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RAIN REPORTS

fuahah' Aardeman County. Texas, July
nne rain fell yesterday and last
Eht The weather is stin threatening.
4 ram Is appreciated by farmers aud
IRE cotunn was eaten by grasshop-
II The grass will get green again.
Is for prosperity.
luton Van zandt County. Texas.
n 1-lhers h some complaint OF TOO
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TEXAS MATTERS.
lsnecial 10 TIE Post.l

Washington, July 24.-An increased PEN
sion of IS per month has been granted
Jacob Grove. Batesvllle,
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Patents issued to Texans 20,

Patents issued to Texans today; James
A. Bonner, Direct, non Bllaoe bottle;
Thomas j Clou1 Killeen cloth measur
ing machine; Augustus B. Crltzor. san
Antonio eye glasses; Theodore f. Driskill.
Corsicqna articulating plates; Charles W,
Macafee, El Paso. acetylene gas generating
apparatus; Willard F. Walker, Flato1.a,
bale tie.
The Hanover National bank Of New
York has been approved as a reserve agent
for the First National bank of Rosebud.
Texas.
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REPORT.
Xiv Bulletin Of the Weather Bureau,
Texas Section.
TON CROP HAS IMPROVED GENERALLY
. po,t worms and Mexican weevil
Are Rcported-The Plant In
Fruiting Nicely.

koIlowing is tho climate and crop bull
IA of the weather bureau, Texas section,
The week ending Monday, July %,
temnerature.-Th temperature on an
rage TO the week was about the nor
IN most sections. The minimum tenn
&ature for the week Hanged from &c de-
4 q over the Panhadle TO as along the
IN coast. Use highest temperature for
week at tho several telegraphic sta
h was 100 at Long yiew
Lreclpitation.-The precipitation en- an
Brace for the week vas about the nor
over the east coast district aud WAS
bye over the northern pl"l.cn of the
lie. with the greatest excess over the
Rtral portion of North Texas, while there
4 general deficiency over the other
&tions OF the State. Light showers were
&orted from some station on every day
hing the week, but these were not gem
There was no rain at some stations
In central and southwest portion. the
&atest local rainfall Tor tue week was
S5 inches at Sherman.
n CONDITION OF CROPS.
Mhe scattered showers vita heavy local
H. over the central portion Of North
&kas DELAYED farm Work generally. a
&rke6 rise was reported il the rivers
n me western 'oi 'ion " 90 80 So 80
&se he5yi laLns' n'0ss V, ~
n lhg' u9ins ua ,t 80 - L., hao, ~,
Erepoiteu .nat In I"i Us its 80 -
phg me uuauhiuSS 'iL ''"el
xefs as tesuie VI oseino -,,,..,,u,, st,oo
'LaJe corn mas llnpIoneu uia,'i , ,ariy s.no
Y rams ana Is p'oLd.1,ns 49, III 81,
Ns' early colu uiaVui ine "piuiy N
rains were 700 iate " ne W any go q,
corn Is lepol'et ~ We Wy 80 49,
falltles over NullH iSAas, -, ns oIop
IA whole Is very spo''eu anu WIN oe eon
qtrapIy De'o" an ~ "E -. 'l ~
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TELEGRAPH1c SUMMARIES.

SH lEDrL1hAf nv 81
Following are Geographic summaries OF
" reports made by weather bureaus in
he other cotton states:
"A ouisLana.-Showery and sultry week.
|eld work greatly retarded weeds are
81 ltiplylng; cotton more grassy; fruiting
corly and shedding in places.
ARKANSAS. Good rains, fairly well dis
rhuted; on upland cotton taking on too
NC growth, in lowlands small and
vsedy; generally fruiting fairly well;
81 on generally good and promises large
I:eds in many localities.
M Mssissippi.- Frequent showers bene-
!elal in northern and delta counties; coz
90 injured some in southern and central
'cpnties, cotton improved except in locali-
lef in southern half OF State; Is cleaner,
Whiting better, and some laid by; little
htdding,
alabama. Temperatures favorable;
|ainfall beneficial though slightly ex-
|efsye in few localities; much grass
Ned, three weeks more of such work
Necessary cotton improved; small, fruit
W slowly, none open, about three weeks
Heorgia dry and warm, except
lew scattered showers; III crops need
- rain; cotton improved in most Sec
1ng,
~ lorida.-Rains beneficial ia south, dam
|Qng in portions of western and north
~ districts, some central toult'es need
an; cotton fruiting slowly; bottom crops
pcbr, damaged by rust.
South Carolina.-Too hot and dry Tor
'Fcps save cotton, which Improves Slowly
lHept on sandy lands, where it Is shed
|'ng and turning yellow; fields are gen
lplly clean and fruiung normally, nut
fep is spotted and average condition re-
npins poor.
NORTH Carolina.-lntense heat, glaring
nnshne and drouth seriously iLjured
Tqps much old corn on sandy SOIL ano
ipands ruined; cotton at arst wlthstooi
1rpnh well, but now shedding leaves ana
orms.
sSTenuessee.-On few scattered show
~ in east, but generally SUFFICIENT In
ntidle and Western PORTIONS good FLO
gffss made In tirasuilg wheat; cotton
'ot previously ruined doing We'll; show
~ very beneficial to cotton.
81 GENERAL BUREAU REPORT.
Washington July 24-The weather hu'
'Hu's weekly summary Of crop condl'
']ons says: Rain is very generally neeu'
~ in the Atlantic coast districts nortL
~ Florida the drouth being quite severe
2 the CaroEnas. New Jersey and portions
Va New England, while too much ram mas
Ven over portions of the central valleys
North Texas. the central Gulf states
~ Northern Florida. Throughout the
<uantic coast districts corn is generally
Mneed OF rain
1&enerallv there has been some further
Improvement in the condition of cotton
Z" The crop IS suffering from drouth Ia
81 Carolinas and from too much rain II
" ions Of the central belt and portions
Ie&as. In the last named State 1t has
In orally made rapid growth, being eS'
~ eht In places and poor in others.
~ uuing is reported from the greater
~ oil the cotton belt and rust from th'
81 ern districts. In the Carolinas and
~ S'nia tobacco has suffered for rain
"a rains having improved the crop In
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LAW DEPARTMENT.

Session begins October l: entrance ex-
amlnations, September 90; matriculation
fee payable only once. $50. A two years
course leads 10 tho degree of bachelor Of
laws, and entities holder to practice in
any court in Texas. Law studsnts may
pursue academic courses without further
charge.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12
II, 1900.
Weather forecast for Fred
erickS6Urg and Oicinity:
Tuesday fair.
A GOOD EXAMPLE.

Mr.. Theodore Ellis, secretary OF the
Wheat Growers Association. is Of the
opinion that Georgia will reap large
benefits from the Wheat Growers
Convention, to be held in Macon on
the 18th of July. 1t is expected that
q large number Of people will assem-
BILE in Macon on that occasion, and
that there will be large displays of the
latest improved lsbor-saving harvest
ing machines, and agricultural imple-
ments Of all kinds. The people Of
Georgia are becoming quite enthusl
sstic over this convention and are
manifesting q deep interest in its sue
cess. Wheat lands are said to be in
demand at prices ranging from $50 to
$50 per acre. The people Of Georgia
are getting out Of the notion that they
must rely solely upon cotton for ex'
istence and wealth. They will here
after devote more attention to wheat
growing and the indications are that
the revival Of wheat culture IN
Georgia and other Southern States
has already assumed such proportions
that q new era in the agricultural
history of the far South will date from
the beginning Of this convention
movement.
The prospects this year are favor
able for the largest wheat crop ever
known in the history of Georgia.
That State has an abundance OF
fine wheat. growing lands, and one of
the major objects of the Wheat Grow
ers' Con vention to be held in Macon,
as indicated, will be to advertise those
lands.
This convention idea is movement
Of energetic, public-spirited farmers,
who desire to advertise their advsn'
tages and attract immigration to their
State. The movement is common
dAble one, and THE FREE LANCE sug-
gests that the Virginia farmers should
reap some useful lessons from it. We,
too, have fine wheat lands, but are we
not lacking in push and energy in
bringing the knowledge of it to the
world
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

IT WAS puerile on the part of the
War Department to lay the RESPONSE
bility for the recently discovered pee
Nations with Government funds in
Manila on bad bookkeeping. 1t
is evident that bad bookkeeping has
become q chronic complaint under
the present Administration, and it is
not confined to the limits Of Manila.
Were this the case the excuse set
forth by the War Department would
not be so ridiculously absurd. But
it prevails in the Philippines, is cpl
demic in Cuba, and Porto Rico has
suffered from its stigma. Indeed,
Washington, the seat of this great
Government, has been sullied by it.
So widespread has it become in Off
cial life that the only logical conclu'
sion is, there are a number of un-
scrupulous and dishonest men hold
ing high and lucrative government
positions. The people at large are
not set of ignoramuses they are
fully aware Of the fact that something
is radically wrong in connection with
some Of the pets" of the Admins
trstion, and they may take notion
this fall to install honest and compe-
tent book-keepers who have to handle
the publie's funds.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

Three cases are to. be tried at the
special criminal term Of the United
States court which begins at Richmond
June Goth. They are those Of Charles
Goodloe. charged with robbing the
mails W 7. Jones, charged with false
cancellation and embezzlement OF the
contents OF valuable letter. and that
Of negro charged with sending OBJ
scene matter through the mails
Ia a recent visit to house In Kappa
hammock county IL was noticed that a
great number Of little old time wrens
ab0unded about the house. Their
presence was accounted for by mum.
Der OF boxes i'm convenient places which
had holes in them through which an
English sparrow could not enter, and
in which the small wrens reared their
brOOds
The ceremony Of unveiling the bronze
tablet oommemoratinR the battle OF
Great Bridge, Norfolk county the first
patriot victory Of the Revolution, has
been postponed until October next
This was the battle in which Gen. Ed
ward Stevens. Of Oulpeper. distinguish
ed himself The Oulpeper Minute Men
also participated in the battle
John Dabney. the widely known col.
ored caterer, who has probably con-
cooted more mint juleps than any other
man i'm the country. died la Richmond
last week. II was Dabney's mint julep
which made such an impression upon
tho youthful Prince Of Wales when he
came here in 1859
Mr.. Thomas Brown, former deputy
internal revenue collector, has been
chosen Superintendent Of Schools Of
Westmorelsnd county. made vacant by
the death of Mr. TaliaferFo Hunter o.
Conway Baker and Il Bowie were can.
didates, and the contest was spirited.
The robbers Of Cape Charles postofIice
we're captured Ia Orislield, Md They were
armed with knives and Ievolvers, aud
had some Of the money and instruments
used in opening the office in their pos
session. They went TO Orisfield in a
canoe and set II adrift after landing.
The final exercises Of the Fauquier Fe-
male Institute took place Thursday.
The address to the graduating class was
delivered by Rev. J II Wells, OF the
Methodist church. Miss Mairye Pill
low was the only member Of the grad
usting class
Commodore Marshall Parks. distin-
guished naval commander OF the Oon-
"A hn haa hald rnattfaua
Of honor and trust under the State and
Federal governments, died in Norfolk
at an advanced age.
Teodore +. Taylor, ex-deputy clerk OF
Henrico county, who recently absconded
with his accounts about 81 600 short,
was seen in Washington Tuesday. He
is thought TO be living there
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12
SOME WEDDINGS.

Mr.. Philip Carpenter and Miss
Sparks, OF Madison county, were mar
ried last week by Rev. Mr.. Huddle.
The marriage Of Mr.. Alexander N.
Horne and Miss Annie M. Jones was
solemnized Wednesday in the Catholic
church Of Warrenton.
Miss Ellen Wise Mayo, a grand.
daughter Of Governor Henry A. Wise
aud DR.. st. Julien Oppenheimer were
married Thursday at the residence OF
the BRIDES brother in-law at Richmond.
Capt. r. W. Wiley, of Irvington,
and Miss Ella Il Ingram, of Baltimore
were married at the bride home Tues
day. by Rev. W. II. Blair. They are
now at the Captains home in Irving
ton.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riQe Of Rev. II. X. Kloman, rector OF
st. Paul's church, Haymsrket, to Miss
Eleanor NJ. Trapnell Of Charleston, W.
Va, where the ceremony will take
place, June 20.
The residence of Mr.. Adm Laycock,
In Leesburg, was the scene Of pretty
home wedding Wednesday, when Miss
Fanny Venable Darlington was mar.
ried to Mr. e. Holmes Vansickle, OF
Aide, by the Rev. l n. Campbell.
(Tidewster Democrat, Tappahannock. }
One Of the prettiest marriages it has
ever been our fortune to witness took
place in our little village on the even
ing of Tuesday, the 9TH, when Mr.. Ed
ward Oovey Anderton and Miss Viz
giuis Hunter Oauthorn, daughter of K
T. Oauthorn, Of this place, were united
in the holy bonds Of wedlock By Rev.
Vim. ]. Morton.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12
CONGRESSIONAL AFTERMATH.

Joshua Ritcher Of Burke's station
Virginia. has been given a Spanish
war pension of $50 month.
Congressional records show that
there are nearly 500 trusts with COM
bined capital OF So. 900 900, 900. in this
country.
In his three years Of Office President
Mckinley has appointed % commits.
sions TO Investigate various things and
they have cost over 50, 300, 600
Chairman Hull and members of the
Military Committee are at Yorktown,
Va, inspecting the old Temple farm
upon which the surrender Of Corn
wallis occurred, which it is hoped the
government will purchase
The bill to give General LOnestreet q
pension Of fifty dollars month passed
the Senate on the 3rd OF May, but
though the General, now old and deaf,
haunted the House, it never was even
considered by the pensions committee
Of that body.
1u6 OIL u pay buo OloAuuo Va Wv a.
GINA farmers and country storekeepers
for provision and feed taken from them
by U. s troops during the Spanish war
passed the Senate but the House refus-
ed to do so. But as the claims have
been passed upon by commission, the
War Department Is by law compelled
10 pay them. without waiting for the
action of Congress.
The Louisville Courier Journal says ::
1T seems rather queer that after 30
many years Of investigation nobody in
Congress knows anything about the real
value of armor plate, but must rely on
the statements Of outsiders, which are
Immediately contradicted " This con-
dition Of affairs suggests new apho-
rism: "There is none 80 Ignorant IS
those whose interests are advanced by
lack of knowledge.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.

Gen. Pho del Pillar, the Filipino
leader, has been captured near Manila.
Two suuadrons of cavalry will pro-
coed to the Philippines to take the place
of 81, 900 volunteers who are to be sent
home.
There is secret underground gov
eminent in the Philippines that Is Civ
ing General Macarthur q great deal
of trouble.
Arrangements have been made for
transporting 1. 488 Cuban school teach
ers 90 Harvard University for sum-
mer course.
Cuban lawyers object to all reforms.
and dispatch from Havana says "Ou-
ban Justice is recognized as having be
come q mere master Of dollars and
cents. l."
Two hundred Filipinos were killed
and 100 captured by American troops
last week. Nine Americans were kill
ed, 81 wounded and an officer taken
prisoner.
The commission to establish civil
government in the Philippines, OF which
Judge Taft is the head, has reached
Manila, and is finding their task more
difficult than anticipated.
A dispatch from Havana states that
the Fidelity and Deposit Company Of
Baltimore, has been notified that 1t
will be held responsible on the bond Of
Estes G.. Rathbone, former director Of
posts.
Official reports Of the Oatubig fight,
in April last, show that 81 enlisted
men Of Company H, Forty-Third In
fantry Volunteers. held at bay force
of some six hundred insurgents during
four days Of hard fighting Before sur
rending 10 of their number we're killed
A detachment Of the infantry under
Oapt. Orenshaw was ambushed by the
Insurgents near Taal. in southern Lu-
zon. Capt Orenshaw and private
were wounded The rebels were put
TO fight, leaving ten dead. The Ameri-
cans are said to have been led into the
ambush by the treachery Of q guide.
The present head Of the department
Of finance, recently vacated by Mr..
Nicely, is o man named Buchanan. q
former clerk to General Wood, at San
tiago, and whose experience in the pos
tal service is limited 20 the period dur
ing which be carried Gen. Wood mail
from the Santiago post. office % the
palace. There IL nothing like mlhlary
pull In Cuba.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

/. ADVOCATES of viva voce vote
clause for the new Constitution claim
that II. will save the State 5000, 900
annually. An argument against the
method is that employers can dictate
to their employees how to vote, and
know whether they do so or not, If
the secrecy of the ballot in removed.
This might be an effective argument
in some States where the employee
class is large, but the Constitution
question concerns only Virginia just
now, and it does not strike us that the
influence over employees here would
amount to much.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12
Por over Pity Years

Mrs. WinsIoW's Soothing Syrup ha
been used for over fifty years by mil.
lions Of mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success. u
soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pains, cures wind colo, and
IS the best remedy for Diarrhoea IL
will relieve the poor little sufferer Inn
mediately. Sold by Druggists in every
part Of the world. Twenty-Five cents
q bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs
Nlnalnw'a Soothing 9vrup -
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12
RIppIcK GOES TO PENITENTIARY'

The trial Of Rev. J e. Rosne Riddick
for the murder of DR.. W. II Temple
has reached it's fnsl stages, after nearly
two weeks of legal fencing on the part
Of counsel Saturday the case was
given TO the jury who announced that
they were unable to agree. being six
for acquittal and half q dozen for a
long term imprisonment. A compro.
mise verdict was hoped to be reached
Monday.
The prosecution ceased its efforts TO
have the extreme penalty inflicted and
urged the jury to send the prisoner to
the penitentiary for Is years, during
which period if insanity was clearly
developed he could be committed to the
asylum.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

In THE Fifty-sixth Congress, just
closed, Congressman Little6eld, of
Maine, had the temerity to assume
an attitude in opposition to his-the
Republican-pArty on both the Rob
erts case and the Porto Ricsn tar
III bill. Such unprecedented valor
in q Maine Republican ought to he
recognized by the Administration,
and the Congressman should be placed
upon the retired list of distinguished
generals at full pay.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

WHY does not the Northern Neck
organize q military company and ap-
ply to the Governor for commission
AS far as cstion.Goes-hve counties
cut off from other sections-no COM
munity could need one more. The
past aud present good behavior OF
that prosperous aud happy people is
no guarantee that the military may
not some day be needed and needed
instanter.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12
oUTRAaEs IN ST. LOUIS.
CONTINUED from ist page. }

The outrages of the strike in st.
Louis continue to put shame upon
that city. A sheriff's posse killed three
street strikers and wounded four. For
mer street car men were returning from
a picnic when the trouble occurred.
Sunday was one Of the most e7entful
and bloody days since the great strike
on the st. Louis lines began.
Two more shop girls were attacked
by the mob and they also we're partly
denuded before they escaped.
An organized "committee" Of women
visited the public schools. entering the
rooms, accusing the women teachers Of
riding on she tabooed cars, and threat
ening to do them bodily harm If they
did so again
Four more men, three Of them police
officers, were shot as a result OF the
street car strike In S. Louis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

Now the English vocabulary will
be inadequate to supply all the vile
epithets desired by the girls at the
sesshore to excoriate the precocious
small boy-who comments on her
bathing costume.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

The Prohibitionists OF North Caro-
lima have nominated Henry Sheets
for Governor. 1t is to be hoped that
this sbstemious sspirant will not get
''three sheets in the wind"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

The Richmond News has "sworn
off, from having "swelled heads"
Can it start the reform movement
among the typos3
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

THE Fairfax Herald has entered
upon its nineteenth year. The Her
aid is one Of the best and most sue
cessful rural papers in the State.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12
Masonic.

Lodge No 4. A f q A NJ. Of this
city, Friday night, elected officers for
the ensuing year as follows:
A. I. Embrey, W. Nj W. II. Hur-
kamp, S w. Maurice Hirsh. j. w.
Il NJ. Young. Jr. Treasurer, and S. j.
Quinn, Secretary.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

THERE are some lost opportunities
which an old established political
party seems never to regret-thOse to
legislste against Trusts, for example.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

NAPOLEON's impiOus maxim, that
Providence is on the side of the
heaviest bsttsliOns, is being verified
in the Trsnsvssl war.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

IT may be a question of some Curl
osity as to which government intends
settling up for Aguinaldo's obituary
notices.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

THE fair bsthers st certain salt
water resorts now begin to wonder If
their toes were made for crab bait,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

THE fellow who is too unsocisble
to meet even his obligations must be
the prince of hermits.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

CONGRESSIONAL oratory has become
extinct. Now the political whippoor-
will will sing somebody's death dirge.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

WONDER if the fellow who gets up
the spring styles for women's hat
isn't an expansionist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

GARMENTS for church wear usually
have small pockets, and those sewed
up.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

Now that Congress has adjourned
Isis to bs hoped that peAceful calm,
Ike Z benedlcsion, viii settle upon
tho eoaatzy
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

Do you need onei Well you should
see them. Just received 200 white aud
drab corsets at SOC each, worth 200. ;
$50 white do. at 600. each, worth 81
These are the greatest bargains In cor
sets ever offered ia the old town. g. T.
Baker.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12

ST. Louis is evidently trying to
beat the South African record.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-12
rns Grain Mar

The grain markets closed yesterday
az follows:
Chicago-Wheat, June, So July
70; Sept. 10 corn, June, 49, { July
sS% Sept, 80; oats, June, 81 July
New York-Southern wheat, 20 TO
70 corn, 40 to 40
Bsitimore-Southern wheat. 70 to % (;
Southern corn, 43 60 A
Richmond-Wheat. rs to rs oorn,
40 TO AZ.
Alexandria-wheat, 70 30 20; corn.
46 10 Az.