The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-10-07
WASHINGTON LETTER


tac CITY OF Washington have been pub
lished 10y The citizens executive COM
mittee of the Grand Army cncamp-
mcut. They are TO De- distributed TO
the veterans for their guidance during
cncampmcnt week.
The maps are ISSUED In the form of
a folder and contain much additional
Information helpful TO strangcrs. on
the maps are marked the line OF
Wednesdays parade. the Presidents
reviewing stand. the different places
where amhulanccs viii bc stationed
and an Illustration of the reunion
grounds on the White lot showing the
location OF the principal tents. In al
uition the folder contains list of the
numerous places of interest IN Wash
ington as wei as those in the immcdi-
ate vicinity. Fun directions as To how
the stranger can arrive at desired
place also are given as wen as tho
routes OF the different street car lines
OF the city and its SUBURBS. IL was de
sired To- make the Information folder
very attractive and one that viii DE re
tanned 10y the visitor ais souvenir of
the encampment These souvenirs will
Doe distributed through the various
booths of information. of which there
are 90 Pee twenty at prominent places
i'm different parts of Washington
Substitute Tor Coal
The patent Office is doing very live
ly business ina looking into inventions
for burning oil for fuel purposes both
for the production OF heat and power.
There have been granted up 10 date
l.-No patents for using oil as fuel For
the use OF gas and vaporS 200 pat-
entS have been issued The office is
now receiving weekly applications for
patents OF these two CLASSES To the av-
GRACE number of twenty-five. Of which
about fifteen are for crude oil burners
tor household purposes. locomotives
steamboats, and manufacturing plants
There are two main lines OF invention
20 De- uulizcd for these purposes which
have been patented for many years
one is for supplying the OH mixed with
steam for combustion. and the other IS
for turning IL into yapor and burning
IL in that FORM These two plans Toy
utilizing OH for fuel are at the base OF
the multitude az inventions that are
recorded m the patent Office and which
are coming in there daily. When the
problem has been worked out So that
oil may 0e used conveniently for house
hold purposes. &c viii probably Doe done
10y improvements ON existing devices.
THE New White House
The interior decorative work on the
White House has -onc SO far that il is
possible to appreciate the beauty OF
the scheme 81 Improvement that Is be-
ing wrought out The state dining
room viii have massive fireplace,
the jambs of which are wide apart. to
take in tie good old fashioned hickory
logs that have always been one Of the
distinctive features Of the mansion
from the days OF John Adams. when
the hreplaces were fed from trees cut
TO clear Pennsylvania avenue and open
out the grounds surrounding the man
sion.
The ceiling OF the state dining room
is finished. The work THAI has been
done on the east front TO construct the
new entrance has been pushed at a
rapid pace lately. and the new porte
cochere is wen along. SO that the visit
what the new White House is to be.
The Squadron Chase.
Admiral Higeiuson viii soon submit
10 the navy department an elaborate
report upon the results of the chase OF
the white squadron 10y the north At
iantc squadron. For obvious reasons
such parts OF this report as treat OF
any imperfecions developed probably
VIII be withheld from publication.
Naval officers here say that while
the capture OF the white SQUADRON
seemed TO be foregone conclusion.
owing TO the discrepancy in strength
between the two squadrons. yet this
chase has had Instructive and impor-
tant results. II is the expectation that
perhaps next year another such chase
will be made in which the problem
presented TO the defending squadron
will be much more difficult than that
in which it recently engaged.
Tanned the Chaumeurs.
Notices sent out by Major John Bid
die, secretary of the board of control