Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-14
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sqCadrOIs 10 already felng organ
ICED In the Pacific.
Minister Russell has been in.
structed to press President Castro
for the the arbitration of five
American claims against Venez.
uela.
] The Interstate Commerce Com.
mission decides that q railroad
must charge the full published
rate, which 10 as fixed and unal-
terable" as If it were a Especial
act of Congress-"
Former Governor Joseph f.
Johnson has been formally elected
to the United Statss Senate by
the two houses of the Alabama
Legislature liz joint session. He
succeeds Senator Pettus.
Seven prominent japanese rail.
way engineers and managers re-
IN San Francisco to study railway
me hOds and improvements in the
United States. They have come
under the auspices of the Japa-
nese government.
! The second reunion of the Tri.
State League of West Virginia,
Virginia and Maryland, Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows. was
he'd at Island Park, near Harper's
Ferry. August 9TH. The gathering
was one of the largest ever assem-.
bled on the Island, 1000 or 5000
! persons being present.
Because one Of their number
had been summarily dismissed
from the institution, charged with
characterization" twelve young
under graduate nurses walked out
from the Retreat for the Sick in
Richmond last Monday afternoon,
decls ring that Trey would not re.
turn to work until their companion
was reinstated. Other nurses have
teen employed.
Suffering for a lack Of patron.
aye ~ reason of its environments,
Pine Beach Park, an amusement
resort near Norfolk, has gone into
the hands of receivers. The park
represented an investment of up
ward of 500. 600. Its liabilities are
something like S25, 900. The pre-
sent value of its assets are uEknc wn.
Lawlessness at Pine Beach. it 10
said, is responsible for the failure
of the park.
The congress of George Wash-
ington University in Washington,
d. c., made up Of the students of
different departments of the in
stitution, after spirited debate
Tuesday night passed bill pro-
vidIng u "Jim Crow" law for the
District Of Columbia. A resolution
was introduced by a student con-
gresham impeaching Judge J. G.
Pritchard for his decision in
the railroad case in North Caro-
lima.
1t is announced by officials of the
Standard Oil Company that no ad-
vance is contemplated ia the price
of oil. This announcement is made
in contradiction of a statement
that the company would take this
method of preparing itself for the
of the tremendous fine of
800, 600, 900, imposed by Judge
Lands. 1t goes without saying
that the Standard will fight the
of the fine to the last
ditch.
The latest advice from the Per-
sian frontier say that the Turkish
troops which recently crossed
the northwest frontier of Persia
are marching on Urumiah, burn.
ing and devastating villages along
their route. The Christian village
If Mevan is reported to have been
'helled and 80 persons, inclding
many women and children, are
'aid to have teen killed. Ten girls
we're carried off. A panic prevails
It Urumiah.
The common council of Roanoke
night rassed Il resolution
O pay the Greek Colony for the
lauages sustained in the recent
lot. I he city solicitor was of the
'pinion that the city was not leg
lily liable tor the damages, but
recommended that the city pay the
modnt to protect its good name.
iaYOr Cutchin recommended that
n ordinance be adopted requiring
j restaurants to close at midnight.
his measure will be vigorously
pposed.
1t is said that the n threads of
he country will be obliged 10 Sc.
ure within the next 8 months g.
90 telegraph operators. vrd posi-
ly twice re Il any. These are made
ecssary by the new law witch
mits the hours OF labor il the
ailway telegraph service. 1t lie
aid also thatthere is not railway
manage ment in the United States
hat knows where or how it is
DING to get the large additional
)rce needed, that there are not
nough operators in the country
, supply the demand.
Mayor Cutchin CT Roanoke last
eek received a consignment of
odern military guns with bayo-
cts and ammunition, from Adia-
mt General Anderson of Virginia.