The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-05-05
NEWS m SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.


Domestic
The signal for war in railroad
rates appears to have been given in the
Eastern roads making a cut OF 80 Is
per cent. in rates on packing-house pro-
ducts from Chicago to the Eastern sea-
board to meet the competition OF the
Gulf roads.
The assistant district attorney made
the closing argument in the Nan Pat
terson murder trial in New York. I'm
der his terrific arraignment the actress
was reduced to state of nervous col
lapse.
Two fremen on the Canadian Pacific
Railroad have been killed and FIVE pas
sengers injured in cohesion between a
passenger train and freight about IS
west of Revelstoke, Man.
The New York State Senate passed
over Mayor McClellan's veto the bill
transferring from the Board of Alder
men to the Board of Estimates the
authority to grant public franchises.
Mrs Mary Newbold, wife of Clement
Newbold and prominent in Philadelphia
society, died from heart failure, tol-
lowing an operation for appendicitis.
The private bank of E. c. Brewer,
at Gilbertville, N. Y, was wrecked by
burglars, resulting in a loss estimated
$4,000.
DR.. Nettie Marie Stevens, of Bryn
Mawr College, won the $1,000 prize
offered for distinction in scientific re-
search.
Finger marks in the dust led to the
arrest in Kalamazoo of Milo Sexton
for the murder of Bert Miller.
A large sugar-beet factory at St.
Louis Park, Minneapolis, was destroyed
by fire. Loss $25o,ooo.
Legislative proceedings for the re-
moval of Justice Warren B. Hooker
from the Supreme Bench of New York
state are recommended in report OF the
judiciary committee of the New York
Assembly.
Fire at the works of the House
hold Sewing Machine Company, in
Providence, R. l., entailed loss esti-
mated to be at least 100000. The plant
is owned by the Seigle-Cooper Com
pany.
Judge Ermentrout, of Reading. Pa,
granted new trial to Samuel Greason,
who, with Mrs. Kate Edwards, was con-
victed of numbering the woman's hus-
band.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court at
firmed the sentence of the lower court
in Tonawanda, which condemned Bigler
Johnson to die on the gallows.
The Metropolitan Steamship Line,
operating freight steamers between bos-
ton and New York, was sold to Charles
w. Morse.
Edward Parkerz admitted having
killed Mrs Sarah Rosenberg, an old
woman, in New York. His motive was
robbery.
A project is under way to combine the
various street car manufacturing COM
panies of the United States.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
declared the usual semiannnual dividen
of 3 per cent
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has
declared the Oleomargarine Law con-
stitutional.
The funeral of Samuel T. Lloyd, vet
eran of the Civil War, who prided him
self on having lived on IS cents day
for more than 20 years, took place IN
Philadelphia.
1t is believed that the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers
at its convention in Detroit will adopt
scale calling for an increase in wages
over those paid last year.
Fred A. LETTERS, superintendent OF
schools OF Atlantic Mines, Micn' ana ms s
sister, Miss Hattie 3: Brown, Z .eaeh =
in Groton, Ca, met aiter separation u
81 years. ,.;d
The body OF Joseph yeHerson was ,aiu