Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-28
News Briefs.

DIR. Fell OF st. Johns College, Annapo-
LIS: Nd left Eft. yesterday to attend the
ISOLATION at Charlotte, n. c. He will
read paper on the subject of "Frater-
mites from the Institution Point of View. .
Enrased over an alleged insult offered
his daughter by Samuel Muncy, youth
OF twenty years. William Taylor. farm
or living near Chattaroy. in Mingo
county, w. Va, shot and killed Muncy.
The shooting occurred just after Muncy
had accompanied Taylor's daughter home
from church. Taylor II under arrest
Joseph Brown, aged eighteen. is con-
fined in a padded cell at the Wood county
CIV. Va.) jail, q raving maniac. In front
Of his home the boy fell from a wagon of
the Parkersburg Transfer Company to
the pavement, striking his head. He at
once became violent. refusing to allow
DR.. Hatfield. who is attending him. be-
lieves the case is durable.
Edward Powers. twenty years old. 10
in a dying condition at Abingdon, Va.
as the result of injuries sustained when
the Washington and Chattanooga south
bound train collided with cars on siding
yesterday. Powers was loading a car
with lumber. and was caught between
the lumber I'm the opposite end of the
car.
Margaret Marshal. the young former
Portland oston and New York news.
suicide at Virginia Beach. continues to
improve, and her attending physicians
say her ultimate recovery is fully ex-
pected. The sight OF one of her eyes.
which at first appeared to be totally gone
will only be partially affected.
Arthur F. Ford, forty-five years old. is
in dying condition due to thrustfng q
knife into his body in an effort to COM
NIT suicide Christmas evening. The rash
act followed lawsuit instituted by Ford
against the Virginia Passenger and Pow
er Company, the street railway consolida-
ton Of Richmond, for $4,000 damages for
injuries sustained several months ago.
A verdict against Ford was given by q
jury Friday morning.
Ernest e. Koogle, twenty-one years old
his left arm at his home. between Knox
Vile and Brunswick. Nd. by James II.
Hart, q negro. The latter was employed
at the Koogle home and was ordered by
young Koogle to do some work. He re-
FUSED and an alteration followed. The
negro was arrested and placed In jail
The injured man was taken to the Fred
erick Hospital for treatment.
January % has been fixed as the date
for arguing the case OF the Coal and
Coke Railway Company in the supreme
court Of appeals of West Virginia. The
case was brought to test the 2-cent fare
law and was won in the lower court by
the railroad. Judge Burdett holding the
law conhscatory, discriminatory and un-
constitutional.
A second will of George Rhodius. which.
instead Of giving $150.000 to Indianapolis.
Ind, for parks as did his first will,
leaves the greater part OF his million
dollar estate to the woman known as
Elmare Dare, or Doodsworth, will be filed
for probate within q few days, according
to her attorneys. The marriage of the
couple took place January 81, 1907, but
the county court annulled It.
Mrs. Thomas Hughlett. Cambridge.
Nd, was badly injured while starting q
Are In her cook stove by her wearing
apparel catching fire. Her hands. arms
and right side were burned. She was
taken to the Cambridge Hospital
BENJAMIN s. Hanchett, manager of the
Grand Rapids. Mich. City Railway Com
pany. has announced the formation
of a merger OF traction. power and gas
interests in Michigan by the Hodenpyl-
Walbridge interests of New York and E.
w. Clark of Philadelphia. 1t Is said that
the deal presages q comprehensive de-
velopment OF Michigan water power and
the completion OF traction line between
Detroit and Chicago by way of Jackson
and Ionia, Mich.
Calvin Weimer, who was charged with
burning the sawmill of the Wells Creex
Lumber Company. near Meyersdale. Pa.
has been released from custody. A
number Of witnesses were examined, but
nothing conclusive was adduced. A pair
of bloodhounds brought from Fairmont
w. Va, followed a track to Weimer's
house, but this was not considered suffi-
cient evidence