Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-07
ROCKVILLE.
iaI CORRESPONDENCE OF The Star.

correspondence
ROCKVILLE. Md. August Z. 1905
The case against the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company. charged with
working several of its telegraph opera
tors nine hours a day in violation OF the
! state law limiting the working hours OF
such employees to eight hours day. will
probably be dropped.
1t is understood that lawyers generally
who have examined the law on the sub
ject agree that the federal law limiting
the working hours of railway telegraphers
| to nine hours a day supersedes the state
| law.
States Attorney Waters inclines to the
| belief the state law is void. He is con-
| sulting law books carefully before de-
Gliding to drop the case.
In any event, the case will not be heard
by Justice Woodward OF Washington
Grove next week as had been arranged.
1t has been discovered that justices of
the peace are without Jurisdiction in such
cases.
The case was brought by Thomas Small.
deputy sheriff and constable. and was the
first under the law. Operators Hill and
Marshall, employed at Gaithersburg. are
specified as having been required to
work more than eight hours.
case
way company and operators. 1t has
aroused much interest.
The case against James n. Barnesly. an
Olney district farmer. charged with as
sault by Mrs Henry Bradley Of Rock
VILE, who claimed that Barnesly used
ugly language to her and attempted to
strike her with a whip because she called
his attention to his failure to move his
team which was standing in the middle
Of the road near Rockville. to one side
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came up before Justice of the Peace
Reading here yesterday.
The assault charge was dropped
Barnesly agreed to plead guilty to a
charge of disturbing the peace. He was
fined $25 and costs.
George Hogan, young Rockville negro
was required to furnish bail In the sum
of 500 for his appearance at the No
vember term of court 70 answer charge
of assault preferred by John Dorsey.
also colored. Dorsey claims that Hogan
struck him with a rock. He exhibited
badly cut-up face.
Licenses to marry have been issued by
the clerk of the circuit court here to M.
Edwin Booth and Nancy Callander Per-
kins both of Washington. and John
Francis Hopkins and Helen c. Jones.
both of this county.
John J. Higgins. jr.. is home from Ocean
City. where he spent two weeks.
Misses Emma and Gertrude Mckinley
of Pennsylvania are the guests of Miss
Emma Carr at the Corcoran Hotel here.
Misses Edna Noyes of Washington and
Maude Heagy of Rockville are guests of
Miss Myrtle Howard. near Unity, this
county.
While working in his garden at his
home near Rockville about o'clock
yesterday afternoon, John w. Homer
one Of the county's best known farmers,
was stricken with heart failure. dying al
most instantly.
He was about seventy-eight years of
age and Is survived by three brothers
Frank B.. David H. and Edward Horner,
all OF this vicinity. He had long been a
widower.
Mr.. Horner was a member Of the Chris
tian Church and in early manhood stud
led for the ministry. but an affection of
the throat prevented him from following
that vocation. He was q lifelong demo-
crat, and for a number Of years served
his party as register Of voters for Rock
Vile district.