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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
2
The Prescott Daily News lists its status as entered as second class matter on April 15, 1907, at Prescott Arkansas post office under the March 3, 1879 act.
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Former President Grover Cleveland leaves Lakewood hotel after two months of rheumatism gout and indigestion to return to Princeton. He travels in John Hay Hammond's touring car with Mrs Cleveland and Dr G Rowe Rockwood. The departure draws little attention and he walks unaided to the door.
Dixon Kentucky June 2 A mob lynched Jack McDowell a negro who confessed involvement in a March 14 provocation at Providence. About ten masked assailants overpowered the jailer on duty near 2 am and took McDowell from his cell. They shot and stabbed him along a roadside after forcing him onto an extra horse. The Providence riot began with the shooting of Marshall Smith Childs by a black assailant. A mob pursued both black and white suspects amid gunfire. Traveling men were attacked by mistake. Tr B Berry of Lawsville died from wounds. J B Parks of Chattanooga was severely wounded, his wife despondent over the injury.
Ward Talley, a boy, drowned while bathing in Taylor Texas on June 2 as reported from the scene with brief details of the incident and local circumstances.
Wind rain and hail hit Stanton Texas Sunday night causing damage in the Martin County area. Strong weather moved through the region on June 2 with reports of property impact and power interruptions.
Duchess de Brissaac formerly Miss Mathilde de Uzes sister of the Duke de Uzes died after a long illness. Born in Paris in 1875, she passed away on June 2 in the French capital.
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 2 affirmed the Eastern District of Missouri ruling in the H. Clay Pierce extradition case. Pierce Oil Co faces Texas perjury charges over alleged restraint of trade in applying to do business there. The Waters-Pierce Oil Co is claimed to be part of Standard Oil.
Hon William Jennings Bryan opened the second week of his Nebraska tour at Chadron meeting residents before a special train onward to Crawford. He criticized the Aldrich Vreeland currency bill, saying it shifts the basis of bank notes and harmed Democrats who opposed it. He planned to voice further objections later.
A late night Arlington Heights street car fire injured twelve, with two in serious condition. The jammed car carried about 100 passengers, causing a stampede toward the rear door as flames spread, injuring many women and children. Mrs Steinberg and Mrs Laura Wester were seriously hurt but may recover.
Manila reported Faustino Ablen leader of the Dios Dios movement and Espirdon Rota his principal follower were executed at Billy Prison on Monday for several cruel murders. A strong effort was made to persuade Governor General Smith to commute the sentences.
General Luther R. Hare has been designated as military adviser by the war department for Texas militia. He will be stationed at Austin with a salary around 5000 dollars yearly including residence allowances. Hare, now retired, lives at Uvalde on his farm.
Austin June 2 The governor said he is ready to transfer the Alamo property to the Daughters of the Republic once litigation is concluded and no appeal is filed from the Houston district court decision. action will follow official advice.
Austin June 2 The Bexar County sheriff told the railroad commission he has subpoenaed H H F Anderson division superintendent of the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railway to appear and produce all papers on the discontinuance of double daily service between San Antonio and El Paso.
Corrigan of Hillsboro Texas was named assistant grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers after breaking the deadlock in the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad adjustment committee. The position carries a 3500 annual salary plus traveling expenses.
Reports from over Cooke county indicate Sunday night storm damage is widespread in Gainesville. Several buildings were blown down and wheat and oats crops destroyed. Blam and Pe can creeks are rising rapidly, threatening the Trinity River.
In Paris on June 2 a distinguished painter Adolph Steinheil and his mother in law were found strangled in Steinheil's Ene de Vaugirard residence. The crime, after a violent break in, involved ransacked rooms and stolen valuables. The wife survived by freeing herself from gag and bindings and described three men and a woman attackers.
A June dispatch reports floods near Pachuca causing great damage and the village of Pachu la wiped out. Eighteen people feared drowned with three bodies recovered including a man a four months old baby girl and a woman. The Barranca Seca area transformed from a dry road into a raging torrent.
Georgia voters will decide the gubernatorial race Thursday June 4 as Gov Toke Smith seeks reelection against Joseph M. Brown. The Democratic primary is pivotal with Republicans and minor parties not fielding a state ticket.
Professor Robert Koch, the eminent German bacteriologist, who has been staying in Honolulu on a world tour, returned from Molokai where he visited the leper settlement to study treatment methods for leprosy, a long standing perplexing issue in these islands and the orient.
King Gustave of Sweden and the queen visited Berlin on Sunday and were welcomed by the emperor and royal family. Troops lined the route to the castle as the royal visitors were greeted with enthusiasm along the way.
Alton Ill June 2 The woman whose body was found in the Mississippi River is believed to have been murdered. The grim discovery prompts police to treat the death as a homicide and investigate possible motives and suspects.
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