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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20
THE RAILROAD RATE
Especial to The Free Lance. }

hIcHhOhd, va, Mar. II.
The Richmond. fredericksburg and
Potomac the Louisville and Nashville
and the New York. Philadelphia and
Norfolk roads will have to work under
the two-cent rate regulation OF the State
corporation Commission till such time
as they shall ask for an increase OF rates
ana the matter is heard by the State Cor
p ration Commission. These roads are
not Included in the order whereby the
maximum rate Is made two and one
half cents a mile for other roads.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20
At THE RINK
Basket BaII-RsIay Rscs.

At the rink Tuesday night there were
two attractions, basket ball and a relay
foot race OF hall mile.
Basket ball game was the third OF q
series between the College and City
teams. 1t resulted In score of 13 to 10
In favor OF the City team.
Tbs relay race between the College and
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20
VOL. XIV, NO. %.
A FEARLESS, HONEST PREACHER
GIVES HIS OPINION OF PE-RU-NA.
An Up-to-Date Clergyman Describes
an up-to-Date Household Remedy
that Has Had the Test of
Time and Is Known the
World Over.

Some preachers are afraid to give
Rn outspoken opinion on any remedy,
however highly they may esteem IL.
Others are not afraid.
One OF those who Is not afraid is
quoted below. Read what he says.
He means every word OF it. II you
doubt it write him letter, enclosing
n stamp. lie will tell you what he
thinks.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20
TODAY AND
NO REGRETS

Delay has filed many home with sor-
row. Death comes and then regret.
Pneumonia comes In the night same as
Group GOWAN's PNEUMONIA PREP
ARATION knocks the first symptoms.
Colds. coughs, pains and soreness and
ailments coming from Inflammation and
congestion are quickly relieved. Ex-
ternal-absorbed. All druggists. $1.0O
to 25c.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20

Beautiful women owe their popularity
to perfect health. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea makes clear. healthy com
plexions-red, rosy lips. bright, laughing
eyes-a healthy system clear through.
Tea or Tablets, 35 cents. W. l.. Bond.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20
PAY YOUR P0LI-TAxeS

All voters should bear in mind that
poll-tsxes should be paid before NAY Il st.
In order that they may participate either
In the primary election for the nomina-
tion OF State officers or In the general
election next November.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20

The Free Lance is prepared to do lob
work OF all kinds in up-to-date style at
reasonable prices OF short notice. The
work done IN our Office win compare
iayorably with the best to be bad any
where. The head of our Job work de-
pertinent, who has been working In this
once Tor many years, 10 one os the most
experienced men In the busfosss.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20
DEATH IN Sp0TSYLvkNIA

Mrs. Mildred Thacker, wife OF M.
Elijah Thacker. died at her home near
Aarye, Spotsylyania county, Tuesday,
aged so years. The funeral took place
Wednesday at 2. D. m Interment in
the family burying ground.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20
Miners Nav Order immediate Str

Miners May Order Immediate Strike
Shamokin. Pa, March ls.-George
w. Hartlein. secretary OF the United
Mine Workers OF America OF the Ninth
district. in an interview said that the
convention at Scranton may order an
immediate strike and not wait to have
another conference with the operators.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20

Braces you mp. Makes new life. Cleans.
tones, regulates the bowels. Makes ne W
blood. Strong, steady nerves. Healthy
system. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea is best Spring physic, regulates as
nothing else can. 35 cents. W. L. Bond
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20

p EV. J. G. DUKES, Pastor of the
~ Unitarian Church at Pinetown,
n. O., writes:
my wife has been in a very bad state
OF health for several years, and moth
ing seemed TO do her any good until she
began TO use Peruna one month ago.
Since then the color has returned TO
her face, and she Is gaining in flesh
every day, and believe she is well
woman to-day.
"My little boy, ten years old. was pale
and had but little life. He began to use
Peruna the day his mother began. To-
day his face is rosy, and he is out in the
yard running and jumping with the
rest OF the children"
Throat Trouble.
Rev. II. W. Tate, 92o Lincoln Ave
Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, writes
that for several years he has been troub-
led with peculiar spasmodic affection
OF the throat, which interfered with his
vocation a. preacher. He took Perm
| ma and his trouble disappeared.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20
Crushed to Death by Chimney

Wilmington. Del, March 18.--Charles
stapleford. farmer from near New
Castle. was crushed to death by the
falling Of an old chimney in a house
he had Just bought
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20

Takes away that careworn, tired, sick.
ly. winter look. Puts sap In every bone.
Gives you that feeling OF health and hap
piness. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
has been the Spring cleanser and regu-
lator OF millions OF people; there's moth
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20
At THE BOWLING ALLEY

Three games were rolled Tuesday nlxht
st the Bowling Alley beween the -Four
Hundreds and the Scrubs The -Four
Hundreds lost all three games by 81 pins.
Score:
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20
POISONED BY FRIED EGGS

Cook In Mistake SprinkIed Arsenic on
Them, Making Family III.
Maben. Miss. March IS. - Seven
members of the family of Robert Cot.
ton. wealthy planter. residing near
here. were poisoned by eating friend
eggs containing arsenic. which the col.
ored cook through a mistake sprinkled
on the eggs. Three small children are
ir critical condition.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20

Send your Job printing to The Free
Lance. Prompt service and low prices
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-03-20

Operators Say They Will Be Able to
Maintain the Mines In Good Condi-
tion For Long Time, and That
Majority of Men Do Not Want to
Strike.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-11
44p1 1a !! : J
U.s. REX BEACH MI
BY
( BEACH

and a bitter quarrel ensues. Run
MON and Stark conspire to rob Necia
of her claims. Runnion wants the
girl, and Stark finds that Necia has
a strange, unexplainable fascination
for him. His baby daughter had
been stolen years before. Burrell be-
comes the declared enemy of both
Stark and Runnion. A gun held by
Gale is discharged, the bullet acct
dentally, he claims, narrowly missing
Stark. VIII.-Gale knows Stark to
be an old enemy of his and father
of Necia, and Alluna, his sQuaw, says
kill Stark. Take the knife of my
father. To kill is the law" TX, X,
XII, XII. and XIII.-Nevia, believing
herself a half breed, fears she can
not marry Burrell, whom she loves,
as she learns that her tainted blood
will bar her from meeting the people
he naturally associates with, and she
overhears Burrell say he may not
marry her after all. Stark persuades
her to leave Flambeau after he his
covers her to be his daughter. XIV.
Gale tells Burrell of Necias past
and that Stark has bounded him
from one section of the country to
another and that Stark does not now
recognize him as Gale. XIV and XVI.
Stark sends Necia away in a boat
with man she later discovers to be
the villain Runnion, and Stark, learn
ing Gales identity, wants Burrell to
arrest him. Stark goes to his own
house and there, meeting Gale, en-
gaes in a fearful duel in the dark
and is nearly killed by the trader.
Doret rescues Necia
from Runnion and leaves the latter
to die a horrible death. XVIII
Father Barnum arrives and marries
Necia and Burrell. XIX.-Doret,
1.-The man with the big heart" sails
away alone to forget his SORROWS in
the wilderness.
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went on her way.
Been making friends with that
squaw, ehy' remarked Runnion cas-
ually.
YES" replied Stark. "She's a nice
little girl, and like her. 1 told her /
didn't have any part In that miners
meeting affair."
Huh! What's the matter with you!
1t was all your doing
IL know it was. but I didn't aim It
at her. wanted that ground next to
Lees, and wanted to throw a jolt
into Old Man Gale l couldn't let the
girl stand In my way. but now that
it's over I'm willing to be friends with
her"
''Me too. BY heaven. she's as grace
ful as fawn. She's white too. No
Continued on Page Seven.)
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-11

CHAPTER John Gale is trad
er at Flambeau, rough outpost of
civilization in Alaska. His daughter
Necia is beautiful young girl, gen.
orally believed to be half breed,
daughter of Gale and the Indian
squaw Alluna, with whom he lives.
Some hidden burden weighs continu-
ally on the traders mind, and he
views with apprehension the arrival
of a squad of soldiers at Flambeau.
THAT means the law" he says I'M
easily to Necia, who has become &C
quainted with and admired by Lieu
tenant Burrell, commander of the
soldiers. lit becomes known that
Napoleon Doret, an honest, faithful
French Canadian employed by Gale,
is deeply in love with Necia. One
Runnion, dissolute gambler and
bad man. arrives at Flambeau by
steamer and in a fight with Burrell
is Worsted and forced to leave the
town. On the departing steamers
deck he menacingly says, II will re-
turn to take a hand in the game"
III.-Doret gives Necia a handsome
silk gown brought by him from Daw-
son City for her. Arrayed in this,
she meets Lieutenant Burrell, who
falls madly in love with her, and he
wonders if her blood is really faint
ed Gale reasserts that she is the
illegitimate daughte, of himself and
tne squaw. IV.-Runion returns with
Ben Stark, a professional gambler
and man killer with plenty of money.
Stark builds a saloon and dance hall
at Flambeau mo Creek" Lee dis
covers gold in a valley some miles
distant, and Necia persuades Burrell
to take her there and locate claim
for her, their trip requiring a day
and a night in the forest. ", vi.
and VII.-Gale, Lee, Runnion and
Stark have gone together to the site
of Lees discovery to locate claims.
They are met by Necia and Burrell
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-11
CHAPTER TX.

~ARLY the next morning Corpo'
raj Thomas came into the
store and found Necia tending
ii while Gale was out. Ever
since the day she had questioned him
about Burrell this old man had taken
every occasion to talk with the girl,
and when he asked her this morning
about the reports concerning Lees
strike she told him of her trip and all
that had occurred.
"You see. I'm mine owner now,
she concluded. IF it hadn't been a
secret would have told you before I
went, so you could have been one of
the first"
I'm goin' anyhow" he said, III the
lieutenant will let me and II it's not too
late"
Then she told him Of the trail by
Black Bear creek which would save
him several hours.
$50 that's how you and he made it?'
he observed, gazing at her shrewdly.
Il supposed you went with your IA
herr"
"Oh, no! We beat him in," she said
and fell to musing at the memory OF
those hours passed alone with Meade
while her eyes shone and her cheeks
glowed The corporal saw the look, and
1t bore out a theory he had formed dur
ing the past month, SO as he fingered
he set about task that had lain in his
mind for some time. As rule, he was
not a careful man in his speech. and
the delicacy of this maneuver taxed his
ingenuity to the utmost, for he loved
the girl and feared to say too much,
THE lieutenant is a smart young
fellow" he began, land 1t was slick
work jumpin' all those claims. It's
just like him to befriend a girl like
you. I've seen him do it before
"Whatr exclaimed Necia. "Befriend
other girlsT'
''Or things just like it. He's always
dom favors that get him into trou
ble."
This couldn't cause him trouble
cou'1 =. outside of Stark's and Run
lions Srudge"
mo, reckon not" assented the cor
poral. cropping blindly for some way OF
expressing what he wished to say
Except, of course, 1t might cause z
lot Of talk at headquarters when it.
known what he's done for you anG
how he done it. l heard somethin
about it down the street this morn
in, SO I'm afraid it will get to st
Michael's and then to his folks"
Il don't understand" said Necia
HE hasn't done anything that any
man wouldn't do under the same cir
cumstanceS."
NO mans got right TO make folk:
talk about nice girl" said the cor
poral, land the Teller that told ms
about it said he reckoned you TIVE
was in love- He hurried along nov
without offering her chance to speak
''Of course that had to be caught III
quick: you're too fine girl for that
TOO fine?" laughed Necia.
81 mean you're too fine and good t
let him put you in wrong. just as he:
too fine a fellow and got too mucl
ahead of him to make what his PEG
pie would call messy-alliance."
Would his people object toto sucl
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-11

a thing?" questioned the girl. They
were alone in the store, and so they
could talk freely. "Pm just suppos-
ing. you know"
80 Lord! Would they objectT' Cor
poral Thomas laughed In q highly arti-
fetal manner that made Necia bride
and draw herself up Indignantly.
Go ahead and tell me; l won't be
offended" insisted the girl. "You
must I don't know much about such
things. for I've lived all my life with
men like father and Poleon and the
priests at the mission, who treat me
Just like one Of themselves. But
somebody will want to marry me some
day, I suppose, SO I ought to know
what Is wrong with me-" She flushed
up darby under her brown cheeks.
Corporal Thomas began to perspire
uncomfortably, but went on doggedly:
"Im goin' to tell you story. not
because it applies to Lieutenant Bur
rell''-
"Of course" said the girl.
but just to show you what mean.
1t was a good long spell ago. when |
was at Fort Supply, which was the
frontier in them days, like this is now.
We freighted in from Dodge City with
bull teams, and it was sure the fringe
of the frontier-no women, no society,
nothin' much except fort, lot of In
juns and a few officials with their
wives and families Now, them kind
of places is all right for married men,
but they're tough sleddin' for single
ones, and after awhile a Teller gets
awful careless about himself. He
seems to go backward and run down
mighty quick when he gets away from
civilization and his people and restau-
rants and such things. He gets plumb
reckless and forgetful of what's what.
There was a captain with us, young
Teller that looked like the lieutenant
here and q good deal the same sort
high tempered and chivalriOuS and all
that sort of thing, Il West Pointer, too,
good family and all that, and. what's
more, a captain at twenty-five. Now,
our head freighter was married to a
| squaw, or leastways he had been, but
in them days nobody thought much OF
| it any more than they do up here now,
and particularly because he'd had q
government contract for long while,
| ran a big gang of men and critters and
lad made a lot Of money. Likewise
! he had a girl, who lived at the fort and
was mighty nice to look at and restful
to the eye after year or so Of cactus
! trees and mesquite and buffalo grass
| She was twice as nice and twice as
pretty as the women at the post, and
as for honeywell, her dad could have
bought and sold all the officers in q
lump, but they and their wives looked
down ON her, and she didn't mix with
them none whatever. To make II
short, the captain married her. Seem
ed like he got disregardful of every,
thing, and the hunger to have a WON
an just overpowered him. She'd been
courted by every single man for 40t
miles around. She was pretty and full
Of fire. and they was both Of an age to
love hard, so Jefferson swore he'd
make the other women take her. bul
soldierin' is heap different from any
ether profession. and the army has goi
its own traditions. The plan wouldn',
wor,.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-11
ORCHARD
PROPERTY

80 ACRES-59 acres in timber, of
which Fl acres are under ditch.
5acres in orchard, Az acres in
bearing; largely Winesap apples.
IL acres in alfalfa; 4 acres more
ready for the pillow. Good room
house 24x26, stone foundation,
good cellar. Barn 20x3O It. Pack
ing house. All for s7,100. $4,000
cash will handle.
Arizona republican., 1909-04-07
MINUTES IF THE PROCEEDINGS 0F THE BOARD OF CONTROL
Phoenix, Arizona, January 5, 1909.

Phoenx Arizon on the m, memb being Fundc  6 Florence Commercial GreviIe.
  The Valley Grevile, Q. -. ...-
  Pacific Grevile,
Arizona republican., 1909-04-07

O S, contract Prison Building allowed Section lso7 Building
  duly adjourned
 RIGGS Secretary.
 
 Building al m- members being of
   allowed provided
  office allowed Laws Theeb to meeting ~ JAMES RIGGS Secretary
  In with the metat Building
 
 ending 31 1909 Proposals received the L The bid Company Requsiton There being no further meeting
 JAMES J RIGGS Secretary
  Building o'clock all members being present following allowed Building provided Chapter s 1sO7 The Valley Bank of acct & Grevil  The Valley Phoenix, assnd acct Gregg Grevle Building 19O9 223 assnd Grevine 43s 50 before the Board the meeting was ~ ~ JAMES J. RIGGS Secretary Phoenix, Arizon January a n Building of Grevile ss34 freight
  further business before the Board the meeting ~ ~ - JAMES J. RIGGS Secretary
Arizona republican., 1909-04-07


 
  
  provided Chapter loo Section
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-05

hem stout, and then in measuring.
one-thlrd Of yard for every three
or four sheets must be allowed for
shrlnkage, for all muslin shrinks
more one way than the other. II
the sheets are not to be made mp in
an exact square, this particuiarity
as to inches is not necessary, but
we find the sheets which are thus
made in square last longer.
Household linen should never be
thrown over the line when hanging
it out-of-doors to dry. 1t has been
proved that throwing it across the
line in this manner wcakcns the
thread at this point. Nor should
any article always be hung from
the same side or edge. AS it is
turned about from week to week
when in use, SO it should be hung
from one side and edge after the
other, each time it is washed; and
by commencing to hang everything
from one side, say the top Of the
sheet, and always turning toward
the same side, say toward the left
it is easy to remember which side
should be fastened to the line in
turn.
For disinfecting a room, or ex-
terminating insects in walls and
floors, every crack or crcvice must
be closed with paper pasted over,
or the cracks stuffed so as to make
the room as near air tight as pos
sible. Then put big iron kettle
the middle Of the room, lay a brick
or two in the bottom, and on this
set an old seamless pan or skillet
and pour into it about pound of
sulphur, pour an ounce of alcohol
over it, stick a short fuse in the
sulphur, set fire to it and go outside
at once, closing the door; in few
ninu,es look III through the Slight
ly opened door to see if the sulphur
is burning, and when assured, close
tightly and leave closed for twenty
four hours; then open and air well
before using The fumes Of sulphur
are very poisonous, and on no ac-
count should he inhaled.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-03-05
Believes His Duties IRE to Gain
knowledge of His Country.


Washington, Feb. 23.-President
elect Taft is planning to visit Port
land, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Seattle and Alaska next Summer. If
he carries out his intention, he Will
visit Denver and attend there
meeting of the Trans Mississippi
Congress; go to the Alaska
Pacific Exposition in Seattle and
then proceed to Alaska.
While he is on the Pacific Coast
he will in all probability take in all
the towns and cities possible. The
Pacific Coast is the only section of
the country which he has not al
ready toured pretty thoroughly.
Taft believes it to be the duty of
the President to travel as much as
possible and gain personal knowl
edge of conditions in various parts
of the country.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-13
PAINESDALE MAN hit BY
TRAIN; NARROW ESCAPE

Henry Holoppa of Painesdaie ii"u
narrow escape from death at noon 10
day by being struck by Copper nanee
passenger train at the South VANS
depot. Holoppa, in cutter, was III"
ing into South Range at the time
the accident. The train from Triniou''-
tain was just pulling in when Hoioppa
was noticed coming towards tne .raos
and the fagman and others mo.'ohe'
him to stay back. He urged MS "oi s,'
however, and tried to get across W.
the result that the engine hit the
ter. Had 1t not been for the tact 'n''
the train was nearly at stop at 'ne
time the man undoubtedly would nav,
been killed. The cutter was snaSneo
and Holoppa, who was caught py ."e
cowcatcher. was thrown to the o'ne'
side of the track. He was picKeo up
and carried into the depot where III
whitten of Baltic, who was caieo'
dressed his injuries. Beyond a iew
cuts on his face and head. and pau
shaking up, Holoppa apparently was
all right.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-13
A s1.sToRY N. Y. BUILDING.
100000 Structure Covering 21 City
Lots Will be Built.

New York. Dec. 13.-New York's
largest skyscraper will soon cast its
shadow over the Battery.
Towering thlrty-one stories above
the ground. il will contain 100000
cubic feet with n rentable area of $50 =
COO square feet In 1t will be :en
miles of plumbing twenty miles of
steam pipe, sixty-fve miles of con-
duits and wiring. and 5000 electric FIX
lures.
From curb to roof II viii measure
41s feet. In building IL win be used
$4,000 tons of structural steel. 7,500.-
900 common bricks. 100000 face bricks
and $4,000 barrels OF cement
The structure will be an addition
TO the twenty -five-story Whitehall
building. II will front SO7.2h feet IN
Washington street and 1908 feet on
Battery place. covering 51,515 square
feet. or twenty-one city lots. 1t VIII
cost $4,000, 900.
The United States Realty & In
provement Co. has announced that u
has purchased the stock of the Batters
Place Realty CO. which will build ths
skyscraper at once.