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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
Notes and Personals From Kinq
Georqe.

King George & H.. Va Dee lst. 1902
Mr. Charles 4 Pollard. a prominen,
business man OF Baltimore. has been Vie
iting friends in the county. Mr. Pollard
was a gallant Confederate soldier. being
adiutant OF the 3Oth Regiment. Virginia
Infantry. Corse's Brigade. pickett's III
vision. His old comrades in the county
were glad 20 greet him
Miss BlOunt Mason. after visit q
Washington. has returned to Cleveland
Mr.. T. W. Boggs has returned a.
Mount Ida, from business trip through
the Northern Neck
Twelve steamers. passing up and
down the Rappahannoek river stop al
the Hop Yard landing every week This
affords our citizens better facilities for
travelling and shipping their produce
thnn they ever enjoyed heretofore
Miss Eva =. Tayloe. Of Powhatan, j.
isiti0g friends in Washington
lieutenant Jno. G. FaiffaS, Of the L.. :.
l., who has recently returned from the
philippines. is visiting his mother.
+rs. II. Il. Lewis az Cleve
Mr. II Lewis Wallace. a popular bust.
ness man of fredericksburg. who has
been enjoying partridge shooting at
Cieve. the residence OF his grandfather.
Major II. Il. Lewis. has returned
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
RICHMOND. FREDERICKSBURG AND
POTOMAC RAILROAD.

cor N. daily. stops On signal AZ
Sst a. n Tally. No local etop-.
1OO5A 81 Sundsys only. stops on signal
M Hrooke AQUA. Wide water, Quanticu.
cherry nm and Occoquhu.
1917 A. NJ daily, except sunday. Stops
an .iuual at Brooke. AQuia. Wide Water
Ouantico. Cherry HIN. FrcestOur. Occoguan.
Iorton. AccOtink aud franconia.
Lar 4. NJ. daily except sunday. No local
G5I ?. NJ. daily stops on signal at Brooke
AID Whitewater
1901 r. NJ. daily stops on -ignalat
Brooke. Wide Water ami QuauticO. Stops
on siguAI at Occoquan on Sundays only.
LEAVE HOt THWAkn-
90 A. NJ. daily except sunday Richmond
a-rumfu odatieu. Makes all stops.
50 A. NJ. daily. Atlantic Coast Line
train. stops a. Milford. boswell aud Ash
aud, daily. and ON signal at other local
stope On Sundays ouly.
~ A. NJ. daily except Sunday. Makes
local stops ON signal.
signal at Milford. boswell and Ashland
al 4. NJ. daily. Atlantic Coast Line
train. stops az boswell and Ashland.
D.J1 =. N. daily. Makes local stops on
$40 p N. daily Seaboard Air Line tyain.
- pa at boswell
Accommodation train leaves Richmond I
Pm. daily except sunday. arrives Frederick
c. c. cox. Agent.
W p. TAYLOR. Traffic Manager.
W ID. HI r. General Manager.
+. T. ID. MYERS. President.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
Exchange Hotel Leased Mr.. Essinq
tor to Take Charae.

Mr. ii. II EssingtOn. of Baltimore. has
leased the Exchange Hotel aud will sue
coed Mr.. John Ultz as proprietor. Mr.
Ultz's lease having expired and he having
made arrangements to move to another
place. Mr.. Essington will take charge al
once. lie is a gentlemen OF experience in
the hotel business, and will, no doubt
make popular and successful manager
OF the hotel We extend him n cordial
welcome.
Mr. Ultz has made many friends during
his soiourn here who regret his change OF
residence.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
REV. OR. :. T. TlcHENoR DEAD
+e Was tho Father Of M-..J. s. ON.

Ne Was the Father Of Mrs. ). s. Dit.
Rev. Dr.. l. 4. Tichenor. one of the
most prominent men of the Baptist de
nomination in the South, died Tuesday
afternoon at his home at Kirk wood
near Atlanta, Ga. after "A prOtracted H.
ness Dr. richenor was an able man and
had filed some high positions. He was
secretary emeritus Of the Home Mission
Society of the Southern Baptist church.
always took part in the proceedings Of
Baptist Conventions and was a iactOrf for
good in those gatherings hs was the
father Of Mrs. Dill. Of this city. who with
her husband, Rev. DR.. j. : Dill, pastor
Of the Baptist church here. WAS at the
bed side when the end came
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
StockhoIders' Meetino

The annual meeting of the stockhold.
ers of the Rappahannock Valley Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Society 10 receive
annual reports of the President and
Treasurer and for the election of officers
FOR the ensuing year will be held in the
Mayors Office. in the city OF Fredericks-
burg, on Thursday, December 11th,
1902. at ! O'Clock a. m. Every stock
holder is urged 10 be present. BY order
of the Board OF Directors.
;. J Quinn, Clerk.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
EAGLE SHOE COMPANY
Entertainment at Bowling Green
Dee. Sth

The entertainment to be given at Bull
lard's Han, Bowling Green, will take
place on Friday December 9th, instead of
the 18th. Capt. Frank Cunningham.
tenor; Mrs. Kate Barbour Howard, meg
20 soprano; Miss Issacs, cOntralto; Mr..
John larbrough, accompanies. aud Miss
Kate Fuller, reader, will all take part in
the program. The entertainment is I'M
der the management of the ladies of Cal
vary Baptist Church
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
For Assistant District Attornev

Mr.. Charles d. Foster. an energetic and
promising young lawyer of this city. has
announced his candidacy for the position
OF Assistant District Attorney Of Vir-
ginia, now held by Hugh Gordon Miller.
Of Norfolk. Mr.. Foster has strong
backing for the position Hon Malcolm
A Coles is also n candidate.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
Removal Sale

In order to save the cost OF shipping
our stock of shoes now on hand to ouI
new field of operation, we offer this en-
tire stock TO the retail trade at whole
sale prices. The stock consists, in un.
broken lines, OF mems, boys aud youths
ladies misses and children's shoes.
Call early at Eagle Factory to secure
bargains
EAGLE SHOE COMPANY
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
ORANGE and Madison Land Sales

Messrs. Voolfolk and Harlow. OF
Orange, have sold the farm of Mr.. Chas.
Deal. near Antioch containing $40 acres.
TO Mr.. e. + Picker. Of Augusta county.
Va. and the farm OF Mr. Charles A. Pal
mer, in Madison. containing 443 acres.
TO Mr.. c. Y. Nanshenschoter. of Bowling
Green, Ohio. Terms Private
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
Visit Postponed

The delegation of Philadelphia Masons
which was expected to visit Lodge No. 4
here on December 18th have postponed
their trip and will not be here until Jan.
.. In the meantime the local Lodge is
preparing TO give them a big reception.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
Advance in Coal.

The price of coal has advanced to SO
per ton in this city and there is none on
the market at present at this price A
prominent dealer states that tcosts -. Go
per ton to deliver il in his yard and that
he expects TO get but little until Jan. lst
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
Wagon Load Of Twenty five Ties
Passed Over Him.

George Coleman, colored. had a marve-
ious escape from severe injury Monday
at the tie wharf. lie fell from a wagon
loaded with twenty five railroad ties and
Il passed over both OF his limbs. break
ing only small bone in his ankle Dr.
Chewing. who attended him. said that
in nine cases out OF ten such load would
have broken both limbs.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04

In our next issue watch the space of
j. T. i,owery & Co., who will offer special
Inducements to merchants and the pub
lie in their full and complete toy depart
ment
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04

state of Virginia, City of fredericksburg. ~ 4:
1, A. Randolph Howard, Cashier Of the
above named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement Is true to the heSf of IN 4
knowledge and belief
A. RANDOLPH HOWARD. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn 70 before me this
29th day of November 1902
tsEAI..l A. Il. Bolts, Notary Public.
CORREcT-Attest:
GEO. W. SHEPHERDJR.
JOHN NJ W. GREEN
Il. V. ID. CONWAY,
Directors.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
Sale of City Pronertx.

The house and lot on Hanover street
extended, belonging to Mr.. r L. Stone,
was sold to Mr.. issac Hirsh Tuesday at
$40
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04

The furniture at the Exchange Hotel
has been sold privately and there will
be no sale as advertised.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
REPORT OF the CONDITION

OF the Conway. Gordon & Garnett National
Bank. at fredericksburg in the State OF Viz
ginia. at the Close OF Business, Nov rs,
1902.
EESNI f.UE~.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-12-04
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
S29 3 Street.

Of the NatiOaaI Bank Of Fredericksburg. al
Fredericksburg, in the State OF Virginia, at
the Close OF Business, Nov 18th. 1902.
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04

NOTE. You carnnS, f you
value good health, afford to
use cheap, low-srat.'e, a'ur,
baking powders. The are
apt to spoil the food ; they do
endanger the health. Ali
physicians will tell you that
alum in food is tic.leterious.
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
An Awful Disappointment.

THE most disappointed man I ever
saw" said Baltimore fnancier, "was
a poor wretch who was about to be
hanged In one of the northeastern
counties Of Maryland. I happened to
be there about the time and accepted
an invitation to witness the execution.
"This fellows lawyers had been
working hard to save his neck, and
there seemed to be some possibility
that he might be reprieved. The time
set for the execution arrived, however.
and the sheriff made plans to carry
out the execution. The march to the
scaffold had begun, and the prisoner
was about to mount the steps when
messenger arrived. waving telegram
In his hand.
"The procession was at once stopped.
and the sheriff took the telegram. but
saw that it was addressed to the con-
demned man. He handed it to the fcl-
low. who, trembling with hope, tore
open the envelope. He cast his eager
glance at the message. paled and let it
drop from his hand. The sheriff picked
up the paper, read it, and the march
to the scafold was resumed In few
minutes the man who had hoped for a
reprieve was in eternity.
1.-THE message was from some minis
ter who had become interested in his
case. 1t told him to trust in the Lord
and he would be saved."-Washingto
Post.
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
An Evenln1 Ca11

II called on Perkins last evening""
remarked Mr.. Brown.
"Did you have a pleasant timer in.
quired Mrs. Brown.
every. Perkins was beating his
wife when went in"
"WhatY
II say Perkins was beating his wife,
but Of course he stopped when l came
in"
swell, should hope so'
II begged him to 60 on, but he said
some other time would do Just rs
WELL"
"You begged him to go on?"
"Why. yes. didn't want to spoil
the fun. you know"
"Oh, you brute! Do you mean to say
that you could have looked calmly on
while he beat his wifeY
Certainly. Why not?"
II thought you had ut least a spark
Of manhood left suppose you will
be beating me next"
Eyes; think l could II you would
play cribbage with me-"
"Play cribbage?"
eyes; that is what Perkins and his
wife were doiuk"-Iandon telegraph.
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
DOES NOT EXPECT WAR.
Chilean Representative at Washington
Is Very Optimistic.


Is Very Optimistic.
Washington, Dec. 3O.-Advices re-
ceived by Senor Infante, the Chilean
charge, have confirmed the news al
ready published that the Argentine
minister at Santiago had informed the
Chilean minister of foreign affairs
that Argentine could not accept all
the terms of the protocol heretofore
signed for the settlement OF the dis
pute and that some changes would be
necessary in the instrument. Senior
[nfante's information from his govern
ment is that there is no foundation
whatever for the statement that a
change was made in the protocol by
the Chilean minister of foreign affairs,
but that on the contrary it was pub.
lished as agreed upon between the
representatives of the two govern
ments. The understanding here is
that no formal demand has as yet
been made upon the Chilean govern
ment for change in the terms of the
protocol, but that the matter has sim
ply been one of informal talk at San.
tiaCo. This being the case the hope
Is expressed that satisfactory ar.
rangement may yet be reached.
Mr.. 1nfante continues to express his
tirm conviction that there will be no
war because Of the present misunder.
standing. The government Of Chile,
he says. has been conducting the ne
Eotiations in a very amicable manner
and he confidently looks for a peace.
tul solution Of the difficulty.
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
MORE TROOPS NEEDED.
Correspondents in Pretoria Send Fu
ther Warnings to London.

Correspondents in Pretoria Send Fur.
ther Warnings to London.
London, Jan. 1.-Newspaper CORE
spondents in Pretoria continue to send
warnings Of the need OF more rein
forcements. Lord Kitchener is turn
ing the artillerymen, who have become
disengaged by reason of the return
home of the heavy guns, into three
corps of mounted infantry, each 1900
strong.
Independent accounts Of the Boer
attack on Colonel Firman's camp add
little to the official story of the occur
renee except that General Dewet's
force of 1,5U0 men, as at Majuba, re-
moved their boots, climbed the preci-
pice without noise and completely sur.
prised the sleeping British camp. The
terrible struggle lasted barely half an
hour. Three more British officers have
died from wounds received in this en-
gagement, making all told nine off,
GERS killed.
The government scheme for the set
tlement of land in the Orange River
Colony is already in operation. Near
ly 100 men, mostly time expired yeo-
men, have settled there with the as
sistance of the government, consist
Ing Of loans Of farming implements.
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
IN AN AUSTRIAN PRISON,
An American Citizen UnjustIy confin
ed and lis Money Confjsc ated,

An American Citizen Unjustly confin.
ed and lis Money confiscated.
Seattle, WASH. Dec. 28.-Benjamin
Greenburg, resident of this city, who
was arrested three years ago and
thrown into an Austrian prison, where
he was held two months, has returned
to this city.
According to Greenburg's story, he
was thrown into damp dun geon by
the police authorities at Tarnopol, Aus.
tria, and told that he would be released
If he paid $1,000. He refused, and was
kept there for two months His plight
was discovered by the American con.
sui at Vienna, and he was released on
bail, after charge had been preferred
against him that he was a Greek nam
ed Peter Carpovitch, who had been ey
PEELED from the country several years
previously for procuring women for
immoral purposes.
His case vas finally transferred to
the highest courts, where evidence was
introduced to prove his identity.
1.-THE money put up as bail to &C.
cure my release while the trial was
pending" said Greenburg, "has never
been returned to me, and I intend to
lay the facts before the authorities at
Washington"
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
Wednesday. Jan. /.

The floods in Pennsylvania are slow.
ly receding.
Rich deposits Of gold have been dis
covered in Madagascar.
The North Atlantic squadron was at
San Juan, Porto Rico, Tuesday.
Chilean delegates at Mexico City are
trying to prevent compulsory arbitra-
tion being reported to the conference.
Nine. Sybil Sanderson has just an
nounced her engagement to Comte
Henri de Fritz James. The ceremony
will take place in Paris some time late
In January.
The Ofici.l Gazette at Caracas pub
fishes a decree signed by President
Castro in which the steamer Liberia
dor, formerly the Banrigh, is declared
to be a pirate.
The Edinburgh court of sessions, has
given judgment in favor Of Andrew
Carnegie in the suit brought by Evan
Charles Sutherland to set aside the
sale OF Skibo castle.
Louis Bitter, a jeweler of Turner
Falls. Mass, shot five persons, two Of
whom, his clerk, Miss Ida Columbe,
and. Bitzer's 5.year-old son, are dead.
His other victims were his wife and
:wo daughters
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
tening platfc:m was larger than ever
before seen here.

tening platte:m was larger than ever
before seen here.
Among tim were Secretary Of the
Navy. Long, Secretary Of the Interior
Hitchcock, Rear Admiral Melville,
chief of the bureau of steam engineer
Ing; Rear Admiral O'Neill, chief of
ordnance; Judge Advocate Lemly,
Lieutenant Governor ]. A. Lee of Mis-
souri,, acting for Governor Dockery;
Governor Tyler of Virginia, Corwin H.
Spencer of St. Louis, representing the
Louisiana Purchase exposition COM
pany; Congressman Rixey, represent
Ing the house committee on naval af-
fairs; Senator Cockrell and a number
Of army and navy officers Mrs. Roose.
velt, wife of President Roosevelt, came
up from Old Point on the United States
dispatch boat Dolphin with her guests.
When the tig ship had glided off the
ways into the water the crowd on the
guests platform gave three cheers for
Miss Cockrell, three for the army and
navy, three for Secretary Long, then
three for the shipyard.
Secretary Long was the orator Of the
day and dwelt at length upon the ne.
eessty for great navy.
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04

Drying PREPARATIONS simply devel-
op dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions,
which adheret to the membrane and decom-
pose, causing o far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form Of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhalants; fumes; smokes and snufs
and use that which clesnses, soothes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such a remedy
and will cure catarrh or cold In the head
easily. and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for IL cents. All druggists sell the
500. size. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren st., NY.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate q cause sneezng. Il spreads itself
over an irritated snd angry surface, reliev-
ing immediately thu painful Inflammation.
ts With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nassl Cataxgh and HI' Fa~7.
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
Iuesday. Dec Al.

Chauncey and Mrs. Depew sail for
home Saturday.
A dispatch from Rome says that the
pope is subject to serious fainting
fits.
i Mrs. Roosevelt and children have re-
turned to the White House from their
trip down the Potomac.
Consul Lane at Smyrna has cabled
the state department that the bubonic
plague has broken out at that point.
M. Jules Cambon, minister of France
to the United States, arrived at New
York on board the steamer La Cam.
pagne, from Havre.
Chief Geronimo, captured by General
Lawton IL years ago, and 298 other
Apache Indians will be released and
allotted lands by the government.
The war department is informed
that the transport Grant has arrived
at Nagasaki on her way to San Fran
cisco. Governor Taft is a passenger
on this vessel.
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
EDITORS CAN GIVE CREDIT.
Postmaster General Explains Recent
Ruling Of the Department,

Postmaster General Explains Recent
Ruling Of the Department.
Washington, Dec. 28.-The postmar-
ter general .ays that the department
has received large number of tele-
grams and letters asking if ruling had
been made chat only subscriptions to
newspapers and periodicals which are
paid in advance are legitimate. He
said that no such ruling had been
made and that he supposed the in.
Quiries were the result of q ruling
made by the third assistant postmasr
ter general the case of New York
publication, he subscriptions to which
were manly induced by premiums,
ard which ruling applied only to the
conditions of that particular case, or
to similar conditions in other cases.
The publisl ,rs of the New York
periodical and also publishers in Chi
cago, the postmaster general said, had
sent circulars misrepresenting the rul-
ing made. He said that no ruling
wh"tever has been made which inter.
feres with reasonable credit on sub
scriptions to legitimate publications.
The postmaster general added thai
publishers should not take alarm at
false reports, which, he said, are de-
signed to embarrass the reform in
prOgreSS.
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
IS WITHIN ITS RIGHTS.

Injunction Against the Northern Pa.
cific Is Dissolved.
Minneapolis, Jan. Judge Lochren
has dissolved the preliminary injunc-
tion restraining the Northern Pacific
Railroad company from issuing de.
benture bonds for retiring its pre-
ferred stock. The Judge ruled that the
directors were acting within their
rights and in accordance with the
wishes of the stockholders.
The proceedings had been removed
earlier in the day from the Hennepin
county courts to the Unittd States
district court on the motion of the
railroads attorneys.
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
NEWFOUNDLAND TRAGEDY.
A Flsherman's Wild Sail to Procure
Medical Aid.

medical AID
'"The lack of physicians is one of the
horrors Of the isolation in which the
Newfoundlanders OF this coast live"
says Norman Duncan in Ainslee's.
"There is none within fifty miles Of
most harbors; none wiss:n reaching
distance of many. 1t is related of q
well to do fisherman who was some
thing Of merchant that his wife,
whom he fon6ly loved. lay in agony
for many days while an autumn gale
ragged. No man in the harbor would
put off in a skiff to fetch the nearest
physician, who lived fifteen miles down
the coast, for there was no possibility
that he who ventured could survive.
On the fourth day the wind moderated.
Two men volunteered to accompany
Allerton. They set sail in the first
hours of snowstorm. which abated,
however, before they reached their des-
tination. Fighting doggedly, they took
the boat safely in, after indescribable
hardship and through ever present dan
ger. The gale had gone down when
they knocked on the physicians door.
A heavy sea was running, but the dan
ger Of wreck on the return voyage was
quickly passing.
"'What's the matter with the wom-
an?' the physician asked.
"He was informed.
"The husband minutely described his
wife's agony. Then he offered what
amounted almost to half his fortune as
fee
"'I'll take that said the doctor, If
you fetch her here. Go back and get
her, and I'll attend to the case.'
"In an open boatv the husband ex-
claimed. He pointed out that his wife's
condition put such an arrangement be-
yond the bounds of reason.
"'Well, can't do anything said the
physician. II you bring her over. I'll
attend to her.
"When the husband got back to his
home, the child had been born, but the
woman died the next day."
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
Monday, Dec. 80.

The new battleship Missouri was
successfully launched at Newport
News, Va, Saturday.
John G. A. Leishman, the United
States minister to Turkey, has arrived
at Constantinople on his return from
q visit to America.
The Dominion government has an.
pointed veterinary inspectors for ship.
ping ports between the United States
and Canada under recent agreement
between the two countries.
George H. limerick, the writer of
many Irish vaudeville sketches, is dead
at a New York hospital at result of
injuries sustained on Thursday, when
he fell from Broadway car.
Advices received from Caracas, Ven.
ezuela, say the revolution against Pres
ident Castro is gaining ground daily.
Nearly the whole OF the republic is in
revolt and bands Of men are securing
the cOUntrv
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
To Be Manila's Fire Chief.

New York, Dec. 30.-From a reliable
source comes the information that ex.
Fire Chief Hugh J. Bonner is consider
Ing a proposition made by President
Roosevelt and the war department to
reorganize on New York lines the fire
department in Manila, Philippine ISL
ands. It is said that such was Mr..
Conner's business in Washington dur
hg the week just ended. Mr.. Bonner
when seen admitted that such move.
ment was in contamination,
The Dickinson press., 1902-01-04
BoLoMEN OF sAMAR.
Kill or Wound Fourteen Men Of Con

Kill or Wound Fourteen Men Of Com.
pany e, Ninth Infantry.
Manila, Dec. 27.-Captain Schoeffel,
with a detachment of 18 men of Com
pany E, Ninth infantry at Dapday.
island of Samar, was attacked by a
large force of bolomen. A severe
hand-to-hand fight ensued, in which a
sergeant. corporal and five privates
were killed. Captain Schoeffel was
wounded, but not dangerously. Five
privates were dangerously and one
slightly wounded. No property was
lost. The enemy was finally repulsed
with heavy loss.