Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-08-19
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napolis.
..;.August heat records for the past
eight years were broken In Chica-
go Monday, when the heat reached
81 degrees mark which IL had
not attained since August 5, 1900.
Candidate Taft declines 10 par.
ticipate in the Republican rival.
ries in West Virginia and New
York, and has turned the questions
over TO the Republican National
Committee.
Chairman Mack of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, author
ized denial of report that the
national committee had received a
fund of SO, 900. 900 left over from
the last Democratic National cam
paign.
Report made by Commissioner
of Revenue Hill Tucker shows the
total values of real estate in Roa-
noke City, excluding corporation
real estate, to be So, $3.50, S65. The
increase in taxable values over last
year is 1858, 1903.
Brigadier General Daniel Fl.
kucker, of Washington, who is SO
years old, has been officially pro-
nounced dead, an insurance COM
pany having tired of carrying him
on it's books and settled the pol
icy.
The employees of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad at Richmond a
few days ago waited on President
johnson and informed him that all
the labor organizations had voted
against a reduction of salaries.
Ten thousand men are affected.
Foods of every description es.
pecially prepared for infants and
invalids will be scientifically in
vestigated by the bureau Of chem
listry of the Department of Agri-
culture to determine whether or
not they are injurious to health.
General Rosser, postmaster at
Charlottesville, has requested the
resignation of William S. Humbert,
his assistant, and appointed VIM.
C. Hanckel, a Democrat, to succeed
him. Humbert is an applicant for
the position of postmaster to sue
coed General Rosser.
Only four-fifths of the $4,000
raised to bring the Republican
national convention on TO Chicago
was spent, and the task of return
, ing the remaining $4,000 has
! been begun by the local commit
tee on arrangements. That sum
! is to be divided among the 5OS
= subscribers to the fund.
Rev. j. T. Martin, superlntend-
ent of the Methodist Orphanage at
Richmond, has resigned, his resig'
nation to take effect September l,
and the directors have elected
his successor, Rev. A. b. Sharp.
Rev. Mr.. Martin was recently
2 elected secretary of the State
Board of Charities and Correction.
= Probably the longest Jail sen'
! tence ever visited upon Virginia
criminal since the institution OF
= the State penitentiary, was given
Frank Richardson. at Staunton
last week. Richardson was charged
: with attempting to attack Beulah
s White, but was convicted of COM
/ mon assault. His crime did not
4 Justify a peitentiary sentence, and
n the court gave him five years In
Y iail and fine of $250-the limit
of the law.
i The management Of the Ros-
d noke Fair Association has con-
a tracted for a genuine airship to
: give an exhibition each day during
y the fair, and the owner agrees to
/. rise from their fair grounds each
J. day, to encircle the city each day,
e and settle again in the inheld OF
9 the track. This will be very
e costly exhibition to the fair asso-
: citation, they agreeing to pay S4OO
for each ascension. The fair at
" Roanoke will be held during the
is fourth week in September and in
dications point to its being mos0
e successful event.
y At the conference of Methodist
q ministers in Norfolk on August 4,
+ it was said that there are now IN
the State of Virginia ia, OOC
Methodists affiliated with the three
~ conferences which have territory
- In the Old Dominion. These hg
g ures do not include the members
~ of the Northern Methodists, who
4 are numel GUS in some sections o.
~ the State, nor do they include thu
colored membership Of the church
10 They merely embrace the Whit
u Southern Methodists, and tn
~ statement was made that this mum
- Der indicates that that denomipa
. ton IL the most pOpulous in Virgin
hs la.
of The Methodist Episcopa
,e. Church, with its more than 5000,
n 600 communicates, has started
hit crusade against Speaker Cannon
ed 1t is opposed to his reelection a
presiding officer of the House o
,e. Representatives. and extiaordinar.
plans are being taken to end hi
arbitrary rule over that body. Can
mons attitude on the liquor cues
q ton. ana more particularly bis XII