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COUP D'eTAT sERvrA
King Gets Sid OF Objectionable coun-
cillors. Laws and Lawmakers.


cilicrs. Laws and Lawmakers.
Beisrade. Servia, April S-King
Alexander has executed coup
d'etat He issued two proclama-
tions. the first decroeing a suspen-
sion of the constitution adopted April
10. 1901. repeating Objectionable laws
curling his power passed hereunder
retiring the councillors of state. dis
solving the Skupshtina or legislative
assembly and re-onactine the laws as
they existed previous to the consti-
tuition Of 1901. The second prociama-
ton restores this constitution 10 its
former validity
All the ministers who resigned ST
multanecusly with the suspension of
the constitution were reinstated with
the exception of Foreign Minister Lo-
zanico. who will be succeeded by NJ
Denies, minister of public works.
or the newly appointed life mem
bers OF the senate. u are Old Liberals
and supporters OF the former regent.
seven We're formerly members Of the
progressive party and five are neutral.
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M of the PhIlipplnes.


In his address at Fargo, President
Roosevelt spoke at length on the Phil
ippfnes. saying in part:
lit is good thing 90 look back upon
what has been said and compare il
with the record of what has actually
been done.
THE first duty was the restoration
of order; and 10 this end the use of the
army OF the United States-an army
composed OF regulars and volunteers
alike-was necessary. To put down
the insurrcction and restore peace to
the islands was duty not only to our
selves but to the islanders also. We
could not have abandoned the conflict
without Sinking this duty. without
proving ourselves recreants to the
memory of our forefathers. Moreover
81 we had abandoned il We would have
inflicted upon the FilpinOs the most
cruel wrong and would have doomed
them TO q bloody tumble of anarchy
and tyranny.
The circumstances of the war made
It one OF peculiar difficulty, and our sol
diers We're exposed to peculiar wrongs
from their foes. They fought in dense
tropical jungles against enemies who
were very treacherous and very cruel.
not only toward our own men. but
toward the great numbers of friendly
natives. the most peaceable and most
civilized among whom eagerly well
coined our rule. Under such cfrcum-
stances, among a hundred thousand
hot-blooded and powerful young men
serving in small detachments on the
other side of the globe il was impossi-
bic that occasional instances oil wrong
doing should not occur. The fact that
they occurred in retaliation for we'll
nigh intolerable provocation cannot for
one moment be admitted in the way of
excuse or justification. All good Amer
leans regret and deplore them. and the
war department has taken every step
In its power to punish the offenders
and TO prevent or minimize the chance
of repetition of the offence. But these
offences were the exception and not
the rule. When. by last July, the last
vestige of organized insurrection had
disappeared, peace and amnesty were
| proclaimed.
AS rapidly as military rule was ex-
tended over the islands by the defeat
| of the insur. ents. just so rapidly was il
replaced by the civil government In
Governor Taft and his associates we
sent to the Filipinos as upright as
conscientious and as able a group of
administrators as ever any country has
been blessed with having The admin
! istration Is incorruptibly honest: JUS
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-11
ROOSEVELT DENOUNCED
o. q. Hill Attacks His Course As Gov
ernor Of New York.

D. Q. Hin Attacks His Course As Gov
ernor Of New York.
Albany y. Y. April S.-Prosident
Roosevelt in his Official capacity as
governor of the state of New York.
came in for sound berating by former
United States Senator David B. Hill
during his argument as counsel for the
corporations i'm the special franchise
tax case before the court of appeals.
MI Hill attacked President Roose-
welt for his course ~ governor of this
state with reference To the passage of
the special franchise tax law. lie en-
phaticaily denied that the corporations
were responsible for the alleged un-
constitutional features of the law. de-
clariug that Governor Roosevelt him
self recommended them in so many
words.
Governor Roosevelt he characterized
as man OF very limited experience
ia the administration OF state affairs.
and he accused him OF forcing the
special franchise tax law upon the
legislature as "a political eXpciiont"
AZ the behest of certain minor. semi
political. and largely socialistic or
ganizations - scltcoustitutod. ire
sponsihle and noisy associations. most
" of non-taNpaycrs. assuming a mo-
nopolv Of the championship Of the
peoples alleged rishts"
The hili Senator Hin declared. was
rushed thrurch the legislature i'm three
DAYS and signed by Governor Rooso
Welt without hearing ON the next
day thercatter-"the product of haste
tckloncss and undue clamor"
The court made no comment upon
Senator liill's attacks upon the for
mer governor who is now president OF
the United States
Governor Roosevelt needs no de-
Tense at my hands said the attorney
general "lf he did nothing else than
take the initiative steps which will
place these enormous values in such
relation To the tax law that they viii
bear their share with the owners of
cottages. business enterprises and
other property now the subject Of tax
alton he would have deserved tho
promotion with which he has been
rewarded"
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-, x-zr---
New JerseY Sets ~. 2kS-

Trenton. n. j., April S-Governor
Murphy received from the Federal gov
eminent check for $479.S33 20 on &C
count Of the claim OF the state for
money advanced in equipping volun-
teers during the Civil War. The state
still has further claim for $3.50. 900
which is in process OF adjustment.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-11
IN A FAMILIAR COUNTRY
President Received Hearty Greetings
From Old Friends in North Dakota.
INDIANS PRESENT PIPE OF PEACE

AR. Roosevelt Given Truly Western
Reception at Medora. Where He
Owned Ranch Years Ago indians
Wish Him a Second Term.
Mandan. n. ID. April President
Roosevelt has been travelling through
familiar country and has received
hearty greetings wherever his train
stopped AZ many places he recognized
oir fricrl-. aud from his conversation
n Is evident that this has been one Of
the most enjoyable days OF his trip
AZ Fargo. jamestown aud Bismarck he
made stops of from half an hour to an
houf and discussed the conditions in
the Philippines. the tariff and the gen
efa prosperity of the country. Stops
also we've made al Casseltou. Tower
Valley City. the home of Governor
White. Dawson. Dickin and Medora.
The most interesting ceremony of the
day occurred az Medora. where the pres
ident at one time owned rarch and
which was his postofice address Is
years ago. when he was sheriff of Bill
lings county Medora is a small place
but the ranchmen from the surround
Ing country had come into town. and
they gave the president a truly western
reception. Joe Ferris. the presidents
Old foreman. and his brother. S. NJ
Ferris. met The president at bismarck
and rode with him 10 Medora
Standing in the private Office of Gov
ornor White al Bismarck. President
Roosevelt received the assurance of
the friendship and support OF the great
Sioux Indian tribe and similar assur-
anoes from the chiefs of the Mandans
and Grosscntros. Twenty OF the most
DISTINGUISHED chioftaius OF tho tribes
had come .I0m their agencies to see
the great father" and 20 assure him
of their support and good will There
were many famous Indians in the as
semhlare. John Grass. the orator and
chief Justice of the Sioux. made the
oniation OF the tribes good viii
I'm translation of the address. which
had been agreed unon in council of the
chiefs. At the same time Grass pre-
scented the president q peace pipe OF
beautifully carved ripcstono. I'm token
OF the good will and friendship OF the
Indians
1--WE have been treated we'll by the
good great father" soid Grass. "and
We hope he viii AGAIN DE great father
when his time is over"
Water. chief of the Nandan Indians.
also presented written assurances Of
the good will of his people Tell
him." said President Roosevelt through
the Interpreter. that am glad To see
him. The Nanian Indians have always
done Well" Then the wrinkled old
chioftains sraspei the presidents
hand and solcmnly srunted their APP
prevail
Some of them had fought against
Custer The president had traded with
ter. Tho president had traded with
two OF these Indians Is or 20 years ago.
and ne instantly recognized them. The
chiefs presented an address and a pipe
OF peace Co the president who had
few words OF greeting and thanks for
each man
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~>-~H NsC<-
LA5OH.o COAL TRUST

New Fuel Company Organized With
capitalization Of $4,000, 900.
Fort Smith Ark, April S-Thes La
Dor Fuel Company. recently organized
with a capital of $4,000. 900. is to be
a gigantic coal mining company. own
ed and controlled by union labor. J.
Mallete, southwestern representative
of the American Federation OF Labor.
is president. and A. I. Rattere. chair
man of the Railway Clerks legislative
board, is the vice president The di-
rectors are all labor men. The com
pany purchased $4,000 acres of coal
land. Operations will soon begin.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Schedule effective January IL, 1903.
Trains leave Washington from Pennsy.-
Vania Station


Trains leave Washington from Pennsy.-
vania Station.
$40 IA IN Daily-Isocal for Harrisonburg.
Warrenton, Charlotte, and way stations.
lO.5l IN Observation-Disclosures and Florida
Llmite |. First-ciasS coaches and drawing
room sleeper TO Jacksonville. Fla. Din
lng-c II service.
II 10 m Daily-United States Fast Mail
= .rst-class coaches and drawing room
sleeper TO New Orleans. Dming-car ser
vice.
4.Ol m Week Days-Local for Harri-
sonburg and way stations on Manassas
Branch
4.2O pm Daily-LOcal for Warrenton and
Charlottesville.
6.3l IN Week Days-Southern Palm
Limited, soiic Pullman train. Through
slcepers TO Al Ken, Augusta, Savannah,
Jacksonville, and st. Augustine. Club,
dining and observation cars.
6.i5 p IN Daily-New York and Atlanta
approximations coach ard sleeper to
Atlanta; Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days. Sunset Route Tourist sleeper, Wash
ton to San Francisco. Pullman Buffet ser
vice.
$50 IN Daily-New York and Florida
| approximations coach and sleeper to
Camden, Summerville, Charleston, Savan
nah, jacksonville, and Port Tampa sleeper
10 Augusta, and connection for Aiken.
Dining-car service.
l ApOl u III ltdilN-4NtW OK ana Mem
/ phis Limited (via Lynchburg )-First-clas
coach and sleeping car TO Roanoke, Knox
vile, Chattanooga, and Memphis: sleeper
to New Orleans. Dining-car service.
1913 p IN Daily-WashingtO and South
western Limited-All Pullman trains club
and observation cars to Atlanta and Ma
con; sleepers'to Nashville, Atlanta, Macon,
Memphis, New Orleans Monday, We'd
nesday, and Friday through sleeper to
Pinehurst. Dining-car service.
TRAINS on BLUEMoNT BRANCH.
Leave Washington S.5Oa m md 4.49 !
m daily; week days, 100 p m, 4.35 p m, an0
90 m, latter to LeeSburg only.
Through trains from the South arrive
Washington GAP n III, Coz a m, 7.fO IN,
.. 45 m, 200 p m, -9.l5 p m, and $50 y m,
daily, 1918 a m daily except Monday.
Local trains from HarrisOnburg, IL IS d
IN week days and 800 m daily From
Charlottesville, S.2Sa m and 900 p IN dali Y.
Tickets, sleeping car, reservations and
detailed information can be had at tick ct
Office, 200 i5th'st.; 5ll Pa. ave-. and Penn
sylvapia Station. Baggage checked through
from hotels and residences.
Phone 1910 for l.. X. X. Cab service
{. n. ACk ERT, General Manager.
;. II. HAhDNlCk, General Pass. Agt
L. = BROWN. General Agent.
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Train No. 20 leaves Richmond . 10 a. n
daily fox Petersburg, Norlina, y. o., ana
all intermediate points. Connection at
Norlula with trains arriving Henderson
Top. m and Raleigh % y. m. daily. sd
Durham p. m. daily, except Sunday.
Connections at Jacksonville aud Iampa
Tor all Florida East coast points and Cubs
and Porto Rico; at New Orleans for a.
points in Texas. Mexico and Gallo. MIA
TRAINS ARRIVE AT ECONOMICALLY
Is 40 a. M, No. "a From all points Soutl
= 10 a. m, No. %
50 p. IN. Nc. 10 and Southwest.
- p. N, No. %. from NOrlina, y {.
Petersburg and local points.
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SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY

short Line 70 Principal Cities O.. Tie
south and southwest. Florida, Cuba. Texas
california and Mexico. reaching The Cap,
calls of six States
Schedule IN EFFLC1 Jan. ~. 1873.
I AAiN~ LEAVE KtCnAOSD-MAIN s1KItT
srATION-DAILI.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-12-22

WARK, N. j., Dec. 22.-Added to
what Sthe police call her murderous
cruelty, Mrs. Catharine Ray, charged
with the murder of her 4-yesr-old
niece, Marie Coming, is one of the
most wonderful specimens of physical
development that ever came under the
notice of the police surgeons.
Were she out of her present pre-
dicament, which the police claim will
lead to her conviction, she might earn
. large salary by posing as a specimen
Of what physical culture has done for
me-"
Dressed in the calico wrapper of the
prison, she looks slight. girlish and
innocent. That smile with which she
greeted the police when they entered
her home has changed to one of win
ming tenderness, and she is the pic
ture of wronged humanity.
Strip off the wrapper with its con-
cealing folds, tear away that beguil-
ing smile, and they say the woman
stands revealed demon and giantess.
1t is alleged that Mrs. Ray became
angry at her husband, who allowed his
niece to escape from room where
she had locked her, and that she chas-
ed him out of the house with toasting
fork, after which she went back and
killed the child, ending by throwing
the little thing down stairs at the
point of the weapon. Seventy bruises
were counted on the child's body by
the coroner.
Investigation has developed the fact
that Catharine Ray has been addicted
to bursts Of terrible anger Only 81,
her strength is wonderful. She is n
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Jeffries, the Invincihls.

IF Dick Welles and Lou Dillon and
Dan Patch divide the equine honors
there Is no division of glory In the
pugilistic world. None OF the seven
champions of Christendom appears to
have been as near to invineibility as
James J. Jeffries. holder of the
worlds title this year.
To make his superiority doubly
sure. Jeffries has twice knocked out
his most formidable opponents-Cor-
bett and FitZsimmons.
No higher tribute to Jefrries' su =
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owner decided that, hopples or not,
Prime Alert's time was menace to
his horses reputation. At Memphis
he had Patch keyed to his best form
and decided to send him against
Alerts mark
On October 81 Dan Patch caught a
beautiful still day with the track in
great condition. Without wind shield
and with only runner to pace. he
turned the mile in 1861, breaking
Prince Alert's questioned record more
than a second,
The harness world was almost
stunned by this performance, and
thought there might be some flaw In
1t. until. one week later, Dan Patch
broke two more records. He went half
mile to sulky in Sc seconds fiat
ana mile to wagon in 1:57A. or as
fast as Alert went to sullsy. with
hopples and wind shield.
Dick welles' Record.
After Dan Patch and Lou Dillon
there is Dick Welles, the phenomenal
runner.
During the racing season of 1903
there were over 100 track records
lowered on the 90 leading race courses
OF the country. Washington Park
headed the list having made 10 new
records for it's track.
The mile--which is considered the
standard distance--has been covered
several times this season in better
time than 1889. On three occasions
at least the 1898 mark has been
reached and twice the record has
gone below these figures.
The record for one mile on n cjrcu-
lar track is now held by Dick Wclles,
the 3-year-old son of King Eric and
Teas over. 1t is / ;37 2-5 Early this
year Alan-A-Dale ran the distance IN
1887 3-5, but a few weeks later Dick
Welles came along and made what Is
now the worlds record
Salvador has gone a mile against
time in 1885 y but this. 1t must be re-
membered, was on a straightaway
course.
But the mile made by Dick welles
In 1897 2-5 is not his best race this
year, although 1t is the worlds rec
ord His most wonderful perform
ance was his six furlongs In l:1Ii.5.
This is also worlds record on a cir
cular track and was an extraordinary
achievement.
YAE
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Splendid Showing of Trade
in the United States
for the Year

- NEW YORK, Dec, Especial tele-
grams from correspondents OF the In
ternatlonal Mercantile agency con-
corning the state OF trade throughout
the United States are summarized as
follows:
Interest and dividend disbursements
ut Philadelphia January 1 viii nggre-
gate Se.000,0 900: at Plttsburg &C. 0o0.-
900 aud ut St Louis $4,000. 900. At the
"Quaker city" the wool industry foil
behind % per cent this year. owing
60 previous forced production and
strikes, and the outlook for 1904 Is
good. General trade prospects Mt
Pittsburg for next year arc for gains.
Chicago reports fair outlook for
next year. st. Louis an encouraging
ono. and st. Paul one as good as this
year. Nearly all leading western
railways are suffering from lack of
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motive power to move freight. offer
ing the first instance OF the kind this
year. Inquiries for $4,000 tons of
rails and structural steel at Chicago
constitute one of the features of the
Industrial week, Whllo Texas rail-
ways are doing heavy business there
Is some complaint OF collections In
that state, The commerce of the
country In the presence of marked
labor disturbance. promises to show
the results of the invigorating in(lu-
ence of the United States having paid
on not only nearly $500. 0o0.0 900 OF In
debtedness abroad during 1908. but
OF our having actually established a
credit on the other side In addition
thereto. The export trade within
three months has outrun all records.
Financial interests are less conf
dent OF as much OF January rise IN
the stock market as customary IN
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w O r M 6

preciats your Cascarets. I commenced
taking them last November and took
two Decent boxes and passed tape-
worm IA feet long. Then cemmenced
taking them again and Wednesday,
April 4, I passed another tape worm
% feet long and over q thousand
small worms. Previous to my taking
Cascarets I didn't know had q tape
worm. I always had a small appe-
title. WIN. f. Brown, 1874 Franklin
street BROOKLYN N Y
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POSSESSES STRENGTH OF A SANDOW.

boxer with more than a local reputa-
ton. When young girl she bested
her father in rough and tumble hgh''
and was sent by him to the city home
for unruly children.
She grew fond Of athletics and per-
formed gymnastic feats Of daring with
the ease of professional. She became
female Sandow, and SO proud of her
strength was she that she wore sleeve
less waists to display her wonderful
arms
When II she decided that she had
been in the institution long enough, sc
threw guard over the fence and es-
capped to her home, where she terror
lied the family. Her father notified
the police, and two officers went to
the house to get her.
Hiding in a second floor room, Cath
airline defied the officers, and when they
broke in told them she would jump
from the window if they tried to get
her. Thinking she was bluffing, they
made dash for her, but she jumped
through the window, taking sash and
glass with her. Alighting on her feet,
| she disappeared, attired only in her
night clothes, and for two days and
nights hid in the meadows, where she
was finally surrounded and captured
Returned to the home she became a
model pupil and earned an early re-
| lease.
The daily amusement of the girl, SC
her sister-in-law declared, was to arm
herself with a revolver, with which
she was an adept, knife or chair
leg, and chase her husband out of the
house. Once, with a revolver in one
hand and a knife in the other, it is
said she took after him until he jump
ed from the second-story window. She
jumped after him and chased him fol-
blocks. With all her ferociousness she
, claimed to love her husband and was
insanely jealous of him. Criminologists
say it was the same sort of love a
tigress bears for her mate. The couple
have two children, whom the mothe,
| simp1v ,dol;,o.
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It's Down Where the
TumWaser
Flows

What has become of the Tumwater
bowling team?
Henry Seiffert. it's manager and
organizer. has not been particularly
anxious for the last few days to run
his team of world beaters'' up
against Dutch Jake's hardy men.
Jake. however. will from now on
insist upon a contest to be pulled off
within the next few days, or else his
cooked hat team will claim the cham
piorship-yet already. Don't tell
en- 1t is now up to Mr.. Seiffert to
quit selling the flowing amber and get
down to business rolling on the al
leys.
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BEATS ALL THE
PAST RECORDS

view of the extent to which loans
were made last summer. in the fear
of high rates. to run until after Janu-
airy. l. +. A. Vanderlip of the Ma
tional City bank states that as some
dividends have been cut, others abol-
ished and new issues put forth, II
does not seem that the percentage of
the amount to be paid out In New
York as interest and dividends on
January should change much from
a year ago. when 1t was estimated at
500, $3.50
Inquiry in New York indicates that
the years trade at the metropolis
other than iron. steel. lumber and
cotton goods. has averaged fully equal
to ana in some directions. has slightly
exceeded, like totals In 1902.
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FIrzaERALD VS.. cANorE.

BOSTON, Mass. Dec. 22.-In the
arena of the Criterion Athletic club
tonight Martin Candle. the Fall River
lightweight is to make his first ring
appearance since he fought the 25-
round battle with Jimmy Britt, the
California champion. His opponent
will be Willie Fitzgerald. the Brook
lyn lightweight. The fight is expect
seen hereabouts in a long time, as
both men are clever and fast