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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-31
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Protest Against Typesetting Machines

Washington. Dec 2S.-Columbia Ty-
biographical Union, No. l0l, at a meet
ing appointed a committee TO 20 be.
fore congress and enter an earnest
protest against the installation Of
typesetting machines in the govern
ment printing office. The claim is made
that the machines cannot do the gov
ernment work.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-31
InR PRINTING.

For neatness and prompt delivery al.
ways bring your job work TO The Free
I,ance.Star Printing and Publishing
Company. All kinds OF job printing done
AZ the most reasonable prices.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-31
lrrinaton shlr. Fsetery cIesss

Owing to inability to get girls to work
and the slow sale OF shirts on tbemarket,
the Irrington factory closed this week
for an indefinite period.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-31
stamDeoe ror a rree DInner.

Chicago. Dec. 2S.-During a STAN
pede Of the 10000 men. women and
rhlldren waiting for admission for
free dinner which followed the open
ing Of the doors Of the Coliseum OF
the Volunteers Of America, several
glass doors were demolished, and the
dozen policemen on duty at the place
managed 70 restore order with the
greatest difficulty. In the rush several
women and children were knocked
down and trampled on, but none was
seriously injured. The crowd was ths
largest that ever assembled at such
an anair in Chicago and when every
one had been satisfied not morsel
~ the tons OF food remained.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-31
Cholr On q otrIkc.

Montreal. Dec. 2s.-Melsille Church
the leading Presbyterian place OF wor-
ship in Westmount, the fasnionADis
residential suburb Of Montreal was
without the services OF choir yes'e'-
day In his sermon on Christmas mo.h-
ing Rev. T. W. Winfield, pastor Oh tno
church severely criticised the mem
bers of the choir for eating canoy our
ing the progress OF the service As
result OF the criticism q deputatiop
from the choir waited n2on the rev.
erend gentleman on Saturday and re-
ouested retraction. This be refused
to make, and as result the choir,
without ga exception, went OUT on
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-31
oPIE FOR CONGRESS.
The State Senator . Candidate From
Tenth District.

Regarding his candidacy for Congress
from the Tenth District, Senator bn
n Opie, Of Staunton. says that, althongh
the announcement is rather premature
he fully expects to enter the race at the
proper time against the incumbent, CIn
grersman II. d Flood.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-31

With thanks for your very liberal pat
roDsge, C. W. Jones wishes you yerl
happy Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17
Shamrock III in New York.

Both Shamrock II and Shamrock III are in American waters safe and sound. Although squalls and gales overlook them in the long passage across the sea- yet they were seaworthy and no damage was done to either. This test of crossing an angry or at least an uncertain sea even in summer weather is something the defenders do not have to encounter, and if Sir Thomas Lipton should succeed in carrying the cup across the sea, 1t may be long time before it will be brought back. For what the contestant now does our peo- pie would have to do, and the task of contestant Is not light one.
 Sir Thomas Is the gamest kind of an adversary, and if his new yacht should outsail the Reliance in August no one here will say a word. There are kind expressions for him on every hand. All admire his pluck, his un- failing humor and his indomitable pa tience. He deserves to win, and per haps in August he will win. The cup has been in this country fifty years, and the mother country is entitled to chance to hold it while.
 Sir Thomas has at any rate shown that there are true sportsmen in Eng land-men who never exult or repine, but who are ever ready to try again. To both the Reliance and Shamrock Iii the great heart of the people turns proudly, wishing both plenty of good wind and weather, and wholly willing to see the best yacht win the coveted cup. If it be fate that it is to go back to England may we send after 1t next year as true and hopeful sportsman as Sir Thomas Upton is himself, and we could not send over better one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17
More Cotton Needed.

The nights are still too cool to hasten the grown of backward cot ton crop. The month has thus far lacked warmth. There is not a great lack of moisture in any state, but there has been too much cool weather, and this kind of weather keeps the crop in a belated condition. In addi- tion, the boil weeyil is becoming threatening in Texas, having crossed for the first time Trinity river in it's steady march to the Atlantic coast. While good crop may yet be made, yet the present prospect is not bril- liant. It is not so much, however, the crop outlook that is sustaining and advancing prices, as it Is the undimin- ished consumption. High prices do not seem to have much effect upon con sumption. All mill men desire to keep their mills in operation, not because they are extreme humanitarians, but because they desire to keep their labor together and their machinery from deterioration. But the prices of cotton goods are going up,, and many of the mills are making money despite the prices asked for raw material.
 The world, in short, needs more cot ton. An eleven-mlllion-bale crop Is no longer sufficient, and it Is difficult to see in sight in normal years a larger crop In the coming cotton year 11,500,000 bales would be readily absorbed at perhaps 94 to 10 cents pound, and 1t is doubtful indeed whether such crop will be forthcom- ing. Anything short of the most favor able conditions will cut the growing crop below the aggregate named. None of the experienced observers now an ticipate a crop above eleven million bales, and such crop means short age, almost a famine, towards the end of the next cotton year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17
Coal Lands of the University

The report of Assistant Examiner hutledge relative to the coal leases of the University of Alabama is an inter- esting as well as an encouraging docu- ment. It shows that as things are going the University is a richly en- dowed institution. Present leases will yield royalties ranging from s200,000 to $250,000, and much the larger part of the coal seams on university lands have not been touched. Only small part, in fact, are under leases, and MT. Rutledge properly says that If the entire property -e.well managed it will De rich heritage
 The royalty per ton varies from five cents at Braehead to eight cents a ton as the Galloway mines. But three com panies are mining coal in the univer- sity lands, and there is room for fifty more. With stiffer royalty in the future anu an increasing demand for coal, 1t is indeed difficult to estimate the income or property of the uni versity under the lease system.
 All are now fully convinced that leasing is vastly preferable to selling outright. The Cahaba Southern Min ing company, located at Hargrove, in Blob county, has already paid in roy aties s32,453, or $5409 an acre on the 500 acres it leases, and it will pay about $20,000 more in additional roy alties before it exhausts the seam 1t is working in the 600 acres. This will carry the sum received up to about $S0 an acre. Further comment is un- necessary.
 Mir Rutledges advice that compe- tent manager of practical mining ex- perience be selected should be accepted by the trustees of the university to tho end that the great property may be made the most of, lessee invited roy alties kept track of and checked up frequently, and depredations of all sorts prevented. There is too much at stake to admit of loose management, especially i. the checking up and veri- flying of the outputs of coal. Alto gether tho trustees should rise to a full appreciation of their trust, and see that they gather il what is due.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17
ART THOU WEARY2

Fromthe Latin of St. Shepen. the sa- baite. Translation of John Mason Neale. Art thout weary, art thou languid, Art thou sore distressed? Come to me-" saith One, land coming, Be at rest" Hath he marks to lead me to him, If he be my guide? Tn his feet and hands are wound prints, And his side." Is there diadem. as monarch,
 That his brow adorns? Yea. crown, in very surety,
 But of thorns." If find him. if I follow.
 What his guerdon here? Many sorrow, many a labor.
 Many tear"
 se If I still hold closely to him.
 What hath he at last? Sorrow vanquished. labor ended. JordaH passed" If asR him to receive me,
 Will he say me nay? Not till earth. and not till heaven Pass away" Finding. Nfollowing. keeping. struggling, Is he suAe to bless? Saints. apostles. prophets. martyrs, Answer. Yes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17

Birmingham yesterday. He is known to be one of the ablest and most student like of the younger priests in this dio- eese, and a genial witty soul withal.
 sas L. G. seaberry of Gadsden is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 Raymond Patterson of Washington Is at the Hillman
 J. Lodge of Tuscaloosa Is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 W. L. Connolly of Bloomington. H.. is registered at the Morris. E. NJ. Kelly of cullman Is at the Metro politan. Jessie Lowe and s. Jacobs of Chicago are stopping at the Hillman. J. R. Harley of Augusta Is at the Mor- ris.
 W. E. Parker of New Orleans Is regis tered at the Morris. G. c. Fletcher of Chattanooga Is stop ping at the Morris.
  Among the clergy who went to cuIlman yesterday to attend the commencement exercises at St. Bernard college were Father o'Reilly, Father Meurer and Father Kennedy. Father oReilly will make the principal address to the stu dents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17
THRo, SLAUGHTER TO THRONE.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The character of the chief victims of the Belgrade tragedy deserve only un- qualified reproduction No lineaments of endearing qualities emerge upon their faces, even under the softening touch of death. to call forth the sympathy of men. Their sins made the pair hateful to the moral sense of the world and their de- generacy cursed the country which they ruled
 But what of the dastards who did the deed? Does any degree of worthlessness on the part of the king and queen of Ser via justify their brutal and cowardly mur- der? No particular of infamy Is lacking to the tale, even as 1t is allowed to reach the ears of the world.
 The incredible cowardice of an army that waited for the night and crept in stealth to the gate of an unguarded pal ace; the base treachery that opened to them. the brutality of the horde that burst into the bed chamber shot down the king slew the queen and bathed swords and bayonets in the blood of her dead body the savagery which went out from the palace to carry the slaughter into the home of ministers, animated by the fiendish purpose of extnguishing a dynasty, a government, in death-that is what the world approves If 1t recognizes the new king who comes to the Servian throne through this butchery. Are the sovereigns of Europe prepared to acqui- esce in the idea that rulers, their wives and ministers. are legitimate prey?-that wholesale assassination is legitimate war? !? Is civilization content to sit idly and see crime that would darken barbarian reap regal rewards? Can common humanity permit the success of scheme of slaugh- ter so horrible?--look upon an enterprise intoierable in the sight of mankind, a plot of colossal and abominable villainy, deed of mephistophelian guilt and shame, and permit 1t to issue in complete success? It Is beyond belief that Europe did not instantly rise and declare that the butch- cry of Belgrade should by no means inure to the advantage of the criminals. Should It be permitted to do so. the sanctions of order would receive the seeerest shock, and crime would be given the most splen- did recommendation that human history l has furnished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17
Southern Student Conference.

An Alabama delegate to the Southern Student conference, which opened it's sixth annual session in Asheville, N. C., last Saturday, writes that 1t is by far the greatest meeting in the history of the conference.
 There are over ninety different southern colleges represented and a total of 25O college men, of which Alabama has twenty-four. The president of the con- ference is the Rev. Ira Landrith, D. D.. from Nashville.
 From 8 to II in. the morning the time Is devoted to the missionary and Bible classes, and from Il to 12 speeches are delivered by men selected by the execu- tive committee, H. P. Anderson, w. D. Weathford and Clayton S. Cooper. From to in the evening there Is hillside meeting on Life Work"
 From to there is a platform meeting and from 9 to 10 the different state dele gations meet together.
 One of the most interesting parts of the conference is the athletic feature. The committee having charge of the ath- letics are B. S. Huggins of Alabama, R. D. Smart of Tennessee J. w. Taylor of Louisiana and c. W. weeb of Arkansas. The entire evening Is devoted to ath- letics. such as tennis. baseball and mountain climbing.
 Among the Alabama boys who will cross bats are McNeil and Webster from Greensboro. Sanford and Dudd from Au- burn Huggins from Howard, Chapman and Goger from the university and Fay Tor from Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17

of the trusts. He represents poodle better than any one else in public life.
 In Ohio and Iowa the republicans are supposedly strong, but in both states they must face the discontent over Dingleyism, and no one knows what the results will be- Ohio is pro verbally fckle, and the farmers os Iowa are intelligent enough to know that they are paying tie freight. The Dingleyites seem to think they can fool all the people all the time, and in Ohio they have declared that tho sacred tariff shall not be touched. The Iowa republican convention has not been held, neither has the Ohio demo- cratic convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17
RIlou,s Summer season.

''I am glad to hear that the Bijou will be opened for summer season. said regular theatre patron last night. "Bir- mingham should have summer amuse- ment house such as the Bijou, and be- lieve that It will pay well.
 Recently I had the pleasure of wit messing a performance by the Joseph Kilgore company in Atlanta, and it equaled any summer stock company ever saw. The company is playing strict ly high-class pieces and those which have been made famous recently by we'll known actors. For instance, I saw An American Citizen in Atlanta, and l also saw Nat Goodwin play 1t, and there was not great deal of difference in the two productions. One of the leading men, MT. Ray, Is an exceptionally clever man and is one of Charles F'rohman's right hand men during the winter months.
 The members of the company are all high-classed artists, and in Atlanta they are invited out into society frequently. l have never witnessed Lost for Twenty four Hours but I have heard that 1t was very fine comedy and one for which this company Is well adapted. I feel sure that the people will patronize the com rany well and that the management will be encouraged to do bigger things for Birmingham each year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17
Elections This Year.

State elections will be held this year f. Ohio, Iowa, Rhode Island, Maryland, Massachusetts, Kentucky Louisiana and Mississippi Three of these will not be contested The democrats will carry Louisiana and Mississippi with. out an effort, and the republicans will carry Massachusetts in like easy manner.
 But the contest in the other five states will have at least interesting features, Kentucky will doubtless go democratic, and Governor Beckham will be reelected, but the feuds and domestic troubles of the state may dis. turb the balance of parties in some counties, and the returns will on that account be interesting. Every office in the state will be contested.
 In Maryland presidential politics Is involved, for if the state goes republi- can 1t will be claimed that MT. Cor. man cannot carry h4s own state. The importance of carrying the state this year is well understood by the demo csats of Maryland, and MT. German is to great extent the real issue.
 The election in the little state con trolled by Senator Aldrich and his pup pets may surprise all. Rottenness to a surprising extent exists among the rank and file. Hundreds of persons expect to be paid before they vote, and tie man or the cause with the longer purse wins. This rottenness Is the issue before the people, and the de mand for reform Is loud and urgent Boss Aldrich may not be in danger because he puts to the front other bosses who have to encounter the pop ular blows, while he escapes unhurt but all intelligent persons know that { he and he alone is as responsible fol La disgraceful condition of the state as he is for Dingleyism or the control
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17
CALIFORNIA CRITIC C
 N. s BARBARIC SPL

ilies, dependent on
 hand and father, attempt to keep up with the pace set by the miilionaires. salary of ten thousand year will barely sup port husband and wife who make any pretension of mingling among the pa- irons of the high-priced resorts. The re- suit Is that thousands of families in New York are living beyond their means. 4 few years of this unreasonable mode of life drives the man of the family into bankruptcy, of course. and ruins the family. but in their headlong downward flight the extravagant New Yorkers oo not care about the future. They i've luxuriantly from day to day and staVe or the crash as long as they can. When IL comes they sink out of sight-go west or become part of the submerged classes.
 There are many families in New York that live very meanly and parsimoniously that they may have cash enough to make a figure at sherry's or the Waldorf-As- toria on Sunday night. Many of the big jewelry stores make a practice of lend ing sets of jewels for night. For this accommodation they receive large pay. The wife of some comparatively poor man will appear in public wearing from fifty to one hundred thousand dollars worth of diamonds, for the use of which she has given a sum equal to a months in- come of her husband. The husband, poor man, Is very likely as vain and foolish as his wife. He enjoys having people that do not know him take him for million aire. For this he gives up all the real oy.4o 4a,afo of n, income. amply sufficient If he would spend 1t reasonably. he is nothing but tawdry pauper.
 Not only ultimate bankruptcy, but fre- quently embezzlement, is the consequence of this extravagant way of living. Sala- ries that would seem very large in San Francisco become mere pittanees in New York Here he can dine at a restaurant with the best" that is, the richest peo- York he must herd with the poor, and can behold the rich only from distance. Of course. if a man Is clever, he can be- come profoundly satirical and find the vulgar rich very amusing-still from a distance-and can work himself into an exceedingly superior state of mind He can become even more than satirical if he will contrast the display of vast wealth with the misery and pauperism that prevail so close to it.
 If the satirist Is from San Francisco he may return thanks that this city is yet fairly free from the madness of making the passion of spending money He may get some consolation from the reflection that "A per cent of the people of San Francisco, while only 12 per cent of the people of New York, own their own homes and from the additional fact that the cli- mate of San Francisco is worth a million dollars, in terms of comfort to each in- habitant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17
The Sapphire Country.

I. H. Aiken, manager of the ToxRway companys hotels In the Sapphire country or North Carolina, after spending a few days in Birmingham left yesterday aA. ternoon for the east The company opeS rated four hotels last summer and 1t will add fifth this season--the Toxaway Inn on Lake Toxaway. The Sapphire section is famed for it's beautiful seen cry. There are no more entrancing views in the United States than are seen there and Italy has no softer or lovelier skies.
 number of large photographs of the Sap phire country to Birmingham. They will be found in the office of J. c. Lusk of the Southern Railway company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-17

- HE following remarkable deserip- lCD ton of New York's Vulgar
 Rich" appears as an editorial re- view in the San Francisco Bulletin:
 Western people that have visited New York within the last three or four years have been astonished and impressed by the ostentatious opulenoe of that city.
 The smart drives are filled with long files of private equipages. The women dress richly and spiendidiy It is noth- Ing to see a quarter of a million dollars worth of jewels decking the person of the wife of some man who is not known to the public. There are so many mil- lionaires in New York that they are as common as members Of the lower house in Washington, or as Chinamen in San Francisco. Long streets are taken up by the great houses of obscure miiion- aires.
 Great fortunes are easily made in New York, where money abounds, but the indigenous rich are not the whole of the millionaire population of that city, for hundreds of Western families. hav- ing made their pile in Michigan 1um- 
 cattle or other Western enterprises and industries. move to New York set up establishments there, and help to sup port sherry's, the waidorf-Astoria, Tiffanys and other such places.
 The spiendor and luxury of New York are barbaric. The striving for display has assumed the look of madness. Immense sums are spent in folly. There seems to be a competition in extravagance. Peo- pie advertise their wealth by extraor- dinary entertainments and by throwing their money about as if they were glad to get rid Of 1t. Prices at the places of public resort frequented by the rich are consequently very high.
 There Is a millionaire public in New York large enough to support such es- tablishments. and prices are ranged ac- cording to the millionaire purse. These establishments are rated In New York as of the first class. As there is not a large millionaire population in any other city, prices at the first-ciass hotels and lower estimate of the average wealth of the patrons. People in moderate cireum- stances can afford to live and dine at the Palace hotel in this city or at any first class hotel or restaurant in any other city except New York. But in New York a family having an income of only few thousands a year lives beyond it's means If t dimes frequently at sherry's or at the Waldorf-Astoria.
 But-and herein is the evil of these luxurious resorts = the usual well-to-do American family, in New York as else- where, is afraid to patronize any but frst-class hotel or restaurant or to cross the ocean on any but the fastest steam CTS. Consequently many hundreds of fam