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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
Southern Railway

=. s.-Yoloving schedule ogures pubnshsd a
rtormhuon. and are not Guaranteed
schedule effective Apr 18TH 1905
trains leave Warrington from New Union
SIS a. m. Daily--LocAi for Wsrr-nson Dan
r'lle anf uay stations.
$50 A. NJ ua:iT-Locai for Harrisonburr VI
hi5 O. m baiy--Inite1 states Fast u all
first-ciees coaches and drauiug-fooua aefr,er -
y " priennt Niniag car serrf-s
4le 2. 90 DALI aanincspn n1c Flors--
Limited. 4-fo4rn coaches AID sleeper - o.
ilmbia. aGv4rnah aud Jacksonville. Sleeper
20 augusta D.n'Ls car service. Tourist to Cal
hornia tri-weekiy.
as ?. N. Week Days-T.ocaI tor HArrfsonbnro
aud day stations on Manassas Branch
as m. Daiiy-Locai tor wArrsnton and
-herlottesviile.
1915 p. N. Dany-New York and Memob,s
Limited (via Lynchburgl-First class coach and
nooga. Birmingham and MemphisI sleeper A.
NeN Orleans. Dining-cAr service.
hoo y. IN D0ily--NeW YORK and New OrIean.
inited-Ah Pulmen Grains. club and observe
sion cars 20 New 0rleans sleeper - AshvfIIe
Atlanta. birmingham. Nee Orleans Sleeper to
Charlotte. DninE-car services.
Through trains nom She south arrive Wash
iugson SIS .. m. sOs a. n, daily; 100 % M
and ll.S0 p n caily. HarnsOnblrx AIS D
IA week dAys Aad $50 2. q. daily. IRON Char
iottesyille. $40 n. m. and 800 o. m
tickets, aieeoing-car reservations and detaflsd
niormation can be had a. ticket ofaca 100 I5th
~. S0o - I'D New uaion station.
bssgase checked shrongh from hotels and resi-
. II. AcKERT, v. p. end Gen Man.
q n. hAhDWICK. Pass. frame Mgr.
" II. TAYLOR. Gen. Pass. AgenA
L. H. skOWH. 9snAral Agent.
N~ssAixxtos- y @.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
TWO DEAD IN
MINE EXPLOSION
Three Others Injured in COL
liGD Near Shenandoah.

Pottsville Pa. Aug. 1.-Two mer
were Hiled and three probably fatally
injured az the Hnickerbocker coiuerv
OF the Philadelphia & Reading Coal &.
Iron company. about one mile east of
Shenandoah
The accident was caused by an in
rush OF gas in the gangway OF the
Buck mountain vein. which was ignited
while the miners were blasting
\ fall Of top rock occurred. burying
Peter Dumhlnsky. Jacob Keohck. John
huza. William Saso and Charles Cow
ley. The FIRST two are still under tho
debris and are known 20 De dead. but
their companions have been rescued.
The three rescued men are seriously
injured snd It is thought that al least
one OF them VIII die.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway
Company, Rappahannock River Line
Schedule in Effect March %, 1908
TbPPAHANNOCK
FREDERICKSBURG

BALTIMORE TAPPAHANNOCK FREDERICKSBURG
lryington Nens Mnteck
Urhanna NOnaskon War
Iayton
Mount Rstcihe.
Steamer leaving Sunday Mondays
al
BALTIMORE TAPPAHANNOCK
Leave Baltimore Pier Light weather permitting Wednesday
Mnenhk 'Burhsn Burton Urbne Aonakon.
SHARP Tsppahannock Steamers leaving Baltimore Wednesday
landings marked
TAPPAHANNOCK NORFOLK
Tspphannock
ford Ware Bowler sharp.
W~ns
White Stone. CTeek.N North m estau
Returning steamer VIII leave Norfolk Monday m weather
Baltimore
sailing
FREDERICKSBURG APPEARANCES BALTIMORE
Leave Frederckb Sunday Thursday
weather permitting for Rahe Hop Yard Hay
Royal Wimont
he'd MAYORS Hole $50 Tappahsnnock
sharp $50 Bay wheaton,
ton White stone NIL Greek $50 North Arrive,
TAPPAHANNOCk BALTIMORE
Leave TsgPehannoek weather permitting Tuesday
Monaskon .urhanna Burton Meneck
North End Arriving
10 bal umore Thursday Will
This table elbows b. esnd
not guaranteed does the hold itself responsible
arising tirom
Freight received Baltimore m on aiins days
w. d. Scott, Agent, Fredericksburg Va.
Nan MURDOCH 4
Batimo, srchlO 10.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
H0WS THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
Tor any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. +. J.
CHENEY & CO., TOLEDO. o.
We, the undersigned. have known f.
j. Cheney for the last 10 years, and be.
lieve him perfectly honorable In all busi.
ness transactions, and financially able
to carry out any obligations made nv
his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally
acting directly upon the blood and mn
cous surfaces OF tn, system. Testimonial
Druggists - '-'
Take Halls family Pills for constipa-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
TAFT WILL MAKE
CANNED" SPEECHES
Consents to Make Addresses
Into Talking Machine.

Hot Springs. Va. Aug. 4.-Candidate
Tart has consented 20 make several
short speeches into talking machines
l1r reproduction As the process OF
making a phonosraph record is some
what different from making a cam
aaiSu speech from the back OF a car
platform or from a front porch. Mr.
TAFT found Mrs. Tart laughing At him
rs be was doing a bit OF rehearsin-
or the real records. Several expert
mental talks We're made and repro
iucei with varying degrees OF salts
action The speeches which a sineia
record win hold average about 500
words in length The topics TO be ais
ussed for repetition In this way have
nor as yet been decided upon. A. "a
sample Of what the machines can DO
The candidate was treated TO the repro
iuction Of a record made by william
J. Bryan.
Mr. Tart fixed Aug. Il as the date
or the rally Of Virginia Republican,
'ere. he viii make a political address
rom the porch Of the clubhouse ada
emit Co the hotel.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
PhnsasIphis,s Subway on.nsd.

Philadelphia. Aug. 4. - With fa-s
lying and whistles blowing a cargo OF
enthusiastic first riders" made Tho
rip on the first regular train over the
lcw Philadelphia subway on MONDAY
morning Many persons sat up practi-
ally all night TO be on board this first
rain. which left the Sixty-ninth street
erminus al 545 o'clock As the i've
airs went booming down the line there
we're cheers from station platforms
and persons on the street; music and
banners greeted Il lower down in the
shopping district, and everywhere
here was evidence that the people o.
Philadelphia believed this TO be a real
event" over 100000 passengers were
carried the first day.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06

Atlantic City. y. J.. Aug. 4. - The
drowning of James r. Hilton. aged
hirty-nve years. Of Camden. near
Debbs Thoroughfare. was reported 10
me police by Dr. Bayard Knerr. OF
Philadelphia The physician and The
drowned man went fishing on the
formers yacht. and late in the dav
while hunting Tor clans and crabs Dr
hnerr saw Hilton struggling In the wa
Ter some distance from where he was
~ading. Before the physician conld
reach Hilton he was swept away ny
the outgoing tide. DR.. Knerr searched
almost all night through the fats. but
could not find the body.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06

Raleigh. y. c.. Aug. 4 - Thomas
Riddle shot and instantly killed his
father, James A. Riddle. az Cotton
seven miles south OF Fayetteville.
Young Riddle approached his father.
In the presence OF others. smoking a
cigarette. when the elder remonztrataf
with I'm and attempted TO strike him
with board. when the young man
fired four balls into his fathers body
causing instant death. Thomas Riddle
surrendered to the police
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
NEGRO ATTACKS WOMAN
Plueky Wife Of Trenton Man Fouoh.
OF Assailant

Trenton. \. J.. Aug. Mrs. Charles
fomroy. whe Of a restaurant keeper.
mad desperate fght with a negro in
the heart OF the city. Mrs. Pomroy was
passing through stockton street on
her way home when large negro
crossed the street and boldly attacked
her. Nobody was In sight ami Mrs
Pomroy fought her assallant until b.
freed her and she ran. He followed
but the woman's Screams finally at.
tracted the attention Of n policeman
and the negro ran into an alley ana
escaped 4 posse OF officers and ncirb.
oors OF the Pomroys hunted an light
Tor the negro. but could not locate him.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
Hullets Removed: HEARING Restores

New York. Aug. 4.-By lifting the
scalp. cutting out part Of the skul and
removing two bullets pressing on GER
tain portions Of the brain. doctors ia
Bellevue have restored William Wud's
hearing after he had been deaf since
July 10. WIND shot himself twice IN the
head after shooting his sweetheart. We
ronica Meene. because she went on an
excursion
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
Pettibone Has Fata, Cancer

Denver. Colo. Aug 3.-An operation
performed at st. Joseph's hospital or
George A Pettibone. formerly a mem
Der of the executive board of the West.
ern Federation of Miners. showed that
he is suffering from cancer. and ply
sicians in attendance agreed that his
life could not be saved. PettiLone be
came sick while In prison in Idaho
awaiting trial for alleged completely In
the murder of former Governor Frank
Stounenberg, Of which charge he was
acquitted.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06

Paterson. y. j.. Aug. John Ca.
SALE well-to-do Newark real estate
operator. who was arrested here on a
charge made by a twelve-year-old girl
was held in $1,000 bail for the action
OF the grand jury. He also was held in
$1,000 bail on another charge made by
Lillian Lechner fifteen years old. for
an of1ense said 10 have been committed
on July IS.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
Fer Ovsp Sixty Ysaro

Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syruu
has been used for over sixty wears bv
millions OF mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
IL soothes the child, softens the gums.
ailays all pains, cures wind collie. and
Is the best remedy for Diarrhoea.
IL Will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sold by Druggists in
every part OF the world. Twenty
nve cents bottle. Be sure and ask
Tor Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
syrup" and take no other.
Suaranteed under the Food and Drugs
Act, June Both, 1906. Serial Number
1898. -'
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
NUGGETS OF NEWS

President Roosevelt Will not attend
the national encampment Of the span
ish-American War Veterans at Boston
during the last week OF this month. as
has been reported
Michael +. Kane. a hotelkeeoer Of
Mount Vernon. y. Y. died suddenly Of
heart disease while on his way on a
Reading railway train from Atlantic
City to Philadelphia.
During the month Of July Ge9 babies
under one year old died in Chicago
and most Of these deaths. the health
department believes. were the result
OF the Ignorance Of parents.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
MOVE TO AVERT STRIKE
Labor Commissioner Neil Intervenes
In Switchnen's Dispute.

Labor Commissioner Neil Intervenes
In Switchnen's Dispute.
scranton. Pa. Aug limited States
Commissioner OF Labor Charles p
Neil notified Grand Master Hawiey.
% the Switchmsn's union. that ne VIII
at once take the necessary steps 10
bring about a settlement Of the griey
ances OF the switchmen OF the Dela.
ware. Lackawanna & Western rail-
road
The members OF the grievance board
have ali returned to Scranton.
II is the belief OF Grand Master Hav--
lew and the members of the grievance
committee Of the switchmeu that g.
they can present their side OF the case
In person 10 Mr.. Truesdale. president
Of The railroad. he viii see IL Ia a dir
terent way.
No reply has been received from tho
appeal that has been made 10 Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt TO bring about a meet
ing
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
Three Killed Rx Ernlosion

Haz.eton. Pa. Aug. 1.-Two Ameri.
cans and an Italian. all OF this CITY.
were instantly killed by the premature
explosion OF a blast at the stone crush.
ing plant OF Charles Kehoo. on the or-.
skirts Of Hazleton- The dead are. vii
liam Burton. John Singers and Charles
Gatsy. Their bodies were blown some
distance from the scene.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
Five Killed In Au.o A..i..u.

san Francisco Aug. Five per-
sons were killed and two injured near
Burlingame. a fashionable suburb
wnen huge automobile. occupied by
nVe women and two children. plunged
down steep embankment as the re-
suit OF the swapping of the brakes.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
WOMAN ALLEGED
FUNERAL THIEF
Posed as MOuTneT She Robbed
in House Of Dead.
CAUGHT BY THE UNDERTAKEN

AeeUssr Says Prisoner Gave Up Cash
Taken at Bier. and After confessins
Was Allowed to GO-caused Her Ar.
rest When She Attended a Funeral
On Saturday-Many Funeral Thetss
Have Been Reported In Philadelphia
and Police VIII Try to Fasten Other
Crimes on the Accused Woman.
Philadelphia. Aug. Supposed q
ee the funeral thief" whose eruesomc
uepredations have been reported To the
police OF the northern section OF the
city With, regularity during the last
year. Mrs Bella Talmage had a hear
ing before Magistrate Bcaton.
Although but one witness could
positively connect the woman with
thet at a funeral. she was held in
fSoo bail for further hearing.
Mrs. \ Ungerbuchler an under.
taber. caused the woman's arrest and
appeared as the principal witness. She
said that on May l OF this year she
conducted the funeral OF a Mrs Rscsc
at 1928 North seventh street.
After the family and friends had
gone TO the grave Mrs. Ungerbuehler
found herself alone in the house with
a woman who she identified as Mrs
Talmase. This woman. she saws. stated
that her name was Mrs. Smith. thar
she was an Intimate friend OF the dead
womanS sister. and that she had r..
NAMED IN the house because she had
been taken III
She showed considerable familiarity
with the affairs OF the family. and
presently offered 10 assist Mrs. Unger.
ouehler in gathering the funeral prop
critics Mrs. Talmage OF Mrs. smith
accordingly made several trims into a
'front.' room 20 bring the folding chairs
which had been placed there. shortly
before the return OF the family Mr..
Jngernuehler opened her pocketboolS.
which she had left in large leather
bag In lower room. and found that IL
had been robbed OF $40 In bills.
She announced her loss. and the con
duct 81 Mrs. Talmago aroused her sus
picions. Upon the return Of the family
Raymond Reese a son OF the dead W..
man. followed Mrs. Talmage and asked
her TO return and be searched This
she refused % do. Mrs Ungerbuehler
then came mp ard accused the wornan
OF taking the money. promising not TO
cause her arrest II she returned il.
The woman finally confessed. Mrs.
Unserhuehler states. and gave her
back the bills. which she had carried
in her handkerchief. She was allowed
20 leave.
Next day the family discovered that
the drawers OF the bureau in the front
room. which the woman had entered
In bringing the chairs had been riaed.
and that several small articles had
been taken. including handkerchiefs.
perfumery and a pair OF gold eve
glasses.
On Saturday. while Mrs. Ungerbueh.
Ter was preparing for the burial OF
Mary Elizabeth Henry. at 2O32 East
Susquehanna avenue. she saw Mrs
Talmage enter the house. Making her
sit down, she kept her IN conversation
until a policeman she had summoned
arrived and arrested Mrs. Talmage.
Complaints % thefts at burial ser
vices have been very frequent occur.
rences recently. and the police have
for several months been on the look
out for the mysterious funeral thief. %"
Several cases are known in which
methods similar to those Of Mrs Tai
mage have been employed.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
CADETS NOT Rsms1AIsD
The President Has Reached 10 Final
Decision IN h4arino Case.

Decision IN Harinq Case.
Oyster Bay. y. =. Aug. 4.-Whcther
the dismissal from tAe West Point
Military Academy OF the eight cadets
who had been found guilty of harms
Is to be made permanent or the young
men rcinstated through congressional
action or executive clcmency Is SIN
undetermined. This attitude OF the
government Is set forth in an oGiciaI
statement issued by President Rocs,-
welt. through Rudolph Foster. who Is
the acting private secretary 20 she
president 10 the absence OF Secretary
Loeb. now on his vacation.
The president characterircs as e~ro.
neous contrary announcements made
earlier Oy Secretary Loeb ami Scc-c-
tary Of War Luke r Wrieht The
statement explains that the pres ia .-,t
has not as yet heard finally from .he
secretary Of war as 10 the latrer's re-
concentrations IN the matter. ana that
therefore the national executive has
reached no final decision.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
Mother Sees pauqhter Dro,.,,

OIL City, Pa. Aug. bessie Black.
more. fifteen years old. was drowned.
and her mother and two sisters had
narrow escapes from a similar fate
while boat riding on Sugar lake. While
the young girl was raising an ancho
the rope broke. overfurning the boat
The mother and two daughters grasp
ed the boat but the other daughter
went down
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06

Allentown, Pa-.Aug. 4.-Rev. GEORGE
F. Gardner. one Of the Oldest Lutheran
elergymen in Pennsylvania died al his
home in this city. aged eighty-two
years. Rev. Mr.. Gardner was retired
For many years De was superintend.
ent Of the Lutheran Orphans home.
In Germantown philadelphia.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
SUICIDE UNDER BOARDWALK
a. T. ouli. Of Altoona. Shoots Himself
IN Atlantic City.

N Atlantic City.
Atlantic City. y. J.. Aux. f-With A
gaping bullet wound in his head 4 T.
Bun twenty ave years old OF Altoona.
Pa. was found dead under the board
walk near the inlet. where ne had
shot himself Life was extinct when d,
policeman. summoned BY Mrs. sarah
Warnig. Of 49, South Mississippi ave.
nue.. who had been walking along tho
beach and heard the shot. reached tho
spot
TIE suicide occurred az an isolated
spot under the walk about three blocks
from where merry eNcursionisrs NJ Tho
'nlet were preparing for the annual
ocean race Of the sailing fleets.
There were only a few promcnadc~s
on the beach ut the time and Bull wait.
ed until ne Thought there was no one
near and then pressed a e2-calibre re.
volver TO his temple and fired.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-06
A. B. Bolts 9 Co.
Fire, Life and Accident
Insurance Agents
once sia Commerce Street.

Represents sixteen frst-class COM
panies. Rates low as the lowest. and
lossss promptly adjusted and rxid.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-06

/ Half the nervousness, half the irri-
liability that is SO common in every
day life. is really sickness, and in
most cases condition that accom-
panies kidney trouble
It Is ths work Of the kidneys to
keep the blood free from uric acid
and other poisons, but when the kid
nays are sick, and not doing their
duty, the uric acid poison permeates
sstittae body. and attacks body, brain and
nerves, The irritation causes ner-
svousness, irrftabflity, headache. dizzy
spells; makes you languid, unfit for
work. and inclined to worry over
tribes. Besides, there is nothing
more annoying than bad back, and
l,.aclzache is the most common sign
lef kidney trouble. You feel lame and
Tired Ia the morning, suffer day and
might with a dull aching in the back,
land II hurts to stoop or bend or lift.
i, Keep your temper cool, and get the
kidneys well. No person can feel
Icheerful and healthy If the kidneys
inre the least bit affected. A few doses
ttof poan's Kidney Pills, taken in the
beginning. will set the kidneys right.
II Continued treatment cures cases of
acng standing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-06

"They are vaguely troubled, Elsa
I remember that the pool was also
stirred, for overhead, and far away
the wind stirred in the tree-tops-,the
wind that blows between dawn and
sunrise.
''The wonder of the dawn is in your
face, Elsa, but the wisdom Of the
night has not left it; and so you will
know what feel. For never nature
lifted the veil, to give me glimpse
| of you, but you caught glimpse OF
me-"
And Fabian was not lying to his
| journal, for, although Elsa could not
she dimly felt that the haggard youth
her father had brought home stirred
more than her sense of pity. Being
woman, her consciousness recoiled
vaguely resenting the intrusion
seeming the danger that lies ambush
ed in all great loves.
Her life had been curiously secluded
In the midst of great cities and much
travel. She had dim infant recollec
lions of a world Of sand, tawny faces
moving among tents, under palm
trees, but her real consciousness was
of Vienna, New York, and lately, OF
London. But always she and her faith
er had been people apart. Even III
the crowded apartment house in New
York, not far removed from the tene
ment class, where one life overlooked
into other lives because they were sc
similar, people had looked at then
only with curiosity or mistrust
No doubt the Oriental instinct to
wards female seclusion had something
to do with the manner of their lives
Then, too, Abdul Won Tarsenheim, with
his mocking smile, and strong, sat
urnine face, aroused the superstitious
dread of the evil eye in neighbors
mostly Irish. They salved their feal
by Jumping them, contemptuously es
Dagoes, but kept a respectful distance
Elsa's mother died in Vienna wher
Elsa was ten years old. She had hat
many lessons on the violin. and &C
| CURED a mechanical knowledge of the
instrument, but she had no natura
love or talent or ear for music, a!
her mother had.
One day, not long after her mother
death, her father had hypnotised her
When she woke up she realised
change, as though she was not quit:
the same person She was taken II
a concert to hear a great violinist, an.
found that music had suddenly acquir
2 ed meaning for her. When she wen
home she was able to play everythin:
she had heard. Her music lessons
ceased She never again heard not,
of music but she could improvise, O
repeat what she heard. Her fathc
/ made hpr NAV tn him q oraat dao1
debating the nature of the music, and
as she played, he would begin to con
centrate his mind on something. Thel
his face would wear the look of mai
searching for the elusive. At last h,
would say, Eyes, I have it! You ma.
4 cease, Elsa" He never told her wha
it was, or took her into his confidenc
lin any way. She had no feeling @