Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-09-19
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Interest for the
Busy Reader

The coal production of the Unit
ed States in 1905 surpassed in
quantity and value all previous
records.
BY the retirement Of Brighten.
G.. H. Burton, Col. Ernest A.
Darlington will become inspector
general of The army.
The cowboys who have heard of
President Roosevelt's new method
of spelling declare it is "great"
and the Ruff Riders arc suspected
of being its originators.
Surgeon General Rixey of the
navy, has completed tour of the
world, in the course Of which he
inspected the hospitals maintained
by the United States in the Orient.
The quarter OF dollar is Jonah
coin. For example, you find that
it has IL stars, 13 letters in the
scroll, in the eagles wing, ID
horizontal stripes, ID leaves on
the olive branch, IL arrow heads
and 10 letters in the words quarter
dollar.
The Republican congressional
committee has dropped the 81 SUBJ
scription plan, which was only
fake to fool the voters and are
receiving liberal subscription from
the tariff protected interests and
corporations that can be made TO
fear the antitrust law.
1t has been decided to try the
army officers accused Of graft in the
civil courts In Manila instead of
by courtmartial. MAJOR General
Wood has forwarded the paper to
Washington in connection with
the case. The officers accused were
connected with the quarter masters
department.
More than a hundred grizgied
Confederate veterans who were in
Pickett's charge at Gettysburg left
Richmond last Friday and on
Saturday they marched over the
battlefield. 4 number of ladies
accompanied them, and Mrs.
Pickett joined the party at Beltl-
more.
Rear Admiral Evans has cent to
the Secretary of the Navy a report
in which he vigorously criticises
the treatment the sailors OF his
feet received while at Portland,
Me. He claims that they were
beaten by the police and refused
admittance to places OF amuse-
ment because of their uniform.
Martial law has been proclaimed
by the Cuban government. Almost
all the members of the revolution
: airy Junta and many OF the liberal
leaders, including DR.. O'Farril,
have been arrested. The amnesty
proclaimed on August q, promising
pardon to all rebels who surren-
dered, has been recalled and Presi-
dent Palma has decreed the suspen'
sion of all constitutional guarantees
Secretary Taft of the war de-
partment, has granted the request
of Secretary Shepard of the James
town Exposition board, for a bat
TALON of marines from the Norfolk
bal racks to be present at che site
of the exposition on September l9,
when the dedication ceremonies
incident to the laying of the corner
stones for the Virginia and Mary
land State buildings will take
place.
Attorney General Anderson has
just prepared an opinion in regard
to sections 667 Of the code, which
is of interest to all State officers. 1t
relates to the expenses incurred In
the arrest or detention of criminals
outside the State, and rules that
all expenses in connection there
with must be paid out Of the gen
eral fund. The bills, however,
should be sent to the auditor, who
will present them to the Governor
for his approval and they will be
paid by the treasurer.
A dispatch from Tifis says that
practically without warning the
side of a mountain rising above
} the township of Kwareli broke
away and sea of semiliquld mud,
sand and stones SWEPT down on
che township and overwhelmed and
obliterated it. Some 255 persons
have been buried alive. Fifty-five
bodies already have been recovered
from the mire, which is about six
feet deep. In addition to the lives
lost countless head of cattle perish
ed and the crops were destroyed.
A lady who bought a tightly
sealed large fruit jar at an "old
boss" auction Of the Southern Ex-
press Company in Richmond was
mortified when she investigated
the purchase. 1t turned out TO be
the stomach of man who'i died
from poison, sent to State Chemist
IDr. w. H. Taylor. The shipper
failed to provide the money for the
analysis, and as DIR. Taylor always
looks to the financial side OF the
transaction fret, the package was
not removed from the express
office, and in the course OF time
added to the "old boss" stock.
It has been stated on apparently
good authority, that Mr.. George