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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20
THE CANDIDATES
VIEWS OF Or. MASSEY ON LEADING
QUESTIONS
Other Candidates Have Expressed Themselves
Similarly

The following rttcr from Dr. &. /.
Massey addressed to Mr. Wa u. Rich
ardSou. Expresses llI~ views uu questions
of general Importance.
Judge f. W. Suns. ol Louisa. candi
date Tor Democratic uolHiuatiou Ion
State Senate. aud Nh q r. Swift. OF
this city. vino. like DR.. Massey. Is 80 can.
didatc for the Democratic nomination
for the House. have also written their
views ou these subjects. which ar pra'
tically on the sam" lines.
tnpt. f. II. DcIaructtc Is sick aud has
NOT given his views.
Spot~ylyauin. Va. Juy -. 1903.
Mr.. WE. u. Rrhard~on
My Dear Sir Replying toHnureinular
letter uf the 9Th instant. viii say that J
am very glad to answer thr questions
propo>,d and 90 iurnI-h to Cine public my
views ou such important matters.
/. heartily favor thc present system
ui public cdu,ation uud ID nominated and
elected viii do all in nay power to pro-
mote the slime and 10 advance interest
i'm both primary and higher education
Will also Use uif lpst efforts tu secure
for FndrrickS kShurg the location there ol
the State Frmulr Normal school
>. oar public roads are OF vital im-
poriancr to the material prosperity of
ihr whole State and II shall br nay aim,
f % member of the neat General Assril-
blv. tu advocate and labor ior the cuact-
mcnt oi better road laws iavoriug state
and recommending National aid.
By reason of rNp'rirncem dealing With
road matters since ieiug supervisor. ]
have learned something OF the nr,c~Sliir>
inr change Zoe our road laws.
3. VIII vote lor 20 bill Co property reg
ulat, the employment of child labor
J. Will vote against hiring ronNWt- 6"
individuals or firms tu produce products
n composition with honest labor.
- Question of PROPERLY regulating th'
pur, food laws VIII rtr-lNe Wl most ca"''
iul consideration. a> mlly appreciate
the extent 10 which damage may il" done
unless such effective state laws a" ru.
acted a. viii give 10 our people prnI"'i
projections
q. am not advised a. to the merits
or dement's oi the "Torrens Law. hut
viii favor some good law To htter tN
our land titles.
+. favor and will advocate pure and
honest election laws. To- carry into 'iierl
the will oi the people a. expressed in pm
mary and general elections.
Will also say that favor liberal pen
,ionS to needy Confederate soldiers and
their widows and viii do all in my
power to siye % oar people who afr in
trr,~tcd in saving money in the purciias'
of school books the benefit oi buying
under lhe single list method.
Very respectfully.
lSignedl e. K. Massey.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20
VIRGINIA NEWS

The third annual Holiness Camp will
begin in Essex about July 22nd.
People who attend to their own busl-
ness have but little time for crillclsing
Others.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell has brought
suit against Richmond city for SlO.OOO
ON account Of broken rg caused by
stepping from the sidewalk into "a sunk
en gutter.
Mr.. T.. NJ. Maxwell has recently ncgo-
tiate, sale of Mr. ;. +. Millrrs place,
Riverside Farm, Ia Mr. Hepburn 1t
is reported that the price wasS ! 600
Manassas Journal.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20
CANDIDATES. CARDS

To the Citizens of the County OF
Spotsylvania and City OF Freder-
icksburg.
/ respectfully announce myse't 4 a
candidate for the House of Delegates,
subject to the Democratic primary.
| have been urged to DO 30 by many
frieuds III city and county. / solicit
your support at the primary, and II
nominated aud elected l shall latin
fully perform the duties of the office
10 the best of ability.
Respectfully,
f. II. DeJarnette.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20
Very respectfully,
G.. X. Massey.

To the Citizens Of fredericksburg and
Spotsylyana:
Asit is generally conceded that Fred
ericksburg il entitled to the member oi
the Legislature to beelected this lall from
the Spotsylvania and fredericksburg
district. the county having enjoyed the
honor for the last two terms, and hav-
inc been urged by my friends to become a
candidate. / hereby respectfully announce
nv candidacy, subject to the Democratic
primary. and promise if nominated and
elected to strive earnestly to show my
self worthy Of the honorand to represent
faithfully the county and city. ! there
iora ask the support of the citizens OF
the county as well as OF the city.
Respectfully,
Granville r. Swift.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20
Lewiston, Va.

To the Citizens of the County OF Spot
sylyania and the City OF Fredericks-
burg, Va:
respectfully announce myself candi-
date for the House of Delegates, subject
10 the Democratic primary. ! shall be
thankful for your suffrage If elected |
shall endeavor to serve you to the best
of my ability.
n II Maaaav
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20

To the best Of our knowledge and be-
lief Willard has a long lead in this coun-
ty. The opposition is growing less every
day -MarrentOn Nirginian.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20
BIC COAL COMBINE

4 combination Of bituminous coal IN
terests Of the five mining States Is beng
considered by prominent financlers.
Important consultations have been
formed in West Virginia. Pennsylvania
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, which IT II
said. is the preliminary step toward the
formation Of one big company
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20
Fas Over Sixty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over sixty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
II sootbes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pains, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea.
n will relieve the poor little sufferer
Immediately. Sold by Druggists III
every part of the world. twenty
five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask
for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" and take no other.
A man seldom goes to Trend Tor
IL. l. a.. uaApar
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20
Granville X. Swift.
To the Citizens OF fredericksburg,
Snotsylvauia, Stafford and Louisa.

To the Citizens OF fredericksburg,
Spotsylvauia, Stafford and Louisa
Asthe county OF Louisa wishes t.
present a candidate for election to
the Senate of Virginia this fall from
the district of which she forms
mart. and as a very general desire
los been expressed throughout the
county by the citizens of Louisa, do
inc me the honor OF uniting upon
myself as such candidate, l hereby
resnectfully re- announce my candidacy
for nomination for the Senate of Vir-
gipia from this district, subject to
Ihe Democratic primary, and have TO
cav that if this honor is conferred
mon me and | ain elected to such
POSITION, will give my best en-
tesvor to represent the people Of the
whole district, and / ask their sup
port. ,u
Eradario "A n ,nqr Simg
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20

People would have more faith IN a re
former if he would furnish proof of his
sincerity by beginning with himself
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20

The man who is his own best fricid
has few others.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20

Many a tombstone inscIis stion is a
grave error
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20
Respectfully, -,
Frederic v ilner Sims.
Nv Fellow-Citizens of the County Of

To Nv Fellow-Citizens of the County OF
Caroline:
Thanking you for your kind and gen
irons consideration. which you have al
wavs shown me, hereby announce my
! seli a candidate for the office oi County
Clerk of Caroline county, subject to the
Democratic primary, and will be- grateful
for vour support. Yours very truly.
/ July II, 1905. l.. H. Ooghhl'
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20

c,s and Drills Anyls ana BEL
Garden ana
Cooking Utensils ,uty' "rg'S
m H. irp, p Is sc THESE ARE FEW WHAT WE CARRY
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-07-20

A man seldom goes to n Trend Tor n
loan if he really needs the money.
The Washington times., 1905-11-30
Doesn't Want McCleary.

The Speaker doesn't want McCIeary
to stay on Appropriations because he IS
a tariff expert and stand patter He
wants 20 transfer him to Ways and
Means which is getting somewhat wob-
bly, on the tariff question, and wants
little high tariff ginger. Tawney OF
Minnesota IS on Ways and Means, and
by taking him away from there, he
being something of a revisiOnist, and
substituting McCleary, q very effective
check against revisica reports viii have
been devised.
Tawney is the Republican whip. and
n useful member. and Speaker Cannon
is thinking about making him chairman
OF Appropriations. But he has rot yet
announced his intention. His friends
have been advised, however. that Bur
ton Of Ohio VIII not be changed from
the craftsmanship on the Rivers and
Harbors to that on appropriations, and
Burton's friends have been advised
that Notwithstanding this fact, Burton
has decided uOt 10 become q candidate
for Speaker against Cannon in this
Congress-
The Washington times., 1905-11-30
LADS CRY SAVES MEN
UNDER FALLING LAMP

POTTSTOWN. Pa. Nov. s0.-Two men
converslng under an electric street lamp
at High and York streets during a ter
rife wind storm we're saved from almost
certain death by ar eisht-year-old lad,
wEO was standing under an awning
near by
Seeing the light sway or one rope. the
boy gave a cry of alarm. which so star
tied the men that they involuntarily
jumped out of harm s way the falling
lamp grazing the shoulders OF one man.
and dropped in splintered fragments al
his feet
The storm did great damage in and
about Pottstovn. A number of small
outbulldings were blown over, several
large trees and many small ones up
rooted signbOards torn of, and tele-
phone poles and fences blown down.
The Washington times., 1905-11-30
RICH Mr.. TISDALE
FOUND IN RIVER
Body of Missing Miner
Floats in Harlem.
MISSED FOR THREE WEEKS
No Evidence Of Violence, and Money
and Jewelry Were Found
Intact.

NEW YORK, Nov. 30-The body of
John y. Tisdale. the wealthy Alaska
mine owner, who disappeared from his
apartments at the Hotel Seville, was
found floating ia the Harlem river. at
Lincoln avenue, the Bronx.
The identity was first suggested by
the Tiffany watch. bearing the engrav-
ed initials y. n IT," and central Office
detectives who have been working on
the mystery of the wealthy mans dis
appearance for three weeks, positively
identified the body later al the Harlem
morgue
Wife Is Notified.
Mrs. TisdaIe VAS notified at the Hotel
Seville
There was no evidence. to sustain the
original theory that Tisdale had been a
victim OF thugs. His watch. valued at
800. heavily jeweled. and a heavy gold
chaia. S3se0 in money and a costly gold
pin We're found on the body There were
no marks 10 suggest an assault save on
the head. and Coroner Berry is positive
that these came about in a natural way.
Two Weeks in Water.
The body appeared to have been IN
the water at least two weeks, and the
police. who suggested that the man was
a suicide, think II had remained in the
water three weeks
Mr.. Tisdale left his hotel Monday
noon. telling his wife that he was going
10 walk on Fifth avenue and was later
going to the Grand Central station to
buy tickets for Boston. He was 10
preside ~ a meeting Of the directors Of
the Alaska SnitJishan Gold Mining
Conpansz, OF which he was president
Tuesdag afternoon in Boston.
Bought Ticket TO Boston.
II was foGHd that ne had purchased
his ticket and arranged for the transfer
OF his baggage buL the railroad com
pany Informed the family later that
the tickets had not been used.
AR. Tisdale's home was formerly in
Cheyenne. 4VyO. lie arrived in New
York November j. after an extensive
tour Of inspection OF his mining inter
eSts. which were cpnsid erable carry
ing him from Alaska 10 Georgia. Mrs
1iscaie had then been a the Seville
two months
The Washington times., 1905-11-30
ORDER OF CARABAO
WILL HAVE A DINNER
Prominent Army and Navy oficials-
Philippine Veterans Expected to
Be in Attendance.

Washington Corral, Military Order Of
1he Carabao. unique organization So
claliy among army and naval officials
who have seen service in the Philip
pines, win give a service dinner al the
Raleigh Saturday evening. December il.
Many prominent officers of both
branches Of the service have been in
Fited 10 attend The dinner wiz be pre-
sided over by CAPT Lawson Fuller, L.
5 4. Admiral Dewey. u s. ". Gems.
Adna +. Chanee. L. 5. a. and George
e. Elliott. e. & NJ. c, are members of
the order and are expected to attend
the function.
The headquarters of the Cara baOs is
At the Army and Navy Club
The Washington times., 1905-11-30
GHIGAGO'S DESTRUCTION
PREDICTED BY MRS. GAIL
Coiored Woman Who Foretold Death
Of Mckinley Says Earthquake
Is Coming.

wAUKEGAN, H., Nov S0-Mrs. Call
the colored woman VINO predicted the
assassination Of President Mckinley. as
well as the Baltimore fire. is visiting
relatives at Lake Fo. est.
She asserts that Chicago before long
VIII be destroyed by an earthquake be
cause of the wicice5ncss OF that city.
Among other things she predicts a
seat.
Her home is in Pittsburg. She asserts
that God spoke To Isv- and urged her
to come to Chicago and warn the
people os the earthquake which is to
come.
The Washington times., 1905-11-30
e. DRoWNs HERsELF.

WELLESLEY Mass. Nov. s0-The
body Of Miss Mable A Williams. of the
Junior class NJ Wellesley College. who
nad been missing Stree Sunday night,
was found in the Charles river today
She had written 20 her mother In Silver
lane Conn. that she would drown her
SELF and told where her body might be
found
The Washington times., 1905-11-30
SAYS ANIMALS REASON
AND ATE IMMORTAL

BERKELEY. Cal, Nov. s0-Prof
George II. Howlson. head of the depart
ment OF philosophy at the University Of
California, declared yesterday that ami
mais have reflective capacity. which
qualities them to be classed as reason
ing beings. with Intelligence correspond
ing To mans Intelligence. the latter be-
ing assumed 10 be immortal
'Once you admit they have inteili-
gence. said Prof HowIson, then you
mus aoEa-- LLaN a-re 70 exist eta-naIlN. >,
The Washington times., 1905-11-30
Capitol, Spick and SpaB
AWaitS Congress Opening
Many Members of Both Houses Already
t1ere-Proceedinos Of First DayWi!i
Merely Be Routine

TO the Representatives, gathering by
States IN front of his chair for Inc plIr-
pose Then q resolution viii be offered
to re-eiect the officers Of the old House
Alexander Mcdowell. OF Pennsylvania.
clerk, Henry CaSSOn, of Wisconsin, ser
geant-at-arTcs; r. B. Lyons. OF New
y ork, doorSeeper; Joseph c. AicElroy.
of ohio. postmaster; I4enry \. Couden.
OF Michigan, chaplain
Minority Resolutions.
The minority VIII oner its hopeless
resolution naming its candidates for
the honorable positions and the ma
jority resolution win be adopted, the
swearing-in ce the newly elected officials
by the Speaker following Immediately.
Then the House. being ready for busi-
ness. VIII notify the Senate and Presi-
dent TO that effect.
As in the case of the Senate. the
House win adjourn Monday without re-
ceiving the Presidents message. the
reading OF thar document being a spe-
cial order for Tuesday afternoon.
Perhaps a thousand private pension
bills and several hundred bills Of gen
eral character, covering every cOnceiv-
able subject from rate legislation and
tariff revision to river ana harbor Inn
provements, and the erection of public
buildings Will be dumped into the House
hopper on the opening day
The mileage committee viii be the
only one announced Monday. All the
other committees will be ready before
adjournment for the holiday recess.
The most perpIexing question in con-
necuon with the committee assign
ments has arisen through the retire
ment Of James A. HemeRway, of IN
diana. from the chairmanship of Appro-
priatiOns. by virtue of his promotion
10 the Senate. McLeary. of Minnesota.
ranking member of the committee after
Bingham, Of Pennsylvania, wants the
place. Bingham does not want il be-
cause he is getting CID
The Washington times., 1905-11-30
KILLS FRIEND. TRE2F HIMSELF.

COLUMBIA. Tenn. Nov "a trag-
edy in which two close friends lest
their lives occurred near here yesterday
Fred Early killed his friend Henry
CoIeburn. and then himself Both men
were theological students. EsaTly's mind
is thought to have become deranged by
hard study
The Washington times., 1905-11-30
WoMAN pIRS oF IoY.

ROANOKE Va. Nov 20-Shoudng
with joy when her daughter professed re-
ligion at church revivai, Mrs. Rum
berg, wife Of the pastor of the chuzch.
became so exhausted that she died
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09

of that which is called literature" in this
day is worth one reading, but that person
who wishes to keep up with the vast and
growing procession of books must at least
scan the mass lest some gem escape
III mas been often written of Mr. A R
Sponord. for a generation the librarian OF
the Library of Congress, that he knew the
contents of every one of the volumes of
that vast, conglomerate mountain of writ
ing which Is now housed almost beyond its
deserving. His method was to scan and
by long practice he could read a page at a
glance, and if there were one sentence
worth attention II would catch his eye
That is TIE art of the professional book re-
viewer. 1t is the art of every reader who
desires to have a universal knowledge or
the best there is in books that he shall fire.
quently return to the pearls of great price
in the volumes which have escaped eternal
oblivion. and of the mass of current pro-
duetion that he shall be abe by Intuition
to know what is worthy of a moments halt
by sweeping the eye over the nimble pages
That is the habit of all men and women
who wish to have the best of the past and
to keep in touch with the present and IL is
doubtless the habit of the President; there
fore, what may seem to be a sort of desuI-
tory and Improbable wholesale consump-
ton, with danger of distressing surfeit. is
but the exercise of an art which has been
learned and which is practiced by a myriad
of readers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09
PAINTER OF sKYscRAPERs.
American Cities Picsthresaue and Have
Beauty Of Their Own.

rom the chicago Inter 0cean.
Artists and persons, protesting taste in
art have complained fpr years that Ameri-
can cities, as whole. arssugly and offer
nothing. except occasibnafi details. which
moves the painter to preserve its aspect on
canvas. AS a proof that the fault is in
our cities and not in1chese who see them
they point to the face. that painters who
concern themselves sgith g depicting the
works of man in nature, almost invariably
seek their subjects In other lands They
paint cathedrals. but the 'dbsnot paint sky
scrapers. The Inter iOGlsan has had the
honor to contend, albeit Often feeling that u:
was a voice crying in the wilderness, that
the skyscraper, the railway, the great MILL
and other like manifestations of American
energy and achievement. did afford subjects
very well worth the painters concern, and
that what we lacked was artists with eyes
to see the picturesque aspects of these
things and souls to appreciate the glory of
life to which they give bodily form. And
this newspaper also predicted that the paint
er would yet arrive who could see and feel
these truths.
Such painter would seem to have ar
rived. in the person of Colin Campbell Coop
er, whose pictures of what Is called "tlis
skyscraper district of New York are at
tracing wide attention, and whose work Is
the subject of an appreciative comment in
the current BookloverS' Magazine. Judging
from a reproduction of one of them called
THE Ferries Ia view from the East rlser,
with Trinity Church and the giant ONCE
buildings about 1t in the middle distance
Mr.. Cooper seems to have no trouble at sill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09

man. There are immense rooms full OF
storage batteries, hundreds of small cells,
and big cells that will discharge over 10000
amperes when they are wanted for special
work.
But the machine shop is the dream of
beauty to the old machinist 1t is under
the direction of Mr.. oscar G.. Lange. 1t is
a big room like a comfortable corner of an
office building. Windows on every side
made it light and cheerful, and one finds
men running lathes in white collars and
cuffs There is not a piece of shafting
in the whole room. but each machine tool
carries its own electric motor, and such
as need 1t have an automatic stop arrange
ment that makes the machine quit work
when its job is completed Even the drill
sharpening wheel has a bevel attachment
that insures the drills being ground to
scientific cutting edge. The lathes have
a foot attachment for starting and stop
ping much like a modern automobile and,
like an automobile, have three speeds
forward and reverse" as the catalogues
say.
The drill presses, shaper, milling machine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09
ART OF READING.
Men Who Can Note Contents of Page
at q Glance.
From the Baltimore American

From the Baltimore American.
Articles intended to be satirical have been
written in comment upon an anonymous
paper which appears in the current number
of one of the great monthly magazines,
which gives an outline of the reading OF
President Roosevelt since he came to the
Office of chief executive. The writer reveals
that he gained his information from an in
innate friend of the President, and, from
what is well known of the taste of Mr..
Roosevelt and of his omnivorous capacity,
it may be assumed that the almost appai-
ling list Of books is quite correct.
The range is from the great histories to
books of travel and adventure; from Ho-
mer and Dante and Shakespeare and others
of the immortals to the gentle and fetching
lyrics of Bliss Carman: from Balzac and
Thackeray and Dickens and James ana
Howells to MRS. Wigs of the Cabbage
PATCH" and, before and above all this, 10
keep informed of the worlds movements
from yoluminous reading of the news
papers and to nave an eye open 1or puoolhg
genius by closely scanning the popular
magazines. In all the list amounts to hum
dreds Of volumes and parts of volumes. and
1t is assumed by writers who find amuse-
ment in the article that one who SO gor-
mandizes his literature must necessarily
have a very bad Sc of intellectual indi-
gestien.
Such critics clearly have not learned the
rudiments of the art of reading. Who that
has once read the great epic, dramatic ana
lyric poets ever thinks of reading every
word of them second time? Even as the
mighty Homer nodded, so all the other
mighty ones at times dropped into drivel.
He who has learned the art of reading
harks back to his old fayorites at
frequent Intervals to take another sip from
the classic fountain. but he does not dip so
deep as 10 reach the inconsequential -sedi-
ment which would roll the draught. Little