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The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-29
POWELL MILBURN

A pretty home wedding occur red Saturday evening at SAD O. clock at the residence of Mir. and Mrs. John M. Milburn, at which time Mir. Howard Powell and Miss Blanche Milburn were unit ed in marriage.
 The ceremony was performed in the presence of a few intim- ate friends and relatives and was mpressively said by Rev. l.. M. Keeling
 The bride is the oldest daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Milburn, and is a young lady of exemplary character, and has a host of friends who will extend to her their best wishes.
 Mr. Powell is th0 son of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Powell, and is at present engaged as civil en- gineer in railroad construction work in Texas, and is young man with a bright future, and is to be congratulated upon secur- ing for a wife one of PrescOtts sweetest girls.
 Both were reared in Prescott and are quite popular with large circle of friends.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-29
NEW ADJUTANT GENERAL

Littlee RockMarCh 20. Next Thursday there will take place an important change in the Arkansas State Guard, Major l.. P. Berry who for the past two years will leave the Guard and be succeeded by J. k. Taylor, ed itor of the ParagOuld Soliphone who will act as Adjutant General for the next two years. Assist ant Adiutant General l.. F. Berry has been with the, Guard for a number of years. and was ap- pointed to his present position when Judge J. E. Martineau was appointed Chancellor of this dis trict by Acting Governor pindall There is a bill now in the legisla- ture for the separation of the of flee of Adjutant General from that of Secretary to the Cover nor and when it is passed Col Taylor will not be longer Assist ant Adjutanth General, but the real chief of the military organ Aation of the state with a sal ary in excess of that now given the Assistant Adjutant General Col. Taylor was hero Saturday. on his way to Hot Springs to spend the few days before re- turning to be sworn into the Ar kansas Army.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-29
TWO IMPORTANT
 MEASURES THIS WEEK
The Capitol Bill and the Prohibition
 Measure Will Be Reached Soon

Little Rock, March 29.-About every phase of the liquor and state capitol Question which could be touched upon has been now discussed and something def mate will probably be done upon these two propositions by the Arkansas legislature during the coming week. The Senate has the CarlOck-Grange resolution for constitutional prohibition and the Little Parks statutory pro- hibitiOn bill and the House has the Gam statewide prohibition bill amended by the Senate for submission to the people. The House and the Senate now un- derstand each other thoroughly upon this proposition, and if any liquor bill receive the approval of bo tn houses, it must be a sub- mission bill. The Senate has spOk- en and so emphatically the House must yield if it is sincere in wanting statewide prohibition. The Senate will never pass any thing but a submission bill, and unless the House is playing for time, to allow the session to end without action on any bill it will accept the Gam bill as amended and allow the people of the state to vote upon the ques- tion. In all the prohibition bi'as introduced so far there are no distinctive differences, the House simply bringing on new, ones as fast as the Senate knocks them in the head by amending with the submission clause.
 The state capitol matter is more simple however, though there are at least ten measures of this kind in the two houses. It is thought the House will call up the Pat terson bill before the end of the week and pass it. as the members haveb egun to realize the Gov ernor is right and if they are go- ing to stand on the side of right they will have to support the Governor in his efforts to com plete the New State Capitol.
 Senator Hamp Williams recent ly elected to fill the. vacancy in the Thirty-first district was cer- tified to the Senate today iby Secretary of State O. c. Ludwig and as soon as he takes the oath J. E. Wadley of Hot Springs who has been serving as Senator from that district pending the election will return to his paste pot and scissors on the Hot Springs news of which he is the proprietor. Sen ator Wadley has been more than anxious for the past three weeks to make the change. His place in the fight for racing in Hot Springs will be taken by Senator Williams who also believes rac- ing means much for the financial advancement of Hot Sprigns. The racing bill will be reported on favorably by the committed by favorably by the committee of the Senate which is now fondling it, before the end of the week. It is almost sure of passage in the Senate but in the House a stiff fight must be made to secure it's passage.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-29
200 CONNECTS LEASED.

Special to the News.
 Little Rock, March 20, 2:35 D. Unless the legislature pass es an act before April 10th, aboIishing the practice of hiring convicts, or Governor Donaghey succeeds in his avowed intention of preventing, two hundred state convicts will be leased on that day to W. L. Reaves, for the period of year, at the rate of $1.OO per day for each convict.
 This action was decided upon today at one of the stormiest sessions of the penetentiary board held in months, which lasted faom Il o'clock this morning to 1 o'clock this after noon.
 Governor Donaghey and State Auditor lobe, chairman of the board, opposed the lease, and Secretary Ludwig, Attorney General Norwood and Commis sioner Tucker favored it.
 Governor Donaghey says w. l.. Reaves and Wallace Dickinson are practically the same when it comes to hiring convicts.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-29
WEDDINGS OF PROM.
 INVENT COUPLES
MT. Howard Powell to Miss Blanche MiIburn, and MT. Edgar Erwin
 to Mss Alta Martin.
ERWIN MARTIN

On last evening at $50 o'clock, Mr. Edgar Erwin of Long Beach Cal. was married to Miss Alta Martin of Prescott. The cere- mony was performed by Judge A. M Denman at the home of the brides brother, Mir. Nat Mar tin and was witnessed by a few friends and relatives.
 Miss Martin has been teaching in the Prescott public schools dur ing the past session, and was lov- ed by the pupils as we'll as pos sessing the confidence and es- teem of the patrons. She is lady of high accomplishments and Mr. Erwin is to be congratula ted upon his choice of a wife,
 Mr. Erwin is a son of Rev. j. w, Erwin of Albany township, and a young man of excellent charac- ter and a business man of high standing
 Years ago the couple were S"eetheartS, when as children the lived neyighbors in their country homes near Sutton. They had pledged their love, but an arrangement came, Mir. Erwin went to California, and carried With him the ring Miss Martin had worn for him. That was elgnt years aOO.
 But true love never dies. Re- eehtly a reconciliation brought MT Erwin back from his western nome, and he placed upon her fin ger again the same emblem of allectlon that he had given be-
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-29
ELKS ELECT OFFICERS
Hope News.

Hope News.
 Last evening at a largely at tended meeting of the Order of Eiks in their handsomely equip ped rooms, the election of of ficers was held with the follow ing result:
 Exalted Ruler, s. H. Briant Esteemed Leading Knight, Geo. VI. Green; Esteemed Loyal k night, w. NJ. Cantley Esteemed Lecturing Knight, w. J. Ham mond; Secretary, Ed. McCorkle; l; Treasurer. R. T. White; Trustee C. A. Haynes; Tiler F. k, Eth ridge; Delegate to Grand Lodge, ]. D. Barlow
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-29
DEATH OF COL. JOHN
 COPE, OF TEXAS
Quietly Passes Away at the Home of
 His Son at Atlanta.

The many friends of Coll John Cope will be grieved to learn that he is dead. He departed this life on the 26th inst at five o. clock in Atlanta, Tex. He moved to this country just after the Civil War and engaged in plant ing on the Godbolt farm He liv- ed for several years at Falcon From there he moved to Rosston. In 1876 he moved to this city and engaged in the mercantile business. In 1895 he was strick- en with para ysis and had to dis continue business. About eight years ago he moved to Texas to live with relatives He was mar ried but his wife proceeded him two or three years, and was bur- jed at Queen City, Tex. He was buried by her side on the 27th.
 He was a gentleman of integ- rity and characacter, good citizen and a devoted member of the Methodist church.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-29

fore-and this time until death do us part"
 The happy couple departed to- day for Long Beach. their fu ture home and arc followed by the best wishes and prayers of friends whom the News joins in trusting for them a long life of peace and happiness.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-29
READ THIS.

Prescott, Ark, Dec. 12.-Thls certifies 1 have been selling Halls Texas Wonder for years and re- commend it as the best kid ney, bladder and rheumatic medi- cine I have ever sold. Hesterly Drug Store.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-10
PENNSY WRECK
PROBE BEGINS
IN JERSEY CITY
State Railroad Commission Del
egates Expert to Attend
Today's Hearing.

JERSEY CITY, Nov. 10.-A commit
tee in this city today began an inyesti-
CATION of the causes of the wreck on the
Pennsylvania Railroad last Saturday.
which cost FIVE lives and resulted in the
injury of a large number of passengers
The State Railroad Commission, at the
request of the Pennsylvania Railroads
general manager, w. H. Meyers. has
delegated its expert, Inspector c. d.
McKelvey, to be in Jersey City and sit
as a member of the committee.
TRENTON, Nov. 10.-In addition to
the railroads investigation OF the
causes of the Jersey City wreck, the
State railroad commissioners voted
to meet In Jersey City a week
from next Friday, November 10, in
the offices of the Riparian Commission.
in the Commercial Trust Company,
there to begin an Independent investi-
CATION of the fatal crash In the name
if the State.
A letter was ordered written to Frank
L. Sheppard, superintendent of the New
York division, asking for information
as to the company's policy in giving
Information to the public in cases of
accident. This was done because COM
plant was made to the commission that
it was impossible to get news of killed
and injured last Saturday n because
of complaints from patrons of the road
that they were kept waiting on station
platforms for trains without being in
formed that traffic was tied up.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-10
MANY ATTEND CONFERENCE
OF MISSIONARY SOCIETY,

With a large attendance the
Woman's Home Missionary Society
started its two-day conference at the
Central Methodist Episcopal Church to-
day. Mrs. Charles s. Woodruff Sre-
sided. The Rev. William HI. Morgan
gave the greeting address. He dwelt
on the fact that all problems, which
confront the missionary lands could be
found in the large cities Of this cSun-
try because OF the large amount Of
foreign population. He said:
For thirteen years I have seen the
growth of this city from the pulpit, and
in our midst there are $50, 900 people.
Ten thousand are native born; there
are $1,000 Jews, and from 80, 900 to 1000
Italians. 1 do not know a grander
field than this for missionary work.
Every problem met with in Europe is
here" He concluded by saying: What
Is needed is q more energetic campaign
to give the church teachings to the I'M
migrant"
Mrs. c. n. Prettyman. president OF
the Roseville auxiliary. gave the re-
sponse to the greeting.
After these ceremonies the regular
annual reports from the auditing COM
mittee and the treasurer followed. There
viii be meetings tomorrow. n in the
morning and one in the afternoon.
The officers Of the conferences are:
Mrs. Charles woodruff. F1emington,
president; Mrs. Hediey r.. woodward,
North Asbury Park. corresponding Sec
rotary; Mrs. J. Hervey Doane, Plain
field, recording secretary; Mrs. Emeline
C. McNaughton, P~lainfield, treasurer.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-10
STEEL TRUST IN
BIG LABOR CONVENTION.
Resolution Calls It "Most
Formidable Enemy"

TORONTO, Ont, Nov. 10.-Among
the score of resolutions offered today
for consideration by the convention of
the American Federation of Labor was
n by p. ]. McArdle. president of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers of North Amer
lea. declaring the United States Steel
Corporation to be the most formidable
and aggressive enemy Of orga mixed
labor. The resolution, which was re-
ferred to the committee on resolutions,
say in part: Il
Resolved, That this convention rec
ognizes the United States Steel Corpor-
gressive enemy of the movement 1t has
to contend with; that We believe the
thorough organization of all branches
Of it's business is the most important
and necessary work that could engage
the attention. time n efforts of the
American Federation Of Labor and It's
affiliated national and International or
ganizations, and that we recommend
that a meeting be held during the ses-
sion of this convention of the executive
officers of all organizations represent
ed, together with the president and Sec
rotary of the American Federation of
Labor, to consider the outline of a
campaign of organization among the
employees Of the United States Steel
Corporation and to consider IN devise
ways and means of making the strikes
Of the afiliated organizations now
pending more effective, to the end that
they may be brought to a successful
conclusion"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-10
SAYS he
SAW HULLS YACHT
SINKING IN inlet
Rockaway Waters Are Searched
for Missing Architect, Who
Was Bound for Bayonie.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Friends Of
Washington Hull, the architect, OF 1o'
| South Portland avenue, Brooklyn, wne
has been missing in his sloop yacn'
| Commodore since last "Wednesday, To-
day chartered a tug which started &c
investigate a story of a sunken yacn'
Fin Rockaway inlet.
Captain Milton r. Rider. owner OF the
Agnes, a fifty-four-foot sloop yacht
and whose home is at 3S Vine street
Richmond Hill, saw a yacht sink m
Rockaway Inlet last Thursday. he
was on his way through the fnle'
bound for the open sea on a nsnihe
trip.
The Agnes had reached a point 9
little short of three-quarters of a mile
from the Rockaway coast when Cap
tain Rider noticed what later turned
out to be the masthead of a sloop and
about ten feet of sal. 1t was just day
break, and the captain could see a
fairly good distance. No persons were
in the water near the sinking craft,
nor were there any signs of life in any
direction. =
ACCORDING 10 Cdptdih Itlhei, TIC po~
he saw sinking was. In his judgment, q
sloop yacht. 1t might or might NOT
have beer the Commodore. He made
no attempt to reach the sinking boat,
because he had no way to tow 1t back
to shore, even II 1t had been possible
for him to get the craft above the water
again.
The place where the boat was seen to
sink is a short distance west of what
is known as the Sea Bell Buoy" 1t
is located close to the entrance to the
inlet and within swimming distance OF
the Rockaway shore.
The. point where the yacht was seen
to sink by Captain Rider is in the
course that would, In ordinary circum-
stances, have been followed by the
Commodore on her way out to- sea. Mr..
Hull had stated his Intentions of taking
the Commodore to winter quarters at
Bayonne,
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-10
GIRL HURT in SLED CRASH
WITH CAR SUES FOR $4,000.
Miss Margaret Reed, of Mont.
clair, the Plaintiff.

Miss Margaret Reed, of IA Midland
avenue. Montclair. figured as the plain
tiff in the trial of an action for $4,000
damages against the Public Service
Railway Company before Judge Adams
and a jury In the Supreme Court circuit
today. She was in a party coasting on
a bobs1ed down Claremont avenue, in
her home town, February II, 1908, when
it crashed into a trolley a running
along the Valley road.
Three other suits for a like amount
grew out of the accident. Miss Reed
was one of the most seriously injured of
the party.
Samuel Kalisch, who is trying the
case for the plaintiff, told the Jurors
that the sleighing had been allowed by
the local Authorities and a policeman
stationed at the crossing. In spite OF
this, he said, the car went ahead and
the result was thai the merry-making
was turned into an occasion of grief.
william L. Ludlam, jr.. who owned
and ran the bobsled, testified that its
front part crashed into the fender ant
that the car was standing still at the
time. He wanted to argue matters
with Howard MacSherry, counsel TO
the trolley company, on the cross-ex
animation when that lawyer exclaimed
"You can ride a bobsled very poorly
but you can't run the court at all"
The defense will try to show that 4
was Ludlam's fault that the acciden'
happened.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-10
DIDN'T
ROB RICH FARMER,
STRANGER WRITES
Mysterious Letter Says Author
Knows Thief and Neighbor
Is Innocent.
Especial to the Newark star.l

FLORENCE. Nov. 10.-Following the
receipt by Schuyler Rainier. the wealthy
farmer, whose safe was robbed on Fri
day by a masked bandit, Of a mystic
rious letter, the police have started a
hunt for the writer in the hope that
he can throw some light on the rob-
berry. The letter, signed only with the
initials "A. v. D." was sent from Phiia-
delphia, and the writer declares he
knows who robbed Rainier and that
William Hamilton, Rainier's well-to-do
neighbor, who was arrested, charged
with the crime. is Innocent.
The letter goes on to state that the
writer was approached two weeks ago
by the man who committed the robbery.
and who said he knew a farmer In
Florence WHO never kept less than $751;
900 in the house and that he was easy
to rob. He asked "A. ". D." to help
him put the job through, promising
him half the proceeds.
"A. ". d." writes that he knows the
wife of the robber and says she re-
ceived a money order from her husband
late Saturday night for $500. He said
he was trying to get $50, the amount
left after the wife had deposited $40
in a Philadelphia bank, and bring 1t to
Florence with him for Identification
purposes. His arrival will arouse great
interest. \
Disputing the alibi that Hamilton
seeks to establish, Rainier in an in
terview today declared that Hamilton
had confessed to him before he was
charged with the robbery, his presence
Friday afternoon near h Rainier farm
home. ii
II was not ten feet away from my
own farm all day" a been Hamiltcn's
stolid declaration since his arrest.
Rainier said that after old Mrs. Nick
son had told him that Hamilton was
the thief. he found Hamilton in a
shack at the Haedrlck sand quarry.
"I told Hamilton how I had been
robbed" said Rainier. Immediately he
said he had seen three suspicious look
ing men along the railroad and followed
them down to my rye field. Yet he
says now he was not away from his
farm all day."
Rainier said HI holds a $500 mortgage
on Hamilton's farm and that Hamil-
ton was two months behind in his last
interest payment of $25.
Hamilton. when questioned on this
subject, declined to discuss his AFFAIRS.
sympathy here is almost overwheim-
ingiy with Hamilton, and his friends
are confident he will be proved inno-
cent. In this event they predict unpleas-
ant consequence for some OF the ao-
cusers.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-10
MAN HIT BY TRAIN WHILE
CROSSING TRACKS LOSES.
Court Rules Victim OF Accident
Can't Get Damages.

TRENTON, Nov. 10.-Upon the die
tum that a railroad company owes no
duty of care to a traveller that, after
alighting from a train on a station
PLATFORM, undertakes to cross the tracks
at a place on the company's property
not designated for that purpose by the
company, the SUPP me Court has re-
versed the Judgment of the Atlantic
County Circuit Court and ordered a
new trial in the damage suit of Flank
Garrett against the Atlantic City and
Shore Railroad Company.
The plaintiff, a passenger on one OF
the defendants trains, alighted at
Central avenue, Linwood. AT that
point there was no station building.
but there were two small platforms,
one each side of the two tracks, but not
opposite to each other. The company
had provided no connecting pathway
across Its tracks. the route from either
platform being directly to the highway
where the tracks were crossed by q
pathway. The plaintiffs home was
across the tracks from the platform
on which he alighted, and his route
thither was by. the highway. Accord.
ingly he would naturally pass from his
| platform into the read. then across the
track in the rear OF his train and owe,
the second track used by trains run
ming in the opposite direction. The
| night of the accident it was dark, ant
there was a thunderstorm. AS Garrett
walked around the rear of his train and
started across the tracks he wal
| struck by a train running In the op'
posite direction. He brought suit ant
the verdict was in his favor.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-10
WIDOWS EMPLOYEE GONE
WITH $3.50, SHE CHARGES
Woman Asks Arrest of Man She
Hired to Run Saloon.

Mrs. Emma Rossnagel, of 100 Maine
street, reported to the police of the
Third Precinct that Henry Luhrs, an
old acquainted at Paterson, whom she
had employed as bartender ein a sa-
loon she ha just opened, left two days
ago taking with him mere than $3.50.
Mrs. Rossnagel is a widow and pur-
chased the saloon just six weeks ago
Knowing that Luhrs was q former
,saloon-keeper and was seeking q po-
sition, she offered him the management
of the place at a weekly salary. Mrs.
Rossnagel told Captain Christie that
Luhrs said he had $2,700 in bank and
could be of assistance to her In case
bills needed prompt payment.
Mrs. R~ossnagel yesterday visited Pat
erson and told her troubles to her
brother, who is a policeman. He ad-
vised here to notify h police here, and
they have started q search for III man