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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Foreien

The Transatlantic Fire Insurance
Company of Hamburg, Germany, has
voted to liquidate on account of the
fact that more than half of it's capt.
tai was lost by the San Francisco fire
and earthquake.
Mgr. Thomas f. Kennedy, rector
consecrated as titular Bishop of Adj
rianapolis. He received many val
liable presents from friends in the
United States.
The opening of the grave of Thorn
as Charles bruce in High Gate Gene
terry, London, to determine whether
the coffin contains the body of man
or roll of lead. has been begun.
The battlesIip fleet sailed from
Port of Spain for Rio Janeiro on the
second longest stage of the voyage to
San Francisco. Arrival at Rio is
scheduled for January IL.
A number CT prominent Americans
Mayor Busse, of Chicago; Mark
Twain and ex-Mayor Low, of New
York-have petitioned Premier Stoly-
pin of Russia for leniency in the
cases of Nicholas Tchaikovsky and
Nine Catherine Breshkovskaya, ar
rested for alleged completely in the
revolutionary movement.
The Chinese government is taking
steps to check the conflict of Chinese
and British interests.
Governor Jackson, of Trinidad, en-
tertained at dinner the rear admirals
and other officers Of the battleship
fleet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
steamer stopped For Operation.

New York Especially. - When
Christmas Eve festivities were at
their height on board the steamer
Pannonia. in today from Mediterran-
can ports, the Cunard liner was
brought to stop, in order that the
ships surgeon might have the most
favorable conditions under which to
perform an operation for appendi-
citis. The steamer lay-to for one
hour, while the delicate cutting and
stitching was done. The patient, a
man passenger. is recovering.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Raleigh Goes "Dry."

Raleigh. N. C. Especially BY a
majority of 545 Raleigh voted out
its liquor dispensary and becomes a
prohibition city. In the city there
were 92S votes for prohibition, S81
for dispensary and for saloons. The
dispensary has been in operation here
for four years. The sales have
amounted to about $4,000 year,
with about $4,000 profit, this be-
ing placed to the credit of the school
and road funds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
THRILLING RESCUES.
Blind Man And Aged Invalid Saved
From burning Apartment.

Chicago Especially The rescue of
blind man by Captain Peter j. Wis
ser, formerly of the Boer army, and
another thrilling rescue-that of a
70-year-old invalid by Policeman
Michael McGrath-were witnessed in
an apartment building at 3607 Indi-
ana Avenue They had been left be-
hind in the rush from the building
when the fire was discovered.
Wiser and McGrath were both
singed in making their way through
the flames. The property loss is
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Killed child For Burglar.

San Jose, Cal. Especially .-Bertram
Somers shot and killed his 5-year-old
boy, having mistaken him for a burg
lar. The child, 1t is believed, was
walking in his sleep. The parents
were awakened by noise in the
room and seeing the outline of a
figure near the window, they con-
cluded it was that of burglar. Mr..
Somers reached for his pistol and
fired, killing the child instantly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Defended LIS Mother.

Buffalo, N. Y. Especially Charles
schroff, aged A years, proprietor of
international Hall, 235 East Genesee
Street. a saloon and bowling alley.
was shot and instantly killed by his
son, Charles, aged 24 years. Schroff,
ST., had been drinking heavily Of late
and quarreled with his wife, and it
is said struck her when she called
upon her son to protect her. He
came into the room and shot at his
father, the first shot taking effect.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Died no JoIN sMRETHEART.
Unable To Be At Dying Mans Bed
side Girl Takes Her Life.

Pittsburg (SpeciaD Because of
her disappointment in not being able
to join her dying sweetheart, Miss
Gistella Schwartz, aged IS. commit
ted suicide In McKeesport. She was
stopping at the home of friend
and for several days was overcome
by grief. She ended 1t all by drain
ing vial of phenol.
The man for whom she gave her
life is in Berlin and reports from his
bedside stated that he had but a
short time to live. Hourly expect
ing cable announcing his death,
she could stand the suspense no
longer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
JEWELS CAST INTO FURNACE.
Woman Hid $4,000 In Old Corset,
Which Was Thrown Away.

st. Louis Especially Mrs. Edith
Hendricks, living at the Buckingham
Club, asked the police to aid her in
recovering $4,000 worth of diamonds
which she said were thrown into the
furnace of the. hotel in a discard
ed corset. Mrs. Hendricks said she
carried the jewelry in a chamois
bag and secreted it in her corset.
Saturday she threw the corset away
and forgot to remove the jewelry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
FINANCIAL

Americas crop exports this year
will exceed the value of imports
$440, 00O, 900.
Steel rail orders for 1908 do not
exceed 100000 tons, compared with
2 100000 tons of untitled orders at
this time last year.
Tonopah continues the most active
stock in Philadelphia, but that doesn't
mean that it leads the list in cons
fidence-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Girls Fatally Burned.

Winamac, Ind (Special) The Ro-
man Catholic School at Monterey
caught fire during the rehearsal of a
play by the children. A gasoline
lamp exploded, fatally burning Clara
Kammes and Margaret Fox. aged 10
years. and both pupils of the school.
They lived by a few minutes. The
sisters and several Of the other chill
dren were burned while assisting in
putting out the flames.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Plan To End Dictatorship.

Lisbon Especially Following the
promises of the Government to ter
inmate the dictatorship and hold the
elections for the Chamber of Depu-
ties at an early date If the calm in
the political atmosphere was main
tanned, a decree was issued Thursday
fixing the elections for April 5.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Dependent Hero Ends Life.

Akron. Ohio Especial Anton
Garsch, honorably discharged from
the Fifty-fifth United States artillery
at Fort Hancock, New Jersey, a
month ago, committed suicide here
by drinking carbolic acid. He was
out of work and respondent. A year
ago near Fort Hancock. Garsch was
stabbed while capturing an italian
murderer of policeman. For this
act he received a reward.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Was Eight Feet High.

Gladstone, Mich. Especially .-I Isaac
Haring. who served throughout the
Civil War and who was conspicuous
mark for the bullets of sharpshoot-
ers because of his great height, died
here. He was eight feet high-the
tallest man in the Upper. Peninsula
of Michigan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Change OF Naval Attaches.

Berlin (By Cable) The Emperor
gave farewell audience to Lieuten-
ant Commander William L. Howard,
former naval attache at the American
Embassy here. Lieutenant Comman-
der Howard presented Lieutenant
Commander Reginald r. Belknap, his
successor, to the Emperor. Lieuten-
ant Commander Howard and Mrs.
Howard sail for New York on Jan
nary z.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Shah Gives Assurances.

Teheran (By Cable) The Shah
gave an audience to the British and
Russian Ministers. He solemnly as
sured them that he did not intend
to abolish the constitutional regime,
but would strive to work in coopera-
ton with the Parliament.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
PARROT GIVES FIRE ALARM.
Seeing Woman's Apron Ablaze 1t
Screams A Warning.

Screams "A W Warming.
York Especially -. Warned by cries
of fire uttered by big parrot, a pet
for a number of years, Miss Sal1ie
Tickle, of this city, was able to save
her property and probably her life.
The bird seemed to possess almost
human intelligence and while Miss
Tickle was preparing breakfast it
noticed that her apron had caught
fire and that a tablecloth which she
had brushed against was also ignited.
BY uttering screams of fire, FIRE, I"
the bird attracted Miss Pickles at
tention and she was able to extin-
guish the flames before they gained
much Roadway.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Hanged Princess Unawares.

St. Petersburg (By Cable) News
papers report that the unknown
woman who was hanged at Moscow,
a few days ago, for throwing a bomb
at Gov. Herschelman on December
IA, was Princess Meschtsherski. She
was wife of an impoverished scion
of an ancient noble house, whom she
deserted because the marriage was
unhappy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
SAVED FROM GALLONS.
Thaxton's Sentence Suspended As HI
Was About To Be Hanged.

Birmingham. Ala. Especially just
as the black cap was about to be
placed over the head of Henry Thar
ton, negro, convicted of the killing
of s. T. Hunstucker, white, a tele-
gram from the Governor, ordering a
suspension of the execution for Is
days, was delivered to the sheriff.
The negro had made statement
from the gallows, and in minute
more the trap would have been
sprung. At this point boy rushed
up to the gate and handed tele-
gram to Chief Deputy Brown. Then
the sheriff mounted, the steps of the
gallows and read the message aloud.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
TRAIN CRASH KILLS FIREMAN.
Lake Shore Passenger Runs Into
Freight Engine.

Ashtabula, Ohio tspeciaD ~ Pas
senger train No. 22S, on the Jeffer-
SON and Franklin branch of the Lake
Shore Railroad, collided with light
freight engine two miles north of
Franklin, Pa. The passenger train
left the track and the engines were
demolished. William ]. DAILY, of Ash
tabula, fireman on the passenger en-
CINE, was killed Conductor Miles,
Of Oil City, and Engineers HI. c..
Tombes and T. q. Evans, of Ashta-
bula. we're injured. Many passengers
were slightly hurt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-03
Dourna Lader Coming Here.

St. Petersburg (By Cable).-Prof.
Paul M. Milukoff, leader of the con-
stitutional democrats in the Douma,
left here for the United States. He
plans to take the steamer Carmania
from Liverpool. While in America
he will speak on political matters.
The Detroit times., 1908-02-18
GIRLS STORY LEADS
TO MANS ARREST
ETHEL SMITH, AGED IA, MAKES
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST
G. g. cHADMAN.

Edwin B. Chadman. aged "a. man
ager OF the Economy Cycle Supply
Co, No. 81 Grand Rivsr-ave., was ar.
rested by Truant Officers Jordan and
Sheehan. Tuesday morning. on In.
formation furnished by Ethel Smith,
a 14.year-old girl living at No. $50
Grand River-ave., who makes ser.
ious charge against him, The Smith
girl was convicted in the juvenile
court Saturday OF being a delinquent,
and Judge Rohnert ordered her com
mitment to the industrial school at
Adrian. II was then that the girl re.
vealed the information which t4sd to
Chadman's arrest at the instance Of
County Agent Sam, Lawrence.
A search OF .Chadman's establish
ment revealed handsomely furnish.
ed cozy corner In the basement, and
the police alIege that Chadman fire..
quently entertained young girls here,
Ethel Smith being among the mum
Der.
Wilbert Trolley. No. 129 Locust-st..
an employe OF the place, was taken
into custody Tuesday noon and will
be held as a witness against Chadman.
County Agent Lawrence, says he will
apply for warrant for Chadman at
once. The police declare they have a
good case against the man.
The Detroit times., 1908-02-18
.sCALOs KILL BABE;
NO DOCTOR IN
ATTENDANCE
PARENTS SAY PHYSICIAN WAS
SUMMONED, BUT DIDN'T COME
CORONER WILL LAY CASE BE.
FORE PROSECUTOR.

Three-yearold Irving Bodenhoefer,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bodenhoe-
fer. No. AZ Twenty-third-st., died at 2
O'clock Tuesday morning as a result
OF burns received when he fell into a
boiler OF hot water last Saturday af.
ternoon. No physician attended the
boy, and Coroner Parker, who heard
OF the case from parties outside the
family, will lay the facts before the
prosecuting attorney.
News OF the lads death became pub.
lie through the milkman who supplies
the Bodenhoefers. He told another
customer and the latter. in turn. mott.
fed Coroner Parker. When the lat
ter's representative, Clarence Tllton,
called at the stricken home he was
told that physician had been called
but had refused to come. The par
-ents, he says. were unable to give the
name OF the doctor they are supposed
TO have summoned.
Mrs. BodeIhoefer was preparing To
scrub the kitchen floor when the acct.
dent happened. She had just removed
the boiler containing the hot water from
the stove and placed IL on the floor
The baby stumbled into 1t and was
frightfully scalded about the left side
shoulder, hip and arm. Ii is supposed
that death was due to the shock.
The Detroit times., 1908-02-18
ARTHUR H|NGLE IS
FOUND ONCE
N ORE
AS MOTHER PREPARES TO GO TO
OKLAHOMA AFTER BOY, WORD
ARRIVES THAT HE'S IN AKRON.
OHIO.

II have had letters from boys in
Ohio. Nebraska and every other con
ceivable place in the country, all stout
~ asserting that the writer is my lost
son Arthur, so that hardly know
what TO think or whom to believe, .
said Mrs. Martin Hingle. OF No. 20S
Champlain-st, whose son Arthur lett
home. Jan. 10. 1906. ana has not been
heard from definitely since.
At midnight Monday, Mrs. Hingle
received the following telegram from
Hobart, Okla. from the sheriff, In re-
sponse to one sent by the Hingles:
Your boy. Dead brother. Harold;
dead sister, Annie: father. Mar
tin Hingle. No question but this
is your boy.
Mrs. Hingle had about made up her
mind that this was the real and only
Arthur and had decided TO go to Okla
homa to bring him home, when a let
ter arrived from Akron, Ohio, which
said that boy pnrpofting to be her
son was held there pending instruc-
lions as to his disposal. The Akron
boy claims to be the long lost son.
II have sent out over 800 letters
since my boy went away" said Mrs.
Hingle Tuesday. 81 have made every
effort to find him. but 1t is surprising
the things people will resort to TO
make little money. Letters have
reached me from various cities In the
country from boys young and Old.
even some sending pictures OF dead
boys. One youth was at least 20 years
of age, II his picture was at all like
him.
my husband has telegraphed to
Akron to find oM further details con-
corning the boy representing himself
as Arthur. and I cannot make any fur
Their arrangements about going TO OK
lahoma until that matter Is settled
The Hingle family know OF no rea'
son why Arthur. who was but IL when
he disappeared, should have left ex-
cept 1t were the boyish desire to get
away from the home restraint and
earn living for himself.
II did not sleep wink after that
telegram came" said Mrs. Hingle. Il
hope Il will prove TO be true. No one
I'm Oklahoma could know or my two
dead children. so | feel that this must
be the true Arthur"
The Detroit times., 1908-02-18
MORSE IN PLEA OF
NOT GUILTY Of
PERJURY
HELD IN $4,000 BAIL ON LATEST
CRIMINAL INDICTMENT - THE
CHARGE BASED ON TESTIMONY
IN BANK CASE.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.--With civil
suits and criminal charges piling up
against him. Charles w. Morse today
left his Fifth-ave. home to answer 10
the latest OF the latter, an indictment
for perjury, found by the special grand
jury which has been investigating his
multifarious financial activities.
Morse was accompanied by his per-
sonal counsel, Albert B. Boardman and
with the lawyer he drove In an auto
down to the criminal court building.
where he appeared before Supreme
Court Justice Bowling and plead not
guilty on an indictment for perjury,
and was held in $4,000 bail for a
hearing next week.
The perjury charge against Morse
Is based on testimony given before
the special grand jury In connection
with a loan by the National Bank OF
North America to r.. r. Thomas
Morse. when he was before the grand
Jury testified that this loan, one of
100000, was arranged by President
Curtis, OF the bank K. r. Thomas IL
was said believed that Morse himself
arranged the loan.
The Detroit times., 1908-02-18
FEET FROZEN IN AN
ALL NIGHT RIDE
IN CATTLE CAR
TWO YOUNG MEN REACH HERE
FROM CHICAGO IN PITFuL
coNolTloN-wERE IN SEARCH
or WORK.

With both feet frozen, Lewis Hew-
lit, IL years old, residing at No 6032
Elizabeth-st., Englewood, suburb OF
Chicago. arrived In Detroit, Tuesday
morning. In company with Fred Cline.
aged 23. OF Syracuse, N. Y. after an
slinight ride In an empty cattle car
from Chicago. Cline's feet were also
nipped. but his condition Is not as
serious as his companions.
Patrolman SQuires found the pair IN
the Michigan 6entrai station. Hewitt
had his shoes of and was bowling
with pain. After hearing their story
the patrolman called the wagon and
took the young men to the central sta
tiou, whence they were removed TO
st. Mary's hospital Hewitt's feet
caused him so much pain that be fell
several times In trying to walk to the
patrol wagon.
They had been ont of work for six
months, owing TO the slack times. they
said, and had secured Chicago in vain
In search Of employment. Monday af
ternoon they decided to go east and.
watching their opportunity. jumped
into an empty cattle car attached 20
a freight bound for this city. They
were without shelter OF any kind from
the cold, damp night air that whizzed
through the open spaces OF the car
as 1t rambled along. They huddled
together as closely as possible In the
forward end of the car, and frequent
ly ran mp and down the car for exep
else. but even then they were unable
to successfully combat the cold.
The Detroit times., 1908-02-18
R O0SEvELT MA n
POUNDS UP HIS
ADVERSARY
"WHiTE HOUSE PIE" AND LIAR"
EXCHANGED IN CROWDED LOB.
RY OF BIRMINGHAM, Ala, ho-
TEL, START FIST FIGHT.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Feb. 1870
bitter Is the feeling between the
Roosevelt and the antiRoosevelt fac.
tons OF Alabama that last night. on
the eve OF the meeting OF the state
central committee. the leaders engag.
ed In a fist fight In the lobby of no
tel The principals In the encounter
were Capt. j. o. Thompson, and for
mer Congressman Aldrich. Thompson
is one OF the Roosevelt referees in Ala
bama. collector OF internal revenue
and leader OF the administration fac
ton. Aldrich is the recognized lead
er OF the anti-Roosevelt forces.
In the crowded hotel lobby. Aldrich
said:
mo self-respecting Republican
would follow a man whose mouth was
full of white house pie and who got
his orders from the same place"
Capt. Thompson said something
about liars" and instantly the men
began pounding each other Bystand.
ers took part and free-for-all fight
was only prevented by the arrival OF
the police.
When separated, Aldrich and
Thompson were both bleeding about
the face, though Aldrich seemed 10
have received the worst or the argu.
ment.
The Detroit times., 1908-02-18
SUCKERS MONEY
DION 7 ALL CO
TO SLOAN
DOCTOR APPEARS TO NAVE BEEN
"sTuNc" HIMSELF IN DEAL
IN WHICH A CHICAGO MAN
PRoFIrEp.

That another beside Or. J. Byron
Sloan may have profted by the opera
tons by which numerous Detroit men
were feeced out OF various sums of
money may be discovered when Or.
Sloan Is put on trial here for his part
IN the Dos eabezos and ffoyt Hmaf'
gamator fiasco.
II do not believe that Sloan got all
the money" says w. M. Bergman. who
has an Office in the Tolsma building.
and rs now I'm the bankruptcy court as
a result OF being drawn into DR..
Sloan's sches. HE became wild
about this amalgamator. patented by
Frederic j. Hoyt, OF Chicago, and was
borrowing money to buy stock In the
amalgamator company and rights to
use II.
1T was not so much from the sale
Of stock in the Dos Cabezos that peo-
pie were ruined as In the amalgamator
deals. DR.. Sloan would rather Dor.
row money than sell stock. He got
me on all kinds OF paper until | was
broke. / figure that the deal cost me
$4,000 and forced me into bank
ruptcy.
But always believed that he was
paying most OF the money over to
Hoyt The latter now has big orange
groves In Redlands, CAL His machine
for separating gold from other min
erals was rank failure. / went down
To the Dos Cabezos mine with Robert
M. Brownson, and We found that the
mine was a fake, there was no gold
there In the placers. as far as we could
learn.
1T had been fixed for DR.. Sloan to
work the mine on sharing basis, he
to furnish the amalgamator. Only a
few thousands were ever put into the
mine in improvements. as far as we
could see. DR.. Sloan pulled out after
a time and Steve Hartnell and Chi
cago capitalist worked 1t together.
Hartnell lost everything. having to sell
his house at No. S16 Woodward-ave."
Chief OF Detectives Mcdonnell will
go to California to bring Sloan back
Extradition papers are being prepared.
The Detroit times., 1908-02-18
WARRAN IS CHARGE
GRAND LARCENY
CHARGE MADE IN ALLEGATION
AGAINST McHALE, WARD
AND pWYER.

William McHale, Walter Ward and
Matt Dryer. who, the police say, con-
fessed TO completely in the Babbitt-
Taylor-Lane Co. robberies, were ar
raigned In police court Tuesday morn,
ing on new warrant charging them
with grand larceny. All three waived
examination and were held to the
recorders court In the sum OF $4,000
each, with two sureties. The specific
charge against them is that they stole
90 bolts OF WOODEN cloth valued at ST.
500 on Jan. 81. ~
Edward Maloney was arraigned on
charge of breaking into the fac
tory on Feb and stealing 81 bolts of
cloth valued at $4,000. He demanded
an examination, which was set for
Feb. %. Bail was also fixed at 3d.
900 In his case All four defendants
were remanded TO the county jail In
default OF bail.
McHale and Ward were originally
charged with burglary In connection
with this job. but the prosecutor ask
ed permission to withdraw their names
from the complaint, which was
granted.