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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
HELEN TAFT THE DEBUTAATE
Brilliant COming-Out Party at
the White House.

Washington, D. G. Especially The
White House was the center of att
traction to society Thursday after
noon when about 1000 guests from
official, diplomatic and residential So
ciety were invited to the coming-out
party of Miss Helen Taft, the young
and attractive daughter of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft. Miss Taft is the
fourth of the White House debut
antes, Nellie Grant being the first.
Toward the historic mansion of the
presidents long line of carriages
and automobiles was tending as the
sun went down in the clouds of the
West and the lights on the avenue
and those that outlined the esplan-
AIDES and gateways of the White
House came into view. The Novem-
Der weather furnished just the con-
trast that was needed for the warmth
and brightness of the interior, where
the gay music of the Marine Band
was heard floating through the up
per corridors when the incoming
guests laid aside their wraps in the
dressing-rooms below.
The receiving line was formed at
the door of the East Room and pass
ed from the entrance to the south
windows, where the President and
Mrs. Taft with their daughter stood.
Never was a debutante more literally
showered with bouquets and floral
designs of every sort and conceit.
The large gold-coyered piano, which
was one of the first things the guests
saw as they entered the room, was
piled with bouquets of roses, lilies,
orchids and chrysanthemums Ameri-
can Beauty roses filed the huge
vases of Haveline ware, the gift of
the French government to the White
House some years ago.
In all the state apartments there
was the same luxury Of flowers and
fragrance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
CANDY SALES FALLING OFF.

This feminine craze for being slen-
der has knocked the bottom out Of
our business, said the man in charge
Of downtown branch of a big candy
concern. Some men who were good
for at least $40 worth of candy each
week never come inside the door now,
and when | see them trudging past
the store with package of fruit
made up my mind their wives and
daughters or sweetaearts have taken
D stand against candy. One man with
VI wife and four daughters, who used
to De splendid customer, told me
the other day that he'd as soon come
home with a viper as with 5-pound
box of candy. although year ago he
used to buy two 5-pound boxes each
week, says the New York Sun. We
notice the same difference in small
BALES to women employed in offices.
There's not half the number Of calls
Tor half-pound boxes, though our sales
of sweet chocolate are always big,
hs lots of business women nibble it
Instead of taking a regular luncheon.
Ehe continual running In of office
boys to execute commissions for the
photographers and telephone operators
Us getting to be a thing Of the past,
and lemon drops are about the only
sweets these business girls will eat.
Every mothers daughter seems to be
dead set against gaining an ounce of
Mesh, and until it's fashionable to be
plump again / suppose we'll notice
this difference in sales"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09

Boston Especially. - Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy, founder and head of
the Christian Science Church, is dead
of pneumonia.
She passed away at 10.45 o'clock
Saturday night in her mansion at
Chestnut Hill. but the news of her
death was suppressed until Sunday
morning, when an official announce
ment was made by Alfred G. Farlow,
chairman Of the Christian Science
Publication Committee.
She died while asleep, and the
only physician who has seen her
body, DR.. George L. West, medical
examiner, says that she did not suf-
fer any pain.
Gathered about her bedside when
the end came were six followers of
her religion-men and women who
had been her companions for years.
A few minutes before the life cord
gently snapped she talked with them.
She told them that she was tired,
but felt no pain, and said nothing to
indicate that she realized that death
was near.
For nine days Mrs. Eddy had been
i'll, but faith in the doctrine which
she has preached to millions in every
part of the globe kept from her, the
knowledge that an illness had come
which prayer could not heal.
Day after day she became worse,
but she kept bravely at her duties,
and two DAYS before her death took
her daily drive through the wooded
country about Chestnut Hill, which
she loved so well.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
Jail Overcrowded With Political
Prisoners.
men TRUSTED BY GENERAL MEDARO.
Several OF Them Now Under Arrest
Juan Vaca Captured BY Secret
Service Oficers - He Is Said To
Have Planned Attacks Upon Par
raj and Other Towns-Two BAN
dts Killed In Fierce Hand-to-
Hand Conflict.

Mexico City Especially The gov
eminent is rapidly rounding up the
leaders and political leaders of the
revolutionary movement. In many
towns the jails are overcrowded with
the political prisoners. One of the
most important captures is Juan B.
Vaca, who is alleged to have laid the
plans for the attacks on Parral and
other places in that region. Vaca
has been brought here and placed in
prison. He is said to have been one
of Madero's righthand men, and to
have laid plans for attacks on towns
all over the republic, but in person
supervised the planning of the raid
on Parral.
After the plans miscarried and the
rebels were thoroughly whipped,
Vaca fed southwark through Dur
ango up to the capital of the State
of Jalisco, where he was captured by
secret service men.
Rafael Quiroz Cardenas, another
important suspect, and j. Socorro
Cervantes, scarcely less valuable
capture, have arrived under guard
from JiQuipa.
Ell Paladin, an anti-re-electionis
organ, currently reported to have
been financed by Madero and his
supporters, has been closed by order
of the court. Ramon Alvarez Soteo,
editor and proprietor of the sheet,
has been held, under charges OF
fomenting trouble through his news
paper and is now in Belem.
Two bandits were shot dead in a
fierce hand-to-hand battle with the
employees of the Hacienda Santa
Rosa, near Puebla. Ten mounted
bandits, heavily armed, attacked the
hacienda about midnight, and the
manager of the ranch Immediately
armed his employees and led them in
the defense. So effective was their
fire that the bandits were forced to
flee, leaving two of their number
dead on the field.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
DEATH TOLL OF HUNTERS.
Hundred and Thirteen Killed In
Twenty-Three States.

Twenty-Three States.
Chicago Especially The hunting
season of 1910, which just closed,
cost 113 lives, according to statistics
from % States collected by the
Tribune. This is considerably more
than were killed during any previous
season of which there is record.
The loss Of life in 1909 was 81, in
1908 it was 81. in 1907, 80, and in
1906. "A.
The number of injured this season,
however, is less than year ago, only
81 having been hurt this year,
against 104 for the season Of 1909.
1t is likely the death list this year
will be considerably increased later
by reason Of the fatal termination in
the cases of many of the injured.
Mistaken for a deer" and ''shot
by a companion continues ~b lead as
the reason for the shooting of hunt
ers. Michigan heads the list, with
81 killed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
China,s New Navy.

Picking Especially The Chinese
government has opened negotiations
for a further and distinct foreign
loan of $25,OOO,OO0 to be used for
the development of the navy This
is the result of the report made by
Prince Tsai Sum, the uncle of the
Emperor, after his visit to America.
1t is probable that Americans will re-
ceiye the largest share of the orders
for the construction of the new yes
sells. as well as the privilege of fur
nishing one-quarter of the loan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
JEALOUS sUIToR's MAD ACT.
Murders Neighbor Because Girl Re-
fused Him.

Aberdeen, S. D. Especially Gus
Banick, homesteader, who lived near
Davidson, in Perkins county. is dead
from a bullet wound through his left
lung and Arthur w. Lowry. a neigh
boring homesteader, is under arrest
charged with the murder.
Miss Lizzie Walrath, who also
lived on a neighboring claim. had
been receiving the attentions of
Lowry until recently, when she told
him that Banick was her accepted
sutton. A bullet fired through the
door of Banick's shack killed him, and
it is alleged that Lowry fired the
shot.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09

The departure of the United States
battleships which are to visit French
and English ports is reminder of
the famous cruise around the world.
When the feet is assembled at sea
1t will consist of sixteen vessels, the
same number that made the earlier
trip. There can be no doubt of the
welcome that awaits the visitors. The
one regret in connection with the
proceedings is that this showing of
superb American warships will accen.
tuate the lack of an American mer-
camille marine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
Duke Gives Up Title.

New York Especially Giving up
his title of nobility and renouncing
allegiance to Italy, Tomaso Duca
Pugliatti di San Giorgio became a
plain American citizen. The former
italian duke, one of the professors
at the New York University, appeared
at the United States District Court
Saturday and forswore allegiance to
Victor Emmanuel II and took the
oath to support the Constitution of
the United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
Milestones In a Great Life.

Mary Baker, born July 16,
1921, in Bow, N. H.
Married George Washington
Glover about Christmas, 184S,
at Tilton, N. H., and went to live
in Wilmington, N. C.
Mr.. Glover died in 1874 and
his widow returned to Tilton.
N. H., where her only son, nam
ed for his father, was born the
same year.
Married DR.. Daniel Patterson,
a dentist, in 1853, and IL years
later secured a divorce.
Went to Portland, Maine, in
1852 to consult DR.. Phineas
Quimby, a mesmerist and faith
healer. He cured her and she
began studying his doctrines.
Discovered" Christ1an
Science in 1856 and practiced
healing in Lynn.
In 1875 published first edition
of Science and Health"
In 1877 married Asa G.. Eddy,
who died five years later.
Began preaching in 1878.
Founded First Church Of
Christi Scientist in 1879.
Established her Metaphysical
College in Boston in 1881.
Moved to Concord, N. H., in
1889.
Returned to Boston in 1908.
Sued by her son and an adopt
ed son in 1907, the suit being
compromised in 1909.
Died in Boston, December 5,
1910.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
Cupid Worked Hard.

New York Especially If busy
times in the Cupid Bureau at the
City Hall may be taken as an indi-
cation of prosperity, Manhattan and
the Bronx may be regarded as de-
cidedly on the upgrade. Tabula-
lions just completed for the IL
months of the year 1910 ending with
November show that 31,565 mar
riage licenses were issued during
that period, against 31,507 for the
entire year of 1909. In December,
1909. 2.SO6 licenses were issued
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
JURY ACCUSES SEARS.
Inquest Into Tragedy AT Dutch Neck
Is Concluded.

Trenton, N j., Especially After
hearing the story of the confession
made by John Sears, the half-breed
negro, who murdered the Rev. Amzi
L. Armstrong and his wife, Mary
Armstrong, Thanksgiving Eve, at
their home in Dutch Neck, the coro-
ner's jury returned verdict that the
deaths of the minister and his wife
were caused by gunshot wounds fired
from 12-bore shotgun held in the
hands of Sears.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
Town Almost DESTROYED.

Knoxville, Tenn. Especially Cop
per Hill, town of 1900 people, To-
Gated in the famous Ducktown cop
per basin, was almost completely
wiped out by fire which started in
the second story of store used as a
boarding house. An overheated stove
set fire to the building and at 10
O'Clock the flames had spread so
rapidly that 45 frame buildings had
been destroyed, at loss of $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09

All measures of reformation are eff
fective in exact proportion to their
Thickness; partial decay may be cut
away and cleansed: inciplent error
corrected; but there is point at
which corruption can no more be
stayed. nor wandering recalled. It
has been the manner of modern phil
anthropy to remain passive until that
precise period. and to leave the sick
to perish. and the foolish 10 stray.
while it spent itself in frantic exer-
lions to raise the dead. and reform the
dust.-Ruskin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
Mother and Child In Wen.

Traverse City, Mich. Especially -
Frank Ruthardt, prominent farmer
living near here, found the bodies of
his wife and baby in deep well on
his farm. 1t is believed the mother,
while temporarily insane, threw her.
self and child in the water.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
Killed By FLYING House.

Grand Rapids, Mich. Especially -
A steel-cased house containing dyna-
mite exploded at the plant of the
Alabastine Company, southwest of
the city. One piece of the building
was hurled 200 feet and struck
George Munsee, a laborer, killing
him instantly. Munsee was 60 years
old and leaves family. No cause
is assigned for the explosion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
HURT YEARS AGO, HE DIES.
Joseph F. Davidson Was Injured In
Auto Accident.

Columbus, o. Especially Joseph
E. Davidson, of Columbus, aged So,
president of the North American
Lead Company, which owns prop
critics near Fredericktown, Nd, died
here, as the indirect result of an
automobile accident five years ago
in which the company's former presi-
dent, F. E. Stoneman, also of Colum-
bus, was killed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09

A thief who stole gold spike used
10 fasten the first rail of new rail.
road in Pennsylvania found it was
only gold plated. Such base decep-
tion as this. resulting in painful NOR
tiflcation and disappointment to man
acting in good faith, is plainly repre-
hensible and comes under the same
category as selling a goldbrick.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
MRS. MARY EDDY
PASSES AWAY
The DiscOverer and Founder Of
Christian Science.
WAS NEARLY 80 YEARS Of AGE.

Only Students OF Her Faith With
Her In Her Dying Hours - Her
Death At Her Home Saturday
Night Not Announced Until the
Close OF Service In the Mother
Church At Boston Sunday Morn
ing - Announcement Made That
Her Mind Was Clear To the Last
Left No Message.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09

The difference of $4,000 between
the first count of Tacoma's population
and the second is measure of the
mistake of too much enthusiasm in
padding census returns. Had Taco,
ma been satisfied with modest ten
or fifteen thousand imitation it might
have succeeded. but this OVERRIDING of
things is generally disastrous.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
POISONED BY RAT BITES.
A Two-Year-Old Child Dying From
the Infection.

Washington, D. c. Especially -
With fourteen rat bites on her body,
Liebe Lewis, the 2-year-old daugh-
ter of M. Lewis, of this city, is dying
of blood poisoning. A short time
since Mrs. Lewis was awakened by
the child's cries. Lighting the gas
the mother saw big rat disappear.
A physician was summoned, and the
wounds were oauterized, but the
child did not escape infection.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
AN HONOR FOR ROOT.
Made Permanent Arbitrator On the
Hague Tribunal.

Washington, D. G. Especially -
Senator Elihu Root, of New York,
was appointed permanent arbitrator
representing America at The Hague
Tribunal, succeeding the late Chief
Justice Fuller, of the Supreme Court,
who held that honor. The appoint
ment was announced at the White
House by President Taft.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
UNDERGROUND STREET.
Would Be the First OF Its Kind In
the World.

New York Especially The build
ing of an underground street, the
first of it's kind in the world, under
ST. George Hill, on the upper end of
Manhattan Island, is favored by Mel
son P. Lewis, city engineer, in a
report just made to the Board of
Estimates. The street would be more
than 80 feet long, 16 feet wide and
Is feet high, for pedestrians only.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09

The Washington chief of police be-
iieves that wife-beaters should be
dashed. theoretically. this punish
ment. which exactly fits the crime. is
Endorsed and recommended on all
sides. Practically. 1t is ignored even
where the law has put it on the
statute books. Naturally. the wife
beating goes on.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
New WORLDS Typewriter Record

St. Louis, Mo. Especially III. o.
Blaisdell, the worlds champion
typist, established new worlds ten
minute record. He wrote liza
words in that time and made only
eleven errors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
INSANE OVER ToLsToI.
Boston Woman Quit Home, Going
To Chicago.

Chicago Especially .-Deranged by
the death of Tolstoi and laboring un-
in Chicago owe her millions of dol
lars, Mrs Matilda Hahn, of Boston,
is in the detention hospital here
Dispatches from Boston say she left
home after writing an incoherent let
ter to her husband in which she dis
cussed at great length the death of
Tolstoi.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09
HIS LIFE WISH GRATIFIED.
John Smyth Dies Before Reaching
His Seventeenth Birthday.

New York Especially - For the
reason that both his brother and his
sister had died just as each was ap-
preaching the age of II, John Smyth,
a young resident of the upper East
Side, had frequently expressed that
he would never live to celebrate his
own seventeenth birthday. He was
nearing what he considered this cru
cial age, when Saturday he fell eight
stories through the elevator shaft of
new building at Broadway and
Ninety-second street, and died as the
last rites of the church were being
administered to him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-12-09

When man is his own janitor he
wastes little time pounding on the
pipes.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-15
SHIP GOES DOWN
Only Two of Czdrina' S Grew
Reach Shore Alive.
OVER A SCORE DROWNED
Six Men Were Seen Lashed to the
Rigging of storm-Tossed Pacific
Steamer-Lifesavers Could
Not Reach Wrec,,i.
OVER A SCORE DROWNED

Marshfeld. Ore. Jan. 14.-Of the
thirty-one men on the steamer Car
ina. which struck on the Coos bay ba,
and was wrecked. only two have beer
rescued, and six others. including Car
tain Dugan and Harold Mills. were
seen from shore. dashed to the riggine
and may be saved.
Harry Kentzall. first assistant ensi.
neer, was found unconscious in the
breakers. and J. Robinson, second as.
sistant, was washed ashore.
Several hours after Kentzall was
rescued he regained consciousness and
said that Captain Dugan and Mills,
the only passenger. had been bound to
one of the masts. Robinson added that
when the forward mast to which he
and five others had climbed. went by
, the board, the master. the fl ST officer.
Mills and two seamen were alive in
the after rigging These. Robinson
said. were the only ones left on the
ship Watchers on the beach soon at.
ter Robinson was rescued said that
they saw light flare from the break.
All night watchers patrolled the
shore Among them were c. j. Mills
the steamship agent for the Pacific
company at Marshfeld. and his wife
Early in the night they gave up hope
of again seeing their son. Harold.
boy of twenty years. who had left
them bound for college. When Kent
zell vas rescued hope for a moment
sprsng up. only TO be dashed to earth
by the assertion OF H. J. McKeown
that he had seen both masts of the
Czarina through marine glasses and
that a rope ladder was carried away,
and with II its human burden.
The steamer left port in gale. Tire
meDdous seas were breaking over the
bar as the Czarina attempted to pass
into the ocean. Those on shore who
had gathered to watch the departure
Of the boat were startled to see the
CZariea- 5 weeping toward the north
spit Her engines apparently had been
disabled. The heavy seas seemed to
chNeiope thc Stiduu anu SHe uIlileu
rapidly on the spit at the point about
a mile from the jetty.
The crew crowded into the rigging
and could be seen making frantic sig
mails for help. while hundreds on shore
shore were compelled to stand by and
see man after ran washed overheard
So rough was the sea that efforts of
the lifesaving crew to launch a boat
were futile Attempts to shoot a life
line across the vessel failed The
Czarina was built at Sunderland, Eng
land, in 1888. Nine years ago the
steamer was sunk in hesapeake bay.
She was floated with little difficulty
and was remodeled.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-15
SATURDAY, JANUARY Is. 1910.

The General Assembly in session at
Richmond has much important work
to do, but the members of both
branches are, for the most part,
thoroughly capable of performing
the arduous duties which confront
them. While there is much new
matter to be considered, more i'm
portant of which is a provision for
the equalization of assessment Of
property for taxation and for reach
ing property which ought to have
been assessed, but has lodged when
the assessor came around, there are
many important matters which will
come up and keep the Legislature on
the lookout. 1t is already limited
that influences are at work TO pre-
vent further State aid to the cause
of good roads. There will probably
be efforts made to curtail the eXpen-
ditures of education and other eXpen-
ditures, which have meant so much to
the material welfare of the State in
the past four or five years. 1t is to
be hoped that no such organized
effort will be made. 1t will not do
to take any backward step in the
march of progress. Rigid economy
should be observed, but not the kind
of economy which amounts to stingi-
ness and will put crimp in the
splendid advancement Virginia has
made under recent policies. The
Legislature should look to this with
a Jealous eye and it can rest assured
that the people will stand behind it.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-15
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP.

The public are hereby notified that
from and after the first day of Janu-
airy, 1910, the partnership heretofore
existing between Annie d. Baker, ex-
ecutrix of E. T. Bakers estate, and
S. G. Wallace will cease and terminate.
We thank our many friends for the
liberal patronage in the past and invite
a continuance of the same with the new
firm, which will be continued under the
old name Of Baker & Wallace, under
the management of S. G. Wallace, the
proprietor, who has been the manager
since the death of E. T. Baker.
We wish all our friends and custom
ers a happy and prosperous New Year.
Annie d. Baker,
Executrix of E. 7. Baker;
s. G. Wallace.
jap. lst, 1910. jSw4w
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-15
EVERYBODY WANTS THE BEST

Atlas Cement has been used in con-
struction of the Law Building and new
residence of Judge Alvin 7, Embrey,
the large addition to the Wooden Mill,
new Public School building and is now
being used in the Public Building and
for the new freight depot of R., F.. &
P. r. K. 1t will be used in erecting
the new passenger depot and the new
Normal School Building.
E. ID. Cole is sole agent here for this
brand of cement.
E. D. Cole, Fredericksburg, Va.
jl0s1m3t-w-j1ll2t-w
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-15
MONEY TO LOAN

In sums TO suit on good security. APP
ply TO Lee j. Graves, attorney ltf
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-01-15
CADETS GUILTY OF HAZING
Three West Pointers Likely to Be Dis.
missed From Academy.

Washington. Jan. 14.-Three West
Point cadets have been found guilty
Of hazing. 1t is reported here. and
their dismissal will follow the ap-
proval of the sentence by the secretary
of war. who Is allowed no discretion in
the matter.
No announcement of the names of
the three cadets will be made until
secretay Dickinson returns from. Porto
Rico and has had time to act on the
matter.