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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-08-08
MOSBY'S MEN.
THEIR ANNUAL REUNION AT
CULPEPER.
Monument to the Battalion to be
EPacted

The tenth annual reunion of "Mosby's
Men," Forty third Battalion. Virginia
Volunteers, occurred at Culpeper Wednes-
day, and il wac an occasion that will
live long in the memory of the thousands
of people who witnessed the days exer-
cises and followed the gathering oi the
gallant band, whose deeds mark 80 con
spicuous place in the history OF the
civil war.
Nearly every building in the town was
deliberately decorated, "a were the thou.
sands of vehicles that brought crowds oil
people from the adjoining counties
Seven Thousand people. it is estimated,
were in attendance. A conspicuous lea
ture of the decorations WAS the hags-
the Stars and Stripes and Stars and Bars
floating side by side 10 the breeze
RANKS ARE THINNING.
At business meeting OF the camp, held
early in the day. it was found that there
were rs OF the old rangers present
The following officers were elected :.
Joseph Bryan, commander; II 5. Ashby
adjutant: Landon Mason. chaplain; Rev
5. Ii. Ferguson, first lieutenant commaD-
der; Hugh McIlhaney. second lieutenant
commander, s. b Bispmen, third lieuten-
ant commander; W Ben Palmer, treas
urer. Berryville, Va was selected AZ the
place TO hold the next annual reunion.
but il was stated that in difference 10 the
wishes of Commander Joseph Bryan,
who is at present in Europe, that il is
possible that the next meeting will I've
held in Richmond.
The camp decided TO make application
to enter the grand camp OF the state OF
Virginia. and to be known ~ the John
s. Mostly Camp The campmade allberal
contribution to the Stuart monument
fund
1t was decided that a. monument TO
Mosby's men. living aud dead. he erected
on certain plot of ground already sc
lected at Old Salem. now called Marshall,
in Fauquier county, Va The committee
to solicit subscriptions is as follows: Rev.
5. 6. Ferguson, OApt. James W Foster.
Adjt Henry Ashby, DR.. 4. Ii. Sours,
Charles Walker, J. \. Rsmey and X
Stanley Mason.
After the business was over the mem.
bers Of Mosbys rangers assembled at the
graded school building and there under
the auspices OF A. Z. Hill Camp No. ,. OF
Culpeper, they went direct To the armOry
and were served dinner by the Daughters
of the Coniederacy The Marine BAND
from Washington was in attendance.
stvr~ rnrrnoN M TOWN
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-08-08

Capt. Csmm Pattsson Will Go To
State Senate.
Capt. Camm Patteson, OF Buckingham,
defeated Paul Petit for the Democratic
nomination for the State Senate from
that district by q majority OF 271.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-08-08
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-08-08
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Ladies Dongola Sandals. good solid
lenthrr, sold for 81 ~, oar price
% Gents.
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
Royalty Aids Kishiney victims.

Grand Duke Ernest Of Hesse. the bro
ther-in-law of the Car, and the one OF
all his relatives with whom the Emper-
or is on terms of closest intimacy, has
just sent very handsome subscription
TO the fund which is being raised at
Berlin for the relief OF the victims OF
the recent Jewish massacre at Klshinev.
This is extremely significant. For it
may safely be assumed that the grand
duke has done so with the full know
ledge and sanction of the Car Under
the circumstances it may be questioned
whether the Russian government in de-
clining 10 approve of American fnan-
cial assistance for the Hebrew suf-
ferers at Kishinev is acting with the
knowledge and consent of the Emperor
Nicholas. For 1t stands to reason that
if the latter sanctions his brother-in-
law and most intimate friend subscrib-
ing to a public fund being raised in
Germany in behalf OF the unfortunate
Jews at Kishinev, he cannot very well
object to money being collected in this
country and devoted to the purpose.
1t would be by no means the first in
stance of the Russian government play
ing at cross-purposes with its master.
the Car, and endeavoring 10 convey 10
the world as emanating from him views,
utterances. and comments which are di-
ametrically opposed to his wishes.
The Washington times., 1903-06-30

when be consented to have the bowels
of his ship exposed to the imperial
searchlights2 Shiver his timbersl
The o. B. would have interposed his
life before permitting a War Lord to
monkey with an American marling
spike or look into a single bucket be-
longing to the navy Of the United
States He would have died in de-
fense of the goat-the Kearsarge's
maseot-before permitting War
Lord to east an evil spell over her
He would have But we pause.
We take it all for granted.
Seriously speaking, we don't believe
for single instant that any com
ment, favorable or otherwise, was
ever made at the Navy Department
concerning the Emperor's inspection
Of the Kearsarge. Everybody knows
except, of course, the 0. B.-that
there is scarcely a man-of-war whose
interior arrangement is not an open
secret to the naval authorities of
every nation in the world. There is
no attempt at concealment. 1t would
be of no use. If the Cramps, for in
stance, are building a ship, its pro-
gressive stages of construction are
watched by all the naval attaches sta
toned in Washington. And when the
ship makes its trial trip, as likely as
not the hospitable spirit of the
Cramps suggests inviting these same
attaches to witness the performance
and inspect the huge mechanism in
every one of its details.
In view of all this, we are almost
sorry that the Secretary of the Navy
has seen fit to dignity the assertions
Of the "Herald's' o. B. by giving out,
over his signature, a formal denial of
their truth. There are some hot-head-
ed and indiscreet officers in the navy,
no doubt. who at times have seen fit to
breathe war and defiance against Ger
many, and we have never hesitated TO
point out the criminal folly of their
idle talk But we have never consid-
cred them, what the "Herald's" 0. B.
wishes the country to believe they
area lot of id f-s.
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
The Field of Politics
One Step Too Far.

Whatever opinion may be entertained
regarding John Edward Addicks. who
has long aspired 20 a seat in the United
States Senate, and of the methods and
practices which he has employed n the
unsuccessful efforts to attain his am
bition, most people will believe that
Gen. James H. Wilson and other anti
Addicks Republicans in Delaware 90 too
far when they charge Addicks with re-
sponsibinty for the recent Wilmington
lynching.
General Wilson says that Addicks has
so influenced the colored citizens that
he has taught them contempt for law
and order. and made them TO belieye
that they would be protected in any,
thing Addicks doubtless has expended
large sums Of money I'm his fight, but
that has had no more TO do with the
lynching of the negro who assaulted and
killed Miss Bishop and the lawlessness
which followed than If the vote buying
had taken place in California Or any
other state.
The negro was lynched because OF his
crime and because the court delayed his
trial. and by no possible stretch OF the
Imagination can the causes which led
10 the action of the mob and the race
warfare be considered political.
II is Just as reasonable to suppose that
some ambitious politician IN Illinois is
directly or Indirectly responsible for the
lynching in that State recently as to
insinuate that Addicks is in any way
accountable for the burning of the negro
AT Wilmington The Iynching of negroes
will occur so long as such crimes as
White was guilty of are per9etrateH
whether in the South. in Illinois, in
Delaware, or any other State.
When his opponents are obliged 10
resort TO such attacks TO make political
capital. il may be taken as an indica-
ton that their faction Is weakening. and
that AddIcks has the irregular regu-
lars on the run. People outside Of the
State have rajoiced IN the repeated de-
feats which the gas magnate has sus-
tained. but they Will not approve Of the
charge made against him Of response
bility for the Wilmington lyuching.
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
Don't Dodge d Plain Dutu.
The Legal Responsibility for Issuing a
Fictitious Voucher Should Be
Promptly Placed.

The statute Of limitations. covering
the irregularities" in the administra-
tiOn of the school fund. recently ex-
posed in The Times, and consisting
III the issue of fictitious acquisitions
and vouchers, runs, in the case of
Government prosecutions, in two
years. This date viii be reached Fri
day next, July 3, the date in 1901
when the offense was committed bv the
payment of the 5000 by the disburs-
ing officer of the District. This paw
ment was made in a check on the
Treasury, half the amount being paid
by the Government, and half by the
District.
The accounting officers of the
Treasury, as we have had occasion To
point out heretofore, are emphatic in
the assertion that United States law
has been violated. The Revised Stat
utes make it the especial duty Of the
Attorney Of the United States for the
District Of Columbia to be diligent in
prosecuting such violations.
Is this case to be allowed to go until
the statute of limitations applies?
Isn't it about time that somebody
woke ND and did his duty2 Or arc
the taxpayers Of the District to be
bamboozled into the belief that every
thing is lovely and that the goose
hangs high7
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
A Disgraceful Lawsuit Ends.

The decree OF the supreme court at
Madrid conceding to Dona Luisa Maria
of Bourbon the right to the dukedom
of Seville brings 20 a satisfactory close
one of the most disgraceful lawsuits
that has ever figured in the "chroniQue
scandaleuse" of the historic house OF
Bourbon. For the plaintiff in the suit,
the widowed Duchess of Seville, was no
other than the mother of the now vic
torius defendant, and so blind and in
tense was the unnatural hate which the
widowed duchess entertains for her cid
est daughter, Dona Luisa Maria. that
sooner than permit her TO inherit the
family honors she actually presented
afidavits to the effect that although her
child she was not the offspring of the
late duke. On the strength of this tes-
timony on the part of the widowed
duchess of her own dishonor and of the
fact that she had palmed off on her hus-
band a child which was not his but that
OF another man. the lower courts gave
a decree in her favor, awarding the
dukedom to her second and favorite
daughter.
This decision has now been reversed
by the final court of appeals. which. to
the universal satisfaction OF the reign
ing family and great world at Madrid.
has restored to Dona Louisa Maria her
fathers honors, which she shares with
her husband, who is now, therefore, by
virtue OF his marriage to a duchess in
her own right, the Duke of Seville
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
JUDGE PERSHING DEAD
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Presided Over Molly Mcguire Trials of
Years Ago.

POTTSVILLE, Pa. June 3O.-After an
Illness Of FIVE years. during which he
showed great vitality and fortitude.
Judge Cyrus l. Pershing died at his
residence on West Howard Avenue this
morning at 1880 o'clock. For nearly
thirty years he was the president Judge
Of Schuylhl county. Four years ago
he was forced by disease to retire to
private life.
Three months ago he was stricken
with double pneumonia, but, as upon
other occasions. he rallied. The disease.
however. left him in a greatly weakened
condition.
Yesterday Judge Pershing began to
sink rapidly until death came. He re-
tained all his faculties until the last
He leaves a widow and several chill
dren.
Judge Pershing presided over the trial
Of the Molly Maguires a quarter Of a
century ago.
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
CADETS ADMITTED To
THE NAVAL ACADEMY
MidshiPmen Candidates Pass Physical
Examination.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd. June so.-The fol-
lowing candidates for the Naval Acade-
my passed their physical examinations
today and were sworn in as midsbip-
men:
A J. Butt. Alabama: r. A. Craig. Cali
tornia; H. L. Holden. Wisconsin: J. E.
Eisman. New York; L. F. KfmbaII Yer
mont; J. H. Klein. jr.. Ohio; F. G. L.au-
man. Iowa. II. b. Lebourgeois.
Louisiana w. A Upstate, Texas; Fl. A.
Mcclure. New York; H. W. Mccormack
Florida; F. S. Macy. Massachusetts; c.
Montgomery, Kentucky; F. Cogsweu
New Hampshire; II. X. Hewitt. New
Jersey; J. W. Jewell. New Hampshire,
c A. Jones. West Virginia: W. E.
Knauss, Pennsylvania: ". ". Lawrence.
Colorado; E. r. Leonard. Idaho: B. r.
Lombard, Mississippi; F. Mccarthy. New
York; R. F. Mcconnell. Virginia: p. H.
MeCreery. Arkansas; l. II. Maxfeld.
Minnesota; W. P. Williamson, Mime
sofa.
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
Not q Cheerful Outlook.

Fx-Secretary Charles S. Fairchild. who
was Secretary Of the Treasury under
Clevelaud's first administration. does
not take very cheerful view OF the
uolitical situation so far as the
Democracy is concerned. lie declares
that there is no reason for beliey-
ing that a Democrat can be elected
President next year, and expresses. the
opinion that Roosevelt Will win by a
large majority.
The Hon. Charles S. Fairchild may be
quite right IN his prediction and IN the
way he sizes up the conditions. but It is
scarcely the manner in which a harmony
get together" Democrat would be ex-
pected 20 talk. II Mr.. Fairchild were
much OF q Democrat, there would be a
great deal OF encouragement for the
party in what he says.
Fairchlld IS one of the Gold Democrats
who left the party In 1896. and who has
neither returned nor expressed any de-
sire or inclination Of getting back into
the ranks. For all practical purposes he
may safely be classed as a Republican
al least he Is further away from
Democracy than any OF the other fol-
lowers OF the ex-President. He not only
predicts the election OF Roosevelt. but
as a former Democrat and former Demo
cratic Cabinet officer he does not ex-
press any regret at the prospects of
Republican success.
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
Lived a Vagabond's Life.

The late Duke OF Seville was con-
stantly in pecuniary straits and in f.
nancial scrapes of an unsavory char
acter. and for a time at any rate lived
the life of a vagabond in Paris, spend
ing his nights on the benches OF the
Champs Elysee and of Cour La Refine.
and literally begging for his food. until,
for very shame's sake, he was shipped
of by the Spanish government first Of
all TO the West Indies, and subsequent
ly 20 the Philippines.
The second of his brothers is that
ridiculous General Don Francis of Bour-
bon, who styles himself Duke of An
jou.' and who is one OF the most pre-
posterous Of all the pretenders TO the
throne Of France. The only sensible
thing that he has ever done has been to
make two rich marriages. on each occa-
sion with a Cuban heiress. the first Of
the two unions being celebrated In New
York He has long since been deprived
Of all active military command.
His younger brother Albert is a much
more sensible fellow and a more level
headed soldier. He was a particular
favorite OF the late King Alfonso. who
conferred upon him the title of Mar
quis OF Santa Elena. and today he com
mands as general the brigade OF cavalry
at Barcelona.
MARQUISE DE FoNTENOY.
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
An Office Bou'S Pipe Dream
The Kaiser's Inspection of the Kearsarge
Probably InnOcuous.

In intervals between dusting the
files and dipping into the pages of the
latest penny dreadful the Office boy
of the 'SNew York Herald's" Wash
ington bureau. who seems tenporari-
ly to have been left in charge of the
establishment, returns to his favorite
pastime of trimming his aurieular ap-
pendages 10 the breeze and catching
IN their capaeious folds every rumor
of dire war which may watt in these
days of summer leisure through the
cool corridors Of the Navy Depart
ment.
As usual, there is to be war with
Germany. It cannot be avoided, and.
of course, II will have to be met. Met
promptly, too. No shilly-shallying,
no indulging in idle fancies Of friend
ship and good will. These Kiel pro-
testations are sinister and hollow.
The War Lord is at his old tricks
again. His mailed fist" is laid in
Cotton's only to deceive. He is a
crafty one, that very same War Lord,
but the Office boy is son to his curves" f"
They can't deceive him-not an o. b.
of the "New York Herald" WAY
down in southern Brazil a conspiracy
is brewing, and II behooves Uncle Sam
70 heed the O. BIS warning bray.
More ships, and still more ships, he
cries, as an excited stream Of perspir-
alton threatens to wash the chewing
gum from its anchorage and engulf
the bleeding stump Of 4 cigarette in
the general disaster. And, above all,
secrecy-let us not give away our
secrets!
The poor 0. B. is dreadfully upset
by the Kaiser's inspection" Of the
Kearsarge Ii is unheard of. II was
most unwise to permit It. 1t was con-
trary to all naval etiquette. What
was Cotton thinking about, anyway,
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
A Dreadful Old Woman.

The dOwager duchess is a dreadful
old woman of most plebeian origin who
only married the late Duke Henry OF
Seville two years after the birth OF their
daughter Louisa Maria. BY this mar
riage, as we'll as by a special act Of re-
cognition on the part of the late duke.
his daughter, Luisa Maria, although
born out of wedlock, was rendered le
gitimate according TO the terms
Spanish law. After the birth OF two
more daughters the late duke and his
wife quarreled and separated. and as
Dona Luisa Maria was her fathers ia
vorite and sympathized with him. she
soon incurred her mothers animosity.
On the dukes death in 1894 on his
way home from the Philippines, where
he had held a colonial appointment, the
dowager duchess endeavored first to
force Luisa Maria to become a nun and
then to lock her up in a madhouse. In
deed it was partly with a view TO pro-
tecting her from her unnatural mother
that every facility was accorded to her
by the Spanish embassy in London to
marry there Don Juan de MOnclus Y
Cabanellas. Il was soon after this
that the dowager duchess instituted
proceedings in the Spanish courts TO
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
TWO PRESIDENTS HONOR
JOHN WESLEY'S WORK

BOSTON. June 30.-In celebration OF
the 2OOth anniversary OF the birth of
John Wesley, the Methodists OF the
New England conference yesterday
brought together representatives of the
three branches of the church in North
America, Bishop Charles II. Fowler. of
Buffalo from the North; Bishop Eu-
gene Hendrix, of Kansas City, from the
South. and the Rev y. Carman, from
Canada.
Among the tributes to the great foun-
der which were read were these:
President Roosevelt-Tbe Methodist
church has reached It's fullest develop
ment I'm our country, and IT is emipently
fitting that we should celebrate Wes-
ley's birth.
Grover Cleveland-It Is exceedingly
fitting that among a Christian people
the 200th anniversary of the birth of
John Wesley should be celebrated,
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
Louise of Tuscany Goes to Southern
France.


Princess Louise of Tuscany, the title
by which the ex-Crown Princess Of Sax
ony is henceforth to be known, has left
Lindau for the chateau of Ronno in
the south OF France. belonging to the
aged Countess de Saint Victor, widow
of that Bourbon prince who reigned
over France as a child for a few hours
in 1890 as King Henry V and who died
in Austria as Count de Chambord. Nine.
de Saint Victor will be not only the
landlady of the princess. but likewise
her lady in waiting and the chief of
her household.
On their way from Lindau to the south
Of France the princess and her suite,
which included besides the countess. a
nurse and two maids, broke their jour
ney at Geneva, which, in view of her
former stay there, would seem to have
been an ill-chosen stopping place.
The princess and her party would
have escaped all notice and recognition
on the trip had it not been for her
mother. the Grand Duchess of Tuscany,
who in the emotion and excitement Of
leave-t taking did not hear the all
ashore" bell of the steamer leaving
Lindau, which after leaving port had
accordingly to put back into the harbor
to land the imperial lady.
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
FUNERAL SERVICE OVER
DR.. RICHARDSON'S REMAINS

Funeral services over the body of DR..
A. p. Richardson. late Superintendent
OF the Government Asylum for the In
sane at st. Elizabeths. were held this
afternoon at 1:%0 O'Clock at the hospital.
Rev. Tcunis :. Hamlin. pastor Of the
Church Of tie Covenant, where Or. Rich
ardson worshiped conducted the cere-
mony. which was simple. The body viii
be shipped 20 Columbus, Ohio, later this
afternoon for iHterment.
The active paIIbearers were members
Of the supervisors corps OF ST. Eliza
beth's and were James Toner. Armstead
Williams. James Carter, Patrick DoOdy.
C. T. Carter. and Charles Burch. The
board Of visitors TO the asylum. Of which
DR.. Francis NJ Gunneu IS president.
acted as honorary pallbeareTs.
The flag over the Department OF In
terror has been placed at half-mast on
account Of the death OF DR.. Richardson.
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
The First Duke of Seville.

The first Duke Of Seville, grandfather
Of the young duchess. was a brother Of
that little King Francis of Assist who
was the consort OF the old Queen Isa-
bella of Spain. He bore the name of
Henry, was deeply in love with Isabella.
and engaged to be married TO her. But
the match was brought to naught by
the intrigues Of Isabella's mother, old
Queen Christine. and King Louis Phil
lippe OF France. who, anxious that the
throne Of Spain should pass into the
possession OF Isabeila's s younger sis
ter married TO the son of King Louis
Phillippe). insisted that Isabella should
marry Don Francis OF Assist, a
squeaky- voiced dwarf. firmly. but. as
proved wrongly. convinced that there
would be no issue OF such a union.
Prince Henry. disappointed in love as
well as In ambition, Joined revolution
ary movement. from the penalties Of
which he escaped with the loss of some
of his honors. He then married NOR
ganatically a lady of the noble house
Of Castelvi, by whom he had four chill
dren, and was killed in a duel by the
Duke of Montpensier. the husband OF
Queen Isabella's youngest sister, in 1870
His sons naturally did not inherit the
titles OF prince, nor, in fact, any of his
honors except the name of Bourbon,
and it was the late King Alfonso who
made a fresh creation of the title of the
Duke Of Seville in favor Of the eldest
OF the three sons Of the dead prince,
at the same time conferring upon him
the grandezza. The two other sons
Were 1ivnn commissions In The nrrnr
The Washington times., 1903-06-30
LET NATION EDUCATE
NEGRO, SAYS LAWYER
Federal Power May Lie in an Old
Ordinance.

ALBANY, n. Y, June 30.-Charles A.
Gardiner. a prominent member OF the
New York city bar. spoke upon "A Con
stitutionaI and Educational Solution Of
the Negro Problem" before the forty
first yearly convocation Of the Univer-
sity of the State of New York last night.
Mr.. Gardiner declared that the time
had come when the negro must be rec
ognized not as favorite OF the law. but
as mere citizen. He argued that
though the problem was national, the
Southern States. which were the negro's
permanent home. had much 10 do with
the solution of the problem In a plea
for even-handed justice regarding po-
litical rights he asked: Can Philadel-
phia or Chicago show clean hands when
they 20 before the bar Of public opinion
20 indict the South for political crimes
and misdemeanors?" He refers to the
fact that -four millions are today 50
densely ignorant. so criminally vicious,
so indescribably poor and thrifttless
that they neither comprehend their
rights nor have the capacity TO exercise
or enjoy them.
There is your negro problem" he
continued. urging the necessity OF edu~
cation. He said the resources Of the
South were insufficient TO do the work
There IS where national assistance IS
needed. He asserted 1t to be the duty
OF the nation TO educate every negro to
perform every obligation Of the Ameri-
can citizen. He advocated that under
an ordinance Of 1887. by which the Fed
eral Government could build and main
tain public schools in any except the
thirteen original States, the education
OF the negro could be undertaken.