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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Pa.sor nnd rnrm.r..I,h

GNU NFntF = iat.
one OF the parish sent one nom
4 farmer kind and able
y nice iat turkey. raised on corn.
20 eF1-e tne pastor table
The farmers lad went with the fowl
And thus addressed the pastor.
Blame me 70 amt tired. Here Is
g0oo.er from my master"
he pastor said Thou shouidst not thus
Present che fowl Co me
Come. take my chair and for me act.
ana Vii act Tor tlee."
The preachers chair received the boy.
The fowl tAe pastor took.
W ent out With 30 and th,n came In.
WIKI pleas at smile and look
and 20 his young pro TEN. he said.
Dear sir. nay horored master
presents this turkey and his best
Respects 10 you. hls pastor"
Good said the boy. your master 4
gentleman and scholar.
Ny thanks 10 him. and Tor yourself
Here Is half dollar
The pastor fcit around his month
\ most peculiar twltchiur.
And. 10 the r1hhier holding fast
lie "boitcd' for the kitchen.
He gave the turkey 10 the cook
And came back in n minute.
Inen took The youngsters hand and left
4 halt a dollar in it.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
cra.-hopper. and cntrrpiIIor..

In the west violent measures are be
ing taken 70 prevent the triumphant
progress OF the graSShoppers. The
dry fields are saturated with coal oil
and the torch Is applied. Another plan
IS to make n good sized stack Of stray
In the field in which the grasshop-
pcrs viii hide or make their homes.
After sufficient number have entered
this trap the stack i burned.
As TO the caterpillar. the old rem
cdy Of tying large wad> OF raw cotton
about the tree trunks has been found
10 be probably the best. as the cater.
pillars cannot got a good foothold on
the cotton. and So they are thus with.
out means of climbiu- thc tree.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21

Tourist tratnc mas more than don
bled i'm Syria during the last ten years
Al present about $50 foreign tourists.
exclusive OF pilgrims aud conducted
excursions. pass through Beirut an
nuaiiy. most Of them proceeding TO
BaalDck and Damascus Twice this
number 20 through Palestine. Gallie,
is also growing in favor among tour
lists.
Swiss lady from ChauN Ge Ponds
recently went 20 live with her son ut
Mortcau. across the Frcuch frontier.
where she died. When the coffin. coy
cred with artificial wrcathS. was
hrouSAt into Switzerland. customs
house official claimed duty on the
wrcoths. and after deal OF ccnt.o-
vcrsy the sum of Is ccn.s was demand
cd and paid
HE camera promises TO become as
indiSp nsahlc In business affairs MS tN,,
typewriter. IL is now being used I'm
the roproluctSn of documents. Stats
teal tables and other papers whose
duplication 10y hand would he lalort
'us and expensive. In very brief
period the camera reproduces these
things with absolute corrcc ness and
with much labor saved
\ French entomoiogist. NJ. pacan
has tried several hundred species OF
Insects as food. both raw and cooked
ln various ways. ANA has further mad,
himself an authority 10y COLLECTING
travellers experiences. Spiders. wh.c'
lac has eaten lac docs NOT r....,.,,,-,...,, D
'ocNroaches. however. make most dc
Lcious SCUM. Caterplllars are li.ht and
easily die, sfcd and are rclishci not
only by African and American natives
hut by Frcnchmen and locusts. fried
az made into -four ana boiled Ia milk.
are priced by the Bcdou.ns
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Takins Iiis Fathcr's place.

General Banks relates that when
early IN the war he was ordered to
Frederick he had 10 leave his family
AT Baltimore. They went with him
to his train. and a. he babe his wife
tender sooaby- he said to his Little
son. then only five years old. You
must take good care OF your mother
while l am away" Acting immedi-
"teiy on his Instructions. when the car
conveying them stopped for them 10
alight. the little fvc-year-old quickly
hoped or and CALAMITY extended a
n"nd TO his mother 20 help her of Just
as he had seen his father do.-St. Louis
Globc-DcmoOrat.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Special Seashore Excursions

On Friday and Saturday OF each
week until September the 18th in
elusive. round trip tickets will be sold
from fredericksburg to Atlantic CITY.
Cape May, Ocean City and Sea Isle City
\, J., via =. r. r. or b. X o. at rate Of
$50.
Tickets good going only on date of
sale. Stop over at PHILADELPHIA in either
direction within limit; final limit for re-
turn leaving destination Tuesday fol
lowing date of sale.
c. c. Cox. gent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
To Ny Friends

IL Is with JOY ! tell Won what X odol did
Tor me. ! was troubled with my stomach
Tor several months. Upon being advised
TO use kodol. ! did 80 and words cannot
tell the good IL has done me. 4 neighbor
had dyspepsia 50 that chad tried every
thing / told him TO Use Kodol. Words of
gratitude have come 10 me from him Ice
cause / recommended it."-Geo. ". Fry.
Viola. la Health and strength. of mind
and body, depend on the stomach. and
normal activity of the digestive organs.
hodoi. the great reconstructive tonic.
cures all stomach and bowel troubles in
digestion. dyspepsia. Kodol digests any
Soodfood you eat. Take a dose after meals
u. &. Bowman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
WOOdlaWn Seminary
And Musical Institute

Gordonsviiie Va. Boarding school for
girls Primary. intermediate. academic
music and art departments. Competent
and conscientious instructors IN ever,
depaI tment. Thorough work. Location
heantiiul and healthiul Expenses very
Circulars upon application
| lease address EDGAR STINSON. NJ. :.
Principal
The sun., 1902-09-07
RICHFJEID SPRINGS JOIETI.
Welcomes tic FIRST ear over a New Road
win speeches, Parade and GrSeA lire.

RICHFIELD SPRINGS, y Y, Sept 8 ;ich-
field welcomed the first car over the
Oneonta G. .ers' own and Eichfeli Spring,
Railroad to-dHy. The line is to electric.
but steam va IL" mltiso power used on
thi- first trip Three thousand people
from the surroGniiny villages 'n"d tho
citizens in a mass meeting, which nEs pc
sided over by DR., Norman Gettnan, presi-
den, of the new railway and Of the First
National Bank The ,akers were Justice
Burr Mattlce OF the State supreme Court,
Ia Surrogate l.. j. Arnold Of Uncohl.
the Hon. L. 5, Henry and 4 Mckee, cashier
o! tho National Bank.
Supper was served Ia q / the workmen and
Supt T.. 4. Jennings of Nvw York .ave
each man silver dollar a. souvenir OF
the day. The road will be rushed from
here to Herkiner. Important &C .nections
may then b" had at both Hcrkimer and
stamford, Delaware county, giving easy
access to the AdiroEdackn and the Ca'skills
Bands of music from Oneonta, Cooper--
town and IisrWick, \. y, ioined thc crack
Richhcll brass nand IN euliN ening the parade.
Forty prominent citizens rode horseback.
All the business parts Of the village were
illuminated with Greek fire Nearly Ave
hundred men We're in line.
The sun., 1902-09-07
ADLER OFT FOR CONGRESS-.
Hts Friends Think lie Can Heat Goldfosic
and Want TO See Him Try.

A. aamb.yman Charles ). Adler Of tn"
Eighth Assembly district made forma!
announcement yesterday that he is can
dida,e for the Reput lean nomination fo"
Cong"c-s in the Ninth Congress distrip,
The district is now represented by Henry
VI. Goldfoge, who il supposed not 10 wan'
n denomination il he car secure a nominGI,ov
on The lammany ticket for the supreme
Court bench Failing to get this, howeyor
on the authorityof one Of his close iriend-
he will ac ept rcnomiEation 'or Cong -css
i'he district. unde. y 'Ccent rcd,.
trictiug on the basis OF the last voi" il
il. will be Democratic 10y 500 majort ,
Friends OF Ass s.mblyman Adlnr prnr,
that he can overturn thi, vote easily, be-
ca,is. for seven years h" has been able ~
carry the Eighth Assembly district, which
has always been Democratic for all the
other candidates save him.
A delegation Of Au.er's friends waite
on him Oh VI d ~ night and urged him lo
so after the congress nomination, On"
Of them, a prominent East Side bu,in'-,
man, said
Eve believe that yen" 1chieyCmrr',
in beating TammaDy Hall so oftrN
cntitle you 10 some recognition and, pr
motion from your party. We urge yoI
to run for Congress becdu'" We think vuu
can beat Goldiogl,. There are scores a.
people down here who remember hl
as Judge IN tine iujOn street court
Adler has now announced his caniiiacv.
The sun., 1902-09-07
PLiTT STILL SAYING n.
senator SIN sure The strike Nili Ind
WI,hin a Week.

senator Plat yesterday reiterated HIS
statement that the strike Of the anthracite
miners would be settled within two weeks
from laet Sunday,
Il have had no reason for changing my
mind since tine statement was made" he
said i still say the STRIKE will he settled
within the time sta,rdf
A representative Of the Erie II iilroad
said that Mr. Piatt could DO nothing hut
guess aDouJ the end Of the strike If he
meant that the strike would be compro-
missed he war altogether wrong.
The strike Is rapidly f22ling out now
by the men returning to work, SAID this
man. -One-halt of the men would 20 to
work tomorrow If they could know that
their wives and families would be pro-
tected from insult and injury at home
A benefit in aid Of the striking anthracite
miners, arranged by the Miners Relief
Committee of the Central Federated Union,
will be given th,s evening in the Grand
Opera House. President Mitchell of the
United Mine Workers Is TO speak II he can
arrange 20 come here.
The sun., 1902-09-07
WINTER CLOTHES FOR GyiRDS.
Order Makes People Think the End OF the
Strike Is o Long way on.

SHAAoKIN, Pa, Sept G.-Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iror police Of Shamo-
kin region were notified py the pottsyiIle
headquarters Of the company to-day that
supply ~ wiH'cr clothing will be issued
in the futur, to the guards at colieres and
that cabins will be constructed as soon as
possible for the men 10 live wherever neces-
sarv.
This news car!ses Constructive residents
TO feel that the end Of the strike is 4 .uug
way II yet, unless tu" men 60 10 work %
their own accord
prominent Reading coal official re-
turned from Philadelphia this evening
whore b" and other col. ..nry officials had a
conference vi h snpe:io: officers who in
form at them that unless the workmen
raoortcd Cor duty wit concessions
icing granted lie coliieres would remain
idle until next Chris las. No attemp,
- 10 be made C. start any particular col
iery for fear of rio'ing, VT h h" COM
panY wants 10 avoid.
Tl Jusand- ol cpyi.s ofprcriGcut Raer's
statement Of the c,a strike {" Seni ois Quay
and ponrosC "eIr distributed IN pamphlrt
form in the ,oai 'n.IUn today.
The sun., 1902-09-07
6O-62 West 23d Street.
COZ. BEYGANT HAS A GRIEVANCE
He Issues q Pamphlet Attacking the Re.
publican Ring In Newburgh.

NEwBURGH. Sept. CA personal griev-
auce has brought out Col {. II. WeyRant.
c,,,r,,n ~ -, ,.a,,a ,.,,,,,v p,ard ~
:. ~ - " ','o
oup'NlSofs' FORMER co'hnahuel oi the
f1mous Orange blossoms, or l2Ath New
York Volunteers, and former Mayor
of the citv. in lbe role Of reforrner
a,,a a,.,ii,,, - ,.ha, b, 1. nI.a.aJ
anu ih' VI ",i'' II"
TO term the republican ring h ciy
and county, he has issled pamphlet,
which NAV be published wear at least
and s,,Ias !, tho Whole Truth Tax-
-, na,.', ,,.,;aiaI ,a'',hI,. i,
PAY WI ns"n, pIo'''''eu .I.,. ,.'U'., il.
hds twehtF-iour pages eacn articie uirtCten
at some ALE ged attack Oh the taxpayers
pockets. He 1ssails the cit", county and
s,.,,o brorr,.s ., ,o,arrusnt H. his an
'',.''-,. " W. -.
no,n,C'Lntn. y tne opJe,tS ",d eppotG ~.
tne upi'ath.' ne says 'ha' we huu'cph
haS pee4i SICssep' anu nay ny ouheu tne
,. > !'srs ehii,i nun, ne proposes W enter
me country ol me eheEy, ,r.
Inc grievance tha' has '"i tol' "eyRaht
70 desert tEh army OF ms iiiends may ue
The sun., 1902-09-07
MAINE ELECTION on MONDAY.
Chairman simpson Predicts q Republican
Plurality Of Owe, $1,000

BANGOR. Me-, Sept. 8.-Chairman F..
Marion Simpson Of the Republican State
Committee expresses himself az well sat =
isfod with the prospects for his party in
next Mondays ele ,ion. and predicts that
the Republican plurality will range from
1900 to 1900. He thinks that the Re-
pu5licars will carry fifto,n out # the six
teen counties, and possibly the other ounty.
Knox.
There is not and never has been, any
question a. to the election of all four Con-
gressmen, the Democrat talk Of beating z
Allen in the First district being pure moon
shi.e As for the county tickets. the out :
lcof IL that IN all except that In Knox county,
where the Democrats are strong. and In
Cumberland and .1droscr ggin. where the
attempt TO elect p ohibiion Sherirs MAJ
somewhat aFect the Republican majori-
ties, the Republican ticket will win by about
the usual margins
The Legislature will be. AZ usual, over. u.
whemingly Republican although as In the
case ~ Bangor city, there may be scatter.
ing Democratic gli = h the lower house.
The sun., 1902-09-07
BROOME COtNTI REPUBLICANS.
Two Candidates for the Assembly ard Dele.
gates TO state Con, ention Named.

BISGIIAMroN, y Y, sept. 6The west =.
ern and eastern Assembly district conyen-
tions of Boone comfy were held here
to-day. In the eastern dstriot James T.
Rogers and in the western district Fred F..
Allen zero renominated for The Assembly
The delegates to the State convention
from the eastern district are Col. George
". Dunn, senator George T.. Green, John
T. Rogers, +, Frank Smith s p Quick
and W d. Painter. The delegates we're
unnstruc,ed. Roger p. Clarl, was elected
a delegate to tAe judicial convention and
instructed for Walter Floyd Smith of
Elmira.
The delegates from the western district
to the State convention are George r.
Curtis, Charles Ii. Peters, j. Z. +. Clark
Frank p. Lyon, William Mason and Will
liam Pollard
A. this afternoons county convent ion
the delegates TO the Congress convention
besides being instructed for George W
Ray were instructed to urge President
Roosevelt to appoint Ray to a Federal
Judgeship, in which case the delegates
were instructed TO vote for Col George
". Dunn for Congress.
The sun., 1902-09-07
THE ACTUAL coal SHORTAGE.
Ontario and western Manager Says the
strike Has Gut on I8,sOO, 900 Tons.

The annual report of the New York.
Ontario and Western Railroad for the year
ended June 80 was issued yesterday. 1t
contains statements from President Fowler
and General Manager Childs on the short
age Of coal caused by the strike. Mr..
Fowler says;
The strike in question was not br ought about
by general dlscontent, lack OF wc'k or re-
ductlon Of wages, but was in a large measure
the result OF agitation Oh the part of N Dor
leaders, who for the purpose OF retaining
power over the rank and fle are periodically
Obliged to. present demands or gain con-
oessions OF some sort from the employer
The leaders OF the United Mine Workers
organization, so far as the press and tho
public hnve been advised. pretended In every
way posshl" to avoid n strike; hut their pro-
les-ions when corparcd with their proc
lamations and actions throw very grave
doubts upon the honesty OF their pretensons
and purposes Their effort to destroy the
properties by calling out the engineers
Aremen, pump runners and other employees
whose duty II "a 10 prevent destruction by
The sun., 1902-09-07
4 ROLT ~ CONVENTION.
Two Factions NOmncte for Congr In
9Th Tennessee District.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept G-The six h
District Republican Cong essicnal Cen
vcntion met here this afternoon TO nomi-
nate a candidate for Congress Their,
were two factors. made up Of support ers Of
Evans and BrowLlow. The Evans men
bolted and two conventions were held
The Browrlpw men nominated A. ~ Till
man, and Harry Luck was nominated by
the Evans men,
CLEBURNE, Tex. Sept. e-After the
7,2OOth ballot to-day, committees from the
Riddle and Gillespie fore, & cast lots and
Gi,cspie's name was drawn out. makins z
him the successful candidate for Congress,
from the Twelfth Congressional district q
Texas. The PCindeater forces did not
like the method of drawing for otfioc, bu;
accepted II a. the will of the conventio
The 7?ols' ballot made Gillespie the
nominee.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Sept 8.--The Demo-
cratic convention for the noninltion of a
candidate FOR Congress in the Seventh
Il trict met here to-day and Jacob p. Dunn,
for several years editor of the Senh-ei.
was nominated On the FIRST ballet. The
convention ignored Brvan and free silver.
The sun., 1902-09-07
CHICAGO MURDER CLEARED UP
BARTHOLIN, SLAYER or MOTHER
AND SW SWEETHEiRT, 4 SUICIDE.
His BODY Found In q Field. With . Confess
sion OF How He StranGlcd One and
shot the Other Mothers Body Found
Under Cement Floor After Murder.

CHICAGO, Sept. 8.-Wiliam J. Bartholin
accused of the murder Of his mother, Mrs.
Anna b. Bartholin, whose body was found
buried In the cellar Of their home on Aug.
0, and charged also with killing his sweet
heart, Miss Minnie Mitchell, was found
dead in a flax field near Lowther, la,
to-day. He had committed suicide by
blowing out his brains.
In pocket of his coat. which lay beside
him, was confession describing in detail
how he had stral gled his mother and then
shot hi, sweetheart
The appearance of the double murderer
Indicated that he had slept in the open for
several days. He appeared emaoiated. as
II he had not had suficien, food.
The discovery of his body clears what
has been one Of the most puz2lEg murder
mysteries which the police Of Chicago
ever have been called upon to solve. Al
though Mrs bartholin was killed on the
niLh of July no knowledge Of the crime
reached IN" police until one month later,
when the body Of Miss Mitchell vas found
on the prairie at West Seven Fourth and
State streets
lhen tue inquiry a. to the whereabouts
Of Mrs. Partholin was begun in earnset
and IN Aug 1.-TWO DAYS after Miss Mitchell =
body had been found and twent nty-four
hours after it had been identified by the
family, the body OF the murderers mother
was found beneath the cement foor Of the
basement.
BIrthOiin was last seen by friends on
Aug. 5
Many people who thought they reco ognized
~" fugitive IN some other person reported
lh't they had seen hin, but none uf there
'lu proved valuable. Then came the
arrest Of Edward Couusellmar, Barhclin's
chum. lie was arrested for choking t's
wife. but it deveored ct once that he hao
n!Streated her bCca iSe she refused to
return 10 him 4 letter sent him 10y Bartholil
on July H.
THIS letter showed that Bar'holn real
lied his position Immediately AZ er ,,e
killed his mother, for ia his note 10 Coua-
se''man he asked that bis chum ar.d him
$50. When tounsellman refused Barthol.n
sought the loan among other friends, but
he was able to get c"ly few dollars here
and there
His mother was supposed to have d con-
siderable sum IN her possession at the time
Of her death. But This acyer was p,1vcd
BarthOlin showed the 'iitchell family a roll
Of bills a few days after his mother disap-
peared, money which I've sad he won on a
hOrserace.
The police think tha, ,his was the money
for which he killed his mother and tina, in
trying To increase this 20 he would have
enough with which 10 elope with Miss
Mitchell ho lost it AZ the racetraCks. The
last time Mrs. Barthoin was se-n alive was
the night OF JL,y !, when she and Oscar
Thompson, for eiRl years a boaIder
Al her Irmc. had sliprrr together Thomp-
son and -Old DAD Clafy ave now in iail
waiting action by the Grand Jury. They
are charged with heinE accessories after the
murder If VI B6r,hoHa.
The sun., 1902-09-07
Farmer Humphrey Takes Paris Green b,
Mistake and Dies.

MIpDLETowS, n Y, Sept 6.--Charles
Humphrey, an onion farmer. IS years Of
age. living one mile from Chester. died in
great agony Friday from paris green
take ono week ago. Humphrey had been
suffering from blood poison as the result
Of runni.g tine OF hay fork into his arm.
Some time during the night previous while
suffering from thirst and d"li-ium. he aros,
and went TO the basement for a drink from
the water pail there. Instead of doing so
he drank from vessel containing n soll-
tion of paris green " hch his wife mad pre-
pared to kill bedbugs and set near the
water pail for Use neat day.
The sun., 1902-09-07
REtNI0" or THE RoBERTsONs.
Men and omen Of n distinguished Famii,
Dine al Pcekskill.

PEEKsH!LL, y, y, Sept 6.-1he six sur
vving children Of the late James Robert
son Of this city all happen ed to he here
this week. One Of them, the wifo of
Bish p Cyrus D. Foss of the M.Ihodist
Episcopal Church, OF Phila ielphia. gave
her sisters and brothers a dinner at the
Hotel Raleigh this afternoon The children
present besides Mr. Foss were Mrs, X. NJ
Wilson of ST. Louis, Fred A. Robertson of
Brooklyn. ex-senator George ". Robert
son, Mrs. William D. Southard ard Mrs
Henry Waters, wife Of Major Waters,
principal of the Mohegan axe School
bishop Foss and Major Water, were also
at the dinner.
The sun., 1902-09-07
ITALIANS THPEATEN TROUBLE.
Six Weeks Pay Held Up by Contractors
Failure 10 Fuifl Contract.

MIppLETowN, n. Y, Sept. 8.-The failure
Of c, n 'ractor T. VI. Iesher Of Easton, Pa.
to fulfill a contract on a new pipe line now
being constructed for this clty's water
supply has been the cause of 80 Italians
Being held up on six weeks back pay,
are making such ugly demonstrations
that the local military, Company |, Twenty
fourth Separate Company, Is held In readi-
ness in anticipation Of trouble When
the laborers, headed by Henry NJ. Hey
mann and Peter Andreali, two ATTORNEYS
from New York, demanded their money
and were re ed, they declared they would
arm themselves and do harm. They
obeyed an order Of the police to leave town
but came back In groups, acting SO mysteri-
ously that their movements are being
watched for fear they ay attempt 70
blow up the citv reservoirs