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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
elar.s lrnerI uosnltaI patients

Altoona, Pa, Feb. "A score Of pa
tents and nurses had their lives I'm
periled when fire damaged the Mercy
hospital in this city. A man passing
the hospital discovered the roof on
fire and notified the head nurse. Sum
moning help. the pati<nts were quick
ly taken out of the building. Two wo-
men on the third floor we're carried
out on stretchers.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
TAFT PARDONs SOCIALIST
President commutes Prison Sentence
of Editor Warren.

Washington, Feb. president Taft
commuted the sentence OF Fred ID.
Warren. OF Girard, Kan, editor OF The
Appeal to Reason, a Socialist news
paper.
Warren was recently sentenced to
six months imprisonment and $500
fine. He is to be released from custody
and viii be required to pay only 500
to be collected by civil process only.
Warren was convicted and sen
fenced on the charge Of offering a re
ward in this newspaper for the SELF
ure Of former Governor Taylor, Of
Kentucky.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04

NgIRGfNIA. In the Clerks office of
VI the Circuit court Of Stafford coun-
ty.
To VIM. Vanswearingen Tor Van
swearinger)
You are hereby notified that tract
of land (undivided) Of l08 acres known
as the Robinson tract, in HARDWOOD dis
trict, Stafford county, Virginia, was sold
on the IS day of August, 1888, for delin..
quent taxes, levies, interest. and
costs to the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia, and application for the purchase
thereof has been filed in this office, and
it appearing from the records in this
Office that you are interested In said
land, you are further notified to
appear in four months from the date Of
this notice and do what may be neces-
sary to protect your interests. Given
under my hand this 18th day Of January,
1911. Gilmore Z. Beale.
C. A. Bryan, clerk of Circuit Of Stat
ford county, Va ji4w4w
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
Favor Limited Parcels Post.

Washington, Feb. 2. - The senate
committee on postofilces and ro-t
roads has practically agreed to I'm
tied parcels post. An amendment will
be inserted in the bill authorizing the
postmaster general to expend at least
100000 in experimenting to deter
mine the cost and feasibility Of carry
ing in the mails parcels not exceeding
eleven pounds.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
DEATH LIST Grows
Philippine Volcano Killed 700 In Tall
say Alone.

say HlOHcs
Washington. Feb. 2.-The eruption
of Taal volcano and the accompany
ing disturbances in the Philippines
killed 700 people in the town OF Tall
say, according to the report OF the
governor OF Batangas province, which
was cabled to the war department by
Governor General Forbes. OF the Phil
ipplne Islands. The earthquake shocks
continue, the governor added
Five thousand families have been
ruined by the disaster The Philippine
authorities are face to face with the
absolute necessity Of adopting relief
measures in order to avoid suffering
as the falling mud and lava Destroyer
the crops within a considerable ra.
dius of the volcano. The Red Cross
society in the islands is taking steps
toward that end.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
RETRACT POISON CHARGE
Oil Trust Will Drop Suit Against
Writer and MAGAZINE,

New York, Feb. 2.-Cleveland Moi
felt and Hamptons Magazine have re-
tracted with regret the accusation
made in the February number of the
magazine that the Standard Oil COM
pany is a poisoner OF children with
glucose, from which impure candies
are made.
II Is understood that the Standards
$250,OOO LIBEL suit will be withdrawn
upon the publication Of the retrac-
lions in the March number of the
magazine Also efforts are being made
to recall unsold copies OF the Febru
airy number and no more Of them will
be sold.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
run Mln.rs Fall $50 Feet.

Mahanoy City, Pa, Feb. 2.-Oyer-
come by gas fumes near the mouth Of
the Gilberton colliery's slope. John
Strange and John Good, miners. tum-
bled to the bottom, a distance of $50
feet. Goods body in its descent bounc-
ed like rubber ball as It neared the
bottom. Both men are likely to die.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
Potomac, Fredericks-
burg and Piedmont
Railroad.

Connections at Fredericksburg With r.. i. q =
r. Il. and Maryland. Delaware and Virginia Rail,
way Co. At Orange with Southern r. X. and
Chesapeake & Ohio r. r.
NOTICE-These tables show the time at which
trains may be expected 10 arrive at or depart
from the several stations, " time Of departure.
arrivals and connections arr not guaranteed, they
are proposed. ,
The only line 10 the r.saneellorsvile and "idei :
ness Batfle1eldH. 49,,
Eastern Standard Time. Stations marked F.
NJ MASTELLER- Suparintsnder'
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
Leo Crows After Accldent.

Scranton, Pa. Feb. doctors are
puzzled by the case Of Arthur Mills,
Of Euclid avenue. whose leg was
growi two inches longer as the result
of hip dislocation. II is since he he's
been up and around that the leg has
been growing and It viii make him a
life cripple.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
OYNAEnTE LET'S CO.
Explosion Shakes New York
and Vicinity.
THIRTY MEN PROBABLY DEAD
Cargo of Explosive Rocks sky Scrap
srs, Skaters Glass Everywhere
and Almost Throws People
Into a Panic.
THIRTY MEN PROBABLY DEAD

New York, Feb. 1.-The explosion or
forty tons of dynamite on a dock in
New Jersey cost about thirty lives and
caused heavy financial loss.
Radiating from the North river end
of pier No In the Jersey Centrafs
freight terminal in Communipaw. the
conclusion rocked Manhattan from
end to end Jersey trembled for many
miles back of the marshes. Away out
in Long Island people started up In
trembling buildings and thought II
was an earthquake. Everywhere the
skyscrapers vibrated and spilled win
dow glass into the streets.
In the immediate neighborhood OF
the explosion the destruction was so
complete that it was next to impos-
sible to determine the number OF the
killed or the precise reason car
load of dynamite and a quantity stored
in two lighters let go. 1t is probable
that thirty men lost their lives and
that twenty-five Of these were blown
TO pieces near the pier end.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
LlncoIn's Old Church to Be Torn Down

Springfield, Ill.,, Feb. 2.-St. Johns
German Lutheran church, In which
Abraham Lincoln worshiped, and In
which he maintained a pew for many
years, is to be torn down. The pew
occupied by Lincoln will be preserved
and made a part Of the furnishings OF
the new church which is to replace
the old.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
Boy browns Skating.

Scranton. Pa, Feb. 2. - Breaking
through the ice while skating. Har.
old Patterson. aged eighteen years,
was drowned in a pond at Glen Burn.
A youth named Dickerson. who was
with him, tried in vain to effect a
rescue
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
Honduras Troops FIee the capItaI.

Puerto Cortez. Honduras, Feb. q
With the evacuation Of Puerto Cortez
by the government troops the follow
ers of Manuel Bonilla, leader OF the
revolutionists. gain control Of the en-.
tire Atlantic coast of Honduras.
American officers are in charge Of the
city.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
Anti.LOeaI Option Measur. Passed.

Columbus, o., Feb. 2.-The Dean
bill passed the senate by vote OF %
to IL. The Dean bill provides that
municipalities throughout Ohio shall
have the right to vote on the saloon
question, regardless Of the county
vote. It virtually repeats the Rose
county local option law as far as cities
are concerned.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
Shaver Of Woman Put to Death.

Dannemora, Feb. 2.-Samuel Ford,
a negro, was electrocuted in Clinton
prison for the murder Of Captora Ash,
colored woman with whom he was
living at Browns Station, Ulster coun-
ty. He went to his death calmly and
without confessing.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
wnnan Dies Aned 1os Years.

Duluth, MIMI, Feb. Miss Victoria
Kuschura, aged LOG years, died at the
residence OF her niece here, maintain
ing clear mental faculties to the last
She was born In Poland In 1901.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
Flnd Fraannents Of Bodice.

There were fragments of bodies
here and there, leg and an arm high
up in the rigging Of the Norwegian
ship Ingrid a dead man In the hold
OF the same ship; shattered torso
among the coal piles on pier No 3
But there were twenty-five men
squarely at the center Of the explo
sion, and not a trace of them save
three mangled bodies we're found
Three-quarters of mile away the
captain of the tugboat Tuohy was
blown through his pilot house and
killed, which made up the number OF
dead positively known IS four.
There was hardly any doubt in the
minds of the railroad men after they
had talked with the barge skipper;
and the dock workmen who had beer
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
A Deafening Roar.

Suddenly there came a roar that
overwhelmed all the little noises Of
New York harbor a crushing. terrify-
ing wave OF sound like all of the great
guns Of all the forts letting OF In
company.
Then there was a slight interval OF
dead silence, in which people waited
for something else to happen. And
the momentary quiet was followed by
multitude OF notes.-the crashing
of falling glass, the ~ and clang
of iron Orders swinging loose and
battering the sides Of piers. squeak
ing and grinding Of disturbed build,
ings settling back into place, and the
shrieks and cries of hundreds of PEG
pie who had been injured by the raj
Of missiles or who cried out in their
fear
Il was several minutes before the
railroad m9p in the terminal under
stood exactly what had occurred Al
ter they had climbed out Of the heap
ed up debris their first business was
TO care for the commuters. wh0 we're
running about aimlessly. with blood
running from the glass cuts on cheek
and head, and for their own men who
had been injured in the upheaval Of
glass and iron and splinters.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04
A Scene Of Devastation.

Trainmen looked out toward the
end OF pier No and saw that 2O)
feet of the solid pile set pier lad
been bitten off short. so that the
splintered edges of beams projected
over black water; that a whole car
of dynamite had vanished along with
the pier end; that another car con-
tanning cases of dynamite in sticks
had been ripped to pieces. splitting dy-
Mantle over the debris; that two big
lighters, the Katherine w. and the
Whistler, that had been taking Oh dy-
Mantle for the Dupont De Nemouis
company, were gone, and that the
ships and lighters and barges laid up
by the piers we're piled with wreck
age, and that wherever their eyes
travelled along the water front Of the
terminal there was nothing but mass
Of wreckage. There was not a spark
of FIRE anywhere.
All the way up through the terminal
from the riverside men were lying
against box cars or sitting somewhere
in the wreckage feeling out their own
injuries. Nineteen out Of twenty, pos
sibly, were bleeding from gashes in
the face or head caused by a shower
of splintered glass from far on high.
Some were bruised from being hurled
against cars or thrown head fsst from
their chairs in the pier Offices or had
been knocked down by driven planks
Up in the train shed and waiting
room of the glass denuded Jersey Cen
trail depot theer was a wild scene OF
pandemonium. Imagine a steady rain
of broken glass over an acre Of ground
for perhaps half minute, and imag
inc 300 people running for cover over
that acre, and you will have a faint
idea of what took place in the depot.
Doctors grabbed men and women
in punches and gave them the anti
septic dabs and adhesive plaster
bandages. But there were scores who
were cut more deeply than others or
grOaned from broken bones or lay
weak and helpless from the shock that
had come upon them so amazingly
And so the ambulances made trip al
ter trip, carrying folks to the hos
pffalo
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-04

N. B. Following schedule figures published a.
information. and are not guaranteed.
Schedule effective Nov. q. 1910.
Trains leave Washington from New UnisD
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07

A teacher OF English In Japan re-
Gently gave as an examination oues-
ton. what Is a ventilatorY' Besides
the number Of answers that were ap-
proxlmately correct. there were two
which indicated that the students
must have been absent either in body
or mind on the day when the school
room ventilator had been discussed.
The first was, 'The ventilator lives in
the mountains;" the second, "Colum-
bus was a great ventilator." When
occasion offered the teacher reminded
his class that attention and application
are requisite for acquiring knowledge
and seriously asked them why any
enc should have given an answer such
us the one concerning Columbus. One
OF the best spokesman In the class
essayed an explanation somewhat as
follows
columbus brought new ideas back to
the old world; he changed the current
Of thought and opened great door
Into the new and outer world; there
Tore he was great ventilator."--
Youths Companion.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
WORK 0NAEaBfd HOTEL BEGUN

Dirt was broken this morning for
the foundations Of the Ed S. Derden
hotel, and thus was begun work on
one of Bryan's greatest new enter.
prises. Bryan is entering on an era
OF progress and the building of this
hotel is one of the foremost in the
lengthy list of improvements.
The contractor, Mr.. Gus Street. Jr
OF Houston, had just completed the
improvements on the Smith building
and had his men in the city when the
contract for the new hotel was award
ed to him. He has transferred his
force to the site of the new hotel. the
bitches for the foundations are being
Jug and the temporary buildings for
The tools and materials are being
erected. The scene is alive with work
men and is watched with interest by
he citizens.
The work of construction will be
pushed as rapidly as possible, and be-
ore many months the new hotel will
'e thrown open TO the public.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07


When you go to the washstand and
carefully wash your hands with gem
erous application of soap and hard
brush do not think for an instant that
your hands are clean. The tenacious
microbe refuses to be disturbed and
clings to the flesh throughout the
whole operation. There are some chem
ical compounds which will dlslodge
the busy bacilli to a certain extent,
but not entirely According TO the In
yestigations Of a medical authority Of
the Prussian army, the best results In
the direction of giving the hands
sanitary cleaning are accomplished by
the use of alcohol A bath Of pure
alcohol will remove about 90 per cent
OF the germs. Where II Is desired to
clean the hands hygienically It is rec
commended that the hands be not first
washed with water. for this will so
adulterate the alcohol that 1t cannot
accomplish Its work as effectively as
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
Keeping the Actors Clean.

Some years ago. when playing in
Leeds. started swimming compe-
tition among the members of my com
pany and to encourage them offered
as prize a silver loving cup (won.
by the way. by the late Edward Lon
nen). The event apparently created
some interest in the town. and friend
heard two men engage in a discussion
as follows:
First Mani say. burst to know this
ere Terry's given coop to bes' swim
mer + company?
Second Manage. What's that for?
First Man oh. ! suppose it's to keep
them play actors clean Edward Terry
In Era annual
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
THE BAPTIST REVIVAL

The revival at the First Baptist
Church is reaching out and is doing
much good throughout the city. At
|tentive listeners attend every service,
The general impression is that sci.
dom, II ever. has there been such
powerful preaching in series OF
meetings in Bryan.
Last night promptly at the appoint
led hour Mr., Hiett started the song
service with the house full of people.
II was glorious to be In that company
and take part in those soul stirring
songs. Evangelist Finney spoke on
the text: III the righteous scarcely be
saved where will the ungodly and the
sinner appear?' He discussed sepa-
rately the sinner, the ungodly and the
righteous. His description and ar
raignment of sin and the contrast be.
tween sin and righteousness we're in
deed great He showed the hideous-
ness of sin and how it tears down and
ruins lives. His description, on the
other hand, of righteousness was
beautiful to the end. Many persons
asked for prayer at the close of the
service.
AT 10 o'clock this morning the Sun
DAY school room had to be used again |
70 accommodate the congregation.
everything was propitious this morn
ng for glorious service. The evan.
seiist spoke on the DEPTH breadth and
height of Gods love. His portrayal
u Gods love was wonderful and the
ender pathos he used melt men TO
ears. Christians, both warm and cold.
'long with the unconverted, are at
ending the meetings and being great
y benefited.
There will be no daylight service
omorrow at the church, but tomorrow
light there will be the regular service
nth a great song service, followed by
n evangelical sermon by Rev. Mr.. II
'inney. Services tonight at 7:45
clock. Everybody is invited to these
ervices.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
LONG JO0RNEY Of
s|X-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Travels Alone from Germany to Call,
fornla-object Of Much Interest
on Land and Water.
Especial to The Bryan Eagle. j

lSPecial 10 The Bryan Eagle1
san Antonio, Texas, April 7.--T Today
Gretchen Wolff, six years old, passed
through this city ON Southern Pa
cine train en- route from Frankfurt
Germany, to Yuma. Cal, having made
the entire trip from the German city
alone. From German seaport town
she came on steamer to Galveston.
leaving there last night for Houston.
At Houston she transferred to a
Southern Pacific train which passes
through the town of her destination.
Securely sewed to the waist the child
wore was a small square of leather
containing her name. the town from
which she came with the street num-
Der, and the name OF an uncle al
yuma to whom she was going, In all,
she had eight little waists on which
a similar leather card was sewed. In
this city she was met at the depot by
relatives who had been apprisea of
her coming.
Documents that the child carried
from officers and seamep of the ship
on which she came 70 Galveston
showed clearly that she had made her
self a favorite with the ships crew.
and that she had during the entire
voyage the best the ocean liner had |
% offer both in attention and the |
necessary comforts of life. In a little
she carried bundle of pic
ures that had been given to her by
he passengers and the sailors on the
hip.
The child was the last of her family
n the German city, her mother hav-
ng died some months ago leaving her
ntirely alone. The uncle at Yuma to
'hom she was going is her nearest of
In and had provided for her to come
0 him, he and his wife being child
sss. Ii
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
Tho Man With a Gold.

The sympathy given to the man will
a hard cold is purely perfunctory
We know. or at least we think we
know, that he will not die. We know
that he is thoroughly wretched. YET
we are equally certain that in three
days or so he will be coming upstairs
two at time. This does not comfort
him., though he may know it himself.
He therefore feels himself an outcast
pariah. He is cut Off from the
ordinary human relations II he so
much as kisses his wife or child he
is a BLACKBOARD, mentally self convict
ed of it. Nobody loves him. and he
may go out into the kitchen and drink
cough sirup.-Boston Transcript
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
The Story Of a Famous HYMN.

The famous hymn beginning "God
moves In a mysterious way" known
as "Cowper's Hymn" had its orr
gin as follows: Cowper was all his
life the victim Of melancholia and
more than once attempted suicide.
One day. bent upon destroying himself,
he got into cab and ordered the
driver to take him to a certain point
on the river where he intended to
drown himself. The cabman, noticing
his strange appearance and feeling
that all might not be right with him,
drove him about the city and finally
stopped in front Of the poets door.
Stepping out and recognizing the old
familiar surroundings and shocked at
the thought Of his narrow escape,
Cowper exclaimed, God moves In q
mysterious way his wonders to per-
FORM" and. rushing in. Immediately
the immortal hymn.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
Am USE NJ { n rs
Rare Treat In Store for Local
Play Lovers.

The Woods Sisters Company ha;
an excellent repertoire to choose from
Theater-goers will be given a refresh
ing treat next week when the Woods
sisters Big Company of sixteen people
play three nights engagement al
the Colonial theater, starting Monday
night, April 10. These talented and
charming women have been making
Texas since they were little girls. and
they furnish always a clean and
wholesome form of amusement which
never fails to elicit both laughter and
tears.
me company Is under the personal
management OF Mr.. Otto H. Krause.
one OF the most genial and whole
souled managers on the stage in this
part of the country. Since the an.
nouncement was made that he would
visit Bryan in the near future Mr..
krause's friends here are waiting with
no iittle anxiety for his arrival. 1t is
a treat not only to see him, but also
to know him.
Monday night the great success, "A
Daughter of Dixie will be given: on
tuesday night Augusta J. Evans
greatest of all great stories, "St.
Elmo, will be present, and on
Wednesday night Bertha NJ. Clay's |
Beyond Pardon list he play selected |
or presentation. High-class special. |
les VIII beg iven between the acts.
n each of thep lays laughter sighs
md tears are mingled in delightful
'rofusion. Don't miss any Of these
ferings; If you should, the chances
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
DISTRICT COURT.

The case of Mrs. Lizzie Holland VS..
T. j. Gloss, suit for damages. which
mas been on trial for the past two
days, has not yet been concluded. The
examination of the witnesses was fin
ished this morning and the attorneys
began the arguments before noon and
continued in the afternoon. The YER
diet of the jury is not expected until
some time tomorrow morning.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07

are you VIII miss Just the one you
wanted 70 see most. Seats now SELL
Ing at Brandon & Lawrence's. Prices
25c, 35c and SOC.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
Q You Looking for
the Best !?

} you want the Gnest' Every
es answer is, Yes. If you have
ersey COW, grade or register, it
! pay you to breed them to the
{ bulls you can find. Remem.
this is equal to one-half your
d. Look up Latoni's Golden
PIPER No. 84l7O, and Zinas
tan No. S5995. These Jersey
Is are both prize winners in and
of the statesnd possess a repu-
pn in state and national shows
fairs.
on can secure the services of
Fe fine animals by applying to
M, CALDWELL, BRYAN,
NA& Plices $500 and 1910,
bble at time OF servi, e, | will
lad to show any ne interested
grees and the animals them
ss. There are none better
and very few as well bred.
The Washington times., 1911-11-25
WANTED-SALESMEN

wANTED-A representative who Is expert
enced in soliciting orders for high grade
specialties from the Government, who can
handle specially exclusively or with his
present line. Address reply to E. c, p
ioe Buckingham st, Waterbury, Conn.
The Washington times., 1911-11-25
STOVE HOSPITAL

STOVES, HARDWARE, STOVE REPAIRS.
ALL KINDS REPAIR WORK.
w. L CoGsWELL. slb III st. 3. w. n. fs7l