The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-11-13
GENERAL NEWS.

Gen DeVet was wounded in the leg
and narrowly essspsd csp-ure.
OaicaQo packers have put bcef pork
ana mutton up one cent "a pound
Their has been 90 change ia me
policy Of the q. $ Government as TO
Chius.
Daring TIE lsst fiscal year tie Pay
master General ot the navy DISTURBED
500 300 9S3
E.ro destroyed 100 aul1i.gs ar 3d..
loxi. Miss snd ma soe hundreds II peo-
pie homeless.
+ General Niles has formulated o reor.
eaulzi'i.n plsr which provides for an
army u los 600 man
FirhH1g prog tassef m Oal1mhiR. g
a she rev .i1tlnis's fereutlv captnrcd
900 government troops
The Ultel States standing amy N
100 00J men costs ey8ry family OF I've
pasons fll per aunnm
Eoglish newspapers sny she United
States Is becoming world power. and
thA' monopolies are certain % become
! tyrannic4L
The gold production # the Klondike
IN the se,a0n jest closed was s. COO coo.
an increase OF 3d. 600 00Ooy tne season
OF 1899
Il Is stated as remarkable fact that
not Btpist misstouarg IN oil China
received bodily injury during the late
troubles
Foreign sffairs were discussed az the
meeting OF the Cabinet. General Mo
Arthur VIII press the rebs.hous Fill.
pin9s with energy
The American Nationll Red Cross
S1c.eiy's New York Office is working
no watch meetings e. be- held All over
the country December 81
The Board n Icquiry, which exam
| ned into the recent explosion at Ia
dion Head. near Washington. vas w.
able 70 locate the cause 0f che explosion
There has been heavy Sighting .be.
tween the British and the B1ers since
November The Beers lost % killed
30 wounded and 100 prisoners and were
routed The b iGish loss was Off
and 4 men killed.
Astronomers are looking forward
with considerable interest ard
anxiety 70 ,he nights Of November Is
and 10 90 see whether the shower Il
meteors which was promised In 1899
will occur this year.
Lord r 1barts has cabled to the War
Office that former President Steyne. IN
q speed said Mr. Kruger had gone t0
Europe in order TO get intervention, and
that If he failed, the Trausvaal will
be auoti0ned of to the highest bidder. "
Silver has advanced to 64l cents an
ounce under the influence chiefly of an
increased demand from the Indian
Government. Though the standard Is
gold IN India, silver is wanted for the
small retail transactions OF It's $780,
600 600 people.
Charles Taylor. the oldest ,ckey in
the United States has had career Of
over eighty years in mis- calling. Hale
and hearty, his hand and arm strong
and steady, his eye is bright, and his
understanding clear. Mr.. Taylor is
ninty four years old
II Washington people have their way,
the second Inauguration Of President
Mckinley will be the grandest. most
elaborate, and most magnificent ever
witnessed aud one which will not be
excsllsd. If equaled, FOX many years to
come.
Dol. William J. Bryan has declined
an Cffsr Of an editorial position on
Denver afternoon paper at salary Of
$40. O00 year He says: Il shall re
main 10 Lincoln. and In the future az
in the past, defend with tongue and
pen the principles which / believe TO
be right and the policies l believe 10
be wise
priest named BoTey sko. who bore
q gIudge against a patient In the city
hospital Of Poland. sought revenge by
blowing up the building with dyna'
mite Five hundred patients and forty
doctors and nurses were in the hospital
The explosion destroyed the east
wing OF the building. causing the death
of four physicians aud the injuryilf fly
persons. A mob caught the priest and