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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
PASSED SUBSIDY BILL.
Goes Through House After a Hard
Fight.


Washington. March 2.-It has been
years since the house was the scene
Of so royal a battle between the two
great parties as it witnessed there
over the ship subsidy bill The bill
was passed by a vote Of 255 to l44
but not until after it had been once
defeated. and this fact in itself shows
how close the alignment was. When
the first vote disclosed "a majority
against the measure, the Democrats
and their Republican allies made the
house ring with their cheers. There
we're several roll calls before the final
favorable result was seyured.
Only four steamship lines are to be
subsidized under the measure in the
form finally agreed upon, and all OF
these are to sail for South American
ports. One of the lines is to be from
the Atlantic coast to Brazil; a second
is to be from the Atlantic coast TO
Argentine. and the third Atlantic line
is to be between the Gulf OF Mexico
and Brazil. The fourth line Is 10 De
from the Pacific coast to the Isthmus
of Panama. Peru and Chile.
The annual subsidy for each OF
these lines is to be 100000 for
monthly mail service, or 100000 for
fortnightly service. excepting the
Argentine line. which is to receive
500, 900 for a monthly service or $780,
900 for a fortnightly service. No Amer
lean cities are named as the ports
from which any of the lines are to
start, and the bill is so worded that
the line in the Pacific TO South Amer
lea can touch at any number Of ports
I'm the United States. The same is
true Of the Atlantic lines.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
Southern Railway

y. Following schedule figures published a.
Information. aud are not guaranteed.
Schedule effective January 9th, l@9.
Trains leave Washington from Pennsylvania
station
700 a. m. Daily-Iocal for warrenton Dan
vile. an way stations.
53Ja.m Daily-Iocal for Harrlsonburg. Va.
llO0 a. IN. daily-Washington and Florida
Limited. Through coaches and sleeper TO 90
lnmbia, Savannah aud Jacksonville. u ming
800 a. N. Daily-United states Fast Mail.
Firstclass coaches and drawing-room. sleeper 20
New Orleaus. Dining ear seryiee.
4.0l d. m. Week Days-Loeal for HarrisonourS
and way stations on Manassas Branch.
asp m. Daily-Local for Warrenton and
Charlottesville.
$50 p. u. Daily-New York aud Atlanta Ex-
press-F First class coach to Atlanta. Sleeper 10
columbus. Ca. Mondays. Wednesdays, Fridays.
Sunset Route Tourist sleeper Washington 10
san Francisco.
GID IN. Week Days-SOnthern's Palm Linn
tied. Solid Pullman train for Columbia, Aikeh'
Augusta Savannah, Jacksonville and St Au-
gustine Diningear service
$50 D. m Daily-New York and Florida Ex-
press. First class coach and sleeper TO Coum-
bIa aud Augusta Week DAYS sleeper for Pine-
hurst Dining car a la carte.
iol5 %. M Daiiy-New York and Memphis
Limited tyia Lynchburgl-First class coach and
sleeping ear 10 Roanoke Knoxville, Chatta-
nOoga. Birmingham and Memphis; sleeper 10
New Orleans. Dlning-ear service
100 y. M. Daily-New York and New Orleans
Timited-All Pullman trains. club and obserya-
ton cars 70 New Orleans; sleeper . AshFile.
Atlanta, Birmingham. New Orleans Dinlns-cG
service.
Trains leave richmond for the South as fol-
lows: Daily, a. 90, Ills a. M, ll.30 D. M, week
DAYS D. M makes connections &C Danyille for
all points south. Pullman sleeper. Trains
arrive Richmond $50 a. M, 3 IS p. m. and SIS
p. m daily $40 a. m. week days.
Through trans1rom the South arrive Wash
in;ston rs a. m. IS a. m 905 A. M. daily; 230
.. m. SIS p m, II 30 p. m, and ii.4op. m, daily
Harrisonbnrg li55 a. IN. week days end 90 p.
m. daily From Charlottesville. SIG a. m. and
AS p. m. Lynehburg. i05 a. m. daily except
Mondays.
Tickets, sleepingca reservations. and detailed
can be had ut ticket ONCE 705 18th
st.. 5ll Pa. ave and Pennsylvania station.
baggage checked through from hotels and resi-
dences.
Phone $3.50 for p. r. r. Cab service.
G II. ACkERT, V. p. and Gen Man.
\. II. HARDWICK, Pass. Trafhc Mgr.
W. II. TAYL0E, Gen, Pass. Agent
l.. s. BROWN, General Agent.
Ne. m
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
WEALTHY WOMAN MURDERED
AGED Mrs. Pauseh Probably choked
70 Death and Robbed.

Upper Sandusky. Ohio, March q
At the post-mortem examination oil
the remains OF wealthy and aged Mrs.
Annie Pausch. il was developed that
the woman had been killed some time
since Sunday. and it was found that
the bones in her neck had been crush
ed It is believed that robbers choked
her to death She is known to have
had considerably money in a vault
built in her house. and part OF this
money is gone. Mrs. Pauschs dead
body was found seated in her chair
and partly decomposed.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
PACIFIC STEAMER ASHORE
Life Savers Taking 100 Passengers Oh
the Corona.

Eureka. Cal. March 1.-The steamer
Corona went ashore on the rocks Of
Humboldt. There are over 100 persons
aboard and the waves are breaking
high over the ships bows, and II is
thought that she is breaking up.
Passengers from the Corona are be-
ing landed by the life saving crew.
1t is said that the steamer is strad-
ding the north jetty and will go 10
pieces in a few days. One sailor was
drowned while trying to land on an
oar. It is believed that another life
was lost, but this is not certain. 1t IS
said the ship was off her course.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
Joe Letter Found Guilty.

Benton. ILL.,, March Joseph Lei
ter. owner OF the town OF Zeigler. ILL.,.
and the coal mines at that place. was
found guilty OF allow his mines to he
inspected By a person not having a
certificate OF competency. The jury
was ont more than "a hours The case
grew out or an explosion in one Of
Letters mines. killing 81 miners.
There are two other cases pending
against Letter. One charges him with
the unlawful storing OF powder In a
mine and the other with constructing
rooms in a coal mine without cross
cuts.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
New Divorce Bill For Jersey.

Trenton. y. j.. March Judge
William NJ. Lanning. Vice Chancellor
Emery and Rev. Or. Henry c. Minton.
New Jersey representatives TO the ma
tiOnal divorce congress. submitted TO
Governor Stokes the draft OF a bill
for a divorce law for New Jersey. The
bill makes adultery. extreme cruelty
and desertion cOuses for divorce and
provides for publicity in all divorce
proceedings.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05

Penhsy Men at Harrisburg, EnOla
and Suhbury Favor Conflict.
bRoTHERHooD's SIDE OF 1T

Demand Shorter Work Day and More
Equitable Wage seaIe-say General
Manager Won't Consider Their
Grievances.
Harrisburg. Pa. March 1.-THE men
NJ the Harrisburg yards Of the Penn
sylyania railroad are said to TO have
voted 90 per cent for a strike. Enola
and Sunbury are also reported 10 nave
east heavy strike vote.
The first official announcement OF
the position OF the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen in the controversy
with the company was made public
here. The announcement is addressed
10 all trainmen Of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad east Of Pittsburg and Erie
and explains in full the Brotherhooh's
side Of the contentious which have
resulted in a strike vote on the whole
eastern section Of the system.
The men demand a shorter day and
a more equitable wage scale, and they
claim that for several years they have
endeayored TO obtain from the company
a uniform wage schedule and code OF
rules applicable to working conditions.
which schedule would show employees
lust what compensation they were en-
titled TO receive for service performed.
In the main code OF rules was
worked ont recently at a conference
between the company officials and the
grievance committee. but the trainmen
claim there are a number OF rules
which involve an increase. which Cen
eral Manager Atterbury refuses to
grant
The announcement concludes as fol-
lows:
While II Is not our intention to say
anything on the subject matter that
will influence our members from fairly
end justly considering this statement
rs submitted. yet we believe, in JUS
tice to you. YOU should know that the
general manager has not given the
consideration which it merited. as VIC
have been since December 4 until the
present time trying to negotiate a set
Element which. owing to the general
managers attitude, has been very ex-
pensiye TO our members"
The statement is signed by the men,
beers OF the grievance committee and
other officials OF the trainmen inter-
ested.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
e,,.,irc EIvvheeI caused Panic.

New York. March with shock
like an explosion Of dynamite, H.
foot fiywheel in the engine room OF
the KnickerbOcker hoted, at Broadway
and 42d street, burst wrecked one end
of the barber shop ON the floor above,
cut of the electric light supply AMI
threw the 400 guests into a brief panic.
The engineer. who had stood within two
feet of the wheel, was unframed. The
proprietor of the barber shop fell 20
feet through a hole in the floor and
had an arm fractured. He will recover.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
shnnld HANG This Brute.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 2.-While the
9-year-Old daughter of George HUFFMAN
was on her way home from school in
East McKeesport. she was dragged In
to a woods and assaulted by James
Wilcox. posse found him hiding In
some woods near where the girl was
found He was sent to Jail without bail
to await trial The child is in Il seri-
GUS condition.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05

Omaha. March 2.-'I believe this
anti-railroad legislation will shortly
produce a panic" said Vice President
and General Manager A. l.. Mohler OF
the Union Pacific railway. The agita.
tion has already greatly affected rail
way building. and think can say
that the Union Pacific will do very lit
tie constructive work for some time
10 come"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
To Vote on Local Option.

Dover Del. March THE senate
passed a bill providing that a special
election throughout Delaware be held
next November to vote on local option.
The Republican state committee,
which met here. recommended this
action. Should the bill pass the house
and 90 to Governor Lea It is profile
matical whether the governor would
sign il. The cost Of special election
would be about f30000. and Delaware
now is unable TO meet its expenses.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
Sounding shopmen ON Strike.


Altoona. Pa. March 2.-Foremen in
all departments Of the Pennsylvania
railroad shops in this city called upon
the w0rkmen and Intercepted them as
to whether in the event OF a strike OK
tfainmen. they would be willing to
serve as conductors or brakemen. and
whether they would protect the inter-
ests OF the company by acting as po-
licemen or watchmen. Many refused
to sign 10 act in any capacity. A COM
paratively small number agreed to act
as conductors and brakemen. while
the great majority consented to act as
watchmen of the company's property.
About 5000 men are employed in the
Pennsylvania Railroad companys
shops in Altoona.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
Sells More Of chsmbsTIslns Cough Remedy than
ofAg Others Put ToEetha.

Mr.. Thos. George, a merchant at Mt.
Elgin, Ontario, says: 81 have had the
local agency for Chamberlain Cough
Remedy ever since twas introduced into
Canada, and sell as much of it as | do
Of all other liues | have on my shelves
put together OF the many dozens sold
under guarantee, | have not had one
bottle returned. lean personally recon-
mend this medicine as have used it my
self and given it to my children and
always with the best results" For sale
by NJ. NJ. Lewis Drug Store.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
TRAIN BURNED
Engineer cremsted and Several In.
jured In Seaboard Wreck.

ENHlNCFf " NNeANA NiS ONFNi ~ wv
jured In seaboard Wreck.
Powder Springs Ga. March 2.-The
Soaboard Air Line passenger train No.
IS. from Birmingham for Atlanta. ran
into the rear end Of parted freight
train one mile east OF here. Engineer
Charles Hutchins. OF CedartOwn Ca.
of the passenger train. was cremated
under his engine. the cOlOred fireman
and baggagemaster were seriously in
iured. and the mail clerk and the Pull
man porter were slightly injured.
There were about 80 passengers on
the train and all were badly shaken
up, but none sustained serious injury.
The wreckagc took fire. and the entire
passenger train. consisting Of Pull
man sleeper three day coaches, bag
gage and express and mail car were
burned
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
JUDGE Found Dead In Office.

Macon. Ca, March Judge Sea.
born was found dead in his ONCE at
Sparta, Ga. He was a prominent
member of the Georgia Bar AssOcia-
ton, having served as Judge OF the
superior court In the legislature and
representative in congress.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
100 Hnuse. DESTROYED BY Tornado

Little Rock. Ark, March Wash
ington. Ark, was swept by tornado,
and the southern portion of that place
was destroyed Three churches and
about 100 small houses, occupied
mostly by negroes, we're blown down.
Two negroes were killed and several
persons were injured. The p-c2sIty
Iosu IL $50 600.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05

Cut this out and take it to N. NJ.
Lewis Drug Store and get a free sample
OF Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For biIlousness and constipa-
ton they are unequaled. They improve
the appetite, strengthen the digestion
and regulate the liver and bowels.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
sub nor AjC.vj II. Vim
Children of Mrs. Eddy, Head Of
Christian Science, Enter Suit.
GILL ASKS FOR A RECEIVER
Declares Church Trustees Have Seized
Her Person and Property, and, II Is
Feared, Have Converted Some Prop
ertv 20 Their Own Use.
erty to Their Own Use.

Concord n. H.. March "A bill In
equity to secure an accounting OF the
financial affairs Of Mrs Mary Baker
Glover Eddy. aged sc years, head OF
the Christian Science church was
filed in the superior court for Merri-
mac county by Mrs. Eddy's son.
George w. Glover. OF Deadwood, S.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
WILL REVIVE WHIPPING POST
coiored Wife Bester in Maryland to
Get Nine Lashes.

Baltimore. Md, March 2.-The whip
ming post is to be revived in Mary
land after having been in disuse for
90 years. Sadler Brooks cOlored. was
sentenced to receive nine lashes In
addition to a Jail sentence OF two
omnths for brutally beating his wife.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
w. s. EMBREY

[Suecessor to Embrey & Bergman. ]
Dealer In Railroad Cross Ties, Cedar
Posts, Spokes and Hoops. Keeps
constantly on hand large supply OF
Baled Hay and Mill Feed. Ofiee near
Railroad Depot. fredericksburg, We.
Also Agent for Page Wire Fence o..
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05
WHITNER { SACREY

Undertakers and Embalmers
No. 719 Main st.. FEEDER
icksburg, Va Phone SO.
Across from Exchange Hotel
and next to Western Union
Office. Telegraph and telephone
orders receive prompt atten.
ton. Open day and night.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-05

Demand Shorter Work Day and More
Equitable Wage seaIe-say General
Manager Won't Consider Their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
MR. DOOLEY ON FOOTBALL


with that tur-rble murdhrous face
 thryin' to bound Alaska. What pro- fssor wud dare to conthradict him if
 he said Alaska was bounded on tn
 east be Beloochystan an on tn south
 be Boolgahrya? He'd surely dhraw a knife on him. But, annyhow, Clarence gets through all right to play tn game. Maybe tn chief coach goes up an says he'll put head on tn pro-fissor iv pollytickal economy if Clarence isn't in tn game. Maybe tn pro-fissor iv pollytickal economy reflects that if a man can raymimber that eight-twinty- -three-nine-siven-six means that he must wipe off his bloody nose, run three steps to tn right, knock down a man, fall on his face, pretind to have
 fit, get up, slap tn empire, catch tn ball, jump back with it, pretind to lose it an thin kick it, has as good a head
 as a man that believes that tn panic iv eighteen fifty-siven was caused be havin' too much curled hair in tn cur rency.
 "Annyhow, whin I pick up me pa aper I see that Clarence is in again, an it seems that he's put aside all childish pursoots, an has gone back to his evil life that showed in tn first phottygraft. His tur-rble rushes through tn line, his fiendish tackles, his demonyac assaults on tn almost equally lookin' thug again him, filled me with admiration an horror. Pitch CTS took iv him afther tn game, or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
5:: :::=5 555 ; ,: 5::5::: :5::::5: GORDON COLLEGE
o.o.o.o.o.c.c.o.t,.e,.c.o;

"It was just about here that General Gordon had his residence. It was rough building with windows looking out over the Nile and with the front windows in plain view of the little island of Tuti. which we are now looking at over there. During the war with the mahdi the en- emy had a camp on that island, and they frequently shot across the river at the palace. General Gordon kept dairy, and it was his custom of an evening to sit in his room back of where we now stand and write. The dervishes saw his light and shot at it again and again. When B the natives of Khartum heard of this they became much alarmed, They feared that Gordon would be killed, and as he was their only hope they sent in a remon- strance begging him to either do his writ ing at the back of the house or to hide his light by a screen.
 In reply General Gordon invited the delegation to come to the front of his palace for his answer When they ap- peared any found every front window blazing, and saw General Gordon go from window to window and stand at each for a moment, making himself as the delegation thought, a fair mark for and standing in the full of the light said:
 "Gentlemen, there is an old story told of how the Lord made mankind. When He did His work He had before him two great piles of material One of these was composed of the clay of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

assault with intint to kill, show him
 somewhat aged, but still iv wicked
 ness.
 "Whin heerd that this here dhread- full person was comin to Chicago to
 wurruk I was afraid to go on livln
 here. What was a little quiet hamlet
 like Chicago, with it's ridiculous rec
 ord iv on'y eight murdhers per capita
 to do if such a disturber iv tn peace
 was thrown into our milst? thought
 iv sindin circular letter to tn neigh borhood iv Leavys Patch, to warn thim iv tn comin' iv this wicked an tur-rble orather. 1 wondered if tn polls wud be able to cope with him if he got into rage. Ivry night I closed up arly an wint to bed with an axe an
 a revolver alongside me.
 Well, wan day Hogan come in here with a kind iv tall boy, with curly hair, who thripped over his feet, an smoked cigareet He ordhered a sherry cobbler. Bein' all out iv sherry cobblers, l give him glass iv white pop. Thin I took Hogan aside, an says I: What dye mean be disgracin' this respectable establishmint?' What ar-re ye tallin' about?' says he. How dare ye bring childher into this placer
 says I. T'ye been runnin' this store fir years, an this is tn first time amy infant has iver crossed tn dure step. Are ye crazy that ye don't know there's law again sellin' liquor to minors, ar-re ye a polls spy?' Dye
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
How the British Are Educating the Wild Natives of the Sudan


governor general of the Sudan. to Dr.. James Currie, the president of the col lege. that l was taken through it and given an insight into its workings and possibilities. The institution stands on the banks of the Blue Nile, at the south ern end of Khartum, between the Brit dar. It IS a handsome structure of dark red brick of Moorish architecture, run ming around three sides of a square, with the front facing the river. At the back are beautiful gardens and at the rear of them a sort of experimental plantation where Dr. Currie Is testing whether tea and certain other shrubs can be sue cessfuly grown.
 The college building is of two stories with a tower over the center. About the inside run wide corridors or galleries which are separated from the gardens by great columns. forming cloisters up and down which the long gowned turbanncd students walk between their hours of recitation and study. In the wing at the left of the entrance are the laboratories, museum and libraries and in the front and In the wing at the right are the many cassrooms, which were filled with students during my stay
 After chatting for time with Dr. Cur rie about the college we took a walk through it, visiting the various rooms. It has now something over 900 students ranging in age from 10 to IS or over. The students come from all parts of the Sudan and they are of all colors, from faces as white as our own to the deepest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
By Frank C. Carpenter
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which man is made, and the other of the fear which often makes him less than a man. As the Lord worked. He took up a handful of clay and shaped it into a human form and then sprinkled 1t over with a handful from the pile of fear; and so He went on he took up the stuff of which He made me. There was plenty of clay and of it He produced the body which you see before you. He then looked about for fear, with which to sprinkle the mass, but at that moment the pile of fear had all been used up and there was none to put into me. The result is I do not know what fear is.'
 General Gordon's bravery" con tinued the srdar, was far beyond that of others of the worlds heroes. He fought here until the last and when the Arabs finally overcame his troops and entered his palace, he sternly de- manded of them where their master was. They replied by plunging their spears into his body; and as he fell. they dragged him down the steps and there cut off his head to be sent to the mahdi. His body was left to the mercy. of the fanatics, and they rushed for ward by the thousands to dip their swords and spears in his blood. They fairly cut the body to pieces; and the blood which had stained the steps and walls of the palace, remained there un- til the khalifa decided to make that place a dwelling for his harem and had it washed away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
Mr. D00ley's Philosophy

their little childish game in their little childish way there's a great disturb ance in all our principal caves iv larnin'. The faculties hold long meet in's. an vin'rable gintlemen gather be- hind closed dures an debate how tn kids ought to go at each other an who'll judge tn scrap. Nineteen off cyals ar-re finlly chosen that both sides will agree won't throw tn game. Thin tn preparations begin. Old men ar-re summoned firm far an near to direct tn proceedings. Night afther night they set up in solemn conclave an figure out how their crowd iv in fants can skin tn other nursery. Pro- fissor, don't ye think that if we cud get thim two big Luffell boys to pick up that little light-haired fellow in tn first reader class an hit tn empire with him while some wan else took tn
 ball an hid it undher his sweater 'twud be a good play? I'm afraid it might not wurruk,' says tn pro-fssor Tt wud be betther to have eight or nine balls thrown on tn field be tn faithful alumni. This wud tind to con-