Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1908 — Gone to Announce His Betrothal. [ARTICLE]

Gone to Announce His Betrothal.

Belgrade. Servla, Oct. 27.—George, crown prince of Servia, has left here for St. Petersburg. He was given a great send-off by the people. The purpose of his journey Is believed to be the announcement of his betrothal to his cousin, Princess Marina Nicholg. eon.

ARCHBOLD REPLIES TO HEARST Justice Elkin Also Explains Those Latest Letters. New York, Oct 27.—John R. Archbold, of the Stundurd OU company, has made a statement regarding the letters read by William R. Hearst at the Carnegie hail meeting Saturday night, in which Archbold says that—“l am very sure that until Hearst read the letters neither Judge Morrison nor Judge Henderson had any knowledge of my having written Governor Stone in their behalf. Judge Henderson was not appointed by Governor Stone to the supreme court, but was three years later appointed by Governor Pennypacker to n suinrior court judgeship. If, however, any feeble word of mine could have Influenced in the slightest degree the selection of those gentlemen for their respective positions I would be very proud of it. “Tbeir state has had no better servants than they, and I certainly have never asked of them any favor of any kind, either for myself or for the company with which I am connected. My letters to General Elkin referring to accompanying drafts related entirely to contributions to the Republican state committee then engaged in the campaign preliminary to the renominatlon of Mr. McKinley, a subject regarding which 1 think Hearst would be a lltttle sensitive, for was it not the election and the tragic death of Mr. McKinley that came near costing Hearst his’precious neck? “The intimation by Hearst that he has had any communication from me or any of my associates in connection with the stolen letters Is a lie. The only favor which I would ask—or ever hope to ask —of Hearst is that he return me the letters hauded him by his Jarcenious ‘gentleman friend.’ which were written from Japan, relating to the fatal illness of my daughter in that country.” Pittsburg. Oct. 27.—Justice J. P. Elkin, of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, has made a complete statement relative to the letters read by Hearst Saturday night In which, after saying that the evident Intention of Hearst’s publication of the letters was to support an Inference that money had been sent to Elkin by the Standard Oil Co. to improperly influence legislation, he says that the legislature was not in session in 1900 when the money was sent to Elkin, no bills were pending and the candidates for the next legislature were not nominated, and were not elected until eight months after the letters were sent. 'Hie drafts referred to were for the Republican campaign fund and were turned over by Elkin to the Republican treasurer, who used It to liquidate state committee indebtedness Incurred In a prior campaign. The letter referring to some legislation that was bad. according to Archbold’s view. Elkin says, having been written fifteen months .qfter the lettens referring to the drafts could not have had anything to do with those drafts, and was only a letter of inquiry of which he does not remember the disposal, and he got just such letters from farmers, business men. mechanics and laborers.