Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-03-18
coNUEysED NEWS
Brief Items of Iateres. tor the
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fellow-countrymen in a war Ct
tongs.
The liquor dealers of New York
will ask Bishop Potter and Rev.
: DR.. Parkhurst to aid them In the
movement for open saloons on Sun
day.
cit is now generally admitted, 4"
said member of the Castellane-
Sagan family in Paris Saturday
night, "that Nine. Anna Gould
will eventually marry prince Hello
de Sagan."
Chicago voters will not get q
chance to vote on the question Of
closing saloons on Sundays, the
I elections commissioners holding
the question not a proper one for
submission.
Experiments with magnesium.
according to Professor A. G. May
er, of the Carnegie Institution.
show that 1t will restore the vital
spark when life seems to all intents
and purposes to be extinct.
The employees in a considerable
number of New England mills and
factories were recently put on a
short time basis, and in the next
few weeks many more mills are ex-
ected to take similar action, This
is not a very encouraging outlook.
That Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is
face to face with the proposition to
accept S25, 900 from the family Of
her husband, and accept a divorce,
or risk everything by defending
UGH a suit is the positive declara-
lion made by New York news
PAPER.
The japanese and Chinese gov
ernments have not yet reached An
agreement over the seizure Of the
japanese steamer by the Chinese,
although it ia reported that China
AS apologized for hauling down
the Japanese flag On the confiscated
steamer.
A man who gave his name as l..
L. Fee entered a bank at Omaha,
Neb., and demanded $4,000 under
threat that he would blow up the
building with the bottle Of nitro
glycerin which he professed to
carry but which proved TO be harm.
ees.
A party of 100 American tourists
mGdean ascent of Mount Vesuvius
1t night by torchlight. They de-
scribed the sight of the volcano
and eruption as most impressive.
The young women explored one of
the great assures now in eruption.
Up to the present time this section
had not been visited by even the
guides.
There are reports from various
parts of the country showing some
stir and quickening in the iron in
dustry' But there is no sign OF
such concession in the prices of
material as would encourage active
trading. The Trust has cornered
the ore supply. The tariff duties
enable it to remain secure against
outside assault. 1t sits serene and
awaits lite opportunity. IN the IN
term starving the home market to
the point of surrender.
The "unwritren law" bill has
become a law in Virginia. This
bill does away with the rul.
ing IN the Loving case, and re.
quires that a mere "brain storm"
shall be no defence 10 murder.
There must be evidence that the
.'brain storm when set up as
lefence was Occasicned by zeal
wrongs, not by merely imaginary
mes.
The weather prophets claim that
late Easter indicates a late
spring. This year Easter Sundry
e mes on April 10. which is very
late in the season. Easter is a
movable festival established by the
Catholic church and the time lie
regulated by the changes OF the
moon. The time fixed is the first
Sunday after the fourth full moon
in the new year. The fourth full
moon comes tins year on April 10th
and Easter follows. This year there
are two new moons in April, one
April lst and the other April Both.
The Sultan of Turkey, with a
view to combining profit with
piety, is building a railroad from
Damascus to Mecca for the transpor-
tation of pilgrims to the Holy City.
The railroad is $50 miles long, and
he has ordered that it shall be com.
pleteted in time for the next pill
grimage, IN the winter of l9OS-9.
AS the railroad will not only miti.
gate the privations of the pilgrims
and bring money to the Sultan's
.9xchequer, but will also serve as an
important military route fer the
transportation of troops to sup
press Arab instructions, its con-
struction Is amply justified.
After five years Of work the VIr'
GINA Hotel in Staunton has been
rebuilt, and opened for the recep"
ton of guests. The old hotel had a
great reputation in the State, and
it is expected that the new Virgin.
ia will be equally as pleasing. The
hotel will be under the manage
$1,000 NJ. ~ lUo.a lonn ana