The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-23
NEWS IN SHORT oRDEP.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic.

or Ork, "a, ana MISS NettlS y. Oot-
walt, also of York, were found dead in
a room of a house at York. Three
gas jets in the room were turned on
and the apartment was full OF gas.
The Bath Iron Works and the
Hyde Windlass Works, property OF
the United States Shipbuilding Com
pany, were sold at auction at Bath,
Me.
The suit of A. D. Wales, lawyer,
against John Mitchell, president of
the United Mineworkers, began at
Binghamton, N. Y.
The thieves who have committed
many robberies in Northampton coun-
ty, Pa, have been captured at Bell
wood Park, N. J.
Secret service men have been on
the watch in New York for filibus-
tering expedition fitting out for Hon
duras.
One person was killed and four
others seriously injured in runaway
trolly accident at Hollidaysburg, Pa.
A call has been issued for con-
ference of Southern cotton-spinners
at Charlotte, N. c.
The vote on the proposed strike of
railway trainmen has not been COM
pieted.
The United States Cotton Mills, at
Central Falls, R. l., have resumed
work.
During a quarrel in the home of
Maximillian Stump, in Philadelphia,
Joseph Hendrick had his throat cut
and died in few minutes. Stump is
under arrest, charged with murder.
United States Consul Diederich, at
Bremen, writes about the competition
between the big transatlantic compa-
MES for supremacy on the ocean. 1t
is battle of size against speed.
The Kansas City, Okmulgee and
Gulf Company has been incorporated
to build railroad 500 miles long, from
Kansas City to a point on the Red
River, in the Choctaw Nation.
Alphonse Joseph Stephan, who is
serving life sentence for murder in
New York and is now in Dannemora
State Hospital, has fallen heir to an
estate of over 100000.
Mrs. Della Pringle Faith, of Des
Moines, instituted proceedings for di-
vorce in accordance with a request
of her husband, who said he did not
love her any more.
Henry Fleming sued Benjamin Elan
agan in Des Moines for $500 dam
ages for injuries to his digestion,
caused by food he had eaten at Elan
agan's restaurant
Mrs. Hatty R. Waugh, of New
York, has sued Miss Clara Louise
Peters, OF Washington, for 100000
for alternating the affections of her hus-
band
AT convention of Faith-curists in
Jersey City one of the communicates
testified that she learned to play the
piano as the result of prayer.
The peculiar antics of cow led to
the discovery of the body of Hannah
Beckell, who had committed suicide
in a field near Paterson, N. ].
Joseph Jefferson has cancelled all
his dates for this winter on account
OF his ill health and will spend the
winter at Palm Beach, Fla.
The jury in the case of DR.. Julian
NJ. Baker, on trial for the murder of
Dr. H. T. Boss, at Tarboro, N. c., re-
turned verdict of acquittal.
Rewards aggregating nearly $1,000
have been offered for the arrest of the
person who has been poisoning dogs
in Larchmont, N Y.
Former Vice President Levi P. Nor
ton and family reached New York
from Havre. They will go to Rhine
Cliffe, N. Y, to attend the funeral of
Miss Lena Morton, whose body ar
rived from Paris several days ago.
The Burns faction of the Knights
of Labor filed petition in the District
of Columbia Supreme Court asking
that John w. Hayes and others as
ISOLATED with him be adjudged in con-
tempt of court.
The creditors of the Townsend
Downey Shipbuilding Company passed
a resolution authorizing Trustee lde
to sell the property of the bankrupt
company
All the Canadian Pacific boilermak-
ers went on strike. All the COM
pany's west line are affected. The
boilermakers expect the support of the
machinists.
Two men, believed to be members
of the gang of train bandits who held
up the Rock Island express, were ar
rested between Brighton and Way
| land, la.
The American Bankers Association
elected officers and listened to papers
read by United States Treasurer Rob-
erts and w. E. Schweppe, of St. Louis.
Elias P. Smithers, former register
of wills of Philadelphia. fell down an
elevator shaft in Trenton hotel, sus-
tanning injuries that proved fatal.
The ninety-fourth anniversary of the
independence of Mexico was cele-
brated at the Mexican Pavilion, at
the Worlds Fair.
R. M. Arrange was appointed con-
sulting engineer on the staff of Chief
Engineer Wallace in the Panama
Canal construction.
The United States transport Sher-
man arrived at San Francisco with
four colonies and over 800 troops from
the Philippines.
The Breakers Hotel, one of the fin
est summer hotels on the North Pa
cihc Coast, was destroyed by fire.