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Newspaper
Prescott Daily News
Location
Prescott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
2
The Prescott Daily News notes its second class mailing status dated April 15 1907 and filed at Prescott Arkansas under the 1879 act. The item records postal registration and classification for circulation in Prescott AR.
The notice outlines subscription rates for PGE BOD Pe teeg, charging $8 for eight months, $6 for six months, and $1 per year when paid in advance. If not paid in advance, the price rises to 40 cents per month.
Public notice states errors in The News will be corrected upon notification to the office. Contact telephone 242 for reported reflections on any person, item, or corporation and prompt correction.
The Rock Island Railroad will appeal the Three Brakeman Law, known as the Goodwin Bill, to the US Supreme Court after a recent Arkansas Supreme Court loss. Deputy Campbell files the transcript. state officials and railroad leaders vow to follow the law pending the decision. More than 100 workers may be reinstated locally as trains continue with three brakemen until the high court rules.
The Texas attorney general's office declines to pass on the constitutionality of section 120 of the Terrell election law. The department says it does not declare acts of the legislature unconstitutional, leaving such questions to the courts. Will A Morris of San Antonio sparked the inquiry by claiming unconstitutionality.
The Lockhart board accuses J H Eden a Fort Worth high school science teacher of breaching contract by teaching elsewhere and seeks to have his teaching certificate revoked. Eden contends the board failed on salary terms, with Fort Worth attorney G T Cope defending Eden.
Austin June 8 State Health Officer Brumby prepares an appeal to Texas doctors urging attendance at the International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington in late September He serves as vice president of the Texas organization committee and expects about 600 Texas doctors to participate.
Denison June. An engineer named Cooke, the last man on a wagon bridge to the Texas side, crossed as it trembled. The bridge broke with a thunder-like crash, tumbling into the Red River as he barely reached the bank. A veteran with many wrecks, Cooke called it his closest call.
Fort Worth June 8 The Texas Bankers association endorsed J. L. Hamilton of Hoopeston Illinois for Republican vice presidential nomination. Hamilton spoke to the meeting and avoided discussing a run but pleased supporters expect a rapid boom due to his popularity in the north. He previously led the National Bankers Association.
Talladega June 8 G C Hill blast foreman of Talladega Construction Co. and a negro laborer died instantly when a dynamite blast exploded prematurely at Zena twenty miles east. A second black worker was fatally injured. Hull came from Georgia and is survived by a wife and four children.
Fourteen year old Winnie Halver ton died in agony at the Houston Heights home after a gasoline explosion. Her mother suffered severe burns and remains unable to cover the incident. The child ran into the street with burning clothing as neighbors attempted to help, but she could not be saved.
All buildings at the Gold King mine near Gladstone are burned down in a June 8 blaze. The loss is estimated at 190000 dollars and several workers are endangered, with Henry Sanger severely hurt after leaping from a bunkhouse second story. The fire is attributed to incendiarism.
Ten years in the penitentiary is imposed on Henry Reiber former paying teller and auditor and John Young for embezzling 1 105 000 from the Farmers Deposit National Bank.
Dr. Herbert T. Morris of New York announced at the American Medical Association surgery section meeting that surgery is entering a physiological era after a current pathological phase.
A steam pipe burst under 235 pounds in the starboard engine room of the armored cruiser Tennessee off Point Puenene California during a speed trial. Four men died instantly and several were injured. Admiral Sebree, Captain Howard, and Chief Engineer Robertson had just left the area. Doomed fire room contained fourteen men when the blast occurred. The blast sent scalding steam and debris through the ash pit as crews fought to aid the wounded.
New York June 8 Senator Bailey announced at the Waldorf Astoria that he will not immediately undergo throat surgery. He said he has suffered for some time and has been under continual treatment. He believes an operation is necessary but his condition is not urgent for public interest. Mrs Bailey accompanies him.
A total of 1120 acres of land in Kent County was sold under execution to satisfy judgments against J A Wishard. Purchasers include Clairmont and others, with the First National Bank of Snyder paying about 20000 for the land. Additionally 126 head of cattle were sold for 1711 to satisfy another Wishard judgment.
In Cleburne Texas on June 8 Bertha Lee Thomas was shot in the head by a 22 caliber rifle fired by Effie Wright. An inquest by the justice of the peace returned a verdict that the shooting was accidental. The incident happened near Buffalo Creek.
Ella Reece, a Black woman from Greenville, Texas, was accidentally shot by her husband near Floyd. The bullet hit her in the right side, pierced the liver, and lodged in the backbone, leaving her possibly fatally injured.
Fell three points at opening Saturday as Missouri Pacific railway stocks declined, reported from New York.
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