jose
of facilitating the adjudication Of
small commercial claims.
The presence of peculiarly ar
ranged boat, which is alleged to
be a Floating whisky saloon"
anchored near the mouth of Mach
odoc creek, in King George county,
has caused no little excitement Of
late. King George is local option
county.
At meeting of che stockholders
of the Roanoke Fair association,
the sale of the associations fair
grounds, in the southern section of
the city, to the Tidewster Railway
Company, was ratified. The pur-
chase was $28, 900. The association
paid IS, 600 for tho grounds three
years ago.
If an operation performed upon
the sightless CRIBS Of Mr.. Wilton
Heinard of the Episcopal Eye and
Ear Hospital in Washington is
successful Mr.. Heinard will be
able to see again after having heeu
totally blind for nearly two years.
The operation consisted of grating
upon the sightless eyes of Heinard
the transparent coma OF the eyes
of a Belgian hare.
Marshall Fields enormous for
tune was made by ordinary trade
and judiclous Investments. He was
no speculator. He made no attempts
to suppress competition. He built
up an immense retail and whole
sale dry goods trade. In his early
years he had associates, but the
vast exps nsion of his business in
he last twenty-five years was
made under bis sole direction. He
had partners in the profits, but not
in the management of his great
business.
What seems to te an organized
effort to pass off bills Of the South.
ern Confederacy has come to notice
lately in the the city Of Viennp,
the shopkeepers of which have
been victimized to q considerable
extent. The first case occurred
during the Christmas holidays,
when several jewellers accepted
Confederate notes in payment Of
purchases.
The question of abolishing or
retaining the Corporation Court of
the city of Fredicksburg .ie being OF
generally discussed and sentiment
ia divided. Senator F. w. Sims
and Delegate G. r. Swift have
asked for an expression of the
people on the subject and the re-
suit will be looked forward to with
great interest. The city council
will probably act on the matter.
Owen Fuqua, son of C. 3. Fuqua,
manager Of the COMMERCIAL Print
ing Company Of Lynchburg, and
Thomas Mays, of Campbell county,
who was visiting HE grandmother
in that city, were one day last
week held in captivity for hours
in an unused barn in the suburbs
of Lynchburg by five Vhite and
eight colored youths, who. tied
their prisoners hand and foot and
danced them in true dime novel
fashion, hourishitg reyolysrs and
knives. The lives of the little fell
lows were threatened If they called
for help. The majority of the cap
tors left at noon for their dinner,
leaving two Of their number as a
guard. The guard released the
eaptives after the others left and
then rocked them as the fed
back to the city.
Lewis NIXON, the snip builder
Of Elizabeth, N. j d, who was cent
for by the Gar to construct yes
sells for the Russian Navy, has re-
turned to the United Slater. Mr..
Nixon came direct from st. Peters
burg. In an interview he said he
had constructed ten torpedo boats
on the Black Sea for the Russian
government which completed his
When asked about future
Mr.. Nixon said there
was nothing in view at present
and no more vessels to be construct.
I'd until affairs were mole settled
n the empire. Mr.. Nixon said that
he had been in st. Petersburg
Turing tie past four months, and
aid the revolutiOn in that citv