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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-04-01
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Mrs. II. N. Phillips was in Rich
mond Tuesday.
Mr.. Arthur Gore visited his pa
rents last week.
Miss Edith Smith is visiting rela-
/ tives in New York.
Miss Virginia Peachy is visiting
8 relatives in Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. John s. Charles
spent Friday in Hampton.
Miss Sadie Malone spent yester-
day shopping in Richmond.
Mr.. William L. Phillips. of Wash
3ington. spent Wednesday here.
Miss Nora Ashmore was the guest
3of Miss Julia Tyler on Tuesday.
Miss Katherine Geddy is the guest
Of Miss Lady Lewis at West Point.
Mrs. James II. Stone has returned
4 home from short stay in Rich
mond.
Mr. and Mrs. William Jones spent
Sunday with the latter's mother in
New Kent.
Mrs. Upton. of Hampton. was
! he guest of Mrs. Spencer Lane.
4 tuesday.
Mrs. Virginia Christian has return
ed home from a visit to her son in
Hampton.
President Tyler returned home On
Monday. afer visit of several days
spent in New York.
Mrs. w. H. Tilledge and Miss AL
ice Iilledge spent several days in
Richmond this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Bracket
and daughter, of Richmond. visited
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Powell.
Mrs. Charles Bartlett and Miss
Katherine Henley spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. n. l. Henley.
Miss Bessie Lamb spent Satur-
day here on her return from a visit
70 Mrs. +. T. Lamb in Norfolk.
Mr.. w. B. Garlick has returned
10 his home in Richmond. after a
short visit 70 Mr.. T. B. Malone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Johnson. OF
Norfolk, were the guests of Col
Rnd Mrs. L. w. Lane on Sunday.
Miss Agnes Morecock left Wed
nesday for Newport News to visit
her brother. Mr.. Edloe Morecock.
Mrs. w. L. Jones returned home
Saturday after a visit Of several
laws 10 relatives in Portsmouth and
Newport News.
Misses Mamie Davis. Laura Still
wei. klzaoeth Morecock. Courtney
Rnd Irby attended the Educational
convention in Richmond last week.
Miss Ihelma Bailey. of Richmond.
eturned home Sunday afternoon.
liter spending several DAYS with her
INT. Mrs. w. r. Barlow.
Mrs. H. u. Stephenson. of To-
no. accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Jackson, Of Roanoke. visited the
istoric places IN Williamsburg Tues
lay
MIR. Claude Wolfe will leave next
feek for Madison, Wis. where he
as accepted an engagement with
be Madison ball team for the sea
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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-04-01

Easter cards and booklets al
Stone drugstore.
The Civic League viii hold an
important meeting this afternoon at
S o'clock at the Model school.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
WANT MABRAY MEN
TRIO ARRESTED ON COPY OF IN-
 DICTMENT IN IOWA.
Judge Jacob Trieber Held That the Men Under Charges Here
 Cannot be Removed.
nd Johnson.

Little Rock.-An effort on the part of federal authorities to have Monte Mccall, J. s. Johnson and I. J. War her, alleged members of the Mabray gang, transferred from the custody of the state authorities here to Council Bluffs, la, for trial there on an in dictment of having used the mails to defraud failed in it's purpose before Judge Jacob Trieber of the United States District Court.
 The three men were arrested on a warrant issued on a certified copy of the indictment from Council Bluffs and application was made at once for removal of the prisoners to the Southern District of Iowa.
 The three men were indicted by the Pulaski county grand jury on charges of grand larceny and of ob- taining money under false pretense, and as they are out on bond awaiting trial, Judge Trieber held that as they are in the custody of the state they cannot be removed to Iowa at this time. It was held that the bonds men here would be responsible until the charges here are duly tried and disposed of in court.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
CITYENGINEERSM MEET
FORTY-SEVEN DELEGATES GATH
 FER IN LITTLE ROCK.
American Society of Municipal I'm provements Hold Interesting
 Business Session.

Little Rock.-The American Socie- ty of Municipal Improvement; com- posed of the most distinguished mu- nicipal engineers and experts in the United States held this years ses- sion in the capital city of Arkansas, attended by 47 delegates from prac- tically throughout the country.
 The convention was called to order by president James Owen, of Mont clair, N. J. E. A. Kingsley, superin- tendent of public works in Little Rock, one of the vice presidents of the organzation, welcomed the del egates in a brief, but appropriate ad- dress.
 The discussions by the engineers Include every problem at all likely to be of serious consequence in the management of any municipality It is great honor and benefit to the capital city of the state to have this body of competent engineers discuss papers on municipal improvement in manner which will impart valuable knowledge to the men who have in hand local improvements.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
MINERS IN FIRE TRAP
NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED MEN ENToMBED AT CHERRY, ILL.
Relatives of Men Who are Slowly Suffocating to Death Crowd
 About Smoking Shaft.

Cherry, Ill.-Nearly 400 men and boys are believed entombed alive in the lower levels of the St. Paul coal mine at this place Experts succeed ed in penetrating the smoke-belching shafts to a depth of 300 feet, there was little hope held out for the grief stricken relatives who crowd day and night about the mouth of the tomb, waiting and watching for a single sign of encouragement from the unfortunate men below.
 Since the fire started in the mine last Saturday afternoon, the whole community has been under the stress and strain which a catastro- phe of this kind alone can bring. The St. Paul mine is owned by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, and nearly the entire male population of the town worked in the reeesses of the earth. ..
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
Found Slain on Top of skyscraper.

Oklahoma City-Roy B. Cannon, a real estate dealer, who came to this city from Lexington City, Ky, was found murdered on the top of the 10-story office building here, and $500 which he drew from bank is missing. Evident disorder in Gannon's office, on the fourth floor of the building, and his body dragged to the roof by a rope which was found about his neck. The body bore a number of cuts and bruises, and a number of the dead mans friends declare he was murdered as the result of a jeal- ous quarrel. The unfortunate young man was 2S years of age.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
DEPUTY SHOT DEAD
MYSTERY SURROUNDS KILLING
 OF J. J. MacDOUGALD.
Victim Was Driving With Friend on Public Highway When Assassin
 Fired From Ambush.

Little Rock.-The inquest held on daybreak Sunday morning, furnished no particulars as to the murder, or gave the officers no fresh clew, but afforded the opportunity for all the known facts concerning the tragedy to be made public.
 In company with Constable J. O.. Roberst, Morris Thomas, negro who was especially deputized for the oc- casion, and MT. MacDougald, who was deputy constable, left Gallo way Saturday night to raid craps game on the Baucum plantation, sev- erl miles south. After arriving at the place where the game was sup posed to be in progress, the officers found the house to be deserted. It is thought that the inended raid wa tipped off
 On the return from the place liar ris was riding in a buggy with MacDougal, and the two men were engaged in conversation. In pass ing a spot close to Faulkner's lake, which the highway skirts for some distance, two shots were fired from inside the barbed wire fence on the bank of the lake.
 In Harris testimony before the coroner's jury he stated that the dim form of man was seen when the shots were fired. A full charge of buckshot entered MacDougaPs body just below the shoulder blade, and ranged upward, two of them coming out of the breast close to the right shoulder. The mortally wounded man spoke but once, and then said feebly, they've got me, l am shot through and through"
 One of the buckshot struck Harris skull, blowing a furrow from behind the ear to the forehead, which re- suited only in copious flow of blood. From the direction of the shot it is figured that the assassin was kneeling when he fired, the dis tance being estimated at twelve of fifteen feet.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
MOB RULED NIGHT AT CAIRO.
White Man Accused of Killing Wife Taken From Cell and Hanoed.

Cairo, In.-The revolting murder and assault of Miss Anna Pelly, the confession of Will James, colored, the implication of an other negro, with the shocking details of the crime 1ncensed a mob of 10000 persons, including many women, to lynch the colored man who confessed, and a white man named Henry Salzner, who was in jail charged with having murdered his wife with an axe.
 Miss Pelly, aged P, a clerk in dry goods store in this city was dragged into an alley and assaulted. Bloodhounds were given the scent at the gag in the girls mouth, and James was arrested He denied all knowledge of the crime until taken from the jail and, when the rope was placed about his neck he muttered that he had killed the girl, and that Alexander was implicated in the das- tardly crime.
 The mob then attempted to string James to a steel arch, but the rope broke, and he was precipitated to the ground, where a hundred shots were  at once fired into the prostrate form. The body was dragged to where the young woman was found after she had been murdered, and there the black was thrown upon a pyre and the torch was applied by a woman.
 There were cries of men and wom. en in the mob for the life of Henry Salzner, who was in jail charged with wife murder, and he was taken from the cell and hanged to a tel ephone pole.
 It is estimated that there were at least ten thousand persons in the mob, and although martial law was declared, and the city was in the hands of an irate throng, there was quiet throughout the city; but Gov. Deneen ordered five companies of mi litia to the scene to prevent further trouble
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
IMPORTANT ELECTION ck
Writ of Mandamus Questioned by
 One of the Litigants. Power of Circuit Courts Over Eiec-

Writ of Mandamus Questioned by
 One of the Litigants.
 Power of Circuit Courts Over Eiec-
 tion Contests Questioned.
 In order that the supreme court should determine the question as to the jurisdiction of circuit courts to require a recount of the votes cast in an election for state senators, the response of the Sebastian County Election Commissioners to the mo- tion of Thomas Boles to dismiss the appeal in the case of Boles against the Sebastian County Commissioners was presented to that tribunal
 The ground on which Boles asked for dismissal of the case was that the order of the Sebastian Circuit Court for a writ of mandamus di- recting the election commissioners to recount the votes in certain wards and townships in Sebastian County, cast in the Twenty-eighth district at the election held September 4, 1908, had been superseded before the order of the court has been complied with, the Senate having declared Holland entitled to the seat On this account, Boles, the Republican contestant, contends that the question presents no real controversy, and that the appeal should be dismissed.
 The Sebastian County Election Commissioners, who are the appel lants in the case, raise the follow ing questions to prevent the dismis- sal of the case, and have asked the supeme court to pass upon them:
 Have circuit courts jurisdiction to issue writ of mandamus to con- trol or cause a recount of the elec- tion returns of state senatorial cleo tions?
 Have they jurisdiction to issue such a writ after the certificate has been issued to the person whom the returns how to be elected?
 Have circuit courts the power to grant writs of mandamus to compel the performance of ministerial acts after they have been performed as required by law?
 Have circuit courts the legal pow CT to issue writs of mandamus to obtain proof to be used in a sena- torial contest?
 Gan the process of the writ of mandamus be used as a means to aid and assist, and as an auxiliary to pending proceedings contesting a state senatorial election?
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
Automobile Takes Plunge in Riv

Chicago.-An automobile contain ing four persons plunged into the Chicago River at Jackson boulevard and the occupants of the big tour ing car were drowned A witness to the accident stated that the bridge at Jackson boulevard had been left open for a steamer to pass through and that the automobile, which had approached the bridge at rapid rate struck the abutment, turned over and fell into the river with all it's passen- gers.
 A momen later he saw a man and a woman struggling in the water The woman screamed for help, and just as the bridge tender threw out life preservers to the pair they sank and did not appear again.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
< < 4 STATE CAPITOL NOTES. < 4 4 %N

The DeQueen Telephone Company has purchased the lines which run to Ben Lomond and Mineral Springs. and thence to Nashville, and from that progressive city to Ashdown.
 The Southwestern Amusement Com pany of Hot Springs is the name of a new corporation chartered by the Secretary of State. The capital stock of the company is s25,000, of which $18,000 has been subscribed.
 A transcript has also been filed in the ease of J. NJ. Branch against A B. Gerlach, of Argenta, apealed fro1R the Pulaski county circuit court
 The Oil, Gas and Mining Compa> ny, of Oil City, notified the secretary charter
 The International Life Insurance Company of St. Louis has been char tered to do business in Arkansas.
 A proclamation of pardon has been issued in the case of Charley Sex Independence county.
 The Michigan-Arkansas Lumber Company of Detriot, incorporated un- der the laws of Michigan, has paid it's charter fees to the Secretary of State.
 A transcript has been filed in the case of Bank of Clarksvile against Ciarksville lumber company and oth- CTS.
 Sergeant Louis Sancier. U. s. A.. who has been assigned for service with the Arkansas National Guard. has started in at Jonesboro. where instruction was first given to the non-commissioned officers.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
Says noodoo Engine Killed Husband.

Little Rock.-Mrs. Mary c. Brown ing of this city filed suit aginst the Iron Mountain for s20,000 damages. The complaint alleges that the bus bandof the plaintiff was caught un- der the engine of the defendant rail- road and crushed to death on the 10th day of last May. It alleges that the wheels of the engine were too large, and that they came in contact with the frame of the engine, caus- ing it to overturn and kill the en- gineer
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
Burglar Makes Big Haul.

Newport.-R. H. Dyer, keeper of a grocery store and meat market, was robbed of s900 and a watch when a burglar entered his home in this city and carried of the spoils Mir Dyer was in the habit of carrying his mon ey. instead of banking it, and it is supposed that the party who robbed him was aware of this fact MT. Dy- CT was proprietor of a general store at 118 West Washington avenue, Ar genta, for two years, and located in Newport eight months ago.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
Automobile Takes Plunge in River

Chicago.-An automobile contain ing four persons plunged into the Chicago River at Jackson boulevard, and the occupants of the big tour ing car were drowned. A witness to the accident stated that the bridge at Jackson boulevard had been left open for steamer to pass through, and that the automobile, which had approached the bridge at rapid rate struck the abutment, turned over and fell into the river with all it's passen- gers.
 A momen later he saw a man and a woman struggling in the water. The woman screamed for help, and just as the bridge tender threw out life preservers to the pair they sank and did not appear again.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
Hypnotist's Subject Dies.

Somerville, N. J.-Robert Simpson, a former street car conductor, who died while acting as a subject for a hypnotist in this city, was declared to have died from natural causes. Professor Arthur Everton was plac- ed under arrest awaiting the outcome of the Investigation. A student of hypnotism was called in to try and resuscitate the victim, but to no pur- pose, however, and a post mortem examination revealed the fact that Simpson died from heart disease.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
LAW THINS DOCTORS
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT IS
 QUITE EFFECTIVE.
Applicants are Few Since New Statute Obtains.
Little Rock, Ark.

The state examining board of the Arkansas Medical Society in session at Little Rock, conducting the quar- terly examination of applicants for license to practice medicine, discov- cred that the educational qualified iion has reduced the number to take the examination.
 This is the first examnation held since the new law went into effect, the new statute requiring that ap- plicants for a physicians certificate be graduates of some reputable med ical college.
 Last examination there were S6 ap- plicants, and this time there were only 16. Among the applicants are four negroes, one of whom is wom- an.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
Asylum Imates Enter Suicide Pact

Memphis, Tenn.-As the result of a suicide epidemic in the Shelby county insane asylum, one patient is dead, another is seriously wounded and a third was saved by the valiant efforts of the asylum authorities.
 Frank Vandergrift, an insane pa tient, hanged himself with a bed sheet in his cell after he had assisted a keeper in cutting down John Scott, who also tried to execute himself with twisted sheet for rope A third inmate jumper from a high wall
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
Asylum lmates Enter Suicide Pac.

Memphis, Tenn.-As the result of suicide epidemic in the. Shelby county insane asylum, one patient is dead, another is seriously wounded and third was saved by the valiant efforts of the asylum authorities.
 Frank Vandergrift, an insane pa tient, hanged himself with a bed sheet in his cell after he had assisted a keeper in cutting down John Scott, who also tried to eNecute himself with twisted sheet f(r a rope A third inmate jumper front a high wall.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT URGED.
LccaI Organizations Formed Through
 out the State.


 An active campaign in school i'm provement association work, under the direction of State Superintend- ent George B. Cook, with Miss Eva Reichardt as field representative and state organizer is meeting with sue cess
 In response to invitations Miss Ref chardt organized associations at Sul- phur Rock, Cave City, Evening Shade and Ash Flat This itinerary was followed by visits to Rison, Kings land, Fordyce, Camden, Stamps and Lewisville, with Heber, Leslie, Mar shall and St. Joe next in order
 The work last year resulted n the organization of one hundred i'm provement associations in thirty-nine counties, with a membership of five thousand
 It is a source of qualification that the interest among patrons for better and more sanitary school buildings and surroundings in general has be- come statewide, and that the cam paign this year is meeting with the best possible success.
 The annual reports of the various associations throughout the state will be received and compared at the State Teachers Association, which meets at Hot Springs December 2S- 30, when the annual contest for the standing trophy offered by State Su- perintendent Cook for the banner inn provement association of Arkansas will be awarded. It is expected that the meeting of the State Teachers Association will show the school improvement work to have been or ganized in every county in the state.
 :. :. :.
 Would Help Agricultural Schools.
 With view of assisting the new board of trustees of the four agri- cultural schools, which are to be es- tablished in Arkansas, Commissioner Guy B. Tucker has urged the pen itentiary board to transfer $10,000 to the general revenue fund from the penitentiary fund for the use of the agricultural school trustees to assist them in their preliminary work.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
SECOND VARSITY REUNION.
Faculty, Alumni and Former Students
 Unite in a Joint Rally.

Unite in a Joint Rally.
 Fayetteville.-Until a year ago the only organization among the former students of the University of Arkan- sas was the Alumni Association, to which only graduates were eligible, but on the eve of last Thanksgiv- ing day the University Club was or ganized, and includes in it's mem bership many students who did not complete the course begun at the varsity, but who are enthusiastic in their support of the institution
 It was decided to hold an annual reunion of the former student body in Little Rock on Thanksgiving of each year, and preparations have been made for a big event this sea son.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
STATE HELPS PAY TAKES.
Resolution to That Effect Adopted by
 Penitentiary Board.


 The penitentiary board adopted a resolution declaring that it is in fa- vor of paying a pro rata share of the annual tax of the Linwood and Au- burn Levee District for the reVet- ment work at Cummins and for the maintenance of a levee at the state farm, based upon the acreage of the farm at the same rate of taxation as maintained on other property in the district
 During the discussion of the levee situation Gov. Donaghey stated that if it were feasible to secure $1.50 a day for the convicts for an indefi- mite period it would probably be well to hire out the convicts and abandon the farm.
 Com'r. Tucker suggested that rice might be grown on the farm at a greater profit than cotton, arguing that rice could be produced for about S10 per acre, which is great deal less than it costs to grow cotton.
 Attorney General Norwood and Au- ditor lobe were of the opinion that the present method of operating the farm is best, while Secretary of State Ludwig suggested that later on the wardens might be placed in charge of separate tracts, and prizes be giv- en for the best results.
 This discussion was carried on In a purely informal manner. and while no official action was taken by the board, it is reasonably certain that some changes will be made soon.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
Capital City Growing.

In a publication that has just been issued by Little Rock Board of Trade, the aggregate amount of bus mess done in Little Rock the past twelve months is placed at $115,000.- coo. The merchants received 39,720 carloads of goods and shipped out 40,2SS carloads. The bank clearings for the year were s73,873, 103.56, against s69,277 ,S63.16 for the preced- ing year.
 In the capitol city and Argenta. on the north side of the river, there are 1,500 various enterprises. The number of industrial plants in Little Rock, great and small, is 371, and the annual payroll is $4,5O0,OOo, little more than one-half of which is paid by the Missouri Pacific and the Rock Island railroad companies.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
DONAGHEY PLANS TO MOVE.
Governor Will Occupy Quarters In
 New Capitol in Near Future.

New Capitol Tn Near future.
 About the first of the new year there will be two vacant rooms in the old statehouse, and Governor Don- aghey will have established head quarters in the nnew state capitol building.
 Gov. Donaghey has decided to fit up without delay quarters for the ex- ecutive department, and hopes to be at the new state capitol when the contractor who succeeds in land ing the job of completing the struc- ture is ready to commence work.
 When the contractor begins work there will be a constantly shifting scene, for the reconstruction is eX- pected to be pushed to as early finish as possible.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
Corn Prize Exhibits Here.

in the Boys Corn Club contest at the Arkansas State Fair in Hot Springs has been received by the State Agricultural Department and is now on display. The exhibit, of Elmer Halter, of Conway, to whom was awarded the sweepstake prize, attracts particular attention, and has been sent to Omaha as an entry in the National Corn Exposition. It is estimated that 25,000 boys in Ark ansas will compete next year
The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-18
sss Bond Is Rejected.

Judge Jacob Trieber, in the United States Court, ordered a forfeiture of the bond of James w. Green, charg- ed with forging a money order, and suit was entered against Scipio A. Jones and Early Green, the bonds