The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-01-12

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definite causes brought about the sep
aration other than a growing incom-
patibllity.
Il am sorry that General Bingham
swears," said Rev. c. II. Parkhurst
the New York pastor MARK me; no
gentleman swears, and a man cannot
make gentlemen out Of his subordl-
mates II he is not a gentleman him
self" The favorite oath Of the new
police commissioner IS said to be by
the nine gods Of war"
Monday, Jan. g.
The Nicaraguan congress has par
dOned William S. Albers, an American
citizen who was imprisoned for al
legged insulting remarks about Presl-
dent Zelaya, and also issued q decree
Of amnesty for all political prisoners.
The developments at the Naval acad.
envy at Annapolis, Nd, are that
Stephen Decatur, Jr., on trial for haz-
Ing. was declared acquitted and re-
stored to duty, but was rearrested
shortly afterward and Will be tried un-
der other charges Of hazing.
Five men were instantly killed, four
others fatally hurt and seven seriously
Injured by the explosion Of a ton Of
dynamite at the Quarries Of the Dolese
& Shepard company at Gary, Ill. All
Of the men killed and injured were for
elgners who were labOrlng In the quar-
ries.
The italian government is attempting
to secure mercy for Mrs. Antoinette
Tolla, the young Italian woman under
sentence to be hanged next Friday at
| Hackensack, n. j., for murder. The
Italian vice consul at Newark had a
conference with Mrs. Tolla's counsel,
who will appear before tho state board |
Of pardons in the woman's behalf.
Saturday, Jan. o.
Benjamin f. Rothsteln Of Bradford. |
Pa, whose father Is a millionaire, will |
do duty as a private on the new Penn
sylvania state police force at SEQ per
month.
The Dominican revolution Is subsld- |
ing, and It is now thought that the \
country will soon become quiet The
death Of General Rodriguez appears to
have had a most pacific effect upon the
rebels, and the collapse Of the Morales
rebellion, II is thought, will follow
The announcement that an American
squadron IS to 60 to Spanish waters
pending the international Moroccan
conference at Algeciras excites sur
prise and much talk among diplomats
at Paris. Admiral Sigsbee's squadron
will be only six miles away when the
Moroccan conference meets.
For months the president has been
receiving letters attacking him for his
position on the Panama canal, on rail-
road rebates and on every prominent
public question that has come up for
discussion. John Peabody, living near
Montclair, n. j., was arrested on the
charge Of annoying President Roose-
welt by writing the letters.
Friday, Jan. D.
Twenty-one miners In the Coaldale
company's shaft at Coaldale, W. Va,
were instantly killed by an explosion
that took place there
Mayor Dickinson, at Springfield
Mass has prohibited the performance
Of "sapho" by Olga Nethersole on the
ground that the play would be offen-
slve to the good morals Of the city. :
Miss Nethersole will substitute Mag {
da." :
The remarkable allegation that the
British feet was held in readiness to {
destroy the Russian feet II the battle G
Of the sea Of Japan had gone In the
Russian favor is made by Admiral Ro- |
Jestvensky In q report published at ST. I
Petersburg with the permission Of the q
minister Of marine.
Thursday, Jan. Z.
Governor James X. Vardaman In
his annual message TO the Mississippi ;
legislature again took a strong stand !
against spending public money for the !
education Of the negro. Z
Senator Bracket Of Saratoga soon O
after the Albany legislature convened d
a resolution demanding Of Z
Chauncey NJ Depew his resignation as d
United States senator from his state. 5
The original Of owen Wister's "The q
John Henry Hicks, manager II
Of the great ct. o." ranch in Mexico, b
was married to Miss Katherine Adams, Il
daughter OF Edward T. Adams, edIto- Is
rial writer on n San Francisco news
paper, in that city.
Eight miners were burned, two Of
them fatally, in q peculiar accident at u
the Hazelton (Pa.) shaft OF the Lehigh "
Valley Coal company. Two men were II
powder through the gangway 9
when one Of the kegs exploded by com y
ng in contact with an overhead trolley a
wire used In the operation Of electric y
motors. q
Wednesday, Jan. 2. a.
Mrs II. F. Sykes Of 3j2 South Fifth q
venue, Mount Vernon, n. Y, has been \
Missing from her home for a week. and u
Ter relatives have asked the police to
ind her.
John Farrell, a quaTryman at West II
hester. Pa. recentlyr-placed twenty II
I've pounds OF dynamite in bis stable -
{ was sufficient 10 blow up the local %
~. Farrell went TO look after his dyna- 7,
mite. and all he found was paper left
y rats, which had torn open the pack
ges and eaten the contents He fears
o set a trap now. "A
An agreement TO abolish rebating on N
II their premiums has been entered wl
lto by the New York Life Insurance Y,
ompany. the Equitable Life Assurance
ociety and the Mutual Life Insurance
ompany Grover Cleveland has been
ppolnted referee TO decide all cues ma