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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-07
A Fatal Collision.

A collision Monday morning on tne
Atlantic Coast Line, near Garysburg.
N O.. resulted In the death OF two and
the injury Of several men. Those killed
were Engineer Walter II. Oheatham, OF
Richmond. and an unknown tramp
The wounded are Il. W. McGecrge'
mail clerk, Of Rosslyn, Va, hurt aoou'
head. ribs broken and internal injuries
condition serious; Hardy Durham, nre'
man on freight, injured about head ano
back; John Smith. fireman for Engi'
ueer Oheatham, badly scslded; MAI
Clerks Wilson and smoat, slightly In
jured.
The railroad authorities suspecta GER
tain person or persons with interfering
with the switch.
The death Of Engineer Cheatham 90
Cured under peculiarly unhappy cir
oumstances, He wss on the tatai ruL
in the place Of another man. Hil
daughter was to have been married
that day, and Mr.. Cheatham took tn'
run from Engineer Reams In order q
attend the wedding.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-07
CURRENT TOPICS.

Wood pulp paper Is used as military
clothing In Japan. Its virtues consist In
It's warmth and toughness.
Immigrants from Europe continue to
crowd into the northwest sections OF
this great continent In the present
year thousands Of Europeans have taken
up public lands or acquired homes BY
purchase in these regions.
The people Of this country have used
so. 600, 600 pounds Of tea within year.
Great Britain drank 1856 900. 900. pounds
in the same time; Russia SS. 600, 900
and Canada nearly 2s. Co., 900 pounds.
Our people also consumed 7l3, 900, 900
pounds Of coffee in the past year.
Mormonism is making rapid progress
in all directions. The leaders claim
that the seed that they have sown In
all parts of the civilized world is bring
ing forth grand results. There is q
greater number Of their missionaries In
the worlds field at present than ever
before.
A statue erected by subscriptions re.
ceived in France and the United States
In honor of Count de Rochambeau,
commander Of the French troops who
assisted Washington to win the inde-
pendence Of the United States. was IN
yelled at Vendome. France. Monday
afternoon with great ceremony.
This fall for the fifth time In history
the occupant Of the White House will
be opposed for reelection BY the can
dldate whom he defeated four years
before. 1t is significant that on each
of the four former occasions, the man
in the White House has been defeated.
After November there will be five
cases Of this instead Of four. Orange
Observer.
The Circuit Court at Rockville, Md.
made an unusual record for itself Mon
day in the matter Of quick divorces.
Mrs. Sarah Cooper filed suit for abso'
lutte divorce from her husbund, William
f. Cooper, alleging desertion. The
defendant at once fled his answer, ad-
mitting the charge. and agreeing that
the order prayed for be passed. The
whole proceedings occupied not more
than three hours.
West Point Military Academy is 100
years old. Il was opened as a United
States training school for army officers
on May 1, 1900. There were but two
cadets Joseph G. Swift. Of Massachus'
setts, and Simon M. Levy. OF South
Carolina. The third cadet and the first
Virginian to enter West Point was
Walter Keith Armlstead, Of UpperVille,
who was graduated in 1904. He be-
came a famous engineer officer and
colonel Of artillery and It is stated that
no place either he or General Swift
fortified was ever taken by the English
in 1Sl2.'15.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-07
7. ". WOOD & SONS, SeedSmen,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
2. K. WHEELER,

successor Of Williams & Wheeler), oonduoil
the UNDERTAKING BUSIN KISS al the Old
s:and, corner Main and Charlotte ST. eetS. All
Jrders from home and abroad promptly and
uatilf4ctorily attended TO aithsf st niznt CT
dsY
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-07
'u.,a a. Bare . Sprain.

I.a.t fall I spssiued my left hip while
,,ssdIino sone heavy boxes. The doctor
: nsiled on said at hrss Il was . slight
sesain and would soon be veil, but II
r-s"rS ,~afsa and the idoctoF then said
sad rheuuratism. " continued. 70
1,n,0 ,.o worse, and oould hardly get
sssSnnd 10 work. went to drug store
snd,fhe druggist recommended me %
-sey ChapbeTiain's Pein Balm; \ nieq
kit Ana cns.helf Of . 5O,oent bottle Cured
ma ontlfe1y. Inew reoommen0 ls tc
Al nv. friends. IL A. Babcccki Erie,
"a Ii Is for sals.by N. n, Lewis drug
] qibt,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-07

There is- society In Riga Russia,
with. membership Of three hundred, J,
each Of whom pays three rubles every
time . child is born TO- sene Of the
ether members Of the seciety, yhile
tbe father Of the child gets frena thses
hundred to seven hundred and efsy
xnbles- according to the nupbeTof psy.
nenfa be han rhndsI -
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-07
s1oo Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded DIS
ease that science has been able-to cure In all
its stages, and that is Catarrh, Halls Ca
tarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now
being constitutional disease. requires con-
stituflonal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
taken internally, acting directly. upon the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the system,
thereby destroying the Foundation of the dis
ease and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing its work. The DroprietOrl
have so much faith in its curatfVe powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars Tor any
case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list Of
testimonials.
x Address
FL. CHENEY B CO, Toledo,O o
SOLD by Druggists, 75c. -. -
Hall'e Family Pills are the oesf
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-07

The seventeen.year locusts are about
due. Myriads Of them may be expected
early next month. They will keep the
air alive with their singing.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-07

This country last year exported more
meat products, leaving ont sheep and
mutton. than all the rest Of Che world
eombined The amou6t was neatly
$500 600. .OOOs
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15

Nicaragua, Consul Donaldson, of Man
aqua. sends the following informa-
tion: AS teachers and professors in
government and other schools in Mic
aragua, there is really no opening for
our young graduates. Salaries here
are insignificant and customs so diff
ferent that Americans have never
proved successful. rhe salary of a
principal here is 90 pesos. or about
SIT. per month. American physicians
and surgeons are successful here, but
no part of the world is more crowded
with them than the large towns OF
Nicaragua. Hundreds of the native
young mon study medicine i'll the Unit
ed States and return here to practice
They understand better their own dis
eases. customs and people than a for
eigper could. and the majority OF the
people prefer them. Dentists, however
are scarce and whenever an American
dentist comes he does good business
and can charge remunerative prices.
Engineers of All kinds are the most
successful of any professional men in
these tropical countries. Very few na-
lives follow that vocation, and most
OF the engineers employed by the gov
ernment are foreigners. An engineers
salary at the start is from $50 to 300
pesos ($S0 to 500 in United States
gold per month.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
SHOT PICTURES OF NOTABLE OF

When the victorious Dewey came
back from the battle of Manila there
were many surmises as to who would
be his bride. 1t was not long before
the fact was decided. Mildred Mclean
Hazen was the chosen one, and the
whole country wished her good luck
The admiral had conquered Montijo,
and Mrs. Hazen was the victor of the
admiral. Mrs. Dewey speaks French,
German and Italian. She is sister
of that well-known politician, John X.
Mclean, who not long ago was pro-
prietor of New York newspaper The
McLeans always have been ambitious
politically and socially, and Mrs. Dew
ey's brother made a financial success
out of a paper in Cincinnati. His faith
er was proprietor of the paper before
John r.. but did not seem to have the
financial ability of his son. John r.
still owns the Cincinnati paper. but
the paper he bought in New York is
run by other persons.
Mrs. Dewey has large, gray eyes and
is of stout build. Her age is between
40 and SO. A woman is only as old as
she looks. Recently Mrs. Dewey Gre
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
High Priced.

The most expensive material worked
into a garment was the gold brocade
purchased in 1870 for a robe for King
Louis XIV. at a cost of about $S5 a
yard. Not long ago, however, the Ger
man empress had a coverlet woven
in white silk upon fiat background,
on which flowers leaves and birds pro-
jected in relief. The design was not
embroidered, but woven in a unique
way. The empress was so pleased
with it that she employed it as tap
estry for her boudior. The cost of
this material was s112 yard, of which
the weaver got one-sixth.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
Clearing Away Snow Drifts.

The work of clearing away snow
drifts on Dakota railroad before the
rotary steam plow was invented was
difficult task. Riding on an engine
at the rate of from sixty to seventy
miles an hour is an experience excit-
ing enough to convince most of us that
nature never intended that we should
be railroad engineers, but it is hardly
an incident to riding on a snow-buck-
ing engine when engaged in forcing a
tunnel through immense snow drifts
with a wood-faced, steel-shod plow
The modern rotary" has made the old
snowplows out of date and robbed the
western blizzard of half it's terrors.
For a quarter of a century fighting
snow in the blizzardswept states of
the northwest has been a task that has
enlisted the enthusiasm heroism and
intelligence of a people devoted to the
work of conquering nature in her
toughest moods.-George E. Walsh in
St. Nicholas
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15

women of whom Washington society
before now has felt the power. Feel
ing her superiority to the majority OF
the women who shine in social ranks
she has not failed to show her con-
tempt for small ambitions nor for the
weak and faltering ones. The result
has been that Mrs. Dewey has made
many enemies in the social circles OF
Washington. but that goes without
saying. Washington society is
strange thing, anyway, and the Ameri-
can of "the provinces" has rather hard
work to comprehend it. For instance,
the other day hostess who was not
well versed in all the 'ins and outs"
placed side by side at dinner the wife
of the Austrian minister and the Mex
lean ambassador. This good lady had
forgotten entirely that since the Arch
duke Maximilian was shot at Quere-
taro, Mexico. there had been a feud
between the Austrians and the Mexi
cans, and officially these two nations
had never exchanged international
courtesies. So there was row, and
that most severe kind of one-the kind
in which the women are the principal
movers.
Mrs. Dewey is too well versed in the
society methods of the capital to make
break" like this, but in a long So
cial career in Washington it is impos
sible that she should not have angered
some persons and made friends OF
others. No woman with her strength
of character could do otherwise. AS
the first lady of the land" Mrs. Dew
ey would have an opportunity to pay
on many old scores Mrs. Dewey is
not without power. without wealth,
without brains, without ambition-she
has them all. and with them a pleas
ing personality and a retention of
good looks which also is pleasing. AS
Wash" McLean's daughter. Miss Mil
dred Mclean may have received some
''snubs' from the set of people in the
capital who are known as the resi-
dents" But her father and mother
were residents of later growth,
and Mrs. Washington Mclean has one
of the finest and most hospitable
houses in Washington. AS the wife of
Gen. Hazen. Mildred Mclean was able
to repay twofold all the snubs that, the
McLeans had received when they first
ventured on the stormy sea of Wash
ington society. And the general was
quiet body out of uniform. When the
general came to New York and re-
porters were sent to interview him,
Mrs. Hazen sometimes was present,
and then the general gave talk which
was of interest to everybody and
harmed nobody. Gen. Hazen always
trusted in the ability of his wife.
When it was announced that the
Widow Hazen was to marry the ad-
mirai, Ned Mclean. the young nephew
of Mrs Hazen. said to a reporter, Il
tell you that Dewey is in great luck.
dewey Just at this time was fresh
from the victory of Manila.) Her
household will be a social and intel
lectual center and salon such as has
not existed since the days of Nine. De
Stael" The enthusiasm of her nephew
was not borne out by the salon" OF
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15

was that when he applied for admit
tance he was not admitted. There
was an informal consultation of the
diplomatic corps over the matter; but
nothing came of it. The ambassadors
could not press the case after Mr.. Nc
kiniey had. explained the matter. Mrs.
Dewey is the best-known woman in
Washington. and her family connec-
ton can supply many Of the details Of
politics which the admiral will have to
learn. Mrs. Dewey was a convert to
the Catholic faith. and now it is an
nounced that she has been reconvert
ed to the faith of the Episcopal
church.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
GIFTS TO LEARNING.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER is A
LIBERAL EDUCATOR.
His Princely Endowmsnts to the uni
versity of Chicago Have Elicited Praise
from Those Who CrItIciso Him In
Other Respects.
Especial letter.

-
This is period of much rejoicing
at the University of Chicago. 1t is
the result of a long and earnest strug-
gle against time and fortune which
leaves the university $4,0OO,OOO
Weather in endowment funds. The
cause of this increased wealth came
about through the practice of John d..
Rockefeller, the founder of the uni
versity, in making his donations do
double duty. That is in 1896 he prom
ised President Harper that he would
give an additional 81 100000 to the in
stitution provided a similar sum could
be obtained from other sources prior
to January l, 1900.
The friends of the university then
began an energetic effort to raise the
required sum. AS the new year rolled
around Mr.. Harper, who hitherto had
succeeded in meeting all the terms of
Mr.. Rockefeller, found himself sever
al hundred thousand dollars short of
the necessary 100000. He was hope
full. however of securing the balance
within a short time. and made trip
east to consult the Standard Oil mag
nate. He succeeded in securing an ex-
tension of time until April l, 1900.
Soon the time limit began to close and
President Harper, though confident.
let 1t be known that they were still
about 100000 short. Then silence en-
sued until the morning of March 81,
the last day. when 1t became known
that only $4,000 was needed. Toward
evening Mr.. Harper announced that
the necessary amount had been OBJ
tanned and in consequence the faculty
and students were in particularly
happy frame of mind. With this last
gift of S2,000.000 Mr.. Rockefeller has
given in all to the University of Chi
cago $7,425 900.
The oil magnate's princely dona-
tions to this institution of learning
are as follows: May 15, 1889 (cash)
100000; September 16, 1890 (cash) y,
s1,O00000; February %. 1892 tbonds),
81 100000; December %. 1892 tbonds),
100000; June 30, 1893 (cash), $780,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
Senator Gears Diahonored Hat

When Seator Gear of Iowa came into
the senate chamber one day he dropped
his slouch hat on the floor in the aisle
beside his desk. Senator Stewart came
striding along, kicked the hat into the
pit in front of the presidents rostrum,
and passed along, unconscious of the
indignity to Senator Gears cherished
headpeice.
page picked up the hat, brushed
1t off, and brought it back to its place
on the floor. Senator Gear growled.
savagely, and shot fierce glance aftaE y
Senator Stewart. -
Soon afterward Senator Gear start
ed to go to his committee room. Just
as he arose Senator Perkins OF Cali
fornia got up and addressed the chair
Mr.. Gear stood up to listen to what
Mr.. Perkins was saying. Then he
thought Of his hat. 1t wasn't on his
head, nor was it in his hand. He sum-
moned page. Boy" he asked Sc
verely, where's my hat?" The page
looked around and then edged away.
please sir" he said, in frightened
voice, you're standing on it."-Wash-
ington Special
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
JOHN d. ROCKEFELLER.

300; December "a, 1893 (cash), $675,-
900; January l. 1896 (cash or bonds),
81 ,000, 600; promised on conditions
tJanuary l, 1886 $2.00O.000. Both MIR.
and Mrs. Rockefeller are members OF
the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church,
New York, and many Of their munifi-
cent charitable gifts have been made
through the American Baptist Edu-
cational Society They yearly give
large sums to charity. the greater por-
ton of which is never heard Of. Mr..
Rockefeller assists many colleges and
schools, and il is said that his gifts
to the University of Rochester alone
aggregate 100000.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
DAUGHTERS OF rRAnsvAAL.
Relatives of Joubert a4d Dom Paul is
Denver.

Relatives of Joubert a4d Dom Paul II
Denver.
Several western women are vitality
interested in the fight now engaging
the attention of the world in South
Africa. For over two years Denver
was the residence of the daughter and
granddaughter of Gen. Joubert. The
daughter of Joubert was also the niece
of Dom Paul. as Mrs. Kruger is JOu-
bert's sister. The daughter is now liv-
ing in Tucson, Arizona, while the
granddaughter. who calls herself San
ME Kruger, is an actress at the Tivoli
theater in San Francisco. In Denver
they were Mrs. S. H. Woodford and
Miss Mercedes Woodford Miss Wood
ford became through marriage Mrs. F.
A. Newsom, but not living happily
with her husband. she assumed the
name of Sannie Kruger. Susannah
was her mothers name, and Sannie is
her Boer nickname. To the name of
Kruger she has a family claim. Miss
Sannie, as she likes to be called, since
entering the theatrical profession, came
to Denver about four years ago from
Holland, where she had been educated
Her mother. Mrs. Woodford, had al
ready with her two young sons, settled
here, having bought the residence at
1543 York street. The husband and
father is an American and an expert
mining engineer, who had met the
daughter of the famous Boer general
in Johannesburg. She was dark haired
and her skin was swarthy. but she was
literally educated and spoke English
without touch of foreign accent. Mrs
Woodford was not accompanied by her
husband when she first came west, but
he soon Joined her and when in about
a year the daughter, Mercedes, came
from Holland, the neighbors found
them pleasant, well-bred family
Then Miss Woodford married f. A.
Newsom, an English mining man. The
Woodfords had business reverses and
one day the house was mortgaged and
later 1t was lost through foreclosure
Then Mrs. Woodford accompanied her
daughter and son-in-law to Tuscon.
Ari., where she and the two boys,
Washington and Lincoln. are now sup
posed to be. There she secured a di-
vorce.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
SOCIETY IN TIE NATIONS CAPITAL.

sures in rocks. says Our Fellow Crea-
lures. The supporting guys of this gi-
gantic net, which in all cases is al
most strong enough for a hammock,
are from five to twenty feet in length.
made OF series Of twisted webs, the
whole being of the diameter of lead
pencil. AS might be imagined, this
gigantic silken trap is not set for mos
quitoes, flies and pestiferous gnats, but
for birds. gaudy moths and elegantly
painted butterflies, some of the latter
having a spread of wing equal to that
of robin or bluejay.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
GOLF WAS A KINGS GAME.
James of England Founded the frs
Club.


The Royal Blackheath Golf club is
the oldest golf club in England. and it
also claims to be the oldest existing
golf club in the world. 1t was founded
by James |. in 1908. For two or three
centuries before that time golf had
been popular game in Scotland, but
there is no record of any club having
been established prior to the Black
heath club. In 1457 the Scottish par
Lament passed an act enjoining that
flute ball and golfe be utterly cryit
downe. and nocht usit." similar act
was passed in May, 1491. The Royal
and Ancient Golf club at st. Andrews
is une of the most famous in the king
dom. 1t was instituted in 1854, a sill
yer cup having been played for in the
May of that year. In 1884 William "
became patron of the club and ap-
proved of its being in future styled
the Royal and Ancient Golf club of
st. Andrews" and presented a gold
medal to be played for annually
Golfers Weekly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
BIRDS FLEET OF WING.
Long Distances Covered Ia a short
Time.


Prof. Goetke delivered an address in
Berlin the other day on the results OF
his experiments upon the speed of
birds flight made in Heligoland last
autumn. Now that all birds of passage
are again upon the wing. these ex-
periments have a general interest.
The rocks pass over Heligoland every
their winter homes. Goetke found
their course directed due west. The
first column noted appeared a: a.
m. and continued until p. m. The
head of this line reached the English
coast at ii a. m, and the last at p.
m. The birds thus covered the eighty
geographical miles in three hours, or
at speed of fifty-five meters 1S0 feeD
per second. More interesting stiii
the ''redtails." They winter in the
Nile country as far south Us the In
dies. and. passing over Heligoland on
their summer trip to Norway, are cap
tured by hundreds. They fly only by
night, and almost unknown in Greece
and Germany. Hence it is concluded
that they make their journey from the
Nile to Norway in a single night.
There are 400 long geographical miles
between Egypt and Heligoland, and to
make the journey in a spring night of
nine hours length would require a
speed of ninety-two meters 1902 feeD
second, while carrier pigeons, as is
well known, rarely exceed thirty
meters per second.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
To "nid Yourself Good-Bx."

An admirable instance of "cheery
stoicism" is found in the letter of
private in the Coldstreams (now lying
wounded at Wynberg), describing his
experiences in the battle at Modder
River, says the Spectator: Il happen
ed to find bit of looking glass. 1t
made a rare bit of fun. AS it was
passed from comrade to comrade, they
said: Have a last look at yourself.
my boy, and bid yourself goodbye
The laugh went around Then .Ad-
vance, and we were at it again" Ger
tainly, as Gen. Butler said, the men
are splendid
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
Mrs. Deweys Ambition to Become the First
Lady in the Land

Mrs. Dewey. There are few Nine. De
Staels to century but many persons
in Washington have enjoyed the hos
pitality OF the wife of the admiral.
Since the widow of Gen. Hazen was
married to the admiral she has held
most OF her receptions in the house of
her mother, Mrs. Washington Mclean.
1t is a large house, and much better
fitted for social functions than the
house which the people of the United
States gave to the admiral
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15

ated social uproar by taking prece
dence of other women of higher rank
at the presidents reception. She had
a reception on hand herself, and. see
ing an opportunity, paid her respects
to the president out of order. taking
the"pas'' of several of her social riv-
ais. Then she went to her house and
received her own guests. The German
ambassador was trifie late. just a
minute beyond the time which was
announced on her cards. The result
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
Big Spider Web.

Ceylon is the home of the largest
species of spider that has yet been
made the subject of chronological in
vestigation. This web-spinning mon
ster lives in the most mountainous
districts of that rugged island and
places his trap-not gossamer snare
of airy lightness, but huge net of
yellow silk from five to ten feet in di
ameter-across the chasms and fis-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15
A Wnmnn.n Court of Ju.tIcc,

1t is proposed in France to establish
court of justice run by women and
for women, to which may be carried
all those cases concerning which the
most learned men know nothing. This
will relieve man Judge. for instance.
from determining questions as to flt in
suits brought by dressmakcrs against
their olietts.