The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-16
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events Of the Week Briefly
Ghronfcied.


Cbronicied.
Joseph Joachim, the celebrated vio-
linist, who is dying at his home IN
Berlin. passed a very bad night. but Is
resting quietly Ills left side is com.
pletely parnlyzcd lie may possibly
survive day or two longer.
Secretary Of War Taft Is at Mill
bury. Mass. for a few hours visit 70
his mother. Mrs Louisa A. Taft, whc
has been very ill for several weeks,
The secretary found his mother par.
TALLY recovered. but still IN condi'
ton 10 cause anxiety owing 10 her ad.
vanccd age.
Saturday, Aug. 10.
The strike of telegraph operators that
began IN the Western Union offices at
Los Angeles has passed through Chica'
go and threatens 10 spread over the en-
tire United States
The most stupendOus automobile race
ever undertaken that across two con.
tinents, from Peking 10 Paris-was
won by Prince Scipio Borghcse, driv-
Ing a forty horsepower italia car.
The police raided what they believe
TO bee the headquarters of the Arme.
nian Iiunchak society In the rear of a
grocery store 0n Tenth avenue, New
York Three prisoners were taken, and
among the things seized were dyna.
mite sticks acids Of various kinds and
other chemicals for the manufacture
Of bombs, several revOlyers and eight
cen daggers
Dnl Quantrell, leader Of Quantrells
gucrrlllas In the civil war, who, accord
Ing 10 tradition. died Of wounds at a
Konucky hospital after his raiders
were cut up. Is alive and lives at Quat
sino, on the northwest coast OF Van
couver island, j. c.. under the name OF
John Sharp. AT least that Is the story
told here by several men who have
cOnverscd with Sharp.
Friday, Aus. q.
French sailors hold C0sahlanca and
have a strong guard nc the British con.
sulatc. where the agents Of the United
Statos. Germany, Austria-Hungary and
Sweden have sought refuge The ltal'
ian aud Portuguese consuls are at the
French consulate
What Is said 10 be the skeleton OF
W. j. Barney, a timber man employed
In the Smueglcr- Union mine and who
disappeared in the month Of June
1901, has been exhumed near Telluride
Colo. by General Bulkeley Wells. Tho
manager Of the Smuggler- Union Min
ng company
The final act Of the Alabama leglsla
turc was for the erection of a monu
ment 70 Jefferson Davis, first and only
president OF the Confederacy. 1t VII
stand within q few feet Of the place
where he received the oath Of Office
and just IN front Of the old capitol at
Montgomery, Ala.
At the request Of the government Of
Persia, Foreign Secretary Grey at
London has instructed the British am
bassador at Constantinople to draw
Turkeys attention 70 the recent incur
sion Of Turkish troops into the terri
tory Of tho shah and 10 urge theil
withdrawal az once.
Thursday, Aug. :.
OF Cowes. isle Of Wight. Emperor
Williams cup. for which nine yachts
competed, was won by Lord Dunra
yen's Cariad The course. forty-seyer
miles, was covered IN a spanking
breeze
George Wallace Dclamater, once can
didato for governor Of Pennsylvania
and who served as state senator from
Crawford county from 1887 TO 1900
committed suicide 10y shooting himself
IN his Office IN pittsburg.
Ralph Warren Of Cooperstown. y. y.
aged twenty-five years. was drowned
In Francis lake. In the Adirondacks
A hrulso on the head indicated that he
had struck his head on a bathing raf'
and rolled into the water.
August Won Fahrig, leader Of the
gang OF automobile burglars which fol
months has tcrrOrized Long Island res
idents. was sentenced 70 forty years al
hard labor IN Sing Sing on only three
OF sixteen counts which he had plead
cd guilty 70 by Judge Jackson at Mine
ola, n. Y.
Wednesday, Aug. :.
The japanese consul at Honolulu
aave n dinner in honor Of Sccretar!
Straus and Congressman Longwortl
and wife, who are there.
\ tornado swept across Winncbae'
county. a.. and killed twenty people
Joicex village was destroyed and sew
eral persons injured there The course
of the storm was from the northeas
10 the southwest. The destruction o.
property is great
Antiauated Methods, says Lnnnine
TRENTON, y. j.. Aug -. - Th'
house investigating committee me
again. the principal witness bclni
Judge William NJ Lanning Of th'
rr.t,,t ctafcc dfrfrfef court vvhO 70