The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-25
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
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essary $50 shares of stock required,
subscriptions were received amount
ing to $4,000. The shares arc SIPS
each, SIS OF which goes to surplus
fund. A new $4,000 brick bank will
be erected
Mrs. Antonio Carlin, wife of DR..
James S. Carlin, of Slidell, Mont
gomery county, died at her residence
there, in her forty-sixth year. Mrs.
Carlin was Miss Thompson, of this
county. and second wife of DR.. Carlin,
by whom she is survived. She leaves
two children, Mrs. Nette. Schindell,
of Washington, and Gilbert Carin.
Mrs. Susan A. Hardin. aged 60 years
died at her home in Landing Neck.
Talbot county.
Dennis Collins. of Westernport.
died Saturday, aged 70 years. He
leaves widow and 10 children.
Mrs. D.. G. Shipley. OF Little Or
leans, was probably fatally burned
her clothing having ignited from
stove while stirring the kitchen fire.
She was at once enveloped in flames.
but had the presence Of mind to throw
a blanket about herself. Her screams
for help attracted George Leighty,
wary Woo PoSSIuSy dhd uC nudlly SUI
dued the flames.
John L. Burch, dairyn1an of Boyds
while hauling corn was thrown under
meath the wheels of his wagon, which
passed over his hips and stomach
Thewagon was heavily loadedwith nine
barrels of corn. Mr.. Burch's injuries
are extremely painful 1t is not
thought he has been fatally hurt.
An important case was decided by
the Court of Appeals in which the
United Railways and Electric Conn
pany was held liable for an injury suf-
fered by Mrs. Georgiana Topp. living
at 1857 West Lanvafe street. The
injury to Mrs. Topp resulted from her
being put off the car at an unsafe an
uneven landing place. In the case
below, Judge StockbridGe took the
case from the jury and Mrs. Topp ap-
pealed. The Court of Appeals, in re-
viewing Judge Stockbridge's decision,
holds the railway company liable, and
IN defining the standard of duty holds
that carrier owes to its alighting pas
sengers the highest degree of care
which human forethought can provide.
Thomas 6. Hayes and J. Milton Lyell
represented Mrs. Topp
Andrew Hemming. OF Oxford, left
his home by the night steamer on
October 26 for Baltimore, ostensibly
to go to city hospital No word has
been heard from him since, and mo
trace of him can be found He had
been sick and Respondent for some
time. Mr.. Hemming was native of
Helsingfors, Finland. His wife and
family are greatly distressed over his
disappearance
The Hagerstown grand jury indicted
Frederick Easton for killing Lorenzo
d. Kline and Charles Barton for the
murder of aged Simon Talhelm. Eas-
ton admits he shot Kline, but claims
the killing was justiiable Barton de-
MES killing Talheim.
Miss Viola Thompson, daughter of
Mr.. Richard Thompson, of Comus,
Montgomery county, and Mr.. William
L. Stottlemyer, near Boyds, were mar
ried in the parsonage of St. Mary's
Church at GAINESVILLE by Rev. Gilbert
H. Mcdonald
he large skating pond, 325 by I25
and feet deep, being built by the
Jacob Tomb Institute is nearing COM
pletion and will be one of the finest in
the State.
With the official returns of Charles
County and Worcester County fully
ascertained and declared, the vote for
Presidential electors in Maryland
places Mr.. Charles J. Bonaparte. Re-
publican elector-at-large, at the head
of the poll. He leads ex-Gov. Frank
Brown by 344 votes, but he is the only
Republican elector who pulls through.
The lowest vote for Democratic cleo
tor was cast for T. Herbert Shriver,
who got Io7, ass votes and stays at
home, while Mr. Samuel A. Mudd,
hitherto considered defeated, is ap-
parently saved. by one vote more for
him than for Mr.. Shriver.
The first shipment of freight over
the new Hagerstown-Mye troll
ley was made Friday. The rails of the
new electric road are laid from Ha-
gerstown to Myersville, but the road
is not thoroughly ballasted yet. The
Connection completes continuous
electric road from Frederick to Ha-
gerstown through one of the richest
agricultural regions of the State.
Edward Slifer, of St. James, sues
Samuel A. Cross, of near Tilghman-
ton, his father-in-law, for damages. al
leging that nc drove MIN away from
his home and persuaded his wife not
to go with him. He is of very ner-
vous temperament and frequently
while testifying broke down and wept.
Grover Barney and Albert Whit
lock were arrested in Hancock on the
charge of robbing the store of ]. T.
Havermale, in Berkeley Springs. w.
Va, on Wednesday night Both young
men are from Morgan County and had
come to Hancock to a funeral. The
accused were turned over to the West
Virginia officers and taken to Berkeley
Springs.
The frame barn OF w. L. Morsten,
near Smithsburg, was burned to the
ground; loss $1,000, with only small
insurance William Swope, who was
blowing in nearby field, discovered
the FIRE and saved the live stock and
most of the forming utensils Ten
r. lac Of Tod dor