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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17
MARINES ON ISTHNCS
Will Search For Colombian Troops
Said to Be Near Panama.
RuMoRs OF A SPEEDY ATTACK
Army Officers Greatly Interested, and
Desire to Participate In Movement.
General Reyes Says No Troops Were
anded

LANDED.
Colon. Dec l5-A company OF ma
/ rines from the United States cruiser
Prairie was landed here under the
command of Captain Smediey ID. But
Ter. of West Chester. Pa. and imms
diately started by train for Panama
The destination Of the marines is said
10 be Yaviza. up the San Miguel gulf
and Tuira river
II is believed that the decision OF
the naval authorities TO station ma
rines at YayiZa may possibly be owing
10 the reports that Colombian troops
have been seen In that direction but
up to the present time there is no rea'
son 10 believe that any large force Is
under orders TO march on Panama
from Cauca. The opinion seems To
prevail that the few Colombian sol
diers seen were probably scouts who
were endeavoring TO learn what pre-
ventive and protective measures were
being taken by the Republic OF Pana'
ma. and that IL was their presence
which gave rise to the exaggerated
rumors of a speedy attack by Columbia
on the lsthmus.
II Is more likely that the movement
OF marines to Yaviza is In conformity
with the policy of the naval authorities
to concentrate forces at points which
offer the best facilities for getting i'm
mediate information OF any movement
by Colombian troops towards Panama
and at the same time afording the ma
rines some relief from their confne-
ment to the ships. The marines car
ried with them all requisites for camp
life and also a number OF machine
guns.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17

General James Longstreet, United
States commissioner OF railroads, has
just submitted his report. While the
report shows that the net earnings
of the bonded railroads haveincreas-
ed over the preceding year, the IN
crease Is much less marked than that
81 last year, owing to washouts,
scarcity OF labor, increased cost OF
fuel, etc. Many permanent improve
ments and the addition of $500
miles to the lines Of these roads are
reported.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17

Senator McCarren, OF New York
has been in consultation with the
Democratic leaders and is iubilani
over the prospect OF Democratic sue
cess in the next presidential contest
While he admits that no candidate
has been pointed out as probable
certainty, he Is OF the opinion that
she party can elect any good man,
such as Parker, Cleveland, German,
Gray or Francis, who have been SC
frequently mentioned.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17
Shot himself Before a Mirror.

Washington. Dec. li.-Standing be-
fore mirror to make sure aim, Jo-
seph Harnie Thibadeau, 81 years OF
age. OF Falls Church. Va. shot him
self through the forehead in a local
hotel lie was formerly clerk In the
paymaster generals Office A letter
found on the bureau. believed to have
heen written just before the suicide,
shows Thibadeau to have been in
financial straits and that he imagined
himself TO be the victim Of con
spiracy.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17

1t is reported that the Norfolk po-
lice, or some Of the force at least,
are standing in with the gamblers OF
that city and inform them previous
to a raid on their premises. An in
vestigation is to be made and the
mayor promises tomake it warm for
all guilty parties.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17

STEEL TRUST TO CUT WAGES
10000 Men to be Reduced from 5 te
20 Per Cent,

20 Per Cent.
New York, Dec. 15.-The statement
was made by leading official Of the
United States Steel Corporation that
beginning January 1, 1904. about 90
per cent. OF the employees of the cor
poration will suffer wage reductions
ranging from to 20 per cent. This
reduction will affect about $50. 900 work.
men in the various grades OF the sub
sidiary companies.
The remaining 10 per cent OF en-
ployes are members Of the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel nd
Tin Workers. whose wage schedule
runs to July /, 1904.
The finance committee Of the steel
corporation has, It is understood. under
consideration the dismissal OF many
high salaried employees, In addition 70
those already discharged. but no state
ment on this point was forthcoming
II was asserted that barring some
unforeseen technicalities, employees Of
the corporation who participated In
the profit sharing plan will In the COM
ing month receive 8 So DIVIDEND on
the preferred stock to which they sub
scribed at $3.50.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17

The new republic OF Panama is not
very extensive in territory. In area,
it is said to be little less than the
State Of Indiana, and its population
is about 100000 Three thousand
OF these are in Colon and the balance
in Panama.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17

After the persistency OF the Henrico
Grand Jury to present indictments
against several candidates in that
county in the late election, for violat-
ing the pure election law, their work
will amount to nothing. Mr. Brauer,
against whom is the strongest case,
has been tried and acquitted. Is is
to be hoped that this will be the end
OF the entire matter.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17
New Warden at Eastern espIisntIary

Philadelphia, Dec. Is. 3Joseph T
Byers, Of Columbus, o., formerly sec
rotary of the Ohio Stats Board OF
Charities, was chosen warden Of the
Eastern State Penitentiary, which is
situated in this city. He succeeds Dan
lei w. Bussinger, who was recently re-
moved by the Board of Prison inspec-
tors because Of mismanagement There
were 40 candidates for the position,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17

Mrs. Langtry does not seem to like
the disrobing scene in "Mrs. Deer
ing's Divorce" and has cut it out
entirely. 1t will no doubt improve
the play, il it does not make it more
popular.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17
Viola Sands Hazard, aged iOs years

Viola Sands Hazard, aged los years
the Oldest woman in Rhode Island
died at her home In Wakefield.
W. Fl. Ennis, former Brooklyn po-
llceman, was electrocuted at Sing
Sing prison, n. Y. for wife murder.
Mss Helen Gould declined to &C
cepr the presidency Of the lady man
ayers OF the 81. Louis Worlds Fair
John Il. Fisher DROPPED dead when
his name was called IN Chicago
court. He was . witness in a bogus
check case.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, aged IS
years, Of Boston, has been elected
chaplain q the United States senate
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17
Newspaper q i60 PAGES

st. Louis. Dec. 15.-The twepty-hfth
anniversary OF the publication Of the
Post Dispatch was celebrated by the
issuing OF an edition a single copy Of
which weighed two pounds and con-
tanned 100 pages. Ten street cars and
more than 60 wagons were required to
distribute the paper in st. Louis. AL
though 100000 copies were issued, the
supply was soon exhausted.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17
Many institutions Of learning

Many institutions Of learning
throughout the country have been
closed in the last few weeks because
of contagious diseases among the
students or in families OF those con-
nected with the institutions. The
last one to close Is the Western Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, diptheria
and scarlet lever having broken out
d he iau'Ily q PIE IaEitor
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17
MARINES LANoEp IN KOREA
Japanese Warships Send Force Ashorc
10 Check RIotlnu at Mok-Phe.

seoul, Dec. l5.-TheJ Japanese landed
marines al Mok-Phe to suppress riot
ing during a strike among laborers.
II is reported that they fred upon the
mob. killing several people. The strike
was among Korean coolies employed
in the foreign concession which pre-
cipitated clashes among the Koreans
and japanese. The affair, It is thought,
may cause local complications, and it
is possible Russia may send warship
should the Korean government resent
the landing Of mdrines by Japan.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17

St Johns, n. F.. Dec l5.--During 8
fierce gale She schooner Sailors Homo
was driven ashore at St Mary's Bay
and the entire crew Of six persons per
ished. The Sailors Home is now a
derelict. and was seen drifting about
in the ocean. This is the second dis
aster of the kind in the last two weeks
the previous one being the wreck on
Ferryland Head. near Cape Race, OF
the Dutch schooner Sigrid On that
occasion fishermen we're lowered 200
feet down the face of cliffs by means
of ropes. recovering the bodies Of the
five members of the crew and giving
them Christian burial.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17
UNEXPECTED FORTUNE TO EIGHT
Lltwiler Family Of Bloomsbury, Pa
Heirs to philadelphia Property.

Heirs to Philadelphia Property.
Wilkesbarre. Pa. Dec Is. - News
comes from Bloomsbury TO the effect
that large fortune has been left in
Philadelphia, in which the estate Of
Mrs Henry Litwiler. Of Roaring
Brook. Columbia county, is directly in
terested. which may result in leaving
a comfortable fortune for each OF eight
children who survive her II is said
that the first information that the fam
fly had of this wealth came with a let
ter from the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad company to Mrs Henry Lit.
wiler. in which the railroad company
asked to release some property In Phil
adelphia belonging TO the Holicher es'
tate. of which Mrs. Litwiler was lin
cal descendant The property in ques-
ton is located on Broad street, Phila-
delphia. and is valued at $500 600. Mrs.
Litwiler died some time ago, and the
letter was opened by her son Edward,
who at once took steps to establish
rights to the property. It is expected
that their interests will be looked af-
ter by Ex-Governor Robert E. Pat
tison. The probabilities are that
when their rights are established they
will not agree to releasing the land.
but will insist upon a sale.
Together withthe son Edward there
are the following brothers and sisters.
William W., Frank H., Stephen L.,
Mrs. J. f. Blass, Mrs. Amanda Under
muth, Mrs. Jacob Turnbach, all Of
Roaring Creek township. Their inter
ests are one-eighth of all the estate.
which would bring to each the com
Portable fortune of $62,500.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17
Ano.her nRexolutionp h San DOMINGO

Another "RevoIution" In San Domingo.
San Domingo. Dec. ia rumor is
in circulation here that troops Of the
provisional government have attacked
the revolutionary troops stationed at
Monte Christi. The government
troops were repulsed and are hoy be-
sieged in fort In Santiago city All
Is quiet In the neighborhood Of the
fort. though the situation may become
serious at any moment.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17
Wan. Panama to Assume $4,000, 900

London. Dec. l5.-The correspondent
of the Morning Leader at The Hague
saws II is reported there that both Hol-
land and Great Britain insist that the
Republic Of Panama shall assume la
biity for $4,000. 900 Of the Colombian
debt
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17

The Democratic senators wisely,
we think, have decided to offer no
amendments to the Cuban reciproci-
ty treaty. 1t will now probably be
adopted without delay.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-17
Bank pefsvItsf Plead, Guilty.

Trenton, N. J.. Dec. ls.--James N.
Edge, the defaulting Paterson bank tel
Ter, pleaded guilty in the United States
District Court and will be sentenced
next Monday. Edge was recently ar
rested after an absence from Paterson
of nearly s year. His populations
amounted to nearly 100000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01

Kitty Collins is a Newfoundland fish
wife whose sharp tongue and dealings
have made he a celebrity the length of
the East Shore The man or woman is
yet to be born who can beat her on any
trade which saVors of fish.
She lives in one of the out-ports and
brings her fish to st. Johns to market
Early one spring she brought the first
salmon of the season to the house of the
bishop to sell. 1t was a fine salRon
weighing eight pounds, and the bishop
was so pleased that he gave her not only
the high price she asked for it, but lit
tie extra to show his appreciation of
Kitty's enterprise.
When the salmon was dressed it was
found to be stuffed with about two pounds
of gravel The bishop was angry that
the fish wife should dare try. her tricks on
him, and demanded that he should be
notified when she appeared again.
Kitty was not long in making a return
trip.
When Kitty stood before him. the bish-
op, terrible in his righteous wrath thun-
dered-
what do you mean, woman, by selling
me a fish filed with rocks ?''
oh, but. sir, your grace, . replied Kitty
smiling and unruffled don't you remem-
Der that last gale, sir? He took on bal
last, your grace. '''--Caroline Lockhart, in
January Lippincott's Magazine.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01
RELIEF SOCIETY
Poe's Smile of Genius.

His mouth was like Apollo's Bow I'M
bent and, in the natural curve, said sor-
row. with imagination, but. when wreath
ed into smiles by any cheering infior-
escence of his soul-disclosing a set of
ivory teeth as evenly set as the OPAL
walls OF Eden-was absolutely captivating
and beautiful. So remarkably pleasing
was this transition from sadness to sum
SHINY gladness of hilarity, that 1 now
seem to see him smiling before me
Eghtin& up the dim vistas of my memory
as the rain-fraught lightning does The
darkness of summer night. But there
was this popularity about his smile.
which do not remember ever to have
seen in any other person, namely that
1t did not appear to be the result of
gladness of heart altogether-nor gIad-
ness mixed with sorrow-but pleasing
satire-a- smiling review of all that had
just been said by him-like the trium-
plant world -renovating laughter of the
weeping heavens-eXpressiv of that
Beautiful Apollonian disdain which seem
ed to say, What you, see through a
glass dar1ly,' I behold through the couch
ed eye of an Illuminated Seer" Not only
did he look this, but he felt it-felt it
with all his inmost soul. 1t was, in the
truest acceptation of the term a smile
of GeniuS.-From the contemporary de-
scription of Poe, printed in 1.-THE Poe
ChlVers Papers" in the January Cen
tury.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01
LAST YEAR WAS GREAT
FOR STOCK HANDLERS
Continued From Ninth Page.


years, has come about that will UNI
doubtedly prove lasting and that will
unquestionably be most beneficial to,
not only the business men of South ST.
Paul, but to the shippers and feeders
throughout the entire Northwest as
well.
With an eye to the future and rec
ognizing the fact that the growing
business warranted a considerable OUT
lay for betterments the Union Stock
Yards Company and Swift & Com
pany, the principal packers located at
South st. Paul, have been expending
large sums of money in making extern
Sive improvements. The total outlay
of the two concerns in this way in
1902 will not fall far short Of quar-
ter of a million dollars, and the South
St. Paul yards now take rank among
the very best in the country insofar
as equipment is concerned. Swift 81
Company have built large extensions
to their plant and have increased the
stock handling capacity until they are
in position to care for any amount
of stuff that may be received.
The improvements made by the stock
yards company include an immense
amount of paving, new sheds, new
barns and the extension and better
ment of the sewerage system to a point
that is very near perfection. Facilities
for handling. the stock received have
also been greatly improved.
There is one important particular,
and one well worthy of mention, for it
has been source of great satisfaction
to the South st. Paul business men,
and that is the increased amount Of
better quality stock than has been re-
ceived. Common stuff and plenty of it
has come in, but the percentage of
good quality stuff shows a consider
able gain. Handling common and off
colored stock is, at best, most unsat It's
factory and is frequently improbable,
so that statesmen hail with delight even
slight increase in the better grade
stuff received.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01
EFFORT TO BE MADE
BY MILLERS TO
BREAK RATE
Are Not Disposed to Submit
to the Arbitrary Exaction
of the Eastern Roads on
Domestican Export Flour
Consider It Extortion-
ate.

The millers of Minneapolis, who will
from now on be required to pay 21s
cents extra on every hundred pounds
of flour to New York, are naturally
feeling imposed upon, and it is limited
that quiet efforts viii be made to break
the rate
The millers believe that the exaction
of 255 cents is unreasonable from a
commercial standpoint, and conceive
that they will be justified in getting
certain roads to cut their rate in con-
sideration of giving favors in the rOut-
ing of consignments. The rate of 2712
cents on domestic shipments to New
York and 25 cents on export, is the
largest ever levied.
The roads carrying the flour from
Minneapolis to Chicago having agreed
to bear the loss till Jan. 1, no serious
complaint has yet come from the mill
ers, but they will now be required to
meet the advance. The Western roads
also feel aggrieved at the eXaction to
which they were obliged to submit to
accommodate the millers, and it is said
in railroad circles that an effort will
be made to present a claim for the
amount lost
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01
EIinor eIyn Disolaims Exaaaerations.

Elinor Glyn, who wrote 1.-THE Re
Elections Of Ambrosine," says that the
descriptions she gives in that book, as
Well as in ''The Visits of Elizabeth"
of society in England and France, are
neither over nor under drawn, but are
written direct from life. The fact that
some critics question the truth of her
pictures of certain stratum of So
ciety only amuses Mrs. Glyn, who, hav-
ing had an extensive and varied social
experience, feels that she is in a po-
sition to know whereof she writes. Mrs.
Glyn expects next summer to visit
America, where she has not been since
early childhood. She has numbers of
American friends to whom she is par
ticularly attached. She is. not a reader
of novels, and her favorite study is
philosophy and much Literature of the
eighteenth century, which she finds
"eXquisitely witty
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01
RAILROAD NOTES.


The Chicago Great Western has opened
an office in Buffalo to take charge of its
business in that city. 1t is in charge
of w. H. Ward. travelling passenger agent,
and j. T. Douglas, travelling freight agent
The Burlington will today make its
entrance into st. Louis by way of East
ST. Louis over the Eads bridge, belonging
to the Terminal Railroad association. 1t
will discontinue the use of the Alton
bridge at Alton and from that point will
run to East St Louis over the Big Four's
tracks.
A meeting of the ST. Paul and Mime
apolis Rate association has been callea
for Jan. 6, the meeting to be held in the
rooms of the association at the union
depot.
The Rock Island announces train serv-
ice established over the newly constructed
extension from Lawton Okla, to Wauri-
ka, Okla, where connection is made with
the main line. thus giving another direct
route to Dallas. The new extension is
forty miles long and passes through Fort
Worth and Temple, Texas.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01
BIackmore Memorial Closed.

The subscription list for the me-
mortal in Exeter cathedral to r. D.
Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone,' %
has just been closed The sum actu-
ally subscribed amounted to over a
thousand dollars, but additional con-
tributions are promised. 1t is an in
teresting fact in connection with
Blackmore that he was only surprised
by the success of Lorna Doone," and
considered it inferior to his novel
Springhaven." Yet on both sides of
the ocean Lorna Doone'' is the most
popular of his works. Harper &
Brothers have sold more of their edi-
ton of the story, with Its pictures Of
the ''Doone" country, than of any 9TH
er novel published at the time this edi-
ton was published, about three years
ago,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01
Assessment for South Robert and Concord
Street PAVING

Office Of the Board Of Public Works.
City of st. Paul, Mimi, Dee 81 1902.
The Board of Public Works in and for
the corporation of the City, of St Paul
Minnesota, will meet at their office in
said city at p. m. on the 9Th day of
January, A. d. 1903, to make an assess
ment of benefits, costs and expenses aris-
ing from paving South Robert street, from
the bridge over the Chicago Great West
ern Railroad tracks to the south line of
Concord street, and Concord street, from
South Robert street to Ada street, with
asphalt on concrete foundation Except
between the rails of the street car tracks,
and between the tracks and for two (2)
feet on each side of the outside rails Of
said tracks,, including in said contract
the curbing with granite of both sides of
said streets where necessary; also the
necessary gas, water and sewer connec-
lions to the property, lines, in said city,
on the property deemed by the Board
of Public Works specially benefited there
by, amounting in the aggregate to SIS,
All persons interested are hereby notified
to be present at said time and place of
making said assessment, and will be
heard.
JOHN s. erode,
Official: r. L. GORMAN, e-s--
Clerk Board of Public Works.
Jan J. 1903 IT,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01
Warmers Elusive Humor.

Presumably it was because his literary
gift had been long taken in the measure
of my those acquainted with it that the
event of its larger public discovery
rather by accident. as it seemed-was lit
tie impressed on his friends as marking
anything in the nature of a turning point
in his career. To them he was nothing
new, nothing different from what he had
BEEN The humor which to the world of
book-readerS was now a fresh delicacy
was to their taste familiar. Hardly ever
had there been an editorial of his and
never letter, without some delectable
touch or tincture of it, But it was al
ways, from first to last. a more observable
feature of his speech than of his writing
Nowhere else did it come so fully out as
in his common talk. To such a degree
as there expressed, was its SAVIOR con-
tributed by look air, tone, that not much
OF an idea of it can be given in words
One can think. but cannot tell, how it
sounded. Thus the force and flavor of
what once heard him reply to an out
burst against a spell of bad weather.
Respecting weather, I have always noted
that there is nothing besides about which
so much is said, and so little done
mostly fails to be reproduced in the verbal
report of it. And this was true of a
thousand, pithy, shrewd, happy sayings Of
his.-Joseph H. Twichell in the January
Century.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-01
APPEAL NOTICE.

Assessment for Opening and Widening Jay
Street.
Office of the Board of Public Works
City of st. Paul, MINI, Dec. 81 1902
Notice is hereby given that the assess
ment of benefits, damages, costs and ex-
penses arising from opening and widening
Jay street, between Aurora avenue and
University avenue, in the City of st. Paul,
Minnesota, has been completed and en-
Works Syte in and for Said ctY and that said
assessment was confirmed by said Board
on the 29th day of December, A. d. 1907.
JOHN S. erode,
President
Official: R. L. GORMAN.
Clerk Board of Public Works.
Jan l. 1903 1t