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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
HUGE MONKEY
MANGLES KEEPER
Women and Children See Fright
tul Battle in Zoo.

New York. Sept l2.-For more th.n
twenty minutes Jim Reilly. an und,--
Keeper al the Bronx 100. fought witt
big monkey before the eyes OF a h.r
rihed group of women and children.
When help came Reilly was on d.,
floor unconscious. with the victorious
monkey sQuatted on his back. bitine
and tearing at him
Jntl lately Jocko. as De Is cal'oa.
had been one OF the pets Of the pr.-
mate house. lie is unusually large.
standing nearly three feet high and
weighing between forty and dfty
pounds
When Reilly entered the cage e.
cloan IT, with chatter of rage. Iocl,a
landed ON Reil.y's shoulders. ciawfne
ami biting Reilly grappled with the
monkey. ana they thrcshed about. th.
man striking with his fists AZ "a.
vicious brute that chung 10 him.
The headkecper came in response
10 keily's cries FOR help. and got
there barely ia time TO save his helper.
Reilly was down and senseless. with
has lace ia the straw. while Jocko
WITH nis small wicked face badly bat
t.r~d. but still FUN OF fight danced on
his PROSTATE foe. trying to get al his
throat The headbeeper had 20 beat
the monkey almost 20 death with a
club before he could drag Reilly out
OF the cage.
Reilly was in frighiful shape. His
face was cut IN many places. his left
fnumh was cnavrnF almost ~ .f....
was a fonr inch sash in his back. AMI
from the severed main artery 81 his
right wrist blood jumped iu spurts.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
A BRUTAL MURDER
White Man Beaten to Death sy T,..
Ccicreu Women.

W"i'e Man 5eaten 70 Death BY Two
coiored Women.
Philadelphia. sept. le.-Au unku1, r
white man about thirty years of a-.
was brutality murdered iu a house a
the tenlefloin here. According O. RID
police Dec was beaten with a base ban
bat ana Ratchet by two coio-rl ST..
men and then thrown Into the st-s.-
lhe man was found unconscious I'D
the street ana died shortly after De-.
Ing taken to hospital AT FIRST it vas
thought he had received the inu-i
which caused his death in brll-
thrown from the house. which is i'm
small street chiefly inhabited hv r..
sroes In the heart OF the tcnie-f..-
Later The police say they learn ..
from neiehbors that tLe colorel vr
men attacked him with a bat r-.
Ratchet Emma Thomas and Nam.
Brown were arrested on suspicion o.
being Implicated in the murder. rr
the cellar o. The house the police four
a Ratchet covered with blood.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15

Reading. Pa. Sept I2-Harry C.
Adams. a Reading druggist. has a "a
Die which grows. Il IS a giided rus Ic
taoouret Mr.. Adams bought the tall,
three months ago. and IL remained ul
noticed ln his store until IL was DIS
covered that twenty fresh. healthy
shoots have come from the twisted
and silded wood. The owner compar
II with another table bought al tha
same time. but the other was as den
as door nail There is appa-en Ig
nothing 20 account for the budding .i
the wood. however green ii may have
been when first used. Mt Adams viii
plant the table IN rich ground and
await results
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
NUGGETS OF NEWS

Lee STROLLER. a negro. was hanged
at Richmond, Va. for attempted Grim.
inal assault on Loola Fry. a young
white woman
Robert II Shores. sixty years old. a
carpenter Of Bristol. Pa. was drowned
in the Delaware river. and his body
was found floating opposite Beverly
n J.
William Gardner and his wife. farm
ers near DimOndale. Mich. were both
drowned when a launch was capsized
In Grand river by running on a sunken
stump.
Fifty-five men have been killed in
building the new Blaekwells Island
bridge over the East river at New
York, according to the report of a
committee of the Central Federated
union. appointed to ascertain the IA
talities IN that work.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
WEALTHY MEN SUICIDE
Two Wilmington Business Men Blow
Out Their Brains.

Two Wilmington Business Men Blow
Out Their Brains.
Wilmington. Del. Sept. u 80 Two
wealthy citizens OF Wilmington com
mittcd suicide by blowing out th.ir
brains. one with revolver ana the
other with a shotgun.
Alexis j. Hart. aged thirty Years
secretary and treasurer OF the \. ]
hart company. Wholesale erocrrs
went 20 the home OF his mother ard
going 70 third-story room. stood b.,
Tore a mirror and sent a bullet into
his brain. He lived less than an hour
Hart had been married less than three
months. and no reason can BE- ASSIGN.
cd for his self-dcstruction.
Edward Williams. aged sixty five
years. a wealthy real estate owner.
KILLED himself by blowing OF the ton
or his head at his summer home
Chestnutcroft. \ week ago Williams
was stricken with paralysis and was
confined 10 his room. During the alb
sence OF his wife and nurse. Williams
secured the shotgun and. placing the
muzzle Of the weapon % his bend
pulled tho trigger with his toe. Death
WAS instantaneous. II is thought Wi
hams was worried because OF his I'm
ability 20 attend TO his business MS
usual
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
WOMAN SLAIN WIN ysIl
6ooy Of Bride Found Bound and
GAGGED m Room.

Now York. sept IA murder. at
tended hy unusually brutal features.
WAS revealed when the police broke
into a rodiCcked apartment ia Forty.
tith street and discovered the bound
and sossei boLt OF Mrs. Anna Naura.
"a pretty Italian woman. TWENTY-FIVE
years olt There was evidence that thc
woman had been struck down fron
behind as she was preparing "a leave
the apartment. that the assassin had
bound her arms ana ankles. stuck a
gog in her mouth % stiae any at
tempted outcry. and that he had thcn
taken an automobile veil and deiilrv
ately stgansicd his victim to death
S'uce the day when 10 develops r,a
crime was committed- Monday
David Nauro. the youthful husband OF
the murdered woman. has been mi s.
ing. and the coroner has ordered his
arrest The couple were married about
ten weeks aso. ana il is said ouar~c',d
frequently With four DAYS start en-
the police it IS feared Mauro may
have left the country.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
DEAFNESS CANNOT RE cIrREn

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portions of the ear.
ln.re is only one way to cure deafness.
and that Is by constitutional remedies.
deafness Il caused by an iufamed con-
diton OF the mucous lining OF the Eusts-
chian Tube. When this tube Is iuaamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing. and when IL f. entirely closed
deafness Is the result. and unless the IN.
haInmaton can be taken out aud this
tube restored to its normal condition.
hearing viii be destroyed forever: nine
CASES out OF ten are caused by Catarrh.
winch Is nothing but an infamed con.
dltlon oi the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness caused by catarrbl
mat cannot be cured by Halle Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. free.
r. J. CHENEY \ CO, Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halle Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
FsY Oxar Sixty Yaarn

mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup
mas peen used for over sixty years by
millions of mothers for their chiIdre1
while teething, with perfect success
IL soothes the child, softens the gums.
ailays all pains, cures wind collie. and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoes,
IL Will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sold by Druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty.
I'VE cents bottle. BE sure and ask
Tor Mrs. Windows Soothing
syrup." and take no other.
Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs
Act, June both, 1906. Serial Eumber
1893.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15

Milville. y. J.. Sept. south Ter
sey Democracy VIII welcome Prcsil n
tai Candidate William J. Bryan to
Washington park on Tuesday. The
welcoming committee from Cumb.r
land county VIII consist ~ the follow
Ing From Bridcefon. George Bet D.
nei, r. F. Hires. George Ehr b
samuel iredcn Leroy Loder. fr NJ
MillY'lle. MIAord Lullam Marin,
Lane. H. o. Burt Alexander Mcc,r.
Iistin, William Brown. from Vinaia-I
H. C. Bartlett . +. Miller, l. r. Lam
renee r. r Ladd. Special trains viii
connect with trolley cars At WOOD
bury for the park.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
The RappahannOck Valley Agricultural
and Mechanical SOciety's
flair
Will Be Held at Fredericksburg,sva..
Sept. 10Th, Both, Oct. lst, 1908.

IhS Will be one of the attractive fairs cvar bl
on these beautiful grounds Every Department win ~
crowded and especially attractive Let cverybodv oxhn
something aud COME To THE FAIR splendid EI ~
BAND Will discourse music during the three DAYS Fxcur
S"l rate ON railroads and steamboats,. BALLOON rs
CENSlON EACH DAY and the sleshov. will H.. ti,I
he RACING viii be exciting ami TN. entries .r,,r than
ever For Premium List or other information, ,,l,.s
the SECRETARY THOMAS t. MORRISON
- - ~ ''>-N' '''fft'itN- President
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
DON'T LIKE MACHINES
New Jersey Voters Would Rather Use
Paper Ballot.

New Jersey Voters Would Rather Use
Paper Ballot
Trenton y. J. Sept. l2-Just what
disposition 20 make OF the voting ma
chimes that are scattered about ia tho
various municipalities OF the stat. Is 4,
problem that Secretary or state Dick
inson IS anxious 20 solve The local
authorities do not want them. the
state authorities also do not want
them. and Colonel Dickinson. Their
custodian. says ne has no place To put
them.
The state OF New Jersey spent up
ward OF 100000 for these machines
during the past three years. but I'm
every place they were tried they mot
With disfavor. so much so that several
towns voted 70 discontinue using them
altogether The chances are that these
machines Will eventually find the r
way into the junk heap. unless some
other state can be found that Is will.
ing 10 experiment with them: but TIL
people OF New Jersey say they don't
want any more Of them.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15


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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
Memorial For Cam Curtin.

Harr.sourg. Pa. Sept il.-After the
lapse 90 more than forty years Old
Camp Curtin. one OF the historic Mill
cary camps OF the Civil War is TO have
memorial TIP TO the present time no
arch. monument or other memorial
marks the place where thousands of
Pennsylvania volunteer soldiers re
ceived their first lessons in the art OF
warfare. Tho memorial is % be in the
nature Of a splendid church. whose
cost VIII approXimate 500 900.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15

Cincinnati o. sept 10 Candidate
-ait's first spccchmaiing trip Will be-
through the west A. Vorve lof,
mere ior New York To personally rep
resent the candidate before the ma.
tonal committee in arranging this
trip which viii take IN al least INC
states or Missouri Kansas. Nebraska
Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
Steamer Sinks TUG; Two Drown

Wilmington. Del. Sept T. tn
sea-going tug J. s. W. Holton. Of Pail
adelphia, was run down and cut in two
while on Edgemoor light. in the Deia
ware river near here. by the steamer
City Of Chester, from Philadelphia foi
this city. James Il Lynch. assistan,
engineer. and Leonard Adkins. mate %
the tug. were drowned. and the other
nve members Of the crew were res
cued with difficulty. 1t is said that the
tug attempted to cross the bow OF the
steamer.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
Altoona Editor browns In KENTUCKY.

NTl-o0a EoItor DToW1s N KENTUCKY.
Altoona. PA. Sept. - - Freder.cA
J.. Cox. recent editor OF the Altoona
Mirror and Tor several years q res.
dent of this city was drowned in The
Big Muddy river. Kentucky. while
crossing The stream in a wagon Two
companions. David Scott a Keatuc..y
lawy ~. and q travelling man were
also drowned Cox went 10 Louis.
VILE. wiki the intention Of ASSOCIATE b
himself with Thomas j. Campbell. of
that city. in law firm. He was In
speeding property In which he was in
terested when the accident occurred
News a. his drowning reached his
Wife IN this city
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
pronned Dead nan.

Oklahoma City. Okla. Sept r.
While assisting the Masonic lodge in
imitation ceremonies at Piedmont.
Judge Joseph Garrett Lowe. OF the
thirteenth judicial district. died sud
denly Of heart disease He was sixty
two years Old
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
Southern Railway

= h.-foiiovins schsduls cures published ~
hlormAnon, aud are nOt Suarantee
Schedule effective sept 9th 1908
trains leave Washington from New Union
-, rs a. m. Deily-Locai for Warrsnton Dan
30 a. NJ. Daily-LocaI for Harrsonbur0 Va
SIS a m. Daiy-United States Fast Man
flrstclhes coaches and ORA wing room slesrer 40
Nss Orleans. Dining car service
40 ,. 10. oaiiy-W sshinsson sud florida
Linit ed- Through coaches and sleeper 30 Co
,umDla. savannah and JacksonVille sleeper
- augusta Bunet service. Tourist 90 Cal
AS .. IN. Week Days--IocaI for Harnsonburz
>nd Say stations on Manassas B.anck
- N. Daiiy-Local for Warrenson ana
-harlottesviile.
1900 p. m. DsnJ--Nev York and Mspphi.
limited tvia Lyncbburgl-Ftrst class coach and
aoOse, birmingham and &emphisI sleeper ss
N.s orleans. Diningcar service.
10 - y. IN. Dally-New YORK and New OYiaans
!. nihed-Ah Pullman trains. club and ob-erva-
son cars - New Orleans! sleeper 70 Ashville
Atlanee. View Orleans. Sleeper TO Charlotte.
Dinins-car service.
Through trains from ths south arrive wash
lngton y - 9. M. - a. m, csilJ; 20 D. N
and 10 - .. m. daily. Harrisonburg 1875 D..
n week days and $50 pm. daily. FROM Char.
lotersville. $40 =. m and 80 D. IN.
Tickets. sieepingcar reservations, and detailed
Information can Be had at ticker once. 70s Isth
"a. sos 81 nw aud New Uaion station
sHrsAss eeecAed through from hossls and resi-
.. n. AcKERr, v. y. and Gen Maa
4. n. HARDWICK. Pass Trafic MGR
W. IA. TAYLOh. Gen. Pass. Agent
l. 9. nRown. General Ag.nt.
wssSiAGso.. .. q
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway
company, Rappahannock River Line.
Schedule in Effect March - 1908
TAPPAHANNOCK

BALTIMORE TAPPAHANNOcK rprorDu,vso,-n
Leave Baltimore Pier Light
tuesday and Thursday 43O
Nens NlenbNk Burhan
Wexford IaPpahannocE $50 Hole Bandaed Car aoo
Saunders Nmont
Mount Hop Yard Ratenhe, Feei. Esburs ~ 0'' N"'
a 2noon
BALTIMORE TAPPAHANNOCK
Leave Baltimore Pier Light permitting
rnasy $50 NJ for North End Nm Greek,
nenoe buhan Burton Urhann Wheaton Wst View
at landings "'Oo' WIN "nS
TAPPAHANNOCK NoRForV
oo Bowler sharp,
white Stone, Mil End Westland
m TE1sg STEAMER VIII leave Norfolk Monday M permitting
moran and Bay Port on return trim
sailing days Pm Op
FREDERICKSBURG TAPPAHAENOCK BNrIvoRF
Leave Sunday Tuesday
weather permitting for Radcliffe Mount CONWAY PORT
Royal Greeaw Wnont Saunders
nso
White stone NIL Creek p m
bsiAmore dnssds IhS1Ssday and Saturday mornings
Leave Tappahannok, permitting m Tuesday Tbnrax
stopping at Wexford Ware Bowler Sharp
MoIaon sUrbanna Burton, Durham Men
stone MI Creek North End Arriving morning steamer
depart
not does the company hold Itself responsible
arising therfrom -
Freight rsesved At Baltimore until ,Aiung days
w. ID. Scott, Agent, Fredericksburg, Va.
GenH Man MURDOCH Gan ~, a D.. A.,
nslunon. No. March 10. 1905.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
10000 MANIACS
TURNED LOOSE
They Murder Until a Reign o.
Terror Exists In Portugal.
CAN'T ESTIMATE EXECUTIONS

Owing TO Financial Distress Asyilns
couid No Longer Maintain l-ss1e
Patients a1a Released Theo'-cry
Ct "Naoman" Is Death Srel Tor
Any Nan or Wcmsn Who Is irat
Gated - Nisiiartes Or9ar,-cd Al
over Country &c Shoot Down the On.
fcrtunstcs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
TO REOPEN TILL CASE

The case of the state against John
Till, the Somerset healer, arrested for
practlcing medicine in violation of the
state laws, bids fair to be resurrected.
1t was recently dismissed by Judge
Helms on technical grounds, and it
was generally supposed that that was
the end Of it, as the state has no ap-
peal in criminal cases. The decision
of the supreme court in the case of
the eX rel. Francis McGovern W..
Judge Williams, of Milwaukee, grant
ing the application of the district at
tOrney for writ of mandamus to re-
quire Judge Williams to try the case
dismissed by him. has opened the way
for the state board of medical ex-
aminers to take steps to bring the Till
case to actual trial. Atty. Dean, of
Glenwood, cooperating with Atty.
Umbreit. attorney of the board, is
preparing the papers preliminary to
0he application to the supreme court
for writ of mandamus to require
Judge Helms to reinState and try the
case. Attorney Umbreit will handle
the case in the supreme court. Should
the application be granted, Till will
have to stand for the offense charged
Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
10. OF CONVENTION
Big Meeting of Odd Fellows to
be Held in Marinette First
Week in June.

Marinette will be given an Oppor-
tunity to demonstrate Der adaptable
ity and capability as convention city
on the 2. 3 and 4th of June, the occa-
sion being the SiXty-secOnd annual
session of the Grand Lodge |. .. o,
T. in Wisconsin.
Conservative estimates place the
number of delegates that will meet
here at /, 200 which will, undoubtedly,
be increased a hundred or more, aside
from those who will accompany the
delegates as visitors on pleasure bent.
Taking as basis the number of Odd
Fellows and their wives, and the Re
bekah Lodge and their friends, who
have attended the annual sessions of
the Grand Lodge in other cities, the
city of Marinette may be called upon
to entertain nearly 1000 people.
There are 81 subordinate lodges
and POP Rebekah lodges of the /. o.
o. f., in Wisconsin, and each lodge
will send from one to four delegates.
The delegates will begin to arrive
here Monday night, June 1st, and will
remain until Thursday night, June 4,
many stopping over until Friday,
when all officers Of the Grand Lodge
will 60 to Green Bay for the purpose
OF attending the dedicatory services
of the Odd Fellow home just COM
pleted in the Ancient city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
OUR NOBLE SHADE TREES
How to Care for, and Protect

If our city council were to pass an
ordinance forbidding the hitching
of horses to shade trees and provide
a penalty for so doing it would no
doubt 90 far in protecting them.
Every team and delivery wagon ought
to be provided with hitching straps
and weights, so that there would not
be any need to hitch to a tree and
give the animal chance to destroy
or mar the beautiful shade trees while
the driver is delivering goods, and
then the council should see to it that
the telephone company is kept from
injuring the trees thai it may string
it's wires. The law is very plain on
this matter and definitely states that
poles must be high enough and placed
so the wires will not interfere with
ornamental shade trees in the streets.
If the people of our city wish to save
the park trees and those bordering the
the sidewalks, they will have to throw
their lawn mowers into their base
ments and forget all about them.
Keeping the grass closely clipped is
slow death to them. The ground in
immediate proximity to every shade
tree should be thoroughly cultivated
and planted with shrubs. The shrubs
keep the roots of the tree moist by
shading the earth above them and
preventing it from drying.
Natural conditions of the forest
keep the earth always moist. To
keep our shade trees alive we must give
them the conditions they have long
teen deprived of. No artificial care
will take the place of the soft forest
mould which is the right.
Of course moist earth and many low
growing shrubs will breed some mos
quitOes, but mosquitoes are preferable
to the loss of trees which offer a well
come shade to the passerby in sum-
mer and beautify our city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
LIFE==A SERIOUS FACT
Not a Mere Grimace

A Runner, before he achieve his Ut
most speed, must practice long and pra-
tice hard!on the cinder path. He must
deny himself many luXurieS and learn
to practise seIf-deniaL and Self-reStrant
One glass Of whiSkey. one cigar would
destroy weeks or months of hard
patient effort. To succeed he must
be ever on the watch against anything
which would harm or deteriorate the
the bodily powers which he had so
long been developing.
How many men, who are gifted with
the ambition to become athletics. use
self-denial or self-restraint?
There is oar young friend who is
working away on a salary and wishes
to get enough money together to
start in business on his own account.
He knows that every dollar, every
dime, every nickel saved covers so
much of the way toward his goal.
The faster he can move his limbs,
the better becomes the runner. The
faster he can save his money, the more
quickly the business man will achieve
independence. The runner must
deny himself dainties and Injuries,
because they would impair his speed.
The business man must do the same
because they lessen the amount of
money he can save or put by.
If a man would succeed, he must
watch every step of his path to sue
cess. The way is long one and it lies
not out in the lovely country, but a.
mOng the glorious lighted houses Of
temptation.
If man were ruuuing in the dark
between narrow walls on short
course, there would be little induce
ment for him to do anything but keep
on running. But the path of the
traveller to success is long and firing.
A times he longs to stop and rest.
At the side of the road stand tempting
hoStelrieS which entice him to sWerve
aside for a moment and forget his toll
some progress. Drink, gambling, lust,
offer many temporary Inducements,
but they break mans health and
purse.
He who would succeed must SWerve
neither to the tight nor to the left.
He must run on, untiring, unwearied,
if he would reach the reward which
comes to him who has accomplished.