The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-31
The news,
Domestic

Mrs. William, e.. Rockefeller was
an unhappy Santa Claus when her
chauffeur was arrested for speeding
and she had to spend half an hour
in court while police guarded pres
ents.
Mrs. Edward H. Hartman, widow
Of the railroad king, is the richest
woman in the world, according to
conservative estimate of the estate
. left by her husband.
The water supply of Atlantic City
was cut off by fire at the pumping
station. Fire engines pumped water
into the mains, thus preventing
famine.
Annie Pavlinski, eight years old,
has been arrested as a shoplifter in
st. Louis. She has been arrested
three times for theft.
Thomas B Flynn, of Elkton, Va,
said to be vaudeville actor, died
in hospital in Philadelphia from
gas asphyxiation.
The Democratic convention at But
Ter, Mo-, failed to elect successor
to the late Congressman De Almond.
Tilburn Island, Gulf of California,
has been explored by seven Ameri-
cans and is no longer mystery :.
One man was killed and several
injured in fire in moving picture
theatre in Pittsburg.
Charles L. Warmer, former local
treasurer Of the Big Four Railroad,
who confessed to shortage of $643,-
600 in his accounts, pleaded guilty.
to embezzelment and was sentenced
to six years in the penitentiary
Mrs Sarah Ennis, of philadelphia,
and James l.. Mack, of Atlanta, Ca,
committed suicide because they had
no money for Christmas.
Portions of the brains of George
Rhodius, the Indiana millionaire, are
being examined by order of court to
aid in lisp0sing of the estate.
Timothy P. Sullivan, Little Tim
of the Bowery, and power in New
York politics, is dead.
A corset steel detected a bullet
and saved the life of Miss Ethel
Eitelhuber, of Chicago,
The United States Steel Corpora
ton will distribute $2,000,O0O IN
bonuses to employees.
William NJ Ampt bequeathed
$50 900 for public concerts in Gin
cinnati
1AAOA o. '
for two soup tureens.
Mistaking North Baltimore. o.,
for Baltimore, Md, Joseph thinner
man got off Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad train to meet his family,
fell from a hotel window and was
killed.
Herbert Kester, aged 10 years, of
Overton, Pa, after desperate en-
counter. shot and killed the largest
bear seen in Pennsylvania this sea-
son.
Mrs. Pearl Armstrong, of New
Albany. Md, is charged with admin
istering rat poison and strychnine,
to her husband, who died.
Mrs, Emile l.. Fernandez, widely
known in the theatrical world as a
promoter of stars, died in New York
Of Bright's disease.
Two men were suffocated in fire
that destroyed the cabinet factory OF
Edward b. Jordon & Company.
Brooklyn. N. Y.
Turkeys are so scarce at Albany,
N. Y, that. inmates of public institu-
lions may have to do without them.
James McGill, one-armed man,
saved William Hanlon, skater,
from drowning at Middletown, N. Z.
The Wabash Railroad in Ohio will
be sold to satisfy the James Comp
ton claim for 100000.
Shirtwaist strikers and suffra-
gettes, in Is automobiles, paraded
Fifth Avenue.
Zelaya's army has been defeated
NV the froOns OF General Estrada
according to adyices reaching DR..
Castrillo, the representative in Wash
ington of the Estrada provisional
government.
The Senate took the first steps to-
ward threshing out the Pinchot-Bal-
Nnger controversy in compliance
with the Secretarys demand for a
complete Investigation.
The people of Arizona are unit
for statehood. says Governor Sloan,
in his annual report on affairs of the
territory.