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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
TAFT ENDORSED
Alaska Republicans Instruct Delegstes
For Him.

Alaska Republicans Instruct Delegstes
For Him.
Juneau. Alaska. Nov. 16.-The en-
dorsement Of William II. Taft for the
presidency and a ringing demand for
home rule are the salient features OF
the platform reported at the session
of the Alaskan Republican convention.
The platform directs the delegates.
to be chosen to the national Republi-
can convention next year. to support
Secretary Taft for president. The ad-
ministration of President Roosevelt Is
endorsed. The platform insists that
Alaska should be entitled TO the bene-
fits of the ordinance of 1887. and the
compact between the original 10 states
of the Union as affecting the rights Of
other territories to home rule.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
Ki.Doa 70 Death sx Horse.

philadelphia. Nov 16.-Kicked SCI
eral times by bis own horse, George
Gogers. sc years of age. died In the
Methodist hospital. Rogers was lead
inc the animal along Point House road,
in the southeastern section OF the city,
when IL suddenly became unmanage
able. While he was endeavoring to get
the horse under control it kicked him
several times. His ribs were broken,
and he was badly injured internally
He was found lying unconscious upon
the road. holding the reins OF the
horse. which stood grazing nearby.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
Gets 10 Years For Stealing II Stamps.

New York, Nov. 16.-Samuel Miller
was sentenced to 10 years In state
prison for stealing - two-cent postage
stamps. Miller forced his way into the
apartment of Mrs. William Tobin. in
Madison avenue, on October "a last,
and was ransacking desk when Mrs.
Tobin surprised him. Her screams
brought a policeman, ard Miller was
arrested on a charge of burglary.
Nothing of value but the dozen postage
Stamps was found on him.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
Killed Rx Fall After Wedding.

Johnstown. Pa, Nov. 16.-After Off
ciating at the marriage Of his grand
daughter, Miss Otto Byers, to George
Rose. and joining in the wedding
feast, Rev. William Byers, aged "a
years. of Minco, this county, got out OF
bed for a drink and fell to the bottom
of a stairway. His skull was cruched
and he died five hours later. Rev.
Byers had been an elder In the Breth-
rem Church for IS years.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
Verdict Nsarly Killed Diamond Queen"

Washington, Pa, Nov. 16. - Mrs.
Bessie Burton. known as the Diamond
Queen" threw up her hands, moaned
and fell to the floor of the court room,
apparently dead, when jury returned
a verdict finding her guilty OF grand
larceny in the theft of $4,000 worth OF
Jewels from Charles Gilmore, Of this
city. Court attaches pronounced her
dead before a doctor arrived. but after
two hours she yielded to treatment
and finally was resuscitated. Word
from the Jail is to the effect that she is
improving and probably will recover.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
POSER FOR CHURCHMEN
Can Man Earn Living and Be q
Chrlstlanf

Cincinnati O., Nov 16.-Can a man
be christian and still earn a living?
was a question that was asked, but
not answered, at the Presbyterian
Brotherhood, in session here, by r. w.
Bryan, OF Albuquerque, N. NJ, who said
from the platform:
81 did not come here to listen to
sermons from doctors Of divinity, but
to find out. If can, how a man may
be a christian and at the same time
earn living.
81 do not see how a man can be a
christian working for concerns which
practically force him to steal and lie"
The debate was stopped at this
point by the operation Of the two-min-
ute rule.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
Wealthy Woman Sent to Jail.

Chicago. Nov 16.-Evelyn Romac-
ka who is the wife Of wealthy mer-
chant of Milwaukee. and who was re-
Gently indicted for burglary and lar
ceuv. was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for from one to 20 years by
Judge Bren,ano. Her counsel declared
in court that she was being railroad
ed" to prison for the purpose of shield
ing other persons.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
A Bold Step.

TO overcome the wdll-grohaded and
Reasonable objections Of the moro intel
ligent to tho use Of secret, medicinal COM
pounds, Or. Il. V. Pierce, Of Buffalo, n.
T., some time ago, decided TO make bold
departure from the usual course pursued
by the makers OF put-up medicines Tor do
nestle use, and, so has published broad.
cast and openly TO the whole world, full
and compute list Of all the ingredients
entering inSS-the composition OF his widely
celebrated hedlcMes. Thus he has taken
his numere1s patrons and patients into
his full confidence. Thus too he has re-
observation-disclosures from among secret
nostrfp<oi doubtful merits, and made
themLRcmcdicS of knOiCil Composition.
by this bold step DI. GieIce mas shown
tr1I- ms lOrmulaS are u such excellence
thaL be Is not AFRAID to su6lect them 70
tbehlleSL ScInunY.--
Not only does The Wrapper Of every bottle
OF DIR. Plerce's Golden Mehcal discovery, ths
famous medicine for weak stomach, lrpid
liver or biliOusness and all catarrhal diseases
wherever located. have printed upon ". "
plain English. a full and complete list or al
the ingredients composing II. but small
hook has been compiled from numerous
standard medical works. OF oil the different
schools Of practice, containing very numer-
OuS extracts from tho WrltlnRs OF lchulut
practitioners Of medicine, endorsing 81 the
strongest possible tsrns. each and every ingre-
dent contained IN DIR. PieTco's medicines.
one OF those little books will be mailed free
20 any one sending address on postal card or
by letter, 10 DIR. Il. V. Pierce, Buffalo. y: Y.
aud requesting the same. From this little
book IL will DO learned that DR.. Plerco's med.
icines contain no alcohol. narcotics, mineral
agents or other poisonous or Injurious agents
and that they are made from native. medici-
nal roots OF great yaluei also that some Of
the most valuable ingredients contained IN
DIT Pierce's FAvorlto Prescription for weak.
nervous over-worked. "run-down.' nervous
and debiltAted women. were employed. long
years ago. by the Indians for similar ailments
affecting their squaWs. In fact. one OF the
most valuable medicinal plants entering into
the composition Of DIR. pierce's bevorito Pre-
scription was known TO tho Indians as
SeQuaw-Weed." Our knowledge OF the uses
OF not few OF our Most valuable native mo-
dicinal plants was gained from the indians.
As made up by improved and exact pro-
cesses. the "Favorite Prescription" IS most
efficient remedy for regulating. all the wom-
anly functions. correcting displacemente. az
prolapsus anteversi0n and retorvorslon.
overcoming painful periods. tonlng up tho
nerves and bringing about a perfect state OF
health. sold by ell dealers In r,Hdicines-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
Died While Ringing Church Bell.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Nov. 16.-Carl
Kopeski. for many years sexton OF the
Presbyterian church here, died while
ringing the church bell. The bell was
heard to toll as If for funeral, but
then suddenly stopped. One Of the
members OF the congregation rushed
into the church to learn the cause
and found the aged sexton lying dead
on the floor, his hand grasping tightly
the bell rope. Kopeski was 60 years
Of age.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
Train Kills Man; Crew Jailed.

Tuscumbia. Ala. Nov 16.-At Iuka
Miss. Conductor Mars and Engineer
Armstrong and the entire crew OF a
freight train on the Southern railway
we're arrested and held in jail nine
hours. because the train ran over and
killed Walter Mckinney, a well-known
citizen Of Iuka Division Superintend-
ent Heather went to Iuka and secured
the release Of the trainmen. McKin'
ney was struck by the engine as the
train was passing through the town.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
15o.Year-oId Letter Found In PostOfflce

WinchendoD, Mass, Nov. 16.-In this
town there is an unbroken rule that
the cellar of the postoffice must be
cleaned once in every $50 years. The
cleaner was not working last year or
he would have found the letter ad-
dressed to e. s. Merrill, Winchendon,
postmarked 1856. M. ]. Mcdonald
found the letter in the debris. The old
postmark shows that the cellar had
not been cleaned out in 151 years.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
$40 Enr q Words Written BY Lincoln

$40 For 70 Words Written BY Lincoln
Philadelphia, Nov. 16-"Please sum-
mon the cabinet to meet me here at z
o'clock this evening" That sentence,
written by Abraham Lincoln on March
5, 1862, sold for $40 at the sale Of au-
tograph letters belonging to DIR.
Joshua I. Cohen. Of Baltimore. A letter
written by Daniel Boone sold for $65.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-11-19
a WEEK OF
Terrific Underselling
AT UNDERTAKES.

The offerings for this week absolutely without
equal We have just closed deal for great portion Of
the stock OF Wholesale firm who retiring from the
business We succeeded in procuring this stock at big
discount the dollar for spot cash. and expect to
offer it to trade at great deal undervalue. Now
this means big money for you, don't miss getting
your share of this stock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-01
Menke Resians Position.

Owing to the resignation of P. o. Menke, superintendent of the blast fur naces of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, effective June i, W. l.. Klutz, formerly assistant superintendent of the same plant, will take charge there tomorrow MT. Menke has been in charge of the furnaces for more than a year, coming to Ensley from the east, and has been quite successful in solving the diff faculties and complexities of furnace management in the south. He has made friends in the city who regret that he has severed his connection with the Tennessee company.
 MT. Klutz has been for the past few months in charge of the furnaces of the Republic Iron and Steel company, to which position he was promoted from the supcrntendency of the Alice furnace plant. He has been very successful in the furnace business for the past four years and has risen rapidly from one position to another, maintaining all the while the confidence of his employers. He is con sdered an expert iron maker. His many friends in Ensley are glad that he is re- turning so soon to position of greater responsibility.
 Mir. Menke has not yet announced his intentions for the future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-01
EXAMINATIONS IN
 THE CIVIL SERVICE
Some Positions in the Custodian serv. Ice Are Vacant-Assstant Surgeons
 Wanted In Public Health Bureau.

The United States civil service com held in Birmingham on June 26 to se- cure eligbles from which to make cer- tification to fill vacancies in the follow Ing positions:
 Chief engineer in the United States postoffice and court house building at Chicago, H., and vacancies as they may occur in the custodian service through out the United States requiring similar qualifications. The salary of the specific position to be filled will be from $500 to $250O per annum, the entrance salary to be at sts00
 Vacancies as they may occur in the custodian service throughout the United States in the position of first-class steam engineer, at salaries ranging from $12OO t. $160O per annum.
 A board of officers will be convened to meet at the bureau of public health and marine hospital service, B street. south east, Washington, D. C., Monday, July 15. 1907, at 10 o'clock, a. m. for the purpose of examining candidates for ad- HllSSlOn to llle BIuue Ob dSSlSldHl sur geon in the public health and marine hospital service. Candidates must be be- tween 22 and 30 years of age, graduates of :. reputable medical college and must furnish testimonials from responsible persons as to their professional and oral character.
 The following is the usual order of the examination: Physical, oral written clin- ical After five Sears' service assistant surgeons are entitled to examination for promotion to the grade of passed assist an. surgeon. Promotion to the grade of surgeon is made according to senior- ity and after due examination as va cancles occur in that grade, Assistant surgeons receive Sl6OO, passed assistant surgeons 5000, and surgeons $2500 a year. When quarters are not provided, com mutation at the rate of thirty forty and fifty dollars a month according to grade, is allowed. All grades above that of assistant surgeon receive longevity pay, 10 per cent in addition to the regular salary of every five years service up to 40 per cent after twenty years service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-01
QUINN TELLS WHY HE KILLED M'CARTY
CLAIMS IT WAS DONE IN SELF NSE-WlTNESSES EXAM MED TO IMPEACH TESTIMONY OF STATE WITNESS REED.

The case of Jim Quinn, a white man, charged with the murder of Jesse Me- Carty at Coal Creek last March, was on trial in the first division of the criminal court yesterday
 The main feature in yesterdays proceed ings was the testimony of the defendant himself. He stated that he left home on Saturday afternoon and returned about daylight on Sunday morning, that when abuot two miles from his house he met man named Bill Bailey, who told him that MeCarty had been to his (witness) ed to outrage his wife and had broken one of her fingers, that McCarty had forced the children to drink whisky and on going away had taken pistol with him. Wit ness said when he reached his house his wife told him the same story and that he then went in pursuit of McCarty to get his pistol back that he inquired at the house of Mandy Glaze and was told Mo- Carty had gone down the road; that he found McCarty sitting by the roadside and asked him for his pistol; that Me Carty jumped up and pointed the pitsol at witness and that witness then fired at McCarty had shot him in the head, after which he walked away and left him, and that he was arrested in his home that same afternoon.
 Witness positively denied having ever made the statement to Reed which Reed testified he had He denied having trad dled or stood over McCarty and shot him while in that position; he said he did not kick McCarty in the neck, nor did he take $51 off the dead man.
 Several witnesses testified for the de- fense with the object of impeaching the credibility of Reed and stating that they would not believe him on oath.
 The arguments occupied the time of the court during the afternoon and will be resumed this morning. The case will go to the jury this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-01
YOUNG MAN IS GONE WITH ENSLEY MONEY Has Proceeds of Recent Ten-
 neSsee Club Play KLUTZ SUCCEEDS MENKE Former Assistant Superintendent Will Take Charge of EnsIey Blast Fur
 naces-other General
 News of Ensley.
KLUTZ SUCCEEDS MENKE

Ensley, May 31.-(special) )-H Lewis Oppenborm popular employe of the Tennessee company, in company with his wife, has left the city under very sus- picious circumstances. Mir Oppenborm has in his possession or control almost $9o0, the personal property belonging to the Tennessee club" organized a short time ago. This amount of money was re- alized from the box receipts of the play "A Country Kid" presented at the Ems ley opera house on last Tuesday evening.
 MT. Oppenborm was one of the very enthusiastic charter members of the club and exerted and manifested a great deal of interest in the organization of the club. When the club became permanent ly organized the play presented was sug gested as a means of strengthening the flnanceial part of the club, and as MT. Oppenborm had had much experience in the theatrical world the presentation and management of the play was delivered Into his hands.
 The play was a decided success and brought the club nice sum of money. The expenses were not so heavy, yet
 
 penses have not been paid and the mem Ders of the club will be compelled to settle all indebtedness assumed by them through MT. Oppenborm. Efforts are be- ing made to apprehend him before he passes the Jurisdiction of the state. Col onel IIigdon has been notified, together with police authorities. Several telegrams have been sent to different parts of the state where 1t Is thought he might go.
 committee appointed by the club met last evening at the Ensley hotel to can vass the box receipts. After waiting at length, the committee suspected some thing wrong and immediately phoned to Mrs. Mills, where Oppenborm boarded. They were informed that Mir. Oppenborm had left with his wife that afternoon. Mrs. Mills was told by Oppenborm that his wife was going away on a vacation which necessitated her taking a trunk, and that he (Oppenborm) would return as soon as he had taken his wife to Bir- mngham and placed her on the cars.
 The French leave of absence taken by MT. Oppenborm has greatly chagrined and mortified his many friends who had the utmost confidence In his integrity For seceral months he has been employed by Tennessee company His parents, it Is learned, reside in Swift, Ala A short time ago MT. Oppenborm was offered u position by firm in Greenville, but did not accept
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-01
HOME PLANNED FOR
 PHI DELTA THETA
A SPLENDID BUILDING IS TO BE ERECTED BY THE COLLEGE FRA. TRINITY AT sEWANEE-THE CORNERSTONE LAID JUNE 20.

Sewanee, Tenn, special to the Nashville
 Banner; Work on the new Phil Delta Theta Fraternity Chapter House, which, when completed, will cost about s1OOOO, began Tuesday about midnight, when tha first tree was chopped down with weird ceremonies. The members of the frat built huge bonfire, joined hands, sang college and frat songs and made tha welkin ring with their yells. After this enthusiastic performance an old battle axe was procured. This axe is sacred to a Sewanee Phi" because it was the same axe that cut down the first tree which started~the clearing of the site for tho present chapter house exactly twenty-four years ago, and the chapter house was the first college fraternity house built in the south. The members of Phi Delta Theta passed the axe to each other until all had taken part in the ceremony of cut- ting the tree down. The tree will be cured and new handle for the axe will be made. Gavels will also be made and distributed an souvenirs.
 The cornerstone ceremonies will be heldN June 20, the first day of the semi-eenten- nial week of the University of the South. Speeches will be made by Governor Pat- terson of Tennessee, who is Phi Delta Theta man; Bishop Charles M Beckwith of Alabama, Hon. John H. Dewitt of Nashville, who is the national president oe the order; c. W. Haynes, province president of Marion, Ky; Vice Chancellor Dr. B. Lawton Wiggins and Joseph k Meade, Jra who Is chairman of. khe frat building committee.
 Work could have begun last February but 1t was found exceedingly difficult to attract labor to the mountain. Chairman Meade had some experience in building He was determined to have the corner stone laid not later than commencement week, and he went about making his own contracts and hiring his own labor He is student in the theological department.
 The site for the new S10,o0O frat house Is 300 square feet of beautiful mountaih landscape. The architect Is William Mar tin Aiken of New York The material 7 to be employed is Sewanee pink sandstone and the style of architecture Is Gothic. The tower, nearly sixty feet high, will be very attractive, as it Is to be modelled after the famous Founders tower in Ox- ford. The building house will about re- semble an English castle and arnorS, and will be the most unique and expensive frat" house in the whole south. The Phi Delta Theta fraternity, which was found- ed bv the late Rev. Morrison of Fulton, Mo-, many years ago, Is the second largest frat in America. It has nearly 15.0O0 members and owns nearly thirty beautiful chapter houses in the various colleges and universities of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-01

new cash register to their already very attractive store on Nineteenth street.
 The Junior Order United American Me- chanics, will hold its regular meeting to- night in the hall on Avenue E, between Twentieth and Twenty-first streets. Im- portant business will be transacted.
 Mrs. Thomas R. Walker left today for Memphis to spend several weeks with her mother. During the summer Mrs. Walker will take special course in music at the Detroit Training school, Detroit, Mich, and will spend a few weeks in Canada and return home by way of the James, town exposition She Is accompanied by her two little sons, Harold and Thomas R. Walker, Jr.
 The Thread of the Story club met yes- terday afternoon with Mrs w. H. Wynne at. her residence on Avenue G. f-ie read ing of Lady Baltimore" Owen Winters charming story, was continued. and dain- ty refreshments served
 Carrie Smith, the negro woman who created so much excitement on Avenue E yesterday in resisting the efforts of the officers to arrest her, was fined the sum of 5000 in the mayors court this morning.
 The little child of Mir and Mrs. Law renee Pennington is very ill with pneu- monia.
 Misses Madge and Annie Tveryt re- turned from Auburn, where they have been attending the annual commencement of the Alabama Polytechnic institute.
 Mir. w. R. Stewart has gone to Kansas City on account of the serious illness of his mother, who resides in that city.
 Miss Genia Tendon and Mrs. R. A. Moody have gone to Montgomery to visit friends
 Mir. Dunn. young man from Cuthbert, Ga, has accepted a position with John M. Martin & Brother, the druggists on Nine teenth street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-01

artillery, John W. Morton, Is now secre- tary of the state of Tennessee, and his junior artillery commander, Fully Brown, is now adjutant general of the state. Ten nesseans reached positions of high re- sTonslbllity and honor on both sides; among them FarragTf of the federal nayy, Carter Gilen and Cooper of the union army; Stewart, Cheatham, Brown, Donelson and Bushrod Johnson of the Confederate army and the famous Com modore Maury of the Confederate navy. Before those days she had sent Davy Crockett to die in the Alamo for Texan independence and Sam Houston to be the successful leader of the Texan revolu- ton. In the Spanish war, as In all the others she offered more troops than her quota and more than were accepted.
 Tennessee is rich in agricultural lands and farming is the chief industry. The wealth of iron and coal in her mountains is just beginning to be appreciated al- though mining has been carried on for a century. The phosphate mines in the middle portion of the state are the rich est in the world. Great attention is paid to education Nashville, the capital, has more institutions of learning than any other American city excepting New York and Washington. Churches wield wide influence, and the general headquarters of many southern denominations are In Nashville. The tendency of the people of the state is toward d strlcter moral gov ernmant and to that end the sale of in- toxicating liquors is prohibited in all but four cities of the state-Nashyille. Mem phis. Chattanooga and La Toilette AL tholgh a famous thoroughbred breed ing state, Tennessee now prohibits gam bling on horse races
 Ten years ago the state celebrated the centennial of it's admission to the union by a great exposition held in Nash vile. That exposition was held in the country on a site separated from the city by farm Now those grounds form a beautiful park, surrounded by built up city on every side. In the meantime, Memphis and Knoxville have grown even more rapidly The attention of every Ten nessean is now devoted to the industrial development of the natural resources of his rich state where next triumph will be not in the field of politics or war, but in the marts of trade
 Tomorrow: American Advance in Medicine h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-01

London May 31.-The fate of the two lieutenants of engineers who ascended from Aldershot in a military balloon on May 2S, during the review in honor of Prince Fushimi of Japan, still remains a mystery, The war ohice has not received any news since the inquiries made during the night dispelling the illusion that the aero nauts had arrived at the Sicily islands. Warships are cruising in the channel in the hope of obtaining some clew to the officers fate.