The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-06-15

New Zealand. lie had complained Oi
feeling 80 and had gone 90 his state
room. where he was found dead
Henry A. Du Pont has been decided
upon for United States senator by the
caucus OF Republican members Of the
Delaware legislature Du Pont r.
ccircd 30 votes and J. Edward Addicks
10 votes The vote was then made
unanimous for Du Pont on motion Of
Addicks The legislature viii vote Tor
senator today. and Du Points election
| IS conceded.
Monday, June II.
Thomas Whitaker Trenchard u
Brdgeton. y. j.. Judge Of the court of
common pleas OF Cumberland county.
has been elevated by Governor Stokes
10 the supreme court bench 10 ON tie
vacancy caused by the death Of jus
tice Jonathan Dixon.
The ljl duels between Richard Zou.-
bory. q we'll known Hungarian sports
man residing at Budapest, aud officials
connected with the Hungarian Land
and Mortgage bank Will not take place
the matter having been settled boy an
apology by Zombory.
Miss lone NJ. Bum Of West Union.
O., was Killed at Newburg, y. Y. dur
ing a storm boy a falling tree. Mrs. !.
W Bum mother of the girl, WAS serl-
ously hurt, and Hazel Coonan. aged
fotrrf...t. ~ Nr..,.f f.,tr.r laI I.r l...r It...
ken and was hurt about the head.
Nothing can convince London al tie
moment that the women In America
are not going about clad IN the fash
ION of Mother Eve; that they are not
less modestly arrayed than was Lady
GOdiva, The newspapers assert that
a crusade far from purltanical Is be-
ing waecd ln America against the
peek-a-boo shirt waist. and long de-
scriptlous of the shocking garments
worn by women here are being pub
lishcd
Saturday, June %.
While suffering from the most m
tense heat Of the season the people Of
Cincinnati were also suffering from n
water famine, the supply for the hill
tops having failed for a whole day.
The boom for William J. Bryan as
the Democratic nominee for president
has struck Illinois Former Mayor
Carter Harrison declared just before
departing for his summer home a.
Mount Huron, H., hat the man who
has twice headed the Democratic ma
tional ticket Is the logical choice Of the
present hour
Friday, June :.
Hooyersyllle, q town eighteen miles
north Of Johnstown, Pa. was visited
by a cloudburst, and Stony creek rose
to eighteen feet IN a short time The
only fatality resulting from the fool
so far reported Is the killing Of an uu-
known woman who was struck by a
train while standing on the famous old
stone bridge at Johnstown watching
the high water.
Taking the items for the refurnlsh
Ing Of the White House. the care Of the
grounds and the travelling expenses Of
the president as his text, Mr.. Brun
dldge in congress contrastcd the eX
penses OF the last Cleveland admins
tration, the Mckinley administration
and the administration Of Theodore !
Roosevelt. lie made a bitter attack on
the president for alleged extravaganza.
"Mr. Downes, who IS to De married |
to your daughter tomorrow night, Is
the husband Of my daughter. His
name was Robinson, but after he got /
into trouble he had II changed 20 |
Downes." This letter. signed by John
j. Thompson Of Philadelphia and sent
10 Mr.. Walter, has shattered the 70
nance Of Miss Edith irwin Walter, one
Of the best known society girls in
Mount Vernon, ny
Thursday, June 7.
The Republican state convention al
Harrisburg, Pa, nominated for gov
ernor on the first ballot former Mayor
Edwin s. Stuart Of Philadelphia. His
opponents for the nomination were i
II. Murray Of Clearheld J. V. Thomp
son Of Fayette, Colonel Louis Watrei
Of Scranton and Charles w. Stone OF
Warren.
Joseph Boyer. chief clerk at Altoona
Pa, for the Pennsylvania railroad, told
tie Interstate commerce commission
that on a salary Of only s2,70O be has
in three years past managed TO get "on
the side" as ho expressed H. Si0470.ji
in cash. besides 235 shares Of free coal
company stocks. some Of which yield
from 100 10 20 per cent year in "ir
regular dividends"
After twenty-one years Of silence.
during which time be was unable 10
utter an Ineligible sound. Louis Men
delson Of Chicago suddenly recovered
his power OF speech Mendelson is thIr
weight years old and had not spoken
since he was seventeen years old, when
he had scarlet fever. To the surprlso
of bis brothers he walked into theii
wholesale liquor store and said He
10. Is TINS not enough TOT you
"wednesday, June @.
The Paris police have discovered thai
the attempt on the life Of King Alfonso
in Paris on May 81, 1908, and that IN
Madrid on May 81 this year were or
ganized by the same person.
The navy department has received
news Of the safe progress toward Ma
Mia Of the dry dock Dewey from the
commander Of the towing fleet at Co
lombo. lie reports fair weather and nc
trouble and says that they will touch
for coal and supplies at Singapor,
about June 2l
Rain of Ashes at Naples.
NAPLES. June Blowing 70 the
falling in Of the crater Of Yesuvius
toward OttaianO. q thick rain Of ashes