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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18

Away" Were Among His Best Known
Hymns - Joined Methodist Church
When Fifteen Years Old.
New York. Aug. l5.-Ira ID. Sankey.
famous throughout the English-spoak-
ing world as an evangelist and hymn
writer. died at his home. las South
Oxford street. Brooklyn. He was in his
siXty-eighth year.
Ira d. sankey was born at Edin-
burg. Pa. in 1910. At fifteen years OF
age he united with the Methodist
Episcopal church at Newcastle. Pa.
and became the choir leader. Sunday
school superintendent and Y. NJ. c. 4.
president there. At Y. NJ. c. 4 inter
national convention in indianapolis liz
1870 he met Dwight l.. Moody and
they became associated in evangelistic
work continuing together for many
years. They visited Great Britain from
1873 20 1875 and again in 1883. and
made many tours through the United
States. In all their meetings Mr. San
key had charge OF the singing.
After severing his connection with
Moody. Mr.. Sankey frequently con
Quoted meetings alone. and be also at.
tained considerable reputation as a
lecturer His compilations Of deyo-
uonal music. which contain many OF
his own compositions. include Gospel
Hymns" sacred Songs" "Winnowed
Songs" Christian Endeavor Hymn
Book" and Gospel Choir"
Among Mr. Sankey's most familiar
compositions are The Ninety and
Nine" and When the Mists Have Roll.
ed Away" His song books are said to
have had a circulation Of more than
$4,000 copies.
In 1903 Mr.. Sankey was stricken
with blindness. and since that time he
has been living in retirement AT his
home in Brooklyn.
Mr. Sankey's parents were well on,
and the singer never had TO struggle
with adversely. as was the case with
his co-laborer. Mr.. Moody.
In his later years he accumulated a
considerable estate. il is said. through
his own activities. He presented a
Y. NJ. c. a. and a public library build
ing 10 the city Of Newcastle. Pa. and
@A'e saw bAlAAAAS SAAt 10 the MGtu
odist Episcopal church there.
IN 1902 it was announced that Mr.
Sankey. who bad been lifelong Meth
odist. had transferred his allegiance
TO the Presbyterian church and had
connected himself with the Lafayette
Avenue Presbyterian church. OF which
Rev. Theodore l.. Cuyler. one OF the
singers closest friends, was pastor. He
explained that his transfer was not
through any dissatisfaction wi,h the
creed of Methodism. but mer ly be-
cause his family and friends were con
nected with the Lafayette Avenue
church. and his increasing feebleness
made it necessary that he should at.
tend a church close to his home The
change" he said. lis largely a matter
pt convenience and personal friend
ship"
Following the establishment of the
Northfeld School for Bible Study ly
Mr.. Moody. Sankey announced thai
every penny of royalty coming to him
from his hymn books would be turned
over for the support Of the schools As
result, he was from the first one OF
the largest individual contributors TO
the enterprise.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18
PATENTS GRANTED

5. II. Evans, patent attorney. Box
22O2, Washington, reports the follow
ing patents granted to Virginians, Aug.
IL, 1908.
Bearing for scale-beams, Arthur Scriv-
enor, Richmond.
Lumber, John l.. Roper Lumber Com
pany, Norfolk.
Leather boots and shoes, Beasley Har-
wood Shoe Co, Inc, Lynchburv.
Canned vegetables, Nininger 4 Frantz,
Daleville.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18
Jersey Mayor Gets Black Hand Letter.

Plainfield. N. j.. Aug. 15-Mayor
Charles J. Fish. chairman OF the state
excise commission. was the recipient
of a Black Hand LEI er The letter,
which bore an Elizabeth. N. j.. post
mark. threatens Mayor Fish with bod
lily harm because, 1t says. he oppresses
the poor liquor dealers and protects
the prosperous liquor dealer.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18
Chicago Tots Pray over Dead bird,

Chicago. Aug. Is. - With genuine
solemnity children about West Six
tieth and Ada streets prayed over and
bure.d 1000 birds killed In a storm.
Many sobbed as the grave was filed
in and covered with flowers brought
by the little mourners.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18

Ifyou take Kodol in the beginning the
bad attacks ofDyspepsia will be avoided,
bat II you allow these little attacks to
go unheeded It will take Kodol longer
time to put your stomach In good condi-
ton again. Get q bottle OF Kodol today.
Sold by NJ. NJ. Lewis and W. l.. Bond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18
Arrest SABBATH Breaker After II Years

Fayetteville. Ark, Aug. Is. - Ed
Seaton returned to his boyhood home
at this place after eleven years OF wan
dering TO find he was not forgotten.
Almost the first person to greet him
was Deputy Sheriff Sharpe with an old
warrant charging simple Sabbath
breaking, which Seaton had forgotten.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18

Take Kodol whenever you feel that you
need It That is She only time you need
TO take Aodol. just when you need 1t:
then you will not be troubled with sour
stomach. belchng gas on the stomach.
etc, Sold by N. NJ. Lewis aud W. l..
Bond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18
wiIheIm,na Exoee.. Al u.,,

Apedoorn. Aug. 15.--It is announced
here that an heir is expected in the
Dutch royal family. Queen wilhel-
nina Is now staying at the royal cas-
tie. Het Loo, near here.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18

CASCASWEEr is Tor babies and chil.
dren, and is especially good for the ills
so common In hot weather. Look for
the ingredients on the bottle. Contains
no harmful drugs. Sold by II. N. Lewis
and W. l.. Bond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18

kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup IL
especially recommended for children. IL
tastes nearly as good as maple SUGAR.
Sold by. NJ N. Lewis and W. L. Bond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18

DeWitt's Little Early Risers, safe. easy,
pleasant. sure. little liver pills. Sold BY
N. NJ. Lewis and w. l.. Bond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18
Public Sale
OF
StaffOrdCO. .RealEState

Pursuant 10 the terms of % deed oi
trust dated june 3. 1903. from james W
Tate and wife 60 the undersigned trus-
tee. which deed of trust is duly recorded
IN the clerk + office Of the Cirruit court of
Stafford county, Va, in deed book 10.
page i52, default having been made in
the payment of the note therein set forth
and secured. and bring thereto requested
by the holder of the said note, Mrs. e. l..
Kennedy. who was Mrs Sarah J. Arm
strong, the undersigned trustee will be-
lore the store house of Harry Iightner,
ESQ, at Falmouth, va, on
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18

There are many limitations OF DeWitt's :
Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve but iust
one original. Sold by NJ. NJ. Lewis and
WI. L. Bond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-18
IRA D. SANKEY
PASSES AWAY
Singing Evangelist Dies al His
Brooklyn Home.
HYMNS KNOWN TO MILLIONS

Noted Hymn Writer Was Long Ill and
Riind-Meeting With Moody Led to
Partnership That Made Both Known
Far and Wlde-"Ninety and Nine"
and when the Mists Have Rolled
Away" Were Among His Best Known
Hymns - Joined Methodist Church
When Fifteen Years Old.
, 1908-04-22
MOTHERS SUPREME, SAYS
ROOSEVELT.

Washington, March 1Oth.-The White
House was the scene to, day of the formal
opening of the first international Congress
on the Welfare of the Child, which is being
held under the auspices of the National
Mothers Congress. Two hundred Dele
gates, representing oil the States and Terri
countries of the world, were received at the
White House this afternoon, when President
Roosevelt delivered an address.
The PRESIDENTS Speech.
The President said in part
'This is the one body that I put s.eveu
ahead of the veterans of the civil war, be-
cause, when all is said. it is the mother, and
the mother only, who is a better citizen even
than the soldier who fights for his country.
The successful mother, the mother who does
her part in rearing and training Alright the
boys and girls who are to be the men and
women of the next generation, is of greater
use to the community, and occupies, if she
only would realize it, q more honorable, as
well as a more important, position han any
successful man in it.
Nothing in this life that is really worth
having comes save at the cost of effort. No
life of self-indulgence, or mere vapid pleas
ure, can possibly, even in the one point of
pleasure itself, yield so ample a reward as
comes to the mother at the cost of self-deni-
al, of effort, of suffering, of the long, slow
patience-trying work of bringing up the
children Alright. No scheme of education,
no social attitude, can be right unless it is
based fundamentally upon the recognition of
seeing that the girl is trained to understand
, 1908-04-22
THE WEATHER BUREAU.

Eghty-eight times in a hundred the
daily predictions of the Weather Bureau are
correct. That is a small percentage of err
ror, and as Prof, WILLIS L. MOORE, the Chief
of the Bureau, said recently before the Com.
mittee on Agriculture of the House of rep
resentatives, shippers and business men can
easily make allowances for it. The proper
ton of error in the storm warnings to mar
liners, by flags and special bulletins, is much
smaller.
The Weather Bureau is useful and well
administered, and its expense to the Gov
eminent is relatively small, considering it's
excellent service to the community. 1t paid
1925, 900 for telegraph tolls last year, but
many forecasts are delivered by mail, while
the railroads by train message and telegraph
distribute forecasts 10 3,4OO places without
charge. Two million forecasts are distribute
ed by the telephone companies without
charge. That is to say, the companies re-
ceive the forecasts and repeat them to any
subscriber who asks for them. Presumably
all ask for them who want them.
But more money will be needed by the
bureau in the future for its ocean wireless
telegraph service. Prof. Moore believes
that with an efficient system Of this sort
ocean travel can be made perfectly safe.
Already the wireless telegraph is put to
good use, and warnings OF hurricanes are
sent to coastwise and incoming vessels as
far from shore as 800 miles. But Prof.
Moore asks for Government control of wire
less messages, to prevent interference and
inconvenience. The efficiency of the wire
less rvice for the Weather Bureaus pur-
pose needs no argument when a message
from Magdalena Bay can be read at Pensacola,
aud the Pacific Ocean put in almost instan-
taneous communication with the Atlantic
". Y. Times, March 10.
, 1908-04-22

The shooting commenced anew at 2 O'Clock
for the six prizes, the result of which was.
that st. Croix took the first through MI. f.
p. Lund, st. Thomas the second prize by
Mr.. Petersen Sr. and of the other prizes 2
more were taken by the Cruzians and 2 by
st. Thomians.
At about s o'clock this meeting closed.
the guests expressing themselves highly
satisfied with the whole arrangement and
the pleasant day spent, and the st. Thomians
were delighted at the many pleasant &c
quaintances they had made with the mem
bers from st. Croix.
1t was certainly the wish among all pres
ent that another meeting between the two
clubs would soon take place.
, 1908-04-22

New York, April 21st
Flo If, Blended Clear per barrel 4.8O- 400
Meal, Kindred, per barrel 3.45-
New Seasons Pork
Heavy Mess Pork, $14a--151
Sooar Crystals per fb., A
Muscovndo 89otest 3
Molasses Eng. Islds. per gal. no quotation
Liverpool Cotton middling Upland. 5 1920
Exchange, New York & London, 6Odays
sight 4.84A
Exchange NewYork and London, sight S4.874
London. April 21st
Dem. Crystals It's Cd i IS Cd.
snoor Muscovudo, floating termst in
bond, 11s-l1s. Sd
German beet 88-f. o. b lis. Sd.
Java Sugar 5000 Gibraltar or Channel for
orders, floating TINS. 12s I'D
Demerara Rum, Is 24d -1s.4d.
Cocoa, Trinidad, good middlin9 Red, nominal
pr cwt IT'S.
Cotton, medium Fine Stat Liverpool Is Al
Bunk of England Rate Of discount 3
Forsols 81 3-l6
III roe per cent. Rentes inParis $3.50
, 1908-04-22
ST. THOMAS VERSUS ST CROIX.
FIRST SHOOTING MATCH.
Liqht6ourn's Null Notes.

@'O
The Shooting Match between the Chris
tiansted and the st. Thomas Shooting Club
went off very successfully.
TIL st. Croix guests arrived by Viking
early Wednesdaynight after o quick, though
rough, passage.
Principally at 8 o'clock on Thursday they
arrived at the Shooting Ground on Estate
Thomas and were welcomed by the st.
Thomas members.
The presentation and preliminaries being
arranged the drawing Of numbers between
the ten marksmen on either side for the or
der of shooting was soon concluded, and q
lit lie after 8 o'clock the first shot was fred
by Mr.. A. Brunn of ST. Thomas.
Everything went off in order without any
impeachment or accident and at about II
O'Clock the shooting for the Championship was
concluded, with the result that the st Thorn
as Club won with 577 points, st. Croix scor-
ing 566 points.
Some very good shooting was made which
deserves mention. St. Croix led with Mr..
r. P. Lund 76 points, among which were
4 bulls-eyes. Corporal Jacobsen Is points, 2
bulls-eyes; other good marksmen from st.
Croix were Sergeant Stienmann with 70
points, and Gendarme Hansen with 66
points, IN the St. Thomas side Mr.. Peter
sen scored rs points, Ogersergeant Hansen
tf POAAOS1 AoeSAuNthS u OAlIo- o. ooS MI l. Abith
Muller 68 points, Mr.. @. f. Philipsen IS
points, First Lieutenant Engberg SO points.
Mr.. Nyholm and Lawyer Chr. Bugel did
some fine shooting, respectively 3 and 2 bulls
eyes among their hits, but both missed
some shots, whereby their total reached on
ly 81 and 81 points.
The result was received with cheers and
was as satisfactory as could be expected to
both sides; while st. Thomas was indeed
glad for the victory, which being theolder club,
she deserved, st. Croix certainly had all rea-
son to be proud of her fine shooting for u
strange ground. The st. Thomas members
will have to practice a good deal if they
want to keep the championship at the next
contest.
A Silver Shield with the engraving 'Mes-
terskab 1908" was handed over to the st.
Thomas Club as a token of the result, where
after three cheers were given for the Chris
tiansted Club.
Luncheon was then served at IL o'clock
under q large tent erected for the event
and decorated with scandinavian flags.
Good appetite was not wanting on either
side and full justice was done to the repast,
the table being we'll provided with good
things. Several speeches were made, COM
m%encing with THE King" which was re-
sponded to with nine cheers.
The "Christiansted Skytteforening" was
the principal toast, and many wishes
were expressed that this meeting should be
the commencement to many others between
the two islands, so that their inhabitants
may be drawn closer together and learn to
know each other better than has hitherto
been the case. Neither the Mother Country
nor "Skyttesagen" were forgotten, and many
other toasts were proposed and heartily re-
sponded to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
DEMOCRATIC FORECAST
 OF NATIONAL CONVENTION

"On the democratic side everything seems to be Bryanesque,' writes John T. McCutcheon, discussing politics in the April Appletons. ITO the casual ob- server the Peerless One appears to have the nomination trained to eat out of his hand. He has it filed away in his vest pocket, and, at the proper moment, will take it out and present it to himself. There is little apparent reason for dem- ocratic delegates to travel all the way out to Denver except to get in on the boundless hospitality the Denverites are preparing to extend them.
 'The Denver programme will probably be as follows:
 " Denver, July 7.-(Special.)-The con- vention assembled today at 10 o'clock and listened to a scholarly invocation by Rev. Matby. MT. Bryan was then nominated, platform was adopted, and at 1O:15 the delegates marched in body to have their photographs taken. At 12:3O a magnificent luncheon was served at the palatial residence of MT and Mrs. Quartz At 2:30 they were taken on a carriage ride to the Carnegie library, the ceme- tery, and the new Soldiers monument, and at 4.30 the delegates repaired to the sumptuous home of MT. and Mrs High Graders for tea A banquet was served at the hotel at o'clock and MT. Bryan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

made speech indorsing the democartic nominee.
 " Denver, July S.-(Special) con- vention assembled at 10 a. m. and passed resolutions of thanks to Colonel Bryan for the platform he had prepared. Miss Pearl Tanner, daughter of Delegate Pan ner then recited tCurfew Shall Not Ring Tonight" after which the delegates ex- changed condolences and autographs Mir. James J. Jiggitt of Alaska made rous- ing speech, beginning with We view with alarm" and ending with We'll rally around the stanoard of that peer less statesman, that splendid patriot. that etc. etc, William jennings Bryan. Lunch was taen partaken of at the mag njtcent residence of MT. and Mrs. Orr and a delegation of school children pre- sented MT. Bryan with flag worhed out with pini. stripes and pale blue stars. The nominee acknowledged the beautiful gift in a speech replete with words. The convention then adjourned to watch a ball game over on the commons. In the evening a splendid collation was served and appropriate speeches were made
 Denver, July 9.--(Special)-T con vention met at 10 o'clock, but there be- ing no quorum present, MT. Bryan and a few friends selected a candidate for Vice President. and the convention was ad- iourned It is not yet known who was named for Vice President, but he is said to be a well-known patriot Of advanced years and three or four millions or loose cash,
 "Of course this programme Is not of- fcial If may be changed in some of its minor particulars, but from this distance if seems to be the probable one. We re- serve, however, the right to a second guess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
WHERE DO OUR CAR FARES CO? Two Out of Every Gents used TO
 Support Capitalized Earning Power

Charles Edward Russell in the MATCH Es-
 erybodys +Lo
 It is perfect nonsense to say that the public has no concern in these traction matters; it has every concern Ill them. For the sake of the $40,000OO0 that MT. Yerkes extracted from the street railroads of Chicago the communi,y
 endured for many years the must abominable traction service m thlS world. The $40,000,000 would nave given the people good service; the
 difference between the good service
 and the bad service inflicted upon them meant a sum of inconvenience,
 discomfort. suffering and sometimes
 of impaired health that is not pleasant
 to contemplate. In New York the
 money represented by the water in the
 street railroad system would nave pro,
 vided the city with ample, quick and
 comfortable transit in all directions.
 The issuing of that water means the difference between such transit anu the terrible scenes witnessed nlghtiy at the Brooklyn bridge and in the sub way. Not only that, but it makes the diff ference between a normal and an ap- normal fare. If there never had been any water in the New York railroad system, if the total capital represented : nothing but the actual investment, if l there never had been any experiments , with this devilish "capitalizing of the | earning power." the street railroads Of l New York could carry passengers for l 3 cents and make money. So that or l every cents paid now on these rail { roads cents are paid to support the water and 8 cents in compensation TOT | the service rendered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

Pep-To-Lac looks good, tastes good and is good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

candidacy. The newspapers prevented hin from getting the thirty additional dele- gates which he needed to give Tim the two-thirds which would have made him tie candidate. In the same canvass ths anti-slavery press of the north defeated Clay. the Whig candidate, at the polls. A portion of the democratic press pre- vs snted Cass from getting the nomination. in 1852, and one of the reasons why they opposed him was that he, as the regular democratic candidate was defeated oy the voters in 1S4S.
 Many democratic newspapers opposed Fierce and Douglas for the nomination in -sS6, because of their conneceion with the obnoxious Kansas-Nebraska act of lsoi which repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1920, and erected the republican party, and they thus gave the nomination to Buchanan, who was out of the country in 1854 and had no association with that measure The southern newspapers de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

Hauton is "out," merely to leave cards and then have time for little bridge at the house of some really congenisl friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
Political Power of the Press.

From Leslies weekly.
 On many occasions in the past the ln- fluence of the press has told oecislVsy in the nominating conventions and at the elections. The southern newspapers de- feated Van Buren in the convention or 1s4A, although majority of the delegates were instructed for him. and he had the support of his old friend Jackson Tor the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

Hauton is "out," merely to leave cards and then have time for little bridge at the house of some really congenial friend
 The heaviest rush during the winter day, however, begins at o'clock. Cabs gre called then to take people to dln- ner and in most cases, are ordered to wait and later take them to the the atre or opera. The rush on ordinary theatre nights keeps about 15OO cabs nusv and on opera subscription nights as many a 2OOO are sometimes en- gagged.
 There is a let-up in this rush whie the tn eatres are actually Tn sesslou, Lut during this time there Is much rushing around from cafe to cafe and hotel to hotel, while not few take l drive up and down Broadway to ca lov the crowds and see the lights and eet little air after coffee and cigars.
 After the theatre or opera, the pas sengers commonly drive to some ho.ei or restaurant for supper, or to supper or dances at private houses. But gen. erallv by 12:30 o'clock most of the cabs are making their way to the neighbor- hoods where the wealthy sleep. At l o'clock most of the great restaurants begin to close, with the exception of the lively ones which go nearly al right. The cabby who cruises up aad down Broadway looking for a fare, commonly gives up his search shortly after 1 o'clock
 The idea that the cabmen are par ticularly busy on all sorts of Bohemian errands after 1 o'clock is, according t, portation company. not at all accurate. There is very little traffic after this hour except to catch late trains at -he depots.
 There are very few calls, and most of hese come from the sporting clubs and the actors clubs. The actors, after the play, go to the Lambs, Players or Greenroom for supper and to spend their evening, which is about six ho1rs behind the evening of the average man. They reach their clubs about 11:30, and may stay there until ? or o'clock their great social time.
 Pep-To-Lac looks good, tastes good cad ie nnnd-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
The busy Corner

feated Douglas in the Charleston conven- ton of 1860, and, though he received the termination at later convention and in another place. Baltimore, it was the nom- ination of only one section of the party Newspaper opposition defeated Blaine foi
 the nomination in 1876, when he was thd fnvorite of a majority of the republui1 cans, and it beat both Grant and Blaine in the convention of 1880, whed some of Grants friends were pushing hinl for third term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

Ads illustrated with good cuts are trade winners-The Gawx makes good cuts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

Cheaper rates to all eastern points reached via Southern Railway effective April 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

For all information regard ing cheaper rates to eastern points, and two-cent inter changeable mileage books call at Southern Railway City Ticket Office, Morris Hotel Building, or phone Bell 3O67; Peoples 617.