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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-17
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for your money, but this time of the
year We have small lots of kind we
wish to get rid of, so now is a chance
YOU don't often have,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-17
WANTED

1000 tons Leaf Sumac, for which
the highest cash price will be paid.
We are headquarters for Leather,
Rnbber and Cotton Stitched Betting.
John q. Kurkamp Co.,
fredericksburg, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-17
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In Iuly, 1888, began to break out with
Eczema on my head, legs and arms, and
began treatment with local doctors, but
did not get much relief. They said the dis
ease had become chronic. then quit them
and tried various ointnents and soaps for
another two years, but as soon as cold
weather came was as bad of as ever, so
finally decided to let medicine alone, and
for twelve or thirteen years did nothing
towards curing the Eczema, except bath
ing, This seemed 10 do about as much
good as anything had tried.
During the time lost about one-half OF
nv hair. began s. $. 5. doubtful OF
cure. because the disease had run 50 long,
but soon discovered your medicine was
doing me good, and continued to take il.
| used seven bottles, when l was COM
pietely cured, not having single spot on
my body, which before was almost COM
pletely covered. f. L NORFOLK.
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The head. feet and hands are usually
the parts affected. though the disease APP
pears on other parts of the body. While ex-
Iernsi applications allay the itching and
burning temporarily, it is the acids thrown
off by the blood that cause the irritation
and eruptions upon the skin. The acids
must be neutraiized and the system cleans
ed Of all humors and poisons before the
cure is permanent,
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
LETTERS NOT PRODUCED.
Coachman Said He Had Received : Them from EmplOvar's Wife.

Coachman Said He Had Received
 Them from EmplOver's Wife. s Chicago. dan,. Wss~J. 6. Tilbtlry form er eoaehnan foe 1krHaE4eiIla M. Thurston. A hFonlinenf eociAfx woman, was placed on trial today for attempting to blackmail his employer. s3 -t
 Ttlbury claimed he had received letters from Mrs. Thurston and threatened her with their publication unless he was giv- en S12.000. Mrs. Thurston arranged to give him the money and officers placed him un- der arrest at the very moment he was receiving it. Mrs. Thurston declared that she had never written any letters to Til- bury and that the entire matter was 0 blackmailing scheme.
 Tilbury, when placed on the stand this afternoon swore that he had received the letters and that Mrs. Thurston had of fered him $12.000 for them and had prom ised to marry him after securing a di- vorce from MT. Thurston. Although he claimed that he had received 25O letters from Mrs. Thurston he failed to procure them when called upon to do so by the state.
 After being pressed on the matter Til- bury said the letters were in a tin box in the barn at the Thurston residence. Off, cers were at once sent to search but at a late hour tonight had been unable to find anything.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28

ity. he added. He quoted statistics and said 1t was shown that as ilIiteracy de- creased among the race. criminality in- creased, from which he deduced that ed- ucation had been detrimental rather than beneficial to the negro.
 MT. Watson Und.) asked If he believed in abolishing schools for the negro. Mir. Hardwick replied that higher education unfitted the negro for work; that 1t gave him an ambition too high to be realized in the South or elsewhere. Calling at- tention to the laws of a number of States. including Ohio. Vermont. Massa- chusetts, Connecticut. Maine, Oregon, California. Wyoming and Idaho. he said if the representation of the Southern States were to be reduced because of the voting qualifications imposed, the repre- sentation of the States named would have to be reduced for the same reason.
 Grosvener Gives Compliment.
 MT. Grosvenor Rep.( Ohio), remarked to Mir. Hardwick that it was the best presentation of @ bad, bad cause he had ever heard.
 MT. Macon (Ark.). made an argument for bill introduced by him to prohibit the sale of liquors in any district of any State or ter ritory where the sale of liquor is prohibited by State legislation.
 c. B. Landis Qnd.). said the Demo- cratic party was in the midst of demor- alization and humiliation; that 1t was without leader and without. a man.
 Reference to election methods in South ern States precipltated numerous collo- quies between MT. Landis and Mir. Will Hams tAdiss) and several others on the minority side. Mir. Landis said prosper ity was here to remain if the Democrats lac atary .lSrrf tk< fF 4.. could scare 1t away, he said. by electing Democratic Congress and enacting a measure similar to the GorrsAn- Wilson tarifr bill. He called attention to the pros- porous condition of the Southern States, and replying to a question by Mr. Liv- ingston (Ga.), he said the Democratic States were prosperous in spite of them selves.
 The committee rose at 5:15 D. m. At 5:3s p. m, the House adjourned until to- morrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
EXCHANGES
 ARE GOING ON Russian Reply to Japan
 Not Ready. THE PREsS Is BELLIC0SE says St. Petersburg Will Not
 be lntlmlda.ed. It is .-eclared That Movement of Ships is Precautionary Rather g Than wariike-Japan Inn
 poses heavy War Tax.
HE PRESS Is BELLICOSE

St. Petersburg, Ian. 27.-The exchanges regarding the Russian response to the Japanese note are still progressing, ana the foreign office announces today that there is no change in the situation
 The Japanese Legation does not con sider true the report from Tohdo that Japan has requested Russia to hasten her reply. M. Murine, tho Japanese Minis ter, reiterates his opinion that Japan VIII not press Russia for a reply. 2 The admiralty insists that the move ments of Russian ships in the neighbor- hood of Port Arthur are entirely without sienificance. A prominent admiral said in an interview today:
 "The admiralty believes In the peace ful termination of the negotiations. Some of our ships in the Far East are still in reserve. The steps now being taken should be described as precautionary rather than warlike preparations"
 Some of the Russian newspapers are again becoming bellicose., The Bourse Gazette declares that Russia has reached the parting of the ways and must now choose her position and maintain 1t. 1t discusses seriously the yellow peril" contending it to be the duty of the powers to intervene as they did after the Chino Japanese war.
 The Gazette concludes its article with saying that if Japan persists in her war like attitude, Russia Is not going to be intimidated.
 . The Nevoe .Vremya says the conver- sion of the reserve battalions into regi- ments. which was not carried out some months ago for financial reasons, is now expected, because more military units are needed in the East and because the military increase of recent years demands second line of defence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
GOVERNMENT CLOSES
DEFENSE IN MACHEN CASE
 WILL HAVE INNING.
Post ohice Inspectors Mayer and Williams on the Stand-Meth- ods Employed to Secure
 Evidence.

Washington, Jan. 26-In the trial of August W. Machen and others charged with conspiracy to defraud the govern ment in connection with the sales of Groff letter box fasteners, the prosecution to- day rested it's case. To-day's testimony was confined entirely to postofice in- spectors.
 The trial was resumed to-day with Postofflce Inspector Mayer stiil under cross examination. He testified that what he said Go D. B. Groff about immunity from prosecution was based on q remark by Groff that "a man who turns States evidence is not prosecuted Mfr Mayer said he replied: ''You are old enough to know all those things yourself and you must judge for yourself"
 He declared he did not offer any prom ise of immunity either by manner or otherwise" Mayer denied having told the Washington chief of police that he had the "dots" on Grofr.
 Postofi1ce Inspector Williams testified to having met the Lorenzes In Toledo in May last and to calling at the LOrenz home accompanied by Inspector Terrell They saw Mrs. Lorenz who told them she and her husband were friends of the Machens and said that she had not re- ceived any checks from D. B. Groff. had no knowledge of her husbands receiving any. and declared she never heard of D B Groff. Witness testified Mrs. Loreni said she had only a small bank account for her own use. Williams said they ques tioned Dr. Lorenz who said he was g friend of Machen's. and that they were in business. Dr. Lorenz, he testified, 1T answer to various questions, said:
 That is none of your business. That is my personal affair and don't propose to answer"
 Among the questions was whether he knew D. B. Groff and whether he knew anything of large sums of money hay ing been sent to Machen.
 When cross examination was resumed the witness admitted that he had said to Mrs. Lorenz when the visit to her was made, that there was evidence which could not be disputed that checks aggre- gating $20,000 or more had been sent to her and had been endorsed by her. On further questioning, MT. Williams said al the time he made the statement, he was in error.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28

the time of the battle of Shiloh. when her husband. Leonidas Ketcham. then Adju- tant of the 38th Tennessee. received a wound which later resulted in his death.
 A Battle Call" a song contemporan- eous with 'The Bonnie Blue Flag" was also written in Memphis at this time, and was another favorite among the soldiers of the Con federacy.
 When Memphis was occupied by the Federal troops, Mrs. Ketcham refused to take the 'ironclad' oath of allegiance and was banished from the city by the military authorities. She returned to New York from Rome about year ago. and at the time she was seiSed by her final illress she was preparing Took on her lifelong friend, the actress Charlotte Cushman.
 Mrs Ketcham came of a long line of distinguished Virginia and Kentucky an- cestors. Her nearest surviving relativ"s are her daughter Mrs. M. W. Hart and three grandchildren of Louisville. Ky. an her only nephew, Rev. Dr. B. Stuart Chambers of this city.
 The funeral will be held here Friday morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
THIRTY HURT IN WRECK.
Cars on St. Louis Line Came Int
 Collision.

Cars on St. Louis Line tame Anto
 Collision.
 St. Louis, Jan. 27.-More than thirty persons were injured. some of them Ia tally, when cars on the Broadway line collided today. Most of the seriously in- tured were taken to the Alexian Broth erhood hospital, while the others were sent home The seriously injured:
 John Harrington. probably fatal; Walter Seiyentritt internal injuries; J. H. Hobe- man, internal: William Miller, badly bruised about body; Thomas McGovern. both ankles broken; Frank Alter, upper lip cut off: Christopher Juergin, motor man of front car. internally hurt, perhaps fatally.
 Both cars were northbound and travel ing in a smoke fog so dense that 1t was impossible to make out an object a few feet away The front car was stationary. owing to a quarrel over fare. The sec ond car was coming at a high speed through the fog. the motorman ringing his gong. When less than a hundred feet away the front car loomed through the fog. Juergin stuck to his post. but it was useless to try to avoid a crash. The slippery tracks made a quick stop an even more difficult matter than usual, apd the car smashed into the front one.
 The second car crashed it's way through the rear of the front car until 1t reached almost the middle of it. The dozen or more passengers on the rear platform of the front car were damned together under the rear car. The other car was crushed and the passengers inside were thrown about on the floor and under wrecked seats. while showers of broken glass fell upon them.
 Juergin, the motorman. caught the full torce of the collision. He was cut and rushed and his back broken. He will die
 A panic ensued on both cars and In the fight for escape children and women were trampled on and the weaker ones were beaten against the wreckage by the stronger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
STOCK UNDER BAN. Board of Governors Acts on sanwab's
 Brothers Company.


 New York, Jan. N.-The Board of Gov ernors of the New York Stock Exchange tonight decided upon the recommendation of the stock list committee to strike from the list stocks dealt in on the exchange. the common and preferred stocks of the American Steel and Foundries Company.
 President Stone declined to give any reason for the action.
 The American Steel Foundries Company was incorporated under the laws of New Jersey in January, 1902, and Is a merger of $the Sargent Company of Chicago, the Franklin Steel Casting Company of Franklin, Pa.; the American Steel Foundry Company of Granite City. Pa.; the Reliance Steel Casting Company of Pittsburg, and the Leighton and Howard Steel Company, St. Louis.
 A majority of stock of the American Steel Casting Company of New Jersey was later acquired.
 Joseph E. Schwab, brother of Charles M. Schwab is president. Among the directors are S. R. Galloway, E. B. Thomas, Lewis Nixon; Max Pam, W. c. Brown and Charles M. schwab. The Company has outstanding l5,5oo.0oo of pre- ferred.
 It is expected that an official statement of the reasons of striking the stock from the list will be made from the rostrum of the Exchange tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
Anniston Car Plant.

Birmingham. Ala. Jan. N.-A special to The Age-Herald from Anniston says: It is said on good authority that the An nistnn plant of the Southern Car and Foundry Company, recently purchased by James NJ. Elliott. will soon pass into the possession of the American Car and Foundry Company. one of the largest car manufacturing concerns in the United States. It Is said that the American Car Company will operate the plant and that Captain Elliott will have the manage ment of the same. The recent purchase of the plant from the Illinois Car and Equipment Company, by Captain Elliott is claimed to have been for the company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
Grand Junction Derby.

Grand Junction. Tenn, Jan. I.-The derby was completed today in the annual trials of the United States Field Trials Association now in progress here. The winner turned up in Uncle Sam, owned by Charles k. Brown. Franklin, Pa. The second prize was awarded to Hickory, owned by Avent & Duryea, Hickory Val ley. Tenn. The third honors were divided between Shawnee and The Avent & Dur yea kennels and Baby Alec. owned by c, c. Cooper. Des Moines. Iowa. Only one brace of the all-age stake was tried today. This stake will be continued to- morrow and the first series should be cnmnleted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
DEADLOCK LoosENING.
Negotiations Resumed Between Gould
 and Rock Island-Frisco

ah0 xSOCA LAbCO
 New York, Jan. H.-Following a dead lock which threatened a breach of rail- road harmony in the Mississippi valley, negotiations have been resumed, accord ing to The Herald. between George j.. Gould and the Rock Island Frisco sys- tenn for the joint use of the new Iron Mountain-Texas Pacific routN from Mem phis to New Orleans. No contract has yet been signed, but it is asserted that the stumbling block to former negotiations which at one time caused the announce ment' that the Rock Island would build an independent line to New Orleans has been removed.
 The new Gould line down the Missis- sippi will not be completed for a year. A traffic arrangement, completed a few weeks ago between the Frisco and the Southern Railroad for the use of the Mobile and Ohio and the New Orleans and Northeastern tracks into New Or leans will not stand in the way of the completion of the contract for the use of the Iron Mountain road. The agreement with the Southern can be terminated up- on the completion of the Gould line, or 1t can be extended to cover a long period at the option of the Frisco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
rira in ,onawanda. M Y.

Tonawanda. N. Y.. Jan. 2S-A fire which started shortly before midnight, destroyed all the lumber in the yards of White. Rider & Frost. one of the largest along the North Tonawanda water front. Sil- verthorne's yard was the next to be vis- tied by the flames. It Is surrounded on three sides by water and the flremen, by
 working along the strip adjoining the mainland. succeeded in checking the prog ress of the flames in that direction. The loss at o'clock was estimated at $1500o0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
Cotton MiIls WiIl Close.

Gainesville. Ga, Jan. N.-The PacOlet Manufacturing Company. whose plant at New Holland consumes annually over 90. 900 bales of cotton and employs about so.- GOO hands, will close down Saturday for an indifnite period. The company man ufactures goods for export principally and the low price of goods and high price of cotton are the reasons for clos ing down,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
Editors Will Meet in St. Louis.

St. Louis. Jan. H.-The National Edito- rial Association. in accordance with ar engagements completed by the exe-utive committee in session here today, will hold its nineteenth annual convention in St. Louis May 16, IT. IS and i9. The follow ing were appointed to look after the ac- commodations Of the delegates upon their arrival here: J. M. Spage, Springfield. Ill; K. F. Dowdell, Artesian, s. D.; Ja- cob Pepperman, Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
KETowAHs CONCENTRATING.
Band of Men Picked from Indian
 Police Go to Scene.

Fort Worth Jan. 27.-A special to The Record from Fort Gibson, I. T.. says:
 Tonight John West, captain of Indian police. with a squad Of ten picked men. passed through on his way to Greenleaf Mountains. where the Ketowahs are said to be concentrating Parties on the train from Baggs report many Indians gathering there. They refuse to explain their presence
 A party of seven hunters from this place is encamped in the Greenleaf Mountains. They were last heard from in the section where the Indians are re- ported to be assembling. During the past three days 1t has been impossible to hear from them and their friends are becom- ing uneasy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
Rrnwn in AHarin, Citu

Mexico City. Jan. 27.-Marcus Braun, bearing credentials from Secretary Cor telyou of the Department of Commerce and Labor of the United States has ar- rived here. His mission is to effect an arrangement between the two Govern ments whereby European immigration in- to this country and the northern republic may be regulated on a common basis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
Danger Over at Pumpkin Patch.

Jeffersonville. Ind. Jan. 27.-The men on the charge of the big fleet of coal barges at the Pumpkin Patch, above this city, say that the danger from the heavy lee now running out Is practically over. Sixty barges were forced aground for short time, but were again fioated without
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
BURKETT WENT TOOFAR
DINsMoRE MAKES POINT ON
 THE NEBRASKAN. k
Democrats Calmly Listen to Criticism of Bryan and Arkansas Mem ber Gets in Word for
 Cleveland.
Advertiser Bureau,
 Colorado Building WaahinRfou Ian

Washington Jan 27.
 Congressmen who read the press re- ports this morning of William J. Bryan's speech last night at Madison Square, in which he addressed a largo audience, one half of which was said to be church dig nitaris. remarked that the Nebraskan was surely in his element. Bryan ought to be preacher" Nothing fits, Bryan better than to preach to preachers" were some of the expressions typical of the effect of the Madison Square speech, which were heard at the Capitol today among Democrats.
 This was the condition of peEaocratic thought Representative Burkett of Ne. braslxt encountered when he was put foT- ward by the Republicans to make cam paisp speeeh for his party. Bprkett nlaep q most sefYtceahle speech fog the cause of Democratic harmony wit 85tit ahteStd- ing. He pitched Into the DeEnoerRcy of 1896 and 1900 and read copious extracts Of speeches by his fellow statesman, Wil- liam J. Bryan, in which the Democratic candidate of those years made all sorts of gaoomy predictions in case the gold standard candidates were elected. mem- bers on the Democratic side listening without a word of protest against the voluminous citations of Bryan doctrine.
 But MT. Btu kett. in his exaltati1n of the Republican party, went too far. He twit- ted the Democrats with agonizing over something dreadful and imaginary. of which to make paramount issues and try ing to spring something new at every presidential election. All this time. he said the Republicans were the same steadfast campadgners. holding to the same principles of the tarifr. the money question and what ever affected the progress of the country.
 Representative Dinsmore of Arkansas at this point asked. What about the time the Republican convention and Re- publican campaigners denounced G CT Cleveland for debaslng the white metal?"
 Burkett lodged ignominously, and then came back with this. 70. well, you Dem- Ocrats are ready enough now to take care of Grover Cleveland"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
Militia Men Seize Armorv.

Puebia. Col. Jan., 27.-over forty mem bers of company G. Colorado National Guard. took possession of the armory building and contents here today and are holding 1t for money amounting to over 5000 due them for service in the Cripple Creek strike. What action will be taken mined.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
Wilav,a Rill Reported.

Representative Clayton. for the House Committee on the Judiciary today re- porte1 fsvorably Representative Wiley's bill providing for the holding of tre Fed eral Court of Appeals at Montgomery in October instead of September.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
Alabamians Honored.

Alabama receives a distinguished share of the professional honors handed around among the lawyers cf the country by President Roosevelt in the exercise of his privilege of appointing delegates to Ire St. Louis Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists. to meet next September. Out of the fourteen Senators and Representa- lives selected as delegates from Congress by President Roosevelt. Alabama is given two. Senator Morgan and Representative Clayton
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
LINDsLEY UNDER ARREST.
C-arged With Libel of Mobile
 Quarantine Board.

Que rant1ne Board.
 Mobile, Jan. N.-Dr. J. B. Lindsey, President of the National Public Health Association, was arrested here today on his arrival from Havana, and is charged with criminal libel of members of the Quarantine Board of Mobile Bay.
 He had a controversy last summer with the Board regarding quarantine restric- tions against ships from Havana, claim ing that Havana being a clean port, the restrictions were unnecessary; and pub lished in New Orleans paper a severe arraignment of the Board.
 This is his first visit here since the pulp lication.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
oarden Seed for Confederates.

Representative Humphreys of Misss- sippi was today informed by Sc retary Wilson that he had ordered large con- sIgnment of garden and field seed for the Confeerate soldiers homo at Beauvoir, Miss. R.. H. Watkins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
Japan Levies War Tax.

London, Jan.. 2s.-The Times this morn ing publishes the following despatch from It's Tokio correspondent: The government has resolved to impose a war tax by doubling the land tax and the income tax, thereby obtaining additional revenue of A, ,OOO,000 yen (S22, ,000, ,000l.