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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

MANY things may yet conspire 10
aid the Democrats in their national
campaign and act more or less IS en-
Offset to the detection which will nee
essarily result from the prominence
given the "16 to l " issue in the plat.
form. The Republicans must recog-
nize their weakness, and the opposi'
sion's strength, in the matter of trusts
and militarism. They will not be
unmindful either of the additional
strength which Mr.. Bryan will receive
in the Middle West from the united
support of silver Republicans and
Populists. None of these conditions
obtained in 100, and what part they
will play in the coming election can
not be even surmised and may be de-
termined only when the votes are
polled on election night. The Demo
Gratis will be the gamers by these con-
ditions, but it would be rash to claim
to such an extent as to Offset Bryan
ism and free silver in the East. So
they will be unwise to count upon
carrying any more States in the East
than they did in 1896. The battle.
ground will doubtless be in the Mid
die West and over Kentucky and
Maryland. Should they win these
two States and Illinois and Indiana
their ticket will probably triumph.
In this they have strong hopes and q
good fighting chance. 1t may, there.
fore, prove wise thing in having thus
selected an Illinois man SIS Brysn's
running mate, and ignored New York.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

VERY little activity has been going
on among the aspirsnts for the Gov
ernorship recently. The candidates
appear to be watching each other and
working quietly to augment 'heir re-
speetive forces. This is too smooth
sailing for the political seas, and we
warrant the waters will become tur.
Oulent ere long.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17
Cola Democratic Gall.

A committee Of Gold Dem ocrats has
issued a call for meeting in New York
July 18th, to devise the best method Of
placing in nomination third ticket for
President and vice. President upon a
platform "denouncing and combating
the faliacions and unconstitutional
creeds Of both the old parties.
The call is signed by Gold Democrats
Of New York, Massachusetts,, New
Hempshire end Colorado
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

The Free Lance celebrated July 4th
by suspending publication on the 9th
and giving its oompositors holiday. -
Underwater Democrat.
Lest this peculiarly constructed
sentence of our esteemed conte mpo-
rary should make the shivers run
down some valued delin quent sub
scriber's spine, reach his pocket and
freeze tighter the dollars that are
ours, we hasten to assure all that
THE FREE LANCE has never suspend
ed publication, but is still alive and
growing and doing business at the
old stand. II only omitted an issue
for the purpose rightly assigned.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

THE pulse of all the world is beat
ing and throbbing with nervous tre-
NOR over the doubtful uncertainty of
the China crashing. Minds are
dumbfounded and pens are forgotten
in the strain Of anxiety and expects-
ton and ignorance Of the stirring
events which have thus far been as a
sealed book to the civilized world.
When tho news shall have broken
through, when, as we believe, the
direst fears will have found reRliza.
ton, then the pent-up foods of intel.
lect and eloquence will break forth
and the stilus will fling excavations
and commands such as probably were
never known before in the worlds
history. Nothing that we can recall
has ever trsnspired in the past that
engaged so universal and profound
consideration.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

IT WOULD, perhaps, DO startling to
know bow many children are burned
to death annually by the criminal
carelessness OF parents in locking
them up in houses. The evil is 8
growing one, and each State should
provide severe penalty for exposing
those little ones to such a horrible
fate.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

IT WAS an objectionable mistake
in the Richmond Dispatch to say that
a man named bible" was the editor
of q country newspaper Are not
the two Incompatible
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17
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Reading Notices loo. per line first insertion,
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Obituaries or Religious Notices OF enter
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Letters recommending candidates TOT Olnee
must be paid for.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

FREDERIcKsBURGERs and visitors
to our city on the occasion Of the
dedication of the Mary Washington
Monument in 1894 viii doubtless re-
call With pleasure the visit here Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Adlai 8. Stevenson with
the Presidential party. The Masonic
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

No DOUBT the Tammany Ice Trust
would like to freeze out the income
tax plank.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

Mr.. MCKINLEY will make only one
speech during the campaign. Hanna,
40 doubt, has assured him that his
golden silence will prevail against
Brvsp's silvern tongue.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
state Agricultural and Mechanical College
ar sLAcKssURe. W.

A Southern Institute of Technology.
Thirty instructors. thoroughly equipped
shops laboratories and infirmary. Farm Of
four hundred acres, steam heating and cleo
trf, lights In dOrmitOres Do. rec In Agrl-
cnlture, Horticulture. Civil, Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering, App led Chemistry
and General Science. Shorter courses N
Practical Agriculture and Practical Ne
chanics. Total cost of session of nine months,
Including tuition and other fees board wash
ing text books. medical attendance. etc,
about Slg5. Cost 10 State students about Slh5.
Next session begins September Il, 1900, For
catalogue and other information apply TO
M. McBRYDE, LII. D.,
iyl0 &c President.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

A MAN never knows how many &C
robAtie shapes he can get into until
be mounts the political stage.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

Hon. JOHN R. MCLEAN is going
abroad this year. Wonder if he's
going to sail on the Democratic plat
form
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

THERE is a servant famine in st.
Louis. The demand might be sup
piled by making a requisition on
North Carolina.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

Now that the deposed Queen of
Hawaii is rusticating in an auto
mobile is it not time for civil zed
women to stop strsddliug the byke7
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

All levity aside. the crop Of bugs for
1900 is reported 20 be fearfully large -
Virginia Citizen.
What bugs9 Hum bugs, Gold bugs
or Kissing-bugsi
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

WHY didn't Mr.. Cleveland act the
Cbesterfeldisn role and send con.
gratulstions to his old running mater
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

For liasT INFLAMMATION, address
mo. ID, POTTS
A g. P. A.. Richmond. Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

Time marked daily except SUNDAY.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Nos. and 3
Tor Cincinnati and Louisville.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-07-17

Another case of the Beers wearing
khaki Is reported to have happened at
Lindley June 90, when they surprised
a picket of % men OF the Yorkshire
Light Infantry, IS Of whom were killed
or wounded
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-10

There is man in the Yuma peni- tentiary serving sentence of tNo years and six months for burglary,
 who thinks his confinement is just.
 But it is not. He had an equal chance ? of being innocent as guilty, but for the periidy of a supposed friend he might now be a free man. According to the officials of the sheriff's office the two men arrested for the robbery of J. w. Powers house. after being confined in the county jail put their heads together to form plan of de- fense. As result of their delibera- tiOn, one was to plead guilty and take all the blame while the other was to rely on that act to gain his freedom
 But who was to plead guilty: II was at last decided that the question should be settled by game of cards and that the loser should be the one to confess. Al the prisoners in the ial knew of the novel contest and gathered around the principals offer ing ad dyice as to the best methods of play: but the Judas of the crowd had arranged series of signals and by their use he quietly tipped the hand of the man who was supposed to to be his friend. The loser true to his promise, carried out his end Of the
 programme and the line of defense proved successful for his opponent If
 the prisoner in Yuma ever finds out that he was 'jobbed" he has the sat isfactOn of knowing that he is dead game sport. '--COc0ninO sun.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-10
.iorh Of Il slave.

To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. Geo. D. Williams. of Manchester, Mich, tells how such q slave was made free He says: My wife has been so helpless for five years that she could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Elec- tric Bitters, she is wonderfully improv- ed and able to do her own work. This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cures nervousness, sleepless- ness, melancholy, headache, backache,
 fainting and dizzy spells. This mira cle working medicine IS a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed Only soc. Sold by Hitchcock, druggist. 6
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-10
Railroad to the Brink of the Grand
 Canyon.

of the Grand Canyon railroad which runs north from Williams, the Topeka Journal says:
 Santa Fe engineers have decided on move which holds a unique place among the feats of modern railroad engineering. 1t is the construction of railroad line to the very edge of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river in Arizona.
 The proposition is rather a dizzy one but careful examination has satis- fled Chief Engineer Dunn and his assistants that there is no danger with the move.
 In consequence construction has been ordered on the Santa Fe X Grand Canyon railroad from Anita Junction to the head of Bright Angel trail, where the observation train will pause on the rim of the LOGO foot cleft in the earth. A rampant will be built to in- sure the safety of the trains. The claim is made that the view of the var iOus colored rock, the immensity of the distances, and the seemingly peril ous boise of the train will be an at traction unequaled for Sublimity on the globe.
 The twenty miles to the rim of the canyon will be completed by June 1j.
 All the machinery for the new con centrating process to be used at the Buster mine, Yavapai county. has been received at the camp.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-10
ARIZONA. News and Comments Pertaining to the Territory at Large.

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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-17
EDWARD WALTON CAUGHT.
Detective Lacy Going to Chicago 60
Bring Him Back.

Bring Him Back.
Detective Lacy will leave the city this
morning to bring Edward J. Walton.
twenty years Of age. back to this city
Walton is charged with several cases Of
false pretences. Word was received last
night from Chicago that the accused is
under arrest there, and a despatch re
quested that an officer be sent for him.
Charles :. Willis, charged jointly with
Walton in several cases, is now awaiting
the action OF the grand jury, having re-
Gently been arraigned in the Police Court
and committed to jail.
Walton and Willis are alleged to have
defrauded business firms in this city. 1t
Is said they called &C the establishment OF
Woodward d LOthrOp several months ago,
and, By means Of false representation
secured q suit Of clothing and a dress suit
case, valued at 81. In this, as in other
cases, the accused are said to have dt-
rtcted that the goods be charged to the
account of Mrs. Col. Thomas VI. Ward,
wife Of the Assistant Adjutant General Of
the Army. who resides at 1905 NJ Street
northwest Several days later the men
visited the store Of Lutz q Co, 497 Penn
syIvania Avenue northwest. where they
are said to have secured two dress suit
cases valued at SIS, by the same method.
These satchels were left i'm a cigar store.
corner Of Four-aud-a- half Street and Penn
sylvania Avenue northwest. and resulted
in the arrest of Willis. when he called for
them the day following. Willis was taken
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-17
soc for ladies' ST to 81 gloves.
A SEARCH FOR ROBBERS.
Thcfts Mt the Cpiro Flats interest
Ing the Police.

Robberies reported az the Cairo Flats are
being investigated by the police. ". l.
Brooke. OF the firm OF W. l. Brooke & Co,
hardware dealers, acting for his mother,
Mrs. y. J. Brooke, Informed the police yes
terday that a thief had entered her apart
ments at the hotel and stolen money on
two OccasiOn9. Arrests are expected to
follow in the near future.
It was learned last night that a wardrobe
belonging to Mrs. Brooke. who occupies
apartments on the eighth floor Of the build
ing. was twice forced during the past few
days Just a week ago. while the occupants
of the rooms we're at dinner. the first theft
occurred The apartments Of the Brooke
family are separated from the main dining
hall BY a hallway. and were left unlocked
last Saturday afternoon when Mr. and Mrs.
Brooke went TO dinner. Upon returning 70
the rooms. shortly after . O'Clock, it was
noticed that the door OF wardrobe had
been forced. and investigation revealed a
loss OF $50 from a purse. which had been
placed in a small drawer.
Late Thursday afternoon another robbery
OF a smaller sum was discovered. and the
police were finally called upon to assist in
an investigation. A detective was detsiled,
and he visited the hotel. saw several en-
ployes. and is still engaged in looking into
the matter
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-17

to headquarters. examined. and subse-
quently arrai gned in the Police Court.
He was then committed to Jail TO await
action OF the grand jury in the case.
When Willis was captured Walton left
the city and was not heard from until
yesterday A despatch was then received
from Chicago saying that the accused had
been appreheuded. and was held pending
receipt of instructions from the local au-
thorities. Word was sent to hold the
prisoner and a detective viii leave here
today to claim him.
Since the arrest Of Willis a complaint Of
the alleged swindling operations OF the
accused has been received at headquarters
from Saks & Co. They allege the loss by
fraud Of a diamond ring and heavy coat.
valued at SO. and the prisoners are
charged with obtaining the property. In
the case of Lutz & Co it is further charged
that a forged order was used TO obtain
the goods and this paper may be intro
duced as evidence against the prisoners,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-17
SUPPOSED TO BE INSANE.
William ID. AycrrH. II Philadelphia,
Locked Up for Safe-k coping.

William D. AvereI. forty-four years OF
age. a resident Of Philadelphia. supposed
to be insane was taken into custody last
night and locked up az the Sixth precinct
station. He was found al an uptown hotel
and will be held by the police until word
has been received from his friends in the
Quaker City.
Information received by The police Is to
the effect that Averell who is al employee
Of an insurance company in Philadelphia,
reached here Thursday morning and reg
isteTed at the hotel where he was arrested.
During his stay there. the police have been
told Averell acted strangely AMI proved
an unwelcome guest. He is said 70 have
locked himself in his room upon one Occa-
sion, and to have refused TO open the door
when requested to Go 40 by the proprietor
of the house Finally friends Of the man
learned of his whereabouts and he was
taken into custody.
After the arrest a despatch was sent to
Philadelphia, and last night was received
that an officer would come here to care for
the unfortunate man
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-17
A DECISION REVERSED.
The Case of CabmHn George Hazel
demanded for Rehearing.

In the ease OF the District against
George Hazel. for violating one Of the
police regulations. the Court OF Appeals
yesterday, in an opinion announced by Mr..
Justice Morris reversed the decision Of
the Police Court and remanded the case
for a rehearing.
The defendant is a cabman. and Occur
pied a place at the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad depot. set aside for the use OF the
cab company. He was ordered to Vacate
his position and upon refusing to do so
vas arrested. His attorneys. d. ". Baker
and J. @. Cuttings. moved to quash the
information. because the police regulation.
under which the defendant was arrested.
Disseminated against him and showed an
unequal preference for the employees OF
the cab company. The motion was granted
by the Police Court judge.
The Court Of Appeals holds that the
police regulation in question does not
show discrimination upon its face. and
whether it does is q matter OF fact TO be
enquired into.
The judgment Of the Police Court was
therefore Overruled and the cause re-
manded for a new trial
Mr.. Justice Shepard announced a dis
santiug opinion.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-17
TRYING TO ESCAPE HANGING.
CIiTord's Case Before the Highest
Court for the Third Time.

Court for the Third Time.
Edward Clifford is for the third time an
appellant to the Supreme Court Of the
United States in an effort to escape punish
ment for a capital crime The case pre-
sents an unusual record Of litigation, and
is probably unequaled in the history of the
court
Clifford was railroad employe in Jer-
sey City. who was discharged for drunken
ness in March. 1896 On the 9Th Of that
month he shot and killed William G. Wat
son. the superintendent who had discharg-
ed him. On June y Of the same year he
was convicted Of murder and sentenced 10
be hanged September II. 1896. The judg-
ment Of the Court of oyer and Terminer
of Hudson county was affirmed by the Su-
preme Court and the Court OF Errors and
Appeals Of the State Of New Jersey. In ad-
dition to these proceedings for review on
writ Of error in the state courts, applica-
tons for a new trial. for a mandamus to
amend the record. proceedings on habeas
corpus and in certiorari, and writ OF error
therein, and an enquiry into the alleged in
sanity Of Clifford have all been heard In
the New Jersey courts and decided ad-
versely to him.
In March. 1898. Clifford applied to Judge
Kirkpatrick of the District Court OF the
United States, for New Jersey, for release
on a writ of habeas corpus, but was refus-
ed. From that decision an appeal was Ia
ken TO the Supreme Court OF the United
States and on the 14th Of November, 1885.
the order of Judge Kirkpatrick, denying
writ Of habeas corpus. was affirmed.
Thereupon, Clifford was sentenced for the
third time to be hanged June 81. 1899.
few days before that date Clifford
again petitioned Judge Kirkpatrick for
writ of habeas corpus. this time on the
ground that the State courts had refused
his application for examination as to his
sanity Again the Judge denied him. Then,
a second appeal was taken to the Supreme
( Court June p, 1893.
In December last the order OF Judge
kirkpatrick was again affirmed and Cliff
ford for the fourth time sentenced To be
hanged February 3. 1909.
On February S, application was made 10
Judge George Gray. at Wilmington. Del.
for writ Of habeas corpus, the petition
being based on the plea that because of
the failure OF the Legislature OF New Jer-
sey to provide afhrmatiyely for the exam
nation into the sanity OF a man who had
gone insane after conviction. he should
not lose his life. But Judge Gray followed
Judge Kirkpatrick's precedents and denied
the writ From that judgment the case
comes to the Supreme Court for the third
time on appeal.
Since the first appeal to the Supreme
Court in 1898 proceedings have been made
in the name Of John Woods, next friend,
on account Of Chford's alleged insanity.
Since the case was instituted, Hudson
county has had three sh-rils who have
been made aDpelees in the proceedings.
one after the other-William Heller, Al
F exander Mclean. and Carl Reumpler.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-17
THE ASHTON MURDER TRIAL.
The Government Practically Closes
Its side of the Case.

The Government Practically Closes
Its side of the Case.
The trial Of George Ashton, colored
charged with the murder Of Ida Jackson
also colored. which was begun on Thurs
day. was continued yesterday. in Criminal
Court No. ], Justice Clabaugh presiding
Il Is expected that the case win be given
10 the jury this afternoon. The Govern
ment practically closed its side Of the
case yesterday, and the defence VIII begin
this morning. Counsel for the defendant
stated al the adjournment yesterday that
II Is likely that very few witnesses will be
called and that an the testimony viii be
in before noon.
within a few minutes after the court
convened yesterday the jury was COM
pletcd. It IS composed as follows: James
r. Holiday C. r pant. George f. Dunster
George NJ ID. Jory, William j. Crockett,
T. c. WiUett Walter N. AIer. George ".
Arnold. Edwin r. Archer. John G. Shu-
grue Samuel c. Anderson, and John L.
Martin. jr.
James p Loveday. who resides next door
20 the house IN which the murder was
committed. was the first witness called 10y
the prosecution. lie said that the defend
ant went into Ida Jacils0n's house 40
Nineteenth Street about 1880 p. m. on
the day she was killed. In short time
after Ashton entered the house, the wit
ness stated, he heard cries OF murder and
sounds as il people we're fighting Soon
after the defendant left the house and
returned In q short while. Then, again.
he said he heard a sound as if some one
had fallen to the floor
William Reed. colored, who was az Ida
Iackson's house when Ashton arrived vas
l.. 4.
OF the tragedy. lie left The house be
cause he feared there would be trouble.
Mary shorter, a colored woman, who lived
on the first floor OF the house in which
the Jackson woman was killed. testified
that soon after Ashton went to Ida Jack
son = room she heard cries OF murder and
the woman pleading with the defendant
not TO beat her.
Attorney Jones. who made a st. cement
| OF the defendants side Of the case. said
The testimony to be offered on behalf OF
| Ashton will show that he was assaulted
and that he Is nearly blind and acted in
| self-defeuce.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-17
MARY f. HOY SEEKS DIVORCE
Complains That Her Husband Is Sus.
ptcious, Jealous, and Abusive.

Mary f. Hoy instituted proceedings yes
terday against her husband. Robert Hoy.
for separate support and maintenance, and
also for injunction to restrain him from in
terfering with her. It is stated that the
psrties were married in this city in 1877.
and that there are two children the result
of the union living.
Mrs. Hoy complains that her husband is
addicted to the excessive use Of intoxicat-
ing Uquor and that when under its in
fuence is Jealous suspicious and abusive
on one, occasion, she states, her husband
pursued her through the house with knife
ana threatened TO kill her. Her husband
she states. conducts H0y's Hotel, and has
often Inundated her in the presence Of the
guests: that he compels her to occupy a
room which is not heated, and threatened
TO dismiss any OF the servants who would
walt upon her