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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-07-28
s a l. E
OF VALUABLE
Caroline Real Estate
AT
PUBLIC AUCTION.

BY virtue OF the provisions OF a decree
rendered by the Circuit Court OF Caroline
County, Va. on the lth day of April
1906. in the consolidated chancery
CAUSES therein pending in the names OF
Alice b. Kidd, plaintiff, vs.. Sallie b.
Kidd's executor aud Others, and Sallie b.
Kidd : executor and Others vs.. Alice b.
Kidd and others, the undersigned as
special commissioners OF said Court will
offer for sale at public auction at Bowl
ing Green on
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-07-28
Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics.

One reason Why Peruna has found per-
mauent use in so many homes Is that Is
contains no narcotics Of any kind. Pc
runa is perfectly harmless. 1t can be
used any length Of time without acquir-
ing drug habit. Peruna does not pro-
duce temporary results. 1t is per
manent in its effect.
Ithas no bad effect upon the system,
and gradually eliminates catarrh by Re-
moving the cause Of catarrh. There as
a multitude Of homes where Peruna has
been used of and on for twenty years
Such 4 thing could not be- possible If
Peruna contained any drugs Of mar
cOtic nature.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-07-28

the place Of +. r. DOVE,
Military appointee, re-
mOved) lSO9- $50.
William S.Cralle, (incumbent) lo7O-l9--.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
STATE OFFICERS ELECTED
BY CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0RERS
Lenders for Year Are Chosen by Society
I'm Convention at Garfield


SANTA CRUZ. July s1.-The State
Christian Endeavor Convention just
closed at GARFIELD Park elected the fol-
lowing officers:
President. F. Abernathy. Saratoga;
first vice president, J. Aikens, San
Francisco; second vice president, Miss
Georgia Cutler, Palo Alto; secretary,
Miss Ada Swortzel, Fortuna; treasurer,
Miss Bessie Young. Chico.
District Superintendents-Ba Dr. j.
Haley Durham, Irvington; San Joaquin,
Goldie Smith, Fresno; Sonoma, Thomas
Ursecarver. Healdsburg; Sacramento,
Miss Naomi Baker, Red Bluff.
superintendent of Quiet Hour-Miss
Ora Coombs. Red Bluff
Tenth Legion Observation-Disclosures
ence Dargitz, Christian Colony.
Christian Citizenship and Temper
ence-Clarence Hoke, Oakland.
International OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
King San Jose.
Junior Superintendent-Mis Laura
Hockensmith, Santa Rosa.
Bible Seminary and Missions-Win II.
Brown, Oakland
The officers were installed by Dean
Hiram Van Kirk Of Berkeley Bible
Seminary.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
GREAT LAND FRAUD
STIRS OREGON.
Government Says That
Conspiracy to Secure
$4,000 Acres Existed
4" DUMMIES" USED

PORTLAND, July 31.-Details of
gigantic scheme by which the Govern
ment expects to prove a conspiracy
was formed between the stockholders
OF the Butte Creek Land, Livestock and
Lumber Company to fence up and gain
the exclusive pasturing Of tract Of
$4,000 acres of public land in Wheeler
County came to light today in the trial
of Hamilton II. Hendricks in the Fed
eral Court on a charge of perjury.
The testimony of Irwin WilfIs, former
ly Of Fossil, let in the light on this fea-
ture OF the case. He was the first of
many witnesses that will be called to
show that they were engaged to take
up homesteads for consideration of
about $500 apiece.
The Butte Creek Companys exclu-
sive Government pasture lands under
this clause, according TO the Govern
ment's theory OF the case. covered
tract Of fully fifty square miles. 1t was
bounded on the north and west by
high ridge of rimrock. To inclose it
from the east and south was the pur-
pose of the scheme in hiring persons
TO take up homesteads and then deed
them over TO the company Fences
connecting the rimrock were then
erected on the lands thus illegally ac-
qrired.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
STEEL TRUST PAYS
ON COMMON.
Dividends Declared for
First Time in Three
Years on the Issue

NEW YORK, July 31.-The directors
of the United States Steel Corporation
today declared a dividend equal to
per cent on the common stock OF the
company. This is the first dividend on
the common stock since December. 1903.
According 70 the company's announce
ment the dividend is for two quarters
at half of 1 per cent each. The regular
quarterly dividend of l q per cent was
declared on the preferred stock.
The company gave out a statement
showing net earnings for the quarter
ended June 80 to be $40, ,125.033, an in
crease of s9.S1S.917 as compared with
the same quarter last year. Unified
orders on hand June 80 were 6,S09, $50
tons, against 7.01S.712 tons on March
81. 1906. and 4,S3s,655 tons on June
80, 1905.
The statement also shows that the
sum of $5,6O4.2S9 was set aside for de-
probation and reserve funds and S2,-
100000 for special Improvement and
replacement funds. The surplus for
the quarter after those appropriations
and after making appropriations for
sinking fund on bonds, payments on
bonds and dividednds was s1S.231,1Os.
OF this amount $4,000. 900 was set aside
for additional property construction
and discharge of capital obligations
leaving a balance for the quarter of
$5,231, ,106.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
pennsylvania ROAD
REDUCES FARES.
Will Sell One Way Tick
cts at 219 Cents a
Mile Instead of 81

PHILADELPHIA, July 31.-Important
changes in passenger rates were an
nounced today by Fourth Vice Pm
dent John B. Thayer of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, following a meeting OF
the board of directors of that corpora
tion. The company has decided to re-
duce the maximum One-way fares from
II and cents TO 21z cents mile, This
action will involve a readjustment OF
all through fares from the South Ow-
ed by the changes the new rate OF fare
will not become operative for some
time. probably November 1. 1t is as
sumed that the connecting lines which
reach New York by way of Cincinnati
and Louisville will meet the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company's reduction by
a readjustment OF fares so that all
Southern passenger traffic. whether by
way OF Washington. Cincinnati or
Louisville. will be on an equal basis.
Concerning the reduction In One-way
fares, the company's announcement
made through Vice President Thayer
says:
This reduction of fares has been the
subject of serious consideration for a
year past. The company has expended
large sums to build relief lines upon
which freight trains should be moved
that this class Of trafic might be di-
verted from the present main lines and
thus secure less liability of delay to
the company's largely increased pas
senger traffic. The company has be-
lieved that the time would come when
much larger traffic could be handled
profltably with a reduction OF the pres
ent rates OF fare"
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
BLAST Of DEATH
] SWEEPS |NYO.
Many Prospectors Die
Under Terrible Heat
on Desert Gold Fields

Los ANGELES. July 31.-According
to reports which have reached this
city, terrible heat conditions are pre-
vaiiing in the Inyo County gold fields
and adjacent desert, and mining pros
pectors are dying daily from it,
W. II. Adams, a mining engineer.
who left Los Angeles July for the
Panamint range and who has Just re-
turned to the city, says that the bodies
OF eight prospectors killed by the heat
were brought In while he was in the
region. During his stay at Panamint
six bodies were brought there.
The heat, he says, is terrible and un-
abated day or night. At Ballarat. he
relates, the thermometer registered 135
at noon, and at midnight following had
dropped to but 116 degrees, which was
the average for three days
In the desert section lying south of
Redlands. he says the mercury went
up to 100 and could record no higher.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
RAILROAD MEN co
BEFORE BOARD.
State Equalizers Listen
to Reports of Three
of the Corporations
CONSIDER VALUES

SACRAMENTO. July SIT F. Dun
away. general manager, and f. r..
Dodge attorney. represented the Ne
Ysds California Oregon Railway and
the Sierra Valley Railway before the
State Board of Equalization this morn
ing DunawaY stated that the receipts
of the former line were increasing and
that he was gradually extending the
road TO Alturas. BY the end of No
vember he would have some twenty
miles constructed. which would bring
the road within twenty miles OF Al
turas.
The Nevada California- Oregon Rail-
way has now 120 miles of single track.
valued at tl47,95O. The gross earnings
from operation for the year were $226,-
25O22; operating expenses. $11S,42s.2S,
leaving net income of $107.821.94.
miscellaneous income amounted to
s20.sS5Ta. giving a total income Of
sl2s257.73 The deduction for interest.
etc. left q surplus OF $72,05s-02.
When questioned as TO why his local
taxes had been increased from 1910
TO s5245 during the past year Dunaway
said the County Assessor was the only
man who could explain that, but he
believed that some new schoolhouses
were wanted and they had to help build
them.
The Sierra Valley road has 1895
miles OF single track. valued at SS1,S15-
The gross earnings for the year were
3sI1O40S. the operating expenses $17,-
1874 leaving a net income OF SlS.-
e5ss4 The amount paid out for in
terest, etc. lef; deficit of $2l,4252s
IN speaking OF the Sierra Valley
road Attorney Dodge said that all the
earnings OF this road were being spent
70 prevent the Western Pacific from
crossing its tracks in various places.
T c. Coogan OF San Francisco, at
sornev for the Pullman Car Company,
represented that corporation The
statement presented b. the company
claims cars in California to the total
valuation OF $44l,6sS.50.
In his statement to the board Coogan
pointed out that the company had in
creased its valuation over that OF last
year 10 the amount Of ss4.s3S.5O. This
be attributed TO the fact that they
were operating four new lines over the
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake
Railroad and the increase OF business
on the Southern Pacific lines.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
CHINESE, INDIAN AND WHITE
PAROLED BY THE GOVERNOR
Three Men Serving Life Terms for
Murder to BE Released From
Prison.

SACRAMENTO, July 31.-Governor
Pardee today consented to the parole
of three prisoners serving life terms
upon the recommendation of the Board
of Prison Directors. They were VIII
liam r. Lane, convicted of murder in
Yuba County in 1894; Indian Pike. sent
up for murder in Shasta County in
1882, and Hoey Sen Sing, convicted of
murder in Sacramento County in 1895.
In the case of Lane the parole was
recommended by the Superior Court and
the District Attorney of Yuba County.
The murder for which Indian Pike was
convicted is said to have been COM
mitted at the instigation of a white
man who wanted to get rid of an en-
emy. Hoey Sen Sing was convicted of
a murder that took place during a tong
war, and his parole was recommended
by Superior Judge Hart and Frank d.
Ryan, who was the prosecuting attor-
ney in the case. 1t is said there is a
question Of doubt as to whether or not
he was guilty
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
TWICE IN WEEK STEAMER
GOES TO RIVER BOTTO NJ
Jacinto, After Being Raised and Moved
Upstream, Fillsf and Sinks
Again.

REDDING. July 31,-The steamship
Jacinto,, which was spagged two weeks
ago in the Sacramento River near CO.
lusa and sank in fifteen feet of water.
was raised to the surface few DAYS
ago, moved up the stream a little way.
has since gone to the bottom in twenty
fivo feet of water. The sunken craft
was raised week ago with the as
sistance of a crew from Sacramento
and the snagboat Seizer. Considera-
BILE expense was incurred, but the hole
in the hull was not properly repaired.
and after being moved to a new an
chorage she sank again. Only the top
OF the pilot-house is now visible above
the surface of the river.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01

-
Ogdensburg, n. Y, and John j.
McGran of Brooklyn, N Y.
The Pontif, who is enjoying excel
lent health recalled that Immediately
after his election the first pilgrimage
he Received was composed of Ameri-
cans and was presented by Cardinal
Gibbons.
Bishop Gabriels read an address In
which he said Catholicism was making
rapid strides in the United States, due
TO the complete freedom the church en-
joyed and the good will of the Ameri-
can civil authorities. Bishop GabrIels
quoted President Roosevelt as saying
to him on learning that the Bishop was
to conduct a pilgrimage to Rome:
Tell the Pope that ] send him my
profound regards. I have tried to treat
Protestants and Catholics alike, as my
latest appointments show. l Will try
to perpetuate this policy. This repub-
lie will stand for many century l
expect that there will be Catholic Pres
idents as well Protestant l trust
that they all will treat each other as
I have tried to do"
The Pope thanked the Bishop most
warmly, expressing his great love for
the United States and his very highest
esteem of President Roosevelt. The
Pontiff also presented the leaders of
the pilgrimages with medals and con-
sented to be photographed in the group
of pilgrims.
The papaI encyclical isused today,
which it was expected would be aimed
against Christian Socialists, proves to
be directed to the Italian clergy. The
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
Restaurant. Man Shot.

SANTA CRUZ, July 81. William
Tsouvas, a Greek who IN partnership
with his brother conducts the Newport
restaurant at the beach. was shot in
the arm last night. and the officers are
trying to find who did the shooting.
Three railroad men got into a row with
the restaurant men about midnight.
One of these say Tsouvas shot himself
while trying to shoot at them. E. F.
Stanley was arrested by the beach
watchman on a charge of aiding in the
assault. Warrants were issued this
morning for his arrest and that of J.
II. Crook.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
DRIVES GOLD TACK
To START ROAD.
Interesting Ceremony
Marks Beginning of
Line Out of Eureka
RUNS TO ALTURAS
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

EUREKA, July 31-A large crowd
assembled at the junction of Murray
street and Broadway this morning a
little before 10 o'clock to witness the
driving by Mayor TORY of golden
tack in the first grade stake or hub of
the Californian and Land Empire Rail-
road to connect Eureka with the East.
Speeches were made by L. L. Evans,
the promoter of the road, and Council
man j. f. Coohan, E. P. Campbell and
Mayor TORY.
Evans. who seems to be we'll backed
financially, says he is going to build
from Eureka to Alturas, Modoc County,
there to connect with an Eastern road.
A franchise through this city was
granted Evans by the City Council a
few weeks ago.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
SUNDAY scbooI Convent,on.

SANTA CRUZ, July 31.-The State
Sunday school convention is in session
at Garfield Park. 1t opened this morn
ing, Rev. T. C. Picton, the State presi-
dent. presiding. Among the interest
ing addresses read were: Special Work
for Boys" w. H. Vallandigham of San
Jose; The Graded Sunday School," G.
A. Ragan, Winters; The Sunday School
the Opportunity of the Church" Otha
Wilkinson, Ukiah. The lecture this
evening by Herbert Lockwood Willett,
Phi. D., OF Chicago. was on Peter and
Jewish Christianity"
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
WORKMAN WHO FOUND PAPERS
DEMANDS TRIAL BY JURY
Joseph Gnlland of Pasadena still In
Jail for Refusing to Give up
Documents.

PASADENA, July 31.-When he was
brought before Justice Klamroth for
trial today Joseph Galland, the work.
man who found a jar of valuable
papers while excavating for cellar
on North Raymond avenue and then
refused to give them up, demanded a
jury trial. He entered a plea of not
day morning. Galland declined to fur
nish bail and was taken back to the
county jail.
Galland's arrest was caused by DIR.
]. c. Michener, owner of the lot on
which the jar was found. who charged
Galland with larceny because he re-
fused to surrender the papers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
MILITIAMEN WILL NOT
ACCEPT THEIR DISCHARGES
Los Angeles Guardsmen Declare Conn
pany Cannot BE Disbanded Until
Members Are Paid.

Los ANGELES, July S1.-Asserting
that the company cannot be disbanded
or discharges given the members until
the. State has paid s4s TO each man
for services rendered at the San Fran
cisco fire, the members OF Company
Seventh Infantry, National Guard of
California. which Governor Pardee re-
Gently disbanded for insubordination,
have refused to accept their discharges
and say they will carry the case into
the courts for the purpose of vindi
eating the name of the company. Cen
eral Robert Wankowski, brigade COM
mander, says the discharges hold good.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
SUICIDE LEAVES NOTE
TELLING OF HIS LOVE
Teamster In Los Angeles Puts End to
His Life by Taking

LOS ANGELES. July 31.-A. j. Ken
nedy, teamster in the employ Of c. A
Roberts, committed suicide today by
taking laudanum. His body was found
in his room with a bottle of laudanum
lying near by A note written by Ken
nedy and addressed to a local young
woman said:
Darling. you don't know how much I
love you"
Kennedy's wife died several months
ago. and he had been morose and
drinking considerable since. He left a
3-year-old daughter.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
CALL OFF STRIKE.
Members of Single Weavers' Union
Agree to Return to Work.

SEATTLE, July 31.-After an all
night conference the International
Shingie Weavers' Union has called off
the general strike ordered against all
the shingle mills of the State. The de-
mand for the use of the union label was
withdrawn and each local union will be
permitted to accept or reject the open
shop rule of the manufacturers as they
see fit. In the larger shingle centers II
has already been agreed to return to
work under the open shop rule. The
shingle mill employees wanted to call
off the strike without conditions, but
President Bolger threatened to prevent
sanction by the American Federation
of Labor and to take away the standing
of union men who attempted to force
abandoning the strike.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
blame for Wreck Nor FIxed.

LOS ANGELES, July 31-At the
Coroner's investigation today to deter
mine the cause of the collision be-
tween a Sierra Madre electric car and
a Southern Pacific train at Oneonta
station last Saturday, in which two
persons were killed and about forty in
jured, the conductor and motorman of
the electric car each blamed the other
for the accident. The hearing was ad-
journed by the Coroner indefinitely,
owing to the most important witnesses
being in the hospital
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
FIVE THOUSAND SACKS OF
WHEAT GO UP IN SMOKE
CareIessIy Thrown Cigarette Is Re-
spOnsibIe for Costly Blaze
in Fertile Country.

SAN LUIS oBISPO. July 31.-A light
ed cigarette was responsible for an
other big fire in the Creston country
on Sunday, according to Hans Jesper-
son, who lost his all in the flames.
When the blaze was discovered it had
gained such headway that it could not
be effectively fought, and it swept over
the 800 acres on the Jesperson ranch
and some twenty-five acres on the ad-
joining one before it's progress could
be arrested. 1t is estimated that the
900 acres on the Jesperson ranch con-
tained 5000 sacks of wheat.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
Favor Present Judges.

VISALIA, July 31.-A poll of the Tu-
lare County delegation to the Repub-
lican State convention shows that ALI
the delegates are in favor of the NOM
ination of Judges Gray and Allen to
succeed themselves as Judges of the
District Court of Appeals for the Sec
ond District.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
MACHINES THAT PAY CIGARS
NOT VIOLATION OF THE LAW
Court of Appeals Renders Decision In
Case Drought to Test Slot
Device Question.

SACRAMENTO. July 31-The Third
District Court of Appeals today de-
cided that slot machine played by the
dropping of nickel and the pressing
OF lever to disclose the face Of cards
device. But 1t also holds that where
the machine pays in cigars or tobacco
1T does not fall within the inhibition of
the law. The matter came UP on the
hearing of habeas corpus proceeding
from Sonoma County, and the opinion
was written by Judge Buckles, Judge
Chapman and Judge Mclaughlin con-
curring in a separate opinion written
by the latter.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
sues for RiEhts OF way.

NAPA, July S1.-Alexander B. Bald
win Of San Francisco, attorney for the
Bay Counties Railway Company and
the Napa and Lakeport Railway Com
pany, has begun suit in the Superior
Court OF this county TO obtain rights
of way for his clients. The first right
OF way sought is that over the prop
erty Of the iete Lillian E. Buckley. The
second is that over the estate OF Julius
A. Dealy.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
sTACKPOLE MUST STAND
TRIAL IN Los ANGELES
Man Charged With Murder of Joel
Scheck Is Denied a Change
of Venue.

LOS ANGELES, July 3i.-Ernest G.
Stackpole, charged with the murder of
Joel Scheck, must stand trial in this
county. He was denied a change of
venue today in the Superior Court.
More than 500 affidavits were submit
ted by the District Attorney, affirming
the belief that Stackpole could obtain
a fair trial here.
Mrs. Scheck. accused of being an
accessory to the murder of her hus-
band, is still in the county jail.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
HARTJE SAYS HE DID NOT
TRY TO BRIBE COACHNK \

PITTSBURG, Pa. July 3I-Attorneys
for Augustus Hartje, who Is seeking a
divorce from HIS wife, Mrs. Mary Scott
HartJe. unexpectedly closed their case
today. Augustus Hartje, on the stand.
denied the charges made by Coachman
Nadine regarding the blonde woman
episode and that he had offered Nadine
money to testify that a man was at the
Hart1e home alone with Mrs. Hartje
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
LARGE DUNxARD COLONY
FOR SISKIYOU COUNTY
Two Hundred and Fifty Families to
Settle on Tract In Month of
Sent fember.

REDDING, July 31.-Two hundred
and fifty families of Dunkards will
arrive in Eastern Siskiyou County from
the East about September 10 and will
build homes on a 31.000-acre tract re-
Gently acquired for colonization pur-
poses The land lies along the line
of the California and Northwestern
Railroad which is building toward
klamath Falls. Leaders of the colony
In the spring.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
Ell Paso de Robes,

Twenty miles from the coast. altitude 100
feet, has more perfect climate than the IA
nous Riviera. The new bathhouse has ap-
pliances for treatment with mineral water in
all forms. from ice to steam. Wonderful cura-
tive effects. Low rates at the great hotel FOR
long stsys-spend your vacation here ON
Southern Pacific coast line
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
FOUR MONTHS FOR SELLING
LIQUOR NEAR VETERANS HOME
Man Who Broke the Law Must Serve
Stiff Sentence in
Mann.

NAPA, July 31.-Judge Gesford this
morning denied the request for a new
trial in the case of d. McVicker, con-
victed of having sold liquor within a
mile and a half of the Veterans Home.
BY this decision McVicker will be
forced to spend four months behind the
prison bars.
McVicker in open defiance of the law
sold liquor within the mile and half
limit of the Veterans Home at Yount-
Vile, although warned several times
by the District Attorney.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01

Cooper & Co.. the stationers, AZ years
Ellis. Full line blank books&stationery*
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
Pre.Idio Heieht. Dye work.

At 1888 Sacramento street were not
burned out; are now running full force
Country patrons promptly attended to. :
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-01
EHC POPE
bIE/]LHE- IN 0ZY lRYY4ZE
.STLEU< 4< EHE
KAZZ[AH.
Receives Pilgrimage and
Tells Of Love for
United States.

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