Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-10-17
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upon them.
Ten thousand persons visited the
Virginia State Fair at Richn ond
on its opening day last week.
General Mills, superintendent of
West Point Military Academy, re-
ports that hazing has been abol-
lshed at the academy.
American railroads the past year
employed l,382,l76 persons; took
in 50, 0s2, 5s2, 7O3; killed 9,7O3 per-
sons, and wounded 5000.
u President Roosevelt is consider
ing the idea of mentioning his plan
of tax on fortunes in his annual
message, and will probably do so.
When Cuba receives the bill for
intervention she will probably con-
clude that revolutions are an ex-
pensive habit, as well as a perni-
cious habit.
Snow was reported a few days
ago from Chicago, Duluth and the
Michigan peninsula, and a fierce
gale ragged on the Lakes, causing
several wrecks.
An estimate recently made by
experts of the United States geo.
logicai survey places Virginia as
the fourth State in tho Union in
the production Ct coke.
The great scarcity of missiona.
ries was brought out at the centen-
NAL meeting of the American
Board of Commissioners for For
eign Missions in session recently.
Nearly all the Bibles sent tn
Uganda are bound in tin in order
to guard against the voracious AT.
rlcah ants, which frequently COM
pletely devoursthe ordinary covers
of books.
Nine thousand three hundred
and ninety-four live horses were
exported from London last year,
going mainly to Belgium, and
mostly destined to take the form
Of sausage.
A reunion Of the survivors of
Mosby's cavalry WIS held in Rich
mond last week. Ouly about 100
members of the famous cavalry are
now living, while 900 enlisted for
service in the Confederate war.
Naval officers interested in the
increase CT the enlisted force Of
the navy were astonished recently
at the receipt Of letter from a
girl in Cleveland, Ohio, who says
that she would like to enlist in
The navy. ....'
1t is reported that more than
100 Jewish families move to Jeru-
salem every week. Though most
Of them are very poor, they find
means to make a scanty living.
Jerusalem is rapidly becoming
once more Jewish city.
All the prblc land within an
area of 100000 acres in the San
Diego land district, in California,
has been withdrawn from entry
by the Secretary of the Interior.
The land will be Incorporated in
the proposed San Diego forest re-
lerve.
Owing to his business affairs at
home, Hoke Smith, the new Gov
,rnor Of Georgia, has found it nee
.ssary to decline the Invitation to
AXE the stump in the present cam
oaign in Texas. Despite the fact
hat their success is assured, the
Democrats Of the Lone Star State
.re pursuing vigorous campaign
With a view to rolling up an I'M
,recedented majority.
Several companies of United
states troops have passed through
,t0unton within the past week on
heir way to Newport News II EN-.
lark for Cuba. They comprised
he Seventeenth and Eighteenth
mountain artillery, from Vancouver
Barracks, Wash. Ter; the EIev-
nth cavalry, in five sections, from
)es Moines, Ia, and tie Eleventh
Infantry, in three sections. from
Tort Russell, Wyo.
A dispatch from Elkins, W. Va,
avs: Fears entertained by the
Governor for the safekeeping of
ieorge Raschid, the Syrian leper,
re grOundless. The sheriff OF
randolph county, who recently
eturned from Pickens, reTcrts that
e found no sentiment against the
eper vindictive enough to end in
ersonal violence. The leper is
erfectly safe and will be until bis
eportatiOn to Syria, for which
Governor Dawson is arranging.
An appeal issued by Bishop Alex
nder Waters, president Of the
RATIONAL Afro-American Council,
o all the colored churches In the
United States to observe Sunday.
october 9th, as day of special
rsyer, resulted in many sermons
hat dealt with the race problem.
he bishop himself, speaking in
Few York, declared that the recent
ace riots in the South had given
whence that the whites were try
~ to degrade and destroy 10, 000,-
90 American citizens. He ad-
ised the race to rise in their own
efense. Such advice 10 calcu-
lted to get those who follow it
lto trouble.