Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-02
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Interest for the
Busy Reader

John Temple Graves of Atlanta,
has withdrawn from the race for
the United States Senate.
The recent eruption Of Mount
Vesuvius increased the diameter Of
the crater from 100 to 5000 feet.
IRE net earnings of the United
States Steel Corporation for the fret
quarter of 1905 were $50, 900, 200.
The Grard Lodge of Virginia
Knights of Pythias will meet in
Staunton on May %.
David Armstrong, colored, aged
1l0 years, died at Cartersville last
week. His son says his father was
20 years old when the Confederate
government called for slaves to
work on the fortificatiors around
Richmond.
Advices received from Jammu,
Kashmer, say that the plague has
STACKED the imperial troOps, and
the Stete troops of the palace
hcuse old. The number Of deaths
occurring during the past week Is
given at 1856.
According 20 fruit men Of FREE
derrick county the peach and apple
crops of that section have not
been injured by tie recent cold
snap. If the tloor is rot injured
or killed before warm weather sets
in, fruitgrowers say, the crops will
be the largest in years.
The Aetna LIthia Springs, near
Vinton, owned by several Roam
ekers, have been sold to a New
York syndicate for $4,000. The
syndicate has purchased tank cars
and will handle the WAFER in that
way to New York. They will cleo
erect a 1925, go sanitarium at the
Springs.
Thu largest sum ever paid in
Mecklenburg county for license
of any kird has bsen paid by w.
"a. Gooch for the privilege Of cell
ing liquor in the l. wn Of C"r~s
vile. The Town Coua,il nXGI TIE
liquor license at $1,000, and Sir.
Gooch was the only applicant.
Judge Barksdale granted tho
license.
Congressman j. H. BankheGd,
who was defeated for denomination
from the Sixth Alabama district
by Capt. r. P. Hobs9n, sent tho
latter the following message:
congratulations on your splendid
victory. If | cen assist in Novem-'
Ter in making your majority the
largest ever given the party in the
district, please CON msnd me-"
Many of the concerns operating
under State charters are likely &c
lave their business stopped with
in short time for failure TO COM
ely with the law and make reports
to the commission. Z he time for
action is very short, and the com.
mission has issued notice that the
charters will be declared null and
void.
The proposed electric railway
from Front Royal and Riverton
through Chester Gap to Rap
pahanDock county is attracting
wide attention, including many
capitalists and engineers. The
route has Eeen surveyed by COM
petent engineers and the project u
deemed feasible. 1t is stated that
ample capital will be secured to
finance the road.
1t is stated that Senator Daniel
is ready to offer in the Senate in
the event that there is any con-
siderable delay in the passage by
the House of the jamestown Ex-
position Appropriation Bill com.
panion measure. 1t is understood
that petition from the Governors
and Legislatures of those States
which have made appropriations
to the exposition will be presented
to Congress asking that the ex'
position bill be passed.
Dispatches from Paris are to the
effect that the storm centre is about
to shift from Russia to France.
There arc grave spprehensions OF
cloudburst in the shape of re-
evolutionary activities on the part
Of anarchists who. 1t is feared, will
take advantage of the present labor
troubles to bring about social up
heaval. Already TIE authorities
have shown the white feather in
dealing with turbulent conditions
in certain sections Of the country.
The nearly completed model from
which the statue Of Jefferson Davis
will he cast in bronze stands in the
etudio Of K. V. Valeatine, 10 Rich
mend. The figure, as it stands,
eight feet high, represents Mr..
Davis as a Statesmen championing
the cause of true history. His rose
is that Of an orator, with right
hand extended and head held high.
His clenched left fist rests on an
open book, which is supported on a
Doric column, symbolic Of the HE.
tory of the country. The foot of
this column is rough Tass ct
stone, which gradually assumes
definite shape, and finally sweeps
up in the pure Greek form, capped
by the Constitution and the date
"lS6I," represented in the
architecture oft. The statue will