The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-08-08
VIRGINIA NEWS.

IL IL proposed 10 convert Fort Monroe
into military prison.
The TALL term of the supreme Court will
begin at Staunton ON the first Tuesday
ia september.
Active work in the reconstruction Of
the north end ol the Jefferson Hotel. in
ltichmond. has begun.
President John SHELTON Williams. OF the
Seaboard AIR Line. with n party of
friends, ha- gone to Europe
Edward Hopkins, Of Accomac county.
was stung 10y bees ON Saturday, icll from
n church hcliry and was killed.
MINOR John Il Martin. oi Farmyile.
has resigned as major of the Third Bat
tallion OF the SEVENTEEN Regiment
tornado swept the outline portion Of
Norfolk. Tuesday, unrooling about %
houses and injurng several people.
Licensed tomarry in Washington. John
Brady. oi Stafford county, and Annie
Williams OF Prince William county Va.
Monday the State oi Minnesota pur-
chased So. 900 worth OF additional Nir-
ginia bonds This makes over a million
and half hcldby that state.
r. ". Flourney. engineer Of the Con
sumers Light Heat aud lee Company,
of Newport News. fell into an cXhnuHt
well Of boiling wntcr AT the company
plant aud was cooked To death.
The remains oi Rev John Rogers have
been removed from the cemetery at lco-
comico. Northumberland county, aud
taken 10 New Jersey Tor rcinterment
The G.. a .. Rnirond filed deed oi
trust for : 600 600 in Richmond Satur-
day 20 secure the purchase Of .O2j
freight ears from the Girnrd Trust Co.
\ few days ago lightning struck the
barn of Mrs. Jennie Mountjoy. in King
George county. and killed cow that
was in the barn. The building was con
siderably damaged.
Rights oi way are being obtained by
the rbanna West Point and Yorktown
Railroad. which II 10 build nm electric
line with ferry connections 10 'rhanna,
ON the RappahannOck
4 movement il ON foot. il II said To cs-
tablish bank at Colonial Beach, with
capital stock Of $4,000. The ice plant
at Colonial Beach IL in operation and
nrpui-ps la be- "A surrpsS
l. j Muerling, of New York. has
bought all the remaining land owned by
the south Warrenton Land Company
which comprises about POO acres, and
will begin al once To build upon it,
Fourteen thousand Nirginians will re-
cciyc Confederate pensions this year The
pensions are being paid rapidly. The
amount 10 be- paid out will reach about
Sl3O 1000 This makes the average pen
sion little more than -. Many of the
pensions amount 10 only 81
GOV. Tyler has received letter from
Mr.. Florence Elizabeth Carey. principal
of the School of Industrial Art for Women
of New York city. offering him the priyi-
lege OF free scholarship for some Nir-
ginia woman The school is devoted 10
the Teaching of Industrial branches.
II r. stated that among the items that
will be disclosed a. having been pur-
chased by one of the Governors for the
Executive Mansion ont of the contingent
fund will be- canary bird. This subject
was aired in controversy between
Mcssrs Holmes Conrad and John ;. Wise
some years ago.
The State Dental Association in session
last week at Natural Bridge adjourned
ON Saturday after electing the following
officers DR.. ". t. Norris charlottesville
president Drs b. Bridgiorth. Richmond;
/ h. Smith. Richmond r. l.. Simpson.
Fincastlc. yice-presidcnts. DR. J. Hall
Moore. Richmond. corresponding secre-
tary: Dr. Geo. T. Reese Richmond re
corling secretary, and DR.. William H.
Ewald Portsmouth treasurer