The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-04-28
GENERAL NEWS.

Il H-1ui VOU ulo OCCuIIeu i'll HlIauol-
phia, Pa.
The Island of jamaica is reported
BANKRUPT.
The gossips are again reviving Il Q
story that Gen Joe Wheeler is to marry
Mrs George w. Ohilde.
Queen Victoria has ended her Irish
VISIT. leaving Dublin for Holyhead,
England. Thursday night.
Right Rev Bishop Van de Nyver
will leave Saturday to sail for Belgium
lie will be away about three months.
Taylor will soon return to Kentucky
to face his accusers. and will demand
an immediate trial on the indictment,
30 1t is said
Bishop Ireland has written letter
advocating united efforts on the part
of the Catholics to extend the influence
Of the church
In a labor riot at Chicago, III one
man was instantly killed. another Sc
verely wounded, aud five others sustain
ed slight injuries.
Archbishop Keane has announced
that he has received $50. 600 from Mi
chael Oudahy as gift to the Catholic
University at Washington.
Mrs. Ann Bartholomew, OF New
Rochelle, n Y. who. though 81 years
old, waltzed at an informal dance at
Derby, Conn last week. is the daughter
of the late Samuel Sisson, sea cap
tain, of Norfolk. Va
Speaking of absent.minded beggars.
what is the matter with our respected
Uncle Sam? Notwithstanding Secre-
tary Gage has informed him that he
will have a surplus of more than $40.
600 coo at the end Of the year, he con
TUNES TO hold out his hand for the pen
MES that are paid for the war tax
stamps Savannah New.
Miss Marie Dinse, Of New York
Jumped from the Brooklyn bridge last
week and was rescued without serious
injuries Many men have made this
leap. Several persisted but Miss Dinse
is the second woman who ever attempt
ed to end her life in this way. Sept
&. 1895, Mrs Macarthur jumped from
the bridge and was but slightly injured.
Ii is said that Secretary Of War Root,
Adit Gen. Oorbin, Gen. II " Boyn-
ton, Congressman Grosvenof and others
will be in Chattanooga. Tenn. May
and s, to look over Ohickamauga Park,
looking to the approval Of certain rec
concentrations 10 be made preparatory
to the great reunion Of the veterans OF
both armies, which will be held there in
the fell
The packinRhouse of the Ajax Dy
Mantle Works near Kawkawlin. Mich
was blown up, killing three men. All
left young wives and children. Their
bodies were torn to shreds, only enough
being found to fill bushel basket
Great trees were uprooted or torn
to splinters, and houses and stores
in Kawknawlin were wrecked by the
explosion
Holger Henrik Herholat Drachman &,
the great Danish writer and poet who
is now in this country says: america
is glorious country, with a great and
brilliant future. but | have met people
representing all classes, from the
weslthiest to the poorest, and from
what l have observed | fear there is a
terrible struggle TO come in the near
future between labor and capital.
The Bahamas, the Bermudas, Barba'
dos. West India Islands. like Porto
Rico, have representative institutions
Nominally the crown has veto on
legislation, but the veto of the English
crown has become an obsolete prerog-
ative. Porto Rico has just by
act Of Congress and approval
of the Executive. been made
"crown colony" Of the United
States. The Porto Ricans were taxed
pretty heavily by the Spanish, but not so
heavily as the United States are taxing
them. They are now being taxed with
out representation. Its people did not
ask us to take them from Spain. That
was done Of our own accord. Ever
since we took them, and solely by the
right OF might. they have piteously
begged Us for bread. and we have Civ
en- them a stone. The island is our
first colony, and we have made 1t
crown colony. going into the business
in first.class imperial style. The new
governor is to have q fine vessel for his
special use, he is TO be accompanied by
a splendid retinue and will be indicted
into Office with all the pomp and cir
cumstance this country will permit.
The positions and the franchises in
the island in the gift Of the President
are abundant. The chance for fat pick.
ings mas attracted horde OF adventur-
ers and place hunters OF high and low
degree to Washington.