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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-07
Training School For nadssztuus,
ALICE \. PARKER, PRINCIPAL.

ALICE y. FARMER. Principal.
Two years course in Troelel's theory
and practice. Also a third year course
for graduates. SpsS.iallsctupS. Drawing
physical culturc and singing. School ~
opens Oct. LIST, 1907, az Ia West Main
ST, Richmond, Va wtoel
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-07
NO HORSE SHOW AT NORFOLK

There will be no horse show in Norfolk
this year. The Norfolk shows have not
been financially successful, and the at
tendance was not as good as was ex-
pected
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-07
IF YOU WANT PURE G0ODS
w. S. EMBREY

Successor to Embrey & Berry man. ]
Dealer In Railroad Cross Ties. Cedar
Posts, SpOkes and Hoops. Keeps
constantly on hand large supply of
Haled Hay and Mill Feed. Ofice near
Railroad Depot, fredericksburg, Va
Aiso AGENT for Page Wire ranea 60
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-07

The Free Lance IL prepared to do all
kinds OF Job printing in tirst-clsss style
at moderate pricss.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-07
SIi4AS SHELBURNE 4 son.
SHELBURNE'S WAREHOUSE

For the sale OF Loose Tobacco and
by sample over the hogshead 18th
and NaDs Sfv@Ats Ri~hWon1 We
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
May Clear Murder Mystery.

Cripple Crcck.-A letter signct
''E:dith." found In the clothes OF col
orcd man known as Henry George. who
died at the county hospital recently.
may result In the clearing Of the mys.
terry connected with two murders and
the robbery Of the postoiiicc at Gre
ciey.
The letter, dated December II. 1906.
demands money under threats to re-
turn the recipient 10 the "pen" In
Colorado, refers to 'thc killing OF that
man In st. Louis" and adds: You
and John killed that old man that kept
bridge In Duluth"
The authorities at Canon City were
notified and Warden Cleghorn has
identified the negro as convict NO.
55O9. Walter Carpenter by name. who
was sent up from El Paso county Sep
tcmber s. 1902. for Ave to seven years
for burglary and assault. A reference
In the letter to Guthrie, Okla, has
caused inquiries to be made OF the a,i.
thoritieB there. which may result In
the arrest Of Edith"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
Divorces In Albany County.

Laramie, wyo-In the report on di.
vorces for the census bureau Of the
federal government being prepared by
Deputy Clerk Ihmsen Of the District
Court for the county OF Albany. some
interesting facts are brought out. The
report will cover the last twenty years.
MIR. Ihmsen. being asked to give the
number OF divorces by months. the pc.
titioning party, the cause and the re-
suit. In the twenty years 24O divorces
were granted here. nine-tenths OF
these to women. or these three-fourths
we're on the grounds Of desertion and
drunkenness, in the latter specification
some Of the most remarkable state.
ments Of cruelty and neglect being
made by the fair petitioners. or the
divorces to men at least three.fourths
were on the ground Of infdelity. the
correspondent being name in some In
stances. In 1895 the greatest number
OF divorces were granted in one year.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
,.f,.n.nded .Ionsrd.- No Bar.

Terre Hautc. lnd.-ira G. Salynrds,
with his heart. liver. spleen ana
lungs on the other side OF his body
from their proper positions. has bccn
accepted ns nm able bodied soldier In
Uncle Sans army after six months of
examinations and deliberations by
army surgeons. He has stood all the
tests they could invent to discover II
his transposcd visccra made him In
capable OF performing tho duties OF
soldier.
Although not frequent. many cases
have been reported Of the heart bein.
on the right side OF the body. but II
IL said that there are only forty cases
In nli medical history. Of such dcrangc'
mcnt OF mans ''innards" as the N.ray
disclosed In this stalwart interurban
motorman.
When six months ago the depart
mcnt mt Washington was nskcd for In
structions the department declined 10
pass on the case and the recruiting
officer sent Salynrds to the barracks
MT Columbus. Ohio. where he wns
tested In many ways. He was given
long fatigue marches and stood them
us well as could be expected OF any
able bodied man. He was kept on
duty all night and the strain had no
more effect on him than II would have
on a normal man. and SO IL was with
many tests.
Saiyartis. who is thirtyfour years
old, recently became n widowcr. and
this led him to decide to enter the
army. He had known from boyhood
that his heart was on the right side.
but the X.ray disclosure that his lungs
were SO disnrrangcd that the arteries
entered from the wrong side OF his
body, and that his spleen and liver
had been specially placed for him.
came rs n surprise. He is six feet
tall and weighs 175 pounds. He was
reared on n farm In Sullivan county.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
Giant Weighs $50 Pounds.

Fort Scott. Kan.-Thc other mornin.
q: the Frisco track here was seen the
biggest man In the world. He In
kcown aB Baby Jim Simmons. n negro.
aEd weighs 100 pounds. There are
few people who will believe that any
human being could attain such n great
weight unless they chnnccd 10 nee this
inastodon. One glimpse. however. nj
lays all doubt.
Simmons was accompanying W. Il.
MacBurnctt. n theatrical circus man.
70 81. Joseph. lie lives mt Beaumont.
Texas. Simmons occupied the two
seats In the smoker and slept all the
timc from early morning until ?
o'clock. although there was con.
slant stream Of people scramblins
through the car to sec him. Efforts to
wake the negro were unsuccessful. He
remained there. snoring loudly and
also breathing heavily. Finally his
manager came through the car.
cleared GU, the curious ones and took
his big one to the vcstibulc TO give
him mn airing. A newspaper man
wns admitted to converse with the
giant for few minutes.
Simmons said he was twenty years
Of nHc: that his parents were both
small. though his grandparents each
weighed more than 800 pounds. He
snys he does not cat or drink any
more than the averngc.sizcd man aud
thnt he enjoys the best of health. his
heart behaving In n most satisfactory
manner. He is but sixty.nine inches
tall and is farther around than M
md down." to use small boys ex
precision.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
judge Find. Work Too sorrowuI.

New York.-Magistrate Fred House
ia about to resign his position on the
bench and turn farmer. He says he Is
going up to the Maine backwoods.
away from the noise and hustle OF city
life and the long lines OF sad faces
which his duties OF magistrate Obliged
him to gaze on morning after morning
until the sight sickened him. The un-
dercrist of city life which he saw
turned up In the courts sometimes nine
fours in the day; the broken tale OF
some wife whose husband had beaten
her: the cases which recalled to him
&c often Hoods "Son of the Shirt"
have SO worked upon House that he
would certainly collapse should cir.
cumstances prolong his term much
longer.
House found that he was unable to
listen unmoved to the recital of all tho
narrowing details which were poured
into his ear day by day. Often after
come peculiarly distressing case he
has been seen in tears, and he said
this morning that his work on the
bench has placed him under n more
severe strain than he ever suffered
before.
"I finally realized that I ought to
yield to the advice of my physician
and my friends" he said today. "They
have for four or five years importuned
me to go away from the maddening
crowd. I am going to remain on a
farm Of 160 acres In Maine for a few
years somewhere near the water, and
I shall turn farmer. shall Just have
to forsake the noise and the things
see here every day."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
Deer Eat the Big Ones.

spearflsh. s. D.-Deer that eat po'
tctoes and despoil the patches Of pros
pectors have furnished the latest topic
for the nature takers whom the Presi.
dent has been busily denouncing.
Near Mineral Hill lives John Nee.
han, who works a number OF claims
during the winter and cultivates a
truck garden in the summer. Meehan
declares that deer In his vicinity are
becoming SO plentiful that for three
nights past they have entered his po.
tato patch and gone from hill to hill.
digging up the vegetables and eating
them. He sat up the third night and
witnessed the performance. AS the
deer season is not open, he could not
kill them, but drove them away.
The deer, he said, ate only the large
potatoes and paid NO attention TO the
smaller ones
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
Ate His Trousers.

Wooster, Ohio.-Mr. and Mrs. John
Moore Of this city entertained a bust.
ness friend of the husband over night
Friday and when he went away he
wore pair Of Moore's trousers. In
driving in the suburbs Of Wooster the
visitors clothes became stained with
mud. Mrs. Moore volunteered to clean
them while he slept and hung them in
the yard to dry.
The Moores' COW swallowed the
trousers in the early morning, the last
leg disappearing as Mr.. Moore went
out to get them for his guest. Other
articles Of wearing apparel had disap.
peared, but the COW hitherto has es.
capped suspicion. This time, however,
she was caught red.tongued. 80 to
speak.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
Ghosts Are Sent to Prison.

Berlin. August 2i.-A remarkable
case In which a haunted house played
q prominent part has Just been heard
at Munich. A family named Wolf
hired farmhouse from an aged widow
living near Ammersee. The house
suited them. but the presence Of the
aged woman in the house did not. and
they began TO supply the premises with
number of ghosts. as they knew she
was most superstitious. and In daily
and nightly terror Of supernatural
beings.
Wolf and his wife and two daugh-
tiers installed altogether seventeen
ghosts. First. they tried wicked
spirits. then angelic ones. with the re-
suit that the wretched woman was
nearly driven crazy by her nightly
visitants.
The spirits injured the cows. killed
cocks and hens. stole eggs and butter.
and made unearthly noises at mid
night. Then Wolf offered help To
cleanse the house of spirits for con
slderalion. and In process Of time
these cleansing operations cost over
$500.
| The widow was robbed OF all she
had and was In addition sunerin. from
brain fever. when the police began to
take notice. The result was that Wolf
was sentenced to five years penal
scrvitnre. To pay heavy hne and
to suffer ten years loss Of civil rights
hir wife and one Of his daughters Il
two years and the other daughter t6
eighteen months Imprisonment.
Tho precious family had regular re
hcarsals Of its nocturnal swindle be
fore practIcins Il on the victim.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
Ault Getting Ready.

Ault. Colo.-Big preparations are be-
ing made for the Ault carnival to be
held September Goth. The affair will
be everything that the name indicates.
with the races, games. bands and bal.
loon ascension, and a special rate has
been secured from Boulder and all In
termediate stations on the Colorado &
Southern road.
In connection with the foregoing at.
fractions there will be a fine agricul-
tural exhibit. Ault is the center Of an
agricultural section developing rapidly.
whose farmers are enterprising, as
shown by the big agricultural display
from there at the Harvest Day festival
at Greeley, Aut winning the first prize.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
ALBERT CHATTER Is CLEARED.
coronsr's Jury Gave vsrdiet Of JustI.
fable killinQ.


Golden. Colo.-Albert Shaffer. who
shot and killed Grant McQueary at
Shaffer's crossing. thirty miles south
Of Golden. was given his liberty at the
conclusion OF the coroners inquest
held here. The Jury found that Nc
Queary came To his death by wound
caused by shot from rife In the
hands OF Albert Shaffer. and that said
wound was inflicted by Shaner In the
necessary defense OF his life.
The only eye.witnesses to the shoot.
Ing were Charles Shafier. u brother OF
tho young man who did the shooting.
Pearl Shaffer, wife Of Charles. and Will
bert Matthews. . thirteen'year-old boy.
who was at the Shaffer ranch at the
time. All told the same story of how
McQueary had come out early Friday
morning. had accused Bert Shaffer of
stealing ties which he had piled on n
tract OF government land near by ana
had finally attacked him. first with u
rock. and later with a piece OF gas
pipe Ave feet long.
Young Shaffer stated that he knew
McQueary had violent temper and
when angry would use anything he
could get hold Of m a weapon. He ut
tempted to run away. but when finally
cornered. grabbed his rife and shot
without turning around to take aim.
The bullet pierced McQucary's heart
and he died Instantly.
Other witnesses who testified were
Charles II. Coatney. who came upon
the scene Of the tragedy few minutes
later. and DIR. ID. r. Garvin OF this city.
who testified ms 10 the extent Of the
bruises on young Shaffer's body M the
result Of McQueary'S blows.
No one appeared at the Inquest to
say q word In behalf OF the dead man.
although II Is said that In there own
nci.hborhood there In considerable
feeling against the Shancr family. For
many years McQucary has been con,
nectcd with the lumber interests oi
southern and western Jefferson county
and lately has lived with his wife and
two children on q mountain ranch ad
joining the Sharcr place.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30
In Jail at Sundance.

Sundance, Wyo.-John Dodshon. ar
rested few days ago near Belle Four
che, and wanted in this county on a
charge Of horse stealing, was brought
to the county pail. He was accom-
panied by his wife and child. Dod-
shon was a few years ago released
from the penitentiary, where he had
served ten years Of life sentence for
manslaushter.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-30


company has issued orders that ali
employees who drink liquor while on
duty shall be discharged.
At a conference at Sycamore Hill
between the president and represen
tatives Of the navy department, It was
decided that the Atlantic fleet OF bat
tleships should start for the Pacific
in December next.
Owing to a strike of 400 meat wag
on drivers New York is threatened
with a meat famine.
President Roosevelt was the prin
cipal orator at the laying of the
cornerstone of Cape Cod Pilgrim Me
mortal monument at Provinceton
Mass, He took occasion to declare
that the administrations policy oi
prosecuting wealthy wrongdoert
would not be changed to quiet the
wall from Wall street.
The plant of the Cumberland stesl
company at Cumberland Nd. has
burned causing loss Of $350.000.
In the Salisbury Cathedral mar
BILE tai t has been erected to the
memory Of those killed in the rail
road accident year ago in England
when 20 persons, mostly Americans
perished.
Delegates from 10 employers asso
Citations in the United States met a,
the WalIorl-Astoria in New York tc
form a general federation Of organi
cations Of employers.
The most prolonged period Of hot
weather experienced in Oklahoma IL
ten years was recently broken by Z
good rain.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30

rights his own personal effects, and
then. accompanied BY Bobbs he had
departed for a tour Of the world or
goodness knows where. ] heard from
either him or Bobbs at varying inter.
walls. and on strictly business matters.
and the only way I had Of addressing
him was through q banking house In
London which WINS kept fairly well In
formed as to his whereabouts.
Miss Weston's health improved suf.
fciently to permit her travelling, and
she continued to reside with Miss Car
ney, who took a furnished apartment
in town, as her brother and | had ad.
vised her to do. Later they travelled
considerably abroad, and finally settled
down for a protracted stay at n little
village on tho Mediterranean coast, In
the hope Of bencfting the health OF
Miss Weston, who, as aftcrward
learned, was suffering from consurnp.
ton.
As have said, more than three years
had passed when ! received a most un.
expected communication from Miss
Carney saying that she had decided to
return home ut once. bringing Miss
Weston with her. She asked me to
have Carney.Croft made ready for oc.
cupancy with as little delay as pos.
sible.
I had had no vacation that summer,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
CHAPTER VI.
An Anonymous Letter.

-" V"Sspy''SeS ~Sss~'
The first lot OF bills that l paid for
the Carney establishment contained
n for two dozen bottles OF Scotch
whisky which had been ordered by
Mr.. Carney and shipped by express
10 Carney-Croft on the day that he
and Bobbs we're In my Office. made
no mention OF this item to Miss Car
ney whep.I was going over the &C.
counts with her. but paid II on the
chance that II was correct. In this
! was not mistaken. for. although !
saw John Carney again except
for an instant, ] did see the identics!
"a bottles. empty, OF couree. In the
cellar ut Carney-CrOft.
II was more than three years after
the death OF the old gentleman and the
stable boy, ana had gone hack to the
place to arrange for It's opening after
II had been closed for the greater part
OF that time.
John Carney had remained 1t Car.
ney-Croft only long enough to have Q
short visit with his sister and put n
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30

concerning him at any time. you
know"
Leave him 10 Bobbs. Ware; leave
him entirely to Bobbs and let him go
his own way az he WILL" said Mac
Ardel earnestly. III It's whisky, the
sooner he drinks himself to death the
better. and II It's the only other thing
II can be. Bobbs is q yeritable God
send to him and to all Of you. too.
Whatever you do. leave him alone
yourself. for you cant do him any
good and you may get into a lot Of
trouble II you bother with him. Let's
go down and play q game OF bill.
lizards"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
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but he could not get 1t here, and II
would be pretty rard for him to get It
anywhere. Moreover. ] am not at all
sure myself about II, and would have
to look It up before ] would ven
ture to say anything definite on the
subject"
What is IT." I asked impatiently.
Never mind what 1t is, for the pres.
ent," he replied. III I am wrong In
my surmisc you can safely put II
down to whisky. and II ! am right.
you are no better of. though perhaps
no worse. Now, I am not going to
say anything more about It tonight"
But in the meantime what am / to
do with him." ] persisted. Il may sec
him again or be asked for advice
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
Something Wrong With Man

respect The normal lie. It IL cut *
ccedingly short. and It's brevity points
to some primal failure of yigor-to
the presence OF some nonnatural--
that is. some characterization sap.
ping his vitality. Prof. VlrchOw notes
that II We gather together tho whole
sum OF the fossil men hitherto known
and put them parallel with those OF
the present tins we decidedly can
pronounce there are among living men
a much greater number Of individuals
who show relatively Inferior typo
than among the fossils known OF to
this time.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
Scientist PoInto Out How His Life
10 Much too Short.

What IL tie matter with man?
March Phillips points out that there
is this popularity in tho condition OF
a az compared with the other
mammaiia, othat his life Is shorter now
than by analogy It ought to be. In
other animals the period of growth is
about one.tenth to one.ifteenth OF the
whole life. The lion. which IL full
grown at Ave. lives for 10 {: 80 years.
Tho dog, full grown at l8 months. IL
ms old at 15 as a man at 80. Man. Nv.
Ing as long as the lion, Is not full
grown Ill 20. The same proportion
would give man from 800 TO 400 years,
Thus bis physical life II not In this
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30

and IL occurred to ne that, instead OF
attending to the matter at long range,
l would go down myself for a week
or two and give It my personal at.
tentiOn.
arrived on a day that was almost a
counterpart of the one that saw my
first visit to Carney-Croft. and at the
station, ] was received with scant
show OF welcome by tho man who
had taken me down In his trap before
and entertained me on my return jour
neg with anecdotes Of old Mr.. Carney
and q tale of ghosts.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
OF MISSOURI
Bankers In Mountain Grove.

Mountain Grove.-A letter has been
received here from Mountain Grove
bankers, who are attending the state
convention at Kansas City, announc.
Ing that the fall meeting OF group No.
II will be held in Mountain Grove.
The mayor and a number OF business
men had Joined the local banks In an
effort to have the group come to Noun
tain Grove.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
1853 New Missouri Doctors.

Warrensburg- out Of a total OF 23S
who took examinations before the
state board of health at the meetings
in st. Louis and Kansas City recently.
l5S passed and were granted licenses
to precticc medicine in the state.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
Five Graduates at New Haven.

New lIaven.--The graduating cxer-
cises Of the New Haven High School
took place at Gruebbcrs Opera House.
The graduates are: Carroll and Oliver
Bagby, Harry AFR and Misses Maud
Helm and Edith Connaly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
Grill For Powder Trust.

Jefferson City.-Attorney General
B%onaparte. making application from
Washington, has asked Secretary OF
State Swangcr for information Onccr
Ing the powder manufacturing com.
panies doing business In this state. az
shown by charters on file In the de-
partment here.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
Bisby Gives Drury coiIeue $1,000.

Standardization Kirbye Of
Drury college announced a cOntribu-
tion of $1,000 by w. X. BIxby, cap.
italist OF st. Louis, to the deficit fund
Of the school year. Drury college has
a deficit Of between $4,000 and $4,000
each school year.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
Poison In Berries 10 Fatal.

st. Joseph-Miss Alice MuddOx died
at the family home. G20 North Ninth
street, from eating imported straw.
berries that had been treated by a
solution containing poison. intended
to hasten the ripenIng OF the fruit.
The berries were served alta rccep.
ton and dinner given by a friend of
Miss MuddOx.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
joplin Wants Convention.

Joplin-Wlth an invitation to tho
State Bankers association to meet
her next year. A. II. Waite departed
from Joplin for Kansas City to attend
the annual meeting Of that organiza.
ton.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
Enaincer on Trial,

Montgomery City.-Wallace Wray,
the Wabash engineer whose engine
wreckcda freight ain at High Hill, In
this county. causing the death Of two
persons and the injury Of several 9th.
ers, IL on trial In the circuit court
here, charged with manslaughter.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30

Kansas City-Mrs. Mary Muehlhach.
widow of Peter Mnehlbach, the plo-
neer brewer, Is dead at her home here,
aged C5. Mrs. M%uchlbach came to
Kansas City from Platte county 40
years ago.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
Furnishing Contract Let.

Springfeld-V. JObst Sons, Of Pc.
Oria. were awarded the contract by
the state contract commission for the
interior furnishings of the new Illinois
supreme court building. The contract
price Is $i24,399.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
Lid on at ChuIlcothe.

Chillicothe.--For the first time In
many years Chilliocathc saloons were
closed tight Sunday. when Mayor
Frank Adams and Chief OF Police
Maurice DOrney decided to close the
slOons the first Sunday Of their ad.
m~inistration.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-30
Aged Missouri LAWYER Arrested.

William Lampkin. an attor.
ney OF this city, was arrested and
taken to jefferson City by United
States Marshal McKenna on a charge
Of sending improper matter through
the mails. He Is neal Is years old
and has resided In Miller county all
his life.