Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-04-22
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items OF Intsrs for the
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HaShs
Brysr declared IT. Detroit that
10 one got more pleasure out 81
what Roosevelt ha' done tf0E he.
Plans are an foot to heve lew
Atlantic fleet visit the principal
European ports IN tic late summer.
The Agricultural Department
hag established an experiment
farm in Prince Georges county 70
aid Maryland tobacco growers.
The saloons IN Stanton have
now been reduced to thirteen.
That many applications for re.
newal OF license were granted on
the 18th inst.
President Roosevelt has decided
not to sign the employers liability
bill until he shall have had oppOr-
tunity tc consider the question Of
it's constitutionnlity.
With a crowd of 1000 persons
and every minister present and ad.
dressing the council Of Hunting
ton, w. Va, against granting liq'
uor licenses, the council voted to
continue the city wet.
The bursting of the Missouri
river dem 10 miles below Helena
has caused a great body Of water
to rush down the river, destroying
two villages and washing away
much live stock.
King Edward and Queen Alex
andra of England, though far from
being the Oldest of the royal coup
lea, nave been married for more
years than any other pair OF
crowned heads in Europe.
In regard to the lace industry,
upon which So many millions are
expended is observed the singular
economic phenomenon that only
the poorest women produce the
best lace and only the richest
" bilND nFhl lAs
The richest Indian in the world
is Lon Hill. of Harrington, Tex.
His wealth is conservatively esti-
mated at SO. 100000. He is 40
years old, devoted 10 bls wife and
children, and graduated in the law
department CT the University Of
Virginia.
A land grant Of one million acres
has been secured from the Mexican
government by the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific and the ST.
Louis ard San francisco railroads.
which gives the right OF way for
the Frisco extension into the City
Of Mexico.
Advices from the peanut section
along the Tennessee river III Ten
nessee are TO the effect that Night
Riders have extended their opera
ticns into that territory. 1t is said
that the steamboats, Savannah and
Kentucky, which carry large guam
lies o. peanuts to ST. Louis from
the Tennessee river section, have
teen warned to cease the trallic.
After five yefrs' absence John
+. Strong returned TO find his wife
mrrrieG TO aCther man. They de-
cided to let her choose between
them and sue chose her first nus.
oand. They live near Bristol.
Strong had been in the army in
the Philippines and was reported
dead. Curtis has two children by
this union.
Despite the written declaration
Of Judge Gray that he could not
uoder any circumstances consent
to have the delegates instructed
Tor him, the Delaware Democratic
State convention las officially
placed his name before the Democ.
racy of the country for that party 3
nomination for president OF the
, United states.
, Cecil DunsAore, the nineteen
! wear old son of Professor j. O..
, Dunsmore, head of the DunsmOre
Businens College, was run over by
a chesapeake ana Ohio train at
Staunton last week and died with
in a few hours. 1t is saio that the
, young man had been drinking and
was IN the chesapeake aud Ohio
yards wandering about when the
west bound express struck him.
Both legs were cut of, ind he was
otherwise injured.
The New York Methodist con.
! ference adopted the resolution ask
ing for the elimination Of clause
: 24S of the book of discipline which
: prohibits card playing, theaIers,
dancing and other amusements.
J The question will now come before
the general conference in the shape
of a recommendation or request OF
the New York conference. The con.
: ference by q vote OF ll6 to 90 also
went on record as favoring a re-
: turn to the system of limited term
y pastorates that existed in the
church more than century until
few years ago. This. too, viii
4 have to be voted on by the general
4 conference.
n A dispatch from Philadelphia
! says: Back of the marriage of Miss
= Ada II. Pratt, Of 1887 Irving
street, Washington, to B. Franklin
o Hoover, of Philadelphia, last Sat
c urday, lies story of unusual ro'
nance and interest. Miss Pratt
d lived until she was twentY-nin,