Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-08-17
NEWS ITEMS.

The Caroline Echo is the title of the
new weekly newspaper just established
at Bowling Green by Editor j. p. Bah
ington.
At the State Dental Society, at Old
Point, DR.. F. w. Stiff, of Richmond,
was chosen one of the vice-presidents.
The body will meet next year at James
town.
Lieut.. John F. James was killed in
the Philippines in hand-to-hand fight
with band of Pulajanes. He was a
nephew of r. A. James, editor of the
Danville Register.
The ''insurgent" Jr. o. u. A. NJ,
have won sweeping victory. The
New Jersey Supreme Court declares
the ''loyalists" have no right to organize
subordinate bodies in that State.
For the first time in thirteen years the
government announces its purpose to
purchase silver for coinage purposes.
The average requirements of the treas
ury throughout the year will probably
not exceed 10, 900 ounces per week.
Packed meats must now have Gov
eminent tags. Uncleanly conditions
existing in a great number of Ameri-
can canning plants have prompted the
Secretary of Agriculture to decided
action. The law viii be enforced by
October LIST.
The race at Colonial Beach on Aug.
3, between Roberta, owned by Eugene
Miller, of Washington, and King Red
wood, owned by Fred Fairfax, of the
Hague, resulted in a victory for King
Redwood. About 5000 people wit
messed the race.
An indictment charging the Standard
Oil Company with receiving rebates in
the form of nonpayment of storage
charges to certain railroad companies
was returned by the Chicago Federal
grand jury. The indictment came as
surprise, inasmuch as the grand jury
had just begunthe investigation.
j. d. Montague, brother of former
Governor Montague, of Virginia, was
found dead Saturday in his home at
Sheffield, Ala. His family is in Vir-
GINA Indications were that he died
of poisonous drug, but the coroner's
jury was unable to decide whether
it was taking purposely or accidentally.
Uncle Sam has another island to look
after. One has been thrown up to him
of Alaska. 1t came out of the sea as
the result Of submarine volcanic action,
and Is near Boraslov Island. The
waters around the island were still at
the boiling point when the news of its
appearance was brought to Unalasks
by fishermen.
James Dants, of Washington, is in
jail at Montross to await the action OF
the grand jury for an attempt to muir
der his wife by cutting her throat with
razor. The affair occurred on Satur.
day while on a visit to the home OF
Mrs. Dants' brother, Mr.. Charles Jones
OF Sandy Point, in WestmorelanG
/ Nolc Will recover.
A pair of aquatic shoes has been con
structed which enables the wearer tt
walk on the water as easily as a shiI
sails the sea. When a foot is slipped
into each, and the wearer gives slight
hunck forward with the body and 8
deft push with first the right foot anc
then with the left. the shore begin.
to slip behind him as if he were wear
ing the famed seven-league boots.
Slowly working it's way north in the
western edge of the Gulf Stream is 9
group of twelve bamboo trees. Last
week the grove, which with it's punky
soil and rootings slipped into the sea
from some of the West Indian group, wa,
about twenty miles southwest of Dia.
mond Shoals lightship, North Carolina
The trees were standing upright in the
water. their height varying all the wa,
from ten to twenty feet.
The average American today is bet.
ter and bigger, physically and mentally
than any one that ever walked the
earth before him. This means tina,
you" are better and bigger ant
stronger and more able than the ancien,
Greeks or the Romans or the English
and the French and the Teutons of tn.
past ages. This is the declaration O,
DIR. A. Franklin Heimlich, one of the
best known students of archaeoloe,
and comparative history.
Exasperated at the slowness of 8
Chicago street car, and fearful O,
missing the funeral train on which the
body of her friend was being carried
Mrs. S. Nj. Chidesler pushed the NOR.
torman off the car, took the controlle,
herself, and turned on full speed unit
she reached the railroad station. Their
she stopped the car and jumped off,
and climbed sand embankment and
caught her train. In this fight Mrs.
Chidesler knocked three wagons of
the track and injured two men.
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