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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-30
LIQUOR Dealers.
p. McCracken, Bro. & Co.,
-WEoLKaALE AND RETAILr-

GROCERs AND LIQUOR DEALERS.
Offer Ten Thousand Gallons PURE RYk
and BOURBON WHISTLES, from the fol-
lowing we'll known distilleries: Graft q Co.
Of Ohio; Boone County Distilling Co., OF
Kentucky Monticello Distillery, OF Mary
and, and w. f. Gray, Of Pennsylvania.
Agents for Bergner & Hngle Lager Beer
They also offer Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Agricultural Implements, Seeds, Guano, and
Cemept
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-30
Would Not Suffer 50 Again for Fifty
Times It's Price.

I awoke last night with severe pains
in nv stomach. l never felt 50 badly
in all my life. When l came down 70
work this morning fefs 80 weak /
could hardly work. | went TO Miller
q McCurdy's drug store and they re.
commended Chamberlain Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Il
worked like magic and one dose fixed
me ell right. It certainly is the finest
thing I ever used for stomach trouble.
l shall not be without IL in my bone
hereafter for | should not care TO en-
dure the sufferings Of last night again
for fifty times it price. g II. Wilson,
Liyeryman, Burgettstown. Washington
Co Pa This remedy IL for sale by
NJ. NJ. Lewis, druggist
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-30

FOR oinsr information, address
JNO. d. POTTS.
q p A Richmond Va
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-30

sohedule for lgOO
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-30
Permanent Pnaturea.

The permanent pasture Will soon be
the most valuable feature Of every
well regulated farm where stock is
kept, and when we establish these pas
lures we will pay close attention to a
mixture Of grass seeds which will pro-
duce grass the year round. l value the
often cespised orchard grass. 1t fur
nIshes a good bite of grass In the spring
before any other variety has started
into growth. Horses are very fond OF
It at all times, but cattle like other
grasses beforehand and Living.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-30
coamonoIItnn sheen.

Some sheep win live and thrive any
where. They are cosmopolitan, as we
say, ut home everywhere. The merlno
Is such q sheep. forming the bulk of
the stock Of Germany, France, Spain,
Australia, South Africa and South and
North America. and the prominent
British breeds enjoy the same happy
adaptation to circumstances, having
been companions Of the merinos wher-
ever they have been carried and thirty
ing with equal facility.-Sheep Breeder.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-30
The English sparrows.

A law has just been enacted In France,
which is to 20 into effect July l, ex-
emptlng the sparrow FROM the prOtec-
ton which is given to insect eating
birds, and the farmers are declaring
war Of determination against them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20
A DOUBLE EXECUTION
Two Men Hanged for Murder-Confes-
sion OF Another Murder.

Raleigh. n. c.. March I5--John Tay-
Tor and Robert Fortune. The two ne
groes convicted OF the murder OF Mr..
Robert Hester near RockyAount on
December 2lst, were publicly hanged
at Nashville. n. @, today. Taylor con
fessed that he and Fortune murdered
Lawrence H. Jackson near Weldon. ~.
c, on the 18th day OF last December.
The two negroes were perfectly calm
until the last, showing no fear of death.
The drop fell at Los O'Clock p. m.
Fortune being pronounced dead in four
and a quarter minutes after the drop
was sprung. Taylor showed signs Of
life eight minutes after the drop.
Both their necks were broken.
So great was the desire TO see the
hanging that the Nash county board Of
commissioners made the hanging pub
lie. 1t Is estimated that there were
10000 witnesses to the double execu-
ton.
Fortune and Taylor were brought 70
Raleigh on December 2lst last for
safe keeping as there was great dan
ger OF their being lynched IL an effort
was made to keep them at Rocky
Mount or Nashville. They were re-
turned to Nash county On the 4th OF
last month, tried. condemned and SEN
fenced to be hanged this day. Robert
Hester, the murdered man was a prom
inent farmer near Rocky Mount.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20
MORE
House Committee Provides for Building
Eight New Ones.

Washington. March 15-The house
committee on naval affairs reached a
definite and final decision today as TO
the number of new w~arships To be au-
thoriZed in the forthcoming naval APP
preparation bill as follows: Two sea-
going coa line battleships, OF about
Is. 500 tons each, to cost approximately
IS, 500, 900 each; three armored cruisers
of the highest practical speed and most
powerful armor AMI armament, TO cost
approximately $4,000 900 each: three
protected cruisers. to cost about S1,14I,-
600.
1t was determined not to provide any
gunboatS, in view of the opinion eX-
pressed by Secretary Long and Ad-
miral Dewey that Genera Otis recent
purchases of serviceable boats of this
character met present g~unboatS re-
quirements.
The committee decided to authorize
the secretary Of the navy to contract
for armor at a price not exceeding s545
per ton. This applies to the emergency
armor, about 7,40O tons, required for the
battleShipS Maine, Missouri and ohio,
now in course of construction, and not
to the vessels authorized but not be-
gum, nor to those contemplated by the
present bill.
The question of sheathing ships,
which has excited much interest in ma
val circles of late, was left &c the dis
erection of the secretary of the navy.
The committee did not provide speci-
fically for the building of any of the
new ships in government yards, as has
been urged by delegations from Brook
lyn and elsewhere. SO that it is expect
Il 4I-t ~ ,-- 90
building will be inserted in the bill,
with possibly some discretionary power
with the navy department as to util-
izing government yards for this pur-
pose.
The decisions of today practically
complete the bill, although there is
still a weeks work in preparing the
formal language executing the com
mittee's determination as expressed
today.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20
TO VICTIMS OF THE MAINE.
dwelling of the Monument Erected by
Citizens Of Key West.

Key West, Fla, March 15.-The I'M
yelling of the monument dedicated by
citizens of Key West to the heroes of
the battleship Maine who died in Ha-
vana February Is, 1898, and were
buried here, took place this afternoon.
Ten thousand people were present and
viewed the procession which assembled
at the naval station and proceeded to
h cemetery, headed by the Key West
cornet band, followed by a detachment
from the gunboat MachiaS, two COM
panies of the First artillery, represen-
tatives of the army and navy and city
officials, Key West Guards, knights
of Pythias, Knights of the Golden
Eagle, Red Men and hunreds of school
children.
At the cemetery Mayor Bartlum pre-
sided and introduced Chaplain Leroyce,
of the navy, who offered prayer. Col
onel George Patterson, on behalf of
the committee, presented
the monument to Commander Impey,
acting for the navy department, when
the band played the Star Spangled
Banner" and the flag unfurled from
the monument.
Rev. Charles w. Frazier, orator of
the day, made an eloquent address,
followed by benediction by Chaplain
Leroyce.
After the unveiling ceremonies, hun
dreds of school children covered the
graves with wreaths and lowers
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20

by Senator Cockrell- While he favored
the bill, he did not, he said, by any
means, shut his eyes to the fact that
the measure was intended. not as much
as a great humanitarian project as to
anoru the republicans ar egress from
a serious political dilemma He said
that after the action Of the house had
raised a storm throughout the coun-
try, this bill had been sprung sudden
ly IL order to assist the republican par
ty In its political maneuvering.
Senator Allen offered an amendment
declaring that the Paris treaty had
the effect OF extending the constitution
over Porto Rico and its inhabitants
Senator Pettigrew announced his op-
position to the passage Of the bill, say
ing that its only necessity was politi-
cal. Evidently the republican party
had decided that to betray Porto Rico
preferable to changing h system
OF protection If you don't put a du-
~ on tobacco and fruit" he said, the
tobacco raisep of Connecticutt and
the fruit raisers of California are liable
to vote against the republican ticket,
while if you do provide for a duty you
violate the pledge made to the Porto
Ricans when We took possession Of
the island"
there was great need for assistance. 1t
was no time to play politics in the sem
ate, but rather time for action in the
interest Of humanity.
Senator Hoar then addressed the SEN
ate on the Porto Rican appropriation
bill. He announced his willingness to
let the appropriation bill pass for hu-
manitarian reasons. but took occasion
to repeat his views on the general
question Of expansion.
AT 2:25 o'clock p. m. the senate ad-
Journed until tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The District of Columbia a~ppropria-
ton bill, carrying Sc, SOS, 37S. was passed
by the house today. The bill was first
read for amendment under the five
minute rule and its consideration oc-
cupied practically all day. A few
minor amendments were made.
AT 400 o'clock p. m. The house adj
journed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20
PRO-BOER MASS MEETING.
McKinley'S Name Hissed-Violent
Anti-British Speeches.

New York, March 15.-There was a
mass melting of Boer sy~mpathizers at
Cooper Union tonight at which George
NJ. Van Hooesen presided. Montagu
White the Boer representative. John
E. Milhoman, and p. Louter Vessel
a representative of the Orange Free
State, made speeches.
President McKinley's name was hiss
ed and hooted and the mention OF Bry-
ans name brought forth cheers.
Mr.. White made the references to Mr..
Bryan that were cheered. Another re-
mark Of his that was enthusiastically
cheered a Il hope hat the day
may be far distant when there is in
reality a case of hands across the sea
to stifie the life and independence Of
America.
Referring to his interview with re-
gard TO h probable destruction OF
johannesburg by the Beers. he said:
"A nation making war cannot pro-
vide a drawing room for its enemy.
The Beers neither ave lost nor gain
by the destruction of Bloemfontein,
but the 81 Of johannesburg is differ
ent as IL would provide splendid ac-
commodations for the British and. by
reason of its location n other adj
vantages, an invaluable S for ope-
ration"
Mr.. Vessels charged England with
supplying the natives with guns to use
against Dutch; with classifying sur
veys in order to gain possession of d.
mond fields. with misusing the natives
and Beers, with other ~reprehensible
things.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20

Five Big Battleships Soon to be Placed
in Commission.
Especial to Baltimore Sum-

Especial to Baltimore Sum-
Washington, March 14.-Progress re-
ports received by the navy department
of work on the various ships building
for the navy show tina the battleships
Kearsarge and Kentucky are nearer
completion than any of the other craft,
and each is within l per cent. of readi-
ness for active service, the former be-
ing now in commission and the latter
practically ready and only awaiting
her complement of officers and men.
Both ships are h product of the
Newport News yards, where is also
building h Illinois (now as per cent.
completely, n a sister Of the Ala
bama, building at Cramps (93 per cent.
completely, and Of the Wisconsin,
building at San Francisco (SS per cent.
completely
Every n of these five great battle
ships will be a part Of the active force
during the coming summer four of
which will be attached to the home sta
ton and the Wisconsin to the Pacific,
ly protected vessel on duty, the Ore
gon and two monitors having been
sen to Manila.
Next in Importance to these vessels
under construction for the government
are the Maine, Missouri n Ohio, the
Maine being ~ per cent. completed at
Cramps the Missouri just begun at
Newport News and the Ohio Is per
cert completed at San Francisco.
OF the cruiser class the B~ritish-built
cruiser Albany is now ready for deliv-
cry and sails fol New York the latter
part Of March. The Denver, Des
Moines, Chattanooga, Galveston, Ia
coma and Cleveland, all 17-krot,
sheathed vessels, have been contracted
for, but are awaiting deliveries of ma
terials before work on them begins.
Fouh monitors-Arkansas, Connect
icut, Florida and Wyoming-all 12-knOt
vessels, show considerable progress.
OF the torpedo fleet man, are build
ing. numbering, of all classes, about
forty-five ships and varying in per
centage of completion from So to l pei
cent. These classes of boats have beer
backward for several months on ac-
count of the failure of steel manufac-
turerS to deliver their structural mate
rial and steel parts for the boats. 4
number of the vessels, however, will be
completed and in service before the
close of the year ever at their present
slow rate of progress.
But one warship is now building a
the Columbian Iron Works-the little
26-knot torpedo boa Tingey. The 33
knot d~estroyers Truxtun, Whipple and
Worden, building at the Maryland Stee
Company'S yards, are but 9 per cent
completed. The Plunger is rated at s;
per cent. completed n is to be finish
ed Richmond.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20

A steamship clears from New Or
leans with 400 mules for South Africa.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20

There were heavy snow storms
Thursday in Mississippi, Louisiana and
Alabama
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20
TAYLOR STORES ARMS.

Lexington, KY, March 15.-Captain
Ed. Parker, of the London, (ky.,) mill
tia, Company a, stated here tonight
that 2,400 guns, two cannon and two
Calling guns are stored in London and
he will hold them at all hazards
against any attempt to take them. He
will hold the guns until the courts de-
eide the gubernatorial contest.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20

is not a chance remedy. Its good effects
are readily experienced by all expectani
mothers who use it. Years ago it passed
the experimental stage. While it always
shortens labor and lessons the pains OF
delivery, it is also Of the greatest benefit
during the earlier months OF pregnancy.
Morning sickness and nervousness are
readily overcome, and the linimentrelaxes
the strained muscles, permitting them to
expand without causing distress. Mothers
Friend gives great recuperative power to
rapid. Danger from rising and swelled
breasts is done away with completely.
Sold by druggists for 81 q bottle.
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR co.
ATLANTA, GA.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-20
ALL WOMEN
AGREE.

A druggist in Macon, Ga, says: 81
have sold a large quantity of Mothers
Friend, and have never known an in
stance where it has failed to produce the
good results claimed for 1t. All women
agree that it makes labor shorter and less
nainful.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-01

on the other hand, has cultivated rather
close relations with Russia, especially
since the good offices of that power en-
abled China to deprive Japan of most of
the solid results to which her military
successes entitled her. 1t is urged that
Russian confidence in the possibility of
negotiating with the Chinese imperial
authorities is in itself significant and
seems to imply a curious knowledge of
the sentiments entertained by the fug1-
tive government.
No doubt it would suit Russia well
that the allied trropS should be sent
back to their respective countries and
a lasting peace patched up with the
now weakened and discredited Manchu
dynasty. which would have to rely alb
solute1y for support on its powerful
northern neighbor. China would then
be reduced to a condition of tutelage,
and meanwhile the partition would be
averted and matters would be kept out
wardly quiet till Russia had completed
the trans-Asiatic railway and had
amassed enormous forces in Siberia,
when she would be ready for a final
stroke This represents one, and per-
hapS the most emphatic line of British
opinion on the subject.
Meanwhile the foreign Office, without
going into larger questions of Chinese
policy, will probably be content for the
present to urge that negotiations will
be useless unless they can be under
taken with the properly accredited plen-
ipotentiaries of a government that can
be considered reasonably stable, and
that this condition would have to be
insisted upon, whether the allied troops
were withdrawn from Pekin or not
The appointment Of Count Won Wal
dersee, it is now admitted, only adds 10
the difficulties of the situation, since it
fntensifies the desire of Germany to de-
fer a speedy settlement So far as
Great Britain is concerned, Germany IS
olIite welcome to take any isolated ac-
tion she may plan against China in the
supposed satisfaction for the death of
her minister, but Germany is free
country under a parliamentary const1-
tuition and not a Russian autocracy, and
If must be remembered that, whatever
may be the kaiser's personal wishes, he
has to reckon with the public opinion
among his subjects who would greatly
venture from which the other powers
had withdrawn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-01
LABOR DAY.
Parade to Be Held and Speeches
Made Monday.

Labor Day win be celebrated in Topeka
Monday with the usual parade and
speeches. An effort will be made to have
a larger representation of the unions in
line than have participated in the parade
for several years.
The speeches at Garfield Park will be
made by Colonel E. c. Little and DR.. D.
M. Fisk.
Following is the programme:
The parade will form Quincy, be-
10 a. m Marshal Of the day. q. NJ. Long:
aides. F. G. Fisher, r. F. Vanzant, D. Nc
Larty, H. L. Sturdevant-
Platoon of police.
MarShaliS band.
Governor and state officers in carriages.
Speakers in carriages.
A. T. & s. f. fire departments.
ci FyR nyT D 1a4RafEsRsats'
r. c. Fisher. commander.
Cigar Makers Union and float
Topeka Typographical Union and float.
Topeka Pressmen's Union.
Painters and Decorators Union and
Plumbers Union and Float.
Carpenters and Joiners' Union and
~ SECOND DIVISION.
r. F. Vanzant, commander.
BricEiayers' and Masons' Union and
float
Clerks and Salesmen's Union and float.
Journeymen BARRIERS Union and float.
Boiler Makers Union ana uoar-
MachiniStS' Union.
Machinists' Helpers.
BlacksmithS' Union.
Blacksmiths' Helpers.
Stationary Engineers Union.
Stationary Firemens Union.
Building Iaborers' International Union.
THIRD DIVISION.
d. McLarty, commander
Jackson's Military Band.
Newsboys and float
Turner's
Knights and Ladies of Security degree
team.
Pyramid degree team.
Triple Tie degree team.
FOURTH DIVISION.
II. L. Sturdevant, commander.
Topeka troop.
Business Mems floats.
Team Drivers International Union.
City street employees.
Parade will move promptly at 10 o'clock.
AFTERNOON AT GARFIELD PARK.
Speaking by Colonel z. c. Little and
Turner's exhibition, 400 p. m
Evening, dancing, 1870 p. m.
NOTICE.
Every enrolled neWsbOy is requested to
meet at the corner of Fifth and Quincy
street on Monday morning. September Sd.
at o. clock for the purpose of participant
ing in the Labor Day parade. Badges
will be furnished and such other arrange
ments made as will be necessary them
Yours very respectfully,
J. E. NISSLEY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-01
BRITISH DISAPPOINTED.
Didn't Expect United States to Fal
in With Russia.

New York, Sept IA special to the
Tribune from London says:
The immediate result of the latest
American note was to cause a sort OF
ministerial conference to assemble yes
terday. Several members of the British
cabinet came up to London in haste, and
held a consultation on the Chinese ques-
ton. The ministers included William St.
John Broderick, the under secretary for
foreign affairs; the Duke of Devonshire,
Lord Lansdowne, secretary for war, and
George Goschen, the first lord OF the
admiralty. Mr. Broderick and Mr..
Goschen were together at the admiralty
for some time and subsequently an ac-
tive interchange of kilograms took place
between Downing street and Lord Sails
bury.
Whatever may be the official view of
the matter, it must be said that the
Russo-American proposal has been very
coldly, not to say unfavorably, received
by the newspapers, which in this case
1t is believed reflect the tone of the COM
paratively few people who understand
the subject The position of the United
States government is understood, and
all possible allowances are made for the
difficulties of President McKinley's adj
viSerS, who are anxious to give no cOun-
tenance whatever to the suggestion that
they are engaged on an aggreSS1vely i'm
perialist policy. Moreover, it is freely
admitted that the Washington cabinet
is acting consistently with it's declared
intentions from the outset, which were
avowedly to limit Intervention within
the narrowest lines necessary to effect
the deliverance of the Pekin legations.
People here we'll recognize that the
United States, which has no political
interests in China beyond that of secur-
ing freedom of trade and intercourse,
should be anxious to withdraw from the
Asiatic continent speedily possible.
England, however as the holder of Hong
Kong and Wei-Haf-Wei, can not retire
so easily and is a little disappointed at
finding the United States apparently so
ready to lend a. willing ear to a Russian
suggestion which the British critics
regard with distrust. Whether it is due
to the habitual and perhaps exaggerated
suspicion entertained of Muscovite di-
plomacy in this country it is impossible
to say, but it is certain that the Russian
peacemaking suggestions are not liked.
AS for the idea of recognizing Lii Hung
Chang, it is pointed out that the vice
roy has for years been anti-English, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-01
A MODEL OF SOBRIETY.
General corbin Extols the Army as q
Temperance Body.

Washington, Sept 1-Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin has written a letter to SEN
ator Sewell, military committeeman
Of the senate, setting forth the atti-
tude of the war department on the cues
ton OF the army canteen.
General Corbin says: The sale of all
splr1tuous liquors by the canteen is and
! has always been absolutely prohfbited
Only beer and light wines are sold to
aetther officers or men, and these only
When the commanding officer is satisfied
that giving to the troops the oppor-
tunity of obtaining such bevera ge
within the post limits will prevent them
from resorting for strong intoxicants
to places without such limits, and tends
TO promote temperance and discipline
among them.
The canteen was established and has
Deen maintained in the interests of
temperance and betterment of discip-
line. with most satisfactory results
This is shown in fewer trials by court
martial, In the decreased number of de-
sertons and in the improved health of
the men.
The exchange is a cooperative store
where supplies are sold at cost or as
nearly 50 as possible, for the benefit of
oIncers and men of the army. The can
teen IS department of the exchange
constituting an enlisted mems Climb
Rooms in or near the soldiers quarters
are SCI apart for this special purpose,
Iurnlshed with reading matter billiard
tables and other games. but every form
OF gambling is absolutely forbidden
Here the men write their letters home
and read the newspapers and roara-
zines. me government has no finan-
cfal interest whatever in the EXCHANGES
or canteen. the funds being Supplied nv
the soldiers themselves Almost every
company commander has reported IN
FAVOR OF the exchange and canteen as
an effective temperance measure One
thousand and nineteen Commissioners
officers have made special reports to
this effect. In the beginning I opposed
the eanteen, but was brought to its sun
port by the overwhelming evidence Of
It's benehcent result upon the morale
health and contentment of the service.
Assistant Surgeon Munson, U. S. A.
under instructions of the war depart-