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The Irish standard., 1911-09-23
HARVESTER SUIT DELAYED.

Government Ready to Permit Com.
pany to Readjust Organization.
Washington, Sept. 81. That the
government is ready to permit the In
ternational Harvester company volun-
tarily to readjust it's organization to
conform to recent interpretations of
the Sherman laws has become known
here. Pending the result of confer
ences between Attorney General Wick
ersham and attorneys for the com.
pany, the threatened dissolution suit
is being delayed.
The Irish standard., 1911-09-23
Wellesley to Have Largest Class.

Wellesley, Mass, Sept 21.-The
Wellesley college freshman class will
be the largest in the institutions his
tory. Registration closes Saturday.
The college year will end June ID,
following the plan recently adopted OF
holding commencement exercises be-
tore the advent Of too hot weather.
The Irish standard., 1911-09-23
VETERAN OF NAVY is I'LL
Rear Admiral Lakewood, Chief Engi.
neer During the Civil War, 10
Stricken.

New York, Sept. 21.-Rear Admiral
Benjamin Franklin sherwood, retired.
who was chief engineer Of the United
States navy from 1861 to 1869, and
who is now in his ninetieth year, ID
dangerously i'll at his home here.
The Irish standard., 1911-09-23
1000 Chinese Die In Battle.

Sheng Tu, Sept. 21.-It is estimated
that 1000 insurgents besieging Cheng
Tu have been killed. The foreign resi-.
dents have not been able to leave
the capital.
The Irish standard., 1911-09-23
Appointed by Harrison.

Dec. IL. 1892. he wns appointed to the
United States district bench by President
Harrison Soon after going on the bench
he attracted the attention OF the country
In his decisions upon the application Of
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
DRUNK WRECKS ENGINES
Boards Locomotive, opens Throttle
Wide and Jumps.

Danville, Va. Jan. "a wild engine
started In motion in the Southern rail-
road yards here by a drunken man
crashed Into two other locomotives
standing on the tracks, causing a
wreck In which II. +, Rowlette, a con
ductor on the Richmond and Danville
division, was seriously If not fatally
injured.
Rowlette was asleep in the cabooss
attached to an engine waiting for the
arrival OF the time to make his run.
when John ]. Frederick young
white man and stranger. boarded the
locomotive and turned on the throttle
at full speed.
After crossing the railway bridge
over the Danyllle river, Frederick re-
versed the engine and then. jumped.
The caboose collided with another en-
CINE in the yards and wrecked II. The
runaway engine then struck a third
locomotive which was standing on
turntable. The three locomotives, all
badly damaged, were found piled up
together.
Rowlette, In an unconscious condi-
ton. was found beneath the wrecked
caboose. Frederick was arrested short
w after the wreck and stated that he
was drunk and irresponsible when the
deed was committed. He was formerly
a railway fireman. Frederick says that
his home is in wilmington, n G.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
POLICE ACCUSE WIFE
Locked Up In Pittsburs When Hus-
band Was Found Poisoned.

Pitsburg. Pa, Jan. 9.-Barret from
all communication with each other and
with the Outside world. c. y. Suro-
baker is in the South Side hes. ital.
slowly recovering from strychnine
poisoning which was placed in his
food, and Mrs. StrobakeT is held at the
police station.
The police refuse to prefer charges
against the woman yet, but they VII
not release her. although ne. hush md
declares that she is innocent OF any
completely in the attempt 10 Kill him.
and SAYS that as soon as he Is able 70
leave the hospital he will free her.
Sensational developments are GER
tain to arise in this case, according to
the police. whose attention was at
tracted when Strobafer collapsed
while working as superintendent of a
grain elevator
Physicians who attended Strobaker
identified rs strychnine the white sub
stsIcc sprinkled over the bleai and
Jam be had for his lunch. and when
taken to tde hospital he readily re-
sponded 10 treatment for strychnine.
Marital relations of the pair furnish
no clew for the poisoning, for so lar
as is known they never quarreled.
Mrs. StrObaker's relations are taking
steps to have her released.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
RAISING THE. maine
Bones Seem to Show Inside
Force Sunk WdrShip.
EXPLANATION BY EXPERTS
Think Bodies of Men and Coal Were
Blown From Vessel by Explo-
sion of Powder in Air
Tight Compartment.

washington. Jan. 9.-The war de
partment is receiving reports IRON
those engaged in raising the sunken
battieship Maine from Havana hareol
which tend to show that the disaster
was due to an internal explosion.
In The mud and silt in which the
hull lies buried have been found much
coal and the bones Of some OF the
crew OF the ship who met their deaths
when the explosion came and the snip
sank.
Engineer officers think the coal and
the bodies of the men were blown
from the battleship by an explosion IN
one of the air tight compartments IN
which was stored powder and other
explosives. They do not think the coal
could have been blown from the null
of the battleship by an outside explo-
sion.
Spanish authorities contended that
the sinking of the Maine was the re-
suit of an internal explosion. 1t was
the popular belief in this country taa'
some Spaniard had wrecked the Maine
through the use of mine or some
high explosive because Of this eoun-
try's sympathy for Cuba. The wave OF
Indignation that swept owe, the ooun-
try precipitated the war with Spain.
With the present progress OF me
work the hull should be raised by
April. There is some fear that the hull
may break in two while being raised
Befoer this occurs. if it shOuli hap
pen. those in charge of the work Will
know the cause of the sinking OF the
Maine
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
VIRGINIA NEWS

p A movement is on foot in Nor
ok to raise 100000 for the pur-
Jose OF securing factories for that
city.
Prof. S. F. Gohehon has accepted
piincipaiship of the High School at
-oyinglon. Nelson county, vice
.-roi. Harris. resigned.
Warner Beane, of Lancaster, was
paralyzed several days ago. He was
going down the COrotoman river in
ais gasoline launch. when he was
stricken. Fortunately another man
.sas with him. Mr.. Beane is more
man seventy years old.
Through Congressman Carlin Sen
ators Thornton, Of Louisiana, and
Terrell, of Georgia, have accepted
invitations from Lee Camp, Alex
andria. to respond TO toasts at the
banquet to be given in that city
on Gen. Lees birthday. Jan. 18th.
The Association for the Preserva-
ton of Virginia Antiquities has
passed resolutions opposing the pro-
posed erection of a reformatory near
the home and burial place OF Geo
Washington at Mount Vernon. A
committee will be appointed to lay
the matter before Congress.
A charter has been granted
by the Corporation Commission to
Bank of Kinsale Inc). Kinsale
w. T. Mayo. president. Hague; Geo.
w. English, vice-president; J. r.
Marsh, Jr., secretary and cashier
both OF Kinsale. Capital Maximum
$4,000; minimum, $4,000. OBJ
jects: Banking business.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
WE CAN F0RTIPY CANAL
Ex-senator Foraker Says There 10
Nothing In Treaty to Prevent II.

Ex-senator Foraker says mere ~
Nothing In Treaty to Prevent It.
Washington, Jan. 9.-Former United
States Senator Joseph Benson For
aker, o! Ohio. deals the opponents Of
the Panama canal fertilization plan a
hard blow in a letter he has written
to President Taft
Mr.. Foraker discloses for the third
time the fact that he. then a member
of the United States senate. personally
suggested TO Secretary Of State Hay
the change in the first Hay-Pauncefole
treaty which resulted in the adoption
Of the convention now in force. Among
these changes was the omission OF the
provision against the fertilization OF
the canal. Senator Foraker discussed
the proposed treaty and the changes
in detail with Secretary Hay. and he
declares now that the purpose not only
Of Secretary Hay. but OF a great ma
jOrity of the senate. was TO preserve
to the United States an unquesdJBe
right to for;ify the canal.
An explicit stipulation to this of-
feet" says Senator Foraker, was not
insisted upon because silence on the
subject itself left us free as We might
see fit. It was because the British gov
eminent thought such was the legal
effect of silence that they insisted on
the express prohibition of the first
treaty"
While Secretary Hays own words
leave no doubt as to his purpose in ne
gotiating the Hay-Pauncefote treaty in
its final form, the testimony of ex-
Senator Foraker is so specific that the
administration has accepted II with
pleasure.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
Johnston & Pearson
Prescription Pharmacy.
Nymat S. Sacrey,
Undertaken and Embafmer

No 7l9 Main ST., Fredericksburg, Va.
Phone 90. Across from Exchange Ho-
tel and next to Western Union Office.
Telegraph and telephone orders receive
prompt attention. Open day and night.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
REDUCED EXPRESS RATES

1t is to be hoped that the acti Of
tie iowa commission, which CORE
spends with our Corporation c m
mission, in requiring express com
panies in that State to reduce then
charges. will shorty be followed by
this State and others and that tn
matter Of express rates will also re-
ceive attention from the Interstate
Commerce Commission. In ordering
the reduction the Iowa commission
declared that the charges exacte
by the express companies were IN
Con. ciOnable and this finding applies
to these companies in nearly every
State in which they do business. AS
a mater of fact they are far more
unfair and unconscionable in their
tolls that any railroad and therefore
the interests of the public require
that they should be regulated. They
need regulation much more than do
the railroads, which are always being
regulated, and it can be done with
out injury to general business, which
seems to accompany this constant
railroad regulation.
These express companies exact, as
the Iowa commission says, uncon-
scionable charges from the public,
against which enactment the latter
is at present powerless. In addition
to this they are discourteous, un-
obliging, independent and oblivious
to the rights of those whose business
makes them rich and it is only in
rare instances that they are willing
to pay claims against themselves
without suit. We trust that they
will soon be made to feel that the
people, for whose benefit primarily
all public service corporations exist,
have some rights which must be
respected.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
EASTERN SHORE
PRODUCE EXCHANGE

More than 1000 farmers from
the counties OF Accomac and
Northampton. comprising the East
ern Shore. attended the annual
meeting OF the Eastern Shore OF
Virginia Produce Exchange at on
ly Saturday. The following officers
were elected
President Benjamin r. Gunter.
Vice President John T. Noting
ham.
General Manager William A Bur
ton
Secretary and Treasurer Albert
! McMath
General Inspector William b.
Pitt.
Assistant General Manager c. r.
Waters.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer
n Powell Wcscott.
A big dividend was declared at a
recent meeting.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
MOURNED BY GEM DEALERS
Man vino occurred $4,000 Worth Jew

Man Who secured $4,000 Worth Jew
els ION Memorandum" Is Missing.
Kew York. Jan. 9.-FTanklin p. Dan
iels. who FORMERLY resided with his
parents at &c Sterling Place. Brooklyn
Is miss.IG
Detectives from New York and 9th
err cities are seeking him on warrants
issued there His disappearance is
mourned by many wholesale diamond
jewelry and silverware houses.
The dealers say that Daniels drop
ped into the Maiden Lane jewelry dis
trict about a year ago and that within
six months obtained something lie
$4,000 worth OF jewels "on memoran-
DUN" and for which they have not
been reimbursed. Much OF II has been
traced to Manhattan and Brooklyn
pawnshops.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
DEATHS

Mrs. Henrietta Withers. aged rs,
died at the residence of her brother,
Mr.. Geo. p. Beazley. near Saluda,
Tuesday.
Mrs. James Brooks, OF Mathews
county, died Tuesday. She was so
years old and is survived by four
sons and three daughters.
Mrs. Eliza Johnson, mother OF
President l.. +. Johnson, OF the N.
& w. II. r., died Saturday at the
home of her son in Roanoke, aged
SO years. The special train bearing
the body for burial at Aurora, Ill,
was wrecked near Kermit. w. Va,
but the passengers escaped unhurt.
Samuel II. Ball, a prominent cat
tie dealer of Loudoun county, and
senior member of the clothing firm
of Mcpherson a. Ball. was found
dead in a chair in his store In Lees
burg Sunday. He was SIS years old
and is survived by his wife. two
sons and two daughters.
Mrs. Bette Hall, aged So years.
widow of J. b. Hall. died at her
home, near Farmers Fork, Rich
mond county. Thursday.
Geo. NJ. Williams. n. died Thurs
lay at his Colonial home near cul-
pepper. He was a brother OF the
ate Gen. Robert Williams. u. S. A.
lie is survived by his vile and sew
n children.
The body OF Miss Lorraine Wood 4,
yho died at the home OF her aunt
4 Hewletts Monday evening. was
AIKEN TO Gordonsvllle and inferred
in Maplewood Cemetery. She was
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
q. b. Wood. OF Gordonsyille. and Is
survived by one sister and one
brother.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, I9Il
LYNCHBURG'S NEW HOTEL

The Lynchburg Chamber Of Cen
merce on Thursday made the al.
nouncement that 5000 had beel
raised in that city for the purpose OF
erecting a modern hotel to cost
$500, 900 and the committee in charge
reported that they expected to have
the remaining $4,000 pledged in a
day or two. The success of the
chambers plan to build fine hoteI
in the Hill City is the best sort OF an
advertisement for Lynchburg 'nc
will convince anyone who is skerti-
cal that the business men of that
town are wide-awake. We slncereN
pray. that the example set by Lynch
burg will be followed here.where "e
need a hotel so much worse than cur
sister city, which has fair one II
The Carroll. besides some smaller
hostelr;es. and that the year just
begun will certainly witness the be-
ginning. if not the completion, Of a
first-class hotel in this city, which
will attract strangers and make
Fredericksburg place where trav-
elers will desire to tarry in rather
than get away from because our
hotel accommodations are INSULT
cient.
Though Fredericksburg is smaller
than Lynchburg and other cities in
Virginia, yet in proportion to its
size it is perhaps visited yearly by
more tourists and travellers in gen
eral than any other town in Vir-
ginia, partly by reason Of its con-
venient location and its splendid
train service, but mostly because OF
the many points of historic interest
in and around the town, which at
tract hundreds Of visitors from all
parts of the North and West. IL
addition to this class of persons
there is another class, not so tran
sient, who would live in Fredericks-
burg each winter if provided with
satisfactory hotel accommodations.
1t will thus be seen how important
it is for this town early in the New
Year to advertise itself and help it.
SELF by seeing that modern hotel IS
huilt
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
NOTES TELL OF SUICIDE
City Thinks Man Drowned Himself In
Underground Lake.

City Thinks Man Drowned Himself In
Underground Lake.
Staunton. Va. Jan. "a note found
beneath tho Todd house. where work
men were repairing the foundations,
which had been weakened by the re-
cent cayo,in. leads to the belief that
a man committed suicide in the I'M
dcrsiauad lake found in the heart OF
Stgr.tC9
TIE Lote bore the SIGNATURE Of &c.
:. Lewis" aud said that Of his own
free will be Nss about TO commit the
rash act of bcrryins" himself in the
underground lake as the surest way
Of dlspcsing OF his worthless life
lie requested that no CEe try to re-
cover his ody but that he be left to
sleep in peace. On another note in the
same handwriting was the following
IF anything happens notify II. II.
Lewis. New Town. W. Va"
The lake is 1870 feet deep, but al
EFFORT is being made to ascertain if
Levls body is hidden within its
depths
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
DEATH OF A CHILD

Little Louise Virginia Byram dice
Dec. "a. 1910, aged years, months
and 2 days.
Our darling is sleeping SO free from
all pain,
Oh wake her not, sweet spirits, to
suffer sgain,
She slGmbors so sweetly,
On It her sleep on,
She has entered the mansion Of glory
Safe IN the arms of God.
Death our dearest ties can sever,
Take our darling little girl from our
bosom,
Bear her from our home forever,
But in that happy land we hope to meet
her again,
With the loved ones gone before,
There 10 part from our darling little
Louise no more.
Her remains were brought here from
Washington by her mother and taken
10 the home OF her grandfather. Mr..
John n. FrItter, near Mountain View,
for burial.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
GIN MAY KILL CHILD
Three-Yearold Girl In Death stupor
After Drinking Pint.


After Drinking Pint.
Washington. Jan. 9.-After twelve
hours Of unceasing labor over the 81
lent form OF Eufalla Cothey. three
years old. in the ward OF the Casualty
hospital. hope for her recovery was
abandoned.
Her vitality almost gone from the
effects of a pint of gin. and from be
Ing allowed to lie unconscious more
than four hours without medical treat
ment. the little girl was taken to the
hospital
Her father and mother live at CTS
T street. Lots OF times had the father
seen big strong men lie in stupors for
hours and then come around with
nothing more than a headache.
SO he didn't quite understand that
the gin the child found and drank
would xii! her unless the best emer-
sency treatment was hurried.
Her parents thought she was Just
jagged" and so they put her to bed
Tho ncigh'ors learned that little Eu
faiia was unconscious and insisted she
b. sent to the hospital
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
WINTER IN TEXAS


(By Frederic J. StuarD
rs showing hard in Virginia state
Where | was born and bred;
IA Texas. suns a shining,
And not a flow'r Is dead.
The hig drifts pile and scatter.
In binding. freezing snow;
Wiads whistle sharp in Virgin
la State
fhe kind we never know.
TIa gales at night. call wolf-like.
with eerie shrieks and gasps;
Ser Winters grip is Titan.
When once the North H. grasps
In Texas. Suns shining,
rhe grass Is green and sweet,
The flow'rs, the trees The shrubbry
The Northern tourist greet.
The orange trees are laden,
Till all their limbs are bent.
With red Satsumas luscious.
To Epicures' content.
In Texas. suns a shining.
20 do3cn't love the North;
rs home is here In Texas
And seldom il goes forth.
Houston Post.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10

Carthage. H.. Jan 9.-Dr. II. ID.
siegfried. a practicing physician of
Denver, H.. claims to own the skele-
ton of Duke Johann. brother Of En-
peror Francis Joseph, OF Austria,
which has been in his possession for
twelve years. Recent developments in
the royal family OF Austria have made
this skeleton of universal interest, and
DR.. Siegfriend offered the skeleton for
sale
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
Headquarters For
Building Materials.

| keep all kinds of North Carolina
and Virginia Lumber, dressed and un-
dressed, Shingles, Laths, Sash, Doors,
and Blinds, Lime, Cement Calcinee
Plaster, Plastering Hair, Building ana
Paving Brick, Tin and Iron Roofing,
Cut and Wire Nails, all kinds Ready,
Mixed Paints and Dry Paint, Linseed
Oil, Turpentine, fryer Varnish an no
Lewis's White Lead. Paint Brushes OF
all kinds, Window Glass and Puasy,
Builders Hardware Of all kinds, lar Ial
Roofing, Shesthing Paper and rire
Brick. - p;oa and
Fire Clay Pipe. =. -. O -
erickshurg Brick Company
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
/ SOLDTW|CCPOISON
New CIew in Cumberland
Poisoning Mystery.
POWER OF DRUG TO KILL
Orchard Manager of Paw Paw, w
Va, Says He Sold Dead Man
Four Pounds of Cyanide
Of Potassium.

Cumberland. Md. Jan. 8. - The
source from which the poison was OBJ
tanned which ended the lives OF
Charles f. Twigg and Mary Grace
Elosser on the eve of their wedding
while seated on a settee in the parior
Of the Elosser home. Dec. 81 Is oe-
lleved to have been found.
]. c. McKown. of Paw Paw. w. va
twenty-five miles east Of Cumberland.
declares that last summer he sold to
Twigg four pounds of cyanide OF poIas-
stun.
McKown is manager OF the orchards
of the Allegheny Orchard company
whose ramiflcations combine the most
extensive peach orchards in this sec
ton of the country. McKown stated in
the store of c. E. Venting at Paw
Paw. that he had sold Twigg the poi
son. presumably for spraying in his
own orchards The poison was In
salts form, resembling small grains OF
starch
In telling the assembled group In
the Venting store about the incident
Mr.. MoKown said that after reading
about The tragedy It occurred TO him
that he had sold Twigg cyanide of po-
tasssium. and on investigating his
books he found the proof. Quite
number of men stood about Mckown
when he related the matter, including
several commercial travellers.
Power Of Poison.
McKcwn told how potential was the
poison. saying that the minutest par
ticle that might be held by p.nhead
dropped on the tongue would produce
dea n in three minutes. At the Rob
inette boarding house. at Paw Paw,
McKown also repeated his statement
regarding the sale Of the poison to
Twigg.
McKown could not be found for
more extended information upon the
matter. but States Attorney Robb said
that he had been In possession Of in
formation that Twigg had obtained cy-
an lie OF potassium.
The coroner's jury rendered a yer
dict that Twigg and Miss Elosser died
from cyanide poison administered by
person unknown to the jury.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
1un.Year.old Child kldnanned

New York. Jan. 9. - Two-year-old
Mary Melo disappeared from the home
Of her father. Nicholas Mele. a con
tractor on West Chester avenue Ac
cording to the father. Title Kastazsky
maid employed at the Mele home
also is mis"ing. The father fears that
love for the child may have caused the
maid to kidnap Mary. so he told the
OOlice
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
AGED Educator Dead.

Lancaster. Pa, Jan. 9.-Dr. Alexan-
der r. Byerly. seventy-nine years old.
a member for ffty-two years OF the
faculty of the MlllersvIlle State Nor
NAL school. and leading educator OF
Pennsylvania, is dead. His death was
fastened by grief over his wifes re-
cent death. He had signed the diploma
Of every graduate for the normal
school, numbering 1900.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
LOCAL MARKETS.
Corrected by Simon Hlrsh 4 Bro. J

Corrected by Simon hlrsh u brO.)
Wheat. SOC to 92c; corn. SIC to 81;
meal, 81. IS to $3.50; oats. 10 to As; Old
hens, live. 10 to IL; dressed. u to IL;
spring chickens. II to 10, TO-; eggs,
81 to 35; lard. IL To- IS; ducks, hvt,
9 u 10, dressed IA 10 IL; butter, 20 to
25. country hams. 20 t. p, bacon sides
10 to Is: Irish potatoes. 8 70 50; lamts f..
81. 80 to - iides, rrrcr, Z. dry
sailed, 10 TO u: dry hid,s D. TO IS: calf
skins No. |, Sl.OO to Sl.2f. haled hay,
SIS to 800 per ton; live hcgs. 8 TO 9;
beef. live weight, 10 3. pork, 8 l-2to 8;
&ool, 20 to % pei ID: veal. Il r. Z sweet
potatoes, GO 10 90; dressed chickens. 10
to l6; turkeys live. II TO Is; turkeys
drawn, q to p; turkeys undrawn, 10
TO 20
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-01-10
NORFOLK FRANCHISE SOLD

The Norfolk baseball franchise was
sold to F. b. Howard and Woodward
Allen.
This seems to prohibit the proposed
eight-club league with the elimination
of Portsmouth and Newport News,
which were TO have entered.
The price paid was $1,000. The Vir-
ginia State League will now likely con-
tinue a six-club league composed Of
Richmond, Norfolk. Petersburg. Roam
oke, Lynchburg and Danville.