The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-09-24
GENERAL NEws

Mrs. McKinlcys grief is crushing her
Dr. RiXey says bee dOcsn't feel 40 conf
dent now
Saturday. Crcsccus outfooted the Ab-
bot in $4,000 special match Best
time. 2.07f The track was very heavy
from rain.
The sovereign Grand Lodge OF odd
Fellows approved Ol a proposition to al
low copies of the secret work of the or
der 20 be made
The President has appointed Mr. vii
liam b. Ridgely, OF Chicago To be Comp.
troler OF the Currency to succeed Chas.
G.. Dawes, resigned.
Aguinaldo's bodyguard, Mai Aham-
bra, two captains, two lieut"nants. aud
twenty-ninc men. with twcnty-eight
rifles, have SUI rendered
Investigations made reveal the start
ling possibility thata plot TO assassinate
President Mckinley was laid year or
more ago. before he was elected for his
second term.
The hardest tc.k DR. Rycy and
relatives and attendants of Mrs. Mckin-
ley have il to get away from her the idea
that she must die She wants TOT join her
husband in death She has 30 told her
| friends
Boer successes the past week 4 com
pany OF mountel infantry and two guns
captured Sixteen British killed, %
wounded. 10 men and three guns cap
turcd. Twenty three British killed. 81
| wounded.
Geo B. Cortclyou is To remain secrc-
tary 10 the President throughout Col
| Roosevelt's term Mr. Loeb, who has
| been Col Roosevelt's confidential secre-
tary for two or three years will be made
assistant secretary.
The paper Cthe Silver Kuight-Wat'h-
mani recently purchased 10y Mr.. Bryan.
il the one in which that eminent Repnb-
hcan statesman. the Hon. Willipm NJ.
| Stewart used To exploit his free silver
views. Washington Post.
President Roosevelt has appointed the
| following consuls Geo .. Cornelius OF
| PENNSYLVANIA. at st Johns NewfOund-
| land Alonzo Is. Garrett, Of West Nir
| giuin. mt Nucyo Laredo. Mexico; Jesse
| II Johnson. Of Texas. at santos Brazil
Mr.. Cnlderon Carlise. Of the Nashgin
ton bar, died last week, aged % years.
| He was counsel for Madeline Pollard
| in her suit against Representative W. G.
T.. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky. and was
the leading counsel for Great Britain in
| the noted Bering sea controversy lie
was a brother-in-law Of Hon j. l.. NJ.
| Curry. agent Of the Peabody Fund. Mr.
| Carlisle married Miss Kate Thomas,
daughter of the late James Thomas, Of
| Richmond, Va.
Michael Conway. Of Falmouth, Mass.
coachman for Hon Richard Oney, former
Secretary of State. in commenting upon
the shooting of President Mckinley, Is
represented To have said It's n good
thing President Mckinley was shot. He
should have been killed long ago Mr..
Olnev was advised Of the matter, and it
was reported that the man had been dis
charged. Not being able to verify the re
port. 100 citizens Of Falmouth deter
mined TO give Conway a coat OF tar and
feathers Not finding Conway. the men
marched to Mr. Olney home 10 find out
whether the cOachman was still there
The former Secretary of State refused to
appear at their demand. 4 resolution
was unanimously adopted saying that
the course pursued by Hon Richard
Olney, at a time when the nation is in
mourning. is an insult to American citi-
zen-hip.' After the meeting the citizens
prepared an eiiigy Of Conway which they
hung ON a telegraph pole