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THURSDAY.APRIL 13. 1891?
THE FREE LANCE Published tri-weekly
asan independent newspaper, Is located at 306
Commerce (or William ?t.). Frcderleksburg.
Virginia, and is Issued on Tuesday. Thursday
and Saturday mornings by " Tha Free
Lance Newspaper, Book and Jab
Printing Csmsssr of Fr?a?rle*a
bart Virginia,"
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should be addressed to "TH K FUBB LANCB."
Frederloksburg. Va.
Weather forecast for b'red
ericksburg and vicinity.
War -.' r, parti;/ cloudy and
increasing fouth wind*.
The Jefferson day bau<iat*t of th?>
Monticello Club, of Chicago, has been
abandoned owing to dissensions over
the invitation list, and W. J,
who was to be the chief orator, has
been wired not to attend. It is also
announced that the club, us au organ?
ization, will cease to exist May 1. The
cause of the abandonment of the ban?
quet is said to be the refusal of Mayor
Harrison to be present if ex-G
geld, who had accepted an invitation,
was to be a speaker.
The late Justice Field, of the
Supreme Court, who died in Washing
ton last Sunday, said that during his
incumbency he alone had written 680
opinions, which, with 57 in the Circuit
Court and Mfl in the California Su?
preme Court, made up a total of I .?Mi
cases decided by him in his life. Judge
Field was on the V. S Supreme Court
34 years, so that he averaged only 18
opinions a year or about two a month.
The F. S. Supreme Court generally sits
about nine months in each year
A telegram to the Baltimore Sun
from Richmond says
"There is an impression that thuse
in charge of the movement looking to
the senatorial primaries in this State
are conducting their plans in a hap
haz/ard sort of way. Thi
great mistake. There is the highest
authority for the statement that all of
the arrangements for the 11th of May
conference are being perfected in the
~.ost systematic and methodical man?
ner.
It is also predicted with great p.-gi
tivenees that Senator Martin will have
opposition, and that all or nearly all
of the counties of the State will be
canvassed before the November elect?
ions. If so, a great battle inside of
the Democratic party will be fought,
which may lead to its being split in
twain.
The celebration of the one hundredth
anniversary of the founding of the
Methodist denomination in Richmond
will begin Sunday, April I8d, and
continue until and including the 18th.
The ceremonies will be participated in
by distinguished ministers of that
faith, including Bishop A. W. Wilson,
Bishop.O. B. Galloway, Rev. Dr. E.E
H on, Rev. Drs. James Atkins. A. G.
Brown, H. E Johnson, W. J. Young,
W. G. Starr, W V Tudor, W. E. Ed?
wards and others. Prominent laymen
who will take part will be Mr. John P.
Branoh, Col. A S. Buford, Capt. John
Lamb and others. Preparations are be?
ing made to entertain visitors. A fea?
ture of the celebration will be the gath?
ering of the Epworth League Societies.
The Charlotte, North Carolina, Ob?
server Bays :
"The linking of the Lord's Supper
with a political banquet, us was c"one
by Mr. Bryan in a speech at Birming?
ham, Ala., will grate upon the nerves
of tboae who have a respect for things
that are holy. If it was no sacrilege,
it was horrible taste, and will stand to
Mr. Bryan's lasting discredit. He has
made just one speech too many. "
The Detroit Tribune, Michigan's
leading free silver paper, says :
"That William Jennings Bryan would
rather be heard than be President is a
fact which became apparent very short?
ly after the election of I8M."
The Free Lance, which tries to let
the people know what is going on,pub?
lishes the foregoing. The very liest
friends Mr. Bryan can have must ad?
mit that Mr. Bryan, as a politician, has
been fearfully indiscreet in the last
two years.
The rei-ent decision of the Court of
Appeal! of thii State affirming the right
of oyster planters to dredge their oysters
has given rnuoh satisfaction to the
planters, but has created consternation
among the tonger?, it io allege!. They
?ay that if the coming Legislature does
not amend the law so as to prohibit the
taking of oysters by dredge upon the
leased planting grounds by the plant?
era, not only their occupation as tongers
will be taken away from them, but
that all oysters on the extensive natural
rooks now reserved for the exclusive
um of tongers will be then taken by
the dredging planters, who they say
can leaae the planting grounds adja
oent to these natural rocks and that in
dredging their own oysters will sail
aoroea and take every oyster off the ne?
ural rooks. Many tongeri are now
employed by the planters in taking
their oysters, and at remunerative prices
and they say that now the planters can
dredge their planted oysters and at one
fourth the cost per buahel paid to the I
tongeri for taking the in"
The foregoing ii wired the Baltimore
**_*? the Saatern Shore. What has
5ate to iugg??sti
Thomas Jefferson was one of the few,
the very few characters in history, cer?
tainly in American history .whose fame
has increased with the lapse of tune
It is now cb?se upen three quarters of a
century since he was laid to
aCootioellO, and yet veneration for his
patriotism and public virtues, ami the
lofloonoe and power of his politics]
principles are broatler and deeper and
stronger today than they were at the
hour of his death In this resp?-ct there
'ther American to be oompotod
with biro, with the sole exception *f
Washington. With Washington no
other is ever to be compared . for of him
it may be said, as was said of the groal
patriot-poet of England, that he was
" like a star, and dwelt apart " Than
are but two tombs on this continent
that are the objects of c >iitiiiuoiis a*u'
increasing pilgrimages by patriots and
by friends of free govornnu-nt. These
tombs are at Mt Yermui and at Monti
oello. It may be and indeeil is, that
to the former the worshippers of disin?
terested patriotism are more wont to
repair, but the latter is the speoisl
shrine of the students ami enthusiasts
in behalf of popular rights anil free
Democratic institutions.
From the lirst establishment of the
government under the federal constitu?
tion the great majority of the pe?>ple
have beeu divided Into two political
partii's, the hue? of separation being a
strict construction, on the one baud,
and a liberal construct ion. on the other,
of the instrument which constitutes the
fundamental law of the land. The party
which contends for a strict construction
of the constitution has for more than a
huud.e 1 years taken for its apostle the
Sage of Montioollo; and at this hour,
the millions throughout thealeogth and
breadth of the laud who profess special
confidence in the capacity of the peo?
ple for self-government are vindicating
their title to be considered genuine
Democrats by tracing their en-. U t
tha political principles and declarations
and public acts uf Thomas Jefferson
They define themselves tobe "JetTer
sonian Democrats." ? >a the evening
of this, the annivers.ry of his birth,
banquets will be held in every part of
the country to commemorate his vir
tures, and applaud the political philos?
ophy of which h.- w..- i ? founder and
exponent
There has U-eu a steadily increaeing
recognition of his claim to a clearer
prophetic discernment of the true
principles of free-government and con?
stitutional liberty, and popular rights,
thau was possessed by any of the illus?
trious fathers and founder? of the re?
public
In June 1776 the Virginia C 'tiveu
tion adopted a constitution of govern?
ment that was the first severance on
the continent of the political tiPa
which bound the colonies to the mother
country. Mr Jefferson was then a
member of the Continential ('ingress,
but he sent from Philadelphia, by the
hands of Mr. Wythe, the preamble to this
Virginia Constitution, in which pre
ambl? he announced the identical prin?
ciples which he three weeks later em?
bodied in the Declaration of Indepen?
dence. And eleven year? later, when
minister to France,he wrote to Mr. Mad?
ison a brief description of the character
of government which the constitutional
convention of 1?**7 ought to establish;
and this description is a brief outline
of the federal union actually propound?
ed by that immortal body and ratified
by the thirteen States.
In this our day we hear a great deal
about popular government, and confi?
dence in the intelligence and patriot?
ism of the masses. We do not always
accord sincerity to these loud prof es
?ions of confidence in the people. But
with Mr. Jefferson there was a pro?
found, unhesitating, absolute belief in
the virtue of the people, and their ca?
pacity for Belf-government. He was
the soul of sincerity, the incarnation
of earnest conviction ; and after he had
passed into the seclusion of old age,
and into retirement from the active
competitions and rivalries of earthly
ambition, he was still the great friend
aud advocate of the people. At Monti
cello, lifted above the far-spreading
landscape of the surrounding world,
even as his great intellect was lifted
above that of his fellowmen, an old man
broken witn the storms of State, feeble
and infirm at four score years, he main?
tained to the end his love for his coun?
trymen, and his latest articulation was
a prayer for their welfare, and a bene?
diction upon them
The Rev S. D. McOonnell, of Brook?
lyn, states, in a communication that
there are in the I'nited States at pre?
sent but two vacant parishes of the
Episcopal Church prosperous enough to
accord to a rector with a family a salary
of fl.OOO per year. Dr. McOonnell, it
appears, sent a message of inquiry to
every Bishop of a diocese or missionary
jurisdiction in the country. He receiv?
ed fifty-nine replies to the seventy let?
ters ef im-uiry mailed, with the result,
that there are only two parishes of the
American Church in which such vacan
oles exist.
President McKinley has notified Sen?
ator Carter, of Montana, it is said,that
he will visitthe Yellowstone Park some
time this summer. It is bis intention
to make the journey in June. Mr.Mc?
Kinley will probably swing around the
oirole, take in California, Washington
and Oregon, and other far Western
States before he returns to Washington, '
William and Mary College will open
its doors free of charge to white teach?
er? of Virginia for a four week's nor
mal course, beginning May Bth. The
attention of the teachers is called
to circular of President I? G. Tyler of
the college Those who have not re?
ceived one can write to him at Wil
lianisburg. Va
Officers Say loo 000 Men Are N?ed?d In
Luzon.
Manila, April >, via Hong Kong,
April 10.?Hundreds of Filipinos are
daily retaining to their homes ami to
rasons peaceful pursuits, ami the proc?
lamation issued by the 1 'uited States
Philippine commission has given an
impetus to this movement but still the
war is far from ended. Oneofthe fore
m -? \menean generals said recently :
"We will see a hundred thousand
soldiers in the Philippines before the
Americans control the islands;'' and a
majority of the army are of his opin
ton.
Qrool reinforcements are necessary
to make conquest of the Island of I.u/ou
ami hold the ports occupied; and it is
thought that it would Ik? cheaper in
the long run and have a better effect
upon the natives to establish American
supremacy effectually and quiokly than
|0 temporize with a score of rebeli?n?.
All the stories told by prisoner? and
friendly native* agree that a majority
of the insurgents would lie glad to quit,
but th.it there are enough professional
revolutionists left to infest the country
with bauds of hundreds of men and to
demoralize busiui'ss foi years to come.
Some high Americans believe that the
government would wisely expend money
in buying off Aguinaldo and his clique
of influential Filipinos.
Foreigners in Manila think the Ameri?
cans are too optimistic as to the effects
of the proclamation. They ?ay that
the WSSBDOSI of the proclamation lies
in the feet that the natives havesolong
dealt with the Spaniards that they are
unable to realize what its words mean
and that the purport of its pronn
anything but a snaie.
A majority of the I uited State voltio
teers are eager to return home; and
' 'we did not enlist to fight niggers" is
a remark that is constantly heard. While
braver work than they are doing is im
; unible to find, they consider that there
is sm.?ll glory in guerrilla warfare, th?*
dangers and hardships of which cannot
be appreciated at home
The volunteers construe their enlist?
ment "to the cl??e of the war'' to apply
to the war with Spain, and wish to be
reb'iveil by regulars
Fairfax Horses
Th* Richmond Times of last Sunday
say- There are over <!<*> head of horses
at < >.?k Hill, the noted hackney esfab
ent of the Hon. Henry Fairfax,
near Aldie, Loudonn county, Va . the
majority of which were bred on the
farm S .nie of the choicest specim-ns
of the breed, both native bred and im?
ported, are to b?. found at Oak Hill, a
number of which are descendants of
the famous Mab'hless of Londsboro,
wh i was selected in England, imported
by Mr Fairfax, and kept at the head
of his stud for a number of years, and
then sold to Dr W Seward Webb, of
Vernvnt, for 115,000. In addition to
Matchles of Londsboro, Northern Light
and other prize winning sires have
been kept at oak Hill and th?- gat of
these stallions from both pure bred
hackney and general purpose mare?
have met with high favor in the North?
ern market?. Some years ago Mr.
Fairfax went to Kentucky and
purchased a number of well
formed trotting bred mares, the major?
ity of which carried a liberal infusion
of thoroughbred blood, which mated
with the hackney sires at the farm
proved highly satisfactory and resulted
in a class of horses highly regarded by
the veteran editor, writer and recog?
nized authority on faim topics and live
stock, Mr. J. F. Jackson, of the South?
ern Planter, who has frequently visite^
Oak Hill and carefully studied the type
referred to. In fact, Mr. Jackson, who
is a practical breeder and farmer, and
a native of Yorkshire, England, where
the highest specimens of the hackney
are to be found, strougly advocates the
wisdom of crossing hackney sires upon
our Virginia bred mares, any number
of which are to be found carrying
strong infusions of thoroughbred and
trotting bred blood, especially the
former, believing that it would furnish
hatisfactory results to breeders seeking
to produce an animal combining size
and substance with good looks, an even
temper,soundness of constitution and
the ability to go long distances and
carry weight, fitting them alike for use
in cities and rural districts.
Fairfax County Politics
A county Republican convention met
at Fairfax Court House Monday and
nominated a partial ticket. Henry
Hawxhurst was nominated for com?
monwealth's attorney. M. E. Church,
of Falls Church, unanimously received
the nomination for treasurer. F. W.
Bestey and J. J. Sangster were nomi?
nated for commissioners of the revenue
on the north ana south sides respective?
ly. No nominations were made for
sheriff and clerks of the county and
circuit courts.
The Republicans of Falls Church
district met on Saturday. Mr. John
Payne, of Falls Church, vas nomi?
nated for county supervisot ; Messrs
S. D. Tripp, of Falls : C. W. Milieu,
of West End, and J. P. Pinkett, of
Anandale, for justices of the peace;
Messrs. V. E Kerr, of Falls Church ;
T. J. O'Connor, of Anandale, and J.
W. Robert, of West End, for road com?
missioners ; Geo. B. Ives of Falls
Church, for overseer of the poor, and
0. McKnight, of West End for consta?
ble. Mr. George W. Hawxhnrst was
re elected district chairman.
The E. Warren Reel.
Anew fighting steamer built at Pooo
moke City, Md., has been named E. War?
ren Reed, after Mr. Reed, of Edwards
?Sr Reed,of Baltimore.for which firm the
vessel was built. She will be ready for
service in two weeks. She will be used
in Menhaden -fisheries and will hall
from Reedville, Va
The British Government has seleoted
Mr. O. N. E. Eliot, O. B., aa Brif
iah member of the joint commission
to settle the Samoau question. Mr.
Eliot is a member of the British em- I
bassy in Washington.
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE
Appointment of Pastors
The Baltimore Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South da*
cided at Monday's session to meet next
year at Ml. Veruon Church, in Wash?
ington, and to request the bishops to
fix the date of the meeting for the llrst
Wednesday in April
Mr .1. I' lloiick, of Harrisoiibur?,
read the financial *tatein-nt of the con
ferenre
For Washington district it was M
follows. Bishop's fund, MNMtBMt
$ti?!,paid op 9863; raperaonnatad fund,
assessment 13,888. P?"' "I> $1.868; ?<lu
cational fund, assi.sHineiit $387, paid up
|819? Payne mid Lain* Institutes, as
sessment $. I. paid up f,;i. Bible oause,
176.
At Tuesday's M'Hhioii SJSM w.is rane.1
to help erect a mission church in Japan
The peace plans of the Osar oi Boi
sia were also given consideration, the
matter ooming up in the form of a res?
olution of indorsenmnt of tin- project
The resolution recited that the .Metilo
dist ministers,as servants of the I'rinc??
of Peace, OOaiinend th?* C/.ar's attitude
and movement They farther stated
the hope that the day was not far dis?
tant when swords will ha beaten into
plowshares and spears into pruning
hooks.
Rev. James H Boyd, presiding el.1er
of the Washington district, asked that
Rev .lames S. Gardner be placed in
superannuated relation, aft.T forty-ail
years of service for th? church He
paid a tiibute to the venerable prem her.
unit ii. Gardner then spoke in his own
behalf, and asked that the Board of
Conference Relation be given liberty to
do what it dwenied best for him. Dr
.lames E.Armstrong also spoke feeliog
ly of his long connection with Dr
Gardner, alter winch the case was re?
ferred to the board, as p-quested. A
report from the Hoard of Minions
showed that the funds collect, d for for?
eign work aggregated $10,000, and for
home missions $6,000
Bishop Granbery, after a short ad?
dress, announced the toflg-looked-for
appointments. There were ninety-flve
changes mad?* by the bishop
Among the appointments are the fol
lowing
Washington district- .1 II Boyd,pre?
siding elder; Mount Vernou Piaot ?'
W DurTey ; Epwortb and Mission w
S. Hammond. .1 I. ('rant; Marvin, W.
F. Locke. West Washington and Del
Kay, F L Day ; Alexandria, B V
Kegester, Frederick-burg,.) P Stump.
Falls Church, Q T. Tyler: L?*csburg.
.1. H Light ; Loudonn. (' Sydensfrick
er, R. L Kulater ; Muldleburg, 0 B
Statit.it! ; Hillsboro, 0. H Buchanan :
Hamilton. J H Woolf. Warrenton, J.
H Wells; Marshall. E H H.-nry. S
Grady ; Fairfax, 0. K Millican, H B.
Harrison, supernumerary; Sterling. S
B Dolly, ('. W Garther. ?>???? .'iiu: ,.I
R Tullary , Faaquter, J. C. Bedwi?*k ,
Sudley. J. W. Bain, Manassas, I) 1.
Blitkemore ; Stafford, J K Gilbert ;
Morrisville. W T Gover
Hev Isaac W. Canter is {?residing
elder of the Last Baltimore District
and Rev F Furr is assigned to Forest
Grove, in that district, and Rev J S
Hutchinson to Arlington and Lad*
brook, in the Baltimore District.
In the Winchester District Kov I.
Fox is assigned to Frederick ; Rev R
B S Hough, to Berryville ; Rev W
J. Hubbard, to Page, and Rev s r,
Ferguson, to Martinsburg.
Rev. J. E Armstrong is presiding
elder of the Rockingham District, and
Rev. A. R. Martin goes to New H ?pe
in that district.
Rev. Dr. Rumsey Sinithson goes to
Trinity, Roanoke, and Rev. W. D.
Keene to Christiansburg, in the Roa?
noke District, of which Rev. David
Bush is presiding elder.
Senatorial Coifireici to Be Held May
10.
Richmond, Va. , April 11 ?At a con?
ference here of Congressman Jones aud
other signers of the call for the confer?
ence to consider the senatorial primary
question, it was decided to have the
meeting on May 10, instead of the nth.
This change is made because the Acad?
emy of Mnsic, which hps been selected
as the place of meeting, is engaged for
the 11th. The Confederate Veterans'
Convention also meets at Charleston,
S. O., on the latter day. In deference
to the wish of many of these the change
was made.
Headquarters have been secured here
at Murphy's Hotel for the friends of
the convention movement and will be
opened at once. Mr. S. Claggett Join s
will be put in charge for the preMOt
The rooms of the primarv men are
very close to those secured by Senator
Martin in the same hotel.
To Vote on thi Railroad Question
At Monday's session of the County
Court of Mathews, Judge G. T. Gar
nett entered an order for a railroad
election to be held on May 15 Th?'
amount asked for is 166,000.
Mrs. S Luckett, who ha been living
in the family of Mr. L. A. Larkin, near
Manassas, Va , for twenty-five years,
died on Sunday of pneumonia.
Mr. H. H. Oarr has sold his farm
near Warrenton, Va., to Mr. Thyson,
of Washington, for $6,000.
The home of Hon. E E. Meredith
at Manassas, Va., was broken into on
Sunday night and his silver plate valu?
ed at about |1">0 stolen. The stolen
property was kept in one of the drawer,
of the sideboard in the dining-room?
and the empty drawer was found a
short distance in the rear of the
honse.
A special grand jury at Bristol Mon?
day indicted Geoige E. Davis, Judge
Wm. F. Rhea's private secretary, for
shooting with intent to kill ?ten. James
?V. Walker on the night of March 11,
and aleo indicted Gen. Walker for the
same offense, committed at the same
time, against W. S. Hamilton.
The Democrats of Northumberland
have nominated the following tioket
for oonnty offices : For clerk, William
F. Cralle; for Commonwealth'! attor?
ney. Lloyd T. 8mith ; for treainrer,
James M. Booth ; for commissioner of
reveno?, R. S. Brent; fot sheriff,Frank
Settle. All, with the exoeption of
sheriff and commissioner of revenue,
are present incumbents. Twelve dele?
gates were eleoted to attend the May
convention in Richmond.
react is Proclaim?'?!
Whereas a treaty ?>t i ? i b? two? o
the i nitiii states of Amerioa and Her
laOjjeetj th- ?.?inen Regen! 11 Spain, in
the nsme "i hot aiigu?t s^D. Don Alfon?
so Mil. was concluded and signed by
their i'i>peoti\e plenlp i intl .1 ii
Paris on the i"th day i I Deo?
: Iginal of whioh .-invent.
being in the English and Spanish lan
guag?>. o? word for WOtd as f llOWl
i H?-r.. mil text of treaty is Inolnd?
Ami whereas lbs said o invention has
bssfl duly raiitied on both parts, and
the ratifinstioos of the two g >vem
ineiits \s.-re exchanged in II
Washington, on the llth day of April,
Now, therefore, be il know n th ?t I
William MoKmlev, President of the
l'uni rj Si,?t?'s of Americs, b tve cans? ',
the ci Dvontloo i" i?' made public, to
the end thai the some and ?
sad o?anse thorst f may be observed and
fulfilled with good fslth by tin l lilted
states .?ml the oitlz n? there? i
111 Witness Whereof I Ii.tVe II
set my hand and caused tin - ?j i f the
l'iiited States to in- affix? I.
Done at the city ol Washing! m, this
11th day of April, in the fi i :
Lord 1800, and ol Un indi pend?
the i nit.-d State? the ; l.l i
William M-Ki
l'y the President
John Hay, Secretary f Stsi ?
L?e ami Wheeler to be Din'iargo?!
An oider h.is been prepan d ??t the
w.?r Deportment for s r?organisation of
the army on a poaoe baaia, and it will
be Issued at once. Most of the .
o!tii?>rs of the rolunt? ?
will Is- nuisfered out
With the exception of Gei
Shatter. Lswton and M-Arthur. ??11 the
volunte? r major generals will tx
??barged, Inolnding I Wade,
Wilson. Loe, Wheeler, H Rea, i
Ohaffee, Anderson, Snmner, Ludiow,
Hetiiv and Wood
Of th?- shove list, .?11 bot < I?
Wilson, Lee and Wheeler hold c immsnda
of a lower grade in the regalar army,
und eonspqoontly will not necessarily
have to relinquish their present t> m
monda, i odor Its ri rgani; ?n m, the
army is entitled t. additional major
gen-ral ? and General Otis and General
Bhaftet have i,. en ch ?en i i l h< ?-? ip
point ment?
War is Ende?!
The peace negotiat[ ma !?? t * n the
t uited States ,?nd Sp.un were t
ratified in Washington Tu**?day at the
White Housesnd the recent war, which
has bio.ight so mnch gli ry 1 ir Hig
and soch deep humiliai
-,?ry, was br. ughl I
Within twenty minut? ?
elusi -n i : the impri isive - tl the
Executive Mansion the President,
through the s- Cretan" "1 stal
th- proolasastii n ani on ii .
the world that the war is p.?, ?,i,
Sod, and the tit?' ? i to?
ward th?> rasomptii n '
rotations whioh subsisted between the
two mntriei before I
the sword to rc?lre?s their gril vai
Dr W B Lafferty Kill d
Richmond, Va . April 11 -Dr W
B Lafferty,practicing physician in the
? neighborhood. \s.i? f. und Sut'.
day morning i n the side i f the ?
peatke and Ohio railroad near
(?hum's river with his leg crushed.hav?
ing been run over by a freight tr.nn
It was evident thai he had made efforts
to stop the tl iw of hi? own bio id by
using his handkerchief for a bai
He was taken to Cr- tel and died
hours afterward He was the ?on of
Rev. J, J. Lafferty, editor of the Rich?
mond Christian Ad.
high in the profession.
Washington and Lse Catalogue
Washington andl-.ee University for
the session of 1898-W had 157 Itn
Twenty-one States are repri tented
Virginia fornlshed eighty-six, Weal
Virginia eighteen, Kentucky al
The increase of the students In attend
anee forty-one ai?- In the law depart
menf.
Mr. Collis P. Hutitiiigt.ii bai given
$12,000 to the Negro Reformatory of
Virginia.
President McKinley bas appointed
Hon. Bellamy Storer. the present min?
ister to Belgium, as minister to Spain
''Idle Hour" the splendid home of
W. K. Vanderbilt on Long Island, .Y
Y., was totally destroyed by fir?- early
Tuesday nioruitig, Mr. W. K. Valider*
bilt Jr., and bride were spending a
part of their honeymoou there
1900,000; Fully insured
Tne President bus selected Bartlett
Tripp of South Dakota, formerly min?
ister to Austria, as the United Btetes
representative on the Satnoan joint
oomtaission.
? ShatteredJNervous System,
FINALLY HEART TROUBLE.
rr?ttored to Health by Or. Mile?' Nervin?.
M H FUVVARD HARPY, the Jolly man?
ager of r-heppard I ore at
Bri.c.odie, 111 , writ-: "1 had never
been sick a d:?y in my life unt.l in ;
fot to bad with nervous prostration that I
had to give up and corn- tor. I
tried our local physicians and ose la
but none gave me any relief ?.nd I t
I was going to die. I became SassgOaMtesrl
and ?offered untold agony. I could not cat,
sleep nor rest, and it seemed |
not exist. At the end of six months 1 was
reduced to but a shadow of myself, and at
last my heart became affected and I was
truly miserable. I took six or eight bottle?
of Dr. Mlle*' Nervine. It gate me relief
from the start, and at last a cure, tbc great?
est blessing of my life."
Dr. Miles' Remedies
are ?old by all drug
gist? under a positive
guarantee, Srst bottle
benefit? or money re?
funded. Book on dl?
eaaea of the heart and
n?rvea free. Addrea?, _
DB. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkbart, lnd.
Candidates' Card.
H ITS"? I.VANIA.
For Commissioner of Revenue.
I hereby announce m ndidat
for th.- oftl?.i 0? mmlssionei of Rev?'
nue t 'i -i ? leorge i disti iot, in you
county, at the eleotion to be held Ma
und a-k vour support. 1
led I pi ?mise i fail hful disoharg
of the duties of the i -
Reap
apfl id l i- r.ivn'
I announce myself a candid ite f?
Commissioner of Revenue in HI Georg
listrl i. m v m .i ant]. .n the electin
be held "ii the . ! M iy
I ara gratel ? 11 t i the ,
support of my friends m the past, >i
it el?.'. d -h.ill endeavi r by it faithfc
and i m pari lai discharge i f th.. datte
i th lli e to merit the approval n
all It? spectfully,
api M I. Vonog
For Treasurer
I i. speetfnlly anmunoe mya? :t ? can
. n to th? '.Mi ??? i
m. r I am very grat? ful to m
Il !>?!. : ' of III
past, ami earn? it ly solid I their so poor
'.' .
w ?; Dillard.
For Commonwealth'? Attorney
llnviu ? i ? -n app inted bj the Count;
; .i- i' mili uwealtb's Attorney t.
BU i ut th.' um? x|>ir? .1 term i ? A B
Kawlings, deceased, and being urge?
nv many citizens fr m all parta of th>
? candid ite for elec
th ol May, for the fol
term beginning July 1st. IWW, I desin
? > il if i ?? your pli asure to elect mi
i- pi Mil m of trust, I -hall perfi in
th.- .im ies ot the t tttoe with j?r. niptuess
fidelity and impartiality
:!iy,
aplltd J Graves
-
1 announce myielf a candidate for re
tion for Shenfl of Spotsylvanii
county. Thanking you kindly foryooi
suffrage, I respectfullj a-k your
support in tin approaching election
May . >-!i, ; ? ' ?, promising, if elected,
to 'ii- barge tin- dufn-s of th?* i Sloe t'
the best ! f my ability in the future, u
I li.r. d to do 111 the DaTUM
apl l A Minis
I liOLir,
I hereby announce myself In Inde
pendent candidate for the . (flee . t
: ' ? I.' v me- ?
trict No i, .it the election wbl?*h will
I lai.- 'ii Thursd ijr, May IS, 1899,
and I i ipectfully ssk for y ur sup
respe? tfully ask my
ri m the Demo
\| IV
If elect rt, 1 promise a faithful,
? t the
1. B LVilll
? ur highly ap?
preciated buj'jj rt in the past, I hereby
innnunce myself a candidate for re
n to the ' ''? ?? f C mml
R< renne in distriol No <*.
.. do fa? or mi v. ith the
1 promise the same faithful aid
the duties as in
i-t.
Very respectfully y. an,
i H Blaaton
To (ht l oters of < 'arotine :
B iwling Oreen, Va .
.?i 28, 1809.
I mm unce m] i andidate foi
re-election to the .tli ??? of tderk of the
Circuit Court at the elMtlOB to take
place on Thursday, the .'."?th day of
May, 189? I desire to return to my
felloa gratituile for the
genen ni inpporl received in the past,
lioit their support in the ap
proacbing eleotion, and, if elected, I
promise * faithful, honest and Impar*
fill discharge of the iluti"s connected
with the - '
I e tfully,
Thomas w Valentina
wtd
To tin \'<>t< rs of Carolh
l am a candidate for ('oinmissioiier
i i Revenue for District No. i of Card
line county at the election which takes
place on Thnrt-day, May 16th, 1899, and
itfully Ml for your support, pledg
Ing myself If elected a faftbfol dis
chaige of the duties of the offloa
K'-pectfullv,
apl td T. 0. Chandler.
Tn the \ "(> rs of i 'aroline ?
I am a candidate tor the oflice of
Oomminioner of Revanne,Diitriot No.
1, in Caroline county at the election
May .'.'dh.aiwl will Is? grateful for your
vote ami Influen?a Business of Impor?
tance will c ?11 me to another State until
April ist. after which time I will mako
in active canvass of the county.
Respectfully,
J. R. Broaddas.
Jan. 17, 1899.
To the Voters of Carolim :
In announcing myself a candidate
for the ofBoe of ?Qommon wealth'a At?
torney, at the election to take place
on Thursday, May ?*>th, 1800, I would
express my gratitude for the generous
support given me by your favor years
ago, if elected I promise you a faith?
ful discharge ol the duties of the of?
fice.
Respectfully,
J. H. DeJarnitte,
mnr. 16-td
STAFFORD.
To th> Voters of Stafford:
I hereby announce myself a oandi
d ?te for Clerk of Stafford Comity and
Circuit Court?. I earnestly ask th?
;t of all my friends, promising, if
i. to discharge the duties of thf*
OfBoe faithfully and impartially.
.[..mes Ashby.
aplltd
U 3 Grant, ?!> , Hurt in a Row
A tierce battle occurred at Highland
Falls, N. Y. Saturday night betwien
candidates for admission to Went
Point as cadets on one side and boys of
the village on the other. The candi?
dates an- attending the preparatory
schools at Highland Falls prior to being
examined at West Point next June for
admission to the academy. There weto
ibout thirty of the men in the tight,
but they were outnumbered three to
oue by the boys of the town The
trouble began with a hand to hand
encounter, and the crowd soon in?
creased to such an extent that stone
throwing took the place of fists.
Several of the candidates were more
or less injured, the most seriously hntt
beir.g U. S. Grant, appointed at large
by the President Many of the town
boys were also used up. The services
of all the doctors in town were re*
quired to drees the"wounds of the in?
jured. Hostilities continued for nearly
an hour.
John Proctor, colored, has been sent
to the penitentiary from Fam-uier
oonnty, Va., for 8 years for robbing
Gus. Fugitt.
It is acknowledged by all competitors that
c. w. JONES
Does the largest retail
Dry Goods Business
in this city.
Why ? Because he carries the latent and most
dioico line.
Now, COUNTRY MERCHANTS, you do a
strictly retail business, you should have the best
styles. We do both retail and wholesale, and if
our choice stock brings us the biggest retail trade,
you should come too and get
Fresh, Clean, New Styles,
and New Stock.
We want to see all Cash
Buyers, wholesale and re?
tail.
C. W. JONES.
League r'ormed to Oheck the Qrowth I
t'omhisss
B1 I, .ins, April 11 War i? to b
waged ou the trusts in a business 111
m inner independent <<f politics. Tli
Anti-Trust League has Iieen forme
in St. Lou?.s for the purpose of boycoti
ing all goods made by the big trad
combines and inducing the consumer
to purchase good? made by independen
manufacture! s
It is th" opinion of the promoter
that the McKinley Administratioi
cauimt or will not do anything to ham
the growth of the trust? and that theii
influences must be met in an effectua
and business-like manner.
Headquarters have been establiste?
and ?.Hi -ers chosen. H A Thompaoi
is president, and Dr. James McClun
treasurer. The leagce claims a citj
membership of 15,000 and a oountrj
membership of 10,090, and hopes t<
accomplish the destruction of all trust?
lo a few years.
President Thompson says that th?
plan is to pay every member a certain
per cent discount if he trades in those
goods which are not manufactured by
the trusts. Coupons will be issued
to merchants who deal in such goods.
The purchaser is to be given a coupon
with each article bought and these will
be redeemed at headquarters
The object is to make it a mutual
organization for the protection of the
purchaser and the independent mer?
chant and manufacturer. In that man?
ner it is hoped to create a demand for
anti-trust goods and thus defeat the
gnat trade combinations and nullify
their eff rt to raise prices to exorbitant
figures. Any person may become a
member by forwarding his application
to the league headquarters. No initia?
tion fee will be charged and dues will
be disnonsed with.
? r-righlfnl Blunder
Win otten oauae ? horrii.le Bam, scald
CutorltrulM. Ilii.-'iii'irs Arnica Salve, the
beat in tli?' world, win kill th? pain and
promptly hca! it. ?'urei <>l?l Sores, Pavai
?-..r? ??. lie.is. Holla. Felon-, Coins, all Skiu
l.i uplioni. Most l'ile euro on earth, ?inly
ft eta, a box. lure ?ruarantee.l. Sold to *?!.
M. Lewi*. Uruaiflst.
Lame Jonei Rlxiy
The Washington correspondent tf
the Alexandria Gazette under ?late
of April 7th .?.ays:"Congressman Lamb,
of Richmond, in talking with a friend
ou the subject of the propoaed anti
Martin convention, aaid he thought the
convention would be popular and lie
numerously attended. Representative
Jones, in talking to a Virginia ar?iuain- !
tance, who told him the people of his
county were willing to entrust the elec?
tion of U. S. Senator! to their repr??
sentatives in the legislature, laid he
would try to be in that county before
the election and address the people in
favor of a primary election. Mr.
Rixey, was here too. The meeting of
the three Virginia congreismen who
signed the call for the convention referr?
ed to suggested the idea that a con?
ference of the friends of that r*all wai
to be held, but Mr. Rixey, denied any
such purpose "
Aguinaldo Decrsea That ?paaiah Shall B?
the Official Language.
Madrid, April 11.-The following
dispatch from Manila ia published
here :
' 'Aguinaldo baa iaaued a decree direct?
ing that Spanish shall be the official
language throughout the archipelago,
ami protesting against the American
pretension to force the use of English
on the natives, who do not know it"
That ThroBoli* Headache
Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr.
K in* a New I ife Pilla. Thousands of suffer
ers Have Droved their matchless merit for
Sick and Nervous Headache?. They make
pure blood and ?tronc nerves and build up
your Health. Baty to take. Try them. Only
:?? >?cnts. Money back If not curad. Sold by
M. M. Lewi?. Druggist,
Public fcale of
Valuable Real lis?ate
in Fredericksburg.
In pursuant of the decree of the Corpo?
ration (?ourt of Fredericksburtr. Va , in the
chancery ?.it of The Nstional Hank of Fred
ericksburg against Wni. .**'? Hart?n s
! tor? an?l other?. d?ted April ."?. IHO, the
undersi/iied siiecial conjini iUmMIS Will ei
? p<ve to sue at public auction, on 'he paSBV
bes on
Tuesday, may 11899.
at lJo'clo k M . the real estate situatelon
the west side of Prim-ess Anne Street, in
l-'redericksburg. between ? ?eorxe and Com?
merce streets, of which the late William **-.
Karton died poeseseeil, consisting of his late
? residence, office building snd stable lot.
In pursuance of the directions cf ?aid de?
cree this real estate will he sold in three par?
rels, viz: The Dwelling House an?l Lot, the
i ? >aVe Huilding and Lot, and the Stable Lot.
| The dividing line Ix-tween the Dwelling
i House and hot and the Office Lot will be
drawn nine feet south of the Otbce Huild?
ing. running at right angles from Primes?
, Anne street to the rear line of the Dwelling
I House Lot. The dividing line between the
! Ofltes Lot and the stable Lot shall be about
I'M feet from the no'th end of the OfM.?
! Huilding so that the rear end of J. D. Hav ?
building ?hall be on the dividinr line be
i tween the OtHc* Lot and the Stable Lot.
The terms of sale will be, enough cash'to
! pay the expenses of the sa' I and one-half of
! the purchase price of each of said parcel? of
real estate, and as to the remainder of said
| purchase motny, on one year's time, the so?
j ferre?! payments bearing b per <*ent. interest
! and the title retained till purchase money
[ paid in full, but any purchaser may pay all
i cash.
The aale will he ma?te subject to the con?
firmation of the court.
ST GEO. R FHZIin.lL
W. I, LEAKS
AT. BMBHEY,
Spedal Commissioners.
In the Clerk's othceof the Corporation
Coart of the Corporation of Fwlericksburg.
The National Hank of Freder
ii k? burg.I Taint iff,
against
W. 8 Hart?n s Executors.et al?. Defendant?
I, James P. Corbin, Clerk of the sai?l court,
do certify that th? boni retired of th?
Special Commissioners by the decree render?
ed in said <*au?e on the 5th day of April.
IsHii. baa been ?Inly given.
?.iven under my hand as Clerk o? th? said
court, this ?;th ?lar of April, 1499.
lAMFs P. COBBI*.
apll-2wtd Clerk.
Do yon expect to paint yon?
house, bare or outbuilding?
this spring T If so,get our
quotation? oo
Waverly Reaay-M:ne? Putt,
Linseed Oil, Pure White Lead,
Paint Bruihei, or anything in
the PAINT line. We are head?
quarter! for the best in Paints.
Oar prices are the loweit.
Goolrick's Modern Thvucy,
901 Main St.
Oficial Adrlcei if the Oapturi of Santa
Crus.
The following dispatch from General
Otis at Manila, wai received at the
War Department In Waahingtoo Mon?
day morning :
"Lawton'i command captured Santa
Cruz, chief city of Laguna De Bay,
this morning ; casual tie?, six wounded.
Insurgent troopa driven, leaving sixty
eight dead on field and large number
wounded. A ooniiderable number
captured. Lawton wiU pursue waet
ward. "
