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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
DEATH OF MRS. ALEX MILLS

Mrs. Sarah Jane Mills. wife Of
Mr.. Alexander Mills. died at her
home on Princess Anne street Sat
urday morning. after lingering i'll
ness, aged 81 years.
She is survived by her husband
and four children. Mrs. L. +. Hud-
son, Messrs. Bowie G.. and Ennis
T. Mills. of this city; Mrs Joseph
l.. Proctor, of Washington, and a
number of grandchildren
Mrs. Mills was a good woman
and member Of the Baptist church
The funeral took place from
the Baptist church Sunday Afternoon
at 3 o'clock. services conducted by
Rev. r. A. Williams. lnterment In
the City Cemetery.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
BOY FAILED TO DELIVER PACKAGE

Mr.. c. c. Swift. of New Hope. Spot
sylvania county, came here Friday on
the Narrow Gauge train. He had two
large bolts of Bingham to return to
Baker & Wallace, but wanted to do
some shopping before coming up town
at Mr.. B. J. Marshall's, so he gave the
bingham to a colored boy and paid him
ten cents to take the bundle to Baker
& Wallace's. The bingham and colored
boy have not been seen since.
A reward will be paid to any one Civ
ing information leading 70 the recovery
of the goods.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
WARRANT DISMISSED

Under a warrant issued by JUS
tice p. c. Goodloe Col re Blaydes
was tried in Spotsylyania Saturday
on complaint of Mr. Charlie Jones
of threatening 10 do him bodily
harm. Justice Goodloe. after hear
ing the evidence and the speech OF
Col. Blaydes, dismissed the warrant
at Jones costs
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
INVITATIONS ISSUED

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence W. Tomp-
kins. of Quincy, have issued invita-
tons for the marriage OF their
daughter. Miss Agnes T. TomDkins.
to John d. Rives, of Dinwiddie coun
tv. the ceremony 10 take place at
their home on Tuesday. Dec. 2Oth.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
CROSS STAMPS
Half of Receipts 60 to Mary
Washington Hospital.
THEY ARE ON SALE HERE, ETC.

The attention of the public is again
called to the fact that Red Cross
Stamps can be purchased here at the
Wallace Library. from Miss Sallie n.
Gravatt, the librarian, and at all of the
drug stores and book stores in the
city.
Fifty per cent of the gross receipts
from the sale of the stamps will be do
mated to the Mary Washington Hospital
in this city. The other fifty per cent
will be used in the work of the National
Red Cross Society.
AS both of these are worthy causes.
it is hoped the sale of the stamps will
be large. Don't fail to put them on
your letters and packages, until and
during the Xmas season.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION
$50 Killed. Many Injured--- Much
Property Damaged.
Especial to The Free Lance


New York, Dec. 10.
4 terrific explosion occurred at
the power house OF the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railway,
Forty-ninth street and LeXing-
ton avenue. II is reported that one
hundred and fifty people were kill
ed. \ street ear block away was
lifted from the track and crashed
down on TO an automobile. killing
five occupants in the latter. Every
window within mile of the ex-
plosion was broken. Every ambu-
lance in the city is at the scene.
There may be a greater loss OF life.
The Cathedral Parochial School at
Forty-ninth street was wrecked ana
many we're hurt. The Bible Train
ing school was badly damaged Five
hundred children are at the Mercy
Hospital Fifty nurses were hurt
by flying glass and panic followed
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
COLLEGE BUILDING TO COST $4,000

At the cost of $4,000, the Uni
versity College Of Medicine. which
was burned some months ago in
Richmond. will be rebuilt. II will
be four stories. fircproof and one
of the best equipped medical institu-
tions in the country The contract
has been let 10 Richmond firm
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
STAFFORD FARM OFFERED
AND WITHDRAWN

The farm of A. G. Raines. To-
Gated in Stafford, four miles from
Fredericksburg, was offered at pub
lie auction Saturday by the owner
and taken down at bid of $1,000
N. B. Kinsey was auctioneer.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
LOST RINGS AND MONEY

Mr.. James Boyd one Of the young
men who was here Friday night with
the basket ball team from Washington.
had two rings and five dollars taken
from his clothes while he was playing
basketball at the rink. His clothes were
in the dressing room and someone rifed
them during the game. One was a
diamond ring valued at SIS. and the
other an opal valued at about $50.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
WEDDING CARDS
Mr.. Alien and Mrs. ROwlett to Wed
Jan. 5th.

Mrs. Wilfred Smith Embrey has
issued cards for the marriage Of
her daughter. Mrs Florence May
Rowlett. to Mr.. JOnathOn Harris
Allen. of Cincinnati. Ohio.
The ceremony will take place at
'Wayland," the home of Judge Al
vim + Embrey, Oh Hanover street.
in this city. at p. IN. on Thurs
day. Jan. 5th. followed by recep-
ton. commencing at ) p III
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
ENTERTAINMENT At
SP0TSYLvANlA C. H.

An entertainment will be given at
Berea church at Spotsylvania c. II. on
Monday evening, Dec. 26th, beginning
at 1880. A program under the super
vision of several prominent ladies Of
the school is being prepared, and the
public is cordially invited.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
GETS 100000 CONTRACT

The Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company has been
awarded a contract for the construc-
ton of a freight steamship by A..
H. Bull Co.. OF New York. The yes
sci will cost 100000
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
THE BODY OF JUDGE MASON
Taken to King George and Inferred.

Taken to King George and Inferred.
The remains Of Judge John T..
Mason were taken from the vault
in the City Cemetery here TO King
George county. his former home.
on Monday and Inferred in the fam
lily lot in the church yard Of St
Johns Episcopal church. The COM
initial service was conducted by
Rev. b. T. Turner.
The remains were accompanied
from this city by Mrs. Mason. Miss
Flora Mason and Mr. +. J. Smith.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
KlNSEY SOLD THE MULE
But Bidder Refused to Take The
Animal.

A mule was brought to Mr.. N. B.
Kinsey's auction house Saturday morn
ing and tied to telegraph post in front
of his Office. Nothing was said, no
message left, nor did Mr.. Kinsey see
the party when he brought the mule.
When the auction sale took place MIR.
Kinsey offered the mule for sale as he
does everything in sight when he has a
sale. The mule was cried out to the
highest bidder for 50, but the party
later refused to take the mule. Mr..
Kinsey still has the mule, and when
last seen was asking his best friends
what he should do with him. He was
offering to give him to any one who
would take him home.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20

For sale cheap. Two Farm Work
Horses. Will sell them at a low
price II taken now. Chas. II. Hur-
kamp. Boscobel Farm. Fredericks-
burg, Va. Phone 20.
ldecS- 6tsdec6-6t
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
GOVERNMENT MONUMENT
TO C0NFEDERATES

A large masonry monument Is to
be erected at Point Lookout. Md,
by the U. S. Government in mem
DRY Of 1884 Confederate soldiers
and sailors who died in Northern
prisons during the Civil war and are
now buried in that vicinity.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT

The marriage of Mr.. WILDER B.
Sullivan and Miss Clara Sullivan
both of Stafford county, in ROCK
Vile. Md. Oct. 10, 1910, is announc
ed. Rev. e. p. Parham performed
the ceremony.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
For RENT

The most centrally located store in
Fredericksburg, Va, Southeast Corner
Main and Commerce Streets. This is a
rare opportunity to go into any kind Of
business. A. B. Bolts & Co.
dl5l4t
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
C0L0RED MARRIAGE

David Lucas and Mary Lou
Wormley were married at the home
of the bride on Dec. 14th. near
Summit by Rev c. H. Coleman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
STEAMER ARRIVED LATE

Steamer Lancaster did not arrive at
the wharf until about 2:3O Saturday,
owing to heavy freights and ice in the
river.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20
DOWN TO TEN
For SALE

The thermometer Saturday morn
ing was down to 10.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-20

Charles V. Jones and Miss Eva j..
Fisher, both of Northumberland county.
we're married in Baltimore Friday.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-11
ITCHING ECZEMA WASHED AWAY

It's worth 25 cents to you to STOP
that awful, agonizing itch? Surely
you will spend % cents on your drug
gist's recommendation to cool and
heal and soothe that terrible itching
eruption?
By arrangement with the D. D. D
Laboratories of Chicago, we are able
to make a special offer of 25 cent
bottle of their oil of wintergreen
compound, known as D. d. d. Pres.
cription. Call or write or telephone
to Red Cross Pharmacy, Aberdeen
Spiegle's Pharmacy, Cosmopolis; Gil
let's Drug Store, Hoquiam.
We absolutely know that the ITCE
IS STOPPED AT ONCE by D. D. D
Prescription, and the cures all seen
to be permanent. (3)
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-11
Real Estate Transfers

Instruments filed for record in
the office of the auditor of Cheha-
lis county for week ending Thurs
day. April 7:
J. S. Book to Grays Harbor
Commercial company, und.
two-thirds section 81, Is. =. 10
S. W. Gaskill to e. J. and r.
f. Gardner, lots l, ., 8, block
-, Wakefield e Byles addi-
tion Elma .............. 100
6. w. Mack to George A.
Stone. lot II, block y,
Frances addition Aberdeen 100
J. D. Crary to Ervie Phelps, ct
al, lot 1, block TO- Tacoma
addition South Aberdeen. 10
r. s. jackson to Ervie Phelps.
east "a 2-3 feet lot s. block
II, Rices addition Aberdeen. 100
Mary Medcalf to s. Stone, east
90 feet lots / 2, block 4, Zen
or, Garlic & Luark's addition
MOntesanO 80. .... ... %
G. A. Gillette to Z. s Avey. quit
claim deed seA of ne1l and
sig Of seA of seH section
"a, 16. y; lots | to -, block
9. and lots to II, block 1,
Ocosta Land Company's plat
"A ........ = .
Mary Ann Fiene to Caroline
Parker lots ). 6. Z, block 2,
Renton addition Montesano. 400
Flora Pfund to Aberdeen Oys-
ter Company, tide and shore
lands ........ .2oooo
Amanda j, Markham to George
F.. Hubble, s1a of nwA sec
ton s, II 100
Anthony Damitio to G. Z. Hub
BILE, lots / to 6, block 4,
Frances addition Aberdeen 600O
Same to same, lot 4, tract 81.
Aberdeen tide and shore lands l
Samuel Benn to Nick GluscO.
lot 4, block SO, WeatherwaX
& Benn's Second addition
Aberdeen ... 400
Mary Slemmons ct al to Eva
Meredith. quit claim deed lot
Q. block Z, Frances addition
Aberdeen. also SELF of nwH
and nwA of seA section II,
6, ,
Agnes McGillicuddy to Andrew
Schmidt, eh of lot 5, block
SO, Weatherwax & Benn's
Second addition Aberdeen. 1856
Albert Gebhardt to r. V. Elven-
uOll, lpI o, bloNN w. <Ah'Ni ooiA
& Combes Second addition
Elma ..... SOC
r. r. Hawkins to f.. X. Wood
Lumber Company, neA of
nwA section II, p, TO-. 400
David Moir to f. G.. Dahl. lot
30, block "a, Ontario addition
Hoquiam ....... ......l 4Vt
r. H. Mckay to Jessie Whit
side. lots 8, 10, IL, II, block
4, Tacoma addition South Alb
A. j. West to Lisi Pamruth, lots
3. 4, block So, Northern Pa
cifc addition South Aberdeen 200
c. w. Hodgdon. admir-, to G..
II. Hitchings, NV 80 feet lot
Z, block AS, Hoquiam 2o0'
Robert Durney to Chas. Rear
ney lot 10. block SO. Hoquiam 49,
A. +. Graham guardian, to +.
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est lot /, block 50, Weather.
wax Il Benn's addition Aber-
deem Oh
Paul Bonkowski to L. l.. Leigh
ton, lot %. block II, Benn's
Central addition Aberdeen .160
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-11
At THE COURT HOUSE:
The WEEKLY RECORD OF LEGAL
DOINGS AT COUNTY SEAT.
rtinuteS of The Superior Court and
New Cases Filed. List of Real ES-
tate Transfers and miscellaneous
Instruments Filed With County
Auditor.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT


The following is the record of bus
iness transacted in the superior court
Rst week
In re estate of Josephine M. Law,
deceased. Bond of administrator APP
proved.
Louise Osborn VS. Chas. r. Osborn
Divorce granted.
In re estate of Neils j. Nelson,
deceased. S. X. Bowes, +. f. Jones
and M. Ryan appointed commits
sion to determine upon a division
of real estate.
In re estate Of James Hunter, de-
ceased. April 90, fixed to hear pc
tition for letters of administration.
Joseph Cauthier VS. Moclips Lum-
Der Co. Continued.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-11
Miscellaneous Transfers

W. NJ. Parrar to +, J. Kane,
mortgage nell of sw a sec
ton 10. IS. .
I. 7 Smith to Bank of Elma.
chattel mortgage cedar tim
Der -
Norris Safe e Lock Company to
=. y. Anderson, con sale safe.
George Twidwell to Warren
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-04-11
PLEASANT HOME

block from car line, near the Park
fifty foot lots, S25 down, $40 per
month-Will Lanning.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-04-07

sand and clay are being pumped in
This core is being held in place by the
stone dams and will, it is believed,
furnish an impervious wall
The Gatun locks will require two
and quarter million cubic yards Of
concrete, one-ninth of which is in
place. Twenty-Five hundred yards
were added on January Z, the record
dag thus far. The locks are filled and
emptied from the bottom and as they
are made in pairs, one set can be
used if the other is out of order, and
when both are in order, ships can pass
through both ways at the same time.
The gates, which are of steel and
hollow, and seven feet thick, sixty
five feet wide and from forty-tve to
seventy-nine feet in height. Besides
the end gates each lock is equipped
with intermediate gates which econo-
mize the use of water in the
case of smaller vessels. There
is also an emergency dam of
steel for use in case of accident to the
locks.
A central wall sixty feet thick, sep
arates the two sets of locks and this,
extending about sixteen hundred feet
beyond the locks at each end, serves
as guide wall for ships entering the
locks. The locks will be operated by
electricity and the same power will be
used to tow the vessels through the
locks.
The spill.way is a concrete canal
three hundred feet wide and varying
from, thirty-five to twenty feet deep
This spill-way runs through cut
made in solid rock. The hill, both in
size and location, is admirably adapted
to the purpose. The surplus waters of
the Chagres will reach to the ocean
through this spill-way and will on
their way, generate all the electricity
needed on the Canal Zone
The concrete dam at the spill-way
will oe surmounted by steel gates
which will control the lake level and
give protection against all possible
floods. The Gatun dam will, when
completed, create lake with sur
face area of one hundred and sixty
four square miles.
The canal runs for about twenty
three miles through this lake and has
bottom width of one thousand feet
for sixteen miles, a width of eight
hundred feet four miles and width OF
five hundred feet for three miles. The
canal varies from eighty to forty feet
in depth along this section and requires
but eleven million yards of excavation
of which only four million yards re-
main to be taken out.
This lake also affords an anchorage
basin of fourteen hundred acres and
the fresh water will rid the ships of
barnacles and other sea growth.
Continued }
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-04-07

began digging in 1882, the plan Of join
, inn the oceans was urged with in
creasing force and frequency by the
representatives Of different nations
Survey followed survey, plan followed
plan, and report followed report,
Americans aud French leading in the
work of Investigation.
The discovery Of gold in California
quickeued in a route through or across
the Isthmus and in 1886 an American
completed railway from Colon to
Panama, following the general line of
the present canal. 1t is not surprising
that this line was profitable, notwith-
standing the difficulties attending its
construction. 1t may moderate our
indignation at the extortion some
times practiced by railroads in the
United States. to know that at one
time the Panama road charged twenty
live dollars for carrying a passenger
across the Isthmus, or about
fifty cents per mile, and even went to
the extreme of making a track walker
pay ten dollars for the privilege OF
going on foo.
The railroad now belongs to our
government and is operated under the
canal commission, first-class passage
being reduced to five cents per mile,
and freight to about one dollar and
fifty cents to three dollars and fifty
cents per ton.
In considering the canal, the subject
naturally divides itself into two parts
the physical chat is, the actual work
of construction and the commercial
canal, including the influence, direct
or inoirect, which it is likely to exert
on trade and civilization.
We are deepening harbors all the
time; here we extend the harbori
some distance inland but the princi
pie is the same. We have built hun
dreds Of locks and dams; these are tn,
largest in the world, but lock and
dam is dam We are excavatinl
constantly; the Culebra cut is gigan
tic in dimensions but it differs from
Others only in the time necessary anC
the money required.
The dredging will take out eighty
five million cubic yards of earth, th
twelve locks will contain four and
half million cubic yards of concret
and the steam shovels will remov
seventy-eight million cubic yard
from the cut, but it is purely problem
in mathematics. That it can be don
and will be done, no one can doub
who will inspect the work.
OF the sixteen miles of canal be
tween the locks and deep water NOR
than half the distance has bee
dredged of the dirt to be removes
from the cut more than half is gone
the locks are we'll under way and tn
Gatun dam is rising.
The sea level canal is generally cal