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The Prescott daily news., 1909-07-22
Mrs. A. E. Shank/e

pleasure of all. The Third Regi- ment Band has been engaged to furnish music and invitations
 have been extended to Governor Geo. w, Donaghey, Hon Harry Meyers and Hon J. O A Bush to addGess the people. A complete program will be arranged and various forms of amusement are being planned It is purposed to make this the biggest public gathering ever held in Hope and with the efficient committee, headed by MT. Young in charge of the arrangements it's success is an assured fact.-Star of Hope
The Prescott daily news., 1909-07-22

and the peculiar circumstances under which the killing occurred. Day was acquitted by the mag istrate.
 Attorney Alexander H. Roweli or this city who defended Day at the preliminary hearing stated last night that Day who is his brother-insiaw is now employed at Bigelow. He said Day had been informed of his indictment and was on his way to this city to make bond for his reappearance.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-07-22
TELEPHONE COMPANY.

Jonesboro, July 22-What will be known as the Peoples Teiel- phone Company has been organiz- ed to build and operate telephone lines through the eastern part Of Craighead county. The con- prry has incorporated for S'C.- eco The lines of the new com- pany will connect with the Home Telephone Company at Jonesboro.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-07-22
A NEW HOTEL.

Eidorado, July 22-P,ans and specifications for the new S6O,- GOO hotel which is to be built here this summer have been com pleted and work will probably be started in the near future. It is expected that the building will be completed by the middle of November.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-07-22
REMOVAL NOTICE

HALLS TEXAS WONDER will remove Kidney, Bladder and Rheumatic trouble. S1.0O bottle contains 60 days treatment and seldom one bottle fails to cure. Sod by Hesterly Drug Store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
KENs1NGToN, MD.
Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
KENSINGTON, Md. March q, 1o0o.
George B. Buck recently met with q
painful accident. some hot metal splash
ing into his eyes. His condition 10 re-
ported to be improving.
Representatives of the Mckay Engl-
neering Company of Baltimore have been
In Kensington this week looking over the
ground preparatory to commencing work
on the new road between here and Chevy
Chase. The work will be done by the
Miles. Tighe Construction Company Of
Easton Pa. which has been building
roads for the Mckay Engineering Com
pany. Horses. wagons. carts. scrapers
and other equipment have already ar
rived here by way Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and the contractors may
commence work next Monday. force
of fifty or sixty men will be kept busy.
The contractors are able to build a mile
of road a month, with good weather. and
expect to finish this. road by the end Of
next summer, at any rate.
William l.. Miller has transferred to
Catherine Clabby of Kensington lot 8
and part of lot ., block, IL, Kensington
Park.
w. A. Johnson has transferred to Pres
ton B. Ray and ]. Dawson Williams lots
%. 30. 81 and 30, block II, KensingtOn
Park.
The Womens Club Of Kensington will
hold it's annual reunion the evening of
April 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
SLASHED WITH A KNIFE.
Robert Burgess in the Hospital Suf
fering From Cuts in the Head.

Robert Burgess, cOlored, of 1913 Church
street northwest. was removed to the
Emergency Hospital about 1870 o'clock
this afternoon suffering from cuts on his
head and face. which were inflicted with
butcher knife in the hands OF another
co'ored man said to be l.. Haskins of
1927 18th street northwest.
The two men were employed as dish
washers at the Crown cafe. 80 18th
street northwest and were working to-
gether when. It is stated. Burgess took
Haskins to task for some work he had
not properly performed. The latter is
said to have angrily picked up the butch
err knife and slashed Burgess twice
across the head and face with it. He
made a third slash at his fellow employe.
but the knife struck radiator and the
blade broke in two.
The assai'ant jumped out of a back
window and then climbed a rear fence.
He later entered the rear yard OF a store
on E street and ran through the place
and escaped.
Several walters in the place heard the
quarrel and upon going to the kitchen
found Burgess with blood streaming from
the cuts. The ambulance of the Elmer
gency Hospital was summoned and he
was taken to that institution, where a
cut was found across his head about
three inches long and another on the left
side of the face near the eye. His con-
dition is not regarded as serious.
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Disaster and EARTHQUAKE.

Frank A. Perret. Formerly Honorary Assistant at
Royal Vesuvian Observatory, in the Century.
Let US now set aside all sentiment, and
try to differentiate between the disaster
as such and the earthquake itself Let
us realize the fact that If the population
of these cities had been ten times as
large the disaster would have been cor
respondingly greater while the earth
quake would have remained the same;
and the still more interesting fact that
u. instead of these rubble-built cities. a
large army had been encamped on the
spot, there would have been no disaster
Whatever the earthquake still remaining
Inc same Years ago laws were passed
prohibiting the erection of houses having
more than two stories, but avarice led
10 the building of tall. flimsy structures
Whfch would accommodate many fam
mes and bring the owners a goodly rental
ana yet this was in a well known seis-
mic area. where quakes were of fire.
quent occurrence. and a great one might
be expected at any time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
TWO MORE FOR THE CHAIR.
John and William Brown Convicted
for Powhatan Murder.

POWHATAN. Va. March 27.-John and
William Brown. father and son. both COL
ored. charged with assisting in the rob-
berry and burning of Southeast. the an
and the murder Of Mrs. Skipwith
and the murder of Mrs. Mary Skipwith
and Walter G.. Johnson. her caretaker.
have been adjudged guilty of murder In
the first degree and sentenced to die In
the electric chair. This makes five con-
victiOns thus far in this case. There re-
main seven other negroes yet to be tried.
Those already sentenced to the chair be-
s,des the two Browns are Joe and Isham
Taylor and Lewis Jenkins. The Taylors
and Jenkins will be electrocuted April 20.
The other two will probably die at the
same time.
The younger Brown was placed on trial
Thursday. all the evidence being taken
and the case partially argued before ad-
tournment. The argument was conclud-
ed yesterday and the case given to the
jury. the inQusitors returning almost i'm
medtately with a first degree verdict
against the youth. Brown took his SEN
tence sullenly.
The negro appeared dazed and unable
to appreciate what was happening about
him. He was Immediately taken from
the cellroom 10 the Jail. where he was
turned over to the company Of his fellow
conspirators. the two Taylors and Jen-
kins.
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APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC
Commissioner mcfarland Asks Washington
Citizens. to Help in Worthy Causes.

Pressing the appeal of the joint finance committee of the
Associated Charities the Citizens Relief Association and
the Association for the Prevention of tuberculosis, Commits
soner H. B. F. mcfarland has addressed letter to the pub
lie of Washington follows:
THE people of the National capital always
in their responses the appeals of worthy plantropc
have doubt therefore that when the present
of the Associated Charities the Citizens Relief Asso
and the Association for the Prevention Of tuberculosis
known the community will contribute all that
sary. 1t enough to make the needs known We
have every to be proud of done by these
organizations represented by the joint finance committee
which, by the way, excellent of concentrating
the appeals of these organizations that citizens
mporuned by the organizations separately The country
large recognizes the work of these organizations OF the
highest character and held up standard by experts
in the principal cities 1t has proved its value saving the
community twothrds of what used give similar eff
fort and the time simplifying the good results three
fold This commends itself to every business and to
every who understands the matter.
Moreover instead of pauperizing those helped it has
uplfted them and has shown that friend need better
than money All its work is sane, sympathetic and
tive hope it will not be to make further
special appeal but that the money will promptly
Let every citizen give little hesating because it
is little, and the needed will be forthcoming
"HENRY B. F. MCFARLAND
president Board of Commissioners of the
District of Columbia
Contributions should be the joint finance
mittee 8I1 G northwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
ALEXANDRIA COUNTY.

A Catholic church will be built at CIar-
endon on the property of Charles Rausch-
err.
John McGwinn had ground broken this
week on his property in the Rocker addi-
ton at Clarendon for a residence.
The members of the NJ. E. Church OF
Clarendon have secured a new organ.
Mrs. Cora Inge of Norfolk. Va. is the
guest Of Mrs. Jane Galleher Of Claren-
don.
Charles Miller of Vienna, Va, is build
ing a six-room home on Clements avenue,
Ballston.
The Ballston fire company responded to
call Thursday night, the house of Ed
ward Stewart being in danger, as the
chimney was on fire and a high wind
prevailing. With the aid of the new
chemical engine the fire was soon extin-
guished. Three of the firemen, Charles
Gessford. I Speer and Ray Pearson. fell
from the roof to the ground, but escaped
serious injury.
At a meeting Of the Ballston fire COM
pany. Friday night. the following commit
tee was appointed to purchase a suitable
lot at Ballston on which to erect fire
company building: j. F. Thompson, Ellis
Lewis and Howard Smoot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
ANACOSTIA AND VICINITY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Mcpherson of 149 High
street, Anacostia, entertained last even
ing in honor of the sixteenth birthday
anniversary Of their daughter Marie
Among those present were Miss VeryIe
Watson. Miss MYRTLE Tolson. Miss Ada
Bobbets. Miss Anna Price. Miss Alma
Emo, Miss Louise Weiss, Miss Dorothea
Lutz, Miss Alice Quade, Miss Sibyl
Sipher, Miss Alice Scott, Miss Elsie
Branson and Charles and Julian Stevens.
George Frazier. Charles Etzler. Percy
Simpson. Donald Mason and Finley Nc
Pherson.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Glennen have gone
TO Seattle. Wash. Mr.. Glennen will at
tend to some interests of the United
States fish commission while there.
A unique gathering was held last We'd
nesday evening at the residence Of Mr..
Paxton. Arthur street, Anacostia, for
the benefit of the Baptist Church. 1t
a mum party. No one was supposed
to talk Any one who did was fined )
cents. Prizes were given. Mr.. Coopeman
winning first prize for keeping quiet the
longest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
RAISING CASH FOR CHARITIES.
Lisner Scheme of S. Clubs Has Been
Started.

Following the suggestion Of A. Lsner of
the joint finance committee of the Asso-
ciated Charities. the Citizens Relief AS
ISOLATION and the Association for the Pre-
vention of tuberculosis, for raising the
remaining $4,000 necessary to complete
the years work, the scheme of s. clubs,
worked so successfully last year, has
been started.
Mr. Lisner has charge of the movement
and has started several clubs lists with
his own subscription. Membership fees
of s. should be sent to the charities head
quarters, Sill G. street. Mr.. Lisner argues
that only $500 members are needed to
raise the entire amount. The secretary
acknowledges today the membership and
fees from Mr.. and Mrs. William Cor
coran Eustis, s. each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
BENNING AND VICINITY.

BY declaring the present system of mail
service inadequate the Benning Citizens
Association At meeting last night
placed itself on record as being dissatis-
fed with conditions which have existed
since the removal of the station jan
uary I.
1t was decided to instruct the commit
tee of mail service to proceed with the
effort to secure better mail facilities. The
committee consists of Frank j. Scion.
chairman; L. s. Savage and G. w. Beck
w. II. Richardson, president of the
Benning Citizens Assoc alton. is still con-
fined to his home by a severe attack of
rheumatism.
While alighting from an east-bound
car on the Columbia line Fernald Hunt
of Central Heights sprained his ankle and
had to be assisted to his home.
he Benning NJ E. Church Sunday
school is making arrangements for its
annual Easter celebration under the d.
rection of l.. A. Milstead, recently elect
ed superintendent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Barker of Seat
Pleasant celebrated their tenth wedding
anniversary Thursday evening. A din
ner was given in their honor by Mrs. r.
c. SmallwoOd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
LEEsBURG, VA.
spec,a1 Correspoudeuce Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, March %, 1909.
Two colored men were arrested at
Ashburn. Loudoun county. Wednes-
day by Deputy Sheriff Lambert. VINO,
suspecting them Of being convicts who
recently escaped from the gang at
work on the road from Middleburg to
The Plains. brought them to Leesburg
and lodged them in Jail. A guard
from The Plains arrived here today and
found the men were not the escaped
convicts, but they are being held as
suspicious characters"
Col v. NJ. Johnston Of Mountsville.
this county. has announced himself a
candidate for f1oater delegrate from
Loudoun and Fauquier counties in the
Virginia legislature.
Fire destroyed the dwelling house
of William Silcott, near Lincoln, this
county. Tuesday. The flames Origi-
mated from a defective flue and de-
stroyed the entire house and contents.
There was no insurance.
Ex-senator Cockrell Of Missouri mas
purchased several acres on the Blue
Ridge mountain, near Bluemont, and
will build a summer residence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
VIRGINIA SCHOOL ROMANCE.
State University Student WEEDS
Trained Nurse in Secret.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va. March 81
Announcement has been made of the mar
riage of James f. Scroggin of Morrilton,
Ark. a student at the University of Vir-
ginia. and Miss Fannie Fry, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Fry. who reside near
Frys Spring. just south OF the city The
affair was kept a secret until yesterday
The marriage took place December % at
Rockville. Md. the ceremony being per-
formed by Rev. Mr.. White of the Bap-
fist Church Of that town Miss Fry had
gone. TO Rockville to visit relatives and
was Joined by MIR. Scroggin. Immediately
after the ceremony Mr. Scroggin returned
to his studies at the university. and the
bride to her home near this city
They first became acquainted at the
University Hospital where Miss Fry had
entered upon the course of a trained
nurse. soon after her graduation from the
Charlottesville High School, Mr.. Scrog-
gin Is a third-year student in the medical
department of the university. For the re-
mainder Of the session. now that the mar
riage has become known, Mr. Scroggin
will make his home with his brides par
ents. This summer the couple will GO to
the grOOm's home In Arkansas, where the
vacation will be spent. Mr.. Scroggin will
graduate with his class in June. 1910.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
TARIFF REVISION UPWARD
MR.. POU CHARGES REPUBLI-
CANS WITH BREAKING FAITH.
Declares Payne Bill Even Worse
Than Dingley Law-Wool and
Hides Schedule Attacked.

Mr.. Pou of North Carolina discussed
the new tariff bill in the House yester-
day afternoon.
Mr.. POu asserted that the Payne bill
was a worse measure than the DIngley
law and charged the republicans that.
Tin the teeth of your promise to the peo-
pie to revise downward, you have revised
upward He argued that shoes should
be placed on the free list if hides are ad-
mtted free Of duty.
The wool schedule was severely criti-
cised by Mr.. Pou, who declared that the
very necessaries of ordinary everyday
living have been doubled by the imposi-
ton Of the duties provided therein. He
also said that the duties on women's and
children's gloves have been increased
with the result that every woman and
child IL, America will suffer. while the
beneficiaries of the change would be con-
fined within the limits of one city. Glow
ersville, N. Y.
Mr.. Pol criticised the republicans for
not granting the peanut. mica and long
staple cotton interests of the south the
increased duties that they requesed and
claimed that the only reason for refusing
to Increase the dtuies on these articles
was the fact that the people in the sec
lions Oh the south Wnere they are pro-
duced did not vote the republican ticket.
Mr.. Macon of Arkansas condemned the
90 per cent drawback feature of the bill
and ce: sured the provision putting such
articles as uncut diamonds. rubes. sap
phires and other precious stones and old
works OF art on the free list.
Speaking in favor of placing lumber on
the free list Mr.. Rowland, Ohio. declared
that the continuance of a lumber tariff
on the statute books, as protective
tariff casts discredit on the entire system
of protection. He said that those who
favor the tariff on lumber oppose its re-
moval because it keeps up prices and
makes it pay to work up the entire tree
and not leave the tops and limbs in the
forests to rot or burn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
Food Value of Alcohol.
From the Hospital.


That alcohol does something both tee
totalers and drunkards are agreed. and
any medical man who wants a desired eff
feet in a patient can clearly Judge by his
clinical sense whether it is or is not OBJ
tanned by a certain dose Of alcohol These
considerations apply to the so-called die
tetic as well as to the purely medicinal
use OF alcoholic beverages In the for
mer case however we must never lose
sight of the fact that certain quantity
Of fluid must be taken by the body during
the day. and that the taste and flavor OF
this fluid may considerably influence the
nutritive value which a given individual
can extract from a given diet.
There are certainly many people who
take the lighter forms of alcoholic bev-
erage, as. for instance. wine and beer. not
because they want or they like the alco-
hol, but because they can digest and as
simulate their food better with drink OF
a specific flavor, only to be obtained as
by-product of alcoholic fermentation
under certain conditions. In these cases
the flavor Is the essential active principle
and the alcohol is the adjuvant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
Slaughter Of Doves in Georgia.

Albany tGa.) Cor. Atlanta Constitution.
The annual slaughter Of doves, which
reaches it's height in this section In the
last two weeks of February and the first
half Of March. is now in full swing. and
tens of thousands of these birds are being
killed in baited fields Last Saturday
morning several shoots were held in the
vicinity Of Albany. Two thousand birds
were bagged in one field and probably as
many more in the others.
The doves are very much less plentiful
than they were a few years ago, and are
becoming fewer every winter. The law
appears to be violated with impunity
throughout this whole section of Georgia.
If common report is to be believed. AL
bany sportsmen are discussing an organ
izatiOn among themselves to attempt next
year to enforce the law as it applies to
doves. and it is hoped that this example
will be followed in other communities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
One Belted Earl.
,m the Youths COMPANION.

From the Youths Companion
The Earl of Leicester. who died recent
ly, was known as the first farmer of
England" On the great estates which
he inherited from his father were first
introduced methods of scientific farming
that have greatly benefited English agri-
culture. They include the four-course ro-
tation I'm crops-turnips barley. clover
wheat-and the live stock shows. The
earl was interesting not only as a farmer
but as an example of longevity in a
long-lived family. No less than 157 years
separated the birth of the father and the
death of the son, and the son married his
second wife one hundred years after the
father married his first. The father Of
the earl, who has Just died. headed dep
utation from Norfolk to urge G 7orge III
to acknowledge the independence of the
American colonies. He died at the age
OF ninety, the son at the age of eighty
seven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
Pension for Capt. Mathews Widow

Mrs Nellie V. Mathews, wife of Capt
W. III. Mathews. who was shot and killed
In his Office in the fifth precinct station
by Policeman j. W. Collier will receive a
pension of $40 per month during wild
owhood, the District Commissioners hay
ing approved a recommendation OF the
police retiring board to that effect.
The retiring board found, after an in
vestfgation. that Capt. w. III. Mathews.
after service of nearly twenty-threc
years in said force. died of injuries re-
ceived in the line of his duty: that he
left no minor child. and that Nellie v.
Mathews is his lawful widow"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
ALLEGED BLACK HAND VICTIM.
Man Under Arrest Says His Family
Was Murdered.

RICHMOND. Va, March 27.-Firm in
the belief that he Is being bounded and
prosecuted by the Black Hand, Charles
Talman. ffty-five years Of age. now un-
der arrest. charged with carrying con-
cealed weapons. has reported to the Ger
man consul the details of a tragedy said
to have been enacted in Philadelphia in
March, 1905, in which his wife, mother
and four children were killed by the or
ganization which he alleges is now seek
ing his own life.
He claims to have a son-in-law. John
Keiss. at 2424 Trenton avenue. Philadel-
phia, and has frequently stated that a
letter to him would establish his identity
The prisoner claims to have gone to
New Jersey Immediately following the
murder Of his family. of which murder
he says he was the only witness. and
there. through an employment agency. Sc
cured work on a farm near Norfolk
Since coming to Virginia he has drifted
from place to place. Talman speaks
scarcely a word of English.
The German consul will take no official
action looking to a pardon for the man
until he has heard from Philadelphia.
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The Good Housekeeper

WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE NO RATS OR
COCkROACHES IN HER HOME
Nothing is more discouragtng to the careful
housekeeper than To have rats. cockroaches or
other 'ermin In her home, especially when she
has visitors.
Any annoyance Of this Kind is entirely need
less IL she Will get a, box of Stearns' Electric
Rat and Roach Paste, which will drive and
mice out Of the house TO die and rid the home OF
the cockroacb pest in a single night.
sent EMPRESS PREPAID on receipt Of price.
2-oz. box 25c. 16-oz. box $l.OO.
Stearns' Electric Paste Co.. Chicaso. ILL.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
Old Musket Buys a Spring.
n Francisco Bulletin

From the San Frnncisco Bulletin
The seventh generation of a family
which has done nothing since 1888 be.
cause It owned spring is represented In
A. B. Kicker, a guest at the Fairmont.
whose great great great grandfather
traded an old musket for Poland Springs,
Me. i'm the year 1873. The spring has
kept on flowing and the family has been
boiling K.
Kicker has been looking around at Cali
fornia's multitudinOus springs and says
Of them:
1.-THE owners of these places are to be
envied In time all of them will be bot
tied and every drop of the precious out
flow will be shipped away 10 the cities. 4
good spring is better than any business,
because you never face failure, the money
market does not trouble you at allah
you have to do Is bottle it,