The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-29
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic,


to the national convention to be held
in Boston in September.
Senator Davis emphatically denies
the report that he is to marry the
widow of DR.. John Reynolds, of Shep-
herdstown, w. Va.
The record in the case of James B.
Howard against the State OF Ken
lucky was filed in the United States
Supreme Court.
The resignation of Charles M.
Schwab as director of the United
States Steel Corporation was &C
cepted.
Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, was
elected chairman of the Democratic
National Committee.
Rev. Robert Perine, dean of All
Saints Cathedral, at Spokane, Wash,
died at Newark
Nearly I,2oo men employed on the
rapid transit tunnel in New York went
on a strike.
Renaldo Walco arrived in St. Louis
from Costa Rica after walk of o.
900 miles.
Governor Peabody has called off
military rule in the Cripple Greek
mining district.
The steamer City of Rockland
struck on Gangway Ledge, in Ponob-
scot Bay
An attempt has been made to
swindle Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of the
President.
The Turkey Red Dye Works at
Bellefont, R. l., was destroyed by fire.
Three passengers were injured in
a wreck at Banning, Pa.
President John F. Goucher, of the
Woman's College, Baltimore, delivered
the principal address at the Young
Peoples Missionary Conference, at
Silver Bay, N. Y.
After long legal battle, Admiral
Dewey and his men are to receive the
prize money on account of the capture
of the Don Juan de Austria
Former Senator James K. Jones, the
retiring chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee, called on Judge
Parker, at Rosemount.
Col. L. F. Copeland, of Harrisburg,
Pa, died suddenly in hospital at
Bloomington, Ill.
Three Indians and cowboy were
killed in shooting ARRAY at Rocky
Point, Mont.
Three men were killed and two in
jured in head-on collision near Della
van, N. Y.
Fred Mason shot and killed his
father-in-law, David Wilson, near
Syracuse, N. Y.
Leo Jakobi, wealthy manufacturer,
shot and killed himself in New York.
Porto Rican Day was celebrated at
the St. Louis Exposition.
DR.. Silas c. Swallow. the presiden-
tial candidate of the Prohibitionists,
and George w. Carroll, the vice pres
idential candidate, were officially no.
tilted in Tomlinson's Hall. Indiana
polls.
Rudolph Wetter, a Salmon River
miner, shot and instantly killed L. D..
Long and Chris Vain and wounded
the formers I4-year old boy at a
camp in the Warren Mining Country,
lcaho.
A passenger train from Louisville to
St. Louis coilided with freight stand
ing in the yards at North Vernon,
Ind. Fireman William Keowan was
killed and four passengers were in
iured.
The Visger Company's excursion
steamer Castanet, with $50 passengers
on board, took fire near Kingston,
Cnt. All the passengers were saved
President Baer announced that the
Philadelphia and Reading voting trust
will be dissolved by the payment of
the September dividend.
The State Department considers the
S25,coo indemnity paid by China for
the death of Louis Ethel, killed by
Chinese soldiers. is fair.
Ten dollars per fish was the fine i'm
posed at lockwood, Pa, upon three
men who had violated the fish laws.
Three Italians were arrested at AL
lentown, Pa, on the charge of pass
ing counterfeit coin.
Herbert Johnson, singer and COM
poser. died in Boston.
Frank Pierce shot and killed his
wife at their home, in Canton, Ill.
Mrs. George, widow of Henry
George, died at her home, in Month
cello, N. Y.
Blaine w. Taylor, of West Vir-
ginia, resigned as chief clerk of the
Fostoffice Department.
Nicholas Giasener, who murdered
Margaret Hall, his sweetheart, was
hanged IN Plttsburg.
Robert Clayton shot and killed his
wife and wounded his mother-in-law
in Princeton, N. J.
The State Bank at East Moline,
ILL.,, was entered by robbers who blew
open the vault and escaped.
Ninety-seven thousand persons have
thus far registered for homesteads
on the Rosebud Reservation.
The survivors of the Danish steam
err Norge were brought to New York
on the Cunarder Aurania.
The Missouri Democratic Conven-
ton nominated Joseph w. Folk for
governor and adopted vigorous anti
Doodle plank.
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Turkish troops near Kuinanova sur