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Jury Declines to Give Youth Dama. ges For the Loss of Two Fingers Sustained When He touched Liye
 Wire on Building.

In the Jefferson circuit court yes terday afternoon the jury in the damage suit of Henry Westhrook. l6 years old, by his next friend. T Westbrook. against the Citizens Light and Transit Company. returneA verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff sued for 14.000 for the loss of two fingers from his let hand which were burned off when he came
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS.
President Nominates A Number OF
Secretaries.

Washington, D. c. Especially -
The President sent to the Senate the
following nominations in the dipIo-
matte service:
To Be Secretaries at Legations
Richard G. Bundy, Of Ohio, at Mon
rovia, Liberia; Charles B. Curtis, of
New York city, at Christiania; Rich
ard o. Marsh, of Illinois, at Panama;
Arthur Orr. of Evanston. ILL.,, at
Athens; Charles D. White, of Sum-
NIT, N. j., at Havana
To Be Secretaries of Legations
Richard general, Thomas e. Dabney,
Of New Orleans, at San Salvador,
Salvador.
To be second secretaries of en-
bassies, Gustave Scholle; 1of st. Paul.
Mimi. at Paris, and George T. Welt
eel, of st. Louis, Mo-, at Mexico City.
To be third secretaries of embas-
sizes, Perry Belden, Of New York, at
Berlin; Sheldon L. Crosby, of New
York, at London; William Walker
Smith. of Ohio, at Constantinople,
and Willing Spencer, Of Pennsylvan-
la, at st. Petersburg.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
USED FINGER AS PISTOL.
Unarmed Hold-Up Man Frightened
Victim All The Same.

Chicago Especially. A hold-up
man is at large in Lake View, on
the north side of Chicago, and if
the police are able to find and over
power him they can arrest him with
out danger to themselves, for he
carried no weapon.
This robber. who uses only his
right forefinger and thumb to com
pei his victims to throw up their
hands while he takes their money,
held up H. T. Leyser Weaponless,
the bandit walked within few feet
of his victim, then suddenly point
ed his finger straight at him and,
holding his thumb erect, called out
Throw up your hands," The vic
tim obeyed readily.
Not a word of you now, or
you're a dead man" spoke the thief
and the victim allowed him to take
So Of his money.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Denies validity OF Court.

Washington. d. C. Especially As
the army court of inquiry investiga-
ting the Brownsville raid was in
one of its closing sessions u. b.
Marshall, counsel for the negro SOL
diers seeking restoration to the
army, sprung a sensation by imply
ing broadly that the court had been
Improperly constructed by Secretary
Dickinson, and that the recorder.
Capt. Charles r. Rowland, of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry, had made no
effort to produce any testimony IA
vorable to the discharged soldiers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Loves Her Cruel Husband.

Chicago Especially. - Filled with
love for her husband and remorse
at having caused his arrest. Mrs.
Mary Pelinski, of Evanston, north
shore suburb, obtained his release
from jail. Pelinski, 1t is alleged, cut
off his wife's ears with razor and
then beat her face with his fists.
Pelinski was sent to the county Jail
on March to serve $50 fine inn
posed for an assault and battery pre-,
ferred by his wife.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
777-77
ABOUT 10 KILL
-FOUR CHILDREN
Crazed Father Caught As He
Was Raising AK.
Pole Had Led His Offspring To An
Isolated Spot-One Child Stood
With Crucifix In Hand Waiting
For Weapon To Descend When
Police Spring On Parent-Maniac
Fights Desperately.

Hartford, Ct Especially AN In
sane father was prevented from
buchering his four little children, on
the banks of the Connecticut River,
by the timely arrival of the police.
When located back of the bushes,
his four boys were partly undressed
and were lined in a row, the maniac
father standing over them with the
uplifted axe. A boy of four was to
have been the first victim. The child
was standing beneath the shining
blade with crucifix in one hand,
calmly awaiting its fate. The other,
under orders of the mailman, were
terrified spectators. The father was
then taken to the police station and
locked in padded cell. He Is a
Pole-Valente Chongle. He had been
dispossessed by his landlord and the
occurrence made him desperate.
Chongle was heard to tell his chill
dren to prepare for their death, his
original plan being to throw them
into the river. Later he changed
his mind and decided to murder them
first and then make away with their
bodies in the swollen stream.
Like sheep, he led the quartet,
whose ages range from two to seven
years, to the isolated spot, where he
was traced.
The officers who prevented the
wholesale killing, said that their
hearts failed them as they beheld
the terrifying scene. Fearing that
the mailman would crush the skull
of the boy he had before him should
their presence be detected, they crept
up from behind and overpowered
Chongle, who fought desperately.
The maniac disputed the right of the
officers to interfere with his plans
for making away with his children,
claiming that as their father he had
a right to do with them as he pleased.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
straus TO Meet Roosevelt.

Washington, D. c. Especially =
Oscar straus. United States ambas-
sador to Constantinople, left that
city March on the Scorpion, of the
Navy, for Cairo, Egypt, where he is
to have long conference with ex-
President Roosevelt. 1t was learned
that Mr.. Straus' trip was in answer
to a cable message from Colonel
Roosevelt requesting the conference.
In some quarters the visit is re-
garded with significance. Mr.. Straus
was secretary of commerce and la
Dor in the last four years of the
Roosevelt administration. was al
ways close to Mr.. Roosevelt and is
likewise warm friend Of President
Taft.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Fire Follows Threats.

Morganfield, Ky. Especially Fire
supposed to have been of incendiary
origin destroyed business property
here to the value of 100000.
Among the buildings burned are the
Green River department store,
where the blaze started; the Ma
sonic Temple, the Opera House. the
new Baptist Church and parsonage
and the Bank of Union County. The
department store managers say they
had received several threatening let
ters lately from the Black Hand.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
AS Guest OF Emperor william.

Berlin Especially 1t was learned
from an official source that Colonel
Roosevelt will arrive in Berlin on
April ~. He will be the personal
guest of the Emperor for four days
during which he will stop at the royal
palace. The statement that Colonel
Roosevelt will arrive here on April
IL and go direct to the royal palace
is not quite understood. At the
American Embassy it is not known
whether the ex-President will ar
rive previous to that date, but it
has been generally understood that
he would arrive here on April 9, and
would spend couple of days with
Ambassador Hill before going to the
palace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
A GIRLS HEROIC DEED.
Snatched Three Year-Old Niece
From In Front OF Train.

Paramount. Ind. Especially Run
ming. into the face of death. Nettie
Caskey, / 5 years old, snatched her
three-year-old niece, Martelle Cask-
ey, from in front of locomotive on
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Both
children rolled down the bank as
the train dashed by. "
Nettie had seen the baby trotting
toward the approaching train and
pursued her almost to the oncoming
engines pilot before she caught her
in her arms and leaped aside.
Engineer George Jardine was so
upset by the incident that he could
not continue his run further than
this city.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH

Senator Beveridge presented to
the Senate the report of the Com.
mittee on Territories favoring the
Senate bill for the admission of New
Mexico and Arizona as separate
Estates.
Attorney General Wickersham de-
MED in letter to Representative
Bennett that he ever acted as at
ed by Representative Martin.
President and Mrs. Taft witnessed
the quaint and time-honored custom
of rolling eggs on the White House
lawn, which was participated in by
about $4,000 youngsters.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion reduced the lake and rail rates
on flour from Minneapolis, Mimi, to
New York City, from 23 cents per
100 pounds to FL " cents.
The Senate Committee on Judi
ciary decided to make favorable
report upon the nominations of
judges for the new Customs Court
of Appeals.
Whether the soldiers discharged
for shooting up Brownsville, Tex
are to be allowed to reenlist may de-
pend upon big, black dog.
Brigadier General Hawkins, gov
ernor of the National Soldiers
Home, died suddenly at Glen Springs,
IN. Y.
President Taft sent special mes
sage to Congress urging an appro-
Board.
The administration railroad bill
largely amended was ordered fav-
orably reported by the House Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce.
The Senate struck out the provis-
ION in the Appropriation Bill for q
masseur at the baths in the Senate
office building.
The Pension Bill, carrying appro-
priations aggregating about $780,
100000, was passed by the House.
In speech in the Senate, Mr..
Owens urged the establishment Of
public health.
Secretary Dickinson promulgated
lew rules to govern hazing at West
Point.
Major General J. Franklin Bell,
chief of staff of the Army, was badly
injured, and Mrs. Herbert ]. Slocum.
wife of Major Slocum, of the Seventh
Calvary, was almost instantly killed
in a collision of their automobile
with trolley car on the Tenally-
town road.
Secretary Meyer returned to Wash
ington from a weeks visit to Aiken
ands Charleston, much improved in
health. While in Charleston the Sec
rotary made an inspection of the new
naval drydock
Secretary Ballinger temporarily
withdrew 56,659 acres of public
lands from all forms of disposition
in aid of proposed legislation affect
ing the disposal of water-power sites
on the public domain.
Hearings will be given during the
week of April IL on the proposed
legislation to remove the tax on oieo-
margarine under decision of the
House Committee on Agriculture.
The legislative. executive and judi
cial appropriation bill was reported
to the Senate. 1t carries $34,034,-
357, a net increase of $195,562 over
the bill as it passed the House.
A larse delegation representing
interests along the Canadian border
called on Secretary Knox and appeal
ed to him to avert tariff war with
Canada.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Expects af .ooo. GOO census.

Boston Especially - In looking
over the New England census field
DR.. e. Dana Durand. the national
superintendent, said that by June
! he hoped to be able to report the
number of inhabitants in the United
States, probably between $4,000
and 91,000,000. The great army OF
enumerators, consisting of $4,000
men and women, will move on April
IS and will cover the cities in If
teen days and the rural sections in
thirty days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Boy Claims Immunity.

Pittsburg. Pa. Especially Lem
me go. I told yer all about these
robberies. They're lettin' the graft
ers go when they confess" This was
the unique plea of George Burrell,
aged IL, one of the confessed mem
bers of a juvenile band of robbers
when arraigned before Magistrate
Louis Alpern. Burrell failed to get
the immunity bath and was held
with two companions for Juvenile
court. The boy confessed to eight
robberies Of dwellings committed
within the past seven days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Daniel Still Improves.

Dayton. Fla. Especially. United
States Senator John w. Daniel con
tinued to show Improvement, pulse,
temperature and respiration being
nearly normal If the present gain
continues, it is expected to remove
the Senator to his home in Virginia
within two weeks. Doctor Chown-
ing declared that Senator Daniels
faculties have been nearer normal
than at any time for two weeks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01

Catania, Sicily Especially Mount
Etna, whose eruptions in the past
have wrought great destruction, is
again in a violent state of activity.
Pronounced movement within the
crater and steadily increasing in
volume. Fears are entertained as
to the results, If the eruption con-
tinues in its present violent form
From Catania a correspondent
motored in the direction of the
mountains. Passing the village Of
Mascalucia. IL miles in direct line
from the crater, a thick curtain of
smoke was encountered. which en-
tirely concealed Etna At Nicolosi,
10 miles from the crater, the entire
population had gathered in square
to watch the volcano, which appear
ed as a black phantom above. Now
and then it was Illuminated with
flashes of light, appearing almost red.
Higher up the rain of cinders be-
came thicker and extended like a
veil across the mountain.
Like Sounds OF Battle.
A deep roaring was heard and
detonations like the sound Of artil-
lery following one another in quick
succession, while the earth shook I'M
der foot.
One of the guides cried: can
earthquake, and could scarcely be
induced to continue. The hot cinders
covered the ground like a thick car
pet, rendering walking difficult. A
peasant was encountered coming
down. He said:
The fire is rushing down, burning
everything. The lava is like a red
hot river
Proceeding little further along,
four colossal columns of LACK smoke
could be observed. Occasion l,y
they were cut by flashes of fire,
presenting an awe-inspiring spec-
tacle. Then the wind opened the
clouds for moment and a wide strip
OF fire could be seen in the distance
advancing with .monstrous contor-
tons. 1t fell like a torrent from
Mount Capriolo. spreading out in the
valley below
Houses developed.
The lava flow had already reach
ed the vineyards above San Leo and
Rinazzo, seven miles from the era
ter, and had buried a large number
OF peasants houses. 1t came in sew
eral streams and united in one great
mass about 20 feet in height and
1880 feet wide. Its velocity was
estimated at 8 to feet minute.
varying according to the conditions
of the ground. This mighty wall Of
lava was today not more than five
miles from Bolpasso and Nicolosi.
The meteorological station on
the mountain side has been destroy
ed and the village of Borrello is in
serious danger. The populace. ter
ror-stricken. are flying from their
homes. The earth shocks have
reached about SO in number. but
there is a continuous vibration and
trembling for many miles around.
Everywhere the villagers are carry
Ing images in procession and implor-
ing mercy. Twelve new craters have
been opened up.
Help For Sufferers.
Help for the people of the de-
vastated region is being organized
here. A detachment of soldiers and
a large number of engineers and
doctors have gone forward. The
project of Catania, returning from
the scence this evening, said:
II have witnessed a spectacle of
desolation and ruin which only
those who saw the eruption of We
suvius in 1906 can imagine. The
present eruption can be compared to
no other"
A. Guasf ne Er,,,,,o,,~.. vry.rx.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
HERO FAILED TO SAVE WIFE.

Detroit Especially Despite the
fact that John Jackson, of Port Hur-
on, had been awarded a Carnegie
medal for having saved IA lives, he
was unable to rescue his own wife
from drowning in the Black River.
The woman had been i'll for two
weeks and during the nurses abb
sence from the room, ran to the riv-
er and jumped in. Jackson follow
ed and succeeded In grasping his
wife by the wrist. but could not re-
tain his hold. The water was 20
feet deep.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
They Indorse Everything.

Lafayette. Ind Especially The
Payne-Aldrick Tariff Act, the adj
ministration of President Taft and
the action of United States Senator
Albert j. Beverage, who voted
against the tariff law, were all in
dorsed in one set of resolutions
adopted by the convention of the
Republicans of the Tenth District of
Indiana, who renominated Edgar
Dean Crumpacker for Congress.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Pension Agencies To Go.

Washington. D. C. Especially By
vote of 76 to "a, the House re-
fused to strike out the provision of
the pension appropriation bill
which abolishes eighteen pension
agencies throughout the United
States The bill carrying appropria-
tions aggregating 100000, was
passed. Ss
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01

ESuUH wheeler went 10 accept OAs
fer OF Employment And Never
Returned-Ch arred Torso In Gum
ny Sack On Fire-Escape Leads To
Discovery OF Crime Albert Wall
ter, Who Lured Girls To His
Apartments, Under Arrest - New
Paint Hides Crime.
New York Especially. - The body
of Ruth Wheeler. the 16-year-csd
stenographer, who was lured from
her widowed mother by decoy of
fer of employment. was found hud-
died in a gunny sack on the fire.
escape outside the apartment of AL
bert Wolter, the man charged with
her abduction She had been stran-
gled with short end of three
eights-inch rope. hacked with a
knife, burned beyond recognition in
an open fireplace and thrust care
lessly out of doors like so much rub
bish.
Identification was only possible by
shreds of clothing and fragments of
jewelry, but there was abundant evil
dence of how the murder had been
done. Around the neck were the
charred fibers of manila burnt into
the flesh. The apartment reeked
with the odor of Kerosene. There
were oil stains in front of the new
ly painted fireboard that hid an
open CRATE. Fully dressed, the girls
clothing and hair had been saturated
with kerosene, the fireboard had
been removed and the body thrust
up the chimney standing. When
the match was touched to her she
burned like torch.
Probably the murderer had hoped
for an opportunity to remove the
body under cover of night, but when
the girls disappearance raised such
an uproar and he began to suspect
he was Swallowed, he had packed and
fed in terror
Lured From Her Home.
A neighbor living on the same
floor of an adjoining house had mo-
ticed the lEmpy bundle outside his
window and, thinking it refuse, had
poked it off the fire-escape into the
back yard with broomhandle. The
bundle moved obstinately and fell
with crash. His curiosity more
than his suspicious aroused, the
neighbour hurried downstairs for the
janitor to investigate. When the
two men cut the strings that bound
the sacking there rolled out before
them the full horror of an atrocious
murder. Both fed for the police.
Ruth Wheeler was the youngest
of three sisters bred by their moth
er, a dressmaker. to self-support.
Both the older sisters were steno-
graphers and Ruth had just gradu-
ated from business college, eager
for employment and proud of her
diploma. An employment agency
for graduates is conducted by the
college and Ruth called there often
to look for a situation. Thursday
morning she left home on her usual
errand and never returned.
The girl had been carefully
brought up. She was never on the
streets at night and her failure to
come home for "a hours without ex-
PLANTATION meant more than a ca
price. The next morning her sisters,
Pearl and Adelaide, in serious con-
Germ, went to the college and learn
ed that the following postcard had
been turned over to her:
Dear Madam: Please call in ref
erence to position as stenographer
at residence of the secretary,
(Signed) "A. Wolter,
1922 East-105 Street"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Pardon Granted To Dead Man.

Nashville, Tenn. Especially wal
ter Dennis, of Jackson County, a
dead man. has been pardoned by
Governor Patterson. The object OF
the pardon was to relieve the family
of the deceased of the necessity of
paying fine of $50 which he had
been sentenced to pay for carrying
q nistoI
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
To Raise The Main.

Washington, D. C. Especially -
The battleship Names sunk in the
iharbor of Havana. is to be raised
and removed, if the Senate approves
a bill passed by the House. Under
the provisions of the bill it will be
possible to examine the wreck to dis
cover the cause of the destruction
of the vessel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Bald Preacher Retires.

New York Especially .-Rey. R. A..
Hafer. of st. Trinitatis Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Jersey City, has
written his congregation that bald
ness forces him to retire from the
ministry. He cannot wear his hat
in the pulpit and he cannot preach
bareheaded, he says. without catch
ing cold.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Tillman Rapidly Improving.

Atlanta Especially ~ United States
Senator B. r. Tillman. of South Car
DINA, is rapidly regaining his health.
Saturday, for the first time since his
recent illness, the Senator, who is
taking the rest cure at a sanatorium,
took short walk. He walked about
a block from the sanatorium and
back and was little fatigued with the
exercise
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
NEW MAIL TAKING DEVICE.
Post Office Department Approves
Iowa Mans Invention.

Washington, D. C. Especially -
BY a device invented by an Iowa
man and approved by the Postmas-
ter General, mail will be taken upon
moving trains and delivered at many
places. where fast trains do not stop.
The adoption of the device marks
an important step in the movement
to equip all railroad lines with 1t.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Trouble In santo Domingo.

Washington. d. c. Especially -
The Navy Department ordered the
gunboat Paducah. now at Havana, to
proceed to Santo Domingo. The sit
uation there is politically disturbed,
and it is deemed wise to have an
American warship convenient in
case the trouble becomes more
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
RIVERS OF LAVA
FROM Mt. ETNA
The Earth Trembling for Miles
Around Volcano.

The Meteorological Station On The
Mountain Side Destroyed And
Several Villages In Danger From
Fiery Streams Flowing Toward
Them Through Heavy Clouds OF
Smoke Great Flashes OF Flame
Come From The Craters-A Ter
rifying Spectacle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
Body buried sol Years Rohhed

Forest Hill. La. Especially The
most unusual robbery in the history
of this section of Louisiana was per-
petrated, when the body of e. d.
Gainier was exhumed and gold
teeth. a diamond ring, gold watch
and cuff buttons were taken. The
body was sealed in a tomb here more
than 80 years ago.