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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
LAND COMMISSIONER RESIGNS
Presented at the Request Of the Sec
rotary Of the interior.

Washington. Dec. 30.-Binger Herr.
mann.commissioner OF the general land
Office. has resigned and will be sue
ceeded by William 4 Richards. now
the assistant commissioner Of the gen
eral land Office. The change will take
effect February l. Mr. Herrmann's res
ignation was requested about two
weeks ago by the secretary of the in
terror and was Immediately presented.
Charges have been preferred against
two of the subordinate officials of the
land Office, involving alleged irregular
tiles. and they have been given a spe-
cihc time in which to make answer.
These officials are Harry King. chief.
and Fred =. Metzger assistant chief
of the draughtsman's division of the
general land Office. The former Is
charged with neglect OF duty and the
latter with mismanagemeDt and unsat-
isfactory administration of his duties.
They had until today to submit their
answer to the charges. Mr.. Metzger
was formerly from Kansas. and was
once chief OF the general land Office.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
MAINE IN COMMISSION
New Warship Received an Ovation
Along the Delaware River.
THE FLOWER OF TIE NAVY
1t is Not Definitely Known What viii
be Done With the Maine, But it is
Thought She win be Sent to Join
Ocvsey's Fleet.
UcWey's Fleet.

Oewey's Fleet.
Philadelphia. Dec. 30.-On February
is, 1898. the whole country was star
tied aud plunged into deep grief bv
the news OF the blowing up and sink
ing OF the United States battlcship
Maine. in the harbor OF Havana. and
the loss OF 200 members OF her crew.
Yesterday. nearly five years after that
calamity. there steamed down the Del
aware river, fresh from the hands
of her builders, the new battleship
Maine. the flower OF the navy. which is
destined to commemorate the name
and fame of her illlated predecessor.
The old Maine was the finest OF her
type when she left the ways. And the
new Maine is the latest production
OF the brains and skill OF naval con
struction. and she takes her place in
the first rank of the battleships in
the navies of the powers. She is a
power in both speed and armament,
and she outclasscs the old vessel.
whose twisted hull lies resting at the
bottom OF the Havana harbor, as Erics-
sons first monitor eclipsed in fighting
The hammers of a hundred men
rang sharply in the hold of the Maine
yesterday morning up to the moment
the signal was given to make ready
for her departure from the yards of
the William Cramp Sons ship and En-.
CINE Building Company. When a short
blast of the sirens caused the hawsers
To be cast of there arose the hurrahs
OF TIE thousands of yard employees.
which were drowned a moment later
by the footing OF scores OF whistles
about the plant. II was a joyful God
speed. As the huge white ship swung
slowly from her dock and started down
stream she was greeted by salute
frome every passing craft, and the
trip down the river was IN the nature
of an ovation.
on League Island the big port an
Choir was let so and fathom after faith
ON of cable was paid out with roar.
After the Maine had swung around
with the tide Captain Eugene II. C.
Leutze and his officers. together with
the bluejackets and marines who we're
assigned to man her. were sent aboard.
The ceremony of placing the ship in
commission was the transformations
service prescribed by the natal regu-
lations, The crew was assembled aft. |
and Captain Leutze read the orders
placing the ship in commission and
naming her commander As he finish |
ed reading the orders Old Glory was
broken out from the mainmast head
and the bluejackets saluted. That
very minute began the routine work
aboard ship.
II is not definitely known what will
be done with the Maine. but il IS
thought that she will be manned. coal
ed and provisioned as quickly as pos
sible and sent to Cuiebra Island, to
take part in the manoeuvres under |
Admiral Dewey.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
Statue is offered to covernment

Washington, Dec. sO.-Secretary
Root has received a letter from the
commission having charge OF the Bar
tholdi statue of Liberty on Bedloe's
Island. New York, suggesting the ad
visibility of congressional legislation
providing for the transfer of the statue
to the government, and saying that If
that is done the commission will con-
vey into the United States treasury the
fund of $4,000 now in its custody.
Since the abandonment of the light in
the statue by the lighthouse board Of
the treasury department last sping the
light has been maintained by the quar-
termaster's department of the army.
The statue itself. however. remains in
the custody OF the statue commission.
of whieh Colonel Pinchot is president
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
DARING ROBBERY IN NEW Yoek
Window Smashers Get $4,000 Worth
Of Diamonds.


New York. Dec. 30.--In full view of
the passing crowds a window in the
pawn shop OF X. Simpson & Co. on
West 42d street, was smashed with a
Belgian paving block last night and
$1,000 worth of diamonds were sto-
len. Only three of the gems were re-
covered after the capture OF the rob
Der II is believed by the police that
several men were in the job and that
the man who broke the window passed
the jewels to cOnfederates.
1t was one of the most daring rob
berries heard of in New York for a long
time. The shop was about to close
when paving block. covered with
paper. crashed through the window.
and in an instant a tray OF diamond
rings and pins disappeared. One of
the clerks jumped over the counter
and pursued the man who broke the
window. great crowd followed. and
when the man was overtaken he was
buried under score of men and so
badly battered that a physicians SER
vices were required. He is 10 years
old and calls himself William Madison.
OF Boston
1t is said at the store at the time
the window was broken there were
on show about Sl5o.0oo worth of Jew
els.
Madison later told the police that
ais name is Angus W. Mcpherson, and
that he is bell hoy at a welI-known
hotel in this city He said that he
was heavily in debt. and sought to
reileve his financial stringency by rob-
berry.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
CANNOT HURRY CUBAN CONGRESS
Will Consider Reciprocity on Janu-
airy ~.

airy ~.
Havana, Dec 30-After a lengthy con
terence between President Palma. the
members of the cabinet and leading
senator's il has been decided not to call
an extra session of the senate to dis
cuss the reciprocity treaty with the
United States. President Palma is anx-
ious to bring the discussion of this
measure to an immediate conclusion.
and has urged the senate to resume its
session January 3, instead of waiting
until January IL. Senator CapOte.
chairman of the foreign relations com
mittee. said it was impossible TO re-
sumo before the 18th. as the committee
would not be ready to report on the
fifth. Many senators are absent in the
country and cannot return to Havana
by the fifth. He said also that the mat
ter was too important to discuss with
out the presence of a majority OF the
senators.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
Desperate Battle With NEGROES.

Williston. Fla. Dec S0.-Two ne
groes are dead and two white men
wounded as result of clash at arms
near the Newberry phosphate mines.
Timer Flowers. Rey Landran, n. Lam
dram and NJ. Colley. whites, drove to
Newberry in two buggies on business.
When they started home a gang of
negroes, armed with Winchester ri.
hes. met them in the road and opened
IRE. The whites returned the shots
and the battle was continued for some
time When the smoke cleared away
II was found that two of the negroes
were dead, While Flowers was found
shot through the thigh and a channel
was left in n. Landran's brow. where
a Winchester bullet had ploughed its
way.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
Atlanta 1heatre Burned.

Atlanta Dec S0.-The Star Theatre
building, on Decatur street, was al
most completely destroyed by IRE yes
terday. A vaudeville company was CIV
ing a rehearsal In the theatre when
startled by cries Of fire. and tho mem
bers Of the company made q hasty re-
treat from the burning building in
their stage costumes. All OF the the
atrical company and others that were
In the building escaped without In
Jury. The burned building originally
cost about $4,000 There was no In
surance.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
Gardner Defeats Carter

Chicago. Dec. 30.-George Gardner.
OF Lowell, Mass, the light weight
champion. won a decision over kid"
Carter. of Brooklyn. IN a six-round
contest here last night. The fighht was
rough and fierce from beginning to
end with Gardner having the advan-
tage OF each round. Carter was very
groggy during the last round. but by
resorting 10 clinches at every oppor.
tunity succeeded in escaping a knock
out
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
governments soarders Not to Tai,

Washington. Dec 80. Hereafter
the chemically-fed boarders on whom
DIR. Wiley, of the agricultural depart
ment, is trying the boracic acid tests.
will not be allowed 10 talk about the
progress of the experiments. Secre-
tary Wilson gave orders to admit no
newspaper men to the place where
the men are being fed. and for them
to refrain carefully from giving out
any information The reason for this
is fear that the public will not take
the experiments seriously, owing to
the fact that some writers are treating
them lightly and in a humorous way.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
WAITING ON VENEZUELA
1t is Believed President Castro win
Accept Arbitration Proposals.
BOWEN COMING TO WASHINGTON
VIII Represent Venezuela on Com
mission to Draw Up Protocol to Sub
NIT Claims Of Powers to The Hague
Tribunal.

Washington, Dec 30.-The venezue-
Ian negotiations now wait upon Pres
ident Castro. Minister Bowen has
been fully advised by the state do
partment Of the result OF its exchanges
with the foreign Offices at London, Ber-
lin ana Rome, and he has been charged
to take the case in hand himself and
arrange the details OF the protocol
which will precede the submission OF
the foreign claims to the arbitration
of The Hague tribunal. In so doing
Mr. Bowen is acting, not as United
States minister, but as Venezuela's
representative. The officials here wish
IL to be distinctly understood that their
functions ceased. so far as the vene-
zue.2n difficulty was concerned, when
they brought the parties to the con-
troversy together.
BY the latest Venezuela advices It
is noted that President Castro Is ex-
pected at Caracas, and II Is felt that
he will not consume much time In max
Ing up his mind TO accept the propo-
sails handed out to him through Minis
ter Bowen.
II also seems probable that Minis
ter Bowen will come to Washington as
Venezuelas representative on the COM
mission, which drew up the protocol
providing for the submission of the
claims OF the powers TO The Hague
tribunal. II has been decided that he
may so represent Venezuela, notwith-
standing the fact that he is at present
charged with the interests OF Great
Britain, Germany. Italy and other Eu-
ropean powers In Venezuela As soon
as he le"ves Venezuela this charge
will pass TO Mr.. Russell, the secretary
and charge Of the American legation.
whose reputation at the state depart
ment is that of a thoroughly compe-
tent and able officer.
The selection of Mr.. Bowen VIII
cause postponement OF the assem-
bling of the proposed commission until
he can arrive here from Caracas.
VIII Supervise Italian Claims.
Rome. Dec. 30.-The Italin minister
at The Hague. the Chevalier Tugeni.
has been ordered personally to super
wise the procedure in the matter of
the settlement OF the Italian claims
against Venezuela before the interna-
tional peace court at The Hague. The
documents In the case will be for
warded to him by courier.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
Colonel pickev Is Dead

Omaha, Dec. 30.-ColoneI John j.
Dickey, superintendent of the fifth dis.
trict, of the Central division of the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
and one of the oldest officials in the
service Of that corporation, died at
his home in this city last night of
pneumonia. He had been i'll but a few
days having been at his office in good
health on Christmas Day. On that
day Mr.. Dickey went to his home suf.
fering from la grippe. which deveI-
oped into pleuro-pneumonia. His CON
dition became critical yesterday and
his physicians resorted to every means
known to medical science to prolong
his life, but he lost consciousness
early in the afternoon and never raj.
lied.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
CHRISTIANS AT Fsz ARE SAFE
Missionary Women Have Taken Ref.
uqe in British Consulate

missionary women Rave Taken Ref
uge in British Consulate.
London. Dec. 3o.-A despatch to the
Times from Tangier. dated December
%, says courier from Fee reports
the Christians there TO be safe. The
missionary women are in the British
consulate. The attack on the camp
occurred at night time II is reported
that 1000 of the sultan's troops We're
killed. An absurd rumor is current.
continues the correspondent. that the
French are supporting the rebels. AS
a matter OF fact. the anti Christian
movement is more dangerous to the
French than TO anybody else. as il
threatens them in Algeria.
Tangier is tranquil. No disturbances
of any kind need be feared there.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
Panic Al crlstmas Entertalnmens.


Chicago, Dec. S0.-A wild panic and
injury to several persons followed an
explosion at Christmas entertainment
last night in the French Evangelical
Methodist church. The crash was caus-
ed by the bursting OF stereopticon gas
tank. its force being so great as to
hurl people from their seats, shatter
windows and partly wreck the inte-
rior of the primary department OF
the structure. Men. women and chill
dren fought for egress when the crash
came. and that the list OF injured was
confined to those hurt directly by the
explosion proper was due to the efforts
OF the pastor. Rev. A. L. Atlas, who
Gained the 800 excited occupants OF
the small Sunday school room.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
Killed hx EaIIinn Pole

Lancaster, Pa. Dec. 30.-James Fos-
ter Patterson. aged 20 years. of Ickes-
burg, Perry county. employed as line
man by the Western Union Company.
was killed yesterday at Mount Joy. A
pole he was helping to raise fell on
HIM
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01

Shamokin. Dec. 30-Mrs. George II.
Hoffman was suffocated on Sunday
night at her home. in Herndon. owing
to escaping coal gas from a stove. Her
husband Is in a critical condition from
the same cause. The couple were
found unconscious by ono of their chill
dren. who had been awakened by
seeming the gas Mrs. Hoffman could
not be resuscitafed.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
Asks Cuba for coaIlno statIoo,

Havana, Dec. 80. - United States
Minister Squiers has formally begun
negotiations in the matter of securing
coaling station on the Isle of Pines.
It Is understood that the United States
rsks for one naval and three coaling
xtations.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
shaw's Secretary promoted.

Washington, Dec. 30.-Robert B.
Armstrong. private secretary to the
secretary OF the treasury, will be ap-
pointed assistant secretary of the
treasury on the reassembling of con
gress. to succeed General Spaulding.
whose resignation has been in the
hands of Secretary Shaw for some
time. Mr.. Armstrong comes from Iln-
nois, and his selection is a personal
one with Secretary Shaw. He will have
charge of the customs branch of the
service. Mr.. Armstrong. who is 20
years OF age. is regarded as a young
man of excellent ability. and has the
entire confidence of the officials OF the
treasury department
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
STATE Of Ohio. City Of Toledo. Lucas Com,

STATE Of Ohio. City of Toledo. Lucas Coun-
~, So.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm Of 2 j. Cheney
Y Co, doing business in the City Of Tole-
10, County and State aforesaid. and that
said firm will pay the sum of one hundred
dollars Tor each and every case OF Catarrh
that cannot be Cared by The use OF Halls
Catarrh Cure
Frank J. Cheney
Sworn To before me and subscribed in
d. 1886.
Seal A. W. Gleason.
Notary Public
Halls CafarFh Cure is taken internally,
aud acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for tessi-
monIals, free.
=. y. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, ESQ.
Halls Family Pulls are the best.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01

WITS. Fremonts Body to be Crcmatcd.
Los Angeles. Cal, Dec 3o.-In nc
cordance with her wishes. the body Of
Mrs Jessie Benton Fremont win be
cremated. The funeral was held to-
day from the Episcopal Church Mrs.
Fremont had left In safety deposit
vault simple but explicit directions
for the disposition of her remains, and
her wishes win be carried out 30 far
as II possible to do 50. Her ashes
are to be buried beside the grave Of
General Fremont. ON the Hudson. ana
thus win be fulfilled one OF the chief
desires Of Mrs Fremont's last years.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-01-01
Qualify, NOt Quantity.

n Circulation rs not always a matter of figures.
4 Amy newspaper can print thousands OF copies and
: give them away. but the fellow Who won't pay fora
81 newspaper won't buy much FROM the advertisers In
n tint paper
REPRESENTATIVES,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-29
SPOKANE EDITORS
STICK A LITTLE TYPE
Just Enough to Give Their Side of the
Strike Of the Printers.

SPOKANE, Wash, July %. = No
agreement has been reached between
the striking printers and the three
daily papers which were tied up by
Sunday nights strike The Spokes-
man Review issued small paper this
morning, enough type being handled
by members of the editorial force to
set forth the papers statement as to
the strike, which, 1t declares, was "in
open violation of a-eontract.''
The striking printers returned to
work in the Spokesman Review COM
posing rooms tonight. This action
was taken upon instructions from the
executive council of the International
Typographical union, now in session
at Chicago, where the executive COM
mittee Of the American Newspaper
Publishers association is also, in ses-
sion. The return of the printers is a
truce. They are to be paid the new
scale. pending efforts to bring about
a satisfactory settlement at Chicago.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-29
MAUDE MAY BE MODEL
FOR CAPITOL STATUE
Colorado Friends Suggest Her Statue
for the State House Dome.

DENVER, Col, July 27.-Admiring
friends of Maude Fealy would like to
see her face and form perpetuated in
enduring bronze or copper on the ut
most pinnacle of the capitol DOME
They point out that she is a Colorado
girl of the true Western type; that she
was recently declared to be the most
beautiful of all the beautiful women
who participated in Partisan beauty
contest. and that her profile is a beau
4tiful one.
The suggestion in connection with
Miss Fealy led to some inquiries re-
garding the matter. When the capt
tol was built $4,000 was the sum allow
ed for. the figure needed to surmount
the dome. That the amount named
would pay for such figure as was de-
sired was never questioned.
Later inquiries, however, revealed
the fact that an artistic and durable
female figure will cost $4,000. At the
last session of the general assembly
the board of capitol managers asked
for $4,000 additional in order to have
the $4,000 necessary to finish the
dome. but they were refused, and so
the time when the dome will be finish
ed is still problematical.
Miss Fealy's friends are not at all
disconnected by the status of affairs.
They say that she is winning new lau-
rels every day, and that when the time
comes to complete the work her right
to recognition will have been strength
-ened to such an extent that they can
not ignore it.
number of ambitious artists have
submitted designs, which are on exhi-
bition in the quarters Of the board of
capitol managers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-29
WOMAN WITH GLASS EYE
IS OFFERED LIFE JOB
Man, Similarly Afflicted, Seeks Bride
With Same Deformity.

NEW YORK, July 27.-This adver-
tisement was published today:
Young man, moderate circum-
stances, and who has glass eye, would
like to form the acquaintance of young
girl who also has a glass eye or some
other deformity not more severe; girl
must be respectable; money unneces-
sary; object, matrimony."
The man who inserted it received a
large number of answers before noon.
He is tall and handsome, and no one
can suspect the visual defect from a
casual glance at him. When reporter
asked him about the strange advertise
ment. he said:
II am an inspector for the Interur-
ban railway. 1 was a machinist ten
years ago. and a piece of iron flew up
and struck my right eye, destroying
the sight and making it necessary for
me to wear a glass eye.
L earn $40 week and wish to mar
ry. But think it wiser of me to marry
a girl who has some personal defect,
so that she will not be apt to fling up
my deformity should we ever be so
unfortunate as to quarrel.
Il know many splendid girls who
nave no deformity or defect, but I
fear to ask any of them to be my wife
because the human temper is uncer-
tain. and I should not wish to be
tainted by her with having a glass
eye. A wife with some physical blem-
ish-not too pronounced, of course
would be more suited to me. I think
The car inspector left the office
much pleased apparently with his mis-
sives.
Il think I can find my bride from
one of these" he said. holding up the
letters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-29
EAGER LOVER FALLS IN
THE CHICAGO RIVER
Tries to Make the ST. Joe Boat and
Misses by Five Inches.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 2S-Just as the
morning boat for st. Joe was casting
off its hawsers, a man and a young
woman hurried into the office of the
Graham & Morton line yesterday.
GO on down to the boat Frances"
said the man, I'll catch up with you"
1.-TWO tickets to st. Joe, please" he
requested.
You haven't time to stop If you
want to catch that boat" the agent
answered,
Il. won't be all right if you stand
here talking" he shouted later. Get
on board They can't put you off, any
way
The woman had reached the dock.
Two deck hands picked her up and
tossed her across the three-foot gap.
"Here-wait," she cried. Il wasn't
ready to get on the boat-yet."
Just then the man came running
down to the dock When he reachai
the edge the gap had widened to five
feet. The boat had gained Roadway,
but he jumped He missed by three
inches.
Then the deck hands secured a pike
pole and tenderly lifted him out of the
water. The boat was 100 yards away
and the Rush street bridge was open
ing to let it through In the stern
stood the woman, waving her hand at
him. The man shook himself like a
dog, and the muddy river water ran in
streams from the bottom of his trous-
ers.
IF you fellows hadn't been in such
blamed hurry I would have been mar
ried to that girl this afternoon" he
said mournfully. Il wonder if there is
a train to st. Joe before noon?"
He went inside and asked the agent
to send telegram to the steamer at
ST. Joe telling Miss Frances johnson,
ZIG California avenue, Chicago, to wait
at the best hotel until Morris could
arrive on the first train.
Another couple walked into the
waiting room just before the night
boat left for st. Joe. The man leaned
across the counter. He glanced around
and then whispered:
Can you tell me where I can get
marriage license in st. Joe?"
The waiting room was crowded. The
agent had been asked the same ques-
ton before and he could not resist a
joke.
20, marriage license, is it?" he
asked in a voice that could be heard
ward the window.
Ssh, SSH" Kissed the man, grow
ing red in the face. mot so loud;
they'll hear you"
The agent did not listen.
why, l guess you'll have no trouble
in buying a license anywhere in ST.
Jeo," he said. They sell them at all
the cigar and grocery stores, and you
can get one at the postoffice. If you
don't find a place open try" but the
man and the woman had hurried away.