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The Washburn leader., 1908-01-03

Bradley put it carefully into his pock-
etbook and sought to lead the con-
versa tion into other channels.
The Washburn leader., 1908-01-03
Pardoned.


The former convict, proud and elat-
ed. was narrating his Jail experiences
to bosom pal.
"Say. Pete," asked the pal, how'd
v git out so soon? Any pull wild de
big sticks?''
"Well, l pursume y might put it in
dat kind o. talk" replied Pete, the for
mer convict, "but de main reason was
me perliteness. Ever since left me
home." he continued contidentially.
1--WE allus follered de advice o me
mudder ter be perlite."
"Y' don't say!'' rejoined the pal, sur
prised. How'd dat git y out two
years early? Good behavior?"
mo, not egzactly," explained Pete.
ut was dis way: De gov'nor was look
in over de pen one day, an when he
passed me in de corridor stepped on
his foot accidentally. Course bowed
very low an says slowly, Pray. pardon
me, gov'nor,' an" he continued. in-
dating his chest and assuming con-
tented air, ''de gov'nor pardoned me-
"Ohw said his pal In terrible wbis-
per.
And then the next vaudeville team
was Observation-Disclosures Weekly.
The Washburn leader., 1908-01-03

would be absolutely helpless
DR.. Fenton noted his patients pulse
and listened to her heart. then looked
at Mrs. blair in Il puzzled manner.
''Her hearts all right-rather unusu
ally strong. Has she been eating any
thing that might give her acute indi-
gestion?''
'T'm sure I don't know" said Mrs.
Blair helplessly II was asleep when
she called me, and she groaned several
times, then became absolutely uncon
scious."
"Has she been drinking?" The doc
tor shifted the atmosphere suspi-
ciously.
mo. indeedr' said the girl indig-
nantly. NANNY never was intoxi-
Gated in her life. spilled that on her
trying to force some down her throat"
The doctor. after several minutes
work. finally held some strong am.
monia to his patients nostrils. and she
opened her eyes.
'"Take dat dar stuff away" she said
Indignantly. do you want to kill
me ies' cause Is wuthless old mig
ger?"
DR.. Fenton patted her shoulder in
diligently.
"There-there-I guess you are not
dead yet. It's sign of 8 good consti-
tuition when they recoNr and begin
fussing and fuming Shows they have
grit enough to pull through all right.
Where do you feel bad. auntie?"
"In ma head and back. and ma
laigs and an awful misery in ma
stomach. l reckon I'm mos done for"
and she groaned in self pity.
'I'm going to give you powder that
will stop all the misery. auntie. You
must stay in bed tomorrow. and I'll
come in and see how things are going
with you. expect you have taken
cold and have neuralgia and cramp.
You'll be bustling around as lively as
anybody in few days"
"Be sure to come tomorrer. doctah
I'm scairt plum to DEATH" the old ne
gro whimpered.
One night long after Aunt Deb's re-
covery DR.. Fenton sat in the tiny par
casual observer might have thought
he was noting Lesley's pulse.
"And to think ! saw you going In
and coming out of this building for a
whole year before I had an opportu-
nifty Of meeting you. tried my best
to find mutual acquaintance. but
couldn't. If that blessed old nanny
hadn't caught cold might never have
known you. Do you like the way that
diamond is set. dearest?" he asked.
holding the girls slender hand at
arms length to admire the very new
and glittering ring.
Its just-lovely." she said. ''llv-
erything is lovely. I don't believe
there's single disagreeable thing in
the world. Let's call Nam Debbie-l
haven't told her yet"
When Aunt Debbie came to the door
and heard their news she laughed in
an enjoyment too large for the small
apartment
"You think you are su'prisin' your
old nanny. do you. little missile?
Lawd. chile. seen it comm long befo'
you children thought Of it,"
When she reached the seclusion OF
the kitchen she sat down and rocked
90 and fro in silent merriment. her
apron held over her face.
"Thank dc Lawd! Little missy won't
be no old maid" she chuckled. 'but
dey certainly is one cullud pusson dat
would ha' made fine actress. An
wasn't cute to seleck a time when lit
tie missy would put on dat blue fluffy
knowed she looked like
one of de Lawd's angels in it. I
didn't have no misery-I didn't have
no nothing-but dem powders sho' ;li4.
make me Sleep"
The Washburn leader., 1908-01-03
A Dark
Diplomatist.
By Groy AIlison.
Copyrighted. 1907. by E. c. PARCELS.

4**++*+-@3...-.s.+s f 4 ;t.*+.
"'Deed, Miss Marjie, don't like
desc heah fats
Aunt Debbie stood with arms akin.
bo, occupying the greater part Of the
tiny kitchen. Mrs. Blair. arranging q
mass Of dahlias in an old fashioned
jar on the dining room table, smiled
on the old negro commiseratingly.
eve don't find it quite as roomy as
the old place in Virginia. do we. Aunt
Debbie? But after the mortgage was
foreclosed- Lesley's civil service ap
pointment was godsend. don't
know how the child ever got the idea
of standing civil service examina.
tion. She always was queer child
though" Mrs. Blair sighed as If the
The Washburn leader., 1908-01-03
Exp,ainina Hi. Advice.

"Dr. Bingle has advised Coppersmith
to take up motoring"
"But l thought Bingle disapproved
of m0torlng?"
Eyes, he does. But in some way he
had secured possession Of second.
hand motor that he wanted to sell"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washburn leader., 1908-01-03
Not In HE Line.

"Who discovered steam?, asked the
man who is always looking for infor-.
nation.
'Don't know" answered the man
who is abnormally chilly, ''but am
willing to bet It was not the janitor In
our apartment house. = =. washington
Star.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
HEARsTs NEW PARTY

The New York American, the organ
OF the Hearst Independence party, Is
out squarely with the declaration
that that party win not endorse or
support Roosevelt, Bryan or John
son, but that 1t will have it's own
candidates and it's own platform.
And Hearst, it is thought, will be
that candidste,and he and his party
are to be reckoned with. There is no
possible chance Of bis election, but
he can, in the States OF New York
and California, and perhaps other
States, draw enough votes from the
other candidates to make the result
doubtful. 1t is thought that Hearst
viii draw largely from Bryan. His
followers and managers say that his
votes viii come largely from the
Bryan followers.
Between Taft, Bryan, Hearst and
the Prohibition party the next Pres
idential election will be quite q mix
ture.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
CONGRATULATIONS

We desire TO extend our congratu-
iations and We assume to extend,al-
90 she hearty thanks and congratu-
lations OF the citizens OF Fredericks-
burg to our able and efficient repre-
sentative. Hon. C. O'Conor Goodrich,
for his splendid efforts and the u.ti-
mate success attending them In Sc
curing for Fredericksburg an ap-
preparation OF $4,000 for the es-
Establishment OF q normal school
here. Scarcely less worthy of our
gratitude and praise for their able
assistance of our representative are,
among Others, Delegates b C. l..
Moncure. OF Stafford and King
George; Lewis, OF Essex; Curlett, OF
Lancaster; Page, Of Hanover; Talia.
ferro, OF Orange, and last, but by no
means least, our able and efficient
Senator, Judge +. W. Sims, oil
Louisa. There we're many Others
who stood by the old Burg in her
light Tor the n primal schools, and to
all OF these the new school viii be a
lasting mon-ment TO their efficiency.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
Prs.ldsn, Rsesixe. Nathan.

Washington. March 1.-THE White
House was the scene OF the formal
opening OF the first international con,
gress on the welfare OF the child. that
Is being held under the auspices Of
the National Mothers Congress. The
200 delegates, representing all the
states and territories and a dozen or
more OF the leading countries OF the
world. were received al the White
House. where President Roosevelt de
livered an address 10 them. in which
he declared that he placed the society
ahead OF the Civil War veterans. be
cause. he said. in the Anal analysis It
is the mother only who is a better citi-
zen than the soldier who fights for his
country
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
REJECTS REQUEST
Swarthmore College Will Stick
TO Athletics.
ACTION WAS UNANIMOUS
Property conditionslly 5equesthed 5S
Miss Jesnes Was Supposed to BE
Worth si.oooooo. Blu, investigation
Shows II Worth About $4,000.

Philadelphia. March 1.-THE board
Of managers OF Swarthmore college de
clined TO accept land and coal prop.
the late Anna T. Jeanes OF this city
on condition that all participation in
intercollegiate athletic sports and
games cease.
The board by unanimous action has
adopted a resolution in which IL was
decided 10 notify the executors of the
Jeanes estate that the beQuest had
been deeiine'i. ami on the question of
college athletics said. The board
again anirms it, belief and sympathy
with many OF the views as TO inter
collegiate athletics which have been
expressed by Friends from time t.
time. and It is believed that good may
grow ont OF the otherwise useless dis
cussion. and that helpful and restrain
ing Influences may result not only 10
Swarthmore but over n wider field To
this end We recommend to the prcsi-
dent and faculty the widespread con
Germ OF Friends on the subject with
which concern We sympathize and we
ask that increased Attention he given
by them to a restraining influence on
the whole subject. and especially with
reference TO the game Of football
The action of the board was based
on report submitted by Joseph Whar.
ton. Charles ? Jenkins and Howard
Cooper Johnson. a committee appoint
ed to ascertain the value OF the prop
erty bSqueathed to the college by Miss
Jeanes.
II was supposed al the fime the be-
quest was made public that the prop,
erty was worth upward OF 81 00e O0o.
but the committee reported that after
careful investigation IL found that
under the will the college was appar-
emily the conditional recipient OF $50
acres OF land in Centre county. 47os
IN Carbon county. and an interest In a
tract Of land in which the Hazel Brook
colliery. Luzerne county. is located
But hy inquiry il MS found that Miss
Jeanes interest in the Centre county
land had been transferred. and that
the land in Carbon county contains no
coal or other mineral and that the
tract In I.uzerne county from a mining
standpoint has been nearly Worked
out This property Including Miss
Jeanes interest in the Hazel Brook
colliery. r. worth from $1,000 % sle.-
ooo. The Carbon county land Is csti-
mated as being worth from $4,000 TO
$4,000 and the entire beQuest az pos
sibly $4,000 and probably not more
than s2f. O0o.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
TAFT AND BRYAN.

From the rapidity with which the
extreme men OF both great political
parties in this country are getting
together In their views, it appears
that a new party alignment is inevi-
table, II the present tendency contin-
ues. II we take the Taft platform,
recently promulgated in Ohio, and
the Bryan platform, emanatingfrom
Nebraska, it will be observed that
there is little or nothing to choose
between, and II the race is to be run
between Taft and Bryan, it will be a
race between the men, and not their
measures Roosevelt, and Taft, OF
course, since he is Roosevelt's candi-
date. represent the radical element in
the Republican party; while Bryan
occupies that position in the Demo
cratic party, and there are thousands
OF voters in both parties who would
be glad to see the nominee OF their
respective parties defeated, II by Sc
curing his. defeat, some, really safe
aud conservative man was thereby
elected There Is no show forconser-
vatism, however, in the coming pres
idential race, unless there is a change
in the present trend OF affairs, and
the race will evidently be fought out
between Taft and Bryan. There will
be many Republicans and Democrats
who viii vote for the one or the other
as a choice OF two evils.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
The Latest Closing Prices In IN,
Principal Markets.

NV ~'est Siostno Prices In the
Principal Markets.
PHILADELPHIA 49, FLOUR steady.
winter extras. new. S39OQsi5. penn
nills, fancy. s5.75G5.so' RYE FT.o ~
WHEAT quiet: No Pennsvivania
red, sSie a Sgc. CORN steady: No
yellow local. 6Su zoe. OATS steady
No white. clipped. 5Sh' q SIC. /:
love, lover GRADES. 5ec. HAY quiet: timo
quiet; family. per barrel. $3.50. BEEI
nrm: beel hams. per barrel S26G 81
POULTRY, Live firm: hens. l40lsc T.
old ROSTERS. 9iSc. Dressed steady
choice fowls. l4c.; old ROSTERS. Tl0c
o.. EH steady: extra creamery
&c. EGGS hrm; selected. 24G pc.
nearby. 22c.: western. PIC. POTA
TOES steady. at S5dSsc per bushei
sweet Potatoes steady. at SOcGs
BALTIMORE-wH WHEAT steady; No
SPOT ~ q ySssc.; steamer No. !
1910. CORN hrm: mixed spot. esE
Go3@sc.; steamer mixed, 5sI4 G5eTSc..
southern, 59k Q63Lc- OATS firm
white. No. ?, 5S55 a Coo; No. 3. ssh
q 9sc: No. I. SO q 56izc.; MIXED. No. z
sIn 9'11c.; NO. }. ssh q sec. BUTTER
nnIm' creamery separator extras, $40
&c; held. 23q 24c-: prints. s4d 35c.:
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania dair,
prints. lSG zoe. EGGS lower. fancs
Maryland. Pennsylvania. Virginia an.
West Virginia. 20c.: southern. l9c'
NEW YORK - BUTTER stead!er
creamery specials. 2SIk a 2ec.; extras
2Sc.; third to firsts. 24G Pike: hell
creamery. third to special. 23G 29c
state dairy, common TO fair. 2O1 24c.
process second TO special. 2IH CSC.
western factory. first. pc; imitation
creamery. first. 23d24c CHEESE
hrm; full cream. specials. I64c.:
skins. Ia lie. EGGS steady; state
pennsylvania and nearby fancy Sc
lected white, PIC; good to choice. "a
@2sc.; brown and mixed. extra. 23G
2Shc.; do. INST. 2lhG22c.: western
and southern first, 211zc POULTRY:
Dressed steady: turkeys. 12Q lsc
fowls. 1Om1315c. PEANUTS steady:
fancy hand-picked. SC: other domes
tic. 347Ac. POTATOES steady; Ber
muda, second crop. per barrel, $3.50
95.75; Florida. new white No i. 81
H6; southern. second crop. SI.75G
2.15; state. Pennsylvania and western
in bulk. per $50 pounds. S2.35H2.50
European. per bag of 16S pounds. 81. 40
Q275. Sweet Potatoes frm; Jerseys
per barrel. s2.50@45 CARRIAGES
steady; red. per ton. $l24I5: do. per
barrel. $lQ1.25; Danish seed per ton.
sS6Il.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
TO DIVORCE THAW.
Evelyn 10 Sue For Annulment
Of Marriage.
HARRY WILL DEFEND SUIT
Action Will Be Based On Allegation
That He Was Insane When the Mar
rlsse Took Plsee-No Mention Of
Settlement.

New York March lI.-Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw will institute proceedings for
the annulment OF her marriage to
Harry X. Thaw. The action will be
based on the allegation that the de
PENDANT was insane when the union
was contracted. Thaw proposes to de-
fend the suit. An early trial Is ex-
pected. In the meantime the two. by
mutual-consent. will remain apart
In Official statements by counsel for
both parties was confirmed the long
suspected elimination In the welded
lives OF Stanford Whites slayer and
the woman whose story in his defense
brought her an unhappy notoriety as
wide as the reading world. For weeks
1t had been gcssiped that a divorce
was imminent. and even during Thaw's
last Trial. throughout which his wife
stood gameiy by him. Il was pretty
generally believed that whatever the
outcome for the prisoner. the two
would never again live together. These
| reports were frequently based on ru
mored opposition to the young woman
on the part OF the Thaw family In
their statements. however. counsel de-
MED that Mrs. William Thaw. Harry's
mother had taken any part In the pro
posed separation
Colonel Franklin Bartlett counsel
for the elder Mrs. Thaw. made a state
ment in which he said that there was
no truth In the reports that detectives
employed by Mrs. William Thaw had
her daughter-in-law under surveillance
for months.
Daniel OReiIly. counsel for EVELYN
Thaw. said:
Papers will be served on A Russell;
Peabody by me as counsel for Evelyn
Thaw In an action for annulment OF
the marriage. The action will be on the
ground that at the time OF the mar
rage April 1. 1905. Harry X Thaw
was insane and did not know what he
was doing
This action has been thought OF for
some time. II will be tried in New
York county. AS yet no mention has
been made OF any settlement IN favor
OF Evelyn. II after the annulment pro
ceedlngs are through and they are in
favor OF the plaintiff some action
might be taken for the recovery OF
counsel fees and alimony-
Mr. Peabody said: I have visited
Harry Thaw at Matteawsn and told
him the Intentions OF his wife He T.
willing to defend the suit"
Mr.. Peabody added that his client
when apprised OF his wlfe's intentions.
had made no comment except TO de-
clare that he was sane at the time of
his marriage and expressed his will
ingness TO meet the issue.
Mr.. OTReilly added ~. his formal
statement that EVELYN would take the
stand during the annulment proceed.
ings and that several OF the medical
experts who had testified al the muir
der trial would also be called. As 10
his clients financial resources. Mr..
ORsilly said he thought she had funds
enough TO maintain her during the
trial Of the case. and as for the future
was capable OF earning a large income
as writer.
Both lawyers emphatically denied
that Evelyn had been followed by de-
tsctives OF that she had made any de.
mAnd upon her husbands mother for
money settlement
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
Threatened 70 Blow u, Bank

Omaha. Neb.. March IA bold at
tempt was made 10 rob the Merchants
National bank by man who. although
AZ first thought to be desperate
criminal. is now believed by the police
10 he a lunatic The man gave his
name as l. Il Fee formerly Of Rock
ford III He walked into the bank soon
after Il opened and menacing Vice
President Luther Drake with a bottle
which he said contained nitro gly-
oerine. demanded $4,000 cash Mr..
Drake. though believing for the mo-
ment that his life and those 81 his
fellow-ofiicials and employees OF the
bank might be in imminent danger.
conferred calmly with the would-be
robher until other oficials called the
police. and the man was taken into
custody. Tests by the police seem to
show that the contents of the bottle
were harmless.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
PRIMARY FOR CONGRESSMAN
knsngsmsuts for Nominating q Democrat h
Eighth District.

The Democratic committee for the sth
Congressional district met Monday at
Manassas, to arrange for q primary to
nominate Democratic candidate for
Congress- The committee fixed upon
June as the date for the primary, and
reqnires each candidate to ale his an
nouneement and deposit his pro rata
share OF the assessment with Col. Geo. 8.
soeekeiford. Of Orange. on or before
April 4. The usual rules FOR the conduct
OF the primary were adopted and the
total assessment was fixed at $500.
There wes full attendance OF the com.
mistse. Hon. r. Lindsay Gordon, OF
Louisa, the only opponent to Hon. c. C.
Serhn, the present Congressman. who
pas announced his candidacy, was pres-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
Shot Girl, Kils--s Himself.

Wilmington. Del. March l1-Spurn-
ed by the girl he loved Michael Sla-
winsh. an orator OF ability and leader
In the movement here in opposition
10 oppression in Poland shot the
young woman and then killed himself
Slawinski evidently thought the bullet
he fired at the girl had killed her and
In an instant he turned the revolver
with which he did the shooting upon
himself and shot three times. two of
The bullets taking effect in his head
and the third was embedded in the
ceiling of the room. The girl. Helen
Urbenski. aged eighteen. owes her life
to the fact that in running away from
Slawinski she stumbled and fell and
the bullet passed through her arm
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
TWO CHINAMeN HANGED
Celcstisls net Their Fate Without
Fh1ehinu.

Philadelphia March 1.-Two China
men paid rho death penalty in Nova
mensins prison Their execution ~
the first of the yellow race in This
state Tho victims Of the laws ex
treue punishment were Mock Kunr
and Jams low. members of the feudal
clan of the Hin Sing Tong. who on
The night of July & 1906. during a riot
In the Race street colony shot and in
stantly Killed a fellow countrvman "a
tally wounded another and severely
injured Rev. Frederic Poole. head OF
the Chinese Missionary society.
The men seemed unconcerned as to
their fate and when brought 20 the
ealloWs they made no demonstration
Five minutes after the tran was
Sprung and afterward at the same IL
'erval the prison doctors pressed their
stethoscoues against the dying mems
chests. % was thought that Mock died
ten minutes after the trap was sprung.
Jung. whose lighter weight did not
press the moose SO tightly around his
ncc'l lived longer.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
ore Fare Fer Two On Rallro,a,

Washington. March il.-I.egisiation
permitting blind person 10 travel on
the railroads with an attendant so
that the two persons shall pay only
ono full fare was advocated before the
house committee INTERSTATE and for
eisn commerce hv Frank r. Cleveland
president Of the Columbia Polytechnic
Institute for the Blind. OF this city. Mr.
Cleveland. who Is blind. told the com
mittee the railroads are generally Will
Ing 70 make the concession. but the
present law forbids A.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
ERASED From The DEAD"
u Is ciained SCIENTISTS Revived pead
cid Win electricity.

oi-l Win electricity.
Paris. March II Scientists arr
deer'y Interested in an account given
by ComPte i.eonce dc Larmandi,. o,
the achievement OF three French sa
wants who recently m Versailles ap-
paycntly raised the dead 90 life. The
strange phases % the case are pux-
zlHg. hui conservative men see moth.
INK moro than the rcvivins OF a person
who was I'm a deep trance
Compile &c ACKNOWLEDGEMENT the
affair as follows.
A Young giH apparently dies srom
naturcl causes. The body was in,
merSci IN warm water subjected TO
Rhythmic liberalization. sulphuric acid
6eius applied rrom time 70 time. while
one physician made hypnotic passes
In three hours the girl opened her
eyes. After she was able u speak. she
said.
Whom I fcll asleep here was a
period ot complete prostration. aud
then I became conscious Of growing
sensation ot cold. All my life seemed
TO concentrate about nay heart. and my
thoughts Ia distant corner OF my
orain I could see myself lying there
and hear music. while the bodily sen
saticn OF bitter cold never left me
suddenly there was a delicate
shock. and the last tie uniting me and
my body vas broken. ~ though gifted
with new sight I saw my body in a
terrihl" struggle. namelcSs monsters
Fighting Tor It's possession.
The girl then became historical
and fought the doctors so savagely
that they save her morphine to Quiet
her 10 proved too strong and heart
action ceased. They were unable 10 70.
call her 20 lite again"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
Exploding Comb Caused chud's Death

Washington. Pa. March IL The
explosion of n ceiluloid comb in the
hands OF Cornelius the three-vcarold
son Of Ia Casterline. caused The death
OF the chilli. The mother. who attempt.
ell 20 all the lad. was also injured.
The child while playing with the comb
touched Il 10 a hot stove. it isnlted
and the child'- clothing caught fire. BY
folding her skirts about The little one
the mother put out the blaze but not
until too late 10 save tho child's lafe.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-12
NUGGETS OF NEWS

The school builiing at Napoleon. O.
the largest of The klnI in the state.
was totally destroyed 10y FIRE. entailinR
loss of sllo.0on.
J Wood Luk@N sixty ave Years OF
age president AMI treasurer n the
Loncmead Iron company Of Consho-
hocken. d'rd ar Norrisiown. Pa.
One hundred masked night riders
rode into the town al birmingham.
Marshall county. KcntA-ky. shot six
negroes. one OF them # is believed.
fatally and whipped five others.
Eight hromen We're cut and bruised
and eight business houses damaged to
the extent OF s12500o by a fire which
for tinfe threatened the entire bust
ness section Of Williamsburg. a suburb
OF Pittsburg.