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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-06

The national x rgr'lr.t htt 3D.
derived It's chief revenue fol 70 tJ.'
on impor.s anl FROM au ilI,rn.l 90" a..
else tax. I'm addi on r. these. i.cr' IS
every reason why. when nest our -
TEN of taxation IS revised. th' national
government should impose graduated
inheritance tax and. ii possible, grad
uatcd income tax.
| am well aware that such subject
rs this needs long ana careful siuly in
order that Tire people may become fla
milar with what Is proposed 10 bc
dDrc. may clearly Sc the necessity Of
proceeding with wisdom and self re-
stramt and may make mp tte'r minds
lust how fa, they are willing - - in
tie matter. while only trained lcgisla-
tors can work ont the project in uecc'-
sary detail. Bri feel that i'm lh' neal
future orr uatou1l legislators shorH
enact llV providing for graduated
inheritance taN hy which straAiy iu
crcasing rofc of duty ~hould De- put
upnn a'l moneys or other va'Whic1
coming hy gift. bclucst or devise 10
auy individual or corporation There
cam be uo question of the ethical pro
pricty of the government thus defer
mining the conditions, upon which anN
gift or inheritance should hr received
As the law now stands il is mdonhl
cdv dIllcglI ,o devise % national In.
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-06
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway 10
RappahannOck River Line.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JULY lst, 1906


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Acknowledgements
weather permitting Wednesday and FRI
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View, 'Sharps, 'Tappahannok
Special will only wharVe marked IL
Tappahannock-Nortok.
Leave
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Mill Creek North End Wand
Returning Norfolk Monday weather permitting
landings Westand Bowers
stopping Baltimore Tuesday
Fredericksburg Observation-Disclosures
Leave fredericksburg and Thursday tide and
Ratca Hon Yard
ies I1eisown Bandfed MAYORS Hole
Tappahannok Weford Wares Bowers Shaps $50 Bay
20
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Mil Greek md Westiand.
Arrive baltimore Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings
Tappahannock- Baltimore
Leave Tappaanno permitting 1880 Tuesday Thursday
topping
Ubanna Donadson Menbeek Weems Irv
ngton White Stone, Mill Greek North End 'Westland.
'Dps Thursday
Arriving Baltimore Wednesday and Friday mornings.
W. D. SCOTT, Agent Fredericksburg, Va
THOMSON, T. MURDOCH Gan Ft = Pa. A.,
Baltimore, June 90 1906
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-06
Control of Corporations.

1t cannot too often be repeated that
experience has cOnclusiVely shown the
impoSSibility Of securing by the actions
Of nearly half hundred different state
legislatures anything but ineffective
chaos in the way of dealing with the
great corporations which do not oper-
ate exclusively within the limits or
any one state. In some method. wheth-
er by a national license law or in other
fashion. we must exercise, and that at
an early date far more complete
conrohthan AT present over these great
corporations control thai Will. among
other thincS. prevent the evils Of eX-
cesSire oyercapilalzationa and that will
comrp. the disclosure by each biz cor
poration OF its stockholders and OF its
properties and business. whether own
ed directly or through subsidiary or
affiliated corporations. This will tend
to PVT stop to the securing Of NOR
dinate profits by favored individuals at
the expense whether of the general
public. the stockholders or the wage
workers. Our effort should be not SO
much to prevent consolidation as such.
but so to supervise and control it as
TO see that II results in no harm to the
people
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-06

Records show that during the TWEEN
" years from Jan. /. 1881. 10 Dee. 3D.
1900 there were strikes affecting H..
800 establishments. and G.lu1GH EN-
ployees were thrown out Of employ.
ment. During the same period there
we're 1.OOJ lockoutS. involving nearly
10000 establishments. throwing over
100000 people out " employment
These strikes and lockouts involved am
estimated loss 10 employees of 500.
100000 and To employers Of Slii.""1.-
900 a total OF Sl50.o90.coo The public
suffered directly and indirectly prob
ably as great additional loss.
Many of these strikes and lockoHi~
would not have occurred had the par
ties 20 tie dispute been required tn
appear before an uupreiudicei body
representing the nation and face io
face. state the reasons for their con
tentiOn. The exercise Of judicial
spirit by q disinterested body repre-
sentime the fec gal government such
IS would be- provided by commission
on cancellation and arbitration would
tend to create an atmosphere Of friend
illness and cancellation between con
tending parties.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-06
~ yOU WANT PURE GOODS.

Call and see Mrs. ]. F. Monroe before buying.
r IN ,oan@ton n faw M my brands
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-19

The San Francisco disaster easily
the
by ames shaken earthquakes, and
ashes and city metropolis country
the Of the half United States
completely laid in ruins before.
Had the shock later hour when
crowded buildings filed would have
been appalling AS it is the loss Of life largely confined
the odgnghouse districts but five hundred are know
to be dead
The property loss challenges the Imagination Whether
two hundred or three
hundred millions, the to be fully grasped
One of the greatest losses will be Pao Alto
Stanford university founded by ruins
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-19
|BEMIDJI PEOPLE
FEAR FOR FRIENDS
Many Local Residents Have Relatives in
the City of Earthquake and Fire..
Awaiting News.
Failure Of Dynamite and Powder Supply
Stops Blowing Up Of Buildings
to Check Flames.

The last earthquake Of great import
ance in the United States was in Charles.
town, S. O., in 1886, when 81 people were
killed, many wounded, and property val.
ued at many millions destroyed.
California has been visited with
number Of earthquakes in the last fifty
years, but none have been great enough to
be called disasters. The last seismic dis.
turbance felt in San Francisco was in
1900. Los Angeles was shaken by a slight
tremor in 1894 -
Scientists explain earthquakes by say
ing that in cooling, the crust of the earth
contracts, and often unevenly, causing the
sliding Of the strata along the lines Of
structural weakness
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-19

Washington, e. Apr 49, Buein Congress today passed
joint resolution propratng million dollars for the
Francisco earthquake and fire sufferers.
San Francisco, Apr 49, Carbohydrates reports place the
dead at 500
San Francisco Apr 10 Especial Dispatch Francisco is
doomed
The city, partially wrecked by earthquake is now in the
grasp the ames which the eghters poweress check
From present indications the fire will rage out
itself for of material to burn.
The supply off the Shock although
the mains temporarily repaired they again. The
femen had choice but to blow the buildings path
the ames hoping to keep the confagraon within bounds this
the progress was slightly checked but
the dynamite and powder giving and the fight
be lost |'
There heart-rending that dis
played the today The whole district is ruins
cumbd burned Nearly half of the residence portion
fallen under the aames
everywhere, relatives and friends are
rambling in crazed among the bodies trying
familiar face
being patroe by military and although the
city under martial law soldiers everywhere protecting
property the the
orders that all ooers shall shot, following
troopers executed three mauraders early morning
The soldiers rendering great Two hundred men,
and children are without shelter food and many
and being cared they may the
servants who distributing ratons
Government tents also being pitched for the shelter
fortunates.
report from Pal9 Alto that all but the buildings
the memorial church One student is known
One the appalling things is the
apparently has partially wrecked
San Francisco including Santa Rosa Pa Aa Headsburg
Geyerville Cloverdale, Hopeand and Ukah.
oakland, CAL, Apr ia correspondent the Trb
une, wiring from San francisco, says
At this writing there practically hope
any of Those who sangune Of the ultimate
of the fremen in controlling the entirely
gen up hope and fleeing from the flames in despair
Many people being burned alive imprisoned the doomed
buildings where the could not reach them.
The last big structure burst into flames
at the of California Stockton
tict from the channel to Broadway and
Octava and Golden Gate Of fames The
Francis hotel is of the last big buildings fire. The
flames be entirely beyond control The workers
block after block OF residences with dynamite the hope
the fames but after
across the seemingly impossible guilt
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-19

Great anxiety felt by many residents Of Bemd who have
relatives living in the stricken city Owing to the fact that all
down, communication be secured with San
Francisco. and of the disaster eagerly awaited
M Richards of the Crookston Lumber Company,
has brother u G. Richards living Oakland but who is en-
gagged the lumber business with offices in the Kohl block in
Francisco Mr. Richards attempted get word from his
brother sending several kilograms but response has yet
been received
resident of San Francisco at the time of the disaster having
moved to atcity last Monday.
Mrs NJ W. Lyon, mother of Charles Lyon Of this city, and
Mrs e. W Trout his sister, together with her Children
residents of San Francisco but nothing to their fate
Rogers conducts restaurant Market street, the main
thoroughfare that almost completely destroyed He is
brother of Frank Rogers of Bemidl ..H"
Mr. and Mrs G. A. Jones' former residents Of this city and
well known here residents Of San Francisco 500 Market
street Nothing has been heard from them and Helmer
Of this city brother of Mrs jones' anxousy awaiting some
to their fate twill probably be days. however
before telegraph communication restored any of the
dead and injured secured.
scene of death and destruction During the night the
consumed many of the cty finest structures skipped in
dozen directions to the residence portions They their
way the North Beach section springng IN anew
the SOUTH reached along the shipping econ down the bay
shore, the hills and toward Third street and
Townsend
Steel warehouses and manufacturing plants fell in the path
of the flames thus completing the destruction Of the entire dis
tct known south Of Market street Downtown everything
lis ruined not one business house stands
Reports from the interior most alarming Santa Rosa
Of the preest cities of the state wreck There
10000 homeless and children huddled together
The loss OF life cannot be estimated but will reach thousands
The destruction Of Headsburg Geyservlle Cloverdale
Hopeand and Ukah reported and in each the loss
life and property is shocking.
Washington D. G., Apr. 19-The war department has re-
the following telegram from General Funston at San
Francisco:
"Impossibe to inform you to full of the dis
aser but the city practically doomed The troops aiding
the police patrol the city and maintain order
Martial law has not been declared. We working
Iconjcton with the civil authorities cannot send too
many raons about 100000 people are homeless
food very Provision houses destroyed and
|all government buildings gone
Eyer business building and half Of the residence portion
the city is destroyed
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-19

thousand troops from the Presi-
dio has arrived to patrol the
streets. The Thirteenth infantry,
1000 strong, has arrived from
Angel Island and went on patrol
duty. Soldiers have been
ordered to shoot thieves caught
robbing the dad and to guard
with their lives the millions Of
dollars worth of property placed
in the streets to escape the
ravages of the flames. Three
hooters have been executed or
com mand of General Funston.
The First Cali ifornia artillery.
200 strong, has been detailed to
patrol duty on Ellis street. Two
more companies are patrolling
Broad way in the italian section.
Mayor Schmitz, who has estab-
lisbed his Office at police head
q quarters, has named a comm mittee
of safety.
The mayor notified the bakeries
and milk stations that their food
supply must be har bored for the
homeless. Preparations have
been made to place tents in every
park in the city and in these
those who have lost all will be
given food and shelter. Prisoners
in the city prison on the fifth
floor of the hall of justice were
transferred to the basement Of
the structure. Later they were
removed to the Broadway Jail
and if necessity arises they will
be taken to the branch county
jail on the Mission road.
San Francisco, April 49, The
Pacific coast has been so fire.
quently visited by earthquakes
that it was deemed unwise until
a few years ago to erect tall build
ings in San Francisco. It was
only with the advent of modern
steel construction which was be-
lieved to render tall buildings
safe from the earth's tremors,
that skyscrapers made their ap.
pearance on the Pacific coast.
In the last fifty years over $50
earthquake shocks have been
recorded in San Francisco. The
most severe were in 1868
and 1898. rIn 1868 much damage
was done to the city and many
lives were lost.
The disturba of 1893 did
not result in loss OF life, but
4
caused much damage to property.
This shock occurred at II :43 p. M,
March 81, and houses all over the
city were shaken to their founda-
tions. There was intense ex
citement and many miraculous
escapes were recorded. The
damage was particularly severe
along the water front, for a tidal
wave rolled in from the bay and
wrecked small boats and docks.
The city was cut off from tele-
graphic Communication with the
coast for several hours. The
Mare Island navy yard was
damaged.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-19

residential portion of the city is
still burning. The flames have
not yet reached the aristocratic
section, but this district is
directly in the path of the fire.
Thousands upon thousands of
people are homeless.
The absolute helplessness of
survivors to render aid to the
victims adds to the horror.
While the semblance of order
is preserved, the city is panic
Fstricken. Numbers of persons
have been driven insane by the
terrible catastrophe. On every
hand are heard means and sobs.
Mingled with the scenes of
horror many dramatic incidents
are beng enacted
Building after building has
toppled over, the giant sky
scrapers succumbing to the
6erceness of the flames as readily
as the more insignificant struc-
lures. Some steel edifices offered
a temporary check to the fire,
but the tallest and best fell a
prey to the irresistabl whirl-
wind of flames.
The great holocaust. perhaps
the most destructive in the
history of the Pacific coast, did
not have it's origin from a single
source. In the houses of many
Workmen breakfast was being
prepared when at 5:13 in the
morning the first shock of the
earthq uake struck the city. In
scores of homes the stoves were
dashed to the floor and dwellings,
Immediately burst into fame.
AS soon as the crash of falling
buildings ceased the rumble of
the fire apparatus was heard and
the entire fire fighting force of
the city was soon being concen-
trated at tie places where the
most good could be done.
The ever-increasing force of
the wind aud the twisting of the
water service out of existance
was handicap that could not be
overcome and thea flames swept
on. With ever-increasing fury
they licked their way toward the
center of the city, leaving path
Of ruin. Past the lodging dis.
trict, up beyond the department
store section, and even to the
commercial center, and still
again on to the residence district,
stretched the path Of the flames.
Sacramento, Calf, Apr. l9.
Both telegraph companies have
prac tically lost communication
with San francisco. Wires west
OF here come uD and 90 down IN
a fitful way, making continuous
use impossible.
Washington, D. g. Apr. 49,.
The following telegram has been
received by the war department
this afternoon from General
Funston.
AT this time, 9:l5 a. M, there
is nothing new. The city is still
burning and it could not be
worse. =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-19

new YORK, apr. l9.-s1'ne last
great earthquake in the United
States was that Of Charleston,
S. G., in 1886. This earthquake
was preceded by minor tremors,
to- which little attention was paid
The principal shock occupied
about one minute, and other
shocks followed at intervals with
gradually diminishing violence.
At the end of four weeks they
had ceased to be destructive, but
tremors were occasionally OBJ
served for several months longer.
In Charleston the movements
We're less violent than at the
center Of the disturbances, a
point fifteen miles west of the
city.
A large number of houses in
the city were thrown down and
nearly all the buildings in the
city were more or less damaged.
The damage was computed at
many millions of dollars.
Twentyse persons were
killed outright and many others
died afterwards from injuries
received,
San Francisco, Apr. 19.-Re-
ports from outside districts in
dicate widespread damage. San
Jose, SO miles south, lost many
buildings and between Is and %
persons were killed. The annex
of the Vendome hotel collapsed
and fires broke out. Stanford
university and Palo Alto suffered.
At Stanford many of the hand
some buildings were demolished
ard two people killed. One of
them was Pulius Robert Hanna,
of Bradford, Pa, and the other
was Otto Curtis, fireman. Six
other students are lying in the
hospital, bruised, with cuts and
internal injuries. These are
Ross D. ward, of San
Francisco, Henry Z. Dearing, of
Santa Ana, CAL; Froli, Halbert
R. Thomas, of Los Angeles; Al
bert WestWick, of Santa Barbara.
and w. H. Masters. of Portland,
|! Oregon.
The court house at Redwood
City and other buildings col
lapsed. Menlo Park, Burlingame
and other places report damage.
San Francisco, Apr. 19.-For
the benefit of the eastern people
who have friends visiting in San
Francisco, it is safe to say that
they are not injured, as the loss
of fire was confined to the cheap
lodging houses and the wholesale
districts.
All persons in the larger hotels
escaped, and mostof their effects
have been removed and are out
of the way of the fire peril.
Los Angeles, Calf. Apr. 10
Reports from BraWley, small
town on the Southern Pacific 20
miles south Of this city, state
that the town was practically
wiped out by an earthq uake
Wednesday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-19
CONGRESS- TO GIVE
$l,O00,O00 RELIEF
This Sum Is Voted Today for San Fran
cisco Suffer rs'.'Government
Sends Tents.
Death List 500, According to Latest Re-
ports..-Property Loss Close to
>:'.: $2OO,OOO,O0O. *:*
Summary of the Disaster.

The list of dead is now placed at 500
and new bodies are being taken from
the ruins hourly.
The property loss is roughly estimated
at $2,OOO,OOO, and does not seem to be
exaggerated.
Practically all the city's fine public
and office buildings are wrecked, and the
water and sewer systems are ruined.
The city is now at the mercy of the
flames, which are sweeping the business
district. The lack of water renders the
fre-fghters helpless.
ALI the fine buildings of Leland Stan
ford, Jr., university are wrecked.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-19

Los Angeles, Cali. Apr. 10
Reports from BraWley, a small.
town on the Southern Pacific 20.
miles south Of this city, state
that the town was practically
wiped out BY an earthquake
Wednesday.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-03-29

Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that ! have
taken letters of Administration on the
estate of Frederick Arthur Bennett. late
OF Shrewsbury township deceased. All
persons having claims against said de-
cedeut will please present them duly
authenticate for payment, and all who
know themselves to be indebted to him
will please make payment to me.
BOYD Z. BENNETT.
T.J.&F. II. Ingham, ,Attys. Admr.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-03-29
Administrators Notice.

Estate Of Sarah Whitmire, late of Dav
idson Township, Sullivan county, Pa.
decd
Notice is hereby given that letters OF
administration c. t. a. upon the estate OF
said decedent have been granted to The
undersigned. Ali persons Indebted to
said estate are requested to make pay.
,nenl; and those having claims or de-
mpnt- against the same will make them
know without delay.
JOHN w. PAXTON,
Administrator, c. t. a.
Austin, Pa, Jan, %. 1906.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-02-20
UNIQUE SITUATION.
AS to the County Assessors Office
Alleged That Gonzales Has
Resigned.

There are no new developments in
the case of Assessor Anastacio Con
zales of this county. 1t is understood
that he has placed his resignation in
the hands of his attorney, A. b. Rene.
han, but that the same has not yet
been presented to Governor Hagerman.
Report has it that among the candi-
dates for the probable vacancy are Ed.
ward Andrews, present deputy asses.
sor. who is Democrat in politics; ;
Harry G. Kinsell, former sheriff of this
county, who is a Republican and who
has been endorsed by several members
of the Republican County Central
Committee; Telesforo Rivera, who held
the position of assessor once by elec.
ton, and who was the Republican can
didate for the position at the Novem-
Der, 1904, election, but was defeated by
the present incumbent, who was elect
ed on the Catron fusion Democratic
ticket.
Mr.. Rivera has been endorsed by a
number Of tax payers. The situation
is unique and there is no telling at
this time what the outcome will be.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-02-20
Germany Has Re.
jected Last Pro-
posal Made by

Paris, Feb. 20.-Germany's rejection
of FRANCES proposition at Algeciras
that the prop Jsed Moroccan police sys
TEN shall be French and Spanish, has
riven renewed gravity to the France
Germany situation.
Appeal to World.
!! is Official a"rouAced that Ger
H., VS. IN tes France no course
10 ,y,,,iln private negotiations
{ - II zeal lac judgment OF the
Weld before an open conference.
This decision suspends the meetings
between M. Revolt, head of the French
mission and Herr Won Radowitz, chief
of the German delegation, at which
they have been seeking to find accord,
Prolonged Crisis.
The failure to agree promises to re.
suit in prolonged crisis in which
each side manta!ns the position it took
before the open conference
1t is expected that the strained sit
uation will have the effect of renewing
the alarmist war reports and of arous-
ing public apprehension.