The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-24
WaRYLAND HAPPENINGS.

CRYING from Erler over hls Holnel
,tnsaI TO forgive him for trivial act
y Sisobedience, Branton Is. King, aged
y ears. committed suicide at 1.3O O.
y ;o:E Friday afternoon by swallowing
carbolic acid
r5uard Mcbride, aged IS years, a bar
- work. Pa, killed himself Sunday
De- II room on the second floor of the
m III house conducted by Mrs. Rhoda
D 1GE.t al East Pleasant St., Baltimore,
~ rntting his wrists with razor
uerbert w. Cummings, 26 years old,
- M MI. J. B. Cummings, one of the
asoi+hiest men in Lenoir Co., North
rssoiina was found dead in room on
Ia.,o++a street, Baltimore, Friday morn
To- with the Gas flowing from @ jet
close TO his bed
.-,a body of an unidentified man was
sornd along the tracts of the Balti-
lU &c and Ohio Railroad, three miles
in LEI Of Point Ct Rocks, Frederick Co.,
. afternoon. Three bullet
n.y. Lreasl from 80 calibre
weapon by his side.
Miss Cora Johns, aged p years,
5aucater of John Johns. of Borden
Mines. near Frostburg. will probably
dia from carbolic acid taken with
snicidal intent. She is a milliner and
univ receG-ly returned from Baltimore
where she was employed.
Two fine horses owned by Charles
r Waters, of near Germantown, where
me well-known Pleasant Field stables
are located, died from eating clay
pigeons which had been used on the
Waters farm in trap shooting. The
horses were valued at about $1,000.
Henry Kumakoeki, aged % years, a
Gardener. was found dead Sunday
mnrning on the ground floor of the barn
nj Mr.. Frank Corse, Gardenville. The
enc nGdy was discovered shortly
before S o'clock by Mr.. Corse who had
entered the barn to feed his live stock.
Joshua HJiI,1.g, colorerJ, who was
convicted II the Criminal t.O':rt. Part
., Baltimore, February l6, OH the
charge of murder in the second degree.
was sentenced to 10 years in the PEN
itentiary. Holiday was charged with
having shot John Brown, colored, on
October 3, last.
George Reed, who lives near Bear
town, at the foot OF South mountain,
was probably fatally injured while
telling trees near Loudon. Grover
Shaffer was working near Reed when
the blade of his axe flew of, striking
Reed in the face, infiicting a deep and
dangerous wound.
Burglars broke into the residence of
Welby Fl. Rector, Baltimore, Feb. 16
and made away with money and
ne hat md
$500. The robbery was committed
while the Rector family was visiting,
and the robbers gained entrance by
forcing parlor windows with a"iimmy."
After requesting an engineer to
move his train few feet, James w.
King a brakeman on the Baltimore e.
Ohio Railroad ran to one Of the cars
and crawled between the Weels, evi-
IDENTIFY with the intention OF commit
ting suicide in Baltimore on Saturday.
His back was broken and he sustained
other injuries from which ne died sew
eral hours later.
From an article written by Rev. Hen
ny Davies, OF Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church, Easton has white
population OF over $500 and there are
nine churches, with seating capacity
OF 1850. Yet only about 500 seats are
occupied as a rule. This leaves l.
$50 vacant seats in these churches
from week to week and year to year,
the preacher says.
While crossing the tracts of the
Washington, Baltimore and Annapo-
lis Railway Saturday morning at Nc
Pherson Station, Anne Arundel Co,
James r. Cromwell, 56 years old, was
strusK by one OF the cars and fatally
injured His skull was crushed. Crom-
~y.! ~as driving wagon, to which
...x1CAeu a LOrse and mule. Both
animals were killed.
Mrs. August Lange, aged " years,
who lived with her granddaughter Mrs.
Herman Palm, at lis South Wolfe St,
Baltimore, ended her life sometime be-
tween 10 o'clock Saturday night and
daybreak Sunday by jumping into the
harbor at the foot OF Fell street. Her
body was found floating in the water
near Henderson's Wharf shortly be-
fore 10 o'clock Sunday.
Samuel L. Shows Friday night in
the Criminal Court, Baltimore, with
drew his plea Of not guilty and enter
ed plea Of guilty to the murder of B.
F., Buppert. The jury which heard the
testimony in the case had failed to
agree after twenty-three hours
elaboration. Judge Duffy found
verdict Of murder in the second degree
and sentenced Shows TO 10 years in the
Penitentiary.