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ASSEMBLY FOR RUSSIA
Announced BY Emperor Nicholas In
Manifesto to People.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 10. - Russia's
national representative assembly. the
fruit of decades of stress and strug-
Cling for reform. which endows the
Russian people with the right OF being
consulted through their chosen rep
resentatives in the suggestion, prep
aration and repeal of legislation. takes
It's place among the fundamental In
situations of the empire.
In a solemn manifesto Emperor
Nicholas announces this morning TO
his subjects the fruitlon Of his plans
summoning the representatives of the
people. as outlined by him IN a re-
script on March 3 last, and fixes the
date for the first cOnyocation as mid
January, and in ukase, addressed to
the senate, formally orders that body
to register as the imperial will law
project. formulating the nature, pow
ers and procedure Of the new govern
mental organization.
The national assembly Will be a
consultative organization in cOnnec-
ton with the council Of the empire
and not a legislative body. The pow.
ers Of the emperor remain theoreti-
caly absolute. AS the emperor is the
supreme law-giyer and autOcrat. the
decisions of the douma have only a
recommendation and not a binding
force. though the rejection of any
legislative measures by a twothirds
majority OF both houses is sufficient
TO prevent the measure from becoming
law. The Representatives Of the people
will have not only the right TO be
heard on any legislation proposed by
the government, but also can voice
their desires on new laws, and will
have the right to exert a certain SUI
pervision over budgetary expendi'
lures.
The suffrage, though wide, Is not
Ii is based on property
qualification. the peasantry having a
vote through membership in com
munal organizations.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-22

Schedule en,ctiNe July Eth. 1905
Trains leave Washington from Pennsylvania
station.
7aj o. ~. Dally-Local Tor Harrisonburg War
reutou Dauyile and WY stations.
1851 a. M. daily Washington and Florida
Limited Through coaches and sleeper 10 Co
mmbia. savannah aud Jacksonville. Dining car
service.
UI5a. m. Daily-Unlted states Fast Mall
Firnt-caSs coaches and drawing room. sleeper TO
New Orleans. hiuingcar service.
401 D. III. Week Days-Lucal FOR ilarrisonburg
and WAY stations ON Manassas Branch.
455 y. M Daily-Iocal for Warrenton and
Charlottesville
BOD m. Dally-New York and Atlanta Ex-
press First-class coach to Atlanta. sleeper 70
Columbus Ga Mondays and Fridays. sunset
Route Tourist sleeper. Washington To san ran
cisco.
$50 D. M dany-New York and Florida Ey
Dress First class coach and sleepers To Column
bia. Savannah. Jacksonville. sleeper TO Au-
xusta and Port Tampa. Dining ear "A la carte.
1900 y. m. Daily-New York and Memphis
Limited (vla Lynchhurgl -Firstclass coach aud
sleeping ear TO Roanoke, Knoxville, Chatta-
nooga, Birmingham and Memphis sleeper To
New Orleans. Dining-car service.
1915 p. IN. DaHy-Washington and South
western Limited-An Pullman trains, club and
observation cars to Atlanta and Macon; seepers
to Nashville, Atlanta, Macon, birmingham
Memphis New Orleans. Dining car service
TRAINS on BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Washington $40 a. m, ljO p m, 4.l9 p
IA ASH. ~. sos y. m. week days for RluemOnt.
62S D. M week days for ieesburg. 9.0l a. m,
).1O a. IN. and G.2s =. m. for Bluemont sundays
only
Through trains from the South arrive. Wash
Ington g. ~ a. M. G.52 "A. m. $40 "A. m. $50 a. m,
4. 90 y. m and $50 p. m, and $50 p. IN. daily.
Local trains from Harrisonburg ll.jj a. m. week
DAVIS and g2O .. m. daily. From Charlottes-
willie. S25 a. ~ and Iynchburg 800 p. m. daily.
Tickets. seepngear reservations and detailed
Information eau be had at ticket office. 10 18th
St; 81 Pa. ave and Pennsylvania station.
Baggage checked through from hotels and resi-
dence-
Phone $3.50 for T. r. r. Cab service
II. -. SPENC Err. General Manager.
= II. HARDMICK. Pass. Traffic Mgr.
W. II. rAYLOE. Gen. Pass. Agent
l.. :. BROWN General Agent
ID 4
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-22
STRASBURGER&SON

One Price Liquor and Tobacco House
2i5-215t and 217 10th st
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-22
S EABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY

short line 90 principal cities 81 the south.
southwest Florida. cuba aud Mexico.
schedule n enect April 10Th. 1905
Trains leave Richmond. Main street station.
lRilv.
40 a. m.-Local Tor Noriina. Raleigh, Hamlet
and Charlotte.
30 o.. fn.-~raboarI Mail. composed 90 Pullman
sleeping ears tu Atlanta. savannah aud
jacksonville Seanoari cafe cars arr nlsp
operated on this train. They arr maintained
Al the h s-hc.t degree ~ excellence also large
comfortable day coaches. running without
change tuFiorda.
900 p. 90. -~eAhohrl Express. composed M Pull
man sleeprr- 10 Atlanta. savannah, lark
sunyine and Tampa. Seabonrd cafe ears and
day cDacpe- running 20 Florida without
change.
Trains arrive AZ Richmond. daily.
G.35 a. m.-From Florida. Atlanta and the
Southwest
ass p. m.-From Florida. Atlanta and the
Southwest
4. 30 p. m.-From local points.
For AN Information ~ To rates schedules and
connections apply 10 ANY Seaboard agent. or To-
W NJ. TAYLOR. &. +. A.
II. :. LEARD. b. +. A.
$50 East Main St, Richmond. Va.
phnne 40s
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-22
TAKING orr Tim DEAD
Car Load of Dead in Southern Wreck
Still at Bottom of River.
MANY BODIES WASHED AWAY
Engineer Of Train That Plunged Into
Open Draw Did Not See Danger Flag,
Which Had Faded Almost White
Froo, Years Of Service.

Which Had Faded Almost White
From Years Of Service.
Norfolk. Va, Aug l9.-Thirteen bod
ies have been recovered and the death
list OF the wreck on the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad at Bruce station IS yet
far from complete 1t IS said that u
score or so of bodies floated down with
the tide when the first submerged car
was raised and that the other passeng-
or coach. tanned with dead negroes, IS
now buried in the mud Of the western
branch Of tho Elizabeth river. The es-
inmates Of fhe loss Of life range any
where from 10 TO IS and even as high
rs 100.
All day long the operations OF the
roscuing and vrecking crews continued.
When dcrriclH brought the first coach
ont and zap from its submerged posi-
ton IL hung at an angle and the strain
iooscrod the ends OF the car. As a re-
suit receipts. cushions, etc, were wash
cd out and down into the river, and
with them the dead imprisoned and 1t
IS claimed that large number OF bodies
have been washed away by the sweep
Of the tide. Chains had been placed
under the cars by divers and wrecking
engines tugged and pulled at the
coaches until they were brought TO the
surface when they were gradually
brought 10 the beach. In a mass OF
debris lay the engine and tender and
these have not been brought out yet
Remnants of the draw. completely de-
stroycd. tangled about them and the
divers must clear away timbers twist
ed iron and tangled wreckage. As the
great weight OF the locomotive drove 1t
deep into the SOFT mud the engine will
be girdled with strong chains and pick
ed mp by derricks.
]. ]. Thompson. a so year old farm
er. displayed considerable heroism
when the disaster occurred. lie leaped
10 the second coach. cut a hole in its
roof and ex,ricated 81 people just be-
fore the car became completely sub
merged. Cleveland Thompson his son,
who was an eye witness Of the disaster,
declared that Engineer Reig stuck az
his post and fell from the engine and
that the red danger flag used at the
bridge had faded so from age that II
was almost white. The draw was open
for a tug which by quickly reversing
engines narrowly escaped being caught
by the falling locomotive and cars.
Engineer Reig Is in a hospital here
suffering with a slight fracture OF the
skull near the base OF the brain. Sc
we're contusions over the left eye. bad
bruises about the body and possible
internal injuries. Hospital physicians
say be will live He said vaguely that
he did not know whether there were
any signals that the draw was open.
II was Reig's first run on the line.
having left the employ recently Of an.
other railroad II Is said that he did F.
not know that he was approaching 4 F..
draw. and that when he saw the stop" /
sign lust before he reached the trestle .
leading 10 the draw 1t was too late to
save the train.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-22
PRESIDENT AT WORK
Il Is Believed He Is Making Last Ef'
fort to Arranne Compromise.


Portsmouth. \. H.. Aug. 19.-At mid
night Assistant Secretary Peirce was
hurriedly called to the Hotel Went
worth. where a message was awaiting
him from the president. He imme-
diately wrote a lengthy reply. Later
he was called to the telegraph instru-
ment and for half an hour carried
on a conversation by telegraph with
the president. who was at the other
end OF the wire at oyster Bay,
It is believed the purpose Of the
presidents conversation with Mr.,
Peirce was to arrange for one of the
Russians to go to Oyster Bay. The
president is understood to be already
in communication with the Japanese
through Baron Kaneko. Mr.. Roosevelt
is undoubtedly prepared to make a
last effort TO induce the warning coun-
tries 10 compromise.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-22
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway Go
RappahannOck River Line, Summer Schedule
IN EFFECT JULY 2Sth 1905

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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-22
A BOON TO TENDER FEET.

Every man and every woman can
find the right shoes here. Come here
with your much abused feet.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-22
FOrYOur FOOt's Sake
Lend Us Your Ears.

If you ask your feet VIII kind oil a
shoe they want, they viii beg Tor our
Douglas Shoe for Men and Drew
Selby Shoe for Women, the most com
Portable shoes that are made for ten
der feet.
Every pain from a corn or bumion
ia but the fOOt's cry for mercy. W ny
not listen. Why crowd your iert
into ill-fitting aud hurtful shoes. II
will not be necessary II we shoe You
We carry all the popular feathers,
such as Patent Colt, Wei hid ana
Russia Calf, made up in all the new
straight and swing lasts, made TO NJ
Our shoes are
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-22

Years ago my blood was bad, as owl
denced by skin cruptions on different
parts OF the body, and other symptoms
so concluded TO try 3. S. s., knowing 80
to be highly spoken of. Aftor using a
number Of bottles do not remem Der now
lust how much my blood WAS thor
oughly purified and enriched and ] WINS
relieved ofall oruptions and mauifcsta- b
tions ofimpure blood. I believe 8. s. g..
TO be an excellent blood medicine, anc
any one in need OF such a medicine
would do well to use II. They will find
it "A perfect cure as H. proved 20 be i my
case MRS. G. r.. SHOL MAKER.
Alliance, o., bl6 T.. Patterson st.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-22
Liquors ana
obaccoS

In this section OF the State.
Our store is the only place You eaD
find the celebrated Wilson Whiskey
aud Canada Rye drawn from the bar
rel. Our brands are too numerous t.
mention. We have all kinds of bot
tied LIQUORS and at our bar you vii
find all the leading brands. Call OF
write
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-08-22

While external treatment relieves tcui-
porarily it does not reach the real cause
Of the disease. because it does not go into
the blood. 5. ). S perfect blood pu-
fifer. neu,ralizesth,s acids and humors.
AND By strengthening and touing mp the
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels the natural
channels Of bodily waste, dispoies Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-27

error. without getting split and without
leaving pin standing and make score or
10 or 300 according to the manner and sue
cession of 1t. Five strikes and five unsaved
splits will give 1S2 or 140, according to their
succession or alteration, and the skill that
produced the 40 is precisely as good as that
which gave 1S2. The best ball ever delfv-
ered-right in the approved spot and pocket
will give either a strike or what Is dubbed
the $500 (eighteen) split, while if placed on
the dreaded nose, either a strike or six down
and eight ALL These two variations of pure
luck make anywhere from 10 to 81 pins diff
ference in the final score-wholly as the. re-
suit of the variable behavior of one ball.
The aim may be for the right side and pro-
duee a strike on the left. 1t may hit thin
and sweep the boards or leave only 10 per
cent chance split.
In summing UP these facts alone 1t Is
shown that the bowling game is not con-
tested; that there is, among experts. chance
of almost insurmountable loss or gain de-.
pendent on the vagaries of every single ball
that either bowler rolls down the alley; that
the method of scoring triply magnifies the
consequences of these differing actions. and
finally that the bowler has little or no con-
troll over the result anyway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-27
DENOUNCED ROCKEFELLER.
Ohio Preacher Would spurn His Gift to
Church Missions.

Rev. DIR. Washington GLADDEN., pastor of
the First Congregational Church of CO.
lumbus, Ohio and moderator of the General
Council of Congregational Churches of the
United States, in sermon delivered there
Sunday discussed the gift of $4,000 made
by A prominent capitalist to the American
board of missions He said:
1.-THE money proffered to our board of
missions comes out of a colossal estate
whose foundations were laid in the most
relentless rapacity known to modern COM
mercial history. The success of this bust
ness from the beginning until now has been
largely due to unlawful manipulation of
railway rates. The United States govern
nent is now engaged in strenuous attempt
TO ferret out and punish this injustice. And
the people of the United States have ire
mendous battle their hands with the
corporate greed, which has intrenched itself
in this stronghold and has learned 20 use
the railways for the oppression and spolia-
ton of the people. And now, on the eve of
this battle, they are asked TO accept a
great gift of money from the man who
more completely than any other represents
the system they have summoned to fight.
I hone they are not mean enough to take
his money and then turn around and fight
him | hope they are not so faithleSS TO
their obligations as to take his money and
shut their mouths or become his apolOgistS
We do not want this mans money. TO ac-
cent it will be to work the contempt of
millions of honest men; to reject it will
strengthen our churches in the affection
and respect of millions who are inclined to
doubt whether the churches love God more
than Mammon. Our missions will be ricner
and stronger without 1t than with 1t. and
we shall lose nothing by our loyalty to the
things unseen and eternal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-27
WOMAN A FINANCIAL GENIUS.
U. S. Postal Officials Want Sophia Beck
in Storey Case.

What the federal authorities learned at
Philadelphia concerning the part that So
phia Beck played in the execution of the
plans of the Storey Cotton Company de-
termined them upon her immediate cap
ture. Dispatches from one of the officials
Of the United States Post Office Depart
ment were factors in bringing about this
decision. 1t was plainly stated that the
local inspectors were to spare no trouble
in causing the woman's arrest.
Before leaving for Europe last Wednes-
day a week ago, it was discovered Satur-
day, Sophia Beck sat in her office next to
the rooms of the Storey Cotton Company
and planned every detail of her flight. She
made all the arrangements for gathering
negotiable bonds and converting real estate
into cash; planned her method of Guiding
the secret service men, who were guarding
the piers of all outgoing steamers, and
finally outlined for her alleged confederates
a complete campaign against prosecution.
According to the federal officer who gave
out this information, mortgages were rails
ed upon nearly all the real estate possessed
by the men who were associated with the
woman. Upon one property alone, 1t was
stated, nearly $40 600 was raised. The plan
also included the hasty flight to Europe of
Sophia Beck and the meeting there with
her of Storey and Francis, with probable
division Of the spoils.
Sophia Beck is now believed to be in
London When she left this country she
is said to have taken at least S1000,0O0 in
cash and bonds with her. This money was
part of the earnings of the Storey Cotton
Company. 1t may, or may not be the re-
suit of shrewd management of this woman
financial genius but it is reported to be
fact that half a million dollars in cash is
now ready for the defense of Stanley Fran
els, who is under $4,000 bail on the charge
of having prepared the attractive literature
of the Storey Cotton Company and having
been one of it's directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-27
BOWLING LUCK.
Dispute as to How Credits Should Be
Calculated

Bowling average" VS.. bowling percent
age is the very latest theme under discus
sion among the ien-pin rollers.
The question to be decided is as follows:
Which is the best bowler. the man who
wins the most games out of series of con-
tests or the man who gets the most pins in
that same series?
There have been many expressions of
opinion on the subject, all brought about
more or less by the number of tournaments
and match games now going on, all of
which are arranged with view of deciding
the question of local bowling supremacy.
In favor of decision by games won, abil-
ity to get pins when needed is, according to
the other side. the sole argument advanced
tournament tables show that inability of
the opponent to get pins when needed is pre-
cisely an equal element, and as this game
(of all games) is not of offense and defense,
one bowler has no influence, not to say con-
troll, over what his opponent may do or not
do.
In billiards and pool the play is for posi-
ton for self and for safety against the OPP
ponent, the latter being frequently defeated
by preventing generalshp. On the other
hand a bowler could roll in Philadelphia
against an opponent in San Francisco, or
they could roll In separate rooms. This to
show that bowling is distinctly no contest,
but merely race for 800, and such an indie
pendent race that nothing whatever can be
done by the one player to prevent his oppo-
nent making that 300.
| 1t is possible to bowA game without an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-27

lucky stroke for the new owners OF the
team as 1T has revived the old spirit that
has lain dormant for the past fifteen years.
and the thousands who had dropped away
from the game in disgust will assuredly re-
turn and do their best to cheer Manager
Stahl and his companions on to victory
reporter of The Star visited many of the
old-timers this morning. and on all hands
the rechristening was received with favor
and enthusiasm Many of the players VINO
once wore the uniform of the Nationals
are still alive and living in this city, and to
these gentlemen the selection was taken
as a tribute to their old-time ability.
Michael Scanlon.. at present a stakeholder
In the Washington club. was the leading
the contest was suggested by President
Noyes he has been urging his friends TO
sent in this name for the club, and insist
ing that it was the only one to be consid-
cred. When seen i.IiS morning Mr.. Scan
Ion was unusually happy over the outcome
and said:
1T was the only title to be thought Of
for a minute, and l am sure 1t will go a
ball spirit in this city. A vote of thanks
should be extended to Mr.. Noyes for think
ing of the idea
While Uncle Nick Young was never
member of the Nationals. but did good
work on their rivals the Olympics. in the
early days of base bah here, he had noth-
ing but praise to utter over the fact that
Nationals had been selected for the club.
Elijah Babcock. who was President Hayes
private secretary and an old-time fan, says
he will at once join the ranks of the new
fans" and do all he can to push the Ma
tionals forward in the championship race.
He said
'AlI they will have to do is to work their
way out of last place and everybody Will be
satisfied. We have become SO tired OF see
ing a tai-end club in Washington that 1t
has nearly killed all the base ball spirit
Other veterans of the game seen were
George Fox, who played with the Nationals
in 1866; Col. Frank Jones. Denny Coughl1n.
Col Emmett Urell. who wore a National
uniform in 1866; Harry Mclean, chief clerk
of the board of health, and who was MEM
Der of the 1867 team. and Billy Hodges OF
the War Department. who was National
boy in 1S66-67, and everyone sang the
praises of the new title.
At the different points where the base ba!i
fans collect and discuss the game in all
its details the Nationals were welcomed
with fine spirit and the burial OF the Sen
ators considered a good move. Several
fans suggested that it would be good
thing for the officials to adopt the old red,
white and blue uniform but as the suits for
the coming season are already in the hands
of the manufacturer the change can hardly
be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-27
Aliens Flooding American Shores.

With a total for the last week of 10000
aliens and with the prospects OF at least
% 600 more to come in on the steamships
arriving this week, it is probable that all
immigration figures at New York will be
broken before the spring is ended. from
all parts of Europe aliens are booked to
arrive. and the resources Of the station at
Ellis Island will be taxed to the utmost.
All of the figures Of the number of steer
age passengers expected soon are not yet
obtairable but thus far the list is as fol-
lows: The Graf Waldersee. from Hamburg,
2,6O6: the Gneisenau, from Bremen. 1850;
the Kroonland, from Antwerp, 1,40o; the
Ryndam, from Rotterdam, LTD; the Wei
mar, from Bremen, 1850; on the express
steamships, the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
from Bremen, the st. Paul from Southamp-
ton. the Campania from Liverpool, the Lor-
raine from Havre and the Teutonic from
Liverpool, there will be at least 5,1eO, aH5
there is a large lumber to come on the
ships from other British ports From the
Mediterranean six steamships are due dur
ing the week, with total of nearly 1900
in the steerage. divided among the Citta di
Napoli, the Citta di Reggie. the Sardegna,
the Italia, the II Fremont and the Sicillia.