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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11

Enemies Of Humanity ard Additional
Laws Are Needed-Bars Their Lit
ersture From the Mails.
Washington. April 10.-In one of>the
shortest messages which he has yet
transmitted TO congress. President
Roosevelt called the attention OF that
body % the necessity for further leg
islation on the subjec; of anarchy.
With the message he transmitted
report reviewing the legal phases OF
the question by Attorney General
Bonaparte
The message OF the president is as
follows.
L herewith submit a letter from the
department OF justice which explains
itself Under this opinion. l hold that
existing statutes give the president
the power to prohibit the postmaster
general from being used as an instru-
ment in the commission of crime: that
is. TO prohibit the use OF the mails for
the advocacy OF murder. arson and
treason: and shall act upon such
construction. Unquestionably. how
ever. there should be further legisla-
ton by congress in this matter
when compared with the suppress
sion of anarchy. every other question
sinks into insisnifcance. The anar-
chist is the enemy OF humanity. the
enemy OF all mankind. and his is a
| deeper degree OF eriminality than any
other No immigrant is allowed 20
come % our shores II he is an anar-
chist, and no paper published here or
abroad should be permitted circula.
ton in this country Il il propagates
anarchistic opinion
Besides his direction 10 the post
master general to exclude from the
mails such publications as La Cues
tione Cociale President Roosevelt in
his letter TO Attorney General Bona
parte asking for an opinion on the
legal phase OF the subject SAYS he has
had 'he particular case called TO the
attention Of the governor OF New
Jersey by Secretary Root that ths
governor may proceed under the state
laws.
The opinion OF the attorney general
which the president transmits 70 con
| elECN fAlNA at - Il NA~fN--AWu NA Anf
whole subject from many legal angles
His first conclusion is that the article
in question. which advocates the use
Of arms and dynamite in annihilatins
police and soldiers that anarchy may
prevail. constitutes a ~seditious libel.
and is undoubtedly a crime at com
mon law"
He declares that there is no federal
statute which makes such publications
an oifense against the United States
and that the federal courts conse
quently have no jurisdiction in the
matter That there is fun power In the
possession OF congress 70 make such
/ publications criminal the attorney
general asserts. and quotes Chief Jus
tioe Fuller. OF the supreme court, and
Mr.. Justice Field as authority
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
The Latest Closing Prices In the
Principal Markets.

Principal Markets.
PHILADELPHIA = FLOUR weak:
winter extras. new. 50 S5Uf PennSS l.
yania roller. clear. sAlO0425. city
WHEAT weak. No. Pennss wanna.
red. 94i2 a csc. CORN firm. No >
yellow. local. 10u 72c. OATS quiet
No. white. clipped. 57isc: lower
large bales. slSulS5o. PORK Arm /.
family. per barrel $3.50 BEEF
steady, beef hams. per barrel. S26 Z
y. POULTRY: Live steady: hens.
1fO15c.: old ROSTERS. lee. Dressed
BOOSTERS. l0iac BUTTER firm: extra
creamery. sc. EGGS firm. selected.
y n l9C., nearby. l6c. western. lie.
POTATOES frm. at 50 u soc per
busnel Sweet Potatoes steady. al SOC.
BALTIMORE-W WHEAT steady. No.
, spot. Snia "a H6i2c-. steamer No. .
spot Sli. q 9l~sC.. southern. y2i4 ~
$3.50. CORN steady. mixed spot. 81 Z.
q CSC; steamer mixed. 63-sM sc. ;
southern. 64ds Sc. OATS arm. waite
No. .. 5Si- a 59c.. NO B. 57ieI 5Nc. A..
| No. 4. 81 SOC. mixed. No. > > ., "a
Soc. No O. 80 T; sc. BUTTEB stead
creamery separator extras. 3"G 30iz .
/ held. 20N pie. prints. 81 ti32c.; MAY
land and Penr-, tania dairy prints :
| y l9C. EGGS steady. fancy MARY.
land. Pennsy ivaaia. Virginia and West
| Virginia. i;isC., southern l3tac
NEW YORK BUTTER Irregular.
| creamery specials. 3l".. state rai-y
| common 90 choice. % ~ pc. process
| common o. rne. ial is0 . ne. west. q
| factor. tis '--r.. iui alton pam
/ cry. first. - &c. Cti-ESE stead f.
! full cream. s.,c.als. ltc.. skims "a
! 1Oiac. EGGS irregular. STATE Penn
! sylvania ana ne1rby fancy SCI. od
white. l9c.. good % clO!ce. IN 1879
brown and mixed. extra. nc, FIST
| extra first 1875 ifiaC.. westeiu aul
fUuthcrn first. i5it N 1850 POUL
| TRY. Live steady; fowls i4tac. tur
keys 14c. Dressed steady, turkeys. 3.
| "a lie. fowls. i24lfisc. PEANUTS
| steady; fancy anlpiCked. ga q 5'ae..
other domestic pa r > &C POTATOES
| steady. Bermuda per barrel. 8 5pD>.
Florida No I S3N5 Nirsnin au
! Maryland. seccnf crop. 81 -5-o-f
Long Island. s. 500 . =. pe1usviga
mia por ha- S23uN 2.4o- .ta-, sr
western in bulk. Ter iso pounds $50
| r.6-. Euot can pr rs -pl.nl lac
So g.. Jer- ~. pcr he. rel s.
| T2S5 Sweet Pc'a-ocs firm. J,r- B.
per basket S1.5ef.e.5n. CABBAGE
| wcak. red per tnu siollS. Go. pei
barrel slU1.-5. o~ui p So a. pa
don. SO io.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
peIeaates o chIeaao Chosen.

New York. April 10.-A PRACTICAL.
solid Hughes delegation 10 Chicag 9,
was chosen in Greater New York. o
TIC eighteen congressional distric con
vertions thirteen instructed their dele
gates TO vote for Governor Hughe.
for the presidential nomination unit
he is nominated OF his name is with
drawn" TWO other delegations wer'
instructed 10 work and vote TO
Hughes" The Ninth district. Manhat
tan; the Seventh district Brooklyn
and the Fourteenth district. Queen
county. failed 10 instruct their dele
gates.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
THE LIABILITY BILL
Measure Passed BY House
Goes Through Senate.
AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN
As Passed, BIZ Is Expected to Meet
the Objections Of the Supreme Court
to Law Of 1896, Which Was De-
cared Unconstitutional.


Washington. April 1O.-The bill re-
lating to the liability Of common car
riers by railroads passed by the house
Of representatives on April S-was pass
ed by the senate without Amendment
and without a division.
The senate bill on the same sub
iect was not confined to railroads. but
covered all forms of common car
riers. and Senator Dolliver sought to
substitute IL for the house bill. but
hts motion was defeated. Numerous
amendments were offered to the bill.
but all were voted down. As passed,
the bill is expected 10 meet the OBJ
jectiOns OF the United States supreme
court to the common carrier liability
law OF 1896. decided TO be unconstitu-
tional by the court The bill abolishes
the strict common law liability. which
bars a recovery for personal injury or
death Of an employe occasioned by
the negligence of fellow servant. II
also relates TO the common law rule
which makes contribiutory negligence
a defence 20 claims for such injuries
and permits an enploye TO recover for
an injury caused by the negligence OF
a co-employe The bill does not ban
recovery. ev ugh the injured one
contributed ~ ms own negligence L
the injury. The amount of the recov
cry is diminished in the same degre,
that the negligence OF the injured on,
contributed to the injury.
During the discussion OF the meas
ure there was extended reference I,
campaign contributions by railroa,
men. and especially to the Hartman
contribution TO the Republican cam
: paign fund of 1904.
Because the senate bill did no
specify the cause OF the injury o
death of the employe. Mr.. Nelson. @
Minnesota. said he believed II woul
be pronounced unconstitutional by tn
supreme court OF the United State.
e The bill would make the company Il;
! bic for injury or death. whether il n
lated TO the service or not
: Two employees of a railroad Nigh
/ by their negligence wreck train an
: kin one hundred people. said Mr. f
kins. and yet the proposed law woul
pay for the injuries received by thos
employees. He did not believe that wa
just provision
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
Won't Vote For Huohes.

Albany. y T.. April 1O.-State Com
mitteeman william Barnes. Jr.. OF this
county. in statement sent by him Il
the Twenty-third congressional dis
trict Republican convention in accept
ance OF election as a delegate 70 the
clared that he would not vote al Chi
cago for the nomination OF Governor
Charles Z. Hughes. whose political
course he sharply criticised. He made
It plain that his preference was foi
Taft
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
CONGRESSIONAL

Republican leaders are trying TO bring
soout the adjournment Of Congress on
May o.
Senator Martin has made a favorable
report on the Daniel bill for the construe-
ton OF a national boulevard from Wash
ington to Mount Vernon.
A favorable report was made to the
Senate by Senator Martin from the Com.
mittee on Claims Of bill for 100000
TO Virginia, representing money ad.
vanced In 1889 70 the federal govern,
ment with which to begin the erection Of
the capitol building at Washington. Tn.
committee recommends that the money
he paid without interest. Virginia ha,
assigned her claim to the Mount Vernon
Avenue Association.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
LOCAL MARKETS
(Coi rected 10y Simon Hirsh 4 4

(VOi rected Toy Simon Hirsh Bro
Wheat. 20 TO 81; corn. 81 q
o., rueal, $3.50 To $l.T5; oats,
~ to 80; old fowls. ) To .: chickens
live, 10 10 IL; dressed. IL to
-; eggs, II To Is; lard. 10 10
~ ducks, live lOto1l; turkeys, drawn.
10 10; turkeys, undrawn. Is TO
II, turkeys. live. IL 10 II: butter
10 TO 20; hams. Il 10 II Irish potato4s.
30 70 IS; lambs, $3.50 to $500:
hides. green, 4 To ~. dry Saited.
) To 81; dry hides, ~ 10 :; cali
skins No. l, clio per skin. baled
hay, SO To flI per ton; leaf sumac. 50
to 50 per 100, hogs. I've weight. 5
70 0Sc.; beei. live weight, 3 to 4c.
pork, 81 to Z; wool. - To % per 10 :
sweet potatoes. 30 to 81: veal. 81 to G;
Early Rose potatoes. t1.lO 70 81 80.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
Go Home and Pray, Sentence Of cour,

Scranton Pa. April 1O.-"Go home
and pray" was the sentence imposed
by Judge Staples on Albert Smith. OF
this city. who has been convicted on
a charge OF assault and battery pre-
ferred by his wife Il will. your honor. %
responded Smith. and he went Smith
and his wife separated some time ago
4 short time later ne met her on the
street and demanded that she Sign
the baby over TO him" She refused
and he struck her.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
JOB PRINTING

The Free Lance is prepared to do Job
work oil all kinds In up-to-date style at
reasonable prices on short notice. The
work done In our Office will compare
iavorably with the best to be had any
where. The head OF our job work de-
partment, who has been working In this
Office for many years, ie one of the rnost
ezpe<seDced mon In the business.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11

George Gould is having the police
Investigate Prince de Sagan's rec
ord. II this doesn't scare the prince
of, then George may reconcile him
sslf to the inevitable.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
Live s.oek 5arkets.

PITTSBURG Onion Stock Na-iS)-
CATTLE lower. choice 500 e Sst.
prime So ~ 90. SHEEP st.a ".
lambs SLOW. p-.Mc wcthrTs So
common. S3T4; -mhs s5a79-. 8 90
calves StT g. noes Ei-kcr. % % r.
hCaVics $3.50. rrf.C-ls an SC D..
Workers. 5000. isn; Workers $3.50
) 81. pI.s s. ~. lnncle eII5 10
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
Praise For Presidents War On Anarch,

London. April l0--The Times in an
editorial on President Roosevelt's mes
sage on anarchiSm saws that the presi-
dent has entered upon a campaign that
will command the sympathy and moral
support OF the civilized world Fuller
particulars of his proposals. saws the
Times. viii be awaited with the deep.
est interest in all the states Of the
old world and whatever may be
thought OF the prospects Of his strug-
gle with this terrible evil. honest men
everywhere will wish him victory in
the fray.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
WHEAT CONDITION, sl.s

The Department of Agriculture an
nounces that the average condition Of
winter wheat on April i was OIL Der
otns., against 500 per cent. on April /
1907.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
TO CLOSE MY LIQUOR BUSINESS
AT COST

As am going out OF the liquor busi-
ness on May l, 1908, l will sell out my
entire stock at cost. The stock consists
OF brandies, whistles, gin. rum and wine,
and embraces the beet brands ON the
market at prices from $4.OO to 81 so.
Give me call II you want to buy choice
goods at and below cost.
! also desire to rent out my store. No.
3l3 Commerce street, which has an es-
ta5lished trade and n one OF the best
locations in the city.
app i'm Mrs.J.F Il. Monroe
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
FOR SALE

A hne large mule; for particulars apply
TO r. 5. Crismond, Brooke, Va. al1l3t
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
SEED POTATOES

ls will pay all farmers and planters TO
Sc W. l.. BraBnan's stock OF genuine
SD potatoes before buying elsewhere
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11
WANT ANARCHISTLAW
President Tells Congress Legis-
lation Is Necessary.
~REBS" WORST CRIMINALS

Er. Roosevelt Declares They Are
Enemies Of Humanity ard Additional
Laws Are Needed-Bsrs Their Lit.
ersture From the Mails.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-11

IN Special Message TO Legislature
Governor Hughes Rene~s War on
Raee TraeSs-WiH cau an Extra
Session.
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Coming Attractions.
Belasco.

"Girls." the latest comedy by Clyde
Fitch. will have it's first presentation at
the Belasco Theater tomorrow night Mr.
Fitch will be present Girls is described
as a "girl comedy" Three young girls,
living in an apartment, affect to desplse
men as superfuous creatures in the
scheme of life These girls are said to be
three of the most amusing types ever
drawn by Mr. Fitch. One of them Is
secretary, another stenographer and
the third is stage struck. In the first act.
after living in poverty. each girl secures
a position In the second act, through
their independence and their scorn for
men. they are again thrown out upon
cold. heartless world. and In the third act,
after gathering disconsolately In their
little apartment. each in turn capitulates
to the three men they have always affect
ed to scorn. There is strong vein OF
sentiment running throughout the play,
though it abounds In pure comedy. Those
who have seen the rehearsals predict
that with Girls Mr.. Fitch will make his
greatest success in several seasons. The
company includes Charles Cherry, Laura
Nelson Hall, Amy Ricard, Ruth May
cliffe Zelda Sears, Fanchon Campbell,
Herbert Standing and Leslie Kenyon.
The first and last scenes show the stu
do apartment; the second act shows the
interior of lawyers Office. where the
girls get employment. Mr.. Fitch calls his
play a satire on the typical bachelor girl
In every Fitch play that has attained
unusual success there has always been
one scene which has been described as a
Fitch surprise" and it is said that In
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Nine. sembrich at New National.

Nine. Sembrich. who Is to be heard at
the New National next Tuesday after
noon, is the last Of the great school of bel
canto and colorature, and is said to stand
unrivaled in Bellini, Donnizetti. Rossini
and Mozart. and she is equally in touch
with modern music. In Berlin they call
Sembrich the Polish nightingale" The
delicate Intimacy of the art-song has al
ways seemed too elusive for an opera
singer to grasp. Accustomed to the larger
forms, few have been successful with the
fragile song: but here Nine. Sembrich has
won triumphs not less noteworthy than
those which have proclaimed her one OF
the greatest prima donnas Of the stage.
Ellison van Hose. tenor. and Mr.. de
Zadora pianist will be the assisting ar
fists. program consisting Of operate
arias and songs In French, German and
English will be given.
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"rhe Travelling Salesman"

The first presentation of James Forbes
comedy, 1.-The Travelling Salesman" in
which Henry B. Harris will present
Thomas w. Ross, will be given at the Co.
lumbia Theater next Monday. The scenes
Of the play represent successfully rail-
way station in small western town. a
travelling salesman's room in the principal
hotel Of the town and the office OF a
country store. Mr.. Ross is supported by
q company which includes Marion Kerby.
William Beach. Percival Moore, Maud
Sinclair, Arthur Shaw. Nicholas Burn
ham, May McCabe, r. c. Turner. Edward
N. Dresser. H. D. Blakemore. Ernest
Lamson, Frances Golden Fuller and Mas
ter Martin Fuller. -'
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.cDlLEEDuRKE
"a Modern Match was first called Mar

"a Modern Match was first called Mar
rage"
FORMER MADGE BRIERLYS - The
role of Madge Briefly, the heroine of
~ Old Kentucky" offers opportuni-
ties to young actress. Madge is al
ways sacrificing herself for those she
loves, and she is always doing heroic
things. She swings across a chasm on a
rope and saves her lovers life by throw
ing a lighted bomb over the precipice:
she rushes into a burning stable and
brings Queen Bess. the hero's race horse.
to safety; she rides the same horse to
victory in the great Ashland stakes, and
so saves the hero's fortune, and finally
she gives her hand to this hero, the man
she loves.
The role has been played by several
women distinguished in the world of the
theater. The first of the Madges was
Marion Gilmore, who played the part only
four times She was the soubrette of the
play it's first production in St. Paul. Bril-
liant. beautiful, gifted. unhappy Bettina
Girard was the next of the Madges, and
her fascinating personality helped greatly
in making I'm Old Kentucky" one of the
successes of the day. Laura Burt was the
next actress to try the part. and she made
1t almost her own. She was Sir Henry
Irvings leading woman on his last tour
Of America, playing Helen Of Swabia in
Dante" and other important roles. Lulu
Tabor, who Is now married and living in
New York. was another Madge. Effie
| Warner. daughter Of Neil Warner. the
tragedian. followed Miss Tabor Then
came Elsie Ryan.
Alice Treat Hunt took up the part when
Miss Ryan let 1t go, and for season she
rode Queen Bess to victory. Miss Hunt
is at the head of a stock company in the
south. and Miss Warner is leading woman
in one of Philadelphia stock companies.
! Bessie Barriscale played Madge for two
seasons. She has brother and sister
(children) on the stage and is first cousin
TO the Taliaferros. Mabel and Edith while
the BuEts are near relatives. Last sea-
son she played Lovey Mary in Mrs
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" and made
hit. Nellie Callahan followed Miss Bar
riscale.
Among other Madges are Miss Alice
Riker, now member of the Bush Temple
company in Chicago: Lizzie Evans, Grace
Sherwood, Hattie Delano Barnes Nellie
Elton. Blanche Seymour. Bijou Fernandez,
Marie Quinn. Marion Shirley and Lillian
Mortimer. Each of the women who had
try at Madge has left some impre So
on the part, but 1t was really nodded by
Betty Girard Miss May Stockton has the
role this season.
A CHINESE ACTOR.-The only Chinese
actor In America appearing with an Eng
disappearing company Is All Sam, who
plays the part of Sing Wing in Caught
in the RAIN" He Is a comedian with a
keen sense of humor. Born and brought
up In Hongkong. at an early age he was
apprenticed to a shipping firm. His father
was a government official in the agricul-
tural bureau. Agriculture had no charms
for Sam. and, for that matter. he soon
wearied of commercial life. and one day
closed his ledgers and never returned to
the shipping office. His father asked the
boy what he intended to do. Sam had
figured that consular post would about
usually a merry band, but Sam was cast
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the first act of Girls there is scene OF
this sort.
New National.

Miss Eleanor Robson will be the attrac-
ton at the New National this week. At
the evening performances Paul Arm
strong's play, "Salomy Jane" based upon
Bret Harte's sketch Of the same name,
will be the offering. In the first act Salomy
Jane meets 1.-The man. who has killed an
outlaw, Baldwin. AS the latter had an
noyed and insulted her. she feels an in
terest in the man as a sort Of delverer.
Later he is rounded up by the vigilantes
and is about to be hanged. 1t is here that
Salomy Jane kisses the man and. subse-
quently, because of the love that has been
revealed by her, aids him to escape.
1.-THE man" is chivalrOus and tender; the
gambler is generous and implacable; the
stage driver is staggering and humorous;
the wife of the stage driver is vigorous
and warm-hearted; the children are
charming ''Salomy Jane" is said to be
a model among romantic melodramas of
far western life.
At the Saturday matinee Miss Robson
will appear in Nurse Marjorie" by Israel
Zangwill. in which Miss Robson is said to
have role that Is suited to her. Eleanor
Robson is equally at home in comedy or
in plays calling for intense dramatic APP
peal. She will be supported by E. M. Hol-
land, II. B. Warner, Ada Dwyer, George
Wilson, Earl Brown and Scott Cooper.
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John Drew.

Charles Frohman will present John
Drew at the New National Theater next
week in MY Wife," adapted by Michael
Morton from the French play, "Josette.
Ma Femme" by Gavault and Charnay.
The plot concerns a temporary marriage
between Gerald Eversleigh John Drew
and Trixie Dupree billie Burke), con-
tracted for the purpose Of preventing
Trixie's marriage to a man she does not
love. The complications that arise afford
amusement through four acts. The COM
pany includes Ferdinand GottschaIk,
Frank Goldsmith, Dorothy Tenant. Nor
ton Selten, Ida Greedy Smith, Walter Do
derling, Herbert Budd. Albert Toccardi,
Mario Majeroni, Axel Brunn, Rex Nc
Dougall, Mrs. Kate Pattison Selten. Hope
Latham L. c. Howard, E. SOdene Powell
and May Galyer.
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Washington Saengerbund Concert

The second public concert this season
of the Washington Saengerbund will BE-
given at the New National next Sunday
evening. The organization will be as
sisted by Nine. Mary Hissem de Moss
soprano. of New York; Edouard Dethier
the Belgian violin virtuoso, and an or
chestra of forty.
Nine Hissem de Moss has sung with
the New York Symphony. Boston Sym
phony, Cincinnati and Pittsburg Orches-
tras. The Saengerbund chorus will sing
two numbers with orchestral accompani-
ment and three without accompaniment.
Henry Xander will conduct.