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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-01
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K AND POTOMAC RAILROAD

- schedule effective April II. 1905.
Leave Fredericksburg. Northwart.
6:25 -. m. week days. local: SOC a m
daily; 1929 "a. m. daily, local; iO.5g q
m. daily; l;2S p. m. week DAYS. Gao n
M. week days. local; T;lG p. m. SUNDAYS
daily. = M
Leave Fredericksburg. Southwark
o;55 "A. m. daily. A. q l.. train, o.ot n
m. We days, local: SOS "A. mn. Sundavs
only, local; lO.36 a. nm. daily. :. A. l..
uain' l249 =. IA. week days. local. 5.2G
IN. DAILY. A. e. l.. train; Gas u. m
asi,y' local; t:5i =. m. daily. 5. 4. L.
Local rom Washington arrives II 90
a. m. week days.
Arrivals and departures not guaran.
W. 7. Taylor. Traffic Manager.
e. T. Gpr Arant
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-01

Earned runs, fredericksburg l Win.
chester ,; three base hits. Duggan. Cant
well, Mabry, Wright; two base hits Cant
well; first base on balls, off Montgomery
/; left on bases. Fredericksburg g. Win
chester J; first base on errors. Freder-
icksburg ], Winchester ,; struck out. 10y
W right =, 10y Montgomery 3: double
PLAYS Barr TO Marshall to Barr; hit 10y
pitcher. Linthicum: stolen base,. Meme.
lee. Linthicum, Nabry: sacrifice hits
Dodd, Manning; time of game. > hours
umpire. Gouldman
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-01
LOCAL. OPTION

Get your jugs, kegs and dcmijohns
hlled before Monday night II O'Clock,
Aug. Bird, a. we positively close at this
hour.
Strasburger & Son.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-01
WINCH HESTER.

'Cantwell out for not touching first
base. Duggan out for player interfering
with play.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-01

SEED WHEAT
Prime bearded seed wheat for sale.
Address W. +. Corson, fredericksburg,
va. augl 3t
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-01

It's very plain to see
Pm the winning nominee.
Ot all the candidates nominated
vote for Dan Cupid-the real ad-
vanced agent of prosperity. There
fore to help him win you must have
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-01

W. 7. Taylor. Traffic Manager.
4. T.. Cox. Agent
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-01
Satisfaction Guaran-
teed or Money Back.

OdGlSIacC1On Guaran-
teed or Money Back.
Our policy is not to carry goods
over from one season to another.
We have cut the prices on all Sum-
mer Shoes and Hats. II you do not
need them now it will pay you to in
vest, because One Dollar here does
the work of Two Dollars during our
Summer Clean Up Sale.
Ladies Tan Wei Kid Ok
fords, s. value, ST. 90
Ladies' Pat. Colt. sHand-
made Gibson Ties, $3.50
value, $500.
Ladies' Vici Kid Butcher Ok
lords, s. value, $1.5O.
All White Canvas Oxfords for Ladies',
Misses and Children reduced.
Straw Hats for Men and BOYS at
your own price. We will not carry
them over.
Beacon and Packard Shoes NOT in
cluCkd in this sale.
". II. BRULLE & co.
Fredericksburg's Most Progressive
Shoe and Hat House, 92I Main st.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-01
Our Summer
Shoes and Hats

Absolutely necessary campaign
winners.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10

A Characteristic Piece OF Bryanite
Deception,
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat Uep.).

st. Louis be-Democrat (rep.).
Mr.. Bryan says that his speech accepting
the presidential nomination will confine It.
self to two topics chiefly. "Our platform
he says. declared the overshadowing ques-
ton to be, Shall the people ruler and in
this speech I shall take up the admitted
conditions and erdeavor to show what has
produced those conditions, how they can
be remedied, and how the people can be
put into control OF their own government.
The only other subject discussed is the
measure OF rewards, the aim Of all just
government being to secure to each indi-
vidual the reward to which his work en-
titles him" He promises to touch on the
guaranty OF bank deposits, the trusts. the
tariff and other matters in speeches which
he will make within the next few weeks,
but in the address Of acceptance the only
issues which will be dealt with will be the
two which have been named. The accept
ance speech is booked to take place rhxt
Wednesday.
There Is a characteristic piece OF Bryanite
trickery in the issues which the Nebrssksn
will attempt to formulate. He lntimates
that, under present conditions, the people
do not rule, and, by implication, he says
the worker does not get the reward Of his
laborA These are the stock charges Of every
demagogue who has appeared on the scene
from Burr down to Bryan. The country
heard those charges in both Of Bryan's
previous canvasses, and passed judgment
upon them at the polls. When, in 1895 and
1900. Bryan's policy, II II had succeeded,
would have placed the Silver trust In
virtual control OF the government, he was
preaching the doctrine of the rule of the
people. In those two canvasses, he in sub
stance declared, in his platforms and on
the stump, that 80 cents was 100 cents. By
endeavoring to force the people of the
country to accept half a dollar where a
whole dollar was due to them, he showed
his devotion to the principle that each indi-
vidual is entitled to the reward Of his labor.
He went up and down the highways and
byways of the country preaching his poll
teal hypocrisy, and d~enouncing everybody
who stood for the elemental demands OF
honesty by the government in meeting It's
obligations, ard in paying the laborer dol
lars worth 100 cents as 'enemies of the
human race" He may have forgotten his
menta or moral alterations Of his previous
canvasses, but the average American voter
remembers them.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
GUARANTY On, RANE

The official opinion OF Attorney
General Bonaparte that national banks
in Oklahoma cannot be taxed for the
creation of a depositor's guaranty fund
carries a special Importance in view of
the fact that the democratic national
platform favors enforced bank deposit
guaranty. The attorney generals opin-
ion gains additional significance by its
appearance almost simultaneously with
Mr.. Taft's discussion OF the subject in
his speech of acceptance.
Mr.. Taft took advanced ground in
radical opposition to Mr.. Bryan's new
tangled theory. He declared that the
attempt to unite state and national
banks in a scheme which was compul-
sorry for the one class and voluntary
for the other was unfair, II not illegal,
His chief objection to the plan, how
ever, was that:
A burden would be imposed upon the
sound and conservative bankers Of the
country by this obligation to make good the
dishonest men, who would be able to Sc
cure deposits under such a system on the
losses caused by the reckless. speculative
and dishonest men who would be enabled to
secure deposits with such a system on the
faith Of the proposed insurance. as in its
present shape the proposal would remove
all safeguards against recklessness in
banking.
The attorney general makes 1t plain
that deposits In national banks can not
ha Ut1aronfon1 uyiAhArA o1non1atA
change in the banking system and new
legislation far beyond what has been
indicated in the democratic program.
Something of this plan was incorpor-
gress, but hat measure contemplated
a complete revision of the national cur
rency system. The Oklahoma plan,
which Mr.. Bryan so lavishly endorses,
creates a state banking board and re-
quires this board to levy an assessment
upon the capital stock of each bank
and on the average daily deposits, for
a guaranty fund. Attorney General
%Bonaparte makes 1t plain that national
banks can not, legally, comply with
such state enactment.
In his many addresses on the sub
ject, Mr.. Bryan has found no answer
to the argument advanced by Mr.. Taft
that the guaranty plan removes all
safeguards against recklessness in
thanking. 1t is pleasant, OF course, for
the depesitor to know that no matter
how big a rascal his banker nay
be he can always secure his money,
but that pleasure is-not shared by the
depositor who places his money with
a safe and sane banker and is taxed
to make up the losses caused by a dis
honest banker. Under the Bryan plan,
the honest banker, who guards his de-
positor's money as a sacred trust,
would be on the same low level with
the speculative banker who does not
hesitate to take long chances.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
TIE DEFEAT OF O N

Much more than local interest at
taches to the senatorial contest in Kan
sas which foreshadows the retirement
of Chester I. Long of Medicine Lodge
and the projection of Joseph l.. Bris-
tow of Salina, as his successor. The
primary election contest was an ex-
ceedingly bitter one and the issue
finally hinged on the question as to
which of the candidates stood more
suuarely for the Roosevelt policies.
The voters finally decided that Mi.
Bristow had the better of the argu-
ment.
Kansas republicans are generally OF
the suuare-toed variety and the final
analysis of the returns will doubtless
show that Senator Longs defeat was
due to his dilatoriness in embracing
Mr.. Roosevelt's policies. 1t is a matter
of record that early in his career, he
was openly opposed to Cuban reel
proeity and made the leading speech
in the senate against it, although
every other member of the Kansas
delegation favored it. When the rail-
way rate regulation Measure was Of
tered by the president, in a message to
congress, Senator Long hesitated too
long in taking sides. His constituents
charged him with being in sympathy
with the railroads which have played
a most active part in Kansas politics
and he finally, II not reluctantly, came
into line and supported the president.
Later, he became quite enthusiastic
in supporting most of the presidents
recommendations. but the Kansas re-
publicans evidently felt that his con-
version came too late.
AS Senator Longs successor, Mi.
9ristow will be an aggressive opponent
OF reactionary legislation and an ar
dent supporter of the principles upon
which Mr.. Taft is making his fight
for the presidency. Mr.. Bristow is no
novice in public life. AS fourth assist
ant postmaster general, he unearthed
the Cuban postal frauds and later
helped expos conditions in the post
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
THE BUSINEss .OUTLOOK,

Evidences Of increasing revival of
activity in all lines of commercial and
industrial undertakings continue to
multiply. The summer period OF dull
trade has closed and the fall activity
is setting in earlier han usual. Re-
ports from the great mercantile agen-
cies, which cover the entire country
in their scope, are to the effect that
progress, while slow, is steady and
general. Jobbers in all the large COM
mercial centers report buyers present
in great numbers and inquiry for sta
Piles excellent. Factories are running
full time, and while money is still a
little slow, business is generally gath
ering an impetus that will carry it for
ward at such a rate that by the time
October rolls around again the disturb
ances of last fall will AVE been for
gotten in the busy rush of the current
year.
Crop reports are not such as bear
out the wild predictions of the bulls"
of the grain pits. II would have been
remarkable, indeed, had the corn and
spring wheat passed the last W weeks
Of dry and torrid weather without
some damage, but the condition of
growing grains is not such that favor
able weather cannot repair. Corn,
especially, has ample time TO recover
and present indications are that the
August report will be as favorable as
the July report was discouraging.
The presidential campaign has, so
far, had very little, If any, effect on
general business, nor is it likely to
have. The assurance that Mr.. Taft
will be elected and that the policies of
government which have become estab-
lished will be continued has had the
result of quieting any apprehension
that might have been expected we're
there any uncertainty as to the out
come of the election. All in all, bust
ness conditions are the most satisfac-
tory possible.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Breaking Up the solid south.

ID. Baltimore American Nep)'
The south is awake TO the fact that
Bryan ID simply exploiting it. Virginia and
Georgia particularly are quite loose in
their attachment to the traditional party.
1t would not be surprising If one or the
other or both cut loose from Organism.
Georgia is honeycombed with democratic
disaffection. 1t is a conservative estimate
to place the democratic majority in Vir-
ginia at the present at not more than
1900 to 10000. This might well be swept
as de altogether, The Independence league
has created wide disaffection in the demo-
cratic ranks, carrying off enough bat
talions to make more than one state we'll
worth the effort for its capture. There
are hosts Of independent democrats who
are ready to form a republican affiliation
II the party can be given force and field.
This is being done; so that, early as It is
in the campaign, the observation may be
ventured that the days OF the solid south
are past and the nationalIzed south is
about to enter into its larger political OPP
portunities.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
Canned

New York Evening Post 0nd.).
Mr.. Bryan protests against Mr.. Taft's
entrance upon a photograph campaign. 1t
is obviously, as he says, an infringement
upon his patent. Mr.. Bryan is nothing II
not an inventor, and his jealousy is natu-
rally aroused by this barefaced theft Of his
most original and undoubtedly most popu-
lar invention. He consoles himself, how
ever, with the reflection that everyone
knows 1--WE are setting the pattern this
year. To the general public this reflec-
ton will not be so consoling. There is
bound to be confusion over these phono-
graphic rolls. 1t Is going to be difficult
for the careless visitor at the nickelodeon
to tell which side of the fight he is listen
ing to. The difficulty, as Mr.. Bryan sug-
gests, will be increased by the duplication
OF certain planks. How can we tell, for
example, when the navy" roll is turned
on, whether we are hearing the republican
views on military preparedness or only
the secondhand ideas on bodybuilding
which the democrats stole from them?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
REsUsoiTATioN OF ADLAE

The democratic party of Illinois has
elected to live in the past and that,
too, at a time when it had an oppor-
tunity to get into the limelight under
the leadership of a man whose name
and whiskers are inseparable house
hold words wherever two or three
democrats are gathered together. In a
primary election, the Illinois democrats
have selected Adlai r. Stevenson as
their candidate for governor, over j..
Ham Lewis of the sunset hair and pink
rasbuttans.
No word of criticism is intended of
Adlai Ewing Stevenson. He has had his
place and played his part in American
public life. AS assistant postmaster
general in 1885, he left a trail as CORY
as that marking the path Of the Ken
lucky Might Riders and achieved the
title Of "Adlai, the headsman." Later
he became vice president and thus had
his name linked with that Of the great
est democrat of his day. He served as
member of the commission that sought
to induce European nations to adopt
bimetallism and rounded out his public
service as candidate for the vice presi-
dency in 1900. Now, at 70 years of age,
! the Illinois democrats have sought
to resuscitate him, politically.
II is a hopeless task. Mr.. Stevenson
does o belong to this period. The
times have swept over him without
disturbing his political sleep as a rep
resentative of the dormant democracy
which loses battles as a matter of
habit. His nomination will act as a
sedative, instead of a tonic on his
party in Illinois.
How different, had the Illinois
democrats picked 8. Ham Lewis as
their candidate for governor. ]. Ham
lives in the future, instead of in the
past. He possesses youth, vigor, brains,
whiskers and rare personal beauty, of
which he is exceedingly proud. AS a
wordsmith, he has Charley Towne,
Bourke Cochran, Champ Clark and
George Fred Williams in the selling
platter class and the irreverent even
mention him in the same breath with
the peerless leader. He is a guardian
of the constitution, a defender of the
down trod, a champion of the common
people and one OF the best customers
his tailor ever had. Even the BARRIERS
like him and declare that they would
all be glad to go out OF business If all
men could raise the ]. Ham Lewis
kind Of whiskers.
why the democrats of Illinois
should have rejected Lewis for Adlai
Stevenson can be explained only on the
theory that they were exercising their
right to exhibit their genius for poll
tical laundering.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10

The New York World is still unable 70
define what is a democrat7" but is In
clined to sneak under the canvas and con-
duct a personal examination.
Al but two OF the newspapers Of the
country edited by negroes have declared
for TAFT. The Guardian Of Boston and the
Horizon Of Washington favor Bryan. Both
papers have been opposing Booker T.
Washington.
Henry Gassawsy Dsvis resoutely refuses
TO fatten the contribution box with a $4,000
check.
In his youthful days Mr.. Hissen achieved
distinction as a maker Of axle grease, Yet
there are some mean enough to say that he
will not furnish his own grease in this
campaign.
The Springfield Mass Republican boasti
Of having first suggested Honest Tom
Hisgen for the independence party nomina.
ton. Having accomplished the fateful deaf
the Republican Jumped the fence and
landed in the Taft pasture.
The New York bank clerk who ended his
life because Of a 80 embezzlement evidently
had never been intended Tor big things in
q financial way.
Pittsburg is something Of an automobile
center It seems. At any rate nearly 5000
900 worth If machines are owned there.
At last a line has been drawn to prevent
the further aggression OF the sex. Women
will no longer be sllowed,to crowd men out
Of their places in the warehouses.
Perhaps society will follow the lead Of
Mrs. S. Van Rensselaer, .Cruger, who, In
the formal announcement OF her marriage
to young Wade Chance. formerly OF Can
ton. o., and now OF London, reversed the
usual order and put the brides name first.
After a round trip across the continent
over the old oregon TRAN. which he first
traversed in 1852, old Ezra Meeker. his
prairie schooner and his OK team that
startled Broadway about a year ago, are
back In Seattle, safe but not as sound as
when they started out.
Thomas A. Edison AZ 81 years Of age and
said to be worth S2S, 700, 1000, IS ready to re-
linquish his long sustsined and strenuous
work in the line Of inventions, and to do
only that work which appeals TO him.
Why not? Frank l.. Dyer. who has be-
come president of all tho Edison companies,
says that Mr., Edison is anxious to devote
more time to pure scier CO and less time TO
commercial investigation. He also proposes
to see more of the world and expects soon
to start on a months trip to the Pacific
coast. vt.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10
WHEN ROOSEVELT LEAVES OFFICE
some weird stories About His Comins
Pursuits.


Chicago Post.
When he casts the cares OF office Presi
dent Roosevelt Is going TO Africa to hun
big game. lie lie going In pursuit OF thai
form of recreation that has appealed C
him ever since he was a boy. He hsi
earned his vacation. and no n will quar-.
rel with him for following the bent of hi,
inclination to go into the wilds for his
strenuous rest.
All sorts Of fantastic stories have been
told about record breaking prices said to
have been offered MI. Roosevelt for the
story OF his African adventures. His works
are in demand, and, like some other wri-
tiers, he can command high pay for
his manuscripts, but II the price finally
liked by the guessers az the one offered
FOR his work is double discounted It doubt
less will be nearer the real mark.
The gossips have done their best TO ad-
vertise In advance the African adventures
The president might have entered a plea
OF snnulment of the tales told. but this
simply would have fed the appetite for ex-
agseration, and wisely he has said moth
Ing. He will be paid for his book, and
he will use the money to support his fam
ily' The writer is as worthy OF his hire
as is any other laborer.
some tim ago a statement was pub
hshed that the president was going IN
ouy q piece OF real estate in New York
city and on II build a mansion" The
cost was put at a sum somewhere he.
tween one and two millions. The report
was ridiculous, but It was Of a hurtful
KIND and the president entered prompt de-
nial.
Mr.. Roosevelt is going out Of office a
comparatively poor man. The millionaire
stories have been fiction. His salary has
been spent, for the president Of the Uni
ted states cannot be a nisRard In his
housekeeping. The calls on Mr.. Roose-
velt's purse have been many. They have
been met and the public has known moth
ing about them. When he went into Of
flee as vice president Mr.. Roosevelt's in.
come was small, probably not exceeding
1890 a year. To this he has added some
thing by the sale of his writings. but he
is to leave the White House facing the ne
cessity of work.
Inc writing work is congenlal to the pres.
ident, and the work of gathering the ma
terial Is still more congenial. He deserves
all the royalties that come in, and the
nope Is they won't stop coming until the
editors smash a record.
NO president ever left Washington In
Just the position Mr.. Roosevelt will find
himself. There are no great corporation
jobs to make life easy for him. He would
not take them II there were. and the
country knows 1t and is glad Of II. He
wants to go exploring and shooting. ana
out of the two he will earn some money
He will work hard for what he gets and
everybody hopes there will be plenty of It.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10

ANJ1Hbh NEbhAehAN
The selection Of william Hayward
to be secretary Of the republican ma
tional committee is not only a recog-
milton of the energetic work he has
done as chairman, but also a compli-
ment to Nebraska in bringing one of
its native sons to the fore in the arena
of national politics.
Mr.. Hayward is a typical Nebraskan.
He has made his way in politics by
straightforward dealing and without
any special pull outside of the friends
he has made through his service to the
party. He is characteristic Of the young
man in politics.
The s~ecretaryship of the republican
national committee is a position second
only in the political armament to that
Of the national craftsmanship itself. 1t
is a position of confidential relation
ship with the national campaign move
ment and carries with 1t great re-
sponsibilities as well as important du-
ties.
That Mr.. Hayward will measure up
to the demands Of his new place and
make good there as he has done as
head Of the state organization may be
safely anticipated. It will not hurt Ne
braska republicans, either, to have one
Of their own number close to the cen
ter of national political activity.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-10

promptly to the public through the
newspapers. In all instances the rep.
resentatives OF the news agencies and
newspaper publications are to have full
and free access for their own investi.
cations, as well as to have at their
disposal the official reports and the
company's explanations.
This accident publicity idea is said
to have gotten its greatest impetus
from its Inauguration by Mr.. Harri-
mar on the Union Pacific, from which
1t was quickly adopted by the Penn
sylvania railroad, and since then by
a number of other important systems.
The new rule lie to be to let in all the
light possible on every mishap,
whereas. formerly, the rule was to
keep It dark at all hazards. The keep
it-dark plan went on the theory that
sitting publicity helped to get favors-
BILE settlements Of damage claims, but
intelligent railroad officials have
finally gotten bravely over this hal
l%ucination. In the long run, accident
publicity is bound to prove beneficial
to the railroads and to ave them
more by prevention than they can pos
sibly lose at the other end.