The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04
new YORK DAY BY DAY
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New York Cry, N. Y.

Three years ago Matilda c. Hepke
was IS, and she met Ralph Kummler.
| 3o5 Jefferson street, Union Hill, at pic
mic. 1t was a case of love at first sight.
| and he went to her parents, I42 West
| One Hundred and Twerty-third street,
( but they objected. For three years their
! objections continued, on account of her
youth, but Friday they eloped and were
! married by Rev. D. R. Andrae, of Union
Hill. When the objection first began to
| give him trouble the young man drew
up form of promissory note, not. ex-
actly fathercd by Cupid, and she certified
| it under oath before a magistrate:
This is to certify that l, Matilda c.
| Hopke, do hereby agree to be true to
Rudolph Kummler, until the opportunity
| arrives when | can be his bride despite
] all obstacles.
When a driver for Thomas Brady, son
of the Mayor of Bayonne, upset 1000
bricks into the water at the foot of
Thlrty-flrst street the owner charged
them up to profit and loss But Fred
erick Koepke, Ia years old, knew that
his father needed a chimney for the
house, and he considered himself some
thing of hero and bread-winner when
he Owed for whole afternoon, bringing
up 400 bricks and loading them into his
boat.
But Brady couldn't see it that way,
and had the boy and his father both
arrested. They had been held to the
Grand jury on the charge of stealing
bricks from the bottom of Newark Bay.
Fannie Hayden, I6 years old, with
red scar seven inches long from the eye
to chin, tells strange story which the
police of Elizabeth refuse to believe.
The girl is devout church member
and recently left the Fulton Street Meth.
odist Church to join the East Baptisi
Church. She says she received a mum.
Der Of letters containing threats because
OF her change of faith. Then, she de.
clares, a man threw acid in her face as she
was ON her way home Several months
| ago the same girl was found "uncon-
| scious" near her home, with a tale Of
sand-bagging. Chief Tenney of the po-
lice accused her of taking, and she is
| said to have confessed
| With her three sisters acting as brides
! maids, Miss Julia Knox Wheeler, daugh-
ter of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, became Mrs.
William Julius Harris at St. Thomas
Protestant Episcopal Church, Rev. Ernest
| M. Stires officiating General Wheeler
gave the bride away, and the ushers
included Capt. Joseph Wheeler, Jr., of
| the I1n,fad Ctatae L.,
| well known in the South and is men,
Der of prominent Georgia family.
Mrs. Annie Gade, who week ago kill
ed her baby, attempted her husbands
life and then tried to end her own, be-
cause she was jealous of her sister,
broke away from two policemen in the
| Clerks room yesterday and rushed into
| the Manhattan-Avenue Court screaming
at the top of her voic for her child.
Her husband, who was in court, caught
her eye, and she rushed for him wildly,
pleading for her baby. Later she at
| tempted to leap from a window. Magis-
trate Manner was obliged to suspend
business while she was taken away.
| There seems to be little doubt that
she has completely lost her mind, and
an inquiry will be made on August II.
| There is a lot of difference between
rat poison and cheese, as Morris Ross,
~ Clinton street, has discovered. He
was in Essex Market Court, charged
with attempting suicide
81 didn't want to die" he told the
Court. Il was simply hungry, and found
a loaf of rye bread l cut slice and
went to the cupboard for some butter
l found what / thought was some of this
soft cheese. made a sandwich with it
and ate it"
A few minutes later he WIS found
writhing in agony. and medical aid was
| summoned just in time to save his life
The Court believed his story and let
him go.
A coroner's jury was investigating the
! death of William D. Laackman, laborcr,
by an engine of the New York Central
Railroad, and Engineer Toillon Elliott
had just testified Coroner Berry sent
the jury out, Elliott resting his head in
his arms on the table Some one shook
him, but he did not respond. Then it
was seen that he had suffered stroke of
apoplexy. They were hurrying him TO
the hospital, when he opened his eyes
and heard that the jury had exonerated
him.
THAT'S good, isn't it," he exclaimed.
But his condition is critical, and he may
not recover.
Dooley, the Bostock bear, has gone
into the hands of the veterinary surgeon
and press agent. Henceforth Dooley,
because he has a cataract, will have to
wear glasses. and Dr. Aiming is devils
| ino a h;o nair of ooooles .hat will