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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
GENERAL NEWS
only p Of the 59candidatcs ioradmis
sion to West Point met the requirements.

only - Of the 59candidatcs ioradmis
sion to West Point met therequircmcnts.
Sunday il not working day in the
Government service according To an
opinion rendered 10y Judge Advocate
General Iemly, which received the APP
proyal OF Secretary Long
Nearly every civilized nation in the
world is represented at the International
Jubilee convention Of the Young Men p
Christian Association of North America
which began in Boston Tuesday.
The machinists strike IL causing trouble
at Savannah. Ga. and the Scab0ard
Air Line Shops there are guarded 10y 30
extra police armed with Winchester rifles
to protect the non-union men aud prop
erty.
The profile likeness ol Admiral Sampson
not only will adorn the service medal
presented To those engaged ia the various
naval fights around Cuba. but a'sn
another medal that will be- nwardc 60
those whose services were csp' ally
meritOrious.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
Swanson club organized at Louisa c. Il.

Monday being County Court day, q
large crowd was inattcudancr mt Louisa
g. II and many of thc farmers and mer-
chants and othcrrprcscntativc men met
i'm an misunderstanding and organized
"a Democratic club in the interest oi Hon.
Claude Swanson for the gubernatorlal
nomination. The following officers were
elected Il. l..t Barrett. president: j. W.
Cane. Vice president. and j. J.. l'ibh. see
rotary
Aitor thc organization was perfected
encouraging reports were given from all
SECTIONS of thc county. and the outlook
ior the popular Congressman D. encour-
aging
The following resolution was offered
and unanimously adopted. " Resolved.
That wccndorsc the candidacy OF Hon.
Claude a swanson because oi his I'M
failing attention to the farmers OF ir-
ginia. Wedououuce as unjust and undem-
ocratr the assaults upon him by Ger
tain men organized to override the viii
of thc people.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

Messrs 4. A. CoghiII and W T.. Ennis.
commissioners. sold the residence with
- acres attached, Of the late Elliot DE
Jnrnette to DR.. X. II. Glassell for - 800.
Messrs r. q. Moncure and F.W. Chand-
Ter, commissioners. in chancery suit Of
Sale Va. Sale, sold lot / Iudgins law Of
flee, at Bowling Green. to Maj X o. Pea
trOss for 500
Lot ,, stOre-hOuse and acre OF land
at Guiney's for S32j 10 L. e. Sale
Lot 3, acres Of land, with store-hOuse
at Salesyille subject to widow \ life estate
10 l.. e. Sale for so.
Lot I. 20 acres at Salesylle. subject To
widows liieestate in : acres aud dwelling
10 ). j X McCallcy for 500.
Lot >, ~. acres M Snlesvillr 10 e.. A.
Brooke for 50.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
THE WAsHIEGToN GUARDS
Competitive Squad Drill.

s most interesting and exciting
sound drill was held 10y the Washington
Guards last Monday night. The contest
between the first and second squads be
inc quite close aud exciting, the first un-
der Sergi Proctor finally winning. The
third SOUND was greatly handicapped by
having only six men. The following II
the successful squad: Sergt Proctor,
Corporal Freeman. Priyates, Carncal.
unl. Estes Howe. White, Merkle, aud A..
SnellngS The monthly guardmount
WAS ALSO held Monday night which was
very interesting and instructive to those
y erut A competitive drill OF the non
commissioned olliccraiora medal will take
place nest Monday night at the armory.
The company isnuW in n ilourishingcnn-
difiou. it has % membership of sixty en-
listed men. and last month had AL aver
age attendance col eighty per cent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
Northum be-land Delegates.

The Democrats OF Northumberland
county Monday elected delegates to the
gubernatorial convention as follows
Lloyd r. Smith, b. Chambers. A. b. Gar
ner. A.!H. Edwards, William Blundon. j.
+. Snow, Arthur Booth, W. b. COckrcll
and J. W. Anderson. j. +. Chambers OF
fered resolution that the delegates
elected be instructed to vote for G. A..
Swanson. A. S. Rice offered an amend
ment to the effect that the delegates be
instructed to vote for A. j. Montague
and Senator George W. leCato. The
amendment was adopted by large ma
iority. The Swanson leaders gracefully
yielded, and moved TO make the choice
unanimous.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
NJ. stapleton crptchasld Dead.

Mr.. Stapleton Crntchhcd. of New ork
city. son oi thelato Edgar VI. trutchiield,
of this city. died at the home OF his
mother here yesterday morning after an
illness oi several months with consump-
ton. aged 80 years The deceased was
connected with thc National Insurance
Company OF New York and valued
employee.
lie was born and raised in this city and
/. survived boy widow and one daugh-
ter. Funeral services will be- held from
the residence al the mother OF the de-
creased this evening at Is o'clock, Rev Or.
j. " Rosehro officiating. and the inter
mcnt will bee made iu the family lot in
the City cemetery The pall-bearers will
be-: DR.. in Barney. W II Ilurkamp,
Il. &. Taylor. John T. scott. Hay Italia
irrro. aud T.. VI. Young. lr.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
Local Election Returns


The election here yesterday showed the
temper rather thnn thc purpose ct the
people oi Richmond There is feeling
here against anything and everything
like ring rule and machine politics. Mr.
swanson WAS -o unfortunate ~ to be-
identified la the public mind with tho~r
thing and suffered accordingly llcwns
PUNISHED for The friends hc has made.
of course Tiers is dcnloi humbug and
napduudle about the machine business
The evidence Indicates that Mr. Monta-
que has fairly compact. comfortable
little machine of his own but 10 has been
kept we'll ont oi sight aud has been pre-
vented from being offensive Mr. Monta-
guc has managed bis campaign very Wei
and has utilized the temper oi the people
aud made what WIS Thought to be- Mr.
swanson 81 CHIEF sourccoi -tnngthadead
weight aud weakness.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
Caroline Masons Elect Officers.

A. n stated meeting OF kilwinning
Crosse Lodge. No. 237. held in their
Lodge room in the Collins Building.
Bowling Green. Va, June 10th. 1901,
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
r. d. Vincent. W NJ. +. W. Travis, ).
WI Il. Sener j. W.; Oscar Gresham,
Secty.: W. T.. Ennis Treas; +. l.. Butler,
). D.: G.. l.. Billiard. j. y.
The above named officers will be in
stalled ON June 9th. 1901. at which
time refreshments will be- served All
Master Masons in good standing with
their families and friends are invited to
attend.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
For over Pity Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by millions
of mothers for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success. 1t soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pains
cures wind colo, and is the best remedy
for Diarrhoea. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Sold by
Druggists in every part of the world J..
Twenty-Five cents a bottle. BE sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" and take no other kind.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

Mrs. VIM. y. Bell is the guest of her
sister Mrs. Evelyn II. Volt. Mrs. Bell
has been reciting in New York city, and
has been very successful. In speaking oi
Mrs Bell, Mr.. Geo. Cary Eggleston, the
noted author, in letter says. have
never heard anything OF the kind one
hall so good. ! would compare your
work with that OF but one OF our remi-
nisccnt Southern authors 80 namely,
Thomas Nelson Page Mrs. Bell IL n
resident Of Charles City County,
before Woman's Club, Richmond, last
winter, gave her own compositions and
received the highest praise.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

IT'S indeed refreshing to see that
something fair has escaped the eye OF
the censor and appeared in the edit
torial columns of the Warsaw News.
The following does not relate to VIZ
ginia politics, but that it's counter
part is today being enacted III VII
einia all must agree, and we thank
the News writer for making the Illus
tration SO plain. May we hope that
it will make the application that
Others are doing IN Virginia. The
article reads;
AT one time the ancients banished
Epaminondas from the high position OF
law -giver and made street-sweep OF
him. The erstwhile law-giver meekly ne
cepted his new position and showed, II
is said. the same industrious pertinaclty
as street scavenger which he had dis
PLAYED rs the legal head of the ancient
Greeks. Soon. under the manipulation OF
cranks and fanatics, things got into a
snarl and Epaminondas was recalled
from the gutter To his old position at the
head of affairs.
Somewhat the same conditions have
existed in the Democracy of Maryland as
obtained of old in Sparta. Arthur /.
German. who combined true statesman
ship and answering party fidelity with
keen political astuteness. was compehed
to take Il back seat in thepolltlcal arena
and from that time TO this things nave
gone wrong. Today every indication Is
that German not only is. but will be IN
the future. the chief political figure IN
MARYLAND politics. Under his mastery
management the Democracy OF the state
may look for higher days.
"Epaminondas has been called back.
Nive EpaminOndas
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
WILL FREDERICKSBURG ACT?


4 company to be known as the
Richmond Industrial Company l.
now being organized in our capital
city, its object being industrial deyel-
Opment. The movement cOmmends
itself to every observant person, and
no doubt themanufacturing interests
Of Richmond will receive a great i'm
petus from the project, and the city
much substantial benefit
Many cities are blessed with natural
manufacturing neutrality-suspicious.
icksburg being included among them
but Nature does not propose TO
execute mans part in the develop
ment of natural resources and the
building up of cities. Here is fOodfOr
our Business Mems Association to
reflect upon and to act upon. We
are not fault-fnding, but we have the
future welfare OF our city at heart,
and We say in all kindness let Us
Fredericksburgers put more push into
our business lives and see to it that
the advantages with which our city
is blessed are developed and utilized
10 theirfullest capacity, thus building
up the city, giving employment to
the idle and making homes happy
With the music of Industry. Great
possibilities are in store for us if we
will only get a hustle on and push
our city for all it is worth. Let us
awake to the absolute importance OF
greater energy, renewed activity and
concert of action for building up the
city and developing its great advan-
tages
Some of the cities in the North
have been built up by similar move
ment to the one just inaugurated in
Richmond, and the same principle will
apply equally as well to Fredericks-
burg. The Richmond plan should be
looked into by our business men and
then the matter brought before the
Business Mems Association.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

Special excursion To- Buffalo. y. l.. vim
r.. F.&P. r. r., and Pcnnsy lyania Rail
road. June 18th and 21th. 1901 For
both occasions the r., +. a i. Il. r., will
sell ironclad signature excursion tickets
ON June 9TH and 2Gth. for trains leaV-
ing fredericksburg at 30 D. IN, Is
D. m.. and J:29 p. M. and Tor
j:O7 a. m train ON the morning
of June 18th and 9th. ut rate
of 81 so. Tickets good going only ON
Pennsylvania Railroad trains, leaving
Washington mt 80 "a. m. June 18th
aud 27th. and for return on all regular
Pennsylvania Railroad trains, leaving
Buffalo on or before June 18th, or July
Bird respectively
e. e.. Cox. Agent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
SUMMER NORMAL.
Liberal Oner OF Woems Line.

The Wccms Line OF Steamers offers 10
return free an PERSONS who take their
Huppahaunock cor Potomac steamers Tor
the summer Normal nt Manassas, July
l-t2G This is the best offer made 10y
any tnnsporlatioucom in thcSlate.
The teachers oi Virginia and all who de
sire 90 prepare themselves for teaching
are entitled To- Tree tuition 10y nn able
faculty aud 10 board in private inmilirs
nt 81 for the term The rate ON the
railroad is four cents mile for thrround
trip. Further Information can hc had ol
George e. Round local manager. at Ma
nu..nA.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
New Advertisements

Attention is called To the adj. OF the
Medical College Of Virginia in another
column. The course is thorough and the
best facilities afforded urmedical. dental
and pharmaceutical students.
Attention is called to al. OF ". d.
Williams foundry and machine works.
Parties needing such things will find it
to their interest to call before buying
elsewhere
See r. NJ. Burton's ad. for mules and
write to him if you can ill the bill.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
Myrtle Lodge Elects Officers.

Myrtle Lodge, |. o. 0. +, of this city,
elected the following officers at a regular
meeting Tuesday night: Noble Grand
J. W. Thomas, Vice Grand W. d. Carter,
Recording Secretary Joseph M. McCalley,
Financial Secretary j. b. Cox Treasurer
A. Randolph Howard, Chaplain john J..
Heiiin
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
J Il BIsooE FOR TIE LEGISLATURE
Strong Letter Advocating His Nomination
Belmont. Spotsylyania Co.
lime 10th. 1901

DtlluOuis NfbAnl wanna NN't
June 10th. 1901.
To THE FREE Lance:
noticed in recent copy of your paper
that j II BiscOe would likely be our
Democratic nominee this fall for the Leg
sature. We, the Democrats in the upper
part Of the county. believe no better sc
lection OF a representative can be found
in the county Henry BiscOe enjoys the
full confidence of all who know him. lie
has always been an answering Demo
crat and has served the party faithfully
and we'll for many years. lie is man
of great practicality, high character,
wonderful energy. and phenomeDally sue
cessiu in all business undertakings. start
ing in life some years ago poor boy, he
entered the business world with business
men and soon measured up with the best
of them and today. with a happy family
and competency around him, he Is the
most enterprising. energetic and success
iul farmer and merchant in all this sec
ton. He il not what might be termed a
speaker, but in every sense a worker, and
seems To know Just when and where To
work. He il an exceedingly careful and
conservative man and weighs well both
sides of all business propositions.
He is "A man of fine judgment, high
morals. stainless in character, and pure
in politics with a clear and clean record.
II entrusted with the public interest, no
man in the county will feel more sensbly
the weight Of such responsibility and
none will likely measure up tOitsrequire-
ments more fully than J. II. BiscOe
CITIZEN.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

SOME Of the candidates are going
to yet sore because they didn't soar
high enough to scale the wire at the
gubernatorial grandstand
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

THE CommOner is getting commoner
every issue. William j. Bryan is a great
statesman. we suppose, but we know
that he is not a great editor.-Danyille
Bee.
Perhaps the Commoner is not pro-
dueing any nectar for the Bee, and
it's a case OF sour grapes.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

Az INDIANAPOLIS Judge has decided
that itisno ofense to open a jackpot
witha counterfeit coin hegambhng
fraternity. however, regard his de
cision from four-huSh viewpoint.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

THEREi is a wide difference OF opinion
among the gubernatorial candidates
as to the definition OF fair play, and
none of the quartette appears to rec
ognize Mr.. Webster as authority.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

TIE Virginia people are TO be- con-
graduated upon the fact that the
Constitutional Convention will not
be handicapped 10y district mass
meetings
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

WHEN the Civil Service Commission
gets after the Indian agents as II has
decided TO do. it might be- the better
part of valor to have their scalps
insured.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
seminar!os 70 be Consolidated

The Southern Seminary at Bowling
Green and the Valley Female College at
Winchester viii be- consolidated and
located at Buena Vista. This was final
~ decided Tuesday at u joint meeting Of
the bOnrds Of trntces in Richmond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
Stafford Man Drowned.

Thos. O'Conner, aged u years. Of stat
ford, was drowned Monday by falling
overheard from a barge at Richmond.
His body was taken to Stafford for burial
yesterday lie was a son OF VIM. O Con
ner. Of Stafford. and brother OF VIM.
O'Conner, Of Washington.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

THAT New York printer who raised
money on bogus checks 10y forging
Pierpont Morgan's name must be
planning a break i'm Wall street.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

HAVING had acknowledgements
with political storms the Honorable
David b. Hill ought to-be barometer
enough to measure his weight
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

BETWEEN baseball, goli, yachts and
politics the country is in state OF
perturbation.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

THE British being unable TO locate
the Beers successfully are now in
quest OF simplifcation and decen-
tralizatiOn OF details"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
THE CONSTITUTIONAL coNvEN1.oD'
Hon. John Goode. President

The Constitutional Convention con.
yencd in Richmond yesterday. Hon.
.lnu Guudc. of Bedford. was elected
president and Col Jos. Button secretary.
GOV. Tyler was invited To deliver an
address on the opening ol the c"n'cn.
tiOu
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

II THE gubernatorial candidates
have the tenacity OF the Richmond
baseball team they will certainly stick
to the end
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
Fine Hav orop.

Capt. NJ. b. Rowe has just finished har
yesting and housing over 30 acres OF a
splendid crop OF mixed oats and vetchf for
hay purposes. The Growth was very
heavy and the yield large.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

THERE are few cities in Virginia that
enjoy such natural advantages as Dan
vilIe.-Danviile Register.
: Just turn your kodak on Freder-
icksburg, brother, and the photo will
convince you what the facts are.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

GOV. MCSwEENEY has demonstrated
that he has no ambition TO be the
advance agent Of a political reyo-
luton
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

CoTToN, copper and oil are running
a neck-and-neck race for the kingship
of the country.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

TnE Ohio Democrats win ignore the
money question in their platform.---Oid
Dominion Sun.
But the interesting questionis' van
40 likewise intheir campaigns
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

CONGRESS may yet be delegated to
chaperone the L. 5. Supreme Court 5
insular technicalities.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

The Virginia Republicans are con
templating a switch-off from their
political mOdus operandi.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

some Of the gubernatorial candi-
dates have already taken snapshots
OF the ogre OF defeat.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

YOU have to find the illicit vendor
before YOU can fine him.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

STATE on VIRGINIA:
ln the Clerks Office OF the Corpora
ton court of the city Of Frcdericks-
burg. Nancy Stanley and others. plain
titls, against Juo. II Stanley and other,
defendants T. James r. Corbin, Clerk
OF the said court, do certify that the
bond required of the special commits
sioncr by the decree rendered in said
cause on the 9th day of June. 1901, has
bccndulygiycn Given undcrmy hand
as Clerk Of the said court this 9TH day
OF June, 1901
JAWEs p. CoRHIN, Clerk.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

It was truly refreshing to witness the
zeal with which the Chandler and Mon
cure factions worked together.
Mr.. james Wood, of Richmond, who
was present in the interest OF Mr.. Swan
son and processes to know Caroline poll
ties. said he had hopes Of carrying at
least one district, Madison, if precinct
meetings had been decided upon. Mr..
Montague said to friends that he voted
for Mr.. Smith for school superintendent
for Caroline county
Mr.. ID. b. Powers, Jr., when seen in re-
card to his absence said he regretted not
being on hand at the instant the meeting
was called, as lie had intended calling
same to order, and had a speech prepared
for that purpose. Anyhow, he said, as
county chairman he would guarantee to
do az much to elect Mr.. Montague in the
event of his nomination, as any OF those
who had helped TO nominate him. MIR.
Powers is Democrat under all circum-
stances, and never wavers in his duty to
his party.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
PUBLIC SALE
Oh
Real Estate
IN seorsYLVANIA couNrX.

In pursuance Of decree Of June Q.
1901. in the Chancery suit Of Stanley
VS.. Stanley and Chas r. Beazley, in
the Corporation Court Of Fredericks-
burg, / will sell at public auction, at
Spotsylvania { II on
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13
Monday. July Ist 1901

chat being County Courl.dayj, at y
o'clock NJ, the tract Of land owned
jointly by Charles +. Beazley and the
late George Stanley. lying IN Spotsyl-
vania county, Va, adjoining the lands
OF Charles + Bealley, French Thomas
and % Roxbury" estate, estimated TO
contain i6ri3 acres, more or less
THE TERMS or SALE will be one
hall Of the purchase money in cash and
remainder on credit Of one year, with
retention Of tide 10 secure same.
ST. GEORGE K FlTZHUGH.
Je8 tjuI Special Commissioner.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-06-13

jaws P. CoRHIN, Clerk
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-11
A GREAT ECONOMIC UNIT.
Russia Does the Largest Business in
the World.

THE Russian State is by far the great
est economic unit on the face Of the C4o5e.
To ninety-nine readers out of one hundred
this statement will doubtless be startling.
1T certainly was TO me. when i first met
with il, yet the facts to Justify it are not
far to seek. The Russian State draws an
annual net profit of $500, 600 rubles from
its forests, mines, and agricultural prop
erty. 1t receives annually SO,090pD ruDles
from its compunities of eX-seIfs for the
use OF land it ceded to or purchased for
them. 1t is building by far the longest
and most costly railway in the world and
1t owns and works over 10000 miles Of
railways, the net revenue on which is
equal TO one-Seyenth OF the net revenue OF
all the railways of the United States.
In 1895 1t received slS9e 900 into its cof-
fers, nearly one-half of which sum was
not produced by taxation. Its budget is
greater than that of France by more than
500. 60J.9l0
In 1899, when one of the banks OF London
was unable to meet its obligations. the
Russian Government had with IT on cur
rent account a balance Of so many mil
lions of pounds that when the Bank of
England came to the rescue request was
Immediately made 10 Russia not to dispose
of her balance before a certain date since
TO do so would be to precipitate financial
crisis Of the utmost gravity. Finally. be-
SIDES being capitalist and banker OF
this magnitude. the Russian State is also
metallurgist and a spirit merchant. In
word, the proud claim Is made for IL that
il is the greatest land owner. the greatest
capitalist. the greatest constructor Of rail-
ways, and carries on the largest business
in the world.