The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-08-29
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Green goods" operators whose ad.
dress Is given as Allentown, Pa, are
distributing circulars in Cuba, with Z
view to working up business in the Is.
land
A platform endorsing free.silver coin.
age at IL to is expected to be adopted
by the Ohio State Democratic conven.
ton, which VIII meet at Zlnesyille To-
day.
MIR. Garrett Hulhsh. the venerable
father Of Mr.. Worth Hulfsh, Of Alex
andria, died Sunday evening at his home
in Haymarket, Va aged eighty-eight
years
A negro boy by the name Of Prim
was lodged in jail at Manassas, Va
last week, charged with burning the
residence belonging to Miss Yermillon
near Hickory Grove.
The consular service OF the United
States in China is said to be democrat
lzed and to require overhauling Ser
ious charges have been preferred by
consuls against each other
Secretary Of War Root has about 100
app0intmentat to make in the volunteer
regiments now being organized for ser
vice In the Philippines. The appoint
ments will probably be made this week
Lieutenant Colonel Rear, who re.
Gently Inspected the Second Artillery,
at Havana, says the regiment is in very
bad condition and is composed Of men
who have no knowledge Of military af-
fairs.
\ number Of farmers and business
men, Of Topeka, Kan, have organized
a company known as the Farmers Fed
Grafton Of the Mississippi Valley. 1t is
capitalized at $50, 600, 600. The purpose
Of this trust is to control the price Of
farm produce, more particularly Of the
corn crop Of Kansas.
In Albemarle county, Va, the cater
pillir Is stripping trees and plants of
their leaves 10 such an extent as 10
amount to a very serious matter Large
trees are colored with the webs and
many give evidences of being SO in.
jured that they will die. Toremove the
pest. In most cases would involve the
ruin Of thu tree.
II is understood that the Southern
Railway shops are h be moved from
Burlington, n. O 10 Manchester Va.
Burlington. which was for many years
known as Company Shops, was from
the time of the construction of that
system the repair plant Of the old North
Carolina Railroad, which is now part
of the Southern
Mr. Walter A Dunn. well known
young lawyer Of Richmond. arrested on
a warrant charging him with embez-
cling $,4 from Mrs l. f. Bohannon.
who keeps fashionable boarding house,
has been tried and acquitted The
charge grew out Of an account he col.
lected fer Mrs Bohannon through the
courts They disagreed as TO the
amount Of his fee, with the result Of
the warrant being issued. The accused
says he frequently offered to pay the
lady the amount Of her claim as he re-
garded it.
Gen James A. Walker a mem Der Of
the Virginia Republican Executive
Committee, expresses the opinion that
Lis party will make no nominations
( n the Legislature. He thinks it is
their policy to let the Democrats fight
this campaign out by themselves. The
bitterness among some Of the members
Of that party may, the General thinks,
result in some important developments
later on. At any rate General Walker
does not see that it will be TO the inter.
est of the party to make any special
fight this year.
The authorities Of the Roman Oatho-
lie Church at Newport, Il. l, have de-
clined to grant special dispensation
for the marriage Of Miss Dora Have
meyer, daughter of Mrs Theodore A.
Havemeyer, to Lieutenant Cameron
MGR Winslow, United States navy, to
take place in ST. Mary's Church at
Newport. A dispensation would be re-
quired, as the Havemeyers are Catholics
and Lieutenant Winslow is a Protes-
tant Accordingly Mrs Havemeyer
has announced that the wedding will
take place at her villa, Friedhelm, on
Monday, September IS, the date al
ready announced.
The crusade against idle negroes,
which began in Little Rock. Ark,
shortly after the atrocious assault COM
mitted on white women in that city
is being pushed vigorously.
Of the fifty negroes jailed SO suspects,
a large number have been sentenced to
Jail for sixty days on bread and water
on the charge Of vagranoy. A large |
number of negroes have fled from Lit
tie Rock to escape arrest. Three who
have been identified as those who as
,aulted white women have been re-
moved to another county to avoid lynch
ing. Officers are still searching for the
other two culprits, and are arresting
svery idle negro they find on charge
If vagrancy.
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