The midland journal., 1904-04-01
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic.

arrived at Vineyard Haven, Mass, after
voyage from Jacksonville lasting
nearly four months. A succession OF
storms was encountered and the yes
sci was badly damaged.
Flood conditions in Michigan are
very grave. The inhabitants Of flood.
ed houses are suffering greatly from
cold and lack Of food The property
loss at Grand Rapids will exceed ST..
100000.
Mr.. John D. Rockfellow has placed
Starr J. Murphy, a young New York
lawyer, at the head of his bureau 70.
the distribution of money for philan.
thropic purpose.
w. H. Henry, for I6 years adjutant
general of Mississippi, died at his home
at Jackson. He was twice mayor o!
Jackson and prominent in the affairs
of the state.
Col T. B. Needles, of the Doves
Commission, stated in Muskogee, r
T., that he had not resigned and had
no intention of doing so.
Brevet Major General Thomas Os.
borne, formerly United States minister
to Argentine, died suddenly of apo.
plexy in Washington.
Miss Bertha Vanderkamp Green
grandniece of the late Horatio Sey.
mour, was burned to death at her
home, in Detroit, Mich.
William Henry Shoales, who mar
ried Mary Carlson in Derby, CT,
disappeared and his bride believes he
has been waylaid
The steamer Parthian and the
schooner Cora F. Cressey were in
collision during the fog off Five Fa-
thom Bank lightsllip
Harry L. Wilson,o one of the most
expert telegraphers in the country,
died in Washington OF neuralgia Of
the heart.
Fire burned out the top floors OF
the Metzerott Building in Washing.
ton.
At meeting of the Hanna Memoir
:al Chair Association, at Cleveland, o..
among the trustees selected were Gov
ernor Herrick, Secretary of Std.e
Hay, United States Senator Dick:
Governor Durbin. Of Indiana; John
Mitchell, president of The United
Mineworke-s.
Snowdrifts block railroad traffic in
Manitoba, Montana and North Dako-
ia, and foods in Michigan are causing
trouble Numbers of towns are mum
dated and families homeless.
The sugar imports at New Orleans
have grown to great proportions since
the reduction duty on Cuban imports
went into effect.
The body OF Anna Newkirk, who
had been missing from her home,
near Salem, N. J., since January IL,
was found floating in creek.
The American Locomotive Company
discharged one-half of its employees
in the Scranton shops.
Wallace H. Ham pleaded guilty in
Boston to indictments charging him
| with the larceny of $23S,ooo.
The various transatlantic companies
came to an agreement to restore the
eastbound steerage rates.
Colonel Clough, vice president OF
the Northern Securities Company,
| denies that new company IS beng
| planned IN spite of official deniais,
| .here are indications that differences
| exist between the Union Pacihc ana
he Hill Morgan interests.
Evidence was given in St. Louis in
West Chelmsford, Mass, are on strike
charged with having illegally accepted
ices from the Rialto Grain and Securi-
| lies Company. of St. Louis.
| Three hundred quarryworkers en-
ployed by Winston Locher & Co., at
the trial of Senator Burton, of Kansas,
against an order fixing 10 hours as a
| days work.
Samuel C. Hazard, OF Pottsville,
Pa, was sentenced in Minneapolis to
two years in the penitentiary for
! oigamy.
One life. was lost in the fire that
| = 4 = L
| itlanta and Loomis.
Eighteen Minneapolis -four mills
hut down indefinitely.