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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
Louisa News.

Louisa. Va, Aug. 30.-Mr. Jessie
7. Porter, County Clerk of Louisa
while walking home from his office
late Saturday evening with an upraii ed
umbrella through rain, slipped dow II
on the sidewalk and broke two ribs
He has been confined to his bed ever
since. but bids fair to get we'll again
He will be missed by the old veterans
at the reunion here next Friday.
Rev. william g. Turner, a Baptist
minister of this town. aged 81 years. is
extremy Ill, and his death is expected
at any time.
The Republicans may nominate
candidate for the House OF Delegates
next Saturday at Louisa, Va, though
il is possible that they may put it off
until after September 9th, that being
the day set for the Democratic conven-
ton to make a nomination for the
House.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
Suit for slo,ooo.ooo.

An ejectment suit is soon to be
brought in the Florida courts to deter
mine the ownership Of about 30, 900
acres Of land on the coast, which in
oludes nearly all the land occupied by
tina Plant system Of hotels and rail.
roads.
The claimants are the heirs of Juan
Arredonda, an old Spaniard who hel d
valuable concessions In Florida befor 9
the territory was coded to the United
States In 1919 Lawyer Alex. Melhado,
of No. 80 Nassau street. represents the
Arredonda heirs. and will go to Florida
within a few days to bring the test
case. The property is worth $40 900, :
900. New York World.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
Another Vote For Mar tin

Richmond, Va, Sept. THE con-
vention for the nomination Of a State
Senator in the Thirty eighth district,
which met yesterday at Williamsburg
was one of the most interesting ever
held OH the Peninsula. Congress
msn D. Gardiner Tyler was nominated
without trouble The convention adopt
ed a resolution instructing for Martin.
There was a considerable fight over the
question Of admitting the delegates
from Warwick, where there was bit
ter contest and where a determined fac
tional fight exists The committee on
credentials did not report In favor OF
either delegation. The attendance at
Yesterdays convention was the largest
ever known at a similar gathering down
there. Senator Martin was endorsed.
The district is composed Of Williams
burg, Newport News and the counties
of James City, Warwick, York and New
Kent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
MURAT HALSTEAD
MOBBED.
IMPERIALISM HooTED.

Cincinnati, O. Aug 81 Editor
Murat Halstead lectured tonight, by IN
vitation, before the Economic Club,
which is largely imperialistic. MIR.
Halstead's subject was the Philippines.
After the lecture, according to the rules
Of the club, Mr. Ialstead was piled
with questions. one Of the question:
ers, with decided sympathy for Agui-
naldo, added the remark: i hope Ous
will be kept in. and will keep on blum
dering till he aud the whole army are
driven into the sea or captured. -
Mr.. Halstead said "A man with
those sentiments is traitor to his
country.
Several men jumped up and remark
ed "Two-thirds of this audience think
that way.
Mr. Hllstead replied whoever
thinks that way is traitor.
Then there was rush down the hall,
with raised fists. toward Mr.. Halstead
but a great number Of men stepped in
between Mr.. Hllstead and those who
were rushing at him. There was a
great noise and uproar, which disclosed
the fact that the audience was composed
of men on both sides u the question at
issue.
Mr.. Halstead was quietly led out Of
the clubhouse by side door and taken
home. No blows were struck, but
chairs and seats were upset, and there
were loud threats and great uproarious-
moss
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
AccoMAc coNFEDERATEs.
Laying of Cornerstone at Parksley.

Onanc )ck, Va. Sept The cor
nerstone Of the Confederate monument
TO be erected at PArksley was laid yes
terday with the imposing ceremonies
Of the Masonic order in the presence
Of large number Of people from oil
parts OF the Shore, many coming by
special trains both from the North and
che South. Hon. X. Il. W Duke,
Grand Master Of Virginia. assisted by
District Deputy Grand Master Il. X
Doughty, oilioiated The ceremony
was opened by prayer by Rev f ID.
Stone, Of the Methodist Protestant
Ohur Oh
Immediately after the ceremony din.
ner was served in the grove nearby by
the ladies Of the Baptist Church of the
town, after which Judge j. W. G
Blackstone introduced Grand Master
Il. L. w. Duke, who delivered very
able address eulogistic OF the Lost
Cause" and the men who died for IT.
The keynote Of the address was the JUS
LITIGATION of the cause and the men who
fought for it living and dead. The
hearty applause that greeted the senti-
ments of the speaker showed that his
audience was in hearty accord with
him. Rev. s. IL Grimsley. a Oonfcd-
crate veteran, followed in very in
struotive and entertaining Grafton,
treating Of the causes that led up 70
the conflict and giving a recital Of the
hardships endured by the soldiers Of
the Southern army during the war.
Many veterans Of the Southern army
were present in the audience. Com
mander Of Harmanson West Camp, DR.
Frank Fletcher, and other members Of
the camp. occupied positions on the
stage, which was decorated with Con-
federate banners.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02

The appalling number Of lynchings
In the South within the past three or
four months. and the many scenes OF
violence between the whites and blacks
has led 10 much serious reflection and
discussion Of the so-called "race prob
lem" It is undeniable that the prin-
cipal cause OF this nking the law in
their own hands on the part of out
ragged and angry communities is to be
found In the frequency and atrocity Of
the assaults of negro fends upon white
women. and often upon mere children.
While there have been many lynchipgs
for other crimes. yet to this dreadful
one the iynchibgs are really to be as
cribed. They were. indeed. for a long
time confined to cases of criminal as.
sauls upon unprotected women. but the
frequency Of such assaults so aroused
the anger and indignation Of the people
of the South that summary punishment
for other gross offenses, as murder and
arson, are becoming alarmingly COM
mon. Where is 1t all TO end2 This q
question that is more and more forcing
itself upon the anxious consideration
Of thoughtful persons. 1t has been
mainly In the States south Of Virginia
that the question has been discussed.
but the recent affair In Alexandria, and
other instances Of violence, have brought
the perplexing problem into grave and
anxious discussion In our own state. TIE
Richmond Times and Dispatch, the
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
The Richmond correspondent Of the

The Richmond correspondent Of the
Index Appeal says: 1.-The failure of
Governor Tyler to reappoint COL.
Thomas Whitehead commissioner of
agriculture has done him great harm
The Colonel had made the department
what it it, Lee, Mckinney and o Fer
rail- all recognized that he was the man
for the place. But Tyler turned the old
gentleman down and put in his place
Mr.. G. W. Koiner who had removed
from Augusta county TO North Caro-
lima. The Whiteheads are a numerous
and influential family in this State.
Naturally, they resent the action of the
Governor in turning a faithful official
out of office. Two of Colonel White.
heads sons will be members of the
House and they will be in. the Martin
band wagon. John Whitehead was NOM
mated 10 Norfolk today and Thomas
Whitehead. Jr., will be the NOMINEES
in Amherst Z"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02

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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
POLITICAL.
Glass for Senator.

Lynchburg. Va. August Sl.-The
Democratic Convention to nominate
candidate to represent Lynchburg and
Campbell county in the State Senate, a
member of the House Of Delegates for
the county. and "tioater" delegate
for Campbell and Appomattox, met at
Rustburg yesterday. There was full
attendance, and the proceedings were
harmonious throughout Garter Glass,
of Lynchburg, was nominated for the
Senate Captain j. o. Featherston for
the House of Delegates from Campbell
and ]. r. Horsely. Of Appomattox. as
"Aoater" delegate. There were no
resolutions passed. and the candidates
are uninstructed as TO the United
States Senatorship.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
Dewey Will Accept the Home.

Washington, Sept. frank A.
Vanderlip. chairman Of the Dewey
Home Fund, and Ellis H. Roberts,
treasurer, yesterday issued the follow
ing statement to the public regarding
the fund:
1.-THE Dewey Home Fund now ex-
ceeds S2l, 900 in the hands Of the treas.
urer, from q, 695 contributors, with
sums aggregating about Sl5, 600 or $751;
600 reported as subscribers.
Delay has occurred in raising the
fund by reason Of published rumors
that Admiral Dewey has declined to
accept the proposed gift The commit.
tee has never received any declination
from him. but, on the contrary, has
every reason to believe that he will &C
cept as a gracious and precious testi-
monial a home purchased for him
in the name of somany Of his admiring
fellow citizens.
The fund yesterday was increased by
a check for 81, 900 from the Milwaukee
Brewers Association.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02

During the heavy thunderstorm Sat-
uaday afternoon hail fell In quantities
in the section Of Loudoun, near Point
Of Rocks. The hailstones were the lar
gest ever seen and Mr.. A. B. Shreve
reports that his own cornfield and those
of several Of his neighbors are practi-
cally ruined by the pelting they re-
ceived..
The ejectment case Of Henry O. King
against Joshua Justus and many others
commenced In the U. s Circuit Court
at Abingdon this week. and may occupy
q month or more. The case involves
500 900 acres in Buchanan county, Va,
and in West Virginia and Kentucky,
being the Robert Morris grants OF 1895.
and excites wide interest. Numerous
counsel appeared on each side.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
Weather forecast for Fred
ericks6uT0 and oicinttv.
SATURDAY fair and aoarm,
fresh East and South 1oiRdS.

BY some inadvertenoe Of the writer
or some freak of the types in the edi-
torial in Thursdays Free Lance. upon
the manner In which the first amend
ments to the constitution were made
it 10 In one place stated that there were
nine amendments submitted to the states
BY the first Congress. and in another
place, that the number was eleven. AS
It 10 often the case. the truth lies be-
tween the two, the number being In
fact, ten, as the we'll Informed reader
will remember Perhaps our esteemed
friend OF the Index Appeal will antici-
pate The Free Lance in this correction
as he is lynx.eyed when on the crit
ical scent
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02

The object of the Hague Conference
was to do away with war, and settle by
arbitration the Misunderstanding and
difficulties between nations. A COM
mentary upon the result Of the con.
ference is the new vigor thrown by
Secretary Root into the subjugation of
the Philippine Islands; the military
preparations Of England for enforcing
obedience to her demands In South At
RIGA; and the threatened breach OF
the peace between England and Russia
in the heart Of China. In the words
Of Patrick Henry They cry peace,
but there is no peace. The sword
has not yet been turned into the plow
share, and the spear into the pruning
hook
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02

The expansionists set up different
rude Of honor for nations and for indi-
viduals. When an individual wrong
fully enters into q difficulty it is ac-
counted the part Of honor and propriety
for him to withdraw from 1t and make
amends, as soon as he is convinced OF
his error. But President Mckinley and
the expsnsionists say that having un'
dertaken to subdue the Filipinos, and
having the eyes of the world upon us,
we cannot. with honor, pause to In
quire whether we were right in this
war Of snbjugation, but must go on un-
til we have put down the rebellion,
Is they call 1t, and then take up the
question of our moral obligations and
duties to the inhabitants Of the Philip
pines.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
Norfolk Instructs for Martin.

Norfolk, Sept The Democratic
city convention for the nomination Of
two candidates to represent Norfolk In
the lower house Of the next State Leg
islature convened here yesterday. Res
olutions indorsing Senator Martin and
instructing the Norfolk representatives
in the General Assembly to vote and
work for his reelection were adopted
NJ. ]. Lyons, a labor leader. and John
Whitehead, editor Of the Norfolk Jour
nal Of Commerce, were nominated for
Assemblymen.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02

Charles ]. Allison, who Is reported
to be nephew Of President MoKinley's,
emigrated 8 few years ago from Ohio
to Birmingham, Alabama. A promi-
nent Northern paper admonishes the
President that it might be we'll for him
to have an eye to the doings Of this
nephew, and gives the following reason
for it admonition:
lit seems that Allison was the Nc
Kinley representative in Alabama in
the campaign for the nomination in
1896, and was helpful In getting one
David D. Shelby, now United States
Judge for the Northern District of
Alabama. sent as delegate at large to
the convention. Judge Shelby is now
alleged to have dismissed the clerk of
his court, o faithful official Of twenty
years standing. in order to give the
place TO Allison.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02

s II Harris, Of Red House, Char
lotte county, Va, has beed arrested in
Lynchburg by Posto flee Inspector Irv'
ing, charged with embezzling letters
while in the employ of the Postoffice
Department Harris was the contrac-
tor for carrying the mails between Red
House and Pamplin Oity.
Because white longshoremen would
not join the negro union at Newport
News the negroes went on a strike.
A large barn on the old Mankin place
occupied by Mr. A. l.. Thompson. near
Gum Spring, Loudoun county, was to-
tally destroyed by fire on Monday. Mr.
Thompson is an extensive dairyman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
Treasury Golfers Full Of Cold.

Washington, ID. O., Sept. THE
Treasury statement yesterday showed
that the amount Of net gold on hand
was $247, $50 60l. This is the largest
amount on hand at one time in the his.
tory of the department, the next larger
amount having been s246 1913 OF, on
December 81, 1898. This situation is
accounted for by the fact that daring
the last two weeks or more the revenues
Of the government, Of which from so
to 80 per cent are paid in gold, have
largely exceeded the expenditures.
AT New York the customs receipts,
with the exception of from s to 10 per
cent. are all being paid in gold, and
at other important points the excess Of
gold has been nearly or quite as large.
The receipts yesterday exceeded the
expenditures by 81. 400, 668. and for the
month the excess amounts to nearly
81 500, OO0 Since the first of July,
however. a deficit is shown of -. o3e. =
65s. The total receipts for the month
are $40 .97S, 173. Of which $50. $40, e97
came from customs, S24, 237O99 from
internal revenue. and %, 1874 1876 from
miscellaneous sources. The expendi-
lures amount to $40, 5lS 900, Of which
s14, 9Sl 900 was charged to the War
Department, 81, 500, 900 to the navy +.
si3, 1870, 900 to pensions, and the re-
mainder to civil and miscellaneous, in
terest, and Indian accounts. For Aug
ust last year the payments to the War
Department amounted to ga, obs, 934.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
Mclean May Try for the Presidency

Washington, Sept John r. Nc.
Leans nomination as the Democratic
candidate for Governor Of Ohio makes
him A political factor that must be
taken into account in I'll calculation
as T. the future Of the party.
His position is peculiar lie has posed
as an ardent supporter Of Bryan and the
Chicago platform and allowed himself
to be nominated on platform indoors
ing Bryan by name for the presidential
nomination, reasserting with emphasis
the declarations made at Chicago, and
yet he is on the closest terms Of pollti-
cal intimacy with former Senator Cor
mln, Richard Croker, Of New York,
and other leaders Of the anti-Bryan ele-
ment in the party, both East and West.
The Presidency itself is the prize that
is drawing Mr.. Mclean forward His
friends in the party point out that if
he wins the fight in Ohio this year 1t
will give him prestige in the Demo-
cratic convention next year that may
even sweep MIR Bryan out Of the way.
Should Mclean fail to win in Ohio
this fall he could hardly hope to obtain
the presidential nomination next year.
but he will be power in the national
convention, nevertheless. II he cannot
prevent the nomination Of Mr. Bryan
and obtain first place for himself. he
will doubtless be able to obtain the sec
ond place or to dispose Of il as ne
wishes. Then, as last resort, there
is the Ohio Senatorship Senator For.
aker's term will expire on March 3,
1903. and, failing in both the Presi-
dency and Vice Presidency, Mr.. Nc
Lean would be able to obtain seat in
the Senate if the Ohio Democrats should
be able to elect a Legislature ihthe fall
of 1902
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
New Army Appointments.

Among the appointments in the vol
unteer army are the following:
Virginia To be captains-W. B
Preston, late lieutenant. Fourth United
States Volunteer Infantry W. s. Faux
ner, late captain, Virginia Volunteers
to be first lieutenants-H. II Sheen,
late captain, Fourth Virginia; Robert
Lee Masurier, late captain, Third Vir-
ginia; Robert Kent Spiller. late lieu
tenant, Second Virginia; TO be second
Nathaniel NJ. Cartnell Jr.,
late private, First United States
Cavalry.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
Rev. DR.. Steel Transferred.

Richmond. Va, Sept Rev DR..
S. A Steel, who was at one time pastor
of the Broad Street Methodist Church
in this city, has been transferred from
the Tennessee to the Virginia confer
ence. For some time past DR. Steel
has been located at Nashville. He is
secretary of the Epworth League and
editor of the Epworth League Era
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02

Charlottesville Chronicle, and many
other papers have recently given 1t
editorial discussion. and some OF them
have gone so far as to partially endorse
the idea put forward by several promi-
nent men farther South that there
must come either o total separation of
the races or bloody race conflict. 1t
is matter Of common remark, that
it is not the old regime negroes who
had white masters who are giving all
this trouble, but the young set who
have been educated at the expense of
the whites Some of the most cOnser.
vative of the Virginians express the
opinion that this State will have to
follow the example of South Carolina,
Mississippi. and Louisiana, and prac-
tically disfrancise the negro; and in
addition to this, will be abandon the
present plan of public schools, and
have white schools supported by the
taxes Of the whites, and negro schools
supported by the taxes Of the negroes.
Such exploits as those Of Miss Lillian
Clayton Jewett in carrying the Baker
family to Boston. and exhibiting
them as object lesson OF Southern
barbarity; and the negrophilists
who, in carrying the skeletons Of
seven of John Browns incendiaries
and assassins 10 North Elba, in the
State Of New York, 10 be buried with
the demonstrations and honors of mar
tyrs by the side Of their redhanded
leader-such exploits as these are widen,
ing the breach and intensifying the an
tagonism between the two races Many
Of the negro leaders in me North are
rendering more difficult the pacification
of the angry feeling between whites
and blacks in the South. The New
York Times thinks it probable that the
recent negro riot and trouble at Darien.
Ga. is. in part at least, referable to
the infiammable appeal Of the North
ern negro preacher. few days before
to those Of his race in the South to
learn how to make guns and powder,
and how to use them" A far better
friend of his race is Bishop Handy. Of
the African Methodist Church, who IN
a sermon last Sunday at Oentreyille.
Md, exhorted his hearers to save earn
ings in order TO better support institu-
tions Of reformatory Characteristic
tutions very much in need in Centre
Vile, where, he said, 1.-THE condition Of
the younger generation Of negroes is
deplorable. &" He added:
Il saw today on the streets Of this
town scores OF colored children half
clothed and almost filthy. You mothers
may not have the money to buy all the
fine clothes you would like to have, but
God knows that you have the time to
keep them clean, for good part Of the
time you spend in idleness You are
paving the way for them to the jails,
the penitentiary and finally 10 the gal
lows. If you would work and make |
Your children learn to work, and edu'
cate them to be useful, there would not
be 30 many prostitutes among our wo-
men and 80 many rapes committed by
our men,.
That was sound and sensible advice
of Bishop Handy's; and nothing is
truer than the declaration of the Rich
mond Dispatch, that 1.-The negro prob
lem in the South has reached a point /
ut which, for veal or woe, the future
If the race is in the hands Of the ne
,rOas theYnselves
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02
Third Exhibition Of the colored Fair.

Cape Charles. Va, Sept. The
colored fair known as the ''Onawa AS
ISOLATION, =" began its third meeting on
Tuesday last on the grounds near
Mappsburg, Va. and held four days
The attendance on Tuesday and We'd
nesday was comparatively small but
yesterdays attendance is estimated At
1000 people The racing was exceed
ingly interesting. All the horses partic
ipating in the races are owned by the
colored people on the Eastern Shore
While the time made by the horses was
not very fast, nothing was below so
The races were close and exciting. The
exhibition halls are we'll filed with
agricultural and domestic exhibits. and
the premiums offered compare very fav.
orably with those Of other country
fairs. The association has already paid
for their grounds, and will clear con-
siderable money this year
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-09-02

The Ohio Democrats have nominated
the following ticket: Governor, John
r Mclean, Of Hamilton Lieutenant.
Governor. A. w. Patrick. Of Tuscara.
was Supreme Judge, Dewitt @ Bad
ger, Of Madison Attorney General, j.
" Dore, Of Seneca; Auditor, George
". sigafoos, of Darke Treasurer, Jas.
/. German, Of Lawrence; Member Of
the Board of Public Works, Fletcher d.
Malin, Of Lake. The Chicago platform
was reaffirmed by the convention,
Bryan's denomination demanded, Re-
publican administration condemned for
its imperial policy, and election Of U.
s. Senators by direct vote Of people
favored.