Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-10-23
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Three thOusanc mar agef a day
;s the record for the entire world.
The estimated output cf the
cannery ct Lursy THE year 10 now
gut at $4,000.
Twenty six growers Of rrunes In
San Francisco have pooled the pro-
duct Of their orchards in an organ
ization and are holding 1t until the
market reaches their price.
A number of coal operators OF
West Virginia went to Charleston
last week aud consulted with Gov
ernor Dawson regarding the short.
age of labor, and means Of relief
will be suggested and discussed.
At the Russian capital Secretary
Taft's declaration regarding the
Philippines 10 taken TO indicate the
determination of the United States
10 carry out an extensive expan-
siou policy in the Pacific.
Grief fer the death Of his first
wife, though the honeymoon with
his second was not over, caused
Edward johnson, AZ years old, a
Connecticut farmer, to shoot him.
self dead.
The Illinois Senate unanimously
adopted a Joint resolution for the
submission to the voters Of con-
stitutional amendment fer $780,.
900, 5000 bond issue, to further
the deep waterway project.
Crown Prince Frederick william
has become an humble copying
clerk in the Prussian interior min
istry, his father, the emperor, In.
tending that he shall familsrize
himself with the entire work of
the adu inistratlon.
The Filipiros are being rapidly
Americanized, as dispatch from
Manila says the Philippine Com
mission las authorized the crea-
ticn of a ublic service commission
with fOwer to adjust rates on all
utilities.
Page Courier: Years ago fire
wood in Luray was a popular sub
sliute for currency. Now money
ia easier to get than wood. PEN
tY Of people in Luray remember
the day when most any kind Of
deal could be made "If you would
take wood for it," Not so now.
According 10 tie San Francisco
district attorneys Office, Eugene
Schmidt, formerly mayor OF that
city, but now a convict for accept
ing a brihe, has lost the right to
appeal to higher court through a
b'under Of his attorney, and must
go to the penlteniary, where he
should have been long ago.
The blotting out Of an entire
town in Indiana by the explosion
of a powder mill is one of the most
appalling horrors of the year with
it's destruction of life and proper
ty. 1t carries its moral, too, but
the dangers of civilization seem to
be keeping ahead of the ability
CT human foresight or prudence to
prevent them.
When Admiral Evans battle.
snip fleet starts on it's voyage
around the western hemisphere,
on Decem Der Is, each vessel will
carry in its chsrtroom more than
700 different charts of the route
to be traversed, the coasts by
which the ships will pass. and the
harbcrs at which they may stop.
Not a single char: in this vast
equipment has been procured from
any foreign source.
A unique case in school disci-
pIine has come up under the law
which gives teachers control Of
pupils until their homes are
reached. The faculty of the Suf-
folk High School has prohibited
smoking while students are under
their Jurisdiction. One of the
boys has defied the faculty, and
says he will smoke as soon as he
leaves the school premises if lie
CHORES.
Four Governors were at the
Jamestown Exposition last Thurs
day. These were Governor Wood
bury OF Connecticut, for Thurs
days celebration of Connecticut
Day; Governor Cutler Of Utah,
who came for Utah Day Wednes-
day; Governor Stokes OF New
Jersey, who arril ed with u big
delegation of kis fellow-s.a tesmen
70 celebrate New Jersey Day,
Friday. ard Governor Swanson OF
Virginia.
The Lusi,ania, the greatest OF
all ocean steamers in the world
having a crew Of 900 officers and
men-hss just carried $1,000 pas
sengers across the Atlantic in five
daysl The Lusitanin is the marvel
If slIEges. She lie the meet talked
Of ship that WAS ever triIt, aud
when We conteml late the fact
that she can pick up the entire
population OF small city CT orc
&, ide Of the ocean and set it down
un the ether s. de in ess thar five
days, 1t is net surprising that ste
il is marvel.
In report which re WI AXE