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lowed closely upon the announcement
that Kuang Hsu. the emperor, had
died Saturday, but It is believed that
the death of both the emperor and the
dOwager empress occurred a cOnsld-
cradle time before that set down IN
the official statements.
An edict placed upon the throne
Prince Pu-Yi, the three-year-old son OF
Prince Chun. the regent Of the empire.
in accordance with a promise given
by the dowager empress soon after the
marriage OF Prince Chun in 1903. An
edlct issued on Friday made PuYi
heir presumptiye.
The foreign legations were notified
by the foreign board Of the death Of
the emperor and the succession Of
Prince Pu-Yi. Troops have been in
readiness for several days TO quell
any disorders that might arise on the
death OF Kuang- Hsu. and the posi-
bility OF uprisings was made greater
because of the fact that the death OF
the dowager empress was known to
be close at hand.
Prince Chun, the regent, has ordered
the viceroys and governors to take
precautions for the continuation Of the
administration OF the provinces as
heretofore, and he has ordered 100
days Of mourning. The court will go
into mourning for three years.
Pekin already has been greatly
transformed; all red objects have been
rmoved and blue substituted. The for
eigners In the city are watching the
strange ceremonies with great inter.
est. At the palace elaborate rites are
being observed. and a food of edicts
has been sent forth.
Death-bed observances Of 5000 years
ago marked the passing OF the en-
peror and dOwager. They died alone
and unattended, although surrounded
by circles of AFFECT spectators. who
remained a rod distant. as, on account
OF the sacred persons OF their males
ties, they could not be approached
The emperor died as he had lived
without mlnistration of whatever kind
or scientific aid. For months he had
refused to permit the services of for
eign physicians, and although it was
stated that he had gone back to the
old form of medical treatment, it IS
believed that latterly be received no
treatment at all
Until word of the dowager's death
is spread broadcast no general dlsor
ders are apprehended
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Southern Railway

H.B.-rolosins schedule figures published .
Information, and are not guaranteed.
Schedule effective Sept 9Th. 1905
Trains leave Washington from Hes Unioi
SIS @, m. Daily-Locsl for Wsrrsnton Dan
$50 Q. m. Daily--LocaI for Harnsonburs, We
s.l5a. m. Dsily-United States Fast Mall
firstclass COO hN and drsvingroom, sleeper u
Sev Orleans. bining car service.
40 .. N. daily-Washingson aud Horde
Limited. Through coaches and sleeper 10 Go
umbis, Savannah and Jscksonvills. Sleeper
70 Augusta. Buffet service. Tourist 10 Cal
'0 %is ' N. Week Dsys-Localtor Hsrrisonburs
and gey stations on Manassas Branch.
as . N. Dany-Locsl for Warrenton and
1000 o. m. Daily-Nev York and Memphis
Limited (via Lynchburg)-Fir class coach and
sieeping ssr 10 Roanoke. Knoxville. Chette-
loogs. Birmingham and Memphisi sleeper ID
1O.4 .. m. Daily-Nes York and New Orleans
Llnited-All Pullman trains, club and observe
don cars 10 New 0rleansl sleeper W Ashvllle,
atlanta, Neg Orleans. Sleeper to Charlotte.
Oiningcer service.
Through trains from the south arrive Wash.
ingson SIS q. NJ. o.3o q, m, daily; $50 .. m,
and l0.45 o. m. daily. Hsrraonburg 1913 p,
n. week days and $50 pm. daily. From Char.
lottesyille, $40 @. m. and $50 p. "a.
Tickets, sleepingcar reservations, and detailed
MORN alton can be had ST ticket ONCE. 705 18th
~, COS y 81 nv and New Union Station.
Baggage checked through rom hotels and resi-
usA n. IcKERT, v. P. and Gen. Man.
n. HARDWICK, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
w. II. TAYLOR, Gen. Pas Agent.
wsssssssos. 30
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Murdered and Robbed.

Charlotte, N. c., Nov. 16.-E w
Smith, twenty-eight years of age. OF
Richmond, Va, was found dead in the
old state rock quarry In the suburbs
Of Raleigh under circumstances which
lead the police to believe that he was
robbed and murdered. Smith was
known to have had a considerable
sum Of money with him. The neck
was broken. The body and clothing
were wet. The hat, coat and overcoat
were found on the other side OF the
pool of water from the body and were
perfectly dry. Only 81 was found in
his pockets.
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MISS ELKINS NOT ENGAGED
Her Father EmphaticaIly Declares She
Is Not Betrothed to Abruzzl.

Washington, Nov. Ex-senator Ste
phen B. Elkins made the emphatic
announcement that no engagement ex
lists between his daughter, Miss Kath-
crime Elkins, and the Duke de Abruzzi
Of the Italian navy.
The statement was made with the
knowledge and consent Of Miss Elkins,
who desired that the statement should
be given to the public, which has man
Tested so great an interest In the
matter.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-19
HENEY SHOOTER SUICIDE
Maurice Haas Kills Himself In San
Francisco Jail.

Maurice Haas Kills Himself In san
Francisco Jail.
San Francisco. Nov. Is. - Maurice
Haas. who attempted to assissinate
Francis J. Heney. committed suicide
by shooting himself through the mid
die OF the forehead with a pistol that
he had concealed about his persons.
Haas went TO bed at the county jail
and covered his face with blanket. a
shot was heard from his cell, and
when the guards entered II was found
that he had rolled out Of bed and was
lying dead on the floor. with a bullet
hole in his forehead. A foTty-one call
Der single shot derringer was srasped
in his hand His left trouser leg was
pulled up, and examination showed a
mark on his leg where the weapon had
rested while concealed in his shoe.
Haas wore CATERS with elastic sides
which made this possible.
After he shot Heney Haas was
searched by Police Captain Duke, De-
tective Burns and a police officer Al
ter he had been taken to the county
jail he was searched again. but at
neither time were his shoes examined.
Haas went to bed Friday night with
his shoes on, and again on Saturday
night. and when asked why he did
this. said that he would rather sleep
with them on.
His wife called on him but two Of
fcers were present during the inter
view. and they say she could not pos
sibly have slipped the weapon to him.
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Rov Killed While Hunting.

Oil City, Pa, Nov. 17.-Adelbert E.
Rose, aged sixteen years, was acct
dentally killed by Harry Cordner while
hunting near Kinzua- Both the boys
shot at a grouse, the discharge from
Cordners gun striking Rose in the
head.
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Fell Down Elevator Shaft; Killed

Kansas City, Nov. 17.-Mrs. e. A.
Caulheld, wife Of DR.. z. A. Caulfeld,
of st. Louis, fell down twelve stories
In the elevator shaft in the National
Bank of Commerce building at Tenth
and Walnut streets here and was in
stantly killed.
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Republican House Majority AZ.

Washington, Nov. 16.-From unofti'
cial returns of elections In tvery con
gressioDal district, roll call OF the
Sixty-first congress has been compiled,
showing that the Republican majority
on q full roll call win be forty-seyen'
against fifty-seven at present
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Keep the little ones healthy and happy
Their tender sensitive bodies require
general healing remedies. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea makes baby
strong, healthy and fat. 80 cents, Tea
or Tablets. W. l.. Bond.
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s.orL.s r,uentu.sscond Visit

West Chester, Pa, Nov. II. - The
stork visited the domicile Of Barclay
Johnson, of East Bradford, and left
the twenty-second member of his FAM
lily. Johnson is sixty-seven years old,
and has been twice married.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-19
BURGLARS MAKE RICH HAUL

Rob South Bend, Ind, Postoffice OF
s19,653 In Stamps.
South Bend, Ind. Nov 16.--Burglars
plundered the South Bend postofice
Of s1s,653 In stamps and made such a
successful escape that postoffice in
spectors and policemen are without a
clew on which to conduct their search
for the thieves.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-19

Are you tired, Jagged out, nervous
sleepless, feel mean? HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea strengthens the nerves.
makes digestion natural, brings refresh,
ing sleep, builds up the whole system,
35 cents, Tea or Tablets. W. l. Bond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-19

Rome, Nov. 16.-With all the heredi-
tary pomp and ceremonial OF the Ro-
man Catholic church his holiness Pope
Plus X. celebrated today the fftieth
anniversary of his ordination to the
priesthood.
Devout believers thronged St. Pc
ter's to hear the singing OF the ponti-
fiical high mass by his holiness. All
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In His Home and Shot the Sheriff
and Six Of His Posse-After Being
Shot Desperate Set Fire to His
House and His Body Was Crematec
In the Flames.
Okmulgec. Okla. Nov. 16. - Eight
persons were killed and ten others
were wounded IN a fight between
James Deckard a negro desperado
and officers
The dead are: Edgar Robinson. the
sheriff OF Okmulgee county; Henry
Klaber. assistant chief Of police OF
Okmulgee; two negroes named Chap
man. brothers; j. Deckard. negro, and
three unidentified negroes.
The disturbance began at the St
Louis & san Francisco railroad sta
tion where Deckard engaged in a
fight with an Indian boy. Steve Gray
son. and beat him into insensibility
with a rock. Friends Of Grayson called
the police When Policeman KlabeT
went to the railroad station Deckard
fed to his house nearby and barrlcad-
ed himself When Klaber approached
the house Deckard shot and instantly
killed him.
Sheriff Robinson gathered deputies
In a few minutes and hurried 10 the
scene This party contained several
negroes. whom the sheriff commits
stoned as deputies. AS the attacking
party approached the Deckard house
Deckard opened fire with a rife, firing
as rapidly as he could load his weapon.
The sheriff fell first, instantly killed.
Then five OF the nego deputies were
slain.
Deckards house was soon surround
ed by a frenzied mob of armed men.
Fire was set to a house just north OF
Deckard's. Volleys Of bullets were
poured into Deckard's house and be
was shot down. He was seen to roll
over on the floor, strike match and
set fire to- his own house. which was
soon a roaring furnace. In which his
body was baked, Deckard evidently
had a large quantity of ammunition
stored in his house. for many car
tridges exploded while the house was
burning.
Governor Haskell at Guthrie was ad-
vised OF the fight and Of the bad feel.
ing between whites and negroes that
had grown out of II, threatening a race
riot The governor at once ordered the
militia company at Muskogee to pre-
pare to go to Okmulgee, and special
train was made ready to carry the
troops News OF the preparation to
send miltiat had good effect on the
disorderly element of both races and
the crowd dispersed Further trouble
is not expected
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Maryland. Delaware and Virginia Railway
0ompany Rappahannock River Line.

Schedule in Effect March %, 1908
n, dkYu0Rr TAPPAHANNOCK FREDERICKSBURG
weather permitting Sunday II
snd Thursday Wlsnd North End MIL Creek White
s6a Nonaion View wheaton, bay Port Sharp Bowler.
Bsndfad
Wimon Port Conway
6unt Hop Yard Radcliffe fredericksburg. 49,
{1sedstoBn II
permitting Wednesday
white lryington
Nonsskon Wheaton,
Steamers leaving Baltimore on Wednesday will only
ct landings marked
TAFPAHANNOCK NORFOLK
Leave Vapphsnnock weather permitting Saturday stopping Well
Menb Merry Point Weems ryngton
White Stone Nil Greek. North End Westand .
Returning win Norfolk Monday weather permitting
or landings Merry Point Ottoman
Wexford
Baltimore Tusys Freight viii be received Norfolk alter p H. on
ealing
FREDERIcEsBUge ~qAPPAHAsSoCK BALTIMORE
Lsve decksbug Sunday Tuesday and Thursday tide and
Yard Hay Mount Port Conway Port
aayort Tappahannock 1880 M Wexford Ware Sowe
nbeck Merry Ottoman Moran Veem Irving
White Nh Greek $50 North Enc No. "estand Arrive
sanors Thursday and Saturday mornings IA q,uopp
Tappahannock weather permitting 1880 Tuesday Thursday,
Wexford Sharp bay Port Wheaton, Water View
Iryington White
III Creek Arriving Baltimore "Wednesday morning steamer
time shows which boats be expected to arrive and
departure h times eo
guaranteed SpF sopsny hold % responsible Tor any dssy O.
g 3 I 4 81
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Commercial Significance.

'If, again, and regard this as Of
greater concern to the common PEG
pie. the deepening of such waterway
between any such ports along the At
lantic coast or from any point of pro
duction to any point Of shipment will
enable the farmers or the manufactur-
ers to do more business than they hith-
erto have done or will provide facili-
ties that will attract trade and encour-
age the development Of American ship
ping, why should we not provide such
waterways and thus strengthen the
hands of the breadwinners Of our
country"
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the Atlantic seaboard of the United
States. More than 200 associations
are banded together to promote the
movement.
The president Of the Deeper Water
ways association is Congressman j..
Hampton Moore, Of Philadelphia, who
delivered the address welcoming the
delegates and outlining the objects Of
the association. He predicted a sue
cessful outcome of the associations
work. declaring It 10 be one in which
the entire American people are vitality
interested.
Scope Of the Associations Work.
In speaking Of the associations
work Mr. Moore said:
'If the opening Of waterway from
the north side of Cape Cod to Long
Island sound means the saving Of a
single life employed in the shipping
trade, why should we not strive for
the completion Of It?
"When we know as a matter Of rec
ord that hundreds Of human lives are
lost upon the shoals Of Cape Cod and
that millions of dollars worth of val
liable property is wrecked because
there is no inside passage. why should
we hesitate to put our engineers at
work and make a short cut inland
that will provide a safe harbor for
shipping and haven for the men who
are engaged in that important occu-
patton?
"If the deepening of an inland chan
mel between the Delaware river and
the Chesapeake bay will give to Amer
lean ships Of war safe inside pas
sage ard a harbor for repairs or for
stores in times of peace or In times OF
war and will save an outside sailing
distance of hundreds Of miles, with
all its perils. why should a great ma
ton like this hesitate to provide such
deeper channel?
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prince Of the apostles, supreme pom
tiff of the universal church, patriarch
of the west, primate OF Italy, arch
bishop and metropolitan Of the Roman
province and sovereign OF the tenn
poral dominions OF the holy Roman
church since Aug. 4, 1903, was born
In Riese, Italy, June 2, 1885 He was
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MURDERER
IS BURNED
Negro Kills Eight Persons al
OkmulgGe, Okla.
TRAPPED IN A HOUSE

After Beating Boy lnsensibe With a
Stone the Negro Barricaded Himself
In His Home and Shot the Sheriff
and Six OF His Poese-After Being
Shot Desperate Set Fire to His
House and His Body Was Cremated
In the Flames.
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Baltimore, Nov. II. Five hundred
accredited delegates gathered here to-
day to attend the first annual con-
yention Of the Deeper Waterways con-
vention. The convention will last
three days and is expected to be pro
ductive OF good results in the promo
ton of American maritime interests.
Its primary object is the advocacy OF
the movement to build an inland wa
terway connecting Boston with Key
West, practically the entire length OF
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NE. N''S
National Movement
Baltimore To-day.
CAPE COD TO KEY WEST

scope of Deeper Waterways Assoe'a-
tion's Work Embraces Entire Allan
tic Seaboard Of the United States.
Success Means strengthening OF the
Hands of the Breadwinners OF the
Country, Declares Congressman J.
Hampton Moore, Who Heads Move
ment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-05-26
SENATE KILLING TIME.
Journal Read at Length to Prevent
PASSAGE of Bills,

Washington, May 26-The senate
began marking time" again when 1t
convened. The journal was read at
length in order to prevent the passage
OF any measures that might result in
further delaying proceedings in the
house
During the reading of the journal
Mr.. Beveridge made the usual motion
that the further reading be dispensed
with" He has been trying for sew
eral days to secure consideration for
the government employees liability
bill and the bill providing that the
date of packing shall be placed on
canned meats. Mr. Kean, who had
been placed "on guard by the Repub-
lican leaders, objected on the ground
that the clerk at that moment was
reading most important report "
The reading continued and the SEN
ators poked number of jibes at the
Indiana senator, who received them
with the utmost good nature. Later
on Mr.. Beveridge again attempted to
dispense with the reading but failed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-05-26
G0ULD-DE SAGAN WEDDING
Marriage Will Take Place In About a
Fortnight.

Paris, May 26.--M. Cachard, attor-
ney for Madame Anna Gould, who is
at present engaged in preparing the
contract for Madame Gould's marriage
to Prince Helie de Sagan, authorizes
the Associated Press to deny abso-
lutely the story that the couple were
secretly married at Hoboken, N. j.,
on the eve of their departure from
America last month AS already
stated In these dispatches the Gould
family's opposition to the marriage
has been withdrawn The banns will
be published next Sunday and the
marriage will take place a fortnight
later, the French law requiring that
the banns be published ten days in
advance of the wedding.
There will be both civil and relig-
ious ceremonies, the latter under the
Protestant rite The couple will be
married under what is known In
France as the separation OF property
regime" each party to remain in abso-
lutte control of his or her own fortune,
which in the event Of death shall not
pass to the survivor, but to the heirs
of the deceased After the marriage
the couple will reside in France, the
idea of selling Madame Gould's mag
nificent mansion on the Avenue Mala-
koff and her country seat. the Chateau
Marais, and living abroad, which was
contemplated, having been abandoned.
Count Boni de Castellane. the d.
vorced husband of Madame Gould, is
prepared the moment the banns are
published to bring suit to transfer the
custody of the Castellane children to
himself. on the ground that Prince de
Sagan Is not fit TO be their stepfather.
The count, however, evidently Is not
yet apprised of the exact situation, as
he imagines that Madame Gould is
still hesitating with regard to the mar
riage. He counts upon the continued
opposition of George Gould, who, he
says, is expected In Paris within a
fortnight,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-05-26
DR.. QUAYLE ELECTED.
Chosen Bishop by Methodists on Tenth
Ballot.
nority report

Baltimore, May 26.-Rev. Dr. Will
lam A. Quayle, pastor of St. James
church, Chicago. and a lecturer and
author of wide repute, was elected
bishop on the tenth ballot at the gen
eral conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, thus breaking the dead
lock which has existed since the sec
ond ballot. The vote resulted as fol-
lows: Total, 1874; necessary to a
choice, ass; Rev. DIR. William A.
Quayle, Chicago, 519; Wilson S. Lewis,
Sioux City, Ia, 483; Homer c. Stuntz,
Madison, N. j., 458; Charles w. Smith,
Pittsburg. 444; Robert Mcintyre, Los
Angeles, 3S9; Edwin H. Hughes,
Greencastle, Ind, 367; David G.. Dow
ney, New York, 317; Joseph B. Hinge
ley, Minneapolis, Mimi, 1853; Daniel
Dorchester, Jr., Pittsburg, 100; Rich
ard ]. Cooke, New York, 144; NJ c. B.
Mason (colored), Cincinnati, 1873;
Henry c. Jennings, Cincinnati, 1856;
Charles l.. Goodell, New York, 1871;
Frank M. Bristol, Washington, D. c.,
107.
Five bishops yet remain to be
elected
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-05-26
SEVEN DEAD AT FORT WORTH
Thousands of People Rendered Home
less by Flood.

less py FtoOu.
Fort Worth, Tex. May 26.-Seven
people are known to be dead and
5000 are homeless as a result of the
greatest rise in the history of the
Trinity river.
Following the torrential rains of
Saturday and Sunday, a volume of
seven inches, the river went three
inches above the record-breaking food
of 1889
Stock valued at many thousands of
dollars, including $500 sheep penned
up In the stock yards in North Fort
Worth, was washed down stream and
destroyed. The property loss cannot
be estimated as yet.
The paralysis Of railroad service is
almost total. The Interurban has dis
continued service between Fort Worth
and Dallas. The Rock Island made no
attempt to operate trains; neither did
the Fort Worth and Denver The
Frisco detoured. In fact not a road
escaped more or less damage
Rowboats from Handley, White
City and Lake Coamo, hauled to the
scene of overfiows on street cars, wa
gons and in patrol wagons, figured
prominently in the work of the rescue.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-05-26
Brazos River Highest on Record.

Waco, Tex, May 26.-The Brazos
river is higher here by two feet than
ever known. Thousands of acres of
land have been overfowed and the
damage to crops is heavy. People liv-
ing In the lowlands have been driven
from their homes. Five inches of rain
fell In ten hours. Railroads have been
washed out badly, Tributaries of the
Brazos river are extremely high and
crops have been damaged.