The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-03-20
GENERAL NEWS.

Judge William Fullerton, the noted
Beecher. TiltOn lawyer, is dead.
Fifteen persons. a majority of when
were children. were burned 10 death at
Newark, n. J.
The Richmond Guano Company :
works were damaged by fire to the ex-
tent Of $40 900.
Snowstorms and frost have been gen
eral throughout the South and II Is
feared fruit has been damaged
J. Sherman PETER. a printer and son
Of Ex. Senator PETER, Of Kansas. killed
himself with morphine in Kansas City
The Standard Oil Company has paid
quarterly dividends Of $50 600. OOO-2O
per cent. on capital stock Of $780,
600 600
Five hundred tons Of rice. Goldfish and
bacon have been shipped to Porto
Rico by the War Department TO relieve
the suffering.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Barnett, the
authoress, whose home is in Washing
ton. was married last week TO Stephen
Townsend, of London.
Six feet Of snow fell on the level in
New York State last week and seven
thousand men were engaged in clearing
the streets in New York city
President Mckinley has granted a
full and unconditional pardon TO Gap
tain Bowman Ii McOalla. Of the navy,
now serving in the Philippines
Switzerland. the home Of direct leg
islation, has no standing army. no for
tificatiOn, aud is the happiest and
best governed country in the world.
Maud S. the famous trotter. died at
Port Chester, n. Y. Saturday. She
was owned by the Bonner estate and
was twenty-six years old Her trottiDg
record Of ? .OS3 was made in 1888.
The American Tobacco Company dis.
charged its entire list Of five hundred
employees in New York, and it will
move its plant to its factories in Rich
mond, Va Baltimore, Cincinnati and
Lancaster, Pa.
Mr.. Bryan has left Austin, Tex for
Nebraska. where he will attend the
State convention, after which he will
spend a month in South Dakota. Utah,
Washington, Oregon. California, Arr
iona and New Mexico
The unwilling Of the monument dedi.
Gated by citizens Of Key West to the
heroes Of the battleship Maine, who
died in Havana February 10, 1898. and
were buried ther5, took blaze March
10th. Over 10. 900 people were present.
American women in Manila have
formed an association for the distribu-
ton of books. games, delicacies, paja-
mas. etc, among the sick and wound
ed soldiers now in the Philippines
Since the return TO this country Of Mrs.
LAYTON, who was president Of the as
ISOLATION. the latter has been reorgsn.
lied, with Mrs. K. A. Liscum as pres
ident.
Ex-Governor John Young Brown is
chief counsel for the men arrested for
the murder Of the late William Goebel
With him will be associated George
Denny, W. O. P Breckenridge and sew.
eral others. Secretary Of State Powers.
Capt. John W. Davis, W. II. Oulton, and
Harland Whitaker were taken from
Louisville to Frankfort Saturday in
charge of Sheriff Suffer and deputies
There was no disorder, and the prison
ers greeted their friends pleasantly as
they went to Jail. The prisoners were
released on $40, 900
Gen. Joseph Wheeler is in Washing
ton. His resignation has not yet been
accepted He says he will claim his
seat in Congress There is an indica-
tion, however, that he may not be al.
lowed 90 take his seat Speaker Hen
dersou. a few days ago. appointed Rep
resentative Underwood, Of Alabama,
member Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, to take the place which had
been left vacant for General Wheeler.
This seems to indicate that the leader
of the House is opposed to General
Wheeler's assuming his seat in Con-
Qress