The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-23

FREDERICKSBURG w., TUESDAY, APRIL 23 1901.
CURRENT TOPICS

Japan il dealing with Russia indepen-
IDENTIFY Of the other powers, and IL prepar-
ing for war
Count won Wallerscc had n narrow cs-
cape from the burning paace Of the En-
press in Pekin.
Lockett Tu rncr, n colOrcd woman, was
bitten by eat several weeks ago. The
wound healed and two weeks aiterward
the woman had violent hydrophobia, Of
which she died.
The burning of the Empress DOwager's
Pekin residence is likely to have impor-
tant poIiticalconsequences. The Germans
are greatly grieved Mt the loss OF Gen.
Schwartzkopf in the fire.
Police of the town OF Rosario. in the
Argentine Province OF Santa Fe, have
seized papers which prove that plot
against the lives of the Emperor Of Ger
many, the Gar Of Russia, the King and
Queen of Italy and the Count oi Turin
was recently laid i'm Paterson, ~ j.
To pay for seven toes cut off in May,
1899, by an Atlantic and Danyille train,
a jury in Nansemond Circuit Court Thurs
day evening gave Christopher Columbus
Norheet 81 900 verdict against the road.
lie asked for 81 O,0OO. NOrlleet is nearly
80 ycars old and n veteran OF tie
Mexican War.
Captain Edward J. Richardson, for
merly master of the steamer New York,
that plies between Cape Charles and
Norfolk, has been appointed boat
master" OF the ferry of the New York,
Philadelphia and NOrfork Railroad Com
pany. and will have his headquarters at
Port Norfolk, Va. The position is new
one just established
\ mammoth black walnut tree OF tie
farm of T.. L. Gaus in Williams county,
Ohio, has just been sold for $1,000.
Several lumber dealers have examined
chips from this tree and all have declared
it to be the finest specimen of that kind
OF wood they ever saw. The tree was
eight feet in diameter, 40 feet above the
stump and extended 73 feet from the
butt To the first limb.
Owing to the existence ola scarlet fever
epidemic in Kcene, n. H., the local bank
now sterilizes all the money which passes
through it's hands. The notes and coins
are placed in agalvanized iron oven, lined
with asbestos and heated by means OF
Bunsen burned A thermometer is pro-
yided to show the interior temperature
mt all times. The oven il heated to 300
degrees when in use.
Gen. Samuel Pearson, the Boer officer
who was refused writ of Injunction by
the t. S. Circuit Court against the local
British officer, at New Orleans, whom he
sought to prevent from further export
ing horses and mulesito South Africa, has
sent a petition directly to President Me-
Kinley asking for the relief which the
courts refused In the recent decision Judge
Parlange pointed out that General Pear
son had this right
Papers have been signed by which the
French government acquire tract OF
land in the heart OF the residential section
of Washington for the purpose OF building
a French Embassy. The site is ona high
knoll short distance west of Connecticut
avenue, with frontage on ) and Twenty
second streets and Decatur Place, en-
bracing about 10000 square feet. This
will give by far the largest amount OF
ground occupied by any foreign establish
ment in Washington.
Because his parents objected to his
marriage to Anna Linberg, f. j. Fisher,
of Elmira. n. Y, shot his sweetheart
and himself. They were found lying dead
in the road. In Fishers right hand was
| a revolver, two chambers OF which were
empty. The following note, signed by
Fisher and Miss Linberg, was found on
the person of the former;
"We go together and die happy"
Dr. JOS. NJ. Fox, recently shipped to
Washington thirty-one caponized Ply
mouth Rocks, dressed and ready for
market. They were possibly the hand
soonest lot ever shipped from Loudoun
county. Hatched in his own incubator,
caponized by himself and brought up to
an average weight of eight pounds.
Three OF them weighed fraction under
ten pounds. Such fowls bring $l.5O
apiece e.-Leesburg Mirror.
Naval honors are to be accorded the
President and his Cabinet when they ar
rive mt San Francisco on their trans
continental trip. Secretary Long has
instructed Rear-Admiral Cacey, Com
mander-in-Chief of the Pacific Station, to
assemble his vessels at San Francisco
early in May and to remain there uHtil
further orders. The ships that will be
reviewed by the President and members
of the Cabinet will I've the battleships
Wisconsin and Iowa, the cruiser Phila-
delphia and the torpedo boat Farragut.
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